PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Ildemaro Vargas and Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy both left Thursday’s game following a violent collision at first base.
Muncy hit a ball up the line in the fifth inning and Vargas, seeing pitcher Ryne Nelson wouldn’t get to the bag in time, charged toward first. Muncy beat him to the bag, but the players collided and flew into the air and landed with a thud.
Both players lay on the field for several minutes while trainers worked on them in a hushed stadium.
Muncy got to his feet first and slowly headed to the dugout. Vargas got up with help and walked across the diamond to his dugout.
Vargas was replaced by Pavin Smith at first and Muncy was replaced by pinch runner Santiago Espinal.
Jun 4, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte (4) flips his bat after hitting a walk-off home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the ninth inning at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Anna Carrington-Imagn Images | Anna Carrington-Imagn Images
The Dbacks were able to split the series with the Dodgers Thursday night thanks to some late inning heroics from none other than Ketel Marte and some terrific pitching from Ryne Nelson and the bullpen.
The Dbacks offense was stymied once again for 7 innings until Corbin Carrol hit a home run in the 8th inning to get the Dbacks offense on the board. Torey Lovullo dropped Geraldo Perdomo from the 3 hole to the 7 spot against the lefty today, and in the 8th inning he came through with a key hit, his second of the game, to tie the game at 2-2.
In the bottom of the 9th, Ketel Marte was due up second after going 0-4 previously in the game. However, 9th inning Ketel Marte has been a whole different animal this season, and on the first pitch he saw from Tanner Scott Ketel Marte hit a ball 431 feet to send 41,000 fans into a frenzy as the Dbacks walked off the defending world series champions. Such a good moment for this team and for Ketel Marte! His 3rd walkoff hit already of the season. According to Mark Grace in the postgame show, since May 17 Marte is now 4-7 with 4 HR vs left handed relievers.
Ryne Nelson dominated the defending world champs holding them to just 2 ER through 7 IP. Nelson did a phenomenal job of getting quick outs in this one keeping the pitch count super low with the exception of the 5th inning due to some questionable defensive plays. The first being Nelson himself not covering first base on a ground ball from Max Muncy (more on that later) and the second being a bad route from Corbin Carroll in RF as he took way too shallow of a route to a ball in RF allowing the ball to soar over his head for an RBI double.
On the aforementioned Max Muncy ground ball to Ildemaro Vargas, Ryne Nelson was late to break to cover the bag and so Vargas sprinted to the base to get the out himself. However, Max Muncy gave Vargas a forearm shiver that was a blatant contact initiating move. From Muncy’s standpoint maybe he was in self defense mode from colliding with Vargas, however it was a very bad look as the replays clearly showed Muncy going out of his way to make contact with Vargas. According to Lovullo, Vargas’ xrays are all negative and he was all smiles in his office after the game and is day to day. Vargas said he would be ready to play tomorrow but it sounds like Lovullo will rest him tomorrow to give him some time to recover.
A split of this series to the Dodgers certainly feels like a decent outcome to the series and now the Dbacks will look to win the next series against the Nationals. It is worth noting that the Nationals offense has been pretty hot so far this season, however hopefully they can carry the momentum from this walkoff and the series split into the series.
PHOENIX –– There are no-doubters. And then there are the kind of thunderous swings Ketel Marte uncorked in the bottom of the ninth inning on Thursday night.
After leading by two runs entering the eighth inning, the Dodgers got walked off by the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 on Thursday night.
The fatal blow: A first-pitch fastball from Tanner Scott that Marte absolutely crushed deep to left.
The ball sailed 431 feet, leaving Marte’s bat at a scorching 113 mph.
Ketel Marte celebrates with teammates after hitting a walk-off home run. Getty Images
It was the culminating blow in a bullpen implosion from the Dodgers, who squandered a 2-0 lead by allowing three runs over the final two innings.
Will Klein was at fault for blowing the lead, making a mess of an eighth inning that began with a leadoff home run from Corbin Carroll. After that, Klein walked Gabriel Moreno, then gave up a one-out single to Ryan Waldschmidt.
Alex Vesia tried to come in and limit the damage, but Geraldo Perdomo got him with a base hit to center that tied the score.
The Dodgers had initially taken the lead Thursday in the most painful of ways.
With two outs in the fifth inning, Max Muncy hit a ground ball up the line that Arizona first baseman Ildemaro Vargas fielded directly behind the bag. What ensued next was a brutal head-on collision.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Max Muncy and Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Ildemaro Vargas collide on a play in the fifth inning. AP Photo/Rick Scuteri
Vargas tried to quickly record the out himself, racing back toward first. Muncy came barreling directly at him.
Muncy got there first by half a step, reaching safely for an infield single.
But neither player had time to avoid the other, sending them crashing into each and flying to the ground.
Max Muncy collides with Ildemaro Vargas at first base. Getty Images
They each remained down for several minutes before exiting. The Dodgers later announced that Muncy had shortness of breath and was being evaluated for a concussion.
The good news: The Dodgers capitalized on Muncy’s effort to get to first safely.
Max Muncy walks off the field with an apparent injury after colliding with Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Ildemaro Vargas. Anna Carrington-Imagn Images
The team’s next batter, Ryan Ward, laced a line drive to right field that Corbin Carroll misplayed and allowed to sail over his head, scoring pinch-runner Santiago Espinal from first. Dalton Rushing followed with a bloop single to center, giving starting pitcher Justin Wrobleski a 2-0 lead in his scoreless sixth inning start.
Alas, after Klein’s eighth-inning stumble, the Dodgers couldn’t recover.
Will Smith hit a double with two outs in the ninth, but was left stranded when Espinal struck out against Dbacks closer Paul Sewald.
Scott, who is effectively serving as the Dodgers’ closer in the wake of Edwin Díaz’s injury, couldn’t get the game to extras, helplessly turning to watch Marte’s blast fly out of the yard as the Dbacks split this four-game series.
Ketel Marte hits a walk-off home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the ninth inning. Getty Images
Who’s hot
Wrobleski continued his breakout 2026 season, producing his fourth start of at least six scoreless innings to lower his ERA to 2.62.
