Sports Shorts: Lebel is HR king at FCBL All-Star Game

NASHUA — Just a couple hours after Jake Lebel won the Home Run Derby as part of The Futures League All-Star Game festivities Wednesday at Holman Stadium, he delivered an encore.

The former Marshwood High School baseball standout hit a solo homer in the fourth inning and drove in two runs overall as Team Dodgers defeated Team Nashua, 6-2, in the FCBL’s annual midseason classic.

Members of both teams participated in pro-day style drills, including 60-yard dashes and batting practice, before a slew of scouts throughout Wednesday’s event. A pair of Exeter-area baseball products, Cody Morissette (Boston College) and Colin Shapiro (UMass), were also on hand representing the Seacoast.

Morissette, one of the FCBL’s batting average leaders with the Nashua Silver Knights, finished 1 for 2 with a single for Team Dodgers. Shapiro played for Team Nashua and went 0 for 2.

BASEBALL

Dodgers land star shortstop Machado from Orioles 

The Los Angeles Dodgers won the Manny Machado sweepstakes, getting the prized All-Star shortstop from the Baltimore Orioles in a trade Wednesday night.

The Orioles received five prospects: outfielder Yusniel Diaz, right-handers Dean Kremer and Zach Pop, and third basemen Rylan Bannon and Breyvic Valera.

Machado, a 26-year-old power hitter with extraordinary fielding skills, greatly improves the Dodgers' chances of reaching the World Series for a second consecutive year. He led Baltimore in batting average (.315), home runs (24) and RBIs (65).

Brewers' Hader apologizes for insensitive tweets

WASHINGTON — Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Josh Hader will be required to go through sensitivity training after years-old racist and homophobic tweets of his resurfaced during the All-Star Game, Major League Baseball said Wednesday.

MLB announced that the commissioner's office would require Hader to participate in diversity and inclusion initiatives in addition to the sensitivity training. In a statement, Brewers general manager David Stearns said the team would continue to work through the issue with Hader.

Several of Hader's tweets from 2011 and 2012 came to light Tuesday night while Hader was pitching in the All-Star Game. Hader learned of the situation when he left the game, apologized and took responsibility for the tweets, saying they did not reflect his values or the person he is now.

FOOTBALL

Revis announces retirement

Revis Island is closed for business.

Darrelle Revis, a star cornerback with the New York Jets and a Super Bowl winner with their archrival, the New England Patriots, has retired.

Revis announced Wednesday on social media that he was ending an 11-season career that included four All-Pro selections.

"Today, I am closing a chapter in my life that I once dreamed of as a kid," Revis said in his post.

NBA

Leonard sent to Raptors in four-player deal

The Kawhi Leonard saga in San Antonio is over. So is DeMar DeRozan's time in Toronto.

An NBA summer blockbuster got pulled off Wednesday, with the Spurs sending Leonard to the Raptors as part of a four-player deal that has DeRozan heading to San Antonio. The Spurs also got center Jakob Poeltl and a 2019 protected first-round draft pick, while the Raptors acquired sharpshooter Danny Green.

For Leonard and the Spurs, there's finally closure to a relationship that seemed fractured beyond repair and played out like a soap opera as the season went along. But in the end, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich — insisting that looking back at what happened would not be worth his time, and that Leonard was a good teammate throughout his tenure in San Antonio — simply said he hopes the move works out for everyone involved.

REC BASKETBALL

Pettis nets 24 in girls hoop win

PORTSMOUTH — Sydney Pettis piled up 24 points and Gabriele Karkos chipped in six to lead White past Blue, 35-34, in recent Portsmouth Police middle school girls basketball action. Sydney Whalen and Abby Wilbur scored 10 points apiece for Blue.

In other girls action, Gold got 11 points from Hannah Thorsen and eight from Abby Krei in a 41-25 win over Lime, which got eight points apiece from Gabby Flores and Stella Kozikowski.

On the boys side, Evan Venn scored 19 points, Lucas Fuller had 16 and Brady Kiklroy added 13 to lift Blue to a 63-50 win over Gold, with got 14 points apiece from Jackson Jones and Truck Tellerthon. In other action, Evan Merrick scored 12 points and Henry Bybee had 10 as Grey defeated a Purple team that was paced by Miles Denoigh with 28 points and Dan McCallister with 10.

Staff and Wire reports