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RED FLAG WARNING THURSDAY FOR MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA…
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.Critical fire weather conditions are expected from late this
morning through early this evening across most of central North
Dakota. By the afternoon hours expect a mostly sunny to partly
cloudy sky with highs in the 60s and humidity values as low as 15
percent. Additionally, northwest winds will increase, with sustained
values up to 25 mph and gusts to 40 mph. Winds will be strongest
east and diminish towards the western edge of the warning. These
factors, combined with dry vegetation will lead to critical fire
weather conditions.
* WINDS…Northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…As low as 15 percent.
* AFFECTED AREA…Most of central North Dakota
* IMPACTS…Any fires that ignite will spread rapidly and become
difficult to control or suppress.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Burn bans may be in effect. Contact local authorities for
details.
Fire Danger Rating is Very High today in stutsman and barnes counties…
Forecast.
.REST OF TODAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Temperature falling through the afternoon. Breezy. Northwest winds 15 to 25 mph.
.TONIGHT…Clear. Lows in the upper 20s. Northeast winds 5 to
15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the evening.
.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds 5 to
15 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. East winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers possibly
mixed with snow showers in the morning, then chance of rain
showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s. East winds 10 to
20 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent in the Jamestown area 40 percent in the Valley City area.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain
showers in the evening. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows in the lower 30s.
.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.
.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s.
Jamestown (City Of Jamestown) On May 6, 2021; there will be a road closure and a temporary water outage on 8th Ave SE (between 12th St SE & 13th St SE) & also on 13th St SE (from 8th Ave SE & 9th SE). This will take place from 8:30 AM until approximately 2:00 PM for utility work.
Questions regarding the water outage, please call the City Water Plant at 701-252-5131.
Motorists should use extreme caution in this area and use alternate routes, if possible.
Covid-19 Dashboard Update, Following the end of the statewide COVID-19 emergency declaration on April 30, all COVID-19 daily updates will be published through the NDDoH COVID-19 Dashboard.
NDDoH
COVID-19 Stats
11:00 a.m.
Wed. May 5, 2021
Barnes
New Positives 6
Total Positives: 1411
Active: 12
Recovered 1362
Stutsman:
New Positives: 4
Total Positives: 3498
Active: 24
Recovered: 3382
Jamestown (CVHD) Central Valley Health has set more vaccination clinics. Appointments are required and are first come, first serve. Once the clinics are full, they will be closed for registration.
Thursday May 6, 2021
9-a.m. to 3:30-p.m.
At Central Valley Health District
Vaccine Type: MODERNA (2nd dose only)
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Vaccine Type: MODERNA
Event Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm
Event Location: Central Valley Health District
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Vaccine Type: MODERNA
Event Time: 10:00am – 1:00pm
Event Location: Central Valley Health District
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Vaccine Type: PFIZER (clinic target is currently 16 and 17 year olds)
Event Time: 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Event Location: Central Valley Health District
Review the due date on the back of your CDC COVID vaccination record card prior to registering.
Appointments are required and are first come, first serve. Once the clinics are full, they will be closed for registration.
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. To register for an appointment, visit our website www.centralvalleyhealth.org and click the “COVID-19” tab.
Valley City A COVID-19 vaccination clinic will take place:
Friday May 7
8-a.m. to 10-a.m.
HAC Lobby
Pfizer 1st and 2nd Doses
16 and older
Monday May 10
10-a.m. to 11-a.m.
Barnes County North School
Pfizer 1st and 2nd Doses
16 and older
Also Monday May 10
1-p.m. to 4-p.m.
CCHD Location
Pfizer 1st and 2nd Doses
16 and older
Appointments are REQUIRED and can be made at https://www.ndvax.org//reg/0146051292 (link will not open in Internet Explorer).
City-County Health District now has COVID-19 vaccines available for all Barnes County residents over the age of 16.
Administrator Theresa Will said if you are 16 or older you may receive the Pfizer vaccine. She said for those 18 and older, the Moderna is a viable option.
Walk in Clinics at CCHD for Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Vaccines for those 16 and older.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown National Day of Prayer event will be held at noon this Thursday, May 6th at Temple Baptist Church, 1200 12th Ave NE. You are invited to join with Christians all around the nation under the theme, “Lord pour out your LOVE, LIFE, AND Liberty“.
