May 11, 2025 5:55 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Matt Olson homered in the third inning and scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the 11th inning as the Atlanta Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2. Chase Shugart (1-3) got Sean Murphy to ground to short for the second out in the 11th with Olson on third. He intentionally walked Michael Harris II to bring up Eli White. Shugart nearly hit White in the head with a pitch that went to the backstop, allowing Olson to score. Murphy and Harris hit back-to-back doubles in the second inning to put Atlanta ahead 1-0. Scott Blewett (2-0) got the win.
May 10, 2025 1:06 am
The WPIAL Baseball Playoff brackets are set. There are 14 Washington/Greene County teams in the field with the championship games at EQT Park May 26-27. Avella, Burgettstown, Canon-McMillan, Carmichaels, Charleroi, Chartiers-Houston, Jeff-Morgan, McGuffey, Trinity and Waynesburg all have teams in the softball tournaments released yesterday. The opening-rounds daily schedule for our local baseball teams follows. WPIAL Baseball Brackets
Monday, May 12
3A #17 McGuffey vs. #16 Shady Side Academy, 5:00 pm at West Mifflin
Tuesday, May 13
2A #5 Fort Cherry vs. #12 Laurel, 2:00 pm at Shaler
1A #8 Jeff-Morgan vs. #9 Winchester Thurston, 2:00 pm at Norwin
3A #9 Charleroi vs. #8 Burrell, 3:00 pm at Gateway
1A #10 Avella vs. #7 Western Beaver, 3:00 pm at Boyce-Mayview Park
2A #13 Chartiers-Houston vs. #4 Shenango, 4:00 pm at Burkett Complex
2A #11 California vs. #6 Riverview, 4:30 pm at Norwin
3A #4 Waynesburg vs. #13 Freeport, 5:30 pm at Gateway
1A #6 Carmichaels vs. #11 Union, 5:30 pm at Boyce-Mayview Park
Wednesday, May 14
5A #7 Peters Township vs. #10 Baldwin, 4:30 pm at Boyce-Mayview Park
4A #11 Ringgold vs. #6 Blackhawk, 4:30 pm at West Mifflin
5A #16 Trinity vs. #1 Pine-Richland, 5:00 pm at Plum (change from original)
Quarterfinals, Monday, May 19
6A #2 Canon-McMillan vs. #7 North Hills, site/time TBD
2A #3 Burgettstown bye, site/time/opponent TBD
May 10, 2025 2:00 am
Softball’s second season is set to begin next week following the WPIAL’s release of the 2025 Softball Playoff brackets. A dozen Washington & Greene County teams are included in this tournaments which are scheduled to end May 27-28 at PennWest-California’s Lilley Field. Chartiers-Houston (2A) and Carmichaels (1A) won outright section championships and are the highest-seeded teams from the two-county area. The CHHS Bucs are joined by 6A Canon-McMillan, 5A Trinity, 3A Charleroi & McGuffey, 2A Bentworth & Burgettstown and 1A Avella from Washington County. Our southern neighbors have 2A Waynesburg along with 1A Jeff-Morgan & West Greene in addition to the undefeated Mikes.
Avella, Burgettstown, Canon-McMillan, Carmichaels, Charleroi, Chartiers-Houston, Jeff-Morgan, McGuffey, Trinity and Waynesburg all have teams in the baseball tournaments due to be announced Friday afternoon. The opening-rounds daily schedule for our local softball teams follows. WPIAL Softball Brackets
Monday, May 12
5A #10 Trinity vs. #7 South Fayette, 4:00 pm at Pleasant Valley Elem (Peters)
Tuesday, May 13
2A #12 Bentworth vs. #5 South Allegheny, 3:00 pm at West Mifflin
1A #5 Jeff-Morgan vs. #12 Greens. Cent. Cath, 3:00 pm at Waynesburg University
2A #16 Burgettstown vs. #1 Neshannock, 3:00 pm at North Allegheny
2A #2 Chartiers-Houston vs. #15 Brentwood, 4:00 pm at Pleasant Valley Elem (Peters)
3A #6 McGuffey vs. #11 Ligonier Valley, 5:00 pm at West Mifflin
2A #6 Waynesburg vs. #11 Riverside, 5:00 pm at North Allegheny
3A #9 Charleroi vs. #8 Deer Lakes, 5:00 pm at Norwin
1A #9 Avella vs. #8 Jeannette, 6:00 pm at Pleasant Valley Elem (Peters)
Wednesday, May 14
6A #4 Canon-McMillan vs. #5 Pine-Richland, site/time TBD
Quarterfinals
1A #2 Carmichaels bye, site/time/opponent TBD
1A #3 West Greene bye, site/time/opponent TBD
May 10, 2025 2:18 am
Top-seeded Washington & Jefferson College is hosting this week’s six-team Presidents’ Athletic Conference Baseball Championship. The double-elimination tournament runs through Saturday afternoon. Grove City is unbeaten, Westminster has one loss. The Wolverines need one win Saturday to win the title. The Titans need to sweep to claim the championship.
