May 13, 2022 11:07 pm
The top three batters in W&J’s lineup combined for four hits, three doubles and five RBIs as the top-seeded Presidents downed Grove City to move to the championship round of the Presidents Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament. Tyler Horvat doubled twice and drove in a pair of runs. Nate Rush used a single and a fielder’s choice for his two RBI and Peter Kalinski’s double in the fifth put W&J up 4-0, a lead that was never surrendered. Grove City scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth to pull within a run but could never tie the game. Henry Litman got the win for W&J, allowing three runs in seven innings.
W&J moves on to face Westminster in the championship round, needing one win Saturday to claim their fifth PAC title in seven years. The Titans must win twice to win the conference title. The champion also advances to the NCAA Regional next weekend.
The three-day, double-elimination NCAA qualifier takes place at the College’s Ross Memorial Park adjacent to Wild Things Park. We’ll have every W&J game live on WJPA-AM (1450) and online LISTEN HERE!
Thursday
#1 W&J 10, #4 Westminster, 9, 11 innings
#3 Grove City 9, #2 St. Vincent 7
Friday
W&J 5, Grove City 4
3 pm #4 Westminster 8, #2 St. Vincent 2
6 pm Westminster 10, Grove City 7
Saturday
12:20 pm Championship game: Wash & Jeff (34-8) vs. Westminster (24-18)
3:30 pm If Necessary game
May 14, 2022 4:13 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Chris Kreider’s long slap shot bounced over Louis Domingue and into the net with 1:28 left and the New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 to push their thrilling first-round series to a deciding Game 7. Kreider’s second goal of the game and fourth of the playoffs sent the series back to New York. Mika Zibanejad had two goals and two assists, and Andrew Copp added an empty netter in the waning seconds. Game 7 is Sunday at Madison Square Garden. The Penguins played without captain Sidney Crosby, who sat out with an upper-body injury sustained in Game 5.
May 14, 2022 4:14 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Mike Moustakas homered twice and Brandon Drury drove in four runs to lead the resurgent Cincinnati Reds to an 8-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Moustakas hit a solo shot into the right field stands in the fourth inning to break a 2-2 tie. In the seventh, he had another solo homer to make it 8-2, two batters after Drury had a two-run drive. It was the 15th multihomer game for Moustakas. He helped the Reds win for the sixth time in eight games following a 3-22 start. Tyler Mahle won for the first time since opening day.
May 13, 2022 3:51 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Pittsburgh Penguins will have to try and close out the New York Rangers without captain Sidney Crosby. Crosby left in the second period of a Game 5 loss with an upper-body injury following a hit from New York’s Vincent Trouba. Pittsburgh is holding a 3-2 edge in the series and the team announced Friday afternoon that Crosby will sit out the game. Florida and Calgary also have 3-2 leads in their respective series against Washington and Dallas. Both the Panthers and Flames used late comebacks in Game 5 to move within one win of advancing to the second round.
May 12, 2022 2:47 am
Tyler Horvat singled in the tying run in the bottom of the ninth, then plated the final run in the 11th in a walk-off win for top-seeded Washington & Jefferson, opening the Presidents Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Tournament. Westminster scored five times in the top of the second inning before W&J pulled even in the fourth. After that, neither team led by more than a single run the rest of the way. The Titans were down to one strike when Carter Chinn homered to right, forcing the Presidents to score to keep the game going. Tyler Gregovits stroked his second triple and scored moments later on Horvat’s second hit of the day. In the decisive 11th inning, Tyler Dean lead off with a single, was sacrificed to second by Gregovits, setting the stage for Horvat’s walk-off base hit to right. W&J moves on to the winners’ bracket game against #3 Grove City, Friday at 12 noon. Westminster will face elimination Friday afternoon, taking on #2 St. Vincent.
The three-day, double-elimination NCAA qualifier will take place at the College’s Ross Memorial Park adjacent to Wild Things Park. We’ll have every W&J game live on WJPA-AM (1450) and online LISTEN HERE!
