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Ryan Mountcastle kicks off a 5-run 10th as Orioles beat A’s 7-2

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:42 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Mountcastle singled in Adam Frazier with the go-ahead run as part of a five-run 10th inning, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Oakland Athletics 7-2 on Saturday night.Austin Hays and James McCann homered in the fourth inning for the Orioles, who had been held hitless for the first three innings.“Really it was up and down the lineup, guys having quality at-bats, quality at-bats,” said McCann, who had three RBIs. “That’s just kind of the way this team’s been operating all season long.”Frazier began the 10th at second base and advanced to third when Adrián Martínez (0-1) threw a wild pitch. Mountcastle’s hit bounced up the middle into center field as Frazier scored for the AL-leading Orioles. Jordan Westburg added a sacrifice fly and another run was scored on a fielder’s choice grounder by Hays. McCann followed with a two-run single.“Just total team offense there in that inning,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “We weren’t having the best luck. Our pitch...

Moreno hits a grand slam to help the Diamondbacks beat the Padres 8-1 for a doubleheader sweep

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:42 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Gabriel Moreno hit a grand slam and drove in five runs to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to an 8-1 victory over the San Diego Padres on Saturday for a sweep of a day-night doubleheader. Tommy Pham hit a two-run homer and tripled to lead the Diamondbacks to a 6-4 victory in the opener. The teams played two games Saturday with Hurricane Hilary expected to hit the Southern California region on Sunday. The surging Diamondbacks (64-61) have won seven of their last nine games and pulled five games ahead of the Padres in the NL wild-card standings.“Every game matters,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “I’m really amplifying that message. Wins are really, really important right now. The guys have been fantastic at doing the little things.” The slumping Padres (59-66) dropped to 3-4 on their current 10-game homestand and need a strong finish and some help to rally to a playoff berth. San Diego has lost six of its last nine games.“It was a long, miserable day, ce...

49ers rally late behind Trey Lance to beat Broncos 21-20 on rookie Jake Moody’s kick

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:42 GMT

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Trey Lance and Jake Moody got some vindication on the final drive for the San Francisco 49ers.Lance shook off an interception on his first drive to set up two fourth-quarter scores, including the winning 32-yard field goal from Moody on the final play of San Francisco’s 21-20 victory over the Denver Broncos on Saturday night. Moody bounced back after missing two field goals last week and an extra point earlier in the game to convert the winner as he tries to show why the Niners used a third-round pick on a kicker.“There’s pressure in those situations,” coach Kyle Shanahan said. “That’s really what he has to go through, those pressure moments. It was cool to generate some of those for him today. It was a step forward from last week.”Lance followed up last week’s shaky start by throwing an interception on a screen pass on his first possession of the game. But he also threw a 22-yard TD pass to Cameron Latu and two big passes to Ronnie Bell to set...

Mookie Betts hits 2 HRs as Dodgers beat Marlins 3-1 to complete doubleheader sweep

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:42 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts homered twice to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-1 win over the Miami Marlins in the second game on Saturday night to complete a doubleheader sweep.Betts had a two-run single to cap a three-run eighth inning as the Dodgers won the first game by an identical 3-1 score.After his solo home run in the third inning in the night game, Betts saluted Lakers star Lebron James, who was sitting in a suite with his family on his bobblehead night. When hit his 34th homer of the season in the fifth, Betts also saluted James as he crossed home plate, and the NBA star tipped his cap to him.“It was kind of a thank you and shoutout to him,” Betts said. “He’s done it during his game, so I returned the favor.”Betts said they’ve met a couple of times and talked a few times, and the salute was spur-of-the-moment.Dodgers manager Dave Roberts thought there was a bit more to it.“I think that was intentional,” Roberts said of the salute. “Hitting a baseball is as hard as a...

Hilary weakens to Category 1 hurricane as Mexico and California brace for storm's impact

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:42 GMT

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Hilary roared toward Mexico’s Baja California peninsula early Sunday as a weakened but still dangerous Category 1 hurricane likely to bring “catastrophic and life-threatening” flooding to the region and cross into the southwestern U.S. as a tropical storm, the National Weather Service said. The National Weather Center in Miami said in the most recent advisory at 12 a.m. that the maximum sustained wind speed was 85 mph, down from 90 mph hours earlier. The storm was about 90 miles (145 kilometers) south of Punta Eugenia, Mexico, and 450 miles (720 kilometers) from San Diego, California.Meteorologists warned that despite weakening, the storm remained treacherous.One person drowned Saturday in the Mexican town of Santa Rosalia, on the peninsula’s eastern coast, when a vehicle was swept away in an overflowing stream. Rescue workers managed to save four other people, said Edith Aguilar Villavicencio, the mayor of Mulege township.It was not immediate...

