Saints stay hot, win series finale in Buffalo

Published Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:14:40 GMT

Saints stay hot, win series finale in Buffalo Edouard Julien’s three-run homer highlighted a six-run rally in the third inning as the St. Paul Saints beat the Buffalo Bisons 8-4 in the finale of their International League series Sunday in Buffalo, N.Y.The Saints (32-23) have won seven of their past eight games and are now a season-high nine games over .500.Matt Wallner continued his torrid hitting for the Saints, tallying two doubles and two runs batted in.Andrew Stevenson contributed three hits for the Saints, and Jose MIranda chipped in two hits and an RBI.Twins pitcher Kenta Maeda, on a rehab assignment with St. Paul, worked the first three innings. He gave up two runs on five hits while striking out four. He threw 45 pitches, 29 for strikes. He threw 13 fastballs averaging 89.5 miles per hour and topping out at 90.7 mph.St. Paul’s Brent Headrick pitched the bulk of the game following Maeda and a scoreless inning of relief by Connor Sadzeck. Headrick gave up two runs in his five innings and earned his third victory of the se...

Nuggets vs. Heat: Live updates and highlights from Game 2 of the NBA Finals

Published Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:14:40 GMT

Nuggets vs. Heat: Live updates and highlights from Game 2 of the NBA Finals The Nuggets are up 1-0 against Miami after their Thursday night win in their NBA Finals debut. Stick here for live updates and analysis as Denver takes on the Heat in Game 2 at Ball Arena in Denver.Live updatesPre-game updatesThree keys and a legend in the making (4 p.m.): Game 2 tips off at 6 p.m. at Ball Arena. If the Nuggets win, they’ll be a perfect 10-0 at home. Read Bennett Durando’s analysis on the three keys Denver needs to do to make that happen.And is Nikola Jokic better than Celtics legend Larry Bird? Denver Post writers Mike Singer, Bennett Durando and Mark Kiszla discuss. — Joe NguyenNuggets-Heat Game 2: Must readsAnalysis: Do Nuggets have habits to improve vs. Miami Heat’s zone defense in NBA Finals Game 2?If there’s a path to the championship for Miami after Denver’s convincing Game 1 win in the NBA Finals, it will involve smacking the immaculately synchronized Nuggets out of their rhythm.Zone defense briefly did the trick in the series-opener.The un...

Watch a replay of the 2023 WeHo Pride Parade on KTLA

Published Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:14:40 GMT

Watch a replay of the 2023 WeHo Pride Parade on KTLA Tens of thousands of people lined Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood for the 2023 WeHo Pride Parade.For decades, the City of West Hollywood has been home to one of the largest yearly Pride celebrations in the world, drawing hundreds of thousands of revelers to the City where nearly half of the residents identify as LGBTQ. The Ally Icons for 2023 were RuPaul’s Drag Race, Laith Ashley, Niecy Nash-Betts & Jessica Betts, and Melissa McCarthy. West Hollywood bar owner and former NSYNC singer Lance Bass joined the KTLA broadcast team, remarking that “Pride started as a protest and it’s still a protest.”The parade began at N. Crescent Heights Boulevard at Santa Monica Boulevard and will travel westbound along Santa Monica Boulevard into the heart of the City’s Rainbow District to N. Robertson Boulevard.

Women’s College World Series: Canady’s stellar effort leads Stanford past Pac-12 foe, face juggernaut next

Published Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:14:40 GMT

Women’s College World Series: Canady’s stellar effort leads Stanford past Pac-12 foe, face juggernaut next Stanford’s NiJaree Canady outlasted Washington’s Ruby Meylan in a battle of Pac-12 freshman pitchers to push the Cardinal into the national semifinals.Canady threw a one-hitter, and No. 9 seed Stanford beat No. 7 Washington 1-0 on Sunday in a Women’s College World Series elimination game.Canady, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s Freshman of the Year, struck out nine and didn’t allow a walk. She credited her coach for helping her stay relaxed.“Coach (Jessica) Allister always talks about slowing the game down, especially in this atmosphere, just trying to slow the game down,” Canady said. “I try to take a lot of deep breaths and just throw each pitch the best I can.”Meylan gave up four hits, struck out five, and walked one. No earned runs were scored in the game.“It’s an old-fashioned pitchers’ duel that we don’t see much of, but it was going to be whoever bent first,” Allister said.Kylie Chung’s RBI single in the sixth scored Taylor Gindlesperger for the game’s only run. I...

Millbrae man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting 11-year-old family member

Published Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:14:40 GMT

Millbrae man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting 11-year-old family member A 42-year-old Millbrae man has been arrested for allegedly molesting an 11-year-old family member over the course of four months.The arrest follows a weeks-long investigation beginning in April by the San Mateo Sheriff’s office. The Sheriff’s office reportedly received word that a child was being abused, but it’s unclear exactly when or how that report was filed.Officials identified the suspect as Di Li of Millbrae. Li was arrested in San Francisco on Wednesday and is currently being held in the Maguire Correctional Facility.Authorities are asking anyone with information about the assaults to contact Detective Piper at 650-363-4062, [email protected] or Detective Pitts at 650-363-4060, [email protected] ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Bay Area woman accused of embezzling $2.7 million, buying Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Chanel items Crime and Public Safety | ‘There’s no words to describe this’: Friends mourn couple killed in Sou...

