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Park Home Classic among upcoming tournaments

The area will be hosting several baseball tournaments over the next few weeks, and the fourth-annual Park Home Altoona Classic will kick things off today. The 23-team single-elimination tournament involving the three Altoona youth baseball leagues — 10 teams from the Altoona Area Baseball ...

Gates picks up victory No. 14 in Federation baseball play

Gloria Gates Foundation improved its record to 14-1 with a 7-4 win over UTLX in a George B. Kelley Baseball Federation game at Stout Field at Geesey Park on Wednesday. Brayden Pike and Nick Kraft each had two hits and two RBIs for Gloria Gates, which scored six runs in the top of the third ...

Spitz delivers on offense for BCO in City League win

Graham Spitz had three hits and three RBIs to lead Blair County Oil to an 8-4 win over Honey Baked Ham in a Greater City League baseball game at Juniata Wednesday night. Simon Casalvieri added three hits and an RBI to go with two hits and two RBIs from Dalton Gochnour for BCO (3-9). Winning ...

Area champions

Yeager & Seelye Attorneys at Law won the Intermediate (50/70) title in the Hollidaysburg Area Summer Baseball League. Team members include (from left): First row­ — Finn Corey, A.J. Moschella, Fin Gunnett, Mitchell Seelye, David Menin. Second row — Liam Weikert, Cal Baker, Max Piper, ...

O’Hearn turns in huge game for Pirates in win

PITTSBURGH — Ryan O’Hearn hit three home runs and finished with a franchise-record 10 RBIs as the Pittsburgh Pirates drilled the Atlanta Braves 12-4 on Tuesday night. The first baseman, the rare free agent to sign a multiyear deal with the Pirates, made it easy for ace Paul Skenes (7-8) ...

Pirates will have no Griffin in the lineup for 8-10 weeks

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates will have to try to stay in postseason contention without rookie shortstop Konnor Griffin. The club placed the 20-year-old rising star on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday due to an issue with the knuckle on the ring finger on his left hand. Pirates ...