Contreras hits 2-run HR in 8th as Cubs beat Marlins 2-1

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• the-sun.com11 hour(s) ago
• I deliberately got pregnant at a certain time so my baby would have the right star sign – I would hate to have Libra
• IT’S not unusual to look to the stars when it comes to relationships or friendships, but some mums are taking it one step further. Several parents are reportedly planning the conception so that nine months later their child will be born in the right month to get the desired star sign. 1Mums are planning their pregnancies around their star signsCredit: Getty There’s multiple threads in Reddit dedicated to the trend. “Has anyone tried planning their future children’s zodiac based on you and your s/o zodiac?” the Reddit question begins. “My...
• wtop.com13 hour(s) ago
• Cubs take on the Marlins on home winning streak
• Miami Marlins (48-59, fourth in the NL East) vs. Chicago Cubs (43-63, third in the NL Central) Chicago; Sunday, 2:20 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: Jesus Luzardo (2-4, 3.97 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 46 strikeouts); Cubs: Adrian Sampson (0-2, 3.74 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 32 strikeouts) FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cubs -116, Marlins -102; over/under is 8 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Cubs will try to keep a five-game home win streak alive when they face the Miami Marlins. Chicago has gone 22-32 in home games and 43-63 overall. The Cubs...
• wtop.com17 hour(s) ago
• Barrero hits first 2 HRs, Reds drop Brewers into 2nd place
• MILWAUKEE (AP) — José Barrero hit his first two major league home runs and the Cincinnati Reds beat Milwaukee 7-5 on Saturday night, dropping the Brewers into second place in the NL Central. Joey Votto and Donovan Solano each had a solo homer for the Reds, who hadn’t scored more than three runs since an 8-2 win July 30 over Baltimore. Milwaukee fell a game behind the St. Louis Cardinals, who blanked the New York Yankees 1-0 for their sixth consecutive victory. With the Reds leading 2-0 in the fourth...
• thedailybeast.com17 hour(s) ago
• This Midwest City Is Getting Something Right—So Don’t Miss It
• It has become almost a fetish of late, visiting those once great American cities whose precipitous rise was followed by a slow demise, an attempt by modernity to kill them by a thousand cuts of highways, parking lots, globalism, and unfriendly buildings. But in those cities–Cleveland, Detroit, Tulsa, St. Louis, and so on–what was left behind by those heady decades at the top of the world is spectacular. Museums filled with loot and lucre from around the world, architecture that revolutionized our lives in concert halls, grand libraries, and palaces...
• wtop.com17 hour(s) ago
• Twins top Blue Jays 7-3 behind clutch Polanco, strong pen
• MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jorge Polanco had a pair of two-out RBIs and Jose Miranda homered for the Minnesota Twins, who beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-3 behind a stellar bullpen performance on Saturday night. All-Star Luis Arraez went 3 for 5 with an RBI for the first-place Twins, who kept their two-game lead on Cleveland in the AL Central. Arraez doubled twice and scored on both of Polanco’s clutch hits — a single in the third inning off Blue Jays starter Mitch White (1-3) and a double in the fifth...
• wtop.com17 hour(s) ago
• McMahons 9th-inning homer lifts Rockies over D-backs 3-2
• PHOENIX (AP) — Ryan McMahon hit a tiebreaking homer in the ninth, Antonio Senzatela threw seven quality innings and the Colorado Rockies rallied for a 3-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night. McMahon drilled a high fastball from Ian Kennedy (4-5) into the left-center seats for the game-deciding drive. The hard liner left the ballpark in a hurry, just clearing the wall to the left of the 413-foot sign. It was his 10th homer of the season. The Rockies rallied twice from one-run deficits in the late innings....
• Heavy.com17 hour(s) ago
• Potential Framework for Bulls Stars Contract Extension Revealed
• Getty Nikola Vucevic #9 of the Chicago Bulls celebrates hitting a three point shot late in the game The Chicago Bulls continue to be fans of what center Nikola Vucevic brings to this group and are looking to continue that relationship if the price is right. Vucevic was the first major personnel move Bulls vice president Arturas Karnisovas made. Now, the Chicago Sun-Times’ Joe Cowley reports that there is mutual interest in keeping this relationship going beyond the 2022-23 season. Vucevic is heading into the final year of...
• wtop.com17 hour(s) ago
• Dunning blanks old team, García 5 RBIs as Texas routs ChiSox
• ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dane Dunning allowed one hit in seven dominant innings against his former team for his first win since April, and Adolis García drove in five runs as the Texas Rangers shut out the Chicago White Sox 8-0 on Saturday night. Chicago’s lone hit against Dunning was an infield single up the middle by Yoán Moncada with two outs in the second. Yasmani Grandal doubled off Taylor Hearn with two outs in the ninth for the only other White Sox hit. Dunning (2-6) struck out six and...
• cbslocal.com17 hour(s) ago
• Hoskins, Streaking Phillies Rout Nationals 11-5
• PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rhys Hoskins homered in the first inning for the third straight game — the first Phillies player to do it since at least 1900 — and the surging Philadelphia Phillies routed the Washington Nationals 11-5 on Saturday night. J.T. Realmuto and Matt Vierling also went deep for the surging Phillies, who have won nine of 10 to move a season-best 11-games over .500. Realmuto also tripled and drove in three runs and Jean Segura had three hits for Philadelphia, which will try for a four-game series sweep...
