PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Omar Khan said cornerback Joey Porter Jr. knows how the club feels about him. The team, however, doesn’t feel strongly enough to adjust its long-held standard of not negotiating during the season in hopes of getting something done. While ...
NEW YORK — Carlos Alcaraz was nervous. He was excited. Best of all, he was pain-free. Alcaraz beat Roman Safiullin 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Monday, showing no problems with the right wrist injury that had sidelined the 23-year-old Spaniard since April. “I don’t know how it looked from outside, ...
Minor League Baseball announced that Curve pitcher Nick Dombkowski has been named the Eastern League Pitcher of the week. Dombkowski turned in a career-best performance on Wednesday against Erie with six no-hit innings. The 28-year-old left-hander allowed just one baserunner with six ...
PITTSBURGH — Roster reduction around the NFL — or cut-down day, in simpler terms — is always a double-edged sword. Some dreams are reached while others are dashed, or at least delayed. And so it goes for the Steelers, who decided on their initial 53-man roster Sunday evening, right ...
ST. LOUIS — Esmerlyn Valdez and Jared Triolo homered, Brandon Lowe added an RBI single and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-4, on Sunday. Braxton Ashcraft (14-5) held St. Louis without an extra-base hit over five innings to become the first Pirates pitcher since 2018 ...
ST. LOUIS — Quinn Mathews allowed one run over 5 2/3 innings for his first major league win and Jimmy Crooks hit a two-run homer to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. Mathews (1-2) threw 102 pitches in the longest of his four starts. ...
