May 21, 2022 4:08 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Adam Wainwright pitched seven innings of one-run ball to extend his domination of Pittsburgh, and battery-mate Yadier Molina keyed a four-run sixth inning with a two-run single as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pirates 5-3. Wainwright has won 10 straight decisions against the Pirates and gone 19 starts since last losing to Pittsburgh in 2016, on opening day. He scattered four hits, walked three and struck out three while improving his lifetime record to 23-7 versus Pittsburgh. Michael Chavis hit a solo home run in the seventh inning to end Wainwright’s 38 1/3-inning scoreless streak against the Pirates.
May 21, 2022 4:09 am
UNDATED (AP) – Antti Raanta is making things difficult for his former team these days. Raanta stopped 21 shots and the Hurricanes took a two-games-to-none lead in their second-round series by blanking the Rangers, 2-0. It was the first career playoff shutout for Raanta, who has allowed just one goal in the series. Igor Shesterkin was perfect until Brendan Smith scored a short-handed goal 15:54 into the second period. It was Smith’s first postseason goal in nine years. Sebastian Aho provided the primary assist on the game-winning goal before sending a shot into an empty net. Shesterkin made 20 saves for the Rangers, who host Game 3 on Sunday.
May 21, 2022 4:11 am
TULSA, Okla. (AP) – Will Zalatoris is the leader through two rounds of the PGA Championship Southern Hills in Tulsa. Zalatoris took the outright lead with a birdie on 17 and is 9 under following Friday’s bogey-free, 5-under 65. That puts him one stroke ahead of Mito Pereira and three in front of Justin Thomas. In the seven previous majors at Southern Hills, the leader after the second round went on to win.
May 20, 2022 2:59 am
In two regular season softball match-ups, Trinity handled Chartiers Valley, 11-4 & 14-5. Thursday, the Hillers committed five infield errors on the way to a season-ending loss to the Colts. Madison Argo and Alyssa Rager homered for Trinity. Deer Lakes eliminated Waynesburg. The Jeff-Morgan / Union game was postponed to Friday at Montour.
On the baseball diamonds, 2A #6 Burgettstown knocked off #3 Shenango to reach the WPIAL semifinals for the first time in 40 years. 5A top seed Peters Township got a walk-off single from winning pitcher Wes Parker to advance to Monday’s semifinals. Carmichaels (2A) and West Greene (1A) were both eliminated.
Links for brackets & broadcasts plus the daily schedule for teams from the two-county area follow.
Baseball WPIAL Brackets — Click Here — Softball WPIAL Brackets — Click Here
Thursday–Softball Quarterfinals
5A Chartiers Valley 6, Trinity 5
3A Deer Lakes 3, Waynesburg 2
1A West Greene 7, Mapletown 0
Thursday–Baseball Quarterfinals
5A Peters Township 6, Penn-Trafford 5
2A Burgettstown 6, Shenango 1
2A Riverside 3, Carmichaels 2
1A OL/Sacred Heart 6, West Greene 0
Friday–Softball Quarterfinals
1A Union 11, Jeff-Morgan 0
Monday–Softball Quarterfinals
2A #4 Chartiers-Houston vs. #5 Laurel, 4 pm at Sewickley Academy
2A #14 Bentworth vs. #6 OL/Sacred Heart, 5 pm at West Mifflin
2A #8 Charleroi vs. #1 Neshannock, 5 pm at Mars Area
Monday–Baseball Semifinals
2A #6 Burgettstown vs. #7 Neshannock, 2 pm at Shaler
5A #1 Peters Township vs. #12 Thomas Jefferson, 4:30 pm at W&J Ross Memorial Park
Broadcast plans to be determined on WJPA-AM (1450) or LISTEN HERE!
May 20, 2022 3:50 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Pitt All-American receiver Jordan Addison is transferring to Southern California. Addison was named the top receiver in college football and announced his decision Thursday on social media. It ends several weeks of speculation on where the winner of last season’s Biletnikoff Award would go. Addison entered the transfer portal before the May 1 deadline and visited Texas and USC before choosing the Trojans. Addison has a close relationship with new USC quarterback Caleb Williams, who transferred from Oklahoma. Addison had 100 receptions for 1,593 yards and 17 touchdowns with Pitt last season.
May 20, 2022 3:54 am
UNDATED (AP) – The Tampa Bay Lightning needed almost all of regulation to win on Thursday. Ross Colton scored with just 3.8 seconds left in regulation, giving the Lightning a 2-1 victory and a two-games-to-none lead in their second-round series with the Panthers. Tampa Bay had just killed off a penalty to Steven Stamkos when Colton scored right in front of Sergei Bobrovsky. The penalty kill also left Florida 0-for-25 on the power play this postseason. The Bolts scored on their first power play chance as Corey Perry deflected a shot past Bobrovsky 12:06 into the game. It remained 1-0 until Eetu Luostarinen beat Andrei Vasilevskiy with 1:53 remaining in the second period. Game 3 is Saturday in Tampa. Meanwhile, The Blues have knotted their second-round series at a game apiece as David Perron scored twice, including the game-winner in a 4-1 victory at Colorado. Perron’s power-play goal put St. Louis ahead, 2-0 with 34 seconds remaining in the second period. He also delivered the insurance goal midway through the third period after Gabriel Landeskog netted a power-play goal to draw the Avalanche within 2-1. Jordan Kyrou also scored on Darcy Kuemper, Brandon Saad added an empty-netter and Pavel Buchnevich had two assists for St. Louis. Kuemper turned back 28 shots. Jordan Binnington made 30 saves for the Blues, who host Game 3 on Saturday.
