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Corey Kluber holds Orioles down in best start of the season

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT

In 2017, Chris Sale and Corey Kluber vied for the American League Cy Young, finishing runner-up and winner, respectively.In 2023, they’re teammates two of the game’s most veteran pitchers, just trying to leave years of injuries in the dust and prove they can still get the job done.How to explain the role reversal between these two veteran pitchers between their starts last week and these? A baseball reboot of ‘Freaky Friday,’ perhaps.After striking out 11 in last week’s start against the Twins, Sale didn’t get a single strikeout in Monday’s series opener in Baltimore.Kluber had allowed 17 earned runs on 19 hits over his first four starts (18 innings), and was looking to rebound after getting shelled by the Twins for seven earned runs over five frames.The 37-year-old righty not only bounced back, but finished the night with his best start of the season thus far. He kept the Orioles scoreless through four, and ended up completing six innings f...

After Kyle Bradish struggles, Orioles’ rally in 9th falls short in 8-6 loss to Red Sox, ending 7-game winning streak

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT

The Orioles entered Tuesday night’s bottom of the ninth three outs from only their second game of the season decided by more than five runs, a trend manager Brandon Hyde joked earlier in the day was “not great for the blood pressure.”But even in a game Baltimore faced seven-run deficits early and late, the Orioles did little to spare the hearts of Hyde or the announced crowd of 14,343 at Camden Yards. Cedric Mullins’ ninth-inning grand slam was not enough to make up for the one Kyle Bradish allowed early as an 8-6 loss ended Batimore’s seven-game winning streak.During it, Orioles (15-8) starting pitchers allowed nine runs over 41 2/3 innings. Bradish then surrendered seven while recording as many outings. In his major league debut — the anniversary of which is Saturday — Bradish held the Red Sox to two earned runs over six innings. Since, he has surrendered 24 earned runs in 19 innings across five starts to Baltimore’s American League ...

Chicago Cubs notes: Kyle Hendricks to begin a rehab assignment, while David Ross pays tribute to Beth Murphy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT

Kyle Hendricks’ months-long journey to get back on the mound for the Chicago Cubs is nearing its conclusion.Hendricks is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment Thursday at Triple-A Iowa, his final step before rejoining the rotation. Manager David Ross estimated Hendricks will go four innings and throw about 60 pitches in his first start. The Cubs will see how it goes from there, Ross said, and would like to get him multiple rehab starts.Ross avoided giving a specific number of outings until Hendricks would be ready to come off the injured list, saying “there’s a lot of variables in that that can also change.”“So we’re going to make sure we bring him up here when he’s healthy and can help us win baseball games,” Ross said Tuesday.Hendricks, 33, hasn’t pitched in a big-league game since July 5 because of a capsular tear in his right shoulder. He shortened his arm path to clean up his delivery and hopefully avoid a recurrence of the ...

Japanese company: ‘High probability’ lander crashed on moon

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT

By MARCIA DUNN (AP Aerospace Writer)A Japanese company’s spacecraft apparently crashed while attempting to land on the moon Wednesday, losing contact moments before touchdown and sending flight controllers scrambling to figure out what happened.More than six hours after communication ceased, the Tokyo company ispace finally confirmed what everyone had suspected, saying there was “a high probability” that the lander had slammed into the moon.It was a disappointing setback for ispace, which after a 4 1/2-month mission had been on the verge of doing what only three countries have done: successfully land a spacecraft on the moon.Takeshi Hakamada, founder and CEO of ispace, held out hope even after contact was lost as the lander descended the final 33 feet (10 meters). Flight controllers peered at their screens in Tokyo as minutes went by with only silence from the moon.A grim-faced team surrounded Hakamada as he announced that the landing likely failed.Official word fi...

Canadian family describes escape from Sudan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT

A Canadian family, on what was supposed to be a vacation to visit family in Sudan was forced to escape to Germany after Sudan descends into civil war. But most disheartening for Nagwa El Mamoun and her daughter Dalia Abbadi, the inability of the Canadian government to get Canadian citizens to safety.“It was kind of shocking seeing, not just the presence of the RSF and the SAF, but just people’s bodies who unfortunately died in the battle or war, and it’s really really heartbreaking. And on top of that, we have folks who are struggling and so people are resorting to robbing people they see on the road,” explained Abbadi.“At moments it felt like it was hopeless, kind of just getting the message of ‘stay tight, we’re working on something’ and we’re hearing on the news that other nations are working on plans to evacuate their people. It was very hopeless.”El Mamoun and Abbadi say they contacted global affairs when fighting brok...

