After losing four straight games the Pittsburgh Pirates have now taken two consecutive wins from the World Champion Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Andrew McCutchen hit a three run blast in the seventh to put the Bucs ahead for good and complete a comeback that saw the Bucs down 6 to 2 at one point in the game. Click the play button below for a full recap of today’s game from Bucs announcer Joe Block.
Beaver County Radio Broadcasted live today from 10 AM to 12 Noon at the Farm and Tractor Safety Expo at the Big Knob Grange in New Sewickley Twp. Frank Sparks hosted The Lead Lap and Eric McKenna hosted Your Personal Realtor. The WBVP and WMBA prize van also made an appearance at the Expo. A great time was had by all who attended.
Join 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA today April 15, 2017 from 10 AM to 12 noon. Frank Sparks will be Broadcasting “The Lead Lap” and Eric McKenna will be broadcasting “Your Personal Realitor” from the The Bi-Annual Tractor and Farm Equipment Expo at the Big Knob Grange. Frank and Eric will be conducting interviews through out the morning.
The Expo is from 10 AM to 2 PM today. There will be a wide variety of Tractors on display and free refreshments. Stop out and spin the Beaver County Radio Personality Prize and maybe you can be a winner.
Gerrit Cole pitched a stellar six innings against the World Champion Chicago cubs. David Freese had three hits to lead the Bucs to the 4 to 2 victory. Tony Watson loaded the bases in the ninth with the help of a David Freese error. The Victory stops a four game losing skid for the Bucs. Game two of the series is Saturday afternoon at 2:20 pm air time is 1:55 pm on 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA. The Pirates will send Tyler Glasnow to the mound against Jake Arrietta.
After a 3 and 3 home stand the Pirates hit the road for a make-up game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Thursday afternoon. The Game was a make-up from the game that was rained out last Thursday in Boston. The Pirates led most the game before the bottom fell out in the eighth inning and the Pirates lost 4 to 3 dropping their fourth straight decision. The Pirates are now 3 and 7 on the new year. Pirates Broadcaster Joe Block has a recap of the game below. Push the Play button to hear it.
The Steelers have announced the dates and times for their four preseason games.They open at 7 p.m. Aug. 11 at the New York Giants and return home for two games at Heinz Field. The first at 4 p.m. Aug. 20 against Atlanta and the second at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 26 against Indianapolis. The Steelers conclude the preseason at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 31 on the road against Carolina.
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Columbus Blue Jackets will begin their first round NHL playoff series Wednesday evening at PPG Paints Arena at 7:30 PM. Game two is scheduled at PPG Paints arena for Friday night also at 7:30.
Here is the complete series schedule: