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Shohei Ohtani’s locker is cleared out, but Angels won’t provide update until Saturday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:05:35 GMT

ANAHEIM — Shohei Ohtani’s locker in the Angels’ clubhouse was cleared of most of his personal belongings and equipment after the Angels’ 11-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Friday night, but the team declined to provide any further information on him until Saturday.Ohtani suffered a torn ulnar collateral ligament late last month, and agent Nez Balelo said last week Ohtani will need a procedure at some point, but he declined to say what the procedure would be or when it would occur.Ohtani was in the clubhouse before Friday’s game, and he did a workout in the cage to determine if he could play. Ohtani has been out of the lineup since Sept. 4 because of a sore oblique.After the game, reporters noticed that some of Ohtani’s belongings were packed in a 2023 All-Star Game bag, but many of the shoes, bats and other personal items that have filled his locker throughout the season were gone.Angels officials huddled for about 30 minutes while two dozen reporters waited for any news on what had...

Redwood City man arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting multiple children

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:05:35 GMT

REDWOOD CITY – A 66-year-old Redwood City man was arrested Friday on suspicion of sexually assaulting multiple children, authorities said.The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation in March after receiving a report of a sexual assault of a minor, Sgt. Donnie Burnett said in a news release.Detectives went on to identify the suspect as Sergio Emelio Perez-Juarez, Burnett said.On Friday, Perez-Juarez was arrested and booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City on charges of lewd act upon a child, forcible lewd act upon a child, aggravated sexual assault of a child, and rape by force or fear, Burnett said.The sheriff’s office did not disclose any additional details about the case, including how Perez-Juarez found his victims.Detectives are concerned there are additional victims who have not yet come forward, Burnett said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Peninsula man convicted of murdering workplace crush’s boyfriend Crime an...

Sabrina Ionescu leads Liberty past Mystics, New York’s first home playoff win since 2014

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:05:35 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Sabrina Ionescu scored 29 points, hitting seven 3-pointers, to help the New York Liberty beat the Washington Mystics 90-75 in Game 1 of their WNBA playoff matchup on Friday night.Jonquel Jones added 20 points and 12 rebounds to give New York its first home playoff victory since 2015. Game 2 of the best-of-three series is Tuesday night in New York.Ionescu scored eight points in the third quarter, including the final five of the period with a deep 3-pointer and then a floater in the lane just before the buzzer to give New York a 69-57 advantage.Myisha Hines-Allen scored a playoff career-high 21 points for the Mystics.Breanna Stewart, the Associated Press Player of the Year, had a rough night for the Liberty, finishing with 10 points on 3-of-16 shooting.WINGS 94, DREAM 82ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Satou Sabally scored 32 points, Arike Ogunbowale had 24 and Dallas rallied from an early deficit to beat Atlanta in the opener of a best-of-three series.Teaira McCowan had 17 poi...

Rockies get 7 hitless innings from Anderson, beat Giants 3-2 on throwing error in 9th

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:05:35 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Chase Anderson worked seven hitless innings as Colorado took a combined no-hit bid into the ninth, and the Rockies beat the San Francisco Giants 3-2 on Friday night when Nolan Jones scored the game-ending run on a throwing error by left fielder Mike Yastrzemski.The Giants didn’t get a hit until J.D. Davis led off the ninth with a double off Nick Mears, but they led most of the game. Anderson walked five and gave up a run in the second.“I looked up there I think in the sixth or seventh inning and was like, ‘Man, I’ve got the same amount of balls and strikes?’ This is not a recipe for success — on most nights,” Anderson said. “But I was able to make the pitches I needed to.”San Francisco’s Logan Webb took a shutout into the eighth, when he gave up a tying RBI single to Ezequiel Tovar.After Davis’ double in the ninth, LaMonte Wade Jr. drew his third walk of the game with one out and Patrick Bailey’s infield single loaded the bases with two down. Wilmer F...

Castellanos hits 3-run homer in 1st inning in Phillies’ 5-4 victory over Cardinals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:05:35 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nick Castellanos hit a three-run homer, lifting the NL wild-card leading Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-4 victory over St. Louis on Friday night to assure the Cardinals of their first losing season since 2007.“I’m doing my job,” Castellanos said. “Am I thrilled about every aspect of my season personally? No, because I know I’ve hit periods of inconsistency. I’m always a person to drive to get better. I have an unhealthy knack for never really being satisfied with anything I do.”It’s only the second time in the last 24 seasons (2000-present) that the Cardinals (65-82), currently in last place in the NL Central, have endured a losing season. St. Louis has MLB’s second-longest active streak of winning seasons at 15 (2008-22). The Yankees currently have 30 winning seasons.St. Louis stranded 15 runners. The Cardinals loaded the bases in the eighth and ninth and scored just one run.“I don’t think we played our best baseball out there tonight,” Philadelphia manager Rob...

