Numbers Game Over Joe Dimaggio in His First Year of Eligibility
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THIS DAY IN SPORTS 1953 — Dizzy Dean and Al Simmons are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The baseball writers pass NUMBERS GAME over Joe DiMaggio in his first year of eligibility. C4 Antelope Valley Press, Tuesday, January 21, 2020 Morning rush Lopez wins LPGA opener in 7-hole playoff Valley Press news services By JEFF BABINEAU SWEET VICTORY Hataoka had enjoyed her week Ex-M’s ace Félix Hernández has minor Associated Press Gaby Lopez kisses the playing alongside athletes and ce- league deal with Braves LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — trophy after winning lebrities — the 49-player celebrity ATLANTA — Longtime Seattle Mariners ace Félix Having already battled for five the Tournament of division was won by pitcher and Hernández reached a minor league deal with the extra holes into darkness without Champions LPGA Hall of Famer John Smoltz. But tournament on Monday Atlanta Braves on Monday that includes an invite to big producing a champion a day earli- the pressure amped up once the league spring training. in Lake Buena Vista, The right-hander would get a $1 million, one-year er, Gaby Lopez and Nasa Hataoka Florida. Lopez ran in a playoff began. contract if added to Atlanta’s 40-man roster. showed up to work at 8 a.m., just 30-foot putt for birdie, “Being a celebrity pro-am, I Hernández, who turns 34 in April, is coming off his like regular folks. to defeat Nasa Hataoka thought I was going to just enjoy it worst season in the majors. King Felix went 1-8 with a The early wake-up call and in a seven-hole playoff and have fun. But then being able that took an extra day 6.40 ERA in 15 starts for the Mariners and lost his place extra golf was worth it for Lopez, to be in the final and do the playoff, in the rotation. to finish. who rolled in a 30-foot birdie putt Associated Press that was a really good experience, to prevail on the seventh playoff and I think this would help me in Lopez and Hataoka wound up But Lopez, whose ball barely hole Monday and capture the the future,” said Hataoka, whose playing the difficult 197-yard 18th made the putting surface, went season-opening Diamond Resorts 2020 goals include a No. 1 rank- Planner hole at Tranquilo Golf Club at Four first, her putt up the hill slowing Tournament of Champions. ing and an Olympic gold medal Seasons Golf and Sports Club Or- and tumbling into the cup on its in her home country of Japan this COMING UP IN THE VALLEY It was the second LPGA title lando eight times over two days, last rotation. Hataoka, ranked sixth for Lopez, who 14 months ago with two birdies from Lopez the in the world, made a poor stroke, summer. “When the tournaments ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE (Junior College) became the second player from difference. pulling her birdie attempt left. start to get harder and harder, it ■ M Basketball: Wednesday at Glendale, 7 p.m. Mexico to win on tour, joining will be a good lesson for me.” ■ W Basketball: Wednesday at Glendale, 5 p.m. Lopez birdied from 18 feet on her After a week of warm Florida World Golf Hall of Fame mem- final hole of regulation Sunday to weather, temperatures in the mid- Lopez charged into conten- UNIVERSITY OF ANTELOPE VALLEY (NAIA) ber Lorena Ochoa. She earned earn a spot in the playoff alongside 40s greeted the women Monday tion with a 5-under 66 Sunday, ■ M Basketball: Thursday at Simpson, 7:30 p.m. $180,000 for the victory. and played with confidence in ■ W Basketball: Thursday at Simpson, 5:30 p.m. Hataoka and Inbee Park, who was and morning shadows covered the The elite field featured 26 play- eliminated on the third playoff hole. green as they returned to the 18th. the playoff. She entered the week ers who had won tournaments in Hataoka, who made a deft up- The par 3 is long and tough, with ranked 56th but now has mo- COMING UP IN SOCAL the last two seasons. and-down from 30 yards for par a deep bunker in front and rocks mentum to start her fifth LPGA CLIPPERS (National Basketball Association) This was the LPGA’s to extend the playoff to a seventh and water guarding the left side of season. In her first LPGA victory, ■ Today at Dallas, 5:30 p.m., PRIME/NBA fourth-longest playoff. The