DeSclafani loses it in third inning, SF Giants lose series to Orioles

Published Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:14:40 GMT

DeSclafani loses it in third inning, SF Giants lose series to Orioles SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants were riding high a week ago on their flight home from Milwaukee. But they failed to capitalize on that momentum over a six-game home stand that culminated Sunday with their second loss in three games to the Baltimore Orioles.Whatever chances the Giants had at salvaging one series win this home stand were sapped in the third inning, as Anthony DeSclafani lost the ability to locate, Baltimore brought 12 batters to the plate, and the Orioles scored six runs, knocking San Francisco’s starter from the game and taking a commanding early lead.With an 8-3 loss, the Giants (29-30) dropped two of three to the Orioles, lost both series of their six-game home stand and fell one game under .500.DeSclafani had completed at least five innings and hadn’t issued more than two walks in all of his first 11 starts this season, but both streaks were snapped Sunday. Only Juan Marichal (23, 1968) and Madison Bumgarner (17, 2017) had reeled off more consecutive starts...

Twins get good news on Royce Lewis after scary somersault, face-first landing

Published Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:14:40 GMT

Twins get good news on Royce Lewis after scary somersault, face-first landing MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Royce Lewis had a noticeable scrape on his forehead after providing a scare for the Minnesota Twins with an inadvertent somersault followed by a face-first landing.He still managed a smile on his face afterward, apparently unscathed. But he said he felt like he “ran into a car backward.”Lewis, who returned a week ago from his second ACL repair in his right knee, tried to tie the game by beating out a grounder to deep third in the eighth against Cleveland on Sunday. He was thrown out to end the inning, but with first baseman Gabriel Arias in his path he pulled up in an attempt to avoid a collision at the base. “He just gets in your way last second. I really had nowhere to go,” Lewis said.Instead, Lewis went sailing over Arias and hit the dirt head-first, bending his neck awkwardly upon impact. After an examination by the Twins and a slow climb to his feet, Lewis walked off on his own power. The Twins lost to the Guardians 2-1, but they dodged a more dam...

Hovland delivers clutch putts and wins Memorial in playoff

Published Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:14:40 GMT

Hovland delivers clutch putts and wins Memorial in playoff DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Viktor Hovland handled the toughest stretch at Muirfield Village and delivered three clutch putts at the end to win the Memorial in a playoff over hard-luck Denny McCarthy on Sunday.Hovland closed with a 2-under 70 on another brutal test on a course baked all week by sun, forcing the playoff with a 30-foot birdie on the 17th — the only one on that hole in the final round — and saving par from behind the 18th green.Back to the 18th in the playoff, Hovland barely got onto the front of the green, some 60 feet away from the back pin, and two-putted by holing a 7-foot par putt.It was his fourth PGA Tour victory and first on American soil, this one with a $3.6 million winner’s check and a handshake from host Jack Nicklaus. The Norwegian’s previous wins were in Mexico twice and Puerto Rico.It was a crushing loss for McCarthy, one of the purest putters on the PGA Tour. He showed his touch by saving crucial pars and playing bogey-free on a day when the average...

Principal Charity Classic Tour Scores

Published Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:14:40 GMT

Principal Charity Classic Tour Scores SundayAt Wakonda ClubDes Moines, IowaPurse: $2 millionYardage: 6,851; Par: 72Final RoundStephen Ames, $300,00066-66-67—199Jerry Kelly, $160,00066-69-65—200Steve Stricker, $160,00064-68-68—200Rod Pampling, $108,00066-69-66—201Tim Petrovic, $108,00069-65-67—201David Branshaw, $72,00068-67-68—203Steve Flesch, $72,00067-69-67—203Miguel Angel Jimenez, $72,00067-72-64—203Marco Dawson, $46,33371-69-64—204Ernie Els, $46,33371-65-68—204Tim Herron, $46,33367-65-72—204Brett Quigley, $46,33368-69-67—204Jason Schultz, $46,33371-66-67—204Kevin Sutherland, $46,33370-67-67—204Mark Hensby, $33,00067-69-69—205Jeff Maggert, $33,00068-69-68—205Vijay Singh, $33,00067-70-68—205David Toms, $33,00070-65-70—205Glen Day, $24,92070-68-68—206Richard Green, $24,92072-71-63—206Thongchai Jaidee, $24,92069-67-70—206David McKenzie, $24,92070-66-70—206Ken Tanigawa, $24,92069-68-69—206Fred Couples, $20,50071-68-68—207Dicky Pride, $20,50071-70-66—207Woody Austin, $16,27569-67-72—208Notah Begay, $16,27572-68-68—208Ken ...

Aces rally behind Wilson to beat Fever and stay unbeaten

Published Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:14:40 GMT

Aces rally behind Wilson to beat Fever and stay unbeaten INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A’ja Wilson scored 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Candace Parker made two free throws with 24 seconds left and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Indiana Fever 84-80 Sunday to extend its franchise record for consecutive wins to open a season.The Aces (6-0), who trailed by 10 points after Indiana’s Kelsey Mitchell hit a 3-pointer early in the fourth quarter, closed the game on a 23-9 run.Las Vegas used an 11-1 run capped by a Chelsea Gray’s three-point play that made it 72-all with 4:03 to play. Erica Wheeler answered with a layup and her 3 with 2:32 remaining gave the Fever a five-point lead but after Kelsey Plum scored inside for the Aces, Jackie Young made back-to-back layups to make it 80-79.Aliyah Boston tied it by making the second of two free throws for Indiana (1-4) with 47.1 to go, but Parker’s foul shots put the Aces in front.Mitchell missed a layup with 15 seconds left and Las Vegas dribbled the clock down until Alysha Clark was fouled with 1.7 seconds lef...