Deadspin | FaZe Vegas bounces back from loss to capture CDL Stage 2 Major

Deadspin | FaZe Vegas bounces back from loss to capture CDL Stage 2 Major

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FaZe Vegas rebounded from a loss to OpTic Texas earlier in the day to win the rematch in the grand final 4-1 on Sunday of the Call of Duty League’s Stage 2 Major.

OpTic Texas took a 3-1 victory in the best-of-five upper-bracket final in Marston Green, England. That sent FaZe Vegas to the lower-bracket final, where they beat Toronto KOI 3-1 to earn a spot opposite OpTic Texas in the best-of-seven grand final.

Toronto KOI had eliminated the Los Angeles Thieves 3-0 in the lower-bracket semifinal on Sunday.

The Stage 2 Major, part of the DreamHack Birmingham event, awarded $150,000 and 100 Call of Duty League points to champion FaZe Vegas. OpTic Texas, as the first runner-up collected $90,000 and 75 CDL points.

Vegas’ Jovan “04” Rodriguez of the United States was selected the match MVP. He had a kill-death differential of 118-84 to lead all players. American teammate Chris “Simp” Lehr had 109 kills and a plus-20 differential.

Their team opened the grand final with a 250-184 win on Colossus Hardpoint. Texas drew even with a 6-2 victory on Raid Search and Destroy. But FaZe Vegas then reeled off wins on Scar Overload (4-3), Exposure Hardpoint (250-207) and Exposure Search and Destroy (6-5).

No OpTic Texas players had positive numbers.

The teams met in the upper-bracket final, which OpTic opened with a 250-192 win on Exposure Hardpoint. FaZe Vegas came back with a 6-4 win on Raid Search and Destroy, then Texas took it with wins on Den Overload (6-3) and Scar Hardpoint (250-112).

Cuyler “Huke” Garland of the United States was the match MVP with 101 kills and a plus-26 differential for Texas. All players for Vegas had negative differentials.

FaZe Vegas recovered in the double-elimination playoff format by defeating Toronto KOI 3-1 in the lower-bracket final. Vegas won on Den Hardpoint (250-240), then Toronto triumphed on Exposure Search and Destroy (6-3) before FaZe won on Exposure Overload (5-3) and Exposure Hardpoint (250-225).

Jordan “Abuzah” Francois of Belgium was match MVP with 89 kills and a plus-18 differential for FaZe Vegas.

In the lower-bracket semifinal, Toronto KOI swept the Los Angeles Thieves, winning 250-188 on Den Hardpoint, 6-3 on Colossus Search and Destroy and 4-3 on Exposure Overload.

Jamie “Insight” Craven of England was the match MVP for Toronto with 61 kills and a plus-12 differential.

Call of Duty League’s Stage 2 Major prize pool, with money winnings and CDL points

1. $150,000, 100 — FaZe Vegas

2. $90,000, 75 — OpTic Texas

3. $50,000, 60 — Toronto KOI

4. $30,000, 45 — Los Angeles Thieves

5-6. $15,000, 30 — Paris Gentle Mates, G2 Minnesota

7-8. $7,500, 15 — Riyadh Falcons, Miami Heretics

9-10. no money, no points — Vancouver Surge, Carolina Royal Ravens

–Field Level Media

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Bryson Stott delivered a game-tying triple in the ninth inning and scored on Justin Crawford’s infield single as the Philadelphia Phillies rallied to nip the visiting San Francisco Giants 3-2 on Thursday afternoon in Game 1 of a day-night doubleheader.

Kyle Schwarber hit his 350th career home run for Philadelphia, which improved to 2-0 since Don Mattingly took over for Rob Thomson as manager earlier in the week. The Phillies had lost 11 of 12 prior to the managerial change.

The Giants finished with eight hits – three by Heliot Ramos and two apiece by Matt Chapman and Casey Schmitt. Logan Webb allowed one run and seven hits in seven innings and was in line for the victory before Ryan Walker blew the save in the ninth.

San Francisco will try to split the twin bill Thursday evening in what appears to be a bullpen game for both teams.

With Philadelphia trailing 2-1 in the ninth, Adolis Garcia led off with a single and scored easily on Stott’s one-out hit into the right-field corner. Walker (0-1) recovered to retire Edmundo Sosa, but Crawford followed with a grounder to the left side and beat out shortstop Willy Adames’ one-hop throw to first.


Phillies starter Cristopher Sanchez allowed two runs and four hits in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out seven and walked three before exiting after 85 pitches. Three relievers held the visitors scoreless, including Chase Shugart (1-0), who recorded the final out of the ninth.

San Francisco jumped on Sanchez for two runs in the first inning, capped by Schmitt’s single that made it 2-0 just four batters into the game.

Philadelphia answered right back on Schwarber’s 10th homer of the season – a long blast into the right-field seats – but that was the lone offensive highlight for the hosts until the final frame.

Webb gave up a single to Crawford with one out in the seventh, but the Phillies’ rookie was thrown out by Patrick Bailey trying to steal second. Webb then retired Rafael Marchan to end the inning, keeping San Francisco ahead 2-1.

Erik Miller logged the eighth for the Giants before the Phillies rallied against Walker in the ninth.

