Best 15 Minutes in Sports-Friday
…(Baseball)…
Padres-L-Giants (7-2)….San Francisco erupts for 6R-in 3rd inning…Padres commit 3-errors in ugly loss…Top hitters in Padres batting order went (2-for-14)…….Friars (62-73)-season worst 11-games under .500…San Diego lost 19-of-24 games…Padres remain 22-games behind lst place Dodgers as club collapse continues.
San Diego-San Francisco..Friday matchup..Michael Wacha starts
Padres…Doctors give cortisone shot in right elbow to P-Yu Darvis for inflamation near bone spurt in elbow…Will be re-evaluated in 5-days to determine whether he can resume throwing.
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Dodgers-L-Braves (8-7)….battle lst place teams…Ron Acuna grand slam HR..Michael Harris HR-Braves jumped to 7-1 lead..then LA rallied back to within 1-game in 9th befoe losing…..LA (83-50)…LA won 24-of-29 in August..Braves (88-45)
LA-Atlanta..Friday matchup..Julio Urias-vs-Max Fried
Dodgers..Sign FA-C-Tuckeer Barnhart-ex Reds
Dodgers..P-Shelby Miller completes rehab assignment-rejoin team
Dodgers..P-Joe Kelly to throw 3rd bullpen workout-then head out on rehab
Dodgers..DFA-P-Tyson Miller
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Angels-Off day on Thursday..Halos (64-70)..gone (8-19) in August.
Angels-Athletics..Friday..Patrick Sandoval starts
Angels..P-Lucas Giolito..P-Matt Moore..P-Rey Lopez claimed on waivers by Cleveland Guardians
Angels..OF-Hunter Renfroe claimed on waivers by Reds
Mariners..P-Dom Leone claimed by Seattle
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(Thursday Scoreboard)
Yankees-L-Detroit..Anthony Volpe hits 20th HR for NY in loss
Marlins-W-Washington..Jazz Chisholm 3RHR-Miami win
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(Roster Moves)
Milwaukee..Sign FA-3B-Josh Donaldson-ex Yankees
Cleveland..Release P-Noah Syndegaard
Reds..Release OF-Trey Mancini
Washington..Release P-Luis Cessa
White Sox..P-Mike Clevinger-clears waivers
Mets..P-Carlos Carrasco-clears waivers
Angels..OF-Randal Grichuk-clears waivers
Reds..Sign FA-OF-Harrison Bader-ex Yankees
Milwaukee..Sign FA-OF-Greg Allen-ex Yankees
Milwaukee..Sign FA-OF-Greg Roller-ex Mets
Seattle..Sign FA-C-Luis Torrens-ex Tampa Bay
Yankees..Callup OF-Jason Dominguez..C-Austin Wells from AAA
Mets..Callup IF-Ron Mauricio from AA
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(MLB Notes)
White Sox..Promote Chris Getz to GM replacing Rick Hahn.
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…(College Football)….
Aztecs-Idaho State…Bengals have gone (2-20) last two years.
USD-Cal Poly…Toreros debut under new coach Brenden Moore
USC-Nevada..Trojans defense needs improve..gave up (396Y) to San Jose
UCLA-Coastal Carolina..Ethan Garbers-Dante Moore will both play QB
(Mountain West)
Boise State-Washington..QB battle Taylor Green-vs-Michael Penix
Fresno State-Purdue..Bulldogs replace QB-Jake Haener
Colorado State-Washington State
Utah State-Iowa
Wyoming-Texas Tech
Air Force-Robert Morris
New Mexico-Texas AM
UNLV-Bryant
San Jose State-Oregon State
(Pac 12)
Colorado-TCU..Deion Sanders debut with Buffaloes
Oregon-Portland State..Bo Nix begins Heisman Trophy drive for Ducks
Arizona-Northern Arizona..Jaden DeLaura returns at QB
Cal-North Texas State
Stanford-Hawaii
Utah-W-Florida…Utes pull off (24-11) upset….Utes defense 5-sacks..7-tackles for loss…Survived Gator QB-Grahame Mertz (333P-TD-1 Int) game…..Thursday game
ASU-Southern Utah..Sun Devils led (21-7)..game delayed by lightning in Tempe on Thursday night
(Top 10)
1-Georgia-Tennessee-Martin…Bulldogs must replace QB-Stetson Bennett
2-Michigan-East Carolina..Jim Harbaugh begins serving 3G-suspension
3-Ohio State-Indiana..Buckeyes replace QB-CJ Stroud
4-Alabama-Middle Tennessee..Tide replace Bryce Young-QB
5-LSU-8-Florida State..Great opening season mathup
