May 6, 2026 4:27 am
DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon scored a goal and assisted on two more as the Colorado Avalanche rolled through Minnesota’s newest netminder, Filip Gustavsson, on their way to a 5-2 win over the Wild to grab a 2-0 lead in the second-round playoff series. This featured a little more defense than in the 9-6 contest in Game 1. The 14 goals this series for the Avalanche are the most in the first two games of a playoff series since the Calgary Flames had 15 against the Los Angeles Kings in 1988. Martin Necas, Gabriel Landeskog and Nicolas Roy all scored their first goals of the series. Valeri Nichushkin added an empty-netter in the closing seconds.
May 5, 2026 2:54 am
Ringgold (4A), Waynesburg (3A), Carmichaels (1A) and Jeff-Morgan (1A) all clinched playoff spots with wins Monday afternoon. Peters Township (5A), Trinity (5A) & Chartiers-Houston (2A) remain on the playoff bubble with one game remaining. McGuffey (3A) and Wash High (3A) were both eliminated with losses. Tuesday afternoon, Trinity goes to Moon Area, needing to finish the two-game series and get help to qualify. Meanwhile, Chartiers-Houston heads to California, trying again to grab the last playoff berth. The Bucs need to win, or see Frazier lose at Beth-Center to qualify. Peters Township will know if they can still qualify before taking the field against South Fayette Tuesday night. We’ll have the Chartiers-Houston/California and Trinity/Moon games on the WJPA Sports Network Tuesday afternoon. Watch/Listen Here
The two-county area now has 10 baseball teams with playoff berths in hand heading into the final day of the regular season. Brackets are due to be releases Thursday by the League with playoff games set to start early next week. Here’s Tuesday’s baseball schedule and a breakdown of the playoff scenarios for each of the bubble teams along with the softball playoff status.
Baseball, Tuesday, May 5
5A South Fayette at Peters Township (7 pm)
5A Trinity at Moon Area, 4:30 pm WJPA.com Watch/Listen Here
4A Ringgold at Laurel Highlands
3A Seton-LaSalle vs. McGuffey at EQT Park (7 pm)
3A Waynesburg at Charleroi
3A Wash High at Keystone Oaks (3 pm)
2A Chartiers-Houston at California 4:15 pm WJPA.com Watch/Listen Here
2A Frazier at Beth-Center (7 pm)
2A Fort Cherry at Burgettstown
1A West Greene at Carmichaels
1A Jeff-Morgan at Jeannette
1A Mapletown at Greensburg Central Catholic
Baseball Playoff scenarios:
Section champions: Canon-McMillan, Fort Cherry
Clinched: Avella, Burgettstown, California, Carmichaels, Charleroi, Jeff-Morgan, Ringgold, Waynesburg
Eliminated: Bentworth (2A), Beth-Center (2A), Mapletown (1A), McGuffey (3A), Wash High (3A), West Greene (1A)
Alive (3 teams):
5A Peters Township-clinch with a win + an Upper St. Clair loss at Chartiers Valley
5A Trinity-clinch with a win + an Upper St. Clair loss at Chartiers Valley
2A Chartiers-Houston-clinch with a win at California or a Frazier loss at Beth-Center
Softball
Section champions: Bentworth, Carmichaels, Chartiers-Houston
Clinched: Beth-Center, Burgettstown, Canon-McMillan, Charleroi, Jeff-Morgan, McGuffey, Trinity, Wash High, West Greene
Eliminated: Avella (1A), California (2A), Fort Cherry (2A), Mapletown (1A), Peters Township 5A), Ringgold (4A), Waynesburg (2A)
May 5, 2026 4:29 am
DETROIT (AP) — Two-time American League Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal will have surgery to remove loose bodies from his elbow after being scratched from Monday’s start against the Boston Red Sox. Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch told reporters that the left-hander felt pain in his elbow on Sunday, less than a week after an injury scare against the Atlanta Braves. The 29-year-old — set to become a free agent next offseason — underwent tests that showed the loose bodies. The surgery hadn’t yet been scheduled. There is no immediate timetable for his return.
