This just in. Baylor's really good. Texas isn't. Neither comes as press-stopping news, but the Bears' 16-5 laugher over the scuffling Longhorns served as the latest reminder that Baylor can do no wrong and the Weather Channel will soon announce that sunsets have officially been changed to green and gold.

Miami 8, Atlanta 4: Giancarlo Stanton hit a two-run homer and possibly saved two runs with a diving catch and the Marlins improved to 12-3 this month.

HOUSTON — Carlos Lee had three hits, including his first homer since April 22, and three RBIs to back another solid outing by Bud Norris, and the Houston Astros beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-3 on Wednesday night.

Lee’s home run was a solo shot to left-center field in the seventh inning that put Houston up 8-1. His third homer of the season came just moments after he narrowly avoided being hit by a foul ball from J.D. Martinez while waiting in the on-deck circle.

■ Padres 4, Dodgers 2

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Ever since he started playing soccer 15 years ago, Kenji Villanueva has set his sights on playing soccer in college and earning an education.

Barbecue benefit Saturday

A five-member committee is accepting nominations for board members of United Way of Baytown Area.

It's obvious Lorenzo Joe is still a work in progress. But a few reps in a spring game doesn't tell you the whole story, and Cooper coach Todd Moebes has been quite pleased with his new starting quarterback.

McMurry women's basketball signings announced

Murphy Smith just wanted an opportunity to be a full-time starter for the Midland RockHounds. Thanks to A.J. Griffin getting called up to Triple-A recently, Smith has not only stepped into that rotati

Vanessa Carranza wasn't sure she would ever get the chance to live her dream and play college softball. Derrick Randle always dreamed of playing college basketball, but had to settle for a new one — track. Even with its twists and turns, dreams did come true for the two Cooper seniors.

The Baytown Fair and Rodeo has joined forces with Ron Craft Chevrolet to promote the first American Chuck Wagon Asso ciation chicken fried steak dinner at the Baytown Fairgrounds on Saturday at 5 p.m.

WEST COLUMBIA — Will McKinney likes ketchup. Brooks McKinney doesn’t. The differences between the two pretty much end right there.

Fort Hancock High pitcher Adrian Zamora surrendered eight runs last Friday as Smyer hammered the right-hander in Game 1 of the best-of-three Class 1A area-round playoff series.