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A woman pinned to the ground by police during a vigil for Sarah Everhard has said she was ‘terrified’.
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A woman pinned to the ground by police during a vigil for Sarah Everhard has said she was ‘terrified’.
Credit: @GMB via Twitter / Good Morning Britain / ITV
Several NBA and WNBA players demanded the need for further accountability after former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd.
Chelsea was preparing to dramatically abandon its plan to join a breakaway Super League on Tuesday, threatening to implode the project.
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price will be out at least a week due to concussion protocols.
Toronto Raptors forward Yuta Watanabe feels extremely proud after signing his first NBA contract.
The hockey world paid tribute to Patrick Marleau following his record-breaking night, but none did it better than his former teammates in Toronto.
The Ontario Hockey League has cancelled its 2020-21 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Park goers recognized the man from Kokumai's videos and surrounded him until police arrived.
A battle between two London rivals, and two Serie A powers fighting for European qualification highlight this week's slate.
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BOSTON — Xander Bogaerts hit a three-run home run to back Eduardo Rodríguez in his first start at Fenway Park since 2019, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 on Tuesday night. Rodríguez (3-0), who missed last season due to COVID-19 complications, allowed two runs on three hits over six innings and struck out six for AL East-leading Boston. Matt Andriese, Adam Ottavino and Matt Barnes each worked a scoreless inning in relief. Barnes earned his third save. Rodríguez was pulled after allowing his second homer of the day, a towering leadoff shot by Randal Grichuk leading off the seventh. Bo Bichette also homered for the Blue Jays, who have lost three straight. Toronto ace Hyun Jin Ryu (1-2) lasted five innings, giving up eight hits, four runs and striking out two. Trailing 4-2 in the eighth, the Blue Jays had a runner on third with two outs, but Bichette struck out. Rodríguez received a warm greeting from the pandemic-limited Fenway crowd of 4,728. It was a small consolation prize for the left-hander, who missed out on scheduled opening day starts each of the past two seasons. He still appeared to feed off the home fans' energy, hurling a 95 mph fastball to strike out Bichette looking in the first inning. Rodríguez cruised through his first three innings, allowing only a walk. In the fourth, Bichette jumped on a first-pitch cutter and drove it over the Green Monster to put the Blue Jays in front 1-0. Christian Arroyo and J.D. Martinez singled ahead of Bogaerts' blast to left-centre in the bottom of the inning. Marwin Gonzalez doubled later in the fourth and Bobby Dalbec drove him in with a triple. TRAINER’S ROOM Blue Jays: Cavan Biggio started in right field after missing two games a hand issue. ... Toronto placed right-hander T.J. Zeuch on the 10-day injured list with right shoulder tendinitis. Infielder Santiago Espinal was recalled from the club’s alternate training site and started at third base. Red Sox: Left-hander Chris Sale will report to the team’s spring training facility in Fort Myers, Florida, on Sunday to continue his rehabilitation following Tommy John surgery in March of 2020. “It’s just a matter of time of when he gets on the mound. We’ll go from there,” manager Alex Cora said. DELAYED ARRIVAL Cora was delayed getting to the ballpark, saying before the game that he had issues with his COVID-19 test results. “Some testing didn’t go the way it should have gone,” Cora said, adding that he was tested multiple times. Cora is scheduled to receive his second dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday. UP NEXT Blue Jays: Montoyo hasn’t settled on a starter, but said his options include left-hander Tommy Milone (0-0, 3.24 ERA), left-hander Anthony Kay (0-1, 10.80) or an opener. Red Sox: Right-hander Garrett Richards (0-1, 6.00) will make his fourth start of the season. He has posted a 1.80 ERA and .179 opponent batting average in his past two starts. ___ More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports Kyle Hightower, The Associated Press
Carlos Correa rips an RBI double to right field that plates Michael Brantley and gives the Astros a 1-0 lead in the top of the 6th inning
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Washington's Yan Gomes drew a four-pitch walk from Giovanny Gallegos to force in the go-ahead run in an odd eighth inning that also featured St. Louis deploying a five-man infield, and the Nationals came back to edge the Cardinals 3-2 on Tuesday night. St. Louis led 2-1 entering the eighth. But Gallegos (2-1) walked a batter, then hit one, before Trea Turner's RBI single to right on an 0-2 count tied the game. One out and one intentional walk later, Gallegos faced Starlin Castro with the bases full, and Cardinals manager Mike Schildt removed an outfielder he had just inserted in the middle of the inning in favour of an extra infielder, Edmundo Sosa. That left the Cards with only a pair of corner outfielders. The strategy worked out fine, because Gallegos got Castro looking at strike three on a 94 mph fastball. But then came the free pass to Gomes that put the hosts ahead — and gave them a win on a day they put slugger Juan Soto on the 10-day injured list with a strained left shoulder. Daniel Hudson (2-0) threw a perfect eighth for the win, and Brad Hand pitched the ninth for his second save in two chances with Washington. It was the Cardinals’ first one-run game all season; every other club in the majors already