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14 in a row: Red Sox down Orioles on Caleb Durbin homer
Jul 20, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras (40) hits a one run RBI double against the Baltimore Orioles during the sixth inning at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images Caleb Durbin hit a solo home run to break a tie score in the eighth inning as the Boston Red Sox extended their winning streak to 14 games by beating the visiting Baltimore Orioles, 6-5, Monday night.
Durbin’s homer came against reliever Tyler Wells (2-2) and broke a 5-5 tie. It was his 10th home run of the season.
Baltimore had runners on second and third with two outs in the ninth, but Tyler O’Neill lined out to shortstop to end the game. Garrett Whitlock (5-1) pitched a scoreless eighth to earn the win. Aroldis Chapman worked the ninth for his 22nd save.
Christian Encarnacion-Strand homered and Gunnar Hunderson had three doubles for the Orioles, who committed four errors. The loss ended Baltimore’s seven-game winning streak.
Boston received three hits from Willson Contreras.
The Orioles struck first when Henderson and O’Neill hit back-to-back doubles with two outs in the top of the first.
Jarren Duran’s sacrifice fly drove in Contreras to make it a 1-1 game in the second, and the Red Sox added two runs in the third. Ceddanne Rafaela reached base on an error by second baseman Jeremiah Jackson, took third on Wilyer Abreu’s double and scored on a Henderson throwing error from first base. Contreras followed with an infield single that scored Abreu to extend Boston’s lead to 3-1.
Baltimore trimmed Boston’s advantage to 3-2 when Encarnacion-Strand hit a solo home run in the fifth, and Jackson’s RBI single in the sixth drove in O’Neill to tie the game, 3-3. Baltimore went ahead 4-3 on an Encarnacion-Strand single that scored Leody Taveras later in the sixth.
Abreu scored on a Contreras double in the bottom half of the sixth to pull the Red Sox even, 4-4.
Taylor Ward put Baltimore in front 5-4 by scoring from third on an O’Neill groundout in the seventh, but Boston answered in the bottom of the inning when Tsung-Che Cheng scored on a throwing error by Ward in left field.
Durbin’s home run capped the scoring with two outs in the bottom of the eighth.
–Field Level Media
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WTA roundup: Mayar Sherif wins Iasi title after Paula Badosa retires
May 28, 2026; Paris, France; Mayar Sherif of Egypt returns a shot during her match against Coco Gauff of the United States on day five at Stade Roland Garros. Mandatory Credit: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images Egypt’s Mayar Sherif claimed her first title in nearly four years Monday after Spain’s Paula Badosa retired in the final of the Iasi Open in Romania.
In a match moved back from Sunday due to rain, Sherif was up 6-4, 4-0 when Badosa was forced to bow out due to injury after 70 minutes.
Sherif, 30, took control with a service break in the seventh game of the opening set and broke Badosa twice to open the second set.
Sherif claimed her first WTA Tour-level trophy since winning the Parma Open in Italy — also on clay — in October 2022.
Livesport Prague Open
Croatian sixth seed Antonia Ruzic made a quick exit, losing her opening-round match 7-6 (2), 6-4 to Dominika Salkova, who was playing in front of a friendly crowd in her native Czech Republic.
Salkova won 52.2% of her return points while holding a narrow 5-4 edge in breaks. She survived a roller coaster of a match which saw her win the first four games but losing the next five.
Czech No. 1 seed Marie Bouzkova and No. 8 seed Daria Snigur of Ukraine did not have the same trouble in their opening matches. Bouzkova beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain 7-5, 7-5, while Snigur won a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 marathon against Germany’s Ella Seidel.
In unseeded action, Ayla Aksu of Turkey beat Belgium’s Sofia Costoulas 2-6, 6-3, 6-4; Lucie Havlickova of the Czech Republic triumphed against Alycia Parks 6-2, 6-4; Carol Young Suh Lee overcame Ukraine’s Veronika Podrez 6-1, 5-7, 6-2; and France’s Oceane Dodin swept Czech Alisa Oktiabreva 6-3, 6-3.
MSC Hamburg Ladies Open
No. 2 seed Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine swept Kaitlin Quevedo of Spain 7-5, 6-4 on the opening day of the tournament in Germany.
It was a chaotic match, with 14 games won by the returning player and just eight won by the serving player. Kalinina, though, was more opportunistic, winning 8 of 17 break-point opportunities to overcome a no-ace performance with nine double faults.
In other Day 1 action, Anna Bondar of Hungary bested Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima 7-5, 6-4 by winning 48.4% of her return points. German wild card Julia Stusek outlasted Argentina’s Nadia Podoroska for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win in the most competitive match of the day.
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Orioles All-Star C Adley Rutschman (wrist) placed on IL
Jul 12, 2026; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Baltimore Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman (35) waives to the fans before a game against the Kansas City Royals at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images Baltimore Orioles standout catcher Adley Rutschman was placed on the 10-day injured with left wrist inflammation on Monday.
The move involving the three-time All-Star is retroactive to Sunday.
Rutschman represented the Orioles in the All-Star Game last week. He is batting .251 with eight homers, 19 doubles and 47 RBIs in 67 games this season.
Rutschman, 28, has been banged up this season, previously missing time due to a left ankle injury and a concussion.
Rutschman was the No. 1 overall pick of the 2019 draft and also made the American League All-Star team in 2023 and 2024.
He has a .254 career average with 69 homers and 277 RBIs in 572 games over five seasons with Baltimore.
Also, Baltimore backup catcher Samuel Basallo exited Sunday’s 5-2 win over the Houston Astros with right shoulder discomfort and manager Craig Albernaz termed him “day to day” on Monday. He has started 44 games behind the plate and has 16 homers and 46 RBIs in 86 overall games.
Sam Huff is the starting catcher for Monday’s game against the host Boston Red Sox. He is 4-for-26 (.154) in 10 games this season.
The Orioles also promoted catcher Chadwick Tromp from Triple-A Norfolk and designated outfielder Rudy Martin Jr. for assignment. Tromp went 2-for-3 with one RBI in one game for Baltimore earlier this season.
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Padres' Miguel Andujar (fractured wrist) placed on 10-day IL
Jul 19, 2026; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; San Diego Padres first baseman Ty France (25) celebrates with designated hitter Miguel Andujar (41) against the Kansas City Royals after hitting a solo home run during the ninth inning at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-Imagn Images San Diego Padres utility man Miguel Andujar was placed on the 10-day injured list Monday after fracturing his right wrist during Sunday’s 19-2 road victory over the Kansas City Royals.
Padres manager Craig Stammen referred to the injury as a “little fracture” and said it wasn’t season-ending.
Andujar was hit by a pitch from Kansas City right-hander Lucas Erceg in the eighth inning of Sunday’s game. He remained in the game but later on, the wrist flared up.
“It was a breaking ball, we didn’t think much of it,” Stammen told reporters before Monday’s road game against the Atlanta Braves. “He kind of shook it off, went to first and said it didn’t really hurt that much.”
X-rays revealed the break. Stammen said doctors decided against putting a cast on Andujar, a move that can speed up the recovery.
Andujar, 31, is batting .259 with five homers and 22 RBIs in 74 games during his first season with the Padres. He has a .279 career mark with 58 blasts and 245 RBIs in 541 games over 10 seasons.
San Diego recalled catcher Rodolfo Duran from Triple-A El Paso in a corresponding move. Duran batted .146 with three homers and eight RBIs in 35 games for the Padres earlier this season.
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WTA roundup: Mayar Sherif wins Iasi title after Paula Badosa retires
Orioles All-Star C Adley Rutschman (wrist) placed on IL
