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MLB Attendance Report – 2026

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2026 Attendance		Home				Road			Overall
RK	TEAM	GMS	TOTAL	AVG	PCT	GMS	AVG	PCT	GMS	AVG	PCT
1	LA Dodgers	25	1,273,610	50,944	0.0	25	38,098	0.0	50	44,521	0.0
2	San Diego	26	1,085,117	41,735	0.0	23	29,750	0.0	49	36,109	0.0
3	NY Yankees	24	968,546	40,356	0.0	27	32,037	0.0	51	35,952	0.0
4	Toronto	24	965,372	40,223	0.0	26	27,746	0.0	50	33,735	0.0
5	Philadelphia	27	1,053,154	39,005	0.0	23	31,262	0.0	50	35,443	0.0
6	San Francisco	22	831,880	37,812	0.0	28	28,434	0.0	50	32,560	0.0
7	NY Mets	23	832,726	36,205	0.0	26	31,558	0.0	49	33,739	0.0
8	LA Angels	25	868,662	34,746	0.0	26	27,622	0.0	51	31,114	0.0
9	Atlanta	24	828,802	34,533	0.0	27	27,500	0.0	51	30,809	0.0
10	Boston	22	754,754	34,307	0.0	27	28,122	0.0	49	30,898	0.0
11	Chicago Cubs	26	871,097	33,503	0.0	23	36,605	0.0	49	34,959	0.0
12	Seattle	29	948,218	32,697	0.0	22	28,369	0.0	51	30,830	0.0
13	Houston	26	819,301	31,511	0.0	24	22,464	0.0	50	27,168	0.0
14	Milwaukee	24	721,113	30,046	0.0	23	24,656	0.0	47	27,408	0.0
15	Texas	21	604,822	28,801	0.0	28	29,257	0.0	49	29,061	0.0
16	St. Louis	26	721,134	27,735	0.0	23	22,121	0.0	49	25,100	0.0
17	Arizona	25	667,422	26,696	0.0	24	31,922	0.0	49	29,256	0.0
18	Colorado	25	645,957	25,838	0.0	25	29,472	0.0	50	27,655	0.0
19	Detroit	25	638,268	25,530	0.0	26	30,667	0.0	51	28,149	0.0
20	Cincinnati	24	584,384	24,349	0.0	26	25,030	0.0	50	24,703	0.0
21	Baltimore	23	536,951	23,345	0.0	26	21,991	0.0	49	22,627	0.0
22	Washington	26	583,110	22,427	0.0	25	25,753	0.0	51	24,057	0.0
23	Chicago White Sox	24	485,827	20,242	0.0	25	23,256	0.0	49	21,780	0.0
24	Cleveland	24	475,802	19,825	0.0	27	29,337	0.0	51	24,861	0.0
25	Minnesota	29	564,234	19,456	0.0	21	25,507	0.0	50	21,997	0.0
26	Pittsburgh	26	460,674	17,718	0.0	24	29,557	0.0	50	23,400	0.0
27	Kansas City	26	449,196	17,276	0.0	24	25,711	0.0	50	21,325	0.0
28	Tampa Bay	24	405,247	16,885	0.0	24	25,317	0.0	48	21,101	0.0
29	Miami	30	353,191	11,773	0.0	21	31,178	0.0	51	19,763	0.0
30	Athletics	22	235,508	10,704	0.0	28	31,792	0.0	50	22,514	0.0

May 22, 2026

Dbacks recap and news
- Diamondbacks’ Kevin Ginkel: Cleans mess in win
  
  Ginkel retired both batters faced in the eighth inning of Thursday’s 2-1 win over the Rockies.
  
  Much of the focus after the win was on the sterling performance of starter Eduardo Rodriguez and Corbin Carroll’s walk-off single, but Ginkel made it possible. With one out in the eighth inning, Juan Morillo hit a batter with the bases loaded that tied the game. Enter Ginkel, who induced a pop-out to the catcher and a groundout to third base to limit the damage. It was the reliever’s eighth scoreless outing over his last nine appearances, during which the right-hander has allowed four hits, two walks while striking out nine over 7.1 innings. With Paul Sewald holding down the closer job, there isn’t much opportunity for Ginkel to pick up saves, but his 3.20 ERA in 2026 is making last season (7.36) look like an outlier.
- Diamondbacks’ Corbin Carroll: Walks off Rockies
  
  Carroll went 1-for-5 with two RBI in Thursday’s 2-1 win over Colorado.
  
  It wasn’t a glitzy, walk-off home run, but Carroll’s two-out, RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning accomplished the same goal, giving Arizona its fifth consecutive win. Earlier in the game, he knocked in the team’s first run on a fielder’s choice. The single extended Carroll’s hit streak to nine games, during which he’s gone 12-for-31 (.387) with seven extra-base hits, six RBI and 10 runs scored.
- Corbin Carroll lines RBI single in 9th, Diamondbacks knock off Rockies 2-1 for 5th straight win
- Diamondbacks’ Eduardo Rodriguez: Hurls seven scoreless frames
  
  Rodriguez allowed four hits and walked one batter while striking out four over seven scoreless innings in a no-decision against Colorado on Thursday.
  
