Best 15 Minutes in Sports-Thursday
…(Baseball)…
Padres-L-Nationals (5-3)…Washington scores 4R in 2nd inning-coasts to win……Friars (22-27)…Lost 6-of-8…12-of-16..remain 8-games out of lst
..Ryan Weathers pasted for 4-runs in 2nd inning
..Waste Rougned Odor 2R-HR..Ha Kim HR
..Alex Call 2R-double for Nats
Padres-Washington..Blake Snell (1-6) starts for San Diego
Padres..Manny Machado hits ball off tee to test fractured hand..Status for Yankees weekend series still up in the air.
Padres..Lose C-Pedro Severino-not called up-opts for free agency..was hitting (.286) at El Paso
Padres…Lose P-Jose Teheran-opts out of El Paso contract-signs with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Padres..P-Drew Pomeranz undergoes 4th surgical procedure on forearm-elbow in cleanup operation
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Dodgers-L-Braves (4-3)..Ozzie Albies Sac Fly in 9th..Matt Olson hits 456′ HR…Marcel Ozuna 2RHR……LA (31-20)…had won 17-of-24
Dodgers…off Thursday-play in Tampa Bay-Friday
Dodgers..Say rookie P-Bobby Miller will remain in rotation after dazzling (5inn-1hit) debut
Dodgers..Move P-Dustin May to 60-day IL
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Angels-W-Red Sox (7-2)…Shohei Ohtani HR..Zach Neto 3RHR..Mike Trout 2RHR……Halos (28-23)…won 6-of-7
Angels..off on Thursday…play Marlins on Friday
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(Scoreboard)
Cardinals-L-Reds..Kevin Newman 2R-double-Cinn
Tampa Bay-W-Toronto..Manny Margot 2R-triple-Rays
Yankees-L-Orioles..Adam Frazier 3RHR-Balt
Tigers-W-Royals..Ryan Green HR-Det
Mets-L-Cubs..Nico Hoerner HR-Chi
Rockies-L-Marlins..Jorge Soler HR in 10R outburst-Miami
Seattle-W-A’s..Athletics have lost 41-of-51 games
Texas-W-Pirates..Marcus Semian HR..Pirates lost 16-of-21
Phillies-Arizona..Trea Turner 2RHR-Phils
White Sox-W-Cleveland..Michael Kopech 9-strikeout shutout-Sox
Brewers-W-Astros..Houston shutout back to back games
Twins-W-Giants..Edouardo Julien HR-2RBI-Minn
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(MLB Notes)
Nevada..Governor signs off on a 3-tiered financing deal for the A’s franchise move to Las Vegas…City-County-State governments will be put up for (395M) contribution to A’s.
Brewers…Staggering under the weight of injuries…5-starters on IL list
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(Roster Moves)
Mariners..Sign FA-C-Pedro Severino-ex Padres
Reds..Callup P-Eduardo Salazar..DFA-P-Salvino Bracho
Toronto..Callup 2B-Ernie Clement-hitting (.378-AAA)
Royals..Callup P-Nick Wittgren
Mariners..Sign FA-P-Marcus Walden-ex A’s
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(Injuries)
Twins..SS-Carlos Correa-MRI shows arch-heel injuries
Twins..IL-OF-Trevor Larnach-Pneumonia
Marlins..Put P-Johnny Cueto placed on 60-day IL
Mets..OF-Tim Locastro-thumb surgery
Reds..Activate OF-TJ Friedl-from IL
A’s..Activate P-Trevor May from IL
Toronto..Activate P-Adam Cimber from IL
Yankees..Send 3B-Josh Donaldson on rehab outing
Texas..Send C-Mitch Garver-OF-Travis Jankowski on rehab assignment
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…(Basketball)…
(NBA Playoffs)
Miami-at-Boston..Thursday game…Heat lead series (3-1)
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(NBA Notes)
Lakers..GM-Rob Pelinka…’LeBron James earned right to decide his future on his time schedule
Lakers..LeBron James no show for exit meetings with front office.
Lakers..Report LeBron James may be facing surgery for on going foot issues
Lakers..GM-Rob Pelinka says his goal is to keep core team together
Lakers..Coach Darvin Ham..’Roster Continuity’ important
Memphis…Police go to Ja Morant’s gated community home for ‘Mental health check’ after alarming posts he made then deleted on social media.
