Fried allows one hit in six innings, bounces back from first loss as Yanks beat Guardians 4-0

Fried allows one hit in six innings, bounces back from first loss as Yanks beat Guardians 4-0

NEW YORK (AP) — Max Fried allowed only an infield single to José Ramírez three batters into the game in six innings to bounce back from his first loss, and the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-0 on Thursday night. Cody Bellinger hit a two-run homer and added an RBI single as the Yankees headed into their first meeting against the rival Red Sox with their 16th win in 22 games. Jazz Chisholm Jr. added a late run-scoring single. Aaron Judge had a hit in his only at-bat, reached three times and was intentionally walked twice for the second time this season. Judge ended the night with a .392 average. Six days after allowing six runs and eight hits at Dodger Stadium, Fried (8-1) had his fourth scoreless outing this season and allowed one hit for the second time this season. He also allowed one hit against Tampa Bay on May 2. Fried struck out seven, walked two and retired 15 of the final 16 hitters he faced after getting into trouble in the first. Ramírez hit a 94-foot single to third base to extend his on-base streak to 31 games – one shy of his career high. Fried walked David Fry, who stole second, but the left-hander retired Carlos Santana and allowed one baserunner the rest of his outing. The Yankees were hitless until Judge doubled with one out in the fourth. Bellinger followed by hitting Cleveland starter Slade Cecconi's inside fastball into the New York bullpen in right-center field. Bellinger singled for a 3-0 lead off Kolby Allard in the seventh after Judge took his second intentional free pass. Cecconi (1-2) allowed two runs and five hits in five innings. Key moment Cleveland loaded the bases with one out in the seventh off Mark Leiter Jr. when shortstop Anthony Volpe was charged with an error for a low throw attempting to get Ramírez at third. Tim Hill relieved and used his slider to get the final two outs against Bo Naylor and Jhonkensy Noel. Key stats The Yankees are 11-2 in Fried's starts and 15-4 after a loss since April 9. ... Cleveland was blanked for the fourth time this season. Up next Guardians LHP Logan Allen (3-3, 4.22 ERA) faces Houston LHP Colton Gordon (0-1, 5.95) in the opener of a three-game series Friday in Cleveland. Yankees rookie RHP Will Warren (3-3, 5.19) opposes Boston RHP Walker Buehler (4-3, 4.44) in the opener of a three-game series Friday in New York. ___ More AP baseball:https://apnews.com/MLB

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Fried allows one hit in six innings, bounces back from first loss as Yanks beat Guardians 4-0

Fried allows one hit in six innings, bounces back from first loss as Yanks beat Guardians 4-0 NEW YORK (AP) — Max Fried allowed only an infi...

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Texas Tech holds on to beat Texas, remain alive in WCWS

Texas Tech holds on to beat Texas, remain alive in WCWS

Texas Tech scored fifth-inning runs on a hit batter and a wild pitch and NiJaree Canady threw a complete game as the No. 12 Red Raiders remained alive with a 4-3 victory over No. 6 Texas in Game 2 of the Women's College World Series at Oklahoma City on Thursday night. Texas Tech (54-13) and Texas (55-12) will meet again Friday night for the WCWS title. It will be the first national crown for the winner. Mihyia Davis went 2-for-4 for the Red Raiders and reached on an error in the sixth inning that plated the game's final run. Canady (34-6) gave up three runs (two earned), six hits and two walks while striking out six. She also pitched a complete game in Game 1 when the Red Raiders lost 2-1. Mia Scott homered and reached base three times on two hits and a walk for the Longhorns. Texas made a charge in the top of the seventh as Katie Stewart reached on an error by Texas Tech shortstop Hailey Toney and Canady hit Victoria Hunter with a pitch. Leighann Goode followed with a run-scoring double off the glove of diving left fielder Demi Elder. Pinch hitter Katie Cimusz followed with a sacrifice fly to score Hunter. But Canady then retired Ashton Maloney on a grounder and struck out Kayden Henry to end it. Texas Tech coach Gerry Glasco said postgame, "Last night was a test for us, and we're growing from everything that happens to us. I told them after the game last night, 'We learn 10 times more when we lose than when we win,' and we learned so much last night. "I think bottom of the seventh, up 4-2 and our determination and the way we reacted there at the end was a testament to the toughness they are acquiring by playing these tough battles." It was a scoreless game until the Red Raiders scored twice in the fifth inning against Texas reliever Cambria Salmon (7-2). Raegan Jennings led off with a pinch-hit single, Davis ripped a one-out double into the gap in left center before Toney hit a short pop fly to Salmon for the second out. Lauren Allred then walked to load the bases. Salmon got ahead 0-2 on Alana Johnson but eventually hit her to force in Jennings. Then Salmon threw a wild pitch on the first toss to Alexa Langeliers and Davis scored to make it 2-0. The left-handed hitting Scott trimmed the Texas deficit in half with one out in the sixth when she sent a pitch from Canady over the wall in left center. The Red Raiders had runners on first and third with one out in the bottom of the inning when Texas ace Teagan Kavan entered. Bailey Lindemuth hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Makalya Garcia and Davis followed with the grounder that first baseman J. Mitchell misplayed for an error and a 4-1 Texas Tech lead. In the fourth inning, Texas star Reese Atwood then narrowly missed a two-run homer as her fly was just a few feet wide of the left field foul pole. Mac Morgan pitched the first two innings for Texas and gave up two hits and one walk. Salmon allowed two runs, three hits, one walk and fanned one in three innings. The start of the contest was delayed approximately 50 minutes due to heavy rain. Looking ahead to the finale on Friday, Glasco said, "I think that it's going to be a real, real good game. I think that you can expect it to be a battle. ... I think my kids got some confidence tonight, and I expect the momentum really to be in our dugout at the beginning of the game." --Field Level Media

