Best 15 Minutes in Sports–Thursday
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…(Baseball)…
Padres-L-Brewers (1-0)…Heartbreaking loss…..Friars (11-10)…Won 5-of-7
..P-Michael King throws no hitter. for (6.2inn)..Pitchers duel Freddy Peralta
..Retired 15-in a row..threw 109-pitches-career high
..Backup 1st baseman Matt Batten diving stop behind the bag
..Matt Batten 8th inning triple
..Jackson Merrill triple-1st of career
..Struck out 10-in dominant-efficient start-threw 109-pitches
Padres..Off day Thursday..open homestand Friday vs Toronto
Padres..lose P-Pedro Avila on waivers to Cleveland..had (9.00-ERA)..(3.23-ERA-2023)
Padres..Callup 3B-Matt Batten
Padres..1B-Jake Cronenworth out of lineup with calf-leg discomfort
Padres..DL-P-Yu Darvish-neck discomfort
Padres..Callup P-Logan Gillaspie-ex Red Sox
Padres-Bally Sports Bankruptcy…Report Padres had threatened lawsuit against Bally Sports..wanting (162M) in Bankruptcy court for Bally cancelling TV contract…Padres accept (68M) in damages from Bally.
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Dodgers-L-Washington (2-0)….LA (12-9)
..CJ Abrams hits lead of HR.
Dodgers..off day Thursday..host Mets Friday
Dodgers..Callup P-Landon Knack from AAA…
Dodgers..Callup P-Kyle Hurt from AAA
Dodgers..Sign FA-P-Eduardo Salazar-ex Reds
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Angels-W-Tampa Bay (5-4)…Halos 2R-9th…Anthony Rendon 2-RBI signles…..Halos (9-9)
..Mike Trout hits 7th HR season
Angels-Tampa Bay..Thursday..Griff Canning-vs-Ryan Pepiot
Angels..OF-Mike Trout issues ‘Pledge of Alliegance’ again..wants to remain with Halos
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(Scoreboard)
Giants-W-Marlins..P-Keation Winn (6inn-1R)..
Orioles-W-Twins..Ced Mullens 2RHR-in 9th-Balt
Mets-W-Pirates..Starlin Marte-Harrison Bader 2R-HR
Tigers-L-Texas..Josh Smith Pinch Hit RBI-double in 9th-Texas
Braves-W-Houston…Marcel Ozone 8th HR of season-all.
Royals-W-White Sox..Sal Perez 2RHR.
Yankees-W-Toronto..Aaron Judge 2RHR..Juan Soto-Giancsrlo Stanton HR-NY
Cardinals-L-A’s…Estuery Ruiz HR-A’s.
Cubs-W-Arizona..Cody Bellinger HR
Reds-L-Seattle..Mariners hit 3HRs..Reds get 1 hit
Royals-L-White Sox..Gavin Sheets HR…Sox (3-14).
Phillies-W-Rockies..Kyle Schwarber-2HRs-Trea Turner HRs-Phillies.
Red Sox-W-Cleveland..Tanner Houck 3-hit shutout..9-Ks-Bosox
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(Injuries)
Houston..Activate P-Justin Verlander from DL-out with shoulder fatigue all year
Red Sox..DL-P-Garrett Whitlock-oblique
Red Sox..3B-Raf Devers-knee issue
Orioles..DL-P-Tyler Wells-elbow
Brewers..DL-OF-Christian Yelich-back strain
Arizona..P-Eduardo Rodriguez-placed on 60-day DL-lat strain
Cubs..MRI-P-Kyle Hendricks (12.71-ERA)
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(Roster Moves)
Cleveland..Sign FA-P-Pedro Avila-ex Padres
Arizona..Option P-Tommy Henry to AAA
Twins..Option OF-Matt Wallner-to AAA
Toronto..DFA-P-Mitch White
Orioles..Sign FA-P-Albert Suarez-ex Samsung Lions-Korea
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(MLB Notes)
Trevor Bauer…Arizona women indicted for fraud-extortion…demanded 3.6M damages and said she was raped and got pregnant…No hospital reports of rape kit, abortion or miscarriage…Bauer filed countersuit for extortion.
