ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Shane McClanahan is making a serious case to be the American League starter again in next month's All-Star Game.

McClanahan became the first 10-game winner in the major leagues and the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Texas Rangers 7-3 on Sunday, taking two of three games in a matchup of the teams with the best records in baseball.

McClanahan (10-1) allowed three runs, all in the third inning, and four hits over seven innings. The 26-year-old left-hander retired his final 15 batters. He won a career-best 12 games in 28 starts last season.

"It's one of those things where, it's the farthest thing from my mind right now," McClanahan said of possibly starting for the AL in the midsummer classic for a second consecutive season. "We're a good ballclub. My only thought right now is to help this team to continue to win ballgames."

McClanahan is 5-0 with a 1.67 ERA in seven starts at home, all won by the Rays. His overall ERA is 2.18.

"Another really strong performance," Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said. "Mac competed really well today, and made some big pitches."

Wander Franco homered for MLB-leading Tampa Bay (48-20), which improved to 31-7 at home. It's the best home start since the 1998 World Series champion New York Yankees went 32-6.

After Colin Poche worked a perfect eighth, Jason Adam walked Adolis Garcia and gave up a double to Josh Jung with one out before walking Jonah Heim to load the bases. The right-hander then got a game-clinching double-play grounder from Ezequiel Duran.

"A hard-fought series," Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said. "You saw two good teams going at it. Two teams that put up runs, have good pitching. We're disappointed we lost the series, but I thought we played well."

Robbie Grossman homered for the AL West-leading Rangers (41-23), who have lost three of four.

Franco connected for his first homer since May 9, a three-run drive off Martín Perez (6-2) in the fourth that put the Rays ahead 7-3.

Perez lasted a season-low 3 1/3 innings, allowing a season-high-tying seven runs and 10 hits. The lefty's ERA jumped from 3.97 to 4.67 as his five-game winning streak ended.

Randy Arozarena had an RBI single and Isaac Paredes added a run-scoring grounder as the Rays took a 2-0 lead in the first. Arozarena's base hit was the last of four straight singles to start the inning.

Taylor Walls, mired in a 5-for-57 slide, had a run-scoring double and scored on a single by Harold Ramírez as Tampa Bay went up 4-0 in the second.

Grossman homered leading off a three-run third. Marcus Semien had an RBI single and Corey Seager drove in a run with a single.

Seager's single was Texas' last hit off McClanahan. He had five hits and four RBIs in Saturday's 8-4 win.

Grossman has 27 RBIs in his past 38 games, and 32 on the season. His career high was 67 with the Detroit Tigers in 2021.

Texas still leads the major leagues in runs scored with 400, while the Rays are next at 391.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

PITTSBURGH -- Andrew McCutchen recorded his 2,000th hit, Jack Suwinski hit his 12th home run and the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Mets 2-1 on Sunday, New York's eighth loss in nine games.

McCutchen became the 291st player and fifth active player to reach 2,000 hits when he turned on a slider from Carlos Carrasco (2-3) leading off the first and laced it to left field.

The five-time All-Star, who signed a one-year deal in January to return to the team he starred for from 2009 to '17, drew a loud ovation from his adopted hometown as he rounded first base. His wife, Maria, and their three children watched from a private box along the third-base line.

McCutchen became the fifth active player with 2,000 career hits, after Miguel Cabrera (3,110), Joey Votto (2,093), Nelson Cruz (2,043) and Elvis Andrus (2,027).

"To be able to do it on the last day ... I wanted to do it here in Pittsburgh," McCutchen said, referring to the last game of the Pirates' homestand. "I was glad to be able to do it here. It was a special moment."

McCutchen's return to Pittsburgh has provided a spark to the surprising Pirates. And he is thriving in the role of elder statesman trying to help a young group learn how to win.

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— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) June 11, 2023

His approach as the milestone was in sight offered a lesson in patience. McCutchen entered Sunday having drawn 12 walks in his past nine games. He didn't let the count get that deep against Carrasco, swinging at the third pitch he saw to reach 2,000 just over 14 years after his first big league hit, a single against the Mets on June 4, 2009.

