Missouri extends Eli Drinkwitz's contract through 2029, adds money to assistant salary pool
Drinkwitz signed an extension in December 2023 that paid him $46 million through the 2028 season, along with incentives such as $250,000 for a first-round appearance in the College Football Playoff and $750,000 for winning the national championship.
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Winnipeg Free Press
18 hours ago
- Winnipeg Free Press
Surprise! There's been quite a bit of parity in the race for baseball's best record
The 2025 regular season was supposed to be about Dodger dominance. Instead, the race for baseball's best record has turned into a free for all. If there were any concerns about a Los Angeles behemoth running roughshod over the sport, that hasn't materialized so far. In fact, eight different teams have spent the past three months passing baseball's best record around like a hot potato. The race for the top record in the major leagues is in many ways symbolic. Home field advantage in the postseason isn't quite the prize it is in the NFL or NBA, and there's no Presidents' Trophy given for regular-season excellence like in the NHL. But the number of teams that have taken a turn at the top is noteworthy. Since May 1, the Dodgers, Tigers, Padres, Mets, Phillies, Cubs, Brewers and Blue Jays have all held the best record at some point. Five of those teams have held the top spot in an even more recent span — since July 1. Since the American League and National League began expanding significantly in 1961, this is only the fifth time at least eight teams have held (or tied for) the best record in baseball through games of May 1 or later, according to Sportrader. One of those seasons was 2020, when the whole 60-game schedule was after that date. The others were 1963 (eight teams), 1982 (eight) and 2021 (nine). The largest lead any team has been able to open on the rest of the majors — all season — is when Detroit was three games up for a few days shortly before the All-Star break. Here are the teams (or pairs of teams) that have led the major league standings at the end of each day since the start of May. May 1-7: Dodgers May 8-9: Dodgers and Tigers May 10: Padres May 11-12: Dodgers May 13: Mets and Tigers May 14: Tigers May 15: Dodgers and Tigers May 16-22: Tigers May 23-27: Phillies May 28-June 10: Tigers June 11-12: Mets June 13-24: Tigers June 25-26: Dodgers and Tigers June 27: Dodgers June 28-30: Dodgers and Tigers July 1-4: Dodgers July 5: Dodgers and Tigers July 6-18: Tigers July 19: Cubs July 20: Tigers July 21: Brewers July 22: Brewers and Cubs July 23-24: Brewers July 25-27: Blue Jays July 28-Aug. 3: Brewers Trivia time Seven of baseball's current franchises have never finished with game's best regular-season record. Who are they? LA's story For the first few weeks of the season, it looked like the Dodgers might indeed be on their way to well over 100 wins. The defending champs — who had added pitchers Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki in the offseason — won their first eight games, but since then Los Angeles has looked mortal. In early June, the Dodgers had 14 pitchers on the injured list, and although they're in first place in their division, their current winning percentage of .580 would be their worst since 2018 if that's where they finish the season. Line of the week Pittsburgh's Liover Peguero hit three home runs Saturday in an 8-5 loss to Colorado. It was a tough defeat to swallow for the Pirates, who actually gave ace Paul Skenes some run support, only for him to allow four runs in five-plus innings. Comeback of the week On the topic of tough losses to swallow, the Pirates also fell to the Rockies on Friday night — after scoring nine runs in the top of the first. Pittsburgh led 16-10 before allowing two in the eighth and five in the bottom of the ninth. Brenton Doyle hit a two-run homer to win it 17-16 for Colorado, which had a win probability of 0.5% in the eighth according to Baseball Savant. The Rockies are the only team this season to win after falling nine runs behind, and they continue to make progress in their effort to avoid matching or breaking the modern record for losses set by the Chicago White Sox last year. Colorado went 3-3 this week and is now 30-81 on the season. The White Sox went 41-121 Thursdays Keep up to date on sports with Mike McIntyre's weekly newsletter. Trivia answer Unsurprisingly, the seven are among the majors' younger franchises — the Rays, Diamondbacks, Marlins, Rockies, Blue Jays, Padres and Rangers. Of the teams that have finished with the best record in baseball, the one with the longest current drought is the Twins, who last did so in 1965. ___ AP MLB:
