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Double-A team loses no-hitter 7-5 on 5 walks, 4 hit batters
MADISON, Ala. — The Los Angeles Angels’ Double-A Rocket City Trash Pandas allowed one hit in a doubleheader and only got a split. Three pitchers combined on a seven-inning, no-hitter for the Trash Pandas only to lose 7-5 to the Cincinnati Reds’ Chattanooga Lookouts in Saturday’s opener after wildness caused...
Oneil Cruz’s broken ankle overshadows Pirates’ series-clinching win over White Sox
The Pittsburgh Pirates got a big win from starting pitcher Johan Oviedo but suffered an even bigger loss when manager Derek Shelton revealed shortstop Oneil Cruz fractured his left ankle during a home plate collision. The sight of Cruz writhing in pain on the dirt as benches cleared in the...
Picking the EPL’s headliner and siding with hockey history: Best bets for April 9
BY GABE HENDERSON | Home Field Sports Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are...
Penguins assign forward Alex Nylander back to Wilkes-Barre/ScrantonVideo
Alex Nylander keeps racking up the miles. On Sunday, the Pittsburgh Penguins assigned the reserve forward to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL). It marked the eighth time this season Nylander has been shuffled between the NHL and AHL rosters with every transaction happening since March 7. On Thursday...
Gateway grad Kiyara Sawyers hitting stride at Point Park
Kiyara Sawyers is making the most of her freshman season on the Point Park women’s track and field team. At the Tim Weaver Invitational at West Liberty State (W.Va.) on April 1, the 2022 Gateway graduate placed fourth overall in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 5 minutes, 25...
Former Penguins forward Brian Boyle isn’t retired but content being at homeVideo
Like a lot of fathers with a young family, Brian Boyle occasionally has to miss a birthday, practice or recital. He does have to commute to work, after all. In his case at the moment, Boyle has to make the occasional four-hour drive primarily on Interstate 95 from his home...
Woods withdraws before completing 3rd round of Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods withdrew from the Masters before the resumption of the third round because of an injury Sunday, ending his streak of completing all 72 holes of every tournament he has played at Augusta National as a professional. The tournament announced about 90 minutes before play began...
Armed with a sinking slider, reliever Dauri Moreta brings electric energy to Pirates’ bullpen
As much as the Pittsburgh Pirates have embraced the swagger and electric energy that Dauri Moreta has brought to their bullpen, they are marveling at one of the right-handed reliever’s pitches. While playing catch with Moreta, Duane Underwood Jr. couldn’t help but notice that Moreta’s slider moves two ways, first...
Pirates dealt a ‘big blow’ as shortstop Oneil Cruz fractures ankle in home plate collision
After an awkward slide and collision with Chicago White Sox catcher Seby Zavala, Oneil Cruz was in obvious pain, and his left leg bent at an odd angle underneath him. Cruz slid backward to inch away from home plate before turning onto his right side. As benches cleared in the...
Down a man for most of 2nd half, Riverhounds suffer 1st loss of season
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds suffered their first loss of the season, playing down a man most of the second half and losing 1-0 to the Colorado Springs Switchbacks on a late goal Saturday night. The Riverhounds (1-1-3) went down a man when Robbie Mertz received a red card for a challenge...
Minor league report: Penguins snap 7-game losing streakVideo
Two goals and two assists by forward Ty Glover led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to an 8-2 road win against the Bridgeport Islanders at Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, Conn. on Saturday. Forwards Drake Caggiula and Nathan Legare each scored two goals for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (26-30-7-6) which snapped a seven-game losing streak...
One for the aged: Fred Couples oldest to make cut at the Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Fred Couples had played mediocre golf by his standards the past four years, and though the 1992 champion had come close to making the cut at the Masters on one occasion, he hadn’t played the weekend since 2018. Well, Couples got to play Saturday. Then keep playing...