For a second-straight outing, the left-hander’s fastball played up, averaging 95.6 mph. And while he only had four strikeouts –– returning to a pitch-to-contact approach after his season-high nine Ks last week –– he was effective at limiting damage and wiggling out of jams, stranding a one-out double from Corbin Carroll in the first inning and runners at the corners following a pair of singles in the third.
Wrobleski continued his breakout 2026 season. Getty Images
Wrobleski’s biggest escape came at the end of the night, after a two-out double from Ryan Waldschmidt in the sixth inning put two runners in scoring position.
He got Pavin Smith to ground out; after catcher Dalton Rushing won back-to-back ABS challenges to turn a 2-0 count into an 0-2 hole.
Who’s not
With Shohei Ohtani getting the day off following his two-way masterpiece on Wednesday, Mookie Betts was bumped up to the leadoff spot in the batting order.
Shohei Ohtani sits in the dugout in the first inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks. AP Photo/Rick Scuteri
The move, however, did little to snap what is quickly becoming a troubling, prolonged slump.
Betts went 0-for-4 in the defeat, dropping his batting average this season to .183.
Up next
The Dodgers return home for a weekend series against the Angels, starting on Friday night when Roki Sasaki (3-3, 4.59 ERA) will face left-hander Reid Detmers (2-5, 4.63 ERA).
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Seth Jarvis scored on the power play in overtime after Carolina erased a deficit in regulation only to gave up a late tying goal, and the Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday night to the series.
Jarvis’ OT heroics came after a thrilling third period that included four goals being scored and another getting called off because of goaltender interference.
The Hurricanes had almost nothing going for the first 45 minutes, falling behind by two goals as the Golden Knights took advantage of a couple of scoring chances and locked down defensively. A couple of strong shifts in the offensive zone just before the midway point of the third brought the crowd back to life because the Hurricanes were buzzing.
Logan Stankoven made a terrific individual effort to get them on the board, taking the puck away from Rasmus Andersson, going to the net and banking a shot off Jeremy Lauzon and in with 9:40 remaining in regulation. Less than three minutes later, Mark Jankowski fired a shot past Carter Hart to tie it, flipping the script from Game 1, when Vegas erased a multigoal deficit and won.
The Hurricanes took the lead with 4:35 left when their captain, Jordan Staal, redirected Shayne Gostisbehere’s point shot in on the power play. It was just their eighth power play goal of the playoffs.
That was 25 seconds after the Golden Knights thought they scored at the other end.
Frederik Andersen initially went full extension to deny Ivan Barbashev with the paddle of his stick, and a scrum ensued in the crease that ended with the puck eventually in the net. Referee Jean Hebert waved it off immediately, saying Andersen was pushed into the net and ruling it was goaltender interference.
Tortorella after some deliberation opted to challenge, and the on-ice officials in consultation with the NHL’s situation room confirmed the call on the ice stood. That put the Hurricanes on the power play, and Staal — the captain who has been around longer than anyone else on his team — cashed in.
After Mark Stone tied it for Vegas with 1:21 left in regulation to send the game to OT, Tomas Hertl tripped Staal to put Carolina back on the power play. That allowed Jarvis to score just Carolina’s eighth power play goal of the playoffs.
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 | Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images
In a game that featured a rain delay in the middle of it, the Royals prevailed in their series opener against the Minnesota Twins, 8-6. After losing their first three games of their current road trip, the Royals have won three out of their last four, including their last two.
Josh Rojas, called up earlier today, played the unlikely hero. In his first plate appearance as a Royal, Rojas pinch-hit for Nick Loftin in the top of the ninth with runners on second and third with one out and the game knotted at 6-6. Against Twins relief pitcher Justin Lawrence, Rojas knocked a pitch up the middle, scoring Tyler Tolbert—pinch-running for Salvador Perez, who led off the inning with a line drive single on an 0-2 pitch—and Lane Thomas.
Alex Lange, for the second night in a row, came in to lock down the win. He did the job, but he made it pretty interesting. Victor Caratini led off the inning with a single. One out later, the Royals nearly turned a game-ending double play, but Orlando Arcia just beat the throw to first, keeping the Twins alive for slugger Byron Buxton, who led off the game with a homer.
Buxton eventually walked in his plate appearance and represented the tying run while the potential winning run came to the plate in the form of Brooks Lee. Thankfully, Lee feebly grounded out to Tolbert, who stayed in the game at second base, to end the game.
The game was a seesaw for most of the night featuring multiple ties: 1-1 after the first, 2-2 after the second, 3-3 after three-and-a-half, 5-5 in the top of the sixth, and then 6-6 after six.
Seth Lugo started for the Royals and had his worst outing in some time. He didn’t come back after the game resumed from its rain delay, but even before that, he struggled through five innings in which he gave up six hits, walked one, struck out four, and allowed five earned runs, including giving up three home runs—the aforementioned leadoff homer to Buxton plus two to Kody Clemens, who’s turning into a true horror for the Royals to face.
Events turned in the Royals’ favor in the top of the sixth. Carter Jensen broke out of an 0-for-13 slump with a slap down the third base line—0ff a lefty, no less. The hit easily scored Isaac Collins, but right behind him came Kyle Isbel. The throw to the plate beat Isbel by a fair margin, but Isbel slid in under the tag. The home plate umpire called him safe, which he was, and the Twins declined to challenge. That tied the game, 5-5.
Next up, Bobby Witt Jr. hit a lazy pop-up that fell to the ground when the Twins middle infielders bumped into each other like a scene out of Major League III: Back to the Minors, which, oddly, was about the Twins, not Cleveland. Anyway, Jensen scored to give the Royals the lead.
After the rain delay ended, John Schreiber, bless his heart, came in and, with two outs, surrendered the lead when Caratini took him deep. That would be the last run of the night for the Twins.
Daniel Lynch IV and Matt Strahm combined for scoreless seventh and eighth innings, respectively. Strahm picked up the win, improving to 2-1. Lynch’s ERA dropped to 1.78.
Second baseman Michael Massey continued his hot streak. Massey went 2-for-4 with a homer and a single. He also flew out to deep right on a hard-hit ball.
With the win, the Royals improve to 25-38. It is their first win on a Thursday this season. I should know. It is also the first time since May 23-24 that they’ve won consecutive games, and it’s the first time since May 2-3 that the Royals won consecutive games on the road. Can they play the Mariners more?
