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CSi Weather…
REST OF TODAY… Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds 5 to15 mph.
.TONIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows in the mid 30s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain
showers in the Jamestown area, 40 percent in the Valley City area. Highs in the upper 40s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of rain
showers in the evening in the Jamestown area, 20 percent in the Valley City area. Lows in the mid 30s. Northeast winds
around 10 mph.
.SUNDAY…Mostly cloudy. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy in the evening then clearing. Lows
around 30.
.MONDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
.TUESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 40.
.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 70.
Fire Danger Rating is in the High Rating today, in Stutsman and Barnes Counties.
Jamestown (CSi) On Thursday afternoon, a person was taken into custody who was wanted after a pursuit.
26 year-old Eric Skorick is facing charges of Driving Under Suspension, Fleeing/Eluding a Police Officer, Possession of Stolen Motor Vehicle, Reckless Driving, Reckless Endangerment, and Theft of Property. He’s currently being held in the Stutsman County Correctional Center on $5,500 bond.
The pursuit was initiated outside city limits when the vehicle was engaged by the North Dakota Highway Patrol.
Jamestown Assistant Police Chief, Major Justin Blinsky, reports, that when the pursuit entered city limits, a crash occurred at the intersection of 8th Avenue Southeast and 7th Street Southeast. The driver then fled on foot but was apprehended in the area. Radio reports indicated the person was located in a house, which was actually a garage in the 700 block of 7th Avenue, Southeast.
As a precaution, during the search, Roosevelt Elementary School was locked down and then was released. Blinsky says there is no threat to the public, or the school.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol was assisted by the Jamestown Police Department and Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office.
More information when the police report narrative is filed.
NDDoH
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.
Thurs. May 6, 2021
Barnes
New Positives 1
Total Positives: 1411
Active: 12
Recovered 1362
Stutsman:
New Positives: 1
Total Positives: 3498
Active: 24
Recovered: 3382
Jamestown (CVHD) Central Valley Health District this week will have COVID-19 Testing at the Jamestown Civic Center in May Monday, Wednesday, and Friday’s from 11-a.m. to 12 noon, at the Jamestown Civic Center, with the exception of Memorial Day, May 31, using the Rapid Testing, BinaxNow.
By screening with rapid antigen tests, event attendees will be able to receive their test results within 15 minutes via text notification. The test also is less invasive than a PCR (Polymerase chain reaction) test in that it uses a nasal swab to collect a sample from the lower part of the nostril.
If a person tests positive, they should isolate at home immediately and a case investigator will be in touch with them within 24 hours. If the screening yields a negative result, individuals should continue to monitor for symptoms.
Interested individuals should fill out an online survey at testreg.nd.gov for faster registration.
For more information about rapid antigen tests and North Dakota’s screening strategies, visit https://www.health.nd.gov/rapid-antigen-screening
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 1srt 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.
Valley City (CCHD) City/County Health reports, that testing continues to be important. If you have any symptoms, it is important to be tested. If you have symptoms and need to be tested at other times contact your clinic.
Administrator Theresa Will says Testing is now on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at the CCHD location. Enter through the west door. The times will be 12:30- 1:30p.m. Quick testing will be available.
Also, walk in Pfizer vaccination clinics will be held May 5, 7, and 10 at CCHD. Pre-register for all clinics.
Jamestown (Tourism) Frontier Village is looking for volunteers to help cleanup and prepare for the upcoming summer.
The day is set for May 7, from 9-a.m. to 3-p.m. With lunch available.
All materials ready with most of the work cleaning, with such things as washing windows, sweeping debris and cobwebs, wiping cases clean, and picking up litter and trash outdoors.
Other minor maintenance and landscaping items are also on the list.
Volunteers are asked to bring along work clothes and closed toed shoes for the day.
If you’re interested in volunteering, and the time frame you are available contact Allison Limke at 701-251-9145 or email Allison@DiscoverJamestownND.com.
Denver – FEMA has provided more than $1.6 million in Public Assistance funding to Stutsman County for costs related to the October 2019 flooding. Under this declaration, FEMA has paid a total of $10.9 million for the state of North Dakota to date. The assistance was made available under a major disaster declaration issued January 21, 2020. This funding is authorized under Section 406 of the Robert T. Stafford Act.
