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Red Sox sign Gold Glover Lowe after first baseman was cut by Nationals
Published Aug 18, 2025 • 1 minute read Washington Nationals' Nathaniel Lowe celebrates in the dugout after hitting a grand slam during the first inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. Photo by Charlie Riedel / AP Photo BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox signed first baseman Nathaniel Lowe to a one-year contract Monday, two days after he was released by the Washington Nationals. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account To make room on the roster, the Red Sox placed outfielder Rob Refsnyder on the 10-day injured list with a strained muscle on his left side. Lowe, 30, is a .263 career hitter with 105 homers, 397 RBIs and 384 runs scored in seven seasons with the Rays, Rangers and Nationals. He won a Gold Glove while helping Texas win the 2023 World Series before being traded to Washington after the 2024 season. Read More For the Nationals, he had 16 homers with 68 RBIs while batting a career-worst .216 in 119 games before he was designated for assignment last Thursday. He was released two days later. Also on Monday, the Red Sox said right-hander Tanner Houck had season-ending elbow surgery. An All-Star last season, the 29-year-old Houck went on the injured list in mid-May with a right flexor strain after going 0-3 with an 8.04 ERA in nine starts. In other moves, the Red Sox recalled infielder/outfielder Nate Eaton from triple-A Worcester and designated catcher Ali Sanchez for assignment. RECOMMENDED VIDEO Crime Canada Canada Canada Columnists
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13-06-2025
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Scheffler: 'Definitely not out of the tournament' after another US Open round over par
Scottie Scheffler reacts to his tee shot on the 15th hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Scottie Scheffler plays on the third hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Scottie Scheffler tees off on the 16th hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Scottie Scheffler reacts to his tee shot on the 15th hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Scottie Scheffler plays out of the Church Pews bunker on the third hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Scottie Scheffler plays out of the Church Pews bunker on the third hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Scottie Scheffler reacts to his tee shot on the 15th hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Scottie Scheffler plays on the third hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Scottie Scheffler tees off on the 16th hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Scottie Scheffler reacts to his tee shot on the 15th hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Scottie Scheffler plays out of the Church Pews bunker on the third hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler made yet another visit to Oakmont's famous Church Pews. He also bogeyed a hole after nearly driving the green. That wasn't enough to knock the top-ranked player out of contention — in the eyes of the betting markets and Scheffler himself. Advertisement 'Overall definitely not out of the tournament. Today was I think with the way I was hitting it, was easily a day I could have been going home and battled pretty hard to stay in there,' Scheffler said. 'I'm 4 over. We'll see what the lead is after today, but around this golf course I don't think by any means I'm out of the tournament.' Scheffler battled his way to a 1-over 71 at the U.S. Open on Friday, a slight improvement on his first-round 73 but still not the type of performance that's made him the game's dominant player the past three years. He has 36 more holes to try to unleash the form that produced wins in three of his last four tournaments. But at 3 p.m. Friday, only four players had shorter odds on the BetMGM Sportsbook money line, where Scheffler was at 10-1. He was tied for 34th on the real leaderboard. Scheffler began his second round with a birdie on No. 10. After a bogey on 15, his tee shot on the par-4 17th ended up just short of the green. But he needed four more strokes to complete that hole. Advertisement 'I think it's just giving it your best on each shot. There was some times today where you feel like you could give up, just based on how difficult the golf course is, how my swing was feeling,' Scheffler said. 'I'd get in position there on 17 and make a mess of the hole, and feel like I was making birdie, walk off with bogey. Then I hit it in a bunker on the next hole, and it's like I'm going to be struggling for par.' He alternated bogeys and birdies on holes Nos. 1-4. After ending up in the Church Pew bunker on both the third and fourth holes Thursday, his tee shot went in there again on No. 3 a day later. Still, it could have been much worse. Scheffler got up and down for par from the rough on No. 5 and from a bunker on No. 6. 'Mentally this was as tough as I've battled for the whole day,' he said. 