Bernie Satrom will serve as our host.
Valley City (CSi) On Friday, May 7, Valley City Parks and Rec will be planting a number of trees at 9am in City Park. The community is invited to attend and celebrate the joy and benefits of trees.
The Valley City Beautification Committee invites anyone to donate a tree to beautify the parks and the entire city. For more details contact the committee chairperson, Sharon Buhr, at 840-0973.
Valley City has been recognized as a Tree City USA for a number of years. The Tree City USA program is a national program that provides the framework for community forestry management for cities and towns across America. The communities that achieve this status meet four core standards of sound urban forestry management: maintaining a tree board or department, having a community tree ordinance, spending at least $2 per capita on urban forestry and celebrating Arbor Day.
One tree, an Autumn Splendor Buckeye, was donated by Jeff Moe, to remember his uncle, a long time resident, Lloyd Miller. Lloyd was very active member of the town, being involved in numerous organizations and on the Valley City Public School Board for 12 years.
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a cab driver in Moorhead. The 18-year-old man was taken into custody Wednesday night following a joint investigation by Moorhead and Fargo, North Dakota police, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. Police found 24-year-old Abdullahi Mohamed Abdullahi, of Moorhead, dead in a cab after responding to a single-vehicle crash in south Moorhead around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday. Police say he had been shot during a robbery. The teen is being held in the Cass County Jail.
In sports…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota will issue more deer hunting licenses this year than it has in the past 10 years. The Game and Fish Department will make 72,000 licenses available to hunters, the sixth consecutive year the number has increased and up 3,150 from last year. The department has been moving toward a goal of issuing at least 75,000 licenses annually. The number issued this year might have been higher, but drought conditions persist across the state, affecting reproduction. The deadline to apply for a license is June 2. North Dakota’s 2021 deer gun season opens Nov. 5 at noon and continues through Nov. 21.
Wed.
Softball Fremont, Neb. Great Plains Athletic Conference tournament
Game One…
Jamestown 3 Northwestern (IA) College 2
FREMONT, Neb. (UJ) —The University of Jamestown softball team won twice on Wednesday to advance to the Midland bracket championship on Thursday, defeating Northwestern (Iowa) College 3-2 and Midland University 1-0.
In Wednesday’s first game, the Raiders took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fifth. With two outs, Jordyn Kramer doubled, and Madysn Grotewold bunted. Kat Miska (JR/Pequot Lakes, Minn.) fielded the ball but her throw was off-line, allowing Kramer to score and Grotewold to advance to second. Miska got out of the inning by striking out Payton Schwiesow.
UJ rallied in the bottom of the fifth to take a 3-1 lead. Mariah Wick (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) reached on a one-out single and stole second base. Kassi Ward (JR/Olympia, Wash.) walked to put runners on first and second, and Jenna Remenar (FR/Vancouver, Wash.) followed with a double to left field, scoring Wick and moving Ward to third. Sydney Prussia (JR/Detroit Lakes, Minn.) singled to center with two outs to score Ward and Remenar.
Northwestern got one run back in the top of the sixth on Emily Strasser’s double, which made it 3-2.
Miska (17-2) struck out 12 while going the distance in the circle. She gave up two runs, just one of them earned, on four hits, and walked two.
Prussia and Wick each had two hits, and Wick stole a pair of bases.
Katie Merchant (SO/South Haven, Minn.) turned in perhaps her best outing as a Jimmie in Wednesday’s second game, holding Midland to a first-inning double over six shutout innings as Jamestown defeated the No. 25 Warriors 1-0.
Merchant (13-7) threw only 62 pitches in six innings, and faced just two batters over the minimum. She struck out four of the five final batters she faced before turning the game over to Kat Miska in the seventh. Miska set down the Warriors in order for her first save of the season.
Midland starter Aliyah Rincon (19-3) kept the Jimmies off the board until the top of the sixth. Jenna Remenar reached on an error, and Lauren Diemert (FR/West Fargo, N.D.) came on to run. Santina Zito (SO/Boise, Idaho) put down a sacrifice bunt to move Diemert into scoring position. Sydney Prussia delivered a single to right-center, scoring Diemert. Gracie Fisher (FR/Bemidji, Minn.) followed with a single to put Jimmie runners at first and second with one out, but Rincon retired the next two UJ batters to get out of the inning.
