Anaheim’s best pitcher this season, a season in which the Colonists won the Orange League championship and have advanced to a CIF semifinal, is 11-0 with a 1.68 ERA. She also is batting .333 and is third on the team in RBIs. “She” is Jillian Albayati, a senior right-hander. Albayati pitched a complete game for…
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Willson Contreras started getting emotional in the dugout after he crushed a first-inning grand slam Monday night. The slam punctuated an eight-run first inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates, all the offense the Chicago Cubs needed in a 9-0 win at Wrigley Field. Left-hander Wade Miley locked down the Pirates lineup, tossing seven scoreless innings and…
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LOS ANGELES ― The Dodgers nearly cost themselves a victory Sunday by making an error in the field against the Philadelphia Phillies. They made another error that counted on the scoreboard, and a couple more that didn’t, on Monday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The fate of the baseball gods is nothing if not fickle.…
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The Aliso Viejo doctor who charged an enraged gun-wielding man on Sunday and lost his life in a Laguna Woods Church, saving a group of parishioners, was known for his compassion and love of people. Dr. John Cheng’s bravery surprised no one. Cheng, 52, a family care and sports medicine physician in Aliso Viejo, sprang…
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A Las Vegas man who allegedly harbored a grudge against Taiwan and is accused of killing one person and shooting four others at a Taiwanese Presbyterian church gathering in Laguna Woods bounced between security jobs where he was licensed to carry a firearm, records show. David Wenwei Chou, 68, was employed as an armed security…
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ARLINGTON, Texas — After a brilliant seven-game span from the Angels’ starting rotation, the story changed quickly with a new week. Noah Syndergaard failed to make it out of the first inning for the first time in 126 career starts, allowing six runs in the Angels’ 7-4 loss to the Texas Rangers on Monday night.…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA — Tesoro catcher Kennedy Proctor caught the victory-clinching strike from Loula-Rae McNamara and slammed the ball to the ground as she headed toward her teammates jumping near the circle. The Titans, fueled by their underdog rallying cry, celebrated like never…
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These are the nights that can occur as a major league starter, laboring through innings and leaving the mound with a shake of the head. The game’s best experience them rarely, but they come for everyone, sooner or later, and it came for Kyle Bradish on Monday night. In his first three starts, the right-hander…
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BALTIMORE — Luis Severino basically missed the last three years. The right-hander battled injuries and only made a handful of appearances. So the Yankees did not know what they had coming into this season. They didn’t know if he’d be as good as he was in 2018 or if he would be able to contribute…
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EL SEGUNDO — The Kings’ break-up day might not have been much for costumes or sets – a drab, damp locker room was the backdrop while sandals and sweatshirts were the de facto dress code – but it carried all the story-telling power of the Netflix homepage. There was a buddy picture, part of a…
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