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Skenes perfect into 7th, Griffin hits first 1st career homer in Pirates' 6-0 win over Brewers
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Paul Skenes had a perfect game into the seventh inning, Konnor Griffin hit his first career home run on his 20th birthday and drove in three runs to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-0 on Friday night.Skenes (4-1), the NL Cy Young winner, didn’t allow a base runner until Jake Bauers’ sharp single to right with two outs in the seventh. He was vying to become the first pitcher to throw a perfect game in American Family Field, previously known as Miller Park, which opened in 2001. There have been two no-hitters.
Skenes gave up... Read More
Growing wildfires blamed for death of Florida firefighter and destruction of 120 Georgia homes
NAHUNTA, Ga. (AP) — A volunteer firefighter died battling a wildfire in northern Florida while more than 120 homes have been destroyed in southeast Georgia and thousands more remain threatened by two large blazes, one of which investigators suspect was sparked by a foil balloon touching power lines, officials said Friday.An unusually large number of wildfires are burning this spring across the Southeast, where scientists say the threat of fire has been amplified by a combination of extreme drought, gusty winds, climate change and dead trees still littering some forests after... Read More
Harris delivers as a pinch-hitter for the Braves, leading 5-3 win over slumping Phillies
ATLANTA (AP) — Michael Harris II delivered a two-run double as a pinch-hitter after being scratched from the starting lineup with an ailing quad, and the Atlanta Braves piled more misery on Philadelphia with a 5-3 victory Friday night that sent the Phillies to their 10th straight loss.Despite homers from Trea Turner and Bryce Harper, the two-time reigning NL East champion Phillies dropped 10 1/2 games behind the first-place Braves with the season not even a month old. Atlanta has won nine of 10 for the best record in the majors (19-8).
Ronald Acuña Jr. hit a two-run... Read More
Spurs' Wembanyama unavailable for Game 3 against Portland while recovering from concussion
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs said Victor Wembanyama is not available for Friday night's Game 3 against Portland in the teams' first-round playoff series while he continues to recover from a concussion.Wembanyama — the league’s first unanimous Defensive Player of the Year and one of three finalists for the Most Valuable Player award — went down in the second quarter of Game 2 on Tuesday night and did not return.
Portland went on to win the game 106-103 in San Antonio. The series is tied heading into the third game.
“Victor is not... Read More
Lightning and Canadiens tied 2-2 heading to 3rd straight overtime game
MONTREAL (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Montreal Canadiens went to overtime for the third straight game Friday night, tied 2-2 after they split the first two games of the series in Florida.Kirby Dach tied it for Montreal with 7:17 left in the second period. He fired a snap shot through traffic from the top of the right circle that got behind goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy on the short side.
Game 4 is Sunday night in Montreal. The Canadiens took the opener 4-3 on Sunday and the Lightning countered 3-2 on Tuesday night, both in the first extra period.
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- Skenes perfect into 7th, Griffin hits first 1st career homer in Pirates' 6-0 win over Brewers
- Harris delivers as a pinch-hitter for the Braves, leading 5-3 win over slumping Phillies
- Spurs' Wembanyama unavailable for Game 3 against Portland while recovering from concussion
- Lightning and Canadiens tied 2-2 heading to 3rd straight overtime game