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Witt gets another big hit to send the Royals into the ALDS with a 2-game sweep of the Orioles BALTIMORE (AP) Bobby Witt Jr.

beat out an infield single to drive in the go-ahead run and send the Kansas City Royals into an AL Division Series with a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles for a two-game sweep of their Wild Card Series.

The Royals advance to face the AL East champion New York Yankees.

Witt provided the go-ahead RBI in each of Kansas City's wins in the Wild Card Series after hitting .332 during the regular season as the AL batting champion.

The Orioles were swept in their only playoff series for a second consecutive year.

Ibanez's big hit lifts Tigers to 5-2 win over Astros and sweep in AL Wild Card Series HOUSTON (AP) Andy Ibanez hit a tiebreaking three-run double in Detroits four-run eighth inning, and the Tigers swept the Houston Astros with a 5-2 victory in Game 2 of their AL Wild Card Series.

Parker Meadows homered as Detroit ended Houstons run of seven consecutive appearances in the AL Championship Series.

It was a sweet moment for Tigers manager A.J.

Hinch, who led Houston to a championship in 2017 and was fired in the aftermath of the Astros sign-stealing scandal.

Next up for the wild-card Tigers is a trip to Cleveland to take on the AL Central champions in a best-of-five AL Division Series.

Game 1 is on Saturday.

Pete Rose still not going into Hall of Fame.

His MLB ban was permanent not 'lifetime' Pete Rose still isnt going into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The career hits leaders banishment from baseball 35 years ago was often referred to as a lifetime ban, and his death this week led some to believe that would end.

But Rose was actually declared permanently ineligible by Major League Baseball rules for betting on the game.

As in forever unless there is a formal reinstatement.

Since players or officials on MLBs ineligible list cant be considered for election into the Hall of Fame, Roses status didnt change when he died Monday at age 83.

Mbappe can't rescue Real Madrid in Champions League loss to Lille AP Sports Writer (AP) Kylian Mbappe came off the bench but could not stop defending champion Real Madrid losing 1-0 at unheralded Lille in the revamped Champions League.

Liverpool enjoyed a comfortable 2-0 win against Bologna but fellow six-time winner Bayern Munich lost 1-0 at Aston Villa.

Two-time champion Juventus had goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio sent off in the 59th yet still won 3-2 at Leipzig.

Elsewhere Atalanta and Feyenoord got their first wins.

Atalanta coasted to a 3-0 win against Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk and Feyenoord secured a gritty 3-2 win at tournament newcomer Girona in the second round of matches.

Elsewhere Benfica routed Atletico Madrid 4-0 for a second straight win.

Dream fire Tanisha Wright in WNBA's 3rd coach firing since playoffs began The Atlanta Dream have fired coach Tanisha Wright.

The franchise announced the move on Wednesday.

Wright took over the team in 2021 and helped them reach the playoffs the last two seasons.

The Dream lost both years in the opening round of the postseason, including to New York last month.

Atlanta went 15-25 this year and had to win its last few games to qualify for the playoffs.

Theres a strong young nucleus with Rhyne Howard and Allisha Gray leading the way along with veteran center Tina Charles.

Days after being suspended Emi Martinez has Prince William celebrating in the Champions League Prince William has watched his beloved Aston Villa seal another famous win against Bayern Munich.

Villa won 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday with heroics from Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.

The Prince of Wales and future King of England is a lifelong fan of the Premier League team and was part of the crowd for its first home game in European soccers elite competition for 41 years.

William met members of Villas 1982 European Cup winning team before the match at Villa Park.

Michael Jordan's 23XI and a 2nd team sue NASCAR over revenue sharing model CHARLOTTE, N.C.

(AP) NASCAR is facing a federal antitrust lawsuit from two of its teams, including one co-owned by Michael Jordan.

The suit seeks unspecified damages and says the charter system limits competition by unfairly binding the teams to the stock car series.

NASCAR gave teams a take-it-or-leave-it offer last month and only 13 teams signed.

Jordan's 23XI team and Front Row Motorsports refused and have hired the top antitrust lawyer in the country to fight their battle with NASCAR.

Alcaraz rallies past Sinner to win China Open and make it 3-for-3 against his top rival this year BEIJING (AP) Carlos Alcaraz has won seven straight points in the decisive tiebreaker to beat top-ranked Jannik Sinner 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (3) and win the China Open to extend his recent mastery over his biggest rival as the Italian deals with an ongoing doping case.

The third-ranked Alcaraz has now won all three of his meetings with Sinner this year after also coming out on top in semifinals at Indian Wells and the French Open.

Sinner was the defending champion in Beijing but had to refocus after the World Anti-Doping Agency announced on Saturday that it was appealing a decision to clear him of wrongdoing following two positive steroid tests.

Second fan files lawsuit claiming ownership of Shohei Ohtani's 50-50 baseball MIAMI (AP) The claim to Shohei Ohtanis potentially lucrative 50th home run ball grew more complicated this week, with a second fan filing a lawsuit asserting he had possession of the historic baseball.

According to online records, the latest suit was filed by Joseph Davidov in Floridas 11th Judicial Circuit Court.

The defendants are Chris Belanski, Kelvin Ramirez, Max Matus and Goldin Auctions.

Belanski is the man who left the stadium with the baseball.

Matus who filed the first lawsuit last week and Ramirez have also claimed ownership of the ball.

Ohtani became the first player in baseball history to hit 50 homers and steal 50 bases, reaching the mark on Sept.

19 with his homer in Miami against the Marlins.

The bidding for the baseball through Goldin Auctions is currently at $1.464 million.

Mavs star Luka Doncic injures calf in preseason practice, will be evaluated in a week DALLAS (AP) Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic injured a calf during preseason practice and will be re-evaluated in a week.

The Mavericks are in Las Vegas for training camp, and the club didnt indicate if Doncic was with the team or stayed in Dallas.

The team held media day Monday before opening a three-day camp in Nevada on Tuesday..

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