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SF Giants give Padres first extra-inning win of 2023, must sweep Dodgers to avoid losing record

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:28 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — The only thing separating the Giants and Padres for much of this season, at least until the clubs began moving in opposite directions this month, was their success, or lack thereof, in close games and extra innings.Luck plays a large role in these types of games, and finally in Game 159, it was on the Padres’ side.Winless in its first 12 extra-inning contests of the year, San Diego was given a gift to start the 10th inning, with the speedy Trent Grisham placed at second as the automatic runner. Grisham used that speed to advance to third on a ground ball to short, then raced home on a fly ball to Mike Yastrzemski in right field.A bloop off the end of the bat of Manny Machado fell in front of Austin Slater, scoring two more against John Brebbia, and that was that.With a 5-2 loss, the Giants fell to 11-5 in extra innings and San Diego improved to 1-12. San Francisco must now sweep the Dodgers this weekend to avoid finishing the season with a losing record. They w...

Powerball ticket worth nearly $800K sold in San Jose

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:28 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- The Powerball Jackpot for Wednesday night's drawing was set at $850 million, and while nobody in California matched the five winning numbers with the Powerball number, a player in San Jose still won big money. At a Quick Stop located at 5 Stewart Ave, one player drew the five winning numbers, but not the Powerball number. That ticket is worth $796,425, according to the California Lottery website. ‘No turn on red’ signs could be going up all over San Francisco No other lottery players in California drew all five numbers. Five people matched four winning numbers with the Powerball numbers. Those tickets are worth $23,318.The winning numbers are 47, 63, 1, 46, and 7, with a Powerball number of 7. The $850 million jackpot is the second-largest jackpot of the year. In July, a California lottery player hit a $1.08 billion jackpot.

Town hall to be held on Oakland's search for police chief

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:28 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – The search continues for a new police chief in Oakland. On Thursday, the community will get their chance to weigh in, as many people are calling for former police chief LeRonne Armstrong to be reinstated.The police commission is holding a town hall, and the commission chair says that the meeting will happen even if the full commission does not show up.Shortly after taking office earlier this year, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao fired Armstrong following an investigation by a law firm hired by a federal monitor overseeing the Oakland Police Department, which found that Armstrong failed to discipline an officer for misconduct. An appeals court arbitrator would later clear Armstrong of any wrongdoing.  Oakland mayor ‘frustrated’ over efforts to find new police chief The former general counsel of the Oakland NAACP, Robert Harris, makes the case for being in favor of the police commission including Armstrong at the top of the list of candidates for his old job. ...

2 killed, 3 hospitalized after shooting in Northeast DC

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:28 GMT

Five people were shot at 14th Street and Saratoga Avenue in Northeast D.C. on Wednesday night, the District’s Acting Police Chief Pamela Smith confirmed at a news conference.Around 9:50 p.m., DC Police arrived on the scene where it was determined two victims were pronounced dead. Another was taken to an area hospital by D.C. Fire and EMS, while two others transported themselves to local hospitals for treatment.One of the three surviving victims is in critical condition, while another has non-life-threatening injuries.No arrests have been made at this point. Police are currently looking for three male suspects in a grey SUV.“Our officers were present in this area, as they always are,” said Smith, adding that the officer on duty was on a different block at the time of the shooting.The shooting comes hours after Smith appeared before the D.C. Council’s public safety committee to talk about rising crime numbers and the department’s priorities.When asked at a news...

Today in History: September 28, Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:28 GMT

Today in History Today is Thursday, Sept. 28, the 271st day of 2022. There are 94 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 28, 1928, Scottish medical researcher Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, the first effective antibiotic. On this date: In 1781, American forces in the Revolutionary War, backed by a French fleet, began their successful siege of Yorktown, Virginia. In 1841, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow completed his poem “Excelsior.”In 1850, flogging was abolished as a form of punishment in the U.S. Navy. In 1920, eight members of the Chicago White Sox were indicted for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. (All were acquitted at trial, but all eight were banned from the game for life.)In 1924, three U.S. Army planes landed in Seattle, having completed the first round-the-world trip by air in 175 days. In 1939, during World War II, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a treaty calling for the partitioning of Poland, whi...

