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Pirates rout AL West-leading Mariners

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PITTSBURGH — Braxton Ashcraft pitched six strong innings, batterymate Endy Roriguez drove in three runs and Ryan O’Hearn had three hits to help the Pittsburgh Pirates rout the Seattle Mariners 11-1 on Wednesday night. Ashcraft (7-3) had 10 strikeouts without a walk while allowing one run ...

Canfield rolls past Crestview to win 50/70 championship

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CANFIELD — It is not how you start, the saying goes, but rather how you finish. Fortunately for Canfield during Tuesday’s Little League Ohio District 2 Intermediate (50/70) championship game at McCune Park, it did both. Canfield scored four runs in the first two innings and eight in the ...

Young’s homer sends Seattle past Pirates

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PITTSBURGH — Cole Young hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning in his first major league game in his hometown to lift the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. The 22-year-old second baseman’s drive into the right-field bleachers kept the ...

Vargas’ home run lifts White Sox over Guards

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CHICAGO — Miguel Vargas hit a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning, Sean Burke struck out six in 6 1/3 innings, and the Chicago White Sox claimed sole possession of first place in the AL Central on Tuesday night with a 2-1 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Burke (5-4) allowed one run on ...

NFL will not host supplemental draft for Sorsby

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Brendan Sorsby will have to wait until 2027 to begin his NFL career. The NFL informed the 22-year-old quarterback on Tuesday that it will not hold a supplemental draft this year, and encouraged him to focus on preparing for possible entry into the league through the regular draft next ...