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Wimbledon: Osaka tops Sabalenka to reach quarterfinals

LONDON (AP) — When power meets power, getting in the first blow can sometimes be the key. In a matchup of two of the hardest hitters on tour, that was Naomi Osaka’s strategy against top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in the most highly awaited matchup of Wimbledon so far this year. Sabalenka had ...

Fisher Cats end road trip on a high note, 5-3

READING, Pa. – The New Hampshire Fisher Cats (7-5, 41-38) ended their six-game road trip on a high note with a Sunday win at FirstEnergy Stadium against the Reading Fightin Phils (7-4, 37-43), 5-3. The Fisher Cats’ bullpen twirled 6-1/3 scoreless innings, and the offense provided early run ...

WHEELING AND STEALING: Smith’s theft of home gives Knights win

NASHUA – Where were you the day Connor Smith stole home at Historic Holman Stadium? Well a four-figure July 4 crowd can gladly say they were right there at HHS watching Smith, arguably the Nashua Silver Knights' best player, creep down the third base line before going full speed to catch ...

COMMENTARY: Not a legend, but a storyteller of Legends

Wow. What else can we say? You look at the plaque on display on the concourse just inside the gates at Historic Holman Stadium, and all the names on there. To be sharing space with those names, to be considered a “Sports Legend” of Holman Stadium, who would have imagined? Heck, we ...

POWER BALL: Contreras, Gonzalez homer to pace Sox rout

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Willson Contreras and Romy Gonzalez homered to back the superb pitching of Sonny Gray, who allowed one run and four hits in six innings of the Boston Red Sox’s 8-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night. Wilyer Abreu added a two-run double, and relievers ...

Chapman, Sox celebrate his career relief strikeout mark

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Aroldis Chapman became the major leagues’ career leader in strikeouts as a reliever Friday night, toppling a record that had stood for more than half a century. The Boston Red Sox’s 38-year-old left-hander didn’t do it with one of the triple-digit fastballs that ...