LOS ANGELES ― The game found Mookie Betts again and again. Again and again, he responded. By the time it was over, he had broken a franchise record held by Jackie Robinson and needed only a triple to hit for the cycle. Betts did all he could. The Dodgers still lost, 6-5 to the Pittsburgh…
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One teenager was arrested and a second suspect was at large late Monday, May 30, after the pair led Brea police on a high-speed freeway chase that ended in Riverside County. Shortly before 6 p.m., Brea police responded to calls from neighbors who spotted a couple of strangers behaving suspiciously at a home near Lambert…
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If you were writing a how-to manual on coming back from a three-run, first-inning deficit, scoring 12 unanswered runs would be a strong start. The Mets were down by three before they even had a chance to bat on Monday night. Then they got two runs back in the bottom of the first, added four…
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The bullpen had begun to move between innings, relievers milling about to stretch or throw weighted balls against the padded wall. But none stood on the mound to warm up in earnest, even though right-hander Tyler Wells had thrown 75 pitches, four shy of his career high, through five innings. The Orioles (21-29) have been…
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Count Again became racing’s newest millionaire Monday, rallying from last in the six-horse field under Irad Ortiz Jr. to win the $500,000 Grade I Shoemaker Mile at Santa Anita as the 5-2 second choice in the wagering. Taking advantage of a blistering early pace, Ortiz had the Philip D’Amato-trained Count Again in full gear through…
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Irad Ortiz Jr. apparently enjoys riding at Santa Anita. The 29-year-old native of Puerto Rico flew to Southern California from New York after Sunday’s card at Belmont Park and made himself at home in warm and sunny Southern California. A winner of three Eclipse Awards as the nation’s top jockey (2018-20), Ortiz won two of…
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LA Fleet Week may be coming to a close this Memorial Day, with the holiday drawing large crowds, but some organizations are hoping their outreach over the course of the long weekend will last. The event — the first in-person Fleet Week since 2019 — featured four days of Armed Forces celebrations centered on sea…
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LOS ANGELES ― Andrew Heaney still has a 0.00 earned-run average in 2022, sim games included. The left-hander pitched to batters Monday for the first time since he was placed on the injured list April 20 with discomfort in his shoulder. Heaney faced four batters each in two simulated “innings.” He struck out every one.…
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By YURAS KARMANAU and ELENA BECATOROS KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops pushed deeper into a key eastern Ukrainian city Monday, fighting street by street with Kyiv’s forces in a battle that has left Sievierodonetsk in ruins. In a bid to pressure Moscow to end the war, the European Union agreed to embargo most Russian…
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By WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that the “Second Amendment was never absolute” and that, after the Texas elementary school shooting, there may be some bipartisan support to tighten restrictions on the kind of high-powered weapons used by the gunman. “I think things have gotten so bad that everybody’s getting…
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