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St. John's meets Seton Hall, aims for 1st outright Big East title in 40 years
Feb 26, 2025; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; St. John’s Red Storm guard Kadary Richmond (1) high-fives St. John’s Red Storm forward Zuby Ejiofor (24) after a play during the first half against the Butler Bulldogs at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Robert Goddin-Imagn Images Following a six-point loss to Seton Hall in February of last year, St. John’s coach Rick Pitino was miserable, going on a rant about how his first team at St. John’s lacked lateral quickness and athleticism.
A little over a year after that viral rant, St. John’s (25-4, 16-2) can clinch its first outright regular-season Big East title since 1985 when it hosts Seton Hall (7-21, 2-15) on Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden.
St. John’s is 31-5 since blowing a 19-point lead and taking a 68-62 loss to Seton Hall, which was able to win the game thanks to Kadary Richmond’s 18 points and 11 rebounds. A few months later, Richmond transferred to St. John’s and is among the reasons the Red Storm are in a position to clinch the conference title.
The Red Storm originally were scheduled to play the game in their on-campus arena, but the demand for tickets necessitated a venue change. They are attempting to finish 18-0 at home this season; 12 of those wins have come by double digits.
“I think the Garden is going to be amazing,” said St. John’s leading scorer, RJ Luis Jr. “Seton Hall is going to try to play its best game against us. We have to defend our house, like we’ve been doing all season. Me and the team, we want to stay undefeated at home.”
The Red Storm, whose five losses since Pitino’s comments are by a combined 12 points, have won four straight since a two-point loss at Villanova on Feb. 12. St. John’s followed a 14-point win over UConn on Feb. 23 by earning a 76-70 victory at Butler on Wednesday.
Luis scored 24 points after finishing with 14 following a one-game absence due to a groin injury. He added 13 points and has shot at least 50 percent in 13 games this season.
The Red Storm rolled to a 79-51 win they last met Seton Hall in Newark, N.J., on Jan. 18. They held Seton Hall to 16 points on 4-of-30 shooting from the field in the opening 20 minutes and moved into first place in the Big East. Richmond scored 13 points against the team he played 94 games with over the previous three seasons.
“I wish it was anybody else,” Richmond said this week. “I did a lot of good things over there. I’ve got a lot of good relationships with some of the players still. So celebrating in front of them and all that stuff wouldn’t probably be on my ‘to-do list,’ but it will be done.”
In the wake of Richmond’s departure, Seton Hall is finishing its first season with at least 20 losses since it went 6-23 in 1982-83.
The Pirates scored under 70 points for the 11th straight time when they squandered a 16-point lead in the second half of a 59-54 home loss to Villanova on Wednesday. Seton Hall held a 12-point halftime lead but shot 24.1 percent from the floor in the final 20 minutes and 36.4 percent overall, marking the 15th time it shot under 40 percent this season.
Former St. John’s forward Dylan Addae-Wusu scored 16 of his 18 points by halftime and went 1 of 8 from the field in the second half. Leading scorer Isaiah Coleman added 12 points but hit 4 of 15 shots and is shooting just 38.2 percent for the season.
“We ran out of gas,” Pirates coach Shaheen Holloway said. “It’s tough when you don’t have a lot of guards. Those guys got to be able to press and sustain it. Then you get kind of gassed and you don’t have a deep bench.”
Seton Hall’s lack of depth is being stretched even thinner due to missing Chaunce Jenkins with a knee injury for the past 10 games. He likely will be out again against St. John’s.
–Field Level Media
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Jose Ramirez hits 3 doubles to guide Guardians over Yankees
May 31, 2026; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez (11) celebrates after scoring during the fifth inning against the Boston Red Sox at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images Jose Ramirez hit a tiebreaking double with one out in the fifth inning and the visiting Cleveland Guardians earned a 9-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday.
Ramirez had three doubles for the fifth time in his storied career, and the first since Aug. 26, 2024 against Kansas City.
He doubled in three straight at-bats in the fourth, fifth and seventh, producing his third three-hit game this season.
Ramirez’s second double snapped a 4-4 tie. After the Guardians loaded the bases when Brayan Rocchio was plunked by New York’s Cam Schlittler (7-3), rookie Travis Bazzana lifted a sacrifice fly to tie the game.
Ramirez followed by ripping a 2-2 curveball over first baseman Ben Rice and to the right field corner as Patrick Bailey easily scored. Ramirez added an insurance run with a double to left field in the seventh off Tim Hill to put Cleveland ahead 6-4.
Bazzana padded the lead with a bases-clearing double in the eighth off Camilo Doval as the Guardians collected 12 hits, marking the fourth time in five games they totaled double-digit hits.