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…(Basketball)…
NBA…Issues lifetime ban to Toronto F-Jontay Porter for gambling issues
..Porter bet on himself-and manipulated minutes in Raptors losses
..Faked injuries and illness twice in games
..Probe showed he bet on 13-NBA games including his own team to lose
..Gave inside information to other bettors
..Bet 80,000 to win 1.1M in games played
..Bet 54,000-won 76,000 when his team lost
NBA-Play In Games:
..Miami-L-76ers (105-104)..Joel Embiid (23P-11R)..Heat lost 14-point lead in game ..
..Atlanta-Chicago..Bulls led (40-22) at Press Time in late starting second game
Denver..Former NBA G-Will Bynum sentenced to 18-months in prison for stealing health benefit money from NBA-Union funds with false claims about equipment purchases.
Golden State…says it wants to re-sign G-Klay Thompson after (0-10) shooting in playoff elimination game…Warriors want Thompson take payout from (46M) to (20M)\\
New Orleans..C-Zion Williamson will miss NBA-Friday play in game-tweaked hamstring in loss to Lakers.
Milwaukee..G-Damian Lillard-misses practice-oblique..already without F-Giannis Antetokounmpo-calf issue heading to playoffs.
CNN…Csncels new TV opinion show King-Charles…lasted only 4-months the TV show hosted by Charles Barkley-Gayle King of CBS.
Tyler Smith (6’10-F)..NBA G-Ignite team files for NBA draft (14P)
Ron Holland (6’7-F)..Ignite team=files for draft (17P)
Arizona..Caleb Love-G-files for draft (18P)
UCLA..Lands 3-in transfer portal..G-Kobie Johnson-USC (14P)..Skyy Clark-G-Lousiville (11P)..F-Eric Dailey-Oklahoma State (9P)
Indiana..Lands (7′-C) Oumar Ballo (12P-10R)-transfer from Arizona
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…(Football)…
Chargers..Visit with TE-Brock Bowers-Georgia
Giants..Visit with QB-Bo Nix-Oregon..Spence Rattler-South Carolina
49ers..Sign FA-WR-Trent Taylor-ex Bears
Dallas..Sign-FA-RB-Royce Freeman-ex Broncos-Falcons
Dallas…Dak Prescott files 1M-extortion lawsuit against woman who charged he raped her in 2017…and then tried to extorted 100M-in threatening lawsuit.
Patriots..Deny ESPN report that owner Robert Kraft told Atlanta owner Arthur Blank ‘no to trust’ Bill Belichick if he hired him as head coach…Patriots say conversation never happened….Patriots owe Belichick 25M for next year.
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(College Football)
University of Michigan…NCAA to place Wolverines on 3-years probation for Covid violations during a 2020 blackout calendar on recruiting….NCAA will hand down sanctions against former coach Jim Harbaugh as a separate case for refusing to cooperate in probe.
Oregon..CB-Daylen Austin arrested on felony fatality in hit-run accident
Colorado…Starting CB-Cornian McClain enters transfer portal..9th player to leave this week
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…(Hockey)…
Brian Burke…Longtime NHL exec criticizes NHL deal to sell Arizona Coyotes and move them to Salt Lake City….’You are leaving a market of 6M to go to a market of 1.3M..what kind of sense does that make?’
Minnesota..Sign veteran goalie Marc Andre Fleury to 1Y-extension at age 40.
Montreal..gives extension to coach Martin St-Louis..despite last place finish and record of (75-100-26) since takeover
Montreal..D-Chris Wideman retires because of injuries
Edmonton..Callus up D-Philip Broberg..Had (35P in 48 games) in AHL
Ducks..Rookie college star Cutter Gauthier-Boston College..makes debut Thursday vs Las Vegas.
Gulls-Colorado Eagles…AHL action..tied (1-1) late in 2nd period at Press Time.
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…(General)….
(Golf)
..Heritage Classic..Hilton Head-South Carolina…1st round on Thursday
(Soccer)-Olympics
..Teams USA placed in Men’s group with France-New Zealand-Guinea
..USA men open vs France-July 24th-in Marseille..French led by Ky Mbappe.
(Olympics)
Department of Justice to pay 100M in damages to athletes violated by Michigan State-Olympic Team Physician Dr. Larry Nasser-who serving a life sentence in prison
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