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Cody Bellinger collects 5 more RBIs as Chicago Cubs pound Pittsburgh Pirates 10-1

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:26:07 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cody Bellinger had three hits and five RBIs, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-1 on Sunday.Nico Hoerner had three hits and scored three times, helping Chicago close out a 5-2 road trip. Jeimer Candelario homered and drove in three runs.The Cubs (69-61) took three of four in Pittsburgh. Next up is a big three-game series against NL Central-leading Milwaukee at Wrigley Field beginning on Monday night.Bellinger singled in Hoerner in the first inning. He doubled home two more runs in the fifth, giving Chicago a 5-1 lead. The 2019 NL MVP added another two-run double in the ninth and scored the Cubs’ final run on Yan Gomes’ groundout.Bellinger has 16 RBIs in his last nine games and a MLB-best 53 RBIs since July 1. He has reached safely in 34 of his last 38 games. Joshua Palacios had two of Pittsburgh’s four hits. Bailey Falter (1-8) was tagged for six runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings.The Pirates have lost nine of 10 against the Cub...

Nola, Schwarber lead Phillies to a 3-game sweep of Cardinals with a 3-0 victory

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:26:07 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aaron Nola allowed one hit and struck out nine in seven sharp innings, Kyle Schwarber homered and the NL wild-card leading Philadelphia Phillies completed a three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with a 3-0 victory Sunday.Johan Rojas doubled among his three hits and Bryce Harper hit an RBI single for the defending NL champion Phillies, who outscored the Cardinals 22-3 in the series. José Alvarado tossed a scoreless eighth and Craig Kimbrel completed the two-hit shutout with his 20th save in 22 tries with a scoreless ninth. St. Louis has dropped nine of 11. After Tommy Edman led off the game with a double, Nola (12-8) retired 21 of the next 22 batters. A one-out walk in the fifth to Nolan Gorman was the only blemish over that stretch and the right-hander’s only free pass of the day. St. Louis didn’t get another hit until Paul Goldschmidt’s one-out double off Kimbrel.Among the NL leaders in strikeouts and innings pitched, Nola upped his season tota...

Ukrainian high jumper Mahuchikh takes gold in emotional close to world championships

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:26:07 GMT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Yaroslava Mahuchikh, the best high jumper in the war-torn country of Ukraine, won a gold medal Sunday night to bring an emotional close to the track and field world championships.The very last person competing in the final event of the nine-day meet, Mahuchikh cleared 2.01 meters (6 feet, 7 inches) to win her first major outdoor title and set herself up as a favorite at the Paris Olympics next year.Her evening came to a close moments after Femke Bol of the Netherlands, whose fall on opening night cost her team a medal in the mixed 4×400 relay, made up some 20 meters down the homestretch to win the women’s version of that relay.But no medal packed a bigger emotional punch than the one Mahuchikh earned for Ukraine. The 21-year-old, wearing eyeliner colored the same blue and yellow as her country’s flag, has been training in Germany, where her mother, sister and niece are also living, and other countries since being forced to leave quickly from...

16-year-old Yamal helps Barcelona fight back for 4-3 win at Villarreal

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:26:07 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Teenager Lamine Yamal helped Barcelona fight back to win a 4-3 thriller at Villarreal in the Spanish league on Sunday.The 16-year-old forward set up Gavi Páez’s opening goal for Barcelona, hit the woodwork twice and played a key role in Robert Lewandowski’s winning goal as an entertaining game finished in the visitors’ favor.“Lamine had another great game,” coach Xavi Hernández said. “He helped us a lot, created tons of chances, and provided two assists. I was scared when (I started playing) but we have complete faith in our young players and believe in our La Masia (training academy).”After he caught Xavi’s eye while playing for the club’s youth sides, Yamal became the youngest player to appear for Barcelona in April when he was 15 years, 9 months, 16 days. Last weekend he became the youngest player to start for Barcelona in its win over Cadiz.“Fortunately I don’t get too scared, I just go out there and play soccer, which I love to do...

US Open 2023: fechas, partidos y favoritos del torneo masculino y femenino

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:26:07 GMT

(CNN Español) — Llegó el turno del último Grand Slam de la temporada de tenis, el US Open, uno de los torneos más importantes a nivel mundial que se juega después del Australia Open, Roland Garros y Wimbledon.Cientos de tenistas en las categorías masculino y femenino y dobles disputarán uno de los títulos más importantes del tenis a nivel mundial.El US Open contará con estrellas como Novak Djokovic, 23 veces campeón de Majors, y Carlos Alcaraz, campeón del torneo en 2022 en la categoría masculina. Por otro lado, habrá grandes figuras femeninas como la polaca Iga Swiatek, No. 1 del mundo, la bielorrusa Aryna Sabalenka y la kazajo Elena Rybakina.¿Cuándo se juega US Open?El Abierto de Estados Unidos comenzará de forma oficial el 28 de agosto y finalizará el 10 de septiembre en el USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center de Nueva York, Estados Unidos.Las jornadas diarias del torneo iniciarán a las 11:00 a. m., hora de Miami, y a partir de esa hora se disputarán diferentes part...

