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MLB roundup: Brewers erase 8-run deficit, stun D-backs
Sep 22, 2024; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Milwaukee Brewers designated hitter Jake Bauers (9) is dunked by shortstop Willy Adames (27) after beating the Arizona Diamondbacks at American Family Field. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-Imagn Images Jake Bauers delivered a go-ahead RBI single in the bottom of the eighth as the host Milwaukee Brewers overcame an eight-run deficit to earn a stunning 10-9 win against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday afternoon.
Milwaukee trailed 8-0 after Arizona struck for a seven-run third that featured back-to-back homers by Josh Bell, who hit a two-run blast, and Eugenio Suarez and a two-run single from Jake McCarthy.
But the Brewers slowly came all the way back, completing the shocking rally with a four-run eighth. With two outs, Garrett Mitchell hit an RBI single to left before Rhys Hoskins brought home two more runs with a base hit to tie the score at 9. Willy Adames followed with a double before Bauers provided Milwaukee with its first lead of the contest.
Ketel Marte, Josh Bell and Eugenio Suarez homered for the Diamondbacks, who fell into a tie with the New York Mets for the final two National League wild-card spots with both teams two games ahead of the Atlanta Braves.
Padres 4, White Sox 2
A three-run rally in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted San Diego over visiting Chicago, moving the winners within a victory of a National League playoff spot and the losers into a tie for history of the worst kind.
The White Sox (36-120) equaled the 1962 New York Mets’ single-season loss total, the worst in modern MLB history. One loss in the final six games will evict the Mets from the record books.
Jeremiah Estrada (6-2) pitched a clean eighth inning for the win as the Padres improved to 90-66, marking its first 90-win season since 2010 and the fifth in franchise history. San Diego moved three games ahead of the Diamondbacks and Mets for the NL’s top wild-card spot and trails the Los Angeles Dodgers by three games for the lead in the NL West.
Mets 2, Phillies 1
Brandon Nimmo homered leading off the sixth inning, and surging New York once again prevented visiting Philadelphia from clinching the National League East title in the finale of a four-game series.
Edwin Diaz earned his first six-out save since Aug. 4, 2022, for the Mets, who are 18-5 in their past 23 games.
Phillies starter Zack Wheeler took the hard-luck loss after giving up two runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out eight over seven-plus innings.
Dodgers 6, Rockies 5
Shohei Ohtani tied the score with a home run to lead off the ninth inning and Mookie Betts followed with a game-ending blast as Los Angeles rallied past visiting Colorado.
Ohtani, the favorite to become the first primary designated hitter to win an MVP award, had four hits with two stolen bases. His home run gave him 53 on the season to go along with 55 steals. Teoscar Hernandez and Enrique Hernandez also hit home runs for the Dodgers.
Brendan Rodgers and Nolan Jones each drove in two runs for the Rockies, who need three wins in their last six games to avoid a second consecutive 100-loss season. Rockies right-hander Antonio Senzatela gave up one run and five hits over five innings in his second start since returning from Tommy John surgery.
Rangers 6, Mariners 5
Marcus Semien hit a walk-off RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to complete Texas’ comeback win over Seattle in Arlington, Texas.
Semien’s single to left scored Leody Taveras, who had singled and stolen second in front of him. The Rangers avoided getting swept by the Mariners, and they broke Seattle’s three-game winning streak.
The Mariners’ comfortable 5-0 lead evaporated when the Rangers cut into the deficit with a four-run sixth inning. Taveras then hit the game-tying solo home run in the seventh.
Tigers 4, Orioles 3
Kerry Carpenter hit two solo home runs and Detroit held off host Baltimore.
Spencer Torkelson also homered for the Tigers, who won two of three games in the series despite managing only five hits in the finale. Detroit has won seven of its past nine games and is tied with the Kansas City Royals for the second wild-card spot, four back of the Orioles.
The Orioles had only one hit — a single — through four innings off Tyler Holton and Ty Madden before converting in the fifth on Cedric Mullins’ 18th homer after Ramos Urias’ one-out single. Baltimore finished 44-37 at home.
