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Ace Maxx Yehl looking to have another dominant performance for No. 9 WVU baseball

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia pitcher Maxx Yehl doesn’t get the average treatment of a regular college pitcher. After pitching, his week leading up to his next start includes massages, red light therapy and ice baths. Yehl is doing everything a MLB pitcher does after pitching. “We're treating Maxx like a big leaguer,” head coach Steve Sabins said. “Because he is a big leaguer… The truth is that that guy should pitch for another 15 years. He's that good. He's an exceptional talent.” Yehl is coming off his best start of the season, which is saying something because he ...

McCarthy gets unassisted double play as Rockies beat Pirates

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mickey Moniak doubled, tripled, and homered on his 28th birthday, Jake McCarthy had the first unassisted double play by a left fielder in the majors since 2013, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-4 on Wednesday night. The Rockies ended a three-game ...

Martinez, Messick help Guardians finish sweep of Angels

CLEVELAND (AP) — Angel Martinez's leadoff homer got Cleveland started and rookie Parker Messick had another strong outing as the Guardians beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-2 on Wednesday to finish a three-game series sweep. Martinez homered off Reid Detmers (1-4) and the Guardians improved to ...

Harden scores 30, Cavs rally past Pistons in OT for 3-2 series lead

DETROIT (AP) — James Harden scored a playoff-best 30 points and Donovan Mitchell had 21, helping the Cleveland Cavaliers come back from a nine-point deficit late in regulation and beat the Detroit Pistons 117-113 in overtime on Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead in their Eastern Conference ...

Fast start lifts Bears in tourney opener

NEW MANCHESTER — Oak Glen’s title defense got off to a fast start and Golden Bears pitching and defense made sure it was enough. Oak Glen, the defending Class AA champs, opened Region 1 tournament action at home on Tuesday and jumped ahead of visiting Doddrridge County with a three-run ...

Weber’s homer kick-starts Red Riders in tourney opener

WEIRTON - The Weir softball team got off to a slow start against Ravenswood, however, the Red Riders erupted in the bottom of the fourth to put the game away. Top-seeded Weir belted three home runs - two of which were back-to-back - and scored 11 runs on six hits in the fourth on its way to securing an 11-0 victory against the No. 4 seed via mercy rule in four-and-a-half innings in West Virginia Class AA Region 1 action Tuesday evening up at the Roberta "Birdie" DeFrancis Softball Field. Bella Weber's homer opened the scoring the started the big inning. "We started off really ...