Apr 23, 2021 5 min read

High school baseball

Five Trinity pitchers combined on a two-hitter and Brandon Robaugh belted a home run as the Hillers edged Ringgold 3-1 in a non-section game Friday.

Chad Johnson, Braydon May, Robaugh, Zach McClenathan and Brent Kurtz combined for 13 strikeouts and issued only two walks, allowing Trinity to overcome an early 1-0 deficit. Ringgold (5-7) did not have a base hit after the second inning.

Robaugh was the winning pitcher and Kurtz earned a save.

After Ringgold took the 1-0 lead in the first inning, Robaugh hit a solo homer in the second to tie the score. Trinity (3-6) pushed across the go-ahead run in the fourth and added an insurance tally in the fifth.

• Adam Wolfe drove in two runs and Lane Miller had a strong outing on the mound as Fort Cherry edged visiting Freedom 5-4 in a non-section game.

Fort Cherry (7-2) forged a 5-2 lead in the fifth inning and had to hold off a late comeback by Freedom (1-10) as the Bulldogs scored twice in the top of the seventh.

Wolf led the FC offense with three singles. Mitch Cook had a double, the game’s only extra-base hit.

Miller struck out five as the Rangers limited Freedom to six hits.

• Caleb Rice hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the top of the eighth inning and Corey Wise followed with a two-run single as West Greene defeated Waynesburg 12-9 in a non-section game.

West Greene (5-3) overcame an early 5-1 deficit by scoring 11 runs over the final four innings. The Pioneers scored a run in the seventh on a two-out double by Kaden Shields to force extra innings.

Morgan Kiger had a double, triple and two RBI for the Pioneers. Winning pitcher Dalton Lucey pitched two innings of scoreless relief.

Lincoln Pack hit an inside-the-park home run for Waynesburg (2-7).

• One bad inning cost Mapletown in a 6-2 loss to Turkeyfoot in non-section play.

Turkeyfoot scored all its runs in the fifth inning after being no-hit for the first four frames by losing pitcher Landan Stevenson.

Clay Menear had a double for Mapletown (0-5).

• Noah Martin drove in five runs and Landon Urcho pitched five strong innings as Bentworth defeated visiting Monessen 9-4 in a non-section game.

Martin led the way at the plate with a double and a triple. Urcho struck out eight over five innings and helped his cause by going 2-for-3. Bentworth (2-9) won its second game in as many days, scoring 29 runs in those contests.

• South Fayette scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to rally for a 9-7 win over Central Catholic.

Michael DiMartini had a run-scoring double in the sixth, and two sacrifice flies and an error pushed across three more.

Christian Brandi homered for the Lions (10-2).

High school softball

Hanna Binek drove in three runs and South Fayette held off a late charge by Chartiers-Houston to beat the Bucs 7-6 in a non-section game Friday.

South Fayette (9-3) led 7-2 before Chartiers-Houston (5-5) scored three times in the bottom of the seventh. The Bucs had the tying run in scoring position when the game ended.

Haley Nicholson tripled and Rylee Rohbeck doubled for South Fayette to back the winning pitching of Stephanie Binek.

Bella Hess tripled and Paige McAvoy had two doubles for C-H.

• Kendall Lemley fired a two-hit shutout and helped her cause with pair of doubles and four RBI as Waynesburg blanked host Carmichaels 12-0 in a non-section contest.

One day after scoring 11 runs against West Greene, Waynesburg (9-2) feasted on another county rival. The Raiders, who have won four straight, had a 12-hit attack and took advantage of six errors by the Mikes.

Lemley struck out seven and did not walk a batter as Carmichaels (7-5) was held to two singles and had its three-game winning streak snapped.

• Winning pitcher Kendra Franks twirled a three-hitter, smacked a home run, double and had four RBI as Brownsville defeated California 18-2 in five innings.
• Devan Clark pitched a five-inning no-hitter as Mapletown defeated Turkeyfoot 15-2 in a non-section game.

Turkeyfoot was able to score by taking advantage of four errors by Mapletown (6-2).

The Maples scored in every inning and had 12 hits, all singles. Macie Cree, Maddie Blaker, Kyleigh Smith and Danielle Clark each had two hits.

Ravens trade Brown to Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs have acquired Pro Bowl left tackle Orlando Brown from the Ravens for a package of draft picks that includes one in each of the first three rounds next week.

The Ravens will get the No. 31 overall pick on Thursday night, along with third- and fourth-round picks this year and a fifth-round pick next year. The Chiefs will get the Ravens’ second-round pick next week and a sixth-round selection in 2022.

The Chiefs have spent the offseason rebuilding an offensive line that was decimated by opt outs and injuries by the end of last season, when they were dominated up front by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a Super Bowl rout. But most of the work in free agency had been along the interior of the line, leaving both offensive tackle jobs up for grabs.

The Chiefs released left tackle Eric Fisher and right tackle Mitchell Schwartz, both of whom had surgery for season-ending injuries, to save space under the salary cap.