Tech infielder Alex Hernandez, who starred in the ACC championship game last weekend, smacked a game-tying two-run homer before an out was recorded in the bottom of the frame.
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Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
29 May 2026
In a 3-2 second-round win against La Costa Canyon, Point Loma smacked two solo homers in the bottom of the seventh.
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Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
The Labour government has whacked levies on private schools, introduced mansion taxes and is attempting to redistribute the nation’s wealth at a pace that would make Vladimir Lenin weep with joy.
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Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
23 May 2026
Midway through the third period, Malenstyn tapped in a loose puck after Jordan Greenway whacked it free, but the goal was called back.
The committee’s volunteers knocked on more than 32,000 doors, made more than 50,000 calls and distributed more than 1,200 yard signs, according to Andrew Kim from the Yes on Measure V Davis ground team.
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Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
Arizona State upset Texas in the first game, as Kavan was uncharacteristically knocked around for eight hits and three earned runs across five innings.
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Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
The Rockies’ Kyle Karros hit an opposite-field line drive that carried to the right-field warning track, but Lee tracked down the potential extra-base hit on the run, then crashed into the chain-link portion of the fence.
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Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
30 May 2026
The hitting coaches have been really emphasizing it.
Meanwhile, a split-second later, the Brazilians — with nowhere to go — smashed into the back of the Italian boat.
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Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
Prosecutors argued at trial that Shirilla smashed into the building to end her toxic relationship with Russo, and Flanagan just happened to be along for the ride.
In 2024, Ilacqua said, Perry punched one man and hit another with his cane before ordering his dog to attack both of them.
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James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
The woman who was punched by a former Shelby police officer walked into a local church Tuesday morning with civil rights attorney Ben Crump to applause from full pews.
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Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
2 June 2026
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