(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Bryan Reynolds singles during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Esmerlyn Valdez and Jared Triolo homered, Brandon Lowe added an RBI single and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Sunday.
Braxton Ashcraft (14-5) held St. Louis without an extra-base hit over five innings to become the first Pirates pitcher since 2018 (Jameson Taillon and Trevor Williams) to reach 14 wins. He allowed two runs on six hits, struck out three and walked one.
In the second inning, Valdez hit a two-run home run off Cardinals starter Matthew Liberatore (5-13) that stayed just inside the right-field foul pole. Triolo drilled a 412-foot blast into the left-field stands in the fifth inning to put Pittsburgh ahead 4-0.
Thomas Saggese singled three times and scored twice. He moved into the St. Louis lineup after infielder JJ Wetherholt was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday with right wrist tendinitis.
Alec Burleson achieved his first 100 RBI season when he and Iván Herrera had back-to-back run-scoring singles with two outs in the fifth inning.
Herrera also had an RBI double in the seventh to pull St. Louis within 5-4. Yohan Ramirez got Nolan Gorman to fly out to end that threat with runners on second and third.
Mason Montgomery earned his seventh save with a spotless ninth.
Liberatore struck out nine in 5 2-3 innings while throwing a career-high 107 pitches. He gave up four runs on six hits and a pair of walks.
The Pirates got an unearned run in the third when Ramón Urías dropped Lowe’s two-out popup, allowing Oneil Cruz to score.
Up next
Pittsburgh: RHP Paul Skenes (9-11, 3.79 ERA) starts Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game series at San Diego. The Padres have not announced their starter.
St. Louis: The Cardinals have not announced their rotation for a three-game series against Los Angeles that starts Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium. LHP Eric Lauer (8-6, 4.78 ERA) goes for LA in the opener.
Lee Ann Rimes, Kacey Musgraves, Ted Nugent, Reb Beach and a two-night visit from Olivia Rodrigo exemplify the wide range of musical stars shining this September on nearby concert stages.
Punk-rock and alternative-rock fans will flock to Washington County on Sept. 25-26 for the Four Chord Music Festival at F.N.B. Stadium at Station Square, featuring bands like Knocked Loose and Pierce the Veil.
To help you pick a few good shows, here is the September concert calendar:
Olivia Rodrigo headlines PPG Paints Arena back-to-back nights this September. (Photo: Nick Walker)
PPG PAINTS ARENA, Pittsburgh
Sept. 8: Kacey Musgraves
Sept. 29-30: Olivia Rodrigo
Oct. 1: Red Clay Strays; Oct. 6: Smashing Pumpkins; Oct. 9: Dan + Shay; Oct. 23: Rod Wave; Oct. 26: Jonas Brothers; Oct. 28: “Worlds Collide Concert Tour” featuring stars from the “Descendants,” “ZOMBIES” and “Camp Rock” films; Nov. 7: Jim Gaffigan; Nov. 12: Sombr; Nov. 20: Motionless in White; Nov. 21: Pentatonix; Dec. 21: Andre Bocelli.
No bull: Kacey Musgraves will headline PPG Paints Arena this September.
STAGE AE, Pittsburgh
Sept. 1: Sierra Ferrell
Sept. 11: Gym Class Heroes and Lupe Fiasco
Sept. 15: Turnstile and Thundercat
Sept. 18: Black Label Society
Sept. 19: Mastodon
Sept. 20: Tucker Whitmore
Sept. 22: Sam Barber
Sept. 23: Rainbow Kitten Surprise
Sept. 25: Caamp (sold out)
Sept. 29: MUNA
Oct. 6: Interpol; Oct. 10: Sugar; Oct. 6: Interpol; Oct. 14: Brand New; Oct. 17: Women Who Rock with Taylor Dayne; Oct. 20: Jesse Welles; Oct. 27: Sleeping With Sirens; Nov. 18: Beartooth.
JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE, Warrendale
Sept. 16-17: Leonid & Friends
Sept. 28: Pure Prairie League
Oct. 4: Stryper; Oct. 8: Here Come The Mummies; Oct. 14: Tab Benoit; Nov. 6: Max Weinberg’s Jukebox.
Oct. 9: Johnny Blue Skies; Nov. 15: The Rock Orchestra.
MR. SMALLS THEATRE, Millvale
Sept. 16: Brian Fallon
Sept. 18: Margaret Glapsy
Sept. 19: Frank Turner
Sept. 26: Ben Harper (sold out)
Oct. 22: Low Cut Connie
YOUNGSTOWN FOUNDATION AMPHITHEATER, Youngstown
Sept. 11: Niko Moon
Sept. 19: Charley Crockett
Charley Crockett moseys into Youngstown for a show.
CITY WINERY PITTSBURGH
Sept. 23: Ron Pope
Oct. 18: Lacey Sturm; Nov. 14: Joshua Radin
THUNDERBIRD CAFE, Pittsburgh
Nov. 14: Michigander; Dec. 10: Angela Autumn
CARNEGIE OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL, Munhall
Oct. 9: Marc Maron; Oct. 13: Bruce Hornsby; Nov. 4: Judy Collins.
