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- Kim walks off the Dodgers! This is The Sports Reset for Thursday August 27th In MLB, the Atlanta Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6 to 5 on Ha-Seong Kim’s two-out, pinch-hit single in the ninth. Lane Thomas doubled before Los Angeles intentionally walked Austin Riley, setting up Kim’s winner in a back-and-forth game between National League division leaders. Drake Baldwin added three hits, including a two-run double. The New York Yankees pulled away from the Houston Astros 9 to 3 after Cody Bellinger broke a tie with a bases-loaded double in a six-run seventh; Ben Rice also hit his 35th homer. In the WNBA, the Golden State Valkyries beat the Connecticut Sun 89 to 64. Janelle Salaun scored 15 points, while Golden State finished a 14-to-0 first-half run and received a franchise-record 54 points from its bench. Looking ahead, the Braves and Dodgers finish their MLB series with Chris Sale, carrying a 2.20 ERA, facing Yoshinobu Yamamoto and his 2.61 mark as Los Angeles tries to avoid a sweep. The Yankees and Astros also meet again in the Bronx. In the WNBA, the Valkyries visit the New York Liberty one night after improving to 27 and 11, while the Washington Mystics face the Phoenix Mercury. In NFL preseason action, the Pittsburgh Steelers visit the Buffalo Bills, the New England Patriots meet the Cleveland Browns, the San Francisco 49ers play the Las Vegas Raiders, and the Los Angeles Rams face the Los Angeles Chargers. In golf, the 30-player PGA Tour Championship begins at East Lake with everyone at even par under the new format and 10 million dollars going to the winner. Beyond the scoreboard, NFL owners unanimously approved the record 9.612 billion dollar sale of the Seattle Seahawks to the Khosla family.