7-18-25 FRIDAY MORNING SPORTS

MLB All-Star break is over; Locos rained out again; Simpson held scoreless in Clippers Summer League loss; McClain shines on LJGA loop; OHSAA to sponsor championships for Girls Flag Football

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
From the WYMA Sports Desk. The All Star Break comes
to an end today as the Reds get back to action.
They open a three game set in New York against
the Mets Tonight at seven ten. We'll have the pregame
at six forty. Nicolodolo goes for the Reds against Sean
Manea for New York. The Reds are fifty and forty seven.
That leaves them in the playoff chase in the National

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League and the wild card standings. The Reds are two
and a half games behind the Padres for the third
and final spot, with the Giants and Cardinals between themselves
and San Diego. Heading into the All Star Break, Reds
manager Terry Francono was asked if he likes where the
Reds sit hitting the break.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
It doesn't matter. It's where we are and the best
way I know how to do better is to win Friday.
That's the best formula. If it was, if I feel different,
I'll tell you it just that's the best. Well, that's
how I feel about it.

Speaker 1 (00:55):
Again, It's the Reds and Mets tonight at seven ten.
We'll have it for you right here. Pregame at six forty.
The Guardians are forty six and forty nine at the
All Star Break. They resumed played tonight, hosting the A's
slade to Cony on the Mound for Cleveland and the
Tigers within the eleven and a half game late in
the Al Central on the best record in baseball at
fifty nine and thirty eight, they opened the post All

(01:18):
Star Break schedule at Texas. As for the Lima Locos,
it was a washout in Athens last night that were
rained out for the second straight night as they tried
to play the Southern Ohio Copperheads. The Locos won the
opener of what was to be a three game series
on Tuesday night, and for coach Chad Urnsberger and the Locos,
a couple of frustrating days of not playing.

Speaker 3 (01:40):
We were excited to play. We played well Tuesday night.
We were coughing going into the last two series. You know,
I think we were done well had we played. But
you know, I guess the right side is some guys
in the nursing's injuries hopefully don't get healthy. Strong three
games here with the Grand Lake before they all start breaking.

Speaker 1 (02:03):
The two games with Southern Ohio will not be made up.
The Locos now have just six games remaining in the
regular season. They host Grand Lake tonight and tomorrow night
and visit the Mariners on Sunday. That it's the All
Star break and three more games at the end of
next week, and coach Chad Urnsberger says now is the
time they try to line up their pitching to finish
strong and make a postseason run.

Speaker 3 (02:27):
Yeah, we're starting think of it. It's uh, it's kind
of tough with the All Star Games so near the
playoffs because you know, our pitchers have done so well
that we have five or six guys throwing the game.
So you know, we're trying to maintain from where guys
are fresh for the All Starting games, thick and showed
the scouts what they've got. But also you know, set

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guys up for the playoffs. So you know we'll sit
down and get it all lined up. Uh, you know,
it's also about showcases these guys the futures as well.

Speaker 1 (03:01):
Again. The Locals are scheduled to host Grand Lake tonight
seven o five at simmons Field NBA Summer League. The
Clippers lost to the Nuggets eighty one seventy six, tough
game for Lima's Xavier Simpson played only nineteen minutes, did
not score and had two assists. The Clippers felt a
three to one and they missed the Summer League semifinals.

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They will play the Grizzly Sunday in a consolation game.
At the British Open. Five players were tied atop the
leader board after the first round. Second round play is
underway in Northern Ireland this morning. Lima junior golfers played
at Shelby Oaks. Yesterday, the boys sixteen to eighteen group
was won by Tys McLain from Delpha Saint John's. He

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shot a three under sixty nine. The boys fourteen to
fifteen group was won by Leyton Goffney of Sydney, and
the boys twelve and thirteen year old group was won
by Kim Lefever of Fort Recovery. On the girls side,
the sixteen to eighteen year old group was won by
Zoe Merritt of De Grass and the fifteen u winner
was Laney White of Sydney. And Yesterday the OHSAA announced

(04:06):
that it will sanction a state championship event in girls
flag football beginning in the spring of twenty twenty six.
The announcement was made at a press conference in Canton
alongside representatives from the NFL, the Browns, the Bengals, and
the Pro Football Hall of Fame during the NFL Flag Championships.
There are currently eighty schools in Ohio that have a team,

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and that number is expected to increase with eleven fifty
WIMA Sports. I'm Todd Walker.