LITTLE LEAGUE LINEUP

BOARDMAN — The Fields of Dreams will live up to their name this week.

The Little League Ohio District 2 Baseball district championship games will be held there Wednesday and Thursday.

Canfield and Poland will meet up for a pair of games Wednesday with the ages 8-10 Minor Division at 6 p.m., followed by the ages 9-11 Minor Division at 8 p.m.

On Thursday, Canfield and Poland will play in the 9-year-old Minor Division championship game at 6 p.m., followed by the ages 10-12 Major Division between Canfield and Boardman at 8 p.m.

All four games are scheduled to be televised live on MyYTV.

O’HEARN’S RECORD NIGHT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Ryan O’Hearn made history on Tuesday night, setting a club record by driving in 10 runs on three homers in a 12-4 win over Atlanta.

O’Hearn hit a grand slam off Atlanta starter Hurston Waldrep in the first, added a three-run shot off Waldrep in the third and took Braves reliever Connor Thomas deep with another three-run shot in the sixth.

O’Hearn’s big night broke the franchise record of nine RBIs set by Johnny Rizzo against St. Louis on May 30, 1939. The 10 RBIs by O’Hearn — who signed a multi-year free agent deal to join the Pirates in the offseason — also marked the most in the majors by a player this year.

O’Hearn missed a chance to join the exclusive four-homer club when he singled in the ninth.

An All-Star last season while splitting time between Baltimore and San Diego, O’Hearn also became the 16th player in Pittsburgh’s 145-year history to hit three homers in a game.

GUARDIANS STRIKE OUT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Taj Bradley allowed one run and struck out 10 in seven innings, Kody Clemens had two hits and an RBI, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-1 on Tuesday night.

Bradley (8-3), who set a career best with 11 strikeouts in his last outing July 1 at Houston, had swing-and-miss stuff all night, registering a career-high 25 swinging strikes. He allowed three hits and walked none, winning for the third time in his last four starts.

Andrew Morris pitched a perfect eighth inning, while Taylor Rogers and Yoendrys Gómez combined on a scoreless ninth for the Twins, who have won six of their last eight games

Rhys Hoskins homered for the Guardians, who lost their third in a row.

Joey Cantillo (7-4) pitched five innings, giving up two runs — both unearned — on six hits with three walks and seven strikeouts.

The Guardians opened the scoring in the second on Hoskins’ solo home run. But the Twins scored two unearned runs in the bottom of the inning.

Clemens led off with a ground ball that skipped between second baseman Travis Bazzana’s legs for an error. Ryan Kreidler followed with a chopper to shortstop that a charging Brayan Rocchio fielded cleanly. However, Rocchio’s toss to second base was late and off-target, allowing Clemens to reach safely.

Luke Keaschall then hit a grounder to first baseman Kyle Manzardo, who looked to second base before flipping to Cantillo covering first. But the toss was too late to beat Keaschall, whose single loaded the bases. The Twins scored on Austin Martin’s sacrifice fly and a two-out single by Brooks Lee to take a 2-1 lead.

The Twins send LHP Connor Prielipp (2-5, 4.96 ERA) to the mound against Cleveland RHP Slade Cecconi (4-6, 4.44) on Wednesday night.

BURROWS DEMOTED

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Houston Astros optioned right-hander Mike Burrows to Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday, a day after he allowed a career-high 10 runs in a 12-11 loss to the Washington Nationals.

Burrows, who is 4-9 with a 5.99 ERA, shares the major league lead in losses and is tied for third in home runs allowed with 21. He gave up two homers on Monday while becoming the first Astro to give up 10 runs since J.P. France against Boston on Aug. 24, 2023.

The 26-year-old has pitched a team-high 94 2/3 innings this season. He was acquired from Pittsburgh in December as part of a three-team deal that included Tampa Bay.

Burrows was briefly moved to the bullpen last month, and allowed a run on two hits in six innings at Toronto on June 24 in his return to the rotation. He gave up four runs in five innings six days later against Minnesota before struggling Monday.

BUXTON ON IL

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins placed Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list Tuesday after the center fielder aggravated a hip injury that has lingered through much of the season.

Buxton, who was voted an American League starter for next week’s All-Star Game, will be sidelined through the break. The 32-year-old Buxton, who has battled injury problems his entire career, is headed to the IL for the first time this season.

Buxton missed five games in May when he originally suffered the right hip impingement. He sat out four more games last week after he tweaked the same spot. He returned to the lineup on Saturday against the Yankees in New York, but left Sunday’s game in the first inning after making an awkward slide while attempting to steal second.

Buxton is hitting .271 with a team-leading .904 OPS in 75 games this season. His 25 home runs are tied for third-most in the American League. He was voted in as an All-Star starter in 2022, when he homered in the AL’s 3-2 victory. He was named as a reserve last season.

