CLEVELAND — Gavin Williams allowed one hit in 5 2/3 innings and struck out 10, Chase DeLauter drove in three runs and the Cleveland Guardians defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 Sunday to avoid being swept in a weekend series. Patrick Bailey snapped an 0-for-13 skid with a home run in ...
CINCINNATI — Chase Burns won his 12th straight decision and Sal Stewart hit his 24th home run as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-2 on Sunday to take three of four in the series. Stewart tied Joey Votto for second-most homers by a Reds rookie. Votto hit 24 in 2008. Frank Robinson holds the franchise’s rookie mark with 38 homers in 1956. Burns (13-1) is the first Reds pitcher to win 12 straight decisions since Brooks Lawrence won 13 straight in 1956. Burns allowed one run on two hits with two walks and nine strikeouts in six innings and lowered his ERA to 2.35. ...
LATROBE, Pa. — The layup answer was right there for Jaquan Brisker, but the Pittsburgh Steelers safety refused take it. Asked if the chance to come home enticed the Pittsburgh native to sign a one-year deal with the Steelers in the offseason, Brisker — while standing near dozens of ...
Mahoning Valley Scrappers infielder Jayden Hylton has a message for young baseball players who are just beginning their journey into organized sports. “Listen to your coaches, ask questions, pay attention and learn the game,” Hylton said. “I know when you’re a kid you don’t really understand, or you don’t really see what they’re trying to sell you, but trust the process. “Looking back, all the coaches I had over the years were very influential in my life. That includes right up to the coaches I have here today. You don’t always understand their message in the ...
More than 30 years after a Poland Middle School student penned a letter describing his great interest in fishing, we finally made good on a suggestion about getting out on the lake together. Kevin Schaffert’s heartfelt letter to me struck a nerve. That a seventh grader would take the time to so earnestly express his love for fishing made a big impression. I replied with encouragement for his fishing. Kevin, his father, Eric, and I soon bumped into each other in town. A youngster as smitten by fishing as Kevin deserved an invitation to hit the lake. But as often happens, lots of ...
EAGAN, Minn. — Korey Stringer’s death from heat stroke in 2001 after he collapsed at practice with the Minnesota Vikings prompted many changes to safety protocols across all levels of sports. There’s no lesson learned more vital than this: Cool first, transport second. Almost an hour and a half passed from when Stringer exited a blocking drill during training camp and arrived by ambulance at a hospital with a core body temperature of 108.8 degrees Fahrenheit. Though he was moved to an air-conditioned trailer by the practice field that morning in Mankato, Minnesota, the lack ...
