May 10, 2026 7:57 am
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nick Gonzales and Joey Bart each had four hits, Brandon Lowe drove in four runs and the Pittsburgh Pirates had a season-high 20 hits in a 13-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night. Every Pittsburgh starter recorded a hit. Oneil Cruz finished with three hits, while Lowe and Ryan O’Hearn each had two. Braxton Ashcraft (2-2) went seven innings, allowing six hits and striking out six. Landon Roupp (5-3) struck out eight and gave up one run in four-plus innings before the Pirates pounced on the Giants’ bullpen. Ryan Borucki replaced Roupp after a leadoff single by Bart in the fifth and but got just two outs before manager Tony Vitello pulled him in favor of Ryan Walker, who got San Francisco out of the inning. Bryce Eldridge, the Giants’ 21-year-old designated hitter, quickly answered with a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth, his first in the majors, after getting the call-up from Sacramento earlier this week. However, Walker surrendered two runs on back-to-back hits from Konnor Griffin and Bart, putting the Pirates ahead 4-1 in the sixth. And in the seventh, the Pirates piled it on, getting four runs off JT Brubaker and then two more off Gregory Santos to take a 10-1 lead, garnering loud boos from Giants fans. Giants second baseman Christian Koss left in the ninth inning after getting hit by a pitch on the shoulder.
May 10, 2026 8:05 am
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame manager Bobby Cox has died. Cox died Saturday in Marietta, Georgia, according to the Braves. Cox had a stroke in 2019. Cox managed the Braves to prominence during the 1990s and the team’s first championship in 1995. He took over a last-place team in June of 1990 and the next season led the Braves to a worst-to-first finish. Atlanta lost in the World Series to Minnesota in seven games. That was the start of a record 14 consecutive division titles. He managed the Braves for 25 years, retired after the 2010 season and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2014. Bobby Cox was 84 years old.
May 8, 2026 7:00 am
The WPIAL has released the 2026 Baseball Championship playoff brackets, including 10 Washington/Greene County teams. Fort Cherry (2A) is the top seed and has a bye to the quarterfinals. First-round action for local teams is slated to begin Monday with 1A, 2A and 4A action, including Avella, Burgettstown, California and Ringgold. We will determine our broadcast schedule shortly. Following is a daily schedule of the WPIAL Baseball playoffs. WPIAL Baseball Brackets
First Round Bye: 2A #1 Fort Cherry
Monday, May 11–First Round
4:00 pm 2A #8 California vs. #9 Freedom at Joe Maize Field, Peterswood Park
4:00 pm 1A #6 Avella vs. #11 Aquinas Academy at Burkett Complex, Robinson Township
4:00 pm 1A #8 Carmichaels vs. #9 Sewickley Academy at W&J’s Ross Memorial Park
6:30 pm 1A #7 Jeff-Morgan vs. #10 Union at W&J’s Ross Memorial Park
6:30 pm 4A #11 Ringgold vs. #6 Hopewell at Joe Maize Field, Peterswood Park
6:30 pm 2A #12 Burgettstown vs. #5 Laurel at Burkett Complex, Robinson Township
Tuesday, May 12–First Round
4:00 pm 3A #9 Charleroi vs. #8 Mt. Pleasant at W&J’s Ross Memorial Park
6:30 pm 3A #16 Waynesburg vs. #1 Avonworth at W&J’s Ross Memorial Park
Monday, May 18–Quarterfinals
4:00 pm 6A #2 Canon-McMillan vs. #7 Seneca Valley at Boyce-Mayview Park, Upper St. Clair
May 8, 2026 7:00 am
The WPIAL has released the 2026 Softball Championship playoff brackets, including 12 Washington/Greene County teams. Chartiers-Houston (2A) and Carmichaels (1A) are the highest seeded teams from the two-county area. Carmichaels and West Greene (1A) received first-round byes and will be joined in the quarterfinals by Canon-McMillan (6A). First-round action for local teams is slated to begin Tuesday when the #4 Big Macs play #5 Mt. Lebanon and #7 Trinity (5A) takes on #10 Plum. Four Washington County 2A teams will descend on Trinity Middle School Thursday for back to back games. Baseball brackets are due to be released Friday afternoon. We will determine our broadcast schedule once we have those pairings. Following is a daily schedule of the WPIAL Softball playoffs. WPIAL Softball Brackets
First Round Byes: 1A #2 Carmichaels, 1A #3 West Greene
Tuesday, May 12
5A 1st Round #7 Trinity vs. #10 Plum, 5:00 pm at Gateway High School
6A Quarterfinals #4 Canon-McMillan vs. #5 Mt. Lebanon, 6:00 pm at Pleasant Valley Elementary (Peters Township)
Thursday, May 14
3A 1st Round #5 McGuffey vs. #12 Hopewell, 3:00 pm at Montour
3A 1st Round #11 Charleroi vs #6 Burrell, 3:00 pm at Norwin
1A 1st Round #5 Jeff-Morgan vs. #12 Leechburg, 3:00 pm at Gateway
2A 1st Round #3 Bentworth vs. #14 Burgettstown, 5:00 pm at Trinity Middle School (time change)
