Author: Michael

CHICAGO (AP) — Shane McClanahan pitched five innings for his first win in nearly three years, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Chicago White Sox 8-5 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight victory.
Ryan Vilade had three hits, including an RBI double, and scored three runs for the Rays. Ben Williamson doubled twice and drove in three runs as Tampa Bay spoiled the major league debut of White Sox starter Nick Schultz.

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Florida baseball suffered one of its worst losses of the season Tuesday night, falling to the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats, 13-7.
Bethune-Cookman scored six different innings, but most of the damage came in the seventh. Three Florida pitchers — Eli Blair, Schuyler Sandford and Cooper Walls — combined to give up five hits and three free bases (a walk and two hit batters). Walls also made a throwing error that allowed the spiral to continue.
Jackson Hoyt made the start for the Gators, going 1 1/3 innings.

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Boston Red Sox slugger Willson Contreras
The Boston Red Sox had another tough night on Tuesday.
Boston dropped its 11th contest of the season as it lost against the Minnesota Twins for the second straight night. On Tuesday, the Red Sox’s offense wasn’t able to do anything and the club lost 6-0. 
It’s a bit worse than that, though. One of Boston’s top offensive performers was forced to exit the game on Tuesday in Willson Contreras. 
Ian Browne of MLB.com reported on X that Contreras was forced to exit the game due to lower back tightness.

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The Los Angeles Lakers had the day off on Monday following their regular-season finale, which was a 131-107 win over the Utah Jazz. On Tuesday, they got back to work in advance of the start of their first-round playoff series versus the Houston Rockets.
Coach JJ Redick reiterated that Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves, who have a strained hamstring and oblique, respectively, are out “indefinitely.” That will put lots of pressure on LeBron James to not only manufacture lots of points but also to run L.A.’s offense.

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