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• 2017 NFL draft position preview: Defensive backs

  24-04-2017 21:44 via ocregister.com
  
  An NFL team in search of immediate secondary help through this week’s NFL draft will find good news in the first round. And the second round. Third and fourth rounds, also.
  Suffice to say, it’s a good year for cornerbacks and safeties – particularly those from Ohio State – and a good chance for both the Chargers and Rams to fill some holes.
  If most draft pundits are corrected, the Chargers will have their fingers crossed until it’s their turn to pick at No. 7 on Thu
  
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• Coachella 2017: 25 things we’ll remember about the festival

  24-04-2017 21:35 via ocregister.com
  
  The 2017 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has come to an end, leaving only a trail of Instagram selfies in its wake. We had staff on site both weekends, who saw everything from the hottest music to the strangest outfits. And when we tell all of our friends and family members what happened at Coachella 2017, this is what gave us all of the Coachella vibes.
  1. The size: We knew the City of Indio approved an expansion of acreage and a capacity increase in 2016, but when
  
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• The Goldster Uncovers a Mecca of Chinese-Islamic Cooking in Orange County

  24-04-2017 21:25
  After last week's Chengdu Impression review , Jonathan Gold keeps the regional Chinese cuisine kick going with a review of Mas' Chinese Islamic . The large Anaheim restaurant with "a lot of bus-size [parking] spaces" by Jamillah Mas' is perhaps best suited to the "needs of large families than to scattered parties of two or three."
  
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• Southern California bankruptcy filings at 10-year low

  24-04-2017 21:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Nothing screams “economic debacle” more than waves of debtors getting a court help to stave off antsy creditors.
  But thankfully, bankruptcy is trending out of fashion in Southern California these days.
  New personal and company bankruptcy filings in California’s Central District fell to 9,415 in the first quarter, down 7 percent in a year and the lowest number of filings in a year’s first three months since 2007.
  History shows how far filings have dipped, a sign of growing
  
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• Angels acquire David Hernandez to add to bullpen depth

  24-04-2017 21:10 via ocregister.com
  
  The Angels, whose bullpen has been beset by injuries and overworked, acquired veteran reliever David Hernandez from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for cash considerations or a player to be named on Monday.
  Hernandez, who had been in Triple-A with the Braves, is expected to join the Angels’ major league bullpen.
  Hernandez, 31, has pitched parts of seven years in the majors, appearing with three organizations. He was with two other clubs this season, although not in the majors.
  A right-hande
  
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• Western Digital moves headquarters to San Jose from Irvine

  24-04-2017 21:06 via ocregister.com
  
  Western Digital, the world’s largest disk drive maker with annual revenues of $13 billion, has moved its headquarters to San Jose from Irvine.
  The tech firm, which was founded in 1970 in Santa Ana, relocated to its existing Great Oaks campus in San Jose.
  “The company’s Irvine operations will continue to be an important part of our ongoing business, and Western Digital remains one of the largest technology companies and community leaders in Orange County,” the company said
  
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• Trump administration sanctions 271 in Syrian chemical attack

  24-04-2017 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  By VIVIAN SALAMA and MATTHEW LEE
  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration issued sanctions Monday on 271 people linked to the Syrian agency responsible for producing non-conventional weapons, part of an ongoing U.S. crackdown on Syrian President Bashar Assad’s alleged use of chemical weapons.
  The sanctions target employees of Syria’s Scientific Studies and Research Center, which the U.S. says partly enables the use of chemical weapons. The U.S. has blamed Assad for an attack earli
  
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• Dunn Deal: Who will be named Mr. Irrelevant XLII?

  24-04-2017 20:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Mr. Irrelevant Week annually honors the last player selected in the NFL draft each year. Here is a file photo of the 2013 “Mr. Irrelevant,” Justice Cunningham, who was the 254th pick in the NFL draft that season. FILE PHOTO: Stuart Palley, Orange County RegisterBy RICHARD DUNN
  Contributing Columnist
  While professional football teams have come and gone and returned again in Southern California, an NFL mainstay for more than four decades has been Irrelevant Week in Newport Beach.
  Durin
  
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• Lamppost Pizza in Irvine, a favorite of families and youth sports teams, closes down

  24-04-2017 20:17 via ocregister.com
  
  Mary Catherine Egan of Woodbridge was one of the loyal customers at the Lamppost Pizza in Woodbridge. Tim Burt photoCustomers get ready to order food and drinks Friday night at Lamppost Pizza. Tim Burt photoJohn Peterson, with his son, Jasper, used to work at Lamppost Pizza in Woodbridge and has been one of the loyal customers. Tim Burt photoFans get ready to watch the NBA playoffs between the Clippers and Utah Friday night. Tim Burt photoLamppost Pizza in Woodbridge closed its doors for busines
  
