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ATLANTA (AP) — Having become the first team to clinch a playoff berth, the Atlanta Braves looked ahead toward larger aims. “I wanted to congratulate t...

EAST SMETHPORT — Dormant for several years, the East Smethport ball field on Route 46 in Keating Township will soon host baseball once again thanks, i...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cody Bellinger had three hits and five RBIs, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-1 on Sunday. Nico Hoerner had three...

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Little Leaguers everywhere dream of a moment like this. Louis Lappe hit a walk-off homer and California beat Curacao 6-...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani already knew he had a career-altering tear in his elbow ligament when he roped a double to right in the fifth inn...

PITTSBURGH — Richie Palacios had a career-best three hits and drove in two runs, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4 on Wednes...

NEW YORK — In what amounted to a concession speech with the New York Yankees on the verge of their longest losing streak in a century, general manager...

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Coming back to the Little League World Series after losing last year’s title game, Curacao doesn’t just want to be good...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dallas Keuchel carried a perfect game into the seventh inning before allowing a double to Pittsburgh’s Bryan Reynolds, and Edouard ...

Bub Means isn’t afraid of change. At the start of his collegiate career in 2019, Means was a defensive back at the University of Tennessee who went by...

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT (AP) — California came into the Little League World Series looking like a contender on the American side of the bracket. But in the...

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Stella Weaver, the only girl playing in the Little League World Series this year, singled, scored a run and was hit by ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has rescheduled three Sunday games in California because of the forecast for Hurricane Hilary. The changes were ...

The franchise of Ruth and Gehrig, DiMaggio and Mantle, Jeter and Rivera is a pinstriped mess. The only recognizable thing about this storied club is t...

Aside from the Pirates’ youth movement, the team’s rotation depth — or lack thereof — has arguably been the theme of the season. Those issues have onl...

NEW YORK (AP) — DJ Stewart had his first multihomer game in two years on Wednesday, leading the New York Mets to an 8-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pi...

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT (AP) — Little League has been hosting its World Series in Williamsport since 1947, yet it will be welcoming a new guest when the to...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Giants star Joc Pederson is scared to fly. Outfielder Seth Brown of the Oakland Athletics, too. They are hardly the...

When the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Ke’Bryan Hayes and Bryan Reynolds to eight-year contracts, the expectation was for them to become franchise corners...

TORONTO (AP) — Former big league slugger José Bautista signed a one-day contract so he could retire with the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday, one day befo...