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CINCINNATI (AP) — Christian Encarnacion-Strand hit a go-ahead solo homer, Matt McLain had two extra-base hits and an RBI and the Cincinnati Reds spoiled the San Francisco debut of three-time Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander on Saturday, beating the Giants 3-2.
McLain, who missed the entire 2024 season with a shoulder injury, got the Reds on the board with a solo homer in the third inning and scored from second base on an RBI single by Elly De La Cruz in the fifth, tying the game at 2.
Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo (1-0) allowed two runs on five hits in six innings.
ORWIGSBURG — Blue Mountain lost command in the fourth inning when they let Wyomissing cross home plate four times on the way to a 7-3 loss at home Saturday morning.
The Eagles (3-3) walked a total of 10 batters, including the first six walks in the first three innings.
Aiden Finn got the start for the Eagles and walked the first three batters in the fourth inning before he was met with a two-run single and another pair of RBI hits and the 4-0 Blue Mountain deficit.
MJ Iraldi made two free throws with 17.8 seconds left and finished with 27 points to rally Nova Southeastern to a 74-73 victory over Cal State Dominguez Hills in the championship game of the Division II Tournament at the Ford Center on Saturday.
It was the second national championship for the top-seeded Sharks (36-1) in the past three seasons under head coach Jim Crutchfield.
Iraldi’s free throws came after David Cheatom had given the seventh-seeded Toros (30-6) the lead with 24 seconds remaining. Cheatom had a layup in traffic roll off the rim in the final second.
Mar. 29—ALLENTOWN, Penn. — Even at the lowest moment, and one of the final moments, of his college hockey career, Nolan Renwick was able to crack a joke.
The University of Maine’s senior center was on the podium, taking questions from the media following the Black Bears’ 5-1 loss to Penn State in the first round of the NCAA tournament at the PPL Center. He was asked, how would you like to be remembered at Maine?
“Well, I want to be remembered like Paul Kariya, but that’s not going to happen,” Renwick deadpanned. But he continued.
MINERSVILLE — Logan Hutsko and Minersville’s pitchers have allowed just one run cross home plate in four games and the other three games were shutout wins for the Battlin’ Miners.
Hutsko has teamed up with Cam Rogers and Nolan Plesnarski to form a three-headed monster starting rotation in Minersville.
The senior hurler, Hutsko, will be taking his baseball talents to Elizabethtown College in the fall.
“I like how tight of a community it is there and the coach gave me a tour and it was awesome,” said Hutsko. “I love their facilities and meeting with the coaches.
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One of the bigger letdown teams of the 2024 NFL season was the San Francisco 49ers.
After a trip to the Super Bowl to cap off the 2023 season and a trip to the NFC Championship the year before that, the Niners failed to make it to playoffs for the first time since 2020.
But what was with the extreme drop-off?
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According to starting quarterback Brock Purdy, during an appearance on the Built 4 More podcast, fatigue was to blame.
“And then last year, man, guys were tired,” Purdy said on the podcast, per 49ers Webzone.
The New York Yankees put on an offensive show from start to finish on Saturday afternoon, thumping the Milwaukee Brewers 20-9.
That score was the result of 9 home runs, including three on the first three pitches of the game and three for captain Aaron Judge.
Sure, when something like this happens, everyone’s mind goes to the notoriously friendly dimensions of Yankee Stadium, but there was something else that caught fans’ eyes, and that was the Yankees’ new bats.
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