Red Sox 8, Twins 1 (Game 1)
Triston Casas hit three home runs and drove in seven to propel Boston to a victory over visiting Minnesota in the first game of a split doubleheader.
Casas hit a pair of three-run home runs off Minnesota starter Pablo Lopez and added a solo homer against Brent Headrick. The three home runs, a career high for one game, gave him 12 for the season. The seven RBIs are also a career high.
Twins starter Pablo Lopez (15-9) surrendered seven runs on nine hits in four innings. He fanned three and walked one.
Red Sox 9, Twins 3 (Game 2)
Romy Gonzalez hit a three-run home run and drove in four runs to help Boston sweep a doubleheader against visiting Minnesota.
Gonzalez homered against Minnesota reliever Cole Irvin to give the Red Sox a 3-2 lead in the fifth inning. It was his sixth home run of the season. He also hit a sacrifice fly in Boston’s sixth-run sixth.
Trevor Larnach and Christian Vazquez had two hits apiece for the Twins, who have lost four of their past five games.
Cardinals 2, Guardians 1
Andre Pallante allowed just one hit over seven innings as St. Louis edged visiting Cleveland.
Masyn Winn walked in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning for the Cardinals, who won for the fifth time in seven games. Pallante (8-8) allowed one run while walking two and striking out four. Andrew Kittredge handled the eighth inning for St. Louis and Ryan Helsley closed out the ninth to earn his 47th save.
Gavin Williams allowed one run on four hits in 5 2/3 innings for the Guardians. He walked two and struck out three. Reliever Tim Herrin (5-1) took the loss.
Pirates 2, Reds 0
Paul Skenes struck out nine in five scoreless innings while Oneil Cruz and Nick Yorke homered to lead visiting Pittsburgh past Cincinnati.
In tossing five shutout innings without a walk, Skenes lowered his ERA to 1.99. The Pirates’ rookie ace won all three of his starts against the Reds this season, allowing one run in 17 innings and striking out 25 while walking just two.
After missing six weeks with right elbow soreness, Hunter Greene (9-5) made his first start since Aug. 13 in Sunday’s home finale for the Reds. Greene allowed just one run and two hits over three innings. He struck out four and walked one while throwing 45 pitches.
Braves 5, Marlins 4
Jorge Soler drove in the tiebreaking run in the seventh inning as playoff-hopeful Atlanta earned a crucial win over host Miami.
Both Ozzie Albies and Gio Urshela homered for the Braves, who have won four of five. Albies’ home run was his first since July 6. He returned on Friday after missing two months with a fractured left wrist.
The Marlins got solo homers from Jonah Bride, Jake Burger, Connor Norby and Jesus Sanchez.
Angels 9, Astros 8
Zach Neto hit a three-run double in the ninth inning to cap his six-RBI day as Los Angeles rallied to avoid a four-game sweep against host Houston.
Neto delivered in the ninth against Josh Hader (8-8) to put the Angels ahead 9-6. The shortstop also had a solo home run and a two-run shot for Los Angeles, which trailed 4-0 entering the sixth inning.
Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman homered for the Astros, who lead the American League West by five games with six remaining. Houston designated hitter Yordan Alvarez (35 home runs) exited in the third inning with a knee contusion.
Rays 4, Blue Jays 3
Christopher Morel’s sacrifice fly and Brandon Lowe’s homer helped Tampa Bay close out a strong final homestand by sweeping Toronto in St. Petersburg, Fla.
After the Blue Jays tied it 2-all in the top of the seventh on Ernie Clement’s RBI single, Morel plated Jose Siri with the go-ahead run in the bottom of the frame.
Lowe added his 20th homer this season in the eighth, which proved pivotal after Vladimir Guerrero Jr. stroked a ninth-inning RBI single against Edwin Uceta before the Rays reliever secured his fourth save. Tampa Bay won its fourth straight game.
Giants 2, Royals 0
Grant McCray tripled in a run and scored another in a two-run second inning, Blake Snell combined with three relievers on a shutout and San Francisco completed a surprising three-game road sweep over Kansas City.
Snell (5-3) allowed two hits and one walk in six shutout innings, striking out nine. It was his second consecutive start — and seventh overall this season — in which he did not allow a run.
