COLUMBUS — Going into the state meet, Kellan Shipman was already going to have a long couple of days. The Howland sophomore had the boy’s seated shot put on the second day of the meet, with all three track events set for the third day. Of course, multiple weather delays during that ...
PITTSBURGH — Andy Pages hit a two-run homer and added a sacrifice fly during a seventh-inning outburst against Pittsburgh’s bullpen as the Dodgers quickly pulled away once Pirates ace Paul Skenes exited in a 12-3 win on Tuesday night. Skenes, the reigning NL Cy Young winner, allowed two ...
PHOENIX — Outfielder Max Kepler, still serving an 80-game suspension for testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug, agreed Sunday to a contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks for a prorated share of the $780,000 minimum and the chance to earn $500,000 in roster bonuses. Kepler can start a minor league assignment Wednesday, when the suspension is scheduled to have 15 days remaining. If no Arizona games are postponed, he would be eligible to play for the Diamondbacks on June 25 at St. Louis. If Kepler returns to the major league roster on June 25, he would receive $396,257 in ...
A Texas judge granted Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby a temporary injunction that clears the way for him to play this fall despite being declared ineligible by the NCAA for wagering on college sports, including bets made on his own team while he was at Indiana. The decision sent shock waves across college sports since bans for gambling are a bedrock rule of the NCAA and in many professional sports. The NCAA said it strongly disagrees with the ruling and “is deeply concerned about the damaging, far-reaching and broadly destabilizing ramifications of this outcome — which ...
BALTIMORE — Josh Naylor hit a grand slam during a five-run fifth inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 on Monday night. Randy Arozarena had three hits for the AL West-leading Mariners, who have won 10 of their last 13 games. Baltimore, which was 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position, has lost three in a row for the first time since getting swept May 18-20 at Tampa Bay. The Mariners tied it at 1 in the fifth on Ryan Bliss’ one-out sacrifice fly. Cole Young’s single ended Baltimore rookie Trey Gibson’s outing, and reliever Anthony Nunez walked ...
CLEVELAND — Cody Bellinger hit a two-run single with the bases loaded in the 10th inning and the New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Guardians 7-5 on Monday night. Paul Goldschmidt and Ryan McMahon homered for the Yankees, who won for the first time in four extra-inning games this ...