Game two of the four-game series is tomorrow evening at 7:15 CST.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - JUNE 04: Ketel Marte #4 of the Arizona Diamondbacks celebrates with teammates after hitting a walk-off home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the ninth inning of the MLB game at Chase Field on June 04, 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Diamondbacks defeated the Dodgers 3-2. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Not a pitch was thrown with the Dodgers trailing, and yet they found themselves on the losing end of a 3-2 matchup, all thanks to a walk-off solo shot from Ketel Marte off Tanner Scott. Justin Wrobleski did his part by delivering six scoreless innings, but the offense was underwhelming without Shohei Ohtani, and a couple of hiccups from the Dodgers bullpen were all that Arizona needed to complete the comeback and split this four-game set.
After going scoreless in the first four innings, the Dodgers offense began the fifth with a bang, but it wasn’t the bang of a long home run; instead, it was a collision between Max Muncy and Ildemaro Vargas on a race to first base that saw both players leave the game early. Muncy beat out Vargas to the bag, which forced LA to bring in a pinch-runner in Santiago Espinal, who came around to score on a Ryan Ward double. The bottom of the order kept pushing the envelope as Dalton Rushing doubled the lead, an advantage that Los Angeles would maintain until the bottom of the eighth.
Speaking of Rushing, the young catcher also showed poise and a good eye behind the plate to help Wrobleski navigate through his one troublesome inning in the sixth. A pair of two-out hits had Pavin Smith up, who came into the game to replace Vargas, with runners at second and third—in fact, the score would’ve been 2-1 if Arenado wasn’t such a slow runner at this point in his career. The umpire missed the call on the first two pitches, and twice Rushing called a challenge to overturn his decision, ultimately leading to an easy groundout on a down-and-away 0-2 slider. Rushing had one more successful and important overturned challenge, earning Kyle Hurt a strikeout in the seventh after a 2-2 changeup to Tommy Troy had originally been called a ball. Rushing’s work behind the plate deserves praise because it’s not just about getting the challenges right but also about utilizing them in the most important moments.
Other than that one questionable inning, Wrobleski once again thrived in generating soft contact, keeping a low pitch count, needing just 84 to cover the six scoreless innings. Becoming known for his lengthy outings, Wrobleski was on his way to 10 straight outings involved in a decision, potentially earning the win in eight of them, but Arizona had something to say about that. After Hurt’s scoreless frame, Will Klein couldn’t replicate the same level of efficiency, opening up the eighth with a solo shot to Corbin Carroll and creating a mess that Alex Vesia couldn’t clean up, with the lefty later allowing an RBI single to Geraldo Perdomo.
Muncy’s early departure would come back to bite the Dodgers in the ninth because Shohei Ohtani got ready to hit, but couldn’t pinch hit for Santiago Espinal with Will Smith at second following an RBI double since the Dodgers didn’t have any hitters left on the bench. Alex Call and Miguel Rojas had both been used as pinch-hitters against a left-handed pitcher in the previous inning. Instead of using Ohtani, Espinal was punched out, and Marte went yard in the bottom of the ninth with a blast.
Game particulars
Home runs— Corbin Carroll (9) and Ketel Marte (11)
It’s a quick turnaround for the NL West leaders coming home for the Freeway Series over the weekend. Roki Sasaki starts on Friday night (7:10 p.m. PT), with the Angels yet to announce their starting pitcher.
Pete Crow-Armstrong and the Chicago Cubs rallied late against the Athletics to secure a 7-6 victory on Thursday, June 4, at Wrigley Field.
Crow-Armstrong had his first career walk-off as Chicago needed a four-run ninth inning to help prevent a three-game series sweep.
"We've stayed in the fight all year,” Crow-Armstrong told reporters after the game. “We've been fighting through these last couple of weeks. This kind of stuff is exactly what we are capable of."
He singled to right field on a pitch by Athletics pitcher Luis Medina while facing a 1-1 count with two outs and runners on second and third base.
The single allowed Seiya Suzuki to score the winning run.
Crow-Armstrong’s heroics helped ease what was a forgettable moment in his career, after he allowed an inside-the-park home run earlier in the game.
With a 2-0 lead in the top of the 6th inning, Shea Langeliers of the Athletics hit the ball 358 feet into center field before it landed behind Crow-Armstrong, who appeared to have lost the ball in the lights. Langeliers’ inside-the-park home run also brought in Henry Bolte to improve the score to 4-0.
SAN ANTONIO — Jalen Brunson had no jokes, no sarcastic remarks, no not-so-subtle digs about his longtime teammate.
Josh Hart had been too important — becoming the first player in an NBA Finals game to lead both teams outright in rebounds (15), assists (6) and steals (4) — prompting the Knicks captain to produce a rare moment of sincere praise for his friend.
One day later, Brunson couldn’t help but inject a playful jab into another compliment for his podcast co-host.
Josh Hart steals the ball from Victor Wembanyama in the second half of the Knicks’ Game 1 win over the Spurs in the NBA Finals on June 3, 2026 in San Antonio. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
“His energy is just relentless, it doesn’t stop, I mean, he eats candy all the time. That tells you who he is,” Brunson said Thursday. “He’s a big kid with an absurd amount of energy.”
Though Brunson owned the spotlight while scoring 13 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter of the Game 1 win, Hart repeatedly demoralized the inexperienced Spurs without taking a shot, finishing with six rebounds — all but one with 7-foot-4 Victor Wembanyama on the floor — and three steals in the final seven minutes.
Hart, who finished with a team-best plus-22 rating and no turnovers, became the first player since Larry Bird (1986) to record 15 rebounds, six assists and four steals in the Finals.
He became the first Knick to record at least 15 rebounds and five assists in the Finals since Dave DeBusschere (1972).
Hart, who scored three points (1-for-5 from the field, 0-for-3 on 3-pointers), also recorded the fewest points in the Finals of any player with at least 15 rebounds and six assists since Bill Russell (1959).
“When you look at what he shot from the field, you wouldn’t think that he was probably the most impactful guy on the game,” Knicks coach Mike Brown said. “He was huge. He helped us with our pace. … He guarded a lot of different guys. … He rebounded the basketball. He was great on the weak side defensively. He impacted the game in so many different ways for us.”
