Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Scores and stats from Orange County games on Wednesday, Aug. 17 Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. WEDNESDAY’S SCORES GIRLS VOLLEYBALL NONLEAGUE Loara def. Acaciawood, 25-12, 25-19, 25-23 Godinez def. Magnolia, 25-18, 23-25, 25-22, 25-20…
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MILWAUKEE — Questioned before Wednesday’s game about Craig Kimbrel’s failure to protect a one-run lead at any point this season, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts tempted fate. “If we have a one-run lead tonight, he’s pitching,” Roberts said. The baseball gods heard and must have said, “Hold my beer.” Kimbrel entered the game in the ninth…
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The Mets placed Eduardo Escobar on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to Aug. 16. His left oblique strain has been an interesting one, as Escobar hurt it on Friday, sat out on Saturday, then was forced into the game on Sunday when Guillorme’s injury occurred. On Monday, he started at third base, but with the…
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ATLANTA — It didn’t take long for the new kid to make an impact. In his first MLB at-bat, Brett Baty turned a Jake Odorizzi curveball into a line drive home run. By going yard on the second pitch of his career, and first swing, the 22-year-old Baty became the fifth player in Mets history…
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Josh Donaldson needed it. Aroldis Chapman and the Yankees needed it more. The struggling veteran infielder hammered a fastball with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Yankees an 8-7 win over the Rays at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees snapped a three-game losing streak and won just their third…
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MILWAUKEE — The door to the manager’s office stayed closed long after the game ended Monday night at American Family Field. When it opened, out came Cody Bellinger, mired in yet another slump and given a seat on the bench by Dave Roberts to “re-set” mentally for a couple of days. “He’s been – I guess…
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A third suspect arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of an off-duty Monterey Park police officer during a botched robbery attempt in Downey now faces charges, including murder, prosecutors said Tuesday. Authorities accused Gerardo Magallanes, 18, of standing by with a 17-year-old getaway driver while another suspect attempted to rob Officer Gardiel Solorio Aug.…
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The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended Aug. 14 is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of Southern California, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin 2. Heat 2: Michael Mann, Meg Gardiner 3. Lessons…
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A statewide Flex Alert, asking residents to conserve electricity from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, has been issued as temperatures are expected to soar across the state, with some of the most searing heat expected in inland Southern California. Much of the state is expected to see above average temperatures Wednesday, officials…
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For all his talents, Adley Rutschman’s greatest strength might just be his ability to discern balls from strikes, a model of the swing decision-based development plan that floods the Orioles’ minor league system. At times, it’s burned him, with his awareness of the strike zone perhaps sharper than that night’s home-plate umpire. On Tuesday, when…
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