COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — The South Carolina baseball team begins fall scrimmages this weekend at Founders Park. All three scrimmages are free and open to the public. Friday’s scrimmage is slated for 4 p.m. with Saturday’s set for 10:30 a.m. and Sunday’s at 1:30 p.m. ———– South Carolina won the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship in 2010 and 2011…
With professional football not working out, Tim Tebow is going to give baseball a try. The 2007 Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL first-round draft pick plans to hold a workout for Major League Baseball teams this month. Tebow last played organized baseball in high school. ESPN first reported the news. Agent Brodie Van Wagenen, the co-head of CAA Baseball,…
HOUSTON (AP) — Jonathan Lucroy hit two homers, Carlos Beltran had a tiebreaking single and three hits and the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 3-2 on Saturday night. The Rangers improved to 10-2 against the Astros this season and pulled 6 1/2 games ahead of Houston in the AL West. Beltran singled to left off Chris Devenski (0-3) in…
AUGUSTA, GA (Fireflies) — After dropping the first game of the doubleheader to Augusta on Tuesday night, the Fireflies bounced back and defeated the GreenJackets, 5-3, in the night cap. Starter Chase Ingram won his sixth game of the season – a team-high – and Enmanuel Zabala notched his eighth multi-hit game of the year in the victory. In the…
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (Fireflies) — Two of the biggest games of the season for the Lexington County Blowfish came tonight from Lexington County Baseball Stadium in a twin bill against the Forest City Owls but all the Fish could do is muster a split in the double dip. Game one featured a bit of everything and anything. Lexington County fell…
Toronto Blue Jays’ Devon Travis, left, congratulates teammate Justin Smoak on his solo home run against the San Diego Padres during the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) TORONTO (AP) — After Devon Travis came within a few feet of a game-winning home run, he found a different…
He entered the game with not just mere potential. From the day the Seattle Mariners made him the first pick in the 1987 MLB Draft, Ken Griffey Jr. was expected to be great. Twenty-two seasons, 630 home runs and a sea of accolades later, the kid dubbed “The Natural” delivered everything his skills and makeup promised. Born George Kenneth Griffey…
Tampa Bay Rays’ Steve Souza Jr. hugs Brad Miller, right, after Miller’s solo home run off Los Angeles Angels starter Nick Tropeano during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, July 4, 2016, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Solid starting pitching, timely hitting and some much-needed relief from a struggling bullpen. The…
BOSTON (AP) — The ball was bouncing around Fenway Park for the Red Sox. It even bounced out when they needed it. Brock Holt hit a two-run homer that hit the top of Boston’s bullpen and fell in, Sandy Leon had four hits with three of a season-high nine doubles, and the Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers 12-5 Monday….
GILBERT, S.C. (WOLO) — Click the video to watch the Gilbert Peach Festival honor players from Coastal’s national champion baseball team. Categories: Local Sports, Sports Tags: baseball, Carolina, Coastal, Gilbert Peack Festival
