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Bryce Harper isn't sugarcoating anything. The Phillies have gone three and eight since the All-Star break, and Harper told reporters flat out that this team needs help before the August third trade deadline. When your best player is sounding the alarm publicly, the front office better be listening.
Meanwhile in Indianapolis, Caitlin Clark put on another clinic. She and Kelsey Mitchell combined for sixty points as the Fever topped one hundred for the fourth consecutive game, a league record, beating the Storm one hundred five to ninety five. Clark dropped thirty two herself, and this Indiana team right now looks genuinely dangerous.
And over in the American League, Reid Detmers may have made his final start in an Angels uniform Tuesday night, going five innings and allowing just two earned runs in a three to two loss to Houston. He impressed again, which is exactly the point — a polished young arm on a struggling franchise is the definition of trade bait, and the deadline is days away.
That's your play-by-play. Sports Desk, back to the booth.
