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Albies’ hits go-ahead 2-run HR as streaking Braves beat Marlins 6-3 to complete sweep

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:08:12 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Ozzie Albies’ two-run homer in the fifth gave Atlanta the lead and the Braves overcame an early two-run deficit to beat the Miami Marlins 6-3 on Sunday for their eighth consecutive win.The Braves completed a three-game sweep for their 10th straight home win, extending their lead over second-place Miami in the NL East to nine games.Travis d’Arnaud’s two-run homer off Andrew Nardi in the eighth extended Atlanta’s lead to three runs.Luis Arreaz drove in two runs with two hits, lifting his batting average to .389. Arreaz gave Miami a 2-0 lead with a double that drove in Jonathan Davis in the second inning. Arreaz added a run-scoring single in the seventh to trim the Braves’ lead to 4-3.Spencer Strider (10-2) stuck out nine while allowing six hits and three runs, two earned, in 6 2/3 innings. Raisel Iglesias pitched a perfect ninth for his 14th save in 16 chances.Strider struck out five consecutive batters before Albies bobbled a grounder by D...

Orioles rally for 2-1 victory over Twins to end four-game losing streak, avoid series sweep: ‘Anything for a win’

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:08:12 GMT

Jordan Westburg brought in Sunday’s game-winning run with a ball into the stands. But instead of coming off his bat, it went off his left hand.A 101 mph fastball from Minnesota Twins right-hander Jhoan Duran nailed the Orioles’ rookie infielder with the bases loaded in Sunday’s eighth inning at Camden Yards, bringing in what proved to be the game-winning run in Baltimore’s 2-1 victory. The ball ricocheted off Westburg’s hand and over the protective netting into the seats behind home plate.“Anything for a win,” Westburg with the hand wrapped after his sixth major league game. “My whole goal going into the at-bat was to do anything to get that run across, anything to help the team get a win, and if I got to take a hit-by-pitch, that’s fine.”The pair of runs scored in the decisive inning was double what the Orioles (49-33) managed in their previous 27 offensive frames. With the rally, Baltimore ended its four-game losing strea...

Michael Kopech expected back after the All-Star break as the Chicago White Sox starter goes on the 15-day IL

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:08:12 GMT

Sunday was Michael Kopech’s turn in the Chicago White Sox rotation.But the team indicated a few days earlier the possibility of skipping his start in Oakland. And before Sunday’s series finale against the Athletics, the Sox placed the right-hander on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation.The move is retroactive to Thursday.“We just wanted to skip him one more time to make sure he’s ready to go in the second half,” manager Pedro Grifol said before the game at Oakland Coliseum. “That’s basically it.”Touki Toussaint started for the Sox on Sunday.Grifol anticipates having Kopech back in the rotation “right after” the July 10-13 All-Star break.Kopech is 3-7 in 16 starts with a 4.08 ERA and 97 strikeouts in 86 innings. He went four innings in each of his last two starts, throwing 86 pitches on June 21 against the Texas Rangers and 102 on Tuesday against the Los Angeles Angels.“He has shown us an unbelieva...

Start of Sunday’s Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field is delayed again because of rain

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:08:12 GMT

The Chicago Cubs made an early decision to move back the start of Sunday’s series finale against the Cleveland Guardians because of the daylong storm.The game was shifted to 4:05 p.m. from its 1:20 scheduled time, coinciding with the start of the NASCAR Chicago Street Race, which moved up its start a half-hour. At 3:25 the Cubs announced they “are in a delay” because of “inclement weather in the area,” with no new starting time announced.The Cubs lost 6-0 Saturday night after a rain delay of nearly three hours and finished the first half of the 162-game season with a 38-43 record, five games behind the division-leading Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers.Jameson Taillon, who has struggled with a 2-6 and 6.90 ERA, is scheduled to start Sunday against Aaron Civale (2-2, 3.18 ERA).The Cubs have lost five of their last six games since taking the first game of the London Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Sunday is the last time they face the Guardian...

Chinatown Main Street Summer Festival returns

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:08:12 GMT

People flocked to the Rose Kennedy Greenway for performances and vendors as the lively Chinatown Main Street Summer Festival returned again Saturday.The annual festival, put on by Chinatown Main Street, ran on the Greenway from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, featuring a Lion Dance and Chinese folk dance, arts and crafts, food vendors and more.Art, performers and decorations filled the Chinatown area with bright colors during the festival, as people wandered through vendors’ tents.Participating organizations and individuals showcased a wide array of traditional Chinese culture, from the creation of flour figures — folk art dating back to the Han dynasty around 2,000 years ago in which craftspeople form vibrantly colored flour balls into little figurines, according to the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art — to the popular Lion Dance, which will continue regularly in Chinatown throughout the summer.A bustling main gate at the Chinatown Main Street Summer festival ...

