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Brewers' Adames hospitalized after being hit by line drive in dugout against Giants

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:18 GMT

(KRON) -- The Giants' Friday night contest against the Brewers was delayed in the second inning after Milwaukee shortstop Willy Adames was hit by a line drive. Adams was taken to a hospital for additional tests.Adames was in Milwaukee's dugout when he was struck by a foul ball off the bat of teammate Brian Anderson. The game paused for several minutes as the Brewers' training staff tended to Adames. A’s rookie on pace for historic season Adams eventually walked from the dugout to the clubhouse. He was replaced in the lineup by Brice Turang.Anderson was visibly rattled after the play. In the ensuing inning, Milwaukee made two errors in the field and allowed seven runs. Adames is in his third year with the Brewers after being acquired from Tampa Bay in 2021. He was batting .205 with nine home runs on the season. KRON ON is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .em...

Destination weddings hosted on Mt. Diablo in East Bay

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:18 GMT

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Calif. (KRON) -- "Destination wedding" ceremonies were celebrated on Mount Diablo Friday. Contra Costa County partnered with the California Department of State Parks to make it happen. More than a dozen couples tied the knot. East Bay spot named in Yelp’s top 10 best burgers in US Kevin Wong and My Nguyen did not set expectations for their "Destination wedding" at the Mount Diablo State Park summit Friday. They just hoped their family and friends could make it and share their special day."I was nervous when I walked here, but now it's over," Nguyen said. It was a breathtaking ceremony with panoramic views of the Bay Area as the backdrop."Coming up was cloudy, but now it's a gorgeous day. It's not hot. It's not windy. It's beautiful," Wong said.Wong and Nguyen were one of 13 couples to exchange vows. The Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder's office partners with the California Department of State Parks to offer these weddings twice a year.The weddings resumed la...

DC Courts or DMV — Who’s to blame for license issue at the heart of Rock Creek Parkway crash?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:18 GMT

D.C. Councilmembers have weighed in on the back and forth between the DC Superior Court and Mayor’s office as the District’s branches search for answers to a single question: How did a repeat DUI offender who killed three people in a crash still have a license?The DC Mayor’s office and courts said 43-year-old Nikita Walker should not have been licensed to drive on March 15 when she caused a deadly head-on crash along Rock Creek Parkway, killing three people.Officials said Walker had at least three prior DUI convictions in the District before the Rock Creek Parkway incident and two more in nearby Northern Virginia.D.C. Deputy Mayor Lucinda Babers, who oversees the DMV, initially blamed the city’s high court for failing to notify her office about the convictions. During a D.C. Council roundtable on May 23, Babers testified that she found out from press reports that Walker had three DUIs on record.“D.C. DMV had notification of none of them,” she claimed.Tuesday’s hear...

Soto, Tatis Jr hit long home runs, Padres beat Yankees 5-1 in series opener

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:18 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Juan Soto and Fernando Tatis Jr. didn’t just hit long two-run homers followed by impressive bat flips. They were making memories.Each time a player homers for the San Diego Padres, the batter poses in the dugout with the baserunners for a Polaroid that is added to the celebratory wall between the clubhouse and field back at Petco Park.“Beautiful memories,” Tatis said after Friday night’s 5-1 win over the New York Yankees. “If you have a Polaroid, something good happened.”Soto and Tatis lingered at home plate to admire no-doubt drives that totaled 871 feet and highlighted a series opener between high-profile teams trying to overcome sluggish starts.A crowd of 46,724 filled Yankee Stadium, just the third sellout this season. San Diego is 24-27 and 6 1/2 games behind the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers. The Yankees are 30-23 following their third straight loss, eight games back of Tampa Bay in the AL East.Soto put the Padres ahead in the fifth inning against R...

Walsh pitches Nebraska into Big Ten semis with 4-0 win over Michigan State

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:18 GMT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Will Walsh tossed a complete-game four-hitter to lead Nebraska into the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament with a 4-0 victory over Michigan State on Friday night.The fourth-seeded Cornhuskers (33-22-1) will play top-seed Maryland on Saturday for a berth in the championship game. Walsh (5-3) surrendered just four singles in his nine innings of work, striking out seven.Charlie Fischer singled to lead off the top of the fourth inning and moved to second on a bunt by Dylan Carey. Ben Columbus followed with an RBI single and a 1-0 lead.It remained a 1-0 game until the top of the eighth when Nebraska used another run-scoring single by Columbus and a two-run triple by No. 9 hitter Casey Burnham to score some insurance runs.Nebraska leadoff hitter Brice Matthews, who became the first player in school history with 20 home runs and 20 steals in the same season, went 0-for-5. Joseph Dzierwa (6-4) took the loss for the eighth-seeded Spartans (33-22). He allowed one run on s...

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

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:18 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 10:43:18 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 10:43:18 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 10:43:18 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 10:43:18 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...