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Brothers Cam and Pat Spencer hope to tangle in Grizzlies-Warriors clash
Dec 29, 2024; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; Memphis Grizzlies guard Cam Spencer (24) drives to the basket around Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) during the second quarter at Paycom Center. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images Brothers Cam and Pat Spencer will get a third opportunity to meet in an NBA game for the first time when the Memphis Grizzlies visit the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night in San Francisco.
The Grizzlies will play the second night of a back-to-back set, having lost 138-133 at the Sacramento Kings on Friday night. Jaylen Wells scored 30 points and Jaren Jackson Jr. added 28 for Memphis, which has alternated wins in losses in its first four outings of a five-game road trip.
Cam Spencer, a driving force in UConn’s national championship last season, did not play for the Grizzlies in Friday’s loss. But he had gotten into five of Memphis’ previous seven games after having had his career delayed by a sprained right ankle sustained in summer league.
He has 30 points in his eight games this season.
The point total is 12 higher than older brother Pat (he’s 28, Cam is 24) has accumulated in two seasons with Golden State. Pat Spencer, who played college basketball at Northwestern, has been summoned off the bench in each of the Warriors’ last two games, including Thursday’s 139-105 home shellacking of the Philadelphia 76ers, but has gone scoreless in 13 minutes of those two games.
Golden State’s Stephen Curry sank eight 3-pointers to highlight a 30-point performance on Thursday. He averages a team-high 22.3 points a game.
Two earlier Grizzlies-Warriors games have been played without an on-court family reunion. Cam Spencer was still sidelined by his ankle injury when the Warriors recorded a 123-118 home win as part of the NBA Cup on Nov. 15, while Pat Spencer was inactive when Golden State lost 144-93 in the rematch at Memphis on Dec. 19. Cam Spencer contributed five points to the blowout.
While the Maryland natives are rivals on the basketball floor, they are teammates in at least a couple of off-court endeavors, both related to providing support for military families feeling the effects of PTSD.
Having grown up near the Naval base in Annapolis, Md., the Spencer brothers pooled some of their professional basketball earnings at first opportunity to create the Spencer Brothers Foundation.
They have since teamed with Texas-based Chillshark in the production of cold-plunge water tanks, which research done by the Spencers indicates are effective in treating symptoms of PTSD.
Cam Spencer insists he and his brother were bound to work together in life even if their career paths landed them thousands of miles apart.
“We grew up playing all kinds of sports, and we’re as tight as they come,” he said. “We’re the biggest competitors when we’re going against each other, but when we’re watching, we have each other’s back and we’re each other’s biggest fans.”
Pat Spencer was a lacrosse star in college before switching to basketball for just one season after transferring to Northwestern. The brothers don’t resemble each other much on the court, but that would make them perfect teammates, he boasted.
“We’re different. He’s more of a sniper,” Pat Spencer noted. “We pride ourselves on having high basketball IQ and making other guys around us better. I would say he’s more of a scorer. I’m more of a facilitator and playmaker. I’m a bit more athletic and probably a better on-ball defender. He’s got a really good feel for the game off the ball. We complement each other pretty well.”
–Field Level Media
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Mariners place INF Will Wilson (thumb) on 10-day injured list
Apr 25, 2026; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Seattle Mariners third baseman Will Wilson (7) reacts after hitting a two home run against the St. Louis Cardinals during the second inning at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images The Seattle Mariners placed infielder Will Wilson on the 10-day injured list on Saturday because of a fractured left thumb.
The move was retroactive to Thursday. In a corresponding move, the Mariners recalled catcher Jhonny Pereda from Triple-A Tacoma.
Wilson, 27, played in two games and hit .200 (1-for-5) with a home run in his first at-bat for the Mariners in an 11-9 win on April 25 against the host St. Louis Cardinals. He may have been injured on Wednesday when he went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout in his second game this season, a 5-3 road victory over the Minnesota Twins.
The Los Angeles Angels selected Wilson in the first round (15th overall) of the 2019 MLB Draft out of North Carolina State.
Wilson, a second and third baseman, made his major league debut in 2025 with the Cleveland Guardians and batted .192 (15-for-78) with two RBIs and four doubles in 34 games. He signed as a free agent with Seattle in January.
Pereda, 30, has a career batting average of .241 with eight RBIs in 48 games with the Miami Marlins (2024), Athletics (2025) and Minnesota Twins (2025).
In other moves on Saturday, Seattle optioned left-hander Josh Simpson, 28, to Tacoma and selected right-hander Nick Davila, 27, from Double-A Arkansas.
