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Harding’s 2-RBI double helps Florida St. sweep Georgia in super regional, advance to WCWS

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:32 GMT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Kalei Harding went 2 for 4 with a two-RBI double, Kathryn Sandercock pitched two scoreless innings of relief and Florida State beat Georgia 4-2 Friday night to sweep the best-of-three Tallahassee Super Regional.Florida State (54-9) advanced to the 12th WCWS in program history. Florida State capitalized on two hit-by-pitches in the third inning to take a 3-0 lead. The Bulldogs appeared to get a second out at the plate but umpires reversed the call to give the Seminoles a 1-0 lead. Then Harding hit a two-run double to give Florida State a 3-0 lead before being thrown out at third.Florida State starter Mack Leonard (2-1), who had a five-pitch inning in the fourth before a pitching change with one out in the fifth, got the win. It was her longest outing of the season. Freshman Makenna Reid entered and recorded two strikeouts to end the inning, but allowed a hit and an unearned run. Sandercock, who allowed two hits and a walk with two strikeouts, earned her ninth...

Mendham leads Oklahoma State into Big 12 semis with 8-3 win over Oklahoma

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:32 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — David Mendham hit a three-run home run to spark a five-run second inning and Oklahoma State defeated Oklahoma 8-3 on Friday night to advance to the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament.The top-seeded Cowboys (39-17) move on to play Texas Tech on Saturday.Mendham, the No. 8 hitter, finished with three hits — also driving in two runs with a seventh-inning single for Oklahoma State. Roc Riggio used a single and a sacrifice fly to drive in a pair.Leadoff batter John Spikerman had two hits and drove in two runs for No. 7 seed Oklahoma (31-26).Starter Ben Abram (8-2) gave up six hits and a run in six innings to earn the win for the Cowboys.Will Carsten (1-3) surrendered four runs and retired just four batters in a start for Oklahoma.___AP college sports: https://apnews.com/hub/college-sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25Source

Kiermaier, Bichette homer in Blue Jays’ 3-1 win over Twins

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:32 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Kiermaier and Bo Bichette homered in a three-run third, Kevin Gausman won for the first time in more than month and the slumping Toronto Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins 3-1 on Friday night.Toronto won for the second time in nine games. Gausman (3-3) allowed a run and struck out eight over 5 1/3 innings for his first victory since April 23. Jordan Romano worked the ninth for his 11th save.Kiermaier got the scoring started with his fourth home run of the season, a solo shot to right field with two outs in the third. George Springer followed with his second double of the game and scored on Bichette’s 10th home run, a 424-foot blast to straightaway center.Louie Varland (2-1) pitched six innings for the Twins.Minnesota’s slumping lineup scratched out just five hits and was unable to take advantage of nine walks. The Twins stranded 13 runners on base, their season high for a nine-inning game.Gausman cruised through five innings before his control abandoned him ...

Mother faces felony after newborn son dies in her bed

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:32 GMT

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) -- An Aurora mother is speaking out for the first time to FOX31. She's accused of a felony after her baby died while sleeping in bed with her, just a day after coming home from the hospital.Brittany Diekneit and her partner, Sean Byrne, are each facing a felony count of child abuse resulting in death. While the cause of death was undetermined, prosecutors allege the couple was intoxicated that night and ignored the risks of co-sleeping.   “I had my perfect family of four," Diekneit said. “It’s all I ever wanted. I had it for less than 48 hours." Gunman wanted in Denver bar shooting Diekneit appeared in court at the Arapahoe County Justice Center for a preliminary hearing on Friday. “It’s so traumatic,” Diekneit said. “It makes me feel like I have to put the grief on hold sometimes."Infant's cause of death undeterminedAccording to an affidavit obtained by FOX31, Aurora Police responded to an apartment in Aurora around 6:30 a.m. on Sept. ...

A Southwest pilot had to crawl into the cockpit window after the flight deck door was locked

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:32 GMT

(CNN) — It’s never fun to be locked out – whether it’s from your house, your car, or a commercial airliner.A Southwest Airlines pilot wound up crawling through a cockpit window on Wednesday after a customer inadvertently locked the flight deck door, the airline says.Passenger Matt Rexroad told CNN he was getting ready to board a flight from San Diego to Sacramento when he saw the plane’s pilot crawling through a window.“During the boarding process, while other Customers and Flight Attendants were onboard, a Customer opened the forward lavatory door and inadvertently pushed the Flight Deck door closed (which locked) while the Pilots scheduled to operate the flight were preparing to board the aircraft,” the airline said in a statement to CNN. “One of our Pilots unlocked the door from a Flight Deck window, and the flight departed as scheduled.”Rexroad took photos of the incident and posted them to Twitter.“It is amazing that this pilot went above and beyond to get this f...

