Miguel Rojas Is The Man For The Dodgers Again

Dodgers conclusion nan Rays

From Liana Handler: Miguel Rojas had practiced his creation moves successful the Dodgers dugout Monday, agelong earlier he deed nan go-ahead location run. Before nan game, he strutted around, astatine 1 constituent moreover grabbing Dalton Rushing, decked successful afloat catcher’s gear, to get hyped.

Rojas, who pinch-hit for Alex Freeland successful nan bottommost of nan seventh and homered to center, was much measured arsenic he crossed nan sheet without immoderate antics. His seasoned steadiness ne'er indicated that he‘d deed a pinch-hit location tally only 1 different clip successful his career.

“It feels beautiful good,” Rojas said. “It’s ever a caller day, a caller opportunity that you lend to triumph a shot game. It’s beautiful special, particularly pinch this group that we person correct present and nan benignant of play that we’re having.”

The Dodgers’ 4-3 triumph over Tampa Bay free them of their middling roadworthy performance. The squad divided a six-game trip, capped by a Sunday nonaccomplishment to nan Chicago White Sox, earlier returning home.

No 1 recovered much contiguous occurrence than Kyle Tucker, who temporarily put his .227 batting mean connected nan travel successful nan rearview mirror. For really agelong remains a question. Tucker’s play truthful acold has looked much for illustration a teen testing retired their driver’s license: stopping and starting and stopping again. Yet everything seemed to beryllium moving erstwhile nan Dodgers (46-27) hit nan Rays (41-28).

“I would emotion to travel backmost and do it again and make it accordant each azygous day,” Tucker said. “I guess, if it useful retired for 1 at-bat, it’s not for illustration I instantly figured it retired and everything is good now. The important point is, conscionable effort to do it each azygous at-bat. And, complete nan people of clip — It felt bully and everything. I’ve conscionable sewage to effort to do it again tomorrow.”

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Angels suffer to nan Diamondbacks

Pavin Smith deed a tiebreaking, solo homer disconnected nan right-field foul pole, Ryne Nelson threw 7 value innings, and nan Arizona Diamondbacks hit nan Angels 4-3 connected Monday night.

Smith collapsed a 2-2 necktie successful nan seventh erstwhile he launched his first homer successful astir a almanac year. The seasoned first baseman — who came into nan crippled pinch a .103 batting mean — has spent astir of this play connected nan injured database aft room to region bony chips successful his near elbow.

Geraldo Perdomo added an RBI double later successful nan seventh that made it 4-2. Paul Sewald gave up a solo homer to Donovan Walton pinch 2 outs successful nan ninth but struck retired Oswald Peraza to gain his 18th prevention successful 19 chances.

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Iran ties New Zealand successful affectional first game

From Iliana Limón Romero: The Iranian nationalist team yet sewage to conscionable play soccer.

Their travel to nan World Cup has been uniquely fraught, pinch a warfare erupting betwixt nan big of their matches and their location country.

They had to relocate their guidelines campy from Arizona to Tijuana, struggled to get each of their walking statement into nan United States amid visa scrutiny and absorbed President Trump’s proposal they whitethorn not beryllium safe if they chose to play successful nan World Cup.

With nan attraction shifted solely to soccer, Iran rallied for a 2-2 draw pinch New Zealand successful beforehand of an announced crowd of 70,108 Monday nighttime astatine SoFi Stadium. While overcoming truthful galore obstacles could person felt for illustration a triumph to Team Melli, they near disappointment by their destiny connected and disconnected nan field.

After Belgium and Egypt tied 1-1 earlier Monday, each nan teams successful Group G are tied astatine 1 constituent apiece. The scores made falling short of a triumph that overmuch much painful.

“At nan end, you’re not happy coming because I deliberation you merit to triumph nan game, but what really is shot sometimes? You cannot scope what you want,” Iran’s Ramin Rezaeian said. “But again, I person to convey my teammates, my friends, my group successful Iran. They merit more. I deliberation we merit much actually, truthful you person to spot guardant and to deliberation astir our adjacent game.”

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Born successful Brooklyn, raised successful London, Folarin Balogun lights up nan World Cup for nan U.S.

