Tough IPL season gets tougher for Suryakumar Yadav: Star MI batter dismissed for first-ball duck vs RCB
Suryakumar Yadav's poor run in the IPL 2026 continued on Sunday, as the Mumbai Indians batter was dismissed for a first-ball duck in the first innings of his team's match against defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). Surya fell on the last ball of the third over, giving Bhuvneshwar Kumar his second wicket in two balls. Suryakumar shuffled across and went for an attacking drive, but only managed a thick outside edge.
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Bassitt, Beavers and Taveras help the Orioles avoid a sweep with a 2-1 win over the Athletics
Chris Bassitt pitched six solid innings in relief and Leody Taveras threw out the potential tying run at the plate in the seventh to lift the Baltimore Orioles to a 2-1 win over the Athletics on Sunday. The Orioles announced shortly before the game that left-hander Keegan Akin would start on the mound instead of Bassitt, and that ploy worked out when Akin struck out two in a 1-2-3 first and then Bassitt (3-2) came in and yielded only one run in six innings. Baltimore left the bases loaded in the fifth and sixth, but in the latter inning took a 2-1 lead on an RBI single by Dylan Beavers that chased A's starter Luis Severino (2-4).
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Junior Caminero hits solo homer and Rays' pitchers continue strong run in 4-1 victory over Red Sox
Junior Caminero hit a solo homer over the Green Monster, Nick Martinez pitched one-run ball into the sixth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 on Sunday to win the rain-shortened series. Tampa Bay won for the 14th time in 16 games after their seven-game winning streak was stopped Friday. The Rays gave up three or fewer runs for a franchise-record 16th straight game, the first team to accomplish the feat since 2010 San Francisco Giants did it in 18 straight. Pitching two years and a day after his mother, Jina, died following a nearly eight-year battle with colon cancer, Boston starter Payton Tolle wore his pant legs near his knees showing his pink socks on Mother’s Day.
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