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The United States Men's National Team has won Group D at the two thousand twenty six FIFA World Cup, clinching first place for just the third time in program history, joining their nineteen thirty and two thousand ten squads in that elite company. The path cleared when Paraguay knocked out Turkey in San Francisco, sending the Turks home despite an absolutely baffling run of dominance — sixty two combined shots across two matches without a single goal. That is a level of futility that defies explanation, and the USMNT will take it, advancing with momentum heading into the knockout round.
Shifting to baseball, the Oakland Athletics pulled off one of the wilder comebacks you'll see this season, rallying from seven runs down to beat the Los Angeles Angels twelve to eleven in ten innings. Jonah Heim came off the bench and launched a pinch-hit homer in the ninth to tie it, capping a furious run that included two-run shots from Jacob Wilson and Max Muncy. West Sacramento got a show.
And in Milwaukee, Jacob Misiorowski touched one hundred four point two miles per hour against Atlanta — filthy stuff — but the Brewers still came up short in the loss, which tells you everything about how unforgiving this game can be even when your arm is dealing.
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