NORTH JACKSON — There were just too many unforced errors for the Jackson-Milton baseball team to overcome on Monday. A big second inning by Windham and the inability to put together a big inning of their own led to a 10-4 loss for the Blue Jays at Jackson-Milton High School. The Bombers ...
BEAVER TOWNSHIP — The Beaver Local wrestling team qualified five players for the OHSAA Division II state tournament this past winter, held at Ohio State University’s Schottenstein Center this past March 13-15. Four Beaver grapplers placed at the event with one wrestler, Jake Hughes, standing atop the podium proudly representing his alma mater as the 157-pound state champion. As it turned out, he was the area’s lone individual or state champion in any winter sport. For Hughes, who went 47-6 as a freshman – he was 45-4 this year as a sophomore, sporting a 92-10 overall mark ...
ST. LOUIS — Angel Martinez and Brayan Rocchio homered as the Cleveland Guardians beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-3 on Monday night. Gavin Williams (2-1) allowed two runs in five-plus innings for the win. He gave up five hits, walked two and struck out four. Jordan Walker’s major league-best eighth home run leading off the sixth ended Williams’ night. Walker became the fifth player in Cardinals history to hit at least eight homers in the first 16 games of a season, joining Stan Musial (1954), Mark McGwire (1998), Scott Rolen (2004) and Albert Pujols (2006). Martínez gave the ...
PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes allowed one hit in six strong innings and Brandon Lowe homered for the third time in two games, driving in five runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates steamrolled the Washington Nationals 16-5 to begin a four-game series Monday night. Skenes (3-1) struck out six and walked one, throwing a career-high 32 changeups among his 88 pitches while improving to 7-1 in his last 11 home starts. The only run he gave up came on a first-inning homer by CJ Abrams. Lowe went 3 for 5 with a two-run single in the second and his sixth homer — a three-run shot in the Pirates’ ...
ST. LOUIS — The Cleveland Guardians on Monday activated right-handed reliever Hunter Gaddis and outfielder George Valera from the injured list the start of a three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Gaddis (right forearm stiffness) started the season on the 15-day injured list after making one appearance in spring training on Feb. 27. One of the league’s top setup men, Gaddis has a 2.29 ERA in 151 appearance over the past two seasons. Gaddis provides a jolt to a bullpen that is weathering a stretch of 13 games in 13 days, including a doubleheader on April 5. “You ...
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy is the Masters champion again, this time without falling to his knees on the 18th green and sobbing over finally achieving his lifelong dream. That didn’t make Sunday at Augusta National any easier. McIlroy coughed up a six-shot lead in the third round. He ...
