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MLB Capsules — Harper drives in 5, Phillies top Dodgers
PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper hit a two-run double off Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen with one out in the bottom of the ninth after pinch-hitter Matt Beaty hit a three-run homer off Philadelphia closer Hector Neris in the top half, rallying the Phillies to a 9-8 win over Los Angeles on Tuesday night. Pinch-hitter Andrew Knapp hit […]
On the pitch with Topsham Rec’s Mt. Ararat soccer camp
THE TOPSHAM RECREATION DEPARTMENT is holding its Mt. Ararat Soccer Camp this week at the Foreside Field Complex in Topsham. Mt. Ararat High School boys soccer coach Jack Rioux and his staff are working with athletes from kindergarten through eighth grade. The camp runs all week through Friday from 10 a.m.-noon.
Chavis grand slam helps Red Sox beat Blue Jays, 10-8
BOSTON – The grand slam was nice. What Red Sox rookie Michael Chavis really wanted to talk about was his batting eye against the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night. “Personally, weirdly, I was more excited about the two walks,” he said after Boston beat the Blue Jays 10-8 in the series opener. “I mean, I […]
Wall’s homer leads ’Cats to 2-0 victory
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Forrest Wall hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning, leading the New Hampshire Fisher Cats to a 2-0 win over the Portland Sea Dogs on Monday. The home run by Wall scored Vinny Capra and provided all the offense for New Hampshire. Dany Jimenez (2-1) got the win with two innings of […]
The Open — Molinari returns claret jug, faces long odds getting it back
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Golf’s oldest championship is all about tradition, and this is one Francesco Molinari could have done without. Fifty-one weeks after he won the British Open and gazed at his name etched on the silver claret jug, he had to return it. Getting it back won’t be easy. “I’m well aware of the […]
Dodgers ‘walk’ by Red Sox in 12
BOSTON – The World Series weekend rematch added a flashback to last fall’s epic Game 3. Max Muncy drew a bases-loaded walk and Alex Verdugo had an RBI single during a three-run 12th inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Boston Red Sox 7-4 early Monday morning in another late-night showdown of last year’s pennant […]
Junior Legion Baseball: Tibbetts, Larochelle lift Lisbon
AUBURN – Jack Tibbetts did not throw an inning during the past Lisbon High School baseball season as the Greyhounds marched to the State Class C championship. But as the junior American Legion regular season winds down over the next week, Tibbetts has secured one of his team’s top spots in the rotation. On Friday at […]
Angels honor Skaggs on his birthday
AHAHEIM, Calif. — The shrine that has become Tyler Skaggs’ locker in the Los Angeles clubhouse had a new addition Saturday — the ball from the final out of the no-hitter the Angels pitched while wearing their late teammate’s jersey. As they prepared to face Seattle on what would have been Skaggs’ 28th birthday, the Angels […]
Boston prospect Bryan Mata shines in Sea Dogs 3-1 loss
PORTLAND — The motion is so natural and easygoing, it appears Bryan Mata is simply tossing the ball to home plate. Then the ball explodes into the catcher’s mitt. Mata’s first pitch of the Portland Sea Dogs’ game on Sunday sizzled in at 98 mph. Mata, 20, is indeed a legitimate pitching prospect for the Boston […]