The $1.6 million was approved for Stutsman County to utilize force account labor, equipment, and material for a permanent grade raise of County Road 39, which had been inundated by floodwaters.
During the incident period, historically high groundwater saturation, and subsequent rapid snowmelt created an unprecedented October flood in central and eastern North Dakota. Powerful floodwaters washed surface gravel and culverts from Stutsman County and township roads and disrupted lifeline infrastructure. This prevented access to multiple residences within the St. Paul Township, creating significant delays for first responders struggling to reach citizens in need.
Valley City (CSi) Staring May 10 7th Avenue West in Valley City will be closed from 2nd Street Southwest to the intersection of 2nd Street Nothwest. The closure will remain in effect until the corridor is reconstructed.
Main Street will be closed from 8th Avenue Southwest to 6th Avenue Southwest during installation of underground utilities. Access to businesses along Main Street will be provided. A detour route will be in effect for the duration of the Main Street closure. Any questions regarding the project, contact the KLJ office in Valley City at (701)-845-4980.
Updated maps for all road closures will be posted on the City of Valley City’s webpage http://www.valleycity.us/engineers/ when they are taking affect
Valley City ( CSi) At the Valley City Public Schools Annual Recognition of Teachers and Staff Members award social on May 5th in the Hi Liner Activity Center, this year the 2021 Teacher of the Year Award went to Becky Goven.
The Valley City Education Association Friend of Education Award went to John Triebold.
Seven teachers will retire at the end of the school year including: Nancy Ost, Penny Peterson, Roz Huber, Tom Kjelland, Marla Boom, Robyn Borg, and Cheri Anderson.
Valley City (Public Works) The Valley City Public Works Department will be flushing hydrants in the city beginning May. 11th 2021, for approximately two weeks to a month.
Water pressure may vary and residents may notice discolored water conditions during this time; however, the water will remain safe to drink.
To avoid any inconvenience, residents should check their water before doing laundry, and store water for drinking and cooking. Call Public Works at 845-0380 if you have any questions.
WOLVERTON, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota farmer who broke his back, fell victim to COVID-19 and recently underwent surgery will nonetheless have corn and soybeans to harvest this fall thanks to an agricultural organization that helps those in need. The non-profit Farm Rescue helped Robert Nord plant his fields in North Dakota, not far from his homestead in Wolverton, Minnesota. The farm is Nord’s family’s sole source of income, so getting the crops in on time is a life saver. He says he is overwhelmed by the support. Farm Rescue has helped more than 700 families since its inception in North Dakota in 2005.
In sports…
NSAA Softball Tournament…
Game One
Valley City State 14 Presentation College 6 (6 innings)
BELLEVUE, NEB. (VCSU) – Anne-Elise Gest hit a two-run home run to finish Valley City State’s softball game in just six innings Thursday. The Vikings defeated Presentation by a final score of 14-6 in the NSAA Opening Round.
The Vikings advance to the winner’s bracket of the NSAA Softball Tournament. No. 1 Valley City State will face No. 5 Dakota State at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
Joelle Aiello hit four doubles in the victory, increasing her career total to 19 and tying the school record for career doubles. She went 4-for-5 at the plate, scored four runs and drove in two Thursday.
Riley Perryman went 3-for-3 with a home run and five RBIs. Makenzee Stone went 3-for-4 at the plate, scored three runs, and drove in two. Anne-Elise Gest and Marissa Hawkins each scored three runs for the Vikings.
Amber Stewart got the win in the circle, working 4 2/3 innings. She allowed six runs on eight hits while walking two and striking out three. Emily Smith got the save, pitching 1 1/3 innings in relief. She didn’t walk a batter and struck out three.
Aiello opened the game with a double down the right field line and scored on an RBI single from Hawkins. Stone scored Hawkins with an RBI triple and stole home to take a 3-0 Viking lead at the end of the first inning. Stone later scored on a sac fly RBI from Andrea Rodriguez to lead 4-0 after three innings.
Aiello doubled again in the fourth inning, followed by a Gest walk. A Presentation error allowed Hawkins to reach and load the bases. Stone, Perryman, Crocker all singled to drive in four more runs and hold an 8-0 Viking lead at the end of the fourth.
