CLEVELAND (AP) – David Fry and Austin Hedges hit home runs, and the Cleveland Guardians defeated Texas 9-4 on Wednesday to snap the Rangers’ six-game winning streak.

NEW YORK (AP) – Baseball players proposed optional assignments to the minor leagues be cut from a maximum of five per season to three and those sent down get more pay and service time, aimed at reducing roster churn that teams use for their bullpen back ends in an era when relief pitchers throw an increased portion of games.

NEW YORK (AP) – The New York Police Department will deploy thousands of officers to handle security for a slew of huge Independence Day celebrations and a World Cup match that will make the July 4 weekend especially challenging, even for one of the world’s largest police forces.

LONDON (AP) – The WTA Finals, the elite season-ending event in women’s tennis, is moving from Saudi Arabia to Indian Wells, California, this year.

LONDON (AP) – Barbora Krejcikova needed seven match points to knock French Open champion Mirra Andreeva out of Wimbledon in the biggest upset of the women’s tournament so far, winning 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.

LONDON (AP) – Former singles finalist Nick Kyrgios bid an emotional goodbye to his Wimbledon career following a first-round doubles loss on Wednesday.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Dillon Dube signed a free agent contract with the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday, making him the second of five players acquitted in the Canada 2018 world junior sexual assault case to get an NHL deal since the trial ended just under a year ago.

MIAMI (AP) – Add Norman Powell to the list of this past season’s All-Stars who are changing addresses this summer in NBA free agency.