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• Dozens of middle-age women die from opioid addiction: One mother’s story

  24-04-2017 20:12 via ocregister.com
  
  Austin Glass reaches into a manila envelope and pulls out a document no 26-year-old son should have to face.
  It’s a coroner’s report and it bears his mother’s name, Teri Sue. After a series of cancer-related operations, the 56-year-old woman became addicted to opioids and died last year from an overdose of prescription pills.
  Tragically, this mother who celebrated holidays with special decorations, chaperoned high school dances and was passionate about attending parent organiza
  
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• Orange County Sheriff’s Department searching for missing mountain biker

  24-04-2017 17:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Authorities meet at Chino Hills State Park Discovery Center go over a plan for a search after a mountain biker becomes lost in Brea on Monday, April 24, 2017. (Photo by KEN STEINHARDT, Orange County Register/SCNG)Orange County Sheriff’s reserve deputy Devon Kemp and Professional Services Search and Rescue responder Marion Douglas meet as authorities meet at Chino Hills State Park Discovery Center to start a search for a lost mountain biker in Brea on Monday, April 24, 2017. (Photo by KEN S
  
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• Fullerton and JWA hit record temperatures over weekend

  24-04-2017 17:02 via ocregister.com
  
  Two
  
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• NFL draft roundtable: SCNG writers assess options for the Chargers and Rams

  24-04-2017 17:00 via ocregister.com
  
  As the NFL draft gets underway Thursday, there’s no sugarcoating the situation facing the two league’s two franchises in L.A. Under general managers Les Snead and Tom Telesco, the Rams and the Chargers haven’t exactly dominated the draft.
  For every prospect Snead and Telesco have hit on — say, Joey Bosa or Aaron Donald — there have been equally significant misses — such as D.J. Fluker or Greg Robinson. And this season, as the two GMs settle into sharing L.A. &
  
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• Lorde, Incubus, Imagine Dragons and more to play 25th Annual KROQ Weenie Roast y Fiesta

  24-04-2017 16:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Incubus will perform at KROQ’s 25th Annual Weenie Roast which will be held Saturday, May 20 at StubHub Center in Carson. (Photo by Kelly A. Swift, contributing photographer)Lorde (pictured performing at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio on Apirl 16) tops the bill of KROQ’s 25th Annual Weenie Roast which will be held Saturday, May 20 at StubHub Center in Carson. (Photo by Micah Escamilla, The Sun/SCNG)Imagine Dragons will perform at KROQ’s 25th Annual Weeni
  
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• O.C. Register gets new Anaheim address

  24-04-2017 16:19
  The Orange County Register has left its home in Santa Ana and moved into this building at 2190 S. Towne Centre Place in Anaheim. Saying "625 North Grand Avenue" in Orange County doesn't sound the same as saying "Times Square" in my native New York City.
  
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• The Orange County Register gets new Anaheim address

  24-04-2017 16:00 via ocregister.com
  
  What’s in an address?
  Saying “625 North Grand Avenue” in Orange County doesn’t sound the same as saying “Times Square” in my native New York City.
  But the Orange County Register has left the storied address it called home in Santa Ana for 60 years – and the paper was based in the city for a total of 112 years. New place? A modest headquarters location just south of Angel Stadium in Anaheim.
  Orange County Register reporters Greg Mellen and Susan Goul
  
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• Tustin police to use Batman-like tracking device on bad guys

  24-04-2017 15:00 via ocregister.com
  
  TUSTIN Like a page ripped from a Batman movie script, the Tustin Police Department has become perhaps the first Southern California law-enforcement agency to install GPS launchers on patrol cars to track fleeing vehicles.
  The aim of the StarChase system is to reduce dangerous police pursuits to protect officers and the public.
  “As a department, we are always looking for ways to leverage technology to make policing more effective,” said Deputy Chief Paul Garaven. &
  
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• France’s rejected mainstream unites for Macron over Le Pen

  24-04-2017 13:50 via ocregister.com
  
  SYLVIE CORBET and ELAINE GANLEY
  PARIS — France’s political mainstream, shut out of the presidency by an angry electorate, united on Monday to call on voters to back centrist Emmanuel Macron and reject Marine Le Pen’s populist nationalism.
  Politicians on the moderate left and right, including the Socialist and Republicans party losers in Sunday’s first-round vote, maneuvered to block Le Pen’s path to power in the May 7 runoff.
  Voters narrowed the presidential field f
  
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• Coachella 2017: What happened on the final day of the festival

  24-04-2017 12:28 via ocregister.com
  
  As we watch the sun set on the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for another year (and was it ever a spectacular sunset Sunday night), there was plenty of big things to keep people buzzing on the final day.
  Again, the biggest production of the day was the headlining set from Kendrick Lamar, who continued to be on fire after dropping new album “DAMN.” 48 hours before his Weekend 1 performance. Hip-hop was huge at Coachella 2017. Lamar, Lil Uzi Vert, Gucci Mane, Future and Travi
  
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• More CRE Optimism Opens 2017 as Stark Contrast

  24-04-2017 11:16
  The first quarter of 2017 was marked by continued optimism, with retail remaining the strongest overall performer as multiple large users continue to occupy both existing and new developments. Get alerted any time new stories match your search criteria.
  
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• Coachella 2017: How two Los Angeles artists left their mark on the festival

  24-04-2017 11:08 via ocregister.com
  
  The Gobi Tent proved to be a memorable spot for Los Angeles musicians at this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival thanks to standout performances from two up-and-coming female vocalists that bookended the desert music festival.
  Banks and Bishop Briggs were two of the most talked about performers from the first weekend who weren’t named Kendrick Lamar or Lady Gaga and they didn’t disappoint on the second weekend, either.
  On Friday, 28-year-old Los Angeles-based
  
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• Upcoming Children’s Business Fair will feature wee entrepreneurs

  24-04-2017 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Shoppers, are you ready to buy goods from a 6-year-old entrepreneur?
  The Orange County Rescue Mission will host its second annual “OC Children’s Business Fair” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 29 at the Rescue Mission’s Village of Hope in Tustin.
  “For many children, including those who live at the Village of Hope, this event will be their first opportunity to learn how creativity and hard work can contribute to their futures in business,” Jim Palmer, pre
  
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• Former Sbarro CEO tapped to lead Irvine-based AquaBall

  24-04-2017 09:01 via ocregister.com
  
  Sbarro CEO James J. Greco has been appointed CEO of Irvine-based True Drinks. The company makes AquaBall – a children’s beverage with no sugar, preservatives, calories, or artificial flavors. (Courtesy of AquaBall)Susan G. Komen Orange County has added Dr. Elizabeth Chao, MD, University of California, Irvine to its board of directors for 2017-2018. (Courtesy of Susan G. Komen OC)Dr. Lisa E. Guerra of Breastlink is a returning member to the Susan G. Komen Orange County board of directo
  
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• Whicker: Ducks’ Jakob Silfverberg has found gold in playoffs before

  24-04-2017 07:46 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM — Jakob Silfverberg’s hometown is Gavle, Sweden, which has a river running through it. People with permits can catch salmon, right downtown.
  You don’t see that everywhere.
  You also don’t see the Gavle Goat, or Gavlebocken, everywhere.
  It is a large straw goat that the townspeople build for the Christmas season and it observed its 50th anniversary last year. But not for long. Someone burned the Gavlebocken to the ground. This has happened 35 times.
  “It’
  
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• Dapper Day for Spring 2017 means dressing up to visit Disneyland

  24-04-2017 07:32 via ocregister.com
  
  Dressing up to visit Disneyland is in vogue again, at least twice a year for Dapper Day.
  Back in 2011, Justin Jorgensen of Burbank decided it was time to create a reason to dress up to visit Disneyland.
  It only attracted around 100 people that year, but thanks to social media, the word got out and the next year even more showed up.
  Now the unofficial event takes place twice a year, in the fall and spring, with thousands dressing in their finest attire to visit the park.
  Last spring, Dapper Day c
  
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• Aliso Viejo crime call log, Apr. 16-22

  24-04-2017 07:31 via ocregister.com
  
  APR. 22
  Welfare check: 9:56 a.m. 0 block of Pamplona.
  Keeping the peace: 9:42 a.m. 0 block of Journey.
  Suspicious person in vehicle: 8:42 a.m. Via Iglesia and Moulton Parkway.
  Reckless driving: 7:35 a.m. Enterprise and Aliso Creek Road.
  Disturbance: 3:04 a.m. 0 block of Meridian Drive.
  APR. 21
  Welfare check: 10:06 p.m. 0 block of Coppercrest.
  Disturbance: 8:19 p.m. 23500 block of Windsong.
  Battery report: 7:32 a.m. 0 block of Journey.
  Welfare check: 6:12 p.m. Aliso Viejo Parkway and Enterprise.
  
