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At long last, SF Giants string together offensive success — and wins — against D-backs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:22 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Are they back?Brandon Crawford tripled, J.D. Davis drove home a pair and the Giants had — what’s that? come again? — a well-rounded offensive performance for a second straight game, securing at least a split of a four-game series against the Diamondbacks with a 4-2 win on Wednesday.Widening their advantage in the standings over Arizona (57-52) to three games, the Giants (60-49) scored four runs in consecutive games for the first time in more than two weeks. They improved to 51-13 when reaching that magic number, which they had failed to do 11 of their past 12 games before Tuesday’s 4-3 win.That success has been made possible by quality pitching, which on Wednesday came from Logan Webb, who recorded his 11th consecutive quality start at home, the longest active streak in the majors.Webb walked off the mound to a standing ovation after the seventh inning, limiting the D-backs to two runs on four hits.After Arizona plated two in the first, Webb retired 18 of...

Sale closed in Piedmont: $3.4 million for a three-bedroom home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:22 GMT

136 Dudley Avenue – Google Street ViewThe spacious property located in the 100 block of Dudley Avenue in Piedmont was sold on June 26, 2023. The $3,400,000 purchase price works out to $1,405 per square foot. The house, built in 1957, has an interior space of 2,420 square feet. The layout of this single-story house consists of three bedrooms and three baths. In addition, the home provides a garage. The lot size of the property measures an impressive 9,000 square feet.Additional houses that have recently changed hands close by include:In May 2023, a 4,064-square-foot home on Bellevue Avenue in Piedmont sold for $5,650,000, a price per square foot of $1,390. The home has 4 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.On Dudley Court, Piedmont, in March 2022, a 2,322-square-foot home was sold for $2,425,000, a price per square foot of $1,044. The home has 3 bedrooms.A 2,562-square-foot home on the first block of Calvert Court in Piedmont sold in July 2022, for $3,025,000, a price per square foot of $1,181....

CHP has seized 15K grams of fentanyl since May 1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:22 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- It's been three months since California Highway Patrol launched its fentanyl operation in San Francisco. We are learning how much of the deadly drug that the agency has collected in the city.CHP recovered 15,000 grams of fentanyl, which is about 34 pounds -- enough to virtually wipe out the entire Bay Area. Philz Coffee to close original SF Mission District location "The big number to look at here is that's about 7.7 million fatal doses for an adult human being," said CHP Officer Andrew Barclay.Barclay, who is with CHP's Golden Gate Division, says that's how much fentanyl was seized in san francisco over the last 90 days.Officials say it takes just two milligrams of fentanyl for a person to overdose."The population for the Bay Area in 2018 was 7.75 million people so we're looking at enough fentanyl to cover the entire Bay Area or to make it a little smaller if we're looking at Levi's Stadium that's enough fentanyl to cover Levi's Stadium 112 times over," Ba...

Hudson works 7 strong innings and the Cardinals hit 4 HRs in 7-3 win over AL Central-leading Twins

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:22 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dakota Hudson pitched seven strong innings in his second start of the season and Alex Burleson hit a three-run homer, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 7-3 win over the AL Central-leading Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night.“At the end of the day, I tried to execute every pitch,” Hudson said. “That’s a good team. I didn’t feel like I was predictable in counts or anything. I was just moving the ball around and keep them guessing.”St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol agreed.“Man, that was a really good outing,” Marmol said. “He pounded the zone. Sinker. Slider. Overall, it was a really nice job. That was a really positive outing. It was fun to watch.”Lars Nootbaar added a two-run homer and Tyler O’Neill and Jordan Walker added solo homers for the Cardinals. St. Louis had lost four of its previous five games and eight of 11 before busting out against the Twins.Matt Wallner hit a three-run homer for the Twins in the seventh. It was just the second hit allowed b...

Seager homers in return, Dunning Ks 11 as Rangers maintain AL West lead, beating White Sox 11-1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:22 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dane Dunning had a career-high 11 strikeouts, All-Star shortstop Corey Seager hit a two-run homer in his first at-bat coming off the injured list and the Texas Rangers maintained their slim lead in the AL West with a 11-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night.Dunning (9-4) had retired 20 batters in a row, the last five of those strikeouts, before No. 9 hitter Seby Zavala’s two-out homer in the eighth inning for Chicago’s first runs in three games. That was only the third hit allowed by Dunning, who walked only one against his former team. The Rangers went ahead to stay on Seager’s 16th homer in the first inning, when he pulled a shot to right-center for a 2-0 lead off Dylan Cease (4-5). Seager added an RBI single for the first of five runs the Rangers scored in the second, when Travis Jankowski’s two-run double made it 7-0.Marcus Semien and Josh Jung also hit two-run homers for Texas (62-46), which was 3-6 while Seager was on the...

