…(Baseball)…

Padres-Braves..SD led (5-2) at Press Time..Wednesday..SD (42-37)…Braves (48-31)

..JP Sears-best start for Padres-5-shutout innings before tiring

..Ty France solo HR..Sac Fly

..Xander Bogaerts RBI single

..Samad Taylor 2R-single breaks game open

..Joey Bart 2R-HR-Atlanta

..Braves on skid have lost 7-of-9

..Padres win 3rd in a row-with momentum heading into Dodgers series

San Diego..Off day Thursday…Open Weekend series Friday with Dodgers

Padres..P-Wandy Peralta-best season of career (1.86-ERA)

Padres..P-Adrian Morejon (1.37-ERA) in last 10-outings

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Dodgers-Twins..Wednesday….LA (51-29)…Won 27-of-38

Dodgers..Off day-Thursday…Open series i San Diego on Friday

Dodgers..OF-Andy Pages-career worst slump…Last 23-games (20-for-100)..hitting (.200)..Has just 2HRs in last 100-at bats

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Angels-W-Orioles (7-6)..Wednesday…Halos (34-43)

..Jorge Soler 2R-HR

..Halois tie game on error..win on infield single in 10th

..Orioles waste Sam Basallo’s 2-2 run HRs

Angels..Off on Thursday..Open weekend series vs A’s on Friday

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(Wednesday Scoreboard)

Texas-L-Miami..Otto Lopez HR-Miami

Cubs-W-Mets..(1st game)..Dansby Swanson 2R-HR..Grand Slam HR

Cubs-W-Mets..(2nd game)..Dansby Swanson 4-more RBIs in sweep

Cleveland-W-White Sox..Khalil Watson 2R-single-Cleve

Red Sox-L-Rockies..Cole Carrig RBI single..RBI double

Tampa Bay-W-Royals..Johnny DeLuca RBI double.

Yankees-W-Tigers..Paul Goldschmidt 2HRs..NY (48-30)

Seattle-L-Pirates..Ryan O’Hearn 3H-3RBIs-Bucs

Phillies-W-Washington..Derek Hill 2R-HR-9th…Nats hit 3 HRs in loss

Toronto-L-Houston..Astros win on wild pickoff throw

Milwaukee-W-Reds..Wil Contreras 2R-HR-Milw..Brewers (48-29)

Cardinals-L-Arizona..Ketel Marte HR-Dbacks

Giants-A’s…0-0 tie at Press Time-late game

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(Injuries)

Mets..OF-Juan Soto-could be headed to DL-back spasms

Mets..SS-Francisco Lindor-activated from DL-calf injury

Cubs..DL-P-Edward Cabrera-hamstring..DL-P-Ben Brown-neck

Yankees..DL-3B-Ryan McMahon-throat infection

Rockies..DL-P-Jaden Hill-shoulder

Phillies..DH-Kyle Schwarber examined back issues

Miami..Activate P-Eury Perez-hamstring

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(Roster Moves)

Braves..DFA-P-Carlos Carrasco..Option P-JT Ritchie to AAA

Cubs..Callup P-Vince Velasquez

Rockies..Callup P-Seth Halvorsen

Yankees..Callup 2B-Oswaldo Cabrera

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(MLB Notes)

Giants..3B-Raf Devers apologized to organization for refusing to come off lst base for pinch runner in game early in week.

Yankees..Manager Aaron Boone furious with 2B-Jazz Chisholm….’sucking on lollipop while playing 2B) in games this week.

Mets..Remove P-Kodai Senga from rotation…has (10.08-ERA)

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…(Basketball)…

(NBA Draft)…2nd round-Top name players:

..Houston..G-Bruce Thornton-Ohio State..All time leading scorer

..Memphis..F-Richie Saunders-BYU..3-point artist

..Minnesota..G-Isiah Evans-Duke..Strong 2-way game

..Clippers..F-Baba Miller-Cincinnati..Jumping jack rebounder-defender

..Pacers..G-Braden Smith-Purdue..3-point shooter

..Nets..C-Tyler Bilodeau-UCLA

..Sacramento..G-Emanuel Sharp-Houston..excellent shooter

..Toronto..G-Jaden Bradley-Arizona

..Clippers..C-Henry Veesaar-North Carolina

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(NBA Notes)

Lakers…Sign G-Austin Reaves (4Y-185M)…salary starts at (41M)

Lakers…Believe G-Cam Carr-Baylor will be first guard off the bench next year

Boston..Has met with G-Jaylen Brown-attempt to patch relationship up after he was inserted in trade talks.

