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Right-hander’s rough inning leads to Oakland A’s lopsided loss in Toronto

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:37:45 GMT

TORONTO — Opener Shintaro Fujinami didn’t last a full inning as he gave up two earned runs in the bottom of the first in what would become a 7-3 A’s loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday at Rogers Centre.Fujinami allowed four base hits as George Springer and Bo Bichette both reached base to open the inning, with Bichette’s double putting runners on the corners. Brandon Belt hit a sacrifice fly to score Springer, and Matt Chapman added an RBI single.Oakland pitchers allowed 12 hits in all as Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Danny Jansen each hit two-run homers to hand the A’s their ninth loss in 10 games.Oakland changed up its pitching plans and used right-hander Fujinami as an opener ahead of left-hander Hogan Harris.Fujinami (3-7) has had a mostly solid month with a 1-1 record and a 3.52 ERA in 7 2/3 innings pitched in seven June appearances before Saturday. Still, he struggled against the Jays with no strikeouts as his ERA increased to 10.57 for the season.Fuj...

Berti’s RBI single in 11th lifts Marlins over Pirates

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:37:45 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Jon Berti drove in the winning run with a single in the 11th inning, and the Miami Marlins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 Saturday.Automatic runner Joey Wendle advanced to third on Nick Fortes’ sacrifice bunt before Berti hit a line drive to right against Angel Perdomo (1-1).Yuli Gurriel’s sacrifice fly off Pirates closer David Bednar in the bottom of the 10th tied it at 3-all after Ke’Bryan Hayes put the Pirates ahead in the top half with an RBI single.Luis Arraez homered and walked twice, Jacob Stallings had three hits and Andrew Nardi (5-1) struck out the side in a perfect 11th for the Marlins, who played before their second-largest home crowd of the season at 24,668. Arraez went 1 for 3 and his major league-leading average slipped a point to .401.Andrew McCutchen doubled twice and had three walks for the Pirates. McCutchen’s first double in the sixth was the 400th of his career.The Pirates were down to their last strike in the ninth, when rookie Nick Gonzales drew ...

Lyles ends 11-game losing streak, lowly Royals beat the majors-leading Rays 9-4

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:37:45 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jordan Lyles hasn’t had much to smile about this season.That finally changed Saturday.Lyles ended a 15-game winless streak and the lowly Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-4 for their second victory in three days against the team with the best record in the majors.“He had a big smile on his face when we came up the stairs (postgame),” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “The guys were ribbing him a little bit. He’s got a lot of pride in what he does. He’s handled himself tremendously well through this streak, so it feels really good for him.”Lyles (1-11) allowed four runs and eight hits over six innings. It was his first victory since his final start last year on Sept. 30 while playing for the Baltimore Orioles.“It feels really good,” Lyles said. “Even more so just how well we played all the way around team-wise. Just a really good team all around win.”Drew Waters, Freddy Fermín and Edward Olivares homered for the Royals, ...

Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:37:45 GMT

SaturdayAt Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports ParkNorwalk, OhioSunday’s PairingsTop Fuel1. Leah Pruett, 3.684 seconds, 333.08 mph vs. 16. Kyle Wurtzel, 3.822, 318.47; 2. Steve Torrence, 3.688,332.10 vs. 15. Doug Foley, 3.800, 315.71; 3. Brittany Force, 3.694, 332.10 vs. 14. Shawn Langdon, 3.777,326.56; 4. Doug Kalitta, 3.700, 330.23 vs. 13. Dan Mercier, 3.771, 324.20; 5. Austin Prock, 3.706, 323.97 vs. 12. Tony Schumacher, 3.759, 321.50; 6. Josh Hart, 3.707, 328.14 vs. 11. Spencer Massey, 3.751,325.30; 7. Justin Ashley, 3.708, 332.59 vs. 10. Clay Millican, 3.737, 329.91; 8. Mike Salinas, 3.725, 331.04 vs. 9. Antron Brown, 3.730, 331.28.Did Not Qualify: 17. T.J. Zizzo, 3.963, 255.00; 18. Mike Bucher, 4.438, 191.19; 19. Terry Totten, 4.505,185.97; 20. Scott Farley, 4.681, 237.59.Funny Car1. Bob Tasca III, Ford Mustang, 3.884, 329.26 vs. 16. Bobby Bode, Mustang, 4.148, 245.54; 2. Ron Capps,Toyota Supra, 3.887, 327.74 vs. 15. Alex Laughlin, Dodge Charger, 4.071, 307.16; 3. Matt H...

Matos hits first career HR to lift Giants past Diamondbacks 7-6 for 12th win in 13 games

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:37:45 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Luis Matos took a few slow steps toward first base, followed by a pair of quick hops. The Giants’ rookie wasn’t admiring his first career home run down the left field line so much as he was trying to will it to stay fair.″I knew it had the distance to go out,” Matos said through an interpreter. ”I just wanted to make sure that it stayed fair.”Matos’ go-ahead, two-run drive in the sixth inning provided the Giants with their biggest moment as they beat the division-leading Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6 on Saturday for their 12th win in 13 games.Joc Pederson and Blake Sabol added two hits each as San Francisco won its second straight against Arizona to pull 1 1/2 games back in the NL West.Like several others who have played well for the Giants after coming up from the minors. Matos was the team’s No. 4 prospect when he was called up June 14. He has scored at least once in seven of the 10 games he’s played in since then batting primarily in the middle of the order....

