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WVU defense finding it difficult to prepare for Coastal Carolina

MORGANTOWN — Coastal Carolina will look a lot different from last year, or even in the years past. The Chanticleers fired head coach Tim Beck and hired Missouri State head coach Ryan Beard. Beard is one of the youngest coaches in college football and is known for taking Missouri State from the FCS to FBS and then to a bowl game in its first year. Now, at Coastal Carolina, like most new coaches in this era of college football, Beard has a big rebuild on his hands. A bunch of players transferred out, a few stayed and a lot transferred in. It’s going to be a new roster to go along ...

Pirates use six relievers to two-hit the Giants in a 5-2 victory

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Six relievers combined on a two-hitter to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-2 win over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday afternoon. Rookie Khristian Curtis (1-0) earned the victory by working three-plus innings. The 24-year-old right-hander gave up the first two runs ...

Pirates rookie Konnor Griffin eyes return from 60-day IL

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Konnor Griffin is ready to get back to work. The Pittsburgh Pirates rookie shortstop said Thursday that he feels good and is hopeful of being activated off the 60-day injured list today when Pittsburgh opens a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels. The ...

Devers helps Giants outlast Pirates in 10 innings

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rafael Devers continued his hot hitting with his 32nd home run of the season and the San Francisco Giants scored twice in the 10th inning to defeat Pittsburgh 5-4 on Wednesday night, ending the Pirates' four-game winning streak. Devers had a solo shot with one out in the ...

Blue Jays rout Guardians 11-0 to tighten AL wild-card race

CLEVELAND (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a three-run homer and had a season-high five RBIs, Dylan Cease scattered four hits over six innings and the Toronto Blue Jays routed the Cleveland Guardians 11-0 on Wednesday night. The Guardians remain in the third American League wild-card ...

New-look Ohio State offense readies for opener

COLUMBUS – One of the big questions in the weeks leading up to Ohio State's football season opener against Ball State on Saturday is what the Buckeyes' offense might look like under the direction of new offensive coordinator Arthur Smith. OSU coach Ryan Day shared a few thought about that subject at his weekly press conference on Tuesday, “It's an equal distribution of run and pass. In terms of putting together an offensive game plan the skill guys and the offensive line both speak very, very highly of him,” Day said about Smith. “I think it is pretty well documented ...