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Báez benched as Tigers beat Jays 3-1, end 6-game skid

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:28 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Javier Báez was benched after a baserunning gaffe and Spencer Turnbull pitched five solid innings as the Detroit Tigers avoided a three-game sweep by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Thursday night.Zach McKinstry drove in the go-ahead run and Jake Rogers had two hits and an RBI as Detroit snapped a six-game skid. Turnbull (1-2) allowed one run on six hits and one walk with six strikeouts.Tigers manager A.J. Hinch removed Báez from the game in the third, one inning after Báez appeared to lose track of the outs and ran into a double play.Báez doubled off the left-field wall with one out in the second but didn’t run hard out of the box, apparently thinking he had homered. He then broke for third and rounded the base on Akil Baddo’s liner to center and was easily doubled off to end the inning.Between innings, television cameras caught Hinch and Báez descending the steps that lead from the dugout to the clubhouse for a brief chat. Báez returned to the dugout, grabbed h...

Myers helps Reds win 6-2 over Phillies, who drop to 4-9

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:28 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Wil Myers hit a pair of run-scoring singles and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 on Thursday night after getting swept in a three-game series at Atlanta.Spencer Steer, Tyler Stephenson and Jose Barrero drove in runs for the Reds, who had lost six of seven after a 3-1 start — the last four all by one run.“We had a meeting today,” Reds manager David Bell said. “The message was to fight for every pitch, kind of doubling down on who we are.“The singles were big, the two out hits, the add on runs is what our offense did. Wil has been doing this for quite a while. He’s a good hitter and knows what he’s doing.”Kyle Schwarber became the first left-handed batter to hit a home run off Nick Lodolo (2-0), a left-hander in his second major league season. The defending National League champions have lost three straight and are 4-9.Lodolo allowed two runs and eight hits in five innings.“It is a different type of satisfaction,” Lodolo said. “It wa...

Anderson makes 30 saves, leads Sabres to 4-3 OT win vs. Sens

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:28 GMT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Casey Mittelstadt scored 1:18 into overtime and Craig Anderson stopped 30 shots before announcing he is retiring at the end of the season as the Buffalo Sabres closed their home schedule with a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.Tage Thompson scored his team-leading 47th goal, while Henri Jokiharju and Victor Olofsson also scored for Buffalo in a game between Atlantic Division rivals eliminated from playoff contention. By forcing overtime in rallying from a 3-2 deficit, the Sabres assured themselves of finishing 10th in the Eastern Conference standings.Though extending their NHL-record playoff drought to 12 seasons following a 6-2 loss at New Jersey on Tuesday, the Sabres have 89 points to match their most since 2011-12, and with one game remaining. Buffalo’s 41 wins are also the most since winning 43 in 2010-11.Claude Giroux achieved a single-season career-best by scoring his 35th goal, while playing in his 1,100th career game, and three days af...

Taylor, Julien, Correa HR in 9-run 1st, Twins top Yanks 11-2

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:28 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael A. Taylor, rookie Edouard Julien and Carlos Correa hit consecutive homers in a nine-run first inning, and the Minnesota Twins routed the New York Yankees 11-2 on Thursday night.Taylor homered twice and drove in four runs from the No. 9 spot in the batting order.Joe Ryan (3-0) struck out 10 and walked none while allowing one run and three hits over seven innings. Ryan reached double digits in strikeouts after achieving the feat once in his first 33 starts.Jhonny Brito (2-1), coming off wins in his first two major league starts,gave up seven runs and six hits in two-thirds of an inning as his ERA climbed from 6.75. Minnesota went 3 for 3 with three doubles on his sinker.Anthony Rizzo hit a pair of solo homers for the Yankees. Minnesota, which had lost 13 of its previous 16 games against the Yankees, had its highest-scoring inning against New York in a top of the first that took 28 minutes.With about 25 family and friends on hand, the 23-year-old Julien had a ni...

Point gets 50th, 51st goals, Lightning beat Red Wings 5-0

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:28 GMT

TAMPA, Fla (AP) — Brayden Point scored his 50th and 51st goals, backup Brian Elliott made 32 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning stopped a four-game losing streak with a 5-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings in the regular-season finale for both teams on Thursday night.Point joined Steven Stamkos (2009-10, 2011-12) and Vincent Lecavalier (2006-07) as the only Lightning players to reach the 50-goal mark. The playoff-bound Lightning will face the Toronto Maple Leafs in a first-round series starting next week.Point collected the rebound of Nikita Kucherov’s power-play shot in the slot, made a move around goalie Ville Husso and put it into the net with 9:13 left in the third for his 50th. The center added an empty-netter at 15:59.The 38-year old Elliott, a free agent after the season, picked up his second shutout of the season and 45th overall. He had allowed six goals in each of his previous three starts.Alex Killorn, Brandon Hagel and Michael Eyssimont also scored for the playoff-bou...

