Hacksaw’s Headlines-Wednesday
…(Baseball)…
Padres-L-Diamondbacks (5-3)……Friars fall to (7-7-1)
..Pedro Avila (3.1inn-5R-5H)
..Eugenio Suarez 3RHR-Arizona
..1B-Ty Wade elevates batting average (.348)
..3B-Grahame Pauley now hitting (.333)
..OF-Jose Azucar (.348)
..OF-Tom Locastro (.556)
..P-Adrian Morejon 4-games (0.00-ERA)
Padres-Reds-Wednesday game
Padres..P-Joe Musgrove will start in B-League game-Thursday-vs-Texas
Padres..P-Yuki Matsui will throw first bullpen on Thursday-test back
Padres..Sign FA-SS-Brad Miller-hit (.214) Phillies..career utilityman Texas-Cardinals-Cleveland
Padres..Considering moving Ha Seong-Kim to leadoff-dropping Tatis to 2nd
Padres..Enyel deLos Santos-Luis Patino-Pedro Avila out of option-have to be DFA-exposed to waivers before they can be sent to El Paso.
Padres..Will be allowed to take 31-players to Korea..then have to cut to 26-to open series vs Dodgers.
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Dodgers-L-Angels…Surprise Halos win….jumped to (4-0) lead..Freeway Series…Dodgers (9-3)..Halos (8-3)
..Nolan Schaunel 2R-triple for Halos
..Miguel Sano RBI single
..Jo Adell RBI double
..Bobby Miller (3inn-0R) for Dodgers
..Shohei Ohtan (0-3),,2-strikeouts
Dodgers-vs-White Sox..Wednesday game
Dodgers..Prepared to open season with new rotation..Yosh Yamamoto..Tyler Glasnow-James Paxton with young arms Bobby Miller-Gavin Stone.
Dodgers…Shohei Ohtani says ‘no longer in spring training mode’…’time to ramp up for start of season..DH most every day’
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Angels-Cubs..Wednesday game
Angels..OF-Mickey Moniak-Jo Adell-out of options..have to be exposed to waivers to be sent to Salt Lake City.
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(Injuries)
Red Sox..P-Lucas Giolito suffers partial tear of UCL in elbow-could miss season
Giants..P-Tristan Beck-out 4-months-blood clot surgery
Giants..-Sean Hjille-sprained elbow
Yankees..DL-P-Tommy Khanle-will stay in rehab from shoulder issues
Cardinals..P-Sonny Gray-miss 4W-hamstring injury..injured same leg 2X-2023
Houston..Possible DL-P-Justin Verlander-shoulder rehab continues
Atlanta..OF-Ronald Acuna-minor inflammation-knee meniscus
Pirates..P-Dauri Moreta-elbow injury in camp
Mets..P-Edwin Diaz-1 perfect inning..1st outing since knee injury last spring
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(Roster Moves)
Pirates..Send #1 pick-Paul Skenes to minor league camp..Clocked at 102mph in first start last week.
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(MLB Notes)
Yankees..P-Clark Schmidt (4inn-1H) in first spring training start
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…(Football)…
Chargers..Begin roster housecleaning because of salary cap issues…Release LB-Eric Kendricks (117T) last year as starter…Clears (6M) cap space..Chargers still (21M) over the cap.
Seattle..Stunning release S-Jamal Adams..S-Quandree Diggs-25M-cap saving
Miami..Release LB_Jerome Baker..CB-Keion Crossen
Bills..Release RB-Nyheim Hynes
Carolina..Release TE-Hayden Hurst
Jaguars..Release S-Rashawn Jenkins..CB-Darious Williams..16M cap savings
Jets..Release TE-CJ Ozumah
Bills-Bears..TRADE..Buffalo deals OG-Ryan Bates to Bears for #5 pick
NFL..9-players receive Franchise Tag
Tampa Bay..Franchise tag S-Antoine Winfield (1(M)
Ravens..Tag DT-Justin Madubuike (14M)
Carolina..Tag DT-Brian Burns (24M)
Chiefs..Tag CB-L’Jarius Sneed (19M)
Jaguars..Tag LB-Josh Allen (15M)
Colts..Tag WR-Michael Pittman (14M)
Bears..Tag CB-Jaylon Johnson
Patriots..Transition tag S-Kyle Duggar
Giants..Say they did not tag RB-Saquon Barkley at (12M)
Ravens..Will not re-sign WR-Odell Beckham-clears (15M) cap space
Houston..Re-sign TE-Dalton Schultz (3Y-36M) extension
Patriots..Will make contact with FA-QB-Jacoby Brissett
49ers..Open extension talks with FA-DE-Chase Young
Miami..meet with FA-TE-Jonnu Smith-ex Falcons
Denver..Huge criticism directed at Broncos front office…release QB-Russell Wilson..cost the team (124M) salaries plus 4-draft picks and 3-players.
