J.P. Crawford's single in the 11th gives Mariners 2-1 win over Yankees to end 4-game skid

J.P. Crawford's single in the 11th gives Mariners 2-1 win over Yankees to end 4-game skid

SEATTLE (AP) — J.P. Crawford hit an RBI single down the left-field line in the 11th inning as the Seattle Mariners ended their four-game losing streak by beating the New York Yankees 2-1 on Tuesday night. J.P. ! J.P. ! J.P. ! J.P. !#TridentsUppic.twitter.com/TeDGalCt9I — Seattle Mariners (@Mariners)May 14, 2025 With runners at the corners and nobody out, Crawford poked a single off Tim Hill (3-1) that just barely stayed fair to plate Leody Taveras and end a game in which both starting pitchers were brilliant. Seattle reliever Casey Legumina (3-1) got the victory. Bryan Woo tossed 6 1/3 scoreless innings and was close to perfect while dueling New York left-hander Max Fried, whose 1.05 ERA entering the contest was the third-lowest in franchise history by a Yankee through his first eight starts in a season. The Seattle right-hander allowed just two Yankees hitters to reach second base. Fried, meanwhile, was similarly stellar across five innings of one-run ball. The crafty lefty yielded only four hits, but one of them wasan RBI double from Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh that easily could have been a two-run home run. The Yankees tied it in the ninth on a fielder's choice by Anthony Volpe. Key moment In a tough lefty-on-lefty matchup against Hill, Crawford elected for a first-pitch swinging approach. He got a sinker down the middle and low in the zone from Hill and pounced, with the ball landing just a couple feet to the right of the foul line in left field. Key stat Woo has gone at least six innings in all eight of his starts this season. He is tied with Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Zack Wheeler for the major league lead in that statistic. Up next Seattle right-hander Luis Castillo Woo (3-3, 3.95) starts Wednesday afternoon. Right-hander Will Warren (2-2, 4.75) will start for the Yankees in the final game of the three-game set. ___ AP MLB:https://apnews.com/hub/MLB

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J.P. Crawford's single in the 11th gives Mariners 2-1 win over Yankees to end 4-game skid

J.P. Crawford's single in the 11th gives Mariners 2-1 win over Yankees to end 4-game skid SEATTLE (AP) — J.P. Crawford hit an RBI single...

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Rain and lightning cut short Indy 500 practice, but Team Penske still shines

Rain and lightning cut short Indy 500 practice, but Team Penske still shines

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Team Penske was fastest on opening day of practice for the Indianapolis 500, a day shortened at the front and back end because of weather. Will Power and two-time defending Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden went 1-2 in Chevrolets for Penske in Tuesday's abbreviated session. Cars ran only about three hours, first because of morning rain and then a lightning strike ended the session with about 30 minutes remaining. Power turned a lap at 227.026 mph around Indianapolis Motor Speedway, while Newgarden went 226.971 mph. Alex Palou, winner of four of the first five races this season and the current IndyCar points leader, was third fastest for Chip Ganassi Racing. The Honda driver is the two-time reigning IndyCar champion and has won three of the last four series titles. He went 226.673 mph. He was followed by Ganassi teammate Scott Dixon and then Scott McLaughlin, another Penske driver. Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves was sixth fastest for Meyer Shank Racing, and new father Alexander Rossi, who welcomed his first baby last week, was seventh fastest. The birth of Rossi's son was a surprise to many in the industry as he and wife, Kelly, deliberately did not reveal her pregnancy to many people. "Because why would we?" he asked. The boy, named Benjamin Kenneth, was born last Wednesday. His first name was the only name they could decide on, and his middle name is after her late father. Marcus Armstrong of Meyer-Shank was eighth fastest, Marcus Ericsson, a former Indianapolis 500 winner, was ninth, and Marco Andretti, in his only scheduled IndyCar race of the season, was 10th for Andretti Global. ___ AP auto racing:https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing

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Rain and lightning cut short Indy 500 practice, but Team Penske still shines

Rain and lightning cut short Indy 500 practice, but Team Penske still shines INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Team Penske was fastest on opening day of p...

