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along with Purdue has produced NFL QBs, and
your name Robert Marve likes the Boilermakers.
and home-

Garrard
town, to
yourturn@
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news.com.
We’ll pick our five favorites for
Process of elimination Cavs, Blackhawks advance;
Washington forces Game 7
QB Marve plots
his next move
Greg Paulus’ jump back to foot-
each and bounce them off the
quarterbacks this week. NBA PLAYOFFS NHL PLAYOFFS ball has made him the most popular
quarterback transfer this offseason.
But Robert Marve, who started last
BY SEAN DEVENEY BY CRAIG CUSTANCE
Scoreboard sdeveney@sportingnews.com ccustance@sportingnews.com
year for Miami, might be the most
important.
NBA Playoffs The likely landing spots for Marve,
Already, we’ve got a team with a The youngest team in the playoffs who’ll be eligible to play in 2010:
Eastern Conference
ticket into the NBA’s conference did something the reigning Eastern
Cleveland 84, Atlanta 74 finals. The Cavaliers were first into Conference champions could not. Purdue. Marve loved the place
(Cleveland wins series 4-0) the league’s Final Four Monday Eliminate a team on home ice. coming out of high school, but
Western Conference night, nudging Atlanta, 84-74— With their 7-5 win over the Van- cold weather and distance from his
Dallas 119, Denver 117 which counts as close for a team couver Canucks Monday night, the Tampa home hurt the Boilermakers.
(Denver leads series 3-1) that has swept two playoff match- Chicago Blackhawks advanced to the He could follow the Drew Brees-Kyle
ups by an average of 16.8 points. Western Conference finals for the Orton path to the NFL in Purdue’s
NHL Playoffs spread offense. Odds: 3-2.
The win kept alive Cleveland’s per- first time since 1995.
Nebraska. A training camp
Eastern Conference fect playoff record, and also kept The Penguins, however, couldn’t duel next summer with Cody Green,
Washington 5, Pittsburgh 4, OT alive its record-setting string of finish the Capitals in Pittsburgh. an early enrollee this winter, would
(Series tied 3-3) postseason games won by double David Steckel’s overtime goal gave mirror Marve’s competition with
Western Conference digits (also eight). JOHN AMIS / AP Washington a 5-4 win in Game 6. Jacory Harris at Miami. Odds: 10-1.
Chicago 7, Vancouver 5 LeBron James had his worst game LeBron James and the Cavs have their sights Alex Ovechkin vs. Sidney Crosby Arizona State. This option
of this postseason, which isn’t say- set on loftier goals than a sweep of Atlanta. is now on to Game 7 Wednesday. NAM Y HUH / AP went from probable to doubtful
(Chicago wins series 4-2) after former Michigan quarterback
ing much, because he still finished Perfect. Chicago is the playoffs’ youngest team, but
with 27 points, eight assists and shaping to be a long series. James “I just wish it was for the Cup,” said that didn’t stop them from taking Game 6. Steven Threet enrolled. Odds: 15-1.
Baseball South Florida. By staying
eight rebounds. James is now aver- shrugged that off, too. “An advance Washington coach Bruce Boudreau.
American League home, Marve could inherit the Bulls’
aging 32.9 points with 9.8 rebounds is an advance,” James said. “No Added Crosby: “It’s been everything Canucks.
Cleveland 9, Chicago White Sox 4 and 6.0 assists. Impressed? Uh, no. matter if you win in four games or it’s made out to be. … We would have “I think we’re progressing in a real
offense from Matt Grothe. But a
coordinator change leaves some
“Why should we celebrate?” James you win in game seven.” loved to finish it off tonight, no good way here,” said Chicago coach uncertainty in the program. Odds:
National League wondered. “We’re a team that’s Try telling that to the other six doubt.” Joel Quenneville. “This team can 15-1.
Atlanta 8, N.Y. Mets 3 playing for a championship.” teams locked in playoff battles. Young Chicago star Patrick Kane achieve a lot.” — Dave Curtis
Cincinnati 13, Arizona 5 The Cavaliers will face the win- had a hat trick in leading the Black-
San Francisco 11, Washington 7 ner of Boston-Orlando, which is Mavericks survive Game 4, Page 11 hawks to a series upset of the Chicago’s dream continues, Page 7 Paulus fits with ’Cuse, Page 28
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Minds; Two and a Half Men; Eleventh Hour
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5 of them; Executive Decision; The Pride of the
Yankees
What I’m reading: Not a reader of novels;
mostly sports stories of great men
Bookmarks: Not a computer guy; my sons
keep me posted with their computers
Superstition: Only one as a player—never
step on the line coming back to the bench
Worst habit: Chewing tobacco or using dip
(Copenhagen)
First job: Graduated from Samuel Gomp-
ers High School and went straight into pro
baseball for the Boston Red Sox team in
Milford, Del., in the Eastern League, which
was Class D. Was paid $150 a month. This
was the start of becoming a big league third
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Florida commitment always
knew he wanted to be a Gator
Jaylen Watkins is looking forward to
his future by revisiting the past.
Watkins, who committed to the
Florida Gators in April, said lately
he has been watching replays of
some of college football’s greatest
games on cable—and already get-
ting excited about the 2010 season.
“It’s all so exciting,” Watkins told
Sporting News Today. “They might
play just one of those rerun games,
and I’m going to be in that position
in a year or two. I might be on one of
those reruns one day.
“I never paid this much attention
to it, at least not as much as I have
been this year. I watch them all.”
Watkins, a 6-1, 170-pound athlete
from Cape Coral, Fla., could play
cornerback or receiver for the
Gators. He committed just before
attending Florida’s spring game.
“It was great; I was with all of the
other commits, and we all went into
the weight room and sort of bonded
with each other,” Watkins told SN
Today. “I kind of thought about
waiting a lot longer to commit, but
then again I was just so happy with
Florida. I always wanted to go to
Florida—even when I was a fresh-
man and sophomore.”
Watkins, a Sporting News Top 100
prospect, also received scholarship
offers from Florida State, Miami,
Michigan, Georgia, Notre Dame,
Ohio State, Tennessee, Alabama,
Ole Miss and many others. Why
were all those big-time schools
interested in him?
“I’m just one of those players who
will play any side of the ball; I’m
always upbeat and going to be
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Jaylen Watkins, out of Cape Coral, Fla., will play receiver or corner at the University of Florida.
giving 100 percent, and I’ll compete
at any position,” Watkins said. “I
think I’ll probably play cornerback
in college, but I’ve heard talk that I
might go to offense. I could play
receiver and be on special teams—
I’ve even played quarterback in
high school.”
Ocean Lakes (Virginia Beach,
Va.) WR Justin Hunter has committed
to LSU, Rivals.com reported. He
had numerous scholarship offers,
including from Alabama, Florida,
Ohio State and Tennessee.
Hunter (6-4, 170) caught 34 passes
for 545 yards and 13 touchdowns as
a junior. Rivals.com lists him as a
four-star prospect.
“I’ve been thinking about it and
everything and it’s the right school
for me,” Hunter told Rivals.com.
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Garland (Texas) dual-threat
QB Jared Barnett has committed to
Iowa State, Rivals.com reported. He
also reported scholarship offers
from Kansas State and Houston.
Barnett (6-1, 190) threw for 1,376
yards and 14 touchdowns and
rushed for 420 yards and three
touchdowns—in just seven games—
as a junior.
“I have been wanting to commit
for a while. ... I thought about it
some more and decided I was sure
so I called,” Barnett told Rivals.
com.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Giants 11, Nationals 7
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home runs—giving them up, that is,” the Burriss 2b 5 0 0 1 1 0 .274
45-year-old lefthander said with a weary Renteria ss 4 0 0 1 1 1 .250
Sandoval 3b 4 2 2 1 1 1 .289
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Although Johnson yielded three more Winn rf 4 3 3 1 0 0 .261
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homers and couldn’t stop Ryan Zimmer- F.Lewis lf 5 2 1 0 0 0 .286
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stroll around the basepaths while the
Giants drew five consecutive walks and
scored five unearned runs in their eighth
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“It was an all-or-nothing kind of
night,” said Johnson, whose 10 homers
allowed lead the majors. “You’re going to
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they’re magnified now. I don’t get away
with as many things as I used to. ... It
was a lot of fun to watch our offense,
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(Tuesday).”
His 300th victory now is clearly in
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Chicago 7, Vancouver 5
After a wild third period, Kane, Blackhawks left standing
CHICAGO—The kids made sure the
Blackhawks are moving on.
Patrick Kane had his first hat
trick and Jonathan Toews scored
the go-ahead goal in a wild third
period Monday night as Chicago
advanced to the Western Confer-
ence finals for the first time since
1995 by beating the Vancouver
Canucks 7-5.
“It’s about time I got the first hat
trick. I’ve been waiting two years. I
guess it can’t come in a better game
than this,” the 20-year-old Kane
said.
In the thunderous United Center,
the Blackhawks rallied from a one-
goal deficit twice in the third period
and put up four scores against Van-
couver goalie Roberto Luongo to
win the series 4-2. Next up is either
Detroit or Anaheim.
“It’s awesome. We didn’t want to
go back to Vancouver,” the 21-year-
old Toews said. “Nobody knew
what was going to happen. It was
unbelievable. ... We’ve found ways
to come back, especially late in
games.”
Even the usually unemotional
Chicago coach Joel Quenneville was
shaking his head over the final
period, when he said it was so loud
he had trouble making line calls.
“I don’t think anybody antici-
pated the craziness of the third
period. The turns and swings were
gigantic,” Quenneville said.
“How it unraveled and unfolded,
it was an amazing ending.”
When Chicago’s Troy Brouwer
was called for goaltender interfer-
ence with just under 8 minutes
remaining, Daniel Sedin scored
Patrick Kane, Chicago’s 20-year-old winger, scored his first career hat trick and helped the Blackhawks close out Vancouver at home.
quickly with a shot from the left cir-
cle that put the Canucks ahead 5-4.
Kane responded. He got a puck
from behind the net and then
maneuvered to the side and put a
shot under Luongo to tie the game
at 5.
Then, 49 seconds later on a power
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WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
play, Toews worked around the side
and tried to pass across the crease
to Patrick Sharp. But the puck
deflected in off Vancouver’s Alex-
ander Edler with 6:11 left.
Kane capped his hat trick with a
hard back-hander past Luongo with
3:43 remaining, sort of an insurance
NAM Y. HUH / AP
score.
“I just picked up the puck in the
middle, saw I had a one-on-one,
made a move through the defense-
man’s stick and shot,” Kane said.
Chicago’s Nikolai Khabibulin
made 33 saves and Luongo 23.
“ We had some chances early and
I made some saves, but the rest of
the way I didn’t help my teammates
out,” said Luongo, who was near
tears in the Canucks’ locker room.
“When you let in seven goals, I don’t
think that’s a very good
performance.”
Sedin had a pair of goals for Van-
couver, which lost the final three
games of the series in a crushing
end to what the Canucks hoped
would be a run to the Stanley Cup.
“We had a chance to go a long
way,” Sedin said. “That’s the most
disappointing thing. This was a
great opportunity.”
Vancouver’s Mats Sundin scored
to put the Canucks up 4-3 early in
the third period, but Adam Burish
countered on a nice centering pass
from Patrick Sharp to tie the game.
The Blackhawks took a 3-1 lead in
the second period on power-play
goals by Kris Versteeg and Toews.
The Canucks came charging back
to tie on scores from Sedin and
Shane O’Brien to momentarily quiet
the frenzied crowd.
Mason Raymond gave the
Canucks a 1-0 lead in the first period
on a wrist shot from the right circle
with Vancouver’s Ryan Kesler
standing in the crease. But Kane
answered 2 minutes later with his
first goal of the game, skating
around Mattias Ohlund near the
boards and, with Luongo appar-
ently screened by a teammate, driv-
ing the puck past the goalie’s glove.
Versteeg’s goal broke the tie in the
second period and came after Van-
couver’s Rick Rypien drove Chica-
go’s Ben Eagler into the bench door
for a cross-checking penalty. The
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2009 6
play came soon after Chicago’s
Andrew Ladd crashed into Kesler,
shaking him up and drawing blood
from his face.
Toews got his first goal of the
series on a rebound of his own shot
to give the Blackhawks a 3-1 lead
midway in the second period. But
Sedin scored on a high wrist shot
from the left circle. It was the first
goal of the series for Sedin, whose
31 goals led the Canucks in the reg-
ular season.
— The Associated Press
Series glance
(Chicago wins series 4-2)
April 30: Vancouver 5, Chicago 3
May 2: Chicago 6, Vancouver 3
May 5: Vancouver 3, Chicago 1
May 7: Chicago 2, Vancouver 1, OT
May 9: Chicago 4, Vancouver 2
Monday: Chicago 7, Vancouver 5
Vancouver 1 2 2 — 5
Chicago 1 2 4 — 7
First Period: 1, Vancouver, Raymond 2 (Sundin, Ohlund), 11:13.
2, Chicago, Kane 6 (Toews), 13:13. Penalties: Kane, Chi (holding),
1:41; Versteeg, Chi (delay of game), 13:35.
Second Period: 3, Chicago, Versteeg 3 (Seabrook, Byfuglien), 3:54
(pp). 4, Chicago, Toews 3 (Havlat, Barker), 10:17 (pp). 5, Vancouver,
D.Sedin 3 (Wellwood, Bieksa), 11:09. 6, Vancouver, O’Brien 1 (Bieksa,
Rypien), 14:49. Penalties: Rypien, Van (interference), 2:15; Mitchell,
Van (hooking), 10:03.
Third Period: 7, Vancouver, Sundin 3 (Ohlund, Edler), 3:43. 8, Chi-
cago, Burish 2 (Sharp), 5:41. 9, Vancouver, D.Sedin 4 (Salo, H.Sedin),
12:15 (pp). 10, Chicago, Kane 7 (Brouwer, Campbell), 13:00. 11,
Chicago, Toews 4 (Havlat, Campbell), 13:49 (pp). 12, Chicago, Kane 8,
16:17. Penalties: Chicago bench, served by Kane (too many men),
1:42; Byfuglien, Chi (roughing), 6:30; Kesler, Van (interference), 7:52;
Brouwer, Chi (goaltender interference), 12:07; O’Brien, Van (hook-
ing), 13:26.
Shots on Goal: Vancouver 13-8-17: 38. Chicago 9-12-9: 30.
Power-play opportunities: Vancouver 1 of 5; Chicago 3 of 4.
Goalies: Vancouver, Luongo 6-4-0 (30 shots-23 saves). Chicago,
Khabibulin 8-4-0 (38-33).
A: 22,687 (20,500). T: 2:29.
Referees: Mike Leggo, Dan O’Halloran. Linesmen: Lonnie Cam-
eron, Greg Devorski.
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Chapter 2 of Hawks’ fairy tale has happy ending
CHICAGO—And so the fairy tale contin-
ues. The NHL’s 30-team opening field
was whittled to 16 for the postseason,
and by week’s end four will remain with
a pulse. After Monday night’s 7-5, series-
closing victory over Vancouver, the too-
young comeback kids from Chicago will
be one of them.
The Blackhawks’
inconceivable, improb-
able run has landed
the team in the West-
ern Conference finals
for the first time since
1995. And since this
Dave Curtis sure feels like a dream
HOCKEY sequence, the fitting
next plot turn would
be a date with the
hated Red Wings.
Monday night showed how bad the
fans want that matchup. With 3 minutes
still on the United Center clock, pockets
of the 22,000-plus here shouted a chant
that began with “Detroit” and ended
with a word that rhymes with pucks.
Another endorsement came from hock-
ey’s godfather, a former Wing and cur-
rent Hawk who lit up at the thought of
Chicago-Detroit in May.
“It’s two original teams,” Blackhawks
senior advisor Scotty Bowman said.
“There are only six of them, so that’s
big.”
Sometimes, the sports deities smile on
their fans. This year’s Cup playoffs are
proof—the energy of Columbus’ maiden
postseason trip, the drama of Ovechkin
and Crosby going 15 rounds and Marty
Brodeur looking mortal with the season
on the line. But seven games of Hawks
and Wings might top everything.
It might also make this arena even
louder than it grew during a third period
that Hawks coach Joel Quenneville
WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
The Blackhawks are headed to their first Western Conference finals since 1995.
deemed “as wild a period as I’ve ever
seen.” Chicago fell behind 4-3 and 5-4
before a three-goals-in-3:17 spurt iced
NHL
depth of this Blackhawks renaissance.
The franchise eclipsed the 1,000,000
fan mark with Monday night’s gate—
through most of the third period, it felt
like the team had packed that many
folks into the arena for one game. The
folks coming to see Bruce Springsteen
tonight will be challenged to match the
din.
“I’ve been to some pretty crazy metal
concerts at this place,” Chicago’s Adam
Burish said. “I don’t think it’s ever been
as loud as it was tonight.”
Then came those Detroit chants, loud
and popular enough that some of the
truest Chicago fans will be cheering for
the Wings to finish off Anaheim and set
up another rivalry renewal. Everybody
in town wants Blackhawks-Red Wings
… except some of the guys in the Hawks’
locker room.
They know that, despite the series
wins over Calgary and Vancouver, they
remain the sloppiest team in the play-
offs. If the defensive mistakes don’t dis-
appear, either Detroit or Anaheim might
sweep them.
And if the Red Wings do appear
across the bracket, they know the Red
Wings beat them four of six games in
the season series, with Chicago’s only
two wins coming in an April home-and-
home after both teams were locked into
playoff position.
“It might be fun for the fans,” Patrick
Sharp said, “but you’ve got to be careful
what you wish for.”
Then again, maybe it doesn’t matter
who the Blackhawks play. They played
NAM Y. HUH / AP for the playoffs in the fall; now, in the
spring, they’re halfway to a Stanley
Cup.
the series and sent the crowd into a It’s a fairy tale, and it continues this
frenzy. weekend in hockey’s final four.
Maybe the noise best showed the dcurtis@sportingnews.com
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2009 7
NOTEBOOK
Kane wakes up, puts
Canucks to sleep
Patrick Kane kicked off the biggest day of his
hockey life by sleeping through his alarm. Despite
setting his alarm clock for 8:30 a.m. Monday, he
awoke at 9:47 a.m. and hurried to the United Center
well behind his on-time teammates.
“I was late for all the meetings,” Kane said after
Chicago’s 7-5, series-clinching victory over Vancou-
ver. “I almost missed the skate. The day didn’t start
real good.”
Kane said he drew a few sneers from the coaching
staff but received no punishment for his tardiness.
He redeemed himself plenty after dark, recording
his first playoff hat trick and earning first-star hon-
ors. Two of his goals came in a 3:17 span when the
Blackhawks turned a 5-4 deficit into the 7-5 final
score.
“He’s scored a lot of big goals this season,” coach
Joel Quenneville said. “But none bigger than the
ones at the end.”
Going to timeout
After watching his team blow a 3-1 lead, Quennev-
ille elected to burn his lone timeout with 5:11 remain-
ing in the second period. He said his message to the
team was simple: Forget the Canucks’ rally to tie the
game, and focus on what lies ahead.
“It really calmed us down,” winger Kris Versteeg
said. “Q really knows when to call them. He’s been
doing things like that for us all year. That was a big
point in the game.”
Canucks stars come up empty
Vancouver coach Alain Vigneault spent much of
the past two days calling out his top players for bet-
ter efforts in Game 6. And save for two goals from
Daniel Sedin, the Canucks’ stars floundered in the
big spotlight.
Goalie Roberto Luongo, whom Vigneault called
his team’s “best player”, allowed all seven goals, most
in any regular-season or playoff game in 2008-09.
Winger Alex Burrows, another of Vigneault’s tar-
gets, went without a point in 17:14 of ice time and fin-
ished the series with no goals and one assist.
—Dave Curtis
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EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
Washington 5, Pittsburgh 4, OT
Series glance

Steckel’s redemption brings (Series tied 3-3))

May 2: Washington 3,
Pittsburgh 2

series back to D.C. for Game 7 May 4: Washington 4,

PITTSBURGH—The Washington
Capitals supposedly can’t win with-
out Alex Ovechkin scoring. They
can’t win an overtime playoff game.
They can’t beat the Pittsburgh Pen-
guins when a series is on the line.
All that’s ended, and it means a riv-
eting, entertaining series matching
the NHL’s two biggest names and two
of its best teams is anything but over.
David Steckel scored on a deflection
of Brooks Laich’s shot and the Capitals
finally won an overtime playoff game,
beating nemesis Pittsburgh 5-4 on
Monday night to force a Game 7 in the
Eastern Conference semifinals.
“I think it’s going to be great
game,” Ovechkin said. “I think the
league wants us to play Game 7 (on
Wednesday).”
This one couldn’t have been much
better. The Capitals, losers of their
previous seven overtime games,
failed to hold a 4-3 lead late in regu-
lation when Sidney Crosby scored.
They made up for it when Steckel
went to the net immediately after
winning a faceoff. Laich wristed the
puck from the right circle and
Steckel tipped it past Marc-Andre
Fleury 6:22 into the overtime.
The game before, Steckel couldn’t
score into an open net early in over-
time and the Penguins won 4-3 on
Evgeni Malkin’s goal to force the
potential closeout game on Monday.
“I told myself if I had a chance
again, I wouldn’t miss,” Steckel
said. “I was in the right place at the
right time. I personally didn’t know
where it went or anything. ... It was
the biggest goal of my career so I
didn’t know what to do. I just
jumped around.”
It was the third overtime game of
the series, the most in any round of
these NHL playoffs. Pittsburgh won
the first two, both on deflections off
Capitals defensemen. Also, the Pen-
guins had won eight of their previ-
ous nine overtime games and had
been 7-1 against the Capitals in OT.
Ovechkin, so dominating while
scoring seven of Washington’s first 15
goals, didn’t get a goal but had three
assists and has 13 points in six games.
Crosby has 10, including six goals.
“They’re incredible, both of them,
and Malkin is just as incredible,”
Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau
said. “They play at a level other
people can’t attain.”
Viktor Kozlov scored twice for the
Capitals in the fourth game in six
nights, all of them tight and tense. All
but one has been decided by one goal.
“There was a lot of talk before the
series started, and it’s everything it
was made up to be. We would have
loved to finish it off here, no doubt,
but we did a lot of good things and it
could have worked out. We were a
couple of inches from finishing it
off,” Crosby said. “Let’s just say it’s
not surprising it’s going seven.”
Now that they’ve forced a Game 7
that didn’t look all that certain after
they ceded home-ice advantage, the
Capitals hope to finally close out a
series against the Penguins. Four
times since 1992 they’ve led the Pen-
guins by two games in a series, includ-
ing this one, but have yet to win one.
Maybe they can take something
from this: The Capitals won in
Pittsburgh for the first time in this
round despite trailing 1-0 and 3-2
and being outshot 42-24, and did it
without a goal from Ovechkin.
“It’s always fun when Ovie scores,
but it’s hard because the other team
pays a lot of attention and is very close
to Ovie, so it’s a good thing other peo-
ple give us goals,” Kozlov said.
Washington came back from Kris
Letang’s second career playoff goal,
both in this series, to take a 4-3 lead
early in the third on goals 29 sec-
onds apart by Alexander Semin and
Kozlov. Semin hadn’t scored since
the first round against the Rangers.
Crosby tied it with 4:18 left in
regulation by batting down Brooks
Orpik’s shot and pushing it past
Simeon Varlamov, who made 38
saves—17 in the first period alone.
The Penguins shook off the Capi-
tals’ promised desperation to domi-
nate that period, outshooting them
18-5 and limiting them to two shots
in the final 16:22. However, Pitts-
burgh managed a single goal while
constantly controlling the puck, by
Bill Guerin, and Crosby said it
would have helped considerably to
get a second goal.
“They wanted not to make a game of
it,” Boudreau said. “I think they just
wanted to come in and blow us out.”
— The Associated Press
Pittsburgh 3
May 6: Pittsburgh 3,
Washington 2, OT
May 8: Pittsburgh 5,
Washington 3
May 9: Pittsburgh 4,
Washington 3, OT
Monday: Washington
5, Pittsburgh 4, OT
Wednesday:
Pittsburgh at
Washington, 7 p.m.
Washington 0 2 2 1 — 5
Pittsburgh 1 1 2 0 — 4
First Period: 1, Pittsburgh, Guerin 4 (Crosby,
Kunitz), 5:55. Penalties: Backstrom, Was
(hooking), 10:16; Laich, Was (cross-checking),
11:16; Crosby, Pit (interference), 12:12; Kunitz,
Pit (cross-checking), 19:28.
Second Period: 2, Washington, Kozlov 3
(Ovechkin, Morrisonn), 6:27. 3, Washington,
Fleischmann 3 (Fedorov, Semin), 14:42. 4, Pitts-
burgh, Eaton 4 (Malkin, Boucher), 19:26 (pp).
Penalties: Pittsburgh bench, served by Malkin
(too many men), 7:34; Pothier, Was (interfer-
ence), 17:56.
Third Period: 5, Pittsburgh, Letang 2 (Goli-
goski, Malkin), 4:40 (pp). 6, Washington, Semin
6 (Ovechkin, Laich), 5:38 (pp). 7, Washington,
Kozlov 4 (Backstrom, Ovechkin), 6:07. 8,
Pittsburgh, Crosby 10 (Orpik, Malkin), 15:42.
Penalties: Steckel, Was (slashing), 4:31; Orpik,
Pit (hooking), 5:23; Laich, Was (slashing), 17:58.
First Overtime: 9, Washington, Steckel 3 (Laich,
Bradley), 6:22. Penalties: None.
Shots on Goal: Washington 5-6-9-4: 24. Pitts-
burgh 18-7-14-3: 42.
Power-play opportunities: Washington 1 of
4; Pittsburgh 2 of 5.
Goalies: Washington, Varlamov 7-5-0 (42 shots-
38 saves). Pittsburgh, Fleury 7-5-0 (24-19).
A: 17,132 (16,940). T: 2:47.
Referees: Paul Devorski, Dennis LaRue. Lines-
men: Brad Lazarowich, Jay Sharrers.
GENE J. PUSKAR / AP
Alexander Ovechkin, back, didn’t bury Washington’s game-winner—that task went to David Steckel (39).
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NHL thrives thanks to strong first round
BY TRIPP MICKLE
SportsBusiness Journal
The NHL barreled through one of its
most successful first-round playoff
series in years, selling out all but four
games, generating ratings increases
across national and local television and
driving significant online revenue
increases.
In January, NHL commissioner Gary
Bettman had pointed to the playoffs as
the first indicator of the effect the global
economic downturn would have on the
league in the 2009-10 season. But the
participation of five of the Original Six
NHL franchises, three games in Chica-
go’s 22,000-seat United Center and the
representation of clubs from six of the
top 10 U.S. television markets contrib-
uted to an especially strong first round.
The league averaged 18,717 spectators
over 44 games in the first round of the
playoffs, giving it the highest average
attendance for the conference quarterfi-
nals since the 2005-06 postseason and
more than the 18,597 average attendance
in 2008. The league sold out 48 of 48
games last year, but historically has
failed to sell out anywhere from two
games to 10 in the opening round. Aver-
age capacity was 100.6 percent, accord-
ing to reported attendance totals.
Only the Carolina Hurricanes and
Anaheim Ducks failed to sell out all of
their first-round games. The Hurricanes
sold out one of three and averaged 96.6
percent of capacity with 18,039 specta-
tors, and the Ducks sold out one of three
and averaged 97.6 percent of capacity
with 16,760 spectators.
Ducks chief marketing officer Bob
Wagner attributed the failure to sell out
all three games to the team’s late-season
push into the playoffs. The team clinched
the final Western Conference playoff
spot in the last week of the season.
First-round attendance was robust in places like Boston, where fans packed in to see a sweep of Montreal.
Television viewership increased com-
pared with the first-round playoffs in
2008. In the U.S., NBC averaged 17 per-
cent more viewers, with 1.45 million
average over four broadcasts, and Ver-
sus averaged 22 percent more than in
NHL
First-round playoff coverage gener-
ated high local ratings for teams across
the league, as well. MSG averaged a 2.5
local rating for its broadcasts of the New
York Rangers-Washington series, giving
the network its best first-round rating in
12 years. Nielsen Media research
reported a 69 percent increase in Boston
on NESN, which averaged a 9.19 local
rating, compared to 5.54 in 2008, and a
6 percent increase in Pittsburgh on Fox
Sports, which averaged a 15.59 local rat-
ing, compared with a 14.71 in 2008.
Fans also flocked to NHL.com, where
the number of unique visitors increased
3 percent and video starts rose 89 per-
cent over 2008. Revenue for NHL
GameCenter Live increased 92 percent
from the same period in 2008, and the
number of subscriptions rose 42 percent,
according to the league.
Clubs that made the playoffs benefited
from increases in season-ticket renewals
and new sponsorships. The Philadelphia
Flyers reported that season ticket renew-
als were 25 percent ahead of the same
period in 2007-08. The Ducks added six
new partners for the playoffs and next
season.
tmickle@sportsbusinessjournal.com.
Today’s games
All Times ET
Conference semifinals
(Best-of-7)
CHARLES KRUPA / AP Boston at Carolina, 7 p.m., Versus
Detroit at Anaheim, 10 p.m., Versus
Betting lines
2008, giving it the network’s most- Today
watched first round ever with an aver- FAVORITE LINE
age of 442,301. In Canada, TSN averaged at Carolina ..............-110................Boston...................-110
567,000 viewers for its first-round cov- Detroit ....................-155................at Anaheim.........+135
erage, delivering a 42 percent increase
over last season.
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2009 9
Playoff glance
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
(Best-of-7)
All Times ET
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Boston vs. Carolina
(Carolina leads series 3-2)
May 1: Boston 4, Carolina 1
May 3: Carolina 3, Boston 0
May 5: Carolina 3, Boston 2, OT
May 8: Carolina 4, Boston 1
May 10: Boston 4, Carolina 0
Today: Boston at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Thursday: Carolina at Boston, TBD, if necessary
Washington vs. Pittsburgh
(Series tied 3-3)
May 2: Washington 3, Pittsburgh 2
May 4: Washington 4, Pittsburgh 3
May 6: Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2, OT
May 8: Pittsburgh 5, Washington 3
May 9: Pittsburgh 4, Washington 3, OT
Monday: Washington 5, Pittsburgh 4, OT
Wednesday: Pittsburgh at Washington, 7 p.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Detroit vs. Anaheim
(Detroit leads series 3-2)
May 1: Detroit 3, Anaheim 2
May 3: Anaheim 4, Detroit 3, 3OT
May 5: Anaheim 2, Detroit 1
May 7: Detroit 6, Anaheim 3
May 10: Detroit 4, Anaheim 1
Today: Detroit at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
Thursday: Anaheim at Detroit, TBD, if necessary
Vancouver vs. Chicago
(Chicago wins series 4-2)
April 30: Vancouver 5, Chicago 3
May 2: Chicago 6, Vancouver 3
May 5: Vancouver 3, Chicago 1
May 7: Chicago 2, Vancouver 1, OT
May 9: Chicago 4, Vancouver 2
UNDERDOG LINE Monday: Chicago 7, Vancouver 5
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com
Lightning remove Tocchet’s interim tag; Roy interested in Habs
The Tampa Bay Lightning made
Rick Tocchet their full-time coach
Monday, lifting the interim tag he
has carried since taking the reins in
mid-November.
A league source told Sporting News
Today that Tocchet was given a two-
year contract, not the three-year
deal he was widely expected to
receive. He took over the team after
Barry Melrose was fired and posted a
19-33-14 record after a rough start.
“Now I’m on the clock,” Tocchet
told The Associated Press. “I’m
ready to go. We have some great
pieces on this team. I think we have
a lot of players here that can do the
job. I’m excited.”
Hurt primarily by injuries, the
Lightning missed the playoffs for a
second straight season, only five years
after winning a Stanley Cup in 2004.
Tampa Bay used 50 players last sea-
son, including 22 defensemen.
Owner Oren Koules says he whole-
heartedly endorses Tocchet.
“It’s something we’re proud to do
and wanted to do,” Koules said.
“He’s a character guy. He’s abso-
lutely our guy.”
General manager Brian Lawton said
assistant coach Wes Walz, goaltend-
ing coach Cap Raeder and video coach
Nigel Kirwan also will return for the
2009-10 season. Associate coach
Mike Sullivan has an offer to stay with
the team, but was given permission
to look for another position if he
wants. One potential destination
could be the staff of New York
Rangers coach John Tortorella.
“He wants to weigh all his
options,” Lawton said. “It wouldn’t
shock me if we had to move in
another direction.”
Lawton, after a postseason review
of the organization, decided not to
bring in other candidates for Toc-
chet’s position.
“Under a difficult situation, he
did a great job,” Lawton said.
Patrick Roy, who recently inter-
viewed for a job with the Colorado
Avalanche, now has told the Que-
bec City newspaper Le Soleil that he
would be interested in the vacant
coaching job for another NHL team
of his past—Montreal.
Roy, 43, has coached the Quebec
Remparts of the QMJHL since
2003, primarily because his two
sons played for the team. Both are
gone now, and one of the game’s all-
time great goaltenders is looking to
get back in the NHL.
The Avalanche still have Tony
Granato under contract, but the team
struggled last season and finished
last in the Western Conference. The
Canadiens fired former coach Guy
Carbonneau late last season and G.M.
Bob Gainey stepped in to finish a dis-
appointing season.
Wherever Roy might end up, he
has the endorsement of Scotty Bow-
man, a man he once played for and
the generally acknowledged great-
est coach in NHL history.
“I think he has enough experi-
ence now and deserves an opportu-
nity,” Bowman told The Denver Post.
“I know he has the passion to coach.
He’s done a good job in junior.”
Carolina F Scott Walker was
fined $2,500 by the NHL but won’t
be suspended for Game 6 of the
Hurricanes’ second-round series
against Boston for throwing a
NHL
INSIDE DISH
Though Rick Tocchet’s record with Tampa Bay wasn’t outstanding (19-33-14), he helped them battle through a rough start and several injuries.
punch that might have broken a
bone in Bruins D Aaron Ward’s face.
Hurricanes G.M. Jim Rutherford
told The Associated Press that the
automatic suspension Walker had
received was rescinded after a hear-
ing with league disciplinarian Colin
Campbell, who decided the hit was
not a sucker punch.
“Based on what was said on the ice
GENE J. PUSKAR / AP
as I was dropping my gloves, it was
my understanding that I was engaged
in an altercation,” Walker said in a
statement issued by the team.
Tempers flared in the final
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2009 10
minutes of Boston’s 4-0 Game 5
victory when Ward and Carolina’s
Matt Cullen began shoving in front of
the Bruins’ net. Walker skated in
and hit Ward with a right cross that
knocked him to the ice. Walker was
given a misconduct, a fighting
major and an instigator penalty.
According to the AP, veteran
Dallas F Mike Modano is coming back
for his 20th NHL season.
Modano had said he would take
time to consider retirement after the
Stars’ season ended without a play-
off berth. But the highest-scoring
U.S.-born player in NHL history
said Monday he has been inspired
by watching play in the postseason.
Modano, who turns 39 next month,
holds virtually every franchise
offensive record, including 543
career goals. He has played his entire
career with the Stars, starting in
Minnesota before the team moved to
Dallas prior to the 1993-94 season.
The Buffalo Sabres announced
Monday that D Tyler Myers, the team’s
first-round (12th overall) selection
in last year’s draft, has signed a
three-year, entry-level contract.
The 6-foot-7 Myers recently was
named MVP of the WHL playoffs
after helping the Kelowna Rockets
win the league title and grab a berth
in the Canadian Hockey League’s
Memorial Cup championship.
“He is a big, strong player who has
excellent hockey skills for a 19-year
old player,” Sabres G.M. Darcy Regier
said in a statement. “We’re glad to
have him signed and look forward
to his continued development, both
on and off the ice.”
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WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
Dallas 119, Denver 117

