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It went down as a meaningless play in the box score, a bunt single by Mauricio Dubon in the sixth inning of the San Francisco Giants’ 13-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on April 12. Dubon never advanced past first base; Padres pitcher Dinelson Lamet struck out the next three batters in order. In…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Scores and stats from Orange County games on Wednesday, April 27. Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. WEDNESDAY’S SCORES GIRLS DIVING CIF-SS FINAL Division 1 (Springboard) 1) Taylor Fox (San Juan Hills) 559.10 2) Sheridan…
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A colorful, widely visible, but graffiti-marred mural on a flood-control dam near Corona that celebrated the nation’s bicentennial no longer enjoys the protection of a court order. But officials say a plan is in the works to replace the patriotic image on Prado Dam, which was originally created with toxic lead paint. The fate of…
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The Chicago Bulls season ended with an air of inevitability Wednesday night as the team crumpled against the Milwaukee Bucks in a 116-100 Game 5 loss to close their best-of-seven first-round series. The Bulls’ chances went from unlikely to grim after starters Alex Caruso (concussion) and Zach LaVine (COVID-19) were both ruled out of Game…
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Robinson Chirinos flailed a glove at the pitch, but it was just a prayer, a wild swipe of his backhand to save a ball that bounced a few feet in front of the plate and quickly skipped past the catcher. Right-hander Dillon Tate had entered in the seventh inning Wednesday, inheriting a runner and hoping…
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Mets pitchers complained about the inconsistencies and slickness of the baseballs provided by MLB this season. The Yankees, meanwhile, were still not sure what to make of them. “I gotta be honest, I haven’t really noticed much,” Jameson Taillon said Wednesday before the Yankees game against the Baltimore Orioles at the Stadium. “Maybe when I…
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ST. LOUIS — The Mets finally sent a message, and this one seemed inevitable. Benches and bullpens cleared in the bottom of the eighth after Mets reliever Yoan Lopez sent a fastball up and in to Nolan Arenado, who then shouted and motioned at Lopez to pitch lower than head-high. Arenado shoved Mets catcher Tomas…
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The on-court progress Orlando Magic big man Wendell Carter Jr. made during the 2021-22 season was evident. Carter averaged several career highs, including points (15), rebounds (10.5) and assists (2.8) and effective field goal percentage (57.6%) — a field-goal percentage formula that adjusts for 3-pointers being worth more than made 2-pointers. He started to dominate…
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TORRANCE — Last summer, the Sparks’ first season without perennial All-Stars Candace Parker and Chelsea Gray, the team went 12-20, finished last in the league in scoring and whiffed on the playoffs for just the fifth time in the franchise’s 25-year history. So the Sparks retooled. Or, as they’d put it: reloaded. On Wednesday morning…
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About 6 million people in Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Ventura counties must cut water use at least 35% by restricting outdoor watering to one day a week or other means, a hard target that could exact penalties or a total outdoor irrigation ban if not met, Southern California’s largest water wholesaler said Wednesday. Officials…
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