PITTSBURGH - Jeanmar Gomez, coming off one of the best starts of his career, was knocked around early by the Reds and exited the game after just one inning pitched. He allowed four earned runs in the top of the first and was pulled from the game due to an injury. The bullpen, yet again, look phenomenal. After a tough first inning by Gomez, only four hits were allowed in eight innings by The Shark Tank. Vin Mazarro relieved Gomez and pitched the second, third, and fourth innings. He only ... Read More
Pens shutout by Bruins in Game 1
The Penguins threw 29 shots at Boston goaltender Tuukka Rask, but were unable to put one past him as the Bruins got two goals from David Krejci and one from Nathan Horton to secure a 3-0 win in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals at Consol Energy Center Saturday night. It is the first time the Penguins have been shutout in a playoff game since Game 7 of the 2011 Eastern Conference Quarterfinal against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The eight day rest didn’t seem to affect the Penguins, as ... Read More
Power Leave It All On The Field In Loss To Jacksonville
Coaches love to use the phrase “leave it all on the field” when talking about effort for a team. Unfortunately for the Pittsburgh Power (3-7), Julian Talley left it on the field a little too often as his two fumbles helped derail a solid effort by the Power in a 70-48 loss to the Jacksonville Sharks (8-3). Looking at the final stat line on GameTracker shows Julian Talley finished the night with 12 receptions for 117 yards and four receiving touchdowns but it was the two fumbles that don’t ... Read More
Pirates waste solid outing from Liriano, lose 2-0 to Reds
Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Francisco Liriano turned in an outing worthy enough of a victory. Unfortunately for him, the Pirates offense made sure that wouldn’t happen. Liriano struck out 11 in six innings of work, allowing only four hits and a questionable earned run, but the Bucs bats were silenced for a second consecutive night by a Cincinnati Reds starter as the Pirates were shutout by the Reds 2-0. A night after Johnny Cueto tossed eight shutout innings against the Pirates, ... Read More
Pittsburgh Steelers’ Mike Adams hospitalized after stabbing
The Pittsburgh Steelers were looking forward to seeing last year's second-round pick Mike Adams lining up at left tackle next season. They may be forced to put those plans on hold for a bit. Adams was stabbed during an apparent robbery attempt on Saturday morning and is currently hospitalized, according to the Steelers' official Twitter account. Second-year offensive tackle @channel75live (Mike Adams) was injured & is hospitalized after being stabbed in an apparent robbery attempt ... Read More
Pirate of the Week: Neil Walker
The Pittsburgh Pirates have been red hot lately, winning nine of their last twelve and nineteen games total in the month of May. For the past seven days, no one has been as hot for the Bucs as second baseman, Neil Walker. Over the past week, Walker has had multi-hit games in five of the Pirates seven games. He put one over the fence in three of those games and drove in a run in four of them. He also crossed the plate in five of the seven games. For the week he hit .440, with eleven hits, three ... Read More
Week 11 Preview: Pittsburgh Power At Jacksonville Sharks
It’s all about how you learn from your mistakes and the Pittsburgh Power (3-6) are eager to show they have learned how to avoid Shark attacks. The first time around, the Jacksonville Sharks (7-3) dominated the line of scrimmage and shut down the Power offense. Quarterbacks Jordan Jefferson and Shane Austin were on the run the entire night and took 6 sacks. Add in three interceptions, two by Jefferson and one by Austin, and it’s not hard to see why the Power lost 61-35. This time around the ... Read More
Wild Things win 5th straight behind Blackwell, Stoner
When the Wild Things stepped on the field against the Windy City ThunderBolts, they were riding a four-game winning streak. They left the field with a five-game winning streak behind another solid pitching performance. Shawn Blackwell, who was acquired earlier this season from the Spokane Indians, has struggled early on in the season but he seemed to put all of that behind him tonight when he stepped onto the rubber. After giving up a combined nine runs in his first two games, Blackwell ... Read More
Here’s Johnny: Cueto mows down Bucs in 6-0 win
Johnny Cueto dominated a struggling Pittsburgh lineup as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates The Pirates coming off a four game set against the Tigers where they struck out a total of 53 times, did nothing against Reds' starter, Johnny Cueto. Thanks to two solo homers off Pirates' starter Wandy Rodriguez, and four walks and three wild pitches that led to three more runs off Mike Zagurski, the Reds were able to cruise past Pittsburgh, snapping the Pirates three game winning ... Read More
IUP’s Cignetti selected to College Football Hall of Fame
Former IUP head coach Frank Cignetti can now add "Hall of Famer" to his list of career achievements. Cignetti is ranked as the winningest coach in IUP history. He led his team to back-to-back PSAC titles in just his first two seasons as the head coach and then enjoyed a twenty-year career with IUP. He also took the team to two National Title games in 1990 and 1993. His list of achievements including taking IUP to the Division II playoffs 13 times, going to the National Semifinals six times, ... Read More