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LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers needed to turn things around Sunday to wrap up the unofficial first half on a high note. Manager Dave Roberts said as much the night before. “When you give teams free bases, extra outs, it’s hard to win a game, regardless of the opponent,” he said. “ Emmet [Sheehan] needs to go out there and throw the baseball well tomorrow.

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles just can’t have nice things. Immediately after their best stretch of baseball of the season, ending with their fourth straight victory Sunday to enter the All-Star break on a high note, manager Craig Albernaz revealed that one of his best players has a broken hand. Blaze Alexander, who was hit by a pitch in the seventh inning of the Orioles’ 8-2 win over the Royals, suffered a nondisplaced fracture in his left hand.

The U.S. launched fresh missile attacks against Iran on Sunday in what has become a pattern of strikes and counterstrikes by Washington and Tehran as the two sides issued conflicting declarations over whether the Strait of Hormuz is open to shipping. The attacks Sunday afternoon were the fourth from the U.S. in a week. U.S. Central Command said the weekend strikes were in response to Iranian attacks on a Cyprus-flagged container ship.

CINCINNATI — Alex Bregman described the Chicago Cubs’ first half of the season Saturday as a time of “some high highs and some low lows,” which sounds about right. It was highlighted by a pair of 10-game win streaks, an MVP-caliber performance by Pete Crow-Armstrong, the emergence of Ben Brown as a primetime starter and the continued defensive excellence that has been the team’s hallmark under manager Craig Counsell.

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres, hurt and tired and having not played all that well lately, crawled to the All-Star break. Their final step was achieved by running their way to a victory. Two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning — aided by Xander Bogaerts’ steal of second base and Jase Bowen’s steal of third — lifted them to a 5-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday that completed a series win and got them to three days off. “It is definitely needed,” Fernando Tatis Jr. said.

LAS VEGAS — Conor McGregor was wide awake in the scary hours Sunday morning, left to lament his loss on X instead of celebrate his win on the Las Vegas Strip. “I was so sharp and so ready for this fight I cannot believe what has happened,” he wrote at 2:29 a.m. “… I will overcome this. I will not be deterred. I will return.” Thanks, but no thanks.

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants will enter the All-Star break with some much-needed good vibes, defeating the Colorado Rockies 3-1 on Sunday afternoon at Oracle Park to take three of four from their division rival. Rookie Trevor McDonald rebounded from a disastrous start against the Toronto Blue Jays, allowing just one run while matching his season-high seven innings on just 73 pitches.

Gov. Tim Walz issued an executive order declaring a peacetime emergency and authorizing the state National Guard to help respond to wildfires in northern Minnesota. “Wildfires have broken out in northeastern Minnesota and are putting local communities at risk,” Walz said. “This emergency declaration allows for the mobilization of additional resources necessary to protect lives, prevent damage, and help the Minnesota DNR and our local communities respond.

Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday ended weeks of speculation about his health with a statement saying he’s on the mend. The Kentucky Republican, who was hospitalized June 14, issued a letter to fellow Kentuckians telling them he has been recovering from a fall, followed by what he termed “a mild case of pneumonia.” The 84-year-old McConnell, a survivor of childhood polio, has faced mobility challenges throughout his life.