BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Ben Kohles eagled the final hole for a 9-under 62 and a two-shot lead Thursday after the first round of the 3M Open, leaving top-ranked Scottie Scheffler three shots back. Emiliano Grillo, Jackson Koivun and Gary Woodland opened with 64s, and Scheffler topped the group ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Trevor Larnach and Luke Keaschall both delivered two-out RBI singles in the 12th inning, giving the Minnesota Twins a 3-1 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday and a split of their four-game series. Larnach and Keaschall grounded their singles to left off Erik ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Chris Sale matched a season-high with 11 strikeouts and the Atlanta Braves hit four home runs in a 6-5 win over the San Diego Padres on Thursday. Dominic Smith hit a three-run homer and Michael Harris II and Ozzie Albies had solo blasts off bulk reliever Griffin Canning as the Braves took three of four from San Diego. All-Star Drake Baldwin added his 19th of the season in the seventh inning. Sale (11-6) gave up three runs on five hits and a walk in six innings of work. All three runs came in the second inning. Ty France hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning off ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired reliever Ron Marinaccio from San Diego on Thursday in exchange for signing bonus pool considerations. The club, which is part of a congested race for a National League wild card spot as the trade deadline nears, made the move in the hopes ...
The NCAA Division I Board of Directors doubled down Thursday on the new age-based eligibility rule that has prompted some athletes to go to court in hopes of extending their college careers. The Division I Cabinet, which approved the new rule last month, issued a similar statement last month after a group of basketball players filed a lawsuit in an Ohio state court contending the age-based model unfairly shuts them out of further competition. More lawsuits have been filed across the country since, some of them reportedly with their coaches' encouragement. The board statement ...
BECKLEY — Wheeling Post 1 had a long trek down to Linda K. Epling Stadium in Beckley, W.Va., but after they arrived, Post 1 kept firing on all cylinders. In Wheeling’s first foray into the 2026 American Legion W.Va. State Tournament, Post 1 soundly defeated Potomac Valley 64, 10-0, in six innings, behind big days at the plate and on the mound from Brady Ernest and Jake Brown. Both Ernest and Brown had two hits and two RBI on the attack, and both combined for the shutout on the mound. Brown earned the start and the win for Post 1, pitching four innings and allowing two hits and ...
