Votto homers and has 3 RBIs in return, Reds beat Rockies 5-4 for 9th straight win

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:10:02 GMT

Votto homers and has 3 RBIs in return, Reds beat Rockies 5-4 for 9th straight win CINCINNATI (AP) — Joey Votto homered and hit a go-ahead, two-run single in his return to the Reds’ lineup after a 10-month absence that followed surgery, helping Cincinnati extend its longest winning streak in a decade to nine with a 5-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.Cincinnati took over the NL Central lead for the first time since early April, moving a half-game ahead of Milwaukee. The Reds are on their longest winning streak since taking 10 in a row from July 19-29, 2012. Colorado has lost six in a row and 12 of 15.Returning 10 months to the day after surgery on his left biceps and rotator cuff, Votto was greeted with a standing ovation when he walked to the plate in the second inning. He took off his helmet and waved to the crowd, then tapped it against his heart before lining out to center.He drove a first-pitch, belt-high fastball from Austin Gomber (4-7) about a dozen rows into the right-field seats for a 3-1 lead in the fifth. After circling the bases on h...

Alek Thomas homers in return to majors and Merrill Kelly shines as Diamondbacks rip Brewers 9-1

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:10:02 GMT

Alek Thomas homers in return to majors and Merrill Kelly shines as Diamondbacks rip Brewers 9-1 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Alek Thomas homered during Arizona’s six-run first inning against Corbin Burnes, Merrill Kelly continued his road dominance and the Diamondbacks rolled to a 9-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.Kelly (9-3) moved into the NL lead for wins by striking out seven and allowing just three hits and one run in seven innings. Kelly has produced five consecutive quality starts.Since the beginning of the 2022 season, Kelly has gone 6-0 with a 1.98 ERA in seven road starts. After getting called up from Triple-A Reno earlier in the day, Thomas went 2 for 4 and scored twice. His two-run homer into the second deck of the right-field seats capped the Diamondbacks’ first-inning outburst against Burnes, the 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner.Milwaukee’s loss and Cincinnati’s 5-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies enabled the Reds to overtake the Brewers for the NL Central lead. The Brewers managed just three hits, matching their season low.Corbin Carroll homered and Geral...

Verdugo drives in four runs, Casas homers as Red Sox beat Twins 9-3

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:10:02 GMT

Verdugo drives in four runs, Casas homers as Red Sox beat Twins 9-3 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alex Verdugo tripled and drove in four runs, James Paxton pitched 6 1/3 effective innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 9-3 on Monday night for their fifth straight win.Triston Casas hit a two-run homer and Jarren Duran added three doubles for Boston, which has outscored opponents 40-14 during the win streak.Paxton (3-1) gave up three hits and a walk while striking out seven. Over his past four games, the tall left-hander has given up six earned runs in 24 1/3 innings with 32 strikeouts.Pablo López (3-4) allowed five runs — four earned — in 5 2/3 innings for Minnesota, which has lost four of five but remains two games ahead of Cleveland in the American League Central despite falling under .500 (36-37) for the second time this season.Twins catcher Christian Vázquez hit a three-run homer against his former team, his first in 48 games in his first season in Minnesota.Duran’s second double of the game drove in two runs in the fourth and put Boston ah...

La directora del Consejo Nacional Anticorrupción dice que abandona Honduras por amenazas

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:10:02 GMT

La directora del Consejo Nacional Anticorrupción dice que abandona Honduras por amenazas (CNN) — La directora ejecutiva del Consejo Nacional Anticorrupción (CNA) de Honduras, Gabriela Castellanos, confirmó este lunes a medios locales que abandonó el país junto a su familia, y aseguró que recibió amenazas que ponen en riesgo su integridad personal debido al trabajo que realiza al frente de la institución.La titular de esa organización no gubernamental escribió en su cuenta de Twitter que seguirá luchando contra la corrupción. También dijo que quienes deben callar son los cobardes. “Esta batalla es de todas y todos, no nos detendrán”, apuntó.Sin brindar muchos detalles, Castellanos afirmó que el viernes presentó una denuncia ante el Comisionado Nacional de los Derechos Humanos en Honduras (Conadeh) por considerar que está en situación de riesgo, además de acudir a instancias internacionales para proteger su vida y la de su familia. No aclaró a cuáles instancias se refería.CNN ha intentado comunicarse con Castellanos para conocer los detalles de su salida de Honduras, pero...

