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Pirates 4, Reds 2

Connor Joe had three hits and reached base four times to back a strong start by Mitch Keller and lead the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Reds 4-2 for their fifth straight win.

Two dead in separate shootings

One man has been arrested and police are looking for another in connection with a shooting near the OSU campus early Friday that left a 25-year-old man dead and a sent a second man to the hospital.

Pirates 4, Reds 3

Connor Joe and Jack Suwinski hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates held off the Reds 4-3.

Mud Hens 8, Clippers 3

Ashton Goudeau pitched five strong innings and Toledo batters hit three home runs as the Mud Hens beat the Clippers, 8-3, Thursday afternoon at Huntington Park.

Ohio GOP advances making constitutional changes tougher

A contingent of Statehouse Republicans in Ohio pressed forward Wednesday with their plan to make it harder to amend the state’s constitution, an effort aimed most immediately at thwarting an abortion rights amendment in the works for this fall.