With big hits rather than beanballs, Curtis Granderson and the New York Mets wiped out the Los Angeles Dodgers to take control of their testy Division Series. Granderson drove in five runs with two doubles off the wall, Travis d’Arnaud and Yoenis Cespedes homered, and New York’s dangerous bats busted loose for a 13-7 victory Monday night that gave the Mets a 2-1 advantage in the best-of-five NL playoff. Before
Almost out of time and out of the playoffs, the Kansas City Royals realized they needed more than a big home run. ”We always feel that we’re still in games, and we still have a chance,” first baseman Eric Hosmer said. Houston took a 6-2 lead into the eighth, but a tough error charged to the 21-year-old rookie keyed the Royals’ comeback to even the matchup at two games apiece.
Sure, R.A. Dickey was disappointed when he saw Blue Jays manager John Gibbons walking toward the mound. Dickey also knew he was handing the ball off to a fellow Cy Young winner, and Toronto went on to beat the Texas Rangers 8-4 on Monday to force a deciding Game 5 at home in the AL Division Series. ”When you look over your shoulder and you’ve got a guy like this
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc suspended two high-profile accounts that posts highlights while games are on, after major U.S. sports leagues protested, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Twitter on Monday suspended Gawker Media-owned @Deadspin and Vox-owned SB Nation website’s @SBNationGIF, underscoring the ongoing dispute over whether highlights are fair game for publishers, the NYT said. (http://nyti.ms/1jm5EL9) The two accounts upload highlights using six-second looping videos to attract traffic to
By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York Mets, stinging from a costly loss, mauled the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 13-7 on Monday to move within one win of reaching the National League Championship Series. The Citi Field crowd alternated between roars of delight for sluggers Curtis Granderson, Yoenis Cespedes and Travis d’Arnaud and taunting chants for bench-riding Dodger Chase Utley as the Mets seized a 2-1 lead
(The Sports Xchange) – Le’Veon Bell’s one-yard scoring run with no time remaining lifted the Pittsburgh Steelers past the San Diego Chargers 24-20 Monday night. The Chargers grabbed the lead on rookie Josh Lambo’s 54-yard field goal with 2:56 to play. The Steelers then drove 80 yards in 12 plays for the win.
Le’Veon Bell’s one-yard scoring run as time expired lifted the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 24-20 NFL win over the San Diego Chargers. San Diego had grabbed the lead on rookie Josh Lambo’s 54-yard field goal with 2:56 to play. The Steelers, with quarterback Michael Vick standing in for injured Ben Roethlisberger, then drove 80 yards in 12 plays for the triumph.
The Chicago Cubs belted a Major League Baseball playoff record six home runs in an 8-6 triumph over St. Louis that put the Cardinals on the brink of elimination. The Cubs, trying to end a 107-year World Series title drought, had homers from Kyle Schwarber, Starlin Castro, Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, Jorge Soler and Dexter Fowler.
By Thomas Escritt and Toby Sterling GILZE-RIJEN, Netherlands (Reuters) – Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk missile, the Dutch Safety Board concluded on Tuesday in its final report on the crash in July 2014 that killed all 298 people on board, most of them Dutch. A bitter war was raging in eastern Ukraine between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian government forces when the
By Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian insurgents are deploying extensive supplies of anti-tank missiles provided by their foreign backers to counter ground attacks by the Syrian army and its allies, backed by heavy Russian air strikes, rebel commanders said on Tuesday. Two rebel commanders contacted by Reuters declined to confirm whether they had received additional missiles since the Russian air strikes began, but said they had “excellent” supplies and