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The Salem Lady Cats won a pair of games in the West Frankfort Softball Summer League winning their opener 7-3 over Waltonville. Lilly Blagoue was the winning pitcher and struck out 12. She also homere...

At the Salem Little League Complex last night in Junior League play, Salem Tire knocked off Elks 13-5. Colten Starnes was the winning pitcher going 4.2 allowing 5 hits and 3 earned runs. Starnes, Zane...

The SC Storm 14u improved to 8-4-1 on the season when they traveled to Mascoutah to play their 16u and got a pair of wins. In the opener, SC won 10-9. Lauren Johnson got the win with Ella Watwood pitc...

In Salem Recreation/Marion County YMCA men's softball it was Eliminators over Misfits 20-5 and they beat Odd Fellows 19-13. In the opening game, Misfits earned a forfeit win over B&J Loggers.

CHICAGO (AP) - Manny Machado lined a single for his 1,500th hit and hit a two-run homer in a four-RBI night to help the San Diego Padres beat the reeling Chicago Cubs 19-5. Machado was one of five Pad...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Bryan Reynolds hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the seventh inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates ended a nine-game skid, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4. Reynolds hit his 11th home...

DENVER (AP) - Andre Burakovsky scored 1:23 into overtime and the Colorado Avalanche opened the Stanley Cup Final with a 4-3 victory over the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning Wednesday n...

UNDATED (AP) - Tyler Anderson of the Los Angeles Dodgers lost his no-hit bid in the ninth inning, giving up a one-out triple to Shohei Ohtani in a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. Anderson thr...

UNDATED (AP) - A three-man umpiring crew worked the series finale between the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers after umpire David Rackley was ruled out due to health and safety protocols. Major League...

UNDATED (AP) - A source with direct knowledge of the agreement said the Houston Rockets are trading center Christian Wood, their leading scorer and rebounder this season, to the Dallas Mavericks in ex...