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Mets outlast D-backs in 10 innings to extend hot streak
May 8, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; New York Mets pitcher Nolan McLean in the second inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Mark Vientos and Carson Benge had RBI doubles in a two-run 10th inning and the New York Mets won their fourth game in the past five with a 3-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix on Friday.
Vientos doubled on the first pitch he saw from Kevin Ginkel (1-2) to score the automatic runner in the 10th. Benge followed with a ground-rule double to knock in Vidal Brujan, who had come in as a pinch runner for Vientos.
Devin Williams (2-1) had an eight-pitch ninth inning for the win, and Tobias Myers struck out two in a 1-2-3 10th for his first career save.
Vientos and Arizona’s Nolan Arenado accounted for all the early scoring with bases-empty homers in each half of the second inning.
The Mets, who entered the game tied with San Francisco for the worst record in baseball at 14-23, have won their past two series and will go for three straight on Saturday.
The D-backs have lost 12 of 16.
Mets starter Nolan McLean gave up one run on three hits in six innings, with six strikeouts and one walk. He also hit a batter in his 100 pitches.
Diamondbacks starter Ryne Nelson gave up one run on two hits in 6 2/3 innings, leaving after he walked Benge with two outs in the seventh of a 1-1 game, his only walk. He tied a season high with seven strikeouts.
Juan Morillo struck out two of the four batters he faced after replacing Nelson to extend his home scoreless streak to 16 games over two seasons, the longest in the majors.
Vientos hit a 401-foot homer, his fifth, leading off the Mets’ second. Nelson retired 17 of the next 18, Francisco Alvarez’s third-inning single the only blemish until Benge walked in the seventh.
Arenado tied the game at 1-1 with his sixth homer leading off the Arizona second.
McLean did not give up another hit until Ildemaro Vargas singled with one out in the sixth after hitting Corbin Carroll with a pitch in the fourth and walking Gabriel Moreno in the fifth.
The D-backs loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh on Jose Fernandez’s single and two walks by Luke Weaver before Geraldo Perdomo grounded out.
Arizona second baseman Ketel Marte was a late lineup scratch because of an illness.
–Field Level Media
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Toronto KOI finishes 4-1 at CDL Major 3 qualifying
YMCA member Austin Manengu works the keyboard as he plays a game of Fortnite during the unveiling of the new gaming lab at the Maplewood Family YMCA in Rochester Thursday, June 20, 2024. YMCA of Greater Rochester in partnership with Metro Sports & Entertainment Group will open two gaming labs for youth and teens this year. Toronto KOI moved up to second in the standings with a victory on Sunday, the final day of qualifying for the Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major.
G2 Minnesota and the Miami Heretics also won on Day 3 of Week 3. OpTic Texas, which had concluded its five-match slate on Saturday, finished atop the standings as the only unbeaten team. Toronto KOI went 4-1.
The 12 Call of Duty League teams were playing a full qualifying round robin to determine seeding for the third major of the season, to be held May 15-17 as part of the DreamHack Atlanta event.
Each team received 10 CDL points for each win. OpTic Texas earned 50 CDL points and advanced as the top seed, followed by Toronto KOI (40), the Los Angeles Thieves (30) and FaZe Vegas (30) in the first four. Cloud9 New York, the lone winless team at 0-5, earned no points.
On Sunday, the Miami Heretics outlasted the Paris Gentle Mates 3-2 after a fast start with wins on Colossus Hardpoint 250-195 and Plaza Search and Destroy 6-5. Paris responded with victories on Exposure Overload 4-3 and Sake Hardpoint 250-208 before the Heretics closed out with a 6-2 win on Fringe Search and Destroy.
Miami’s David “RenKoR” Isem of Spain was selected the match’s most valuable player with 101 kills and a plus-13 kill-death differential.
G2 Minnesota downed the Los Angeles Thieves 3-1. Minnesota opened with a 250-148 triumph on Gridlock Hardpoint before Los Angeles drew even with a 6-0 shutout on Raid Search and Destroy. G2 Minnesota, however, captured the last two maps, Exposure Overload (6-5) and Colossus Hardpoint (250-153).
Minnesota’s Justice “Estreal” McMillan of the United States was selected match MVP with 88 kills and a plus-23 K-D differential.
Toronto KOI defeated Cloud9 New York 3-1. Toronto started strong with a 250-194 victory on Den Hardpoint before Cloud9 leveled the match with a 6-5 win on Scar Search and Destroy. Toronto claimed the match with wins on Scar Overload (6-1) and Scar Hardpoint (250-233).
