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Conforto, Bailey hit 10th-inning doubles and Giants beat Pirates 8-4 to win 5th straight

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:48:12 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Michael Conforto and Patrick Bailey hit two-run doubles in a five-run 10th inning, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-4 on Sunday to finish a three-game sweep and extend their winning streak to five.With automatic runner Casey Schmitt on second, Wilmer Flores singled off Yerry De Los Santos (0-1) starting the 10th and Joc Pederson hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly.J.D. Davis walked, Conforto doubled to the right-center gap for a 6-3 lead and Mike Yastrzemski was intentionally walked. Luis Matos was intentionally walked and Bailey doubled to left to put the Giants ahead 8-3.“I think it speaks to the club’s resilience, which is something we’ve been talking about for several years here,” Giants manager Gabe Kapler said. “I think that’s still the true character of this team. I think it speaks to an unselfish, team-first mentality that was really the key to our season in 2021. You’re starting to see signals of that over the cou...

Cease wins for 1st time in almost 2 months as White Sox cool off Braves 8-1

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:48:12 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Dylan Cease won for the first time in nearly two months, Luis Robert Jr. had four hits that included a two-run homer and the Chicago White Sox beat Atlanta 8-1 on Sunday to stop the Braves’ streak of 11 consecutive series wins.Cease (4-3) had eight straight no-decisions since beating Cleveland on May 23, the most within a season in White Sox history. He allowed one run and three hits in five innings.Matt Olson had a run-scoring single in the third, increasing his NL-leading RBIs total to 77. Atlanta had two on and one out in the fifth before Cease struck out Austin Riley and retired Olson on a flyout.Reynaldo López, Aaron Bummer and Jesse Scholtens finished a five-hitter and ended the Braves’ streak of consecutive games with home runs at a franchise-record 28. Atlanta had been 7-0 in the decisive third games of three-game series this season.Chicago had 14 hits, its most since June 28, and took two of three for its first series win since June 23-25 against ...

“Por fin llegó el día”: tras años de investigación, las pruebas conducen a los investigadores hasta Rex Heuermann

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:48:12 GMT

(CNN) — Rex Heuermann salió de su oficina cerca del Empire State Building y paseó por una Quinta Avenida aún bulliciosa mientras se ponía el sol en una calurosa tarde de jueves en Manhattan.Este arquitecto de 59 años, entre cuyos clientes se encontraban Catholic Charities, American Airlines y otros inquilinos del aeropuerto internacional John F. Kennedy, aparece en un video obtenido por WABC, afiliada de CNN, caminando tranquilamente al final de su jornada laboral. Llevaba un bolso colgado del hombro y la mano izquierda en el bolsillo cuando se le acercan varios hombres con traje oscuro y corbata.Lo que sabemos de Rex Heuermann, el arquitecto de Nueva York detenido por los asesinatos de Gilgo Beach en Long IslandHeuermann, alto y corpulento, sobresalía por encima de los agentes del orden que le rodeaban. Mientras los transeúntes paseaban tranquilamente por la avenida, fue detenido sin incidentes en relación con una investigación por homicidio que lleva 13 años e implica a jóve...

2 men killed in gun attack in Polish city of Poznan, police say

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:48:12 GMT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two men have died in a shooting in a downtown restaurant in the Polish city of Poznan, local police said Sunday. A spokesman for Poznan police, Andrzej Borowiak, said the incident took place in the hotel restaurant garden on St. Martin street, in Poznan Old Town, an area popular with tourists. Borowiak said one of the two men was killed on the spot while the other died in hospital. The men were Poznan residents, aged 30 and 31. He said police are “sure” that one of the men was responsible for the incident and are trying to find out what was the connection between the two. Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper reported witnesses saying the one man shot the other and then shot himself. The daily did not identify the witnesses.Police and the prosecutors are investigating.Source

Miami Police search for 14-year-old girl reported missing from Little Havana

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:48:12 GMT

Police seek the public’s assistance in finding a 14-year-old girl that was reported missing in Miami. According to City of Miami Police, Jennifer Zuleta was last seen on Friday in the Little Havana neighborhood.Zuleta stands 5 feet, 1 inch tall, weighs approximately 120 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a black tank top with grey leggings. Officials urge anyone with information on her whereabouts to call Miami Police’s Special Victims Unit at 305-603-6300 or 305-579-6111.