Josh Hart at Knicks practice on June 4, 2026 in preparation for Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the Spurs. Jason Szenes for The New York Post
A decade ago, Hart was the leading scorer on Villanova’s national championship team. The next season, he again led the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, earning Big East Player of the Year honors over Brunson.
Now, Brunson is on pace to become an all-time legend in New York. And Hart is thrilled to be the sidekick that every hero needs.
“It takes humility and just a willingness to sacrifice,” Hart said. “We’re in the NBA Finals. There’s millions of people watching. It’s easy to get wrapped up in human nature of wanting to get recognition, wanting to score the ball, wanting to show people what you can do on the biggest stage.
“That’s not everyone’s calling and not everyone’s assignment. I know for me, that’s not really my assignment. … When you have a group of guys that have that willingness to sacrifice and that humility, that breeds a championship culture.”
RALEIGH, N.C. — Seth Jarvis scored on a power play in overtime after Carolina erased a deficit in regulation only to gave up a late tying goal, and the Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday night to tie the series.
Jarvis’ heroics 3:56 into OT came after a thrilling third period that included four goals being scored and another getting called off because of goaltender interference.
Carolina became the first team since 1994 to win a Cup final game when trailing by multiple goals in the final 10 minutes.
“It was lot,” said Jarvis, who scored for just the fourth time this playoffs. “We did a great job controlling our emotions. We never got too high, never got too low. Just kept responding, and that’s what I love about this group is we always bounce back.”
Seth Jarvis celebrates after scoring the game-winning goal in the Hurricanes’ win over Golden Knights in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on June 4, 2026 in Raleigh, N.C. James Guillory-Imagn Images
Game 3 is Saturday night in Las Vegas. There is now a guarantee the series will return to Raleigh for a Game 5 next week.
That did not look anything close to certain when Hurricanes had almost nothing going for the first 45 minutes, falling behind by two goals as the Golden Knights took advantage of a couple of scoring chances and locked down defensively. A couple of strong shifts in the offensive zone just before the midway point of the third brought the crowd back to life because the Hurricanes were buzzing.
“The building is a tough building to play in when it gets going,” captain Jordan Staal said. “Obviously, we just needed a spark.”
Logan Stankoven, one of the team’s best players this spring, provided he. Stankoven made a terrific individual effort to get them on the board, taking the puck away from Rasmus Andersson, going to the net and banking a shot off Jeremy Lauzon and in with 9:40 remaining in regulation.
Less than three minutes later, Mark Jankowski fired a shot past Carter Hart to tie it, flipping the script from Game 1, when Vegas erased a multigoal deficit and won. This is the first time each of the first two games of a Cup final featured a team falling behind by more than a goal and winning.
“Stanky did a great job getting it going and Janks with a great shot, and it just carried on from there,” Jarvis said.
A big decision by Vegas coach John Tortorella with five minutes left paved the way for it to happen.
Frederik Andersen initially went full extension to deny Ivan Barbashev with the paddle of his stick, and a scrum ensued in the crease that ended with the puck eventually in the net. Referee Jean Hebert waved it off immediately, saying Andersen was pushed into the net and ruling it was goaltender interference.
“I saw a loose puck in front of Freddie,” Tortorella said. “Our player stabbed it, didn’t move the goalie and it goes through him into the other side. I’d challenge it 10 out of 10 times.”
Carolina players mob Seth Jarvis after his game-winning overtime goal gave the Hurricanes a 4-3 win over the Golden Knights in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on June 3, 2026 in Raleigh, N.C. AP
Tortorella after some deliberation opted to use his coach’s challenge, and the on-ice officials in consultation with the NHL’s situation room confirmed the call on the ice stood.
“The ruling on the play was goaltender interference,” executive vice president and director of officiating Stephen Walkom told a pool reporter. “He waved it (off) immediately. He believed that it was under the goalie, and the Vegas player went after the puck and interfered with the goalie and his ability to freeze the puck and waived it off immediately.”
The punishment for a failed challenge is a 2-minute minor penalty. The Hurricanes went on the power play, where they had been so ineffective all night and most of the playoffs.
Not this time. Staal redirected Shayne Gostisbehere’s point shot in on the power play. with 4:35 left in regulation.
The Hurricanes killed off a penalty in the intervening time before allowing Stone to tie it with 1:21 left at 6 on 5 with Hart pulled for an extra skater. Carolina defenseman Jaccob Slavin actually knocked the puck into his own net on the play.
Eearly in overtime, Tomas Hertl tripped Staal to put Carolina back on the power play. That allowed Jarvis to score just Carolina’s ninth power play goal of the playoffs.
“That’s a step in the right direction,” Jarvis said. “Our power play found our groove tonight. It started with Jordo in the third, and there just making the right plays, playing smart and being aggressive and it worked out.”
Instead of Vegas going home looking to move to the verge of a second championship in nine years of existence, the series is all square, despite Hart making some big saves and Brett Howden scoring his playoff-leading 12th and 13th goals.
Asked what changed, a tight-lipped Tortorella said: “I have my thoughts. I’m not discussing it here.”
Apr 18, 2026; West Sacramento, California, USA; Athletics catcher Austin Wynns (29) prepares to throw the ball during a run down during the sixth inning against the Chicago White Sox at Sutter Health Park. Mandatory Credit: Scott Marshall-Imagn Images | Scott Marshall-Imagn Images
The Atlanta Braves announced several moves on Thursday morning, most notably adding a new catcher to the mix. The club acquired catcher Austin Wynns from the Los Angeles Angels and selected him to the major league roster.
In addition, fellow catcher Chadwick Tromp was designated for assignment, outfielder DaShawn Keirsey Jr. was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett, and backstop Sean Murphy was transferred to the 60-day injured list.
It’s been a whirlwind of a month for Wynns, who began the 2026 campaign with the A’s. After struggling offensively with the club, he was released on May 12, and four days later, the Angels picked him up and signed him to a minor league deal. He appeared in eight minor league games before his stint with the Halos came to a close. In that time, he hit .333 in 30 at-bats and logged five games behind the plate, committing two errors.
It’s not a huge grab for Atlanta, but Wynns aims to get the job done while the Braves continue on without Sean Murphy and Drake Baldwin.
