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Murphy hits 2 HRs, Langeliers homers as A’s roll past Texas
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Sean Murphy had his second two-homer sport and rookie Shea Langeliers hit his first main league house run in his second sport with Oakland, main the Athletics to a 7-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday evening.
Murphy pulled a solo house run to left subject within the first inning and launched an opposite-field, two-run shot into the house bullpen in right-center within the third inning.
Langeliers, from close by Keller, Texas, homered on an 0-2 pitch to the other subject into the identical bullpen with one on throughout Oakland’s four-run eighth inning. The 24-year-old was known as up Tuesday and doubled on the primary pitch he noticed.
“I used to be sort of simply telling myself let the ball journey and be clean by means of the baseball and use the massive a part of the sphere,” Langeliers mentioned.
Throughout batting follow, A’s supervisor Mark Kotsay advised Langeliers he’d pay him $100 for a homer into that bullpen.
“I didn’t suppose it was going to get out,” Kotsay mentioned. “I used to be really yelling for it to get down. Fortunately it cleared the fence.”
Murphy doubled within the eighth inning and scored, extending his hitting success at Globe Life Subject. He has a .347 batting common with eight homers and 17 RBI in 18 video games performed on the ballpark. His first multi-homer sport got here in his third profession begin, on Sept. 19, 2019, at Houston.
“No rhyme, no motive,” Murphy mentioned of his success at Globe Life Subject. “You say that, and tomorrow I take an 0-for.”
A’s rookie righthander Adam Oller (2-5), from the Houston space, allowed one run — his fewest in 10 begins — on 5 hits with 4 strikeouts and one stroll.
Each of Murphy’s house runs got here off rookie left-hander Cole Ragans (0-2), who gave up three runs on 4 hits and one stroll in 5 innings whereas hanging out three. It was Ragans’ third massive league begin.
The A’s, with the worst file within the American League, have gained two consecutive video games following a nine-game shedding streak.
Earlier within the day, Rangers president of baseball operations Jon Daniels, who led the entrance workplace for 17 years, was relieved of his duties, two days after the dismissal of supervisor Chris Woodward. Chris Younger, the membership’s government vice chairman and normal supervisor, takes over all features of baseball operations.
“We got here ready to play a sport tonight,” interim supervisor Tony Beasley mentioned. “We misplaced. We obtained beat. We’re not going guilty it on anyone.”
Adolis Garcia and Mark Mathias hit RBI doubles for Texas within the first and ninth innings. Mathias’ got here in as a pinch-hitter in his debut with the Rangers. Garcia has a 14-game hitting streak.
The Rangers’ Nathaniel Lowe had a 22-game on-base streak snapped.
DON’T LEAVE YET
The ultimate out, Marcus Semien’s groundout to shortstop, was challenged by Texas contending A’s 1B David MacKinnon got here off the bag. The decision was shortly upheld.
ROSTER MOVES
The A’s launched veteran SS Elvis Andrus and recalled INF Sheldon Neuse, additionally from Keller, from Triple-A Las Vegas. Neuse went 1 for 3. … The Rangers designated RHP Garrett Richards for task.
TRAINER’S ROOM
A’s: RHP Brent Honeywell Jr. (elbow) has yet another scheduled rehab outing with low Class A Stockton.
Rangers: RHP Joe Barlow (blister) was activated from the 15-day injured listing after lacking 31 video games. Barlow pitched one scoreless inning, leaving the bases loaded. … OF Kole Calhoun (heel irritation) started a rehab task with Triple-A Spherical Rock.
UP NEXT
Thursday afternoon’s finale to the four-game sequence will match A’s rookie LHP Zach Logue (3-6, 5.49 ERA) towards Rangers RHP Dane Dunning (2-6, 4.12). Logue was recalled from Las Vegas final Saturday for his sixth stint with the membership this season. He allowed 4 runs on seven hits, together with two house runs, in 2 1/3 innings in an 11-4 loss to Texas on Might 28. Dunning is 1-0 in his final six begins, and that win got here by limiting the Chicago White Sox to no runs and one hit on Aug. 6.
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Texas woman credits program for her sobriety after fentanyl overdose
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Woman credits program for sobriety
In April 2023, a Hays County woman survived a fentanyl overdose. She was in the throes of an addiction that nearly killed her. Today, she credits a program called Neighborhood Defender Service for her sobriety.
HAYS COUNTY, Texas – In April 2023, a Hays County woman survived a fentanyl overdose. She was in the throes of an addiction that nearly killed her. Today, she credits a program called Neighborhood Defender Service for her sobriety.
Meaghan Callahan said April 26, 2023, is the day that changed her life forever.
“I don’t remember anything except for waking up to the first responders around me and I really had no idea what had happened,” Callahan said.
Callahan had overdosed on fentanyl. EMS administered four doses of Narcan and saved her life.
“When I came to, and I really just got my senses about me, in that jail cell, I was grateful to even be in a jail cell, it gave me a new lease on life,” Callahan said.
Accidental drug overdoses in Travis County
The Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office released its 2023 annual report revealing 279 people died from a fentanyl overdose.
