The Seattle Mariners have first place in the AL West all to themselves for only the second time this season. 

Seattle extended its winning streak to nine games with an 11-2 pounding of the Los Angeles Angels at T-Mobile Park. Coupled with the Houston Astros’ 8-3 defeat versus the Atlanta Braves, the Mariners hold the top spot in the division for the first time since June 1. The team reached a first-place tie by winning the first game of this series last Thursday.

Star slugger Cal Raleigh gave the home crowd an early thrill by hitting his 54th home run of what’s been a historic season. That tied him with Mickey Mantle for the most homers in a single season by a switch-hitter and gave Seattle a 2-0 lead. 

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Raleigh’s homer was also the 43rd he hit while playing catcher, overtaking the record 42 that Javy Lopez hit at the position in 2003 for the Atlanta Braves. (When he hit his 49th overall homer this season, Raleigh surpassed the 48 hit by Salvador Perez primarily playing catcher through the year.)

The Mariners added three runs on four hits in the third inning, scoring on an RBI double from Julio Rodríguez, a sacrifice fly by Josh Naylor and a run-scoring double from Dominic Canzone. 

That was followed by six hits and two walks in the fourth that put Seattle up 10-0. The surge was highlighted by another RBI double from Rodriguez, a 2-run single by Naylor and a 2-run single from Canzone. 

Naylor and Canzone each drove in three runs, while Rodriguez and Raleigh each had two RBI in a 16-hit barrage by the Mariners. 

The 10-run outburst provided more than enough run support for Mariners starting pitcher George Kirby, who racked up 14 strikeouts — tying a career-high — in 6 1/3 innings while allowing two runs and three hits. Kirby retired the first 13 batters he faced, striking out nine of them. 

The right-hander served up solo home runs to Christian Moore in the fifth and Oswald Peraza in the sixth, but that barely chipped away at Seattle’s huge lead. 

Kirby’s 14-strikeout effort followed Bryan Woo striking out 13 batters in Saturday’s 5-3 win over the Angels. It also represented a strong rebound from his past two starts, in which he allowed 10 total runs and 17 hits in just six innings. 

The Mariners (82-68) have 12 games remaining on their schedule, beginning a six-game road trip on Tuesday. That includes three games against the Astros in Houston, a series that could possibly determine the AL West winner. Seattle’s season ends with three-game home series versus the Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers. 

The Astros (81-69) also have 12 games left in their regular season, starting a six-game homestand versus the Texas Rangers before hosting the Mariners. They finish with three-game sets at the Athletics and Angels. 

Cal Raleigh’s historic 2025 season has seen him reach the 50-home run mark, the most homers in a season by a primary catcher in MLB history. He’s also the first player in MLB history to hit at least 20 home runs from each side of the plate in the same season.

Now he’s reached a historic milestone, tying Mickey Mantle’s record of 54 homers by a switch-hitter in a single season with a two-run home run against the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday. Mantle reached the 54-mark in 1961.

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How Raleigh got here

The Seattle Mariners catcher’s road to home run history began on the final day of March, with his first dinger of the season, and he has continued the power surge ever since. Raleigh has hit blasts in consecutive games eight times and recorded nine multi-homer games this season.

Raleigh is threatening the American League record of 62 home runs set by New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge in 2022. “Big Dumper” is also inching closer to Ken Griffey Jr.’s Mariners record of 56 home runs, which “The Kid” reached twice, in 1997 and ’98.

As Raleigh approaches more history in his MVP-worthy season, we are tracking his notable 2025 home runs all the way through Game 162.

MARCH

Home runs hit: 1

March 31: Raleigh opened his 2025 home run account in the Mariners’ fifth game of the season, a 9-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. His 358-foot blast came six days after he signed a six-year, $105 million extension.

APRIL

Home runs hit: 9

April 11: The history-making started early for Raleigh. During the Mariners’ 14th game, he launched his third blast of the season off Texas Rangers pitcher Chris Martin and set the franchise record for career home runs by a catcher with his 96th.

MAY

Home runs hit: 12

May 2: Raleigh’s first grand slam of the season came on a two-homer, five-RBI night in a 13-1 rout of Jack Leiter and the Rangers.

May 27: Raleigh’s third multi-home-run game of the season put his total up to 19 on the year and set an MLB record for home runs by a catcher in a team’s first 53 games of a season. Both dingers came against Washington Nationals pitcher Mitchell Parker.

