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Nationals swat Bucs

PITTSBURGH (AP) — CJ Abrams went 3 for 4 with a home run, a double and two RBIs as the Washington Nationals held off the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 on Tuesday night. Abrams hit a solo shot down the left-field line in the fourth inning to extend the Nationals’ lead to 4-1. He also hit the third of three consecutive RBI singles in the first inning, following Brady House and Daylen Lile, as Washington took a 3-0 lead. The shortstop is 9 for 17 in his last five games with three home runs and seven RBIs. Recalled from Triple-A Syracuse earlier in the day, left-hander Mitchell Parker ...

Lowe has Pirates riding a high

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes allowed one hit in six strong innings and Brandon Lowe homered for the third time in two games, driving in five runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates steamrolled the Washington Nationals 16-5 to begin a four-game series Monday night. Skenes (3-1) struck out six and walked one, throwing a career-high 32 changeups among his 88 pitches while improving to 7-1 in his last 11 home starts. The only run he gave up came on a first-inning homer by CJ Abrams. Lowe went 3 for 5 with a two-run single in the second and his sixth homer — a three-run shot in the Pirates’ ...

AROUND THE HORN

Cavs open Saturday CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers will open the NBA playoffs by hosting the Toronto Raptors at 1 p.m. Saturday. The Cavaliers (52-3) are the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference, while Toronto (46-36) is the fifth seed. The Raptors swep the season series 3-0 (by scores of 110-99, 126-113 and 112-101) But the Cavaliers have won 11 of their last 14 games and are 35-14 since Dec. 29. Saturday’s game will be televised on Prime Video. Leetonia seeks HOFers LEETONIA — The Leetonia Athletic Hall of Fame is now accepting nominations for the Class of ...

Fudd, Bueckers to team up in Dallas

NEW YORK — Azzi Fudd is on her way to Dallas as the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft with a $500,000 payday waiting for the former UConn star. “I’m not really sure I have words to describe that feeling what that meant,” Fudd said of getting drafted. “I don’t think it’s fully sunk in. It’s nothing I could have imagined. The feeling of sitting with my family, with Morgan (Valley), hearing your name called, go up there. Such a surreal feeling,” Fudd will pair again with former Huskies teammate Paige Bueckers, who was the Wings’ top pick last year. Bueckers — who along ...

Eagles hammer Indians

SALINEVILLE — United continued its assualt on the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference with 12-0 and 14-3 wins over Southern on Monday. In the first game, Callie Koons had four hits including two doubles with an RBI, while Chloe Angelo had four hits including a double, home run and two RBIs in the Eagle victory. Madison Aegerter, who had a double and two RBIs, was the winning pitcher with 14 strikeouts and two walks in five innings. Makenna Jones had a double for the Indians. Addison Anderenok was the losing pitcher with no strikeouts and three walks in five innings. In the second ...

Trump says he won’t apologize to Pope Leo

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump refused to apologize to Pope Leo XIV on Monday after criticizing the pontiff for his opposition to the war in Iran — and he sought to explain away a now-deleted social media post depicting himself as Jesus by saying he had thought the image was of him as a doctor. Trump was asked about his comments toward the U.S.-born head of the Catholic Church, as well as the post depicting himself as a saint-like healer, in a hastily called question-and-answer session with reporters at the White House. “He was very much against what I’m doing with ...