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. ...
Laurel Medical was attempting to win its fourth consecutive George B. Kelley Federation championship this year, but ran into a buzzsaw in the championship finals. The Gloria Gates Care sponsored team, comprised of former and current Altoona Area High School players, brought their bats to Vets ...
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 ...
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 ...
GENEVA — European nations agreed Thursday to boycott the World Cup and all other FIFA competitions to protest Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell stakes in soccer’s biggest tournament to private equity investors. The North American soccer body rejected his plan later the same day. “UEFA ...
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 — ...
