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CC Sabathia carried a no-hitter into
the 5th inning in his first start in FRANK GUNN / AP
Cleveland since last July’s trade. Johan Franzen, left, had the
Page 15 NBA PLAYOFFS go-ahead goal for Detroit.

Scoreboard
NHL
Stanley Cup finals
Detroit 3, Pittsburgh 1
Vital offseason begins for Cavs Wings bounce Pens
DETROIT—Like last year, Detroit
beat Pittsburgh in Game 1 of the
Stanley Cup finals, although this 3-1
(Detroit leads series 1-0)
Playoff ‘failure’ raises big issues victory hardly had last year’s feel of
Red Wings’ dominance. Detroit’s
biggest weapons were the lively
NBA BY SEAN DEVENEY the course of the Magic end boards, which produced crazy
Eastern Conference finals series—and it may take dras- bounces that led to two goals.
Orlando 103, Cleveland 90
sdeveney@sportingnews.com Look out, Lakers Here are the
tic measures to patch them.
After a breakout series other three stars
(Orlando wins series 4-2) They won a league-best 66 against the Cavs, Dwight When the Cavaliers’ top GAME 2
of Game 1:
games, they set a franchise Howard sets his sights on perimeter shooters went cold Pittsburgh
Chris Osgood, at Detroit
Baseball record with a 39-2 home L.A. and a title. Page 5 from the outside vs. Orlando,
G, Red Wings: 8 tonight,
American League mark and they posted con- Cleveland was doubly hurt Osgood made a TV: NBC
Toronto 5, Boston 3 secutive sweeps in the first because it has no interior series of crucial
Tampa Bay 5, Minnesota 2 two rounds of the playoffs. as LeBron James stands just scorers. The solution might saves during
But despite that, for the Cav- one year away from free be radical—revive trade talks a second period in which the
Detroit 6, Baltimore 3
aliers, 2008-09 ended in bit- agency in the summer of with Phoenix for center Sha- Penguins outplayed the Red Wings
N.Y. Yankees 10, Cleveland 5 ter disappointment with a 2010—and speculation in the quille O’Neal. but never took the lead. His save on
Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City 3 loss to Orlando, which closed New York papers is once The Cavs did a nice job Evgeni Malkin’s breakaway was the
Texas 14, Oakland 1 out Cleveland in six games again heating up—general gathering shooters around turning point in the game.
Seattle 4, L.A. Angels 3, 10 innings after a 103-90 win Saturday. manager Danny Ferry and James. But only James can get Justin Abdelkader, F, Red Wings:
Abdelkader scored his first career
As power forward Joe Smith his front office team will be to the rim, which means when
NHL goal in the third period, and it
National League told SN Today just before the under pressure to ensure that shots aren’t falling, James
was a back-breaker. So where does
Florida 7, N.Y. Mets 3 start of the conference finals, this disappointment does not repeatedly drives the paint this goal rank for him? “I think it’s
Arizona 3, Atlanta 2, 11 innings “This is all about a champi- repeat itself. himself. That wore him out. right up there,” he said.
Chicago Cubs 7, L.A. Dodgers 0 onship. Anything short of “There will be plenty of The Cavs could throw the JOHN RAOUX / AP Henrik Zetterberg, F, Red Wings:
that, it’s a failure for us.” time to reflect for us, and to midlevel exception to a young Dwight Howard (12) proved to be too much for LeBron James and the Cavs. Zetterberg was constantly on the ice
Milwaukee 9, Cincinnati 5
It certainly wasn’t sup- talk about the future,” coach scoring guard (Milwaukee’s against Sidney Crosby and helped
Pittsburgh 7, Houston 4 posed to be a failure. For Mike Brown said after Satur- Ramon Sessions, for example). regular seasons, but Mike be selling off draft picks this hold the Pittsburgh star to two shots.
Philadelphia 9, Washington 6 much of the second half of day’s loss. Those talks will Reserves Daniel Gibson, Brown did not know whom year. To build its bench, — Craig Custance
Colorado 8, San Diego 7 the season, Cleveland seemed need to address the deficien- Wally Szczerbiak, Sasha to trust in playoff situations. Cleveland should buy up a
St. Louis 6, San Francisco 2 destined for the Finals. Now, cies that become clear over Pavlovic—they had decent Economy-minded teams will pick or two. Pens remain upbeat, Page 9
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Orlando 103, Cleveland 90
Lakers, beware: Dwight Howard’s coming
ORLANDO—A moment of silence, please,
for Andrew Bynum.
Someone has to guard Dwight How-
ard, and next in line is Bynum. Let’s
hope he has more luck than everyone
else.
Howard’s meteoric rise in the NBA
playoffs hit another
improbable high Sat-
urday night in Game 6
of the Eastern Confer-
ence finals. A league
that has gone away
from dominant big
men this decade now
Matt Hayes finds itself smack in
PRO BASKETBALL the middle of old
school.
“If (Howard) continues to shoot the
ball the way he has in the playoffs,” says
Magic coach Stan Van Gundy, “It’s
going to be a long next decade for all of
us.”
And a long NBA Finals for the
Lakers.
June was supposed to bring us Kobe
vs. LeBron, settling the best-in-the-
world argument and giving Nike its
marketing lovefest. Now after Orlando’s
103-90 victory over Cleveland, we sud-
denly have Kobe vs. Big D. Or whatever
you want to call it.
After watching Howard score 40
points in the biggest game of his young
career, he doesn’t need some cheesy
marketing campaign. He needs four
more wins.
“I’m happy we won, but it’s over with,
it’s done,” Howard said. “We have to
move on.”
Here is where we return to Mr.
Bynum, who despite what you’ve seen
and heard and know about Kobe Bry-
ant, is the key to the series for the
EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
Lakers coach Phil Jackson has said Dwight Howard is the first player he would pick to build a team around.
Lakers. Ask Cleveland, which had the
NBA’s best record and best defense, if
having a superstar supersedes
everything.
The Sixers tried guarding Howard
with Samuel Dalembert in the first
round. The Celtics tried Kendrick
NBA
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Perkins in the second round. The Cavs,
meanwhile, tried a combination of three
players who didn’t have a prayer. And
now we have Bynum. Or Pau Gasol. Or
Lamar Odom.
Think about this for a moment: LeB-
ron James had one of the best runs in
playoff history in this series, and the
Magic still could’ve won in four games.
There’s a reason Lakers coach Phil
Jackson said earlier this season that
he’d take Howard if he were starting a
team today. Game 6—and really, the
entire series—was a microcosm of what
league teams face for the foreseeable
future.
Defend Howard one-on-one, and he
scores or gets fouled. Or both. Collapse
the defense in the paint, and he finds
someone on the perimeter—his passing
has grown by leaps this season—who
will knock down a 3. And right now,
everyone on the Magic other Howard
and backup center Marcin Gortat will
hurt you beyond the arc.
The Cavs began the game with the
idea of extending on the perimeter and
forcing Howard to make shots (and free
throws) for Orlando to advance to their
first Finals since 1995. Howard hit 8-of-
12 field goals and had 21 points in the
half.
In the second half, the Cavs collapsed
on Howard, and the Magic hit five 3s (12
in the game), and Howard had 19 points
and four assists.
“We were put in a situation,” said
Cavs guard Mo Williams, “where we
were hoping they missed shots.”
Howard woke the day before Game 6
and texted every one of his teammates,
saying it was time to dominate. The
reality is, he has been doing it all along
in these playoffs.
“If we run, defend and rebound, we
can beat anyone,” Howard said. “At the
end of the Finals, we should have a ring.
We should have a trophy.”
The only thing standing in the way is
Andrew Bynum.
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NOTEBOOK
Speculation will swirl around James
LeBron James fled Amway Arena without speaking
to the media after yet another season passed with more
disappointment.
Cleveland led the league in wins in the regular sea-
son, and swept Detroit and Atlanta to begin the play-
offs. But the Cavs had no answers for matchup problems
presented by Orlando in losing the Eastern Conference
finals. And now the big question: Will the continued
failure in Cleveland convince James to opt out of his
contract after next season?
Much speculation has centered on James opting out if
he feels Cleveland can’t surround him with players who
can help him win a championship. The Cavs’ starters
struggled to play with consistency in a support role, and
the bench added zero help.
“We were confident we were going to win it all,” said
Cleveland guard Mo Williams. “Obviously you’re going
to be disappointed and hurt inside. … This is motiva-
tion, drive for him. I’m 110 percent sure he’ll be all
right.”
A brief preview
Because the Magic and Lakers play in separate con-
ferences, they played only twice in the regular season.
The Magic won both games, and like the Cavs in the
Eastern Conference finals, the Lakers had no answer
for Howard.
Howard had 43 points and 32 rebounds in two games,
including 25 points and 20 rebounds in the game at Los
Angeles. The Finals start Thursday in Los Angeles.
“We’re not at our best yet,” Howard said. “But I’m
happy with our progress.”
The big move
Lost in the Magic’s second half push was the key
acquisition of point guard Rafer Alston after Jameer
Nelson was lost for the season with a shoulder injury.
While Alston and backup Anthony Johnson don’t have
the scoring ability of Nelson, they’re perfect role
players.
Alston had three big offensive games in the East
finals, including 13 points (three 3-pointers) in Game 6.
“He didn’t try to be Jameer,” Howard said. “It was
push the pace, take shots when he’s open and facilitate
our offense. He fit in with our team very well.”
— Matt Hayes
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EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
Orlando 103, Cleveland 90

‘Superman’—not ‘Chosen One’—to face Lakers next Series glance

(Orlando wins series 4-2)
May 20: Orlando 107, Cleveland
ORLANDO—The Orlando Magic can Orlando made believers of all those The Magic’s season hasn’t been 106
no longer be ignored. After 14 frus- who wondered if they were better without its share of turmoil. Point May 22: Cleveland 96, Orlando 95
trating years, a team overlooked and than the Cavaliers, a team that won guard Jameer Nelson sustained a May 24: Orlando 99, Cleveland 89
ignored all season sent LeBron James 66 games in the regular season, or season-ending shoulder injury in May 26: Orlando 116,
home and is on its way to face Kobe the defending champion Boston early February, a setback that at the Cleveland 114, OT
Bryant in the NBA finals. Celtics. time seemed as if it would prevent May 28: Cleveland 112, Orlando
Dwight Howard dominated inside The Magic made both disappear in Orlando from doing anything special 102
for 40 points, Rashard Lewis added the postseason. this year. Saturday: Orlando 103, Cleveland
18 and the Magic, a team that can James scored 25 in his worst game But general manager Otis Smith 90
make 3-pointers drop from thin air, of the series, but the 24-year-old was acquired guard Rafer Alston in a
hit 12 in a 103-90 victory over James magnificent for most of it, adding to a trade with Houston. Alston, a former
and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game legacy still in its infancy. But the playground legend, fit in perfectly. In
6 of the Eastern Conference finals on league MVP had to it alone, as Mo the opening round against Philadel- Cleveland 25 15 30 20 — 90
Orlando 30 28 28 17 — 103
Saturday night. Williams lost his shooting touch and phia, the Magic lost the opener before
“Total domination,” Lewis said. Cleveland’s bench was badly out- rebounding and winning a close-out CLEVELAND Min FG FT Reb A PF PTS
James 44:53 8-20 7-11 1-7 7 4 25
“He totally dominated. He carried us played by Orlando’s reserves. Game 6 on the road. Varejao 32:53 7-12 0-1 1-8 0 5 14
on his back tonight.” Afterward, James put on his head- Then, following Game 5 of the Bos- Ilgauskas 21:55 1-5 0-2 1-7 0 4 2
MWilliams 38:51 6-12 2-2 0-3 5 4 17
The Magic will be making their phones and stormed out of Amway ton series, Howard called out Van West 46:21 9-19 2-4 2-4 3 0 22
first finals appearance since 1995, one Arena without saying a word. Gundy for not getting him the ball Wallace 14:06 2-3 0-2 3-3 1 0 4
Gibson 20:38 1-3 0-0 0-1 1 2 3
year before Shaquille O’Neal bolted He skipped the news conference enough and challenged his substitu- Szczerbiak 13:57 1-5 0-0 0-1 0 1 3
as a free agent for Los Angeles, leav- and briskly walked down the corri- tion patterns. The Magic shook off Pavlovic 5:24 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Kinsey 1:02 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
ing this Florida franchise in ruins. dor with two security guards as that spat, too, winning two straight, Totals 240:00 35-79 11-22 8-34 17 21 90
It’s been a long, slow climb back, escorts. He plopped into a chair to be including Game 7 on Boston’s Percentages: FG .443, FT .500. 3-Point Goals: 9-20, .450
but Orlando has been rebuilt and will scanned for the team’s charter plane parquet. (M.Williams 3-4, West 2-3, James 2-8, Gibson 1-2, Szczerbiak 1-3).
meet the Lakers on Thursday night at ride, grabbed his bags and was gone— In the conference finals, they beat Team Rebounds: 13. Team Turnovers: 10 (8 PTS). Blocked Shots:
3 (James, Wallace, West). Turnovers: 10 (James 3, West 3, Gibson,
the Staples Center in Game 1. a special season ending in stunning Cleveland with a devastating mix of Szczerbiak, Wallace, M.Williams). Steals: 6 (Ilgauskas 2, West 2,
Disney World vs. Disneyland. disappointment. inside power and outside firepower. Kinsey, Pavlovic). Technical Fouls: Coach Brown, 12:00 third.
“I just think this team all year long Delonte West added 22 and Wil- All year, the Cavaliers ended their ORLANDO Min FG FT Reb A PF PTS
has shown an incredible amount of liams, who guaranteed the Cavs pregame huddle the same way, with Turkoglu 37:37 3-12 2-2 1-7 5 5 10
Lewis 40:34 6-13 3-3 1-8 2 2 18
heart,” Magic coach Stan Van Gundy would come back and win the series, James leading them in a cheer he used Howard 41:27 14-21 12-16 6-14 4 5 40
said. “This team just keeps fighting 17 for Cleveland, which went 0-5 in with his high school team. Alston 37:44 5-16 0-0 0-4 2 1 13
Lee 30:09 4-7 0-0 0-4 1 0 8
back.” Orlando. “One, two, three,” James said. PHELAN M. EBENHACK / AP Pietrus 35:02 5-10 0-0 2-5 2 4 14
Oh, and memo to Nike executives: During the closing minutes, James “Hard work,” they replied. Dwight Howard is carrying the Magic to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1995. Gortat 6:33 0-0 0-0 0-3 0 2 0
Johnson 10:54 0-1 0-0 1-2 3 1 0
It’s time to break out the Howard was mocked by Orlando’s crowd sing- “Four, five, six,” he offered. Totals 240:00 37-80 17-21 11-47 19 20 103
puppet. LeBron’s can go in summer ing “M-V-P” as Howard shot free “Championship,” they yelled. paint and when Cleveland’s defense missed a short runner while being Percentages: FG .463, FT .810. 3-Point Goals: 12-29, .414 (Pietrus
storage. throws. But there would be not title, and focused its efforts on containing him, knocked to the floor. 4-7, Alston 3-7, Lewis 3-7, Turkoglu 2-6, Howard 0-1, Lee 0-1). Team
For now, the only matchup between After Superman muscled under- once again Cleveland fans will feel the shoot-first-ask-questions-later He sat there in disbelief, looking for Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: 12 (8 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2 (How-
ard, Lewis). Turnovers: 12 (Lewis 3, Turkoglu 3, Howard 2, Johnson
James and Lakers superstar Bryant neath for a thunderous dunk with nothing but heartache as they wait for Magic worked the ball around the arc a call, looking for help, looking lost. 2, Alston, Lee). Steals: 6 (Alston 2, Lewis 2, Pietrus 2). Technical
will have to be limited to those cute 2:21 left, the crowd moved into finals a team to end the city’s 45-year cham- and took turns launching 3-pointers Cleveland’s coaching staff stormed Fouls: Defensive three second, 7:14 second.
TV commercials. mode chanting, “Beat L.A.!” pionship drought. while building an 18-point halftime off barking at the officials and coach A: 17,461 (17,461). T: 2:29. Officials: Steve Javie, Bennett Salvatore,
The Magic made them irrelevant. Howard’s one flaw has been his Everything that could go wrong did lead. Mike Brown was assessed a Derrick Stafford.
With the city’s most famous ath- free-throw shooting, but he made 12 in the first half for the Cavaliers. On Cleveland’s last possession technical.
lete, Tiger Woods, sitting courtside, of 16 in Game 6. They couldn’t stop Howard in the before half James drove the lane and — The Associated Press
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Lakers ready ‘to finish what we didn’t finish last season’
LOS ANGELES—Kobe Bryant stared
straight ahead, delivering his
answer without emotion.
His teammates were out of ear-
shot, though Bryant undoubtedly
told them the same thing.
Asked what it would take to close
out Denver in six games, the Los
Angeles Lakers superstar replied,
“Be cold-blooded, go out there and
execute. We have to stay focused
and poised and try to cut them
up.”
Led by Bryant’s merciless effi-
ciency, the Lakers sliced and diced
the Nuggets to advance to the NBA
Finals for the second consecutive
year. Los Angeles turned what had
been a back-and-forth series into a
rout Friday night, winning 119-92
on the road.
“Now we’re in a place where we
didn’t get the job accomplished last
year,” Bryant said. “Hopefully we
will this time.”
Battered, bruised and just plain
exhausted, the Lakers took Satur-
day off. They’ll get a few days’ rest
before the finals begin Thursday
against Orlando, which beat Cleve-
land 103-90 to win the Eastern
Conference title in six games.
The Lakers will open at home.
“We’re back to where we wanted
to get to and we’re probably play-
ing at the highest level that we have
all year,” Luke Walton said.
It hasn’t been easy.
Critics have questioned the Lak-
ers’ effort throughout the playoffs,
especially when they were forced
to a seventh game by an under-
manned Houston team in the con-
ference semifinals.
They have seemingly turned it
on and off at times, getting
thumped 120-101 in Game 4 at
Denver before coming home and
dominating the Nuggets in the
fourth quarter of Game 5, then dis-
secting them with precision in the
elimination game.
“We didn’t allow the early energy
and emotion of the home team and
their crowd to force us to play from
behind,” Derek Fisher said. “That
was a real key for us, mentally as
well. We had a very solid start and
we were able to sustain it for four
quarters.”
The Lakers overwhelmed the
Nuggets with a 21-7 run in the sec-
ond quarter, with Bryant scoring
11, to lead 53-40 at halftime. Den-
ver failed to make a serious run in
the second half.
“That was definitely killer
instinct. That was definitely as
focused of a game as we’ve played
all year,” said Walton, who had 10
points. “We’ve heard in the media
people questioning us. We’ve never
questioned our own ability. It’s nice
to put a full 48 (minutes) together in
one of the biggest games of our
year.”
For the second consecutive
game, Bryant got his teammates
involved while he passed out of
double-teams.
Sure, he scored 35 points, but he
also had 10 assists and counseled
his teammates to keep their focus.
Pau Gasol added 20 points, 12
rebounds and six assists, Lamar
Odom scored 20 and Trevor Ariza
17 while helping the Lakers shoot
57 percent.
The bench, including Walton,
Jordan Farmar and Shannon
NBA SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009 7
FINALS
Finals
Orlando vs. L.A. Lakers
Thursday: Orlando at L.A. Lakers,
9 p.m., ABC
June 7: Orlando at L.A. Lakers,
8 p.m., ABC
June 9: L.A. Lakers at Orlando, 9 p.m.,
ABC
June 11: L.A. Lakers at Orlando,
9 p.m., ABC
June 14: Orlando at L.A. Lakers, 8
p.m., if necessary, ABC
June 16: L.A. Lakers at Orlando,
9 p.m., if necessary, ABC
June 18: Orlando at L.A. Lakers,
9 p.m., if necessary, ABC
Brown, injected energy. The Lak-
ers made all 24 of their free
throws.
“It was important to step through
that door, seize the opportunity.
Don’t wait,” Fisher said. “Now is
our time to finish what we didn’t
finish last season.”
A year ago, the Lakers breezed
into the finals with a 12-3 playoff
record before losing to Boston in
six games. This year, they’re 12-6,
having been tested by the Rockets
and the Nuggets in arduous back-
to-back series after beating Utah
4-1 in the first round.
“We’re more prepared to play
against teams that are physical or
extremely athletic or play a certain
style of offense or defense,” Fisher
said. “It doesn’t guarantee us any
success going forward, but I defi-
nitely think we’ve learned from
some of the things we’ve been
through in the last three or four
weeks.” JOHN LEYBA / AP
— The Associated Press Kobe Bryant averaged 34 points a game in the Lakers’ six-game series win over Denver in the Western Conference finals.
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Allegations could prove costly to Bulls’ Rose
NBA rookie of the year Derrick
Rose, the hometown kid whom the
Bulls tabbed as the face of the fran-
chise when selecting him No. 1
overall last summer, has come
under a cloud cast by an NCAA
investigation of major violations at
Memphis during the only season he
played there.
Marc Ganis, president of Chicago-
based consulting company Sports
Corp. Ltd., estimates the allega-
tions—which center around his
SAT and high school transcript—
will cost him about $500,000 in
the short term and millions in
endorsements if trouble continues
to follow him. If he avoids it, though,
this will be little more than a simple
stumble.
“He will not have very many ben-
efits of the doubt in the future,”
Ganis told The Associated Press.
“He’s got to be very clean, but he
can come back from this. He’s very
talented, he’s young.”
Rose has endorsement deals with
adidas and Chicago’s Wilson Sport-
ing Goods. He has kept quiet since
the allegations surfaced, with his
attorney stating that Rose cooper-
ated in an investigation by Mem-
phis that uncovered “no wrongdoing
on his part.”
Timberwolves owner Glen Tay-
lor wants Kevin McHale to return as
coach, but preferably on a one-
year deal, ESPN.com reported.
McHale is said to be seeking a
multiyear contract. A resolution
on McHale’s future could come
later this week.
The Grizzlies, who have the
No. 2 pick, have plenty of options in
the upcoming draft. According to
the Memphis Commercial Appeal, the
team has been exploring everything
from trying to trade up to No. 1 to
moving down and acquiring an
established player.
“We don’t want to exclude any-
thing. We’re going to give everything
a fair shot at being evaluated so we
can do what’s best for us on draft
night,” general manager Chris Wallace
said. “I don’t want to get locked into
a particular transaction.”
Among the rumors currently
floating about: The Knicks have
expressed interest in acquiring C
Darko Milicic in a deal that could pos-
sibly include G/F Quentin Richardson.
Also, Oklahoma City and Sacra-
mento are said to be interested in
moving up from the third and
fourth slots, respectively, to obtain
the Grizzlies’ pick.
It appears the G Jeff Teague is
leaning toward staying in the draft.
Teague told ESPN.com that the only
way he would return to Wake For-
est for his junior season is if “a G.M.
told me I’m not ready and I’m in the
second round.” Teague currently is
projected to go in the high teens in
the first round.
PG Jonny Flynn has been draw-
ing interest from several teams
leading up to the draft. Still, he was
surprised when he learned the
Bulls wanted to bring him in for a
workout, considering Chicago has
Derrick Rose. “But they said there are
times they wish to move Derrick off
the ball. When they said that to me,
it fell into place.”
NBA
INSIDE DISH
Endorsements could be tougher to get for Derrick Rose following the recent controversy.
Flynn might not be around
when the Bulls pick at No. 16.
According to The Journal Times of
Racine, Wis., there is growing sen-
timent among some NBA officials
WINSLOW TOWNSON / AP
that the Bucks, who pick 10th, are
high on Flynn.
The Bucks interviewed Flynn at
the predraft combine, and Flynn said
he connected with Bucks coach Scott
Skiles. “He said he liked my toughness.
Scott Skiles on the basketball court
was tough, too, tough as nails. He said
he sees a lot of that in me.’’
Raptors C Andrea Bargnani, who’s
in Italy training in the offseason,
says he’s encouraged the team made
Jay Triano coach and wasn’t disap-
pointed to see Sam Mitchell go. “As a
coach, everyone in the team likes
him, unlike Mitchell, and he earned
the respect of all the players right
from Day 1,” Bargnani told La
Gazetta dello Sport, according to The
Globe and Mail of Toronto. “That’s
why we asked (Raptors president
Bryan Colangelo) to confirm him. And
he agreed, because he’s the right
man to start over with.”
The Heat will monitor C Jer-
maine O’Neal’s workouts closely this
offseason, according to The Miami
Herald. O’Neal has recovered from
the concussion symptoms that side-
lined him for the final games of the
Heat’s first-round playoff series,
and he has been cleared to resume
workouts. O’Neal also had knee
problems last season—his knee was
drained three times in the final two
months of the season.
Despite a first-round exit from
the playoffs, the Hornets have had
80 percent of their season-ticket
holders renew for next season, team
officials said. The team’s encourag-
ing numbers are despite a recession
that has caused some NBA teams to
experience a decline in renewals
and trim staff. The team said it has
no plans to lay off workers, as the
Heat did recently.
SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009 8
Playoff glance
CONFERENCE FINALS
(Best-of-7), all times ET
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Cleveland vs. Orlando
(Orlando wins series 4-2)
May 20: Orlando 107, Cleveland 106
May 22: Cleveland 96, Orlando 95
May 24: Orlando 99, Cleveland 89
May 26: Orlando 116,
Cleveland 114, OT
May 28: Cleveland 112, Orlando 102
Saturday: Orlando 103, Cleveland 90
WESTERN CONFERENCE
L.A. Lakers vs. Denver
(L.A. Lakers win series 4-2)
May 19: L.A. Lakers 105, Denver 103
May 21: Denver 106, L.A. Lakers 103
May 23: L.A. Lakers 103, Denver 97
May 25: Denver 120, L.A. Lakers 101
May 27: L.A. Lakers 103,
Denver 94
Friday: L.A. Lakers 119, Denver 92
Finals
Orlando vs. L.A. Lakers
Thursday: Orlando at L.A. Lakers,
9 p.m., ABC
June 7: Orlando at L.A. Lakers,
8 p.m., ABC
June 9: L.A. Lakers at Orlando,
9 p.m., ABC
June 11: L.A. Lakers at Orlando,
9 p.m., ABC
June 14: Orlando at L.A. Lakers,
8 p.m., if necessary, ABC
June 16: L.A. Lakers at Orlando, if
necessary, ABC
June 18: Orlando at L.A. Lakers,
9 p.m., if necessary, ABC
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STANLEY CUP FINALS