'There was a lot of stuff going on out there that was not going in my favor necessarily.' Advertisement At last year's U.S. Open at Pinehurst, Scheffler played all four rounds over par for the first time at a major championship. He's halfway to a repeat of that. Or he could storm back into contention. His patience was on display on No. 9, his final hole of the day. After his tee shot went into the rough, he used a wedge to hit out instead making an aggressive attempt at the green. He ultimately missed a 17-foot putt and took a bogey. If he's going to make a significant climb up the leaderboard, that will have to wait. 'Going out early tomorrow, maybe get some easier conditions than the guys late in the afternoon. At the U.S. Open I don't think you're ever out of the tournament,' he said. 'I may be in 25th or 30th place or something like that after today, and like I said, by no means is that out of the tournament.' ___ AP golf:
Yahoo
13-06-2025
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The US Open at Oakmont is a brutal test that takes a long time
Scottie Scheffler plays out of the Church Pews bunker on the third hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Viktor Hovland, of Norway, reacts after missing a putt on the 18th hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Viktor Hovland, of Norway, reacts after making double bogey on the second hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Brooks Koepka prepares to putt on the 10th hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Viktor Hovland, of Norway, hits from a bunker on the second hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Viktor Hovland, of Norway, hits from a bunker on the second hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Scottie Scheffler plays out of the Church Pews bunker on the third hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Viktor Hovland, of Norway, reacts after missing a putt on the 18th hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Viktor Hovland, of Norway, reacts after making double bogey on the second hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Brooks Koepka prepares to putt on the 10th hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Viktor Hovland, of Norway, hits from a bunker on the second hole during the second round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Friday, June 13, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — There's a lot to think about at the U.S. Open. Particularly when it visits brawny Oakmont, where danger always seems to be one swing, one bounce, one "wait, where is that putt going to end up?" away. Good thing — or bad thing, depending on who you ask — there's plenty of time to think (or overthink). Advertisement The physical demands at the sprawling par-70 layout carved into a hilly slice of Western Pennsylvania so big it's divided by an interstate are obvious. Step into the 5-inch-plus rough and your shoes (not to mention your ball) disappear. Put too much spin on approach shots to greens so fast and so frustrating that Edward S. Stimpson invented his now-eponymous and ubiquitous tool to measure their actual speed, and the ball may start spinning back toward you and threaten to never stop, as qualifier Will Chandler found out Friday in the second round. The mental demand of keeping it all together during rounds that can stretch far beyond what the pros encounter during a weekly tour stop can be a little more subtle, but no less daunting. Advertisement Scottie Scheffler, Viktor Hovland and Collin Morikawa needed 5 1/2 hours to slog their way through a muggy opening round Thursday. Barely 12 hours after they shook hands on the 18th green, they were back on the 10th tee Friday for the second round, then needed nearly six hours to navigate their way to the ninth green. 'It felt long to me,' the top-ranked Scheffler said after a 1-over 71 left him 4 over for the tournament, seven shots behind Sam Burns, who sat at 3-under following a crisp 65. Yet Scheffler didn't find himself checking his watch too often, not even during waits that stretched to 15 minutes or more between shots. 'I've got too many concerns other than the pace it takes to get around this place,' he said with a shrug. Advertisement Scheffler and company might have gotten off easy. It took Thriston Lawrence's group well over an hour to play the first three holes as part of the late wave Friday. Part of the issue at Oakmont is the combination of the layout — where players literally have to cross a bridge to get from the first green to the second tee, and again while going from the eighth green to the ninth tee — and the decisions the course forces you to make. There's typically a backup at the par-4 17th, for example, because at around 300 yards (albeit uphill ones) it's drivable, meaning the group on the green typically has to putt out before the group behind them can go. Throw in the stakes — the lure of golf immortality (or at the very least, a healthy paycheck for making the cut) for the pros and the walk of a lifetime for amateurs like dentist turned qualifier Matt Vogt — and yeah, things can drag on a bit. Advertisement Hovland's second trip through Oakmont was an adventure. His 1-under 69 included only eight pars. There was an eagle thanks to a pitch-in on 17, five birdies, three bogeys, and a double. During a regular tour event, when scores are lower and the pace is a far more palatable 4ish hours, Hovland isn't sure he would have been able to keep things from spiraling out of control after the second, when a poor drive into the right rough was followed by a mangled pitch into a bunker and eventually a double-bogey that threatened to rob him of the momentum he'd build over his first 10 holes. 