Colorado Times: 04/12/15

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Nieves' grand slam off Peavy helps Padres to 6-4 victory

Thirteen years after making his major league debut by catching Jake Peavy, Wil Nieves collected another career milestone that involved Peavy. A 37-year-old backup catcher, Nieves hit his first career grand slam, a fourth-inning drive off Peavy that helped carry the San Diego Padres over the San Francisco Giants 6-4 Sunday. ''It was awesome just to contribute with my bat today.'' Nieves also got ...

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CSU, Rocky Mountain National Park to gather data

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK — The National Park Service announced this week it intends to award a $236,000 cooperative agreement to Colorado State University for an intermountain west data warehouse.

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Virtual meeting on recreational sport shooting set for Monday night

Residents of four northern Front Range counties, as well as Coloradans interested in efforts to designate potential locations suitable for recreational target shooting on public lands, are being invited to watch a Monday night "virtual meeting" of a multi-jurisdictional group that's working to identify safe shooting areas.

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Caution urged for backyard flocks

Four more outbreaks of a deadly bird flu have devastated turkey farms in Minnesota, bringing the death toll to more than 1 million birds across five midwestern states, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.

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Lifetree Film Fest returns with more doing life, doing good

"Doing Life, Doing Good" has always been the motto of the annual Lifetree Film Fest. Rather than shock value to entertain, the film festival features films that lift up and do good in the world, said Craig Cable, event director.

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About Utah: A tale of 2 cameras

Ever since The Incident, remote Goblin Valley is becoming less so.

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Nieves slams ex-batterymate in homecoming start

Wil Nieves had to wait a long time between making starts for the Padres -- more than 12 years -- but the veteran catcher made his reunion with the team especially memorable.

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LaTroy Hawkins gives up HR to Dexter Fowler as Cubs rally past Rockies

LaTroy Hawkins, a 42-year-old who's still throwing 95 mph fastballs in his final major-league season, might have preferred just one more fastball.

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Legacy's Wyatt Cross' training keeps him at catcher

The catching odyssey for Wyatt Cross began in T-ball, and there's nothing overly complicated about his origins at the position.

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Fowler’s Homer Off Hawkins Gives Cubs 6-5 Win Over Rockies

Dexter Fowler hit a two-run homer off LaTroy Hawkins with two outs in the ninth inning, helping the Chicago Cubs rally for a 6-5 win over the Colorado Rockies on a blustery Sunday.

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Pacers' Chris Copeland expected in town, but not at Thunder game

Pacers coach Frank Vogel says forward Chris Copeland will be in Indianapolis on Sunday night but won't attend the game between Oklahoma City and Indiana.

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National League Leaders

BATTING_AGonzalez, Los Angeles, .609; LeMahieu, Colorado, .480; Lind, Milwaukee, .450; Dickerson, Colorado, .417; Aoki, San Francisco, .400; Tulowitzki, Colorado, .391; Alonso, San Diego, .381; Duda, New York, .381.RUNS_AGonzalez,...

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Fowler's homer off Hawkins gives Cubs 6-5 win over Rockies

DENVER (AP) Dexter Fowler hit a two-run homer off LaTroy Hawkins with two outs in the ninth inning, helping the Chicago Cubs rally for a 6-5 win over the Colorado Rockies on a blustery Sunday.

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Fowler's go-ahead homer gives Cubs series win

Pinch-hitter Welington Castillo smacked an RBI single and scored on Dexter Fowler's two-run homer in the ninth inning Sunday to lift the Cubs to a 6-5 come-from-behind victory over the Rockies.

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Ashland's Robinson honored again

HUNTINGTON — Ashland girls basketball standout Alexis Robinson added to her collection of laurels Saturday.

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Monday, April 20

Today is Monday, April 20, the 110th day of 2015. There are 255 days left in the year.Highlights in history on this date:1534 - Elizabeth Barton, the Maid of Kent, is executed in England with five of her associates for criticizing...

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Seeds planted for hemp industry in Virginia

RICHMOND – When people think of hemp, marijuana often comes to mind – because the two plants are varieties of cannabis.

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New Colorado National Guard Drone Base Now In Operation At Buckley AFB

A first-of-its-kind facility that will be used to train Colorado national guardsman in drone combat is now in full operation at Buckley Air Force Base.

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Latest Forecast: Tracking A Rain And Snow Producer Heading Our Way

Warm and windy before next chance for rain and snow.

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Fowler's homer off Hawkins gives Cubs 6-5 win over Rockies

DENVER (AP) -- Dexter Fowler hit a two-run homer off LaTroy Hawkins with two outs in the ninth inning, helping the Chicago Cubs rally for a 6-5 win over the Colorado Rockies on a blustery Sunday.

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Monday, April 20

Five New Partners at KPMG

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Wildlife waking up from hibernation

Snakes and other potentially dangerous wildlife begins waking up from hibernation around Colorado.

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Ski season winds down for mountain resorts

The ski season begins winding down for Colorado’s mountain resorts.

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Round Rock Express Silent in Series Finale against Dodgers

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma - The Round Rock Express could not find any rhythm in the series finale against Oklahoma City, losing 2-0.

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Homer-Happy Sounds Power Way Past Sky Sox

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Sounds offense launched five home runs and posted a nine-run sixth inning to help Nashville cruise to a 16-11 win and take the series finale against Colorado Springs at Security Service Field on Sunday afternoon.

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WATCH: Broncos cornerback Omar Bolden goes skydiving

Forget Tom Brady's cliff-jumping. Broncos cornerback Omar Bolden jumped out of plane this past weekend and posted clips of his skydiving adventure on his Instagram account.

