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Major League Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Craig Biggio has been elected to another Hall of Fame this summer: The New York State Public High School Athletic Association. Biggio's bio from the NYSPHSAA press release: "A graduate of Kings Park High School (Section XI) and attendee of Seton Hall University, was one of the most prolific baseball and football players on Long Island while competin

Former Tri-City ValleyCat Tony Kemp, now a member of the AA Corpus Christi Hooks, earned the No. 1 play on SportsCenter with this diving play in centerfield last night. Kemp was a member of the 2013 ValleyCats, hitting .282 in 48 games...

I've never gotten a foul ball at a major league baseball game. I think I got two at a Tri-City ValleyCats game, and I think I got two when I went to California and saw the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. It's a thrill I've been wanting my whole life...

The big news from the baseball Hot Stove on Wednesday was the trade of catcher/outfielder Evan Gattis from the Braves to the Astros. Gattis, a power hitter, instantly improves a revamped Astros team that is trying to compete in the AL West in 2015...

After going 48-28 in the regular season and earning the No. 1 seed in the New York-Penn League playoffs, the Tri-City ValleyCats could not capture their second consecutive league title, falling, 11-2, to the State College Spikes on Tuesday night at Joe Bruno Stadium...

After falling to the State College Spikes in Game 1 of the New York-Penn League Championship Series on Sunday, the Tri-CIty ValleyCats will look to ace Joe Musgrove when they take the field in Game 2, tonight, at Joe Bruno Stadium (7 p.m.). Musgrove is 7-1 with a 2...

Despite suffering a 5-2 loss and being outhit 13-5 by the Vermont Lake Monsters, the Tri-City ValleyCats clinched the Stedler Division crown for the third straight year on Monday at Joe Bruno Stadium. The 'Cats needed a win or a Connecticut loss and they got the latter, with the Tigers falling to the Lowell Spinners...

After having the best record in the New York-Penn League heading into the all-star break, the Tri-City ValleyCats have dropped their first two games out of the break, losing to Vermont on Thursday by a score of 4-2. That loss comes on the heels of a 3-1 loss on Wednesday...

NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon McCarthy pitched a four-hitter and the New York Yankees avoided a three-game sweep, beating the Houston Astros 3-0 Thursday. New York won for just the third time in 10 games. Chase Headley hit an early two-run double and the Yankees backed McCarthy with flawless fielding...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scott Feldman shut down the slumping New York Yankees again, and Robbie Grossman snapped a seventh-inning tie with a two-run single that sent the Houston Astros to a 5-2 victory Wednesday night. Dexter Fowler had an RBI double, Jose Altuve added a run-scoring single, and the Astros (54-73) did more damage to New York's playoff chances with their fourth victory in five meetings this

Nick Tanielu, Tri-City ValleyCats third baseman and the Astros 2014 14th-round draft pick, earned MVP at the New York-Penn League All-Star Game on Tuesday night in Brooklyn. Tanielu, a right-handed hitter with good power, was 3-3 on the night...

NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Carter snapped a ninth-inning tie with a colossal three-run homer, extending his second-half power surge and sending the Houston Astros to a 7-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night. Brian McCann hit a two-run homer and Martin Prado had three hits for the Yankees, who wasted their first chance to make up ground during a six-game homestand against a pair of teams