Baseball

Murray State baseball notched another historic milestone this season with a 12-11 win Monday over Ole Miss: advancing to its first NCAA super regional in program history.

When discussing baseball and breaking the color barrier in America’s pastime, trailblazers such as Jackie Robinson and Satchel Paige are frequently mentioned. But a player some remember as “the Mayfield Mounder” helped integrate minor league baseball in western Kentucky.

A baseball league that will enable children and adults in western Kentucky and the surrounding region with mental and physical disabilities to safely play the sport is launching after four years of fundraising and construction.

A panel of experts studied the issue for months but couldn't come up with much more than ballpark determinations as to why home run rates are spiking.

Winter is over, and the game is going to look slightly different than last year. The league is trying to speed up the pace of play with rule changes.

Among the changes: Major League Baseball will impose stricter limits on mound visits, and commercial breaks will be shorter.

The Astros defeated the Dodgers 5-1 in Game 7 at Dodger Stadium.

Houston missed a chance to nail down the franchise's first Series title. The teams meet for the deciding game Wednesday night in LA.

The proposed rule change would mean forgoing actually throwing four pitches. Instead, the bench would simply signal to the umpire that the manager wants to give the batter a free pass.

The final score in Game 7 was Cubs 8, Indians 7. The Cubs came back from a 3-1 game deficit in the Series and became baseball's champions for the first time since 1908.