S GAME 1: DETROIT 3 PITTSBURGH 1 NOTEBOOK

Bettman: Balsillie issue

Penguins lose game, but not confidence
DETROIT—The result was the
same as last year: Detroit won
Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals.
But the mental state of the Pen-
guins after this opening-game
loss is completely different.
If there was any doubt Pitts-
burgh could play with the
defending
champions,
it’s gone.
The Pen-
guins lost, but
they’re ready
to go back at it
tonight.Unlike
Craig Custance last year, this
HOCKEY
group is confi-
dent it can
compete with the best—even
coming off a 3-1 loss to the Red
Wings.
“Yeah, definitely,” Pitts-
burgh’s Sidney Crosby said.
“We made a few mistakes
tonight, and so did they. They
got a few bounces, that’s what it
came down to. This is tight
hockey. We didn’t expect to
come in here and have it be easy.
We knew we were in for a tough
series. But we believe in our
game.”
Crosby is a superstitious
player. Last year, he refused to
touch the Prince of Wales Tro-
phy after the Penguins clinched
the Eastern Conference title.
This year, he grabbed it out of
the hands of NHL deputy com-
missioner Bill Daly and skated
for pictures—anything to change
the luck of last year’s disappoint-
ing final.
Well, whatever pregame ritual
Crosby had for Game 1, he needs
to scrap it. It didn’t work.
Detroit’s first goal came on a
fluky bounce off the end boards
after a shot from defenseman
Brad Stuart.
In the second period, the Pen-
guins outshot Detroit 13-11 and
finished the game as one of the
few visiting playoff teams to
enter Joe Louis Arena and out-
shoot the Red Wings. They also
had more quality scoring
chances.
But the bounces that went
Detroit’s way never evened out.
At least they haven’t yet.
“You do get bounces—some
nights you do get them, some
nights you don’t,” Pittsburgh
forward Bill Guerin said. “They
did get a few tonight, that’s part
of it. You have to accept that.”
Before blaming it all on bad
luck, give Detroit credit. Henrik
Zetterberg matched up with
Crosby and did an outstanding
job holding him to two shots on
goal.
Chris Osgood deserves credit
for making big saves when they
were needed most.
But even Osgood was aided by
a little good fortune when a puck
landed on his back after he was
sprawled in the crease. Zetter-
berg covered it with his glove, a
move Crosby thought should
have been called a penalty.
Detroit’s Chris Osgood, left, made some key saves, but he also had some luck—as in the time when the puck landed on his back.
After the game, Osgood could
laugh about it.
“I think it hit my arm and
bounced up in the air on top of
my back,” he said. “I knew it was
there, I’m not that flexible.”
Detroit also dominated on
faceoffs, winning 71 percent—an
important stat since both teams
rely on puck possession and it’s
hard to possess the puck if you’re
losing faceoffs.
But even that number, Detroit
coach Mike Babcock said, was
slightly skewed. It was just a
good night for Detroit centers,
FRANK GUNN / AP
not something he thinks his
team will exploit the entire
series.
“Just a night. I think it goes
like that,” Babcock said. “Some
nights it goes your way, other
nights it doesn’t.”
ccustance@sportingnews.com
about rules, not personal
On Saturday afternoon, NHL commissioner
Gary Bettman met with the media for his annual
state-of-the-union address.
Bettman’s meeting came at a time when the on-
ice product is thriving with an attractive matchup
in the Stanley Cup finals between Pittsburgh and
Detroit. But off-ice issues, including the situation in
Phoenix and drug testing, quickly became the focus
of the press conference.
Earlier this week, a man was arrested for dealing
anabolic steroids and mentioned the Washington
Capitals as one of the pro teams to which he sold his
drugs.
It’s a topic Bettman says the league takes
seriously.
“We are investigating,” he said. “We don’t believe
there is a performance-enhancing drug problem in
this league. But I acknowledge that our testing pro-
gram could be more comprehensive.”
The case of the Coyotes turned into multiple ques-
tions about Jim Balsillie, the Canadian business-
man who is trying to purchase the team and move it
to Hamilton.
“That question and the other one seem to imply
that somehow this is personal. It’s not, at least for
me,” Bettman said while answering questions
about Balsillie. “It’s about league rules and it’s about
doing the right thing.”
A Lemieux sighting, too
Pittsburgh owner and former Penguins star
Mario Lemieux held a rare press conference before
the game as well, and it was just slightly less
contentious.
Lemieux continues to be impressed with the
growth and maturity of Sidney Crosby and said
Crosby is further along at age 21 than he was.
“He’s a lot more mature than I was,” Lemieux
said. “He’s a special kid. He’s a better player than I
was at the same age, for sure. Some of the stuff he
does on the ice—his strength, skating ability, is
incredible.”
— Craig Custance
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STANLEY CUP FINALS
S GAME 1: DETROIT 3
Wings’ fortunate bounces fluster Fleury
DETROIT—The Detroit Red Wings
gave Marc-Andre Fleury
flashbacks.
And, they weren’t good.
Johan Franzen scored the go-
ahead goal late in the second period
and Chris Osgood made 31 saves,
helping the defending champions
beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1
Saturday night in Game 1 of the
Stanley Cup finals.
Franzen and Brad Stuart had
goals that bounced off Fleury, who
sat on a shot that trickled in for
Detroit’s series-clinching goal last
year.
Replays of that moment had to
haunt Fleury in the series opener.
Stuart simply dumped the puck
behind Fleury and was rewarded
with a fortunate carom that sent the
puck off Fleury’s right skate and
across the goal line in the first
period.
“It’s kind of tough,” Fleury said.
“Guy shoots and it misses the net,
and it comes back pretty quick.”
Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby didn’t
have such luck when his third-
period shot went off Osgood, a post
and landed in the middle of the
goalie’s back as lay on the ice.
“I knew it was there, but I’m not
that flexible,” Osgood said. “I was
kind of hoping for the best.”
Crosby was dumbfounded.
“I’ve never seen that before,” he
said.
The Stanley Cup finals opener
was full of reminders about last
year.
Crosby and Evgeni Malkin were
PITTSBURGH 1
slowed down and Detroit scored
some fortunate goals.
“I don’t think there are going to
be a whole lot of skill plays,” Red
Wings coach Mike Babcock said.
Detroit rookie Justin Abdelkader
did come up with an impressive
play.
He scored his first playoff goal by
leaping to grab his own rebound,
putting the puck on the ice and flip-
ping it past Fleury.
“That was huge for us to get that
insurance goal,” Lidstrom said.
Game 2 is tonight in Detroit.
“It’s good,” Pittsburgh’s Maxime
Talbot said. “We don’t have to think
long about it.”
The NHL and its TV partners
likely were happy with the first
Stanley Cup finals rematch since
the Edmonton Oilers and New York
Islanders met again in 1984.
The action, especially in the first
period, matched the hype.
“When you’ve been here before,
you know what to expect so you’re
ready to start on time,” Babcock
said.
End-to-end action, big hits such
as Crosby’s left shoulder sending
Henrik Zetterberg to the ice, scor-
ing opportunities and a 1-1 score
had to hold nontraditional viewers
giving hockey a chance.
The Penguins didn’t need good
fortune to tie it.
Malkin baited Stuart into trying
to clear a puck off the boards and
took advantage of the turnover with
a slap shot that Osgood couldn’t
control, leading to Ruslan Fedoten-
NHL
The go-ahead goal by Johan Franzen, top, was one of two that bounced off Marc-Andre Fleury.
ko’s backhander off the rebound.
Pittsburgh had a breakaway and
two power plays in the first half of
the second period, and had nothing
to show for it.
Osgood got part of his glove on
PAUL SANCYA / AP
Malkin’s wrist shot on the break-
away, and Detroit’s penalty killers
limited the Penguins to two shots
on their first power play and none
on their second.
“The goalie is the most important
SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009 10
Stanley Cup finals
Detroit vs. Pittsburgh
(Best-of-7), All times ET
(Detroit leads series 1-0)
Saturday: Detroit 3,Pittsburgh 1
Today: Pittsburgh at Detroit, 8
p.m., NBC
Tuesday: Detroit at Pittsburgh, 8
player every night,” Babcock said. p.m., Versus
“It’s hockey.” Thursday: Detroit at Pittsburgh, 8
Osgood had to make a pair of p.m., Versus
saves two-thirds of the way through Saturday, June 6: Pittsburgh at
the second, denying Miroslav Satan Detroit, 8 p.m., if necessary, NBC
on a shot just outside of the crease Tuesday, June 9: Detroit at
after Malkin set him up beautifully Pittsburgh, 8 p.m., if necessary,
and turning away Crosby’s back- NBC
hander after a spectacular spin Friday, June 12: Pittsburgh at
move. Detroit, 8 p.m., if necessary, NBC
Crosby and Malkin are running
away with the postseason scoring
title with 28 points each, but they Betting line
know Detroit is different than any FAVORITE ..........LINE UNDERDOG............... LINE
at Detroit ................-160 Pittsburgh .....................+140
team they played in the Eastern
Conference playoffs.
Franzen’s goal was his team-lead- Odds to win series
Detroit ....................-150 Pittsburgh..........+130
ing 11th goal of the playoffs and 24th
in the postseason since the start of
last year’s Stanley Cup run. NHL calendar
The Red Wings are shooting to be
June 18—NHL awards show at
the first to repeat since they won
Las Vegas.
back-to-back titles in 1997 and ’98,
June 26-27—NHL draft,
but their opposing coach says
Montreal.
they’ve got work to do.
July 1—Free agency signing
“This is a race to four,” Pittsburgh
period begins.
coach Dan Bylsma said. “They’ve
July 5—Deadline for player-
got one on us.”
elected salary arbitration.
— The Associated Press
July 6—Deadline for club-
elected salary arbitration.
Pittsburgh 1 0 0 — 1 July 10—Deadline for
Detroit 1 1 1 — 3
eligible players to elect Group 5
First Period: 1, Detroit, Stuart 2, 13:38. 2, Pittsburgh, Fedotenko 7 free agency.
(Malkin), 18:37. Penalties: None.
Second Period: 3, Detroit, Franzen 11 (Rafalski, Zetterberg), 19:02. July 20-Aug. 4—Salary arbitra-
Penalties: Lebda, Det (slashing), 4:38; Samuelsson, Det (holding), tion hearings held.
7:05; Adams, Pit (hooking), 13:44.
Third Period: 4, Detroit, Abdelkader 1 (Leino), 2:46. Penalties: Aug. 6—Deadline for sal-
None. ary arbitration decisions to be
Shots on Goal: Pittsburgh 7-13-12: 32. Detroit 11-11-8: 30.
Power-play opportunities: Pittsburgh 0 of 2; Detroit 0 of 1. rendered.
Goalies: Pittsburgh, Fleury 12-6-0 (30 shots-27 saves). Detroit,
Osgood 13-4-0 (32-31).
A: 20,066 (20,066). T: 2:25.
Referees: Paul Devorski, Dennis LaRue. Linesmen: Derek Amell,
Pierre Racicot.
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STANLEY CUP FINALS
S GAME 1: DETROIT 3
Burke: Maple Leafs will spend for talent
Toronto general manager Brian
Burke conceded to the Toronto Star
that an opportunity to trade up in the
draft might not materialize, but he
added that the Maple Leafs will
spend this summer to upgrade the
team.
“We intend to be pushing the cap
every year,” Burke told the newspaper.
“We want to spend the money intelli-
gently. We’re Big Blue, we’re going to
spend to the cap.”
One source has indicated that Burke
is not as interested in signing Vancou-
ver free-agent Fs Daniel Sedin and Henrik
Sedin as reported, but added that Flor-
ida D Jay Bouwmeester is high on his
radar. The Maple Leafs reportedly
were about $7 million under the cap
last year and have enough money to
attract high-priced free agents.
Burke talked to the Star at a break in
the NHL Draft Combine, which was
held this week in Toronto. He said any
trade tied to the draft probably would
be made closer to the June 26-27
event.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that
the Blackhawks aren’t wasting any
time in resuming contract talks with
Allan Walsh, the agent for potential free-
agent F Martin Havlat.
The team would like to keep its lead-
ing scorer, and Havlat told the newspa-
per, “I’d love to stay here.”
The Blackhawks have the month of
June to get Havlat signed before he
becomes an unrestricted free agent.
G.M. Dale Tallon says, “We want Marty
back. We’ll keep working to get it
done.”
NHL
PITTSBURGH 1
INSIDE DISH
WILFREDO LEE / AP
With their extra cap room, the Maple Leafs may go after Panthers D Jay Bouwmeester, right.
“We’ll see how it goes,” Havlat told right thing to do. We’re got a month to
the paper. “We didn’t talk during the agree to everything, so hopefully it’s
playoffs. That wouldn’t have been the going to work out.”
Tom Hicks, the majority owner of
both the Dallas Stars and Texas Rang-
ers, told The Dallas Morning News he has
decided to try to sell a majority stake in
the baseball team, but will maintain
majority ownership of the Stars. Hicks,
whose sports holdings have been strug-
gling financially, said that lack of suc-
cess in trying to sell a minority piece of
the Rangers has prompted him to
broaden the pool of investors by offer-
ing to sell majority control of the team.
Hicks also said the jury still is out on
how the Stars will approach the NHL’s
salary cap. “Teams won’t act like that
cap is a magnet anymore,” Hicks told
the paper. “That just doesn’t work.”
Look for the Stars to be closer to the
cap’s basement than ceiling.
The Kingston (Ontario) Whig-Stan-
dard reports that Mike Danton, the former
NHL player who was imprisoned in a
murder-for-hire plot targeting his
Ontario-based agent, has been trans-
ferred to minimum-security Pittsburgh
Institution in Kingston—a significant
step toward gaining his freedom.
The newspaper said Danton was
moved to Pittsburgh after his case was
reviewed at the federal assessment
unit.
Danton was transferred to Canada on
March 19 to complete his sentence after
he had served a little more than four
years in prison in the United States.
Danton, a member of the St. Louis
Blues at the time, pleaded guilty to
offering a hitman $10,000 to kill David
Frost, his former junior coach, mentor
and agent, in November 2004. He was
sentenced to 7½ years in prison.
SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009 11
Icing calls shape Game 1
DETROIT—Gordie Howe and Mario Lemieux were both
in the building when the Stanley Cup finals opener
changed in a way it couldn’t have during their Hall of
Fame careers.
With Detroit and Pittsburgh tied 1-1 late in the second
period, the visiting Penguins cleared the puck down the
ice for a routine icing call. Only now, in this post-lockout
NHL, icing can be devastating.
Not only does the faceoff come back in the offending
team’s end, but that club must keep its players—who are
often tired—on the ice. The rule, put into play to create
offense, is only four years old. And it worked just as it
was supposed to.
The Penguins were caught with a drained top line in
their own zone, unable to clear the puck and eventually
keep it out of their net. That goal put Detroit back in
front and sent them on the way to a 3-1 victory.
“We had an opportunity to get it out a couple of times
at that point,” Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said.
“We didn’t, and they got a bounce. That’s what it came
down to.”
Sensing the game was on the line, even with more
than a period left, rookie Penguins coach Dan Bylsma
tried to help out the tired forward trio of Crosby, Bill
Guerin and Chris Kunitz and defensemen Hal Gill and
Rob Scuderi. He used his lone timeout.
“We were out for a long shift,” Bylsma said. “We had
not only our forwards, but our D especially. We’re tired
in that situation. At times you need that timeout to give
your guys an extra breath—you know, 20 seconds, 30
seconds to regather themselves and get ready. And they
get fresh guys on the ice, as well, so you have to deal
with that situation.
“It was a timeout I felt we needed to take, and we’d do
it again.”
Just 16 seconds later, those exhausted Penguins were
still on the ice when Johan Franzen banked in a goal off
goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, restoring Detroit’s lead.
“He did the right thing,” Crosby said of Bylsma’s tim-
eout. “Our set of forwards was probably not out there
quite as long as our D. Those two guys were out there
for a long time. I think the breather was something we
needed.”
But Detroit still scored, the crowd roared and momen-
tum shifted. The Red Wings were on their way to
victory.
— The Associated Press
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Torre not sure how much longer he wants to manage
Joe Torre is enjoying life with the
Los Angeles Dodgers. That doesn’t
mean he plans to manage much lon-
ger. The 68-year-old manager is in
the second season of a three-year
contract with the Dodgers.
“I’ve got another year, but beyond
that I’m not sure,” Torre told The
Associated Press. “Well, next year
is always in question. You hope you
still continue to feel as energized as
you do now.”
After several rounds of audi-
tions, Lou Piniella has settled on 3B
Mike Fontenot as the Cubs’ short-term
replacement for Aramis Ramirez. The
Cubs have tried out Fontenot, Bobby
Scales and Ryan Freel at the hot corner
since losing Ramirez to a dislocated
left shoulder on May 8.
Fontenot, who came up as a second
baseman, hadn’t played any third
until this year. “Fontenot is honestly
our best option there,” Piniella told
the Chicago Sun-Times. “When we get
Aaron Miles back (from the disabled list)
it will help the situation too. But we
feel very comfortable with Fontenot
at third, and we can use Scales and
(Andres) Blanco at second.”
The Cubs don’t expect Ramirez
back until the All-Star break but
the prognosis is better for P Rich
Harden. Piniella said Harden will be
back in the rotation on the team’s
next road trip, which begins Tues-
day in Atlanta.
Yankees P Andy Pettitte’s
strained lower back likely won’t
cost him a start, manager Joe Girardi
said Saturday. Pettitte, who was
taken out of Friday’s game against
Cleveland in the sixth inning, is still
INSIDE DISH
a go for his next start, Wednesday
against Texas. “He’s still on target,”
Girardi told The Associated Press.
“The progress he made overnight
makes me feel good.”
If Pettitte’s condition worsens,
Girardi said there’s a chance P Chien-
Ming Wang would get the nod. Wang
was taken out of the rotation—and
put on the D.L.—after going 0-3 with
a 34.50 ERA in his first three starts.
So much for Oliver Perez being
back in the Mets’ rotation anytime
soon. An MRI on Saturday showed
patellar tendinitis in his right knee,
causing the team’s high-priced off-
season acquisition to miss his sched-
uled start today in Class AAA
Buffalo. Instead, after just one rehab
start, Perez is headed to Port St.
Lucie, Fla., for more rehab.
“He’s not shut down, but that being
said, we have to make sure that the
knee is all OK to the satisfaction of
the doctors,” Mets G.M. Omar Minaya
told The New York Times. Perez, who
has been on the D.L. since May 7,
was 0-2 with a 9.97 ERA in five
starts with the Mets.
“Stress-related issues” will
sideline the N.L.’s second-leading
hitter for at least two weeks. That’s
all the details the Reds would pro-
vide about Saturday’s announce-
ment that 1B Joey Votto was headed
to the 15-day disabled list. “He’s
dealing with a personal issue,”
manager Dusty Baker told MLB.com.
“He wants us to respect his privacy
about that.”
Struggling Dodgers SS Rafael
Furcal is beginning to feel more
Baseball
Despite leaving Friday’s game with a stiff back, Andy Pettitte is likely to make his next start.
comfortable at the plate, thanks to
some one-on-one time with Don Mat-
tingly. The former Yankees star,
L.A.’s hitting coach, told The Los
Angeles Times he is trying to slow
down Furcal’s approach at the
plate.
“Everything he does is high
tempo,” Mattingly told the Times. “I
don’t want to take anything from
him because he’s a high-energy guy.
But when you’re moving fast, you
don’t see the ball too well.”
KATHY WILLENS / AP
The Royals could get their
closer back as soon as today after
Joakim Soria’s second encouraging
throwing session. A right rotator
cuff strain has kept Soria out of
major league action since May 7, but
Royals manager Trey Hillman got a
positive review of Soria’s workout
Saturday in Surprise, Ariz.
“Good report,” Hillman told MLB.
com. “He had 23 pitches, commanded
and controlled the ball. No pain. Seven
outs. Velocity was 88 to 91 (mph).”
SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009 12
THE LAUNCHING PAD
What to expect in the major leagues today
Lester is lagging
Last May, Jon Lester threw a no-hitter against the Royals and used that
amazing outing to build a season’s worth of momentum. The lefthander was
16-6 in 2008 and reached near-ace status. This season, things just haven’t
been the same. Lester (3-5, 6.07 ERA) has allowed at least five earned runs
in six of his 10 starts, after doing so only four times all of last season. Good
news: He will face the slumping Blue Jays tonight, and he shut them down
over 6 1/3 strong innings a little over a week ago. Bad news: This game is at
Toronto, and Lester has a 7.04 ERA on the road.
Farewell, fish
If it seems like the Mets and Marlins always are playing each other, that’s
because ... well, they have played each other eight times already. After their
ninth meeting today, New York and Florida won’t meet again until late
August (when they will play each other nine more times in a one-month
span). The resilient Mets, who continue to battle injuries, will hit the road
for seven games after this series finale and will play 13 of their next 16 away
from Citi Field.
Pavano power
At 5-4, Indians righthander Carl Pavano has been a huge surprise, especially
considering his disastrous first start this season (nine earned runs allowed in
one inning). With a win today against New York, Pavano would have six wins
in the month of May. In his entire Yankees career (2005-08), Pavano won nine
games. Making matters worse, New York paid him $39.95 million for those
nine wins, while Cleveland signed him to a one-year, $1.5 million deal before
this season. When he faced the Yankees at Yankee Stadium in April, Pavano
allowed just one earned run in six innings in a no-decision.
— Chris Bahr
CHARLES KRUPA / AP
Jon Lester has allowed at least five earned runs in six of his 10 starts.
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Q&A with ... Nationals RF Adam Dunn
‘I think sometimes I am too patient at the plate’
Adam Dunn (44), who has hit 40 or more home runs in a season five times, is on pace for a career-high 54 this season with the Nationals.
www.sportingnews.com Baseball
Signed to a two-year, $20 million deal
this past offseason, Dunn is paying imme-
diate dividends for Washington. Hitting
behind third baseman Ryan Zimmerman
in the cleanup spot, Dunn already has
more home runs than any Nationals player
had in 2008 and once again is on pace
for 100-plus RBIs. One of Major League
Baseball’s most prolific (and sometimes
overlooked) sluggers, Dunn’s power num-
bers in the past six seasons rank among
the best in the majors. But he is almost as
well known for his patience at the plate,
which annually places him among MLB’s
walk and strikeout leaders. Sporting News
Today’s Bill Eichenberger recently caught
up with Dunn to chat about his patience,
his outlook for the Nationals and his
durability.
Q: After your abbreviated
stay in Arizona at the
end of last season—following
the trade from Cincinnati—are
you satisfied that your career
with the Nationals is off to a
good start?
A: I usually don’t start off
very well. So especially
being on a new team, you want to
come in and start off well. And
fortunately I’ve been able to do
that.
Q: What has it been like
hitting behind Ryan
Zimmerman? Do you marvel
at his consistency?
A: He’s on base every game,
so that’s a plus. Our guys at
the top of the lineup, we have guys
on base all the time anyway. This
is a very deep lineup. It’s a fun
lineup to be in.
PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS / AP
Q: You are among the
major league leaders in
walks again this season. That
has been a common thread
throughout your career. Have
you always had great patience
at the plate?
A: I’ve always walked a lot
and seen a lot of pitches.
It’s just a part of my game.
Q: What about the
strikeouts, the other
part of your game that has
been maddeningly consistent
as well? Is there anything
about your approach at the
plate that makes you
particularly vulnerable to
striking out?
A: I think sometimes I am too
patient at the plate. I’ve
tried to change it and I can’t. So it’s
kind of what I am.
Q: So you’re saying that a
pitch has to be where
you want it before you’ll
swing?
A: No, not exactly. I have an
idea how a team or a
pitcher is going to pitch me. And I
like to not be overly aggressive
and swing at a pitch that I nor-
mally wouldn’t swing at early in
the count. And sometimes that
puts me in a hole.
Q: Consistency is clearly
your strength, whether
it is being the only major
leaguer to hit at least 40 home
runs in each of the past five
seasons, or just being
available to play every day.
You missed a total of 19 games
from 2004-08. Is that
something you emphasize?
SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009 13
A: I enjoy playing. And I’ve
been fortunate enough to
be healthy enough to do it. I get
paid to play. That’s what I like to
do.
Q: Has it been hard to keep
your morale up as this
team has struggled so much to
win games?
A: That’s very tough. You
always think you can do
more to help the team win. And if
that’s what we have to, then that’s
what we have to do. Individual
stats are great, but they don’t win
ballgames. And that’s the goal.
Q: Is there a light at the
end of tunnel for this
team and franchise?
A: I think so absolutely, 100
percent. I think if you ask
anybody around in baseball, they
will tell you the same thing. I
think we are few players away
from not just being mediocre, let’s
skip that, and go straight to being
very good. I really believe that we
are a couple players away from
that.
Q: Do the fans of the
Nationals share your
optimism about the direction
this franchise is headed?
A: They’ve been good, but it’s
tough again because we are
not playing as well as we need to
be playing. It’s kind of tough, I
would imagine, for the fans to
rally around us right now. But
again, there is light at the end of
the tunnel, and we’re going to get a
lot better really quick.
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LEAGUE LEADERS
American League Standings
Fantasy Focus A.L.
Batting Average
N.L. A.L.
Home Runs
N.L.
East
New York
W
29
L
20
Pct
.592
GB WCGB L10
— — 7-3
Str
W-3
Home
14-9
Away
15-11
Pitcher Rankings Boston 28 22 .560 1½ — 4-6 L-2 17-6 11-16
Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Toronto 29 23 .558 1½ — 2-8 W-2 18-6 11-17
Bartlett Tampa Bay .373 Beltran New York .352 CPena Tampa Bay 16 AdGonzalez San Diego 19 Tampa Bay 25 27 .481 5½ 4 5-5 W-2 13-10 12-17
Baltimore 23 27 .460 6½ 5 7-3 L-1 16-12 7-15
MiCabrera Detroit .355 Tejada Houston .347 Teixeira New York 15 Ibanez Philadelphia 17
VMartinez Cleveland .350 Pence Houston .343 Bay Boston 14 Dunn Washington 16 Central W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
AdJones Baltimore .350 NJohnson Washington .337 NCruz Texas 14 Pujols St. Louis 16 Detroit 27 21 .563 — — 5-5 W-1 15-7 12-14
Chicago 23 25 .479 4 4 7-3 W-2 12-10 11-15
Morneau Minnesota .344 Hudson Los Angeles .335 Morneau Minnesota 14 Bruce Cincinnati 14 Minnesota 24 27 .471 4½ 4½ 6-4 L-3 19-11 5-16
ISuzuki Seattle .342 DWright New York .335 Three tied 13 Howard Philadelphia 14 Kansas City 23 26 .469 4½ 4½ 2-8 L-3 15-14 8-12
AHill Toronto .338 Two tied .333 Reynolds Arizona 13 Cleveland 21 30 .412 7½ 7½ 6-4 L-2 11-13 10-17
MARK AVERY / AP
West W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Tim Wakefield’s knuckler hasn’t worked lately. Runs Stolen Bases Texas 30 19 .612 — — 7-3 W-3 18-8 12-11
Los Angeles 24 24 .500 5½ 3 4-6 L-2 13-12 11-12
Tigers’ SPs Rick Porcello (5-0, A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. Seattle 24 26 .480 6½ 4 6-4 W-3 12-12 12-14
Oakland 18 29 .383 11 8½ 3-7 L-4 11-13 7-16
1.50/1.07) and Armando Galar- Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team
raga (0-5, 8.49/1.82) have been BRoberts
Scutaro
Baltimore
Toronto
43
42
Pujols
Ibanez
St. Louis
Philadelphia
41
39
Crawford
Ellsbury
Tampa Bay
Boston
30
21
Bourn
Taveras
Houston
Cincinnati
16
12
National League Standings
polar opposites this May. And East W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
that’s why they’re two of the big- Crawford Tampa Bay 40 Zimmerman Washington 39 Figgins Los Angeles 19 Burriss San Francisco 11 Philadelphia 27 20 .574 — — 6-4 W-2 11-14 16-6
AdJones Baltimore 40 Hudson Los Angeles 37 Abreu Los Angeles 15 Fowler Colorado 11 New York 27 21 .563 ½ 1½ 6-4 L-1 16-9 11-12
gest movers in our pitcher rank- Morneau Minnesota 40 AdGonzalez San Diego 36 BUpton Tampa Bay 15 Kemp Los Angeles 11 Atlanta 24 25 .490 4 5 4-6 L-1 11-12 13-13
ings this week. Five tied 38 ASoriano Chicago 36 Bartlett Tampa Bay 14 JosReyes New York 11
Florida 23 27 .460 5½ 6½ 4-6 W-1 9-14 14-13
Washington 13 35 .271 14½ 15½ 2-8 L-5 7-16 6-19
Risers Three tied 34 Two tied 11 DWright New York 11
Central W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
SP Rick Porcello, Tigers. Porcello Milwaukee 29 20 .592 — — 4-6 W-2 15-9 14-11
gets two chances this week to RBIs Pitching (5 decisions) St. Louis 29 20 .592 — — 7-3 W-1 17-9 12-11
Cincinnati 26 22 .542 2½ 2½ 6-4 L-2 13-12 13-10
continue his hot streak (vs. BOS, A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. Chicago 25 23 .521 3½ 3½ 4-6 W-2 16-9 9-14
vs. LAA). Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Pittsburgh 22 27 .449 7 7 4-6 W-1 12-10 10-17
SP Josh Outman, A’s. Outman’s Longoria Tampa Bay 55 Fielder Milwaukee 48 Palmer Los Angeles 5-0 1.000 Broxton Los Angeles 5-0 1.000 Houston 19 28 .404 9 9 2-8 L-1 9-15 10-13
performance in May shouldn’t be Bay Boston 48 Ibanez Philadelphia 46 Halladay Toronto 8-1 .889 Cain San Francisco 6-1 .857 West W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Morneau Minnesota 46 Dunn Washington 42 Greinke Kansas City 8-1 .889 Martis Washington 5-1 .833 Los Angeles 34 17 .667 — — 6-4 L-2 18-5 16-12
ignored, either: 2.45/1.04, 7.1 K/9 San Francisco 24 24 .500 8½ 4½ 5-5 L-1 17-9 7-15
TorHunter Los Angeles 40 Pujols St. Louis 42 Slowey Minnesota 7-1 .875 Lincecum San Francisco 4-1 .800
ratio. Markakis Baltimore 40 Hawpe Colorado 39 Buehrle Chicago 6-1 .857 Pelfrey New York 4-1 .800
San Diego 24 25 .490 9 5 7-3 L-2 17-6 7-19
Arizona 22 28 .440 11½ 7½ 6-4 W-1 12-18 10-10
RP Huston Street, Rockies. Street CPena Tampa Bay 40 Howard Philadelphia 39 Penny Boston 5-1 .833 LiHernandez New York 4-1 .800 Colorado 20 28 .417 12½ 8½ 5-5 W-2 9-13 11-15
hasn’t allowed a run since April Teixeira New York 40 Two tied 37 Pettitte New York 5-1 .833 JoJohnson Florida 4-1 .800 z-first game was a win
24, and he’s converted his last
seven save chances. HIts Strikeouts
Pitching Matchups Today’s Games (All times Eastern)
Fallers A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. American League The Line
Tim Wakefield, Red Sox. The Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team N.Y. Yankees (Hughes 3-2) at Cleveland (Pavano 5-4), 12:40 p.m. NY -115 at Cle +105
knuckler isn’t knuckling for AHill Toronto 77 Hudson Los Angeles 69 Verlander Detroit 90 JVazquez Atlanta 86 Boston (Lester 3-5) at Toronto (Romero 2-1), 1:07 p.m. Bos -120 at Tor +110
Crawford Tampa Bay 69 Tejada Houston 67 Greinke Kansas City 81 JSantana New York 86
Wakefield lately (16 hits, eight Detroit (E.Jackson 4-3) at Baltimore (Berken 1-0), 1:35 p.m. at Bal -115 Det +105
VMartinez Cleveland 69 Zimmerman Washington 66 FHernandez Seattle 72 Peavy San Diego 84
walks, 11 runs in last two starts). Morneau Minnesota 66 FSanchez Pittsburgh 64 Halladay Toronto 68 Lincecum San Francisco 84
Minnesota (Blackburn 4-2) at Tampa Bay (Garza 4-3), 1:38 p.m. at TB -155 Min +145
SP Armando Galarraga, Tigers. MiCabrera Detroit 65 Beltran New York 62 Lester Boston 62 Billingsley Los Angeles 76 Chicago White Sox (Danks 4-3) at Kansas City (Greinke 8-1), 2:10 p.m. at KC -160 Chi +150
Horrible May has made owners Cano New York 65 Ibanez Philadelphia 61 Garza Tampa Bay 60 Haren Arizona 71 Oakland (Braden 4-5) at Texas (Millwood 4-4), 3:05 p.m. at Tex -150 Oak +140
forget about stellar April Longoria Tampa Bay 65 Victorino Philadelphia 60 Beckett Boston 59 JoJohnson Florida 64 Seattle (Olson 0-1) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 0-2), 3:35 p.m. at LA -180 Sea +170
(1.85/1.23).
Doubles Saves National League The Line
RP Matt Lindstrom, Marlins. Lind-
A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L.
Florida (Volstad 4-3) at N.Y. Mets (Maine 4-3), 1:10 p.m. at NY -150 Flo +140
strom has allowed at least three
Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Houston (Hampton 2-4) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 3-1), 1:35 p.m. at Pit -125 Hou +115
baserunners in four of his past
Longoria Tampa Bay 20 Tejada Houston 19 Papelbon Boston 13 Bell San Diego 14 Washington (Lannan 2-4) at Philadelphia (Moyer 3-5), 1:35 p.m. at Phi -155 Was +145
five appearances. Cincinnati (Owings 3-5) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 4-2), 2:05 p.m. at Mil -200 Cin +185
— Matt Lutovsky MYoung Texas 19 FSanchez Pittsburgh 18 Fuentes Los Angeles 13 Cordero Cincinnati 13
Byrd Texas 17 Hudson Los Angeles 16 FFrancisco Texas 11 FrRodriguez New York 13 San Diego (Gaudin 1-3) at Colorado (De La Rosa 0-5), 3:10 p.m. at Col -155 SD +145
MORE COVERAGE Callaspo Kansas City 17 Kotchman Atlanta 16 Jenks Chicago 11 Qualls Arizona 12 St. Louis (Wainwright 5-2) at San Francisco (J.Sanchez 2-4), 4:05 p.m. SL -145 at SF +135
Lind Toronto 16 Beltran New York 15 MaRivera New York 10 Franklin St. Louis 12 Atlanta (Medlen 0-2) at Arizona (Scherzer 2-3), 4:10 p.m. at Ari -175 Atl +165
For more great fantasy advice, visit: Markakis Baltimore 16 FLopez Arizona 15 Sherrill Baltimore 10 Hoffman Milwaukee 12
sportingnews.com/fantasy/baseball L.A. Dodgers (Milton 1-0) at Chicago Cubs (Marshall 3-3), 8:05 p.m at Chi -135 LA +125
BRoberts Baltimore 16 HaRamirez Florida 15 Rodney Detroit 9 Three tied 11
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
N.Y. Yankees 10, Cleveland 5 Toronto 5, Boston 3

