(File Photo: Source for Photo: Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Kyle Harrison (52) throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates Sunday, April 26, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kyle Harrison collected a career-high 12 strikeouts and allowed just one hit and one walk in six scoreless innings as the Milwaukee Brewers avoided a sweep by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 on Sunday.

The Pirates were attempting to complete a sweep in Milwaukee for the first time since winning four straight games here in August 2016. The Pirates’ last sweep of the Brewers came August 2022 at Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh’s only hits were Marcell Ozuna’s single against Harrison (2-1) in the second and Nick Gonzales’ double off Trevor Megill in the seventh. The Pirates struck out 18 times.

Jake Bauers hit two doubles for the Brewers, who snapped a four-game skid.

Milwaukee scored all its runs off Carmen Mlodzinski (1-2) in the fourth inning.

Mlodzinski held Milwaukee hitless until William Contreras capped a 10-pitch at-bat with a leadoff single in the fourth. Contreras advanced to third on Bauers’ ground-rule double and came home when Gary Sánchez bounced out to second.

Milwaukee then got three straight two-out hits to extend its lead to 5-0.

Bauers came home on Luis Rengifo’s single up the middle after Sal Frelick reached on catcher’s interference to keep the inning alive. David Hamilton doubled home Frelick, then Brandon Lockridge singled home Rengifo and Hamilton to knock Mlodzinski out of the game.

Pittsburgh loaded the bases in the eighth with two walks and an error, but Aaron Ashby ended the threat by retiring Bryan Reynolds on a grounder to second.

Milwaukee didn’t hit a homer for a seventh straight game. That represents the Brewers’ longest such drought since August 1999, when they went a franchise-record 13 consecutive games without a home run.

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Pirates: Return home for a four-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals. The starting pitchers for Monday’s series opener are St. Louis’ Dustin May (3-2, 5.84 ERA) and Pittsburgh’s Mason Montgomery (1-0, 3.97).

Brewers: Off Monday before starting a three-game home series with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Chad Patrick (1-1, 2.35) pitches for Milwaukee on Tuesday. The Diamondbacks haven’t named their starter.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Nick Gonzales hits a two-RBI single during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bryan Reynolds had a go-ahead single in the 10th, Nick Gonzales followed with a two-run single and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 on Saturday night.

Henry Davis started the 10th at second for the Pirates against Angel Zerpa (0-2). Pinch-hitter Marcell Ozuna walked and Nick Yorke pinch ran for Ozuna. Reynolds singled to left to score Davis and chase Zerpa. Gonzales then hit a sharp single off Grant Anderson to drive in Yorke and Reynolds.

Gregory Soto (2-0) pitched the ninth, and Yohan Ramírez worked the 10th for his first save.

Milwaukee had a chance in the bottom of the eighth against Dennis Santana. Garrett Mitchell laced a two-out double and Sal Frelick was walked intentionally before Greg Jones struck out swinging.

Frelick had a pair of sacrifice flies for Milwaukee, the second off reliever Issac Mattson to tie 3 in the sixth.

Spencer Horwitz’ sacrifice fly in the sixth put the Pirates ahead 3-2. He also drove in a run with a single to center in the fourth. Rookie Konnor Griffin followed with his second hit in the game, a two-out run-scoring single.

The Brewers tied it in the fourth. Jack Bauers led off with a single and took second on left fielder Jack Mangun’s fielding error. Mitchell’s groundout scored Bauers.

Pirates starter Mitch Keller allowed three runs on five hits in five innings.

Brewers starter Jacob Misiorowski struck out nine for the second consecutive game but hit two batters who both scored. He allowed three runs on six hits and threw a wild pitch. The lanky right-hander hasn’t won since beating the Chicago White Sox 14-2 on Opening Day, a span of five starts.

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RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (1-1, 3.28 ERA) was scheduled to starts for Pittsburgh on Sunday against LHP Kyle Harrison (1-1, 3.06).

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Penn State quarterback Drew Allar (15) throws during the school’s NFL football pro day, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike McCarthy built his reputation in the NFL on mentoring young quarterbacks. He won’t lack for opportunities in his first season coaching the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Pittsburgh — which is still waiting for Aaron Rodgers to decide if he wants to run it back in 2026 — drafted Penn State’s Drew Allar in the third round of the NFL draft on Friday, turning to another nearby prospect a year after taking Ohio State’s Will Howard and four years after selecting Pitt’s Kenny Pickett.

Pickett flamed out in two seasons. The jury remains very much out on Howard, who spent a sizable chunk of his rookie year on injured reserve.

Enter Allar, who endured injury trouble of own last fall for the Nittany Lions. Once projected as a potential first-round pick during the early stages of his four-year run in Happy Valley, the 6-foot-5, 228-pound Allar is very much like Howard: a tall, strong-armed presence in the pocket who is hardly considered a sure thing as a pro.

Still, the Steelers saw enough to use the 76th overall pick on Allar, whose arrival gives the team another young arm to join a room that also includes veteran backup Mason Rudolph and — if he decides he wants to return for a 22nd season — Aaron Rodgers.

Quarterbacks coach Tom Arth said he believes the decision to take Allar will not have “any impact” on the team’s willingness to bring back Rodgers, who guided the club to an AFC North title in his first year with Pittsburgh.