The Royals were held to three hits and have lost seven in a row.
Yankees 7, Athletics 4
Northern California native Aaron Judge said goodbye to the Oakland Coliseum with his 55th home run, Jasson Dominguez and Gleyber Torres also homered and New York clinched no worse than a tie for the American League East title with a victory over Oakland.
After the A’s scored twice in the first inning, the Yankees rallied into the lead for good when Judge launched his home run to center field, a solo shot, in the third after a two-run blast by Dominguez, his second of the season, had tied the score an inning earlier. Torres’ 15th homer led off a two-run fifth that put New York, playing for the final time at the aging Oakland site, in command at 5-2.
Tyler Soderstrom had two hits for the A’s, including a two-RBI double that gave the hosts their 2-0 lead in the first. Ryan Noda also had a two-run double.
Cubs 5, Nationals 0
Shota Imanaga pitched seven scoreless innings and Chicago hit three home runs in a victory over visiting Washington.
Mike Tauchman, Michael Busch and Miguel Amaya went deep for the Cubs, who took three of four from the Nationals. Imanaga (15-3) allowed six hits without walking a batter and struck out four in his 10th start this season of at least seven innings.
Jose Tena and James Wood had two hits apiece for the Nationals. Washington starter Jake Irvin (10-13) allowed five runs on four hits — three of them home runs — and four walks in four innings. He struck out three.
–Field Level Media
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Knicks and Nuggets Blow Big Leads: What Went Wrong in Game 2?
Roughly 5,000 feet of elevation separate Denver and New York City.
Still, gravity works the same regardless of where one stands. Just ask the NBA teams in both towns.
“You get too high, and you get, I don’t want to say cocky, but feeling yourself,” Nuggets guard Tim Hardaway Jr. said.
That sensation went south on either side of the country Monday night.
After squandering sizable leads that would have cemented commanding 2-0 advantages in their respective first-round playoff series, the Nuggets and Knicks now find themselves bracing for a fight.
Should their opponents ultimately have their number, Denver and New York will look back with disdain on 19 and 14. Those were the Game 2 cushions the teams coughed up as the No. 3 seeds in the Eastern and Western Conference.
“It’s a game we should’ve won,” Knicks guard Josh Hart said. “In the playoffs, we can’t give away games.”
Be that as it may, the Knicks did just that against the Atlanta Hawks. They controlled the outcome for much of the night and took a 12-point edge into the fourth quarter after leading by as many as 14.
Then New York shot 5-for-22 from the floor in the final 12 minutes compared to 10-for-15 for Atlanta. Fighting through vulgar chants from the Madison Square Garden faithful, Hawks star CJ McCullom scored six straight points down the stretch during one key sequence on the way to a game-high 32.
“In that fourth quarter, you could tell [the Hawks] were playing with a level of desperation,” Knicks coach Mike Brown said. “There were four 50-50 balls, and they got three of the four. We always use that stat to gauge the level of aggression in a game. In that fourth quarter, their aggression stepped up.”
New York’s melted at the same time. How many late possessions saw the Knicks pass or hold the ball around the perimeter before settling for subpar looks from 3-point range? The Knicks went 3-for-11 from deep as part of their flop.
Denver led the Minnesota Timberwolves by 19 points early in the second quarter before crumbling. The Nuggets still were ahead by three points to start the fourth quarter but a combined 2-for-12 shooting effort from pillars Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray in the final 12 minutes took a toll.
“I feel like we had the game in hand, and then we just didn’t make our shots,” Murray said.
As with the Knicks and Hawks, the reversal of fortunes stemmed both from the hosts’ miscues and an outstanding effort from a visiting player, as Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards had 30 points.
“Great leadership, positive,” Timberwolves coach Chris Finch said. “He recognized he needed to get into attack mode and get downhill a little bit more. He did that.”
The Knicks and Nuggets no doubt sensed the need to amp up their own urgency as things started slipping away Monday.
That neither could act upon it didn’t signal the end for either New York or Denver, of course. But now there’s unnecessary added weight for the climb back to the top.