Sabathia makes triumphant return to Cleveland Sox struggling away from Fenway
TORONTO—When there’s no Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 3
CLEVELAND—CC Sabathia knew he had Yankees 10, Indians 5 Green Monster to aim at, the Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Ellsbury cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .299
a no-hitter going in his return to Cleve- Boston Red Sox don’t seem to Pedroia 2b 1 1 0 0 2 0 .328
Jeter ss 5 0 2 2 0 2 .302
land—at least for a little while. Damon lf 5 1 1 2 0 0 .296 have the same offensive punch. Youkilis 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .362
Teixeira 1b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .276 Bay lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .282
Sabathia didn’t allow a hit until the Alex Rios had four hits and Lowell 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .306
A.Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 0 2 0 .260
fifth inning, and the surging New York R.Pena 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 drove in the go-ahead run in D.Ortiz dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .185
Cano 2b 5 1 2 3 0 1 .320 Varitek c 3 1 0 0 1 1 .243
Yankees got homers from Jorge Posada the seventh inning, leading Baldelli rf 2 1 1 2 0 0 .244
Posada c 5 1 1 1 0 0 .318
and Nick Swisher in a 10-5 victory over H.Matsui dh 5 1 3 1 0 0 .262 Brian Tallet and the Toronto J.Drew rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .248
1-Berroa pr-dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 N.Green ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .300
the Indians on Saturday night. Blue Jays to a 5-3 victory over Totals 30 3 4 3 4 7
Swisher rf 4 2 1 1 1 1 .227
The big lefty worked seven strong Gardner cf 3 2 0 0 1 1 .271 the slumping Red Sox.
Totals 40 10 13 10 4 5 Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
innings to beat his former team for the Boston has dropped four of Scutaro ss 5 1 3 0 0 0 .301
first time since signing a $161 million, Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg. five, all away from home, and A.Hill 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .338
A.Cabrera ss 5 0 0 0 0 3 .315 Rios rf 4 2 4 2 0 0 .276
seven-year contract with New York as a scored just 13 runs during that V.Wells cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .270
Sizemore dh 4 1 1 1 0 2 .223
free agent in December. V.Martinez c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .350 span. Lind dh 3 1 2 2 1 0 .289
Shoppach c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .221 Bautista 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .275
“Early on, you got the feeling this The Red Sox are 17-6 at Fen- Overbay 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .274
Jh.Peralta 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .257
could be a special night for CC in his Choo rf 3 2 2 1 1 0 .299 way Park, where they average R.Chavez c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .250
DeRosa lf 3 2 1 0 0 0 .268 1-Jo.McDonald pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
return,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi 6.3 runs per game. On the road, Barajas c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .293
Garko 1b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .263
said. “He had good stuff and was throw- B.Francisco cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .267 however, Boston is 11-16 and Inglett lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .100
ing strikes.” J.Carroll 2b 3 0 1 1 1 1 .290 averages 4.2 runs. Totals 37 5 14 5 1 5
Totals 32 5 7 5 3 10
Sabathia, who is 4-0 with a 2.08 ERA “The players we have, not Boston 120 000 000 — 3 4 1
in his last five starts, knew the New York 020 501 002 — 10 13 0 everybody but a lot of them, are Toronto 101 001 20x — 5 14 0
Cleveland 000 021 002 — 5 7 2
situation. suited for Fenway,” manager 1-ran for R.Chavez in the 6th. E: Baldelli (2). LOB:
“Any pitcher who tells you they don’t 1-ran for H.Matsui in the 9th. E: Choo (4), Garko Terry Francona said. “There’s Boston 5, Toronto 9. 2B: N.Green (9), Rios 2 (14), V.Wells
(2). LOB: New York 7, Cleveland 5. 2B: Teixeira (11), (14), Overbay (12). HR: Baldelli (2), off Tallet; Lind (8),
know is lying,” Sabathia said. “But I H.Matsui 2 (11), B.Francisco (11). HR: Posada (6), off guys on our club who know off Penny. RBIs: Lowell (34), Baldelli 2 (6), Rios 2 (24),
don’t know what no-hit stuff feels like. I Carmona; Swisher (10), off Carmona; Sizemore (9), off they can reach out and hook V.Wells (24), Lind 2 (38). SB: Pedroia (8). CS: Pedroia
Sabathia; Choo (7), off Veras. RBIs: Jeter 2 (25), Damon (4), Scutaro (3). Runners left in scoring position:
just know I felt comfortable being back 2 (31), Cano 3 (31), Posada (21), H.Matsui (19), Swisher something and hit it off that Boston 3 (D.Ortiz, Youkilis, Ellsbury); Toronto 3 (Scutaro,
on the mound here. I wasn’t nervous.” (29), Sizemore (31), Choo (30), Garko (23), B.Francisco wall. Some of these road games, V.Wells, Overbay).
(20), J.Carroll (2). Runners left in scoring position:
Sabathia (5-3) allowed three runs, five New York 3 (Cano, A.Rodriguez, Swisher); Cleveland you can go out and hook it and Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
hits and three walks, striking out eight. 3 (A.Cabrera 3). DP: New York 2 (A.Rodriguez, Cano, fly out. There’s a difference. It’s Penny 6 10 3 2 0 5 102 5.63
Teixeira), (Cano, Jeter, Teixeira). R.Ramirez L, 4-2 2⁄3 3 2 2 1 0 22 1.44
And he wasn’t surprised by the fans’ been something we’ve been try- Okajima 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 2.45
New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Delcarmen 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.23
reaction to his effort. He was neither ing to figure out for a while. Our Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Sabathia W, 5-3 7 5 3 3 3 8 113 3.46
loudly jeered nor cheered—unlike D.Robertson 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 2.45 home and road, there’s a lot of Tallet W, 3-3 7 3 3 3 4 6 117 4.26
Veras 1 2 2 2 0 1 23 6.97 League H, 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 3.97
Thursday night at the Cleveland Cava- TONY DEJAK / AP disparity. I would like, hope- Downs S, 7-8 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 2.35
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
liers’ playoff game when basketball fans CC Sabathia didn’t hear many boos—or cheers—from his former home crowd. Carmona L, 2-5 4 8 7 4 3 2 81 6.60 fully, to figure it out by (today).”
Ohka 5 5 3 3 1 3 74 5.40 Inherited runners-scored: Okajima 2-0, Delcarmen
booed him soundly. Batting sixth for the fifth 1-0. IBB: off R.Ramirez (Lind). HBP: by Tallet (Pedroia).
“These are baseball fans here and they ton with their 14th win in 17 games. league record set by the Red Sox in June HBP: by Sabathia (Garko), by Veras (DeRosa). WP: straight game, David Ortiz went WP: R.Ramirez. Umpires: Home, Tim McClelland; First,
Sabathia. Umpires: Home, Bob Davidson; First, Jeff Andy Fletcher; Second, Scott Barry; Third, Ted Barrett. T:
know how much I cared for their team,” “It starts with pitching,” Yankees 2006, according to the Elias Sports 0-for-4 and struck out twice, 2:53. A: 35,484 (49,539).
Nelson; Second, Mark Carlson; Third, Tim Tschida. T: 3:16.
Sabathia said. “They know how I tried third baseman Alex Rodriguez said. Bureau. A: 34,396 (45,199). dropping his average to .185.
to play for them. There were a lot of Yan- “CC had phenomenal stuff. His velocity “It’s great to have defense like that Toronto won its second
kees fans here, too.” was up to 98 (mph) with a good chan- behind you,” Sabathia said. “Even after straight after a nine-game los-
Robinson Cano drove in three runs, geup. But everybody is contributing. I left, A-Rod made a play on a ball that I ing streak and has now won six
while Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon had We’re 25 men deep.” thought was foul and turned it into an consecutive games at home,
two RBIs apiece as the Yankees opened a New York also played its 16th straight out.” where it is 18-6 overall.
1½-game lead in the A.L. East over Bos- errorless game, one short of the major — The Associated Press — The Associated Press
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com Baseball SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009 16
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 6, Baltimore 3 Tampa Bay 5, Minnesota 2

Thomas pulls off rare feat, tops Scott Tigers 6, Orioles 3

Detroit
Thomas rf
Polanco 2b
AB
5
5
R
2
0
H
3
0
BI
3
0
BB
0
0
SO
2
0
Avg.
.288
.255
Price shines in first victory
BALTIMORE—On a night in which Balti- Ordonez dh 5 0 3 0 0 1 .285 ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.—Even before Rays 5, Twins 2
Mi.Cabrera 1b 4 0 0 0 1 2 .355
more’s Luke Scott extended his home- Granderson cf 5 2 2 1 0 0 .258 he earned his first regular-sea- Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Inge 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .268 Span lf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .300
run hitting streak to four games, the Raburn lf 4 0 2 1 0 2 .267
son win, David Price knew what Mauer c 3 0 1 0 1 1 .414
Detroit Tigers benefited from an unex- Everett ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .283 it was like to get a standing Morneau 1b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .344
Sardinha c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .083 Cuddyer rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .277
pected power surge of their own. a-Laird ph-c 1 1 0 1 0 0 .230
ovation. Crede 3b 1 0 0 0 1 1 .239
Clete Thomas hit two solo home runs, Totals 38 6 12 6 1 10 That doesn’t mean he didn’t Tolbert ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .189
B.Harris ss-3b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .275
and Detroit provided Justin Verlander Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
enjoy this one, too. Delm.Young dh 4 0 0 0 0 3 .236
with his sixth straight win by pulling B.Roberts 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .305 Price struck out 11 for his first Gomez cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .219
Ad.Jones cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .350 A.Casilla 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .170
away to a 6-3 victory Saturday night. Markakis rf 5 0 2 0 0 2 .299
career victory and Evan Longo- Totals 34 2 6 2 3 15
Thomas, who came in with two hom- A.Huff 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .272 ria got his 55th RBI of the season
Mora 3b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .279 Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
ers in 191 career at-bats, connected in the Scott dh 4 1 1 2 0 1 .333
to help the Tampa Bay Rays beat B.Upton cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .200
third and seventh innings. The second Wieters c 4 1 2 0 0 1 .250 the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Crawford lf 4 1 3 2 0 1 .329
Reimold lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .267 Longoria 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .332
drive, off Matt Albers (0-2), put Detroit C.Izturis ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .262
Saturday. C.Pena 1b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .231
up 4-3. Totals 37 3 11 3 2 7 “It was fun out there,” said W.Aybar 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .274
Zobrist ss 3 0 1 1 1 0 .306
Selected by the Tigers in the sixth Detroit 011 100 120 — 6 12 0
Price, who tipped his cap to the Dillon dh 4 1 2 1 0 1 .250
round of the 2005 amateur draft, Baltimore 000 012 000 — 3 11 1 cheering crowd of 36,052 when Kapler rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .181
M.Hernandez c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .289
Thomas played three seasons in the a-reached on error for Sardinha in the 8th. E: C.Izturis (5).
he left the game. “Any win you’ve Totals 29 5 9 5 5 6
minor leagues before jockeying between LOB: Detroit 8, Baltimore 9. 2B: Thomas (4), Ordonez got to look at all the positives. It’s
(7), Inge (6), Markakis 2 (16), Wieters (1). 3B: Wieters Minnesota 001 000 001 — 2 6 0
Triple-A Toledo and Detroit last season. (1). HR: Granderson (12), off Guthrie; Thomas (2), off
fun to be here. It’s fun to pitch Tampa Bay 004 000 10x — 5 9 1
He couldn’t remember ever hitting two Guthrie; Thomas (3), off Albers; Scott (11), off Verlander. here.”
RBIs: Thomas 3 (12), Granderson (29), Raburn (12), E: Price (1). LOB: Minnesota 8, Tampa Bay 5. 2B: Mauer
homers in one game. Laird (14), Scott 2 (29), Reimold (11). CS: Raburn (1).
Price (1-0), who started the (7), B.Harris (7). HR: Dillon (1), off Liriano; Crawford (3),
“I don’t think I’ve ever done it in pro- S: Everett. Runners left in scoring position: Detroit 4 season at Triple-A Durham and off Dickey. RBIs: Morneau (46), A.Casilla (5), Crawford 2
(Thomas 2, Inge, Polanco); Baltimore 8 (Wieters, Scott, (25), Longoria (55), Zobrist (26), Dillon (1). CS: Crawford
fessional ball,” he said. “It’s there. It’s Markakis 3, C.Izturis, Mora 2). DP: Detroit 1 (Verlander,
was recalled Monday, gave up (1). Runners left in scoring position: Minnesota 6
just a matter of getting it to show up. It Sardinha, Mi.Cabrera). one run, five hits and two walks (A.Casilla 2, Crede, Cuddyer, Gomez, Span); Tampa Bay 2
(Dillon 2). DP: Minnesota 3 (Crede, A.Casilla, Morneau),
showed up tonight.” Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
over 5 2/3 innings in his first (A.Casilla, Tolbert, Morneau), (Tolbert, A.Casilla,
Thomas added an RBI double in the Verlander W, 6-2 6 9 3 3 1 5 112 3.63 start at Tropicana Field. Morneau).
eighth. Curtis Granderson also homered Perry H, 5 1⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 9 2.66 The No. 1 overall pick in the
Seay H, 10 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 4 5.52 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
for the Tigers, and Magglio Ordonez had Zumaya H, 3 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 12 2.81 2007 amateur draft was the win- Liriano L, 2-7 4 7 4 4 3 3 93 6.60
Rodney S, 9-9 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 3.15 Dickey 4 2 1 1 2 3 49 3.26
three hits. GAIL BURTON / AP
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
ner out of the bullpen in Game 2 Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
The defeat ended Baltimore’s five- Detroit’s Clete Thomas, right, is congratulated by third base coach Gene Lamont after hitting his second homer. Guthrie 6 7 3 3 1 10 113 4.86 and picked up the Game 7 save in Price W, 1-0 5 2⁄3 5 1 1 2 11 108 3.00
Albers L, 0-2 1 1⁄3 4 3 2 0 0 33 5.63 Balfour H, 5 2 2⁄3 1 1 1 1 3 35 5.48
game winning streak. The Orioles Walker 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 5 3.97
last year’s A.L. championship Choate S, 2-2 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 11 3.00
trailed 3-1 in the sixth before Scott hit his “Luke Scott is amazing,” Thomas said. Leyland said. “He’s really in a groove.” Bass 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 10 4.05 series against Boston, making
Inherited runners-scored: Balfour 1-0, Choate 2-1.
sixth home run in four games, a two-run “He ties it up and I end up hitting another Baltimore catcher Matt Wieters had a Inherited runners-scored: Seay 1-0, Zumaya 2-0,
the rookie an immediate fan WP: Liriano 2. Umpires: Home, Jerry Meals; First,
drive that traveled an estimated 420 one to give Justin the win. That made it triple and a double after going 0-for-4 in Walker 2-1, Bass 1-0. HBP: by Guthrie (Everett). WP: favorite. James Hoye; Second, Mike DiMuro; Third, Dale Scott. T:
Verlander 2. Umpires: Home, Dan Iassogna; First, Sam 2:54. A: 36,052 (36,973).
feet. The shot came on a 3-2 pitch from even more special.” his much-anticipated major league debut Holbrook; Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Larry Vanover.
“David again, great stuff,”
Verlander after he fouled off several Said Verlander: “I just gave him a big Friday. He also scored his first run. T: 2:55. A: 34,567 (48,290). Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon
tough pitches. hard high five. Obviously that was the Baltimore starter Jeremy Guthrie gave said. “His stuff was dominant.”
“The pitch I hit was a fastball, right pivotal point in the game.” up three runs and seven hits in six Longoria had an RBI single
down the middle,” Scott said. “It was Since returning from the disabled list innings. The righthander matched his during a four-run third for the
probably the only mistake pitch I had all Wednesday, Scott has gone 8-for-15 with career high with 10 strikeouts, becom- Rays, who have won two in a row
night.” 14 RBIs. He has five homers in his last ing the first Oriole to reach double fig- after a season-high five-game
But Thomas quickly put Detroit back three games, all against Detroit. ures since Erik Bedard against Texas on skid and Carl Crawford had two
in front with his third homer of the “I won’t be pitching to him with an Aug. 21, 2007. RBIs, including a solo homer.
season. open base (today),” Tigers manager Jim — The Associated Press — The Associated Press
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com Baseball SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009 17
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Texas 14, Oakland 1 Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City 3

