Archive for July, 2010
Sweep of Tigers makes long day worth it for Indians
CLEVELAND – It was a long day at Progressive Field on Saturday, but the Indians aren’t complaining. A day-night doubleheader wound up being a fruitful one for the home team as Cleveland swept Detroit via a 4-3 victory in the opener and a dramatic 2-1 win in the nightcap. A walk-off single from Austin Kearns [...]
Tribe notes: Wood back on DL with finger blister
CLEVELAND – If the Indians are trying to trade closer Kerry Wood, they’re going to have to wait awhile. Prior to Saturday’s doubleheader with Detroit, Wood was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a blister on his right index finger. Right-hander Jensen Lewis was recalled from Triple-A Columbus to fill Wood’s roster spot. Wood [...]
Milestones for 07/18/2010
Engagement – Dziak-Hume Engagement – Gow-Hunter Graduation – Korzan 50th Anniversary – Powelson 50th Anniversary – Seward Award – Van Amburgh
Little League baseball: Elyria East Seniors do it again, beat Elyria North to earn trip to state
ELYRIA – Someone usually comes up “Big” in a championship game. Saturday afternoon that someone was Little League East pitcher Isaiah Big. His pitching and a three-run home run by Devin Schultz propelled East to a 9-5 win over North in a Little League District 3 Seniors title game at Vic Janowicz Park. East, after [...]
Little League baseball: Avon Majors headed back to state
AVON – It was a wild one – literally – at Veterans Memorial Park on Saturday night. Visiting Cuyahoga Falls South pitchers threw 11 wild pitches, walked seven batters and hit another as Avon’s Major All-Stars (ages 11-12) won the district title and advanced to the state tournament with a 12-2 mercy-rule victory in four [...]
Crushers walk away with win thanks to Davis’ walk-off home run
AVON — With one out in the bottom of the ninth, All Pro Freight Stadium was belted with rain, delaying the action for 19 minutes. When the game resumed, it was time for the latest edition of “Freight Magic.” And, as usual, it involved Andrew Davis. With two outs and on a full-count pitch, Davis [...]
Police log for July 18, 2010
Lorain police Friday, July 16 3:30 a.m. – 1800 block E. 33rd St., purse reported stolen from car after woman stopped to use bathroom at a friend’s house. 6:33 a.m. – Kennedy Plaza, woman taken to Community Regional Medical Center for mental evaluation after police find a large hole in a window and a wig [...]
First Step gave woman path out of addiction
It wasn’t so long ago that Tanya Misterka sat in a circle of people she didn’t want to know, in a program she distrusted, fresh out of prison where she gave birth to her second child and received counseling for her drug and alcohol addictions. Behind Misterka’s tough-talking exterior and before her felony conviction, she [...]
Coroner: Dog attack, not heart attack, killed man
NEW RUSSIA TWP. – The death of 30-year-old Mychael Wynters, who died June 15 after being bitten hundreds of times by as many as nine of the family’s dogs, has been ruled accidental by Lorain County Coroner Paul Matus. Wynters had an enlarged heart and his blood sugar was low, but authorities do not know [...]
Obituaries for July 18, 2010
Arthur Rudolph Breunig James Henderson, Jr. Ruth I Straight Peter James Hammer Pauline R. Warch Edward Andrew Kenney Martin E. Koepp Foyster Matlock Kathryn A. Krysik Read the full obituaries on The Chronicle E-edition at: http://www.chroniclet.com/ChroniclEdition/
Indians 4, Tigers 3: Tribe trips Tigers in first game of doubleheader
Fausto Carmona allowed three runs on six hits over seven innings Saturday, helping the Indians to a 4-3 victory over the Tigers in the first game of a doubleheader at Progressive Field. The Indians trailed 3-0 after one inning, but rallied against Detroit ace Justin Verlander. Chris Perez got his eighth save of the season [...]
Wood placed on disabled list
CLEVELAND – Closer Kerry Wood was placed on the 15-day disabled list Saturday with a blister on his right index finger. Right-hander Jensen Lewis was recalled from Triple-A Columbus to fill Wood’s roster spot. Wood hasn’t pitched since taking the loss last Sunday in Tampa Bay’s 6-5 walk-off win in 10 innings. The right-hander is [...]