Freeman reaches 100 RBIs and Dodgers beat Rockies 8-2 to near 3rd straight 100-win season

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:28 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Freddie Freeman hit a three-run homer to reach 100 RBIs for the fourth time, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 8-2 on Wednesday night in another step toward their third straight 100-win season.Freeman hit a three-run homer off Justin Lawrence in a four-run eighth inning, raising his season totals to 28 homers and 101 RBIs. The seven-time All-Star also reached 100 RBIs with Atlanta in 2013 and 2019 and in his first season with the Dodgers in 2022.Teammates Mookie Betts (106) and Max Muncy (104) have topped 100 RBIs this year and J.D. Martinez has 98.At 98-60, the Dodgers need only a split in their last four games to become the first team to win 100 games in three straight seasons since the 2017-19 Houston Astros. After Thursday’s series finale, the Dodgers close at San Francisco. The NL West champions will have a bye in the first round of the playoffs as the No. 2 NL seed behind Atlanta.James Outman also homered and had three hits for the Dodgers, wh...

Tyrone Taylor leads Brewers to 3-2 win over Cardinals

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:28 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tyrone Taylor hit two run-scoring doubles and the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers came from behind to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Wednesday night.Taylor’s second double in the seventh drove in Brian Anderson with the tiebreaking run after Anderson doubled off Jacob Barnes (0-1).“Tyrone’s a pretty primary piece right now, the way he’s played the second half of the season,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. “He’s just an all-around player. That’s what keeps you in the lineup.”Taylor is batting .333 (18 for 54) with seven doubles, four home runs, 13 RBIs, 12 runs and a 1.042 OPS over his last 16 games. “I think it’s important to win at any time of the year,” said Taylor, who had two stints on the injured list with a right elbow sprain. “That’s what we go out there to do every day. We’re just trying to do our best every day and play to win.”William Contreras doubled and scored on Taylor’s hit a...

Alexandria planning to expand license plate reader program aimed at identifying stolen cars

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:28 GMT

City leaders in Alexandria, Virginia, are planning to expand a program that uses license plate readers to detect stolen cars, among other things.At an Alexandria City Council meeting this week, Police Chief Don Hayes said the pilot program has been so successful in six months that the city is going to increase the number of plate readers on local roads.The six devices in place as part of the pilot program, Hayes said, averaged 220 plate hits per month, and helped police close 14 cases, make 33 arrests/warrants and recover over $240,000 in property.Now, the city is planning to deploy 12 more readers, particularly on corridors used to enter Alexandria, Hayes said. He didn’t offer a timeline for when the additional plate readers would be in place.“We recovered some of those stolen autos, and in some of those stolen autos, there were stolen guns,” Hayes told the Council. “Or, they were just guns that people were probably going to use in a crime. So, we are findin...

Brian White scores his 13th goal of the season to help Whitecaps tie the Rapids 2-2

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:28 GMT

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) — Brian White scored his 13th goal of the season in the 78th minute and the Vancouver Whitecaps tied the Colorado Rapids 2-2 on Wednesday night.Vancouver (11-10-9) played its seventh straight away match, going 3-2-2. The Whitecaps, who haven’t played a home match since Aug. 20, host D.C. United on Saturday.White headed in Sebastian Berhalter’s corner kick to cap the scoring and set a career-high in goals. He is just the second player in Whitecaps MLS history to record multiple 12-goal seasons, joining Camilo Sanvezzo.Vancouver defender Mathías Laborda opened the scoring in the 11th minute with his first MLS goal. The Whitecaps nearly made it 2-0 three minutes later, but Colorado goalkeeper Marko Ilic denied White’s point-blank header.Colorado forward Diego Rubio tied it at 1-all in the 47th. Rubio mishit a cross from Calvin Harris, but he stuck with it and poked it home. Rubio, who recorded a goal and an assist against Portland on Saturday, moved into third...

Acuña becomes first 40-70 player, Albies lifts Braves over Cubs 6-5 in 10 innings

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:51:28 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. slid into second base ahead of the throw, adding another slice of history to an already unprecedented season. He grabbed the bag and hoisted it above his head, soaking up the cheers from the home crowd after becoming the charter member of the 40-70 club.A short time later, Acuña rounded third and barreled for for home, diving headfirst across the plate with the run that gave the Atlanta Braves another comeback victory — and provided baseball’s most thrilling player with his MVP statement. “It’s really an incredible moment,” Acuña said through an interpreter, his two young sons squirming in his arms after a celebratory soaking from his teammates.Ozzie Albies drove in Acuña with a 10th-inning single that clinched home-field advantage throughout the NL playoffs for the Braves, who dealt the faltering Chicago Cubs another devastating setback by rallying time and time again for a 6-5 victory Wednesday night.Acuña delivered a run-scoring single ...