Houston Chronicle - Vol. 122 No. 310 (19 Aug 2023)
Houston Chronicle - Vol. 122 No. 310 (19 Aug 2023)
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Hawaii
official
who kept
sirens off
resigns
By Bobby Caina Calvan,
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher
and Christopher Weber
AS S O C I ATE D P RE S S
LAHAINA, Hawaii — An
emergency official who defend-
ed a decision to not sound out-
door alert sirens on Maui as a fe-
rocious fire raged has resigned.
Herman Andaya, administra-
tor of the Maui Emergency Man-
agement Agency, had said this
week that he had no regrets
about not deploying the system
because he feared it could have
caused people to go “mauka,” a
Hawaiian term that can mean
toward the mountains or inland.
“If that was the case, then
they would have gone into the
fire,” Andaya explained. He
Raquel Natalicchio/Staff photographer stepped down Thursday, one
Officers used the Rook, a bulldozerlike machine with an extendable arm, to tear openings into a home in the 11500 block of day after his comments.
Silhouette Ridge in northeast Harris County in order to apprehend Terran Green, 34, who had barricaded himself there. The decision to not use the si-
rens, coupled with water short-
A&M site
Man faces attempted murder charges in shootings that injured 4 officers
will focus
on moon’s
By Matt deGrood, for their professionalism,
Nicole Hensley their commitment and dedica-
and John Wayne Ferguson tion, and for their restraint,”
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Neighbor sought in
sex assault, killing
of Pasadena girl, 11
By Matt deGrood history of ar-
and John Wayne Ferguson rests in Harris
STA F F WRI TERS County.
Garcia-Ro-
The Pasadena Police De- driguez and the
partment is asking for the Gonzalezes are
public’s help to find an 18-year- originally from
old Guatemalan day laborer Maria Guatemala, of-
and neighbor who could be ficials said. Ma-
tied to the death of 11-year-old ria and her father had lived in
Maria Gonzalez. Pasadena for about four
The man, Juan Carlos Gar- months.
cia-Rodriguez, was last seen at It’s not clear what Garcia-
the Main Village apartment Rodriguez’s immigration sta-
complex on Monday, Police tus was.
Chief Josh Bruegger said. Police interviewed Garcia-
Police on Friday stopped Rodriguez on Saturday and
Jason Fochtman/Staff photographer short of calling Garcia-Rodri- took a DNA sample from him
Antonio Armstrong Jr. is declared indigent Friday. He was found guilty of capital murder and guez a suspect in Maria’s sexu- as part of the early canvassing
has gone to trial three times in the 2016 killings of his parents. His lawyers may seek a retrial. al assault and strangulation of neighbors after Maria’s
but revealed that detectives body was found. He was one of
Powerful
Hurricane
Hilary aims
at Mexico’s
Baja region
By Mark Stevenson
and Julie Watson
AS S OC IAT E D PRE SS
OPINION
Chris Fusco Lisa Falkenberg
I N T ER I M E D I TO R-I N-C H I E F V P/ E D I TO R O F O P I N I O N
Jack Sweeney
F o u n d e d 1 9 0 1 • A H e a r s t N e w s pa p e r C H A I R MA N
Jennifer Chang Raj Mankad
Nancy A. Meyer • PUBLIS H ER & PR E SI D EN T M ANAGI N G E D I TO R D E P U TY O P I N I O N E D I TO R
EDITORIAL
Thumbs: Who
needs
Hollywood?
Hollywood writers may be on pages of evidence revealing how hard
strike, but anybody famished for Paxton worked to hide his misdeeds,
theatrics needn’t fear. Multi-talented which include interference in the
Houston ISD Superintendent Mike criminal investigations of his bestie
Miles is here. Before the curtain rises and generous campaign donor, real
on his state-ordered takeover of Texas’ estate investor Nate Paul. Looks like
largest school district, Miles already Paxton picked up some super sly tac-
starred in a musical about how his tics from the bad guys he’s supposed
plan will save public education. The to be prosecuting as AG: he used
performance, both dazzling and crin- burner phones and an Uber account
gy, capped a week of headlines about, under the name “Dave P” to be “fer-
of all things, a week-long teacher ried to his lover’s or Paul’s properties AREA 51
training conference. Thousands of more than a dozen times.” When Tex-
teachers, packed into too few sessions as’ top cop provides material like this,
and hangry as they worked through who needs scriptwriters anyway?
lunch, suddenly found themselves in a Then again, couldn’t he come up with
crowd crush as they vied for limited a better pseudonym? How about
seating in required trainings. Safety something like Anthony Weiner’s
concerns ultimately drew the fire sexting alias, “Carlos Danger!”
marshal and police. That’s one way to After the shooting of a Harris
demonstrate how not to manage a County sheriff’s deputy led to a
classroom. Then, at the final convoca- house where the alleged gunman
tion, the surprise theatri- wounded three more
cal extravaganza featured officers Thursday night,
Miles alongside talented
students belting out “I
Miles’ musical, the police used a drone
and a robotic dog to
Dreamed a Dream” from Paxton’s TV enter the property. Fi-
“Les Miserables” and “For
Good” from “Wicked.”
trial provide nally they tore through
the walls with two bull-
We’ve got to give Miles enough dozer-like machines
some credit. Horrible
corporate skits are a part
entertainment. called The Rook until
the suspect surrendered.
of life — at least his had The house, now gouged
good production values. and gaping, its bedroom
Thanks, that is, to fine arts teachers, a and laundry area spilling into public Getty Images
group Miles has deemed non-essential view, resembles a Havel and Ruck Despite decades of UFO sightings and conspiracy theories, the author says
and worthy of lower salaries than sculpture, except without the artful the infamous Area 51 was the testing ground for the Cold War U-2
their ’rithmetic and reading col- reimagining. “It really was something reconnaissance plane and other military technology.
leagues. Oh, the irony, some of the just out of the movies, seeing how they
Military historian
teachers pointed out! Comfort Azagi- operated when things came toward
di, a theater student, took to TikTok to the end,” Harris County Sheriff Ed
express embarrassment over partici- Gonzalez said. For folks on social
pating in a “propaganda play” and told media expressing dismay over the
the Chronicle she felt “tricked.” In the
show, Miles poked fun at himself, and
at everybody’s favorite punching bag:
property damage, we suggest they put
themselves in the shoes of the police
officers and their families as well as explains the truth
behind the secrets
journalists. In one scene, students the neighbors who could have been
playing reporters ask Miles, “why injured in a guns-blazing scenario.
don’t you like children?” and “why are Thank you to the officers who put
you getting rid of the playgrounds?” their lives at risk for the rest of us and
After he responds that he likes chil- we hope for full recoveries for all. By Christopher McKnight Nichols “More Flying Objects Seen in Clark
dren and isn’t getting rid of play- Turns out the Legislature isn’t T H E C O N V ER SAT I O N Sky,” read the June 17, 1959, headline in
grounds, the reporters keep pestering just going after booksellers and the Reno Evening Gazette newspaper.
him and twisting his words. Then he school libraries in its quest to save One of the reasons people can never Reports such as this one of unidenti-
tips his sunglasses down, channels his children from being exposed to any- be entirely sure about what is going on fied flying objects in the 1950s and
inner Army Ranger and says, “Ask me thing more sexual than a biology text- at Area 51 is that it is a highly classi- 1960s fueled controversy and attention
about playgrounds one more time.” Of book diagram. One bill the governor fied secret military facility. It was not for Area 51. When the government
course the most effective way to shut signed into law requires pornographic until 2013 that the U.S. government does not tell the public the full truth,
down the skeptics’ incessant question- sites to verify users are over 18. We even acknowledged the existence and no matter the reasons, secrets can lead
ing is for Miles to deliver on his prom- have to say we like the idea — for kids. name “Area 51.” to wild speculation.
ises. Turn the district around, Mr. When mom and dad shell out hun- This information came out as part Area 51 remains off-limits to civilian
Miles, without crushing the morale of dreds of bucks for their pre-teens’ of a broader set of documents released and regular military air traffic. The 68
teachers and students, and we’ll write phones, it’s not to give them instant through a Freedom of Information Act years of government secrecy has
you a musical ourselves. It’ll be better access to endless hardcore fetish vid- request that made public formerly helped to amplify suspicions, spec-
than “Barbie.” eos. Adults might have some com- classified CIA information about the ulation and conspiracy theories in-
In the meantime, Austin will be plaints. Nothing kills the mood like historical development and testing of cluding crashed alien spaceships,
delivering some must-see reality scanning your driver’s license and the U-2 spy plane. The information space aliens being experimented on,
TV with live broadcasts of the im- uploading it to a sketchy website. No also revealed where it was tested: and even space aliens working at Area
peachment trial of suspended Repub- surprise Pornhub sued over the law Area 51. 51.
lican Attorney General Ken Paxton in saying it violates free speech protec- As a national security historian, I There are much simpler explana-
less than three weeks. Unless, that is, tions. Now, we squeaky clean individ- know there’s a long history of secrets tions for what witnesses have seen
his defense lawyer Tony Buzbee man- uals have never looked at a porn site at Area 51. I also know that none of near Area 51 than anything involving
ages to win a motion to dismiss the ourselves, but we’ve heard that it’s a those secrets have anything to do with aliens.
charges before the trial even gets un- little different than the free speech we space aliens. After all, the public now knows
derway. (Buzbee, by the way, is the publish. When Louisiana passed a The base commonly referred to as about what was being tested at Area
same former Houston mayoral candi- similar law, Pornhub pulled out of the Area 51 is located in a remote area of 51, and when. For example, as U-2 and
date who used wheelbarrows of horse state. Apparently Texas is too big a southern Nevada, roughly 100 miles other test flights increased in the 1950s
manure as props to signify corruption market to give up that easily. The new from Las Vegas. It is in the middle of and 1960s, so did local sightings of
at City Hall. We wonder if anybody law also requires large print warnings the Nevada National Security Site, UFOs. In fact, many UFO sightings
will return the favor outside the Texas that pornography “desensitizes brain which is inside the larger Nellis Air match almost exactly with dates and
Capitol during Paxton’s trial.) Voters, reward circuits, increases conditioned Force Range. The airfield at Area 51 is times of flights of then-classified ex-
Buzbee argues, returned Paxton to responses and weakens brain func- called Homey Airport, and the overall perimental aircraft. And we know that
office already aware of the corruption tion.” Somehow, they left out the part facility is often referred to as Groom more recently classified drone and
allegations against him and he’s pro- about blindness and hair growing on Lake. other aerial surveillance and military
tected by the Texas Constitution from the palms of your hands. Of course, In the early years of the Cold War, technologies have been tested at the
charges for anything that predates his kids will probably find a way around the U.S. and Soviet Union sought new site.
election — which Buzbee creatively the new law. “Retro” pinups under the technological developments. A key In the end, there is no reason to
construes to mean only the most re- mattress or, hey, maybe they can get part of not fighting another world war think that anything other than earthly
cent election. In response, the House tips from Paxton on how to prowl the was, and still is, developing surveil- technologies have been behind the
impeachment officers dropped 4,000 darkest corners of the web. lance technologies that can spy on the strange sights and sounds at Area 51.
enemy. This meant that both the sur-
Schools veillance information and the tech- Christopher McKnight Nichols, a profes-
chief Mike nology to get it were closely held na- sor of history, is the Hayes Chair in Na-
Miles tional security secrets. tional Security Studies at Ohio State
performs Central to all this was the U.S.’s U-2 University.
in a spy plane. It could fly higher than
musical most airplanes and was made to travel
during the over targets all around the world to
livestream take high-resolution photographs and BIBLE VERSE
of the measurements. Area 51 was selected in He heals the brokenhearted and binds
HISD 1955 to test the U-2 in part because its up their wounds.
Convo- remote location could help keep the
cation at plane secret. Psalm 147:3
NRG
Center.
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Cooper’s hawk?
Photos by Kathy Adams Clark/Contributor
Or is it a
the size of a blue jay, compared to the
two common crow-sized Cooper’s hawk. But be
careful in judging size because a
Houston predators female sharp-shinned may appear
the same size as a male Cooper’s.
By Gary Clark Here are some easier clues:
sharp-shinned?
