August 12, 2019 3:48 am
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Lane Thomas hit a go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning, Paul Goldschmidt and Dexter Fowler also homered, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-9 Sunday. St. Louis rallied from an 8-4 deficit to sweep the three-game series and move into second place in the NL Central, two games behind the Chicago Cubs. Josh Bell had two homers and four RBIs for Pittsburgh, which has lost eight straight. Pablo Reyes added a solo shot in the ninth. Thomas, a rookie outfielder playing his 21st game, drove in five runs. His first career slam came off Kyle Crick (3-7) and put the Cardinals ahead 9-8. He also had an RBI triple in the fourth. John Gant (8-0) tossed a scoreless seventh to pick up the win. Andrew Miller picked up his fourth save in six tries. Goldschmidt hit his team-high 26th homer in the first inning and started the five-run seventh-inning rally with a leadoff single. Marcell Ozuna followed with a single, and Crick hit back-to-back batters to set the stage for Thomas’ third homer of the season. Fowler hit a two-run homer in the eighth off Geoff Hartlieb. Bell hit two-run homers in the first and fifth innings. It was the fifth multihomer game of his career, all this season. The homers, his 28th and 29th, were his first since July 5. He has an NL-leading 68 extra-base hits. Pittsburgh starter Steven Brault gave up four earned runs on five hits over 4 2/3 innings. He struck out three and walked three. Brault had a seven-game hitting streak halted with an 0-for-2 performance. He came into the contest on an 8-for-10 run. Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas surrendered five earned runs and seven hits over five innings. He gave up both home runs to Bell. St. Louis outfielder Jose Martinez left the game in the fifth with right shoulder discomfort.
August 11, 2019 7:14 am
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Adam Wainwright gave up a home run on the first pitch of the game but not much else, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 Saturday night. The contending Cardinals won their second in a row after ending a five-game losing streak. Wainwright (8-8) allowed six hits, including the home run by Adam Frazier, and struck out eight in six innings. He improved to 6-2 this season at home. Giovanny Gallegos pitched 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief before yielding to Carlos Martinez, who got two outs for his 12th save in 15 chances. Joe Musgrove (8-11) gave up three runs in 5 1/3 innings. Tommy Edman doubled in the Cardinals sixth and scored the go-ahead run when shortstop Kevin Newman’s relay throw to third evaded Colin Moran and rolled into the Pittsburgh dugout. Paul Goldschmidt followed with a single, Marcell Ozuna doubled and Paul DeJong hit an RBI single. St. Louis made it 1-all when Ozuna grounded into a double play with the bases loaded and no out for the second straight night in the bottom of the first.
August 9, 2019 6:56 am
The world has come to Washington County! The 2019 DICK’S Sporting Goods PONY World Series opens today. The first game is set for 5:30 p.m. as Arecibo, Puerto Rico takes on Hagerstown, Maryland. At 8 p.m. it will be Youngstown, Ohio against Guasave, Mexico. Saturday will feature Brownsville, Texas taking on Bay County, Michigan at noon. At 2:30 p.m, the host Washington County team goes up against London, U.K. Teams from Taipei, China and Simi Valley, California are also here. They will see action Saturday afternoon. A champion will be crowned Thursday night August 15th at Lew Hay’s PONY Field in the title game at 7 p.m. Follow the action on WJPA-AM (1450) and on our PONY World Series webpage: CLICK HERE!
August 7, 2019 3:45 am
UNDATED (AP) – Seattle Mariners infielder Tim Beckham has been suspended 80 games as part of baseball’s joint drug agreement after testing positive for a banned substance. Beckham’s suspension is effective immediately and ends his season. Beckham was hitting .237 with 15 home runs and 47 RBIs in 88 games this season, his first in Seattle. In a statement released through the players’ association, Beckham says he took a product from a “trusted source, who had advised it was safe to take.”
August 5, 2019 3:57 am
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) – J.T. Poston has won the Wyndham Championship for his first PGA Tour title, shooting an 8-under 62 for a one-stroke victory over Webb Simpson. Poston tied Henrik Stenson’s 2-year-old tournament record at 22-under 258. He became the first player since Lee Trevino in 1974 to win a 72-hole stroke-play event on tour without any bogeys or worse. The native North Carolinian began his round three strokes back and eventually took the lead for good with a birdie on the par-5 15th hole.
