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…(Baseball)…

Padres-W-Cleveland (5-2)..Complete (7-0) homestand..Best start in 57-years
..Jackson Merrill 2R-HR..Luis Arraez solo HR
..Fernando Tatis stole home
..Dylan Cease (6inn-1R)
..Top batting order (8-16)

Padres..Off day Thursday..open road trip vs Cubs-at-Wrigley Field-Friday

Padres..Sign OF-Jackson Merrill to (9Y-135M)..kicks in 2026-(15M) per year
Padres..Report MLB asks them to play Diamondbacks in Mexico City-2026
Padres..3B-Tyler Wade goes unclaimed on waivers-will report to El Paso
Padres..OF-Eguy Rosario-Trade window closed..now exposed to waivers
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Dodgers-W-Braves (6-5)….LA rallies fro 5-0 deficit..Wednesday..LA (8-0) start
..Shohei Ohtani 9th inning walkoff HR
..Tommy Edman-Mike Conforto HRs
..Max Muncy 2R-double
..Blake Snell implodes (2inn-3 doubles-5 walks)
..Dodgers 2-errors early

Dodgers..Off day-Thursday..Open series in Philadelphia-Friday

Dodgers-A’s..TRADE…LA acquires OF-Eseury Ruiz from A’s for P-Carlos Duran…Ruiz hit (.121) this season-but has history stealing bases…Duran ()4-20) ijn minors but has (334K-270inn)
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Angels-L-Cardinals (12–7)-Wednesday..Halos (4-2) on season
..Ivan Herrera hits 3HRs-StL
..Cardinals score 8R-in-8th inning off Ian Anderson-Brock Burke
..Logan O’Hoppe Grand Slam HR..Mike Trout-solo HR

Angels..off day-Thursday..home opener-Friday vs Cleveland
Angels..SS-Zach Neto begins rehab outing at AAA-Salt Lake City
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(Wednesday Scoreboard)

Texas-W-Reds..Jack Leiter (5inn-1R)-Rangers
Pirates-W-Tampa..Paul Skenes (7inn-1R)
Brewers-W-Royals..Freddy Peralta (8inn-1R)..Jackson Churio HR-RBI=double
Twins-W-White Sox..Harrison Bader 3R-HR-Minn
Toronto-W-Washington..George Springer HR-Jays
Cubs-W-A’s..Seiya Suzuki 3R-HR-solo HR-Cubs
Giants-W-Astros..Wilmer Flores 2R-HR-SF
Seattle-W-Tigers..Luis Castillo (7inn-2R)-M’s
Marlins-L-Mets..Peter Alonso 3R-HR..RBI double-NY
Red Sox-W-Orioles..Garrett Crochet (8nn-0R-3H)-Bosox
Phillies-W-Rockies..Zach Wheeler (7inn-10K)
Yankees-L-Arizona..Zac Gallen (11K)..Lourdes Gurriel 2R-HR-Ariz
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(MLB Notes)

MLB..2025-Opening Day Salaries..Players average record (5.1M) per player
..Mets..Highest Payroll (322.6M)..Dodgers (319.5M)..Yankees (304M)
..Miami..Lowest Payroll (67M()..Tampa (72M)..A’s (73M)

Red Sox..Sign 2B-Kristain Campbell (8Y-60M) extension
Arizona..Extension 2B-Ketel Marte (6Y-116M)

Cubs..Sweep A’s in Sacramento..Score 35-runs in 3-games..Fans-averaged (10,500) per game-well below 14,000 capacity
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(Injuries)

Yankees..DH-Giancarlo Stanton admitted he used a ‘weighted’ Torpedo bat in off season-led to elbow injuries

Pirates..DL-OF-Bryan Reynolds-tricep injury
Atlanta..P-Reynaldo Sanchez-shoulder surgery-scar tissue..had (1.93-ERA) ’25
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(Roster Moves)

Braves..Sign FA-P-Mike Peterson-ex Angels
Seattle..Callup P-Jhonny Diaz
Phillies..Re-sign 2B-Bud Kennedy
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…(Baseketball)…

Aztecs..Land 2nd transfer..G-Sean Newman-Louisiana Tech..signs hours after F-Magoon Gwath pulls out of Transfer Portal to return to SDSU.

