Best 15 Minutes in Sports–Monday
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Padres-L-Pirates (6-4)…Colin Moran 3R-HR….Elias Diaz 3-hits….Calvin Quantrill (5inn-5R-8H) in loss……Hunter Renfroe 3R-HR late in game…Friars (23-24)….just (12-19) after (11-5) start in first place.
Padres-Arizona…Monday matchup…Chris Paddack (3-2)-vs-Luke Weaver (3-2).
Padres…2B-Ian Kinsler fined (7,500) by MLB for obscene outburst directed towards fans after hitting home run last week
Padres..Option P-Nick Margavicius to minors…last 5-starts (29inn-24R-15-walks-9 HRs)…(7.71-ERA)…sent to AA-Amarillo….P-Gerrado Reyes also sent back to minors.
Padres..P-Troy Wingenter activated off DL.
Padres..SS-Fernando Tatis likely to be activated off DL for 6-game road trip to Toronto-New York….starts next Friday.
Padres..Padres top minor league pitchers..
..P-MacKenzie Gore-continues to dominate at Lake Elsinore-A-ball….(1.07-ERA…58K-42Inn).
..P-Andres Munoz (1.93-ERA) at Amarillo..
..P-Logan Allen (4.99-ERA).
..P-Cal Quantrill (4.80-ERA) at El Paso.
..P-Luis Perdomo (1.54-ERA) at El Paso
..P-Miguel Diaz (1.35-ERA) at Amarillo
..P-Adrian Morejon (6.89-ERA) at Amarillo
..P-Reggie Lawson (5.20-ERA) at Amarillo
..P-Luis Patino (3.60-ERA) at Lake Elsinore
..P-Ron Bolanos (3.58-ERA) at Lake Elsinore
..P-Ryan Weathers (1.82-ERA) at Ft Wayne
..P-Jose Quezada (2.29-ERA) at Ft Wayne
..P-Henry Henry (2.78-ERA) at Ft Wayne
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Dodgers-W-Reds (8-3)..Russell Martin-Cody Bellinger HRs….Hyun Jin-Ryu (7-inn-0R)….Last 4-starts…31-sraight shutout innings…Dodgers won 14-of-20…now (31-17) on season.
Dodgers…off day on Monday
Dodgers…P-Kenta Maeda on DL with bruised thigh from foul ball during 12-strikeout outing vs Padres.
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Angels-L-Royals (5-1)…Hunter Dozier 2R-double for Royals…..KC (16-31_
Angels-Twins…Monday matchup….Halos yet to name pitcher-vs-Jake Odorizzi (6-2)
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(Scoreboard)
Yankees-W-Tampa Bay..NY 13-run explosion..Brett Gardner 2R-HR..RBI double..Yankees won 19-of-26
Red Sox-W-Houston..Xander Bogaerts RBI single-RBI double…Boston won 18-of-18….Astros (13-2) last 15-games
Cubs-W-Washington..Anthony Rizzo HR…Cubs won 17-of-22….Nationals (8-15) skid
Phillies-W-Rockies..Bryce Harper hits 9th HR of season….Rockies hit 4-homers in loss
Brewers-W-Braves..Christian Yelich-Ben Gamel HRs…Brewers won 11-of-16
Twins-L–Mariners..Edwin Encarnarcion 3R-HR for Mariners……Minnesota (30-16)
Indians-W-Orioles..Tribe posts 10-0 win….Oriolles now (15-31)
A’s-Tigers…A’s led (5-3) in rain suspended gae…Steven Piscotty 2R-double..RBI single
Mets-L-Miam..Curtis Granderson HR…Sandy Alcantra 2-hit shutout….Mets lost 10-of-14i
Cardinals-L-Texas..Shin Soo Choo-Domingo Santana HRs for Rangers…St-Louis is (4-13) in May collapse
Toronto-W-White Sox…Vlad Guerrero 2R-HR
Giants-W-Arizona…Pablo Sandoval HR in 10th inning….D-Backs lost 9-of-14
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(Injuries)
Arizona…MRI-clean-Zach Grienke-cramps-not oblique injury
Pirates..DL-P-Trevor Williams-ribcage
Twins..DL-DH-Nelson Cruz-wrist
Mets..DL-OF-Michael Conforto-concussion
Tigers..DL-P-Jordan Zimmerman-out another 4W-shoulder
Seattle..DL-P-Taijuan Walker-out another 6W-shoulder issue
White Sox..DL-P-Manny Banuelos-strained shoulder
Tampa Bay..DL-C-Anthony Bemboom-out 6W-knee ligament
Washington..DL-P-Justin Miller-rotator cuff
Houston..DL-SS-Aledmys Diaz-hamstring
Toronto..DL-P-Clay Bucholz-injures shoulder-rehabbing back
Texas..P-Shawn Kelly-surgery throat tumor
Toronto..P-Aaron Sanchez-blister problems.
