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Saratoga pitcher who threw back-to-back no-hitters last season fires a perfect game

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:55:06 GMT

Lucas Dennis knows the drill.He’d been there twice last season, in back-to-back games. The Saratoga right-hander held Lynbrook and Fremont-Sunnyvale hitless in consecutive starts.Friday, Dennis, now a senior, was even better than he was a year ago.In fact, he was perfect.The pitcher bound for Pomona-Pitzer retired all 21 batters he faced as Saratoga won at home over Lynbrook 4-0.Dennis threw 69 pitches, 51 for strikes, and struck out seven.As if that weren’t enough, he went 2 for 2 with a triple, two RBIs and a walk for a team that improved its league record to 3-2 and overall mark to 5-7.“It felt really good; it felt like the ball was just jumping out of my hand,” Dennis told the Bay Area News Group. “I wasn’t exerting as much effort as I normally do. It felt like I had a lot of control over my body. I was able to be pretty precise where I was putting it.”As the game moved along, Dennis did all he could to not think about the zero in the hi...

Here are the walk-up songs for the 2023 SF Giants lineup

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:55:06 GMT

(KRON) -- The San Francisco Giants held their home opener for the 2023 season on Friday. It also means this is the first time fans can hear each player's walkup song as they either go up to the plate and hit or to the mound and pitch.Take a look at the list (below) released by the Giants on Friday. The list has multiple songs by Snoop Dogg, Drake and Bad Bunny, respectively. (Warning: Some songs may have explicit lyrics).Some of the players' choices are quite interesting -- to say the least. A Bay Area rap playlist to blast during the Warriors parade OF Michael Conforto"Baby I'm Back" by Baby Bash & AkonSS Brandon Crawford"Still Here" by Drake3B J.D. Davis"Lay Low" by Tiesto IF Thairo Estrada"Despues De La Playa" by Bad BunnyIF Wilmer Flores"I'll Be There For You" by The Rembrandts (Friends Theme Song)OF Mitch Haniger"Come Around" by Slightly StoopidOF Bryce Johnson"Drop It Like It's Hot" by Snoop DoggDH/OF Joc Pederson"I'm So Humble" by Lonely IslandC Roberto Pérez"Me Porto ...

4 Fun Things: Here’s what’s happening in the Bay Area

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:55:06 GMT

(KRON) -- With Easter happening this Sunday, are you looking for something fun to do in the Bay Area this weekend? KRON4 Chief Meteorologist Lawrence Karnow has you covered with 4 Fun Things.All the following events take place on Saturday. 1) Egg Hunt Adventure - Belmont2) Robot Block Party - Oakland3) Twin Cities Easter Egg Festival - Corte Madera4) Easter Egg Hunt & Parade - Sausalito

Woodruff stars as Brewers beat Flaherty, Cardinals 4-0

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:55:06 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brandon Woodruff pitched four-hit ball into the sixth inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0 on Friday night for their sixth straight win.Willy Adames hit a solo homer for Milwaukee, and rookie Garrett Mitchell collected two more hits. Christian Yelich had a run-scoring groundout.Woodruff (1-0) struck out four and walked two in 5 1/3 innings. The right-hander improved to 9-1 in his last 20 starts dating to last season.After Woodruff departed, five Milwaukee reliever combined for 3 2/3 innings of one-hit ball. Matt Bush got three outs before Bryse Wilson retired the side in order in the ninth.St. Louis right-hander Jack Flaherty (1-1) allowed two runs and four hits in five innings. He walked six and struck out three in his 100th big league start.Milwaukee jumped in front with two runs in the third. Rowdy Tellez drove in Yelich with a sacrifice fly, and Mitchell added an RBI single.The Brewers had a chance for more, but Brice Turang bounced...

Call, Candelario start game with homers, Nats beat Rox 10-5

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:55:06 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Alex Call and Jeimer Candelario hit back-to-back homers to start the game, CJ Abrams drove in three runs with a pair of triples and the Washington Nationals beat the Colorado Rockies 10-5 on Friday night.MacKenzie Gore (2-0) turned in another strong performance and now has earned both wins for the Nationals (2-6) this season. The left-hander scattered two runs over six innings.Call set the tone for the Nationals on a night the team collected 19 hits. In addition to the first leadoff homer of his career, he also brought home a run with a bases-loaded walk and another on a sacrifice fly.Abrams kept up his torrid hitting with a three-hit, three-RBI performance. He’s batting .467 over his last four games.Gore and Abrams were both acquired by the Nationals last summer as part of the deal that sent Juan Soto to the San Diego Padres.Rockies starter José Ureña (0-2) never found his rhythm and lasted only 2 2/3 innings. The righty allowed six runs — four earned — and seve...