  Rodriguez took his first loss of the season against Colorado in his previous start, but he shut down the Rockies’ offense in the rematch. The veteran southpaw retired the first nine batters he faced and allowed just one Colorado runner to reach third base. As usual, Rodriguez didn’t miss many bats — he tallied just seven whiffs and four punchouts — but he nonetheless managed his fifth quality start through 10 outings. It’s been a resurgent season for Rodriguez, who posted an ERA above 5.00 in each of his previous two campaigns. So far this season, he’s pitched to a stellar 2.24 ERA despite a modest 43:23 K:BB through 60.1 innings.
May 22, 2026
Sports National Headlines
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- Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch dies
  
  NASCAR
- Western Conference Finals’ biggest X-factor is tilting Thunder’s way
  
  NBA
- Eagles LB Smith arrested after allegedly driving 135 mph in Georgia
  
  NFL
- WNBA issues Fever a warning for leaving Clark off of injury report
  
  WNBA
- Matthew Stafford signs extension with Rams; deal runs through 2027
  
  NFL
- SEC split on CFP expansion, Big Ten presents unified front on 24 teams
  
  College Football
- Giants general manager Joe Schoen signs multiyear extension
May 22, 2026
Baseball advances to semifinals of Big 12 Tournament behind Hairston’s historic homer

Landon Hairston hit his record breaking 28th home run as the Sun Devils took care of business against Cincinnati to move on

Alyssa Colwell

From ASU Baseball contributing

Landon Hairston hit his 28th home run of the season, giving him the record for most home runs in a single season in school history.

May 21, 2026

Box Score

SURPRISE, Ariz. – No. 21 Sun Devil Baseball applied pressure out the gates and never took its foot off the pedal, advancing to the semifinals of the 2026 Big 12 Baseball Tournament presented by Allstate behind a 10-2 rout over No. 25 Cincinnati late Thursday evening at Surprise Stadium in Surprise, Ariz.

Landon Hairston became Arizona State’s all-time single season home run leader with his 28th of the season to break the game open in the fourth inning as the Sun Devils (37-18) will take part in their first conference semifinal in program history against ninth-ranked West Virginia tomorrow at 8 p.m AZT.

Dominic Smaldino and Matt Polk also homered for an ASU offense that recorded 12 hits and didn’t let the Bearcats (37-20) off the hook for their four errors and poor fielding throughout the game. ASU recorded four two-out RBIs, had the leadoff runner reach in four of eight innings and successfully advanced runners at a .522 clip. In addition to taking advantage of the four errors, ASU stole three bags and struck out just five times as it never gave Cincinnati a chance to get back into the game.

After the start time to the game was delayed nearly 45 minutes due to the earlier games in the day, Kole Klecker battled through 4.0 tough innings and allowed just one run despite walking six and striking out five – twice stranding the bases loaded. Taylor Penn moved to 6-0 on the season as he came out of the bullpen and dominated the potent Bearcat line, allowing just one hit and striking out five – the second-lowest total of its season – with no walks in his scoreless outing. The two runs scored by UC were tied for the fourth-lowest of the season and lowest since April 17 at UCF (L, 1-7).

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Turning point
It wasn’t a pretty first inning for starter Kole Klecker as he walked three, gave up a double and had a wild pitch. But the veteran somehow got out of all of that with just one run allowed and stranded the bases loaded. After a quick quick double play in the bottom half of the inning, Dean Toigo got the two-out rally started with a base knock and Dominic Smaldino delivered with a big boy homer to deep opposite right center for a two-run shot and a 2-1 ASU lead that it would not relinquish the remainder of the game. Klecker battled through his control issues to get through three more innings of scoreless baseball, allowing ASU to creep ahead in the contest.

Big moment
After Klecker posted his first 1-2-3 inning of the game with the Sun Devils holding on to a 5-1 lead through the top of the fourth, Landon Hairston effectively put the game away in historic fashion. After PJ Moutzouridis led the frame off with a triple, Hairston ripped a 113 MPH line drive into the Cincinnati bullpen for his 28th home run of the season – a two-run shot to give ASU a 7-1 lead while also putting Hairston alone at the top of the Arizona State archives for the most single-season homers in program history.

Final straw
Taylor Penn spelled Klecker in the fifth inning and absolutely dominated the Bearcat lineup with 3.0 scoreless innings of work with just one hit allowed. Penn struck out five and allowed no walks. Alex Overbay, Sean Fitzpatrick and Eli Buxton handled the rest and the garrison of pitchers struck out 15 UC batters. It was the 11th time ASU has struck out 15 or more batters in a game, though the team bizarrely has just a 5-6 record in those games. Matt Polk added an insurance homer in the seventh and Dean Toigo tacked on a two-RBI double in the eighth as the offense pulled away down the stretch.

The big number
6 – The Sun Devils got top-to-bottom production out of its lineup today, keyed by six hits out of its 7-9 hitters. Matt Polk’s three-hit day flew under the radar but the veteran was the catalyst for ASU’s offense throughout the night. Polk singled in the second and took second on a passed ball before scoring later in the inning on an error to give ASU a 3-1 lead. In the third, his RBI single plated another run and he added a stolen base. He capped the day off with his fourth homer of the season in the seventh after the ASU offense had stagnated for a couple innings to give the team an 8-1 lead. Brody Briggs recorded two hits but had two lasers on a rope robbed from him as well while PJ Moutzouridis’ leadoff triple in the fourth set the table for Hairston’s heroic blast.