had participated in at least two. Both starting pitchers performed well, but neither factored in the decision. Washington's Patrick Corbin tossed six scoreless innings, removed with a 1-0 lead despite having thrown merely 76 pitches. St. Louis' Adam Wainwright struck out 10 while allowing one run in seven innings and left with a 2-1 lead. The only blemish: Josh Bell, who was batting .115, hit his first homer for the Nationals on a first-pitch curveball in the sixth. He finished with a flourish, too, striking out his last four batters, including pinch-hitter Yadiel Hernández looking at — what else? — a curveball to close the seventh. When the bullpens got involved is when things really got interesting. Corbin's replacement, Tanner Rainey, walked Yadier Molina after a 10-pitch at-bat, then gave up rookie Dylan Carlson's triple off the wall in centre to make it 1-all. Austin Dean's sacrifice made it 2-1. MAKING MOVES The Nationals recalled right-handed pitcher Steven Fuentes before the game and optioned righty Ryne Harper to the alternate training site. It's the first time in the majors for the 23-year-old Fuentes, who spent time at Class A Potomac and Double-A Harrisburg in 2019. Harper allowed one earned run in three innings of relief with Washington. TRAINER'S ROOM Nationals: Soto, the reigning NL batting champion, originally was listed in Tuesday's starting lineup. He was replaced in right field by Andrew Stevenson. Yadiel Hernandez was recalled from the alternate training site to replace Soto on the 26-man roster. ... LHP Seth Romero, a 2017 first-round draft pick who turned 25 on Monday, hurt his ribs throwing a pitch about a week ago at the alternate training site and is “going to be out for a while,” manager Dave Martinez said. UP NEXT The series wraps up Wednesday afternoon with Washington sending three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (0-1, 2.37 ERA) to the mound to face Cardinals RHP Carlos Martínez (0-3, 7.80). Scherzer is 2-6 with a 3.31 ERA in 11 career starts against St. Louis. ___ More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports Howard Fendrich, The Associated Press
CLEVELAND — Carlos Rodón followed up his no-hitter by hanging around for five shaky innings to beat Cleveland for the second time in a week and José Abreu homered twice, leading the Chicago White Sox past the Indians 8-5 on Tuesday night. Rodón (3-0), pitching in short sleeves despite temperatures dropping into the 30s and snow on the way, worked around five walks, giving up a homer and throwing 110 pitches — only four fewer than in his gem on April 14. The left-hander gave up two runs and three hits. Rodón joined Eddie Cicotte (1917) as the only pitchers in club history to face the same team in his next start after throwing a no-hitter. He was the first to do it since the Angels' Jered Weaver in 2012. Abreu hit solo homers in the fourth and seventh innings. Tim Anderson connected for a two-run homer off Zach Plesac (1-3) and Yasmani Grandal's two-run shot in the seventh put the White Sox ahead 7-2. Jordan Luplow homered for the Indians, who scored twice in the ninth and stranded 13. Rodón barely missed pitching a perfect game last week against Cleveland, losing it when he hit Indians catcher Roberto Pérez on the foot with one out in the ninth. However, he finished up the 20th no-hitter in club history and solidified his place with the Sox after undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2019, pitching poorly last season and not being tendered a contract before re-signing. Rodón was far from perfect or historic this time. He walked two in the first, one in the second and extended his string of no-hit innings against the Indians to 11 before Luplow led off the third with his fifth homer. Abreu's 458-foot rocket shot to left — it landed four rows from the top of the bleachers — put the White Sox ahead 3-1 in the fourth. The Indians missed a great scoring opportunity in the fourth, loading the bases with none out on an error, catcher's interference and walk. Rodón struck out two, and could have been in bigger trouble when César Hernández ripped an RBI single. But Josh Naylor, who was on second, got thrown out at the plate when he ran through third-base coach Mike Sarbaugh's stop sign. EATON SUSPENDED During the game, MLB announced that White Sox outfielder Adam Eaton has been suspended one game for triggering a benches-clearing incident against the Indians last week — the day after Rodón's no-no. Eaton thought Indians shortstop Andrés Giménez pushed him off the bag on a force out in the first inning. He shoved Giménez, setting off some more pushing. Hernández and Indians first baseman Jake Bauers were fined undisclosed amounts. FIRST TIME A day after making his pitching debut in Boston, White Sox catcher Yermín Mercedes made his first career start at first base. Mercedes dropped a throw for an error in the fourth, and was replaced in the fifth. He fouled a ball off his left foot in his the second. SOX MOVE Before the game, the White Sox purchased right-hander Alex McRae's contract from their alternate training facility and optioned right-hander Zack Burdi. The 28-year-old McRae made two relief appearances with the White Sox in 2020. TRAINER'S ROOM White Sox: Manager Tony La Russa said an MRI taken on RHP Lance Lynn showed no damage and he expects the 33-year-old to pitch once his stint on the injured list ends. Lynn was placed on the 10-day IL with a strained right trapezius on Sunday. “All signs are good going forward with him,” La Russa said. UP NEXT The weather forecast doesn't look promising, but the Indians will start RHP Aaron Civale (3-0, 2.18 ERA). The White Sox have yet to announce their starter for Wednesday. ___ More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports Tom Withers, The Associated Press