Pirates Push By Marlins

     The Pittsburgh Pirates outlasted the Miami Marlins 5-3 at PNC Park on Thursday night. The Marlins are now 0-5 on their nine-game road trip and have lost six consecutive contests. 

     Miami(24-31) got ahead 1-0 in the third inning. Jazz Chisholm Jr. knocked in Jon Berti on a singled into left field.

     In the fourth inning, Pittsburgh(21-34) evened it up 1-1. Bryan Reynolds belted a solo home run to right-center field on a 1-2 pitch for his eighth homer of the season.

     The Marlins reclaimed the lead in the top of the sixth. Jesus Aguilar grounded out to third for Elieser Hernandez to score. Garrett Cooper came up next and drove in Starling Marte with a single up the middle. 

     The Bucs closed it to 3-2 in the top of the sixth. Ke'Bryan Hayes scored on a fielding error during a Reynolds at-bat. 

     The Pirates pulled a comeback in the eighth inning with three runs and had a 5-3 lead. Jacob Stallings doubled into deep left field for Adam Frazier, Reynolds and Gregory Polanco to cross the plate. 

Bills Sign Gregory Rousseau

     The Buffalo Bills have signed defensive end Gregory Brosseau to a rookie deal worth a guaranteed $11.367 million. It is a four-year contract with a team option for a fifth season. The Bills selected him with the 30th overall pick. 

     Rousseau played college football with the University of Miami Hurricanes and did not participate last season. He compiled 15 1/2 sacks and 54 total tackles in 13 contests during 2019. Rousseau captured the 2017 FHSAA Class 2A state championship with Champagnat Catholic. 

Blue Jays Walk Off Marlins

     The Toronto Blue Jays pulled off a ninth-inning comeback and beat the Miami Marlins 6-5 at Sahlen Field in Buffalo on Wednesday night. The Marlins have lost five straight games and six of their last seven. The Fish move on to Pittsburgh and challenge the Pirates in a four-game series. 

George Beasley Passes Away

     Beasley Media Group founder and executive chairman George Beasley passed away on Wednesday at the age of 89. His organization has impacted South Florida radio for many decades. 

     Their previous brand of Beasley Broadcasting owned several radio stations in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale area. They controlled Sports Radio 560 WQAM-AM, Power 96 WPOW-FM and Kiss Country 99.9 WKIS-FM. They bought the cluster of stations from Sunshine Wireless Company in 1996 and sold them to CBS Radio in December 2014.  

     Beasley Media Group still owns numerous radio stations in the South Florida region. The organization still runs several Boca Raton stations including 1470 WWNN-AM. They surrendered the license of Money Talk Radio 740 WSBR-AM to the Federal Communications Commission in April.

     Beasley owns a bunch of radio stations in Fort Myers and Naples. It includes sports formatted ESPN Southwest Florida 770 WBCN-AM. 

     They do operate other sports radio stations in other parts of the United States. 97.5 The Fanatic WPEN-FM in Philadelphia and 98.5 The Sports Hub WBZ-FM in Boston are some recognizable brands in the radio broadcasting industry. 

Blue Jays Handle Marlins In Buffalo

     The Toronto Blue Jays participated in their first game this season in Buffalo and defeated the Miami Marlins 5-1 at Sahlen Field on Tuesday night. The Blue Jays held their home games in the first two months of the 2021 regular season at their spring training facility in Dunedin, Florida.  

     The Blue Jays 30 home games during the shortened 2020 campaign was in Buffalo instead of Toronto due to the Canadian government's guidelines toward the coronavirus pandemic. The Marlins and Blue Jays played in the first Major League Baseball regular season ever in Buffalo on August 11, 2020. 

     The Marlins have lost five of their last seven games. Both clubs will the second game of their two-game set on Wednesday. 

     Toronto(28-25) started ahead \3-0 in the third inning. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. blasted a solo home run to left-center field on the first pitch. with Marcus Semien and Bo Bichette aboard. It was the 17th homer for Guerrero this season. 

     Miami(24-29) garnered their only run of the contest in the top of the fifth. Starling Marte doubled into ccccc field and Luis Marte crossed the plate. 

     The Blue Jays picked up one run during the bottom of the fifth. Teoscar Hernandez grounded out to third for Semien to score.  

     It became 5-1 for Toronto in the eighth inning. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. powered a solo home run to left-center field on a 3-2 count for his fifth homer of the year. 

25th Anniversary Of Panthers Series Win

     Tuesday was the 25th anniversary of the last time the Florida Panthers won a playoff series. They defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 7 on the road when Tom Fitzgerald scored a go-ahead goal in the third period to become Eastern Conference Champions. 

     The Panthers have lost seven consecutive playoff series since then. Florida was swept by the Colorado Avalanche in the 1996 Stanley Cup Finals. The New York Rangers defeated them in 1997. The Panthers lost to the New Jersey Devils in 2000 and 2012. They fell to the New York Islanders in 2016 and 2020 along with their recent ouster by the Tampa Bay Lightning last week. 

Panthers Re-Sign Kevin Connauton

     The Florida Panthers have re-signed defenseman Kevin Connauton to a new contract. It is a one-year, two-way deal. 

     Connauton played seven games with the Panthers last season and was able to compile one assist. He has played eight seasons in the National Hockey League.