American Pharoah is expected to win today’s Belmont stakes in Elmont, New York and become the first Triple Crown in over 36 years. Pharoah is a 3-5 favorite to win and his main rivals in the field of 8 are Frosted owned by the ruler of Dubai and Materiality. The start of the race is set for 6:50 P.M. You can watch the race on your local NBC station.
Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals are set for this evening. The Chicago Blackhawks are looking to go up two games to nothing after winning game one over the Tampa Bay Lightning. You can watch the game on your local NBC station following the conclusion of the Belmont stakes.
Game 2 of the NBA finals is tomorrow night in Golden State. The Golden State Warriors beat Cleveland Cavaliers in overtime in game one after Lebron James could not make the game winning shot at the end of regulation to win it for the Cav’s.
Pittsburgh Pirates won a wild one in Atlanta last night 10-8. The Pirates won despite commenting four errors in the game. Charlie Morton of the Pirates won his third straight start after returning from injury. Mark Melancon picked up his 17th save of the season. The Pirates and Braves are back in action tonight with a 7:10 start. You can catch the game on 680 WISR starting with the pre-game at 6:50. Jeff Locke starts tonight for your bucco’s and he will square off against Julio Teheran of the braves.
The Butler BluesSox won at home last night over Chillicothe 3-1. They head to Champion City for a two games. The first game is today and the second is tomorrow with a rest day on Monday before two home games with the West Virginia miners.
Winners from Lernerville last night:
AJ Flick- Sprint Series
Brian Swatzlander- Modified Series
Michael Norris- Late Models Series
Corey McPherson- Sportsman Series
The Knoch Knights will play Donegal in the semi-finals of the PIAA baseball on Monday at Mount Aloysius College in Cresson PA at 4 P.M.
And the NASCAR sprints cup series are in the Poconos this weekend. The Axalta “We Paint Winners” 400 is scheduled to start Sunday at one. You can hear the race on WBUT 1050 starting with the pre-race following the Sunday’s edition of the news at noon.
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