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(College Football)
West Virginia…Contract extension coach Neal Brown-thru 2027..(9-4) last year
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…(Basketball)…
Aztecs-L-UNLV (62-58)…..Tuesday game…SDSU (22-8)…Rebels (19-10)
..Dedan Thomas hit long jumper-then 2-free throws in (:19) to seal UNLV win
..Rebels built 17-point lead..Aztes tied game late in 2nd half-never led
..UNLV went 7-minutes without FG in first half
..Had (1-11) shooting drought in 2nd half
..Jaedon LeDee choked off (2-12) shooting
..Aztecs went 8-minutes without basket to start game
..Aztecs were (0-13) shooting to start…went (2-25) over 15-minutes
..Elijah Sanders-Micah Parris hit 3’s to get SDSU back in game
..Aztecs bigs hit 8-3’s…SDSU had 11-3’s on night
..UNLV outrebounded State (36-32)
..Rebels had 10-block shots
..SDSU finishes MWC season (3-6) on road
..Lost all 6-road games vs top teams in league
..Brian Dutcher hit with technical-took 3-assistants to restrain him
Pepperdine..Fire Lorenzo Romar..(12-19) record…team has lost 19-22-25 last 3-years.
Charleston Southern..Hire Sach Nunley as head coach after (10-19) season.
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Lakers-Sacramento..Wednesday game
Clippers-at-Houston..Wednesday
Clippers..G-Russell Westbrook-surgery fractured hand
Nets..G-Ben Simmons sidelined again nerve issue in back
Charlotte..G-Seth Curry-Cody Martin-ankle issues
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…(Hockey)…
Kings-L-Vancouver (2-1) OT…JT Miller scores on goal mouth scramble in overtime for huge Canucks road win…Tuesday game..LA (31-20-10)…Canucks (40-17-7)..
Ducks-vs-Ottawa..Wednesday game…Anaheim lost 7-of-11
Gulls-vs-Coachella Valley…AHL action-Wednesday
Washington-Las Vegas..Caps deal F-Anthony Mantha (20G) to Golden Knights for #2-#4 draft picks
Vancouver-Pittsburgh..continued trade talks for F-Jake Guentzel
Vancouver-Boston..report Canucks could move F-Elias Lindholm to Bruins clearing the way to Vancouver to acquire Jake Guentzel from Pittsburgh.
Edmonton-Anaheim..Continued trade talks that would send C-Adam Henrique to Oilers for a high draft pick
Calgary..Sign FA-D-Joel Hanley-ex Florida
Carolina..Sign FA-F-Max Comtois-ex Ducks-Las Vegas
Calgary..NHL orders F-Martin Pospisid to hearing after violent check in Seattle game
Las Vegas..activate C-Jack Eichel-missed 7W-knee surgery
Islanders..lose D-Scott Mayfield-ankle injury
Columbus..lose F-Kent Johnson-torn labrum
Colorado..sign F-Ivan Ivan..had 12-goals with AHL-Colorado Eagles
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…(General)….
(Soccer)…USA-vs-Canada…Mexico-vs-Brazil…Wednesday..Gold Cup semifinals
Manchester United..Report new ownership considering removing coach Erik ten Hag with (14-11-2) record.
Manchester City…not interested in moving to new team…(80-goals-84 games)
LIV..Withdraws request letter on behalf of players seeking that players in Saudi league be included in the World Golf Rankings to gain points for Grand Slam events…World Ranking group rejects request letter because LIV format does not fit other tourneys…LIV has limited fields
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