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Springer hits 55th career leadoff homer as Blue Jays rout Athletics 12-1

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:24:14 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — George Springer moved into second place on baseball’s career list with his 55th leadoff home run, Yusei Kikuchi pitched a season-high seven innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Oakland Athletics 12-1 on Sunday.Tony Kemp hit a solo home run, his third, but Oakland lost for the 10th time in 11 games following a seven-game winning streak. The Athletics are 40 games below .500 at 20-60, tying for the ninth-worst record through 80 games in major league history. It’s the worst 80-game start since Detroit opened 19-61 in 2003.Springer went 2 for 3 with a walk and two RBIs, including a sacrifice fly. His game-opening drive broke a tie with Alfonso Soriano and gave the 2017 World Series MVP sole possession of second place on baseball’s all-time list. Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson leads with 81 leadoff home runs.“It’s special, it’s cool,” Springer said. “You don’t really think of that as a kid or as a player, but it’s awesome. I’m happy about it.”Springer connected on ri...

Olson’s go-ahead homer helps Braves earn another wild 7-6 victory over the Reds

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:24:14 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Matt Olson hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the fifth inning and the Atlanta Braves held on for another wild 7-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday. The Braves, who snapped the Reds’ longest winning streak in 66 years with a 7-6 win on Saturday, have won 17 of their last 20. The Reds had runners on first and third in the ninth when Raisel Iglesias got Kevin Newman to roll into a game-ending double play. It was Iglesias’ 11th save. The game was played before another sellout crowd of 40,140. A combined 126,724 fans attended the weekend series between first-place teams. There were 19 home runs hit in the series. The Reds lost despite a big day from Matt McLain, who went 4 for 5 with three doubles, a homer and five RBIs. McLain is the first Reds rookie to have four extra-base hits in a game since Chris Sabo in 1988. Reds rookie Levi Stoudt was recalled from Triple-A to start Sunday’s game when scheduled starter Ben Lively was placed on the injured ...

Siri homers as MLB-leading Rays salvage spilt of 4-game series with 3-1 win over Royals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:24:14 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jose Siri homered, Wander Franco had a sacrifice fly in a two-run seventh, and the MLB-leading Tampa Bay Rays beat Kansas City 3-1 Sunday for a split of a four-game series against the lowly Royals.The Rays are 6-7 over their last 13 games, including a four-game split with Oakland, which has the worst record in the majors.Still, Tampa Bay reached the halfway point of the season at 54-27, with a 4 1/2 game lead over Baltimore in the AL East.“It’s awesome,” Rays starter Tyler Glasnow said. “It’s great. We’ve been playing really well all season and we’ve maintained it throughout the season as well.”Kansas City dropped to 22-56 and is winless in 11 consecutive series, the third-longest stretch during the same season in franchise history.“Tough game,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “We were in it right to the end. The game was delayed approximately 15 minutes in the fifth inning when plate umpire and crew chief Mark Wegner took a har...

1 injured in hit-and-run on I-225, Denver police say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:24:14 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Police in Denver are investigating a hit-and-run that sent one person to the hospital with serious injuries Sunday afternoon.The crash was in the area of Interstate 225 and Tamarac Drive and involved a motorist and a motorcyclist. No other information was available, and police said people should expect delays in the area due to the crash.

Man critical after overnight shooting outside Miami nightclub

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:24:14 GMT

Rescue crews rushed a man to the hospital after, police said, he came under fire outside a nightclub in Miami.City of Miami Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the shooting outside of El Palenque Night Club, in the area of Northwest 22nd Avenue and 11th Street, just after 1 a.m. Sunday.Responding officers arrived to fins the victim suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.Paramedics transported him to Ryder Trauma Center in critical condition.Back at the scene, officers shut down the shopping center where the nightclub is located.Witnesses inside the nightclub said they left the area as soon as they heard two gunshots ring out.One witness said she saw a group of men following another individual.“We arrived, and five people followed one man, and they hit him,” she said.The witness said they heard gunshots moments later.“My friend and I, we were walking towards the car, and then we hear the shots,” she said. “There were two, and that...