If you can’t beat them, eat them: Italians cope with invasion of blue crabs this summer

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:42 GMT

ORBETELLO, Italy (AP) — Italians are fighting an invasion of predatory blue crabs with an attitude borne of centuries of culinary making do: If you can’t beat them, eat them.Fishermen, lobbying groups and environmentalists have sounded the alarm about the risks from a summer surge in the population of the fast-reproducing invasive species. The crabs are devouring stocks of eels, clams and mussels and wreaking havoc on fishing nets.But since the crabs are here to stay, farm lobby group Coldiretti and fishing associations have been behind a series of events this summer trying to introduce a staple of American summertime fare to Italian palates.Witness the menu at one Veneto agriturismo farm-hotel that hosted a Coldiretti event this summer: rosemary crab salad; crab Venetian style (with onion and vinegar sour); and pasta with garlic-tossed crab.“We usually do crab on the grill or, as in this case, with linguine,” said Davide Sergio, chef at the restaurant of La Peschereccia, a fisherme...

Indian police stop a conference of activists and academics discussing G20 issues ahead of summit

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:42 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police intervened to stop a meeting of prominent activists, academics and politicians discussing global issues ahead of a summit of the Group of 20 industrialized and developing nations that will be hosted in New Delhi next month, the meeting’s organizers said Sunday.Nearly 400 participants had spent two days debating the G-20 agenda and key issues that affect much of the world’s population, including food security, climate change, labor rights, natural resources and rising inequality.The meeting also featured speakers who were critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government’s role in hosting the G-20 summit, saying it was using the event to bolster Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of a general election next year.Meeting organizers for the “We20” conference said they received a letter from New Delhi police on Sunday morning telling them to end the meeting since it did not have the proper permission in a high-security zon...

Hilary weakens to Category 1 hurricane as Mexico and California brace for storm’s impact

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:42 GMT

By IGNACIO MARTINEZ and STEFANIE DAZIO (Associated Press)CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Hilary roared toward Mexico’s Baja California peninsula early Sunday as a weakened but still dangerous Category 1 hurricane likely to bring “catastrophic and life-threatening” flooding to the region and cross into the southwestern U.S. as a tropical storm, the National Weather Service said. The National Weather Center in Miami said in the most recent advisory at 12 a.m. that the maximum sustained wind speed was 85 mph, down from 90 mph hours earlier. The storm was about 90 miles (145 kilometers) south of Punta Eugenia, Mexico, and 450 miles (720 kilometers) from San Diego, California.Meteorologists warned that despite weakening, the storm remained treacherous.One person drowned Saturday in the Mexican town of Santa Rosalia, on the peninsula’s eastern coast, when a vehicle was swept away in an overflowing stream. Rescue workers managed to save four other peop...

Oakland A’s fall apart in 10th inning, drop another game to Orioles

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:42 GMT

By MICHAEL WAGAMANOAKLAND — On a night where they faced multiple pitchers they had traded away, the Oakland A’s took the American League East-leading Baltimore Orioles to extra innings on Saturday night, but Baltimore struck for five runs in the 10th inning to take a 7-2 win.Adam Frazier began the 10th at second base and advanced to third when Adrián Martínez (0-1) threw a wild pitch. Ryan Mountcastle’s hit bounced up the middle into center field as Frazier scored for the AL-leading Orioles. Jordan Westburg added a sacrifice fly and another run was scored on a fielder’s choice grounder by Austin Hays. James McCann followed with a two-run single.“Just total team offense there in that inning,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “We weren’t having the best luck. Our pitching won us the game.”Oakland loaded the bases against Jacob Webb with no outs in the bottom of the 10th before the right-hander retired the next three batters by swinging...

Seahawks starters look sharp in limited action, Seattle tops Dallas 22-14

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:57:42 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Geno Smith looked sharp in his two drives, Drew Lock led Seattle to a pair of second-quarter touchdowns, and the Seahawks beat the Dallas Cowboys 22-14 on Saturday night.Seattle (2-0) gave a number of its starters on both sides of the ball a little bit of playing time in the second week of the preseason, while Dallas (0-2) left the majority of its starters on the sideline as spectators yet again.“Really pleased with the overall feeling of the game from start to finish,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. “We got the (starters) a little bit of work, you know selective (starters) played on both sides of the ball and got enough to just get them out there.”Smith had two drives behind his starting offensive line and the second possession ended in a 57-yard field goal from Jason Myers. Smith was 5 of 6 for 46 yards in his limited action.Lock took over in the second quarter and continued to show the Seahawks would be in good hands if they need their backup. Lock was 5 of 6 for...