HUNTINGTON BEACH – A six-run first inning was more than enough cushion for Huntington Beach pitcher Jack Smith in the Division I baseball semifinals of the CIF Southern California Regional playoffs Thursday. The senior struck out 12 to lead the Oilers to a 9-2 victory over Villa Park at Huntington Beach High. The victory sends…
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LOS ANGELES — Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor couldn’t play Thursday night because he slammed his right hand in his hotel room door. Tony Gonsolin slammed the door on the rest of the Mets. Gonsolin held the Mets scoreless for the first six innings of a combined shutout as the Dodgers took the first game of…
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Keegan Thompson is not switching up his routine. No matter how the Chicago Cubs have used the right-hander this year, he maintains the same warmup process — even before starts. Forget the typical pregame long tossing in the outfield by the starting pitcher. Thompson has found a setup that works, and he isn’t abandoning it…
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LOS ANGELES — The Mets began their most important series of the year thus far by playing mostly crisp defense behind a solid pitching performance from their starter. In a lineup without the red-hot Francisco Lindor, it was the Amazin’s bats that failed to click against a strong Dodgers pitching staff. The Amazin’s mustered just…
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Thursday marked 81 years since Lou Gehrig died from ALS, and the legendary New York Yankees first baseman was honored across Major League Baseball with Lou Gehrig Day. Former Orioles reliever Jim Poole, who was diagnosed with ALS last year, attended Thursday night’s game between the Orioles and Seattle Mariners at Camden Yards. His son,…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — Capistrano Valley Christian’s historic softball season ended Thursday but not before one more record-setting blast from Natalie Gleason and a few more flashes of potential from the Eagles’ freshmen. Gleason added to her Orange County record for home runs…
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO >> JSerra used seven pitchers Thursday to beat Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks 5-4 in the Division I semifinals of the CIF Southern California Regional playoffs at JSerra High. The Lions beat Notre Dame 3-1 in the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 championship game on May 22. Thursday’s game was not as well-played…
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By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO — Jaylen Brown fueled a comeback charge and scored 24 points, Al Horford hit six 3-pointers and the Boston Celtics rode the most lopsided fourth quarter in NBA Finals history to a 120-108 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 on Thursday night. Horford finished with…
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Jorge López registered the final out of the eighth inning with the go-ahead run on second base, breezed through a 1-2-3 ninth, but couldn’t keep an automatic runner from scoring in the top of the 10th as the host Orioles fell to the Seattle Mariners, 7-6, on Thursday night. In his first appearance pitching in…
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Home runs by Kyle Kim and Conor Sunderland and a three-run double by Nate Norman led Fullerton’s baseball team to a 10-6 win over Burroughs of Burbank in a Division V semifinal in the CIF SoCal Regional playoffs Thursday at Fullerton High. Sunderland hit a solo home run in the bottom of the first inning…
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