Toronto’s Joseph “JoeDeceives” Romero of the United States was match MVP with 117 kills and a plus-35 K-D differential.
Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major qualifying, with match record and map differential, and CDL points earned
1. OpTic Texas 5-0, 15-6, 50 points
2. Toronto KOI, 4-1, 14-6, 40
3. Los Angeles Thieves, 3-2, 12-8, 30
4. FaZe Vegas, 3-2, 12-9, 30
5. Riyadh Falcons, 3-2, 11-9, 30
6. Paris Gentle Mates, 3-2, 11-10, 30
T7. Carolina Royal Ravens, 2-3, 11-12, 20
T7. G2 Minnesota, 2-3, 9-10, 20
T7. Vancouver Surge, 2-3, 8-11, 20
10. Miami Heretics, 2-3, 8-12, 20
11. Boston Breach, 1-4, 7-14, 10
12. Cloud9 New York, 0-5, 4-15, none
–Field Level Media
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MLB roundup: Rookie Gage Workman's first HR powers Tigers past Royals
May 10, 2026; Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Detroit Tigers Gage Workman hugs Detroit Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson (20) after hitting a home run during the sixth inning against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit: William Purnell-Imagn Images Gage Workman was the hero in his Tigers debut, hitting his first major league home run, a tiebreaking, pinch-hit, two-run shot in the sixth inning, and Detroit snapped a five-game skid with a 6-3 win over the host Kansas City Royals on Sunday night.
Workman, a rookie infielder with 12 previous games in the majors in 2025, was called up from Triple-A Toledo on Sunday after Kerry Carpenter was placed on the injured list with a left shoulder sprain.
Matt Vierling drove in two runs and Hao-Yu Lee and Wenceel Perez drove in one run apiece for the Tigers. Riley Greene reached base four times and scored a run. Enmanuel De Jesus (2-0) tossed 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. Kenley Jansen got the last three outs for his seventh save.
Maikel Garcia had three hits, a run and an RBI to lead the Royals. Vinnie Pasquantino added two hits and drove in a run and Bobby Witt Jr. had two hits and scored a run.
Orioles 2, Athletics 1
Dylan Beavers stroked a go-ahead single in the sixth and four Baltimore pitchers combined for a four-hitter to salvage the final game of their series against the visiting Athletics.
Beavers and Gunnar Henderson notched two hits apiece for the Orioles. Chris Bassitt (3-2) struck out six and allowed one run over six innings. Rico Garcia earned the save.
Athletics starter Luis Severino (2-4) allowed two runs and six hits over 5 1/3 innings. First baseman Nick Kurtz drew an eighth-inning walk to extend his on-base streak to 34 games, the longest active mark in the majors.
Marlins 5, Nationals 2
Heriberto Hernandez delivered a two-run single to cap a three-run eighth, allowing Miami to hold on for a win against visiting Washington in the rubber match of their three-game series.
Liam Hicks and Christopher Morel also had RBI singles for the Marlins, who got six strong innings from Sandy Alcantara before Josh Ekness recorded the final out for his first career save.
Luis Garcia Jr. tripled, doubled, scored a run and drove in a run for the Nationals, who saw starter Cade Cavalli allow two runs on four hits over 5 2/3 innings.
Rays 4, Red Sox 1
Visiting Tampa Bay scored three runs in the first three innings and Nick Martinez threw one-run ball for 5 2/3 en route to a win over Boston in the finale of a shortened three-game series.
Junior Caminero’s solo homer in the first opened the scoring, and a two-run second extended a lead that the Rays would not relinquish. Martinez (4-1) worked around seven hits and struck out three in the victory, which was Tampa Bay’s second of the weekend. The teams were rained out Saturday.
New Hampshire native Mickey Gasper (3-for-4) recorded his first three hits of his Red Sox career, including a pair of doubles, and drove in Boston’s only run. Payton Tolle (1-2) gave up three runs on seven hits in five innings.
Angels 6, Blue Jays 1
Jose Soriano retired 20 consecutive batters, Jo Adell homered twice with a double and visiting Los Angeles defeated Toronto to salvage one game from the weekend series.
Soriano (6-2) allowed one run on five hits over 7 2/3 innings, Oswald Peraza added a two-run homer and Vaughn Grissom contributed a two-run double for the Angels, who exploded for six runs in the final five innings after managing one through the first 22 innings of the series.
Daulton Varsho went 2-for-4 and scored the lone run for the Blue Jays, who got four scoreless innings from their first two pitchers before Eric Lauer (1-5) allowed six runs on five hits over five innings.
