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UIndy Moves Up One Spot in Latest NCAA Regional Rankings

Story Links INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy baseball team earned the No. 5 spot in the latest NCAA Division II Midwest Regional rankings, released Wednesday. The announcement comes less than two hours after the Greyhounds won a marathon game against Drury in the first round of the GLVC Championship Tournament. The Hounds now sit one spot behind Lewis, who is […]

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UIndy Moves Up One Spot in Latest NCAA Regional Rankings

INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy baseball team earned the No. 5 spot in the latest NCAA Division II Midwest Regional rankings, released Wednesday. The announcement comes less than two hours after the Greyhounds won a marathon game against Drury in the first round of the GLVC Championship Tournament.

The Hounds now sit one spot behind Lewis, who is the No. 1 seed in the GLVC Tournament, while they sit two and three spots respectively ahead of Illinois Springfield and Drury, who sit at No. 7 and No. 8 in this week’s regional rankings.

The Greyhounds would be in the regional field if the tournament started today, with the top seven teams from the Midwest region all earning themselves a spot in the NCAA Tournament field.

The complete field of teams will be announced on NCAA.com on Sunday, May 11, with the NCAA DII Midwest Regional set to begin on Thursday May 15 and run through Saturday May 18. The top two seeds from each region will each host games that are a part of the seven-team double-elimination bracket. The winners of both sections of the bracket will then play a best-of-three series on May 22-24 in the NCAA DII Midwest Super Regional.

The complete Midwest regional rankings list can be found below.

MIDWEST REGIONAL RANKINGS

RK	TEAM	OVERALL	IN-REGION
1.	Davenport	37-12	36-10
2.	Grand Valley	39-10	35-9
3.	Ashland	35-15	32-14
4.	Lewis	35-11	35-14
5.	UIndy	29-20	29-20
6.	Northwood	31-19	30-16
7.	Illinois Springfield	33-15	31-13
8.	Drury	31-21	30-18
9.	Saginaw Valley	27-20	27-20

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U.S. Loses Heartbreaker to Czechia at 2025 Women’s VNL

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 6, 2025) – The U.S. Women’s National Team won the first two sets before falling short in a thrilling five-setter to Czechia, 3-2 (23-25, 20-25, 25-17, 25-20, 27-25) on Friday night in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The U.S. (0-3) will have an off day before facing Korea at 1 p.m. PDT […]

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 6, 2025) – The U.S. Women’s National Team won the first two sets before falling short in a thrilling five-setter to Czechia, 3-2 (23-25, 20-25, 25-17, 25-20, 27-25) on Friday night in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The U.S. (0-3) will have an off day before facing Korea at 1 p.m. PDT on Sunday, June 8, to finish week one of Volleyball Nations League.

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The U.S. block dominated the first two sets and finished with a 13-6 advantage for the match. Czechia, which won its first VNL match in its history and defeated the U.S. for the first time ever, led in kills (82-66) and aces (7-2).

Outside hitter Sarah Franklin led five double-figure scorers for the U.S. with 20 points on 19 kills and a block, while middle blocker Amber Igiede totaled 18 points on 13 kills, four blocks, and an ace. Franklin also led the squad with nine successful receptions and added 10 digs,

Middle Molly McCage led all players with five blocks and registered six kills for 11 points. Outside Logan Eggleston also scored 11 points (seven kills, three blocks and an ace). Opposites Logan Lednicky and Olivia Babcock recorded 10 and nine kills, respectively.

Libero Morgan Hentz paced the U.S. with 13 digs and contributed seven successful receptions. Eggleston finished with 11 digs and seven successful receptions. Setter Saige Ka’aha’aina-Torres tallied nine digs and two kills.

The U.S. finished on a 6-2 run to win its first set of the 2025 VNL in the opening set. Franklin and Lednicky each scored four points on kills.

Trailing 15-14 in the second set, the U.S. scored five consecutive points to take control. McCage scored on a slide and her back-to-back blocks made it 20-16. McCage led the team in the set with five points on two kills and three blocks. Igiede, Lednicky and Eggleston each scored four points.

