SPORTS digest

Scrappers fall, lose eighth straight series

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Triston McKenzie continued his strong start to the season as he tossed five innings of two hit baseball allowing just a single unearned run. However, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers offense was unable to get any runs on the board as they were shutout by the Staten Island Yankees 2-0 on Saturday night. The Scrappers have now lost all eight series played to start the season.

After McKenzie allowed just one hit through the first three innings, the Yankees would get on the board in the bottom of the fourth.

With one out, Luis Torrens drew a walk off of McKenzie. He would advance to second on a passed ball by catcher Logan Ice. Following a strikeout, Drew Bridges delivered a two out single to score Torrens for the 1-0 lead.

The Yankees would add another run in the bottom of the seventh inning. With one out, Timmy Robinson connected on a solo homerun off of Argenis Angulo to push the Yankees lead out to the final of 2-0.

Canfield drops opener at state

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Tallmadge defeated Canfield’s 11-12 Little League softball team in the opening game of the state tournament.

Mackenzie Koenig doubled and scored on an RBI single by Parker Wilkins.

Pirates’ Marte joins All-Star Game roster

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San Diego pitcher Drew Pomeranz and outfielders Starling Marte of Pittsburgh and Jay Bruce of Cincinnati have been added to the NL All-Star team as injury replacements.

Major League Baseball also announced Saturday that outfielders Marcell Ozuna of Miami and Carlos Gonzalez of Colorado will start for the NL. They were the highest-ranked NL outfielders on the ballots picked by players.

The changes came after outfielders Yoenis Cespedes of the Mets and Dexter Fowler of the Cubs were injured and unable to play Tuesday night in San Diego.

Marte made his first All-Star team. He is among the NL leaders in hitting, steals and outfield assists.

No cancer in biopsy of ex-Bills QB Jim Kelly

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Former Buffalo Bills quarterback and hall of famer Jim Kelly underwent a biopsy recently and preliminary results show no return of cancer. Kelly’s wife posted pictures on Instagram sharing the news. Kelly, who led the Bills to four consecutive Super Bowls in the 1990s, first announced he had cancer of the jaw in 2013.

James Harden signs extension with Rockets

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James Harden has signed a four-year, $118 million contract extension with the Houston Rockets.

He was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent after the 2017-18 season.

The move Saturday comes after a frustrating season for the Rockets, who were ousted by Golden State in the first round of the playoffs. They fired Kevin McHale after a 4-7 start, and interim coach J.B. Bickerstaff went 37-34 the rest of the way.

A year ago, Houston reached the Western Conference Finals and Harden finished second in MVP voting.

Defending champ snags yellow jersey

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Defending champion Chris Froome took his rivals by surprise with a daring downhill attack that earned him the race leader’s yellow jersey on the eighth stage of the Tour de France on Saturday.

Leading at the top of the final climb of the Tour’s second Pyrenean stage, a tough 184-kilometer ride from Pau to Bagneres-de-Luchon, he attacked when least expected on the grueling Col de Peyresourde.

“It surprised myself too, this was the first time in my career that I attacked in a downhill, I did not believe I was able to win like this,” said Froome, who used a left jab to push aside a fan running too close to him before his stunning descent.

Staff/wire report