May 30: Raleigh became the first catcher in MLB history with 20 home runs before the end of May with another multi-blast night that saw him knock in five runs in a 12-6 loss to the Minnesota Twins.

JUNE

Home runs hit: 11

June 20: A prolific May continued into June for Raleigh, as he reached double-digit home runs again and set the MLB record for homers by a catcher before the All-Star break with his 29th of the season at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs.

June 21: Still at Wrigley one day later, Raleigh hit No. 30 to become the first switch-hitter in MLB history to do so before the All-Star break, moving ahead of of Mickey Mantle, José Ramírez and Lance Berkman. He also became the first player to hit 30 home runs in his team’s first 75 games since 2001, when Barry Bonds and Luis Gonzalez achieved that feat.

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JULY

Home runs hit: 9

July 14: By the time the baseball world descended on Atlanta for the All-Star Game, Raleigh had 38 home runs. He brought his power to Georgia, where he became the first catcher to win the Home Run Derby, edging Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero in the final. Raleigh is the second Mariner to win the event, joining Griffey, who won the Derby three times. Raleigh is also the first switch-hitter to win the Derby outright, as Rubén Sierra, the only other switch-hitter to win, shared the title in 1998.

July 26: Nearly two weeks after Raleigh’s Derby win, he hit No. 40 to become the seventh catcher in MLB history to post a 40-homer season, joining Salvador Perez, Johnny Bench, Javy López, Todd Hundley, Roy Campanella and Mike Piazza. It was the 133rd blast of Raleigh’s career, putting him ahead of Ken Griffey Jr. for the most by a Mariner in his first five MLB seasons.

AUGUST

Home runs hit: 8

Aug. 15: Homer No. 46 was launched during a win over the New York Mets that also saw Raleigh reach 100 RBI on the season. That matched his career high, set in 2024, and made Raleigh the first catcher since Mike Piazza in 1999 and 2000 with 100 RBI in consecutive seasons while playing at least 50% of his games behind the plate.

Aug. 24: An 11-4 win over the Athletics delivered yet another multi-homer game from Raleigh — one that saw him tie and then break the MLB record for home runs hit by a catcher in a single season when he hit Nos. 48 and 49 to leapfrog Salvador Perez.

Aug. 25: Raleigh reached 50 home runs before any other MLB player this season, getting there with a first-inning dinger during a win over the San Diego Padres. He is the only primary catcher to ever hit 50 blasts in a single season.

September

Home runs hit: 4 (and counting)

Sept. 2: Raleigh hit his first homer of September in a 6-5 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. Rays starter Drew Rasmussen left a 96 mph fastball high and over the middle of the plate, and Raleigh launched it into the right-field stands at Steinbrenner Field.

Sept. 14: After a one-week home run drought, Raleigh hit his 54th home run of the season to tie Mickey Mantle for the most home runs by a switch-hitter in a single season.

The MLB postseason is right around the corner. And with less than three weeks left in the regular season, every team with World Series aspirations still has a lot left to play for.

Let’s break down the MLB standings and the playoff picture as they look ahead of games on Sept. 14.

Who has clinched a spot in the playoffs?

The Brewers clinched the first spot in the playoffs on Sept. 13. They are in line to win the NL Central and secure the NL’s No. 1 seed.

No other team has clinched a postseason berth yet, though the same 12 teams have been in playoff position since July 11.

Who can clinch next?

The Tigers and Blue Jays are in a race to be first in the American League, with magic numbers at seven and six, respectively. The Phillies are one win away from clinching the second spot in the NL playoff field.

On the NL side, the Phillies, Cubs and Dodgers all have playoff odds above 99%, according to FanGraphs. The Brewers, Phillies and Dodgers are in position to win their divisions, while the Cubs currently hold the top wild card. The Padres and Mets are also in wild-card position.

In the AL, the Tigers, Blue Jays and Yankees all have playoff odds of 99% or better. Also in playoff position are the Red Sox, Astros and Mariners. The Tigers, Blue Jays and Mariners currently lead their divisions, with the Yankees, Red Sox and Astros making up the wild-card field. 

But someone could still shake up the wild-card picture, as the Rangers and Guardians are within 3.5 games of the Astros for the final spot in the AL, and the Giants, Reds and Diamondbacks are within 2.5 games of the Mets for the final spot in the NL.

What’s still up for grabs?

Once a team clinches its ticket to the postseason, there’s still a lot to play for. Beyond division leads and wild cards, teams could be battling for playoff positioning until the final weekend of the season.