Nowitzki’s 44 keeps Mavericks’ season alive Series glance

(Denver leads series 3-1)
DALLAS—So much for the idea that Denver’s Kenyon Martin clearly of free throws. Dallas got the ball to
the Dallas Mavericks would be dev- exchanged words with Dallas owner Nowitzki and he drew another foul May 3: Denver 109, Dallas 95
May 5: Denver 117, Dallas 105
astated by the way Game 3 ended. Mark Cuban. Martin wouldn’t talk on Martin. K-Mart knew it was his May 9: Denver 106, Dallas 105
Inspired was more like it. in the locker room, telling reporters sixth and went straight to the bench Monday: Dallas 119, Denver 117
Dirk Nowitzki scored 19 of his 44 to “go someplace else. All you (exple- and took a seat, watching Nowitzki Wednesday: Dallas at Denver, 9
points in the fourth quarter, includ- tive) are trying to do is cause sink two more free throws with 8.3 p.m.
ing a go-ahead, high-arching shot trouble.” seconds left. Friday: Denver at Dallas, TBA, if
necessary
with 1:05 left in a 119-117 victory This game had all the intensity of a Anthony’s 3 gave the Nuggets Sunday: Dallas at Denver, TBA, if
over the Denver Nuggets on Mon- Game 7, with seven technical fouls hopes of another miracle finish, but necessary
day night that prevented the Maver- and multiple flagrants. There were they were out of tricks. Unable to
icks from being swept and injected video reviews and concerns for the steal the ball from Terry, they fouled
a whole lot more excitement into safety of Anthony’s girlfriend and him instead.
this second-round series. Martin’s mom, all of it started by the It was too late. Denver wasn’t going Denver 34 29 27 27 — 117
Dallas 23 30 32 34 — 119
“It was an unbelievable game,” wacky Game 3 finish, then stoked by to pull off the first four-game sweep
Nowitzki said. “We were down the a silly elbow from Anthony early in in franchise history and Dallas DENVER Min FG FT Reb A PF PTS
Anthony 43:27 15-29 9-11 3-11 3 5 41
whole game, but were able to come the second quarter. avoided getting swept for the first Martin 32:58 1-4 0-0 0-2 1 6 2
back and win and we’ve been doing Once things started going out of time in a seven-game series. Nene 42:28 2-5 5-10 0-8 3 5 9
Billups 39:47 6-12 10-10 0-2 7 3 24
that all season long. ... We’ve got to control, they hardly stopped. Denver The Mavs also lost the season Jones 17:28 3-8 3-4 2-5 1 2 10
go back to Denver and let it all hang led by 14, then Dallas got close sev- series 0-4, but they knew they were Smith 28:21 7-10 3-5 0-1 0 2 19
Kleiza 20:24 2-7 2-4 0-3 1 4 7
out again.” eral times only to fall back by several getting closer. The margin went 14 to Carter 15:07 2-4 0-0 1-2 0 2 5
Carmelo Anthony scored a career baskets. The Mavs tied it several 12 to one, and, now, to two points in Totals 240:00 38-79 32-44 6-34 16 29 117
playoff-best 41 points and hit a times before finally breaking through their favor. Percentages: FG .481, FT .727. 3-Point Goals: 9-21, .429 (Smith
3-pointer with 3.1 seconds left from on Nowitzki’s rainbow over Martin. “We’ve been fighting and fighting 2-3, Anthony 2-5, Billups 2-6,
Jones 1-1, Carter 1-2, Kleiza 1-4). Team Rebounds: 9. Team
nearly the exact spot as his winning “They’re allowed to be fans, but this whole series,” said Howard, who Turnovers: 11 (13 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Nene 3, Billups, Martin).
basket in the previous game, only when it gets personal, it goes over the had 21 points and 11 rebounds. “The Turnovers: 11 (Anthony 2, Billups 2, Carter 2, Nene 2, Jones,
Martin, Smith). Steals: 9 (Anthony 5, Billups, Nene, Jones, Smith).
this time it left Denver a point shy of a top,” Denver’s Chauncey Billups win finally went our way. ... The end Technical Fouls: Billups, 2:54 second; Anthony, 11:15 second;
tie. said. “They’re drinking before the of Game 3 gave us a lot of willpower Kleiza, 3:47 third.
Dallas’ Jason Terry made a free game started, drinking all game, and for this game.” DALLAS Min FG FT Reb A PF PTS
throw with 1.1 seconds left, then it probably got a little out of hand. Nowitzki, who also is dealing with Howard 34:29 7-18 7-8 3-11 2 3 21
Nowitzki 43:45 14-25 16-17 1-13 3 1 44
missed another—intentionally, he They’re allowed to be fans but some- off-court troubles involving a girl- Dampier 22:54 0-1 0-0 2-4 1 6 0
said. Anthony got the rebound but times it can get over the top.” friend, was 14-of-25. He made 16 of 17 Kidd 40:38 4-8 3-4 0-10 6 4 13
Wright 20:41 3-6 2-2 1-1 1 5 8
couldn’t stop the clock and didn’t Added Nuggets coach George Karl: free throws and grabbed 13 Terry 31:15 3-7 5-7 1-3 3 5 12
have enough time to even get off a “I would probably use an uglier word rebounds. Bass 27:56 4-6 3-3 1-6 0 4 11
Singleton 1:23 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
90-foot heave. The buzzer sounded than hostile, but I’m not going to do “There are very few guys I have Barea 16:59 5-8 0-2 0-2 1 1 10
and confetti fell as the teams left the that right now. I don’t think it was been around in this league that are as Totals 240:00 40-79 36-43 9-50 17 29 119
court, knowing they will meet again very classy. I’ve been in hostile build- strong-willed as him,” Carlisle said. Percentages: FG .506, FT .837. 3-Point Goals: 3-14, .214 (Kidd
Wednesday night in Denver. ings, but you can do it in a classy Jason Kidd added 13 points, 10 2-5, Terry 1-4, Wright 0-1, Howard 0-4). Team Rebounds: 6. Team
Turnovers: 15 (26 PTS). Blocked Shots: 3 (Bass, Dampier, Nowitzki).
“We’re still in control of this going way.” MATT SLOCUM / AP rebounds and six assists. Turnovers: 14 (Dampier 5, Nowitzki 4, Howard 3, Kidd, Wright).
back to our home court,” Anthony Denver was headed to another Denver had no answer for Mavs F Dirk Nowitzki (41), who scored 19 of his 44 points in the fourth. Billups had 24 points and seven Steals: 9 (Kidd 3, Nowitzki 2, Wright 2, Bass, Howard). Technical
Fouls: Terry, 0:03.8 second; Bass, 7:59 fourth; Wright, 6:07 fourth;
said. “We’ll be ready.” blowout early when Anthony tangled assists, and J.R. Smith had 19 points, Dampier, 11:32 fourth. Flagrant Fouls: Howard, 2:00 second; Terry,
The postgame scene was a little arms with Dallas’ Antoine Wright. It been at their best immediately after more than a quarter late. including two terrific baskets with 0:03.8 second.
calmer than after the end of Game 3, was like an alarm clock for the hitting rock bottom. It was a quality In the final minute, Dallas was up the shot clock about to expire in the A: 20,523 (19,200). T: 2:54. Officials: Steve Javie, Joe DeRosa, Marc
although it may also wind up getting drowsy crowd of 20,523 — and for coach Rick Carlisle expected to see by two after Mavs forward Josh fourth quarter. Davis.
reviewed by the league office because the Mavericks, who all season have Monday night, even if it showed up Howard and Anthony each hit a pair —The Associated Press
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Cleveland 84, Atlanta 74
Cavaliers continue clicking,
sweep second straight series
ATLANTA—Like Michael Jordan, he
knows there are times that call for
dominating. Like Magic Johnson, he
knows there are times that call for
sharing the ball.
LeBron James went with his
Magic impression in the deciding
game of another playoff sweep.
While failing to match his offen-
sive explosion in Game 3, the league’s
MVP scored 27 points and got his
teammates involved as the Cleve-
land Cavaliers finished off the
Atlanta Hawks 84-74 Monday night
to win the second-round series in
four straight.
Delonte West and Mo Williams
showed Cleveland isn’t just a one-
man squad, hitting huge shots down
the stretch as the Cavaliers extended
their NBA-record streak of double-
digit playoff wins to eight in a row.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Anderson
Varejao pounded the boards, lead-
ing the Cavaliers to another big
rebounding edge.
“I’ve got trust in every last one of
our guys,” James said.
Cleveland, which also swept
Detroit in the opening round, will
face either Boston or Orlando in the
Eastern Conference finals.
The Hawks, who were hobbled by
injuries to Joe Johnson, Al Horford
and Marvin Williams, got a round
deeper than they did last year.
“It’s hard to judge this team
because we really weren’t healthy in
this series,” said Atlanta coach Mike
Woodson. “We have to get better
personnel-wise, but I couldn’t be
NBA TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2009 12
EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
Series glance
(Cleveland wins series 4-0)
May 5: Cleveland 99, Atlanta 72
May 7: Cleveland 105, Atlanta 85
May 9: Cleveland 97, Atlanta 82
Monday: Cleveland 84, Atlanta 74
more proud of the guys than I am. with double- and triple-teams,
We made some major strides this James passed it off to West for an Cleveland 15 25 22 22 — 84
season.” open 3 from the corner and, finally, Atlanta 22 16 19 17 — 74
James wasn’t in the mood to cele- found Mo Williams for a trey that CLEVELAND Min FG FT Reb A PF PTS
brate. For the Cavaliers, the only finished off the Hawks with 52 sec- James 43:25 9-22 6-9 0-8 8 3 27
Varejao 31:45 0-3 2-2 7-11 1 4 2
thing that will make this season ond left. The Hawks called timeout, Ilgauskas 31:29 6-13 1-4 5-10 0 3 14
complete is hoisting a trophy after their only way to extend the season, M Williams 33:40 4-11 0-0 0-4 5 5 12
DWest 44:37 7-13 5-8 1-4 6 3 21
the final game. but James hovered near the middle Pavlovic 3:56 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 0 0
“Why should we celebrate?” of the court, just staring at a fan in a J Smith 19:34 1-3 0-0 0-6 1 3 2
Wallace 13:12 0-0 0-2 1-1 0 2 0
James said. “We’re playing for a garish green shirt and orange pants Gibson 3:23 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0
championship. An advance is an who’d been riding him all game. Szczerbiak 14:59 3-4 0-1 1-2 0 1 6
Totals 240:00 30-70 14-26 15-48 22 25 84
advance. It doesn’t matter if you As usual, James had the last word.
win in four games or you win Game He made only 9 of 22 from the field, Percentages: FG .429, FT .538. 3-Point Goals: 10-18, .556 (M. Wil-
liams 4-7, James 3-6, D.West 2-4, Ilgauskas 1-1). Team Rebounds:
7. We’re happy that we’re playing but had eight rebounds and eight 16. Team Turnovers: 18 (22 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Ilgauskas 2,
great basketball ... but we’re not assists. Plus, he had some help from Varejao 2, J. Smith). Turnovers: 15 (M. Williams 4, James 3, D.West
3, Gibson, Ilgauskas, Pavlovic, Szczerbiak, Varejao). Steals: 6 (Ilgaus-
taking for granted what we’re doing his teammates. kas, James, J. Smith, Szczerbiak, Varejao, D.West). Technical Fouls:
right now.” West scored 21 points, while Wil- Szczerbiak, 5:00 second; Varejao, 2:54 third.
The Cavaliers became the second liams made four 3-pointers to ATLANTA Min FG FT Reb A PF PTS
team to sweep the first two rounds account for his 12 points. MaWilliams 29:53 1-7 2-2 0-4 2 1 4
JosSmith 45:06 8-16 10-12 2-8 1 1 26
of the playoffs since the NBA The Cavaliers had another domi- Horford 19:01 0-3 0-0 0-3 0 3 0
expanded the first round to best-of- nating night on the boards, finishing Bibby 30:48 1-6 0-0 2-4 1 3 3
Johnson 43:42 7-18 4-5 1-6 7 1 18
seven in 2003. The Miami Heat with a 48-33 edge after doubling up Evans 12:18 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 0
started with sweeps of New Jersey the Hawks (46-23) two nights Murray 32:12 4-15 5-5 1-2 2 3 14
Pachulia 26:25 2-6 5-6 3-6 0 5 9
and Washington in the 2005 play- earlier. MWest 0:35 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
offs before losing to Detroit in the “You know LeBron is going to be Totals 240:00 23-73 26-30 9-33 13 19 74
Eastern finals. there, but you don’t know who else Percentages: FG .315, FT .867. 3-Point Goals: 2-13, .154 (Bibby
After scoring 47 points in Game is going to be there,” Woodson 1-3, Murray 1-5, Evans 0-1, Ma.Williams 0-1, Johnson 0-3). Team
Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: 8 (11 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2
3, James struggled with his jumper moaned. “They’ve got weapons (Pachulia, Ma.Williams). Turnovers: 8 (Murray 2, Jos.Smith 2,
in this one. Still, he came through around LeBron.” Bibby, Horford, Pachulia, Ma.Williams). Steals: 7 (Murray 3, Horford,
Johnson, M.West, Ma.Williams). Technical Fouls: Jos.Smith, 0:00.9
with the Cavaliers facing their first West donned a pair of James’ sig- second.
serious challenge of the playoffs. nature sneakers. “You saw I had JOHN BAZEMORE / AP
A: 19,241 (18,729). T: 2:36. Officials: Scott Foster, Ron Garretson,
Midway through the fourth, James LeBrons on? It was the shoes,” West Cleveland ‘s LeBron James, right, never caught fire, but he did have eight assists and eight boards. James Capers.
hit a towering 3-pointer with 6½ joked. Added James, “Delonte was
minutes to go, lingering at the arc to awesome. He’s our glue. When he percent. Joe Johnson added 18 time they had been ahead of the The Hawks missed their first nine
pose with his right hand extended gets into attack mode, when he gets points but made just 7 of 18 shots. Cavaliers after any quarter in any shots, finally hitting their first bas-
toward the arena roof. He also con- into the lane, he’s one of those guys Mike Bibby scored his only points off the four games. The seven-point ket on Murray’s drive more than 5
verted a three-point play with 2:03 who’s sort of unguardable.” on a 3-pointer in the final quarter. edge also matched Atlanta’s biggest minutes into the period.
remaining, making the basket desp- Josh Smith led Atlanta with 26 Flip Murray kept putting it up, but of the series. Still, the Cavaliers couldn’t pull
pite getting hacked by Zaza points, but the Hawks were doomed made only 4 of 15 for 14 points. But Atlanta squandered any away, settling for just a 40-38 lead at
Pachulia. by a miserable shooting night — 23 The Hawks actually led 22-15 momentum with a dismal offensive the break.
When the Hawks came at him of 73 from the field to finish at 31.5 after the opening period—the first stretch to start the second quarter. — The Associated Press
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Davis earned
right to take
game-winner
BOSTON—Glen “Big Baby” Davis
wasn’t the Celtics’ first choice to
take the last shot in Game 4 of the
Eastern Conference semifinals
against Orlando.
He turned out to be a good choice.
Davis hit a buzzer-beater to give
the Celtics a 95-94 victory over the
Magic on Sunday night and tie the
best-of-seven series at two games
apiece. The series resumes in Boston
with Game 5, and a victory tonight
would preserve the home-court
advantage for coach Doc Rivers and
the defending NBA champs.
“Since I have been with the Celt-
ics, I have been trying to find my
niche in our system,” Davis said.
“Doc told me that if you work on
that shot and show me you can
make it, I am going to let you shoot
it. This year has been proof of hard
work. You just have to be focused.”
Celtics center Kendrick Perkins
reported no ill effects of the left
shoulder strain he complained
about during Sunday night’s game.
Celtics spokesman Jeff Twiss said
Perkins was on the team plane and
there was no further testing
planned.
Perkins had a similar injury dur-
ing the NBA finals last year, miss-
ing Game 5 of the series against the
Lakers and playing less than 14
minutes in three other games.
Even though Rivers now trusts
Davis to take the big shots, the play
wasn’t drawn up for the 6-foot-9,
289-pound, second-year center
from Louisiana State.
The ball was first supposed to go to
Ray Allen, the All-Star who scored
51 points in a game against Chicago
NBA
PHELAN M. EBENHACK / AP
Second-year C Glen Davis made the biggest shot of his NBA career in Sunday’s Game 4 win.
and has the most 3-pointers in the “We have a saying: ‘Trust the
playoffs this season. If Allen wasn’t pass,’” Rivers said. “Our best player
open, NBA finals MVP Paul Pierce trusted the pass. He may have had a
was supposed to be the consolation shot but (Lewis) was in his face.
prize. Eddie House, who burned the Baby was open. He trusted the
Magic with 31 points off the bench in offense. He trusted the pass. That
Game 2, was also on the floor. was great.”
Allen was covered tightly by Davis’ basket at the far end of the
Hedo Turkoglu, so point guard court set off a frenzy on the Celtics
Rajon Rondo swung the ball over to bench, with Rivers spiking an imag-
Pierce, who was well-covered by inary basketball in celebration.
Rashard Lewis. Pierce dribbled The Celtics took Monday off to
toward the center of the court look- return to Boston, and Orlando did
ing for a shot, and Davis came over not practice either on the travel day.
and set a pick on Lewis, who briefly “They’re the champions. They
left Davis to double-team Pierce. protect home court well,” Howard
While Lewis was caught in the said. “We have to go in there with a
middle, Pierce jumped and—instead great mind-set, start to finish it has to
of trying to shoot over Lewis and be the same. We know they’re going
Dwight Howard — passed the ball to come out and try to knock us out in
over to Davis near the Magic logo on the first couple of minutes. We have
the left side. He calmly sank the to withstand all their blows.”
21-footer as time expired. — The Associated Press
Rockets loose after Lakers miss opportunity
LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles
Lakers are grumpy for letting a big
chance get away from them in
Texas.
The Houston Rockets are loose
and having a good time, even if
they don’t have Yao Ming.
After tonight, one of them is
going to have a 3-2 lead in their
Western Conference semifinal
series.
The top-seeded Lakers no doubt
figured that they would have a
chance to close out the Rockets in
Game 5 at Staples Center. But that
was before the Rockets embar-
rassed Los Angeles 99-87 on Sun-
day, tying the series and picking
up their pace a day after finding
out that the 7-foot-6 Yao had a
stress fracture in his left foot.
“Yeah, we had a great opportu-
nity,” Los Angeles’ Kobe Bryant
said. “I’ve been on teams who have
made this dumb mistake before.
It’s important for my guys to stay
up and get ready to play and under-
stand that come (tonight) we’re
going to face a really hungry Rock-
ets team that believes they can win
this series.”
The Lakers could be without for-
ward Lamar Odom. He was listed
as questionable for tonight’s game
after an MRI and CT scan showed
he has a bruised lower back. He
was hurt Sunday when he drove
into the lane and collided with
Shane Battier, landing hard on the
court.
The Rockets were in a good mood
after watching film following their
arrival in Los Angeles on Monday
afternoon.
“We have a free mentality,” said
Battier. “Every shot that everyone
takes is a free shot. If it goes in,
ERIC GAY / AP
Rockets PG Aaron Brooks contributed a
career-high 34 points in Sunday’s win.
great. If not, we tried. We have
nothing to lose. No one expected
much out of us. We expect an effort
out of us, but we’re going to take
our shots, play hard and take our
chances.”
The Rockets are in the second
round of the playoffs for the first
time since 1997. The Lakers are
trying to get back to the NBA finals
a year after losing to Boston in six
games.
Bryant said the Lakers’ mood
Monday was “grumpy, a little
quiet,” but that they will just have
to deal with the disappointment of
the wire-to-wire rout, when the
smaller Rockets’ lineup took
advantage of Los Angeles’ defen-
sive lapses.
“You can’t get it back. You’ve just
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2009 13
got to move forward and get ready
for the next one,” he said.
The Rockets stunned the Lak-
ers—and most everyone else—by
racing to a 29-16 lead in the first
quarter. They never trailed and led
by as many as 29 points before the
Lakers at least made it look respect-
able toward the end.
“We didn’t understand the type
of energy Houston was going to
come with,” Bryant said. “We
didn’t have that type of energy.”
It wasn’t a case of the Lakers tak-
ing the Rockets lightly without
Yao, Bryant said.
“Naw, man they just kicked our
(rear),” he said.
The Lakers say they need to have
the kind of energy the Rockets had
Sunday.
“If we want to be a championship
team we have to go after it every
single game,” Gasol said. “We can’t
take for granted that because we’re
better individually or maybe col-
lectively that we can play 70, 80
percent. We have to play 100 per-
cent from the get go.”
Gasol said the Lakers were “out-
hustled and outplayed and we could
have won if we really wanted to.”
Guard Aaron Brooks scored a
career-high 34 points in Game 4,
and the Rockets were still talking
about their point guard on
Monday.
“Maybe it’s a bowlegged thing, a
knock-kneed, pigeon-toed thing,
but boy, they can’t keep up with
him,” said bulky 6-6 forward
Chuck Hayes, who started for Yao
on Sunday. “He uses his speed to
his advantage to get to the paint.
For such a little guy, he finishes
pretty well.”
— The Associated Press
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INSIDE DISH
Raptors coach wants
team to toughen up
The Raptors did not have to look
far to find their new coach, because
he’s their old coach—Jay Triano, who
took over as the interim coach after
Sam Mitchell was fired in December.
The Raptors were just 25-40 after
Triano took the reins, but the team
improved as the year went on and
closed the season with a 9-4 record
down the stretch. “He was given
not the most ideal circumstances to
fight through,” said Raptors GM
Bryan Colangelo. “Yet, each day, he
showed up with a positive attitude,
encouraging this team, teaching
this team, leading this team. And
the players responded.”
Colangelo said that the organiza-
tion considered other candidates,
but agreed that Triano, who was
given a three-year contract, best fit
the team’s needs. Triano said he has
made no decisions on his staff yet,
but that he has targeted at least one
of his team’s deficiencies: tough-
ness, which must have been pleas-
ing to the ears of star PF Chris Bosh,
who complained about his team’s
lack of toughness this year. “Tough-
ness is something we need to
address,” Triano said. “I don’t think
we’re a real tough team.”
In Philadelphia, shortly after
Triano’s press conference, it was
announced that coach Tony DiLeo was
withdrawing his name from consid-
eration for the Sixers’ job and will
return to the front office. That was
somewhat of a surprise, because
DiLeo seemed receptive to taking
the job and had the best track record
of any of the year’s interim
Dropping the ‘interim’
Generally, interim coaches don’t stick around very long in
the NBA. But this year, of the seven interims, three have
been upgraded to full contracts, while three other jobs
remain open and is still undecided. (Note: On replacing
Marc Iavaroni in Memphis, Lionel Hollins was given a
contract for next year, and thus, was never an interim.)
Team Interim
Minnesota Kevin McHale
Oklahoma City Scott Brooks
Philadelphia Tony DiLeo
Phoenix Alvin Gentry
Sacramento Tony Natt
Toronto Jay Triano
Washington Ed Tapscott
coaches—after starting 9-14 under
Maurice Cheeks, Philadelphia went
32-27 under DiLeo and earned a
playoff berth. But, after the postsea-
son, some Sixers players criticized
DiLeo publicly, while PG Andre Miller
and C Theo Ratliff did not show up for
the team’s postseason meeting. That
might have fed into his decision.
Word that general manager
Chris Mullin was on the outs with the
Warriors had been circulating for
nearly a year, with Mullin suppos-
edly losing out in a power struggle
with team president Robert Rowell.
The team finally made it official
yesterday, cutting Mullin loose and
promoting assistant Larry Riley in his
place. “It’s never an easy decision to
make a change,” said Rowell in a
statement released by the team.
“This case is compounded by the
fact it involves Chris Mullin—
someone who has provided Bay
NBA
Status
Undecided
Hired
Withdrew from
consideration
Hired
Fired; job remains
open
Hired
Returned to front
office; replaced by
Flip Saunders
Jay Triano, the first Canadian-born head coach in the NBA, signed a three-year contract Monday.
Area fans with many great memo-
ries over the years, as both a player
and executive. He’s a class individ-
ual who will always be remembered
for his accomplishments with the
Warriors organization.”
There’s a lengthy he-said, she-
said, he-might-have-said here, but
heading into last night’s game
against the Mavericks, it was clear
that Nuggets PF Kenyon Martin was
not happy with Dallas owner Mark
Cuban. That’s because, according to
The Denver Post, Cuban—after hear-
ing another fan calling the Nuggets,
“thugs”—admits to telling Martin’s
mother, “That includes your son.”
Martin was asked if he was offended.
According to The Dallas Morning News,
he said, “That’s just like saying some-
thing to my kids. If you got something
to say, say it to me. But I’m going to take
care of it. I’m not going to do the whole
media thing, back and forth. That’s his
CHRIS YOUNG / AP
thing. I’m more of a personal, face-to-
face type of dude.”
The Magic got some good news
on the economic front, with the
team poised to receive a loan of
$100 million to help complete the
financing of their new stadium.
According to Sports Business Jour-
nal, that loan is believed to be the
first to go to a mid-tier organization
since the world credit markets froze
in September. “There is a thaw, but
that’s not to say the borrowing costs
are at the rates prior to the current
economic environment,” Alex Mar-
tins, the Magic’s chief operating
officer, told SBJ. “Having said that,
we are pleased with the fact that
there is a market out there to finance
our contribution to the arena.”
One guy who is not surprised to
see how well the backcourt combo of
PG Kyle Lowry (listed at 6-0) and PG
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2009 14
Playoff glance
Today’s games
All Times ET
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7)
Orlando at Boston, 8 p.m., TNT
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
(Best-of-7), All times ET
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Houston at L.A. Lakers, 10:30
p.m., TNT
Cleveland vs. Atlanta
(Cleveland wins series 4-0)
May 5: Cleveland 99, Atlanta 72
May 7: Cleveland 105, Atlanta 85
Betting line May 9: Cleveland 97, Atlanta 82
Today Monday: Cleveland 84, Atlanta, 74
FAVORITE ......... LINE.........O/U ......... UNDERDOG
at Boston.....................2 ...........(192) ................. Orlando Boston vs. Orlando
at L.A. Lakers.........12½ ...........(197½) ..............Houston (Series tied 2-2)
May 4: Orlando 95, Boston 90
May 6: Boston 112, Orlando 94
Aaron Brooks (generously listed at 6-0) May 8: Orlando 117, Boston 96
has played for the Rockets when May 10: Boston 95, Orlando 94
they’ve been on the floor together in Today: Orlando at Boston, 8 p.m.
Thursday: Boston at Orlando, 7 p.m.
their series against the Lakers is Sunday: Orlando at Boston, TBA, if
Brooks himself. When he was at necessary
Oregon, he teamed up with PG Tajuan
Porter, who is 5-6, to form a small but WESTERN CONFERENCE
L.A. Lakers vs. Houston
imposing backcourt. “It reminds me
(Series tied 2-2)
a lot of college,” Brooks told SN Today. May 4: Houston 100, L.A. Lakers 92
“We had the same kind of thing May 6: L.A. Lakers 111,
going. Obviously, you are going to be Houston 98
giving up size. But you can make up May 8: L.A. Lakers 108, Houston 94
May 10: Houston 99, L.A. Lakers 87
for it in quickness.” Today: Houston at L.A. Lakers, 10:30
— Sean Deveney p.m.
Thursday: L.A. Lakers at Houston, 9:30
The father of the 12-year-old p.m.
boy bumped by Celtics big man Glen Sunday: Houston at L.A. Lakers, TBA, if
necessary
“Big Baby” Davis after Sunday’s game-
winning shot is demanding an apol- Denver vs. Dallas
ogy. Ernest Provetti told the Orlando (Denver leads series 3-1)
Sentinel that he wrote the NBA May 3: Denver 109, Dallas 95
May 5: Denver 117, Dallas 105
office demanding an apology from
May 9: Denver 106, Dallas 105
Davis for acting like a “raging ani- Monday: Dallas 119, Denver 117
mal with no regard for fans’ per- Wednesday: Dallas at Denver, 9 p.m.
sonal safety.” NBA spokesman Tim Friday: Denver at Dallas, TBA, if
Frank confirmed the league received necessary
Sunday: Dallas at Denver, TBA, if
the e-mail but declined to comment necessary
on it. Video of the play shows Davis
ducking behind a referee and step-
ping out of bounds as he ran back to
the Celtics bench. Provetti told the
paper it was his son, Nicholas,
whose hat fell off as Davis bumped
him. Celtics spokesman Jeff Twiss
said Davis was not available for
comment. The Magic also declined
to comment.
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INSIDE DISH
Report: Medical records
led to Manny’s suspension
Manny Ramirez’s personal medical
records disclosed his prescription of
human chorionic gonadotrophin, the
banned substance that landed the
Dodgers outfielder a 50-game sus-
pension, according to ESPN.com.
Ramirez turned over the records—
as required by the collective bargain-
ing agreement—as part of his appeals
process after testing positive for ele-
vated testosterone levels in spring
training.
HCG is used to stimulate natural
testosterone production among ste-
roid users, though the report states it
wouldn’t have caused the elevated
marks in Ramirez’s test; doping
experts said the spike was caused by
synthetic testosterone.
Every individual naturally pro-
duces testosterone and a substance
called epitestosterone, typically at a
ratio of 1:1. In MLB, if the ratio comes
in at 4:1 during testing, a player is
flagged. In Ramirez’s case, his ratio
was between 4:1 and 10:1, according
to the report.
Ramirez dropped plans to appeal
the suspension after MLB informed
him of their findings, according to
the report.
Josh Hamilton says he’s close to
rejoining the Rangers, who were on
top of the A.L. West on Monday by
a half game.
Hamilton made his first rehabilita-
tion start Sunday for Triple-A Okla-
homa City. Hamilton, sidelined with
a strained muscle in his rib cage, went
1-for-2 with a single and walk, while
playing center field for six innings,
according to The Dallas Morning News.
“It felt good today,” he said
afterward in Round Rock, Texas. “I
slipped in the outfield and landed
on my ribs and didn’t feel a thing.
I’ll see how it feels (today), but I’m
planning on playing nine innings
here Monday and then be ready for
the Rangers (tonight).”
Prior to the injury, in 18 games
Hamilton was batting .242 (16-66)
with two home runs and 10 RBIs.
Cubs 1B Derrek Lee left the team
Sunday and had an MRI on the
bulging disc in his neck, according
to the Chicago Tribune.
Lee didn’t play over the weekend
and could land on the disabled list,
pending results of the MRI.
A sore right elbow kept Atlanta’s
Chipper Jones out of the starting lineup
Monday in the series opener against
the Mets in New York, The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution reported.
Jones hyperextended the elbow
twice on back-to-back swings in the
fifth inning Sunday against Philadel-
phia, the paper revealed. Martin Prado
replaced him in the lineup Monday.
Jones said he didn’t expect the
injury to keep him out of the lineup
more than a game. In games Jones
hasn’t started, the Braves are 1-5.
The Marlins optioned Cameron
Maybin to Triple-A New Orleans after
the center fielder struggled to a .202
average and 31 strikeouts in 84 at-
bats, The Miami Herald reported.
“We just want to send him down,
get some AB’s, and regain some
confidence,” Marlins G.M. Mike Hill
told the Herald of the 22-year-old
Maybin. “He’s tremendously
Baseball
A strained muscle in his rib cage sidelined Texas’ Josh Hamilton, but he’s on a rehab assignment.
talented, has a bright future ahead
of him. He’s still a baby.”
Lefthander John Koronka was
recalled from New Orleans, where
he was 2-1 with a 3.00 ERA, and will
start today’s game in Milwaukee.
The Chicago White Sox pro-
moted lefthander Jimmy Gobble from
Triple-A on Monday to take the roster
spot of struggling starter Jose Contreras.
The White Sox purchased the
contract of Gobble from Charlotte.
Contreras was optioned to the
minor league team Sunday.
Gobble went 0-1 with a 5.25 ERA in
relief appearances at Charlotte after
signing with the White Sox on April
6. The 27-year-old Gobble is 22-23 life-
time with a 5.23 ERA and four saves,
all with the Kansas City Royals. Con-
treras was 0-5 with an 8.19 ERA in six
starts.
The Phillies will visit the White
House on Friday to meet President
Obama, the Philadelphia Inquirer
reports. Jimmy Rollins, shortstop on
TONY GUTIERREZ / AP
the World Series champion Phillies
has been thinking about what he
might say if he meets the President.
“Whatever pops up, I guess,
which is usually how it works,”
Rollins told the Inquirer. “Maybe
he’ll be wearing a funky tie or some-
thing, and I can crack a joke or
something. I don’t know.”
Boston Red Sox fans, family
and friends paid their final respects
to former team great Dom DiMaggio.
Teammate Johnny Pesky and for-
mer Red Sox CEO John Harrington
were among those attending a
funeral Mass at St. Paul Church in
Wellesley on Monday.
Harrington said DiMaggio was
dearly loved by former team own-
ers Tom and Jean Yawkey.
DiMaggio’s family says he died
Friday with the Red Sox game play-
ing in the background. He was 92.
The center fielder and seven-time
All-Star was the younger brother of
Yankees Hall of Famer Joe, and played
in the same outfield as Ted Williams.
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2009 15
THE LAUNCHING PAD
What to expect in the major leagues today
Rogers Centre reunion
From 2006-08, righthander A.J. Burnett went 38-26 in 81 games (80
starts) for the Blue Jays. He opted out of his contract following the 2008 sea-
son and signed a five-year, $82.5 million deal with the Yankees. Tonight, he
will be back on the Rogers Centre mound, but he will be wearing pinstripes
(and likely hearing more jeers than cheers). Meanwhile, Toronto will give
the ball to ace Roy Halladay—the only Blue Jays pitcher with more wins
(55) than Burnett from 2006-08. Halladay has won his past three starts and
has pitched at least seven innings in all seven of his starts this season. And
with the Yankees back in Toronto and Alex Rodriguez back in the lineup,
Blue Jays infielders must be prepared for a Howie Kendrick-like moment
on any popup.
A Manny-less rematch
Because of Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez’s suspension, some of
the luster is gone from tonight’s Dodgers-Phillies matchup. But you can bet
Citizens Bank Park still will be rocking. In last October’s NLCS, Philadelphia
disposed of Los Angeles in five games, despite two doubles, two homers
and seven RBIs from Ramirez. Though they have been dominant at Dodger
Stadium—beginning the season with an MLB-record 13 consecutive home
wins—the Dodgers are just 8-8 on the road this season.
The Cubs’ conundrum
During the offseason, the Cubs flirted with the idea of trading for Padres
ace Jake Peavy, before eventually breaking off talks. Tonight, they’ll face the
2007 N.L. Cy Young Award winner under the lights at Wrigley Field. While
Peavy still would make a fine addition to Chicago’s rotation—and talks
could restart once both franchises officially get their new ownership in
place—the Cubs’ biggest problems this season have been an inconsistent
offense and injuries. Both righthander Carlos Zambrano and third baseman
Aramis Ramirez are on the disabled list.
— Chris Bahr
JULIE JACOBSON / AP
A.J. Burnett will make his return to Toronto after signing with the Yankees.
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1. Blue Jays (2) Finally, the top spot. The Blue Jays have been lurking for a few weeks now and didn’t even have to put anyone on the D.L. this week. Double-bonus, eh?

