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Blue Jays escape 5-run hole, pull out win over Orioles
May 24, 2026; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Baltimore Orioles pitcher Trevor Rogers (28) pitches in the first inning against the Detroit Tigers at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Jamie Sabau-Imagn Images Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays wiped out a five-run deficit with late-game offense to stun the host Baltimore Orioles 6-5 on Friday.
Charles McAdoo homered in his major league debut and Kazuma Okamoto also went deep during the comeback by the Blue Jays, who have won eight of their past 10 games.
Toronto reliever Mason Fluharty (3-0) threw 1 1/3 hitless innings. Braydon Fisher handled the ninth inning to notch his first career save, pitching around a two-out error.
Jackson Holliday, Pete Alonso and Samuel Basallo hit two-out solo home runs for the Orioles, who have lost back-to-back games to Toronto since a three-game sweep of the American League-best Tampa Bay Rays.
Baltimore’s Trevor Rogers pitched into the seventh inning in a bid to win for the first time in eight starts. Rogers, who went 0-6 in his previous seven assignments, worked six shutout frames before yielding two-run homers to Okamoto and McAdoo in the seventh without recording another out.
Rogers wound up charged with four runs on six hits and a walk in six-plus innings. He struck out three.
Yennier Cano (1-2) took the loss after he gave up two runs in the eighth while recording just one out.
Daulton Varsho and Guerrero each had two hits for Toronto. Basallo and Holliday countered with two hits apiece for Baltimore.
The Blue Jays went with Adam Macko, who made his first career start, in an opener’s role. He gave up three hits but no runs in 1 2/3 innings. Austin Voth was charged with five runs on five hits and four walks in 3 1/3 innings.
The Orioles posted two runs in the third inning. After a single and two walks, Adley Rutschman drew a bases-loaded walk, and Basallo followed two batters later with a sacrifice fly.
Holliday’s second home run of the season — both coming during the current homestand — pushed the lead to 3-0 in the fourth.
Alonso and Basallo went deep back-to-back in the fifth.
–Field Level Media
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Teagan Kavan pitches Texas past Mississippi State
May 29, 2026; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Texas Longhorns utility Kaiah Altmeyer (44) throws the ball to second after fielding it off the wall in the first inning against the Mississippi State Bulldogs during the NCAA Women’s College World Series at Devon Park. Mandatory Credit: Brett Rojo-Imagn Images Teagan Kavan threw a four-hit shutout to lift Texas to a 4-0 win over Mississippi State in an elimination game in the Women’s College World Series on Friday in Oklahoma City.
Kavan, the WCWS Most Outstanding Player during last year’s title run, struggled in a three-inning performance in Thursday’s opening-round loss to Tennessee. But the junior righty bounced back in a big way against the Bulldogs.
After Xiane Romero’s two-out double in the first, Kavan retired eight consecutive hitters until Romero singled in the fourth.
Kavan got all the run support she needed in the second on Kaiah Altmeyer’s two-run home run.
Altmeyer jumped on Delainey Everett’s first pitch to put Texas on top. The home run was Altmeyer’s first of the season.
The Longhorns added another on Kayden Henry’s solo home run in the fifth.
Texas added another insurance run in the seventh when Katie Stewart scored from first on Viviana Martinez’s double to left center off Peja Goold.
Romero led off the seventh with a single for her third hit of the game. But after Kinley Keller followed with another single, Kavan retired three consecutive hitters to finish off the shutout. Kavan struck out just two hitters in the win.
Texas (48-12) takes on the loser of Saturday’s Alabama-Nebraska game in an elimination game 3 p.m. Sunday.
Mississippi State, which was in the WCWS for the first time in program history, finished 43-21.
–Field Level Media
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Braves' bats stay hot in win over Reds
May 29, 2026; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Atlanta Braves designated hitter Dominic Smith (8) hits a single in the second inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. Mandatory Credit: Katie Stratman-Imagn Images Michael Harris II went 3-for-5 with three RBIs, Ronald Acuna Jr. homered and the visiting Atlanta Braves posted an 8-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in the first contest of a three-game set on Friday.
