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Arizona Diamondbacks host the San Francisco Giants Saturday

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:43:43 GMT

San Francisco Giants (17-21, fourth in the NL West) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (21-18, second in the NL West)Phoenix; Saturday, 8:10 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Anthony DeSclafani (3-2, 2.80 ERA, .93 WHIP, 33 strikeouts); Diamondbacks: Zac Gallen (5-1, 2.36 ERA, .85 WHIP, 64 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Diamondbacks -169, Giants +143; over/under is 8 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Arizona Diamondbacks take on the San Francisco Giants on Saturday.Arizona is 21-18 overall and 12-10 in home games. The Diamondbacks have the best team batting average in the NL at .273.San Francisco has a 17-21 record overall and a 7-11 record on the road. Giants hitters have a collective .321 on-base percentage, the ninth-ranked percentage in the NL.Saturday’s game is the third time these teams match up this season.TOP PERFORMERS: Lourdes Gurriel Jr. leads the Diamondbacks with a .310 batting average, and has 10 doubles, a triple, five home runs, 11 walks and 20 RBI. Dominic Fletcher is 16-f...

Marlins host Cincinnati Reds, look to break home skid

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:43:43 GMT

Cincinnati Reds (17-21, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Miami Marlins (19-20, third in the NL East)Miami; Saturday, 1:10 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Reds: TBD; Marlins: Sandy Alcantara (1-3, 4.74 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 40 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Marlins -195, Reds +163; over/under is 7 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Miami Marlins take on the Cincinnati Reds looking to break their four-game home slide.Miami is 19-20 overall and 10-10 at home. The Marlins have a 12-0 record in games decided by one run.Cincinnati has a 5-12 record on the road and a 17-21 record overall. The Reds have a 4-2 record in games when they hit at least two home runs.The matchup Saturday is the second time these teams meet this season.TOP PERFORMERS: Jorge Soler leads Miami with nine home runs while slugging .504. Jesus Sanchez is 13-for-33 with two home runs and nine RBI over the past 10 games.Jake Fraley has five doubles, four home runs and 24 RBI while hitting .260 for the Reds. Jonathan India is 13-for-39 with...

Padres bring 3-game losing streak into matchup against the Dodgers

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:43:43 GMT

San Diego Padres (19-20, third in the NL West) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (24-15, first in the NL West)Los Angeles; Saturday, 7:15 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Padres: Joe Musgrove (1-0, 6.75 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, 14 strikeouts); Dodgers: Julio Urias (4-3, 3.77 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 48 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Dodgers -151, Padres +128; over/under is 8 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: The San Diego Padres look to stop a three-game losing streak with a victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.Los Angeles is 13-6 at home and 24-15 overall. The Dodgers have gone 16-4 in games when they hit at least two home runs.San Diego is 19-20 overall and 9-9 in road games. The Padres have gone 15-2 in games when they scored five or more runs.The teams meet Saturday for the fifth time this season. The Dodgers lead the season series 3-1.TOP PERFORMERS: Freddie Freeman has 12 doubles, seven home runs and 20 RBI for the Dodgers. Mookie Betts is 11-for-39 with two doubles, four home runs and 11 RBI over the last 10 gam...

Phillies seek to continue win streak, play the Rockies

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:43:43 GMT

Philadelphia Phillies (19-19, second in the NL East) vs. Colorado Rockies (16-23, fifth in the NL West)Denver; Saturday, 8:10 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Phillies: Ranger Suarez (0-0); Rockies: Ryan Feltner (2-2, 5.08 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, 33 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Phillies -155, Rockies +134; over/under is 11 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Phillies will try to keep their four-game win streak going when they visit the Colorado Rockies.Colorado has a 16-23 record overall and a 7-10 record in home games. Rockies hitters have a collective .391 slugging percentage to rank 10th in the NL.Philadelphia has a 19-19 record overall and an 8-12 record in road games. Phillies hitters are batting a collective .263, which ranks third in the NL.Saturday’s game is the sixth time these teams meet this season. The Phillies are up 4-1 in the season series.TOP PERFORMERS: C.J. Cron leads the Rockies with six home runs while slugging .431. Randal Grichuk is 14-for-40 with three d...

New York Mets and Washington Nationals play in game 2 of series

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:43:43 GMT

New York Mets (19-20, fourth in the NL East) vs. Washington Nationals (16-22, fifth in the NL East)Washington; Saturday, 4:05 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Mets: Joey Lucchesi (1-0, 4.43 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 17 strikeouts); Nationals: Trevor Williams (1-1, 4.25 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 26 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Mets -145, Nationals +124; over/under is 9 runsBOTTOM LINE: The New York Mets meet the Washington Nationals with a 1-0 series lead.Washington has gone 6-13 at home and 16-22 overall. The Nationals have a 10-4 record in games when they scored at least five runs.New York is 19-20 overall and 12-12 in road games. The Mets have a 9-1 record in games when they did not give up a home run.Saturday’s game is the fifth time these teams meet this season. The season series is tied 2-2.TOP PERFORMERS: Lane Thomas ranks second on the Nationals with nine extra base hits (four doubles, a triple and four home runs). Joey Meneses is 13-for-41 with a double, a home run and seven RBI ove...

