Clipper Invite on Saturday

COLUMBIANA — The Clipper Invitational will be held Saturday at the Ward Athletic Complex.

Schools entered are host Columbiana, Akron Ellet, Akron Garfield, Akron Springfield, Canfield, Crestview, Jackson-Milton, Salem JVs, Ursuline, West Branch, Western Reserve and Youngstown Urban Scholars.

Action starts at 10 a.m. with the field events and the 3200-meter run. The rest of the running events will start at 11:30 a.m. All will timed finals.

YSU wins on School Day

NILES — The Youngstown State baseball team scored three runs in the first inning, but lost 13-3 to Oakland (Mich.) during Friday’s School Day Game in front of 4,136 fans at Eastwood Field.

More than 40 area schools participated in the annual event.

The Penguins totaled six errors in the losing effort.

Redshirt sophomore Mitchell Seymour from Springfield Local surrendered two runs in one inning of relief. He gave up two hits and struck out one.

Youngstown State drops to 12-36 overall and 9-16 in Horizon League play while Oakland improves to 15-35 overall and 8-17 in league action. The teams will return to Eastwood Field at 3 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.

Guardians crack Phillies

CLEVELAND (AP) — José Ramírez, Kyle Manzardo and Angel Martínez homered as the Cleveland Guardians blanked the Philadelphia Phillies 6-0 on Friday night.

Four Cleveland pitchers combined on the shutout as the Guardians started a six-game homestand. Starter Gavin Williams (3-2) went five innings and struck out eight with four walks.

Martínez connected off Phillies starter Aaron Nola (1-6) for a two-run shot in the fifth inning to extend the Guardians lead to 3-0. Manzardo and José Ramírez had solo shots in the fourth and seventh innings.

Daniel Schneemann and Carlos Santana also drove in runs for the Guardians, who have won three straight and five of their last six games.

The Phillies, who had their three-game winning streak snapped, were 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position.

Key moment

Ramírez connected on a hanging curveball from Joe Ross and put it into the right-field stands for his sixth home run to extend Cleveland’s lead to 6-0. Ramírez just missed homering on the prior pitch as he fouled it down the right-field line.

Key stat

Manzardo, who had five homers and 15 RBIs in 53 games last year, leads the Guardians in home runs (nine) and RBIs (22) during the early part of this season.

Up next

LHP Ranger Suárez (0-0, 17.18 ERA) makes his second start of the season for Philadelphia. Cleveland will go with RHP Tanner Bibee (3-2, 4.26).

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