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Monday’s World Cup results

Group G
Belgium 1, Egypt 1
Iran 2, New Zealand 2

Group H
Spain 0, Cape Verde 0
Saudi Arabia 1, Uruguay 1

Today’s World Cup TV schedule

All times Pacific
Noon, France vs. Senegal, Fox, Telemundo
3 p.m., Iraq vs. Norway, Fox, Telemundo
6 p.m., Argentina vs. Algeria, Fox, Telemundo
9 p.m., Austria vs. Jordan, FS1, Telemundo

World Cup Group standings

Group A
Country, W-D-L, Goal Differential, Points
Mexico, 1-0-0, +2, 3
South Korea, 1-0-0, +1, 3
Czechia, 0-0-1, -1, 0
South Africa, 0-0-1, -2, 0

Group B
Switzerland, 0-1-0, 0, 1
Canada, 0-1-0, 0, 1
Qatar, 0-1-0, 0, 1
Bosnia-Herzegovina, 0-1-0, 0, 1

Group C
Scotland, 1-0-0, +1, 3
Morocco, 0-1-0, 0, 1
Brazil, 0-1-0, 0, 1
Haiti, 0-0-1, -1, 0

Group D
United States, 1-0-0, +3, 3
Australia, 1-0-0, +2, 3
Turkiye, 0-0-1, -2, 0
Paraguay, 0-0-1, -3, 0

Group E
Germany, 1-0-0, +6, 3
Ivory Coast, 1-0-0, +1, 3
Ecuador, 0-0-1, -1, 0
Curacao, 0-0-1, -6, 0

Group F
Sweden, 1-0-0. +4, 3
Japan, 0-1-0, 0, 1
Netherlands, 0-1-0, 0, 1
Tunisia, 0-0-1, -4, 0

Group G
Belgium, 0-1-0, 0, 1
Egypt, 0-1-0, 0, 1
Iran, 0-1-0, 0, 1
New Zealand, 0-1-0, 0, 1

Group H
Spain, 0-1-0, 0, 1
Cape Verde, 0-1-0, 0, 1
Saudi Arabia, 0-1-0, 0, 1
Uruguay, 0-1-0, 0, 1

No games played yet for nan remaining groups

Group I
France
Senegal
Iraq
Norway

Group J
Argentina
Algeria
Austria
Jordan

Group K
Portugal
Congo DR
Uzbekistan
Colombia

Group L
England
Croatia
Ghana
Panama

Volunteer to activity astatine nan 2028 Olympics

From Thuc Nhi Nguyen: With nan largest Olympic and Paralympic Games successful history approaching, LA28 announced Monday it will unfastened unpaid applications connected July 14, nan two-year people earlier nan Olympics officially begin.

LA28 is searching for 60,000 volunteers to activity during an Olympics that will characteristic much than 11,000 athletes crossed 15 days of competition. Volunteer responsibilities scope from welcoming and guiding spectators and athletes, to specialized roles, including aesculapian attraction and connection translation. While nan mostly of Games-time unpaid opportunities are successful nan L.A. area, volunteers are needed for each Olympic venue city: Oklahoma City will big softball and canoe slalom events, and shot preliminaries will beryllium held successful New York, Columbus, Ohio; Nashville; St. Louis; San José and San Diego.

Applicants tin specify their preferred location, their typical skills and whether they would for illustration to unpaid for nan Olympics aliases Paralympics.

Updates astir nan LA28 unpaid programme are disposable astatine la28.org/volunteer, wherever imaginable volunteers tin registry their liking to automatically person much accusation astir nan Games-time exertion process erstwhile it opens.

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Sparks discourtesy disappears successful loss

From Marisa Ingemi: Any of nan bully vibes nan Sparks generated from their three-game triumph streak were dissipated Monday.

In their 78-58 defeat, nan Sparks’ worst weaknesses were exposed: continued struggles connected defense and a punchless violative strategy pinch Kelsey Plum struggling to score. Their 58 points were nan fewest they person scored each play and they changeable a second-worst 33.3% from nan floor.

It was nan fewest points scored by nan Sparks since they were held to 57 by nan Connecticut Sun connected Sept. 9, 2021.

“We weren’t very good,” Sparks coach Lynne Roberts said.

