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Gelof’s 4 hits, Blackburn’s gem key Oakland A’s shutout over Cards

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:48:59 GMT

ST. LOUIS — Rookie Zack Gelof had four hits and Paul Blackburn pitched seven scoreless inning as the Oakland Athletics snapped a nine-game road losing streak and avoided a sweep in St. Louis with an 8-0 win over the Cardinals on Wednesday night.“I’m just trying to be as consistent as I can,” Gelof said. “I think I’m just trying to keep it simple and, you know, be as athletic as possible in the box, and then, hit the ball hard somewhere.”Gelof had his second career four-hit game — and the second this week — after getting four against Washington on Sunday.“He plays a game hard, with an intensity about it that you want to see from the rest of the group,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said. “And I think there was a little bit of that message this afternoon to the rest of the group, that this guy is leading by example. And he’s going out and playing the game hard and not recklessly, but just with the passion.”Another d̶a̶y̶ inning, another @ZackGelof highlight pic.twitter.com/VLDUQS75No...

Stripling struggles and SF Giants offense remains dormant in latest loss. Now a huge road trip looms

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:48:59 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO – After scoring just 18 runs and earning just two wins in six games at their China Basin ballpark, maybe it’s a good time for the San Francisco Giants to hit the road – even if they are set to face two of the National League’s best teams.Right-hander Ross Stripling struggled and the Giants were unable to find a timely hit in a 6-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday as they closed out a challenging six-game homestand with a 2-4 record.San Francisco, which has lost four consecutive series and is dangerously close to falling out of a playoff spot, now starts a six-game road trip on Friday with a three-game set with the MLB-leading Atlanta Braves. That’s followed by three games with the Philadelphia Phillies, who lead the NL Wild Card race.It’s all the Giants can look forward to after an at-times humbling six-game homestand in which they lost three games by five or more runs, including a 9-3 thrashing by the American League-West leading Texas Rangers on Saturday...

Armed carjackers targeting drivers in Castro Valley

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:48:59 GMT

DUBLIN, Calif. (KRON) -- Carjackers armed with guns have been searching for targets in Castro Valley. They find a victim backing her car out of her driveway in one incident recorded on a neighbor's surveillance cameras. The surveillance video shows armed carjackers roaming the streets of Castro Valley early Tuesday morning looking for victims.The incident occurred at 6:20 in the morning. Crimes happen at all hours of the day, but is a carjacking at that hour in Castro Valley, unusual? Teen girls nabbed after San Francisco business ransacked "Nothing is unusual right now," said Alameda County Sheriff's spokesperson Lt. Tya Modeste.In fact, Modeste, said that minutes before this carjacking on Sydney Way, there was a report that suspects matching the same description tried, unsuccessfully, to carjack someone parked at a Mobile gas station in the same neighborhood on Lake Chabot Road."She was parked in the parking lot and she noticed the silver sedan parked in front of her and attempt...

Angels left-hander Reid Detmers loses no-hit bid in 8th inning at Texas

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:48:59 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Los Angeles Angels left-hander Reid Detmers’ no-hit bid against AL West-leading Texas ended when Marcus Semien had a one-out double in the eighth inning Wednesday night. The 24-year-old Detmers had thrown a no-hitter as a rookie for the Angels last season against Tampa Bay. He was only the second Angels rookie to do so. That was the 12th, and still last, no-hitter in Angels franchise. Detmers, who was 0-4 in his previous six starts coming into the game, had five strikeouts and four walks. Another runner reached on a throwing error by shortstop Luis Rengifo in the second inning. Detmers was pulled immediately after Semien’s hit, replaced by Reynaldo Lopez. There had been relievers warming up in the bullpen for the Angels in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings. The Angels led 1-0 after two-way star Shohei Ohtani, the designated hitter whose turn in the starting rotation this week was skipped because of arm fatigue, hit his 42nd homer in the first i...

Consejo Electoral de Ecuador aprueba candidatura de Christian Zurita como reemplazo de Fernando Villavicencio

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:48:59 GMT

(CNN Español) –– El Consejo Nacional Electoral de Ecuador (CNE) aprobó este miércoles la inscripción de Christian Zurita como candidato presidencial del Movimiento Construye. Zurita reemplaza a Fernando Villavicencio, asesinado el 9 de agosto en un ataque armado durante un acto de campaña.El anuncio de la decisión lo hizo la presidenta del CNE, Diana Atamaint, a través de X, antes llamado Twitter: “Por unanimidad y con base en el informe puesto a nuestra consideración, calificamos la candidatura presidencial” de Christian Zurita.El correísmo impugna la candidatura de candidato que reemplaza VillavicencioUn día antes, el martes 16 de agosto, el movimiento correísta Revolución Ciudadana había impugando la candidatura de Zurita. En el documento presentado ante el Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) se argumentó que Zurita “está actualmente afiliado a otra organización política”.Sin embargo, en su decisión, el CNE señaló que “negó la objeción presentada en contra de la po...

