Prep sports roundup: Hunter Manning strikes out 12 in West Ranch win
Hunter Manning lives so close to the West Ranch High baseball field that he can hear sounds of balls being hit in the batting cage…
Andrew McCutchen’s three-run homer keys Pirates’ offense in win over Angels
Andrew McCutchen hit a three-run homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates had 18 hits for the first time in two years in a 9-3 win over…
Prep baseball roundup: Corona hits seven home runs in blowout win
After being shut out last week and losing its No. 1 ranking, Corona baseball responded Monday by hitting eight home runs in a 23-3 Big…
Mike Trout hits two homer runs, but Angels fall to Giants
Landen Roupp struck out a career-high nine over seven innings, Matt Chapman hit a two-run home run and the San Francisco Giants held on for…
Roki Sasaki delivers solid six innings, but Dodgers fall to Rangers
ARLINGTON, Tex. — Roki Sasaki will have to keep waiting for his first Major League Baseball victory.Despite his season-long six-inning, two-run start against the Texas Rangers on…
Tyler Anderson shines in Angels’ shutout victory over Giants
Tyler Anderson gave up three hits and struck out six over six innings, Zach Neto hit an RBI double in his first at-bat of the…
Corey Seager leads Rangers over the Angels
ARLINGTON, Texas — Corey Seager and Jake Burger each had three hits, and the Texas Rangers beat the Angels 3-1 on Wednesday night.Seager also drove in two…
Dodgers continue Jackie Robinson Day dominance on Will Smith homer
Two sloppy tendencies — one involving gloves, the other bats — repeatedly cost the Dodgers during a slipshod 10-game stretch that followed their 8-0 start…
Dodgers offense continues to struggle in loss to Cubs
It’s too early to sound any alarm bells. The lineup is too talented, they believe, for the narrative not to eventually turn.But right now, the…
Prep sports: Corona, Huntington Beach advance to NHSI semifinals
Nothing is certain in baseball, but when Seth Hernandez is on the mound for Corona High, the team doesn’t lose. The Panthers are 15-0 over…
Jo Adell homers twice in an inning as Angels slug their way past Rays
TAMPA, Fla. — Jo Adell’s home run drought ended all at once Thursday as he hit two of the Angels’ four homers in an eight-run fifth inning…
Prep sports: Corona stays unbeaten with rally in 7th inning
Having never trailed all season, No. 1-ranked Corona High faced its first bout with adversity on Wednesday in an opening game of the National High…
Prep sports: Notre Dame drops Harvard-Westlake in Mission League game
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame suffered one of its most embarrassing baseball defeats last week in a 21-run loss to Bishop Alemany. The Knights needed to…
Tyler Glasnow struggles in rain as Dodgers drop series to Phillies
PHILADELPHIA — On a windy, wet and dreary afternoon at Citizens Bank Park on Sunday, the Dodgers twice watched a lead slip frustratingly from their grasp.It first…
St. John Bosco baseball gets three-game sweep of Orange Lutheran
The high school baseball season began for St. John Bosco with its new field under construction, unable to be used. The players have found a…
Dodgers suffer first loss of season after rally sputters vs. Phillies
PHILADELPHIA — To many around the sport, the Dodgers have become villains for the way they’ve outspent the rest of the league, loaded their roster with international…
Prep roundup: Bishop Alemany wins fourth straight Mission League game
Don’t look now, but Bishop Alemany is getting hot in Mission League baseball. The Warriors won their fourth consecutive league game under first-year coach Randy…
Angels rally to beat Cardinals in 11th inning, improve to 4-1
ST. LOUIS — Kyren Paris hit a tiebreaking single in the 11th inning, Yoán Moncada followed with a two-run double, and the Angels beat the St. Louis…
Prep sports roundup: Josh Stonehouse hits two homers during Crespi win
The wind was blowing hard and the temperature was chilly on Tuesday in Encino, perfect conditions for punting. Josh Stonehouse, whose father was a punter,…
Mookie Betts hits walk-off homer in Dodgers’ win over Detroit
Five months removed from one storybook ending, the Dodgers are already penning another Hollywood-worthy script.It started last week in Japan, when the defending World Series…