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Mookie Betts hits walk-off for second homer of the game as Dodgers rally in 10th to win
Another night that began with a ceremony for the Dodgers’ World Series championship culminated in a win.
And this time, not even one of the most important players from last year’s title-winning squad could crash the party.
Over a nearly 30-minute pregame ceremony Friday — one with so many Hollywood touches, it was emceed by actor Anthony Anderson and the voice of the Academy Awards, Randy Thomas — almost every member of the 2024 Dodgers was called to a makeshift infield stage to be presented with their intricately designed, 14-karat, diamond-bedazzled World Series rings.
Everyone, that is, except for Jack Flaherty.
Five months ago the L.A. native and childhood Dodgers fan played a key role on the championship team. He started Game 1 of both the National League Championship Series and the Fall Classic. He was one of the most emotional players during the downtown parade and Chavez Ravine celebration. And as he entered free agency, he made his hopes of staying with the organization abundantly clear.
“I love this city!” he yelled from a parade bus on the first day of November. “I never want to leave! I never want to leave!”
Leaving, however, was Flaherty’s only choice. He was squeezed out of the Dodgers’ winter plans following their signings of Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki. He ultimately re-signed in the same place he started last year, returning to the Detroit Tigers team that dealt him in a crucial deadline deal last summer.
And, in a serendipitous twist of scheduling coincidence, he returned to Dodger Stadium on Friday as the opposing starting pitcher, left to watch his old team’s ring ceremony while warming up in right field.
“He was the right person at the right time for our club,” manager Dave Roberts said before the game, cracking a sly grin. “Now, we can go beat him up today, and give him his ring tomorrow.”
In an 8-5 win over the Tigers, however, Flaherty became more of a backstory.
Despite holding the Dodgers hitless over four innings, and keeping them off the scoreboard until Freddie Freeman’s tying two-run homer in the sixth, Flaherty could only watch as his former team celebrated a walk-off win, a back-and-forth affair that ended on Mookie Betts’ three-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning.
In the final three innings, the lead changed multiple times.
Betts initially broke a 2-2 tie with a solo home run in the eighth. Detroit’s Manuel Margot, also briefly a member of last year’s Dodgers team, then knotted the score again with an RBI single off Tanner Scott in the ninth.
In the top of the 10th, the Tigers appeared to take control when Dillon Dingler lined a two-run triple just beyond a diving effort from Michael Conforto in left.
But the Dodgers answered back once more. Conforto hit an RBI double. Will Smith came off the bench for a tying, pinch-hit single. Then, after Shohei Ohtani kept the rally going with a base hit to right, Betts went deep for the second time in as many at-bats, launching a blast deep to left to keep the Dodgers’ perfect start intact at 4-0.
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Cowboys star Dak Prescott announces birth of second child with endearing social media post: 'Thank you God!'
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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott and fiancée Sarah Jane Ramos announced the birth of their second child on social media Saturday.
The NFL star shared an endearing post on Instagram to announce the birth of their second daughter, Aurora Rayne, who was born May 22.
Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys and Sarah Jane Ramos attend an in-store event at David Yurman May 16, 2024, in Dallas, Texas. (Rick Kern/Getty Images for David Yurman)
“Thank You God! Welcome, Aurora Rayne! May 22, 2025. God is Great,” the caption of his post said. “I love you @sarahjane and the Family we’ve created.”
Ramos responded to his post saying, “I love you and our sweet girls more than anything!”
She posted her own carousel of photos to Instagram, adding she is “so beyond grateful and in love” with their family of four.
The couple first became parents when they welcomed their daughter Margaret Jane Rose in February 2024. Later that year, in October, Prescott got down on one knee when the two were golfing together.
Quarterback Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys holds his baby MJ and talks with girlfriend Sarah Jane Ramos after a joint practice with the Los Angeles Rams at Cowboys training camp Aug. 8, 2024, in Oxnard, Calif. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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They have remained relatively private about their personal life but were first linked together in September 2023.
Prescott became the highest-paid quarterback in the NFL last season when the Cowboys signed him a four-year, $240 million contract extension. He missed the final nine games last season with a torn hamstring.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott walks off the field after the team’s game against the Baltimore Ravens in Arlington, Texas, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)
He finished the season throwing for 1,978 yards, 11 touchdowns and eight interceptions.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Norco High’s softball program under coach Richard Robinson has been setting the standard for excellence in the Southern Section for years. The top-seeded Cougars will seek to add a seventh section title on Saturday in the Division 1 final against El Modena in a 7 p.m. game at Bill Barber Park in Irvine.
This team has lots of top hitters. Leighton Gray is batting .455 with 40 hits, eight home runs and 25 RBIs. Ashley Duran has six home runs, 34 RBIs and a .438 batting average. Tamryn Shorter is hitting .407 with 37 hits, nine home runs and 24 RBIs. Sophomore Coral Williams has emerged as a quality pitcher with a 16-0 record, backed by junior Peyton May.
El Modena has gotten hot in the playoffs behind second baseman Kaitlyn Galasso and shortstop Kylie Tafua. Don’t doubt that the Vanguards can score runs if needed. They were able to knock off high-scoring Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 6-4 in the quarterfinals and scored 13 runs in a semifinal win over Temescal Canyon. …
Cal State Northridge will be the site for three City Section softball championship games on Saturday, with the featured matchup at 3 p.m. in the Open Division in which Carson will try to defeat Granada Hills for a third consecutive year. The Division I final at noon has Port of Los Angeles facing Legacy. Taft faces Marquez in the Division II final at 9 a.m.
This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. To submit any news, please email eric.sondheimer@latimes.com.
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On the eve of the 2025 Super Bowl, it was reported Travis Kelce was considering retirement and what happened in the big game could influence his decision.
The Kansas City Chiefs’ dreams of a three-peat vanished, and Kelce announced he would be returning for the 2025 season.
It goes without saying Kelce is approaching the end of his career.
He posted career lows in yards and touchdowns and, for a second straight season, failed to make an All-Pro team after doing so in eight consecutive years.
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) celebrates with quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) after Mahomes’ touchdown against the Houston Texans during the first half at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. (Denny Medley/Imagn Images)
He’s also had two consecutive seasons without eclipsing the 1,000-yard mark in receiving yardage.
“If it’s the last ride, you would never know,” Mahomes told reporters Thursday at Chiefs practice. “The way he’s talking about football, the way he’s talking about working and trying to be even better this year than he was last year, he doesn’t seem like a guy like it’s his last ride, like he’s tired of the job.”
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) and quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) wait to lead the team onto the field before a preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars Aug. 10, 2024, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
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Kelce, 35, initially said he was “kicking every can I can down the road” regarding his decision to retire. But, ultimately, “I f—ing love playing the game of football.”
“I still feel like I can play at a high level and possibly at a higher level than I did last year. I don’t think it was my best outing. I think I let my guys down in a lot more moments than I helped them,” Kelce said on “New Heights” in March.
“Especially if you look at my track record and how I’ve been in years past. I want to give it a good run. I have a bad taste in my mouth in how I ended the year and how well I was playing and how accountable I was for the people around me. And I love so many people in Kansas City, both in that facility and in the community, and it’s home for me.
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce walks off the field after losing to the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
“I don’t want to leave that life yet. I’ve put in a lot of hard work and put in a lot of focus into being the best that I can for KC. Last year, it didn’t end well for us, and I feel like there is a responsibility in me to play out the contract I initially signed to give Kansas City and the Chiefs organization everything I’ve got, and that’s what I’m gonna do, man.”
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