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 Joey Bart’s fielder’s choice on a hard ground ball in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Atlanta Braves 4-3 on Sunday to win two in a three-game series.  The Braves (19-21) failed to reach .500 for the first time this season after winning five of their previous seven games.  The Braves open a four-game […]

 Duke broke a 2-2 tie with five runs in the fifth inning in its 8-4 victory over No. 6  Clemson at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Sunday afternoon.  The Tigers conclude the regular season with a three-game series at Pittsburgh, beginning Thursday at 6 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.

The Tigers (44-12) were selected as the one seed in the Clemson Regional and are set to face USC Upstate (39-14) in their opening game of the double-elimination regional on Friday at 4:30 p.m. on ACC Network. The Kentucky Wildcats (29-26) will play Northwestern (29-18-1) as the number two and three seeds, respectfully, in the regional with first pitch slated […]

 Kyle Larson took most of the drama out of his second straight spring victory at Kansas Speedway on Sunday.After putting his No. 5 car on the pole for Hendrick Motorsports, Larson led 221 of 267 laps, winning both stages and cruising to his third NASCAR Cup Series win of the season. He was never challenged down the stretch by second-place […]

 Drake Baldwin hit an RBI single in the 11th inning to drive in automatic runner Ozzie Albies and give the Braves their fourth win in their last five games, 5-4 over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday night.  RHP Bryce Elder (2-1, 5.06 ERA) opens a three-game series for the Braves at Pittsburgh against LHP Bailey Falter (1-3, 5.06) on Friday.

The University of South Carolina baseball team fell to No. 8 Auburn, 24-2, Thursday night (May 8) at Plainsman Park.  Carolina and Auburn will play a doubleheader Friday afternoon (May 9) beginning at 2 p.m. EDT (1 p.m. CDT) due to the threat of rain on Saturday. The first game will be televised on SEC Network with game two streamed […]

Tom Wilson had a monster performance with a couple of blocked shots, an assist on the winning goal and the empty-netter that sealed a 3-1 Washington Capitol victory Thursday night. From Wilson down, the Capitals looked far more like themselves and showed they could skate with the Hurricanes and seize some opportunities needed to beat them.  Game 3 is 6 […]

 The Carolina Panthers released a popular hometown player on Thursday amid a series of roster moves.  The team confirmed that it cut veteran pass rusher Jadeveon Clowney, who starred at South Pointe High School in Rock Hill and then collegiately at the University of South Carolina.  The former Gamecock was the No. 1 pick in the 2014 draft and was […]

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 TJ Friedl hit two home runs and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3 on Wednesday night to snap a four-game losing streak despite losing right-hander Hunter Greene to a right groin injury after only three innings.  The four-game series ends Thursday night when Reds LHP Nick Lodolo (3-3, 3.27) faces Braves RHP Spencer Schwellenbach (1-3, 3.92). Schwellenbach has […]