SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. made a spectacular leaping catch to rob San Francisco's Rafael Devers of a three-run home run in the first inning Thursday night.
Devers did get a sacrifice fly, but Tatis added on to his impressive list of home run robberies.
Tatis tracked Devers' fly ball and leaped to get his glove high above the short wall in right-center at Petco Park to make the catch. He landed and tumbled onto his backside, but flipped the ball to center fielder Jackson Merrill, who tossed it into the infield.
Merrill helped Tatis to his feet and patted him on the chest. Pitcher JP Sears raised his left arm in celebration.
Tatis was an All-Star at shortstop in 2021 and was moved to right field in 2023, after missing the 2022 season with injuries and a PED suspension. He won the Gold Glove and Platinum Glove awards in 2023 and 2025.
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Fans react after San Diego Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr., below, made a catch above the wall for the out on a sacrifice fly by San Francisco Giants' Rafael Devers during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, July 30, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
San Diego Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. makes the catch above the wall for the out on a sacrifice fly by San Francisco Giants' Rafael Devers during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, July 30, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
TORONTO (AP) — Napheesa Collier, Olivia Miles and Courtney Williams each scored 16 points and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Toronto Tempo 104-72 on Thursday night for their ninth straight victory.
Kayla McBride added 13 points, Dorka Juhasz had 12 and Natasha Howard finished with nine points eight rebounds, three steals and two blocks for the WNBA-leading Lynx (24-6).
Laura Juskaite led the expansion Tempo (10-18) with 19 points. Marina Mabrey added 16, and Nyara Sabally had 10.
Toronto has lost five straight, which includes a 100-93 loss at Minnesota in Collier’s season debut Tuesday night, and nine of 10.
Minnesota had a season-high 14 steals and scored 31 points off the Tempo's season-worst 24 turnovers.
Collier scored seven points in a 20-6 second-quarter run that gave the Lynx a 14-point lead with 2:31 left and it was 50-41 at halftime.
Miles, the No. 2 pick in the 2026 draft, did not have an assist for the first time in her WNBA career.
Brittney Sykes (foot) and Isabelle Harrison (knee) did not play for Toronto.
Lynx: Host Indiana on Sunday.
Tempo: At Golden State on Sunday.
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Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier (24) drives around Toronto Tempo forward Laura Juskaite (2) in the second quarter of a WNBA basketball game Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Jeff Wheeler/Minnesota Star Tribune via AP)
Minnesota Lynx guard Olivia Miles (5) drives around Toronto Tempo forward Maria Conde (10) to shoot in the fourth quarter of a WNBA basketball game Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Jeff Wheeler/Minnesota Star Tribune via AP)
Minnesota Lynx Olivia Miles (5) Toronto Tempo Marina Mabrey (3) vie for the ball during first half of a WNBA basketball game in Toronto on Thursday, July 30, 2026. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)
Minnesota Lynx guard Courtney Williams (10) reaches for a loose ball during first half of a WNBA basketball game in Toronto on Thursday, July 30, 2026. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)
