CLEVELAND (AP) — All-Star Foster Griffin struggled in his first start for the free-falling Cleveland Guardians, allowing five runs in four innings of a 13-6 loss to the Mets that gave last-place New York a three-game sweep. Cleveland (57-59) has lost 11 of 14 and fell one-half game behind ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kyle Harrison struck out the final eight batters he faced, William Contreras homered and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 on Wednesday night. Harrison (9-2) gave up one hit and one walk while striking out 10 in five innings in his first start since July ...
MORGANTOWN — It was 75 degrees, sunny and no humidity in Morgantown Wednesday morning for West Virginia football’s first practice of fall camp. The weather was a lot better than the boiling, humid summers Rich Rodriguez coached in down south. “This is like vacation,” Rodriguez said. ...
CHERRYVILLE — Wheeling Post 1’s first foray into this year’s American Legion Southeast Regional Tournament came down to the wire, but the West Virginia state champs fell just short against their North Carolina counterpart, Garner Post 232, in a 6-5 defeat on Fraley Field in Cherryville, N.C. Starting pitchers Jake Brown and Colton Haire were locked in a pitcher’s duel through three scoreless innings, and while Post 1’s Brown also blanked Garner in the fourth, Haire couldn’t do the same in the bottom-half of the frame. Chris Upton hit a sacrifice fly and Andrew Murdock shot ...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman wants his players focused on winning now — so they can avoid the trap of missing the College Football Playoff again. The Fighting Irish are expected to open the season ranked in the top five of the AP poll, and they could use last ...
Carson Beck makes his NFL debut and Kenny Pickett starts for his fifth team in four years. Welcome to the NFL preseason. If you want to see starters play, wait until next month when the games count in the standings. Or watch joint practices. The exhibition schedule kicks off Thursday night ...
