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Defender Gustavo Gomez and striker Vitor Roque scored first-half goals and Brazil's Palmeiras beat River Plate 2-1 in Buenos Aires in the first leg of their Copa Libertadores quarterfinal series.

Trent Grisham homered twice and Cody Bellinger also went deep as the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 10-5.

Jose Altuve hit a two-run home run and Jeremy Peña homered and doubled to help the Houston Astros complete a three-game sweep of the Texas Rangers with a 5-2 win Wednesday night.

Manny Machado hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the fifth inning and the San Diego Padres beat the New York Mets 7-4 in a matchup of postseason contenders.

Rays center fielder Chandler Simpson robbed Alejandro Kirk of a three-run homer and later singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning of Tampa Bay's 2-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.

Gavin Williams struck out nine in five innings, Bo Naylor hit a two-run single and the Cleveland Guardians won their season-best sixth straight game, 4-0 over the Detroit Tigers.

Brandon Woodruff pitched five solid innings, Sal Frelick hit a three-run homer and Blake Perkins tied a career high with five RBIs to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 9-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.

Hannes Wolf scored twice, Julián Fernández had the game-winning goal in stoppage time and New York City FC beat the Columbus Crew 3-2 on Wednesday night for its sixth win in eight matches.

Satou Sabally and Alyssa Thomas each scored 15 points to help the Phoenix Mercury beat the New York Liberty 86-60 in Game 2 on Wednesday night.

Sean McVay jokingly says he tore the plantar fascia in his foot last weekend because of his athleticism.