Jack Johnson wasn’t shy about it after the game: sometimes, you have to win games you probably shouldn’t have in order to stay in the race. The Blue Jackets, on the shoulders of their rock-solid goaltender, weathered a late storm from the Minnesota Wild and picked up a huge 3-2 shootout win at the Xcel […]
Clippers Beat Indy in Home Opener
In the fifth home opener in Huntington Park history, the Clippers held on for a 7-6 victory over the Indianapolis Indians. Daisuke Matsuzaka started this game for the Clippers. He only lasted 2 1/3 innings, giving up three runs on three hits before leaving with an undisclosed injury. The Clippers offense came alive in the […]
Indians Beat White Sox 1-0
Nick Swisher stuck out his tongue, spread out his arms and soared up the first-base line as the Progressive Field crowd roared. His single into right field made the Indians walk-off winners Friday night, bringing a happy ending to a cold night. It was a prophetic base hit for the Tribe’s biggest free-agent signing of […]
Pirates Down Reds 6-5
The Reds staged a late-inning rally, but Andrew McCutchen snuffed out the comeback as he stroked a leadoff home run in the bottom of the seventh inning, lifting the Pirates to a 6-5 win on Friday night at PNC Park in front of 24,366 fans. “It’s not like he gave up the home run to […]
Knicks Beat Cavaliers 101-91
The NBA world righted itself Friday. One day after stumbling for the first time in 14 games, the New York Knicks won. And the Cavaliers, as has become so typical this season, lost in another listless outing, falling to the Knicks, 101-91, in front of 19,430 at The Q. With the victory, the Knicks have […]
Crew Travel to First Place Impact Saturday
Any Columbus Crew player will tell you, the team’s first half play against the Philadelphia Union in last week’s 1-1 draw was not acceptable. The Black & Gold will look to amend that this weekend as they travel to Montreal to face the first-place Impact. “We have to be sharper in the beginning, coming out […]
RV Sweeps Athletes of the Month for March
Fahey Bank has announced the March Athletes of the Month for 2013 are Abby Guinther and Raymond Raimo. Both students compete for River Valley High School. Abby Guinther is a repeat winner of the Fahey Bank Athlete of the Month Award. Abby scored her 1000th point for River Valley this basketball season. She led her […]
Clippers Beat Louisville 5-0
Columbus received a standout performance from their pitching staff as five hurlers combined on a four hit shutout of Louisville in a 5-0 win over the Bats. After three scoreless innings, Columbus got the offense going in the top of the fourth. Jeremy Hermida got the Clippers on the board with an RBI single to […]
Cardinals Blank Reds 10-0
It didn’t matter how many runs the Reds scored in the series opener vs. the Cardinals — that still counted as just one win. The team’s history at Busch Stadium indicated getting a series victory was no gimme. What began as a promising outing by starter Homer Bailey went askew as the Cardinals’ bats and […]
Pistons Down Cavaliers 111-104
The Cavaliers have made many mistakes on defense this season, but Tristan Thompson committed a season first that led to the Detroit Pistons’ 111-104 victory over the Cavaliers on Wednesday night at The Q. “I guess it’s my fault,” Thompson said after the Cavs lost their second straight to fall to 24-54. Kyrie Irving finished […]