“My name’s Alfred Delia. At home they call me Big Al, and I hit dingers.” That sentence, uttered during the qualifying rounds for the 2018 Little League World Series, turned Alfred Delia into an overnight superstar. Six years later, Big Al is not so big anymore. But he’s still hitting dingers as a star for […]
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — JP Sears navigated through trouble and carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning Thursday in the Oakland Athletics’ game against the World Series champion Texas Rangers. Sears faced nine batters with runners on base after issuing leadoff walks in the first, second and fifth innings. But the 28-year-old left-hander —
Game two of the best-of-three series is Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at the
AUSTIN, Texas – The top-ranked Oklahoma softball team opened its Big 12 series at No. 5/4 Texas with a 5-2 win in Austin on Friday evening, extending its w
JOPLIN, Mo. — A top-25 matchup in Joplin at Warren Turner Field took place Friday night. The number ninth-ranked Missouri Southern Lions and the number 19th-ranked Central Oklahoma Bronchos battled it out on the diamond. The Lions fell short of a comeback and dropped the series opener to UCO 7-5. MSSU is now 28-9 on []
ARLINGTON — Globe Life Field proved a playground for Astros hitters last year. Houston scored nine runs per game in the regular season at the Rangers ballpark and won all three games here in the ALCS. Friday evoked no memory of those eruptions. The teams’ first meeting of 2024 marked a total reversal. Texas starter Cody Bradford blanked the Astros until the eighth inning. The Rangers’ lineup offered a reminder of its own potency, chasing Hunter Brown after three innings and then piling on. Texas...
AUSTIN, Texas — It'd be pretty difficult to find anyone pitching better
NORMAN, Okla. — BYU softball dropped game one of its series at No. 1/2
Pregame festivities for the Guardians’ home opener were ceremonial and celestial
Pregame festivities for the Guardians' home opener were ceremonial and celestial. The first pitch for Monday's gave between Cleveland and the Chicago White Sox was upstaged by the solar eclipse, which briefly turned day into night at Progressive Field and made an annual rite of spring seem almost surreal. Two hours before making his home debut as Guardians manager, Stephen Vogt stood on the grass near the third-base line and gazed at the spectacle in the sky while wearing special solar-viewing...
Edward Cabrera struck out 10 over six innings in his season debut, but the Miami Marlins’ bullpen couldn’t keep the lead intact in a 4-3 loss to the San Francisco Giants on Monday to begin a three-game series at loanDepot park.
Shea Langeliers homered three times, including a go-ahead, two-run shot in the ninth inning to lift the Oakland Athletics over the Texas Rangers Tuesday night.