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Matos hits first career HR to lift Giants past Diamondbacks 7-6 for 12th win in 13 games

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:42 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Luis Matos took a few slow steps toward first base, followed by a pair of quick hops. The Giants’ rookie wasn’t admiring his first career home run down the left field line so much as he was trying to will it to stay fair.″I knew it had the distance to go out,” Matos said through an interpreter. ”I just wanted to make sure that it stayed fair.”Matos’ go-ahead, two-run drive in the sixth inning provided the Giants with their biggest moment as they beat the division-leading Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6 on Saturday for their 12th win in 13 games.Joc Pederson and Blake Sabol added two hits each as San Francisco won its second straight against Arizona to pull 1 1/2 games back in the NL West.Like several others who have played well for the Giants after coming up from the minors. Matos was the team’s No. 4 prospect when he was called up June 14. He has scored at least once in seven of the 10 games he’s played in since then batting primarily in the middle of the order....

Allmendinger runs away off 2nd OT restart to win Nashville Xfinity race

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:42 GMT

LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — A.J. Allmendinger pulled away on the second overtime restart Saturday to win his second NASCAR Xfinity race this year and 17th of his career at the Nashville Superspeedway in the Tennessee Lottery 250.“I spent a lot of years not winning anything, so I need wins just to make me mentally OK every week,” Allmendinger said. “And whether it’s Cup or Xfinity, this is why you go out here, do this is, to try to win races. … So I don’t take anything for granted.”The 41-year-old Allmendinger pitted on lap 145 and used fresher tires to pass Parker Kligerman, taking the lead for good on lap 177. He seemed poised to cruise to his latest victory for Kaulig Racing in his No. 10 Bailey Zimmerman-Religiously Chevrolet until Chad Chastain spun off Turn 4 with five laps left.That set up the first overtime. Chandler Smith spun out on the first restart attempt after contact with Josh Berry in Turn 2. On the second restart, Allmendinger left everyone behind and cru...

Maguire retains 1-shot lead in Women’s PGA Championship with Jenny Shin second

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:42 GMT

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (AP) — Leona Maguire is a round away from winning for the second straight week and becoming the first woman from Ireland to win a major.All that stands in the way of the 28-year-old from Cavan is a close friend from Northern Ireland — Stephanie Meadow — and 30-year-old Jenny Shin, who no longer is just happy to be playing on the LPGA Tour. She wants to win again, badly.Maguire birdied the final hole for her eighth straight round in the 60s to take a one-shot lead over fast-closing Shin and a two-stroke edge over Meadow on Saturday, heading into the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.Maguire is at the top of her game. She won in Michigan last week for her second LPGA Tour victory, and her play has carried over at historic Baltusol, the site of 12 majors. She has hit 38 of 42 fairways and 48 of 54 greens in the first 54 holes, and her 2-under 69 Saturday gave her a 7-under total on a course that was tough, but gettable, after two days of intermittent ra...

Bradley leads the Travelers with a 54-hole scoring record, Fowler shoots a career-best 60

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:42 GMT

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Keegan Bradley shot a 6-under 64 on Saturday to break the tournament 54-hole scoring record at 21 under in the Travelers Championship, while Rickie Fowler had the second 60 of the week at TPC River Highlands.The previous three-round mark was 18 under, set by Brendan Todd on an empty course during the height of the pandemic in 2020. The four-round tournament record is 22 under, set by Kenny Perry in 2009.Bradley missed a 20-foot putt on 18 that would have tied the PGA Tour’s 54-hole mark of 188 set by Steve Stricker in the 2010 John Deere Classic and matched by Justin Thomas in the 2017 Sony Open. Bradley opened with rounds of 62 and 63.“I’ve wanted to win this tournament forever,” said Bradley, a Vermont native who also lived in Massachusetts and was playing in front of a large contingent of family and friends. “So, the feeling of wanting to push and win is something I need to fight against and just let myself go out and play.”Chez Reavie was a sho...

Guatemala votará por un nuevo presidente, pero los críticos dicen que sacaron a muchos candidatos anticorrupción

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:42 GMT

(CNN) — Los guatemaltecos acudirán a las urnas el 25 de junio para elegir un nuevo presidente, mientras los observadores regionales advierten sobre una espiral descendente de cleptocracia y un debilitamiento del Estado de derecho en la nación más poblada de Centroamérica.La socialdemócrata Sandra Torres, la derechista Zury Ríos y el centroderechista Edmont Mulet encabezan el grupo de más de 20 aspirantes a presidente en las elecciones generales.La postulación de otros candidatos fue bloqueada, incluida la líder indígena de izquierda Thelma Cabrera y, más recientemente, el excandidato principal Carlos Pineda, lo que generó acusaciones de intromisión política contra el tribunal electoral del país.“Una cosa que podemos decir sobre Guatemala en este momento es que este Tribunal Supremo Electoral tiene un patrón muy sospechoso de sacar a cualquier candidato que apoye públicamente la lucha contra la corrupción”, le dijo a CNN Will Freeman, becario de estudios sobre América Latina en...