Phillies 6, Rockies 0
Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper hit back-to-back homers in the first inning, part of a two-homer day for Schwarber, and host Philadelphia beat Colorado.
Schwarber finished with three hits and Brandon Marsh had four singles for the Phillies, who have won 10 of 13 games since Don Mattingly was named interim manager on April 28. Cristopher Sanchez (4-2) pitched seven strong innings to stretch his shutout streak to 21 1/3. He hasn’t allowed a run since the first inning against San Francisco on April 30.
Ezequiel Tovar had two hits for the Rockies, who were held to six hits and have lost eight of their last 10 games.
Reds 5, Astros 0
Andrew Abbott worked six three-hit innings, Elly De La Cruz recorded a three-hit game, and Cincinnati claimed the rubber match of a three-game interleague series against visiting Houston.
The Reds broke open the scoring in the fourth against Kai-Wei Teng (1-3) on a two-run triple from JJ Bleday and an RBI single from Tyler Stephenson. Spencer Steer closed the scoring with his seventh homer to give Abbott (2-2) an easy victory.
The Astros never had a runner reach scoring position, with slugger Yordan Alvarez going 0-for-4 with four strikeouts. Teng allowed three runs on five hits before Cody Bolton allowed two more runs over two innings.
Twins 5, Guardians 4
Kody Clemens had three hits, including two doubles, and scored twice to spark visiting Minnesota to a win over Cleveland.
Josh Bell and Austin Martin each had two hits and one RBI while Brooks Lee was 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI in the rubber game of the three-game set. Kendry Rojas (1-0) gave up one run in 3 1/3 innings of relief for his first major league win. Yoendrys Gomez pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to earn his second save.
Brayan Rocchio was 4-for-4 with a double and two runs and Chase DeLauter went 2-for-5 with two RBIs for the Guardians, who dropped to .500 yet maintained first place in the AL Central. Gavin Williams (5-2) gave up 10 hits and five runs in six innings while fanning six.
White Sox 2, Mariners 1
Randal Grichuk hit a tying home run leading off the bottom of the eighth inning and Chicago went on to defeat visiting Seattle.
Grichuk greeted reliever Eduard Bazardo (2-2) with a home run that just cleared the left field wall. Drew Romo followed with a double and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Sam Antonacci. The Mariners intentionally walked Munetaka Murakami, but Miguel Vargas thwarted that plan with a flyball. Randy Arozarena’s throw to the plate sailed over Cal Raleigh, allowing Romo to slide home safely with the go-ahead run.
Mariners starter Logan Gilbert allowed one hit over six scoreless innings. Arozarena drove in Seattle’s only run.
Brewers 4, Yankees 3
Brice Turang’s two-out homer in the ninth inning off New York closer David Bednar lifted host Milwaukee to a walk-off win and a sweep of the three-game series.
Bednar (1-3) relieved to open the ninth and struck out the first two hitters before Turang lined the first pitch 411 feet to center for his sixth homer and first career walk-off. Abner Uribe (2-1) got the win with a scoreless ninth.
Yankees starter Carlos Rodon, activated off the injured list Sunday for his season debut following surgery last October, allowed three runs on two hits with four strikeouts. But the left-hander walked five with a hit batter and wild pitch in a 78-pitch outing. Aaron Judge staked the Yankees to a 1-0 lead in the first with his league-leading 16th homer.
Rangers 3, Cubs 0
Jacob deGrom struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings and Evan Carter belted a two-run homer, fueling Texas to its second straight shutout of Chicago in Arlington, Texas.
deGrom (3-2) scattered three hits — two to Nico Hoerner — and did not walk a batter to record his 99th career win. Josh Jung collected three of the Rangers’ seven hits and scored two runs.
Jameson Taillon (2-2) permitted one run on four hits in 5 1/3 innings for the Cubs, who have lost two straight after their second 10-game win streak of the season. Ian Happ went 0-for-3 with three strikeouts to see his career-best 30-game on-base streak come to a halt.
Braves 7, Dodgers 2
Bryce Elder threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings to drop his ERA to a NL-best 1.81 and Mauricio Dubon laced a three-run double to help visiting Atlanta post a series-clinching win over Los Angeles.
Elder (4-1) allowed one hit while striking out eight and walking four for the Braves, who finished 6-3 on their road trip. Drake Baldwin and Matt Olson connected on solo home runs as Atlanta improved its MLB-leading record to 28-13.
Justin Wrobleski (5-1) went 8 2/3 innings for the Dodgers, yielding seven runs on seven hits while striking out seven and walking one. Max Muncy hit a two-run homer for Los Angeles, which managed just two hits and struck out 10 times.
