Good morning, Pittsburgh. Here’s your day in sports for Monday, September 14, 2015.
What’s on tap for today:
The Pirates (86-56) will play their first two games of their four game series against the Chicago Cubs in the first doubleheader of the 2015 season for the Bucs. Gerrit Cole and J.A. Happ will take the mound for the Pirates. First pitch its at 1:35 p.m. The second game is expected to start around 7:05 p.m. ROOT Sports Pittsburgh.
Steelers (0-1) head coach Mike Tomlin will have his weekly televised press conference today at noon from the South Side. WVU‘s (2-0) Dana Hologorson and Penn State‘s (1-1) James Franklin will have them as well.
Pittsburgh headlines:
The upcoming four-game series with the Cubs could have huge playoff implications for the Pirates, writes Andrew Hodgson.
Pirates centerfielder Andrew McCutchen was nominated for the prestigious Roberto Clemente Award on Monday.
Steelers writer Gar Bercury asked whether kicker Josh Scobee can be trusted after his less-than-stellar debut.
Our Penguins analyst Derrick Graffius recapped all the action from this weekend’s rookie tournament in London, Ontario.
On this date in 1982, the Penguins acquired goaltender Dennis Herron (right) from the Montreal Canadiens for a third-round draft pick. Herron would play 88 games for the Penguins over four seasons with a 3.88 goals-against average and a .879 save percentage.
He said it: “Let’s play two.” — legendary Cubs shortstop Ernie Banks (above), on his affinity for doubleheaders.
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