Bennett Lee delivers winning hit after making big defensive play in Deacons’ 3-2 win over LSU in CWS

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:10:02 GMT

Bennett Lee delivers winning hit after making big defensive play in Deacons’ 3-2 win over LSU in CWS OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Bennett Lee drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning right after he made a huge defensive play at the plate, leading No. 1 national seed Wake Forest to a 3-2 victory over LSU in the College World Series on Monday night.The Demon Deacons (54-10) are now in control of their bracket and a win away from the best-of-three finals. Their next game is Wednesday against the winner of a Tuesday elimination game between SEC rivals LSU and Tennessee. The Deacons would have to lose twice to be denied a spot in the finals.Lee, the Deacons’ catcher, made one of the plays of the CWS in the top of the eighth when he snagged third baseman Brock Wilken’s bouncing throw and tagged out Tre’ Morgan to keep the game tied 2-all.After Danny Corona lashed Thatcher Hurd’s breaking pitch down the right-field line for a double in the bottom half, Lee followed with a base hit into left that brought Corona home and produced Wake Forest’s second straight come-...

Surging Cubs race past reeling Pirates 8-0 to spoil touted prospect Henry Davis’ MLB debut

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:10:02 GMT

Surging Cubs race past reeling Pirates 8-0 to spoil touted prospect Henry Davis’ MLB debut PITTSBURGH (AP) — Drew Smyly gave up three hits in five innings, Mike Tauchman hit a two-run single during a brief downpour and the surging Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-0 on Monday night.Smyly (7-4) worked around five walks to win his second straight start following a three-game losing streak. Tauchman finished with three hits and drove in three runs. Dansby Swanson added two hits as Chicago spoiled the major-league debut of highly touted Pirates prospect Henry Davis.Davis, the top pick in the 2021 draft, started in right field and doubled down the left-field line in his first at-bat. The 23-year-old, who will play in the outfield for now while fine-tuning his work behind the plate, later walked but it wasn’t enough as Pittsburgh lost its seventh straight. The Pirates finished with just five hits, the 18th time this season they’ve had five hits or fewer.Osvaldo Bido (0-1) pitched well in his second major-league start save for a bumpy second inning that coin...

Global survey finds consumers embracing artificial intelligence

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:10:02 GMT

Global survey finds consumers embracing artificial intelligence FILE - The ChatGPT app is displayed on an iPhone in New York, May 18, 2023.A judge is deciding whether to sanction two lawyers who blamed ChatGPT for tricking them into including fictitious legal research in a court filing. The lawyers apologized at a hearing Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Manhattan federal court for their roles in written submissions that seemed to leave Judge P. Kevin Castel both baffled and disturbed at what happened. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)(AP/Richard Drew) FILE - The ChatGPT app is displayed on an iPhone in New York, May 18, 2023.A judge is deciding whether to sanction two lawyers who blamed ChatGPT for tricking them into including fictitious legal research in a court filing. The lawyers apologized at a hearing Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Ma...

Missing Titanic tour sub top of mind at Molly Brown House Museum

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:10:02 GMT

Missing Titanic tour sub top of mind at Molly Brown House Museum DENVER (KDVR) — The woman considered perhaps the most famous survivor of the sinking of the Titanic is Molly Brown.On Monday, those running the Molly Brown House Museum in Denver reacted to news of a missing Titanic tour submarine with five people aboard in the North Atlantic Ocean."Just like everyone else, we’re trying to keep up with what happened," museum spokesperson Jaime Medina said. Known as a “submersible,” the vehicle was supposed to be on its way to the Titanic wreckage site. The Titanic sank in 1912.FILE - This undated photo provided by OceanGate Expeditions in June 2021 shows the company's Titan submersible. On Monday, June 19, 2023, a rescue operation was underway deep in the Atlantic Ocean in search of the technologically advanced submersible vessel carrying five people to document the wreckage of the Titanic, the iconic ocean liner that sank more than a century earlier. (OceanGate Expeditions via AP, File)"In the spirit of Margaret Brown, and, you know, helping out as...

Arvada street-widening project causes irrigation issues in 82-year-old's yard

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:10:02 GMT

Arvada street-widening project causes irrigation issues in 82-year-old's yard ARVADA, Colo. (KDVR) — An Arvada family is calling the FOX31 Problem Solvers for help, saying a street-widening project is causing a nightmare for their 82-year-old grandmother.As temperatures flirted with 90 degrees in Arvada on Monday, the game of fetch looked a little different for Jane Truesdell, who sought cover in the shade as she threw a ball to her dog, Dolly.“You know, this wasn't the way I planned to spend my last years in this house,” Truesdell said.With an ongoing street-widening project on 72nd Avenue, Truesdell said she got some money and the city of Arvada got some of her property through eminent domain. ‘He had a hoof print on his chest’: Moose attacks man as he walks his dogs "They took the 5 feet with three 80- to 100-foot pine trees and about 20 feet of lilac bushes," she said. "It went from a forest to a desert in 4 hours as I watched them take down the trees."A street-widening project underway on 72nd Avenue in Arvada. (KDVR)'The flooding is a concern'Tru...

Cooper City man safe after crashing car into canal

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:10:02 GMT

Cooper City man safe after crashing car into canal A driver managed to escape his sinking vehicle after a canal crash in Cooper City.The car wound up in the water near Flamingo and Griffin Road on Monday afternoon.The man was able to get out unharmed, his vehicle however was submerged.