June 8, 2024 4:13 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mitch Keller pitched six scoreless innings to win his sixth straight start, Oneil Cruz homered for a second consecutive night and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Minnesota Twins 3-0. Keller scattered seven hits while striking eight and walking two. He also pitched at least five innings for the 44th time in a row, the longest active streak in the major leagues. Connor Joe also homered for the Pirates. The Twins lost their fourth straight game.
June 8, 2024 8:46 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Caitlin Clark made seven 3-pointers, equaled a career high with 30 points and made enough of her free throws down the stretch to help the Indiana Fever hold on for an 85-83 victory over the winless Washington Mystics. Clark easily had the most 3-pointers of her young career and converted three of her four free throws late. She missed the last one, and the ball was knocked out of bounds as the Mystics tried to rush up the court. That gave Washington one last chance with 1.4 seconds left, but the Mystics couldn’t get a shot off in time.
June 7, 2024 2:56 am
Chartiers-Houston blanked West Branch and Carmichaels rolled past Claysburg-Kimmel in the PIAA softball quarterfinals Thursday. The winners will meet in the state semis Monday, the fourth meeting of the year between the Section 2 foes. Meadow Ferri held West Branch to two hits while striking out 12 in the Bucs’ win. The Mikes got home runs from Carys McConnell and Ali Jacobs to cruise into semis for the first time in 25 years.
The best seasons ever for Bentworth softball and Avella baseball ended Thursday with quarterfinal losses. The Bearcats fell behind Laurel 4-0 and managed just two hits in the season-ending loss. The Eagles couldn’t solve Eden Christian sophomore Brady Hull who struck out 11 Avella batters over the game’s fist five innings. PIAA Brackets: Softball Baseball
Thursday, June 6
PIAA Softball Quarterfinals
1A Chartiers-Houston 4, West Branch 0
1A Carmichaels 8, Claysburg-Kimmel 1
2A Laurel 5, Bentworth 3
PIAA Baseball Quarterfinals
1A Eden Christian 11, Avella 4
June 7, 2024 4:30 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernandez homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-7 to avoid a three-game sweep. Freeman hit a three-run shot in the first for his eighth home run of the season. Betts added a three-run shot of his own during a six-run fifth inning as Los Angeles beat the Pirates for just the sixth time in their last 16 meetings despite a relatively quiet night from Shohei Ohtani. The Japanese superstar went 1 for 5 with a run scored. Nick Gonzales and Oneil Cruz homered for Pittsburgh.
June 7, 2024 4:28 am
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Oklahoma slugged its way to a record fourth straight NCAA softball title, getting a go-ahead, bases-clearing double from Cydney Sanders and beating Texas 8-4 for a two-game sweep of the Women’s College World Series championship. The Sooners won their eighth title overall, all under coach Patty Gasso, and moved into a tie with Arizona for the second-most national championships behind UCLA’s 12. Second-seeded Oklahoma scored eight runs in each of the two games and pounded 21 hits total against a top-seeded Texas team that came in having thrown three consecutive one-hit shutouts in the World Series.
June 7, 2024 4:31 am
BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 22 points, Kristaps Porzingis added 20 in his first game in more than a month and the Boston Celtics powered past the Dallas Mavericks 107-89 on Thursday night in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Derrick White finished with 15 points for Boston, which led by 29 points in the first half and connected on 16 3-pointers in a powerful start to its quest for an 18th NBA title. Porzingis, who had been sidelined since April 29 with a strained right calf, came off the bench and provided an immediate spark, adding six rebounds and three blocks in 21 minutes. Six Celtics finished in double figures.
June 6, 2024 5:40 pm
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Justin Bruihl is hoping to hit the reset button with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The left-handed reliever has joined the Pirates less than a week after opting out of his minor league deal with the Cincinnati Reds. The 26-year-old Bruihl pitched well at Triple-A Louisville, going 4-0 with a 2.31 ERA in 19 appearances. But with his path to the majors with the Reds seemingly blocked, Bruihl bet on himself and became a free agent on June 1. The Pirates are looking for a second left-handed reliever to go with veteran Aroldis Chapman.
June 6, 2024 4:42 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates rookie Paul Skenes made a quick impression on Los Angles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani. Skenes struck out Ohtani on three fastballs that reached 100 mph during their first meeting of what became a 10-6 Pittsburgh win. Ohtani exacted revenge later, dinging Skenes for a two-run homer and adding a single. Skenes still improved to 3-0 after striking out eight over five innings. Skenes says there is still plenty to work on through five career starts. Pirates catcher Yasmani Grandal says when Skenes figures everything out he is going to be a “nightmare” for opposing hitters.
June 6, 2024 4:47 am
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma needs just one more win to make softball history. Tiare Jennings’ two-run homer in the first inning sparked an 8-3 win over Texas on Wednesday night that left the Sooners one victory short of a record fourth straight Women’s College World Series title. Oklahoma (58-7) had nine hits and three home runs against a Texas squad that had thrown three one-hit shutouts in three World Series games. Jennings had two hits and three RBIs and Kinzie Hansen had two hits, including a two-run homer, for the Sooners in Game 1 of the best-of-three series. The second-seeded Sooners could clinch their eighth overall championship in Game 2 on Thursday night.
June 6, 2024 1:53 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cameron Sutton is getting a second chance in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers have signed the veteran defensive back to a one-year deal. The agreement comes more than two months after he was released by the Detroit Lions for his involvement in an alleged domestic violence incident in Florida. Sutton eventually surrendered to authorities and entered a pretrial diversion program after the charges were reduced from a felony to misdemeanor battery.
