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Olin hits hole-in-one
BELOIT -- Daniel Olin of Salem hit his first hole-in-one Sunday at Westville Lake Country Club.
He used a 7-iron to ace the 160-yard third hole.
Witnesses were Rod Hughes, Bill Hardy and Dave Roth, all of Salem.
It was the second ace at the course this year.
United tops Chester
HANOVERTON -- United defeated Chester 3-2 in senior baseball action Sunday at United High School.
Brian Six led Chester with two hits. Dave Smith went the distance scattering six hits.
Chester falls to 4-5 and plays Youngstown at the Boardman Field of Dreams at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Athletics hit eight homers
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Lawrence Butler hit three home runs, Brent Rooker and Seth Brown each had two homers, and the Oakland Athletics routed the first-placed Philadelphia Phillies 18-3 on Sunday.
Butler had six RBIs. Rooker tied his career high with five RBIs for Oakland, which entered with the fourth-fewest wins in baseball and trailing Seattle by 16 games in the AL West. The Athletics' eight home runs were estimated at a combined 3,340 feet.
"It sounds like the distance back to Oakland," manager Mark Kotsay said. "They hit the ball hard today. There weren't really any cheap home runs."
Zack Gelof hit a grand slam off Phillies catcher Garrett Stubbs in the ninth inning.
Jones starred for Ravens
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Former NFL receiver Jacoby Jones, whose 108-yard kickoff return in 2013 remains the longest touchdown in Super Bowl history, has died. He was 40.
The Houston Texans, Jones' team for the first five seasons of his career, announced his death on Sunday. In a statement released by the NFL Players Association, his family said he died at his home in New Orleans. A cause of death was not given.
Jones played from 2007-15 for the Texans, Baltimore Ravens, San Diego Chargers and Pittsburgh Steelers, and he made several huge plays for the Ravens during their most recent Super Bowl title season.
Jones was a key part of Baltimore's "Mile High Miracle" in a playoff game at Denver in January 2013. He caught a 70-yard touchdown pass with 31 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter to tie the score. The Ravens eventually won in double overtime.
In the Super Bowl that postseason against San Francisco, Jones caught a 56-yard TD pass from eventual game MVP Joe Flacco. Then he raced 108 yards to the end zone to open the second half and give Baltimore a 28-6 lead. The Ravens held on for a 34-31 victory.
That Super Bowl was played in New Orleans, where Jones grew up.
"My favorite football play was when Jacoby was talking to his mom in the end zone, just before a late-game kickoff return against the Vikings in a snowstorm shootout. Jacoby then raced to catch the ball and run it back for a touchdown," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said in a statement. "My favorite Jacoby personal moment was every time I saw his smiling face full of joy."
Jones made The Associated Press All-Pro team as a kick returner for the 2012 season. Shortly after that, he appeared on "Dancing with the Stars."
"Jacoby was one of the most fun-loving teammates and people I've ever been around," former Texans pass-rushing star J.J. Watt said on social media. "Always dancing and laughing, with a permanent smile on his face. Gone far, far too soon."
In April, Jones became coach of the Beaumont Renegades, an arena football team in Texas.
"What can be said about him as a football player is only scratching the surface of who he was as a man," the Renegades said in a statement. "When you needed something, he was there. When you called him, he answered. Didn't matter if you were a family member, a close friend, player he coached, etc."
AP Sports Writer Kristie Rieken in Houston contributed to this report.