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Deadspin | Landen Roupp, Giants claim first matchup of season with Dodgers Apr 21, 2026; San Francisco, California, USA; San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Landen Roupp (65) throws against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the first inning at Oracle Park. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images Landen Roupp outpitched Yoshinobu Yamamoto, San Francisco got RBI singles from Rafael Devers and Jung Hoo Lee in a three-run first inning, and the Giants held off the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 in the opener of a three-game series Tuesday night. Roupp (4-1) allowed just one run on one hit in five innings, then watched five relievers combine for four innings of shutout ball, helping the Giants open a six-game homestand with a win after a 4-5 trip. Roupp struck out seven and walked five in his first career win over the Dodgers. Seeking his first-ever victory over the Giants, Yamamoto (2-2) went seven innings, allowing six hits and three runs, all of which scored in the first. He walked two and fanned seven. Willy Adames got the cold night rolling for San Francisco with an infield single, after which Luis Arraez singled and Matt Chapman walked to load the bases. Each of the next three batters delivered single runs, with Devers’ single chasing home Adames, Casey Schmitt’s sacrifice fly scoring Arraez, and Lee’s single plating Chapman. Roupp allowed a two-out single by Hyeseong Kim in the second but no other hits until a wild spate in the fourth. He walked four of the first five batters he faced that inning, including Kim with the bases loaded to force home Teoscar Hernandez. The right-hander got out of the one-out jam by inducing a double play grounder off the bat of Alex Call. The Dodgers got the potential tying run on the bases with two outs in the seventh before Erik Miller struck out Kyle Tucker to retain the 3-1 lead. Ryan Walker worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his second save. Ryan Borucki, Matt Gage and Keaton Winn also contributed to the three-hitter in the first meeting of the season between the longtime California rivals. Lee was the only player in the game with multiple hits, a pair of singles. The Giants out-hit the visitors 6-3, with the Dodgers’ Hernandez stroking the game’s only extra-base hit, a double. –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Landen #Roupp #Giants #claim #matchup #season #Dodgers

Deadspin | Landen Roupp, Giants claim first matchup of season with Dodgers
Deadspin | Landen Roupp, Giants claim first matchup of season with Dodgers Apr 21, 2026; San Francisco, California, USA; San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Landen Roupp (65) throws against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the first inning at Oracle Park. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images Landen Roupp outpitched Yoshinobu Yamamoto, San Francisco got RBI singles from Rafael Devers and Jung Hoo Lee in a three-run first inning, and the Giants held off the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 in the opener of a three-game series Tuesday night. Roupp (4-1) allowed just one run on one hit in five innings, then watched five relievers combine for four innings of shutout ball, helping the Giants open a six-game homestand with a win after a 4-5 trip. Roupp struck out seven and walked five in his first career win over the Dodgers. Seeking his first-ever victory over the Giants, Yamamoto (2-2) went seven innings, allowing six hits and three runs, all of which scored in the first. He walked two and fanned seven. Willy Adames got the cold night rolling for San Francisco with an infield single, after which Luis Arraez singled and Matt Chapman walked to load the bases. Each of the next three batters delivered single runs, with Devers’ single chasing home Adames, Casey Schmitt’s sacrifice fly scoring Arraez, and Lee’s single plating Chapman. Roupp allowed a two-out single by Hyeseong Kim in the second but no other hits until a wild spate in the fourth. He walked four of the first five batters he faced that inning, including Kim with the bases loaded to force home Teoscar Hernandez. The right-hander got out of the one-out jam by inducing a double play grounder off the bat of Alex Call. The Dodgers got the potential tying run on the bases with two outs in the seventh before Erik Miller struck out Kyle Tucker to retain the 3-1 lead. Ryan Walker worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his second save. Ryan Borucki, Matt Gage and Keaton Winn also contributed to the three-hitter in the first meeting of the season between the longtime California rivals. Lee was the only player in the game with multiple hits, a pair of singles. The Giants out-hit the visitors 6-3, with the Dodgers’ Hernandez stroking the game’s only extra-base hit, a double. –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Landen #Roupp #Giants #claim #matchup #season #DodgersApr 21, 2026; San Francisco, California, USA; San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Landen Roupp (65) throws against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the first inning at Oracle Park. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images

Landen Roupp outpitched Yoshinobu Yamamoto, San Francisco got RBI singles from Rafael Devers and Jung Hoo Lee in a three-run first inning, and the Giants held off the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 in the opener of a three-game series Tuesday night.

Roupp (4-1) allowed just one run on one hit in five innings, then watched five relievers combine for four innings of shutout ball, helping the Giants open a six-game homestand with a win after a 4-5 trip.

Roupp struck out seven and walked five in his first career win over the Dodgers.

Seeking his first-ever victory over the Giants, Yamamoto (2-2) went seven innings, allowing six hits and three runs, all of which scored in the first. He walked two and fanned seven.

Willy Adames got the cold night rolling for San Francisco with an infield single, after which Luis Arraez singled and Matt Chapman walked to load the bases.

Each of the next three batters delivered single runs, with Devers’ single chasing home Adames, Casey Schmitt’s sacrifice fly scoring Arraez, and Lee’s single plating Chapman.


Roupp allowed a two-out single by Hyeseong Kim in the second but no other hits until a wild spate in the fourth. He walked four of the first five batters he faced that inning, including Kim with the bases loaded to force home Teoscar Hernandez.

The right-hander got out of the one-out jam by inducing a double play grounder off the bat of Alex Call.