'If it would have happened at another tournament, for example, I could have potentially lost my mind there a little bit,' he said. 'But I felt like I kept things together very well.' The fact Hovland had time to let his frustration melt away before his driver on the third tee may have helped. The 27-year-old Norwegian knows his game well enough to know that he tends to speed things up when a round threatens to go sideways, and not in a good way. Advertisement There was no chance of that on Friday. 'Yeah, you might have had a bad hole on the last hole and then you're sitting on the tee box for 10-20 minutes,' he said. 'At least it gives you a good opportunity to get that out of your system and reset and think about the next shot.' Hovland calmly parred the third, then followed with back-to-back birdies on the par-5 fourth and par-4 fifth and will head into the weekend in contention to claim his first major, something that felt like an inevitability in 2023 but not so much of late. Though he won at Valspar in March, Hovland arrived in western Pennsylvania with relatively modest expectations. Those might be raised Saturday, when the rounds figure to speed up when the threesomes of the first two rounds turn into twosomes. Advertisement Maybe the rhythm of the day will feel more like normal, or at least as close to normal as Oakmont and the one major that leans into the pressure (mentally, physically and otherwise) it puts on its players allows. ___ AP golf:
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12-06-2025
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US Open players get that sinking feeling, straight down into the rough at brutal Oakmont
Scottie Scheffler hits from a bunker on the sixth hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Patrick Reed signals his tee shot is right on the seventh tee during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Jason Day, of Australia, tees off on the seventh hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Patrick Reed tees off on the seventh hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Thriston Lawrence, of South Africa, hits from the 18th fairway during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Thriston Lawrence, of South Africa, hits from the 18th fairway during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Scottie Scheffler hits from a bunker on the sixth hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Patrick Reed signals his tee shot is right on the seventh tee during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Jason Day, of Australia, tees off on the seventh hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Patrick Reed tees off on the seventh hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Thriston Lawrence, of South Africa, hits from the 18th fairway during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — Gary Woodland, the 2019 U.S. Open champion, waved the rules official over. Certainly, a ball buried that deep in the rough had to have embedded into the soft turf below when his off-line drive on the 12th hole landed with a thunk. No such luck, the official told him. The rough at Oakmont is just deep — and thick and hard to escape. Instead of taking a free drop for an embedded ball, Woodland had to replace it where he found it, get out his wedge, take a hack and pray. Advertisement That resulted in Woodland's first blemish in a back nine of 6-over 41 at the U.S. Open on Thursday. It turned a promising round that began with three birdies into a 3-over 73 slog. Woodland's was one of dozens of tales from the rough — gnarly, thick and sometimes downright impossible — that make an Open at Oakmont as tough as they come. 'Even for a guy like me, I can't get out of it some of the times, depending on the lie,' said defending champion Bryson DeChambeau, who makes a living on overpowering golf courses and gouging out of the thick stuff. 'It was tough. It was a brutal test of golf.' DeChambeau was at even par when he nuked his second shot over the green and into the rough in back of the 12th green. The grass opened up his club face on the third and rifled the ball into more rough. He needed two more shots to advance the ball from there to the fringe. He shot 73. Advertisement 'If you miss the green, you miss it by too much, you then try to play an 8-yard pitch over the rough onto a green that's brick hard running away from you,' Scotland's Robert MacIntyre said after his round of even-par 70. 