C O R R E S P ONDE NT • A sharp-shinned hawk has
pencil-thin legs, while a Cooper’s
“What kind of hawk is this that’s hawk has noticeably thick legs.
eating my birds?” That’s a recent • The sharp-shinned hawk has a
question from a reader. And it’s not small, rounded head with a gray cap
uncommon. Sometimes readers extending from the crown to the
attach phone pics of the predatory nape. The Cooper’s hawk has a large,
birds. block-shaped head with a dark cap
These hawks are usually either contrasting with a pale nape.
sharp-shinned hawks or Cooper’s • When perched, the tail tip of a
hawks. Both consume a primary diet sharp-shinned appears squared off,
of small birds, with a secondary diet while the Cooper’s has a rounded tail
of small mammals. tip. Both have white bands at the tail
They rarely breed in Texas but tip, but the white band of a Cooper’s
become relatively common in our is usually broader.
area as northern breeding popula- • The flight profile of a sharp-
tions migrate here for the winter. shinned is like a flying “T” because
They’re apex predators, meaning the head seems level with the leading
they’re carnivores at the top of the edge of the wings. The flight profile
food chain with few natural preda- of a Cooper’s hawk is like a flying
tors, aside from humans, to attack cross with the head extending be-
them. We may not like it when one yond the leading edge of the wings.
of the hawks grabs a songbird out of Here’s a quick way to identify
our yard, but give them credit for young birds: The juvenile sharp-
hunting their own food. shinned hawk’s underside has coarse
We’re also apex predators, al- streaking extending under the belly.
though aside from hunters and an- A juvenile Cooper’s underside has
glers, we don’t kill animals for food. relatively thin streaking that fades at
We instead buy our meat neatly the belly.
cleaned and packaged at the grocery
store. Email Gary Clark at Texasbirder@com-
Distinguishing a sharp-shinned cast.net. He is the author of “Book of
hawk from a Cooper’s hawk can be Texas Birds,” with photography by
frustrating when one is perched in a Kathy Adams Clark (Texas A&M Uni-
tree or on a backyard fence. But we Sharp-shinned hawks have a squared-off tail. While in flight, the bird’s head seems level versity Press).
do have clues for identifying them. with the leading edge of its wings.
HAWKS
• Cooper’s and sharp-shinned
hawks are in the genus Accipiter,
which includes the northern
goshawk that rarely shows up in
Texas.
• Cooper’s hawk was named for
American zoologist William
Cooper (1798–1864), but early
poultry farmers gave it the folk
name “chicken hawk.”
• Cooper’s hawks rarely prey on
free-ranging poultry, instead, they
mainly eat songbirds.
• The sharp-shinned hawk was
named for the ridges on its lower
legs, which resemble human shin
bones. Birders often shorten the
name to “sharpie.”
• The bird carries the folk name
“sparrowhawk,” although it preys
Cooper’s hawks can be seen in neighborhood backyards where on a variety of songbirds, not just Sharp-shinned hawks can often be confused with Cooper’s
they feed on songbirds and small mammals. house sparrows. hawks. Both feed on birds and small rodents.
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FILM REVIEW
DINING
Tin Drum
Asian Kitchen opens
first Texas location
By Greg Morago Tin Drum to this world-class
STA F F WRIT E R city,” said founder and CEO
Steven Chan. “The food scene
After a lengthy drumroll, a here is authentic and genuine.
new Hong Kong-inspired restau- The people are fantastic and
rant from Atlanta has finally inclusive of all walks of life and
arrived in Houston. cuisines. You can see why so
Tin Drum Asian Kitchen, many are drawn here. What an
which announced its first Hous- incredible patchwork quilt of
ton location before the pandem- cultures and personalities. Our
ic, is now open at 1111 Shepherd, Houston partners, Shairoz and
just off the Washington Corri- Avez Maredia, first experienced
dor. Serving a menu of pan- Tin Drum as college students in
Asian fare in a modern café Atlanta and are very excited to
setting, Tin Drum brings togeth- share the food with their friends
er flavors from Japan, China, and family.”
Thailand, India, Vietnam, Korea The menu, described as a
and Singapore, specializing in “greatest hits” list from Asian
stir-fries, wok-tossed noodles, cuisines, begins with street
soups, street snacks and boba snacks such as Tokyo-style Becca Wright
teas. crinkle fries, pot stickers, crab Tin Drum Asian Kitchen, a new pan-Asian restaurant just off the Washington Corridor, features
Set in a 2,200-square-foot Rangoon, spring rolls and miso dishes that reflect the flavors of Japan, China, Thailand, India, Vietnam, Korea and Singapore.
space on the ground floor of an and coconut soups. A variety of
apartment building, the restau- wings (with flavors such as variety of flavors and toppings. porean chow mein, tikka masa- teas, Vietnamese coffee and icy
rant, with 12 locations in the tikka masala, sriracha, orange Made-to-order stir-fry dishes, la, Taiwanese garlic noodles, slushee drinks.
metro Atlanta area, is the chain’s pepper, sesame, mango chili, cooked in 1,000-degree woks in Bangkok sweet chili noodles, Tin Drum Asian Kitchen is
first in Texas. teriyaki, and sweet and sour) an open kitchen, are at the heart Chinatown-style lo mein and open 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday-
“As a longtime admirer of follows, as well as ramen bowls of the menu. The options in- Thai fried rice. There’s also a Thursday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-
Houston, it’s a privilege to bring (soba or ramen noodles) with a clude pad Thai noodles, Singa- boba bar serving fruit teas, milk Saturday.
COMMUNITY
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Today’s Birthday (Aug. 19). You are a seri- Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH For two and
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because your image is important to you. You sign. This starts this morning (see the Moon
give meticulous attention to details. Alert), and when this happens, you will be
Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or making im- more emotional. Tonight: See friends.
portant decisions from 4:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Despite the
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urday, and you’re in the mood for fun! Grab details about your private life today. Do
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Conversations! some damage control. Meanwhile, if you
Cancer (June 21-July 22) HHH It’s been a can make travel plans, this will please you
busy time for you recently, which makes because you’re eager to discover new things.
this weekend the perfect time to cocoon at Tonight: Check your finances.
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Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH This is an inter- weekend you want to shake things up!
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HAGAR THE HORRIBLE with the Sun and Venus in your sign. How- You want adventure, excitement and a
ever, today and tomorrow, you will observe chance to learn something new. Tonight:
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Dear Abby: I’ve been in work out a compromise. But unless this
a relationship with a won- man can accept you for who you are and
derful man for two years. refrain from trying to change you, keep
He’s a minister. He and him as a friend and nothing more.
his late wife used to travel
all over the world spread- Dear Abby: I’m a gay man who has been
ing the word. I’m from a in a relationship with “Jake” for 42 years.
less conservative, more We have had many difficult relationship
spiritual background. I at- challenges, but we have always stayed
tend an all-denominational together and recently got married. Our
current issue is the thermostat. Jake is REX MORGAN, M.D.
church that accepts everyone. My views
on politics are also different from his. He cold when the temperature in the sum-
constantly quotes the Bible and believes mer is set lower than 75 degrees.
I’ll go to hell if I don’t follow the word of I suggest he use more covers or clothes
God daily. I was baptized Pentecostal at to stay warm since I cannot do anything
a young age, but that is not something I more than throw off all the covers and
lie there sweating. He insists I’m be-
believe anymore, and his constant preach- ing unreasonable for wanting to have a
ing is exhausting. cooler bedroom. I know sleep experts
I am a strong woman, and I have voiced recommend sleeping temperatures in the
how I feel about this. He’s the best man 60-degree range. I can deal with warmer
I’ve ever been with. He’s kind, consider- temps than that, but 75 is hot! How can I
ate, loving, helpful and loves my family. communicate that he can cover up to be
I am recovering from Guillain-Barre comfortable, while I cannot uncover any PHANTOM
syndrome, and he has helped me walk, more?
helped out in the business and has been Hot in South Carolina
so good to me. I am now mostly recovered,
and everything would be perfect except Dear Hot: You have already communi-
for politics and religion. Is there any hope cated rationally with your husband. Offer
for us? him the option of using a heating pad or
Discordant in Colorado a dual-control electric blanket to keep
himself warm at night. The other option
Dear Discordant: Successful relation- would be to sleep in separate bedrooms.
ships (and marriages) are based on You need your sleep, and so does he.
communication, mutual respect and When people are sleep-deprived, they are
boundaries. While some couples are able not their best selves, no matter what the
to negotiate around their political and reli- temperature is. ARGYLE SWEATER HOCUS FOCUS
gious differences, please remember these
are two topics that cause many marriages www.DearAbby.com
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By Bobby Wolff
to watch
bert Phillips Bowl, the English
mixed pivot teams champion-
ships.
When North did not put back
to four hearts, West led the
club queen against three no-
the Spanish class he teaches on the side so LEAD WITH THE ACES ANSWER: There is a case for
the Seattle Seahawks. Hallmark Channel, 7 p.m. Original Film repeating your spades, but some
Camila’s (Alexa PenaVega) busy work she can finally learn the language of her partnerships play that this ought
Stand Up to Cancer schedule has left her exhausted and with
little time for a life. When she meets Javi
late father. Sparks fly as Javi helps Camila
connect with her roots.
to show a six-card suit. Either
they would have to rebid two no-
Various Networks, 7 p.m. trump (which I abhor with two
small in an unbid suit) to show
This evening, during its eighth televised the 5-3-3-2 distribution, or they
CATCH A
fundraising special, Stand Up to Cancer cel- would distort their hand by rais-
ing clubs or inventing a diamond
ebrates 15 years of funding groundbreaking suit. I’d rebid spades if allowed
cancer research. Over the hourlong special,
entertainers from film, television, music and CLASSIC to — after all, facing a doubleton
honor, spades might be right.
more share the screen to help raise aware-
ness for the continued need for cancer re- Summer Under the Stars: ©2023 Dist. By Andrews McMeel Syndication for UFS
search to save lives. The event will air across
several broadcast and cable networks and
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AMERICAN LEAGUE Royals 4, Cubs 3 Braves 4, Giants 0 Twins 5, Pirates 1 Reds 1, Blue Jays 0
East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg. San Francisco AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Garcia 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Wade Jr. 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .256 Bae cf 4 0 2 0 1 1 .243 Merrifield 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .301
Baltimore 75 47 .615 — — 5-5 W-1 36-23 39-24 Duffy 3b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .269 a-Slater ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Reynolds dh 5 0 3 1 0 1 .270 Belt dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 .253
Tampa Bay 73 50 .593 2½ +5 ½ 6-4 W-1 40-22 33-28 Witt Jr. ss 4 2 2 2 0 1 .278 Camargo 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 Hayes 3b 4 0 0 0 1 2 .258 Guerrero Jr. 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .264
Massey 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Meckler cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .214 Suwinski lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .207 Biggio rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .223
Toronto 67 56 .545 8½ ½ 4-6 L-2 32-27 35-29 Perez 1b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .254 Flores dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .299 Davis rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .217 Chapman 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .253
Boston 64 58 .525 11 3 6-4 W-1 35-28 29-30 Melendez dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .235 Pederson lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .231 Rodríguez c 4 0 3 0 0 1 .253 Kirk c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .245
Fermin c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .299 Conforto rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .247 Peguero 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .247 Varsho lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .218
New York 60 62 .492 15 7 2-8 L-6 35-29 25-33 Waters rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .237 Davis 3b-1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .243 Rivas 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Espinal ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .216
Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Velázquez lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Bailey c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .264 Williams ss 2 1 1 0 1 1 .212 Kiermaier cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .271
Blanco lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Crawford ss 3 0 0 0 0 3 .194 c-Palacios ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Totals 30 0 3 0 2 7
Minnesota 64 59 .520 — — 5-5 W-1 35-25 29-34 Isbel cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .234 Estrada 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .271 Totals 34 1 9 1 3 13 Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Cleveland 59 64 .480 5 8 ½ 5-5 W-1 32-29 27-35 Totals 32 4 7 4 1 4 Totals 28 0 2 0 1 13 Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Friedl cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .275
Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Atlanta AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Julien dh 2 0 0 0 1 0 .290 McLain 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .301
Detroit 55 67 .451 8½ 12 6-4 L-1 26-33 29-34 Morel dh 4 0 0 1 1 1 .256 Acuña Jr. rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .334 a-Luplow ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .316 De La Cruz ss 2 0 0 0 2 1 .257
Chicago 48 74 .393 15 ½ 19 4-6 L-2 25-33 23-41 Hoerner 2b 4 0 3 1 1 1 .284 Harris II cf 5 1 4 1 0 0 .291 Lewis 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .340 Steer 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .268
Happ lf 4 0 1 0 1 3 .240 Riley 3b 4 0 1 1 1 2 .280 Kepler rf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .238 Votto 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .210
Kansas City 40 84 .323 24 ½ 28 4-6 W-1 23-40 17-44 Bellinger cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .323 Olson 1b 5 1 0 1 0 1 .271 Correa ss 2 1 0 0 2 2 .230 Encarnacion-Strand dh 4 1 1 1 0 2 .253
West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Swanson ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .251 Ozuna dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .246 Polanco 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .242 Stephenson c 2 0 1 0 1 1 .243
Gomes c 4 1 2 0 0 1 .269 Rosario lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .251 Wallner lf 3 1 1 0 0 2 .241 Benson rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .277
Texas 72 50 .590 — — 6-4 L-2 42-22 30-28 Suzuki rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .255 Murphy c 2 1 1 0 1 1 .278 b-Farmer ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .242 Fairchild lf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .234
Houston 70 53 .569 2½ +2 ½ 6-4 L-1 33-27 37-26 Candelario 3b-1b 2 0 1 1 2 1 .396 Arcia ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .280 Gallo lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185 Totals 28 1 4 1 5 10
Wisdom 1b 3 1 1 0 0 2 .199 Lopez 2b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .368 Solano 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .282 Toronto 000 000 000—0 3 0
Seattle 67 55 .549 5 — 7-3 W-4 34-28 33-27 a-Madrigal ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Totals 34 4 10 4 5 8 Vázquez c 4 1 2 0 0 1 .227
Cincinnati 000 000 001—1 4 0
Los Angeles 60 62 .492 12 7 4-6 W-1 31-28 29-34 Totals 35 3 10 3 5 13 San Francisco 000 000 000—0 2 0 Taylor cf 3 1 1 2 1 1 .216
Totals 33 5 10 5 4 11 One out when winning run scored.
