OAKLAND, Calif. — Two of the American League’s top teams have struggling closers who are accustomed to being among the best in baseball. Joe Nathan held on through another rocky ninth inning for his 13th save a day after blowing one, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 5-4 on Thursday for a split of the four-game series...

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore – The defending state champion Henley Hornets baseball team has seen it all before. Unfazed by the rush of playoff baseball, Tim Cleland’s experienced Henley squad breezed by Cottage Grove in the first round of the OSAA 4A baseball tournament, winning 10-0. After a late inning pitching change surrendered a 3...

Henley did well in the first round of the yesterday. Henley’s baseball team shut out Cottage Grove 10-0, Henley softball shut out Douglas 5-0. Mazama baseball fell to Sisters 3-2, Mazama’s softball team beat the number one seed, Mazama 3, Yamhill-Carlton 0. Bonanza beat Knappa 6-3. Now Mazama softball will face Banks on Friday,...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) announced its 2014 NAIA All-Region squads recently that included seniors Shauna Collins (Roseburg, Ore.), Danielle Sayres (Milwaukie, Ore.) and Cassidy Olson (Anderson, Calif.), along with junior catcher Tori Weatherford (Mt. Shasta, Calif.) Collins, a four-year starting shortstop for Tech, earned her third-straight NFCA award, while Sayres, Olson...

SEATTLE — Even in the middle of his best outing this season and coming within one out of his first complete game since August 2012, Felix Hernandez took notice of the stadium radar gun flashing numbers in the mid-90s when his fastball cracked the glove.   “I’ve still got it,” Seattle’s ace said with a sly...

OAKLAND, Calif. — After being shut down by Anibal Sanchez all night, the Oakland Athleticswere happy finally to get a chance at Detroit’s bullpen in the ninth.   Josh Donaldson hit a game-ending three-run homer off Joe Nathan with one out in the ninth and Scott Kazmir pitched his first complete game in nearly eight years to help the A’s rally for...

SAN FRANCISCO — Bruce Bochy remembered stressing out while watching Tim Lincecumlabor through the final innings of his 148-pitch no-hitter at San Diego last July. The Giants manager said there was “no chance” of stretching out his starter again Wednesday, even after Lincecum logged five hitless innings. Not with a blister forming on the tip...

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore – In the first round of the OSAA 4A state softball tournament, Henley and Mazama both earned victories to advance to the quarterfinals. Henley, the bracket’s 4th seed, hosted Douglas. The Lady Hornets shut out Trojan hitters, winning by a score of 5-0. The win reversed losses from the previous week...

GULF SHORES, Ala. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced that 233 men and 337 women track and field student-athletes have been named 2014 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes including Oregon Tech’s Scott Minor, a senior from Hyampto, California, along with Sara Howard, a senior from Colfax, California and Rachel Botsford, a junior from...

SAN FRANCISCO — After a broken right ankle with Atlanta last year threatened to end his career, Tim Hudson has emerged as one of baseball’s best and most surprising offseason additions. Hudson turned in another vintage performance to start this season, tossing seven innings to lead the San Francisco Giants past the Chicago Cubs 4-0 on Tuesday night. “I couldn’t...