…(Baseball)…

Padres-L-Phillies (3-0)…Phillies sweep Friars..Wednesday…Friars (33-24)…(2-6) skid…(16-16) Petco Park.

..Christopher Sanchez (7-shutout innings)..Has thrown (44.2inn-0R)

..Sanchez breaks Grover Cleveland Alexander-Phillies record set in 1911

..Sanchez breaks Carl Hubbell-lefthanded pitcher record-set in 1933

..Trea Turner HR..Kyle Schwarber RBI single

..Walker Buehler (5-inn-0R)..Adrian Morejon let 2-runners score in 6th

..Padres score 3-runs in 27-innings vs Phillies…Scored 14-runs in 7-games

..Padres shutout 6X in last 12-games

Padres..Travel day-Thursday…Open weekend series in Washington-Friday

Padres…’NY Times-The Athletic’ writes critical story of Padres bottom ranked offense…’Are They Best Bad Team in Baseball…or the Worst Good Team in Baseball’….Padres ranked 30th in Batting Average (.221) and near bottom in all other metrics despite (224M) payroll.

Padres..P-German Marquez…Will throw BP-at Lake Elsinore..then possibly Rehab start.

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Dodgers-Rockies. LA led 2-0 at Press Time…Wednesday…LA (35-20)..Won 11-of-13 games

..Shohei Ohtani leadoff HR for LA again

Dodgers…Off Thursday…Host Phillies-Friday

Dodgers..DL-SS-Kike Hernandez-likely torn oblique injury-2nd game back from DL

Dodgers..Callup SS-Alex Freeland-from AAA

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Angels-L-Texas..(4-0)..Wednesday……Halos had won 4-in row..(21-35)

..Spencer Torkelson HR-3RBIs-in Detroit win

Angels-Detroit..Thursday..Grayson Rodgriguez-vs-Jack Flaherty

Angels..Sign FA-P-Alex Faedo-ex Tigers (4.51-ERA) in career

Angels..2B-Christian Moore-hitting (.408)-Salt Lake City

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(Wednesday Scoreboard)

Miami-L-Toronto..Kaz Okamoto HR-Jays

Cleveland-W-Washington..Gavin Williams (7inn-1R)-Guardians

Cardinals-L-Milwaukee..Brewers no hit for 7-innings-score 2R in 8th

Seattle-W-A’s..Julio Rodriguez 3R-HR..Rob Refsnyder 3R-HR-Ms

Giants-L-Arizona..SF (22-34)…lost 10-of-14

Tampa Bay-L-Baltimore..Orioles 5R-in 1st inn…Rays (34-19)

Cubs-W-Pirates..Cubs had lost 10-in row..Ian Happ 3R-HR-Cubs

Red Sox-W-Braves..Jarran Duran HR-Sox…Atl (37-19)

Reds-L-Mets..Juan Soto HR-NY

Twins-L-White Sox..Munetake Murikami 20th HR of year

Yankees-W-Royals..Gerritt Cole 10-strikeout outing..NY (34-22)

Houston-W-Texas..Yordan Alvarez 2-solo HRs

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(Roster Moves)

Texas…Release OF-Andrew McCutchen

Texas..Sign FA-2B-Nicky Lopez-ex Cubs

Cubs..Sign FA-P-Aaron Bummer-ex Atlanta

Twins..Option SS-Royce Lewis to AAA..Callup SS-Orlando Arcia

Toronto-Detroit..TRADE..Jays send P Juan Vasquez to Tigers for P-Connor Seabold

Toronto..Callup P-Austin Voth from AAA

Toronto..Sign FA-P-Matt Bowman

Royals..DFA-P-Bailey Falter

Royals..Outright C-Elias Diaz to AAA

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(Injuries)

Miami..DL-P-Eury Perez-hamstring

Cubs..DL-P-Edward Cabrera-blisters

Reds..Activate P-Caleb Ferguson

Texas..Shutdown SS-Corey Seager-2nd time-back flareup

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(MLB Notes)

MLB-Union…Make 1st formal proposal to owners in CBA talks:

..Increase Minimum Salary from (780,000) to (1.5M)

..Pre Arbitration Bonus Pool increase from (50M-to-180M)

..Increase Players Super Arbitration from 22% to 44%

..Free Agency service time 6Y-reduced-to 5Y for veteran players

..Inclease Luxury Tax Threshold from (244M) to (300M)

..Created Integrity Tax for teams that spend below (150M)

..Higher Broadcast Tax for big market teams..to be shared

MLB Owners…will make their first proposal on Thursday

Tampa Bay…Immigration lawyers say ex Rays SS-Wander Franco will never get a Work Visa to return to MLB-because Judge found him Criminally responsible for sexual abuse of 14-year old girl in Dominican…Paid money to her mother to have releations with the girl…Mother sent to prison for 10-years.

