August 19, 2023 4:13 am
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Pablo López pitched six scoreless innings, Michael A. Taylor hit a two-run homer and the Minnesota Twins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1. López extended his scoreless streak to a career-best 19 innings and had seven strikeouts. Taylor connected for his 16th homer of the season for Minnesota, which has won four of five and leads the American League Central by five games over Cleveland. Andre Jackson (0-1) gave up two runs on four hits and three walks in 4 1/3 innings for Pittsburgh, which has lost four of five.
August 19, 2023 3:43 am
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The lawyer for the family of late NFL quarterback Dwayne Haskins says the estate has reached a “partial settlement” in its lawsuit against the driver, the owner and the broker of the dump truck that struck and killed Haskins. The 24-year-old Haskins was killed April 9, 2022, while walking on a South Florida highway. His family alleges in the lawsuit that the driver of the truck was speeding, driving carelessly and had a cargo load exceeding the legal weight limit. Rick Ellsley, the lawyer for Haskins’ widow, Kalabrya Haskins, says there are 10 other defendants in the case, but a court date has not yet been set.
August 19, 2023 3:42 am
ATLANTA (AP) — Desmond Ridder led an impressive drive for Atlanta in his preseason debut and the Falcons settled for a field goal with 2 seconds left for a 13-13 tie with the Cincinnati Bengals. Jake Browning guided an 80-yard drive to that put the Bengals ahead 13-10 with 50 seconds remaining. But Logan Woodside led the Falcons into position for Younghoe Koo’s tying 45-yard kick, a decision that drew boos from the smattering of fans left in the stadium. Ridder completed 7 of 9 passes for 80 yards and had a 7-yard run before an interception off a deflected pass in his lone possession.
August 18, 2023 4:33 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Backup quarterbacks Marcus Mariota of Philadelphia passed for 85 yards and Dorian Thompson-Robinson of Cleveland threw for 164 while starters Jalen Hurts and Deshaun Watson watched from the sidelines as the Eagles and Browns played to an 18-18 tie on Thursday night in a preseason game that was marred by injuries. Mariota completed 9 of 17 passes with an interception and was sacked three times in the first half for the defending NFC champion Eagles. Signed to a one-year deal in the offseason to back up Hurts, Mariota was high and off target on several throws while playing behind Philadelphia’s backup offensive linemen and reserve receivers. Most of his completions were short passes that went for longer yards on runs after the catch. Thompson-Robinson was 13 for 25 in the first half.
August 18, 2023 4:35 am
More NFL hopefuls are getting an opportunity to stick around a little longer to showcase their skills this summer. One cutdown deadline will make things more difficult for personnel staffs because 1,184 players will become available at the same time. Teams are relying on their scouting evaluations to be prepared to scoop up talented players who get cut. Plus, they’ll be busy assembling a 16-man practice squad so it’s going to be a hectic time. When the league eliminated the first two rounds of roster cuts in March, it allowed teams to carry 90 players throughout the preseason. Rosters have to be trimmed to 53 by Aug. 29.
August 18, 2023 4:36 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Austin Barnes hit a solo shot in the eighth inning, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers win their 11th in a row with a 1-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. The NL West-leading Dodgers swept the NL Central leaders, outscoring them 14-3 in three games. The Dodgers earned their 12th shutout of the season. Lance Lynn dueled Brewers starter Corbin Burnes although neither figured in the decision. Burnes gave up two hits in seven innings, struck out nine and walked two. Barnes hit his first homer since last September and he also singled for his first multi-hit game of the season.
