CINCINNATI (AP) — Isaac Collins belted a three-run homer, and Jackson Chourio and Daz Cameron each hit two-run shots as the Milwaukee Brewers won their 12th consecutive series against the Cincinnati Reds with a 9-1 victory. Reds starter Andrew Abbott posted a 0.55 ERA in May, but the Brewers handed him his first loss of the season. DL Hall opened for the Brewers and allowed one hit in three innings. Quinn Priester allowed one run in five innings and earned the victory for Milwaukee. The Reds had the bases loaded with one out in the third but didn’t score.
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Jeffers hit a solo shot in the first inning and an RBI single in the ninth, Harrison Bader added a two-run homer and Minnesota Twins extended the Athletics’s losing streak to nine games with a 6-1 win . The A’s have one win in the last 21 games, matching the worst 21-game stretch in franchise history, most recently in 1943. Trevor Larnach hit a single up the middle and, after a fielder error by Denzel Clarke, Jeffers scored from first base and Larnach advanced to second. Willi Castro added an RBI single to make it 5-1 in the eighth. Zebby Matthews (1-1) pitched five innings and allowed a run on four hits with three walks. Jacob Wilson hit an RBI double in the fifth.
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Minnesota Twins right-hander Pablo López is expected to be sidelined 8 to 12 weeks because of a strained shoulder. The Twins said Wednesday that López has a Grade 2 strain of the teres major muscle. Lopez was the winning pitcher Tuesday night in a 10-3 victory over the Athletics, allowing two runs on four hits in five innings before leaving because of the shoulder problem. The 29-year-old from Venezuela is 5-3 with a 2.82 ERA in 11 starts this season.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Reese Atwood hit a go-ahead, two-run single for Texas when Texas Tech ace NiJaree Canady was trying to walk her intentionally in the sixth inning, and the Longhorns beat the Red Raiders 2-1 in Game 1 of the Women’s College World Series finals. Teagan Kavan pitched a three-hitter for Texas, which can secure its first national title with a victory in Game 2 on Thursday night. Texas Tech would have to win two straight to claim its first championship in its first WCWS appearance. The Red Raiders scored with the help of an obstruction call in the fifth inning.
HS Baseball Regional Semifinal
Spooner 3, Cumberland 2
HS Baseball Regional Final
Barron 7, Cameron 0
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Rice Lake vs Lakeland
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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Leon Draisaitl scored on the power play in overtime, Stuart Skinner made 29 saves and the Edmonton Oilers erased a multigoal deficit to beat the defending champion Florida Panthers 4-3 in Game 1 of their Stanley Cup Final rematch. After Tomas Nosek’s penalty for putting the puck over the glass, Draisaitl’s goal 19:29 into OT sent the home fans into a frenzy and made sure the Oilers would not start this series the way they did a year ago, when they fell behind three games to none.