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Barcelona head to the Coliseum on Saturday for a La Liga Matchday 32 test that suddenly feels huge. Kickoff is set for 4:15 p.m. local time, and the stakes are obvious. Barça entered the day on 82 points at the top of the table, while Getafe sat sixth on 44 and firmly in the European conversation. After Real Madrid dropped points on Friday, Barcelona had a chance to stretch the gap to 11 with only five matches left. Getafe, meanwhile, were playing for something real too, because sixth place is not a spot they can take for granted. This is not an easy title-race road stop, though. Getafe have turned the Coliseum into a difficult, ugly place to play, and

Philadelphia ace Zack Wheeler will make his first start since last August when the Phillies bid to snap a 10-game losing streak on Saturday night against the host Atlanta Braves. The Braves have won nine of their last 10 games and beat the Phillies 5-3 on Friday to open the three-game set between the teams with the best and worst record, respectively, in the majors. The losing streak is the longest for Philadelphia since it dropped 11 in a row in 1999. Wheeler will oppose Atlanta’s Bryce Elder (3-1, 1.50 ERA) in a battle of right-handers. “Having Zack Wheeler on your 26-man roster makes you a better roster no matter what,” Philadelphia manager Rob Thomson said. “Because when he’s healthy

Even with new pitchers in the Chicago Cubs’ injury-plagued bullpen, the results remained the same. The Cubs rallied for a 6-4 win on Friday, with their bullpen covering four scoreless innings and holding the Los Angeles Dodgers to two hits. Chicago takes a 10-game winning streak into the middle game of a three-game road series against the Dodgers on Saturday. It’s the longest winning streak since the 2016 World Series champion Cubs reeled off 11 straight victories that August. “Nothing is really long-term (with our bullpen injuries),” Chicago manager Craig Counsell said. “Which we think is a positive in all this. But injuries add up, and we’ve lost a lot of bodies. When that happens, it gets hard to replace

Aston Villa head to Craven Cottage for Saturday’s Premier League matchup, with kickoff set for 12:30 p.m. local time in London. This is a meaningful spot for both sides. Villa entered the weekend fourth in the table and had a chance to strengthen their Champions League position, while Fulham started 12th, only three points behind seventh and five off sixth, so their European chase was still alive too. The recent form makes the handicap a little more interesting than the table alone suggests. Fulham had just drawn 0-0 at Brentford and had failed to score in four of their previous five league matches, but they had also won four of their last six home league games. Villa, meanwhile, had taken