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Texas Tech holds on to beat Texas, remain alive in WCWS

Texas Tech holds on to beat Texas, remain alive in WCWS Texas Tech scored fifth-inning runs on a hit batter and a wild pitch and NiJaree Can...

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Cristiano Ronaldo by the numbers as he auditions for the Club World Cup

Cristiano Ronaldo by the numbers as he auditions for the Club World Cup

Evergreen and still setting records at 40 years of age. Cristiano Ronaldo continues to deliver at the highest levels of international soccer after guiding Portugal to the final of the Nations League. Ronaldo captained the team and scored the winning goal in a2-1 victory over Germanyin their semifinal on Wednesday to set up a showdown Sunday withSpain. The goal – Ronaldo's 137th for Portugal – extended his record as the leading scorer in men's international soccer. He broke the record as a 36-year-old by scoring twice in a European qualifier against Ireland in September 2021. That took his tally to 111 goals in 180 games for Portugal, surpassing the previous mark by Iran's Ali Daei. Before tucking away Nuno Mendes' cross for a tap-in against Germany, Ronaldo had gone close with a header, while he was also just inches from breaking the deadlock after the halftime break. His performance was a timely reminder for any teams playing at the Club World Cup that he'spotentially available to join themfor the tournament starting in the United States on June 14. FIFA president Gianni Infantino previously suggestedRonaldo could switch to one of the 32 participating clubsbecause of a unique transfer window created for the tournament. Ronaldo, who's still contracted to Saudi team Al-Nassr until the end of June, has been linked with several of the particpating clubs, including Brazil's Palmeiras and Wydad of Morocco, even though that club is banned by FIFA from registering new signings. A switch to Al-Nassr's bitter Riyadh rival Al-Hilal – the one Saudi club that qualified – has been mooted as a short-term solution to having Ronaldo play at the Club World Cup, where his great rival Lionel Messi will be playing with Inter Miami. FIFA would welcome the boost Ronaldo's presence can provide for ticket sales at the tournament, but such a switch to a bitter local rival for a short period would be unthinkable for players in Europe's leagues. Both Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal are among the four big Saudi clubsbacked by the country's Public Investment Fund, which has a 75% stake in each. The PIF may put the national interest above that of Al-Nassr and strive to keep Ronaldo representing Saudi interests at the Club World Cup. On Thursday, FIFA announced PIF as an "official partner" of the Club World Cup. Saudi state money is also effectively funding the tournament's broadcasting deal that has largely backed its$1 billion prize fundbeing shared among the participants. Ronaldo didn't just add to hisrecord goals-tallyagainst Germany. Just by playing on Thursday he made hisrecord-extending 220thinternational appearance. Ronaldo's records by the numbers 137 – International goals scored 220 – International games played 6 – European Championship tournaments played 5 – European Championship tournaments scored (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) 30 – European Championship match appearances 74 – European Championship appearances including qualifying 14 – European Championship goals 55 – European Championship goals including qualifying 5 – World Cup tournaments scored (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022) 52 – European Championship and World Cup appearances combined 22 – European Championship and World Cup goals combined 197 – UEFA club competition appearances 145 – UEFA club competition goals 140 – Champions League goals 67 – Goals in Champions League knockout games 17 – Goals in a Champions League season (2013-14) 183 – Champions League appearances 11 – Consecutive Champions League games scored 3 – Champions League finals scored ___ AP soccer:https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

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Cristiano Ronaldo by the numbers as he auditions for the Club World Cup

Cristiano Ronaldo by the numbers as he auditions for the Club World Cup Evergreen and still setting records at 40 years of age. Cristiano Ro...

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Federal vs. state power at issue in a hearing over Trump's election overhaul executive order

Federal vs. state power at issue in a hearing over Trump's election overhaul executive order