The Dodgers got the potential tying run on the bases with two outs in the seventh before Erik Miller struck out Kyle Tucker to retain the 3-1 lead.

Ryan Walker worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his second save.

Ryan Borucki, Matt Gage and Keaton Winn also contributed to the three-hitter in the first meeting of the season between the longtime California rivals.

Lee was the only player in the game with multiple hits, a pair of singles. The Giants out-hit the visitors 6-3, with the Dodgers’ Hernandez stroking the game’s only extra-base hit, a double.

–Field Level Media

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Apr 21, 2026; San Francisco, California, USA; San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Landen Roupp (65) throws against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the first inning at Oracle Park. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images

Landen Roupp outpitched Yoshinobu Yamamoto, San Francisco got RBI singles from Rafael Devers and Jung Hoo Lee in a three-run first inning, and the Giants held off the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 in the opener of a three-game series Tuesday night.

Roupp (4-1) allowed just one run on one hit in five innings, then watched five relievers combine for four innings of shutout ball, helping the Giants open a six-game homestand with a win after a 4-5 trip.

Roupp struck out seven and walked five in his first career win over the Dodgers.

Seeking his first-ever victory over the Giants, Yamamoto (2-2) went seven innings, allowing six hits and three runs, all of which scored in the first. He walked two and fanned seven.

Willy Adames got the cold night rolling for San Francisco with an infield single, after which Luis Arraez singled and Matt Chapman walked to load the bases.

Each of the next three batters delivered single runs, with Devers’ single chasing home Adames, Casey Schmitt’s sacrifice fly scoring Arraez, and Lee’s single plating Chapman.

Roupp allowed a two-out single by Hyeseong Kim in the second but no other hits until a wild spate in the fourth. He walked four of the first five batters he faced that inning, including Kim with the bases loaded to force home Teoscar Hernandez.

The right-hander got out of the one-out jam by inducing a double play grounder off the bat of Alex Call.

The Dodgers got the potential tying run on the bases with two outs in the seventh before Erik Miller struck out Kyle Tucker to retain the 3-1 lead.

Ryan Walker worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his second save.

Ryan Borucki, Matt Gage and Keaton Winn also contributed to the three-hitter in the first meeting of the season between the longtime California rivals.

Lee was the only player in the game with multiple hits, a pair of singles. The Giants out-hit the visitors 6-3, with the Dodgers’ Hernandez stroking the game’s only extra-base hit, a double.

