May 10, 2025 8:42 am
The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed Enmanuel Valdez on the ten day injured list with shoulder inflammation. He will be replaced by infielder/outfielder Ji Hwan Bae who was recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis. Bae was a a member of Pittsburgh’s opening day roster before he was optioned to Triple-A on April 3rd. Bae hit .258 with eight doubles and a home run while at Indianapolis before returning to the big leagues.
May 9, 2025 2:18 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have fired manager Derek Shelton following a rocky opening month to the season that saw Pittsburgh quickly slip into last place in the NL Central. General manager Ben Cherington made the announcement. Bench coach Don Kelly will take over for Shelton. The decision comes with Pittsburgh riding a seven-game losing streak that dropped its record to 12-26. Shelton, hired by Cherington in November 2019 as part of a franchise-wide reset by owner Bob Nutting, went 306-440 in five-plus seasons with the Pirates.
May 9, 2025 4:28 am
Receiver George Pickens is looking toward his future with the Dallas Cowboys after a somewhat stormy past with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The mercurial 24-year-old is joining the Cowboys in a trade. He gives quarterback Dak Prescott another playmaker to go with CeeDee Lamb. Pickens’ questionable antics with the Steelers were enough for coach Mike Tomlin to declare bluntly last year that he needed to grow up. Pickens believes he and Lamb can be a strong tag-team pair. He isn’t worried about trying to change any perception from his time with the Steelers.
May 8, 2025 12:01 am
We’re down to the final day of the baseball/softball regular season. Trinity’s game at Moon was postponed but the Hillers clinched their 5A playoff berth with Peters Township’s win over South Fayette. Chartiers-Houston lost at California but clinched when Beth-Center knocked off Frazier hours later. Like Trinity, McGuffey didn’t have to play to get in, though they will later tonight against Seton-La Salle. Thursday afternoon, Wash High won just its second section game, beating Keystone Oaks and clinching a playoff spot for the Highlanders.
Softball brackets are due out Thursday evening, baseball Friday mid-afternoon. Here’s a rundown of the playoff qualifying status for the 19 Washington & Greene County high schools.
Baseball clinched: 6A Canon-McMillan (1st), 5A Peters Township (2nd), Trinity (4th), 4A Ringgold (4th), 3A Waynesburg (1st), Charleroi (2nd/3rd), 3A McGuffey (3rd/4th), 2A Burgettstown (1st), Fort Cherry (1st/2nd), California (3rd), 2A Chartiers-Houston (4th), 1A Carmichaels (T-2nd), Jeff-Morgan (T-2nd), Avella (4th)
Eliminated: 3A Wash High, 2A Bentworth, Beth-Center, 1A Mapletown, West Greene
Keystone Oaks vs. Washington, 1 pm at EQT Park (Wild Things), resume suspended game
Softball clinched: 6A Canon-McMillan (4th), 5A Trinity (2nd), 3A McGuffey (2nd), Charleroi (3rd), 2A Section 3 Chartiers-Houston (1st), Burgettstown (4th), 2A Section 4 Waynesburg (2nd), Bentworth (4th), 1A Carmichaels (1st), West Greene (2nd), Jeff-Morgan (3rd), Avella (4th).
Eliminated: 5A Peters Township, 4A Ringgold, 2A California, Fort Cherry, Wash High, 1A Beth-Center, Mapletown
May 8, 2025 4:26 am
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Sonny Gray pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 for their fifth straight victory. Gray struck out eight and walked one in his first win since April 14. The right-hander went 0-1 with a 5.51 ERA in his previous three starts. The Cardinals returned to .500 at 18-18, including a 15-6 record at home. They are 4-2 against the Pirates this year after finishing a three-game sweep. Masyn Winn hit two RBI doubles. Lars Nootbaar had three hits, and Victor Scott II scored all the way from first twice. The Pirates have lost seven in a row and 10 of 11 overall.