HEINZ HALL, Pittsburgh
Oct. 6: Jeff Goldblum & the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra; Oct. 13: Penn & Teller; Dec. 8: Leslie Odom Jr.
BYHAM THEATER, Pittsburgh
Oct. 8: Fred Armisan; Oct. 17: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis; Nov. 28: Jim Brinkman; Feb. 6: Jessica Kirson.
CITIZENS LIVE AT THE WYLIE, Pittsburgh
Oct. 1: Role Model; Oct. 2: Wiz Khalifa; Oct. 3: Styx; Oct. 4: Foster The People; Oct. 6: Two Door Cinema; Oct. 7: Freya Skye; Oct. 8: Matt Matthews; Oct. 9: Chelsea Handler; Oct. 10: Modest Mouse; Oct. 11: Chance The Rapper; Oct. 16: Boyz II Men; Oct. 20: Tedeschi Trucks; Oct. 21: The Story So Far; Oct. 23: Smokey Robinson; Oct. 25: Little Big Town; Oct. 31: Aries Spears; Nov. 2: Glorilla; Nov. 6-7: Sting; Nov. 12: Jack White; Nov. 15: Wyatt Flores; Nov. 19-20: Goose; Dec. 2: Steven Wilson Jr.; Dec. 3: Sabaton.
RIVERS CASINO, Pittsburgh
Sept. 11: Colin Jost.
OTHERS
Sept. 4: Reb Beach, South Park Amphitheater; Sept. 6: Buzz Poets, Hartwood Acres; Sept. 25-26: Four Chord Music Festival at F.N.B. Stadium at Station Square; May 8: Luke Combs, Acrisure Stadium.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Jacob Gonzalez hits an RBI single during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Le)
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rafael Flores Jr. hit a three-run home run and Brandon Lowe added a solo shot to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday.
The Pirates entered the game, having scored only eight runs in their previous six games.
Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6), the third Pirates pitcher, gave up one run and one hit in 3 1/3 innings. Six Pittsburgh pitchers held the Cardinals to just three hits.
Rookie Brycen Mautz (0-1) took the loss in his MLB debut for St. Louis. He gave up four runs on five hits and a walk in three innings. Mautz struck out eight.
In the fifth, Flores drove a 3-2 slider into the left-field bleachers for a three-run homer, extending Pittsburgh’s advantage to 5-1.
Three consecutive errors in the sixth led to a run for St. Louis. With one out, shortstop Jocob Gonzalez booted two grounders followed by center fielder Oneil Cruz misplaying a routine fly. Pittsburgh also made three errors in Friday’s game.
The Pirates went up 2-1 in the fourth. Jake Mangum singled to left but rookie Joshua Baez misplayed it and then didn’t hustle after it. Mangum raced to third and was ruled out before the call was challenged and overturned. Mautz then gave up a run-scoring single to Gonzalez.
Baez hit his first home run at Busch Stadium in the third inning, sending an 0-1 slider from reliever Evan Sisk into the left-field seats. Baez made history when homered in each of his first three major league at-bats on Aug. 15 in Chicago.
Lowe homered in the first inning with one out.
Before the game, the Cardinals designated reliever Caleb Ferguson for assignment and recalled Mautz.
Up next
Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (5-12, 5.44) faces Pirates’ RHP Braxton Ashcraft (13-5, 3.59) on Sunday afternoon in the series finale.
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(File Photo: Source for Photo: St. Louis Cardinals’ Quinn Mathews pitches in the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Quinn Mathews allowed one run over 5 2/3 innings for his first major league win and Jimmy Crooks hit a two-run homer to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night.
Mathews (1-2) threw 102 pitches in the longest of his four starts. He struck out seven for the second time and walked one in his first outing at home.
Ryan Fernandez followed Mathews with two scoreless innings. Fernandez left after a two-out walk to Brian Reynolds in the eighth and Caleb Ferguson got the final out when Reynolds was hit on the foot on a single through the infield by Oneil Cruz. Ryne Stanek struck out two in the ninth for his second save.
Nolan Gorman had a one-out double off Jacob Jones (2-6) in the third and Crooks followed with his fifth home run of the season for a 2-0 lead.
Jordan Walker and José Fermín singled leading off the fourth, and Nathan Church hit a sacrifice fly for a 3-0 advantage.
Jared Triolo had two of Pittsburgh’s six hits and drove in a run with a two-out single in the fifth.
Walker singled and scored on a two-out throwing error by shortstop Jacob Gonzalez for a run in the eighth.
Jones surrendered three runs on seven hits with a walk and six strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings.
St. Louis (68-68) improves to 6-2 on the season against the Pirates (65-71), who have scored five runs in their last four games.
Up next
The Pirates have not announced Saturday’s starting pitcher. The Cardinals will send out RHP Kyle Leahy (10-4, 3.13 ERA).
