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López extends his scoreless streak to 19 innings and Taylor homers as Twins beat Pirates 5-1

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:40:41 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Pablo López pitched six scoreless innings, Michael A. Taylor hit a two-run homer and the Minnesota Twins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 on Friday night.López (9-6) allowed six hits and walked two, and extended his scoreless inning streak to a career-best 19 innings. He had seven strikeouts and is tied with Toronto’s Kevin Gausman for second in the majors with 187 strikeouts behind only Atlanta’s Spencer Strider (227).López hasn’t allowed a run in his last three starts. He owns a 0.36 ERA over his past four starts, lowering his season ERA to 3.51.Taylor connected for his 16th homer of the season with two outs in the fourth inning to open the scoring. Donovan Solano had two hits, including an RBI single in the sixth for Minnesota.The Twins won for the fourth time in five games and extended their lead in the AL Central to five games over Cleveland.Andre Jackson (0-1) gave up two runs on four hits and three walks in 4 1/3 innings for Pittsburgh, which has lost four o...

Will Brennan’s 2-run double in the 8th gives the Guardians a 4-1 win over Detroit and a DH split

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:40:41 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Will Brennan hit a tiebreaking two-run double in Cleveland’s four-run eighth inning, and the Guardians beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1 on Friday night for a doubleheader split.Brennan’s rocket to center off José Cisnero drove in Kole Calhoun and rookie Brayan Rocchio, lifting Cleveland to a 3-1 lead. Rocchio evened the score with an RBI single before Brennan delivered, and Gabriel Arias tacked on another run-scoring hit.“The baseball season is a roller coaster,” Brennan said. “If you quit and go home sad, you better come back the next time ready to play. That’s all I have to say. The more negative you are, the more it’s going to wear you down.”In the opener, Miguel Cabrera drove in a run to tie Mel Ott for 11th place on the career RBIs list and Akil Baddoo homered on the second pitch of Detroit’s 4-2 win.But Cleveland bounced back in the nightcap, earning its first victory in eight doubleheader games this season. Enyel De Los Santos (5-2) got the win and All-Star closer...

Julio Rodríguez and Mike Ford homer, Bryce Miller works 6 solid innings as Mariners beat Astros 2-0

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:40:41 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Julio Rodríguez and Mike Ford homered, Bryce Miller threw 6 1/3 shutout innings and the Seattle Mariners extended their winning streak to four games with a 2-0 win over the Houston Astros on Friday night.The Mariners took a half-game lead over Toronto in the race for the third, and final, AL wild-card spot. Seattle trails Houston by 2 1/2 games for the second wild-card spot.Rodríguez continued to swing a hot bat, finishing with four hits, including a solo home run to left field in the third. He had five hits and drove in five RBIs on Thursday and went 12 for 21 in the four-game series against the Royals.Rodríguez tied a club record by hitting safely in nine straight at-bats, but that run was halted on a fielding error by Jeremy Peña in the seventh. Danny Valencia, in June 2017, and Raúl Ibañez, in September 2004, also hit safely in nine consecutive at-bats for the Mariners.Ford hit a solo home run to right in the sixth.Miller (8-4) scattered two hits and struck out tw...

Strider strikes out 10 in 7 innings, Braves beat Giants 4-0 for 3rd straight shutout

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:40:41 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Spencer Strider struck out 10 and allowed one hit in seven innings, three relievers finished and the Atlanta Braves beat the San Francisco Giants 4-0 on Friday night for their third straight shutout.It marked the first time since the final three games of 2015 against St. Louis that the Braves blanked an opponent in three straight games. Atlanta has five shutouts in its last eight games.“The pitching has been really good this year,” Strider said. “A lot of people have been critical of it recently, but if you play 162 games, I think you’re going to see a little bit of everything. We were due for a little bit of a lull, but everybody’s right back where they’ve been all year.”Matt Olson, Eddie Rosario, Austin Riley and Michael Harris II each drove in a run as the major league-leading Braves improved to 79-42. Harris, last season’s NL Rookie of the Year, went 4 for 5 with a double and a triple, raising his average eight points to .291.“It feels good to be able ...

Shootout at Santiago's in Commerce City shocks regulars

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:40:41 GMT

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (KDVR) -- Commerce City police are still searching for one of the people involved in a shootout at Santiago's that shocked patrons of the restaurant. Police said a 15-year-old employee exchanged gunfire with a customer after they got into some kind of argument, Thursday afternoon off Highway 85. Over $900M in unclaimed cash: Which Colorado counties have the most The restaurant was closed on Friday, but many customers still stopped by for lunch not aware of the shooting. One regular, Michaela Garcia, said he was shocked after hearing about the crime. "I was informed that they were closed down due to a shooting which is very shocking to hear especially coming from this part of the community and this community establishment. It’s a very close-knit, tight-knit establishment. A lot of people who come here on a daily or weekly basis kind of all know each other and so to hear that is just really shocking," Garcia said. After the shots were fired inside the store, th...