Fire hits apartment building next to closed fire station
ELYRIA – Sixteen people are homeless after a fire raged through the Briarwood Apartments off Abbe Road on Friday. The fire began in one of the townhouse-style apartments toward the back of the three-building complex and caused extensive damage to another unit before firefighters could stop it. Another four units were made uninhabitable due to [...]
Motorcycle crash kills Elyria man
ORANGE TWP. – An Elyria man was killed Thursday night while riding his motorcycle in Ashland County. Scott L. Mussell, 31, was driving a 1982 Honda CB650 motorcycle on state Route 302 in Orange Township about 8 p.m. when he went left of center as he went around a curve and collided with a 2010 [...]
Indians down Tigers to open second half in style
CLEVELAND – If the Indians had played like this before the All-Star break, they wouldn’t be in last place in the Central Division and staring up at pretty much every team in the American League with a 35-54 record. Getting quality starting pitching, plenty of offense and another strong performance from its bullpen Friday night, [...]
Tribe notes: Huff set to return to rotation?
CLEVELAND – All signs point to left-hander David Huff making a spot start for the Indians on Sunday. Huff, who began the season in Cleveland’s rotation, was scratched from his scheduled start for Triple-A Columbus on Friday. That would appear to signal that the left-hander is returning to the big leagues. Huff also reportedly sent [...]
Elyria police target Toy Box
ELYRIA – Another shooting in the downtown area has police considering whether to try to close down the Toy Box Night Club. The Broad Street bar, which on May 8 was the place where three teenagers were shot, is being linked to another shooting. This time, police say two teen males were sent to the [...]
Little League Seniors: Elyria East tops North, forces another game to decide district title
ELYRIA – The North Senior All-Stars kicked and booted the ball all over the infield Friday and now find themselves in an unfamiliar role as they travel to East for the District 3 championship. All North had to do was win on its home field to gain its second straight berth in the state tournament [...]
Mom admits to hiding gun after shooting
ELYRIA – A Lorain woman pleaded guilty Friday to tampering with evidence for covering up evidence that her 4-year-old son accidentally shot and killed her father last year. Marilyn Melendez, 22, could get up to five years in prison for the obstructing justice and tampering with evidence charges, but as part of her plea agreement [...]
Offense comes through as Crushers blow away Windy City
AVON – One of the biggest concerns with the Crushers’ first half was their offense. If the first game of the second half is a microcosm of the next month-and-a-half, those worries could be a thing of the past. Lake Erie scored seven runs on five hits in the fourth inning, spurring a 12-1 victory [...]
Investigators ‘waiting to find Emma’
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has completed a second round of interviews with the last people to see Emma Nahas alive and now can only watch and wait for Nahas’ body to be found, according to investigator Jim Gorman. “At this point, we’re waiting to find Emma and bring her home,” Gorman said Friday. [...]
Changing course: St. Andrews strikes back as high winds wreak havoc
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – Around the loop at the far end of St. Andrews, shots at the mercy of a vicious wind were flying in every direction as Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and so many others struggled to survive in the British Open. Just as daunting was one thing that didn’t move – the name [...]
Police log for July, 17, 2010
Lorain police Thursday, July 15 12:43 p.m. – 200 block W. 29th St., Jennifer Whitaker, 23, same address, charged with domestic violence after alleged spat with mother. 3:56 p.m. – 1500 block E. 29th St., apartment window shattered. 9:12 p.m. – West 17th Street and Lexington Avenue, Delbert Aycox, 53, homeless, charged with disturbing police [...]
Softball notes: Lorain’s Dolls earn all A’s this season
Understandably, softball teams want to take their “A” game into big tournaments. The Lorain Diamond Dolls obviously did so last weekend in winning the Loudonville Youth Fastpitch Tournament’s 16-and-under championship. But the Dolls did better than that. They took their “A” team, which of necessity they take wherever they play. Coach Bob Renney’s team is [...]
High court asked to review acquittals
ELYRIA – Lorain County Prosecutor Dennis Will and Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray have asked the Ohio Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision that upheld part of county Common Pleas Judge James Burge’s decision acquitting Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen in the controversial Head Start child molestation case. The Ohio Supreme Court hasn’t [...]