Oakland 34 88 .279 38 33 2-8 L-1 18-42 16-46 Kansas City 001 102 000—4 7 1 Atlanta 210 001 00x—4 10 0 E—Chapman (9). LOB—Toronto 6, Cincinnati 7. 2B—Var-
Chicago 000 300 000—3 10 2 a-lined out for Wade Jr. in the 8th. Pittsburgh 000 000 100—1 9 0 sho (18). HR—Encarnacion-Strand (4), off Hicks.
NATIONAL LEAGUE a-pinch hit for Wisdom in the 8th. LOB—San Francisco 4, Atlanta12. 2B—Riley (24), Harris II
(19). 3B—Harris II (3). RBIs—Olson (108), Rosario (58),
Minnesota 000 201 20x—5 10 0 RBIs—Encarnacion-Strand (15). SB—Merrifield (23).
Runners left in scoring position—Toronto 3 (Chapman 2,
E—Duffy (9), Candelario (2), Wisdom (12). LOB—Kansas a-struck out for Julien in the 7th. b- for Wallner in the 7th.
East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away City 3, Chicago 10. 2B—Melendez (25), Gomes (14). Riley (77), Harris II (37). SB—Harris II (17). c-struck out for Williams in the 9th. Kiermaier); Cincinnati 3 (Benson, Steer, Votto). RISP—To-
HR—Witt Jr. (24), off Taillon. RBIs—Isbel (21), Perez (55), Runners left in scoring position—San Francisco 2 (Slater, LOB—Pittsburgh 11, Minnesota 10. 2B—Williams (3), Ro- ronto 0 for 6; Cincinnati 0 for 4.
Atlanta 79 42 .653 — — 8-2 W-4 41-20 38-22 DP—Toronto 1 (Merrifield, Guerrero Jr., Espinal, Guerrero
Witt Jr. 2 (78), Candelario (4), Morel (60), Hoerner (60). Conforto); Atlanta 8 (Arcia 2, Riley, Olson 3, Acuña Jr. 2). dríguez (4), Bae (10), Kepler (13), Wallner 2 (5), Lewis
Philadelphia 66 56 .541 13 ½ +2 ½ 5-5 L-1 34-24 32-32 SB—Waters (8). CS—Melendez (3), Morel (2). SF—Perez. RISP—San Francisco 0 for 5; Atlanta 3 for 11. (4). HR—Taylor (16), off Jackson. RBIs—Reynolds (60), Jr.).
Runners left in scoring position—Kansas City 2 (Isbel, Pe- Runners moved up—Pederson, Arcia. GIDP—Conforto. Taylor 2 (38), Solano (26), Polanco (27), Wallner (22). Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Miami 63 59 .516 16 ½ ½ 5-5 L-2 37-27 26-32 rez); Chicago 3 (Madrigal, Swanson, Bellinger). RISP- DP—Atlanta 1 (Lopez, Arcia, Olson). SB—Luplow (2). S—Peguero. Berríos 5 2/3 1 0 0 4 8 100 3.39
New York 57 66 .463 23 7 6-4 W-3 31-28 26-38 —Kansas City 1 for 8; Chicago 4 for 11. San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Runners left in scoring position—Pittsburgh 7 (Suwinski 2, Cabrera 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Cobb, L, 6-5 5 2/3 8 4 4 2 3 103 3.75 Peguero, Rivas, Davis 2, Hayes); Minnesota 6 (Lewis 2, García 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 4.03
Washington 56 67 .455 24 8 7-3 W-3 28-35 28-32 Ragans, W, 2-1 6 8 3 3 2 9 106 2.51 Alexander 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 8 4.06 Polanco, Kepler, Solano 2). RISP—Pittsburgh 1 for 14; Swanson 1 1 0 0 1 2 28 3.23
Coleman, H, 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 19 7.85 Jackson 1 1 0 0 2 3 30 2.37 Minnesota 3 for 8. Hicks, L, 1-2 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 7 5.14
Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Clarke, H, 11 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 15 5.79 Beck 1 0 0 0 0 2 17 3.55 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Milwaukee 66 57 .537 — — 6-4 W-1 33-27 33-30 Cox, H, 4 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 8 3.73 Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Jackson, L, 0-1 4 1/3 4 2 2 3 6 71 3.46
Kennedy 5 3 0 0 1 2 75 3.00
Hernández, S, 2-5 1 1 0 0 1 2 26 4.40 Borucki 1 1 1 1 0 1 21 4.07
Cincinnati 64 59 .520 2 — 5-5 W-2 31-32 33-27 Strider, W, 14-4 7 1 0 0 1 10 97 3.57 Farmer 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 3.99
Selby 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 10 9.53
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Jiménez 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 10 2.68 Gibaut 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.24
Chicago 62 59 .512 3 1 5-5 L-1 33-30 29-29 Perdomo 2/3 3 2 2 1 1 13 3.72
Taillon, L, 7-8 6 6 4 2 0 3 91 5.56 Minter, H, 13 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.28 Sims 1 0 0 0 1 2 21 3.91
Ramirez 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 29 3.94
Pittsburgh 54 68 .443 11 ½ 9½ 3-7 L-2 29-32 25-36 Fulmer 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 3.98 Iglesias 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 3.03 Díaz, W, 5-4 1 0 0 0 0 1 17 2.35
Cuas 1 1 0 0 0 0 18 0.00 Inherited runners-scored—Alexander 2-1, Minter 2-0. IB- Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Inherited runners-scored—Cabrera 2-0. HBP—Kennedy
St. Louis 54 69 .439 12 10 5-5 L-3 27-36 27-33 Smyly 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 4.92 B—off Alexander (Riley). HBP—Cobb (Murphy), Strider López, W, 9-6 6 6 0 0 2 7 99 3.51 (Guerrero Jr.). WP—Berríos.
T—2:43. A—37,936 (41,363). (Flores), Jiménez (Davis). WP—Jackson. Thielbar 0 2 1 1 1 0 10 2.16 Umpires—Home, Dan Bellino; First, Phil Cuzzi; Second,
West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away T—2:32. A—40,688 (41,149). Jax, H, 18 1 0 0 0 0 2 11 3.55 Mark Ripperger; Third, Shane Livensparger.
Nationals 8, Phillies 7 Pagán 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 3.02 T—2:38. A—28,502 (43,891).
Los Angeles 74 46 .617 — — 10-0 W-11 41-20 33-26 Red Sox 8, Yankees 3
Philadelphia AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Duran 1 1 0 0 0 3 17 2.83
San Francisco 64 58 .525 11 +½ 3-7 L-2 35-28 29-30 Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Leaders
Schwarber dh 4 2 2 3 1 1 .182 T—2:50. A—30,687 (38,544).
Bohm 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .282 Verdugo rf 5 3 3 0 0 2 .275 American League
Arizona 62 61 .504 13 ½ 2 5-5 L-1 30-31 32-30 Devers 3b 4 2 3 2 1 1 .266 Brewers 9, Rangers 8
Harper 1b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .293 Through August 18
San Diego 59 64 .480 16 ½ 5 4-6 W-1 33-30 26-34 Castellanos rf 5 0 0 0 0 4 .276 Turner dh 5 1 3 2 0 0 .289 Milwaukee AB R H BI BB SO Avg. BATTING
Stott 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .295 Yoshida lf 4 1 2 4 0 1 .302 Yelich dh 3 3 2 0 2 0 .289
Colorado 47 75 .385 28 16 ½ 3-7 W-1 27-32 20-43 Casas 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .253 Contreras c 5 2 3 3 0 0 .275 G AB R H BA
Turner ss 3 1 0 0 1 2 .248
Story ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Santana 1b 4 1 1 3 1 1 .162 Díaz, TB 104 401 72 129 .322
Realmuto c 4 1 1 2 0 3 .247
Thursday’s results Cave lf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .252 Duran cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Canha lf 5 1 1 2 0 2 .212 Bichette, TOR 106 449 50 144 .321
McGuire c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .273 Adames ss 5 0 3 1 0 0 .206 Naylor, CLE 96 360 41 110 .306
American League National League Rojas cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .288
Reyes 2b 4 1 0 0 0 1 .307 Monasterio 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Ohtani, LAA 120 447 92 137 .306
Totals 37 7 10 7 3 10
Seattle 6, Kansas City 4 Washington 10, Boston 7 Totals 38 8 12 8 1 9 Wiemer cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .214 Yoshida, BOS 107 414 59 125 .302
Washington 10, Boston 7 Mets 4, St. Louis 2 Washington AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Merrifield, TOR 114 429 57 129 .301
New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. a-Frelick ph-cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .233
Abrams ss 5 1 1 3 0 1 .252 Tucker, HOU 120 441 69 131 .297
Detroit at Cleveland, ppd. Arizona 3, San Diego 1 Thomas cf-rf 4 0 3 1 1 1 .285 LeMahieu 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .245 Turang 2b 3 1 3 0 1 0 .224
Taylor rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .192 Turner, BOS 110 422 71 122 .289
Dodgers 1, Milwaukee 0 Meneses dh 5 0 0 0 0 1 .280 Judge dh 4 1 1 2 0 1 .281 Ramírez, CLE 117 455 70 130 .286
Bauers 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .210 Totals 39 9 14 9 4 5
Ruiz c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Hays, BAL 108 399 55 112 .281
Friday’s results Smith 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .266 Stanton rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .202 Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
RUNS: Semien, Texas, 96; Ohtani, Los Angeles, 94;
Garrett rf-lf 4 2 3 0 0 0 .279 Torres 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .267 Semien 2b 4 0 0 1 1 1 .280
American League National League A.García, Texas, 89; N.Lowe, Texas, 76; Kwan, Cleveland,
Alu 2b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .255 McKinney lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .232 Seager ss 4 2 1 0 1 0 .347 75; Robert Jr., Chicago, 75; Y.Díaz, Tampa Bay, 73; Ju-
Seattle 2, Houston 0 Kansas City 4, Cubs 3 Vargas 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .238 a-Kiner-Falefa ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .257 Lowe 1b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .276 .Rodríguez, Seattle, 73; Arozarena, Tampa Bay, 71; Breg-
Kansas City 4, Cubs 3 Cincinnati 1, Toronto 0 Rutherford lf 4 2 3 2 0 0 .222 Bader cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .255 García rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .256 man, Houston, 71; Turner, Boston, 71.
Detroit 4, Cleveland 2 (G1) Washington 8, Philadelphia 7 1-Call pr-cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196 Volpe ss 4 1 2 0 0 2 .216 Garver dh 3 2 1 1 1 0 .293 RBI: Tucker, Houston, 92; A.García, Texas, 92; Ohtani,
Totals 37 8 13 8 2 4 Rortvedt c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .105 Heim c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .275 Los Angeles, 89; Devers, Boston, 83; J.Naylor, Cleveland,
Cleveland 4, Detroit 1 (G2) Atlanta 4, San Francisco 0 Totals 35 3 10 3 1 11 b-Grossman ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .234 79; Bregman, Houston, 79; Ju.Rodríguez, Seattle, 79;
Cincinnati 1, Toronto 0 Colorado 14, White Sox 1 Philadelphia 000 600 001—7 10 1
Martinez cf 4 0 0 1 0 2 .348 Semien, Texas, 79; Witt Jr., Kansas City, 78; Turner, Bos-
Washington 010 601 00x—8 13 0 Boston 430 000 001—8 12 0
Boston 8, Yankees 3 Mets 7, St. Louis 1 J.Smith 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .205 ton, 75; Suárez, Seattle, 75.
