Sunday Sports Wrap Up
The Pittsburgh Penguins will get to make up for last night’s embarrassing loss of 3-1 to the Detroit Red Wings in Game One of the Stanley Cup Finals. Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury allowed a soft goal when a slap shot from the blue line by Defenseman Brad Stuart bounced off the boards and slid underneath the pads of Fleury, who knocked it in. It was Stuart’s second goal and eighth point of the playoffs. Game Two is tonight, and you can hear that game on AM 680 WISR. Face-off is at 8pm.
The Pittsburgh Pirates last night finally snapped their three-game losing skid with a 7-4 win over the Houston Astros. Pitcher Jeff Karstens won for the first time since April 21, with seven innings, his longest outing of the season. He allowed two runs and six hits and matched his season high with four strikeouts. The Bucs wrap the three-game series this afternoon, and you can hear that game beginning with the pre-game show at 12:45 on AM 680 WISR.
In high school softball, the Leechburg Blue Devils have returned to the state playoffs. They’re 16-4, and they’ll take on District 9 Champion Curwensville in the first round of the PIAA Class A playoffs tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 at Brockway. Leechburg’s losses were to Class AAAA Kiski Area, Class AA Valley and Freeport.
In high school volleyball, Deer Lakes ended their run in the PIAA semifinals yesterday in a 3-0 loss to Ambridge at Penn State’s Multi-Sport Facility in University Park. It was the fifth trip to a state tournament since 1971 for longtime Coach Rick Tatrn, who had also reached the semifinals on three other occasions.
In auto racing from yesterday, it was the Heluva Good! 200 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at Dover International Speedway, broadcast on AM 1050 WBUT. Brad Keselowski raced to his first NASCAR Nationwide Series win of the season, taking the lead during a restart with two laps left. Kyle Busch led most of the second half of the race and appeared on the way to his third win of the season. But he seemed to have tire trouble off the restart that came after the caution with seven laps left. Busch also was nudged from behind by Joey Logano and both cars went up the track, giving Keselowski space to pass. Logano was second on the first anniversary of his Nationwide debut. Clint Bowyer, Brian Vickers and Carl Edwards filled out the top five. Fourth-generation Earnhardt driver Jeffrey Earnhardt failed to qualify for what he was hoping would be his debut race in the Nationwide Series. He was the lone driver who did not crack the 43-car field.
Today is the Autism Speaks 400 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Dover. Fresh off his first Sprint Cup Series win, David Reutimann starts Sunday’s race from the pole. Dale Earnhardt Jr. starts his first race since joining Hendrick Motorsports without crew chief Tony Eury Jr. at his side. Jeff Gordon, who leads the series standings, has four wins at Dover and typically runs well there. He had a strong car in practice Friday but slammed the wall during his qualifying run and will have to start from the rear of the field in a backup car.
