The Sports Report: Dodgers Get Back Into The Win Column

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From Sam Farmer: Tarik Skubal ne'er located his champion worldly Monday, missing nan onslaught area pinch his fastball acold much often than usual.

The Dodgers recovered their measurement retired of their caller downward spiral, though, and that was capable of a alleviation for their caller ace and back-to-back Cy Young winner. Skubal sounded 5 innings, giving up 4 hits and 3 runs. He struck retired six.

“I benignant of sprayed nan shot a small bit,” Skubal said aft a 6-5 win complete Kansas City successful his Dodger Stadium debut. “That’s benignant of different for me, particularly pinch my command, but I thought I competed good and gave our squad a chance to win.”

That was a invited alteration for nan down-on-their-luck Dodgers, who entered having mislaid 8 of nine, including sweeps by nan Boston Red Sox and nan Chicago Cubs. The Dodgers had mislaid 7 successful a statement earlier yet winning Saturday astatine Arizona, past promptly resumed nan descent Sunday pinch a loss to nan Diamondbacks.

So it’s difficult to cognize whether Monday’s triumph marked a turnaround aliases simply different tourniquet to region nan bleeding. Tuesday, it’s Blake Snell’s turn. He underwent room connected his near elbow and hasn’t sounded for nan Dodgers since May 9.

The Dodgers (71-48) are hoping for an encore capacity astatine nan plate, wherever Monday location were immoderate acquainted flickers of life.Freddie Freeman had 3 of their 10 hits, driving successful 2 runs. Shohei Ohtani had 2 hits and scored twice. And Max Muncy — connected his bobblehead nighttime — had a bases-loaded double that gave nan Dodgers a 5-3 lead successful nan sixth and ignited nan antsy crowd.

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Angels suffer to nan Rangers

Brandon Nimmo singled location nan go-ahead tally successful nan 10th inning and nan Texas Rangers hit nan Angels 4-1 connected Monday nighttime to threat a five-game roadworthy losing streak.

Texas (60-59) has won 5 of its past six wide and is simply a half-game down AL West-leading Houston.

Nimmo and Elias Díaz each vanished pinch 2 hits and an RBI.

Peyton Gray (6-0) sounded a 1-2-3 ninth to gain nan win. Jacob Latz worked a scoreless 10th for his 23rd save.

Mike Trout deed a 418-foot changeable for nan Angels (45-74), his 20th location tally this season, successful nan first inning. The three-time AL MVP was 1 for 2 and walked 3 times, 1 intentional.

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Former NFL backmost Derek Carr has joined UCLA’s coaching unit arsenic a typical advisor to coach Bob Chesney.

The Bruins announced nan hiring Monday of nan 35-year-old Carr, who is volunteering successful his first awesome coaching role.

The longtime Raiders starter will thief Chesney and nan Bruins’ violative unit pinch crippled readying and strategy, and he will activity pinch UCLA‘s quarterbacks.

“His experience, activity and shot knowledge will beryllium an unthinkable assets for our coaching unit and student-athletes,” Chesney said successful a statement. “What stands retired astir is his passion for nan crippled and his committedness to processing young people. Derek will person a tremendous effect connected our players and is simply a awesome summation to our program.”

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This time successful sports history

1919 — Green Bay Packers shot nine founded by George Calhoun and Curly Lambeau — named aft sponsor Indian Packing Company.

1943 — Volo Song, driven by Ben White, wins nan Hambletonian Stakes successful nan 3rd heat.

1948 — Demon Hanover, driven by Harrison Hoyt, wins nan Hambletonian Stakes successful consecutive heats.

1974 — Lee Trevino thumps Jack Nicklaus by 1 changeable to seizure nan PGA Championship.

1979 — Peter Haughton wins his 2nd International Trot astatine Roosevelt Raceway by driving Doublemint to victory.

1984 — Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens′ 1936 feat, winning his 4th Olympic golden badge arsenic portion of nan US 4 x 100m relay team; world grounds (37.83).

1984 — Britain’s Sebastian Coe sets an Olympic grounds successful nan 1,500 metre pinch a 3:32.53 winning time.

1985 — Hubert Green thumps defending champion Lee Trevino by 2 strokes to return nan PGA Championship.

1986 — Bob Tway’s bunker changeable connected nan last spread gives him nan PGA Championship complete Greg Norman.

1991 — John Daly, nan past alternate to make nan field, wins nan 73rd PGA Championship pinch a 1-under 71 to decorativeness 3 strokes up of Bruce Lietzke.

1995 — Michael Johnson wins nan 200 meters successful 19.79 seconds successful nan World Track & Field Championships to go nan first runner to seizure nan 200 and 400 meters successful a awesome championship.

1996 — Mark Brooks makes a 5-foot birdie putt connected nan first spread of a playoff pinch Kenny Perry to triumph nan PGA Championship.

2002 — Karrie Webb’s latest comeback establishes a caller modular of excellence connected nan LPGA Tour: nan Super Slam — winning nan 4 tournaments presently regarded arsenic fields arsenic good arsenic nan du Maurier, which mislaid its awesome position successful 2000 aft 21 years. Webb shoots a 6-under 66, rallying from 3 strokes down to nan first three-time victor successful nan Women’s British Open.

2008 — The US 4 x 100m freestyle replay squad of Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones & Jason Lezak thumps France by 8 seconds to triumph golden and smash world grounds astatine nan Beijing Olympics.

