UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - The Gauchos are turning into quite a hit.

William Vasseur blasted a grand slam as part of a 7-run eighth inning as the Gauchos finished off Pepperdine 13-3 in a game shortened by the NCAA run rule.

It's the third time in the past four games that UCSB has reached double-digits in runs and hits.

Rowan Kelly collected four of the Gauchos 11 hits as he was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle.

His solo home run in the seventh inning put UCSB up 6-3.

(Kelly was 4-for-4 with 3 runs and an RBI. Entenza Design).

Liam Barrett got the scoring started as he lined a two-out, bases-loaded double down the right field line to drive in three runs. Corey Nunez singled to drive in Barrett to make it 4-0 Gauchos.

UCSB pitcher Josh Jannicelli struck out the side in the first inning and finished with five punchouts in 2.2 innings on the mound. He left early due to a blister.

(Freshman Josh Jannicelli allowed one earned run in 2 2/3 innings. Entenza Design).

Raymond Olivas, AJ Krodel and Cole Tryba provided solid relief for UCSB who improved to 31-15 on the season.

(Tryba notched his third save of the season. Entenza Design).

UCSB returns to Big West play this weekend with three games at CSUN.

The Gauchos are one game behind first place Cal Poly with six league games remaining before the conference tournament.

Pepperdine is now 18-29 on the year. Ventura High School graduate Josh Woodworth went 1-for-4 and drove in the Waves first run of the game with a booming double in the third inning.

(Woodworth is enjoying a solid freshman season with the Waves with 9 home runs. Entenza Design).

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Por Eric Bradner, CNN

Donald Trump juró vengarse cuando la supermayoría republicana en el Senado del estado de Indiana lo humilló en diciembre, al rechazar las demandas del presidente de rediseñar los distritos electorales del estado para ayudar al partido a ganar dos escaños más.

En las primarias del martes, lo consiguió.

Al menos cinco de los siete aspirantes respaldados por Trump derrotaron a senadores estatales republicanos en ejercicio que rompieron con el presidente y votaron en contra de la redistribución de distritos.

En aquel momento, esos senadores afirmaron que estaban siguiendo la voluntad de sus electores.

Pero tras millones de dólares en publicidad y una atención desmesurada sobre unas primarias legislativas estatales que normalmente pasan desapercibidas, el martes sirvió como recordatorio de que toda la política, por muy local que sea, puede nacionalizarse.

Antes del día de las elecciones, el vicegobernador de Indiana, Micah Beckwith, un firme partidario de Trump que se ha enfrentado a la cúpula republicana en el Senado estatal, donde preside, y que hizo campaña con los opositores, había dicho que si las fuerzas pro-Trump ganaban al menos tres contiendas, eso sería toda una declaración de intenciones.

“Es mejor de lo que esperaba”, declaró Beckwith en una entrevista el martes por la noche, mientras se acumulaban las victorias de sus contrincantes.

“En realidad, se trataba de una batalla entre los republicanos de la vieja escuela de la era de Mitch Daniels, Mike Pence y George Bush, contra Donald Trump y la era de ‘Estados Unidos Primero’”, comentó, nombrando a dos de los exgobernadores republicanos del estado, junto con el 43.º presidente. “E Indiana —al menos los republicanos— están diciendo: ‘Queremos ser el partido de ‘Estados Unidos Primero’”.

Si bien el rechazo del Senado de Indiana a la iniciativa de Trump para la redistribución de distritos en diciembre reveló que su influencia tiene límites, el resultado de las primarias del martes por la noche en el estado de Indiana demostró que, para los votantes republicanos, sigue siendo el partido de Trump.

Trump respaldó a los candidatos que desafiaban a siete senadores republicanos en ejercicio que votaron en contra de la redistribución de distritos.

Poco después de las 9:00 p.m. (hora de Miami) del martes, CNN proyectó a cinco de ellos como ganadores, mientras que el resultado de uno más era incierto.

Solo se proyectó la victoria de un senador republicano en ejercicio que se enfrentaba a un oponente respaldado por Trump: el senador Greg Goode de Terre Haute.

El senador Spencer Deery, republicano de West Lafayette que se encontraba en una reñida contienda con su rival Paula Copenhaver, declaró el martes en CNN que “la verdad es que sé que Trump realmente no tiene ni idea de quién soy ni de quién es mi oponente”.

Puede que sea así, pero el presidente y sus aliados políticos inundaron las primarias legislativas estatales, normalmente tranquilas —donde el gasto suele ser de decenas de miles de dólares y los votos emitidos en las primarias rondan entre los 10.000 y los 12.000— con millones de dólares en publicidad que presentaba a los titulares como desleales a Trump y los culpaba de las diversas frustraciones de los votantes, en particular de los impuestos sobre la propiedad.

El índice de aprobación de Trump ha caído a nivel nacional, y su apoyo entre los independientes se ha esfumado. Pero los votantes ultraconservadores —quienes conforman su base— aún lo respaldan.

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By Nomaan Merchant, CNN

(CNN) — Weeks before he opens his presidential library in Chicago, Barack Obama is expressing his hopes for what the building will achieve for his legacy.

“I want them to put my presidency in context,” Obama told CBS’ Stephen Colbert in an interview taped at the library and aired on “The Late Show” Tuesday.

“I assume in my eulogy, somewhere it’ll be mentioned, ‘He was the first African American president,’” said Obama, 64. “But what I want people to understand is that there was this extraordinary journey this country took to get to that point, and I was an episode in that.”

