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Clean sweep for Pirates over Royals

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rafael Flores Jr. hit the go-ahead two-run home run in the eighth inning to help the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday and complete a series sweep. After Ryan O'Hearn led off with a single to center, Flores sent a slider from Nate ...

Pure pitching: Guardians maintain divisional lead

CLEVELAND (AP) — Gavin Williams threw seven shutout innings, Jo Adell had an RBI infield single and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Athletics 1-0 Sunday to remain atop the AL Central. Steven Kwan added three hits for Cleveland, which posted its seventh series sweep of the season and ...

Logano wins at Bristol as fisticuffs occur in background

BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Joey Logano won the Cup Series race Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway, while the driver he passed for the win stole the show with old-school NASCAR feuding and fisticuffs. Carson Hocevar, a brash 23-year-old who has earned the ire of veterans with his aggressive ...

Larson, Logano climbing in NASCAR Chase

If Ryan Blaney's analysis of the NASCAR Chase is accurate, then his championship bid is already over after only three of 10 races in the run to the title. "I just don't see that you can finish outside the top 30 multiple times and have a shot," Blaney said last week. "It's just going to be ...

Local Calendar

Tuesday, Sept. 22 High school volleyball: George Washington/Tyler Consolidated at Parkersburg, 5:30 p.m.; St. Marys at Williamstown, 6 p.m.; Buffalo at Ravenswood, 6 p.m.; Wahama at Wirt County; Parkersburg Christian/Hannan at Wood County Christian, 5/7:30 p.m.; Magnolia at Monroe Central, 6 p.m.; Gilmer County at Elkins, 6 p.m.; South Harrison at Doddridge County, 6 p.m.; Marietta at Warren, 7 p.m.; Shenandoah at Waterford; John Marshall at Parkersburg South, 5:30 p.m. High school golf: Doddridge County vs. Gilmer County at Glenville GC, 4 p.m. High school boys soccer: Parkersburg ...

Bridgeman’s final round 61 results in a PGA title

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Jacob Bridgeman rallied from a five-shot deficit with the lowest round of his young PGA Tour career, a 10-under 61 that carried him to a two-shot victory Sunday in the Biltmore Championship Asheville. Bridgeman, whose first PGA Tour title was earlier this year at ...