YSU golf rallies to win Bulldog Invitational

March 13, 2015 at 12:02a.m.

Jacksonville, Fla.

The Youngstown State women’s golf team rallied from a four-shot deficit to edge Butler at the Bulldog Florida Invitational by one stroke as the tournament concluded on Thursday at the Windsor Parke Golf Course.

YSU finished with 630.

It marks the third tournament win of the season for the Penguins and first of the spring.

Leading the surge on the final day was Aislynn Merling who shot a 74 and finished second with a two-round 156.

Poland High graduate Allison Mitzel and Emily Rohanna each tied for sixth place.

Castiglione’s four hits lead Penguins to win

Orangeburg, S.C.

Junior Miranda Castiglione tied the YSU single-game hits mark, going 4-for-4 with four runs as the Youngstown State softball team defeated South Carolina State, 17-2.

The Penguins (6-9) cranked out 18 hits in the victory. Freshman Stevie Taylor (South Range) and Hannah Lucas each went 3-for-4, while Taylor drove in three runs and belted a home run.

Junior Katie Smallcomb and freshman Alexis Roach each tallied two hits.

Sophomore pitcher Caitlyn Minney struck out six and gave up just three hits to pick up the win.

QB Lewis returns, TE Cameron leaves

BEREA

The Browns were having quarterback issues the last time Thad Lewis played for them. Nothing’s changed.

Lewis, one of 22 quarterbacks to start for Cleveland’s franchise since 1999, signed a one-year deal with the team on Thursday. A career backup, Lewis started the 2012 season finale against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He’s been to Buffalo and Houston in the interim, and now comes back to a place where quarterbacks come and go on a regular basis.

But while the Browns brought back one former player, another of their unrestricted free agents left.

Former Pro Bowl tight end Jordan Cameron signed a two-year contract with the Miami Dolphins, who outbid Cleveland for the 27-year-old slowed last season by a concussion.

Indians rushing to complete renovation

CLEVELAND

The only objects being thrown inside Progressive Field right now are snowballs.

But although most of the ballpark’s infield remains buried from an unrelenting winter, the Indians are confident renovations at Progressive Field will be completed in time for the April 10 home opener.

The Indians’ home ballpark, built in 1994, has been remodeled this offseason with new tiered bullpens, open terraces, an expanded kids clubhouse and a two-story bar in the right-field corner that will likely be packed with frozen fans during chilly April and May home games.

Perez gets three hits as KC defeats Tribe

GOODYEAR, Ariz.

Salvador Perez got three hits and the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 10-5 Thursday.

Roberto Perez homered off Royals starter Danny Duffy. Carlos Santana hit a two-run homer off reliever Casey Coleman. Michael Bourn had two hits for Cleveland.

Indians starter Nick Maronde allowed a run and four hits in three innings.

Ortiz, Sandoval homer as Red Sox top Pirates

BRADENTON, Fla.

David Ortiz and Pablo Sandoval homered in the third inning off Pirates right-hander Ryan Beckman to erase a deficit and lift the Boston Red Sox over Pittsburgh 5-1 Thursday.

Pirates starter A.J. Burnett pitched 21/3 hitless innings but left two runners on base who scored on Ortiz’s three-run drive.

Burnett struck out two and walked three. Red Sox right-hander Clay Buchholz survived a rocky first inning that included two singles, a hit batter, a wild pitch, a wild pickoff, and a sacrifice fly.

Vindicator staff/wire reports