THE BLACK-N-GOLD NEWS
PIRATES
Our Pirates week did not start off on the right foot. They were shutout by St Louie 3-0 in the first game of their showdown for the NL Central division title. Tuesday night's matchup was rained out, moving it to Wednesday afternoon as part of a day/night doubleheader. Wednesday began with a W. The Bucs buried St Louie 8-2. Unfortunately, they weren't able to pull of the doubleheader sweep, dropping the nightcap 11-2. With that win St Louie won the division, celebrating on the Pirates home turf of PNC Park. Ouch!
Friday night the Pirates opened a 3-game set with the Cincy Reds, their last regular season series. The Buccos won in walk-off fashion, Starling Marte cracked a 2-run cannonball in the bottom of the 12th-inning to secure the 6-4 victory. Saturday night's game was bittersweet. RH AJ Burnett was pitching in his last regular season game. The fans gave AJ a hero's send off. The Pirates were not able to do the same, dropping the game, 3-1. AJ did make history in this contest, recording strikeout #2,508, moving him past Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson for 31st place on the all-time list. Congrats, AJ and thanks for the memories!
Sunday found the Pirates still 1 game up on the Cubs for home field advantage in the NL Wild Card game. The Cubs had won 7 straight when the faced they Brewers yesterday afternoon in Milwaukee. Remember, this year all games would start at 3pm Eastern. The Bucs took care of business with a 4-0 shutout behind LH JA Happ, securing Wednesday night's Wild Card will be at PNC Park. The Buccos also officially announced that RH Gerrit Cole will start that game versus Chicago RH Jake Arrieta. Mrs. Black-N-Gold will have her Wild Card preview on Tuesday. Get ready for another Blackout in the 'Burgh! Let's Go Bucs!!!!!
STEELERS
Our Steelers opened divisional play on Thursday night when they faced the Baltimorons at Heinz Field. During halftime of the game, HOF RB Jerome Bettis was presented with his Hall of Fame ring by former Steelers coach Bill Cowher. Too bad the rest of the evening didn't go as well. The Steelers lost to the Baltimorons in overtime, 23-20.
Following the Steelers defeat, they announced later in the week that K Josh Scobee had been released. Missing 4 out of 10 field goal attempts will do that to you, especially when 2 were missed in the loss to the Baltimorons. Scobee will be replaced by K Chris Boswell. "Who is Chris Boswell?", you may ask. Mrs. Black-N-Gold did, too. Boswell kicked at Rice University and was released by the Houston Texans last season. That's the only info Mrs. Black-N-Gold was able to dig up. Can he be much worse than Scobee? Let's hope not. QB Ben Roethlisberger is still out with an injury and QB Michael Vick didn't have the best of games on Thursday. He will have more time to prepare this week. The Steelers don't play again until a trip to San Diego on October 12 for Monday Night Football. Let's Go Steelers!!!!!!
PENGUINS
Our Penguins closed out their exhibition schedule this week. They lost to Montreal on Monday 4-1. They came back to beat Tampa Bay on Tuesday 4-2. They followed that up with a 7-2 loss to Detroit on Wednesday. They wrapped up the preseason with a 2-1 loss to Carolina on Friday.
On Saturday the Pens announced some roster moves as they prepare for the start of the regular season. D Sergei Gonchar did not make the club. Rookie W Daniel Sprong did. The Pens also sent some players to their Wilkes-Barre/Scranton club: D Derrick Pouiot, F Jean-Sebastien Pea and F Bryan Rust. D David Warofsky and D Kevin Porter will join them if they clear waivers.
Now the Pens get ready for the puck to drop on the regular season with Thursday's game at Dallas. Mrs. Black-N-Gold will have her Penguins preview for you on Tuesday. Let's Go Pens!!!
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