Dodgers defeat the Brewers<\/p>\n
From Maddie Lee<\/a>: Looking back, Alex Vesia<\/a> can say that when was traded from the Miami Marlins to the Dodgers with fellow pitching prospect Kyle Hurt<\/a> in 2021, he had \u201cno idea\u201d what it actually meant to trust the process.<\/p>\n Sure, it\u2019s a cliche, and one most strongly associated with the Philadelphia 76ers\u2019 rebuild in the NBA a decade ago. But it\u2019s had staying power in the sports lexicon for a reason.<\/p>\n The mantra clicked for Vesia in his first season with the Dodgers.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I first heard of it, it was just like, OK, I know what a process is,\u201d he said before the Dodgers\u2019 5-1 win<\/a> against the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday. \u201cBut then watching it over the course of the year \u2014 where fastballs need to be placed, where sliders need to go, just trusting the information. That when a guy swings a lot at sliders and misses them, trusting that when you throw yours, he will miss it.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then over the course of a few outings, when you see those results, it\u2019s like, \u2018OK, I can do this\u2019 more and more and more.\u201d<\/p>\n Vesia is now one of the veteran leaders in a Dodgers bullpen that set a franchise record Saturday with 36 consecutive scoreless innings, surpassing the mark of 33 set in 1998. The Dodgers extended the streak to 38 on Sunday.<\/p>\n Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n Dodgers box score<\/a> <\/p>\n MLB standings<\/a> <\/p>\n Go beyond the scoreboard <\/p>\n Get the latest on L.A.’s teams in the daily Sports Report newsletter.<\/p>\n By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service<\/a>, which include arbitration and a class action waiver. You agree that we and our third-party vendors may collect and use your information, including through cookies, pixels and similar technologies, for the purposes set forth in our Privacy Policy<\/a> such as personalizing your experience and ads. <\/p>\n Some Angels fans are fed up with Arte<\/p>\n From Joaquin Ruiz<\/a>: Lifelong Angels fan Johnny Gonzalez has reached his boiling point as the team sits at the bottom of the standings, but he\u2019s not giving up. And he\u2019s not alone.<\/p>\n The Angels completed a surprise sweep of the Rangers Sunday, but the team still is tied for the worst record in Major League Baseball with a 20-34. Their fans spent the holiday weekend pushing back against the idea that the franchise would never be more than a bargain option amid rising prices all around them.<\/p>\n Frustrated fans have gone shirtless during the Angels\u2019 homestand and chanted for owner Arte Moreno to \u201csell the team.\u201d And about 75 fans heeded Gonzalez\u2019s call for a protest, gathering in front of the Angel Stadium State College Boulevard entrance on Saturday chanting \u201csell the team,\u201d \u201cwe want playoffs\u201d and \u201cwinning matters.\u201d Drivers passing the spectacle honked their horns in support.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re not doing much for us fans,\u201d said Gonzalez, who organized the protest using the Instagram account @AngelsBoycott<\/a>. \u201cIt seems like every other team is just doing a lot more than us, despite us having a huge following [and] having some of the best players to ever play the game. I mean, it\u2019s just like a lack of commitment, to say the least, and that\u2019s why we\u2019re here today.\u201d<\/p>\n Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n Angels sweep the Rangers<\/p>\n From Joaquin Ruiz<\/a>: Reid Detmers had a career-high 14 strikeouts and pinch runner Donovan Walton touched home on an errant throw in the ninth to give the Angels<\/a> a walk-off 2-1 win<\/a> at Angel Stadium and their first three-game sweep of the season.<\/p>\n With one out and runners on first and second in the ninth, third baseman Oswald Peraza grounded into a fielder\u2019s choice at second. Rangers second baseman Justin Foscue bobbled the ball and first baseman Jake Burger couldn\u2019t cleanly field his throw, allowing Walton to advance from second to score the game-winning run.<\/p>\n The Angels\u2019 dugout erupted as Walton scored.