Jorge Mateo drove in two runs and Dominic Smith had three hits and two runs for Atlanta, which earned its major league-leading 39th win and improved to 20 games above .500. Grant Holmes tossed 4 2/3 innings for the Braves, allowing three runs on seven hits, striking out five and walking one. Didier Fuentes (4-0) earned the win, throwing 1 1/3 scoreless innings.
Chris Paddack (0-7) continued his winless start to the season, allowing four runs on seven hits and three walks across five innings for the Reds, who dropped their second straight after winning five of their previous six. JJ Bleday and Nathaniel Lowe each homered for Cincinnati.
Acuna opened the scoring with a leadoff homer in the first — his fourth home run of the season and second in as many games.
In the second, Smith singled before Austin Riley and Mike Yastrzemski both walked to load the bases with nobody out. Mateo then drove in the second Atlanta run with a groundout. Chadwick Tromp followed with a sacrifice fly to make it 3-0.
After Acuna’s walk, Harris’ RBI single extended the margin to four.
The Reds cut into their deficit in the bottom of the fourth, as Bleday launched his eighth homer of the season to begin the frame. Sal Stewart followed with a double, but was caught stealing by Tromp for the second out.
Lowe sliced the Reds’ deficit to 4-2 with a solo homer to right — his ninth of the year.
Holmes allowed TJ Friedl’s leadoff single in the fifth, before Bleday’s two-out base hit placed runners on the corners. Fuentes then replaced Holmes and surrendered an RBI single to Stewart, cutting the lead to 4-3.
Yunior Marte threw the sixth for the Reds, allowing Smith’s leadoff single before hitting Riley with a pitch. Yastrzemski laced a double to give the Braves a 5-3 edge. Mateo followed with a run-scoring single, and Harris drove in two more with a double to left.
–Field Level Media
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Four-run first inning propels Guardians past Red Sox
May 29, 2026; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Slade Cecconi (44) throws a pitch during the first inning against the Boston Red Sox at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images A four-run first inning carried the Cleveland Guardians to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Boston Red Sox on Friday in the opener of a three-game series.
Boston had the game-tying run on base when Isiah Kiner-Falefa singled to open the ninth, but Cleveland closer Cade Smith struck out the next three batters to collect his 20th save.
Cleveland’s four-run first included RBI singles by Rhys Hoskins and Angel Martinez, a Ceddanne Rafaela error that allowed Hoskins to score, and a Patrick Bailey sacrifice fly that drove in Kyle Manzardo.
All four runs were charged to Tyler Samaniego (0-3), who was used as an opener before giving way to Brayan Bello after one inning. Samaniego allowed six hits in the inning.
Bello pitched seven scoreless innings. He limited Cleveland to four hits, struck out five and didn’t walk a batter.
The Guardians received two hits from both Manzardo and Chase DeLauter.
The Red Sox pulled within a run by scoring three times in the fifth. After Marcelo Mayer drove in Mickey Gasper with an RBI single and Kiner-Falefa scored on Caleb Durbin’s double, Mayer made it 4-3 by scoring on Jarren Duran’s sacrifice fly.
Cleveland starter Slade Cecconi was pulled with one out in the fifth. He gave up three runs on seven hits. Colin Holderman (3-0) picked up the win for recording the next four outs after Cecconi left the mound.
Boston’s Willson Contreras extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a single in the fourth inning. Contreras also singled with two outs in the eighth.
Nick Sogard pinch ran for Contreras in the eighth and moved to third on Masataka Yoshida’s single, but both runners were stranded when Gasper grounded out to first to end the inning. Gasper, Mayer and Kiner-Falefa each had two hits in the loss.
Boston was seeking its fourth straight road victory.
–Field Level Media
Teagan Kavan pitches Texas past Mississippi State
Braves' bats stay hot in win over Reds