Czechia stayed in the match by passing at a 75 percent success rate in the third set. Igiede scored four points with Franklin adding three.

The U.S. trailed most of the fourth set, drawing within one point at 11-10 and six more times after that, but could not draw even. A kill by Franklin made it 19-18 but Czechia sent the match to a fifth set with a 6-2 run. Babcock produced a team-high six kills in the fourth set.

Two Eggleston kills put the U.S. in front 7-3 in the deciding set and an Igiede kill later in the set made it 11-8. Czechia scored the next four points and had match points at 14-12 and 14-13.

A Franklin kill off a set from Hentz gave the U.S. its first match point at 15-14. Two kills by Igiede and three by Franklin help set up five more U.S. match points, including a Franklin kill that gave the U.S. its 10th match point at 25-24. Czechia scored the final three points, finally securing the victory on its fourth match point. Franklin (six) and Igiede (five) combined for 11 of their team’s 18 kills in the fifth set.

“We got back into that same rut where we lost some consistency early on in the third and put ourselves in a pretty big hole,” head coach Erik Sullivan told VBTV. “Again, I’m proud of the way our team fought through the whole match, but it’s a hard one to swallow. We’ve got some grit and some fight to us, but we’ve just got to figure out the consistency. We can’t have these big lulls in our execution.”

Monica Brancuska of Czechia led all players with 22 kills and 23 points, while Michaela Mlejnkova recorded seven of her 21 kills in the final set.

U.S. Women’s Week One Roster for 2025 VNL

No. Name (Pos., Ht., Hometown, College, USAV Region)
6 Morgan Hentz (L, 5-9, Lakeside Park, Ky., Stanford Univ., Pioneer)
9 Madisen Skinner (OH, 6-2, Katy, Texas, Univ. of Kentucky and Univ. of Texas, Lone Star)
13 Amber Igiede (MB, 6-3, Baton Rouge, La., Univ. of Hawaii, Bayou)
14 Anna Dodson (MB, 6-5, Fort Collins, Colo., UCLA, Rocky Mountain)
17 Zoe Jarvis (previously Fleck) (L, 5-6, Granada Hills, Calif., UCLA and Univ. of Texas, Southern California)
21 Roni Jones-Perry (OH, 6-0, West Jordan, Utah, BYU, Intermountain)
22 Sarah Franklin (OH, 6-4, Lake Worth, Fla., Univ. of Wisconsin, Florida)
24 Olivia Babcock (Opp, 6-4, Los Angeles, Calif., Pitt, Southern California)
27 Ella Powell (S, 6-0, Fayetteville, Ark., Univ. of Washington, Delta)
28 Logan Lednicky (Opp, 6-3, Sugar Land, Texas, Univ. of Texas A&M, Lone Star)
29 Molly McCage (MB, 6-3, Spring, Texas, Univ. of Texas, Lone Star)
32 Saige Ka’aha’aina-Torres (S, Honolulu, Hawaii, Univ. of Texas, Aloha)
33 Logan Eggleston (OH, 6-2, Brentwood, Tenn., Univ. of Texas, Southern)
43 Serena Gray (MB, 6-2, Temple City, Calif., Pitt, Southern California)

Head Coach: Erik Sullivan
Assistant Coach: Mike Wall
Second Assistant Coach: Brandon Taliaferro
Second Assistant Coach: Tayyiba Haneef-Park
Second Assistant Coach: Joe Trinsey
Team Manager: Rob Browning
Team Doctors: William Briner, James Suchy, Chris Lee, Andrew Gregory
Physiotherapist: Kara Kessans
Physical Trainers: Shawn Hueglin, Shannon Boone
Mental Performance Coach: Andrea Becker, Katy Stanfill
Performance Analyst: Virginia Pham

Week 1 Schedule: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Matches will be shown live and on-demand on VBTV. CBS Sport Network and the Big Ten Network will also air matches.

