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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Oakland Athletics won back-to-back games for just the third time season as Ryan Noda homered and reached base four times in a 9-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Oakland’s first seven batters reached against Roansy Contreras. All seven scored to give Oakland its second road victory in less than 24 hours following a 15-game slide away from home. Seth Brown had three of the A’s season-high tying 17 hits. Jace Peterson followed up a five-hit night with two more hits, including a two-run double that helped break things open in the first.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma can become the first Division I softball program in more than 30 years to win three straight national championships. Florida State ace Kathryn Sandercock — one of the nation’s top pitchers in recent years — stands in the Sooners’ way. Oklahoma (59-1) and Florida State (58-9) will meet Wednesday in Game 1 of the Women’s College World Series best-of-three championship series. Oklahoma is on a Division I-record 51-game winning streak and leads the nation in scoring, batting average and home runs. Sandercock has no reason to back down, entering the championship series with a 28-3 record, a 1.05 ERA and 10 saves. She is fourth in the nation in wins, second in saves and sixth in ERA. She also has been on this big stage before as Florida State’s ace in 2021, when the Sooners and Seminoles played for the title. Hear the Women’s College World Series Championship on WJPA-AM (1450) starting with Wednesday’s Game 1 at 7:45 pm.

Sites and times for Thursday’s PIAA quarterfinals have been posted. Games include Burgettstown baseball plus Trinity, Chartiers-Houston and Carmichaels softball. We’ll have live coverage of the Chartiers-Houston and Trinity games on WJPA-AM (1450) and online. We’ll also provide links to the other games from our colleagues. Click for State Softball  State Baseball 

PIAA Quarterfinals
Thursday, June 8
1A Softball Chartiers-Houston vs. 6-1 Claysburg-Kimmel, 1:50 pm at Hempfield High School WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here!
2A Baseball Burgettstown vs. 10-1 Sharpsville, 2:30 pm at Westminster College
1A Softball Carmichaels vs. 6-3 Glendale, 4 pm at Somerset High School (audio courtesy of GreeneSports.net)
5A Softball Trinity vs. 7-3 Shaler, 4:20 pm at Gateway High School WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here!