McCarthy avoids some early trouble

Rangers 14, Athletics 1
Oakland
O.Cabrera ss
AB R H
3 1 0
BI
0
BB
1
SO
0
Avg.
.236
White Sox on the right track
Kennedy 2b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .377
Holliday lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .264 White Sox 5, Royals 3
ARLINGTON, TEXAS—The Oakland Athlet- b-R.Davis ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .146 KANSAS CITY—The Chicago
Giambi dh 3 0 2 0 1 0 .219 Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
ics had Brandon McCarthy on the ropes White Sox and Kansas City Roy- Podsednik lf 5 1 2 1 0 2 .281
K.Suzuki c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .286
in the first inning before the Texas Rang- Powell c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .186 als are heading off in opposite Al.Ramirez ss 5 0 3 0 0 1 .261
R.Sweeney cf-rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Dye rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .278
ers righthander executed a great escape. directions. It’s no mystery why. Thome dh 3 0 0 2 0 0 .248
Cunningham rf-lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .059
McCarthy went on to pitch six strong Crosby 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .204 The White Sox are executing Konerko 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .316
G.Petit 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .261 Pierzynski c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .287
innings, Hank Blalock and Marlon Byrd well and doing the little things Bri.Anderson cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .275
Totals 30 1 5 1 4 4
hit back-to-back homers, and the Rang- right. Jim Thome drove in two b-Wise ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .217
Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Getz 2b 2 1 1 1 1 1 .248
ers routed the A’s 14-1 on Saturday runs and Scott Podsednik and Fields 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .242
Kinsler 2b 3 2 2 4 2 0 .281
night. M.Young 3b 4 1 3 2 0 0 .332 Alexei Ramirez delivered RBI Totals 31 5 10 4 5 8
McCarthy (5-2) was coming off his a-Vizquel ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 singles in the ninth, leading Chi-
Hamilton dh 5 0 1 2 0 1 .234 Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
first major league shutout on May 24 An.Jones lf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .284 cago past the staggering Royals Bloomquist rf 4 2 2 0 0 1 .297
N.Cruz rf 5 2 2 1 0 1 .299 Maier cf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .289
against Houston, but he walked the 5-3 Saturday night. It was the Butler 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .287
Blalock 1b 4 2 2 1 1 1 .252
game’s first two batters before Matt Hol- Byrd cf 4 3 3 1 1 0 .299 eighth win in 11 games for Chi- J.Guillen dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .272
Saltalamacchia c 3 2 1 1 1 2 .256 Teahen 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .286
liday grounded into a double play on a cago, following a five-game los- Callaspo 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .307
Andrus ss 5 2 3 2 0 0 .289
2-0 pitch. Totals 39 14 17 14 5 7 ing skid. c-Jacobs ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .248
DeJesus lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .234
After walking Jason Giambi, McCa- For the Royals, it was the 15th J.Buck c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226
Oakland 100 000 000 — 1 5 0
rthy gave up an RBI double to Kurt Texas 003 340 31x — 14 17 0 setback in 20 games following a a-Olivo ph-c 3 1 1 1 0 1 .229
Suzuki, then retired Ryan Sweeney to six-game winning streak. Lu.Hernandez ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .200
a-fouled out for M.Young in the 7th. b-struck out for Hol- Totals 33 3 8 3 0 8
limit the damage. liday in the 8th. LOB: Oakland 6, Texas 7. 2B: K.Suzuki “We’re doing a lot of good
“We had our chances to bust it open,” (15), Kinsler (12), M.Young 2 (19), Byrd (17). HR: Bla- things,” said Chicago manager Chicago 000 100 112 — 5 10 0
lock (12), off Bre.Anderson; Byrd (4), off Bre.Anderson; Kansas City 101 000 010 — 3 8 1
A’s manager Bob Geren said. N.Cruz (14), off K.Cameron. RBIs: K.Suzuki (17), Kinsler Ozzie Guillen. “We ran the bases
McCarthy settled down to retire 12 in 4 (39), M.Young 2 (21), Hamilton 2 (24), N.Cruz (36), hard, going first to third. That’s a-popped out for J.Buck in the 3rd. b-struck out for Bri.
Blalock (27), Byrd (23), Saltalamacchia (21), Andrus Anderson in the 9th. c-struck out for Callaspo in the 9th.
a row before giving up a fifth-inning 2 (11). SF: Saltalamacchia. Runners left in scoring the baseball you’ve been watch- E: J.Buck (5). LOB: Chicago 6, Kansas City 3. 2B: Fields
single. He allowed one run and three hits position: Oakland 3 (R.Sweeney 2, Cunningham); Texas ing the last couple of weeks. (5). 3B: Dye (1), Bloomquist (3), Maier (2). HR: Olivo (4),
3 (Hamilton, An.Jones 2). GIDP: Holliday, Cunningham, off Buehrle. RBIs: Podsednik (7), Thome 2 (28), Getz (8),
in six innings with two strikeouts and Hamilton. DP: Oakland 1 (Crosby, O.Cabrera); Texas 2 We’re pushing every time we get Maier 2 (5), Olivo (14). SB: Getz (5). CS: Al.Ramirez (2).
three walks as he matched his career (Kinsler, Andrus, Blalock), (Andrus, Kinsler, Blalock). on base, we try to get something SF: Thome, Getz. Runners left in scoring position:
Chicago 5 (Al.Ramirez, Podsednik, Fields, Pierzynski
high for victories. TONY GUTIERREZ / AP Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA done.” 2); Kansas City 1 (Butler). DP: Chicago 2 (Fields, Getz,
“I was all over the place in the first,” The Rangers have won seven of their last nine games and sport the second-best start in club history. Bre.Anderson L, 2-5 4 8 6 6 2 3 83 5.70 The Royals in their three- Konerko), (Fields, Getz, Konerko); Kansas City 2 (Cal-
K.Cameron 2 4 4 4 1 2 35 3.57 laspo, Lu.Hernandez, Butler), (Callaspo, Lu.Hernandez,
said McCarthy, in his second season as a Springer 1 3 3 3 2 2 45 6.98 week skid have been doing most Butler).
full-time starter. “I couldn’t find what I third on Young’s run-scoring double and each had three hits for Texas. A.Bailey 1 2 1 1 0 0 13 2.35 of the little things wrong.
Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
wanted to do. I was a little out of sorts. Josh Hamilton’s two-run single. The Rangers have been winning with McCarthy W, 5-2 6 3 1 1 3 2 87 4.35 “We should have won the Buehrle 7 1⁄3 7 3 3 0 6 95 2.71
Guardado 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 4.38 Linebrink W, 2-2 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 6 2.04
But we figured it out. In the second I had Blalock and Byrd led off the fourth pitching and defense, but on Saturday game,” said Trey Hillman, the Jenks S, 11-12 1 1 0 0 0 1 20 3.18
Madrigal 1 0 0 0 1 1 17 7.71
better command and went from there. A against rookie starter Brett Anderson night they got a lift from their 17-hit Moscoso 1 2 0 0 0 1 13 0.00 Royals’ disgusted manager. Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Meche 7 5 2 2 2 7 103 4.33
couple years ago, I don’t know if I get out (2-5) with homers and Young added an attack. Mark Buehrle went 7 1/3 Bale 1 2 1 1 2 0 17 2.70
Umpires: Home, Mike Everitt; First, Gerry Davis; Second,
of that jam.” RBI double later in the inning to stretch “Our approach has been a little off, so Brian Gorman; Third, C.B. Bucknor. T: 2:38. A: 45,325 innings and gave up three runs J.Cruz L, 3-1 1 3 2 2 1 1 19 3.68
By working out of trouble, McCarthy the lead to 6-1. we’ve made it a point to have better at (49,170). and seven hits. He struck out six IBB: off Bale (Konerko). WP: Meche. Umpires: Home,
earned the confidence of his teammates. Nelson Cruz’s 445-foot solo blast in a bats,” Young said. and did not issue a walk for the Chad Fairchild; First, Paul Nauert; Second, Paul Schrieber;
Third, Ed Rapuano. T: 2:29. A: 37,894 (38,177).
“That was big,” said Michael Young. four-run fifth was his seventh homer in Texas (30-19) has won seven of nine to third straight start. The victory
“He settled back down. That’s what his last 11 games, helping the Rangers equal the 1996 team for the second-best went to Scott Linebrink (2-2),
pitchers do when they get experience, extend their edge to 10-1. start in club history. In 1998, Texas who relieved Buehrle one out
make the right adjustment. It’s a credit Ian Kinsler had four RBIs, including a opened at 31-18 for its best start. after Miguel Olivo had hit his
to him that he stayed with it and pitched two-run double highlighting a three-run The Rangers are 20-8 in May, setting first pitch of the eighth for a
a real good game.” seventh to make it 13-1. a club record for wins in that month. home run that tied it 3-all.
Texas went in front with a three-run Byrd, Young and rookie Elvis Andrus — The Associated Press — The Associated Press
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Seattle 4, L.A. Angels 3, 10 innings
Lopez’s homer helps spark late-game rally
Seattle’s Wladimir Balentien, right, slides into home plate ahead of the tag of Angels C Jeff Mathis to score the go-ahead run.
ANAHEIM—Jose Lopez didn’t deny
it—he was trying to hit a home run
with his team three-runs down in
the ninth inning and two runners on
base.
Lopez connected against closer
Brian Fuentes for his second homer
in two nights, and Yuniesky Betan-
court delivered the go-ahead run
with a sacrifice fly in the 10th to lead
the Seattle Mariners to a 4-3 victory
over the Los Angeles Angels on Sat-
urday night.
Fuentes was brought in to
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Seattle Florida
AMERICAN LEAGUE Disabled List RHP Roy Corcoran, April 29 SS Alfredo Amezaga, May 17
Through May 28 LHP Ryan Feierabend-x, March LHP Renyel Pinto, May 23
15
LHP Cesar Jimenez-x, March 29
RHP Scott Proctor-x March 27
RHP Anibal Sanchez, May 8
AMERICAN LEAGUE C Kenji Johjima, May 26 RHP Henricus Vandenhurk-x,
Baltimore
RHP Shawn Kelly, May 6 March 29
OF Luis Montanez, May 23 LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith, April
RHP Dennis Sarfate, May 2 11 Houston
RHP Alfredo Simon, April 15 RHP Carlos Silva, May 7 3B Aaron Boone-x March 27
RHP Koji Uehara, May 24 RHP Doug Brocail, May 4
Tampa Bay RHP Geoff Geary, May 14
Mariners 4, Angels 3, 10 innings Boston SS Jason Bartlett, May 25 RHP Jose Valverde, April 27
Seattle AB R H BI BB SO Avg. RHP Miguel Gonzalez-x, March RHP Chad Bradford, March 27
I.Suzuki rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .342 27 OF Pat Burrell, May 11 Los Angeles
Y.Betancourt ss 3 0 0 1 0 1 .255 OF Mark Kotsay, March 27 INF Akinori Iwamura-x, May 25 LHP Hong-Chih Kuo, April 30
Beltre 3b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .227 SS Jed Lowrie, April 12 LHP Scott Kazmir, May 21 RHP Hiroki Kuroda, April 7
Griffey Jr. dh 5 0 0 0 0 0 .205 RHP John Smoltz, March 27 RHP Troy Percival, May 22 1B Doug Mienkiewicz-x, April 17
Branyan 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .321 CF Fernando Perez-x, March 27 OF Xanvier Paul, May 21
Jo.Lopez 2b 4 1 1 3 0 2 .219 Chicago
Ro.Johnson c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .193 C Shawn Riggans, April 10 RHP Jason Schmidt, March 30
None LHP Brian Shouse, May 25 RHP Claudio Vargas-x, April 6
En.Chavez lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .285
a-Balentien ph-lf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .240 Cleveland
F.Gutierrez cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Texas Milwaukee
1B Travis Hafner, April 29 RHP Joaquin Benoit-x, April 5 RHP David Riske, April 10
Totals 35 4 9 4 1 5 LHP Aaron Laffey, May 23 RHP William Eyre, April 23 2B Rickie Weeks, May 18
Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg. LHP Scott Lewis-x, April 11 RHP Eric Hurley-x, April 5
Figgins 3b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .292 RHP Anthony Reyes-x, May 23 RHP Dustin Nippert-x, March 27 New York
Abreu rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .292 RHP Joe Smith, April 29 RHP Vincente Padilla, May 17 OF Ryan Church, May 23
Guerrero dh 5 1 2 0 0 2 .226 RHP Jake Westbrook-x, March 26 INF Alex Cora, May 18
1-Kendrick pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Toronto 1B Carlos Delgado, May 11
Tor.Hunter cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .314 Detroit C Michael Barrett, April 18 LHP Oliver Perez, May 3
K.Morales 1b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .279 RHP Jeremy Bonderman, March RHP Jesse Litsch, April 14 SS Jose Reyes, May 21
M.Izturis 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .260 30 RHP Shaun Marcum, March 27 C Brian Schneider, April 16
Matthews Jr. lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .269 SS Carlos Guillen, May 5 RHP Dustin McGowan, March 27 LHP Billy Wagner, March 27
E.Aybar ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 .286 OF Marcus Thames, April 19 RHP Robert Ray, May 22
Mathis c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .233 C Matt Treanor-x, April 24
Totals 37 3 11 3 2 6 Philadelphia
None
Kansas City NATIONAL LEAGUE
Seattle 000 000 003 1 —4 9 2 SS Mike Aviles, May 24
Los Angeles 000 000 120 0 —3 11 0 Arizona Pittsburgh
3B Alex Gordon, April 16 1B Tony Clark, May 5 C Ryan Doumit, April 20
SS Tony Pena, May 3 RHP Tom Gordon, May 4 LHP Phil Dumatrait-x, March 27
a-grounded out for En.Chavez in the 8th. 1-ran for Guer-
rero in the 10th. E: Branyan (5), F.Gutierrez (1). LOB: RHP Joakim Soria, May 8 1B Conor Jackson, May 12 RHP Craig Hansen, April 20
Seattle 6, Los Angeles 8. 2B: Balentien (9), E.Aybar RHP Robinson Tejeda, May 21 RHP Yusmeiro Petit, May 9 RHP Tyler Yates, May 16
(8). HR: Jo.Lopez (5), off Fuentes. RBIs: Y.Betancourt RHP Doug Waechter, April 18 RHP Brandon Webb, April 7
(16), Jo.Lopez 3 (25), M.Izturis (12), Matthews Jr. (15), St. Louis
E.Aybar (12). S: Y.Betancourt, F.Gutierrez, Mathis. Los Angeles Atlanta LHP Jaime Garcia, March 27
SF: Y.Betancourt. Runners left in scoring posi- RHP Kelvim Escobar-x, April 4 RHP Buddy Carlyle, May 26 3B Troy Glaus, March 27
tion: Seattle 2 (Griffey Jr. 2); Los Angeles 5 (Abreu 2, RHP Shane Loux, May 17 LHP Tom Glavine, April 2
M.Izturis, K.Morales, Figgins). DP: Seattle 4 (Jo.Lopez, RHP Dustin Moseley, April 18 RHP Tim Hudson-x, Feb. 24 San Diego
Y.Betancourt, Branyan), (Y.Betancourt, Branyan), C Robert Shields, May 27 SS Omar Infante, May 21 RHP Mike Adams-x, April 1
MARK AVERY / AP (Branyan, Y.Betancourt, F.Hernandez), (Aardsma,
LHP Jo-Jo Reyes, May 21 RHP Cha Seung Baek-x, March 30
Jo.Lopez, Branyan); Los Angeles 1 (K.Morales, E.Aybar, Minnesota SS Everth Cabrera-x, April 20
K.Morales). RHP Boof Bonser, March 27 Chicago OF Cliff Floyd, April 5
preserve 30-year-old rookie Matt situation, I want to swing hard and RHP Pat Neshek-x, Feb. 21 RHP Chad Fox, May 10 RHP Shawn Hill, April 26
Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA LHP Glen Perkins, May 19
Palmer’s sixth victory without a loss hit the ball good. It’s tough to hit a F.Hernandez 6 2⁄3 6 1 0 1 6 113 3.41 INF-OF Ryan Freel, May 28 2B Luis Rodriguez, May 14
M.Lowe 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 10 4.68 RHP Rich Harden, May 18 RHP Mark Worrell-x, April 1
in seven starts. But Lopez had other homer off a closer, especially a lefty.” Morrow 1 3 2 2 1 0 23 7.63
New York 2B Aaron Miles, May 26 San Francisco
RHP Brian Bruney, May 20 3B Aramis Ramirez, May 9 LHP Noah Lowry-x, March 26
ideas. He drove a 1-1 pitch to left field The blown save was the third for Batista W, 3-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 20 3.60
LHP Damaso Marte, April 26
Aardsma S, 8-8 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 1.09 RHP Joseph Martinez-x, April 10
with one out, after the left-hander Fuentes in 16 attempts, and his Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA C Jose Molina, May 8 Cincinnati RHPSergio Romo, March 26
gave up singles to Adrian Beltre and fourth in his last 40 overall. The left- Palmer 7 4 0 0 0 5 111 4.06 OF Xavier Nady, April 15 3B Edwin Encarnacion, April 28
Oliver H, 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.99 C Jorge Posada, May 5 RHP Edinson Volquez, May 17 Washington
Russell Branyan. hander signed a two-year, $17.5 mil- Fuentes BS, 3-16 1 3 3 3 0 0 16 5.30 SS Bryan Ransom-x, April 25 CF Roger Bernadina-x, April 19
“I was looking for one pitch to try lion contract with the Angels in Arredondo L, 1-2 1 2 1 1 1 0 19 5.32 Colorado LHP Matt Chico-x, March 27
Oakland INF Jeff Baker-x, April 27 OF Elijah Dukes, May 18
to go deep and tie the game,” said December to replace Francisco Inherited runners-scored: M.Lowe 1-0. IBB: off 3B Eric Chavez-x, April 25 RHP Taylor Buchholz-x, March 27 C Jesus Flores, May 10
Lopez, whose homer off John Lackey Rodriguez, who left to sign with the Morrow (K.Morales), off Arredondo (I.Suzuki). HBP: RHP Joey Devine-x, April 4 RHP Matt Daley, May 18 LHP Scott Olsen, May 17
by F.Hernandez (Tor.Hunter), by Palmer (Beltre). WP: RHP Justin Duchscherer-x, March
in Friday night’s 5-2 victory just New York Mets as a free agent after F.Hernandez, Palmer. PB: Ro.Johnson. Umpires: 27
LHP Jeffrey Francis-x, March 27 1B Dmitri Young, April 1
C Chris Iannetta, May 24 RHP Terrell Young, March 27
cleared the outstretched glove of left setting a major league record with 67 Home, Paul Emmel; First, Bill Miller; Second, Bill Hohn; 2B Mark Ellis-x, April 29 LHP Franklin Morales, April 22
Third, Bruce Dreckman. T: 3:11. A: 39,329 (45,257). SS Nomar Garciaparra, May 24
fielder Juan Rivera. “It’s tough when saves last season. RHP Ryan Speier, April 19 (x-60-day; all others are 15-day)
RHP Dan Giese, May 16
you try to hit a homer. But in that — The Associated Press
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com Baseball SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009 19
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago Cubs 7, L.A. Dodgers 0 Cubs 7, Dodgers 0 Philadelphia 9, Phillies 9, Nationals 6
Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Washington AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Washington 6 A.Hernandez 2b 5 0 2 1 0 1 .282

Dempster bounces back from awful outing

Pierre lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .384
Furcal ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .240 N.Johnson 1b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .337
Hudson 2b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .335 Zimmerman 3b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .325
Loney 1b
Ethier rf
Martin c
4
4
3
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.286
.257
.265
Howard’s Dunn rf
Willingham lf
Kearns cf
4 0 1
4 1 1
3 2 1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
2
.276
.243
.216
Loretta 3b
Kemp cf
3
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
.306
.302
two homers Alb.Gonzalez ss 3 1 2
Nieves c
Martis p
4 1 1
2 0 0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
.294
.281
.250
Stults p
Mota p
a-Ausmus ph
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
.071
.000
.344
include slam Bergmann p
a-Belliard ph
MacDougal p
0 0 0
1 1 1
0 0 0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.174
---
Jef.Weaver p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Villone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- PHILADELPHIA—Ryan Howard Tavarez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-Hoffmann ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 K.Wells p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
set a Philadelphia Phillies d-W.Harris ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .254
Wade p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Colome p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 30 0 5 0 2 5 record with his eighth career
Totals 37 6 11 6 1 11
grand slam—and did it in
Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Philadelphia AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
A.Soriano lf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .246 emphatic fashion. Rollins ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 .232
Theriot ss 2 1 1 1 1 1 .288 Howard’s slam traveled 475 Victorino cf 4 2 2 0 1 0 .297
Bradley rf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .223 Utley 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .287
D.Lee 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .246 feet and became only the sec- Howard 1b 5 2 2 5 0 1 .265
Re.Johnson cf 3 2 3 2 1 0 .270 ond ball to reach the third deck Ibanez lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .333
Soto c 2 0 0 1 2 0 .215 Werth rf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .257
Scales 2b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .250 in right field. He also added a Feliz 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .304
A.Blanco 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Ruiz c 2 2 1 0 1 0 .304
solo homer to lead the Philadel- Hamels p 1 0 1 1 0 0 .182
Fontenot 3b 3 1 2 2 1 0 .230 b-Dobbs ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .135
Dempster p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .080 phia Phillies to a 9-6 win over S.Eyre p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
A.Guzman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 the Washington Nationals. Condrey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
c-Hoffpauir ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .284 c-Stairs ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .290
Heilman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Trailing 3-2 in the third, Madson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 29 7 10 6 7 7 Howard connected on his slam Lidge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 35 9 10 7 4 5
Los Angeles 000 000 000 — 0 5 0 to move past Hall of Famer
Chicago 011 220 10x — 7 10 0 Washington 030 102 000 — 6 11 3
Mike Schmidt. Howard had Philadelphia 015 102 00x — 9 10 1
a-grounded out for Mota in the 5th. b-grounded into given the Phillies their first run a-homered for Bergmann in the 6th. b-walked for
a double play for Leach in the 8th. c-struck out for with a solo shot in the second Hamels in the 6th. c-struck out for Condrey in the
A.Guzman in the 8th. LOB: Los Angeles 5, Chicago 6. 7th. d-struck out for K.Wells in the 8th. E: Dunn 2 (7),
2B: Ethier (11), Martin (9), D.Lee (8), Fontenot (7). 3B: inning. It was the 19th multi- A.Hernandez (5), Rollins (3). LOB: Washington 6,
Fontenot (1). HR: Re.Johnson (3), off Jef.Weaver. RBIs: homer game of Howard’s Philadelphia 9. 2B: Nieves (3), Victorino (12), Werth
Theriot (22), Re.Johnson 2 (12), Soto (12), Fontenot 2 (10), Ruiz (10), Hamels (1). 3B: Alb.Gonzalez (1). HR:
(20). SB: Re.Johnson (1). CS: Theriot (3). Runners left career. Belliard (2), off Hamels; Howard 2 (14), off Martis 2.
in scoring position: Los Angeles 3 (Loretta 2, Ethier); “Yeah, it definitely felt good,” RBIs: A.Hernandez (13), Alb.Gonzalez (6), Nieves 2 (8),
Chicago 3 (Dempster 2, Soto). GIDP: Loney, Hoffmann, Belliard 2 (6), Rollins (18), Howard 5 (39), Hamels (1).
Bradley, Scales 2. DP: Los Angeles 3 (Hudson, Furcal, Howard said of his grand slam. SB: Rollins (9), Victorino (8), Utley (4), Werth (9), Ruiz
(2). S: Hamels. Runners left in scoring position:
Loney), (Hudson, Furcal, Loney), (Furcal, Loney); Chicago “I knew it was high enough to Washington 3 (N.Johnson, A.Hernandez, Kearns);
2 (Fontenot, A.Blanco, D.Lee), (A.Blanco, Theriot, D.Lee). Philadelphia 7 (Utley, Feliz, Ibanez, Rollins 2, Werth 2).
go out. When everything comes GIDP: N.Johnson, Nieves. DP: Philadelphia 2 (Feliz,
NAM Y. HUH / AP Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA together, you never know how Utley, Howard), (Rollins, Utley, Howard).
Stults L, 4-2 3 6 4 4 2 3 55 4.80
Cubs 3B Mike Fontenot, center, slid into third base for a triple, one of his two hits on the day. Fontenot also had two RBIs and a run scored. Mota 1 1 0 0 0 1 14 7.11 far it’s going to go. I got it pretty Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Jef.Weaver 2 1⁄3 3 3 3 5 2 59 4.38 square.” Martis L, 5-1 4 7 7 7 2 1 71 5.62
Leach 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.70 Bergmann 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 4.35
CHICAGO—Cubs manager Lou Piniella throughout the season. Piniella said he Hopefully we can get past this and not Wade 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 5.40 Howard also hit the only MacDougal 2⁄3 1 2 0 1 0 11 10.13
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Villone 1⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 16 0.00
already has dealt with enough injuries can push back Dempster in the rotation be much of an issue for the rest of the other homer to reach the third Tavarez 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 16 5.40
Dempster W, 4-3 7 3 0 0 1 5 99 4.48 K.Wells 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 8 6.26
this season, so he didn’t want to take if the blister becomes a bigger problem. season.” A.Guzman 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 2.82 deck in the ballpark’s five-year Colome 1 1 0 0 0 3 16 9.00
any chances with Ryan Dempster The Cubs have righthander Rich Milton Bradley had three hits and Heilman 1 1 0 0 1 0 24 4.98 history off the Yankees’ Mike Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Hamels W, 3-2 6 8 6 6 1 7 104 5.21
despite a strong performance. Harden and slugger Aramis Ramirez on Reed Johnson homered for the Cubs, Stults pitched to 2 batters in the 4th. Inherited run- Mussina on June 20, 2006. S.Eyre H, 9 1⁄3 2 0 0 0 0 19 3.09
Dempster bounced back from his the disabled list, while ace Carlos Zam- who have won four of five since losing a ners-scored: Mota 1-1, Leach 1-0. IBB: off Jef.Weaver “He’s just as strong as any- Condrey H, 4 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 13 1.95
(Fontenot). HBP: by Stults (Theriot). Umpires: Home, Madson H, 11 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 2.59
worst start of the year, pitching seven brano is serving a six-game suspension. season-worst eight straight games. Mike Jeff Kellogg; First, Rob Drake; Second, Mark Wegner; one,” Phillies manager Charlie Lidge S, 11-15 1 1 0 0 0 1 9 8.06
sharp innings with a blister on his right “I’ve been battling it most of the year, Fontenot had two extra-base hits and Third, Tim Timmons. T: 2:46. A: 41,153 (41,210). Manuel said, when asked to Inherited runners-scored: Villone 2-2, K.Wells 2-0,
middle finger in a 7-0 win. but I’ve tried to keep it quiet,” Dempster two RBIs. compare Howard to the all- Condrey 2-0. HBP: by Tavarez (Ruiz), by Colome (Utley),
by Hamels (Alb.Gonzalez). Umpires: Home, Brian
Piniella said he took Dempster out as said. “Today we did a good job between Piniella expects Harden back in the time sluggers. “I’ve seen him Knight; First, Dana DeMuth; Second, Doug Eddings;
a precaution because of the blister, starts of getting it where it needs to be rotation on the next road trip. hit some long ones.” Third, Hunter Wendelstedt. T: 3:09. A: 45,121 (43,647).
which has been bothering him and got me out before it flared up. — The Associated Press — The Associated Press
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com Baseball SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009 20
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Arizona 3, Atlanta 2, 11 innings Florida 7, N.Y. Mets 3 Marlins 7, Mets 3
Florida AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Coghlan lf 2 1 0 0 3 0 .210
Diamondbacks 3, Braves 2, 11 innings

