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Canon-McMillan broke a scoreless tie with four runs in the fifth, then added three more in the sixth on the way to a berth in the 6A softball semifinals. Trinity allowed five runs in the first two innings and never recovered, losing to Plum in the 5A softball opening round. On the baseball diamonds, Charleroi held off a late Mt. Pleasant rally to advance while Waynesburg fell behind early in a shutout loss to Avonworth.

California eliminated defending WPIAL champion Freedom, earning a third matchup with #1 seed Fort Cherry. Avella, Burgettstown and Ringgold lost their first-round baseball games are have been eliminated. Both Greene County teams in action Monday advanced to the quarterfinals.

Baseball and softball action takes a day off Wednesday before 1A-2A-3A softball opening round action on Thursday.

Tuesday, May 12–Softball First Round WPIAL Softball Brackets
5A #10 Plum > #7 Trinity, 12-2, (6)  Watch/Listen Here

Tuesday, May 12–Softball Quarterfinals WPIAL Softball Brackets
6A #4 Canon-McMillan > #5 Mt. Lebanon, 7-0  Watch/Listen Here

Tuesday, May 12–Baseball First Round WPIAL Baseball Brackets
3A #9 Charleroi > #8 Mt. Pleasant, 4-2  Watch/Listen Here
3A #1 Avonworth > #16 Waynesburg, 6-0

Monday, May 11–Baseball First Round WPIAL Baseball Brackets
2A #8 California > #9 Freedom, 3-1 Watch/Listen Here
1A ##11 Aquinas Academy > #6 Avella, 5-2 Watch/Listen Here
1A #8 Carmichaels > #9 Sewickley Academy, 7-4
1A #7 Jeff-Morgan > #10 Union, 6-2
2A #5 Laurel > #12 Burgettstown, 7-0 Watch/Listen Here
4A #6 Hopewell > #11 Ringgold, 5-3 Watch/Listen Here

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes is making flirting with no-hitters a regular thing. Skenes took a no-hitter into the seventh inning of a 3-1 win over Colorado. It marked the third time in his last four starts that Skenes has reached the fifth inning without giving up a hit. The Rockies didn’t break through until Mickey Moniak’s one-out single in the seventh. Skenes finished by tossing eight innings of two-hit ball, with a season-high 10 strikeouts and no walks. The 23-year-old is now 6-2 on the season with a 1.98 ERA.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed catcher Joey Bart on the 10-day injured list due to a left foot infection. Bart was hitting .259 with two homers and nine RBIs while sharing catching duties with Henry Davis at the time of the injury. The Pirates called up catcher/designated hitter Endy Rodriguez from Triple-A Indianapolis to replace Bart. Rodriguez was hitting .221 with one home run and 16 RBIs at the time of his call-up. Pittsburgh also called up reliever Brandan Bidois from Triple-A and optioned reliever Cam Sanders back to the minors.

(AP) – Sidney Crosby is heading to Switzerland to represent his native Canada at the men’s world hockey championships. This will mark the Pittsburgh Penguins captain’s fourth career appearance at the international tournament, and second in consecutive years. Crosby was available after the Penguins were eliminated by Philadelphia in Game 6 of the first round of the NHL playoffs two weeks ago. The 38-year-old Crosby’s addition came at the same time Hockey Canada announced New York Islanders forward Mathew Barzal will not compete as a precaution because of an injury.