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Dodgers aim to sweep series against the Cardinals

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 07:57:26 GMT

St. Louis Cardinals (10-17, fifth in the NL Central) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (14-13, second in the NL West)Los Angeles; Sunday, 4:10 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Jake Woodford (1-2, 5.47 ERA, 1.58 WHIP, 16 strikeouts); Dodgers: Noah Syndergaard (0-3, 6.58 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 21 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Dodgers -145, Cardinals +124; over/under is 10 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals square off in the final game of a three-game series. The Dodgers will sweep the series with a win.Los Angeles is 14-13 overall and 8-6 in home games. The Dodgers have gone 11-3 in games when they record eight or more hits.St. Louis is 10-17 overall and 5-10 in road games. The Cardinals have a 6-3 record in games when they did not give up a home run.Sunday’s game is the third time these teams meet this season.TOP PERFORMERS: Max Muncy has 11 home runs, 23 walks and 22 RBI while hitting .250 for the Dodgers. James Outman is 10-for-38 with three d...

Rockies aim to break skid in game against the Diamondbacks

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 07:57:26 GMT

Arizona Diamondbacks (16-12, first in the NL West) vs. Colorado Rockies (8-20, fifth in the NL West)Denver; Sunday, 3:10 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Ryne Nelson (1-1, 5.33 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 17 strikeouts); Rockies: Austin Gomber (1-4, 9.28 ERA, 1.92 WHIP, 15 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Diamondbacks -125, Rockies +105; over/under is 12 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Rockies enter a matchup against the Arizona Diamondbacks as losers of three straight games.Colorado is 8-20 overall and 3-9 in home games. The Rockies are 6-3 in games when they scored at least five runs.Arizona is 16-12 overall and 8-6 on the road. The Diamondbacks have the eighth-ranked team slugging percentage in the NL at .425.Sunday’s game is the third time these teams match up this season.TOP PERFORMERS: Charlie Blackmon has six doubles and two home runs for the Rockies. Ryan McMahon is 12-for-39 with five doubles and a home run over the last 10 games.Christian Walker has six doubles, fo...

Pirates bring road win streak into matchup with the Nationals

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 07:57:26 GMT

Pittsburgh Pirates (20-8, first in the NL Central) vs. Washington Nationals (9-17, fifth in the NL East)Washington; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Pirates: Johan Oviedo (2-1, 3.03 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 29 strikeouts); Nationals: Josiah Gray (1-4, 2.93 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 25 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Pirates -142, Nationals +121; over/under is 8 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Pirates hit the road against the Washington Nationals looking to extend a five-game road winning streak.Washington is 9-17 overall and 2-11 in home games. The Nationals have a 5-12 record in games when they have allowed at least one home run.Pittsburgh has a 20-8 record overall and an 11-4 record in road games. The Pirates have the second-ranked team on-base percentage in the NL at .346.The teams play Sunday for the third time this season.TOP PERFORMERS: Jeimer Candelario has five doubles and four home runs for the Nationals. C.J. Abrams is 8-for-34 with a double and two home runs over the last 10...

Estrada leads Giants against the Padres after 4-hit game

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 07:57:26 GMT

San Francisco Giants (11-15, fourth in the NL West) vs. San Diego Padres (14-14, third in the NL West)Mexico City; Sunday, 4:05 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Alex Cobb (1-1, 1.91 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 26 strikeouts); Padres: Yu Darvish (1-2, 3.00 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 25 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Padres -147, Giants +126; over/under is 20 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants play the San Diego Padres after Thairo Estrada’s four-hit game on Saturday.San Diego has a 14-14 record overall and a 6-8 record at home. The Padres have gone 10-2 in games when they scored five or more runs.San Francisco is 11-15 overall and 4-8 in road games. The Giants have a 5-1 record in games when they did not give up a home run.The teams meet Sunday for the second time this season.TOP PERFORMERS: Xander Bogaerts is third on the Padres with 10 extra base hits (four doubles and six home runs). Manny Machado is 9-for-39 with two doubles, three home runs and four RBI over the last 10 ga...

FDIC, Wall Street scramble to pull together sale of First Republic Bank

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 07:57:26 GMT

Federal regulators are rushing to seal a deal to sell troubled lender First Republic to a larger bank, with JPMorgan Chase as a top contender, two people involved in the talks said on Saturday.The FDIC wants to complete an agreement by Sunday evening that would likely include the government taking on some of First Republic’s troubled assets or offering other guarantees that would make buying the bank less risky for would-be suitors.Formal bids for First Republic — which has seen heavy deposit outflows and suffered massive share price declines in recent weeks — are due to the FDIC by the middle of the day on Sunday, according to the people, who requested anonymity to provide details of the discussions.Federal regulators are hoping to put an end to turmoil in the banking industry following the stunning collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank last month. First Republic’s problems largely stemmed from the panic that engulfed those two banks amid a run on deposits.First Republ...

