(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Henry Davis, right, celebrates with Ronny Simon (63) after hitting a two-run home run in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Konnor Griffin hit a two-run single to key a five-run second inning and Henry Davis tacked on a two-run homer to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates over the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers 7-4 on Thursday.

Milwaukee, a major league-best 95-58, leads the Los Angeles Dodgers by two games for the top NL seed and holds the tiebreaker.

Pittsburgh (76-77) is closing in on missing the playoffs for the 11th consecutive season. Since 1992, the Pirates’ only postseason appearances were from 2013-15.

Griffin’s opposite-field liner to left to put the Pirates ahead 2-1. Oneil Cruz followed with a two-run single and Brandon Lowe was hit by a Kyle Harrison pitch with the bases loaded.

Bo Naylor hit into a run-scoring forceout in the sixth and had a solo homer in the eighth off Luke Weaver that followed Sal Frelick’s sacrifice fly.

Davis homered in the eighth against Andy Ashby.

Mason Montgomery got four outs for his 14th save in 16 chances, extending his scoreless innings streak to 21 2/3 innings.

Harrison (10-5) allowed five runs — four earned — in 1 2/3 innings and in his last four outings has given up 24 runs over nine innings.

Khristian Curtis (2-0) gave up one run in 3 1/3 innings.

Brewers center fielder Garrett Mitchell was not in the lineup for a second straight game because of stiffness in the left side of his neck. He doubled as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning.

Up next

Brewers: RHP Dustin May (7-9. 4.49 ERA) starts Friday night in the opener of a three-game series at Baltimore.

Pirates RHP Paul Skenes (10-11, 3.78), 1-3 in his last nine starts, faces visiting Kansas City and RHP Randy Dobnak (3-4, 2.73 ERA) on Friday night.

(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of the Associated Press, Caption for Photo: Winger Ryan Reaves plays for the Penguins in 2017 in Arizona.)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(San Jose, CA) Former Pittsburgh Penguins right winger Ryan Reaves decided to retire from hockey at the age of 39 years old.  

Reaves has played in the National Hockey League since the 2010-2011 season, playing in 1,075 games for seven NHL teams in sixteen seasons. 

He played 58 games for the Penguins in the 2017-2018 season before he signed with the Vegas Golden Knights in that same season.  

He started his professional hockey career playing for the St. Louis Blues, and also played for the New York Rangers, the Minnesota Wild and the Toronto Maple Leafs. 

He spent his final NHL season playing for the San Jose Sharks last season. 

Reaves announced his retirement yesterday in an Instagram post. 

Reaves recorded 3,225 hits in his career, which is seventh all-time in NHL history. 

(Credit and Caption for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Oneil Cruz wears a welding hood as he is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a two run home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Tuesday, March 31st, 2026, in Cincinnati. (Kareem Elgazzar/Associated Press)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The 2026 Pittsburgh Pirates have broken the franchise record for the most home runs that a Pirates team has ever hit. 

The Pirates lost to the Brewers 5-4 yesterday at PNC Park, but Oneil Cruz, Brandon Lowe and Rafael Flores, Jr. all hit home runs in the game. 

The home run by Cruz in the fourth inning put the total home runs for the 2026 Pirates at 172, which broke the franchise record for home runs that was previously 171 and was set by the 1999 Pirates. 

Lowe and Flores’ home runs in that game brought the total to 174 home runs for the 2026 Pirates for the season so far with ten games left to go in their 2026 season.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Milwaukee Brewers’ Christian Yelich hits a single off Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Carmen Mlodzinski, driving in two runs, during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Christian Yelich’s two-run double in the seventh inning sent the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.

Yelich grounded his double down the left-field line off Carmen Mlodzinski (7-7) to erase a 4-3 deficit. His big hit came one night after the Brewers became the first team in the major leagues to clinch a division title this season, winning their fourth consecutive NL Central crown.

Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy played all his regulars. The Brewers have the best record in the majors at 95-57 and hope to finish atop the overall standings to earn home-field advantage throughout the postseason. Milwaukee has won seven of its past eight games.

Oneil Cruz, Brandon Lowe and Rafael Flores Jr. homered in consecutive innings to put the Pirates ahead 4-3 in the sixth. The Pirates, who have lost four of five, have hit a franchise-record 174 home runs this season, breaking the previous mark of 171 in 1998.

Antonio Senzatela (11-5) retired two batters and Trevor Megill pitched a perfect ninth for his 28th save.

Both starting pitchers, Milwaukee’s Logan Henderson and Pittsburgh’s Jared Jones, allowed three runs in five innings. Jones struck out nine and Henderson fanned eight.

Henderson has given up three runs or fewer in each of his first 22 career starts, one shy of the major league record set by Zac Gallen from 2019-20 with Miami and Arizona.

Consecutive RBI singles by the Brewers’ Andrew Vaughn and Cooper Pratt in the second inning opened the scoring. Brice Turang doubled home a run in the fifth.