May 5, 2026 4:32 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge hopes John Sterling’s iconic call, “Ballgame over! Yankees win! Theee Yankees win!” becomes a new tradition at Yankee Stadium. Judge shared this after the Yankees defeated Baltimore 12-1, completing a four-game sweep on the day of Sterling’s death at age 87. Sterling, who called games from 1989 to 2024, was honored with a pregame tribute — and then his familiar call that punctuated Yankees wins was played over the ballpark’s public-address system following the final out. Judge hit his 14th homer in the first inning and added a two-run single in the eighth. Yankees manager Aaron Boone also supports the idea of Sterling’s call becoming part of the victory routine.
May 5, 2026 4:28 am
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Taylor Hall slipped the puck past Dan Vladar at 18:54 of overtime to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Monday night, taking a 2-0 lead in their second-round series in the NHL playoffs. Seth Jarvis had the third-period goal that forced overtime for Carolina, while Nikolaj Ehlers also scored. Frederik Andersen finished with 34 saves to help the Hurricanes improve to 6-0 in the postseason. Jamie Drysdale and Sean Couturier scored in a 39-second span of the first period for the Flyers, but Philadelphia couldn’t beat Andersen again. Vladar had 40 saves. Game 3 is Thursday.
May 4, 2026 4:13 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Oneil Cruz hit a tie-breaking single in the eighth inning, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 1-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds to complete a three-game sweep. Pirates rookie Konnor Griffin doubled against Reds reliever Tony Santillan, setting up Cruz’s decisive hit. Gregory Soto earned the win in relief after a strong start by Braxton Ashcraft, who allowed just four hits over 7 2/3 innings. Cincinnati rookie Chase Burns matched Ashcraft, not allowing a run over seven-plus innings to lower his ERA to 2.20.
May 4, 2026 4:11 am
DORAL, Fla. (AP) — The only person who gave Cameron Young any trouble on Sunday was Cameron Young. He called a one-stroke penalty on himself while playing the par 4 second hole, after he caused his ball to move in the fairway. And then he made par anyway. It was that sort of week: Young was unflappable and unbeatable. He went wire-to-wire alone on the lead at the Cadillac Championship, a final round of 4-under 68 getting him to 19 under for the week and six shots clear of world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler. President Donald Trump was watching. Scheffler finished second at 13 under.
May 4, 2026 12:01 am
Nine Washington/Greene County baseball teams are on the playoff bubble entering the season’s final two-game series Monday. Six teams from the two-county area already have playoff tickets in hand while four others have already been eliminated. Canon-McMillan and Fort Cherry have clinched section championships with Avella, Burgettstown, California and Charleroi already qualifying for the baseball playoffs. We’ll have a pair of games Monday on the WJPA Sports Network, both from EQT Park. Chartiers-Houston hosts California with the Bucs needing one win to clinch its 2A playoff berth. Airtime on WJPA-AM is 3:45 pm. Watch/Listen Here We’ll follow that with Wash High hosting Keystone Oaks. The Little Prexies need two wins or some help to make the 3A bracket. That game will be online starting at 6:45 pm. Both broadcasts include free-to-access audio & video. Here’s Monday’s baseball schedule and a breakdown of the playoff scenarios for each of the bubble teams along with the softball playoff status.
Baseball, Monday, May 4
5A Peters Township > South Fayette, 14-9
5A Trinity > Moon Area, 10-4
4A Ringgold > Laurel Highlands, 2-0
3A Seton-La Salle > McGuffey, 6-3
3A Waynesburg > Charleroi, 8-5
3A Keystone Oaks > Wash High, 10-1 Watch/Listen Here
2A Frazier > Beth-Center, 6-1
2A Fort Cherry > Burgettstown, 11-6
2A California > Chartiers-Houston, 5-0 Watch/Listen Here
1A Carmichaels > West Greene, 9-8
1A Jeff-Morgan > Jeannette, 6-1
1A Greensburg Central Catholic > Mapletown, 16-0 (5 inn.)