East play-in field set, Embiid poised to win scoring title

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:55:06 GMT

The Eastern Conference play-in tournament matchups are set, as are the top four seeds in the Western Conference.Also apparently decided: The NBA’s scoring race.Brooklyn sealed the No. 6 seed in the East on Friday night, which locked Miami into No. 7 and the play-in tournament. The Nets will play Philadelphia in Round 1 of the playoffs — meaning Brooklyn will be up against a soon-to-be two-time scoring champion.Philadelphia center Joel Embiid — he didn’t play in Friday’s overtime win over Atlanta and there’s no need for him to in the 76ers’ regular-season finale on Sunday, either — will almost certainly finish the season averaging 33.1 points.The only player who had a realistic chance entering Friday to catch him was Dallas’ Luka Doncic. But he played sparingly Friday, changed into street clothes at halftime of the Mavericks’ loss to Chicago — one that eliminated Dallas from postseason contention and assured Oklahoma City the No. 10 spot in the play-in tournament. Mavs co...

2 teenagers stabbed inside Walmart in Fairfax Co.

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:55:06 GMT

Two teenagers, a male and a female, were stabbed in Fairfax County, Virginia, Friday evening after a brawl broke out inside the Hybla Valley Walmart, WTOP’s news partners at 7News reported.Fairfax County police reported to the Walmart located in the 7900 block of the Richmond Highway around 5:40 p.m.More Fairfax County NewsMore Crime NewsThe two teens were transported to a nearby hospital for treatment. Officials confirmed with WTOP that the teenage boy suffered life-threatening injuries.Officers are on scene of a stabbing in the 7900 block of Richmond Hwy. Two juvenile victims taken to the hospital with wounds to the upper body. One considered life-threatening, one considered non-life threatening. Suspects are in custody. Preliminarily, not a random act. #FCPD pic.twitter.com/FAhYAW0FzZ— Fairfax County Police (@FairfaxCountyPD) April 7, 2023According to authorities, the suspects and the victims knew each other and this was not a random case, but further details into the cause...

US women set record for fastest goal, beat Switzerland 9-1

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:55:06 GMT

BRAMPTON, Ontario (AP) — Abbey Murphy scored at seven seconds for the fastest goal in women’s world hockey championship history and the United States routed Switzerland 9-1 on Friday to improve to 2-0 in Group A play.In the night game, captain Marie-Philip Poulin scored her 100th and 101st goals for Canada in a 5-1 victory over the Czech Republic that kept the Canadians even with the Americans. Finland improved to 2-0 in Group B, beating Germany 3-0.Murphy took the puck off Abby Roque’s opening faceoff victory, sped past two defenders and fired a shot past goalie Saskia Maurer.“For a morning game especially, we answered the bell right away. It was apparent that we were ready to play,” U.S. coach John Wroblewski said. “Our attention to detail and our respect for the game I thought was at the utmost level. It was a fun game to be behind the bench in and I thought we got better today.”Caroline Harvey scored twice for the United States, Roque had a goal and three assists, Murphy a...

Community frustrated over growing trash problem along South Platte River Trail

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:55:06 GMT

ENGLEWOOD, Colo (KDVR) -- Neighbors are frustrated over a growing trash problem along the South Platte River Trail in Englewood. Dave Baugh said the wind gusts constantly pick up trash from the nearby Waste Management facility. "It’s been going on for years,” Baugh said. “It’s just an unfortunate circumstance that this Waste Management facility is right next to the river, but on windy days a lot of that wind whips up the trash and it ends up right in the river.” This photo was taken on March 31 after the high winds blew tons of trash from the Waste Management facility along the South Platte River Trail. (Courtesy: Dave Baugh)Trash can be seen floating in the South Platte River near Union and Sante Fe Drive. (Courtesy: Dave Baugh)Ellen Chilikas said she rides the trail every week. “There’s always trash here,” Chilikas said. "It’s a constant irritation.” The Waste Management facility borders part of the South Platte Trail near Union Avenue and Sante Fe Drive i...

Editorial: Few EV models eligible for new tax credit

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:55:06 GMT

If you’re in the market for a new car, wouldn’t you be more likely to buy a climate-friendly electric model if you could save thousands of dollars off the sticker price?That’s the idea behind electric vehicle subsidies authorized as part of the Inflation Reduction Act passed by Congress last year, which are supposed to accelerate the fight against climate change by making zero-emission cars more affordable. But that’s a far cry from what’s likely to happen. Under complicated new rules released by the Treasury Department, only a handful of more than 90 electric car models for sale in the U.S. will be eligible for incentives that allow car buyers to claim a tax credit of up to $7,500.For that you can thank U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va. Restrictions on sourcing battery parts and critical minerals were added to the legislation in order to win his support and, at least theoretically, encourage domestic manufacturing and reduce the electric vehicle supply chain’s dependence on China....