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TOURNAMENT WEST VIRGINIA BASEBALL Madonna rally comes up just short MORGANTOWN — The Madonna baseball team battled back against Cameron on Wednesday in a winner's bracket showdown in the Class A Region 1 tournament at Mylan Park, but the Blue Dons rally came up just short. Madonna (13-13) fell behind the top-seeded Dragons 2-0 early and, after tying the game, trailed 6-2 going to the sixth, before rallying back to within 6-5 in the seventh, but the comeback bid came up a run short as that was the final score. Madonna got three hits from Reno Fuscardo, two hits and an RBI ...

Weir’s Grace headed to WVU Tech

Weir High senior Jayzen Grace recently signed to continue his academic and athletic careers at WVU Tech. Grace plans to major in electrical engineering while competing for the track and field and cross country teams. Joining Jayzen, front, center, for the occasion were, front, Jason Staats and ...

A look at WVU’s competition in Big 12 tourney

MORGANTOWN — The Big 12 baseball postseason is already here, and some of the first couple of games have already wrapped up. Kansas State knocked off Utah 9-5 in the first round, and BYU run-ruled Texas Tech 18-8, with a whopping 20 hits. West Virginia has yet to play as the No. 2 seed, which handed the Mountaineers a double-bye in the tournament. WVU plays the winner of TCU and Kansas State in its first game of the tournament, which is set for Thursday at 7:30 p.m. EST. The Mountaineers have a lot of pressure on them, even as the No. 2 seed. In a majority of betting sites, WVU is ...

Horwitz homers, Griffin has four hits to help Pirates blank Cardinals

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Spencer Horwitz homered, Konnor Griffin had four singles, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-0 on Wednesday night to snap a four-game losing streak. Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) allowed four hits and a walk in five innings to improve to 3-0 with a 1.75 ...

Guardians score twice in the 10th for a 3-2 victory over Tigers

DETROIT (AP) — Angel Martínez hit a tiebreaking triple in the 10th inning, José Ramírez followed with an RBI double and the Cleveland Guardians beat the slumping Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Wednesday night. Cleveland tied it at 1 in the ninth when Daniel Schneemann scored on Patrick Bailey's ...