October 24, 2023 4:32 am
HOUSTON (AP) — Adolis García homered twice and drove in five runs as the Texas Rangers reached their first World Series in 12 years with an 11-4 blowout of the Houston Astros in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series. García, the ALCS MVP, went deep for the fourth straight game and set a record for RBIs in a postseason series with 15 as the road team took every game. Corey Seager got things started for the Rangers with a long home run in the first inning. Nathaniel Lowe also connected for Texas — one of six major league teams without a World Series title. After winning their Lone Star State showdown with defending champion Houston, the wild-card Rangers open the World Series at home Friday night against Arizona or Philadelphia.
October 24, 2023 4:33 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tommy Pham and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit back-to-back homers and Merrill Kelly struck out eight to help the Arizona Diamondbacks force Game 7 of the NL Championship Series with a 5-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. The winner of Tuesday night’s game advances to the World Series against Texas, which beat Houston on Monday night for the AL pennant. The Diamondbacks came ready in Game 6 to back up the bold pregame words from manager Torey Lovullo and tamed Phillies bats and the hostile home crowd.
October 24, 2023 4:36 am
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kirk Cousins connected with rookie Jordan Addison for two first-half touchdowns, Camryn Bynum intercepted San Francisco’s Brock Purdy twice in the fourth quarter, and the Minnesota Vikings beat the 49ers 22-17. Christian McCaffrey scored twice for the 49ers. They lost their second straight game for the first time in a 34-game stretch and fell to 5-2. The Vikings improved to 3-4. Cousins went 35 of 45 for 378 yards. Addison had seven receptions for 123 yards.
October 23, 2023 2:37 am
WPIAL Girls volleyball playoffs begin Monday with preliminary round action. The district soccer playoffs continue with first-round matches. Monday/Tuesday schedules for teams from the two-county area follow. Click for WPIAL Girls Volleyball brackets Click for WPIAL Soccer brackets
Volleyball Preliminary Round, Monday
2A #16 Charleroi 3, #17 Hopewell 0
2A #19 Ft. Cherry 3, #14 Waynesburg 0
3A #14 Ringgold 3, #19 West Mifflin 0
Volleyball First Round, Tuesday
2A #16 Charleroi vs. #17 Hopewell, 6 pm at Ringgold
2A #19 Ft. Cherry vs. #14 Waynesburg, 7:30 pm at Peters Township
3A #14 Ringgold hosting #19 West Mifflin, 7:30 pm
Soccer First Round, Monday
2A Boys #4 Avonworth 4, #13 McGuffey 0
Soccer First Round, Tuesday
1A Girls #3 Charleroi hosts #14 Riverside, 7 pm
1A Girls #8 Chartiers-Houston hosts #9 Eden Christian Academy, 7 pm
1A Girls #10 Waynesburg vs. #7 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, 6 pm at Avonworth
October 23, 2023 4:40 am
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Jaylen Warren and Najee Harris rushed for touchdowns in the fourth quarter, and the Pittsburgh Steelers awoke from a quiet offensive day just in time for a 24-17 victory over the Los Angeles Rams. Kenny Pickett passed for 230 yards and ran for another score for the Steelers, who had just 110 yards in the first three quarters at SoFi Stadium. Matthew Stafford passed for 231 yards and hit Tutu Atwell for a 31-yard touchdown right before halftime for Los Angeles. Brett Maher missed two long field goal attempts and an extra point for the Rams.
October 23, 2023 4:38 am
HOUSTON (AP) — Nathan Eovaldi remained perfect this postseason, and Mitch Garver and Jonah Heim homered early before a ninth-inning grand slam by Adolis García helped the Texas Rangers avoid elimination with a 9-2 win over the Houston Astros in Game 6 of the AL Championship Series. The road team has won every game in this series going into the decisive Game 7 on Monday night in Houston. Cristian Javier is scheduled to pitch for the Astros against three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer. Javier beat Scherzer in Game 3 at Texas. Eovaldi, who also won Game 2, yielded two runs in 6 1/3 innings to improve to 4-0 with a 2.42 ERA in the playoffs this year.