Padres 3, Cardinals 2 (10 innings)
Manny Machado’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th inning capped a San Diego comeback in a win over visiting St. Louis.
Ramon Laureano was placed on second base to start the bottom of the 10th and Jackson Merrill was intentionally walked. But Gordon Graceffo (2-1) unintentionally walked Fernando Tatis Jr. to fill the bases, setting the stage for Machado to win the game as the Padres split the four-game set.
San Diego forced extra innings when Nick Castellanos, on a 3-2 pitch, belted a two-run homer off closer Riley O’Brien in the bottom of the ninth that scored Xander Bogaerts. Jordan Walker hit a two-run shot in the fourth, slugging it an estimated 425 feet into the third deck behind the left field wall for his 11th homer of the year.
Diamondbacks 5, Mets 1
Rookie Ryan Waldschmidt had two hits and three RBIs in his second major league start, Eduardo Rodriguez did not allow a hit until the sixth inning and Arizona beat New York in the rubber game of a three-game series in Phoenix.
Rodriguez (4-0) gave up one run and four hits in 8 1/3 innings, leaving two outs short of his first career complete game after Mark Vientos’ one-out single in the ninth. Ketel Marte capped off the scoring with a two-run triple to conclude the Diamondbacks’ three-run sixth.
Luis Torrens had two of the Mets’ four hits and their lone RBI on a double after Carson Benge broke up the no-hitter with a one-out single in the sixth. Bulk reliever David Peterson gave up four hits and three runs (none earned) in five innings.
Giants 7, Pirates 6 (12 innings)
Jesus Rodriguez blooped a one-out, bases-loaded single in the bottom of the 12th inning, allowing San Francisco, after rallying three times from two-run deficits, to walk off visiting Pittsburgh.
After Ryan Borucki (1-1) stranded the potential go-ahead run at third base in both the 11th and 12th, the Giants finally ended the marathon affair after Pirates right fielder Ryan O’Hearn couldn’t track down Matt Chapman’s flyball for a double, allowing automatic runner Heliot Ramos to take third base with one out. After Drew Gilbert was walked intentionally to load the bases, rookie Rodriguez singled off Justin Lawrence.
Willy Adames had three hits, while Rafael Devers, Jung Hoo Lee, Ramos and Chapman chipped in two apiece for San Francisco, which out-hit the visitors 13-7. Spencer Horwitz totaled three RBIs on his two doubles for Pittsburgh, which completed a 3-3 Western swing.
–Field Level Media
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Jack McGlynn nets brace as Dynamo cruise past LAFC
Feb 28, 2026; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Dynamo FC forward Guilherme (20) controls the ball during the second half against the Los Angeles FC at Shell Energy Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Jack McGlynn recorded his second career brace and Guilherme and Mateusz Bogusz added goals as the Houston Dynamo rolled to a 4-1 victory over host Los Angeles FC on Sunday night.
Lawrence Ennali had two assists as Houston won for the fourth time in its last five MLS matches.
Jonathan Bond made five saves for the Dynamo (6-5-0, 18 points).
Nathan Ordaz scored for Los Angeles FC (6-3-3, 21 points).
LAFC star Denis Bouanga missed the contest due to a suspension for yellow-card accumulation.
Hugo Lloris had two saves for LAFC, who had a 20-12 edge in shots. Both teams placed six shots on target.
Houston struck first in the 25th minute as Ennali had the ball on the left side and passed it back to McGlynn, who was well behind the box and had a running start while booting a left-foot laser into the top right corner.
Nine minutes later, the Dynamo added on with a free kick. Guilherme took the kick and his right-footed shot hit off a member of the LAFC wall and the ball landed in the net.
LAFC got on the board in the 45th minute of the first half. Jacob Shaffelburg sent a cross from the left side that hit off a player but made it through the box to Ordaz, who took a left-footed shot that caromed off a Houston defender before finding the net.
Houston made it 3-1 in the 51st minute when Bogusz had two chances to get a goal against his former teammates. He first took a right-footed shot that was stopped by Lloris but the ball ricocheted back to Bogusz, who sent a left-footed shot into the left corner.
The Dynamo added another goal just four minutes later. Ennali had the ball in the center of the box and made a short feed to his right to McGlynn, who sent a left-footed shot inside the far post.
McGlynn nearly had the hat trick. In the 42nd minute, on a play similar to his goal in the 25th minute, he blistered a left-footed shot that hit the left goalpost.
–Field Level Media