2. Red Sox (4) Watching Jonathan Papelbon pump 97-mph fastballs past the heart of the Rays’ order with two on, no outs in the ninth inning Sunday was awe-inspiring.

3. Cardinals (3) Ryan Franklin blew his first save opportunity of the season, but rookie Colby Rasmus came through with a 10th-inning double to keep the Cards from being swept in Cincy.

4. Dodgers (1) You know why they dropped in the poll. Still a good team without Manny, but not the best in baseball. Where will they be in early July, when he returns?

5. Mets (21) And just like that, the Mets are atop the N.L. East with a seven-game winning streak that seemed to come from nowhere. Amazing.

6. Brewers (13) Speaking of coming from nowhere, the Brewers have won 14 of their past 19 games. Why? Because they have a team ERA of 3.21 in that stretch.

7. Tigers (10) Back-to-back-to-back outstanding starts by Justin Verlander, Edwin Jackson and Rick Porcello helped the Tigers sweep the Indians.

8. Royals (7) Rough weekend in L.A., where the boys from K.C. lost all three games to the Angels. That’s the bad news. The good news? The pitching still looked solid.
Who would have guessed that the Reds would have the best road record at 10-5 entering the week. (OK, technically, the Phillies, at 8-4, have the same winning percentage at
9. Reds (14) .667.)
10. Cubs (6) For all the grief the N.L. Central gets, the division has four teams at least three games over .500 entering the week. No other division even comes close to that.

KATHY WILLENS / AP 11. Marlins (8) A sweep in Colorado would have been a good answer for a brief 1-3 homestand, but, still, two out of three ain’t bad.

Jonathan Papelbon’s ninth inning on Sunday 12. Rangers (15) First place in the A.L. West has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?
helped Boston take second in our ranking.
13. Angels (24) Torii Hunter deserves the credit for getting the Angels over .500. He leads the team in homers, RBIs, and his home-run-robbing catch saved Sunday’s game.

Power Poll 14. Giants (12) The Giants haven’t lost a series since the middle of April. Their window of opportunity in the West is officially open with Manny on the sidelines.

BY RYAN FAGAN 15. Phillies (9) Two impressive road victories in St. Louis were followed by one win in five games against East rivals, the Mets and Braves.
rfagan@sportingnews.com
Odd week in the MLB 16. Mariners (5) Horrible week for the M’s was salvaged by five runs in the last two innings in Minnesota that averted a sweep by the Twins.
neighborhood.
Manny’s on the sidelines with the 17. Yankees (11) A-Rod and CC couldn’t have produced at a better time. Their tag-team win Friday against the Orioles came after losing four straight to the Red Sox and Rays at home.

50-game suspension that will end 18. Rays (19) Going 3-2 on a trip through New York and Boston is nothing to be ashamed of, but the Rays were in position to win all five, so the pair of losses stings.
in early July (in time for the All-Star
Game, actually—he likely would 19. Twins (18) Joe Mauer is hitting .485 since his return. The team is 4-4 in those games.
have been a lock to be voted in as a
starter; what happens now? Will 20. Braves (20) Talk about being bunched up … the Braves enter the week with six players tied for the team lead with three home runs—and three others have two.
the fans vote him in?). A-Rod’s back
21. White Sox (17) He doesn’t have the stuff on staff, but at 5-0 record and a 2.61 ERA, veteran lefty Mark Buehrle is showing why he’ll be Chicago’s ace until he leaves the city.
in pinstripes, and that homer on the
first pitch was pretty impressive 22. Astros (25) Wandy Rodriguez has only allowed more than one earned run in two of his seven starts this season, but he’s just 3-2 because of poor run support.
(though, getting only one hit in his
next 10 at-bats shows even the best 23. Diamondbacks (22) Something had to give, and Bob Melvin paid the price. New manager A.J. Hinch knows the youngsters he’ll write on the lineup card, but is that enough?
have to work their way back into 24. Padres (23) Closer Heath Bell still hasn’t allowed a run this year in 11 games.
the rhythm of the game).
The Mets have reeled off a seven- 25. Orioles (27) Future update: At Class AAA Norfolk, Matt Wieters has his average up to .301 and Chris Tillman is 3-0 with a 2.52 ERA.
game winning streak to grab first
place in the N.L. East and the 26. Pirates (16) Two weeks ago, they were at No. 6 in this poll. They’ve won once since then.
Angels are suddenly just a half- 27. Rockies (28) The Padres were expected to be horrible this year and the Diamondbacks just fired their manager. Both enter the week ahead of the Rockies in the N.L. West.
game out of first in the A.L. West.
And the Blue Jays just keep win- 28. Athletics (26) They can see rock-bottom, right? That has to be a good thing.
ning. Though, at this point, it
doesn’t seem nearly as odd to see 29. Nationals (30) Out of last place, and sooner than expected. Ryan Zimmerman has a 29-game hitting streak that would be the talk of baseball if he played somewhere else.
them atop the A.L. East. Fun team
to watch.
30. Indians (29) Ugh. At least they scored a run Sunday against the Tigers.
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Fantasy Focus LEAGUE LEADERS
American League Standings
Batting Average Home Runs East W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Start ’em, Sit ’em Toronto 22 12 .647 — — 7-3 W-2 11-4 11-8
A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. Boston 20 12 .625 1 — 6-4 W-1 13-4 7-8
Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team New York 15 16 .484 5½ 4½ 4-6 W-1 6-7 9-9
Youkilis Boston .393 Votto Cincinnati .381 CPena Tampa Bay 13 Pujols St. Louis 12 Tampa Bay 15 18 .455 6½ 5½ 6-4 L-1 6-7 9-11
Baltimore 13 19 .406 8 7 4-6 L-1 10-10 3-9
MiCabrera Detroit .378 Beltran New York .370 Longoria Tampa Bay 11 Dunn Washington 11
VMartinez Cleveland .372 Zimmerman Washington .363 Bay Boston 9 Bruce Cincinnati 10 Central W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Longoria Tampa Bay .358 HaRamirez Florida .348 Blalock Texas 9 AdGonzalez San Diego 10 Detroit 17 13 .567 — — 6-4 W-3 8-5 9-8
Kansas City 18 14 .563 — 2 6-4 L-3 11-6 7-8
AdJones Baltimore .358 MRamirez Los Angeles .348 Damon New York 9 ASoriano Chicago 10 Minnesota 15 17 .469 3 5 4-6 L-1 11-9 4-8
AHill Toronto .353 Braun Milwaukee .345 Granderson Detroit 9 Utley Philadelphia 10 Chicago 14 17 .452 3½ 5½ 3-7 L-2 8-8 6-9
Markakis Baltimore .352 Helton Colorado .343 Kinsler Texas 9 Ibanez Philadelphia 9 Cleveland 12 21 .364 6½ 8½ 3-7 W-1 6-10 6-11
West W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Runs Stolen Bases Texas 17 14 .548 — — 7-3 W-1 8-6 9-8
Los Angeles 16 14 .533 ½ 3 7-3 W-4 10-7 6-7
A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. Seattle 16 16 .500 1½ 4 3-7 W-1 7-7 9-9
CHARLES KRUPA / AP Oakland 11 18 .379 5 7½ 3-7 L-2 6-10 5-8
Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team
Boston DH David Ortiz AdJones
Markakis
Baltimore
Baltimore
33
33
Pujols
ASoriano
St. Louis
Chicago
32
29
Crawford
Ellsbury
Tampa Bay
Boston
22
15
Bourn
JosReyes
Houston
New York
10
10
National League Standings
Start ’em East W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
David Ortiz, DH, Red Sox. Ortiz is Scutaro Toronto 32 Hudson Los Angeles 26 Abreu Los Angeles 12 Burriss San Francisco 9 New York 17 14 .548 — — 8-2 L-1 11-7 6-7
Bay Boston 29 Zimmerman Washington 26 Figgins Los Angeles 12 Fowler Colorado 9 Florida 17 15 .531 ½ 1 3-7 L-1 6-7 11-8
not off to a good start, but he eats Pedroia Boston 29 Hart Milwaukee 25 Crisp Kansas City 8 Morgan Pittsburgh 9 Philadelphia 15 14 .517 1 1½ 4-6 L-2 7-10 8-4
up the Angels’ Jered Weaver Longoria Tampa Bay 27 Werth Philadelphia 25 Kinsler Texas 8 Kemp Los Angeles 8
Atlanta 16 16 .500 1½ 2 5-5 W-3 5-9 11-7
Washington 10 20 .333 6½ 7 5-5 L-2 5-7 5-13
(7-for-17, 2 HRs, 9 RBIs). Four tied 25 Four tied 24 Five tied 7 Taveras Cincinnati 8
Todd Wellemeyer, SP, Cardinals. Central W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
St. Louis 20 12 .625 — — 5-5 W-1 12-5 8-7
Wellemeyer is 4-1 with a 3.54 RBIs Pitching (3 decisions) Cincinnati 18 14 .563 2 — 6-4 W-1 7-9 11-5
ERA in his past 11 games against Milwaukee 18 14 .563 2 — 6-4 L-1 9-7 9-7
A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. Chicago 17 14 .548 2½ ½ 7-3 W-1 8-6 9-8
Pittsburgh, including a win last Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Houston 14 17 .452 5½ 3½ 5-5 W-3 8-10 6-7
week. Longoria Tampa Bay 44 Pujols St. Louis 33 Buehrle Chicago 5-0 1.000 Meredith San Diego 4-0 1.000 Pittsburgh 12 19 .387 7½ 5½ 1-9 L-8 7-7 5-12
Ryan Garko, 1B, Indians. Garko is Bay Boston 34 Cantu Florida 32 Frasor Toronto 4-0 1.000 Pelfrey New York 4-0 1.000 West W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
10-for-19 (.526) lifetime versus the CPena Tampa Bay 32 Braun Milwaukee 28 RRamirez Boston 3-0 1.000 Martis Washington 4-0 1.000 Los Angeles 22 11 .667 — — 7-3 L-1 14-3 8-8
Huff Baltimore 31 Dunn Washington 28 ABailey Oakland 3-0 1.000 Broxton Los Angeles 3-0 1.000 San Francisco 17 14 .548 4 ½ 6-4 W-2 11-4 6-10
White Sox’s Mark Buehrle. San Diego 13 19 .406 8½ 5 2-8 L-3 8-6 5-13
Lind Toronto 31 Ethier Los Angeles 27 Palmer Los Angeles 3-0 1.000 Condrey Philadelphia 3-0 1.000 Colorado 12 18 .400 8½ 5 4-6 W-1 6-8 6-10
Hopefully, Eric Wedge notices. Markakis Baltimore 30 BMolina San Francisco 27 Bannister Kansas City 3-0 1.000 JoJohnson Florida 3-0 1.000 Arizona 13 20 .394 9 5½ 3-7 L-1 9-13 4-7
AHill Toronto 29 Four tied 26 z-first game was a win

Sit ’em Doubles Strikeouts Pitching Matchups Today’s Games (All times Eastern)
Nick Swisher, 1B/OF, Yankees. Roy A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. American League The Line
Halladay usually holds Swisher Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Tampa Bay (Sonnanstine 1-3) at Baltimore (Hendrickson 1-4), 7:05 p.m. TB -125 at Bal +115
(2-for-12, five strikeouts) in check. Longoria Tampa Bay 15 Kotchman Atlanta 13 Greinke Kansas City 59 Santana New York 60 Chicago White Sox (Richard 0-0) at Cleveland (Sowers 0-1), 7:05 p.m. at Cle -165 Chi +155
Nick Johnson, 1B, Nationals. Callaspo Kansas City 13 FSanchez Pittsburgh 13 Verlander Detroit 56 Lincecum San Francisco 58 N.Y. Yankees (A.Burnett 2-0) at Toronto (Halladay 6-1), 7:07 p.m. at Tor -140 NY +130
Johnson is 0-for-8 with five Polanco Detroit 13 Hudson Los Angeles 12 Lester Boston 49 JVazquez Atlanta 57
Seattle (Vargas 1-0) at Texas (Feldman 2-0), 8:05 p.m. at Tex -145 Sea +135
strikeouts against the Giants’ Five tied 12 Zimmerman Washington 12 FHernandez Seattle 47 Peavy San Diego 52
Detroit (Galarraga 3-2) at Minnesota (Slowey 4-1), 8:10 p.m. Det -115 at Min +105
MCameron Milwaukee 11 Halladay Toronto 44 Haren Arizona 51
Matt Cain. Six tied 10 Bedard Seattle 43 Gallardo Milwaukee 47 Kansas City (Hochevar 0-0) at Oakland (Cahill 1-2), 10:05 p.m. at Oak -120 KC +110
Andy Sonnanstine, SP, Rays. In six Garza Tampa Bay 42 Billingsley Los Angeles 47 Boston (Masterson 2-2) at L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 3-1), 10:05 p.m. at LA -130 Bos +120
starts versus Baltimore, Sonnan-
stine is 2-3 with a 7.11 ERA and Triples Saves National League The Line
1.80 WHIP. St. Louis (Wellemeyer 3-2) at Pittsburgh (Duke 3-3), 7:05 p.m. STL-135 at Pit +125
A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L.
—George Winkler Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 1-2) at Philadelphia (Park 0-1), 7:05 p.m. at Phi -115 LA+105
Crisp Kansas City 4 Bourn Houston 3 FFrancisco Texas 9 Cordero Cincinnati 9 Atlanta (Jurrjens 3-2) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 4-0), 7:10 p.m. at NY -120 Atl +110
Seven tied 2 Kemp Los Angeles 3 Fuentes Los Angeles 9 Franklin St. Louis 9 Florida (Koronka 0-0) at Milwaukee (Parra 1-4), 8:05 p.m. at Mil -145 Flo +135
MORE COVERAGE Victorino Philadelphia 3 Papelbon Boston 8 FrRodriguez New York 9 San Diego (Peavy 2-4) at Chicago Cubs (Harden 3-1), 8:05 p.m. at Chi -155 SD +145
17 tied 2 Soria Kansas City 7 Qualls Arizona 8 Houston (F.Paulino 1-2) at Colorado (Jimenez 2-4), 8:40 p.m. at Col -160 Hou +150
Get everything you need to Jenks Chicago 7 Broxton Los Angeles 8 Cincinnati (Owings 2-3) at Arizona (Haren 3-3), 9:40 p.m. at Ari -185 Cin +175
dominate your fantasy league at: Three tied 6 BWilson San Francisco 8 Washington (Zimmermann 2-1) at San Francisco (Cain 3-1), 10:15 p.m. at SF -135 Was +125
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta 8, N.Y. Mets 3
Braves 8, Mets 3

Mets’ lack of offense allows Braves, Lowe to top Santana Atlanta

K.Johnson 2b
Escobar ss
Prado 3b
McCann c
AB
6
4
4
5
R
1
2
0
2
H
2
3
1
1
BI
0
1
0
0
BB
0
1
0
0
SO
1
0
0
1
Avg.
.242
.302
.297
.246
NEW YORK—Johan Santana is still that made it 5-1. M.Diaz lf 5 1 3 2 0 0 .258
waiting for some help from his team- That was more than enough for Kotchman 1b 4 1 2 2 0 1 .319
Francoeur rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .271
mates this year. Lowe (5-1), who took a three-hitter Schafer cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .217
Derek Lowe outlasted Santana in a into the seventh and won his fourth D.Lowe p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .083
Moylan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
matchup of aces, pitching the Atlanta straight start. The Braves have won a-Norton ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .143
R.Soriano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Braves to an 8-3 victory Monday five of six on an eight-game road trip c-Infante ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .338
night that ended New York’s seven- against the three teams ahead of them Carlyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 41 8 16 7 2 6
game winning streak. in the NL East standings. This was
“I love facing guys like that, espe- their first visit to Citi Field, the Mets’ New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Jos.Reyes ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .269
cially Santana. He’s going to beat you new ballpark. Castillo 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .321
more than you’re going to beat him, “It was a matchup as advertised,” Beltran cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .370
D.Wright 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .311
but it’s fun to be in those games,” Atlanta manager Bobby Cox said. Dan.Murphy lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Lowe said. “It’s fun to challenge your- Both teams played without a big Tatis 1b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .356
Reed rf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .353
self to see if you can step up when you slugger. Carlos Delgado sat out for the Santos c 3 0 1 2 0 0 .302
have to.” Mets because of a recurring hip Santana p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Parnell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
In a season-long trend that has injury, while Chipper Jones was side- Feliciano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
become maddening for the Mets, they lined for Atlanta due to a sore right Stokes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
b-Cora ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333
provided Santana with little support elbow. Takahashi p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
d-Sheffield ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182
on offense or defense. Jose Reyes’ Lowe gave up two runs and five Totals 32 3 9 3 3 3
two-out error in the seventh inning hits in 6 2-3 innings. The Mets pur-
Atlanta 100 000 412 — 8 16 0
led to four runs, saddling Santana sued the sinkerballer in the offseason New York 000 010 101 — 3 9 2
(4-2) with his second loss this season but were outbid by the Braves, who
a-singled for Moylan in the 8th. b-singled for Stokes in
when he did not allow an earned run. signed him to a $60 million, four-year the 8th. c-singled for R.Soriano in the 9th. d-grounded
“It’s crazy that it happened twice contract. out for Takahashi in the 9th. E: Jos.Reyes (5), D.Wright (4).
LOB: Atlanta 11, New York 6. 2B: McCann (4), D.Wright
already,” Santana said. “There’s not New York then turned its attention (8), Tatis (3), Reed (1). RBIs: Escobar (17), M.Diaz 2 (13),
many things I can do.” to re-signing Oliver Perez, a major Kotchman 2 (14), Francoeur (19), Infante (10), Tatis (4),
Santos 2 (10). S: Prado. SF: Francoeur, Santos. Runners
The two-time Cy Young Award bust this year who is currently on the left in scoring position: Atlanta 5 (Kotchman, M.Diaz,
winner was pulled after 108 pitches disabled list. Schafer 2, K.Johnson); New York 2 (Santos, Sheffield).
DP: Atlanta 3 (K.Johnson, Escobar, Kotchman), (Prado,
with the score tied at 1. He lowered Two infield singles and a two-out K.Johnson, Kotchman), (Escobar, K.Johnson, Kotchman);
his NL-best ERA to 0.78 through throwing error by third baseman New York 1 (D.Wright, Castillo, Tatis).
seven starts—but somehow New David Wright gave Atlanta a run in Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
D.Lowe W, 5-1 6 2⁄3 5 2 2 2 1 95 3.80
York has lost three of them. the first inning. New York tied it on Moylan H, 5 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.94
“Hopefully, there will come a point Omir Santos’ sacrifice fly in the fifth. R.Soriano 1 1 0 0 0 2 24 1.13
KATHY WILLENS / AP Carlyle 1 3 1 1 1 0 29 5.40
where we will pick him up,” manager Kelly Johnson’s one-out single in New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Jerry Manuel said. “I think it’s just the seventh chased Santana. With Atlanta SP Derek Lowe benefitted the most from his team’s four-run seventh inning to earn his fifth victory of the season. Santana L, 4-2 6 1⁄3 7 2 0 1 6 108 0.78
Parnell 1⁄3 1 1 0 0 0 6 1.26
coincidence, I really do. He’s the type two on and two outs, Feliciano came Feliciano 0 2 2 0 0 0 8 3.46
of guy that gets everybody up before in to face cleanup batter Brian against the right-handed hitting Diaz, hitter Omar Infante delivered an RBI Santana’s seven starts this year, 11 Stokes 1 1⁄3 3 1 1 0 0 15 0.68
Takahashi 1 3 2 2 1 0 23 3.00
his game. He might be getting ‘em too McCann, who hit a slow grounder up and his single to left put Atlanta single. while he was on the mound. They
geeked—that might be it. I think it’ll the middle. Reyes slid over from ahead. Santana was charged with two have 139 runs in their other 24 games, Feliciano pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. Inherited
runners-scored: Moylan 1-0, Parnell 1-0, Feliciano
turn around.” shortstop but booted the ball behind Yunel Escobar added an RBI unearned runs and seven hits in 6 1-3 an average of 5.79. 2-2, Stokes 1-0. HBP: by Santana (Kotchman). WP:
Matt Diaz’s two-run single off second, loading the bases. grounder in the eighth, and the innings. He dropped to 0-4 with a “We try to figure that out. It’s hard Takahashi. Umpires: Home, Greg Gibson; First, Andy
Fletcher; Second, Ted Barrett; Third, Tim McClelland. T:
Pedro Feliciano snapped a 1-all tie in “Nothing went wrong there. I just Braves scored twice in the ninth after 2.31 ERA in six career starts against to believe,” Reyes said. “We feel bad 3:04. A: 40,497 (41,800).
the seventh, and Casey Kotchman fol- missed the ball. E-6,” Reyes said. McCann’s leadoff double. Jeff Fran- Atlanta. right now.”
lowed with another two-run single Manuel stayed with Feliciano coeur had a sacrifice fly, and pinch- The Mets have scored 15 runs in — The Associated Press
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AMERICAN LEAGUE / NATIONAL LEAGUE
Reds 13, Diamondbacks 5
Cleveland 9, Chicago White Sox 4 Cincinnati 13, Arizona 5 Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Taveras cf 5 4 5 2 0 0 .315

Pavano, Indians start strong, end recent slide No jet lag

D.McDonald cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226
Hairston Jr. ss 4 2 2 2 1 1 .257
Lincoln p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Votto 1b 4 1 2 2 1 0 .381

worries
Phillips 2b 5 0 2 2 0 0 .257
Bruce rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Indians 9, White Sox 4 R.Hernandez c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .289
CLEVELAND—Carl Pavano threw strikes and his b-Hanigan ph-c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .314
Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Cleveland Indians teammates struck quickly at Getz 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .274 L.Nix lf 4 2 2 1 0 1 .327
the plate.
Pavano won his third straight start and the
Indians scored in the first inning for the first
Lillibridge cf
b-Betemit ph
Quentin lf
Dye rf
4 0 1
1 0 0
4 0 0
4 0 1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
.169
.281
.237
.292
for Reds Dickerson lf
A.Rosales 3b
Arroyo p
Herrera p
1 0 0 0
5 3 3 1
3 1 1 0
0 0 0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
.197
.295
.091
.000
Thome dh 4 1 2 0 0 1 .212 d-Janish ph-ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 .345
time this month as they defeated the Chicago Konerko 1b 4 2 3 0 0 0 .307 PHOENIX—Cincinnati Reds man- Totals 42 13 18 10 3 3
White Sox 9-4 on Monday night to snap a four- Pierzynski c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .301 ager Dusty Baker wondered if
Fields 3b 3 0 2 1 1 1 .255 Arizona AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
game losing streak. Al.Ramirez ss 4 0 1 2 0 0 .200 his team would be sluggish after F.Lopez 2b 4 2 3 1 0 0 .323
Totals 37 4 12 4 1 5 Jo.Wilson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
“It finally felt like a real baseball game,” said playing 10 innings Sunday and C.Young cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .193
Cleveland third baseman Mark DeRosa. “Any Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg. then flying across three time J.Upton rf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .307
Sizemore cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .226 e-Montero ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273
win right now is big.” zones. Reynolds 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .254
A.Cabrera 2b 4 2 2 0 1 0 .325
Pavano (3-3) allowed four runs and 10 hits V.Martinez 1b 4 3 1 1 1 1 .372 He needn’t have worried. Byrnes lf 4 0 3 1 0 0 .216
Choo rf 4 1 2 3 1 1 .273 Tracy 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .207
over 6 1/3 innings in his first appearance With Willy Taveras matching L.Rosales p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
DeRosa 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .246
against the White Sox in nearly five years. The Peralta ss 5 0 3 3 0 2 .246 a career high with five hits, the a-C.Jackson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182
Dellucci dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Korecky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
right-hander didn’t issue a walk and struck out Reds opened a six-game Western J.Gutierrez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
a-Garko ph-dh 0 0 0 1 0 0 .274
three. B.Francisco lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .247 swing with a 13-5 rout of the Ari- c-R.Roberts ph-2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .348
“He controlled the game and it was good to Shoppach c 3 1 1 0 1 1 .224 Snyder c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .219
zona Diamondbacks on Monday Ojeda ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .302
Totals 36 9 13 9 4 6
see,” Indians manager Eric Wedge said of night. Garland p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Pavano, who threw 67 of 87 pitches for strikes. Chicago 000 020 200 — 4 12 0 Whitesell 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .059
“Great way to start a road trip,” Totals 37 5 11 5 0 5
Cleveland 200 403 00x — 9 13 0
Shin-Soo Choo and Jhonny Peralta drove in Baker said. “Most of the guys,
three runs apiece for Cleveland, which totaled b-lined out for Lillibridge in the 9th. LOB: Chicago 7, Cincinnati 103 304 200 — 13 18 1
this is the first time we’ve come Arizona 002 020 100 — 5 11 1
Cleveland 9. 2B: Pierzynski (3), DeRosa (8), B.Francisco
13 hits and scored three more runs than it did (5). RBIs: Pierzynski (10), Fields (12), Al.Ramirez 2 (13), West. Everybody woke up 5:30,
during its four-game slide. V.Martinez (20), Choo 3 (17), DeRosa (22), Peralta 3 a-popped out for L.Rosales in the 5th. b-singled for
6 o’clock in the morning, includ- R.Hernandez in the 8th. c-singled for J.Gutierrez in the
(13), Garko (12). SB: A.Cabrera (6). CS: Getz (1). SF:
Chicago lost for the seventh time in nine Garko. Runners left in scoring position: Chicago ing myself. That’s what you’re a 8th. d-walked for Herrera in the 9th. e-flied out for
games as Gavin Floyd (2-3) gave up eight runs 4 (Pierzynski, Getz, Quentin 2); Cleveland 4 (Dellucci J.Upton in the 9th. E: A.Rosales (1), Reynolds (7). LOB:
little concerned about, but the Cincinnati 6, Arizona 7. 2B: Taveras (6), Hairston Jr. 2 (5),
3, V.Martinez). DP: Cleveland 1 (A.Cabrera, Peralta,
and 11 hits over five innings. The right-hander V.Martinez). guys responded big-time to it.” Phillips (5), A.Rosales 2 (2), F.Lopez (10), Byrnes (7). HR:
is 0-2 with a 9.73 ERA in four starts since April L.Nix (2), off Garland; A.Rosales (2), off Garland; J.Upton
Adam Rosales added a homer (7), off Arroyo; F.Lopez (4), off Arroyo; Reynolds (8), off
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
19. Floyd L, 2-3 5 11 8 8 3 3 107 7.32 and two doubles as the Reds set Arroyo. RBIs: Taveras 2 (7), Hairston Jr. 2 (8), Votto 2
Floyd did not throw a first-pitch strike to the Gobble 1⁄3 2 1 1 0 1 9 27.00 (26), Phillips 2 (20), L.Nix (7), A.Rosales (5), F.Lopez (8),
season highs in runs and hits J.Upton 2 (18), Reynolds (15), Byrnes (12). SB: Taveras
Broadway 2 2⁄3 0 0 0 1 2 27 3.72
first 11 batters he faced. Pavano was 10-for-10 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA (18). (8). S: Arroyo. Runners left in scoring position:
Pavano W, 3-3 6 1⁄3 10 4 4 0 3 87 6.45 Cincinnati 4 (Bruce, R.Hernandez 2, Votto); Arizona 3
until Brent Lillibridge let an outside pitch go “Hopefully, our hitting’s here (Reynolds, Garland, C.Jackson). DP: Cincinnati 1 (Hair-
Laffey 1 2⁄3 2 0 0 0 2 27 3.38
past for ball one. R.Betancourt 1 0 0 0 1 0 24 5.19 to stay,” Baker said. ston Jr., Phillips, Votto); Arizona 2 (Ojeda, F.Lopez, Tracy),
(Ojeda, R.Roberts, Whitesell).
“In the big leagues, if you don’t throw a strike, Taveras, the leadoff man, set
Floyd pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. Inherited
I don’t care how good you are, you’re going to runners-scored: Gobble 1-1, Broadway 2-1, Laffey the table nicely. He wrapped four Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
2-0. HBP: by Floyd (DeRosa). Umpires: Home, Dale Arroyo W, 5-2 7 10 5 5 0 5 124 7.02
get killed,” White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen singles around a fourth-inning Herrera 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 2.13
Scott; First, Jerry Meals; Second, Mike DiMuro; Third,
said. “He couldn’t throw his curve for strikes James Hoye. T: 2:53. A: 14,567 (45,199). double. Lincoln 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 9.45
Arizona IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
because he couldn’t throw his fastball for Taveras, who scored four runs Garland L, 3-2 3 2⁄3 10 7 7 1 0 77 5.18
strikes. You have to command your fastball to and drove in two, had five hits on L.Rosales 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 10 4.15
Korecky 2 7 6 6 1 2 4913.50
make the other pitches work.” April 25, 2007, at the New York J.Gutierrez 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 2.84
The last time Pavano faced Chicago, he Mets. He raised his average 32 Jo.Wilson 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 0.00
Inherited runners-scored: L.Rosales 1-0. HBP: by
pitched a three-hit shutout on June 16, 2004, points, to .315, and stretched his Lincoln (Jo.Wilson), by Arroyo (Ojeda). WP: Korecky 2.
for Florida on the way to an 18-8 record. MARK DUNCAN / AP hitting streak to 12 games. Umpires: Home, Doug Eddings; First, Hunter Wendel-
stedt; Second, Rob Drake; Third, Dana DeMuth. T: 2:58.
— The Associated Press Cleveland P Carl Pavano won his third straight by limiting the White Sox to four runs. — The Associated Press A: 17,640 (48,652).
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AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES

