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Nuñez’s 3-run double, Misiorowski’s 102 mph pitch highlight NL’s 5-0 win in Futures Game

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:57 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Nasim Nuñez’s cleats had the words “Esta en la sangre,” which translates to “It’s in the blood.” The shoes were a tribute to his late grandfather Jose, who was known for the saying.“Two weeks, maybe like a week-and-a-half ago my grandfather passed away, and he’s the one who put the bat and ball in my hands,” the Miami Marlins prospect said. “He’d always yell at me, ‘Hit the ball. Hit the ball. Uppercut, uppercut.’ All this stuff. And he passed away from lung cancer and prostate cancer.”Nuñez was selected MVP of the All-Star Futures Game on Saturday after his three-run double off Toronto’s Yosver Zulueta in the sixth inning helped the National League beat the American 5-0.“This game was really for him,” said Nuñez, a Double-A infielder who turns 23 next month, said of his grandpa. “Everything in the future’s going to be for him, as well, and I know he’s always going to be with me.”Milwaukee’s Jeferson Quero had an RBI single and PhiladelphiaR...

Misiorowski displays heat at Futures Game by reaching 100 mph with 10 of 18 pitches

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:57 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski’s first pitch was 101 mph at the top of the strike zone. And from there the Milwaukee prospect just kept throwing faster.A 21-year-old right-hander with just 10 months of professional experience was the most impressive of the 17 young pitchers in Major League Baseball’s annual All-Star Futures Game. He reached 100 mph with 10 of 18 pitches and topped out at 102.4 mph while striking out the side in a one-hit fourth.“It’s what I do. It’s what I throw,” the 6-foot-7 pitcher said with a wide smile after the National League’s 5-0 win Saturday, both pleased with and embarrassed at the attention.His senior season at Grain Valley High School in Grain Valley, Missouri, was canceled because of the coronavirus in 2020. Originally intending to go to Oklahoma State, he instead went to Crowder College in Neosho, Missouri, pitched in two games in 2021 and then became a redshirt.After he went 10-0 with 136 strikeouts in 76 innings for the Nat...

Inter Miami’s winless streak hits 10 in 2-2 tie with DC United

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:57 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taxiarchis Fountas scored a goal and followed with an assist on Nigel Robertha’s equalizer to help D.C. United earn a 2-2 draw with Inter Miami on Saturday night after a scoreless first half.Inter Miami has now gone a club-record 10 straight matches without a victory. Robertha’s first goal of the season came in the 77th minute when he used assists from Ruan and Fountas to pull DC United (8-9-6) even.Inter Miami (5-13-3) had taken a 2-1 lead in the 68th minute on an unassisted goal by defender Noah Allen. It was the first goal of the 19-year-old defender’s career. Allen has made eight starts and 15 appearances in two seasons with the club.Neither team found the net until Benjamin Cremaschi took a pass from Robert Taylor in the 59th minute and scored his first career goal to give Inter Miami a 1-0 lead. The 18-year-old midfielder has made 13 starts and 17 appearances in his rookie campaign.Fountas knotted the score in the 65th minute. Cristian Dájom...

Matt Manning, 2 Tigers relievers combine to no-hit Blue Jays, 2nd no-no in majors this season

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:57 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Matt Manning wasn’t upset about being pulled while pitching a no-hitter.He said he didn’t even realize it until someone told him in the dugout.“I had no idea,” he said. “I was like, ‘well, dang,’”By the time the game was over, everyone at Comerica Park knew what Manning and relievers Jason Foley and Alex Lange had achieved.Foley and Lange finished what Manning started, and the Tigers no-hit the Toronto Blue Jays in a 2-0 win on Saturday.Manning (3-1) pitched 6 2/3 innings and Foley got four straight outs.Lange, the Tigers closer, came in for the ninth and struck out Bo Bichette on three pitches. Brandon Belt lined out to center field, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grounded out to third on an 0-2 pitch.It was the ninth no-hitter in Tigers history and the first combined one. It was the first no-hitter for the franchise since Spencer Turnbull no-hit the Seattle Mariners on May 18, 2021. Detroit no-hit the Blue Jays for the second time — Justin Verlander did it at Toron...

Nemechek passes Haley in overtime, holds off Hemric to win Atlanta NASCAR Xfinity race

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:57 GMT

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — John Hunter Nemechek passed Justin Haley at the start of overtime and held off Daniel Hemric to win the NASCAR’s Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday night for his third victory of the season.Haley, who led 80 laps, was in a position to lead a parade of Kaulig Racing drivers in overtime but had no help on the restart while Nemechek made his move on the outside to take his first lead of the race.“Early on in the race if you would have told me we would win the race, I definitely would have told you that wasn’t the case,” Nemechek said after a long burnou t to celebrate.Nemechek started second but didn’t seem to have the best car until the very end.“We just had to keep making our car better all night,” Nemechek said. “… We were able to execute on the restart.”Hemric was second and his Kaulig Racing teammate, Haley, was fourth. Yet another Kaulig racer, pole-sitter Chandler Smith, began the overtime in second but finished 20th, ...

