C.J. Cron agrees to minor league contract with Red Sox
PITTSBURGH>>ED Ott, a former major league catcher and coach who helped the Pittsburgh Pirates win the 1979 World Series, died Sun- day. He was 72.
Ott died in the central Pennsylvania town of Danville, according to the Pirates. No further details were provided by the team.
“We are saddened by the loss of such a beloved member of the Pirates family,” Pirates President Travis Williams said in a statement.
Ott and Steve Nicosia were the main catchers when the Pirates won it all in 1979. Ott played in three World Series games against Baltimore, going 4 for 12 and driving in three runs.
FORT MYERS, FLA.>> First baseman C.J. Cron has agreed to a minor league deal with the Boston Red Sox that includes an invitation to big league camp for spring training. The Red Sox announced the deal on Sunday.
The 34-year-old Cron played for Colorado and the Los Angeles Angels in 2023, batting .248 with 12 homers and 37 RBIS in 71 games. He was hampered by back issues for much of last year.
Cron was an All-star in 2022, hitting .257 with 29 homers and a career-best 102 RBIS in 150 games for the Rockies.
Cron, who broke into the majors with the Angels in 2014, is a .260 hitter with 187 homers and 604 RBIS in 1,049 career games. He also has played for Tampa Bay, Minnesota and Detroit.
Cron has appeared in 16 games at Boston’s Fenway Park, batting .328 (21 for 64) with six homers and 13 RBIS.
Sunday
At Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas.
Lap length: 1.50 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (2) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 267 laps, 60 points.
2. (18) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 267, 53.
3. (15) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 267, 41.
4. (20) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 267, 36.
5. (8) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 267, 37.
6. (30) Noah Gragson, Ford, 267, 31.
7. (7) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 267, 44.
8. (28) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 267, 43.
9. (1) Joey Logano, Ford, 267, 30.
10. (4) William Byron, Chevrolet, 267, 27.
11. (16) Daniel Suárez, Chevrolet, 267, 26.
12. (11) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 267, 30.
13. (25) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 267, 24.
14. (22) Erik Jones, Toyota, 267, 24.
15. (14) Carson Hocevar, Chev., 267, 22.
16. (19) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 267, 25.
17. (13) R. Stenhouse Jr, Chev., 267, 20.
18. (23) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 267, 22.
19. (34) Daniel Hemric, Chev., 267, 18.
20. (26) Josh Berry, Ford, 267, 17.
21. (6) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 267, 16.
22. (27) John H. Nemechek, Toy., 267, 15.
23. (36) Ryan Preece, Ford, 267, 14.
24. (31) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 267, 13.
25. (12) Michael Mcdowell, Ford, 267, 12.
26. (21) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 267, 18.
27. (35) Justin Haley, Ford, 267, 10.
28. (33) Derek Kraus, Chevrolet, 267, 9.
29. (3) Austin Cindric, Ford, 267, 10.
30. (29) Harrison Burton, Ford, 267, 7.
31. (32) Kaz Grala, Ford, 267, 6.
32. (17) Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet, 266, 9.
33. (10) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 265, 5.
34. (37) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, 261, 0.
35. (5) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 254, 2.
36. (24) Zane Smith, Chevrolet, 254, 1.
37. (9) C. Buescher, Ford, accident, 27, 1. Race Statistics
Average speed of race winner: 133.193 mph.
Time of race: 3 hours, .0 minutes, 25 seconds.
Margin of victory: 0.441 seconds. Caution flags: 6 for 35 laps.
Lead changes: 24 among 15 drivers. Wins: W.byron, 1; D. Suárez, 1.
Top 16 in Points: 1. K.busch, 77;
2. W.byron, 76; 3. A.cindric, 76; 4. B.wallace, 74; 5. R.blaney, 69; 6. C.elliott, 65; 7. D.suárez, 64; 8. R.chastain, 62;
9. A.bowman, 60; 10. M.truex, 60;
11. K.larson, 58; 12. C.lajoie, 57; 13. J.nemechek, 53; 14. T.gibbs, 50; 15. C.buescher, 49; 16. C.bell, 47.
Saturday, March 2
Columbus 1, Minnesota 1, tie
Real Salt Lake 3, Los Angeles FC 0 Miami 5, Orlando City 0
Charlotte FC 1, Vancouver 1, tie Cincinnati 2, Chicago 1 CF Montréal 2, FC Dallas 1
New York 2, Houston 1 Philadelphia 1, Sporting KC 1, tie St Louis City 2, New York City FC 0 Nashville 1, Colorado 1, tie
D.C. United 2, Portland 2, tie LA Galaxy 3, San Jose 1
Austin FC 0, Seattle 0, tie
Sunday, March 3
Toronto FC 1, New England 0
3-Point Goals: Charlotte 8-27 (Miller
4-8, Bertans 4-9, Micic 0-2, Thor 0-2, Bridges 0-3, G.williams 0-3), Toronto 13-38 (Dick 3-5, Barrett 3-6, Trent Jr.
