Articles filed under Baseball
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Baseball: Flynn pitches Oswego East past Downers Grove North into sectional finalMay 31, 2023 1:00 am - Patrick Flynn pitched in a howling wind his first playoff start, and in a steady drizzle his second on Wednesday. That's just fine with him. Oswego East's junk-balling s...
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Two months into season, White Sox still clanging instead of clickingMay 31, 2023 1:00 am - Pedro Grifol still insists the White Sox are preparing the right way and putting in the necessary work to become a team that rises above mediocrity. The first-year manag...
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Baseball: York, Batavia advance at South Elgin sectionalMay 31, 2023 1:00 am - Ryan Sloan's motivation to play baseball isn't difficult to figure out. Sloan, the York junior pitcher and Wake Forest recruit, simply "wants to make it." It, as in Majo...
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Sox's Moncada doing his best to change injury-prone imageMay 31, 2023 1:00 am - Yoan Moncada played in only 104 games last season, landing on the injured list three times with oblique and hamstring injuries. He also had hamstring issues in 2018-19 a...
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Baseball: Stevenson's 5-run first too much for Libertyville to overcomeMay 31, 2023 1:00 am - Stevenson's Michael Belbot has been the closer for the Patriots this season. On Wednesday, the senior made his first start of the season as Stevenson flipped their scri...
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Baseball: Lake Forest takes advantage of hot bats, Cary-Grove errorsMay 31, 2023 1:00 am - One by one, Cary-Grove coach Ryan Passaglia walked west to east down the left-field line and shook each of his players' hands. It was an emotional postgame ending to the...
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Baseball: Person, defense lead Burlington Central to sectional semifinal victory over LemontMay 31, 2023 1:00 am - It's not about who get the most hits. Lemont outhit Burlington Central 11-4. But the Rockets took advantage of some early defensive miscues to build an early lead and he...
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With Hendricks on mound, Cubs get best of Rays' aceMay 30, 2023 3:00 pm - This was a familiar story for the Cubs, just a slightly updated version. The Tampa Bay Rays sent left-hander Shane McClanahan to the mound Tuesday at Wrigley Field. He a...
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Pitcher-catcher combinations making a difference for CubsMay 30, 2023 2:00 pm - The last three starts by Marcus Stroman made it clear how catchers can make a difference. Tucker Barnhart caught Stroman's 1-hit shutout of Tampa Bay on Monday and his e...
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Cubs recall Wesneski to help struggling bullpenMay 30, 2023 1:00 pm - The Cubs recalled pitcher Hayden Wesneski before Tuesday's game and optioned Michael Rucker to Iowa. Wesneski was in the starting rotation earlier this season, but for n...