PHILADELPHIA — Taylor Ward’s season has been both a pleasant surprise and a disappointment. When Ward has played, he’s hit better than even the most optimistic Angels fan could have imagined. However, he was was out of the lineup Saturday with his fourth different injury this season. “It’s really annoying,” Ward said. Ward felt some…
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When the ball nestled in Cedric Mullins’ glove in center field, right-hander Jorge López finally let out his emotion. The closer entered with two outs in the eighth inning Saturday, because there are times the biggest moments don’t occur in the final inning. This was one such moment. Faced with the bases loaded in a…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now. WESTLAKE VILLAGE — The Newport Harbor baseball team was in familiar territory Saturday, up two runs early against Oaks Christian. Less than three weeks ago in a game against the Lions, the Sailors relinquished a two-run lead and wound up losing 3-2…
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For Tyson Etienne, it wasn’t just growing up in the area that attracted him to the Knicks. There was also an intimate connection. Etienne’s godfather is former Knick center Marcus Camby and the relationship makes it feel like blood. “I call him ‘uncle,’” Etienne said. “He’s that close. If something happened to my parents, I…
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Jake Burger told himself to be smooth and calm when he hit for Reese McGuire in the eighth inning Saturday against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Chicago White Sox trailed by a run but had a runner on first with one out. “Don’t try to do too much,” Burger said. “And fortunately I got a…
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO >> Huntington Beach beat JSerra 2-0 in eight innings Saturday in front of a standing-room only crowd at JSerra High to win its first CIF Southern California Regional championship. Arizona State commit Ralphy Velazquez hit a two-run home run over the left-field wall in the eighth inning to decide the game for…
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The consensus box of Santa Anita picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for races on Sunday June 5, 2022. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks Enjoy the consensus horse racing picks online? Subscribe Sign up for Ponies Express newsletter and get the…
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In 1975, my father appeared as Billy Bibbit in the film “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.” Though he didn’t know it at the time, in just a few years the frustrations of mental healthcare in America would become extremely personal to him, when it would come to affect his second wife — my mother,…
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Coach John Savage knew his UCLA baseball team needed to “come out firing” in its elimination game in the losers’ bracket of the NCAA Tournament, The Bruins did just that in a 16-2 blowout of Southeastern Louisiana on Saturday, keeping their season alive in the Auburn Regional at Plainsman Park in Auburn, Alabama. No. 2…
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LOS ANGELES — Nothing like encouraging Jacob deGrom news to quell the disappointment of the Mets’ start to their Dodgers series. DeGrom threw a bullpen session on Saturday at Citi Field, said general manager Billy Eppler. It was the first time the Mets ace got back on a mound since he learned in late March…
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