Pirates farm report for April 8, 2023: Mike Burrows leaves with injury as Indy wins 4th straight
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 4-4) opened the season with four straight losses followed by four straight wins, beating Louisville (Reds), 5-4. RHP Mike Burrows (2.70) started but left the game with an injury in the second inning. LHP Cam Alldred (1-0, 0.00) pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out...
Vince Velasquez exits early, Andrew McCutchen homers late as White Sox snap Pirates’ win streak
Vince Velasquez got goosebumps in anticipation of making his first start for the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park, and the right-hander had extra motivation in facing his former Chicago White Sox teammates. What Velasquez didn’t have was control. Velasquez was pulled in the third inning after allowing five runs on...
Tiger Woods makes cut at rainy Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — It even sounds odd to say it: Tiger Woods is last among those still playing at the Masters. But after Woods made the cut at Augusta National on Saturday, it all went downhill from there. Slogging through a rain-drenched, 49-degree day proved too much for the aching...
MLB rule changes quickly catching on with Pirates fans
In an alternate universe, Friday’s game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago White Sox might have eclipsed four hours in length. The teams combined for 22 runs and 30 hits in 80 at-bats, with seven pitchers taking the mound. But with MLB’s rule changes, highlighted by the pitch clock, Friday’s...
Rules, appeals and penalties talk of NASCAR at Bristol
Defending Bristol dirt race champion Kyle Busch wonders if NASCAR drivers need a refresher course on the rules. Busch, who’ll try and make it two in a row on the dirt at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday, acknowledged NASCAR’s rules process is front-and-center these days of punishment and appeals. Last...
Brooks Koepka leading Jon Rahm by 4 on a short Saturday at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Moving day at the Masters was mostly about everyone leaving Saturday. A cold, relentless rain was too much for Augusta National to handle, leading to one of the earliest finishes for a Saturday — just 15 minutes after CBS came on the air — and setting up...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Sidney Crosby doing everything he can to save Penguins’ season
The Pittsburgh Penguins have played 80 games and won 40. They’re an average team at best, clearly flawed in many aspects, and have a lot of bad players. But if the Penguins miss the postseason and their playoff streak ends after 16 years, don’t dare place even an ounce of...
Penguins beat Red Wings behind Sidney Crosby’s 3 points but remain out of playoff spot
Having lost their first two games of the regular season against the Detroit Red Wings, the Pittsburgh Penguins were in need of a course correction for the final meeting of 2022-23 between the two squads on Saturday. “I don’t think (the Red Wings have) seen our best and so that’s...
UFC 287 main event pick and an MLB underdog: Best bets for April 8
BY ZACH EWING | Home Field Sports Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are...
Survival at Masters as Jon Rahm stays close, Tiger Woods makes cut
AUGUSTA, Ga. — No one had an easier time Saturday morning at the Masters than Brooks Koepka. He didn’t have to play, and he still had the lead going into a cold, soggy and brutally difficult weekend at Augusta National. Jon Rahm did remarkably well to stay close. Tiger Woods...
Penn State’s Drew Allar on his spring progress: ‘I’m definitely a lot more comfortable’
The official decision on who will be Penn State’s starting quarterback to begin 2023 has not been made. An announcement likely won’t come until late summer, after the Lions’ August practice sessions have started. As of now it’s still a competition between second-year throwers Drew Allar and Beau Pribula. Both...
WWE apologizes for using Auschwitz image in WrestleMania
LOS ANGELES — World Wrestling Entertainment apologized Friday for using an image from the Auschwitz concentration camp to promote one of its matches during the first night of WrestleMania 39 last weekend. The image was used in a promotional package for the match between Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio on...
Minor league report: Forward Sam Poulin returns to lineup as Penguins loseVideo
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Sam Poulin appeared in his first game in over four months Friday as his team was defeated, 3-1, by the Providence Bruins at Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, R.I. The Pittsburgh Penguins’ first-round pick (No. 21 overall) in 2019, Poulin was in the Penguins’ lineup for the...
