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BOTTOM LINE: The San Diego Padres host the Chicago White Sox on Friday to begin a three-game series. San Diego is 42-36 in home games and 87-66 overall. The Padres have a 73-27 record in games when ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox host the Minnesota Twins to open a three-game series. Boston is 76-77 overall and 35-40 in home games. The Red Sox have a 56-11 record in games when they have more hits ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals host the San Francisco Giants to open a three-game series. Kansas City is 45-33 at home and 82-71 overall. Royals hitters have a collective .310 on-base percentage, ...

TOP PERFORMERS: Yordan Alvarez leads the Astros with a .303 batting average, and has 32 doubles, two triples, 34 home runs, 68 walks and 85 RBI. Jose Altuve is 14-for-44 with a home run and five RBI ...

Cleveland Guardians (89-65, first in the AL Central) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (77-76, third in the NL Central) St. Louis; Friday, 8:15 p.m. EDT ...

Pittsburgh Pirates (72-81, fifth in the NL Central) vs. Cincinnati Reds (74-80, fourth in the NL Central) ...

The Boilermakers may want to erase last week’s nightmarish memories from last week’s 66-7 loss to then No. 18 Notre Dame — the most lopsided loss in ...

Virginia Tech, coming off a 37-17 victory over Old Dominion last Saturday, is looking to snap a 11-game losing streak against Power Four nonconference opponents and Notre ...

Saint Louis City SC (5-11-13, 14th in the Western Conference) vs. San Jose Earthquakes (5-21-3, 15th in the Western Conference) ...

New England Revolution (8-16-4, 14th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Charlotte FC (10-11-8, seventh in the Eastern Conference) ...

FC Cincinnati (17-8-4, second in the Eastern Conference) vs. Nashville SC (8-13-8, 12th in the Western Conference) ...