<\/p>\n \u201cThat was amazing,\u201d Peraza said. \u201cI went up there and just put the ball in play, and not trying too much. I\u2019m happy for the sweep. And yeah, amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n Angels box score<\/a> <\/p>\n MLB standings<\/a> <\/p>\n Big win for UCLA baseball<\/p>\n The UCLA comeback kings are Big Ten tournament champions.<\/p>\n A clutch hit by Aidan Espinoza and two reviews fueled the No. 1 Bruins\u2019 rally for a dramatic 3-2 win over Oregon in 11 innings in the Big Ten tournament title game Sunday in Omaha, Neb.<\/p>\n UCLA rallied for wins during all three of its Big Ten tournament games and has earned 28 comeback wins this season.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m just glad we won,\u201d UCLA junior Mulivai Levu said during a postgame interview on the Big Ten Network. \u201cIt was a team effort today. Everyone did their job. Once again, we came from behind and did it.\u201d<\/p>\n Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n UCLA\u2019s Megan Grant is making history<\/p>\n From Mirjam Swanson<\/a>: The power of power, you know?<\/p>\n The power of friendship, the power of persuasion. Power of positive thinking, power at the plate.<\/p>\n Megan Grant\u2019s<\/a> power.<\/p>\n If there\u2019s one thing in American sports that\u2019s going to get people to sit up, lean forward and engage, it\u2019s the home run. We all dig the long ball.<\/p>\n If anything can get someone to run home and turn on a softball game, it\u2019s a big-time slugger from a big-time school mashing homers like nobody before.<\/p>\n Heard about Grant? She\u2019s the UCLA<\/a> softball player who\u2019s hit an NCAA-record 40 home runs (so far) this season.<\/p>\n Forty! In 147 at-bats! That\u2019s a home run every 3.68 at-bats!<\/p>\n If you\u2019re wondering, Mark McGwire<\/a> hit a home run every 7.3 at-bats in 1998, the year he finished with 70. And Barry Bonds<\/a> went deep every 6.52 at-bats in 2001, when he hit his MLB-record 73 home runs.<\/p>\n Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n LAFC shuts out Seattle<\/p>\n Timothy Tillman scored in the 86th minute, his first goal in more than two years, Thomas Hasal had five saves, and LAFC beat the Seattle Sounders 1-0 on Sunday<\/a> night in the final MLS match before the 2026 World Cup break.<\/p>\n LAFC (7-5-3<\/a>) ended a three-game losing streak and a four-game winless stretch.<\/p>\n LAFC<\/a> has won six straight and is 9-0-1 at home against the Sounders in the regular season. Seattle has two wins at BMO Stadium in the MLS Cup playoffs, most recently a 2-1 victory in extra time to advance to the 2024 Western Conference final.<\/p>\n Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n LAFC coach Marc Dos Santos hopes to restore attacking identity after World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n LAFC summary<\/a> <\/p>\n MLS standings<\/a> <\/p>\n This day in sports history<\/p>\n 1935 \u2014 Legendary American athlete Jesse Owens equals or breaks four world records in 45 minutes at a Big Ten meet at Ferry Field in Ann Arbor, Michigan; remembered as \u201cthe greatest 45 minutes ever in sport\u201d.<\/p>\n 1948 \u2014 Ben Hogan wins the PGA championship, beating Mike Turnesa in the final round, 7 and 6.<\/p>\n 1965 \u2014 Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston a minute into the first round in the controversial rematch for Ali\u2019s heavyweight title. Listed as the fastest knockout in a heavyweight title bout, Liston goes down on a short right-hand punch.<\/p>\n 1967 \u2014 European Cup Final, Est\u00e1dio Nacional, Lisbon: Glasgow Celtic beats Internazionale, 2-1; first British team to win the Cup.<\/p>\n 1972 \u2014 Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander.<\/p>\n 1975 \u2014 The Golden State Warriors become the third team to sweep the NBA finals, beating the Washington Bullets 96-95 on Butch Beard\u2019s foul shot with 9 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n 1977 \u2014 21st European Cup: Liverpool beats Borussia Monchengladbach 3-1 at Rome.<\/p>\n 1978 \u2014 The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Game 6 for their third straight Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n 1980 \u2014 Johnny Rutherford wins his third Indianapolis 500 in seven years and becomes the first driver to win twice from the pole position.<\/p>\n 1983 \u2014 27th European Cup: Hamburg beats Juventus 1-0 at Athens.