PHILADELPHIA — The Dodgers’ offense, with 58 runs in the nine games before Saturday, has started to fulfill its potential of late. Justin Turner and Max Muncy have not. Counted on to add heft to the middle of the Dodgers’ lineup and length to it overall, Turner and Muncy entered Saturday’s game with batting averages…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now IRVINE — A stinging loss in extra innings in the CIF-SS Division 5 softball final couldn’t take away El Toro’s pride on Saturday afternoon. Neither could a highly-discussed play at the plate in the top of the eighth inning that nearly gave the…
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DJ LeMahieu hit a grand slam and a milestone Saturday. The Yankees infielder hammered his second career grand slam in the second inning of the Bombers 7-5 win over the White Sox at Yankee Stadium. It came on the day he reached 10 years of service time in the big leagues. “It’s hard to wrap…
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DENVER — Baseball can be poetic, and for Starling Marte, this was one of those moments. Marte, on the first pitch he saw since returning from the bereavement list following his grandmother’s sudden death, crushed a home run off Rockies right-hander German Marquez and parked it in the left-center field seats at Coors Field in…
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Considering the Orlando Magic’s draft lottery history, nothing is easy during the scouting process that culminates with the NBA draft in New York. But when taking into account what lies ahead for them, the easier part is behind the Magic. Orlando landing the No. 1 pick in the June 23 draft gave the Magic full…
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A Beverly Hills salon owner who was caught on video urging on other rioters breaching the Capitol building during the Jan. 6 insurrection is attempting to back out of part of her plea deal and withdraw a guilty plea to the most serious charge she previously admitted to. Arguing that Gina Bisignano did not know…
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Trekking through the shaded canopies and trailers offering services along West Struck Avenue in Orange on Saturday, May 21, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter often broke away from the guided excursion to chat up someone eating a meal or walking by. Was the food they’d been served any good? And where were they sleeping…
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FULLERTON >> Before the Tesoro baseball team left its campus Saturday to play in the CIF-SS Division 4 championship game at Cal State Fullerton, coach Tony Nieto told his team to “just follow the script” of pitching and defense. The Titans did just that and beat Fullerton 3-0 to win the first CIF baseball championship…
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DENVER — The snow out didn’t stop the Mets from continuing their winning ways. The Mets beat the Rockies, 5-1, in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Coors Field on Saturday behind 5.1 solid innings from Carlos Carrasco and an early outburst from the offense. The Mets matched their season-high three-game winning streak by taking…
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FULLERTON – History was made in more ways than one. Estancia won its first CIF Southern Section baseball championship Saturday with a 2-1 win over Anaheim in the Division 6 final at Cal State Fullerton. Also, Anaheim’s Jillian Albayati was the first girl to pitch in a CIF-SS baseball championship game. Also unusual was the…
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