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Nuggets 120, Lakers 101 Reutimann is the man

MLB POWER POLL
Rainy Coca-Cola 600
goes to first-time winner Intrastate travels
Page 15 The difference among the
Golden State’s teams: SoCal is
heading north and NorCal is
going south.
This Last
Week Team Week
1 Dodgers 2
10 Angels 15
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14 Padres 22
19 Giants 16
JACK DEMPSEY / AP
29 A’s 29
J.R Smith, above, scored 24 points
and helped Denver lift an ailing

Motor mouths
Complete poll, Page 18
Carmelo Anthony in Game 4. Page 8
Kiffin, Saban take opposing Team stats, Pages 27-34

Scoreboard
NBA Playoffs
Western Conference Finals
Denver 120, L.A. Lakers 101
(Series tied 2-2)
College Lacrosse
Men’s Division I Championship
Syracuse 10, Cornell 9, OT
Orange rally for repeat, Page 7
Baseball
American League
Baltimore 4, Toronto 1
N.Y. Yankees 11, Texas 1
Boston 6, Minnesota 5
Detroit 13, Kansas City 1
Oakland 6, Seattle 1
Cleveland 11, Tampa Bay 10
Chicago White Sox 17, L.A. Angels 3
National League
Cincinnati 8, Houston 5
Milwaukee 1, St. Louis 0, 10 innings
L.A. Dodgers 16, Colorado 6
San Diego 9, Arizona 7, 10 innings
San Francisco 8, Atlanta 2
Florida 5, Philadelphia 3
N.Y. Mets 5, Washington 2
Pittsburgh 10, Chicago Cubs 8
BY DEREK SAMSON
dsamson@sportingnews.com
When the SEC meet-
ings convene today in
Florida, commissioner
Mike Slive’s agenda
includes a message for the
league’s football coaches.
He’ll tell them to cool it.
The national story of
the offseason has been the
motor mouths of the
South, from their public
needling of one another to
more serious accusations
of NCAA violations. New
Tennessee coach Lane
Kiffin started most of the
fires. Florida’s Urban
Meyer and South Caro-
lina’s Steve Spurrier
stoked them.
Two SEC coaches
shared opposing views on
the topic with Sporting
News Today:
Q&A: Saban talks Bama
football, Page 6
views on SEC trash talk
Eagles soar with
NFL’s best offseason
Some huge names changed uni-
forms this NFL offseason—Albert
Haynesworth, Jay Cutler and Terrell
Owens, to name a few. Here’s our
take on the five teams that enjoyed
the best offseason:
1. Eagles. OTs Jason Peters and
Stacy Andrews upgrade the line;
WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean
McCoy give Donovan McNabb
more playmakers. The Eagles could
be the last team standing Feb. 7.
WADE PAYNE / AP BOB LEVERONE / SN
2. Jets. Getting QB Mark
Lane Kiffin says media attention has helped him bring top recruits to UT. For Nick Saban, recruiting is about information and access—not entertainment.
Sanchez was the draft’s sexiest move.
Plus, they added four impact players
BY LANE KIFFIN BY NICK SABAN
on defense—Bart Scott, Jim Leonhard,
Tennessee coach Alabama coach
Marques Douglas and Lito Sheppard.
3. Patriots. They added Fred
All this stuff about media attention, well, look at the result so far. Top 10 I try to stay out of the spotlight. I don’t try to sensationalize anybody. Taylor, Chris Baker, Joey Galloway,
recruiting class, No. 1 player in the country, first time it has ever happened I’m not trying to entertain. I’m trying to give information and give access Shawn Springs and Leigh Bodden.
at Tennessee. I don’t think it’s very hard to figure out, that if the other stuff to me and tell about our program. I want to represent our organization Oh, and Tom Brady got healthy.
didn’t happen, our recruiting success doesn’t happen. in the first-class way and be the kind of role model and leader that other 4. Bears. Getting Cutler was
You don’t go 5-7, you don’t come in and not have your staff signed until people can emulate. expensive, but they now have a
franchise QB for the next 10 years.
one month before signing day and have the success we have recruiting The way I look at it is, if you don’t want somebody to know something,
5. Giants. A nasty defense will
without that national attention. don’t say it. If you don’t want them to see you do something, don’t do it.
I don’t love the way that I’ve had to do everything. But I was not hired None of this (coaches’ jaw-jacking) do I know a lot about because I be nastier with Michael Boley, Clint
Sintim, Rocky Bernard and Chris
to please fans of other schools. I was hired for three people: the people of don’t pay much attention to it. What somebody else does, I don’t have a
Canty. Rookie WR Hakeem Nicks
Tennessee, our current players and recruits. lot of control over.
has intriguing potential.
— As told to Matt Hayes — As told to Derek Samson — Clifton Brown
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Tune In Today OFF THE FIELD If you deliver

Tyson’s 4-year-old daughter on life support
A quick look at the best sports on TV
— all times Eastern
Former heavyweight champion
it daily, they
Mike Tyson’s 4-year-old daughter is
NBA

Cavaliers at Magic
on life support after she was found
with her neck on a treadmill cable
Monday.
will come.
8:30 p.m., TNT The girl’s 7-year-old brother
After Cleveland swept its first two playoff series, you
found her on a treadmill with her
would have thought the Cavs would be in for another romp
of a team missing PG Jameer Nelson. But if not for LeBron neck on a cable attached to the
James’ 3-pointer at the Game 2 buzzer, this series would exercise machine at their Phoenix
be 3-0 Magic. James needs someone else to step up if the home, police Sgt. Andy Hill said,
Cavs are to avoid going down 3-1. Dwight Howard has got- calling it a “tragic accident.”
ten plenty of help and big shots from Hedo Turkoglu and
The boy told the girl’s mother,
Rashard Lewis to make this a real series.
who was in another room. She took
NHL the girl off the cable, called 911 and
tried to revive her.
Penguins at Hurricanes Responding officers and fire-
7:30 p.m., Versus
If the ’Canes are truly cardiac, this has to be their time fighters performed CPR on the girl
to shine. Down 3-0 and having given up 13 goals over the as they rushed her to a nearby hos-
last two games, it’s now or never for the 2006 Stanley Cup pital, where she was in “extremely
champions. One stat sticks out above the rest–getting Eric critical condition” and on life sup-