Callahan was in jail and charged with multiple felonies for possession. Police said marijuana was in plain view, and they also found several other types of drugs. Two kids, both under the age of five, were just feet away and were being taken care of by a roommate.
“Children do not deserve to be wrapped up in that world,” Callahan said.
Callahan said she had relapsed. She is a recovering alcoholic and blamed herself, at the time, for trying to get sober alone.
“Even though it was self-medicating, I was trying to treat my alcoholism with the studies that have been done by microdosing ketamine and mushrooms and I felt like that would help me as well as the CBD and cannabis that was found, I thought that that would help me with my postpartum depression to be honest,” Callahan said.
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It almost cost her her life.
“You can’t really fix yourself; you’ve got to go outside yourself to the community and the professionals to get help,” Callahan said.
Callahan was given that opportunity. She was represented by an attorney with the Neighborhood Defender Service, specifically for Hays County.
“We try to help the client instead of just trying to help the case,” Neighborhood Defender Service Texas Meenu Walters said.
Fentanyl deaths growing in Travis Co.: report
The number of fentanyl-related deaths continues to grow in Travis County, according to the 2023 Medical Examiner’s Report.
NDS staff have been handling about 25 percent of all Hays County cases since 2023. Walters said they use a holistic, team-based model of defense, which includes not only lawyers, but social workers, client advocates, and investigators.
“Something that we can try to work on is building out and identifying community-based options for people so that if we can get in and get people the help that they need outside the system, maybe the system is not what they rely on for help,” Walters said.
“I had a whole team around me to really help me just get better,” Callahan said.
A judge gave her a second chance. All of Callahan’s charges were dropped. She’s now in recovery and wants to help others.
“I want to give hope to the people out there that are in active addiction or love people that know there is a solution and there’s a huge team of us waiting to help,” Callahan said.
She encourages people to ask for help because she said a wonderful life is on the other side.
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Texas man dies while hiking to Phantom Ranch on Grand Canyon River Trail
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A Texas man died while hiking the Grand Canyon’s River Trail on Saturday, National Park Service officials said.
Park officials received a report of a semiconscious hiker on the River Trail halfway between Silver Bridge and Black Bridge near Phantom Ranch around 7 p.m. Saturday. The hiker, identified as 69-year-old Scott Sims from Austin, Texas, became unresponsive shortly after.
Bystanders attempted CPR before three park service paramedics from Phantom Ranch responded to the scene and took over. CPR attempts were unsuccessful.
Sims was hiking to Phantom Ranch for an overnight stay, park officials said.
The Coconino County Medical Examiner and the National Park Service were investigating the incident.
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A Letter to Texas and Oklahoma: Goodbye and Good Luck
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Monday, July 1, 2024, is going to end up being a day to remember in Big 12 history. It is the day that Texas and Oklahoma are officially out of the Big 12 and into the SEC. Is it the biggest day in Big 12 history? Only time will tell.
While Monday is a huge day for everyone involved, I can’t help but go back to Big 12 media days three years ago. Former Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby cracked a joke about being glad he didn’t have to answer realignment questions and said that everything was fine within the conference.
Less than two weeks after that statement, the news heard around the world broke. Texas and Oklahoma were heading to the SEC after the 2024 season. Of course, we all knew that they would get out earlier, and they did. Instead of having to wait another four years, they got out in three after forking up millions of dollars.
I may not be a true Big 12 historian, but I am not stupid enough to realize what these two schools have done for the conference. Like it or not, Oklahoma and Texas have combined for 18 Big 12 titles in the last 25 years. Fourteen of those titles have come from the Sooners, while the Longhorns have had four. They have brought name recognition to the conference along with a pair of national titles and countless title game appearances.
The success they have had here (especially Oklahoma) has been off the charts. The Sooners had a run of six Big 12 titles in a row before the streak ended in 2021. And as someone who has covered the conference since 2016, I have seen plenty of championships won by Oklahoma. In fact, I have covered just two conference championship games that haven’t featured either Oklahoma or Texas since the game was brought back in 2017.
Both schools have had their fair share of superstars over the years. Jason White, Sam Bradford, Baker Mayfield, and Kyler Murray all won Heisman trophies while playing in the Big 12, while Texas has had a few close calls between Vince Young and Colt McCoy. I could go on and on about all the greats that have suited up for these two since the conference came together in 1996, but that would take up too much time here.
Whether or not you will be shedding a tear or jumping for joy is up to you, but there is no doubt in my mind that the conference will not be the same without these two schools. The SEC is saying that it’s a new era, and you know what? It’s also a new era in the Big 12, too.
We are bringing in four new schools and have brought in a total of eight new schools in the last couple of years. Without Texas or Oklahoma leaving, I am not sure if that would have happened, but I am glad it did. Am I going to miss that first Saturday in October at the Cotton Bowl? Sure, but I am also excited to see what the future holds in the Big 12 because it is going to be the most exciting football conference in America from top to bottom. So goodbye, Texas and Oklahoma.
Maybe we will meet again, but until then, enjoy the SEC. Sometimes, the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.
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