Presentation then scored all six runs in the top of the fifth. Camille Vestal opened scoring with a solo home run over the left field fence. Hannah Larson and Ashleigh Wong also homered in the inning to close the gap to 8-6.
Aiello led off the fifth inning with her third double of the day and scored on another Saints error. Riley Perryman hit a three-run home run to lead 12-6 at the end of the fifth, and Gest put it away in the sixth with a two-run homer to finish the game 14-6 by run rule.
The Vikings finished with 14 runs on 17 hits and just one error in the game. Presentation scored six runs on eight hits and committed four errors Thursday.
BELLEVUE, NEB. – Senior pitcher Emily Smith picked up her 20th win and eighth shutout of the season with a 5-0 victory over Dakota State Thursday evening.
Valley City State picked up its 17th straight victory and moves to 34-5 on the season. Smith worked all seven innings and allowed just three hits, walked one and struck out six in Thursday’s game.
The Vikings posted five runs in the first two innings to hold a comfortable lead throughout the game. Joelle Aiello led off with a single and Anne-Elise Gest walked. Marissa Hawkins advanced the runners with a groundout and Makenzee Stone bunted to score Aiello. Autumn Perry‘s two-run double scored Gest and Stone to lead 3-0 after the first inning. The Vikings added a pair of runs in the second inning with Joelle Aiello‘s two-run triple, scoring Andrea Rodriguez and Jessica Husband.
Joelle Aiello went 3-for-3 at the plate, scored one run and drove in two. Autumn Perry went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, and Andrea Rodriguez, Anne-Elise Gest, Makenzee Stone and Jessica Husband each scored a run for VCSU.
Xitlali Lopez got the loss in the circle for the Trojans, allowing two earned runs on six hits while walking four and striking out five. Xotchil Lopez, Sarah Torres and Julia Andersen each recorded a hit for Dakota State.
UP NEXT: No. 1 Valley City State advances in the winner’s bracket to face No. 3 Dickinson State on Friday at 3 p.m.
FREMONT, Neb. (UJ) — The Midland University Warriors defeated the University of Jamestown softball team 7-5 and 1-0 Thursday afternoon to win the Midland bracket of the GPAC postseason tournament.
Jamestown, which won its two opening games on Wednesday, finishes with a record of 34-14.
The Warriors took an early 1-0 lead on a double by Kaitlin Anders, but the Jimmies tied the game on Kassi Ward (JR/Olympia, Wash.)’s third-inning double.
Roni Foote hit a two-run home run off Kat Miska (JR/Pequot Lakes, Minn.) in the bottom of the fourth to put Midland ahead 3-1, then four straight hits off Miska in the bottom of the fifth led to three runs and a 6-1 lead. The Warriors added another run later in the inning off reliever Lucy Sinkkonen (FR/Cloquet, Minn.) to take 7-1 lead into the sixth.
Katie Merchant (SO/South Haven, Minn.) singled with two outs in the sixth to score Julia Byrne (SO/Andover, Minn.) and Megan Neiles (FR/Winnipeg, MB) to cut the lead to 7-3. Sinkkonen retired the Warriors in order in the next half inning, and UJ began the seventh with a leadoff single by Mariah Wick (JR/Jamestown, N.D.). Wick moved to second on a passed ball, then took third on Kassi Ward‘s single. Jenna Remenar (FR/Vancouver, Wash.) grounded out, scoring Wick to make it 7-4 and Ward took second. Ward then moved up on a ground out by Santina Zito (SO/Boise, Idaho) and came home on Sydney Prussia (JR/Detroit Lakes, Minn.)’s single. Gracie Fisher (FR/Bemidji, Minn.) singled to put runners at first and second, but Aliyah Rincon retired Neiles to end the threat.
Miska (17-3) lasted four-plus innings, allowing six runs on nine hits, striking out four.
Ward was 3-for-4 while Zito, Neiles and Wick all had two hits.
With the Jimmies losing for just the first time in the tournament, the Warriors forced a winner-take-all championship game.
A third-inning run proved to be the only run Midland needed as Hailee Fliam held the Jimmies to two hits and the Warriors advanced to the GPAC championship series with a 1-0 win.