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• Five south county students medal at taekwondo high school championships

  24-04-2017 07:14 via ocregister.com
  
  These students have a passion for taekwondo (Photo courtesy of Jimmy Kim).Five Orange County students medaled at the National Collegiate Taekwondo Association (NCTA) High School Championships on Saturday, April 1 at the RIMAC Arena at the University of California, San Diego.
  Nathan Kim and Noah Kim (Aliso Niguel High School), Skylar Farrell (Dana Hills High), Damian Gullo (Laguna Hills High) and Melina Nguyen (Mission Viejo High) competed in the 15-to 19-year-old high-school division of the pres
  
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• Anaheim Round 2 Schedule

  24-04-2017 06:30
  With Round 1 of the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs now in the books, we look ahead to round 2. After closing out the Calgary Flames in four games, Anaheim moves on to face the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference Semifinals. The Western Conference will begin the second round on Wednesday night, with the East starting both of their series on Thursday.
  
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• Clippers fold late in Game 4, lose to Jazz, 105-98

  24-04-2017 05:55 via ocregister.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY, UT – APRIL 23: Rudy Gobert #27 of the Utah Jazz blocks this first half shot by Marreese Speights #5 of the Los Angeles Clippers in Game Four of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2017 NBA Playoffs at Vivint Smart Home Arena on April 23, 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo b
  
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• Galaxy can’t overcome dismal first half and suffers third home loss of season

  24-04-2017 05:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Romain Alessandrini, right, bicycle kicks the ball in front of Seattle Sounders midfielder Jordy Delem during the second half of a MLS soccer match, Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Carson, Calif. The Sounders won 3-0. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ORG XMIT: CAMT105Los Angeles Galaxy goalkeeper Brian Rowe, right, and Ashley Cole, left, watch as a shot by Seattle Sounders midfielder Clint Dempsey scores during the first half of a MLS soccer match, Sunday, April 23, 2017, in C
  
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• Oilers have Ducks’ undivided attention for next playoff series

  24-04-2017 05:27 via ocregister.com
  
  ANAHEIM – As the Ducks’ captain, Ryan Getzlaf viewed the Edmonton-San Jose playoff series with some added interest. As their coach, Randy Carlyle watched it with obvious interest.
  The Ducks now know who to put their focus on. And it won’t be the Sharks, whose reign as the Western Conference champion ended Saturday night. It might be 11 years since Edmonton basked in its last postseason but these Oilers are showing they’re no playoff upstart.
  “Surprised?” Carly
  
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• Coachella 2017: Festivalgoers run into parking troubles on the final day

  24-04-2017 05:22 via ocregister.com
  
  Just when you thought the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival made it through two, three-day weekends with their largest crowd to-date without huge parking issues, the final day struck.
  As festivalgoers poured into the Empire Polo Club field for the final day of the the 2017 festival, many found themselves waiting two to three hours to get a parking spot in the fairgrounds.
  Many of them did not sit quietly either while waiting. Some demanded money back from the festival after miss
  
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• Now the Clippers’ most famous fan, injured Blake Griffin sticks by team

  24-04-2017 05:14 via ocregister.com
  
  SALT LAKE CITY – The lights went down inside Vivint Smart Home Arena, flames shot from behind the basket, and 19,911 pairs of eyes turned toward the home bench to cheer Utah’s starters.
  From the tunnel at the opposite end of the arena, Blake Griffin emerged  in a khaki jacket, an untucked white dress shirt and a walking boot on his right foot. He stood at the end of the Clippers’ bench as his teammates made their final preparations for Game 4 of their best-of-7 first-round
  
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• Coachella 2017: Festival features more hip-hop than ever

  24-04-2017 04:59 via ocregister.com
  
  The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has been known for its tastemaker capability, particularly in the indie rock and electronic dance music genres, but in 2017, the music festival at the Empire Polo Club featured more hip-hop acts than ever before, including some of the biggest acts in the genre, topped by Sunday night headliner Kendrick Lamar.
  The festival’s focus on hip-hop started in 2010, when Jay Z became the first rapper to headline the festival. His electric
  
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• Suspect sought in Laguna Beach with helicopter and K-9

