AVON PARK — South Florida Community College baseball coach Rick Hitt doesn't believe in moral victories. After watching his Panthers erase an 11-run deficit only to fall 13-12 to Hillsborough Community College on Wednesday, his assessment was rather blunt. "A loss is a loss, plain and simple," Hitt said. "Yes, they battled back and I applaud them for that, but we still lost." After falling behind 10-0, SFCC's Brandon Decker broke the scoreless drought for the Panthers (4-5) with a two-run blast over the right-field fence in the fifth, but the Hawks responded by adding three runs in the top-half of the seventh for a 13-2 advantage. After scoring three runs off a double by Ryan Thorlton and a sacrifice fly by pitcher Cameron Nelson, the Panthers exploded for three home runs by Jasper Brown, Brien Coppola and Nelson to cut the lead to two. ...more

February 8, 2008

Mile high or sea level, nothing is stopping the Boston Red Sox. Even when the Colorado Rockies rallied late, their chance to get back into the World Series vanished into Coors Field's thin air. ...more

October 28, 2007

From the brink of elimination and the depths of a yearlong slump, J.D. Drew helped the Boston Red Sox force a Game 7. ...more

October 21, 2007

One fan got a baseball. The rest left with a memory. Manny Ramirez hit a three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning off Francisco Rodriguez and the Boston Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-3 Friday night, taking a 2-0 lead in their AL playoff series. ...more

October 6, 2007

Brandon Webb won the duel in the desert. Webb shut down the Chicago Cubs with his superb sinker, and the Arizona Diamondbacks got home runs from two of their kids in a 3-1 victory Wednesday night in their NL playoff opener. ...more

October 4, 2007

Prince Fielder became the youngest major-league player ever to hit 50 home runs in a season, connecting twice in the Milwaukee Brewers' 9-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. ...more

September 26, 2007

The Safeco Field stage belonged to James Shields and Felix Hernandez on Friday night, but neither starter was around for a final act that played out in predictable fashion for the Devil Rays. ...more

September 15, 2007

Wednesday night marked the final meeting between the Devil Rays and Orioles this season. Considering the way the series has gone lately, the Rays can't help but be crushed by that bit of bad news. ...more

September 6, 2007