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White Sox ride lineup momentum into series finale against Twins
May 27, 2026; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago White Sox left fielder Sam Antonacci (17) runs after he hits a two RBI single during the second inning against the Minnesota Twins at Rate Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn Images Chicago White Sox ace Davis Martin admits, “I don’t like talking about myself.”
The Minnesota Twins can relate.
After absorbing a 15-2 defeat on Wednesday, the visiting Twins will aim to move on against Martin on Thursday afternoon as they try to split the four-game series.
“There’s not much we did well (Wednesday) overall,” Twins manager Derek Shelton said.
The White Sox walloped the Twins behind a season-best 18 hits. Sam Antonacci and Randal Grichuk contributed three apiece, while Chase Meidroth, Munetaka Murakami, Colson Montgomery, Edgar Quero and Tristan Peters each added two.
“It was awesome,” White Sox manager Will Venable said. “Up and down the lineup, really stringing together quality at-bats. … We just had really good at-bats that we were able to get hard contact, really, throughout the lineup.
Meidroth has recorded multiple hits in each of the first three games of the series, and he connected for a grand slam on Wednesday.
Murakami, meanwhile, has homered in each contest to stretch his total to 20, tied for the American League lead. He is the third White Sox player in club history to reach that mark before June.
“He’s just been consistently doing a lot of damage, obviously,” Venable said. “Every day, you see quality at-bats. If it’s not homers, it’s pitches he took the other way, like today. Drawing walks. So he just continues to stay in good spots. He’s stacking really productive days.”
Minnesota also relied on the long ball Wednesday but little else. Two of the club’s three hits were solo shots, with Byron Buxton and Kody Clemens providing the power. Chicago’s David Sandlin, making his major league debut, retired 18 straight after Buxton’s leadoff home run.
A Gold Glove center fielder, Buxton has started three straight games and six of his past seven at designated hitter as he deals with a sore right hip that triggers pain when he stops.
“We’re working on that brake system,” Buxton said. “It’s good though. Every day it’s progressing, feeling better. Keep going day by day and go from there. Obviously it’s May so I don’t want to do something stupid, which is hard. They’re keeping me contained.”
Chicago has won eight of nine against Minnesota dating to last season.
Martin (7-1, 2.04 ERA) will get the call as the White Sox try to win their fifth straight home series. The right-hander is searching for his third straight winning start and his sixth consecutive winning decision.
Strong run support helped Martin win a road game against the San Francisco Giants on Friday, when he spaced four runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked two against seven strikeouts.
Martin is 2-3 with a 6.15 ERA in six appearances (five starts) vs. the Twins.
The Twins moved Taj Bradley’s turn in the rotation back one day and will give the ball to rookie left-hander Kendry Rojas (1-0, 1.26).
Rojas has made just one start among his five appearances, when he worked four shutout innings against the Houston Astros on May 18. He contributed three shutout innings of relief against the Boston Red Sox on Saturday, permitting one hit and one walk while striking out three.
The 23-year-old Cuba native will be opposing the White Sox for the first time.
–Field Level Media
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Shohei Ohtani (6 no-hit innings, homer) carries Dodgers past Rockies
May 27, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Alex Call (12) hits an RBI single during the fourth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Shohei Ohtani did not allow a hit over six innings on the mound and added a leadoff home run from the batter’s box as the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning streak to five games with a 4-1 victory over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Wednesday.
Ohtani and Will Klein held the Rockies without a hit through seven innings before Tyler Freeman singled to right field with two outs in the eighth against Tanner Scott.
Kyle Hurt finished off the combined one-hitter with a perfect ninth inning to earn his first career save.
Ohtani hit a leadoff home run during his second consecutive pitching start.
Freddie Freeman also went deep in the opening inning before Andy Pages homered in the eighth for Los Angeles, which has won 12 of 14 games overall.
Ohtani (5-2) battled his command, issuing four walks, allowing a run and plunking a batter, but he struck out seven in his 99-pitch outing. His season ERA rose from 0.73 to 0.82.
Rockies starter Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) gave up three runs on six hits over 4 2/3 innings in a duel of Japanese-born starters. He struck out three and walked one. Colorado scored its lone run in the fourth inning on a groundout by Willi Castro en route to its fifth loss in a row.
After the Ohtani and Freeman home runs gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead in the first inning, the Rockies halved the deficit in the fourth. The Dodgers countered with a run in their half of the fourth on an RBI single from Alex Call.