Ole Miss..Coach Chris Beard turns down Texas AM-interview offer
NCAA..Transfer Portal (1,957) Players in Portal in 4-days..42%-Division 1-talent

NIT..Thursday Championship Game…UC-Irvine (32-6)-vs-UT Chattanooga

NCAA-Womens Tourney..TV ratings for Elite 8-drop..this year (2.9M) average viewers compared to (6.2M) last year during Caitlin Clark-Iowa run
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(NBA Notes)

Clippers-New Orleans…LA led (59-47) at halftime at Press Time….Wednesday…LA won 8-of-10 games

Lakers-vs-Golden State..Thursday…Lakers (46-29)

Denver..Nikola Jokic (61P) outburst vs Minnesota
Golden State..Steph Curry (52P) vs Memphis

Memphis..G-Ja Morant faces NBA fine for making gang related gun gesture towards Warriors bench

76ers..Joel Embiid to have scar tissue surgery next week-solve knee issues

Denver..Legendary scorer Carmelo Anthony named to Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
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…(Football)…

Cincinnati…Contract feud with DE-Tre Frederickson goes public over lack of top offers after two spectacular seasons:
..Team official-Katie Blackburn..’He needs to find happiness here’
..Frederickson..’Team does not communicate with me…Things I am willing to do-things I will not fudge on…’Not signing a short term contract…not signing an incentive laced deal after 35-dsacks in 2-years…I see the price on the street…I am not apologizing for my success.’

Vikings..Report- Coach Kevin O’Connell has had 3-conversations with QB-Aaron Rodgers-though no contract offer made

NYGiants..Report team would bypass QB-Shedeur Sanders and choose between DE-Abdul Carter and CB-Trvis Hunter with 3rd pick in draft.

Patriots..Bring in Michigan DT-Mason Graham for visit

Patriots-Rams..Report trade talks..LA interested in Pats 3rd string QB-Joe Milton in deal for late round pick

Saints…Private workout QB-Quinn Ewers-Texas

NFL..Report they wants to pair Chargers-Chiefs..Opening day game in Sao Paulo, Brazil on September 5th…Chargers would give up home game in deal.
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(College Football)

Report…the Power 4-Conferences may setup their own set of bylaws to police distribution of NIL moneys

USC…Lands 2nd recruit who decommits from Oregon…DT-Tomuhini Topui-3rd best in the nation…Last month USC got QB-Jonas Williams from Oregon also

Missouri..QB-Drew Pyne enters transfer portal…Would be headed to 4th school..Went from Notre Dame-to-ASU-to-Mizzou.
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…(Hockey)…

San Diego Gulls-Abbotsford Canucks….AHL action-Wednesday…Gulls won 4-of-5…(27-29-8) on year

LAKings-at-Utah..Thursday game…Kings on (11-2-1) hot streak
Ducks-vs-San Jose..Thursday…Ducks (33-33-8)

Washington-Carolina…Alex Ovechkin…Scores another goal…(892) career goals…2-shy of Wayne Gretzky…Scored goal in midst of fight filled game had (144) penalty minutes

Montreal…Callup F-Oliver Kapinen..scored (15G) in Finland
Oilers..Sign FA-F-Josh Samanski..scored (14G) in Germany
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…(General)…

(Golf)..Valero Open-San Antonio..1st round action-Thursday
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(Auto Racing)..Team Red Bull…Ousted driver Liam Lawson ‘shocked’ he was removed after two races…Owner Christian Horner..’We expected too much-too soon’
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(Soccer)..English Premier League-Scoreboard:
..Nottingham Forest-W-Manchester United..Anthony Elanga breakaway goal NF
..Arsenal-W-Fulham..Gunners now (17-3-10)
..Wolverhampton-W-West Ham..Wolves score in 21′
..Ipswich-W-Bournemouth..Ipswich fighting off relegation with win (4-18-4)
..Aston Villa-W-Brighton..Marcus Rashord first goal for AV
..Manchester City-W-Leicester..Jack Grealish first goal in 16-months-City
..Newcastle-W-Brentford…Alex Isak scores 20th goal
..Southampton-Ties-Crystal Palace..CP scores in 92′ to tie
..Liverpool-W-Everton..Diego Jota scores 57’…Liverpool (22-1-7)

..Chelsea-vs-Hotspur..Thursday game

USA-Women..Lose D-Tierna Davidson with second torn knee ligament in two years..
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