NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball’s biggest spenders are stumbling, slowed by injuries and scrambling to patch rosters with help for battered bullpens and other positions ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline.

Big jump

Kevin Rutz forces energy down as he tries to get the biggest jump off a diving board at the Clinton Municipal Pool.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Josh Smith hit a two-run home run, Wyatt Langford had a bases- clearing double and the surging Texas Rangers piled up eight runs in the first three innings in an 8-1 victory over the struggling Atlanta Braves Sunday.

Pages