Adenhart honored

On a crisp, cloudless morning, a tight-knit rural community and a contingent of major league baseball personnel representing the country’s second-largest city joined together at a quaint, red-brick church to honor a young man who bridged divergent worlds.

Nicholas James “Nick” Adenhart, the 22-year-old Los Angeles Angels right-hander from Western Maryland who was killed last week in a car accident, was buried Thursday after a private service attended by approximately 200 people in Williamsport, Md.

Led by a Maryland state trooper, a procession of 70 cars drove 5 miles to the interment at the Greenlawn Memorial Park.

“The community honored Nick Adenhart today,” said Tim Mead, the Angels’ vice president of communications, who was among 11 club representatives who flew to Maryland. “You just sensed – certainly the hurt – but the pride in this community for Nick. It was a very nice service.”

Those in attendance included Angels owner Arte Moreno and his wife, Carole, general manager Tony Reagins, manager Mike Scioscia, pitching coach Mike Butcher, Angels pitchers Dustin Moseley, Jered Weaver and John Lackey, scouting director Eddie Bane and scout Dan Radcliff, who was credited with signing an injured Adenhart for $710,000 in the 14th round of the 2004 amateur draft.

A public memorial service will be held today at Adenhart’s alma mater, Williamsport High.

Fidrych suffocated

Former All-Star pitcher Mark Fidrych suffocated after his clothes became entangled with a spinning part on the truck he was working on, authorities said in Massachusetts.

The state medical examiner’s office ruled the death an accident, according to a release from the Worcester District Attorney’s office.

A friend found Fidrych, 54, beneath a 10-wheel dump truck on Monday at his Northborough farm.

Clearing the bases

Milwaukee has placed reliever David Riske on the 15-day disabled list because of a tight right elbow. … Also going on the 15-day DL are Kansas City Royals third baseman Alex Gordon with a cartilage tear in his right hip and New York Yankees right fielder Xavier Nady, who has pain in his right elbow.