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Jasson Dominguez, Paul Goldschmidt lead Yanks as they seek series win vs. Jays
Jun 13, 2026; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; New York Yankees designated hitter Paul Goldschmidt (48) celebrates in the dugout after hitting a two run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during the ninth inning at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images The visiting New York Yankees could use continued contributions from Jasson Dominguez and Paul Goldschmidt Sunday afternoon in the rubber match of their series with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Dominguez hit a solo home run in the fourth inning Saturday – the only hit allowed by Toronto’s Kevin Gausman over seven innings – to tie the game at 1.
Goldschmidt hit a two-run blast in the ninth against Toronto closer Louis Varland, who had not allowed a homer this season, to provide the decisive hit in the Yankees’ 3-1 victory.
It was only the second win in their past 11 games at the Rogers Centre for the Yankees since the start of the 2025 season and gave them a split of the first two games of the series that will end Sunday.
Dominguez did not arrive at the ballpark until about 2 p.m. Saturday, an hour before first pitch, after being recalled from his rehabilitation assignment when Trent Grisham was put on the injured list with a strained right hamstring. The Yankees already are without Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton.
Dominguez had to wait at the airport in Toronto for his bats. “Four shots of espresso, two Red Bulls and one pre-workout later, I was ready to go,” Domínguez quipped. “It was a long day for me, but that’s all that was in my mind – be ready, be able to come and it doesn’t matter if I didn’t sleep or whatever, just be able to play and help the team.”
Goldschmidt has been on a hot streak when the Yankees have needed it most.
Over his past 35 games, he is batting .315/.376/.567 with six doubles, eight home runs and 28 RBIs. He is hitting .333 with four homers and 17 RBIs in his past 15 games.
“He’s been coming up huge,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “Just when you think some righties hold him down a little bit, he comes up with a big at-bat. We’ve needed every bit of it. He continues to just be massively productive right in the middle of our order.”
The Yankees are scheduled to start right-hander Will Warren (7-1, 3.41 ERA) Sunday. He is 1-0, 11.00, in two career starts against the Blue Jays, including a 1-0, 5.40 mark this season.
Toronto is slated to start left-hander Patrick Corbin (2-3, 4.55), who is 2-1, 3.53 in eight career starts against the Yankees. He is 0-0, 6.75, in one start against them this season.
The Blue Jays squandered several chances on Saturday. They were 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position and stranded 10 runners.
“Just didn’t get the big hit,” Toronto manager John Schneider said.
Toronto played without Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who was out with a tight lower back.
“His back was a little tight yesterday, and he’s been kind of grinding a little bit, so we just wanted to give him a blow,” Schneider said. “I’m hoping (Sunday) will be better. He was still sore and then it’s the toss-up between getting fired up (Saturday) and go have an at-bat or let it calm down and try to be in there (Sunday) with the off-day Monday. He’s way too valuable to lose. We’ll know more later.”
Alejandro Kirk, who returned from the IL with three hits and two RBIs in Toronto’s 8-5 win on Friday, also was given the day off on Saturday.
Toronto’s run on Saturday came on Kazuma Okamoto’s second homer of the series and team-best 15th of the season.
-Field Level Media
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Spacestation, LuneX, Liquid win opening-day matches at OWCS Stage 2
Spacestation Gaming, LuneX Gaming and Team Liquid all won on the opening day of regular-season play for Stage 2 of North American qualifying for the Overwatch Champions Series on Saturday.
Spacestation and LuneX are tied atop the standings after delivering 3-0 wins on Day 1 over Dallas Fuel and The Kafe, respectively. Liquid is in solo third, behind marginally on match differential, after a 3-1 defeat of Disguised, which is alone in fourth.
The six teams in contention will engage in round-robin matches during the regular season, with the top four qualifying for the regional playoffs, which will be double-elimination. All matches are best-of-five until the grand final, which will be best-of-seven.
In addition to the $75,000 prize pool, the top four Stage 2 finishers will advance to Stage 3. The three finishers will also qualify for the Midseason Championship.
Spacestation Gaming completed its sweep of Dallas Fuel with a 2-0 win on Ilios, a 3-1 Dorado triumph and a 3-1 victory on Suravasa.
LuneX Gaming similarly wrapped up a sweep of The Kafe with a 2-0 win on Antarctic Peninsula, a 5-4 battle on Dorado and a 3-2 victory on New Junk City.
Disguised opened its match with a narrow 2-1 Oasis win before Team Liquid surged back with a 3-1 New Junk City win followed by triumphs on Dorado (1-0) and Numbani (3-1) to win on Day 1.
Sunday schedule
Dallas Fuel vs. The Kafe
Team Liquid vs. LuneX Gaming
Standings (team, record, match differential)
T1. Spacestation Gaming, 1-0, +3
T1. LuneX Gaming, 1-0, +3
3. Team Liquid, 1-0, +2
4. Disguised, 0-1, -2
T5. Dallas Fuel, 0-1, -3
T5. The Kafe, 0-1, -3
Prize pool:
1. $30,000, qualifies for Midseason Invitational, qualifies for NA Stage 3
2. $15,000, qualifies for Midseason Invitational, qualifies for NA Stage 3
3. $12,000, qualifies for Midseason Invitational, qualifies for NA Stage 3
4. $8,000, qualifies for NA Stage 3
5-6. $5,000, qualifies for NA Stage 2 promotion/relegation
–Field Level Media
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LA Thieves fight to stay perfect in Call of Duty Stage 4 qualifying
The hands of an esport gamer clutching the controler at Encore Esports Gaming Lounge in New Rochelle on Thursday, December 20, 2018.
