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Benge homers in big league debut as Mets beat Pirates

NEW YORK (AP) — In his fourth major league plate appearance, Carson Benge connected. And when he saw the ball sail over the right-field fence, the 23-year-old New York Mets rookie couldn’t help but shout and jump for joy as he rounded first base. “I kind of blacked out running around the bases. I don’t really remember too much,” Benge said. “I know I got it good off the bat.” Benge homered in his big league debut for his first career hit and was one of several Mets newcomers who played pivotal roles as New York pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-7 in its season ...

Big 10 Conference Honors

BRIDGEPORT — Buckhannon-Upshur’s Jerin Westfall has been named the Big 10 Conference’s Player of the Year. Westfall, a senior, helped lead the Bucs to a 16-8 record this year. Elkins High senior Landon Shreve was named to the first team, along with Bridgeport’s Anderson McDougal, ...

Tigers pound out 18 hits to defeat Irish

CLARKSBURG — Trent Stone had five RBIs to power Elkins to a 23-7 win over Notre Dame on Wednesday. The Tigers erupted for 16 runs in the fifth inning, with Stone hitting a two-run triple, Dyer Barger a two-run triple and an RBI single and Owen Stanley, Isaac Shepler, Caden Kreps, Brady Biller, Braden Cooper and James Linger RBI singles. Cooper earned the win in 2 1/3 innings of relief, going two runs on two hits, striking out two and walking two. Blayne Thompson and Stone also saw time on the hill. Elkins had 18 hits on the night as Shepler and Stone had three apiece. The ...

Brown powers Lady Bucs past Lady Colts

TENNERTON — Payton Brown had six RBIs as Buckhannon-Upshur blanked Philip Barbour, 16-0, Wednesday in Big 10 Conference action. Brown had bases-clearing doubles in each of the second and third innings. Kynnedy Marple, who drove in three on the day, added a two-run double and Maddie Tucker went 3 for 3 with two RBIs, including a run-producing triple for the Lady Bucs. Braylea Squires, Makenna Marsh and Becca Pastorius had two hits apiece and Zoey Burr and Tucker two RBIs each. Charity Talbott went all three innings to earn the win, allowing just one hit and fanning ...

WVU hoping Trickett can find the solution to improving the offensive line

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s offensive line coach, Rick Trickett, had dinner with one of the new young coaches on the staff, who was helping with the corners. The coach was getting chewed out. Trickett went onto YouTube and found a video of his former coaching partner, Nick Saban, coaching corners. Trickett sent it to the coach. The next morning, the coach wasn’t too happy and asked Trickett what he was getting at. “Well, you were getting your ass chewed out every day,” Trickett said to him. Trickett said the coach came back a couple of days later and apologized to him. ...

Skenes, Pirates open season today at Mets

NEW YORK (AP) — On the eve of opening day, Paul Skenes set forth lofty goals for the Pittsburgh Pirates. “We want to win the division. We want to make the playoffs. That’s it. How we do that, who knows?” the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner said Wednesday. “I don’t want to put a number of games out there because that’s just putting a ceiling on us. We’ve got to go out there and play well every day.” That pursuit begins Thursday, when Skenes pitches for the Pirates against Juan Soto, Bo Bichette and a revamped New York Mets lineup in a nationally televised opener ...