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Ryan O'Hearn powers Pirates past Astros 5-1 with a 3-RBI night

HOUSTON (AP) — Ryan O'Hearn homered and drove in three runs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-1 win over the Houston Astros on Thursday night. O'Hearn hit an RBI single in the first inning and his two-run homer in the sixth made it 4-0. Pittsburgh's Jared Jones (1-0) allowed four ...

Astros rally in 8th to beat Pirates 11-9

HOUSTON (AP) — Cam Smith hit a tiebreaking two-run triple to cap Houston's six-run eighth inning, Isaac Paredes homered and the Astros overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-9 on Wednesday night. Yordan Alvarez had four hits and two RBIs for the Astros. Smith and ...

WVU football picks up 1st offensive line commit for 2027 class

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football and offensive line coach Rick Trickett earned its first offensive line commit for the class of 2027. 3-star offensive lineman Ethan Lawson announced he's committed to the Mountaineers on social media, where he lit a couch on fire in the process. Lawson is a big 6-foot-6, 310-pound offensive lineman who is still in high school. He fits the exact build that Rich Rodriguez and Trickett are looking for in this new-look offensive line. He benches 475 pounds and squats 600 pounds. Lawson is a unit. His metrics drew a lot of interest from multiple ...

WVU pitching staff threw everything it had

GRANVILLE — West Virginia pitcher Dawson Montesa got up from the press table after Sunday's game against Wake Forest. Head coach Steve Sabins jokingly told Montesa to be ready for Game 2 of the doubleheader against Kentucky just under an hour from then. It was a joke because Montesa threw 122 pitches, seven innings and an out in the 10-5 win over the Demon Deacons. Usually, that type of workload requires a few days' rest. WVU's bullpen was hurting after Saturday's loss, where ace Maxx Yehl didn't make it out of the first inning, so Ian Korn and Reese Bassinger were used extensively. ...