August 17, 2023 2:36 am
Washington County trailed Japan by one run through six innings, though the locals had just one hit after the first. But the Asia-Pacific squad pushed across six runs in the sixth and rolled to win PONY Baseball’s 71st World Championship, downing the hosts, 8-2. Kaito Saita doubled to open the game and scored on Kaisei Fukuchi’s RBI single in the first. Ryan Huey singled and scored on Troy Stimpson’s run-scoring double in the bottom of the inning. With two out in the fourth, winning pitcher Yugo Inoue singled in the infield, move to third on a sharp single to left and scored on Haruto Kawasaki’s basehit up the middle. Meanwhile, Inoue was holding Washington County to just three batters an inning from the second through the sixth. Japan used a walk, a sacrifice/error, a base hit and a hit-batter to open the seventh, chasing reliever Jayden Roach. Another hit-batter, a walk, a single and two more errors spelled the end of Washington’s title hopes. Brayden Radue singled in the bottom of the inning, later scoring on Ayvari Chandler’s base hit but two strikeouts ended the threat with the bases loaded. Washington County was playing in just its third winner-take-all PONY championship, the first since 1998, also a loss to the Asia-Pacific champion. Stimpson won the John D. Voytek Memorial Award as Washington County’s leading hitter. The Washington catcher went 8-for-15 (.533) with an inside the park home run, three doubles, four singles, five runs batted in and two runs scored. Click for Bracket.
Batting Champion: Ayden Vieth, Covina, CA (8-14, .571)
ERA Award: Luus Guajardo, Monterrey, MX (8.2 IP, 1 ER, 0.81 ERA)
August 17, 2023 1:08 am
NEW YORK (AP) — DJ Stewart had his first multihomer game in two years, leading the New York Mets to an 8-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Stewart, who also homered as a pinch-hitter in Tuesday’s 7-4 loss, hit a solo shot in the second inning Wednesday off Johan Oviedo (6-13) and delivered a two-run homer in the fifth off Ryan Borucki. The two-homer game was the third of Stewart’s career and his first since Aug. 12, 2021, when he went deep twice for the Baltimore Orioles. Pete Alonso hit his 36th homer, a solo shot that moved him into the Mets’ top 10 list in RBIs with 469, snapping a tie with Keith Hernandez.
August 15, 2023 11:52 pm
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Brayden Radue homered, doubled twice and drove in four runs as Washington County downed Monterrey, Mexico, 9-5, Wednesday morning, advancing to the DICK’S Sporting Goods PONY League World Series championship game for the first time in 25 years. The hosts will face Edogawa, Japan. Winning pitcher Ryan Huey kept Monterrey batters off balance, allowing just two hits over the first five innings, both singles. Meanwhile, the local hitters, held to just three hits in last night loss, banged out that many in the first inning, taking a 1-0 lead on Radue’s first double, scoring Troy Stimpson. Radue stroked a no-doubt two-run blast onto the bank in right field in the third. Gavin Dantry homered to left in the fourth. Washington County batted around in the fifth, scoring five runs thanks to Dantry’s sac fly, RBI singles from Huey and Stimpson, plus a run-scoring double by Radue. Monterrey got on the board with a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth, and touched up Huey for three in the seventh before Alex Eslep got a strikeout to end the game.
Washington County is in the PONY League World Series championship round for the fifth time, the third time in a winner-take-all situation (1955 win, 1998 loss). The locals made the final rounds in the 1982 & 1985 tournaments but needed to win twice to claim the title. Japan has won only one PONY title, that by Okinawa in 2013.
5:30 pm Gates Open
6:30 pm Pregame Ceremonies, PONY Hostess
7:00 pm Line-ups & Play Ball
August 15, 2023 11:55 pm
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Tuesday scores
Game 11 Edogawa, Japan 6, Youngstown, OH 2
Game 12 Washington County 7, Monterrey, Mexico 5
Game 13 Youngstown, OH 3, Covina, CA 1
Game 14 Monterrey, MX 5, Manchester, NH 1
Division Finals
Game 15 Edogawa, Japan 12, Youngstown 7
Game 16 Monterrey 4, Washington County 2
Game 11 Winning pitcher Yugo Inoue stroked a two-run double in the first, Keito Tsuruta added another in the third, leading Edogawa, Japan to a 6-2 win over Youngstown, OH in a winner’s bracket game Tuesday. Inoue teams with Tsuruta and Haruka Otake to hold Youngstown scoreless until the final inning. Ryan Weibling drilled a two-run home run over the scoreboard in right for the Host Area team’s only runs. Layne Rider took the loss for Youngstown, allowing the first three runs of the game. Edogawa advances to the Division Finals, clinching a spot in the World Series title game with one more win.