Round 3, Friday
W&J > Allegheny, 14-1 (Allegheny eliminated)
Westminster > St. Vincent, 3-2 (St. Vincent eliminated)
Grove City > W&J, 4-1, 10 inn. (W&J eliminated)
Championship Round, Saturday
Westminster vs. Grove City
If Necessary, Westminster vs. Grove City
Round 1, Wednesday
#1 W&J > #6 Thiel, 7-1
#2 Grove City > #5 St. Vincent, 10-3
#3 Allegheny > #4 Westminster, 4-1
Round 2, Thursday
St. Vincent > Thiel, 15-12, 10 inn.
Westminster > W&J, 5-4
Grove City > Allegheny, 3-1
May 10, 2025 4:25 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bailey Falter allowed just two hits over six innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates made manager Don Kelly a winner in his debut, beating the Atlanta Braves 3-2. Kelly, a Pittsburgh-area native promoted from bench coach to manager after the club fired Derek Shelton, received a warm ovation when introduced before the game. Kelly then sat back and watched the Pirates put together a crisp nine innings of work that had been elusive during their miserable start. Alexander Canario and Jared Triolo homered for Pittsburgh. The Braves fell to 0-4 this season when trying to reach .500.
May 10, 2025 8:42 am
The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed Enmanuel Valdez on the ten day injured list with shoulder inflammation. He will be replaced by infielder/outfielder Ji Hwan Bae who was recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis. Bae was a a member of Pittsburgh’s opening day roster before he was optioned to Triple-A on April 3rd. Bae hit .258 with eight doubles and a home run while at Indianapolis before returning to the big leagues.
May 9, 2025 2:18 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have fired manager Derek Shelton following a rocky opening month to the season that saw Pittsburgh quickly slip into last place in the NL Central. General manager Ben Cherington made the announcement. Bench coach Don Kelly will take over for Shelton. The decision comes with Pittsburgh riding a seven-game losing streak that dropped its record to 12-26. Shelton, hired by Cherington in November 2019 as part of a franchise-wide reset by owner Bob Nutting, went 306-440 in five-plus seasons with the Pirates.
May 9, 2025 4:28 am
Receiver George Pickens is looking toward his future with the Dallas Cowboys after a somewhat stormy past with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The mercurial 24-year-old is joining the Cowboys in a trade. He gives quarterback Dak Prescott another playmaker to go with CeeDee Lamb. Pickens’ questionable antics with the Steelers were enough for coach Mike Tomlin to declare bluntly last year that he needed to grow up. Pickens believes he and Lamb can be a strong tag-team pair. He isn’t worried about trying to change any perception from his time with the Steelers.
May 8, 2025 12:01 am
We’re down to the final day of the baseball/softball regular season. Trinity’s game at Moon was postponed but the Hillers clinched their 5A playoff berth with Peters Township’s win over South Fayette. Chartiers-Houston lost at California but clinched when Beth-Center knocked off Frazier hours later. Like Trinity, McGuffey didn’t have to play to get in, though they will later tonight against Seton-La Salle. Thursday afternoon, Wash High won just its second section game, beating Keystone Oaks and clinching a playoff spot for the Highlanders.
Softball brackets are due out Thursday evening, baseball Friday mid-afternoon. Here’s a rundown of the playoff qualifying status for the 19 Washington & Greene County high schools.
Baseball clinched: 6A Canon-McMillan (1st), 5A Peters Township (2nd), Trinity (4th), 4A Ringgold (4th), 3A Waynesburg (1st), Charleroi (2nd/3rd), 3A McGuffey (3rd/4th), 2A Burgettstown (1st), Fort Cherry (1st/2nd), California (3rd), 2A Chartiers-Houston (4th), 1A Carmichaels (T-2nd), Jeff-Morgan (T-2nd), Avella (4th)
Eliminated: 3A Wash High, 2A Bentworth, Beth-Center, 1A Mapletown, West Greene
Keystone Oaks vs. Washington, 1 pm at EQT Park (Wild Things), resume suspended game
Softball clinched: 6A Canon-McMillan (4th), 5A Trinity (2nd), 3A McGuffey (2nd), Charleroi (3rd), 2A Section 3 Chartiers-Houston (1st), Burgettstown (4th), 2A Section 4 Waynesburg (2nd), Bentworth (4th), 1A Carmichaels (1st), West Greene (2nd), Jeff-Morgan (3rd), Avella (4th).
Eliminated: 5A Peters Township, 4A Ringgold, 2A California, Fort Cherry, Wash High, 1A Beth-Center, Mapletown
May 8, 2025 4:26 am
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Sonny Gray pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 for their fifth straight victory. Gray struck out eight and walked one in his first win since April 14. The right-hander went 0-1 with a 5.51 ERA in his previous three starts. The Cardinals returned to .500 at 18-18, including a 15-6 record at home. They are 4-2 against the Pirates this year after finishing a three-game sweep. Masyn Winn hit two RBI doubles. Lars Nootbaar had three hits, and Victor Scott II scored all the way from first twice. The Pirates have lost seven in a row and 10 of 11 overall.