Expanded Women’s World Cup leads to earlier drama for highly-ranked teams

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:22 GMT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Frequent Women’s World Cup title contenders like the United States, Germany and Brazil are used to win-or-go-home scenarios — but rarely this early in the tournament.The high-stakes must-win-or-draw matches for top teams began in group play this year, in part thanks to the ripple effects of a format change. With the Women’s World Cup now at 32 teams, no longer can any third-place finishers in the group stage advance to the round of 16.“In general, we can say that at this tournament, what we expected happened,” Germany coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg said ahead of her team’s group-stage finale Thursday night against South Korea in Brisbane. “We had some close wins, faced some difficulties. We had games where we had to give everything.”After losing 2-1 to Colombia on Sunday, two-time World Cup champion Germany needed a win over South Korea to clinch a spot in the knockout rounds. A draw combined with a Colombia win or draw against Morocco in a match being pl...

Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán entering inpatient treatment for alcohol abuse

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:22 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán has voluntarily entered inpatient treatment for alcohol abuse, the team announced Wednesday.Germán, who threw a perfect game at Oakland in late June, was placed on the restricted list two days before his 31st birthday. “It is critical that Domingo completely focuses on addressing his health and well-being,” the Yankees said in a statement. “We will respect his privacy as he begins this process.”New York general manager Brian Cashman said Germán will not pitch again this season.“Certainly it’s a very serious issue that affects way too many people, unfortunately, and hopefully the steps that are being taken today will really benefit him for the remaining part of his life because it’s a very serious problem that you need to address head on and these treatment places are significant steps hopefully to helping him get the tools to solve it,” Cashman said.Germán is 5-7 with a 4.56 ERA in 19 starts and one relief appearance this seaso...

Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes to return from injured list this weekend after missing two months

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:22 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Nestor Cortes will return to the Yankees’ rotation Saturday in a four-game series against the Houston Astros after missing more than two months with a left rotator cuff strain.Cortes was scheduled to make a third minor league rehab start Wednesday. When he arrived to get his things and travel to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the left-hander was told he would start this weekend.“I was made aware of it today before I got in. I was supposed to come and pick up my stuff before I got to Scranton,” Cortes said before the Yankees concluded a three-game series with Tampa Bay. “That’s kind of what I know.”Cortes is starting in the spot where Domingo Germán would have possibly started. The Yankees announced Wednesday Germán has voluntarily entered inpatient treatment for alcohol abuse.Cortes will throw one more bullpen session Thursday and likely be limited to around 60 pitches in his first outing since May 30 in Seattle when his shoulder started bothering him.Cortes was ini...

Ian Happ homered twice to help Cubs rout Reds 16-6

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:22 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Ian Happ homered twice and the Chicago Cubs easily overcame an early deficit to beat the Cincinnati Reds 16-6 on Wednesday night.Cristopher Morel, Dansby Swanson and Seiya Suzuki also went deep to help push the Cubs within three games of the NL Central lead and two games back in the wild-card race.Morel and Gomes each extended their hitting streaks to 10 games, and Michael Fulmer (2-5) pitched 1 2/3 innings of no-hit ball in relief of Drew Smyly.Joey Votto hit two homers off Smyly, who allowed five runs in 4 2/3 innings. Spencer Steer and TJ Friedl also homered for Cincinnati.Reds starter Brandon Williamson gave up five runs on four hits in 4 1/3 innings, striking out a season-high seven batters. Buck Farmer (3-5) was the loser.Chicago had 36 runs Tuesday and Wednesday, its most in a two-game span since June 29-30, 1897.Swanson’s 16th homer of the year gave the Cubs a third run in the fourth. Morel’s fifth-inning double drove in another run, and Cody Bellinger’s...

Infant requires skull surgery to allow proper growth

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:26:22 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A Loveland infant is facing surgery that will allow her skull to develop properly.Mable McLaughlin's parents said their 2-month-old has an affliction known as Craniosynostosis."It's basically just a premature fusing of the little plates, atop of her head," her mother, Mechole McLaughlin, said. Colorado farm animal sanctuary needs help to buy land, alleviate flooding "Basically just means her head is not growing side-to-side, that it's kind of growing out, front-and-back, now," she said. Mable's surgery is set for Nov. 9 at Children's Hospital Colorado and the family has set up a GoFundMe to help through the process. The family credits a pediatrician's early detection to give their baby a healthy chance. Doctors say the procedure has a great success rate.