August 12, 2025 8:30 am
Washington County locked up its second trip to the PONY League World Series finals in three years with a comfortable win over Corpus Christi, eliminating the South Zone champions in the process. Chinese Taipei staved off elimination again, handing Simi Valley its first loss and forcing an extra game in that division. Hear all of the action on WJPA-AM (1450) and online LISTEN HERE!
Tuesday, Aug. 12 — Bracket
Chinese Taipei 13, Monterrey, Mexico 0 (Monterrey eliminated) The Asia-Pacific champions extended their consecutive runs mark to 39 with the five-inning win, eliminating Monterrey. Home runs by Ting -Han Hung, En Chen and Yi-Le Li paced the 15-hit attack. Chieh-Yu Sung drove in three runs to help Hung to the win. CT sent 12 batters to the plate in the final inning, scoring six runs and invoking PONY’s run rule. Monterrey managed just two hits in the loss.
Corpus Christi 9, Bay County 4 A six-run second put the South Zone team in control and JJ de los Santos cruised to a complete-game victory to stay alive in the tournament. Bay County got back in the game with two runs in the fourth, two more in the fifth but didn’t have another base runner. Five different batters drove in runs for the Texans who took advantage of four errors as well. Corpus Christi banged out 13 hits to earn a rematch with Washington County in the Division Final.
Division Final Chinese Taipei 5, Simi Valley, CA 3 Chinese Taipei won a fourth straight game facing elimination and forced an If Necessary contest by handing the West Zone champions their first loss of the World Series. Chieh-Yu Sung singled home a pair of runs in the first, Zi-Han Yang delivered an RBI groundout i the third and a Tang-You Zhang squeezed home the final run in the fifth, extending CT’s consecutive run mark to 44. Simi Valley scored three times in the sixth, and brought the potential tying run to the plate in each of the final two innings. Riely Loggins doubled and went to third when Sawyer Jackson struck out but reached on a throwing error. Shane Smith’s ground out scored Loggins before JJ Vargas walked. Ean Devine doubled to drive in a pair, pulling Simi Valley within 5-3. Ting-Han Hung got the win, tossing 3.2 shut out innings, allowing four hits. Shih-Min Chung worked the final 3.1 innings without allowing an earned run to pick up the save.
Division Final Washington County 11, Corpus Christi, TX 0 (5 inn.) Lucas Daniels homered for the second straight game and Clint Havanis was masterful on the mound as Washington County clinched a berth in Wednesday’s championship game, besting the South Zone entry in run-rule style. Kaden Harkins doubled home a run in the first and Niko Vitale scored on a error to give the Hosts a 2-0 lead. one inning later, with Andrew Irwin aboard, Daniels blasted a towering shot to left-center, igniting the crowd. Carson Simmers drove in another run later in the second and the blowout was on. Havanis allowed just a leadoff single in the bottom of the second, facing just two batters beyond the minimum, striking out seven. Washington County added single runs in the third and fourth then sealed the deal with a four-spot in the fifth, sending 10 batters to the plate. Vitale tripled home one run, Harkins singled in another and Ashton Fike’s pinch-hit double set the final score. With the win, the hosts await the Chinese Taipei / Simi Valley winner in the title game.
Wednesday, Aug. 13
10:00 am IF Necessary game Chinese Taipei vs. Simi Valley, CA
7:00 pm PONY World Series Championship: Washington County vs. If Necessary winner
August 11, 2025 3:01 pm
Washington County and Simi Valley are in control of divisional play at the 73rd PONY League World Series after Monday night victories in the winners’ brackets. Six teams remain in the field, with a pair of elimination games opening Tuesday’s schedule, setting the tournament’s final four. The Division Finals are Tuesday night, If Necessary games during the day Wednesday and the championship game is planned for Wednesday night. Hear all of the action on WJPA-AM (1450) and online LISTEN HERE!
Monday, Aug. 11 — Bracket
Chinese Taipei 21, Colombia 0 (4 inn.) (Colombia eliminated) Two batters in, Chinese had all it needed to eliminate Colombia and rolled on to the third widest margin of victory in World Series history. The Asia-Pacific champions scored five runs in that first inning, four more in the third before exploding for 12 runs in their final frame. Four player drove in three runs as CT stayed alive in the elimination bracket. Colombia had just one hit and was held to the minimum 12 batters in the run-rule loss.
