May 6, 2026 12:01 am
Trinity (5A), Peters Township (5A) and Chartiers-Houston (2A) all entered Tuesday with baseball playoffs still alive. But each met disappointment at the end of the day, Peters Township having won but not getting the help they needed from Chartiers Valley against Upper St. Clair. Trinity lost at Moon and Chartiers-Houston lost a three-run lead in the sixth, then saw Frazier win at Beth-Center to take the final 2A bid. The two-county area is sending 10 baseball teams to the playoffs, with another 12 heading to the softball tournaments. Softball brackets are coming out Thursday afternoon with the baseball tournaments being seeded Friday. Here’s the Tuesday baseball scoreboard and the final playoff status for all 19 schools in the two-county area.
Baseball, Tuesday, May 5
5A Peters Township > South Fayette, 5-4
5A Moon Area > Trinity, 7-3 Watch/Listen Here
4A Laurel Highlands > Ringgold, 10-0
3A Seton-LaSalle > McGuffey, 8-0
3A Charleroi > Waynesburg, 11-10
3A Keystone Oaks > Wash High, 7-4
2A California > Chartiers-Houston, 9-7 Watch/Listen Here
2A Frazier > Beth-Center, 8-4
2A Burgettstown > Fort Cherry, 5-2
1A Carmichaels > West Greene, 11-1
1A Jeannette > Jeff-Morgan, 6-5 (8 inn.)
1A Greensburg Central Catholic > Mapletown, 16-1 (4 inn.)
Baseball playoff picture:
Section champions: Canon-McMillan, Fort Cherry
Clinched: Avella, Burgettstown, California, Carmichaels, Charleroi, Jeff-Morgan, Ringgold, Waynesburg
Eliminated: Bentworth (2A), Beth-Center (2A), Chartiers-Houston (2A), Mapletown (1A), McGuffey (3A), Peters Townshp (5A), Trinity (5A), Wash High (3A), West Greene (1A)
Softball playoff picture:
Section champions: Bentworth, Carmichaels, Chartiers-Houston
Clinched: Beth-Center, Burgettstown, Canon-McMillan, Charleroi, Jeff-Morgan, McGuffey, Trinity, Wash High, West Greene
Eliminated: Avella (1A), California (2A), Fort Cherry (2A), Mapletown (1A), Peters Township 5A), Ringgold (4A), Waynesburg (2A)
May 6, 2026 6:28 am
PHOENIX (AP) — Eduardo Rodriguez gave up just two hits over seven strong innings, Geraldo Perdomo added a two-run double and the Arizona Diamondbacks cruised past the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-0. The D-backs used a five-run sixth inning to take a 7-0 lead. Gabriel Moreno hit an RBI double down the right-field foul line, Perdomo added his two-run double, Ketel Marte hit an RBI groundout and Corbin Carroll brought home the final run on a sacrifice fly. Rodriguez didn’t give up a hit until the fifth inning when Jared Triolo lined a two-out single to left. The veteran left hander struck out seven and walked three.
May 6, 2026 6:26 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bob Skinner, a three-time World Series champion and All-Star, has died at 94. The Pittsburgh Pirates said Tuesday they were informed of Skinner’s death from his wife, Joan. He died in San Diego. A cause was not provided. Skinner began his career in Pittsburgh and helped the Pirates stun the New York Yankees in the 1960 World Series. He was also a part of the 1964 St. Louis Cardinals team that won the World Series. Skinner returned to Pittsburgh in 1979 as the club’s hitting coach, winning a third ring as part of the “We Are Family” Pirates that beat Baltimore in the 1979 World Series.
May 6, 2026 4:28 am
The NFL and its officials are moving closer toward a new agreement that avoids a work stoppage. After a lengthy stalemate, negotiations have reached a point where the NFL Referees Association is planning to have a ratification vote this week, a person with knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the conversations are private. ESPN first reported the development. Last month, the league began the onboarding process for replacement officials because negotiations weren’t progressing. The NFL’s collective bargaining agreement with the NFL Referees Association is set to expire on May 31. The league and the union have been negotiating a new CBA since the summer of 2024.
May 6, 2026 4:27 am
DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon scored a goal and assisted on two more as the Colorado Avalanche rolled through Minnesota’s newest netminder, Filip Gustavsson, on their way to a 5-2 win over the Wild to grab a 2-0 lead in the second-round playoff series. This featured a little more defense than in the 9-6 contest in Game 1. The 14 goals this series for the Avalanche are the most in the first two games of a playoff series since the Calgary Flames had 15 against the Los Angeles Kings in 1988. Martin Necas, Gabriel Landeskog and Nicolas Roy all scored their first goals of the series. Valeri Nichushkin added an empty-netter in the closing seconds.