1A 1st Round #11 Beth-Center vs. #6 South Side Area, 4:30 pm at North Strabane Intermediate School
2A 1st Round #2 Chartiers-Houston vs. #15 Wash High, 7:00 pm at Trinity Middle School (time change)
May 9, 2026 12:14 pm
Here’s your chance to own a little bit of sports history. The Pittsburgh Steelers are selling seats from Acrisure Stadium. The team has partnered with MeiGray, and will authenticate stadium seats. The offering comes as crews remove 22,000 seats from the upper level before the 2026 season. The seats will be decommissioned and refurbished. The Steelers say this reduces waste and gives fans an opportunity to own a piece of sports history. Those interested can go the MeiGray website and purchase single seats, pairs, and seat backs and bottoms. Prices begin at $149 and go up to $599. Some of the higher-end seats will be signed by “Select Steelers Legends.”
May 9, 2026 4:10 am
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rafael Devers homered to back six strong innings from Robbie Ray, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Friday night. The only run allowed by Ray (3-4) came in the second when Marcell Ozuna led off with his 300th career homer to put Pittsburgh up 1-0. Devers homered for the fourth time this season, connecting against Carmen Mlodzinski (2-3) leading off the bottom half to tie it. It was just the 24th home run for San Francisco this year. The left-hander yielded four hits and four walks while striking out seven. Caleb Kilian gave up a run in the ninth but retired pinch-hitter Ryan O’Hearn on a groundout with runners on second and third to close it out. Devers singled in the fifth and scored on a two-out single by Heliot Ramos to give the Giants a 2-1 lead. Willy Adames led off the seventh with a single against Justin Lawrence and went to third on Ramos’ double. Drew Gilbert singled to make it 3-1 before Jesús Rodríguez was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Evan Sisk gave up a two-run single to Luis Arraez that made it 5-1. Mlodzinski permitted two runs and seven hits in six innings. Lawrence was charged with three runs and failed to get an out. The Giants began the day with the fewest homers in the majors, the fewest runs (115), and the fewest stolen bases (10).
May 8, 2026 4:25 am
PHOENIX (AP) — Brandon Lowe had three hits, including his 10th homer, and Joey Bart also went deep to back Mitch Keller, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-2. Keller (4-1) went six-plus innings, retiring 10 straight between Corbin Carroll’s solo home run in the third and Ildemaro Vargas’ single leading off the seventh. He gave up four hits and two runs, walked two and struck out four. Gregory Soto retired the side in order the ninth for his third save. Arizona starter Zac Gallen (1-3) pitched six innings, allowing six hits and four runs, walking two and fanning five.
May 8, 2026 4:26 am
The NCAA will expand its March Madness tournaments by eight teams each next season. It will add more early-round games in the first week without altering the overall format. The new 76-team brackets for men and women will feature 12 games involving 24 teams. The winners will join the main 64-team bracket starting Thursday for men and Friday for women. Most new slots are expected to go to power conference teams.
May 7, 2026 4:25 am
PHOENIX (AP) — Paul Skenes struck out the side in the eighth inning, throwing a nasty splitter past Gabriel Moreno on his 97th and final pitch of the evening before smacking his glove in approval as he walked back to the dugout. The defending National League Cy Young winner is starting to heat up. The 23-year-old right-hander threw eight innings of two-hit ball on Wednesday night, leading the Pirates to a 1-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in a stellar performance that was among the best of his career. It was the second time in the past three outings that Skenes has been at his best. He took a perfect game into the seventh inning of a 6-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on April 24.
May 7, 2026 4:28 am
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Bowen Byram and Ryan McLeod scored on consecutive power-play opportunities in reviving Buffalo’s anemic special-teams unit, and the Sabres defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series. Josh Doan and Jordan Greenway also scored for Buffalo making its first second-round appearance since 2007, and first overall in 15 years. Nick Suzuki and Kirby Dach scored for Montreal, which appeared slow to find its legs three days after defeating Tampa Bay in Game 7 of its first-round series. Jakub Dobes finished with 12 saves. Buffalo hosts Game 2 on Friday night.
