Leetonia HOF induction set

LEETONIA — The Leetonia Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2025 induction breakfast will be held at 9 a.m. on Aug. 30 in the high school cafeteria. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. Tickets are on sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily in the board office or at the door the morning of the breakfast.

Inducted will be Bob Cross (contributor), Jessica Durham (athlete, class of 2000) Mike Mancuso (athlete, class of 1997), Danny Simpson (athlete, class of 2003) and Tim Stecker (athlete, class of 1989). Inductees will be introduced before the Aug. 29 football game when the Bears take on Mathews.

Record attendance at convention

CHICAGO — The National Sports Collectors Convention keeps growing after 45 years.

The National reported a third consecutive year of record attendance after the five-day show in Rosemont, Illinois, ended Sunday.

More than 100,000 people have attended the show each year since 2023, including last year at Cleveland’s I-X Center, with organizers reporting “double-digit growth” this year.

The National returns to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, for the next two years before moving to Detroit’s Huntington Place Convention Center for 2028.

Pirates rally to beat Giants

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s fielder’s choice scored Jack Suwinski with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied to beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 on Monday night.

Kiner-Falefa hit a hard ground ball to first baseman Rafael Devers but Suwinski beat the throw home. Joey Bart’s RBI single off Randy Rodriguez (3-3) earlier in the inning tied the score.

It was the fifth walk-off RBI of Kiner-Falefa’s career.

Dauri Moreta (1-0) pitched a scoreless inning in his second appearance of the season for the win.

Suwinski’s two-run home run in the seventh inning off Carson Seymour cut the Giants’ lead to 4-3.

Justin Verlander gave up one run and three hits over five innings but was denied his 264th career win when the Pirates overcame a 4-1 deficit after Jung Hoo Lee’s two-run triple in the fifth inning gave the Giants a three-run lead.

Pirates starter Johan Oviedo was lifted after throwing 42 pitches in the first inning of his first major league appearance since Sept. 27, 2023. Oviedo underwent Tommy John surgery after the 2023 season then sustained a strained right lat muscle during spring training that sidelined him for four months.

Oviedo allowed two runs and two hits with three walks, including one to Casey Schmitt with the bases loaded. Dominic Smith drove in the first run with a single.

The Pirates’ Nick Gonzales hit a sacrifice fly in the first inning.

Heliot Ramos had three hits for the Giants. The Pirates got two hits from Spencer Horwitz.

Key moment

Bart’s single tied the game and put Suwinski on third base with one out.

Key stat

Ramos has reached base in 18 consecutive games, matching his career high set last season.

Up next

Giants RHP Logan Webb (9-8, 3.31 ERA) pitches against Pirates rookie RHP Mike Burrows (1-3,3.88) on Tuesday night.

Guardians hold off Mets

NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso hit his 251st career homer Monday night to pull within one of Darryl Strawberry’s New York Mets franchise record, but the Cleveland Guardians earned a 7-6, 10-inning win after squandering a five-run lead.

Gabriel Arias’ 440-foot, three-run homer to left-center ended a five-run sixth inning against Sean Manaea, who surrendered RBI singles to David Fry and Carlos Santana earlier in the inning.

Alonso, starting at designated hitter for the 59th time in his career, hit a 388-foot blast to left-center in the bottom half against Slade Cecconi. The slugger has three homers in his last four games.

Alonso had his fourth hit, an RBI single, in the eighth, before Mark Vientos delivered the game-tying sacrifice fly.

Cade Smith (4-4) escaped a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the ninth. Automatic runner Daniel Schneemann scored the tie-breaking run in the 10th, when third baseman Brett Baty threw the ball wide of second on David Fry’s bunt against Ryan Helsley (3-2). Arias added a sacrifice fly.

Nic Enright earned his first career save despite allowing Baty’s two-out RBI single in the 10th.

Manaea gave up five runs and struck out three in 5 2/3 innings. Cecconi surrendered three runs (two earned) with six strikeouts in six innings.

Key moment

Smith ended the ninth by striking out Alonso and getting Jeff McNeil to line to second.

Key stat

Alonso entered Monday batting just .218 in 220 at-bats as a designated hitter. … Manaea threw 56 pitches in his first five scoreless innings but 29 pitches in the sixth.

Up next

The three-game interleague series continues Tuesday, when Mets RHP Clay Holmes (9-6, 3.45 ERA) opposes Guardians LHP Logan Allen (7-9, 4.06).

Huntley comes back

BEREA — The Cleveland Browns added veteran quarterback Tyler Huntley to their roster on Monday, sources confirmed, as an assortment of injuries has left the team shorthanded at the position.

Huntley, a former Pro Bowl selection, joins a Browns quarterback room that already includes Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, Dillon Gabriel, Shedeur Sanders, and Deshaun Watson — though multiple players are sidelined. Pickett and Gabriel are managing hamstring injuries, while Sanders is battling arm soreness, leaving Flacco as the only quarterback available at practice.

A 2022 Pro Bowler, Huntley initially signed with the Browns in March 2024 and remained through training camp. He was released after roster cuts when a trade failed to materialize.

He then spent time with the Baltimore Ravens and ultimately signed with the Miami Dolphins, where he made five starts last season. In those games he completed 64.7% of his passes for 829 yards, threw three touchdown passes and three interceptions, and added a rushing touchdown.

Head coach Kevin Stefanski said the team plans to evaluate quarterbacks throughout camp, using the upcoming joint practices against the Carolina Panthers and preseason matchups to assess options.