June 2, 2021 3:53 am
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Andrew Benintendi hit a grand slam and drove in five runs, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 10-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Salvador Perez had two homers and three RBIs to help the Royals sweep the two-game series. Brady Singer allowed five runs – four earned – and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings to get the win. Wil Crowe took the loss. He gave up eight runs and eight hits in four-plus innings.
June 2, 2021 3:57 am
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The Tampa Bay Lightning put just 15 shots on goal on Tuesday yet maintained control of their Stanley Cup second-round series. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 31 shots and the Lightning took a two-games-to-none lead by downing the Hurricanes, 2-1. Vasilevskiy’s performance came hours after he was named one of the three finalists for the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s top goaltender. He blanked Carolina until Andrei Svechnikov scored with 90 seconds left. Neither team scored until Alex Killorn 7:09 into the second period. Anthony Cirelli provided what became the game-winner just over eight minutes into the third. Alex Nedeljkovic turned back 13 shots for the Hurricanes, who will try to get back in the series on Thursday in Tampa.
June 1, 2021 3:49 am
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Adalberto Mondesi hit a two-run homer before injuring his hamstring, Mike Minor pitched six solid innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3. The Royals have won 10 of 16 to get back to .500 for the first time since an 11-game losing streak dropped them four games below. Minor allowed two runs and five hits. He struck out seven and walked one. Chad Kuhl took the loss in his return from the injured list. He gave up three runs and six hits in four innings.
June 1, 2021 3:53 am
UNDATED (AP) – Atlanta Braves star Marcell Ozuna has been granted a $20,000 bond on charges of aggravated assault by strangulation and battery against his wife. Ozuna has been jailed since Saturday, when police officers in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs said they witnessed him attacking his wife, Genesis, while responding to a 911 call. During his initial appearance in Fulton County Magistrate Court, Ozuna was ordered to have no contact with his wife. Attorneys said the couple is in the process of getting divorced.
June 1, 2021 3:52 am
UNDATED (AP) – Carey Price made 29 saves and the Montreal Canadiens advanced to the second round by beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 in Game 7. Brendan Gallagher, Corey Perry and Tyler Toffoli also scored for the Canadiens, who stormed back from a 3-1 deficit for the third time in franchise history to win a series. Montreal advanced to the second round for the first time since 2015. The Canadiens will take on Winnipeg after the Jets swept Edmonton in the Canadian-based North Division’s other series. Game 1 is Wednesday at Winnipeg. William Nylander had a late goal for Toronto, which hasn’t advanced in the postseason since 2004. In other NHL playoff action: Casey Cizikas scored on a breakaway with 14:48 gone in overtime and Semyon Varlamov returned to the net to make 39 saves to lead the New York Islanders to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins and knotting their second-round playoff series at one game apiece. Game 3 is Thursday night in New York. Josh Bailey, Kyle Palmieri and Jean-Gabriel Pageau all scored in the second period. But Brad Marchand set up Patrice Bergeron’s one-timer to make it a one-goal game midway through the third. Then Marchand tied it with a goal of his own about five minutes later.
May 31, 2021 1:25 am
The 2021 PIAA Track & Field Championships were completed over the weekend at Shippensburg University. Taylor Shriver (Waynesburg) was the only gold medalist from the Washington & Greene County area, clearing 13 feet to win the Class 2A pole vault championship. Shriver’s vault was two feet better than the silver medalist, Corinn Brewer from Greensburg Central Catholic. Here is the list of medalists from the two-county area:
Girls
Discuss 2. Miranda Schramm, Burgettstown
300m hurdles 4. Makayla Boda, California
400m run 4. Mara Whalen, Ft. Cherry
800m run 4. Mara Whalen, Ft. Cherry
100m hurdles 6. Clara Barr, McGuffey
100m dash 7. Alyssa Clutter, Trinity
High jump 4. Eden Williamson, Trinity
Pole vault 1. Taylor Shriver, Waynesburg
Boys
Long jump 7. Colton Whyte, Burgettstown
110m hurdles 8 Christopher Davis, Canon-McMillan
4x400m relay 4. Canon-McMillan
4x100m relay 4. Washington
800m run 7. Gabe McConville, Waynesburg
May 31, 2021 3:57 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Charlie Blackmon got three extra-base hits and keyed a two-run rally in the ninth inning that sent the Colorado Rockies past the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3. Blackmon hit two doubles and a triple as the Rockies ended a five-game losing streak. They were shut out in both games of a doubleheader against Pittsburgh on Saturday. After Pirates closer Richard Rodriguez walked Ryan McMahon with one out in the ninth, Blackmon hit an RBI double off the wall in center field to make it 3-all. Blackmon scored the go-ahead run on a two-out single from Matt Adams. The loss wasted the Pirates debut of Chase De Jong who allowed one run on three hits over five innings. De Jong was making his first western Pennsylvania pitching appearance since winning the title game of the 2008 PONY League World Series for Long Beach, CA.
