ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Chicago White Sox center fielder Luis Robert Jr. was a late scratch Sunday at the Texas Rangers due to right thumb soreness.
Robert was due to bat seventh against the Rangers. The White Sox moved first baseman Ryan Noda up one spot in the order and put Michael A. Taylor, the replacement in center, in the eighth spot in the order.
Robert is hitting just .194 but had at least one hit in each of the first five games of Chicago's road trip, going 7 of 19 with two doubles, a home run and four RBIs.
Taylor entered the game hitting .213 with three homers and 15 RBIs. He has at least 11 starts at each of the three outfield spots for the White Sox this season.
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Chicago White Sox's Luis Robert Jr. hits a single that scored teammate Miguel Vargas during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian general was killed Monday morning after an explosive device detonated underneath his car in southern Moscow, investigators said.
Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces' General Staff, died from his injuries, Svetlana Petrenko, official spokesperson for Russia’s Investigative Committee, said.
“Investigators are pursuing numerous lines of enquiry regarding the murder. One of these is that the crime was orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence services,” Petrenko said.
Russian news outlets reported that a car exploded in a parking lot on Moscow's Yaseneva Street with the driver inside at approximately 7 a.m.
Ukraine’s security service claimed responsibility for a similar attack against a high-ranking Russian soldier in December 2024. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of the military’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, was killed by a bomb hidden on an electric scooter outside his apartment building a day after Kyiv leveled criminal charges against him. His assistant, Ilya Polikarpov, was also killed.
This image taken from video provided by Investigative Committee of Moscow on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, shows the scene where Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, was killed by an explosive device placed under his car in Moscow. (Investigative Committee of Moscow via AP)
This photo provided by Investigative Committee of Moscow on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, shows an investigator working at the scene where Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, was killed by an explosive device placed under his car in Moscow. (Investigative Committee of Moscow via AP)
