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Twins to call up Royce Lewis a year after ACL injury

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:12 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have lost eight of 10 series in May, with a lineup that’s been limping along lately with a spate of injuries and too many strikeouts.They could use a boost. Royce Lewis is on his way.Lewis will join the Twins in Houston, where they’ll start a three-game series on Monday. The first overall pick in the 2017 draft will be reinstated from the 60-day injured list and return to action exactly one year from the date of the torn ACL in his right knee that limited his major league debut to 12 games.Manager Rocco Baldelli announced the move after a 3-0 loss to Toronto on Sunday. Outfielders Kyle Garlick and Matt Wallner will be sent down to Triple-A St. Paul, where Lewis has been playing on a rehab assignment. Outfielder Max Kepler will also be reinstated from the 10-day injured list, after missing 14 games with a strained left hamstring.“This is a culmination of a lot of hard work from Royce. I’m excited to see Royce back out on the field. H...

Smoked: Olivares’ homer leads to smoking Kaufmann Stadium scoreboard

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:12 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Edward Olivares made quite the impression on Sunday.A smoking impression on the scoreboard in left field.Olivares hit a 452-foot solo homer in the eighth inning of Kansas City’s 3-2 win against Washington that damaged a scoreboard at Kaufmann Stadium.The massive drive darkened a small strip on the left side of the scoreboard, and smoke was seen coming from the area where the ball landed.The 27-year-old Olivares connected against Chad Kuhl, tying it at 2. It was his fourth homer of the season.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Stricker wins Senior PGA in playoff over Harrington, goes 2-for-2 in 2023 majors

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:12 GMT

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Steve Stricker beat Padraig Harrington on the first hole of a playoff in the Senior PGA Championship on Sunday, giving Stricker a sweep of the first two senior majors of the season.Harrington forced the playoff with a short birdie putt on the par-5 18th, but put his drive in the replay of the hole in deep grass on the right side of the fairway.After a failed attempt to hack the ball out, the 51-year-old Irishman dropped 285 yards away and put a fairway wood within 15 feet. Stricker missed a second consecutive putt to win on 18, but Harrington couldn’t make the par putt to extend the playoff.Stricker and Harrington, who was trying to become the first wire-to-wire winner of the Senior PGA since Rocco Mediate in 2016, finished 18 under. Stricker shot 3-under 69 and Harrington 70. Stricker’s sixth senior major title came two weeks after the 56-year-old American won the Regions Tradition for the second consecutive year.Harrington’s first PGA Tour Ch...

Alvarez hits 2 of Astros’ 7 HRs in 10-1 win over A’s, who fall to 10-45

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:12 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Yordan Alvarez hit two of Houston’s seven home runs, and the surging Astros beat Oakland 10-1 on Sunday to complete another series sweep and hand the Athletics their 11th consecutive loss.Alvarez homered off opener Ken Waldichuk in the first, then had another solo blast off Garrett Acton in the ninth, right after Jeremy Peña went deep. It was the second multi-homer game this week by Alvarez and the 15th of his career.Jose Altuve had three hits, including his first home run of the season after missing Houston’s first 43 games with a fractured right thumb. Jake Meyers had a go-ahead three-run blast in the fourth. Chas McCormick and José Abreu added solo shots as the Astros won for the 14th time in 17 games.Cristian Javier (6-1) allowed one run and four hits in five innings. The right-hander had three strikeouts and three walks and also picked off a runner.Four Houston relievers combined for four scoreless innings to complete the win.The victory, the 2,124th of m...

Rafter rescued from swift rapids on Royal Gorge

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A woman was rescued after falling into swift-moving rapids while whitewater rafting on the Royal Gorge part of the Arkansas River on Saturday. The woman was not injured and brought to safety, but the experience was quite scary to witness. Another rafter who pulled the woman out of the water recorded the rescue on his GoPro. “I was pretty scared for her because I knew it was rough and I don’t want to be in the water either, so it was scary I think for everyone,” Chris Dean, who rescued the woman, said. While rafting on the Sunshine Falls area of the Royal Gorge with Performance Tours, the raft the woman was in hit fast-moving water and she got tossed out. As all rafting companies require, the woman was wearing a life vest. 2 weekend water rescues, South Metro Fire offers safety reminders “When we went into that falls we hit pretty hard and she bumped into me and fell off to the side,” Dean said. Water is running high on the Arkansas in that area which means the r...

