Pesky Pirates Take Aim At Subduing Reds In Rematch

Maye finished 22 of 30 for 296 yards and added a pair of rushing touchdowns as the Tar Heels improved to 4-0 for pa the first time since 1997, the final year of Brown's first stint at UNC before leaving for Texas.

He returned to the game before sustaining a chest injury in the third quarter while making a tackle on a 69-yard run by Chubb's replacement at running back, Jerome Ford.



The Airbus A330-900 landed at KCI Airport at 3:55 a.m.

CT because of an oil pressure failure in one of the engines and fire trucks were at the scene, according to multiple Pittsburgh media outlets.

Alijah Huzzie had a first-half punt return for a touchdown and made a second-half interception for North Carolina, which benefited from the Panthers' three turnovers.

The Tar Heels didn't commit a turnover and were charged with only three penalties.

Encarnacion-Strand contributed to the Reds' 9-0 start with a two-run homer in the first off of Pirates starter Bailey Falter -- Encarnacion-Strand's 10th homer of the season -- and an RBI single in the second.

Encarnacion-Strand finished the night 3-for-5 with four RBIs.

Maye normally throws right-handed but he added a left-handed toss while draped by a defender as the Tar Heels (4-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) won in their first true road game of the season.

Rivas got the Pirates on the board with an RBI single in the fourth inning.
After the Pirates scored five runs in the sixth to trim their deficit to 9-6, Rivas' bases-clearing double tied the game at 9-9 in the seventh. He then singled home another run in Pittsburgh's four-run eighth inning.



Pittsburgh got long balls from Ke'Bryan Hayes, Henry Davis, Jared Triolo and Endy Rodriguez.

The Pirates (73-81) won their third straight game and improved to 15-8 since Aug.

The Cubs won Tuesday's opener 14-1. Joe, rookie Jared Triolo, who also homered, and Ke'Bryan Hayes had three hits apiece for the Pirates (71-81), who built a big lead, then sweated some to beat Chicago (79-73) for just the second time in 12 meetings this season.

Ramirez, 31, was found guilty of first-degree murder in July along with other counts including aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child, unlawful restraint, and conspiracy to commit homicide.

That began a back-and-forth with the teams trading touchdowns.

Omarion Hampton ran 3 yards for North Carolina's touchdown before Daniel Carter's 1-yard run for the Panthers.

Now, not so much.

The Panthers have rotated Rodney Hammond, C'Bo Flemister and Daniel Carter in hoping one of them can simply take over the position as current New York Jets rookie Israel Abanikanda did a year ago.

Alfonso Rivas went 3-for-5 and drove in five runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied from a nine-run deficit to beat host Cincinnati 13-12 on Saturday and deal the Reds' postseason hopes a crippling blow.

Entering Tuesday night's game as a loser of five straight and eight of 10, Chicago (79-72) broke out with four homers -- including a grand slam for Alexander Canario's first career home run -- in a 14-1 victory over Pittsburgh (70-81).



After stranding three men in the first two innings, the Pirates came through in the third.
Joe singled and went to second on a rare fielding error from Swanson. With two outs, Andujar sent a line-drive, two-run double to left-center field that made it 2-0.

He also told Chubb that he wasn't intentionally trying to hurt him while the latter was on the ground in pain on Monday. Fitzpatrick said there is nothing he'd do differently in his approach to tackle the physical Chubb on the play that resulted in his knee injury.



"I appreciate their passion," Tomlin said of the chants. They inspire us, they challenge us; it's an awesome relationship. We want them to be fat and sassy and spoiled. We don't run from challenges -- we run to challenges. "I share their passion. It is our job to win and thus entertain them, and so we don't begrudge them for that. This is the sports entertainment business.

Chubb's left knee was injured on Monday night when Fitzpatrick tackled the running back low - forcing him to be carted off the field and later undergo season-ending surgery.

Philadelphia cut the deficit to 5-4 in the fourth when Rodolfo Castro hit an RBI groundout, and Stubbs crushed a three-run homer to right.

It was Stubbs' first home run since Aug.

No biggie. Maye fended off Temple with his right hand and jumped as Woods zeroed in, to a wide-open Kobe Paysour, the signature play of the 17th-ranked Tar Heels' season and Maye's career - so far - in a 41-24 victory over the Panthers on Saturday night.