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Pham loses homer on bizarre fan interference, Diamondbacks beat Reds 10-8

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:02 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks jumped to an early four-run lead, and nearly blew it in the ninth inning.Their starting pitcher earned his first win in the majors. They even scored on infield fly rule popup.The most impressive highlight of a wild night: a kid stealing the ball from an outfielder trying to steal a home run.Tommy Pham lost a homer when a kid snatched the ball from Cincinnati left fielder Spencer Steer’s glove, but the Diamondbacks did enough offensive damage before that to beat the Reds 10-8 on Friday night.“Once I saw what happened, I had the same reaction every fan had in the stadium that it was a pretty remarkable play by the kid,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “It looked like the ball was in Steer’s glove and the kid stole it. I don’t know how he did it.” Pham followed Jace Peterson’s two-run triple with a two-run double off Hunter Greene (2-6), giving the Diamondbacks a 5-1 lead in the fourth inning.With Arizona leading ...

Mariners tie Texas for AL West lead, beat Royals 7-5 behind Suárez’s 3 hits, 3 RBIs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:02 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Mariners tied Texas for the AL West lead, beating the Kansas City Royals 7-5 on Friday night behind Eugenio Suárez’s three hits and three RBIs that included go-ahead, two-run single in the fourth inning.Seattle was 10 games out of first at 47-48 before play on July 20, but the Mariners have gone on a 25-8 run. At 128 games into the season, this is the latest the Mariners have had a share of first place since 2003.Kansa City led 3-2 before Suárez’s fourth-inning single. Seattle built a 6-3 lead in the fifth when Teoscar Hernández scored on Austin Cox’s wild pitch, and Josh Rojas had an RBI single.Kyle Isbel cut the gap to 6-5 with a two-run homer in the seventh against Matt Brash. Suárez hit a run-scoring double in the eighth against Taylor Hearn.Andrés Muñoz allowed a single and walk in the ninth, then retired Maikel Garcia on a groundout. Bobby Witt Jr. was intentionally walked with two outs, loading the bases, and Muñoz struck out pinch...

Chicago police say two women were injured in shooting during White Sox game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:02 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say two women were injured in shooting during White Sox game.Source

En nueva intervención en la mayor cárcel de Ecuador hallan armas y droga

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:02 GMT

QUITO – Una nueva intervención de la Policía y de las Fuerzas Armadas de Ecuador en la Penitenciaría del Litoral, la más grande y poblada del país, dejó este viernes como resultado más armas y droga incautada, entre otros objetos prohibidos dentro de la prisión.Entre los elementos requisados en la Penitenciaría, situada en la porteña ciudad de Guayaquil, hay un arma de fuego, ocho granadas, mil 114 balas, un centenar de teléfonos celulares y 1.6 kilos de droga, según detalló en un comunicado la secretaría de Comunicación de la Presidencia de Ecuador.El operativo, donde participaron unos 1,700 policías y militares, se centró en los pabellones 1 y 4 de la Penitenciaría del Litoral, conocida oficialmente como el Centro de Privación de Libertas Guayas Número 1, que alberga a unos 5,700 reclusos.De acuerdo con el Servicio Nacional de Atención Integral (SNAI) a Personas Privadas de Libertad, el organismo estatal encargado de custodiar y administrar las prisiones en Ecuador, la inter...

Strider becomes first 15-game winner, leads Braves over Giants 5-1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:02 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Spencer Strider became the major leagues’ first 15-game winner, pitching three-hit ball over seven inning in leading the Atlanta Braves over the slumping San Francisco Giants 5-1 on Friday night.Michael Harris II had three hits and drove in three runs, helping the major league-best Braves (83-44) to their eighth win in 10 games.“He’s just really good,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said of Strider. “He had a really good fastball, everything, the whole package was good. His fastball was one of the good ones that he has.”San Francisco has lost 13 of 18 and is one game behind the Chicago Cubs for the NL’s final wild card berth.Seven days after beating San Francisco with one-hit ball over seven innings, Strider (15-4) was dominant again while outdueling Logan Webb (9-10) in a match-up of NL Cy Young Award contenders. Strider struck out nine to increase his big league-high total to 236. He extended a shutout streak to 20 innings before Joc Pederson tripled in the seve...