Thursday
#1 W&J 10, #4 Westminster, 9, 11 innings
#3 Grove City 9, #2 St. Vincent 7
Friday
12 n #1 W&J (33-8) vs. #3 Grove City (28-12)
3 pm #4 Westminster vs. #2 St. Vincent (elimination game)
6 pm W&J/Grove City loser vs. Westminster/St. Vincent winner (elimination game)
Saturday
1 pm Championship game
4 pm If Necessary game
May 12, 2022 2:09 am
The WPIAL Softball Championship brackets are set. Washington/Greene County schools hold 13 spots in the tournaments. West Greene (1A #1), Trinity (5A #3) and Chartiers-Houston (2A #4) have the highest placements. The daily schedule is listed below along with the WPIAL bracket link. Baseball brackets come out on Friday.
Baseball WPIAL Brackets — Click Here qualifiers from two-county area: 5A Peters Township, 3A McGuffey, Waynesburg, 2A California, Bentworth, Beth-Center, Burgettstown, Fort Cherry, Chartiers-Houston, Carmichaels, 1A Avella, West Greene, Jeff-Morgan.
Softball WPIAL Brackets — Click Here
Monday
2A #16 Fort Cherry vs. #17 Carlynton, 4 pm at Trinity
6A #10 Peters Township vs. #7 North Allegheny, 5 pm at West Mifflin
Tuesday
1A #9 Mapletown vs. #8 Bishop Canevin, 3 pm at Waynesburg University
3A #6 Waynesburg vs. #11 South Park, 4 pm at Trinity
5A #3 Trinity vs. #14 Connellsville, 5 pm at Waynesburg University
1A #7 Jeff-Morgan vs. #10 St. Joseph, 6 pm at Trinity
Wednesday
6A #6 Canon-McMillan vs. #3 Pine-Richland, 3 pm at Montour
2A #4 Chartiers-Houston vs. #13 Riverside, 3 pm at Sewickley Academy
2A #14 Bentworth vs. #3 Ligonier Valley, 5 pm at Norwin
2A #12 Burgettstown vs. #5 Laurel, 5 pm at North Allegheny
2A #10 Carmichaels vs. #7 Seton-La Salle, 4 pm at Trinity
2A #8 Charleroi vs. #9 Serra Catholic, 6 pm at Trinity
May 13, 2022 3:50 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Connor Overton got his first major league win and combined with two relievers on a four-hitter for the Cincinnati Reds’ first shutout of the season, a 4-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Overton allowed three hits and four walks in 6 1/3 innings with one strikeout. The 28-year-old right-hander got nine outs on ground balls. Luis Cessa got five straight outs, and Art Warren finished. Cincinnati has the worst record in the major leagues at 8-24; the Reds are 3-1 against Pirates and 5-23 against other teams.
May 11, 2022 10:04 pm
Top-seeded Washington & Jefferson hosts this weekend’s Presidents Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Tournament. The Red & Black are joined by #2 St. Vincent, #3 Grove City and #4 Westminster. The three-day, double-elimination NCAA qualifier will take place at the College’s Ross Memorial Park adjacent to Wild Things Park. We’ll have every W&J game live on WJPA-AM (1450) and online LISTEN HERE!
Thursday
1 pm #1 W&J (32-8, 25-2) vs. #4 Westminster (22-17, 17-10)
4 pm #2 St. Vincent (24-12, 20-6) vs. #3 Grove City (27-12, 18-8)
Friday
12 n Thursday winners
3 pm Thursday losers (elimination game)
6 pm 12n loser vs. 3 pm winner (elimination game)
Saturday
1 pm Championship game
4 pm If Necessary game
May 12, 2022 3:47 am
NEW YORK (AP) – The Pittsburgh Penguins were leading 2-0 in Game 5 of their first-round series against the New York Rangers when star center Sidney Crosby headed to the dressing room with about seven minutes left in the second period. He was knocked to the ice minutes earlier after a hard high hit from Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba while the Penguins had the puck in the offensive zone. Following his departure, New York scored three times on three consecutive shots over a 2:42 span to take the lead. They scored two more in the third period to win 5-3 and send the series back to Pittsburgh for Game 6 with the Penguins lead 3-2.
May 12, 2022 2:50 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Daniel Vogelbach hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh and the Pittsburgh Pirates took a series from the Los Angeles Dodgers for the first time in nearly five years with a 5-3 victory. Vogelbach lined a shot to the seats in right field off Daniel Hudson, putting the Pirates back in front after they squandered a three-run lead in the top of the seventh. Edwin Rios hit a three-run double for Los Angeles.