After the hit, the Pirates played a video on the giant video screen with several Pittsburgh sports legends offering their congratulations to McCutchen. Included in that production was former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby.

"It was special to hear those messages from them," McCutchen said. "It is something special to cherish."

Mitch Keller (8-2) allowed two hits in seven innings to bounce back after three somewhat shaky starts for the Pirates, who went 6-3 during a season-long nine-game homestand to move into first place in the NL Central (34-30). David Bednar worked around a one-out double by Tommy Pham in the ninth for his 14th save in 15 chances.

Jeff McNeil hit his third home run of the season for New York, but the Mets, with a record $355 million payroll, finished a 1-5 trip through Atlanta and Pittsburgh by struggling to generate much of anything against Keller.

Keller was pushed around by Oakland in his last start in what became an 11-2 to the lowly A's. He responded by returning to the form he showed for most of the first two months when he showed signs of emerging as the ace the Pirates have been looking for since Joe Musgrove and Jameson Taillon left after the 2020 season.

The 27-year-old's only tough patch came in the fourth when McNeil led off with a homer, Brett Baty walked and Mark Canha was hit by a pitch. Keller settled down to retire the last 10 batters he faced while shaving his ERA to 3.41.

Carrasco, 36, making his first start on normal four days' rest this season, weaved in and out of danger during 4⅔ innings in which he allowed two runs on six hits with three walks and a strikeout.

Carrasco, who missed more than a month with a bone chip in his right elbow that caused excessive swelling, allowed the leadoff hitter to reach in four of the five innings he started, including Suwinski's shot off the foul pole in right in the fourth. Ji Hwan Bae doubled with one out and scored on Tucupita Marcano's single later in the inning. Carrasco was pulled with two runners on and two out in the fifth.

New York's bullpen kept Pittsburgh close, but the Mets -- forced to play for at least the next three weeks without injured major league home run leader Pete Alonso -- only reached third base twice against Keller and two relievers.

A lack of awareness didn't help. Mets pinch hitter Luis Guillorme was called out on strikes leading off the eighth for a pitch timer violation when home plate umpire Dan Merzel ruled Guillorme wasn't ready to face Dauri Moreta with eight seconds left on the clock.

Information from Reuters and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

Britain's Andy Murray claimed his first grass-court singles title for seven years with victory over Jurij Rodionov in the Surbiton Trophy final.

Murray's surge to victory was held up by a rain delay of almost three hours but the Scot returned to swiftly win the three games required to triumph.

It is also his first singles title on grass since his 2016 Wimbledon win.

Earlier on Sunday, Britain's Katie Swan lost 2-6 6-4 7-6 (7-1) to Belgian Yanina Wickmayer in the women's final.

Swan, 24, would have overtaken the injured Emma Raducanu as British number one with victory but lost out after two hours and 38 minutes.

'I'm bringing home a trophy, kids'

Murray, meanwhile, took just one hour and 10 minutes - on court at least - to see off Rodionov and never looked troubled once he had broken the world number 134's serve six games in.

His main regret, however, was the lengthy rain interruption denied his four children the chance to witness him lift a trophy in the flesh.

"My kids are always asking me when I go away if I am going to come home with a trophy - and it's been rare over the last few years," he said.

"They actually came two minutes before the rain started and my wife had to take them back home so they missed the end of the match.

"But I think they watched it on TV - so Sophia, Edie, Teddy and Lola, I'll bring you all a trophy tonight."

Murray opted to forego the French Open to focus on the grass-court season in a bid to boost his world ranking of 43 and attain a seeding at Wimbledon.

It is a decision that has borne fruit with his second ATP Challenger title in as many months, following his triumph on the clay in Aix-en-Provence in May.

Murray will hope for another deep run next week after being granted a wildcard entry for the Nottingham Open - being shown live on BBC Sport - just as he had been at Surbiton.

"It's been the perfect start to the grass season," he added. "I've chosen to come and play here and in Nottingham to hopefully get lots of matches under my belt so this week has been the perfect start."

