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Inter Miami blank Portland to score 1st win in new stadium
May 17, 2026; Miami, Florida, USA; Inter Miami CF forward Lionel Messi (10) reacts to chants from the fans after the game against the Portland Timbers at Nu Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Lionel Messi scored his 12th goal of the season and added his sixth assist as Inter Miami defeated the Portland Timbers 2-0 on Sunday evening to finally secure their first win in their new stadium.
German Berterame added his fifth goal for Miami, which had previously gone 0-3-1 at Nu Stadium, the permanent facility for the Herons that opened its doors in early April.
Dayne St. Claire made four saves to keep him and his club’s third clean sheet of the campaign and first since a 2-0 win at Real Salt Lake on April 22.
Portland lost 2-0 on the road for a fourth time this season, including three of their last five away fixtures. The Timbers were outshot 22-16 overall and 9-4 in efforts on target.
Messi sits tied with Dallas’ Petar Musa and one behind Chicago’s Hugo Cuypers for the MLS scoring lead. The 38-year-old Argentine has now contributed five goals and all six of his assists in his last four games as he prepares to play one last World Cup this summer.
He got started early Sunday, forcing James Pantemis into a save from close range in the fourth minute, and he had his goal 27 minutes later.
Messi began the attack from beyond the penalty arc, playing a pass to Luis Suarez on his left and then making a run into the center of the box.
Suarez fed Telasco Segovia, who played a clever backheel into Messi’s path for a simple finish into the right half of the goal as Pantemis guessed with his lunge in the opposite direction.
Messi’s assist 11 minutes later was of the vintage variety that recalled his best days as an FC Barcelona star and eight-time Ballon d’Or winner.
Rodrigo de Paul’s early cross from the right found Messi, who used his chest to control it, laid it off to Suarez on his left and then quickly reached a return pass.
From there, he weaved into the penalty area on the dribble, slaloming between four defenders before laying it off to Berterame on his left for a first-time finish from about 10 yards out.
–Field Level Media
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Denny Hamlin rallies to win All-Star Race
May 17, 2026; Dover, Delaware, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin (11) races to the inside of driver Brad Keselowski (6) during the NASCAR All-Star Race at Dover Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Matthew O’Haren-Imagn Images Denny Hamlin tracked down Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe, got by with 29 laps remaining and held on to claim the $1 million payday for Sunday’s NASCAR All-Star Race at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Del.
Briscoe’s No. 19 Toyota took the point from Hamlin’s No. 11 with 52 laps left after the final restart, but Hamlin patiently hunted down his teammate’s Camry, moved by on the frontstretch and won the exhibition race by 0.887 seconds.
The 45-year-old Hamlin won the All-Star Race for the second time (Charlotte, 2015) in his 20th start. It was also his third straight victory at Dover.
Erik Jones finished third followed by Austin Dillon and rookie Connor Zilisch.
The high-banked, one-mile speedway reached out on Lap 2 as the first incident happened. Ryan Preece’s Ford was moved up on the straightaway and got into the No. 5 Chevrolet of reigning title winner Kyle Larson, creating a mess in Turn 1 in a nine-car melee.
The wreck involved Cup champions Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott, whose crews scrambled to repair their cars since the drivers were locked in to the final 200-lap segment.
After a lengthy cleanup, Brad Keselowski continued to pace the field but relinquished the point to polesitter Hamlin after leading the first 16 laps. Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota quickly built a 3½-second lead in 13 circuits.
Bubba Wallace passed Hamlin on the segment’s final restart, and his No. 23 Toyota won it after Riley Herbst spun in a wreck that involved Elliott for a second time, ending the day for the sport’s most popular driver.
AJ Allmendinger gathered the lead from Shane van Gisbergen in the second segment, but the road course specialist later spun. A wreck involving Keselowski, Ross Chastain and Wallace resulted in Chastain’s No. 1 being retired.
Tyler Reddick worked his way back to the front to earn the checkers in the 75-lapper over Briscoe and Hamlin, but JGR’s Ty Gibbs had a tire go down and wrecked while running sixth on Lap 126.
Briscoe passed Hamlin to lead early in the final segment, but Reddick showed strength as did a hard-charging Zilisch as the competition caution neared. Hamlin moved by Reddick to the point as the yellow waved with 125 to go.
Just after Hocevar and William Byron pitted, Joey Logano’s No. 22 Ford crashed in Turn 1 after his left-rear tire came apart.