Bay County 6, South Hills 5 (South Hills eliminated) Brody Kuhn tossed 6/1 innings of relief and Jack Melick drove in a pair of runs, including the game-winner as the North Zone champions stayed alive in the tournament. BayCo took a 2-0 first-inning lead with a single, a walk and four wild pitches. Drew Opferman put South Hills in front in the bottom of the frame with a towering three-run home run. Melick’s first RBI, a solo homer in the second tied the game in the second. Opferman stroked a solo shot of hit own to give the Host Area champs their last lead of the day. The winners tied the game in the fourth with an unearned run, then added another unearned marker in the sixth. In the bottom of the inning, Brodie Curry singled with two out, then scored on Brody Cole’s double. Melick’s two-out single in the top of the seventh scored Mason Krager with the winning run. Kuhn allowed two runs and four hits while striking out four to get the win.
Simi Valley, CA 4, Monterrey 1 Kade Monica singled in a pair of runs in the second and Riely Loggins held the Mexico champions to just four hits as the West Zone champions advanced to the Division Finals. Nate Griswold and Wyatt Ruiz singled and Ean Devine walked to load the bases, setting the stage for Monica’s base hit. Devine then scored on a dropped tag at the plate. Monterrey got on the board with with Abdiel Zavala scoring on the back end of a double steal. RJ Terp singled with one out in the fifth, scoring Trenton Nelson, setting the final score. Loggins left the mound one out shy of a complete game having reached PONY’s daily pitch limit. He allowed just one run, four hits and three walks while striking out eight.
Washington County 10, Corpus Christi 5 The Hosts used a six-run fourth inning, keyed by Braxten Thompson’s pinch-hit grand slam, to drop Corpus Christi into the elimination bracket. The teams traded the lead early on. Carson Simmers put Washington County in front with a double, a fly out and an infield error in the first. Corpus used a hit-batter, singles by Josh Garcia and JJ de los Santos and a wild pitch to go up, 2-1, in the bottom of the inning. Lucas Daniels stoked a two-run home run to left, putting the locals in front, 3-2. A wild pitch later in the inning allowed another run to score. In the decisive fourth, six straight Washington County batters reached base, all eventually scoring. Simmers singled, moved up on a wild pitch and scored on Niko Vitale’s base hit. Kaden Harkins doubled to score Vitale. Ryan Lukas walked and Ethan Amos singled to load the bases. Thompson came off the bench and blasted the second grand slam in this year’s tournament, and the second all-time for the local program, the first since 1997 (Patrick Sadler). Corpus Christi chipped away, scoring twice in the fourth and again in the fifth, but stranded five runners over the final three innings. Lucas got the win, with Vitale and Keegan Widenhofer combining to hold the Texans to one run over the final three innings. Simmers had three hits for the winners. Andrew Irwin added a pair.
Tuesday, Aug. 12
10:00 am Elimination Chinese Taipei vs. Monterrey, Mexico
12:30 pm Elimination Corpus Christi vs. Bay County
4:30 pm Division Final CT/Mex winner vs. Simi Valley, CA
7:00 pm Division Final Washington County vs. Corpus/BayCo winner
Wednesday, Aug. 13
10:00 am IF Necessary game
12:30 pm IF Necessary game
7:00 pm PONY World Series Championship
August 12, 2025 4:25 am
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brice Turang hits his first career leadoff home run helping the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-1 on Monday night. Jose Quintana allows just three hits over six innings, striking out three and walking one. The Brewers extend their winning streak to 10 games, improving to 25-4 over the last 29 games. Christian Yelich adds a solo home run in the third inning. Grant Anderson and Shelby Miller keep the Pirates hitless in the final three innings. Pirates starter Andrew Heaney gives up six runs on nine hits in four innings.
August 10, 2025 2:00 am
The 73rd PONY League World Series wrapped up the opening-round schedule and eliminated a pair of teams in Sunday action. Play continues Monday with a pair of daytime eliminations, the Winners’ bracket contests under the lights. Division Finals are scheduled for Tuesday evening with the tournament’s championship game set for Wednesday night. Hear all of the action on WJPA-AM (1450) and online LISTEN HERE!
Sunday, Aug. 10 — Bracket
Corpus Christi 12, Barranquilla, Colombia 6 Edwin Ballestas stroked a grand slam in the top of the first but Colombia couldn’t make it stand as Corpus Christi rallied with a seven-run fourth inning to advance in the Winners’ bracket. Trailing 5-0, the South Zone champions used a wild pitch and JD Carvajal’s two run single to get within a pair after three. Josh Garcia tied the game in the fourth with a two-run single. Carvajal and Garcia both scored on JJ de los Santos’ seventh straight base hit. Two batters later, Gabriel Torres blasted a three-run home run, giving Corpus Christi plenty of breathing room. Garcia got the win despite the early barrage, working 5.1 innings. de los Santos extended his hitting streak to eight straight at-bats, one shy of the all-time record set in 1984. Ballestas’ grand slam is the 52nd in the history of the event, but his day was dimmed by taking the loss, charged with all seven runs in the decisive frame.