Allmendinger runs away off 2nd OT restart to win Nashville Xfinity race

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:37:45 GMT

LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — A.J. Allmendinger pulled away on the second overtime restart Saturday to win his second NASCAR Xfinity race this year and 17th of his career at the Nashville Superspeedway in the Tennessee Lottery 250.“I spent a lot of years not winning anything, so I need wins just to make me mentally OK every week,” Allmendinger said. “And whether it’s Cup or Xfinity, this is why you go out here, do this is, to try to win races. … So I don’t take anything for granted.”The 41-year-old Allmendinger pitted on lap 145 and used fresher tires to pass Parker Kligerman, taking the lead for good on lap 177. He seemed poised to cruise to his latest victory for Kaulig Racing in his No. 10 Bailey Zimmerman-Religiously Chevrolet until Chad Chastain spun off Turn 4 with five laps left.That set up the first overtime. Chandler Smith spun out on the first restart attempt after contact with Josh Berry in Turn 2. On the second restart, Allmendinger left everyone behind and cru...

Maguire retains 1-shot lead in Women’s PGA Championship with Jenny Shin second

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:37:45 GMT

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (AP) — Leona Maguire is a round away from winning for the second straight week and becoming the first woman from Ireland to win a major.All that stands in the way of the 28-year-old from Cavan is a close friend from Northern Ireland — Stephanie Meadow — and 30-year-old Jenny Shin, who no longer is just happy to be playing on the LPGA Tour. She wants to win again, badly.Maguire birdied the final hole for her eighth straight round in the 60s to take a one-shot lead over fast-closing Shin and a two-stroke edge over Meadow on Saturday, heading into the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.Maguire is at the top of her game. She won in Michigan last week for her second LPGA Tour victory, and her play has carried over at historic Baltusol, the site of 12 majors. She has hit 38 of 42 fairways and 48 of 54 greens in the first 54 holes, and her 2-under 69 Saturday gave her a 7-under total on a course that was tough, but gettable, after two days of intermittent ra...

Bradley leads the Travelers with a 54-hole scoring record, Fowler shoots a career-best 60

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:37:45 GMT

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Keegan Bradley shot a 6-under 64 on Saturday to break the tournament 54-hole scoring record at 21 under in the Travelers Championship, while Rickie Fowler had the second 60 of the week at TPC River Highlands.The previous three-round mark was 18 under, set by Brendan Todd on an empty course during the height of the pandemic in 2020. The four-round tournament record is 22 under, set by Kenny Perry in 2009.Bradley missed a 20-foot putt on 18 that would have tied the PGA Tour’s 54-hole mark of 188 set by Steve Stricker in the 2010 John Deere Classic and matched by Justin Thomas in the 2017 Sony Open. Bradley opened with rounds of 62 and 63.“I’ve wanted to win this tournament forever,” said Bradley, a Vermont native who also lived in Massachusetts and was playing in front of a large contingent of family and friends. “So, the feeling of wanting to push and win is something I need to fight against and just let myself go out and play.”Chez Reavie was a sho...

Guatemala votará por un nuevo presidente, pero los críticos dicen que sacaron a muchos candidatos anticorrupción

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:37:45 GMT

(CNN) — Los guatemaltecos acudirán a las urnas el 25 de junio para elegir un nuevo presidente, mientras los observadores regionales advierten sobre una espiral descendente de cleptocracia y un debilitamiento del Estado de derecho en la nación más poblada de Centroamérica.La socialdemócrata Sandra Torres, la derechista Zury Ríos y el centroderechista Edmont Mulet encabezan el grupo de más de 20 aspirantes a presidente en las elecciones generales.La postulación de otros candidatos fue bloqueada, incluida la líder indígena de izquierda Thelma Cabrera y, más recientemente, el excandidato principal Carlos Pineda, lo que generó acusaciones de intromisión política contra el tribunal electoral del país.“Una cosa que podemos decir sobre Guatemala en este momento es que este Tribunal Supremo Electoral tiene un patrón muy sospechoso de sacar a cualquier candidato que apoye públicamente la lucha contra la corrupción”, le dijo a CNN Will Freeman, becario de estudios sobre América Latina en...

At least 8 people injured after tornado strikes Wyoming coal mine

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:37:45 GMT

(CNN) — A tornado struck the largest coal mine in the US while workers were in the midst of a shift change Friday in northeast Wyoming, injuring at least 8 people, officials said.The tornado hit the North Antelope Rochelle Mine in Campbell County at around 6:20 p.m. MT Friday, according to county government spokesperson Leslie Perkins.“It has been confirmed that the event happened during shift change,” Perkins said.Six people remain hospitalized at Campbell County Health and all are in stable condition, according to a hospital statement Friday night, and “anticipates treating and releasing all six patients.”One individual was transported for further care to the Memorial Hospital of Converse County in Douglas and another refused medical treatment, according to a Campbell County statement Friday night.Mine operator Peabody Energy Corporation confirmed the facility sustained damage and its employees have been accounted for, their statement said.“Operations have been susp...