At least 8 people injured after tornado strikes Wyoming coal mine

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:42 GMT

(CNN) — A tornado struck the largest coal mine in the US while workers were in the midst of a shift change Friday in northeast Wyoming, injuring at least 8 people, officials said.The tornado hit the North Antelope Rochelle Mine in Campbell County at around 6:20 p.m. MT Friday, according to county government spokesperson Leslie Perkins.“It has been confirmed that the event happened during shift change,” Perkins said.Six people remain hospitalized at Campbell County Health and all are in stable condition, according to a hospital statement Friday night, and “anticipates treating and releasing all six patients.”One individual was transported for further care to the Memorial Hospital of Converse County in Douglas and another refused medical treatment, according to a Campbell County statement Friday night.Mine operator Peabody Energy Corporation confirmed the facility sustained damage and its employees have been accounted for, their statement said.“Operations have been susp...

Berti’s RBI single in 11th lifts Marlins over Pirates 4-3

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:42 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Jon Berti drove in the winning run with a single in the 11th inning, and the Miami Marlins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 Saturday.Automatic runner Joey Wendle advanced to third on Nick Fortes’ sacrifice bunt before Berti hit a line drive to right against Angel Perdomo (1-1).Yuli Gurriel’s sacrifice fly off Pirates closer David Bednar in the bottom of the 10th tied it at 3-all after Ke’Bryan Hayes put the Pirates ahead in the top half with an RBI single.Luis Arraez homered and walked twice, Jacob Stallings had three hits and Andrew Nardi (5-1) struck out the side in a perfect 11th for the Marlins, who played before their second-largest home crowd of the season at 24,668. Arraez went 1 for 3 and his major league-leading average slipped a point to .401.Andrew McCutchen doubled twice and had three walks for the Pirates. McCutchen’s first double in the sixth was the 400th of his career.The Pirates were down to their last strike in the ninth, when rookie Nick Gonzales drew ...

Ryan McKenna’s walk-off homer in 10th gives Orioles dramatic 6-4 win over Mariners: ‘Animal off the bench’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:42 GMT

Amid the bottom of the 10th inning of a tie game at Camden Yards, Anthony Santander told Austin Hays not to worry about getting ready to hit. The inning, Santander said, would not get past Ryan McKenna.He proved prophetic when McKenna, in his first at-bat Saturday afternoon after replacing Santander in right field an inning earlier, launched a walk-off, two-run home run to give the Orioles a 6-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners.“I called it,” Santander said proudly. “He’s an animal off the bench. That’s awesome. I’m so happy for him. He’s been ready all game. He really pays attention to the game. When his opportunity comes, he’s ready, and I’m so happy he hit that homer for us right there.”A reserve outfielder typically used as a late-inning defensive replacement for Santander, McKenna’s home run came in his 13th plate appearance of June, having appeared in 15 of Baltimore’s games. It marked the first walk-off ...

Ian Happ’s 2 home runs fuel the Chicago Cubs’ 9-1 win against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 1 of the London Series

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:42 GMT

A few hours before the Chicago Cubs took the field at London Stadium on Saturday night, Ian Happ acknowledged the attention around the makeshift ballpark’s dimension changes after the inaugural series’ offensive onslaught in 2019.Between the walls in center field and the power alleys getting pushed back and a change with the baseball used in this event four years ago, Happ surmised their matchup against the St. Louis Cardinals wouldn’t feature the same hitter-friendly setting.”I don’t think it’s going to be like a home run derby out there,” Happ predicted.Happ, though, put on a show, slugging two home runs in the Cubs’ 9-1 win against the St. Louis Cardinals. He hit a homer in each of his first two at-bats, both off Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright. The Cubs (37-38) bookended their scoring on the international stage with Dansby Swanson going deep for a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth.Happ donated the Chicago flag-inspired bat...

White Sox walk off Red Sox after James Paxton exits with knee soreness

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:42 GMT

After going at least six innings and throwing at least 91 pitches in each of his last three starts, it was concerning when James Paxton didn’t return for the fifth inning against the Chicago White Sox on Saturday.The veteran left-hander was only at 63 pitches when the fourth ended. Within the hour, the Red Sox announced that he’d departed with right knee soreness. It was that kind of day for the Red Sox, who lost 5-4 to the host Chicago White Sox after allowing a run in the bottom of the ninth.Postgame, Paxton admitted that he felt his knee flare up “a little bit” during his last start in Minnesota, but attempted to assuage concerns by saying that he thinks he’ll be ready for his next start.“I think I’ll be, I’m good going forward,” the veteran southpaw told reporters. “Just a little bit of soreness.”“No concern,” Alex Cora agreed. “He was sore, so we were thinking ahead.”But given Paxton’...