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Detroit 6, Pittsburgh 0: Justin Verlander just misses no-hitter, but shuts out Pirates

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by Anthony Fenech

One hit.

There wasn’t a cloud in the sky on Friday evening in Detroit.

And there were no diving stops on the field below, no controversial calls and at the end of the game, there was only one thing on the Comerica Park scoreboard:

A hit.

Tigers’ right-hander Justin Verlander nearly recorded his third career no-hitter, blanking the Pittsburgh Pirates with 1...

Frankenmuth sweeps Birch Run 5-2, 7-1 in girls softball double header

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by Jessica Kuhlman

Game 1: Frankenmuth 5, Birch Run 2

Game 2: Frankenmuth 7, Birch Run 1

Addie Loftus pitched seven innings and struck out five to lead Frankenmuth in game one.

Rae Zink hit two doubles and had four RBI's for Frankenmuth.

Frankenmuth's Lizzie Friend had two hits and Jamie Hawkins had one double.

Frankenmuth's Cassidy Bender pitched ten innings in game two an...

Bay City Western wins Division 1 boys track and field regional title at home

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by Kyle Austin

AUBURN -- Bay City Western held a sizable point lead before the running events even started, and finished with a record-setting performance to clinch a boys track and field regional title Friday at home.

Buoyed by wins in three field events, the Warriors took the team regional title after tying with Traverse City Central last year.

"You've got to score big, and...

Saginaw Nouvel fights to the finish for Division 4 girls tennis regional crown

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by Lee Thompson

MIDLAND, MI -- Being tournament-tested was a huge help for Saginaw Nouvel right from the start.

And it was a big benefit right to the finish.

Showing the strength of stamina in a day-long battle with Frankenmuth, Nouvel stood tallest at the end to win its fourth Division 4 girls tennis regional championship in five years. The Panthers scored 27 points to edge ...

Loons Win Heated Game Three; Great Lakes win 2nd straight Mitten Series

by Alex Wassel

MIDLAND, MI - In the heated finale of Great Lakes' three-game series against the Whitecaps, the Loons won 3-2 Friday morning on School Kids Day at Dow Diamond, which hosted 5,130 young fans.

The Loons led off the third inning with two strong singles from Scott Schebler and Delvis Morales, followed by a well-executed bunt single from James Baldwin up the third-base line to load t...

Frankenmuth sweeps Birch Run in baseball

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by Shawn Liverance

Game 1: Frankenmuth 6, Birch Run 5

Game 2: Frankenmuth 12, Birch Run 2

Frankenmuth won the opener despite only having one hit.

Nine walks helped Frankenmuth which scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to win the opener.

Zack Robinson's RBI groundout scored the tying run for Frankenmuth and a throwing error on the play plated the winning run.

...

Huskies 4th, Lancers 7th at tennis regional

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ESSEXVILLE -- Saginaw Nouvel and Frankenmuth took first and second Friday at the Division 4 tennis regional at the Midland Community Tennis Center.

Both teams now head to the state meet on June 1-2 at Holland. Hemlock came in fourth with 14 while Bullock Creek took seventh with five points.

"Our girls played some of their best matches of the season, but we were too inexp...

Bullock Creek baseball splits with Swan Valley

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SHIELDS -- Bullock Creek suffered its first Tri-Valley Conference Central baseball loss of the season on Friday, splitting with host Swan Valley.

The Lancers won the opener 4-0 behind a one-hitter by Keegan Akin, who struck out 15. The Vikings pulled out an 11-9 victory in nine innings in the nightcap.

Akin didn't allow a hit until the seventh inning to improve to 7-0.

St...

Dow High, Midland High send several athletes to state finals

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AUBURN -- Dow High and Midland High were well represented Friday in the Division 1 regional track and field meet at Bay City Western.

For Dow, Kali Dent came home with a first and a second place; while for the Chemics, Jen Jarema, Lukas Smillie and the Chemics' boys' 400 relay team of Travis Keel/Avery Chatman/David Walter/Travis Patten all placed first.

All first- and se...

Freeland, Hemlock softball teams split doubleheader

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by Joe Liefbroer

Game 1: Freeland 9, Hemlock 8

Game 2: Hemlock 13, Freeland 0

Freeland's Ashley Youngstrom had four hits and teammate Marissa Kain added three more as Freeland pulled out the one run victory in game 1. Emma Erickson had a four hit game for Hemlock.

In game 2 Hemlock's Eryn Lee pitched a complete game shutout allowing six hits and striking out five batters. He...