BALTIMORE BOSTON CHICAGO CLEVELAND

ORIOLES RED SOX WHITE SOX INDIANS

BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Jones .358 .418 120 33 43 12 1 6 21 10 25 3 2 1 Youkilis .393 .505 89 23 35 11 0 6 20 16 18 1 0 1 Nix .333 .400 12 1 4 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 Barfield 1.000 1.000 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Markakis .352 .434 122 33 43 10 0 6 30 17 15 1 1 3 Lugo .333 .375 30 6 10 0 1 1 2 2 4 0 0 1 Konerko .307 .352 114 17 35 9 0 3 21 7 14 0 0 0 Martinez .372 .454 129 25 48 10 1 6 20 21 13 0 0 1
Scott .303 .384 99 14 30 6 0 5 15 12 19 0 0 0 Bay .324 .468 108 29 35 8 1 9 34 28 28 4 0 0 Pierzynski .301 .337 93 11 28 3 1 4 10 5 5 1 0 2 Cabrera .325 .397 120 23 39 6 1 1 16 15 25 6 0 1
Roberts .290 .356 131 24 38 8 0 4 12 14 18 4 3 2 Pedroia .320 .409 128 29 41 9 0 1 12 18 11 4 3 1 Dye .292 .345 106 16 31 3 0 7 17 8 29 0 1 1 Garko .274 .375 73 4 20 4 0 1 12 12 7 0 0 1
Huff .268 .343 123 16 33 8 0 6 31 15 19 0 1 2 Lowell .312 .344 125 18 39 11 1 6 28 5 15 0 0 4 Anderson .288 .383 52 6 15 2 0 0 4 8 14 2 3 1 Choo .273 .410 110 14 30 7 1 3 17 23 25 6 0 2
Andino .261 .292 23 4 6 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 Ellsbury .292 .326 130 18 38 5 0 1 10 7 12 15 3 0 Betemit .281 .324 32 2 9 5 0 0 3 2 11 0 0 2 Hafner .270 .370 63 10 17 5 0 4 8 8 18 0 0 0
Izturis .244 .292 90 8 22 4 0 1 10 4 4 6 0 4 Green .289 .349 76 9 22 7 0 1 12 2 16 1 2 6 Getz .274 .340 84 11 23 5 1 0 6 6 8 3 1 2 Francisco .247 .324 97 16 24 5 0 2 8 7 21 6 1 1
Mora .242 .288 62 4 15 0 0 2 11 4 10 1 2 2 Baldelli .273 .304 22 4 6 0 0 1 4 1 6 0 0 0 Fields .255 .342 106 13 27 2 2 2 12 12 34 0 2 5 DeRosa .246 .311 134 22 33 8 0 6 22 12 30 0 1 5
Moeller .233 .281 30 1 7 2 1 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 Drew .242 .368 95 16 23 8 1 4 17 18 29 0 1 1 Wise .238 .238 21 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 Peralta .246 .306 114 13 28 6 0 1 13 9 36 0 0 3
Montanez .212 .289 33 4 7 3 0 1 5 3 7 0 0 0 Varitek .227 .324 88 11 20 7 0 4 12 11 18 0 0 1 Quentin .237 .338 114 18 27 4 0 8 18 10 14 1 0 0 Dellucci .242 .286 33 2 8 2 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0
Zaun .210 .304 81 10 17 6 0 1 3 10 12 0 0 3 Ortiz .224 .338 116 13 26 10 1 0 14 20 26 0 1 0 Podsednik .231 .222 26 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 Sizemore .226 .310 137 19 31 8 0 6 23 17 37 5 5 0
Wigginton .198 .236 101 5 20 2 0 1 10 4 12 1 1 2 Bailey .206 .341 34 5 7 2 1 1 6 5 12 0 0 2 Thome .212 .330 85 15 18 4 0 4 14 15 32 0 0 0 Shoppach .224 .366 58 9 13 2 0 2 7 5 24 0 0 0
Pie .183 .269 60 4 11 1 0 1 2 7 17 1 2 0 Kottaras .154 .258 26 3 4 2 0 0 3 4 9 0 0 0 Ramirez .200 .241 100 7 20 3 0 1 13 6 14 6 1 2 Valbuena .200 .429 10 2 2 2 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0
Team Totals .270 .340 1090 162 294 62 2 35 153 108 171 18 12 22 Lowrie .056 .150 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 Miller .182 .280 22 4 4 2 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 LaPorta .154 .267 13 3 2 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 0
Team Totals .282 .371 1103 185 311 80 6 36 178 141 221 25 10 21 Lillibridge .169 .269 59 7 10 2 0 0 0 8 17 3 0 2 Team Totals .267 .355 1150 170 307 67 3 33 153 138 265 24 8 17

PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Team Totals .253 .323 1038 129 263 46 4 30 125 95 207 17 10 23

Baez 2 1 2.50 10 0 0 18.0 9 5 5 2 5 15 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO

McCrory 0 0 2.70 2 0 0 3.1 3 1 1 0 1 2 Delcarmen 1 0 0.55 14 0 0 16.1 13 3 1 0 8 14 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Herges 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 1 0 4
Walker 0 0 2.84 14 0 0 6.1 8 2 2 1 0 8 Ramirez 3 0 0.55 16 0 0 16.1 7 1 1 1 5 8 Dotel 1 0 0.00 12 0 0 10.1 6 0 0 0 8 13 Sipp 0 0 3.00 7 0 0 6.0 3 2 2 2 4 8
Johnson 2 1 3.77 14 0 0 14.1 14 6 6 2 4 10 Papelbon 0 0 1.29 13 0 8 14.0 12 2 2 1 8 18 Linebrink 1 1 0.82 11 0 0 11.0 10 1 1 0 5 9 Laffey 2 0 3.38 6 4 1 26.2 25 10 10 1 15 13
Sherrill 0 1 3.95 14 0 5 13.2 17 6 6 3 6 12 Wakefield 4 1 2.93 6 6 0 40.0 27 13 13 1 18 25 Jenks 0 1 1.64 11 0 7 11.0 8 3 2 1 4 12 Lee 1 5 3.45 7 7 0 47.0 57 18 18 3 12 33
Uehara 2 3 4.01 7 7 0 42.2 41 22 19 6 7 32 Okajima 2 0 3.31 16 0 0 16.1 10 6 6 2 9 20 Buehrle 5 0 2.61 6 6 0 38.0 30 11 11 3 11 24 J. Lewis 2 3 4.86 15 0 1 16.2 19 9 9 6 6 13
Guthrie 2 3 4.97 7 7 0 41.2 47 26 23 8 14 27 Saito 0 0 4.50 12 0 2 12.0 14 6 6 2 3 11 Carrasco 0 0 3.13 12 0 0 23.0 28 9 8 1 6 12 Betancourt 1 1 5.19 16 0 0 17.1 19 13 10 2 8 19
Bergesen 1 0 4.98 4 4 0 21.2 31 14 12 3 7 11 Masterson 2 2 5.28 8 4 0 29.0 31 17 17 2 10 26 Thornton 1 1 3.27 13 0 0 11.0 12 4 4 1 6 19 Carmona 1 4 5.57 7 7 0 42.0 43 27 26 5 23 25
Hendrickson 1 4 5.13 6 6 0 26.1 36 23 15 7 12 18 Lester 2 3 6.31 7 7 0 41.1 52 29 29 8 13 49 Danks 2 2 3.41 6 6 0 34.1 31 13 13 4 10 31 Pavano 3 3 6.45 7 7 0 37.2 50 27 27 4 8 26
Bass 1 1 6.20 10 0 0 20.1 28 16 14 5 7 20 Beckett 3 2 6.42 7 7 0 40.2 52 30 29 4 20 41 Broadway 0 1 3.72 6 0 0 9.2 12 4 4 0 5 5 Wood 1 1 6.55 12 0 5 11.0 13 8 8 2 5 16
Sarfate 0 0 6.39 8 0 0 12.2 13 11 9 3 7 10 Penny 3 1 6.90 6 6 0 30.0 38 27 23 5 15 16 Richard 0 0 4.32 12 0 0 16.2 23 8 8 2 5 10 Smith 0 0 7.11 8 0 0 6.1 7 6 5 0 5 6
Eaton 2 3 7.18 6 6 0 31.1 38 25 25 5 15 24 Jones 0 0 7.27 7 0 0 8.2 9 7 7 2 3 7 Colon 2 3 4.88 6 6 0 31.1 33 19 17 4 12 23 Reyes 1 1 7.20 6 6 0 30.0 34 24 24 5 16 17
Ray 0 0 7.20 12 0 0 10.0 16 8 8 1 4 11 Matsuzaka 0 1 12.79 2 2 0 6.1 14 9 9 3 5 5 Floyd 2 3 7.32 7 7 0 39.1 53 33 32 4 21 31 S. Lewis 0 0 8.31 1 1 0 4.1 7 4 4 2 1 3
Simon 0 1 9.95 2 2 0 6.1 8 7 7 5 2 3 Team Totals 20 12 4.89 32 32 10 285.1 300 163 155 32 127 247 Gobble 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 1 Kobayashi 0 0 8.38 10 0 0 9.2 12 9 9 2 4 4
Team Totals 13 19 5.38 32 32 5 279.1 333 190 167 52 99 210 Team Totals 14 17 4.69 31 31 7 272.2 303 150 142 25 118 210 Sowers 0 1 12.60 1 1 0 5.0 7 7 7 0 3 1
Team Totals 12 21 5.77 33 33 7 290.0 333 192 186 38 129 203
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AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES

DETROIT KANSAS CITY LOS ANGELES MINNESOTA

TIGERS ROYALS ANGELS TWINS

BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Cabrera .378 .448 111 18 42 3 0 7 22 13 15 1 2 3 Bloomquist .368 .448 57 12 21 1 2 1 5 9 7 4 1 1 Napoli .316 .435 76 14 24 6 0 5 14 15 19 2 3 1 Mauer .485 .553 33 7 16 3 0 3 10 5 4 0 0 0
Thomas .333 .429 18 2 6 1 1 0 3 3 3 1 0 0 Callaspo .340 .395 103 17 35 13 1 2 12 10 7 0 0 1 Abreu .309 .389 110 10 34 5 0 0 12 15 17 12 0 2 Morneau .322 .388 121 23 39 9 0 8 26 13 19 0 0 0
Anderson .327 .373 55 11 18 3 1 0 7 4 8 6 1 1 Teahen .302 .386 116 18 35 8 0 4 13 12 22 1 0 0 Aybar .309 .329 68 5 21 6 0 0 7 3 7 0 1 3 Kubel .308 .342 104 16 32 9 1 4 17 6 17 0 0 0
Everett .281 .319 64 10 18 5 0 1 12 3 11 1 1 4 Butler .284 .371 102 16 29 9 0 2 13 14 16 0 0 0 Hunter .294 .358 109 24 32 7 0 8 21 11 16 3 1 0 Span .295 .371 122 17 36 4 1 1 15 13 14 7 1 1
Inge .280 .395 100 21 28 4 0 8 20 16 26 1 2 4 Guillen .273 .385 66 10 18 2 0 3 11 9 10 1 0 0 Rivera .281 .319 89 8 25 5 0 1 8 5 7 0 0 0 Young .288 .333 80 10 23 1 0 1 13 4 21 2 2 2
Polanco .270 .313 122 13 33 13 1 0 15 7 10 0 1 0 Jacobs .257 .336 101 10 26 7 0 5 19 11 31 0 0 2 Morales .280 .322 107 15 30 9 1 5 18 7 22 0 2 1 Harris .286 .333 63 9 18 2 0 2 7 5 11 0 0 0
Santiago .262 .311 42 4 11 2 0 1 13 3 15 0 1 2 Crisp .241 .369 116 23 28 8 4 2 11 23 15 8 2 2 Izturis .278 .303 72 13 20 3 0 0 10 3 8 3 0 2 Cuddyer .270 .354 111 15 30 5 2 3 18 15 22 3 1 2
Granderson .254 .328 122 22 31 2 0 9 21 14 26 4 1 0 Buck .233 .299 60 5 14 3 2 3 17 6 16 0 0 3 Matthews Jr. .271 .312 70 11 19 4 1 0 12 5 15 0 0 1 Redmond .237 .326 38 1 9 1 0 0 3 5 6 0 0 0
Ordonez .241 .333 108 12 26 1 0 2 12 15 19 0 0 1 Maier .231 .394 26 4 6 1 0 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 Figgins .255 .354 110 19 28 4 1 0 7 18 20 12 2 4 Crede .232 .308 82 12 19 6 0 3 7 9 14 0 0 1
Thames .222 .250 18 2 4 1 1 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 Olivo .229 .260 70 5 16 1 1 2 8 1 26 1 1 0 Guerrero .250 .314 32 3 8 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 Gomez .218 .259 55 8 12 4 1 0 1 3 14 2 3 0
Laird .215 .323 79 14 17 2 1 1 7 9 16 1 0 0 DeJesus .224 .278 116 13 26 5 1 3 14 7 21 0 1 0 Kendrick .245 .272 110 16 27 5 1 4 19 2 24 5 0 2 Punto .207 .313 82 9 17 2 0 0 8 12 15 3 0 2
Larish .208 .296 24 7 5 0 1 2 3 3 6 0 0 0 Aviles .202 .223 99 8 20 3 1 1 8 3 21 1 0 4 Mathis .244 .306 45 7 11 1 0 0 10 4 11 0 0 1 Buscher .200 .349 35 4 7 1 1 1 5 7 9 0 0 0
Guillen .200 .267 90 11 18 4 0 0 6 8 15 1 0 0 Gordon .095 .269 21 2 2 0 0 1 3 3 8 1 0 1 Quinlan .176 .176 17 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Tolbert .167 .286 18 3 3 1 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0
Sardinha .111 .100 9 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 Hernandez .000 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willits .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team Totals .271 .341 1075 147 291 52 7 26 136 109 195 19 7 13
Raburn .050 .208 20 2 1 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 0 1 Pena Jr. .000 .083 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 Team Totals .278 .337 1025 148 285 56 4 24 141 92 173 37 9 20
Treanor .000 .071 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 Team Totals .259 .337 1075 146 278 63 12 29 136 116 209 19 5 18 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Team Totals .260 .335 995 150 259 42 6 31 145 104 190 16 9 16 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Nathan 1 0 1.64 11 0 5 11.0 8 2 2 2 2 10
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Oliver 0 0 1.42 6 1 0 12.2 12 2 2 0 2 8 Guerrier 1 0 3.63 15 0 0 17.1 12 7 7 2 3 11
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Greinke 6 1 0.51 7 7 0 53.0 34 4 3 0 8 59 Saunders 5 1 2.66 7 7 0 47.1 41 16 14 4 11 22 Perkins 1 2 3.73 6 6 0 41.0 38 17 17 3 8 22
Zumaya 1 0 0.00 5 0 0 6.0 5 0 0 0 0 2 Bannister 3 0 1.48 4 4 0 24.1 18 7 4 1 11 14 Weaver 3 1 2.66 6 6 0 40.2 31 13 12 6 9 31 Blackburn 2 2 4.32 7 7 0 41.2 49 24 20 3 11 19
Seay 0 0 1.80 13 0 0 10.0 6 2 2 0 2 7 Tejeda 0 0 1.69 8 0 0 10.2 7 2 2 0 10 16 Palmer 3 0 3.06 3 3 0 17.2 11 7 6 1 8 8 Mijares 0 1 4.50 7 0 0 6.0 6 3 3 1 2 8
Jackson 2 2 2.60 7 7 0 45.0 37 17 13 4 11 35 Wright 0 1 1.83 13 0 0 19.2 15 7 4 2 4 14 Moseley 1 0 4.30 3 3 0 14.2 20 8 7 3 3 8 Ayala 1 1 4.70 14 0 0 15.1 21 9 8 1 4 10
Perry 0 1 2.92 13 0 0 12.1 7 6 4 0 11 10 Cruz 2 0 1.88 13 0 1 14.1 7 3 3 1 9 11 Loux 2 2 4.64 6 6 0 33.0 43 17 17 1 10 13 Dickey 1 0 4.96 9 1 0 16.1 22 9 9 3 10 13
Galarraga 3 2 4.08 6 6 0 35.1 33 16 16 4 16 29 Soria 1 0 2.08 8 0 7 8.2 8 3 2 0 4 10 R. Rodriguez 0 0 4.91 6 0 0 11.0 18 9 6 1 3 3 Slowey 4 1 5.50 6 6 0 34.1 50 21 21 6 2 25
Porcello 3 3 4.28 6 6 0 33.2 33 17 16 6 11 20 Meche 2 3 4.43 7 7 0 42.2 46 22 21 1 14 37 Arredondo 1 0 5.27 15 0 0 13.2 15 8 8 0 3 19 Liriano 2 4 5.75 7 7 0 40.2 38 27 26 5 16 33
Miner 2 1 4.29 6 4 0 21.0 26 15 10 3 11 14 Mahay 1 0 4.50 12 0 0 10.0 14 6 5 1 2 13 Fuentes 0 2 5.40 13 0 9 11.2 14 7 7 1 5 15 Breslow 0 1 6.75 13 0 0 10.2 8 9 8 2 10 8
Verlander 3 2 4.50 7 7 0 44.0 38 25 22 3 14 56 Waechter 0 0 4.50 3 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 2 1 3 Shields 1 2 7.71 14 0 1 11.2 8 11 10 1 12 8 Baker 1 4 6.83 5 5 0 27.2 31 21 21 8 5 21
Lyon 1 2 4.97 11 0 0 12.2 12 7 7 2 7 4 Davies 2 1 5.22 7 7 0 39.2 39 23 23 6 19 29 Speier 0 1 8.18 9 0 0 11.0 12 10 10 2 6 11 Crain 1 1 7.88 10 0 0 8.0 6 7 7 0 5 7
Rincon 1 0 5.23 7 0 0 10.1 12 6 6 2 6 10 Ponson 1 4 5.91 6 6 0 35.0 43 23 23 4 12 19 Bulger 0 1 9.00 10 0 0 10.0 12 10 10 2 6 9 Team Totals 15 17 5.22 32 32 5 279.1 305 169 162 39 84 193
Rodney 0 0 5.25 12 0 6 12.0 13 7 7 1 4 9 Farnsworth 0 3 6.10 11 0 0 10.1 12 7 7 2 4 10 Ortega 0 2 9.24 3 3 0 12.2 19 15 13 4 6 7
Robertson 1 0 6.30 8 0 0 10.0 10 7 7 0 6 7 Ramirez 0 1 7.71 8 1 0 11.2 17 10 10 2 4 9 Team Totals 16 14 4.64 30 30 10 264.0 282 150 136 28 98 172
Team Totals 17 13 3.84 30 30 6 262.2 252 135 112 29 103 210 Team Totals 18 14 3.45 32 32 8 284.0 265 119 109 22 102 244
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AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES

NEW YORK OAKLAND SEATTLE TAMPA BAY

YANKEES ATHLETICS MARINERS RAYS

BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Cabrera .333 .407 81 15 27 4 0 4 10 10 12 3 1 1 Suzuki .318 .356 110 13 35 11 0 2 14 6 8 0 1 1 Suzuki .315 .351 108 11 34 2 1 2 9 5 10 5 2 1 Longoria .358 .410 123 27 44 15 0 11 44 12 29 2 0 3
Cano .321 .353 131 21 42 8 0 6 18 7 12 1 0 1 Kennedy .286 .286 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Balentien .313 .370 48 8 15 4 0 1 3 5 8 1 0 0 Bartlett .351 .390 114 18 40 6 0 4 13 6 18 7 1 2
Damon .314 .388 118 23 37 6 1 9 25 14 18 3 0 1 Cust .284 .402 102 19 29 4 0 4 14 19 28 1 0 1 Branyan .289 .358 97 19 28 7 0 7 15 9 29 1 0 0 Crawford .333 .397 135 25 45 8 2 1 15 13 27 22 0 1
Posada .312 .402 77 10 24 6 0 5 20 12 19 1 0 1 Crosby .262 .387 61 7 16 3 2 0 8 11 11 1 0 4 Chavez .279 .345 104 11 29 2 0 1 8 11 14 6 1 1 Hernandez .333 .333 21 1 7 1 0 1 4 0 2 1 1 0
Nady .286 .310 28 4 8 4 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 0
Sweeney .254 .313 122 17 31 6 0 2 8 10 22 2 2 1 Sweeney .279 .323 61 7 17 4 0 2 9 3 7 0 0 1 Iwamura .277 .341 112 14 31 12 0 0 12 11 25 7 0 4
Pena .279 .340 43 4 12 1 0 0 4 4 6 1 0 2
Garciaparra .231 .262 39 5 9 1 0 1 7 2 7 0 0 0 Gutierrez .272 .362 92 14 25 3 0 3 13 12 21 0 2 0 Zobrist .269 .347 67 10 18 5 0 5 13 8 17 2 1 0
Cervelli .273 .333 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Holliday .226 .282 115 13 26 4 1 4 20 7 23 0 0 0 Betancourt .265 .276 113 7 30 4 1 1 12 2 10 2 0 4 Gross .265 .390 49 9 13 2 0 1 5 10 12 1 1 0
Jeter .273 .347 132 19 36 6 0 4 13 13 20 7 0 2
Cabrera .223 .278 121 12 27 3 0 0 6 10 10 1 3 4 Lopez .256 .298 121 16 31 5 0 3 19 8 17 0 1 4 Pena .252 .355 119 20 30 6 1 13 32 18 42 0 1 5
Molina .273 .333 44 5 12 2 0 1 6 4 6 0 0 1
Buck .211 .286 57 3 12 1 0 1 5 6 13 1 1 0 Johjima .250 .265 48 4 12 1 0 1 6 1 1 0 0 1 Aybar .250 .282 36 2 9 4 0 0 2 2 7 0 0 0
Swisher .270 .398 100 22 27 9 1 8 21 20 31 0 0 3
Giambi .208 .345 96 17 20 4 0 3 13 16 22 0 0 2 Beltre .234 .265 128 14 30 9 0 1 14 5 20 5 2 7 Burrell .250 .349 108 9 27 4 0 1 17 16 25 1 0 0
Matsui .265 .360 98 9 26 6 1 3 12 13 15 0 0 0
Ellis .206 .265 63 6 13 2 0 0 9 5 10 2 1 2 Griffey Jr. .218 .344 78 11 17 4 0 3 7 15 16 0 0 0 Riggans .250 .250 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Gardner .227 .288 66 11 15 3 0 0 4 6 14 6 1 0
Davis .200 .286 25 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 8 3 2 0 Johnson .207 .230 58 4 12 3 1 0 8 2 18 0 1 1 Kapler .222 .286 45 3 10 6 0 0 0 4 10 2 0 1
Teixeira .198 .338 106 18 21 4 0 7 17 21 23 0 0 0
Powell .172 .242 29 2 5 3 0 0 6 3 7 0 0 2 Cedeno .138 .219 29 5 4 1 0 1 1 3 9 0 1 1 Navarro .182 .206 99 11 18 4 0 1 4 1 18 1 0 1
Rodriguez .182 .250 11 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0
Hannahan .158 .238 19 2 3 2 0 1 3 2 5 0 0 0 Team Totals .260 .312 1098 131 285 49 3 26 124 82 183 20 10 24 Upton .167 .277 102 18 17 5 0 0 3 16 34 7 2 0
Ransom .180 .226 50 4 9 5 1 0 6 3 15 1 0 2
Chavez .100 .129 30 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 Team Totals .272 .343 1144 169 311 78 3 40 166 118 268 53 7 21
Berroa .167 .167 12 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2
Team Totals .273 .353 1108 172 303 64 4 48 161 130 204 23 2 17 Team Totals .236 .310 1024 121 242 46 3 18 116 101 185 11 10 21 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Rowland-Smith 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 3.1 4 2 0 0 4 1 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Vargas 1 0 0.00 2 0 0 3.2 3 0 0 0 1 4 Percival 0 1 2.08 10 0 5 8.2 9 2 2 1 3 4
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Gray 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kelley 1 1 1.54 10 0 0 11.2 11 2 2 2 1 11 Cormier 0 0 2.49 12 0 1 25.1 25 7 7 1 6 8
Coke 1 2 3.29 15 0 0 13.2 10 8 5 2 4 10
Bailey 3 0 1.27 15 0 1 21.1 6 3 3 1 7 24 Aardsma 0 1 1.88 14 0 3 14.1 7 3 3 1 9 15 Garza 3 2 3.56 7 7 0 48.0 31 20 19 5 19 42
Bruney 2 0 3.38 9 0 0 8.0 3 3 3 0 2 12
Rivera 0 1 3.65 13 0 6 12.1 15 5 5 4 1 18 Cameron 0 0 1.29 4 0 0 7.0 6 1 1 0 1 4 Bedard 2 1 2.53 7 7 0 42.2 39 14 12 3 11 43 Howell 0 2 3.65 14 0 0 12.1 14 5 5 1 6 15

