MONTREAL (AP) — Betnijah Laney-Hamilton was tossed from the New York Liberty's 93-91 loss to Toronto on Sunday after she threw a shoe that hit Tempo player Marina Mabrey in the back late in the fourth quarter.
Laney-Hamilton was trying to get the sneaker back to teammate Jonquel Jones after it had fallen off. The errant toss ended up hitting Mabrey. After a review, the officials gave her a technical foul — her second of the game — for throwing a “projectile on the court.”
The incident occurred with 1:48 left in the game and after Mabrey hit the free throw, Toronto had a 91-89 lead. The Liberty had rallied from 20 points down before falling short.
“I’ve never seen anything like that. We had all the momentum in the world. A shoe hit somebody. Ejected, free throws. I’ve also never seen a ref make such an atrocious call when he’s on the other side of the floor,” Liberty coach Chris DeMarco said after the game.
The pool report didn't mention intent, just that the shoe hit Mabrey in the back and Laney-Hamilton was given the technical.
DeMarco said that Laney-Hamilton wasn't trying to hit Mabrey, who agreed that's what happened.
“I had to take a couple breaths,” Mabrey said of her reaction to the shoe hitting her. “But I think she was really just trying to get the shoe back to JJ. But I’ll take the free throw.”
Mabrey and Laney-Hamilton had been jawing at each other the entire game and both were called for a technical foul in the third quarter.
Toronto coach Sandy Brondello, who used to coach the Liberty, said she thought the shoe hitting Mabrey was unintentional.
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Toronto Tempo's Marina Mabrey (3) gestures after missing a 3-point basket during the second half 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 Marina Mabrey (3) greets fans following her team's win over the New York Liberty in a WNBA basketball game in Montreal, Sunday, July 12, 2026. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rafael Devers scored the tiebreaking run in a two-run eighth inning when catcher Hunter Goodman threw wildly into center field on a stolen-base attempt, and the San Francisco Giants overcame Jake McCarthy's second leadoff inside-the-park home run this season to beat the Colorado Rockies 3-1 Sunday.
San Francisco won three of four in the series and entered the All-Star break fourth in the NL West at 41-55. The Giants have won 21 of their past 23 home games against Colorado and are 36-7 in San Francisco against the Rockies since 2021.
Colorado has lost four of five and is a National League-worst 39-59. The Rockies are 17-34 on the road.
McCarthy had an inside-the-park homer off Pittsburgh's Paul Skenes at Coors Field on June 20 and became the first player with two inside-the-park homers in the same season since the New York Giants' Edd Roush in 1929
McCarthy drove Trevor McDonald's second pitch of the game on a bounce to the 415-foot sign in right-center field. The ball bounced away from right fielder Jung Hoo Lee and McCarthy slid home ahead of an off-line relay throw from second baseman Luis Arraez for his 10th home run this season.
Drew Gilbert's RBI single tied the score in the fourth.
Devers led off the eighth with a walk against Antonio Senzatela (9-2 and took third on Bryce Eldridge’s one-out single. Grant McCray pinch ran for Eldridge and broke for second on the first pitch to Willy Adames. Goodman’s throw bounced into center as McCray took third and Adames singled for a two-run lead.
Erik Miller (2-0) struck out Mickey Moniak to strand a runner at second in the eighth, then worked around Goodman's single in the ninth.
McDonald allowed three hits in seven innings after giving up eight runs and 11 hits over 2 1/3 innings in a 9-3 loss to Toronto on Tuesday.
Rockies: Host Cincinnati on Friday night.
Giants: Open the second half at Seattle on Friday.
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San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Trevor McDonald delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Sunday, July 12, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Thien-An Truong)
Colorado Rockies' Jake McCarthy reacts after scoring during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Sunday, July 12, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Thien-An Truong)
San Francisco Giants left fielder Heliot Ramos, second from right, celebrates with teammates after a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Sunday, July 12, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Thien-An Truong)
San Francisco Giants' Willy Adames reacts after hitting a single during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Sunday, July 12, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Thien-An Truong)
Colorado Rockies' Jake McCarthy slides into home plate to score during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Sunday, July 12, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Thien-An Truong)
