Best 15 Minutes in Sports-Wednesday
…(Baseball)…
Padres-Diamondbacks…SD opens road trip…Friars tied (6-6) in 9th at Press Time….SD Led (6-0) early in game….Tim Hill-Luis Garcia gave up 3-runs lead to blow lead….late in game at PressTime….Nomar Mazara 2RHR…Jorge Alfaro 3R-bases loaded double….Friars (46-30)
San Diego-Arizona..Wednesday matchups ..Mike Clevinger-vs-Madison Bumgarner
Padres…3B-Manny Machado took ground balls in field practice on Tuesday-moved side to side and made baseball throws…Looks close to be ready to play
Padres..Elect not to place Manny Machado on IL-retroactive to last weekend..may use him as Pinch Hitter or DH.
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Dodgers-L-Colorado (7-4)..Rockies strafe Clayton Kershaw (4inn-6R-13-baserunners)…Randal Grichuk-Eli Diaz HRs….LA (45-29)..LA is (10-11) in last 3-weeks
LA-Rockies..Wednesday game..Julio Urias-vs-German Marquez
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Angels-White Sox….Halos blew 3-0 lead…slox scored 9-in row to take (9-3)lead at Press Time….Shohei Ohtani-Mike Trout-Andrew Velasquez hit solo HRs early…Halos had won 6-of-10
Halos-Chisox..Wednesday game ..Shohei Ohtani-vs-Mike Kopech
Angels..P-Archie Bradley suffers fracture of pitching elbow
Angels..Callup P-Chase Silseth
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(Scoreboard)
Cleveland-W-Minnesota..1st game..Ahmed Rosario 2R-single
Cleveland-L-Minnesota..2nd game..Twins hit 3HRs in win
Braves-W-Phillies..Matt Olson 2-solo HRs..Atlanta (20-5) hot streak
Yankees-W-A’s..Jose Trevino RBI single..NY (55-20)..A’s lost 24-of-30
Pirates-L-Washington..Pat Corbin (8nn-1R)
Red Sox-L-Blue Jays..Vlad Guerrero RBI single in 9th…Trevor Story-Rob Refsnyder HRs for Sox..Boston won 12-of-15
Mets-L-Houston..Kyle Tucker 3RHR..Yuli Gurriel-Yordan Alvarez 2RHRs..NY (47-28)
Brewers-W-Tampa Bay..Luis Urias RBI double..2RHR..
Cardinals-W-Marlins…Paul Goldeschmidt RBI single..hitting (.347).
Reds-W-Cubs…Jon India 3RHR for Cinn..Cubs (28-46)
Rangers-W-Royals.Marcus Semien 3RHR.
Giants-Tigers…SF led (4-1) at Press time…Evan Longoria 2R single..
Orioles-Seattle…0-0 in 5th inning at Press Time…
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(MLB Notes)
Dodgers..Freddie Freeman…Fires his agent Casey Close…Agent rejected (5&-165M) offer from Braves…Atlanta then signed Matt Olson (8Y-168M)…agent did not get back to Atlanta..Wound up taking (6Y-162M) offer from LA.
MLB..Angels manager Phil Nevin-not appeal 10-game suspension for his part in bench clearing brawl with Seattle on Sunday…12-suspended for 46-games.
Reds..Longtime scout Mike Wallace-based in San Diego-passes away (89Y)…Scouted for Cincinnati for 20-years..10-years-Detroit-Montreal…Founder of Area Code Games for high school players.