<\/p>\n 1987 \u2014 Herve Filion becomes the first harness racing driver to win 10,000 races. Filion reaches the milestone driving Commander Bond to victory in the third race at Yonkers Raceway.<\/p>\n 1988 \u2014 32nd European Cup: PSV Eindhoven beats Benfica (0-0, 6-5 on penalties) at Stuttgart.<\/p>\n 1989 \u2014 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens, 4-2 to win series 4 games to 2; Flames\u2019 first SC title.<\/p>\n 1991 \u2014 The Pittsburgh Penguins, led by Mario Lemieux, win the Stanley Cup for the first time with an 8-0 rout of the Minnesota North Stars.<\/p>\n 1998 \u2014 Princeton punctuates its claim as one of college lacrosse\u2019s great programs by beating Maryland 15-5 for its third straight NCAA Division I title and fifth in seven years.<\/p>\n 2002 \u2014 Boston sets an NBA record, overcoming a 21-point fourth-quarter deficit in a 94-90 win over New Jersey. The Celtics outscore the Nets 41-16 in the quarter.<\/p>\n 2003 \u2014 Juli Inkster shoots a 10-under 62 \u2014 tying the lowest final-round score by a winner in LPGA Tour history \u2014 to beat Lorie Kane by four strokes in the LPGA Corning Classic.<\/p>\n 2005 \u2014 13th UEFA Champions League Final: Liverpool beats Milan (3-3, 3-2 on penalties).<\/p>\n 2007 \u2014 Bjarne Riis is the first Tour de France winner to admit using performance-enhancing drugs to win the sport\u2019s premier race, further eroding cycling\u2019s credibility after a series of doping confessions. His admission means the top three finishers in the 1996 Tour are linked to doping \u2014 with two admitting to cheating.<\/p>\n 2008 \u2014 Seven crashes and spinouts mar the first Indianapolis 500 since the two warring open-wheel series (CART and IRL) came together under the IndyCar banner. Scott Dixon stays ahead of the trouble to win the race.<\/p>\n 2008 \u2014 Senior PGA Championship, Oak Hill CC: Jay Haas wins his second title in the event by 1 stroke from Germany\u2019s Bernhard Langer.<\/p>\n 2009 \u2014 Syracuse rallies from a three-goal deficit in the final 3:37 of regulation to beat Cornell 10-9 and win its second straight and unprecedented 11th NCAA lacrosse title.<\/p>\n 2013 \u2014 UEFA Champions League Final, London: Arjen Robben scores twice as Bayern Munich beats Borussia Dortmund, 2-1 in first all-German final.<\/p>\n 2014 \u2014 Senior PGA Championship, GC at Shore Harbor: Colin Montgomerie of Scotland wins first of 3 Champions Tour majors by 4 strokes from Tom Watson.<\/p>\n Compiled by the Associated Press<\/p>\n This day in baseball history<\/p>\n 1906 \u2014 Jesse Tannehill\u2019s 3-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox snapped a 20-game losing streak \u2014 19 at home \u2014 for the Boston Red Sox.<\/p>\n 1935 \u2014 Babe Ruth, winding up his career with the Boston Braves, hit three homers and a single at Pittsburgh, but the Pirates won 11-7. Ruth connected once off Red Lucas and twice off Guy Bush.<\/p>\n 1941 \u2014 Boston\u2019s Ted Williams raised his batting average over .400 for the first time during the season. Williams finished the season batting. 406.<\/p>\n 1951 \u2014 Willie Mays, a highly touted rookie for the Giants, went 0-for-5 in his debut against the Philadelphia Phillies.<\/p>\n 1982 \u2014 Ferguson Jenkins became the seventh pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters in the Chicago Cubs\u2019 2-1 loss at San Diego. Jenkins reached the milestone by striking out Garry Templeton in the third inning.<\/p>\n 2001 \u2014 Kerry Wood of the Chicago Cubs gave up one hit and struck out 14 in a 1-0 win over the Brewers. Wood took a no-hit bid into the seventh before giving up a leadoff single to Mark Loretta.<\/p>\n 2001 \u2014 Hideo Nomo of the Boston Red Sox tossed a one-hitter and struck out 14 in a 4-0 win over Toronto. Nomo faced one batter over the minimum of 27, giving up a leadoff double in the fourth to Shannon Stewart.<\/p>\n 2002 \u2014 Shawn Green of the Dodgers homered twice in a 10-5 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, setting a major league record with seven homers in his last three games.<\/p>\n 2005 \u2014 The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2-1, in 12 innings, as manager Tony La Russa wins his 823rd game with the Cardinals, passing Whitey Herzog for second place on the franchise list. La Russa is 218 victories behind Cardinals leader Red Schoendienst.