Emily Prai, Andrea Cespedes, and Kaitlin Anders all singled to start the third, and Bobbi Singleton’s sacrifice fly scored Prai for the game’s first, and only run.
Megan Neiles had Jamestown’s first hit, which came with two outs in the fourth, and the Jimmies went hitless until Katie Reisdorfer (JR/Fresno, Calif.) singled with two outs in the seventh.
Katie Merchant (13-8) worked out of a first-and-third jam with two outs in the first, and outside of the third inning, surrendered only four hits. She went all six innings, giving up one run on eight hits.
Anders was 3-for-3 to lead Midland while Prai was 2-for-3.
Midland (36-8) will host Concordia (Neb.) in the GPAC Championship Series, beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday in a best two-out-of-three format.
Thursday…
UJ Baseball…
GPAC Tournament
Crete, Neb.
Mt. Marty 4 Jamestown 2
CRETE, Neb. (UJ) — With just a one-run lead, University of Jamestown pitcher Dru Fitz (SR/Gresham, OR) kept Mount Marty (S.D.) University off the scoreboard for seven innings Thursday afternoon.
The Lancers finally broke through against Fitz, scoring three runs off the righty and four runs total in the bottom of the eighth inning, defeating the Jimmies 4-2.
Jamestown, now 28-22, plays Northwestern (Iowa) College in a loser-out game Friday at 12 p.m. in the Doane bracket of the GPAC postseason tournament, The Raiders lost 7-6 to Doane Thursday.
Chase Hacker (SR/Millcreek, WA) led off the top of the third with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Brian Rice (JR/Vancouver, WA). Grant Okawa (SR/Mississauga, ON) followed with a single up the middle to bring home Hacker for a 1-0 lead.
That would be all the offense the Jimmies would muster against Mount Marty starter Tyler Preist. Preist worked into the sixth inning and allowed just one run on seven hits.
Fitz (6-3) scattered five hits over the first seven innings but ran into trouble in the eighth. Josh Roemen singled to start the frame, and moved to second after Mason Townsend walked. Zane Salley came in to run for Townsend, and with Billy Hancock at the plate, Salley and Roemen pulled off a double steal. The throw to get Roemen went offline, allowing Roemen to score and Salley to advance to third. Hancock then homered to left to make it 3-1 and chased Fitz from the game.
Reliever Cameron Jenkins (JR/West Richland, WA) retired the first batter he faced but then allowed a solo home run to Colin Muth to make it 4-1.
Jamestown scored once in the top of the ninth against Lancer reliever Jared Bell. Brice Foster (SR/Lynnwood, WA) singled and an error by the left fielder allowed him to move into scoring position. After a pair of groundouts, Foster was at third and came home on a pinch-hit single by Luke Shekeryk (JR/Seattle, WA). Bell retired the final hitter to end the Jimmie rally.
Foster was 3-for-4 while Hacker finished 2-for-4. The Jimmies finished with nine hits overall.
NBA..
UNDATED (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets continue to fade after building a 1 1/2-game lead in the NBA’s Eastern Conference.
The Nets now find themselves 2 1/2 games behind East-leading Philadelphia following their fourth straight loss, 113-109 to Dallas. Luka Doncic (DAHN’-chihch) scored 24 points and Tim Hardaway Jr. added 23 to help the Mavericks complete a sweep of the two-game season series.
Dorian Finney-Smith scored 17 points as the Mavericks reached 10 games over .500 for the first time this season.
The Nets fell despite Kyrie Irving’s season-high, 45 points. Kevin Durant chipped in 20 points and nine rebounds for Brooklyn.
— The Clippers are No. 3 in the Western Conference following a 118-94 pounding of the Lakers. Paul George led seven Clippers in double figures with 24 points and Kawhi (kah-WY’) Leonard had 15 points, eight rebounds and six assists in the blowout win. Kyle Kuzma (KOOZ’-muh) dropped in a team-high 25 points for the Lakers, who played without LeBron James and received just four points from Anthony Davis on 2 of 9 shooting.
— Caris LeVert scored 31 points, including nine in the final 2:17 to push the Pacers past the Hawks, 133-126. All-Star forward Domantas Sabonis (doh-MAHN’-tahs sah-BOH’-nihs) scored 30 points on 12-of-14 shooting with nine assists for Indiana. Trae Young led the Hawks with 30 points and 10 assists.
