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CLOSE x Embed x Share USA TODAY Sports’ Jorge Ortiz takes a look at how the major teams will fare in the second round of the World Baseball Classic. USA TODAY Sports Dominican Republic closer Jeurys Familia and his bullpen mates had a day off before a winner-moves-on clash against Team USA.(Photo: Logan Bowles, USA TODAY Sports) While Team USA’s top relievers were striving to keep Friday night’s game close…

Auburn baseball and No. 5 Florida return to the diamond on Saturday afternoon for the second game of their three-game weekend series to open SEC play. Auburn aims to clinch the series after throttling Florida, 14-3, in the series opener on Friday night. The Tigers (15-5) will start right-hander Casey Mize (2-0, 0.40 ERA) while the Gators (13-6) are going with right-hander Brady Singer (2-0, 1.50 ERA). First pitch is set…

SATURDAY COLLEGE RESULTS/Thompson’s solid start caps weekend of great pitching by Beavers; Ducks go to 26-0 in softball with 2-1 victory vs. Cal BASEBALL Oregon State 4, Arizona State 0 At Tempe, Arizona Oregon State got 14 hits to go with the capper on a weekend of great pitching. The result was a sweep of the three-game series that opened OSU’s Pac-12 season. The Beavers, ranked as high as No….

Puerto Rico defeats U.S. Yadier Molina and Puerto Rico are moving on to the World Baseball Classic semifinals after scoring four runs in the first inning and then holding on for a wild 6-5 win against the United States on Friday night in San Diego. By clinching Pool F with a day to go, Puerto Rico (2-0) will play the Netherlands on Monday night at Dodger…

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Friday night at San Diego’s Petco Park, USA and Puerto Rico will play a game with fairly large stakes in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. The winning team will be all but assured of a spot in the semi-finals. The WBC final four, if you will. The loser will not be eliminated, though their next game Saturday will essentially become a must-win. On the mound Friday night will be Blue…

March 17, 2017 —Fukushima, the prefecture that was hit by a tsunami-triggered nuclear disaster in March 2011, has been approved to host baseball and softball matches in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics Games, organizers said on Friday. With baseball one of the most popular sports in Japan, the decision for Fukushima to host at least one baseball game underscores Japan’s larger efforts to support the region’s recovery, Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro…

American Legion baseball recently received insurance that it will be around for at least several more years, in spite of its benefactor organization’s aging population. The Gregory C. Van Wie Foundation made sure of that by contributing $25,000 to Legion Post 187 coffers for use in managing and operating its successful and popular baseball program. The funds should keep the team flush with operating expenditures for…

Every pitcher in major-league history has been at the point Felix Hernandez reached last year. That point where your stuff just doesn’t have the life it once did, and you need to adjust or get left behind. For some pitchers, that point comes early, but they manage it. For instance, Johan Santana lost a full 1.5 MPH from 2006 to 2007, at 27 years old, but mostly kept right on…

Venezuela, a team loaded with major league All-Stars, is on the brink of being eliminated from the 2017 World Baseball Classic. Thursday night’s 3-0 loss to the Dominican Republic (box score) dropped Venezuela’s record to 0-2 in Pool F play. The Dominican Republic, meanwhile, improved to 1-1. Both USA and Puerto Rico are 1-0 in Pool F and did not play Thursday. Thursday’s game remained scoreless until the fifth inning,…

Source: Hardin Valley Baseball UPDATE 6 P.M. THURSDAY: WBIR 10News obtained the original complaint emailed by a parent on the Hardin Valley baseball team. It accuses Hardin Valley Academy head baseball coach Joe Michalski and assistant coach Zach Luther of inflicting emotional and physical abuse on March 9, when it claims they told players not to dodge the balls Luther purposely threw at them as a part of a drill. The complaint calls…

The basketball playoffs were in full swing when Green Hope baseball coach Michael Miragliuolo ran his team through preseason drills in T-shirts on a Feb. 25 afternoon the temperature hit 81 degrees. Three weeks later, the Falcons took to the diamond at Panther Creek on a 48-degree afternoon. Players from both teams wore long-sleeve shirts under their jerseys and fans dressed in winter coats, hats or hoods pulled over their…

Mar 16, 2017; Phoenix, AZ, USA; General view of a spring training game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs at Camelback Ranch.(Photo: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports) Dear Baseball, Sorry I’ve strayed. That I’ve changed and you haven’t. How I felt compelled to find something faster and more exciting. But I miss you and our childhood romance, along with all those days we spent together in the park….

Mother Nature dropped a big pile of mess on local baseball and softball schedules this week with a few inches of snow. High school practices are moved indoors. Little League tryouts and evaluations are rescheduled. And for the local college teams already playing games — good luck. Nothing can wreck a springtime sports schedule in Maryland more than an ill-timed winter storm. But some of the baseball teams around the state…

The second round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic is underway and wow, we’ve already seen some exciting games in Pool F. Puerto Rico upset the heavily-favored Dominican Republic on Tuesday night, then USA rallied for a come-from-behind win over Venezuela on Wednesday night. How can you not love compelling baseball in March? Pool F play will continue Friday night at Petco Park in San Diego. Here are the important…

Mother Nature dropped a big pile of mess on local baseball and softball schedules this week with a few inches of snow. High school practices are moved indoors. Little League tryouts and evaluations are rescheduled. And for the local college teams already playing games — good luck. Nothing can wreck a springtime sports schedule in Maryland more than an ill-timed winter storm. But some of the baseball teams around the state…

The top two players by both FantasyPros consensus ranking and NFBC ADP, Mike Trout and Mookie Betts, are outfielders. Another top-four player, Kris Bryant, is outfield-eligible. Two more outfielders, Bryce Harper and Charlie Blackmon, will likely be off the board within your draft’s first 15 picks. There are about three times as many outfielders as any other position in the majors, other than pitcher, but this is not an important-by-default…

Manny Ramirez hasn’t played professional baseball since 2014, but you’d never know it by looking at his new contract with Japan’s Shikoku Island League. The former MLB outfielder, who played in 12 All-Star games and won two World Series Championships throughout his major-league career, will reportedly be entitled to unlimited sushi as part of his new contract with the Kochi Island Fighting Dogs. GILDED SUSHI ROLL MAY BE…

MIAMI (Reuters) – Miami baseball star Jose Fernandez was to blame for a boat crash that killed him and two passengers last year, Florida officials said on Thursday, finding that his reckless and impaired driving led the vessel to slam into a rock jetty. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission investigators said Fernandez, a dominant pro baseball pitcher with the Marlins, was steering at full-throttle at the time of the…