Fisher was 2-for-3 for Jamestown, which also got hits from Zito and Mariah Wick.
The Jimmies’ opponent for Thursday’s 2 p.m. game will not be determined until Thursday. Updated schedules will be posted on jimmiepride.com.
Wednesday
VCSU Baseball
Morris, Minn.
Valley City 17 University of Minn.-Morris 3 (5-innings)
MORRIS, MINN. (VCSU) – The Valley City State baseball team finished out the regular season in style on Wednesday, hitting six home runs in a dominant 17-3 win at Minnesota-Morris.
The Vikings scored in each of the first five innings – taking a 14-2 lead – and ended the game by run rule after seven innings. VCSU finished with 17 hits in the game, and five pitchers combined to keep the Morris offense in check .
Valley City State ends the regular season with a 22-24 overall record and have won their last five games. The Vikings are the No. 3 seed for the NSAA Tournament starting Friday in Valley City. VCSU’s first round game is against No. 4 seed Waldorf University at 5:30 p.m. Friday.
VCSU’s record-breaking offense hit six more home runs Wednesday, giving the team 73 home runs during the regular season. That shatters the previous school record of 56 set back in 1988. After Wednesday’s slugfest the Vikings are averaging 1.62 home runs per game, which leads the North Star and is 14th in the entire NAIA.
Ten different Vikings collected hits, and all six home runs came from different players. Ryan Reynolds went 4-for-5 with two runs, three RBIs and a home run. David Demeter hit a three-run home run – his 12th of the season – and finished 2-for-2 with three runs and four RBIs. Jorun Hamre extended his individual school record with his 16th home run of the season. He also drove in three runs.
Gage Gellner, Drew Nixon and Adam Thompson all hit solo home runs for the Vikings as well. JT Reed collected a pair of hits and drove in two. Freshman Dustin Mertz added two more hits and improved his NSAA-leading batting average to .408.
Zach Veneman, Wes Johnson, Parker Vilandre, Jace Hanson and Marcus Niemann all pitched in the Viking victory. Hanson was credited with his first collegiate win after pitching two scoreless innings and striking out two.
Up next: VCSU faces Waldorf at 5:30 p.m. Friday in the first round of the NSAA Tournament. The NSAA Tournament runs Friday-Monday in Valley City.
Valley City (VCSU) – Valley City State baseball swept the final edition of the North Star Athletic Association Baseball Players of the Week. Reed Butz was selected as the Pitcher of the Week and Jorun Hamre was chosen as the Player of the Week.
North Star Athletic Association Baseball Pitcher-of-the-Week
Reed Butz – Valley City State (N.D.) – 6’2″ – Junior – pitcher – Rockford, Ill. – Butz tossed eight shutout innings as Valley City State (N.D.) went 4-1 record for the week. He pitched two shutout innings with two strikeouts, despite a 5-3 extra-innings setback at NCAA Division I North Dakota State. He followed up with a victory over Presentation (S.D.) after pitching six scoreless innings with 11 strikeouts. For the week, Butz limited its opponents to .148 batting average (4 hits allowed) and tallied 13 strikeouts. He did not allow a run.
North Star Athletic Association Baseball Player-of-the-Week
Jorun Hamre – Valley City State (N.D.) – 6’4″ – Senior – first baseman – Leonard, N.D. – Hamre set a new single-season home record as Valley City State (N.D.) went 4-1 record for the week. He blasted four home runs for the week, leading the North Star Athletic Association with 15 home runs this season. Hamre recorded a batting average of .444 (8-of-18 at the plate) and scored eight times. He slugged 1.167 (four home runs, three singles, and a double) and registered an on-base percentage of .500 for the week.
Valley City (VCSU) Valley City State swept the final edition of the North Star Athletic Association’s Softball Players of the Week. Emily Smith was named Pitcher of the Week and Jessica Husband was chosen as Player of the Week. It is the fifth time this season that the Vikings have swept the weekly honor.