May 5, 2026 2:54 am
Ringgold (4A), Waynesburg (3A), Carmichaels (1A) and Jeff-Morgan (1A) all clinched playoff spots with wins Monday afternoon. Peters Township (5A), Trinity (5A) & Chartiers-Houston (2A) remain on the playoff bubble with one game remaining. McGuffey (3A) and Wash High (3A) were both eliminated with losses. Tuesday afternoon, Trinity goes to Moon Area, needing to finish the two-game series and get help to qualify. Meanwhile, Chartiers-Houston heads to California, trying again to grab the last playoff berth. The Bucs need to win, or see Frazier lose at Beth-Center to qualify. Peters Township will know if they can still qualify before taking the field against South Fayette Tuesday night. We’ll have the Chartiers-Houston/California and Trinity/Moon games on the WJPA Sports Network Tuesday afternoon. Watch/Listen Here
The two-county area now has 10 baseball teams with playoff berths in hand heading into the final day of the regular season. Brackets are due to be releases Thursday by the League with playoff games set to start early next week. Here’s Tuesday’s baseball schedule and a breakdown of the playoff scenarios for each of the bubble teams along with the softball playoff status.
Baseball, Tuesday, May 5
5A South Fayette at Peters Township (7 pm)
5A Trinity at Moon Area, 4:30 pm WJPA.com Watch/Listen Here
4A Ringgold at Laurel Highlands
3A Seton-LaSalle vs. McGuffey at EQT Park (7 pm)
3A Waynesburg at Charleroi
3A Wash High at Keystone Oaks (3 pm)
2A Chartiers-Houston at California 4:15 pm WJPA.com Watch/Listen Here
2A Frazier at Beth-Center (7 pm)
2A Fort Cherry at Burgettstown
1A West Greene at Carmichaels
1A Jeff-Morgan at Jeannette
1A Mapletown at Greensburg Central Catholic
Baseball Playoff scenarios:
Section champions: Canon-McMillan, Fort Cherry
Clinched: Avella, Burgettstown, California, Carmichaels, Charleroi, Jeff-Morgan, Ringgold, Waynesburg
Eliminated: Bentworth (2A), Beth-Center (2A), Mapletown (1A), McGuffey (3A), Wash High (3A), West Greene (1A)
Alive (3 teams):
5A Peters Township-clinch with a win + an Upper St. Clair loss at Chartiers Valley
5A Trinity-clinch with a win + an Upper St. Clair loss at Chartiers Valley
2A Chartiers-Houston-clinch with a win at California or a Frazier loss at Beth-Center
Softball
Section champions: Bentworth, Carmichaels, Chartiers-Houston
Clinched: Beth-Center, Burgettstown, Canon-McMillan, Charleroi, Jeff-Morgan, McGuffey, Trinity, Wash High, West Greene
Eliminated: Avella (1A), California (2A), Fort Cherry (2A), Mapletown (1A), Peters Township 5A), Ringgold (4A), Waynesburg (2A)
May 5, 2026 4:29 am
DETROIT (AP) — Two-time American League Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal will have surgery to remove loose bodies from his elbow after being scratched from Monday’s start against the Boston Red Sox. Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch told reporters that the left-hander felt pain in his elbow on Sunday, less than a week after an injury scare against the Atlanta Braves. The 29-year-old — set to become a free agent next offseason — underwent tests that showed the loose bodies. The surgery hadn’t yet been scheduled. There is no immediate timetable for his return.
May 5, 2026 4:32 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge hopes John Sterling’s iconic call, “Ballgame over! Yankees win! Theee Yankees win!” becomes a new tradition at Yankee Stadium. Judge shared this after the Yankees defeated Baltimore 12-1, completing a four-game sweep on the day of Sterling’s death at age 87. Sterling, who called games from 1989 to 2024, was honored with a pregame tribute — and then his familiar call that punctuated Yankees wins was played over the ballpark’s public-address system following the final out. Judge hit his 14th homer in the first inning and added a two-run single in the eighth. Yankees manager Aaron Boone also supports the idea of Sterling’s call becoming part of the victory routine.
May 5, 2026 4:28 am
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Taylor Hall slipped the puck past Dan Vladar at 18:54 of overtime to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Monday night, taking a 2-0 lead in their second-round series in the NHL playoffs. Seth Jarvis had the third-period goal that forced overtime for Carolina, while Nikolaj Ehlers also scored. Frederik Andersen finished with 34 saves to help the Hurricanes improve to 6-0 in the postseason. Jamie Drysdale and Sean Couturier scored in a 39-second span of the first period for the Flyers, but Philadelphia couldn’t beat Andersen again. Vladar had 40 saves. Game 3 is Thursday.
May 4, 2026 4:13 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Oneil Cruz hit a tie-breaking single in the eighth inning, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 1-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds to complete a three-game sweep. Pirates rookie Konnor Griffin doubled against Reds reliever Tony Santillan, setting up Cruz’s decisive hit. Gregory Soto earned the win in relief after a strong start by Braxton Ashcraft, who allowed just four hits over 7 2/3 innings. Cincinnati rookie Chase Burns matched Ashcraft, not allowing a run over seven-plus innings to lower his ERA to 2.20.