Dallas-Suns…TRADE..Mavs deal F-Koa Peat to Suns.

Knicks-Dallas..TRADE..NY moves G-Sergio Delacarrera to Mavs

Detroit-Memphis..TRADE..Pistons deal backup C-Isiah Stewart for #2-2-2 choices

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(College)

Rady Children’s Hospital Tourney…Confirm UCLA will play St Mary’s…Georgetown will meet Texas in lst round games on Thanksgiving weekend at USD.

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…(Football)…

Colts…Meet with FA-WR-Keenan Allen-ex Chargers

NFL..Teams contacting veteran FA-pass rushers…Still unsigned DE-=Joey Bosa..DE-Jadaveon Clowney..LB-Von MNillers…LB-Hasaan Reddick

Rams..Report neither Stetson Bennett nor Tyler Simpson have played very well in OTA workouts to see who is backup QB.

Buffalo..Legendary QB-Jim Kelly confirms he suffered a stroke in spring…Is a 2-time cancer survivor.

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(College Notes)

NCAA approves the ‘5-on-5’ Eligibility Rule…Players have 5-years to play 5-seasons once they enroll…Only exception waivers would be for Religious mission or Military Service…No redshirts for injuries of Transfer Portal.

CFL..Refuses to answer questions if it would allow team to sign QB-Brendan Sorsby, denied entry into NFL with no access to Supplemental Draft.

Brian Kelly..Former LSU-Notre Dame head coach hired by CBS Sports to do TV analyst work on Mountain West Conference  broadcasts this fall.

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…(Hockey)…

NHL Draft…Friday…10-Trades announced it NHL in last 10-days.

Buffalo-Washington…TRADE…Sabres deal high scoring RW-Alex Tuch to Caps for 3rd round pick…Washington signs him to (8Y-64M) extension…had 33-goals in Buffalo

Toronto..Maple Leafs open trade talks with LA Kings for 13Y-veteran D-Morgan Reilly-who will waive no trade clause for deal to West Coast team.

USHL…Developmental league awards 6-expansion teams to West Coast cities for 2027 season..Included San Diego..Orange County…Prescott Valley…Phoenix

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…(General)…

(World Cup)-Thursday

USA-vs-Turkey…Thursday night game…No decision yet if Christian Pulisic plays in final group game…though he says he is 100% healthy….USA will sit 4-players who have yellow cards including Fo Balogun-so they do not risk getting a yellow which would lead to a red-card suspension for the knockout round.

USA..Coach Mauricio Pochettino says team he inherited when the took the job…’Full of complacency…Challenged them ‘What Have You Accomplished’…Called players ‘Naive’…Told them ‘Your Reputation means nothing’

USA-Australia…TV ratings for 2nd game-group play (14.7M)

FIFA..says hydration breaks in games should become permanent part of future World Cup games.

France..Coach Didier Deschamps leaves team-death in family.

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(World Cup Scoreboard)-Wednesday

Switzerland-W-Canada (2-1)..Canada has 5-scoring chances in final minutes

Bosnia-W-Qatar (3-1)..Score 2-goals in 5-minute span

Morocco-W-Haiti..(4-2)..Morocco scores 2-goals in 6-minutes

Scotland-L-Brazil..(3-0)..Venecius Junior 2-goals early…3rd goal voided

Mexico-W-Czechia..(2-0)..Julian Quinones-Mike Chavez score 2-goals in 5-minutes

South Africa-South Korea..South Africa led 1-0 late at Press Time

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(World Cup Schedule)-Thursday

USA-Turkey..7pm start

Ivory Coast-Curacao

Germany-Ecuador

Sweden-Japan

Netherlands-Tunisia

Australia-Paraguay

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(Golf)

PGA Tour..Travelers Championships…1st round tees off in Connecticut..on Thursday

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