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Yandy Diaz, bullpen lead Rays past struggling Orioles
May 19, 2026; St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; Baltimore Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson (2) throws to first base as Tampa Bay Rays center fielder Cedric Mullins (31) slides in the second inning at Tropicana Field. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images Yandy Diaz hit the go-ahead home run, doubled and drove in two runs to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 4-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Richie Palacios added an RBI double and Jonny DeLuca chipped in an RBI single for Tampa Bay, which has won seven of its last nine games.
Rays relievers Kevin Kelly (3-1), Ian Seymour, Casey Legumina and Bryan Baker combined to allow one hit and one walk while striking out three in four scoreless innings.
Baker picked up his 13th save of the season with a 1-2-3 ninth.
Taylor Ward homered in the first inning for the Orioles, who managed only four hits and have lost four of their last five.
In the sixth, Diaz launched his eighth home run of the season, a 439-foot shot to straightaway center field, giving the Rays a 2-1 lead.
Diaz was hit on the left hand by a Yennier Cano pitch in the eighth and exited the game. Rico Garcia relieved Cano and gave up an RBI double to Palacios and DeLuca’s run-scoring single as Tampa Bay tacked on a pair of insurance runs.
Ward led off the game with a home run that was high and deep to left field, giving the Orioles an early advantage. Later, with one out, Adley Rutschman’s line drive dropped into shallow left field for a hit, but Griffin Jax got Pete Alonso to ground into an inning-ending double play.
The Rays tied the game 1-1 in their half of the first when Jonathan Aranda worked a 10-pitch at-bat into a two-out walk and scored on Diaz’s RBI double to the left-center gap.
Gunnar Henderson sharply singled to right field with one out in the sixth, but Kelly induced Rutschman to hit into a double play.
Chandler Simpson looped a two-out single into left field in the seventh, chasing Baltimore reliever Keegan Akin from the game, before being caught stealing two pitches later.
Orioles starter Kyle Bradish (2-6) yielded two runs on four hits, walked three and struck out six in 5 1/3 innings. Jax gave up three hits and a run, walking one and fanning six over five innings.
–Field Level Media
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Jessica Shepard logs triple-double as Wings sink Sky
May 20, 2026; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Sky guard Skylar Diggins (4) drives to the basket against Dallas Wings guard Odyssey Sims (1) during the first half at Wintrust Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images Paige Bueckers scored a game-high 24 points, Arike Ogunbowale added 22 and Jessica Shepard notched a triple-double to boost the visiting Dallas Wings to a 99-89 victory against the Chicago Sky on Wednesday.
Dallas (3-2) kicked off a three-game road trip by spoiling the Sky’s home opener, limiting the hosts to 5-for-21 shooting (23.8%) from 3-point range.
Shepard went 6-for-7 from the floor en route to 18 points, sparking a 50% effort for the Wings, who outscored the Sky 62-51 after halftime. She added 12 assists and 10 rebounds.
It was the first triple-double of the WNBA season and the second of Shepard’s career.
The Sky (3-2) fell despite a 24-point, 11-rebound effort from Kamilla Cardoso. Natasha Cloud added 21 points and eight rebounds.
Skylar Diggins (15 points), Gabriela Jaquez (12) and Rachel Banham (10) followed in double figures for Chicago. Azzi Fudd had 12 points for Dallas.
The Wings led by nine early in the fourth quarter, but Elizabeth Williams’ layup trimmed Chicago’s deficit to six with 5:38 remaining. A 6-0 run pulled the Sky within 87-84 at the 2:32 mark before Ogunbowale stunted the rally with successive treys.
Dallas scored 12 of the game’s final 17 points to pull away.
Chicago led by as many as 11 points in the first half, surging to a 22-11 advantage on Banham’s four-point play late in the opening quarter.
Cardoso (12 points) and Cloud (nine) paced Chicago in the first 20 minutes, and the Sky were up 38-37 at halftime. Bueckers scored nine before the break.
Several injured Sky players showed support to newcomer Rickea Jackson (knee) by wearing the forward’s jersey on the bench. An offseason acquisition from Los Angeles, Jackson led Chicago in scoring through four games before tearing her left ACL during a Sunday win at Minnesota, sidelining her for the rest of the season.
Dallas stopped a six-game losing streak against Chicago, defeating the Sky for the first time since May 15, 2024.
–Field Level Media
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Trey Yesavage outpitches Cam Schlittler as Blue Jays edge Yankees
May 19, 2026; Bronx, New York, USA; Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Mason Fluharty (68) pitches in the seventh inning against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images Trey Yesavage pitched six stellar innings of two-hit ball to outduel Cam Schlittler and the visiting Toronto Blue Jays scratched across two runs in the seventh for a 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees Wednesday night.
