- Associated Press
McCutchen leads off with home run for second day in row and Pirates beat Brewers 2-1
Andrew McCutchen led off the bottom of the first with a home run for the second straight game, Bailey Falter took a shutout into the eighth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Tuesday night. McCutchen hit the first pitch of Tobias Myers’ major league career down the left-field line for his 12th career leadoff homer and his 100th long ball at PNC Park. McCutchen connected off Joe Ross on Monday night in the Pirates’ 4-2 win.
- Springfield News-Sun, Ohio
First in the nation, Ohio to start screening newborns for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Apr. 23—Ohio will become the first state in the U.S. to screen newborns for a severe form of muscle disease called Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the governor's office recently announced. DMD is the most common hereditary neuromuscular disease, but also one of the most severe forms of inherited muscular dystrophies, according to the state. Muscular dystrophies are muscle diseases that ...
- Associated Press
Johnny Cueto signs minor league deal with Texas. He was an All-Star for Rangers manager Bruce Bochy
Two-time All-Star pitcher Johnny Cueto agreed to a minor league contract on Tuesday with the Texas Rangers, the organization where he has a connection to the big league team's manager and general manager. The 38-year-old Cueto was 1-4 with a 6.02 ERA in 13 games (10 starts) for Miami Marlins last season, when the right-hander was on the injured list more than three months with a biceps injury. Cueto's latter All-Star season was 2016, when he was 18-5 with a 2.79 ERA in 32 starts for the San Francisco Giants with manager Bruce Bochy, who is now in his second season in Texas.