Djokovic wins first singles match in the US since 2021, Swiatek rolls at Western & Southern Open

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:48:59 GMT

MASON, Ohio (AP) — Novak Djokovic had a short night in his first singles match in the U.S. since 2021, beating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Wednesday in the Western & Southern Open after the Spaniard retired early in the second set with a lower back injury. The second-ranked Djokovic won the first set 6-4, then two points into the second set, Davidovich Fokina hunched over in pain following his return and ended the match after 46 minutes. “Kind of a mixed emotions tonight,” Djokovic said. “Really like Alejandro. Get along really well off the court. We train with each other while in Spain. He told me he has a lower back issue that appeared yesterday. It’s unfortunate.”Djokovic, 36, lost in doubles on Tuesday in his return to the country after missing events because of COVID-19 vaccine restrictions. It’s his first appearance in Cincinnati since 2019. The 2020 Western & Southern Open was played in New York due to COVID-19. It was Djokovic’s first singl...

Pastor of flooded DC church says area is often ‘forgotten’ by city leaders

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:48:59 GMT

(new Image()).src = "https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384&cid=c2ffed0c-3624-46c0-b10f-97c976d290a3";cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: "25152579-13b1-4821-9d13-86b2335eae07"}).render("b6e0f7045a6940158402d7851635f580"); });When heavy rains led to flash flooding in D.C. on Monday, Rhode Island Avenue Northeast wasn’t the only area to see devastation.Ten minutes down the road in Ivy City, stormwater mixed with sewage rose from storm drains outside Bethesda Baptist Church. The water would rise to almost 3 feet, stranding a car on nearby Mt. Olivet Road and pouring into the offices of the 100-year-old church.Pastor Michael Thompson said when he arrived at home Monday night he saw news reports of flooding in Northeast D.C. Since the church had seen five previous floods, he grew concerned.“I immediately turned around and came back to the church,” Thompson said.The water had receded when h...

Harper hits 2 solo home runs, Nola pitches 5 innings as Phillies beat Blue Jays 9-4

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:48:59 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Bryce Harper hit two solo home runs, Aaron Nola pitched five innings and snapped a four-start winless streak and the Philadelphia Phillies won for the first time in four games, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 9-4 on Wednesday night.Jake Cave added a solo homer and Nick Castellanos had two hits and an RBI as the Phillies avoided a sweep in the two-game series north of the border.Philadelphia had scored only two runs in losing its previous three games, but broke out of that slump with an 11-hit effort against the Blue Jays.Harper went 3 for 4 with a walk in his 25th career multi-homer game and first this season. He tied the score at 2 by connecting off Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman in the third inning, then made it 9-4 with a leadoff blast off righty Bowden Francis in the ninth. The homers were Harper’s eighth and ninth of the season.Nola (10-8) allowed four runs and four hits, including a two-run home run by Daulton Varsho. Nola struck out seven and walked four, t...

Caught on camera: Motorcyclist smashes rock through woman's window

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:48:59 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — An Aurora woman said a simple honk of her horn sent a motorcyclist into a fit of rage Monday, leaving her with a smashed window and a fear he could hurt others in her community.Kayla Johnson said on Monday afternoon, she noticed a man on a small motorcycle driving recklessly on Tower Road and Interstate 70, swerving through traffic and nearly running into a semi-truck. These vehicles are the top choice for airport thieves She honked her horn, but she never expected what would happen next.“He pulled off to the side of the road and grabbed some little rocks and was throwing them at my car," Johnson said. "Then he found a large rock and came up to the side of my car where I was sitting, and he took the giant rock and bashed in the window." Johnson said her two children were in the back seat, but thankfully nobody was hurt."It was terrifying," she said. "I had my kids in the back seat, so I was just scared for my life, and their life.”A motorcyclist in Aurora sm...

Bregman, Tucker, McCormick homer in 1st inning as the Astros rout Marlins 12-5

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:48:59 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Alex Bregman, Kyle Tucker and Chas McCormick homered in the first inning, and the Houston Astros built a huge early lead and beat the Miami Marlins 12-5 Wednesday night.Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez hit his fourth career triple, and Mauricio Dubón had two hits and two RBIs as Houston banged out 12 hits and took two of three games from Miami.“If we start swinging a little bit, we can be a dangerous team,” McCormick said.Justin Verlander (8-6) benefited from the early run support and threw five innings of five-run ball. The veteran right-hander gave up nine hits, walked two and struck out two in his third start since he rejoined the Astros at the trade deadline Aug. 1.“It felt nice to have a lead to work with,” Verlander said. “Obviously, quite a difficult day. You would like for things to be easy when the guys give you a lead early, but just wasn’t in the cards today.”José Altuve returned to Houston’s lineup one-day after fouling a pitch off his left shin and leaving the...