Story by Keith Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published August 29, 2026 12:05 A.M.
(Hopewell Township, Pa) From Tony Dorsett Stadium, the Hopwell Vikings and the Avonworth Antelopes met for a week zero game which started with a 57 yard kick off return for Avonworth. Although after a couple running plays the Vikings were able to stop the Antelopes on the 5 yard line.
The Vikings got right to work as James Armstrong led his team down to the 22 yard line and punched it in the next play. The extra point was good, 7 to zero to cap the 93 yard drive.
Next series Jaden Jones took a quick hitter out on the left flat to the house, running through numerous tackles with some fancy footwork for 6 on a 68 yard scamper.
The Vikings came right back with a James Armstrong 50 yard pass to Avery Boker and then Nasir Wade took it in down the sidelines.
End of first 7 to 7.
The Hopewell defense held and got the ball back. James Armstrong hit Avery Boker on the fly route and Bokor went up higher than a kite to grab a circus catch and made it look easy for a beautiful reception.
The drive stalled Hopewell. They went for a field goal but it was blocked and picked up by Avonworth’s Teddy Sweeney who took the ball to the 10 yard line.
Jaden Jones busted into the end zone for the Lopes but the TD was called back on a holding call. Then more misfortune came again when Greg Gigliotti came up and stepped in grabbing a very tight interception to end the half.
Teddy Sweeney took the kickoff and took it out to the Hopewell 50 and then went in to the bag of tricks with the super duper flea flicker. It was picture perfect.
The 3rd quarter was back and forth. Brody Rock had a couple of big plays, he made a big 15 yard sack and got a piece of a Lopes punt that went negative yards.
Then Hopewell’s punt snapped it over Rocks head putting the ball first and goal from the 7 yard line for Avonworth. One play and the Lopes scored making it 21-14 encroaching on Hopewell’s lead.
Both teams battled back and forth to end the 3rd quarter. Naiser Wade scored a touchdown and James Armstrong sneaked another TD across.
The Hopewell Vikings came out with the victory 35 to 14.
Tamra Kaye Justison, 65, of Beaver Falls, passed away on August 22nd, 2026, at Kadima of New Wilmington.
She was born in Ellwood City on August 8th, 1961, the daughter of the late Ralph and Rose Boots.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Ray Boots and her fiancé, Harmon Kidd, Jr.
She is survived by her children, Robert Justison, Jr. and Sherri Justison and her grandchildren, Talyn Hoschar, Bella Hoschar, Patrick Thomas and Brooklynn Justison.
Tamra was a graduate of Riverside High School. She worked for McGuire Memorial for many years and cherished her time helping others. She enjoyed fishing, crocheting and watching Charmed. She will be remembered for the cookies she made at Christmas time and the life she brought to everyone’s hearts.
A memorial service for Tamra will be announced at a later date.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Corless-Kunselman Funeral Services, LLC, 3801 4th Avenue, Beaver Falls.
Julia D. (Pawlik) Casino, 80, of Beaver Falls, formerly of Jeannette, passed away on August 27th, 2026, surrounded by her family and with her loving husband of 58 years, Sam Casino by her side.
She was born in Greensburg on August 31st, 1945, a daughter of the late John J. and Stephanie Pawlik.
Julia and Sam shared a close and loving marriage and treasured the many years they spent together. In 2020, they moved from Jeannette to Beaver Falls, where she quickly came to love their new home. She especially enjoyed reading in the four-season room while watching the deer along the tree line in their backyard. She was an avid reader throughout her life and could often be found with a book in her hands. Reading was one of her greatest pleasures, but her family was the most important part of her life. She worked as the manager of JDMH Federal Credit Union in Jeannette, where she served its members for many years before retiring in 2020.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by her children, Michele Filak and her husband, John, of Jeannette and Jeffrey Casino and his wife, Sharon, of North Sewickley Township, her grandson, Christopher Passaro, her granddaughter, Samantha Filak, her great-granddaughter, Gianna, her siblings, Joyce Parker and her husband, Keith, of Jeannette, Susie Catalona and her husband, Danny, of Hempfield Township and John Pawlik of Jeannette.
In addition to her parents, Julia was preceded in death by her beloved daughter, Stephanie Casino.
Julia will be deeply missed and lovingly remembered by all who knew her.
Julia’s family would like to express their sincere gratitude to the paramedics who responded to their call and to the physicians, nurses, and healthcare professionals in the CCU at AHN Beaver Hospital for the compassionate care they provided to Julia and the support they extended to her family. The family also extends its heartfelt thanks to Father Paul Kuppe of Our Lady of the Valley Parish for his spiritual care and for administering Julia’s Last Rites.
Services will be private. Julia will be laid to rest with her daughter, Stephanie, at Brush Creek Cemetery, 127 Altar Lane, Irwin. Arrangements have been entrusted to the J&J Spratt Funeral Home, Inc., 1612 Third Avenue, New Brighton.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Ascension Church, 615 Division St, Jeannette, PA 15644.
