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LOU HOLTZ TRIBUTE TICKETS ON SALE
EAST LIVERPOOL -- Tickets still remain for today’s ‘Tribute to Lou Holtz’ with special guests Urban Meyer and Skip Holtz set for 7 p.m. at the East Liverpool High School auditorium. Tickets can be purchased online or at the Upper Ohio Valley Museum and Learning Center at the Lou Holtz Hall of Fame. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. For more information call (330) 386-5443.
SPAGHETTI BOWL IS TODAY
LISBON -- Lisbon will host Leetonia in the annual Spaghetti Bowl at 7 p.m. today at War Memorial Stadium. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students. Gates open at 5:30 p.m.
WARRIORS FALL TO DUKES
BELOIT -- Marlington remained unbeaten with a 5-0 victory over West Branch on Wednesday. The Dukes swept all five varsity courts, with West Branch falling to 1-2 overall and 1-1 in the EBC.
FIRST SINGLES: Izzy Christian (M) def. Cailyn Brink (WB) 6-0, 6-2
SECOND SINGLES: Ember McCarty (M) def. Sydney Lane (WB) 6-3, 6-1
THIRD SINGLES: Victoria Byder (M) def. Addison Bloor (WB) 6-0, 6-1
FIRST DOUBLES: Lia Faith-Myla Christian (M) def. Leah Irey-Annabelle McGuire (WB) 6-2, 6-0
SECOND DOUBLES: Jackie Seaburn-Addy Christian (M) def. Sophia Hall-Lauren Sanor (WB) 6-2, 7-5
GUARDIANS FALL TO GIANTS
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Victor Bericoto had an RBI single, Matt Wilkinson worked two innings as an opener in his major league debut against the team that drafted the left-hander and the San Francisco Giants beat the Cleveland Guardians 1-0 on Wednesday night.
The 23-year-old Wilkinson allowed one hit a little more than three months after Cleveland’s 10th-round pick in the 2023 amateur draft was acquired from the AL wild card-chasing Guardians. He was the franchise’s first Canadian-born pitcher to make his big league debut as a starter since Tip O’Neill for the New York Gothams in 1883.
Wilkinson faced seven batters after being called up from Triple-A Sacramento, Adrian Houser (3-8) struck out three while allowing four hits and two walks in five innings and Dylan Smith had five strikeouts over the final two innings for his third save in San Francisco’s second 1-0 victory this season.
Rafael Devers scored from third with two outs in the fourth when Bericoto’s sharp grounder in the hole bounced away from diving shortstop Brayan Rocchio toward the left field line.
Willy Adames had three singles for the Giants, and Jung Hoo Lee added a single and a double.
Cleveland starter Parker Messick (9-8) tied his career high with 10 strikeouts while allowing six hits in 6 2/3 innings.
Angel Martínez and Angel Genao had two hits apiece for the Guardians, who were 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position and left eight runners on base.
PIRATES STOP TIGERS
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Brandon Lowe homered off Detroit closer Kenley Jansen with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 victory over the Tigers on Wednesday.
Rafael Flores Jr. homered twice for Pittsburgh, including a tying shot off Jansen (3-5) with one out in the ninth. Lowe followed two batters later with a towering shot to right field that clanged high off the foul pole.
The homer was the 27th this season for Lowe, the most in club history by a second baseman. It was the 83rd this year by the Pirates at PNC Park, the most at the venue since it opened in 2001.
Mason Montgomery (5-3) pitched a scoreless top of the ninth as the Pirates went 4-2 during a six-game homestand against Boston and Detroit.
CAVS TRADE FOR NUGGET GUARD
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Peyton Watson is heading from Denver to Cleveland as part of a four-team trade that will also have the Cavaliers sending Max Strus to the Los Angeles Clippers.
A person familiar with the trade said Wednesday night that Watson, a restricted free agent who spent his first four NBA seasons with the Nuggets, will sign a four-year contract with the Cavaliers worth $88 million that includes a player option and trade kicker.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade had not been announced.
Cleveland will send to Denver an unprotected 2031 first-round pick and a 2032 second-round selection from the Sacramento Kings that it got after making a trade in June’s NBA draft. The Nuggets will also acquire Julian Reese from Washington.
The Cavaliers are getting a 2027 second-round pick from the Clippers, but that will be sent to the Wizards.
The 23-year-old Watson started a career-high 40 games last season and averaged career bests in points (14.6), rebounds (4.9) and assists (2.1). He gives the Cavaliers the wing player they were looking for after LeBron James signed with Philadelphia instead of returning to Cleveland for a third stint.
Besides Watson, the Cavaliers were also looking at free agents DeMar DeRozan and Jonathan Kuminga.
Strus and Dean Wade were the primary starters at small forward last season. Wade signed with Philadelphia during free agency.
Strus missed the first 67 games last season due to a broken left foot, but had some big baskets and steals during the playoffs as Cleveland reached the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2018. The Cavaliers were swept in that series by the New York Knicks.
Cleveland laid the groundwork for a move last week when it traded Dennis Schroder to Charlotte for Tre Mann to gain salary cap space. Mann’s time in Cleveland won’t last long; he’s headed to Washington for Cam Whitmore.