1-ran for Rutherford in the 8th. New York 001 000 020—3 10 1 HITS: Bichette, Toronto,144; Semien, Texas,141; Ohtani,
Colorado 14, White Sox 1 Minnesota 5, Pittsburgh 1 a-doubled for McKinney in the 9th.
c-Duran ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .284
E—Rojas (2). LOB—Philadelphia 6, Washington 7. Jankowski lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .286 Los Angeles, 139; Ju.Rodríguez, Seattle, 138; Witt Jr.,
Minnesota 5, Pittsburgh 1 Milwaukee 9, Texas 8 2B—Cave 2 (8), Harper (23), Realmuto (25), Garrett 2 E—Torres (11). LOB—Boston 4, New York 6. 2B—Verdugo Kansas City, 137; Kwan, Cleveland, 132; Y.Díaz, Tampa
Totals 34 8 8 8 4 6
Milwaukee 9, Texas 8 San Diego 4, Arizona 0 (17). HR—Schwarber (31), off Adon; Schwarber (32), off 2 (31), McGuire (11), Volpe (15), Kiner-Falefa (10). Bay, 131; N.Lowe, Texas, 131; Tucker, Houston, 131; J.Ra-
Baltimore 9, Oakland 4 Miami at Dodgers, late Finnegan; Abrams (12), off Lorenzen. RBIs—Realmuto 2 HR—Yoshida (13), off Brito; Judge (23), off Whitlock. Milwaukee 003 000 330—9 14 0 mírez, Cleveland, 130.
(50), Cave (16), Rojas (14), Schwarber 3 (77), Alu 2 (9), RBIs—Turner 2 (75), Yoshida 4 (60), Devers 2 (83), LeMa- Texas 000 301 004—8 8 0 DOUBLES: M.Chapman, Toronto, 35; Ja.Duran, Boston,
Tampa Bay at Angels, late Rutherford 2 (2), Abrams 3 (47), Thomas (69). SB—Ro- hieu (30), Judge 2 (47). 34; N.Lowe, Texas, 33; Seager, Texas, 33; Verdugo, Bos-
a-flied out for Wiemer in the 6th. b-doubled for Heim in
jas (6). Runners left in scoring position—Boston 2 (Verdugo, Sto- the 9th. c-doubled for J.Smith in the 9th. ton, 31; J.Ramírez, Cleveland, 30; Robert Jr., Chicago, 30;
Saturday’s games Runners left in scoring position—Philadelphia 3 (Turner 2, ry); New York 3 (Bader, Rortvedt 2). RISP—Boston 7 for LOB—Milwaukee 7, Texas 3. 2B—Yelich (28), Contreras Semien, Texas, 30; Hays, Baltimore, 29; Renfroe, Los An-
American League Bohm); Washington 3 (Meneses 2, Alu). RISP—Philadel- 11; New York 0 for 6. (28), Canha (4), Taylor (6), Seager (33), Grossman (19), geles, 29; Ju.Rodríguez, Seattle, 29; Santander, Balti-
phia 4 for 10; Washington 6 for 9. Runners moved up—Rortvedt, LeMahieu. GIDP—Yoshida, Duran (19), Jankowski (12). HR—Santana (5), off Sborz; more, 29; Tucker, Houston, 29.
Boston (Crawford 5-6) at Yankees (Cole 10-3), 12:05 p.m. Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Turner, Torres, Rortvedt. TRIPLES: Ohtani, Los Angeles, 7; Witt Jr., Kansas City, 7;
Lowe (15), off Woodruff; Garver (9), off Woodruff. RBIs-
Kansas City (Singer 8-8) at Cubs (Steele 13-3), 1:20 p.m. Lorenzen, L, 2-1 3 1/3 8 7 6 1 1 74 3.54 DP—Boston 2 (Devers, Story, Casas; Devers, Reyes, Ca- —Contreras 3 (57), Canha 2 (8), Adames (52), Santana 3 Franco, Tampa Bay, 6; Kwan, Cleveland, 6; Rosario, Los
Milwaukee (Peralta 9-8) at Texas (Dunning 9-4), 3:05 p.m. sas); New York 2 (Volpe, Torres, Bauers; LeMahieu, Torres, (10), Lowe 2 (65), Garver (32), García (92), Martinez (3), Angeles, 6; Henderson, Baltimore, 5; Kiermaier, Toronto,
Hoffman 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 19 2.72
Bauers). Duran (44), Jankowski (27), Semien (79). SB—Semien 5; 10 tied at 4.
Toronto (Bassitt 11-6) at Cincinnati (Williamson 4-2), 5:40 p.m. Soto 1 2 1 1 0 0 16 4.82
Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA HOME RUNS: Ohtani, Los Angeles, 43; Robert Jr., Chica-
Covey 2 2 0 0 1 1 41 4.33 (12), Turang (15), García (8). CS—Canha (1).
Detroit (Rodriguez 8-6) at Cleveland (Bibee 9-2), 6:10 p.m. Bello, W, 9-7 6 6 1 1 1 4 98 3.70 go, 32; A.García, Texas, 30; Devers, Boston, 27; Burger,
Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Pittsburgh (Keller 9-8) at Minnesota (Gray 6-5), 6:10 p.m. Whitlock 2 2 2 2 0 5 33 5.72 Woodruff 5 1/3 3 4 4 2 4 92 2.89
Miami, 25; Tucker, Houston, 24; Witt Jr., Kansas City, 24;
Adon 4 6 6 6 2 3 74 7.00 Judge, New York, 23; Siri, Tampa Bay, 23; Paredes, Tam-
Seattle (Gilbert 10-5) at Houston (Valdez 9-8), 6:10 p.m. Bernardino 1/3 2 0 0 0 1 13 2.70 Peguero, W, 3-4 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 17 3.86 pa Bay, 23.
Ferrer, W, 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 3.26 Martin 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 9 1.32
White Sox (Scholtens 1-5) at Colorado (Freeland 4-13), 7:10 p.m. Weems, H, 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 22 2.75 Uribe, H, 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 1.10 STOLEN BASES: E.Ruiz, Oakland, 48; Witt Jr., Kansas
Baltimore (Irvin 1-3) at Oakland (Waldichuk 2-7), 8:07 p.m. Garcia, H, 3 1/3 2 0 0 0 0 9 7.71 New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Milner 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 2.36 City, 34; Ju.Rodríguez, Seattle, 32; Franco, Tampa Bay,
Brito, L, 4-6 2 1/3 9 7 6 0 1 46 5.43 Chafin 1/3 2 3 3 1 0 19 11.81 30; Castro, Minnesota, 29; Mateo, Baltimore, 25; J.Lowe,
Tampa Bay (Eflin 12-7) at Angels (Silseth 4-1), 8:07 p.m. Machado, H, 4 2/3 0 0 0 1 2 16 6.04
Hamilton 3 2/3 1 0 0 0 5 43 1.72
Harvey, H, 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 2.91 Williams, S, 29-32 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 9 1.53 Tampa Bay, 24; Tucker, Houston, 24; Ja.Duran, Boston,
National League
Finnegan, S, 20-27 1 1 1 1 0 1 14 2.67 Middleton 1 0 0 0 1 1 13 1.04 Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA 23; Merrifield, Toronto, 23.
Kansas City (Singer 8-8) at Cubs (Steele 13-3), 1:20 p.m. Weissert 2 2 1 1 0 2 27 4.15 Heaney 3 2/3 7 3 3 1 3 844.27 PITCHING: Gibson, Baltimore, 12-7; Eflin, Tampa Bay,
T—2:42. A—26,747 (41,376).
Milwaukee (Peralta 9-8) at Texas (Dunning 9-4), 3:05 p.m. T—2:46. A—44,566 (47,309). Stratton 2 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 271.42
12-7; McClanahan, Tampa Bay, 11-2; Eovaldi, Texas, 11-3;
Philadelphia (Sánchez 1-3) at Washington (Irvin 3-5), 3:05 p.m. Tigers 4, Guardians 2 (1st game) Kremer, Baltimore,11-5; Bassitt, Toronto,11-6; Cole, New
Mets 7, Cardinals 1 Sborz, L, 5-5, BS, 0-3 1/3 3 3 3 1 1 224.50
York, 10-3; Gilbert, Seattle, 10-5; Ohtani, Los Angeles,
Toronto (Bassitt 11-6) at Cincinnati (Williamson 4-2), 5:40 p.m. Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Burke 1 2 3 3 1 0 133.38 10-5; Kirby, Seattle, 10-8.
Pittsburgh (Keller 9-8) at Minnesota (Gray 6-5), 6:10 p.m. Baddoo lf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .227 G.Anderson 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 184.64
Greene cf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .305 Nimmo dh 5 2 3 1 0 1 .269 Leclerc 1 0 0 0 0 0 112.89 National League
Mets (Senga 9-6) at St. Louis (Mikolas 6-8), 6:15 p.m. Vierling 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .270 Locastro lf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .176 Through August 18
T—3:07. A—33,797 (40,000).
San Francisco (Webb 9-9) at Atlanta (Chirinos 5-5), 6:20 p.m. Torkelson 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .231 Alonso 1b 4 0 0 0 1 2 .221 BATTING
White Sox (Scholtens 1-5) at Colorado (Freeland 4-13), 7:10 p.m. Carpenter rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .285 Lindor ss 5 2 2 1 0 0 .246 Padres 4, Diamondbacks 0
Alvarez c 3 1 1 1 2 0 .223 G AB R H BA
Arizona (Kelly 9-5) at San Diego (Darvish 8-8), 7:40 p.m. Cabrera dh 4 0 1 1 0 1 .255 Arizona AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Arraez, MIA 116 454 51 164 .361
McKinstry ss-2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .234 McNeil rf 5 1 2 4 0 0 .259 Carroll rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267
Miami (Pérez 5-4) at Dodgers (Urías 10-6), 8:10 p.m. Mendick 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .191 Freeman, LAD 120 477 102 160 .335
Maton 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .173 Marte 2b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .276 Acuña Jr., ATL 121 485 110 162 .334
a-Short ph-ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 .228 Ortega cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .269 Pham lf 4 0 1 0 0 3 .245
Araúz 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .105 Bellinger, CHC 90 341 69 110 .323
Rogers c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .208 Walker 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .270 Stott, PHI 114 444 60 131 .295
Totals 34 4 8 4 3 10 Totals 40 7 13 7 3 7 Gurriel Jr. dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .258 Betts, LAD 114 447 98 132 .295
FRIDAY’S GAMES Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg. St. Louis
Edman cf
AB
4
R
0
H
0
BI BB SO Avg.
0 0 1 .246
Peterson 3b
b-Kennedy ph
3
1
0
0
0 0 0 2 .167
0 0 0 1 .182
Harper, PHI 88 331 54 97 .293
Freeman 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Yelich, MIL 119 457 86 132 .289
Palacios cf 1 0 1 1 0 0 .500 Thomas cf 3 0 1 0 0 2 .235
Rangers in opener
Calhoun dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .289
Arias 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .197 O’Neill lf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .243 San Diego AB R H BI BB SO Avg. L.Thomas, Washington, 83; Lindor, New York, 76;
c-Giménez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Walker rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .257 Kim 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .281 K.Marte, Arizona, 76.
Rocchio ss 3 0 0 0 1 3 .273 Baker 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Tatis Jr. rf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .268 RBI: Olson, Atlanta, 108; Alonso, New York, 91; Albies,
Naylor c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .181 a-Burleson ph-1b 1 1 0 0 1 1 .241 Soto lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Atlanta, 90; Arenado, St. Louis, 84; Freeman, Los Ange-
Straw cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Fermín 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Machado dh 1 0 0 0 3 1 .248 les, 83; C.Walker, Arizona, 82; Betts, Los Angeles, 81;
Winn ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Bogaerts ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .267 J.Martinez, Los Angeles, 78; Schwarber, Philadelphia, 77;
W IR E R E P ORT S Totals 32 2 5 2 2 10
Totals 33 1 6 1 5 7 Riley, Atlanta, 77.
