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Italy celebrating on the field after beating Puerto Rico in the 2026 WBC quarterfinals
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L’Italia S’è Desta! Italy Edges Puerto Rico, Makes WBC Semifinals

Italy 8, Puerto Rico 6 HOUSTON (Mar. 14) — Italy has arrived — and their 8–6 win over Puerto Rico in Saturday’s World Baseball Classic quarterfinals proved it. Italy stole five bases, walked eight times, and cracked eight hits in the victory. They head to the semifinals in Miami — the deepest run by Italy […]

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Rangers Avoid Sweep against Twins in Extras

Rangers 6, Twins 5 ARLINGTON, Tex. (Aug 18) — The Texas Rangers narrowly avoided the four-game sweep by beating the Minnesota Twins, 6–5, in a walk-off victory in extras on Sunday afternoon. Adolis Garcia and Josh Jung both hit game-changing homers in the seventh to lift the Rangers to their first win of this home […]

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Rangers Lose Tough One against Twins

Twins 5, Rangers 2 ARLINGTON, Tex. (Aug 17) — The Texas Rangers fell to the Minnesota Twins, 5–2, on Saturday evening, taking the series loss in front of a crowd of 31,192. It was on the same night that retired third baseman Adrian Beltre was honored for his induction into the National Baseball Hall of […]

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Twins Edge Rangers in Series Opener

Twins 3, Rangers 2 ARLINGTON, Tex. (Aug 15) — The Texas Rangers dropped their series opener to the Minnesota Twins, 3–2, on Thursday evening. A solo home run by Willi Castro was the difference maker for the Twins in this contest. The Rangers, meanwhile, will try to even this four-game set on Friday with first […]

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