<\/p>\n 2009 \u2014 Jim Thome passes Mike Schmidt for 13th on the all-time home run list, as the White Sox thump the Angels, 17-3.<\/p>\n 2009 \u2014 Cleveland rallied from a 10-0 deficit in the fourth as Victor Martinez\u2019s two-out, two-run single in the ninth capped a seven-run inning and lifted the Indians to an 11-10 victory over Tampa Bay. The Indians became the first team in the majors to win after trailing by 10 runs since the Texas Rangers rallied to beat the Detroit Tigers 16-15 on May 8, 2004.<\/p>\n 2011 \u2014 Andruw Jones hit a pair of two-run homers, Mark Teixeira also hit a two-run shot and Mariano Rivera made a milestone appearance in New York\u2019s 7-3 victory over Toronto. Rivera pitched the ninth inning in a non-save situation, the 1,000th game he\u2019s played for the Yankees. The 11-time All-Star closer became the first player in major league history to reach the plateau for one team and the 15th to make it overall. Jones homered in the second inning and Teixeira in the third off Jo-Jo Reyes, who matched a major league record by making his 28th consecutive start without a win.<\/p>\n 2011 \u2014 Infielder Wilson Valdez wound up as the winning pitcher when the Philadelphia Phillies needed 19 innings to outlast the Cincinnati Reds 5-4. Valdez threw a hitless 19th inning in his first pro pitching appearance. He became the first position player to become a winning pitcher since Colorado catcher Brent Mayne on Aug. 22, 2000.<\/p>\n 2012 \u2014 Nelson Cruz hit a grand slam and tied his career high with eight RBIs, Josh Hamilton hit his 19th home run of the season and the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 14-3. Cruz\u2019s grand slam came in the seventh inning and gave Texas a 14-1 lead. He also had a three-run double in the first and an RBI single in the sixth.<\/p>\n 2013 \u2014 Angel Pagan became the first San Francisco player to end a game with an inside-the-park homer, connecting with a runner aboard in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Giants a 6-5 victory over Colorado. The last major leaguer to hit an inside-the-park home run that ended a game was Rey Sanchez for Tampa Bay on June 11, 2004 \u2014 also in a 10-inning victory over Colorado.<\/p>\n 2014 \u2014 Josh Beckett of the Dodgers records the first no-hitter of the year by blanking the Phillies, 6-0. It is the first no-hitter by a Dodgers pitcher since Hideo Nomo pitched one in 1996, and the first nine-inning no-hitter by an opposing pitcher in Philadelphia since Bill Stoneman of the Montreal Expos back in 1969.<\/p>\n 2019 \u2014 The Padres set a franchise record with seven homers in a 19-4 win over the Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre. Wil Myers and Hunter Renfroe hit two each while Austin Hedges blasts a grand slam off Edwin Jackson. Cal Quantrill is the beneficiary of this power display as he records his first career victory a short distance from his hometown of Port Hope, Canada, while another local boy, Josh Naylor from Mississauga, Canada, collects his first three big league hits for the Padres in the game.<\/p>\n 2021 \u2014 By working home plate in a game between the Cardinals and White Sox, Joe West sets a new career record with 5,376 games as an umpire, passing Bill Klem, whose last game was in 1941.<\/p>\n 2022 \u2014 Anaheim City Council votes unanimously to cancel the sale of Angel Stadium and surrounding land to Los Angeles Angels owner Arte Moreno, after the resignation of Mayor Bill Sidhu on corruption charges a few days earlier. The $350-million sale had been agreed in December 2019 but not yet finalized, and was at the center of an FBI investigation that led to accusations that Sidhu had provided insider information to the team and in return demanded kickbacks in the form of campaign contributions. The city council members are now no longer convinced that the proposed deal reflects the city\u2019s best interests, and are willing to risk a breach of contract lawsuit from Moreno in order to examine a potential deal again, starting from scratch.<\/p>\n Compiled by the Associated Press<\/p>\n Until next time…<\/p>\n That concludes today\u2019s newsletter. If you have any feedback, ideas for improvement or things you\u2019d like to see, email me at houston.mitchell@latimes.com<\/a>. To get this newsletter in your inbox, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n