Best 15 Minutes in Sports-Wednesday
…(Baseball)…
Padres-Arizona..Tied (2-2) in 10th at Press Time….Eric Hosmer HR for SD…Jordan Luplow 2R-Inside Park HR for Arizona…Tuesday game….San Diego (42-27).
Friars-Diamondbacks..Wednesday matchup..Mike Clevinger-vs-Madison Bumgarner.
Padres-Joe Musgrove..Clears protocol-will come off Covid list on Thursday
Padres…Report from Ann Arbor..hitting coach Mike Brdar interviews for Michigan head coaching job.
Padres..Manny Machado leads All Star voting at 3B (969.586) vogtes.
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Dodgers-W-Reds (8-2)…Freddie Freeman 2R-double…3R-triple…Tony Gonsolin now (9-0)…..LA (41-25)
LA-Cincinnati..Tyler Anderson (8-0)-vs-Luis Castillo in Wednesday game
Dodgers..Surprise start to season..Tony Gonsolin-Tyler Anderson are combined (16-0)
Dodgers..OF-Trayce Thompson rejoins team after deal with Detroit.
Dodgers..Explore trade talks with Orioles for OF-Trey Mancini and Arizona OF-Jordan Luplow.
Dodgers…Put P-Caleb Ferguson back on IL with forearm issues
Dodgers..Give vote of confidence to closer Craig Kimbrel…who has given up 12R-12 innings-allowed 33-base runners in last three weeks….Since last July 30th..when traded to White Sox..then to Dodgers…he has (4.91-ERA ) out of the bullpen.
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Angels-Royals…KC led (8-7) at Press Time…Shohei Ohtani 3RHR-Sacrifice Fly….Halos won 3-of-4.
Halos-Kansas City..Wednesday game..Shohei Ohtani starts.
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(Scoreboard)
Yankees-L-Tampa Bay…Isaiah Paredes its 3HRs..4RBIs…for Rays…NY (50-18)
Mets-L-Houston…Kyle Tucker 3R-double..Yordan alvarez 2RHR..NY (45-25)
Rockies-L-Marlins..Avisail Garcia 3RHR gives Miami 9-8 win.
Cubs-L-Pirates..Cubs lost 13-of-15..
Orioles-L-Nationals..Logan Thomas HR for Nats..
Red Sox-W-Tigers..Trevor Story 3RHR for Boston
Giants-W-Braves..SF wins 12-10 slugfest..Wilmer Flores 2R-single
Twins-L-Guardians..Josh Naylor 2RHR for Cleve..
Phillies-L-Texas..Texas hits 4HRs.
Cardinals-W-Brewers..Nolan Gorman HR-3RBIs for StL..
Blue Jays-L-White Sox..Josh Harrison RBI single in 12th for Chi..
A’s-L-Seattle..Athletics lost 16-of-19..Seattle hits 4HRs.
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(Injuries)
Tampa Bay..Put OF-Manny Margot on IR-sprained knee
Tampa Bay..Put OF-Kevin Kiermaiers on IR-hip issue
Mets..OF-Jeff McNeil-hamstring
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(Roster Moves)
Yankees..Release P-Ryan Weber
Mets..Sign FA-OF-Ender Inciarte-ex Arizona-Seattle
Braves..Release P-Nick Vincent
Cubs..Outright P-Sean Newcomb to AAA
Cleveland..DFA-OF-Oscar Mercedes
Cleveland..Activate P-Aaron Civale..OF-Franmil Reyes fromIL
Arizona..DFA-SS-Matt Davidson.
Yankees..Sign FA-P-Albert Abreu-ex Royals
Pirates..Callup P-Jared Eickhoff
Cubs-Pirates..TRADE..Chicago deals P-Eric Stout to Buccos in cash deal
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…(Basketball)…
Brooklyn…Reports Nets would entertain Sign and Trade deal to move G-Kyrie Irving in a deal…Nets refuse to give Irving a (4Y-190M) max extension…He has till next week to opt in or opt out (37M) contract
Clippers..F-Nick Batum opts out of (3.3M) contract to be a free agent
Charlotte…Owner Michael Jordan meets again with longtime coach Mike D’Antoni to discuss Bobcats coach job after Kenny Atkinson backed out of contract.
WNBA…Brittney Griner-held in Russia for drug violations…tried to make 11-calls to family members after USA-Russia government officials set up mechanics for calls..but calls never went thru because of problems at the Embassies.
Purdue-…Former starting forward Caleb Swanigan passes away (25Y) of heart attack…was former #1 pick of Portland Trailblazers.
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…(Football)….
Houston….Lawyer representing women suing QB-Deshaun Watson, say 20-of-24 lawsuits have been settled out of court with payments…Negotiations with other 4-women have hit an impasse.
Cleveland..Report Browns are willing to pay 9M-of Baker Mayfield’s 18M contract to execute a trade with the Carolina Panthers.
Roger Goodell…will meet with the Congressional Oversight Committee on Wednesday to discuss the NFL probe of the toxic workplace culture and why the NFL refuses to release documents in the 11-month investigation of owner Daniel Snyder and Washington.
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(Roster Moves)
Tampa Bay..Legendary TE-Rob Gronkowski retires…(621R-15YPC-62TD) in career spanning 11-years.
Raiders..Visit with FA-DT-Ndamukong Suh-ex Tampa Bay-Lions
Cincinnati…CB-Trae Waynes tells club retiring-career plagued injuries
Steelers..Sign FA-DT-Larry Ogunjobi-ex Browns-Bengals
Bears..Put OG-Dakota Dozier-placed on IR-broken leg in OTA
Jaguars..RB-James Robinson-not be in camp-yet recover Achilles issues
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(College Football)
nevada…Hire Stephanie Rempe-as AD…was at LSU
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…(Hockey)…
Colorado…Avalanche not yet deciding on who starts in goal in Game 4-of Stanley Cup finals after starter Darcy Kuemper was knocked out in Monday game…Colorado leads series (2-1)
Edmonton..Signs Coach Jay Woodcroft to 3Y-contract extension
NHL..Awards Night
..Hart Trophy..MVP-Toronto’s-Auston Matthews
..Ted Lindsey Award-Player of Year..Auston Matthews-Toronto
..Norris Trophy..Top defenseman-Cale Makar-Colorado
..Calder Trophy..Rookie..Detroit’s Moritz Seider
..Vezina Trophy..Top goalie..Igor Shestkerkin
Seattle Kraken…Hire longtime NHL coach Dan Bylsma to become coach of their new AHL franchise in Palm Springs…Coachella Valley Firebirds…Bylsma former head coach Pittsburgh Penguins-Buffalo Sabres.
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…(General)…
LIV-Saudi Super League…Signs veteran Brooks Koepka to play in new league..Becomes 21st player tro jump for guaranteed money.
PGA..Announces it will add 20M in purse money to 7-tournaments for rest of the year….will add 3-International events…and will consider restructure of Tour schedule to give golfers true off season.
Soccer..Team USA lines up friendly tuneup games with Japan (9/23)..Saudi Arabia (9/27)…Friendlies will be final games before USA heads to World Cup in November in Qatar.
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