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Aces face Mercury one win away from top playoff seed


All the Las Vegas Aces have to do to secure the No. 1 seed in the WNBA playoffs is defeat the visiting Phoenix Mercury in the regular-season finale Sunday.

The defending-champion Aces (33-6) routed the last-place Mercury (9-30) 94-73 on Friday at Phoenix. The New York Liberty (32-7) are second in the standings with one game remaining today at home against the Washington Mystics (18-21).

Las Vegas coach Becky Hammon said she suspected her team might get off to a slow start after a six-day hiatus. The Aces found themselves tied at 20 after one quarter but took control by outscoring the Mercury 28-11 in the second quarter.

Las Vegas forced as many turnovers (five) as Phoenix had field goals in the second period as the Mercury shot 26.3 percent from the field in the 10 minutes before halftime.

“We know the defense can be a separation factor for us,” Hammon said.

Las Vegas pushed the lead to 72-48 at the end of the third quarter and led by as many as 30 points in the fourth quarter.

Phoenix, which has lost its last 10 games, is limping to the finish line as guards Diana Taurasi (toe), Sophie Cunningham (jaw) and Shey Peddy (concussion protocols) are all sidelined.

The Mercury did have a bright spot Friday as second-year guard Sug Sutton achieved the first triple-double in the franchise’s 28-year history, finishing with 18 points (all in the second half), 11 rebounds and 11 assists.

“It’s unbelievable because I didn’t know it was the first one in (franchise) history,” Sutton said. “I’m pretty shocked right now and I’m really honored to be a part of this franchise and be able to do that.”

Megan Gustafson scored 14 points off the bench, starter Moriah Jefferson had 11 and star center Brittney Griner added 10.

“We knew from training camp how special of a player that Sug was,” Mercury interim head coach Nikki Blue said. “It’s taken all season for her to really start believing in herself and really show what she can do.”

–Field Level Media

Lynx face Fever in one last tune-up before playoffs


The Indiana Fever close out a tough season when they play host to the playoff-bound Minnesota Lynx on Sunday afternoon in Indianapolis.

Indiana (12-27) has lost its last two games, including a 76-59 defeat to the Connecticut Sun on Friday. Kelsey Mitchell, the team’s leading scorer at 18.1 points per game, scored 15 in the loss.

Despite their struggles as of late, the Fever have worked to maintain a positive mindset behind strong leadership. Veteran forward Emma Cannon, who has been in the league since 2017, talked about that after a loss to the Chicago Sky on Tuesday.

“I feel it’s just leading by example,” Cannon said. “My routine hasn’t changed from the beginning of the season until now. I feel the younger girls see it and notice what I do, and I just try to be a leader to everybody and keep everybody positive and moving forward.”

Indiana had success against Minnesota this season, winning two of the three meetings, including a 91-73 victory on Aug. 10 at home.

The Lynx (19-20) are coming off a 92-87 loss to the Sky on Friday despite 28 points from Napheesa Collier and 24 from Diamond Miller.

Collier, one of the top all-around players in the league, is averaging 21.5 points and 8.4 rebounds per game for the Lynx, who got off to a slow start against Chicago.

“We didn’t dictate enough in the beginning,” Collier said, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “We weren’t aggressive enough getting up in them, making them take bad shots. And it lit a fire.”

Minnesota is currently sixth in the overall standings and needs a win Sunday over the Fever, coupled with an Atlanta Dream loss to Dallas, to move back into the fifth spot before the playoffs.

“We didn’t execute tonight (against Chicago) but we have to lock in against Indiana,” Collier said. “They work hard in every game they are in.”

–Field Level Media

Sky, Sun meet looking upward toward playoffs


The Chicago Sky clinched the WNBA’s final playoff spot Friday to earn a crack at the top-seeded Las Vegas Aces when the postseason starts next week.

First comes one more regular-season game for Chicago, which will attempt to avenge three previous regular-season losses to the host Connecticut Sun on Sunday when the teams play at Uncasville, Conn.

The Sky kept the regular-season finale from being critical by earning a 92-87 victory over the Minnesota Lynx on Friday while clinching their playoff spot. They had a 25-1 advantage in bench points and received 20 points and five assists from leading scorer Kahleah Copper, as well as a 13-point, 11-assist double-double from Courtney Williams.

“You’ve got to win,” Sky guard Dana Evans said. “We talk about margin of error. We don’t have time for that. We needed to get the win and that’s what we did.”

Chicago (17-22) got it done offensively, shooting 46.7 percent (35 of 75) from the field and 50 percent (11 of 22) from the 3-point line. Copper and Marina Mabrey, who finished with 19 points, combined to make 9 of 15 3-pointers.

Connecticut (27-12) cruised to a 76-59 home win Friday night against the Indiana Fever as Tiffany Hayes scored 12 of her team-high 14 points in the third quarter. Alyssa Thomas added 10 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists in the game.

DeWanna Bonner, Natisha Hiedeman and DiJonai Carrington also chipped in 10 points for the Sun, which used all nine of their available players for at least 11 minutes.