Chinese Taipei 14, Bronx 2 (Bronx eliminated) Yi-Le Li allowed just one hit and no runs over 4.1 innings and doubled in a pair of runs in the first as Chinese Taipei eliminated Bronx. Slowly and methodically, in typical Asia-Pacific fashion, Taipei pulled away from the East Zone squad, adding single runs in the third and fifth, two each in the fourth and sixth before scoring five times in the top of the seventh. Zi-Han Yang and Tany-You Zhang each drove in three runs, more than enough for Li who faced the minimum through three innings, allowing a single and two walks while striking out seven. CT was in the early elimination round by way of Friday’s 5-4 setback against Simi Valley, the first opening-round loss for Chinese Taipei since 2012.
Bay County 12, Grosseto, Italy 3 (Grosseto eliminated) Four Bay County pitchers combined to one-hit the European champions, ending Italy’s first-ever appearance in the World Series. The winners trailed 3-2 into the fourth but took advantage of six Grosseto errors over the final four innings. Meanwhile Kwess Mathews, Brody Kuhn and Ryder Southern did not allow a base hit over the final 4.1 innings of work, facing just two batters over the minimum over that stretch. Like Chinese Taipei, the North Zone squad blew the game open, scoring nine times over the final three frames. Mathews got the win, throwing 2.2 innings of no-run, no-hit relief. Kuhn had a double and a triple, Mason Krager added two hits and two RBI. Leonardo Faccincani doubled to plate Ruben Paviotti, then scored on consecutive groundout to take a 2-1 lead in the second.
Monday, Aug. 11
10:00 am Elimination Chinese Taipei vs. Barranquilla
12:30 pm Elimination Bay County vs. South Hills
4:30 pm Winners’ Bracket Monterrey vs. Simi Valley
7:00 pm Winners’ Bracket Washington County vs. Corpus Christi
August 11, 2025 4:40 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Miguel Andujar hit his first home run with Cincinnati, Spencer Steer and Noelvi Marte had three hits and four RBIs each, and the Reds outlasted the Pittsburgh Pirates 14-8. Andujar hit a three-run shot to the rotunda in left field in a four-run second inning. He came to Cincinnati from the Athletics at the trade deadline. The teams combined for 30 hits, including 16 by the Pirates led by Isiah Kiner-Falefa with three hits and two RBIs. Scott Barlow (6-0) retired only one of three batters he faced but still got the win.
August 11, 2025 4:42 am
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Justin Rose produced a stunning rally with four straight birdies to make up a three-shot deficit with five holes to play. He made two birdies in a three-hole playoff to beat U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun in the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Rose shot 67 and wound making six birdies on his last eight holes. Tommy Fleetwood remains without a PGA Tour victory after losing a two-shot lead with three holes left. He tied for third with Scottie Scheffler. Rickie Fowler and Bud Cauley were among five players who moved into the top 50 in the FedEx Cup to advance.
August 10, 2025 7:40 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nick Martinez pitched seven sharp innings and Noelvi Marte doubled three times as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Saturday night to snap a three-game slide. Marte drove in one run and scored another. Martinez (10-9) permitted a run on four hits and two walks while striking out four. Emilio Pagán earned his 25th save. He gave up a leadoff walk in the ninth but shortstop Elly De La Cruz converted a line drive into a game-ending double play. Marte knocked in Spencer Steer from first base with a double in the fourth to tie it 1-all. Marte doubled again in the seventh and scored on TJ Friedl’s sacrifice fly. He added his third double in the ninth to set a career high. Pittsburgh took a 1-0 lead in the third when Jared Triolo doubled and scored on Tommy Pham’s sacrifice fly. Spencer Horwitz had two of the Pirates’ four hits. Carmen Mlodzinski (2-7), the second of five pitchers in a bullpen game, took the loss.