All times PDT
June 4 Italy def. USA, 3-0 (25-13, 25-13, 30-28)
June 5 Brazil def. USA, 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-19)
June 6 Czechia def. USA, 3-2 (23-25, 20-25, 25-17, 25-20, 27-25)
June 8 at 1 p.m. vs. Korea

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Even Democrats Are Sick Of Men In Women's Sports

MINNEAPOLIS — The aggressive push for gender ideology by left-wingers is starting to cost them — and not just with conservatives. Even lifelong Democrats are clashing with party leaders over one increasingly unpopular issue: allowing biological males to compete in girls’ and women’s sports. That frustration was on full display this week in Minnesota, where […]

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That frustration was on full display this week in Minnesota, where a trans-identifying male athlete just carried Champlin Park High School to a state championship win in high school girls’ softball.

READ: Champlin Park Wins Minnesota Softball State Title Behind Trans Pitcher’s Complete Game Shutout

On Friday morning, as the Champlin Park Rebels clinched the Class AAAA state title behind male pitcher Marissa Rothenberger, a small group of protesters stood outside Jane Sage Cowles Stadium holding signs that read “Females deserve fair sports” and “Democrats for Title IX.”

One of those protesters was Elizabeth, a member of Women’s Declaration International, who spoke with OutKick.

“I came out today to stand up to protect women and girls in sports,” Elizabeth said. “Girls throughout the state have lost out on their opportunity for safe and fair sport. Some of the women I’m here with today are with DIAG, which is Democrats for an Informed Approach to Gender. All of us at one point — or some still — are Democrats.”

She added: “I myself left the Democratic Party over this issue and am now an independent. Democrats are pushing this on their constituents and their base without our consent.”

Minnesota Law Welcomes Males Into Girls’ Sports With Open Arms

The Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) allows athletes to compete in sports based on gender identity, regardless of biological sex. Minnesota law allows individuals to change the sex marker on their birth certificate with either a physician’s note or a court order — and the document doesn’t have to indicate any changes were made.

This policy, along with vocal support from politicians like Governor Tim Walz and Rep. Leigh Finke, has made Minnesota one of the most aggressive states in pushing trans inclusion in girls’ sports.

But that doesn’t mean their voters feel the same way.

“They have kind of introduced boys playing on girls teams, self-ID, changes to birth certificates and legal documents without voters really being aware,” Elizabeth said. “And we’re concerned about the impact that has on women and girls.”

Protesters gather outside the Minnesota high school softball state championship game.

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She’s not alone. Recent polling confirms that what was once whispered among centrists is now loud and clear: this is a losing issue for Democrats.

A 2023 Gallup poll found that nearly 70 percent of Americans, including two-thirds of Gen Z voters, oppose allowing trans-identifying males to compete in girls’ and women’s sports. When NBC repeated that poll in April 2025, that number grew to a whopping 75 percent.

Even among Democrats, support is dropping as parents watch their daughters lose out on fair competition, college scholarships and basic safety. OutKick had boots on the ground for this week’s Minnesota state softball tournament, and we saw this revelation happening in real-time.

It’s All About The Bottom Line

So why are Democrat leaders so willing to die on this hill? According to Elizabeth, it’s all about the Benjamins.

“Honestly, I think it’s money-related,” she said. “There’s a lot of money in the trans lobby. This is an identity movement that relies very heavily on the pharmaceutical and the medical-industrial complex. And there’s a lot of money to keep this going.”

Her concerns echo OutKick’s previous reporting on an alleged Nike-funded study on minors undergoing medical gender transition. That alleged study aims to determine if treating young boys with puberty blockers and hormone therapy early enough could close the performance gap between males and females in sports. Never mind the known health risks and the irreversibility of many of these procedures.

A Legal Battle Is Brewing In Minnesota

After President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February banning males from competing in female sports, the Department of Education launched an investigation into both Minnesota and California for Title IX violations.

Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor made the administration’s position clear: “The Minnesota State High School League and the California Interscholastic Federation are free to engage in all the meaningless virtue-signaling they want,” Trainor said, “but at the end of the day, they must abide by federal law.”

MORE: Will President Trump Call Out Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Over Male Athletes in Girls’ Sports?

Instead of backing down, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sued the Trump administration, claiming that protecting sex-based rights in sports amounts to discrimination against “vulnerable children.”

Champlin Park celebrates winning the State Championship while Bloomington Jefferson looks on.

(Photo by Amber Harding)

But while Minnesota’s leaders were pretending nothing is wrong, Rothenberger threw three complete games in the state tournament, allowed just two runs over 21 innings and was named to the All-Tournament team.

For many watching from the stands — or standing outside in protest — this wasn’t just a game. It was a public display of what happens when political ideology is placed ahead of basic fairness.

Earlier this week, after Champlin Park narrowly defeated White Bear Lake in the semifinals, one frustrated dad in the crowd summed it up perfectly: “You’re looking at a whole team of future Republicans.”

Michael Jordan once said, “Republicans buy sneakers, too.” That’s true. And, well… Democrats have daughters, too.

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Akerstrom Named to USA Water Polo Junior National Team

U.C. San Diego’s Landon Akerstrom has been selected for the 2025 USA Water Polo Junior National Team. He will compete in the World Aquatics Men’s Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, starting June 14. Akerstrom stands out as a sophomore attacker, having led the Tritons in key stats and earning conference honors. Team USA will face […]

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By the Numbers

Akerstrom scored 76 points, including 59 goals, during the 2024 season.
He had a 17-game scoring streak and contributed to 22 of 27 games played.

State of Play

The USA team is drawn into Group A, competing against Croatia, Hungary, and Montenegro.
The championship will have its final game on June 21, 2025.

What’s Next

Akerstrom is set to travel to Croatia and demonstrate his skills on an international stage, aiming to help Team USA advance through group stages for a shot at the championship.

Bottom Line

Akerstrom’s inclusion in the junior national team highlights his exceptional talent and sets the stage for further recognition as he competes internationally, reinforcing the Tritons’ reputation in collegiate water polo.

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Oregon has heavyweights in loaded NCAA 1,500

What’s on the track at Hayward Field in 2025? Hayward Field will play host to a wide variety of track and field events in 2025. The NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship meet at Hayward Field will feature a competitive women’s 1,500-meter race. Oregon has three entrants in the 1,500 meters: Silan Ayyildiz, Klaudia Kazimierska […]

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The NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship meet at Hayward Field will feature a competitive women’s 1,500-meter race.
Oregon has three entrants in the 1,500 meters: Silan Ayyildiz, Klaudia Kazimierska and Mia Barnett.

The loaded women’s 1,500-meter field for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship meet will include a two-time collegiate record-holder, an Olympic finalist and a fast-rising senior whose personal records have been dramatically dropping.

And those are just the Ducks.

The gates will open Wednesday at Hayward Field for the June 11-14 meet, which is formatted to have the men compete on Wednesday and Friday, and the women on Thursday and Saturday.

There are 24 women entered in Thursday’s 1,500 semifinal heats, and Oregon is one of two teams to have three entrants – Silan Ayyildiz (the record-holder), Klaudia Kazimierska (the Olympian) and Mia Barnett (the up-and-comer).

Making it to Saturday’s 12-woman final won’t be an easy task.

Also entered are three from Washington, including 2024 Irish Olympian and Big Ten champion Sophie O’Sullivan, 2024 NCAA outdoor runner-up Kimberly May of Providence and her teammate Shannon Flockhart, who leads the NCAA this season with a time of 4 minutes, 4.97 seconds.

Also entered is Northern Arizona’s Maggi Congdon, who ran 4:02.79 at the U.S. Olympic Trials last summer, and Virginia’s Margot Appleton, who was third at the NCAA outdoor meet in 2023 and has 4:05.68 PR.

“The depth is better than it’s ever been,” Oregon assistant coach Shalane Flanagan said. “It’s a meeting of the titans.”