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Ravens S Ar'Darius Washington tears Achilles, expected to miss 2025 season

Ravens S Ar'Darius Washington tears Achilles, expected to miss 2025 season

The Baltimore Ravens lost a key piece of their defense Tuesday. Ravens safety Ar'Darius Washington tore his Achilles and is now expected to miss the season. Washington went down during conditioning work, according to the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, though further specifics of his injury are not yet known. Sources:#Ravenssafety Ar'Darius Washington, who was expected to play a key role in Baltimore's defense next season, has torn his Achilles, the MRI has confirmed.The injury, which occurred during conditioning, will cause him to miss most or all of the 2025 season.pic.twitter.com/yzzHbcqLT9 — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet)May 13, 2025 Washington was expected to play a significant part in the Baltimore secondary this fall. The 25-year-old signed a one-year, $3.263 million restricted free-agent tender to return to the Ravens this offseason after his breakout campaign last year. Washington, who went undrafted out of TCU, had 64 total tackles and two interceptions last season, both of which were career highs. He stepped into a starting role midway through the year and more than held his own, too. The Ravens went 12-5 last season, which marked their third straight season with double-digit wins. They were knocked out in the divisional round of the playoffs, however, despite winning the AFC North for a second consecutive year. While losing Washington stings, the Ravens do have a replacement available. They selected former Georgia star Malaki Starks with the No. 27 overall pick in the NFL Draft last moth. Starks had 77 total tackles and an interception last season with the Bulldogs. He should be able to jump into the Baltimore secondary and make an impact right away. The team has starter Kyle Hamilton, too. Hamilton had 107 total tackles and an interception, and he earned his second straight Pro Bowl nod last season, his third in the league. The injury is the latest significant one that Washington has faced in his career. He went down with a season-ending foot injury as a rookie and then missed most of the 2023 season with a chest injury. Washington had yet to play in more than three games in a season before last year's run. "Ar'Darius is a great example of a guy who got a chance and ran with it," general manager Eric DeCosta said in January,via the Baltimore Banner. "This year, he stayed healthy and he became that guy that we saw in college. He's tough, physical, a playmaker, instinctive, smart, a leader. He's a great story. Just another one of these undrafted guys over the years that we've had that has developed into being a really good football player."

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Ravens S Ar'Darius Washington tears Achilles, expected to miss 2025 season

Ravens S Ar'Darius Washington tears Achilles, expected to miss 2025 season The Baltimore Ravens lost a key piece of their defense Tuesda...

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What to know about possible Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Turkey

What to know about possible Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Turkey

