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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
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Promise David recovers from injury to make Canada's World Cup roster
Jun 29, 2025; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Canada forward Promise David (24) makes a penalty kick during a quarterfinal match of the 2025 Gold Cup at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-Imagn Images Less than four months after undergoing surgery to repair a ruptured hip tendon, striker Promise David was named to Canada’s roster for the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday night.
David, 24, suffered the injury Feb. 21 while playing with Union SG of the Belgian Pro League. He was told recovery time would take six months.
“I did not think it was possible. I’m not going to lie,” David told TSN. “When I had to opt in for the decision to get the surgery … they told me, ‘We don’t see people come back from this quickly as they should.’ I kind of gave up.”
Then he got an encouraging call from Jesse Marsch, Canada’s head coach.
“He said, ‘We’re going to give you as much time as you need. You’ll be fine,'” David said. “I was like, ‘If he’s banking on me, there’s no reason I shouldn’t bank on myself.”
Another player recovering from a setback, captain Alphonso Davies, made the roster despite suffering a left hamstring injury earlier this month while playing with Bayern Munich.
“We just wanted to go through the process with Alphonso and Bayern Munich and make sure that he was set up to succeed and we weren’t putting additional pressure on him,” Marsch told TSN. “Alphonso is a big personality and a big player for us, and we wanted to make sure in all ways we were setting him up to succeed, that we were all collaborating in this return-to-play process.”
Marsch said “it’s too early to tell” when Davies will play for Canada, a co-host nation that opens Group B play June 12 against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Toronto.
“Will we be 100% with every player on the roster? No, we won’t be,” Marsch said of the first match. “But we feel like we have enough guys that are playing at a high level that are in really good form … to get the result that we need.”
CANADA WORLD CUP ROSTER
Goalkeepers: Maxime Crepeau, Owen Goodman, Dayne St. Clair
Defenders: Moise Bombito, Derek Cornelius, Alphonso Davies, Luc De Fougerolles, Alistair Johnston, Alfie Jones, Richie Laryea, Niko Sigur, Joel Waterman
Midfielders: Ali Ahmed, Tajon Buchanan, Mathieu Choiniere, Stephen Eustaquio, Marcelo Flores, Ismael Kone, Liam Millar, Jonathan Osorio, Nathan Saliba, Jacob Shaffelburg
Forwards: Jonathan David, Promise David, Cyle Larin, Tani Oluwaseyi
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White Sox's Munetaka Murakami (hamstring) leaves game
May 26, 2026; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago White Sox first baseman Munetaka Murakami (5) rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run against the Minnesota Twins during the eight inning at Rate Field. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images Chicago White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami was removed in the third inning of Friday’s game against the Detroit Tigers after tweaking his hamstring.
Murakami, whose 20 home runs share the American League lead with Houston’s Yordan Alvarez, grabbed at his right hamstring after hustling down the first base line to avoid a 4-6-3 double play.
Murakami walked slowly back to the dugout without needing assistance.
“He’ll be evaluated and we’ll see what we got,” White Sox manager Will Venable told CHSN after the inning ended. “Obviously, it grabbed on him. In that instance, you just want to make sure he’s all right and not push it. Obviously with all our guys, we want to protect them and make sure they’re healthy.”
Luisangel Acuna ran for Murakami and scored on Miguel Vargas’ double. In the top of the fourth, Vargas moved from third to first, Acuna took over at short and Colson Montgomery slid from short to third. Montgomery stayed in the game despite tweaking his lower back while popping out to close the third inning.
Murakami has been a revelation for a White Sox squad that entered Friday’s game as the No. 2 wild card in the American League. The 26-year-old first baseman has appeared in all 57 games and delivered a .240/.378/.560 slash line with 20 homers, 41 RBIs and 44 walks.
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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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