Quad leaders to hold security summit in Sydney on May 24

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday he will host President Joe Biden and the leaders of India and Japan for a security summit next month.The meeting in Sydney on May 24 will be Australia’s first time hosting the Quad Leaders’ Summit. It will also include Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Albanese attended a summit in Tokyo hours after he was sworn in as prime minister following elections last year. “Quad partners are deeply invested in the success of the Indo-Pacific,” Albanese said in a statement.“Leveraging our collective strengths helps Australia advance its interests and more effectively respond to the region’s needs. We are always better off when we act together with our close friends and partners,” Albanese added.The Quad was committed to supporting an open, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific that is respectful of sovereignty and ensures security and growth for all, he said.“I look fo...

Biden to visit Japan, Australia for meetings with allies

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT

President Joe Biden will visit Japan and Australia next month to huddle with allies on their continued response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as well as ways to confront China’s assertive economic and military moves in the Indo-Pacific region, the White House announced Tuesday.Biden will attend a summit of the leaders of the Group of Seven advanced democracies in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 19-21, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. Then he will make his first trip as president to Australia, which will include the third in-person meeting of the so-called “Quad” leadership of the U.S., Japan, Australia and India.“The President and G7 leaders will discuss a range of the most pressing global issues, including the G7’s unwavering support for Ukraine, addressing the dual food and climate crises, securing inclusive and resilient economic growth, and continuing to lead a clean energy transition at home and for our partners around the world,” she said.At the Quad...

Jailed strongman’s whereabouts unknown amid Sudan chaos

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT

CAIRO (AP) — An attack on the prison holding deposed Sudanese strongman Omar al-Bashir has raised questions about his whereabouts, with one of the warring sides saying he is being held in a secure location and the other alleging he has been released.Al-Bashir, who ruled Sudan for three decades despite wars and sanctions, was overthrown during a popular uprising in 2019. He is wanted by the International Criminal Court for genocide and other crimes committed during the conflict in Sudan’s western Darfur region in the 2000s. He and other former top officials accused of atrocities have been held in Kober prison in Khartoum for the last four years, as authorities have declined ICC requests that they be handed over.The Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which together had removed al-Bashir from power during mass protests, are now battling one another across the capital. The fighting reached the prison over the weekend, with conflicting reports about what t...

Authorities find 8 bodies in Mexican resort of Cancun

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the Mexican resort of Cancun said Tuesday they are trying to identify eight bodies found dumped in the Caribbean resort. Speaking to families of missing people, Oscar Montes de Oca, the head prosecutor of the Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo pledged to carry out more searches and identifications. The bodies were found in searches over the weekend in which police looked in wooded lots and even sinkhole ponds known as cenotes. More than 112,000 people are listed as missing in Mexico, and searches for clandestine grave sites have become common throughout the country. What is unusual is that they are now being carried out in Cancun, the crown jewel of Mexico’s tourism industry. The clandestine body dumping grounds are often used by drug cartels to dispose of bodies of their victims. Several cartels are fighting for control of the Caribbean coast and its lucrative retail drug trade.Montes de Oca said five of the bodies were found at a building site ...

Ex-New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to join Harvard

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 GMT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who led her country through a devastating mass shooting, will be temporarily joining Harvard University later this year, Kennedy School Dean Douglas Elmendorf said Tuesday.Ardern, a global icon of the left and an inspiration to women around the world, has been appointed to dual fellowships at the Harvard Kennedy School. She will serve as the 2023 Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow and a Hauser Leader in the school’s Center for Public Leadership beginning this fall.“Jacinda Ardern showed the world strong and empathetic political leadership,” Elmendorf said in statement, adding that Ardern will “bring important insights for our students and will generate vital conversations about the public policy choices facing leaders at all levels.”Ardern, who was just 37 when she became prime minister in 2017, shocked New Zealanders when she announced in January she was stepping down from the role after more tha...