–Field Level Media

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Asian Boxing Championships: After historic haul, bigger tests await the Indian women’s team <div id="content-body-70883193" itemprop="articleBody"><p>Not long after her return to India from the Asian Boxing Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, where she won gold in the women’s 54kg category, Preeti Pawar told  <i>Sportstar</i> how she was looking forward to spending time with her family in the boxing town of Bhiwani in Haryana.</p><p>“For the last three months before the Asian Championships, I was in the national camp. All the girls were missing  <i>ghar ka khana</i> (home-cooked meals). I’m looking forward to eating my mother’s  <i>roti, churma</i> and  <i>halwa.</i> I can enjoy that food a little bit now,” the 22-year-old said.</p><p>The treats are well deserved. Preeti had a spectacular tournament in Ulaanbaatar, beating two Olympic medallists — Korea’s Im Aeji and Taiwan’s Huang Hsiao-wen — to win her first continental championship.</p><p>But Preeti is clear that while she’ll savour, she won’t really indulge. Her mind is already preparing for the next national camp, which will begin in Patiala in the last week of April. “I know that I only have a few days at home. After that, I have to get into the same mindset of competition. I’ve done well at the Asian Championships, but now I will be preparing for the Commonwealth and Asian Games. There will be a lot of expectations on me there,” she says.</p><p><b>Great expectations</b></p><p>In Mongolia, every single member of the women’s team finished on the podium — 10 medals in all, including four gold, two silver and four bronze. The result was Indian women’s boxing’s best (in terms of medal count) at the Asian Championships in over two decades. The men settled for six overall, with one gold.</p><p>Coach Santiago Nieva says the result was even better than what he had been hoping for. “We had pretty high expectations going in, considering we already had two boxers who had won world championship gold last year [Jaismine Lamboriya in the women’s 57kg category and Meenakshi Hooda in the women’s 48kg class]; but we exceeded them.</p><p>“We wanted to position ourselves as one of the top teams, which we did by finishing on top of the medal tally. We knew we needed to get boxers into the final and convert those finals into gold medals. We had six boxers in the final and we won four of those bouts,” says Nieva. While India had also won four gold medals at the 2022 edition, just one medal came in an Olympic weight division — Lovlina Borgohain in the women’s 75kg category. This year, three of the four golds were in Olympic weight classes, where competition is the highest. More than the gold medals, it is the nature of the results that enthuses Nieva, who had previously been high-performance director with Indian boxing and later worked with the Australian national squad before joining the women’s team at the start of the year.</p><div class=" article-picture center"><img src="https://ss-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/1mvgkq/article70891477.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/AFP__20190430__1G1840__v2__MidRes__BoxIndAiba.jpg" data-original="https://ss-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/1mvgkq/article70891477.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/AFP__20190430__1G1840__v2__MidRes__BoxIndAiba.jpg" alt="Mission control: “Our goal is to create high-performance athletes who are also experts at boxing, rather than boxers with a poor physical base,” says Santiago Nieva, the coach of the Indian women’s boxing team." title="Mission control: “Our goal is to create high-performance athletes who are also experts at boxing, rather than boxers with a poor physical base,” says Santiago Nieva, the coach of the Indian women’s boxing team." class=" lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/><div class="pic-caption"><figcaption class="figure-caption align-text-bottom"><p> Mission control: “Our goal is to create high-performance athletes who are also experts at boxing, rather than boxers with a poor physical base,” says Santiago Nieva, the coach of the Indian women’s boxing team. | Photo Credit: AFP </p><img class="caption-image" src="https://assetsss.thehindu.com/theme/images/SSRX/lightbox-info.svg" alt="lightbox-info"/></figcaption></div><p class="caption"> Mission control: “Our goal is to create high-performance athletes who are also experts at boxing, rather than boxers with a poor physical base,” says Santiago Nieva, the coach of the Indian women’s boxing team. | Photo Credit: AFP </p></div><p><b>Winning where it counts</b></p><p>“I think when you look at results from earlier years, you’d notice that a lot of the gold medals came in non-Olympic categories, in which the top boxers often don’t take part. To win gold in Olympic weight classes is a very positive sign for us. We faced some of the top-level boxers from Asia, many of whom have won world titles. Not only did we beat them, we beat them convincingly. It shows we are on the right track,” says Nieva.</p><p>With boxers from Asia winning 14 of the 24 medals in the women’s divisions at the 2024 Olympics and 21 of the 40 medals at last year’s world championships, Nieva believes the result from the Asian Championships is a statement of Indian women boxers’ potential beyond the continental level.</p><p>“For the last 10 years or so, Asia has emerged as the strongest continent in women’s boxing. Earlier it was mostly China, North Korea, Taiwan and Thailand that were very strong, but in the last couple of years, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan have produced some world-class talent. So if you are winning in Asia, it’s not too different from winning at the world level,” he says.</p><p>While the medals are welcome, Nieva says it is important not to forget the work that made the result possible. “When I came to the national camp at the start of the year, I felt I already had a lot to build from. But I feel that our training discipline — the way we push ourselves in each session — has improved significantly,” he says.</p><p>Over the past few months, Nieva says the team has been focusing on building what he considers high-performance athletes. “When we train, we have a purpose in mind. What our team believes in is the most important attribute of modern boxing — high-level aerobic endurance. We want that physical quality in our boxers because enduring hard training sessions is very tough on the body and can lead to injuries. Our goal is to create high-performance athletes who are also experts at boxing, rather than boxers with a poor physical base,” he says.</p><p><b>Improving future chances</b></p><p>The results from the Asian Championships will have more than just confidence-boosting benefits. “There are a lot of ranking points from this tournament. That will help me in the future because it will improve my seeding in important events,” says Priya Ganghas, who won gold on her international debut in the women’s 60kg category. “Even though I know I can take on any boxer, boxing is a game where one punch can change everything. It’s better to meet the top boxers in the medal rounds rather than in the opening rounds.”</p><p>“If we are competing against a good opponent, then obviously we have to be sharp all the time. At an early stage in a new environment, this isn’t always easy because we aren’t always habituated that fast. So if you face the best boxers in the semifinals or finals, things become easier because you have time to get into your rhythm,” says the 20-year-old.</p><p>While Nieva believes the team is on the right track, he says it is important not to get carried away. “I think we should see this as a great result, independent of how we do in the next competition. But of course, this year the main goals will be the Commonwealth Games and especially the Asian Games.</p><p>“If we don’t achieve a similar result at the Asian Games, we will be disappointed. We know it will be tougher. Some of the opponents who lost will come back stronger, and some of us who won in Mongolia might get a tougher draw or have things not go perfectly,” he says.</p><div class="verticle article-picture center"><img src="https://ss-i.thgim.com/public/magazine/6jaf3q/article70891479.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/55198003238_8ee02f5a44_o.jpg" data-original="https://ss-i.thgim.com/public/magazine/6jaf3q/article70891479.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/55198003238_8ee02f5a44_o.jpg" alt="Although Preeti went on to beat two Olympic medallists, she had a tough opening round in her first bout against former U-22 Asian champion Elina Bazarova of Kazakhstan. And while she has an Asian title, her hunger remains." title="Although Preeti went on to beat two Olympic medallists, she had a tough opening round in her first bout against former U-22 Asian champion Elina Bazarova of Kazakhstan. And while she has an Asian title, her hunger remains." class=" lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/><div class="pic-caption"><figcaption class="figure-caption align-text-bottom"><p> Although Preeti went on to beat two Olympic medallists, she had a tough opening round in her first bout against former U-22 Asian champion Elina Bazarova of Kazakhstan. And while she has an Asian title, her hunger remains. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement </p><img class="caption-image" src="https://assetsss.thehindu.com/theme/images/SSRX/lightbox-info.svg" alt="lightbox-info"/></figcaption></div><p class="caption"> Although Preeti went on to beat two Olympic medallists, she had a tough opening round in her first bout against former U-22 Asian champion Elina Bazarova of Kazakhstan. And while she has an Asian title, her hunger remains. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement </p></div><p>This is why, before the team left for a short break after the Asian Championships, Nieva reminded them that the job was not done. “According to the selection criteria of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), only the boxers who won gold or silver are assured of a place in the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games teams. Everyone else, including the bronze medallists — and even two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen and Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain — will have to go through another assessment in May,” he says.</p><p>Even the boxers who have cemented their places know there is work to do. “From a technical and tactical point of view, there are still many things to work on. There were bouts that became very messy, with holding, wrestling and boxers falling to the floor. We were not always able to solve those situations or come back from that.</p><p>“We know we have to improve so that we don’t have to depend on luck to win close bouts. Right now, a lot of boxers had their best days in the final. But there were also bouts where our boxers had a bad day, and that wasn’t enough to win. We want to improve our baseline so that even on a bad day, it is still good enough to get the win,” he says.</p><p>At least one boxer has the confidence that her bad day is still good enough at the continental level. Although she went on to beat two Olympic medallists, Preeti had a tough opening round in her first bout against former U-22 Asian champion Elina Bazarova of Kazakhstan.</p><p>“I actually lost the first round on all five scorecards, but fought back to win the next two rounds 5-0 and take the bout. When you lose the first round so convincingly, it’s hard to come back, but I know now that I can change the bout situation anytime,” she says.</p><p>But as she readies to return to the national camp, Preeti says she doesn’t want to be in a similar situation in the tournaments to come. And while she has an Asian title, her hunger remains.</p><p>“I might have won gold at the Asian Championships, but right now the goal is to repeat my medal at the Asian Games. What I’ve done is not enough,” she says.</p><p class="publish-time" id="end-of-article">Published on Apr 22, 2026</p></div> #Asian #Boxing #Championships #historic #haul #bigger #tests #await #Indian #womens #team