May 8, 2025 4:24 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have run out of patience with wide receiver George Pickens. The team has agreed on a trade that sends the talented but mercurial 24-year-old to the Dallas Cowboys. The Steelers will get a third-round pick in the 2026 draft and a fifth-rounder in 2027. The Cowboys get a sixth-round choice in two years. Pickens has spent his first three seasons in the NFL being equal parts productive and petulant, mixing highlight-reel catches with bouts of immaturity along the way. Pickens joins a Cowboys offense that could use another downfield threat to pair with star CeeDee Lamb.
May 7, 2025 7:44 am
It looks like George Pickens days in black and gold are over. Numerous reports say the Steelers and Dallas are finalizing a deal that would send him to the Cowboys in exchange for draft picks. No other details were offered. Pickens was taken by the Steelers in the 2022 draft. In three seasons and 48 games, he recored 174 receptions for more than 28-hundred yrads and 12 touchdowns.
May 7, 2025 12:01 am
Persistent rains limited Washington/Greene Counties to just nine section baseball/softball game Tuesday. That count included Burgettstown’s 12-11 win over Fort Cherry to claim a share of the 2A Section 1 baseball title. Trinity and Peters Township won crucial 5A Section 2 games, the Indians improving their playoff position, the Hillers enhancing their chances to qualify. Jeff-Morgan’s walkoff win against Jeannette puts Avella’s baseball team into the 1A playoffs. A full slate of games in on Wednesday’s schedule. Softball brackets are due out Thursday, baseball Friday. Here’s a rundown of the playoff status for the 19 Washington & Greene County schools along with Wednesday’s game schedule with impact on remaining playoff spots.
Baseball clinched: 6A Canon-McMillan (1st), 5A Peters Township (2nd/3rd), 4A Ringgold (4th), 3A Waynesburg (1st), Charleroi (2nd/3rd), 2A Burgettstown (1st), Fort Cherry (1st/2nd), California (3rd/4th), 1A Carmichaels (2nd/3rd), Jeff-Morgan (2nd/3rd), Avella (4th)
Alive: 5A Trinity (clinches with 1 win, or South Fayette loss), 3A McGuffey (clinches with 1 win, or Keystone Oaks loss), Chartiers-Houston (clinches with 1 win or Frazier loss).
Eliminated: 3A Wash High, 2A Bentworth, Beth-Center, 1A Mapletown, West Greene
Chartiers-Houston at California, 4:15 pm on WJPA-AM (1450) WATCH/LISTEN HERE
McGuffey at Seton-La Salle–POSTPONED to Thursday, moved to EQT Park (Wild Things)
Trinity at Moon–POSTPONED to Thursday
Softball clinched: 6A Canon-McMillan (4th), 5A Trinity (1st/2nd), 3A McGuffey (2nd), Charleroi (3rd), 2A Section 3 Chartiers-Houston (1st), Burgettstown (4th), 2A Section 4 Waynesburg (2nd), Bentworth (4th), 1A Carmichaels (1st), West Greene (2nd), Jeff-Morgan (3rd), Avella (4th).
Eliminated: 5A Peters Township, 4A Ringgold, 2A California, Fort Cherry, Wash High, 1A Beth-Center, Mapletown
May 7, 2025 4:27 am
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes still hasn’t found what he’s looking for against the St. Louis Cardinals — a win. Skenes fell to 0-4 in five career starts against the Cardinals following a 2-1 loss. It is the most starts by a Pirates pitcher to begin a career against St. Louis without a win since JT Brubaker went 0-6 in eight starts without a win in 2021 and 2022. Skenes pitched well enough in his latest start, allowing two runs on three hits in six innings. But one mistake to Alec Burleson, who hit a two-out, two-run double in the sixth inning, did him in. Skenes says he is just not executing.
May 7, 2025 4:31 am
Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty won’t run in the Preakness Stakes. That means there won’t be a Triple Crown winner for a seventh consecutive year. Trainer Bill Mott told Preakness officials that the plan will be to enter Sovereignty in the Belmont Stakes on June 7. This is the fourth time since Justify won all three races in 2018 that the Preakness will go on without a true shot at a Triple Crown. The short, two-week turnaround from the Kentucky Derby to the Preakness and changes in modern racing have sparked debate around the sport about spacing out the races.
