BOSTON (AP) — Brooks Lee hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in a three-run sixth inning, and the Minnesota Twins held off the Boston Red Sox 6-5 at soggy Fenway Park to complete a three-game sweep for their 10th victory in 14 games.It was Minnesota’s first three-game sweep in Fenway since June 13 to 15 in 1994.Most of the game was played in a steady rain with the infield becoming very sloppy in the ninth.Pinch runner Connor Wong, the potential tying run, was cut down at the plate by shortstop Ryan Kreidler’s relay on Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s double for the second out…
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The conditions at Fenway Park were sloppy for Sunday’s series finale between the Red Sox and Twins. It rained at various intensities from the first pitch to the last, and while the grounds crew did an excellent job keeping the field playable, the conditions were a factor. For the Red Sox, that manifested in the form of sloppy baseball.It first appeared in Sonny Gray’s performance. He managed just four innings, allowing three runs on 75 pitches. The outing wasn’t a disaster, but he clearly had a difficult time spinning the baseball, couldn’t land his cutter in the zone, and didn’t…
NBA picks today Sunday May 24 2026 with my best bets and top player props for every game on the NBA Playoffs slate. In this video I break down the best NBA predictions, free picks, and betting angles for today’s games. Plays: Spurs Team Total Over 109.5 (0.5 units, -132 DraftKings) #RideoftheDay at the boom of the page ✅ = Win | ❌ = Loss | 🅿️ = Push/Void 💰 Sign up for Chalkboard and use code GUYBOSTON : https://go.chalkboard.io/websignup-v1-tt?utm_source=promo&offer=guyboston 📊 Check out *Buckets to Bucks* and use code *BUCKETS* : https://bucketstobucks.com/ #RideoftheDay Tracker:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q7656E1QoUh4ALLQWenoZNyaYuqpY7Ebe8zVc85o_Jo/edit? gid=1940129376#gid=1940129376 Related Source link
The Boston Bruins need to acquire another top-six forward who can score goals, create scoring chances and lessen the offensive burden on David Pastrnak’s shoulders. But improving the Bruins’ offense can be done by other means, too. The Bruins’ blue line did not provide enough offense in the team’s first-round playoff series loss to the Buffalo Sabres. None of the eight defensemen who played for Boston in those six games scored a goal, and none of them tallied more than two points. Mason Lohrei, who’s one of the more offensively gifted defensemen on the Bruins’ roster, failed to register a…
Jovani Moran had the responsibility to keep the Twins in check for the first inning in order to provide a soft landing for Brayan Bello in his bulk-pitching era. Well, today wasn’t that day: Moran allowed hits to the first three Twins batters, then a run-scoring sacrifice fly immediately after that. Despite needing all the help he could get, Bello entered the game with a 2-0 deficit.Bello twice got into a bases loaded jam and threw 20+ pitches.The Sox bats were silent until the fourth. This inning also featured a clearing of the benches as the inning ended, after Willson…
Credit: Celtics via NBA.com The Bucks are looking to move franchise cornerstone Giannis Antetokounmpo ahead of the 2026 NBA Draft and the Celtics seem to be a frontrunner in the sweepstakes for the former 2x MVP and DPOY. While fans have their concerns in trading for the 2021 champion, they should look further into the story around the Greek Freak. Let’s dive into the Giannis storyline that really needs to die down so we can focus on the rest of the league.Concerns – Injury severity, fit questionsThe main talking point behind the anti-Giannis crowd is his complicated injury history that…
BOSTON (AP) — Trevor Larnach matched his career-high with four hits, Taj Bradley allowed one run over five innings in his return from a chest muscle injury and the Minnesota Twins beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Saturday for their ninth win in 13 games.Benches and bullpens cleared briefly in the fourth inning after Boston’s Willson Contreras collided with catcher Victor Caratini when he was tagged out trying to score after running through a late stop sign from third base coach Chad Epperson. No punches were thrown.Larnach had three singles and a double.Boston had five hits and dropped to…
NBA picks today Saturday May 23 2026 with my best bets and top player props for every game on the slate. In this video I break down the best NBA predictions, free picks, and betting angles for today’s games. Plays: Karl-Anthony Towns Over 3.5 Assists (0.33 units, -150 NoVig) Mikal Bridges Over 12.5 Points (0.33 units, -145 theScore) James Harden Over 5.5 Assists (0.33 units, -138 FanDuel) #RideoftheDay at the boom of the page ✅ = Win | ❌ = Loss | 🅿️ = Push/Void #RideoftheDay Tracker:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q7656E1QoUh4ALLQWenoZNyaYuqpY7Ebe8zVc85o_Jo/edit? gid=1940129376#gid=1940129376 Related Source link
BOSTON (AP) — Struggling Boston Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story could be out several weeks after sports hernia surgery.The team announced on Friday what it said was a successful procedure by Dr. William Meyers at the Vincera Institute in Philadelphia.Story sat out the opener of Boston’s three-game series at Atlanta last week and was placed on the 10-day injured list the following day. He told reporters in Atlanta that he was weighing his options but that surgery could keep him out for as many as 10 weeks.The two-time All-Star played in 41 of the Red Sox’s first 43 games and is batting…
Can the Boston Celtics find a meaningful role player late in the first round of the 2026 NBA Draft? It’s a difficult but doable task. There were many reasons why the Celtics blew a 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers, and one of them was a lack of scoring production from the role players/bench. Outside of Payton Pritchard’s 32 points in Game 4, the bench was largely ineffective in Round 1. Pritchard was the only bench player to score 10-plus points multiple times in the series. The C’s had one or zero bench players score…