  24-04-2017 04:41 via ocregister.com
  
  LAGUNA BEACH   Police are looking for a man who ran from a car after a short pursuit through the city’s tourist-filled downtown, police said Sunday.
  The incident was first reported at 4:53 p.m. when Laguna Beach Police was alerted about a suspected stolen car from Santa Ana heading their way. A police officer spotted the car in the Laguna’s  downtown, said police Sgt. Jim Cota.
  Police pursued the suspect who was headed south on Coast Highway and abandoned the car at St. Ann
  
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• Thousands descend on Dana Point for classic car and motorcycle show

  24-04-2017 03:08 via ocregister.com
  
  DANA POINT –  Thousands came out Sunday to see more than 200 classic cars and motorcycles in the city’s Lantern District for the  Dana Point Lantern District Classic Car & Motorcycle Show.
  The event – along Del Prado between Old Golden Lantern and Ruby Lantern – was put on by the Dana Point Chamber of Commerce to drive business and to draw awareness to the city’s Lantern District, said Heather Johnston, the chamber’s director.
  The show drew
  
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• Coachella 2017: How the Sonora Tent represented a musical movement

  24-04-2017 01:46 via ocregister.com
  
  The lineup for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival leaned heavily on electronic dance music, rap and hip-hop with a splash of pop from Lady Gaga, but there was still a place just for the rockers — and the rockeros — at the new Sonora Tent.
  “East L.A. invaded Coachella, baby,” Thee Commons lead singer David Pacheco declared from the Sonora stage during his band’s Saturday night set as the crowd cheered in response.
  Thee Commons performs during
  
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• One killed in York County motorcycle crash

  24-04-2017 01:45
  Brian McCann and Yuli Gurriel both had RBI singles in the 10th inning, and the Houston Astros rallied from an ea ANAHEIM, Calif.
  
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• UCLA’s Fabian Moreau lives up to NFL draft prediction

  24-04-2017 01:33 via ocregister.com
  
  Jim Mora peered over a crowd of reporters in 2014 and saw Fabian Moreau walking off Spaulding Field after practice. He looked at the rising junior, mentioned Moreau’s long arms, slightly bow-legged stance and thick stature. With a firm point of his right index finger, Mora nailed down Moreau’s future.
  “That’s an NFL corner right there,” Mora said.
  In a few days, that three-year-old statement will come true.
  Moreau is poised to be an early-round pick in this week&rsq
  
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• On deck: Dodgers at Giants, Monday, 7:15 p.m.

  24-04-2017 01:21 via ocregister.com
  
  DODGERS at GIANTS
  When: Monday, 7:15 p.m.
  TV: SportsNet LA (where available); MLB Network (blacked out in Southern California)
  Where: AT&T Park
  THE PITCHERS
  DODGERS LHP HYUN-JIN RYU (0-3, 5.87 ERA)
  Vs. Giants: 4-4, 4.07 ERA
  At AT&T Park: 4-2, 3.74 ERA
  Hates to face: Hunter Pence, 10 for 22 (.455), 2 doubles
  Loves to face: Brandon Crawford, 2 for 13 (.154)
  GIANTS RHP MATT CAIN (1-0, 3.31 ERA)
  Vs. Dodgers: 5-11, 3.53 ERA
  At AT&T Park: 58-56, 3.36 ERA
  Hates to face: Chase Utley, 11 for
  
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• Brandon McCarthy goes seven strong innings as Dodgers win, 6-2

  24-04-2017 01:10 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Dodgers’ Corey Seager follows through on a swing for a two-run double against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) ORG XMIT: PNC111Los Angeles Dodgers’ Brandon McCarthy throws a pitch against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) ORG XMIT: PNC102Arizona Diamondbacks’ Shelby Mille
  
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• Patchwork Angels bullpen falters in loss to Blue Jays

  24-04-2017 00:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout steals second past Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Ryan Goins during the first inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, April 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) ORG XMIT: ANS104Toronto Blue Jays’ Ryan Goins, left, celebrates as he rounds the bases after his two-run home run off Los Angeles Angels pitcher Brooks Pounders during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, April 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) ORG XMIT: ANS1
  
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• Dodgers’ Sergio Romo on going back to San Francisco: ‘I don’t know what to expect’

  24-04-2017 00:17 via ocregister.com
  
  PHOENIX – Sergio Romo always knew the odds were against San Francisco being his only baseball home.
  “It’s a small percentage (of players), from what I know, that get drafted by an organization and play your whole minor-league career, your whole big-league career with the same organization – let alone being a reliever,” Romo said Sunday. “It just doesn’t happen. I wanted to be a part of that small percentage. I thought it might happen.”
  That dream e
  
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