By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nick Yorke singled home Bryan Reynolds in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday. Reynolds doubled against Ryan Helsley (0-1) with one out. Baltimore then ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — All of the emotions were there, from joy to jitters and everything in between. Well, almost everything. The one thing Konnor Griffin didn't feel when the Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop — all 19 years and 344 days of him — ahead of his ...
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Brandon Marsh hit a three-run homer as part of a seven-run first inning, Aaron Nola pitched efficiently into the seventh and the Philadelphia Phillies spoiled Colorado's home opener by beating the Rockies 10-1 on Friday. The Phillies set the ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Konnor Griffin debuted in style. The 19-year-old Pirates shortstop delivered an RBI double in his first big league at-bat as Pittsburgh held off the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 on Friday. Griffin, called up on Thursday and the consensus top ...
By MARK LONG and EDDIE PELLS AP Sports Writers President Donald Trump tried to put some teeth into his latest attempt to save college sports. The threat of cutting funding to cash-starved schools that don't comply is real, even if the stricter rules Trump wants to come out of the ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Egor Chinakov had a goal and an assist, Evgeni Malkin added an assist in his return to the lineup and the Pittsburgh Penguins raced past the sagging Detroit Red Wings 5-1 on Tuesday night. A night after blowing out the New York Islanders on the road, Pittsburgh followed it ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Andrew Painter struck out eight in 5 1/3 innings in a fantastic major league debut, and Kyle Schwarber and Adolis Garcia homered to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 win over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night. Jhoan Duran struck out two in a scoreless ninth ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored twice and hit the 30-goal mark for the 20th time in his NHL career, and the Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-4 on Tuesday night. Tom Wilson also had two goals, Jakob Chychrun had a goal and two assists, and Ryan Leonard added a goal ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Chase Burns allowed one hit in five innings for his first major league win, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 2-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night. Burns (1-0) walked three and struck out seven, including Jared Triolo with two on and two outs in the ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Oneil Cruz homered twice and Ryan O'Hearn hit a three-run shot as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-3 on Tuesday night. O'Hearn and Bryan Reynolds went back-to-back in the second inning. Cruz finished with three hits and three RBIs. He also scored three ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jake Burger and Corey Seager each homered and the Texas Rangers recovered from blowing a three-run lead in the ninth inning to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 in 10 innings on Saturday. The Phillies nearly tied it again in the 10th. Bryce Harper snapped an 0 for 8 ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist in his return from injured reserve and the Dallas Stars pulled away from the undermanned Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Saturday. Jason Robertson reached the 40-goal plateau for the third time in his career and assisted on Rantanen's goal ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Joel Embiid scored 29 points, Paul George finished with 26 points and 13 rebounds and Philadelphia 76ers rallied from 13 points down in the second half for a 118-114 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday night. With its fourth win in five games, Philadelphia ...
DETROIT (AP) — Owen Tippett scored a hat trick as the Philadelphia Flyers survived a late rally for a key 5-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night. Tippett's third career hat trick gives him seven goals in his last nine games. The Flyers have won seven of those nine and are now ...
PHILADELPHA (AP) — MacKenzie Gore struck out seven in his Texas debut, and Brandon Nimmo and Andrew McCutchen both homered to lead the Rangers to an 8-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday. Gore made his first start for the Rangers after he was acquired from Washington in an ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan O'Hearn had three hits and two RBIs, including a go-ahead single in the 10th inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates threw out the potential tying run at the plate to hold off the New York Mets 4-3 on Sunday for their first victory this season. Henry Davis added a critical ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trevor Zegras wristed a sharp-angle shot past Casey DeSmith with 1:33 remaining in overtime, leading the hard-charging Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-1 victory over the slumping Dallas Stars on Sunday night. Travis Konecny scored in regulation for the Flyers, who are 8-1-1 in ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Brett Baty laced a bases-loaded triple and the New York Mets chased Paul Skenes in the first inning of his worst major league start, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-7 on Thursday in their season opener at Citi Field. Carson Benge homered in his first career game, going ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Cristopher Sánchez struck out 10 and tossed three-hit ball over six shutout innings in his first start since he signed a $104 million contract extension, and Kyle Schwarber and Alec Bohm each homered to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-3 win over the Texas Rangers on ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Alex Bump and Sean Couturier scored in the first three minutes of the game and the Philadelphia Flyers used the fast start to cruise to a 5-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night. Bump, Noah Cates and Christian Dvorak had a goal and an assist each for the ...