St. Paul was eliminated from first-half playoff contention Thursday evening after being swept in both games of a doubleheader against Omaha at CHS Field. With the losses, the Saints fell to 40-31 with three games remaining in the first half of the International League season.Game 1Saint Paul knotted at 2-all through three innings before the visiting Storm Chasers put up four runs in the fourth and five more in the sixth to turn a tight game into a 12-4 blowout.Saints first baseman Gabriel Gonzalez was 2 for 3 with a solo home run, with catcher Noah Cardenas also going yard on a 1 for 2 turn at the plate. Both homers were solo shots.Starter Austin Voth (1-3, 3.65 ERA) took the loss after allowing six hits and six runs (five earned) over four innings with a five strikeouts and two walks.Game 2The nightcap was a back-and-forth affair after centerfielder Ben Ross led off the bottom of the first with a homer to left field to give St. Paul an early 1-0 lead.Omaha seized a 3-1 edge in the second, only to see the Saints surge back on a three-run double by third baseman Henry Kusiak to go on top 4-3 after three innings.However, the visitors stashed the win away with a run in the fourth and two more in the fifth as St. Pauls bats fell largely silent for the remainder of the contest.Gonzalez went 4 for 4 for St. Paul, scoring once. He was the only Saints player with more than one hit in the second game.Pitcher John Klein, who came on in relief of starter Ricky Castro in the third inning, took the loss after allowing three earned runs on four hits (two homers) in three innings. Klein struck out five batters.St. Paul and Omaha face one another again at 7:07 p.m. Friday.Related Articles Record-setting night for Saints at home against Omaha Graham Brown bursts upon Triple-A in Saints victory Matt Wallner homers again as Saints defeat Mud Hens Saints defeat Mud Hens in slugfest Saints blank Mud Hens for second-straight win

Tarik Skubal has made it clear as the Tigers continue to fall further out of contention as the clock ticks down to the trade deadline: "Play better baseball or else."

Coach Tony Popovic has declared the Socceroos intentions to put Australian football on the world map on the eve of their blockbuster Group D World Cup clash against the USA in Seattle on Saturday morning.

The parade, which wound its way through the Canyon of Heroes, culminated in a ceremony at City Hall where Mamdani gifted the key to the city to the champions, including Dolan.

Mexico took advantage of a defensive blunder by South Korea to win 1-0 and become the first team to advance to the knockout stage of the World Cup on Thursday.It marks a major triumph for a team that failed to get out of the group stage in 2022 and now has won twice on home soil in front of jubilant crowds. Mexico players celebrated at midfield and waved to the fans who cheered and sang from the packed stands at Estadio Akron.Luis Romo scored in the 50th minute after South Korea goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu collided with defender Lee Gi-hyuk and dropped the ball inside the area. Romo easily found the open net after picking up the loose ball.The South Koreans nearly equalized in the 87th minute when Mexico goalkeeper Ral Rangel stopped a header from close range by Cho Gue-sung, then made an even better save of Yang Hyun-jun's attempt on the rebound, extending his right arm to keep the ball from crossing the line.Mexico won Group A with six points in two matches, three more than South Korea and five more than the Czech Republic and South Africa, who drew 1-1 earlier Thursday in Atlanta.The top two teams from each group move on to the knockout stage, along with the best eight third-place teams. A round of 32 is being played for the first time at the World Cup after the tournament was expanded to 48 teams.Mexico opened with a 2-0 win over South Africa, while South Korea rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Czechs.Mexico closes group play on Wednesday against the Czech Republic in Mexico City, while South Korea takes on South Africa in Monterrey.Mexico had never won a World Cup game on home soil outside Mexico City. Before 2026, all but one of its nine World Cup matches at home, spanning the 1970 and 1986 tournaments, had been played at Estadio Azteca, with five wins and three draws. When it played in Toluca in 1970, it lost 4-1 to Italy in the quarterfinals.Thursday's match got off to a lackluster start, with neither team creating significant scoring opportunities and both squads getting loudly booed after the halftime whistle.Mexico, ranked 13th, was eliminated in the group stage four years ago in Qatar. That followed seven straight eliminations in the round of the 16.___AP World Cup: https://apnews.com/hub/fifa-world-cup

Mexico took advantage of a defensive blunder by South Korea to win 1-0 and become the first team to advance to the knockout stage of the World Cup on Thursday.It marks a major triumph for a team that failed to get out of the group stage in 2022 and now has won twice on home soil in front of jubilant crowds. Mexico players celebrated at midfield and waved to the fans who cheered and sang from the packed stands at Estadio Akron.Luis Romo scored in the 50th minute after South Korea goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu collided with defender Lee Gi-hyuk and dropped the ball inside the area. Romo easily found the open net after picking up the loose ball.The South Koreans nearly equalized in the 87th minute when Mexico goalkeeper Ral Rangel stopped a header from close range by Cho Gue-sung, then made an even better save of Yang Hyun-jun's attempt on the rebound, extending his right arm to keep the ball from crossing the line.Mexico won Group A with six points in two matches, three more than South Korea and five more than the Czech Republic and South Africa, who drew 1-1 earlier Thursday in Atlanta.The top two teams from each group move on to the knockout stage, along with the best eight third-place teams. A round of 32 is being played for the first time at the World Cup after the tournament was expanded to 48 teams.Mexico opened with a 2-0 win over South Africa, while South Korea rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Czechs.Mexico closes group play on Wednesday against the Czech Republic in Mexico City, while South Korea takes on South Africa in Monterrey.Mexico had never won a World Cup game on home soil outside Mexico City. Before 2026, all but one of its nine World Cup matches at home, spanning the 1970 and 1986 tournaments, had been played at Estadio Azteca, with five wins and three draws. When it played in Toluca in 1970, it lost 4-1 to Italy in the quarterfinals.Thursday's match got off to a lackluster start, with neither team creating significant scoring opportunities and both squads getting loudly booed after the halftime whistle.Mexico, ranked 13th, was eliminated in the group stage four years ago in Qatar. That followed seven straight eliminations in the round of the 16.___AP World Cup: https://apnews.com/hub/fifa-world-cup

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