May 26, 2025 4:03 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh’s Oneil Cruz had the hardest-hit ball since Statcast started tracking in 2015, a home run off Milwaukee’s Logan Henderson that left the bat at 122.9 mph and splashed into the Allegheny River. Cruz’s leadoff drive to right in the third inning on a 92.2 mph fastball traveled 432 feet and cut the Pirates’ deficit to 3-1 in a 6-5 loss. Cruz had the previous hardest-hit ball, a 122.4 mph single on Aug. 24, 2022. Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton had the prior hardest-hit home run at 121.8 mph, a drive off Gio Gonzalez at Washington on Aug. 9, 2017.
May 26, 2025 4:09 am
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Alex Palou has become the first driver from Spain to win the Indianapolis 500 by holding off former Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Marcus Ericsson over the closing laps at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Palou came to the speedway Sunday with four wins through the first five races. But it was No. 6, “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” that he had circled on his calendar. Without an Indy 500 win, Palou said his career resume would never be complete. Ericsson, the 2022 Indy 500 winner, finished second for Andretti Global in a 1-2 finish for Honda. David Malukas was third for A.J. Foyt Racing and the highest-finishing Chevrolet.
May 24, 2025 12:05 am
Chartiers-Houston won a return trip to the WPIAL softball finals where the Bucs will face three-time defending 2A champion Neshannock. Carmichaels softball and baseball won semifinal games and will play for WPIAL championships next week. Bentworth softball will play for positioning heading into the state tournament while Jeff-Morgan and West Greene play each other for the final 1A softball berth. WPIAL Softball Brackets WPIAL Baseball Brackets
Friday, May 23
Softball Semifinals
2A #2 Chartiers-Houston > #11 Riverside, 7-1
2A #1 Neshannock > #12 Bentworth, 4-1
1A #2 Carmichaels > #3 West Greene, 10-0
1A #1 Union > #5 Jeff-Morgan, 15-0
Baseball Semifinals
1A #6 Carmichaels > #2 Eden Christian, 4-3
May 25, 2025 6:10 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Oneil Cruz tripled home Isiah Kiner-Falefa with two outs in the seventh and the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1. Kiner-Falefa singled off Tyler Alexander with one out. Cruz followed up two batters later by sending a shot to the gap in right-center field. The 6-foot-7 Cruz — coming off the first multihomer game of his career in a victory Friday night — slid head-first into third, then popped up to celebrate. Spencer Horwitz added two hits and drove in a run for the Pirates, who have won four of five. Caleb Durbin had three hits for the Brewers.
May 24, 2025 4:14 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes says he’s not paying attention to the suggestion that the club should trade him. The reigning National League Rookie of the Year says he laughed when someone told him that someone asked Pirates general manager Ben Cherington if the club would consider moving on from Skenes to bolster its prospect pool. The 22-year-old Skenes says he brushed the speculation off, adding that ‘anybody can play GM.’ Cherington said trading Skenes is ‘not part of the conversation’ for the last-place club. Skenes is 3-5 with a 2.36 ERA in 11 starts this season for Pittsburgh and pitched six solid innings in what became a 6-5 victory over Milwaukee.
May 24, 2025 4:18 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Adam Frazier sprinted home from third on a wild pitch by Abner Uribe in the 10th inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5. The Pirates tied it on an RBI single by Alexander Canario off Uribe earlier in the inning. Pittsburgh ace Paul Skenes allowed one run in six innings with two walks and eight strikeouts. Ryan Borucki (1-1) earned the victory despite giving up an RBI single in the top of the 10th. Oneil Cruz homered twice for the Pirates. Christian Yelich, Jackson Churio and Rhys Hoskins had two hits each for the Brewers. Abner Uribe took the loss.
May 22, 2025 12:36 am
The WPIAL will has again postponed the softball & baseball semifinals scheduled for today. Five games involving six Washington/Greene County teams are now on the Friday schedule, all at the same times & locations originally listed for Wednesday. Weather permitting Friday, Chartiers-Houston and Bentworth seek return trips to the WPIAL Softball Championship games. The Bucs won the Class 1A title a year ago but moved up to 2A for this cycle. The Bearcats lost in the 2A final last year to Neshannock. We’ll carry both 2A softball semifinals from North Allegheny Friday evening. Coverage will be live on WJPA-AM (1450), with free-to-access online audio and NFHS video (subscription required under WPIAL agreements). WPIAL Softball Brackets WPIAL Baseball Brackets
Thursday, May 22–ALL POSTPONED to FRIDAY, MAY 23
Softball Semifinals
1A #5 Jeff-Morgan vs. #1 Union, 3 pm at North Allegheny
2A #2 Chartiers-Houston vs. #11 Riverside, 4:45 pm at North Allegheny, WJPA-AM (1450) + NFHS video Watch/Listen Here
1A #2 Carmichaels vs. #3 West Greene, 6 pm at Pleasant Valley Elementary, Peters Township
2A #12 Bentworth vs. #1 Neshannock, 6:45 pm at North Allegheny, WJPA-AM (1450) + NFHS video Watch/Listen Here
Baseball Semifinals
1A #6 Carmichaels vs. #2 Eden Christian, 7 pm at Gateway (originally at West Mifflin)
May 23, 2025 4:29 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Christian Yelich homered twice and the Milwaukee Brewers breezed past the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-5 in a game interrupted by rain. Yelich hit a three-run drive against rookie Mike Burrows and a solo shot off reliever Isaac Mattson for the 11th multi-homer game of his career. Spencer Horwitz had two hits and two RBIs for the Pirates, including a solo shot in the fourth inning for his first home run this season. The Pirates did manage to avoid making major league history. Pittsburgh scored at least five runs for the first time in 27 games, leaving the team tied with four others for the longest such drought.
May 23, 2025 4:27 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The last-place Pittsburgh Pirates have no interest in trading young ace Paul Skenes. General manager Ben Cherington says moving the 22-year-old Skenes is “not part of the conversation at all.” The Pirates are already 11 games out of playoff position before Memorial Day thanks in large part to an offense that ranks near the bottom of the majors in nearly every major category. While the Pirates have a deep pool of pitching prospects, they are lacking in quality young position players in the minors. Trading Skenes might help, but Cherington says that discussion is a non-starter. The reigning National League Rookie of the Year is 3-5 with a 2.44 ERA in 2025.
May 22, 2025 4:29 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew Heaney and four relievers combined on a four-hitter as the Pittsburgh Pirates edged Cincinnati 3-1. Heaney allowed a run on three hits with two walks and four strikeouts in five innings of work Wednesday to win for the first time in nearly a month. Dennis Santana worked a perfect ninth for his fifth save as the Pirates took two of three from Cincinnati. Henry Davis had two hits for Pittsburgh, including an RBI-single in the fourth off Brady Singer.