Saginaw Swan Valley softball team splits doubleheader with Midland Bullock Creek

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by Tim Wing

Game 1: Swan Valley 6, Bullock Creek 5

Game 2: Bullock Creek 7, Swan Valley 6

Swan Valley's Reegan Flattery drove in three runs on six hits, including a home run. Paige Churchfield drove in two runs with a home run in Game 1. Hannah Meatte had three hits.

"I thought we hit the ball fairly well," Swan Valley coach Tom Kennelly said. "In the second game we hit the b...

Heritage boys track has three individual champions at Bay City Western regional

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by Kyle Austin

AUBURN -- Two of Heritage's three individual regional

champions cruised past the pack and across the finish line well ahead of their competition.

But it was the third that drew some of the most excitement from

the Heritage crowd Friday night at the Division 1 track

regional at Bay City Western.

Senior David Jensen approached the finish line of the 800-

meter...

Surging Midland Chemics sweep Dow Chargers in softball

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by Fred Kelly

Midland High's softball team may have been a little shorthanded Thursday, but the Chemics weren't short on offense.

Even with leadoff hitter Kaely Simmons and No. 9 hitter Laura Henrich out of the lineup with injuries, Midland pounded out 22 hits in sweeping visiting Dow High 11-7 and 11-1 in five innings in Saginaw Valley League action.

The Chemics, who hav...

Midland Chemics sweep Dow Chargers, clinch share of SVL baseball title

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by John Kennett

While the weather was beautiful, the play on the baseball field was far from perfect for Dow High and Midland High on Thursday.

The Chemics, however, took advantage of plenty of Dow mistakes to sweep an 8-2, 13-3 Saginaw Valley League doubleheader from the host Chargers.

"In a lot of ways, it was an ugly doubleheader," said Chemics' coach Eric Albright. "M...

No. 8 Dow High wins fourth straight regional tennis title

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Coach Garrett Turner’s eighth-ranked Dow High tennis team won five flight titles and reached the finals of every flight on Thursday to win its fourth straight Division 1 regional championship at the Midland Community Tennis Center.

The Chargers scored 29 points and Grand Blanc finished second out of 10 teams with 19 as both teams advanced to the Division 1 state finals ...

Michigan Interscholastic Golf Coaches Association Rankings 5-18

Michigan Interscholastic Golf Coaches Association Rankings 5-18

Division 1

1. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central

2. Muskegon Mona Shores

3. Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice

4. Traverse City West

5. Battle Creek Lakeview

6. Detroit Catholic Central

7. Plymouth

8. Grand Blanc

9. Pinckney

10. North Farmington

11. Grosse Pointe South

12. Rochester Adams

Division 2

1. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood

2. Grand Ra...

Bullock Creek Lancers fall in soccer to Ovid-Elsie

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ELSIE -- Ovid-Elsie shut out Bullock Creek in a Tri-Valley Conference West soccer matchup Thursday, winning 6-0 over the visiting Lancers.

"The game was closer than the score showed it to be," said Creek coach Bob Linton. "We got down and it was tough to come back."

The Marauders got on the board 28 minutes into the first half, then added a second goal four minutes late...

Loons Washed Over by Whitecaps, 6-3; Great Lakes' Martin delivers a quality start for the Loons' tired arms

by Alex Wassel

MIDLAND, MI - The Great Lakes Loons sparked a rally in the seventh inning, but were unable to keep up with the visiting West Michigan Whitecaps Thursday night, who defeated the home team by the score of 6-3 at Dow Diamond in front of 3,832 Loons fans.

Down 2-0 with only two hits through six innings, the Loons bats came together in the seventh for three hits to start a late rally...

Breckenridge, Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary trade mercy-rule wins in baseball doubleheader split on Thursday

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by James Gensterblum

Game 1: Breckenridge 16, Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 1

Game 2: Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 10, Breckenridge 0

Breckenridge and Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary each beat the other by more than 10 runs en route to an unusual doubleheader split.

Nick Foor of Breckenridge hit two singles and a home run in Game 1, and Chase Siler added four h...

Saginaw Arthur Hill sweeps baseball doubleheader with rival Saginaw on Thursday

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by James Gensterblum

Game 1: Saginaw Arthur Hill 18, Saginaw 1

Game 2: Saginaw Arthur Hill 18, Saginaw 1

Devario Allen hit three singles and a double to lead Saginaw Arthur Hill, and Tyler Martin added a single and a double.

Raymond Cuevas and Tray Patterson picked up wins in the doubleheader for Arthur Hill.