Golden State’s Kaila Charles and Gabby Williams kept Plum mostly successful check, holding her to a season-low 9 points aft her career-high 43-point crippled successful Phoenix connected Saturday. Plum fouled retired midway done nan 4th fourth aft being held to 4 points successful nan 3rd quarter.

To make matters worse, Cameron Brink, who led nan Sparks pinch 10 points, appeared to rotation her near ankle successful nan waning minutes of nan crippled and needed to beryllium helped to nan chair and past nan locker room. Roberts said Brink’s wounded was still being evaluated.

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WNBA standings

This time successful sports history

1927 — Tommy Armour wins nan U.S. Open pinch a three-stroke triumph complete Harry Cooper successful a playoff.

1946 — Lloyd Mangrum edges Byron Nelson and Vic Ghezzi to triumph nan U.S. Open by 1 changeable successful a 36-hole playoff.

1951 — Ben Hogan captures nan U.S. Open for nan 2nd consecutive twelvemonth pinch a two-stroke comeback triumph complete Clayton Heafner.

1956 — Cary Middlecoff wins nan U.S. Open by 1 changeable complete Ben Hogan and Julius Boros.

1968 — Lee Trevino becomes nan first golfer to play each 4 rounds of nan U.S. Open nether par arsenic he thumps Jack Nicklaus by 4 strokes.

1974 — Hale Irwin thumps Forrest Fezler by 2 strokes to triumph nan U.S. Open. In what becomes known arsenic nan “Massacre astatine Winged Foot,” not a azygous subordinate breaks par successful nan first round. Irwin’s 7-over 278 is nan second-highest winning people since World War II — Julius Boros was 9-over successful 1963.

1975 — NBA Milwaukee Bucks waste and acquisition Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Walt Wesley to nan Lakers for Elmore Smith, Brian Winters, Junior Bridgeman and Dave Meyers.

1985 — Andy North wins nan U.S. Open by 1 changeable complete Taiwan’s Tze-chung Chen, Canada’s Dave Barr and Zimbabwe’s Denis Watson.

1985 — Willie Banks of USA sets triple jump grounds (58 feet 11 inches) successful Indianapolis.

1993 — Michael Jordan scores 55 points to lead nan Chicago Bulls to a 111-105 triumph and a 3-1 lead complete nan Phoenix Suns successful nan NBA Finals.

1996 — 50th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls hit Seattle Supersonics, 4 games to 2; nan Bulls’ 4th title successful 6 years.

1998 — The Detroit Red Wings go nan first squad to triumph consecutive Stanley Cups since Pittsburgh successful 1992, completing a expanse of Washington pinch a 4-1 triumph down 2 goals by Doug Brown. It’s nan 4th consecutive NHL finals sweep, a first successful awesome pro sports history.

1999 — Maurice Greene smashes nan 100-meter world grounds astatine 9.79 seconds, breaking nan erstwhile people of 9.84 group by Donovan Bailey astatine nan 1996 Olympics.

2002 — A runaway victor again successful nan U.S. Open, Tiger Woods becomes nan first subordinate since Jack Nicklaus successful 1972 to seizure nan first 2 awesome championships of nan twelvemonth pinch a three-stroke triumph astatine Bethpage (N.Y.) Black.

2006 — Tiger Woods returns from his longest layoff by making his earliest departure astatine a major, missing nan trim successful a Grand Slam tourney for nan first clip arsenic a pro. Woods, pinch rounds of 76-76, misses nan trim astatine nan U.S. Open by 3 strokes.

2008 — Tiger Woods wins nan U.S. Open successful a 19-hole playoff complete Rocco Mediate, his 14th profession major.

2013 — Justin Rose captures his first awesome title and becomes nan first Englishman successful 43 years to triumph nan U.S. Open. Rose shoots a closing 70 astatine Merion Golf Club successful Ardmore, Pa. for a 1-over 281 full and two-shot triumph complete Phil Mickelson and Jason Day.

2013 — Greg Biffle gives Ford a milestone triumph pinch his 2nd consecutive Sprint Cup triumph astatine Michigan International Speedway. It’s nan 1,000th triumph for Ford Motor Company crossed NASCAR’s 3 nationalist bid — Cup, Nationwide and Truck.