August 10, 2025 7:30 am
Despite being a preseason game, last night’s Steelers game had plenty of highlights. Steelers QB Skylar Thompson threw for 233 yards and 3 scores after taking over for Mason Rudolph in the second quarter. Rudolph contributed his own touchdown pass and 84 yards in his first game back in the black and gold after spending last season in Nashville. The highlight of the night however was a 70-yard field goal that was made by Jacksonville kicker Cam Little to end the first half. It will not count in the NFL record books because it took place in a preseason game, but it would have handily broken the previous mark set by former Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker of 66 yards.
August 10, 2025 7:19 am
ATLANTA (AP) — Jen Pawol has made history as the first female umpire to work a regular-season game in the major leagues. Pawol worked as the first base umpire for Saturday’s first game of a split doubleheader between the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins. She made her first call in the third inning. Pawol worked third base in the second game of the doubleheader and will be in the spotlight when she calls pitches behind the plate in Sunday’s final game of the series. Marlins manager Clayton McCullough and Braves bench coach Walt Weiss greeted Pawol when lineups were exchanged at home plate.
August 9, 2025 11:00 am
Washington County opened play in the 73rd PONY League World Series with a run-rule win. The next two games needed extra innings to separate the winners and losers. Corpus Christi broke a 2-2 tie with a six-run 10th inning to beat Bay County. Monterrey tied the game in the bottom of the seventh, then got a solo home run in the eighth to beat South Hills. First round action concludes when Colombia takes on Corpus Christi Sunday at 12 noon. The first elimination games of this year’s tournament follow Sunday afternoon. Division Finals are scheduled for Tuesday evening with the tournament’s championship game set for Wednesday night. Hear all of the action on WJPA-AM (1450) and online LISTEN HERE!
Saturday, Aug. 9 — Bracket
Washington County 12, Grosseto, Italy 2, 5 inn. Kaden Harkins two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth invoked the run rule and moving Washington County into the Winners’ bracket Monday night. With the game tied at one in the third, Niko Vitale singled home Ryan Lukas to put the locals in front to stay. Washington County added a pair of unearned runs later in the frame, then sent 10 batters to the plate in the fourth. Lukas, Keegan Widenhofer, Vitale and Lucas Daniels drove in runs the inning, building the lead to 10-1. Grosseto scored its last run in the fifth, setting the stage for Harkins blast that ended the game. Vitale, Lukas and Luke Henderson each had two hits, helping Braxten Thompson to the win.
Corpus Christi, TX 8, Bay County, MI 3, 10 inn. Both teams scored single runs in the third and the eighth, before Corpus Christi batted around in the tenth, scoring six times to beat Bay County. JJ de los Santos went 5-for-5 and drove in three runs, including the tie-breaker in the final frame. Two batters later, Gabriel Trevino delivered a two-run double to give the South Zone squad more than enough to advance. Josh Garcia had a pair of hits and scored twice, all after regulation, helping Dos Villegas to the win. Mason Krager had three hits to lead Bay County. Both starters, Lincoln Ketter and Carter Maze were solid but neighter figured in the decision. Ketter did not allow an earned run in his 5+ innings of work. Maze allowed one run on four hits while striking out eight. Landon Deford took the loss.
Monterrey, Mex. 7, South Hills 6, 8 inn. Angel Ponce homered to centerfield in his only at-bat, walking off with the one-run, eight-inning win for Monterrey. South Hills had taken a 6-5 lead in the top of the seventh, thanks to Jonah Koontz’ solo home run. In the Monterrey half of the inning, Abdiel Zavala singled with one out and moved to third on an infield error of a Sergio Guajardo batted ball. Derek Bustos grounded out to short, Zavala scoring to tie the game. South Hills took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, thanks to Johnny Parris’ two-run double. Monterrey answered with a three-spot in the bottom of the inning on just one hit, a two-run single by Guajardo. Koontz put the Host Area champions back in front with a two-run single in the fifth. That lead was short-lived as Guajardo singled to score Vladdy Angulo to tie the game at 4. Two errors brought Zavala home. Santiago Villanueva got the win, working 4.1 innings, charged with four runs while striking out 10. Dylan Koehler took the loss, pitching the final 2.1 innings. Koontz was the only South Hills player with two hits. Guajardo had a pair of singles and drove in three.
Sunday, Aug. 10
12:00 noon Barranquilla, Colombia vs. Corpus Christi
2:30 pm Elimination: Chinese Taipei vs. Bronx
6:00 pm Elimination: Grosseto vs. Bay County
Monday, Aug. 11
10:00 am Elimination
12:30 pm Elimination
4:30 pm Winners’ Bracket Monterrey vs. Simi Valley
7:00 pm Winners’ Bracket Washington County vs. Colombia/Corpus Christi winner
