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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 and five hits. He became the first Pirates pitcher to have at least two starts in the same season with at least 10 strikeouts and zero walks since at least 1901. Rodriguez’s two-run double opened the scoring in a five-run fourth inning against Bryan Woo (6-6) as the Pirates went ahead 5-1. ...

Fitch football opts to move up to play in Division I

High School Sports

The Mahoning Valley will have a football team competing in Division I this upcoming football season. For its 100th season on the gridiron, Austintown Fitch opted to move up from Division II to I, and the OHSAA granted permission to jump up on Monday. With the move, the Falcons will become ...

YSU breaks in new roster as summer workouts begin

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YOUNGSTOWN — In recent years, the Youngstown State men’s basketball program has retained a handful of players from the previous season each year, while still rebuilding the roster significantly through the transfer portal. However, after suffering their first losing season since 2018-19 ...

Guardians edge White Sox 4-3 in 10 innings

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CHICAGO — Khalil Watson singled in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning for his third RBI of the day, and the Cleveland Guardians survived a ninth-inning collapse to beat the Chicago White Sox 4-3 on Wednesday. In a game delayed by rain at the start for 2 hours, 40 minutes, Watson singled to left off Grant Taylor (2-1) to score automatic runner Petey Halpin from third and help Cleveland tie Chicago for the AL Central lead. Braden Montgomery and Randal Grichuk homered off majors saves leader Cade Smith with two outs in the ninth to tie it for Chicago. Smith had two of his three blown ...

Wizards select Dybantsa with top pick in NBA Draft

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NEW YORK — AJ Dybantsa is on his way to Washington and ready to start working as soon as he gets there. That’s not until Wednesday. Tuesday was a night for the NBA’s No. 1 draft pick to party. “Obviously this night is just a celebration of all the hard work I’ve done in the past, ...