Chamberlain 2 1 3.89 6 6 0 34.2 37 18 15 4 17 34 Wuertz 2 1 1.53 16 0 2 17.2 10 4 3 1 2 15 Washburn 3 2 2.68 6 6 0 40.1 33 13 12 3 9 28 Shields 3 3 4.02 7 7 0 47.0 46 21 21 8 14 30
Sabathia 2 3 3.94 7 7 0 48.0 43 23 21 2 16 32 Casilla 0 1 1.59 9 0 0 11.1 3 3 2 0 6 7 Lowe 0 0 3.07 14 0 0 14.2 16 6 5 0 6 11 Shouse 1 1 4.22 14 0 0 10.2 12 5 5 2 2 6
Aceves 0 0 4.15 1 0 0 4.1 4 2 2 1 2 7 Springer 0 1 2.57 15 0 0 14.0 16 5 4 2 6 16 Batista 2 0 3.24 12 0 0 16.2 18 10 6 1 9 14 Nelson 0 0 4.61 14 0 1 13.2 10 7 7 3 10 14
Pettitte 2 1 4.38 6 6 0 39.0 42 20 19 5 11 23 Braden 3 4 2.79 7 7 0 42.0 46 15 13 3 13 27 White 0 0 3.38 9 0 0 13.1 10 6 5 2 8 3 Niemann 2 3 5.65 6 6 0 28.2 31 20 18 4 18 16
Burnett 2 0 5.26 6 6 0 37.2 35 22 22 6 15 33 Cahill 1 2 3.82 6 6 0 33.0 32 15 14 4 18 12 Olson 0 0 3.60 1 0 0 5.0 9 3 2 0 3 2 Sonnanstine 1 3 5.79 6 6 0 32.2 42 22 21 1 12 20
Ramirez 0 0 5.40 12 0 0 15.0 17 10 9 5 11 14 Giese 0 3 3.93 5 1 0 18.1 16 8 8 4 8 7 Hernandez 4 2 4.09 7 7 0 44.0 43 21 20 5 13 47 Kazmir 4 3 5.92 7 7 0 38.0 42 27 25 5 21 30
Albaladejo 2 1 5.63 14 0 0 16.0 16 12 10 3 5 7 Ziegler 0 0 4.05 11 0 4 13.1 18 7 6 0 4 11 Morrow 0 1 4.70 8 0 6 7.2 4 4 4 0 9 9 Balfour 1 0 7.15 14 0 1 11.1 13 9 9 0 10 11
Veras 1 1 7.20 13 0 0 15.0 11 12 12 2 10 12
Gallagher 1 1 4.50 5 1 0 12.0 18 7 6 1 2 9 Corcoran 1 0 7.27 8 0 0 8.2 13 7 7 0 9 4 Wheeler 0 0 7.15 13 0 0 11.1 12 9 9 4 3 11
Hughes 1 2 8.49 3 3 0 11.2 17 12 11 2 8 8
Outman 0 0 4.79 6 4 0 20.2 22 13 11 5 10 21 Jakubauskas 1 4 7.67 7 5 0 29.1 34 25 25 4 9 11 Team Totals 15 18 4.63 33 33 8 287.2 287 154 148 35 124 207
Tomko 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 3 1 1 1 0 0
Anderson 0 3 5.79 5 5 0 28.0 33 20 18 4 9 14 Silva 1 3 8.48 6 6 0 28.2 38 27 27 5 9 10
Marte 0 1 15.19 7 0 0 5.1 9 9 9 3 3 6
Blevins 0 0 16.20 4 0 0 3.1 6 6 6 1 3 2 Stark 0 1 14.73 4 0 0 3.2 6 6 6 1 4 3
Wang 0 3 34.50 3 3 0 6.0 23 23 23 2 6 2
Team Totals 11 18 3.88 29 29 7 271.2 278 131 117 28 109 185 Team Totals 16 16 4.25 32 32 9 287.2 288 149 136 27 114 216
Team Totals 15 16 5.79 31 31 6 278.1 301 193 179 44 123 230
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American League National League
AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM STATS
THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES
TEAM BATTING AND FIELDING
(Through May 11)
CLUB BA SLG OBP G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI
TEAM BATTING AND FIELDING
(Through May 11)
CLUB BA SLG OBP G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI
Toronto .294 .467 .361 34 1245 204 366 113 78 3 44 195 N.Y. Mets .288 .430 .368 31 1043 154 300 89 51 13 24 144
L.A. Dodgers .285 .425 .374 33 1132 184 323 103 68 6 26 175
Boston .282 .463 .371 32 1103 185 311 146 80 6 36 178
Washington .277 .447 .360 31 1104 157 306 149 51 7 41 152
L.A. Angels .278 .411 .337 30 1025 148 285 95 56 4 24 141
St. Louis .272 .447 .349 32 1074 172 292 103 65 6 37 167
Texas .278 .492 .331 31 1107 175 308 99 68 5 53 171
TEXAS TORONTO N.Y. Yankees .273 .468 .353 31 1108 172 303 119 64 4 48 161
Atlanta
Cincinnati
.262
.262
.404
.414
.346
.337
32
32
1068
1072
141
145
280
281
139
131
63
54
5
5
26
33
132
136
RANGERS BLUE JAYS Tampa Bay .272 .450 .343 33 1144 169 311 120 78 3 40 166 Houston .259 .401 .327 32 1066 133 276 141 55 9 26 125
Minnesota .271 .405 .341 32 1075 147 291 116 52 7 26 136 Philadelphia .259 .455 .339 29 996 164 258 82 57 6 42 158
Baltimore .270 .427 .340 32 1090 162 294 145 62 2 35 153 Milwaukee .258 .435 .348 32 1064 158 274 98 61 4 40 155
BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E Cleveland .267 .417 .355 33 1150 170 307 133 67 3 33 153 Colorado .255 .437 .337 30 1000 146 255 96 53 6 39 141
Pittsburgh .252 .387 .325 31 1040 130 262 127 68 6 20 124
Detroit .260 .408 .335 30 995 150 259 73 42 6 31 145
Vizquel .371 .405 35 5 13 4 0 0 6 2 4 2 0 0 Hill .353 .394 153 25 54 6 0 8 29 10 24 2 1 5 San Francisco .251 .358 .313 31 1047 120 263 94 50 7 16 109
Seattle .260 .381 .312 32 1098 131 285 129 49 3 26 124
Chicago Cubs .250 .410 .333 31 1054 149 264 99 47 5 37 139
Young .328 .369 122 21 40 12 0 7 16 8 23 2 1 2 Lind .333 .405 132 20 44 12 0 6 31 16 27 0 0 0 Kansas City .259 .420 .337 32 1075 146 278 111 63 12 29 136 Florida .240 .381 .320 32 1103 147 265 109 50 6 31 141
Chicago White Sox .253 .392 .323 31 1038 129 263 129 46 4 30 125 San Diego .240 .391 .316 32 1068 122 256 97 56 8 30 118
Kinsler .316 .363 133 25 42 9 1 9 28 10 24 8 1 3 Bautista .328 .443 58 13 19 3 0 1 4 11 14 1 0 0 Oakland .236 .340 .310 29 1024 121 242 75 46 3 18 116 Arizona .236 .397 .310 33 1102 125 260 116 69 3 34 119
Jones .314 .470 51 12 16 6 0 3 8 14 12 1 0 0 Millar .327 .364 52 8 17 5 0 1 11 3 7 0 0 1 CLUB SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP LOB SHO E DP TP
CLUB SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP LOB SHO E DP TP
N.Y. Mets 19 13 9 131 18 171 27 10 27 455 0 22 22 0
Byrd .308 .318 107 11 33 12 0 2 16 2 13 1 0 0 Barajas .319 .350 94 12 30 9 0 3 18 5 12 0 0 4 Toronto 9 13 8 130 10 198 15 2 34 514 0 18 34 0
L.A. Dodgers 8 10 11 156 20 212 24 8 36 485 0 13 28 0
Boston 0 10 21 141 15 221 25 10 35 461 1 21 22 0
Cruz .274 .328 117 17 32 6 0 7 21 10 30 4 0 3 Rolen .304 .363 112 19 34 7 0 3 12 9 14 2 0 4 Washington 12 4 10 136 7 260 13 6 22 524 1 33 28 0
L.A. Angels 11 11 4 92 6 173 37 9 15 356 0 20 31 0 St. Louis 20 15 18 118 8 190 16 6 19 423 0 26 31 0
Andrus .273 .312 88 16 24 2 2 2 6 5 15 3 0 7 Wells .283 .335 145 24 41 9 1 5 21 12 14 4 0 0 Texas 6 8 8 83 4 259 25 4 15 414 1 18 33 0 Atlanta 17 8 11 131 7 199 6 5 26 441 2 20 19 0
N.Y. Yankees 7 8 10 130 7 204 23 2 26 451 0 17 32 0 Cincinnati 26 10 12 114 5 216 18 9 24 422 1 27 29 0
Saltalamacchia .262 .295 84 11 22 4 0 3 13 4 29 0 0 1 Scutaro .278 .406 133 32 37 5 1 5 18 29 19 2 1 0 Tampa Bay 5 10 11 118 4 268 53 7 16 449 2 21 36 0 Houston 19 15 8 107 8 188 21 15 25 401 4 12 41 0
Minnesota 5 10 10 109 5 195 19 7 31 442 3 13 20 0 Philadelphia 7 12 15 111 2 180 12 5 20 361 2 8 17 0
Blalock .257 .297 109 18 28 5 1 9 21 5 17 0 0 0 Overbay .256 .370 82 13 21 8 0 5 18 16 13 0 0 0 Milwaukee 11 12 17 138 7 261 10 9 25 450 1 20 25 0
Baltimore 3 7 11 108 4 171 18 12 16 391 1 22 22 0
Cleveland 5 9 24 138 4 265 24 8 25 528 3 17 46 0 Colorado 12 10 8 120 6 226 23 9 24 396 3 18 27 0
Hamilton .242 .282 66 8 16 1 1 2 10 3 15 3 0 0 Rios .255 .311 145 19 37 8 1 3 17 11 29 3 0 1 Pittsburgh 14 9 13 104 8 223 18 6 17 416 4 14 32 1
Detroit 11 8 11 104 4 190 16 9 32 375 2 16 29 0
Davis .221 .289 104 18 23 3 0 8 16 8 49 0 0 0 Snider .250 .305 88 12 22 6 0 3 12 7 18 1 0 1 San Francisco 13 11 15 84 11 227 21 8 25 401 2 14 36 0
Seattle 11 9 6 82 7 183 20 10 35 387 3 24 26 0 Chicago Cubs 6 9 13 122 6 233 19 11 23 445 2 19 23 0
Teagarden .219 .306 32 3 7 1 0 0 3 3 14 0 0 0 Chavez .217 .217 23 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 Kansas City 9 6 15 116 9 209 19 5 27 434 1 18 40 0 Florida 16 6 10 123 8 273 18 11 17 446 2 21 19 0
ChicagoWhite Sox 2 9 16 95 1 207 17 10 24 421 5 23 18 0 San Diego 18 5 7 115 7 213 15 4 24 404 3 15 35 0
Murphy .207 .309 58 10 12 3 0 1 7 9 13 1 2 0 McDonald .200 .200 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Oakland 6 7 11 101 2 185 11 10 20 408 4 21 28 0 Arizona 9 8 8 113 7 256 25 9 14 436 3 25 33 1
Team Totals .278 .331 1107 175 308 68 5 53 171 83 259 25 4 18 Barrett .167 .211 18 3 3 0 0 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 TEAM PITCHING TEAM PITCHING
(THROUGH MAY 11) (THROUGH MAY 11)
Team Totals .294 .361 1245 204 366 78 3 44 195 130 198 15 2 18 CLUB W L ERA G CG SHO SV INN H R ER CLUB W L ERA G CG SHO SV INN H R ER
Kansas City 18 14 3.45 32 4 4 8 284.0 265 119 109 L.A. Dodgers 22 11 3.77 33 1 3 10 294.0 247 127 123
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO N.Y. Mets 17 14 3.94 31 0 2 9 274.1 263 135 120
Detroit 17 13 3.84 30 1 5 6 262.2 252 135 112
San Francisco 17 14 3.97 31 0 4 8 278.2 260 128 123
Francisco 1 0 0.00 14 0 9 14.2 7 0 0 0 4 13 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Oakland 11 18 3.88 29 0 0 7 271.2 278 131 117
Atlanta 16 16 3.99 32 0 2 8 282.0 269 139 125
Toronto 22 12 4.11 34 1 3 6 310.2 292 154 142 St. Louis 20 12 4.05 32 1 1 12 286.1 289 145 129
O'Day 1 0 1.42 8 0 0 6.1 5 1 1 0 0 6 Wolfe 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 1 Seattle 16 16 4.25 32 1 3 9 287.2 288 149 136 Cincinnati 18 14 4.07 32 1 6 9 289.1 275 143 131
Holland 0 1 2.08 5 0 0 8.2 8 2 2 1 3 4 Cecil 1 0 0.64 2 2 0 14.0 11 2 1 0 2 12 Tampa Bay 15 18 4.63 33 0 1 8 287.2 287 154 148 Milwaukee 18 14 4.16 32 1 1 10 283.2 258 139 131
L.A. Angels 16 14 4.64 30 2 3 10 264.0 282 150 136 Florida 17 15 4.28 32 1 0 6 290.0 292 153 138
Millwood 3 3 2.92 7 7 0 52.1 44 19 17 7 11 27 Frasor 4 0 0.77 13 0 1 11.2 7 1 1 0 1 6 Chicago White Sox 14 17 4.69 31 0 2 7 272.2 303 150 142 Pittsburgh 12 19 4.31 31 1 4 5 269.2 260 139 129
Boston 20 12 4.89 32 2 0 10 285.1 300 163 155 Houston 14 17 4.42 32 0 2 6 285.1 302 147 140
Jennings 0 1 4.02 10 0 0 15.2 14 9 7 2 7 10 Romero 2 0 1.71 3 3 0 21.0 19 4 4 1 4 13 Arizona 13 20 4.48 33 1 3 8 295.1 299 155 147
Texas 17 14 4.90 31 2 1 9 275.1 284 160 150
Colorado 12 18 4.56 30 1 1 6 262.2 275 143 133
Harrison 3 2 4.79 6 6 0 35.2 43 19 19 4 13 17 Murphy 0 0 1.93 7 0 0 9.1 1 2 2 1 7 4 Minnesota 15 17 5.22 32 0 1 5 279.1 305 169 162
Chicago Cubs 17 14 4.60 31 0 1 8 275.2 257 148 141
Baltimore 13 19 5.38 32 1 1 5 279.1 333 190 167 San Diego 13 19 4.69 32 0 0 8 282.1 282 160 147
Wilson 1 2 4.85 15 0 0 13.0 14 11 7 1 7 10 Downs 0 0 2.20 15 0 3 16.1 13 5 4 1 1 20 Cleveland 12 21 5.77 33 0 0 7 290.0 333 192 186 Philadelphia 15 14 5.39 29 0 0 5 259.0 273 156 155
Padilla 2 2 4.97 7 7 0 41.2 40 24 23 4 17 24 Carlson 0 1 2.70 17 0 0 16.2 12 5 5 0 6 10 N.Y. Yankees 15 16 5.79 31 2 2 6 278.1 301 193 179 Washington 10 20 5.42 31 1 0 5 272.1 314 190 164

Feldman 2 0 5.79 6 3 0 23.1 22 15 15 3 8 14 Halladay 6 1 3.29 7 7 0 52.0 51 20 19 5 7 44 CLUB HR HBP BB IBB SO WP BK CLUB HR HBP BB IBB SO WP BK
Kansas City 22 9 102 3 244 15 2 L.A. Dodgers 22 17 120 14 247 17 0
McCarthy 3 1 6.10 6 6 0 31.0 34 21 21 7 15 22 Richmond 4 1 3.29 6 6 0 38.1 32 16 14 5 14 29 N.Y. Mets 26 10 121 7 216 8 3
Detroit 29 5 103 5 210 12 0
San Francisco 32 9 127 12 253 13 1
Eyre 0 0 6.23 3 0 0 4.1 5 3 3 0 3 1 Camp 0 1 4.50 12 0 0 14.0 16 8 7 2 7 7 Oakland 28 3 109 8 185 6 0 Atlanta 22 13 112 12 250 9 0
Toronto 36 14 109 4 240 11 0 St. Louis 29 9 107 2 209 9 3
Benson 1 1 8.36 3 2 0 14.0 21 14 13 4 6 8 Tallet 2 1 4.95 9 5 0 36.1 29 21 20 7 16 29 Seattle 27 12 114 4 216 17 1 Cincinnati 30 14 122 5 221 10 1
Tampa Bay 35 10 124 6 207 17 1 Milwaukee 35 18 120 8 226 12 0
Guardado 0 1 8.53 11 0 0 6.1 12 6 6 2 3 2 League 1 1 5.17 13 0 0 15.2 16 9 9 1 5 12 Florida 26 7 122 14 247 14 1
L.A. Angels 28 9 98 5 172 10 1
Team Totals 17 14 4.90 31 31 9 275.1 284 160 150 38 108 161 Ray 0 1 6.00 2 2 0 12.0 14 9 8 3 4 6 Chicago White Sox 25 6 118 11 210 13 1 Pittsburgh 27 15 123 8 166 7 1
Boston 32 24 127 5 247 9 1 Houston 31 14 124 5 213 8 1
Litsch 0 1 9.00 2 2 0 9.0 14 9 9 4 1 8 Arizona 38 5 109 3 233 16 0
Texas 38 18 108 5 161 9 3
Colorado 33 9 101 10 190 6 1
Ryan 1 0 11.12 6 0 2 5.2 8 7 7 2 5 4 Minnesota 39 9 84 3 193 9 0 Chicago Cubs 37 9 134 6 263 14 3
Baltimore 52 12 99 9 210 6 1 San Diego 28 9 131 13 221 11 1
Team Totals 22 12 4.11 34 34 6 310.2 292 154 142 36 109 240 Cleveland 38 12 129 7 203 7 1 Philadelphia 53 16 112 6 196 4 0
N.Y. Yankees 44 23 123 7 230 13 1 Washington 33 11 138 10 177 18 1
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NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES

ARIZONA ATLANTA CHICAGO CINCINNATI

DIAMONDBACKS BRAVES CUBS REDS

BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Roberts .348 .429 23 3 8 1 0 0 3 4 7 1 0 0 Infante .338 .372 71 10 24 3 0 1 10 5 5 1 0 2 Freel 1.000 1.000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Votto .381 .484 105 17 40 10 0 4 26 19 21 2 1 3
Lopez .323 .383 127 16 41 10 0 4 8 12 24 3 1 4 Kotchman .319 .379 113 11 36 13 0 2 14 9 14 0 0 0 Scales .385 .385 13 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Janish .345 .424 29 3 10 3 0 0 2 2 6 0 0 1
Upton .307 .391 101 20 31 6 0 7 18 13 27 3 1 1 Escobar .302 .367 116 17 35 6 0 3 17 9 13 1 1 2 Ramirez .364 .417 66 8 24 3 0 4 16 5 8 0 0 1 Nix .327 .357 52 11 17 8 1 2 7 3 16 0 0 0
Ojeda .302 .384 63 8 19 4 0 0 2 8 6 0 1 2 Ross .298 .411 47 8 14 4 0 3 9 9 18 0 0 0 Fukudome .319 .449 94 20 30 7 1 4 17 22 18 3 4 0 Taveras .315 .381 111 24 35 6 1 1 7 11 12 8 1 1
Montero .273 .333 44 4 12 4 0 2 5 4 13 0 0 3 Prado .297 .381 37 2 11 5 0 1 6 5 3 0 1 1 Hill .306 .390 36 5 11 2 0 1 6 4 9 0 0 0 Hanigan .314 .375 35 5 11 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 0
Reynolds .254 .333 118 18 30 4 1 8 15 13 41 4 1 7 C. Jones .284 .417 88 15 25 4 1 3 11 19 15 0 0 4 Theriot .299 .366 117 17 35 4 2 3 15 12 20 7 2 4 Rosales .295 .373 44 7 13 2 0 2 5 5 4 0 2 1
Wilson .231 .333 26 0 6 1 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 2 Francoeur .271 .287 129 17 35 4 2 3 19 4 14 0 1 0 Hoffpauir .295 .343 61 5 18 5 0 3 11 5 11 0 0 1 Hernandez .289 .349 97 6 28 4 0 1 11 8 12 0 0 1
Snyder .219 .367 64 6 14 4 0 1 8 14 19 0 0 0 Diaz .258 .342 66 8 17 3 1 2 13 8 17 1 0 1 Soriano .266 .331 128 29 34 7 0 10 20 12 34 4 2 2 Hairston Jr. .257 .313 74 16 19 5 0 3 8 6 13 1 0 2
Byrnes .216 .268 88 10 19 7 0 4 12 6 9 5 2 0 McCann .246 .362 57 10 14 4 0 3 11 9 7 1 0 2 Fontenot .229 .321 96 12 22 4 0 5 17 13 20 1 1 2 Phillips .257 .333 109 15 28 5 0 5 20 14 13 4 2 3
Tracy .207 .239 82 9 17 7 0 2 9 4 9 0 0 0 Johnson .242 .327 95 14 23 4 1 3 10 10 14 1 1 2 Johnson .224 .316 49 6 11 0 1 0 4 4 7 0 0 0 Bruce .250 .328 112 19 28 3 0 10 21 12 22 2 0 1
Drew .205 .280 44 3 9 3 1 1 5 5 7 0 1 0 Schafer .217 .357 106 12 23 7 0 2 3 23 43 1 1 0 Lee .209 .282 91 13 19 5 0 3 15 10 20 0 0 0 McDonald .226 .273 31 4 7 0 1 0 1 2 8 0 0 2
Young .193 .246 114 13 22 9 1 2 8 7 33 4 2 0 Anderson .191 .250 47 6 9 4 0 0 4 4 4 0 0 2 Miles .205 .266 73 10 15 5 0 0 3 6 11 3 0 1 Dickerson .197 .316 66 6 13 1 1 1 5 11 23 0 2 3
Jackson .182 .264 99 8 18 4 0 1 14 11 16 5 0 2 Norton .143 .333 21 2 3 1 0 0 2 6 6 0 0 0 Bradley .179 .321 67 8 12 1 0 3 6 11 17 0 0 0 Gonzalez .176 .215 74 4 13 2 0 2 9 3 16 0 0 2
Clark .179 .258 28 3 5 1 0 2 5 3 15 0 0 1 Team Totals .262 .346 1068 141 280 63 5 26 132 131 199 6 5 20 Soto .169 .297 77 5 13 2 0 0 4 13 19 0 0 1 Encarnacion .127 .286 63 2 8 1 0 1 6 13 19 1 1 3
Whitesell .059 .273 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 Team Totals .250 .333 1054 149 264 47 5 37 139 122 233 19 11 19 Team Totals .262 .337 1072 145 281 54 5 33 136 114 216 18 9 27
Team Totals .236 .310 1102 125 260 69 3 34 119 113 256 25 9 25 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Soriano 0 0 1.13 16 0 3 16.0 8 2 2 0 6 22 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Bennett 0 0 1.98 14 0 0 13.2 23 4 3 0 5 12 Wells 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 5.0 5 0 0 0 2 5 Rhodes 0 0 0.00 13 0 0 11.0 7 0 0 0 3 9
Pena 3 0 1.15 17 0 0 15.2 12 4 2 0 3 11
Jurrjens 3 2 2.01 7 7 0 40.1 32 10 9 3 16 20 Lilly 4 2 3.11 6 6 0 37.2 29 14 13 7 9 31 Masset 1 0 1.23 11 0 0 14.2 5 2 2 0 8 12
Haren 3 3 1.84 7 7 0 49.0 33 10 10 3 9 51
O'Flaherty 0 0 2.19 15 0 0 12.1 8 3 3 0 1 6 Guzman 1 0 3.63 14 0 0 17.1 11 7 7 2 6 18 Cueto 3 1 1.59 6 6 0 39.2 30 7 7 2 11 32
Schoeneweis 0 0 2.00 16 0 0 9.0 9 2 2 2 3 4
Gonzalez 1 0 3.29 16 0 5 13.2 11 6 5 1 5 19 Marshall 1 2 4.06 7 5 0 31.0 32 14 14 4 10 20 Herrera 0 1 2.13 14 0 0 12.2 14 6 3 0 7 11
Qualls 0 0 2.77 12 0 8 13.0 13 4 4 1 2 16
Lowe 5 1 3.80 8 8 0 47.1 44 20 20 2 19 34 Gregg 0 1 4.11 16 0 6 15.1 15 7 7 2 10 18 Cordero 0 2 2.57 14 0 9 14.0 13 5 4 0 6 15
Gutierrez 1 2 2.84 16 0 0 19.0 15 6 6 1 6 24
Parr 0 0 3.86 5 0 0 7.0 8 3 3 0 2 3 Marmol 0 1 4.20 17 0 2 15.0 10 8 7 1 14 18 Weathers 0 0 2.61 12 0 0 10.1 7 3 3 1 4 8
Davis 2 5 3.25 7 7 0 44.1 39 16 16 8 16 32
Vazquez 3 3 3.88 7 7 0 46.1 42 21 20 6 11 57 Zambrano 3 1 4.50 6 6 0 38.0 40 20 19 4 14 33 Harang 3 3 2.93 7 7 0 46.0 47 18 15 4 10 37
Scherzer 0 3 3.98 6 6 0 31.2 29 15 14 4 14 29
Campillo 1 0 5.40 4 0 0 3.1 6 3 2 0 3 3 Harden 3 1 4.83 6 6 0 31.2 29 18 17 6 17 41 Volquez 4 2 4.40 7 7 0 43.0 28 22 21 5 28 43
Rosales 0 0 4.15 3 0 0 4.1 4 2 2 0 1 3
Carlyle 0 1 5.40 10 0 0 13.1 19 10 8 1 5 8 Dempster 2 2 4.98 7 7 0 43.1 41 25 24 6 19 41 Owings 2 3 5.08 5 5 0 28.1 32 20 16 4 12 15
Vasquez 1 1 4.82 7 0 0 9.1 10 5 5 1 7 8
Reyes 0 2 5.48 4 4 0 23.0 21 18 14 4 9 20 Heilman 2 2 5.40 16 0 0 15.0 12 10 9 2 11 14 Burton 0 0 5.65 14 0 0 14.1 17 9 9 1 7 10
Garland 3 2 5.18 7 7 0 41.2 48 25 24 5 16 16
Kawakami 2 4 5.79 6 6 0 32.2 37 24 21 5 18 31 Cotts 0 1 6.75 14 0 0 6.2 9 5 5 1 8 5 Arroyo 5 2 7.02 7 7 0 41.0 51 32 32 10 15 23
Rauch 0 0 7.62 16 0 0 13.0 21 13 11 1 7 9
Moylan 1 2 6.94 16 0 0 11.2 7 9 9 0 9 13 Patton 1 1 8.03 9 0 0 12.1 13 12 11 2 9 11 Lincoln 0 0 9.45 11 0 0 13.1 19 14 14 2 11 4
Petit 0 3 8.03 6 5 0 24.2 33 24 22 8 10 19
Team Totals 16 16 3.99 32 32 8 282.0 269 139 125 22 112 250 Fox 0 0 135.00 2 0 0 0.1 2 5 5 0 3 0 Team Totals 18 14 4.07 32 32 9 289.1 275 143 131 30 122 221
Korecky 0 0 13.50 5 0 0 6.0 11 9 9 0 4 3
Team Totals 17 14 4.60 31 31 8 275.2 257 148 141 37 134 263
Webb 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 4.0 6 6 6 2 2 2
Gordon 0 1 21.60 3 0 0 1.2 3 4 4 0 3 0
Team Totals 13 20 4.48 33 33 8 295.1 299 155 147 38 109 233
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NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES

COLORADO FLORIDA HOUSTON LOS ANGELES

ROCKIES MARLINS ASTROS DODGERS

BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Helton .343 .390 105 14 36 6 1 3 18 10 15 0 0 1 Ramirez .348 .421 112 20 39 10 0 6 19 13 20 6 4 1 Lee .333 .377 117 14 39 10 0 6 26 10 10 0 1 0 Paul .500 .500 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hawpe .330 .417 88 14 29 9 1 4 20 13 16 0 1 2 Cantu .294 .360 102 17 30 8 0 8 32 9 18 1 0 3 Keppinger .319 .407 47 5 15 4 1 1 3 6 2 0 0 0 Castro .438 .412 16 4 7 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
Smith .310 .459 58 10 18 2 1 3 7 16 11 2 0 0 Baker .289 .379 83 21 24 8 0 3 14 11 19 0 0 2 Tejada .313 .341 131 16 41 10 0 2 16 5 10 1 1 4 Pierre .426 .481 47 9 20 4 0 0 7 4 1 3 2 0
Murton .273 .273 11 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 Coghlan .286 .375 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 Pence .310 .389 113 17 35 6 1 4 13 16 17 4 2 0 Mientkiewicz .400 .400 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
Spilborghs .267 .333 105 16 28 8 0 3 14 9 25 5 1 0 Paulino .275 .383 40 5 11 2 1 1 5 7 8 1 0 1 Bourn .287 .364 108 20 31 5 3 1 9 13 21 10 3 1 Ausmus .381 .435 21 3 8 1 0 0 3 2 4 1 0 0
Fowler .258 .333 89 14 23 5 0 2 9 11 22 9 2 1 Bonifacio .250 .298 132 20 33 3 1 1 6 9 31 6 3 4 I. Rodriguez .273 .318 99 14 27 6 2 4 14 6 22 0 2 0 Loretta .333 .444 30 6 10 1 0 0 3 5 3 0 0 0
Torrealba .241 .353 29 7 7 1 0 2 4 4 6 0 0 0 Gload .244 .385 41 9 10 0 1 0 3 10 3 0 0 1 Matsui .255 .324 98 12 25 3 1 1 12 10 19 5 3 1 Hudson .331 .416 133 26 44 12 2 3 19 20 16 4 0 2
Tulowitzki .237 .342 97 14 23 4 2 5 12 16 22 2 3 2 Hermida .240 .388 104 12 25 3 1 3 13 24 28 2 1 1 Blum .253 .333 87 9 22 3 0 0 6 11 13 0 1 1 Ethier .285 .399 123 23 35 7 0 6 27 21 22 1 0 2
Barmes .228 .265 79 15 18 5 0 3 11 3 16 2 0 0 Helms .225 .273 40 3 9 2 0 0 4 3 12 0 0 2 Michaels .240 .387 25 1 6 4 0 0 2 5 7 1 1 0 Kemp .275 .343 120 19 33 7 3 4 23 12 33 8 1 0
Iannetta .211 .349 71 11 15 2 0 6 11 14 21 0 1 0 Ross .214 .250 117 11 25 4 0 4 16 4 30 1 1 1 Berkman .184 .325 103 14 19 3 0 7 16 21 27 0 1 2 Martin .272 .390 103 15 28 5 0 0 14 19 22 3 2 0
Atkins .210 .276 105 12 22 5 0 3 13 10 15 0 0 3 Amezaga .207 .266 58 4 12 2 0 0 4 5 13 0 1 0 Towles .182 .250 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 Loney .264 .348 121 12 32 7 0 0 21 16 10 1 1 0
Stewart .194 .304 67 10 13 3 0 4 13 9 22 2 1 1 Maybin .202 .280 84 11 17 4 1 1 3 8 31 1 1 0 Erstad .175 .209 40 4 7 1 1 0 2 2 12 0 0 0 Blake .260 .347 104 18 27 5 1 6 18 12 27 0 0 2
Quintanilla .154 .214 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 Uggla .189 .304 106 10 20 4 1 4 19 16 26 0 0 4 Quintero .000 .000 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Furcal .246 .312 126 21 31 5 0 1 8 12 24 3 1 5
Baker .130 .167 23 0 3 0 1 0 3 1 7 1 0 1 Carroll .158 .200 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 Smith .000 .000 21 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 Team Totals .285 .374 1132 184 323 68 6 26 175 156 212 24 8 13
Team Totals .255 .337 1000 146 255 53 6 39 141 120 226 23 9 18 Team Totals .240 .320 1103 147 265 50 6 31 141 123 273 18 11 21 Team Totals .259 .327 1066 133 276 55 9 26 125 107 188 21 15 12

PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Broxton 3 0 0.56 14 0 8 16.0 2 1 1 0 4 27
Daley 0 1 1.29 7 0 0 7.0 2 1 1 0 3 6 Pinto 2 0 1.23 18 0 0 14.2 12 2 2 0 10 13 Sampson 2 0 1.71 15 0 0 21.0 16 6 4 0 8 8 Kuroda 1 0 1.59 1 1 0 5.2 4 1 1 0 1 2
Grilli 0 1 1.69 14 0 1 10.2 9 2 2 1 6 14 Calero 1 0 1.62 19 0 0 16.2 9 3 3 0 6 23 W. Rodriguez 3 2 1.80 7 7 0 45.0 32 9 9 0 15 37 Troncoso 0 0 2.21 12 0 1 20.1 16 5 5 0 2 10
Morales 1 0 3.38 2 2 0 8.0 7 3 3 3 1 9 Meyer 0 0 2.03 14 0 0 13.1 7 3 3 1 3 14 Hawkins 1 0 2.40 15 0 4 15.0 15 4 4 1 4 13 Billingsley 5 1 2.45 7 7 0 47.2 34 14 13 1 20 47
De La Rosa 0 3 3.53 6 6 0 35.2 27 17 14 2 16 35 Nunez 2 0 2.30 14 0 0 15.2 8 4 4 1 8 12 Arias 0 0 2.70 4 0 0 3.1 1 1 1 1 0 4 Weaver 1 0 2.57 3 2 0 14.0 12 4 4 0 6 12
Marquis 4 2 3.92 6 6 0 41.1 38 20 18 5 12 19 Johnson 3 0 2.34 7 7 0 50.0 45 13 13 2 6 43 Byrdak 0 0 3.00 13 0 0 12.0 9 4 4 2 6 9 Wolf 1 1 2.95 7 7 0 42.2 32 17 14 4 14 36
Embree 0 1 4.00 14 0 0 9.0 7 5 4 1 3 4 Volstad 2 2 2.98 7 7 0 42.1 32 18 14 6 16 33 Oswalt 1 2 4.50 8 8 0 44.0 45 22 22 9 14 28 Belisario 1 2 3.26 16 0 0 19.1 16 7 7 2 7 22
Rusch 2 0 4.50 10 0 0 16.0 23 9 8 3 3 11 Badenhop 2 1 3.86 6 0 0 9.1 10 4 4 1 4 9 Brocail 1 0 4.76 7 0 0 5.2 5 3 3 2 8 4 Stults 4 1 3.58 6 6 0 32.2 32 13 13 1 14 20
Street 0 1 4.73 15 0 4 13.1 16 7 7 3 2 14 Lindstrom 1 1 5.54 14 0 6 13.0 12 9 8 2 9 13 Hampton 1 3 4.91 6 6 0 33.0 36 21 18 3 15 26 Ohman 0 0 4.66 14 0 1 9.2 9 5 5 3 4 5
Speier 0 0 4.76 5 0 0 5.2 6 3 3 0 3 2 Sanchez 1 4 5.79 6 6 0 32.2 43 21 21 6 15 25 Paulino 1 2 5.23 6 3 0 20.2 29 13 12 1 10 17 Kershaw 1 2 4.91 6 6 0 33.0 27 18 18 4 16 34
Cook 2 1 5.03 7 7 0 39.1 43 23 22 7 19 21 Nolasco 2 3 6.63 7 7 0 38.0 51 30 28 5 10 32 Valverde 0 1 5.63 8 0 2 8.0 7 5 5 3 3 11 Wade 0 2 5.59 9 0 0 9.2 10 6 6 0 1 6
Hammel 0 1 5.40 6 3 0 20.0 28 13 12 4 8 12 Miller 0 1 6.94 4 2 0 11.2 14 9 9 0 8 3 Ortiz 2 1 5.91 7 4 0 21.1 23 14 14 1 20 15 Kuo 1 0 6.75 7 0 0 5.1 5 4 4 1 4 4
Jimenez 2 4 5.45 6 6 0 33.0 33 20 20 0 20 30 Penn 1 0 7.43 9 0 0 13.1 18 15 11 1 10 15 Geary 1 3 6.05 15 0 0 19.1 27 14 13 3 8 12 McDonald 1 1 7.27 8 4 0 17.1 17 14 14 2 14 9
Corpas 0 3 5.68 14 0 1 12.2 20 8 8 1 2 6 Team Totals 17 15 4.28 32 32 6 290.0 292 153 138 26 122 247 Wright 1 1 7.84 14 0 0 10.1 19 9 9 2 4 10 Mota 2 1 7.43 14 0 0 13.1 19 11 11 1 10 6
Belisle 1 0 9.82 11 0 0 11.0 16 12 12 3 3 7 Moehler 0 2 8.44 4 4 0 16.0 28 15 15 1 5 12 Leach 0 0 18.00 2 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 2 1
Team Totals 12 18 4.56 30 30 6 262.2 275 143 133 33 101 190 Team Totals 14 17 4.42 32 32 6 285.1 302 147 140 31 124 213 Team Totals 22 11 3.77 33 33 10 294.0 247 127 123 22 120 247
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NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES

