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Angels give up 9th-inning lead and lose to A’s in 10th
Kirby Yates gives up a game-tying homer in the ninth and the Angels lose, 5-4, in 10 innings, their 23rd defeat in the past 29 games. The Angels scored five…
Softball playoffs roundup: Mater Dei, Mission Viejo muscle to quarterfinal wins
OCVarsity's highlights from Orange County games in the quarterfinals of the CIF-SS softball playoffs Wednesday.
Whittier Christian softball dominates Bonita to reach Division 2 semifinals
Whittier Christian hits four home runs in the battle for a spot in the semifinals. The Heralds will be at St. Paul on Saturday.
As college football barrels toward a 24-team playoff, who’s paying for this, and how much?
The Big Ten is pushing to double the size of the CFP, but concerns remain about how much networks will pay for games involving less popular teams and a larger…
Orange County scores and player stats for Wednesday, May 20
Scores and stats from Orange County games on Wednesday, May 20
Dodgers’ Tommy Edman reaching final stages of recovery from ankle surgery
Edman has been taking batting practice with the team, fielding ground balls and Wednesday he ran the bases. The veteran utility man should be ready to start a minor-league rehabilitation…
Shohei Ohtani leads Dodgers past Padres with leadoff homer, 5 scoreless innings
Only one player in major-league history has hit a leadoff home run in a game he started as pitcher – and Ohtani has done it twice. The Dodgers take two…
Angels manager Kurt Suzuki expresses confidence in Reid Detmers as a starter
Suzuki says Detmers’ peripheral numbers suggest that he’s pitched better than his results so far. Detmers has a 5.07 ERA, but stats that measure the quality of contact he’s allowed…
San Clemente softball rallies to beat Huntington Beach in the quarterfinals
San Clemente overcomes a five-run deficit in the fifth, with the key blow a three-run homer from Peyton Stokes in the CIF-SS Division 2 playoffs.
JSerra softball defeats Pacifica with one hit in the Division 1 quarterfinals
Annabel Raftery’s leadoff home run in the first and Liliana Escobar’s pitching carry JSerra to victory and a spot in the semifinals.