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Alex Cobb keeps Brewers grounded as Giants win fourth straight

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:45:56 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Alex Cobb threw seven shutout innings and the Giants got home runs from middle infielders Thairo Estrada and Brett Wisely in a 4-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers Saturday evening at Oracle Park.The Giants, who have been streaky all season, made it four wins in a row in securing their second home series win of the season in improving to 15-17 before a crowd of 26,387.It was the fifth straight defeat for Milwaukee, which fell to 18-15.Cobb (2-1) gave way to lefty Taylor Rogers in the eighth inning after holding Milwaukee scoreless through seven, giving up five hits with two walks and five strikeouts. He threw 107 pitches, 68 of them strikes and got 12 ground ball outs and two flyouts. Cobb’s latest strong outing dropped his earned run average to 2.01.Estrada’s home run was his fifth of the season, with Wisely hitting his first major league home run.In the seventh, after Brice Turang’s infield single, Cobb got Owen Miller to hit into a 4-6-3 doub...

Man killed in Hwy 1 wrong-way crash, DUI suspected

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:45:56 GMT

(BCN/KRON) -- California Highway Patrol officers responded to a collision near state Highway 1 and state Highway 68 in Monterey County early Saturday morning. CHP said a 69-year-old man was killed in the crash. Oakland’s largest homeless encampment razed, 700 tons of trash hauled away According to CHP, a Toyota Camry was going northbound in the southbound lanes on State Route 1 when it crashed into the front of a Mitsubishi at about 3:45 a.m. The driver of the Mitsubishi, a 69-year-old man from Seaside, was pronounced dead at the scene. CHP said drugs and/or alcohol is suspected to be a factor in the crash. The driver of the Toyota, Chris Witherspoon, 25, of Hope Mills, NC, was arrested and taken to Monterey County Jail. The freeway was temporarily shut down while CHP investigated the crash. Traffic remained slow in the area until 5:30 a.m. Bay City News contributed to this story.

Own-goal sparks Montreal to 2-0 victory over Orlando City

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:45:56 GMT

MONTREAL (AP) — An own-goal by Orlando City’s Robin Jansson ended a scoreless match in the second half and CF Montreal went on to post a 2-0 victory on Saturday night.Jansson had an Aaron Herrera kick deflect off his chest and get by goalkeeper Pedro Gallese to give Montreal (4-6-0) the lead in the 62nd minute. Romell Quioto added an insurance goal four minutes later when he took passes from Herrera and Bryce Duke and found the net for a third time this season.Montreal beat Orlando City (4-4-2) for a third straight time, including a 2-0 victory in the first round of the playoffs last season. Montreal has scored eight goals in the three wins after scoring just five times and going 1-5-1 in the first seven match-ups. Montreal has posted three straight shutout victories for the first time since April of 2019.Orlando City, which entered playing with consecutive road wins over the Philadelphia Union and Minnesota United, has never won three straight away from home.Montreal won for ...

Kentucky Derby Chart

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:45:56 GMT

12th Race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 6, 20231¼-Miles. Purse Paid $3,000,000 Open 3-Year-OldsThe Kentucky Derby Grade I 149th RunningHorseWgtPP1/41/23/41MStrchFinJockeyOddsMage126815½-16-114-16½2-21-1J.J.Castellano15.21Two Phil’s12635hd4½4hd1-1½1Hd-2½J.Lovebery9.87Angel of Empire1261216½15hd13hd10½3hd-3-3F.Geroux4.06Disarm126913hd12-19½-9hd7hd4-1¾J.Rosario27.12Hit Show12618-16-1½6-13½4-25-1-¾M.Franco24.02Derma Sotogake1261414-213-1½10hd7½6hd-6-1¼C.P.Lamaire7.80Tapit Trice1265181815-1½12-2½11-37¾L.Saez4.53Raise Cain126139½9½8-1½11-2½10-1½8-1G.Corrales33.04Rocket Can126157hd7½7½5hd5hd9-3½J.Alvarado28.81Confidence Game12646-25-1½5-1½4-hd8-210-2¼J.Graham21.03Sun Thunder1261117-117-116hd13hd12hd11-3½B.J.HernandezJr.33.06Mandarin Hero1261712-111½11-114-214-612-4¼K.Kimura17.47Reincarnate12673-2½3½3-18hd13-313¾J.R.Velazquez14.76Kingsbarns12662½2-12-12hd9½14nkJ.L.Ortiz11.72King Russell1261810½10hd12½15½15-5½15-29¼R.Bejarano32.27Verifying12621hd1hd1hd16-3½16-1½16½T.Gaffalione14.30J...

Phillies’ Harper hits first home run since elbow surgery

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:45:56 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper homered for the first time this season in the fifth inning of Saturday night’s game against the Boston Red Sox.The 30-year-old, batting as the designated hitter, was playing in his fourth game since returning from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow last Nov. 23. The two-time NL MVP drove a full-count 89 mph sinker from right-hander Corey Kluber to the opposite field and over the wall in left-center with nobody on and one out, cutting Philadelphia’s deficit to 5-3. It was his 286th chomer and 102nd with the Phillies. The sellout crowd of 43,832 cheered loudly as Harper rounded the bases, much the same as they did last postseason when he helped the Phillies reach the World Series. Harper was selected NL Championship Series MVP, and his go-ahead home run in the pennant-clinching victory over the San Diego immediately went down as one of the top moments in Philadelphia sports history. Harper entered Saturday w...

