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Cal Quantrill pitches Cleveland to 6-3 win over Texas; Guardians return to .500 record
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Possibly the Guardians beginning pitchers and offense are lastly studying from the identical guide.
The offense didn’t precisely splurge, however it did provide Cal Quantrill with sufficient runs to pitch the Guardians to a 6-3 win over the Texas Rangers within the first recreation of Tuesday’s doubleheader at Progressive Subject.
The Guardians have gained seven of their final 9 to succeed in .500 (25-25) for the primary time since Could 14 after they have been 14-14 following an extra-inning win over Minnesota. Within the final two video games, Quantrill and Zach Plesac, who’ve acquired the chilly shoulder from the offense by means of many of the first seven weeks of the season, acquired extra help than common.
On Sunday in Baltimore, Plesac went six innings in a 3-2 win. Tuesday, following Monday’s rainout, Quantrill matched a season-high seven innings with 5 runs of help. Nobody was popping champagne corks, however it was a step in the precise route.
Quantrill (3-3, 3.56 ERA) allowed three runs on eight hits in seven innings. He struck out three and walked one.
He has gained his final two begins, permitting six runs in 13 1/3 innings in opposition to the Royals and Rangers. After permitting a run within the first inning on Tuesday, Quantrill threw 5 scoreless innings earlier than permitting seventh-inning homers to Steele Walker and Marcus Semien to make it a 5-3 recreation.
“I truly don’t remorse both of these pitches,” stated Quantrill. “Fairly good swings by each guys. Given the kind of recreation it was I must assault hitters and go as deep as I can. If a little bit bit of harm will get completed, it will get completed.”
Quantrill thought the turning level of the sport got here within the sixth. Kole Calhoun opened with a single and Quantrill walked Sam Huff. Straw robbed Nathaniel Lowe of additional bases and two RBI with a sliding catch in proper heart and Duran Ezequiel grounded right into a 6-4-3 double play to maintain the rating at 5-1.
“If I’m going scoreless in that inning, I believe we win,” stated Quantrill. “I used to be fairly emotional after that out. I needed that out (double play). We obtained in there fairly good on him. It was a superb flip by the fellows.”
Eli Morgan changed Quantrill and pitched a scoreless eighth earlier than Emmanuel Clase slammed the door within the ninth.
When requested in regards to the G’s getting again to .500, Quantrill stated, “It’s large. We’ve stated this over and over. We won’t use youth as an excuse. We gained’t use the rain as an excuse. We gained’t use the dearth of dwelling video games or the bizarre schedule or powerful opponents (as an excuse).
“None of that issues to us. We expect that we generally is a playoff staff this yr and this was step one towards that.”
Supervisor Terry Francona referred to as .500 a “leaping off level.”
“Being at .500 isn’t our aim,” stated Francona. “It’s fluid, as a result of we’ve obtained one other recreation right here (Tuesday night time). It must be a leaping off level if something. We’ve obtained numerous baseball to play. However it reveals if we play good baseball, we will win.”
The Guardians did most of their scoring early on the expense of Jon Grey (1-3, 5.20), who was going through them for the primary time in his profession. Steven Kwan gave them a 1-0 lead with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly within the second. Grey loaded the bases on a stroll to Josh Naylor, a double by Oscar Gonzalez and stroll to Andres Gimenez.
They made it 5-0 with 4 runs within the third. Myles Straw drew a leadoff stroll and went to 3rd on a well-executed run-and-hit single by Amed Rosario, who went 3-for-5. Grey struck out Jose Ramirez, however Owen Miller delivered a two-run single and Naylor and Gonzalez ripped consecutive doubles.
Miller scored Straw and Rosario together with his liner to left then went to second on the throw dwelling. Naylor doubled to proper to attain Miller and Gonzalez doubled over Walker’s head in left for the fourth run of the inning.
The Guardians added an insurance coverage run within the seventh with some good baserunning by Oscar Mercado. After Gonzalez reached on a two-out error by third baseman Andy Ibanez, Mercado pinch ran and stole second. He made an enormous flip round third on an infield single by Andres Gimenez and scored when Semien had bother dealing with the ball to make it 6-3.
The Guardians stole a season excessive six bases in opposition to Texas. Straw and Rosario, the highest two hitters within the lineup, stole two every. Ramirez and Mercado had the opposite two steals. It was the primary time they stole six bases in a recreation since Sept. 10, 2021 in opposition to Milwaukee.
“We’ve got to do issues like as we speak, we ran the bases,” stated Francona. “We did some good issues on the bases. Once we play like that, you’ve obtained to deliver it on daily basis as a result of we in all probability don’t hit as many three-run homers as another groups. However we will nonetheless play profitable baseball.”
Clase earned his tenth save in 12 probabilities within the ninth. It was his third save within the final 4 video games. Earlier than that he hadn’t saved a recreation since Could 14.
He retired the aspect so as and made an impression on Steele, who grounded out to second after hitting his first large league homer within the seventh.
“Oh, I’ve seen 101 mph, for positive,” stated Steele. “However 101 chopping? God, that’s Whiffle-ball-type stuff. That’s an entire completely different deal, an entire completely different midset. It’s at the back of my head now, so If I face him once more, we’ll be a little bit bit higher.”
The beginning of the sport was delayed by rain for 1 hour and 19 minutes.
