Good morning, Pittsburgh. Here’s your day in sports for Friday, October 2, 2015.
What’s on tap for today:
Wrapping up their marathon preseason, the Penguins (3-4-0) are in Raleigh, NC for their preseason finale against the Carolina Hurricanes. 7:00 p.m. WXDX-FM 105.9 The X
The Pirates (96-63) host he Reds (63-96) in the first of a three-game series at PNC Park. Despite the Cardinals clinching the division on Wednesday night, the Pirates still must make sure to stay ahead of the Cubs for home-field advantage in the Wild Card Game. Francisco Liriano will face Keyvius Sampson at 7:05 p.m. ROOT Sports Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh headlines:
The Pirates writer Zac Weiss believes that manager Clint Hurdle should shoulder the brunt of the blame for the Pirates loss to the Cardinals on Wednesday.
Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker out-kicked his counterpart and the Ravens escaped Heinz Field with a 23-20 win.
The Penguins defensive depth is starting to take shape, writes hockey analyst Derrick Graffius.
See where the Pitt Panthers stack up in Week 4 of our Matt Shetler’s ACC Power Rankings.
On this date in 1920, the last Major League Baseball tripleheader was played between the Pirates and the Reds. The Reds won the first two games, 13-4 and 7-3, but Pirates pitcher Johnny Morrison (left) shut out the Reds in the third game, giving up just four hits over six innings en route to a 6-o victory.
He said it: “We lost, so I’m not going to try to justify anything that we did. Anything we did, I take responsibility for.” — Steelers coach Mike Tomlin on the questionable late-game decisions that led to the Steelers losing to the Ravens in overtime.
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