June 2, 2025 4:35 am
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Scottie Scheffler is the Memorial winner for the second year in a row. The world’s No. 1 player delivered another relentless performance. He shot 70 in the final round and turned a decent duel into another runaway. He wound up winning by four shots over Ben Griffin. That makes Scheffler the first back-to-back winner at Memorial since Tiger Woods. Lately his game has looked a lot more like the tournament host Jack Nicklaus. Scheffler now has won three of his last four tournaments. Rickie Fowler had his first top 10 of the year. That got him into the British Open.
May 31, 2025 11:49 am
SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego closer Robert Suarez got a huge called third strike with the bases loaded to end the eighth inning and the Padres beat Pittsburgh 3-2 on Friday night for their 10th straight victory over the Pirates. After Jason Adam loaded the bases with two outs, Suarez came in and struck out Henry Davis looking on a low pitch that appeared out of the strike zone. Davis tossed his bat and started taking off his wrist guard in anticipation of taking first, then threw up his arms in disgust and tossed his helmet. Andrew McCutchen, representing the tying run, put his hands on his helmet in surprise halfway up the line. Pirates manager Don Kelly was ejected by plate umpire Edwin Jimenez, the third time he’s been ejected in just 20 games as manager. The four-out save was Suarez’s major league-leading 18th. He struck out three.
Padres right-hander Nick Pivetta (6-2) held the Pirates to two runs and six hits while striking out eight and walking none for his first win in five starts. The right-hander cruised through five scoreless, two-hit innings and had a 1-0 lead before allowing two runs with two outs in the sixth. Tommy Pham and Isiah Kiner-Falefa singled to open the inning. Pivetta retired Oneil Cruz and Andrew McCutchen on one pitch apiece before allowing RBI singles by Bryan Reynolds and Spencer Horwitz.
The Padres regained the lead in the bottom of the inning against Mitch Keller (1-7). Fernando Tatis Jr. drew a leadoff walk and raced around to score on Luis Arraez’s opposite-field double into the left-field corner. Arraez advanced on Manny Machado’s fly ball to left and beat second baseman Adam Frazier’s throw home with a headfirst slide on Jackson Merrill’s grounder. San Diego took a 1-0 lead in the fourth. Machado doubled with two outs and came home when Merrill’s single carmoned off the glove of sliding shortstop Kiner-Falefa.
Pirates starter Mitch Keller (1-7) took the hard-luck loss, allowing three runs on just three hits over his six innings.
May 30, 2025 4:56 am
In San Diego Friday Night, the Pittsburgh Pirates fell to the Padres at Petco Park. Mitch Keller pitched six innings and allowed all three, earned runs in the loss. He is now 1-7 on the year. Keller did start strong by retiring the first 11 batters he faced, but then the Padres scored.
The Pirates did score and take the lead two innings later with run scoring singles by Bryan Reynolds and Spencer Horwitz.
San Diego responded and took the lead in the sixth. The Pirates loaded the bases in the top of the eighth, but MLB save leader Robert Suarez got Henry Davis looking on a controversial third strike. Pirates skipper Don Kelly was ejected immediately after the low call. This is the third time Kelly has been removed from a game in his 20 games as the Pirates’ manager.
Andrew McCutcheon moved into ninth place on the Pirates’ all-time hits list. His double to left center field in the top of eighth gives him 1,710 hits in the black and gold. He passes Hall of Famer Arky Vaughan on the list.
Baily Falter, 3-3 with a 3.47 ERA is scheduled to face Dylan Cease tonight at 9:40. The game will be on 1450 AM.
May 31, 2025 4:42 am
The series opener between the Washington Wild Things and Schaumburg Boomers was postponed Friday night due to rain. The game will be made up as part of a single-admission doubleheader Saturday, starting at 5:05. Tickets for Friday’s game can be exchanged ror any remaining 2025 Wild Things home game, subject to availability.
May 30, 2025 7:00 am
Addy Frey held Chartiers-Houston to just one run and four hits, leading Neshannock to a fourth consecutive WPIAL 2A softball championship. The Lancers scored an unearned run in the first, then added two in the third, three in the fourth and a final run in the fifth. Ella Richey tripled to open the Bucs’ sixth inning and scored on a throwing error, the only run for Chartiers-Houston.
Union and Carmichaels played 5 1/2 innings without a run and just one hit. Two outs in the Union sixth inning, the Scotties strung together a double, a single and a two run home run to win a third WPIAL title in the past four years. Carmichaels was held without a baseball, one day after the Mikes’ baseball team was on the wrong end of a no-hitter in the WPIAL final.