How a late-night text brought Lamar Jackson and the Ravens to the end of 2-plus years of tense negotiations

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 07:57:26 GMT

The back-and-forth wore on both parties.Five proposals into his quest to sign star quarterback Lamar Jackson to the largest contract in Baltimore sports history, Ravens General Manager Eric DeCosta tried to maintain optimism but wondered if a resolution would ever come. He asked himself, could he have done something different to accelerate the process or make it happier for everyone?On the other side, Jackson, an ebullient presence over his first three seasons in Baltimore, seemed to fall out of love with the franchise he had promised to lead to a Super Bowl. He snapped at a Twitter critic after a loss in November and felt the need to go outside team channels to explain the severity of his season-ending knee injury. In late March, he told his 1.1 million Twitter followers that he had asked the Ravens to trade him because they had “not been interested in meeting my value.”DeCosta was watching his beloved Boston Celtics squander a lead to the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night...

Five things we learned from the Ravens’ 2023 draft

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 07:57:26 GMT

Before the Ravens ever made a pick, they executed a move that would eclipse their draft, signing quarterback Lamar Jackson to a five-year extension that will keep him at the center of everything the franchise does. The Ravens also drafted six players, led by another target for their franchise quarterback, shifty wide receiver Zay Flowers from Boston College. Their 2023 team is taking shape.Here are five things we learned from the draft.The Ravens made good on their promise to ‘attack’ their wide receiver shortage, but there’s risk in using another first-round pick on the position.General manager Eric DeCosta and coach John Harbaugh were not kidding when they said wide receivers would be their No. 1 project of the offseason, aside from extending Jackson. They began with a modest free-agent addition, Nelson Agholor, turned up the heat by signing injury-prone superstar Odell Beckham Jr. and garnished their meal with Flowers, a 5-foot-9, 182-pound bundle of gliding spe...

11 dead, 4 hospitalized in gas leak in northern India

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 07:57:26 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Eleven people died and four more were hospitalized after a gas leak Sunday in northern India’s Punjab state, local media reported. The incident occurred at an industrial area in Ludhiana city, but the source of the gas leak is still unclear, police told the Press Trust of India news agency. India’s National Disaster Response Force sealed off the densely populated area and evacuated residents.Authorities were trying to ascertain the type of gas in the leak, PTI quoted disaster response officials as saying. The state’s chief minister, Bhagwant Mann, said the leak came from a factory but didn’t provide more details in a tweet. “All possible help is being provided,” he wrote. The Associated Press

Shooting kills 2 men, injures 3rd victim in Seattle park

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 07:57:26 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Two men were killed and a third person was wounded during a shooting in a Seattle park Saturday night, police said.Police responded to a report of a shooting at Cal Anderson Park around 10:30 p.m., the Seattle Police Department said in a statement.Officers found three men with gunshot wounds and provided first aid until Seattle Fire Department personnel arrived. One man succumbed to his injuries at the scene, police said.Two other victims were transported from the park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood to Harborview Medical Center, where the second man died, police said. The third shooting victim was listed in critical condition, police said.Investigators were searching for a man who reportedly left the scene before officers arrived, police said.The Associated Press

Pope in final Mass in Budapest urges Hungary to open doors

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 07:57:26 GMT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Pope Francis urged Hungarians to open their doors to others on Sunday, as he wrapped up a weekend visit with a plea for an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine and for Europe to welcome migrants and the poor.Francis issued the appeal from the banks of the Danube as he celebrated Mass on Budapest’s Kossuth Lajos Square, with the Hungarian Parliament and Budapest’s famed Chain Bridge as a backdrop. The celebration provided the visual highlight of Francis’ three-day visit that has been dominated by the Vatican’s concern for the plight of neighboring Ukraine.Citing local organizers, the Vatican said some 50,000 people participated in the Mass, more than 30,000 of them in the square on a brilliantly sunny spring morning. Among them were President Katalin Novak and Hungary’s right-wing populist prime minister, Viktor Orban, whose lukewarm support for Ukraine has rankled fellow European Union members.Francis has expressed appreciation for Hungary’s recent welcome o...