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Riverhounds rally for 1-1 draw in New Mexico
After suffering through a seven-game road losing streak earlier this season, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds have picked up points in the standings in back-to-back games away from home. Dane Kelly scored the tying goal with 15 minutes to go and the Riverhounds left Albuquerque with a 1-1 draw in their first-ever...
Pirates farm report for July 16, 2022: Quinn Priester, 2 Curve teammates combine on 2-hit shutout
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 41-46) was doubled up by Columbus (Guardians), 4-2. 3B Hoy Park (.237) went 2 for 4 with a double and a home run, his third. SS Tucupita Marcano (.263) was 1 for 3 with a double and a run scored. DH Greg Allen (hamstring), playing on a rehab...
Home runs propel AL past NL in MLB Futures GameVideo
LOS ANGELES — New York Yankees prospect Jasson Dominguez and Minnesota’s Matt Wallner hit two-run homers in the third inning, leading the American League over the National League, 6-4, on Saturday in the annual Futures Game of top prospects. Dominguez, at 19 the second-youngest prospect at the game behind Miami...
Penguins reassemble their blue line by adding Jeff Petry, Ty Smith
Ron Hextall knows he can’t keep nine defensemen on his NHL roster. The Pittsburgh Penguins’ general manager said as much Wednesday. “We’re certainly not going to have nine on the opening roster,” Hextall said. “I don’t know where that’s all going. Sometimes, you sit around and wait until something moves...
Pirates getting – but wasting – good starting pitching recently
Finally, the starting pitching is coming around over the past week for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The rest of the team, though, is letting the starters down during a four-game losing streak. Mitch Keller’s six-inning outing in which he did not allow an earned run in the thin air of Coors...
Bushy Run, Latrobe pick up wins in Region 7 Legion tournament
Gavin Good’s three-run double with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning rallied Bushy Run to an 8-5 victory against St. Michael on Saturday in the Pennsylvania American Legion Region 7 tournament at Everett High School. Bushy Run, the third-seeded team from District 31, rallied from a 5-0...
Pirates offense punchless again, losing skid hits 4 after shutout loss at Rockies
What was gained from the Pittsburgh Pirates’ longest winning streak in three seasons immediately was given right back. Saturday’s 2-0 loss at the Colorado Rockies was the Pirates’ fourth consecutive defeat, a skid that quickly followed a four-game winning streak that represented a franchise-best since 2019. What just a few...
Tyler Reddick’s jump to 23XI a start for NASCAR driver shufflingVideo
LOUDON, N.H. — Tyler Reddick can add Michael Jordan to his contacts list. Reddick made the surprise jump — his current Richard Childress Racing team bellyached it’s an ill-timed one — to join Denny Hamlin and Jordan’s 22XI Racing in 2024. Well, that’s one driver off the free-agent market. Kyle...
McIlroy, Hovland avoid blunders to share British Open leadVideo
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Rory McIlroy moved into the void left by the departure of Tiger Woods at the British Open, holing a bunker shot for eagle and revving up the gallery at St. Andrews at every turn Saturday as he moved closer to ending eight years without a major....
Report: Nationals star Soto turns down $440 million contractVideo
WASHINGTON — Washington Nationals star outfielder Juan Soto expressed irritation Saturday hours after a report he turned down a record contract with the rebuilding club. The Athletic, citing unidentified sources, reported Soto turned down a $440 million, 15-year contract offer to remain with the Nationals that would have been the...
Penguins acquire defenseman Jeff Petry, forward Ryan Poehling from CanadiensVideo
The Penguins made their second trade Saturday aimed at rearranging their blue line, acquiring defenseman Jeff Petry and forward Ryan Poehling from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for defenseman Mike Matheson and a fourth-round pick in 2023. A right-handed shot, Petry, 34, played in 68 games last season and scored...
At last, first: Truex wins 1st pole for Joe Gibbs RacingVideo
LOUDON, N.H. — Martin Truex Jr. won a pole for the first time in his three-plus seasons with Joe Gibbs Racing and will lead a Toyota-heavy top five to green at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Truex turned a lap of 127.113 mph on Saturday and won his 20th career pole....
Altuve, Arenado, Chisholm, Rodón won’t play in All-Star GameVideo
Houston second baseman Jose Altuve, San Francisco Giants pitcher Carlos Rodón, St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado and Miami Marlins second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. won’t be playing in Tuesday’s All-Star Game. Altuve, an eight-time All-Star who was selected as a starter in fan voting, was struck on the...
