By Wes Crosby
The Associated Press
PITTSBURGH — Michael Chavis hit a tying home run in the eighth before pulling off a defensive gem and delivering a game-ending single in the 10th, sending the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Chicago Cubs 8-7 Thursday.
Chavis’ solo homer, his seventh this ...
Next stop
Tonight: Altoona at
New Hampshire, 7:05 p.m.
Pitching matchup: Curve RHP Aaron Shortridge vs. Cats RHP Trent Palmer
Record: 31-35
From Mirror reports
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The Curve’s struggles late in the first half of the season continued Thursday night with another ...
By Ken Love
For the Mirror
The calendar says we’re more than halfway through the month of June.
In our area that means the local best-ball season is already underway, and just two weeks ago Huntingdon Country Club kicked off the two-man schedule with its annual invitational ...
By Ken Love
For the Mirror
For a sport that typically sees little drama away from the field of play, golf has endured plenty of turmoil in recent weeks.
The emergence of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Tour had already rocked the world of golf with several high-profile PGA Tour stars committing ...
From Mirror reports
UNIVERSITY PARK Penn State Athletics announced senior wrestler Nick Lee and softball senior pitcher Bailey Parshall have been selected as the 2021-22 Male and Female Athletes of the Year. Lee and Parshall will represent Penn State on the ballot for Big Ten Male and Female ...
Winning pitcher Bryant Allison finished with a no-hitter as Cumming Motors downed Blair County Oil, 10-1, in an Altoona Greater City League/AAABA game at Juaniata Thursday night.
He struck out 12 and walked one. The one run he gave up was unearned in a game in which both teams each made four ...