HOUSTON — Phil Garner, a three-time All-Star infielder who went on to manage the Houston Astros to their first World Series appearance, has died. He was 76. Garner’s family issued a statement Sunday saying Garner died Saturday after a two-plus-year battle with pancreatic ...
CLEVELAND — Nae’Qwan Tomlin scored a career-high 26 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers led wire-to-wire, defeating the Washington Wizards 130-117 Sunday in the regular-season finale for both teams. Rookie Jaylon Tyson was two assists shy of a triple double with 22 points, 11 rebounds and ...
ATLANTA — Jorge Mateo had four hits, Dominic Smith launched a two-run homer and Chris Sale cruised to his third win of the season as the Atlanta Braves pounded the Cleveland Guardians 13-1 on Sunday night. Atlanta took two of three games from the Guardians and is the only team yet to lose a series this season (4-0-1). The Braves, who got 19 hits, lead the NL East by two games. Sale (3-1) gave up a season-high eight hits in six innings but allowed just a homer by Rhys Hoskins leading off the sixth with the Braves in front 9-0. The left-hander threw 97 pitches. He struck out six, ...
CHICAGO — Michael Busch ended an 0-for-30 slide with a tying, two-run single in the eighth inning and Carson Kelly had a winning single in the ninth as the Chicago Cubs overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6 on Sunday. Brandon Lowe hit a grand slam and a solo homer off Jameson Taillon, and Oneil Cruz homered leading off the game for Pittsburgh, which led 5-0 before third-inning solo homers by Dansby Swanson and Moises Ballesteros against Bubba Chandler. Lowe’s fifth-inning homer boosted Pittsburgh’s lead to 6-2 but Chicago closed on Alex Bregman’s ...
BASEBALL LaBrae 16, Niles 2 — LaBrae (5-0) remained unbeaten with a strong offensive performance. Eric Reibold, Austin Rowe, Landon Brunstetter and John Kincade had two hits and two RBI’s each for the Vikings. Kincade also struck out five in three innings pitched. Brian Parsons led Niles with two hits and an RBI. Brookfield 12, Chalker 2 — Devin Reardon doubled twice and had a single, driving in three runs for Brookfield. Joe Hook added two hits and three RBI’s for the Warriors. Josh Rankin and Bray Coleman added a pair of hits each with Rankin driving in a run. On the bump, ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Ryan Riemedio’s football journey has literally taken him all the way across the country. A native of Seaside, Calif., he began his playing career on the west coast at nearby Monterey Peninsula College, before finishing it at then-NAIA school Minot State in North Dakota. ...
