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Wild Things’ Foster throws no-hitter, strikes out 14

Scouting reports? Who needs ’em when you can pitch like Kobe Foster. Prior to the Wild Things’ game Friday night against the New Jersey Jackals – the first this season against an opponent from the Frontier League’s Atlantic Conference – Foster, Washington’s starting pitcher, had a ...

Marlins score 4 in 7th inning to beat Pirates

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Owen Caissie had a two-run double to cap a four-run seventh inning and the Miami Marlins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-3 on Friday night for their sixth straight victory. Sandy Alcantara (6-4) won for the third time in three starts in June, working eight innings. He gave up ...

Frontier League commissioner talks expansion, name change

Editor’s note: The Wild Things’ home game Friday night against New Jersey did not end in time to be included in this edition. With its 18 teams spread over two countries, the Frontier League is the largest of the four major independent baseball leagues. Frontier League commissioner Steve ...

Ohtani homers in Dodgers’ 8-6 win over Pirates

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani hit his 13th homer of the season before leaving the game due to left knee inflammation and Los Angeles beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-6 on Thursday night. The reigning NL MVP hit a solo homer in the third inning. He also had a single and ...

Callihan goes deep off Ohtani, adds a 3-run shot late as Pirates top Dodgers

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tyler Callihan hit the first two home runs of his career, a solo shot off Shohei Ohtani in the fourth inning and a go-ahead, three-run blast off reliever Kyle Hurt in the eighth as the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied past the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-8 on Wednesday night. Ohtani ...

Skenes’ visit to Little League field cleared his head

PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes was bored and driving through the northern Pittsburgh suburbs on Monday — a rare in-season off day — when the Pirates ace caught the familiar lights of a baseball field out of the corner of his eye. The next thing the reigning NL Cy Young winner knew, he was ...