Steelers general manager Omar Khan said whoever ends up being the franchise quarterback the team has lacked since Ben Roethlisberger’s retirement in early 2022 needs to be built to play in the AFC North. In that sense, Arth thinks Allar checks some pretty significant boxes.

“He has big hands, He has a strong arm. He’s built to last,” Arth said. “I think that when you’re talking about playing in the elements and playing the physical brand of football that it is in the AFC North, you need a guy like that. And Drew certainly fits that mold.”

Even if Allar didn’t quite live all the way up to the massive expectations that were placed upon his shoulders when he became the starter at Penn State in 2023. Allar passed for 7,402 yards with 61 touchdowns and 13 interceptions in 45 games but struggled against high-caliber competition.

Allar, who helped Penn State to a College Football Playoff berth in 2024, went 0-6 against combined against Ohio State, Michigan, Oregon and Notre Dame in his career, completing just over 50% of his passes with seven touchdowns against four picks.

Arth pointed to Allar’s footwork and consistency as things he’ll need to clean up as he transitions to the NFL. Still, the Steelers were won over by what Arth described as Allar’s “high ceiling” and his humility after his college career ended with an injury in a 22-21 home loss to Northwestern, a setback that came just before head coach James Franklin was fired.

“To see and to really learn and hear about the type of teammate that he was, the way that he helped his backup quarterback prepare, week in and week out in the meetings that the two of them had privately, it was really impressive to me,” Arth said. “And I think it just tells you the type of person that he is and the type a teammate that is.”

Allar grew up in Medina, Ohio — about 45 minutes south of downtown Cleveland — and his family holds season tickets to the rival Browns.

“I guess that’s out the window now!” Allar said with a laugh.

While Arth would like to see Howard and Allar compete to bring the best out of each other as they develop, Allar has more modest goals.

“My focus is just going to be on how I can make myself better 1 percent each day,” he said. “That’s gonna be my main goal, putting my head down and going to work.”

Allar was one of four selections by Pittsburgh on Friday. The Steelers selected Alabama wide receiver Germie Bernard in the second round, with Georgia cornerback Daylen Everette and guard Gennings Dunker from Iowa joining Allar as third-round picks.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Konnor Griffin reacts after hitting his first major league home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Friday, April 24, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Paul Skenes had a perfect game into the seventh inning, Konnor Griffin hit his first career home run on his 20th birthday and drove in three runs to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-0 on Friday night.

Skenes (4-1), the NL Cy Young winner, didn’t allow a base runner until Jake Bauers’ sharp single to right with two outs in the seventh. He was vying to become the first pitcher to throw a perfect game in American Family Field, previously known as Miller Park, which opened in 2001. There have been two no-hitters.

Skenes gave up one hit over seven shutout innings. He struck out seven and didn’t walk a batter. He threw 93 pitches — 62 for strikes.

Mason Montgomery and Isaac Mattson completed the one-hitter.

Skenes had another no-hitter close call in Milwaukee on July 11, 2024, when he allowed no hits over seven innings in a 1-0 win. The Brewers’ only hit in that game was Bauers’ single off Colin Holderman in the eighth.

Griffin hit a solo shot off Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff (2-1) in the third.

Nick Gonzales’ run-scoring single in the fourth extended the Pittsburgh lead to 2-0. The Pirates added another run in the fifth on Oneil Cruz’s RBI force-out. Ryan O’Hearn doubled and scored on Spencer Horwitz’s single as the Pirates lead grew to 4-0 in the sixth.

Griffin’s two-run single in the eighth put the Pirates up 6-0.

The Brewers made a series of moves prior to the game, recalling first baseman/outfielder Tyler Black and left-hander Shane Drohan from Triple-A Nashville. They also optioned right-hander Carlos Rodriguez to Nashville and designated outfielder Luis Matos for assignment.

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RHP Mitch Keller (2-1, 2.79 ERA) was set to start for Pittsburgh on Saturday against Jacob Misiorowski (1-2, 3.04).

(File Photo of Aliquippa Quips Flag)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Several Pro Football Hall of Famers and a community came together on Wednesday at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh for the premiere screening of “Hall of Fame High,” which is a documentary on the history of Aliquippa High School Football. This happened a day before the 2026 NFL Draft began in the Steel City. Former Aliquippa standouts and football greats Darrelle Revis and Ty Law as well as Hopewell standout and fellow football great Tony Dorsett were present at the event. The film was directed and produced by Jesse Washington, a longtime journalist and filmmaker who is now with ESPN’s Andscape. Washington took his vision into telling a story on how the small town of Aliquippa perseveres no matter what has been thrown at them. A Q&A Panel for the audience was also hosted by NFL Network host Rich Eisen. From the beginnings of Aliquippa as a steel town with a built-in toughness, to the closing of the mills and having to deal with the crack cocaine issues that swept the city, the documentary showcased what it truly meant to come from that town. According to Washington: “I couldn’t think of a more deserving city to tell a story about than Aliquippa, not just with their sports, but about the great things this town has done. Aliquippa has been through so much and has made great progress. Throughout this whole project, it has been a privilege to tell their story, and I am happy that they trusted me to do it.” In addition to Aliquippa’s story outside of the sports, the documentary tied into the story of the upbringings in Aliquippa of Dorsett, Law Revis and fellow Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Ditka. It showcased the athletic prowess of the past players to wear the Quips uniform like Charles Fisher, Ditka, Law, Revis, and recent graduates like Tikey Hayes and Cam Lindsey and told much more.