June 13, 2026 9:52 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Owen Caissie had a two-run double to cap a four-run seventh inning and the Miami Marlins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-3 on Friday night for their sixth straight victory. Sandy Alcantara (6-4) won for the third time in three starts in June, working eight innings. He gave up three runs on five hits while striking out seven and walking one. Tied at 2 going into the seventh, the Marlins scored four runs off reliever Wilber Dotel (1-2). Xavier Edwards brought home the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly, Heriberto Hernandez had an RBI single and Caissie broke it open with his double off the fence in center. Liam Hicks added a two-run homer in the eighth.
June 13, 2026 12:01 am
Back-to-back doubles by Keira Drilak & Lauren Rush gave Chartiers-Houston a 1-0 lead two batters into the game but the Bucs never crossed the plate again as Laurel won its first-ever PIAA softball championship, 7-1, Friday afternoon. Rush reached third with nobody out but the Bucs couldn’t score her. In the third, CHHS got runners to 2nd & 3rd with one out but stranded both. Laurel’s Riley Balcom allowed just one base runner the rest of the way. The Spartans used a pair of hit batters and two singles to score three in the bottom of the third, then a couple more free passes helped Laurel score three more times in the sixth. Chartiers-Houston was looking for its first PIAA title since 2010. The Bucs dropped to 1-6 in softball state championship games.
Friday, June 12
PIAA Softball Championship Softball Brackets
2A Laurel > Chartiers-Houston, 7-1, Listen Here
June 13, 2026 10:07 am
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. has opened its first home World Cup in 32 years with a dynamic 4-1 victory over Paraguay. Folarin Balogun scored twice in the Americans’ historic three-goal first half. Christian Pulisic had an assist in a stellar playmaking performance for the Americans, who enthralled their Southern California fans with an aggressive attack while streaking to a 3-0 halftime lead. Gio Reyna ripped another goal in the dying moments of second-half injury time, giving the Americans four goals in a World Cup match for the first time. The U.S. scored only three goals combined in Qatar four years ago.
June 11, 2026 12:01 am
Chartiers-Houston softball lost back-to-back WPIAL playoff games. The Bucs then had to play through the eastern half of the statewide bracket, logging nearly 1,000 miles and topping three straight district champions to earn a berth in the state championship game for the first time since 2010. Now, the WPIAL’s 4th place team will face Laurel, the team that beat Char-Houston in the WPIAL third-place game, 6-5. The two will play at Penn State’s Nittany Lion Softball Park and on WJPA-AM (1450). Our coverage starts at 10:45 am. Listen Here This is Laurel’s first-ever PIAA championship game appearance. Chartiers-Houston lost five straight state finals before topping Montgomery 16 years ago for their only championship.
Friday, June 12
PIAA Softball Championship Softball Brackets
10:45 am 2A Chartiers-Houston vs. Laurel at Penn State, WJPA-AM (1450), Watch/Listen Here
June 13, 2026 10:12 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Throngs of UFC fans have descended on the nation’s capital for an unusual fight night at the White House. The Sunday night event is marking both America’s 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday. Fans from as far away as Australia are in Washington for the spectacle. Polling shows UFC fans skew male and nonwhite, with more identifying as Republicans, but the crowd near the Lincoln Memorial for a news conference with the fights on Friday night was diverse. Trump has billed this weekend as “the greatest show on earth.” A watchdog group tried to stop it with a lawsuit and says the event is a corrupt use of national monuments.
June 12, 2026 4:50 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani was lifted for a pinch hitter in the seventh inning of Thursday night’s 8-6 win over Pittsburgh due to left knee inflammation. The reigning NL MVP hit his 13th homer of the season, a solo shot, in the third inning. He also had a single and walked twice, reaching base in all four of his at-bats. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts downplayed the significance of the injury and said the move to take Ohtani out of the game was precautionary.
June 12, 2026 9:14 am
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Andrei Svechnikov scored twice and Sebastian Aho added a second-period goal in a breakout game for Carolina’s top-line performers, helping the Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Thursday night to move within a victory of winning the Stanley Cup. Captain Jordan Staal added his fifth goal in the series. It all came together in Game 5, with Svechnikov’s short putaway at the post on the power play giving Carolina a 4-1 lead midway through the third period. Brandon Bussi finished with 22 saves in his second career postseason start. That gave the Hurricanes a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series. Game 6 is Sunday night in Las Vegas.
June 12, 2026 9:20 am
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Julián Quiñones and Raúl Jiménez helped Mexico make an exuberant start to the World Cup by scoring a goal each in a 2-0 win over South Africa in the opening match of the tournament. With a capacity crowd of 80,824 watching at the iconic Azteca Stadium, co-host Mexico started the largest World Cup tournament in history by getting goals in each half while three red cards were shown — two for South Africa and one for Mexico. Quiñones gave Mexico the lead in the ninth minute. Jiménez added the second goal on a header in 66th.
June 11, 2026 4:14 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s deference to his catchers might have cost the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 9-8 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Ohtani was on the mound in the seventh inning with the Dodgers leading by five. However, things unraveled after a couple of borderline calls to Pittsburgh’s Brandon Lowe went unchallenged. The at-bat ended with Lowe lacing a two-run double that kept the Pirates in the game. Ohtani said afterward he probably should have challenged the calls. The four-time MVP allowed a season-high three earned runs and saw his bid for a fifth straight victory slip away when Pittsburgh rallied against the Los Angeles bullpen. Ohtani did make an impact late offensively, hitting a two-run shot in the ninth that brought the Dodgers within one.
June 11, 2026 4:00 am
The Pittsburgh Pirates today placed outfielder Oneil Cruz on the 10-day injured list (left hand fourth and fifth metacarpal non-displaced fractures), retroactive to Monday (June 8), and recalled outfielder Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis.
