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Fowler leads the Rocket Mortgage Classic at 20 under in a bid to end drought

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:07 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Rickie Fowler birdied six of his last eight holes Saturday to surge into the Rocket Mortgage Classic lead at 20 under, giving him anotherachance to end a four-year PGA Tour victory drought.Fowler had an 8-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead over Adam Hdwin at Detroit Golf Club. Two weeks ago in Los Angeles in the U.S. Open, Fowler squandered a chance with a closing 75 in a fifth-place tie. Hadwin had a 63 to tie the tournament record. Fellow Canadian Taylor Pendrith was third at 18 under after a 67. Pendrith bogeyed two of his last four holes.Monday qualifier Peter Kuest (65) and Aaron Rai (68) were 17 under. Taylor Moore (69) was another stroke back with four other players, including Collin Morikawa, who shot a 67 for the second straight day.Play was suspended for 1 hour, 42 minutes because of lightning in the area and the schedule for the final round was adjusted in the hopes of completing the final round with inclement weather in the forecast.The leaders will tee of...

Acuña and Albies hit consecutive HRs in Braves’ win over Marlins; Arraez average dips to .388

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:07 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Charlie Morton has been in the majors for 16 seasons and he has never seen anything like this Atlanta Braves offense.“Nothing much surprises me, but this is ridiculous,” Morton said. “I don’t think they realize how good they are, which is awesome.”Ronald Acuña and Ozzie Albies homered as part of a six-run first inning and the Braves beat the Miami Marlins 7-0 on Saturday as major league batting leader Luis Arraez saw his average dip to .388.Morton (8-6) struck out five in 5 2/3 innings and scattered four hits and one walk in winning his third consecutive start. “His stuff was really good,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “ Any time he can get into the sixth inning, that’s great for us.”Kirby Yates, Nick Anderson, Ben Heller, and Joe Jiménez completed the shutout for the Braves out of the bullpen.Matt Olson went 2 for 4 with a run scored, and Austin Riley was 2 for 4 with two runs scored for the Braves, who have outscored the Marlins 23-4 in the first tw...

Bohm has 6 RBIs as Phillies score most runs in 5 years with 19-4 rout of Nationals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:07 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Alec Bohm homered twice and tied his career high with six RBIs, and the Philadelphia Phillies scored their most runs in five years in a 19-4 rout of the Washington Nationals on Saturday.Kyle Schwarber had a grand slam, and Nick Castellanos homered, singled and doubled with three RBIs for the Phillies, who scored their most runs since beating Miami 20-1 on April 7, 2018. Philadelphia had 18 hits, including four by Bohm, who matched his career best.“Days like today where everybody’s swinging the bat well, a lot of smiles in the dugout,” Bohm said. Defending NL champion Philadelphia has won six of eight and 12 of 16.“Everybody swung the bat well,” manager Rob Thomson said. Zack Wheeler (7-4) won his fourth straight decision, giving up four runs and seven hits in five innings.“It’s nice,” Wheeler said of the runs, “especially when you’re out on the mound.”Bryce Harper doubled, had two hits and drove in two runs, and J.T. Realmuto also had two RBIs.“ItR...

Rocket Mortgage Classic Scores

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:07 GMT

SaturdayAt North CourseDetroitPurse: $8.8 millionYardage: 7,370; Par: 72Third RoundRickie Fowler67-65-64—196Adam Hadwin66-68-63—197Taylor Pendrith67-64-67—198Peter Kuest64-70-65—199Aaron Rai65-68-66—199Justin Lower68-65-67—200Taylor Moore64-67-69—200Collin Morikawa66-67-67—200Dylan Wu65-69-66—200Carl Yuan70-66-64—200Lucas Glover69-69-64—202Brian Harman68-68-66—202Nicolai Hojgaard67-68-67—202Chris Kirk67-68-67—202Peter Malnati69-66-67—202Adam Schenk65-68-69—202Cameron Davis69-65-69—203Troy Merritt68-68-67—203Alex Noren68-68-67—203Zecheng Dou69-69-66—204Tyler Duncan70-68-66—204Sungjae Im68-70-66—204Ryan Palmer70-67-67—204Chez Reavie69-70-65—204Vince Whaley69-69-66—204Ludvig Aberg65-67-73—205Keegan Bradley69-67-69—205Satoshi Kodaira71-65-69—205Kyle Reifers70-69-66—205Sam Bennett65-75-66—206Trevor Cone71-67-68—206MJ Daffue66-70-70—206Doug Ghim66-71-69—206Ben Griffin70-67-69—206Max Homa69-68-69—206Russell Knox70-69-67—206Andrew Landry71-63-72—206Seung-Yul Noh71-67-68—206Chad Ramey68-69-6...