The Nos. 1 and 2 seeds in each league go to the division winners with the two best records. Those teams earn a bye through the wild-card round and hosting rights in the division series. Currently, the Brewers, Phillies, Tigers and Blue Jays are in line to claim those byes.

The No. 3 seed goes to the third division winner, and that team will host the three-game wild-card series against the No. 6 seed (which goes to the third wild card). The top wild-card team will earn the No. 4 seed and host the No. 5 seed (the second wild card) in the wild-card round.

The higher seed also gets home-field advantage in the championship series, once we get that far.

What are the tiebreakers?

No longer do teams play a Game 163 if they finish the season tied. Instead, tiebreakers are determined by head-to-head records first and, if needed, intradivision records second.

Here are the tiebreakers that could come into play:

• The Blue Jays have clinched the tiebreaker against the Red Sox, Yankees and Tigers.

• The Red Sox have clinched the tiebreaker against the Yankees.

• The Tigers have clinched the tiebreaker against the Astros.

• The Mets have clinched the tiebreaker against the Phillies and Padres.

• The Phillies have clinched the tiebreaker against the Dodgers.

• The Cubs have clinched the tiebreaker against the Brewers.

• The Dodgers have clinched the tiebreaker against the Padres.

• The Astros have clinched the tiebreaker against the Blue Jays.

• The Astros and Mariners are 5-5 this season with three games left to play.

What would the playoff bracket look like if the season ended today?

American League

Wild card: No. 6 Houston Astros vs. No. 3 Seattle Mariners
ALDS: Wild-card winner vs. No. 2 Detroit Tigers

Wild card: No. 5 Boston Red Sox vs. No. 4 New York Yankees
ALDS: Wild-card winner vs. No. 1 Toronto Blue Jays

National League

Wild card: No. 6 New York Mets vs. No. 3 L.A. Dodgers
NLDS: Wild-card winner vs. No. 2 Philadelphia Phillies

Wild card: No. 5 San Diego Padres vs. No. 4 Chicago Cubs
NLDS: Wild-card winner vs. No. 1 Milwaukee Brewers

What’s the schedule for the postseason?

Wild-card series (best of three)

Game 1: Tuesday, Sept. 30
Game 2: Wednesday, Oct. 1
Game 3: Thursday, Oct. 2*

Division series (best of five)

ALDS

Game 1: Saturday, Oct. 4
Game 2: Sunday, Oct. 5
Game 3: Tuesday, Oct. 7
Game 4: Wednesday, Oct. 8*
Game 5: Friday, Oct. 10*

NLDS

Game 1: Saturday, Oct. 4
Game 2: Monday, Oct. 6
Game 3: Wednesday, Oct. 8
Game 4: Thursday, Oct. 9*
Game 5: Saturday, Oct. 11*

Championship series (best of seven)

ALCS

Game 1: Sunday, Oct 12
Game 2: Monday, Oct. 13
Game 3: Wednesday, Oct. 15
Game 4: Thursday, Oct. 16
Game 5: Friday, Oct. 17*
Game 6: Sunday, Oct. 19*
Game 7: Monday, Oct. 20*

NLCS

Game 1: Monday, Oct 13
Game 2: Tuesday, Oct. 14
Game 3: Thursday, Oct. 16
Game 4: Friday, Oct. 17
Game 5: Saturday, Oct. 18*
Game 6: Monday, Oct. 20*
Game 7: Tuesday, Oct. 21*

World Series (best of seven)

Game 1: Friday, Oct. 24
Game 2: Saturday, Oct. 25
Game 3: Monday, Oct. 27
Game 4: Tuesday, Oct. 28
Game 5: Wednesday, Oct. 29*
Game 6: Friday, Oct. 31*
Game 7: Saturday, Nov. 1*

(*if necessary)

Guess who won the Procore Championship? If you said Scottie Scheffler, you’d be right.

The world No. 1 won for a sixth time this season on the PGA Tour – and for the first time in the state of California – beating Ben Griffin by one shot to win at Silverado Resort in Napa.

Scheffler was making his tournament debut, playing as one of 10 players on the U.S. Ryder Cup team getting preparations in for the competition that begins in 12 days at Bethpage Black in New York. But Scheffler is taking home $1,080,000 with his latest PGA Tour victory.

Here’s the breakdown of how much money each PGA Tour player earned at the Procore Championship, where there was a purse of $6 million.

