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Pitt game time

The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Monday that Pitt’s Oct. 22 football game at Louisville will kick off at 8 p.m. and be televised by the ACC Network.

Girls soccer

Chartiers-Houston moved into sole possession of first place in Class A section with a 10-0 victory over visiting Monessen.

The win clinches at least a share of the section title for the Bucs (10-1, 13-2), who have won six in a row. They one one section match remaining, Wednesday at Bentworth.

Lexi Durkacs led the way for C-H by scoring three goals. Amelia Brose and Ava Capozzoli each had two goals, and Ella Richey, Kayla Brose and Zuzia Bukowska had one goal apiece.

In baseball

After guiding the Philadelphia Phillies to their first playoff series victory since 2010, manager Rob Thomson had the interim removed from his title Monday.

The Phillies announced they have signed Thomson to a two-year contract to remain as their manager through 2024, rewarding him for a turnaround that earned Philadelphia a wild-card berth.

The 59-year-old Thomson took over June 3 when Joe Girardi was fired with the Phillies mired at 22-29.

Philadelphia went 65-46 the rest of the regular season, finishing third in the NL East behind Atlanta and the New York Mets but still good enough for the Phillies to land their first postseason berth since 2011.

n Even as they prepare for another postseason, the Atlanta Braves are stocking up for the future.

The reigning World Series champions signed rookie right-hander Spencer Strider to a $75 million, six-year contract on Monday, the latest in a series of long-term deals for their young core.

The signing of Strider, who turns 24 this month, came after just 33 big league appearances.

n Cleveland Guardians reliever Nick Sandlin will miss the rest of the postseason with a shoulder strain suffered in Game 2 of the AL Wild Card Series.

The team said Monday that Sandlin underwent an MRI that revealed the strain of his his Teres major muscle. The right-hander will be shut down for up to six weeks, eliminating him from any more games this season.

Sandlin was removed in the 10th inning of Saturday’s game – won 1-0 by the Guardians in 15 – with what the team called “upper arm tightness.”

In the NFL

Looking to fix a defense with problems galore, the Cleveland Browns acquired former Pro Bowl linebacker Deion Jones on Monday in a trade with the Atlanta Falcons.

Cleveland sent a sixth-round pick in 2024 to Atlanta for Jones, a six-year veteran, along with a seventh-round pick in two years.

n The Seattle Seahawks will be without running back Rashaad Penny for the rest of the season after suffering a broken fibula in his lower left leg in Sunday’s loss to New Orleans.

Seattle coach Pete Carroll said on his radio show on KIRO-AM Monday that Penny suffered the fracture and also has a significant high ankle sprain. The two injuries combined will require surgery that will end Penny’s season after just five games.

In the NBA

Charlotte Hornets All-Star point guard LaMelo Ball sprained his left ankle in the third quarter of a preseason 116-107 loss to the Washington Wizards on Monday night when his foot was stepped on while he was driving to the basket.

Ball was driving the left side of the lane when Washington’s Anthony Gill inadvertently stepped on Ball’s foot, causing the third-year pro’s ankle to twist awkwardly.

He is expected to undergo more tests Tuesday.

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