Fernando Tatis Jr. homers, drives in 3 runs as Padres beat A’s 8-3 in Bob Melvin’s return

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:05:35 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. homered in the first, added a two-run single in the second and set a career high for hits while playing in his 400th career game, leading the San Diego Padres past the Athletics 8-3 on Friday night in manager Bob Melvin’s return to Oakland.San Diego’s José Azocar hit a three-run shot in the ninth for his first career home run, in his 269th at-bat.The A’s showed a video tribute after the first inning for Melvin, their winningest manager who spent nearly 11 seasons guiding the A’s before departing to manage the Padres after the 2021 season. He hadn’t been back for nearly two years.Tatis surpassed his previous career best of 135 hits from 2021. He also joined Juan Soto and Manny Machado with at least 25 home runs — becoming the third trio in San Diego history to do so in a single season. They join the 2001 Padres of Phil Nevin, Ryan Klesko and Bubba Trammell and the 2019 group of Hunter Renfroe, Machado and Franmil Reyes...

Man snags 2 foul balls in span of 3 pitches at Citi Field, gives them to his mom as birthday gift

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:05:35 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Wedderburn exchanged hugs with family and friends Friday night as he held aloft his once-in-a-lifetime haul in section 321 at Citi Field — two foul balls snagged in a three-pitch span during the eighth inning of the Mets’ 5-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.But the 23-year-old from Farmingville on Long Island didn’t hesitate when asked what he planned to do with the baseballs.“I’m gonna give her both of them,” he said as he gestured to his mother, Christa, who was at the park as part of her birthday celebration.Patrick, wearing a Pete Alonso jersey, said he was looking at his phone in the fifth row of section 321 — two levels behind home plate at Citi Field — when the first foul ball off the bat of TJ Friedl landed in the second row.“I looked up, I saw it bouncing right there, I dove over, grabbed it,” Patrick said.Friedl then fouled a pitch off towards the third base side before hitting another Drew Smith offering into section 321.“Before I could even think abou...

Trio helps Wings rally past Dream 94-82 in playoff opener

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:05:35 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Satou Sabally had 32 points, Arike Ogunbowale scored 24 and Teaira McCowan added a double-double to help Dallas overcome a slow start and beat Atlanta 94-82 in a first-round playoff opener on Friday night.Sabally notched a playoff-high for the fourth-seeded Wings, sinking 11 of 20 shots from the floor — with three 3-pointers — and all seven of her free throws. She also had five rebounds, four assists and four steals. Ogunbowale added nine rebounds, seven assists and four steals for the Wings, who went 3-0 against Atlanta in the regular season. McCowan totaled 17 points — on 6-of-7 shooting — and 14 rebounds, including seven on offense. It was her second career postseason double-double.Rhyne Howard, the top pick in the 2022 draft, finished with 36 points for the Dream, who were playing in the postseason for the first time since 2018. Howard made 13 of 29 shots, including 8 of 15 from beyond the arc. Allisha Gray pitched in with 21 points, seven boards and thre...

Tarik Skubal throws 7 dominant innings, Javier Baez drives in 4 in Tigers’ 11-2 victory over Angels

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:05:35 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Tarik Skubal struck out nine over seven stellar innings of three-hit ball, and Javier Báez had a homer and a three-run double in the Detroit Tigers’ 11-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.Jake Rogers also homered for the Tigers, who have won four of six. Spencer Torkelson and Kerry Carpenter drove in two runs apiece as Detroit opened its 10-game California trip with a blowout in a weekend series between two teams about to miss the playoffs for the ninth consecutive season — the longest active postseason droughts in the majors.Skubal (6-3) was dominant in his third straight victory, issuing no walks and retiring the Angels’ first nine hitters before Kyren Paris’ bunt single leading off the fourth. Skubal struck out the side in the sixth, and he finished the seventh after a mound visit from Detroit’s training staff.The Tigers scored a season-high seven runs in the eighth inning off reliever Jhonathan Diaz before Angels infielder Edu...

How China schooled the West on climate change

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:05:35 GMT

The West: China’s doing nothing on climate. Also the West: China’s dominating green tech, we must fight back! Brussels this week launched an investigation into China’s subsidies for electric cars — a move that risks higher tariffs and a trade war with Beijing. But the announcement, from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, also exposes a deeper truth: decades of drift have left Europe in danger of losing the auto industry it considers a part of its soul.For years, the West has complained that China was a climate villain. That the enormous coal fields of Shanxi somehow excused slow burn climate policy in Washington, Paris or Berlin. Now Beijing is the one lecturing the West about climate credentials.China’s efficient electric car industry has “made great contributions to the global response to climate change and the green transformation, including in the European Union,” said the Chinese commerce ministry in a statement slamming the EU probe.“What we are...