— Nikola Vucevic (VOO’-cheh-vihch) provided 29 points and 14 rebounds as the Bulls hammered the Hornets, 120-99. Zach LaVine (lah-VEEN’) returned from an 11-game absence due to the league’s health and safety protocols and scored 13 points on 5-of-11 shooting for Chicago.
— Wayne Ellington and Cory Joseph scored 18 points apiece to help the Pistons beat the Grizzlies, 111-97 and end a four-game losing streak. Memphis scored just 17 points in the second quarter and 21 in the third but trailed by just eight heading into the final period.
— The Wizards eked out a 131-129 win over the Raptors as Bradley Beal had 14 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter and overtime. Russell Westbrook had 13 points, 17 rebounds and 17 assists for his league-leading 34th double of the season and 180th of his career, one behind Oscar Robertson’s all-time record. Pascal Siakam matched his career high with 44 points for the Raptors, who lost for the fifth time in six games and fell four games behind the Wizards for the 10th spot in the Eastern Conference.
— Stephen Curry scored 34 points and added seven assists as the Warriors raced past the Thunder, 118-97. Mychal Mulder chipped in 25 points in just 20 minutes off the bench, making seven 3-pointers in 13 attempts. Andrew Wiggins posted 18 points and seven rebounds as Golden State took a major step toward securing a spot in the play-in.
NHL..
— The Bruins are within four points of the Penguins with two games in hand after Patrice Bergeron (pah-TREES’ BEHR’-zhah-rahn) scored for the fourth straight game to help Boston down the Rangers, 4-0. Jeremy Swayman needed to stop only 15 shots for his second career shutout. Jake DeBrusk, Charlie McAvoy and Brandon Carlo also scored in the Bruins’ fifth win in six games.
UNDATED (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins were able to regain sole possession of first place in the NHL’s East Division, while the Central Division-leading Carolina Hurricanes moved five points ahead of second-place Florida and Tampa Bay.
The Pens are two points ahead of the Capitals after Jeff Carter scored a career-high four goals in Pittsburgh’s 8-4 thumping of the Sabres. Carter beat Michael Houser three times in the game’s first 25 minutes for his first hat trick since March 28, 2018.
Jared McCann had a goal and two assists for the Pens.
The Hurricanes had to settle for a point after Alex DeBrincat (deh-BRIHN’-kat) tallied at 2:02 of overtime to give the Blackhawks a 2-1 win at Carolina. The Canes were on their way to a 1-0 victory until Riley Stillman’s redirect for his first NHL goal at 16:59 of the third.
Martin Necas (mahr-TEEN’ NAY’-chas) scored a short-handed goal for the Hurricanes, who had won five straight as they try to clinch the Presidents’ Trophy.
Elsewhere on NHL ice:
— The Devils won for the fifth time in six games as Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 32 shots in a 2-1 win over the Islanders. Michael McLeod scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period. Anthony Beauvillier (boh-VIH’-lee-ay) scored for the Islanders, whose three-game losing streak likely will leave them fourth in the East Division by season’s end.
— Auston Matthews scored his NHL-leading 40th goal of the season to help the Maple Leafs beat the Canadiens, 5-2. Matthews has reached the plateau in 49 games, second only to Frank Mahovlich among the fastest in Leafs history. Mitch Marner and John Tavares each had a goal and an assist for Toronto, which is 6-2-1 against Montreal this season.
— Travis Hamonic (HAM’-ah-nihk), Nils Hoglander and Jayce Hawryluk (jays HAW’-ruh-luhk) each had a goal and an assist as the Canucks doubled up the Oilers, 6-3 to end a six-game slide. Thatcher Demko made 39 saves, including a stop on a penalty shot by Connor McDavid. Leon Draisaitl (DRY’-sy-tul) scored twice and Connor McDavid had three assists as the Edmonton captain approaches 100 points.
NHL-RANGERS FINED
NHL fines Rangers $250K for criticizing player safety call
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers have been fined $250,000 by the NHL for criticizing head of player safety George Parros.