Baseball Playoff scenarios:
Section champions: Canon-McMillan, Fort Cherry
Clinched: Avella, Burgettstown, California, Charleroi
Eliminated: Bentworth (2A), Beth-Center (2A), Mapletown (1A), West Greene (1A)
Alive (9 teams):
5A Peters Township-clinch with two wins vs. South Fayette + one Upper St. Clair loss (Chartiers Valley), or with one win + two USC losses + one Trinity loss (Moon)
5A Trinity-clinch with two wins vs. Moon + one Upper St. Clair loss (Chartiers Valley), or with one win + two USC losses + one Peters Township loss (South Fayette).
4A Ringgold -clinch with one win vs. Laurel Highlands or with a Uniontown loss to Elizabeth-Forward.
3A McGuffey-clinch with two wins vs. Seton-La Salle + one loss by either Keystone Oaks (Wash High) or Waynesburg (Charleroi), or with one win + two losses by Waynesburg AND Keystone Oaks.
3A Wash High-clinch with two wins vs. Keystone Oaks, or with one win + two Waynesburg losses (Charleroi) + one McGuffey loss (Seton-La Salle)
3A Waynesburg-clinch with a win vs. Charleroi, or with a McGuffey loss (Seton-La Salle)
2A Chartiers-Houston-clinch with a win vs. California or a Frazier loss to Beth-Center
1A Carmichaels-clinch with a win vs. West Greene or two Jeannette losses to Jeff-Morgan
1A Jeff-Morgan-clinch with a win vs. Jeannette or with a Carmichaels loss to West Greene
Softball
Section champions: Bentworth, Carmichaels, Chartiers-Houston
Clinched: Beth-Center, Burgettstown, Canon-McMillan, Charleroi, Jeff-Morgan, McGuffey, Trinity, Wash High, West Greene
Eliminated: Avella (1A), California (2A), Fort Cherry (2A), Mapletown (1A), Peters Township 5A), Ringgold (4A), Waynesburg (2A)
May 3, 2026 7:12 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Carmen Mlodzinski had a career-high 10 strikeouts, Pittsburgh tied the MLB record for consecutive walks in an inning, and the Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 17-7 on Saturday. The Pirates drew seven consecutive walks in their five-run second inning, tying the mark set by the Chicago White Sox (Aug. 28, 1909) and Atlanta Braves (May 25, 1983). Pittsburgh’s first four runs in the inning came without putting a ball in play before Henry Davis grounded into an RBI force out to cap the inning and make it 10-3. The Pirates set season highs for runs (17) and hits (19), and each of Pittsburgh’s starters in the lineup had at least one RBI. Mlodzinski (2-2) gave up five runs, eight hits and walked two in 5 1/3 innings. Ryan O’Hearn, Marcell Ozuna and Konnor Griffin each had an RBI double in the first inning and the Pirates led 5-2 going into the second. O’Hearn and Ozuna had three RBIs apiece and Griffin was 4 for 5 with a triple, a double and two RBIs. Spencer Horwitz and Nick Gonzales each drove in two runs. Brandon Lowe walked four times, the most by a Pirates player this season, and scored three runs. Cincinnati starter Rhett Lowder (3-2) allowed eight runs and five hits in 1 1/3 innings. Will Benson and JJ Bleday each hit a home run for the Reds. Nathaniel Lowe went 2 for 4 with a double and three RBIs. The Pirates beat the Reds 9-3 in the series opener Friday to snap a five-game losing streak. Cincinnati’s Chase Burns (3-1, 2.65 ERA) is set to pitch Sunday opposite Braxton Ashcraft (1-2, 3.71) to conclude a three-game series.
May 3, 2026 7:33 am
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Golden Tempo has won the Kentucky Derby at odds of 23-1 to make Cherie DeVaux the first woman to train the winner of the opening leg of the Triple Crown. DeVaux is just the second female trainer to win any Triple Crown race after Jena Antonucci won with Arcangelo in the 2023 Belmont Stakes. Jockey Jose Ortiz won the Derby for the first time in his 11th try. Renegade was second, with brother Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard, and long shot Ocelli was third. DeVaux during the week shifted from downplaying what it would mean to be the first woman to train a Derby winner to understanding she’s a role model to girls who might want to follow in her footsteps someday.