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(Injuries)
Phillies..Surgery-Bryce Harper-thumb-out 6W
Cleveland..C-Austin Hedges-on concussion list
Atlanta..IL-P-Kenley Jansen-irregular heartbeat..4X on IL for this issue
Toronto..P-Nate Pearson-out 4W-lat shoulder injury
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(Roster Moves)
Reds-Cleveland..TRADE..Cinn deals C-Sandy Leon to Guardians-cash deal
Yankees..DFA-P-Manny Banuelos
Royals..DFA-P-Ron Balonas
Cleveland..DFA-P-Ian Gibaut
Red Sox..Release P-Thomas Pannone-will sign with Kia Tigers-KBO
Red Sox..Release 1B0Rob Ramos
Royals..Callup 1B-Vinnie Psquantoe..hitting (.293) AAA
Seattle..Callup C-Andrew Knapp
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…(Basketball)…
Clippers…Will sign FA-G-John Wall…ex Houston Rockets-Washington Wizards point guard…Rockets bought out (43M) contract of Wall-who sat out last year…Signs with Clippers for (6M) for mid-level exemption
Lakers..G-Russell Westbrook opts in on (47.7M) final year of contract…
Brooklyn..G-Kyrie Irving, unable to workout trade deal, opts in (36.7M) final year contract with Nets
76ers..G-James Harden faces 3pm deadline on opting in-or-out of his (47.7M) contract.
Spurs-Atlanta…Trade Talks-San Antonio discussing dealing G-Dejounte Murray for high draft picks
NY Knicks-Detroit…TRADE..NY ships C–Nerlens Noel and G-Alec Burks to Pistons…clearing 15M more cap space for free agency….
Utah..Offers head coaching job to Will Hardy-Boston assistant.
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…(Football)………
NFL…Begins first of two days of hearings with NFL Discipline Officer Sue Richardson over the potential suspension of QB-Deshaun Watson
..NFL wants ‘indefinite suspension-must reapply after 1-year’
..Union wants no suspension-never charged-has settled out of court.
Houston…1st woman-who is going ahead with lawsuit against Deshaun Watson …says Watson may be touched and exposed himself to 30-different women while seeking massages.
New England..former WR-Julian Edelman says Patriots players were offended that QB-Jimmy Garoppolo refused to play in game while banged up while most of players hurt were suiting up weekly.
Cleveland..QB-Baker Mayfield..Time to move on…no reconciliation
Washington..Sign WR-Terry McLaurin (3Y-71M) contract extension.
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…(Hockey)…
Boston..Gives 3Y-extension to GM-Don Sweeney
Red Wings..Interview Jeff Halpern-Tampa assistant for head coach job
Tampa Bay..F-Brayden Point left playoffs with torn quad
Tampa Bay..Coach John Cooper-8 players have major injuries in playoffs
Vancouver..sign AHL-F-Sheldon Dries to 2Y deal..had (35G) in AHL
Penguins..F-Kasper Bjorkqvist signs with Karpat-Finland
Las Vegas Knights..Hire John Stevens as assistant..former head coach Flyers-Kings..was assistant Dallas
Memorial Cup…Hamilton Bulldogs-vs-St John’s Sea Dogs in final of Junior Hockey championships in Canada.
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…(Tennis)
Wimbledon…Serena Williams knocked out opening round by Harmony-Tan of France..(5-7,-6-1, 7-6)..Tan won 17-point tiebreaker (10-7)….Serena had 54-unforced errors in match..Serena’s first match in 364-days-sidelined with on going hamstring problems…had won Wimbledon 7X…Has 23-Grand Slam titles in career.
Rafael Nadal..won his 1st round match
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…(General)…
Golf..Saudi Super League..signs 24th player..Carlos Ortiz…after signing Brooks Koepka-Matt Wolfe-Eugenio Chacarra early in week.
Saudi Super League…Tees off Thursday in LIV-Portlant Tourney with 48-man field.
Brooks Koepka…tells media he decided to sign with LIV-because he wanted more time between tourneys to heal from chronic injuries..too many tourneys on PGA tour…Refused to criticize Rory McIlroy who criticized him for jumping leagues.
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Indy Car….Former Indy 500-winner Alexander Rossi leaves Andretti Autosport..negotiating with McLaren-Arrows team…Andretti signs Kevin Kirkwood to replace him.
Formula 1…Condems legendary driver Nelson Piquet for racial slur of 7-time champion Lewis Hamilton…used word ‘nequinho-Little Black Boy’ when discussing Hamilton driving style…Hamilton has been one of diversity leaders in the sport.
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Soccer..Manchester United acquires F-Frankie DeJong-FCBarcelona in 65M-transfer deal
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