May 20, 2024 4:43 am
CHICAGO (AP) — Mitch Keller pitched six effective innings, Nick Gonzales hit a key two-run single and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2. Jack Suwinski connected for another homer against Jameson Taillon as Pittsburgh closed out a 4-3 road trip by taking three of four from Chicago. Gonzales, Andrew McCutchen and Jared Triolo each had two of the Pirates’ 10 hits. Keller improved to 3-0 with a 1.29 ERA in three May starts. Seiya Suzuki and Christopher Morel each hit a sacrifice fly for Chicago.
May 20, 2024 4:44 am
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Xander Schauffele has won his first major with a thrilling win at the PGA Championship. Schauffele made a 6-foot birdie putt on the last hole at Valhalla for a one-shot victory over Bryson DeChambeau. Schauffele set a major championship scoring record in the process. The Olympic gold medalist now has something even more valuable in silver. He gets to hoist the Wanamaker Trophy. Schauffele finished at 21-under 263, breaking by one shot the major record. Schauffele is the first player since Phil Mickelson in 2005 to birdie the last hole of the PGA Championship to win by one.
May 20, 2024 4:45 am
Jim Otto, the Hall of Fame center known as Mr. Raider for his durability through a litany of injuries, has died. The team confirmed Otto’s death Sunday night. He was 86. The cause of death was not immediately known. Otto joined the Raiders for their inaugural season in the American Football League in 1960 and was a fixture on the team for the next 15 years. He never missed a game because of injuries and competed in 210 consecutive regular-season games and 308 straight total contests despite undergoing nine operations on his knees during his playing career. His right leg was amputated in 2007.
May 19, 2024 6:52 am
CHICAGO (AP) — Christopher Morel singled in Cody Bellinger with one out in the ninth to give the Chicago Cubs a 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bellinger got the winning rally started with a ground-rule double down the left-field line with one out off David Bednar. Morel then cracked a 3-2 pitch up the middle, and Bellinger narrowly beat Michael A. Taylor’s throw to the plate on a play that withstood a video review. Hector Neris tossed a perfect ninth, striking out two, for the win. Bednar took the loss.
May 19, 2024 6:47 am
BALTIMORE (AP) — Seize the Grey has won the Preakness Stakes for 88-year-old Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas. His victory ended Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown bid. Seize the Grey returned off the same two-week turnaround as Mystik Dan after impressing in a win on the Derby undercard enough to convince Lukas to try the Preakness. Lukas has saddled more horses in the Preakness than anyone else in the race’s 149-year history. He has now won the middle leg of the Triple Crown seven times and is one back of the record held by good friend Bob Baffert. Mystik Dan finished second.
May 19, 2024 6:50 am
Mike Sullivan has been selected U.S. coach for the 2026 Milan Olympics. USA Hockey announced the long-expected decision Saturday while also saying the Pittsburgh Penguins coach will be behind the bench for the NHL’s Four Nations Face-Off tournament next year. Sullivan won the Stanley Cup in 2016 and ‘17 and is considered among the best American coaches in the sport. Milan marks the return of NHL players to the Olympics after missing the past two. The U.S. lost to eventual champion Canada in the semifinals of the 2014 Sochi Olympics, then to Finland in the bronze-medal game.
May 17, 2024 2:32 am
Bentworth, Chartiers-Houston and Carmichaels won WPIAL softball quarterfinals Thursday afternoon, each cruising to wins that put them in the semifinals. In addition, the Bucs & Mikes clinch PIAA playoff berths. Charleroi & Jeff-Morgan lost in the quarters, reaching the end of the season. WPIAL Bracket Links: Softball Baseball
Thursday–Softball Quarterfinals
2A #2 Bentworth 8, #7 Shenango 1
2A #3 Laurel 4, #6 Charleroi 0
1A #3 Chartiers-Houston 16, #6 Jeannette 0
1A #2 Carmichaels 7, #7 South Side 0
1A #1 Union 11, #8 Jeff-Morgan 2
Friday–Softball Quarterfinals
1A #5 West Greene vs. #4 Frazier at Peterswood Park–Postponed to Monday, 2 pm
Monday–Baseball Quarterfinals
1:45 pm 1A #3 Fort Cherry vs. #6 Avella at Peterswood Park, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
4:15 pm 2A #6 Chartiers-Houston vs. #3 Seton-La Salle at West Mifflin, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
4:30 pm 1A #7 West Greene vs. #2 Eden Christian Academy at Peterswood Park
6:00 pm 1A # 8 Carmichaels vs. #1 Union at Burkett Complex
6:45 pm 2A #4 Burgettstown vs. #5 Greensburg Central Catholic at Peterswood Park, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
Tuesday–Baseball Quarterfinals
1:45 p 5A #12 Trinity vs. #4 Bethel Park at Boyce-Mayview Park, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
May 18, 2024 4:23 am
CHICAGO (AP) — This time, Paul Skenes brought his fastball. Not the one he struggled to command during an uneven major league debut. The dazzling one, the triple-digit heat that goes exactly where he wants it to go. The result was the same as it ever was for the big right-hander. Skenes turned in a dominant performance during his second major league start, striking out 11 while pitching six no-hit innings for the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 9-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs. He allowed just one baserunner on a full-count walk by Michael Busch in the fifth.
May 18, 2024 1:49 am
CHICAGO (AP) — Paul Skenes struck out 11 in six no-hit innings in his second major league start, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 9-3. Skenes allowed just one baserunner on Michael Busch’s fifth-inning walk on a full-count fastball. After pitching through some nerves in his big league debut against the Cubs last weekend, Skenes looked quite comfortable on a picturesque day at Wrigley Field. He struck out his first seven batters, including the side in the first on pitches of at least 100 mph. He struck out Mike Tauchman on a 100 mph fastball on his 100th and last pitch of the afternoon.
May 18, 2024 1:23 am
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was arrested Friday morning on his way to the PGA Championship. Stunning images showed him handcuffed as he was led to a police car. He was arrested for second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and not following police directions. He was booked into jail at 7:28 a.m. He was released and arrived at Valhalla at 9:12 a.m. Police say a pedestrian was hit by a bus on the road leading to Valhalla Golf Club. ESPN says Scheffler drove past a police car and was chased down and cuffed.