Murray saved a break point in the opening game against Rodionov - and that was the only one he would face as he hit eight aces and numerous other unreturnable serves in a dominant display.

He was a break and 0-40 up against serve in the second set when rain forced the players off court at about 15:20 BST - but needed just 12 points to see out victory when play finally resumed.

Swan defeat hands Boulter number one spot

At several stages of the women's final, Swan looked like she had both the title and the British number one spot firmly in her grasp as she assumed command against 33-year-old Wickmayer.

Swan twice broke serve in the opening set, while saving five break points on her own serve, to win five successive games from 2-1 down.

The Briton went an early break up in both the second and third sets but was pegged back on each occasion as errors began to creep in.

And although she saved two match points in the deciding set, Wickmayer dominated the tie-break to seal a 20th career title and her first on grass.

Swan had never previously lost a final, winning all 12 she had reached, but defeat means Katie Boulter - who lost in the semi-finals at Surbiton to Wickmayer - instead takes over from Raducanu at the head of the British rankings.

"It's been an amazing week for me, it's been such a good event and it's been really fun for me because I've had a lot of friends and family with me this week," Swan said in her on-court interview.

"My mum was meant to fly home on Thursday and then again on Saturday but I kept winning so she decided to stay. I'm just sorry I couldn't get the win."

Novak Djokovic showed his greatness once again by overcoming a sticky start to win a men's record 23rd Grand Slam title with victory over Norway's Casper Ruud in the French Open final.

The Serb moves into the outright lead of men's majors ahead of Rafael Nadal.

He also becomes the first man to win all four majors at least three times.

Victory on the Paris clay moves Djokovic alongside Serena Williams in terms of Grand Slam titles, with only Margaret Court standing in front of him with 24 majors.

"I'm beyond fortunate to win 23 Grand Slams in my life, it is incredible," said Djokovic, who also won the French Open in 2016 and 2021.

"I was a seven-year-old dreaming I could win Wimbledon one day and become number one in the world. I'm beyond grateful and and blessed to be standing here.

"I feel I had the power to create my own destiny. I want to say to every young person if you want a better future, you can create it."

Minutes after Djokovic won, Nadal paid tribute to his long-time rival.

"Many congratulations on this amazing achievement, 23 is a number that just a few years back was impossible to think about and you made it," the Spaniard wrote.

Djokovic will have the opportunity to tie Court's record at Wimbledon next month - a place where he has already won seven times and will be the favourite to equal Roger Federer's record tally of men's titles.

Djokovic instantly fell flat on his back in celebration as Ruud pulled a forehand wide on the second championship point.

After a commiserating hug with his opponent, Djokovic ran up to his support box where he celebrated with coach Goran Ivanisevic, wife Jelena, his two children, parents Dijana and Srdjan and NFL superstar Tom Brady.

The victory will also see Djokovic return to the top of the world rankings.

Fourth seed Ruud, who has lost all three of his major finals, congratulated Djokovic on "another day, another record".

Addressing his opponent, he added: "It is another day where you rewrite tennis history. It is tough to explain how great you are and what an inspiration you are."

Djokovic delivers on his date with destiny

Having made no secret of his ambition to win more major titles than fellow greats Nadal and Federer, this was Djokovic's date with destiny.

He pulled level with the pair on 20 triumphs at Wimbledon in 2021, but fell behind Nadal after missing the 2022 Australian Open following a row over his Covid-19 vaccination status that led to him being deported.

Nadal extended the advantage when he won last year's French Open but Djokovic has surged ahead after winning three of the past four Grand Slams.

Even before 14-time French Open champion Nadal pulled out of this year's tournament with injury, Djokovic was considered by many as the favourite, even though his own build-up had been hampered by physical problems.

Spanish top seed Carlos Alcaraz was the other main contender, but Djokovic beat him in the semi-finals after the 20-year-old suffered body cramps caused by the tension of facing one of the all-time greats.

It was Djokovic who looked more nervous in the early part of Sunday's final against 24-year-old Ruud.

Tight and tense, the third seed made a number of unforced errors as Ruud pushed him deep in the court and trailed 4-2 in the first set.

