Forecast: A Tournament Slowdown

The Rockies’ giant-killing days are done — for now. With two chances to claim a rare series win over the NL West-leading Dodgers at Chavez Ravine, not to mention a third straight series victory over a division leader, the Rockies came up empty twice in 24 hours. The second loss came Sunday afternoon, as Colorado’s lineup failed to deliver for the second game in a row and left-hander Austin Gomber was taken deep twice while lasting just three innings in a 4-0 defeat. It marked the 12th time in 16 trips that the Rockies left Dodger Stadium with a series loss.

LEEDS, England — Rob Burrow, a former rugby star who was widely praised for his fundraising campaigns after being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease in 2019, has died. He was 41. Leeds Rhinos announced his death on Sunday. Burrow spent his entire career at the English rugby league club and helped them win eight Super League titles. He retired in 2017 and two years later it was revealed Burrow had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as motor neurone disease (MND).

Chinese spacecraft lands on moon's far side to collect rocks in growing space rivalry with US New York Post China lands Chang'e 6 sample-return probe on far side of the moon, a lunar success (video) Space.comChinese Spacecraft Makes Historic Landing on Far Side of Moon BloombergChina’s Chang’e 6 lands on far side of moon amid space rivalry with U.

LOS ANGELES — Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one run over six solid innings, and Jason Heyward and Will Smith had RBI doubles in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 4-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night. Kiké Hernández also drove in a run for the Dodgers, who have won four of five after dropping Friday’s series opener in Colorado’s first win at Dodger Stadium since 2022.

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