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Happ, Gomes homer to help the Cubs beat the Cardinals 5-1 for their 8th straight victory

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:14:38 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Yan Gomes and Ian Happ homered and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Saturday night for their eighth straight victory.Jameson Taillon (5-6) allowed a run on two hits and four walks and struck out four in seven innings.Adam Wainwright (3-5) took the mound after a rain delay of 1 hour, 47 minutes and allowed four runs on seven hits and walked three batters. The 41-year-old Wainwright is 0-4 with a 10.89 ERA in his last five starts after winning his 198th career game June 17 at the New York Mets.Mike Tauchmann went 3 for 4 with a seventh-inning RBI double to right field off Drew VerHagen, a night after scaling the center field fence to rob Alec Burleson of a potential winning home run.Lars Nootbaar singled, Nolan Gorman walked, and Willson Contreras was hit by a pitch to load the bases in the eighth inning against Mark Leiter Jr. before Javier Assad got Jordan Walker to weakly ground out to the pitcher end the threat.Gomes hit a two-run home run to c...

Gelof and Rooker homer in five-run second inning as A’s go on to 11-3 win over Rockies

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:14:38 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Zack Gelof and Brent Rooker each homered in a five-run second inning that helped carry the Oakland Athletics to an 11-3 victory over Colorado on Saturday night, handing the Rockies their fourth straight loss and fifth in six games.Rooker finished with three RBIs, two from his 17th home run of the season and a sacrifice fly. Ramón Laureano’s two-run double highlighted Oakland’s four-run sixth inning and Seth Brown had three hits and a pair of RBIs as the A’s ended the night one run shy of their season high.Randal Grichuk had three hits for the Rockies, including a solo homer in the bottom of the eighth inning off Tayler Scott. Paul Blackburn (2-2) allowed two runs and nine hits in a 106-pitch, six-inning outing for Oakland. He struck out seven and walked none.The Rockies trailed 6-0 before putting up their first run on Michael Toglia’s RBI single in the second inning. They added a second run on C.J. Cron’s slow roller down the third base line that scored Ryan McMa...

Rangers acquire Scherzer while losing 4-0 to Padres, their 6th loss in 8 games

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:14:38 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The slumping Texas Rangers acquired three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer on Saturday night during a 4-0 loss to Yu Darvish and the San Diego Padres, their sixth loss in eight games cutting their AL West lead to one game over Houston.The blockbuster trade with the New York Mets came as Rangers ace Nathan Eovaldi had his next start pushed back again and manager Bruce Bochy spoke of the need for the rotation to improve. Then Martín Pérez gave up four runs in the second inning, when the 32-year-old left-hander allowed five straight baserunners and two runs before getting his first out.The Rangers added the 39-year-old Scherzer with another former Mets pitcher with Cy Young credentials, two-time winner Jacob deGrom, sidelined by Tommy John elbow surgery, possibly all the way through the end of next season. A person with knowledge of the deal spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal hasn’t been announced.According to multiple repor...

Big changes ahead for Kiowa Gordon in ‘Dark Winds’ second season

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:14:38 GMT

“Dark Winds” returns for its second season Sunday with significant changes for Kiowa Gordon’s Jim Chee.Executive produced by Robert Redford and adapted from Tony Hillerman’s bestselling series about two Navajo policemen in the early 1970s, “Dark Winds” follows tribal policeman Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) and Chee.  In Season 1 Chee was Leaphorn’s deputy — and secretly an undercover FBI agent.This season is an adaptation of Hillerman’s novel “People of Darkness” – and “dark’ it is, in its subject matter and violence.“This is just a whole lot more, taking that deep dive into the world Tony Hillerman created,” Gordon, 33, said in a Zoom interview conducted before the current actors’ strike.Chee’s changed dramatically; he’s now an independent private investigator with issues.  “He’s become completely disillusioned; so he goes back to the rez. Coming back home and trying to find himself — find the center, find his balance.“Along the way, he is picking up some meaningful peo...

Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo join Pink for summer shows

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:14:38 GMT

As Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo thundered through a few immortal rock hits at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in November, they noticed an especially enthusiastic fan. Now super fans are expected at every Benatar & Giraldo performance – the icon and her songwriter/guitarist/producer husband have combined for piles of Grammys, platinum records and an astounding 19 Top 40 hits. But this one stood out because, well, it was Pink.“I just remember looking down and she was giddy,” Benatar told the Herald of spotting the pop star in the crowd. “I didn’t know her, we’d never met, so it was just so fun to look down and see her having such a great time.”“She was in the front row and dancing,” Giraldo added. “Then when we were leaving she came up and said, ‘I want you two on the road with me. I want you to play dates with me this summer.’”True to her word, Pink booked Benatar & Giraldo as support at some of her biggest shows – the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers will play Fenw...