But Djokovic grew in stature as a long opening set wore on.

With a star-studded crowd including French footballer Kylian Mbappe and British actor Hugh Grant watching on, Djokovic used all of his vast experience to dominate the tie-break as Ruud wilted - and from that point on it felt there was only likely to be one outcome.

After Djokovic used his momentum to win a comparatively quick 48-minute second set, the third remained delicately poised until the Serb cranked up the pressure at another crucial juncture.

At 5-5, a blistering backhand winner instantly put Ruud on the back foot, with the Norwegian making an error before two more superb winners from the Serb set him up to serve for the title.

Djokovic raced into a 40-0 lead and, while pulling a forehand wide on the first championship point was slightly anti-climatic, he secured more history at the next time of asking.

'Close but no cigar' for Ruud

Ruud was aiming for his first major at the third attempt, following a chastening defeat by Nadal at Roland Garros and a four-set loss to Alcaraz in New York last year.

The world number four said reaching a second successive French Open final was important to show he was "not a one-time case".

"Probably that is going to plant some respect in my opponents' eyes and hopefully I can build on that," the Norwegian said.

"That [a Slam title] is my biggest goal, my biggest dream in my career and my life.

"It's been close but no cigar, so I'm going to keep working and try to get it one day."

'Nobody looks like stopping him' - reaction

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz, who Djokovic has replaced as world number one, on Twitter: "Many congrats for the trophy and for the new record!"

American 12-time major singles champion Billie Jean King on Twitter: "Congratulations to Novak on winning the Roland Garros men's singles title for the third time. He now has a record 23 Grand Slam tournament singles titles."

Former British number one Greg Rusedski on BBC Radio 5 Live: "He's just won the first two majors of the year. I wouldn't be surprised if he's on for the calendar Slam this year. Wimbledon is usually the easiest one for him to win.

"His health is still there, his mindset, his drive. It is incredible what this man has achieved.

"There is nothing and nobody out there who looks like they are going to stop him at the moment."

Exeter scored with two minutes left on the clock to reach a second successive Premier 15s final, ending Saracens' perfect semi-finals record.

Back to 15, Saracens piled on pressure and Jess Breach gave them the lead.

Another yellow card gave Exeter a numerical advantage again and Eilidh Sinclair crossed to seal victory in front of a jubilant Sandy Park.

The Chiefs will play Gloucester-Hartpury in the final at Kingsholm on 24 June.

Exeter exact revenge for 2022 final

Three-time champions Saracens had reached all four of the previous Premier 15s finals, and beat Exeter to claim the title in last year's edition.

They had never won at Sandy Park, though, and initially looked set to change that as England prop Hannah Botterman broke through a defiant Exeter defence to score, before Sarah McKenna went over shortly after.

Exeter responded exactly as they needed to after the break. Katie Buchanan made a sensational break, tearing down the field before Kate Zackary crossed just 45 seconds after kick-off.

Liv McGoverne cut Saracens' lead to 14-10 with a penalty, before the visitors earned two yellow cards within a minute of each other - both Holly Aitchison and co-captain Marlie Packer going to the sin-bin for deliberate knock-ons.

Exeter took their opportunity, building through phases before Hope Rogers crossed from short range and McGoverne landed the conversion to give them the lead for the first time at 17-14.

Still Saracens could not be stopped. They inched towards the tryline and, with Exeter's defence holding firm, Aitchison opted for a cross-field kick that allowed her England team-mate Breach to score.

Exeter soon applied pressure at the other end. Eventually Saracens' Georgia Evans was shown a yellow card in the 78th minute and Sinclair took her chance to seal victory.

"The girls were unbelievable," Exeter head coach Susie Appleby said.

"The biggest thing about our players is they never say die. They think they can do things from anywhere, which I absolutely admire.

"I love them. They're absolutely amazing. We get to stay together for another two weeks, which is so exciting."

SUNRISE, Florida -- The Florida Panthers face elimination in their Stanley Cup Final series against the Vegas Golden Knights and are grappling with uncertainty on what lineup will be available to keep their Cup hopes alive.

