Local teams at Eastwood

NILES — Four area baseball teams will be playing at Eastwood Field today.

Lisbon takes on Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference leader United at 4:45 p.m., followed by Columbiana vs. Crestview.

Eastwood Field is the home of the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, who play in the MLB Draft League in the summer, and the Youngstown State University baseball team.

YSU Night in Cleveland

CLEVELAND — Youngstown State quarterback Beau Brungard will be throwing out the first pitch at tonight’s Cleveland Guardians game.

It is Youngstown State University Night with the YSU marching band performing the national anthem.

The Guardians are hosting the Baltimore Orioles. The starting pitcher for the Orioles is scheduled to be Chris Bassitt, who was a closer at the University of Akron.

Gates open at Progressive Field at 4:30 p.m. today. The first pitch will be at 6:10 p.m.

YSU Spring Football Game

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown State football team will play its annual Red-White Spring Football Game at 11 a.m. Saturday at Stambaugh Stadium.

Admission is free while parking is available in nearby YSU lots for $5. Seating will be in the west stands only.

The game will feature the offense (Red Team) vs. the defense (White Team) in a format that will include a variety of scrimmage-like situations.

The first half will include two 15-minute quarters with normal clock procedures. The second half will have a continuous 20-minute running clock.

Warmups will begin at 10:10 a.m. Saturday.

Boardman Invitational

BOARDMAN — Crestview and West Branch will be among the 11 teams competing in the Boardman Spartan Invitational on Saturday.

Action will get started at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Spartan Stadium, followed by the running events at 10:15 a.m.

Tigers prevail against Royals

DETROIT (AP) — Riley Greene doubled home two runs to tie the score with two outs in the ninth inning, and Colt Keith followed with the winning single as the streaking Detroit Tigers rallied past the Kansas City Royals 10-9 on Thursday in a wild game delayed twice by rain.

Dillon Dingler launched a two-run

homer and Greene finished with three hits for the Tigers, who squandered a five-run lead but recovered to win their sixth straight following a five-game skid.

Salvador Perez drove in four for the Royals, including a three-run homer to cap a six-run seventh that gave them an 8-6 lead. Vinnie Pasquantino also went deep, his first homer this season, and Bobby Witt Jr. had three hits and scored three times.

Kansas City has dropped four in a row, all by one run, and seven of nine.

After the start was pushed back 65 minutes due to rain, wet weather caused another delay that lasted 46 minutes in the seventh.

With the Tigers trailing 9-7 in the ninth, Gleyber Torres hit a leadoff single and reliever Lucas Erceg (0-1) walked Kevin McGonigle after a successful ABS challenge.

Two outs later, both runners scored when Greene doubled to right field on a full-count changeup. Keith then singled to right on a 1-0 changeup, sending Greene home with the winning run.

Connor Seabold (1-0) got four outs for the win, allowing just Pasquantino’s solo homer that made it 9-7 in the top of the ninth.