Up next

The series concludes Thursday afternoon with Brewers LHP Kyle Harrison (10-4, 3.98 ERA) starting against RHP Wilber Dotel (1-5, 4.84).

(Credit and Caption for Photo: Calgary Stampeders defensive back Tommie Campbell. (Peter Power/CP)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Center Township, PA) The Central Valley Li’l Warriors have removed former NFL player and Aliquippa native Tommie Campbell as a coach of its Twerp team.

According to a recent statement from the team, there was an incident between Campbell and his son during the Twerp football game on Saturday where Campbell became frustrated with his child on the field and removed him.

Campbell’s firing occurred on that same evening during an emergency executive board meeting.

The statement from the Central Valley Li’l Warriors also confirms that safety of their children is their top priority and it also noted that the organization of the team has been in contact with the Center Township Police Department and is fully cooperating in the investigation into the incident between Campbell and his son.

Someone from the organization is also understanding that it is working on placing Campbell on a ban that prohibits him from going on all property of the Central Valley School District.

Campbell was an assistant coach in his first year coaching the Twerp team of the Central Valley Li’l Warriors before he was removed from his position.

(Credit and Caption for Photo: Calgary Stampeders defensive back Tommie Campbell. (Peter Power/CP)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) Tommie Campbell, a former NFL player who is now a youth football coach in Beaver County, is now accused of assaulting his own son during a youth football game.

According to Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible, Campbell was seen on video yelling at his 6-year-old on the field.

As the child puts his hands up, Bible states that Campbell slaps them away, then drags him off the field.  

Bible noted that moments later, Campbell grabs the child near a portable toilet, lifts him off the ground and holds him at eye level against the portable toilet while yelling before dropping him down.

The child was not injured. 

Campbell is now charged with simple assault and harassment, and these are misdemeanor and summary offenses.

He is scheduled to undergo a preliminary hearing next month. 

Campbell is a native of Aliquippa who played college football at Pitt, Edinboro and Cal U.

He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in 2011. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin with his helmet off before playing the Los Angeles Rams during an NFL football game, Sept. 8, 2021, in Inglewood, Calif. The scenes of Hamlin’s on-field collapse after suffering cardiac arrest on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, has forced some fans to yet again confront a truth they have always known but hated to think about: Football can go from exciting and joyous to dark and tragic in a flash. Now, as the Bills defensive back remains in critical condition in a Cincinnati hospital, fans are reflecting on their relationship with the sport they love. (AP Photo/John McCoy, File)

PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Schutt Sports and the Chasing M’s Foundation, the non-profit organization founded by Buffalo Bills safety and McKees Rocks native Damar Hamlin, yesterday announced a partnership to outfit every player in the Sto-Rox Little Vikings Youth Sports Association with new Schutt F7 AiR Youth helmets ahead of the 2026 season.

Certor Sports, the parent company of Schutt Sports, is the Official Tackle Protective Partner of USA Football, the sport’s National Governing Body. With support from USA Football’s grants program, Schutt will now equip the full league in Hamlin’s name, a donation of approximately 100 Schutt F7 AiR Youth helmets, which earned the highest 5-star rating from the independent Virginia Tech Helmet Lab, and 60 Schutt Youth Flux shoulder pads.

McKees Rocks is a borough of roughly 6,000 residents just west of Pittsburgh, where youth football has long been a cornerstone of community life. Equipment cost remains one of the most persistent barriers to participation in leagues like it across the country, and helmets are the single largest line item most programs face.

“Being able to give back to where I started is something that means a lot to me,” Hamlin said. “I know firsthand what it means to have a community that believes in you and supports you when you’re young. I’ve been around Schutt for a long time, so being able to come together with Schutt Sports and USA Football to make sure these kids have the gear and support they need is special to me. I’m thankful to both of them for helping make this happen.”

Hamlin founded Chasing M’s in 2020 before he was drafted, and the foundation has since supported youth football camps, back-to-school and holiday drives, and community programming in McKees Rocks and greater Pittsburgh. Following his on-field cardiac arrest in January 2023, Hamlin became a national advocate for CPR training and expanded access to automated external defibrillators, work that contributed to the passage of the HEARTS Act in December 2024.

“Protecting athletes is our mission, and that mission starts at the youth level,” said Jeremy Erspamer, CEO, Certor Sports. “Damar could have taken his platform anywhere, but he brought it home. These kids are going to put on the same standard of protection we build for the NFL, in the same borough that raised him, and we’re proud to stand behind that.”

Certor Sports is funding $750,000 in annual grants awarded through USA Football’s programs to lower barriers to play and equip young athletes with essential protective gear. Since 2006, USA Football has awarded more than $23 million in grants to more than 16,000 programs in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

The donation is part of Certor Sports’ broader effort to bring NFL-grade safety standards to youth and varsity athletes nationwide. Certor Sports was named an Official Corporate Champion of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) in a multi-year alliance spanning roughly 20,000 high schools, and this year was named the Official Tackle Protective Partner of USA Football to support youth safety initiatives, player development, and coach education.