Boston..Growing unrest within Fenway Sports Group…Red Sox (8-18) at Fenway Park.

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…(Basketball)…

(Playoff Schedule)..Thursday

..Oklahoma City-at-San Antonio..Thunder can win series with road win…lead series (3-2)…Spurs say have to get ball more inside to C-Victor Wembenyama..held to (27%) shooting in losses in series.

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(NBA Notes)

NBA Owners…Will vote on ‘3-2-1’ Draft Lottery on Thursday…Top 3-teams would be allowed only 2-ping pong balls in draft lottery….Next group would get 3-ping pong balls.

Lakers…Layoff 12-front office employees in marketing-sales-research…first job cuts since Mark Walters-Dodgers-took over control of team

Chicago..Interview Johnny Bryant-Assistant coach-Cavaliers

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…(Football)…

(NFL Notes)

Green Bay..RB-Josh Jacobs-arrested on 5-Domestic abuse charges including felony strangulation..but released without bail while investigation into case continues

Patriots..Coach Mike Vrabel meets with Media at OTA…bombarded with questions about relationship with Dianna Russini…’My focus is on my team, my family and football’

Eagles..WR-AJ Brown- no show at first OTA workouts.

Travis Kelce..Chiefs star becomes minority owner Cleveland Guardians franchise.

Argentina…Police arrest 2-men from Chile at Airport-described as Ringleaders in armed robberies of homes of NFL-NBA-Tennis players in US.

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(Roster Moves)

49ers..Restructure contract backup QB-Mac Jones-will get (7M) this year.

Arizona..DE-Josh Sweat demands to be traded…had 12-sacks last year

Bears..Workout FA-DE-AJ Epenesa-ex Bills

Bills..Sign FA-LB-Demetrious Fowles-ex Giants

Jets..Sign FA-K-Younghoe Koo-ex Falcons

Jets-Seattle..TRADE..NY deals special teams star Irv Charles to Seattle for #7 pick

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(College Football)

Senator Ted Cruz…Introduces ‘Protect the Sports Act’ in Congress for NCAA

..Asks for AntiTrust Exemption

..Imposes  formation of Salary Cap for all NIL deals

..Limits Players to 1-X transfer in career

..Invokes ‘5-in-5’ Eligibility rule

..Ban any Pro Athlete from applying for readmission to play College Sports

Aztecs..Announce TV schedule this year…SDSU football…4-games on USA Network…3-on CW Network…2-on CBS Sports Network…1-game on Big 10-Network

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…(Hockey)…

(Playoff Scoreboard)

..Montreal-L-Carolina (4-0)…Hurricane lead (3-1) in series

..Hurricanes score 3-goals in (2:47) late in lst period

..Sebastian Aho-Jarrett Staal key goals

..Habs G-Jakub Dobes made 3-saves on breakaways

..Habs now just (2-6) on home ice in playoffs

..Carolina wins 6th playoff game on road this year

..Hurricane (43-18) shots on goal edge…Last 3-games (107-44) shots edge.

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(Hockey Notes)

LA Kings..Interview Peter LaViolette for head coaching job…has coached Islanders-Carolina-Flyers-Washington-Nashville in NHL.

Colorado..Coach Jared Bednar under fire after Avalanche get swept 4-straight by Las Vegas Knights.

Montreal..Coach Martin St-Louis shaking up lines…Habs outshow (64-26) in last two games to Carolina.

Las Vegas..Now (19-4-1) under John Tortarella-heading to Stanley Cup finals

Minnesota Wild…May let high scoring RW-Vlad Tarasenko go to free agency

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…(General)…

PGA Tour…1st round Charles Schwab Challenge-Colonial-Texas

Tennis..French Open meet with Agents of Players-threatening boycott of Grand Slam Events…Players want (22%) of Revenue for majors.

French Open..2nd round play..Novak Djokovic-Alex Zverev-Iga Swatek post wins…2nd seed Elena Rybakina upset.

FIFA..New York-New Jersey Senators subpoena records of FIFA over sales of World Cup tickets to fans at Meadowlands Stadium..says ‘Ticket Pricing is exploitation and extortion….FIFA-misled and lied to Fans purchasing tickets’…

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