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Indiana State moves within win of 1st super regional; No. 2 Florida faces tall task

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:54:20 GMT

Indiana State is within a win of its first NCAA Tournament super regional. South Carolina is breaking out of its late-season slump at the right time, and No. 2 national seed Florida is a loss away from getting eliminated from a home regional for a third straight year.The first two national seeds were knocked out of the tournament Saturday, with No. 11 Oklahoma State and No. 13 Auburn each failing to win a game as a regional host for the first time.No. 1 national seed Wake Forest got a late start to its game against Maryland because of rain, and weather also caused delays at regionals hosted by Arkansas, LSU and Miami.Indiana State, the No. 14 seed and hosting for the first time, came from behind in a second straight game to beat Iowa 7-4.Iowa will play an elimination game against North Carolina on Sunday, with the winner having to beat the Sycamores twice to advance.The Sycamores wiped out a 4-2 deficit with a five-run eighth inning. They went ahead on two-run doubles by Miguel Rive...

Sandercock leads Florida State past Washington 3-1, into Women’s College World Series semifinals

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:54:20 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kathryn Sandercock was strong in relief, and No. 3 seed Florida State held on to beat No. 7 Washington 3-1 on Saturday night and clinch a spot in the Women’s College World Series semifinals.Sandercock allowed one run on six hits in 5 2/3 innings to claim the win.Devyn Flaherty had two hits and scored twice for the Seminoles (57-9), who will play the winner of Sunday’s Tennessee-Oklahoma State game on Monday. Florida State remained unbeaten in the double-elimination bracket and will need to win once on Monday to advance to the best-of-three championship series. The Seminoles would have to lose twice to be eliminated.Washington (44-14) will play No. 9 Stanford in an elimination game on Sunday. The winner of that game would advance to the semifinals and play No. 1 seed Oklahoma on Monday. Sandercock stepped in for Makenna Reid in the second inning. Sandercock gave up a single and hit a batter before escaping a bases-loaded jam without allowing a run.Jos...

Carranza sparks Union to 3-0 victory over Montreal.

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:54:20 GMT

CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Julián Carranza scored a goal in each half to lead the Philadelphia Union to a 3-0 victory over CF Montreal on Saturday night.Carranza staked the Union (9-4-3) to a 1-0 lead when he took a pass from Matt Real in the 12th minute and scored.Philadelphia increased its lead to 2-0 on Mikael Uhre’s sixth goal this season — unassisted in the 36th minute.Carranza used an assist from Dániel Gazdag in the 61st minute to net his ninth goal of the season and cap the scoring.Andre Blake did not have to make a save to earn his seventh clean sheet for the Union. Blake has 22 shutouts since the start of the 2021 season. He has saved 83.6% of shots on goal for his career. No other goaltender who has faced a minimum of 25 shots is over 80%.James Pantemis did not have a save, making his second start this season for Montreal (6-9-1).Montreal had a 3-2 home win over Philadelphia earlier this season to snap a six-match winless run in the series. Despite the loss, Montreal is 4-...

Will Brennan’s rare homer against Sonny Gray gives Guardians a 4-2 win over Twins

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:54:20 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Will Brennan hit the first homer allowed this season by Sonny Gray in the seventh inning and Logan Allen pitched six strong innings for the Cleveland Guardians in a 4-2 win against the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night.Brennan drove in three runs and Andrés Giménez and Gabriel Arias each reached base three times in front of him. Steven Kwan added a solo homer in the ninth for Cleveland, which had lost three of four — including the first two games of the four-game series in Minnesota.Allen (3-2) allowed a leadoff homer to Jorge Polanco in the first and then settled in, giving up seven hits and two runs. The 24-year-old left-hander hasn’t allowed more than three earned runs in any of his first eight major league starts.James Karinchak, Enyel De Los Santos and Emmanuel Clase each pitched an inning of relief with one total hit allowed. Clase earned his MLB-leading 18th save.Gray (4-1) gave up a season-high 10 hits and tied a season high with three runs allowed, includ...