Paul Goldschmidt drove in all four runs for the Yankees, who lost for the second time in eight games. Goldschmidt gave New York a 2-1 lead with a two-run homer off Joey Cantillo in the third and added a two-run single in the fourth for a 4-3 advantage.
Schlittler endured his shortest outing this season and allowed five runs (four earned) on five hits in 4 1/3 innings. The right-hander struck out three and walked none.
Kyle Manzardo hit a two-run homer off Schlittler’s first-pitch cutter that landed in the right-center field seats to give Cleveland a 3-2 lead in the fourth.
Cantillo allowed four runs on six hits in four innings. The left-hander struck out four and walked three.
Five relievers followed Cantillo and allowed two hits the rest of the way. Colin Holderman (4-1) stranded a runner in the fifth and Matt Festa finished with a 1-2-3 ninth.
–Field Level Media
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Reds rally late, walk off with 10-inning win over Royals
inning of the MLB Interleague game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Kansas City Royals at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. The Reds won 4-3 on a walkoff hit by Blake Dunn, scoring Spencer Steer from second base in the 10th inning. Blake Dunn’s RBI single in the 10th inning completed a comeback and gave the host Cincinnati Reds a 4-3 walk-off win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.
Spencer Steer hit two home runs and scored the winning run as the automatic runner for the Reds, who won for the second time in the last six games.
Will Benson’s pinch-hit home run to right field off Royals closer Lucas Erceg leading off the bottom of the ninth tied the game at 3-all.
Dunn’s game-winning hit, off John Schreiber (0-3), was the only Reds’ hit that was not a home run.
Brock Burke (2-2) earned the win with a scoreless 10th.
The loss spoiled a gem by Royals starter Noah Cameron, who retired 20 of the 21 batters he faced. Kansas City has lost seven of its last eight.
Cameron only allowed Steer’s first homer, did not walk a batter and struck out eight.
Steer’s second home run of the game, a drive to right-center leading off the eighth, pulled Cincinnati to within 3-2. His ninth homer was an opposite field drive into the stands in right-center.
Reds starter Andrew Abbott gave up three runs on five hits in six innings with four walks and five strikeouts.
Steer’s first home run of the game, a shot to left-center, came with one out in the fifth after Cameron had retired the first 13 Cincinnati batters.
The Royals took a 3-0 lead in the fourth on a fielder’s choice groundout with the bases loaded by Jac Caglianone and a bases-loaded, two-run, two-out single by Michael Massey.
Cameron made an outstanding defensive play for the first out of the third on Dunn’s attempt for a bunt single. Dunn bunted the ball between the mound and first, and Cameron, in one motion, picked up the ball with a backhand swipe and flipped it out of his glove first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino.
Reds center fielder Dane Myers made a leaping catch at the wall on Starling Marte’s long drive for the second out of the fifth.
–Field Level Media
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Twins prevail over White Sox; halt Davis Martin's 6-game win streak
Jun 2, 2026; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota Twins third baseman Brooks Lee (22) hits a single during the first inning against the Chicago White Sox at Target Field. Mandatory Credit: Jordan Johnson-Imagn Images Tristan Gray went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs, and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.
Luke Keaschall added a pair of hits and drove in two runs for Minnesota, which secured a series victory. Alex Jackson finished 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Miguel Vargas went 1-for-4 with two RBIs to lead Chicago at the plate. The White Sox have dropped back-to-back games after winning their previous five in a row.
Twins left-hander Connor Prielipp (2-3) allowed four runs on six hits in six innings. He walked two and struck out seven.
White Sox right-hander Davis Martin (8-2) endured his shortest outing of the season. Martin gave up six runs on 10 hits in 4 2/3 innings. The loss snapped a six-game winning streak and he suffered his first setback since April 10.
Twins right-hander Yoendrys Gomez got the final four outs to record his fourth save.
The White Sox opened the scoring with three runs in the top of the third.
Luisangel Acuna started the action when he drew a leadoff walk, stole second base and scored on a throwing error by Jackson. The White Sox had runners on second and third with one out later in the inning, and Vargas delivered with a two-run single to left to make it 3-0.
The hit gave Vargas six RBIs in the first two games of the series.
The Twins got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the third. Brooks Lee hit a sacrifice fly to left, plating Gray.
Minnesota added four runs in the fourth to seize a 5-3 lead.
Keaschall started the scoring with an RBI single to left. Gray followed with a two-run single to left, and Jackson capped the outburst with an RBI single to right.
Gray, who hit a grand slam and drove in five runs in the series opener, has 11 RBIs in his past five games.
The Twins increased their lead to 6-3 on another RBI single by Keaschall in the fifth.
Chase Meidroth notched an RBI infield single in the seventh to cut Chicago’s deficit to 6-4. But he fanned to end the eighth with two runners on base.
–Field Level Media
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