Mark Ellis hit a grand slam with two outs in the 12th inning Sunday, giving the Oakland Athletics a 7-3 victory that snapped the Los Angeles Angels' season-best seven-game winning streak. ...more

June 9, 2008

Pasco thought it had enough highlights to win the decisive Game 3 of the Class 4A-Region 3 baseball final series at Palatka, but too many lowlights gave Palatka (24-9) a 9-6 win and its first berth in the state tourney since 1986. ...more

May 11, 2008

AVON PARK — A move up in talent and experience may spook some kids, but to Stephen Flowers, it's still just baseball. Flowers went 2 for 2 with a walk and two RBI, while Colton Brock and Lane Crosson combined to hurl a no-hitter to lead Travis Crosson Tree Service to a 11-2 five-inning win over Zeno's Pizza in Dixie Boys (ages 13-14) at Durrah Martin Recreational Complex on Monday. ...more

May 6, 2008

4A-8 BASEBALL Nature Coast hangs close, but eighth-ranked Pirates triumph in 4A-8 title game once again, 3-1.   ...more

April 28, 2008

WAUCHULA — Dillan Runner threw six strong innings and the Avon Park baseball team's bats came alive on Friday night as the Red Devils opened up district play with a 13-7 victory over Hardee. Runner hardly broke a sweat to pick up the team's first Class 4A-District 10 win of the season: He threw just 69 pitches in six innings of work and allowed just three runs, mixing locations and pitches to keep the Wildcats off-balance all night. "Dillan pitched one heck of a game," said Avon Park coach Mort Jackson. "It was one of the best-pitched games I've seen him throw — he was throwing every pitch for a strike and mixing up his curveball, fastball, change-up and splitter very effectively." The Red Devils (3-2, 1-0), meanwhile, hammered 13 hits, and were led by Kyle Jackson, who went 3 for 5 with a double and four RBI, Logan Hunter, who finished with two hits and two RBI, and Corey Topa, who added two hits. ...more

February 23, 2008

More than 16 years later, Rodney McCray still is not tired of talking about the night he literally ran through a wall for his team. ...more

December 11, 2007

Not long ago, former pro-baseball hopeful Aaron McClain Jr. insisted he would not involve himself in a sport he could not play at the highest level. ...more

November 14, 2007

From the brink of elimination and the depths of a yearlong slump, J.D. Drew helped the Boston Red Sox force a Game 7. ...more

October 21, 2007