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By KYLE GLASER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit his first home run for the Los Angeles Dodgers, a solo drive in the seventh inning in a 5-4 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night that finished a three-game sweep. Playing his ninth game for his new team, Ohtani pulled

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani knew he hadn’t homered in a while and felt relief when he sent a ball soaring into Dodger Stadium’s right-field pavilion. “Honestly, very relieved that I was able to hit my first homer,” Ohtani said through a translator after his seventh-inning drive helped the Dodgers to a 5-4 win

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trevor Moore scored three goals for his second career hat trick, and the Los Angeles Kings snapped their three-game skid while eliminating Seattle from the Stanley Cup playoff race with a 5-2 victory over the Kraken on Wednesday night. Adrian Kempe and Kevin Fiala also

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Like a loss in the playoffs, voter rejection of a stadium tax plan will force the Kansas City Royals and Chiefs to reevaluate their approach. The defeat Tuesday of a three-eighths cent sales tax to fund a new downtown Royals ballpark and renovate the

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Anthony Davis scored 19 of his 35 points in the first quarter and had 18 rebounds, helping the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Washington Wizards 125-120 on Wednesday night for their eighth victory in nine games. LeBron James had 25 points and nine assists, and Rui

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thieves stole as much $30 million in an Easter Sunday burglary at a Los Angeles money storage facility in one of the largest cash heists in city history, police said Wednesday. The burglary occurred Sunday night at an unnamed facility in the Sylmar area of the San Fernando Valley where cash

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kyle Higashioka had a game to forget in his first start for the San Diego Padres. In his second start, he did something so rare only five other catchers have done it since 1961. Higashioka caught two baserunners stealing and homered in the fourth inning

VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Southern California sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a 17-year-old boy with mental health issues after he armed himself with a knife and locked himself inside a bathroom at a home, authorities said Wednesday. The teen was being transferred from a hospital, where he had been treated after cutting himself, to a

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland right-hander Trevor Gott had Tommy surgery and will miss the season. The Athletics said Gott was operated on Wednesday by Texas Rangers team physician Dr. Keith Meister in Arlington, Texas. Gott, 31, agreed in December to a $1.5 million contract and was expected to be part of the back end

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kyle Higashioka caught two baserunners stealing and homered in the same inning to help Joe Musgrove and the San Diego Padres beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Wednesday and avoid a three-game sweep. According to Elias Sports Bureau, Higashioka became the sixth catcher since

By ALEX ESPINOZA Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Nick Pivetta combined with four relievers on Boston’s second shutout of the series, Enmanuel Valdéz hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning and the Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 1-0 Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep. “Good teams find ways to win games like

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Outfielder Jason Heyward was placed on the 10-day injured list by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday because of lower back tightness. Los Angeles said the move was retroactive to Saturday. Heyward, 34, missed the Dodgers’ last three games dealing with the injury. Scans were negative but Heyward was experiencing stiffness,

WASHINGTON (AP) — Catcher Joey Bart was added to the Pittsburgh Pirates’ roster on Wednesday after he was acquired in a trade with the San Francisco Giants, the club that took him with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2018 amateur draft. Bart, 27, once was considered Buster Posey’s likely successor as San Francisco’s

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — An environmental group has sued the U.S. Energy Department over its decision to award over $1 billion to help keep California’s last nuclear power plant running beyond a planned closure that was set for 2025. The move opens another battlefront in the fight over the

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass vowed that cleanup would happen at a home where mounds of garbage and debris had piled up several feet high across the entire property’s fenced-in yard and driveway. The mayor said Wednesday she only learned this week about the Spanish-style bungalow in the Fairfax district that

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Horse racing deaths in the United States increased slightly in 2023 from 2022, according to the annual report released Wednesday by the federally mandated agency that began regulating the sport two years ago. The Horse Racing Integrity and Safety Authority reported 1.32 deaths per 1,000 starts last year, up

MIAMI (AP) — Taylor Ward homered, Nolan Schanuel extended his career-starting consecutive on-base streak to 35 games and the Los Angeles Angels beat Miami 10-2 on Wednesday, sending the Marlins to their first winless seven-game homestand in franchise history. Angels starter Patrick Sandoval struck out seven over 5 2/3 innings and overcame an opening day

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox Sports and AEG will launch a new postseason college basketball tournament next year. The College Basketball Crown will be a 16-team tournament that will take place March 31 through April 6, 2025, in Las Vegas. The games will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and T-Mobile Arena. Both