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JUNE 04: Luke Keaschall #15 of the Minnesota Twins catches a pop up during the game between the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins at Target Field on Thursday, June 4, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images
Prince Night at Target Field included some back-and-forth scoring, some back-and-forth circus baseball, and a rain delay. If the production crew didn’t play Purple Rain during the delay, then they should be fired. Seth Lugo faced off for the Kansas City Royals against the Minnesota Twins’ bullpen to start off this contest.
Everything kicked off right away in the first inning. After striking out the first batter, opener Andrew Morris allowed a single to phenom Bobby Witt Jr, who promptly stole second base, advanced to third on a wild pitch, and touched home on a Salvador Perez sac fly to give the Royals a 1-0 lead. Byron Buxton welcomed Lugo back to Minneapolis with a Buck Truck shot to the Minnesota bullpen in left-center field and evened up the score.
Morris was sent back out for the second frame and was greeted with three straight singles to load the bags before an out was recorded. With one out, Witt Jr hit a grounder to Kody Clemens at first base and threw home to cut down the runner for the second out. Great, right? Nope! Another wild pitch by Morris allowed Nick Loftin to score and give K. C. a 2-1 lead. Morris escaped without any more damage and Minnesota countered again in the bottom of the second with a Victor Caratini double, bringing Luke Keaschall in to knot the game again at two runs apiece.
Mike Paredes was called into duty for the Twins and sent down the Royals batters in order in the top of the third. The Twins then took the lead for the first time in the game courtesy of a Clemens home run – a shot to right-center above the out-of-town scoreboard. The 3-2 lead was short-lived as Paredes served up a first-pitch four-seam meatball to Michael Massey, who served it back and deposited it into The Dock in right field to tie the baby up once again in the top of the fourth.
The circus baseball commenced in the bottom of the fourth. With two outs and Trevor Larnach on first, Ryan Kreidler hit a triple to the gap in left-center. Left fielder Isaac Collins slid feet-first to try and stop the ball, but ended up kicking it further towards center field. Kyle Isbel chased the ball to the wall while Larnach motored around third base and scored to give the Twins a 4-3 lead. After a mostly-quiet top of the fifth, Minnesota added on courtesy of a Clemens home run – a shot to right field, this time just feet on the good side of the foul pole – his second of the game.
The 5-3 Twins lead was short-lived once again as Paredes issues a walk to lead off the sixth. Two outs and a single later, skipper Derek Shelton brought in Anthony Banda, who has been doing quite fine as of late. He reverted back to his old ways, allowing his first batter to slap a double to left field, driving in two runs to tie the game. The circus baseball vibes flowed again as Witt Jr popped one up behind second base. Kreidler backpedaled… backpedaled… and backpedaled… right into Keaschall and the ball dropped, allowing the third run of the inning to score and give the Royals the lead … again.
Merriam-Webster defines “rain” as: water falling in drops condensed from vapor in the atmosphere. This happened at Target Field, resulting in an hour and seven minute delay of the game.
Those 67 minutes just delayed the game from being tied once again. With two outs, Victor Caratini took a John Schreiber fastball beyond the wall in right field, tying the baby up once again, this time at six runs each after the sixth. The bullpens traded goose eggs the next two innings.
The top of the ninth is when the game went back to the Royals’ favor. Single, single, sac bunt against Taylor Rogers, who was pulled in favor of Justin Lawrence. Walk, single, walk, strikeout, strikeout give K. C. a two-run lead. Although Minnesota didn’t go down without a fight – a Caratini single, Orlando Arcia legging out a single on a force-out, and Buxton walk – Alex Lange sent the Twins home.
W: Matt Strahm (2-1) L: Taylor Rogers (1-3) S: Alex Lange (2)
The Twins and Royals continue this four-game series tomorrow night with a 715p Central first pitch, “presented by Apple TV.” Kansas City will send Michael Wacha to the mound while Minnesota counters with Zebby Matthews. Thank you to those who were able to join the game thread tonight, and thanks for reading!
Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb had to leave Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final in a scary scene on Thursday.
Midway through the first period of Vegas’ 4-3 overtime loss to the Hurricanes, McNabb was hit right in the face with an 87 mph slap shot from Hurricanes forward Nikolaj Ehlers.
Play immediately stopped once McNabb was struck, with players from both teams putting their hands up to alert the injury to the referees.
Brayden McNabb takes a puck to the face during the first period of the Golden Knight’s 4-3 overtime loss to the Hurricanes in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on June 4, 2026 in Raleigh, N.C. AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker
McNabb, 35, then rushed to the locker room with his hand over his mouth and nose and was later taken to the hospital, ESPN reported.
Defenseman Jeremy Lauzon shifted up to take McNabb’s spot alongside Shea Theodore on Las Vegas’ top pairing.
“It’s a scary play,’ forward Brett Howden said after the loss. ”You never want to see that. Just hope he’s doing all right. We haven’t seen him yet but hope he’s doing OK.”
McNabb did not return, and Vegas went the rest of the way with just five defensemen.
“You lose a guy like Nabber who logs heavy minutes, such a good teammate, plays the game so hard, it’s tough,” captain Mark Stone said. “They battled as hard as they could.”
Coach John Tortorella said “they played well” and had no update when asked about McNabb’s condition after the Hurricanes’ overtime victory that tied the series.
He has 33 blocked shots in the playoffs after leading the Golden Knights with 142 blocks in 63 games during the regular season.
Brayden McNabb puts his hand over his face after taking a shot to the face during the first period of the Golden Knight’s Game 2 loss to the Hurricanes. NHLI via Getty Images
The veteran defenseman also ranks first in Golden Knights history in blocked shots (1,417) and hits (1,469).
With Las Vegas now just three wins away from a Stanley Cup, head coach John Tortorella said his team’s willingness to stick together was its greatest strength during the playoff run.
“I think that’s the biggest attribute I’ve seen with this team in the short time I’ve been with them is they stay together,” Tortorella said. “They don’t break apart and I think that gets you through some situations. We’re playing against a very good team.
“We’re going to have things happen to us tomorrow. But we’re going to have to stick together to try and find a way.”
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In the morning hours of July 21, 1861, the carriages began to arrive in Centreville, Virginia.
