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Perez enjoys big night as the Royals hammer struggling Wainwright in 12-8 win over the Cardinals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:52 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez went 4 for 4 with a home run and four RBIs as the Kansas City Royals clobbered a struggling Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals 12-8 on Friday night. Bobby Witt Jr. hit a three-run homer and Nelson Velazquez went deep in his first at-bat with the Royals, who won their seventh straight home game.In an interleague matchup of last-place teams, Kansas City jumped out to a 9-0 lead before letting the Cardinals back in the game.Wainwright (3-7) allowed eight runs and nine hits in one inning plus four batters. In his last seven starts, the 41-year-old right-hander is 0-6 with a 14.87 ERA in 23 innings. He remained two wins shy of 200.Source

Leg cramps end start early for Nationals pitcher Joan Adon

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:52 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Nationals starting pitcher Joan Adon departed Friday night’s 8-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics with cramping in both legs.The 24-year-old right-hander experienced discomfort while warming up before the fourth inning. Manager Dave Martinez and athletic trainer Paul Lessard were summoned onto the field and, after a brief discussion with Adon, Martinez called for reliever Cory Abbott.Adon said he had cramps in both legs Saturday at Cincinnati as well. In that game, he retired the first 17 batters he faced and completed six innings.“It’s a little worrisome,” Adon said through a translator. “I’ve had it before, but usually I get it later in the game — sixth, seventh inning. It does worry me a little bit that it happened so early in the game.”Adon, who was making his second start for the Nationals this season, said he also had calf cramping during a minor league start in July.Adon began last season in Washington’s rotation bu...

Hace mucho calor y va a continuar así para millones de estadounidenses. Estos gráficos explican la tendencia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:52 GMT

(CNN) — Ha sido un verano abrasador para muchos estadounidenses, con decenas de millones viviendo en zonas de calor extremo.En las tres últimas semanas, más de un tercio de la población ha experimentado temperaturas máximas medias semanales superiores a los 32 °C (90 °F), sobre todo en la mitad sur del país.Según los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés), la semana pasada casi el 12% de los estadounidenses sufrió temperaturas máximas superiores a los 38 °C (100 °F). Se trata del porcentaje más alto de estadounidenses con temperaturas máximas medias por encima de los 38 °C (100 °F) en lo que va del verano.El rastreador de calor y salud de la agencia examina en qué zonas del país se registran condiciones de calor extremo, de modo que las comunidades puedan prepararse y responder a estos fenómenos.Mientras que el sur y el oeste han experimentado las temperaturas más altas en los últimos dos meses, a finales de julio, las...

NASCAR Craftsman Truck TSport 200 Results

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:52 GMT

FridayAt Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway ParkIndianapolis.Lap length: 0.69 miles(Start position in parentheses)1. (2) Ty Majeski, Ford, ontrack, 20 points.2. (1) Christian Eckes, Chevrolet, ontrack, 15.3. (12) Layne Riggs, Chevrolet, ontrack, 9.4. (5) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, ontrack, 11.5. (8) Zane Smith, Ford, ontrack, 5.6. (10) William Sawalich, Toyota, ontrack, 5.7. (4) Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, ontrack, 3.8. (3) Corey Heim, Toyota, ontrack, 18.9. (13) Matt Crafton, Ford, ontrack, 0.10. (24) Matt DiBenedetto, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0.11. (9) Nicholas Sanchez, Chevrolet, ontrack, 1.12. (6) Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, ontrack, 12.13. (7) Jake Garcia, Chevrolet, ontrack, 6.14. (22) Chase Purdy, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0.15. (19) Tanner Gray, Toyota, ontrack, 5.16. (21) Ben Rhodes, Ford, ontrack, 0.17. (20) Jake Drew, Toyota, ontrack, 0.18. (23) Jack Wood, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0.19. (28) Shane Van Gisbergen, Chevrolet, ontrack, 0.20. (34) Taylor Gray, Toyota, ontrack, 0.21. (26) Logan Bearde...

Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor scratched with soreness on his right side, ending streak

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:52 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor was scratched from the lineup because of soreness on his right side about 30 minutes before the first pitch Friday night against Atlanta, ending his streak of consecutive games played at 223.Lindor said he “felt something” while stretching before batting practice. He continued his early work and then visited the trainer’s room, where New York’s medical staff decided he should sit out the game. He will undergo testing Saturday. “We have one of the best training staffs in the league, so whatever you guys think is best,” Lindor said. “I want to play, but I’ve been through a situation where I tried to play through it and didn’t work out in my favor.”Lindor missed five weeks in 2021 with a right oblique strain.“Doesn’t even compare,” he said. “That one felt bad. I could barely take off my shirt.”Lindor has been one of the few bright spots this season for the retooled Mets, who are 52-63 after dealing away six veterans at the trade dea...

