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Angels turn first triple play in 26 years during 9th inning against Rays

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:18:51 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels turned their first triple play in 26 years during the ninth inning Friday night against the Tampa Bay Rays.The triple play helped the Angels remain tied 6-6 going into the bottom of the ninth in an eventual 9-6 loss in 10 innings.With runners at the corners and the infield playing shallow, Harold Ramirez hit a grounder to Luis Rengifo. The shortstop made the short toss to second baseman Brandon Drury to get Randy Arozarena and then threw to first baseman Nolan Schanuel.Yandy Diaz was at third but did not go when the ball was hit. He waited until Drury threw to first to start home, but Schanuel made a perfect throw to catcher Logan O’Hoppe, who tagged out Diaz on his left shoulder before he could touch home.O’Hoppe and pitcher Carlos Estevez both celebrated after the triple play was completed. It was the seventh triple play in Angels’ history and the first since July 5, 1997, against Seattle.O’Hoppe was playing in ...

Winn Wins! Cardinals rookie gets back 1st-hit ball after Mets’ Alonso throws it into the stands

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:18:51 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals rookie shortstop Masyn Winn did get a souvenir baseball to take home after recording his first major league hit in his MLB debut.But it wasn’t easy to get the ball after New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso tossed it into the stands.The 21-year-old Winn was playing in his first MLB game Friday night when he beat out a dribbler down the third base line for his first career hit in the bottom of the fifth inning.Alonso, after being told to throw the ball out of play, tossed it over the netting and into the first base stands, behind the Cardinals dugout.“I had no idea,” Winn said. “When I got to first I couldn’t really think about everything else. But when I heard (first base coach Stubby Clapp) was right there and he talked to Pete, he was like, ‘Did you just throw that ball in the stands?’ “I don’t even think he knew at first. He apologized on first and then when he got to second later, he apologized as well. It was a complete accident. I thought it...

In rural Zimbabwe, a group of grandmothers counters alleged election intimidation, bias on WhatsApp

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:18:51 GMT

DOMBOSHAVA, Zimbabwe (AP) — Four grandmothers wearing bright yellow headscarves, T-shirts and skirts huddled around a cellphone in Zimbabwe’s rural Domboshava area. They cackled at a video showing a troop of mischievous baboons ripping up ruling party election posters with the face of the president on them.With a swish and a click, 64-year-old Elizabeth Mutandwa posted the video on a couple of community WhatsApp groups, and followed it up with some election campaign information from the party she supports in next week’s election — the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change.The grandmothers say they and their fellow opposition supporters are facing intimidation from followers of the long-ruling ZANU-PF party and a biased state-run media that restricts their options. But they have found a way to counter that with the use of WhatsApp group chats.“Let’s share this one with our own people. It’s good content,” said Mutandwa of the baboon video, once her giggles had subsided.S...

Angels infielder Nolan Schanuel has memorable debut in majors 40 days after being drafted 11th

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:18:51 GMT

By JOE REEDY (AP Sports Writer)ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Nolan Schanuel reached the majors less than six weeks after being picked 11th overall by the Los Angeles Angels in this year’s amateur draft.On Friday night, Schanuel showed the poise of a veteran in his big-league debut.The 21-year-old infielder was part of the Angels’ first triple play in 26 years, and also had an unassisted double play earlier. Batting leadoff, he went 1 for 4 and scored two runs.Despite the great debut, it still wasn’t enough as the Angels lost 9-6 to the Tampa Bay Rays in 10 innings.“I wouldn’t even say I remember my first at-bat. I kind of blacked out,” Schanuel said. “After the double-play line drive, I kind of snapped back into it and came down to Earth. After that, it just felt normal.”Schanuel’s call up from Double-A Rocket City comes 40 days after he was drafted. It’s the fastest big-league promotion for a draft pick since Chris Sale in ...

Suspect arrested in string of robberies targeting L.A. taco vendors

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:18:51 GMT

A suspect was arrested in connection to a string of robberies targeting food trucks and taco vendors across Los Angeles, police announced Friday.The suspect was identified as Stayshawn Stephens by the Los Angeles Police Department.Stephens is believed to be one of the several suspects accused of robbing six food trucks and taco vendors at gunpoint late Wednesday night. The robberies were reported between 9:40 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. One victim, Ricardo Antonio of Verdaderos Crazy Tacos, recalled the brazen robberies that night."My employees were in there and they got robbed at gunpoint,” he said. “They took out two guns on them and took all the cash and everything and then just took off.”He said they escaped with at least $600, including an employee's wallet. He witnessed the group of thieves take off in a newer-model white Honda Civic. Video captures store clerk thwarting armed robber in Fountain Valley The locations where food vendors were targeted include:-5900 block of Santa ...

