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UTICA >> Skylar Mercado went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs for the Birmingham Bloomfield Beavers, and Eastside Diamond Hoppers' Trey Bridis hit a solo home run in the top of the ninth inning with two outs to tie the score at 5-5 as the game was suspended after nine complete innings of play on Wednesday night at Jimmy John's Field.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. >> Webb Simpson ran out of sensational shots in the end to keep him from joining an elite group.Simpson shot a 9-under-par 61 for a one-stroke lead over Whee Kim after the first round of A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier in West Virginia on Thursday.Simpson posted his best career score after shaking off a two-hour weather delay with six holes left in his round.

ROCHESTER >> The ultimate collection of star power in the United Shore Professional Baseball League was announced by Director of Baseball Operations Justin Orenduff on Thursday morning. The Stars of the USPBL will compete in the All-Star Game on Saturday at Jimmy John's Field in Utica, immediately following the Rawlings Home Run Derby at 5:30 p.

A beefed-up Warren police response team for Fourth of July fireworks complaints on Wednesday night and Thursday morning issued five times the number of tickets than the previous year, city officials said.The team handed out 35 tickets this year, compared to seven violations dispersed in 2017, while calls of fireworks complaints rose from 130 in 2017 to 155 this year, according to preliminary numbers provided by Warren officials.

A top security measure that families want to see taken in schools is more outside entry barriers, according to a recent tele-town hall hosted by Chippewa Valley Schools. The Clinton Township-based district hosted a tele-town hall on June 19 to obtain public input on school safety. District families that had their phone numbers on file with Chippewa Valley Schools received a phone call asking them to participate.

With pleasant weather in this weekend's forecast, it's the perfect time to get outside to enjoy the sights and sounds of summer.Here are seven opportunities to catch some (mostly free) music outdoors over the next few days:• The 43rd annual Music in the Park continues at 7 p.m. Thursday with a performance by Jimmy Buffet tribute band Air Margaritaville at Dodge Park in Sterling Heights.

The background to their good-natured duel couldn't have been more impressive.Verlander versus Trout. Scherzer versus David Ortiz. Jones versus Eitniear.De La Salle's Kyle Jones was on the mound for the East squad in the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association's annual all-star game that was played at Comerica Park last Friday.

BERKLEY (AP) - A suburban Detroit library has decried an unidentified censor who concealed DVDs of movies from the racy "Fifty Shade" series.The Berkley library is now openly displaying the R-rated movies, accompanied by a sign that says hiding movies "is not how libraries work."Librarian Lauren Arnsman tells the Detroit Free Press that the three movies had mysteriously disappeared since last year, forcing the library to spend more than $100 to replace them.

The busy Marvel superhero universe brings us a new dynamic duo with Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly and Michael Douglas reunited in "Ant Man and the Wasp" and, yes, some crucial end-credit scenes (hint: Think Thanos...). Rated PG-13.Also Showing: • "Boundaries": Vera Farmiga stars in this drama about a mother coping with her son, who - if being 12 weren't hard enough - has a habit of bringing home every stray dog and cat he finds.

A 27-year-old Oakland County man is facing with two felonies after he was charged with secretly photographing two women as they changed clothes inside a dressing room at a Sterling Heights store, according to police.Brandon Devon Woods of Southfield was recently arraigned in 41A District Court on two counts of capturing an image of an unclothed person, Sterling Heights police said in a news release.