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Reds make the most of ninth-inning opportunity in win over Pirates

CINCINNATI — Elly De La Cruz scored on a fielder’s choice in the ninth inning to lift the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday night in the opening game of a four-game series. Cincinnati loaded the bases against Gregory Soto (5-3) with one out. ...

Steelers’ Jones thinks about health more than future

LATROBE — At the time, Broderick Jones thought it was no big deal. Walking off the field in Chicago last November after taking an awkward hit from Bears defensive end Dominique Robinson — whose chest smacked into the top of Jones’ helmet after trying and failing to knock down a pass — ...

Carmichael hits 2 HRs in victory for Curve

The Altoona Curve continued their season-long home run display Thursday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field in a 14-10 win over Chesapeake with five long balls. Those home runs brought Altoona’s total for the season to 108 through 99 games. Coming into Thursday’s game, 20 different players ...

Summit Country Club Summit has list of prolific club champions

The local golf scene turns toward the Cresson area this weekend as area golfers compete in the 33rd annual Summit Invitational best-ball event. Summit Country Club can trace its history back more than 100 years, and over that time a number of skilled golfers have displayed their skills at ...

Someone needs to hurry up and address the slow play in pro golf

Over the past few years there has been a good bit of talk about slow play on the professional tours but little action. The LPGA deserves a bit of credit concerning the subject as it has actually handed out a few stroke penalties for pace-of-play violations. The PGA Tour, however, continues ...

Sheetz rallies to oust Cumming Motors from Teener playoffs

Sheetz overcame a 10-0 deficit and scored 18 unanswered runs to beat Cumming Motors, 18-10, to sweep a best-of-three Altoona Teener Major League semifinal series at Seitz Field on Thursday night. Shane Gority drove in five runs on three hits, including a triple, for Sheetz — which had 19 ...