Winnipeg Free Press
2 days ago
- Winnipeg Free Press
Phillies and Tigers play in series rubber match
Detroit Tigers (65-47, first in the AL Central) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (62-48, second in the NL East) Philadelphia; Sunday, 7:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Tigers: Charlie Morton (7-8, 5.42 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, 101 strikeouts); Phillies: Cristopher Sanchez (9-3, 2.48 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 139 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Phillies -188, Tigers +156; over/under is 8 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Phillies and Detroit Tigers play on Sunday with the winner claiming the three-game series. Philadelphia is 62-48 overall and 34-20 in home games. The Phillies have a 40-9 record in games when they scored at least five runs. Detroit has a 29-26 record in road games and a 65-47 record overall. The Tigers are 46-7 in games when they scored five or more runs. The matchup Sunday is the third meeting between these teams this season. TOP PERFORMERS: Kyle Schwarber leads the Phillies with 37 home runs while slugging .568. Trea Turner is 13 for 46 with four doubles, a triple and four RBIs over the last 10 games. Gleyber Torres has 13 home runs, 55 walks and 54 RBIs while hitting .277 for the Tigers. Dillon Dingler is 13 for 36 with three doubles, a home run and six RBIs over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Phillies: 5-5, .253 batting average, 4.96 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs Tigers: 5-5, .257 batting average, 4.60 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs INJURIES: Phillies: Daniel Robert: 15-Day IL (blister), Joe Ross: 15-Day IL (back), Alec Bohm: 10-Day IL (ribcage), Aaron Nola: 60-Day IL (ankle) Tigers: Paul Sewald: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Reese Olson: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Parker Meadows: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Sean Guenther: 60-Day IL (hip), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 15-Day IL (neck), Jackson Jobe: 60-Day IL (flexor), Jason Foley: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alex Cobb: 60-Day IL (hip), Ty Madden: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jose Urquidy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Alex Lange: 60-Day IL (lat) ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Canada News.Net
2 days ago
- Canada News.Net
MLB roundup: Tarik Skubal fans 10 as Tigers top Phillies
(Photo credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images) Tarik Skubal struck out 10 in seven innings and Detroit's offense supported him with four homers as the Tigers topped host Philadelphia 7-5 in their interleague matchup Saturday night. Skubal (11-3) held the Phillies scoreless in the first six innings before giving up three runs in the seventh. Kyle Finnegan, making his Detroit debut after being acquired from the Nationals, got the last four outs for his 21st save this season as the Tigers won for the fifth time in six games. Javier Baez led the offense with a two-run homer and a two-run triple. Colt Keith, Kerry Carpenter and Gleyber Torres accounted for the other three runs with solo homers. Nick Castellanos and Bryce Harper blasted two-run homers for the Phillies. Zach Wheeler (9-5) allowed four runs (three earned) on nine hits in six-plus innings with 10 strikeouts. Rays 4, Dodgers 0 Yandy Diaz had two home runs among his three hits and drove in three runs as the Rays snapped a four-game losing streak with a win over the visiting Dodgers. Drew Rasmussen (9-5) allowed four hits with no walks and six strikeouts over 5 1/3 scoreless innings. Pete Fairbanks struck out the side in the ninth as Rays pitchers combined for 11 strikeouts. Blake Snell (1-1) returned from the injured list to make his first start since April 2. Snell gave up three runs on five hits and no walks over five innings, striking out eight. Orioles 4, Cubs 3 Baltimore rallied with four runs in the bottom of the eighth, including a three-run homer from Gunnar Henderson, to put away visiting Chicago. Jordan Westburg had two hits and an RBI for the Orioles, whose eighth-inning outburst snapped an 18-inning scoreless streak. Jeremiah Jackson also had two hits for Baltimore. Newly acquired Willi Castro tripled, singled and scored two runs for the Cubs, and Nico Hoener contributed three hits and two RBIs. Blue Jays 4, Royals 2 Bo Bichette had three hits and drove in a run as Toronto rode a strong performance by starting pitcher Max Scherzer to a win over visiting Kansas City. Scherzer went six