The Kingsford Greens successfully defended their American Legion state baseball title in Class A, defeating Breckenridge 11-1 in six innings Sunday in Adrian. The Greens on Saturday had defeated Breckenridge 8-5 to force Sunday’s winner-take-all championship game. Kingsford’s Andres ...
Kingsford narrowly missed qualifying for the quarterfinals of the Michigan Little League Majors (ages 10-12) state tournament in Tecumseh, falling 7-5 to West Branch on Saturday and 10-7 to South Portage on Sunday. Kingsford had opened the tournament with a 3-2 win over Mattawan on Friday. Mattawan and West Branch both advanced to the quarterfinals with 2-1 records in pool play. South Portage and Kingsford were eliminated at 1-2. Negaunee went 2-1 in its pool and was scheduled to face Mattawan in the quarterfinals at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time today. Mattawan defeated West Branch 7-4 ...
DETROIT (AP) — Michael Massey hit a go-ahead, two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning and the Kansas City Royals held on to beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Sunday. The Royals led 3-0 through four innings, fell behind after giving up four runs in the fifth before going back ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tomoyuki Sugano picked up his 10th win and Kyle Karros and TJ Rumfield each had two hits as the Colorado Rockies capitalized on a fast start to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 on Friday. Sugano (10-4) struck out five over 5 1/3 innings and allowed two runs on a pair of ...
The Kingsford Greens American Legion baseball team is battling through the loser’s bracket at the Michigan Class A state tournament in Adrian. The Greens, who are the defending state champions, dropped their Thursday opener 5-2 to North Branch. Two wins on Friday advanced the Greens to an elimination game at 10 a.m. Eastern time today. A victory in that game would put the Greens into the championship round at 1:30 p.m. today, with a win also needed at 1:30 p.m. Sunday to claim the state title. The Greens’ games will be broadcast live on WZNL-FM (94.3 The Breeze). On Friday, ...
Kingsford won its opening game Friday in the Michigan Little League Majors (ages 10-12) baseball tournament in Tecumseh, defeating Mattawan 3-2. The tournament includes four four-team pools with the top two teams from each pool advancing to an eight-team single-elimination tournament beginning Monday. Kingsford is scheduled to play West Branch at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time today and South Portage at 1 p.m. Sunday to wrap up pool play. West Branch defeated South Portage 3-1 on Friday.