PIAA playoffs begin Monday with sites & times expected Saturday afternoon. Washington & Greene County will send six teams into the state playoffs. Softball teams from Bentworth, Carmichaels, Chartiers-Houston & West Greene have clinched. Carmichaels and Peters Township baseball teams are also heading for states. WPIAL Softball Brackets WPIAL Baseball Brackets
Thursday, May 29
Softball Championships at Lilley Field (PennWest-California)
2A #1 Neshannock > #2 Chartiers-Houston, 7-1
1A #1 Union > #2 Carmichaels, 3-0
Tuesday, May 27
Baseball Third Place
5A #4 Bethel Park > #7 Peters Township, 17-2
Softball Third Place
2A #11 Riverside > #12 Bentworth, 4-3
1A #3 West Greene > #5 Jeff-Morgan, 4-3
Wednesday, May 28
Baseball Championship at EQT Park
1A #1 Serra Catholic > #6 Carmichaels, 9-0
Monday, June 2
PIAA First Round (sites/times to be announced)
Baseball
5A Peters Township at District 3 champion Lampeter-Strasburg
1A Carmichaels at District 6 champion Homer Center
Softball
2A Chartiers-Houston at District 9 champion Cranberry
2A Bentworth at District 6 champion West Shamokin
1A Carmichaels at District 5 champion Berlin-Brothersvalley/Fannett-Metal
1A West Greene at District 10 champion Cambridge Springs
June 1, 2025 7:27 am
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Andrew McCutchen homered into the second deck in left field off Dylan Cease, Bailey Falter combined with three relievers on a two-hitter and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat San Diego 5-0 to snap a 10-game losing streak to the Padres. McCutchen’s 396-foot shot leading off the fifth was his fourth of the season and one shy of tying Roberto Clemente for third on the Pirates’ career list with 240 homers. Falter held the Padres to just two singles while striking out one and walking one in 6 1/3 innings. Caleb Ferguson, Dennis Santana and David Bednar provided hitless relief. (Photo: AP)
June 1, 2025 7:42 am
(AP) – The seeds for the 2025 NBA Finals began getting planted unknowingly in 2017, when Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was about to enroll at Kentucky and Tyrese Haliburton was getting ready for his senior year of high school. That was the year when the Indiana Pacers traded Paul George to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Pacers landed Domantas Sabonis out of that deal. The Thunder would trade George in 2019 to the Los Angeles Clippers for a package that included Gilgeous-Alexander. The Pacers would trade Sabonis in 2022 to Sacramento for a package that included Haliburton. And here we are. It’s Pacers vs. Thunder in the NBA Finals, starting Thursday.
May 30, 2025 4:24 am
DALLAS (AP) — Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers are going to their second Stanley Cup Final in a row. Their captain had a breakaway goal and an assist, 40-year-old Corey Perry scored again and the Oilers beat the Dallas Stars 6-3 to wrap up the Western Conference final in Game 5 on Thursday night. Edmonton scored on its first two shots, and jumped ahead 3-0 in the first 8:07 on way to eliminating the Stars in the West final for the second year in a row. The Oilers now get another rematch, against defending Stanley Cup champion Florida. Game 1 is Wednesday night in Edmonton.
May 30, 2025 4:23 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 32 points, Karl-Anthony Towns added 24 points and 13 rebounds despite a bruised left knee and the New York Knicks stayed alive in the Eastern Conference finals by beating the Indiana Pacers 111-94 on Thursday night in Game 5. The Knicks won on their home floor for the first time in the series and prevented the Pacers from earning the second NBA Finals trip in franchise history. Indiana will try again Saturday night at home. New York extended its first trip to the conference finals since 2000 and kept alive hopes of becoming the 14th team to overcome a 3-1 deficit to win a series.
May 29, 2025 4:22 am
PHOENIX (AP) — Paul Skenes pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning, Oneil Cruz hit a two-run homer and the Pittsburgh Pirates romped past the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-1. Skenes allowed four hits, struck out seven and walked none in 6 2/3 innings. He snapped a three-game losing streak with his first win in six starts since April 25 at Dodger Stadium. The reigning NL Rookie of the Year has not permitted more than six hits in any of his 35 starts, a major league record to begin a career. Pittsburgh took two of three from skidding Arizona for its second road series win this season.
