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Pete Alonso hits a grand slam as Mets beat Marlins

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on April 1, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Marlins, MLB, Sports.

MIAMI — Pete Alonso hit a grand slam and the New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins 10-4 on Monday night. Starling Marte, Luis Torrens and Brandon Nimmo also went deep for the Mets, who finished with 11 hits in the opener of a three-game series. Every starter in the lineup had at least one. New York left-hander David Peterson gave up two runs and five hits in six innings. Peterson (1-0) struck out nine and walked three. Alonso’s drive chased Miami starter Cal Quantrill (0-1) and highlighted a seven-run fifth. Torrens capped the outburst when he connected for a two-run shot off reliever George...

Griffin Conine’s HR, Derek Hill walk-off run help Marlins beat Pirates

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 31, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Marlins, MLB, Sports.

MIAMI — Griffin Conine hit a home run, Derek Hill scored the winning run from third on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth and the Miami Marlins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Sunday. Andrew McCutchen hit a lead-off homer in the top of the second inning but Nick Fortes hit an RBI double to left that drove in Hill to make it 1-1 going into the third. The 38-year-old McCutchen now has 800 career extra-base hits, third most among active players (behind Freddie Freeman with 885 and Paul Goldschmidt with 833). Conine hit a solo shot to make it 2-2 in the bottom of the seventh. His...

Nick Suzuki’s late goal lifts Canadiens over Panthers

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 31, 2025. Posted in Florida Panthers, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, NHL, Sports.

SUNRISE — Nick Suzuki scored to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-2 win over the Florida Panthers on Sunday. Suzuki scored on a snap shot with 17:58 left in the third period to put the Canadiens ahead 3-2. Juraj Slafkovsky and Lane Hutson each got an assist on the goal. Patrik Laine, Brendan Gallagher and Slafkovsky also scored for the Canadiens. Seth Jones and Sam Reinhart each scored for the Panthers. Samuel Montembeault stopped 24 shots in the win for the Canadiens. Sergei Bobrovsky had 18 saves for the Panthers. Takeaways Canadiens: Montreal is now 4-3-3 over its last 10 games....

Winderman’s view: Heat take care of business in Philadelphia, which still matters (at least for them)

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 30, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, Miami Heat Blog, NBA, Sports.

PHILADELPHIA – Observations and other notes of interest from Saturday night’s 118-95 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers: – These are the traps that need to be avoided to maximize the possibility of a home play-in game. – Which basically is the only reality that remains for the Heat to chase over their final eight games of the regular season. – Especially with the Magic on Saturday defeating the Kings, to further secure their grasp on No. 8 in the East (they also hold the tiebreaker). – So if the Heat at least want to host the Nos. 9-10 play-in against the Bulls (a matchup where this...

Heat match season’s longest winning streak, pound 76ers behind Herro’s 30

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 30, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Heat, NBA, Sports.

PHILADELPHIA — The reality is that with one loss over their remaining eight games, the Miami Heat will have the team’s first losing record since 2018-19. For now, though, for the first time in a long time, they are feeling like winners, with Saturday night’s 118-95 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers at Wells Fargo Center extending the winning streak to four, matching the longest of the season for Erik Spoelstra’s team, Granted, this latest victory against the carcass of what remains of the 76ers hardly was a statement win. But for a team that a week ago was mired in a 10-game losing...

Messi quickly scores in return to lineup, Inter Miami tops Philadelphia

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 30, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Inter Miami, Latest Headlines, Lionel Messi, Soccer, Sports.

FORT LAUDERDALE — Lionel Messi made an immediate impact for Inter Miami against the Philadelphia Union on Saturday night, with what became the winning goal in a 2-1 victory that lifted the Herons into first place in Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference. Messi returned to the lineup and scored less than two minutes after subbing into the match early in the second half. The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner took a pass from Luis Suarez on the right side of the penalty box, made a quick move and sent a right-footed shot past two defenders into the net for a 2-0 Inter Miami lead. It was Messi’s...

Marlins again rally in ninth, but this time come up short against Pirates

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 29, 2025. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Marlins, MLB, Sports.

MIAMI (AP) — Oneil Cruz hit a two-run home run, Andrew McCutchen added an RBI double and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Miami Marlins 4-3 on Friday night. Cruz walked to lead off the fourth inning, stole second base and advanced to third on an error. Joey Bart walked before Andrew McCutcheon hit a double to left, driving in Cruz. Bart scored on a sacrifice fly by Adam Frazier to give the Pirates a 2-0 lead. David Bednar came on to pitch for the Pirates in the bottom of the ninth and walked Matt Mervis before Otto Lopez hit a two-run home run to make it a one-run game. Bednar got...

Marchand assists Bennett’s OT winner in Panthers debut vs. Utah

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 29, 2025. Posted in Florida Panthers, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, NHL, Sports.

By TIM REYNOLDS SUNRISE — Brad Marchand capped his Florida debut by setting up Sam Bennett’s winner with 41.1 seconds left in overtime, and the Panthers defeated the Utah Hockey Club 2-1 on Friday night. Bennett had both goals for Florida, including one in the second with Mackie Samoskevich and Aleksander Barkov assisting. Utah tied it early in the third on Sean Durzi’s third of the year. The win pushed Florida back into first in the Atlantic Division at 44-25-3 with 91 points, one more than Toronto and two more than Tampa Bay. All three of those teams have 10 games remaining, and Florida...

Gators overcome sloppy start to take down Maryland and advance to Elite 8

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 28, 2025. Posted in College Sports, Florida Gators, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Sports.

SAN FRANCISCO — Florida finally looked like a No. 1 seed — for a half, at least. It was more than enough to move past Maryland 87-71 in a regional semifinal Thursday at Chase Center. To get back to the Final Four, the Gators will need play their best basketball for a longer stretch Saturday. Energized Florida players cheer on their teammates from bench in the Gators’ 87-71 win against Maryland in Thursday night’s regional semifinal at San Francisco’s Chase Center. (Ezra Shaw/Getty) Coach Todd Golden, back in San Fransisco for the first time since he left for UF three years ago, wasn’t...

Isabella Vega helps UCF snap 4-game slide by blanking No. 3 UF

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 27, 2025. Posted in College Sports, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Sports, UCF Knights.

Cindy Ball-Malone knew her UCF softball team needed a reboot. With Knights mired in a four-game losing streak and set to host No. 3 Florida on Wednesday night at the UCF Softball Complex, Ball-Malone considered putting her young squad through rigorous practice. Instead, another opportunity presented itself, allowing her team to be reset. “We were talking, and one of our coaches said that maybe we need a pizza party or something, but I was like, ‘Something will come together,’ ” Ball-Malone said. That something was a visit to a lake house courtesy of former UCF softball Hall of Famer...