Dog missing for over 5 weeks found alive on remote mountain miles from home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:12 GMT

SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) -- Riley, an 8-year-old sheltie, is back home after he walked off his property and went missing for more than five weeks. “He was my wife's dog, so he always sleeps on her pillow. She passed away in January," Mike Krugman, Riley’s owner, said. Krugman said his property is completely fenced in with a 5-foot-tall fence. But on April 8, when Riley went out for his regular roam in the fenced area, they had just had a ton of snowfall. “We got a lot of snow that day, sure enough, I walked to the far south side of our property and we didn't have a fence it was 100% covered in snow," Krugman said. "I'm assuming he walked over the fence and kept walking." Video: Bear gets into car, tries to get into truck He reached out to Summit Lost Pet Rescue for help in searching for Riley. He said weeks went by and hope was dwindling when he received a miracle phone call from the Humane Society of Summit County. “Then five weeks and a day later I get a call from the shelte...

19 migrants spotted near Lighthouse Point taken into custody

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:12 GMT

Authorities took a group of migrants into custody after they were spotted near Lighthouse Point.According to U.S. Border Patrol officials, 19 migrants arrived in South Florida on board a 40-foot boat, Sunday.Investigators said 18 of the migrants are from Haiti and one is from the Dominican Republic.As of Sunday night, the group remains in federal custody.

State police investigating 2 shootings near Revere Beach

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:12 GMT

State police are responding to a second shooting near Revere Beach on Sunday.Troopers responding to a reported shooting in the area of Shirley and Centennial avenues around 7 p.m. found a juvenile female who was taken to a Boston hospital with what was considered an on-life-threatening injury.Then, around 8 p.m., police responded to a second shooting on Revere Beach Boulevard near one of the bath houses after a large fight broke out among youths near the Bandstand, according to state police.We have not yet established whether the shootings were connected. Revere Beach Boulevard northbound is currently closed at Eliot Circle.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing new story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Chicago Cubs get swept by the Cincinnati Reds on an ‘ugly weekend’ — and the schedule is about to get tougher

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:12 GMT

Quick, somebody — anybody. If you’re anywhere near the Chicago Cubs, push the button.Because just two months into the season, the Cubs have fallen and they can’t get up.Another 8-5 loss Sunday to the Cincinnati Reds — a team that was in last place as recently as Friday — ensured another day of the Cubs lugging around the worst record in the National League.And if getting swept at home for the first time this season by a low-budget team that lost 100 games a year ago didn’t deliver enough sting to the 40,000-plus who were asked to pay for the privilege of watching it, buckle up for a schedule between now and the All-Star break that starts with the best-in-baseball Tampa Bay Rays and finishes at Yankee Stadium.“It’s pretty frustrating,” said Drew Smyly, one of the Cubs’ best starters this year but who got his ears boxed by the Reds for the second time this season. “It was an ugly weekend for us. The Reds came in and bea...

Div. 2 state track: Wellesley back on top

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:11:12 GMT

NORTH ANDOVER – After the Wellesley outdoor girls track and field team secured its fourth title in five years Sunday night at the Div. 2 state championships, head coach John Griffith was about to answer a question asking how the program is able to get so much out of its depth every year.Raiders athletic director John Brown intervened.“I can answer that,” he said. “He’s the best coach in Massachusetts.”By sweeping the three relays and receiving chunks of points across 11 of the meet’s 19 events, Wellesley held off a late surge from star-studded Peabody for a first-place 84 points.The Tanners were threatening late by winning five events in the meet and finishing fourth in the 4×100 relay, pulling dangerously close. But a couple hours after Annie Comella broke a meet record in the long jump (19-02.00), the relay teams produced wins in the 4×800 (9:42.65), 4×100 (48.49 seconds) and 4×400 (4:01.96) to produce just enough to repeat.Add in second-place finishes in the 1...