The Minnesota Lynx can take their familiar place in the WNBA Finals with one more win over the Phoenix Mercury in Game 3 of their semifinal series Sunday night at U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix, Ariz.Top-seeded Minnesota holds a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series after winning each of the first two games by double digits.The Lynx, who won WNBA titles in 2011, 2013 and 2015, can advance to the finals for the fifth time in six years. They have an opportunity to join the defunct Houston Comets as the only teams in league history to win four championships.Its a team thats experienced in trying to close out a team on the road, Minnesota head coach Cheryl Reeve said. ... Our mindset is to win Game 3.Eighth-seeded Phoenix will try to stave off elimination against a Minnesota team that went 13-4 on the road during the regular season. The Mercury is trying to win its second championship in three years and its fourth since 2007.Phoenix was on a roll before running into Minnesota. The Mercury had won four in a row and five of six, including road wins over the fifth-seeded Indiana Fever and the third-seeded New York Liberty in the first two rounds of the playoffs.Minnesota, which went 28-6 during the regular season and swept the season series against Phoenix, has proven to be a much more daunting opponent.After enjoying 10 days off with a double-bye through the first and second rounds of the playoffs, the Lynx cruised to a 113-95 victory over the Mercury in Game 1 of the series and posted a 96-86 victory in Game 2.Maya Moore scored 31 points in the first game and 26 points in the second. After making 12 of 19 field goal attempts in Game 1, she was held to 6-of-18 shooting in Game 2.Seven-time WNBA All-Star Diana Taurasi has been sensational for Phoenix, scoring 25 points in the first game and 31 points in the second game.Nike Air Max 270 Sale .C. -- Al Jefferson joked that he feels he can score from anywhere on the court. Fake Nike Air Max 270 . 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Instead of a defining moment, the Royals went 2-4 in a six-game homestand against two teams that are, like them, vying for wild-card positioning.We could easily have gone 6-0 on this homestand, Royals manager Ned Yost told the Kansas City Star. Just four really tough losses and (we) had a chance to win all of them.Kansas City will begin the series four games behind the Baltimore Orioles for the second wild-card spot in the American League and 9 1/2 games back of the Cleveland Indians for first in the Central.Minnesota had a chance to begin their 10-game homestand with a series win against the Chicago White Sox on Sunday but were unable to hold a late lead in a 13-11 loss in 12 innings.The Twins began the four-game series riding a 13-game losing streak buut snapped out of it in a win on Thursday.dddddddddddd After hitting four home runs in a win on Saturday night, Minnesota clobbered four more on Sunday, including Byron Buxtons first career grand slam.But the Twins bugaboo all season, their shaky pitching staff, reared its head again late, allowing Chicago to score three runs over the final two innings, sending the game to extras.Thats a tough one, said Twins manager Paul Molitor. You score 11 runs and have a lot of guys with good days with the bat. And it wasnt enough.Ian Kennedy will get the start for Kansas City on Monday. Kennedy pitched eight shutout innings against the Twins at Kauffman Stadium on Aug. 20 and is looking for his third win over Minnesota in four tries.The Twins will counter with Jose Berrios, who has struggled mightily in nine starts in the big leagues. The rookie right-hander has allowed a total of 18 runs over his last four starts with Minnesota and was optioned to Rochester following his last outing on Aug. 25 against Detroit, when he gave up five earned runs on six hits and five walks in five innings of work.Berrios allowed three runs on five hits and struck out 14, however, in his last start with Rochester on Wednesday. ' ' '
