Brandon Valenzuela capped a two-run ninth inning with a walk-off single as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 on Tuesday.

Bryson Stott’s RBI double against Louis Varland (3-1) gave the Phillies a 2-1 lead in the top of the ninth, but in the bottom of the inning, Jhoan Duran (1-3) blew a save for the first time in 17 opportunities this year.

Sanchez led off the frame with an infield single, his third hit of the game. Pinch runner Myles Straw replaced Sanchez, and he went to third on Yohendrick Pinango’s single to right. Daulton Varsho pinch-ran for Pinango and stole second. Straw scored on a wild pitch to tie the game, and Valenzuela lined a game-ending single to left.

The teams have split the first two matchups of a three-game series.

Sanchez earlier hit a solo homer and a double. Pinango added two hits for the Blue Jays, who have won three of their past four games.

Stott went 2-for-4 for the Phillies, who had won six of their previous seven contests.

The Phillies scored a first-inning run against Dylan Cease, who had not pitched since May 24 because of a left hamstring strain.

Trea Turner broke his bat on a looping double down the right field line. He took third on a wild pitch and trotted home when Brandon Marsh lashed a two-out double to the right field corner.

Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. batted first for the second time in his career and broke an 0-for-15 drought with an infield hit in the third inning.

The Blue Jays had runners in scoring position against Zack Wheeler in the second and third innings but failed to score.

After Marsh’s first-inning double, Cease retired 15 of 16 batters before Bryce Harper walked with two outs in the sixth. Harper singled in the fourth.

Cease struck out 11 while allowing one run, three hits and one walk in six innings.

Wheeler retired eight in a row before Sanchez homered to right on an elevated 0-1 cutter with one out in the sixth, tying the game 1-1.

Wheeler finished six innings, giving up one run, six hits and no walks with five strikeouts.

Former Phillies right-hander Jeff Hoffman pitched around an infield single and a wild pitch in the seventh, striking out two.

Varland walked Harper on four pitches to start the ninth. Two outs later, Stott lined an RBI double into the left field corner.

–Field Level Media

Olivia Miles scored 24 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished six assists, and the Minnesota Lynx cruised to a 100-76 win over the Dallas Wings in a Commissioner’s Cup matchup on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.

Kayla McBride finished with 22 points for Minnesota (10-2), which won its eighth game in a row and improved to 4-0 in Commissioner’s Cup play. Natasha Howard scored 21 points on 8-for-10 shooting, and Courtney Williams finished with 16 points and eight rebounds.

Paige Bueckers scored 23 points on 9-for-16 shooting to lead Dallas (7-4), which dropped to 2-1 during the in-season tourney. Arike Ogunbowale scored 16 points and added six assists, and former Lynx forward Jessica Shepard finished with 12 points and nine rebounds.

Wings rookie Azzi Fudd struggled badly in her matchup against Miles, who was selected one spot after Fudd at No. 2 overall in the draft in April. Fudd finished with six points on 2-for-12 shooting, and she had zero assists and two turnovers in 30 minutes.

The Lynx sprinted to a 30-18 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Ogunbowale pulled Dallas within 12-11 when she sank a 3-pointer with 5:41 remaining in the first quarter.

Minnesota responded with a 11-0 run to seize a 23-11 advantage. Howard started the scoring binge when she made a layup off a feed from Miles, and Williams added six straight points on a trio of baskets. Miles punctuated the run with a 3-pointer from 25 feet.

The Wings fell further behind in the second quarter as the Lynx built a 58-38 halftime lead.

Minnesota led by as many as 27 points before the break. Anastasiia Olairi Kosu made a layup to give the Lynx a 56-29 lead with 1:24 left in the half.

The Wings responded with a 9-2 run to cut the deficit to 20. Bueckers scored all nine of Dallas’ points with three 3-pointers during the run, including one with 0.9 seconds remaining before the buzzer.

Minnesota led comfortably the rest of the way. Williams put the Lynx at the 100-point mark with a pull-up jumper in the final minute.

–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.

The team later described Acuna’s ailment as hamstring tightness.

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.

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