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Whitlock pitches Red Sox over Yanks 3-2 in rivals’ 1st meeting this year

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:19:42 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Garrett Whitlock got his second win since replacing Corey Kluber in the Red Sox rotation, Rafael Devers and Kiké Hernández homered, and Boston beat the New York Yankees 3-1 on Friday night in the first meeting this year of a rivalry cut to 13 games by the new balanced schedule.Gerrit Cole (7-1) lost for the first time this season after going unbeaten in his first 13 starts.Whitlock (3-2) allowed two runs — one earned — and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings with six strikeouts and one walk. The right-hander, who turns 27 on Sunday, was put in the rotation in late May after Kluber, a two-time Cy Young Award winner, started 2-6 with a 6.26 ERA in his first nine outings.Whitlock was an 18th-round pick by the Yankees in the 2017 amateur draft and was taken by Boston in the December 2020 winter meeting draft of unprotected players.Kenley Jansen gave up two-out singles to Billy McKinney and Gleyber Torres in the ninth before retiring Anthony Volpe on popout for his 14th save in 1...

Rookie star Corbin Carroll hits 1st grand slam, Diamondbacks pound Tigers 11-6

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:19:42 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Arizona rookie Corbin Carroll hit his first grand slam in a seven-run seventh inning for his second homer of the night and the Arizona Diamondbacks handed the Detroit Tigers their seventh straight loss, 11-6 on Friday.Carroll also doubled in the ninth. On Wednesday night in a 6-2 victory in Washington in NL West-leading Arizona’s previous game, the speedy outfielder was 4 for 5 with a homer and two RBIs. He’s hitting .307.Merrill Kelly (8-3) improved to 7-0 in his last six starts, allowing three runs on seven hits and two walks in 6 1/3 innings. He struck out five.Jake Rogers homered twice for Detroit, and Javier Báez homered in the ninth.The game was tied a 2 after six innings, with Carroll’s grand slam capping the seven-run seventh.Christian Walker and Emmanuel Rivera led off the seventh with doubles, giving Arizona a 3-2 lead. After a sacrifice bunt, Jake McCarthy punched a single over the drawn-in infield to put make it 4-2.Arizona loaded the bas...

Paredes has 2 homers, 6 RBIs, Glasnow gets 1st win in 2 years, Rays beat Rangers 8-3

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:19:42 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Isaac Paredes homered twice and drove in a career-high six runs, Tyler Glasnow got his first win in two years, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Texas Rangers 8-3 on Friday night in a matchup of teams with the best records in the majors.Paredes had an RBI double with two outs in the first inning and made it 4-1 with a three-run homer in the third off Andrew Heaney (4-4). His second home run, a two-run shot off Spencer Howard, came in a four-run sixth that put Tampa Bay ahead 8-1.Glasnow (1-0) gave up one run, one hit and struck out six over six innings in his third start this year. It was the 6-foot-8 right-hander’s first win since June 8, 2021. He missed most of last season after Tommy John surgery and started 2023 on the injured list with a left oblique strain.Kevin Kelly and Luis Patiño completed a three-hitter as Tampa Bay won its seventh straight game.The announced crowd was 17,447. Tampa Bay started the day averaging 16,961 at home.Leody Taveras...

Nuggets win Game 4, bring series lead to 3-1 in Miami

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:19:42 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — The mission for the Denver Nuggets was clear: Come to Miami, get two wins and head back home with a chance to finally become NBA champions.It's officially there for the taking.The 47-year wait for Denver might be over as soon as Monday, with Nikola Jokic and his Nuggets now just one win away from getting the title that he's wanted for so long. Aaron Gordon scored 27 points, Jokic added 23 and the Nuggets beat the Miami Heat 108-95 on Friday night to take a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals.“We haven’t done a damn thing yet,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. “We have to win another game to be world champions.” This is what Nuggets players listen to before a game Bruce Brown scored 21 off the bench for the Nuggets, who won their fifth straight road game to grab complete command. They’ll have three chances to win one game for a title, two of those in Denver, the first of them in what’s sure to be a raucous atmosphere for Game 5.Jamal Murray had 15 points and 12 assists — his ...

Nuggets now in full command of NBA Finals, top Heat 108-95 for 3-1 lead

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:19:42 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Aaron Gordon scored 27 points, Nikola Jokic added 23 and the Denver Nuggets moved one win away from their first NBA championship by beating the Miami Heat 108-95 on Friday night to take a 3-1 lead in the title series.Bruce Brown scored 21 off the bench for the Nuggets, who took both games in Miami to grab complete command. They’ll have three chances to win one game for a title, two of those in Denver, the first of them in what’s sure to be a raucous atmosphere for Game 5 on Monday night.Jamal Murray had 15 points and 12 assists — his fourth consecutive double-digit assist game — for Denver.Jimmy Butler scored 25 points for Miami, which has now fallen into 3-1 holes in each of its last three finals appearances — this one joining 2014 and 2020. Bam Adebayo had 20 points and 11 rebounds for the Heat, while Kyle Lowry had 13 points.The Heat walked off the floor in silence, fully aware of how much trouble they’re in now.The Nuggets were overwhelming favorites to start ...

