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Associated Press
6 days ago
- General
- Associated Press
Cincinnati breaks out to big lead against Wake Forest ace Blake Morningstar in 11-6 win in Knoxville
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Cincinnati jumped on Wake Forest ace Blake Morningstar for eight runs in the first two innings and went on to beat the Demon Deacons 11-6 in the Knoxville Regional on Friday. The Bearcats (33-24), in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2019 and second time since 1974, will play defending national champion Tennessee or Miami (Ohio) in a winner's game Saturday. Wake Forest (36-21) plays the loser in an elimination game. Cincinnati's Quinton Coats and Derrick Pitts each hit two-run homers in the second inning and Donovan Ford went deep for two more runs in the fifth to make it 10-4. Nathan Taylor allowed five runs on seven hits and four walks in six innings, his eighth start this season that has gone that far, and he struck out seven for Cincinnati. Adam Buczkowski and Michael Conte combined to give up one run on three hits over the last three innings. Morningstar, who entered the game second in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 2.71 ERA, was tagged for 10 runs in 4 1/3 innings. He surrendered nine hits and six walks and struck out seven. Freshman Dalton Wentz homered twice, and Marek Houston and Jack Winnay also went deep for the Demon Deacons, who have multiple homers in 47 of their 57 games. ___ AP college sports:
CBS News
13-03-2025
- Science
- CBS News
Philadelphia astronomer says you don't want to miss rare "Blood Moon"
The Philadelphia region will be in for a celestial treat when a total lunar eclipse takes over the skies Thursday into Friday. This will be the first such eclipse in the area in three years. "People should be excited to view the total lunar eclipse this evening because it doesn't happen all that often," Derrick Pitts, the chief astronomer at The Franklin Institute Science Museum, said. The rare celestial event will turn a full moon into a reddish color often called a "Blood Moon." "The moon appears red because when it passes through the earth shadow, the sun's light is filtered as red and that's what we see on the surface of the moon," he said. Pitts showed CBS News Philadelphia a simulation at the museum of the moment the sun, earth and moon align to cause a lunar eclipse. It happens when the moon passes into the earth's shadow, but during this total lunar eclipse, the entire moon will fall into the deepest part of the planet's shadow. "The cool thing about lunar eclipses is that they are visible all across the western hemisphere. So anybody from the East Coast to the West Coast from Canada and all the way down to South America, if the sky is clear they will be able to see it tonight," Pitts said. If you want to see it, Pitts says you may have to stay up past your bedtime because the partial eclipse is set to begin around 1 a.m. Pitts says the entire eclipse will last for six hours, but the best part when the moon appears red will be much shorter — about 65 minutes — starting around 2:30 a.m. Unlike solar eclipses, Pitts says this eclipse is safe to view with the naked eye. "Why take a chance on maybe seeing the next one when you can see this one tonight," he said. Pitts says the next time people in Philadelphia will be able to see a total lunar eclipse will be in March of next year.
