CORTLAND — Struthers remained winless Wednesday, falling to Northeast 8 Conference (NE8) rival Lakeview 5-0, although the outmatched Wildcats left their league match in Cortland with some valuable moral victories. “Honestly, I’m really proud of these girls,” Struthers head coach ...
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 ...
