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Royals stunned by Rangers, suffer fifth straight loss
May 30, 2026; Arlington, Texas, USA; Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung (6) hits a home run during the first inning against the Kansas City Royals at Globe Life Field. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Dieb-Imagn Images Ezequiel Duran dropped a walk-off, RBI single into right field, and the Texas Rangers rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to win 7-6 over the scuffling Kansas City Royals on Saturday in Arlington, Texas.
Texas trailed 6-4 entering the ninth, when Joc Pederson led off with an opposite-field homer to right off Lucas Erceg (3-3). Josh Jung and Brandon Nimmo followed with back-to-back infield singles and Jake Burger’s third hit tied the contest.
Duran, hitless in the game to that point, came through with a ball that fell in front of right fielder Jac Caglianone, allowing Nimmo to score and the Rangers to take the first two of this three-game set.
Kansas City, which has lost five straight, managed just three hits and could not take advantage of three walks allowed by Texas’ Kumar Rocker, who had a 3-0 lead when he left following the sixth inning. However, the Royals finally broke through in the seventh.
With Tyler Alexander on the Rangers mound, Isaac Collins led off by bouncing a ground-rule double into the right field corner. After going to third on Nick Loftin’s one-out single, Collins scored via Carter Jensen’s single.
The Royals tied it at 3-3 with consecutive RBI singles from Bobby Witt Jr. and Maikel Garcia, who exited later in the seventh with a hamstring strain while going from first to third on Vinnie Pasquantino’s tiebreaking double to left-center field against Jakob Junis.
Jensen then gave Kansas City some presumed insurance with his two-run homer in the eighth off Texas’ Chris Martin for a 6-3 lead.
Danny Jansen’s RBI double got the Rangers within two runs in the eighth.
The Rangers wasted no time getting to the Royals’ Seth Lugo to start the game. With one out in the bottom of the first, Jung sent a towering drive into the left field seats.
Texas made it 3-0 in the fourth thanks to some shoddy Royals defense. Burger singled and advanced on Garcia’s error on Duran’s grounder. Burger then scored via Jansen’s ground out and Duran came home on Nicky Lopez’s single.
Lugo allowed three runs — one earned — and six hits while striking out six without a walk.
Peyton Gray (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninth to earn the win for Texas.
–Field Level Media
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White Sox hit three homers in win over Tigers
May 30, 2026; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago White Sox pitcher Anthony Kay (18) delivers the ball during the first inning against the Detroit Tigers at Rate Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn Images Edgar Quero, Colson Montgomery and Andrew Benintendi hit home runs, as the host Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers 7-1 Saturday.
White Sox starter Anthony Kay (5-1) gave up one run and six hits in five innings. The southpaw walked one and struck out three in 84 pitches.
The White Sox go for the sweep Sunday. The Tigers have lost three straight and have only won six games in May.
Framber Valdez (2-4) gave up four runs and six hits in six-plus innings. The southpaw walked two and struck out four in 89 pitches.
After giving up two runs in the first, Valdez only allowed two base runners until the seventh, when the White Sox broke the game open.
Quero led off with a home run for the first run, and Benintendi followed with a double.
Valdez recorded two outs, but Rikuu Nishida grounded a single to right to score Benintendi and give Chicago a three-run lead.
Montgomery hit a solo shot and Benintendi a two-run blast in the eighth for more insurance.
The White Sox jumped out 2-0 right away.
Chase Meidroth led off the game with a double and went third when Valdez walked Miguel Vargas and Montgomery back-to-back.
Meidroth scored on a wild pitch with Randal Grichuk at bat.
Grichuk lined out to third, but Vargas scored to make it 2-0 on a Quero sacrifice fly to center.
Wenceel Perez brought the Tigers back within one with a leadoff home run in the third.
The Tigers had a scoring chance in the fourth, when Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson had back-to-back one-out singles. Jahmai Jones grounded into a 5-4-3 double play to end the threat, however.
