NHL:
Penguins 7
Ottawa 3
(Pens lead series, 3-1)

Baseball:
Pittsburgh 1
Chicago 0

Frontier League:
Washington 5
Rockford 2

WPIAL Softball Semis:
Carmichaels 9
Burgettstown 0

Riverside 4
Chartiers-Houston 0

North Allegheny 7
Peters Township 4

NBA:
Miami 103
Indiana 102 (OT)

Pens Rout Senators, Lead Series 3-1
OTTAWA (AP) — Jarome Iginla and James Neal each scored twice and the Pittsburgh Penguins routed the Ottawa Senators, 7-3, Wednesday, taking a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis also scored for Pittsburgh, and Tomas Vokoun made 30 saves. Down 2-1 after the first period, the Penguins scored twice in a 40-second span early in the second and added four goals in the first 10 minutes in the third. Milan Michalek, Kyle Turris and Daniel Alfredsson scored for Ottawa. Senators goalie Craig Anderson was benched in the third after Pittsburgh's sixth goal, and Robin Lehner finished the game. Game 5 is Friday night in Pittsburgh.

Liriano Wins Again
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Francisco Liriano continued his torrid start, scattering two hits over seven innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Chicago Cubs 1-0 on Wednesday night. Liriano (3-0) struck out nine and walked just one to remain unbeaten since making his season debut two weeks ago. Mark Melancon survived a bumpy ninth inning for his first save of the season. Andrew McCutchen doubled twice for the Pirates and scored the game's only run on an RBI single by Garrett Jones in the first. Pittsburgh has won 10 of 12 to move 10 games over .500 (28-18). Chicago's Jeff Samardzija (2-6) nearly matched Liriano pitch for pitch, giving up just three hits in seven innings, but received no help. The Cubs have dropped four of five.

Wild Things Top Aviators
Gary Lee held Rockford to one run and six hits over seven innings as the Wild Things beat the Aviators, 5-2, Washington's second straight win. Maxx Garrett and Gus Benusa both homered and drove in two runs for the Wild Things in the Kids Day game at Rockford. Orlando Santos pitched a clean ninth inning to save the win for Lee. Losing pitcher Drew Lucinski took a no-hitter into the sixth but gave up Garrett's solo homerun and was later called for a balk scoring Darian Sanford. The final game of the series and the Wild Things' season-opening road trip is Thursday night. Hear the action on WJPA-FM (95.3) starting at 7:55 pm.

WPIAL Softball Semifinals Wednesday, AND Thursday
The last shot to win a WPIAL softball championship rests with Canon-McMillan. The Big Macs semifinal game with Hempfield was postponed to Thursday afternoon due to the storms that swept through the region Wednesday. Hear the CM/Hempfield game on WJPA-AM (1450), starting at approximately 3 pm.

The other three Washington County softball squads in action might have opted for the weather delay. Chartiers-Houston, Burgettstown and Peters Township all lost: the Bucs to undefeated Riverside, the Blue Devils to Carmichaels and the Indians to North Allegheny. All three teams now drop into the state qualifier games next Tuesday.

In baseball, California is also in the state qualifier round, taking on top-seeded Serra Catholic next Wednesday at W&J's Ross Memorial Park. California is the lone remaining Washington County baseball team. See the brackets by clicking on these links: Softball - - Baseball