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Cardinals visit the Pirates to begin 3-game series

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:22:42 GMT

St. Louis Cardinals (55-70, fifth in the NL Central) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (55-69, fourth in the NL Central)Pittsburgh; Monday, 7:05 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Drew Rom (0-0); Pirates: Bailey Falter (0-7, 4.86 ERA, 1.49 WHIP, 38 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Cardinals -157, Pirates +133; over/under is 9 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Pirates begin a three-game series at home against the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday.Pittsburgh has gone 29-32 in home games and 55-69 overall. The Pirates are 40-5 in games when they have more hits than their opponents.St. Louis is 55-70 overall and 27-33 in road games. The Cardinals have the fourth-best team on-base percentage in MLB play at .332.Monday’s game is the eighth time these teams match up this season. The Pirates are ahead 5-2 in the season series.TOP PERFORMERS: Ke’Bryan Hayes has 19 doubles, six triples, eight home runs and 45 RBI for the Pirates. Bryan Reynolds is 13-for-45 with two doubles, a triple an...

Padres play the Marlins in first of 3-game series

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:22:42 GMT

Miami Marlins (64-61, third in the NL East) vs. San Diego Padres (59-66, fourth in the NL West)San Diego; Monday, 9:40 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: Johnny Cueto (0-3, 5.57 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 26 strikeouts); Padres: Michael Wacha (9-2, 2.68 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 78 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Padres -180, Marlins +150; over/under is 8 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: The San Diego Padres begin a three-game series at home against the Miami Marlins on Monday.San Diego is 33-32 at home and 59-66 overall. The Padres have a 45-10 record in games when they have more hits than their opponents.Miami has a 27-34 record in road games and a 64-61 record overall. Marlins pitchers have a collective 4.24 ERA, which ranks eighth in the NL.Monday’s game is the fourth time these teams meet this season.TOP PERFORMERS: Juan Soto leads the Padres with 51 extra base hits (26 doubles, a triple and 24 home runs). Xander Bogaerts is 10-for-38 with two doubles, two home runs and five RBI over the last 1...

Crash sends car into side of home in Belmont

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:22:42 GMT

Police are investigating a crash overnight in Belmont that sent an SUV off the road, over a wall, and and into the side of a house. Officers responding to a reported crash at Belmont and White streets found the sedan against the side of a home.The vehicle has since been removed from the scene.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Poetry in motion: Kondwani Fidel is an ambassador in verse for Baltimore and the Orioles

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:22:42 GMT

Every Friday this year that the Orioles jog onto the field for another baseball game at Camden Yards, they bring a little piece of the Baltimore poet Kondwani Fidel with them.On a tag on the players’ new City Connect uniforms are words from one of Fidel’s poems: “YOU CAN’T CLIP THESE WINGS.” When closer Félix Bautista winds up to pitch, Fidel’s phrase stretches across The Mountain’s hips. When outfielder Austin Hays hits a home run, Fidel’s verse runs the bases.Talk about poetry in motion.The slogan was taken from a poem of Fidel’s in praise of his hometown that begins:“When the wells have almost run dry, and the hard times darken the sky, there’s a mantra we live by: ‘You can’t clip these wings.’”At age 30, Fidel is rapidly becoming Baltimore’s unofficial poet laureate, following in the iambic footsteps of Edgar Allan Poe in the 19th century and the comic poet Ogden Nash in the mid-...

Please put the Yankees up for sale: Hal Steinbrenner should let someone else own the team

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:22:42 GMT

It is time for Hal Steinbrenner to sell the Yankees. Now that the team with the second highest payroll in baseball has lost more games than it has won, having just dropped three in a row at home to the Red Sox. Now that they are all but out of the playoff picture, it is the time to examine what got them into last place and how things can be changed.The team’s biggest problem is their lack of leadership, on and off the field. On the turf, only Aaron Judge has demonstrated any capacity for providing inspiration to his teammates and their fans. And even #99 comes up short when compared with the Yankees’ last captain, #2, Derek Jeter.Jeter, not only excelled in his athletic determination, but he also recognized the importance of enriching the Yankee Universe. Derek set up his own foundation to help kids in the Bronx get to college. He met informally with admirers along River Ave. He visited one of the area’s sports bars and signed autographs. Judge hasn’t used an...