longest hole as play resumed Monday, the green. Players require hybrids the 2018 Blue Bay LPGA Champi- ■ Wednesday at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m., PRIME was 10 holes at the 1972 Corpus had the edge on the final hole after and fairway metals to reach the onship in China, she had the lead ■ Friday at Miami, 5 p.m., PRIME/ESPN Christi Civitan Open, where Jo Ann hitting a 4-hybrid that rode a slope green. There were only six birdies and was grouped with the world’s LAKERS (National Basketball Association) Prentice beat Hall of Famers San- along the right side of the green total made on the hole all week; top two players at the time, Ariya ■ Wednesday at N.Y. Knicks, 4:30 p.m.,SpectrumSN dra Palmer and Kathy Whitworth. and curled to 12 feet from the hole. Lopez owned three of them. Jutanugarn and Sun Hyun Park. ■ Thursday at Brooklyn, 5 p.m.,SpectrumSN/TNT ■ Saturday at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m., ABC OLF PORTS DDS DUCKS (National Hockey League) NFL G NBA NHL S O NFL Playoff Glance LPGA Tour - Diamond WESTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE NBA ■ Monday at San Jose, 7:30 p.m., PRIME Pacific Division Pacific Division Today Wild-card Playoffs Resorts Tournament of ■ Jan. 29 vs. Arizona, 7 p.m., PRIME Saturday, Jan. 4 W L Pct GB GP W L OT Pts GF GA FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG Houston 22, Buffalo 19, OT Champions Par Scores L.A. Lakers 34 9 .791 — Vancouver 49 27 18 4 58 162 149 at DALLAS OFF (OFF) Clippers ■ Jan. 31 vs. Tampa Bay, 7 p.m., PRIME Tennessee 20, New England 13 Monday L.A. Clippers 30 13 .698 4 Edmonton 49 26 18 5 57 155 153 COLLEGE BASKETBALL At Tranquilo Golf Course Phoenix 18 25 .419 16 Calgary 50 26 19 5 57 135 147 Today Sunday, Jan. 5 FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG KINGS (National Hockey League) Minnesota 26, New Orleans 20, OT Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Sacramento 15 28 .349 19 Vegas 51 25 19 7 57 159 156 Purse: $1.2 million Golden State 10 35 .222 25 at VILLANOVA 2½ Butler ■ Jan. 29 vs. Tampa Bay, 7 p.m., NBCSN Seattle 17, Philadelphia 9 Arizona 51 26 20 5 57 146 138 at KANSAS 17 Kansas St Divisional Playoffs Yardage: 6,645; Par: 71 Southwest Division San Jose 50 21 25 4 46 130 167 Final at PURDUE 7 Illinois ■ Jan. 30 at Arizona, 6:30 p.m., ESPN+/FSW Saturday, Jan. 11 W L Pct GB Ducks 48 19 24 5 43 122 150 Maryland 6½ at NORTHWESTERN ■ Feb. 1 vs. Ducks, 7:30 p.m., FSW/PRIME San Francisco 27, Minnesota 10 Lopez won on seventh playoff hole Dallas 27 15 .643 — Kings 50 18 27 5 41 125 158 Akron 5 at MIAMI (OHIO) Tennessee 28, Baltimore 12 Gaby Lopez, $180,000 ...65-69-71-66—271 -13 Houston 26 16 .619 1 Central Division at LSU 3 Florida Sunday, Jan. 12 N. Hataoka, $127,649 ....66-69-68-68—271 -13 Memphis 20 23 .465 7½ GP W L OT Pts GF GA at KENTUCKY 10½ Georgia USC (College Basketball — Pac-12) Kansas City 51, Houston 31 Inbee Park, $127,649 .....65-68-67-71—271 -13 San Antonio 19 23 .452 8 St. Louis 49 30 11 8 68 158 134 at KENT ST 10 N. Illinois ■ Thursday at Oregon, 8 p.m., ESPNU Packers 28, Seahawks 23 Mi Jung Hur, $74,933 .....69-70-70-63—272 -12 New Orleans 17 27 .386 11 Colorado 49 28 15 6 62 179 143 Wichita St 4 at SOUTH FLORIDA ■ Saturday at Oregon State, 2 p.m., Pac-12 Conference Championships B. Henderson, $74,933 ..67-66-72-67—272 -12 Northwest Division Dallas 48 27 17 4 58 125 120 at BOWLING GREEN 7 E. Michigan Sunday, Jan. 19 Annie Park, $54,681 .......68-73-68-64—273 -11 W L Pct GB Winnipeg 49 25 20 4 54 148 152 at BUFFALO 10 W. Michigan ■ Jan. 30 vs. Utah, 6:30 p.m., FS1 Kansas City 35, Tennessee 24 L.Thompson, $42,935 ...66-71-69-68—274 -10 Denver 30 13 .698 — Chicago 50 24 20 6 54 152 157 Toledo 1½ at OHIO Texas Tech 1½ at TCU San Francisco 37, Green Bay 20 S.Young Kim, $42,935 ...66-69-67-72—274 -10 Utah 30 13 .698 — Nashville 47 22 18 7 51 156 154 Celine Boutier, $36,049 ..66-69-69-71—275 -9 Oklahoma City 25 19 .568 5½ Minnesota 49 22 21 6 50 152 164 at IOWA ST 5 Oklahoma St UCLA (College Basketball — Pac-12) at CLEMSON 8½ Wake Forest Pro Bowl Nelly Korda, $32,808 ......73-67-69-67—276 -8 Portland 19 26 .422 12 EASTERN CONFERENCE ■ Thursday at Oregon State, 8 p.m., FS1 M.Jutanugarn, $30,377 ..68-71-73-65—277 -7 Minnesota 15 28 .349 15 Va Commonwealth 11½ at ST. JOSEPH’S Sunday, Jan.