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Paul Goldschmidt homers as Cardinals avoid sweep with 7-3 win over Mets

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:56 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt homered, Richie Palacios hit a two-run single and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 7-3 on Sunday to avert a four-game series sweep.Goldschmidt finished with three hits and three RBIs as St. Louis stopped a four-game slide. Tommy Edman, Alec Burleson and rookie Masyn Winn each had two hits.Cardinals right-hander Dakota Hudson (5-0) struck out seven in 5 1/3 innings. He allowed two runs and and five hits.Pete Alonso went for New York, which had won four in a row. Alonso has 39 homers and has gone deep in four of his last five games.Goldschmidt drilled a two-run homer off Carlos Carrasco in fifth inning, lifting the Cardinals to a 3-2 lead. It was Goldschmidt’s 20th homer.St. Louis added four more runs in the seventh. Willson Contreras singled in Goldschmidt, and Jordan Walker doubled home Nolan Arenado. Palacios capped the big inning with his two-run single.Palacios also made a big defensive play to end the second, reaching over th...

Cabrera singles, Torkelson and Carpenter homer as Tigers beat Guardians 4-1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:56 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Miguel Cabrera singled in his final at-bat at Progressive Field, Spencer Torkelson and Kerry Carpenter homered, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-1 on Sunday to win the season series for the first time since 2015.Cabrera, 40, is retiring at the end of the season and was presented with a guitar by the Guardians in a pregame ceremony. The Detroit slugger was hitless in his first three at-bats before lining a hit down the right field line in the eighth off reliever Eli Morgan.The 12-time All-Star briefly thought about heading for second but went back to first. Detroit’s players stood in the dugout and clapped as he was replaced by pinch-runner Zach McKistry. Cabrera was given a loud ovation as he left the field with many fans chanting, “Miggy! Miggy!”“He’s had some pretty insane numbers against everybody, but especially against Cleveland,” Torkelson said. “We know how big that moment was for him. That’s his farewell to this stadium.” Cabrera thanked...

William Byron wins at Watkins Glen for his Cup Series-leading 5th victory of the season

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:56 GMT

William Byron dominated the NASCAR race at Watkins Glen International on Sunday, notching his Cup Series-leading fifth victory of the season.Driving the No. 24 Chevrolet for powerhouse Hendrick Motorsports, Byron overtook Michael McDowell in the first quarter of the 90-lap event and pretty much remained in controlled the rest of the way. He led 66 laps in all, including the final 33.Pole-sitter Denny Hamlin was second, nearly 3 seconds back, followed by Christopher Bell, AJ Allmendinger and Ty Gibbs.It was Byron’s first win on a road course in six Cup seasons, this one coming in the penultimate race of the regular season. Martin Truex Jr. finished sixth but failed to lock up the regular-season title for Joe Gibbs Racing. He and Hamlin will vie for the regular-season crown next weekend at Daytona International Speedway.Always-unpredictable Daytona will be the last chance for more than two dozen drivers — most notably 2020 series champion and fan favorite Chase Elliott — to make the 1...

Athletes to watch at world championships, Day 2

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:56 GMT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A look at how 10 top athletes are faring at track and field world championships after Day 2:SHA’CARRI RICHARDSON With her colorful hair, glitzy nails and, of course, fast times, Richardson stands out on the track. The 23-year-old from Dallas has the second-fastest 100-meter time in the world this season. Richardson will run the 100 and 200 at the worlds a year after missing the team. She won the 100 at the U.S. Olympic trials two years ago, but had the title stripped after she tested positive for marijuana. The 100 will be a fast field that includes reigning champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and her Jamaican teammate, Shericka Jackson, who has the fastest time in the world this season. RESULTS: Won 100-meter preliminary heat Sunday with day’s best time of 10.92 seconds. NEXT UP: 100-meter semifinals and finals Aug. 21; 200 meters, Aug. 23-25; 4×100 relay, Aug. 25-26.MARILEIDY PAULINOThe 400 meters is wide open at the worlds with Sydney McLaug...

Belt hits 2 of Blue Jays’ 5 home runs off Hunter Greene in 10-3 rout of Reds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:56 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Brandon Belt had his second multihomer game this season, Hyun Jin Ryu won consecutive starts for the first time since his latest Tommy John surgery and Toronto Blue Jays routed the Cincinnati Reds 10-3 Sunday to win the series between playoff contenders.Kevin Kiermaier and Belt hit two-run homers in the second inning, and Bo Bichette, Belt and George Springer had solo shots in the fourth. Belt also homered twice against Boston on July 2 and has 10 two-homer games in his big league career.Hunter Greene (2-5), who made his first start since June 17 after a stint on the injured list caused by right hip pain, gave up career highs of nine runs and 10 hits and tied his career high by allowing five home runs. He also gave up five at Milwaukee on May 5 last year.“Obviously, today was frustrating,” Greene said. “Not what I envisioned coming back.”Bichette homered for the first time since July 25. He was activated Saturday after being sidelined with right knee patellar tendo...

