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The Kansas City Royals took the Texas Rangers to the limit this weekend at Kauffman Stadium. On Sunday, however, the Royals ran out of gas in a 3-2 loss in the series finale.

May 5—Saturday gave the Cardinals plenty of reasons to walk away soaked and sour. They fell behind early, rallied to take a lead and then fell in extra innings to the club with the worst record in baseball after a 3-hour and 3-minute rain delay put the game on pause so that they could resume for less than one minute.

The Mavericks are on to the next one. Dallas advanced to the Western Conference semifinal round after Friday’s Game 6 victory over the LA Clippers.

HOUSTON — Cal Raleigh to the rescue. The Mariners slugging catcher hit a missile out to the short-porch Crawford Boxes off Astros closer Josh Hader in the top of the ninth inning, and the Mariners stiffarmed the mystic of Minute Maid Park one more time in an anxious 5-4 victory Sunday afternoon.

Kansas City Royals pitcher Kyle Wright sat at his locker. A few minutes prior, he had just finished working out and needed a second to collect his thoughts.

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers kept giving their fans hope. Even after posting their worst regularseason winning percentage in seven seasons, there was belief the Sixers could make a deep postseason run.

The celebrity cameo on the early-morning bus didn’t get any less surprising after the first time. In fact, it became even more so, once Christian Braun realized it was a trend and not a one-time occurrence.