October 2, 2023 4:49 am
PITTSBURGH — Miguel Andujar and Jack Suwinski delivered run scoring doubles in the eigth inning as the Pirates closed out the season with a 3-0 shutout win over the Miami Marlins at PNC Park. Dauri Moreta gets the win in relief. He struck out the side in the eighth inning and David Bednar closed it out with his 39th save. The Pirates finish the season with a 76-86 record. That’s 14 games better than last season.
October 2, 2023 4:51 am
PHOENIX (AP) — MLB’s postseason bracket is set, with the American League and National League wild-card matchups beginning Tuesday. It’s the second year for the new October format, which includes an opening round, best-of-three series with all of the games at the higher seed’s ballpark. In the AL, the No. 6 seed Toronto Blue Jays will face the No. 3 Minnesota Twins and the No. 5 Texas Rangers travel to the No. 4 Tampa Bay Rays. The NL features the No. 6 Arizona Diamondbacks against the No. 3 Milwaukee Brewers and the No. 5 Miami Marlins at the No. 4 Philadelphia Phillies.
October 2, 2023 4:41 am
BOSTON (AP) — Tim Wakefield, the knuckleballing workhorse of the Red Sox pitching staff who bounced back after giving up a season-ending home run to the Yankees in the 2003 playoffs to help Boston win its curse-busting World Series title the following year, has died. He was 57. The Red Sox announced his death in a statement Sunday. Wakefield had brain cancer, according to ex-teammate Curt Schilling, who outed the illness on a podcast last week — drawing an outpouring of support for Wakefield. The Red Sox confirmed an illness at the time but did not elaborate, saying Wakefield had requested privacy.
October 2, 2023 4:44 am
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — The Ryder Cup is staying in Europe, just like always. Team Europe had a big lead at Marco Simone outside of Rome and made sure it capped off a dominant week. Rory McIlroy won his match to become the leading scorer for Europe for the first time. Tommy Fleetwood delivered the winner by driving the 16th green to assure the half-point Europe needed. The Americans were never really in this Ryder Cup after falling behind big on the first day. They were coming off a 10-point win at Whistling Straits and thought this might be the year they ended three decades of losing on European soil. The final score was 16 1/2-11 1/2.
October 1, 2023 11:30 am
Saturday night, Matt Sieg ran for 277 yards and four touchdowns, threw for 171 yards and three more scores as Fort Cherry won an instant classic over previously unbeaten Bishop Canevin. Fort Cherry had leads of 21-0 and 34-12 but had to hold on late to get the win. Chartiers-Houston lost to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, the Bucs’ 6th straight loss.
Friday night, Canon-McMillan scored first, but #1 Central Catholic rolled from there, handing the Big Macs a mercy-rule defeat. 5A #1 Peters Township crushed Baldwin to remain unbeaten. Trinity had a chance to take control of a 4A Big Seven playoff spot but couldn’t find the endzone, falling at Latrobe. Ringgld’s struggles continue, losing for the 21st straight game. Wash High held Waynesburg to just over 100 total yards as the top-ranked Little Prexies rolled. McGuffey blanked Sto-Rox, staying unbeaten in the Century while Charleroi lost for the fifth straight week. California blanked Mapletown, West Greene got by Monessen. Both winners are 3-0, both losers are 0-3. Beth-Center & Jeff-Morgan won to move into a tie for third. Carmichaels & Bentworth losses have them on the wrong side of the cut line with four weeks to play. Avella got enough players healthy to not only take the field but win at Carlynton with Burgettstown couldn’t hold a third-quarter lead, losing a one-point game to unbeaten Cornell.
Here’s this week’s schedule and scores for Washington & Greene County teams (7 pm unless listed)
1A Black Hills
Ft. Cherry 48, Bishop Canevin, 41
OLSH 20, Chartiers-Houston 12
Avella 32, Carlynton 28
Cornell 14, Burgettstown 13
1A Tri-County South
Jeff-Morgan 35, Bentworth 14
Beth-Center 34, Carmichaels 20
California 52, Mapletown 0
West Greene 41, Monessen 32
2A Century
Wash High 48, Waynesburg 14
McGuffey 17, Sto-Rox 0
Keystone Oaks 41, Charleroi 14
4A Big Seven
Latrobe 25, Trinity 7
McKeesport 48, Ringgold 0
5A Allegheny Six
Peters Township 49, Baldwin 6
6A Tri-County Five
Central Catholic 49, Canon-McMillan 6
October 1, 2023 1:49 am
GROVE CITY, Pa. – Junior quarterback Jacob Pugh (Jefferson Hills, Pa./Thomas Jefferson) tossed for a career-high 396 yards and three touchdowns, but it was host Grove City who edged the Presidents by a 31-24 score in battle of unbeatens at Robert E. Thorn Field Saturday afternoon. The loss snapped W&J’s 10-game winning streak in the head-to-head series with Grove City. The Presidents are now 4-1 overall. The Wolverines are now in sole possession of first place and in the driver’s seat to capture their first conference title since 1998. Grove City has defeated Case Western Reserve, Carnegie Mellon and W&J in consecutive weeks to start a season 5-0 for the first time since 1926. W&J held a 24-17 lead entering the fourth quarter, but a pair of Grove City touchdowns coupled with a pair of turnovers by the Red and Black enabled the Wolverines to claim their first win in the series since 2011.
PAC Scores, Week 5
Grove City 31, Wash/Jeff 24
Case-Western 34, Bethany 12
Thiel 15, Waynesburg 14
Carnegie-Mellon 19, Allegheny 3
St. Vincent 28, Geneva 19
Westminster idle
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September 30, 2023 3:59 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Josh Bell’s two-run double keyed a four-run, eighth-inning rally and the Miami Marlins moved closer to a playoff berth with a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Marlins did little through seven innings but broke through against Colin Selby (2-2) to reduce their magic number to earn the NL’s third wild-card spot to two. Miami entered the weekend with a chance to clinch the franchise’s first playoff berth in a non-pandemic-shortened season since 2003. The Marlins didn’t get into Pittsburgh until almost dawn on Friday morning following a long night in New York.