FREEup!
Staal involved in the action. The Hurricanes are a perfect port, Hill said.
7-0 when he scores a goal in the playoffs, and 1-9 when he
doesn’t. Then again, when the Penguins are playing this “Somehow she was playing on
well, it might not matter. this treadmill, and there’s a cord Sign
BASEBALL that hangs under the console—it’s
kind of a loop,” Hill said. “Either ED BETZ / AP
Today!
My Boys season finale she slipped or put her head in the A woman claims she was raped by two men at the home of Jets S Kerry Rhodes.
10:30 p.m., TBS loop, but it acted like a noose, and
Mike Fontenot is on the verge of losing his starting job
with the Cubs, but maybe he has a career on the small
she was obviously unable to get
herself off of it.”
house, according to authorities.
Rhodes, in a statement released
one count of simple assault and
released on $1,000 bond. The country’s first and only
screen. Judge for yourself as Fontenot guest stars on this
cable series. The Fontenot storyline: Brendan (Reid Scott)
attracts the attention of Fontenot’s girlfriend while at
Hill said Tyson had been in Las
Vegas but flew to Phoenix immedi-
through a Jets spokesman, said he
was not one of the accused. Harrison’s son doing fine daily digital sports newspaper.
ately after learning of the accident. The agent of Steelers linebacker
spring training. Another Cub making an appearance is Police didn’t release the girl’s name. Ex-NBAer Williams arrested James Harrison says the player’s
1B/OF Micah Hoffpauir. And for all you folks who just like
to watch the show, a surprising secret about Stephanie
Former NBA star Jayson Williams young son is doing fine after an Delivered via email every morning, 7 days a
(Kellee Stewart) comes to light.
Trouble for Jets S Rhodes was arrested early Monday after attack by a pit bull, but may remain
week, Sporting News Today is your one-stop
— Compiled by Roger Kuznia New Jersey police are investigat- authorities say he punched some- in a Pittsburgh hospital another
ing a woman’s claim that she was one in the face outside a Raleigh, day or two. destination for breaking sports stories plus
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The New York Post reported in
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has spent years in the courtroom
since an injury ended his basket-
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Harrison’s agent, William Parise,
every score from coast-to-coast.
8 p.m. Conference finals, game 4,
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taken to a home in Morristown,
N.J., where Rhodes owns a town
shortly before 2 a.m., Raleigh police
said. Williams was charged with
appear to be any complications.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago White Sox 17, L.A. Angels 3

Thome leads Sox’s pounding of Angels

ANAHEIM—Jim Thome still has the White Sox 17, Angels 3
Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
photograph of Mike Schmidt grabbing Podsednik cf-lf 5 2 4 2 1 0 .303
his hand and raising it aloft as the two
of them stood at home plate at Phila-
delphia’s Veterans Stadium when the
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linked because of that moment, which
Schmidt viewed as a symbolic passing
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acknowledged the Hall of Fame third Figgins 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .294
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les Angels 17-3. J.Rivera lf-rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .286 baseball photographer of all time, Charles M. Conlon.
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you can associate your name with the Chicago’s Carlos Quentin, center, is helped off
greats, like a Mike Schmidt, it’s a true the field after injuring his ankle. Chicago 344 210 201 — 17 24 0
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honor and very humbling because you
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in the 5th. 1-ran for Quentin in the 1st. LOB: Chicago 12,
“To have Mike Schmidt do that at left-hander to an 11-3 lead in the third Los Angeles 6. 2B: Podsednik (3), Quentin (6), Fields (3),
Ted Williams—these visually stunning, black and white photographs of
Getz (6), K.Morales (13). HR: Dye (12), off E.Santana;
the last game at the Vet, when he lifted with his 549th home run and eighth Thome (8), off R.Rodriguez; Konerko (7), off Bulger. RBIs:
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class. Maybe the ball will go next to go’s 24-hit attack, which included four ners left in scoring position: Chicago 7 (Fields, Dye 2,
Al.Ramirez 4); Los Angeles 3 (Quinlan, Figgins, E.Aybar).
that picture now. It’ll be pretty neat.” each by Scott Podsednik and Alexei DP: Chicago 1 (Getz, Al.Ramirez, Konerko).
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RECRUITING DISH
Highly-rated Colorado
QB commits to California
Austin Hinder’s grandfather played college football at
California, but the Steamboat Springs (Colo.) quarter-
back told Sporting News Today that’s not the only reason
he committed to the Bears on Sunday.
His grandfather is Jim Hanifan, the longtime NFL
assistant and former head coach of the St. Louis Cardi-
nals and Atlanta Falcons. Hanifan was an All-Ameri-
can at Cal and led the nation in receiving in 1954.
“My grandpa played there, and people are saying,
‘Oh, that’s why you’d go there,’ but he’s the one who
was telling me all along to take all of my official visits,”
Hinder told SN Today. “But I just couldn’t do it.
“Cal already had everything I wanted in a school, and
they have the best quarterback mind out there in coach
(Jeff) Tedford. And they always bring in great line classes,
so I don’t have to run around my whole career.”
Hinder (6-4, 180) is ranked No. 69 overall in Sporting
News’ Top 100 high school prospects for the class of
2010. Alabama, Colorado, Florida State, Kansas,
Nebraska, Notre Dame, Pitt, Stanford and UCLA had
also offered him a scholarship.
He said he is relieved that the decision is behind him
after a crazy spring—“It’s a good feeling to get it off
your back.”
Hinder said he informed Cal offensive coordinator
Andy Ludwig of the commitment but had not talked to
Tedford yet. Hinder said Ludwig was “all fired up” and
that Ludwig said he was really looking forward to Ted-
ford’s reaction.
Hinder said he is a pro-style quarterback.
“I love to drop back out of the shotgun and throw the
ball downfield, for sure,” Hinder said. “I’m also really ath-
letic. I’m not going to just sit back there and take a sack—
I’m going to use my feet to get out of trouble. Mainly, I like
to throw the deep ball.”
Texas and coach Mack Brown have picked up early
commitments by the boatload in recent seasons. This
year, one of those early commitments bailed.
Midway (Waco, Texas) S Ahmad Dixon dropped the
Longhorns and immediately committed to Baylor,
Next Gen: Recruiting / College Football
COURTESY OF AUSTIN HINDER
Steamboat Springs (Colo.) QB Austin Hinder is ranked the No. 69
overall prospect in the 2010 class by Sporting News.
Rivals.com reported.
Dixon (6-1, 195) is rated a four-star prospect by Rivals
and a five-star recruit by Scout.com.
One of Dixon’s high school teammates has a family con-
nection to the Bears’ coaching staff, which prompted him
to give Baylor a second look, he told Rivals.com. He liked
what he saw and changed schools because of it.
Servite (Anaheim, Calif.) OT Matthew Jakubiec has
committed to Arizona, Rivals.com reported. He also
reported scholarship offers from New Mexico, New
Mexico State and San Jose State.
Jakubiec (6-7, 310) is Arizona’s fourth commitment
for the class of 2010.
— Brian McLaughlin
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 5
INSIDE DISH
Former Florida-Georgia QBs:
Keep the game in Jacksonville
The site of the annual Florida-Georgia game has
been a hot topic for debate recently. Where should
the teams play when the current contract with Jack-
sonville, Fla., expires after the 2010 season?
Both coaches have weighed in—Florida’s Urban
Meyer said he favors keeping the game in Jackson-
ville, and Georgia’s Mark Richt said the Gator Bowl
doesn’t seem much like a neutral site to him.
So what do three former quarterbacks who played
in the series think? The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
caught up with former Florida quarterback and
Heisman Trophy winner Danny Wuerffel (1993-96)
and former Georgia QBs John Lastinger (1980-83) and
Buck Belue (1978-81).
Wuerffel: “During my sophomore and junior years
at Florida, the stadium in Jacksonville was being reno-
vated for the Jaguars, and I had a unique opportu-
nity—I played games in Gainesville and Athens.
“Many of the details of the alternating home
games have gotten lost in my mind with the dozens STEPHEN MORTON / AP
of other home and away games in which I had par- Gators fans never have a problem getting excited to face Georgia.
ticipated. The games that stand out, for lots of dif-
ferent reasons, were in Jacksonville. … Without any Michigan brought Joe Reynolds in on a track schol-
hesitation, I believe the Florida-Georgia game arship. This fall, he’ll get a chance at receiver as a pre-
should stay in Jacksonville.” ferred walk-on for coach Rich Rodriguez’s football team.
Lastinger: “… I never felt like—and I think I can “In his years at West Virginia, he was famous for
speak for my teammates—we were at a disadvantage giving walk-ons scholarships because coach Rodri-
by having to travel to Jacksonville back then. Being guez himself was a walk-on who got a scholarship,”
from Valdosta, I learned in a hurry how important Reynolds told the Detroit Free Press. “I met with him.
the game is to the South Georgia fan base. He made me feel like he knew everything about me.”
“It is truly one of the great traditions in all of col- Michigan track coach Fred LaPlante gave film of Reyn-
lege football—and I think we should respect that olds to the football coaches. Reynolds played football
and all that goes with it.” in high school and was a receiver/defensive back.
Belue: “… Count me among those who would hate He will go to Ann Arbor on June 26 and partici-
to see it moved just because the Gators have owned pate in 7-on-7 informal summer workouts with the
the series the last 20 years. I don’t buy that it’s a football team.
home-field edge for Florida. The last time I checked,
that stadium was divided right down the middle, The Independence Bowl has a new sponsor,
half Georgia and half Florida. AdvoCare International LP (a direct marketer of nutri-
“… Move this game out of Jacksonville? That is unac- tional and skin care products) of Carrollton, Texas.
ceptable. I haven’t found a former teammate or a former The Dec. 28 game will be called the AdvoCare V100
Georgia player that wants to see the game moved.” Independence Bowl, after a new multivitamin.
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com College Football TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 6
Q&A with … Alabama coach Nick Saban Decision on FSU’s
‘The true team chemistry really surfaces in the summertime’ appeal might affect
A year ago, Alabama coach Nick Saban’s
Crimson Caravan tour of the Southeast carried a
was the first day. Then we managed it
the second day, the third day, the fifth
Bowden’s future
slightly different message. He was coming off a month and the sixth month, the first TALLAHASSEE, FLA.—Bobby Bowden and Florida
6-6 regular season, a year in which the Tide lost season, then the second season. Our State are scheduled to open the 2009 football
at home to Louisiana-Monroe and saw their los- thing is you’ve got to have a lot of season Labor Day night against archrival Miami,
ing streak against Auburn reach six games. intensity but also a sense of urgency— but school’s most important date of the year
This spring has been more about handling continue to get better, and manage the could be this week.
expectations than keeping the faith. Alabama, in positives and negatives you deal with The university expects to hear from the NCAA
Saban’s second season, won its first dozen games every day. That’s all I focus on. I never soon on its appeal of sanctions resulting from an
before falling to Florida in the SEC championship had any thoughts of what it should have academic cheating scandal that
and Utah in the Sugar Bowl. been, what it could have been, what it’s included taking away as many
Saban’s caravan stopped last week in Atlanta, gonna be or when it’s gonna be that. as 14 victories from Bowden’s
where he was presented with Sporting News’ coaching record.
Coach of the Year award and talked with report-
ers, including SN Today’s Derek Samson, about
all things Bama.
Q: How much do your (No. 1)
recruiting rankings fuel
expectations?
Such a penalty would leave
Bowden unable to keep pace
with Penn State’s Joe Paterno

