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Brewers turn to another young pitcher in finale vs. Twins

MLB: Milwaukee Brewers at St. Louis CardinalsSep 21, 2025; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Robert Gasser (54) pitches against the St. Louis Cardinals during the first inning at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images

Young pitchers keep coming up big for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Coleman Crow, 25, gave up only one run over five innings in helping the Brewers to a series-opening win against the Minnesota Twins on Friday.

Logan Henderson, 24, earned the victory one night later after allowing only one run and striking out seven batters in five innings.

Now comes the next young pitcher. The Brewers will turn to 26-year-old Robert Gasser, who will make his season debut as Milwaukee looks to finish a three-game sweep of the Twins on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.

Henderson said he and his fellow young pitchers support one another. They pitched together at Triple-A Nashville, and Henderson credits the organization with helping to develop them and showing trust in them.

“I think we have some really great arms,” Henderson said. “The organization has put a lot of trust in us. The defense is unbelievable. The guys we’ve got behind the plate are incredible. It’s just a next-man-up mentality.

“… I think it’s special. It’s cool to see that we have a lot of young arms in the room. It’s fun. We kind of just piggy-back off each other.”

The Brewers have won three games in a row and eight of their past nine.

The Twins, in turn, will try to spoil Milwaukee’s momentum in the season finale.

Minnesota has lost the first two games of the series by one run. The good news is that the Twins are staying competitive against the Brewers; the bad news is that the Twins are squandering key chances that can differentiate a win from a loss.

“I think we came into this series knowing that you cannot give away opportunities against the Brewers just because of the brand of baseball they play,” Minnesota manager Derek Shelton said after Saturday’s 2-1 defeat. “They capitalize on things. We had situations in the second and fourth (innings) that we did not capitalize on, and you can’t miss those.”

Twins right-hander Bailey Ober (4-2, 3.46 ERA) will look to help stave off the sweep. Ober is coming off his best outing of the season on Tuesday, when he fired a complete-game shutout against the Miami Marlins.

Ober allowed two hits, walked none and struck out seven in a 3-0 victory and needed only 89 pitches to earn his first career shutout. He now will go for back-to-back victories for the second time this season.

This will be Ober’s third career start against the Brewers. In his first two meetings, he is 1-0 with a 3.27 ERA and has 10 strikeouts in 11 innings.

Meanwhile, Gasser will make first start of 2026 and his eighth start since debuting with the Brewers in 2024. He went 2-0 with a 2.57 ERA in five starts that season and was 0-2 with a 3.18 ERA in two starts in 2025.

This will be Gasser’s first career start against the Twins.

Minnesota hopes to welcome back outfielder Byron Buxton, who has missed the past three games because of right hip flexor soreness. Buxton took part in some on-field work before Saturday’s game but remained out of the lineup.

“I haven’t been on the field in a couple days,” Buxton said. “Just to get out here and do some work definitely feels good. Growing in the right direction.”

–Field Level Media

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Shopify Rebellion earns LCS Spring playoff spot with Disguised defeat

Syndication: Arizona RepublicA backlit keyboard is part of the gear online video game streamer Jordan Woodruff uses in his Gilbert home.

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Cloud9 closed out an undefeated regular season while Shopify Rebellion clinched a playoff spot with a win on Sunday at the LCS Spring event in Los Angeles.

Cloud9 improved to 7-0 with a sweep of Team Liquid, while Shopify Rebellion swept Disguised, which was in the final playoff spot but will now finish in seventh place and fail to advance.

Eight teams will compete in best-of-three matches in the round-robin regular season before advancing to the playoffs of the League of Legends event, which will be contested in best-of-five matches in a double-elimination format. The top two teams will qualify for the Mid-Season Invitational.

Cloud9 opened with a 38-minute win on blue and finished off the sweep with a 34-minute defeat of Team Liquid on blue.

Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen of Denmark had a 10-3-19 kill-death-assist ratio for Cloud9, supplemented by Robert “Blaber” Huang’s 10-5-23 K-D-A ratio. Argentina’s Brandon “Josedeodo” Villegas led Team Liquid, which will be either the third or fourth seed depending on Sunday’s LYON result, with a 6-9-9 K-D-A ratio.

Shopify’s sweep came on 30- and 37-minute triumphs on blue. Juan “Contractz” Garcia led Shopify Rebellion’s victory with a 20-4-17 K-D-A ratio. South Korea’s Oh “Callme” Ji-hoon led Disguised with a 8-6-10 K-D-A.