The team commented after the league fined but did not suspend Washington’s Tom Wilson for his role in a scrum that injured Rangers star Artemi Panarin (ahr-TEH’-mee pah-NAR’-ihn) on Monday. Commissioner Gary Bettman says the extent to which the Rangers expressed their disagreement was “unacceptable.”
Also, the league has handed Rangers forward Pavel Buchnevich (booch NEH’-vihch) a one-game suspension for for cross-checking Capitals forward Anthony Mantha in the second period of Wednesday’s rematch. Buchnevich was one of two Rangers who were sucker-punched by Wilson on Monday.
MLB…
— The Rangers pulled out a 4-3 win over the Twins on Willie Calhoun’s RBI single in the 10th inning. Joey Gallo and Jonah Heim homered to help Texas earn its third straight win. The Twins are now 0-7 in extra innings games.
UNDATED (AP) — Jose Altuve (al-TOO’-vay) gave himself quite a 31st birthday present.
The Houston Astros second baseman slammed a go-ahead, three-run homer in the eighth inning of a 7-4 win over the Yankees.
Chad Green inherited a 3-2 lead starting the eighth inning before putting the first two runners on base. Altuve’s blast helped the Astros avoid a three-game sweep.
Yordan (yohr-DAHN’) Álvarez hit a pair of solo homers off Yankees starter Gerrit Cole, and Martin Madonado (mahr-TEEN mal-doh-NAH’-doh) added a two-run blast in the ninth.
Yanks shortstop Gleyber (GLAY-bur) Torres scored from first base on an infield single, but New York’s five-game winning streak ended.
Also in the majors on Thursday:
— Franchy (FRAN’-chee) Cordero came off the bench with three hits to snap an 0-for-25 slump and send the Red Sox past the Tigers, 12-9. Rafael Devers (DEH’-vurz) drove in three runs on a pair of singles, but his second error of the game allowed Detroit to tie the game, 9-9 in the seventh.
— Brett Phillips had two hits during a seven-run eighth that allowed the Rays to turn a 3-1 deficit into an 8-3 win over the Angels. Mike Zunino sparked the uprising with a homer and Phillips capped the rally with a two-run double as Tampa Bay completed a four-game sweep.
— Randal Grichuk (GRIH’-chuhk) homered, doubled and drove in five to lead the Blue Jays to a 10-4 rout of the Athletics. Toronto second baseman Marcus Semien was 4-for-6 with a solo homer and three runs scored against his former team.
— Triston McKenzie bounced back from a rugged start to pitch one-hit ball into the sixth inning of the Indians’ 4-0 shutout of the Royals. Franmil (FRAHN’-meel) Reyes launched his eighth home run, and Cesar Hernandez and Rene Rivera each had three hits to help Cleveland complete a four-game sweep.
— Zack Wheeler struck out eight while tossing a three-hitter as the Phillies blanked the Brewers, 2-0 to complete a four-game sweep. The game was scoreless until Alec Bohm (bohm) homered in the seventh, one inning before Rhys Hoskins doubled home a run for the NL East leaders.
— Ehire Adrianza (AY’-ray ah-dree-AHN’-zah) made the most of a rare start on a day off for slumping NL MVP Freddie Freeman, providing a nice defensive play and a two-run single in the Braves’ 4-2 decision over the Nationals. Drew Smyly was reached for just four hits while pitching into the seventh as Atlanta completed its first sweep of Washington since 2014.
— Taijuan (TY’-wahn) Walker struck out eight while holding the Cardinals to one hit over seven innings of the Mets’ 4-1 victory in St. Louis. The Mets walked three times with the bases loaded and earned a split of the four-game series despite stranding 17 runners on Thursday.
— Adam Duvall hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and five pitchers combined on a five-hitter as the Marlins topped the Diamondbacks, 3-1 for their first three-game sweep of the season. Arizona was outscored, 20-4 in the series after entering Miami ranked second in the majors in runs.
MLB-NEWS
Pujols cut by Angels
UNDATED (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels are dropping a Hall of Fame candidate.
Albert Pujols (POO’-hohlz) has been designated for assignment, abruptly ending the 41-year-old superstar slugger’s decade with his second major league team.