Bob Huggins says he never resigned as West Virginia’s coach and wants his job back, attorney claims

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:57 GMT

Bob Huggins says he never resigned as West Virginia’s basketball coach following a drunken-driving arrest and wants his job back, according to a letter from his attorney to the university.Huggins’ Cleveland-based attorney, David A. Campbell, wrote to the university Friday that Huggins “never signed a resignation letter and never communicated a resignation to anyone at WVU,” according to the letter, which was obtained by The Associated Press on Saturday.The letter threatens a lawsuit if Huggins isn’t reinstated. Huggins’ demands were first reported by West Virginia network MetroNews.Huggins was charged with driving under the influence in Pittsburgh on June 16. A breath test determined Huggins’ blood-alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit. His resignation was announced by the university the following night. A week later, assistant coach Josh Eilert was promoted to interim head coach for the 2023-24 season.Campbell’s letter said the university announced Huggins...

Jackson’s first career goal leads St Louis City over Toronto 1-0

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:57 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Aziel Jackson ended a scoreless match five minutes into the second half with his first career goal and St. Louis City held on for a 1-0 victory over Toronto FC on Saturday night.Jackson, a 21-year-old rookie, used an assist from Akil Watts to score in his third start and 12th appearance this season. It was the second career assist for Watts, a 23-year-old rookie, making his fourth start and 10th appearance.Roman Bürki finished with three saves to earn the clean sheet for St. Louis City (12-7-2), which has posted three straight victories following a 0-3-1 skid. Tomás Romero saved five shots in his first career start for Toronto (3-10-10). Romero started 18 times for LAFC in 2021 in his only previous league action. Toronto saw its five-match win streak against expansion teams come to an end. St. Louis City joins the Seattle Sounders (2009), New York City FC (2015) and Los Angeles FC (2018) as the only first-year clubs to win in Toronto.Toronto has lost five straight and...

NASCAR-Xfinity Alsco Uniforms 250 Results

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:57 GMT

SaturdayAt Atlanta Motor SpeedwayHampton, Ga.Lap length: 1.54 miles(Start position in parentheses)1. (2) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, 169 laps, 40 points.2. (11) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 169, 39.3. (7) Cole Custer, Ford, 169, 39.4. (13) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 169, 0.5. (5) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 169, 32.6. (12) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 169, 0.7. (34) Kyle Sieg, Ford, 169, 30.8. (17) Parker Kligerman, Chevrolet, 169, 31.9. (16) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 169, 28.10. (3) Sammy Smith, Toyota, 169, 28.11. (27) Brett Moffitt, Ford, 169, 26.12. (10) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 169, 40.13. (21) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 169, 24.14. (31) Kaz Grala, Toyota, 169, 23.15. (8) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 169, 26.16. (20) Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 169, 22.17. (14) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 169, 31.18. (24) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 168, 19.19. (4) Josh Berry, Chevrolet, 168, 34.20. (1) Chandler Smith, Chevrolet, 168, 28.21. (28) Joe Graf Jr, Ford, 167, 18.22. (35) David Starr, Ford, 167, 15.23. (19) Jeffrey E...

Top Cubs prospect relishes conversation with Ken Griffey Jr. during Futures Game

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:57 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Pete Crow-Armstrong parked himself on the railing of the dugout and started up a conversation with the photographer wearing a backward Seattle Mariners hat.And there he stayed for the next several innings talking about baseball, life and all sorts of topics with Ken Griffey Jr.“We just started shooting the (stuff). Simple as that,” Crow-Armstrong said.Griffey’s presence is all over this All-Star week in Seattle, from his involvement in the HBCU Swingman All-Star Classic on Friday, to his role as one of the ambassadors for the midsummer classic.On Saturday, he was mainly a photographer, hanging out in both dugouts during the Futures Game before taking pictures of the celebrity softball game where his son, Trey, was a participant.But during the Futures Game, Griffey spent several innings chatting away with Crow-Armstrong, a first-round pick of the New York Mets in 2020 who is now playing for Double-A Tennessee in the Cubs’ system after being part of the Javier Bae...

Atlanta United beats Montreal 1-0, ends long skid on road

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:57 GMT

MONTREAL (AP) — Brooks Lennon scored early in the second half and Brad Guzan made it stand up as Atlanta United snapped a nine-match winless streak on the road with a 1-0 victory over CF Montreal on Saturday night.Lennon found the net for a third time this season, scoring unassisted to give Atlanta United (9-5-8) the lead for good in the 54th minute. Guzan needed just one save to earn the clean sheet.Atlanta United snapped a two-match losing streak in the series and earned its first victory over Montreal (8-11-2) in the last five match-ups, Atlanta United went 5-0-1 in the series before the recent skid.Jonathan Sirois had two saves for Montreal. The club has allowed one goal in each of its last two home matches after an eight-match shutout streak at home. It is the first time Montreal has lost back-to-back matches at home since 2020.It was just the fourth road victory for Atlanta United since the start of last season.Atlanta United travels to play the New England Revolution on Wedne...