–Field Level Media
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Sean Burke stifles Padres, lifts White Sox to fifth straight win
May 2, 2026; San Diego, California, USA; Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Sean Burke (59) throws a pitch during the sixth inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: David Frerker-Imagn Images Sean Burke tossed six scoreless innings Saturday night and the visiting Chicago White Sox stretched their winning streak to five with a 4-0 blanking of the San Diego Padres.
Burke (2-2) allowed only four hits and a walk while fanning eight, including Xander Bogaerts three times. Three relievers finished up, with Seranthony Dominguez getting the last two outs for his eighth save in 10 chances, as Chicago wrapped up its first series win over San Diego since 2022.
The Padres filled the bases with no outs in the ninth when Jackson Merrill beat out an infield single followed by walks to Manny Machado and Bogaerts. Grant Taylor slipped a called third strike past Gavin Sheets before Dominguez came in to retire Miguel Andujar on a shallow fly ball and strike out Luis Campusano.
Michael King (3-2) yielded seven hits and four runs over six-plus innings. King walked three and struck out five as the Padres dropped their fourth straight game.
Burke and King matched each other pitch-for-pitch through the first five innings. But the White Sox struck in the sixth when Tristan Peters drew a one-out walk and Andrew Benintendi legged out an infield single.
After Munetaka Murakami moved the runners up 90 feet with a groundout, Miguel Vargas looped a liner into short right field, scoring Peters and Benintendi for the only runs Chicago needed.
But the White Sox added on with two more runs in the seventh. Chase Meidroth singled and reached third on Sam Antonacci’s double, then scored on Edgar Quero’s single that knocked out King. Peters then capped the scoring with a safety squeeze bunt that plated Antonacci.
The Padres’ best scoring chances against Burke came in the second and fifth innings. Sheets walked and Andujar singled with one out in the second. But Burke stiffened, fanning Campusano and inducing a groundout from Jake Cronenworth.
In the fifth, Andujar led off with a single and Cronenworth singled with one out. However, Ramon Laureano flew out and Burke blew away Fernando Tatis Jr. on three pitches to quash the threat.
The Padres were 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position, stranding eight runners.
–Field Level Media
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Sporting KC snap losing streak with draw vs. Sounders
May 2, 2026; Kansas City, Kansas, USA; Sporting Kansas City forward Dejan Joveljic (9) celebrates toward fans after scoring against the Seattle Sounders FC during the first half of the match at Children’s Mercy Park. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-Imagn Images Dejan Joveljic scored his fifth goal of the season and Sporting Kansas City salvaged a 1-1 draw against the Seattle Sounders on Saturday afternoon to snap a six-match losing streak.
Joveljic’s 18th-minute tally halted a 351-minute scoreless stretch across all competitions for Sporting (1-7-2, 5 points), which has still won only twice in its last 23 MLS matches dating back to last July.
Paul Rothrock scored his fourth goal of the season early as Seattle (6-1-2, 20 points) saw its league win streak halted at three but extended its league unbeaten run to seven.
The visitors held 61% of the possession and outshot the hosts 27-11 but were punished for an uncharacteristic mistake by American World Cup hopeful Cristian Roldan.
Rothrock put the visitors in front two minutes into the match.
Alex Roldan got up the right and played an early diagonal ball from midfield toward Jesus Ferreira in the center channel.
Either Ferreira, his defender or both players deflected the ball, and Rothrock was first to the redirection on the left side of the penalty, where he guided a first-time finish across Stefan Cleveland’s body and inside the far-right post.
Joveljic leveled 16 minutes later.
As Seattle tried to play out of the back against Kansas City’s creeping pressure, Cristian Roldan badly mis-hit a backpass that appeared intended for his goalkeeper.
Joveljic reacted to reach it at the top of the penalty arc and drove a low, first-time finish through goalkeeper Andrew Thomas and over the line.
Both teams had chances to win it after halftime despite Seattle’s possession dominance.
Sounders striker Danny Musovski flashed a promising header over the goal in the 57th minute, and in the 65th, Seattle substitute Paul Arriola saw his strike from a dangerous position on the left blocked accidentally by teammate Albert Rusnak.
In the 70th minute, Cleveland recovered from his own bobble on the initial attempt to make a double save of Kalani Kossa-Rienzi and Musovski.
On the other end, Thomas thwarted Joveljic in the 82nd minute and Taylor Calheira on a difficult, spinning effort inside the box in the 85th.
–Field Level Media
Mariners place INF Will Wilson (thumb) on 10-day injured list
Sean Burke stifles Padres, lifts White Sox to fifth straight win
