KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez hit a solo home run with two outs in the eighth inning, lifting the Kansas City Royals over the Texas Rangers 4-3.
Perez hit his eighth homer, sending a pitch from Keone Kela (4-2) into the Royals’ bullpen.
Wade Davis (3-1) picked up the victory, working around Prince Fielder’s double in the eighth. Greg Holland pitched a perfect ninth for his ninth save in 10 opportunities.
DENVER (AP) — Adeiny Hechavarria hit a two-out homer in the 10th inning, lifting the Miami Marlins to a 3-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday.
Hechavarria drove a slider from reliever Boone Logan (0-2) into the trees in straightaway center field. It was Hechavarria’s first homer since April 25.
Marcell Ozuna had a two-out, two-run single in the first inning to help the Marlins take two of three in the series.
Carlos Gonzalez tied the game at 2 in the seventh with a solo homer. The Rockies had a chance in the ninth with two outs and runners on first and second, but Sam Dyson (3-2) got pinch-hitter Ben Paulsen to ground out.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Police have arrested an 89-year-old California man on a murder charge in connection with the death of his elderly wife.
The Sacramento Sheriff’s Department says Masaharu Ono was booked Friday into the Sacramento County Jail on a single count of murder after sheriff’s deputies were called to the couple’s apartment and found his 83-year-old wife’s body.
The Sacramento Bee reports (https://bit.ly/1FFvvkl) Ono reported finding his wife dead inside the Sacramento home. Authorities say that after an investigation it was determined the 83-year-old woman had injuries that contributed to her death and were suspicious in nature.
The department says investigators determined that Ono was responsible for the killing.
The Sacramento coroner’s office identified the victim as Hiroko Ono.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A 49-year-old Grand Island man has been charged Friday in Hall County Court with seven counts of sexual assault on a child.
The man was in Hall County Court on Friday, when his bond was set at $100,000. He remained jailed Saturday.
Prosecutors say the man had sexual contact with a child younger than 14 between 2002 and May of this year. He’s also charged with one count of first-degree sexual assault of a child for raping a child younger than 12 sometime between February 2009 and February 2011.
His preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 27.
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RAYMOND, Neb. (AP) — A barn north of Raymond owned by a Lincoln man has burned down.
No one was injured in the fire that occurred early Friday morning.
The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office says nobody was inside. The building, worth about $61,000, was a total loss.
A sheriff’s office report says a witness saw the barn fully engulfed in flames at 6:29 a.m.
Sgt. Michael Scriven says the barn contained 10 guns, a 1993 Honda Accord, a 1951 Studebaker Land Cruiser, tools, a gun safe and beer-making equipment.
The State Fire Marshal’s office did not immediately determine the cause of the fire, but Scriven said there was a lot of lightning near the barn Friday morning.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Prosecutors say two boys, ages 2 and 4, were caged “like animals” in their northwest Omaha home while their parents were at work.
33-year-old Martha Navarro and 37-year-old Venancio Vazquez have been charged with three counts of child abuse. They remained jailed Saturday and could not be reached for comment.
Police found the boys Wednesday, naked and locked in a room with no food or water in their parents’ mobile home. They were found after their 9-year-old sister told school officials the boys were locked in a room and left alone all day.
Police said the room smelled of urine and had feces on the floor.
Navarro was convicted of misdemeanor child neglect in 2013 for leaving the two boys home alone.
DENVER (AP) — Wilin Rosario homered twice and Carlos Gonzalez hit a three-run shot to back the solid pitching of Chris Rusin, and the Colorado Rockies shrugged off another rain delay at Coors Field to beat the Miami Marlins 10-5 Saturday.
Thunder showers delayed the game’s start for 71 minutes, the 13th time this season a game in Denver has been postponed or delayed by weather. Colorado has had a total of 15 hours, 40 minutes, of rain delays at home this season.
Once the weather cleared, the Rockies came out swinging, putting together a four-run inning in the first and a five-run inning in the fourth, when Rosario and Gonzalez teamed up to hit the first back to back home runs by the Rockies this season.
Rusin (2-0), claimed off waivers from the Chicago Cubs last September, allowed two runs on seven hits in seven innings in winning for the first time in his last 10 starts dating to Aug. 14, 2013.
NEW YORK (AP) — At long last, a Triple Crown!
American Pharoah ended a record 37-year drought without a Triple Crown winner by soaring to victory in the Belmont Stakes on a historic Saturday in front of 90,000 cheering fans.
The brilliant 3-year-old colt seized the lead from the start and fought off every one of his seven challengers, and made no doubt he was worthy of Triple Crown glory by refusing to wilt in the final quarter-mile of the 1 1/2-mile “Test of the Champion.”
What a win for the record books. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert failed on three previous Triple Crown attempts, and jockey Victor Espinoza was 0 for 2 in Triple attempts, including last year with California Chrome.
A roar from the crowd went up as soon as American Pharoah came around the far turn, and it Belmont Park was rocking when the colt came barreling down the stretch.
American Pharoah, who won the Kentucky Derby on May 2 and the Preakness on May 16, won by 5 1/2 lengths over Frosted.
“He’s just a great horse,” Baffert said. “It takes a great horse to do it.”
The winning time was 2:26.65.
“I’m thrilled,” said Penny Chenery, the 93-year-old owner of 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat, who was in a private box at Belmont. To owner Ahmed Zayat, she said, “Welcome.”
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Wandy Rodriguez pitched seven strong innings and the Texas Rangers defeated the Kansas City Royals 4-2 Saturday for their seventh win in eight games.
Texas has won six straight series for the first time since 2012. The AL champion Royals have lost nine of 11.
Rodriguez (3-2), a 36-year-old lefty who signed with the Rangers in early April after Atlanta released him in spring training, gave up one run and six hits. He walked none and struck out four.
Yordano Ventura (3-5) continued to struggle early, allowing four runs in the first two innings.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska and Iowa residents are bracing for the possibility of more bad weather this weekend.
The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for both states through Saturday night and into Sunday morning for eastern Iowa.
The weather service says the highest potential for severe storms is in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.
The service reports that atmospheric instability and wind shear could lead to scattered super cell thunderstorms in that region late Saturday afternoon. The main hazards with the system are large hail, damaging winds and heavy rain in areas that have already seen some flooding.
The service says tornadoes will be possible with the strongest storms.