Game 12 Troy Stimpson drove in three runs, including a two-run inside-the-park home run and Brayden Radue tossed a five-inning complete game, drive in one run and score another, leading Washington County past Monterrey, MX Tuesday afternoon. The Host team scored twice in the first, three more fourth, then what proved to be the game-winning runs in the final inning. With a run already across the plate in the fourth, Troy Stimpson hit shot off the fence in centerfield and rounded the bases, driving in Ryan Huey ahead of him. Radue held Monterrey without a hit through three innings before the Mexico squad loaded the bases in the fourth. Fernando Quiroga stroked a grand slam over the fence in left, the 48th grand slam in World Series history. Leading 5-4, Ayvari Chandler doubled in the fifth, was sacrificed to third, and scored on Asher Donley’s sacrifice fly. Huey singled, stole second and scored on a Stimpson single. Luis Guajardo homered for Monterrey to set the final score. Washington County moves to the Division Finals, needing one win to reach the World Series championship game.
Game 13 Ben Oddis blasted a walk-off, three-run home run to give Youngstown a 3-1 win over Covina, eliminating the West Zone champions. Ayden Veith singled in the third, scoring Roman Spencer in the Covina third but the Californians had only one more hit the rest of the way. Youngstown stranded seven baserunners over the 2nd, 3rd & 4th innings but needed only three batters to win it in the bottom of the fifth. Layne Rider doubled, chasing Covina starter Omar Arretche. Fabian Marez walked Jayden Amos, the only batter he faced. Roman Spencer came on and Oddis blasted the game-winner over the fence in right. Ford Stacy got the win, allowing just one run and five hits in the five-inning complete game.
Game 14 Owen Hazelbaker homered to open the game, but winning pitcher Miguel Alejandro, Jr. held Manchester to just two singles the rest of the way as Monterrey, Mexico eliminated the North Zone champions, 5-1. Luis Guajardo doubled and scored on a pair of first-inning wild pitches, tying the game. Roberto Saucedo struck out but reached on a wild pitch, moved to second on a balk, and scored with back-to-back singles by Alejandro and Enrique Cuevas. Alejandro scored on an infield error. Fernando Quiroga singled in a pair of runs in the third to set the final. Alejandro worked the complete-game, five-inning win, allowing just one run, three hits and one walk while striking out five.
Game 15 Youngstown took a 7-3 lead in the top of the fifth but couldn’t hold it as Edogawa, Japan scored eight runs on just three hits in the sixth, eliminating the Host Area champions. Japan jumped in front in the first on a three-run home run off the bat of Koudai Minematsu. Youngstown scored once in the third, then scored five times in the fourth, thanks to Brayden Verroco’s RBI single, a two-run double by Logan Patellis, Ryan Weibling’s single and an RBI ground out. Layne Rider doubled to open the fifth and scored on a wild pitch, put Youngstown up, 7-3. Edogawa used two hit-batters, four walks, a strike out wild pitch, a pair of two-run singles by Kai Mayagi and Yugo Inoue, plus at least three wild pitches. Shota Takeshita got the win, retiring four of the five batters he face late in the game, putting Edogawa in position to win Japan’s second PONY title.
Game 16 Fernando Quiroga and Roberto Saucedo doubled back-to-back in the third, giving Monterrey all it needed to hand Washington County its first loss in the tournament. Quiroga doubled with two out in the inning, then scored on Saucedo’s two-base hit, chasing Washington County starter Keegan Williams. Colton Temple held the Mexico champion to just one run the rest of the way but the locals couldn’t solve Luis Guajardo who finished with a dozen strikeouts. The hard-throwing righthander allowed just one hit until the sixth when Brayden Radue singled homw Noah Westfall and Troy Stimpson. A strikeout ended the threat. The two teams will meet for a third time with the winner going to the championship game to face Japan.
