Best 15 Minutes in Sports–Tuesday
….(Baseball)……..
MLB Draft….
..1-Orioles..Adley Rutschman-C-Oregon State (.323)
..2-Royals..Bobby Witt-SS-Texas (.417)
..3-White Sox..Andrew Vaughn-1B-Cal (21HR)
..4-Marlins..JJ Bleday-OF-Vanderbilt (26HR)
..5-Detroit..Riley Green-OF-Florida
..6-Padres..CJ Abrams-SS-Georgia (.413)
..7-Reds…Nick Lodolo-P-TCU (11-1)
..8-Texas..Josh Jung-3B-Texas Tech (.390)
..9-Atlanta..Shea Langliers-C-Baylor (.308)
..10-Giants..Hunter Bishop-OF-Arizona State (.350-22HR)
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Padres….1st pick..SS-CJ Abrams-Roswell, Georgia…hit (.413) had 105-career stolen bases
Dodgers..1st pick..3B-Kody Hoese (6’4)-Tulane..(.319)…1st pick.2B-Mike Bush-North Carolina..
Angels….Will Wilson-North Carolina State (.335-16HR)
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Padres-Phillies…..Franmil Reyes hits 17th HR of season….Game tied (1-1) at Press-Time…..Pitchers duel Aaron Nola-Eric Lauer…..Phillies lost OF-Andrew McCutchen-hyperextended knee in 1st inning….Phillies had 4-base runners thrown out on bases in four innings……San Diego lost 5-of-7…Philadelphia (9-7) last two weeks.
San Diego-Philadelphia…Tuesday matchup..Chris Paddack (4-3)-vs-Jared Eickhoff (2-3)….Paddack has (6.60-ERA) in last 3-starts…(15inn-11R-15H-5HR)
Padres…SS-Fernando Tatis-1st rehab game in Amarillo…had double…stolen base…scored from second on a hit in Monday game
Padres..P-Dinelson Lamet makes 2nd rehab start at Lake Elsinore.
Padres..Option OF-Alex Dickerson-just off DL-back to El Paso.
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Dodgers-Arizona….LA led (3-1) at Press Time…..Corey Seager 3R-HR early in game….LA won 15-of-18….(41-19) on season
LA-Diamondbacks…Tuesday pitchers…Hun Jon-Ryu (8-1)…had (0.59-ERA) in May….Arizona starts Taylor Clark (1-1).
Dodgers…Judge sentences Julio Urias to 52-weeks of counseling for domestic abuse case as part of court settlement.
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Angels-Cubs…..Halos won 7-of-9….Chicago lost 8-of-10.
Angels-A’s…Tuesday matchup..Griff Canning (2-1)-vs-Frankie Montas (6-2)
Angels..Release P-Matt Ramsey…Option P-Jose Suarez to Salt Lake City..Callup 3B-Taylor Ward from AAA.
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(Scoreboard)
Houston-Seattle…Josh Roddick RBI triple…..Rob Chorines HR……Houston led (3-2) at Press Time….Astros won 19-of-24….(40-20) on year..Mariners lost 14-of-17
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(Roster Moves)
MLB…Dallas Keuchel-Craig Kimbel-last two name free agents on the market-now free to sign with other teams without draft pick compensation.
Cubs…Callup OF-Carlos Gonzalez-ex Rockies-Indians
Cubs..DFA-OF-Jim Adduci
Seattle..Sign FA-OF-John Andreoli-ex-Twins
Baltimore..Callup C-Chance Sisio from AAA
Milwaukee..Option 2B-Keston Huiera to AAA
Giants….Report San Francisco taking trade offers for P-Madison Bumgarner-in final year of his contract
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(Injuries)
Mets..MRI-Dominic Smith-thumb
Giants..C-Buster Posey-hamstring
Royals..DL-2B-Hunter Dozier-chest injury
Twins..Activate DH-Nelson Cruz from DL
Mets..Activate 2B-Robinson Canoe from DL
Milwaukee..Activate 3B-Travis Shaw from DL
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……..(Basketball)………….
Golden State….Practice on Tuesday to determine Klay Thompson-hamstring injury…C-Kevon Looney with shoulder bruise….Doubtful Kevin Durant practices with on going calf stiffness.
