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Westminster gets first tournament win
ANGOLA, Ind. -- East Liverpool High School graduate Madison Brown pitched Westminster to its first Div. III NCAA softball tournament win on Friday.
The Titan went all seven innings striking out one and walking none in a 2-1 win over University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Friday.
Westminster later was eliminated with a 7-2 loss to Mount Union. West Branch graduate Sydney Mercer had a hit and RBI in the that contest.
Mount Union had lost to Trine 2-0 in the early game on Friday.
The Purple Raiders will face Trine again at 11 a.m. on Saturday in the regional championship. Mount would have to defeat Trine twice to win the regional.
Dodgers acquire lefty Banda from Guardians
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers acquired pitcher Anthony Banda from the Cleveland Guardians for cash on Friday.
The 30-year-old left-hander has a 2.12 ERA with 25 strikeouts over 17 innings in 12 games for Triple-A Columbus this season.
Banda pitched in 10 games for the Washington Nationals last season, allowing five runs in seven innings.
He has spent part of seven seasons in the majors with Arizona, Tampa Bay, the New York Mets, Pittsburgh, Toronto, New York Yankees and the Nats. He is a combined 7-6 with a 5.69 ERA and 109 strikeouts in 118 2/3 innings.
Gun Song wins the Black-Eyed Susan
BALTIMORE (AP) -- John Velazquez has now won the Black-Eyed Susan a record five times.
It took him over a decade to secure victory No. 5, but when it happened, Gun Song made it look pretty easy down the stretch.
Velazquez rode Gun Song to a 3 1/4-length win Friday at Pimlico Race Course, taking the Black-Eyed Susan for the first time since 2012 with In Lingerie. He also won in 2005, 2003 and 1998.
Longshot Jeanne Marie showed early speed and was still challenging for the lead around the second turn, but after she finally weakened, nobody else provided much of a challenge for Gun Song toward the end of the 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-old fillies, which takes place the day before the Preakness Stakes.
"She's a horse that kind of waits, and I wanted to make sure to keep her mind running, and she actually opened up," Velazquez said. "I didn't know she was going to open up that much, but she did it nicely. I thought it was going to be a much faster pace, but it didn't show up."
Corposo and Call Another Play finished second and third, respectively.
There was no prohibitive favorite in the race, which was the 100th running of the Black-Eyed Susan. The morning line had Corposo (5-2) with the shortest odds, followed by Recharge (7-2), D. Wayne Lukas-trained Lemon Muffin (4-1) and Gun Song (9-2). By the time the race began, Gun Song was favored, followed by Corposo.