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Pete Crow-Armstrong put on a show at Wrigley Field Monday night, becoming the first player since two thousand ten to hit both a leadoff homer and a walk-off homer in the same game. The Cubs centerfielder and MVP candidate delivered both bookends in a seven to five, ten-inning win over the crosstown White Sox, and Chicago absolutely lost its mind.
Speaking of extra-inning drama, Elly De La Cruz had Cincinnati buzzing with the first walk-off hit of his career, lifting the Reds past St. Louis six to five in ten innings. De La Cruz has been building toward a moment like this all season, and when the Reds needed him most, he delivered — capping a comeback that had Great American Ball Park shaking.
Shifting to the pitch, FIFA's chief operating officer Kevin Lamour has been sacked by the governing body, less than three weeks after he publicly criticized president Gianni Infantino's plan to sell stakes in competitions to private investors. FIFA confirmed the split but offered zero explanation beyond the working relationship ending — which, in the world of football politics, tells you just about everything.
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