Following a two-hour, 11-minute rain delay, the Blue Jays won for the sixth time in their past 16 games after losing a pair of one-run games to start the four-game series.
After pitching 5 1/3 hitless innings against the Yankees in Game 2 of the ALDS in Toronto, Yesavage (2-1) allowed two hits and struck out eight.
Yesavage allowed a bloop double to Trent Grisham in the second before striking out Ryan McMahon on a foul tip to end the inning. He allowed a two-out single to Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the fourth and retired Paul Goldschmidt on a pop up.
Yesavage struck out Aaron Judge three times by getting him via fastballs in the first and fourth before whiffing the slugger on a slider in the sixth. Judge struck out four times and is 1-for-11 in the series with seven strikeouts.
Schlittler (6-2) allowed two runs on eight hits in six-plus innings. The right-hander struck out seven and issued both walks in the seventh when the Blue Jays took a 2-0 lead.
Ernie Clement started the seventh with an infield dribbler halfway down the third base line and Jesus Sanchez followed with a walk. After Goldschmidt and Austin Wells converged on Brandon Valenzuela’s bunt single, Gimenez fouled off six pitches before capping an 11-pitch plate appearance with a walk.
Gimenez’s walk was confirmed via ABS after Wells challenged and Jake Bird replaced Schlittler.
Sanchez was thrown out at the plate by McMahon on a grounder to third and Guerrero lifted a sacrifice fly to the warning track in right on the next pitch.
Jeff Hoffman stranded two in the seventh after Mason Fluharty allowed singles to Chisholm and Goldschmidt. Tyler Rogers pitched a 1-2-3 eighth and Louie Varland struck out Amed Rosario with a runner on to secure his sixth save.
The Yankees lost for the eighth time in their past 12 games and were blanked until Goldschmidt’s soft RBI grounder to Varland. New York also lost Grisham to left knee discomfort after the fourth.
–Field Level Media
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Kennedy Burke's clutch play lifts Sun past Storm for first win
May 20, 2026; Seattle, Washington, USA; Seattle Storm guard Taina Mair (22) dribbles the ball while guarded by Connecticut Sun guard Ashlon Jackson (3) and Connecticut Sun forward Raegan Beers (15) during the first half at Climate Pledge Arena. Mandatory Credit: Steven Bisig-Imagn Images Kennedy Burke made a three-point play with 2.8 seconds remaining as the Connecticut Sun earned their first victory of the WNBA season, defeating the host Seattle Storm 80-78 on Wednesday night.
Seattle’s Natisha Hiedeman missed a 3-pointer before the final buzzer.
Rookie Charlisse Leger-Walker, who started her collegiate career at Washington State before capping it with an NCAA championship at UCLA this spring, had 16 points and three assists to lead the Sun, who snapped a five-game skid.
Burke and Nell Angloma added 15 points apiece and Raegan Beers had 10 points and a game-high eight rebounds for Connecticut (1-5).
Hiedeman led Seattle (1-4) with 20 points and five assists. Mackenzie Holmes
added 18 points and six rebounds, Jade Melbourne scored 11 and Zia Cooke had 10.
Both teams were without their starting centers. Connecticut’s leading scorer Brittney Griner did not play with a right rib injury, and Seattle’s top scorer Dominique Malonga was still recovering from a concussion.
Melbourne’s driving layup with 59 seconds left put the Storm up 76-75, their first lead since late in the second quarter. Holmes added two free throws with 41 seconds remaining in regulation to extend the lead to three.
Aaliyah Edwards made a driving layup with 32 seconds left to pull the Sun within 78-77 before Burke’s winning play.
Trailing 63-59 after three quarters, the Storm pulled within one on a three-point play by Lexie Brown with 9:32 left.
A free throw and a 3-pointer by Burke gave the Sun a five-point edge.
Seattle tied it at 67-all on a pair of free throws by Melbourne with 5:50 to go.
Leger-Walker broke the tie on a jumper with 5:36 left, and Edwards followed with a jumper the next time down the court to make it 71-67.
A driving layup by Ashlon Jackson gave the Sun a six-point lead with 3:42 remaining.
Hiedeman made a deep 3-pointer with 3:17 left to pull Seattle within 73-70 and Melbourne added two free throws at the 2:02 mark to make it a one-point game.
Leger-Walker responded with a floating jumper before Hiedeman answered with a layup.
The Sun led 29-23 after the first quarter and 46-41 at the half.
–Field Level Media
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