Luis Robert Jr. hits RBI single in 9th to give White Sox 2-1 win over Marlins

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:19:42 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Luis Robert Jr. hit an RBI single in the ninth inning to give the Chicago White Sox a 2-1 victory over the Miami Marlins on Friday night.Elvis Andrus singled leading against Dylan Floro (3-4) and took second on a wild pitch before Tim Anderson struck out. The Marlins intentionally walked Andrew Benintendi, and Robert drove the winning single past third baseman Jean Segura.Dylan Cease threw six strong innings, and Liam Hendriks (2-0) worked a 1-2-3 ninth. Yasmani Grandal homered and had three hits, and the White Sox cooled off surging Miami with their sixth victory in seven games. The Marlins had won a season-high six in a row.Cease gave up one run and four hits. The 2022 AL Cy Young Award runner-up struck out seven and walked two.The White Sox opened the weekend series on a winning note after taking two of three from the Yankees in New York even though they were 2 for 12 with runners in scoring position.Miami’s Joey Wendle homered leading off the fifth.Rookie Eury Pér...

Riopelle’s clutch home run leads Florida to 5-4 win over South Carolina in super regional opener

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:19:42 GMT

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — BT Riopelle hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning and Florida got two other home runs in a 5-4 victory over South Carolina on Friday in the weather-delayed opening game of the Gainesville Super Regional.After a 2-hour, 37-minute weather delay, South Carolina’s Will McGillis hit the second pitch of the game for a home run. Gavin Casas added an RBI-single for a 2-0 lead, but the Gators tied it in the bottom of the first on a two-out home run by Josh Rivera.McGillis came to bat again with one out in the second and delivered an RBI single for a 3-2 South Carolina lead.Florida (49-15) tied it in the fifth on a leadoff home run by Tyler Shelnut and went ahead in the sixth on Riopelle’s deep drive to straightaway center field. Rivera scored from second on a two-out single by Shelnut in the eighth inning.After South Carolina’s three early runs, the Gamecocks were shut down by Brandon Sproat (8-3) and Cade Fisher, as the two did not allow...

Tylor Megill roughed up as Mets losing streak hits 7 with ugly 14-7 loss to the Pirates

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:19:42 GMT

PITTSBURGH — Against one of the most beautiful backdrops in baseball, the Mets played one of the ugliest games of the season.One night after dropping a devastating extra-inning contest to the Atlanta Braves, the Mets were battered by the Pittsburgh Pirates. The losing streak extended to seven games in a 14-7 loss at PNC Park in the series opener. There were bad fundamentals, misplays, miscues and everything in between.The Mets rallied to score five in the ninth off Rob Zastryzny and closer David Bednar. The fight was there, but the execution wasn’t.Francisco Lindor summed it up succinctly: “It just sucks,” the shortstop said.Tylor Megill was shelled for the third time in four starts, but the defense behind him didn’t exactly help the situation. After taking a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning, the Mets (30-34) went down 2-0 when a ground-rule double by light-hitting catcher Austin Hedges scored two. Hedges flared one down the right field line and...

Boston police officer shot in Roxbury, listed as ‘stable’ at BMC

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:19:42 GMT

A city police officer was shot “multiple times” Friday night and is in stable condition in Boston Medical Center after coming upon a robbery in progress.The suspect shot the officer and was quickly arrested with two other officers injured but not from gunfire, said Police Commissioner Michael Cox. It was a bang-bang showdown in what the mayor, Cox and district attorney said was an outcome everyone is grateful for.“Thank goodness the officer struck multiple times is still with us,” said Cox outside BMC.The shooting remains under investigation but started in Roxbury on Cedric Street near Magazine Street at about 9:18 p.m. when the officer cam upon a robbery in progress with the suspect armed. The officer was reportedly shot twice, in the back and the leg.BMC is a Level 1 trauma center, the highest a hospital can attain as a go-to ER for critical cases.Mayor Michelle Wu and DA Kevin Hayden also thanked the quick-thinking police and doctors at BMC.“I’...

Black teen shot by officer during struggle was armed with pellet gun, not handgun, police say

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:19:42 GMT

DENVER (AP) — A Black teen fatally shot by an officer was armed with a pellet gun and not a semiautomatic handgun, police in suburban Denver revealed Friday. Jor’Dell Richardson, 14, was shot June 2 after a struggle on the ground with officers who chased him from a store in Aurora, where he and a group of other teens were suspected of stealing vaping cartridges, according to authorities. Police had originally said that the teen had a semiautomatic, but Chief Art Acevedo corrected that during a press conference held to release body camera video of the shooting. The video does not clearly show what was happening right before the teen is shot. However, his words and the officers’ can be heard during the struggle. Within a matter of a few seconds, an officer tackles Richardson, and the teen says, “Stop, please, you got me.” “Gun, gun, let go of the … gun,” an officer says, using an expletive. He then says he is going to fire, and a gunshot is heard. “They made me do it...