OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Teagan Kavan struck out five in the final two innings to back a strong start from Citlaly Gutierrez, and Kayden Henry homered to lead Texas to a 4-1 victory over Texas Tech on Thursday night at the Women's College World Series for a second straight national ...
MANCHESTER, NH – Altoona took advantage of a summer-like day in New Hampshire and hit four homers on their way to an 8-3 win over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Thursday afternoon. Starters Peyton Stumbo and Alex Amalfi for New Hampshire traded zeros through the first three innings of the game until Altoona got Amalfi’s number in the fourth. After Keiner Delgado walked and Duce Gourson singled to start the frame, Lonnie White Jr. slammed a long three-run homer to left to take a 3-0 lead for the Curve. Later in the inning, the Curve got a double from Titus Dumitru and a walk ...
By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent MILROY — Reedsville moved into second place in the Mifflin County Babe Ruth League with a 16-6 win over Lewistown on Wednesday. The game ended after five innings due to the 10-run rule. Reedsville (8-3) has now won its last three games in a row and is just a half game behind league-leading Beaver Springs (8-2). It didn’t take long for Reedsville to take control of the game on Wednesday as it scored nine runs in the first inning to take a 9-1 lead. Reedsville batted 13 men in the first inning as it scored nine times ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred worries the owners' salary cap proposal could lead to a work stoppage like the one that caused the cancellation of the 1994 World Series and says the plan is needed because management concluded that the luxury tax system in place since 2003 no longer is working. Owners last week made their first cap proposal since 1994, when a 7 1/2-month strike caused the cancellation of the World Series for the first time in 90 years. Manfred was a junior lawyer on the owners' bargaining team in those negotiations. Players have vowed to fight a cap ...
By RAY WILDE Sports correspondent It was Upset City in the Mifflin County Babe Ruth League on Tuesday. The top three teams all went down. Reedsville beat Beaver Springs, 9-7; McVeyrtown edged Lewistown, 6-4 and Belltown stunned Burnham, 10-8. REEDSVILLE 9, BEAVER SPRINGS 7 BEAVER SPRINGS—Reedsville held off a late charge by Beaver Springs to win a 9-7 battle over the first-place team. The key player for Reedsville in the upset was Caden McClure. McClure got the win as he worked four and a third innings. He allowed three runs, all in the seventh, ...
