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Torino head to Stadio Giovanni Zini for a Serie A Round 33 match on Sunday, April 19, with Cremonese badly needing points in the survival race. Cremonese entered the day 17th on 27 points through 32 matches, while Torino sat on 39 points and had a bit more breathing room in the lower middle of the table. The reverse meeting went Torino’s way, a 1-0 result in December, so there is already a recent template for a low-event match here. Form matters here, and it does not flatter the hosts. Cremonese came in on an LLWLL run across their last five league matches, scoring only four times in that stretch, while Torino were WWLWL and had taken wins over Pisa

The injuries continue to add up for the Houston Astros, who lost outfielder Joey Loperfido to right quad tightness on Friday. He was unavailable for the Astros’ 7-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday. Loperfido underwent an MRI on Saturday and likely will be placed on the injured list, manager Joe Espada said. Houston, needing a victory on Sunday to avert a three-game series sweep, claimed outfielder Dustin Harris off waivers from the Chicago White Sox on Saturday in a move unrelated to the Loperfido injury. Harris slashed .224/.318/.414 across 27 games with the Texas Rangers (2024-25) and White Sox (2026). The Astros, who have lost three straight overall, entered the weekend with outfielders Jake Meyers (right oblique

There was a glaring lack of contact from Baltimore Orioles’ hitters on Saturday. The Orioles had four hits — two of them homers — while striking out a stunning 16 times. Baltimore will look to have their bats smack the ball more often in Sunday’s finale of a four-game series against the host Cleveland Guardians. The Guardians have won two of the first three games, including Saturday’s 4-2 victory when right-hander Gavin Williams dominated the Orioles. Williams struck out 11 in seven innings and allowed one run, three hits and one walk. He leads the majors with 40 strikeouts. “That’s not the biggest goal for me,” Williams said of the strikeouts. “I’m just trying to help the team win games.

The San Francisco Giants will try to accomplish a couple of firsts for this season in the series finale at the Washington Nationals on Sunday. The Giants will look to win four consecutive games for the first time and will also try to complete their initial three-game series sweep. Both are possible because the Giants outlasted the Nationals 7-6 in 12 innings after watching the Nationals tie it in the ninth on Saturday. A pair of veterans match up in the finale when San Francisco left-hander Robbie Ray (2-2, 2.42 ERA) opposes right-hander Miles Mikolas (0-3, 11.49). Ray has given up two earned runs or fewer in each of his four starts. On Tuesday, he allowed two runs on two