Cronenworth 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .229
Detroit 300 000 001—4 8 0 HITS: Arraez, Miami, 164; Acuña Jr., Atlanta, 162; Free-
New York 101 000 500—7 13 0 Sánchez c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .216 man, Los Angeles, 160; L.Thomas, Washington, 138; Ril-
Cleveland 100 000 001—2 5 0 1-Azocar pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .236
ARLINGTON — Carlos Santana hit a go-ahead, a-struck out for Maton in the 6th. b-tripled for Laureano
St. Louis 000 000
a-struck out for Baker in the 6th.
001—1 6 0
Campusano c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305
ey, Atlanta, 135; Hoerner, Chicago, 133; Betts, Los Ange-
les, 132; Castellanos, Philadelphia, 132; Yelich, Milwau-
in the 9th. c-popped out for Arias in the 9th.
three-run homer in the seventh inning to lead the E—Arias (6). LOB—Detroit 7, Cleveland 5. 2B—Torkelson LOB—New York 9, St. Louis 10. 2B—O’Neill (9), Palacios Cooper 1b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .217 kee, 132; Stott, Philadelphia, 131.
(1). HR—Nimmo (18), off Thompson; McNeil (6), off a-Gamel ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .250 DOUBLES: Freeman, Los Angeles, 44; Candelario, Chica-
Milwaukee Brewers to a 9-8 win over the Texas Rang- (26), Cabrera (15), Baddoo (11), Ramírez (30). 3B—Kwan
(6). HR—Baddoo (8), off Williams; Rogers (15), off Mor- Naile. RBIs—Nimmo (51), McNeil 4 (45), Lindor (74), Al- Carpenter 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .165 go, 35; C.Walker, Arizona, 34; Betts, Los Angeles, 32; Acu-
ers in a matchup of division leaders Friday night. gan. RBIs—Baddoo (26), Carpenter (43), Cabrera (21), varez (45), Palacios (1).
Runners left in scoring position—New York 4 (Araúz, Men-
Grisham cf
Totals
2
26
0
4
0
4
0 0 0 .211
4 4 5
ña Jr., Atlanta, 29; Castellanos, Philadelphia, 29; Menes-
es, Washington, 29; L.Thomas, Washington, 29; Willi-
Rogers (37), Gonzalez 2 (10). SB—Torkelson (3). S—Bad-
The NL Central-leading Brewers rallied after the doo. dick, Lindor, Nimmo); St. Louis 6 (Walker 3, Goldschmidt,
Arizona 000 000 000—0 6 1
.Contreras, Milwaukee, 28; Yelich, Milwaukee, 28.
Burleson 2). RISP—New York 3 for 10; St. Louis 1 for 7. TRIPLES: Cronenworth, San Diego, 7; K.Marte, Arizona,
AL West-leading Rangers took a 4-3 lead in the sixth Runners left in scoring position—Detroit 6 (Cabrera, Car-
penter 2, McKinstry 2, Vierling); Cleveland 0. New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
San Diego 000 000 04x—4 4 0 7; Benson, Cincinnati, 6; Carroll, Arizona, 6; Hayes, Pitts-
on Adolis Garcia’s RBI single that scored Corey Seager Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Lucchesi, W, 2-0 5 2/3 4 0 0 2 5 84 3.54 a-singled for Cooper in the 8th. b-struck out for Peterson
in the 9th. c-struck out for Thomas in the 9th.
burgh, 6; Marsh, Philadelphia, 6; McCarthy, Arizona, 5;
Realmuto, Philadelphia, 5; 13 tied at 4.
Bickford, H, 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 9 9.72
from second. Milwaukee then went on to score six Skubal, W, 3-2
Holton, H, 8
6 3 1 1 1 7 88 3.76
2 0 0 0 1 2 19 1.69 Coonrod 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00
1-ran for Sánchez in the 8th. HOME RUNS: Olson, Atlanta, 43; Alonso, New York, 37;
E—Perdomo (4). LOB—Arizona 7, San Diego 4. 2B—Gur- Schwarber, Philadelphia, 32; Betts, Los Angeles, 31; Sol-
unanswered runs over the next two innings. Foley, S, 6-8 1 2 1 1 0 1 15 2.68 Santana 2 2 1 1 2 1 45 5.91
riel Jr. (26), Soto (26). HR—Tatis Jr. (20), off Castro. er, Miami, 30; Riley, Atlanta, 29; Muncy, Los Angeles, 28;
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA RBIs—Kim 2 (44), Tatis Jr. 2 (65). CS—Kim (7), Moreno C.Walker, Arizona, 28; Albies, Atlanta, 28; Acuña Jr., At-
The Rangers (72-50) lost a series opener for the first Cleveland
Williams, L, 1-4
IP
5
H
6
R ER BB SO NP ERA
3 3 2 4 90 3.02 Thompson, L, 2-5 5 6 2 2 1 5 82 3.90 (1). S—Grisham. lanta, 27.
time in August. Herrin 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 2 22 5.19 Suárez 1 2 1 1 1 1 24 7.45 Arizona IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA STOLEN BASES: Acuña Jr., Atlanta, 55; Carroll, Arizona,
37; Abrams, Washington, 33; Hoerner, Chicago, 30; Kim,
Naile 3 5 4 4 1 1 50 9.64 Pfaadt 7 1 0 0 3 5 107 6.13
Guardians, Tigers split: Will Brennan hit a tie- Karinchak
Morgan
1 1/3
1
0
1
0 0 1 2 22 3.72
1 1 0 2 20 3.42 T—2:43. A—42,076 (44,494). Castro, L, 5-6 1/3 3 4 4 0 0 8 5.19 San Diego, 27; McCarthy, Arizona, 26; Yelich, Milwaukee,
25; S.Marte, New York, 24; Friedl, Cincinnati, 23; Stott,
breaking two-run double in Cleveland’s four-run T—2:30. A—0 (34,788). Rockies 14, White Sox 1 Mantiply 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 14 6.65
Philadelphia, 23.
San Diego IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
eighth inning, and the Guardians beat visiting Detroit Guardians 4, Tigers 1 (2nd game) Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Lugo 6 5 0 0 3 9 104 3.92
PITCHING: Strider, Atlanta, 14-4; Steele, Chicago, 13-3;
Gallen, Arizona, 13-5; T.Walker, Philadelphia, 13-5; Mor-
4-1 for a doubleheader split. In the opener, Miguel Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Andrus ss
Benintendi lf
4
4
1
0
3 1
0 0
0
0
0 .237
0 .269
Barlow 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 7.27 ton, Atlanta, 12-10; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 11-4; Mus-
Baddoo lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .224 Suarez, W, 2-2 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 5.11 grove, San Diego, 10-3; J.Urías, Los Angeles, 10-6.
Cabrera drove in a run to tie Mel Ott for 11th place on a-Vierling ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .269 Robert Jr. cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .270
Hader 1 0 0 0 0 3 11 0.82
Vaughn 1b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .252
the career RBIs list as Detroit won 4-2. Greene dh
Torkelson 1b
4
3
1
0
1 0 0 2
0 0 1 1
.304
.229 Moncada 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .226
T—2:29. A—40,945 (40,222).
Braves 4, Giants 0: Spencer Strider struck out 10 Carpenter rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .282 Sheets dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .216 Orioles 9, Athletics 4
Ibáñez 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .241 Grandal c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .237
and allowed one hit in seven innings in becoming the b-Maton ph-2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .173 Pérez c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190
Baltimore
Rutschman c
AB
4
R H
1 3
BI BB SO Avg.
0 1 0 .272 NOTEBOOK
first 14-game winner in the majors as Atlanta blanked Báez ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .224 Thompson rf
Sosa 2b
3
3
0
0
0 0
0 0
0
0
1 .150
0 .127
Henderson ss 5 2 3 3 0 1 .242
McKinstry cf-lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .235 Santander rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .248
visiting San Francisco for its third straight shutout. Short 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .230 Totals 29 1 4 1 1 5 Urías 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .254
STORM PUSHES UP GAMES
Nationals 8, Phillies 7: CJ Abrams hit a three-run Haase c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .201 Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Mountcastle dh 5 1 1 1 0 0 .270 MLB has rescheduled
Totals 30 1 6 1 4 10 Blackmon rf 3 2 1 1 2 0 .275 O’Hearn 1b 5 1 2 0 0 2 .303
homer to cap a six-run fourth inning, and host Wash- Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Kauffmann p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Mullins cf 5 0 1 2 0 1 .253
three Sunday games in
ington beat Philadelphia, spoiling Michael Lorenzen’s Kwan lf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .272 Tovar ss 4 3 2 3 1 0 .264 Hays lf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .281 California because of the
Ramírez dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 McMahon 3b 3 3 1 3 2 0 .252 Frazier 2b-rf 5 2 1 1 0 0 .239
first start since throwing a no-hitter nine days earlier. Giménez 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .242 Trejo 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Westburg 3b-2b 3 0 1 2 0 1 .264 forecast for Hurricane
Royals 4, Cubs 3: Bobby Witt Jr. hit a go-ahead Gonzalez rf 4 1 0 0 0 0 .231 Rodgers 2b
Jones lf
5 2 2 2 0 1 .231
4 1 1 2 1 0 .275
Totals 42 9 16 9 1 6 Hilary. The changes were
Laureano cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
homer, and Cole Ragans pitched six effective innings Calhoun 1b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .317 Díaz c 5 1 3 2 0 1 .264 Butler cf 5 0 2 0 0 2 .280 announced by the league
Profar dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 .238
to help visiting Kansas City end a three-game skid. Rocchio ss
Brennan cf-rf
4
4
1
1
1 1 0 3 .271
2 2 0 0 .254 a-Montero ph-1b 1 0 1 1 0 0 .208
Gelof 2b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .292 as Hurricane Hilary
Rooker dh 5 2 3 1 0 1 .246
Reds 1, Blue Jays 0: Christian Encarnacion-Strand Arias 3b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .198 Toglia 1b-rf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .164 Brown rf 5 0 2 2 0 0 .223 churned off Mexico’s
Doyle cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .193
homered in the ninth inning, and host Cincinnati beat Collins c
1-Straw pr
1
0
0
0
1 0 2 0 1.000
0 0 0 0 .238 Totals 37 14 13 14 8 4
Diaz 3b
Soderstrom 1b
4
4
0 0
1 1
0 0 3
0 0 2
.236
.175
Pacific coast Friday as a
Toronto in a series opener between playoff contenders. Naylor c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Chicago 100 000 000—1 4 0 Kemp lf 3 0 2 1 0 0 .213 powerful Category 4
Totals 30 4 7 4 6 5
Red Sox 8, Yankees 3: Rookie Masataka Yoshida Colorado 500 403 11x—14 13 0 a-Ruiz ph-lf
Langeliers c
1
4
0 0
0 0
0 0 1
0 0 1
.251
.201
storm.
Detroit 000 100 000—1 6 0 a-doubled for Profar in the 8th.
hit a three-run homer four batters into the game and Cleveland 000 000 04x—4 7 0 LOB—Chicago 2, Colorado 7. 2B—Rodgers (4), Profar Allen ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .201 Each of the games —
Totals 39 4 12 4 1 12
drove in four runs to lead Boston past host New York. a-struck out for Baddoo in the 7th. b-struck out for Ibáñez (25), Toglia (4), Montero (8). 3B—Rodgers (1). HR—An-
drus (4), off P.Lambert; Tovar (14), off Kopech; Díaz (12), Arizona at San Diego,
in the 8th. Baltimore 320 220 000—9 16 0
Mets 7, Cardinals 1: Brandon Nimmo hit a leadoff 1-ran for Collins in the 7th. off Kopech; McMahon (21), off Kopech. RBIs—Andrus
(34), Tovar 3 (56), Jones 2 (34), Díaz 2 (53), Blackmon Oakland 110 020 000—4 12 2 Tampa Bay at the Los
home run, Jeff McNeil had a three-run shot, and New LOB—Detroit 7, Cleveland 8. 2B—Ibáñez (18), Calhoun
(2), Brennan (20). RBIs—Ibáñez (22), Rocchio (5), Bren- (28), McMahon 3 (65), Rodgers 2 (9), Montero (21). a-struck out for Kemp in the 8th. Angeles Angels and Mi-
SB—Doyle (16), Díaz (1). E—Diaz (3), Soderstrom (1). LOB—Baltimore 8, Oakland
York beat host St. Louis for its third straight win. nan 2 (33), Arias (14). SB—Báez (11). CS—Arias (4).
Runners left in scoring position—Chicago 0; Colorado 4 9. 2B—Mullins (18), Hays 2 (29), Frazier (17), Rutschman ami at the Los Angeles
S—Haase.