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The talks have taken place in the warring capitals of Moscow and Kyiv, from Washington and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to countries across Europe. Now, all eyes are finally turning to Istanbul to seek an end to Russia's 3-year-old,full-scale invasionof Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putinproposed restarting direct peace talksThursday with Ukraine in the Turkish city that straddles Asia and Europe. And President Volodymyr Zelenskyychallenged the Kremlin leaderto meet in Turkey in person. What will unfold remains unclear. The Kremlin has refused to confirm who's going to Turkey and whether it will include Putin. Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said Zelenskyy will only sit down with the Russian leader. Zelenskyy said Tuesday that "if Putin does not arrive and plays games, it is the final point that he does not want to end the war." What's known about the possible talks: How did the idea of talks in Turkey arise? On Saturday, Zelenskyy hosted French President Emmanuel Macron, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in a show of unity. They issued a coordinated call for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine starting Monday. The plan has received backing from the European Union and U.S.President Donald Trump, who had promised during his campaign to swiftly end the war that is now in its fourth year. The leaders pledged tougher sanctions on Russia if Putin did not accept the proposal. In remarks to the media early Sunday, however,Putin effectively rejectedthe offer and proposedrestarting direct talks with Ukrainein Istanbul instead "without preconditions." He did not specify whether he envisioned the talks to involve Zelenskyy and himself personally, or with lower-level officials. Zelenskyy responded by insisting on a ceasefire, saying he will travel to Turkey — and challenged Putin to do the same: "I will be waiting for Putin in (Turkey) on Thursday. Personally. I hope that this time the Russians will not look for excuses." Who's coming and why? Pressed by reporters on who will represent Russia in Istanbul, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov refused to say, stressing that Putin had outlined Russia's position clearly enough. Trump's administration initiated separate talks with Russia and Ukrainein Saudi Arabiain March. But since then, the administration has indicated it might withdraw from the process if no tangible progress is made. Trump said Monday he was optimistic about the talks — a sharp contrast to a contentious Oval Office meeting with Zelenskyy on Feb. 28. There is "the potential for a good meeting" between Putin and Zelenskyy, Trump said in Washington. He added he was "thinking about flying over" after his visit to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates but later said Secretary of State Marco Rubio and others from the U.S. will go to Turkey for the talks. Podolyak on Tuesday told a YouTube broadcast by prominent Russian journalists in exile that the Ukrainian leader won't be meeting any Russian officials in Istanbul other than Putin. He added that "there are always people" in Zelenskyy's entourage who can "conduct certain negotiations at corresponding levels" with the Russians but questioned the point of a lower-level meeting. "Undoubtedly, only Putin can make the decision to continue the war or stop the war," he said. Zelenskyy said Tuesday he will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the capital Ankara, and wait there. If the Russian leader chooses Istanbul for the meeting, Zelenskyy said, then he and Erdogan will travel there. If Putin doesn't show, European and U.S. leaders should follow through with additional sanctions against Russia, he added. What happened at talks in Istanbul in 2022? The Kremlin billed Thursday's talks as a "restarting" of peace negotiations in Istanbul in 2022, early on in the war, that quickly fell apart. Moscow had blamed Ukraine and the West for their alleged desire to continue fighting, while Kyiv said Russia's demands amounted to an ultimatum rather than something the sides could mutually agree on. Zelenskyy has said the Russian delegation's demands included Ukraine's recognition of Russian control over the Donbas, an area in eastern Ukraine consisting of Donetsk and Luhansk regions; constitutional amendments to declare neutrality; a significant reduction of Ukraine's armed forces; and the surrender of long-range weaponry. "There were never any negotiations; it was an ultimatum from a murderer," he said in 2022. Putin accused Ukraine of derailing a peace deal that was basically agreed on and included clauses of Ukraine's neutral and nonnuclear status and details on how much its army would be reduced. "The Kyiv authorities ... just threw it all away. They turned it down," Putin said in 2023. The Kremlin has said repeatedly "the Istanbul agreements" could serve as a basis for further peace talks. After Moscow illegally annexed the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in September 2022, Russian authorities started saying that Kyiv should also recognize "the reality on the ground." What are both sides' demands to end the war? Putin last year demanded that Ukraine cede the four regions, which it still does not fully control. He also wants Kyiv to recognize the Crimean Peninsula, also illegally annexed by Moscow in 2014, as Russian; Ukraine also must renounce its bid to join NATO and drastically reduce its army. He also demanded that the West lift sanctions imposed on Moscow after the invasion. Kyiv, in turn, refused to cede any land and wants robust security guarantees against future Russian aggression. Trump, who has engaged in a broad diplomatic effort to end the war since taking office, has said that Crimea, "will stay with Russia." He has also said that Kyiv was unlikely to ever join NATO. What's happening on the battlefield? Both sides are preparing a warm weather campaign on the battlefield, where a war of attrition has killed tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides along the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line. The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington think tank, said Russia is "quickly replenishing front-line units with new recruits to maintain the battlefield initiative." In 2024 and more recently, Russian troops have made slow but steady gains in several sections along the front. Putin said in March that Russian troops have "gained steam" and "are holding strategic initiative all along the line of contact." Zelenskyy warned that Russia was delaying talks in preparation for bigger offensives. Last month, Moscow's forces also declared that they fully reclaimed chunks of Russia's Kursk region bordering Ukraine that Kyiv's forces seized in a surprise incursion in August 2024. Kyiv denied the claim, but it has been steadily losing ground there as Moscow, aided by North Korean soldiers, worked to push them out and leave Ukraine without a key negotiating chip. Several attempts to establish at least a partial ceasefire have been unsuccessful. Russia effectively rejected a 30-day unconditional truce; the Kremlin instead declared two short, unilateral ceasefires for holidays in the last two months -– one for30 hours at Easterand another for 72 hours to coincide withRussia's World War II Victory Daycelebrations. In both cases, Kyiv and Moscow accused each other of failing to halt the fighting. Russia and Ukraine also pledged in March to observe a 30-day halt to attacking energy infrastructure that was brokered by the Trump administration. Both sides repeatedly accused each other of massive violations until the measure expired.

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What to know about possible Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Turkey TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The talks have taken place in the warring capitals ...

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A still-unfolding diplomatic road seeking peace in Ukraine has had many twists and turns

A still-unfolding diplomatic road seeking peace in Ukraine has had many twists and turns