Q: When you go out to these

booster events this offseason,
A: It’s nice to be recognized and I
certainly have respect for the
people doing the recognizing. But
how much different is it from a year football is such a developmental game. I
ago? ask kids, “Are you a lot better now than
Bobby Bowden
in their competition to finish
extraordinarily long coaching
careers with the most wins at the major college
level.
“It’s just us two and you’d hate to give up in a

A: The energy and enthusiasm has

always been really positive ever
since we’ve been here. People weren’t at
you were as a freshman in high school?”
They all say yeah. “Well, you’re gonna
be a lot better player as a junior, a senior
good battle like that,” Bowden recently told the
Palm Beach Post during a South Florida booster
tour stop.
all discouraged. They sort of knew we in college than a freshman. Now can we Bowden, who turns 80 in November, has 382
had to do some building. We’re pleased get back to why you improved?” wins now, one fewer than Paterno.
with the progress we made to this point, We (don’t want) the players them- Although the actual number of wins that will be
but not satisfied. What I try to do is get selves caught up in that. The fans some- subtracted from Bowden’s total hasn’t been deter-
everybody to understand the goals are the times get caught up in the instant mined, it could be 14 which would leave Bowden 15
same, but the inspiration is a little self-gratification of it all. The expecta- shy of Paterno going into the penultimate season of
different. tions affect the players, too. When they his coaching career, if not the final one.
Once you get good, you need a total don’t have success, they get frustrated. Florida State has already contracted with offen-
disposition about staying good. … Now That sets them back so they’re not mak- sive coordinator Jimbo Fisher to take over by the
the challenge is you’ve got to wanna be ing the progress they need to make. 2011 season or will pay a $5 million penalty, and
the best. That’s a never-ending process. university president T.K. Wetherell is on record
That’s got to be the motivation. It’s not
about being embarrassed or trying to
BOB LEVERONE / SN
Though Nick Saban has had major recruiting success, he warns against the trap of instant gratification. Q: Is football the hardest sport to
project the future of a player?
that he won’t make a penalty payment.
Bowden has already shied away from an ear-
prove something.
coaches aren’t there as much. That’s instead of somebody making them do it. A: It’s a developmental game
because of the physical nature of
lier goal of getting 400 victories before stepping
away.

Q: Have the players bought into

that attitude?
when the true leadership starts to
emerge. You start to see the core buy-in
That’s where the true chemistry (devel-
ops); you see what the team might be.
the game. There’s so many skill sets
involved because of the different
“I need to try and stay away from numbers,
because people start counting,” Bowden said in