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Fowler's homer off Hawkins gives Cubs 6-5 win over Rockies

DENVER — Dexter Fowler hit a two-run homer off LaTroy Hawkins with two outs in the ninth inning, helping the Chicago Cubs rally for a 6-5 win over the Colorado Rockies on a blustery Sunday. Hawkins (1-1) hung a slider to Fowler, who drove it into the right-field seats. It was the first homer of the season for the former Rockies player. Neil Ramirez (1-0) earned the win by getting two outs in the ...

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Nieves' grand slam off Peavy helps Padres to 6-4 victory

SAN DIEGO — Backup catcher Wil Nieves hit his first career grand slam, a drive off former San Diego star Jake Peavy, and the Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 6-4 Sunday to take three of four against the defending World Series champions. It was the first career slam and just the 10th homer overall for the 37-year-old Nieves,who was a 47th-round draft pick of the Padres in 1995. He signed as a ...

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National League Standings

___St. Louis 4, Cincinnati 1Tampa Bay 2, Miami 0Philadelphia 3, Washington 2, 10 inningsAtlanta 5, N.Y. Mets 3Milwaukee 6, Pittsburgh 0Chicago Cubs 9, Colorado 5Arizona 6, L.A. Dodgers 0San Diego 10, San Francisco...

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Blackhawks Recall Cumiskey and Raanta

Chicago, Ill. - The Chicago Blackhawks announced today that they have recalled defenseman Kyle Cumiskey and goaltender Antti Raanta from the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League.

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House Party Results in Thousands of Dollars in Damages

An out of control house party, leaves a neighborhood in up in arms. It happened last night on Conquista Drive, that's in Southeast Colorado Springs near Fountain and Murray. Neighbors say they called the police several times, when they saw there were cars flooding their block.

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Baseball results

April 12 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the MLB games on Sunday (home team in CAPS) Tampa Bay 8 MIAMI 5 St. Louis 7 CINCINNATI 5 (11 innings) Detroit 8 CLEVELAND 5 Toronto 10 BALTIMORE 7 NY Mets 4 ATLANTA 3 Washington 4 PHILADELPHIA 3 (10 innings) Pittsburgh 10 MILWAUKEE 2 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6 Minnesota 2 Houston 6 TEXAS 4 (14 innings) Kansas City 9 LA ANGELS 2 Seattle 8 OAKLAND 7 (10 innings ...

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Padres beat Giants 6-4

SAN DIEGO -- The defending World Series champions are coming home in a defensive posture. The Giants will raise a banner Monday after failing to post a winning record on their season-opening trip, which concluded with a 6-4 loss to the San Diego Padres on Sunday.

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Skiing: Horton continues to scale the heights

THE SKY appears to be the limit for talented Barnt Green ski racer Siena Horton as she will start the 2015/16 season ranked number one in Great Britain.

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CU lacrosse: Buffs earn first league road win at SDSU

SAN DIEGO — The University of Colorado lacrosse team earned its first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation road win of the season Sunday, beating San Diego State 7-6 in a close game that featured four ties.

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CU lacrosse: Buffs earn first league road win at SDSU

Fowler's homer off Hawkins gives Cubs 6-5 win over Rockies

Chicago Blackhawks eye another big run when playoffs begin Tuesday in Nashville

Game 1 is Wednesday at Nashville, and both teams come in looking to put aside recent skids.

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Giants' home opener to include flag raising, Simmons tribute

In one way or another, the Giants' home opener Monday at AT&T Park against the Colorado Rockies promises to be an emotional experience for everybody -- from players to fans, for young and old.

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McCutchen returns to lead Bucs past Brewers

McCutchen's home run was the 22nd of his career against the Brewers, the most he's hit against any team. He had four RBIs for the eighth time in his career, the last time coming July 22, 2013, against Washington.

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Chicago Cubs score 3 runs in 9th to stun Rockies, 6-5

DENVER — The Chicago Cubs earned a dramatic win Sunday over the Colorado Rockies, coming back to score three runs in the ninth inning for the victory. Trailing 5-3 in the top of the ninth inning at Coors Field in Colorado, the Cubs made it 5-4 on an RBI single by Welington Castillo. Dexter Fowler followed up with […]

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Rockies' LaTroy Hawkins blows ninth-inning lead in 6-5 loss to Cubs

LaTroy Hawkins, a 42-year-old who's still throwing 95 mph fastballs in his final major-league season, might have preferred just one more fastball.

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Nieves' grand slam off Peavy helps Padres to 6-4 victory

Backup catcher Wil Nieves hit his first career grand slam, a drive off former San Diego star Jake Peavy, and the Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 6-4 Sunday to take three of four against the defending World Series champions.

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Brewers-Cardinals Preview

(AP) - At least the first time through the rotation, the St. Louis Cardinals stuck to the plan of giving their pitchers extra rest.

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Padres beat Giants 6-4

The ailing San Francisco Giants will take a 3-4 record into their home opener after losing 6-4 to the San Diego Padres.

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Padres beat Giants 6-4

The ailing San Francisco Giants will take a 3-4 record into their home opener after losing 6-4 to the San Diego Padres.

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Nieves' Grand Slam off Peavy Helps Padres to 6-4 Victory

Nieves' grand slam off Peavy helps Padres to 6-4 victory against Giants

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Driver OK after rollover crash in parking lot

A woman avoided serious injury after she drove her car through a fence and fell 15 feet. It happened around 7:30 a.m. Sunday in the Calvary Worship Center Church parking lot. The woman is a volunteer at the church and helps out before the 8 a.m. service. "We called the emergency response team. They got out here quick and in a hurry," church safety director Nate Atkins said. "The fire department ...

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Seahawks' Wilson hints at also playing baseball

Whenever a professional athlete even hints that he might play a second pro sport, it attracts attention.

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