–Field Level Media

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Deadspin | Orioles put on grand display to overpower Astros in Game 1 Apr 24, 2026; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Baltimore Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman (35) rounds the bases following his two-run home run during the first inning against the Boston Red Sox at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Mitch Stringer-Imagn Images Adley Rutschman and Jeremiah Jackson slugged grand slams in the Baltimore Orioles’ 10-3 victory against the visiting Houston Astros in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday afternoon. Orioles starter Chris Bassitt pitched 6 2/3 strong innings and Jackson drove in five runs. Rutschman’s blast came in the fifth to break open the game. Jackson’s slam came in the seventh. It’s the first time the Orioles have smacked multiple grand slams in the same game since Sept. 11, 2015, when they hit two in one inning of a 14-8 home win over the Kansas City Royals. Rutschman, who has homered four times this season, has collected 14 runs batted in across six games since returning from the injury list last week. Isaac Paredes had three hits and Dustin Harris, Brice Matthews and Christian Vazquez — the bottom three batters in the lineup — each added two hits for the Astros, who racked up 12 hits. Houston starter Peter Lambert (1-2) was saddled with the loss after he was charged with two runs on two hits in 4 1/3 innings. He walked three and struck out three. Bassitt (2-2) was charged with one run on seven hits and one walk with seven strikeouts. Baltimore finished with six hits — two apiece from Rutschman and Jackson — and seven walks. The Orioles didn’t have a hit until Jackson’s two-out double in the fourth inning drove in Pete Alonso, who had reached on a walk. Lambert was removed after giving up Blaze Alexander’s one-out double in the fifth. Then the Orioles loaded the bases off Steven Okert before Rutschman’s grand slam. The Astros scored on Vazquez’s two-out single in the seventh. In the bottom of the inning, Baltimore’s Dylan Beavers forced in a run with a bases-loaded walk to set up Jackson for his sixth homer of the season. Houston’s Yainer Diaz had a two-out run-scoring single followed by Matthews’ infield single for the Astros’ runs in the eighth. The need for a doubleheader came because of Wednesday’s weather-related postponement. The Orioles go for a series sweep in Thursday’s second game. –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Orioles #put #grand #display #overpower #Astros #GameApr 24, 2026; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Baltimore Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman (35) rounds the bases following his two-run home run during the first inning against the Boston Red Sox at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Mitch Stringer-Imagn Images

Adley Rutschman and Jeremiah Jackson slugged grand slams in the Baltimore Orioles’ 10-3 victory against the visiting Houston Astros in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday afternoon.

Orioles starter Chris Bassitt pitched 6 2/3 strong innings and Jackson drove in five runs.

Rutschman’s blast came in the fifth to break open the game. Jackson’s slam came in the seventh. It’s the first time the Orioles have smacked multiple grand slams in the same game since Sept. 11, 2015, when they hit two in one inning of a 14-8 home win over the Kansas City Royals.

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Bassitt (2-2) was charged with one run on seven hits and one walk with seven strikeouts.


Baltimore finished with six hits — two apiece from Rutschman and Jackson — and seven walks.

The Orioles didn’t have a hit until Jackson’s two-out double in the fourth inning drove in Pete Alonso, who had reached on a walk.

Lambert was removed after giving up Blaze Alexander’s one-out double in the fifth. Then the Orioles loaded the bases off Steven Okert before Rutschman’s grand slam.

The Astros scored on Vazquez’s two-out single in the seventh.

In the bottom of the inning, Baltimore’s Dylan Beavers forced in a run with a bases-loaded walk to set up Jackson for his sixth homer of the season.

Houston’s Yainer Diaz had a two-out run-scoring single followed by Matthews’ infield single for the Astros’ runs in the eighth.

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–Field Level Media

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TJ Friedl belted a go-ahead two run home run and Andrew Abbott allowed two runs over six innings to lead the Reds past the Colorado Rockies, 6-4, Thursday afternoon in Cincinnati.

Nathaniel Lowe homered, doubled and scored twice and Spencer Steer went 2-for-3 with two RBIs for the Reds, who captured the rubber game of the series and won for the ninth time in 12 games to reach the 20-win plateau before May 1 for the first time in team history.

Cincinnati has its best 31-game start (20-11) since the 2006 team also went 20-11 to open the season.

Emilio Pagan gave up and RBI single to Mickey Moniak and a sacrifice fly to Jake McCarthy to make it a two-run game in the ninth.

Abbott (1-2) allowed just two runs on five hits, striking out five and walking two to earn his first win of the season in his seventh start. Abbott worked out of a one-out, bases loaded jam in the fifth inning, getting Brenton Doyle to ground into a force play at the plate for the second out and striking out Hunter Goodman on a foul tip to end the threat.


The Rockies got to Abbott in the first inning when Doyle walked with one out and Tyler Freeman connected on an Abbott fastball, driving to the first row of seats in right for his homer of the season and first since Aug. 16, 2025.

The Reds began their rally against Colorado starter and former Reds two-way player Michael Lorenzen. Lowe connected on a changeup for his fifth homer of the season to lead off the second. All five of Lowe’s home runs this season came during Cincinnati’s six-game homestand that concluded Thursday.

Lorenzen (2-3) was charged with four runs on four hits in 5 1/3 innings, striking out five and walking three while yielding two home runs.

After Abbott worked out of the bases loaded jam in the fifth, the Reds answered in the bottom half by taking the lead for good. Steer worked a leadoff walk and one out later, Friedl connected for a home run into the seats in right.

Colorado had runners on first and second against Connor Phillips in the seventh but the right-hander worked out of the jam with three strikeouts in the inning.

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