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Curve almost get no-hit in setback

Chesapeake Baysox left-handed pitcher Caden Hunter made his first start at the Double-A level in Wednesday afternoon’s game with the Altoona Curve at Peoples Natural Gas Field. It may turn out to be one of his most memorable starts while he’s in the minors. Hunter, who is the Baltimore ...

Gloria Gates Care takes 1-0 lead in Federation finals

Connor Waite will be one of the players the Altoona Area High School baseball team leans on heavily next season as he enters his senior year, and he’s been gaining confidence by dominating the George B. Kelley Federation this summer. Waite, a member of Gloria Gates Care — the new ...

Bucs can’t figure out Rodriguez in loss to Arizona

PITTSBURGH — Eduardo Rodriguez pitched eight shutout innings, Gabriel Moreno hit a two-run homer and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 on Wednesday, clinching the three-game series. Rodriguez (10-3) struck out two while giving up five hits on 105 pitches before ...

Another year of Rudolph proving himself to Steelers

LATROBE — Mason Rudolph knows the drill. At this point, maybe a little too well. The Pittsburgh Steelers begin training camp each summer and Rudolph sits down in a quarterback room that always seems to include a new face or two (or sometimes three) and gamely try to tune out the questions ...

FIFA deadline set for its $20M offer

GENEVA — FIFA President Gianni Infantino set a Sept. 19 deadline on Wednesday for the 211 member federations to accept one-off $20 million offers as part of a project to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors. The $20 billion FIFA subsidiary was blasted by international soccer ...

Formula 1 season finale auto race could switch to Europe

LONDON — Formula 1 president Stefano Domenicali says the current world championship could end in Europe if the war in the Middle East affects races planned in Qatar and Abu Dhabi at the conclusion of the season. Domenicali said a decision won’t be made before mid-September. “For us today, the races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi are confirmed,” he said in comments published by the Formula One website following last week’s Hungarian Grand Prix. “But of course, if the situation will not be cleared the way that we believe it should be, before the middle of September, we will take the ...