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Baseball’s future looks bright

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Only 19 years old and a scant 61 years younger than his All-Star Futures Game manager, Nathan Flewelling has tried not to put a timetable on his potential big league debut. Going deep in a major league ballpark sure gives hope in Tampa Bay that Flewelling could fit in ...

Cantillo, Guardians are winners

MIAMI (AP) — Joey Cantillo struck out nine over five innings of one-run ball, Brayan Rocchio homered and drove in two and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Miami Marlins 5-2 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. Rookie Chase DeLauter also went deep while Steven Kwan and Kahlil Watson ...

Pirates upbeat at All-Star break

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes won his second straight start after going winless for nine in a row as the Pittsburgh Pirates scored 10 runs in the fourth inning to rout the Milwaukee Brewers 14-5 Sunday and head into the All-Star break with a three-game sweep. What was slated to be a high-profile matchup lost some of its luster when Milwaukee scratched hard-throwing Jacob Misiorowski on Saturday because of arm fatigue. While Skenes and Misiorowski are All-Stars, both will skip pitching in Tuesday's showcase. Skenes (8-8) allowed two runs and three hits over 5 1/3 innings with one ...

Four previous champions in World Cup semifinals

ATLANTA (AP) — It's a World Cup semifinal lineup for the ages. Four previous champions and the four top-ranking teams in the world. Five of the six top scorers, one GOAT and one of the bitterest rivalries in soccer. Argentina, Spain, France and England went into the tournament as the top four in FIFA's rankings and are two wins away from being crowned champion of the world again. It's just too close to call either semifinal matchup: France will play Spain in Arlington, Texas, on Tuesday and England will face Argentina in Atlanta on Wednesday. Not since 1990 has the final four of ...

No one wants left out of World Cup

NEW YORK (AP) — World Cup ticket resale prices dropped for quarterfinal matches following the elimination of co-hosts United States and Mexico, and FIFA has nearly 1,200 seats on sale for the final at $7,380. The site TickPick listed the lowest price for the Spain-Belgium game on Friday at Inglewood, California, at $1,381, down from $3,261 before the U.S. lost to Belgium in the round of 16. The lowest price for the England-Norway match at Miami Gardens, Florida, on Saturday was $2,049, down from $3,866 before England defeated Mexico to reach the quarterfinals. It listed the lowest ...

England plays keep away from Haaland

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Everyone knows that England's master plan coming into the World Cup quarterfinals at 5 p.m. Saturday will revolve around stopping Norway striker Erling Haaland. As they would say in Norway, "Lykke til." Translated: Good luck. "Has anyone ever stopped Erling Haaland?" England midfielder Morgan Rogers asked, probably only somewhat rhetorically. "I'm not sure they have, but we're going to try. You're going to have to try." Stopping Haaland — who has seven goals in this year's World Cup, one behind France's Kylian Mbappé and Argentina's Lionel Messi for ...