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In Minnesota, Twins ace Joe Ryan is heading to the injured list after an MRI confirmed a mild left glute strain. It's a brutal blow for a rotation that can't afford to lose its frontline arm, and the Twins will need to patch things together fast while Ryan recovers.
Shifting to Chicago, the Cubs pulled off something genuinely stunning Thursday night. Down two runs with two strikes left in the ninth, Alex Bregman got a hold of a curveball from Blue Jays All-Star closer Louis Varland and deposited it into the left-field seats. First blown save of the year for Varland, and the Cubs walked it off in extras. That is a gut-punch loss for Toronto and a statement win for a Cubs team that simply refuses to go quietly.
And on the college football side, USC head coach Lincoln Riley confirmed a tough piece of news — starting center Kilian O'Connor is done before the two thousand twenty six season even kicks off, lost to a non-contact injury suffered in practice. Riley called him a heartbeat of the program, and right now the Trojans are feeling that absence in a big way.
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