(File Photo: Source for Photo: Cincinnati Reds’ Noelvi Marte (4) celebrates with Sal Stewart (27) as he crosses home plate after hitting a two-run home run off Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Mason Montgomery during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pinch-hitter Noelvi Marte hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning after Cincinnati scored four runs off Paul Skenes in the second, and the Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4 on Friday night.
Given a 1-0 lead on Konnor Griffin’s homer leading off the first, Skenes allowed RBI singles to Spencer Steer and Tyler Stephenson and sacrifice flies to Blake Dunn and Elly De La Cruz. After the singles put the Reds ahead 2-1, Cincinnati loaded the bases with no outs when a called third strike by umpire Jeremie Rehak against Matt McLain on a full-count pitch was changed to a ball in an ABS appeal.
Skenes, the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, gave up four runs, six hits and two walks while striking out seven in five innings. His ERA rose from 2.86 to 3.10.
With the score 4-4, Sal Stewart singled off Mason Montgomery (2-3) with one out in the eighth and Marte followed with a 405-foot homer.
Griffin, at 20 years, 63 days, became the fifth-youngest player to hit a leadoff homer after the Kansas City Athletics’ Lou Klimchock (18-348) in 1958, Bob Kennedy of the Chicago White Sox (19-257) in 1940, the New York Yankees’ Mickey Mantle (19-328) in 1951 and the Boston Braves’ Sibby Sisti (19-356) in 1940.
Brock Burke (3-3) walked one and had two strikeouts in an inning of relief and Caleb Ferguson pitched a one-hit ninth for his first save since 2024 with the New York Yankees.
Cincinnati had lost its five previous games against Pittsburgh.
Tyler Stephenson had two hits and an RBI for Cincinnati.
Marcell Ozuna and Esmerlyn Valdez also hit solo homers for the Pirates.
Reds starter Andrew Abbott gave up four runs — three earned —- and six hits in 5 1/3 innings with six strikeouts.
Cincinnati placed relieved Tony Santillan on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to Tuesday, because of a strained left oblique that manager Terry Francona said is likely to sideline the right-hander for a significant period.
Up next
Reds RHP Chase Burns (9-1, 2.00 ERA) starts Saturday opposite Pirated RHP Jared Jones (1-1, 5.75).
Bob Dylan, Tim McGraw, Motley Crue, The Fixx, Don McLean crooning “American Pie” and a patriotic Pittsburgh Symphony show are some of the July treats for local concertgoers this July.
PAVILION AT STAR LAKE
July 3: Jack Johnson
July 17: Motley Crue
July 18: Tim McGraw
July 24: Dave Matthews Band
Aug. 1: “Weird” Al Yankovic; Aug. 2: Ne-Yo & Akon; Aug. 7: Five Finger Death Punch; Aug. 8: Parker McCollum; Aug. 14: Goo Goo Dolls; Aug. 20: Billy Idol; Aug. 24: TLC, Salt-N-Pepa; Aug. 25: Kesha; Aug. 29: Rob Zombie & Marilyn Manson; Sept. 3: Rufus Du Sol; Sept. 10: $uicide Boy$; Sept. 15: Breaking Benjamin; Sept. 20: Bryson Tiller.
Motley Crue launches a summer tour at The Pavilion at Star Lake. (Photo: Ross Halfin)
STAGE AE, Pittsburgh
July 8: Ella Mai
July 10: Louis Tomlinson
July 12: Bob Dylan
July 14: Djo
July 23: O.A.R.
July 25: Dirty Heads and 311
Aug. 2: Black Keys; Aug. 14: Todd Rundgren; Aug. 20: Helmet; Aug. 22: Dominic Fike; Sept. 1: Sierra Ferrell; Sept. 18: Black Label Society; Sept. 19: Mastodon; Sept. 20: Tucker Whitmore; Sept. 22: Sam Barber; Sept. 23: Rainbow Kitten Surprise; Sept. 25: Caamp; Sept. 29: MUNA; Oct. 6: Interpol; Oct. 10: Sugar; Oct. 6: Interpol; Oct. 20: Jesse Welles; Oct. 27: Sleeping With Sirens; Nov. 18: Beartooth.
PPG PAINTS ARENA, Pittsburgh
July 7: Benson Boone
July 11: July 30-31: Nate Bargatze
Aug. 13: Zac Brown Band; Aug. 20: Zach Top; 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. 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; Dec. 21: Andre Bocelli.