A: We had a good spring, but I don’t

think the true team chemistry
really surfaces until the summertime.
that everybody has in terms of how they
go about what they do.
They have to work with the strength
The coaches are always with the guys in
spring practice. In the summer, the
and conditioning coaches. For the first
time, the responsibility becomes theirs
Q: Is the program where you
thought it’d be at this point?
positions. Offensive line, receivers, the
running backs, quarterbacks … you’ve
got so many different skill sets, and if a
January.
Florida State athletic director Randy Spetman
said there’s no question that Bowden will coach
A: I didn’t have any thoughts where
it would be. I just know where it
guy has a fatal flaw at any position, it
will impede his development.
the 2009 season.
— The Associated Press
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com
Orange win 11th title after forcing OT in final seconds
BY CHRISTIAN SWEZEY
InsideLacrosse.com
FOXBOROUGH, MASS.—The Syracuse
men’s lacrosse team is not the type
to panic. After all, its 10-9 overtime
victory over Cornell before 41,935
at Gillette Stadium on Monday
afternoon marked the program’s
11th national title, a record amount.
Though there were signs that
the Orange (16-2) may not have
been panicking, they were at least
rolling the dice when they trailed
by three goals with less than four
minutes to play.
For the first time in the game,
coach John Desko used an attack
unit of senior Kenny Nims, junior
Cody Jamieson and sophomore
Stephen Keogh.
Nims is the nation’s leading
scorer. Keogh and Jamieson, mean-
time, are considered two of the best
finishers in the game. Keogh is a
righty; Jamieson is a lefty. The two
honed their shooting skills in the
tight confines of indoor lacrosse in
their native Canada.
And it was those three players
who led the comeback that cul-
minated in a goal by Jamieson 80
seconds into the sudden-death
overtime.
To force overtime, Keogh
scored with 3:37 to play to cut the
deficit to 9-7; Jamieson scored to
make it 9-8 with 2:46 left; and
Nims forced overtime with on a
goal with 4.5 seconds to play.
“We thought if we were going
to have a chance to win we were
going to have to have unsettled
situations,” Desko said. “Those
guys in-tight are going to shoot
NCAA DIVISION I NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Cody Jamieson (43) and Greg Niewieroski (20) celebrate Jamieson’s game-winning goal, which gave Syracuse back-to-back titles.
the ball extremely well.”
Said Nims: “I never did think we
were going to lose. Our guys never
give up. ... This is our time of year.
This is why we go to Syracuse.”
The three attackmen actually
had been paired together to start
the fourth quarter. But their
impact was delayed because Cor-
nell (13-4) did a masterful job of
controlling the ball.
The Big Red had a 4 minute 3
second possession that culminated
in a goal by senior Max Seibald for
an 8-6 lead with 7:20 to play.
The lead became 9-6 following a
goal by freshman Roy Lang with
5:31 left. Yet the goal by Lang was
Cornell’s last shot. Its final four
possessions ended with three turn-
overs and a failed clear. The Big Red
were outshot 8-0 in the final 5:31.
Senior John Glynn finished
Lacrosse
with three goals, two assists, nine
groundballs and won 10 face-offs.
Seibald added two goals and
played offense, defense and as a
wing on face-offs.
Syracuse “played great and
showed a lot of poise at the end of the
game,” Cornell coach Jeff Tambroni
said. “They certainly played like a
team that has been here before.”
With the victory, Syracuse
became the first team to win back-
to-back national titles since
Princeton in 1996-98. Sophomore
John Galloway, the team’s start-
ing goalie, is 7-0 in his career in
the NCAA tournament.
That the winning goal came from
Jamieson would have been impos-
sible in the season’s early stages.
Jamieson, a transfer from Onon-
daga (NY) Community College, was
not cleared to play until early April
NCAA Division I
Men’s Lacrosse
champions
2009 — Syracuse
2008 — Syracuse
2007 — Johns Hopkins
2006 — Virginia
2005 — Johns Hopkins
2004 — Syracuse
2003 — Virginia
2002 — Syracuse
2001 — Princeton
2000 — Syracuse
1999 — Virginia
1998 — Princeton
1997 — Princeton
1996 — Princeton
1995 — Syracuse
COURTESY OF GREG WALL 1994 — Princeton
1993 — Syracuse
1992 — Princeton
following questions about an online 1991 — North Carolina
he course over the winter. Jamieson 1990 — x-Syracuse
certainly is no stranger to winning— 1989 — Syracuse
Onondaga won two junior college 1988 — Syracuse
national titles when he was there— 1987 — Johns Hopkins
and his arrival was called “a game 1986 — North Carolina
changer” by one Division I head 1985 — Johns Hopkins
coach. 1984 — Johns Hopkins
Jamieson clearly added to his 1983 — Syracuse
legacy with the winning goal on 1982 — North Carolina
1981 — North Carolina
Monday.
1980 — Johns Hopkins
“There were definitely nights
1979 — Johns Hopkins
looking at your ceiling wondering
1978 — Johns Hopkins
if it was going to happen,”
1977 — Cornell
Jamieson said of his eligibility 1976 — Cornell
quandry. “So I leaned on my fam- 1975 — Maryland
ily and friends and hoped it would 1974 — Johns Hopkins
happen. I practiced every day 1973 — Maryland
with the team and I still felt like a 1972 — Virginia
part of the team. They didn’t 1971 — Cornell
make me feel like I wasn’t a part x-Participation in tournament
of the team and it’s a great feeling vacated by NCAA
right now.”
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 7
Failed clear
dooms Big Red
FOXBOROUGH, MASS.—Cornell had a
three-goal lead with less than 4 min-
utes to play in the NCAA Division I
men’s lacrosse championship game on
Monday in Foxborough, Mass. Yet
when the game ended, it was it was
Syracuse that was celebrating a 10-9
overtime victory before 41,595 at Gil-
lette Stadium.
In between, the Big Red (13-4) had
four possessions. Three ended in turn-
overs, one in a failed clear.
The failed clear was the most distress-
ing. Cornell had a 9-8 lead and had pos-
session with 28 seconds left. But senior
midfielder Max Seibald, the first four-
time All-Ivy lacrosse player in league his-
tory, passed the ball instead of trying to
clear it himself.
And Syracuse senior Kenny Nims
forced a turnover near midfield, then
raced toward the goal. There, he
caught a last-gasp pass from senior
Matt Abbott and scored with 4.5 sec-
onds to play.
Cornell midfielder Roy Lang, a 6-foot-3
freshman, leaped and tipped Abbott’s
pass—but did not alter it enough to stop it
from reaching Nims.
“We had an opportunity to clear the
ball,” Seibald said. “Add I picked the ball
up off the endline and passed it up. I prob-
ably should have just ran it out myself. I’ll
probably never forget that.”
Seibald finished with two goals and
classmate John Glynn added three goals,
two assists and nine groundballs.
“When you put so much time and
effort in, you sacrifice so much,” Cor-
nell coach Jeff Tambroni said. “Being
five seconds away from being the best
team in college lacrosse is a tough thing
to swallow.”
— Christian Swezey
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com NBA TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 8
WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
Denver 120, L.A. Lakers 101 Series glance
(Series tied 2-2)

