INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark scored 16 of her 29 points in the third quarter Friday night, and Aliyah Boston scored 10 of her 16 points in the fourth to help the Indiana Fever get past the Dallas Wings 98-87 in a key game for playoff position.
Clark also had 10 assists while Boston had 12 rebounds. Kelsey Mitchell added 23 points, and Tyasha Harris — who hadn't made a field goal in the previous six games — was 5-of-5 shooting, all 3-pointers, to finish with 15 points.
Clark had her 20th career game with at least 20 points and 10 assists, the most in league history.
Mitchell scored at least 20 points for the 18th consecutive game to extend her WNBA single-season record, the second-longest streak in WNBA history (A’ja Wilson, 20 games).
The Fever won for the eighth time in 10 games and now hold a half-game lead over the Atlanta Dream for the No. 4 spot in the eight-team postseason field.
Paige Bueckers had 29 points, six rebounds and six assists to lead the Wings, who have lost seven of 10. Arike Ogunbowale added 20 points.
The Wings slipped into a tie for seventh with the Washington Mystics and will meet the Fever for the final time this season Thursday in Dallas.
And for a change, the only drama Friday happened on the court.
Bueckers and Clark traded baskets throughout a classic third quarter in which neither team could pull away.
Indiana opened the fourth on a 15-2 run, capped by Clark's second 3 of the game to turn a three-point deficit into a 78-68 lead. Dallas closed the deficit to 78-73, but Indiana scored four straight to retake an 82-73 lead with 4:37 left and Dallas never recovered as Harris' late 3s sealed the victory.
Wings: Host Golden State on Monday.
Fever: Visit Atlanta on Sunday.
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Indiana Fever center Aliyah Boston (7) shoots over Dallas Wings forward Alanna Smith (8) in the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, left, drives against Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers (5) in the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, left, is fouled by Dallas Wings forward Alysha Clark, right, in the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
NEW YORK (AP) — Francisco Lindor and Jared Young homered Friday night, powering the New York Mets to a 4-1 win over the Washington Nationals.
Lindor went deep in the sixth, three batters before Carson Benge delivered the tiebreaking RBI single for the last-place Mets, who have won seven of 10 since the Aug. 3 trade deadline.
Lindor's fielding error in the third inning led to the Nationals' run.
Young homered with one out in the seventh, and Bo Bichette added an RBI single.
Jonathan Pintaro (1-0) earned his first big league win with two innings of scoreless relief. Kodai Senga worked out of a two-out, two-on jam in the ninth, striking out Abimelec Ortiz to record his second save.
Senga, a former starter who went 0-8 with an 8.66 ERA in his first 13 outings this season, has both Mets saves since Devin Williams went on the injured list Monday.
Mets starter Robert Stock gave up an unearned run and struck out five over 4 1/3 innings.
Nationals All-Star shortstop CJ Abrams, playing hours after he began working out at second base in advance of a position change, scored on Brady House’s third-inning single after he advanced to third on Lindor's error. Abrams also stole a base, walked twice and was hit by a pitch.
Washington left-hander Andrew Alvarez, who gave up one hit before Lindor’s homer, was charged with two runs while fanning four in 5 2/3 innings. The homer was the first surrendered by Alvarez in 56 2/3 innings, the fourth-longest home run drought by a Nationals pitcher since the franchise moved to Washington in 2005.
Alvarez has surrendered two runs or fewer in eight of his 10 starts this season.
Nationals RHP Brad Lord (5-2, 3.79 ERA) starts Saturday against Mets LHP Sean Manaea (4-5, 4.13).
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Washington Nationals manager Blake Butera looks on during a pitching change in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
New York Mets' Bo Bichette looks on during a pitching change in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga greets New York Mets catcher Luis Torrens after the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
New York Mets' Francisco Lindor gestures after a home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
New York Mets' Francisco Lindor hits a home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