October 23, 2023 4:42 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies try to clinch their second straight trip to the World Series when they host the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series on Monday. The Phillies send Aaron Nola to the mound. Nola is 3-0 with a 0.96 ERA this postseason. Merrill Kelly starts for the Diamondbacks in a matchup of right-handers. Kelly lost Game 2 of the NLCS in Philadelphia. The Phillies lost last year’s World Series to Houston in six games.
October 22, 2023 2:19 am
John Scott scored in overtime, leading #7 Bentworth past Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in the opening round of the WPIAL 1A Boys soccer playoffs. Andrew Vipperman scored in regulation for the Bearcats. Nathan Mazon put up a shutout and Dylan Klinger’s 18th goal of the year was the game’s only tally as #1 Charleroi edged Beaver County Christian. #13 Beth-Center couldn’t solve Seton-La Salle netminder Nick Cherry as the Bulldogs were eliminated.
Trinity took #2 Hampton to overtime but the #15 Hillers couldn’t score in a 1-0 OT loss to the Talbots. Coleman Docherty scored with about three minutes left in the extra session. #3 Moon built a 3-0 lead at the half and cruised by Ringgold to eliminate the Rams.
First round action continues Monday and Tuesday with quarterfinals set to begin Wednesday. The WPIAL Championship games will take place Nov. 2-4 at Highmark Stadium at Station Square. Following first-round/quarterfinal matchups with bracket links. Click for WPIAL Soccer brackets
First Round Scores, Saturday
3A Boys Moon 4, #14 Ringgold 0
3A Boys Hampton 1, #15 Trinity 0 OT
1A Boys #1 Charleroi 1, Beaver County Christian 0
1A Boys #7 Bentworth 2, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 1, OT
1A Boys Seton-La Salle 6, #13 Beth-Center 0
First Round, Monday-Tuesday
2A Boys #13 McGuffey at #4 Avonworth, Monday, Oct. 23, 7 pm
1A Girls #3 Charleroi hosts #14 Riverside, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 7 pm
1A Girls #8 Chartiers-Houston hosts #9 Eden Christian Academy, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 7 pm
1A Girls #10 Waynesburg vs. #7 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 6 pm
Quarterfinals, Wednesday-Saturday (times to be determined)
1A Boys #1 Charleroi hosts #9 Eden Christian Academy
1A Boys #7 Bentworth vs. #2 Sewickley Academy (site to be determined)
4A Girls #3 Peters Township hosts #6 Fox Chapel, Thursday, Oct. 26
4A Girls #5 Canon-McMillan at #4 Seneca Valley, Thursday, Oct. 26
4A Boys #7 Canon-McMillan at #2 North Allegheny, Saturday, Oct. 28
4A Boys #6 Peters Township at #3 Butler, Saturday, Oct. 28
October 22, 2023 10:24 am
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — The Washington & Jefferson College football team dropped a 35-14 decision to host Carnegie Mellon University in a Presidents’ Athletic Conference game at Gesling Stadium in Pittsburgh. A strong rushing attack helped Carnegie Mellon record 265 yards on the ground. Willem Bouma spearheaded those efforts by matching the single-game CMU record with five rushing touchdowns. The Tartans defense sacked the Presidents four times and forced three turnovers in the victory. W&J outgained Carnegie Mellon in terms of total offense (403-371) with a large portion of those yards for W&J coming through the air. W&J junior quarterback Jake Pugh finished the night with 315 yards passing and two touchdowns. Pugh completed 17-of-36 pass attempts but was intercepted three times. Pugh now has 22 passing touchdowns in 2023. Pugh’s favorite target Saturday evening was sophomore Jacob Macosko who racked up 167 yards on just five catches. Two of those catches accounted for the Presidents’ touchdowns. Carnegie-Mellon (7-1) stays one game back of Grove City while the Presidents fall to 5-2 on the year.
October 22, 2023 7:37 am