Toronto-Golden State…Game 3-Wedneday night in Oakland…Warriors now have home court advantage.
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Jerry West…..Named to receive Medal of Freedom Honor from the White House.
Toronto…Canadien Press report that Kawhi Leonard has purchased a mansion outside Toronto-amid signs might be re-signing to stay in Canada.
NBA Referre-Ron Garretson….arrested in Northern Arizona after DUI-auto accident…charged with extreme drunk driving…had blood alcohol count (.195)…2-and-half times legal limit.
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San Diego State….Aztecs invited to the Naismith Hall of Fame Classic in December at Stap[les Center…SDSU plays Utah….LSU meets USC in other game.
SDSU…Hire Chris Acker as Defensive Coordinator…former assistant at Boise State-Hawaii.
Northern Arizona..Head coach Jack Murphy resigns to become Assistant Head coach at University of Arizona.
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………(Football)………..
Chargers…Say RB-Melvin Gordon and LB-Melvin Ingram will take part in minicamp workouts next week….Have stayed away from OTA workouts the last three weeks.
Chargers..Sign WR-Fred Truvillion-ex Aztecs…averaged (27YPC) in limited time last two years at San Diego State.
Chargers…Coach Anthony Lynn confirms he is seriously considering not playing his key starters in any of the 4-preseason games.
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(Teams)
Rams….Reportedly could let veteran starters Marcus Peters..Dexter Fowler..Robert Woods leave team at end of 2019 season to clear salary cap space to afford (25M) extension for QB-Jared Goff.
Steelers…Open competition at WR to try and replace the production of departed Pro Bowl-WR-Antonio Brown…..TE-Vance McDonald..WRs Donte Moncrief-James Washington must step up.
Jets…Newly signed RB-Le’Veon Bell reports to camp for mandatory veterans camp.
Bengals….QB-Andy Dalton struggling with new playbook of new coach Zach Taylor
Green Bay…New pass packages for TE-Jimmy Graham…WR-Davante Adams has players excited.
Rams..QB-Blake Bortels says excited to interact with new head coach Sean McCoy…’never been coached like this before’.
Jets..Interview Champ Kelly-Bers…Terry Fontenot-Saints….Joe Dougas-Eagles for vacant GM job…decision could come end of the week.
Steelers…Ryan Shazier-longtime LB-wins George Halas ‘Courage Award’ for coming back from severe spinal chord injury.
Roger Goodell….meets with Buffalo officials…says Bills need new stadium to stay economically competitive in NFL….Goodell also says he’d like to see NFL do away with 2-preseason games.
San Diego Strike Force-L-Sioux Falls (60-8)…..Strike Force fall to (1-11)….Allowed 9-sacks…3-turnovers…had just (139Y) offense in dismal road loss…
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(Roster Moves)
Carolina….Signs FA-Gerald McCoy-ex Tampa Bay FA-DT to (1Y-9M) contract…outbid Baltimore and Cleveland
Colts..Workout FA-S-Jon Cyprien-ex Titans
Denver..Sign FA-OT-Chaz Green-ex Raiders
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……(Hockey)…………
(Scoreboard)..Monday Night
Boston-L-St Louis….Ryan O’reilly scores 2-goals…Vlad Tarasenko scores on key rebound in St Louis win….Series tied (2-2) heading back to Boston..
Winnipeg-Flyers…Trade…Jets deal F-Kevin Hayes to Philadelphia for 5th round pick…Hayes headed to free agency-Flyers have 3-weeks to sign him.
St Louis…F-Nikita Soshnikov leaves team to sign with Salavet-KHL team in Russia.
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……(General)……………
Boxing…Heavyweight Andy Ruiz knocks down Anthony Joshua-England 3-times and knocks him out to win heavyweight title…..Joshua expected to get a rematch in late fall in fight.
Tennis..French Open Tourney….Novak Djokovic-top seed wins….Samona Halep-3rd seed also posts win……..Roger Federer-Stan Wawrinka play Tuesday in quarterfinal match.
Soccer…Chelsea wants to interview Javi Garcia of Watford for possible head coaching job.
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