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May 23—Brothers Braden and Easton Carmichael only get one season to play together on the Oklahoma baseball team. A special season from both players was made even more special on Tuesday, as each were voted onto the Big 12’s all-conference teams by league coaches.

May 23—CINCINNATI — At a ballpark where innings are known to go super sideways as homers go up, up and away, to walls both near and far, the Cardinals turned for a second consecutive day to their closer.

Kansas City Royals manager Matt Quatraro made quite the pregame assertion. When asked his thoughts on Mike Mayers’ upcoming start, Quatraro quipped that a complete- game shutout would be the best-case scenario against the Detroit Tigers.

The Kansas City Royals have had a road map for success. It has led them to memorable playoff victories and consecutive World Series appearances as recently as 2014 and 2015.

May 22—CINCINNATI — The Cardinals had chance after chance after chance in the late innings Monday to turn a tie game into their latest triumph on the climb back to contention. It took the Reds only one.

LOS ANGELES – Not even history can break routine. Nikola Jokic had just shredded the Los Angeles Lakers in tidy fashion en route to the Denver Nuggets’ first-ever trip to the NBA Finals.

May 22—MILWAUKEE — Make it eight straight wins and counting for the Astros, thanks to a power barrage they’ve been waiting to see all season. Houston hit a season-high five home runs Monday night in blasting the Milwaukee Brewers 12-2 in the opener of their three-game series at American Family Field.

May 21—What is left to say to a team that’s hitting the ball so well that they seemingly can do no wrong? That’s the position Oklahoma head coach Patty Gasso found herself in the top of the first inning of Sunday’s NCAA Norman Regional final. California’s starting pitcher got a rare strikeout on Jayda Coleman to lead off the game.

May 21—Rangers 13, Rockies 3 What happened: In a weekend filled with crooked numbers, a five-run second inning and a six-run fifth doomed the Colorado Rockies as they were swept by the Texas Rangers on Sunday afternoon. In just his fourth game back from the injured list, Texas’ Corey Seager went 3-for-5 batting with three RBI and a pair of runs scored to lead the way for the team currently in first place in the American League West.