Hacksaw’s Headlines-Thursday
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…(Baseball)…
Padres-L-Dodgers..(4-3)…LA rallied from deficit to take lead in game that turned into ‘Battle of Bullpens’….Wednesday..Friars (91-67)…(46-31) on road…won 14-of-20..(41-18) since All Star Break…Padres fall 3-games back of Dodgers
..Fernando Tatis hits 448’-solo HR
..Xander Bogaerts RBI-single
..Dylan Cease threw 5-innings-gave up 3-runs
..Padres turned double plays to bial out struggling bullpen late in game
..Shohei Ohtani RBI double..RBI single
..Gavin Lux RBI single
..Teo Hernandez RBI single
..Jack Flaherty pulled after 100-pitches in 5-innings-gave up 3R
..52,310-fans turnout at Dodgers Stadium
San Diego-LA..Thursday game..Joe Musgrove (6-5)-vs-Walker Buehler (1-6)
Dodgers..Starting pitchers in September (6.20-ERA)..crisis situation
Dodgers..Pitching crisis..have used (38) pitchers..17-different starting pitchers..19-pitchers have been on disabled list
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Angels-L-White Sox (4-3)..2nd straight walkoff win by Sox…..Halos (63-95)…Lost 26-of-39…Sox (38-120)
..Andrew Benetendi RBI single in 10th
Halos-Chisox…Thursday game..Tyler Anderson-vs-Chris Flexen
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(Scoreboard)
Astros-L-Mariners..Julio Rodriguez-Mitch Garver HRs..Sea won 5-of-7
Phillies-W-Cubs…Nick Castellanos-Treu Turner HRs..Phi (93-65)
Cleveland-W-Reds..Steve Kwan HR..Jose Ramirez 3R-HR..Guardians (92-67)
Brewers-L-Pirates..Luis Ortiz (7inn-1R) Buccos..Milw (90-68)
Tigers-W-Tampa Bay..Spence Torkelson 2RHR..Det won 13-of-15
Royals-W-Washington..Robbie Grossman 2R-single..KC (2-7)
Yankees-L-Orioles..NY (92-66)..Gun Henderson 2R-single..O’s lost 11-of-17
Red Sox-L-Blue Jays..Alejandro Kirk RBI-double
Mets-Braves..Rained Out..NY (87-70)..won 18-of-24..Braves (86-71)
Twins-W-Marlins..Carlos Santana 3R-double..Minn lost 8-of-12
Cardinals-W-Rockies..St L 2 runs on Sac flies
Arizona-W-Giants..Gabe Moreno 2RBIs..Dbacks (88-71)..lost 7-of-13
A’s-L-Rangers..Wyatt Langford 2R-HR-Tex
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(MLB Notes)
Mexico City Rojos…P-Trevor Bauer left team to get medical treatment in Arizona for serious case of ‘cholera’…out for more than a month…Was (I0-0) 2.49-ERA when he became ill…Missed 1st round of playoffs.
Dodgers..Criticism Manager Dave Roberts..handling pitching staff..lack of motivation in clubhouse..LA had 10-game lead-now down to 2-games
Houston..Astros clinch AL-West..came from 10-games back to pass Seattle
Giants..President Baseball Operations Farhain Zaidi under fire..made 1-playoff in 6-years.
Cardinals..President John Mozeliak under fire-failure to make playoffs and attendance falls under 3M.
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(Roster Moves)
Tigers..DFA-P-Shelby Miller
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(Injuries)
Yankees..MRI-P-Nestor Cortes-ailing elbow-put on DL
Minnesota..DL-OF-Matt Wallner-oblique
Royals..Activate P-Michael Lorenzen from DL-shutdown shoulder fatigue
A’s..Surgery 2B-Esteury Ruiz-knee scope
Phillies..Activate OF-Austin Hays
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…(Football)…
Chargers…12 players missed practice or were limited-top names
..QB-Justin Herbert -out of boot-limited practice-ankle
..TE-Hayden Hurst-Achilles-missed workout-added to injury report
..OT-Trey Pipkins-Foot-Added to injured list-not practice
..DT-Ott Ogbonnia-Neck-Added to list-not practice
..OT-Rashawn Slater-Joe Alt-out indefinitely
..KR-Derious Davis-hamstring injury-added to list
..CB-Kris Fulton-knee injury-added to list
..DE-Joey Bosa-does not practice hip
Chargers..Rotated 3-backup lineman as starters in different combinations in Wednesday practice..Rashawn Slater-Joe Alt-Trey Pipkens all out with injuries
Chargers…Coach Jim Harbaugh defends S-Derwin Jones despite 1-game suspension-fine…’Derwin being Derwin-doing a fine job’.