HARTWOOD ACRES, Hampton Township
July 5: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
July 12: The Fixx
July 19: Cyril Neville
July 26: Arrested Development
Aug. 2: The Wood Brothers; Aug. 9: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; Aug. 16: The Lemon Twigs; Aug. 30: Blasey does the Beatles; Sept. 6: Buzz Poets
SOUTH PARK AMPHITHEATER, South Park Township
July 10: The Heavy Heavy
July 17: Orleans
July 24: Ruthie Foster
July 31: Don McLean
Sept. 4: Reb Beach
JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE, Warrendale
July 5: Quiet Riot
July 9: Mike Tramp of White Lion
July 12: Chris Kirkpatrick, O-Town, LFO, BBMak and Ryan Cabrera
July 13: Robert Jon & The Wreck
July 30: Tiffany
Aug. 1: Everclear; Aug. 8: Buzz Poets; Aug. 10: Adrian Vandenberg; Aug. 20: Priscilla Block; Aug. 25: Ugly Kid Joe; Aug. 26: Parker Barrow; Aug. 28: The Calling; 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.
CARNEGIE OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL, Munhall
July 6: The Church
July 11: Taj Mahal
July 18: Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs
July 30: Amy Grant
Oct. 9: Marc Maron; Oct. 13: Bruce Hornsby; Nov. 4: Judy Collins.
PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER, Pittsburgh
Aug. 21: Koe Wetzel; Sept. 17: Phil Wickham; Oct. 9: Johnny Blue Skies; Nov. 15: The Rock Orchestra.
HEINZ HALL, Pittsburgh
July 3: Derek Hough
July 18-19: Danny Elfman with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
July 22: Harry Connick Jr.
Oct. 6: Jeff Goldblum & the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra; Oct. 13: Penn & Teller; Dec. 8: Leslie Odom Jr.
CITY WINERY PITTSBURGH
July 7: “Mob Wives: The Sit Down Tour”
July 14: Shawn Mullins
Aug. 8: Roger Humphries presents a jazz night for Bill Strickland; Sept. 23: Ron Pope; Oct. 18: Lacey Sturm; Nov. 14: Joshua Radin
ROXIAN THEATRE @ CITIZENS, McKees Rocks
July 16: Trampled by Turtles
July 18: Steve Byrne and Joey Fatone
July 21: Bloc Party
Aug. 12: Courtney Barrett; Sept. 18: Lakeview; Sept. 22: St. Paul & The Broken Bones; Sept. 27: Buffalo Traffic Jam; Sept. 29: Public Image Limited; Oct. 7: Soccer Mommy; Oct. 16: Wheeler Walker; Oct. 31: Dweezil Zappa; Nov. 5: Lauren Alaina; Nov. 28: Punchline; Dec. 6: GWAR
PALACE THEATRE, Greensburg
July 22: Stewart Copeland
July 23: Air Supply
Aug. 2: Richard Marx; Aug. 30: George Thorogood; Sept. 20: LeAnn Rimes; Sept. 23: Celtic Thunder; Sept. 27: Brian Regan; Oct. 2: Robin Trower; Oct. 15: Micky Dolenz; Oct. 26: Daughtry; Nov. 13: Foghat.
TIMBER ROCK AMPHITHEATER, Farmington
July 17: Blackberry Smoke
July 31: Jeff Foxworthy
Aug. 7: Chris Young; Aug. 22: Dylan Scott; Aug. 28: Travis Tritt; Sept. 11: Ted Nugent.
MR. SMALLS THEATRE, Millvale
July 30: Cat Power
Aug. 4: Digable Planets; Aug. 16: The Mountain Goats; Aug. 29: Morgan Wade; Sept. 16: Brian Fallon; Sept. 18: Margaret Glapsy; Sept. 19: Frank Turner; Sept. 26: Ben Harper (sold out); Oct. 22: Low Cut Connie
THUNDERBIRD CAFE, Pittsburgh
Aug. 19: American Aquarium; Nov. 14: Michigander
BYHAM THEATER, Pittsburgh
Oct. 8: Fred Armisan; Oct. 17: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis; Nov. 28: Jim Brinkman
OAKS THEATER, Oakmont
July 9: King’s X
Aug. 7: BoDeans.
YOUNGSTOWN FOUNDATION AMPHITHEATER, Youngstown
July 11: Eric Church
Aug. 9: Joe Bonamassa and Gov’t Mule; Sept. 11: Niko Moon; Sept. 19: Charley Crockett.
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
July 18: Steve Byrne and Joey Fatone
Aug. 15: Jake Owen
Sept. 11: Colin Jost.
