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The Athletics fired pitching coach Scott Emerson on Monday after losing 13 of 14 games before the All-Star break. Emerson, 54, had held the position since June 2017. Bullpen coach Dan Hubbs will be the interim pitching coach for the rest of the 2026 season. Playing in hitter-friendly Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, Calif., the Athletics (41-55) have the American League’s worst team ERA at 5.21. Emerson originally joined the A’s organization as a minor league pitching coach in 2003.

The Houston Astros reversed Mike Burrows’ recent option to the minor leagues and placed the right-hander on the 15-day injured Monday list with right elbow neuritis. The move is retroactive to last Tuesday, the day Burrows was sent down and one day after he allowed 10 runs (seven earned) over 4 1/3 innings against the Washington Nationals. Houston initially optioned him to Triple-A Sugar Land, but the assignment was nullified because of the elbow issue. A timetable for a return was not indicated.

Former Kansas basketball player Lagerald Vick was charged with attempted first-degree murder in Tennessee. Vick, 29, was a guard for the Jayhawks from 2015-19 and started for coach Bill Self’s 2018 Final Four squad. He was arrested in Memphis on Saturday in connection with a July 4 shooting in the city and was also charged with using a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony.

The Cincinnati Reds placed starting pitcher Nick Lodolo on the 15-day injured list on Sunday because of a blister on his left index finger. In a corresponding move, the Reds recalled rookie right-hander Chase Petty from Triple-A Louisville. Finger blisters have been an issue for Lodolo, who exited Saturday’s 5-3 loss to the visiting Chicago Cubs after allowing Carson Kelly’s leadoff homer in the sixth inning.

The Edmonton Oilers signed restricted free agent Colton Dach to a two-year, $2.4 million contract on Sunday. The 23-year-old forward had nine points (three goals, six assists), a minus-15 rating, 47 penalty minutes, 27 blocks and 189 hits in 53 games for the Chicago Blackhawks last season before he was traded on March 4 with forward Jason Dickinson to the Oilers for forward Andrew Mangiapane and a conditional 2027 first-round draft pick.

Baltimore utility player Blaze Alexander sustained a non-displaced fracture in his left hand when he was hit by a pitch against the Kansas City Royals on Sunday, Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said. Both benches cleared in the seventh inning after Alexander was hit by a 95-mph fastball from Royals right-hander Lucas Erceg, who said after the Orioles’ 8-2 victory that hitting him with the inside pitch, the seventh in the at-bat, was not intentional.

Warde Manuel’s 10-year tenure as Michigan athletic director is in doubt, with multiple reports Sunday that the university’s board of regents will meet to discuss an investigation into the culture of the athletic department. The board will meet Thursday in Traverse City, Mich., to review the findings of a $12 million probe into Wolverines athletics following former head football coach Sherrone Moore’s scandal, per the reports.

The Golden State Warriors are adding Frank Vogel to their bench to serve as the associate head coach to Steve Kerr, ESPN reported Sunday. Vogel, who coached the Los Angeles Lakers to the NBA title in 2020, takes over for Terry Stotts, who left Golden State’s staff along with Jerry Stackhouse after the 2025-26 season. Vogel, 53, spent last season as an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks.

Anthony Siegler had the tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the 10th inning Sunday for the visiting Boston Red Sox, who won their ninth straight game by edging the New York Mets 3-2 in the finale of a three-game interleague series. Andrew Monasterio had a bases-loaded walk and Jarren Duran had an RBI single in a crucial ninth inning for the Red Sox that forced extra innings.

Zack Wheeler doesn’t need your pity. The Philadelphia Phillies ace said he’s declined an invite to the MLB All-Star Game after feeling “disrespected” over multiple snubs. Not only was Wheeler not named an All-Star when the rosters were made official last weekend, but the 36-year-old righty also wasn’t among the replacement additions announced Tuesday.