With ’Melo ailing, Nuggets step up and tie series May 19: L.A. Lakers 105,
Denver 103
May 21: Denver 106, L.A. Lakers 103
May 23: L.A. Lakers 103, Denver 97
DENVER— The Denver Nuggets are play with a man down,” Smith said.
Monday: Denver, 120,
so much more than just Carmelo “We did a lot this year and kept it up.” L.A. Lakers 101
Anthony. So, the Nuggets didn’t need to Wednesday: Denver at L.A. Lakers,
A dominating effort on the boards worry about a botched inbounds pass 9 p.m.
and a great performance by the in the closing seconds like the ones Friday: L.A. Lakers at Denver, 9
bench helped the Nuggets overcome that cost them wins in Games 1 and 3. p.m.
a below-par effort from an ailing “I had forgotten about that,” Nug- Sunday: Denver at L.A. Lakers, 8:30
’Melo on Monday night, when they gets coach George Karl cracked. p.m., if necessary
raced past the Los Angeles Lakers The series shifts to Los Angeles for
120-101, evening the Western Con- Game 5 Wednesday, and the only
ference finals at two games apiece. thing that put a smile on Jackson’s L.A. Lakers 19 26 21 35 — 101
Denver 22 30 25 43 — 120
They did it with their star hob- face on this night was the memory of
bled by a sprained ankle and slowed the Lakers’ win 48 hours earlier. L.A Min FG FT Reb A PF PTS
Ariza 25:42 1-4 0-2 0-1 1 5 3
by a stomach virus that had him “What we’ve done is we’ve won a Gasol 35:25 8-11 5-7 1-10 4 4 21
hugging the commode before tip- road game and brought the home- Bynum 23:17 6-7 2-3 2-5 0 5 14
Fisher 23:13 2-7 0-0 0-1 1 1 5
off and getting IVs at halftime. court advantage back to L.A.,” Bryant 41:12 10-26 12-13 1-7 5 3 34
“Even before I twisted my ankle, Jackson said. Odom 29:47 1-8 2-4 4-8 1 5 5
Walton 12:39 0-2 0-0 1-3 5 6 0
with my stomach, I didn’t have my Martin had 13 points and 15 Brown 15:31 1-4 1-2 0-1 0 2 3
legs early in the game,” Anthony boards, Nene pitched in 14 points Vujacic 15:30 2-4 0-1 0-1 0 0 6
Farmar 14:00 3-7 2-3 0-3 2 0 10
said. “I felt like I didn’t have any and 13 rebounds, and Chris “Bird- Powell 2:43 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
energy. Those IVs were a must. man” Andersen added 14 rebounds Mbenga 1:01 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Totals 240:00 34-82 24-35 9-40 19 31 101
They helped a little bit. I’ll be OK for the Nuggets, who outrebounded
for Wednesday.” the Lakers 58-40. Percentages: FG .415, FT .686. 3-Point Goals: 9-31, .290 (Vujacic
2-4, Farmar 2-5, Bryant 2-10, Odom 1-2, Ariza 1-3, Fisher 1-5, Brown
Anthony finished with 15 hard- “We got hammered from every 0-1, Walton 0-1). Team Rebounds: 11. Team Turnovers: 10 (13
earned points on 3-of-16 shooting, direction tonight,” Lakers forward PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Gasol 3, Bynum, Walton). Turnovers: 10
(Odom 3, Brown 2, Ariza, Bryant, Farmar, Fisher, Vujacic). Steals:
but it hardly mattered because, Luke Walton said. 4 (Bryant, Fisher, Odom, Walton). Technical Fouls: Walton, 9:11
unlike in Game 3, his teammates In Jackson’s view, the hammer- fourth. Flagrant Fouls: Bynum, 6:11 fourth.
came to the rescue. ing went overboard. DENVER Min FG FT Reb A PF PTS
Six of them scored in double dig- Jackson complained about Dahn- Anthony 34:58 3-16 9-11 2-3 5 5 15
Martin 34:30 5-11 3-4 3-15 2 3 13
its, led by Chauncey Billups and tay Jones’ trip of Bryant in the third Nene 34:47 5-8 4-7 7-13 6 2 14
J.R. Smith with 24 apiece. quarter, calling it unsportsmanlike. Billups 41:43 7-16 9-9 1-3 3 1 24
Jones 19:14 3-5 6-6 1-3 1 2 12
“It was important for everyone to “I just fell on my face for no rea- Smith 28:26 9-17 2-6 1-2 4 4 24
step up,” Anthony said. “We had a son,” Bryant deadpanned. “I’m a Andersen 24:04 2-4 2-4 4-14 0 2 6
Kleiza 13:02 3-5 2-2 0-2 0 2 10
bunch of guys step up today. I know CHRIS CARLSON / AP klutz.” Carter 5:59 1-1 0-0 0-2 2 2 2
the past two, three games our bench J.R. Smith was one of several Nuggets to fill the void created by Carmelo Anthony’s sprained ankle and stomach ache—he scored 24 points. Jackson also griped about Den- Balkman 1:38 0-2 0-0 1-1 0 1 0
Petro 1:01 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
hasn’t been as productive as they ver’s lopsided 49-35 advantage in Hart 0:38 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
have been in the playoffs, but postseason but first against Los which way as Denver dominated “But that’s not a very good excuse,” free throws, a reversal of Game 3’s Totals 240:00 38-86 37-49 20-58 23 24 120
tonight those guys stepped up. J.R. Angeles following three games that the glass, the paint and the stripe, Lakers coach Phil Jackson said. 45-31 Lakers advantage. Percentages: FG .442, FT .755. 3-Point Goals: 7-24, .292 (Smith
stepped up big, Linas Kleiza came came down to the final seconds. outrebounding, outmuscling and The Nuggets beat the Lakers on “Basketball is a game where the 4-9, Kleiza 2-3, Billups 1-6, Andersen 0-1, Jones 0-1, Martin 0-1,
Anthony 0-3). Team Rebounds: 10. Team Turnovers: 6 (6 PTS).
in and hit some big shots, he was “They whooped us, period,” said outhustling the tired Lakers, whose the glass by 18, outscored them in aggressor gets the advantage. And Blocked Shots: 5 (Andersen 2, Martin 2, Billups). Turnovers: 6
just phenomenal out there.” Kobe Bryant, who scored 34 points. fatigue after their grueling seven- the paint by 18, beat them on the tonight we didn’t know what a foul (Smith 3, Anthony, Carter, Nene). Steals: 6 (Smith 2, Anthony, Balk-
man, Billups, Jones). Technical Fouls: Smith, 7:09 fourth; Martin,
Kenyon Martin and Nene each “They whooped us on the glass. game series with Houston and the fast break by 10 and outscored their was and what wasn’t a foul,” Jack- 3:49 fourth; Anthony, 3:49 fourth.
had a double-double as the Nuggets They whooped us to loose balls.” quick turnaround to Denver is bench 42-24. son complained.
A: 20,037 (19,155). T: 2:54. Officials: Bennett Salvatore, Bennie
posted their eighth blowout of the They whooped them in every really starting to show. “It just shows we have heart and can —The Associated Press Adams, Ken Mauer.
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com NBA TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 9
EASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS
Today’s game
Conference finals
CLEVELAND (Best-of-7), all times ET