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Deadspin | Josh Rojas’ pinch-hit single in ninth pushes Royals past Twins Jun 4, 2026; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Kansas City Royals third baseman Nick Loftin (12) scores a run against Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Andrew Morris (78) during the second inning at Target Field. Mandatory Credit: Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images Pinch hitter Josh Rojas ripped a tiebreaking two-run single up the middle in the top of the ninth inning, and the Kansas City Royals held on for an 8-6 win over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday in Minneapolis. Carter Jensen hit a two-run double for Kansas City in the opener of a four-game series. Michael Massey finished 2-for-4 with a solo home run. Kody Clemens hit two solo shots to lead Minnesota at the plate. Victor Caratini went 3-for-4 with a double, a homer and two RBIs. Royals left-hander Matt Strahm (2-1) earned the victory with a scoreless inning of relief. Alex Lange collected his second save with a scoreless ninth. Twins left-hander Taylor Rogers (1-3) gave up two runs in two-thirds of an inning. The score was 6-all when Rojas pinch-hit with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth. He fired a single back up the middle to drive in Lane Thomas and Tyler Tolbert. The score was 2-all heading in the bottom of the third, when Clemens gave Minnesota a 3-2 advantage with a homer to center. Massey pounced on the first pitch of the fourth to pull the Royals even at 3-all. The Twins made it 4-3 in the bottom of the frame. Ryan Kreidler belted a two-out triple to center to score Trevor Larnach from first base. Clemens looped a home run just inside the right field foul pole in the fifth to make it 5-3. Kansas City scored three runs in the sixth to grab a 6-5 edge. Jensen began the scoring in the inning when he hit a two-run double down the third base line. Moments later, Bobby Witt Jr. popped up, but shortstop Kreidler collided with second baseman Luke Keaschall, and the ball dropped to the grass and allowed a run to score. Caratini hit a solo homer to make it 6-all in the bottom of the sixth. The game included a rain delay of 67 minutes. –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Josh #Rojas #pinchhit #single #ninth #pushes #Royals #TwinsJun 4, 2026; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Kansas City Royals third baseman Nick Loftin (12) scores a run against Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Andrew Morris (78) during the second inning at Target Field. Mandatory Credit: Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images

Pinch hitter Josh Rojas ripped a tiebreaking two-run single up the middle in the top of the ninth inning, and the Kansas City Royals held on for an 8-6 win over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday in Minneapolis.

Carter Jensen hit a two-run double for Kansas City in the opener of a four-game series. Michael Massey finished 2-for-4 with a solo home run.

Kody Clemens hit two solo shots to lead Minnesota at the plate. Victor Caratini went 3-for-4 with a double, a homer and two RBIs.

Royals left-hander Matt Strahm (2-1) earned the victory with a scoreless inning of relief. Alex Lange collected his second save with a scoreless ninth.

Twins left-hander Taylor Rogers (1-3) gave up two runs in two-thirds of an inning.

The score was 6-all when Rojas pinch-hit with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth. He fired a single back up the middle to drive in Lane Thomas and Tyler Tolbert.

The score was 2-all heading in the bottom of the third, when Clemens gave Minnesota a 3-2 advantage with a homer to center.


Massey pounced on the first pitch of the fourth to pull the Royals even at 3-all.

The Twins made it 4-3 in the bottom of the frame. Ryan Kreidler belted a two-out triple to center to score Trevor Larnach from first base.

Clemens looped a home run just inside the right field foul pole in the fifth to make it 5-3.

Kansas City scored three runs in the sixth to grab a 6-5 edge.

Jensen began the scoring in the inning when he hit a two-run double down the third base line. Moments later, Bobby Witt Jr. popped up, but shortstop Kreidler collided with second baseman Luke Keaschall, and the ball dropped to the grass and allowed a run to score.

Caratini hit a solo homer to make it 6-all in the bottom of the sixth.

The game included a rain delay of 67 minutes.

