SPLITS TO KNOW Kyle Seager is just 3-for-33 (.091) with 15 Ks lifetime against C.J. Wilson. However, teammate Mike Zunino is coming off a red-hot spring and is 4-for-10 with a homer and double against the Angels lefty. - Aaron Hil is 14-for-30 (.467) with two HRs lifetime against Ryan Vogelsong. The Cardinals’ Matt Holliday and Matt Carpenter are a combined 0-for-23 against Jake Arrieta. (Update: The Cardinals-Cubs game for Tuesday has been postponed because of rain....
Here’s a look at key stat splits, pitcher rankings, saves sleepers and weather warnings. Today’s action gets underway at 7:05 p.m. ET. READ MORE: MLB DFS picks for Monday | SN Fantasy SPLITS TO KNOW Evan Longoria is hitting .414/.528/.862 in 58 career at-bats against CC Sabathia. - Billy Butler is 17-for-49 (.347) with five extra-base hits in his career against Rick Porcello. - Jose Bautista is just 2-for-29 in his career against Ubaldo Jimenez....
Edwin Encarnacion, DH, Blue Jays. Encarnacion hit a pair of homers in a win against the Indians. He finished 3-for-4 with three RBIs. Encarnacion has six homers and 15 RBIs this month, but we’d like to see a little improvement in batting average. Michael Morse, OF, Giants. Morse hit his 10th homer of the season in a win against the Marlins. He also finished 3-for-4 with three RBIs and has homered in his last two games....
Firefighter Stan Dean was called to the scene in Mebane, North Carolina, where the bodies of Devin Clark, 18, and his granddaughter Lyric Woods, 14, were discovered Sunday. It appeared both teens were shot, police said. Nearby neighbors reported hearing numerous gunshots on Friday evening. Teen Gun Violence Woods and Clark are two of the estimated 18,000 children and teens shot and killed or wounded in the United States, according to Everytown for Gun Safety data....
Cross-country skiing has an image problem. It’s less glamorous than downhill, less showy than snowboarding. Even at the Winter Olympics the sport, also called Nordic skiing, doesn’t get much respect. But enthusiasts know it’s a great workout. Because cross-country exercises the large muscle groups in both the upper and lower body, it can boost oxygen-uptake capacity, or the amount of blood the heart pumps in a single beat. (Elite Nordic skiers are the kings of oxygen uptake; marathon runners are second....
What remains the same is an elite starting rotation, anchored by reigning Cy Young Award winner and MVP Clayton Kershaw, followed by Zack Greinke and Hyun-Jin Ryu, plus newcomers Brandon McCarthy and Brett Anderson. The goal also remains the same: get that World Series title after losing eight of their 11 playoff series since 1988. So, what can be expected from the Dodgers in 2015? Here are five predictions....
The players embarked on a media tour around New York in preparation for their celebratory parade Wednesday that will follow the famed ticker tape parade line. On Tuesday, the team stopped by “Good Morning America” and later Megan Rapinoe had one-on-one appearances on a number of shows. She joined Anderson Cooper on CNN and talked for 30 minutes about a wide range of topics. In the final moments of the interview, Rapinoe looked directly at the camera to address President Donald Trump....
Lawrence became an internet sensation in 2013 after a clip from an interview with KMPH News, where the hitchhiker described how he came to the aid of a woman being assaulted by a man, was turned into a meme. In the interview, Lawrence described how he “smashed” the assaulter with the blunt side of a hatchet to get them off the woman, giving him the nickname of “the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker....
Now they won’t finish the 2020 season until July 26, which means it will have taken just two weeks short of a year to establish a champion for the 28th edition of the Premier League. Well, that’s not entirely true. That’s how long it will take to complete the season and make it official. The champion will be decided much sooner. Liverpool FC own a 25-point advantage in the standings over Manchester City....
The incident occurred on Sunday near Normandy, Texas, according to a news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). While conducting “line watch operations” near the Eagle Pass border station in Texas, a Border Patrol agent was informed by a Maverick County constable that five unaccompanied children were seen abandoned near the border in Normandy. According to the news release, the agent immediately went to the scene and located the five children, all of whom were female....
The Courier-Journal reported the women joined an existing lawsuit against Katina Powell filed by a student who said the book’s revelations diminished the value of her education. Precious Burnley, Dolly Bolden, Shinita Martin, Jemiah Nash and Marquease Richardson say photographs of them were used without permission and say they never had sex with the athletes for money. MORE: Will Rick Pitino survive? | Six things we learned in the book...
DeKalb Fire Department spokesman Captain Jaeson Daniels confirmed the child’s death to local media. He said the tree fall occurred at around 5 a.m. on the Glenwood Road block in Decatur, which is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. Rain and wind were likely factors in the tree’s fall, Daniels said. “It’s tough. Obviously, any loss of life renders a different feeling, especially from the rescuers,” Daniels told local ABC affiliate WSB-TV....
Game developers and studios can now hire contractors in more than 30 categories including voice acting, programming, storyboarding, video editing and game writing to help them create content. You can narrow down your abilities, for instance, showcasing your talent in voxel art, 3-D animation or work with the Unity engine. Sellers can put samples of their work, like sound effects or examples of past work, to entice potential customers with their services....
The ad campaign is unconvincing because Simmons is describing a firm that doesn’t sound remotely like the one in the newspapers – the one that defrauded thousands of customers in the 1980s. More important, critics charge, it doesn’t address the firm’s wrongdoing directly. To be sure, Simmons has produced steady profits, which will help pay the $1.1 billion bill for what is now the costliest cleanup in Wall Street history....
According to the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center (WPC) this weather front will shift into northern Texas on Sunday and Monday, bringing risks of further disruption. This year has already seen the most active Southwest monsoon season on record, with 840 flood warnings issued since June 15, way above the average of 231. The WPC states: “The stage is set for southern Arizona and New Mexico to potentially receive prolific rainfall and widespread flash flooding today....
Haley Michelle Williams, a “commuter,” shared her safety tips in a now-viral TikTok video that has amassed over 13 million views and more than 8,000 comments. You can watch the full video here. Commuting flight attendants don’t live in the cities they’re based in, meaning they have to find a place to crash when spending the night in their base cities. In many cases, flight attendants stay in shared spaces called “crash pads,” which Insider described as hostels for airline workers....