innings, giving up just one run on five hits while striking out five for the Blue Jays, while Davis Schneider drove in two runs on a single as part of a three-run third inning. Salvador Perez homered for the second straight game and added a single for the Royals, whose three-game winning streak came to an end. Kyle Isbel contributed two doubles and an RBI. Rockies 8, Pirates 5 Jordan Beck had two hits, including a home run, and Warming Bernabel added two doubles as host Colorado used a six-run sixth inning to rally past Pittsburgh. Orlando Arcia also homered and Mickey Moniak contributed two hits for the Rockies, who have won two straight for the third time since the All-Star break -- matching the team's total in the previous 96 games. Liver Peguero recorded his first career multi-homer game with three home runs for the Pirates, who have dropped two straight after winning eight of the previous nine. Bryan Reynolds and Isiah Kiner-Falefa chipped in with two hits apiece for Pittsburgh. Brewers 8, Nationals 2 Christian Yelich homered and added two singles to lead visiting Milwaukee to a win over Washington. Brandon Woodruff shut down the Nationals over six innings of work, giving up just one hit while striking out eight for the Brewers, who won for the fifth time in six games. Brice Turang contributed a double and two singles for Milwaukee. Robert Hassell III belted a two-run home run for the Nationals, who finished with just two hits in their fourth straight loss. Red Sox 7, Astros 3 Romy Gonzalez, Trevor Story and Abraham Toro each blasted home runs to lead host Boston to a second straight win over Houston. Along with Gonzalez and Story, Ceddanne Rafaela and Rob Refsnyder finished with two hits for the Red Sox, who picked up their fourth consecutive victory. Victor Caratini had four hits and Christian Walker smacked his second home run in as many games for the Astros, who lost for the seventh time in nine games. Guardians 5, Twins 4 Jose Ramirez had two hits, including a two-run home run, and scored on a double by Bo Naylor in the eighth inning to give Cleveland the lead for good in a home win over Minnesota. Daniel Schneeman added a homer and scored twice for the Guardians, who won for the 16th time in 22 games. C.J. Kayfus drove in a run in his MLB debut, and Hunter Gaddis picked up his first career save. Royce Lewis and Trevor Larnach each had two hits and an RBI for the Twins, who led 4-2 heading into the bottom of the fifth inning. Matt Wallner chipped in with a two-run homer for Minnesota. Marlins 2, Yankees 0 Agustin Ramirez, a former New York prospect, smacked two home runs to lead Miami to a home win over the Yankees. Eury Perez held New York in check with six shutout innings, scattering two hits and three walks while fanning five. Behind Perez, the Marlins picked up their third shutout victory in four games. Miami had six shutouts before the All-Star break. Ben Rice doubled for the Yankees, who had just two hits on the day. Cam Schlittler took the loss for New York despite giving up just four hits while striking out six over five innings. Mets 12, Giants 6 Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Lindor combined for six hits and seven RBIs at the top of the order as New York handled visiting San Francisco. Nimmo (3-for-4) contributed two runs and three RBIs while Lindor (3-for-4) posted one run and four RBIs. Pete Alonso drove in both with a three-run homer in the first. Starter Kodai Senga allowed five hits and four runs over four innings before giving way to Reid Garrett (3-4), who retired all four Giants he faced. Dominic Smith and Willy Adames swatted two-run homers for the Giants. Kai-Wai Teng (0-1) went 3 1/3 innings in his major league debut and surrendered five runs, four hits and three walks. Rangers 6, Mariners 4 (11 innings) Wyatt Langford singled home the go-ahead run in the 11th inning as Texas defeated host Seattle and pulled within a game of the Mariners for both second place in the American League West and the AL's third and final wild-card spot. Kyle Higashioka homered and drove in three runs for the Rangers, who won for the first time in nine games at T-Mobile Park. Langford's soft liner to right field leading off the 11th scored Adolis Garcia from second base. Ezequiel Duran followed with a broken-bat single to right off Casey Legumina (4-6) to give Texas a two-run lead. Rangers reliever Luis Curvelo (1-0), making his second major league appearance, pitched 1 1/3 innings for the victory. Merrill Kelly, in his Texas debut after being acquired from Arizona at the trade deadline, allowed two runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings, with no walks and six strikeouts.
