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Merrifield has 4 RBIs, Blue Jays win 10-1, Pirates skid at 7

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:28:21 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Whit Merrifield had four RBIs, three on his first home run this season, and the Toronto Blue Jays routed Pittsburgh 10-1 Sunday for a three-game sweep that extended the Pirates’ losing streak to seven.Merrifield put the Blue Jays ahead with a run-scoring infield single in the first following a 95-minute rain delay and opened a 4-0 lead in the third when he sent a hanging curveball from Roansy Contreras (3-3) into the left-field bleachers. The two-time All-Star last had four RBIs on Aug. 25, 2021, while with the Kansas City Royals.Toronto outscored Pittsburgh 22-3 during the sweep, bouncing back from five straight losses. The Pirates have been outscored 44-9 during their longest skid since eight straight losses last Sept. 15-23. They began the season 20-8, their best start since winning a 1992 division title.Yusei Kikuchi (5-0) allowed four hits in 6 1/3 scoreless innings after giving up five runs in just 4 1/3 innings to the Boston Red Sox on May 2.Contreras ...

Mitsubishi Electric Classic Par Scores

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:28:21 GMT

SundayAt TPC SugarloafDuluth, Ga.Purse: $2 millionYardage: 6,987; Par: 72Final RoundStephen Ames65-64-68—197-19Miguel Angel Jimenez67-66-68—201-15Ken Tanigawa66-66-71—203-13Brett Quigley70-65-69—204-12Lee Janzen66-71-68—205-11Steve Stricker70-67-68—205-11Kris Blanks70-68-68—206-10Bernhard Langer67-69-71—207-9Billy Mayfair70-69-68—207-9Alex Cejka70-69-69—208-8Ernie Els68-68-72—208-8David McKenzie72-70-66—208-8Colin Montgomerie70-68-70—208-8Timothy O’Neal69-68-71—208-8Kirk Triplett73-67-68—208-8Y.E. Yang66-68-74—208-8Stuart Appleby72-66-71—209-7Steve Flesch71-70-68—209-7Rod Pampling66-71-72—209-7Paul Stankowski70-73-66—209-7Brian Gay72-68-70—210-6Robert Karlsson70-68-72—210-6Rocco Mediate71-70-69—210-6Darren Clarke72-71-68—211-5Ken Duke69-72-70—211-5Tom Gillis70-73-68—211-5Jeff Maggert69-73-69—211-5Esteban Toledo74-71-66—211-5David Toms65-70-76—211-5Woody Austin73-69-70—212-4Joe Durant71-72-69—212-4Jim Furyk73-66-73—212-4Paul Goydos67-73-72—212-4Billy Andrade72-69-72—213-3Glen D...

Doyle lifts Rockies to 13-6 win over Mets

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:28:21 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The skidding New York Mets fell under .500 for the first time since early April as Brenton Doyle’s first big league home run capped a seven-run fifth inning in the Colorado Rockies’ 13-6 win on Sunday.The Mets are 3-11 since opening 14-7. New York didn’t spend a day under .500 last season on its way to winning 101 games, second-most in franchise history, and their only time with a losing record this year had been at 3-4.The six runs were as many as the Mets scored in their previous four games combined, but the 13 runs allowed were a season high.New York entered with six first-inning runs this season and scored three times in the first against Ryan Feltnerr. The Mets missed a chance at a bigger inning when Daniel Vogelbach overran second and was tagged for the final out by shortstop Ezequiel Tovar just before Brett Baty crossed home plate. Broncos owner Lewis Hamilton protesting Florida’s anti-LGBTQ law Jurickson Profar and Kris Bryant had RBI hits in the third, and...

Verstappen keeps Red Bull undefeated with win in Miami Grand Prix

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:28:21 GMT

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Max Verstappen used an easy Sunday drive to keep Red Bull undefeated on the season, as the reigning two-time Formula One champion drove from ninth to the victory at the Miami Grand Prix.Red Bull has won all five races so far this season, and teammate Sergio Perez’s second-place finish in Miami was the fourth 1-2 finish for Red Bull this year. Verstappen has three wins this season, while Perez, the pole sitter in Miami, has two.The win was the 38th of his career for Verstappen, who tied Sebastian Vettel for most victories for Red Bull. At this pace, he’ll smash Vettel’s record by the end of what many critics are already complaining is a boring Red Bull-dominated season.“I call that simply (expletive) lovely,” Verstappen said on his radio. “That was a good race, a good race all around, so thank you very much. That was really, really good, also good for the team, again”Red Bull boss Christian Horner praised Verstappen’s poise over the ...

