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Guardians fall short of sweep vs. Yankees

NEW YORK — Ryan McMahon hit a go-ahead single in the seventh inning, Carlos Rodón combined with three relievers on a two-hitter and the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Guardians 2-1 Thursday to salvage the finale of a three-game series that star Aaron Judge missed. Judge missed the game ...

Fitch’s unbeaten season ended by Lancaster in state semi

AKRON — For most of the season, Austintown Fitch felt like a team destined for greatness, but fate isn’t always kind to the favorite. Led by a decorated senior class that was motivated by its regional semifinal defeat last year, the Falcons largely dominated their opposition throughout ...

Poland bats come alive in regional semi win over Lakeview

MASSILLON — Lakeview managed to stifle many of Northeast 8 Conference rival Poland’s early offensive efforts in their Division V regional semifinal Wednesday at Massillon Washington High School. However, Poland, buoyed by starting pitcher Grady Pitzulo, broke through and broke open the ...

LCC holds off late LaBrae comeback

LOUISVILLE — Despite trailing by eight runs headed into the bottom of the fifth inning, if LaBrae was going to go down, it was going to go down swinging. The Vikings’ comeback effort wasn’t enough, however, as LaBrae fell 9-6 to Lake Center Christian in a Division VI regional semifinal ...

Stanford returns to Niles as Scrappers’ pitching coach

NILES — In 2000, Jason Stanford was all set to make his first trip to what was then Cafaro Field. In November 1999, the Arizona native signed a free agent contract with the Cleveland Indians. The following spring Stanford was assigned to Niles to begin his professional career. In fact, he ...

Ramírez leads the way again as Guards hit 3 homers off Cole to beat Yankees

NEW YORK — Jose Ramirez launched one of Cleveland’s three home runs off Gerrit Cole and finished with three hits for the second consecutive game as the Guardians beat the New York Yankees 5-4 on Wednesday night. New York slugger Aaron Judge missed his second game in a row because of a ...