Ex-WSU pitcher tries to strike out Huntington’s Disease

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Over the next four days, Joe Smith and Allie LaForce will involve themselves in some life-changing commitments.

The high-profile sports couple — he’s the Los Angeles Angels relief pitcher formerly of the Wright State Raiders; she’s the former Miss Teen USA and Ohio University basketball player who is a CBS Sports sideline reporter and studio host — will get married Saturday in Cleveland.

Tonight, though, the couple will be at the Nutter Center with a different set of vows.

They will be featured in a fund-raising meet and greet before Wright State’s game with Cleveland State. Their plan is both to make people aware of just what Huntington’s Disease is and to help raise money to fund research on the currently non-curable, congenital brain disorder that progressively erodes mental capacity and physical capability.

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