August 13, 2024 4:29 am
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Xander Bogaerts had an RBI single in the seventh inning, Jackson Merrell made a game-saving diving catch in the ninth inning, and Joe Musgrove had a solid return from the 60-day injured list as the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1. The Padres won for the 17th time in 20 games since July 20, and handed the struggling Pirates their 10th loss in 11 games. Musgrove, sidelined since May 26 due to right elbow inflammation, gave up two hits and walked one while striking out one in 4 1/3 scoreless innings. Jeremiah Estrada (4-2) got the win for the Padres after pitching one inning in relief and closer Robert Suarez earned his 26th save after giving up two singles and a run in the ninth inning.
August 13, 2024 4:31 am
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox have suspended Jarren Duran for two games without pay after he shouted a homophobic slur to a fan behind home plate who heckled him in a loss to the Houston Astros. The exchange, caught on a live mic Sunday during the broadcast of the game, occurred when Duran was at the plate in the sixth inning. Duran issued an apology through the team Sunday night and again in the clubhouse Monday. The Red Sox said in a statement that Duran’s salary during the suspension will be donated to the Federation of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.
August 13, 2024 4:32 am
Georgia is No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason college football poll for the second straight year. The Bulldogs received 46 first-place votes to finish comfortably ahead of No. 2 Ohio State, which got 15 top votes. Oregon is No. 3 while Texas is fourth and Alabama is fifth. Conference realignment created an unprecedented preseason poll with just four conferences represented: The SEC has nine ranked teams. The Big Ten has six, the Big 12 has five and the ACC has four. Notre Dame, an independent, is ranked seventh.
August 11, 2024 1:24 am
Washington County’s late rally fell short in an opening-round loss to Bronx, NY opening Sunday’s action at the PONY League World Series. Mon Valley rallied from a four-run deficit against Long Beach to stave off elimination. Bay County got a two-run single and 1.1 innings of scoreless relief from Brody Kuhn to eliminate Gijon Spain. Details on all the games are below. We’ll have every game live on WJPA-AM (1450) and online. Listen Here!
Sunday
Bronx 5, Washington County 3
Angel Garcia doubled in a pair of runs in the bottom of the second, giving Bronx a lead it would not relinquish. Misael Acosta homered an inning later and the East Zone champions added what proved to be the game-winning run in the fifth to advance in the winners’ bracket. Washington County used a pair of errors in the second to take a 1-0 lead before Bronx plated five straight runs. In the top of the seventh, Landon Conn singled and moved to third on a throwing error. Jackson Smith reached on an error and scored on a basehit to right but Coen Phasupong tried to stretch the single into a double and was thrown out, squelching the rally. The host squad managed four hits in the game, all singles.
Mon Valley 7, Long Beach 4
Long Beach scored four times without a hit, without an error, in the third inning, taking advantage of five walks and a pair of hit batters. That’s when Zach Plymire took over on the mound for Mon Valley and slammed the door, giving the Host Area bats a chance to awaken. Cam Matusik singled home one run in the fourth ahead of Kennedy Nash’s sacrifice fly cut the Long Beach lead in half. Mon Valley tied the game in the sixth when Demaris Tolliver singled home Jack Crovak and Braylon Schoch’s groundout scored Nash who beat out a possible double play earlier in the frame. Plymire appeared to strengthen as the game moved on, retiring the final seven batters. With the score tied in the top of the seventh, Jesse Scobzak singled and stole a pair of bases. One out later, Plymire blasted a two-run homer to left-center putting Mon Valley in front for the first time. Crovak followed with a solo homer to set the final score.
Bay County 5, Gijon Spain 3
The North Zone champions scored three times on four hits in the second and appeared to be on cruise control through four innings. Gijon, making Spain’s first-ever World Series appearance, got a pair of free hitters aboard with a walk and a hit batter. After a fly out, Alex Morales drilled a three-run home run to tie the game. Bay County responded in the bottom of the inning to retake the lead, Kuhn driving in a pair of runs with a bases loaded single. When starters and winner Brenner Gansser had to leave the mound due to PONY’s pitching restriction, Kuhn took over, working 1.1 innings of scoreless relief, striking out a pair to earn the save. In the Gijon third, Lila D’Hauteville led off with a single to left, the first-ever basehit for a female player in the World Series. Only one other girl has played in the event. Anny Rivera was 0-for-2 at the plate for Brownsville, TX in 2018.