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The Los Angeles Thieves remained unbeaten, but it wasn’t easy as they had to rally to defeat G2 Minnesota 3-2 on Saturday at Call of Duty League Stage 4 Major qualifying.
Boston Breach, the Carolina Royal Ravens and the Miami Heretics also won on Day 2 of the Week 2 matches.
The 12 Call of Duty League teams are playing five qualifying matches apiece to determine seeding for the fourth major of the season to be held June 25-28 at Nanterre, France. Each team receives 10 CDL points for each win. Qualifying resumed Friday after last week’s Stage 4 Minor won by the Thieves.
Boston Breach downed last-place Toronto KOI 3-1, starting quickly with close wins on Gridlock Hardpoint (250-233) and Raid Search and Destroy (6-5). Toronto stayed alive with a 2-1 win on Den Overload, then the Breach closed it out with a 250-129 victory on Den Hardpoint.
Boston’s Marcus “Afro” Reid of the United Kingdom was selected Match MVP with 107 kills and a plus-16 kills-deaths differential.
The Carolina Royal Ravens outlasted OpTic Texas 3-2. Texas took the first map, 250-147 on Den Hardpoint. Carolina stormed back with narrow wins on Raid Search and Destroy (6-5) and Den Overload (4-3). Texas again won, 250-207 on Sake Hardpoint, before the Royal Ravens had a final 6-5 edge on Den Search and Destroy.
Carolina’s Logan “Lurqxx” Brown of the United States was the Match MVP with a match-high 107 kills and a plus-24 K-D differential.
The Miami Heretics started strong in downing Faze Vegas 3-1. The Heretics won 250-149 on Sake Hardpoint and 6-4 on Raid Search & Destroy. Vegas rallied with a 7-1 victory on Gridlock Overload, but Miami closed with a 250-205 decision on Gridlock Hardpoint.
Miami’s David “RenKor” Isern of Spain was Match MVP with a match-high 78 kills and a plus-19 K-D differential.
The Los Angeles Thieves won a battle with G2 Minnesota, 3-2, with two must-win maps. The Thieves opened with a 250-214 victory on Den Hardpoint, then Minnesota had the edge after wins on Fringe Search and Destroy (6-4) and Gridlock Overload (6-5). Los Angeles responded with a 250-222 decision on Scar Hardpoint, and a match-deciding 6-4 win on Hacienda Search and Destroy.
Paco “HyDra” Rusiewiez of France was Match MVP with a match-high 109 kills and a plus-8 K-D differential.
Qualifying continues Sunday with three matches:
–Toronto KOI vs. Cloud9 New York
–Vancouver Surge vs. Paris Gentle Mates
–Riyadh Falcons vs. Carolina Royal Ravens
Call of Duty League Stage 4 Major qualifying standings, with match record and map differential:
1. Los Angeles Thieves, 3-0, +3
2. Boston Breach, 3-1, +4
3. Riyadh Falcons, 2-0, +4
4. G2 Minnesota, 2-1, +2
5. Carolina Royal Ravens, 2-1, +1
6. OpTic Texas, 2-2, +4
7. Miami Heretics, 1-2, -2
8. FaZe Vegas, 1-2, -2
9. Paris Gentle Mates, 1-2, -1
T10. Cloud9 New York, 0-2, -4
T10. Vancouver Surge, 0-2, -4
12. Toronto KOI, 0-2, -5
–Field Level Media
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Team Liquid work way back to rematch with LYON in LCS Spring grand final
YMCA member Austin Manengu works the keyboard as he plays a game of Fortnite during the unveiling of the new gaming lab at the Maplewood Family YMCA in Rochester Thursday, June 20, 2024. YMCA of Greater Rochester in partnership with Metro Sports & Entertainment Group will open two gaming labs for youth and teens this year. Team Liquid swept Cloud9 in the lower-bracket final on Saturday to advance to the grand final in the LCS Spring playoffs in Los Angeles.
LYON await Team Liquid in Sunday’s best-of-five championship round. LYON had pushed Cloud9 to the lower bracket with a 3-0 win on June 7 in the upper-bracket final.
Team Liquid lost to LYON 3-2 in the upper-bracket semifinals on May 24 to open the playoffs. Liquid fought their way back with lower-bracket victories over Shopify Rebellion (3-0), FlyQuest (3-1) and Cloud9 (3-0).
Eight teams competed in the best-of-three matches in the round-robin regular season, with the top six advancing to the playoffs of the League of Legends event. The double-elimination playoffs are all best-of-five matches in a double-elimination format.
The top two teams will qualify for this summer’s Mid-Season Invitational in Daejeon, South Korea, while the winner also gets a trip to the Esports World Cup in Paris in July.
On Saturday, Team Liquid won 32, 24 and 29 minutes on the three maps.
Lim “Quid” Hyeon-seung led Team Liquid with an 11-2-24 kills-deaths-assists ratio, while fellow South Korean Park “Morgan” Ru-han posted a 10-0-14 K-D-A. Jo “CoreJJ” Yong-in, also of South Korea, had a 6-2-28. None of the Cloud9 players had a positive K-D ratio.
–Field Level Media
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Spacestation, LuneX, Liquid win opening-day matches at OWCS Stage 2