4th of July weather forecast for Boston: Wicked humid, rain and thunderstorms possible when fireworks are planned

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:08:12 GMT

Heading to the Esplanade for the Boston Pops and fireworks? You’ll definitely want to pack a raincoat.The very muggy trend will continue for the rest of the holiday weekend, as local meteorologists predict rain and thunderstorms for Monday and then on Tuesday for the Fourth of July.Boston fireworks are planned for Tuesday night, and it could be rainy and stormy in that timeframe, according to the National Weather Service.“There will likely be showers and thunderstorms as you get into Tuesday evening,” Matthew Belk, meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Boston office, told the Herald on Sunday.The main threat will be torrential rain and localized flooding with any of the thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening on the Fourth of July. Gusty winds are also expected.Dewpoints will be in the upper 60s and lower 70s, which is quite humid and tropical. Temps should be in the lower 80s.Related ArticlesWeather | US forest managers urge Silly...

Cape Cod shark sightings rise with more eyes on the water, seals with shark bites spotted

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:08:12 GMT

As more people flock to the Cape for the summer, more eyes are on the water — and more great white sharks are starting to get spotted.Also, multiple seals with shark bites have been reported around the region in the last week, according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app.“Wounded seal on beach at Long Point Light Station (Provincetown) with bite marks along back,” reads the Sharktivity post from last week.Then on Friday afternoon up in the North Shore in Gloucester, a seal with a shark bite was reported by multiple witnesses.Also last week, a seal with a shark bite was spotted up in Maine along Casco Bay.This is the time of the year when sharks return to the Cape and region, as the apex predators hunt for seals close to shore.On Saturday afternoon, a person on a boat snapped a photo of a shark cruising in Wellfleet Harbor. Also at around the same time, a 6-foot great white was spotted off the tip of Billingsgate in Cape Cod Bay.Related ...

One in critical condition after residential fire in Brampton

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:08:12 GMT

One man is in critical condition after a fire at a residential unit in the Bovaird Drive and Sunnyvale Gate area in Brampton.RESIDENTIAL FIRE:– Bovaird Dr/Sunnyvale Gt #Brampton– Adult male transported to hospital in serious condition– Large presence of emergency crew– Please avoid the area– More info as we get it– C/R at 2:01 pm– PR230213918— Peel Regional Police (@PeelPolice) July 2, 2023Peel police responded to a call at approximately 2:01 p.m. of a residential fire in a basement unit of a home on Pennyroyal Crescent, just off Sunnyvale Gate.Paramedics sent one man to a local hospital in critical condition, but no one else was treated at the scene or sent to hospital .Crews are still on scene working to knock the fire.

Excessive heat warnings remain in many areas of US through Monday

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:08:12 GMT

Excessive heat warnings remain in place in many areas across the U.S. and are expected to last at least through Monday.In Arizona’s largest metro area, Phoenix and surrounding communities flirted with a high of 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 degrees Celsuis) on Sunday.The National Weather Service in Phoenix is forecasting 116 degrees for Monday, just two degrees off the record high for that date set in 1907, before temperatures drop a few degrees for the next three days.In Nevada, the first excessive heat warning of the summer runs through Monday evening for the Las Vegas metro area. Daytime cooling centers are open across the region.It was 102 degrees Friday at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, ending a 294-day stretch of temperatures staying below 100.The high in central Las Vegas was near 112 degrees Sunday, with 113 predicted for Monday, according to the National Weather Service.Elsewhere, the heat and severe weather remained a concern throughout the southeast.Heat advi...

Olympic champion Warholm boos protesters on track who disrupted his 400-meter hurdles race

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:08:12 GMT

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Olympic champion Karsten Warholm won his 400-meter hurdles race on Sunday and then turned to join in the crowd booing environmental protesters who disrupted his Diamond League event near the finish.Three people kneeled on the track about eight meters (yards) from the line holding two banners that spanned from lanes one to six, forcing runners to break through them. No athlete appeared to be hurt.Warholm running in lane eight had no barrier in his way though seemed distracted, with a fourth apparent protester squatting in lane seven seeming to photograph the incident.He was visibly angry with the protesters as they were led away while spectators booed.The Norwegian star later told national broadcaster NRK the protest was disrespectful to athletes doing their job.Warholm’s winning time on a cool, rainy evening was 47.57 seconds, well outside his 45.94 world record set at the Tokyo Olympics two years ago.An unusual evening’s work for Warholm included warming up...