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Red Sox hit 4 HR off Scherzer to win nightcap 8-6 and split with Mets. NY won day game 5-4

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:00:33 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Triston Casas had his first career multihomer game, and Yu Chang and Jarren Duran also homered off Max Scherzer in the night game on Saturday to help the Red Sox beat the New York Mets 8-6 and spilt their doubleheader. Brandon Nimmo and Daniel Vogelbach each hit a two-run homer for the Mets before the rains came on Friday night, when the series opener was suspended in the fourth inning. After they picked things up there on Saturday afternoon, the teams traded runs and the New York held on to take the day game 5-4 for their fourth win in five games. Casas had four hits on the day, and Masataka Yoshida had three in the night game, knocking an RBI single in the seventh just before Justin Turner’s two-run homer gave Boston an 8-3 lead. James Paxton (6-2) struck out seven in six innings to snap Boston’s three-game losing streak. Scherzer was charged with five runs while striking out seven; it’s the first time he’s allowed four homers in an outing sin...

Frelick’s exceptional debut performance helps Brewers rally to beat Braves 4-3

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:00:33 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Sal Frelick went 3 for 3, drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and made two outstanding catches for a spectacular major league debut as the Milwaukee Brewers rallied to beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3 on Saturday.Austin Riley homered for the fifth straight game in a losing cause to tie a Braves franchise record. Riley has gone 10 for 21 with six homers, 16 RBIs and nine runs over his last five games.Riley’s three-run shot off Adrian Houser in the third gave the Braves a 3-0 lead.Frelick made sure the Brewers came all the way back. Devin Williams then preserved Milwaukee’s lead by working out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth to earn his 25th save in 27 opportunities.After learning he had been promoted from Triple-A Nashville on Friday night, Frelick caught a Saturday morning flight to Chicago and drove about 80 miles to Milwaukee to arrive in plenty of time for the game.Frelick hit an infield single in his first career plate appearance and followed that...

Abrams stays hot, homers on his bobblehead night as the Nationals rout the Giants 10-1

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:00:33 GMT

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Josiah Gray throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants at Nationals Park, Saturday, July 22, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)(AP/Alex Brandon) Washington Nationals starting pitcher Josiah Gray throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants at Nationals Park, Saturday, July 22, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)(AP/Alex Brandon) WASHINGTON (AP) — CJ Abrams homered on his bobblehead night, Josiah Gray earned his first win since June 30 and the Washington Nationals routed the San Francisco Giants 10-1 on Saturday night.With a victory Sunday, Washington can complete its first series s...

Acusan a un hombre de agredir sexualmente a una menor en una área boscosa de Olney

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:00:33 GMT

La policía del condado Montgomery ha arrestado y acusado a un hombre por presuntamente agredir sexualmente a una menor en Olney, Maryland. Pero la policía teme que sea responsable de más delitos.Nuestra cadena hermana News4 descubrió que el sospechoso, Joshua Black, de 31 años, ha enfrentado cargos en el pasado por exhibición obscena, acecho e invasión de propiedad privada. Ahora, las autoridades solicitan a otras víctimas que pudieron haber sido agredidas por Black a denunciarlo. El incidente más reciente ocurrió el jueves sobre las 7 p.m. en la cuadra 17700 de Prince Philip Drive. Black enfrenta varios cargos de violación en segundo grado y ofensas sexuales en el tercer grado por presuntamente “atraer a la víctima a una área boscosa… donde la agredió sexualemente”. Los detectives de la policía del condado Montgomery lo identificaron rápidamente como el sospechoso y lo arrestaron en su casa, informaron las autoridades. Según el Departamento de la Policía de la Univer...

Denver school board releases tapes in never-before-seen executive session

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:00:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The never-before-seen footage of a Denver Public Schools executive session is now out in the public eye, offering insight into the board’s early response to the shooting of two administrators at East High School. In that closed-door meeting, the board basically decided to send school resource officers back to some schools.   DPS appeals judge’s ruling to release executive session tapes FOX31, along with other news outlets, sued the school board for allegedly violating open meeting laws, but during the legal battle, DPS voted to release the tapes of the meeting that took place on March 23.  "We all agree that yes, SRO’s are not the answer, it is what the community wants right here right now without a doubt,” Superintendent Alex Marrero said in the March 23 executive session.  Denver school board votes to release executive session tape Marrero told board members Mayor Hancock would issue an executive order to bring SRO’s back in school if ...