August 12, 2024 4:40 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Teoscar Hernández drove in three runs, including a game-ending RBI single in the 10th inning, as the Los Angeles Dodgers pulled off a 6-5 victory over Pittsburgh on Sunday, handing the Pirates a season-high seventh consecutive defeat. The Dodgers had an RBI double in the 10th from Kiké Hernández, who scored on Teoscar Hernández’s hit. Kiké Hernández had three hits. The Pirates’ Andrew McCutchen hit a pair of home runs in his return to the leadoff spot after missing his previous three games with knee soreness.
August 12, 2024 4:43 am
LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin characterized his team’s home preseason loss against Houston last week as a “sloppy” performance filled with inconsistencies and mistakes. Tomlin said his team’s response during the final week of training camp practices at St. Vincent College will go a long way towards defining how the group responds to adversity. Tackle Troy Fautanu, the Steelers’ first-round pick, will miss the week of practices and the team’s next home game Saturday against Buffalo due to a knee sprain.
August 11, 2024 7:12 am
The 2024 Printscape PONY League World Series included a pair of run-rule games and a pitchers’ duel at Lew Hays PONY Field. Tijuana, MX sprinted past Bay County, MI, then Bronx, NY never let Gijon, Spain get traction in its PLWS debut, both games ending in five innings. Chinese Taipei got past Palmview, TX, breaking a fifth-inning tie with a two-out wild pitch scoring the go-ahead run.
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Saturday
Tijuana, MX 13, Bay County, MI 0
Romeo Briones homered twice, including a grand slam, helping the Mexico champions cruise to a run-rule win. Tijuana sent nine batters to the plate in the second, scoring five times, before adding a single run in the third. In the fourth, with the bases loaded, Briones delivered the 49th all-time World Series grand slam, the third by a player from Mexico. Back-to-back doubles from Alexander Jimenez and Santiago Retamoza plated two more runs before Briones blasted a solo shot in the fifth. Bay County managed just two hits, both singles, in falling into the elimination bracket.
Bronx, NY 11, Gijon, Spain 0
Fausto Dominguez drove in three runs, Jeremias Perez and Misael Acosta added two RBI each, helping the East Zone champions to the win. Bronx scored three times in each of the first three innings, then added a pair in the fourth to trigger the run-rule. Gijon got singles from Carlos Gonzalez and Petr Dusek, the only hit for Spain in its debut appearance at the World Series.
Chinese Taipei 4, Palmview 2
Tied at two, the Asia-Pacific champions took advantage of multiple gifts in the fifth inning to advance in the winners’ bracket. Lin, Liang-Kai was hit by a hit and moved to second on an errant pickoff throw. Wu, Chieh-Jui popped up a bunt that was dropped by the catcher. After a passed ball and a strikeout, losing pitcher Gael Zambrano uncorked a wild pitch to plate the go-ahead run. Chinese Taipei us another wild pitch to add an insurance marker tin the sixth. C-T converted a first inning walk and hit batter with a single by Wu and Chen, Hsuan-Chi’s ground out to lead 2-0, a score that held into the fourth inning. With a runner aboard, Axel Pulido homered to left to tie the game.
August 11, 2024 7:06 am
LOS ANGELES — Paul Skenes’ homecoming was bumpier than we’ve seen from him in the Majors thus far, as the Orange County kid allowed a season-high four runs in a 4-1 Pirates loss to the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Saturday. That defeat extended the Pirates’ losing streak to six games, tied for their longest such stretch this season. While Skenes was able to control the two MVPs in the Dodgers’ lineup, making Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman both go 0-for-3, other hitters gave him trouble. Teoscar Hernández racked up three hits, while Gavin Lux drove in three runs. Offensively, the Pirates had nine hits, but their only run came on a Ke’Bryan Hayes solo shot in the ninth. (Story Credit:MLB.com)
August 11, 2024 7:10 am
PARIS (AP) — Stephen Curry was thinking about this two years ago, after winning his fourth NBA title. The only thing left for him to win was Olympic gold. And in the ultimate moment, he made sure that medal would be his. The U.S. is atop the international men’s basketball world once again, after Curry scored 24 points and led the way to a 98-87 win over France in the final at the Paris Games on Saturday night. It was the fifth consecutive gold medal for the U.S. — and the 17th in 20 all-time appearances for the Americans at the games.
August 11, 2024 7:12 am
PARIS (AP) — The U.S. women’s soccer team has won its fifth Olympic gold medal by beating Brazil 1-0 in the final at the Paris Games. Mallory Swanson’s early second-half goal secured the win and closed out an undefeated run to the title in the team’s first international campaign under new coach Emma Hayes. The Americans hadn’t won Olympic gold since the 2012 London Games. The result is more heartbreak for Brazil and star Marta. The six-time world player of the year has never won a Women’s World Cup or an Olympics. This is expected to be her last major international tournament. It was the third victory for the United States over Brazil in an Olympic final.