6-USC-Nevada..Trojans try to go 2-0
7-Penn State-West Virginia..Renew old East coast rivalry
9-Clemson-Duke..ACC opener
10-Washington-Boise..Great QB matchup Michael Penix-vs-Talen Green
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(College Notes)
ACC…Presidents-Chancellors to hold conference call Friday to discuss expansion with Cal-Stanford-SMU coming on board
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(NFL)
Chargers..Sign WR-Alex Erickson-ex Jets..S-Dean Marlowe-ex Bengals..TE-Nick Vannett-ex Houston
Chargers..LB-Daiyan Henley-out workouts-hamstring
Chargers..Coach Brandon Staley-beg prep for Miami game
..Bye week…take preseason in totality-apply it to game plan
..Vital 11-days to prepare for Dolphins
..RB-Elijah Dotson-great instincts and burst
..S-AJ Finley-he is commander in the secondary-absorbed playbook fast
..LB-Daiyan Henley-makes plays everywhere
..LB-Tanner Muse-core special teams player
Rams..WR-Cooper Kupp leaves workouts with setback from hamstring issue
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(Roster Moves)
Ravens..sign FA-RB-Melvin Gordon-ex Chargers-Broncos-Chiefs
Steelers..sign FA-CB-Anthony Broiwn-ex Cowboys
Patriots..sign FA-QB-Matt Corral-ex Carolina
Titans..sign FA-LB-Trevis Gipson-ex Bears
Carolina..sign FA-OT-David Sharpe-ex Ravens
Browns..Sign FA-CB-CJ Brown-ex Carolina
Broncos..sign FA-CB-Fabian Moreau-ex Giants
Lions..sign FA-K-Michael Badgley-ex Chargers
Colts..sign FA-DE-Jacoby Martin-ex Houston
Jaguars..sign FA-DT-Angel Blackson-ex Bears
Miami..sign FA-TE-Tyler Croft-ex Bills-Eagles
Miami..sign FA-CB-Parry Nickerson
Vikings..sign FA-OT-Hakeem Adenine-ex Bengals
Packers-Colts…TRADE talks…Report Colts offered to deal RB-Jon Taylor to Packers for RB-AJ Dillon and #2 pick
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(NFL Notes)
Dallas..Mourns passing of Gil Brandt (91Y)…sopent 28-years as VP Player Personnel Cowboys in the Tex Schramm-Tom Landry era…Drafted 11-future Hall of Famers
Miami..NFL will not discipline WR-Tyreek Hill for a confrontation at a marina in off season
Bengals..QB-Joe Burrow returns to full workouts after 5-weeks rehab-calf injury
49ers..Nick Bosa begins 6th week of holdout-has 1 year left on contract
Chiefs..No progress in reopened talks on holdout DT-Chris Jones contract
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…(Basketball)….
NBA…Controversial referee Eric Lewis retires..had been implicated of using burner phones to file tweets criticizing other NBA officials
Boston-Portland…Report Celtics expressed interest in Trailblazers G-Damon Lillard.
Chicago…Veteran Nikola Vucevic critical that the year long Lorenzo Ball knee injury-surgery issues became a terrible distraction to team all last year…Ball will miss entire season after 3rd knee surgery
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…(Hockey)…
Ducks..sign FA-RW-Zach Kassian-ex Arizona Coyote-Edmonton Oiler
Seattle..sign FA-C-Devin Shore-ex Edmonton
Las Vegas..Veteeran FA-C-Phil Kessel not retiring…age (35Y)..has (443) career goals.
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…(General)….
(US Open)
..Carlos Alcaraz-straight sets win
..Danill Medvedev-grinds to 2nd round victory
..Jon Isner-Andy Murray lost in 2nd round
..Aryna Sabalenka..Madison Keys posted 2nd round wins
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(Soccer)…Julie Ertz-Team USA-retires
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(Auto Racing)
Chip Ganassi Racing..signs Swedish star Linu Lundqvist for 2024
Andretti Auto Sport..signs Marcu Ericsson for 2024
Indy Car…Runs Grand Prix-Portland-Sunday
Formula 1..Italian Grand Prix..Max Verstappen goes for 10th win in a row
NASCAR..Darlington 400-race-Sunday
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