Mookie Betts caps Boston return with another homer as Dodgers beat Red Sox 7-4

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:26:07 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Mookie Betts capped his return to Boston with a second straight three-hit game, hitting a two-run homer on Sunday to spark the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-4 victory over the team he led to the 2018 World Series title.Freddie Freeman also had three hits, and James Outman homered to help the Dodgers improve to 21-4 in August. Gavin Stone (1-0) earned his first career victory, following opener Caleb Ferguson to the mound and holding Boston to two runs over the next six innings before giving up homers on back-to-back pitches to start the eighth. Playing in Boston for the first time as a Red Sox opponent, Betts collected seven hits and a series of standing ovations over the three-game set, acknowledging the crowd with a wave of his batting helmet on Sunday before he led off the game with a single.Freeman doubled him to third, but Tanner Houck (3-8) got out of inning without allowing a run. Los Angeles scored one run in the fourth and another in the fifth before Betts cleared...

Jorge Soler hits 35th homer as Marlins beat Nationals 2-1 to avoid 3-game sweep

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:26:07 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Jorge Soler hit a two-run drive for his 35th homer, and the Miami Marlins beat the Washington Nationals 2-1 on Sunday to avoid a series sweep.Luis Arraez reached on a leadoff single in the third inning before Soler connected against Trevor Williams, giving Miami a 2-1 lead. It was Soler’s 19th go-ahead homer of the season, extending his major league lead.“Soli has been winning game after game for us and he won another game for us today,” Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said.Jacob Stallings had two hits for the Marlins, who had dropped six of seven to fall back to .500.“A good win for us that we needed badly,” Arraez said. “It’s been a tough second half for us. Everybody wants to win. We just need to continue playing hard.”Washington wasted a strong performance by Williams (6-8), who allowed five hits and walked two in a season-high seven innings. The Nationals had won five of six and 11 of 14.“The offense just couldn’t score any runs,” Nationals manager Dave Martinez sai...

Mookie Betts finally gets closure on Red Sox career, crushes former team in return to Fenway Park

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:26:07 GMT

Mookie Betts knew his first return to Boston since being traded by the Red Sox would be emotional. But he didn’t want it to become a distraction when he stepped onto the field at Fenway Park.So to help him focus on baseball, he leaned on some wise words of the late Kobe Bryant.“I have a job to take care of. Gotta separate business and emotion,” Betts said Sunday after he led the Dodgers to a series victory over the Red Sox. “I’ve learned from a couple people, especially Kobe. I got to talk to him right before he (died), he kind of explained that to me and I just put it into my repertoire.”Betts’ performance this weekend would have certainly made Bryant proud. The Dodgers outfielder was, naturally, instrumental in beating his former team this weekend, which he helped complete in Sunday’s 7-4 rubber game victory with a 3-for-5, three-RBI performance that included a two-run homer over the Green Monster. He finished the three games going 7-for-15 – which included sparking the Dodgers’ l...

Mets Notebook: Pete Alonso, Buck Showalter not motivated to retaliate after Braves righty plunked slugger

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:26:07 GMT

Pete Alonso was back in the Mets lineup one day after getting hit with a pitch right below the ear Saturday night by Los Angeles Angels right-hander Jose Soriano. With Alonso healthy, the argument over whether or not the Mets should enact some sort of retribution for the 84 times they’ve been beaned by other hitters has died down somewhat, but that can’t last long.The question the Mets are grappling with is intent: If it wasn’t intentional, why should they retaliate?“Good question,” Alonso said Sunday afternoon at Citi Field. “Beat ‘em the next day, or beat ‘em that night.”Fans might not want to hear it, but the Mets aren’t motivated to retaliate, and they’re not alone in this philosophy. An eye-for-an-eye doesn’t work when pitchers aren’t trying to hit people. The Mets insist that the blame lies in the game’s desire for velocity. Throwing 97-100 is the norm these days, so hard-throwing pitchers are ...

DeSantis cancels SC campaign travel, returns to Florida facing tropical storm and shooting aftermath

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:26:07 GMT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis canceled a day of presidential campaign appearances to deal with crises at home as his state mourns a racist fatal shooting in Jacksonville and prepares for a tropical storm.A day after appearing in Iowa, DeSantis was back in the state capital of Tallahassee on Sunday for a news conference on Tropical Storm Idalia. He urged Floridians to heed the advice of emergency managers. He also offered condolences and condemned the killing of three Black people by a white man who authorities say left behind a suicide note, a will, and writings with racist material.DeSantis’ campaign schedule had called for him to be in South Carolina Monday for a morning town hall in Kershaw and a barbecue with Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., in Anderson. But Sunday night, his campaign spokesman Bryan Griffin announced the governor was canceling his South Carolina travel. His wife, Casey DeSantis, is still expected to appear at the barbecue but the town hall in Kershaw...