North Star Athletic Association Softball Pitcher-of-the-Week
Emily Smith – Valley City State (N.D.) – 5’7″ – Senior – pitcher – Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada – Smith earned three victories on the week, including two shutouts as Valley City State (N.D.) went 6-0 record for the week. The Vikings claimed the North Star Athletic Association regular-season title as Smith tossed a complete game with 11 strikeouts and allowed one run on four hits in 9-1 victory at Mayville State (N.D.). For the week, Smith gave up just one run and finished all three games in five innings. She struck out 25 batters and held its opponents to a .113 batting average.
North Star Athletic Association Softball Player-of-the-Week
Jessica Husband – Valley City State (N.D.) – 5’5″ – Junior – outfielder – Kingwood Park, Texas – Husband recorded a .765 batting average and a 1.353 slugging percentage after going 13-of-17 at the plate with three home runs, fueling Valley City State (N.D.) to a 6-0 record for the week. She drove in 11 runs and scored eight runs for the week. Husband also had a double and recorded at least two hits in each of the six games.
Valley City (VCSU) Valley City State University defensive lineman Marshaun Jones has been named to the AFCA NAIA Coaches’ All-America Teams announced Wednesday by the American Football Coaches’ Association (AFCA).
Jones was named 2nd Team All-American with Wednesday’s release. He was one of eight defensive lineman to receive All-American honors.
VCSU linebacker Sal Avila was named Honorable Mention All-American on Wednesday.
View the complete All-America Team
A native of Brooklyn Park, Minn., Jones received the 2nd Team honor after recording 51 tackles in VCSU’s seven games this season. He also had four sacks and 9.5 tackles for loss. Jones is a two-time First Team All-Conference selection in the North Star Athletic Association. He plans to return next year for his final season of eligibility.
Avila, a junior from El Paso, Texas, was the NSAA Defensive Player of the Year after recording 70 tackles and 4.5 tackles for loss over VCSU’s seven games.
The AFCA has selected an All-America team since 1945 and currently selects teams for all five divisions of college football. The AFCA All-America teams are the only teams chosen exclusively by the coaches themselves.
NBA…
— Ja (jah) Morant contributed 37 points and 10 assists for the Grizzlies in a 139-135 win over the Timberwolves. Desmond Bane scored 22 points off the bench, including a few key 3-pointers late. Kyle Anderson added 20 points for Memphis.
UNDATED (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers have extended their winning streak and expanded their lead in the NBA’s Eastern Conference.
Joel Embiid (joh-EHL’ ehm-BEED’) had 34 points in just 25 minutes as the Sixers whipped the Rockets, 135-115. Embiid also had 12 rebounds and made 14 of 16 free throws to help the 76ers move two games ahead of second-place Brooklyn in the conference race.
Shake Milton provided 19 points off the bench, helping Philadelphia win the season series from Houston for the first time in 10 years.
Checking out Wednesday’s other NBA action:
— Nikola Jokic (nih-KOH’-lah YOH’-kihch) pumped in 24 of his 32 points in a dominant first quarter and finished with 12 rebounds in the Nuggets’ 10th victory in 12 games, 113-97. Denver led by as much as 31 and moved back into a tie with the Los Angeles Clippers for third place in the West. Austin Rivers scored 11 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter against his former team.
— Clint Capela scored 18 points and the Hawks pulled away in the fourth quarter of a 135-103 pounding of the Suns. Atlanta led 97-88 before scoring the first 14 points of the final period. Devin Booker dropped in 30 points for Phoenix, which fell one game behind West-leading Utah.
— Jordan Clarkson furnished 30 points and Bojan (BOY’-ahn) Bogdanovic added 24 as the Jazz clobbered the Spurs, 126-94. Bogdanovic is averaging 25.8 points over his last five games after shooting 10 of 13 versus San Antonio, including 3-for-4 from 3-point range. The Jazz shot 55.7% and led by as many as 41 points before improving to 3-0 on their five-game road trip.
— Jrue (jroo) Holiday scored 29 points and the Bucks withstood a triple-double from Russell Westbrook in defeating the Wizards, 135-134. Giannis Antetokounmpo (YAH’-nihs an-teh-toh-KOON’-poh) scored 23 before fouling out with 1:54 left in the Bucks’ fourth straight win. Westbrook had 29 points, 17 assists and 12 rebounds for his 179th career triple-double, two shy of Oscar Robertson’s all-time record.
