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Cobb-stopper: SF Giants get six scoreless from reliable righty to snap losing streak

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:21:57 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Trying Wednesday to avoid matching their longest losing streak of the season, the Giants needed a stopper.Enter Alex Cobb.With six shutout innings in their series finale against the Seattle Mariners, Cobb willed the Giants to a 2-0 win, snapping their skid at four games. Camilo Doval, who allowed four runs and took the loss in his last outing, ran into no such issues while recording his National League-leading 25th save.Cobb struck out seven, one away from a season-high, and didn’t issue a walk. The Giants have won nine of the past 10 games he has started.The Giants’ offense was lifeless as ever since the end of their 10-game win streak almost two weeks ago. Since the streak came to an end June 22, San Francisco’s on-base-plus-slugging percentage as a team ranks second-worst in the majors, behind only the A’s.Facing veteran lefty Tommy Milone, the Giants provided Cobb only two runs of support by the time he left the game after six scoreless in...

Walker wins 6th straight start, Phillies beat Rays 8-4 for 11th consecutive road win

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:21:57 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Taijuan Walker overcome early struggles to win his sixth consecutive start and the Philadelphia Phillies extended their road winning streak to 11 games with an 8-4 victory over the AL-leading Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.It’s the third-longest road winning streak in Phillies history, trailing a 13-game run in 1976 and 12-game stretch that spanned the 1887 and ’88 seasons.Tampa Bay has lost a season-high four in a row and 10 of 16 overall. After starting 30-6 at home, Tampa Bay has dropped six of 10.Walker (10-3) allowed four runs and five hits, all in the first three of his seven-inning outing. The right-hander, who had given up three runs over 32 innings in his previous five starts, walked five and struck out eight.“It really could have been a lot worse,” Walker said. “Five walks, something I don’t want to do, especially against a team like that (can) score at will. Towards the end of the game I was able to put those shutdown innings up....

De La Cruz hits long homer, Reds beat Nats 9-2

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:21:57 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elly De La Cruz hit a massive solo homer and two doubles after a mix-up with a covering on the knob of his bat, and the surging Cincinnati Reds beat the Washington Nationals 9-2 on Wednesday night.Joey Votto also homered and finished with three hits as Cincinnati won for the seventh time in eight games. Will Benson had two hits and two RBIs for the NL Central leaders, and Graham Ashcraft pitched six effective innings in his first win since May 28.Washington collected 10 hits, but it went 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position in its fourth loss in five games. Nationals right-hander Josiah Gray (6-7) allowed three earned runs and eight hits in five innings.De La Cruz, one of the majors’ top rookies and a key engine behind Cincinnati’s rise to the top of its division, had what appeared to be an empty sensor cover on the knob of his bat. But it was removed after Nationals manager Dave Martinez questioned its use before the infielder batted in the second....

Do you recognize this man? He's accused of stealing bras and panties

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:21:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Police in Lakewood are looking for a man accused of stealing around $4,881 in items, primarily women's bras and underwear, from various laundry rooms at an apartment complex.At least 26 thefts occurred have occurred between August 2021 and May 2023, police said.Lakewood Police are searching for a man alleged to have stolen women's clothing from apartment laundry rooms. (Credit: Lakewood Police Department)The suspect allegedly took the items from laundry rooms on each floor of Lakeview Towers at Belmar Apartments, in the 600 block of South Reed Court.He is not a known resident of the complex, according to police. Caught on camera: Guests dodge out-of-control fireworks He is described as a possibly Middle Eastern or Hispanic man with short black hair, a black goatee and dark eyes. He is of average height and has a muscular build.The man was most recently seen in the building in June of this year.

Northglenn to address extensive flooding with special consultant

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:21:57 GMT

NORTHGLENN, Colo. (KDVR) — Northglenn’s 50-year-old infrastructure is getting an upgrade thanks to an intensive plan by city officials to address flooding issues. Several residents who live along 112th Avenue say flooding occurs after severe storms. Drivers rescued from flooded Denver roads “There was a good 2 feet of water in all the window wells. It starts to crack the foundation and eat away at the base layers," Randy Hamilton said.Video shows water cascading through backyards and onto the street, flooding a nearby neighborhood intersection.”I had two enormous tree trunks in my backyard," Jeannie Aitola said. Neighbors say public works crews have worked to clear the debris on a regular basis. The city manager met with five residents on Wednesday and walked each property.Northglenn taking steps to handle floodsThe Problem Solvers reached out to the city and learned a storm inlet was added in 2022 on the south side of 112th Avenue, and crews worked to extend piping to an existin...