May 30, 2021 1:46 am
HIGH POINT, N.C. — The second-ranked Washington & Jefferson College baseball suffered a 9-2 loss to Birmingham-Southern an elimination game Saturday morning at the six-team, double-elimination NCAA Division III High Point, N.C. Regional at Truist Point.
The loss ends the Presidents’ season with an overall record of 37-3. The 37 wins are the third most in single-season history for W&J. That total trails only the 2017 (42 wins) and 2019 (38 wins) squads that reached the Division III College World Series. Their .925 winning percentage currently ranks as the best in Division III in 2021. The class of 2021 finished their four-year careers with 106 victories.
May 30, 2021 7:37 am
GAME 1
PITTSBURGH — JT Brubaker tossed six shutout innings to help the Pittsburgh Pirates win the first game of a seven-inning doubleheader against the Colorado Rockies 7-0 on Saturday. Pittsburgh snapped a six-game skid by handing Colorado a fourth straight loss. Brubaker (4-4) allowed only two hits until the sixth inning, when Raimel Tapia had a leadoff single and C.J. Cron was hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out. Charlie Blackmon and Brendan Rodgers flied out to end the inning. The right-hander gave up four hits with five strikeouts before being relieved by Chasen Shreve in the seventh. Brubaker recovered from his previous two starts, when he allowed five runs in 5 2/3 innings against the St. Louis Cardinals on May 18 and surrendered seven in 5 1/3 to the Atlanta Braves five days later. Bryan Reynolds hit his team-leading sixth homer, a two-run shot to right that pushed the lead to 5-0 in the fifth, and Gregory Polanco scored on a fielder’s choice, making it 6-0 later that inning. Polanco had a sacrifice fly an inning later.
GAME 2
PITTSBURGH — Mitch Keller and the Pittsburgh bullpen finished off a pair of seven-inning shutouts, and the Pirates blanked the Colorado Rockies 4-0 to sweep a doubleheader Saturday. After JT Brubaker excelled to win the opener 7-0 and end Pittsburgh’s six-game losing streak, Keller was equally impressive. The Pirates shut out a team in both games of a doubleheader for the first time since Oct. 3, 1976, against the St. Louis Cardinals. Pittsburgh pitchers combined to hold Colorado to just six total hits. The Rockies have lost five in a row. After going 1 for 4 with a double in the opener, Adam Frazier hit a leadoff homer in the second on the first pitch from Austin Gomber (3-5). It was Frazier’s 10th career leadoff homer, tied with Al Martin for the second most in team history behind Barry Bonds’ 20. Frazier scored in the third, making it 2-0, when catcher Elias Diaz attempted to catch him stealing third as Bryan Reynolds drew a walk. Diaz, formerly with the Pirates, threw the ball into left field. Ka’ai Tom later homered and Jacob Stallings hit his first major league triple.
May 29, 2021 1:38 am
The Pirates announced that the Friday night weekend series opener against the Colorado Rockies has been postponed. The teams will play a split doubleheader Saturday at 11:40 am and 3:40 pm. Hear both games on WJPA-AM (1450).
