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Boston Red Sox Closer Kenley Jansen Not Making Trip to Colorado Due to Heart Issue
Relief pitcher Kenley Jansen will not travel with the Boston Red Sox for their road series against the Colorado Rockies this week.
As shared by The Boston Globe’s Alex Speier, Jansen said he has had to have his heart shocked three different times after pitching at Coors Field, in 2012, 2018 and 2022. Jansen does not want to risk triggering his atrial fibrillation this time around, so he is bowing out of the trip altogether.
Jansen underwent ablation surgeries in response to the 2012 and 2018 episodes, per The Boston Herald’s Gabrielle Starr.
Kenley Jansen said he isn’t going to Colorado. He said he’s had to have his heart shocked 3 different times (2012,2018,2022) after pitching there, and he isn’t comfortable with any further risks. So, he wanted to pitch today to take some of the load off his teammates.
— Alex Speier (@alexspeier) July 22, 2024
Knowing that he wasn’t traveling to Denver, Jansen pitched on one day’s rest against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday. He allowed three hits, a home run and three earned runs in the Red Sox’s eventual 9-6 loss.
Jansen already blew a save Saturday, allowing Los Angeles to force extra innings by giving up two hits, a walk and the game-tying run in the bottom of the ninth.
Before his pair of lackluster performances against his former team, Jansen was 3-1 with a 2.16 ERA, 1.080 WHIP and .198 batting average against on the season. He had converted 15 consecutive save opportunities, while Boston had notched wins in each of his previous 13 appearances.
Jansen now boasts a 3.06 ERA, 1.189 WHIP, batting average against and 1.0 WAR through 34 appearances in 2024. The 36-year-old closer narrowly missed out on his fifth All-Star appearance earlier this month, but he did recent jump into fifth place on the all-time saves list.
The Red Sox are now 1.0 game out of the playoff picture, trailing the Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals in the AL Wild Card race following the sweep at the hands of the Dodgers.
Colorado, meanwhile, boasts the third-worst record in baseball.
The Red Sox have made just one trip to Coors Field in the last 10 seasons, going 2-0 in 2019. They are 7-3 in their last 10 road games against the Rockies, none of which Jansen appeared in.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) is searching for a missing child.
CSPD said 11-year-old Emilio Gerardo was last seen Thursday around 8:06 p.m. near North Carefree Circle and Peterson Road.
Gerardo is described as a 4-foot-8 and 65-pound Hispanic male with brown hair and brown eyes.
Police said he was last seen in a black shirt, black pants and black Converse shoes. They said he may have a VR headset with him.
Police said he could be in the area of Sand Creek High School or Remington Park.
If you see Gerardo or know where he may be, contact the Colorado Springs Police Department at 719-444-7000.
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Kids escape unscathed after van slips off Colorado mountain road and down Blue River embankment
A van carrying campers from a hike near Blue River rolled down an embankment Thursday afternoon, but everyone inside escaped without major injuries. According to the Keystone Science School, the 15-passenger van was transporting 13 campers and two adults back from Mohawk Lakes when it slid off a wet road and rolled over.
Emergency crews responded to Spruce Creek Road after receiving reports of a single-vehicle rollover.
“We’re fortunate that it was low speed, and there was no intrusion into the passenger cabin,” Matt Benedict, division chief of wildfire and community preparedness for Red, White and Blue Fire said.
Investigators believe muddy conditions created by recent rainfall contributed to the crash. The van rolled down a steep embankment before coming to rest against a tree. Two people suffered minor injuries, but neither required transportation to a hospital, according to fire officials.
Keystone Science School confirmed emergency responders arrived quickly and that no major injuries were reported.
“The safety and well-being of our campers and staff is our highest priority,” Executive Director Eric Rightor said in a statement. “We are grateful that there were no major injuries, and we are committed to fully supporting all those involved and their families.”
Fire officials also credited seatbelt use for helping protect those inside the vehicle. “We always encourage everyone to wear their seatbelts… and they did. And everybody left,” Benedict said.
The Keystone Science School is located in Summit County.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Two weeks have passed since officials closed four blocks of Uintah Street to repair damage under a bridge over Shooks Run Creek, and we’re now learning specifics about the response.
Officials said that the city was the lead entity in the repair response, with Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) providing a supporting role.
The closure began late in the afternoon of June 10 for what officials described as emergency bridge and utility repairs between Prospect and Institute streets, east of the Colorado College campus.
Officials said that on the previous day, a routine bridge inspection by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) discovered a large “void,” or sinkhole, under the bridge that compromised a utility line.
But officials didn’t explain how the void developed or how they repaired it until earlier this week, when Richard Mulledy, the city’s public works director, elaborated on the situation.
“It was about a six-foot by eight-foot void,” he explained. “That void was really caused by an abandoned storm sewer line and then a leaking manhole. It’s something that we see from time to time, but really doesn’t happen often.”
Crews approached the problem from under and above the bridge, with workers excavating into the street to access the utility lines.
“The utility line being compromised was an active storm sewer line,” Mulledy said. “It was sort of hanging out in the open and was unsecured. The old storm sewer line had been abandoned for decades and was starting to fail.”
Crews removed the old stormwater pipe, repaired the manhole, and backfilled the void with a material called “flow.”
“Flow fills almost like a kind of liquid concrete,” Mulledy detailed. “And that’s a really great structural solution. So, we filled that entire thing up, made sure the void is closed, and made sure it’s structurally sound.”
He added that the bridge is around a century old, the same age as most bridges across the creek.
“This was identified and got fixed in 48 hours, rather than let something structural fail, and then we’d be in a big, giant construction project,” Mulledy said. “The structure itself, I don’t think, was ever really threatened.”
The closure ended on Saturday, June 13.
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