Lowry: Anti-Florida smear wrong move by NAACP

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:32 GMT

The NAACP is on high alert — a Republican governor, with an unabashedly conservative agenda and some chance of winning, is running for president.It has duly sprung into action with a travel advisory warning people what they’re getting into if they take the risk of visiting Florida’s sunny beaches or world-class attractions.“Florida is openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals,” the statement says. “Before traveling to Florida, please understand that the state of Florida devalues and marginalizes the contributions of, and the challenges faced by African Americans and other communities of color.”The political play is obvious — use “travel advisory” to get attention and credibility that a mere harsh statement about Gov. Ron DeSantis wouldn’t garner, and hope the resulting media coverage helps drive negative associations with the state.The NAACP wants people to think of Florida as a h...

Kick off summer adventures at Cape Cod Pirate Festival

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:32 GMT

Back in the day, pirates knew that landing in Boston would bring them a date with the hangman’s noose. But Cape Cod was a different story.That spirit is celebrated writ large in June when the Cape Cod Pirate Festival (https://www.capecodpiratefestival.com) returns for a third year.And this year, the shanty tunes, cannon firing, galley food and all kinds of swashbuckling fun come to the Cape for not just one but two weekends, June 3-4 and June 10-11.The Festival, which draws in thousands, is not a true “reenactment weekend,” event producer Chris Schultz (whose show name is Buck Kinnear) said, but rather a weekend of fun and learning mixed with historical accuracy.Each day, from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., guests can take in music, magic, shows and more, all based on pirate life and lore.It’s an ideal location not just for the beauty of the Cape itself, Schultz said. In their heyday, famed pirates like Sam Bellamy and Blackbeard are said to have roamed the Cape. Plus, the Whydah Ga...

Sale stymies Diamondbacks as Red Sox bats come back to life

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:32 GMT

Boy, did the Red Sox need a game like this.After being outscored 20-4 over their four-game losing streak, which included two shutouts, the Boston bats finally came back to life on Friday night, combining for 14 hits in a 7-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.Even without Rafael Devers, who’s day-to-day with left calf muscle tightness, this version of the Red Sox offense was a sight for sore eyes. They collected nine 2-out hits, gave Chris Sale a 3-0 cushion in the second, which Kiké Hernández pushed to 5-0 with a 431-ft 2-run homer in the fourth.It was a multi-hit game for top third of the lineup; Raimel Tapia, Alex Verdugo, and Justin Turner combined for seven hits and an RBI apiece. Hometown kid Verdugo was a bit late to the party, but after going 0-for-2 in his first two at-bats, the Tucson native put together a 3-hit game with a run scored and RBI.It was encouraging to see Triston Casas looking significantly more comfortable at the plate, too. The rookie first baseman ...

Chicago White Sox collect 17 hits — including 3 triples — in a 12-3 win against the Detroit Tigers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:32 GMT

The first inning could have gotten away from Lance Lynn and the Chicago White Sox.First, there was a walk. Then left fielder Andrew Benintendi couldn’t come up with the catch on a nice diving attempt that resulted in a double. Finally, on a grounder to third Yoán Moncada was unsuccessful attempting to tag out the runner going back to bag.With that, the Detroit Tigers had the bases loaded with no outs.Somehow, Lynn limited the damage to one run. That was critical in a 12-3 victory in front of 21,701 on Friday at Comerica Park.“Walking the leadoff guy after getting three (runs) is not something you want to do,” Lynn said. “We were able to do some things and I was able to get out of it with just one, and the rest is kind of history.”Lynn allowed three runs, one earned, on three hits with five strikeouts and five walks in six innings.“Tremendous outing for Lance,” manager Pedro Grifol said. “He was challenged on things that were out o...

Editorial: The bad news just keeps coming for the FBI

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:32 GMT

Politicians and activists reacted with dismay this month upon the news that the FBI illegally tapped into foreign intelligence data looking for dirt on U.S. citizens. But given this news emerged just days after the release of the Durham report, which fingered the FBI as knee-deep in the bogus Russian collusion narrative that dominated Beltway politics during the Trump years, the outrage and surprise seem underwhelming.On May 19, the secret FISA court publicly released an opinion which found that the agency had no factual basis to comb through reports compiled under a law intended to combat foreign espionage in search of dirt on Jan. 6 protesters and those who took to the streets after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020.“The revelations were contained in a heavily redacted opinion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which said the violations were significant,” The Wall Street Journal reported. The agency claimed to be operating under the authority of Section...