Yankees lose 8 in row for first time in 1995 as Justin Turner leads Red Sox to 6-5 win

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:56 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees extended a losing streak to eight for the first time since 1995, allowing Justin Turner’s ninth-inning, go-ahead double after a key overturned call in a 6-5 defeat to the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.New York appeared to go ahead in eighth when Isiah Kiner-Falefa scored from first on rookie Anthony Volpe’s single. Plate umpire Junior Valentine signaled safe, ruling Kiner-Falefa’s left foot got in ahead of Connor Wong’s tag, but the call was reversed in a video review, which also upheld that the catcher did not block the plate in violation of rules. Swept in consecutive series by Atlanta and Boston, the Yankees have lost eight straight for the first time since Aug. 19-26, 1995. New York (60-64), in danger of ending its streak of 30 consecutive winning seasons, is 24-39 since June 4. The Yanke began Sunday trailing Seattle by eight games for the AL’s last wild card.Turner had four RBIs for Boston, which is 8-1 against the Yankees this...

Crews rescue man who fell in trench at construction site in SW Miami-Dade

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:56 GMT

Crews came to the rescue of a man who fell in a trench at a construction site in Southwest Miami-Dade.Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to reports of a person who suffered a long fall at the site located along the 21600 block of Southwest 119th Avenue, just after 3:40 a.m., Sunday.Investigators said the victim was walking home when he fell in the trench, which is between 10 and 12 feet deep.Firefighters used a ladder to gain access into the trench. After locating and stabilizing the man, they safely removed him from the trench on a backboard.Officials said the man had been trapped there for more than two hours.He was transported by ground to a local trauma center.

Trump says he will skip GOP presidential primary debates

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:56 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that he will be skipping Wednesday’s first Republican presidential primary debate — and others as well.“The public knows who I am & what a successful Presidency I had,” Trump wrote on his social media site. “I WILL THEREFORE NOT BE DOING THE DEBATES!” His spokesman did not immediately clarify whether he plans to boycott every primary debate or just those that have currently been scheduled.The former president and early GOP frontrunner had said for months that he saw little upside in joining his GOP rivals on stage when they gather for the first time in Milwaukee Wednesday, given his commanding lead in the race. And he had made clear to those he had spoken to in recent days that his opinion had not changed.“Why would I allow people at 1 or 2% and 0% to be hitting me with questions all night?” he said in an interview in June with Fox News host Bret Baier, who will be serving as a moderator. Trump has ...

Asa Hutchinson says he has qualified for the Republican debate

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:56 GMT

(CNN) — Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Sunday he has qualified for the first GOP primary debate, which will take place Wednesday in Milwaukee. Hutchinson joins a crowd of White House hopefuls looking for a breakout moment onstage.“I’m pleased to announce that we have met all the criteria that the RNC set to be on the debate stage. We’ve met the polling criteria and now we’ve met the 40,000 individual donor criteria,” Hutchinson told CNN’s Kasie Hunt on “State of the Union.”Hutchinson said he had submitted 42,000 individual donors to the Republican National Committee.To qualify for the debate, candidates must have at least 40,000 unique donors, with at least 200 unique donors per state, and must reach at least 1% in three national polls meeting the RNC’s requirements or at least 1% in two national polls and two polls from separate early voting states.They are also expected to sign a loyalty pledge expressing their commitment to uni...

Store owner killed over Pride flag she flew in front of her California business

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:56 GMT

CEDAR GLEN, Calif. (AP) — A dispute over an LGBTQ+ pride flag at a California clothing store spiraled into deadly violence this weekend when a man shot and killed the 66-year-old business owner right in front of her shop, authorities said.The man ran away from the store after the shooting Friday night but was later found and killed in a confrontation with officers from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.The agency said Laura Ann Carleton was pronounced dead at Mag.Pi, the store she owned and operated in Cedar Glen. The small community in the San Bernadino Mountains is roughly 60 miles (96 kilometers) east of downtown Los Angeles.Before the shooting, the man “made several disparaging remarks about a rainbow flag that stood outside the store,” sheriff’s officials said.It was not immediately clear what happened when officers confronted the man, whose identity hadn’t been released as of Sunday.Carleton, who preferred to be called “Lauri,” is survived by her husba...