— The Celtics rolled to a 132-96 win over the Magic as Kemba Walker tied a season high with 32 points in his return from a four-game injury absence. Jayson Tatum shook off a slow start and finished with 27 points for Boston, which beat Orlando for a sixth straight time over the past two seasons. Evan Fournier (FOHRN’-yay) had 18 points in his first game back in Orlando since being traded by the Magic.
— The Trail Blazers posted their highest point total of the season in a 141-105 thumping of the Cavaliers. Damian Lillard scored 16 points in the first quarter and 14 points in the third before finishing with 32 and nine assists. Enes Kanter had 18 points and 13 rebounds as Portland finished 5-1 on its six-game road trip.
— Marvin Bagley III kept the Kings’ slim playoff hopes alive with a breakthrough game by scoring a season-high 31 points and grabbing 12 rebounds to lead the a 104-93 decision over the Pacers. Delon Wright added 23 points as Sacramento won its fourth straight, all on the road.
NHL..
— Alex Pietrangelo (peh-TRAN’-jeh-loh) scored 1:53 into overtime to send the Golden Knights past the Wild, 3-2. Reilly Smith furnished the tying score late in the third after Kirill Kaprizov (kih-REEL kah-PREE’-zahv) scored two goals in a 2:10 span midway through the period for the Wild. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26 shots for the West-leading Knights, who are five points ahead of the third-place Wild.
UNDATED (AP) — The New York Rangers weren’t too happy when Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson avoided a suspension for his role in Monday’s brawl at Madison Square Garden. They demonstrated their displeasure by engaging Wilson in a couple of melees, but the Caps rode TJ Oshie’s (OH’-sheez) hat trick to a 4-2 victory over the Blueshirts.
Oshie’s first two goals came with Pavel Buchnevich (booch-NEH’-vihch) in the penalty box, two days after Buchnevich was crosschecked in the back by Wilson.
Wednesday’s game had six fights in the first period, commencing with a center-ice brawl right off the opening faceoff. Wilson was involved in a fight in the opening minute and received a 10-minute misconduct later in the period.
The outcome puts the Capitals in a first-place tie with Pittsburgh in the East Division. The Caps have three games remaining, one more than the Penguins.
Elsewhere on NHL ice:
— The Avalanche are four points off the West Division lead after wasting a 2-0 lead in a 3-2 loss to the Sharks. Tomas Hertl (HUR’-tul) had two goals and an assist in his 500th career NHL game. Erik Karlsson scored the go-ahead goal and Evander Kane added three assists.
— Troy Terry provided the shootout winner in the Ducks’ 3-2 victory over the Blues. Haydn Fleury and Max Jones scored in regulation for Anaheim, and Anthony Stolarz STOH’-lahrz) made 25 saves before stopping all three St. Louis shootout attempts. Mike Hoffman and Kyle Clifford tallied for the Blues.
— Defenseman Erik Cernak (CHUR’-nak) had a goal and two assists in the Lightning’s sixth win in seven games, 6-2 over the Stars. Brayden Point and Alex Killorn (kih-LOHRN’) each had a goal and an assist for Tampa Bay, which pulled into a tie with the Panthers for second place in the Central Division. The Stars remained alive for the fourth and final spot in the Central Division after Nashville’s loss in Columbus.
— The Predators failed to wrap up a playoff berth as Mikhail Grigorenko scored the go-ahead goal in the third period of the Blue Jackets’ 4-2 victory against Nashville. Oliver Bjorkstrand (BYOHRK’-strand) had two goals, including an empty-netter with less than a second remaining, and Jack Roslovic (RAHS’-lioh-vihch) also scored for the Blue Jackets, who stopped a two-game skid and won for just the second time in 12 games.
— Adam Lowry and Blake Wheeler each scored twice and the Jets claimed their fourth straight playoff berth with a 4-0 shutout of the Flames. Connor Hellebuyck (HEH’-leh-buhk) made 32 saves for his third shutout of the season, helping Winnipeg stop a seven-game losing streak. Wheeler collected his 800th career point, Mark Scheifele (SHY’-flee) reached the 500-point plateau and Paul Maurice picked up his 300th win as Jets coach.