VS. ORLANDO Cleveland at Orlando

8:30 p.m., TNT

Betting line
ORLANDO—Tinted sunglasses conceal- The Magic brushed off Williams’ Today
ing the cuts and bandages framing his boast. FAVORITE ..........LINE ... O/U .........UNDERDOG
puffy left eye, struggling Cleveland “We just got to go out there and Cleveland .................... 1.... (188) .............at Orlando
guard Mo Williams plopped down on play,” Howard said. “We can’t worry
a table inside a ritzy hotel ballroom on about what other guys are saying.”
Monday and quickly proclaimed the James didn’t flinch when told Wil-
Cavaliers were not in any trouble. liams had guaranteed the Cavaliers become a one-man show at the worst
Far from it. would advance. time possible.
“We’re the best team in basketball,” “He should. There’s no other rea- Williams (32.1 percent), Zydrunas
he said. son why we should be here,” he said. Ilgauskas (38.2) and Delonte West
Really? The Cavaliers, winners of Orlando, relishing the underdog role (41.9) are not shooting up to their
66 regular-season games and their in its first conference finals appearance standards. JOHN RAOUX / AP
first eight straight in the playoffs, since 1995, won 99-89 on Sunday night James understands he can’t win a REINHOLD MATAY / AP
Magic F Rashard Lewis has made a series-high 30 three-pointers
certainly haven’t looked superior to in a disjointed Game 3 that included championship by himself. while shooting 39.5 percent from beyond the arc.
League MVP LeBron James is averaging 41.7 points in the series
the Orlando Magic. personal fouls, technicals and a fla- “It’s going to be tough,” he said. “I with the Magic, but his Cavs trail 2-1 heading into tonight’s game.
They can’t stop Dwight Howard grant on Magic reserve guard Anthony know they can play a lot better. They Orlando Magic
inside. They can’t contain Orlando’s Johnson for his elbow to Williams’ face know they can play a lot better. I don’t Cleveland Cavaliers 3-Pnt.
Player G MIN FGM-FGA PCT FGM-FGA FTM-FTA PCT PTS AVG HG
squadron of outside shooters. They in the second quarter. want to put pressure on those guys. 3-Pnt. Howard 15 37.5 108-178 .607 0-1 83-132 .629 299 19.9 36
are missing easy, open shots. They’re The blow opened cuts above and They’ve just got to come out and do it. Player G MIN FGM-FGA PCT FGM-FGA FTM-FTA PCT PTS AVG HG Lewis 16 40.4 111-239 .464 30-76 66-85 .776 318 19.9 29
not giving LeBron James enough sup- below Williams’ eye, and Cleveland’s We just got to knock shots down.” James 11 40.0 127-239 .531 21-61 113-151 .748 388 35.3 49 Turkoglu 16 37.8 78-191 .408 19-51 59-69 .855 234 14.6 25
M. Williams 11 37.5 62-155 .400 26-78 19-27 .704 169 15.4 24 Alston 15 32.7 69-179 .385 23-68 25-34 .735 186 12.4 21
port, and they trail 2-1 in the Eastern point guard said he was still feeling a The Magic feel as though they West 11 41.5 51-110 .464 10-28 29-34 .853 141 12.8 21 Pietrus 16 23.8 51-105 .486 21-61 32-44 .727 155 9.7 17
Conference finals. little woozy from an unexpected shot haven’t gotten their proper due all Ilgauskas 11 29.5 50-116 .431 2-13 15-24 .625 117 10.6 14 Lee 13 28.5 46-104 .442 8-26 18-19 .947 118 9.1 24
Smith 11 19.1 22-49 .449 3-5 23-29 .793 70 6.4 19 Redick 12 21.8 23-63 .365 16-41 12-13 .923 74 6.2 15
Williams remains confident. he felt was intentional. season. While a potential James-Kobe Varejao 11 30.2 27-56 .482 0-0 13-18 .722 67 6.1 14 Lue 1 4.0 2-2 1.000 1-1 0-0 --- 5 5.0 5
“They deserve respect,” he said. “My head’s still ringing,” said Wil- Bryant showdown in the NBA finals Szczerbiak 9 11.8 13-24 .542 1-7 9-10 .900 36 4.0 17 Johnson 16 14.7 28-74 .378 8-27 5-12 .417 69 4.3 13
“They are a good team. But we are the liams, who refused to take off his has been fueled by popular TV com- Pavlovic 9 9.4 10-20 .500 2-8 1-3 .333 23 2.6 9 Gortat 16 12.3 26-35 .743 0-0 7-10 .700 59 3.7 11
Gibson 11 9.8 7-27 .259 4-17 7-7 1.000 25 2.3 9 Battie 14 6.1 15-30 .500 0-0 3-5 .600 33 2.4 8
best team in basketball. I don’t feel shades to show the wounds. “The game mercials featuring puppets of the Wallace 11 11.8 4-6 .667 0-0 0-4 .000 8 0.7 4 Foyle 2 2.0 0-1 .000 0-0 0-0 --- 0 0.0 0
that they’ve had to adjust to us one of basketball is not played with throw- superstars, Orlando’s players have Kinsey 7 1.4 1-3 .333 0-0 2-2 1.000 4 0.6 2 Richardson 1 2.0 0-1 .000 0-0 0-0 --- 0 0.0 0
Jackson 5 5.0 1-5 .200 0-0 0-2 .000 2 0.4 2
time in the series.” ing punches, throwing elbows.” been wondering: Hey, what about TEAM 16 240.0 557-1202 .463 126-352 310-423 .733 1550 96.9 117
So, Mo. You’re sure the Cavaliers Johnson refused to get drawn into a us? TEAM 11 240.0 375-810 .463 69-217 231-311 .743 1050 95.5 106 OPPONENTS 16 240.0 548-1231 .445 88-286 280-365 .767 1464 91.5 112
will win Game 4 tonight and rally to verbal war with Williams, who was “It’s disrespectful when every- OPPONENTS 11 240.0 344-816 .422 61-176 177-231 .766 926 84.2 107
REBOUND
win the best-of-seven series. Willing called for a block on the play that body’s counting us and Denver out REBOUND Player OFF DEF TOT AVG. AST AVG. PF DQ STL TO BLK
Player OFF DEF TOT AVG. AST AVG. PF DQ STL TO BLK Howard 70 169 239 15.9 22 1.5 66 3 10 40 35
to guarantee it? bloodied him. trying to win a championship,” said James 14 81 95 8.6 76 6.9 18 0 21 23 9 Lewis 18 76 94 5.9 47 2.9 29 0 15 34 11
“Guarantee we’re going to win the “I was trying to get to the rim and Howard, who made the Cavs pay for M. Williams 9 27 36 3.3 49 4.5 34 0 6 27 1 Turkoglu 5 61 66 4.1 82 5.1 48 0 12 41 2
series? Yeah, yeah,” he said. “We are make a play and I drew a foul,” John- fouling him by making 14 of 19 free West 4 34 38 3.5 45 4.1 22 0 15 27 4 Alston 1 36 37 2.5 69 4.6 34 0 24 25 4
Ilgauskas 23 64 87 7.9 16 1.5 34 1 3 9 12 Pietrus 15 27 42 2.6 8 0.5 48 0 12 17 12
down 2-1. But there is nobody on this son said. “Elbows are a part of the throws in Game 3. “It’s like, forget the Smith 10 38 48 4.4 3 0.3 25 0 6 7 7 Lee 4 20 24 1.8 22 1.7 25 0 13 14 2
team and definitely not myself that game—good and bad. ...” Magic, forget Denver. They want to Varejao 36 36 72 6.5 6 0.5 32 1 13 12 14 Redick 1 16 17 1.4 23 1.9 22 1 7 5 1
Szczerbiak 8 15 23 2.6 6 0.7 13 0 2 6 1 Lue 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
says we are not going to win this series. James was asked if the Cavaliers see LeBron and Kobe go at it. So that Pavlovic 1 14 15 1.7 4 0.4 8 0 3 3 0 Johnson 6 16 22 1.4 33 2.1 24 0 10 9 0
Yeah, it is going to be tough. We know would retaliate. is disrespectful. The only way you get Gibson 1 3 4 0.4 4 0.4 13 0 1 5 2 Gortat 15 37 52 3.3 3 0.2 27 0 7 8 8
that. We get this game tomorrow, go “For what?” he said. “We’re just respect is by going out there and tak- Wallace 11 15 26 2.4 3 0.3 11 0 3 2 2 Battie 4 9 13 0.9 0 0.0 7 0 0 1 1
Kinsey 1 1 2 0.3 0 0.0 2 0 0 1 0 Foyle 0 1 1 0.5 0 0.0 1 0 0 1 0
