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Soto, Tatis Jr hit long home runs, Padres beat Yankees 5-1 in series opener

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:25:11 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Juan Soto and Fernando Tatis Jr. didn’t just hit long two-run homers followed by impressive bat flips. They were making memories.Each time a player homers for the San Diego Padres, the batter poses in the dugout with the baserunners for a Polaroid that is added to the celebratory wall between the clubhouse and field back at Petco Park.“Beautiful memories,” Tatis said after Friday night’s 5-1 win over the New York Yankees. “If you have a Polaroid, something good happened.”Soto and Tatis lingered at home plate to admire no-doubt drives that totaled 871 feet and highlighted a series opener between high-profile teams trying to overcome sluggish starts.A crowd of 46,724 filled Yankee Stadium, just the third sellout this season. San Diego is 24-27 and 6 1/2 games behind the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers. The Yankees are 30-23 following their third straight loss, eight games back of Tampa Bay in the AL East.Soto put the Padres ahead in the fifth inning against R...

Walsh pitches Nebraska into Big Ten semis with 4-0 win over Michigan State

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:25:11 GMT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Will Walsh tossed a complete-game four-hitter to lead Nebraska into the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament with a 4-0 victory over Michigan State on Friday night.The fourth-seeded Cornhuskers (33-22-1) will play top-seed Maryland on Saturday for a berth in the championship game. Walsh (5-3) surrendered just four singles in his nine innings of work, striking out seven.Charlie Fischer singled to lead off the top of the fourth inning and moved to second on a bunt by Dylan Carey. Ben Columbus followed with an RBI single and a 1-0 lead.It remained a 1-0 game until the top of the eighth when Nebraska used another run-scoring single by Columbus and a two-run triple by No. 9 hitter Casey Burnham to score some insurance runs.Nebraska leadoff hitter Brice Matthews, who became the first player in school history with 20 home runs and 20 steals in the same season, went 0-for-5. Joseph Dzierwa (6-4) took the loss for the eighth-seeded Spartans (33-22). He allowed one run on s...

Harding’s 2-RBI double helps Florida St. sweep Georgia in super regional, advance to WCWS

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:25:11 GMT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Kalei Harding went 2 for 4 with a two-RBI double, Kathryn Sandercock pitched two scoreless innings of relief and Florida State beat Georgia 4-2 Friday night to sweep the best-of-three Tallahassee Super Regional.Florida State (54-9) advanced to the 12th WCWS in program history. Florida State capitalized on two hit-by-pitches in the third inning to take a 3-0 lead. The Bulldogs appeared to get a second out at the plate but umpires reversed the call to give the Seminoles a 1-0 lead. Then Harding hit a two-run double to give Florida State a 3-0 lead before being thrown out at third.Florida State starter Mack Leonard (2-1), who had a five-pitch inning in the fourth before a pitching change with one out in the fifth, got the win. It was her longest outing of the season. Freshman Makenna Reid entered and recorded two strikeouts to end the inning, but allowed a hit and an unearned run. Sandercock, who allowed two hits and a walk with two strikeouts, earned her ninth...

Mendham leads Oklahoma State into Big 12 semis with 8-3 win over Oklahoma

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:25:11 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — David Mendham hit a three-run home run to spark a five-run second inning and Oklahoma State defeated Oklahoma 8-3 on Friday night to advance to the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament.The top-seeded Cowboys (39-17) move on to play Texas Tech on Saturday.Mendham, the No. 8 hitter, finished with three hits — also driving in two runs with a seventh-inning single for Oklahoma State. Roc Riggio used a single and a sacrifice fly to drive in a pair.Leadoff batter John Spikerman had two hits and drove in two runs for No. 7 seed Oklahoma (31-26).Starter Ben Abram (8-2) gave up six hits and a run in six innings to earn the win for the Cowboys.Will Carsten (1-3) surrendered four runs and retired just four batters in a start for Oklahoma.___AP college sports: https://apnews.com/hub/college-sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25Source

Kiermaier, Bichette homer in Blue Jays’ 3-1 win over Twins

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:25:11 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Kiermaier and Bo Bichette homered in a three-run third, Kevin Gausman won for the first time in more than month and the slumping Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 3-1 on Friday night.Toronto won for the second time in nine games. Gausman (3-3) allowed a run and struck out eight over 5 1/3 innings for his first victory since April 23. Jordan Romano worked the ninth for his 11th save.Kiermaier got the scoring started with his fourth home run of the season, a solo shot to right field with two outs in the third. George Springer followed with his second double of the game and scored on Bichette’s 10th home run, a 424-foot blast to straightaway center.Louie Varland (2-1) pitched six innings for the Twins.Minnesota’s slumping lineup scratched out just five hits and was unable to take advantage of nine walks. The Twins stranded 13 runners on base, their season high for a nine-inning game.Gausman cruised through five innings before his control abandoned him ...