MILWAUKEE NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH

BREWERS METS PHILLIES PIRATES

BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Corporan 1.000 1.000 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Beltran .370 .460 119 19 44 6 1 6 24 19 19 3 1 1 Stairs .353 .522 17 4 6 1 0 2 7 5 5 0 0 0 Diaz .381 .381 21 1 8 2 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0
Braun .345 .463 110 21 38 7 0 8 28 19 26 3 3 0 Tatis .356 .412 45 13 16 3 1 1 4 3 3 2 0 0 Ibanez .327 .386 113 24 37 8 1 9 23 11 18 3 0 0 Young .350 .435 20 3 7 3 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0
Counsell .333 .429 54 11 18 5 0 1 4 8 6 0 0 2 Reed .353 .421 17 0 6 1 1 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 Utley .309 .437 97 23 30 2 0 10 23 17 17 2 0 3 Sanchez .317 .352 120 19 38 13 2 3 11 5 20 3 0 1
Rivera .308 .286 13 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 Cora .333 .425 33 6 11 2 1 0 4 6 4 1 1 0 Feliz .303 .355 99 12 30 6 0 2 19 9 12 0 0 2 Morgan .301 .376 123 21 37 2 2 0 13 13 22 9 5 0
Cameron .295 .395 105 16 31 11 0 6 18 18 21 2 0 0 Castillo .321 .396 84 15 27 2 1 0 9 11 9 4 0 3 Howard .287 .364 115 19 33 9 1 6 22 13 32 0 0 0 McLouth .292 .378 96 16 28 4 0 5 22 14 15 3 0 0
Hall .292 .364 89 12 26 8 0 3 8 10 23 1 0 3 Wright .311 .394 119 22 37 8 2 3 18 17 36 5 5 4 Werth .287 .392 101 25 29 8 1 6 21 15 23 3 1 0 Jaramillo .277 .382 47 4 13 7 0 0 5 8 6 1 0 1
Weeks .277 .343 130 24 36 5 1 7 21 10 32 1 2 5 Santos .302 .304 43 8 13 3 1 1 10 1 9 0 0 0 Victorino .272 .319 125 24 34 6 3 4 19 9 10 3 2 0 Wilson .255 .314 47 3 12 3 0 0 7 4 5 1 1 3
Hart .262 .345 122 25 32 9 1 3 14 16 35 3 3 2 Delgado .298 .393 94 15 28 7 1 4 23 12 20 0 0 2 Coste .204 .316 49 4 10 5 0 1 6 7 12 0 0 0 An. LaRoche .253 .336 95 8 24 9 0 1 11 10 14 1 0 4
Fielder .255 .410 110 15 28 6 1 5 25 27 35 0 0 0 Castro .292 .358 48 3 14 3 0 2 8 5 10 0 0 2 Rollins .195 .231 123 14 24 6 0 1 9 5 16 1 2 1 Doumit .244 .271 45 5 11 4 0 2 9 2 10 0 0 1
Kendall .234 .315 94 12 22 3 1 0 11 9 12 0 1 4 Murphy .286 .351 98 19 28 4 1 3 11 11 8 1 0 2 Ruiz .172 .273 29 0 5 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 1 Hinske .231 .333 52 8 12 5 0 0 4 5 14 0 0 0
Hardy .208 .289 106 12 22 3 0 5 17 13 24 0 0 3 Reyes .269 .351 130 16 35 3 2 2 13 17 15 10 2 5 Dobbs .148 .207 27 0 4 0 0 0 3 2 6 0 0 0 Monroe .229 .270 35 5 8 1 0 2 10 2 11 0 0 0
McGehee .200 .200 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Church .264 .340 91 7 24 6 0 1 8 10 12 1 0 1 Bruntlett .143 .231 21 5 3 3 0 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 Ad. LaRoche .223 .310 112 15 25 8 0 5 14 14 28 0 0 0
Duffy .107 .194 28 2 3 1 0 0 3 3 11 0 0 0 Sheffield .182 .357 44 7 8 2 1 1 5 11 8 0 1 1 Cairo .133 .133 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Bixler .200 .231 25 2 5 3 0 0 2 1 18 0 0 2
Nelson .000 .091 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 Schneider .143 .250 21 3 3 1 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 Team Totals .259 .339 996 164 258 57 6 42 158 111 180 12 5 8 Vazquez .182 .333 55 7 10 0 0 0 4 12 14 0 0 1
Team Totals .258 .348 1064 158 274 61 4 40 155 138 261 10 9 20 Team Totals .288 .368 1043 154 300 51 13 24 144 131 171 27 10 22 Moss .174 .228 86 11 15 2 2 0 3 5 16 0 0 0

PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Team Totals .252 .325 1040 130 262 68 6 20 124 104 223 18 6 14

PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Condrey 3 0 2.12 17 0 0 17.0 11 4 4 2 6 12

Hoffman 0 0 0.00 6 0 5 6.0 3 0 0 0 0 7 Stokes 0 1 0.68 12 0 0 13.1 13 2 1 0 2 6 Madson 2 1 2.70 13 0 1 13.1 9 4 4 0 6 16 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
DiFelice 3 0 1.15 14 0 0 15.2 11 2 2 1 3 15 Santana 4 2 0.78 7 7 0 46.0 31 8 4 2 13 60 Happ 1 0 2.84 10 0 0 19.0 12 6 6 1 7 14 Chavez 0 1 2.19 14 0 0 12.1 9 3 3 1 6 10
Gallardo 4 1 3.09 7 7 0 46.2 33 16 16 5 16 47 Parnell 1 0 1.26 16 0 0 14.1 15 3 2 0 4 10 Durbin 1 0 3.57 16 0 0 17.2 11 7 7 3 10 14 Duke 3 3 2.79 6 6 0 42.0 39 15 13 2 10 23
McClung 0 1 3.18 13 0 0 17.0 14 6 6 1 14 13 Rodriguez 0 0 1.32 14 0 9 13.2 7 4 2 1 7 16 Myers 2 2 4.81 7 7 0 43.0 48 23 23 10 17 30 Meek 0 0 2.79 7 0 0 9.2 5 3 3 0 9 6
Coffey 1 0 3.24 15 0 2 16.2 19 6 6 1 3 12 Niese 0 0 3.00 1 1 0 6.0 7 2 2 0 0 5 Taschner 1 1 5.14 11 0 0 14.0 14 8 8 2 10 7 Burnett 0 1 3.14 16 0 0 14.1 9 6 5 2 6 11
Stetter 2 0 3.27 16 0 0 11.0 7 4 4 1 7 9 Takahashi 0 0 3.00 4 0 0 6.0 5 2 2 0 2 3 Eyre 0 1 5.40 13 0 0 6.2 5 5 4 2 6 4 Maholm 3 1 4.06 7 7 0 44.1 45 21 20 2 14 21
Bush 1 0 4.05 7 6 0 40.0 33 19 18 7 9 29 Feliciano 0 1 3.46 18 0 0 13.0 14 9 5 3 2 15 Hamels 1 2 6.17 5 5 0 23.1 30 16 16 5 6 22 Ohlendorf 3 3 4.14 6 6 0 37.0 35 17 17 4 9 17
Looper 2 2 4.18 6 6 0 32.1 36 16 15 5 13 21 Putz 1 2 3.50 17 0 0 18.0 13 7 7 1 8 11 Park 0 1 6.67 6 5 0 27.0 29 20 20 5 13 16 Veal 0 0 4.15 4 0 0 4.1 2 2 2 1 9 4
Parra 1 4 4.88 6 6 0 31.1 32 19 17 4 20 28 Maine 3 2 4.54 6 6 0 33.2 23 18 17 3 20 25 Blanton 1 3 6.82 6 6 0 34.1 45 26 26 8 10 28 Snell 1 5 4.50 7 7 0 40.0 39 22 20 5 24 27
Suppan 2 3 5.50 7 7 0 37.2 39 25 23 7 17 21 Hernandez 3 1 5.08 6 6 0 33.2 39 19 19 5 12 19 Moyer 3 2 7.26 6 6 0 31.0 44 25 25 10 12 18 Karstens 1 1 5.19 5 5 0 26.0 25 16 15 5 13 12
Villanueva 1 3 5.87 15 0 3 15.1 14 11 10 1 8 11 Pelfrey 4 0 5.46 5 5 0 28.0 34 17 17 4 14 6 Lidge 0 1 8.53 13 0 4 12.2 15 12 12 5 9 15 Hansen 0 0 5.68 5 0 0 6.1 6 4 4 1 4 5
Julio 1 0 8.49 10 0 0 11.2 11 12 11 2 9 11 Green 0 2 9.00 14 0 0 14.0 20 14 14 3 9 12 Team Totals 15 14 5.39 29 29 5 259.0 273 156 155 53 112 196 Grabow 1 0 6.14 15 0 0 14.2 23 11 10 1 8 14
Riske 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 1.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 Perez 1 2 9.97 5 5 0 21.2 28 24 24 3 21 20 Capps 0 2 7.56 9 0 5 8.1 12 7 7 1 4 7
Team Totals 18 14 4.16 32 32 10 283.2 258 139 131 35 120 226 Team Totals 17 14 3.94 31 31 9 274.1 263 135 120 26 121 216 Yates 0 2 8.71 13 0 0 10.1 11 12 10 2 7 9
Team Totals 12 19 4.31 31 31 5 269.2 260 139 129 27 123 166
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THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES

SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO ST. LOUIS WASHINGTON

PADRES GIANTS CARDINALS NATIONALS

BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Hairston .333 .388 78 8 26 8 1 4 16 6 16 3 0 0 Holm .400 .500 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 LaRue .412 .474 17 5 7 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 Guzman .378 .378 90 15 34 5 1 1 9 0 13 1 1 3
Cabrera .308 .357 13 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 Sandoval .289 .336 114 12 33 8 2 2 11 6 17 2 0 0 Pujols .330 .443 112 32 37 5 0 12 33 22 11 5 1 5 Zimmerman .363 .408 135 26 49 12 0 8 26 11 26 0 0 4
A. Gonzalez .294 .387 119 22 35 3 0 10 22 17 32 1 0 2 Molina .287 .286 115 14 33 6 1 7 27 0 14 0 0 1 Molina .317 .386 101 11 32 4 1 3 15 12 11 1 1 0 Dunn .318 .457 110 19 35 4 0 11 28 28 33 0 1 4
Hundley .263 .352 80 4 21 4 2 1 8 11 19 1 1 2 Lewis .286 .390 105 16 30 6 1 0 2 14 36 2 2 2 Schumaker .307 .366 101 15 31 8 1 0 9 10 11 1 1 2 Flores .311 .382 90 13 28 3 2 4 15 11 26 0 0 1
Eckstein .261 .336 111 12 29 9 1 0 9 11 8 1 0 0 Burriss .274 .342 106 9 29 2 0 0 6 9 17 9 3 2 Barden .296 .350 54 8 16 2 0 3 7 3 9 0 0 1 Johnson .307 .389 114 18 35 4 0 2 12 14 21 0 0 3
Burke .259 .375 27 3 7 4 0 0 0 4 5 2 1 4 Uribe .262 .295 42 2 11 3 0 0 1 2 7 0 0 2 Duncan .288 .372 104 13 30 10 2 3 23 15 22 0 1 3 Hernandez .293 .391 75 12 22 5 0 0 8 12 15 2 0 3
Headley .255 .317 110 12 28 6 1 3 15 10 27 4 1 1 Winn .261 .336 115 17 30 5 2 2 13 13 24 5 0 0 Ludwick .267 .333 105 16 28 4 0 8 26 9 20 2 0 1 Dukes .275 .351 102 12 28 6 1 4 20 12 26 2 4 1
Rodriguez .247 .389 73 11 18 4 0 1 7 19 9 0 0 2 Renteria .250 .328 108 18 27 5 0 2 14 13 17 1 2 3 Thurston .259 .351 85 14 22 8 1 1 14 12 16 1 1 3 Bernadina .250 .400 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Gerut .228 .265 92 16 21 6 0 4 9 5 19 1 0 0 Schierholtz .250 .263 36 4 9 3 0 0 2 1 7 0 1 0 Rasmus .256 .337 86 17 22 5 0 1 8 9 19 1 0 2 Harris .250 .382 28 5 7 0 1 1 2 5 5 1 0 0
Kouzmanoff .222 .266 117 8 26 5 1 1 8 5 29 1 0 0 Rowand .240 .321 96 10 23 8 0 2 13 10 22 1 0 1 Ryan .250 .317 36 5 9 3 1 0 3 3 8 1 0 1 Kearns .243 .391 74 13 18 5 2 3 15 16 18 1 0 0
Blanco .176 .282 34 6 6 0 0 3 4 5 7 0 0 0 Torres .222 .417 9 4 2 0 0 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 Ankiel .247 .326 81 11 20 6 0 2 11 7 19 0 0 0 Willingham .196 .338 56 8 11 2 0 5 7 10 15 0 0 1
E. Gonzalez .171 .244 41 5 7 1 2 2 5 4 7 0 1 1 Ishikawa .219 .284 73 7 16 3 1 0 11 5 24 0 0 1 K. Greene .235 .323 85 13 20 4 0 2 11 10 11 2 1 6 Nieves .190 .227 21 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 2
Giles .158 .241 120 6 19 3 0 1 14 13 15 1 0 0 Aurilia .163 .213 43 2 7 0 0 0 6 3 5 0 0 0 T. Greene .222 .263 18 3 4 1 0 1 2 0 7 1 0 0 Belliard .158 .200 38 1 6 0 0 1 2 2 10 0 0 2
Team Totals .240 .316 1068 122 256 56 8 30 118 115 213 15 4 15 Velez .136 .174 22 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 Robinson .200 .200 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Cintron .000 .095 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 1
Team Totals .251 .313 1047 120 263 50 7 16 109 84 227 21 8 14 Team Totals .272 .349 1074 172 292 65 6 37 167 118 190 16 6 26 Team Totals .277 .360 1104 157 306 51 7 41 152 136 260 13 6 33

PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Bell 1 0 0.00 11 0 8 11.2 5 0 0 0 2 14 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Meredith 4 0 3.27 13 0 0 11.0 15 6 4 1 4 7 Miller 1 0 2.35 12 0 0 15.1 13 4 4 2 5 10 Carpenter 1 0 0.00 2 2 0 10.0 5 1 0 0 2 9 Villone 1 0 0.00 4 0 0 3.2 2 0 0 0 0 1
Perdomo 0 0 3.65 9 0 0 12.1 11 7 5 2 5 6 Cain 3 1 2.61 6 6 0 38.0 32 11 11 5 19 28 Franklin 1 0 1.23 14 0 9 14.2 7 2 2 2 3 13 Beimel 0 1 1.74 11 0 0 10.1 12 2 2 0 2 5
Gaudin 0 2 4.08 3 3 0 17.2 16 8 8 0 10 15 Affeldt 0 1 3.14 17 0 0 14.1 14 6 5 1 7 12 Boyer 0 0 2.70 8 0 0 6.2 4 3 2 0 2 6 Wells 0 0 3.86 10 0 1 11.2 8 5 5 0 9 8
Mujica 1 1 4.11 13 0 0 15.1 13 9 7 2 5 14 Wilson 2 0 3.18 16 0 8 17.0 12 6 6 2 6 19 Perez 1 1 2.89 11 0 1 9.1 6 3 3 1 8 11 Lannan 2 3 3.89 7 7 0 39.1 44 21 17 7 15 20
Peavy 2 4 4.27 7 7 0 46.1 39 23 22 5 17 52 Lincecum 3 1 3.25 7 7 0 44.1 40 17 16 1 13 58 McClellan 2 1 3.29 13 0 1 13.2 11 6 5 2 9 13 Mock 0 1 4.66 10 0 0 9.2 10 5 5 0 6 5
Moreno 1 3 4.41 15 0 0 16.1 17 9 8 1 11 13 Howry 0 2 3.38 14 0 0 13.1 13 5 5 1 4 10 Motte 1 1 3.38 16 0 0 13.1 13 5 5 0 4 10 Martis 4 0 4.67 6 6 0 34.2 38 19 18 3 13 19
Young 2 1 4.76 7 7 0 39.2 38 22 21 1 19 31 Valdez 1 0 3.48 9 0 0 10.1 10 4 4 1 5 7 Boggs 1 0 3.50 4 3 0 18.0 19 8 7 1 9 19 Cabrera 0 4 4.98 7 7 0 34.1 40 32 19 2 28 13
Geer 0 1 5.14 5 4 0 28.0 32 19 16 5 5 12 Zito 1 2 3.57 6 6 0 35.1 32 14 14 2 12 24 Pineiro 4 2 3.66 6 6 0 39.1 45 20 16 2 7 13 Zimmermann 2 1 5.48 4 4 0 23.0 26 14 14 5 6 18
Hill 1 1 5.25 3 3 0 12.0 15 7 7 1 3 7 Medders 1 1 4.61 13 0 0 13.2 16 7 7 1 11 11 Miller 0 0 4.15 12 0 0 8.2 9 5 4 2 3 10 Tavarez 0 2 6.08 16 0 1 13.1 12 13 9 1 8 16
Correia 0 2 5.34 6 6 0 30.1 31 18 18 2 19 25 Sanchez 1 3 4.78 6 5 0 26.1 21 16 14 3 22 27 Lohse 3 2 4.25 7 7 0 42.1 41 22 20 4 13 27 Hanrahan 0 1 6.28 16 0 3 14.1 18 10 10 3 5 17
Gregerson 0 3 5.82 16 0 0 17.0 19 11 11 1 8 18 Johnson 3 3 5.89 7 7 0 36.2 36 24 24 10 16 39 Reyes 0 1 4.35 17 0 1 10.1 8 5 5 2 3 10 Olsen 1 3 7.00 7 7 0 36.0 51 30 28 5 16 26
Silva 0 0 6.52 2 2 0 9.2 10 7 7 2 7 3 Martinez 1 0 6.75 2 0 0 2.2 4 2 2 0 1 2 Wainwright 3 1 4.35 7 7 0 41.1 44 23 20 5 21 33 Kensing 0 1 18.00 6 0 0 5.0 12 10 10 1 4 2
Sanchez 1 1 6.75 11 0 0 9.1 12 7 7 3 7 2 Matos 0 0 9.00 5 0 0 6.0 11 7 6 2 1 5 Wellemeyer 3 2 4.75 6 6 0 36.0 47 20 19 2 11 20 Team Totals 10 20 5.42 31 31 5 272.1 314 190 164 33 138 177
Lopez 0 0 19.29 4 0 0 2.1 7 5 5 2 3 0 Team Totals 17 14 3.97 31 31 8 278.2 260 128 123 32 127 253 Thompson 0 1 5.59 7 0 0 9.2 13 6 6 1 2 4
Team Totals 13 19 4.69 32 32 8 282.1 282 160 147 28 131 221 Team Totals 20 12 4.05 32 32 12 286.1 289 145 129 29 107 209
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Paulus, Marve look for the right places to prove themselves
Two free agents remain in this college
football offseason. One plays quarterback,
and the other thinks he can, with reels of
film from Central New York high school
games as evidence. They are gifted athletes,
and their former coaches say they will
change a program’s perception and perfor-
mance as soon as they
arrive. Yet the two free
agents look at their foot-
ball futures with opposite
motivations.
The smart money says
that Greg Paulus suits up
for Syracuse in the fall
Dave Curtis and Robert Marve enrolls
COLLEGE FOOTBALL at Purdue as soon as next
week. Both players have
histories with those destination schools,
and both have visited them in the last few
weeks. Paulus grew up in Syracuse’s
shadow, starring at quarterback and point
guard for Christian Brothers Academy
before heading to Duke. Marve, a Tampa
product, looked hard at Purdue before the
Indiana winters and the distance from
home sent him to Miami.
“When Purdue recruited him the first
time around, geography became the big
issue,” said Robert Weiner, Marve’s for-
mer coach at Plant High. “When you talk
about a transfer, and know you really can’t
make a mistake this time, geography
becomes less of an issue.”
The bigger issue for Marve is a chance to
redeem what seemed a promising career
just three years ago. As highly touted as
any quarterback in the country, he signed
with the Hurricanes and saw his career
spiral. There was the 2007 car crash that
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Is Syracuse the spot for Greg Paulus to scratch his itch?
broke his wrist and prompted his red-
shirting that season. There were the two
suspensions last season for violations of
team rules. There were the struggles on
the field—he averaged just 117.5 passing
yards per game, threw more touchdowns
than interceptions and ceded the starting
job to problem-free backup Jacory Harris.
Those demons didn’t matter much to the
desperate schools that have shown inter-
est in the transferring Marve. They see a
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As a prep recruit, Robert Marve turned down Purdue for Miami, but he could end up a Boilermaker in the end.
big-armed guy with a year of college ball
in his pocket. But others wonder whether
he has the skills to win and the mettle to
lead at college football’s highest level. And
there lies Marve’s mission at Purdue, or
wherever he lands. After a year off per
NCAA transfer rules, he needs to show
everyone else the high school hype was
legitimate. He wants to make everyone
else as confident in him as he is in
himself.
DAVE EINSEL / AP
“At Miami, it wasn’t like he had a mil-
lion people around him who were veter-
ans,” Weiner said. “And he didn’t have a
lot of college experience himself. Now, he
has film, and he knows what he can or
can’t do. He obviously is a lot more ready
to be a good college quarterback.”
And then there’s Paulus. No one knows
whether he’s ready to be a quarterback,
mostly because he hasn’t taken a competi-
tive snap since Thanksgiving weekend in
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2009 28
2004. He’s spent the interim as a Duke
point guard, starting much of his first
three years before fading to the bench as a
senior. He has a future in basketball, as a
player overseas or in the Mike Krzyze-
wski-coaching tree stateside.
But an urge to play football remained.
The Green Bay Packers rekindled it,
thinking the former high school All-
American might be worth a late-round
draft pick or a free agent contract. He
looked not-ready-for-the-NFL in a work-
out, but the ensuing buzz got some college
coaches involved. Michigan, Syracuse and
Nebraska came calling, and the Orange,
given their talent and their location, seem
the most likely fit.
But unlike Marve, who needs to revive
his career and rebuild his image, Paulus
can view this transfer as the start of a one-
year football fantasy camp. He’s a long
shot to start, even for Syracuse. But he’ll
see the field, as a quarterback, and his
pedigree indicates he’ll have at least some
success in the Big East. Let’s remember a
Pitt team led by Bill Stull and Pat Bostick
contended for a conference title last year.
If Paulus thrives at the Carrier Dome, then
he’ll face another basketball-football decision
in the winter. If he tanks, he can head back to
hoops with his football itch scratched.
This week, today, maybe this moment,
the free agents are making their final calls.
Marve plans to gather with visiting family
early this week to plot his future. Paulus
will follow suit. And then they’ll head to
their new schools, Marve with something
to prove to the world, and Paulus with
something to prove to himself.
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Bowden says NCAA ‘really stepping out of bounds’
Florida State’s Bobby Bowden says he won’t lose sleep
over his battle with Penn State’s Joe Paterno for the most
coaching wins in major college football. Bowden just
doesn’t want to lose victories he already has because of
an NCAA ruling.
Last month the school appealed sanctions that called
for forfeits in football and nine other sports because of
an academic cheating scandal. Bowden could lose as
many as 14 victories from the 2006 and 2007
seasons.
“I think they’re really stepping out of bounds by
doing that,” Bowden told The Palm Beach Post at a
weekend booster meeting in West Palm Beach.
“Maybe they’ll change their minds once they think it
over real good.”
Bowden, who turns 80 in November, has 382 victo-
ries, just one fewer than the 82-year-old Paterno.
Bowden hasn’t said if he’ll coach beyond the 2009
season.
“It seems unfair, what they are doing, because we
spotted the problem, we reported it, we took care of it
and the kids were punished,” Bowden told the Post.
Of his contest with Paterno, Bowden said, “… The
thing about the race between Joe and I, it’s not like
there are seven more of us, it’s just us two, and you
hate to give up in a good battle like that.”
Pitt sophomore WR Jonathan Baldwin was charged
with misdemeanor indecent assault, harassment and
disorderly conduct after an alleged incident on a cam-
pus shuttle bus involving a female student on April 18,
the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
Baldwin will have a preliminary hearing May 27.
“The matter is currently under investigation, and
until that investigation reaches a conclusion, we will
decline comment,” athletic department spokesman E.J.
Borghetti said in a statement.
Baldwin caught 18 passes for 404 yards and three
touchdowns last season.
Marshall RB Darius Marshall and DB DeQuan Bembry
entered conditional guilty pleas Monday to the misde-
meanor charge of marijuana possession. The charge
will be removed from their records if the players com-
plete a six-month probation.
Marshall and Bembry were arrested May 2. Coach
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Patterson knew he wanted to return to Kentucky
Kentucky sophomore F Patrick
Patterson said Monday he didn’t
work out for any NBA teams before
deciding to pull out of the draft
evaluation process.
Patterson, who submitted his
name for the draft on April 15 but
did not hire an agent, and his par-
ents held a news conference at the
school Monday to discuss his rea-
sons for staying with the
Wildcats.
“I felt that if I did do workouts, it
wouldn’t do anything because I felt
in my heart I wanted to come back
for next year,” Patterson said.
Patterson said he was told he
likely would have been a first-
round pick, probably somewhere
from 14 to 20, but that he was
excited about the direction of the CHARLES DHARAPAK
program with coach John Calipari President Barack Obama and UNC coach Roy Williams led their teams to the top in recent months.
and the new recruits.
DON EDGAR / AP “All the weapons we have com- Varnado announced Monday he is to the White House on Monday.
FSU coach Bobby Bowden feels it’s unfair to take away any of his wins. ing in, that helped (me make a coming back for his senior year “I’m not sure whose luck rubbed
decision) as well,” Patterson said. rather than entering the NBA off on who,” Obama said as he
Mark Snyder has suspended both players from the team draft. greeted the team on the South
Marshall ran for 1,177 yards and scored five touch- UCLA is giving Pauley Pavil- “I feel like I wasn’t ready for the Lawn. “I think there was just a
downs last season as a sophomore. Bembry had 80 ion a $185 million facelift in hopes NBA,” said Varnado, the two-time good vibe going on there.”
tackles, including 7.5 for loss, and intercepted a pass of putting one of college basket- reigning SEC defensive player of Obama picked the Tar Heels to
as a redshirt freshman. ball’s most recognized arenas on the year. “Another year in college win the national title on live TV
the national map again. can only help my game, and I’m leading up to the NCAA Tourna-
Missouri is going bigger picture this fall. The renovation plans, really excited about this team.” ment. He thanked them “for sal-
The school is putting up a new $3.8 million video announced Monday, will include a Varnado submitted his name for vaging my bracket and vindicating
board that will measure 30 feet tall and 80 feet wide at new entrance, locker rooms for the draft on April 27 but did not me before the entire nation.” The
the north end of Memorial Stadium. both the men’s and women’s bas- hire an agent. President’s other picks for the
“It’s not going to be Texas, but if you’re a fan of the ketball teams and more than 1,000 Final Four didn’t make it.
Tigers and been to games, there’s going to be a notice- additional seats to bring its capac- Since playing pickup basket-
able difference,” associate athletic director Mark Alnutt ity to nearly 14,000. ball with North Carolina in Chapel Oregon sophomore G Kamyron
told the Columbia Daily Tribune. “It’s literally 3½ times The construction, expected to Hill, N.C., last spring, Barack Obama Brown is transferring and will have
bigger. There will be that wow factor.” start in February 2010 and finish won the presidency, carrying that two years of eligibility remaining.
Developed by Daktronics Inc., the industry leader in in the fall of 2012, will displace the state in November, and the Tar Brown split time at point guard
scoreboard design, the video board has the capability to men’s and women’s teams for the Heels won the national champion- last season with freshman Garrett
display a single giant image or multiple zones to feature 2011-12 season. ship, defeating Michigan State last Sim. Brown averaged 4.5 points
stats, graphics and animation. Alnutt said the new board month. and 2.2 assists and was second on
will help pay for itself with more space for advertising. Mississippi State F Jarvis Obama welcomed the Tar Heels the team with 34 steals.
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Why wait on Wall? He can make dreams come true