2015 — The Golden State Warriors triumph their first NBA title since 1975, beating nan Cleveland Cavaliers 105-97 successful Game 6. Stephen Curry and Finals MVP Andre Iguodala each people 25 points for nan Warriors, who won nan last 3 games aft Cleveland had taken a 2-1 lead.

2016 — LeBron James scores 41 points, Kyrie Irving adds 23 and nan Cleveland Cavaliers hit nan Golden State Warriors 115-101 to moreover an unpredictable bid and unit a decisive Game 7.

2018 — Video Assist Referee (VAR) exertion utilized for nan first clip successful a World Cup shot match.

2022 — NBA Finals: Golden State Warriors hit Boston Celtics, 103-90 for a 4-2 bid win; Warriors’ 4th title successful 8 years; MVP: Stephen Curry.

Compiled by nan Associated Press

This time successful shot history

1916 — Tom Hughes of nan Boston Braves sounded a no-hitter successful a 2-0 triumph complete Pittsburgh Pirates.

1938 — Jimmie Foxx didn’t get a chance to deed arsenic nan St. Louis Browns walked him six consecutive times. The Boston Red Sox won anyway, 12-8.

1953 — The St. Louis Browns hit New York 3-1 to break nan Yankees’ 18-game winning streak and extremity their 14-game losing streak.

1957 — Relief pitcher Dixie Howell deed 2 location runs successful nan 3 2-3 innings he sounded to lead nan Chicago White Sox to an 8-6 triumph successful nan 2nd crippled of a doubleheader against nan Washington Senators.

1971 — The Oakland Athletics deed 5 solo location runs successful a 5-1 triumph complete nan Washington Senators. Mike Epstein and Joe Rudi had a brace homers and Dave Duncan one. Epstein’s location runs came successful his first 2 at-bats to springiness him homers successful 4 consecutive at-bats complete 2 games.

1978 — After 3 ninth-inning adjacent misses, Tom Seaver threw nan first no-hitter of his 12-year profession arsenic nan Cincinnati Reds hit nan St. Louis Cardinals 4-0.

1991 — Otis Nixon of Atlanta stole six bases against Montreal to group a modern National League grounds and necktie nan awesome convention grounds group by Eddie Collins of nan Philadelphia A’s successful 1912. Montreal won nan crippled 7-6.

1992 — Boston’s Mark Reardon became baseball’s all-time prevention leader erstwhile he closed retired a 1-0 triumph complete nan New York Yankees. Reardon logged his 342nd prevention to walk Rollie Fingers.

1993 — Ken Griffey Jr. of nan Seattle Mariners hits his 100th location tally successful Seattle’s 6-1 triumph complete Kansas City to go nan fourth-youngest to deed nan period mark. Only Mel Ott, Eddie Mathews and Tony Conigliaro did it faster than nan 23-year-old Griffey.

2001 — John Olerud went 4-for-5 and deed for nan rhythm arsenic Seattle hit nan San Diego Padres 9-2. He deed a homer successful nan ninth to complete nan cycle.

2009 — The San Diego Padres group a awesome convention grounds pinch their 12th consecutive nonaccomplishment successful interleague play erstwhile they fell 5-0 to Seattle.

2014 — Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, victor of 8 National League batting titles, passes distant from crab of nan salivary gland astatine 54.

2015 — Brock Holt became nan first Boston subordinate to deed for nan rhythm since 1996 and nan Red Sox slugged their measurement retired to a 9-4 triumph complete Atlanta.

2015 — Manny Machado and Chris Parmelee each deed 2 of an Orioles-record 8 location runs, and Baltimore pounded woeful Philadelphia 19-3. The 8 location runs were nan astir by nan Orioles since their move from St. Louis successful 1954.

2019 — An authentic Babe Ruth New York Yankees jersey from 1928-30 sets a grounds for a portion of shot memorabilia arsenic it sells for $5.64 cardinal astatine auction.

2019 — The Padres and Rockies group a grounds for astir mixed runs successful a four-game bid pinch a full of 92, breaking nan erstwhile grounds of 88 group successful 1929 betwixt nan Brooklyn Robins and Phillies.

Compiled by nan Associated Press

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