Cody Anderson pitched seven shutout innings and Jose Ramirez hit a three-run homer, leading the Indians to a 10-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins Wednesday night to split a doubleheader and stay alive in the AL wild-card race.
Austin Jackson drove in a career-high five runs and Jon Lester set a Chicago season record for strikeouts by a left-handed pitcher, leading the playoff-bound Cubs to a 10-3 victory over the last-place Reds Wednesday, their fourth straight win, and the 11th straight loss for Cincinnati, equaling the Reds’ longest losing streak since dropping 12 straight in 1993.
The number of deer-vehicle collisions continues to decline in Ohio, but the cost of repairing damaged vehicles is on the rise. To say nothing of what those collisions cost the deer.
A federal consumer watchdog is putting companies that service student loans on notice today: Unclear, inconsistent and unfair treatment is hurting borrowers and driving up defaults, and the agency intends to set standards and enforce them.
A woman was shot and a man was stabbed during an early-morning mini-crime wave that targeted OSU campus-area pizza restaurants.
The Reds lost their season-high 10th in a row, 4-1 to the Cubs, their longest slump since they dropped 11 straight in 1998.
A painting stolen by the Nazis during World War II has been recovered in Columbus and returned to the Polish government.
A Columbus woman has pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and child endangering after authorities said her young daughter died from ingesting heroin.
A man drowned while reportedly swimming in a pond at a Northeast Side apartment complex late Sunday night, Columbus police said.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Emergency starter Tommy Milone replaced an ill Phil Hughes and pitched the Minnesota Twins past the Indians 4-2 on Monday night in a game crucial to the wild-card chances of both clubs.
Cleveland is five games behind the Astros in the race for the second AL wild card with seven games to play in the regular season.
Minnesota (81-75) trails Houston by 1 1/2 games and is a half-game game behind the Los Angeles Angels.
Hughes, one of several Twins players hit with a virus that has spread throughout the team, was scratched from his scheduled start about 4 hours before the game. Milone (9-5), removed from the rotation two weeks ago, stepped in an allowed two runs in 5 2/3 innings.
