1.
Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
HOUSTON, July 17 (UPI) -- Josh Harrison scored the go-ahead run on an 11th-inning passed ball Sunday and the Pittsburgh Pirates outlasted the Houston Astros 7-5.
Brandon Wood led off the Pirates' 11th with a double and Harrison came in to run. He went to third on an error by Astros pitcher Mark Melancon (5-3) on Xavier Paul's grounder and came home when catcher Humberto Quintero muffed a Melancon pitch.
The Pirates went on to score two more runs on Alex Presley's single and another Houston error, claiming the rubber match of a three-game series at Minute Maid Park.
Presley finished 3-for-6 with three RBI and starting pitcher Kevin Correia knocked in two runs for the Pirates, who pulled into a three-way tie with Milwaukee and St. Louis atop the National League Central.
Chris Leroux (1-0) earned the victory with a scoreless 10th and Chris Resop notched his first save despite allowing a solo homer to Quintero in the bottom of the 11th.
Jeff Keppinger went 3-for-5, including a two-run homer, and scored three times for the Astros.
|
|
|
| Additional Sports News Stories | |
PARIS, June 1 (UPI) --
Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova, the world's top two ranked women's tennis players, picked up wins Friday at the French Open.
|
NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. author Lauren Weisberger is working on a sequel to her 2003 blockbuster novel, "The Devil Wears Prada," EW.com reported.
|
MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
|
HOLMES BEACH, Fla., June 1 (UPI) --
Employees at a Florida grocery store restrained a Cuban sandwich thief by sitting on him until authorities arrived, police say.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
