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Skenes pitches Pirates to 1-0 victory

PHOENIX (AP) — Paul Skenes threw eight brilliant innings in one of the best outings of the young star's career, Brandon Lowe hit a solo homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Arizona Diamondbacks 1-0 on Wednesday night. Skenes — the defending National League Cy Young award winner — ...

Wild Things return enough to be optimistic

Tom Vaeth has been around independent baseball long enough – six years as manager of the Wild Things and 17 years before that as a hitting coach in Winnipeg – to know not to make any bold predictions or hasty analysis of his team after seeing it practice for less than two weeks and play a ...

Cruz control: Pitcher completes his job as W&J wins PAC opener

Washington & Jefferson’s Brendan Cruz pitched a complete game, allowing only three hits and one run Wednesday afternoon, and his ERA actually went up, which speaks to the dominance of the Presidents’ starting pitcher this season. That increase was to 0.93, up slightly from the 0.92 ...

O-R Athlete of the Week: Ryan Kent, Belle Vernon

Name: Ryan Kent Grade: Senior School: Belle Vernon Sport: Track and field Kent’s week: In the last two weeks, Kent has proven himself as one of the best throwers in the state. He’s collected multiple gold medals at three different invitationals. Coming off sweeping the javelin, discus ...

High school softball: Carmichaels walks off Waynesburg, 1-0

Bailey Barnyak fired a no-hitter and Joselyn Carter hit a walk-off single as Carmichaels defeated Waynesburg 1-0 in a nonsection softball game Tuesday. Carter’s hit, with one out in the bottom of the seventh, scored Carys McConnell, who led off the inning with a double off Waynesburg pitcher ...