Reynolds’ double sets up D-backs Atlanta

K.Johnson 2b
AB R H BI BB SO
5 1 1 1 0 2
Avg.
.247
Johnson’s Meyer p
Lindstrom p
Nunez p
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
---
---
Escobar ss
G.Anderson lf
Prado 3b
4 0 0 0 1 0
5 0 1 1 0 0
5 0 1 0 0 1
.289
.260
.236
grip of Mets Bonifacio 3b
Ha.Ramirez ss
Cantu 1b
5
5
5
2
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
.249
.320
.272
PHOENIX—With Mark Reynolds, it’s
often been a strikeout or a home run,
and not much in between.
M.Diaz cf
Schafer cf
Francoeur rf
3 0 0 0 0 1
2 0 1 0 0 0
5 0 1 0 0 3
.277
.210
.250
still firm Hermida rf-lf
Uggla 2b
C.Ross cf
5
3
4
1
0
0
3
0
0
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
.270
.207
.259
Kotchman 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .281 R.Paulino c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .242
On Saturday, it was his opposite-field D.Ross c 3 1 2 0 1 1 .274 NEW YORK—Marlins ace Josh Jo.Johnson p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .080
J.Vazquez p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .100 b-B.Carroll ph-rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .182
double on an 0-2 count that paved the O’Flaherty p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Johnson might well make Mets Totals 37 7 11 7 3 7
way for Arizona’s 3-2, 11-inning victory R.Soriano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- manager Jerry Manuel sick
b-C.Jones ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .303 New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
over the Atlanta Braves. M.Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- every time he takes the Pagan lf-cf 4 1 2 1 1 0 .325
Eric Byrnes singled home Reynolds to Bennett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 mound—and it would have F.Martinez rf 5 0 2 1 0 1 .154
Totals 38 2 8 2 2 10 Beltran cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .352
give the Diamondbacks a 3-2 victory. nothing to do with the stomach Takahashi p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
“Mark’s developing as a hitter every Arizona AB R H BI BB SO Avg. bug that seemed to be going c-Santos ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273
F.Lopez 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .318 Stokes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
day,” Byrnes said. “He’s got probably G.Parra cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .308 around Citi Field on Saturday. Tatis 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .261
some of the best power I’ve ever seen. J.Upton rf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .329 Johnson scattered five hits Dan.Murphy 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .254
S.Drew ss 5 0 1 0 0 4 .210 R.Martinez 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .150
Obviously that’s evident with the home Reynolds 1b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .263 over seven innings to remain Schneider c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .167
runs. But I think he’s really maturing as Montero c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .218 unbeaten in eight career starts W.Valdez ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .200
Byrnes lf 3 1 2 1 0 1 .221 Redding p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333
a hitter, starting to use the entire field R.Roberts 3b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .368 against New York, and Jeremy S.Green p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
and that’s fun to watch.” D.Davis p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .190 Hermida homered and drove a-Castillo ph 1 1 0 0 0 0 .293
a-C.Young ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .176 Reed lf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .286
Reynolds opened the 11th with a J.Gutierrez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- in four runs to lead Florida to a Totals 35 3 7 3 3 7
ground-rule double off Jeff Bennett (2-2) c-Whitesell ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .111 7-3 victory.
T.Pena p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Florida 202 030 000 — 7 11 2
that bounced into the Atlanta bullpen Totals 38 3 10 3 2 12 The Marlins’ big righthander New York 100 010 001 — 3 7 1
down the right-field line. was among several players who
Atlanta 002 000 000 00 2 8 0 a-grounded into a fielder’s choice for S.Green in the
Reynolds moved to third on Miguel Arizona 000 000 200 01 3 10 0 felt ill during the game. Team- 5th. b-doubled for Jo.Johnson in the 8th. c-reached on
Montero’s sacrifice bunt. With the mate Wes Helms was making error for Takahashi in the 8th. E: Meyer 2 (2), Tatis (1).
One out when winning run scored. a-singled for D.Davis LOB: Florida 7, New York 8. 2B: Bonifacio 2 (5), Cantu
infield playing in, Byrnes hit a dribbler ROSS D. FRANKLIN / AP in the 7th. b-struck out for R.Soriano in the 9th. c-struck regular trips to the clubhouse (10), Hermida (6), R.Paulino (3), B.Carroll (1), Pagan
up the middle. Eric Byrnes, third from left, is hugged by teammates after singling home the winning run. out for J.Gutierrez in the 9th. LOB: Atlanta 7, Arizona 9. with similar symptoms, and (2), F.Martinez (1). HR: Hermida (5), off Redding.
2B: K.Johnson (9), G.Anderson (7), S.Drew (6), Reynolds RBIs: Cantu 2 (37), Hermida 4 (22), Uggla (34), Pagan
“It’s fundamental baseball at its fin- 2 (10), R.Roberts (6). RBIs: K.Johnson (18), G.Anderson Mets outfielder Carlos Beltran (2), F.Martinez (2), Tatis (11). SF: Uggla. Runners left
est,” Arizona manager A.J. Hinch said, make it through the seventh. was even tired, either, but they hit a (12), Byrnes (18), R.Roberts (5), C.Young (11). SB: was pulled late in the game in scoring position: Florida 5 (C.Ross 2, Jo.Johnson,
Schafer (2). CS: Byrnes (3). S: J.Vazquez 2, Montero, Cantu, Bonifacio); New York 6 (Beltran 3, Dan.Murphy,
“and we executed well there. We got a With one out and Arizona trailing couple of balls good and we had to hold Byrnes. Runners left in scoring position: Atlanta with a stomach virus. F.Martinez 2). DP: New York 1 (R.Martinez, W.Valdez,
two-out hit with Chris Young (in the 2-0, Byrnes beat out an infield single, it.” 5 (Kotchman, Prado, J.Vazquez, Escobar, Francoeur); “I just go out there and battle, Dan.Murphy).
Arizona 6 (Byrnes, Reynolds 3, F.Lopez 2). DP: Atlanta 1
seventh). We did things to help you win then Ryan Roberts brought him home The Braves went up 2-0 in the third (D.Ross, D.Ross, K.Johnson); Arizona 1 (F.Lopez, S.Drew, take it one pitch at a time,” said Florida IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
games today.” with a double to left-center. Roberts, a inning. Reynolds). Johnson, who is 6-0 against the Jo.Johnson W, 4-1 7 5 2 2 2 5 111 2.66
Meyer 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 2.35
Juan Gutierrez and Tony Pena each late addition to the starting lineup when The benches emptied for a brief shout- Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Mets, including the five-hitter Lindstrom 2⁄3 2 1 1 1 1 26 6.10
pitched two scoreless innings of relief. Augie Ojeda was hurt in batting prac- ing match after Upton walked on a 3-2 J.Vazquez 6 1⁄3 7 2 1 1 8 99 3.58 he tossed in a 2-1 victory over Nunez S, 1-3 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 3 3.51
O’Flaherty 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.00 New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Pena (5-2) retired all six batters for the tice, advanced to third on a passed ball pitch to load the bases for Arizona with R.Soriano 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 1.25 Johan Santana on April 12. Redding L, 0-2 4 8 7 7 2 2 80 9.20
win. and scored on Young’s pinch-hit single one out in the sixth. Ross apparently M.Gonzalez 2 1 0 0 1 3 30 3.27 “The first inning was a little S.Green 1 1 0 0 0 2 18 6.98
Bennett L, 2-2 1⁄3 2 1 1 0 0 7 2.42 Takahashi 3 1 0 0 1 2 50 2.92
The Braves fell to 1-5 on their trip out on a 3-2 pitch. didn’t like the way Upton flipped his bat Arizona IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA rough, but after that I settled Stokes 1 1 0 0 0 1 9 2.75
West. Lefty Eric O’Flaherty came on to get into the air after Vazquez threw the D.Davis 7 7 2 2 2 6 102 3.65 down.”
J.Gutierrez 2 1 0 0 0 3 21 3.18 Redding pitched to 3 batters in the 5th. Inherited
“That’s a real tough loss,” said Atlanta Felipe Lopez to line out to right and fourth ball. Upton turned and walked T.Pena W, 5-2 2 0 0 0 0 1 22 1.85 Johnson (4-1) also had been runners-scored: Nunez 2-0. WP: Jo.Johnson, Taka-
catcher David Ross, who got into a Gerardo Parra to ground out to third. back toward the catcher, and the bull- having trouble with a callus on hashi. Umpires: Home, Bill Welke; First, Tim Welke;
Inherited runners-scored: O’Flaherty 1-0. IBB: off Second, Jim Reynolds; Third, Angel Hernandez. T: 3:01.
shouting match with Arizona’s Justin “Vazquez was dynamite once again,” pens emptied. But order was quickly M.Gonzalez (R.Roberts). HBP: by J.Vazquez (Byrnes). the middle finger of his right A: 40,727 (41,800).
Upton, clearing the benches. “It’s not Atlanta manager Bobby Cox said. “We restored. WP: M.Gonzalez. PB: D.Ross. Umpires: Home, Jerry hand, which had caused him to
Crawford; First, Angel Campos; Second, Phil Cuzzi; Third,
sitting well with me right now.” just didn’t do enough hitting to get more “That’s stuff that goes on in the heat of Tom Hallion. T: 3:06. A: 35,039 (48,652). be erratic during his last three
Javier Vazquez blanked the Diamond- runs after the deuce we put up. It was the battle,” Ross said. starts.
backs through six innings but didn’t real hard to pull him. I don’t think he — The Associated Press — The Associated Press
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com Baseball SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009 21
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brewers 9, Reds 5
St. Louis 6, San Francisco 2 Milwaukee 9, Cincinnati 5 Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Cardinals 6, Giants 2 Dickerson cf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .250
Brewers finally Hairston Jr. 3b 4 1 2 2 0 2 .270

Carpenter gets his victory this time St. Louis

Br.Ryan ss
Duncan lf
Motte p
AB R
5 0
4 0
0 0
c-Rasmus ph-cf 1 0
H
2
2
0
0
BI
0
1
0
0
BB
0
0
0
0
SO
0
1
0
0
Avg.
.257
.263
---
.231
get offense going
Bruce rf
B.Phillips 2b
L.Nix lf
d-Gomes ph-lf
4
3
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
3
0
1
0
.230
.275
.273
.400
R.Hernandez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .291
Pujols 1b 3 2 2 2 2 1 .329 Ale.Gonzalez ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .215
SAN FRANCISCO—Chris Carpenter would Ludwick rf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .263 MILWAUKEE—The Milwaukee Hanigan c 3 1 1 1 1 1 .328
never suggest his St. Louis teammates Franklin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Brewers waited more than a Harang p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .182
Y.Molina c 5 0 2 0 0 1 .273 Burton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
owed him after they failed to secure a win Ankiel cf-rf 4 0 0 0 1 3 .233 week for their offense to start Herrera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
for him last Monday when he took a per- Barden 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .244 producing like it’s supposed to. b-Castillo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
C.Carpenter p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Fisher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
fect game into the seventh inning. a-Stavinoha ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .256 The wake-up call finally Lincoln p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Albert Pujols and the Cardinals still felt Thurston 2b 1 1 1 1 0 0 .244 came in the fifth inning of Sat- Totals 30 5 9 5 4 9
Schumaker 2b-lf 4 1 3 2 0 0 .313
bad about it, and they made amends with Totals 40 6 15 6 3 9 urday night’s victory over the Milwaukee AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
a late-inning outburst against the San Cincinnati Reds—and then Counsell 2b 5 1 3 1 0 0 .327
San Francisco AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Hardy ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .239
Francisco Giants and hard-luck lefty Rowand cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .278 some. Home runs by Ryan Braun lf 5 1 2 1 0 2 .318
Barry Zito, who probably can’t remember Renteria ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .245 Braun and Mike Cameron gave Fielder 1b 4 2 3 3 1 0 .278
Winn rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .279 M.Cameron cf 4 1 1 2 1 1 .279
what it’s like to pitch with run support. B.Molina c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .254 the Brewers the lead, and Mil- Hart rf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .256
Pujols burst out of his power slump Sandoval 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .303 waukee went on to score six Hall 3b 4 1 1 1 1 1 .224
F.Lewis lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .268 Mi.Rivera c 5 1 2 1 0 0 .323
with two homers, and Chris Duncan Uribe 3b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .299 runs in the inning and beat the Bush p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .158
drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out Burriss 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .270 Reds 9-5. a-Gerut ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .213
Zito p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .125 McClung p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
double off Zito in the seventh inning of the Medders p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Milwaukee had scored four c-Catalanotto ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .286
Cardinals’ 6-2 victory Saturday night. b-Schierholtz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246 runs or fewer in each of its pre- Stetter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Villanueva p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333
Skip Schumaker’s double drove home J.Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 vious 10 games, going 4-6 dur- Totals 41 9 16 9 3 9
the tying run earlier in the seventh for the Totals 33 2 7 2 1 7 ing that stretch.
Cardinals, who scored five runs in the “Guys are shaking loose a lit- Cincinnati 310 100 000 — 5 9 1
St. Louis 000 100 221 — 6 15 0 Milwaukee 300 060 00x — 9 16 0
final three frames to make sure Carpen- San Francisco 011 000 000 — 2 7 0 tle bit,” Brewers manager Ken
ter’s first earned runs allowed this season Macha said. “Let’s hope we a-struck out for Bush in the 4th. b-flied out for Herrera
a-doubled for C.Carpenter in the 7th. b-grounded out in the 7th. c-struck out for McClung in the 7th. d-flied
wouldn’t keep them from their eighth vic- for Medders in the 7th. c-lined out for Motte in the 9th. have a carryover.” out for L.Nix in the 8th. E: L.Nix (1). LOB: Cincinnati 3,
LOB: St. Louis 10, San Francisco 6. 2B: Duncan (13), Milwaukee 12. 2B: Ale.Gonzalez (6), Harang (1), Hall
tory in 11 games. Stavinoha (3), Schumaker (10), Winn (12), B.Molina Pitching was the Reds’ big- (9), Mi.Rivera (3). 3B: Dickerson (2). HR: Hairston Jr. (7),
“When you have a guy like Carp going (8), F.Lewis (10). 3B: Thurston (3), Uribe (1). HR: Pujols gest problem Saturday, espe- off Bush; B.Phillips (8), off Bush; Fielder (12), off Harang;
(15), off Zito; Pujols (16), off J.Miller. RBIs: Duncan (27), Braun (9), off Harang; M.Cameron (10), off Harang. RBIs:
out there every fifth start, always giving Pujols 2 (42), Thurston (15), Schumaker 2 (16), B.Molina cially in a fifth inning that at Dickerson (8), Hairston Jr. 2 (16), B.Phillips (35), Hanigan
us a chance to win, our job is to score runs (31), Uribe (8). CS: Br.Ryan (1). Runners left in scor- times seemed like it might last (4), Counsell (8), Braun (32), Fielder 3 (48), M.Cameron
ing position: St. Louis 4 (Y.Molina, Ankiel, Ludwick, 2 (24), Hall (12), Mi.Rivera (2). S: Harang. Runners left
for him,” said Pujols, who had just one Barden); San Francisco 3 (Zito, F.Lewis, Burriss). GIDP: all night. in scoring position: Cincinnati 1 (B.Phillips); Milwau-
homer in his previous 15 games. “When Y.Molina, Renteria. DP: St. Louis 1 (Br.Ryan, Schumaker, “They can hit,” Reds man- kee 7 (Hart, Counsell, Braun 2, Mi.Rivera, Villanueva 2).
Pujols); San Francisco 1 (Burriss, Renteria, Sandoval). DP: Milwaukee 3 (Counsell, Hardy, Fielder), (Counsell,
we’re driving the ball, we can score runs ager Dusty Baker said. “If you Fielder), (Hardy, Counsell, Fielder).
from every part of the lineup.” St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA don’t make quality pitches on
C.Carpenter W, 3-0 6 6 2 2 1 5 91 0.62 Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Pujols hit solo shots in the fourth and Motte H, 11 2 0 0 0 0 2 17 3.00 them, they’re going to hurt Harang L, 5-5 4 1⁄3 12 8 8 0 5 104 4.19
ninth innings for his third multihomer Franklin 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 1.35 you.” Burton 2⁄3 2 1 1 0 1 20 6.33
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Herrera 1 1 0 0 1 0 20 1.93
game of the season. The defending NL Zito L, 1-6 6 2⁄3 10 3 3 2 6 116 4.02 With Milwaukee trailing 5-3 Fisher 1 1 0 0 0 2 14 0.00
MVP had driven in just six runs in those BEN MARGOT / AP Medders 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.00 going into the fifth, Braun hit a Lincoln 1 0 0 0 2 1 20 9.00
Romo 2⁄3 3 2 2 0 2 21 27.00 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
15 games—a bona fide drought by his for- St. Louis’ Albert Pujols (5) acknowledges fans after hitting a two-run home run in the eighth inning. J.Miller 1 1⁄3 2 1 1 1 1 25 2.42 one-out solo home run to cut Bush 4 7 5 5 3 3 57 4.38
midable standards. Inherited runners-scored: Medders 2-0, J.Miller 1-0.
Cincinnati’s lead to one. Prince McClung W, 2-1 3 2 0 0 0 2 45 2.73
Stetter 2⁄3 0 0 0 1 2 17 4.20
Carpenter (3-0), who pitched 23 innings Carpenter finished strong, allowing six fect when healthy. IBB: off Zito (Pujols). HBP: by C.Carpenter (Sandoval). Fielder then singled, and Cam- Villanueva 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 18 3.75
in his first four starts without giving up hits with five strikeouts over six innings. “I was battling those first three innings, Umpires: Home, Eric Cooper; First, Mike Reilly; Second, eron hit a 1-1 pitch from Reds
Chuck Meriwether; Third, Laz Diaz. T: 2:45. A: 35,592 Inherited runners-scored: Burton 1-1, Villanueva
an earned run, yielded Juan Uribe’s RBI The 2005 Cy Young Award winner and then I definitely felt the last three I (41,915). starter Aaron Harang deep to 1-0. HBP: by Lincoln (Hart). WP: Harang, Burton.
triple in the second inning. Carpenter also appeared in just five games over the past was getting the ball down,” Carpenter left-center field for his 10th Umpires: Home, Gary Cederstrom; First, Jim Wolf;
Second, Brian O’Nora; Third, Fieldin Culbreth. T: 3:16. A:
gave up Bengie Molina’s run-scoring dou- two seasons, and he spent more than a said. “I was able to keep them off balance home run of the season and a 44,172 (41,900).
ble in the third for the Giants, whose four- month on the disabled list this spring— and stay in the game.” 6-5 Milwaukee lead.
game winning streak ended. but the righthander has been nearly per- — The Associated Press — The Associated Press
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Colorado 8, San Diego 7 Rockies 8, Padres 7 Pittsburgh 7, Houston 4
San Diego AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Gwynn cf 5 2 1 1 0 1 .286

