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Trio of solo HRs help Phillies down Padres again
May 26, 2026; San Diego, California, USA; Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Aaron Nola (27) throws a pitch during the sixth inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: David Frerker-Imagn Images Bryce Harper, J.T. Realmuto and Trea Turner each blasted solo homers in the first three innings Tuesday night as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies held on for a 4-3 win over the San Diego Padres.
Given that kind of early support, Aaron Nola (3-4) cruised through six innings, allowing three hits and two runs with no walks and five strikeouts. Over the last five games, or one complete turn through its rotation, Philadelphia starters have yielded only four runs in 32 2/3 innings.
Randy Vasquez (5-3) endured his second straight ineffective outing, permitting four runs on eight hits and a walk in 5 2/3 innings while fanning two. It was the third straight loss for San Diego.
Vasquez experienced frightful difficulties early finishing off innings. After getting two outs on five pitches to start the first inning, he left a slider over the inside corner to Harper, who lined it an estimated 361 feet into the right field seats for his 13th homer.
Realmuto made it 2-0 in the second when he pounced on a breaking ball down and in to rip his second homer of the season into the second level of the Western Metal Supply building with two outs.
And after Vasquez got the first two outs of the third, Turner belted a 434-foot shot over the left field wall, his sixth. The Phillies tacked on another run in the inning via an RBI single by Alec Bohm.
Nola mowed down the first 11 men he faced until Gavin Sheets reached on an infield single in the fourth. Manny Machado promptly sliced the lead in half, lining his ninth homer of the year into the first row of the left field bleachers.
Ramon Laureano cracked a leadoff homer off reliever Brad Keller in the eighth to bring San Diego within a run. Pressing the issue, the Padres put the tying and go-ahead runs on with two outs before Keller induced a check-swing groundout from Machado.
Jhoan Duran breezed through San Diego in the ninth, striking out the last two hitters for his 11th save.
–Field Level Media
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Keyshawn Davis withdraws from welterweight title bout with Devin Haney
Feb 8, 2024; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Jose Pedraza (gold/black trunks) and Keyshawn Davis (blue/gold trunks) box during their WBO Intercontinental Lightweight bout at Michelob ULTRA Arena. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images Keyshawn Davis is pulling out of his ordered welterweight title bout with champion Devin Haney, the WBO announced Friday.
The WBO said Davis’ decision was due to his split of the purse. Davis was set to receive 25%, or $2.14 million, as the mandatory challenger. Haney would’ve pocketed 75%, or $6.41 million, as the reigning champion.
Top Rank, Davis’ representation, secured the rights to the bout Thursday with a purse bid of $8.55 million.
“The matter will now be referred to the WBO Championship Committee and Ratings Committee for the appropriate ruling under the WBO World Championship Rules and Regulations,” the WBO said.
Davis (15-0, 10 KOs) is a former WBO lightweight champion. His last fight was a unanimous victory over Nahir Albright in May.
Haney (33-0, 15 KOs) defeated Brian Norman Jr. in November to become the welterweight champion. He’s also won belts at lightweight and junior welterweight.
–Field Level Media
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Red Sox 1B Willson Contreras leaves game after being hit in helmet
Jul 31, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Boston Red Sox infielder Willson Contreras (40) is hit in the head with a pitch thrown by Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Cole Irvin (not pictured) during the third inning at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras was removed from Friday’s game in the third inning against the Dodgers in Los Angeles after he was hit in the helmet by a 95.4 mph fastball.
After Contreras was nearly hit by right-hander Will Klein on the first pitch of the at-bat, he was hit on a 1-1 pitch near his left ear. After a visit from a team trainer, Contreras took first base and played out the top of the third inning.
In the bottom of the third, Nick Sogard moved from second base to first base, while Anthony Seigler took over at second and assumed the No. 5 spot in the batting order in place of Contreras.
Contreras entered Friday’s game batting .289 with a .944 OPS, 23 home runs and 67 RBIs. In his first season in Boston, he was named an All-Star for the fourth time in his career.
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Terry Rozier asks judge to throw out charges from gambling probe
Mar 31, 2025; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier (2) drives to the basket against Washington Wizards guard AJ Johnson (5) during the first quarter at Capital One Arena. Mandatory Credit: Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images The lawyers of Terry Rozier, in an effort to have two of the four federal charges against the NBA veteran thrown out, filed a motion Friday that a text message proves that Rozier was not involved in a sports gambling scheme.
Attorney David Markus wrote that Deniro Laster, a co-defendant and a friend of Rozier, sent a text on March 29, 2023, to a person to not tell Rozier of the bet made on him six days prior, while Rozier was with the Charlotte Hornets.
Rozier’s lawyers said he did not know anyone was betting on his statistics during that game and never agreed to change his play on the court to appease sports gamblers.
“Don’t tell chum ’bout the bet,” Laster said in the message, referring to Rozier by what his lawyers say is his nickname.
“This should end the case,” lawyers for Rozier wrote in the legal filing. “One does not hide a bet from the person who supposedly sold it.”
Federal prosecutors responded with a motion for the judge to deny Rozier’s request, writing that they have “developed evidence from multiple sources that this text chain does not relate to sports gambling.”
Markus and Anita Margot Moss, Rozier’s other attorney, are asking the charges of sports bribery and honest services fraud be dismissed from the case brought out of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. Markus and Moss also requested that the case be moved to the Southern District of Florida.
“Terry Rozier is innocent,” the lawyers for Rozier wrote in a motion to dismiss the case filed Friday. “He is a basketball player, not a gambler. He never bet on anything, never agreed to underperform, never did underperform, and did not know that anyone was wagering on his statistics in the Charlotte Hornets’ March 23, 2023, game.”
In December, Rozier asked the judge to throw out the other two counts — wire fraud conspiracy and conspiracy to commit money laundering — but the judge has not sent a decision.
According to federal prosecutors, Rozier agreed to accept $100,000 to remove himself from that March 2023 game with the Hornets so a group of gamblers would successfully wager on his prop bets. He failed to reach his season averages in points, assists and 3-pointers but eclipsed the over/under line on rebounds.
Rozier, one of six people originally charged, is set for a trial Feb. 8 along with former NBA player Damon Jones and Shane Hennen. Allegedly one of the gamblers involved in the probe, Hennen pleaded guilty earlier this week in a case that claimed he was involved in a rigged poker game scheme that implicated 30 others, including Hall of Famer and former Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups.
Rozier, 32, was arrested and charged in October before prosecutors added sports bribery and honest services wire fraud conspiracy counts to the case in May. Rozier pleaded not guilty and denied the charges through his attorneys.
–Field Level Media
Keyshawn Davis withdraws from welterweight title bout with Devin Haney
Red Sox 1B Willson Contreras leaves game after being hit in helmet