The Dodgers made it 4-1 in the eighth on a home run from Pages, his 13th of the season and third in his past four games. Los Angeles hit eight home runs in the final two games of the series while finishing off the three-game sweep.
The Dodgers received a trio of highlight defensive plays. Call made a diving catch in right in the second inning. Second baseman Alex Freeland dived to the first base bag to make a putout in the fourth on Castro’s RBI grounder, and left fielder Hyeseong Kim made a catch up against the railing in foul territory in the seventh.
Kim entered in the third inning as a replacement for Teoscar Hernandez, who departed due to a left hamstring strain.
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Nyara Sabally's career-high 29 helps Tempo extend Sky's skid
May 27, 2026; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Sky guard Jacy Sheldon (0) defends against Toronto Tempo guard Kiki Rice (1) during the first half at Wintrust Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images Nyara Sabally scored a career-best 29 points Wednesday night to help the visiting Toronto Tempo defeat the Chicago Sky 111-104.
Sabally also had six rebounds, two steals and two blocked shots as the Tempo ended a two-game losing skid while extending the Sky’s losing streak to three.
Marina Mabrey added 24 points and seven assists for the Tempo (4-4). Brittney Sykes scored 20 points, Kiki Rice chipped in 14 and Maria Conde tallied 12.
Rookie Sydney Taylor scored a career-high 27 points off the bench for the Sky (3-4). Skylar Diggins added 23 points, nine assists and two blocks for Chicago. Natasha Cloud had 18 points and nine assists. Elizabeth Williams added 11 points, and Azura Stevens contributed 10.
The Tempo led by six points entering the fourth quarter. Taylor hit a 3-pointer with 8:42 to go in the fourth to cut the margin to four. Aicha Coulibaly’s putback layup brought Chicago to within 96-93 with 4:48 remaining. Sykes answered with a layup.
Taylor’s 3-pointer cut the lead to two with 3:33 left. Sabally nailed a 3-pointer after Mabrey’s steal to give Toronto an eight-point lead with 1:43 to play.
The Sky took advantage of four early Tempo turnovers to take a 10-5 lead. Toronto used a 14-4 run to take a 23-20 lead with 1:02 to play in the first quarter. Toronto led 25-22 after one quarter.
Mabrey opened the second quarter with a 3-pointer and hit another from beyond the arc to give Toronto an 11-point lead, 38-27, with 7:15 to go in the second quarter. The Sky rallied to climb to within five points on Cloud’s 3-pointer with 43 seconds remaining. Toronto led 55-48 at halftime.
Chicago continued to struggle from 3-point range despite getting some good looks, going 3-for-16 (18.8%) in the first half while Toronto was 6-for-15 (40%). The Sky took advantage of eight Toronto first-half turnovers for a 13-0 lead in fastbreak points.
Toronto worked the lead to 12 on Sabally’s cutting layup with 8:21 left in the third quarter. Sabally converted two free throws to bump the margin to 14.
The margin dwindled to four on Taylor’s 3-pointer with 1:48 left as the Sky capitalized on defensive stops. Toronto led 80-74 after three quarters.
–Field Level Media
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Dodgers' Teoscar Hernandez exits with hamstring strain, will go on IL
May 23, 2026; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Teoscar Hernandez (37) hits an RBI single during the ninth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images Dodgers left fielder Teoscar Hernandez left Los Angeles’ Wednesday game against the Colorado Rockies after the second inning with a left hamstring strain that will force him onto the injured list.
Hernandez hit a ground ball to shortstop in his second-inning at-bat and had a pronounced limp after running through the first base bag. He grabbed at his left hamstring after reaching the dugout.
“Don’t know how severe it is,” manager Dave Roberts said after the Dodgers’ 4-1 win. “He tested well, but we’re going to get a scan (Thursday). …
“There’s just no timeline (for his return). Something like that obviously is gonna be a few weeks at the minimum.”
Hyeseong Kim replaced Hernandez in left field to start the third inning, his first appearance in left during two seasons in the major leagues.
In 51 games this season, Hernandez is batting .276 with seven home runs and 31 RBIs. After some early-season struggles, Hernandez entered the Wednesday game hitting .370 with three home runs and 14 RBIs over his previous 15 contests.
A veteran of 11 seasons, Hernandez is a career .261 hitter with 224 home runs and 692 RBIs in 1,150 games with the Houston Astros (2016-17), the Toronto Blue Jays (2017-22), the Seattle Mariners (2023) and the Dodgers (2024-26).
–Field Level Media