May 22, 2026
2026 CJ Cup Byron Nelson leaderboard: Brooks Koepka finds putting stroke, Scottie Scheffler remains steady

Koepka got into a groove on the greens, sitting near the top of the leaderboard after Round 1 at TPC Craig Ranch

By Patrick McDonald of cbssports.com contributing

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A new-look TPC Craig Ranch brought out a vintage version of Brooks Koepka on Thursday at the 2026 CJ CUP Byron Nelson. Carding a first-round 8-under 63, the five-time major champion finally found his footing on the greens and climbed near the top of the leaderboard outside Dallas, Texas, behind just Taylor Moore, who signed for one better with his 62 late in the evening.

“It was just a comfortable group as well,” Koepka said. “Everyone is just kind of feeding off each other, easy. Everyone’s having fun. Makes it enjoyable. I feel comfortable on the golf course as well.

“Finally, I felt good with the putter. I felt good the last few days with it when I was working in my studio. Then, when I got here, it felt very comfortable. Rick [Elliott] said the same thing from watching. Which also kind of helps build a little confidence, what you feel versus the reality of it. Just happy with the way everything went today.”

Koepka’s 63 may not have been the lowest of the day, but it was among his threesome, which included Dallas resident Si Woo Kim and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler. Kim needed one more stroke than Koepka en route to his 64 that headlines a large group at 7 under, while Scheffler was as steady as ever and signed for a 66 in the opening effort of his title defense.

“I felt like I was pretty close. I did some good stuff,” Scheffler said. “I felt I was a little short with my irons, making myself a few more looks. It’s just a matter of getting closer and holing a few more putts. Overall, I felt like I did some good stuff, just keeping it closer and holing a few more putts. But overall, did a lot of good things.”

Even in his own backyard, Scheffler seized the stage from Koepka as the powerful right-hander put six birdies and an eagle on his scorecard. A player who entered the week inside the top 10 in greens in regulation, strokes gained approach and proximity to the hole on the PGA Tour, Koepka kept knocking on the door, and his putter finally broke through in Round 1, gaining more than two strokes on the field with that club in hand.

“I feel like it’s a long ways away right now, but yeah, it would be great [to win],” Koepka said. “I think, when I won [The CJ Cup] the last time, I got back to No. 1 in the world. I think there’s such a huge difference right now of trying to get into signature events…on my way back, coming back to the Tour.

“It would be a big confidence boost for sure because I feel like I’ve been playing well, the results just haven’t been there, mainly because of the putter, but I feel like I’m knocking on the door, and I’m very, very close. I would love to have a chance come Sunday.”

Former U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark is among those tied with Scheffler at 5 under, as are PGA Tour rookies Johnny Keefer and Neal Shipley, and 19-year-old Blades Brown, who is hoping to earn special temporary membership on the PGA Tour by week’s end with a high enough finish.

Leaders

1. Taylor Moore (-9)
T2. Brooks Koepka, Jesper Svensson (-8)

For the second straight week, Koepka put a new putter in his golf bag, but unlike last week at the PGA Championship, he was met with quality results at TPC Craig Ranch. The lid was taken off the hole immediately for Koepka as he made an 18-footer for birdie on the par-4 11th, his second hole of the round. That was just the beginning.

Koepka rolled in additional par-breakers from 14 feet, 3 feet, 11 feet, 16 feet, 5 feet and 3 feet for his round. Hitting 14 greens in regulation in the process, Koepka’s performance was made even more impressive by the fact that he hit only three fairways. With preferred lies in effect, he did not have the luxury of cleaning his golf ball and placing it as much as he would have liked, but he will still be able to manage.

Contenders

T4. Emiliano Grillo, Keith Mitchell, Si Woo Kim, Stephan Jaeger, Michael Thorbjornsen, Tyler Duncan, Kensei Hirata (-7)
T11. Doug Ghim, Mackenzie Hughes, Hank Lebioda, Austin Eckroat, Lanto Griffin (-6)

The best player on the PGA Tour this season without a win may very well be Kim, who eyes another opportunity to enter the winner’s circle after an opening 64. That effort marked Kim’s 11th round of 66 or lower on the PGA Tour this year, which is second only to Scheffler’s 12.

Similar to Koepka, Kim’s putter is the club that has held him back. On Thursday, however, it proved to be an asset as he gained more than 1.50 strokes on the greens and an additional 1.30 strokes by holing a putt from just off the green on his opening hole for birdie. With a stat line that read 13 fairways and 16 greens in regulation, Kim can keep climbing to the top of this leaderboard so long as the putter allows him to.

“It was a good round, then I putted great,” Kim said. “Hitting was a little off, but I kind of still take it. Yeah, it was a good round. Green was a little tougher than I thought. But I putted really good today, so it was a good round.”

Game within the game

The magic number for Blades Brown this week is 21 as he needs a solo 21st finish or better to earn special temporary membership on the PGA Tour, which would allow him to accept unlimited sponsor exemptions to play in PGA Tour events this season.