Rays left fielder Randy Arozarena will participate in the Home Run Derby

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:07 GMT

Tampa Bay Rays All-Star left fielder Randy Arozarena will participate in the 2023 Home Run Derby, Arozarena announced Saturday on social media.This will be Arozarena’s first time in the Derby, and makes him the third Rays player to participate in one, after Evan Longoria and Carlos Pena.“He’s excited about it,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “I can feel very confident in saying he will be very entertaining. I know the fans enjoy watching Randy, I enjoy watching Randy. He’s got that “It” factor, and this is just another level to it.”Arozarena is the fourth announced participant in the eight-man July 10 contest at T-Mobile Park, joining Mariners’ center fielder Julio Rodríguez, Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts.“I feel very happy for the opportunity to participate in the Home Run Derby,” Arozarena said. “It’s always been a goal of mine, and also to be in the All-Star game itself. Everyone knows I like to hit home runs,...

Denver weather: Isolated storms to finish weekend

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:07 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Skies will stay clear Saturday night with mild lows before isolated storms and mid-80s arrive on Sunday.Weather tonight: Clear and comfyOvernight lows will dip into the upper 50s in Denver with a light wind. Skies are clear Saturday night which means sunshine Sunday morning.Weather tomorrow: Afternoon isolated stormsSunny skies stay in the forecast to finish off the weekend, until some isolated storms pop up in the afternoon. Highs top out in the middle 80s with a brisk wind out of the north.Looking ahead: Warming up with more stormsMonday starts off the week with abundant sunshine and warm highs near the 90-degree mark. The Fourth of July has highs in the mid-80s with sunny skies and a small chance for an afternoon storm. Storms are possible, but the chances are lower through the middle of the week. Highs are cooler on Wednesday, hitting the low 70s with extra clouds. Thursday is back to 80 degrees with more sunshine. Friday looks comfy with highs in the mid-80s an...

Roller coaster at Carowinds in North Carolina closes after discovery of crack in support pillar

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:07 GMT

(CNN) — Carowinds amusement park in North Carolina closed a roller coaster Friday after discovering a crack in a support pillar, park officials said.The park says the Fury 325 is one of the tallest and longest rides in the massive park that straddles the North and South Carolina state lines.“The tallest, fastest, longest giga coaster in North America” will remain closed until inspections and repairs take place, the park said. The crack is at the top of a steel support pillar.A “giga” roller coaster has a drop between 300 and 399 feet, according to Kings Island in Ohio.Carowinds says the Fury 325 takes riders to a peak height of 325 feet and reaches 95 mph.The rest of the amusement and water park remained open Saturday, according to Carowinds’ website.“Safety is our top priority and we appreciate the patience and understanding of our valued guests during this process. As part of our comprehensive safety protocols, all rides, including Fury 325, undergo daily ...

Anti-Trump video shared by DeSantis campaign is ‘homophobic,’ says conservative LGBT group

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:07 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A prominent group that represents LGBT conservatives says a video shared by Ron DeSantis′ presidential campaign that slams rival Donald Trump for his past support of gay and transgender people “ventured into homophobic territory.”The “DeSantis War Room” Twitter account shared the video on Friday — the last day of June’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month — that features footage of Trump at the Republican National Convention in 2016 saying he would “do everything in my power to protect our LGBTQ citizens.” Trump had been pledging protection from terrorist attacks weeks after the shootings at the Pulse Nightclub, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, that was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history at that time.The video also highlights “LGBTQ for Trump” T-shirts sold by the former president’s campaign and his past comments saying he would be comfortable with Caitlyn Jenner, the former Olympic decathlete who came out as a transgender woman in 2015, usi...

A balk, an infield hit and an error doom the Chicago White Sox in another brutal loss in Oakland, 7-6 in 10 innings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:07 GMT

The Chicago White Sox had a two-run lead with two outs in the eighth inning against the team with the worst record in baseball.They left the eighth tied after the Oakland Athletics scored twice in unconventional fashion.One run came in when Joe Kelly was called for a balk. The other crossed home on an infield hit by Tony Kemp to tie the score.That set up the most brutal loss of the season for the Sox.Tyler Wade scored from second on a fielding error by second baseman Elvis Andrus to give the A’s a 7-6 victory in 10 innings in front of 9,235 on Saturday at Oakland Coliseum.“That was a tough one today, a real tough one,” Sox manager Pedro Grifol said. “We use our whole roster, basically, and ended up on the losing end.“These games when you use every pitcher and everybody on the roster, you want to win them. But it didn’t go our way.”Wade was on second with two outs in the 10th. JJ Bleday hit a grounder to Andrus, who didn’t field it clea...

Knicks, Donte DiVincenzo agree to four-year, $50 million deal, reunite him with Villanova teammates: source

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:07 GMT

The Knicks hit their redheaded target.Donte DiVincenzo, the 26-year-old scrappy guard out of Villanova, agreed Saturday to a four-year, $50 million contract to join the Knicks, a source confirmed to The Daily News.The move, which can’t become official until the free agency moratorium ends next week, solidifies New York’s guard rotation and will use up all of its mid-level exception. Barring a blockbuster trade — which is always possible given the Knicks’ glut of future draft picks — Leon Rose’s summer was again quiet.DiVincenzo, nicknamed ‘The Big Ragu’ because he’s Italian with red hair, is a decent 3-point shooter (40% last season with the Warriors) and a strong defender. His greatest attribute is probably winning.The Delaware native captured two high school State championships, two NCAA titles with Villanova — both alongside Jalen Brunson — and an NBA championship in 2021 with the Bucks (although he was injured for...