To learn more about Schutt Sports, visit www.schuttsports.com.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/David Dermer)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski struck out seven in five shutout innings and the Milwaukee Brewers won their their fourth straight National League Central title with a 5-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.

About 50 minutes after the final out, the Brewers clinched the division when the second-place Chicago Cubs lost to Atlanta. Milwaukee players watched the end of that game on television, raising hands and cheering at the final out.

The flamethrowing Misiorowski (15-5) dropped his ERA to major league-best 1.89 and boosted his season strikeout total to 243. Nine of the towering right-hander’s first 10 pitches topped 100 mph and he worked around five hits — all singles — to win his fourth straight decision.

Joey Ortiz and Luis Lara drove in two runs each for the Brewers, who have become postseason fixtures for the last decade but are still seeking the franchise’s first World Series appearance since 1982. Swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers last season’s NL Championship Series, Milwaukee has qualified for the postseason for the eighth time in nine years.

The Brewers took the lead early against opener Lake Bachar (1-4) in a sequence that symbolizes the approach that’s helped them carry the major leagues’ best record for much of the season. Jake Bauers led off with a single, moved to second on a groundout, advanced on a wild pitch and scored on Lara’s sacrifice fly.

That was enough for Misiorowski, who exited after throwing 82 pitches — 43 at 100 mph or more — to strengthen his grasp on his first Cy Young Award.

Brandon Lowe hit his 30th homer for Pittsburgh and the team’s 171st of the season, tying a franchise record set in 1999. Rafael Flores Jr. added four hits for the Pirates, who fell back below .500 at 75-76 on the day the club celebrated franchise icon and Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente by wearing the outfielder’s famous No. 21.

Up next

The series continues on Wednesday. Logan Henderson (10-3, 2.34 ERA) starts for the Brewers against Pittsburgh’s Jared Jones (4-6, 4.10 ERA).

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Esmerlyn Valdez, center, is helped off the field by first base coach Tarrik Brock, left, and a trainer during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Melissa Tamez)

CHICAGO (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates placed Esmerlyn Valdez on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a left hamstring strain, likely signaling the end of the 22-year-old outfielder’s rookie season.

In a corresponding move, the Pirates recalled outfielder Ronny Simón from Triple-A Indianapolis.

Valdez is batting .235 with 17 homers and 47 RBIs in 71 games. He made his major league debut on May 22 at Toronto.

Valdez left Friday’s 12-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs after injuring himself while running to first base on a grounder in the sixth inning. He grabbed the back of his left leg and limped off the field with his arms draped around the shoulders of training staff after shortstop Nico Hoerner threw him out.

Simón is batting .281 with two RBIs in 10 games with the Pirates this season. He had been returned to Indianapolis on Friday after O’Hearn was activated from the injured list.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Brandon Lowe, right, watches his two-RBI single hit during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Melissa Tamez)

CHICAGO (AP) — Brandon Lowe hit a tiebreaking two-run single in Pittsburgh’s three-run sixth inning, and the Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Sunday to avoid a sweep of their weekend series.

Bryan Reynolds had two hits for Pittsburgh, including an RBI single in the first. Carmen Mlodzinski, Luke Weaver and Mason Montgomery combined for 3 2/3 hitless innings in relief of Bubba Chandler (8-9).

The Pirates (75-75) closed out a 4-2 stay in Chicago. They swept the White Sox before dropping two of three against the Cubs.

Miguel Amaya homered for Chicago, and Michael Busch had two hits. Matthew Boyd (8-5) allowed four runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings in his second straight loss.

The Cubs (83-67) dropped into a tie with Philadelphia for the top spot in the NL wild-card standings.

Montgomery worked a perfect ninth for his 13th save in 15 chances. The Pirates had a 3-2 lead on Saturday before a wild Gregory Soto surrendered two runs in the eighth inning of a 4-3 loss.

Chicago jumped in front in the series finale on Amaya’s sixth homer, a two-run drive to left with two out in the fifth. It was his first homer since Aug. 16.

Pittsburgh responded with three runs in the sixth. Reynolds reached on a leadoff walk and scored on Nick Gonzales’ ground-rule double. With one out and the bases loaded, Lowe made it 4-2 when he drove in Rafael Flores Jr. and Gonzales with a pinch-hit liner to center off Aaron Civale.

Chicago closed to 4-3 on Nico Hoerner’s grounder to second in the bottom half. But the Cubs left the bases loaded when Pedro Ramírez flied to right against Mlodzinski, ending the inning.

Up next

Pirates: Following an off day, the Pirates host the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night in the opener of a nine-game homestand.

Cubs: LHP David Peterson (7-8, 5.28 ERA) starts on Monday night against Atlanta. RHP Reynaldo López (4-4, 4.13) takes the mound for the visiting Braves.