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Late HRs rally Pirates past Tigers

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PITTSBURGH — Brandon Lowe homered off Detroit closer Kenley Jansen with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 victory over the Tigers on Wednesday. Rafael Flores Jr. homered twice for Pittsburgh, including a tying shot off Jansen (3-5) with one out in the ninth. Lowe followed two batters later with a towering shot to right field that clanged high off the foul pole. The homer was the 27th this season for Lowe, the most in club history by a second baseman. It was the 83rd this year by the Pirates at PNC Park, the most at the venue since it opened in ...

Mathews hires Kiser as its next boys basketball coach

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Up until very recently, Chad Kiser assumed he wouldn’t be the head coach of a program this upcoming season. The long-time LaBrae coach took an assistant role on the Newton Falls staff, expecting to be along for the ride. That changed when the head coaching position at Mathews opened up. ...

Pirates star Skenes intent on staying the course amid struggles

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PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes insists he has had stretches during his still-burgeoning career when he has had to grit his teeth and grind through it. The problem is, it rarely seemed like it. Spending two seasons doing things few pitchers in the history of the game have done — as Skenes did ...

Campbell boys cruise to 7-1 win over Waterloo

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CAMPBELL — For much of the 80-minute match Wednesday, Campbell overwhelmed Waterloo’s defense, scoring goal after goal en route to a 7-1 win. The Red Devils’ aggression gave them their third straight victory to start the season and opened Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference (MVAC) play ...

Guardians fall to Wilkinson, Giants

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CLEVELAND — Victor Bericoto had an RBI single, Matt Wilkinson worked two innings as an opener in his major league debut against the team that drafted the left-hander and the San Francisco Giants beat the Cleveland Guardians 1-0 on Wednesday night. The 23-year-old Wilkinson allowed one hit a little more than three months after Cleveland’s 10th-round pick in the 2023 amateur draft was acquired from the AL wild card-chasing Guardians. He was the franchise’s first Canadian-born pitcher to make his big league debut as a starter since Tip O’Neill for the New York Gothams in ...