Germany approves new €2.7B package of arms for Ukraine

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:43:43 GMT

Berlin is keen to expand its support to Ukraine as the government in Kyiv prepares for an anticipated counteroffensive against Russia’s invasion of the country. The German government has approved a new €2.7 billion package of weapons for Ukraine, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius told reporters on Saturday. The package is Berlin’s largest arms delivery to Ukraine since the beginning of the war in February 2022.The planned shipments include armored vehicles, drones and air-defense systems, Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian president’s office, said on Telegram on Saturday. The package also includes “a large amount of ammunition,” he said.The new package will be formally announced on Sunday in parallel with the presentation of the Charlemagne Prize to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Aachen, according to a report by Spiegel. Ukraine should receive the equipment in the coming weeks and months, the German news outlet said.Between January 1, 2022...

Thousands plan to attend Louis D. Brown Peace Institute’s Mother’s Day Walk for Peace

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:43:43 GMT

Thousands of community members on Sunday will walk alongside families that have lost loved ones to homicide, letting them know they are not alone in their healing journey.The 4.3-mile walk through the streets of Dorchester continues the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute’s annual tradition of bringing the community together on Mother’s Day, with this year’s event focusing on “cultivating cycles of peace.”This will be the organization’s 27th edition of the Mother’s Day Walk for Peace, an event that started after Clementina “Tina” Chery founded the Peace Institute in memory of her son, Louis D. Brown, who was killed at age 15 in 1993.“Oftentimes, when we think about homicide we just count the victim, and there is a whole community that is impacted,” said Shaulita Francis, the institute’s communication and marketing manager.“There is a whole family that is left behind to deal with the emotional and practical impact. The walk is there as a way to just honor people’s experiences,...

Ed Markey proposes update to children’s online privacy law

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:43:43 GMT

Social media platforms, like Twitter and Tik Tok, could soon be barred from collecting personal information from users who are 13 to 16 years old without providing notice and obtaining consent.This is just one of many proposals contained in legislation U.S. Sen. Ed Markey reintroduced earlier this month that would establish greater online privacy protections for children and teens. It would update the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 for the many changes the online world has seen in the last quarter-century.Markey laid out his requests Friday at Suffolk University alongside Rochelle Walensky, director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during a forum on social media’s role on children’s mental health.“For too long, big tech has put profits over privacy, money over mental health and greed over good,” Markey said. “Big tobacco damages our lungs. Big oil damages our environment. Big tech damages our young people.”The proposed Children and Teens’ Online...

Thousands along Bangladesh, Myanmar coast told to seek shelter as powerful Cyclone Mocha approaches

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:43:43 GMT

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Volunteers in Bangladesh’s coastal districts were using loudspeakers to urge people to seek shelter on Saturday as the delta nation braced for an extremely severe cyclone, which is expected to slam ashore in Bangladesh and Myanmar in the next 24 hours. Cyclone Mocha was moving toward the coasts of southeastern Bangladesh and Myanmar with wind speeds of up to 160 kilometers (100 miles) per hour and gusts up to 175 kph (110 mph), the Indian Meteorological Department said. It’s projected to make landfall on Sunday evening in an area between between Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and Kyaukpyu in Myanmar.Bangladesh, with more than 160 million people, has prepared more than 1,500 cyclone shelters. More than 1 million Rohingya refugees who fled persecution in Myanmar are on the cyclone’s path in sprawling camps in Cox’s Bazar, where local authorities and the United Nations were preparing for the storm’s impact. Bangladesh, which is prone to natur...

Liverpool set for Eurovision Song Contest final, with Sweden favored and Ukraine in spotlight

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:43:43 GMT

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — What includes a Swedish diva, a Finnish rapper who loves pina coladas, a band of Croatian agit-rockers and an Austrian duo possessed by a long-dead writer? It could only be the Eurovision Song Contest.The grand final of the pan-continental pop music competition takes place Saturday in Liverpool. This year’s theme is “united by music,” and the event fuses the soul of English port city that birthed The Beatles with the spirit of war-battered Ukraine. Britain is hosting the event on behalf of Ukraine, which won last year’s competition, and the show is set to open with a performance by Kalush Orchestra, the Ukrainian folk-rap band that took the 2022 trophy with its lyrical and defiant song “Stefania.”As contestants from finalist nations enter in an Olympics-style flag parade there will be live performances from Ukrainian acts including Jamala, Tina Karol and Verka Serduchka — all past Eurovision competitors. Britain’s Sam Ryder, who came in second place last ye...