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Pistons seek return to identity vs. Magic after Game 1 shocker
Apr 19, 2026; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Detroit Pistons forward Tobias Harris (12) is defended by Orlando Magic guard Desmond Bane (3) in the second half during the 2026 NBA Playoffs at Little Caesars Arena. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images After an exceptional regular season, this wasn’t the start to the NBA playoffs that the Detroit Pistons envisioned.
Reeling from a stunning Game 1 loss in which only two players reached double figures, the Eastern Conference’s top seed heads into Game 2 Wednesday against the visiting Orlando Magic facing early pressure to reset the best-of-seven series.
The eighth-seeded Magic controlled the opener from the start, never trailing and leaning on a balanced offensive attack. Paolo Banchero led the way with 23 points while Franz Wagner scored 11 of his 19 in the fourth quarter to help close out the 112-101 win.
For Detroit, the issue wasn’t just the loss — it was how it happened. The Pistons never established their defensive identity and struggled to find consistent offense beyond star guard Cade Cunningham, two areas that will be central entering Game 2.
“It starts, always, with us defensively,” said Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff. “When you go back and watch the film of that (game), we weren’t ourselves defensively. The telling tale is typically when we play them, they go to the free-throw line a ton.
“… We went 38 (times) but they went 19. So that means we weren’t playing our brand of basketball, being physical, being handsy, being aggressive. That kind of sets the tone for us.”
Offensively, the Pistons leaned on Cunningham, who scored 39 points, but got little other support — scoring their fewest points in nearly three months, since a loss to the Phoenix Suns on Jan. 29. Detroit will need more help from All-Star center Jalen Duren, who was held to just eight points and seven rebounds in Game 1.
“They came out ready from the jump,” Duren said. “We didn’t really meet their intensity. They’ve been playing with their backs against the walls the last few weeks, so they were already kind of already rolling. I think we just got to do a better job meeting that intensity.”
Duren said the Pistons remain confident despite the loss, which extended their home playoff losing streak to 11 games, the longest in NBA history.
“We know the type of team we are,” Duren said. “We feel like we’re the better team. We know that we’ve just got to make adjustments and come out smarter, come out playing harder.”
Orlando coach Jamahl Mosley said he has talked to his team about not becoming too overconfident coming off Sunday’s win.
“It’s one game at a time,” Mosley said of his message to the team. “It’s the reality that, yeah, you did get the Game 1 win, but now you have to go and figure out how to get a Game 2 (win). There’s going to be, obviously, the positive talk about what you’ve done, and thinking there’s reasons to celebrate, but at the end of the day, it’s one game, and that’s the most important piece that we’ve talked about: just taking it one game at a time.”
Banchero said the team has received the message, and he believes the key for the Magic is to play defense like they did in the opener.
“I thought we were on a string, just communicating, talking out coverages,” Banchero said. “I think it’s just going to continue to take that, being aggressive, being the aggressors on defense and just not trying to give them much. Obviously they’re going to make shots, but just not trying to give them any free looks.”
–Field Level Media
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Lynx star Napheesa Collier (ankle) targets June for on-court work
Mar 2, 2026; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Unrivaled Co-founder Napheesa Collier at Barclay’s Center. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images The Minnesota Lynx said Tuesday that star forward Napheesa Collier’s rehab from left ankle surgery is “progressing as expected,” and she could resume on-court activities in early June.
The team plans to release updates on Collier’s progress when available.
The timeline means Collier will miss, at minimum, the first month of the WNBA season, which begins May 10 for the Lynx.
Collier underwent surgery on her ankle on March 24 after sustaining a severe injury during the 2025 playoffs. Per reports at the time, she sustained a Grade 2 tear of three ligaments in the ankle and a muscle in her left shin on a collision during Game 3 of the playoff semifinal series vs. Phoenix.
Collier, 29, averaged a career-high 22.9 points and shot 40.3% from 3-point range to go with 7.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.5 blocks per game last year. The back-to-back WNBA Most Valuable Player runner-up, Collier is a five-time All-Star and earned MVP honors in the 2024 Commissioner’s Cup final and the 2025 All-Star Game.
–Field Level Media
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