Property tax bill confusion changes voters decisions

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:00:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- One of the questions that will be on your ballot this November has to do with Colorado property taxes. And a new poll shows Coloradans may be confused about how to vote."Colorado Point of View" host Ashley Michels discussed Proposition HH, which is a measure to lower your property taxes, with political analysts Andy Boina and Michael Fields. It would change the way TABOR works and could mean a lot less money coming back to you at tax time.  A new poll from Magellan Strategies found that as voters learned more about the proposal and how it would affect taxpayers and local governments, support declined from 54 to 43%, while opposition grew from 34 to 46%.   Groups in Colorado could see major funding if bill remains intact in Congress The "Colorado Point of View" political panel said this ballot question is not necessarily a Republican versus Democrat issue.  "It’s sometimes very different than the partisan r versus d and so yes you’re going to have different breakdo...

Sophia Smith stars as USWNT eases past Vietnam in its Women’s World Cup opener

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:00:33 GMT

(CNN) — The US Women’s National Team (USWNT) kicked off their Women’s World Cup campaign with a comfortable 3-0 victory against Vietnam.A brace from US soccer’s newest superstar Sophia Smith and a late goal from Lindsey Horan was enough to give the defending champion a dream start as it begins a historic World Cup campaign.The USWNT are chasing a third World Cup in a row and could not have asked for a better start,dominating proceedings from the outset before Smith opened the scoring just 14 minutes into her World Cup debut.Horan found Alex Morgan with a pass through the Vietnam midfield before Morgan’s clever flick put Smith through, and the 22-year-old’s drilled left-footed finish found the back of the net with ease.In the midst of the early US dominance, there was a brief highlight for the underdog.After a VAR check, the USWNT were awarded a penalty after a foul on Trinity Rodman. Morgan stepped up, but Vietnam goalkeeper Trần Thị Kim Thanh made a great save to deny the stri...

Mets split Red Sox double-header after Max Scherzer gives up 4 homers in nightcap

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:00:33 GMT

BOSTON — The Mets survived the Boston Red Sox once, but couldn’t do it twice in one day.The two teams split an abbreviated doubleheader Saturday at Fenway Park. The Mets got one win thanks to their bullpen, taking the first game 5-4. While Jeff McNeil’s little league home run highlighted the day, ultimately the Mets lost the nightcap, 8-6.The Mets rallied to score three in the ninth, but Masataka Yoshida made a tough catch on a foul popup in by pinch-hitter Daniel Vogelbach to end the game.Triston Casas’ second homer of the day off right-hander Max Scherzer doomed the Mets (46-52) in the sixth inning. He became the first rookie to ever homer twice off Scherzer in a single game.Scherzer (8-4) gave up four home runs (five earned total) over six innings. The Red Sox (52-47) blasted three leadoff home runs with all three coming on different pitches — a curveball, a cutter and a slider.“I was feeling the ball pretty well outside of those homers,”...

Man shot, killed in City Heights

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:00:33 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A man was killed Saturday in a shooting in the Chollas Creek neighborhood, authorities said.The gunfire occurred around 4:29 p.m. at Chollas Parkway and 54th Street, Lt. Jud Campbell with the San Diego Police Department said during a news conference.When officers arrived on scene, they were directed down to a ravine in the area, where they found a man who was down suffering from at least one gunshot wound, according to police.The victim was taken to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Arson suspect arrested after East County motel fire Authorities believe the victim was involved in some sort of altercation or argument with one or two men when at some point during the altercation, the suspects shot the man.Police say the suspects then left the scene in a light-colored vehicle heading eastbound on Chollas Parkway. Law enforcement has shut down eastbound Chollas Parkway at 54th Street and westbound Chollas Parkway mid-block between 54th Street and University A...

Hun Sen set to win by landslide in Cambodian elections with opposition suppressed and critics purged

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:00:33 GMT

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Longtime Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen cast his ballot 10 minutes after polls opened at 7 a.m. Sunday, in an election in which his party is all but assured a landslide victory thanks to the effective suppression and intimidation of any real opposition that critics say has made a farce of democracy in the Southeast Asian nation.The European Union, United States and other Western countries refused to send observers, saying the election lacked the conditions to be considered free and fair. That left only international officials from Russia, China and Guinea-Bissau on hand to watch as Hun Sun voted at a polling station in his home district outside of the capital, Phnom Penh. He held his ballot high for all to see, before depositing it into the silver metal box and leaving the station, pausing to take selfies and shake hands with supporters outside.The longest-serving leader in Asia, Hun Sen has steadily consolidated power with his strong-arm tactics over t...