–Field Level Media

#Deadspin #Josh #Rojas #pinchhit #single #ninth #pushes #Royals #Twins">Deadspin | Josh Rojas’ pinch-hit single in ninth pushes Royals past Twins Jun 4, 2026; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Kansas City Royals third baseman Nick Loftin (12) scores a run against Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Andrew Morris (78) during the second inning at Target Field. Mandatory Credit: Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images Pinch hitter Josh Rojas ripped a tiebreaking two-run single up the middle in the top of the ninth inning, and the Kansas City Royals held on for an 8-6 win over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday in Minneapolis. Carter Jensen hit a two-run double for Kansas City in the opener of a four-game series. Michael Massey finished 2-for-4 with a solo home run. Kody Clemens hit two solo shots to lead Minnesota at the plate. Victor Caratini went 3-for-4 with a double, a homer and two RBIs. Royals left-hander Matt Strahm (2-1) earned the victory with a scoreless inning of relief. Alex Lange collected his second save with a scoreless ninth. Twins left-hander Taylor Rogers (1-3) gave up two runs in two-thirds of an inning. The score was 6-all when Rojas pinch-hit with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth. He fired a single back up the middle to drive in Lane Thomas and Tyler Tolbert. The score was 2-all heading in the bottom of the third, when Clemens gave Minnesota a 3-2 advantage with a homer to center. Massey pounced on the first pitch of the fourth to pull the Royals even at 3-all. The Twins made it 4-3 in the bottom of the frame. Ryan Kreidler belted a two-out triple to center to score Trevor Larnach from first base. Clemens looped a home run just inside the right field foul pole in the fifth to make it 5-3. Kansas City scored three runs in the sixth to grab a 6-5 edge. Jensen began the scoring in the inning when he hit a two-run double down the third base line. Moments later, Bobby Witt Jr. popped up, but shortstop Kreidler collided with second baseman Luke Keaschall, and the ball dropped to the grass and allowed a run to score. Caratini hit a solo homer to make it 6-all in the bottom of the sixth. The game included a rain delay of 67 minutes. –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Josh #Rojas #pinchhit #single #ninth #pushes #Royals #Twins

INDIANAPOLIS — There has been a lot of noise around the Fever this week. Virtually none of it has had to do with the product on the court.

In a social media-driven world, the Fever will live under a microscope so long as Caitlin Clark applies her trade in Indianapolis. This week provided the latest stress test for the organization, with lots of voices chiming in after a blowout loss to the Fire, which featured a spat between Clark and head coach Stephanie White during a timeout that went viral.

A week of reflection and downplaying the situation led up to a showdown with one of the league’s top teams in the Dream on Thursday. What followed was a remarkably uneventful, yet much-needed, victory. Indiana controlled the game throughout, save for a stretch early in the second half, and secured a comfortable win to kick off Commissioner’s Cup play.

The situation was a test of the team’s culture, with the response coming on the court.

“It’s been a lot,” Kelsey Mitchell admitted about the noise around the team postgame. “I think it speaks to culture. I think over the last couple of days, from our last day in Portland, from the time we hopped on a plane as a group, our energy shifted as a group. I think that our culture constantly made changes and I think when we have hard conversations as a group, you pour into one another, you get days like this because you’ve actually poured in.

“We did the work the right way. Shout out to our team for not really giving in to what the social media world had to say about us…For us, it was about using this week for the right stuff. Culture is how teams win. I think talent gets us there, but I think team camaraderie and just being honest about where we are as a group keeps us there.”

Mitchell was pivotal not only in building the team’s culture, but also in Thursday’s win. Indiana went into the locker room up 38-29 after controlling the first half, but then surrendered a 14-4 run to open the second half that saw them trail 43-42.

In response, Aliyah Boston, Caitlin Clark and Mitchell all scored in a 44-second span to put Indiana back ahead for good. That was also the start of a heater for Mitchell that saw her score 11 straight points for the Fever, capped off with a pull-up three in transition to extend Indiana’s lead to double digits.

Mitchell finished the game with 25 points on 11-15 shooting overall. It was her fifth 20-point game in the first nine contests. She’s averaging a career-best 21.1 points per game and doing it on her best-ever efficiency from the field (48.6%) as well.

“I just think letting the game flow,” Mitchell said of the key to her hot start offensively this year. “For one, you got to love it and you got to appreciate what the game brings. I think I just try to keep myself in that focus…but I do think that we, as a team, are constantly growing. So I’m only as good as the people around me. We’re in a position where everybody can eat on our team, and I think that I just want to be ready when my number’s called.”

The performance came after Mitchell set the tone for the team during practice as well. After the blowout loss to Portland last Saturday, Indiana held a team meeting on Monday to air things out. The team responded in practice, then did so when it actually mattered, too.

“I thought everybody did a really good job of, No. 1, setting the tone – cause Kelsey’s pace all week has been great – and, No. 2, holding each other accountable to that,“ White said. ”When you do it that way consistently, I mean, we had two good days of practice doing it that way, it carries over.

“When you pour in energy – if you’re struggling, if you’re not making shots, if you’re not in rotation, instead of whining about it and complaining about it, when you pour that energy into the team, and when you pour that energy into lifting one another up, somebody sees you struggling and gives you a pat on the back. I mean, all that matters. All that matters and we’ve got to continue to grow in that area.”

The noise is always going to exist in some form or fashion around the Fever. The best they can do is quiet things down with a performance like Thursday’s. Even still, it feels like one bad game or viral video could throw it all into question again.

But what the Fever did prove on Thursday is that, when those moments come, they have the culture and the camaraderie to weather the storm and still come out the other side.