Mother faces felony after newborn son dies in her bed

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:25:11 GMT

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) -- An Aurora mother is speaking out for the first time to FOX31. She's accused of a felony after her baby died while sleeping in bed with her, just a day after coming home from the hospital.Brittany Diekneit and her partner, Sean Byrne, are each facing a felony count of child abuse resulting in death. While the cause of death was undetermined, prosecutors allege the couple was intoxicated that night and ignored the risks of co-sleeping.   “I had my perfect family of four," Diekneit said. “It’s all I ever wanted. I had it for less than 48 hours." Gunman wanted in Denver bar shooting Diekneit appeared in court at the Arapahoe County Justice Center for a preliminary hearing on Friday. “It’s so traumatic,” Diekneit said. “It makes me feel like I have to put the grief on hold sometimes."Infant's cause of death undeterminedAccording to an affidavit obtained by FOX31, Aurora Police responded to an apartment in Aurora around 6:30 a.m. on Sept. ...

A Southwest pilot had to crawl into the cockpit window after the flight deck door was locked

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:25:11 GMT

(CNN) — It’s never fun to be locked out – whether it’s from your house, your car, or a commercial airliner.A Southwest Airlines pilot wound up crawling through a cockpit window on Wednesday after a customer inadvertently locked the flight deck door, the airline says.Passenger Matt Rexroad told CNN he was getting ready to board a flight from San Diego to Sacramento when he saw the plane’s pilot crawling through a window.“During the boarding process, while other Customers and Flight Attendants were onboard, a Customer opened the forward lavatory door and inadvertently pushed the Flight Deck door closed (which locked) while the Pilots scheduled to operate the flight were preparing to board the aircraft,” the airline said in a statement to CNN. “One of our Pilots unlocked the door from a Flight Deck window, and the flight departed as scheduled.”Rexroad took photos of the incident and posted them to Twitter.“It is amazing that this pilot went above and beyond to get this f...

Lowry: Anti-Florida smear wrong move by NAACP

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:25:11 GMT

The NAACP is on high alert — a Republican governor, with an unabashedly conservative agenda and some chance of winning, is running for president.It has duly sprung into action with a travel advisory warning people what they’re getting into if they take the risk of visiting Florida’s sunny beaches or world-class attractions.“Florida is openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals,” the statement says. “Before traveling to Florida, please understand that the state of Florida devalues and marginalizes the contributions of, and the challenges faced by African Americans and other communities of color.”The political play is obvious — use “travel advisory” to get attention and credibility that a mere harsh statement about Gov. Ron DeSantis wouldn’t garner, and hope the resulting media coverage helps drive negative associations with the state.The NAACP wants people to think of Florida as a h...

Kick off summer adventures at Cape Cod Pirate Festival

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:25:11 GMT

Back in the day, pirates knew that landing in Boston would bring them a date with the hangman’s noose. But Cape Cod was a different story.That spirit is celebrated writ large in June when the Cape Cod Pirate Festival (https://www.capecodpiratefestival.com) returns for a third year.And this year, the shanty tunes, cannon firing, galley food and all kinds of swashbuckling fun come to the Cape for not just one but two weekends, June 3-4 and June 10-11.The Festival, which draws in thousands, is not a true “reenactment weekend,” event producer Chris Schultz (whose show name is Buck Kinnear) said, but rather a weekend of fun and learning mixed with historical accuracy.Each day, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., guests can take in music, magic, shows and more, all based on pirate life and lore.It’s an ideal location not just for the beauty of the Cape itself, Schultz said. In their heyday, famed pirates like Sam Bellamy and Blackbeard are said to have roamed the Cape. Plus, the Whydah Ga...

Sale stymies Diamondbacks as Red Sox bats come back to life

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:25:11 GMT

Boy, did the Red Sox need a game like this.After being outscored 20-4 over their four-game losing streak, which included two shutouts, the Boston bats finally came back to life on Friday night, combining for 14 hits in a 7-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.Even without Rafael Devers, who’s day-to-day with left calf muscle tightness, this version of the Red Sox offense was a sight for sore eyes. They collected nine 2-out hits, gave Chris Sale a 3-0 cushion in the second, which Kiké Hernández pushed to 5-0 with a 431-ft 2-run homer in the fourth.It was a multi-hit game for top third of the lineup; Raimel Tapia, Alex Verdugo, and Justin Turner combined for seven hits and an RBI apiece. Hometown kid Verdugo was a bit late to the party, but after going 0-for-2 in his first two at-bats, the Tucson native put together a 3-hit game with a run scored and RBI.It was encouraging to see Triston Casas looking significantly more comfortable at the plate, too. The rookie first baseman ...