Once a bustling center of trade (before newer roads and railroads diverted the traffic it depended on), it was then home to little more than 100 people.
Whether there was anyone left in the village who owned a carriage is a question for a better historian than I, but you can be almost certain that no one owned any form of transportation as ornately decorated and carved as the beautifully hewn landaus and barouches that were filtering into the town, one by one.
Nattily attired men and women emerged in due time from the interiors of their luxurious conveyances, suits and mustaches neatly brushed, summer dresses pressed and long hair ringleted, with an air of curiosity one might rightly confuse with that of those attending a sporting event.
Washington, D.C.’s wealthy and elite were arriving in force, but to what end?
I imagine word migrated rather quickly around the village. Even in its heyday as a regional thoroughfare, this would have been more than a minor sensation. Senators, and blue-bloods, and servants were milling about the street making inquiries and running errands, and the inquiries were of the strangest sort.
Where might one best view the battle from this location?
The battle? Why would anyone want to watch a battle? A picnic?!
Yes, a picnic. As servants (and those who did not have/bring servants) began to unpack the still-accumulating coaches and buggies, the intent became crystal clear. It was no jest.
Baskets, and bags, and a variety of caddies, canteens, and casks were lowered down or lifted out of traveling storage to be toted off to a predetermined place of best possible spectation.
You see, Centreville had been built on a plateau. And while it had largely been chosen by both Native Americans and English settlers for the various creeks and water sources that flow into Bull Run, and eventually, the Occoquan River — the vista is also outstanding, looking out over what are now multiple national parks, with the Bull Run Mountains in clear view, and the Blue Ridge Mountains just beyond them.
And, most importantly in this instance, an outstanding panoramic view of the rolling plains of Manassas, located just outside of a railroad junction.
That Manassas Junction was located just 100 miles north of the new Confederate capital of Richmond (near another rail connection to the Shenandoah Valley) and a mere 30 miles south of Washington, D.C was a matter of much conversation.
The strategic importance of said junction had been more or less agreed upon by generals of both the Union Army and the Confederacy. Both armies hoped to use the depot to transport their troops for the invasion of the opposition’s capital city and in defense of their own.
And so it was that after just months of training, the two armies found themselves camped on the opposite sides of the river, with nothing but gentle slopes, scattered woods, and grassland between them, preparing for the first real stretch of open battle of the American Civil War.
Which is why the arrival of affluent civilians had been so shocking to the people of Centreville, who with the exit of Union soldiers in the middle of the night had expected nothing beyond further military reserves, much less smartly-dressed spectators toting meals, and blankets, and opera glasses to the edge of the plateau (and even into some of the closer surrounding hills) to conduct a jolly luncheon within sight of the battlefield.
Cannons had already fired, just before dawn. The socialites and congressmen had surely been told that.
And yet there they sat, sandwiches in hand, crusts probably cut off, certain of glorious victory and a dammed good show.
And for most of the week, that’s all I could think about. In almost every online avenue predictions of (relatively) easy victory rang out. Spurs in five! No, in four! No, Knicks in four! Five at worst!
It was a strange sensation to be confronted with. Uneasiness. Apprehension. A vague sense of dread. Whatever you want to call it, it was there, in the pit of my stomach.
It’s the Finals! I should be elated! No one thought this would happen so soon!
But neither group of fans seemed to understand how good the other team was. How hard this was going to be. How so far from assured it was.
Titles are always hard to win, but the postseason pedigree of Spurs fans and the desperation of Knicks fans was combining in a way that felt catastrophic. And it was easy to see the reasoning.
The Knicks had managed to avoid the heavyweights of their conference. And none of those teams had a defensive character resembling that of the Blazers, Timberwolves, or Thunder.
And they are, after all, the Knicks, a team most recently renowned for their (and their owner’s) talent for snatching defeat from the Jaws of victory.
They’re not the Yankees, they’re the Mets, a team that astounds everyone when they’re good (including their own fans) and always seems to become so by near happenstance.
And the Spurs? Well, have you heard of Wemby? You know, the human telephone pole who suppresses shot attempts just by existing?
Yeah, they have that guy. The Knicks haven’t’ faced that guy. Or anyone tough, really. Not like the Spurs have.
Never mind that they’re the youngest Finalists since the ‘77 Trail Blazers. That they have precious little postseason experience. That they’ve been playing beyond their years to such an extent that they can’t possible comprehend what they’ve done, much less be expected to maintain it.
Look, I get it. I’m a Spurs writer, and a Spurs fan. And I desperately wanted to believe that this would be a cakewalk after the seven game hall of horrors that the last series walked us through. But with every breezy prediction, that pit in my stomach seemed to grow.
I was almost angry about it.
What are these people thinking?! Don’t they know the basketball gods are fickle? Have they never read a single Greek myth? Have they never heard of what happens to the mortals who dare to display their hubris so nakedly.
At least I keep all of my hubris inside. Which makes me better than all of them. And also the gods.
And I have to admit, the Knicks are one of the two NBA teams I truly have a soft spot for.
Years ago, in preparation for an article about a Spurs and Knicks regular season contest, I read Harvey Araton’s seminal 1970’s Knicks chronicle When The Garden Was Eden followed by Charley Rosen’s equally enthralling The Pivotal Season (he himself being a lifelong Knicks fans and onetime assistant coach to former Knicks legend Phil Jackson) and I was enthralled by the tales of those New York teams to such an extent that I consider them a spiritual predecessor to the Popovich Spurs, among others.
(Former NBA + Spurs coach and Pop mentor Larry Brown grew up in New York as a massive fan of 70’s Knicks coach Red Holtzman)
Those Knicks teams were great at sharing the ball, and knowing their role, and excelling in the clutch, and were coordinated by a coach so similar in attitude, strategic genius, and career/life arc to San Antonio’s longtime skipper that you’d almost think they were carbon copies.
And all postseason I’ve seen flashes of those teams in these Knicks, and to be perfectly honest, it scares the absolute daylights out of me.
“Spurs in 7”, I predicted shakily before Game 1.
I found myself snorting at my trepidation in the first quarter. Maybe I’d had the wrong end of it after all. Maybe all this writing had made me lose touch with the gut feelings that a fan has.