Call authorities to step ex’s relentless calls

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:14:38 GMT

Q. My ex and I were married for five years. He worked nights and I worked days. He would call me every day at 9 a.m. to say he was home and wish me a good morning. I thought it was cute, but then a year and a half ago I found out he was cheating and I filed for divorce. He still calls every morning at 9 a.m. I’ve blocked him. He changed his number and continues to call. I changed my number, but my sister felt sorry for him and gave him my new number. What’s good ex-etiquette?A. You haven’t mentioned children, so from an ex-etiquette standpoint (or good behavior after divorce or separation), there’s really no reason to continue with contact.I have to wonder why your ex is still trying to win you over after a year of you not answering the phone. If, as you say, you have told him in no uncertain terms that you are no longer interested, his calling every day at 9 a.m. would be a little unnerving — and cause for concern. It sounds a little like stalking.You can request a restraining orde...

5 travel ideas to make adults & kids happy

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:14:38 GMT

Will you be traveling solo with kids or grandchildren soon?If so, here are five ideas to consider:1. Opt for a guest ranch.With an authentic and scenic setting as backdrop, you and your junior adventurers can enjoy beautiful places and learn horsemanship from experienced hands who will tailor the instruction to your skill and interest level. Opt to ride in open meadows, on mountain trails or in the desert Southwest. Will your family members choose to participate in a real cattle drive? Are you up for a horse pack trip into the backcountry? Will your youngsters be eager to learn the skills required for team penning and other arena games? Or will you be happy to relax during daily trail rides. The options are yours at working dude ranches and guest ranches across the country. Furthermore, you’ll easily meet other families and share stories on the trail, around a campfire or across the breakfast and dinner tables.For more: www.duderanch.org2. Choose an all-inclusive resort.With so much...

’60s pop stars so Happy Together on summer tour

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:14:38 GMT

If you had a hit single in 1967, you didn’t walk around thinking you’d still be performing it in 2023. That was back when rock was young, and long before anyone heard of the Happy Together Tour.“Back when we were 17, nobody was thinking that the songs would be serving us our whole life,” says Paul Cowsill of the Newport-raised family band. “I would have just said, ‘Yeah, if we’re doing this after 50, just get us off the stage fast.”Adds Vogues frontman Troy Elich , “Believe me, nobody back then thought they’d be doing these songs 60 years later. If they had, they never would have sung in those keys.”Now the biggest ‘60s pop tour, Happy Together has lasted far longer than the ‘60s themselves. The package tour was launched in 1984 with the Turtles as headliners, and named after their greatest hit. Faces have changed over the years: The Turtles will still close the show Sunday night at the Lynn Memorial Auditorium but their lead singer Howard Kaylan has retired; his place is being take...

Gaster & Atkinson: Clean energy solutions can’t be forced

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:14:38 GMT

With temperatures worldwide breaking records, there is an escalating sense of urgency that countries must make bigger, bolder and more enforceable commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions.But it would be a terrible mistake to double down on the current “kitchen sink” approach of trying to do everything, everywhere, all at once because we can’t force a green transition with regulatory mandates, subsidies and generalized moral pressure. That impulse isn’t wrong; it just won’t work.The harsh reality is that until clean energy is as cheap and performs as well as dirty energy, the world will not adopt it at anything like the needed scale. So, governments must focus on developing clean energy sources at price and performance parity with dirty fuels — “P3.” Only then will governments, organizations and individuals rapidly switch to a new energy system.Why won’t forcing approaches work? There are two primary reasons.First, climate change is a global issue, so solutions must be global. In...

Watch to watch: ‘Futurama’ returns after 10-year break

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:14:38 GMT

Comedy and comics fans are in luck this week. Here are top picks to watch.‘Futurama’After nearly a decade break, Matt Groening’s space odyssey returns with new episodes. The writers make up for lost time with bits aimed at Alexa, Bitcoin, Impossible Burgers and “Black Mirror.” The animated series works best when it takes a break from spoofing everything under numerous suns and zooms in on the characters’ emotions. Hulu‘Command Z’Chloe Radcliffe has been a writer for “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and been named a TBS Comic to Watch. Now, the Minnesota native has snagged a juicy role in this Steven Soderbergh side project, which dropped on the Oscar-winning director’s own website with little fanfare. Radcliffe plays a reluctant time traveler who could change the fate of the world, if she can manage to leave her cynicism at the wormhole door. In addition to stealing scenes from co-stars such as Roy Wood Jr. an...