Pujols is fifth in major league history with 667 career homers, and 13th with 3,253 hits. The oldest active player in the majors is batting just .198 this season with five homers and 12 RBIs.
Pujols joined the Angels in late 2011 after 11 successful seasons with the Cardinals.
In other player developments:
— Blue Jays outfielder George Springer is not expected to be ready to return to Toronto’s lineup when his stint on the 10-day injured list ends May 13. Springer landed on the injured list Wednesday after aggravating his strained right quadriceps. Springer didn’t make his season debut until April 28 because of a strained oblique muscle and, later, the quadriceps injury.
— Carlos Carrasco has been shifted to the 60-day injured list by the Mets, a surprise move that pushes back his season debut until May 28 at the earliest. The 34-year-old right-hander has been sidelined by an injured right hamstring since spring training and had been making progress. He threw a simulated game Tuesday, and the team said Wednesday that Carrasco was starting a minor league injury rehabilitation assignment this weekend.
MLB-OBIT-CRANDALL
Del Crandall dies at 91
MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP) — Former Milwaukee Brewers catcher and Milwaukee Brewers manager Del Crandell has died at 91.
Crandall was one of the best defensive catchers of the 1950s and early 1960s, earning four Gold Gloves and appearing in 11 All-Star games over eight seasons.
Crandall was a member of the Braves’ 1957 World Series championship team and the 1958 squad that lost the World Series.
Bill Crandall says his father had Parkinson’s disease and died Wednesday in Mission Viejo, California.
NFL-NEWS
Dolphins release safety McCain
UNDATED (AP) — Safety Bobby McCain has been released by the Miami Dolphins, who took Jevon Holland of Oregon as a potential replacement in the second round of the draft.
McCain had spent his entire six-year NFL career with Miami, starting 15 games last season and making 55 career starts. His release clears $5.6 million in salary cap space for the Dolphins.
Elsewhere in the NFL:
— The Pro Football Hall of Fame is forming a behavioral health program seeking solutions to mental and behavioral issues for current and former athletes and their families. The program is supported by such hall members as Ronnie Lott, Brian Dawkins, Steve Atwater, Andre Reed and Tim Brown.
PGA-WELLS FARGO
Lefty breaks out
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Phil Mickelson blistered the Quail Hollow course for eight birdies in a 7-under 64 that gives him the first-round lead at the PGA’s Wells Fargo Championship.
Mickelson ran off five birdies in a six-hole stretch around the turn. He closed with two birdies and a superb par save on the par-4 ninth for his best score since a 63 in the second round of the Travelers Championship last June.
K.H. Lee had a 66 in the morning, while Innisbrook runner-up Keegan Bradley had a 66 in the afternoon.
The group at 67 included former U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland, Tommy Fleetwood and Keith Mitchell.
PGA-TOUR CHAMPIONS
Clarke shoots 66 to take Tradition lead
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Darren Clarke is the first-round leader at the Regions Tradition, opening with a 6-under 66 in the first of five PGA Tour Champions majors.
The 2011 British Open champion had a one-stroke lead over Stephen Ames and Jerry Kelly at Greystone Golf & Country Club. Steve Stricker, the 2019 winner, was among three players two shots back at 68.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL-PRACTICE CHANGES
NCAA proposal will reduce contact in preseason football camp
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — College football teams will be required to hold at least seven padless practices during the preseason and the number of contact practices will be reduced from 21 to 18. Those are proposals suggested by the NCAA’s oversight committee and will go to the Division I Council for approval this month. It is expected to pass and go into effect next season. The changes to preseason practice come after a five-year study of six major college football teams showed players suffered more concussions during preseason practices than during games.
OLY-TOKYO-BACH VISIT
Tokyo Olympic head says Bach visit to Japan could be ‘tough’
TOKYO (AP) — The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee says it would be “quite tough” for IOC President Thomas Bach to make a planned visit this month to Japan with a state of emergency order being extended by the government to Tokyo and other areas until May 31.
Canceling the trip could be embarrassing for the IOC and local organizers who say they can hold a “safe and secure” Olympics in the middle of a pandemic.
Bach said recently he hoped to go to Hiroshima. Organizing committee president Seiko Hashimoto says nothing official has been decided but adds that a visit by Bach would come at “quite a difficult time.”
