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Busch, Cubs overcome five-run deficit to beat Pirates, 7-6

CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Busch ended an 0-for-30 slide with a tying, two-run single in the eighth inning and Carson Kelly had a winning single in the ninth as the Chicago Cubs overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6 on Sunday. Brandon Lowe hit a grand slam and a solo homer off Jameson Taillon, and Oneil Cruz homered leading off the game for Pittsburgh, which led 5-0 before third-inning solo homers by Dansby Swanson and Moises Ballesteros against Bubba Chandler. Lowe’s fifth-inning homer boosted Pittsburgh’s lead to 6-2 but Chicago closed on Alex Bregman’s ...

Cole pitches Mountaineers to series win over Texas Tech

MORGANTOWN — After losing a tough series to UCF, No. 17 West Virginia baseball bounced back to beat Texas Tech in a three-game series by winning the rubber match on Sunday in Lubbock. The Mountaineers starter Chansen Cole allowed just two runs and pitched into the ninth inning to secure the third game of the series, 10-2, over the Red Raiders. WVU has won its ninth series on the year with the win. The Mountaineers are now 24-8 on the year and 10-5 in the Big 12. The Red Raiders fell to 20-15 and 6-9 in the conference, but did secure Game 2 over the top 25 squad on Saturday. In ...

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Former Pirate great Phil Garner, who managed Astros’ first WS team, dies at 76

HOUSTON (AP) — Phil Garner, a three-time All-Star infielder who went on to manage the Houston Astros to their first World Series appearance, has died. He was 76. Garner’s family issued a statement Sunday saying Garner died Saturday after a two-plus-year battle with pancreatic cancer. “Phil never lost his signature spark of life,” Garner’s son, Ty, said in a statement. “He was so well known for his love for baseball, which was with him until the end.” Nicknamed “Scrap Iron” for his blue-collar approach to the game, Garner had a 16-year playing career with the ...

WVU making progress for short-yardage situations, adding size, experience

MORGANTOWN — One of the lasting images to come from West Virginia football’s 4-8 season and Rich Rodriguez’s return was after the Arizona State game, where he showed a foot with his hands, saying they needed this much and couldn’t get it. Being physical and getting that extra ...

Mountaineers land highly recruited LB

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia started Friday morning, a week before the spring game, with a big-time recruitment. 3-star linebacker Broncs Baker announced his commitment to the Mountaineers on social media. Baker is a consensus 3-star, but is listed as a 4-star on some sites. Baker also received interest from Michigan, Virginia Tech, Boise State, Washington State and Oregon State, and was originally committed to Cal last September. The Tooele, Utah, native is listed at 6-foot-1 and 215 pounds. In his junior year, Baker had 66 total tackles, 10 tackles for loss and two sacks. Over ...