HUNTINGTON — Conference USA's regular season ends Saturday, giving the Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team one more opportunity to show it can be successful away from home.

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Yasiel Puig got his first hit of the spring and immediately followed it with his first baserunning blunder Friday as a Los Angeles Dodgers split squad beat the Milwaukee Brewers 10-1. Puig sprinted hard, but wound up trapped between first and second and was thrown out. A dynamic player, Puig has been plagued by mistakes on the bases and in the field.

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Puig singles, then trapped off base as Dodgers beat Brewers

The tandem of Alex Sawelson and Alan Baldwin was effective for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors on Friday afternoon to lift Hawaii past Baylor, 2-1, in the first game of three-day Houston College Classic at Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros.

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Minute Maid Park hosts Houston College Classic

Four Dodgers pitchers combined to allow no hits through six innings, and three Dodgers hitters homered as a Los Angeles split squad rolled to a big early lead and a 10-1 victory over the Brewers at Maryvale Baseball Park on Friday.

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GOODYEAR, Ariz.

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Ventura shaky as Royals rally for 11-9 win over Indians

For Jon Lester, it was just the beginning of the road to opening day. Lester pitched two scoreless innings Friday in his spring debut with the Chicago Cubs, who lost 5-2 to the Cincinnati Reds.

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Lester pitches 2 scoreless innings in spring debut with Cubs

New York Mets pitcher Matt Harvey towels off while warming up before starting an exhibition spring training baseball game against the Detroit Tigers Friday, March 6, 2015, in Port St.

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Harvey returns with 2 perfect innings, Mets beat Tigers

ST. LOUIS, Mo.

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Illinois State beats Evansville 71-67 to advance in MVC

The calendar has reached March, and at Michigan State, that's when angst is supposed to turn into adrenaline, allowing Tom Izzo's team to become a dangerous postseason foe no matter what transpired over the previous few months. Perhaps Wednesday night's win over Purdue was the start of another memorable run by the Spartans, but when it was over, Izzo sounded more relieved than anything. ''I feel …

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Michigan State riding waves of emotion as March begins

Maryland has two top-ranked basketball teams, and the players are getting a kick out of it.

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DC Sports Bog: Two Maryland basketball teams, two top 10 rankings