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Rays beat Blue Jays 3-0 to complete a 3-game sweep

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Shane McClanahan extended his scoreless streak to 16 2/3 innings, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0 Wednesday to finish a three-game sweep for their 12th win in 13 games. Tampa Bay has allowed 17 runs over the 13 games. The Rays have three shutouts in that span and have given up one run five times. McClanahan (4-2) yielded two hits over 5 2/3 innings in his third straight scoreless outing, struck out four and walked one. Kevin Kelly, Garrett Cleavinger, Bryan Baker and Ian Seymour finished the four-hitter, with Seymour getting three straight ...

No let down for the Red Knights

TORONTO — Sometimes a team will have a little bit of a let down following a big, emotional victory. The Toronto baseball team had no such thing playing their first game since winning a third-straight OVAC title on Saturday. The state-ranked Red Knights broke things open in the second ...

Red Riders pull away from Creek

WEIRTON — The Weir softball team got hot at the plate and ultimately pulled away from Indian Creek. The Red Riders scored in all four innings they batted in en route to a 15-1 victory against the Redskins via mercy rule in four-and-a-half innings Tuesday evening up at the Roberta "Birdie" DeFrancis Softball Field. "It's a good win," Weir (18-7) head coach John Leary said. "I am glad we were able to play. We haven't played since last Tuesday in the OVAC game. The weather did not cooperate. We have been able to practice, but we haven't been able to play. Practice is not the same as ...

Cadile, Big Red win pitcher’s duel at Wheeling Central

ELM GROVE — It is a very rare occasion when the game-winning run comes on the game’s first pitch. However, such was the case Tuesday afternoon on Ben’s Field at the J.B. Chambers I-470 Complex. Steubenville’s senior standout Sadie Edwards launched a laser over the dead centerfield fence on the game’s opening pitch. That proved to be the lone run in the contest as the Big Red edged Wheeling Central in a tremendous pitching duel. Steubenville’s Isabella Cadile made that lone run stand up as she was simply brilliant from the circle. She struck out nine, walked none and ...

Wheeling Central pulls away from Creek

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Wheeling Central head coach Todd Cover has said multiple times that his senior class deserves plenty of credit for ascending the Maroon Knights baseball program to where it is now. Tuesday, on Central’s Senior Day game against visiting Indian Creek, the Maroon sent those ...

Prep Roundups

BASEBALL Red Riders win on the road INDUSTRY, Pa. — The Weir High baseball team took a trip to Western Beaver on Tuesday and came home with a convincing victory. The Red Riders defeated Western Beaver, 8-1, for their fifth win in their last six games. Aleks Zanieski fired a gem on the mound, allowing just an unearned run in 6 2/3 innings and striking out 13 batters with just two walks before hitting his pitch limit. Nick DiMatteis came on and fired a strikeout for the final out. At the plate, Teddy Glyptis had two hits and two RBIs, while Matt Geer had a double and two ...