NFL star Aaron Rodgers credits psychedelics for improving his performance on the football field

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:24:14 GMT

(CNN) — Aaron Rodgers has continued to advocate for the legalization of some psychedelics, claiming this week that ayahuasca helped to improve his performance on the football field.Speaking in Denver, Colorado, at Psychedelic Science 2023, which calls itself the largest psychedelic conference in history, the NFL quarterback referred to his experience of using ayahuasca, a drink made from Amazonian plants that contain a psychoactive ingredient.“It’s going to be hard to cancel me because the previous year [in 2019] – 26 touchdowns, four interceptions, we had a good season,” Rodgers, who was then playing for the Green Bay Packers, said on Wednesday. “Ayahuasca – 48 touchdowns, five interceptions, MVP. What are you gonna say?”Rodgers has often been the subject of ridicule for embracing alternative therapies, but has previously credited psychedelics like psilocybin and ayahuasca for helping to alleviate his fear of death and deepening a sense of self-love.The NFL has confirmed that takin...

Netanyahu urges Israeli settlers not to ‘grab land illegally,’ following West Bank violence

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:24:14 GMT

Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a stark warning Sunday instructing Jewish settlers not to “grab land illegally” in the occupied West Bank, after humanitarian bodies raised the alarm over a series of deadly attacks on Palestinian villagers.At the same time, Netanyahu repeatedly endorsed the construction of settlements approved by the government, which are considered illegal under international law.“Calls to grab land illegally and actions of grabbing land illegally, are unacceptable to me. They undermine law and order in Judea and Samaria [West Bank] and must stop immediately,” he said at a cabinet meeting on Sunday.“Not only will we not back such actions, our government will take strong action against them.“These calls and actions do not strengthen settlement – on the contrary, they hurt it. I say this as someone who doubled settlement in Judea and Samaria despite great and unprecedented international pressure to carry out withdrawals that I have n...

Greece’s conservatives set for a second term

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:24:14 GMT

ATHENS — Greece’s conservatives won big on Sunday’s parliamentary elections, securing an outright majority. Far-right parties also made gains, while the left struggled, giving Greece’s parliament its most rightward slant since the restoration of democracy in 1974.The New Democracy party of Kyriakos Mitsotakis managed to widen its double-digit lead over its main rival, the left-wing Syriza party, and secured 158 seats in the country’s 300-seat parliament, under the new electoral system which awards the winning party 50 bonus seats.“Our goals are high and must be high in a second term that can transform Greece with dynamic growth rates that will raise wages and reduce inequalities,” Mitsotakis said in his first message from his party’s headquarters.“People gave us a safe majority. The major reforms will therefore proceed with speed as this is the choice of the Greek people and I will honor it in full.”Sunday’s elections were the second held in the country...

Police identify 2 teens found fatally shot in Braintree

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:24:14 GMT

Police have identified the 16-year-old and 19-year-old who were found fatally shot in Braintree early Sunday morning. Officers responding to a reported shooting in the area of 10 Alfred Road around 1:30 a.m. found Jahzier Porter, 16, of Braintree, and Jayden Santos-Andrade, 19, suffering from gunshot wounds in a parked car, according to police.A third person was also in the car but they were unharmed. Both Porter and Santos-Andrade were pronounced dead at South Shore Hospital.Braintree police said there is no ongoing threat to the public, and the incident is under investigation.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Robert slugs 2 home runs to power the White Sox to a 4-1 win over Red Sox

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:24:14 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Luis Robert Jr. had two home runs among his three hits to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 4-1 win over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.Andrew Benintendi added two hits and Robert homered for the second straight game, raising his season total to 21, as the White Sox won their first series in four attempts. Chicago had lost nine of its last 13 games.“If he hits pitches in the strike zone, he’s going to do unbelievable damage and that’s what he’s done the last few days,” manager Pedro Grifol said about Robert. “He’s hunting for off-speeds up. He’s hitting fastballs. He’s not chasing as much. He’s a really damn good player. And he’s still 25 years old. He’s still learning the game. … There’s no doubt in my mind this guy’s an All-Star.”Chicago’s Jesse Scholtens (1-2) threw four scoreless innings to earn his first major league win. Keynan Middleton pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save.Adam Duvall had two doubles for the Red Sox, who had won seven of 10.“Unfortunatel...