#Fever #lean #team #culture #quiet #noise #needed #win #Dream">Fever lean on team culture to quiet noise in needed win over Dream INDIANAPOLIS — There has been a lot of noise around the Fever this week. Virtually none of it has had to do with the product on the court.In a social media-driven world, the Fever will live under a microscope so long as Caitlin Clark applies her trade in Indianapolis. This week provided the latest stress test for the organization, with lots of voices chiming in after a blowout loss to the Fire, which featured a spat between Clark and head coach Stephanie White during a timeout that went viral.A week of reflection and downplaying the situation led up to a showdown with one of the league’s top teams in the Dream on Thursday. What followed was a remarkably uneventful, yet much-needed, victory. Indiana controlled the game throughout, save for a stretch early in the second half, and secured a comfortable win to kick off Commissioner’s Cup play.The situation was a test of the team’s culture, with the response coming on the court.“It’s been a lot,” Kelsey Mitchell admitted about the noise around the team postgame. “I think it speaks to culture. I think over the last couple of days, from our last day in Portland, from the time we hopped on a plane as a group, our energy shifted as a group. I think that our culture constantly made changes and I think when we have hard conversations as a group, you pour into one another, you get days like this because you’ve actually poured in.“We did the work the right way. Shout out to our team for not really giving in to what the social media world had to say about us…For us, it was about using this week for the right stuff. Culture is how teams win. I think talent gets us there, but I think team camaraderie and just being honest about where we are as a group keeps us there.”Mitchell was pivotal not only in building the team’s culture, but also in Thursday’s win. Indiana went into the locker room up 38-29 after controlling the first half, but then surrendered a 14-4 run to open the second half that saw them trail 43-42.In response, Aliyah Boston, Caitlin Clark and Mitchell all scored in a 44-second span to put Indiana back ahead for good. That was also the start of a heater for Mitchell that saw her score 11 straight points for the Fever, capped off with a pull-up three in transition to extend Indiana’s lead to double digits.Mitchell finished the game with 25 points on 11-15 shooting overall. It was her fifth 20-point game in the first nine contests. She’s averaging a career-best 21.1 points per game and doing it on her best-ever efficiency from the field (48.6%) as well.“I just think letting the game flow,” Mitchell said of the key to her hot start offensively this year. “For one, you got to love it and you got to appreciate what the game brings. I think I just try to keep myself in that focus…but I do think that we, as a team, are constantly growing. So I’m only as good as the people around me. We’re in a position where everybody can eat on our team, and I think that I just want to be ready when my number’s called.”The performance came after Mitchell set the tone for the team during practice as well. After the blowout loss to Portland last Saturday, Indiana held a team meeting on Monday to air things out. The team responded in practice, then did so when it actually mattered, too.“I thought everybody did a really good job of, No. 1, setting the tone – cause Kelsey’s pace all week has been great – and, No. 2, holding each other accountable to that,“ White said. ”When you do it that way consistently, I mean, we had two good days of practice doing it that way, it carries over.“When you pour in energy – if you’re struggling, if you’re not making shots, if you’re not in rotation, instead of whining about it and complaining about it, when you pour that energy into the team, and when you pour that energy into lifting one another up, somebody sees you struggling and gives you a pat on the back. I mean, all that matters. All that matters and we’ve got to continue to grow in that area.”The noise is always going to exist in some form or fashion around the Fever. The best they can do is quiet things down with a performance like Thursday’s. Even still, it feels like one bad game or viral video could throw it all into question again.But what the Fever did prove on Thursday is that, when those moments come, they have the culture and the camaraderie to weather the storm and still come out the other side. #Fever #lean #team #culture #quiet #noise #needed #win #Dream

featured a spat between Clark and head coach Stephanie White during a timeout that went viral.

A week of reflection and downplaying the situation led up to a showdown with one of the league’s top teams in the Dream on Thursday. What followed was a remarkably uneventful, yet much-needed, victory. Indiana controlled the game throughout, save for a stretch early in the second half, and secured a comfortable win to kick off Commissioner’s Cup play.

The situation was a test of the team’s culture, with the response coming on the court.

“It’s been a lot,” Kelsey Mitchell admitted about the noise around the team postgame. “I think it speaks to culture. I think over the last couple of days, from our last day in Portland, from the time we hopped on a plane as a group, our energy shifted as a group. I think that our culture constantly made changes and I think when we have hard conversations as a group, you pour into one another, you get days like this because you’ve actually poured in.

“We did the work the right way. Shout out to our team for not really giving in to what the social media world had to say about us…For us, it was about using this week for the right stuff. Culture is how teams win. I think talent gets us there, but I think team camaraderie and just being honest about where we are as a group keeps us there.”

Mitchell was pivotal not only in building the team’s culture, but also in Thursday’s win. Indiana went into the locker room up 38-29 after controlling the first half, but then surrendered a 14-4 run to open the second half that saw them trail 43-42.

In response, Aliyah Boston, Caitlin Clark and Mitchell all scored in a 44-second span to put Indiana back ahead for good. That was also the start of a heater for Mitchell that saw her score 11 straight points for the Fever, capped off with a pull-up three in transition to extend Indiana’s lead to double digits.

Mitchell finished the game with 25 points on 11-15 shooting overall. It was her fifth 20-point game in the first nine contests. She’s averaging a career-best 21.1 points per game and doing it on her best-ever efficiency from the field (48.6%) as well.