Michael Matthews wins Tour Stage 14, Tadej Pogacar can’t drop Jonas Vingegaard
MENDE, France — Michael Matthews soloed to victory on the 14th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday when defending champion Tadej Pogacar tried in vain to regain time on leader Jonas Vingegaard. Matthews’ fourth stage win came five years after the Australian last tasted victory in France. The...
Penguins trade defenseman John Marino to DevilsVideo
On Wednesday, Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Ron Hextall acknowledged he would have to jettison one of the nine NHL-caliber defensemen he had under contract. On Saturday, he did so. Right-handed John Marino, who never quite lived up to the promise he showed as a rookie in 2019-20, was traded to...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Barry Bonds belongs in Pirates’ inaugural Hall of Fame class
The Pittsburgh Pirates are starting an in-house Hall of Fame. The initial inductees get unveiled Sept. 3 before the Pirates’ home game vs. Toronto. This illustrates the Pirates’ two primary philosophies: “Don’t look here, look over there” and “Here’s a reason to buy a ticket besides lousy baseball.” The first...
Penguins sign 1st-rounder Owen Pickering to entry-level contract
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed defenseman Owen Pickering to a three-year entry-level contract Saturday. According Cap Friendly, the contract will carry a salary cap hit of $950,000. Pickering was the team’s first-round pick (No. 21 overall) at the NHL Draft earlier this month. The contract will begin when Pickering commences his...
Murrysville’s Owen Sinclair belts 3 homers in Junior Legion championship game
Owen Sinclair had a memorable game July 11 in the Westmoreland County Youth Legion championship finals. One he’ll always remember. Sinclair had three home runs, drove in six runs and helped Murrysville defeat Penn Township, 8-2, to win the title. All three of his home runs went over the center...
Fox Chapel’s Patrick Monteverde’s baseball journey in high gear in High-A ball
Patrick Monteverde took an unusual path toward becoming a Major League Baseball draft choice. So it’s only proper that a possible road to Miami winds through Beloit, Wisc. The 2016 Fox Chapel graduate is currently pitching – and pitching well – for the Beloit SkyCarp, a High-A affiliate of the...
Hard-throwing Kumar Rocker ready for his second MLB draft
TROY, N.Y. — Kumar Rocker is ready for a second go-round in the MLB draft. A year after he was the lone first-round pick to not sign with a team, the hard-throwing right-hander and former Vanderbilt star is fresh from a brief professional tune-up that has him on track to...
Penguins prospect Tristan Broz moves past a rough freshman seasonVideo
Pittsburgh Penguins forward prospect Tristan Broz is as Minnesota as a Minnesotan can get. First, as a high schooler, he suited up for the Blake School and played for Rob McClanahan, a member of the 1980 United States Olympic team and a vaunted son of the self-titled State of Hockey....
‘You can’t outsmart the draft’: Pirates focus on best player available with No. 4 overall pick
When it comes to the MLB Draft, Ben Cherington isn’t sharing any secrets. The Pittsburgh Pirates general manager kept draftniks guessing over which prep shortstop would he would select with the first overall pick last year before pulling a surprise by taking Louisville catcher Henry Davis. The Pirates signed Davis...
Steelers 2-a-days: Former camp phenom Tuzar Skipper is back, Benny Snell again a backup RB
Editor’s note: From now until the first practice of training camp at Saint Vincent College, the Trib will be running through the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 90-man roster, assessing each player’s outlook for the 2022 season. The breakdown will go through the roster in mostly-alphabetical order, two per day, between June 11...
Pirates pitchers suffer rocky outings in 13-2 loss to Colorado
Derek Shelton wanted to give his bullpen a break Friday night after he called on a relief pitcher 14 times during the four-game series in Miami that included two that went into extra innings. The plan didn’t work out the way Shelton hoped. Starting pitcher Jose Quintana was a good...
Pirates farm report for July 15, 2022: Aaron Shackelford homers twice for Altoona
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 41-45) was outslugged by Columbus (Guardians), 9-7. CF Greg Allen (hamstring), playing on a rehab assignment, went 3 for 5 with a two-run homer. DH Carter Bins (.197) went 1 for 4 with a double and two RBIs. RHP Osvaldo Bido (1-6, 5.54) started and went four innings,...