— Erik Brannstrom had three assists, Shane Pinto scored his first NHL goal and the Senators stalled the Canadiens’ playoff charge with a 5-1 win. The Canadiens entered the game looking for their first four-game winning streak of the season after reeling off three straight come-from-behind victories. Brady Tkachuk (kah-CHUHK’), Nick Paul, Connor Brown and Alex Formenton also scored for the Senators, who improved to 8-2-1 over their past 11 games.
— Anze Kopitar (AHN’-zhay KOH’-pih-tahr) collected his 1,000th career point by getting an assist in the Kings’ 4-2 victory against the Coyotes. Gabriel Vilardi scored twice to help Los Angeles eliminate Arizona from playoff contention.
NHL-NEWS
Rangers dump Davidson, Gorton
UNDATED (AP) — The New York Rangers have stunningly fired president John Davidson and general manager Jeff Gorton with three games left in the season. The dismissals come after Davidson and Gorton assembled an excellent collection of young talent that makes the team’s future look very promising.
The news also comes less than 24 hours after the team ripped the league for fining but not suspending Washington’s Tom Wilson for his role in a scrum Monday night that injured Rangers star Artemi Panarin (ahr-TEH’-mee pah-NAH’-rihn).
It was not immediately clear if the front office shakeup had any connection to the criticism of the league.
In other NHL news:
— Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere (GAHS’-tihs-behr) has received a two-game suspension for boarding Penguins defenseman Mark Friedman during Pittsburgh’s 7-3 victory on Tuesday.
— The Devils have signed goaltender Nico Daws to a three-year, entry-level contract starting in the 2021-22 season. He was the team’s third-round pick in the 2020 draft.
MLB..
Hyeon-Jong Yang made his first major league start after 14 years in the Korea Baseball Organization, getting the Rangers off to a strong start in an eventual 3-1 win against the Twins. Yang struck out seven of the first nine batters he faced and eight overall in 3 1/3 innings.
— Anthony Rizzo capped a two-run 11th inning with an RBI single that allowed the Cubs to complete a three-game sweep of the Dodgers, 6-5. Max Muncy (MUHN’-see) homered in the fourth inning, hit an RBI double in the 10th and scored in the 11th before Los Angeles lost for the 11th time in 14 games.
UNDATED (AP) — The Major League Baseball season is barely a month old, and there already have been three no-hitters thrown, four if you include Madison Bumgarner’s seven-inning gem.
Baltimore Orioles ace John Means has authored the third while facing the minimum 27 batters in a 6-0 shutout of the Mariners in Seattle. The Mariners’ only baserunner reached first by striking out on a wild pitch that got away from catcher Pedro Severino, but the runner was thrown out at second.
Means struck out 12 and threw 79 of his 113 pitches for strikes.
Means lowered his ERA to 1.37 and became the first individual Orioles pitcher to toss a no-hitter since Jim Palmer in 1969.
Trey Mancini provided the big blow with a three-run shot off reliever Aaron Fletcher in the eighth inning.
Also on Wednesday’s major league schedule:
— The Yankees picked up their fifth straight win as Giancarlo Stanton homered and collected four RBIs in a 6-3 downing of the Astros. Stanton finished 3-for-4 with a walk and has 17 hits in his last six games, raising his batting average from .205 to .314.
— Teoscar (tay-AHS’-kur) Hernández hit a tiebreaking RBI single while the Blue Jays scored five in the eighth to beat the Athletics, 9-4. Hernández and Randal Grichuk (GRIH’-chuhk) each delivered a pair of RBI singles.
— Brandon Lowe (low) cracked a three-run homer and the Rays were able to overcome five scoreless innings from Shohei Ohtani (SHOH’-hay oh-TAH’-nee by rallying for a 3-1 victory over the Angels. Lowe went deep to center off Junior Guerra (GEHR’-uh) in the seventh after Brett Phillips led off the inning with a walk and Willy Adames (ah-DAH’-mehs) flared a single to left.
— Jeimer (JAY’-mur) Candelario belted a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the 10th inning before the Tigers hung on for a 6-5 win over the Red Sox. Jonathan Schoop (skohp) led off the 10th with a single and scored on Canderio’s third homer of the season.