Aug. 18-20: Things to do in Denver this weekend

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:40:41 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — It's a jam-packed weekend for concerts, races and festivals. There's something to do every day this weekend, but make sure to get out on Saturday, when most of the fun is happening. The Pinpoint Weather team said the weather this weekend will be full of sunshine with temperatures in the mid-90s and a few light storms on Friday. To hit, or to not hit 100 degrees Friday, Aug. 18Mt. JoyMt. Joy played Thursday for Denver and they're coming back Friday to play at Red Rocks. The band gives off a 70s rock vibe with songs like "Astrovan" and "Strangers."Drag Queen BingoAfternoon bingo just got better. The Curtis Hotel offers a drag queen bingo called out by Mz. America Jackson. The lobby of the hotel is pop-culture-inspired and Instagrammable when you dress in your best drag attire and test your luck with bingo.Saturday, Aug. 19Colorado Rockies jersey giveawayThe Rockies play Friday and Saturday, but if you go to the Saturday game, you may just be lucky enough to win a je...

Rising country star Alana Springsteen opens up about first album, touring with Luke Bryan

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:40:41 GMT

Country music knows how to get us all up in our feels and tug at our heartstrings … and up-and-coming artist Alana Springsteen knows just how to do that. She’s sharing her journey from creating her first album and touring with some of the greats in country music.Alana Springsteen (singing): “What if we don’t have to choose.”Country music star in the making Alana Springsteen debuted her new album, called “Twenty Something,” which is broken down into three parts: “Messing It Up”, “Figuring It Out” and “Getting It Right.”Alana Springsteen: “Each one kind of touches on different tones of what it’s like to be in your 20s and different phases of all of that, and it’s fun to end it on a high note, though, because overall, like my life, the past two years has been just a dream come true.”And now she’s touring with Luke Bryan, who she saw at the Grand Ole Opry when she was 10.10-year-old Ala...

Orioles’ offense backs up a shaky Kyle Gibson with 16 hits in 9-4 win over Athletics

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:40:41 GMT

Few offenses in the major leagues have had its starter’s back more than the Orioles for Kyle Gibson.The veteran starting pitcher struggled again Friday night against the Oakland Athletics, allowing nine hits and four runs in five innings, but Baltimore’s bats backed him up with nine runs in the first five frames en route to a 9-4 win.The offense, which totaled 16 hits, delivered Gibson his team-best 12th win of the season despite the 35-year-old owning a 4.97 ERA. Friday was the sixth time this season Gibson’s offense has given him seven or more runs of support while he was on the mound — the most of any Orioles starter.Eight Orioles batters either recorded an extra-base hit or an RBI as the lineup came out hot after Thursday’s day off, scoring three in the first inning and two more in the second, fourth and fifth. The Orioles’ top-of-the-order duo of Adley Rutschman and Gunnar Henderson — the organization’s first two picks in the 2019...

Editorial: Given history, RFK Jr. merits Secret Service protection

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:40:41 GMT

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running a long-shot campaign against incumbent Joe Biden for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination. He’s polling at about 15%, nearly 50 points behind the president. Among the party faithful, his unfavorable ratings are quite high, according to a compilation of surveys published this month on FiveThirtyEight.Nevertheless, the White House is taking no chances given Biden’s obvious and many vulnerabilities. Rather than ignore Kennedy, the administration has from time to time harshly criticized his public statements, some of which have been controversial. And now Kennedy complains that the president is taking more subtle swipes in an effort to minimize his candidacy.Last month, Kennedy tweeted that he had sought Secret Service protection, but that the agency ignored his request and then turned him down. “Since the assassination of my father in 1968, candidates for president are provided Secret Service protection. But not me,” he wrote.His campaign manager...

Books go behind the (often steamy) scenes of Hollywood

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:40:41 GMT

From hellhole to benign workplace, there’s a Tinsel Town for everyone in new books about making movies.Movie fans seem to think Hollywood is falling short this summer. “Barbenheimer” has helped turn around what was becoming a grim season, with other blockbusters such as the “Mission Impossible” and “Indiana Jones” sequels and “Elemental” not busting as many blocks as expected/hoped.Maybe those fans are filling in the gaps with Hollywood-themed books? For whatever reason, a lot of current and upcoming fiction tackles moviemaking, ranging from “From Dust to Stardust,” due Sept. 5 and mostly set in the silent film era, to Tom Hanks’ “The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece,” which takes place on the present-day set of a Marvel-like movie. There’s also Lindsay Lynch’s new “Do Tell,” whose main character is a gossip columnist in the era when “Gone With the Wind...