May 22, 2026

The CJ Cup Byron Nelson Scores

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May 21-24, 2026

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POS	NAME	TO PAR	R1	R2	R3	R4	TOTAL
1	Taylor Moore	-9	62*	9:06 AM	–	–	62
T2	Brooks Koepka	-8	63*	1:43 PM	–	–	63
T2	Jesper Svensson	-8	63*	9:39 AM	–	–	63
T4	Emiliano Grillo	-7	64	1:10 PM*	–	–	64
T4	Keith Mitchell	-7	64	1:21 PM*	–	–	64

T4	Si Woo Kim	-7	64*	1:43 PM	–	–	64
T4	Stephan Jaeger	-7	64*	1:54 PM	–	–	64
T4	Michael Thorbjornsen	-7	64*	2:05 PM	–	–	64
T4	Tyler Duncan	-7	64*	8:55 AM	–	–	64
T4	Kensei Hirata	-7	64	9:28 AM*	–	–	64
T11	Doug Ghim	-6	65	1:10 PM*	–	–	65
T11	Mackenzie Hughes	-6	65*	1:21 PM	–	–	65
T11	Hank Lebioda	-6	65*	8:11 AM	–	–	65
T11	Austin Eckroat	-6	65*	8:22 AM	–	–	65
T11	Lanto Griffin	-6	65*	8:55 AM	–	–	65
T16	Mark Hubbard	-5	66*	1:10 PM	–	–	66
T16	Erik van Rooyen	-5	66*	1:21 PM	–	–	66
T16	Seamus Power	-5	66	1:32 PM*	–	–	66
T16	Scottie Scheffler	-5	66*	1:43 PM	–	–	66
T16	Wyndham Clark	-5	66*	1:54 PM	–	–	66
T16	Blades Brown	-5	66*	1:54 PM	–	–	66
T16	Johnny Keefer	-5	66	2:38 PM*	–	–	66
T16	Neal Shipley	-5	66*	2:49 PM	–	–	66
T16	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	-5	66	3:00 PM*	–	–	66
T16	Adrien Saddier	-5	66*	3:11 PM	–	–	66
T16	Luke List	-5	66*	9:06 AM	–	–	66
T16	Beau Hossler	-5	66	9:17 AM*	–	–	66
T16	Luke Clanton	-5	66	9:28 AM*	–	–	66
T16	A.J. Ewart	-5	66*	9:50 AM	–	–	66
T16	Patrick Fishburn	-5	66*	10:01 AM	–	–	66
T16	Chan Kim	-5	66*	10:01 AM	–	–	66
T32	S.Y. Noh	-4	67	1:10 PM*	–	–	67
T32	Jonathan Byrd	-4	67	1:32 PM*	–	–	67
T32	Tony Finau	-4	67*	2:05 PM	–	–	67
T32	Chad Ramey	-4	67*	2:16 PM	–	–	67
T32	Fabian Gomez	-4	67*	2:16 PM	–	–	67
T32	Rico Hoey	-4	67*	2:38 PM	–	–	67
T32	Jordan Smith	-4	67*	2:38 PM	–	–	67
T32	Ryo Hisatsune	-4	67	8:22 AM*	–	–	67
T32	Chris Kirk	-4	67	8:33 AM*	–	–	67
T32	Taylor Pendrith	-4	67	8:44 AM*	–	–	67
T32	Matthieu Pavon	-4	67*	8:55 AM	–	–	67
T32	Camilo Villegas	-4	67	9:06 AM*	–	–	67
T32	Troy Merritt	-4	67*	9:17 AM	–	–	67
T32	Zachary Bauchou	-4	67	9:50 AM*	–	–	67
T32	John VanDerLaan	-4	67*	10:12 AM	–	–	67
T47	Tom Kim	-3	68*	1:10 PM	–	–	68
T47	Ben Silverman	-3	68	1:21 PM*	–	–	68
T47	Tom Hoge	-3	68*	1:32 PM	–	–	68
T47	Michael Brennan	-3	68	1:43 PM*	–	–	68
T47	Charley Hoffman	-3	68	1:54 PM*	–	–	68
T47	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-3	68	2:16 PM*	–	–	68
T47	Patrick Rodgers	-3	68*	2:16 PM	–	–	68
T47	Justin Lower	-3	68	2:27 PM*	–	–	68
T47	Eric Cole	-3	68*	2:27 PM	–	–	68
T47	Vince Whaley	-3	68*	2:27 PM	–	–	68
T47	HaoTong Li	-3	68	2:49 PM*	–	–	68
T47	Mason Howell(a)	-3	68	2:49 PM*	–	–	68
T47	Pontus Nyholm	-3	68	3:00 PM*	–	–	68
T47	Jackson Suber	-3	68*	3:00 PM	–	–	68
T47	Jeffrey Kang	-3	68*	3:00 PM	–	–	68
T47	Adam Svensson	-3	68	8:00 AM*	–	–	68
T47	Mac Meissner	-3	68	8:00 AM*	–	–	68
T47	Patton Kizzire	-3	68	8:11 AM*	–	–	68
T47	Pierceson Coody	-3	68	8:22 AM*	–	–	68
T47	Jordan Spieth	-3	68	8:33 AM*	–	–	68
T47	Sungjae Im	-3	68	8:33 AM*	–	–	68
T47	Max McGreevy	-3	68	8:55 AM*	–	–	68
T47	Sam Ryder	-3	68	9:06 AM*	–	–	68
T47	Zecheng Dou	-3	68	9:28 AM*	–	–	68
T47	John Parry	-3	68	9:39 AM*	–	–	68
