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Georgia's Charlie Condon, the national home run and batting leader, wins Golden Spikes Award
CARY, N.C. (AP) — Georgia's Charlie Condon was selected the winner of the Golden Spikes Award on Saturday as the country's top amateur baseball player. Condon, who last week won the Dick Howser Trophy as college baseball's national player of the year, sits atop the NCAA leaderboard...
Diamondbacks catcher Gabriel Moreno on 10-day injured list with sprained left thumb
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Arizona catcher Gabriel Moreno was put on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with a sprained left thumb, and the Diamondbacks recalled catcher Jose Herrera from Triple-A Reno of the Pacific Coast League. Moreno, 24, left Friday night's 5-4 win over Philadelphia...
Albies hits 2-run homer on Rodón's second pitch and hot Braves romp 8-1 over skidding Yankees
NEW YORK (AP) — Ozzie Albies hit a two-run homer on Carlos Rodón’s second pitch of the night, Austin Riley and Matt Olson also went deep off the left-hander and the Atlanta Braves routed the suddenly struggling New York Yankees 8-1 on Friday for their seventh win in eight games. ...
String of injuries can't stop Texas A&M on its run to College World Series finals against Tennessee
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Texas A&M coach Jim Schlossnagle remembers how he felt when he saw Braden Montgomery, one of the biggest stars in college baseball, break his ankle as he slid into the plate in the NCAA super regionals two weeks ago. “Yeah, my heart sank,” he said Friday....
White Sox minor league pitcher Christian Edwards gets 80-game drug suspension
NEW YORK (AP) — Chicago White Sox pitcher Christian Edwards was suspended for 80 games on Friday by Major League Baseball following a positive test for the performance-enhancing substance Boldenone under the minor league drug program. Edwards, a 25-year-old right-hander, was 2-1...
Vols' run at 'unbreakable' HR mark impresses Bertman, whose teams were faces of 1990s 'gorilla ball'
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Until he saw messages flying back and forth on the 1990s-era LSU players' group text thread late this season, Skip Bertman didn't realize the Tennessee team of 2024 was making a serious run at the Holy Grail of the college baseball record book. Bertman's 1997...
Yankees add lefty Tim Hill to bullpen 2 days after his release by majors-worst White Sox
NEW YORK (AP) — Looking for bullpen help, the major league-leading New York Yankees signed left-hander Tim Hill on Thursday, two days after he was released by the majors-worst Chicago White Sox. A 34-year-old with a sidearm delivery, Hill went 1-0 with a 5.87 ERA in 27 appearances...
Texas A&M beats Florida 6-0 to make CWS finals for 1st time as Gators shut out 1st time in 2 years
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Texas A&M is going to play for a national championship in baseball for the first time in its program's 130-year history. Jim Schlossnagle had a breakthrough, too. The 53-year-old coach has brought seven teams to the College World Series since 2010 — five...
Tennessee beats Florida State 7-2 to become first No. 1 national seed since 2009 to reach CWS finals
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tennessee fell flat in its two previous College World Series appearances and in between there was the crushing loss in NCAA super regionals as the No. 1 national seed. All that has led to this year's Volunteers putting themselves in position to play for the...
Florida blows out Kentucky 15-4 in CWS elimination game to set up showdown with Texas A&M
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Brody Donay hit a grand slam for the first of his two homers, Jac Caglianone became Florida's all-time home run leader and the Gators rode a seven-run first inning to a 15-4 win over Kentucky in a College World Series elimination game Wednesday. The game had been...