August 5, 2019 3:54 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Mets star Robinson Cano appears headed back to the injured list after straining his left hamstring, an injury that overshadowed Noah Syndergaard’s sparkling outing in a 13-2 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday that pulled New York within one game of .500 for the first time since mid-June. Cano lined a hit to right in the fourth inning, his third hit of the game and ninth hit in his last 15 at-bats. He pulled up after rounding first and grabbed at the back of his leg. Melky Cabrera threw to shortstop Kevin Newman, who tagged out Cano. Cano limped as he returned to the dugout. In his first season with the Mets after being acquired from Seattle, the 36-year-old Cano was limited to one game between May 22 and June 16 because of a strained left quadriceps. He is hitting .252 with 10 homers and 32 RBIs. New York, which won for the ninth time in 10 games, began the day four games back for the second NL wild card. The Mets had not been within one game of .500 since they were 33-34 before play on June 13. Pittsburgh, wearing the gold and black throwback uniforms of the Pirates 1979 World Series champions, lost its seventh straight series and is 4-18 since the All-Star break. The Pirates are last in the NL Central at 48-63. J.D. Davis hit a 449-foot home run into the fourth floor of the left-field rotunda, on a first-inning changeup from Joe Musgrove (8-10). Syndergaard (8-5) allowed three hits, singled twice and pitched shutout ball into the seventh. After allowing Bryan Reynolds to single with one out in the first, Syndergaard didn’t give up another hit until Jose Osuna doubled with one out in the seventh. Colin Moran hit an RBI single later in the inning. Syndergaard had multiple hits in a game for the first time since Sept. 27, 2016, against Miami and scored after each of his two singles. Michael Conforto homered on Musgrove’s third pitch, his 22nd home run this season, and Davis’ two-run homer put the Mets ahead 3-0. Jeff McNeil also homered for the Mets, who led 6-0 by the third, 8-0 by the fourth and 11-0 by the sixth and 13-0 by the seventh. Musgrove gave up eight runs and 10 hits in 3 1/3 innings, raising his ERA to 4.69. Jose Osuna homered in the ninth off Jeurys Familia.
August 4, 2019 7:57 am
CANTON (AP) — Ty Law has become the first Pro Football Hall of Famer from New England’s standout defense that won three Super Bowls in the early 2000s. Law, one of the most versatile and physical cornerbacks the NFL has seen, was inducted Saturday night. “Hopefully, that’ll open up the door, finally letting one of us in, and hopefully that opens up the flood gates for a lot of other deserving guys to one day be Hall of Famers, as well,” Law said. Law, whose uncle is Hall of Fame running back Tony Dorsett, was selected for five Pro Bowl teams and was a two-time All-Pro. He finished with 53 career interceptions, twice leading the NFL in that category, had more than 800 tackles, 169 passes defensed, five sacks, and scored seven times. He was a first-round pick by New England out of Michigan in 1995 and played 15 seasons in the NFL, 10 with the Patriots. He also had two one-year stints with the New York Jets and with Kansas City, and one with Denver. Perhaps Law’s most noteworthy game came in the 2002 Super Bowl, when his hard-hitting style upset Rams receivers and threw off the “Greatest Show on Turf. That was emblematic of his attacking style – and soon after led to rules changes limiting how physical defenders could be against receivers. Law was presented by his friend, Byron Washington, and paid hefty tribute to his hometown of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, which also produced Hall of Famer Mike Ditka. “We are a community built on love, strength, struggle, and that Quiptown pride,” he said. “We did it, Aliquippa. We are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.” Law joins fellow corner Champ Bailey, Pat Bowlen, Gil Brandt, Tony Gonzalez, Ed Reed, Kevin Mawae and Johnny Robinson in the Class of 2019.
August 3, 2019 1:34 pm
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) – Byeong Hun An is the leader through two rounds of the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina, one shot ahead of Brice Garnett.
An followed Thursday’s 62 with a 5-under 65 for a 13-under total. Webb Simpson and first-round co-leader Sungiae Im are among six players just two shots off the lead.
August 2, 2019 3:47 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Recently retired forward Matt Cullen is sticking with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The team announced Cullen is joining the club’s hockey operations department in a player development role. General manager Jim Rutherford called Cullen a “valuable asset” who will put his 21 years of NHL experience to use while working closely with Rutherford and head coach Mike Sullivan.
July 31, 2019 3:44 am
CINCINNATI (AP) – The Pirates have suspended bullpen coach Euclides Rojas for two games because of what it termed a contract violation, Pittsburgh’s second suspension this month involving the bullpen. Rojas began serving the penalty Tuesday against the Cincinnati Reds. The club had no further comment. Reliever Keone Kela also served a two-game suspension in July for an unspecified violation of his contract. Yahoo Sports reported that Kela was suspended due to an altercation with a team employee.