— The Indians pulled out a 5-4 win over the Royals on Josh Naylor’s leadoff homer in the ninth. Kansas City led 4-0 in the sixth until Eddie Rosario laced a two-run double to left-center.
— Jesse Winker’s walk-off single in the 10th inning gave the Reds a 1-0 victory over the White Sox. Starters Sonny Gray and Dallas Keuchel (KY’-kul) each allowed just two hits over seven scoreless innings.
— Jon Gray poked an RBI single while allowing two runs and four hits over six innings of the Rockies’ 6-5 win against the Giants. Charlie Blackmon and Raimel Tapia delivered two-run singles while Colorado put together a six-run fourth to take a 6-2 lead.
— Marcell Ozuna (oh-ZOO’-nah) clubbed the Braves’ third grand slam in four games to carry them to a 5-3 win over the Nationals. Max Fried (freed) allowed one run and four hits, over five innings to lower his ERA from 11.45 to 8.44.
— Jake Cronenworth provided a go-ahead, two-run single in the sixth inning as the Padres won the rubber match of their series with the Pirates, 4-2. Mark Melancon (meh-LAHN’-suhn) pitched the ninth for his big league-leading 11th save in 11 chances.
— Adam Duvall crushed a three-run homer and had four RBIs while the Marlins allowed just five hits in an 8-0 rout of the Diamondbacks. Miguel Rojas was 2 for 3 with two RBIs and three runs scored for Miami.
— Didi Gregorius (DEE’-dee greh-GOHR’-ee-uhs) launched his eighth career grand slam as the Phillies beat the Brewers, 5-4 for their third straight win. Enyel De Los Santos left two runners stranded to end the eighth before José Alvarado notched the save.
— The Cardinals ran their winning streak to six games as Paul DeJong (deh-YUHNG’) smacked a two-run homer and Paul Goldschmidt added a solo shot off Marcus Stroman, powering St. Louis to a 4-1 win over the Mets in Game 1 of a doubleheader. New York was held to two hits after hitting coach Chili Davis was fired and replaced by Hugh Quattlebaum.
— The Mets gained a split of the twinbill as Tomás Nido (NEE’-doh) socked a two-run homer and Jonathan Villar (vee-AHR’) added a solo shot and an RBI single in a 7-2 verdict over the Redbirds. Winning pitcher Jordan Yamamoto gave up one run and four hits in 2 2/3 innings following his recall from Triple-A Syracuse.
MLB-NEWS
DeGrom eyes Sunday start
UNDATED (AP) — Mets ace Jacob deGrom could return to the mound on Sunday against Arizona at Citi Field.
DeGrom first felt soreness in a back muscle after his previous outing against Boston on April 28 and was scratched from a scheduled start against St. Louis on Tuesday night.
In other major league news:
— The Indians placed catcher Roberto Pérez on the 10-day injured list with a fractured right ring finger. The two-time Gold Glove winner had been playing with the injury, which he sustained when he got crossed up on a pitch by reliever James Karinchak in Chicago on April 13.
— Yankees second baseman Rougned Odor (ROOG’-ned oh-DOHR’) has been put on the 10-day injured list with a sprained left knee. Odor was hurt Tuesday night when his knee slammed into Houston catcher Martín Maldonado’s head as he scored in the sixth inning of New York’s 7-3 win.
— Cubs reliever Pedro Strop (strohp) has opted for free agency after spending most of the season at Chicago’s alternate site. The 35-year-old Strop was a key member of the Cubs’ bullpen from 2013 to 2019 before signing with Cincinnati prior to the 2020 season.
— The Blue Jays will go back to playing home games in Buffalo next month, and they’ll have a limited number of fans in attendance. Forced from Canada by that government’s coronavirus travel restrictions, the Blue Jays will be back at Sahlen (SAY’-lehn) Field, the regular home of the Blue Jays’ Triple-A farm team.
— The Yankees and Mets can increase capacity from 20% to 100% at their ballparks for home games starting May 19 provided fans are vaccinated against COVID-19. Both teams will be giving away free tickets along with vaccinations. Sections for unvaccinated ticket holders will be capped at 33%.