T47	Yong-Jun Bae	-3	68	9:39 AM*	–	–	68
T47	Davis Chatfield	-3	68*	9:39 AM	–	–	68
T74	Kyoung-Hoon Lee	-2	69*	1:32 PM	–	–	69
T74	Kevin Yu	-2	69	1:43 PM*	–	–	69
T74	Steven Fisk	-2	69	2:05 PM*	–	–	69
T74	Chandler Phillips	-2	69	2:16 PM*	–	–	69
T74	Noah Goodwin	-2	69*	2:49 PM	–	–	69
T74	Jackson Buchanan	-2	69*	3:00 PM	–	–	69
T74	Jeremy Paul	-2	69	3:11 PM*	–	–	69
T74	Dylan Wu	-2	69	8:00 AM*	–	–	69
T74	Peter Malnati	-2	69*	8:00 AM	–	–	69
T74	Ben Martin	-2	69*	8:00 AM	–	–	69
T74	Garrick Higgo	-2	69*	8:33 AM	–	–	69
T74	Davis Thompson	-2	69*	8:33 AM	–	–	69
T74	Matt Kuchar	-2	69*	8:44 AM	–	–	69
T74	Danny Willett	-2	69	9:06 AM*	–	–	69
T74	Nick Hardy	-2	69*	9:17 AM	–	–	69
T74	Daniel Brown	-2	69*	9:28 AM	–	–	69
T74	Preston Stout(a)	-2	69*	9:28 AM	–	–	69
T74	David Skinns	-2	69	9:50 AM*	–	–	69
T92	Martin Laird	-1	70	1:21 PM*	–	–	70
T92	Robert Streb	-1	70*	1:21 PM	–	–	70
T92	Rasmus Hojgaard	-1	70*	1:32 PM	–	–	70
T92	Davis Riley	-1	70	1:43 PM*	–	–	70
T92	Aaron Wise	-1	70	1:54 PM*	–	–	70
T92	Karl Vilips	-1	70	2:05 PM*	–	–	70
T92	Zac Blair	-1	70	2:16 PM*	–	–	70
T92	Carson Young	-1	70*	2:27 PM	–	–	70
T92	Joel Dahmen	-1	70*	2:38 PM	–	–	70
T92	Chandler Blanchet	-1	70	2:49 PM*	–	–	70
T92	Alejandro Tosti	-1	70*	2:49 PM	–	–	70
T92	Marcelo Rozo	-1	70	3:00 PM*	–	–	70
T92	Hayden Springer	-1	70*	3:11 PM	–	–	70
T92	Lee Hodges	-1	70*	8:00 AM	–	–	70
T92	Harry Higgs	-1	70	8:11 AM*	–	–	70
T92	Matthias Schmid	-1	70	8:22 AM*	–	–	70
T92	Will Gordon	-1	70*	8:22 AM	–	–	70
T92	Billy Horschel	-1	70	8:44 AM*	–	–	70
T92	Takumi Kanaya	-1	70*	9:06 AM	–	–	70
T92	Ryan Brehm	-1	70	9:17 AM*	–	–	70
T92	Trace Crowe	-1	70	9:39 AM*	–	–	70
T92	Paul Peterson	-1	70*	9:39 AM	–	–	70
T92	Keita Nakajima	-1	70	10:01 AM*	–	–	70
T92	Adrien Dumont De Chassart	-1	70*	10:01 AM	–	–	70
T116	Scott Piercy	E	71	2:27 PM*	–	–	71
T116	Christo Lamprecht	E	71	3:11 PM*	–	–	71
T116	Brice Garnett	E	71*	8:11 AM	–	–	71
T116	Max Greyserman	E	71	8:44 AM*	–	–	71
T116	Thorbjørn Olesen	E	71	8:55 AM*	–	–	71
T116	Danny Walker	E	71	9:17 AM*	–	–	71
T116	Ronin Banerjee(a)	E	71	9:50 AM*	–	–	71
T116	Taylor Montgomery	E	71*	9:50 AM	–	–	71
T124	James Hahn	+1	72*	8:11 AM	–	–	72
T124	Joe Highsmith	+1	72*	8:44 AM	–	–	72
T124	Kris Ventura	+1	72	10:01 AM*	–	–	72
T127	Ben Kohles	+2	73	1:32 PM*	–	–	73
T127	William Mouw	+2	73*	8:44 AM	–	–	73
T127	Nick Dunlap	+2	73*	9:17 AM	–	–	73
T127	Gordon Sargent	+2	73*	9:28 AM	–	–	73
T127	William Sides	+2	73*	9:50 AM	–	–	73
T132	Cameron Champ	+3	74*	1:10 PM	–	–	74
T132	Cam Davis	+3	74	1:54 PM*	–	–	74
T132	Jhonattan Vegas	+3	74*	2:05 PM	–	–	74
T132	Jimmy Stanger	+3	74*	10:12 AM	–	–	74
T136	Adam Schenk	+4	75	2:05 PM*	–	–	75
T136	Kevin Roy	+4	75	2:27 PM*	–	–	75
T136	Adam Hadwin	+4	75	2:38 PM*	–	–	75
T136	Henrik Norlander	+4	75	2:38 PM*	–	–	75
T136	Rafael Campos	+4	75	8:55 AM*	–	–	75
T136	Greg Gregory	+4	75*	10:12 AM	–	–	75
T142	Adam Headley	+5	76	3:11 PM*	–	–	76
T142	Alex Huang(a)	+5	76*	3:11 PM	–	–	76
T142	Kevin Streelman	+5	76	8:11 AM*	–	–	76
T142	Austin Cook	+5	76*	8:22 AM	–	–	76
146	Ryan Palmer	+6	77*	8:33 AM	–	–	77
147	Nathan Petronzio	+9	80	10:01 AM*	–	–	80

