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Pitching, defense rescue punchless Twins in win over Tigers

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:38:34 GMT

After the Twins were outscored by a combined 15-5 in their two losses to the Detroit Tigers to start their four-game series at Target Field, the talk earlier in the week of a “new vibe” around the team seemed to have lost its steam.The home team was in desperate need of something good to happen on Saturday — most importantly, a win.While a lack of offensive production continued to plague the Twins, superb defense and pitching carried the day as the Twins inched back over the .500 mark with a 2-0 win over the Tigers before an announced crowd of 26,950.With Twins manager Rocky Baldelli opting to go with a “bullpen game” to give his starting pitchers an extra day of rest, six Twins relievers combined to limit the Tigers to three hits and a total of four baserunners.Jose De Leon pitched the first two innings, and was followed by Emilio Pagan, Brent Headrick, Brock Stewart, Griffin Jax and Jhoan Duran, who earned his ninth save.“Just sharp,” Baldelli said of his teams’ pitching performan...

Headrick claims victory on Twins’ day of relief

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:38:34 GMT

Left-hander Brent Headrick, called up from the Saints for the second time this season, earned the victory on Saturday after 2 1/3 innings of work in relief.Headrick has added a splitter to his repertoire that he feels makes him a more effective pitcher than he was the first time around.“I went up as a long reliever the first time, and I was able to go three innings and five innings with just the two pitches,” Headrick said. “Now I feel I can mix all three effectively. So, going down, that was the main thing — get that third pitch ready, get that splitter ready.Headrick said he learned a new splitter in spring training last year and revamped it the past month, altering the grip.“Just a little bit better feel,” he said. “It kind of clicked immediately. I told myself in Triple-A, just keep throwing it. You’re not going to learn anything if you don’t throw it.“For the past month I have been throwing it as much as I can. Hitters are going to give you the best feedback. It’s been good. It...

Video shows St. Louis security guard punch man lying on light rail platform

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:38:34 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A security guard for the St. Louis light rail system repeatedly punched in the head a man lying facedown on a busy platform, as nearby commuters recorded video and shouted for him to stop.Obtained by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, bystander video from Friday shows the guard in a black and yellow uniform standing with one foot on either side of the man, who is lying on his stomach trying weakly to shield his head with his hands. The guard bends down and hits the man in the head three times with a closed fist. Records: Man accused of scamming St. Louis slots is cross-country cheater Both the officer and the man who was punched are Black.One person can be heard saying, “He’s not hurting you right now.” Another person yells, “Stop, stop man!” The officer shouts at the man, “I asked you for your hands behind your back.”“He was not moving. He was not resisting,” said Michael Hamtil, a daily MetroLink rider who is an assistant multimedia director at the Post-Dispatch....

PHOTOS: 2023 Juneteenth Music Festival

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:38:34 GMT

Festival goers gathered for the 2023 Juneteenth Music Festival in the Five Points Neighborhood in Denver. The two-day festival took over a portion of Welton Street at 27th as people celebrated.

Woman killed by hit-and-run driver performing street stunts in Long Beach

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:38:34 GMT

A suspect remains at large after a woman was killed by a driver performing street stunts in Long Beach on Friday.Officers responded to a crash near Willow Street and Caspian Avenue shortly before 11 p.m.When police arrived, they found a woman had been ejected from a vehicle. Despite lifesaving measures, she was pronounced dead at the scene.An investigation revealed the victims were traveling westbound on Willow Street when a light-colored, silver or tan SUV was performing donuts in the middle of the intersection.The suspect vehicle struck the victims, causing their car to lose control and crash into a tree in the center median, police said.The female passenger in the Silverado was ejected. The hit-and-run suspect drove away from the scene before officers arrived. Man arrested for stealing ATM machines across Southern California “Speed and distracted driving are believed to be a factor of this collision,” police said.The driver in the victim's vehicle was a 20-year-old Carson man w...

Five for Father’s Day 2023: Kicks, Cars, Figures and Frames

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:38:34 GMT

It’s safe to say that moms milk Mother’s Day more than dads do Father’s Day… But our pops’ deserve thoughtful celebration, too. Every year our culture department seeks out last minute gifts and dad-themed fun with Angelenos in mind for the day of dads. (See last year’s list here). Here’s our recs for 2023: View this post on InstagramA post shared by Sir Collect-a-Lot Toys (@sircollectalot)When the pandemic exploded and the furloughs hit, it forced people like Miles McAlpin to get creative. Making bootleg action figures was a hobby he enjoyed that turned into a business as Sir Collect A Lot.  Sculpting clay onto old toys and repainting them, then creating clever packaging referencing pop culture, he made figures that nichey collectors simply had to have. As the business grew, he never went back to his old job, even after the worst of COVID was behind us.These days he works with Dov Kelemer of DKE toys in Los Angeles on commissioned work and limited runs of fu...

