OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Scott Forbes had just wrapped up a College World Series news conference Friday when Skip Johnson walked into the room to pose with him for an annual picture of the head coaches next to the national championship trophy, a longtime tradition the day before the start of the ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball owners proposed banning high school players from signing with major league teams, raising the age for international amateurs and slashing the money spent on signing bonuses in negotiations Thursday for a new collective bargaining agreement. The amateur draft for players residing in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico would be cut from 20 rounds to 12 beginning in 2027 under the proposal Major League Baseball made during a bargaining session with the players' association. An identical 12-round draft would be started for international prospects, a proposal the ...
HOUSTON (AP) — Jose Altuve hit a three-run home run, Jeremy Peña had two solo shots and the Houston Astros beat the Cleveland Guardians 9-3 on Friday night. Altuve's eighth home run of the season came on the first pitch of the night from Guardians reliever Matt Festa. It landed in the first row of the left- field Crawford Boxes. Peña's first home run of the night came in the third inning to cut Cleveland's lead to a run, and then he led off the seventh with his sixth home run of the season and third multi-homer game of his career. He finished the night 3 for 5 with three ...
A fourth consecutive state softball title at Winfield paid dividends this season for the Generals, who landed three players on the Class AAA All-State first team. Mattie Carroll, a senior pitcher who was part of three of those championships, was named first-team captain, as voted by the West ...
MOUNDSVILLE — A big fifth inning proved to be the difference for Moundsville Post 3 on Wednesday evening as they topped Steubenville Post 33, 9-3. Moundsville scored five runs in the fifth inning to turn a 3-0 lead into 8-0. Steubenville (0-2) battled back with three in the sixth. Post 33 got a three-hit day from Nolan Greiner, while Kole Yourkovich had a hit and an RBI and Joseph Vranish and Jason Westlake also each had a hit for Steubenville. Westlake fired the first three innings for Post 33, striking out three and walking four. Vranish went the next two and Kailub ...
Toronto's Drake Bouscher was recognized for earning the OVAC Class 2A Player of the Year award on Sunday during the OVAC All-Star Game. Bouscher was unable to attend Sunday's game so Red Knights head coach Brian Perkins received the award from OVAC baseball commissioner Bil Beattie on his behalf.
