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A’s Shintaro Fujinami delivers best outing, not good enough for historic win

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 02:40:03 GMT

OAKLAND – The way Shintaro Fujinami was dealing, he put himself in line for first his first major league win Saturday, and the first ever by a Japanese-born starting pitcher in A’s history.Alas, that will have to wait for another day.Instead, Fujinami’s best outing of his three-start career left him with his third loss, a typical result in this staggering start to the A’s season. They’ve now lost 12 of 15 games following Saturday’s 3-2 defeat to the New York Mets before 12,967 fans at the Coliseum.Fujinama’s line: six-plus innings, four hits, two runs, two walks, and five strikeouts on 92 pitches, those latter two categories behind career highs.A’s manager Mark Kotsay entered Saturday’s game seeking six innings from Fujinami, and that barely happened, once the 29-year-old right-hander induced three consecutive groundouts to reach the seventh with a 2-1 lead.But Fujinami opened the seventh by surrendering his second solo home run of the day, this one to former AR...

San Jose: CHP investigates dead body found near downtown freeways

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 02:40:03 GMT

SAN JOSE — The California Highway Patrol is investigating the circumstances surrounding a dead body that was found near a busy freeway interchange next to downtown San Jose a few blocks from an elementary school.The body was found Saturday around 9 a.m., according to the CHP.Local authorities discovered the deceased individual in the area of the 500 block of Minor Avenue in the vicinity of the interchange of Interstate 280 and State Route 87 next to downtown San Jose.The case was turned over to the CHP because the body was found on property owned by the state Transportation Department, or Caltrans.It appeared that the deceased individual had gained access to an area beneath the interchange prior to the person’s death, according to a CHP official.The Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office was attempting to determine the cause of death. There were no apparent indications that the death occurred due to suspicious circumstances, the CHP official stated.CHP investigators w...

RBC Heritage Scores

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 02:40:03 GMT

SaturdayAt Harbour Town Golf LinksHilton Head, S.C.Purse: $20 millionYardage: 7,213; Par: 71Third RoundMatt Fitzpatrick66-70-63—199Patrick Cantlay69-65-66—200Jordan Spieth68-67-66—201Tommy Fleetwood69-65-68—202Mark Hubbard68-66-68—202Taylor Moore68-67-67—202Scottie Scheffler68-65-69—202Jimmy Walker65-65-72—202Hayden Buckley69-68-66—203Cameron Davis70-67-66—203Rickie Fowler67-68-68—203Emiliano Grillo68-67-68—203Matt Kuchar68-67-68—203Chez Reavie72-66-65—203Xander Schauffele67-66-70—203Keegan Bradley73-67-64—204Brian Harman65-70-69—204Russell Henley72-66-66—204Sungjae Im66-72-66—204Patton Kizzire70-65-69—204Corey Conners70-68-67—205Lee Hodges70-67-68—205Jon Rahm72-64-69—205Aaron Rai63-71-71—205Patrick Rodgers68-71-66—205Justin Rose66-67-72—205Adam Scott69-68-68—205Sahith Theegala70-68-67—205Brendon Todd70-67-68—205Carson Young68-68-69—205Wyndham Clark67-73-66—206Ben Griffin70-65-71—206Chris Kirk69-69-68—206Denny McCarthy71-66-69—206Collin Morikawa72-68-66—206Scott Stallings66-72-68—20...

Doctor group says at least 26 killed in Sudan fighting

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 02:40:03 GMT

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A Sudan doctors’ group said at least 26 people were killed and 103 wounded in fighting Saturday between the country’s army and a powerful paramilitary force. The deaths occurred in areas around the country, including the capital city, Khartoum and its sister city Omdurman, the Sudan Doctors’ Syndicate said in a statement. Many of the the wounded were located in southwestern Sudan. The violence comes after months of escalating tensions between the armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and years of political unrest since an October 2021 military coup. It raised fears of a wider conflict among many as fighting continued into Saturday night. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. The following is AP’s previous story:Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary force engaged in fierce fighting Saturday in the capital and elsewhere in the country, dealing a new blow to hopes for a transition to democracy and raising fears of a wider conflict. A...

Brown scores 29, Celtics hold off late rally by Hawks 112-99

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 02:40:03 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown had 29 points and 12 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics capitalized on a woeful shooting performance by the Atlanta Hawks to hold on for 112-99 victory in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference first-round matchup on Saturday. Jayson Tatum scored 25 points, 21 in the first half. Derrick White finished with 25 points and 11 rebounds for Boston, which hosts Game 2 on Tuesday.The No. 2-seeded Celtics led by as many as 32 points, pouncing on an Atlanta team that missed its first 10 3-point attempts and shot 5 of 29 from beyond the arc for the game. Atlanta used a 32-12 run to cut the deficit to 96-84 on a three-point play by Bogdan Bogdanovic early in the fourth.The Celtics got the lead back up to 107-87. It was 110-97 with less than two minutes to play when Atlanta’s De’Andre Hunter got free on fast break. But his layup attempt was blocked from behind by Marcus Smart. Dejounte Murray led the Hawks with 24 points, eight rebounds and six assists. Trae Young added 16 po...