Some of us work best under pres-
sure. John Wall might be one of
those. The final buzzer always is on
its way in a basketball game, and
Wall performs decisively in this
arena.
In the matter of choosing a college,
Wall faces no
deadline. Though
the close of the
NCAA spring
signing period
will arrive May
20, Wall need not
worry about a
Mike DeCourcy ticking clock. If he
COLLEGE BASKETBALL signs by then,
great. But no rule
dictates he has to sign anything,
ever.
Wall, a 6-4 point guard from
Raleigh, N.C., Word of God Chris-
tian Academy, must make up his
mind in time to be admitted to
whichever college he chooses. Those
involved almost certainly would
find a way to accommodate him.
So they wait: Duke, Florida, Ken-
tucky, Miami.
Alphabetically, those schools are
believed to be Wall’s final choices.
Wall will change the course of the
2009-10 college basketball season–
wearing some uniform or other.
“Athletically, I’m not sure John
has a real peer. He’s just got so much
bounce and so much speed,” Scout.
com recruiting analyst Dave Telep
said. “John is just freaky with what
he can do.”
Telep is certain Wall would fit into
the system at each of the contending
schools, the way Derrick Rose fit in
immediately at Memphis in 2008
and Chris Paul took over at Wake
Forest four seasons before.
“When you have talents like this,
it’s not the kids’ job to fit into the
system,” Telep said. “It’s the coaches’
job to accentuate the guy’s talent.”
So which program is best
equipped to make that happen?
Take a look:
Miami. Last season’s finish:
19-13, NIT. Top players returning:
SG James Dews (8.2 ppg), PF Adrian
Thomas (5.1), SF DeQuan Jones
(2.7). Possible NBA draft return: C
Dwayne Collins (10.6).
The Hurricanes missed last
year’s NCAAs primarily because
they lacked the point guard play
Wall could deliver almost
immediately.
A fine recruiting class led by New
York wing Durand Scott will help
replace star guard Jack McClinton.
But the key to Miami’s improvement
is the progress of Jones, an extremely
athletic wing whose opportunities
to make a positive impact as a fresh-
man were limited because the play-
makers couldn’t put him in position
to excel. He’s not a shooter. He needs
to be set up.
Collins also suffered last year
from a lack of post scoring opportu-
nities. Coach Frank Haith promised
an emphasis on the inside game, but
his players could not deliver. Wall
could make Collins a star.
Kentucky. Last season’s finish:
22-14, NIT. Top players returning:
PF Patrick Patterson (17.9), PF Perry
Stevenson (7.8), SF Darius Miller
(5.3). Possible NBA draft return: SG
Jodie Meeks (23.7).
UK will be a completely renovated
team even if Patterson and Meeks
are both in place to lead the attack.
The arrival of coach John Calipari
assures this. He’ll have the Wildcats
running the Dribble Drive Motion
offense, and they’d run it better with
Wall at the controls.
Calipari already enriched Ken-
tucky by signing big center DeMar-
cus Cousins and retaining top big
man Daniel Orton, who signed in
the fall. Those two will give Patter-
son the flexibility to perform more
often as a forward, which he is
skilled enough to manage.
Wall would not need to score as
much with the Wildcats, but he
could be the final piece in an instant
turnaround for Calipari.
Florida. Last season’s finish:
25-11, NIT. Top players returning:
PF Alex Tyus (12.5), PG Erving
Walker (10.1), SF Chandler Parsons
(9.2). Possible NBA draft return: PG
Nick Calathes (17.2).
The Gators missed the past two
NCAA Tournaments not because
they lacked point guard play but
because they were young and not
athletic. Coach Billy Donovan will
have plenty of veterans. Adding
shooting guard Kenny Boynton,
who has signed with the Gators, and
Wall would solve most of those
speed and quickness issues.
Boynton plays a lot with the ball
in his hands, but elite 2010 point SHAWN ROCCO / AP
guard recruit Brandon Knight was PG John Wall, above, can change the course of a program with his electrifying talent, drawing comparisons to the likes of Chris Paul and Derrick Rose.
able to excel alongside him in AAU
competition. Scheyer (14.9), SG Nolan Smith (8.4). screens, he is not overwhelming Duke is the one school on the list
Tyus’ return is important. Wall Possible NBA draft return: SF Ger- against the ball. that reached the NCAAs, but the
needs to have some frontcourt tar- ald Henderson (16.5). Adding Wall to a perimeter attack Devils are accustomed to exiting
gets, and Tyus is a high-percentage There’d be no worry about Wall featuring not only Singler, Scheyer more gracefully. Or not exiting at
finisher. It’s hard to say what adjust- clashing with incumbent Scheyer. and Smith but also starter Elliot all.
ments would be necessary if Cal- Although Scheyer played well run- Williams would put the Devils back Wall is the kind of player who
athes were to return and Wall chose ning the offense, the Devils would into the days when they were regu- can make that last dream happen–
the Gators. eagerly move him off the ball. He is larly generating 90 points a game. just about anywhere he chooses to
Duke. Last season’s finish: 30-7, not equipped to penetrate the lane. They also have more bodies to throw play, whenever that day finally
NCAA Sweet 16. Top players return- And though Scheyer excels defen- at the inside game than in several comes.
ing: PF Kyle Singler (16.5), PG Jon sively at chasing wings around years. decourcy@sportingnews.com
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Griese’s odd man out among Bucs’ QBs
Bucs officials do not expect to see
QB Brian Griese when the team
begins voluntary workouts today.
Griese, 34, is considered the fifth
QB on a team that will carry only
four to training camp.
Luke McCown, Byron Leftwich, Josh
Freeman and Josh Johnson are expected
to go to Bucs training camp.
According to the St. Petersburg
Times, team officials say Griese
could have trade value and the
team might hold his rights well into
the offseason.
Griese, who missed two months
last year with tendonitis in his
throwing elbow, started five games
last season, passing for 1,073 yards
with five touchdowns and seven
interceptions.
The Bears agreed to a one-year
contract with TE Michael Gaines on
Monday. Gaines, 29, has 41 starts in
five seasons with the Panthers, Bills
and Lions. He is more of a blocker
than a pass catcher with only 79
career receptions and five TDs.
“The Bears had a plan for me,”
Gaines said via the team’s website.
“You can’t beat that when people
have a goal and a plan mapped out
for you at your position.”
Jets RB Thomas Jones was a no-
show at Monday’s voluntary work-
outs, continuing his boycott of
team activities in a contract dis-
pute. The first mandatory event is
the full-squad minicamp June 9-11.
If Jones skips that, he can be fined
by the club. Jones is scheduled to
earn $900,000 in ’09 but did
make $13 million over the last two
seasons with the Jets, according to
The (New York) Daily News.
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Jets RB Thomas Jones (20) is skipping voluntary workouts in protest of his contract.
OT Todd Wade is retiring after
nine NFL seasons, according to the
FoxSports.com. Wade started 96
games with the Miami, Houston and
Washington. He spent last season
with Jacksonville but did not play.
Contract talks between the
Vikings and Pro Bowl CB Antoine
Winfield have stalled. Winfield, who
turns 32 next month, will make $6
million in the final season of his
current deal. Fellow CB Cedric Grif-
fin, 26, recently had his contract
extended through 2014.
Patriots NT Vince Wilfork is going
into the final year of his contract,
and Patriots officials say getting an
NFL
JULIE JACOBSON / AP
extension worked out is a priority.
According to The Boston Globe, Wil-
fork is one of only three first-round
picks from the Class of 2004 work-
ing under his rookie contract. The
others: Chargers QB Philip Rivers and
Patriots TE Benjamin Watson.
Cowboys special teams coach
Joe DeCamillis, 43, was released Sun-
day from a Dallas hospital eight
days after his neck was broken
when the roof of the team’s indoor
practice facility collapsed during a
storm. Cowboys scouting assistant
Rich Behm was paralyzed from the
waist down when the roof was torn
apart by strong winds during a
rookie minicamp workout.
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2009 31
Favre practicing with preps again; Vikings confirm interest
Brett Favre seems to be closer than ever to wearing a
Minnesota Vikings uniform.
While Vikings president Mark Wilf finally con-
firmed the team’s interest in Favre, the supposedly
retired quarterback was working out Monday with a
Hattiesburg high school team.
“He’s a Hall of Fame quarterback. He’s a great com-
petitor,” Wilf said. “Ultimately, you’ll have to ask Brett
what his plans are, but sure there’s interest in Brett
Favre. But again, it’s part of a process we have in gen-
eral with any of our players. We’re always looking to
make our team better.”
Favre, 39, has not spoken on the record about return-
ing for a 19th NFL season, but he is obviously consid-
ering it and is working out with the Oak Grove High
School team, just as he did last year.
“His arm is there,” J.D. Simpson, Oak Grove assis-
tant and friend of Favre, told The (Minneapolis) Star
Tribune. “He’s had the same problem with his left arm
that he’s having with his right. He told me John Elway
had the same problem in his last year. It’s a certain
throwing angle or motion that hurts. It doesn’t hurt all
the time, though, and just looking at him throwing
you can’t tell there’s anything wrong with it.
“I help out with the receivers, and he threw a few
that bounced off some facemasks out there.” JAY DROWNS / SN
Favre was released by the New York Jets on April 28 QB Brett Favre threw 22 touchdown passes and 22 picks last season.
and issued a statement that said, “At this time, I am
retired and have no intention of returning to football.” It’s a little bit of deja vu for the Vikings. Last year,
He hasn’t been heard from since. His agent, Bus Favre renounced his retirement from the Packers and,
Cook, has said Favre remains retired. Cook did not after being told Green Bay was going with Aaron Rod-
return phone messages Monday. gers at quarterback, Favre wanted to play for the NFC
Wilf, who along with brother Zygi purchased the North rival Vikings.
team in 2005, spoke about Favre during a previously After a messy divorce with Green Bay, Favre was
scheduled community visit. It was the first question shipped to the Jets, where he threw 22 touchdown
asked by a fan during a panel discussion between Wilf passes and 22 interceptions for a team that finished
and linebackers Chad Greenway and Ben Leber. 1-4 down the stretch to miss the playoffs.
After Greenway gave a politically correct answer, The Vikings won the division without Favre but
Wilf jumped in to defend the current stable of quarter- have been unsettled at the most important position for
backs—incumbent Tarvaris Jackson, newcomer Sage three-plus years. Quarterback is viewed as one of the
Rosenfels and third-stringer John David Booty. team’s few weak spots.
“With Sage and Tarvaris and John David, we’re With Favre, retirement has become an annual
pleased with the quarterbacks we have,” Wilf said. ordeal. He was released by the Jets on April 28 and
“Let’s not let that get forgotten here. And we just feel now is free to sign with the Vikings if he is healthy
as a whole as a roster, we’re trying to improve every enough and still has the desire to play.
day. We feel we’ve made a lot of steps to improve off an “He’s retired a couple of times, so you wonder where
NFC North division win and we’re ready to take the his loyalties lie,” Greenway said.
next step and to go all the way.” — Associated Press
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Scouts’ views
Center rankings: Brawn meets brains in middle of line
As RealScouts, a group of for-
mer NFL scouts, take a look at the
top centers, it’s important to note
that these guys are among the
smartest players on the field. Not
only must the centers make their
own adjustments, they must read
the defensive front and make the
line calls to teammates, hear the
quarterback’s audible, readjust
the line calls, snap the ball and
then get their man blocked—all
in a matter of a few seconds.
NFL centers come in all shapes
and sizes, and RealScouts’ top-10
ranking for ’09 is representative
of that.
1. Nick Mangold, Jets. The
Jets’ offensive line had
its best season in a long
while, and it starts with
Mangold. He doesn’t
overwhelm with physical
tools and there isn’t one
aspect of his game that
stands out, but he does
everything well. He has
started every game of his
NFL career, showing
excellent football intelli-
gence, competitiveness and
instincts. As his strength
and technique continue to
improve, he will get even
better.
2. Nick Hardwick, Chargers.
Hardwick often is
overlooked in the Chargers’
offense, but the production
drops off dramatically
when he is sidelined. At
6-4, he’s tall for a center but
still plays with good
leverage and pad level and
his long reach is a big asset.
He shows good footwork
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and uses hands well, and
he is athletic enough to
reach linebackers on the
second level.
3. Olin Kreutz, Bears. He
has everything: He is
tough, smart and athletic,
plays with a mean streak
and is fundamentally
sound. He is a fine run
blocker and has the agility
to protect a mobile quarter-
back like Jay Cutler.
4. Shaun O’Hara, Giants. He
is one of the most
consistent and durable
players in the league,
missing just one game the
last four years. He isn’t
powerful or explosive but
is smart and technically
sound. He takes great
angles to defenders and
communicates well with
line mates to create the
holes for the Giants’
dangerous running game.
5. Jamaal Jackson, Eagles.
As Eagles’ coach
Andy Reid shuffled the
line in the offseason, he
certainly didn’t think of
moving away from Jack-
son. He is an immovable
object in the middle of the
line at 330 pounds, but he
also has impressive
athleticism. He gets off the
snap and reaches the
defensive tackle quickly,
and he can pull and seal
the corner for perimeter
runs. He’ll be even better
in ’09, leading an
improved line that added
Jason Peters and Stacy
Andrews.
6. Jason Brown, Rams. He is
a big, powerful,
wide-bodied center who
can move the pile in the
interior running game,
which will be a bigger part
of the Rams’ offense in ’09.
He was the best center
available on the free-agent
market and is a big addi-
tion for the Rams, who
already have begun
building around him with
the selection of OT Jason
Smith in the draft.
7. Jeff Saturday, Colts. The
Colts toyed with the
idea of letting Saturday
leave via free agency, but
that couldn’t have made
QB Peyton Manning
happy. Ultimately, the
Colts re-signed Saturday.
That’s good because he’s a
perfect fit for their pass-
oriented attack. He is agile,
still has some initial
quickness and is smart
and instinctive. However,
he turns 34 in June and
probably has only a couple
years left.
8. Dominic Raiola, Lions.
Raiola lacks ideal size
or strength, but he is a
high-effort and competi-
tive guy. He plays smart,
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shows good instincts and
fights to the whistle on
every snap. His technique
and experience will be
invaluable to a young
offense this year. On what
has been a terrible team,
Raiola has been a rare
bright spot.
9. Andre Gurode, Cowboys.
He made the Pro Bowl
last year, but it was based
more on reputation than
production, à la the Titans’
Kevin Mawae. Gurode is a
physical run blocker, not a
finesse player. He’ll need to
be more productive in ’09
than he was in ’08 to get
the Cowboys back to the
playoffs. The measure of
that will be the success of
their running game
between the tackles.
10. Ryan Kalil, Panthers.
Kalil’s strength is
his ability to reach the
second level and deliver
key blocks on linebackers
to spring RBs Jonathan
Stewart and DeAngelo
Williams on the long runs.
It’s what makes the
Panthers an elite rushing
team. Kalil is equally adept
at working inside or
outside, showing the
athletic ability to pull and
lead perimeter runs.
— RealScouts, a team of former NFL
scouts, analyze NFL and college players,
coaches and teams exclusively for BOB LEVERONE / SN
Sporting News Today. Since the Jets drafted him in 2004, Nick Mangold has started every game and helped lead their ninth-ranked rushing game last season.
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DEFENSE
Remaining free agents Defensive ends—Kevin Carter, Tampa Bay; Earl Cochran,
A quick look at the remaining NFL free agents by position
(R-restricted free agent, F-franchise tagged player):
OFFENSE
Houston; Sean Conover, NY Jets; Nick Eason, Pittsburgh; Kalimba
Edwards, Oakland; Ebenezer Ekuban, Denver; John Engelberger,
Denver; Simon Fraser, Atlanta; Roderick Green, San Francisco;
NFL vote on a 17- or 18-game schedule uncertain
Quarterbacks—Brooks Bollinger, Dallas; Ken Dorsey, Jason Hunter, Green Bay; Travis LaBoy, Arizona; Jayme Mitchell,
Cleveland; Gus Frerotte, Minnesota; Charlie Frye, Seattle; Drew Minnesota; Jerome McDougle, NY Giants; Julius Peppers (F),
BY DANIEL KAPLAN lar-season games were added.
Henson, Detroit; Quinn Gray, Kansas City; Trent Green, St. Louis; Carolina; Jason Taylor, Washington; Anthony Weaver, Houston; AND LIZ MULLEN “The fairest way to do it, in my
Rex Grossman, Chicago; Brad Johnson, Dallas; J.P. Losman, Buf- James Wyche, Jacksonville. SportsBusiness Journal opinion, is to take the player’s sal-
falo; Jamie Martin, San Francisco; Craig Nall, Houston; Marques Defensive tackles—Kenderick Allen, Minnesota; Gary
Tuiasosopo, Oakland; Anthony Wright, NY Giants.
ary and add two game checks
Gibson (R), Carolina; La’Roi Glover, St. Louis; Vonnie Holliday, NFL owners meeting next week with prorated amounts,” he said.
Running backs—Darian Barnes, New Orleans; Tatum Bell, Miami; Antwan Lake, New Orleans; Anthony Montgomery
Denver; Brian Calhoun, Detroit; Jesse Chatman, NY Jets; P.J. (R), Washington; Langston Moore, Detroit; Kindal Moorehead, in Florida are unlikely to vote on The league can unilaterally
Daniels, Baltimore; Reuben Droughns, NY Giants; Warrick Dunn, Atlanta; Dewayne Robertson, Denver; Orpheus Roye, Pittsburgh; expanding the regular-season expand the season but must nego-
Tampa Bay; DeShaun Foster, San Francisco; Samkon Gado, St. Montavious Stanley (R), New Orleans; Hollis Thomas, New schedule despite reports earlier tiate with the union over compen-
Louis; Nick Goings, Carolina; Ahman Green, Houston; Andre Hall, Orleans; Josh Thomas, Indianapolis; John Thornton, Cincinnati;
Denver; Kay-Jay Harris, NY Giants; Maurice Hicks, Minnesota; this year that the league might act sation, according to the
Darwin Walker, Carolina; Gabe Watson (R), Arizona; Ellis Wyms,
Edgerrin James, Arizona; Rudi Johnson, Detroit; Deuce McAl- Minnesota; Brian Young, New Orleans; Jeff Zgonina, Houston.
on the topic during its May collective-bargaining agreement.
lister, New Orleans; Travis Minor, St. Louis; Montell Owens (R), Linebackers—Rufus Alexander, Indianapolis; Jason Babin, gathering. The CBA expires in 2011, and it is
Jacksonville; Chris Perry, Cincinnati; Andrew Pinnock, Denver; Kansas City; Rocky Boiman, Kansas City; Derrick Brooks, Tampa Several league sources said the not clear if an expanded season
Michael Pittman, Denver; P.J. Pope, Denver; Cecil Sapp, Houston; Bay; Khary Campbell, Washington; Anthony Cannon, Detroit;
Aaron Stecker, New Orleans; Selvin Young, Denver.
owners would not vote on adding would happen before then.
Dan Cody, Baltimore; Rosevelt Colvin, New England; Donte’
Wide receivers—Drew Bennett, St. Louis; Marty Booker, games to the regular season, and Goodell remarked last week at a
Curry, Carolina; Donnie Edwards, Kansas City; Keith Ellison (R),
Chicago; Drew Carter, Oakland; Jason Carter; Carolina; Keary Buffalo; Troy Evans, New Orleans; Gilbert Gardner, Chicago; New York Jets owner Woody Wall Street Journal forum that the
Colbert, Detroit; Jayson Foster, Denver; Malcom Floyd (R), Curtis Gatewood, Kansas City; Morlon Greenwood, Houston; Johnson also said there would be expansion of the season is unre-
San Diego; D.J. Hackett, Carolina; Dante Hall, St. Louis; Marvin Marques Harris, San Diego; Napoleon Harris, Minnesota; Abdul no vote. lated to the league possibly push-
Harrison, Indianapolis; Ike Hilliard, Tampa Bay; Darrell Jackson, Hodge (R), Cincinnati; Mike Humpal, Pittsburgh; Brad Kassell,
Denver; Nate Jackson, Denver; Matt Jones, Jacksonville; Joe Early last week, a league spokes- ing its schedule into February.
NY Jets; Jason Kyle, Carolina; Teddy Lehman, Buffalo; Paris
Jurevicius, Cleveland; Ashley Lelie, Oakland; Brandon Lloyd, Lenon, Detroit; Wesly Mallard, Seattle; Jim Maxwell, Cincinnati;
man said there would be no vote, “We’re not talking about adding
Chicago; Dane Looker, St. Louis; Ruvell Martin (R), Green Bay; Willie McGinest, Cleveland; Marques Murrell (R), NY Jets; Ryan but after commissioner Roger two more weeks,” Goodell said at
Anthony Mix, Tampa Bay; Ben Obomanu (R), Seattle; Tab Perry, Nece, Detroit; Shantee Orr, Cleveland; Antwan Peek, Cleveland; Goodell told SportsBusiness Journal the forum. “We’re talking about
Miami; Jerry Porter, Jacksonville; Kevin Robinson, Kansas City; Carlos Polk, Dallas; Junior Seau, New England; Matt Sinclair,
Koren Robinson, Seattle; Edell Shepherd, Denver; Travis Taylor, last week that the issue of a vote taking two preseason weeks and
Washington; Gary Stills, St. Louis; Terrell Suggs (F), Baltimore;
Detroit; Amani Toomer, NY Giants; Kelley Washington, New still was up in the air, the spokes- making those into regular-season
Dontarrious Thomas, Minnesota; Pisa Tinoisamoa, St. Louis;
England; Todd Watkins (R), Oakland; Harry Williams, Houston; Marcus Washington, Washington; Nate Webster, Denver. man deferred to Goodell’s com- weeks. So the length of our season
Reggie Williams, Jacksonville; Wallace Wright (R), NY Jets. Cornerbacks—David Barrett, NY Jets; Dre’Bly, Denver; Fakhir ment. As commissioner, Goodell wouldn’t really change. We have
Tight ends—Courtney Anderson, Houston; Adam Bergen,
Denver; Mark Bruener, Houston; Scott Chandler, San Diego;
Brown, St. Louis; Terry Cousin, Cleveland; Jason Craft, St. Louis; is in charge of the meeting talked about the idea where we
Travis Fisher, Detroit; Reynaldo Hill, Tennessee; Roderick Hood, agenda. should move the season later, out
Owen Daniels (R), Houston; Nate Lawrie, Cincinnati; Michael Arizona; William James, Jacksonville; Michael Lehan, New
Merritt, Kansas City; Chad Mustard, Denver; Leonard Pope (R), Orleans; Sam Madison, NY Giants; Ricky Manning Jr., St. Louis;
Many of the complexities of of August—when it’s not football
Arizona; Jeff Robinson, Seattle; Derek Schouman (R), Buffalo; Derrick Martin (R), Baltimore; Chris McAlister, Baltimore; Mike expanding from 16 games to either season—and move into a Septem-
Stephen Spach (R), Arizona; Daniel Wilcox, Baltimore; Kris McKenzie, New Orleans; R.W. McQuarters, NY Giants; Deltha 17 or 18 games have become highly ber-October-November-Decem-
Wilson, San Diego. O’Neal, New England; Dunta Robinson (F), Houston; Lewis
Offensive tackles—Tyson Clabo (R), Atlanta; Anthony Davis, visible, with labor implications ber-January period. And in that
Sanders, New England; Duane Starks, Jacksonville; Brandon
St. Louis; Jon Dunn, Detroit; Wayne Gandy, Atlanta; Kwame being among the key consider- case, if you did that, you would go
Sumrall, NY Giants; DeJuan Tribble, San Diego; Jason Webster,
Harris, Oakland; Jonas Jennings, San Francisco; Levi Jones, New England; Jimmy Williams, Houston; Stanley Wilson, Detroit. ations. New NFL Players Associa- AMY SANCETTA / AP into early February.”
Cincinnati; James Marten (R), Oakland; Fred Miller, Chicago; Rob Safeties—Oshiomogho Atogwe (F), St. Louis; Michael tion executive director DeMaurice Don’t expect NFL owners to vote on adding games to future regular-season schedules. In other business slated for next
Petitti, St. Louis; Jon Runyan, Philadelphia; Ephraim Salaam,
Houston; Charles Spencer, Jacksonville; Barry Stokes, New
Boulware, Minnesota; Mike Brown, Chicago; John Busing, Smith has talked about the need week’s meetings in Fort Lauder-
Cincinnati; Oliver Celestin, Kansas City; Corey Chavous, St. Louis; to understand the physical harm the potential of shortening of play- after year No. 4, potentially, he dale, Fla., the owners are expected
England; Mark Tauscher, Green Bay; Mark Wilson (R), Oakland; Keith Davis, Dallas; Will Demps, Houston; Mike Doss, Cincinnati;
Eric Young, Cleveland. Hiram Eugene, Oakland; Mike Green, Washington; Rodney
players face in extending the regu- ers’ careers.” would have played in 64 games. to choose the host of the 2013
Guards—Lennie Friedman, Cleveland; Adrian Jones, Kansas Harrison, New England; Terrence Holt, New Orleans; Dexter lar season. Condon also noted the impact Now, (in an 18-game schedule) it Super Bowl. New Orleans is con-
City; Pete Kendall, Washington; Matt Lentz, Detroit; Terrence Jackson, Cincinnati; Sammy Knight, NY Giants; Dawan Landry Top agents agreed. additional regular-season games would be 64 plus eight. There sidered the favorite, ahead of
Metcalf, Chicago; Edwin Mulitalo, Detroit; Chris Naeole, (R), Baltimore; Marquand Manuel, Denver; Marlon McCree,
Jacksonville; Tutan Reyes, Jacksonville; Grey Ruegamer, NY “The issue goes beyond if you could have on benefits and free would be eight more games for Miami and Glendale, Ariz.
Denver; Lawyer Milloy, Atlanta; Jarrad Page (R), Kansas City;
Giants; Kendall Simmons, Pittsburgh; Rob Sims (R), Seattle; play two more games you get two agency. potential injury. ” Owners also are expected to get
Pierson Prioleau, Jacksonville; Chris Reis (R), New Orleans;
Jason Whittle, Buffalo. Dwight Smith, Detroit; George Wilson (R), Buffalo; Cameron more paychecks,” said player “If you are playing two more Drew Rosenhaus, who repre- an update on looming labor talks
Centers—Brennen Carvalho, Green Bay; Jean-Philippe Darche, Worrell, Chicago. agent Tom Condon, head of the games a year, over a period of sents about 100 players, said he is with the union.
Kansas City; Melvin Fowler, Buffalo; Matt Lehr, New Orleans; SPECIAL TEAMS
Andy McCollum, Detroit; Jeremy Newberry, San Diego; Scott
football practice at CAA Sports. time, you could have an extra year curious about how players under —Daniel Kaplan and Liz Mullen are staff writers for
Kickers—John Carney, NY Giants; Matt Stover, Baltimore. “There would certainly have to be of credit towards benefits,” Con- long-term contracts negotiated SportsBusiness Journal. E-mail them
Peters, Arizona; Bryan Pittman, Houston; Cory Withrow, St. Punters—Mitch Berger, Pittsburgh; Mike Dragosavich,
Louis. Indianapolis; Sam Koch (R), Baltimore; Kyle Larson, Cincinnati; a consideration for the health risk, don said. “For a rookie player who during a 16-game regular season at dkaplan@sportsbusinessjournal.com and
Ryan Plackemeier, Cincinnati. the additional wear and tear and normally would reach free agency would be paid if two more regu- lmullen@sportsbusinessjournal.com.
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INSIDE DISH
NASCAR consultant: Mayfield tested
positive for ‘drug of great concern’
NASCAR reviews all positive
drug tests to determine whether
there was a legitimate need for a
person to have a certain amount of
any drug in his system, and owner/
driver Jeremy Mayfield tested positive
for a “drug of great concern to
NASCAR,” NASCAR’s consultant,
Dr. David Black, said Monday.
Black is an internationally recog-
nized forensic toxicologist and
president of Aegis Sciences Corp.,
which conducts the testing for
NASCAR and is one of the largest
independent sports doping test lab-
oratories in the world. He has
worked with NASCAR officials in
creation of its drug-testing
program.
Neither NASCAR officials nor
Black would name the drug May-
field tested positive for earlier this
month that resulted in the indefi-
nite suspension NASCAR handed
out Saturday.
Mayfield, in a statement issued
by his team, said he believed a mix
of prescription and over-the-coun-
ter drugs resulted in the positive
test.
“We had a drug of great concern
to NASCAR,” Black said in a phone
interview Monday. “In all my expe-
rience, a combination of over-the-
counter drug plus a prescription
drug would not have necessarily
caused this positive test result.
“I’m very confident and comfort-
able with the action taken.”
— Bob Pockrass, SceneDaily.com
Roush Fenway Racing gas man
Ben Williams, who was suspended by
NASCAR last week for violating its
substance-abuse policy, has
CJ DRIGGERS / AP
Jeremy Mayfield
resigned and is no longer with the
team.
Williams served on the crew of
the team’s No. 16 Nationwide Series
Ford, but a team spokesperson said
he has resigned. The team had no
other comment.
— Lee Montgomery, SceneDaily.com
Exide Batteries will sponsor
Camping World Truck Series
points leader Mike Skinner for an addi-
tional seven races this season,
Randy Moss Motorsports
announced.
In addition, Exide will serve as
an associate sponsor for the remain-
der of the season on both RMM
Toyotas, the No. 5 driven by Skin-
ner and the No. 81 driven by Tayler
Malsam, who leads the points for
Raybestos Rookie of the Year.
The company has already been
the primary sponsor in three races
with Skinner.
— SceneDaily.com
NASCAR
While there are some changes to Darlington Raceway, including the number of times the Sprint Cup Series races there, ‘The Track Too Tough To Tame’ is still a test for the drivers.
What’s not to like about Darlington?
It’s not Las Vegas—far from it.
But if NASCAR is serious about
returning to its roots, those roots
aren’t hard to find. They grow deep
at Darlington.
For 51 weeks a year, Darlington
and nearby Florence, S.C., are little
more than places
to change high-
ways on the way
to Myrtle Beach.
Even during
race week, which
currently ends
with the South-
Reid Spencer ern 500 on the
THE COOL DOWN LAP eve of Mothers
Day, there’s not a
lot to do in Darlington. Fans who
make the annual pilgrimage to the
asymmetrical, egg-shaped track,
however, are there for a singular
purpose—to watch some of the best
racing NASCAR has to offer.
Darlington is a place that gets
under a driver’s skin. A frustrated
Kyle Petty once suggested filling the
track with water and stocking it
with bass.
“Well, it’s not one of my top five
(favorites)—I can promise you that,”
Clint Bowyer said diplomatically
the day before the race.
Today’s Darlington, mind you,
isn’t the same track that bullied and
befuddled drivers 30 or 40 years
ago. Repaved in time for last year’s
race, the surface is far kinder to tires
than it used to be, as was evidenced
by the frequency of two-tire and
fuel-only calls in the pits on Satur-
day night.
Ultimately, Mark Martin won the
race by staying out on old tires—an
impossibility in the old days, when
the abrasive asphalt would chew
the “good” off the tires in fewer than
10 laps.
The frontstretch is now the back-
stretch, and pit road is now on the
side of the racetrack farthest from
Highway 151. Much has changed
over the years at the Lady in Black,
but the soul of the place is still there.
There’s a saying in professional
golf that the difficulty of a U.S. Open
setup identifies the best players in
the world. Similarly, the crucible of
Darlington identifies the best driv-
ers. Scan the list of winners at “The
Track Too Tough To Tame,” and
you’ll find the absolute cream of the
sport.
And if you don’t think racing at
Darlington is as intense as ever, just
ask Cup champion Jimmie
Johnson.
“This is so tough,” Johnson said
Saturday after trailing Martin to the
finish line. “The speeds are so high.
Track position’s everything. …
Every position that you go for out
there, you’ve just got to gouge and
bang and run people over and fight
with each other and run into each
other under caution. It was abso-
lutely out of control out there.”
For those who measure the qual-
ity of racing by green-flag passes for
the lead or by drag races to the fin-
ish line, Darlington was a disap-
pointment this year, but to look at
the Southern 500 only in those
terms is short-sighted.
There was plenty of hard racing
and plenty of passing for position.
Martin had to work his way back
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2009 34
HAROLD HINSON FOR SN
toward the front after a mistake on
pit road. Tony Stewart and Jeff Gor-
don, who finished third and fifth,
respectively, fought hard for those
final positions after late two-tire pit
stops.
Greg Biffle, who dominated the
middle stages of the race and at one
point opened a lead of more than
eight seconds, needed a banzai run
in the closing laps—after a spin off
Turn 4 on Lap 296—to rescue an
eighth-place result.
Sure, Darlington is different now.
So is the Southern 500, which used
to be run on a hot, sticky Sunday
before Labor Day, instead of on a
warm Saturday night in May. But
one glance at the red-and-white
throwback walls in Turns 3 and
4—with the solid black stripe from
contact with the right sidewalls of
the Cup cars’ tires running from the
entry to the exit—provided a clear
reminder that the essence of the
place is flourishing—and that
there’s still much to treasure there.
— Reid Spencer writes for
the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
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Bitter’s barrage of goals highlight first round
BY SEAN BURNS
InsideLacrosse.com
After watching all eight men’s
Division I lacrosse games Saturday
and Sunday with Terry Foy for his
running blog on InsideLacrosse.
com, here’s a list of superlatives
from the NCAA Tournament’s
first round.
Player of the Weekend
Billy Bitter, North Carolina
The sophomore’s eight goals
came in a game that his team won
by two, so this had the dual qualifi-
cation of being an obscene perfor-