Others
July 3: Noah Kahan, PNC Park, Pittsburgh
July 10: Jason Aldean, Stambaugh Stadium, Youngstown, Ohio
Aug. 8: Ryan Cabrera and Kayko, New Castle Music Festival, Cascade Park, New Castle
Aug. 29: Bruno Mars, Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh.
Noah Kahan headlines PNC Park in Pittsburgh. (photo Patrick McCormack)
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby plays during an NHL hockey game Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) The new owners of the Pittsburgh Penguins were introduced to the city of Pittsburgh yesterday. The Hoffmann Family of Companies bought the team from the Fenway Sports Group after National Hockey League board of governors unanimously approved the sale on Tuesday. This transaction is expected to close in the near future. Financial terms were not announced, but the deal is reportedly valued at about $1.7 billion.People got to meet the leaders of the company, father David Hoffmann and brothers Geoff and Greg Hoffmann. Geoff Hoffmann said in a news conference at PPG Paints Area that their purchase of the Penguins is “a commitment to an organization.”
(Beaver County, PA) A massive recall of potato chips has now been classified as a Class I recall, which is the highest classification of a recall where “a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.” The Food and Drug Administration stated this week that 684,248 bags of Zapps and Dirty brand chips were recalled because of the potential presence of Salmonella. This recall was initially issued in April and was due to a seasoning containing dry milk powder from California Dairies, Inc., which was supplied by a third party. The FDA noted last month that the seasoning tested negative for Salmonella, but Utz recalled the chips out of an abundance of caution.
(Washington, D.C.) Congressman Chris Deluzio spoke out against a bill which he notes would cut benefits for military veterans. He joined with colleagues and union representatives in Washington, D.C. yesterday to go against this legislation, which would reduce and remove benefits for over 150 million veterans and cut $57 billion in future disability payments in the next ten years. Deluzio is a veteran himself and is against legislation that would make significant cuts to the VA home loan benefit, remove protections in the workplace, make it easier to reduce levels of staffing that are already low, and take a bigger step in privatizing VA medical care.
(Monaca, PA) The Monaca-Rochester Bridge will now be closed tomorrow from 12 noon to 12 a.m. because of the Beaver County Boom 250 and Boom on the Bridge festivities as well as the Downtown 250 5K Dash race event in Monaca. Monaca Borough, Beaver County posted on Facebook today that if you are attending the race or heading to Monaca Community Day, you need to follow all posted road closure signs and plan to use an alternate route.
Martha Reeves, the legendary Motown powerhouse whose timeless hits with Martha Reeves & The Vandellas include “Dancing in the Street,” “Heat Wave,” “Jimmy Mack,” and “Nowhere to Run,” appeared Friday on the Beaver County Radio Morning Show.
Reeves spoke about her new single, “”To Know You Is to Love You,” released earlier that morning.
Here is what Reeves had to say (just press play):
Reeves not only helped define American music, but laid the foundation for generations of female superstars who followed, from Beyoncé to Lady Gaga sighting her as an influence.
Now, after more than two decades, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame icon is returning with her first new album at nearly 85 years old, proving her influence, voice, and cultural impact are as powerful as ever.
Artwork for the new Martha Reeves single, “To Know You Is To Love You.”
(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh Penguins President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Kyle Dubas announced yesterday that the Penguins have acquired forward Hendrix Lapierre from the Washington Capitals in exchange for a 2027 third-round pick and 2028 fifth-round pick. The twenty-four-year-old Lapierre is a pending restricted free agent who spent the 2025-26 season with the Capitals, skating in 74 games and tallying four goals, 12 assists and 16 points.
(Credit and Caption for Photo: Georgia Tech defensive back Ahmari Harvey reacts after breaking up a pass in the second half of a game against Colorado, Aug. 29, 2025, in Boulder, Colo. (AP))
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) The Pittsburgh Steelers recently signed cornerback Ahmari Harvey.Harvey originally signed with the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent after the 2026 NFL Draft.He played college football at Georgia Tech for four seasons (2022-2025), after transferring from Auburn (2021). He appeared in 43 games and recorded 121 tackles, including 98 solo stops while at Georgia Tech. He also had 12 passes defensed, five and a half tackles for a loss, four interceptions, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and one sack.
(Chippewa Township, PA) First Energy will be shutting power down in Chippewa for their 2nd planned outage. The outage starts tomorrow at 11:30 p.m. and lasts through this Sunday at approximately 7:30 a.m. This is for work to occur on the power lines and transition to the new Chippewa substation located on Wallace Run Road. If it rains during the planned time for the outage, the new dates of it will be July 11th and July 12th.If you have questions about this outage, please call First Energy at 1-800-720-3600.
