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LL Minors to hit the diamond in Gladstone

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Gladstone will host the Michigan District 10 Little League Minors (age 8-10) baseball tournament beginning today. Iron Mountain is scheduled to face Iron County at 5 p.m. Eastern time at Gladstone Sports Park, followed by Kingsford vs. Norway at 7 p.m. Escanaba and Gladstone square off at 5 p.m. Thursday and Tri-County (Trenary) will play the Iron Mountain-Iron County winner at 7 p.m. Thursday. Dates and game times are subject to change, depending on weather and other factors, organizers noted. The championship game is scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday at Howes Family Field and, if ...

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Djokovic, 39, in semifinals LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic was pushed to five sets by Felix Auger-Aliassime before the seven-time Wimbledon champion prevailed 7-6 (10), 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4) after more than five hours to set up a semifinal against defending champion Jannik ...

Gasser, Brewers take down Cards 10-2 for DH sweep

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Joey Ortiz homered, Robert Gasser pitched a career-high 7 2/3 innings and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-2 Tuesday night to complete a doubleheader sweep. Jacob Misiorowski struck out 11 in the first game of the split doubleheader, which was a ...

Skubal and Keith lead Tigers to a 6-2 victory

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DETROIT (AP) — Tarik Skubal struck out nine over five innings and Colt Keith hit a two-run homer to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 6-2 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday night. Skubal (5-4) struck out the side in the first inning for the second time in his career and left after 96 ...

Messi leads Argentina to 3-2 comeback victory

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ATLANTA (AP) — It was another World Cup epic from an Argentina team that simply doesn't know when it's beaten. Trailing 2-0 against Egypt with 11 minutes of regulation time to play on Tuesday, the defending champions rallied for an improbable 3-2 victory and a spot in the ...