Prep softball: Marina wins Southern Section Division 3 championship
Marina won the Southern Section Division 3 softball championship with an 8-1 win over Westlake in Irvine on Friday.Aviana Valbuena had three hits and four…
UCLA baseball crushes Fresno State in NCAA regional opener
Michael Barnett flipped a weighted baseball into his hand and threw it against the side of the strength-training room next to UCLA’s clubhouse.Jostling through folding…
UCLA defeats Oregon on walk-off homer at Women’s College World Series
OKLAHOMA CITY — Jessica Clements hit a walk-off, two-run home run in the seventh inning early Friday morning to carry ninth-seeded UCLA past No. 16 Oregon 4-2…
Dodgers bullpen melts down as road trip ends with loss to Guardians
CLEVELAND — The Dodgers got five good innings out of Clayton Kershaw on Wednesday. Then they let it go to waste in a five-run eighth inning.Despite leading…
Jack Kochanowicz shows potential in Angels’ loss to Yankees
Jack Kochanowicz mowed through his first three innings against the Yankees on Monday night.The 6-foot-7 sinkerballer was doing all of what manager Ron Washington asked…
Juan Soto makes Tony Gonsolin and Dodgers pay in Mets victory
NEW YORK — It had been more than two weeks since Juan Soto, the only man in baseball with a richer contract than Shohei Ohtani, had recorded…
Dodgers overcome bullpen woes and rain to beat Mets in 13 innings
NEW YORK — The upcoming month was already going to be tough for the Dodgers.A rainy Friday night in Queens made it that much tougher.In the fourth…
Clayton Kershaw shaky in season debut as Dodgers lose to Angels
Clayton Kershaw paused halfway up the dugout steps Saturday and bowed his head. The jog he was about to make to the mound at Dodger…
UCLA softball defeats UCSB to advance to NCAA Super Regionals
Alexis Ramirez went three for four and drove in five runs and UCLA cruised to the NCAA Super Regionals with a 12-1 dismantling of UC…
UCLA opens NCAA regional with victory over UC Santa Barbara
With UCLA’s bats quiet early, Kaitlyn Terry stepped into the batter’s box looking to ignite a two-out rally — and with one swing she brought…
Taylor Ward’s ninth-inning grand slam gives Angels win over Padres
SAN DIEGO — Taylor Ward hit a grand slam to cap a six-run ninth inning, and the Angels beat the San Diego Padres 9-5 on Monday night.The…
Orioles win rubber match of three-game series with Angels
Gunnar Henderson hit a two-run homer during Baltimore’s four-run sixth inning, and Maverick Handley got his first two career RBIs in the Orioles’ 7-3 victory…
Corona’s Seth Hernandez is set to become next great pitcher
Through 48 years of covering high school baseball in Southern California, watching so many prolific pitchers develop into legendary pro players has been one of…
Angels struggle against Tomoyuki Sugano in loss to Orioles
Tomoyuki Sugano gave up one run and three hits in 7 ⅓ innings, Gunnar Henderson hit a solo homer and drove in an insurance run…
Angels reliever Ben Joyce transferred to 60-day injured list
What was originally thought to be a minor shoulder injury was serious enough for the Angels to transfer reliever Ben Joyce to the 60-day injured…
Big eighth inning leads Angels past Blue Jays
Logan O’Hoppe drove in the tiebreaking run in the eighth inning, Yoán Moncada followed with a three-run homer, and the host Angels rallied to beat…
Prep baseball: Eight-run first inning lifts Crespi to win
One day after hitting the ball hard but scoring just one run in a loss to Harvard-Westlake, Crespi put together an eight-run first inning Wednesday…
Matt Sauer saves the Dodgers’ bullpen in rout of Marlins
The Dodgers’ early season bullpen usage had become so much of a concern, even minor-league pitcher Matt Sauer was keeping tabs on it from the…
How Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto ‘elevated his game to another level’
To Clayton Kershaw, it was more than just a pitchers’ duel.As Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Jacob deGrom traded zeroes at Globe Life Field in Texas last…
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…