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Boston bats unload in commanding series finale victory over Cubs

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:49:57 GMT

“We all fail, at times. And it’s more about how you deal with failure than the failure itself.”Those were James Paxton’s words on Saturday evening, after an uncharacteristically rough start culminated in a frustrating loss.On Sunday, the Red Sox bounced back in a big way, wrapping up their weekend at Wrigley with a commanding 11-5 victory and series win, and proving once again that they’re more than their place in the division standings.After struggling in all aspects the day before, the Boston ball club fired on all cylinders in the series finale. Kutter Crawford pitched six scoreless innings, striking out nine Cubs and holding the home team to one hit, four walks, a hit batsman, while the Boston bats tallied three walks and 14 hits, including multi-hit performances by Rob Refsnyder, Rafael Devers, Masataka Yoshida, Jorge Alfaro, and Yu Chang.Despite what the final score suggests, this was anyone’s game until the fifth inning. Aside from Devers’ solo home run in t...

Yankees drop series finale to Rockies after blowing lead in extras

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:49:57 GMT

DENVER — Gerrit Cole made Yankees history on Sunday, but the Rockies spoiled the afternoon and the Bombers’ shot at starting the second half with a series win with several homers.C.J. Cron’s grand slam in the eighth came off Clay Holmes, who inherited a mess from Tommy Kahnle. The blow helped the basement-dwelling Rockies secure an 8-7 win over the Yankees, who are now at the bottom of the American League East again.The Yankees tied things up in the ninth thanks to a Ryan McMahon throwing error and a Harrison Bader sac fly, but Oswald Peraza got thrown out trying to take third on the latter play, which ended the Yankees’ rally. The 10th inning featured more bad base running from the Yankees, as Bader, the automatic runner on second base, got thrown out at third following a chopper to the mound.A few RBI singles from Oswaldo Cabrera and Peraza helped the Yankees retake the lead in the 11th, but Nolan Jones then blasted a two-run homer off Nick Ramirez. The Roc...

NASCAR Crayon 301 postponed to Monday

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:49:57 GMT

LOUDON, N.H. – The torrential rains and high winds that ripped through northern New England on Sunday forced the postponement of the NASCAR Cup Series Crayon 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.The race has been rescheduled for Monday at noon and will be televised on the USA Network. All the practice sessions and qualifying rounds were completed on Saturday with defending champion Christopher Bell securing the pole position.Bell’s teammate at Joe Gibbs Racing, Martin Truex Jr., will join him on the front row. Row two will feature 2021 winner Aric Almirola and reigning Cup Series champion Joey Logano, who has two victories on the Magic Mile. Cup Series points leader William Byron qualified seventh and will be on the inside position on row four beside Bubba Wallace.The race attracts many fans from the Province of Quebec and neighboring Vermont, which has been hit hard by flooding from two storms.“It’s a bummer for not just for us here in New Hampshire, but to see communities not to fa...

Orioles hang on, 5-4, to sweep Marlins behind early scoring, Kyle Bradish’s pitching for season-best 8th straight victory

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:49:57 GMT

After his start Saturday, Kyle Gibson praised the Orioles’ ability to come back in games after they rallied to beat the Miami Marlins after trailing by four runs in the second inning.Baltimore’s bats made sure early Sunday no comeback would be needed, and starting pitcher Kyle Bradish wouldn’t have needed one anyway. The Orioles scored three runs before recording an out, Bradish pitched 7 1/3 shutout innings and the bullpen barely held on in the ninth in Baltimore’s 5-4 win over the Marlins.The triumph completes the series sweep of a Marlins team that arrived in Baltimore with the National League’s second-best record. The sweep is the Orioles’ sixth this season. They are the only team in the majors yet to be swept this year , with the most recent one in May 2022 before Adley Rutschman’s MLB debut.The Orioles, owners of the American League’s second-best record at 57-35, have won a season-high eight games in a row, topping a seven-game ...

Yankees Notebook: Josh Donaldson lands on 10-day IL with right calf strain, Oswald Peraza recalled

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:49:57 GMT

DENVER — Aaron Boone didn’t sound optimistic after Josh Donaldson hobbled down the first base line in the seventh inning of the Yankees’ Saturday win over the Rockies.On Sunday morning, the team placed Donaldson on the 10-day injured list with a right calf strain. Prospect Oswald Peraza was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to replace Donaldson.The Yankees didn’t have Donaldson’s MRI results when Boone spoke to reporters on Sunday morning, but the manager said “I would think” the third baseman will need more than 10 days on the IL.“We’ll see at what level and then go from there,” Boone said, “but I know it wasn’t great.”Donaldson, who was “a little beat up” prior to the All-Star break and designated hitting for the second consecutive day on Saturday, moved slowly out of the box after hitting a weak groundball to shortstop on Saturday. As Donaldson approached first base, he began...