It was a weekend of diplomatic announcements onthe war in Ukraine. First, European leaders assembled in Kyiv on Saturday with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin fora ceasefire. Then, after midnight, the Kremlin leader surfaced in Moscow tounveil a proposal for talksin Istanbul, Turkey. If both Putin and Zelenskyy sit down with each other,it would be a firstin the 3-year-old war. Key events that have shaped efforts to end the war since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022: Feb. 28, 2022: Ukrainian and Russian delegations meet in neighboring Belarusfor the first timeafter the invasion. Talks continue over the next two weeks, but no apparent agreements emerge other than a decision to set up humanitarian corridors for civilians. March 21, 2022: Zelenskyy calls for direct talks with Putin but is rebuffed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. A day later, Zelenskyy says he is prepared todiscuss a commitmentfor Ukraine to not to seek NATO membership in exchange for a ceasefire, the withdrawal of Russian troops and a guarantee of Ukraine's security. March 29, 2022: Talks begin in Istanbul, Turkey, with Moscow saying it's willing to"fundamentally cut back" military activitynear Kyiv and the northern city of Chernihiv, while Ukraine said it was open to discussing neutral status for Ukraine if its security is backed by other nations. April 7, 2022: Lavrov rejects aUkrainian peace proposal as "unacceptable." He says Kyiv has walked back on an agreement to exempt the Crimean Peninsula from wider Ukrainian security guarantees. Russia illegally annexed Crimea in 2014. April 26, 2022: U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres visits Russia to discuss ending the war. May 13, 2022:U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austincalls his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu, in their first contact since before the start of the war. July 22, 2022: Russia and Ukraine, with mediation by Turkey and the U.N., agreeon a dealto unblock supplies of grain stuck in Ukraine's Black Sea ports, ending a standoff that threatened global food security. The deal expires a year later. Sept. 22, 2022:Zelenskyy addresses the U.N. General Assembly, laying out five "nonnegotiable" conditions, including a "just punishment" for Russia. Sept. 30, 2022: Russiaillegally annexesthe Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, even though it doesn't fully control any of them. Ukraine responds by applying to join NATO and by enacting a decree thatdeclares negotiations with Putin "impossible". Nov. 15, 2022: Zelenskyy unveils a 10-point peace plan at the G20 summit in Bali. June 25, 2023: Officials from 15 countries, including the U.S., the European Union, India, Brazil, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, to discuss Zelenskyy's peace plan. Aug. 5, 2023: Two days of discussions on the war begin in Saudi Arabia with delegates from 40 countries, but not Russia. No joint statements are issued. Oct. 28, 2023: Delegates from 65 countries meet in Malta to continue talks on Zelenskyy's peace plan. Russia, which has dismissed the talks, was not invited. June 15, 2024: Representatives of 92 nations meet inNidwalden, Switzerland, to discuss Ukraine's peace plan. Despite the growing number of delegates, a consensus remains elusive. The summit's final statement is backed by most – although not all – participants. Dec. 7, 2024: U.S. President-electDonald Trumptravels to Paris and meets Zelenskyy and other European leaders. Feb 12. 2025: Trump and Putin speak directly via telephone and agree to begin negotiations on ending Ukraine war in a phone call that abruptly ended a three-year U.S.-led effort to isolate Putin over Ukraine. Feb. 18, 2025: Russian and U.S. officials, including Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, meet in Saudi Arabia and agree to work toward ending the war, as well as restoring bilateral ties. Ukrainian officials are not invited. Feb. 28, 2025: Zelenskyy meets with Trump, Rubio and Vice President JD Vance in the White House but tensions break out in the Oval Office and a proposedminerals deal between the countriesis left unsigned. March 11, 2025: U.S. and Ukrainian officials meet in Saudi Arabia, with American officials putting forward a plan for a 30-day ceasefire. Kyiv agrees to the proposed truce. March 13, 2025: Putin effectively rejects the ceasefire plan, stating certain issues still must be resolved. He also meets with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow. Witkoff would travel to Russia two more times in April to meet Putin. March 18, 2025: A proposal is put forward for a temporary halt on strikes on energy infrastructure. Both sides agree to the plan, but soon accuse each other of violations, and the measure later expires. April 19, 2025:Putin announces a 30-hour ceasefireto mark the Easter holiday, although attackscontinue across Ukraine. April 28, 2025: The Kremlin declares a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire starting May 8 to mark Russia's Victory Day celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Kyiv does not agree, preferring a 30-day truce proposed by U.S. officials. Both sides accuse each other of violating it. May 10, 2025: French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk meet with Zelenskyy in Kyiv and urge Russia to enact a 30-day truce starting May 12. May 11, 2025:Putin proposes restarting direct talkswith Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15, "without preconditions," but does not agree to the 30-day ceasefire Zelenskyy challenges Putin tomeet personally in Turkey. May 12, 2025: Trump says he is "thinking about flying over" to Turkey for the talks after his visit to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates but later says Rubio and other U.S. officials will go. May 13, 2025: Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak says Zelenskyy won't meet with any representative of Russia in Turkey except for Putin. Zelenskyy says he and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will wait for Putin in Ankara, adding: "If Putin does not arrive and plays games, it is the final point that he does not want to end the war."

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A still-unfolding diplomatic road seeking peace in Ukraine has had many twists and turns

A still-unfolding diplomatic road seeking peace in Ukraine has had many twists and turns It was a weekend of diplomatic announcements onthe ...

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