Rockies 14, White Sox 1: Ezequiel Tovar, Elias Runners left in scoring position—Detroit 3 (McKinstry, Vi- (McMahon, Doyle 3). RISP—Chicago 0 for 0; Colorado 6
for 18.
(21), Brown (12), Kemp (12), Rooker 2 (15). 3B—O’Hearn
(1). HR—Henderson (20), off Medina. RBIs—Mountcastle Dodgers — will now be
erling, Greene); Cleveland 4 (Giménez, Ramírez, Brennan,
Díaz and Ryan McMahon all homered, Peter Lambert Arias). RISP—Detroit 1 for 7; Cleveland 3 for 9. Runners moved up—Jones, Blackmon, Profar, Doyle. (56), Mullins 2 (52), Henderson 3 (59), Westburg 2 (14),
Frazier (51), Brown 2 (41), Kemp (23), Rooker (50).
played Saturday as part
GIDP—Benintendi.
threw seven innings, and host Colorado beat Chicago. Runners moved up—Baddoo, McKinstry.
DP—Colorado 2 (Toglia, Tovar, Toglia; Toglia, Tovar, To- SB—O’Hearn (4). SF—Westburg. of split doubleheaders.
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NPERA glia). Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Padres 4, Diamondbacks 0: Fernando Tatis Jr. Wentz 5 4 0 0 2 3 836.62
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Gibson, W, 12-7 5 9 4 4 0 6 95 4.97
capped San Diego’s four-run eighth inning with a Brieske, H, 2
Vasquez, H, 1
1 2/3 0 0 0 1 2 272.12
1/3 0 1 1 2 0 113.00
Kopech, L, 5-11 4 6 9 9 4 1 76 5.12 Baumann 1 2 0 0 1 1 21 3.58 LOS ANGELES ANGELS
Honeywell Jr. 2 4 3 3 2 1 43 7.36 Ci.Pérez 1 0 0 0 0 2 12 3.86
two-run homer, and the Padres beat visiting Arizona. Cisnero, L, 2-4, BS, 2-4 1 3 3 3 1 0 314.89
Cronin 1 1 1 1 1 0 18 7.71 Webb 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 0.00 Nolan Schanuel was
Orioles 9, Athletics 4: Gunnar Henderson hit a Cleveland
Curry
IP
6
H
5
R
1
ER
1
BB
2
SO
6
NP ERA
81 3.24
Shaw 1 2 1 1 1 2 25 6.11 Cano 1 1 0 0 0 2 11 1.72 called up by the club, 40
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
two-run homer in the second inning and added an Sandlin 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 22 3.60
Colorado
P.Lambert, W, 3-4
IP H
7 4
R ER BB SO NP ERA
1 1 1 5 85 5.02 F.Pérez, L, 0-1 1 4 3 3 0 1 23 12.00 days after he was the 11th
RBI single as Baltimore defeated host Oakland. Hentges
De Los Santos, W, 5-2 1/3
1 0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
23 5.24
4 2.84
Bruihl 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 13.50 Medina 3 5 4 3 0 1 50 5.44 overall pick in this year’s
Kauffmann 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 8.34 Muller 3 1/3 6 2 2 1 3 67 7.64
Twins 5, Pirates 1: Pablo López pitched six score- Clase, S, 33-42 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 3.09
T—2:17. A—35,249 (50,144). Scott 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 26 3.38 amateur draft.
T—2:44. A—31,556 (34,788).
less innings to send host Minnesota past Pittsburgh. T—2:56. A—8,942 (46,847). Wire reports
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ROUND OF 16 QUARTERFINALS SEMIFINAL SEMIFINAL QUARTERFINALS ROUND OF 16
SWITZERLAND 1 2 AUSTRALIA
SPAIN 5 0 DENMARK
SPAIN 2 0 AUSTRALIA
Aug. 5 Aug. 7
NETHERLANDS 1 0 FRANCE
NETHERLANDS 2 4 FRANCE
Aug. 10 (ET) (Australia wins on pks, 7-6)
SOUTH AFRICA 0 Aug. 12 0 MOROCCO
SPAIN 2 1 AUSTRALIA
Aug. 5 SPAIN ENGLAND Aug. 8
SWEDEN 1 3 ENGLAND
JAPAN 3
Tuesday WOMEN’S WORLD CUP Wednesday
0 ENGLAND
NORWAY 1
JAPAN 1
CHAMPIONSHIP 2 ENGLAND
0 NIGERIA
Aug. 5 5 a.m. Sunday at Stadium Australia, (England wins on pks, 4-2)
SWEDEN 2 Sydney, Australia, Fox 1 COLOMBIA Aug. 7
SWEDEN 0
Aug. 11 Aug. 12 1 COLOMBIA
UNITED STATES 0
SWEDEN THIRD-PLACE GAME AUSTRALIA 0 JAMAICA
(Sweden wins on pks, 5-4)
Aug. 8
Aug. 6 3 a.m. Saturday at Brisbane (Australia) Stadium, Fox
leads BMW by 2
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Sugar Land (Houston) 14 29 .326 12 Los Angeles FC 10 6 7 37 34 25
Stakes Day
West W L Pct. GB Real Salt Lake 10 7 7 37 35 34
Horse racing Saratoga Live: Fox 2 p.m.
W IR E R EP ORT S closing with five pars. He Las Vegas (Oakland) 26 16 .619 —
Alabama Stakes
Seattle
Austin FC
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9 9 5 32
29
32
23
32
Tacoma (Seattle) 26 17 .605 —
still played a solid round Reno (Arizona) 22 20 .524 4 MLB Boston FS1 noon San Jose 8 7 8 32 28 29
Vancouver 8 7 7 31 38 32
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Sacramento (San Francisco)
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25
27
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MLB Seattle at Astros ATTSW 6 p.m. Minnesota United 7 8 7 28 26 30
aware of the course re- an Olympia Fields course Thursday’s results
Round Rock 6, Sugar Land 3 Sporting Kansas City 6 11 8 26 31 36
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cord at Olympia Fields, that has been drenched Salt Lake 9, Oklahoma City 5
Albuquerque 9, El Paso 5 MLB N.Y. Mets at MLB 6 p.m.
Portland
LA Galaxy
6 9 8 26
5 10 7 22
26
25
33
37
and not just because of by rain and is slowly Las Vegas 7, Reno 3 St. Louis Colorado 3 10 10 19 16 30
Tacoma 9, Sacramento 0
how well he was playing drying out. Friday’s results MLB Tampa Bay MLB 10 p.m.* Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Sunday’s games
Friday in the BMW “Today was one of Round Rock 8, Sugar Land 3 at L.A. Angels Cincinnati at Columbus, 6:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City 6, Salt Lake 1 MMA UFC 292: Undercard ESPN 7 p.m. D.C. United at New York, 6:30 p.m.
Championship. He hap- those days where I shot 4 El Paso 7, Albuquerque 5 Minnesota at New York City FC, 6:30 p.m.
Sacramento 4, Tacoma 2 NFL Preseason: NFL noon
pened to see a video under but it certainly Las Vegas at Reno, late Jacksonville
CF Montréal at Toronto FC, 6:30 p.m.
Orlando City at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.
board just as it flashed a could have been lower Saturday’s games
Round Rock at Sugar Land, 7:05 p.m.
at Detroit Portland at Houston, 7:30 p.m.
Austin FC at Saint Louis City SC, 8:30 p.m.
message that Chris Kirk than that with all the Oklahoma City at Salt Lake, 7:35 p.m. NFL Preseason: Miami KTRK, NFL 3 p.m. Real Salt Lake at LA Galaxy, 9:30 p.m.
El Paso at Albuquerque, 7:35 p.m. at Texans
was challenging the birdie looks that I had,” Las Vegas at Reno, 8:35 p.m.
Colorado at Los Angeles FC, 9:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Seattle, 9:30 p.m.
NFL Preseason: Chicago NFL 6 p.m.
course record of 63. Kirk said. “But I certainly Tacoma at Sacramento, 8:37 p.m.
at Indianapolis
San Jose at Vancouver, 9:30 p.m.
Express 8, Space Cowboys 3 New England at Nashville, postponed
“Just randomly saw would have taken it at the NFL Preseason: Dallas NFL 9 p.m. FC Dallas at Philadelphia, postponed
Express 000 002 400 — 6 7 2 Charlotte FC at Miami, postponed
that today, and then I had start of the day. I'd gladly Sugar Land 002 100 000 — 3 4 0 at Seattle
to think about it,” Homa take two more of them.” W: Winn (7-6). L: Kuhnel (1-1). Soccer Women's World Cup Fox 4 a.m.* NWSL
Sugar Land: Bielak, Endersby (6), Kuhnel (7), Record (8), (third place): W L T Pts GF GA
said. Homa was at 10-under Cousins (9). Round Rock: Kent, Lee (3), Winn (4), Rodri-
Australia vs. Sweden North Carolina 8 5 2 26 21 13
Homa broke the record 130. guez (7), Speas (9).
Soccer Scottish Cup: CBSSN 6:30 a.m.
Portland
Gotham FC
7 4 4
7 4 4
25 34
25 17
21
14
even with two bogeys, Greenock Morton OL Reign 7 5 3 24 23 18
Little League World Series
making 10 birdies in his Steen leads At Williamsport, Pa.
Soccer
at Glasgow Rangers
Premier: USA 9 a.m.
Washington
San Diego
6 3 6
6 6 3
24 22
21 21
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round of 8-under 62 that World invite Double elimination
Bournemouth
Louisville 4 4 7 19 19 16
Thursday’s results Orlando 6 8 1 19 15 21
gave him a two-shot lead Game 5: Willemstad (Curaçao) 2, Sydney (Australia) 1 at Liverpool Houston 4 5 6 18 10 12
over Kirk (66) going into American player Ma- Game 6: Seattle (Wash.) 10, Gray (Maine) 0
Game 7: Taoyuan (Chinese Taipei) 6, Regina (Saskatche-
Soccer Bundesliga: Cologne ABC 11 a.m. Angel City
Chicago
4 6 5
5 9 1
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the weekend of the FedEx rissa Steen scored 1-under wan) 0 at Borussia Kansas City 5 10 0 15 17 26
Game 8: El Segundo (Calif.) 4, New Albany (Ohio) 3 Dortmund
Cup postseason event 72 to take a one-shot lead Friday’s results Soccer Serie A: Napoli CBSSN 11:30 a.m.
Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Friday’s result
that determines who goes at the halfway stage of Game 9: Maracaibo (Venezuela) 4, Santiago de Veraguas at Frosinone Kansas City 1, OL Reign 0
(Panama) 3 Saturday’s games
to Tour Championship. the ISPS Handa World Game 10: Nolensville (Tenn.) 8, Smithfield (R.I.) 1 Soccer Premier: NBC 11:30 a.m. Angel City at Louisville, 6:30 p.m.
That's more an issue Invitational on the LPGA Game 11: Tokyo (Japan) 6, Tijuana (Mexico) 1
Game 12: Needville (Texas) 6, Fargo (N.D.) 2
Manchester United Washington at Houston, 7:30 p.m.
Gotham FC at San Diego, 9 p.m.
at Tottenham
for Kirk than Homa, who Tour in Ballymena, Saturday’s games Sunday’s games
Game 13: Bayamo (Cuba) vs. Sydney (Australia), 11 a.m. Soccer Serie A: Monza CBSSN 1:45 p.m. Chicago at Orlando, 6 p.m.
already has two wins this Northern Ireland. Game 14: Media (Pa.) vs. Gray (Maine), 1 p.m. at Inter Milan North Carolina at Portland, 9:30 p.m.
season and is assured of Steen started what was Game 15: Brno (Czech Republic) vs. Regina (Saskatche-
wan), 3 p.m.