Twitter rate limits could impact communication during severe weather

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:21:57 GMT

BOULDER, Colo. (KDVR) — The National Weather Service relies on Twitter to connect with storm chasers to see what they're seeing in the field.Twitter is now limiting the number of tweets you can see and it's already having consequences. Meta takes aim at Twitter with the launch of rival app Threads "It's how we look at road networks, it's how we look at live data from radar," Paige Vincent, a storm chaser based in Colorado, said.Vincent has been chasing storms for the last six years."What we do is use Twitter as a tool to tweet live, what we see," Vincent said, "whether that's a photo or a video or just any information."Information and communication, Vincent said, is vital to keeping governments, meteorologists and people informed when the weather's bad."We try to keep those people, in those areas, up to date with what's going on and also what's coming," Vincent said.Live tweeting storms vital for National Weather ServiceThe advantage of Twitter: The information from the frontlines...

Tee Thursday: Views, vibe endure at Scituate CC

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:21:57 GMT

First, a disclaimer: I may be a bit biased in this review, because while I’m newer to being a true golfer, Scituate Country Club and I have history.I sat on their porch scarfing down hot dogs and Fanta Oranges when I was a little girl and my mom was playing a couple of practice holes. One year my mother – whose name graces championship plaques there – endured my hack golf when she graciously hosted me as a partner in the mother/daughter. Generations of family members have been champions there. So, yes, my heart beats a little extra for the place.Now, playing it as a true golfer, I know my love is not only well-placed, but enduring.SCC (https://www.scituatecc.com), a private club that opens to the public each Monday and offers a wide variety of private membership options, is a marvel of a nine-holer, going up and down and up and down again on the steep ledge that leads up to Scituate’s Third Cliff.You tee off from lofty heights looking out over bluffs. Osprey and sea spray scent pop ...

Francisco Alvarez, Mark Canha power 9th inning rally as Mets steal win against Diamondbacks

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:21:57 GMT

PHOENIX — If the Mets defy the odds and manage to turn around their season, remember this game as the one that saved it.With the Mets down to their final out and trailing the Arizona Diamondbacks 1-0 at Chase Field, Francisco Alvarez took a full-count sinker from closer Andrew Chafin (2-2) and drove it the other way for a game-tying home run. The rookie catcher was absolutely elated, tossing his bat when he saw the ball go over the head of right fielder Jake McCarthy he tossed his bat and leaped in the air, flexing his biceps to the Mets’ dugout as he rounded first base.The game was tied. Brett Baty continue the rally with a single and Mark Canha tripled off the center field wall to drive in the go-ahead run and give the Mets a 2-1 win. It was their fourth in a row and the Amazins’ are now one win away from matching their longest winning streak of the season.After doing absolutely nothing against left-hander Tommy Henry and two other relievers, the Mets (40-46) fin...

Patrick Wilson returns in – and directs – ‘Insidious: The Red Door’

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:21:57 GMT

With Friday’s all-new theatrical horror show “Insidious: The Red Door” Patrick Wilson gets to reprise his demon-beset father Josh Lambert.Alongside returning cast members, the “Conjuring” and “Aquaman” star makes his directing debut.James Wan’s 2010 “Insidious” was a surprise smash and is now known as the first monster hit that elevated Blumhouse Films as Hollywood’s go-to horror house.“Insidious: The Red Door” is a direct sequel to the 2012 “Insidious: Chapter 2” and the fifth film in the franchise.Here, Josh takes his surly teenage son Dalton (again Ty Simpkins) to a New England college where, once again, malevolent demons haunt both Lamberts.  Also returning, Rose Byrne as Josh’s wife.In a Zoom interview, Wilson, who turned 50 on Monday, explained that it was his agent’s idea to make this his directing debut.Wilson came up with new characters and ingeniously had Dalton be an aspiring artist whose painting becomes a portal. “Once I basically said, Listen, this is a story that I’d ...

Lucas: Amid host of problems, Gov. Healey highlights LGBTQ issues

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:21:57 GMT

Maura Healey has the LGBTQ agenda on the brain.It’s all the governor talks about, or so it seems.Which is great for that community, of which she has recently become a leader, but not so great for the heterosexual majority  of the population.They expect Healey to be governor of all the people, straight and gay.The gay community was thrilled to watch Healey posing for pictures with drag queens in front of the State House prior to the recent Boston Pride parade, which she marched in.The Pride flag was raised on the State House flagpole.It was a first.“We will go forward and lead the country,” she said. “Love is love.”Keep in mind that Healey, the state’s first openly gay governor, was not always so open about her sexuality, but only recently “came out” in a fawning Boston Globe story that ran in January after she had been elected governor.The article was about how happy Healey, 52, was with her new partner Joanna Lydgate 42, the mother of two, who separated from her husband to partner ...