Pregnant, disabled mother told to leave apartment after complaining about mice

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:28 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Meghan Trejo cherishes spending time with her 4-year-old son Matteo.“I love my son with all my heart,” she said.Trejo is also pregnant and struggling with a disability, which makes constantly cleaning up after mice and other pests a burden.“I can do laundry and they will climb the basket and they will put their feces all over it because they're looking for food,” said Trejo.Trejo showed the Problem Solvers one of several holes where the rodents are getting into her home at the Miramar apartment complex. What’s a ‘middle class’ income in Denver these days? She said, after complaining several times, an onsite manager sent her a notice demanding that she move out in 60 days.“It makes you feel furious, you're not given a reason, there was nothing in the notice saying this is why we're telling you to get out,” said Trejo.The Problem Solvers reached out to Miramar's corporate headquarters in California and shared the information, along with receipts that show Trejo has ...

Hurricanes beat Panthers 6-4 to win Metropolitan Division

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:28 GMT

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Brent Burns scored twice and the Carolina Hurricanes scored four times in the third period to beat the Florida Panthers 6-4 on Thursday night to win the Metropolitan Division.Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Jesper Fast, Shayne Gostisbehere and Sebastian Aho also scored for the Hurricanes, who began the night one point ahead of New Jersey atop the division. Frederick Andersen finished with 31 saves.Carolina will open the first-round of the Stanley Cup playoffs against the New York Islanders.“I loved how the guys went about their business. The end was a little weird, but it was one hell of an effort,” said Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour, whose team has won its division the past three seasons. “The guys in that room are as honest as they come and that’s how we have to get it done. We just come to play. I am proud of them. In the division we’re in, it says a lot but it is not what we came to do. We have bigger things we want to accomplish.”Aleksander Barkov, Ryan Lomberg, Antho...

Bruins close out regular season, beat Canadiens 5-4

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:28 GMT

MONTREAL (AP) — David Pastrnak’s goal midway through the third period was the winner and the Boston Bruins closed out their record-setting season with a 5-4 comeback win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.Dmitry Orlov had a goal and an assist. Trent Frederic, Jake DeBrusk and Charlie Coyle also scored for Boston (65-12-5). Jeremy Swayman made 30 saves.The Bruins closed their Presidents Trophy-winning season by establishing records for wins (65) and points (135) in a season. Boston broke the NHL points record with a 5-2 victory over Washington on Tuesday. With that win, the Bruins pushed their points total to 133, one more than the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens. Those Canadiens played in an era without overtime and shootouts. The Bruins’ extra points for shootout wins and overtime wins were unavailable to Canadiens when they set the record.The Bruins also set the NHL victory record with 63 on Sunday at Philadelphia, breaking a tie with the 1995-96 Detroit Red Wing...

High school roundup/scores: Aiden Cardoza fans 11, paces Bishop Stang win

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:28 GMT

BaseballAiden Cardoza went the distance with 11 strikeouts as Bishop Stang (4-1) doubled up Catholic Central League rival Bishop Feehan 4-2.In the Mayflower Athletic Conference, Max Morotti  pitched a one-hit shutout as he walked one and struck out eight as Westport (2-2) blanked West Bridgewater 4-0. Offensively, he was 1-for -3 with a RBI and stolen base.John Sellon improved to 2-0 with eight strikeouts and a shutout as Abington (3-1) won 10-0 over South Shore League opponent Cohasset. The offense was led by junior Pat Cummings and freshman Ryan Solimini, who both had two hits and two RBI. … Will Corbin notched a walkoff single as Norwell edged Middleboro 8-7 in nine innings.Girls lacrosseIn a Northeast Conference matchup, Avery Laundry finished with five goals to lead Swampscott (3-0) to a 13-6 win over Marblehead.In nonleague action, Maddie McDonald and Margot Bonnevie scored four goals apiece as Norwell (4-1) defeated Nantucket, 15-7. Ryann Cobban tallied seven goals and two as...

Senegal gas deal drives locals to desperation, prostitution

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:28 GMT

SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal (AP) — When the gas rig arrived off the coast of Saint-Louis, residents of this seaside Senegalese town found reason to hope. Fishing has long been the community’s lifeblood, but the industry was struggling with climate change and COVID-19. Officials promised the drilling would soon bring thousands of jobs and diversification of the economy. Instead, residents say, the rig has brought only a wave of problems, unemployment and more poverty. And it’s forced some women to turn to prostitution to support their families, they told The Associated Press in interviews. To make way for the drilling of some 15 trillion cubic feet of natural gas (425 billion cubic meters) discovered off the coasts of Senegal and neighboring Mauritania in West Africa in 2015, access to fertile fishing waters was cut off, with the creation of an exclusion zone that prevents fisherman from working in the area. At first, the restricted areas were small, but they expanded to 1.6 square ki...