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Inter Miami rallies for tie vs. Revolution to extend unbeaten streak
Apr 25, 2026; Miami, Florida, USA; Inter Miami CF forward Lionel Messi (10) dribbles the ball against New England Revolution defender Will Sands (23) during the first half at Nu Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images German Berterame scored his third goal of the season in the later stages and Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami salvaged a 1-1 draw against the visiting New England Revolution on Saturday night.
Messi failed to score in consecutive games for the first time this season, and the Herons tied their third straight match at Nu Stadium since opening their new permanent facility earlier this month.
Miami (5-1-4, 19 points) also dropped its first points in three games under interim manager Guillermo Hoyos, but still extended its unbeaten run to 11 matches in all competitions, having lost only its season opener at Los Angeles FC 3-0 on Feb. 21.
Carles Gil scored his second goal of the season earlier in the second half for New England (5-3-1, 16 points), which had a four-match win streak snapped.
Matt Turner made nine saves for the Revolution as he continues to make his case for inclusion on the U.S. World Cup squad.
Berterame began life in Miami slowly after his offseason move from Mexico’s CF Monterrey for a reported $15 million transfer fee, but now has a goal or assist in five consecutive matches after pulling Miami level in the 76th minute.
On the equalizer, Rodrigo De Paul’s pass found substitute Luis Suarez near the right corner of the 6-yard box, and Suarez forced Turner into a sprawling save with his first-time effort.
Berterame was there for a simple rebound finish into an open net.
Tadeo Allende thought he’d given Miami the lead in the 52nd minute when he ran onto De Paul’s pass and finished past Matt Turner.
But Allende was ruled offside on the play, and while replays suggested he may have been even with the last defender when De Paul played the ball, the sequence was not reviewed.
Gil gave New England the lead four minutes later following a long throw-in from the right.
Dor Turgeman used his body to shield defender Maxi Falcon and take the throw-in down with his chest.
He then left it for Gil, who made a slicing run into the area to break through Miami’s defense and then lofted a clever chip over lunging goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair.
–Field Level Media
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Nasim Nunez helps Nationals plate 4 in the 10th to down White Sox
Apr 25, 2026; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Washington Nationals third baseman Brady House (12) celebrates with teammates in the dugout after scoring against the Chicago White Sox during the fourth inning at Rate Field. Mandatory Credit: Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images Nasim Nunez had a pair of two-run singles, one of which capped off a breakout 10th inning to help the Washington Nationals come away with a 6-3 victory over the host Chicago White Sox Saturday afternoon.
After Washington plated its first two runs in the 10th on a wild pitch followed by a bases-loaded walk issued by Jordan Leasure (2-1), Nunez hit a slow roller through the right side to double the Nationals’ lead. He finished with four of Washington’s five RBIs, nearly doubling his total of six RBIs he had in his first 24 games this season.
Cionel Perez (2-3) worked around two walks for a scoreless ninth inning and Brad Lord pitched the 10th for the Nationals, who snapped a three-game losing streak despite stranding 10 runners on base.
Only the automatic runner scored in the 10th for Chicago, which had won four of five. Miguel Vargas had a double and a pair of walks for the White Sox, who were 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position and stranded 12 runners.
Washington starter Jake Irvin scattered four hits over his scoreless 5 2/3-inning outing, walking none and striking out nine — his most since April 20, 2025. He ended his outing by striking out the final five batters he faced.
Mitchell Parker replaced Irvin and struck out the first batter he faced to wrap up just the second four-strikeout inning in Nationals history in the sixth after the leadoff batter reached via dropped third strike.
Chicago starter Noah Schultz allowed two runs on four hits over a career-high six innings, striking out a career-high eight in his third major league start.
Nunez came through with a seeing-eye single up the middle with two outs in the top of the fourth, scoring Brady House and Daylen Lile after they began the inning with back-to-back walks.
After the White Sox got nothing out of putting two on with no outs in the bottom of the seventh, they had that opportunity again in the eighth. This time, Chicago came through, tying the game at 2 on Everson Pereira’s RBI single followed by Chase Meidroth’s sacrifice fly.
A Derek Hill strikeout stranded the go-ahead run at third base.
–Field Level Media
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Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick shoot record 57 for four-shot lead at Zurich
Apr 25, 2026; Avondale, Louisiana, USA; Alex Fitzpatrick hits tee shot on hole 2 during the third round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-Imagn Images It might not get much better than this for English brothers Matt Fitzpatrick and Alex Fitzpatrick.