Atkins, Rockies finally rattle Bell

Eckstein 2b

Headley lf
4 1
Ad.Gonzalez 1b 4 1
4 0
2
1
1
1
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
.247
.282
.242
Karstens’ good day rewarded
Giles rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .193
Kouzmanoff 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .223 Pirates 7, Astros 4
Hundley c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .250 PITTSBURGH—Jeff Karstens
Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Jo.Wilson ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 .179 hadn’t pitched seven innings Bourn cf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .288
b-Floyd ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Tejada ss 4 0 2 2 0 1 .347
C.Burke ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 during one of his starts since
Berkman 1b 4 0 1 1 1 1 .235
Geer p 3 1 1 0 0 1 .214 August. He finally showed some Ca.Lee lf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .313
Gregerson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Pence rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .343
c-Hairston ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .321 efficiency Saturday night and
I.Rodriguez c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .264
Bell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- was rewarded with a win. Keppinger 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .308
Totals 37 7 11 7 1 7 Maysonet 2b 2 2 1 0 2 1 .438
Karstens allowed two runs
W.Rodriguez p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .043
Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg. and six hits in seven solid Fulchino p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Fowler cf 5 1 1 0 0 2 .258 a-Erstad ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Barmes 2b 5 3 4 1 0 0 .255 innings to win for the first time
Byrdak p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Helton 1b 3 1 1 1 2 0 .321 in more than a month and the Backe p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Atkins 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .193 c-Michaels ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .200
Hawpe rf 5 1 3 3 0 0 .343 Pittsburgh Pirates roughed up
Totals 33 4 8 4 5 4
S.Smith lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .259 Wandy Rodriguez, snapping a
Embree p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Corpas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- three-game skid with a 7-4 vic-
Morgan cf 4 1 0 0 1 3 .275
a-Quintanilla ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 tory over the Houston Astros. An.LaRoche 3b 4 2 2 1 1 0 .307
Street p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- F.Sanchez 2b 4 1 2 1 1 0 .333
Tulowitzki ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .224 “He threw the ball extremely
Monroe lf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .246
P.Phillips c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .286 well,” Pirates manager John Hinske 1b 3 1 3 0 1 0 .282
Hammel p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Delw.Young rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .291
Fogg p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Russell said. “His pitch count
R.Diaz c 3 0 1 2 0 0 .328
Spilborghs lf 2 0 0 1 0 0 .269 was very low, and he was Ja.Wilson ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 .252
Totals 36 8 11 8 3 4 Karstens p 2 0 0 0 1 2 .000
extremely efficient. He used his
Grabow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
San Diego 310 200 001 — 7 11 2 off-speed pitches very well and b-Moss ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .268
Colorado 301 000 202 — 8 11 1 Gorzelanny p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
DAVID ZALUBOWSKI / AP kept them off-balance. He gave
Capps p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Colorado’s Garrett Atkins, left, slides safely across home plate to score the winning run as San Diego C Nick Hundley, right, tries to make the tag. Two outs when winning run scored. a-sacrificed for us a quality start.” Totals 34 7 13 7 5 8
Corpas in the 8th. b-struck out for Jo.Wilson in the 9th.
c-homered for Gregerson in the 9th. E: Jo.Wilson (4), Eric Hinske went 3-for-3 and
Houston 001 100 002 — 4 8 0
DENVER—When Jim Tracy took over the The Rockies trailed 7-6 after pinch-hit- Gwynn felt he had a chance to catch the Gwynn (1), Atkins (6). LOB: San Diego 4, Colorado 7. reached base four times for the Pittsburgh 300 020 02x — 7 13 0
2B: Hundley (6), Jo.Wilson (2), Fowler (11), Barmes 2
Colorado Rockies, he ignored Garrett ter Scott Hairston hit a one-out solo homer ball when it came off of Hawpe’s bat. (10), Helton (10), Hawpe (14). 3B: Gwynn (1), Barmes Pirates, who had lost six of eight.
a-lined out for Fulchino in the 7th. b-doubled for Grabow
Atkins’ .193 average and plugged him in in the top of the ninth. With one out in the “I thought I could have gotten it,” he (2), Tulowitzki (3). HR: Ad.Gonzalez (19), off Hammel; They are fifth in the N.L. Cen- in the 8th. c-doubled for Backe in the 9th. LOB: Houston
Hairston (6), off Street; Hawpe (7), off Geer. RBIs: 9, Pittsburgh 9. 2B: Bourn (8), Tejada 2 (19), Ca.Lee
the cleanup spot. bottom of the inning, Clint Barmes, who said. “In Colorado, balls hold up a little bit Gwynn (1), Eckstein (15), Ad.Gonzalez 3 (37), Jo.Wilson tral, two games in front of the
(11), Keppinger (7), Michaels (5), An.LaRoche (13),
Saturday night, Atkins rewarded the had four hits, singled and stole second. more.” (3), Hairston (21), Barmes (19), Helton (33), Atkins 2 last-place Astros. Ja.Wilson 2 (9), Moss (9). RBIs: Tejada 2 (28), Berkman
(17), Hawpe 3 (39), Spilborghs (23). SB: Gwynn (1), (29), Keppinger (5), An.LaRoche (22), F.Sanchez (17),
interim manager’s faith and delivered After Todd Helton grounded out, Atkins Bell (2-1) blew his first save in 15 Barmes (5). S: Quintanilla. SF: Atkins. Runners left Miguel Tejada doubled twice
Monroe (15), Delw.Young (9), R.Diaz 2 (8), Moss (12).
with his bat and his legs. singled through the mound to tie the chances. in scoring position: San Diego 1 (Headley); Colorado and drove in two runs to extend S: W.Rodriguez. SF: R.Diaz. Runners left in scoring
2 (Atkins, Spilborghs). DP: Colorado 1 (Atkins, Barmes, position: Houston 6 (Ca.Lee 3, Berkman, Maysonet,
Atkins’ came through with a two-out, game. Reliever Huston Street (1-1) got the win. Helton). his hitting streak to an Astros
Pence); Pittsburgh 5 (Ja.Wilson 2, Morgan, Monroe 2).
game-tying single in the bottom of the “I jumped out of the way. I was basically Adrian Gonzalez homered and drove in season-high 13 games. Houston DP: Houston 2 (Tejada, Maysonet, Berkman), (Kep-
San Diego IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA pinger, Maysonet, Berkman); Pittsburgh 1 (Ja.Wilson,
ninth and then raced home from first base scared,” Bell said. “My initial reaction three runs for the Padres, who have lost Geer 6 2⁄3 6 6 5 1 3 89 5.17 has lost eight of nine.
F.Sanchez, Hinske).
and the Rockies rallied against closer was to move left. I flinched left. I was hat- three of their last four after a 10-game Gregerson BS, 4-4 1 1⁄3 2 0 0 2 0 27 3.38 “That’s a guy that has a pretty
Bell L, 2-1 BS, 1-15 2⁄3 3 2 2 0 1 18 1.33 Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Heath Bell to beat the San Diego Padres ing myself because I thought I could have winning streak. Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA high ERA (5.19 coming into the
W.Rodriguez L, 5-4 4 2⁄3 9 5 5 3 6 105 2.26
on Saturday night, 8-7. gotten that. If I reacted to the right I think Hawpe homered and Barmes had two Hammel 3 2⁄3 8 6 5 0 3 65 4.83 game), and he usually doesn’t go Fulchino 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 2 1 28 3.79
Fogg 2 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 37 0.00 Byrdak 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 3.50
“I watched this guy drive in over 200 I could have gotten it.” doubles and a triple for Colorado, which is Embree 1 1 0 0 1 1 20 7.07 more than five or six innings,”
Backe 1 3 2 2 0 1 2018.00
some-odd runs for a couple of seasons,” Brad Hawpe blooped a double to center 2-0 Tracy replaced Hurdle. Corpas 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.35 Astros manager Cecil Cooper Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Street W, 1-1 1 1 1 1 0 2 14 3.38 Karstens W, 2-2 7 6 2 2 1 4 87 4.83
said Tracy, who took over as manager and Atkins raced home with the winning “I definitely think the team’s played a said. “But we just couldn’t get a
Grabow H, 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 21 4.50
when the Rockies fired Clint Hurdle on run when Tony Gwynn Jr. dove for the lot more relaxed lately,” Barmes said. Embree pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. Inherited whole lot going.” Gorzelanny 2⁄3 1 2 2 2 0 19 7.94
runners-scored: Gregerson 1-1, Fogg 1-1, Corpas 1-0. Capps S, 10-12 1⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 13 6.32
Friday. “You don’t do that by accident.” ball, but missed. “You can tell in the dugout there’s a lot IBB: off Gregerson (Helton). WP: Hammel. Umpires: Rodriguez, conversely, entered
Atkins’ also had an error in the first “Once I saw him dive and it got by him I more energy. It’s definitely something we Home, Tony Randazzo; First, Chris Guccione; Second, leading the N.L. with a 1.71 ERA. Inherited runners-scored: Fulchino 2-0, Capps 3-2.
Todd Tichenor; Third, Jerry Layne. T: 2:48. A: 32,064 HBP: by Capps (Tejada). WP: Backe. Umpires: Home,
inning that started San Diego’s three-run was taking off,” Atkins said. “I was run- need.” (50,449). But his ERA climbed to 2.26.
Marvin Hudson; First, John Hirschbeck; Second, Wally
rally, but he made up for it. ning like I was going to be scoring.” — The Associated Press — The Associated Press Bell; Third, Marty Foster. T: 2:54. A: 37,167 (38,362).
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com
Edwards knows what chief change can do
DOVER, DEL.—Roush Fenway
Racing driver Carl Edwards is
no stranger to the business of
crew chief changes.
As the Sprint Cup Series pre-
pares for today’s Autism Speaks
400, the garage buzz has been
about the crew chief change on
the Hendrick Motorsports team
of driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.,
and it’s the type of situation that
Edwards knows well.
That’s because Edwards’
Nationwide Series team under-
went a crew chief change last sea-
son when Drew Blickensderfer
replaced Pierre Kuettel at mid-
season, and Edwards and his
current Cup crew chief, Bob
Osborne, also went their separate
ways for a time.
Osborne, who spent his first
full season with Edwards in
2005, was reassigned to the
team of driver Jamie McMurray
for the better part of 2006
before being reunited with
Edwards in 2007.
So if anyone can empathize
with Earnhardt Jr., whose
cousin Tony Eury Jr. was
recently reassigned from crew
chief to a research-and-devel-
opment role at Hendrick, it
should be Edwards.
“I’ve had a lot of different
crew chiefs, and when things
aren’t working, sometimes sim-
ply making a change makes the
difference,” Edwards said at
Dover International Speedway.
“The crew chief, the driver, the
engineer, everybody is just as
important. This sport is a true
team sport. It’s not just one per-
son, and it’s not always people’s
performance—sometimes it’s
Carl Edwards’ crew chief change in the Nationwide Series last year paid off.
just the way they work
together—so sometimes these
changes are good.”
That certainly proved to be the
case for Edwards last year in the
Nationwide Series. Once Blick-
ensderfer came on board, the two
won seven of the season’s last 19
races and staged a furious rally
toward the series title, ultimately
finishing second to Richard Chil-
dress Racing’s Clint Bowyer.
“As a driver, you do every-
thing the best you can,”
Edwards said of what a driver
goes through in a crew chief
change. “You deliver your
ALAN MARLER FOR SN
information the best you can all
the time. With the crew chief
changes that I’ve had, there’s
really not a set thing you have to
learn about somebody. It either
works or it doesn’t. You either
run better or you don’t, and
there’s no way to really tell how
that’s going to happen.
“Last season in the Nationwide
Series, we made a change, and
we went and won seven races, so
I’m glad we made that change. I
don’t know exactly what was dif-
ferent, but sometimes that chem-
istry just works.”
— SceneDaily.com
NASCAR SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009 23
Autism
Speaks 400
at Dover International
Speedway, Dover, Del.
When: Today, 2 p.m. ET
TV: FOX, 1:30 p.m.
Radio: MRN/Sirius XM Satellite
Ch. 128
Track layout: 1-mile oval
Race distance: 400 laps/400 HAROLD HINSON FOR SN
miles
Robby Gordon said the penalties NASCAR gave him were excessive for his infraction.
2008 winner: Kyle Busch
2008 polesitter: Greg Biffle
Starting lineup
(Car number in parentheses)
1. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 156.794
Robby Gordon appeals
2. (9) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 156.542
3. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 156.020
4. (43) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 155.952
5. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 155.932
his Coke 600 penalties
6. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 155.885
7. (44) AJ Allmendinger, Dodge, 155.689 BY KENNY BRUCE NASCAR began limiting the amount of
8. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 155.662 SceneDaily.com rear toe in 2008 when teams began
9. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 155.595 exceeding two degrees with the rear axle
10. (19) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 155.514
11. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 155.447 DOVER, DEL.—Sprint Cup Series owner/ housing. The adjustment creates a situa-
12. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 155.440 driver Robby Gordon says he will appeal tion where the rear tires are turned out, or
13. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 155.420
14. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 155.313 NASCAR penalties levied against his to the right, which allows the car to carry
15. (1) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 155.313 Robby Gordon Motorsports team May 27. more speed into the turns.
16. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 155.152
17. (07) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 155.086 Gordon was penalized 50 owner and As a result of the penalty, Gordon fell
18. (26) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 155.065 50 driver points while crew chief Kirk from 33rd to 34th in owner points. He
19. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 155.032
20. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 154.919 Almquist was fined $50,000 and placed enters today’s Autism Speaks 400 at
21. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 154.812 on probation until Dec. 31. Dover International Speedway 131 points
22. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 154.799
23. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 154.706
Officials said the rear axle housing of ahead of the 36th-place team of Red Bull
24. (71) David Gilliland, Chevrolet, 154.593 the No. 7 Toyota, which was taken follow- Racing’s Scott Speed in the owner
25. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 154.573 ing a third-place finish by Gordon in the standings.
26. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 154.566
27. (96) Bobby Labonte, Ford, 154.434 May 25 Coca-Cola 600, exceeded the Gordon, 40, said the rear axle measure-
28. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 154.328 maximum specified toe of plus or minus ment was one degree outside the NASCAR
29. (55) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 154.242
30. (12) David Stremme, Dodge, 153.932 one degree. limit, and said he felt the penalty was
31. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 153.675 “The bottom line is we were no more “excessive” for the infraction.
32. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 153.577
33. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 153.446 ‘body yawed’ than anybody else,” Gordon “We missed the one-degree rule by one
34. (36) Mike Skinner, Toyota, 153.368 said Saturday, “even though our rear end degree, but we missed ... off the frame
35. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 153.263
36. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, 153.133
had more toe. rails, which gives us the amount of yaw
37. (09) Mike Bliss, Dodge, 153.120 “We ... pulled our right-side trailing that we get in our cars,” he said.
38. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 152.853 arm forward and our left-side trailing “In this economy and these times, I
39. (66) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 152.84
40. (7) Robby Gordon, Toyota, Owner Points arm backwards. We fit the template on think they need to re-evaluate it. Just like
41. (34) John Andretti, Chevrolet, Owner Points the right side before the race. So we aren’t the Carl Long deal. That’s ridiculous. Carl
42. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, Owner Points
43. (37) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, 152.491 doing anything funny there; there was no doesn’t build his engines.”
advantage.” kbruce@streetandsmiths.com
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Scott’s 1st truck win Keselowski capitalizes on Busch’s misfortune

comes at Dover
BY REID SPENCER
rspencer@sportingnews.com
DOVER, DEL.—Opting to stay on the track
and forego fresh tires before a 10-lap run to
the finish, Brian Scott won his first Camp-
ing World Truck Series race in his 39th start
Saturday at Dover International Speedway.
Though blown right-front tires plagued
almost the entire field in the AAA Insur-
ance 200—and deprived Kyle Busch of a
chance to win—Scott, Dennis Setzer, Stacy
Compton and Jason White stayed out after Brian Scott
Busch and Colin Braun each blew right
fronts and hit the outside wall in the same cor-
ner on Lap 184 of 200.
Scott, 21, stayed out front for the final 10 laps and held off a clos-
ing Setzer on the final circuit. Busch charged from the back in the
final laps to finish ninth.
“I watched all those tires blow—it was kind of scary,” Scott said.
“But my crew chief (Jeff Hensley) just kept me calm and kept saying
that we were getting really good tire wear. Track position at the end—
we played the game perfectly, and I commend him. There were times
when I didn’t think it was the right call or we were going to be in posi-
tion, but it all worked out, and now we’re in victory lane, baby.”
Busch led 133 laps but fell victim to hard luck in the closing stages
of the race. He had suffered a similar fate earlier in the day when he
lost the Nationwide Series race with a tire problem.
Ron Hornaday Jr. slammed the Turn 1 wall after blowing his right
front tire on Lap 34. Though Hornaday finished 26th, 157 laps
down, he retained the series points lead over eighth-place finisher
Mike Skinner, who trimmed Hornaday’s lead from 84 to 27 points.
BY REID SPENCER
rspencer@sportingnews.com
.299 seconds ahead of the 19-year-old driver.
Clint Bowyer ran third behind Logano.
Brian Vickers finished fourth, followed by
DOVER, DEL.—Brad Keselowski finally caught Carl Edwards, who trimmed Busch’s lead in
a break. the series standings to 40 points. Busch cut a
Keselowski’s good fortune came at the tire during the incident with Logano and fin-
expense of continued bad luck to Kyle Busch, ished 17th.
who failed to win Saturday’s Heluva Good! Paul Menard, Scott Speed, Jason Leffler,
200 despite leading a race-high 108 of 200 Jason Keller and rookie Justin Allgaier com-
laps at Dover International Speedway. pleted the top 10. Leffler posted his seventh
Keselowski took the lead for the first time straight top-10 of the season and remained
on the next-to-last lap of the NASCAR Nation- third in the standings.
wide Series race after Logano ran into the “We had a great car, we put ourselves in
back of Busch, his teammate at Joe Gibbs position to win, we needed a break, and we
Racing, moments after a restart on Lap 199. caught a break,” said Keselowski, who won
The contact sent Busch up the concrete rac- his third Nationwide race. “Don’t feel guilty
ing surface at the Monster Mile and gave Kes- about it. Not one bit.”
elowski the opening he needed. Logano, who started from the pole and led
ROB CARR / AP A day after failing to qualify for today’s 87 laps, took responsibility for the contact that
Brad Keselowski, front, was in the right place at the right time at Dover. Sprint Cup race, Keselowski made a winner cost his teammate the race, though Busch’s
of JR Motorsports owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. crew chief, Jason Ratcliff, said after the race
Heluva Good! 200 results when he powered his No. 88 Chevrolet past that Busch had a flat right-front tire while
Logano’s No. 20 Toyota through Turns 1 and coming to the green on the final restart.
FINISH START CAR DRIVER MAKE
2 and crossed the finish line two laps later, — Reid Spencer writes for the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
1 12 88 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet
2 1 20 Joey Logano Toyota
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RPM buoyed by strong qualifying efforts
FINISH START TRUCK DRIVER MAKE On Friday at Dover International Speedway, all really happy. We’ll just have to see how we do Sprint Cup Series team.
1 3 16 Brian Scott Toyota four Richard Petty Motorsports cars qualified in Sunday.” Team owner Rick Hendrick announced he was
2 25 8 Dennis Setzer Chevrolet the Top 10 for today’s Autism Speaks 400—and Petty says the team plans to phase in the new replacing Tony Eury Jr., Earnhardt Jr.’s cousin, May
3 14 24 David Starr Toyota only Kasey Kahne’s No. 9 had the new Dodge R6 engine for drivers AJ Allmendinger, Reed Sorenson and 28, three days after the team finished a woeful
4 13 23 Jason White Dodge engine under the hood. Elliott Sadler, based on how it performs over the 40th in the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor
5 4 13 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet “We had a good day (Friday), and it gives us next few weeks in Kahne’s car. Speedway. Eury Jr. will move to the Hendrick
good starting spots,” Richard Petty said Saturday — Reid Spencer research and development department.
afternoon at Dover. “It’s the first time we’ve had “Probably nobody in that garage works harder
MORE COVERAGE them running together—that fast in a while. I Tony Eury Sr. said his son is “beat down pretty than him,” Eury Sr. said. “He has worked so hard
Results: sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=554956 think that gives everybody confidence—the bad” after being replaced as crew chief for Dale ... he’s worn slap out.”
Standings: sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=554958 drivers, the crews, the sponsors, everybody is Earnhardt Jr. and the Hendrick Motorsports No. 88 — Kenny Bruce, SceneDaily.com
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Simms advances in Broncos’ battle; Bucs’ Adams will bring it
It has been assumed Kyle Orton is
the clear favorite to win the Bron-
cos’ quarterback job, but Chris Simms
may be picking up ground, The Den-
ver Post reported.
Simms clearly got more first-team
reps in the team’s passing camp
session Thursday. Has Simms
moved ahead of Orton in the quar-
terback competition?
“No,” Broncos coach Josh McDaniels
told The Post. “Both of them will
take reps with the (first team), and
we’re going to keep doing that until
it becomes clear and apparent, and
it’s not yet. They’re both doing some
good things, and they’re both mak-
ing some mistakes. When one
seems to put himself ahead of the
other, then it will be an easy
decision.”
Simms has thrown only two
passes the past two seasons while
Orton went 9-6 as the Bears’ starter
in 2008. That would seem to give
Orton a significant advantage. “I
understand everybody else looking
at it that way, but to me it doesn’t
even matter,” Simms said.
Simms had some success with
the Bucs before a spleen injury
derailed his career in 2006. In his
only prolonged stint as a starter, he
was 6-4 in 2005 and helped guide
the Bucs to the playoffs.
The Bucs think a change in
schemes under new coordinator Jim
Bates will increase the sack produc-
tion of DE Gaines Adams, the fourth
overall player chosen in the 2007
draft. Adams collected 12½ sacks
over his first two seasons.
“We’ve changed some approach
angles,” defensive line coach Todd
Chris Simms, competing for the starting QB job in Denver, has thrown only two passes the past two seasons.
Wash told ESPN.com. “What we do
now is really defensive-end
friendly. I think it’s going to allow
Gaines, and all our ends, to rush
the passer more and be more effec-
tive. He’s playing real wide, and
he’s always going to be playing
pass first, which is obviously
Gaines’ strength.”
The Bucs are working with
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Adams to add moves and improve
his technique. “He’s been kind of a
one-move guy; just a spin off his
speed,” Wash said. “But now we’re
trying to develop a little bit more
and get a little more usage of his
hands.”
There are plenty of doubters
about Cowboys WR Roy Williams’
DAVID ZALUBOWSKI / AP
ability to be the team’s No. 1 wide-
out. Among them: former Cow-
boys Deion Sanders, Emmitt Smith
and Troy Aikman. “I don’t know why
those guys started thinking I
can’t play,” Williams told ESPN.
com. “But I guess I’ll just have to
show them what I can do.”
Williams caught 36 passes for
430 yards and two touchdowns last
season, including 19 receptions for
198 yards with Dallas.
Jon Jansen could end up as the
Lions’ No. 3 offensive tackle, ESPN.
com reported. Jansen has missed
34 games over the past five years
because of injury, and at 33 might
not be able to survive a 16-game
schedule. So it would make sense
for the Lions to pencil him in as a
backup to former first-round pick
Gosder Cherilus at right tackle. Cheri-
lus started 13 games last year as a
rookie.
Falcons OL Quinn Ojinnaka is free
on bond after being accused of
fighting with his wife over his Face-
book activity. Ojinnaka, a fourth-
year backup, was charged with
simple battery, a police spokesman
said in Gwinnett County. Police
said Ojinnaka’s wife confronted
him about contact with a female
friend on Facebook and that he
tossed her down the stairs and
threw her out of their house in
Suwanee, Ga., late Tuesday.
The 49ers and officials in Santa
Clara struck a tentative deal for a
$937 million stadium that would
contain 68,500 seats and open in
2014, ProFootballTalk reported. A
term sheet between the team and
the city was released on Friday.
49ers president Jed York is expected
to meet with club employees on
Tuesday to discuss the specifics of
the project. The Santa Clara City
Council will meet on Tuesday for a
vote on whether to approve the term
sheet. If approved, a time line will
be established for a public election
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as to whether the project should
proceed. According to the San Jose
Mercury News, the Raiders would
consider being a tenant of the new
stadium.
The Eagles are adding former
Cowboys defensive coordinator
Brian Stewart to their staff in an
unknown capacity, WFAA-TV
reported. Stewart was the fall guy
last season after the Cowboys’
defense was inconsistent. The
Eagles’ defensive coaching staff is
in flux because coordinator Jim John-
son took a leave of absence to deal
with a recurrence of cancer in his
back. Secondary coach Sean McDer-
mott is running the Eagles’ defense
for now. The team might need some
help in the defensive backfield
while McDermott takes on John-
son’s old duties.
Raiders coaches are working
SLB Ricky Brown at middle linebacker
in spring practices, perhaps to give
Jon Alston more time outside or more
likely to gauge Brown’s value in
case they lose free-agent-to-be MLB
Kirk Morrison next year.
“They told me this offseason,
‘Well, we know you can play Sam;
we just want to see you play Mike,’ ”
Brown told the San Francisco Chron-
icle. “The only thing I try to do is
just go out here and get better every
day. I know Kirk’s a great player.
Me, I’m just out here working every
day. Whatever decision the coaches
make, I’m completely cool with
playing any position.”
Brown also said he is fully recov-
ered from double sports hernia sur-
gery performed in late December.
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Remaining free agents
A quick look at the remaining NFL free agents by position
(R-restricted free agent, F-franchise tagged player):
OFFENSE
Quarterbacks—Brooks Bollinger, Dallas; Ken Dorsey,
Cleveland; Gus Frerotte, Minnesota; Charlie Frye, Seattle;
Drew Henson, Detroit; Quinn Gray, Kansas City; Trent Green,
St. Louis; Rex Grossman, Chicago; Brad Johnson, Dallas; J.P.
Losman, Buffalo; Jamie Martin, San Francisco; Craig Nall,
Houston; Marques Tuiasosopo, Oakland; Anthony Wright,
NY Giants.
Running backs—J.J. Arrington, Denver; Darian Barnes,
New Orleans; Tatum Bell, Denver; Brian Calhoun, Detroit;
Jesse Chatman, NY Jets; P.J. Daniels, Baltimore; Reuben
Droughns, NY Giants; Warrick Dunn, Tampa Bay; DeShaun
Foster, San Francisco; Samkon Gado, St. Louis; Nick Goings,
Carolina; Ahman Green, Houston; Andre Hall, Denver; Kay-
Jay Harris, NY Giants; Maurice Hicks, Minnesota; Edgerrin
James, Arizona; Rudi Johnson, Detroit; Deuce McAllister,
New Orleans; Travis Minor, St. Louis; Chris Perry, Cincinnati;
Andrew Pinnock, Denver; Michael Pittman, Denver; P.J.
Pope, Denver; Cecil Sapp, Houston; Aaron Stecker, New
Orleans; Selvin Young, Denver.
Wide receivers—Drew Bennett, St. Louis; Marty Booker,
Chicago; Drew Carter, Oakland; Jason Carter; Carolina; Keary
Colbert, Detroit; Jayson Foster, Denver; D.J. Hackett, Caro-
lina; Dante Hall, St. Louis; Marvin Harrison, Indianapolis; Ike
Hilliard, Tampa Bay; Darrell Jackson, Denver; Nate Jackson,
Denver; Matt Jones, Jacksonville; Joe Jurevicius, Cleveland;
Ashley Lelie, Oakland; Brandon Lloyd, Chicago; Dane Looker,
St. Louis; Marcus Maxwell, Baltimore; Anthony Mix, Tampa
Bay; Ben Obomanu (R), Seattle; Tab Perry, Miami; Jerry
Porter, Jacksonville; Kevin Robinson, Kansas City; Koren Rob-
inson, Seattle; Edell Shepherd, Denver; Travis Taylor, Detroit;
Amani Toomer, NY Giants; Kelley Washington, New England;
Todd Watkins (R), Oakland; Harry Williams, Houston; Reggie
Williams, Jacksonville; Wallace Wright (R), NY Jets.
Tight ends—Courtney Anderson, Houston; Adam Bergen,
Denver; Mark Bruener, Houston; Owen Daniels (R), Houston;
Nate Lawrie, Cincinnati; Michael Merritt, Kansas City; Chad
Mustard, Denver; Rob Myers, NY Jets; Jeff Robinson, Seattle;
Derek Schouman (R), Buffalo; Stephen Spach (R), Arizona;
Daniel Wilcox, Baltimore; Kris Wilson, San Diego.
Offensive tackles—Tyson Clabo (R), Atlanta; Anthony
Davis, St. Louis; Jon Dunn, Detroit; Wayne Gandy, Atlanta;
Kwame Harris, Oakland; Jon Jansen, Washington; Jonas
Jennings, San Francisco; Levi Jones, Cincinnati; Kyle Link, NY
Jets; James Marten (R), Oakland; Fred Miller, Chicago; Rob
Petitti, St. Louis; Jon Runyan, Philadelphia; Charles Spencer,
Jacksonville; Barry Stokes, New England; Mark Tauscher,
Green Bay; Mark Wilson (R), Oakland.
Guards—Lennie Friedman, Cleveland; Pete Kendall,
Washington; Matt Lentz, Detroit; Terrence Metcalf, Chicago;
Edwin Mulitalo, Detroit; Chris Naeole, Jacksonville; Grey
Ruegamer, NY Giants; Kendall Simmons, Pittsburgh; Rob
Sims (R), Seattle; Jason Whittle, Buffalo.
Centers—Brennen Carvalho, Green Bay; Jean-Philippe
Darche, Kansas City; Melvin Fowler, Buffalo; Matt Lehr, New
Orleans; Andy McCollum, Detroit; Jeremy Newberry, San
Diego; Scott Peters, Arizona; Cory Withrow, St. Louis.
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DEFENSE
Defensive ends—Kevin Carter, Tampa Bay; Earl Cochran,
Houston; Sean Conover, NY Jets; Nick Eason, Pittsburgh;
Kalimba Edwards, Oakland; Ebenezer Ekuban, Denver; John
Engelberger, Denver; Simon Fraser, Atlanta; Roderick Green,
Kampman mum on switch to 3-4 outside ’backer
San Francisco; Brian Johnston, Kansas City; Travis LaBoy,
Arizona; Jayme Mitchell, Minnesota; Jerome McDougle,
GREEN BAY—Normally one of the different things,” linebacker A.J.
NY Giants; Julius Peppers (F), Carolina; Josh Savage, Packers’ most pleasant and acces- Hawk said. “He’s really transi-
New Orleans; Anthony Weaver, Houston; James Wyche, sible stars, Aaron Kampman sud- tioned well.”
Jacksonville.
denly has gone quiet. Capers said rushing the passer
Defensive tackles—Kenderick Allen, Minnesota; Gary That more than anything might from a standing position could
Gibson, Carolina; La’Roi Glover, St. Louis; Vonnie Holliday,
Miami; Antwan Lake, New Orleans; Langston Moore, indicate some level of discomfort make Kampman even more dan-
Detroit; Kindal Moorehead, Atlanta; Dewayne Robertson, with the team’s decision to switch gerous once he gets comfortable
Denver; Orpheus Roye, Pittsburgh; Hollis Thomas, New defensive schemes, a move that will with it. In certain situations, play-
Orleans; Josh Thomas, Indianapolis; John Thornton,
turn one of the league’s best pass ers in Capers’ defense can choose
Cincinnati; Casey Tyler, Dallas; Darwin Walker, Carolina; Ellis
Wyms, Minnesota; Brian Young, New Orleans; Jeff Zgonina,
rushing defensive ends into an out- to line up in a three-point stance or
Houston. side linebacker in the team’s new stand up—and Capers said they
Linebackers—Rufus Alexander, Indianapolis; Jason Babin, base 3-4 alignment. often choose to stand up.
Kansas City; Rocky Boiman, Kansas City; Derrick Brooks, Tampa
Kampman has not spoken to “There’s a lot more information
Bay; Khary Campbell, Washington; Anthony Cannon, Detroit;
reporters about the change, but you can process on the football
Dan Cody, Baltimore; Rosevelt Colvin, New England; Donte’
Curry, Carolina; Donnie Edwards, Kansas City; Keith Ellison (R), Packers coach Mike McCarthy field as a stand-up pass rusher as
Buffalo; Troy Evans, New Orleans; Gilbert Gardner, Chicago; seemed to acknowledge last week opposed to a pass rusher down in a
Curtis Gatewood, Kansas City; Morlon Greenwood, Houston; that Kampman has some three-point stance,” said new out-
Marques Harris, San Diego; Napoleon Harris, Minnesota;
reservations. side linebackers coach Kevin
Abdul Hodge (R), Cincinnati; Mike Humpal, Pittsburgh; Brad
Kassell, NY Jets; Jason Kyle, Carolina; Teddy Lehman, Buffalo;
“I think this defense is going to Greene. “I would know that, play-
Wesly Mallard, Seattle; Jim Maxwell, Cincinnati; Willie help Aaron Kampman,” McCarthy ing 15 years. He’s going to have a
McGinest, Cleveland; Marques Murrell (R), NY Jets; Ryan Nece, said. “I think there is always a hesi- lot more information to process to
Detroit; Shantee Orr, Cleveland; Antwan Peek, Cleveland;
tancy when you are asked to do help him get off on the ball and
Carlos Polk, Dallas; Junior Seau, New England; Matt Sinclair,
something different. Aaron was blossom. We have all the plans in
Washington; Gary Stills, St. Louis; Terrell Suggs (F), Baltimore;
Dontarrious Thomas, Minnesota; Marcus Washington, very comfortable in the old scheme, the world to improve his play, not
Washington; Nate Webster, Denver. but I think this is going to create to degrade his play at all, and he
Cornerbacks—David Barrett, NY Jets; Fakhir Brown, St. more opportunities for him.” will be fine.”
Louis; Terry Cousin, Cleveland; Jason Craft, St. Louis; Travis After not speaking to reporters Capers downplayed talk of hesi-
Fisher, Detroit; Reynaldo Hill, Tennessee; William James,
Jacksonville; Michael Lehan, New Orleans; Sam Madison,
during the Packers’ fan fest in March, tancy on Kampman’s part, describ-
NY Giants; Ricky Manning Jr., St. Louis; Derrick Martin (R), Kampman was present for Thurs- ingKampmanas“veryprofessional”
Baltimore; Chris McAlister, Baltimore; Mike McKenzie, New day’s voluntary OTA but did not and saying he is making good prog-
Orleans; R.W. McQuarters, NY Giants; Deltha O’Neal, New
appear in the locker room while it ress in his transition.
England; Dunta Robinson (F), Houston; Lewis Sanders,
was open to the media. A team “He’s obviously a very, very con-
New England; Duane Starks, Jacksonville; Brandon Sumrall,
NY Giants; DeJuan Tribble, San Diego; Jason Webster, New spokesman said Kampman origi- MIKE ROEMER / AP scientious guy that’s going to attempt
England; Jimmy Williams, Houston; Stanley Wilson, Detroit. nally planned to address reporters Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers says Aaron Kampman (74) has been ‘very professional.’ to do things exactly the way you
Safeties—Oshiomogho Atogwe (F), St. Louis; Michael Thursday but changed his mind. want them done,” Capers said. “He’s
Boulware, Minnesota; Mike Brown, Chicago; Oliver Celestin, One of Kampman’s closest drastic as it seems, given the fact he Still, Kampman will have to learn a smart player—you can see that
Kansas City; Corey Chavous, St. Louis; Will Demps, Houston;
Mike Doss, Cincinnati; Hiram Eugene, Oakland; Mike Green,
friends on the team, quarterback generally will go back to being a how to rush the passer from a right now in the transition.”
Washington; Rodney Harrison, New England; Terrence Holt, Aaron Rodgers, said he hopes traditional end when the Packers standing position—as opposed to But is Kampman enthusiastic
New Orleans; Dexter Jackson, Cincinnati; Sammy Knight, NY Kampman will embrace the deviate from their base defense the three-point stance at end, with about the switch or just being a
Giants; Marquand Manuel, Denver; Marlon McCree, Denver;
change. “I hope he realizes that this with a “sub” package with extra his hand on the ground. He’ll some- good soldier doing what his coaches
Lawyer Milloy, Atlanta; Chad Nkang, Jacksonville; Pierson
is probably going to be the best defensive backs. times drop into coverage, a staple of tell him to do? “I don’t get into that
Prioleau, Jacksonville; Chris Reis (R), New Orleans; Dwight
Smith, Detroit; Jimmy Williams, San Francisco; Cameron thing for him,” Rodgers said. “He’s not going to be standing up the 3-4 scheme intended to confuse part of it, OK?” Capers said. “All I
Worrell, Chicago. Rodgers reiterated a point as much as maybe people think he offenses. know is, everything we’ve asked
SPECIAL TEAMS
brought up repeatedly by McCa- is,” Rodgers said. “So I think he’s “I give him credit because that’s him to do, he’s done, and he’s cer-
Kickers—John Carney, NY Giants; Matt Stover, Baltimore. rthy and new defensive coordina- going to make the transition very a big transition, going from ‘D-end’ tainly not been resistant to any-
Punters—Mitch Berger, Pittsburgh; Mike Dragosavich,
Indianapolis; Sam Koch (R), Baltimore; Kyle Larson, Cincin- tor Dom Capers: Kampman’s smoothly, and we’ve got a lot of all the time to standing up and hav- thing we’ve asked him to do.”
nati; Ryan Plackemeier, Cincinnati. position switch might not be as guys pushing him.” ing to think a lot more and do — The Associated Press
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Top 100 countdown
Sporting News Today is counting down its
Top 100 college football teams for 2009,
featuring one team each day leading into
the season opener Thursday, Sept. 3. Go to
SportingNews.com for the previous teams.
96
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With a new coach and QB, MiQuale Lewis will
have to repeat his ‘08 success.
BALL STATE
2008 record: 12-2 overall, 8-0
MAC
Coach: Stan Parrish
Outlook: It’s all been downhill for
the Cardinals since Dec. 5, the
night Buffalo ended Ball State’s
perfect season with a resounding
win in the MAC championship.
The Cardinals were embarrassed
by Tulsa in a bowl game, lost head
coach Brady Hoke to San Diego
State and junior quarterback Nate
Davis to the NFL. At least running
back MiQuale Lewis (1,736
rushing yards and 22 TDs in
2008) returns.
— Derek Samson
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Paterno’s top-secret contract
reveals he’s a millionaire
Records released by Penn
State indicate that 82-year-old
coach Joe Paterno is the school’s
highest-paid employee, making
more than $1.03 million last
year.
That includes his base salary
plus bonuses, but does not
include compensation from
outside the university that top
coaches typically collect. Pater-
no’s compensation from other
sources is not a public record.
The salary information for
Paterno and 31 other Penn State
employees were released in
compliance with a Pennsylva-
nia Right-to-Know law that
took effect in January, accord-
ing to The Associated Press.
Paterno’s salary was once one
of college football’s biggest
secrets.
LSU’s Les Miles and Alabama’s
Nick Saban are considered to be
among the highest-paid coaches
in the country. Saban’s total
compensation package called
for him to make roughly $3.8
million this year. Miles last
year signed an extension with
LSU that guaranteed him
$1,000 more than any coach in
the SEC.
Former Duke starting QB
Zack Asack has been kicked off
the team for an undisclosed
violation of team policy. Asack
was entering his senior season
after shifting to safety from
quarterback during the spring.
College Football / College Basketball
It’s the second disciplinary
action taken against Asack
during his time at Duke. The
Blue Devils’ starter at quarter-
back in 2005 was suspended
for the 2006 season for plagia-
rism and returned in 2007 as
Thaddeus Lewis’ backup.
The Chick-fil-A College
Kickoff at Atlanta’s Georgia
Dome will feature N.C. State vs.
Tennessee in 2012, the Raleigh
News & Observer reported. That
will be the fifth year for the
game between SEC and ACC
schools.
Michigan has added non-
conference opponents Massa-
chusetts and Bowling Green to
its 2010 schedule. The Wolver-
ines will play Massachusetts
on Sept. 18 and Bowling Green
on Sept. 25 at Michigan
Stadium.
Former Oregon QB Chris
Harper and Minnesota WR Bro-
drick Smith could be transferring
to Kansas State, the Topeka
Capital-Journal reported. Smith
is a Garden City, Kan., native,
while Harper is from Wichita,
Kan.
“I’ve talked to both of them,”
Wichita-based trainer Brian But-
ler told the Capital-Journal.
“Basically, they’re trying to get
closer to home. K-State is an
option for both of them, a very
serious option.”
SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009 27
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
INSIDE DISH
Chism video may have violated rules
Tennessee ordered senior Wayne Chism to remove
roughly two dozen videos he posted on YouTube and
Facebook—videos that could require the school to self-
report a violation to the NCAA, the Knoxville News Sen-
tinel reported.
Chism attempted to make comical reality videos
with Mike Norton, owner of All Pro Truck Tire Service
in Knoxville. Norton and Chism are friends, and Nor-
ton told the newspaper that Chism has never worked
for him nor received money.
But Norton’s business was mentioned in the videos,
and Chism wore a shirt that appeared to bear the logo
of All Pro, the newspaper reported. The NCAA could
consider that an endorsement—and therefore a
violation.
“When the athletic department was made aware of
the videos, Wayne was immediately asked to remove
them from the Internet,’’ said UT spokesman Tom Sat-
kowiak. “Some of the videos didn’t portray Wayne in a
good light, and he understands that he did not meet the
men’s basketball program’s expectations. We’ll use WADE PAYNE / AP
this entire situation as a teaching moment for our stu- Videos of Tennessee’s Wayne Chism with the owner of a business
dent-athletes. could have been construed as an endorsement of the business.
“Our compliance office also has been made aware of
the situation.’’ Walker has been an assistant coach the last two sea-
Norton told the newspaper that he received calls
from an unhappy coach Bruce Pearl.
sons at New Mexico under Steve Alford. He was an assis-
tant in 2000-01 at Villanova under Steve Lappas, and
“We didn’t mean to get anybody in any kind of trou- followed Lappas to Massachusetts.
ble,’’ Norton said.
In the final video, Chism expresses displeasure with Colorado coach Jeff Bzdelik announced that sopho-
those alerting Tennessee to videos in which Chism “is more Toby Veal will be leaving the program to spend
cussing a lot on YouTube.” more time with his newborn daughter. The 6-7, 225-
“To the people who liked the videos we appreciate pound forward played in 18 games as a true freshman
you watching,’’ Chism said. “You’ll look on Facebook last season, averaging 1.8 points and 1.6 rebounds per
and YouTube and see all the videos gone. The people game.
that called and snitched on me, not cool. But I guess I
appreciate that because they said they don’t want to Davidson’s Stephen Curry has been named Southern
make my image bad.’’ Conference’s male athlete of the year for a second
straight season. Curry became the SoCon’s all-time
Former Villanova PG Chris Walker (1988-92) is the top leading scorer this season, finishing with 2,635 points.
candidate to replace Pat Chambers as the lead assistant on He became the first repeat winner since LB Dexter Coak-
Villanova’s staff, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. ley won in 1996 and 1997 with Appalachian State.
Chambers left Villanova to become the head coach at Curry has chosen to give up his final season at
Boston University. Davidson to enter next month’s NBA draft.
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Money man one round away from first win