3-6, Quickley 2-7, Nwora 1-3, Agbaji
1-7, Carton 0-1, Porter 0-1, Olynyk 0-2); Fouled Out: None; Rebounds: Charlotte 45 (G.williams 13), Toronto 45 (Agbaji, Barrett 9); Assists: Charlotte 24 (Micic 6), Toronto 26 (Quickley 11); Total Fouls: Charlotte 15, Toronto 16
Stewart 4-7 1-2 10, Thompson 2-10 3-4 8, Duren 4-9 3-3 11, Cunningham 4-12 0-0 9, Ivey 3-11 4-4 10, Brown Jr. 0-1 0-0 0, Fontecchio 5-10 3-3 15, Fournier 6-13 2-2 17, Wiseman 4-5 0-1 8, Sasser 1-8 1-1 3. Totals 33-86 17-20 91.
Banchero 10-16 8-9 29, F.wagner 5-10 3-5 13, Carter Jr. 5-7 7-7 19, G.harris 3-5 0-0 8, Suggs 5-8 0-0 11, Isaac 1-2 0-0 2, Okeke 0-1 0-0 0, Schofield 0-0 0-0 0, Bitadze
0-0 2-4 2, M.wagner 3-5 0-0 6, Ingles 1-4 0-0 2, Anthony 1-4 0-0 2, Black 1-2 0-0 3, Fultz 8-8 0-0 16, Houstan 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 43-72 20-25 113.
Detroit Orlando
27 31
23 28
21 30
20 — 24 —
91 113
3-Point Goals: Detroit 8-36 (Fournier 3-8, Fontecchio 2-5, Stewart 1-3, Cunningham 1-4, Thompson 1-6, Ivey 0-5, Sasser 0-5), Orlando 7-23 (Carter Jr. 2-3, G.harris
2-4, Black 1-1, Suggs 1-3, Banchero 1-4, F.wagner 0-1, Okeke 0-1, Anthony 0-2, Ingles 0-2, M.wagner 0-2); Fouled Out: None; Rebounds: Detroit 28 (Thompson 6), Orlando 48 (Banchero, Carter Jr., F.wagner 8); Assists: Detroit 25 (Cunningham 7), Orlando 24 (Banchero 5); Total Fouls: Detroit 19, Orlando 16
Achiuwa 6-8 1-3 14, Hart 5-12 0-0 13, Hartenstein 4-7 0-0 8, Brunson 0-1 0-0 0, Divincenzo 11-22 0-0 28, Bogdanovic 8-15 3-3 20, Sims 0-0 0-0 0, Burks 2-6 3-4 8, Mcbride 6-15 0-0 16. Totals 42-86 7-10 107.
E.mobley 6-11 1-3 13, Okoro 7-13 0-1 17, Allen 8-13 2-4 18, Garland 7-14 0-0 19, Strus 2-9 0-0 6, Niang 0-6 0-0 0, Wade 0-4 0-0 0, Merrill 7-13 0-0 21, Porter Jr. 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 39-87 3-8 98.
New York Cleveland
28 19
23 34
36 25
20 — 20 —
107 98
3-Point Goals: New York 16-39 (Divincenzo 6-14, Mcbride 4-9, Hart 3-6, Achiuwa 1-1, Burks 1-3, Bogdanovic 1-6), Cleveland 17-44 (Merrill 7-13, Garland 5-8, Okoro 3-8, Strus 2-6, E.mobley
0-1, Niang 0-4, Wade 0-4); Fouled Out: None; Rebounds: New York 47 (Hart 18), Cleveland 39 (E.mobley 13); Assists: New York 31 (Hart 10), Cleveland 31 (Allen, E.mobley 6); Total Fouls: New York 13, Cleveland 11; A: 19,432 (19,432)
Nesmith 1-7 2-2 4, Siakam 10-17 0-0 21, Turner 6-17 0-0 16, Haliburton 4-16 4-4 12, Nembhard 3-7 0-0 7, Toppin 1-3 0-0 2, Smith 1-3 2-2 4, Mathurin 2-8 9-13 13, Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Mcconnell 13-15 0-0 26. Totals 41-93 17-21 105.
