Latest Mississippi sports news from The Associated Press

16e86af6035208bebccf288de7a92e03BALTIMORE (AP) – Scott Feldman outpitched Chris Tillman, Chris Carter keyed a seventh-inning rally and the Houston Astros beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-1 last night for their 10th win in 13 games. Luis Valbuena had two hits and two RBIs for the Astros.

DESTIN, Fla. (AP) – The Southeastern Conference wants a level playing field. Yep, the league that boasts seven consecutive national championships, resides in some of the country’s most fertile recruiting grounds is complaining about being at a competitive disadvantage. SEC coaches and administrators gathered for their annual spring meetings and the agenda included discussion about evening things out by potentially tweaking rules regarding satellite camps, graduate transfers and cost of attendance stipends.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Clint Myers has swiftly fulfilled his promise of taking Auburn to the Women’s College World Series while Alabama and Patrick Murphy are making one of their frequent visits. The two in-state rivals represent a quarter of the eight-team field at the World Series beginning tomorrow in Oklahoma City.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Tennessee has added point guard Lamonte Turner to its recruiting class. Turner, a 6-foot-2 guard from Harvest, Alabama, graduated from IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. He joins a Tennessee team that has no other pure point guards on scholarship.