BEREA — Deshaun Watson isn’t sure what reception he will get from Cleveland Browns fans on Sunday as he makes his first regular-season home start in nearly two years. Watson is trying his best, though, to avoid saying anything that puts him at odds with fans again before this week’s ...
BOSTON — Sonny Gray pitched six innings to tie Philadelphia’s Cristopher Sánchez for the major league lead with his 18th victory, Andruw Monasterio drove in the only run with a sixth-inning single, and the Boston Red Sox edged Cleveland 1-0 on Wednesday night to snap the Guardians’ six-game winning streak. It was just the fifth win in 13 games for the Red Sox, who clinched a playoff spot on Sunday. The 36-year-old Gray (18-5) is in line to become the fourth Red Sox pitcher since 2000 to lead the AL in victories, joining Rick Porcello (2016), Josh Beckett (‘07) and Curt ...
PITTSBURGH — Matthew Liberatore ended an 11-start winless stretch and Alec Burleson got his major league-best 112th RBI as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 on Wednesday night. Liberatore (6-14) gave up one run and six hits in 5 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and no walks. His previous win came on July 11 against Atlanta in the left-hander’s last start before the All-Star break. Liberatore had lost eight straight decisions. Burleson singled in the first run in a three-run third that put the Cardinals ahead 3-1. Iván Herrera scored on a wild pitch and ...
PITTSBURGH — Jared Jones allowed one hit over seven dominant innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates inched closer to the franchise’s first winning season in eight years with a 2-0 win over St. Louis on Tuesday night. The hard-throwing Jones (5-6) retired the first 16 batters he faced before ...
BOSTON — Nathaniel Lowe had a tiebreaking sacrifice fly off reliever Erik Miller in the ninth inning, and the Cleveland Guardians maintained their slim first-place lead in the AL Central with a 3-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. Angel Martínez had three hits for the ...
BOYS GOLF Division II NE Sectional at Windmill Lakes Poland (Matthew Morrone 75, Angelo Rinaldi 76, Ryan Lombardo 83, Nicholas Dipasqua 83, Parker Ogden 87) brought home the Division II NE District Sectional Championship on Tuesday with a team score of 317. Individually, Morrone and Rinaldi finished second and third overall. Cardinal Mooney, led by Tyler Guerrieri with a score of 71, good enough for a first place individual finish, took second place as a team with a +43. Canfield 150, Howland 159 at Old Avalon Canfield: Danny Chaplow 35, Bohdi Forman 37, Peyton McCune 39, Logan ...
