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Marlins stay in wild-card hunt, prevent Brewers from clinching NL Central with 5-4 win

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:45:33 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Jake Burger hit a three-run homer, the Marlins scored the tie-breaking run in the eighth inning and Miami beat Milwaukee 5-4 on Saturday to stay within a game of the Cubs for the third NL wild card and prevent the Brewers from clinching the NL Central.Pinch runner Garrett Hampson scored the winning run on a wild pitch by Brewers reliever Joel Payamps (6-5) in the eighth.Burger drew a leadoff walk before Bryan De La Cruz’s single to right advanced Hampson to third. Payamps’ slider got past catcher William Contreras as Hampson sprinted home.Miami’s Luis Arraez went 1-for-5 and his major league-leading batting average dropped to .353, while Carlos Santana hit his career 300th homer for Milwaukee.Andrew Nardi (8-1) pitched a scoreless eighth and Tanner Scott closed with a perfect ninth for his 10th save.The Brewers erased a 4-0 deficit with a four-run sixth on William Contreras’ infield single and Santana’s homer over wall in center off reliever A.J. Puk.Marlins start...

Marlins’ Sandy Alcantara sidelined for the rest of the season with an arm injury

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:45:33 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — NL Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara’s recent rehab setback has ended his season and raised concern about his availability to pitch for the Miami Marlins next year.The Marlins’ ace experienced forearm tightness following his outing with Triple-A Jacksonville Thursday. Alcantara was rehabilitating from a forearm flexor strain that sent him to the injured list Sept. 6. He had hoped to rejoin the club as it contends for an NL wild card spot.“Very frustrating for me, a guy who likes to compete,” Alcantara told reporters before the Marlins played the Milwaukee Brewers Saturday. “I feel sorry for the fans, my family, my son, my friends because I’m not going to be out there this year. Just try to be ready for next year, I don’t know. Stay positive.”Alcantara plans to meet meet with Marlins general manager Kim Ng, manager Skip Schumaker and his agent in the coming days to determine the next steps.“We’ll have a conversation on the decisions we have to make,” Alcantara said. ...

Chef Gordon Ramsay brings ‘Kitchen Nightmares’ back to Fox after 10-year hiatus

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:45:33 GMT

“Kitchen Nightmares” has been off the air for 10 years, and now Chef Gordon Ramsay is bringing back one of his most popular shows to Fox. We caught up with him to talk about the return of the reality show, and Chef promises a season full of exciting revamps and reveals.It would be a dream to have celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay visit your restaurant. Unless…Chef Gordon Ramsay (on “Kitchen Nightmares”): “This place is a death trap.”That dream turns into a nightmare.Chef Gordon Ramsay: “I launched ‘Kitchen Nightmares’ with Fox in 2007, and then we had seven amazing seasons, and so, to bring it back after a hiatus of 10 years, it’s one of the most popular demanded return shows on the planet. We don’t have many shows on Fox, so, I thought “Kitchen Nightmares” may be a nice edition, but all jokes apart, I think the devastation of what’s gone on in the industry over the last three years has been horrific, so ...

Robert hits 311-foot homer in 9th to snap scoreless tie and give White Sox 1-0 win over Red Sox

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:45:33 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — There’s no other ballpark in the majors where Luis Robert Jr.’s 311-foot line drive would have been a home run.Heck, it might not have even gotten high enough to clear Fenway Park’s 37-foot Green Monster in left.But the White Sox slugger’s curving liner found the front row of the right field seats beyond Fenway’s Pesky Pole in the ninth inning of a scoreless game on Saturday to give Chicago a 1-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox.“It was hilarious because he’s got (38) home runs and all that, and then he hits one 311,” said Dylan Cease, who struck out 11 in seven scoreless innings to surpass 200 strikeouts for the third straight season. “Baseball is funny like that sometimes.”Playing in a cold rain, with the wind blowing in at a steady 10 mph, Cease and Boston starter Nick Pivetta matched scoreless innings before both departed after seven. Aaron Bummer (5-5) pitched the eighth for Chicago, walking the first two batters before retiring the he...

Red Sox waste Pivetta’s 7 shutout innings in 1-0 loss

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:45:33 GMT

On Saturday, two original American League franchises with losing records played a meaningless ballgame at Major League Baseball’s oldest ballpark, the Chicago White Sox beating the Boston Red Sox 1-0.Indeed, it was a mediocre pair of Sox that faced off at Fenway Park on a rainy first day of fall.The pitchers’ duel, however, was anything but. For seven innings, Nick Pivetta and Dylan Cease shut out one another’s offense. Cease notched his 200th strikeout early on, and finished the evening with 11 punchouts and zero walks. Of course, he had some help from a Red Sox lineup that continues leaving men (10) on base as if they’re allergic to driving in runs; Boston was 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position, stranding six during Cease’s portion of the game, and finished the day with eight hits and nothing to show for them.As the Boston bats took and quickly gave back their chances, Pivetta held down the fort. He needed just 92 pitches to mow down the White Sox, striking out seven and al...