Did the wedding crasher thief target this bowling alley too?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:52 GMT

LAFAYETTE, Colo. (KDVR) — A Lafayette bowling alley could be the latest target of a real-life wedding crasher, wanted for stealing cards and gifts from multiple weddings over the past month. Wednesday night, Michael Gonder said a man matching the same description as the alleged wedding crasher stole multiple items, including backpacks, from the Coal Creek Bowling Center. ‘Banking while Black’: Woman sues Chase Bank over racial discrimination The business now believes the same man stole multiple vending machines from the alley last year, when he wheeled in a dolly while wearing a construction vest.“It’s the same guy," Gonder said. "Same shoes, same pants. Doesn’t look like he’s changed clothes.”Are the wedding and bowling alley thefts connected?A side-by-side comparison of two thefts, one in Westminster, Colorado and one in Lafayette, Colorado. (Church Ranch Events Center, Coal Creek Bowling Center)Gonder, a Marine Corps veteran, said the backpacks contained his fami...

Aurora is nearing the 2022 total for deadly crashes, and it's only August

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:52 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — New numbers show a sharp increase in traffic-related deaths within the city of Aurora this year.Agent Matthew Longshore, with the Aurora Police Department, said they’ve recorded 43 fatal crashes, just seven short of their entire total for all of 2022. "We’re on par to break last year’s record, which is awful,” Longshore said.Longshore said police have responded to nearly 5,000 crashes this year, with about 10% classified as injury crashes. ‘Banking while Black’: Woman sues Chase Bank over racial discrimination In Aurora, he said the top contributing factors are speed, intoxication, lack of seat belt use and distracted driving.  "The text message can wait. You don’t need to check your social media when you’re driving," Longshore said. “These are things that we are seeing people do that are leading to these injury and fatal crashes.”Aurora Police officers are on a mission to prevent deaths on the road through education and enforcement.DUI checkpoint Satur...

Gas leak likely cause of Denver apartment explosion: investigators

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Investigators believe a gas leak is what caused an apartment building to explode in the 400 block of South Lincoln Street on Thursday night. According to the Denver Fire Department, it is unclear where the gas was leaking from or what ignited it. Broomfield burglaries allegedly same crew as Cherry Hills Village "It actually sounded like a bomb," Emily Stallings said.Stallings is renovating her home across the street from where the building exploded. She said she was standing at her front window discussing window treatments when debris hit the glass. "And then there was a huge thud on our window," she said. "And then I look straight forward and the house is completely demolished."Part of a multi-unit residential building on South Lincoln Street in Denver collapsed after an explosion on Aug. 10, 2023. (Photo: KDVR)Home explosion sent debris across the streetHalf of the four-unit building has been reduced to rubble. The other half is still standing with its ...

Strogov: Recruited college athletes should be required to play

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:52 GMT

Another bomb has struck the college admissions process. Rather than a Supreme Court decision, this time it’s research from a group called Opportunity Insights consisting of Harvard University economists who study inequality. Their research found that recruited athletes have an advantage in college admissions by virtue of being needed on the playing fields — and those same applicants tend to be wealthier, sometimes very wealthy.The connection between wealth and superior athletic performance isn’t that hard to trace. Participating in sports can cost quite a bit and price out poor families. Research from the Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health at the University of Michigan found that “only 30% of students in families with annual household incomes of less than $60,000 played school sports, compared with 51% of students in families that earned $60,000 or more a year.” Just participating in sports is out of reach for many, much less excelling at them.While most peo...

King: Climate change, AI, China disrupt the globe

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:21:52 GMT

The future has arrived. Those things we were warned about for decades are here. They are now palpable.For the world, it will get bumpy for the next decade and beyond as we adjust to three massive, disruptive realities: climate change, artificial intelligence and brutal competition among countries for raw materials for new, carbon-saving technologies like electric vehicles.This summer, with its aberrant weather the world over, is a clear declaration that climate change is upon us. It is no longer hypothetical; it is here.This summer isn’t a template, it is the first manifestation, from wildfires in Hawaii to elevated temperatures in Argentina’s winter to heat in the Middle East that approaches the point after which life becomes impossible to sustain.It isn’t all heat, either.It is storms, deluging rain and previously unexperienced cold. David Naylor, who heads Rayburn Electric, near Dallas, told me what worries him, what keeps him awake at night, is the weather. The cold — new for Te...