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One of game's characters, Guardians manager Terry Francona set to end career defined by class, touch
CLEVELAND (AP) — At some point in the next few days, Terry Francona will hop on his celebrated scooter, zip along the underground concrete concourses of Progressive Field and leave the ballpark he's called home the past 11 seasons for the final time. His ride is nearly over. ...
With the future of AM unclear, a look back at the powerful role radio plays in baseball history
NEW YORK (AP) — Growing up in the Boston suburbs, Suzyn Waldman fell madly in love with two things: baseball and Broadway shows. During the 1950s and '60s, the long arm of AM radio brought both into her home. “I can still hear Ned Martin of the Red Sox reciting...
Taylor's RBI single in 10th lifts Dodgers to 3-2 win over Giants
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Taylor was in the right place at the right time in extra innings with heads-up defense on a slick double play and his bat. Taylor’s line-drive single to center field in the 10th inning lifted the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers past the San Francisco...
Kershaw tosses 2-hit ball over 5 innings and Dodgers beat Giants 7-0
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pitching on six days' rest with a velocity no longer matching his prime years, Clayton Kershaw still is finding ways to win for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 35-year-old left-hander tossed two-hit ball over five innings, Mookie Betts hit a two-run double that set...
Dodgers' Mookie Betts notches 105th RBI, most ever by a leadoff hitter
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts hit a two-run double in the eighth inning on Saturday night, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder 105 RBIs, the most ever by a leadoff hitter. Betts doubled to center off San Francisco’s Ross Stripling, scoring Austin Barnes and David Peralta...
Margarita Mota, the wife of Dodgers great Manny Mota and matriarch of a baseball family, dies at 81
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Margarita Mota, the wife of Los Angeles Dodgers great Manny Mota and matriarch of a baseball family, died Saturday. She was 81. She had been in ill health in recent years and died of natural causes at home in the Los Angeles suburb of La Crescenta, according to...
Manaea pitches 7 scoreless innings to end skid against Dodgers as Giants beat LA 5-1
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean Manaea exorcised his Dodger Stadium demons with every pitch he threw. He scattered three hits over seven shutout innings to beat the Dodgers for the first time in his career, and Mike Yastrzemski, Thairo Estrada and Tyler Fitzgerald homered as the San...
Dodgers' Freddie Freeman reaches 200 hits for first time in his career
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddie Freeman reached 200 hits for the first time in his career with a single in the first inning on Friday night. The Los Angeles Dodgers' seven-time All-Star singled to right off San Francisco’s Sean Manaea. Freeman was greeted with chants of “Freddie!...
Dodgers capitalize on Giants' physical and mental blunders to win 7-2
LOS ANGELES (AP) — J.D. Martinez’s sacrifice fly drove in the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers capitalized on two physical and one mental blunder by the San Francisco Giants to win 7-2 Thursday night in the series opener. The Giants have dropped six of...
Detroit rookie Reese Olson pitches the Tigers past the Dodgers 4-2 to avoid a sweep
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rookie Reese Olson won for the third time in his last four starts, combining with two relievers on a three-hitter to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 on Wednesday night and avoid a sweep in the three-game series. Olson (5-7) allowed one...