A record-setting season for Oregon’s Silan Ayyilidz

Ayyildiz, a senior from Turkey, has been on a record-breaking tear since January. She’s produced the fastest times in collegiate history in the indoor and outdoor mile, and was also on the Ducks’ collegiate record-setting distance medley relay team.

She ran the indoor mile in 4:23.46 in mid-February in Boston, and a week later anchored the 10:42.05 DMR finish. At the Drake Relays in April, she ran 4:25.5 to get the outdoor mile record as well.

Ayyildiz’s outdoor mile time converts to a 4:05.83 for the 1,500.

“She has obviously had a stellar year,” Flanagan said. “Her strength is just naturally very good.”

Ayyildiz won the Big Ten title last fall in cross-country and finished 13th at the national championship meet. She also won conference titles in the 5,000 both indoors and outdoors. She was second to O’Sullivan in the outdoor 1,500.

Now comes her final collegiate challenge.

“I’m excited and feel like I’m pretty ready,” Ayyildiz said. “It’s really good to have a high-quality group to train with. I’m so grateful that I have the fortune to train with them.”

Oregon Olympian Klaudia Kazimierska hitting her form

After dealing with an injury during the indoor season, Kazimierska has been ramping up the last couple months. She ran a PR 2:02.03 in the 800 at the Drake Relays on April 23, won a conference title at that distance in May and then a week later ran 4:03.26 at the Sound Running Track Fest in Los Angeles. It was the third-fastest in-season time in collegiate history.

But Kazimierska’s PR actually came late last summer in the weeks after finishing 10th at the Paris Summer Games when she clocked a 3:59.95 at a meet in her home country of Poland.

That makes her the fastest in the field this week, just ahead of O’Sullivan who ran 4:00.23 in the Olympic semifinals.

“When you go into those big meets you need to remember the race is the same as it is every other time of the year,” Kazimierska said. “You have to be relaxed and have fun with it. … You don’t want to create any pressure where you feel like you have to do something special there. You just need to be yourself.”

Oregon’s Mia Barnett moving out of the shadows

Not to get lost in the accomplishments of her teammate is Barnett, who also ran faster than the former collegiate outdoor mile record when she finished second to Ayyildiz in the same race in 4:26.4, which converts to 4:06.66 for the 1,500.

Barnett, whose 1,500 PR is 4:08.44, was third in the 1,500 outdoors and second in the mile indoors at the conference championship meets. She too was a member of the Ducks’ record-setting DMR.

This will be her seventh national championship meet indoors and outdoors, though she’s attempting to make her first outdoor final.

“I feel like I’ve definitely learned a lot,” Barnett said. “I’ve had a hard time making the finals because everyone is so good. But this season specifically, I have definitely been more comfortable as a racer and being more relaxed when I run and I feel like I am in more control of what I can do when I race now.”

Her teammates have taken notice of her tactical ability.

“Mia’s been very consistent recently and seeing how she’s improving with every race, and her confidence,” Kazimierska said. “She always knows how to move in those races; she’s very decisive.”

All three will need to be mentally sharp this week, Flanagan said, as there is very little separation among entries in terms of physical talent.

“There’s a lot of really great athletes and tight range of ability,” Flanagan said. “Honestly, it feels like it rests on my shoulders. Their ability to execute and having a good race plan is probably the most important piece. I don’t know if they can out-run people too much because it’s such a great field. It’s going to be about positioning and who has the right mindset that day.”

NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships

Men’s meet: June 11, 13
Women’s meet: June 12, 14
Where: Hayward Field

Chris Hansen covers University of Oregon football, men’s basketball, track and field, cross country and softball for The Register-Guard. You can reach him at chansen@registerguard.com and you can follow him on X @chansen_RG

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Coach Questionnaire: Lakeridge Swimming- Derek Abbott

USA TODAY High School Sports | USA TODAY Sports Derek Abbott- Head Swimming Coach, Lakeridge High School 1. How have the off-season workouts been for your team? How many swimmers are returning? “Most of our kids are multi-sport kids or swim for a club team. So the off-season workouts are great, because they are actively […]

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1. How have the off-season workouts been for your team? How many swimmers are returning?

