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.
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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.
Winning Powerball ticket sold in NE Ohio
Someone in Ohio went to bed $252.6 million richer, before taxes, after hitting the Powerball jackpot.
Teen arrested in slaying on Statehouse lawn
A 17-year-old is in the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center, charged with the fatal shooting of another teenager on the Ohio Statehouse lawn last May.
Mixon pleads not guilty to menacing charge
Bengals running back Joe Mixon has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of aggravated menacing.
Guardians 3, Tigers 2
José Ramírez bounced back from one of the worst games of his career with a three-run homer in the sixth inning as the Guardians beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2.
Rays 8, Reds 0
Yandy Díaz homered on the third pitch of Levi Stoudt’s big league debut to spark a six-run first inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays routed the Reds 8-0 to improve to a major league-best 16-3.
Mud Hens 5, Clippers 3
A two-run homer by Jermaine Palacios in the eighth inning broke a 3-all tie and gave the Toledo Mud Hens a 5-3 win over the Clippers at Huntington Park Wednesday.
Former Columbus vice officer acquitted in woman’s 2018 death
A former vice squad officer has been found not guilty of murder and voluntary manslaughter charges stemming from the death of a woman he shot while working undercover almost five years ago.