“We got contributions from everywhere and that’s what it’s gonna take for sure to be successful in the postseason,” Connecticut coach Stephanie White said.

The Sun are locked into the No. 3 seed for the postseason, a solid achievement in White’s first year on the bench. Connecticut has played most of the year without Brionna Jones, who had a season-ending Achilles’ tear on June 25 in Seattle, but the team still set a franchise record for most wins in a year.

–Field Level Media

MLB News: Angels’ Luis Rengifo (ruptured biceps) out for season


Los Angeles Angels infielder/outfielder Luis Rengifo will miss the rest of the season due to a ruptured left biceps tendon.

Rengifo was injured while going through his warm-up routine in the on-deck circle prior to his first at-bat against the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday.

He took a swing with a heavy bat and injured the biceps while dropping the bat.

The Angels placed Rengifo on the 10-day injured list Saturday and recalled right-hander Gerardo Reyes from Triple-A Salt Lake.

Rengifo, 26, batted .264 with 16 homers and 51 RBIs in 126 games this season. The homers and RBIs were one shy of the career-best totals he reached in 2022.

Overall, Rengifo has a .244 career average with 47 homers and 157 RBIs in 448 games with the Angels over five seasons.

Reyes, 30, had a 7.45 ERA in eight relief appearances with the Angels earlier this season.

–Field Level Media

MLB News: Yandy Diaz hits walk-off HR to lift Rays over Mariners


Yandy Diaz hit a walk-off, two-run homer as the Tampa Bay Rays rallied to beat the Seattle Mariners 7-5 on Saturday in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Tampa Bay (87-56) trailed 4-1 after two innings but emerged with the win after Diaz’s two-run blast off Tayler Saucedo (3-2). Diaz finished with three RBIs for the Rays, who moved a season-high 31 games over .500.

Julio Rodriguez set a career high with his 29th homer and Ty France singled in two runs for Seattle (79-63). Colin Poche (11-3) pitched a scoreless ninth inning for the win.

The Rays took their first lead of the game at 5-4 after scoring two runs in the seventh inning. Taylor Walls’ one-out single scored Jonathan Aranda, who hit a leadoff double. Diaz then entered as a pinch hitter and doubled on a 3-2 pitch to put the Rays ahead.

Seattle quickly tied the game with two outs in the top of the eighth when Eugenio Suarez scored from third on Robert Stephenson’s wild pitch.

The Mariners claimed an early lead with three runs in the first inning against Aaron Civale. Dominic Canzone drew a bases-loaded walk with one out and France followed with his two-run single.

Tampa Bay responded in the bottom of the first with Isaac Paredes’ two-out RBI double off Trent Thornton. Paredes later exited the game after being hit by a pitch on his right hand in the fourth inning.

Rodriguez’s solo blast with two outs in the second inning gave the Mariners a 4-1 advantage. The 373-foot homer was Rodriguez’s eighth in his last 12 games.

Civale allowed four runs on four hits with three walks and three strikeouts in five innings.

Tampa Bay pulled within 4-3 with two outs in the fifth inning when Brandon Lowe lined a two-run double into the right field corner.

Seattle right-hander Luke Weaver relieved opener Thornton in the third inning and allowed four runs over 4 1/3 innings.

–Field Level Media

MLB News: Brewers LF Christian Yelich (back) scratched


The Milwaukee Brewers scratched left fielder Christian Yelich ahead of Saturday’s game against the host New York Yankees due to lower-back soreness.

Tyrone Taylor replaced Yelich in left field, batting ninth.

The 2018 National League MVP, Yelich is hitting .274 with 17 homers, 27 stolen bases and 70 RBIs in 136 games.

In 1,385 games over 11 seasons with the Miami Marlins (2013-17) and Brewers, Yelich is a .285 hitter with 191 homers and 700 RBIs. Yelich, 31, was a first-round pick of the Marlins in 2010.

–Field Level Media

MLB News: George Springer powers Jays past Royals, 5-1


George Springer had two homers and four RBIs, Kevin Gausman struck out 10 in eight dominant innings and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Saturday afternoon.

Springer hit two solo home runs and a two-run single in going 3-for-4 as the Blue Jays (79-63) have won the first two games of the three-game series. The Blue Jays are 9-5 on their stretch of 15 games against teams with sub-.500 records.

Edward Olivares hit a solo home run for the Royals (44-99), who have lost three in a row.

Gausman (11-8) allowed one run on two hits and one walk.

Royals right-hander James McArthur pitched two perfect innings as the opener. Zack Greinke (1-15) took over and allowed four runs and six hits in 3 2/3 innings.

The first hit of the game came when Springer led off the bottom of the fourth with a home run on a drive to left.

Olivares had Kansas City’s first hit when he clubbed his 10th homer of the season on a shot to left-center with two out in the fifth.

Toronto regained the lead in the bottom of the fifth. Alejandro Kirk led off with a walk and Daulton Varsho followed with a double. Springer hit a two-run single with two out for a 3-1 Toronto lead.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. led off the Toronto sixth with a single and scored on Cavan Biggio’s one-out double to center.