Branham 7-13 2-2 18, Sochan 6-8 0-0 12, Wembanyama 11-17 6-7 31, Jones 0-2 2-2 2, Vassell 7-20 1-2 17, Barlow 0-0 0-0 0, Cissoko 0-0 0-0 0, Mamukelashvili 0-0 0-0 0, Osman 0-1 0-0 0, Collins 5-8 1-2 11, K.johnson 7-13 0-0 17, Wesley 3-3 3-4 9. Totals 46-85 15-19 117.
KAEC, Saudi Arabia Yardage: 7,048; Par: 70 Final Round
J/ Niemann, $4,000,000 ....... 63-64-66—193 L. Oosthuizen, $1,875,000...64-66-67—197 C.schwartzel, $1,875,000 ...63-66-68—197 B. Dechambeau, $1,000,00063-73-62—198 Jon Rahm, $800,000 ............. 62-69-68—199 C. Howell III, $508,750 ......... 67-69-64—200 Anirban Lahiri, $508,750 ..... 68-67-65—200 Talor Gooch, $508,750 ......... 65-68-67—200 Phil Mickelson,$508,750 ..... 65-68-67—200 Adrian Meronk, $508,750 .... 62-69-69—200 Jason Kokrak, $508,750 ....... 68-62-70—200 Brooks Koepka, $350,000 ...69-66-66—201 Abraham Ancer, $350,000...68-63-70—201 Matthew Jones, $320,000 ...70-66-66—202 Sergio Garcia, $263,143 ....... 67-71-65—203 Carlos Ortiz, $263,143 ......... 69-69-65—203 David Puig, $263,143 ............ 68-68-67—203 Tyrrell Hatton, $263,143 ...... 65-69-69—203 Dean Burmester, $263,143.. 67-67-69—203 Kevin Na, $263,143 ............... 66-66-71—203 Branden Grace, $263,143 ..... 67-65-71—203 Pat Perez, $203,000 ............. 68-69-67—204 Sebastian Munoz, $203,00067-68-69—204 Cameron Tringale, $203,000 ....................... 68-66-70—204
Brendan Steele, $203,000...65-69-70—204 Lucas Herbert, $203,000 ..... 65-66-73—204 Danny Lee, $182,500 ............ 72-69-64—205 Dustin Johnson, $182,500 ... 66-72-67—205
Sentosa Island, Singapore Yardage: 6,775; Par: 72 Final Round
Hannah Green, $270,000 74-67-67-67—275 Celine Boutier, $169,786 73-64-72-67—276 Nasa Hataoka, $89,471...71-69-70-69—279 B, Henderson, $89,471... 75-66-70-68—279 Mi Hyang Lee, $89,471 .... 73-69-70-67—279 Y. Nishimura, $89,471 .... 71-73-69-66—279 Andrea Lee, $52,521 ....... 70-72-67-71—280 Allisen Corpuz, $38,484 ..71-72-71-67—281 Ayaka Furue, $38,484 ..... 71-67-68-75—281 Jin Young Ko, $38,484 ..... 71-73-66-71—281 S. Schmelzel, $38,484 ..... 68-72-71-70—281 P. Tavatanakit, $38,484..73-68-73-67—281 Anannarukarn, $27,886 73-72-68-69—282 Peiyun Chien, $27,886 .... 72-68-70-72—282 Linn Grant, $27,886 ......... 69-73-71-69—282 Ruoning Yin, $27,886 ...... 71-72-69-70—282 Hye Jin Choi, $22,681 ...... 71-70-69-73—283 Sei Young Kim, $22,681 ..77-67-69-70—283 M. Sagstrom, $22,681 ..... 71-68-74-70—283 Yuka Saso, $22,681 ........ 74-75-68-66—283 Aditi Ashok, $20,637 ....... 72-69-73-70—284 In Gee Chun, $19,149 ....... 70-73-70-72—285 A. Jutanugarn, $19,149...72-72-69-72—285 Hae-ran Ryu, $19,149 ..... 72-69-71-73—285 G. Dryburgh, $16,779 ...... 72-71-69-75—287 Grace Kim, $16,779 ......... 74-71-67-75—287 Gaby Lopez, $16,779 ....... 74-73-69-71—287 Jenny Shin, $16,779 .......... 71-71-72-73—287 E. Henseleit, $14,036 ....... 69-73-76-70—288 Minjee Lee, $14,036 .......... 74-71-72-71—288 A. Valenzuela, $14,036 ...71-76-73-68—288 C. Wannasaen, $14,036 ..70-73-77-68—288 Amy Yang, $14,036 .......... 71-73-73-71—288
St Francis Bay, South Africa Yardage: 7,192; Par: 72
Final Round
Friday, March 8 at Denver Coliseum
No. 8 Eaglecrest (19-7) vs. No. 4 Thunderridge (21-5), 5:45 p.m.