“I just think letting the game flow,” Mitchell said of the key to her hot start offensively this year. “For one, you got to love it and you got to appreciate what the game brings. I think I just try to keep myself in that focus…but I do think that we, as a team, are constantly growing. So I’m only as good as the people around me. We’re in a position where everybody can eat on our team, and I think that I just want to be ready when my number’s called.”

The performance came after Mitchell set the tone for the team during practice as well. After the blowout loss to Portland last Saturday, Indiana held a team meeting on Monday to air things out. The team responded in practice, then did so when it actually mattered, too.

“I thought everybody did a really good job of, No. 1, setting the tone – cause Kelsey’s pace all week has been great – and, No. 2, holding each other accountable to that,“ White said. ”When you do it that way consistently, I mean, we had two good days of practice doing it that way, it carries over.

“When you pour in energy – if you’re struggling, if you’re not making shots, if you’re not in rotation, instead of whining about it and complaining about it, when you pour that energy into the team, and when you pour that energy into lifting one another up, somebody sees you struggling and gives you a pat on the back. I mean, all that matters. All that matters and we’ve got to continue to grow in that area.”

The noise is always going to exist in some form or fashion around the Fever. The best they can do is quiet things down with a performance like Thursday’s. Even still, it feels like one bad game or viral video could throw it all into question again.

But what the Fever did prove on Thursday is that, when those moments come, they have the culture and the camaraderie to weather the storm and still come out the other side.

#Fever #lean #team #culture #quiet #noise #needed #win #Dream">Fever lean on team culture to quiet noise in needed win over Dream

INDIANAPOLIS — There has been a lot of noise around the Fever this week. Virtually none of it has had to do with the product on the court.

In a social media-driven world, the Fever will live under a microscope so long as Caitlin Clark applies her trade in Indianapolis. This week provided the latest stress test for the organization, with lots of voices chiming in after a blowout loss to the Fire, which featured a spat between Clark and head coach Stephanie White during a timeout that went viral.

A week of reflection and downplaying the situation led up to a showdown with one of the league’s top teams in the Dream on Thursday. What followed was a remarkably uneventful, yet much-needed, victory. Indiana controlled the game throughout, save for a stretch early in the second half, and secured a comfortable win to kick off Commissioner’s Cup play.

The situation was a test of the team’s culture, with the response coming on the court.

“It’s been a lot,” Kelsey Mitchell admitted about the noise around the team postgame. “I think it speaks to culture. I think over the last couple of days, from our last day in Portland, from the time we hopped on a plane as a group, our energy shifted as a group. I think that our culture constantly made changes and I think when we have hard conversations as a group, you pour into one another, you get days like this because you’ve actually poured in.

“We did the work the right way. Shout out to our team for not really giving in to what the social media world had to say about us…For us, it was about using this week for the right stuff. Culture is how teams win. I think talent gets us there, but I think team camaraderie and just being honest about where we are as a group keeps us there.”

Mitchell was pivotal not only in building the team’s culture, but also in Thursday’s win. Indiana went into the locker room up 38-29 after controlling the first half, but then surrendered a 14-4 run to open the second half that saw them trail 43-42.

In response, Aliyah Boston, Caitlin Clark and Mitchell all scored in a 44-second span to put Indiana back ahead for good. That was also the start of a heater for Mitchell that saw her score 11 straight points for the Fever, capped off with a pull-up three in transition to extend Indiana’s lead to double digits.

Mitchell finished the game with 25 points on 11-15 shooting overall. It was her fifth 20-point game in the first nine contests. She’s averaging a career-best 21.1 points per game and doing it on her best-ever efficiency from the field (48.6%) as well.

“I just think letting the game flow,” Mitchell said of the key to her hot start offensively this year. “For one, you got to love it and you got to appreciate what the game brings. I think I just try to keep myself in that focus…but I do think that we, as a team, are constantly growing. So I’m only as good as the people around me. We’re in a position where everybody can eat on our team, and I think that I just want to be ready when my number’s called.”

The performance came after Mitchell set the tone for the team during practice as well. After the blowout loss to Portland last Saturday, Indiana held a team meeting on Monday to air things out. The team responded in practice, then did so when it actually mattered, too.

“I thought everybody did a really good job of, No. 1, setting the tone – cause Kelsey’s pace all week has been great – and, No. 2, holding each other accountable to that,“ White said. ”When you do it that way consistently, I mean, we had two good days of practice doing it that way, it carries over.

“When you pour in energy – if you’re struggling, if you’re not making shots, if you’re not in rotation, instead of whining about it and complaining about it, when you pour that energy into the team, and when you pour that energy into lifting one another up, somebody sees you struggling and gives you a pat on the back. I mean, all that matters. All that matters and we’ve got to continue to grow in that area.”

The noise is always going to exist in some form or fashion around the Fever. The best they can do is quiet things down with a performance like Thursday’s. Even still, it feels like one bad game or viral video could throw it all into question again.

But what the Fever did prove on Thursday is that, when those moments come, they have the culture and the camaraderie to weather the storm and still come out the other side.

#Fever #lean #team #culture #quiet #noise #needed #win #Dream

Welcome to Sportstar’s Highlights of Day 1 of the first Test between England and New Zealand at Lord’s in London.

PLAYING XI

New Zealand: Tom Latham (c), Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (w), Glenn Phillips, Nathan Smith, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, William ORourke

England: Emilio Gay, Ben Duckett, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (w), Ben Stokes (c), Gus Atkinson, Ollie Robinson, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir

TOSS

New Zealand opts to field.

