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1:16 AM on Wednesday, September 10

Connelly Early struck out 11 to tie the Red Sox record for a major league debut, and Boston beat the Athletics 6-0 to close on the New York Yankees for the top AL wild card

12:53 AM on Wednesday, September 10

Teoscar Hernández hit two home runs and Emmet Sheehan pitched seven splendid innings to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers past the Colorado Rockies 7-2

12:37 AM on Wednesday, September 10

Rommel Quioto and Alexy Vega scored second-half goals and Honduras beat Nicaragua 2-0 to take the group lead in the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying final round after the first two matches

12:35 AM on Wednesday, September 10

Randy Arozarena hit a go-ahead, three-run home run in the third inning as part of a four-RBI night as the Seattle Mariners beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 to close within one game of the AL West lead

12:31 AM on Wednesday, September 10

Kyle Hendricks threw seven shutout innings, Chris Taylor and Yoán Moncada hit three-run homers, and the Los Angeles Angels scored all of their runs with two outs in a 12-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night

12:30 AM on Wednesday, September 10

Tyler Stephenson hit a two-run homer to left field with two outs in the ninth — five innings after being robbed of one by Fernando Tatis Jr. in right — and the Cincinnati Reds beat the San Diego Padres 4-2

12:27 AM on Wednesday, September 10

Erica Wheeler scored 17 points, including a go-ahead shot with 18.5 seconds left, and the Seattle Storm beat the Golden State Valkyries 74-73 to secure the final WNBA playoff spot

12:24 AM on Wednesday, September 10

Dearica Hamby scored 16 of her 25 points in the fourth quarter and Los Angeles beat the Phoenix Mercury 88-83 but the Sparks were eliminated from the playoff race

12:22 AM on Wednesday, September 10

Willy Adames hit a three-run homer in the first inning moments after fouling the initial pitch off his knee, Robbie Ray remained unbeaten pitching against his former team, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3

12:11 AM on Wednesday, September 10

Jewell Loyd became the 16th player to reach 6,000 points, scoring 15 on Tuesday night to help extend the Aces' winning streak to 15 games

12:09 AM on Wednesday, September 10

Boston Red Sox first baseman Romy Gonzalez extended his MLB-leading hitting streak to 12 games and then left Tuesday night’s game against the Athletics due to left knee soreness

12:04 AM on Wednesday, September 10

The National Championship Air Races are kicking off in New Mexico for the first time in the competition's 60-year history

11:59 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Mauricio Pochettino and the U.S. beat Japan 2-0, ending a seven-game winless streak against top 25 teams

11:22 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Samuel Basallo has quickly morphed from the Baltimore Orioles’ top prospect to the team’s go-to guy for walk-off wins

9:47 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Kyle Schwarber hit his 50th homer of the season, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 9-3 win over the New York Mets

7:54 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Houston Astros right-hander Luis Garcia exited Tuesday’s game at Toronto in the second inning because of a sore right elbow

7:42 PM on Tuesday, September 9

First baseman Rhys Hoskins was reinstated by the Milwaukee Brewers before Tuesday night’s game at Texas after missing 57 games with a sprained left thumb

7:11 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Boston Red Sox left-hander Connelly Early struck out 11 in five shutout innings against the Athletics on Tuesday night in his MLB debut

7:11 PM on Tuesday, September 9

The September schedule for the Tampa Bay Rays worked out quite nicely for Jake Mangum

6:40 PM on Tuesday, September 9

Gleyber Torres returned to Yankee Stadium with a new look