October 20, 2023 4:34 am
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — José Abreu hit a three-run homer right after Yordan Alvarez’s tiebreaking sacrifice fly, and the Houston Astros pulled even in the AL Championship Series with a 10-3 victory over the Texas Rangers in Game 4. The Astros led 3-0 only four batters into the game. They responded immediately after Texas got even on Corey Seager’s opposite-field homer in the third inning. Adolis García also homered for the wild-card Rangers, who have dropped two games in a row at home after starting this postseason with seven consecutive wins — six on the road. Game 5 is Friday afternoon at Texas before the best-of-seven series shifts back to Houston for Game 6 on Sunday. Jose Altuve had three hits and scored three times in his 100th career playoff game.
October 19, 2023 2:02 am
The WPIAL Soccer Committee has released the brackets for the upcoming district playoffs. Eight Washington/Greene teams are included in the boys brackets, led by Charleroi, the top team in the 1A Boys bracket. Five girls teams also qualified. Charleroi and Peters Township girls received #3 seeds in their brackets, highest among County girls teams, Action begins Saturday with first-round games for the boys, local girls team begin play Tuesday. The eight brackets set the path to WPIAL Championship games Nov. 2-4 at Highmark Stadium at Station Square. Following first-round/quarterfinal matchups with bracket links. Click for WPIAL Soccer brackets
First Round
3A Boys #14 Ringgold at #3 Moon Area, Saturday, Oct. 21, 3 pm
3A Boys #15 Trinity at #2 Hampton, Saturday, Oct. 21, 1 pm
2A Boys #13 McGuffey at #4 Avonworth, Monday, Oct. 23, 7 pm
1A Boys #1 Charleroi hosts #16 Beaver County Christian, Saturday, Oct. 21, 1 pm
1A Boys #7 Bentworth vs. #10 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Saturday, Oct. 21, 3 pm at South Fayette
1A Boys #13 Beth-Center vs. #4 Seton-La Salle, Saturday, Oct. 21, 3 pm at Thomas Jefferson
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 (times 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 19, 2023 4:34 am
DETROIT (AP) — Andrew Copp and Alex DeBrincat each scored twice, Ville Husso made 30 saves and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Wednesday night. Ben Chiarot and David Perron also scored for Detroit. Evgeni Malkin, Erik Karlsson and Bryan Rust scored for Pittsburgh. Malkin scored his 474th goal, breaking a third-place tie with Alexander Mogilny for the most NHL goals by Russian-born players. The 37-year-old center trails Washington superstar Alex Ovechkin (822) and former Red Wings great Sergei Fedorov (483) on the list.
October 19, 2023 4:35 am
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jose Altuve homered, Cristian Javier worked into the sixth inning of another solid postseason start and the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 8-5, closing to 2-1 in the AL Championship Series. Texas lost for the first time this postseason after a 7-0 start as three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer was gone after four innings in his first outing in more than a month after recovering from a strained shoulder muscle. Javier set a franchise record for the defending champion Astros by extending his postseason scoreless streak to 20 1/3 innings.
October 19, 2023 4:39 am
NEW YORK (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell received his long-expected contract extension on Wednesday. “The Compensation Committee updated the full ownership today that an agreement has been reached to extend Commissioner Roger Goodell’s contract for three years, through March 2027,” the league announced in a statement. A person familiar with the details told The Associated Press that Goodell’s deal includes clauses for extension or succession. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because details weren’t released. Goodell’s current contract was set to expire in spring 2024.
October 18, 2023 4:34 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber hit two of Philadelphia’s three solo homers off Merrill Kelly, and the sweet-swinging Phillies pounded the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-0 for a 2-0 lead in the NL Championship Series. Trea Turner also connected and J.T. Realmuto had two hits and three RBIs as Philadelphia improved to 7-1 in the playoffs, moving closer to a second straight World Series appearance. Aaron Nola tossed three-hit ball and struck out seven in six innings. Game 3 is Thursday at Chase Field.
October 18, 2023 4:35 am
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Max Scherzer is getting back on the mound for the Texas Rangers with a chance to put them up 3-0 in the AL Championship Series against the Houston Astros. Scherzer has been out a month because of a muscle strain in his shoulder. The three-time Cy Young Award winner made only one more start after allowing seven runs on three homers in three innings against Houston on September 6. That was the end of a three-game series in Arlington when the Astros hit 16 homers and outscored them 39-10. Cristian Javier starts for the Astros. The Rangers have won all seven of their playoff games. This will be only their second one at home.
October 18, 2023 4:37 am
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is looking to eliminate the hip-drop tackle and will again discuss the “tush push” in the offseason. League executive Jeff Miller said Tuesday the hip-drop tackle increases risk of injury by 25 times the rate of a standard tackle. Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith briefly left a game against the Giants in Week 4 after getting hurt by a hip-drop tackle. The league made the horse-collar tackle illegal several years ago because a defender’s body weight ends up on the legs of the ball carrier, enhancing risk of injury. Rich McKay, the chairman of the NFL’s competition committee, called the hip-drop tackle a “cousin” of the horse collar.
October 17, 2023 4:41 am
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Dak Prescott threw for 272 yards and a touchdown, and the Dallas Cowboys rebounded from a rout a week ago, beating the Los Angeles Chargers 20-17 Monday night. Prescott completed 21 of 30 passes and also had a rushing TD. He connected with Brandin Cooks for a 2-yard score with 11:19 remaining in the game to give the Cowboys a 17-10 lead. Los Angeles tied it at 17 with 7:11 remaining when Gerald Everett caught a 1-yard touchdown pass from Justin Herbert. After Brandon Aubrey gave the Cowboys a 20-17 lead with a 39-yard field goal, the Chargers had one last chance to send it into overtime. But Stephon Gilmore picked off Herbert at the LA 33-yard line with 1:22 remaining to seal the victory.
October 17, 2023 4:40 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber and Nick Castellanos homered to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 1 of the NL Championship Series. Zack Wheeler struck out eight in six innings to help the defending National League champions win their seventh Game 1 of the last two postseasons. Arizona was handed its first loss of the postseason after ripping off five straight wins against the Brewers and Dodgers. Game 2 in the best-of-seven playoff is Tuesday night.