Notes

All times are US/Eastern.

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May 22, 2026

Canadiens pounce on Hurricanes early in 6-2 win to open Eastern Conference Final

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) The Montreal Canadiens never flinched in winning two Game 7s on the road to reach the Eastern Conference Final. Opening on the road again was no different, even against a well-rested top seed that had yet to lose in the postseason.

The Canadiens pounced for four first-period goals on slow-starting Carolina – coming off the longest postseason break in more than a century – and beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-2 on Thursday night.

“We knew we could come in here and try to get off to a good start to the series,” Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki said after a three-assist night. “We’re happy with the result, but they’re definitely going to be better than what they were tonight.”

Cole Caufield and Phillip Danault scored in the opening four minutes, Alexandre Texier followed four minutes later, and Ivan Demidov finished a breakaway for a shocking 4-1 lead midway through the opening period. That came against a team that hadn’t allowed more than two goals in an 8-0 playoff start.

Juraj Slafkovksy scored twice in the third period for Montreal, the second on a late empty-netter, while Jakub Dobes had 24 saves.

Game 2 is Saturday night.

The Hurricanes were the first team to sweep their first two playoff rounds since the NHL went to best-of-seven series in all four rounds in 1987. But that led to a lengthy break of 11 days, the longest rest for any team before starting the next playoff run since at least 1920, while waiting on the Canadiens to battle their way past Tampa Bay and Buffalo.

That led to the rest-versus-rust discussion about the Hurricanes, along with how well the Canadiens would pivot from those to-the-limit wins.

And outside of Seth Jarvis beating Dobes just 33 seconds in, the Canadiens answered that question resoundingly in those opening minutes to extend Carolina’s misery in this round.

“I didn’t think we were very sharp, to put it bluntly,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “Our top guys had tough nights. That’s not going to work at this time of the year.”

Much of Carolina’s success comes from pressuring opponents in the offensive zone and minimizing chances going the other way. But Montreal effectively moved the puck out of danger against Carolina’s aggressive pressure early, setting up clean breakouts, open-ice space and multiple breakaway chances at Frederik Andersen.

“The execution was there right off the bat,” Canadiens center Jake Evans said.

Danault’s goal was a full-speed breakaway right up the middle off a feed from Alexandre Carrier, while Demidov went forehand-backhand-forehand to beat Andersen for the 4-1 lead with 8:28 left in the first.

Andersen was leading the postseason in goals-against average (1.12) and save percentage (.950), but finished with just 16 saves.

Eric Robinson also scored for Carolina, which is in the Eastern final for the third time in four years and fourth time in the current eight-season playoff run under Rod Brind’Amour. But the Hurricanes are now 1-13 in those games, including sweeps against Boston in 2019 and Florida in 2023.

Carolina’s loss meant the two Stanley Cup favorites both lost the opener of the conference finals. Colorado lost at home to Vegas on Wednesday night.

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1.J. Slafkovsky

MONLW

G: 2, A: 1
2.C. Caufield

MONRW

G: 1, A: 1
3.P. Danault

MONC

G: 1, A: 1

SKATERS	G	A	+/-	SOG
J. Anderson RW	0	0	2	0
Z. Bolduc C	0	0	-1	1
A. Carrier D	0	1	4	0
C. Caufield RW	1	1	2	1
K. Dach C	0	0	-1	1
P. Danault C	1	1	2	2
I. Demidov RW	1	0	0	3
N. Dobson D	0	0	0	1
J. Evans C	0	1	1	0
K. Guhle D	0	1	1	0
L. Hutson D	0	0	0	1
O. Kapanen C	0	0	0	0
M. Matheson D	0	0	1	1
A. Newhook C	0	1	0	0
J. Slafkovsky LW	2	1	3	4
J. Struble D	0	0	2	1
N. Suzuki C	0	3	2	4
A. Texier LW	1	0	1	2

SKATERS	G	A	+/-	SOG
S. Aho LW	0	1	-1	3
J. Blake RW	0	0	-3	4
W. Carrier LW	0	1	1	1
J. Chatfield D	0	0	-3	2
N. Ehlers LW	0	0	0	1
S. Gostisbehere D	0	0	-2	0
T. Hall LW	0	0	-2	1
M. Jankowski C	0	0	0	1
S. Jarvis C	1	0	-1	5
J. Martinook LW	0	0	-1	2
K. Miller D	0	0	1	1
A. Nikishin D	0	0	-1	1
E. Robinson LW	1	0	0	1
J. Slavin D	0	0	-4	0
J. Staal C	0	0	0	0
L. Stankoven C	0	0	-3	2
A. Svechnikov RW	0	1	-2	1
S. Walker D	0	0	1	1

GOALIES	SA	GA	SV	SV%	TOI
J. Dobes	27	2	25	0.926	60:00

GOALIES	SA	GA	SV	SV%	TOI
F. Andersen	21	5	16	0.762	57:11

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May 22, 2026

Hamby has 27 points, 15 boards to lead Sparks to 97-88 win over Mercury
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May 22, 2026

PHOENIX (AP) Dearica Hamby scored 27 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and the Los Angeles Sparks rode a big second quarter to a 97-88 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Thursday night.

The Sparks outscored the Mercury 35-19 in the second to take a 60-43 at the half, a franchise record for points at halftime. Los Angeles was 11 of 16 in the second quarter, including 5 of 7 on 3-pointers, and didn’t miss from the foul line.

Kelsey Plum had 16 points and seven assists for the Sparks (2-3), who were playing their first road game. Nneka Ogwumike, and reserves Cameron Brink and Rae Burrell all scored 12 points and Ariel Atkins had 11.