Procore Championship 2025 prize money payouts

Position	Player	Score	Earnings
1	Scottie Scheffler	-19	$1,080,000
2	Ben Griffin	-18	$654,000
3	Lanto Griffin	-17	$414,000
T4	Jackson Koivun	-16	$0
T4	Emiliano Grillo	-16	$294,000
6	J.J. Spaun	-15	$246,000
T7	Mackenzie Hughes	-14	$210,000
T7	Garrick Higgo	-14	$210,000
T9	Cameron Young	-12	$181,500
T9	Rico Hoey	-12	$181,500
T11	Austin Eckroat	-11	$157,500
T11	Akshay Bhatia	-11	$157,500
T13	Matt Kuchar	-10	$115,500
T13	Isaiah Salinda	-10	$115,500
T13	Sam Burns	-10	$115,500
T13	Maverick McNealy	-10	$115,500
T13	Michael Thorbjornsen	-10	$115,500
T13	Ryo Hisatsune	-10	$115,500
T19	Max Homa	-9	$74,015
T19	Brandt Snedeker	-9	$74,015
T19	Gary Woodland	-9	$74,015
T19	Greyson Sigg	-9	$74,015
T19	Davis Thompson	-9	$74,015
T19	Jonathan Byrd	-9	$74,015
T19	Russell Henley	-9	$74,015
T26	Joseph Bramlett	-8	$48,150
T26	Ben Kohles	-8	$48,150
T26	Doug Ghim	-8	$48,150
T26	Justin Hastings	-8	$48,150
T30	Chad Ramey	-7	$37,628
T30	Ricky Castillo	-7	$37,628
T30	Steven Fisk	-7	$37,628
T30	Jason Dufner	-7	$37,628
T30	Patrick Cantlay	-7	$37,628
T30	Luke List	-7	$37,628
T30	Adam Schenk	-7	$37,628
T30	Taylor Montgomery	-7	$37,628
T38	Sahith Theegala	-6	$28,560
T38	Vince Whaley	-6	$28,560
T38	Patrick Fishburn	-6	$28,560
T38	Kevin Velo	-6	$28,560
T38	Mark Hubbard	-6	$28,560
T43	Matt McCarty	-5	$23,100
T43	Eric Cole	-5	$23,100
T43	Harris English	-5	$23,100
T43	Collin Morikawa	-5	$23,100
T47	Mac Meissner	-4	$16,620
T47	Beau Hossler	-4	$16,620
T47	Karl Vilips	-4	$16,620
T47	Trey Mullinax	-4	$16,620
T47	Seamus Power	-4	$16,620
T47	Zac Blair	-4	$16,620
T54	Troy Merritt	-3	$14,260
T54	David Skinns	-3	$14,260
T54	Tyler Watts	-3	$0
T54	Keith Mitchell	-3	$14,260
T57	Hayden Springer	-2	$13,740
T57	Braden Thornberry	-2	$13,740
T57	Vince Covello	-2	$13,740
T57	Peter Malnati	-2	$13,740
T57	Byeong Hun An	-2	$13,740
T57	Kevin Streelman	-2	$13,740
T57	Martin Laird	-2	$13,740
T64	Thomas Rosenmuller	-1	$13,140
T64	John Pak	-1	$13,140
T64	Quade Cummins	-1	$13,140
T67	Trevor Cone	E	$12,840
T67	Anders Albertson	E	$12,840
69	Justin Thomas	1	$12,660
T70	Jim Knous	2	$12,480
T70	Will Chandler	2	$12,480
72	Tom Kim	5	$12,300

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Procore Championship 2025 payouts, prize money for each player in Napa

The Brooklyn Nets have 52 jersey numbers worn by over 600 different players over the course of their history since the franchise was founded in 1967 as a charter member of the American Basketball Association (ABA), when the team was known as the “New Jersey Americans”.

Since then, that league has been absorbed by the NBA with the team that would later become the New York Nets and New Jersey Nets before settling on the name by which they are known today, bringing their rich player and jersey history with them to the league of today.

To commemorate the players who played for the Nets over the decades wearing those 52 different jersey numbers, Nets Wire is covering the entire history of the franchise’s jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team. The 25th of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 24, which has has had a total of 20 players wear the number in the history of the team.

The first of those players wearing No. 24 played in the (then) New York Americans (now, Brooklyn Nets) era, Hall of Fame forward alum Rick Barry. After ending his college career at Miami, Barry was picked up with the fourth overall selection of the 1965 NBA Draft by the (then) San Francisco (now, Golden State) Warriors.