Depleted Real Madrid beats Cadiz before trip to Chelsea

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 02:40:03 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Real Madrid eased to a 2-0 win at Cadiz in the Spanish league on Saturday despite resting several first-choice players ahead of its trip to London to face Chelsea in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals.Karim Benzema had already hit the woodwork twice as Cadiz clung to the goalkeeping skills of backup David Gil to stay alive before Nacho Fernández and Marco Asensio broke though with goals in the 72nd and 76th minutes.The win left Madrid 10 points behind Spanish league leader Barcelona, which visits Getafe on Sunday.Madrid visits Stamford Bridge on Tuesday holding a 2-0 lead after its convincing win over Frank Lampard’s team in Spain.“David Gil played a great game and Nacho had to put it in for us,” Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois said. “We could have scored more goals, but hopefully we were saving them up for Tuesday.”Coach Carlo Ancelotti once again rotated his squad after his team’s 2-1 loss to Barcelona last month appeared to finish off ...

Sudan doctors say 26 people have been killed in day of fighting between the army and a powerful paramilitary force

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 02:40:03 GMT

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan doctors say 26 people have been killed in day of fighting between the army and a powerful paramilitary force.Source

Kikuchi fans 9 as Rays lose second straight, Jays win 5-2

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 02:40:03 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Yusei Kikuchi struck out a season-high nine over six innings, Danny Jansen had two hits and an RBI and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 on Saturday.Alejandro Kirk reached base four times, scored once and drove in a run as the Blue Jays made it two straight over the Rays, who arrived in Toronto having matched a modern record by winning the first 13 games of the season.Toronto has won four straight meetings with the Rays dating to last season, their longest streak against Tampa Bay since a five-game run from July to October 2015. Taylor Walls homered for the Rays, who have connected at least once in all 15 games this season. Only Seattle (20 games in 2019) has begun a season with a longer streak.Kikuchi (2-0) allowed one run and four hits, improving to 4-0 with a 1.80 ERA in six career games against Tampa Bay. The left-hander walked one and retired the final eight batters he faced.Erik Swanson worked the seventh and Adam Cimber gave up Randy Arozarena’s...

Tapón del Darién: en una de las rutas migratorias más peligrosas del mundo, un cartel gana millones con el sueño americano

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 02:40:03 GMT

Región del Darién, Colombia y Panamá (CNN) — Siempre hay una multitud, pero puede sentirse muy solo.Para acercarse a la libertad, lo han arriesgado todo.Ladrones y violadores enmascarados. Agotamiento, mordeduras de serpientes, tobillos rotos. Asesinato y hambre.Tener que elegir a quién ayudar y a quién dejar atrás.La caminata a través de la región del Darién, un tramo de selva tropical montañosa, remota y sin caminos que conecta a Sudamérica con Centroamérica, es uno de los recorridos más transitados y peligrosos del mundo.Casi 250.000 personas cruzaron la frontera en 2022, como respuesta a los desastres económicos y humanitarios, casi el doble de personas del año anterior y 20 veces el promedio anual de 2010 a 2020. Los primeros datos para 2023 muestran que la cantidad de personas que realizaron el recorrido de enero a marzo se multiplicó por seis, 87.390 en comparación con 13.791 el año pasado, un récord, según las autoridades panameñas.Una mujer venezolana guía a su hijo a...

Deputies: North Creek Fire appears to be human-caused

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 02:40:03 GMT

UPDATE: SATURDAY 4/15/2023 5:52 p.m.(BEULAH, Colo.) — According to the Beulah Fire Protection and Ambulance District (Beulah Fire and EMS), 17 homes are in the evacuation area, and no structures have been lost. "Currently we do not foresee expanding the evacuation zone and there is no timetable for lifting the current evacuation. Crews will be on scene all night and into tomorrow," said Beulah Fire and EMS.UPDATE: SATURDAY 4/15/2023 5:37 p.m.90 personnel from various agencies are currently working the North Creek Fire from the ground and air, according to PCSO. Beulah Fire and the U.S. Forest Service are working together as Unified Command and the Pueblo County Emergency Operation Center (Pueblo County EOC) has also been activated.UPDATE: SATURDAY 4/15/2023 5:15 p.m.According to PCSO, the preliminary investigation into the cause of the fire indicates it is human-caused. Deputies have apparently identified a person of interest in the investigation and are working with federal agents...