No. 7 Smoky Hill (20-6) vs. No. 6 Valor Christian (24-2), 7:15 p.m.
Friday, March 1
Northfield 61, Mead 52
Mesa Ridge 68, Dakota Ridge Vista PEAK Prep 57, Ponderosa 41 Windsor 74, Lewis-palmer 68
Thursday, March 7 at Denver Coliseum
No. 1 Northfield (24-2) vs. No. 4 Mesa Ridge (24-2), 4 p.m.
No. 2 Vista PEAK Prep (22-4) vs. No. 3 Windsor (22-4), 12:45 p.m.
Friday, March 8 at Denver Coliseum
No. 1 Kent Denver (24-2) vs. No. 5 Colorado Academy (21-5), 12:45 p.m.
No. 2 Resurrection Christian (24-2) vs. No. 3 Lutheran (23-3), 4 p.m.
Thursday, March 7
At DU’S Hamilton Gymnasium
No. 1 Forge Christian (20-3) vs. No. 9 Salida (20-4), 5:30 p.m.
No. 5 Centauri (18-5) vs. No. 4 Yuma (19-4), 8:30 p.m.
No. 2 Bishop Machebeuf (22-1) vs. No. 10 Banning Lewis Academy (20-4), 1:15 p.m. No. 6 Highland (20-4) vs. No. 3 The Vanguard School (23-1), 10:15 a.m.
Thursday, March 7
At Blue Arena in Loveland
No. 1 Simla (24-0) vs. No. 8 Fowler (17-7), 10:15 a.m.
No. 4 Heritage Christian (21-2) vs. No. 5 Limon (19-5), 1:15 p.m.
No. 3 Crowley County (23-0) vs. No. 6 Sanford (20-4), 8:30 p.m.
No. 2 Merino (18-5) vs. No. 7 Denver Christian (21-3), 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 7 at Denver Coliseum
No. 1 Cherokee Trail (24-2) vs. No. 4 Valor Christian (21-4), 5:45 p.m.
No. 7 Regis Jesuit (19-7) vs. No. 3 Legend (24-2), 7:15 p.m.
Friday, March 1
Air Academy 45, Frederick 39 Northfield 66, Windsor 53 Roosevelt 60, Montrose 45 Mead 54, Standley Lake 41
Thursday, March 7 at Denver Coliseum
No. 1 Air Academy (25-1) vs. No. 4 Northfield (23-3), 11 a.m.
No. 2 Roosevelt (24-2) vs. No. 3 Mead (22-4), 2:15 p.m.
Friday, March 8 at Denver Coliseum
No. 1 Holy Family (24-2) vs. No. 4 Resurrection Christian (23-3), 2:15 p.m.
No. 2 D’evelyn (23-3) vs. No. 3 Riverdale Ridge (23-3), 11 a.m.
Thursday, March 7
At DU’S Hamilton Gymnasium
No. 1 Peyton (22-0) vs. No. 9 Strasburg (18-6), 11:45 a.m.
No. 5 Yuma (15-8) vs. No. 4 Centauri (17-6), 7 p.m.
No. 2 Colorado Springs Christian (24-0) vs. No. 7 Highland (18-6), 8:45 a.m.
No. 6 St. Mary’s (20-4) vs. No. 3 Grand Valley (24-0), 4 p.m.
Thursday, March 7
At Blue Arena in Loveland
No. 1 Merino (24-0) vs. No. 8 Mancos (18-5), 7 p.m.
No. 4 Hoehne (22-2) vs. No. 5 Simla (168), 8:45 a.m.
No. 3 Burlington (19-4) vs. No. 6 Denver Christian (19-4), 4 p.m.
No. 2 Rangely (22-1) vs. No. 7 Wiggins (14-9), 11:45 a.m.