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ARLINGTON, Texas – The Rangers are on the verge of having a foursome of 25-homer hitters.
That is, of course, unless Mark Mathias suddenly decides to make it a quintet. Which is mostly a joke. Mostly. Given his week, can we really put anything by this little hitting machine?
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MADRID (AP) - Results from Spanish football:
Robert Lewandowski has shaken off his disappointing return to Bayern Munich by scoring twice to lead Barcelona to a 4-0 victory at home over 10-man Elche in the Spanish league. They were Lewandowski’s seventh and eighth goals in a five-round scoring streak and took his overall tally to 11 in eight games since he transferred to Barcelona from Bayern this summer. Elche defender Gonzalo Verdu earned a red card in the 15th minute for fouling Lewandowski with only the goalkeeper to beat. The easy win came after Xavi Hernández’s side suffered its only loss of the season when it fell at Bayern 2-0 in the Champions League this week.
LONDON (AP) - Results from English football:
Saturday Summaries from English football (home teams listed first):
Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior has called out the haters of his goal celebrations as racist and insists he will keep on dancing. Spanish sports talk shows have been discussing the appropriateness of his celebrations, and a commentator on television said he should stop “doing the monkey.” The Brazilian says in a video reply that dancing is part of his cultural expression and has cited other soccer players, Black and white, who enjoy doing so after scoring. It also comes after an Atlético Madrid player said “there will be trouble” if Vinícius dances after scoring in Sunday's Madrid derby. Vinícius says, “I am not going to stop dancing.”
Alexander Isak rescued a point for Newcastle with his first goal at St. James’ Park. Isak converted a penalty in a 1-1 draw with Bournemouth in the English Premier League. The Sweden striker sent Brazilian goalkeeper Neto the wrong way from the spot in the 67th minute. Philip Billing gave Bournemouth the lead against the run of play five minutes earlier. Isak has two goals in three games since joining from Real Sociedad for a club-record fee of $70 million in the final week of the transfer window. Bournemouth has two draws and a win at Nottingham Forest since firing Scott Parker after a 9-0 loss at Liverpool.
Clemson defensive tackle Bryan Bresee will miss Saturday night's game vs. Louisiana Tech after his sister Ella's death this past Thursday. Ella Bresee, 15, died of brain cancer. Bryan Bresee left after last Saturday's 35-12 win over Furman to be with his family and will remain with them at least through Ella's funeral service Tuesday in Maryland. Clemson's players wore T-shirts with the phrase, “Ella Strong” last week. Ella was to be honored at the game, but a setback in her condition led to her going to a hospital near her family's Maryland home.
Augsburg has stunned defending champion Bayern Munich in their Bavarian derby 1-0 in the Bundesliga. Bayern ended its three-game run without a win by losing for the first time this season. Borussia Dortmund’s 1-0 Ruhr derby win over Schalke has been overshadowed by a serious-looking injury to captain Marco Reus. Reus was taken off on a stretcher in tears after sustaining what looks like a bad ankle injury two months before the World Cup begins in Qatar. Bayer Leverkusen’s frustrating start to the season continued as Werder Bremen fought back to draw 1-1. Eintracht Frankfurt enjoyed a 3-1 win at Stuttgart with Japan midfielder Daichi Kamada setting up all three goals.
Bills defensive tackles Ed Oliver and Tim Settle missed their third consecutive practice, leaving Buffalo potentially thin in the middle against running back Derrick Henry and the Tennessee Titans on Monday night. Coach Sean McDermott didn't rule out either of the players. Oliver hurt his ankle in a season-opening 31-10 win over the Los Angeles Rams on Sept. 8. Settle hasn't practiced this week due to a calf injury. Starting cornerback Dane Jackson returned to practice after missing the past two sessions with a knee injury.
Thiago Motta’s first match in charge of Bologna has ended in disappointment as his team hit the woodwork twice in a 1-0 defeat at home to fellow struggler Empoli in Serie A. Filippo Bandinelli’s second goal in as many matches was enough to give Empoli its first win of the season. Motta replaced the fired Siniša Mihajlović last week. Sampdoria is still seeking its first win of the Serie A season and visits Spezia later. Torino coach Ivan Juric returns after missing two matches with pneumonia as his squad hosts Sassuolo.
