UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Kayla McBride scored 23 points, and Minnesota beat the Connecticut Sun 86-80 on Wednesday night to give Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve the WNBA record for career wins.
Reeve has 380 regular-season wins, one more than Mike Thibault, whose son Eric Thibault is Minnesota's associate head coach.
“I am so glad this is over,” Reeve said.
A four-time WNBA coach of the year, Reeve was hired by the Lynx in 2010 and has led the franchise to each of its four championships — tied with the Houston Comets and Seattle Storm for the most in history.
“(I) learned a lot from Mike through the years,” Reeve added. “I know he's happy for me. And somebody's going to pass me and I'll be happy for them, too.”
After Reeve tied Thibault with an 85-77 win at Dallas on June 28, the Lynx (16-6) lost back-to-back games for the first time this season. Minnesota — which moved a half-game in front of Las Vegas, the defending WNBA champion, atop the standings — lost Friday at New York in her first chance to set the record, then fell 90-89 to the Sun at home on Monday.
Natasha Howard had 12 points and 10 rebounds for Minnesota.
Leila Lacan had 15 points, six assists and six rebounds for Connecticut (5-17) and Olivia Nelson-Ododa scored 14.
The Sun's Saniya Rivers was taken off the court in a wheelchair and did not return due to a left ankle sprain.
Minnesota rookie Olivia Miles, the No. 2 overall draft pick who was named an All-Star last week, missed her second consecutive game with a calf strain.
Brittney Griner (left quad strain) and Aneesah Morrow (personal reasons) did not play for Connecticut.
Lynx: Begin a four-game homestand Saturday against New York.
Sun: Host Golden State on Friday.
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Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve gestures during a WNBA basketball game against the Dallas Wings in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, June 28, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
BALTIMORE (AP) — Pete Crow-Armstrong hit two of Chicago's five home runs and the Cubs outslugged the Baltimore Orioles 9-7 on Wednesday night.
Michael Conforto and Carson Kelly also went deep on the first two pitches of the fifth inning for Chicago, tying the game immediately after Pete Alonso's two-run shot had given Baltimore a 3-1 lead.
Chicago then scored five runs in the seventh, including a three-run shot by Seiya Suzuki.
Tyler O'Neill homered twice for Baltimore and Coby Mayo also went deep.
Colin Rea (7-5) allowed three runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings for the Cubs. Dean Kremer (1-2) gave up just six hits in five innings, but four of them were solo homers.
Down 9-3 in the seventh, the Orioles made it interesting against Chicago's bullpen. O’Neill’s pinch-hit homer and Taylor Ward’s RBI single made it 9-5 in the seventh. Then Mayo added a 420-foot homer into the second deck in left field in the eighth, and O'Neill followed with a 433-foot drive to left-center.
Jacob Webb halted the comeback, pitching a perfect ninth for his fourth save.
Crow-Armstrong now has 21 home runs and he became baseball's first 20-homer, 20-stolen base man of the season. He's just the third Cubs player with multiple 20-20 campaigns, along with Ryne Sandberg and Sammy Sosa. Only Sosa and Crow-Armstrong have done it in back-to-back seasons.
No. 9 hitter Jackson Holliday had four hits for the Orioles, but leadoff man Gunnar Henderson went 0 for 5 without hitting the ball out of the infield. Henderson hit into two double plays, and when he finally hit a sharp line drive up the middle with a runner on second in the eighth, shortstop Dansby Swanson made a diving catch to end the inning.
One of the double plays Henderson hit into brought a run home, tying the game at 1 in the third after Crow-Armstrong had opened the scoring in the top of the inning.
After Alonso's 20th homer, Kremer allowed solo shots by Conforto, Kelly and Crow-Armstrong in a four-batter span.
It was still 4-3 in the seventh when Grant Wolfram came in to pitch with two on and one out. He allowed a walk, a sacrifice fly and another walk before throwing a run-scoring wild pitch and then allowing Suzuki's 14th homer.
The Cubs go for a three-game sweep Thursday, sending David Peterson (4-7) to the mound against Trevor Rogers (6-7). The game was moved to 1:35 p.m. ET because of potential bad weather.
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Baltimore Orioles' Jackson Holliday hits a single off Chicago Cubs pitcher Colin Rea during the third inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
Chicago Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong hits a home run off Baltimore Orioles pitcher Dean Kremer during the third inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
Chicago Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong runs the bases after hitting a home run off Baltimore Orioles pitcher Dean Kremer during the third inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
