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BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The Valkyries turned Caitlyn Clark’s first visit to the Bay Area into a dud, staging a stunning fourth quarter comeback to stun the Indiana Fever 88-77 at Chase Center Thursday night. A Kelsey Mitchell layup gave the Fever a 54-41 lead midway through the third quarter and …

BY HELEN LAME’ Robbie Ray struck out nine in seven innings and newcomer Dominic Smith had three hits and two RBI’s to help lead the Giants to a 3-2 win over the Padres Thursday afternoon to salvage a split of their four game series. Ray (8-1, 2.44) held San Diego …

BY HELEN LAME’ The Minnesota Lynx stretched their season opening winning streak to seven games with a dominant second half performance against the Valkyries Sunday evening, scoring a 86-75 win at Chase Center in the first meeting between the two WNBA clubs. Golden State took a 52-51 lead into the …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Willie MacIver picked an opportune time for his first big league hit, a game winning eighth inning RBI single to help the Sacramento Athletics break their 11 game losing streak, defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 at Sutter Health Park Sunday afternoon. MacIver, playing in his first Major …

BY HELEN LAME’ Kelsey Plum exploded for 37 points in her debut with the Sparks as Los Angeles spoiled the expansion Golden State Valkyries inaugural game as the WNBA’s 13th franchise Friday night by a score of 84-67. An enthusiastic sellout crowd of 18,064 fans welcomed the Valkyries to the …

BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The Minnesota Twins won their eighth straight game in dramatic fashion on Sunday, sweeping the Giants by a score of 7-6 in 10 innings on a walk off single by DeShawn Keirsey Jr. to sweep the weekend series at Target Field. San Francisco took the lead in …

BY HELEN LAME’ Anthony Edwards exploded for 28 second half points as the Minnesota Timberwolves broke open a tight game in the fourth quarter to race pass the Warriors 102-97, taking a two games to one lead in their Western Conference semifinal Saturday night at Chase Center. Minnesota scored the …

BY HELEN LAME’ The Houston Rockets posted a near wire to wire 115-107 win over Golden State Friday night, pushing the Warriors to the brink with a Game 7 elimination game in Houston Sunday night. Fred VanVleet continued his clutch shooting, scoring a game high tying 29 points for his …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER A vintage 36 point performance from Steph Curry offset the absence of Jimmy Butler as the Warriors ran away from the Houston Rockets in the fourth quarter to score a 104-93 win Saturday night and take a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference playoff series at Chase …

BY HELEN LAME’ Kodai Senga scattered four hits over seven shut out innings and Mark Vientos and Luis Torrens each drove in a pair of runs to help lead the New York Mets to a 8–0 win over the Athletics at Sutter Health Park Sunday afternoon to capture the rubber …