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Georgia's Charlie Condon wins Dick Howser Trophy as national player of the year
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Georgia's Charlie Condon was selected the winner of the Dick Howser Trophy on Saturday as the national player of the year in college baseball after he led the country in home runs and batting average. Condon batted .433 and hit 37 homers, the most by a Division I...
Dodgers acquire Cavan Biggio and cash from Blue Jays for minor league pitcher Braydon Fisher
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cavan Biggio is starting over with the Los Angeles Dodgers days after getting cut loose by the Toronto Blue Jays. The 29-year-old son of Hall of Famer Craig Biggio was acquired along with cash from the Blue Jays on Wednesday in exchange for minor league pitcher...
Rookie Tobias Myers wins back-to-back starts and Brewers beat Blue Jays 5-4
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rookie Tobias Myers won back-to-back starts for the first time, allowing one run and three hits over six innings to lead the Milwaukee Brewers over the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Wednesday for their sixth straight home series win. Myers (3-2) struck out four and...
Schwarber hits 2 homers, Wheeler picks up 8th straight win in Phillies' 4-1 victory over Red Sox
BOSTON (AP) — Kyle Schwarber didn't need any extra time to get over the jet lag of flying to London and back. The Phillies' designated hitter hit the first pitch of the game 444 feet for a home run, then added another 400-footer in the fifth inning on Tuesday night to lead...
Raleigh hits walk-off grand slam as Mariners rally late to beat White Sox 8-4
SEATTLE (AP) — Cal Raleigh hit a game-winning grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Seattle Mariners stormed back from a four-run deficit in the eighth to beat the Chicago White Sox 8-4 on Monday night. Raleigh, also known by a colorful moniker, Big Dumper, launched...
College softball coaches worry the arrival of athlete pay could slow their sport's growth
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma slugger Jocelyn Alo energized college softball two years ago on the way to becoming the career home run leader and the sport’s visibility has increased ever since. Six of the nine sessions at this year’s Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma...
Mets rally in ninth to beat Phillies 6-5 and split London Series, getting game-ending double play
LONDON (AP) — Catcher Luis Torrens turned Nick Castellanos’ bases-loaded roller in front of the plate into a game-ending double play, and the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 on Sunday for a split of their two-game London Series. New York rallied from a 4-3...
Blue Jays pitcher Yusei Kikuchi embarrassed after colliding with A's opponent chasing foul pop
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Even on a day when he wasn't pitching, Toronto Blue Jays left-hander Yusei Kikuchi ended up right in the middle of the action. Not in a way he wanted, though. Kikuchi cost his team an out by bolting from the dugout and colliding with an...
Dodgers' Kiké Hernández makes error in midst of live television interview during 2-1 win over Yanks
NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Kiké Hernández made an error while in the midst of a live television interview Friday night during a 2-1, 11-inning win over the New York Yankees. Hernández had a microphone and earpiece in his left ear as he spoke with Wayne...
Oklahoma wins record fourth straight NCAA softball title, beating Texas 8-4 for 2-game sweep
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Patty Gasso's Oklahoma Sooners have done it again. Oklahoma slugged its way to a record fourth straight NCAA softball title, getting a go-ahead, bases-clearing double from Cydney Sanders and beating Texas 8-4 on Thursday night for a two-game sweep of the...