“Most of our kids are multi-sport kids or swim for a club team. So the off-season workouts are great, because they are actively working hard and winning in other school sports or refining their technique and endurance in their club.”

“We have 21 out of 42 swimmers returning from the team last year. This is both boys and girls teams”

2. What will be your team’s biggest challenge?

“Our biggest challenge will be filling the void of some very good leadership that graduated this last year. We lost our 4 captains from last year Noelle Foden-Vencil, Keaton Weil, Jackson Waste (playing wter polo for Drexel University) and Alexander Schaffer (playing water polo for Air Force Academy). We also graduated 3 swimmers who were very fast; Brenda Cha (swimming for Vanderbilt), Rowan Hauber (swimming for Iowa) and Jordynn Canelis (swimming for Western Colorado).”

3. What are you expecting from your team this season?

“Our expectation is the same every year. We will work hard in and out of the water. We want to be the hardest working team in the state. We want to win every dual meet we swim this year, which means every swimmer has to contribute to the team. And we hope to see our girls in the top 5 at state and our boys in the top 10 at state.”

4. What swimmers should fans watch out for this season?

“If you come to a Lakeridge meet, be prepared to see the swimmers rally as a team and support one another to accomplish such a unity for an ‘individual sport’. On the boys end though, keep an eye on Liam O’Shea, CJ Hanson, Max and Sam Swaim, Matty McComish and Zack Wyman. On the girls end, Mara Newman, Katie Manzione, Brynn O’Shea, Sonya Ahmadyar, Dorothy Wang and Christal Mcaninch.”

5. What meet are you looking forward to most this season?

“Absolutely the most popular and electrifying meet is our big rivalry meet against Lake Oswego High. Our swimmers come ready to swim and compete on that meet. We also pack the house with the fans that night.”

6. What teams, besides your own, do you think are the top contenders in your league?

“For the guys we know that Lake Oswego is really good and so are Tigard and Tualatin. For the girls Lake Oswego is really good, as is West Linn and Tualatin and Saint Marys.”

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Astros, Cooper Hummel Agree To Minor League Deal

The Astros are bringing back outfielder/first baseman Cooper Hummel on a minor league deal, reports Ari Alexander of KPRC 2. The Gaeta Sports Management client will head to Triple-A Sugar Land after electing free agency from the Orioles yesterday. Hummel spent most of the 2024 season in the Houston organization. The Astros grabbed him off […]

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Astros, Cooper Hummel Agree To Minor League Deal

The Astros are bringing back outfielder/first baseman Cooper Hummel on a minor league deal, reports Ari Alexander of KPRC 2. The Gaeta Sports Management client will head to Triple-A Sugar Land after electing free agency from the Orioles yesterday.

Hummel spent most of the 2024 season in the Houston organization. The Astros grabbed him off waivers from the Giants in early April. They quickly outrighted him off the roster but would later reselect his contract. Hummel didn’t get much MLB action, appearing in six games and going 0-8 with two strikeouts. He hit well in the minors, though, running a .277/.419/.454 slash line across 442 trips to the plate. He walked at a massive 17.9% clip while hitting 10 homers and stealing 15 bases.

The switch-hitting Hummel remained on the roster throughout the winter and Spring Training. He’s out of options and the Astros decided not to have him break camp. They had no choice but to place him on waivers as a result. Hummel signed a minor league deal with the Yankees and was limited to 10 Triple-A games by injury. He went on to sign a pair of MLB contracts with the Orioles but was only on the active roster for a combined four days and took one at-bat.

Hummel figures to have a little more stability in a familiar setting in Sugar Land. This is the second reunion signing in as many days for the Astros. They brought back veteran catcher Omar Narváez, who finished last year with their Triple-A team, on a minor league deal last night.