Alyssa Thomas led the Mercury (2-4) with 23, with seven rebounds and seven assists. Kahleah Copper added 22 points, Jovana Nogic had 15 and Natasha Mack 10. Phoenix finished 1-3 on its homestand.

Both teams were coming off a home loss to the expansion Toronto Tempo.

Los Angeles was 5 of 17 in the fourth quarter but still shot 48% (31 of 64). The Sparks were 14 of 24 from the 3-point line through three quarters but went 0 for 8 to finish one made 3 shy of the franchise record.

Plum had 14 points at halftime and three teammates had 10, including Ogwumike, which moved her past Tamika Catchings into fifth on the league’s career scoring list.

The Mercury got no closer than nine in the second half.

Honoring the 30th year of the WNBA the Mercury, one of the league’s original teams along with the Sparks, wore uniforms matching their original ones and had the old logo at midcourt.

Tempo: Home to play follow expansion team Portland on Saturday.

Lynx: Play at Chicago on Saturday.

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Sparks 2-3
25 35 22 15 97

Mercury 2-4
24 19 27 18 88

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D. Hamby F 27PTS 15REB 3AST

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A. Thomas F 23PTS 7REB 7AST

Sparks

STARTERS PTS REB AST PF

D. Hamby 27 15 3 3

K. Plum 16 1 7 2

N. Ogwumike 12 6 2 0

A. Atkins 11 1 2 5

E. Wheeler 5 1 4 5

BENCH PTS REB AST PF

R. Burrell 12 1 2 2

C. Brink 12 5 1 4

J. Park 2 1 1 3

K. Martin 0 0 0 0

C. Gray 0 0 1 1

Total 97 31 23 25

Mercury

STARTERS PTS REB AST PF

A. Thomas 23 7 7 2

K. Copper 22 5 2 2

J. Nogic 15 1 3 5

N. Mack 10 9 2 4

D. Bonner 9 5 1 1

BENCH PTS REB AST PF

M. Suarez 6 1 0 6

K. Williams 3 0 1 1

N. Brochant 0 3 1 1

V. Ayayi 0 2 0 2

S. Carter – – – –

Total 88 33 17 24
May 22, 2026

Batting
RK	BATTER	DATE	OPP	SCORE	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	ESPN*
1	Max Muncy, LAD	4/10	TEX	W 8-7	5	5	4	0	0	3	3	0	83.75
2	Cody Bellinger, NYY	5/2	BAL	W 9-4	4	3	4	1	0	2	4	1	81.25
3	Jose Altuve, HOU	3/30	BOS	W 8-1	4	4	4	0	0	2	2	0	79.25
	Max Muncy, LAD	4/20	@ COL	W 12-3	4	4	4	0	0	2	2	0	79.25
5	Byron Buxton, MIN	4/14	BOS	W 6-0	5	4	4	0	0	2	2	0	78.50
	Adley Rutschman, BAL	4/24	BOS	W 10-3	5	2	3	0	0	2	6	0	78.50
7	William Contreras, MIL	4/30	ARI	W 13-1	4	3	4	1	0	1	4	0	78.25
	Dalton Rushing, LAD	4/6	@ TOR	W 14-2	4	3	4	0	0	2	2	0	78.25
	Elly De La Cruz, CIN	4/21	@ TB	W 12-6	6	3	3	0	0	2	5	1	78.25
10	Cody Bellinger, NYY	4/18	KC	W 13-4	4	2	3	0	0	2	5	0	78.00
	Hunter Goodman, COL	4/29	@ CIN	W 13-2	4	4	3	0	0	2	3	0	78.00
12	Jeremiah Jackson, BAL	4/13	ARI	W 9-7	4	2	3	0	0	2	5	0	77.75
13	Mickey Moniak, COL	4/23	SD	L 8-10	5	3	4	0	0	2	2	0	77.50
	Tyler Soderstrom, ATH	4/11	@ NYM	W 11-6	5	2	3	0	0	2	5	0	77.50
15	Ildemaro Vargas, ARI	4/26	SD	W 12-7	5	3	3	1	1	1	4	0	77.25
16	Bryce Harper, PHI	5/5	ATH	W 9-1	4	3	3	0	0	2	3	0	77.00
	Curtis Mead, WSH	4/29	@ NYM	W 14-2	5	4	4	1	0	1	2	0	77.00
18	Brandon Nimmo, TEX	4/11	@ LAD	L 3-6	4	2	3	1	0	2	3	0	76.75
	Brent Rooker, ATH	4/5	HOU	W 12-10	4	2	2	0	0	2	6	0	76.75
20	Max Muncy, LAD	4/17	@ COL	W 7-1	4	2	3	1	0	2	3	0	76.50
Pitching
RK	PITCHER	DATE	OPP	SCORE	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PIT	DEC	GSC
1	Ranger Suarez, BOS	4/27	@ TOR	W 5-0	8.0	1	0	0	1	10	105	W	89
2	Tyler Glasnow, LAD	4/23	@ SF	W 3-0	8.0	1	0	0	1	9	105	W	88
	Sandy Alcantara, MIA	4/1	CHW	W 10-0	9.0	3	0	0	0	7	93	W	88
4	Cristopher Sanchez, PHI	5/5	ATH	W 9-1	8.0	3	0	0	1	10	97	W	85
5	Max Fried, NYY	4/22	@ BOS	W 4-1	8.0	3	0	0	2	9	100	W	83
	Kris Bubic, KC	4/10	CHW	W 2-0	7.0	2	0	0	1	11	88	W	83
7	Jose Soriano, LAA	4/6	ATL	W 6-2	8.0	3	1	1	0	10	97	W	82
	Paul Skenes, PIT	4/24	@ MIL	W 6-0	7.0	1	0	0	0	7	93	W	82
9	Jesus Luzardo, PHI	4/28	SF	W 7-0	7.0	2	0	0	0	8	88	W	81
	Ranger Suarez, BOS	4/17	DET	W 1-0	8.0	2	0	0	1	4	93	ND	81
	Max Meyer, MIA	5/2	PHI	W 4-0	7.0	1	0	0	1	7	83	W	81
	Kyle Harrison, MIL	4/26	PIT	W 5-0	6.0	1	0	0	1	12	101	W	81
13	Michael Wacha, KC	4/11	CHW	W 2-0	8.0	4	0	0	1	7	88	W	80
	Jose Soriano, LAA	4/12	@ CIN	W 9-6	7.0	2	0	0	3	10	106	W	80
	Emerson Hancock, SEA	3/29	CLE	W 8-0	6.0	0	0	0	1	9	97	W	80
	Gavin Williams, CLE	4/1	@ LAD	W 4-1	7.0	2	0	0	3	10	85	W	80
	Justin Wrobleski, LAD	4/13	NYM	W 4-0	8.0	2	0	0	0	2	90	W	80
	Bryan Woo, SEA	4/3	@ LAA	W 3-1	7.0	1	0	0	1	6	87	ND	80
	Shota Imanaga, CHC	4/10	PIT	L 0-2	6.0	0	0	0	1	9	100	ND	80
20	Foster Griffin, WSH	4/26	@ CHW	W 2-1	7.0	2	0	0	2	8	95	ND	79