home, still got home-court advantage. trying to get wins.” ing it. My mind-set is making people Jackson 0 5 5 1.0 1 0.2 5 0 0 1 0 Richardson 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
“We don’t see ourselves losing two The league’s MVP is averaging 41.7 respect us.”
TEAM 118 333 451 41.0 213 19.4 217 2 73 137 52 TEAM 139 468 607 37.9 309 19.3 331 4 110 204 76
out of three at home.” points in the series, but the Cavs have — The Associated Press OPPONENTS 94 269 363 33.0 198 18.0 245 2 65 131 36 OPPONENTS 137 485 622 38.9 323 20.2 390 3 105 221 54
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com
Van Gundy believes in handling complaints during game
Magic coach Stan Van Gundy proba-
bly had a beef that he could have
brought to the league when he
reviewed the film showing PG Mo
Williams chucking the ball at C Dwight
Howard in Game 3. But Van Gundy,
who has no problem loudly letting
referees know when he is dis-
pleased, says that he doesn’t see
much point in taking in-game prob-
lems to the league for review.
“I can say this honestly, and I’ve
said it before,” Van Gundy said.
“We’ve got to be the only team in
the league that never, ever, ever
calls the league. Whatever com-
plaints I have I’ll voice during the
game. … They said they didn’t see
(the throw). There were roughly
22,000 people in that arena, and
three people didn’t see it. What are
you going to do? How do you argue
that if they didn’t see it?”
Raptors PG Jose Calderon, a fix-
ture for the Spanish national team,
announced on his personal website
that he had asked to be withdrawn
from consideration for this year’s
European Championships in
Poland. Calderon struggled for
much of last season as he battled a
hamstring injury and had surgery
in April to repair a damaged liga-
ment in his left ring finger. He wrote
on the site, “I know that now I need
to rest, recuperate well from the
injuries from this season and seri-
ously prepare for the upcoming
NBA season where my team
requires 100 percent of my effort to
improve our results from last year.”
It could be a ploy, but general
managers who have been licking
their chops at the prospect of
Magic coach Stan Van Gundy doesn’t have a problem expressing himself, and isn’t compelled to follow up with calls to the NBA office.
landing PF Paul Millsap—known for
his tough, hard-working focus on
rebounding and defense—are
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starting to suspect that the Jazz will
make every effort to keep Millsap.
He is a restricted free agent, so
DAVID RICHARD / AP
whatever offer Millsap gets can be
matched by Utah, and Greg Miller,
head of the team’s ownership group,
has said publicly that he’d like to
keep Millsap, even if it means pay-
ing the luxury tax. The Jazz have
two other prominent free agents, C
Mehmet Okur and PF Carlos Boozer (if he
opts out of the final year of his con-
tract, which is no certainty).
“My sense is that Millsap is the pri-
ority with them,” one Western Con-
ference G.M. told SN Today. “You’ll
see them let Boozer and Okur go
before they let Millsap out.”
— Sean Deveney
The Timberwolves finally set-
tled on a new general manager, tab-
bing former Pacers exec David Kahn
last week. Still left undecided is the
fate of coach Kevin McHale. It’s not cer-
tain that Kahn wants to keep
McHale, or that McHale wants to
stay on as coach. The two are
expected to discuss the issue this
week. There are still some top coach-
ing candidates available—including
ex-Mavs coach Avery Johnson, ex-Wiz-
ards coach Eddie Jordan, ex-point
guard Mark Jackson, Celtics assistant
Tom Thibodeau and former Timber-
wolf Sam Mitchell—and if McHale
steps down, the Timberwolves
would join the Sixers and Kings as
the only teams in need of a coach.
The Sixers, for their part, were
considered the frontrunners for the
services of Eddie Jordan, but have
been extremely—annoyingly, to
some in Philadelphia—fastidious in
their interview process. In addition
to Jordan, they now have chatted
with Villanova’s Jay Wright, former
coach Chris Ford, Thibodeau, ex-T-
Wolves coach Dwayne Casey and Lak-
ers assistant Kurt Rambis. Still, they’re
expected to land Jordan in the end.
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 10
Playoff glance
CONFERENCE FINALS
(Best-of-7), all times ET
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Cleveland vs. Orlando
(Orlando leads series 2-1)
May 20: Orlando 107, Cleveland 106
May 22: Cleveland 96, Orlando 95
May 24: Orlando 99, Cleveland 89
Today: Cleveland at Orlando,
8:30 p.m., TNT
Thursday: Orlando at Cleveland,
8:30 p.m.
Saturday: Cleveland at Orlando, 8:30
p.m., if necessary
Monday, June 1: Orlando at
Cleveland, 8:30 p.m., if necessary
WESTERN CONFERENCE
L.A. Lakers vs. Denver
(Series tied 2-2)
May 19: L.A. Lakers 105, Denver 103
May 21: Denver 106, L.A. Lakers 103
May 23: L.A. Lakers 103, Denver 97
Monday: Denver 120, L.A. Lakers 101
Wednesday: Denver at L.A. Lakers,
9 p.m., ESPN
Friday: L.A. Lakers at Denver, 9 p.m.
Sunday: Denver at L.A. Lakers, 8:30
p.m., if necessary
NBA calendar
June 4—NBA finals start date (pos-
sible move-up to June 2).
June 15—NBA draft early entry
entrant withdrawal deadline (5 p.m.
ET).
June 18—NBA finals latest possible
end date.
June 25—NBA draft.
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Sweep or not, Maurice deserves to have interim tag removed
Scott Walker knows about sacri-
fice. The Carolina forward has been a
big part of the Hurricanes’ playoff
run while also helping his wife fight
cervical cancer. So he has a little extra
appreciation for what his coach, Paul
Maurice, is doing right now.
Maurice was
hired on an
interim basis in
December after
Carolina GM Jim
Rutherford fired
head coach Peter
Laviolette. When
Craig Custance his former fran-
HOCKEY chise and close
friend needed the
help, Maurice didn’t hesitate.
He also left his family behind in
Toronto while leading the Hurri-
canes on a remarkable trip to the
Eastern Conference finals. He’s
done it all with no public guaran-
tees that he’ll be the head coach next
season.
It’d be shocking if Rutherford
didn’t bring Maurice back after his
coaching performance, but the
G.M. has yet to offer any assurances
beyond this season.
“I still want to wait and go
through the process when we’re
finished playing,” Rutherford told
The News & Observer.
Rutherford’s deliberate style is
what makes him one of the best
GMs in the game. But it can’t be
easy on Maurice.
“I think Jimmy (Rutherford) has
done a tremendous job here over
the years,” Walker told Sporting
News Today. “He sits back and sees
how things go and assesses things
when he has time. Right now, you
can’t assess anything.”
Since taking over behind the bench on Dec. 3, Paul Maurice, left, has led Matt Cullen and the Hurricanes on a season-ending hot streak and into the Eastern Conference finals.
Walker said that makes Maurice
even more respected in the Carolina
dressing room. His contract doesn’t
extend beyond June, but the players
