NILES — After scoring 18 runs in the first two games of their series against Frederick, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers offense couldn’t find its groove in Sunday’s series finale. The result was a 7-1 Keys win over the Scrappers in front of 1,295 sweltering fans at Eastwood Field. The ...
After excelling at the high school level at Canfield, Ben Slanker thought he was poised and ready to succeed right away when he arrived in Athens at Ohio University last year. But he quickly discovered that making the transition from high school to college would be a bigger adjustment than ...
It’s been awhile since Nick Falter took his hacks in the batter’s box. To be exact, it was six years ago when Falter was a junior at Olentangy Liberty High School. Falter’s future as a hitter came down to one at-bat. “I’m going up to bat and my coach tells me that if I ...
For as long as I am able to go fishing, the charming song recited by a long-time fishing buddy will be rattling between my ears every time I am rigged up with a topwater frog for largemouth bass. Twenty years ago, Steve Zarbaugh cranked up his vocal chords to set the mood when he and I ...
PITTSBURGH — Jacob deGrom struck out seven in six strong innings, Corey Seager hit his first home run since May 10 and the Texas Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2 on Friday night. DeGrom (7-2) retired the first 11 batters and allowed two runs and five hits in six innings with one ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dennis Santana was suspended four games and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball on Friday, a day after he was involved in an altercation with a fan. Santana is appealing the decision by the league and can continue to play while the ...