MIAMI — Ronald Acuña Jr., Maikel Garcia and Luis Arraez hit run-scoring, two-out singles in a seventh-inning rally that led Venezuela over Italy 4-2 on Monday night and into its first World Baseball Classic championship game. Venezuela overcame a 2-0, fourth-inning deficit after rebounding ...

MIAMI — Criticized for their cool, American players head into the World Baseball Classic championship also appreciating opponents’ flamboyant flair. U.S. captain Aaron Judge’s controlled composure has filtered through the clubhouse ahead of Tuesday night’s final against Venezuela. ...

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia baseball is rolling. The Mountaineers have won five of their last seven games, and even in the losses, they had chances to win. WVU hasn’t lost any of its first five series to start the season, and is hot off a Big 12 series win over Baylor. After the series win ...

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Cleveland Guardians third baseman José Ramírez was feeling much better Monday after the seven-time All-Star left a spring training game the previous day because of a sore shoulder, according to manager Stephen Vogt. “We’re going to reassess him day by day. He should ...

COLUMBUS — A pair of Ohio Valley Athletic Conference female wrestlers brought home gold Sunday night during the fourth annual Ohio High School Athletic Association state tournament inside Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center on the campus of Ohio State University. ...

After earning the Big 12’s automatic berth, the 12th-ranked WVU women’s basketball team already knew it was in the NCAA tournament. The Mountaineers knew as of Saturday, they were going to officially host one of the 16 regionals. Still, there is just something about hearing it all become ...