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Washington Commanders fans are absorbing a brutal blow after left tackle Laremy Tunsil tore his triceps and will require surgery, wiping out his entire two thousand twenty six season. The timing is gut-wrenching — the Commanders just made him the highest-paid tackle in the league, and now the offensive line has to rebuild its identity without him. Someone's stepping up, but those are enormous shoes to fill.
Shifting to the diamond, the Tampa Bay Rays just put on one of the wildest performances of the season, erupting for eight runs in the eighth inning alone to stun the Athletics and claim their seventh straight victory. Yandy Diaz went three for four with a homer, and Junior Caminero launched a three-run blast that blew the roof off. The Rays are rolling, and nobody wants to see them right now.
Meanwhile in the AL West, Texas stayed right in the thick of things, edging the Angels in ten innings. Brandon Nimmo delivered the go-ahead run on a bases-loaded single, then Jake Burger twisted the knife with a two-run knock. Three runs in the tenth, game over. The Rangers are not going anywhere in that division race.
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