FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quarterback Danny Etling’s tenure with the Patriots has come to an end. The Patriots completed a trade with Atlanta on Tuesday to acquire tight end Eric Saubert for a conditional draft pick. The Patriots released Etling to make room for Saubert on the 53-man roster. Etling, a seventh-round pick out of LSU […]
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Saco All-Stars end dramatic summer
SACO — The Saco Little League Baseball team had a flare for the dramatic this summer. The excitement continued for the 8 to 10-year-olds at the Eastern Regional Tournament in Cranston, Rhode Island, last week. Staring at a 10-3 deficit through three innings in its final baseball game of the season against Needham, Massachusetts, on […]
Mainers 2B DeMartino earns spot on NECBL First-Team
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) unveiled the members of the 2019 All-NECBL First and Second Teams on Monday and a familiar name appeared on the list. Sanford Mainers second baseman Drew DeMartino earned first-team honors after finishing the season with a .319 batting average in 160 at-bats. The right-handed […]
Santana’s walk-off sends Indians over Red Sox
CLEVELAND — The comeback’s complete. Four months later, the Indians are again atop the AL Central. Carlos Santana homered leading off the ninth inning as Cleveland continued its stunning climb with a 6-5 win over the fast-fading Boston Red Sox on Monday night, moving the Indians into sole possession of first place for the first […]
Patriots’ Wynn nears game action
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Isaiah Wynn’s long road back from injury has reached its biggest milestone to date. The 23rd overall pick in the 2018 draft, the offensive tackle had his rookie season abruptly cut short during a preseason game when he tore an Achilles tendon. Nearly a year of rehab later, on Monday he participated […]
Red Sox place rookie INF Chavis on injured list
CLEVELAND — Michael Chavis played through the pain for as long as he could. On Monday, the Red Sox rookie finally gave in. Boston placed the versatile Chavis on the 10-day injured list with a sprained left shoulder he sustained recently while trying to make a diving catch. One of the AL’s top first-year players, […]
2020 baseball gets early jump with March 26 openers
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball will open its 2020 season March 26, its earliest start other than international games. The schedule also features a late April series in Puerto Rico between the New York Mets and Miami Marlins. Globe Life Field, the new home of the Texas Rangers, opens March 31. This is the […]
Patriots boost tight end depth, acquire Saubert from Falcons
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The New England Patriots have acquired tight end Eric Saubert from the Atlanta Falcons for a conditional draft pick. Saubert, entering his third season, had five catches for 48 yards for the Falcons in 2018. He played in 16 games with one start. He had one catch for 7 yards in […]
Bemboom’s hit lifts Angels past Red Sox 5-4
BOSTON — Anthony Bemboom hit a go-ahead single in the 10th inning after Kole Calhoun’s solo homer tied it in the eighth, leading the Los Angeles Angels past the Boston Red Sox 5-4 Sunday for a split of their four-game series. Shohei Ohtani had three hits with a two-run single for Los Angeles, which won […]
Trout hits 1st homer at Fenway, Angels beat Red Sox 12-4
BOSTON — Mike Trout hit the first home run of his career at Fenway Park and the Los Angeles Angels snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 12-4 rout of the Boston Red Sox on Saturday. Justin Upton added a three-run homer in the first inning. With his 428-foot drive over the Green Monster in […]