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Some quick hits on the A’s as they pursue a four-game sweep of the first-place Astros in Sunday’s matinee at the Coliseum, with comments from manager Bob Melvin:

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There was a Polar Bear Grand Slam Plan. This is the underappreciated aspect of the amazin’ Mets rookie. Pete Alonso has a plan for everything and works hard to achieve success. His bases-loaded, majestic fly ball deep into the stands hugged the right-field line and foul pole in the seventh inning...

Yvette Woell remains close to the Eagles program nearly five years after daughter Rachel's death.

The offense figures to lean heavily on tight end formations, and it has the talent at the position to do so.

Lucille McElroy was never one to leave a game early after she missed out on a Braves comeback at County Stadium.