Taylor Swift announces July release of ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:28:21 GMT

(CNN) — Taylor Swift is releasing another new recording of an earlier album: “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” will be out July 7, the megastar announced on Instagram.“With six extra songs I’ve sprung loose from the vault, I absolutely cannot wait to celebrate Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) with you on July 7th,” Swift wrote.First released in 2010, “Speak Now” was written by Swift when she was 18-20 years old, she said.“The songs that came from this time in my life were marked by their brutal honesty, unfiltered diaristic confessions and wild wistfulness. I love this album because it tells a tale of growing up, flailing, flying and crashing … and living to speak about it,” Swift wrote.Swift’s former label, Big Machine, sold the master recordings of her music catalog in 2019, prompting the singer to record new versions of her previous albums. In 2021, Swift released “Fearless (Taylor&#...

Historic Cape Cod ‘dune shacks’ up for long-term leases

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:28:21 GMT

Anyone looking to live in remote, rustic style on the Cape now has their chance, with the eight of the region’s historic “dune shacks” now up for ten year leases.“The opportunity to submit a proposal to lease any of these eight properties is competitive and is open to all interested persons and businesses,” the National Parks Service said in an announcement.The eight properties, located in the Peaked Hill Bars National Register of Historic District in Provincetown and Truro, are described as “small, weathered” structures — set up for people who don’t mind hiking into their beach house and pumping water out of a well.The shacks are available for between $2,000 and $16,000 a year and range from a 120 square foot, one-room structure to a 2.3 acre lot with a 590 square foot shack and separate guest cottage.The historic properties are “often built on pilings to adjust for the ever-moving sand dunes surrounding these properties,&...

Project Bread’s Walk for Hunger returns to Boston Common

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:28:21 GMT

Project Bread’s Walk for Hunger fundraiser returned to the Boston Common on Sunday for the first time since before the pandemic, as walkers raised money to help get food assistance to kids and families across Massachusetts.More than 3,000 people participated in the 3-mile walk on Sunday, and more than 400 people registered virtually before the weekend.As of Sunday morning, Project Bread had raised $915,000. The nonprofit will continue to push for its $1 million goal as fundraising through the Walk for Hunger will continue through the summer.“Money raised through The Walk is funding Project Bread’s urgent mission to ensure kids have reliable access to food, to directly help individuals and families, and to advocate at the state and federal levels for expedited and efficient relief for those in need,” the organization said. “Walk funds are also supporting community organizations that are helping people access food locally and ensuring communities have the...

Massachusetts weather forecast: Temps could near 80 degrees during pleasant week

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:28:21 GMT

After an absolutely gorgeous spring weekend, a very pleasant week of weather is expected for the region — with a chance for temperatures to approach 80 degrees by the end of the workweek.A cold front should cool temps a bit midweek, but a warming trend later in the week could bring temps close to 80 degrees by Thursday and Friday across Massachusetts.Following some rain showers overnight, things should clear out Monday morning.“We’ll be starting the week off pretty nice,” Kyle Pederson, meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Boston office, told the Herald on Sunday. “It should be mostly sunny with a high of 73 degrees.”Then a backdoor cold front arrives on Tuesday, dropping temps into the lower 60s. Wednesday’s temps should be in the upper 60s.“The backdoor front coming through will keep us a bit cooler, but no rain is associated with that,” Pederson said.Then the temps are expected to warm back up into the 70s on ...

Source: Investigators examine ideology of Texas gunman

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:28:21 GMT

By JAKE BLEIBERG and JAMIE STENGLE (Associated Press)ALLEN, Texas (AP) — Federal officials are looking into whether the gunman who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall expressed an interest in white supremacist ideology as they work to try to discern a motive for the attack, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The official cautioned the investigation is in its early stages.Federal agents have been reviewing social media accounts they believe Mauricio Garcia, 33, used and posts that expressed interest in white supremacist and neo-Nazi views, said the official, who could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.Garcia also had a patch on his chest when he was killed by police that read “RWDS,” an acronym for the phrase “Right Wing Death Squad,” which is popular among right-wing extremists and white supremacy groups, the official said.In addition to reviewing social media posts, ...

Methuen Police, Mass State Police respond to recover body from Merrimack River

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:28:21 GMT

Police recovered a body from the Merrimack River in Methuen on Sunday, according to the Essex County District Attorney’s Office.The Methuen Fire Department responded to a boat ramp at 1110 Riverside Dr., at about 12:45 p.m. on Sunday after they were alerted to the discovery of a body in the river.Methuen Police also responded, as did the Massachusetts State Police Dive Team.The body was recovered, and is pending identification by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.The case remains under investigation by the Essex County District Attorney’s Office State Police Detective Unit, detectives from the Methuen Police Department and other authorities.