Officials identify 17-year-old Lynn boy who died while swimming in Winchester lake

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:48:12 GMT

Authorities have identified the 17-year-old boy who died while swimming at Shannon Beach in Winchester on Saturday and was later pulled from the water by firefighters.Troopers, firefighters, and members of the Massachusetts Environmental Police responded to the beach in the Upper Mystic Lakes around 7 p.m. and the body of Luis Tejeda, of Lynn, was later recovered by Stoneham firefighters, state police said.The beach has no lifeguards after 6 p.m.There is no suspicion of foul play. Tejeda’s official cause of death is pending.A preliminary investigation suggests he was with a group swimming about 100 yards offshore in an area outside the swim zone.  At some point, his fellow swimmers realized he was no longer at the surface. His body was recovered in about 6 feet of water near the place where he was last seen.Nearby residents say this isn’t the first time something tragic like this has happened at Shannon Beach.“Every year we have some kid die at this beach, every si...

DA: Newton man facing assault to murder charge in wife’s beating death

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:48:12 GMT

A Newton man is facing a charge of assault with intent to murder in connection with the beating death of his wife in their home on Brookline Street on Saturday night, the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office announced.Officers responding to a 911 call reporting an ongoing assault inside the home around 8:20 p.m. found Nancy Hanson, 54, suffering from apparent blunt force injuries, police said. She was taken to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where she died. A preliminary investigation suggests her husband, Richard Hanson, 64, hit her with one of more objects multiple times. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has ruled the death a homicide and the cause was blunt force trauma. Hanson was issued a restraining order in Newton District Court on Thursday, July 13, which Newton police were attempting to service. He is being ordered held without bail pending his arraignment tomorrow in Newton District Court.No additional information was immediately available. This is a deve...

Yoshida hits a grand slam and drives in 6 as the Red Sox rout the Cubs 11-5 behind Crawford

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:48:12 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Masataka Yoshida hit a grand slam and a two-run triple, powering Kutter Crawford and the Boston Red Sox to an 11-5 blowout over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.Rafael Devers and pinch-hitter Triston Casas also homered for the surging Red Sox, who have won seven of eight. Crawford allowed one hit in six shutout innings.Yoshida launched the second grand slam of his rookie season in Boston’s five-run fifth against All-Star lefty Justin Steele. Yoshida connected for his 11th homer on a 2-0 count after the Red Sox put together four straight hits, extending their lead to 6-0. Rob Refsnyder had an RBI single.Yoshida added a two-run triple in the seventh, and a single in the ninth off catcher-turned-reliever Tucker Barnhart. Yoshida’s streak of eight straight multi-hit games ended Saturday — it was the longest by a Red Sox left-handed hitter since Ted Williams in 1940.Crawford (4-4) struck out nine and walked four.Steele (9-3) allowed six runs and 10 hits over six innings after to...

Orioles complete sweep of Marlins with 5-4 win behind early scoring, Kyle Bradish’s pitching for season-best 8th straight victory

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:48:12 GMT

After his start Saturday, Kyle Gibson praised the Orioles’ ability to come back in games after they rallied to beat the Miami Marlins after trailing by four runs in the second inning.Baltimore’s bats made sure early Sunday no comeback would be needed, and starting pitcher Kyle Bradish wouldn’t have needed one anyway. The Orioles scored three runs before recording an out, Bradish pitched 7 1/3 shutout innings and the bullpen barely held on in the ninth in Baltimore’s 5-4 win over the Marlins.The triumph completes the series sweep of a Marlins team that arrived in Baltimore with the National League’s second-best record. The sweep is the Orioles’ sixth this season. They are the only team in the majors yet to be swept this season, with the most recent one in May 2022 before Adley Rutschman’s MLB debut.The Orioles, owners of the American League’s second-best record at 57-35, have won a season-high eight games in a row, topping a seven-game ...

Tornado watch issued for most of Massachusetts, flash-flood warning until 8:30

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:48:12 GMT

Keep your eyes to the sky today!An “atmospheric river” first brought the state a tornado warning today — one at 9:15 a.m. again at 10:30 a.m. — and a tornado watch for most of Massachusetts until 3 p.m. and a flash-flood warning until 8:30 p.m.As of 5 p.m. the National Weather Service told the Herald they had not verified any tornado touching down in Massachusetts.Today’s tornado watch (NWS)According to the National Weather Service, all of Connecticut and sections of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and southern Maine fall under that watch. The rain has now moved into Suffolk County.The rest of Massachusetts and Vermont — basically the whole northeast — is under a thunderstorm and flood watch on and off into tomorrow. That’s a mix of “torrential rainfall,” hail, wind suddenly gusting and driving that could be perilous.That unyielding atmospheric river is moving northeast with western Mass, Vermont and New Hampshire in for more ...