Soccer USL: Las Vegas ESPN2 6:30 p.m.
being among the 30 who a very gusty day at 2 Game 16: Henderson (Nev.) vs. New Albany (Ohio), 5 at Detroit Tennis
p.m. Soccer USL: Monterey Bay BSSW 8 p.m.
go to East Lake. Not so under, made two bogeys Western & Southern Open
at San Antonio
for Kirk, who delivered a and three birdies for her Friday’s results
heartwarming win at the round of 72, and moved Basketball Soccer USL: New Mexico ESPN2 8:30 p.m. At Cincinnati
DeMontrond house
market may be poised to flip
from “buy the dip” during the
first half of the year, when trad-
ers saw moments of weakness
PRICIEST
From page B8
Cleveland-Cliffs takeover
of U.S. Steel gets union nod
By Evan
Robinson-Johnson
Application has been made with LEGAL NOTICE
P IT T S B URG H P O ST- GA ZE T TE
Notice To the Texas Alcoholic Beverage
Commission for a MIXED
BEVERAGE (MB) PERMIT by
The Houston Independent
School District is solicit-
ing Request for Proposals
(RFP) via the District’s
PITTSBURGH — The JUMPING WORLD LEAGUE
Creditors
electronic bidding portal.
union representing more CITY INC., to be located at 100 Proposers may login to
view specifications and
than 11,000 of U.S. Steel GULF FRWY. N., LEAGUE CITY, submit their responses at
Corp.’s employees, includ-
GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas the following link https://
nace operations in West- right to veto any transac- that it offered $7.8 billion The City of La Porte will receive bids for the Northwest Neighborhood Drainage Improvements Phase 2
until 2:00 p.m. Central Standard Time on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 , at the City Hall Information
ern Pennsylvania and tion,” the company said. in cash. Desk, City of La Porte 604 W. Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas 77571.
save union jobs. “Our commitment and Reuters reported that Proposed drainage improvements will consist of the installation of approximately 420 linear feet of 8’x4’
concrete box culverts via trenchless construction, beneath SH 146; the installation of approximately 990
Cleveland-Cliffs CEO ability to conduct a com- ArcelorMittal SA, the linear feet of 4’x3’ concrete box culverts; and approximately 15,900 cubic yards of excavation for the con-
struction of four detention basins.
Lourenco Goncalves, prehensive and thorough world’s second-largest
whose company has of- review of strategic alter- steelmaker, was consider- All sealed bids shall be submitted including one (1) marked original and one (1) marked duplicate on the
original forms clearly marked with bid number and description.
fered $7.4 billion for its ri- natives to maximize value ing making an offer.
The bids will be opened and publicly read in the Council Chambers immediately after the closing hour for
val steelmaker, made that for our stockholders re- Goncalves also signed the bids on said date.
commitment clear in a main unchanged.” off on a letter from United
No late bids will be considered
statement Thursday According to the agree- Steelworkers agreeing to
A non- mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on August 30, 2023 at 10:00 am, at the City of La Porte
night. ment, any prospective assume the union’s cur- City Hall, Council Chambers, located at 604 West Fairmont Pkwy, La Porte, TX 77571.
“To the employees of buyer will have to recog- rent labor agreement with
Bid documents may be downloaded from www.publicpurchase.com , or may be obtained without deposit
U.S. Steel who are watch- nize United Steelworkers U.S. Steel. from; City of La Porte Purchasing Office, 604 West Fairmont Pkwy, La Porte, TX 77571, (281) 470-5126,
[email protected] .
Cashier’s Check, Certified Check, or acceptable Bid Bond, payable to City of La Porte in an amount not
WASHINGTON — U.S. The City reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids, to waive any and all technicalities and to accept
any bid or part thereof, which in the opinion of the city council, is most advantageous to the city. In case
aviation regulators out- of ambiguity or lack of clearness in stating the prices in the bid, the city reserves the right to consider the
lined inspections needed most advantageous bid thereof or to reject the bid.
for potentially faulty parts BID WITHDRAWAL: No Bid shall be withdrawn for a period of60 days after the opening of the Bids with-
out the consent of OWNER.
on some of Pratt & Whit-
ney’s geared turbofan en- All contractors/subcontractors System for Award Management ( SAM.gov) registration is not active or
that are debarred, suspended or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participation on federal assis-
gines that power Airbus’ tance programs may not undertake any activity in part or in full under this project.
best-selling A320neo John Woike/Tribune News Service This project will be federally funded by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Department
model. An FAA directive targets Pratt & Whitney’s geared through the Texas General Land Office (GLO) and administered by the Harris County Community Devel-
opment Services Department (HCCSD). Bidders shall comply with regulations governing the CDBG Disas-
The directive affects 20 turbofan engines on Airbus’ A320neo model. ter Recovery Program (Regulation 24 CFR 570), Applicable requirements include but are not limited to
compliance with the Davis Bacon and Related Acts, Fair Labor Standards, Equal Employment Opportuni-
engines on U.S.-registered ty, Affirmative Action, Section 3 of the HUD Act of 1968, and contracting with small, minority, and disad-
aircraft, according to a sure turbine discs will cost The July announcement vantage firms, as detailed in the project manual.
regulatory filing by the $8,500 each, according to marked the latest stumble A request for clarifications shall be submitted in writing at www.publicpurchase.com or to
[email protected] or delivered to the Purchasing Office at 604 West Fairmont Pkwy, La Porte,
Federal Aviation Admin- the FAA’s airworthiness for RTX’s marquee com- TX 77571. Purchasing will act as the liaison between the requestor and the department representative or
istration on Friday. The directive. Replacing any mercial aircraft engine, Engineer to seek clarification or supplemental instructions appropriate to the request. The deadline for
asking questions will be September 1, 2023 by 5:00 PM.
impact on the worldwide faulty discs will cost oper- which was already caus-
fleet will be larger as other ators about $171,000 ing headaches for airlines
nations adopt the FAA’s apiece. around the globe over du- Competitive Sealed Proposal Notice for
Multi-Campus HVAC System Repairs and Improvements Package C
requirements. The costs could be sub- rability challenges and Project Number: 24-07-09
Pratt, a unit of aero- stantial. Based on the FAA lengthy waits — often sev- Houston Independent School District
space giant RTX Corp., estimates, the total cost eral months long — for re-
The Houston Independent School District will receive Competitive Sealed Proposals from contractors for
said last month that 1,200 across the global fleet pairs to be completed. work on the Multi-Campus HVAC System Repairs and Improvements project. The work includes, but is not
GTF engines must be re- could exceed $400 million The GTF is one of two limited to, the construction of new HVAC systems and associated electrical and structural improvements for
multiple existing HISD Facilities. All required proposal information, except sub-contractor firm information
moved and inspected over if all 1,200 engines that power plants available on and M/WBE required documents, are due no later than Wednesday September 13, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. at
4400 West 18th Street, Office of Board Services #1C, Houston, TX 77092. The proposals will be opened, and
the next 12 months after need inspection were the A320neo, the world’s the amounts read aloud.
the company discovered found to have flawed first- best-selling jet. Airlines The Request for Competitive Sealed Proposal (RFCSP), which includes plans and specifications, will be
contamination in the pow- and second-stage discs. have been vocal about the available beginning August 11, 2023, and are on file at:
dered metal used to manu- The FAA cautioned that it disruption that the remov- HISD Solicitation bid website: https://www.houstonisd.org/Page/179264.
facture high-pressure tur- could not determine how al of engines will cause on
There is NO charge to view or download documents. Any questions regarding documents are to be ad-
bine discs could shorten many will actually need their workhorse fleet, with dressed to Matthew Bean, [email protected] .
their life span. The compa- replacement. European discount carrier The Competitive Sealed Proposal process will be utilized as authorized in Senate Bill 1093, Legislative Ses-
ny has said the first 200 RTX executives have Wizz Air Holdings scaling sion 83-2013, Ch. 2269, Subchapter D, of Texas Government Code. The Competitive Sealed Proposal proc-
ess enables HISD to select contractors on the basis of price and qualifications/methodology.
turbines will need acceler- said more than 3,000 earli- back growth plans. U.S.
ated removals by mid-Sep- er inspections tied to the carriers Spirit Airlines Sub-contractor firm information and M/WBE forms, schedules and statements, as required by Section AB of
the RFCSP and in accordance with the Office of Business Assistance, will be received at 12:00 noon, Thurs-
tember. potential flaw found that and JetBlue Airways said day, September 14, 2023, in the Board Services Office #1C, 4400 West 18th Street, Houston, TX 77092.
PROPOSALS SUBMITTED WITHOUT M/WBE FORMS PROPERLY COMPLETED WILL BE CONSIDERED NON-
Inspections of first- and fewer than 1% needed re- the disruption will idle RESPONSIVE.
second-stage high-pres- placements. more of their fleet. A pre-proposal conference will be held at 10:00 AM CST, Wednesday, August 23, 2023, at HISD Construc-
tion Services Office located at 3200 Center Street, Houston, TX 77007.
There will be a (4) hour window to walk the schools directly after the pre-proposal conference ends.
Deady Middle School – 2500 Broadway St. Houston, Texas 77012 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Status of battery workers poses Patterson Elementary School – 5302 Allendale Rd. Houston, Texas 77017 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Kelso Elementary School – 5800 Southmund St. Houston, Texas 77033 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Gregg Elementary School – 6701 Roxbury Rd. Houston, Texas 77078 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
strike risk for Detroit automakers For additional information regarding this project, please contact Matthew Bean,
[email protected].
Drawings and Specifications for the RFCSP may be reviewed at the following Houston locations:
By David Welch, Fain understands that au- add more than $80 billion Associated General Contractors / www.agchouston.org
Gabrielle Coppola tomakers needed to form to each of the automakers’ HISD Construction Services Office (Bond), 3200 Center, Houston, TX 77007, (713) 556-9250
McGraw Hill Construction/Dodge / www.construction.com
and Keith Naughton joint ventures to access labor costs, people famil- Virtual Builders Exchange, 7035 West Tidwell, Suite #J112, Houston, TX. 77092
B L OOM BE RG battery technology, but iar with the companies’ es-
they could have hired the timates have said. NOTICE TO PROPOSERS
One of the more divisive workers at better pay. He Unhappy with what he The Houston Independent School District Purchasing Services Department locat-
ed at 4400 West 18th Street, Houston, TX 77092 is soliciting Request for Propos-
topics putting General has a solution in mind: described as too-slow als (RFP) via the District’s electronic bidding portal. Proposers may login to view
specifications and submit their responses at the following link https://
Motors, Ford and Stellan- Have the car companies do progress toward a deal, houstonisd.ionwave.net/Login.aspx until 11:00 a.m. (CST) Tuesday, September
tis at risk for potential the hiring at autoworker Fain has called a strike-au- 12, 2023, for the following solicitation:
RFP 23-06-03 Mobile Equipment Insurance
strikes in the coming pay rates, then lease these thorization vote next Pre-proposal conferences via Microsoft Teams will be held in conjunction with
months concerns the staff to the battery ven- week. Results are expected this RFP. Information regarding dates, times, and instructions to receive a link to
join the meeting can be located within the electronic bidding portal under the
thousands of battery tures. Thursday, three weeks to “Event Details” tab specific to this solicitation.
workers they’ll need the “We’d love to see it, or the day before the UAW’s
next few years. some type of arrangement, current agreements with
The United Auto Work- but the companies have to the car companies are
ers wants to represent be willing to do it,” Fain scheduled to expire.
these hires and for them to said. “Their intent was to The union sees the
get the same pay and bene- create a different class of opening pay scale at Ulti-
fits as union members at workers.” um — GM’s venture with
other facilities. After making landmark LG Energy Solution in
The companies want to concessions to the Detroit Ohio — as a threat to mid-
cordon off this conversa- Three starting in 2007 — dle-class wages for factory
tion from negotiations of and getting just a pair of work. Employees at Ulti-
new four-year labor con-
tracts they’re negotiating
3% raises over the past
four years while auto prof-
um start at $15.50 an hour,
half the top wage at assem-
chron.com/education
with the UAW. For one, its soared — Fain is driv- bly plants.
most of their battery facto- ing a hard bargain for his The car companies say
ries are still under con- members. He’s sought a their joint ventures
struction. Plus, these facil- 46% wage increase, resto- weren’t set up to be end
ities aren’t the carmakers’ ration of traditional pen- runs around union wages.
outright — each of them sions, cost-of-living in- They need the expertise of
have set up joint ventures creases, reduced work- battery partners to build
with Asian battery manu- weeks and richer retiree the packs powering their
facturers. benefits. EVs and for these facilities
UAW President Shawn The demands would to be cost-competitive.
HOUSTON CHRONICLE | HOUSTONCHRONICLE.COM B11
WEATHER
HOUSTON’S SEVEN-DAY FORECAST | Go to AccuWeather.com COASTAL FORECAST
GALVESTON BAY: Wind from
103 104 102 99 102 106 104 the south at 6-12 knots today.
79 81 80 78 81 80 81 Seas 2 feet or less. Visibility
generally clear. Tonight: Wind
TODAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY from the south-southwest at
Partly sunny and hot Mostly sunny and hot Mostly sunny and hot Couple of thunder- Partly sunny and hot Hot with sunshine Hot and humid with 6-12 knots. Seas 2 feet or less.
storms sunshine Mainly clear.
