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Catholic leaders declared victory after 1000's turned out to protest the Los Angeles Dodgers for honoring a troupe of drag queens who gown like “nuns,” whereas the award ceremony itself was sparsely attended. The group offered its Community Hero Award forward of Friday evening’s recreation to members of the Los Angeles chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence earlier than a smattering of followers at Dodger Stadium, as proven in video footage posted afterward. Outside the stadium, a crowd estimated within th...

LOS ANGELES -- Less than per week in the past, Emmet Sheehan came upon he was being promoted to Triple-A Oklahoma City. What he didn’t know, nevertheless, was that his subsequent begin would come at Dodger Stadium. Because of the Dodgers’ present beginning pitching issues, the group determined to take an opportunity on Sheehan, a 23-year-old right-hander who was making fairly the leap from Double-A Tulsa to the Majors. Sheehan seized each little bit of the chance, placing out three over six hitless innings within the Dodgers’ 7-5 loss in 11 innings to the Giants on Friday night time at Dodger Stadium. Sheehan turned simply the third pitcher in MLB historical past to not enable a success over at the very least six innings in his large league debut. “I was just trying to go out there and mak...

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Shane McClanahan pitched into the seven inning to get his main league-leading eleventh win, Randy Arozarena homered and drove in 4 runs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the San Diego Padres 6-2 on Friday night time. ...

Anthony Rendon couldn’t even swing a bat, however he performed your entire sport for the ailing Los Angeles Angels. Rendon‘s left hand bought swolle...

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MINNEAPOLIS — Javier Báez and Spencer Torkelson every had two hits and drove in two runs to assist the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 8-4 on Thursday evening for simply their second victory in 13 video games. ...

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CHICAGO — Marcus Stroman threw six efficient innings for his sixth straight victory and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-2 on Thursday evening for a three-game sweep. ...

PHOENIX -- Since his final begin in Detroit on Sunday, Zac Gallen has seen numerous chatter in regards to the velocity of his fastball being down and what that may imply. “I think somebody said it raised alarms,” Gallen mentioned. “Just silly articles, I guess. I think we can put that to bed.” Indeed, Gallen’s velocity was again as much as its regular vary, as he allowed only one run over seven innings within the D-backs’ 5-1 win over the Guardians on Friday night time at Chase Field. In the times because the begin in Detroit the place his common four-seam fastball velocity was 92 mph, each Gallen and Arizona supervisor Torey Lovullo mentioned the explanation for the dip was that the sport was performed at an unusually early hour. Gallen’s four-seam fastball averaged 93.6 mph on Friday, a ...

Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports I used to be supposed to jot down about Elly De La Cruz. The Reds’ 21-year-old rookie shortstop has taken the baseball world by storm throughout his two-week main league profession. He’s as quick, as highly effective as any participant has ever been, and by all accounts, he's a star within the making. He may very well be the Julio Rodríguez of Oneil Cruzes. Instead, Rob Manfred addressed the media after a scheduled house owners’ assembly in New York. When the commissioner addresses the media, at greatest there’s a tense verbal interaction between reporters and a topic who’s both unable or unwilling to disclose the entire reality. It’s the Socratic equal of the dance-fighting from West Side Story. At worst, Dan Le Batard pulls Manfred’s pants down over th...