The Elizabeth, New Jersey native would play the first two seasons of his pro career with the Dubs. He also played for the ABA’s (defunct) Oakland Oaks and the (also defunct) Washington Caps before he was dealt to New York in 1970.

His stay with the team would span two seasons, coming to an end when he returned to the Dubs in 1972. During his time suiting up for the Nets, Barry wore only jersey No. 24 and put up 30.6 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game.

All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.

This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets jersey history No. 24 – Rick Barry (1970-72)

For 10 of the 12 members of the United States Ryder Cup team, Sunday was the final day of tournament preparation ahead of the biennial competition that begins in 12 days at Bethpage Black in New York.

The 2025 Procore Championship concluded Sunday at Silverado Resort in California, where every player but Xander Schauffele and Bryson DeChambeau were in the field and made the cut.

For the 10 members of the red, white and blue, a couple of them were in contention throughout the weekend, including world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.

Here’s where every member of the U.S. Ryder Cup team finished in the 2025 Procore Championship at Silverado Resort:

Scottie Scheffler

1, 19 under

Ben Griffin

2, 18 under

J.J. Spaun

6, 15 under

Cameron Young

T-9, 12 under

Sam Burns

T-13, 10 under

Russell Henley

T-19, 9 under

Patrick Cantlay

T-30, 7 under

Harris English

T-43, 5 under

Collin Morikawa

T-43, 5 under

Justin Thomas

69, 1 over

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Procore Championship 2025: How U.S. Ryder Cup members finished

Cubs announce injury designation for rookie outfielder
originally appeared on The Sporting News

Although the Chicago Cubs are close to clinching a playoff berth in the National League, the team is still in a race with the Milwaukee Brewers for the division title in the NL Central.

After Sunday’s slate of games, the Cubs are 5.5 games behind the Brewers in the division, but it will take some help from other teams while continuing to win games of their own to pass Milwaukee, who currently holds the best record in all of baseball (91-59).

Injuries have come to some of Chicago’s best players in recent weeks, as Kyle Tucker (calf tightness) currently awaits a return from the 10-day IL, and Pete Crow-Armstrong (knee contusion) had a health scare last week but has since returned. Another injury list designation was announced on Sunday.

Cubs place Owen Caissie on the 7-day IL with concussion

The Chicago Cubs revealed that outfielder Owen Caissie suffered a concussion after running into the outfield wall while playing a ball in Saturday’s loss against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Jesse Rogers of ESPN.com released more details on the Cubs’ decision on the 23-year-old rookie.

“Cubs OF Owen Caissie is going through concussion protocol after crashing into the wall while making a catch on Saturday. He progressively got worse throughout the afternoon, eventually coming out of the game,” Rogers wrote.

Unfortunately, it took just 12 games for Caissie to come up with an injury after getting called up from Triple-A Iowa on Aug. 14. The Cubs called up 23-year-old Kevin Alcantara after placing Caissie on the injured list.

In those 12 games, Caissie has a .192 batting average, .222 on-base percentage, .346 slugging percentage, and a .568 OPS while hitting one home run and four RBI.

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Carolina Panthers receiver Tetairoa McMillan had as much of a homecoming as he could have had on Sunday. Oh, and he was awfully good in it, too.

The rookie wideout, after an impressive NFL regular-season debut last weekend, recorded six catches for a game-high 100 receiving yards in Carolina’s 27-22 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. McMillan was asked about yet another eye-opening outing following the defeat.

“That’s all credit to my teammates, my quarterback and then, obviously, the coaches,” he replied. “They always just have a good plan on offense, and it just comes down to us to execute. We gotta finish games, we gotta finish drives.”

McMillan, a Southern California native by way of Waimānalo, Hawaii, was selected as a first-round pick out of the University of Arizona this past spring. He played three seasons with the Wildcats in Tucson, which is just a two-hour drive from the Glendale—the setting of his sparkling 100-yard performance in Week 2.

And that, obviously, carried some importance for the 22-year-old.

“God works in mysterious ways,” he stated. “Just somehow, my second-ever game in the league is pretty much the place where I spent the last three years. It’s a homecoming for me, man. It’s a close flight home from Hawaii. I’m fortunate enough to have both my grandparents here, my mom, pops. It’s just a blessing.”

McMillan, through his two games, has amassed 168 receiving yards on 11 grabs.

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This article originally appeared on Panthers Wire: Panthers WR Tetairoa McMillan talks about his sparkling Week 2 outing