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Athletics hit 3 HRs to blast Guardians 7-1

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WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Colby Thomas, Zack Gelof and Tyler Soderstrom homered to back a strong start by Aaron Civale and the Athletics beat the Cleveland Guardian 7-1 on Sunday to avoid a series sweep. Thomas hit his first home run of the season, leading off the second against rookie Parker Messick (3-1) for a 1-0 lead. Rookie Chase DeLauter hit his sixth home run — and first since April 3 — going the opposite way to left field to tie it 1-all in the fifth and extend his hitting streak to eight games. DeLauter went 8 for 11 in the series. Messick retired nine in a row ...

Cavs down Raptors in Game 7 to advance to East semis

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CLEVELAND — Jarrett Allen tied his playoff career high with 22 points and grabbed 19 rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 114-102 victory over the Toronto Raptors in Game 7 of their series Sunday night. Donovan Mitchell led the Cavaliers ...

Pirates believe they’re different after sweep of Reds

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PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes stood at his locker in a near-silent Pittsburgh clubhouse on Thursday after a four-game home sweep at the hands of St. Louis and offered a prediction when asked if he was confident things wouldn’t snowball on a Pirates team still finding its way. “I think ...

Plastic worms have changed, they but are still a go-to lure

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Plastic worms have evolved over the years from the basic nightcrawler-shaped wigglers crafted by inventor Nick Creme in his kitchen in Akron to an array of lures engineered to fit a variety of tactics. Whether fished Texas-style with a small bullet weight; weightless on a wacky rig or any of a dozen other presentations, plastic worms are perhaps the fish-catchingest artificial lures in anglers’ arsenals. They likely have accounted for more bass catches than any other class of lures. We are hard into worm season here in northeastern Ohio. My boat is loaded with an assortment of ...

High School Sports Roundup from May 1

High School Sports

FROM THURSDAY BOYS LACROSSE Boardman 12, Cardinal Mooney 2 — Boardman honored its seniors by outscoring Mooney 8-0 in the second half. Mikey Montgomery had five ground balls and won 13 of 17 faceoffs for Boardman. Lane Schubert made six saves in goal for the Spartans. Luke DeJoseph and Kyle Congson combined for five goals, with DeJoseph putting three in the net. Tanner Dracecky and Daniel Ramovs added two goals each and the trio of Toby Sofran, Ryan Smith and Chase Zelesnak had a goal each. SOFTBALL Maplewood 23, Bristol 1 (5 inn.) — Lexi Yannucci struck out 13 in a no-hitter ...

Walks and game time up, pitches in strike zone down through first month

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NEW YORK — Walks are up 7.3% as pitches in the strike zone dropped markedly and the average time of games increased by 5 minutes through the first full month of Major League Baseball’s initial season with robot umpires. Average attendance increased 2.8% and the big league batting average went up by one percentage point to .243. Home runs are being hit at the same rate as last year and stolen bases and success rate dipped. The Automatic Ball/Strike System has upheld 53.4% of challenges (1,030 of 1,928), with catchers far more successful than batters. Walks are up from 6.8 per ...