The Whitecaps held the Commodores (13-18-1) to six hits and three walks behind five different pitchers. Jack DeTienne (Xavier) was the winning pitcher, while Landon O’Donnell (State College of Florida) made his second save.

Hadley native and Hopkins Academy product Patrick Fitzgibbons had a monster day at the plate and one-time Westfield High School pitcher Matt Irzyk kept bankESB off balance to help St. Joe’s produce a series-clinching, 10-3 victory in game three of the Tri-County League Baseball semifinals Friday night at St. Joe’s Field.

The California League might be ending its long run in Modesto, but professional baseball appears poised to remain. The independent Pioneer League is in talks to place a team at John Thurman Field, the current home of the Modesto Nuts.

Rock and roll legend Ozzy Osbourne died Tuesday at age 76, setting off a wave of memories and mourning throughout the world. Osbourne had suffered from Parkinson's disease since 2020 that severely limited or took away his mobility.

Starting pitcher Jack Petrin scattered four hits, four walks, and one run over six-plus innings, while striking out six batters as St. Joe’s evened up their best-of-3 semifinal series with a 9-1 win over bankESB on Thursday evening at Westfield State University’s Bud and Jim Hagan Field.