–Field Level Media
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Kody Clemens helps Twins avoid sweep at hands of Brewers
May 17, 2026; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Twins first baseman Kody Clemens (2) celebrates after hitting an RBI double against the Milwaukee Brewers during the first inning at Target Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Krohn-Imagn Images Kody Clemens went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs as the Minnesota Twins escaped with a 5-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.
Ryan Jeffers hit a solo homer for Minnesota, which salvaged a win in the three-game series. Victor Caratini added an RBI.
Garrett Mitchell and Christian Yelich each hit a solo home run for Milwaukee, which lost for only the second time in its past 10 games. Sal Frelick and Jake Bauers drove in one run apiece for the Brewers
Twins right-hander Bailey Ober (5-2) allowed three runs on six hits in five innings. He walked two and struck out one.
Brewers right-hander Grant Anderson (1-2) allowed one run on two hits in 1 2/3 innings of relief. He followed starter Robert Gasser, who allowed three runs (two earned) on three hits in four innings of his season debut.
Twins reliever Luis Garcia allowed a run in the ninth but notched his second save.
The Twins opened the scoring during the bottom of the first. Austin Martin drew a leadoff walk and scored from first on Clemens’ two-out double to right.
Milwaukee evened the score 1-1 during the top of the second. Frelick doubled to right to drive in Bauers from first base.
Minnesota grabbed a 3-1 lead in the third when Jeffers led off with a single to center, and Clemens followed with a double off the wall in left.
Brewers left fielder Jackson Chourio tried to make the catch against the wall, but he could not get there in time. The ball bounced off the wall, ricocheted off his leg and rolled toward the corner.
Chourio chased down the ball and threw toward the infield, but cutoff man Joey Ortiz fired a wild throw past the plate as Jeffers came home. The ball skipped out of play, and umpires awarded Clemens home plate for the equivalent of a little league home run.
The Brewers pulled within 3-2 in the fourth on Mitchell’s solo homer.
Yelich tied the score 3-3 with a solo homer in the fifth.
The power surge continued as Jeffers led off the bottom of the fifth with a solo shot to put the Twins on top 4-3. Caratini added a sacrifice fly in the left to make it 5-3 in the eighth.
The Brewers tried to rally in the ninth but fell short. Bauers hit an RBI single to cut the deficit to 5-4, but Frelick popped up to end the game.
-Field Level Media
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Edgar Quero's game-winning homer lifts White Sox over Cubs
May 17, 2026; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago White Sox catcher Edgar Quero (26) hits a one run single against the Chicago Cubs during the second inning at Rate Field. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-Imagn Images Edgar Quero smacked a game-ending two-run home run in the 10th inning and joined Andrew Benintendi with a three-hit game to lift the host Chicago White Sox to a 9-8 victory against the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.
The White Sox finished 7-2 on a nine-game homestand while earning their fifth series victory in the past six. They prevailed after a wild finish in which they outscored the Cubs 5-4 from the eighth inning onward.
Quero and Tristan Peters, who delivered a go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth, both went deep for the first time this season. Quero connected against Cubs reliever Ryan Rolison (3-1).
Closer Seranthony Dominguez couldn’t hold the lead for the South Siders after the Peters homer, yielding a tying three-run blast to Michael Conforto after a walk and third baseman Miguel Vargas’ one-out error.
Alex Bregman had two hits and two RBIs for the Cubs. He drove in a run on a groundout in the top of the 10th. Conforto also had two hits.
The Cubs took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first. Michael Busch opened the scoring two batters into the game, reaching White Sox starter Erick Fedde for a two-run home run to right field on a full count.
Fedde has yielded a home run in four consecutive starts and seven of nine appearances overall. He later uncorked a wild pitch that allowed Bregman to score.
Quero delivered an RBI single in the second to put the White Sox on the board. After Bregman’s run-scoring single in the fourth restored a three-run advantage for the Cubs, the White Sox responded with Benintendi’s RBI double in the bottom half.
Vargas tied the game with a two-run double with two out in the fifth, sending a ball the opposite way to the gap in right center.
Both starters took no-decisions. Fedde, who pitched with a blister issue on his right throwing hand for much of the afternoon, spaced four runs and six hits with four walks and two strikeouts over three innings.
Rea scattered four runs and six hits over 4 2/3 innings. He walked one and struck out four.
Tyler Davis (2-1) was the winner, allowing an unearned run in the 10th while working around three walks.
A crowd of 38,608 attended the game, the third sellout in as many contests in the crosstown series.
–Field Level Media
Denny Hamlin rallies to win All-Star Race
Kody Clemens helps Twins avoid sweep at hands of Brewers