NBA…Upset at player agents for urging high draft picks to boycott the NBA combine…37-draft picks did not workout infront of scouts.
Suns..Interview Doc Rivers-ex 76ers..for coaching job
Toronto..Interview Monty Williams-ex Suns
76ers..Interview Frank Vogel-ex Lakers-Pacers
Indiana..Coach Mike Woodson hires ex NBA player Calbert Chaney as Director of Operations.
George Washington University-rebrands team from Colonials to Revolutionaries…had Colonials nickname since 1926
Cotton Nash…longtime Kentucky legend-former Lakers player…White Sox 1B-passed away (80Y)
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…(Football)…
(Roster Moves)
NY Jets..Workout FA-K-Matt Araiza-released last year by Bills during rape probe
Eagles..Workout FA-OG-DJ Fluker-ex Chargers
Denver..Workout FA-K-Elliott Fry
Steelers..Sign FA-LB-Markus Golden-ex Arizona
Ravens..Sign FA-DT-Angelo Blackson-ex Browns
Denver..Re-signs FA-OT-Cam Fleming
Denver..Sign FA-DT-Ty Lancaster-ex Packers-Raiders
Colts..Sign FA-TE-Kaden Smith-ex Giants
Lions..Sign FA-OG-German Iafedi-ex Seattle-Atlanta
Washington..Release LB-Nate Geary
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(NFL Notes)
NFL…Considering a different NFL structure when Roger Goodell contract expires…would hire an NFL-CEO to run business operations…and an NFL Football Commissioner.
Rams..Open OTA workouts…OG-Steve Avila..Logan Bruss impressive
Houston..Reports teams interested in trading for QB-Davis Mills
Washington..TE-Armani Rogers-tears Achilles in OTA workout
Washington..Sam Howell taking all snaps with #1-offensive unit
Titans..QB-Malik Willis starts OTAs as 3rd string QB
Jets..Open OTA’s with 4-starting competing for starting jobs
49ers…QB-Brock Purdy cleared to begin throwing drills-Monday
Tampa Bay..Baker Mayfield ‘dazzling’ with WRs Mike Evans-Chris Godwin
Saints..QB-Derek Carr very vocal leadership in first workouts
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(College Football)
ACC..discussing a new revenue sharing plan that would allow teams in College Football Playoff and March Madness to get a bigger share of revenue pie from those payouts
Joe Philbin…longtime NFL coach hired as Consultant at Ohio State
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…(Hockey)…
(NHL Playoffs)
Florida-W-Carolina (4-3)..Matthew Tkachuk scores 2-power play goals including game winner with (:05) left..Panthers sweep series 4-straight move to Stanley Cup finals….
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(NHL Schedule)
Las Vegas-Dallas..Golden Knights lead series (3-0)
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(NHL Notes)
Dallas..F-Max Domi fined (5,000) for slashing incident vs Las Vegas
Dallas..D-Jamie Benn facing suspension for cross check to head in game
Toronto..Interviews Brad Treliving-for GM job-ex Calgary Flames GM
Calgary..to interview ex Rangers coach Gerrard Gallant
NHL-Union..Negotiating to increase salary cap to 84M…biggest jump in 5-years
NHL-Europeans Champions League..will experiment rule changes next year
..2-minute power play will be full power play-regardless goals score
..If team scores on delayed penalty..they still get full 2-minute power play
..Shorthanded goal will end a team’s power play
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…(General)…
Indy 500-Carburetion day for 33-car field for Sunday’s race
Coca Cola 600..Field set for Sunday nigth race
Formula 1..Grand Prix of Mexico-Sunday
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PGA Golf…Colonial Invitational-Texas…Scottie Scheffler-Jordan Spieth headline the field.
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Soccer…Team USA-GM-Matt Crocker says formal interviews for head coaching job in June….Former coach Gregg Berhalter is still a candidate…Says Anthony Hudson will remain interim coach during the the Nations Cup and Gold Cup tournaments this summer.
English Premier League…Brighton-Mancuester City..surprise (1-1) tie.
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