NFL-NEWS
Cowboys release Woods
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys have released defensive tackle Antwaun Woods less than a week after drafting two potential replacements.
Dallas drafted a pair of defensive tackles in UCLA’s Osa Odighizuwa and Quinton Bohanna of Kentucky.
Woods’ release won’t cost anything against the salary cap.
Elsewhere in the NFL:
— The Lions have signed tight end Darren Fells, giving the team another veteran at the position to go with Pro Bowl tight end T.J. Hockenson. Fells has 123 catches with 1,483 yards receiving and 21 touchdowns in 102 NFL games.
SOCCER-CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Chelsea reaches title game
LONDON (AP) — The Champions League final has become an all-Premier League matchup.
Chelsea has earned the right to take on Manchester City by defeating Real Madrid on a 3-1 aggregate. Timo Werner and Mason Mount did the scoring in Chelsea’s 2-0 victory on Wednesday.
OLY-TOKYO-PETITION DRIVE
Anti-Olympic petition gains tens of thousands of signatures
TOKYO (AP) — An online petition calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled has gained tens of thousands of signatures since being launched in Japan only days ago.
The rollout comes with Tokyo, Osaka and several other areas under a state of emergency with coronavirus infections rising. The state of emergency is to expire on May 11 but reports in Japan say it is likely to be extended.
In world and national news..
(AP) President Joe Biden will push the case for his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan in the reliably Republican state of Louisiana. Biden is directly challenging GOP lawmakers who say low taxes for corporations and the wealthy will fuel economic growth. A White House official says when Biden visits Louisiana on Thursday he will pose a basic question to voters about whether tax cuts for big companies and CEOs will make the country stronger than programs to bolster the middle class. The Democratic president plans to speak in the city of Lake Charles in front of a bridge that is 20 years past its designed lifespan.
(AP) French President Emmanuel Macron is joining the Biden administration in saying that he backs the sharing of the valuable technology behind COVID-19 vaccines. But Macro is also insisting that the immediate priority for wealthier countries should be first donating more doses to poorer countries. Speaking Thursday on a visit to a vaccine center, the French leader said he “completely” supports opening up intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines. But he also argued that even if patents are waived, pharmaceutical companies in places like Africa aren’t currently equipped to make COVID-19 vaccines. Macron says donations of doses should be prioritized instead.
BEIJING (AP) — China has rejected criticism of its human rights and economic record by foreign ministers of the Group of Seven major economies and accused them of meddling in its affairs. The Foreign Ministry also rejected an appeal by the G-7 diplomats for Taiwan, the island democracy Beijing claims as part of its territory, to be allowed to participate in the World Health Organization. The Foreign Ministry spokesperson says the statement Wednesday by G-7 diplomats in London made groundless accusations. The officials from the U.S., Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Canada said they were deeply concerned about Beijing’s treatment of Uyghur and other minorities.
TOKYO (AP) — Global shares are mixed on cautious optimism that upcoming company earnings reports will reflect a gradual recovery from the damage of the pandemic. European indexes fell in early trading Thursday while U.S. futures were little changed. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 finished higher in the first session after its Golden Week series of national holidays. Although the vaccine rollout is progressing slowly in Asia compared to the U.S. and Europe, the global recovery is raising hopes for improved exports and earnings of companies doing business overseas.
TOKYO (AP) — An online petition calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled has gained tens of thousands of signatures since being launched in Japan only days ago. The rollout comes with Tokyo, Osaka and several other areas under a state of emergency with coronavirus infections rising. The state of emergency is to expire on May 11 but reports in Japan say it is likely to be extended. The Olympics are to open in just under three months on July 23. The petition is addressed to International Olympic President Thomas Bach. He has tentative plans to visit Japan later this month.
WASHINGTON (AP) — No. 3 House Republican Liz Cheney is clinging to her post as party leaders are lining up behind an heir apparent for her job. Former President Donald Trump issued a statement Wednesday giving his “COMPLETE and TOTAL Endorsement” to New York GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik. No. 2 House GOP leader Steve Scalise is also backing Stefanik. Cheney is imploring her GOP colleagues to pry themselves from a Trump “cult of personality,” declaring that the party and even American democracy are at stake. A secret ballot vote by House Republicans on replacing Cheney could come as early as next week.
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