BOSTON (AP) — Democratic state attorneys general on Friday will seek to block PresidentDonald Trump's proposal for a sweeping overhaul of U.S. elections in a case that tests a constitutional bedrock — the separation of powers. The top law enforcement officials from 19 states fileda federal lawsuitafter the Republican president signedthe executive orderin March, arguing that its provisions would step on states' power to set their own election rules and that the executive branch had no such authority. In a filing supporting that argument, a bipartisan group of former secretaries of state said Trump's directive would upend the system established by the Constitution's Elections Clause, which gives states and Congress control over how elections are run. They said the order seeks to "unilaterally coronate the President as the country's chief election policymaker and administrator." If the court does not halt the order, they argued, "the snowball of executive overreach will grow swiftly and exponentially." Trump'selection directivewas part of a flurry ofexecutive ordershe has issued in the opening months of his second term, many of which have drawnswift legal challenges. It follows years of himfalsely claimingthathis lossto Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election was due to widespread fraud andan election yearin which he and other Republicans promoted the notion thatlarge numbers of noncitizensthreatened the integrity of U.S. elections. In fact, voting by noncitizensis rareand, when caught, can lead to felony charges and deportation. Trump's executive order would require voters to show proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections, prohibit mail or absentee ballots from being counted if they are received after Election Day, set new rules for voting equipment and prohibit non-U.S. citizens from being able to donate in certain elections. It also would condition federal election grant funding on states adhering to the strict ballot deadline. The hearing Friday in U.S. District Court in Boston comes in one of three lawsuits filed against the executive order. One is fromOregon and Washington, where elections are conducted almost entirely by mail and ballots received after Election Day are counted as long as they are postmarked by then. The provision that would create a proof-of-citizenship requirement for federal elections already has been halted ina lawsuitfiled by voting and civil rights groups and national Democratic organizations. In that case, filed in federal court in the District of Columbia, the judge said the president's attempt to use a federal agency to enact a proof-of-citizenship requirement for voting usurped the power of states and Congress, which at the time was considering legislation that would do just that. That bill, called the SAVE Act,passed the U.S. Housebut faces an uncertain future in the Senate. Trump's executive order said its intent was to ensure "free, fair and honest elections unmarred by fraud, errors, or suspicion." The Justice Department, in arguing against the motion by the attorneys general for a preliminary injunction, said the president is within his rights to direct agencies to carry out federal voting laws. The order tasks the U.S. Election Assistance Commission with updating the federal voter registration form to require people to submit documentation proving they are U.S. citizens. Similar provisions enacted previously in a handful of states have raised concerns about disenfranchising otherwise eligible voters who can't readily access those documents. That includesmarried women, who would need both a birth certificate and a marriage license if they had changed their last name. A state proof-of-citizenship law enacted in Kansas more than a decade agoblocked the registrationsof 31,000 people later found to be eligible to vote. The two sides will argue over whether the president has the authority to direct the election commission, which was created by Congress as an independent agency after the Florida ballot debacle during the 2000 presidential election. In its filing, the Justice Department said Trump's executive order falls within his authority to direct officials "to carry out their statutory duties," adding that "the only potential voters it disenfranchises are noncitizens who are ineligible to vote anyway."

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Wall Street futures edge up ahead of jobs data; Tesla rebounds

Wall Street futures edge up ahead of jobs data; Tesla rebounds

(Reuters) -U.S. stock index futures edged up on Friday as investors awaited monthly payrolls data, whileTeslashares rebounded on signs of cooling tensions between CEO Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump. Shares of the electric carmaker rose 5.4% in premarket trading after plunging about 15% on Thursday following Trump's public feud with Musk, including threats to cut off government contracts with Musk's companies. Teslashed about $150 billion in market value on Thursday, weighing on Wall Street indexes. White House aides scheduled a call between Trump and Musk for Friday, Politico reported, likely to ease the feuding after an extraordinary day of hostilities. A slew of soft economic data this week has raised concerns about an economic slowdown caused by trade uncertainties, with investors looking to May non-farm payrolls at 8:30 a.m. ET to gauge the labor market's health and the Federal Reserve's interest rate trajectory. "Whether it's the ISM surveys, the ADP figures, or the jobless claims, the tone is clearly one of a weakening economic momentum," said Julien Lafargue, chief market strategist at Barclays Private Bank. The payrolls data comes ahead of the Fed's policy meeting later this month where traders expect the U.S. central bank to keep interest rates unchanged. Traders currently expect two rate cuts by the end of this year, with the first 25 basis-point cut seen in September, according to data compiled by LSEG. On Thursday, investors also took stock of a leader-to-leader call between Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping as they confronted after weeks of brewing trade tensions and a battle over critical minerals. The leaders, however, left key issues unresolved for future talks. U.S. equities rallied sharply in May, with the S&P 500 index and the tech-heavy Nasdaq scoring their biggest monthly percentage gains since November 2023, thanks to softening of Trump's harsh trade stance and upbeat earnings reports. The S&P 500 remains nearly 3.3% below record highs touched in February. At 6:01 a.m. ET, Dow E-minis were up 149 points, or 0.35%, S&P 500 E-minis were up 26.25 points, or 0.44%. Nasdaq 100 E-minis were up 99.75 points, or 0.46%. Most megacap and growth stocks rose in early trading. Shares of Amazon gained nearly 1%. Broadcom shares fell 3.5% after the networking and custom AI chipmaker's quarterly revenue forecast failed to impress investors. Lululemon shares lost 21% as the sportswear maker cut annual profit target citing higher costs from Trump's tariffs. (Reporting by Kanchana Chakravarty in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)

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Wall Street futures edge up ahead of jobs data; Tesla rebounds

Wall Street futures edge up ahead of jobs data; Tesla rebounds (Reuters) -U.S. stock index futures edged up on Friday as investors awaited m...

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