'It just feels like every shot is on a knife edge.' Punishing the best in the world is exactly how the superintendents at what might be America's toughest golf course planned it. For the record, they do mow this rough. If they didn't, there's a chance some of the grass would lay over itself, allowing the ball to perch up instead of sink down. The mowers here have blades that use suction to pull the grass upward as they cut, helping the grass stand up straight and creating the physics that allow the ball to sink to the bottom. Which is exactly where Rory McIlroy found his second shot, then his third, after failing to gouge his drive out of the lush green fescue located right of all that 'regular' rough on the par-4 fourth. He made 6 there on his way to 74. Advertisement On No. 3, top-ranked No. 1 Scottie Scheffler hit his tee shot into the famous church pew bunker, then cooked his second shot up the hill and over the green. The rough opened up his clubface on the chip, sending the ball into the second cut of fringe. He got down in two to save bogey there. Patrick Reed hit the shot of the day. It was a 286-yarder from the fairway that hit the green and dropped in for only the fourth albatross — a 2 on a par 5 — in recorded U.S. Open history. If only he could have stopped there. His ensuing drive was so far left, it landed in the rough near the eighth tee box. He hacked across the fairway into more rough and scrambled to save bogey. Later, Reed short-sided his approach on No. 9, moved the next shot from the rough about 5 feet and needed to get up and down for bogey. Advertisement Maybe J.J. Spaun figured it out the best. With the dew still slickening the grass for his early tee time, Spaun chipped in from a gnarly lie on his first hole to open the Open with a birdie. He only hit eight of 14 fairways and 12 of 18 greens, but that was good enough for a 4-under 66, which sent him home with the lead and a chance to watch the afternoon players suffer. 'I like feeling uncomfortable,' Spaun said. He came to the right place this week. ___ AP golf:
The Hill
11-06-2025
- Business
- The Hill
Trump moves to ax power plant rules
The Big Story The Trump administration is moving to ax all climate rules alongside Biden-era and pollution rules for power plants. © AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File The moves come as the Trump administration looks to promote fossil fuels and are expected to worsen global warming and air pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to find that power plants' greenhouse gas emissions 'do not contribute significantly to dangerous air pollution' and therefore should not be regulated. In effect, this proposal would overturn Biden-era rules that required existing coal and new gas plants to capture at least 90 percent of their carbon emissions and tighten restrictions on coal plants' releases of mercury and other toxic metals. The climate rule that the Trump administration is proposing to ax would have prevented an estimated 1.4 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions between the years 2038 and 2047 — emissions equivalent to taking more than 300 million gas-powered cars off the road for a year, according to Biden-era projections. Read more at Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter, I'm Rachel Frazin — keeping you up to speed on the policies impacting everything from oil and gas to new supply chains. Did someone forward you this newsletter? Subscribe here. Essential Reads How policy will affect the energy and environment sectors now and in the future: Trump proposes axing all climate rules for power plants The Trump administration is moving to ax all climate rules alongside Biden-era and pollution rules for power plants. House GOP approves 'technical changes' to Trump agenda bill On the energy front, the changes removed a provision that would have reinstated leases for a proposed copper and nickel mine that had been renewed under the first Trump administration but revoked under former President Biden. Federal judge tasks Port of Los Angeles with cleaning up contaminated water The Port of Los Angeles will need to clean up widespread water contamination in the city's harbor by shoring up sewage treatment operations, according to a settlement approved by a federal judge. What We're Reading News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: Trump's Onshore Wind Pause Is Still On (Heatmap) Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired (The Guardian) On Tap Upcoming news themes and events we're watching: What Others are Reading Two key stories on The Hill right now: Hegseth takes fire from Republicans at heated Senate hearing Republican senators came out firing during Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's hearing on Wednesday before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on armed forces. Read more Where the 'No Kings' anti-Trump military parade protests are planned Organizers with the 'No Kings' movement are planning some 1,500 demonstrations across the country to protest the upcoming military parade Saturday. Read more You're all caught up. See you tomorrow! Thank you for signing up! Subscribe to more newsletters here