Chicago Cubs place LHP Justin Steele on 15-day IL with forearm strain

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:54:20 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs placed left-hander Justin Steele on the 15-day injured list on Saturday with strained left forearm.Steele, who turns 28 on July 11, has been one of Chicago’s best pitchers so far this season. He is 6-2 with a 2.65 ERA in 12 starts. He has 58 strikeouts and 16 walks in 68 innings.The Cubs also recalled catcher Miguel Amaya from Triple-A Iowa before their game at San Diego. Amaya made his big league debut last month. He went 3 for 13 with two RBIs in his first six games.Steele was removed from Wednesday’s start against Tampa Bay after three perfect innings. He had an MRI exam on Thursday.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Aaron Judge homers, makes big catch in Yankees’ 6-3 win over Dodgers

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:54:20 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his 19th homer and made an outstanding catch in the corner in right, Jake Bauers had a pair of two-run homers and Gerrit Cole stayed unbeaten with six innings of four-hit ball before leaving early in the New York Yankees’ 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.Judge put a line drive into the short left-field porch in the sixth inning for the Yankees, who rebounded from an 8-4 loss Friday night in the opener of the high-profile interleague series.The AL MVP then hung onto J.D. Martinez’s line drive in the eighth inning despite knocking open the door to Dodger Stadium’s visiting bullpen at the end of his sprint into the right field corner. The play might have prevented a run for the Dodgers, who had Max Muncy on first when Judge came up big.Oswaldo Cabrera hit a solo homer in the ninth for the Yankees, who have won five of seven. Cabrera began the day in Newark, catching a cross-country flight to join the roster in pla...

Denver mayoral candidate Mike Johnston explains campaign funding

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:54:20 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver mayoral runoff election is this week, and candidate Mike Johnston addressed his campaign funding on "Colorado Point of View."Johnston told "Colorado Point of View" that he has more than 3,000 donations from Denver voters. But candidate Kelly Brough released a new ad highlighting political contributions her opponent received from out-of-state billionaires. Mike Johnston fires back about campaign contributions So where is Johnston's funding coming from? "Colorado Point of View" host Ashley Michels discussed his contributions and also talked about the debt ceiling with political analysts Andy Boian and Michael Fields. You can watch the full episode that aired at 7:30 p.m. on Colorado's Very Own Channel 2 on Saturday in the player above.

Experimental 2-seater plane built by 11 Naples-area teens takes flight

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:54:20 GMT

NAPLES, Fla. (WSVN) — A young pilot parked on a runway and took off in a plane he built. With a little help from his friends.The aircraft, unveiled Friday, was built by 11 teenagers from the Naples area.The experimental two-seater, known as the Sling 2, is the fruit of the teens’ labor as part of the Naples Youth Aviation Project.One of the teens involved in putting the aircraft together is Ali Amini.“It feels amazing, and it’s an extremely satisfying feeling to know what you built is right in front of you, to see that your work paid off,” he said.“I’m really happy because it’s something I really think I wanted to do for a long time, but I never really knew how to get into the field of aviation,” said another of the teens.The group set out to build the aircraft in 2019, but the COVID-19 pandemic slowed them down.Devon Wilson is another one of the lucky 11. He said his father is a pilot, so planes are in his blood.“So yeah, ...

Local organization Florida Parents of Murdered Children takes stand against gun violence at prayer breakfast

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:54:20 GMT

The local organization Florida Parents of Murdered Children held its annual All White Prayer Breakfast event in downtown Miami.This year’s event, held at the Hyatt Regency, aimed to support parents who have lost children to gun violence.Florida Parents of Murdered Children was created to provide support to families of victims, as well as create change by educating the community about gun violence.Tangela Sears, the organization’s founder, knows the pain of losing a child. Her son, David Queen, was unarmed when he was killed during an argument in Tallahassee in 2015.Now Sears works tirelessly to spread her message.“It just says a lot to see these people out here, making sure that they take a stand on this issue, and acknowledge that it exists and something needs to be done,” said Tangela Sears, the founder of Florida Parents of Murdered Children.7News reporter Sheldon Fox was also on hand at the event.

Vegas Golden Knights come back to beat Florida Panthers in Game 1 of Stanley Cup Final 5-2

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:54:20 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Zach Whitecloud scored from long range with just over 13 minutes left, after Adin Hill made arguably the best save of the playoffs, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 Saturday night in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.Whitecloud’s goal put Vegas ahead, a crucial penalty kill followed and captain Mark Stone scored an insurance goal that was reviewed for a high stick and confirmed. That combination, plus Hill’s 31 saves, gave Vegas the lead in the series after a feisty opener between Sun Belt teams who wasted little time getting acquainted with big hits during play and plenty of post-whistle pushing and shoving.Original Knights players Jonathan Marchessault and Shea Theodore also scored on Florida’s two-time Vezina winner Sergei Bobrovsky. Back in the final, they’ll now try to avoid the same result as in 2018, when Vegas beat Washington in Game 1 and lost the next four to fall short of hoisting the Cup in its inaugural se...