Angel Reese tallied 17 points and 17 rebounds in her first game against her former team as the Atlanta Dream defeated the host Chicago Sky 82-75 on Tuesday night.

Reese was one of five players to score in double figures for the Dream (8-3, 3-1 Commissioner’s Cup), and she also notched four assists and two steals. Reese now has a double-double in eight of 11 games this season. She continues to lead the WNBA in rebounds with 12.2 per game.

Rhyne Howard added 17 points, five assists and three steals, Naz Hillmon added 16 points and Jordin Canada and Allisha Gray tossed in 14 points apiece. Atlanta got just four points from its bench.

Natasha Cloud paced the Sky (4-8, 1-3 Commissioner’s Cup) with 18 points off the bench. Skylar Diggins added 17 points on 5-of-15 shooting, while Kamilla Cardoso chipped in 13 points and four blocks.

Chicago led by four points near the start of the fourth quarter after Cloud knocked down her first and only 3-pointer of the day. The Dream then broke off a 12-6 run to take the lead with about four minutes remaining.

A layup from Cloud cut the Dream’s lead to just a point, but Atlanta responded by closing the game on an 11-5 run, a surge that began with back-to-back buckets by Hillmon — a layup and a 26-foot 3-pointer. Reese or Howard provided the assists on the Dream’s final five baskets.

Howard became the youngest player in WNBA history to record at least 2,500 points, 500 rebounds, 500 assists, 200 steals and 100 blocks in a career. She leads the league in steals this season with 3.1 per game.

The Dream won despite shooting a season-low 19.2% from behind the arc. Atlanta outscored Chicago in the paint 48-26. The Dream also won the rebounding battle by 11 and turned 16 Sky turnovers into 25 points.

–Field Level Media

Dustin May pitched six stellar innings for his first win in nearly two months and Alec Burleson hit a two-run homer as the visiting St. Louis Cardinals extended their winning streak to five games with a 7-0 victory over the New York Mets on Tuesday night.

May (4-6) earned his first win since April 21 by scattering four hits. After going 0-4 with a 3.86 ERA in his previous seven starts, May struck out six and walked one.

Rookie JJ Wetherholt hit a two-run single and Jordan Walker rapped an RBI double to highlight a four-run third inning off New York starter Freddy Peralta (4-5). Lars Nootbaar added an RBI groundout to cap the big inning for the Cardinals, who also ended a five-game road losing streak to the Mets.

Ivan Herrera reached base five times, including three hits, and scored three times.

Herrera was hit by Peralta in his first two plate appearances. After the second one, he scored on Walker’s double to left for a 3-0 lead in the third.

In the fifth, Herrera singled and scored when Burleson sent a 2-1 curveball into the left field seats. In the seventh, Herrera poked a leadoff double before trotting home on Burleson’s double off Joey Gerber.

Before the Cardinals scored four times, May stranded rookie A.J. Ewing at third by striking out Marcus Semien and Brett Baty. He also retired rookie Carson Benge on a double play to end the third and was aided by center fielder Nathan Church crashing into the fence to rob Semien of a two-run double to end the fourth.

Church had three hits, including a double in the third and made his key defensive play after missing the past 15 games with a strained left shoulder.

Justin Bruhl followed May with two innings and Matt Swanson completed the Cardinals’ third shutout with a 1-2-3 ninth.

After winning seven of their previous 10, the Mets were blanked for the seventh time this season and second time against the Cardinals.

Peralta allowed a season-worst six runs on six hits in six innings. The right-hander struck out five and walked two.

–Field Level Media

Atlanta Braves star outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. exited Tuesday’s game at the Chicago White Sox in the fourth inning after sustaining an apparent left leg injury.

While attempting to leg out an infield single, Acuna pulled up and hobbled past first base and then off the field into the locker room after appearing to sustain the injury on his final step before reaching the bag.

The Braves haven’t yet provided an update on his status. He was replaced in right field and atop the lineup by Eli White.

Acuna, the 2018 National League Rookie of the Year and 2023 NL MVP, missed 14 games earlier this season due to a hamstring strain while similarly trying to leg out an infield hit. He saw his 2021 and 2024 seasons end prematurely due to torn ACLs.

The five-time All-Star entered the day hitting .254 with seven homers and 22 RBIs in 52 games. He’s a career .287 hitter with 193 homers and 481 RBIs over 869 games across nine seasons with Atlanta.

–Field Level Media