May 20, 2022 3:55 am
TULSA, Okla. (AP) – Rory McIlroy blasted his driver over trees and into fairways, setting up some of his seven birdies that carried him to a 5-under 65 and a one-stroke lead through one round of the PGA Championship at Southern Hills in Tulsa. This was McIlroy’s lowest start to par since a 5-under 66 when he won the PGA at Valhalla in 2014, the last of his four majors. Will Zalatoris and Tom Hoge are at 4 under, one shot ahead of Matt Kuchar, Justin Thomas and Abraham Ancer. Tiger Woods struggled with his irons while carding a 4-over 74.
May 18, 2022 11:16 pm
#14 Bentworth played error-free ball and took advantage of two errors to score the game’s only run, downing #3 Ligonier Valley. Jocelyn Babirad reached on an error, moved to second on Emily O’Dell’s single and scored when Kyleigh Glaze’s grounder wasn’t fielded cleanly. Jaclyn Tatar got the win, holding Ligonier Valley to four hits and one walk over seven innings.
Mackenzie Gillis lined a solo home run in the bottom of the second inning for the only run of the game as #3 Pine-Richland eliminated Canon-McMillan Wednesday afternoon in the 6A softball quarterfinals. Six other Washington/Greene County softball teams played in the 2A first round. Links for brackets & broadcasts plus the daily schedule for teams from the two-county area follow.
Baseball WPIAL Brackets — Click Here — Softball WPIAL Brackets — Click Here
Wednesday–Softball
6A Pine-Richland 1, Canon-McMillan 0
2A Chartiers-Houston 10, Riverside 0 (5)
2A Seton-La Salle 5, Carmichaels 1
2A Neshannock 11, Fort Cherry 1
2A Bentworth 1, Ligonier Valley 0
2A Laurel 11, Burgettstown 0
2A Charleroi 5, Serra Catholic 3
Thursday–Softball Quarterfinals
5A #3 Trinity vs. #11 Chartiers Valley, 3 pm at Waynesburg University, WJPA-AM (1450) or LISTEN HERE!
3A #6 Waynesburg vs. #3 Deer Lakes, 5 pm at West Mifflin
1A #1 West Greene vs. #9 Mapletown, 5 pm at Waynesburg University
1A #7 Jeff-Morgan vs. #2 Union, 5 pm at Montour
Thursday–Baseball Quarterfinals
1A #4 West Greene vs. #5 OL/Sacred Heart, 2 pm at Peterswood Park
2A #6 Burgettstown vs. #3 Shenango, 4 pm at Burkett Complex, Robinson Township
2A #4 Carmichaels vs. #5 Riverside, 4:30 pm at Peterswood Park
5A #1 Peters Township vs. #8 Penn-Trafford, 4:30 pm at West Mifflin
Monday–Softball Quarterfinals (sites/times to be determined)
2A #4 Chartiers-Houston vs. #5 Laurel
2A #14 Bentworth vs. #6 OL/Sacred Heart
2A #8 Charleroi vs. #1 Neshannock
May 19, 2022 3:46 am
CHICAGO (AP) – Rookie Jack Suwinski, who attended high school 20 minutes from Wrigley Field, hit a tie breaking home run and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cubs 3-2, ending Chicago’s four-game winning streak. Suwinski made his major league debut this season and began the day hitting .183 with two homers. With the score 2-all, the 23-year-old outfielder from Taft High School opened the fifth inning with a drive off Drew Smyly that barely cleared the center field wall. Michael Chavis’ single in the third snapped the Pirates’ scoreless streak of 20 innings. They scored in the eighth inning of Sunday’s 1-0 win over the Reds despite being no-hit by Hunter Greene and Art Warren, then lost 9-0 and 7-0 earlier this week at Wrigley Field.
May 19, 2022 3:52 am
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The Carolina Hurricanes have grabbed the opener of their Stanley Cup second-round series with the New York Rangers. Ian Cole’s goal completed the Hurricanes’ comeback in a 2-1 overtime win against the Rangers. Cole beat Igor Shesterkin at 3:12 of OT, the second career playoff goal for the Canes defenseman. Shesterkin was perfect until Sebastian Aho tied the game with just 2:23 remaining in regulation. Former Ranger Antti Raanta stopped 27 shots and blanked the Blueshirts after Filip Chytil beat him 7:07 into the game. Game 2 is Friday in Raleigh. Meanwhile, the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers defied playoff norms by playing a barn-burner in Calgary. Matthew Tkachuk registered a hat trick in the Flames’ 9-6 win over the Oilers. Elias Lindholm and Andrew Mangiapane scored in the game’s opening minute before Brett Ritchie tallied five minutes later. Blake Coleman had two goals in the opening 6:10 of the second period to give Calgary a 5-1 lead, but Edmonton chipped away and tied it on Kailer Yamamoto’s goal early in the third. Rasmus Anderson netted the go-ahead goal 1:29 later. Zach Hyman scored twice and Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists for the Oilers. The Flames host Game 2 on Friday.
