Rob Burchianti

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays prospect Nathan Flewelling hit a two-run home run and earned MVP honors, and the American League needed only five hits to beat the National League 6-1 on Sunday in the All-Star Futures Game. The 19-year-old Flewelling is rated the second-best prospect in Tampa Bay’s organization and was a third-round […]

Cristopher Sánchez of the Philadelphia Phillies will start Tuesday night’s All-Star Game in his home ballpark, taking the mound for the National League against Dylan Cease of the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays announced Sunday that Cease will be the American League’s starter. Dave Roberts of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who is managing the […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes won his second straight start after going winless for nine in a row as the Pittsburgh Pirates scored 10 runs in the fourth inning to rout the Milwaukee Brewers 14-5 Sunday and head into the All-Star break with a three-game sweep. What was slated to be a high-profile matchup lost […]

The American Legion Region 6 Baseball Tournament bracket has been released but the two qualifiers from the Fayette County league won't find out who and when they'll play until their seeding is determined this week.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes won his second straight start after going winless for nine in a row as the Pittsburgh Pirates scored 10 runs in the fourth inning to rout the Milwaukee Brewers 14-5 Sunday and head into the All-Star break with a three-game sweep. What was slated to be a high-profile matchup lost […]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The final take on West Virginia's best baseball season in school history was the Mountaineers saw four of its top players drafted into the major leagues over the weekend.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Paul Skenes, Juan Soto and Bryce Harper are among baseball’s All-Stars who say players will never agree to a salary cap but maintain there’s plenty of time to avoid a conflict that could shorten the 2027 season. “Both sides kind of have their line that they’re not going to cross,” Skenes, the […]

Noah Mildren smacked a two-run double and Ben Shields followed with a walk-off single as Carmichaels rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to stun visiting Oakland, 5-4, in a Fayette County Baseball League battle on Monday. The Oaks led 4-1 through five innings but manager Dickie Krause’s first-place Copperheads (11-2-1) […]

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That's the lowest number of participants battling for a spot in the state playoffs in Ron Popovich's 16 years as the Region 6 director.