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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Instead of postgame orange slices there was champagne as Shohei Ohtani made one of baseball’s biggest stages look like Little League.

SEATTLE (AP) — George Kirby was in the strike zone — perhaps too much.

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed a homer on the first pitch but did not yield another run over a complete-game three-hitter as the Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 5-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday to take a 2-0 lead in the National League Championship Series.

HONG KONG (Reuters) — The National Basketball Association’s games in Macau on Friday and Sunday are a test for a broader China comeback, experts and state media said, as Chinese fans descended on the world’s biggest gambling hub to get a glimpse of the sport.

ATLANTA (Reuters) — Bijan Robinson tied a career high with 170 rushing yards and ran for an 81-yard touchdown on Monday, helping the Atlanta Falcons post a 24-14 victory over the visiting Buffalo Bills.

(Reuters) — Jake Moody kicked a 38-yard field goal as time expired and the visiting Chicago Bears upset the Washington Commanders 25-24 on Monday night.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Blake Snell was injured and unavailable to pitch in July when the Los Angeles Dodgers lost all six of their regular-season meetings with the Milwaukee Brewers.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs knew they were going to have a fight on their hands when the Detroit Lions, riding a four-game winning streak and a whole bunch of momentum, rolled into Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday night. They probably didn’t expect their dominant p…

TORONTO (AP) — Bryce Miller overcame a shaky first inning and gave the tired Seattle Mariners the start they needed in the AL Championship Series opener.

(Reuters) — French Open champion Coco Gauff captured her third WTA 1000 title and first in Wuhan after rallying from two breaks down in the second set to defeat fellow American Jessica Pegula 6-4 7-5 in Sunday’s final.