Rockies..Activate P-Jake McGee
Washington..Activate SS-Trea Turner
Mets..Activate P-Steven Matz
Tampa Bay..Activate P-Hunter Wood
Red Sox..Activate P-David Price
Giants..Activate P-Drew Pomeranz
Yankees..OF-Giancarlo Stanton cleared start rehab games-bicep
Yankees..SS-Didi Gregorious-sent out rehab-elbow surgery
Yankees..P-James Paxton-setback rehab knee injury
Baltimore..P-Zach Pop (0.84-ERA)…elbow surgery
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(Roster)
Mets..Callup OF-Carlos Gomez
Milwaukee..Option 2B-Corey Spangenberg to San Antonio
Phillies..Option OF-Nick Williams
Seattle..Sign FA-P-Andrew Moore-ex Giants
Cubs..Sign FA-P-Chandler Shepard-ex Red Sox
Boston..Sign FA-P-Dylan Thompson-ex Rockies
Giants..DFA-OF-Aaron Altheer
Seattle..DFA-P-Zac Rosscup
Mets..DFA-OF-Keon Broxton
Indians..DFA-P-Neil Ramirez
Blue Jays..DFA-P-Javy Guerra
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(MLB)
Joe Girardi…name surfaces as lead candidate for possible openings in New York….Manager Mickey Callaway (97-109)….Washington-Dave Martinez stays on hot seat.
Don Mattingly….Growing unrest about Marlins (12-31) record….Record in Miami (231-296) as painful long rebuild process begins.
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….(Basketball)……
(Scoreboard)
Milwaukee-L-Toronto…..Raptors win double overtime foul fest…Kawhi Leonard 2-steals…2-slam dunks in 2nd overtime to seal win…Leonard scores (36P) in 52-minutes…Giannis Antetokoumo (12P-23R) in loss…Bucks still lead (2-1)
(Schedule)
Golden State-Portland…..Warriors lead (3-0) can sweep series on Monday night….Blazers G-Damian Lillard rib-cartilage injury….F-Andre Igoudala-leg injury
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(Teams)
Indiana…NBA suspends Pacers G-Tyreke Evans-2 years repeated drug violations
New Orleans…Pelicans owner Gayle Benson says team will not deal C-Anthony Davis to Lakers.
New Orleans…Pelicans reject trade offer 4th pick-F-Kevin Knox for Anthony Davis.
Lakers-Toronto…Report LA would consider dealing either G-Josh Hart or Lonzo Ball to Raptors for veteran G-Kyle Lowrey.
Brooklyn Nets…Preparing contract offer for Celtics FA-G-Kyrie Irving
Miami-Memphis…Discussing trade C-Hassan Whiteside for G-Mike Conley.
Houston..Fire Jeff Bdzelik-Assistant Head Coach-Def Coordinator
Washington..Interview Tim Connelly-Denver Nuggets for vacant Wizards GM job.
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…….(Football)……..
(Teams)
Arizona…NFL sources say CB -Patrick Peterson not only had PEDs in system during failed drug test…but also masking agents.
NFL…Judge in concussion lawsuit limits players seeking medical exams…Must see neurologists within 200-miles of their homes….Probe showed players were going to 4-specific neurological physicians who were giving favorable exams to get them into concussion program for payments….NFL believes agents were creating fraudulent exams in violation of agreements.
Dallas..TE-Jason Witten-struggling with conditioning after being away from NFL for a year.
NY Jets..Want to discuss front office job with retired QB-Peyton Manning
Miami..QB-Josh Rosenfeld-overwhelmed with new playbook with Dolphins.