Detroit had another threat in the sixth when Matt Vierling led off with a single and Greene reached when Grichuk dropped his fly ball in right. Vierling was initially called out at second, but the call was overturned.
Grant Taylor came on with two on and none out. The right-hander struck out Torkelson, induced Jones to fly out to center and forced Perez to ground out to second to end the threat.
–Field Level Media
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Shedeur Sanders shatters record with $17.7M in group licensing income
Shedeur Sanders throws at the Browns OTA in Berea on May 27, 2026. Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders earned a record $17.7 million in group licensing income, according to an annual report filed by the NFL Players Association.
Sanders shattered the previous single-season record, which was held by Tom Brady in 2021-22 ($9.5 million).
According to Front Office Sports, Group licensing accounts for deals that involve six of more players. Common examples include jerseys and trading cards.
As a result, that $17.7 million figure does not even include his personal endorsement deals with Beats by Dre, Gatorade and others.
The rookie quarterback played in eight games (seven starts) for the Browns last season, throwing for 1,400 yards, seven touchdowns and 10 interceptions. He also rushed for 169 yards and a touchdown.
The next-highest earner for group licensing was fellow rookie Travis Hunter ($12.8 million) of the Jacksonville Jaguars, who was teammates with Sanders in college at Jackson State and Colorado. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes earned $8 million.
–Field Level Media
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Zachary Svajda remembers late dad after latest French Open win
May 30, 2026; Paris, France; Zachary Svajda of the United States returns a shot during his match against Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina on day seven at Stade Roland Garros. Mandatory Credit: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images Unheralded American Zachary Svajda continued his surprise French Open run on Saturday by posting a 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3 victory over No. 25 Francisco Cerundolo to reach the fourth round in Paris.
Svajda committed 18 fewer unforced errors (59-41) than Cerundolo while thriving on the clay at Roland Garros.
The run is emotional for Svajda, whose father, Tom, died of cancer last October. Saturday would have been Tom’s 61st birthday, and Svajda pointed to the sky after finishing off the victory.
“I was thinking about that,” Svajda said. “I was nervous. I know he’s proud of me, and I want to perform well and win. When I got that match, the last point, I just teared up, fell to the ground like, ‘Oh my gosh, what is happening?'”
Cerundolo of Argentina had the edge in aces (13-10) and winners (61-43), while Svajda scored well by converting 6 of 9 break points.
Svajda will next face No. 10 Flavio Cobolli, who sailed to a 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Learner Tien.
Due to a slew of upsets, Cobolli is the third-highest-seeded player remaining in the field. The Italian is also aware that not a single former champion remains in the field.
“Of course I want to think match by match,” Cobolli said. “That’s the way that I want to think this week.”
“I know that there are many possibilities to have a new Grand Slam champion. For sure, we will have a new Grand Slam champion, but I don’t want to think about this. For sure, I have now another tough match.”
Argentina’s Juan Manuel Cerundolo, who upset top-seeded Jannik Sinner of Italy on Thursday, needed five hours and 57 minutes to finish off a 6-4, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6) victory over Spain’s Martin Landaluce. The match was the third-longest in Roland Garros history.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo won 214 points to Landaluce’s 213 and held a 16-6 edge in aces. Landaluce had more winners (87-76) and also committed more unforced errors (86-71).
Italy’s Matteo Berrettini also won a lengthy match with a marathon fifth-set tiebreaker, outlasting Argentina’s Francisco Comesana 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (13) in five hours and 13 minutes.
“Francisco played an unbelievable match,” said Berrettini, who lost in the 2021 Wimbledon final. “It was an unbelievable match, I really had to find my way (through) and I gave it everything I had.”
Berrettini will face Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the round of 16.
Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo moved on with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (9) victory over 17-year-old Moise Kouame of France.
Also, Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi outlasted Belgium’s Raphael Collignon 6-4, 6-7 (5), 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (8).
–Field Level Media
White Sox hit three homers in win over Tigers
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