The 44th president’s time after leaving the White House has been shaped by Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president. He has increasingly expressed public and private fears about Trump’s targeting of longstanding American institutions and warned of what he called in one appearance the “rising wave of authoritarianism sweeping the globe.”

Obama remains one of the Democratic Party’s most popular figures, someone sought out by candidates for campaign events and to promote pushes in California and Virginia for referendums to redraw maps in the ongoing redistricting war launched by Trump.

He told The New Yorker in a piece published Monday that he tries to balance his political activities with his and former first lady Michelle Obama’s desire to spend more time together.

“It does create a genuine tension in our household, and it frustrates her,” he said of campaign events. “I’m more forgiving of it, in the sense that I understand why people feel that way, because people aren’t looking at me in historical comparison to other president. They don’t care about the fact that no other ex-president was the main surrogate for the party for four election cycles after they left office.”

Speaking to Colbert in Tuesday’s interview, Obama was asked about what direction he wanted to see the Democratic Party take.

“Within the Democratic Party, and I would argue a bunch of independents and even some Republicans as well, there’s an overarching belief in equality, fairness – if you work, you should be able to make a living wage and support a family and retire with dignity and respect,” he said, before name-checking New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, whom Obama joined recently for a visit to an early childhood education center in the Bronx.

Obama called Mamdani “an extraordinary talent.”

“He wants people to be able to afford housing in New York,” Obama told Colbert. “I would assume liberals in New York want the same thing, and so I don’t worry as much about some of these issues within the Democratic Party. What I’m more interested in for Democrats is, do you know how to just talk to regular people like we’re not in a college seminar, right? Can you talk plain English to folks?”

And as he – and other former presidents – have often been pushed to do, Obama was asked to reveal the government is concealing evidence of alien life. (He ended up clarifying comments he made earlier this year when asked whether he knew if aliens real.)

“One of the things you learn as president is the government is terrible at keeping secrets,” he told Colbert, insisting that any secret evidence would have leaked by now before offering himself as an emissary to aliens if they do arrive on Earth eventually.

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By Nomaan Merchant, CNN

(CNN) — Weeks before he opens his presidential library in Chicago, Barack Obama is expressing his hopes for what the building will achieve for his legacy.

“I want them to put my presidency in context,” Obama told CBS’ Stephen Colbert in an interview taped at the library and aired on “The Late Show” Tuesday.

“I assume in my eulogy, somewhere it’ll be mentioned, ‘He was the first African American president,’” said Obama, 64. “But what I want people to understand is that there was this extraordinary journey this country took to get to that point, and I was an episode in that.”

The 44th president’s time after leaving the White House has been shaped by Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president. He has increasingly expressed public and private fears about Trump’s targeting of longstanding American institutions and warned of what he called in one appearance the “rising wave of authoritarianism sweeping the globe.”

Obama remains one of the Democratic Party’s most popular figures, someone sought out by candidates for campaign events and to promote pushes in California and Virginia for referendums to redraw maps in the ongoing redistricting war launched by Trump.

He told The New Yorker in a piece published Monday that he tries to balance his political activities with his and former first lady Michelle Obama’s desire to spend more time together.

“It does create a genuine tension in our household, and it frustrates her,” he said of campaign events. “I’m more forgiving of it, in the sense that I understand why people feel that way, because people aren’t looking at me in historical comparison to other president. They don’t care about the fact that no other ex-president was the main surrogate for the party for four election cycles after they left office.”

Speaking to Colbert in Tuesday’s interview, Obama was asked about what direction he wanted to see the Democratic Party take.

“Within the Democratic Party, and I would argue a bunch of independents and even some Republicans as well, there’s an overarching belief in equality, fairness – if you work, you should be able to make a living wage and support a family and retire with dignity and respect,” he said, before name-checking New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, whom Obama joined recently for a visit to an early childhood education center in the Bronx.

Obama called Mamdani “an extraordinary talent.”

“He wants people to be able to afford housing in New York,” Obama told Colbert. “I would assume liberals in New York want the same thing, and so I don’t worry as much about some of these issues within the Democratic Party. What I’m more interested in for Democrats is, do you know how to just talk to regular people like we’re not in a college

By Patrick Svitek, CNN

(CNN) — Michigan Democrats on Tuesday won a special election for a state Senate seat in another party over-performance after the district was almost evenly divided in the last presidential election.

Democratic firefighter Chedrick Greene defeated GOP lawyer Jason Tunney for a seat to determine whether Democrats would retain control of the state Senate. With an estimated 93% of votes in, Greene led Tunney by 19 points.

Michigan was one of the hardest-fought states in the presidential election and remains a top battleground in the midterms, home to competitive Senate and governor’s races. Former Vice President Kamala Harris carried the state Senate district by less than 1 percentage point in 2024.

Greene’s victory was the most recent example of Democrats exceeding their 2024 margins in special elections across the country, a trend that has them feeling upbeat about their chances in the midterms.

“We delivered this decisive victory by listening and speaking to the things keeping everyday people up at night — worries about affordability, safety, and freedom,” Greene said in his victory speech.

Tunney conceded the special election and said in a statement that it was “only the halfway point,” alluding to the fact that he and Greene could meet again in the November election.

The candidates in Tuesday’s contest were vying to fill a seat that has been vacant since its former occupant, now-Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet, gave it up to enter Congress in January 2025. She campaigned with Greene, as did Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Greene ran on his background as a Marine veteran and fire captain, promising to lower the cost of living. One of his ads depicted him putting out a Dumpster fire tagged with the labels “higher rents,” “job loss” and “price gouging.”

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