2026 Cy Young Predictor – AL
RK	PLAYER	TEAM	CYP	G	GS	IP	ER	K	SV	SHO	W-L	ERA	VB
1	Cade Smith	CLE	73.1	23	0	23.2	7	35	16	0	2-0	2.66	12
2	Cam Schlittler	NYY	63.9	11	11	66.0	11	75	0	0	6-2	1.50	0
3	Parker Messick	CLE	61.9	10	10	58.2	16	64	0	0	5-1	2.45	12
4	Davis Martin	CHW	60.0	9	9	56.0	10	59	0	0	6-1	1.61	0
5	Bryan Baker	TB	57.8	22	0	20.1	6	24	13	0	1-0	2.66	12
6	Nick Martinez	TB	57.7	9	9	53.2	9	35	0	0	4-1	1.51	12
7	Gavin Williams	CLE	57.2	10	10	61.1	25	73	0	0	6-3	3.67	12
8	Jose Soriano	LAA	55.0	11	11	66.1	18	74	0	0	6-3	2.44	0
9	Aaron Civale	ATH	52.8	10	10	51.2	19	37	0	0	5-1	3.31	12
10	Shane McClanahan	TB	52.7	9	9	44.2	14	47	0	0	5-2	2.82	12
2026 Cy Young Predictor – NL
RK	PLAYER	TEAM	CYP	G	GS	IP	ER	K	SV	SHO	W-L	ERA	VB
1	Chris Sale	ATL	75.4	10	10	62.0	13	72	0	0	7-3	1.89	12
2	Aaron Ashby	MIL	71.3	22	1	29.2	9	46	0	0	8-0	2.73	12
3	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	62.4	8	7	50.2	14	27	0	0	6-1	2.49	12
4	Kyle Harrison	MIL	61.3	9	9	45.2	9	59	0	0	5-1	1.77	12
5	Chase Burns	CIN	60.1	10	10	59.0	12	64	0	0	6-1	1.83	0
6	Shohei Ohtani	LAD	59.7	8	8	49.0	4	54	0	0	4-2	0.73	12
7	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	59.0	10	10	57.0	12	88	0	0	4-2	1.89	12
8	Robert Suarez	ATL	58.5	21	0	21.1	1	20	4	0	4-0	0.42	12
9	Bryce Elder	ATL	57.5	10	10	62.2	14	56	0	0	4-2	2.01	12
10	Cristopher Sanchez	PHI	56.4	10	10	64.1	13	80	0	1	5-2	1.82	0

STARTERS	PTS	REB	AST	PF
D. Hamby	27	15	3	3
K. Plum	16	1	7	2
N. Ogwumike	12	6	2	0
A. Atkins	11	1	2	5
E. Wheeler	5	1	4	5

BENCH	PTS	REB	AST	PF
R. Burrell	12	1	2	2
C. Brink	12	5	1	4
J. Park	2	1	1	3
K. Martin	0	0	0	0
C. Gray	0	0	1	1
Total	97	31	23	25

STARTERS	PTS	REB	AST	PF
A. Thomas	23	7	7	2
K. Copper	22	5	2	2
J. Nogic	15	1	3	5
N. Mack	10	9	2	4
D. Bonner	9	5	1	1

BENCH	PTS	REB	AST	PF
M. Suarez	6	1	0	6
K. Williams	3	0	1	1
N. Brochant	0	3	1	1
V. Ayayi	0	2	0	2
S. Carter	–	–	–	–
Total	88	33	17	24

TOP SCORERS
5	D. Hamby F	27PTS	15REB	3AST
25	A. Thomas F	23PTS	7REB	7AST

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