(All times Eastern)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsSunday, September 18AUTO RACING11 a.m.
Borussia Dortmund captain Marco Reus is again in danger of missing a major tournament for Germany. The 33-year-old Reus has been stretchered off in the first half of Dortmund’s Ruhr derby against Schalke with what looks like a serious ankle injury. Reus was in tears after bending his right ankle unnaturally in a challenge for the ball with a Schalke player. Germany coach Hansi Flick had included Reus for the upcoming games against Hungary and England and was counting on the attacking midfielder as a key member of his World Cup squad. The tournament starts in Qatar on Nov. 20. Reus has been plagued by injuries at inopportune times throughout his career. He missed Germany’s World Cup win in 2014 with an ankle injury.
Marseille midfielder Jordan Veretout has been called up for France’s Nations League matches as a replacement for the injured Boubacar Kamara, the day after Kamara had replaced Adrien Rabiot. Veretout made the last of his five international appearances last November in a World Cup qualifier. Kamara came off just before halftime in Aston Villa’s 1-0 win over Southampton in the English Premier League on Friday night, having failed to shake off an injury he sustained in a challenge moments earlier. France plays Austria on Sept. 22 and travels to Copenhagen three days later to take on Denmark. France is in last place in Group 1 and is at risk of relegation to the second tier of the Nations League.
This Date in Baseball, Sept. 18: Roger Clemens strikes out 20 batters
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Erling Haaland added a strike from outside the area to his repertoire of goals since joining Manchester City in a 3-0 win at 10-man Wolverhampton in the Premier League. City had already taken the lead through Jack Grealish after 55 seconds at Molineux when Haaland picked up the ball 40 meters out, drove toward the penalty box and shot right-footed into the bottom corner from the edge of the area in the 16th minute. It was Haaland’s 11th goal in seven league games. Wolverhampton’s already-slim chances virtually ended when center back Nathan Collins was shown a straight red card for a chest-high lunge on Grealish in the 33rd. Phil Foden scored City's third goal.
TOKYO (AP) - Results from Japanese football:
Paris Saint-Germain player Kheira Hamraoui has published photos of her injuries from the brutal attack that left her fearing for her career. She says she is still haunted by it “night and day” and that she endured horrid abuse online afterward. Hamraoui was attacked last November following an evening out with her former PSG teammate Aminata Diallo and other teammates. Hamraoui was hit several times with a metal bar and needed stitches to her hands and legs. She wrote on Twitter that the attack “changed my personal and professional life, my life as a woman.” Diallo has been issued preliminary charges of “aggravated violence” and placed in custody in connection with the attack.
BALTIMORE — After beating the New York Jets, the Ravens will face a respectable team Sunday in their home opener against the Miami Dolphins.
LOS ANGELES — Every NFL team likes to play at home, but those familiar confines will look especially good to a handful of clubs who opened on the road and started the season as flat as a lonely stretch of highway.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Davis Love III, this week’s interview subject for “Sports Legends of the Carolinas,” is a Hall of Fame golfer who was born in Charlotte and starred in college for the University of North Carolina.
FORT WORTH, Texas — College teammates at Oklahoma who entered the NFL amid projections of greatness, Baker Mayfield and CeeDee Lamb now share another characteristic.
TAMPA, Fla. — It is, by almost any measure, his signature catch. It wasn’t necessarily the most difficult or the one that made the biggest difference on the scoreboard.
MINNEAPOLIS — Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards will probably be fined by the NBA for making homophobic comments on social media. The penalty may even amount to what he earns by playing a quarter of one basketball game.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Late Thursday night, the previously (relatively) anonymous Jaylen Watson emerged from a Chiefs locker room still buzzing about him and stepped to the microphone in the media room at Arrowhead Stadium.
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a new trial for a former decorated University of Southern California water polo coach convicted in the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal. In throwing out Jovan Vavic’s fraud and bribery conviction, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani found …
The Los Angeles Dodgers will try to earn their 100th victory this season when they visit the San Francisco Giants.
The Toronto Blue Jays play the Baltimore Orioles, leading the series 1-0.
The Milwaukee Brewers host the New York Yankees trying to extend a three-game home winning streak.
The Detroit Tigers play the Chicago White Sox, leading the series 1-0.
The Atlanta Braves host the Philadelphia Phillies trying to continue a six-game home winning streak.