The duo began to break away from the pack by shooting a tournament-record 15-under 57 during the third round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on Saturday at Avondale, La.
“I think I can think of one bad shot that we both hit, and that was me,” Matt Fitzpatrick said. “Yeah, it was an awesome day.”
The Fitzpatricks were sparked by Matt’s eagle on the par-5 seventh hole and maintained the momentum during the four-ball format to carry a four-stroke lead into the final round at TPC Louisiana. This is the PGA Tour’s only team event.
The Fitzpatrick team is at 30 under. Davis Thompson/Austin Eckroat (61) and second-round leaders Alex Smalley/Hayden Springer (62) are next at 26 under. The team of Doug Ghim/Jeffrey Kang (61) is at 25 under.
The Fitzpatrick brothers could be headed toward special territory given that last year’s winning score was 28 under from the team of Ben Griffin/Andrew Novak.
“He played brilliant golf both of the last two days,” Matt said of this brother. “His game has really turned a corner these last few months, and I believe in him to continue that trend.”
The Fitzpatricks posted birdies on eight of the nine holes on the backside. They were without a bogey and had four pars.
They each provided the best score seven times.
Matt Fitzpatrick, the older of the brothers, has been on a roll recently, including winning last week’s RBC Heritage.
“Playing alongside my brother, who happens also to be one of the best players in the world is pretty fun,” Alex said. “When he’s playing well, it’s pretty cool to watch.”
The Fitzpatricks placed 11th in the Zurich Classic in 2024 and then missed the cut last year.
The format goes back to foursomes for the final round.
“Your mindset is kind of changed from day-to-day, so (Sunday) will be a different animal,” Thompson said. “Hopefully we can get off to a good start and put some pressure on those guys.”
Smalley said there won’t be an overhaul in strategy.
“I think if we just kind of stick to what we’re doing, just trying to give ourselves as many looks as we can,” he said. “I think that will serve us pretty well.”
The teams pursuing the Fitzpatricks don’t want to become overly consumed by the chase.
“At the end of the day, you have to hit your good shots and try to pick up after your partner if you need to,” Kang said.
Seven teams were in the lead or one shot back by mid-afternoon Saturday.
Then there was the case of Davis Chatfield and Belgium’s Adrien Dumont de Chassart. They were 9 under through 11 holes after Dumont de Chassart ‘s eagle on No. 2, which was the pairing’s 11th hole of the day. But they played the rest of the way at 1 over without another birdie.
Until some of the final groups came in, the day’s best score of 61 belonged to Canada’s A.J. Ewart and South Africa’s Casey Jarvis. That moved them to 22 under and in a tie for 10th place.
“Kind of ham-and-egged it, as some would say,” Ewart said. “Kind of working in shifts and not birdieing the same holes, but making sure we’re setting our partners up to kind of free will it and go at it.”
–Field Level Media
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Corey Day captures first career NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series victory
Apr 25, 2026; Talladega, Alabama, USA; O’Reilly Auto Parts Series driver Corey Day (17) makes his victory lap after the AG-Pro 300 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Mandatory Credit: David Leong-Imagn Images TALLADEGA, Ala. — Corey Day claimed the first NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series victory of his career on Saturday, driving to the yellow and checkered flags in the Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway — his No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet leading only the last lap as he earned his first trophy in his first full-time season.
The 20-year old Californian sprint car driver delivered the multi-time NASCAR Cup Series championship Hendrick team its first O’Reilly Auto Parts Series victory at Talladega and this weekend earned a win for a special “guest” crew member, former Philadelphia Eagles star Jason Kelce, who dressed out in Hendrick blue and helped transport tires for the team on pit road Saturday.
“I sure as heck didn’t think it [first win] would be at a superspeedway,” said a grinning Day, who also won a sprint car race in Nebraska earlier this week. “My 17 guys just built a rocket ship.
“I feel like we’ve been close, had a good day at Rockingham (North Carolina race) and had a couple other good days and just didn’t finish it off, so this is super cool.”
The time of the race was 1 hour, 58 minutes, 33 seconds.
Rookie Brent Crews finished a career-best runner-up in the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, with Haas Factory Team driver Sheldon Creed third in a typical photo finish-type conclusion on the 2.66-mile Talladega high banks. Creed’s work was good enough to claim the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash incentive prize for his effort — the second straight week he did so.