The seven-week regular season concludes Sunday with FlyQuest taking on LYON and winless Dignitas facing Sentinels.

Regular-season standings (Win-loss total, map differential)

1. Cloud9, 7-0, 14-4

2. LYON, 5-1, 11-4

3. Team Liquid, 5-2, 11-7

4. FlyQuest, 3-3, 9-7

5. Sentinels, 2-4, 7-9

6. Shopify Rebellion, 2-5, 5-10

7. Disguised, 2-5, 4-11

8. Dignitas, 0-6, 3-12

–Field Level Media

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Unbeaten Team Falcons take top spot in Group A

Team Falcons downed Team Spirit 2-1 on Saturday in a battle for first place in Group A at the DreamLeague Season 29 event.

Now the only unbeaten team, Team Falcons is 6-0 going into the final day of the group stage as Team Spirit fell to 5-1.

Stanislav “Malr1ne” Potorak of Russia led Team Falcons with a 27-14-46 kill-death-assist ratio. Denis “Larl” Sigitov of Russia paced Team Spirit with a 27-12-36 K-D-A.

GamerLegion (1-5) notched their first win in Group A by downing Virtus.pro 2-1.

In Group B, Natus Vincere and PARIVISION are atop the standings at 5-1. PARIVISION went 1-1 on Saturday, sweeping Nigma Galaxy 2-0 and falling to PlayTime 2-1. Natus Vincere went 2-0 on the day, sweeping PlayTime and edging Tundra Esports 2-1.

Artem “Niku” Bachkur led Natus Vincere in the sweep of PlayTime with a 21-3-32 K-D-A ratio, while teammate and fellow Ukrainian Taras “gotthejuice” Linnikov contributed a 17-8-29 K-D-A in the win over Tundra Esports.

The $1 million Dota 2 event is beginning with the 16 teams divided into two groups for round-robin play. The top four teams in each group earn spots in the upper bracket for the double-elimination playoffs, while the fifth- and sixth-place teams will start the playoffs in the lower bracket.

All matches through the event are best-of-three until the final on May 24, which will be best-of-five. The championship team will receive $250,000 in player prize money, a club bonus of $40,000 and a minimum of 6,000 ESL Pro Tour points.

On Saturday in Group A, Team Spirit opened with a win in 43 minutes on green before Team Falcons rallied with victories in 65 minutes on green and 45 minutes on red.

Team Liquid swept ex-HEROIC in 44 minutes on red and 24 minutes on green.

Aurora Gaming opened with a 44-minute win on green before Vici Gaming drew even with a 32-minute victory on green. Aurora closed it out with a marathon 69-minute win on red.

GamerLegion bounced back from an opening loss in 41 minutes to Virtus.pro, which was on red, to win in 28 minutes and 35 minutes, both on red.

In Group B, Tundra Esports started with a 51-minute win on green before BetBoom Team drew level with a 37-minute win on green. Tundra had green for the third map and won in 49 minutes to take the match.

PARIVISION swept Nigma Galaxy in 31 minutes on red and 35 minutes on green.

Natus Vincere dispatched PlayTime 2-0, winning in 31 minutes on red and 43 minutes on green.

Xtreme Gaming swept REKONIX in 36 minutes on green and 33 minutes on red.

BetBoom Team followed suit against Xtreme Gaming, winning in 70 minutes on green and 36 minutes on red.

Natus Vincere outbattled Tundra Esports 2-1. Natus Vincere opened with a 44-minute victory on green, then Tundra won in 43 minutes on green. Natus Vincere took the match with a 53-minute win on red.

PlayTime opened with a 50-minute win on red in taking down PARIVISION 2-1. After PARIVISION responded with a 30-minute victory on red, PlayTime won in 41-minutes on green.

Nigma Galaxy swept REKONIX, winning in 45 minutes on red and 42 minutes on green.

