ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers placed third baseman Josh Jung on the 10-day injured list Saturday, retroactive to Wednesday, with a left calf strain.
Infielder Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock.
Jung is the team’s leading hitter and tied for third in the American League with a .294 average. He left Tuesday night's win over the Chicago White Sox early. After the game, Jung said he wanted to play through it, but Rangers manager Skip Schumaker took him out.
Jung was in Schumaker’s original lineup on Friday night for the first of four games against Seattle, but was scratched after Schumaker saw him run at only about half speed earlier in the day. That was also the case early Saturday, Schumaker said, resulting in the IL designation.
Smith has hit .230 with one home run and eight RBIs in 40 games for Texas this season. This is his third stint with the Rangers this season, his active time interrupted by multiple trips to the IL. That included being out from early May to early June after being diagnosed with viral meningitis.
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Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung, right, tags out Chicago White Sox's Sam Antonacci, left, between third and home plate on a fielder's choice during the first inning of a baseball game, Monday, July 20, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
As dry, windy weather fueled a big wildfire near a city in central Oregon, a fourth firefighter died after he and several colleagues last month were overcome by a fast-moving wildfire near the Colorado-Utah border.
Nathan Matthews, 43, of Lincoln, Nebraska, died Friday, the federal Interior Department said in a release Saturday.
Meanwhile, several fierce wildfires in a summer of big ones continued burning across the western U.S.
One of the worst — and the one deemed top priority for firefighting efforts — was just a few miles (5 kilometers) north of Sisters, a central Oregon city of about 3,000 people.
Winds gusting up to 30 mph (50 kilometers per hour) threatened to push flames into new areas. Firefighters made progress keeping the fire in check, however, and officials were optimistic the city would be in the clear once the worst of the wind died down Sunday.
“It's going to take a while to put it out entirely. But as long as it stops moving, I think that’ll get people to relax a little bit,” Sisters Mayor Jennifer Letz said.
As of Saturday, the lightning-caused fire had burned about 40 square miles (105 square kilometers) and was 5% contained. About 30 people evacuated from areas north of Sisters were in a shelter at the local high school, with about as many more staying in recreational vehicles parked outside, Letz said.
The city wasn't in any immediate danger, and business was carrying on like usual, Letz said.
“We’re not necessarily asking everybody to come to Sisters. But it’s safe here,” said Letz.
Months of dry weather, a record lack of snow in some areas, hot spells and erratic winds have contributed to the blazes in Oregon, Washington, California, Colorado and elsewhere this summer.
In Canada, 926 fires were burning Saturday, including 82 deemed out of control, according to the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System.
About 300 aircraft and 5,300 people were involved in fighting the fires. They included 133 in northwestern Ontario alone, according to the province's Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services agency.
The biggest in Ontario had covered some 1,200 square miles (3,200 square kilometers).
The U.S. firefighter who died was among a group that had deployed tentlike emergency shelters to try to shield themselves when flames closed in June 27. Three of them died at the scene: Emily Barker, 38; Nick Hutcherson, 27; and Sydney Watson, 26.
They were part of a Helitack crew — a group that gets dropped by helicopter into remote areas to try to squelch new, rapidly expanding fires — that had been deployed in Mesa County, Colorado, west of the city of Grand Junction.
Matthews and another firefighter were taken for medical treatment. The Interior Department declined Saturday to discuss their treatment, Matthews' career or the surviving firefighter's current condition.
Watson, Hutcherson and Barker were honored at a memorial service earlier this month. Memorial arrangements for Matthews weren't yet announced.
Firefighters ride in a buggy while battling the Akawa Butte fire on Friday, July 24, 2026, near Sisters, Ore. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
A helicopter drops water while battling the Akawa Butte fire on Friday, July 24, 2026, near Sisters, Ore. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Flames leap above trees as the Akawa Butte fire burns on Friday, July 24, 2026, near Sisters, Ore. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
