BARNESVILLE – Barnesville played ‘small ball’ and was opportunistic at the same time Tuesday in defeating western Belmont County rival Union Local, 4-1, on the cloud-covered Memorial Park diamond in an Ohio Division V, East 1 District semifinal baseball tournament game. The top-seeded ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ian Happ hit a tiebreaking three-run home run and drove in five runs on Wednesday night while playing in his hometown as the Chicago Cubs ended their 10-game losing streak with a 10-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Happ’s three-run shot snapped a 4-4 tie and started ...
MARTINS FERRY - It was the Shutler & Smith show in the Purple City Tuesday afternoon. Hunter Shutler painted a masterpiece on the hill while Eli Smith delivered a booming bat in leading Martins Ferry past Navarre Fairless, 4-1, in a rapidly-played OHSAA Division V, East 1 District ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Esmerlyn Valdez hit a two-run home run to cap a five-run first inning on Tuesday night and the Pittsburgh Pirates routed the skidding Cubs 12-1 to extend Chicago’s losing streak to 10 games. The rookie became the seventh player in Pirates’ history to hit two home runs ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin is going to get a chance to finish what he started in Pittsburgh. The Penguins re-signed the franchise icon to a one-year deal worth $5.5 million on Tuesday, answering perhaps the club's biggest offseason question before the offseason truly starts. Malkin, ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — James Wood hit a two-run homer and Keibert Ruiz had a two-run single in the second inning as the Washington Nationals beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-3 on Tuesday night. Wood’s towering, 401-foot drive to right field was his 15th homer of the season and second in as many ...