The Sunday schedule:

Group A

–Team Spirit vs. ex-HEROIC

–Team Falcons vs. GamerLegion

–Team Liquid vs. Vici Gaming

–AuroraGaming vs. Virtus.pro

Group B

–Xtreme Gaming vs. Natus Vincere

–BetBoom Team vs. Nigma Galaxy

–Tundra Esports vs. PlayTime

–PARIVISION vs. REKONIX

DreamLeague Season 29 group standings, with match record and map record

Group A

1. Team Falcons, 6-0, 12-2

2. Team Spirit, 5-1, 11-3

3. Team Liquid, 5-2, 9-5

4. Aurora Gaming, 3-3, 7-7

T5. Vici Gaming, 2-4, 5-8

T5. Virtus.pro, 2-4, 6-8

7. ex-HEROIC, 1-5, 2-10

8. GamerLegion, 1-5, 2-11

Group B

T1. Natus Vincere, 5-1, 10-4

T1. PARIVISION, 5-1, 11-5

T3. BetBoom Team, 3-3, 8-7

T3. PlayTime, 3-3, 7-7

T3. Xtreme Gaming, 3-3, 7-6

T6. Nigma Galaxy, 2-4, 5-8

T6. Tundra Esports, 2-4, 6-10

8. REKONIX, 1-5, 3-10

DreamLeague Season 29 prize pool, with player prize money, club bonus money and base ESL Pro Tour points

1. $250,000, $40,000, 6,000 points

2. $100,000, $30,000, 5,000 points

3. $80,000, $25,000, 4,000 points

4. $60,000, $20,000, 3,200 points

5-6. $40,000, $15,000, 2,200 points

7-8. $27,500, $12,500, 1,000 points

9-12. $20,000, $10,000, 375 points

13-14. $12,500, $10,000, 140 points

15-16. $10,000, $10,000, 60 points

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Streak-busting Marlins seek series victory over Rays

MLB: Miami Marlins at Tampa Bay RaysMay 16, 2026; St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; Miami Marlins left fielder Heriberto Hernandez (13) is congratulated by catcher Joe Mack (80) after hitting a home run during the seventh inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field. Mandatory Credit: Mike Watters-Imagn Images

Jakob Marsee is squeezing out plenty of offense in the Citrus Series.

Fresh off back-to-back three-hit performances, Marsee will look to lead the Miami Marlins to a series victory against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday afternoon in the rubber match of the three-game set in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Marsee collected his third hit on Saturday after recording a single with two outs in the ninth inning. He promptly scampered home on Javier Sanoja’s RBI double to take a 2-1 lead. The Marlins erupted for eight runs in the 10th en route to securing a 10-5 victory.

So, what does Marsee attribute to his recent success at the plate?

“Honestly, I used (teammate Liam Hicks’) bat. Another thing is talking to my dad back home, my hitting coach back home,” Marsee told the Marlins Radio Network. “Couple things cleaned up mechanically to give me more confidence. … It’s bound to happen.”

Marsee is happy it has, given he was mired in a 4-for-29 stretch with nine strikeouts over his previous nine games.

Then there’s Sanoja, who also had a bases-clearing double to highlight Miami’s monster 10th inning on Saturday. He went 2-for-5 with four RBIs after going 0-for-14 in his previous four games.

“He’s come through so many times,” Marlins manager Clayton McCullough said of Sanoja. “I know he was frustrated, but to get the big one in the ninth to give us the lead, and then to come back again and come up with another big one, that’s what he does. Happy for him. Happy for us. That’s what he’s shown is that the moment is never too big for him.”

While Miami improved to 2-3 on its six-game road trip, Tampa Bay saw its 11-game home winning streak come to a halt following just its fourth loss in 21 games.

Eury Perez (2-5, 4.94 ERA) will look to halt a four-start losing streak for the Marlins on Sunday when he takes the mound against the Rays’ Drew Rasmussen (3-1, 3.16) in a battle of right-handers.

Perez allowed three runs on as many hits in six innings of a 3-0 setback to the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday. The 23-year-old has yet to face Tampa Bay in his career.

Rasmussen also gave up three runs in six innings in his last start but walked away a winner in the Rays’ 8-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday.

While happy with the win, Rasmussen sees room for improvement — namely, cutting down on the home-run ball. He has been taken deep seven times over 42 2/3 innings this season, including once in each of his last two starts.

“It seems right now the only runs that I’m giving up are via home runs, so I’ve got to figure out a way to limit damage in certain situations,” Rasmussen said, per the Tampa Bay Times. “But other than that, like we’ve talked about, every single outing it just seems to be a pitch or two. That’s pretty hard to complain about in the grand scheme of things. But, like, we’ve got to get back to keeping the ball in the yard a little bit.”

Rasmussen, 30, is 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA in six career appearances (four starts) versus Miami.

–Field Level Media

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