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Cal Raleigh hits his 48th, 49th homers to set MLB season mark for catchers, passing Salvador Perez SEATTLE (AP) Seattle Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 48th and 49th home runs on Sunday against the Athletics, setting a single-season record for catchers and passing Salvador Perezs total with the Kansas City Royals in 2021.

Raleighs record-breaking home run also marked his ninth multi-home run game of the season, passing Mickey Mantle (eight for the 1961 New York Yankees) for most multi-home run games by a switch-hitter in a season in major league history.

The overall record is 11 multi-home run games in a season.

The switch-hitting Raleigh, batting from the right side, homered off Athletics left-handed starter Jacob Lopez in the first inning to make it 2-0 and tie Perez.

In the second inning, Raleigh drilled a changeup from Lopez 412 feet.

Tommy Fleetwood wins Tour Championship for first PGA Tour title and FedEx Cup ATLANTA (AP) Tommy Fleetwood ends a summer of heartache with the richest prize on the PGA Tour.

He won the Tour Championship for his first tour title to capture the FedEx Cup and its $10 million reward.

Fleetwood got plenty of help at the start when Patrick Cantlay began bogey-double bogey and could never catch up.

Scottie Scheffler hit his opening tee shot out-of-bounds and still was a threat until a tee shot into the water ended his hopes on the 15th.

Fleetwood shot 68 and won by three over Cantlay and Russell Henley.

Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley tied for seventh.

Taiwan shuts out Nevada 7-0 to win its first Little League World Series title since 1996 SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.

(AP) Lin Chin-Tse retired the first 13 batters he faced and allowed just one hit in five innings as Taiwan beat Nevada 7-0 in the Little League World Series championship Sunday, ending a 29-year title drought for the Taiwanese.

Taiwan won its first LLWS since 1996, although its 18 titles are the most of any country beside the United States, including five straight from 1977 to 1981.

Lin, a 5-foot-8 right hander, also hit a bases-clearing triple in Taiwans five-run fifth inning.

Nevada was appearing in its first championship game.

Ben Shelton and Taylor Fritz get the American men off to a strong start at the US Open NEW YORK (AP) Theres a larger contingent of Americans in the U.S.

Open mens bracket than at any time in the past quarter-century.

Might be the best crop in nearly that long, too, and two of the leaders Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton got the tournament started on Sunday with dominant performances.

Shelton is the No.

6 seed and twice a Grand Slam semifinalist and needed just 2 hours, 7 minutes to get past qualifier Ignacio Buse of Peru 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.

Fritz is the No.

4 seed and was the runner-up to Jannik Sinner at Flushing Meadows a year ago.

He needed about 10 fewer minutes to move on with a 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 victory over yet another U.S.

man, Emilio Nava.

Brewers pay tribute to longtime broadcaster Bob Uecker in star-studded pregame ceremony MILWAUKEE (AP) Bob Ueckers Hall of Fame broadcasting career began only after the Milwaukee Brewers initially hired him as a scout.

Former Brewers owner and MLB Commissioner Bud Selig relayed that story Sunday during a pregame ceremony celebrating the life of the man who spent 54 seasons broadcasting Brewers games.

Uecker died Jan.

16 at the age of 90.

The star-studded celebration was hosted by former NBC broadcast partner Bob Costas and featured Hall of Famers George Brett, Ted Simmons and Robin Yount as well as Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich.

Canadian star Brooke Henderson wins at home in CPKC Womens Open MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (AP) Canadian star Brooke Henderson won her second CPKC Womens Open title Sunday, beating playing partner Minjee Lee by a stroke for her first victory in more than 2 1/2 years.

Henderson closed with a 4-under 68 at Mississaugua Golf and Country Club to finish at 15-under 269.

Lee, the Australian player ranked fourth in the world, had a 68.

Henderson broke a tie for the lead with a 6-foot birdie putt on the par-3 14th.

On the short par-4 17th, she followed Lees 13-foot birdie putt with a 12-footer of her own to keep the lead.

Also the 2018 champion at Wascana in Saskatchewan, the 27-year-old Henderson won her 14th LPGA Tour title and first since January 2023.

Shes from Smith Falls, Ontario.

Shilo Sanders waived by the Buccaneers, AP source says TAMPA, Fla.

(AP) Shilo Sanders was waived by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, less than 24 hours after he was ejected from a game for throwing a punch, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Sunday.

The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team hasnt announced its cuts.

Sanders, the son of Hall of Fame cornerback Deion Sanders, was battling for a roster spot after going undrafted out of Colorado, where he played for his father.

He was also penalized for pass interference earlier in Tampa Bays 23-19 loss to Buffalo.

The Buccaneers could still add Sanders to the practice squad if he doesnt get claimed off waivers by another team.

Vikings sign QB Carson Wentz to back up J.J.

McCarthy, send Sam Howell to the Eagles Carson Wentz is back in the NFL and Sam Howell is on the move again.

The Minnesota Vikings have signed Wentz to back up quarterback J.J.

McCarthy and traded Howell to the Philadelphia Eagles.

The reigning Super Bowl champion Eagles are sending a 2026 fifth-round pick and 2027 seventh-rounder to Minnesota for Howell and a 2027 sixth-rounder.

Wentz, who spent last season backing up Patrick Mahomes in Kansas City, was the No.

2 overall pick by the Eagles in 2016.

He finished third in NFL MVP voting the following season but tore his ACL in December and watched Nick Foles lead Philadelphia to its first Super Bowl victory.

Djokovic jokes that he's challenging Serena Williams to come back to tennis NEW YORK (AP) Novak Djokovic thinks he came up with a way to get Serena Williams back on the tennis tour: Dare her to do it.

A night after Williams stunned the tennis world by showing up to help induct rival Maria Sharapova into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, Djokovic said Sunday after his first-round match at the U.S.

Open that he thought that was a beautiful moment.

Then Djokovic noted that Williams never officially retired from tennis and challenged her to return.

He says that "when somebody challenges her, she never refuses.

So I challenge Serena: Come back on the tour next year.

Trump says he'll be at Ryder Cup and he thinks captain Keegan Bradley should play ATLANTA (AP) President Donald Trump says he's coming to the Ryder Cup.

And he thinks U.S.

captain Keegan Bradley should be playing in the Sept.

26-28 matches against Europe.

Trump posted on his social media site that he would be at Bethpage Black for the opening round.

The Ryder Cup already is the most flag-waving, raucous event in golf.

It has gone up a notch this time because of the venue.

Bethpage Black on New York's Long Island is notorious for having the rowdiest fans.

Bradley is debating whether he should be the first playing captain in the Ryder Cup since Arnold Palmer in 1963..

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