“Hard to be too mad at second here when so much happens and very easily could have been in one of those crashes at the end,” he said. “Getting to take home the Dash 4 Cash is really special, and thank the guys in the shop for that.”
JR Motorsports driver Sammy Smith was fourth in the No. 8 Chevrolet, extending a top-10 streak for the team to 68 races, second best all-time in the series. Owner-driver Jeremy Clements was fifth in the South Carolina-based No. 51 Jeremy Clements Racing team Chevrolet, earning the independent team’s best showing since 2022.
Dean Thompson, Jesse Love, Brandon Jones, Parker Retzlaff and Austin Green rounded out the top-10, with J.J. Yeley earning the only Ford in the 38-car field an impressive 11th-place finish.
Love started on pole position in the No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, led the most laps (37), and was out front late before getting shuffled backward with six laps remaining. The field split his car high and low on track, with Creed moving into the lead with five laps remaining.
Creed’s Haas Factory Team teammate, Sam Mayer, who had been impressive throughout the afternoon, was scored the leader with two laps to go in a three-wide front row also featuring Creed and Day. And then as often happens at Talladega, contact during the final frantic laps of competition shuffled the front pack, slammed Mayer’s No. 41 Chevy and two-time former winner Jeb Burton’s No. 27 Jordan Anderson Chevrolet into the outside wall.
Mayer settled for 25th despite leading three times for eight laps on the day. Burton, a photo-finish runner-up last year in the race, settled for 26th.
JR Motorsports teammates Carson Kvapil (stage one) and Justin Allgaier (stage two) claimed the two wins, but both were unable to recover from a mid-race green flag penalty for “impeding” cars on track during the final stage of racing.
The four caution periods were the fewest since 2022. The 38 lead changes were the most at the track since 2013.
Despite recording the lowest finish of the season (23rd), Allgaier retains the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series championship lead by 105 points over Creed.
The series moves to Texas Motor Speedway for next Saturday’s Andy’s Frozen Custard 340. Reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson is the defending race winner.
Day, Crews, Creed and Smith will be eligible for the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash award next week.
–By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service, Special to Field Level Media
NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Race – AG-PRO 300
Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway
Saturday
1. (3) Corey Day, Chevrolet, 113.
2. (18) Brent Crews #, Toyota, 113.
3. (5) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 113.
4. (13) Sammy Smith, Chevrolet, 113.
5. (15) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 113.
6. (17) Dean Thompson, Toyota, 113.
7. (1) Jesse Love, Chevrolet, 113.
8. (22) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 113.
9. (19) Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 113.
10. (31) Austin Green, Chevrolet, 113.
11. (25) JJ Yeley, Ford, 113.
12. (23) Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, 113.
13. (6) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 113.
14. (35) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 113.
15. (34) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 113.
16. (27) Patrick Emerling(i), Chevrolet, 113.
17. (10) Mason Maggio, Chevrolet, 113.
18. (28) Kyle Sieg, Chevrolet, 113.
19. (29) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 113.
20. (37) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 113.
21. (12) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 113.
22. (8) Carson Kvapil, Chevrolet, 113.
23. (11) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 113.
24. (32) Lavar Scott #, Chevrolet, 113.
25. (2) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, Accident, 112.
26. (24) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, Accident, 112.
27. (30) Harrison Burton, Toyota, Accident, 112.
28. (16) William Sawalich, Toyota, 112.
29. (26) Taylor Gray, Toyota, 112.
30. (7) Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, 112.
31. (9) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 112.
32. (33) Tyler Ankrum(i), Chevrolet, 112.
33. (36) Natalie Decker, Chevrolet, 112.
34. (38) Dawson Cram, Chevrolet, 112.
35. (4) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 112.
36. (21) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 111.
37. (14) Patrick Staropoli #, Chevrolet, 105.
38. (20) David Starr, Chevrolet, Overheating, 14.
Average speed of race winner: 152.128 mph.
Time of race: 1 hour, 58 minutes, 33 seconds. Margin of victory: Under caution seconds.
Caution flags: 4 for 15 laps. Lead changes: 38 among 16 drivers.
Stage #1 Top Ten: 1,8,00,88,26,31,41,24,2,51
Stage #2 Top Ten: 7,39,00,26,99,1,24,51,87,21
Nasim Nunez helps Nationals plate 4 in the 10th to down White Sox
Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick shoot record 57 for four-shot lead at Zurich