Maybe I’ve just gotten so in my head that I’m not as connected to the sense of inevitability that I used to get in the regular season and the postseason, when I could feel in my bones that the Spurs were coming home with O’Brien.
And then it stopped being easy. And New York kept slapping away leads like a Victorian orphan. And every Spur seemed to have a case of the butterfingers, while balls that shouldn’t have gone in for the Knicks unerringly found the bottom of the net.
The walls were closing in, and I was right, but boy did being right feel bad. Rarely have I more wanted to be wrong in the moment than last night.
It must have resembled some minute version of how General Winfield Scott felt when Abraham Lincoln insisted that the newly expanded and barely trained Union Army march directly on Richmond.
Or when he received news of retreat after they were handed their first defeat in a war that he must have known would rage on for years, as opposed to the mere months the President had hoped for, and that the populace had expected.
And what a retreat it was. Having failed to take the junction, any progress the Union forces had made was thwarted by the Confederates’ ability to continue bringing in reinforcements by train.
By the late afternoon, they were outnumbered almost 2-1, and their lines broke and withdrew in a mass so chaotic and without leadership that it was dubbed ‘The Great Skedaddle’ by southern journalists of the time.
Leaving behind their arms and equipment, and wagons and artillery, and all manner of supplies, the terrified blue-clad soldiers quite literally headed for the hills, unknowingly aimed directly at the cavalcade of voyeuristic picnickers still seated there.
Slow to realize what was happening, some of the onlookers were still seated when the first of the troops who were on horseback came galloping through. Others, being somewhat more aware, had already scrambled for their carriages and, in their panic, were now clogging the road that the army was trying to use to retreat.
Had the almost equally inexperienced Confederate soldiers been a bit more seasoned, or their commanders a bit more zealous, the war might have ended soon after, with the complete destruction of the retreating forces and a subsequent advance on the U.S. capital.
Thankfully, an overabundance of caution (due to Scott’s prescient insistence that a second force of 18,000 men be stationed near Harper’s Ferry in the event of a rogue Confederate incursion) kept the defeat from resulting in total disaster.
But Winfield Scott was blamed (in addition to commanding General Irvin McDowell) for the catastrophe and resigned shortly after, as Lincoln began to omit him from critical meetings, still determined to advance directly on Richmond rather than adopting Scott’s shrewder (though admittedly, slower) ‘Anaconda Plan’ to surround and divide the Confederate states, and cut off all supply and transportation routes.
The victory was not quite what it seemed, though, for the Confederacy.
It was not just citizens of the Union who had been convinced that the war would be quickly ended. Once news reached the southern populace, they became even more convinced of their military superiority, and so, unfortunately (or rather, fortunately) did many of their political leaders and commanders.
Many historians have since agreed that the one-sided nature of the battle “proved the greatest misfortune that would have befallen the Confederacy” having imbued the South with a false sense of invincibility.
Much more fatally, it removed almost all sense of urgency.
Content with easy victories at the start of the war, due to (among other things) an edge in the quality of their officers, the Confederacy failed to fully exploit their advantage, or recognize its temporary nature.
Yes, the Union Army was green, but for much of the latter two-thirds of the war, it would have the superior numbers, due to population density.
And it would also be better supplied, since the greatly inferior Confederate Navy could neither blockade the North, nor break free of the blockade imposed upon them, even without taking into account that the majority of industry and advantageous transportation (railways) existed north of the Mason-Dixon line.
The South hoped to wage a war of attrition against a deeper, better-supported army, for some reason unable to discern that their disadvantage would only grow as time wore on.
And after last night, there’s a chance that the Knicks (and certainly their fans) may overestimate the nature of their victory and what it signifies.
For Knicks fans, last night was a display of veteran superiority. Of superior execution, outstanding defense, and timely shooting.
For Spurs fans, it was the result of an off-night for the team with the greater Superstar, superior depth, and overall higher ceiling, likely brought on by a youthful reaction to the significance of the moment, and lingering exhaustion from a brutal previous series.
The rest advantage will be less now that the Knicks are back on the court (and getting a little banged-up themselves). The youthful trepidation is unlikely to last.
The longer the series goes on, the more it plays into the favor of the more youthful team (who also have home-court advantage in the event of another Game 7 ), and the more their depth will sustain them.
The Knicks must win as quickly as possible. Their window is small. And that is its own kind of pressure. The Spurs’ window will almost certainly be open for some time.
New York City is a pressure cooker of desperation and a ‘what have you done for me lately’ attitude.
San Antonio offers a comfortable respite for their players.
The greater burden is squarely on the Knicks — to capitalize on their victory.
It’s possible that they haven’t realized that yet, but even if they do/have the series is far from over.
Both civilian populations were convinced that the Civil War could be ended in a single battle. It dragged on for four long years, ending as the once-great General Winfield Scott had anticipated and strategized.
And though it took an intelligent and otherwise unassuming General Ulysses S. Grant to execute it (who, unlike many of Lincoln’s previous selections recognized Scott’s genius, and adapted his own plans to include it), Scott lived to see himself vindicated.
He died a year after the war ended, at the (then) very ripe old age of 79, his legacy secure.
He had sent a copy of his recently completed memoirs to Grant (whom he had advised Lincoln to appoint Commander-in-Chief of the Army in 1862), inscribed with a single sentence of gratitude and humility: “From the oldest General, to the greatest General.”
Spurs in 7. Go, Spurs, Go.
Takeways
There were several moments in crunch time when no one seemed to be able to hold onto the ball or make the right decision. Everyone except for Devin Vassell, that is. While all of the Spurs have been prone to bouts of inconsistency in the playoffs, even on a meh shooting night, Vassell never stopped giving his best effort and using his head. Particularly critical was a late position, where, noticing that he was boxed in the paint, Vassell recognized that an alley-oop to Victor (who had position and reach) would almost certainly draw a foul due to the way that Wemby was being guarded. Everything started slipping away after that canny bit of improvisation and the ensuing free throws, but it wasn’t Vassell’s fault, who stuck to Jalen Brunson like a rodent trap and was just on the bad side of some shooting luck from Brunson (who he otherwise helped hassle into a 12-31 shooting performance). I know he’s still got some time on his contract, but I wouldn’t hate it if the Spurs tried to early extend him at a (relative) discount. He’s been a coffin-nail for the better part of this incredible run from the Spurs.