2012 — Usain Bolt is simply a cleanable 3 for 3 astatine nan London Olympics — 3 events, 3 victories — conscionable for illustration Beijing 4 years ago. Almost moreover pinch nan past U.S. runner erstwhile he gets nan baton for nan anchor limb of nan 4x100 meters, Bolt steadily pulls distant down nan agelong to headdress his cleanable Summer Games by starring Jamaica to triumph successful a world-record 36.84 seconds. Allyson Felix wins her 3rd golden medal, giving nan United States a 20-meter lead aft nan 2nd limb of nan 4x400-meter relay. DeeDee Trotter, Felix, Francena McCorory and Sanya Richards-Ross bring location nan triumph for nan Americans’ 5th consecutive Olympic title successful nan event.

2012 — Candace Parker scores 21 points and nan heavy favored U.S. women’s hoops squad wins a 5th consecutive Olympic golden badge pinch an 86-50 triumph complete France.

2013 — Ashton Eaton of nan United States wins nan decathlon world title title to adhd to his Olympic golden medal. He completes his postulation pinch a season-leading full of 8,809 points successful a 10-event competition.

2013 — Jason Dufner wins his first awesome title pinch a two-stroke triumph complete Jim Furyk astatine nan PGA Championship.

2016 — Michael Phelps wins his 4th golden badge of nan Rio Olympics and 22nd wide pinch a triumph successful nan 200-meter individual medley. It was nan 13th individual golden and 26 medals overall.

2016 — Simone Biles soars to nan all-around title successful women’s gymnastics astatine nan Rio Olympics. Her full of 62.198 is good clear of metallic medalist and “Final Five” teammate Aly Raisman and Russian bronze medalist Aliya Mustafina.

2017 — The NFL suspends Dallas Cowboys moving backmost Ezekiel Elliott six games aft a yearlong NFL investigation of his home unit lawsuit successful Ohio.

2021 — Argentine shot superstar Lionel Messi confirms signing a rich | 2-year statement pinch French Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain aft leaving FC Barcelona.

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This time successful shot history

1907 — In nan 2nd crippled of a doubleheader, shortened by agreement, Ed Karger of nan St. Louis Cardinals sounded a seven-inning cleanable game, beating nan Boston Braves 4-0.

1926 — Tris Speaker of Cleveland deed his 700th profession double but nan Indians mislaid to nan Chicago White Sox, 7-2. The double came successful nan 3rd inning disconnected Joe Edwards.

1929 — Babe Ruth deed his 500th profession location tally successful nan 2nd inning disconnected Willis Hudlin astatine Cleveland’s League Park. The homer was Ruth’s 30th of nan year, but it wasn’t capable arsenic nan Indians hit nan Yankees 6-5.

1951 — Robin Roberts of nan Philadelphia Phillies hit nan New York Giants 4-0, dropping nan Giants 13 1/2 games down nan first-place Brooklyn Dodgers.

1961 — Warren Spahn of nan Milwaukee Braves scattered six hits to hit nan Chicago Cubs, 2-1, for his 300th profession victory.

1970 — Philadelphia’s Jim Bunning hit nan Houston Astros 6-5 to go nan first pitcher to triumph 100 games successful some leagues since Cy Young.

1980 — Reggie Jackson hits his 400th profession location run, disconnected Britt Burns, successful nan Yankees’ 3-1 triumph complete nan White Sox astatine Yankee Stadium.

1986 — Cincinnati player-manager Pete Rose, 45, singled 4 times and doubled to group a NL grounds pinch nan 10th five-hit crippled of his career. Rose drove successful 3 runs successful a 13-4 nonaccomplishment to nan San Francisco Giants, to move 1 up of Max Carey for nan record.

1987 — Mark McGwire of nan Athletics collapsed Al Rosen’s AL rookie grounds by hitting his 38th location tally successful Oakland’s 8-2 nonaccomplishment to nan Seattle Mariners.

2004 — Randy Wolf homered doubly and threw 7 coagulated innings to lead Philadelphia to a 15-4 triumph complete Colorado. Wolf went 3-for-3 and scored 3 runs.

2007 — Rick Ankiel homered doubly and drove successful 3 runs, nan latest powerfulness show by nan erstwhile pitcher, and nan St. Louis Cardinals hit nan Dodgers 6-1.

2010 — Arizona tied a awesome convention grounds by hitting 4 consecutive location runs, pinch Adam LaRoche, Miguel Montero, Mark Reynolds and Stephen Drew each connecting successful nan 4th inning of an 8-2 triumph complete Milwaukee.

2013 — After Mariano Rivera blew a 3rd consecutive prevention for nan first clip successful his famed career, Brett Gardner homered pinch 2 outs successful nan ninth inning to springiness nan New York Yankees a 5-4 triumph complete nan Detroit Tigers. Rivera pinch a grounds 643 saves, had ne'er grounded 3 successful a statement successful 936 alleviation appearances.

2018 — Oakland’s Ramon Laureano pulled disconnected a spectacular double play and nan Athletics hit nan Angels 7-0. With 1 retired and Eric Young Jr. connected first, Laureano raced into nan spread successful left-center to haul successful Justin Upton’s drive. The rookie halfway fielder past uncorked a 320-foot propulsion connected a alert to first guidelines to complete nan double play. Marcus Semien homered doubly and Khris Davis besides connected for Oakland.

2022 — The Cubs triumph nan 2nd yearly Field of Dreams Game, played successful a impermanent ballpark adjacent Dyersville, IA, adjacent to nan tract wherever nan eponymous movie was shot, 4-2 complete nan Reds. Nick Madrigal leads nan way, going 3 for 5 arsenic some teams deterioration retro uniforms for nan occasion. Before nan game, Ken Griffey Sr. sets nan reside by playing a friends crippled of drawback pinch his son, Junior, soon joined by a group of kids and past legendary players from some teams successful a segment consecutive retired of nan iconic movie.

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