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Libb plays for Mount Union
WEST LAFAYETTE -- Mount Union won the 2025-26 Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Golf Championship after the final round at River Greens Golf Course on Sunday afternoon.
Mount Union freshman Jase Libb, a West Branch High School graduate, was the Purple Raiders' fifth golfer and finshed 20th in the 40 golfer field with a three-day total of 9-over-par 225. He shot rounds of 73-72-80.
The Purple Raiders finished with a team score of 871 (294-293-284), which was tied with Otterbein for first place but won the championship after winning the second playoff hole. Mount Union was third entering the final round and trailed by eight strokes before coming back to win their first team championship since 2011.
The Purple Raiders earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championship at Mission Resort and Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla., on May 12-15.
Guardians struggle
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Ryan Vilade had three hits and drove in two runs, including the go-ahead single in the eighth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays won their fifth straight by defeating the Cleveland Guardians 3-2 Monday night.
Daniel Schneemann had a two-run homer in the fifth inning and rookie Parker Messick struck out nine in 5 2/3 innings as the Guardians dropped their third in a row and fourth in five games.
Jonathan Aranda led off the eighth with a home run down the right-field line off Hunter Gaddis (0-1) and Junior Caminero singled. Pinch-runner Richie Palacios stole second and scored on Vilade's hit up the middle.
Vilade also had an RBI single in the sixth inning and is 11 for 20 in his last 10 games after starting the year hitless in his first six at-bats.
Tampa Bay's Steven Matz (4-1) allowed two runs and four hits in a season-high seven innings.
David Fry got aboard with a walk when his third strike on a full count was overturned by the Automated Ball-Strike system. Schneemann drove an elevated first-pitch slider into the left-center bleachers for a 2-0 lead.
The Guardians had runners on second and third with one out after pinch-hitter Kyle Manzardo's single and Chase DeLauter's double, but Bryan Baker struck out pinch-hitter George Valera and Schneemann for his seventh save.
Messick struck out six his first time through the order. The left-hander allowed only two hits through five innings, but Yandy Díaz led off the sixth with a walk, advanced on Aranda's grounder and scored on Vilade's hit.
Bazzana called up
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Travis Bazzana, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 amateur draft, will be called up by the Cleveland Guardians and could make his major-league debut during Tuesday night's game against the Tampa Bay Rays, a person familiar with the move told The Associated Press on Monday night.
The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the Guardians have not announced the roster move.
The 23-year-old second baseman is the top prospect in the Guardians' organization. He is batting .287 with two home runs and 10 RBIs in 24 games for Triple-A Columbus.
Juan Brito, who is expected to be sent down to make away for Bazzana, is batting only .176 in 15 games and has 17 strikeouts in 51 at-bats.
Brito was called up from Columbus on April 7 after Gabriel Arias was placed on the injured list due to a strained left hamstring.
Bazzana showed his potential during the recent World Baseball Classic, when he had two hits and a home run for Australia in its 3-0 win over Chinese Taipei.
Bazzana missed two months last season due to an oblique strain. He had a .239 batting average w