Here is the boxscore from the last game these two teams played in Wrigley Field before today. Just four men who played in that game nearly 11 years ago are still active: Jose Altuve, J.D. Martinez, Jordan Lyles and Anthony Rizzo. One is deceased (Luis Valbuena, who died in a car accident in 2018). The Cubs won that game 14-6. Rizzo homered for the Cubs. So did Ryan Sweeney, who is now doing studio work for Marquee Sports Network. That series was the first time the Cubs faced the Astros after...
It’s like clockwork each April and May. The Giallorossi find themselves deep in European competition (a rarity for an Italian side in most seasons) while also needing to put in significant effort to keep the fight for Champions League qualification alive through the Serie A table. While those several years of repeated trips to the semi-finals of European competitions are a testament to Roma doing things the right way, to borrow a line from the inimitable DJ Khaled, Roma often ends up suffering...
Banking five wins last week to get back to .500 on the season was exactly what the doctor ordered for the Mariners. It was even more important that they took care of business against the likes of the Reds and Rockies because Seattle’s schedule is about to get a lot harder over the next couple of weeks. They’ve got this series on the road against the Rangers, then host the Diamondbacks and Braves before starting off the month of May with a trip to Houston. If the Mariners have truly turned a...
(The Center Square) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a series of public safety bills on Wednesday, including a measure to require Georgia counties to comply with federal immigration laws. Kemp, a Republican, signed Senate Bill 63, which expands the list of "serious offenses" for which bail is required, and SB 421, which stiffens the penalties for "swatting" and drive-by shootings. The move to tackle swatting follows several instances involving Georgia officials around the...
Expert recap and game analysis of the Houston Astros vs. Cleveland
The Rockies’ Cal Quantrill (0-3) allowed six hits and six earned runs in five innings.
The Rockies’ Cal Quantrill (0-3) allowed six hits and six earned runs in five innings.
Bedeviled with multiple injuries to their top starters, the Houston Astros have struggled out of the gate this season.
Kyle Tucker, Jose Altuve and Jeremy Pena each hit solo home runs as the Houston Astros completed a two-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies with an 8-2 win on Sunday in the Mexico City Series. Yainer Diaz added a two-run double for Houston, which had scored a total of 22 runs over its prior nine games before scoring 20 during the high-altitude international series. The Astros opened with a 12-4 win on Saturday. Framber Valdez (1-0) returned from the injured list and tossed five strong innings in...
BATON ROUGE - LSU softball's offense continues to really struggle.The No. 7 Tigers just pushed across one run on three hits in Friday night's 2-1 loss at home to No. 15 Arkansas. LSU has scored just two runs in their last four SEC games.Sydney Berzon pitched seven innings for the Tigers and allowed two runs.LSU is now 35-12 overall and 11-11 in SEC play. The Tigers host Arkansas on Saturday at 4 p.m.Permalink| Comments
The Dodgers’ second interleague series of 2024 takes them to Toronto for the first time in eight years, facing the Blue Jays this weekend at Rogers Centre in a three-game series beginning Friday night. Shohei Ohtani, who leads the majors with 14 doubles and 21 extra-base hits, has nine extra-base hits (five doubles, three homers, a triple) in 12 career starts at Rogers Centre, hitting .326/.466/.674 in Toronto. He also has extra-base hits in his last five games. This time, unlike in December,...
The Museum of South Texas History will host the Sunday Speaker Series presentation, “Rebecca Flores and the Struggle for Field Sanitation in the Lower Rio Grande Valley,” featuring Brent Campney at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 28, in the Courtyard Gallery.