MORGANTOWN — The best news for West Virginia, as it gets set to host its second NCAA baseball tournament regional since 2019 on Friday, is the Mountaineers will be at relative full health. That includes catcher/second baseman Gavin Kelly, who took a fastball across his hand in last week’s ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin is going to get a chance to finish what he started in Pittsburgh. The Penguins re-signed the franchise icon to a one-year deal worth $5.5 million on Tuesday, answering perhaps the club's biggest offseason question before the offseason truly starts. Malkin, ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — James Wood hit a two-run homer and Keibert Ruiz had a two-run single in the second inning as the Washington Nationals beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-3 on Tuesday night. Wood's towering, 401-foot drive to right field was his 15th homer of the season and second in as many ...
WEIRTON - The Weir baseball team's offense came alive at the right time to keep the fourth-seeded Red Riders alive in the postseason. Trailing Tyler Consolidated by a run, Weir recorded the tying run in the top of the fifth inning, and the Red Riders plated the winning run in the seventh as they defeated the fifth-seeded Knights, 2-1, in a West Virginia Class AA Region 1 Elimination Game Saturday afternoon up at the Weir High Baseball Field. Weir retired Tyler Consolidated in order in the top of the seventh to give itself a chance to winning it in the bottom half of the inning, and ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Henry Davis hit a go-ahead solo home run in the seventh inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates sent the Chicago Cubs to their ninth straight loss with a 2-1 victory on Monday. Davis turned on a 91 mph cutter from Cubs reliever Trent Thornton (2-1) and sent it well over the ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia baseball was announced as the No. 16 seed and the final host of the NCAA regional on Monday afternoon, with the team watching on at the Goat Pub. This is the first time since 2019 that the NCAA Tournament baseball is coming to Morgantown. "Mix in a hosting situation for the community in the state, there's nothing better," head coach Steve Sabins said. "The people of this state are passionate about our program. They're passionate about WVU, and so to bring an event like this here is meaningful to me, and I'm just really proud of the staff and the ...