FORT WORTH, TEXAS—With $12.7 Day and Marino also are winless round. He finished at 69 and was
million in career earnings on the on the PGA Tour. Both have extra alone at 13 under in his first
PGA Tour, Tim Clark has the dubi-
Crowne Plaza incentive, too, from Marino’s mom appearance in the event since pull-
ous distinction of winning the Invitational growing up in Fort Worth (she was ing out after criticizing the tourna-
most money without winning an at Colonial in the gallery, as were a bunch of ment for letting Annika Sorenstam
event. her childhood friends) to Day hav- in the field in ’03.
Now he’s got a great chance to let Site: Fort Worth, Texas. ing moved to Fort Worth last year. Justin Leonard (64) and Woody
someone else carry that burden. Course: Colonial Country Club “My mind is in a really good spot Austin (67) were 12 under. One
Clark shot a 4-under 66 on Sat- (7,054 yards, par 70). right now,” Day said. more shot behind were Sean
urday in the third round of the Purse: $6.2 million. Winner’s share: Marino gave his mom and her O’Hair (70) and Paul Casey (66),
Crowne Plaza Invitational to take $1,116,000. friends plenty to shout about dur- who is playing his first tournament
a two-stroke lead into the final TV: CBS (Today, 3-6 p.m.). ing the lowest round of his PGA as No. 3 in the world ranking.
round. Tour career. They were loudest on Mickelson isn’t here after
The 33-year-old South African Nos. 11-13, when Marino put all of announcing last week that wife
has been near the top of the leader- “It’s never easy being the front- his approaches within 5 feet for Amy is battling breast cancer. In
board all week, then finally moved runner. It’s a little bit tougher than “pretty stress-free birdies.” her honor, and to raise awareness
into first place all by himself with a coming from a few shots back,” he “I just felt really in control of about the disease, the tournament
birdie on 11. After a string of pars, said. “But I have led a few tourna- everything,” he said. “It was a went into “pink out” mode Satur-
he birdied 18 to dip to 17-under 193 ments on the European tour going great feeling.” day. Most players wore pink shirts,
and stretch his lead. That kind of into the last round and have been Stricker faded after setting the as did tournament staffers and
finish also might be the momen- able to shoot a good score. It’s about 36-hole record (126). Playing with many folks in the gallery.
tum-extender to help him snap his staying calm and not getting too Clark, Stricker birdied the second CBS broadcaster David Feherty
0-for-183 skid. far ahead of yourself. hole and parred all the rest. really got into it, going pink from
“It’s tough to win out here; every- “This is a great course for doing “I like the position I’m in,” head (cap, sunglasses and spray-
one knows it,” said Clark, 63rd on that, too. You still have to come out Stricker said. “For the most part, painted beard) to toe (pants and
the tour’s career money list. “Hope- and play good golf. If someone is it’s better to come from behind— shoes).
fully, I do get that win sometime going to catch me tomorrow they unless it’s someone like Tiger “It’s pretty special to see,” Leon-
and it makes things easier. That’s have to play really good, so that’s who’s used to leading. Hopefully I ard said. “I’m not usually a pink-
all I can hope for.” good to know.” can put up a good number shirt wearer, but it felt good to put
Reason to believe he can do it Well, that brings up another tomorrow.” it on. I wish it were under different
starts with his streak of eight problem. Lots of people are play- Vijay Singh got off track with circumstances.” DONNA MCWILLIAM / AP
straight rounds in the 60s at the ing really good this week. consecutive bogeys early in his — The Associated Press Tim Clark put himself in position for his first-ever tour victory with a third-round 66.
Colonial Country Club. That Wind is the only defense this old
includes all of last year’s event, course has against modern players
when he walked off the course tied and their technological advances, Leaderboard Zach Johnson 69-67-64 — 200 -10 David Toms 67-72-65 — 204 -6 J.J. Henry 71-68-67 — 206 -4 John Rollins 70-67-71 — 208 -2
Ian Poulter 66-69-65 — 200 -10 Kevin Streelman 68-70-66 — 204 -6 Rod Pampling 73-66-67 — 206 -4 Mike Weir 69-67-72 — 208 -2
for first but wound up second and there’s yet to be anything more Kevin Na 66-68-66 — 200 -10 Mark Wilson 67-71-66 — 204 -6 Scott Verplank 70-68-68 — 206 -4 Rory Sabbatini 71-69-69 — 209 -1
when Phil Mickelson birdied the than a gentle breeze. Making Saturday Ted Purdy 69-65-66 — 200 -10 Fredrik Jacobson 68-70-66 — 204 -6 George McNeill 68-70-68 — 206 -4 Bo Van Pelt 71-69-69 — 209 -1
At Colonial Country Club Luke Donald 68-65-67 — 200 -10 Nick O’Hern 69-69-66 — 204 -6 Rocco Mediate 67-70-69 — 206 -4 Brian Gay 68-71-70 — 209 -1
final hole. It was the sixth runner- things even easier, many greens Fort Worth, Texas Jeff Overton 69-67-65 — 201 -9 Jim Furyk 68-69-67 — 204 -6 Greg Owen 68-69-69 — 206 -4 Ben Crane 71-68-70 — 209 -1
up finish of Clark’s career; another are new and soaked by a rainy Purse: $6.2 million Lucas Glover 70-65-66 — 201 -9 Geoff Ogilvy 70-67-67 — 204 -6 Tom Pernice, Jr. 69-67-70 — 206 -4 Richard S. Johnson 71-69-70 — 210 E
Yardage: 7,204; Par 70 Kevin Sutherland 66-67-68 — 201 -9 Hunter Mahan 69-67-68 — 204 -6 Chris DiMarco 69-71-67 — 207 -3 Chez Reavie 72-68-70 — 210 E
came at the 2006 Masters. spring, leaving them nice and Third Round Tim Herron 71-65-66 — 202 -8 Kenny Perry 64-72-68 — 204 -6 Matt Bettencourt 69-70-68 — 207 -3 John Merrick 71-68-71 — 210 E
That giant 0-fer is reason enough soft—just the way players like it. Tim Clark 63-64-66 — 193 -17 Harrison Frazar 67-69-66 — 202 -8 Jason Dufner 69-71-65 — 205 -5 Tommy Armour III 67-72-68 — 207 -3 Michael Bradley 70-67-73 — 210 E
Steve Marino 66-67-62 — 195 -15 John Senden 68-67-67 — 202 -8 Charley Hoffman 73-67-65 — 205 -5 Derek Fathauer 68-69-70 — 207 -3 Ryuji Imada 69-68-73 — 210 E
to question whether Clark can do Jason Day has capitalized with Jason Day 65-65-65 — 195 -15 Jason Bohn 69-65-68 — 202 -8 Bart Bryant 70-68-67 — 205 -5 Brian Davis 69-68-70 — 207 -3
it. There’s also this nugget: Clark’s three straight rounds of 65, and Steve Stricker 63-63-69 — 195 -15 Ryan Palmer 69-63-70 — 202 -8 Anthony Kim 69-68-68 — 205 -5 Danny Lee 69-67-71 — 207 -3 Failed to make final round
Vijay Singh 64-64-69 — 197 -13 Matt Kuchar 70-68-65 — 203 -7 Stewart Cink 71-66-68 — 205 -5 Heath Slocum 69-71-68 — 208 -2 Ken Duke 71-69-71 — 211 +1
only other 54-hole lead was at the Steve Marino shot a tournament- Justin Leonard 66-68-64 — 198 -12 Tom Lehman 68-69-66 — 203 -7 Bob Estes 71-66-68 — 205 -5 Dudley Hart 74-66-68 — 208 -2 Mark Brooks 71-69-72 — 212 +2
2008 St. Jude Classic. He opened best 62 on Saturday, moving them Woody Austin 63-68-67 — 198 -12 Charlie Wi 67-70-66 — 203 -7 James Nitties 67-68-70 — 205 -5 Adam Scott 68-71-69 — 208 -2 Aron Price 67-72-73 — 212 +2
Paul Casey 66-67-66 — 199 -11 Stephen Ames 68-68-67 — 203 -7 Corey Pavin 71-69-66 — 206 -4 Carl Pettersson 71-68-69 — 208 -2 Joe Ogilvie 67-73-73 — 213 +3
that final round with a triple bogey, into a tie for second place at 15 Sean O’Hair 65-64-70 — 199 -11 James Driscoll 69-64-70 — 203 -7 Brandt Jobe 71-69-66 — 206 -4 Justin Rose 69-69-70 — 208 -2 Mark Calcavecchia 68-72-74 — 214 +4
shot 6 over and finished 18th. under with Steve Stricker (69).
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Glance
PARIS—A look at the French Open
on Saturday:
Weather: Sunny. High of 75
degrees.
Attendance: 35,365.
Men’s seeded winners: No. 2
Roger Federer, No. 5 Juan Martin
del Potro, No. 6 Andy Roddick, No.
9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 11 Gael
Monfils, No. 16 Tommy Robredo,
No. 29 Philipp Kohlschreiber.
Men’s seeded losers: No. 4
Novak Djokovic, No. 24 Jurgen
Melzer, No. 25 Igor Andreev, No. 32
Paul-Henri Mathieu.
Women’s seeded winners:
No. 2 Serena Williams, No. 5
Jelena Jankovic, No. 7 Svetlana
Kuznetsova, No. 9 Victoria Azarenka,
No. 12 Agnieszka Radwanska, No.
24 Aleksandra Wozniak, No. 30
Samantha Stosur.
Women’s seeded losers: No. 4
Elena Dementieva, No. 10 Caroline
Wozniacki, No. 22 Carla Suarez
Navarro.
Stat of the day: 38—unforced
errors by Djokovic, 16 more than his
opponent, in a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 loss to
Kohlschreiber.
Quote of the day: “I’m watch-
ing only men’s tennis on TV. I don’t
really watch too much women’s.
That’s why many times, when I
play against them, I don’t know my
opponent.” —Jankovic, after her
6-1, 6-1 victory over Jarmila Groth.
On court today: No. 1 Rafael
Nadal vs. No. 23 Robin Soderling,
No. 3 Andy Murray vs. No. 13 Marin
Cilic, No. 8 Fernando Verdasco vs.
No. 10 Nikolay Davydenko; No. 1
Dinara Safina vs. Aravane Rezai,
No. 8 Ana Ivanovic vs. No. 9 Victoria
Azarenka, No. 25 Li Na vs. Maria
Sharapova.
Today’s forecast: Sunny. High
of 75.
Today’s TV: Tennis Channel, 5
a.m.-3 p.m. EDT; NBC, 3-6 p.m. EDT.
— The Associated Press
Roddick reaches fourth round for first time
PARIS—Rust-colored flecks of clay dotted
Andy Roddick’s white attire, from the
brim of his baseball cap, down the back of
his shirt, to his ankle braces.
Never before nearly this comfortable at the
only Grand Slam tournament played on the
sport’s slowest surface, Roddick reached the
French Open’s fourth round for the first
time in his career by beating Marc Gicquel of
France 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 Saturday.
And the sixth-seeded Roddick is not sat-
isfied, even though his performance so far
is quite an upgrade for someone who hadn’t
won a match at Roland Garros since 2005.
“Any time you accomplish a goal, it’s
nice. But my tournament is not over. You
know, I’d like to keep going,” the American
said. “I don’t even have anything else to do
next week. I’d like to stick around.”
He’s one of only two U.S. singles players,
out of 17 men and women entered, who
will compete in Week 2. The other is Ser-
ena Williams, the 2002 French Open
champion, who lost a disputed point en
route to dropping the opening set Satur-
day, but came back to defeat Maria Jose
Martinez Sanchez 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Afterward, Williams branded Martinez
Sanchez a cheater for failing to fess up that a
ball ricocheted off her arm. Martinez San-
chez said the ball went off her racket. NBC
replays appeared to show the ball went off
the Spaniard’s arm, then her racket, on its
way over the net; rules call for a player to lose
the point if she touches the ball.
“She should have lost the point—instead
of cheating,” Williams said.
Two-time semifinalist Novak Djokovic
was upset by No. 29 Philipp Kohlschreiber
of Germany 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Then there were
gasps as the scoreboard showed three-
time runner-up Roger Federer dropped
the first set, followed immediately by
applause as the locals realized it was
France’s Paul-Henri Mathieu who’d won
Tennis
FRENCH OPEN
Serena Williams didn’t have kind words for her opponent in Saturday’s match, accusing her of cheating.
that set.
But if Djokovic never got things turned
around, Federer most certainly did, and
he wound up wrapping up a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4,
6-4 victory over the 32nd-seeded Mathieu.
The second-seeded Federer and fourth-
seeded Djokovic could have met in the
MICHEL EULER / AP
semifinals, but the 13-time Grand Slam
champion shrugged when asked if he was
relieved to see the Serb depart.
“No, not at all,” Federer said. “Winning
the semifinal is not winning the tourna-
ment, so it doesn’t change anything.”
— The Associated Press
SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009
Results
Saturday at Stade Roland Garros, Paris
Purse: $21.8 million (Grand Slam)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
Men, Third Round
Tommy Haas, Germany, def. Jeremy Chardy,
France, 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
Andy Roddick (6), United States, def. Marc
Gicquel, France, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.
Juan Martin del Potro (5), Argentina, def. Igor
Andreev (25), Russia, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9), France, def. Christophe
Rochus, Belgium, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2.
Gael Monfils (11), France, def. Jurgen Melzer
(24), Austria, 6-2. 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Tommy Robredo (16), Spain, def. Maximo
Gonzalez, Argentina, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-0.
Philipp Kohlschreiber (29), Germany, def.
Novak Djokovic (4), Serbia, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Paul-Henri
Mathieu (32), France, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.
Women, Third Round
Svetlana Kuznetsova (7), Russia, def. Melinda
Czink, Hungary, 6-1, 6-3.
Samantha Stosur (30), Australia, def. Elena
Dementieva (4), Russia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.
Agnieszka Radwanska (12), Poland, def.
Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 6-2, 6-4.
Victoria Azarenka (9), Belarus, def. Carla
Suarez Navarro (22), Spain, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2.
Aleksandra Wozniak (24), Canada, def.
Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain, 6-2, 3-6,
6-3.
Virginie Razzano, France, def. Tathiana Garbin,
Italy, 7-5, 7-5.
Jelena Jankovic (5), Serbia, def. Jarmila Groth,
Australia, 6-1, 6-1.
Serena Williams (2), United States, def. Maria
Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Sorana Cirstea, Romania, vs. Caroline Wozni-
acki (10), Denmark, 7-6 (3), 7-5.
Doubles
Men, Second Round
Rik de Voest, South Africa, and Ashley Fisher
(14), Australia, def. Dusan Vemic, Serbia, and
Mischa Zverev, Germany, 6-3, 7-6 (6).
Mahesh Bhupathi, India, and Mark Knowles
(4), Bahamas, def. Johan Brunstrom, Sweden,
and Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands Antilles,
7-5, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3).
Bob and Mike Bryan (2 ), United States, def.
Andrei Pavel and Horia Tecau, Romania, 6-1,
6-4.
Jose Acasuso, Argentina, and Fernando
Gonzalez, Chile, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez,
Spain, and Sergio Roitman, Argentina, 6-1,
6-3.
Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Nenad Zimonjic
(1), Serbia, def. Leos Friedl and David Skoch,
Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2.
Third Round
Lukas Dlouhy, Czech Republic, and Leander
Paes (3 ), India, def. Julien Benneteau and
29
Nicolas Mahut, France, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
Wesley Moodie, South Africa, and Dick Nor-
man, Belgium, def. Simon Aspelin, Sweden,
and Paul Hanley, Australia, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Bruno Soares, Brazil, and Kevin Ullyett (5),
Zimbabwe, def. Jaroslav Levinsky, Czech
Republic, and Igor Zelenay, Slovakia, 3-6, 6-4,
7-6 (6).
Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov, Russia,
def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and Luis Horna
(8), Peru, 7-6 (4), 6-4.
Women, Third Round
Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Peng Shuai (9),
China, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, and
Ai Sugiyama (7), Japan, 6-3, 7-5.
Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and Patty
Schnyder (11), Switzerland, and Maria Kir-
ilenko, Russia, and Flavia Pennetta (8), Italy,
7-6 (4), 6-4.
Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Liezel Huber (1),
United States, def. Vania King, United States,
and Monica Niculescu (13), Romania, 7-5,
6-1.
Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano
Pascual (3), Spain, def. Vera Dushevina and
Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, and Elena Vesnina
(12), Russia, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova,
Russia, and Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 6-2,
7-5.
Mixed
First Round
Nathalie Dechy, France, and Andy Ram, Israel,
def. Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi, India,
6-1, 7-5.
Ai Sugiyama, Japan, and Andre Sa (5), Brazil,
def. Aurelie Vedy and Josselin Ouanna, France,
6-3, 6-3.
Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and Mark
Knowles, Bahamas, def. Iveta Benesova and
Lukas Dlouhy, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-4.
Anastasia Rodionova, Russia, and Rik de
Voest, South Africa, def. Yaroslava Shvedova,
Kazakhstan, and Jordan Kerr, Australia, 6-1,
3-6, 11-9 tiebreak.
Pauline Parmentier and Marc Gicquel, France,
def. Vladimira Uhlirova and Leos Friedl, Czech
Republic, 6-4, 6-3.
Second Round
Nadia Petrova, Russia, and Max Mirnyi (4),
Belarus, def. Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Ash-
ley Fisher, Australia, 6-3, 6-3.
Sybille Bammer, Austria, and Lukasz Kubot,
Poland, def. Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Lean-
der Paes (2), India, 6-0, 1-6, 10-6 tiebreak.
Liezel Huber and Bob Bryan (1), United States,
def. Flavia Pennetta, Italy, and Dusan Vemic,
Serbia, 6-3, 3-6, 12-10 tiebreak.
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Gwynn’s Aztecs eliminate defending champs
IRVINE, CALIF. —Brandon Meredith hit two
home runs and Tyler Lavigne pitched into
the eighth inning as San Diego State elimi-
nated defending College World Series
champion Fresno State with a 4-1 victory in
an NCAA baseball regional game Saturday
night.
Coach Tony Gwynn’s Aztecs (41-22) will
face UC Irvine, which lost 5-0 to Virginia
in a game that ended early today.
Fresno State’s defense of its national title
ended in two regional losses as Lavigne
limited the Bulldogs (32-30) to just five
hits and an unearned run in 7 1/3 innings
while striking out eight and walking one.
Addison Reed got four outs for his 20th
save.
Tallahassee (Fla.) Regional
Florida St. 8, Georgia 2
Freshman Sean Gilmartin pitched a com-
plete game and Jason Stidham had five
RBIs as Florida State advanced to the
regional final.
Ohio St. 6 , Marist 4
Matt Streng drove in the winning run,
Jake Hale picked up his 17th save and Big
Ten champion Ohio State avoided
elimination.
Greenville (N.C.) Regional
South Carolina 12, East Carolina 2
Justin Dalles hit a grand slam and drove
in seven runs, and Blake Cooper pitched a
complete game to help South Carolina
cruise past East Carolina.
Binghamton 11, George Mason 6
Henry Dunn and Corey Taylor each hit
home runs to help Binghamton beat George
Mason in an elimination game.
East Carolina 11, Binghamton 7
Dustin Harrington hit one of East
Oklahoma State’s Michael Dabbs (2) is greeted after scoring what turned out to be the winning run against Clemson.
Carolina’s three home runs, helping the
Pirates beat Binghamton in a rain-delayed
NCAA tournament opener.
Clemson (S.C.) Regional
Oklahoma St. 3, Clemson 2
Neil Medchill hit a two-out RBI single in
the eighth inning to give Oklahoma State a
victory over Clemson.
College Baseball
NCAA REGIONAL ROUNDUP
Tennessee Tech 6, Alabama 2
Michael Alcorn scattered nine hits in his
third complete game of the season and Ten-
nessee Tech knocked off Alabama in an
elimination game.
Chapel Hill (N.C.) Regional
North Carolina 14, Coastal Carolina 5
Ben Bunting, Levi Michael and Kyle
MARK CRAMMER / AP
Seager each drove in three runs to help
North Carolina beat Coastal Carolina and
move to the finals.
Kansas 16, Dartmouth 0
Shaeffer Hall threw a complete game
while Zac Elgie had a school postseason-
record six RBIs to help Kansas beat Dart-
mouth in an elimination game.
SUNDAY, MAY 31, 2009 30
Atlanta Regional
Southern Miss 10, Georgia Tech 7
B.A. Vollmuth homered, doubled and
drove in four runs, and Southern Missis-
sippi took advantage of Georgia Tech’s
worst defensive game of the season.
Elon 4, Georgia State 3
Cory Harrilchak hit a go-ahead home run
in the sixth inning, Jimmy Reyes struck out
a career-high 14 and Elon edged Georgia
State to eliminate the Panthers from their
first NCAA tournament.
Gainesville (Fla.) Regional
Florida 8, Miami 2
Stephen Locke pitched 7 1/3 stellar
innings, Jonathan Pigott drove in two runs
and Florida beat Miami for just the fourth
time in 16 postseason meetings.
Jacksonville 8, Bethune-Cookman 7
Chuck Opachich drove in four runs, the
biggest on a solo homer in the eighth, and
Jacksonville beat Bethune-Cookman to
stave off elimination.
Louisville (Ky.) Regional
Louisville 3, Middle Tennessee 2
Jeff Arnold scored the go-ahead run on
an errant pickoff throw by the catcher in
the top of the ninth inning as Louisville ral-
lied to beat Middle Tennessee.
Vanderbilt 10, Indiana 0
Sonny Gray gave up seven hits and struck
out 10 as Vanderbilt beat Indiana in an
elimination game.
Oxford (Miss.) Regional
Mississippi 7, Western Kentucky 4
Matt Snyder hit a three-run homer, Phil
Irwin (8-3) struck out nine and Mississippi
beat Western Kentucky.
Missouri 9, Monmouth 0
Kyle Gibson (11-3) struck out eight and
allowed six hits in eight strong innings and
Missouri eliminated Monmouth.
— The Associated Press
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NCAA REGIONAL ROUNDUP
NCAA Division I regionals glance All times ET, double elimination