The Twins recalled outfielder Alan Roden from Triple-A St. Paul to fill Buxton’s roster spot.

BURROWS DEMOTED

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Houston Astros optioned right-hander Mike Burrows to Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday, a day after he allowed a career-high 10 runs in a 12-11 loss to the Washington Nationals.

Burrows, who is 4-9 with a 5.99 ERA, shares the major league lead in losses and is tied for third in home runs allowed with 21. He gave up two homers on Monday while becoming the first Astro to give up 10 runs since J.P. France against Boston on Aug. 24, 2023.

The 26-year-old has pitched a team-high 94 2/3 innings this season. He was acquired from Pittsburgh in December as part of a three-team deal that included Tampa Bay.

Burrows was briefly moved to the bullpen last month, and allowed a run on two hits in six innings at Toronto on June 24 in his return to the rotation. He gave up four runs in five innings six days later against Minnesota before struggling Monday.

BUXTON ON IL

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins placed Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list Tuesday after the center fielder aggravated a hip injury that has lingered through much of the season.

Buxton, who was voted an American League starter for next week’s All-Star Game, will be sidelined through the break. The 32-year-old Buxton, who has battled injury problems his entire career, is headed to the IL for the first time this season.

Buxton missed five games in May when he originally suffered the right hip impingement. He sat out four more games last week after he tweaked the same spot. He returned to the lineup on Saturday against the Yankees in New York, but left Sunday’s game in the first inning after making an awkward slide while attempting to steal second.

Buxton is hitting .271 with a team-leading .904 OPS in 75 games this season. His 25 home runs are tied for third-most in the American League. He was voted in as an All-Star starter in 2022, when he homered in the AL’s 3-2 victory. He was named as a reserve last season.

The Twins recalled outfielder Alan Roden from Triple-A St. Paul to fill Buxton’s roster spot.

LOWRY RETIRES A RAPTOR

TORONTO (AP) — Kyle Lowry delivered on his final promise as a player: He long vowed to re-sign with the Toronto Raptors so he could retire as a member of that franchise.

And Tuesday was the perfect day for he and the Raptors to make that happen.

The sides picked July 7 — 7/7 — as the day for Lowry to announce his retirement and for the team to reveal that his No. 7 jersey will be retired. More tributes are planned by the club in the coming months for the point guard from Philadelphia who became a Canadian icon even while winning an Olympic gold medal for the United States.

“You’re not just playing for Toronto,” Lowry said of playing in Canada. “You’re playing for Halifax, Calgary, (British Columbia), you’re playing for a whole country and who you are doesn’t just show up in one place — it shows up in every place. The fans are everywhere. It’s hard to explain, but it’s just an amazing place to be.”

Lowry ceremonially signed a one-day contract with the Raptors so he could say he ended his career as part of the franchise that he helped lead to the 2019 NBA championship and in the city that he considers home. The retirement announcement coincided with the news that Lowry and his wife, entrepreneur and philanthropist Ayahna Cornish-Lowry, are now part of the ownership for the WNBA’s Toronto Tempo.

Lowry was the No. 24 pick in the 2006 NBA draft by Memphis. He also played for Houston and Miami, along with the 76ers and Raptors. He averaged 13.8 points and six assists per game, and his 2,209 made 3-pointers ranks 14th in NBA history.

HORFORD STAYS PUT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Veteran center Al Horford is staying with the Golden State Warriors, receiving a two-year, $14 million contract, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because the team hadn’t provided details of Horford’s new deal. Golden State announced Horford would return on a multi-year contract.

The 40-year-old Horford will be entering his 20th NBA season, and second alongside Stephen Curry and Draymond Green. Horford played 45 games and started 13 of those in his first season with the Warriors, averaging 12.7 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.13 blocks.

Horford will become the 13th player in NBA history to reach a 20th season. The others are LeBron James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter, Jamal Crawford, Kevin Garnett, Udonis Haslem, Kyle Lowry, Dirk Nowitzki, Chris Paul, Robert Parish and Kevin Willis.

EARLY STAGE CTE

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland, who died by suicide in November 2025 after a high-speed chase with police, had early stage chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain abnormality linked to repeated head trauma, his family announced Tuesday.

The Boston University CTE Center, which investigates the long-term consequences of repetitive brain trauma in athletes and others, analyzed Kneeland’s brain tissue after his death. Researchers determined Kneeland, who was 24, was in stage one of four of CTE.

CTE is a degenerative brain disease that has been found in athletes in contact sports, combat veterans and others who experience repetitive blows to the head. It has been known to cause violent mood swings, impulsive behavior and depression. It can be diagnosed only after death.