Giants..OT-Nate Solder-surgery-bone spurs ankle
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(Roster Moves)
Ravens..Sign FA-LB-Shane Ray-ex Broncos
Ravens..Sign FA-WR-Michael Floyd-ex Cardinals
Ravens..Workout FA-LB-Jon Bostic
Carolina..Sign FA-WR-Aldrick Robinson-ex Vikings
Eagles..DE-Chris Long-retires after 11-year career
Packers..DT-Quinton Dial-retires-injuries
Miami..OG-Travis Swanson-retires-injuries
Texans..Release TE-Ryan Griffin
Colts..Release CB-DJ Killings
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(College)
San Diego State…Chooses JMI-Sports (John Moores) to handle marketing-sales-naming rights-partnerships-ticketing for new Aztecs stadium in Mission Valley….JMI handles similar packages for Rose Bowl-LA Coliseum.
Ohio State..issues 182-page report confirming former team physician Richard Strauss groped-sexually explored 177-male athletes in Buckeyes programs over a 20-year period….Report says 50-different Athletic Department officials knew of incidents…including 2-former Athletic Directors..did nothing from 1977-to-1996…when Straus was moved off campus-but allowed to set up clinic off campus….He became professor emeritus…but committed suicide in 2004…as case went public.
Oregon..Former Ducks DB-Keanon Lowe ran-tackled student gunman who entered a Portland high school with a gun…credited with averting manslaughter.
UCLA…Sign RB-Christian Grubb….had signed initially at Arizona State.
Penn State…QB-Tommy Stevens transfers to Mississippi State.
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…….(Hockey)………
San Diego Gulls….return home for Games 3-4-5 vs Chicago Wolves in AHL playoffs….starting on Wednesday
Gulls-W-Chicago (3-0)..Goalie Kevin Boyle 29-saves…Gulls killed off 4-power plays in road win to take home ice advantage in Saturday.
Gulls-L-Chicago (5-4)…Overtime loss on Friday…Wolves goalie Oscar Dansk 40-saves in opening night win.\
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(Scoreboard)…Sunday
St Louis-W-San Jose….Jaden Schwartz hat trick leads Blues to upset win in San Jose…..St Louis leads (3-2) in series.
Boston…Bruins to have 1-full week off before Stanley Cup finals begin.
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NY Rangers…Hire John Davidson as President of team…was President Columbus Blue Jackets.
Ottawa..Interviews Patrick Roy for Senators vacant head coaching job…former head coach Colorado Avalanche (130-92-24)….has been Coach-GM Quebec Remparts-Quebec Junior League.
Montreal….Report Canadiens preparing huge free agent offer sheets to Mitch Marner-Kasperi Kapanen of Toronto Maple Leafs….Leafs have major salary cap issues-might not be able to match offer sheets.
Vancouver…G-Joe Cannata signing in Sweden.
Chicago..D-Frederic Olofsson signs with Modo-Sweden.
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…..(General)……..
PGA Championships-Bethpage Black….Brooks Koepka wins 2nd PGA major in a row…..Survived a final round (74) to hold off Dustin Johsnon…finished 8-under par…Johnson 6-under……Koepka had 11-stroke lead at one point during the tourney…totally dominated first 3-days…
Tiger Woods…fails to make cut….hit only 3-fairways on Friday…..Bad start on Thursday with 2-double bogeys and 4-bogeys in 5-hole span….had not played in 32-days since winning Masters.
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Indy 500-Qualifying ….Simon Pagenaud clocks qualifying run of (230.3mph) 4-lap average to grab the pole for next weekends race….Ed Carpenter (229.8) will start second……Sunday also featured final 3-spots up for grabs….James Hinchliffe survived two crashes to qualify in his backup car…..Team McLaren star Fernando Alonso-in backup car, was bumped in final qualifying run by Kyle Kaiser-running in a rebuilt backup car he had never tested.
Fernando Alonso…failed to fine enough speed-got bumped from Saturday qualifying….had handing problems wrecked lead car…backup car had tire issues-not enough speed to qualify…..Alonso-Team Mercedes joins Al Unser-Junior..Emerson Fittipaldi-Bobby Rahal-other star drivers who had failed to quality for past Indy 500s.
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NASCAR..Charlotte All Star race….Kyle Larson drafts way to the front and outruns Kevin Harvick to win 1M-race on Saturday night…Harvick lost 6-positions on track due to tire change problem in pits…..
NASCAR…Clint Bowyer-Ryan Newman facing fines for fight after race for bumping incidents on track.
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Preakness…War of Wills leads from start to finish from 1st post position to win at Pimlico…..Favorite Improbable had bad start-struggled to finish 6th…..Bode Express…incident in starting gate-bucket at gate and ejected jockey……horse-without-rider-ran entire race-finished last trailing field.
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