Chargers..Sign FA-LB-Blake Lynch-ex Chiefs
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(Injuries)
Denver..Lose LB-Alex Singleton for year-torn ACL
Arizona..IR-DT-Justin Jones-torn tricep
Cleveland..IR-OG-Wyatt Teller-knee
Cleveland..DE-Myles Garrett-out with 3-injuries..foot-thigh-achilles
Seattle..IR-RB-George Holani
Jaguars..LB-Foye Olukin-arch injury
Commanders..RB-Austin Ekeler-concussion and ear injury
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(Roster Moves)
Seattle..Workout FA-OT-Jason Peters-ex Eagles
Denver..Sign FA-LB-Kwon Alexander-ex Jets-Steelers
Steelers..Sign FA-CB-CJ Henderson-ex Jaguars #1 pick
Saints..Workout FA-C-Brian Allen-ex Rams
Chiefs..Activate RB-Kareem Hunt
Lions..Activate WR-Tim Patrick
Titans..Workout 3-ex Chargers RBs-Josh Kelly-Isaih Spiller-Elijah Dotson
Atlanta..Workout FA-P-Jack Browning
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(NFL Notes)
Minnesota..Longtime QB-Tommy Kramer confirms he has been diagnosed with dementia..played 13-years with Vikings
Green Bay..Legendary QB-Brett Favre says he has lost use of right arm-aftermath of Parkinson’s diagnose.
Dallas..WR-Cee Dee Lamb apologizes for blowup with QB-Dak Prescott during game..’need to be a pro’…Had fumble-dropped pass in Sunday loss to Ravens
Brian Flores..Files court paper to block NFL from taking his Racial Discrimination lawsuit to Arbitration..says Commissioner Roger Goodell…Lawyer Pete Harvey..longtime exec Bill Polian all work for league office and should not have right to be the arbitrator in the case.
Browns..QB-Deshaun Watson remains as starter despite struggles..In 15-games..17TD-11Int-11 fumbles-53-sacks since taking over as starting QB.
Raiders..Retain starting QB-Gardner Minshew..(3G-3TD-3Int-2Fu-11 sacks)
Washington..Praise heaped on QB-Jayden Daniels…(3G-80% completion-2TD-0 Int)
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(College Football)
Mountain West Conference-Pac 12..Lawsuit filed..Pac 12 seeks to get out paying (55M) exit fees to acquire 5-schools from MWC….MWC lawyers response ‘Pac 12 lawyers agreed to deal…vetted the deal…signed document’.
UNLV..QB-Matt Sluka leaves team..charges he was promised (100,000) in NIL money to transfer from Holy Cross and has not been paid.
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…(Basketball)…
Clippers..F-Kawhi Leonard will not participate in Preseason workouts…continues to rehab knee inflammation…had scope procedure after Olympics…has now had 4-procedures on knee…Leonard has played only 184-of-344 games in career with Clippers..has missed 160-games.
Golden State..Sign FA-F-Kevin Knox-ex Knicks-Portland-Detroit
Sacramento..Sign FA-G-Justin Powell-ex Cavaliers
76ers..Sign FA-G-Luis Quinones-ex Warriors
Houston..C-Steve Adams-coming off knee surgery-cleared full workouts
Nebraska..Coach Fred Hoiberg-emergency surgery -2nd pacemaker
USD..Releases 31-game basketball schedule
..Open season with 7-home games in a row..including Rider..Boston U..Portland State..Idaho State..Southern Utah among others
..Rugged road schedule in December..games at ASU..SDSU..Fresno..Grand Canyon..Oregon State..and conference opener at Gonzaga in January
WNBA..Caitlin Clark-Indiana Fever season comes to end…Knocked out in 2-straight playoff games by Connecticut Sun..Clark scored 25P-in final game loss
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…(Hockey)…
Kings-W-Las Vegas…(3-2)…Warren Foegele..Andrew Laferriere scored early goals for LA.
Kings..D-Drew Doughty suffers left knee injury skate caught in boards after a check.
Ducks-San Jose..Anaheim goes for 2nd win in a row on Thursday night
Rangers..Lose D-Ryan Lindgren-injures shoulder in fight vs Islanders
Utah..Lose F-Nick Bjugstad-shoulder injury
Flyers..Sign FA-G-Eetu Makloniemi-ex San Jose
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…(General)…
Soccer…Real Madrid loses F-Ky Mbappe-injures thigh..out 3W.
Auto Racing..Indy Car Racing…Ed Carpenter Racing hires Alexander Rossi from Arrow McLaren..Replaces the fired Rinus VeeKay.
Golf..President’s Cup…1st round tees off in Montreal
..Xander Schauffele…Scottie Scheffler..head USA
..Jason Day..Hidecki Matsuyama lead the International team
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