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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Mavericks put on a show Monday for their final home game of the regular season. The Mavs beat the Swift Current 57’s 2-1 with a 10th inning, walkoff single from centre fielder Jeremy Freeman Jr. to win the last game at Athletic Park before the WCBL playoffs. Monday’s win gives the [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Mavericks scored in bunches Saturday night. A pair of eight-run innings with a ‘lowly’ seven run inning propelled the Mavs to a 24-4 win at Athletic Park over the Swift Current 57’s. The Mavs’ win is tied for the third-highest scoring game in the WCBL this season. It caps off a [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Knights of Columbus Knights couldn’t carry on with their recent success against the Havre Northstars. The Knights lost 10-4 Friday to the No. 1 seed Northstars in the second game of the Districts tournament held in Lewiston, Mnt. They beat Havre in three of four games in the regular season, including [...] Read More »

The Medicine Hat Mavericks took care of business Friday, with a pair of wins at Athletic Park. The Mavs beat the Regina Red Sox 3-0 in the first game and topped them 7-3 in the second game, reaching the 30 win mark with the pair of wins. The two wins against Regina give the Mavs [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Mavericks kicked off the second-half of the week in high fashion. The Mavs scored 17 runs on 21 hits Wednesday night for a 17-6 win at Moose Jaw over the Miller Express. The win opens up a stretch of five games in seven nights for the Mavs, with a game Thursday [...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (AP) — Katie Ledecky leads the Americans on Tuesday at the swimming world championships, where the United States is the gold-medal favorite in four of the five finals on Day 3. The Americans have one gold from the first two days of the meet, clearly slowed by what team officials call “acute gastroenteritis” picked [...] Read More »

Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase has been placed on non-disciplinary paid leave as part of a Major League Baseball investigation into sports betting. Clase, a three-time All-Star, becomes the second Guardians pitcher to be placed on leave in connection with a sports gambling probe. Luis Ortiz also is on non-disciplinary leave through Aug. 31. It [...] Read More »

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers hitting coach Al LeBoeuf has returned to the team after leaving earlier this month to have surgery for prostate cancer. LeBoeuf (leh-BUFF) is coaching in the majors for the first time this year. The Brewers named him lead hitting coach last October after he’d worked as a hitting coach in [...] Read More »

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Brooks Lee hit a two-run single off Jordan Hicks in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Minnesota Twins a 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox after a 90-minute rain delay Monday night. After Roman Anthony put Boston in front with an RBI single off Twins closer Jhoan Duran [...] Read More »

CLEVELAND (AP) — Tyler Freeman singled home the go-ahead run off Cade Smith as Colorado scored four times in the ninth inning, rallying the Rockies to an 8-6 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Monday night. Smith (2-4) moved into the closer role earlier in the day when Emmanuel Clase was placed on non-disciplinary paid [...] Read More »