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The Tampa Bay Rays head into Sunday afternoon at PNC Park after outlasting the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-7 on Saturday, and this rematch feels tighter than that final score might suggest. First pitch is scheduled for 1:35 PM in Pittsburgh, with the market giving the Pirates a slight edge at -120 while the Rays sit at even money. That is a pretty small gap, and honestly it should be. These are the kinds of games where one clean stretch from a bullpen or one bad defensive inning can decide everything. What stands out right away is the total at 7.5 after a game that finished with 15 runs. That usually tells you the board expects a different shape on Sunday. Maybe

Kansas City heads into Sunday trying to avoid a sweep at Yankee Stadium after dropping the first two games of this series, including a rough 13-4 loss on Saturday. First pitch is set for 1:35 p.m. ET in the Bronx, and this is the kind of matinee where pricing matters more than anything else. The Yankees come in sitting near the top of the AL East race, while the Royals are already chasing in the AL Central and trying to stop a bad road stretch before it gets heavier. This matchup is also interesting because both teams are expected to send lefties to the mound. Cole Ragans goes for Kansas City, Ryan Weathers for New York. That creates a slightly

Reigning American League Rookie of the Year Nick Kurtz is looking to escape the sophomore slump. The Athletics’ first baseman hit .290 last season with 64 extra-base hits — 36 of them home runs — to go with 86 RBIs. But on Saturday night against the Chicago White Sox, his two-run homer in the seventh inning tied the game at 6, and the A’s went on to win 7-6 in 11 innings on Max Muncy’s sacrifice fly. The teams will finish their three-game series on Sunday afternoon in West Sacramento, Calif., after splitting the first two contests. The White Sox have homered four times in the first two games, the A’s twice. One of those home runs was Kurtz’s second

At some point this season, the Seattle Mariners will coast to a victory. It appeared that might be the case on Saturday, when they carried a six-run lead into the ninth inning against the visiting Texas Rangers. But nothing has been easy for these Mariners. Closer Andres Munoz, who blew a four-run lead in a 7-6 loss Wednesday at San Diego, was forced to make an entrance in the ninth on Saturday with two outs and the bases loaded and the tying run at the plate. Munoz struck out Brandon Nimmo for the final out in a 7-3 victory as the Mariners beat the American League West co-leaders for the first time in five meetings this season. The current three-game