At Clark-LeClair Stadium
Greenville, N.C.
Friday
Florida 8, Bethune-Cookman 7
Saturday
Jacksonville 8, Bethune-Cookman 7, Bethune-
Cookman eliminated
Today
Game 5 — Minnesota (39-18) vs. Baylor (30-25),
2 p.m.
Game 6 — LSU (48-16) vs. Game 5 winner,
Monday
Game 7 : Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7
p.m., if necessary
Texas wins longest game in NCAA history
South Carolina 11, George Mason 3
East Carolina vs. Binghamton, ppd., rain Florida 8, Miami 2 7 p.m. At Packard Stadium AUSTIN, TEXAS—Travis Tucker hit an Xavier 9, Sam Houston State 6
Saturday Today Monday Tempe, Ariz.
East Carolina 11, Binghamton 7 Game 5 — Jacksonville (37-21) vs. Miami Game 7 : Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7 Friday RBI single with one out in the top of Jordan Conley had three hits and
Binghamton 11, George Mason 6, George Mason (37-21), 1 p.m. p.m., if necessary Oral Roberts 13, Cal Poly 3
Game 6 — Florida (41-20) vs. Game 5 winner, Arizona State 17, Kent State 6 the 25th inning, leading Texas to a pitched 2 1-3 innings of hitless relief
eliminated
South Carolina 12, East Carolina 2 6:30 p.m. At L. Dale Mitchell Park Saturday 3-2 victory over Boston College in for the win as Xavier beat Sam Hous-
Today Monday Norman, Okla. Kent State 10, Cal Poly 9, Cal Poly eliminated
Game 5 — Binghamton (30-21) vs. East Carolina Game 7 : Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6:30 Friday Arizona State 4, Oral Roberts 1 the longest game in NCAA history. ton State in an elimination game.
(43-18), 2 p.m. p.m., if necessary Arkansas 10, Washington State 3 Today The game eclipsed the former
Oklahoma 5, Wichita State 4 Game 5 — Kent State (43-16) vs. Oral Roberts
Game 6 — South Carolina (40-21) vs. Game 5
winner, 6 p.m. At Dick Howser Stadium Saturday (32-13), 4 p.m. record of 23 innings, set in 1971 Norman (Okla.) Regional
Monday Tallahassee, Fla. Washington State 3, Wichita State 2, Wichita St. Game 6 : Arizona State (46-12) vs. Game 5 when Louisiana-Lafayette defeated Washington State 3,
Game 7 : Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6 Friday eliminated winner, 9 p.m.
p.m., if necessary Georgia 24, Ohio State 8 Game 4 — Arkansas (35-22) vs. Oklahoma Monday McNeese State 6-5. The game began Wichita St. 2
Florida State 16, Marist 4 (42-18), 8 p.m. Game 7 : Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 9 at 7:02 p.m. EDT Saturday and con- Derek Jones and Jared Prince hit
At Boshamer Stadium Saturday Today p.m., if necessary
Chapel Hill, N.C. Ohio State 6, Marist 4, Marist eliminated Game 5 : Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser, 2 p.m. cluded 7 hours, 3 minutes later at back-to-back home runs in the sixth
Friday Florida State 8, Georgia 2 Game 6 : Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, At Anteater Ballpark 2:05 a.m. today. Texas (43-13-1) inning to lift Washington State over
Coastal Carolina 11, Kansas 3 Today 8 p.m. Irvine, Calif.
North Carolina 5, Dartmouth 2 Game 5 — Ohio State (41-18) vs. Georgia Monday Friday scored when Connor Rowe walked Wichita State in an elimination
Saturday (38-23), Noon Game 7 : Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 8 Virginia 5, San Diego State 1 to lead off the top of the inning and game.
Kansas 16, Dartmouth 0, Dartmouth eliminated Game 6 — Florida State (44-16) vs. Game 5 p.m., if necessary UC Irvine 4, Fresno State 2
North Carolina 14, Coastal Carolina 5 winner, 4 p.m. Saturday was sacrificed to second by David
Today Monday At Reckling Park San Diego State 4, Fresno State 1, Fresno St.
Hernandez. Rowe advanced to Arkansas 17, Oklahoma 6
Game 5 — Kansas (38-23) vs. Coastal Carolina Game 7 : Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7 Houston eliminated
(47-15), 1 p.m. p.m., if necessary Friday Virginia 5, UC Irvine 0 third on a wild pitch, and Tucker Zach Cox’s three-run homer in
Game 6 — North Carolina (44-16) vs. Game 5 Kansas State 16, Xavier 8 Today
winner, 5 p.m. At Jim Patterson Stadium Rice 5, Sam Houston State 2 Game 5 — San Diego State (41-22) vs. GUC grounded past second base through the first inning got Arkansas off to
Monday Louisville, Ky. Saturday Irvine (44-14), 7 p.m. the drawn-in infield to spark the DAVID KADLUBOWSKI / AP a fast start and the Razorbacks
Game 7 : Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6 Friday Xavier 9, Sam Houston State 6, Sam Houston Game 6— Virginia (45-12-1) vs. Game 5 winner,
p.m., if necessary Middle Tennessee 5, Vanderbilt 4 eliminated 11 p.m. record-setting victory. ASU’s Mike Leake fanned 15 to beat Oral Roberts. cruised past Oklahoma.
Louisville 8, Indiana 2 Kansas State 7, Rice 6, 10 innings Monday The Eagles and top-seeded Long-
At Doug Kingsmore Stadium Saturday Today Game 7 : Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 11
Clemson, S.C. Vanderbilt 10, Indiana 0, Indiana eliminated Game 5 — Xavier (39-20) vs. Rice (40-16), 3 p.m. p.m., if necessary horns also shattered the NCAA innings, and TCU used 17 hits to Fullerton (Calif.) Regional
Friday Louisville 3, Middle Tennessee 2 Game 6 — Kansas State (43-16-1) vs. Game 5 tournament, surpassing the 19 cruise to an easy win. Cal State Fullerton 7, Gonzaga 4
Oklahoma State 10, Alabama 6 Today winner, 7 p.m. At Goodwin Field
Clemson 5, Tennessee Tech 4 Game 5 — Vanderbilt (35-26) vs. Middle Monday Fullerton, Calif. innings played when Clemson edged Dustin Garneau had a career-
Saturday
Tennessee Tech 6, Alabama 2, Alabama
Tennessee (44-17), 3 p.m.
Game 6 — Louisville (46-15) vs. Game 5 winner,
Game 7 : Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7
p.m., if necessary
Friday
Gonzaga 19, Georgia Southern 10
Fordham, 3-2, on May 27, 1988. Baton Rouge (La.) Regional high five hits and Daniel Renken
eliminated 7 p.m. Cal State Fullerton 18, Utah 2 LSU 3, Baylor 2, 10 innings pitched eight strong innings to lead
Oklahoma State 3, Clemson 2 Monday At Lupton Baseball Stadium Saturday Army 7, Texas St. 4 Anthony Ranaudo struck out 14 Cal State Fullerton.
Today Game 7 : Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7 Fort Worth, Texas Utah 11, Georgia Southern 10, Georgia Southern
Game 5 — Tennessee Tech (31-23-1) vs. p.m., if necessary Friday eliminated Joey Henshaw tied an Army in nine innings, and Austin Nola
Clemson (41-20), 3 p.m. Oregon State 9, Texas A&M 8 Cal State Fullerton 7, Gonzaga 4
At Oxford-University Stadium TCU 6, Wright State 3 Today record with his 12th homer and hit a run-scoring single in the top of Utah 11, Georgia Southern 10
Game 6 — Oklahoma State (34-22) vs. Game 5
winner, 7 p.m. Oxford, Miss. Saturday Game 5 — Utah (27-30) vs. Gonzaga (36-17), drove in three runs as the Black the 10th to lift LSU over Baylor. Michael Beltran’s two-out RBI sin-
Monday Friday Texas A&M 6, Wright State 4, 11 innings, Wright 5 p.m.
Game 7 : Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7 Western Kentucky 11, Missouri 5 St. eliminated Game 6 — Cal State Fullerton (44-14) vs. Game Knights rallied past second-seeded gle in the bottom of the ninth inning
p.m., if necessary Mississippi 8, Monmouth, N.J. 1 TCU 13, Oregon State 1 5 winner, 9 p.m. Texas State in an elimination game. Minnesota 11, Southern 8 led Utah past Georgia Southern.
Saturday Today Monday
At Russ Chandler Stadium Missouri 9, Monmouth, N.J. 0, Monmouth, N.J. Game 5 — Texas A&M (37-23) vs. Oregon State Game 7 : Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 9 Justin Gominsky had four hits,
Atlanta eliminated
Mississippi 7, Western Kentucky 4
(36-18), 3 p.m.
Game 6 : TCU (38-16) vs. Game 5 winner, 7 p.m.
p.m., if necessary Fort Worth (Texas) Regional scored twice, drove in two runs and Tempe (Ariz.) Regional
Friday
Southern Mississippi 17, Elon 15 Today Monday Texas A&M 6, added an inning-ending diving Kent St. 10, Cal Poly 9
Georgia Tech 9, Georgia State 3 Game 5 — Missouri (35-26) vs. Western Game 7 : Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7 Wright State 4, 11 innings catch to help Minnesota stay alive Travis Shaw hit a two-run homer
Saturday Kentucky (40-19), 2 p.m. p.m., if necessary
Georgia State 4, Elon 3, Elon eliminated Game 6 — Mississippi (42-17) vs. Game 5 Joe Patterson’s two-run homer in in the NCAA tournament. and Jared Humphreys drove in three
Southern Mississippi 10, Georgia Tech 7 winner, 6 p.m. At UFCU Disch-Falk Field the top of the 11th powered Texas runs as Kent State held on to beat Cal
Today Monday Austin, Texas
Game 5 — Georgia State (40-21), vs. Georgia Game 7 : Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 8 Friday A&M to a win over Wright State in Houston Regional Poly in an elimination game.
Tech (36-18-1), 3 p.m. p.m., if necessary Boston College 8, Texas State 7 an elimination game. Patterson also Kansas State 7, Rice 6
Game 6 — Southern Mississippi (37-23) vs. Texas 3, Army 1
Game 5 winner, 7 p.m. At Alex Box Stadium Saturday drove in the tying run in the ninth A.J. Morris tossed a complete Arizona State 4, Oral Roberts 1
Monday Baton Rouge, La. Army 7, Texas State 4, Texas St. eliminated
Friday Texas 3, Boston College 2, 25 innings with an RBI single that made it 4-4. game and Justin Bloxom hit a go- Mike Leake struck out 15 and
Game 7 : Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7
p.m., if necessary LSU 10, Southern U. 2 Today ahead homer in the eighth inning as scattered five hits in a complete-
Baylor 5, Minnesota 0 Game 5 — Army (35-20) vs. Boston College
At McKethan Stadium Saturday (34-25), 2 p.m. TCU 13, Oregon State 1 Kansas State beat top-seeded Rice game effort as Arizona State beat
Gainesville, Fla. Minnesota 11, Southern U. 8, Southern U. Game 6 : Texas (43-13-1) vs. Game 5 winner, Kyle Winkler held Oregon State and snapped the Owls’ streak of 13 Oral Roberts.
Friday eliminated 7 p.m.
Miami 9, Jacksonville 4 LSU 3, Baylor 3, 10 innings hitless through the first five consecutive regional victories. — The Associated Press
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Berto dominates
BASEBALL
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX: Purchased the contract of LHP Wes
Whisler from Charlotte (IL). Designated C Corky Miller for

to retain crown assignment.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS: Placed OF Travis Buck on the 15-day
DL. Optioned RHP Jeff Gray to Sacramento (PCL). Recalled
OF Aaron Cunningham and INF Gregorio Petit from
HOLLYWOOD, FLA.—Andre Berto remained unbeaten and Sacramento.
retained his WBC welterweight title by scoring a dominat- National League
ing 12-round unanimous decision over Juan Urango at the ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS: Placed 1B Chad Tracy on the 15-
day DL. Recalled 1B Josh Whitesell from Reno (PCL).
Seminole Hard Rock Casino. CINCINNATI REDS: Placed 1B Joey Votto on the 15-day DL.
Berto (25-0), making the third defense of his belt he won Recalled INF-OF Wilkin Castillo from Louisville (IL).
over Miguel Angel Rodriguez in June of last year, won by NEW YORK METS: Activated C Brian Schneider from the
15-day DL.
scores of 118-110 on two of the scorecards and 117-111 from a SAN DIEGO PADRES: Activated OF Cliff Floyd from the 15-day
third judge. DL. Optioned OF Drew Macias to Portland (PCL).
WASHINGTON NATIONALS: Recalled INF Alberto Gonzalez
from Syracuse (IL). Optioned OF Justin Maxwell to Syracuse.
Softball Eastern League
OKLAHOMA CITY—A record-setting day for SEC offenses at TRENTON THUNDER: Announced INF Eduardo Nunez was
the Women’s College World Series has set the stage for a assigned to Staten Island (NYP).
American Association
first-time champion to be crowned. EL PASO DIABLOS: Signed RHP Ricardo Rivas.
Pinch-hitter Jazlyn Lunceford hit her first career grand GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS: Signed LHP Cody Crowell.
slam during Alabama’s second surprising outburst Satur- J.D. POOLEY / AP LINCOLN SALTDOGS: Released RHP Khalid Afify.
PENSACOLA PELICANS: Released RHP Corey Bass.
day, lifting the Crimson Tide past defending champion Members of the Texas A&M golf team celebrate after clinching the NCAA Division I golf championship. ST. PAUL SAINTS: Released INF Steve Butler.
Arizona State 6-2 and into the World Series semifinals. SIOUX FALLS CANARIES: Released RHP Kyle Zalenski.
With two outs, Lunceford sent a 2-2 pitch from freshman Landry conceded the tap-in for birdie, then missed a Cycling WICHITA WINGNUTS: Released LHP Nathan Parker.
Atlantic League
Hillary Bach (31-11) onto the walkway at the front of the 35-footer that finalized A&M’s 3-and-2 victory. ANAGNI, ITALY—Denis Menchov added two more seconds LONG ISLAND DUCKS: Signed RHP Robert Paulk.
left-field stands to put the Crimson Tide ahead 4-2 in the Texas A&M had qualified for the NCAA men’s tournament to his overall lead in Saturday’s next-to-last stage of the Can-Am League
fourth inning. 23 times, but had never finished higher than fourth in 1982. Giro d’Italia. Menchov leads Danilo Di Luca, his closest NEW JERSEY JACKALS: Signed LHP Giuseppe Granitto.
Released RHP Steve Shepard.
The Crimson Tide (54-10) also beat eight-time national rival, by 20 seconds entering today’s final time trial in United League
champion Arizona 14-0 earlier in the day, setting records WEST DES MOINES, IOWA—Nick Price shot a 4-under 67 on Rome. SAN ANGELO COLTS: Signed RHP Chandler Barnard.
for the most runs and biggest margin of victory in a World Saturday to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of Lance Armstrong dropped back shortly before the finish
Series game. Next up is a semifinal matchup today against the Principal Charity Classic. as riders completed a circuit around Anagni twice. The Major League Soccer
top-seeded Florida, with the Tide needing two wins to Price had a 7-under 135 total on the Glen Oaks course. seven-time Tour de France winner crossed 1:38 behind and EASTERN CONFERENCE
reach the finals. Joey Sindelar (67) and Mark Wiebe (68) were 6 under, remained 12th overall, but his gap behind Menchov W L T Pts GF GA
Chicago 5 0 6 21 20 13
Georgia also won twice to reach the semifinals and will and Fred Funk (69) and Mark McNulty (69) were 5 under. increased to 15:04. Kansas City 4 4 4 16 16 14
have to duplicate the feat today against third-seeded Wash- Mike Reid had a 66, the best round of the day, to top a six- D.C. 3 2 7 16 18 17
Toronto FC 4 4 4 16 16 19
ington to advance again. The Bulldogs beat 2005 champion player group at 4 under. Two-time defending champion Jay Soccer Columbus 2 2 7 13 15 17
Michigan 7-5 with a World Series record four home runs in Haas was 3 under after a 67. CAEN, FRANCE—Bordeaux won the French league title for New England 3 3 4 13 10 17
New York 2 7 3 9 12 16
a single game. the first time since 1999 Saturday after beating Caen 1-0.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
The losses by Arizona State, Michigan and Arizona left Auto Racing It was the 11th straight win for Laurent Blanc’s team, W L T Pts GF GA
the semifinals void of any team that’s won the title before. KNOXVILLE, IOWA—A 34-year-old driver involved in a crash which finished with 80 points to stay three ahead of Mar- Chivas USA 7 2 3 24 17 9
Houston 5 2 3 18 14 7
during an Iowa race has died. seille. It is Bordeaux’s sixth league title, and the last in 1999 Seattle 4 2 5 17 15 9
Golf Chad McDaniel of Concordia, Kan., was taking part in a was also secured on the final day. The other champion- Colorado
Los Angeles
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1
2
1
4
9
16
12
16 13
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TOLEDO, OHIO—With one mighty hack, Bronson Burgoon United States Auto Club Midget Nationals event at Knox- ships were in 1950, ’84, ’85, and ’87. Real Salt Lake 3 6 2 11 15 15
gave Texas A&M its first national title in men’s golf. His ville Raceway Friday night when he struck another car. San Jose 2 7 2 8 12 22
FC Dallas 1 6 3 6 9 17
gap wedge soared into the wind, landed on the green and The USAC says McDaniel suffered head and neck inju- Horse Racing NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
tracked toward the hole before coming to rest just 3 inches ries. A spokesman at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, OKLAHOMA CITY—Ragazzo won by a nose over stablemate Wednesday’s Games Houston 3, Toronto FC 0
away. Gregg Lagan, says McDaniel was pronounced dead at Streakin Down on Saturday night in the $1.107 million Columbus 2, San Jose 1 Seattle FC 1, Columbus 1, tie
Thursday’s Games Los Angeles 1, Kansas City 1, tie
Burgoon, the Aggies’ No. 1 player, had lost the previous Mercy at 12:37 a.m. Saturday. Heritage Place Futurity, the most lucrative race of Reming- Chicago 3, Chivas USA 2 San Jose 2, Real Salt Lake 1
four holes to Arkansas’ Andrew Landry before hitting The USAC said McDaniel had scored five top-10 finishes ton Park’s annual quarter horse meet. Saturday’s Games Today’s Games
Colorado 3, New York 2 FC Dallas at Chicago, 3 p.m.
from the deep rough far to the right of the 18th fairway. in six races this season. — The Associated Press New England 2, D.C. United 1