Logan Webb's season couldn't have started out much better. Back at Richmond where he finished last season, the No. 5 Giants prospect went 1-2 with a 2.00 ERA and 31 strikeouts over 27 innings in five April starts. Then he was hit with an 80-game suspension after testing positive for a performance enhancing drug.

It was a tough first two months of the season for Bowie's Ryan McKenna on the stat sheet, though he knew he wasn't far away. The Orioles' No. 7 prospect was routinely getting good wood on the ball, but for one reason or another, things weren't falling in his favor as he hit .209 through April and May.

After faulting himself for allowing the Red Sox to come back on Monday night, José Abreu cashed in a redemption ticket on Wednesday afternoon. After seeing his team squander yet another late lead, the White Sox first baseman came to the plate in the top of the ninth with a runner on base and his team trailing by a run.

It looks as though turning the page on the A’s current slump will take more than a simple flip of the calendar. With the loss on Wednesday, the team dropped its season series against Boston, 4-3, after going 3-1 in the first series versus the World Series champs. It was the first time since 2016 that Oakland had dropped a season set to the Red Sox.

The kickoff to “Coach Umile Weekend” did not go as planned for the University of New Hampshire men’s hockey team. The Wildcats entered Friday night’s affair tied with weekend opponent Vermont in eighth place in the Hockey East (5-9-4, 14 points), but the Catamounts put a damper on the festivities, edging the hosts 2-1 at the Whittemore Center to gain a temporary upper hand in the jockeying for playoff position.

Non-profit organization puts kids with disabilities on the field. When Ryan Murdock rolled into the batter's box at Joseph Lalli Miracle Field on Saturday, it was impossible to miss the radiating smile as he readied his bright red bat. The 13-year-old roped a pitch to right and swiftly navigated his way around the bases, crossing home plate with a grin somehow brighter than it was when he approached the at-bat.

Seven innings were not enough and convention was thrown to the wind, so Dighton-Rehoboth coach Bill Cuthbertson laid down a daring sign. In a the midst of a heated pitching duel that spilled into extra innings, D-R found themselves with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 8th inning and one out.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Prior to Tuesday night’s tilt versus Brazil, Jurgen Klinsmann talked about looking at the friendly as an opportunity for his players to learn a thing or two. After walking off the pitch, defeated by a 4-1 margin, the United States were taken to school in a big way, being outworked in nearly every aspect of the game.

The Manchester Monarchs stuck another jewel in the crown of their outstanding season. Scoring once in each period of Wednesday’s game four at the XL Center, the Monarchs skated off with a 3-1 win over the Hartford Wolf Pack, sweeping the series and capturing their first American Hockey League Eastern Conference title in the process.

In his first season with the Blue Jays organization, Koby Clemens hasn’t hit with the same authority as he did as an Astros prospect. He is only 25 years old, but Koby Clemens has the look of a journeyman. “I’ve had a very blessed life,’’ said Clemens. “I’m enjoying every opportunity I get. I’m lucky to be where I’m at right now.’’.