After three games at their once all-but-impregnable fortress, the San Jose Earthquakes are still searching for their first victory of 2014. After three games on the road, the Columbus Crew are still unblemished by defeat. The Quakes and Crew continued their early-season trends Sunday, when Federico Higuain and Chris Wondolowski traded goals on either side […]
Clippers Beat Indians 10-9
A day after being ran out of Louisville in an eight-run loss the Columbus Clippers (3-7) marched into Victory Field Sunday and beat the two-time defending IL champion Indianapolis Indians (9-2) 10-9. The Indians came in tied for the best 10-game start in team history, but the Clippers made a bid to get out of […]
White Sox Beat Indians 4-3
Corey Kluber pitched efficiently and deep into the game despite two hours of rain delays. The Indians engineered a two-run comeback off White Sox closer Matt Lindstrom. John Axford entered the ninth with a one-run lead having gone 4-for-4 in save opportunities this season. In other words, thing were looking bright for the Tribe at […]
Reds Beat Rays 12-4
The Reds lineup found its way out of the barren wilderness it had been in of late, and the hitters could enjoy the moment on Sunday afternoon. It wasn’t just that the Reds put together some big hits and home runs for a 12-4 win over the Rays that avoided a three-game sweep. It was […]
U.S. Women Beat China 3-0
Carli Lloyd became the ninth player to reach the 50-goal milestone with a brace and the U.S. Women’s National Team defeated China PR 3-0 in front of 12,857 fans at Qualcomm Stadium. Sydney Leroux added to the scoring column with her 29th career tally within the first minute of the second half. Hope Solo made […]
White Sox Beat Indians 7-3 to Break Streak
The Indians came into Thursday’s game riding a 14-game winning streak against the White Sox dating back to last season, the longest active streak by one team against any opponent. Starter Danny Salazar flip flopped between brilliance and misfortune in his short outing, the latter ultimately leading to his demise and that of the Indians, […]
Cavaliers Beat Pistons 122-100, Eliminated from Playoffs
The score was frozen on the huge television screen in the Cavaliers locker room Wednesday night: Atlanta 105, Boston 97. How ironic that 30 minutes after playing one of their best, most complete games of the season in a 122-100 victory over the Detroit Pistons, the Cavs should learn that they’d been knocked out of […]
Bats Beat Clippers 4-1
The Clippers struck first making it a 1-0 lead in the fourth, but watched the Louisville Bats win 4-1 in grand fashion and earn a split in the first two games of the series. With Monday’s game rained out and no make-up announced game six of the season drops Columbus to 1-5 as the Bats […]
Indians Split Doubleheader with Padres
Trevor Bauer spun on the mound, pumped his right fist and then pounded his glove. The crowd at Progressive Field roared along with the Indians pitching prospect, who had just struck out Yasmani Grandal to escape a bases-loaded jam in the sixth inning on Wednesday. “I’m a competitor, so I was just kind of in […]
Reds Beat Cardinals 4-0
Until Wednesday, Billy Hamilton seemed like a high-performance sports car that hadn’t been taken out of the garage yet. Through the first stretch of games, Hamilton either rarely reached base safely or was hurt and unable to play. For quite a while after the 4-0 Reds win over the Cardinals, many will probably be talking […]