• wtop.com18 hour(s) ago
• Hoskins, streaking Phillies rout Nationals 11-5
• PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rhys Hoskins homered in the first inning for the third straight game — the first Phillies player to do it since at least 1900 — and the surging Philadelphia Phillies routed the Washington Nationals 11-5 on Saturday night. J.T. Realmuto and Matt Vierling also went deep for the surging Phillies, who have won nine of 10 to move a season-best 11-games over .500. Realmuto also tripled and drove in three runs and Jean Segura had three hits for Philadelphia, which will try for a four-game series sweep...
• wtop.com18 hour(s) ago
• Tigers beat McClanahan, Rays 9-1 on Lou Whitaker Night
• DETROIT (AP) — Harold Castro drove in two runs and scored twice as the Detroit Tigers ended a three-game skid with a 9-1 win Saturday over All-Star Shane McClanahan and the Tampa Bay Rays on Lou Whitaker Night. Playing in front of their first sellout crowd since opening day, the Tigers won for the fifth time in 16 games on the night they retired Whitaker’s No. 1. Garrett Hill (2-3) picked up the win, allowing one run in 5 1/3 innings. McClanahan (10-5) gave up four runs on six hits...
• mercurynews.com19 hour(s) ago
• Orioles give second-largest crowd of the season reason to roar, beating Pirates, 6-3, for fifth straight win
• The wave that rolled around Oriole Park at Camden Yards in the seventh inning Saturday had real force to it. There were no gaps in the flow like there so often has been during Orioles games, only the rise and fall of one of the best crowds in Baltimore this season enjoying what would be their club’s fifth straight win. That wave finally broke as outfielder Cedric Mullins sent a fly ball deep enough to score the Orioles’ sixth and final run in a commanding 6-3 victory over the Pittsburgh...
• wtop.com20 hour(s) ago
• Blue Jays put Springer on injured list with inflamed elbow
• MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Toronto Blue Jays placed All-Star outfielder George Springer on the 10-day injured list with inflammation in his right elbow prior to their game at Minnesota on Saturday night. Springer has been bothered by the elbow for much of the summer. He’s scheduled to receive an anti-inflammatory injection this weekend to aid the healing. Springer missed four of the previous five games with the injury, going 1 for 4 against the Twins on Thursday night. Springer will be eligible to return Aug. 15. The four-time All-Star, who...
• wtop.com21 hour(s) ago
• France hits 2-run HR, Kirby sharp as Mariners top Angels 2-1
• SEATTLE (AP) — Ty France hit a two-run homer in the third inning, George Kirby pitched six solid innings and the Seattle Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 Saturday to open a doubleheader. France’s homer came with two outs against starter Jaime Barria (1-2) and erased a one-run lead that came from Mickey Moniak’s second-inning RBI single. The go-ahead blast came one day after France hit a tying single in the ninth during a 4-3, 10-inning loss to the Angels. France has 14 homers on the season. ...
• wtop.com23 hour(s) ago
• Smyly finally wins at home as Cubs beat Marlins 4-0
• CHICAGO (AP) — Drew Smyly tossed shutout ball into the seventh inning for his first win at Wrigley Field for the Cubs, leading Chicago past the Miami Marlins 4-0 on Saturday. P.J. Higgins homered and singled, and Nico Hoerner added three hits and an RBI to help the Cubs defeat Miami for a second straight day after losing five straight. Ian Happ had two hits and scored a run and Willson Contreras had an RBI single. Both All-Stars, Happ and Contreras were the subject of trade rumors before Tuesday’s deadline,...
• mercurynews.com23 hour(s) ago
• San Francisco 49ers | 49ers Trey Lance makes right call in clutch but still misfiring with Deebo Samuel
• SANTA CLARA — Six seconds remained on the clock. Trey Lance needed to finish off a lengthy drive with a touchdown. And he did. How the 49ers’ new starting quarterback produced those points was as interesting as it was necessary. “In that situation, everyone is on the goal line, and I’m on the 20-yard line. If I run, the game is over,” Lance said. “I’m not going to run through eight guys in that situation.” Flash back to Lance’s first of only two starts his rookie season. At Arizona, trailing...
• the-sun.com23 hour(s) ago
• Angel number 222 meaning: 6 reasons you’re seeing it everywhere
• HAVE you ever noticed a repeating number sequence, like 222 or 777, appearing so much that it couldnt possibly be a coincidence? It is thought that repeating numbers are signs sent to us from angels -- but what in heaven do these numbers mean? ???? Read our horoscopes live blog for the latest readings 3Repeating numbers could be signs sent to us from the angelsCredit: Getty What is the meaning and symbolism of angel number 222? If youve been seeing 222 pop up on watches, receipts, page numbers, spreadsheets or...
• fansided.com23 hour(s) ago
• MLB insider questions Cubs for holding onto Willson Contreras
• The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal questioned the Chicago Cubs’ logic for not trading catcher Willson Contreras at the deadline. The MLB trade deadline is over, and most of the names that were expected to be dealt ultimately were. When it comes to the Chicago Cubs, the team shockingly opted against trading catcher Willson Contreras and outfielder Ian Happ. Contreras was the most surprising, considering he is set to become a free agent at the end of the season. While speaking on MLB on FOX, The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal questioned the Cubs,...
• mercurynews.com1 day(s) ago
• Clay Holmes recent struggles show Yankees have to consider options for closing games
• ST. LOUIS — The frustrating thing for the Yankees Friday night is Clay Holmes was starting to look like himself again. The closer who was dominant in the first half of the season has now allowed runs to score in back-to-back appearances and blown the lead in four of his last 10 appearances. Friday night, however, he seemed to have the command of his sinker back only to get burned by Paul DeJong’s double to right field. “Yeah, I definitely felt a lot better out there, but at the end...