Florida fell to the Golden Knights 3-2 in Game 4 on Saturday and now trail 3-1 in the series. Vegas can earn its first championship in franchise history with a victory at home in Game 5 on Tuesday.

Saturday's tilt was particularly costly for the Panthers injurywise. Florida's scoring leader, Matthew Tkachuk (11 goals, 13 points), was limited to just 16 minutes, 40 seconds of ice time -- his lowest of the postseason -- due to an undisclosed ailment.

Florida coach Paul Maurice didn't provide a postgame update on Tkachuk and had nothing further to share Sunday. What Maurice did share was the Panthers' plan to maximize whatever Tkachuk could offer Florida when the puck drops Tuesday.

"It's just situational right?" Maurice said. "There are players that will play just power play. There are guys that will stay on for offensive zone draws. There's different styles of center and winger that you can play with to kind of put them in a position to be good at what they can be good at."

Maurice revealed the plan for Sunday was for injured players -- including Anthony Duclair, who left Game 4 with an undisclosed issue -- to rehab before meeting the rest of the team at the airport. Further status updates were expected to come Monday.

The Cup Final schedule does give Florida some breathing room to rest and regroup. Having two days off between games can go a long way in helping injured players recuperate, but Maurice said down time is actually critical for the Panthers' healthy skaters, too.

"It's more important to get rest for the players that aren't banged up because they're going to have to drive this thing," Maurice said. "Every team has got injuries at this time of year. But your healthy men drive the bus now. The injured guys have probably been dealing with it for a while, they know what they can get away with. When you get later into a series, and certainly in our situation, you're not going to leave [top-line center Aleksander] Barkov on the bench very much. So for the guys that are feeling good, the two days will fill the tank for them."

Florida's current situation is hardly unfamiliar. The Panthers clawed their way back from a 3-1 hole against Boston in their Eastern Conference first-round series to eventually down the President's Trophy-winning Bruins in Game 7. Granted, the team has endured weeks of wear and tear since that surprising upset. Internally, though, there's plenty for the Panthers to pull from their previous success.

"You draw on your routine from the last time, your last experience with it," Maurice said. "There is in some ways an advantage to the team at times that's down 3-1 in terms of the freedom mentally that it can play with. At the same time, you're down 3-1 for a reason, so clearly the other team has been good. But we have some experience with this, and we'll draw on it."

The Panthers will also look at the third period of Game 4 as positive momentum going into Game 5. Vegas took an early 3-0 lead on Florida, but the Panthers found their footing and were increasingly dominant in the latter half of Saturday's outing to come within a goal of tying it. The Golden Knights had 30 shot blocks, however, and that hampered Florida's offensive rhythm (both sides finished with 30 shots on net).

Maurice is hoping the Panthers learned some lessons that will translate to their advantage in Vegas.

"So much of it's just speed-based, being able to move quicker," Maurice said of Florida's third-period improvements. "Attack with more of a singular mindset of what you're doing so you have a better idea of where the puck is going to be. That's a big thing. We put up a fair number of shot attempts in that game that didn't get to the net between hits and blocks and when you want to talk about generating more offense, that's the place. You're not going to get a scheme that allows far more odd-man rushes or you're going to loosen the game up. You just have to get the offense we have and that's an awful lot of shot attempts. So we've got to find a way to get to their goaltender and in those scoring areas."

Jude Bellingham and Lewis Dunk will not be ready for the England squad for the upcoming European qualifiers due to injuries, the national team confirmed on Sunday.

Bellingham, destined for Real Madrid, was sidelined due to a knee injury for Borussia Dortmund's season finale, where they settled for a 2-2 draw against Mainz, dashing their hopes of securing the Bundesliga title.

The 19-year-old midfielder will continue his rehabilitation at the national football centre.

Dunk was included by manager Gareth Southgate in his squad of 25 players for the upcoming qualifiers in Malta on June 16 and against North Macedonia at Old Trafford in Manchester on June 19.

The Brighton & Hove Albion defender withdrew from the squad due to an ongoing injury issue that has affected his match fitness.