Hall of Fame tackle, ex-Oakland Raider dies at 81

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:38:34 GMT

Bob Brown, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame after a stellar 10-year NFL career as a tackle, including three seasons with the Raiders in the early 1970s, died Friday evening in Oakland. He was 81.Brown’s wife, Cecelia, said her husband died peacefully at a rehabilitation center surrounded by family and friends. Brown, enshrined in the Hall in 2004 by his son, Robert Jr., was admitted to the center after he suffered a stroke in April.“On the field, he was as fierce an opponent as any defensive lineman or linebacker ever faced. He used every tactic and technique – and sometimes brute force – to crush the will of the person across the line from him. And took great pride in doing so,” Pro Football Hall of Fame President Jim Porter said in a statement. “Yet off the field, he demonstrated a quiet, soft-spoken, and caring nature.“The Hall extends its thoughts and prayers to CeeCee and Robert Jr. for their loss.”Brown, an All-American guard at Nebraska who was voted colleg...

College baseball World Series: Stanford’s upset bid vs. top-seeded Wake Forest falls just short

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:38:34 GMT

OMAHA, Neb. — Sanford was five outs away from stunning No. 1 national seed Wake Forest when the Demon Deacons’ powerful offense come to life just enough to hand the Cardinal a 3-2 loss in their opening game at the College World Series on Saturday.Stanford (44-19) led 2-1 before Danny Corona hit a go-ahead two-run single with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning in the Demon Deacons’ first CWS appearance in 68 years.Stanford pays the loser on Saturday night’s game between LSU and Tennessee on Monday. The Deacons (53-10) will play Monday against the winner.The game was delayed for 1 hour and 28 minutes in the seventh inning because of storms in the area.Due to a lightning strike nearby, the game is delayed in the seventh inning as Stanford plays against Wake Forest in a baseball game at the NCAA College World Series in Omaha, Neb., on Saturday, June 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz) For four innings, Stanford starter Joey Dixon held down an offense tha...

PG&E power outage hits East Bay and triggers some BART delays

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:38:34 GMT

FREMONT — A PG&E power outage left several hundred people without electricity in Fremont on Saturday and also affected BART service in the vicinity, the transit agency and the utility company reported.BART reported 20-minute delays on the transit system’s Berryessa line in the East Bay and South Bay, as of 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.The PG&E outage center map showed the affected area was centered on Mowry Avenue and Guardino Drive in Fremont.“There is a 20-minute delay on the Berryessa Line in all directions due to a power outage in the surrounding area of Fremont station,” BART stated in a post.The Berryessa BART line’s stations include downtown Fremont, Fremont Warm Springs, Milpitas and the San Jose Berryessa station.It wasn’t immediately known what was the cause of the PG&E power outage or when electricity service might be restored.The precise number of customers affected wasn’t immediately known. PG&E’s outage map, howe...

Amy Yang takes the Meijer LPGA Classic lead with her third straight 67

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:38:34 GMT

BELMONT, Mich. (AP) — Amy Yang birdied all five par 5s at Blythefield and shot her third straight 5-under 67 to take the third-round lead Saturday in the Meijer LPGA Classic.Yang rebounded from bogeys on the par-3 11th and 13th to birdie the par-5 14th, par-4 17th and par-5 18th to reach 15-under 201 on the tree-lined course.“All week my ball-striking has been really good,” Yang said. “I was giving myself good chances out there. I was a little bit off with putting speed during the round, made a couple mistakes, but I tried to stay patient and just keep trying throughout the round.”The 33-year-old Yang has won all four of her LPGA Tour titles in Asia — the LPGA KEB-HanaBank in 2013 in her native South Korea and the Honda LPGA Thailand in 2015, 2017 and 2019.The Grand Rapids-area event is the final tournament before the major KPMG Women’s PGA next week at Baltusrol and the U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach on July 6-9.“I know KPMG is coming and another two weeks after that U.S. ...