mance and being pretty key to his
team’s advancing to the NCAA
Quarterfinals.
Bitter tied UNC’s school record
for single-game goals and helped
cement coach Joe Breschi’s first
season at his alma mater as an
unequivocal success.
‘Welcome to the
Big Show’ Award
Cody Jamieson, Syracuse
After much ballyhoo, the former
Onondaga Community College
superstar finally got some serious
minutes in his third game for the
Orange after receiving his eligibil-
ity clearance from the NCAA in
late April. He had three goals and
an assist in the win over Siena.
It wasn’t a polished performance,
but if you’re a ’Cuse fan, you have
to like seeing what he can do going
down the stretch. Reminds me a bit
of a stud rookie pitcher called up in
September for a pennant drive.
Lacrosse
about Maryland has been how its
talented roster hasn’t put it all
together. Between Grant Catalino’s
shift to midfield and Bryn Holmes
completely taking Ryan Hoff out of
the picture, the Terps gave Syra-
cuse coach John Desko something
to stress over heading to Hofstra
next week.
Phil Esposito Award
Kyle Hollingsworth, Brown
Just when all hope seemed lost
for Brown against Johns Hopkins,
Hollingsworth dove after a loose
ball in front of the net and slapped
it by Jays goalie Mike Gvozden to
knot the score at 10 with eight sec-
PEYTON WILLIAMS/ACCPHOTOS.COM onds remaining.
UNC’s Billy Bitter scored eight goals Saturday. Of course, Brian Christopher did
his Brian Christopher thing in OT
‘So THAT’S What (third overtime game-winner in
You Can Do’ Award Hopkins’s last four games) and
sent the Jays to the quarterfinals.
Maryland Terrapins But Hollingsworth’s diving, tem-
Speaking of ballyhoo, the Terps porarily season-saving slap shot
finally came up big, smothering was the highlight of the first
unbeaten Notre Dame on the road round.
for a 7-3 win. All season, the lament
Poise Under Fire Award
Brent Herbst, Siena
Sure, maybe he nearly doubled
Games to watch his regular-season goals against
average (6.01) in the 11-4 loss, but
Quarterfinal matchups
Saturday @ Hofstra the Saints goalie kept them in the
No. 4 Princeton vs. No. 5 game far deeper than a lot of folks
Cornell, noon thought they would manage, mak-
Maryland vs. No. 2 Syracuse, ing 11 saves (several of the jaw-
2:30 p.m. dropping variety).
Sunday @ Navy
As Foy pointed out in his IL blog,
No. 1 Virginia vs. No. 8 Hopkins,
noon
the difference in this game was
No. 3 Duke vs. No. 6 UNC,
team speed and athleticism, but
Herbst really gave Siena a legiti-
2:30 p.m.
mate shot with his performance.
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Roadblocks cleared for Rachel Alexandra
LOUISVILLE, KY.—Rachel Alexandra is
in the Preakness. Finally. Probably.
The superstar filly will get her
chance to run with the boys during
Saturday’s second jewel of the Triple
Crown after a series of potential road-
blocks were lifted over the weekend.
Pimlico vice president Mike Gath-
agan said Monday there are 13
horses, including Rachel Alexan-
dra, expected to enter the 1 3-16-mile
race. The field will be set by noon
Wednesday, with the draw at 5 p.m.
The almost certain entry of the
Kentucky Oaks winner saves the
industry from a public relations
nightmare after several owners—
including Mine That Bird’s Mark
Allen and Pioneerof the Nile’s
Ahmed Zayat—considered taking
steps to keep the 3-year-old filly
from joining the field, which is
capped at 14.
Allen said Monday he toyed with
the idea of putting unheralded Indy
Express into the Preakness to take
up one of the starting spots from
Rachel Alexandra. Zayat briefly
weighed doing the same with one of
the more than 20 horses he nomi-
nated to the Triple Crown.
Triple Crown rules give starting
preference to horses pre-nominated
to the series. Rachel Alexandra was
not nominated by previous owner
Dolphus Morrison, meaning new
owner Jess Jackson will have to pay
a $100,000 supplement fee to put
her up for consideration.
Normally that isn’t a problem. It
briefly became one Sunday when it
appeared 14 horses already pre-
nominated to the race would make
the field, leaving Rachel Alexandra
134TH PREAKNESS
Calvin Borel should have the opportunity to ride Kentucky Oaks winner Rachel Alexandra after all.
on the outside looking in.
The potential replacements weren’t
exactly world beaters, either.
Indy Express is winless in nine
career starts, with career earnings
of $12,618. While Allen thinks the
horse has talent, he chose to keep
Indy Express out of the race because
he simply didn’t have the same cre-
dentials as Rachel Alexandra.
“To do it with a maiden ain’t
Horse Racing / Soccer
MORRY GASH / AP
right,” Allen said.
Allen’s concerns were profes-
sional, not personal.
If Rachel Alexandra missed the
Preakness, it would mean Mine
That Bird could retain jockey Cal-
vin Borel. The 42-year-old Borel
made a riveting trip along the rail,
riding the 50-1 long shot on a frantic
last-to-first dash to win the Ken-
tucky Derby on May 2.
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
UEFA rejects Barcelona,
Borel has already agreed to ride
Rachel Alexandra for the rest of the
year. The duo are unbeaten in five
Manchester United appeals
starts since he took over as her jockey NYON, SWITZERLAND—European
last fall, including a 20¼-length win soccer’s governing body upheld
in the Oaks on May 1. the decisions ruling out Man-
Allen said Mike Smith, who won chester United’s Darren Fletcher
the 2005 Kentucky Derby with Gia- and Barcelona’s Eric Abidal and
como, will ride Mine That Bird if Dani Alves from the Champions
Borel is on Rachel Alexandra. League final.
“That’s a pretty good backup UEFA’s disciplinary committee
plan,” he said with a laugh. “We’re rejected both clubs’ appeals Mon-
not crying in our beer right now.” day to let the suspended players
Borel spent a little time on Mine compete in the May 27 final in
That Bird on Monday morning, put- Rome.
ting the gelding through a half-mile UEFA said both teams missed
workout in a leisurely 49.20 sec- deadlines to appeal within 24
onds. The horse is expected to travel hours of the games last week. But, ANDRES KUDACKI / AP
to Pimlico on Tuesday. UEFA added, even if the appeals Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta, right, is hopeful
Rachel Alexandra will likely ship were made on time they would that a thigh injury won’t sideline him.
on Wednesday, and she’ll almost have been rejected because there
certainly have a starting gate after were no grounds for contesting during Barcelona’s 3-3 draw the
Zayat decided against entering the referees’ decisions. previous day with Villarreal was
another of his Triple Crown nomi- Fletcher was sent off after tack- only “a small tear.”
nated horses. ling Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas in Measuring the tear at 2 centi-
— The Associated Press last Tuesday’s semifinal second meters (0.8 inches) in length,
leg. Fletcher connected with the Barcelona would only say that
NTRA 3YO Thoroughbred poll ball first but his momentum “doctors will be working to get
NEW YORK—The NTRA 3-Year-Old brought down the Spaniard. Iniesta fit for the final.”
Thoroughred Poll, ranking leading 3-year-old Abidal was ejected when Chel- The club had already said Ini-
contenders. The Top 10, ranked on a 10-9-8-7- sea’s Nicolas Anelka went down esta will miss Wednesday’s Copa
6-5-4-3-2-1 point scale, is based on the votes
of thoroughbred racing media representatives after a challenge last Wednesday, del Rey final against Athletic
with first place votes in parentheses, records though TV replays suggested Bilbao.
through May 10, points and previous rank (Sex:
C-colt, G-gelding, F-filly, M-mare): there was no contact. Iniesta scored Barcelona’s late
Alves received a yellow card equalizer last Wednesday to earn
S St 1-2-3 Pts Pvs that triggered a ban because of Barcelona a 1-1 draw at Chelsea
1. Rachel Alexandra (17) F 4 4-0-0 188 1
2. Pioneerof the Nile C 3 3-0-0 143 2 past infractions. and passage into the Champions
3. Mine That Bird (2) G 3 1-1-0 142 3 League final
4. Quality Road C 3 2-1-0 110 5
5. I Want Revenge C 3 2-0-1 108 4 BARCELONA, SPAIN—Barcelona Barcelona is expected to face
6. Musket Man C 5 3-0-2 106 6 midfielder Andres Iniesta defending champion United
7. Papa Clem C 4 1-2-0 84 7
8. Friesan Fire C 4 3-0-0 48 9
believes he will overcome his without suspended defenders
9. Charitable Man C 2 1-0-0 29 — right thigh muscle injury and Eric Abidal and Daniel Alves
10. Chocolate Candy C 4 2-1-0 27 8 play in the Champions League together with injured Rafael Mar-
Other Horses Receiving Votes: General final against Manchester United. quez, while striker Thierry Henry
Quarters 12; Hull 11; Mr. Fantasy 9; Big Drama 8; Iniesta reportedly said after is doubtful with a right knee
Summer Bird 6; The Pamplemousse 5; Dunkirk 4;
Join In The Dance 1; Justwhistledixie 1; Mythical undergoing tests on Monday—his injury.
Power 1; Square Eddie 1; Stardom Bound 1. 25th birthday—that his injury — The Associated Press
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PGA Tour schedule
Jan. 8-11 — Mercedes-Benz Championship (Geoff Ogilvy)
Jan. 15-18 — Sony Open in Hawaii (Zach Johnson)
Jan. 21-25 — Bob Hope Chrysler Classic (Pat Perez)
Jan. 29-Feb. 1 — FBR Open (Kenny Perry)
Feb. 5-8 — Buick Invitational (Nick Watney)
Feb. 12-15 — AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am (Dustin
Johnson)
Feb. 19-22 — Northern Trust Open (Phil Mickelson)
Feb. 25-March 1 — WGC-Accenture Match Play
Championship (Geoff Ogilvy)
Feb. 25-March 1 — Mayakoba Golf Classic (Mark Wilson)
March 5-8 — The Honda Classic (Y.E. Yang)
March 12-15 — WGC-CA Championship, (Phil Mickelson)
March 12-15 — Puerto Rico Open (Michael Bradley)
March 19-22 — Transitions Championship (Retief Goosen)
March 26-29 — Arnold Palmer Invitational (Tiger Woods)
April 2-5 — Shell Houston Open (Paul Casey)
April 9-12 — The Masters (Angel Cabrera)
April 16-19 — Verizon Heritage (Brian Gay)
April 23-26 — Zurich Classic of New Orleans (Jerry Kelly)
April 30-May 3 — Quail Hollow Championship (Sean
O’Hair)
May 7-10 — The Players Championship (Henrik Stenson)
Thursday-Sunday — Valero Texas Open, La Cantera Golf
Club (Resort Course), San Antonio
May 21-24 — HP Byron Nelson Championship, TPC Four
Seasons Resort, Irving, Texas
May 28-31 — Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial,
Colonial CC, Fort Texas, Texas
June 4-7 — The Memorial Tournament, Muirfield Village
GC, Dublin, Ohio
June 11-14 — Stanford St. Jude Championship, TPC
Southwind, Memphis, Tenn.
June 18-21 U.S. Open, Bethpage State Park (Black Course),
Farmingdale, N.Y.
June 25-28 — Travelers Championship, TPC River
Highlands, Cromwell, Conn.
July 2-5 — AT&T National, Congressional CC (Blue Course),
Bethesda, Md.
July 9-12 — John Deere Classic, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Ill.
July 16-19 — The Open Championship, Turnberry (Ailsa
Course), Turnberry, Scotland
July 16-19 — U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee,
Brown Deer Park GC, Milwaukee
July 23-26 — RBC Canadian Open, Glen Abbey GC,
Oakville, Ontario
July 30-Aug. 2 — Buick Open, Warwick Hills G and CC,
Grand Blanc, Mich.
Aug. 6-9 — WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Firestone CC,
Akron, Ohio
Aug. 6-9 — Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, Montreux G and
CC, Reno, Nev.
Aug. 13-16 — PGA Championship, Hazeltine National GC,
Chaska, Minn.
Aug. 20-23 — Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield CC,
Greensboro, N.C.
Aug. 27-30 — The Barclays, Liberty National GC, Jersey
City, N.J.
Sept. 4-7 — Deutsche Bank Championship, TPC Boston,
Norton, Mass.
Sept. 10-13 — BMW Championship, Cog Hill GC, Lemont,
Ill.
Sept. 24-27 — The Tour Championship, East Lake GC,
Atlanta
Oct. 1-4 — Turning Stone Restort Chamnpionship,
Atunyote GC at Turning Stone Resort, Verona, N.Y.
Oct. 8-11 — The Presidents Cup, Harding Park GC, San
Francisco
Oct. 15-18 — Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for
Children Open, TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas
Oct. 22-25 — Frys.com Open, Grayhawk GC, Scottlsdale,
Ariz.
Oct. 29-Nov. 1 — Viking Classic, Annandale GC, Madison,
Miss.
Nov. 12-15 — Children’s Miracle Network Classic, Walt
Disney World Resort (Magnolia Course, Palm Course),
Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Williams exits
with knee injury
MADRID—Serena Williams pulled out of the
Madrid Open on Monday after aggravating an
injury to her right knee during a first-round
match against Francesca Schiavone.
The second-seeded Williams retired after los-
ing the first set 6-4. She declined to detail the
extent of the problem, but said it would not keep
her out of the upcoming French Open.
“It’s not going to stop me playing in Paris,”
Williams said. “I didn’t want to risk my chances
to play Roland Garros. I don’t know how seri-
ous it is, but I don’t want it to get worse.”
Williams, who had difficulty bending her
right knee, said she had made too many com-
mitments with her schedule this year and was
paying the price.
“I was just really hindered. My movement
was hindered as a result of an injury I’ve been
struggling with for some time,” Williams said.
Third-seeded Elena Dementieva of Russia
took a little over an hour to defeat Lourdes
Dominguez Lino —the last Spanish woman
left in the Open—6-3, 6-2.
In the men’s draw, No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
of France defeated former Wimbledon cham-
pion Marat Safin of Russia 6-4, 7-5. Spain’s
David Ferrer, seeded 12th, beat Guillermo
Canas of Argentina 6-2, 6-2.
Tsonga said he was pleased with his attack-
ing game but acknowledged he needed to
improve to climb the rankings.
“I played good offensive tennis with some
aggressive shots,” he said, adding that as a boy
he rooted for Safin.
“He played some great matches at Roland
Garros and was like an idol of mine. It was spe-
cial to play against him.”
After struggling through two injury-plagued
seasons, two-time Grand Slam champion
Amelie Mauresmo of France continued her
recent solid play, beating Ai Sugiyama of Japan
in straight sets. The 2006 Australian Open
and Wimbledon champion beat the Japanese
player 6-2, 6-4.
— The Associated Press
Golf / Tennis
WTA World Tour rankings
1. Dinara Safina, Russia, 9,011 points
2. Serena Williams, United States, 8,053
3. Venus Williams, United States, 7,452
4. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 7,330
5. Elena Dementieva, Russia, 6,991
6. Vera Zvonareva, Russia, 5,890
7. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 5,206
8. Ana Ivanovic, Serbia, 4,894
9. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 4,506
10. Nadia Petrova, Russia, 3,840
11. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 3,790
12. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, 3,686
13. Marion Bartoli, France, 3,304
14. Flavia Pennetta, Italy, 3,210
15. Alize Cornet, France, 2,665
16. Zheng Jie, China, 2,609
17. Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, 2,505
18. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, 2,415
19. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, 2,410
20. Patty Schnyder, Switzerland, 2,377
21. Amelie Mauresmo, France, 2216
22. Anna Chakvetadze, Russia, 2056
23. Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, 1971
24. Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenia, 1874
25. Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, 1814
26. Alisa Kleybanova, Russia, 1810
27. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 1757
28. Li Na, China, 1756
29. Sybille Bammer, Austria, 1714
30. Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, 1687
31. Samantha Stosur, Australia, 1638
32. Shuai Peng, China, 1576
33. Ai Sugiyama, Japan, 1556
34. Virginie Razzano, France, 1553
35. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, 1546
36. Sara Errani, Italy, 1488
37. Sabine Lisicki, Germany, 1475
38. Agnes Szavay, Hungary, 1469
39. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 1464
40. Sorana Cirstea, Romania, 1451
41. Maria Kirilenko, Russia, 1438
42. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, 1432
43. Gisela Dulko, Argentina, 1414
44. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 1351
45. Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 1346
46. Alona Bondarenko, Ukraine, 1290
47. Tszvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 1249
48. Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand, 1236
DANIEL OCHOA DE OLZA / AP 49. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, 1226
50. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, 1224
A right knee injury forced Serena Williams out of the Madrid Open.
Women, First Round
Mutua Madrilena Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, 4-6, 6-2,
Masters/Open results 6-4.
Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia,
At Recinto Ferial Casa de Campo, Madrid 7-6 (12), 5-7, 6-1.
Purse: Men, $5.04 million (WT1000); Women, $4.5 million (Premier) Peng Shuai, China, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 6-1, 7-6 (2).
Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, def. Gisela Dulko, Argentina, 7-6 (7), 6-1.
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles Amelie Mauresmo, France, def. Ai Sugiyama, Japan, 6-2, 6-4.
Francesca Schiavone, Italy, def. Serena Williams (2), United States, 6-4
Men, First Round
retired.
Mardy Fish, United States, def. Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 7-6 (3), 6-4.
Florent Serra, France, def. Rainer Schuettler, Germany, 6-2, 6-4. Caroline Wozniacki (9), Denmark, def. Shahar Peer, Israel, 5-4 retired.
Oscar Hernandez, Spain, def. Martin Vassallo Arguello, Argentina, 6-3, Second Round
6-3. Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Virginie Razzano, France, 7-5, 6-3.
Nadia Petrova (8), Russia, def. Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, 4-6,
David Ferrer (12), Spain, def. Guillermo Canas, Argentina, 6-2, 6-2.
Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia, def. Teimuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 6-3, 6-2. 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5).
Patty Schnyder, Switzerland, def. Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, 6-2, 6-4.
Robin Soderling, Sweden, def. Ivan Navarro, Spain, 6-4, 6-2.
Anna Chakvetadze, Russia, def. Samantha Stosur, Australia, 1-6, 6-2,
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9), France, def. Marat Safin, Russia, 6-4, 7-5.
Simone Bolelli, Italy, def. Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentina, 7-5, 7-6 (3). 7-6 (4).
Tommy Haas, Germany, def. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 6-2, 5-7, 7-5. Elena Dementieva (3), Russia, def. Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain, 6-3,
Stanislas Wawrinka (11), Switzerland, def. Marco Crugnola, Italy, 6-2, 6-2.
6-0.
Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, def. Nicolas Almagro, Spain, 6-3, 6-4.
Juan Monaco, Argentina, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, 6-4, 7-5.
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2009 37
ATP World Tour rankings
1. Rafael Nadal, Spain, 15360
2. Roger Federer, Switzerland, 10170
3. Andy Murray, Scotland, 8990
4. Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 8920
5. Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, 4720
6. Andy Roddick, United States, 4040
7. Gilles Simon, France, 4030
8. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 3900
9. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 3455
10. Gael Monfils, France, 3310
11. Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 3265
12. Fernando Gonzalez, Chile, 2945
13. David Ferrer, Spain, 2645
14. Marin Cilic, Croatia, 2635
15. David Nalbandian, Argentina, 2455
16. James Blake, United States, 2370
17. Tommy Robredo, Spain, 2350
18. Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, 2135
19. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 2090
20. Marat Safin, Russia, 2015
21. Richard Gasquet, France, 1935
21. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 1935
23. Robin Soderling, Sweden, 1880
24. Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, 1840
25. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 1770
26. Mardy Fish, United States, 1760
27. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 1735
28. Albert Montanes, Spain, 1724
29. Nicolas Kiefer, Germany, 1690
29. Igor Andreev, Russia, 1690
31. Rainer Schuettler, Germany, 1635
32. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, 1620
33. Victor Hanescu, Romania, 1556
34. Nicolas Almagro, Spain, 1515
35. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 1510
36. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 1490
36. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 1490
38. Mario Ancic, Croatia, 1475
39. Igor Kunitsyn, Russia, 1468
40. Jeremy Chardy, France, 1461
41. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 1457
42. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 1370
43. Fabrice Santoro, France, 1287
44. Jose Acasuso, Argentina, 1270
45. Julien Benneteau, France, 1265
46. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 1250
47. Juan Monaco, Argentina, 1240
48. Carlos Moya, Spain, 1225
49. Martin Vassallo Arguello, Argentina, 1209
50. Marc Gicquel, France, 1203
Doubles
Men, First Round
Frantisek Cermak, Czech Republic, and Michal Mertinak, Slovakia, def.
Julian Knowle and Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 6-2, 7-5.
Stephen Huss, Australia, and Ross Hutchins, Britain, def. Pablo Andujar
and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 4-6, 7-5, 10-7 tiebreak.
Women, First Round
Alla Kudryavtseva and Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, def. Sorana Cirstea,
Romania, and Vladimira Uhlirova, Czech Republic, 2-6, 7-6 (2), 10-3
tiebreak.
Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, def. Akgul Amanmuradova,
Uzbekistan, and Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand, 3-6, 6-1, 10-6 tiebreak.
Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Janette Husarova, Slovakia, def. Maria
Kirilenko, Russia, and Flavia Pennetta (6), Italy, 4-3 retired.
Vania King, United States, and Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. Vera
Dushevina, Russia, and Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 7-5.
Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (5), Spain, def.
Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-2.
Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, and Ai Sugiyama (7), Japan, def. Nathalie
Dechy, France, and Mara Santangelo, Italy, 6-4, 6-3.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Nadia Petrova, Russia, def.
Alisa Kleybanova, Russia, and Peng Shuai, China, 6-4, 6-1.
Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, and Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Anna-Lena
Groenefeld, Germany, and Patty Schnyder (8), Switzerland, 6-2, 7-6 (3).
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IN BRIEF Baseball America TRANSACTIONS
Top 25 poll
Reinbold team deals with nightmare at Indy DURHAM, N.C.—The top 25 teams in the Baseball
America poll with records through May 10 and
BASEBALL
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX: Purchased the contract of LHP Jimmy
BUFFALO SABRES: Signed D Tyler Myers to a three-year
contract.
COLORADO AVALANCHE: Signed D Cameron Gaunce and G
INDIANAPOLIS—IndyCar team co- previous ranking (voting by the staff of Baseball Gobble from Charlotte (IL). Optioned RHP Jose Contreras to Trevor Cann.
America): Charlotte. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING: Promoted Rich Tocchet from interim
owner Dennis Reinbold walked Record Pvs CLEVELAND INDIANS: Agreed to terms with RHP Blaine Neal coach to head coach and signed him to a multiyear contract.
from pit row to the garage, rubbing 1. UC Irvine 37-11 1 on a minor league contract and assigned him to Columbus American Hockey League
his aching head after the first week- 2. Louisiana State 38-13 3 (IL). SYRACUSE CRUNCH: Announced Columbus (NHL) re-signed
3. Arizona State 38-11 5 National League coach Ross Yates and assistant coach Trent Cull.
end of Indianapolis 500 qualifying. 4. Rice 33-13 2
HOUSTON ASTROS: Optioned C J.R. Towles to Round Rock (PCL). International Hockey League
No wonder, after this washout. 5. Cal State Fullerton 36-13 6
SAN DIEGO PADRES: Recalled OF Drew Macias from Portland MUSKEGON LUMBERJACKS: Announced the resignation of
6. Texas 36-12 8
Reinbold came to Indy with four 7. Georgia Tech 33-12 9 (PCL). Optioned LHP Arturo Lopez to Portland. coach Bruce Ramsay.
drivers, but just one has qualified—in 8. North Carolina 38-13 4 American Association LACROSSE
9. Mississippi 37-15 7 GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS: Signed C Cody Merrell. Traded RHP Major League Lacrosse
the last of 22 spots claimed so far— 10. Virginia 37-10 13 Jeff Jamnik to Sioux City for a player to be named. Traded BOSTON CANNONS: Placed M JJ Morrissey on waivers.
another wound up in the hospital and 11. Kansas State 38-13 10 OF Drew Holder to the Laredo (UL) for a player to be named. CHICAGO MACHINE: Placed G Christopher Bluse, M Brian
a third had a dangerously close call. 12. Alabama 35-15 21 Released LHP Justin Garcia and OF Chris Petrie. Clayton, M Matt Dasinger, M Patrick Hogan, A Towbey
13. Florida 35-17 11 FORT WORTH CATS: Released INF Jason Diaz and C Kent Wright. Kassa, M Christopher Keating, A Nicholas Marks, M Nicholas
So instead of spending this week 14. Texas Christian 31-14 15
LINCOLN SALTDOGS: Released RHP Ryan Trytten. Schimdt and M Doug Shanahan on waivers.
tuning up for race day, the Dreyer & STEVE METZ / AP 15. Oklahoma 37-16 18
PENSACOLA PELICANS: Signed INF Dallas Christison and OF DENVER OUTLAWS: Traded M Geoff Snider to Toronto for a
16. Texas A&M 33-18 14
Reinbold team will go back to work Dreyer & Reinbold team member Mike Conwayspent Sunday in the hospital after this crash. 17. Florida State 36-14 16 Adam Deleo. 2010 third-round collegiate draft pick. Placed A Nick Carlson,
repairing cars, revising schedules 18. Cal Poly 33-15 12 ST. PAUL SAINTS: Signed C Chris Herbert. Released C Tommy M Brett Hamilton-Koll, D Brett Moyer, A Jonathan Paulson, D
and figuring out solutions. down the track and almost into the be together, then the next day is 19. Clemson 34-17 20 Bryant. Alexander Pritzlaff, M Jason Rostan, D Matthew Scanlon, M
20. East Carolina 37-15 24 SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CAPTAINS: Signed RHP BJ Litchfield. Peter Striebel and M Michael Unterstein on waivers.
“It’s not a scramble, but we had path of the oncoming Graham steeper,” Armstrong said. “Tomor- 21. Minnesota 33-14 NR Traded RHP Matt Clayman to Edinburg (UL) for future LONG ISLAND LIZARDS: Placed A Derek Cherney, M Josh Cit-
some other things we’d rather be Rahal during the afternoon. Rahal row’s not that steep. If, like Ivan 22. Elon 36-14 NR considerations. tadino, M James Ireland, M Brian Jacovina, G Kevin Keenan,
23. Louisville 36-14 NR
working on,” Reinbold said Sunday avoided contact by diving hard said, there are close to 20 guys, I 24. Miami 32-18 19
SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS: Signed INF Derek Schermerhorn. D Ricky Smith and M Robert Trasolini on waivers.
night. inside, spinning his own No. 02 car would think I might be there. 25. Missouri 30-23 NR
Released LHP Tim Huber. TORONTO NATIONALS: Placed A John Grant, D Dan Cocoziello,
WICHITA WINGNUTS: Signed INF Pat Brooks. M Dan Brennan, D Ryan Cousins, M Will Dalton, M Shawn
Reinbold forged a partnership before rolling safely to a stop with Down to five or six guys, I wouldn’t Can-Am League Evans, D Kyle Point, M Jeff Shattler, D Joe Smith, A Daryl
with seven-time NASCAR champion 75 minutes left in the session. be there right now.” Collegiate Baseball poll AMERICAN DEFENDERS: Signed LHP Mark Romanczuk. Veltman, A Andrew Watt and D Taylor Wray on waivers.
Richard Petty to put John Andretti in — The Associated Press TUCSON, ARIZ.—The Collegiate Baseball poll with BROCKTON ROX: Released RHP Greg Bunn. WASHINGTON BAYHAWKS: Placed M Devon Britts, M Ryan
records through May 10, points and previous
the cockpit, found enough sponsor- LPGA ranking. Voting is done by coaches, sports writers
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
Cranston, D Sean Dougherty, M Joshua Funk, D Kyle Hartzell,
G Joey Kemp, M Brekan Kohlitz, A Michael Phipps and D
ship to add the popular Milka Duno LYTHAM ST. ANNES, ENGLAND—Hawaii and sports information directors: GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS: Announced executive vice presi- Thomas Zichelli on waivers.
and sentimental favorite Davey golfer Michelle Wie will play at the Major League Soccer 1. U.C. Irvine
Record Pts
37-11 492
Pvs
1
dent of basketball operations Chris Mullin’s contract won’t TENNIS
Hamilton to his lineup and still man- Women’s British Open this summer. EASTERN CONFERENCE 2. Louisiana St. 38-14 485 3 be renewed. Named Larry Riley general manager. INTERNATIONAL TENNIS FEDERATION: Suspended Richard
W L T Pts GF GA 3. Arizona St. 38-11 483 4 PHILADELPHIA 76ERS: Announced interim coach Tony DiLeo Gasquet until his hearing for testing positive for cocaine at
aged to keep his full-time driver, The LPGA Tour rookie confirmed D.C. 3 1 5 14 15 13 withdrew his name from consideration as coach for the the Sony Ericsson Open.
4. North Carolina 38-13 482 2
25-year-old rookie Mike Conway. Monday she will be in the field at Toronto FC 3 2 4 13 13 13 5. Cal. St. Fullerton 36-13 480 5 2009-10 season and will return to his previous position as COLLEGE
Chicago 2 0 6 12 14 11
But with only one of his four cars Royal Lytham on July 30-Aug. 2. Kansas City 3 4 2 11 12 12
6. Texas 36-12-1 477 8 senior vice president and assistant general manager. DELAWARE: Named Bernard Muir director of athletics and
7. Florida St. 36-14 475 6 TORONTO RAPTORS: Signed coach Jay Triano to a three-year recreation services.
claiming a spot among the top 22, The 19-year-old Wie finished third New England 2 2 3 9 6 12
8. Georgia Tech. 33-12-1 474 10
New York 2 5 2 8 9 11 contract. JAMES MADISON: Named Rachel Chupein women’s assistant
Reinbold’s team has real problems. at the Women’s British Open in 2005. Columbus 1 2 5 8 11 14 9. Rice 33-13 472 7
Women’s National Basketball Association soccer coach.
It has to rebuild the damaged No. 10. Alabama 35-15 469 23
11. Florida 35-17 467 9
MINNESOTA LYNX: Signed F Kamesha Hairston and C Aisha LYON: Announced the resignation of athletic director and
24 car of England’s Conway, who Cycling WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA 12. Virginia 37-10-1 466 11 Mohammed. baseball coach Kirk Kelley, to become baseball coach at
crashed hard into the wall just VALDOBBIADENE, ITALY—Lance Arm- Chivas USA 7 1 1 22 12 3 13. Mississippi 37-15 463 12 WASHINGTON MYSTICS: Released G Coco Miller. Oklahoma Wesleyan. Named Kevin Jenkins interim athletic
Seattle 4 2 2 14 11 5 14. Missouri 30-23 459 — FOOTBALL director and Tony Roepcke baseball coach.
minutes into Sunday morning’s strong moved up to fifth place in Colorado 3 2 2 11 10 8 15. Georgia 34-17 457 14 National Football League MINNESOTA STATE-MANKATO: Named Eric Meams women’s
practice. Conway was taken to a the Giro d’Italia. His first real test Houston 3 2 2 11 7 5 16. Arkansas 31-17 453 13 CHICAGO BEARS: Agreed to terms with TE Michael Gaines on ice hockey coach.
Real Salt Lake 3 4 1 10 14 11 17. Clemson 34-17 450 19
local hospital with bruised lungs comes with Tuesday’s uphill fin- Los Angeles 1 1 6 9 10 10
a one-year contract. MISSISSIPPI STATE: Announced junior men’s basketball C
18. Kansas St. 38-13-1 448 17 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS: Signed WR Terrence Nunn. Jarvis Varnado withdrew his name for the NBA draft.
and a mild concussion. He was ish, and the seven-time Tour de San Jose 1 5 2 5 8 16 19. Texas A&M 33-18 447 15
FC Dallas 1 6 1 4 7 15 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS: Signed OL Michael Brown, OL Shawn PHILADELPHIA: Announced the resignation of baseball
released from the hospital Monday France winner isn’t quite sure what NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
20. Oklahoma 37-16 446 21
Flanagan, DT Earl Heyman and WR Matthew Simon. coach Mark Heineman.
21. Miami, Fla. 32-18 444 20
but won’t be cleared to drive before to expect. All Times ET Seattle FC at Seattle FC, 8:30 22. Cal Poly 33-15 441 16 GYMNASTICS TEXAS: Announced F-C Alexis Wangmene was granted a
Friday. That could force the team to Riding the Giro for the first time, p.m. 23. Texas Christian 31-14 440 22 USA GYMNASTICS: Named Samantha Kilgore manager of medical hardship waiver from the Big 12 Conference for the
Sunday’s Games Kansas City at Real Salt Lake, 24. Minnesota 33-14 438 — media relations. 2008-09 season and will be a redshirt sophomore for the
consider finding a replacement. Armstrong has never seen the Seattle 1, Los Angeles 1, tie 9 p.m. 25. Texas St. 37-12 436 — HOCKEY 2009-10 season.
The team must also repair nearly 8.5-mile climb to San Mar- Saturday’s Games D.C. United at Chivas USA, 9 26. Indiana St. 33-14 433 —
Chicago at Toronto FC, 4 p.m. p.m. National Hockey League VIRGINIA: Named Mike Curtis strength and conditioning
Andretti’s No. 43 car after he spun tino di Castrozza, but he asked top 27. South Florida 31-19 431 28 NHL: Fined Carolina F Scott Walker $2,500 for throwing a coach for the men’s basketball program.
Colorado at New England, 7:30 May 17
28. Louisville 36-14 430 —
in the first turn, crashed hard into favorite Ivan Basso about it. p.m. Columbus at Los Angeles, 3 punch that knocked Boston D Aaron Ward to the ice during a VIRGINIA TECH: Announced sophomore men’s basketball G
Houston at New York, 7:30 p.m. 29. George Mason 38-9 429 29
May 10 game at Boston. Hank Thorns will transfer.
the SAFER barrier and then slid “(Basso) expects 10 to 20 guys to p.m. 30. East Carolina 37-15 427 30