UK judge set to sentence Lucy Letby, the most prolific child killer in modern UK history

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:22:42 GMT

LONDON (AP) — A judge on Monday is set to sentence Lucy Letby, the most prolific child killer in modern U.K. history, for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others while working as a neonatal nurse at a hospital in northern England.Justice James Goss could level the most severe sentence possible under British law by imposing multiple life terms to ensure that Letby will spend the rest of her life behind bars.Following 22 days of deliberation, a jury at Manchester Crown Court convicted Letby, 33, of killing the babies over a yearlong period that saw her prey on the vulnerabilities of sick newborns and their anxious parents.The victims died in the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital in northwest England between June 2015 and June 2016.Letby did not attend the hearing. That has fueled anger from the families of the victims, who wanted her to listen to statements read out in court by the parents of her victims about the devastation caused by her crimes.“You ...

14 people were shot, one fatally, in the same Milwaukee neighborhood, police say

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:22:42 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Thirteen people were injured and one was killed in three separate shootings, just blocks from each other, over the weekend, Milwaukee police said. Four people were taken to the hospital with serious injuries following a shooting Sunday near 13th and Mitchell streets around 8:30 p.m., WISN-TV Milwaukee reported.Police said the victims included a 29-year-old woman, a 19-year-old man, a 22-year-old man and a 26-year-old man.A 22-year-old man was taken into custody and charges were pending, police said.Just over an hour later, at 9:45 p.m., a 56-year-old Milwaukee man was fatally shot a couple of blocks away near 16th and Bruce streets, police said. The shooter was still at large, police said.That shooting was about two blocks away from a mass shooting that injured nine people near 14th and Burnham streets on Saturday around 11:45 p.m. Six males and three females, between the ages of 16 and 42, were shot and all the victims were expected to survive, police said.A 22-yea...

Pakistan to compensate Christians who lost homes in rioting over alleged desecration of Quran

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:22:42 GMT

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities in Pakistan are promising 2 million rupees ($6,800) in compensation for each of nearly 100 poor Christians who lost their homes when a Muslim mob angered over the alleged desecration of a Quran stormed their neighborhoods, burning at least 16 churches and damaging houses, officials said Monday.Police said they have arrested dozens more rioters in ongoing raids, bringing the total number of detainees to 160.Mohsin Naqvi, the top official in Punjab province, made the announcement on X, previously known as Twitter, a day after he visited Jaranwala in Punjab, where hundreds of Muslims went on a rampage last Wednesday over allegations that a Christian man and his friend had desecrated Islam’s holy book.Naqvi held a Cabinet meeting at a burned church in Jaranwala to get approval for the compensation for the victims of last week’s violence in the presence of local priests and residents.Hundreds of terrified Christians who fled their homes hav...

Women’s World Cup teams head home to different futures

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:22:42 GMT

SYDNEY (AP) — Teams headed home from the Women’s World Cup with uncertain futures but hopes that the monthlong tournament would spur new interest and further investment in the game.For some teams, like Nigeria, the Philippines and Jamaica, the struggle for funding, support and recognition will continue.More established teams like Germany, Brazil, Canada and the United States now begin the post-tournament soul-searching about what went wrong.Spain, which defeated England 1-0 in the final on Sunday, can revel as first-time champions.“We need to be ready, because after this FIFA Women’s World Cup women’s football is going to explode in every single one of your countries,” FIFA chief women’s football officer Sarai Bareman said at a women’s soccer conference held in the days before the final. “We need to be ready for it. There will be millions and millions of women and girls around the world who will sign up to play football for the first time ever aft...

Guatemala elects progressive Arévalo as president but there are legal moves to block him from office

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:22:42 GMT

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A progressive from outside Guatemala’s power structure was resoundingly elected the country’s next president Sunday in a reprimand to the governing elite over widespread allegations of corruption.Despite preliminary results showing a potential landslide for anti-corruption crusader Bernardo Arévalo, the attention immediately turned to whether he would be allowed to assume power as the Attorney General’s Office attempts to suspend his party’s legal status.With 100% of votes counted, preliminary results gave Arévalo 58% of the vote to 37% for former first lady Sandra Torres in her third bid for the presidency. The official results will still have to be certified.“We know that there is a political persecution underway that is being carried out through the institutions and prosecutor’s offices and judges that have been corruptly co-opted,” Arévalo said Sunday night. “We want to think that the force of this victory is going to make it clear that there is no pl...