The Spurs wasted another solid shooting performance from Julian Champagnie on a night where their dreaded three-point variance reared its ugly head. We know that the Spurs have really only have two modes when it comes to downtown conversion: unrelenting drought or annihilating flood, but it’s easier to embrace that in the regular season. That they actually shot more threes than the three-happy Knicks almost made it feel like that nightmare of a Game 7 that the Rockets had against the Warriors back in 2018, and it actually wasn’t far off. They took one less bomb than those Rockets, and only made four more shots. So, while the Spurs should definitely drop the attempts a bit, it’s good to know that it took approaching historical misfortune for them to lose the way they did. I wouldn’t bet on that holding up.
Much has been made of Dylan Harper’s absence in crunch time, but Carter Bryant’s utilization should also be a point of interest, as he got only four minutes of court time and was assigned the far-too-slippery Brunson as an assignment. It might be a better idea to try him on Towns, Anunoby, or even give him some minutes against the bench shooters, who were a thorn in San Antonio’s side every time they tried to pull away. I understand that he’s a rookie, but almost everything has to be on the table at this stage of the postseason, and the Knicks are absolutely going to make adjustments of their own. Hopefully, Mitch Johnson is just keeping Bryant in his back pocket for now.
In a 2-2 game with five minutes left, Hurricanes goalie Frederik Andersen made a diving save across the crease to stop a would-be goal from Vegas' Ivan Barbashev. A scuffle ensued in front of the net, with the puck eventually being poked out from under Andersen and into the Carolina net, seemingly giving the Golden Knights a 3-2 lead.
The goal was immediately waved off, with goalie interference (of the non-penalty variety) as the call. Furthermore, officials indicated they had already blown the play dead when the puck was under Andersen, bolstering Carolina's case as it being a non-goal.
Even with that two-tier cake, Tortorella wasn't satisfied. He elected to challenge the goalie interference, arguing it should have been a Golden Knights goal. But the no-goal call stood after review, giving the Hurricanes a power play, where Carolina had struggled through nearly two games.
The fates, of course, are cruel. Just 25 seconds into the penalty, Jordan Staal tipped in a shot from Shayne Gostisbehere, giving the 'Canes a 3-2 lead with 4:35 left in the game.
Vegas would come back with the tying goal to tie it up at three and send the game to overtime, but the questions around the decision to challenge lingered.
Was John Tortorella correct to challenge no-goal?
While results-based reflection is an exercise in futility, Tortorella's challenge late in Game 2 certainly seemed like a miscalculation.
To start, the initial call was goaltender interference against Vegas, a famously difficult call to litigate. Furthermore, the NHL gives the whistle a lot of leeway. The goalie interference was removed from the play, but there was still an intent to blow the whistle from the official after line of sight to the puck was lost, something that wouldn't be overturned.
In short, the onus is on the official to stop play. And if the official says the play was dead, regardless of when the whistle is blown, then that is when the play is dead.
Explanation from the NHL on the no-goal call:
“The ruling on the play was goaltender interference. He waived it (off) immediately. He believed that it was under the goalie and the Vegas player went after the puck and interfered with the goalie and his ability to freeze the puck…
Two of the Spurs’ most visible fans will not be in their seats for Game 2 of the NBA Finals after an incident at a previous playoff contest left them so shaken that it “has greatly shifted” their experience going to games.
OnlyFans models Blue and Julie J. Swan were involved in an incident in which they allege they were verbally accosted by several fans during Game 6 of the Western Conference finals. One fan allegedly grabbed Blue during an exchange captured on video and posted on social media.
While the two women were at Game 1 of the NBA Finals, their comfort level has changed, and they will not attend Game 2 from their courtside seats behind the Spurs bench.
Two viral Spurs fans will not be attending NBA Finals Game 2. X/bluebeari3
“I had a lot of anxiety, and I still do thinking about going to a game,” Swan told The Post in a phone interview Thursday. “Because what if they do that again? Or what if there’s other people that will do that? It put that fear and anxiety in my mind; it’s like a stadium full of people. You don’t know who’s there. We had no idea that this was even possible at a game at this level of importance.”
Swan said that the incident had “lingered in the back of my mind” since she’s been back at Frost Bank Center.
In the video, the man can be heard telling Blue that it was “disgraceful that you sit like that” while pointing his finger toward her. He allegedly put his hand on Blue, which prompted her to tell the individual not to touch her.
It way worse than that. This is the same family that harassed my friend and I the previous Spurs home game till we had to get security pic.twitter.com/t2vRZKmmrP
Swan alleged that another man and a woman, who were both with the first man, also started with them while they were taking pictures near the court, with the woman making bunny ears behind one girl. When the OnlyFans models were about to leave, the other male allegedly accosted them.
Swan alleges that the man called them “chopped,” which is a slang term for calling someone ugly, repeatedly, as they were leaving.
“It was too much. I was pretty upset leaving, just sitting in my car afterward,” Swan said. “Trying to let the adrenaline die down, and I did end up crying because I felt very unsafe at the stadium. I don’t know, it was a lot.”
Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks looks on during the game against the San Antonio Spurs during Game One of the 2026 NBA Finals on June 3, 2026 at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. NBAE via Getty Images
James B., who identified himself to The Post as the manager for Swan and Blue, said arena security was notified, but there wasn’t much of an initial response at first.
The group was initially talked to and allowed to remain in their seats.
Following the latter incident during the conference finals, security became more involved, but James said the alleged agitators left quickly before security could do anything.
Security escorted both women to their seats at the NBA Finals and assured that nothing would happen again.
The Spurs did not return requests for comment over the alleged incidents from The Post.
Swan and Blue have gained internet fame during the Spurs’ playoff run as eagle-eyed basketball fans took notice of the women behind the team bench. The two even shared photos of themselves with NBA legend Charles Barkley, who has previously made unfavorable comments about women from San Antonio.
While the whole incident has put a cloud over the fun Swan would have had at the games she attended, she said she’ll still be turning into Game 2 on Friday.
“I still love the Spurs so very much,” she said. “I wish that it could be different, and I wish that this had never happened, so that I could still have that fairytale moment going to these, to these games. It just makes me really sad.”
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