Twins use big innings early, late to rout Rangers 12-2, drop Texas into tie for AL West lead

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:02 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins took advantage of erratic pitching early, drawing four walks and scoring four runs in the first inning Friday night in a 12-2 victory over the Texas Rangers in a game that saw the benches clear.The AL West-leading Rangers lost their season-high eighth straight game and dropped into a tie for the division lead with Seattle. Texas had held sole possession of the lead since before play on May 6.Rangers starter Dane Dunning walked three of the first four batters he faced and eventually walked the bases loaded. Matt Wallner delivered a bases-loaded triple to put the AL Central-leading Twins up 3-0 in the first inning.Ryan Jeffers added an RBI single in the four-run first. Jeffers was later hit by Dunning (9-6) in the third inning, which started a string of events that eventually led to the benches and bullpens clearing in the top of the fourth.Dunning said postgame that he didn’t intend to hit Jeffers with two outs and runners on the corners.“...

Power outages across Kenya approach the 12-hour mark with little explanation and a rare apology

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:02 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Much of Kenya awoke Saturday morning to find it was still without electricity after an unexplained power outage Friday night shut down the country’s main international airport and led to a rare public apology by a government minister. Major hospitals and even the president’s office compound were affected.“I am really sorry for what has happened,” transport minister Kipchumba Murkomen said in a statement close to midnight. “There is no excuse worth reporting and there is no reason why our airport is in darkness.”This latest outage affecting much of the country comes just weeks before Kenya’s government hosts the first Africa Climate Summit, where energy will be key on the agenda. Kenya gets almost all its energy from renewable sources, but infrastructure and alleged mismanagement remain an issue in the country of more than 50 million people.The majority government-owned Kenya Power announced in a brief statement a “system disturbance leading to loss of bul...

Fire inside a parked train’s private compartment kills nine in southern India

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:02 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — A fire erupted inside a stationary train compartment at a railway station in southern India killing nine people on Saturday morning, officials said.The blaze broke out early at 5 a.m. and burned for two hours before firefighters were able to put it out, authorities said.It started inside a train’s private compartment which was detached and parked on the railway tracks in the Madurai station, located in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, according to a statement by the Southern Railway.A gas cylinder smuggled in by some passengers caused the fire, the statement read, adding that police, fire and rescue officials helped pull out the bodies from the coach. There was no damage to other coaches. Southern Railway did not divulge the number of people inside the compartment at the time of the fire but said many managed to get out.Officials told the Press Trust of India news agency that 20 others were injured and taken to hospital. Accidents are common on India’s railro...

Russia’s Wagner mercenaries face uncertainty after the presumed death of its leader in a plane crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:02 GMT

The Wagner Group’s presence extends from the ancient battlegrounds of Syria to the deserts of sub-Saharan Africa, projecting the Kremlin’s global influence with mercenaries accused of using brutal force and profiting on mineral riches they seized.But that was under Yevgeny Prigozhin, who in what could have been his final video released earlier this week appeared in military fatigues and held an assault rifle from an unidentified dry and dusty plain as he boasted that Wagner is “making Russia even greater on all continents and Africa even more free.”On Wednesday, a private jet carrying Prigozhin and his top lieutenants of the mercenary group crashed northwest of Moscow, two months after he led an armed rebellion that challenged the authority of President Vladimir Putin. There is wide speculation that Prigozhin, who is presumed dead, was targeted for his uprising, although the Kremlin has denied involvement.That crash has raised questions about the future of the Wagner Gro...

Tesla driver arrested after CHP pursuit in Orange County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:13:02 GMT

A Tesla driver was arrested after a pursuit through L.A. and Orange counties on Friday night.The suspect was initially wanted for a carpool lane violation, according to California Highway Patrol.The pursuit began in the Anaheim area around 10:30 p.m. Multiple CHP units can be seen trailing the suspect.A spike strip was thrown on the 57 freeway in Yorba Linda around 11:10 p.m., knocking out the rear driver-side hubcap before the wheel was completely disabled.Sky5 video showed a male suspect pulling over and quickly exiting the car before approaching deputies in an aggressive manner. Armed deputies eventually tackled the man to the ground before taking him into custody. While handcuffed the man appeared to be combative.The pursuit can be viewed in the video player above.