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Corey Seager is under the scanner — literally. The Rangers All-Star shortstop missed his second straight game Sunday against Houston, back spasms keeping him out of the lineup as Texas ordered an MRI. For a team with playoff ambitions, losing your cornerstone shortstop to a back issue is a serious concern, and the results of that imaging will set the tone for the week ahead in Arlington.
Meanwhile, the Indian Premier League is rewriting its own history in real time. Royal Challengers Bengaluru torched Punjab Kings for two hundred twenty two for four on Sunday, pushing IPL two thousand twenty six to fifty three scores of two hundred or more in a single edition — the highest ever recorded. Fifty three. The previous mark was fifty two, set just last season. T-twenty cricket has entered a genuinely different dimension.
And on the college courts, Auburn women's tennis is one match away from making history. The Tigers knocked off Ohio State four to one in the semifinals Saturday, improving to thirty seven and three on the season and punching their ticket to the NCAA Championship final against Texas A&M on Sunday. They carry the number one ITA ranking into that match, and this program has earned every bit of it.
That's your play-by-play. Sports Desk, back to the booth.
