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Cavaliers hold off Toronto to take Game 5

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CLEVELAND — Dennis Schroder scored 11 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter, Evan Mobley hit a pair of pivotal 3-pointers in the final period and finished with 23 points, and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied for a 125-120 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night in Game 5 of their ...

Guardians beat Rays to snap 4-game skid

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CLEVELAND — Chase DeLauter had two hits and drove in a pair of runs, Gavin Williams allowed one unearned run and struck out nine in 7 2/3 innings and the Cleveland Guardians defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 on Wednesday to stop a four-game losing streak. Brayan Rocchio had three hits and ...

Cardinals steal win vs. Pirates

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PITTSBURGH — Rookie Nathan Church ended the game by robbing Nick Gonzales of what would have been a game-ending, two-run homer by making a leaping catch at the left-field wall, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night. Ryan O’Hearn singled ...

Penguins fall 1-0 in OT, lose series to Flyers

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PHILADELPHIA — Cam York buried the winner 17:32 into overtime and chucked his stick into the crowd in a wild celebration to send the Philadelphia Flyers into the second round for the first time in six years with a 1-0 Game 6 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night. The Flyers ...

Boardman tops Fitch, takes season series

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AUSTINTOWN — A day after decisively beating All-American Conference (AAC) rival Austintown Fitch at home, Boardman went on the road and completed a back-to-back sweep, holding off the Falcons late Tuesday to leave Austintown with a 5-4 win. “It was a gutsy win,” Spartans head coach Joe ...

Turnaround has YSU softball back atop the Horizon League

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YOUNGSTOWN — Coming off a regular season Horizon League title in 2024, the Youngstown State softball team stumbled to a 14-39 record and a last-place finish in the conference standings last year. For a program used to success — YSU hadn’t had a losing season since 2019 — the team’s ...