Poland Invite on Saturday

POLAND — The 29th Poland Invitational will be held Saturday at Poland High School.

Twenty-one schools are scheduled to compete, including Crestview, Salem, South Range, Springfield Local, West Branch and Valley Christian.

Action will start at 9 a.m. Saturday with the boys shot put and long jump and girls discus and high jump. The finals in the girls and boys 3200-meter run will be 9:15 a.m., followed by the rest of the running finals at 10:15 a.m.

Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets are sold at the home ticket gate.

Heartland edges Salem

SALEM — Heartland Christian got the best of Salem 3-2 in action on Friday at the Salem Racquet Club.

Salem hosts East Palestine on Monday.

FIRST SINGLES: Cooper Grim (HC) def. Avery Yerkey, 6-0, 6-0.

SECOND SINGLES: Jacob Vandecapele (HC) def. Bob Francisco, 6-3, 6-4.

THIRD SINGLES: Ryan Coy (HC) def. Ty Tonkinso, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.

FIRST DOUBLES: Max Hammers-Cole Devine (S) def. Keagan Pruitt-Capri Drokin, 6-0, 6-4.

SECOND DOUBLES: Elijah Fredette-Caleb Cutlip (S) def. Malley Norbo-Corinne Holm, 6-2, 6-0.

Guardians will play two

CLEVELAND (AP) — The series opener between the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Guardians was postponed by rain on Friday, setting up a day-night doubleheader between the clubs on Saturday.

With a light drizzle falling and the tarp covering the infield at Progressive Field, the game was called at 5:05 p.m. — more than two hours before the scheduled first pitch.

The teams will play a split doubleheader on Saturday with the first game starting at 1:10 p.m. The second game is scheduled to begin at 6:10 p.m. Fans will be cleared from the ballpark between games.

The opener will be Red Sox manager Alex Cora’s 1,000th career game with the franchise. He’ll be the fifth manager in team history to manage 1,000 games, joining Joe Cronin (2,007), Terry Francona (1,296), Pinky Higgins (1,119) and Bill Carrigan (1,003).

A fan of Pirates’ Pham

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Tommy Pham has been suspended one game and fined an undisclosed amount for inappropriate actions toward Los Angeles Angels fans during a game on Wednesday night.

Pham’s suspension was scheduled to be served in Friday night’s game at the Los Angeles Dodgers, but has been delayed because he has elected to appeal the punishment.

Pham reportedly made an obscene gesture to a fan who touched him while tracking down a ball in the left field corner in the fifth inning of a 3-0 win over the Angels.

The 12-year veteran is hitting .184 with six RBIs in 23 games during his first season with the Pirates.