Good morning, Pittsburgh. Here’s your day in sports for Sunday, September 20, 2015.
What’s on tap for today:
The Steelers will open their 2015 home slate at Heinz Field when they host the San Francisco 49ers at 1:00 p.m. today. WPGH-TV Fox 53
Pirates (88-60) will got for a series win against the NL West-leading Dodgers (85-62) this afternoon at 4:10 p.m. ROOT Sports Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh headlines:
Francisco Liriano outdueled Clayton Kershaw as the Bucs beat the Dodgers last night to set up today’s rubber match.
Pitt (2-1) lost to Iowa (3-0) on a dramatic, last-second 57-yard field goal by Hawkeyes kicker Marshall Koehn.
Penn State (2-1) got their Big Ten schedule off to a winning start by stomping on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 28-3 at Beaver Stadium.
The Riverhounds earned a playoff berth and won the Keystone Derby Cup by beating their biggest rivals, the Harrisburg City Islanders, 2-1 last night.
Robert Morris almost blew a big lead, but came from behind to beat Notre Dame (Ohio) 35-24 for the Colonials first victory of the 2015 season, and on homecoming, no less.
On this date in 1907, Pirates rookie pitcher Nick Maddox (left) no-hit the Brooklyn Dodgers at Exposition Park on the North Side to become the second rookie and youngest player ever to throw a no-hitter.
He said it: “Are you really going to ask that?” — Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi after being asked who his starting quarterback would be this week.
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