Guardians beat Marlins 3-2 behind Parker Messick’s 6 strong innings

MIAMI (AP) — Parker Messick gave up one hit and one run in six strong innings, Chase DeLauter hit a home run, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Miami Marlins 3-2 on Friday night.

Messick (8-5) had a no-hitter going through five innings before Heriberto Hernández hit a solo home run in the sixth to break it up. Messick walked four and struck out one.

Cade Smith earned his MLB-leading 28th save of the season with a hitless ninth.

DeLauter got the Guardians on the board in the fourth inning with his 10th homer of the season, a 430-foot shot to right-center field, for a 2-0 lead.

Bazzana tacked on a run with a sacrifice fly that plated Austin Hedges in the fifth to give the Guardians a 3-0 lead.

Sandy Alcantara (10-5) took his first loss since May 26 after pitching seven innings and allowing three runs. He struck out eight while giving up five hits in his 14th quality start of the season.

Leo Jiménez capped the scoring in the seventh with a solo home run to pull the Marlins withing 3-2. Hernández now has 13 homers this season — tied for the team lead with Liam Hicks.

Guardians' RHP Tanner Bibee (2-9, 4.06 ERA) faces Marlins RHP Eury Pérez (5-6, 3.84 in game two of the series on Saturday.

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Cleveland Guardians' Austin Hedges scores on a sacrifice fly hit by Travis Bazzana during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Cleveland Guardians' Chase DeLauter, right, is met at the plate after hitting a two run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Cleveland Guardians' Chase DeLauter celebrates in the dugout after hitting a two run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Parker Messick (77) reacts after Miami Marlins' Joe Mack was out a first on a ground out during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

MONTREAL (AP) — Paige Bueckers scored 34 points and the Dallas Wings beat the expansion Toronto Tempo 108-95 on Friday night in front of a WNBA regular-season record crowd of 20,996 at Bell Centre.

The game broke the regular-season mark of 20,711 set in Washington on Sept. 19, 2024, against Indiana. The league's two largest crowds — both 22,076 — came in Detroit in the 2003 and 2007 WNBA Finals.

Toronto will face New York in Montreal on Sunday. The Tempo also will play two games in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Jessica Shepard had 20 points and rebounds to help the Wings (15-8) sweep a four-game trip that also saw them beat the Tempo in Toronto. Arike Ogunbowale also had 20 points, and Azzi Fudd added 13.

Bueckers was 13 of 22 from the field and had six assists and six rebounds.

Marina Mabrey had 34 points for Toronto (9-13), hitting 6 of 9 3-pointers. Laura Juskaite added 25 points. The Tempo have lost four straight.

The Bell Centre also hosted the largest crowd in Professional Women’s Hockey League history, drawing 21,105 for a game between Montreal and Toronto on April 20, 2024.

Wings: Host Chicago on Sunday night.

Tempo: Vs. New York on Sunday in Montreal.

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Toronto Tempo's Isabelle Harrison (21) gestures before of a WNBA basketball game against the Dallas Wings in Montreal, Friday, July 10, 2026. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Tempo's Maria Conde (10) drives past Dallas Wings' Awak Kuier (34) and Azzi Fudd (35) during first half of a WNBA basketball game, in Montreal on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Tempo's Laura Juskaite (2 ) lays up the ball over Dallas Wings' Alanna Smith (8) during first half of a WNBA basketball game, in Montreal on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Tempo's Marina Mabrey, center, celebrates with teammates after drawing a foul against the Dallas Wings during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Montreal, Friday, July 10, 2026. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Tempo's Laura Juskaite (2 ) shoots on the Dallas Wings during first half of a WNBA basketball game, in Montreal on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)