Tornado touches down in Massachusetts during heavy storms, dry weather coming

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:49:57 GMT

A small tornado touched down in a central Massachusetts community but caused no injuries during a wild day of weather as forecasters say Sunday’s super-soaker storms should clear to start the work week.According to the National Weather Service, sometime around 11 a.m. a tornado was spotted by several eyewitnesses though none reported seeing the “funnel” that comes along with severe storms.“We can confirm an EF-0 tornado in North Brookfield, MA. (Two) mile path length. Only damage to trees in the area. Occurred just before 11 a.m.,” the National Weather Service said via Twitter.Push-messages delivering dire warnings of impending twisters woke many residents across the state Sunday morning,“Tornado warning in this area,” cell phones across the Merrimack Valley and elsewhere screamed after 8 a.m. “Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building.”Despite the seemingly saturated wrath of Mother Nature, the warning was canceled...

Mets Notebook: Omar Narvaez takes place of Francisco Alvarez in series finale vs. Dodgers

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:49:57 GMT

Saturday night after the Mets fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the manager informed catcher Omar Narvaez that he would be in the lineup for Sunday’s series finale. Francisco Alvarez has turned an ankle rounding first base and though he remained in the game, the Mets thought it best to give their rookie sensation a break.It marked only the second time in the month of July the catcher had been written into the starting lineup and only the 11th time since he returned from a calf strain in early June.“I could have [played Alvarez] with the off day tomorrow,” said manager Buck Showalter. “But it was as much Omar’s needs as Francisco’s needs.”Narvaez needs playing time to be able to establish consistency at the plate and to establish consistency with the pitching staff. But the club isn’t worried about the 31-year-old backstop. He understands that his job right now is to help support the development of Alvarez and play when needed. The team ...

Powerball, Mega Millions barrel towards record highs, hit combined $1.5B

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:49:57 GMT

The Powerball jackpot hit a sky-high estimated $900 million jackpot following Saturday’s winner-less drawing, just as the Mega Millions hit $640 million — only the third time ever both jackpots broke $600 million simultaneously.“Numbers like this are crazy,” said Ted Griffith, walking away from a Jamaica Plain 7-Eleven counter with his tickets Sunday morning. “I had to try my luck.”The combined total of the major lotteries is now an estimated $1.54 billion. The next Powerball drawing will happen Monday night. The next Mega Millions takes place Tuesday.The Powerball cash option would be $465.1 million. The Mega Millions cash prize is $328 million.The Powerball jackpot is the game’s third largest jackpot ever, following $2.04 billion won by a California ticketholder in November 2022 and $1.586 billion won by ticketholders in California, Florida and Tennessee in 2016.The $900 million jackpot has built up through 38 drawings, since the last winn...

Suspect in 4 Georgia deaths is killed in shootout with police, 3 officers wounded, authorities say

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:49:57 GMT

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Officers on Sunday shot and killed a man wanted in four weekend killings near Atlanta during an exchange of gunfire, with a sheriff’s deputy and two police officers wounded while trying to take the suspect into custody, authorities said.Officials said Andre Longmore was shot during an intense manhunt for the 40-year-old suspect. The exchange of gunfire came a day after Saturday morning’s shootings rocked a bucolic subdivision in Hampton, south of Georgia’s main city.Officials said Longmore was killed about 15 miles (25 kilometers) to the north of Hampton in suburban Jonesboro. A Henry County sheriff’s deputy and two Clayton County police officers were injured at separate locations in the attempt to arrest Longmore, they said.One officer was shot in the back and was taken by helicopter to an Atlanta trauma center, Henry County Sheriff Reginald Scandrett said. “He is conscious, breathing and talking at this time,” Scandrett said of that offi...

Golden Gate Fields racetrack in Northern California to close this fall

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:49:57 GMT

It’s the end of an era for Northern California horse racing.Golden Gate Fields will permanently close after its final racing date later this year at the San Francisco Bay area horse track.The track’s owner, The Stronach Group, said Sunday it will “double down” on its racing at Santa Anita and training at San Luis Rey Downs in Southern California.After the Golden Gate Fields meet ends, The Stronach Group said it will focus on moving horses from the Bay Area to Arcadia, with a goal of increasing field sizes and adding a fourth day of racing to the weekly schedule at Santa Anita beginning in January.“The Stronach Group remains steadfastly committed to racing in California,” company CEO and president Belinda Stronach said in a statement. “Focusing on Santa Anita Park and San Luis Rey Downs as state-of-the-art racing and training facilities that offer enhanced program quality, increased race days, expanded wagering opportunities, and premier hospitality and entert...