‘Enough is enough’: State Police trooper dragged by vehicle in western Massachusetts, 2nd such incident in a week

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:45:33 GMT

State Police located and arrested a man with a history of driving under the influence they say dragged one of their own during a traffic stop gone haywire.“Twice in a matter of about a week is twice too many. Today another member was injured when struck and dragged by a fleeing suspect during a traffic stop in Holyoke. Enough is enough,” said Patrick McNamara, the president of the State Police Association of Massachusetts, the trooper union, in a statement released Friday.The earlier incident McNamara referenced involved Derek Lobo, 31, of Brockton, who was arrested on Sept. 14 and faces charges related to allegedly dragging a trooper during a traffic stop in Brockton earlier that day.“This reckless and blatant disregard for the lives of our members needs to stop. We are relieved that the involved Trooper was not seriously injured and pleased that this fugitive was apprehended quickly thanks to the hard work and dedication of our Troopers and local Law Enforcement partners,” he adde...

Louisville rolls Boston College 56-28 in ACC shootout

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:45:33 GMT

After showing so much promise in a two-point loss to No. 3 Florida State, Boston College got rolled 56-28 by Louisville in an ACC match on Saturday at L&N Financial Credit Union Stadium.The Cardinals scored a touchdown on their opening seven possessions to improve to 4-0 and 2-0 in the ACC. Louisville compiled 374 yards of total offense in the first half and had seven explosive plays of 27 yards or more. BC fell to 1-3 and 0-2 and will host Virginia next Saturday at Alumni Stadium.“The lack of execution and loss of one-on-ones and we were uncharacteristic on defense, I’ve never seen us play like that since we’ve been here,” said BC coach Jeff Hafley.“I did not see that coming, we had a great week, upbeat, and I thought we had a very good plan and we just came out flat and didn’t execute. This won’t happen next week, I am very confident in that.”Louisville senior transfer quarterback Jack Plummer shredded the BC secondary by completing 18-of-28 passes for 388 yards and five touch...

Billerica fends off late rally, beats Central Catholic

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:45:33 GMT

BILLERICA — Steven Gentile totaled 308 yards and four touchdowns as No. 6 Billerica picked up a statement road win over Central Catholic, 32-27, on Saturday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Lawrence.Billerica (3-0) held off a furious fourth-quarter comeback from Central Catholic that trimmed a 25-point lead to five in the closing moments. It’s the first win for Billerica over CC since 2009.“Steven (Gentile) has done a fantastic job and has been waiting for this for his entire life,” said Billerica coach Duane Sigsbury. “Our kids love football. We knew we had a lot of kids coming back this year and we’re very lucky to have the guys we do.”A 27-yard touchdown by Cole Dillon put Billerica up 32-7 with 10:31 remaining but the Raiders refused to go quietly. Drew Alsup corralled a 29-yard touchdown reception and then, after a Mason Bachry interception, Alsup hauled in a second touchdown reception to trim the deficit to 32-21 with 4:22 remaining...

Fast study Desmarais cruises to cross country win

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:45:33 GMT

There’s a brand-new face on the Massachusetts girls’ cross country and she’s quickly becoming a harrier the rest of the state will have to take notice of.Apponequet senior Hailey Desmarais quietly won her first two dual meets of the season and Saturday ran away from the varsity field in a steady, chilly rain for the win at the Franklin Park Invitational. Desmarais, who took up running last April and already has a 3:17 marathon under her belt, sailed across the finish line in 20 minutes, 42.9 seconds for the challenging 3.1-mile course. That time put her well ahead of Andover’s Rose Kiley (20:31.7) and third-place finisher Julia Davis of Bishop Fenwick (20:31.7).Late to the show in cross country, Desmarais has a number of road race victories under her belt and said she regularly ran 100-mile weeks during the summer. She’s since reeled it back to 70 to since the start of cross country.“I was shivering and my teeth were chattering at the start but as...

Coastal North Carolina, Virginia hit by flooding as Tropical Storm Ophelia travels north

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:45:33 GMT

Residents in parts of coastal North Carolina and Virginia experienced flooding Saturday after Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall near a North Carolina barrier island, bringing rain, damaging winds and dangerous surges.The storm came ashore near Emerald Isle with near-hurricane-strength winds of 70 mph, but winds weakened as it traveled north with the center of the storm crossing into Virginia by evening, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Ophelia is expected to sweep northeast Sunday along the mid-Atlantic coast to New Jersey.Videos from social media showed riverfront communities in North Carolina such as New Bern, Belhaven and Washington experiencing significant flooding. The extent of the damage was not immediately clear.Even before it made landfall, the storm proved treacherous enough that five people had to be rescued by the Coast Guard on Friday night from a boat anchored down near the North Carolina coastline.Ophelia promises a weekend of windy conditions and heavy rai...