TJ Friedl’s 3-run homer lifts Reds past White Sox 5-3

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:45:56 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — TJ Friedl hit a three-run homer and a run-scoring triple, helping the Cincinnati Reds top the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Saturday.Friedl’s third homer — a drive to right-center against Mike Clevinger in the fifth inning — lifted Cincinnati to a 4-3 lead. He drove in Jonathan India with a two-out triple in the seventh.India went 3 for 3 and scored three times. Derek Law (2-4) pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings in relief of Nick Lodolo, and Alexis Díaz got three outs for his sixth save.Hanser Alberto and Seby Zavala homered for Chicago. Clevinger (2-3) was charged with four runs and six hits in six innings.The White Sox, who came in hitting .180 with runners in scoring position over the past 13 games, went 1 for 8 in those situations on Saturday.Reds third baseman Nick Senzel stranded a pair of runners in the first when he retired Benintendi with a diving stop. The White Sox left the bases loaded in the third.Alberto tied it at 1 with his second homer in the second....

LPGA Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown Team Match Play Results

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:45:56 GMT

SaturdayAt TPC Harding ParkSan FranciscoPurse: $2 millionYardage: 6,845; Par: 72Round Robin Day Three(Two Teams with most points from each Pool advance to play Sunday)Pool A(Ranking)TeamPtsWLT(4)Sweden5½501(1)United States3½321(8)China2240(5)England1150Pool B(6)Thailand6600(7)Australia3½321(2)Korea2240(3)Japan½051First Round (Thusday)Patty Tavatanakit/AtThailandya Thitikul (Thailand) def. Yuka Saso/Ayaka Furue (Japan), 1 upMoriya Jutanugarn/Ariya Jutanugarn (Thailand) def. Nasa Hataoka/Hinako Shibuno (Japan), 2 upAnna Nordqvist/Caroline Hedwall (Sweden) def. Bronte Law/Jodi Ewart Shadoff (England), 4 and 3Madelene Sagstrom/Maja Stark (Sweden) def. Liz Young/Alice Hewson (England), 5 and 4Minjee Lee/Steph Kyriacou (Australia) def. Hye-Jin Choi/In Gee Chun (Korea), 2 and 1Hannah Green/Sarah Kemp (Australia) def. Hyo Joo Kim/Jin Young Ko (Korea), 2 upLilia Vu/Nelly Koreada (United States) def. Ruoning Yin/Xiyu Lin (China), 2 and 1Ruixin Liu/Yu Liu (China) def. Danielle Kang/Lexi Thomps...

Pirates lose 6th straight, Belt 2-run double lifts Blue Jays

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:45:56 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brandon Belt hit a two-run double in a four-run first inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays extended the Pittsburgh Pirates’ losing streak to a season-high six games with an 8-2 victory on Saturday night.José Berríos (3-3) gave up two runs and five hits over 6 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk as Toronto won its second straight after a five-game skid. He retired his first 13 batters before Jack Suwinski walked with one out in the fifth inning and Ke’Bryan Hayes followed with a single.Before a crowd of 34,882, the Pirates’ largest for a May home game since 2015, Johan Oviedo (2-3) gave up seven runs — six earned — 10 hits and three walks in five innings. It was the second straight poor outing for Oviedo, tagged for seven runs over 2 1/3 innings last Sunday at Washington.Pittsburgh has skidded since a 20-8 start, its best since 1992.Belt was ejected in the top of the eighth inning by plate umpire Carlos Torres for arguing a called third str...

Texas mall shooting: Nine dead, three in critical condition

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:45:56 GMT

(NewsNation) — At least nine people are dead, including the suspected shooter, after the gunman opened fire at a busy mall outside Dallas, officials announced Saturday.The Allen fire department said they found seven dead upon arrival at the scene, and transported nine victims to a medical facility, fire chief Jonathan Boyd announced at a press conference. Of the nine who were taken to the hospital, two have died, three are in critical condition and four are stable.An Allen Police officer was in the area on an unrelated call when he heard shots at 3:36 p.m., the police department wrote on Facebook.“The officer engaged the suspect and neutralized the threat. He then called for emergency personnel. Nine victims were transported to local hospitals by Allen Fire Department,” the agency wrote in a Facebook post. “There is no longer an active threat.”According to CNN, a manhunt is underway for a potential second suspect.The Collin County Sheriff said the shooter is dead, WFAA reported.A di...

1 hospitalized after shooting on Palmetto Expressway in NW Miami-Dade

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:45:56 GMT

Rescue crews have taken one person to the hospital following a shooting on the Palmetto Expressway in Northwest Miami-Dade, authorities said.Florida Highway Patrol, Miami-Dade Police and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the scene along the westbound lanes near Northwest 57th Avenue, at around 8:55 p.m., Saturday.Responding troopers arrived to find a black pickup truck with a bullet hole in the rear window.Investigators said the driver of the truck, the sole occupant, was shot in the right shoulder area.The patient was transported to Ryder Trauma Center by ground and later airlifted to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.Troopers said the shooting may be related to a road rage incident but did not provide details about a possible subject. They are interviewing victims, as they continue to investigate.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.