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Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — J.P. Crawford was facing a different situation at the plate for the streaking Seattle Mariners after Sam Haggerty stole third base in the 10th inning. “Made our jobs a whole lot easier,” Crawford said. “Changed the whole infield. Now a lot of more holes are
Continue ReadingBy GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — With the snow-covered Andes shining in the background, several dozen cowboys in woolen ponchos and families on wooden horse carts lined up Saturday to receive a priest’s blessing in the huge esplanade in front of the National Sanctuary of Maipú. “I come every year to fulfill
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Pete Alonso was hit by a bases-loaded pitch from Mychal Givens in the 10th inning, and the New York Mets beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 to complete a doubleheader sweep. Led by Alonso and Eduardo Escobar, New York stretched its win streak to four in a
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — This year’s All-Star Futures Game was son-splashed. Darren Baker, the 23-year-old son of Houston manager Dusty Baker, was on the National League roster at Dodger Stadium for baseball’s premier showcase event. Jack Leiter, the 22-year-old offspring of two-time All-Star Al Leiter, was on the American
Continue ReadingBy TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — José Ramírez warmed up for the All-Star Home Run Derby by homering in his first two at-bats and driving in five runs — on his bobblehead giveaway day — to power the Cleveland Guardians to a 10-0 rout of the Detroit Tigers. Ramírez hit a three-run
Continue ReadingBy KEN POWTAK Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Lleyton Hewitt paused for a moment and the word easily came to mind when he was asked how he wanted to be remembered. “Competitor,” the 41-year-old Hewitt said in an interview with the Associated Press earlier in the day before his induction into the International Tennis
Continue ReadingBy IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Teoscar Hernández singled home the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat the Kansas City Royals 6-5. Royals designated hitter Vinnie Pasquantino hit a tie-breaking home run in the top of the 10th inning to put Kansas
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Justin Verlander struck out 10 in six scoreless innings to post his MLB-leading 12th win as the Houston Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 5-0. Martín Maldonado provided the offense with a second-inning grand slam as the AL West-leading Astros bounced back after a 5-1 loss in
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Boston Red Sox second baseman Trevor Story was placed on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a bruised right hand. Story’s IL stint is retroactive to Thursday, two days after he was struck on the hand while swinging at a pitch from Tampa Bay’s Corey Kluber. He’ll be eligible to return
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Una tormenta de polvo provocó una colisión de 21 vehículos en la carretera interestatal 90 en el condado de Big Horn, Montana, el viernes por la noche, lo que provocó la muerte de seis personas, según la Patrulla de Carreteras de Montana. El fiscal general de Montana, Austin Knudsen,
Continue ReadingBy JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Kris Bryant had three hits and an RBI, Charlie Blackmon extended his hitting streak to seven games with an RBI single, and Jose Urena pitched six scoreless innings in the Colorado Rockies’ 2-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bryant singled in an unearned run with two outs
Continue ReadingMIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — Jennifer Kupcho and Lizette Salas won the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational on Saturday, closing with a 9-under 61 in best-ball play for a five-stroke victory. The U.S. Solheim Cup partners finished at 26-under 254 at Midland Country Club. They opened Wednesday with a 68 in alternate shot, shot a best-ball
Continue ReadingBy WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt hit his 300th career homer and drove in three runs, Albert Pujols reached another milestone and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 11-3. Goldschmidt’s two-run homer in the second inning was his 20th this season and first since June 27. Now in
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Justin Allgaier outran 2011 Daytona 500 champion Trevor Bayne on Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for third Xfinity Series victory of the season. Allgaier won all three checkered flags over his last eight races, a hot streak that started in May at Darlington Raceway
Continue ReadingBy KEN POWTAK Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Fourth-seeded Maxime Cressy ended John Isner’s 10-match winning streak on Newport’s grass courts, beating the fellow American 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 on Saturday to advance to the Hall of Fame Open final. Cressy will face No. 3 seed Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan. Bublik beat Jason Kubler of
Continue ReadingBy COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press PALAIOCHORI, Greece (AP) — An Antonov cargo plane operated by a Ukrainian airline crashed Saturday near the city of Kavala in northern Greece, authorities said. Local residents reported seeing a fireball and hearing explosions for two hours after the crash. Greek Civil Aviation authorities said the flight
Continue ReadingST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Third round of the British Open at a glance
Continue ReadingBy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Cameron Smith started the third round of the British Open with a two-shot lead and finished it four strokes back. A slew of missed putts and a bad decision on No. 13 were to blame for that. The Australian’s drive came to rest on
Continue ReadingENGLEWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida woman was found dead after falling in a pond and being grabbed by two alligators. The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office says the elderly woman was seen falling into the pond along a golf course in Englewood, Florida and struggling to stay afloat. Authorities say that while she
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