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Believe it or not, Tuesday is the first day of Steelers Training Camp at Saint Vincent College.  Players will report then and the first practice on Wednesday morning will be open to the public.  On Monday, August 3^rd, players will hold their first padded practice which is open to the public.  Saturday, August 8^th will be their annual night practice at Latrobe Memorial Stadium and on Thursday, August 13^th, they’ll play a pre-season game with the Green Bay Packers at Acrisure Stadium.  Monday, August 17^th will be their final practice at Saint Vincent College and that will be open to the public.  On Tuesday, August 18^th, the players will break camp.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ryan O’Hearn hit a grand slam on his 33rd birthday, and the Pittsburgh Pirates held off the Chicago Cubs 8-7 to avoid being swept in the three-game series. The Cubs nearly erased a six-run deficit. Seiya Suzuki hit a two-run home run with one out in the ninth to make it a one-run game, but Mason Montgomery held on for his second save. O’Hearn’s blast to center field in the third inning extended the Pirates’ lead to 7-1. That came an inning after a pair of rookies hit home runs as Esmerlyn Valdez hit a leadoff shot and Shawn Ross had a two-run blast for his first career homer. It was the fourth career grand slam for O’Hearn and second this season.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox have acquired right-hander José Urquidy from Pittsburgh in a trade that sent minor league pitcher Félix Doroteo to the Pirates. The 31-year-old Urquidy, who was designated for assignment by the Pirates on Friday, was 0-1 with an 8.53 ERA and one save in six relief appearances for Pittsburgh this season. He had six strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings. Urquidy is 27-17 in seven big league seasons with Houston, Detroit and Pittsburgh. He has a 4.07 ERA and 335 strikeouts in 413 2/3 innings. The 21-year-old Doroteo was 3-2 with a 4.50 ERA and 24 strikeouts in one start and 15 relief outings during his first professional season with the Arizona Complex League White Sox.

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Puerto Rico and Curaçao may be small islands, but the support they showed was massive as elite center fielders Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. Both joined slugging second baseman Jeff Kent as the newest members before an estimated crowd of 12,000 fans at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, with 57 other Hall of Famers on stage, creating the largest gathering of current Hall of Famers. Jones’ speech was almost like a love letter to his home country of Curaçao. Chants of “Puerto Rico” broke out before Beltrán even uttered a word. And whenever he mentioned his home island, the crowd cheered for him and waved flags.

BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Jackson Koivun won the 3M Open by three strokes in only his third start as a professional by holding off Scottie Scheffler with a closing 5-under 66 for a tournament-record 25-under 259 total. Koivun went bogey-free for the second straight day after a 61 on Saturday gave him a three-shot cushion. The 21-year-old player led Auburn to the NCAA championship last month. Scheffler surged into contention with a 63 while playing five groups ahead of Koivun. The world’s top-ranked player had his fifth runner-up finish this season. His lone win this year came at The American Express in California.