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CLEVELAND -- The Cavaliers' next coach will inherit a better situation than the one Larry Drew got handed.

Drew and the Cavs parted ways Thursday after a challenging, 19-win season that followed LeBron James leaving for Los Angeles and included a rash of injuries to a young roster.

Two Akron RubberDucks' unearned runs in the fourth inning snapped a 2-2 tie and gave Akron a 4-2 lead and its first win of the 2019 season, 5-2, coming against the Trenton Thunder on Wednesday at Canal Park.

Bauer allowed home runs to Goodrum and Hicks, who powered Detroit over the Cleveland Indians 4-1 Wednesday for the Tigers' sixth win in seven games.

Bauer (1-1) gave up four runs and 10 hits in 5 2/3 innings. He had allowed one run and one hit in his first two starts.

Kemba Walker scored 23 points and Charlotte kept its late-season postseason push going by pulling away in the fourth quarter for a 124-97 win Tuesday night over the Cleveland Cavaliers, whose painful first season rebuilding without LeBron James is finally over.

The Trenton Thunder jumped out to an early lead over the RubberDucks on Tuesday night and never looked back, scoring in each of the first four innings on its way to a 7-2 win over Akron at Canal Park.

DETROIT -- Now down three key players in the season's early going, the Cleveland Indians reclaimed their usual spot at the top of the AL Central on Tuesday.

Corey Kluber earned his first win of the season in his third start, powered by four home runs that sent the Indians over the Detroit Tigers 8-2.

CANTON It’s official: Marcus Wattley is McKinley High School’s new head football coach.

The Canton City school board voted 3-0 Monday to hire Wattley as the new head coach under a one-year contract, earning $9,167 a year. The board also hired Wattley as the academic and athletic liaison for grades 6-12, effective April 15, with an annual salary of $79,867.

Trenton Thunder first baseman Chris Gittens' two-run home run in the top of the eighth inning rallied the Thunder from down 3-2 and helped it to a 4-3 win over the Akron RubberDucks on Monday at Canal Park.

Led by De'Andre Hunter and his NBA-ready game, the Cavaliers turned themselves into national champions Monday night, holding off tenacious, ferocious Texas Tech for an 85-77 overtime win -- a scintillating victory that came 388 days after a crushing setback that might have sunk a lesser team for years.

The RubberDucks jumped out to an early lead 2-0 over the Altoona Curve in the second inning when Wilson Garcia led off with a double and came around to score on a Mitch Longo RBI single. Longo then stole second base and scored on Logan Ice's single to right field. Altoona answered back in the fourth inning with a two-run double from Hunter Owen to tie the score at 2. That tie lasted until Logan Hill's eighth inning RBI double, making the score 3-2 in favor of the Curve.