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CINCINNATI (AP) — Yandy Díaz homered on the third pitch of Levi Stoudt’s big league debut to spark a six-run first inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays routed the Cincinnati Reds 8-0 Wednesday to improve to a major league-best 16-3.

DETROIT (AP) — José Ramírez bounced back from one of the worst games of his career with a three-run homer in the sixth inning as the Cleveland Guardians beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Wednesday.

CONVOY — Carson Hunter allowed no hits while striking out six in five innings as Crestview defeated Bluffton 12-0 in baseball Tuesday.

Elida’s softball team has hit the ball very well in its last few games and that trend continued in a 15-5 win at Bath on Tuesday.

DETROIT — The Detroit Tigers are on a roll after starting the season in a rut.

Bill Lawrence, a long-time assistant coach at Kenton High School, is the new head football coach at Lima Senior.

CINCINNATI (AP) — TJ Friedl drove in four runs, and Cincinnati beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-1 on Monday night after Reds right-hander Hunter Greene departed with a leg injury.

BOSTON (AP) — Defending Boston Marathon champion Evans Chebet wasn’t focused on beating Eliud Kipchoge, the world record holder considered the greatest marathoner of all time.

COLUMBUS GROVE — It would be an understatement to say that 2003 was a good year for Columbus Grove sports.

COLUMBUS — If the progress Kyle McCord made toward winning the starting quarterback job during Ohio State’s spring football game on Saturday was charted on an imaginary football field, he began the game at the 50-yard line and finished it three or four yards closer to his goal.