Springer hit his 19th home run with two out in the seventh inning against Angel Zerpa on a drive to right-center.

Jordan Hicks took over from Gausman and pitched a perfect ninth inning.

Salvador Perez caught eight innings for the Royals to reach 10,000 career innings behind the plate, becoming the first catcher to do so in franchise history.

Kansas City put catcher Freddy Fermin (fractured finger) on the injured list Saturday.

Toronto shortstop Bo Bichette, who returned from the IL on Friday, did not play on Saturday, a planned move.

–Field Level Media

MLB News: D-backs edge Cubs again, 3-2 in 10 innings


Tommy Pham hit what proved to be the game-winning, run-scoring single in the 10th inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Cubs 3-2 on Saturday to take their second one-run road decision from Chicago in as many days.

Arizona (75-68) managed just one run in seven innings against Chicago starter Justin Steele, a Cy Young contender. Steele struck out six and walked none.

But Diamondbacks starter Merrill Kelly limited Chicago to one run over 5 2/3 innings, and relievers Ryan Thompson, Andrew Saalfrank and Kevin Ginkel combined to hold the Cubs scoreless over 3 1/3 innings to force extras. Ginkel (8-0) picked up the win.

After scoring just two runs through the series’ previous 18 innings, including the one run that made the difference in Arizona’s 1-0 win on Friday, the Diamondbacks struck for two in the 10th.

Gabriel Moreno scored on Daniel Palencia’s wild pitch, giving Arizona a 2-1 lead. Pham then singled to left, scoring Jordan Lawlar for a 3-1 lead.

The two-run cushion proved necessary, as Chicago (76-67) halved the deficit on Cody Bellinger’s two-out RBI single that scored Mike Tauchman. But D-backs closer Paul Sewald got Dansby Swanson to pop out on the ensuing at-bat to end the rally. Sewald picked up his 32nd save.

Palencia (5-1) took the loss.

Bellinger went 2-for-5 in the loss and drove in both Cubs runs, also driving in Nico Hoerner on an infield single in the third inning. Swanson finished 2-for-5.

Corbin Carroll went 2-for-4 for the Diamondbacks and scored on a Moreno groundout in the fifth. Moreno went 1-for-4.

Arizona heads into Sunday’s finale looking for a sweep in the four-game set. The three-game skid has sliced the Cubs’ lead over the Diamondbacks in the wild-card race to one game.

Arizona occupies the last wild-card spot in the National League.

–Field Level Media

MLB News: Max Kepler’s three-run triple helps Twins beat Mets


Max Kepler had a pinch-hit, three-run triple and Willi Castro went 3-for-4 with a homer, a double and two runs to lead the Minnesota Twins to an 8-4 victory over the New York Mets on Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis.

Kyle Farmer went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, Donovan Solano had a two-run single and Jordan Luplow went 2-for-3 with a double and a run for Minnesota (75-67), which increased its American League Central lead to seven games over Cleveland. The Guardians were set to play the Los Angeles Angels later Saturday night.

Kenta Maeda (4-7) picked up the win, allowing two runs on five hits over 5 1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out two to help the Twins win for the sixth time in eight games.

Pete Alonso, Brandon Nimmo and DJ Stewart all homered for New York (64-77), which lost its third straight game. David Peterson (3-8) suffered the loss while allowing three runs on eight hits in six innings. He walked one, hit a batter and struck out eight.

New York jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Nimmo led off with his 23rd home run of the season, a 363-foot, opposite-field drive just over the left field fence. Jeff McNeil followed with a single, stole second and then scored on a two-out single by Daniel Vogelbach.

Minnesota tied it, 2-2, in the second inning on a two-out, two-run single by Solano. He drove in Ryan Jeffers, who had singled, and Castro, who had doubled.

The Twins took a 3-2 lead in the third when Luplow doubled and scored on a bloop single by Farmer.

Minnesota extended the lead to 7-2 with a four-run seventh against reliever Drew Smith, highlighted by Kepler’s two-out, three-run triple off the top of the wall in right center. Farmer followed with a double to drive in Kepler.

New York cut it to 7-4 in the eighth with two solo home runs off reliever Louie Varland. Alonso hit the first, his 43rd homer of the season, a 427-foot line drive into the second deck in left. Stewart added his 11th, a 428-foot drive to right center.

Castro made it 8-4 in the bottom half of the inning with his sixth homer of the season.

–Field Level Media

MLB News: Blister issues land Nationals RHP MacKenzie Gore on IL


The Washington Nationals placed right-hander MacKenzie Gore on the injured list Saturday after he experienced blister issues in his start Friday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

In a corresponding move, the Nationals bolstered their bullpen with the addition of left-hander Joe La Sorsa.

Gore went four innings before he was removed from Friday’s game, giving up four runs, including three home runs. The 24-year-old is 7-10 with a 4.42 ERA over 27 starts in his first season with Washington.

La Sorsa, 25, is 1-0 with a 6.98 ERA in 17 appearances with the Nationals this season. He was selected off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays in June.

–Field Level Media