EOAC meet on Tuesday

COLUMBIANA — The ninth Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference Cross Country Meet will be held Tuesday at the Ward Athletic Complex behind Columbiana High School.

The Columbiana girls and Lisbon boys are the defending team champions.

The boys and girls will run a combined race and be scored separately. The race schedule includes fifth- and sixth-grade at 4:30 p.m., junior high at 5 p.m. and high school at 5:30 p.m.

Great catch saves Reds

CINCINNATI (AP) — Noelvi Marté robbed Bryan Reynolds of a tying home run in the ninth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 Thursday to move within a half-game of the New York Mets for the final NL wild card.

Nick Lodolo tied his career high with 12 strikeouts before leaving with a right groin injury in the seventh.

Marté and Gavin Lux drove in runs, and the Reds (81-78) were positioned to move in into the last wild card spot if the Mets lost at the Chicago Cubs later Thursday. Cincinnati has the tiebreaker over the Mets (81-77) and also Arizona (80-79).

Marté used his 6-foot-2 height when he jumped at the 8-foot right-field wall and reached back above the first-row of seats to catch Reynolds’ 348-foot drive for the second out of the ninth. Marté had all three putouts as Emilio Pagán got three straight outs for his career-high 30th save in 36 chances.

Lodolo (9-8) got 27 swings and misses, including 15 on curveballs. He allowed two hits and walked one, leaving due to the injury after 6 1/3 innings and 81 pitches. Lodolo also struck out 12 at Philadelphia on April 8, 2023.