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BEIJING (AP) — China says the upper stage of its Long March 5B carrier rocket that launched the core module of its space station will mostly burn up on re-entry, posing little threat to people and property on Earth. A Foreign Ministry spokesperson says Chinese authorities will release information about the re-entry of the rocket, expected over the weekend, in a “timely manner.” He says the rocket’s design will ensure it would be largely destroyed during the re-entry process, “which has a very low probability of causing harm to aviation activities and the ground.” China’s space agency has yet to say whether the main stage of the huge Long March 5B rocket is being controlled or will make an out-of-control descent.
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers likely delivered another month of robust hiring in April, reinforcing the economy’s steady rebound from the pandemic recession. Economists have forecast that the nation added 975,000 jobs last month after adding 916,000 in March, and that the unemployment rate slipped from 6% to 5.8%. The size of such job gains was essentially unheard-of before the pandemic. Yet most of the hiring represents a bounce-back after tens of millions of jobs were lost when the pandemic flattened the economy 14 months ago. Even if economists’ estimate for April hiring proves accurate, the economy would remain about 7 million jobs short of its pre-pandemic level.
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are rising on optimism about the rally on Wall Street and an economic rebound in the U.S., as investors await the release of U.S. jobs data. Benchmarks in Japan, Australia, South Korea and China rose Friday. U.S. employment data due later Friday will offer insight into the state of the overseas economic recovery. Markets also are watching data out of China for similar signs. Worries continue about the recent surges of illnesses in places like India. Export-dependent Japan is getting set to extend the state of emergency to curb the spread of COVID-19 infections.
(AP) The European Medicines Agency says it has begun an accelerated authorization process for an experimental coronavirus treatment made by GlaxoSmithKline and Vir BioTechnology. In a statement on Friday, the EU drug regulator said it had started a rolling review of sotrovimab, based on early results from an ongoing study into whether the treatment can prevent hospitalization or death in people who don’t yet have severe COVID-19. Sotrovimab is a monoclonal antibody, a lab-produced antibody that is intended to stimulate the immune system by reducing the ability of the coronavirus’s spike protein to enter the body’s cells. An emergency use authorization for sotrovimab has also been submitted to regulators in the U.S. and Canada.
VIENNA (AP) — World powers have held a fourth round of high-level talks aimed at bringing the United States back into a landmark nuclear deal with Iran. Both sides suggested a resolution was possible but major stumbling blocks remain. The talks began in early April. Russian delegate Mikhail Ulyanov tweeted following Friday’s meeting that “the participants agreed on the need to intensify the process.” The U.S. pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal under then-President Donald Trump. Iran reacted by steadily increasing violations of the deal. U.S. President Joe Biden has said he wants to rejoin the deal but that Iran needs to return to compliance with the accord.
TOKYO (AP) — The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee says it would be “quite tough” for IOC President Thomas Bach to make a planned visit this month to Japan with a state of emergency order being extended by the government to Tokyo and other areas until May 31. Canceling the trip could be embarrassing for the IOC and local organizers who say they can hold a “safe and secure” Olympics in the middle of a pandemic. Bach said recently he hoped to go to Hiroshima. Organizing committee president Seiko Hashimoto says nothing official has been decided but adds a visit by Bach would come at “quite a difficult time.”
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A Security Council meeting aimed at strengthening global cooperation and the role of the United Nations is expected to hear from the top American, Chinese and Russian diplomats as well as other ministers. China, which holds the council’s presidency this month, said in a “concept note” that it organized Friday’s meeting in hopes the 15 nations will “reaffirm their strong commitment to multilateralism” as the world faces global challenges including the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will chair the meeting and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will speak.
BEIJING (AP) — China’s trade with the United States and the rest of the world surged by double digits in April as consumer demand recovered, but growth appeared to be slowing. Trade data show global exports rose 32.3% over a year ago to $263.9 billion, in line with March but down from the explosive 60.6% rise in the first two months of 2021. Imports increased 43% to $221.1 billion, accelerating from March’s 38% expansion. China’s trade gains look especially dramatic due to comparison with a year ago, when global economies shut down to fight the coronavirus. Forecasters say growth is cooling once that distortion and seasonal fluctuations are taken into account.
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