PREVIEW

England will have a chance to prove it has learned from its Ashes drubbing when it faces New Zealand in the first Test of its home season at Lord’s on Thursday.

The English were swept aside 4-1 in Australia in a series that ended in January, sparking renewed criticism of Brendon McCullum’s men over their ultra-aggressive “Bazball” style of cricket.

Attacking cricket has been the hallmark of McCullum’s four years as England coach, starting with a thrilling series win over New Zealand in 2022.

But it has failed to deliver series wins against either Australia or India, and McCullum accepts England must display greater cricket intelligence if it is to improve.

Click here for the full preview

WHEN AND WHERE TO WATCH

The first Test between England and New Zealand is being televised on the Sony Sports Network. The match can also be live streamed on SonyLIV.

THE SQUADS

England: Ben Duckett, Emilio Gay, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (w), Ben Stokes (c), Shoaib Bashir, Josh Tongue, Ollie Robinson, Gus Atkinson, Sonny Baker.

New Zealand: Tom Latham (c), Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (w), Dean Foxcroft, Nathan Smith, Zakary Foulkes, Blair Tickner, William O’Rourke, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry.

Published on Jun 04, 2026

#ENG #1st #Test #Day #Highlights #Zealand #collapses #England #bowled">ENG vs NZ, 1st Test, Day 1 Highlights: New Zealand collapses after England bowled out for 140 Welcome to Sportstar’s Highlights of Day 1 of the first Test between England and New Zealand at Lord’s in London.PLAYING XINew Zealand: Tom Latham (c), Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (w), Glenn Phillips, Nathan Smith, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, William ORourkeEngland: Emilio Gay, Ben Duckett, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (w), Ben Stokes (c), Gus Atkinson, Ollie Robinson, Josh Tongue, Shoaib BashirTOSSNew Zealand opts to field.PREVIEWEngland will have a chance to prove it has learned from its Ashes drubbing when it faces New Zealand in the first Test of its home season at Lord’s on Thursday.The English were swept aside 4-1 in Australia in a series that ended in January, sparking renewed criticism of Brendon McCullum’s men over their ultra-aggressive “Bazball” style of cricket.Attacking cricket has been the hallmark of McCullum’s four years as England coach, starting with a thrilling series win over New Zealand in 2022.But it has failed to deliver series wins against either Australia or India, and McCullum accepts England must display greater cricket intelligence if it is to improve.Click here for the full previewWHEN AND WHERE TO WATCHThe first Test between England and New Zealand is being televised on the Sony Sports Network. The match can also be live streamed on SonyLIV.THE SQUADSEngland: Ben Duckett, Emilio Gay, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (w), Ben Stokes (c), Shoaib Bashir, Josh Tongue, Ollie Robinson, Gus Atkinson, Sonny Baker.New Zealand: Tom Latham (c), Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (w), Dean Foxcroft, Nathan Smith, Zakary Foulkes, Blair Tickner, William O’Rourke, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry.Published on Jun 04, 2026 #ENG #1st #Test #Day #Highlights #Zealand #collapses #England #bowled

Click here for the full preview

WHEN AND WHERE TO WATCH

The first Test between England and New Zealand is being televised on the Sony Sports Network. The match can also be live streamed on SonyLIV.

THE SQUADS

England: Ben Duckett, Emilio Gay, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (w), Ben Stokes (c), Shoaib Bashir, Josh Tongue, Ollie Robinson, Gus Atkinson, Sonny Baker.

New Zealand: Tom Latham (c), Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (w), Dean Foxcroft, Nathan Smith, Zakary Foulkes, Blair Tickner, William O’Rourke, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry.

Published on Jun 04, 2026

#ENG #1st #Test #Day #Highlights #Zealand #collapses #England #bowled">ENG vs NZ, 1st Test, Day 1 Highlights: New Zealand collapses after England bowled out for 140

Welcome to Sportstar’s Highlights of Day 1 of the first Test between England and New Zealand at Lord’s in London.

PLAYING XI

New Zealand: Tom Latham (c), Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (w), Glenn Phillips, Nathan Smith, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, William ORourke

England: Emilio Gay, Ben Duckett, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (w), Ben Stokes (c), Gus Atkinson, Ollie Robinson, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir

TOSS

New Zealand opts to field.

PREVIEW

England will have a chance to prove it has learned from its Ashes drubbing when it faces New Zealand in the first Test of its home season at Lord’s on Thursday.

The English were swept aside 4-1 in Australia in a series that ended in January, sparking renewed criticism of Brendon McCullum’s men over their ultra-aggressive “Bazball” style of cricket.

Attacking cricket has been the hallmark of McCullum’s four years as England coach, starting with a thrilling series win over New Zealand in 2022.

But it has failed to deliver series wins against either Australia or India, and McCullum accepts England must display greater cricket intelligence if it is to improve.

Click here for the full preview

WHEN AND WHERE TO WATCH

The first Test between England and New Zealand is being televised on the Sony Sports Network. The match can also be live streamed on SonyLIV.

THE SQUADS

England: Ben Duckett, Emilio Gay, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (w), Ben Stokes (c), Shoaib Bashir, Josh Tongue, Ollie Robinson, Gus Atkinson, Sonny Baker.

New Zealand: Tom Latham (c), Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (w), Dean Foxcroft, Nathan Smith, Zakary Foulkes, Blair Tickner, William O’Rourke, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry.

Published on Jun 04, 2026

#ENG #1st #Test #Day #Highlights #Zealand #collapses #England #bowled

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