MATAGORDA SHIP CHAN-
METRO AREA NORTH AMERICA TODAY INTERNATIONAL NEL TO HIGH ISLAND OUT
20 TO 50 MILES: Wind from
OUTLOOK Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Today Sun.
the south-southeast at 7-14
TODAY: Partly sunny and hot; 110s Vancouver Africa
Saskatoon Cairo 100/72/s 98/73/s knots today. Seas 2 feet or
dangerous heat. High 99 to 100s Calgary
less. Visibility generally clear.
104. Winds south-southwest Seattle Cape Town 67/50/s 61/53/pc
90s Regina Winnipeg Casablanca 85/73/pc 88/72/pc Tonight: Wind from the south
4-8 mph. TONIGHT: Clear and 80s Portland Thunder Bay Dakar 84/78/t 85/81/r at 7-14 knots. Seas 2 feet or
Montreal
humid. Low 76 to 81. Winds Ottawa Johannesburg 76/48/c 77/52/c less. Clear.
70s
south-southwest 6-12 mph. Lagos 84/74/sh 82/74/t
60s
Minneapolis Toronto Boston Asia/Pacific
50s Beijing 94/75/t 90/71/s
40s Detroit Ho Chi Minh City 89/76/t 87/76/t
AIR QUALITY 30s Hong Kong 88/78/t 87/79/t
Salt Lake City New York Islamabad 97/78/s 98/79/s
Today’s forecast for the entire Chicago
20s San Francisco Jakarta 88/77/sh 89/77/sh
metro area by the TCEQ:
10s Denver Washington Karachi 87/76/c 87/77/pc GALVESTON TIDES
0s
Kuala Lumpur 85/75/t 85/74/t Highs Feet Lows Feet
Manila 86/78/r 89/78/t
-0s New Delhi 95/81/pc 95/82/pc 7:29 a.m. 1.3 1:01 p.m. 0.9
Los Angeles
Ozone watch -10s Seoul 88/74/r 89/76/sh 6:21 p.m. 1.1 --- ---
Little Rock Shanghai 89/80/sh 89/80/sh
Phoenix Atlanta
Good Unhealthy Singapore 85/77/t 85/77/t
T-storms
Sydney 63/52/s 68/51/s
RIVERS, CREEKS AND
Moderate Very unhealthy Rain Dallas
Unhealthy Hazardous Showers
El Paso Taipei 88/74/t 90/75/sh BAYOUS through 7 a.m. Friday
Tokyo 92/79/pc 93/80/t Flood Latest 24-hr.
for sensitive Snow Hermosillo
Canada Location stage stage chg.
groups New Orleans Calgary 65/43/c 71/52/c
Flurries Houston
Chihuahua Edmonton 62/37/s 69/47/s Brays Bayou South Main 54 16.74 +0.04
Ice Brazos River Bryan 43 6.38 -0.20
POLLEN AND MOLD Jet stream
Miami Montreal
Toronto
66/59/sh
79/60/s
79/63/sh
86/67/pc Hempstead 50 10.35 +0.09
Yesterday’s readings by the Monterrey Vancouver 74/56/pc 73/57/s Richmond 48 8.12 -0.12
Houston Health Department: Havana Winnipeg 83/53/pc 76/54/pc Buffalo Bayou Piney Point 50 27.86 -0.01
Countpercubicmeterofair Europe Shepherd Dr. 23 1.50 -0.13
None 0 Mérida Cancún Amsterdam 77/60/pc 76/57/s
Tree pollen Guadalajara Athens 94/78/s 93/79/s
Clear Creek Friendswood 12 0.83 -0.28
Weed pollen Medium 14 Anchorage
Berlin 90/68/s 84/62/s Colorado R. Austin 29 11.73 -1.12
Veracruz Copenhagen 74/63/pc 74/59/pc Bastrop 25 3.20 -0.04
Grass pollen Low 4 Mexico City
Mold spores Low 5355
Villahermosa Forecasts and
Dublin 72/55/pc 72/58/pc La Grange 32 3.13 +0.03
Honolulu Belmopan Frankfurt 90/67/pc 88/65/s Columbus 34 9.32 +0.03
graphics provided by Geneva 96/67/pc 97/68/s
Low Heavy Cold Warm Stationary Acapulco Wharton 39 6.92 -0.01
front front front AccuWeather, Inc. Istanbul 89/75/s 90/73/s
Medium Extremely heavy ©2023 London 77/57/c 78/57/pc Bay City 44 2.53 +0.34
Madrid 99/69/pc 103/73/pc Greens Bayou Eastex Fwy. 61 38.98 -0.04
Note: No measurements on weekends; Moscow 78/61/t 75/57/t
charts in Sunday and Monday papers reflect
Guadalupe R. Hunt 12 7.56 none
forecast ratings from the previous Friday. FOR THE RECORD TEXAS NATIONAL cont. Paris
Prague
85/63/pc
90/66/s
88/65/s
89/65/t
Comfort 26 2.70 +0.01
George Bush Intercontinental Today Sun. Today Sun. Rome 90/72/s 92/71/s Spring Branch 36 -1.20 none
Airport through 3 p.m. Fri. Abilene 107/77/s 106/80/s Cleveland 78/62/s 88/70/s Stockholm 69/55/c 65/56/sh New Braunfels 13 9.25 -0.03
COMFORT INDEX
The comfort index takes into
Temperature Degrees F Amarillo
Austin
102/70/s
105/75/pc
100/72/s Columbus
107/75/pc Denver
81/61/s
94/64/pc
91/69/s Vienna
97/71/pc Warsaw
88/66/s 93/68/s Gonzales 31 10.57 -0.89
86/66/sh 89/66/pc Cuero 20 6.34 -0.50
account how the weather will High 102 Beaumont 101/77/s 104/78/s Des Moines 95/75/s 95/74/s Zurich 93/64/pc 94/65/s
Low 81 Brownsville 99/80/pc 100/79/pc Detroit 79/62/s 88/70/s Latin America Victoria 21 3.80 +0.11
feel based on a combination of
Bryan/College St. 106/80/s 108/82/s Duluth 87/63/pc 75/58/pc Dupont 20 6.84 -0.40
factors. A rating of 10 feels very Normal high 95 Corpus Christi Bogota 66/50/sh 65/51/sh
comfortable while a rating of 0
100/79/s 102/77/s Fairbanks 60/48/c 54/48/r Buenos Aires 58/45/c 57/48/c Little River Little River 30 0.85 -0.09
Normal low 76 Dallas/Ft. Worth 108/83/s 108/83/s Great Falls 72/54/c 74/54/t Caracas Cameron 30 0.47 +0.04
feels very uncomfortable. 88/76/t 90/77/t
Record high 108 in 1909 El Paso 100/78/c 99/75/s Hartford 76/58/s 84/63/s Havana 90/74/t 90/74/t Navasota R. Easterly 19 2.92 -0.01
Today Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Record low 62 in 1992 Galveston 93/82/pc 93/84/s Honolulu 86/74/r 86/74/sh Kingston 92/79/pc 92/79/pc Neches River Evadale 19 5.10 -0.21
1 0 1 3 4 0 Kingsville 102/79/s 103/78/s Indianapolis 83/65/s 90/70/s Lima 73/65/c 74/66/pc
Precipitation Inches Laredo 106/80/s 105/81/s Jackson, MS 103/76/s 104/76/s Rio de Janeiro Pine Island B. Sour Lake 25 11.52 +0.03
82/68/t 76/69/t
24-hour total 0.00 Longview 107/74/s 107/76/s Juneau 60/49/c 63/54/s San Juan 89/81/t 88/79/sh Sabine River Bon Wier 30 14.00 +0.01
UV TODAY Month to date Lubbock
0.00 McAllen 102/71/s 100/73/s Kansas City 103/75/s 101/76/s San Salvador 85/65/pc 85/68/t Deweyville 24 15.06 +1.19
101/80/pc 103/79/pc Las Vegas 86/71/t 80/69/r Santiago
Values indicate the exposure to Normal month to date 2.46 Midland/Odessa 101/73/s 100/74/s Little Rock 98/73/s 99/75/s Sao Paulo
54/49/sh 63/49/c Orange 4 -0.11 +0.31
the sun’s Ultraviolet rays. 77/58/t 77/59/pc Burkeville 43 12.95 -0.01
Year to date 29.97 San Angelo 107/74/s 106/76/s Los Angeles 83/71/pc 80/67/r St. Thomas 87/82/pc 87/81/t
8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. Normal year to date 31.39 San Antonio 104/76/pc 104/79/pc Memphis 93/73/s 95/75/s San Bernard R. E. Bernard 17 5.94 +0.01
Texarkana 106/76/s 102/74/s Miami 85/79/t 89/81/t Mexico E. San. Jac. R. Cleveland 19 4.02 none
2 4 9 9 4 2 Other readings Victoria 103/77/s 102/76/pc Milwaukee 84/71/s 87/70/pc Acapulco 91/77/t 89/76/t
W. San. Jac. R. Conroe 116 93.66 -0.08
Top wind speed 9 mph Waco 106/79/s 109/80/s Minneapolis 94/70/s 84/66/pc Cancun 91/79/s 89/79/t
0-2, Low 8-10, Very high Nashville 90/65/pc 95/70/s Guadalajara 80/63/t 73/60/t San Jacinto R. Sheldon 10 1.56 -0.08
3-5, Moderate 11+, Extreme High barometer 30.00 in. 100/82/s Guanajuato 72/59/t 68/56/t Sims Bayou Telephone Rd. 30 1.45 -0.08
Low barometer 29.91 in. NATIONAL New Orleans
New York City
101/81/s
80/65/s 87/72/s Mazatlan 91/80/pc 89/79/t Trinity River Goodrich 36 4.94 none
6-7, High Today Sun. Oklahoma City
High dewpoint 78° 106/74/s 105/74/s Merida 98/74/pc 97/74/t
Liberty 26 5.97 +0.03
Low dewpoint 68° Albany, NY 72/57/pc 84/65/pc Orlando 92/77/t 91/78/t Mexico City 73/57/sh 69/54/c
Village Creek Kountze 20 1.54 -0.01
SUN AND MOON Albuquerque 95/70/s 95/69/pc Philadelphia 81/63/s 90/70/s Puerto Vallarta 94/75/t 89/75/r
Average dewpoint 75° Anchorage 60/51/pc 62/50/c Phoenix 100/83/t 101/81/t Tampico 91/78/pc 89/76/t White Oak B. Heights Blvd. 48 7.65 none
First Full Last New
quarter moon quarter moon High humidity 90% Atlanta 92/71/s 94/73/s Pittsburgh 78/57/s 87/65/pc Veracruz 89/77/pc 87/75/sh
Low humidity 32% Baltimore 85/60/s 91/67/pc Portland, OR 90/61/pc 93/59/pc Middle East TEXAS LAKES
Billings 75/57/t 72/58/c Sacramento 96/64/s 96/71/s Baghdad 115/92/pc 114/91/pc
Birmingham 91/69/s 95/73/s St. Louis 91/74/pc 100/76/s Beirut 87/78/s 85/75/s Full Latest Release
82/68/c Dubai 100/87/pc 103/87/pc through 7 a.m. Friday pool level cfs
Aug 24 Aug 30 Sep 6 Sep 14 KEY TO CONDITIONS Boise Boston
96/73/pc
76/63/pc
75/64/t Salt Lake City
83/69/s San Diego
87/69/t
77/71/pc 78/69/r Jerusalem 93/72/s 90/68/s Canyon Dam 909 893.25 81
s - sunny r - rain Buffalo 74/59/s 80/68/pc San Francisco 75/61/pc 83/64/pc Kabul 92/67/s 94/69/s Conroe 201 199.56 0
Sunset tonight 7:59 p.m. pc - partly cloudy sf - snow flurries Charleston, SC 91/75/t 89/72/t Santa Fe 92/60/pc 90/61/pc Mecca 107/82/s 107/85/s
Sunrise Sunday 6:51 a.m. c - cloudy sn - snow Charlotte 88/68/s 93/71/s Seattle 80/59/pc 86/57/pc Riyadh 111/87/pc 110/87/c Houston 41.73 41.95 N.A.
Moonrise today 9:36 a.m. sh - showers i - ice Chicago 86/70/s 93/70/s Tucson 95/76/t 98/74/t Tehran 98/79/pc 97/78/s Lake Travis 681 633.64 915
Moonset today 9:55 p.m. t - thunderstorms Cincinnati 83/63/s 90/70/s Washington, DC 85/64/s 91/71/pc Tel Aviv 90/81/s 88/79/s Livingston 131 128.91