Subsequent: Rookie left-hander Kirk McCarty (0-0, 12.00) was recalled from Class AAA Columbus to begin the second recreation. The Rangers will begin LHP Taylor Hearn (3-4, 5.48). Bally Sports activities Nice Lakes, WTAM and WMMS will carry the sport.
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In the run-up to the Paris Olympics, the media was saturated with contentious arguments about Caitlin Clark’s omission from the U.S. women’s basketball team. The debate devolved into a pointless back-and-forth, exploited for cultural warfare.
The debate centered on the paradox of Clark being both highly qualified and overlooked. While arguments were rooted in both basketball performance and external factors, the discussion spiraled into a full-blown media frenzy. That saw the likes of Stephen A. Smith, Colin Cowherd, and Tony Kornheiser vehemently criticize Team USA for passing on such a significant marketing opportunity, let alone talent.
As other sports media figures suggested, NBC could have capitalized on Clark’s popularity by hiring her as an analyst if ratings/marketing were a primary concern. However, other considerations likely influenced the decision, and it might have proved challenging to justify overlooking established WNBA players who have already cut their teeth in professional basketball and with Team USA.
In any event, the discourse ultimately reached its plateau, as Clark’s going to Paris wasn’t in the cards. But that discourse has come back to life, thanks in part to NBC’s Mike Tirico, who asked South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley, a member of the USWNT selection committee, about her read on Clark being left off the team.
“As a committee member, you’re charged with putting together the best team of players — the best talent,” she said.
“Caitlin is just a rookie in the WNBA; she wasn’t playing bad, but wasn’t playing like she’s playing now. If we had to do it all over again, the way that she’s playing, she would be in really high consideration of making the team because she is playing head and shoulders above a lot of people.
“Shooting the ball extremely well; I mean, she is an elite passer. She’s just got a great basketball IQ. And she’s a little more seasoned in the pro game in a couple of months than she was two months ago.”
Dawn Staley, a member of the USWNT selection committee, asked about Caitlin Clark.
“If we had to do it all over again, the way that she’s playing, she would be in really high consideration of making the team because she is playing head and shoulders above a lot of people.” pic.twitter.com/hMYqTsPWzc
— Scott Agness (@ScottAgness) July 28, 2024
It shouldn’t be surprising that Staley handled this situation with grace and offered insightful perspective on Clark’s significant growth since the initial snub. Whether her development is directly linked to the Olympic omission is irrelevant, but Staley’s acknowledgment highlights why she has such a high standing in women’s basketball.
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Cleveland man who allegedly drove through red light, causing deadly accident held on $250K bond
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The 27-year-old Cleveland man charged for allegedly causing a deadly car accident this month will face a judge Saturday morning.
Gerrod White is charged with aggravated vehicular homicide and aggravated vehicular assault.
At his arraignment Saturday morning in Cleveland Municipal Court, White’s bond was set at $250,000.
White was also arraigned for a domestic charge, and his bond was set at $50,000.
“He has an extensive history of violence… He not only punched his girlfriend in that incident, he stomped her as well. In regards to the aggravated vehicular homicide and assault, he indicated to officers that he wasn’t going to jail because he ‘always gets off’ and he repeated that multiple times after striking the vehicle head-on resulting in the death of the passenger where she was engulfed in flames and died in the vehicle and the driver was ejected,” the prosecutor said as White shook his head in court on video.
White can also be seen wearing a neck brace while on the video call.
White will be back in court on Aug. 6.
Cleveland police said White was speeding eastbound on St. Clair Avenue when he ran a red light at East 110th Street around 5:30 a.m. on July 21.
White’s vehicle crashed into a Ford Explorer, which was traveling on East 110th Street and had the green light.
The impact caused the Explorer to roll over and catch fire.
The driver, Krystal Mathis-Aaron, was ejected and seriously injured, according to the police report.
Mathis-Aaron’s front-seat passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. She was identified as Lakeitha Simmons, 50.
Minutes before the deadly crash, White also allegedly passed an ambulance that had its lights and sirens activated.
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Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland gets $49M makeover: Can it compete with the big leagues?
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The newly renovated Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland celebrated its grand opening and expansion on Friday after an 18-month, $49 million project.
The revamped space boasts massive, sun-drenched ballrooms, flexible meeting rooms, and a rooftop terrace with stunning city views.
But the question remains: Can this revitalized venue compete with larger convention centers in cities like Las Vegas and Chicago?
The former Global Center for Health Innovation, once considered a “ghost town,” has been transformed into a modern event space.
A spokesperson for the convention center said the failed Medical Mart project provided an opportunity to “reimagine that space as part of the convention center.”
The county hired a third-party company to assess the best use of the space, ultimately deciding that bigger, more flexible convention space was the key to attracting major events and boosting the local economy.
Mayor Justin Bibb hailed the renovation as “an amazing example of Cleveland’s economic comeback.” The center has already booked 62 future events, showing promising signs of success.
However, Cleveland faces stiff competition. Las Vegas boasts 3 million square feet of exhibit space and hosts over 20,000 conventions annually.
Chicago’s McCormick Place has 2.6 million square feet, and even San Antonio’s convention center offers over half a million square feet.
While the Huntington Convention Center has seen a slight increase in conferences this year, hosting 59 compared to 55 during the same period last year, it remains to be seen whether this makeover is enough to secure Cleveland’s position as a prime convention destination.
19 News will continue to follow this story and assess the impact of this major investment on Cleveland’s economy.
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