Mountain lion spotted in backyard of San Mateo home

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:18:51 GMT

SAN MATEO – A mountain lion was spotted Friday morning in the backyard of a San Mateo home, police said.The sighting was reported around 6:20 a.m. in the 600 block of 16th Avenue, the San Mateo Police Department said in a news release. Area residents also told officers they saw the mountain lion on Vanessa Drive and near South Grant Street.Police said the mountain lion was not hostile toward humans and appeared to be traveling along Leslie Creek.Schools were advised to shelter in place while officers searched the surrounding neighborhoods.“Officers used multiple resources to complete a search ensuring the mountain lion was no longer in the area,” police said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Tomales Bay invaded by self-cloning sea anemones from Southern Hemisphere Crime and Public Safety | 13 Canada geese die after landing in La Brea Tar Pits; 2 are recovering Crime and Public Safety | Castle Rock State Park to expand in size due to...

Antioch man pleads guilty in lottery ticket theft scheme

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:18:51 GMT

MARTINEZ – The leader of a retail theft ring that stole nearly $100,000 worth of California State Lottery Scratchers tickets from stores in seven Northern California counties pleaded guilty to nine felony charges Friday, according to East Bay prosecutors.Ryan Anderson, 32, of Antioch, will serve three years in state prison under the terms of the plea deal, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. He must also admit probation violations and pay full restitution to the state lottery.In 2022, state lottery investigators identified Anderson as the leader of a group responsible for 71 separate thefts of lottery tickets from 65 convenience and grocery stores in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano and Stainslaus counties between March 27 and Oct. 25 of that year, according to prosecutors.The district attorney’s office said the tickets were valued at $95,565 and contained $59,105 in prize money.The thefts ended after Contra Costa pros...

The Marlins slug 5 homers and snap the Dodgers’ 11-game winning streak with an 11-3 victory

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:18:51 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jorge Soler hit two of the Marlins’ season-high five homers off Tony Gonsolin, and Miami snapped the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 11-game winning streak with an 11-3 victory Friday night.Jake Burger hit a three-run homer and Jacob Stallings added a two-run shot while the Marlins scored six runs on three homers in the third.Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s three-run shot in the fourth finally chased Gonsolin (8-5), who gave up a career-worst 10 runs while getting only 10 outs.“An 11-game winning streak can be broken any day,” Chisholm said. “We had an 11-game winning streak, and it got broken. We just came in with the mentality we were going to bust their stuff.”Mookie Betts set a franchise record with his 11th leadoff homer of the season for the NL West-leading Dodgers, who lost for only the second time in 17 games in August. Max Muncy and James Outman also homered in a two-team power surge that surprised Miami manager Skip Schumaker, a Southern California native who got to know...

Henderson hits 2-run homer, RBI single as Orioles top A’s 9-4

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:18:51 GMT

Baltimore Orioles'Adley Rutschman (35) slides safely into third base next to Oakland Athletics third baseman Jordan Diaz during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)(AP/Jeff Chiu) Baltimore Orioles'Adley Rutschman (35) slides safely into third base next to Oakland Athletics third baseman Jordan Diaz during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)(AP/Jeff Chiu) OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles score runs every which way, and that makes pitching against them quite a chore.Kyle Gibson is thrilled to watch it from the dugout — even if that means longer waits in the dugout to return to ...

A scramble of last-ditch diplomacy aims at finding a peaceful solution to Niger’s deepening crisis

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:18:51 GMT

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — A delegation from regional nations is expected to arrive in Niger in a last-ditch diplomacy effort to reach a peaceful solution with mutinous soldiers who ousted the country’s president last month.The representatives from the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, could arrive in the capital, Niamey, as early as Saturday and would join efforts by United Nations Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel, Leonardo Santos Simao, who came on Friday, in trying to facilitate a resolution to the ongoing crisis.On Friday U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Simao would meet with the junta and other parties to try and facilitate a swift and peaceful resolution to Niger’s crisis.“What we want to see is a return to the constitutional order. We want to see the liberation of the president and his family and restoration of his legitimate authority,” he said.ECOWAS ordered the deployment of a “standby force” on August 10 to restore constitutional rule in the cou...