Pro Baseball: Nats pound Rockies, Gonzalez gets 10th win
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER—Adam LaRoche homered twice, Ryan Zimmerman collected his 1,000th career hit and also homered, and the Washington Nationals routed the Colorado Rockies 12–5 on Tuesday...
View ArticlePro Baseball: Locals in the pros
Spotsylvania High School grad Cody Wheeler earned his first professional win, working 5 innings in Class-A Yakima’s 4–2 win over Tri-City Thursday. He’s 1–0 with a 1.17 ERA in three starts since...
View ArticleTwins rout Orioles, 19-7
By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Denard Span had three hits and five RBIs plus two highlight-reel catches in center field to help the Minnesota Twins stop their five-game losing...
View ArticleRitchie denies interest in GW job
BY STEVE DeSHAZO Pittsburgh Pirates batting coach Gregg Ritchie said he is not a candidate for the coaching vacancy at his alma mater, George Washington University. “I’m a Pirate,” Ritchie said in a...
View ArticleYankees top Orioles 7-2 in ALDS opener
By STEVE DeSHAZO THE FREE LANCE-STAR BALTIMORE–They endured a 14-year drought (plus another 2 1/2 hours of rain delay) to see the Orioles’ play a fpostseason home game. Now Baltimore’s long-suffering...
View ArticleOrioles top Yankees 3-2 to even ALDS
By DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Rookie Wei-Yin Chen outpitched 40-year-old Andy Pettitte, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees 3-2 Monday night to even their AL...
View ArticlePro Baseball: Hardy, Orioles beat Yankees in 13th, force Game 5
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK—J.J. Hardy hit an RBI double in the 13th inning and the Baltimore Orioles bounced back from a demoralizing loss to outlast the New York Yankees 2–1 Thursday night,...
View ArticleSTEVE DeSHAZO: Nats hope scars breed future success
WASHINGTON—Less that 24 hours after the Washington Nationals squandered a 9–0 lead and lost 10–9 to the Atlanta Braves on July 9, they rebounded with a 5–2 victory that may have saved their season....
View ArticleGiants complete World Series sweep
DETROIT (AP) — Kung Fu Panda, The Freak, The Beard and all their seed-throwing buddies are on top of baseball — again. They may be under the radar, unappreciated and unexpected. But they’re...
View ArticlePro Baseball: Washington will keep Beasley managing Triple-A Syracuse
FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Bowling Green native Tony Beasley will return for a second season as manager of the Washington Nationals’ Triple-A affiliate, Syracuse, in 2013. The Nationals announced...
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