CLEVELAND (AP) — Gavin Williams settled down after a choppy start and pitched seven solid innings as the Cleveland Guardians beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 on Wednesday to salvage the finale of a three-game series. Williams (8-3) allowed one run and only three hits — all in the first ...

MINGO JUNCTION — A little over a week after upsetting Big Red on the road in the quarterfinals, Tri-Valley came back to the area on Tuesday and toppled another local team in another upset. The fourth-seeded Scotties got a strong pitching performance from freshman Tanner Henry and just ...

CADIZ — The Harrison Central baseball team is moving on.  The Huskies jumped out to a big lead in Tuesday’s Division V, East 2 District semifinal at home on Mazeroski Field and then held off West Muskingum for the 9-5 victory.  The Huskies (16-9-1), the No. 2 seed in the 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, ...

MORGANTOWN — The best news for West Virginia, as it gets set to host its second NCAA baseball tournament regional since 2019 on Friday, is the Mountaineers will be at relative full health. That includes catcher/second baseman Gavin Kelly, who took a fastball across his hand in last week’s ...