would never know by the time and
sacrifices Maurice continues to
make.
If this is an extended job inter-
view, he’s earned the approval of
the players.
“You know what it means to us;
we can imagine what it means to
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him,” Walker said. “He gets a great
deal of respect from me for that. In
some ways, it’s almost more than
what you can do coaching. The sac-
rifices you make for your team-
mates and team pushes you a little
further.”
Pittsburgh’s Dan Bylsma, the
coach on the opposing bench, had
his interim tag removed after lead-
ing the Penguins to the playoffs.
He said he’s been so focused on
leading the Penguins that it wasn’t
a decision that changed anything.
But, he added, it was nice for his
family, which did a little celebrating
after the deal was signed.
Maurice said his family is cele-
brating the Hurricanes’ playoff suc-
cess. Right now, that’s the reward.
“We’ve gotten through it fine,”
Maurice said. “It’s nice to have a
playoff payoff like this. To come
down and miss the time in your
GENE J. PUSKAR / AP
family’s life, they enjoy [the play-
offs], and they need it too.”
And in typical Maurice fashion,
he injected some self-deprecating
humor.
“It was a sacrifice for me. I’m not
sure about my family,” Maurice
said. “They seem to be getting along
pretty well without me.”
When Maurice was hired and
Ron Francis moved from the front
office to the role of associate coach,
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 11
there were expectations from some
in hockey that Francis was the head
coach-in-waiting—if he wanted it.
Maurice said Francis sees things
on the ice very few people in hockey
see and agrees he would make a
fantastic head coach.
Francis also has helped elevate
the game of franchise center Eric
Staal, who is close with the Hall of
Fame center.
Maybe Francis’ presence compli-
cates things. If he wants to be the
head coach, even Maurice agrees
he’s ready.
“We’ll sit down when everything
is all said and done and discuss
which direction we go,” Francis
said.
If they’re competing for the same
position, Maurice is doing a lousy
job campaigning against Francis.
“For me, Ron is going to do what-
ever he decides he wants to do. If it’s
management, at some point he’ll be
the G.M.,” Maurice said. “If he
wants to be a head coach, at some
point he’ll be a head coach. He can
do that next season if he wants. I
hope they’ll wait that long.”
Maurice deserves the head-
coaching job regardless of the result
of Tuesday night’s Game 4 in Caro-
lina. All indications point to him
getting it.
Rutherford has a history of mak-
ing the right decision, and this one
is easy.
“People in Carolina have a great
deal of confidence with Jimmy,”
Walker said. “I don’t know how he
does it. He gets character guys and
quality people around him.”
That’s what they have in Maurice:
a coach worth keeping.
ccustance@sportingnews.com
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EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
Playoff stats (Through May 24)
Staal sputters at inopportune time for Hurricanes POS NO. PLAYER GP
Pittsburgh Penguins
G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW OTG S PCTG
RALEIGH, N.C.—It’s been five months C 71 Evgeni Malkin 16 12 16 28 3 18 5 0 3 1 79 .152
since Eric Staal went this long C 87 Sidney Crosby 16 14 12 26 10 12 5 0 1 0 63 .222
Today’s game R 13 Bill Guerin 16 6 7 13 10 9 2 0 2 1 47 .128
between goals. If the All-Star center D 55 Sergei Gonchar 14 2 10 12 2 10 1 0 1 0 32 .063
doesn’t start producing soon, he
Eastern Conference finals L 14 Chris Kunitz 16 1 11 12 5 15 0 0 0 0 31 .032
(Best-of-7), all times ET L 26 Ruslan Fedotenko 16 5 5 10 5 4 0 0 0 0 41 .122
might have to wait that long before his
D 58 Kris Letang 15 3 6 9 3 26 1 0 1 1 39 .077
next chance to score. Pittsburgh at Carolina, 7:30 p.m., L 24 Matt Cooke 16 1 6 7 2- 12 0 0 0 0 23 .043
As Staal goes in this postseason, so Versus D 7 Mark Eaton 16 4 2 6 9 6 1 0 0 0 11 .364
go the Carolina Hurricanes. They’ve C 48 Tyler Kennedy 16 3 3 6 3- 4 0 0 2 0 50 .060
C 11 Jordan Staal 16 2 4 6 5- 6 0 0 0 0 39 .051
have won all seven playoff games in
which he has scored a goal, and are
Betting line R 81 Miroslav Satan
C 25 Maxime Talbot
10
16
1
3
4
1
5
4
4
2
9
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
15
21
.067
.143
Today R 27 Craig Adams 16 2 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 21 .095
1-9 when he doesn’t.
FAVORITE .........LINE UNDERDOG ........LINE D 44 Brooks Orpik 16 0 4 4 1- 16 0 0 0 0 5 .000
One reason the Hurricanes enter D 43 Philippe Boucher 7 1 2 3 2- 4 1 0 1 0 8 .125
Pittsburgh ............-135 at Carolina .............+115
tonight’s Game 4 in danger of being D 4 Rob Scuderi 16 1 2 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 7 .143
swept out of the Eastern Conference D 2 Hal Gill 16 0 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 15 .000
D 3 Alex Goligoski 2 0 1 1 1- 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
finals by the surging Pittsburgh Pen- that stretch to score a team-best 40 R 17 Petr Sykora 6 0 1 1 3- 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000
guins is the lack of production from goals, hitting that mark for the second L 9 Pascal Dupuis 10 0 0 0 3- 6 0 0 0 0 14 .000
their franchise player. time in his five-year career, and fin- TEAM TOTALS 16 61 101 162 9 180 16 0 11 3 569 .107
OPPONENT TOTALS 16 46 79 125 9- 242 10 2 5 1 461 .100
The Penguins’ young stars, Sidney ished with 75 points, two behind Ray
Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, have Whitney for the team lead. NO GOALTENDER GP MINS AVG W L OT EN SO GA SA SV% G A PIM
taken over the series, combining for 29 Marc-Andre Fleury 16 995 2.71 11 5 0 1 0 45 460 .902 0 0 2
But after a quick start to the playoffs TEAM TOTALS 16 1000 2.76 11 5 0 1 0 46 461 .900 0 0 2
14 points and eight of their team’s 16 when he had 12 points in 11 games, he’s OPPONENT TOTALS 16 1000 3.66 5 11 0 4 1 61 569 .893 0 0 0
goals. Conversely, Staal has been held one loss away from the indignity of being
to just one assist in the series, and has eliminated by his baby brother’s team. Carolina Hurricanes
gone six games without a goal since “He’s hard on himself—probably too POS NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW OTG S PCTG
he had two in Game 4 of the second hard on himself sometimes,” Pittsburgh C 12 Eric Staal 17 9 5 14 2- 4 3 0 1 0 68 .132
L 36 Jussi Jokinen 17 7 4 11 1- 0 2 0 3 1 27 .259
round against Boston. forward Jordan Staal said. “It’s a diffi- GENE J. PUSKAR / AP R 59 Chad LaRose 17 4 7 11 1 14 0 0 0 0 49 .082
The Hurricanes’ top scorer insists cult situation for him. He’s been playing Carolina wins when Eric Staal scores, but he hasn’t found the net since Game 4 of the second round. L 13 Ray Whitney 17 3 8 11 7- 4 0 0 1 0 52 .058
his touch will return with time, even hard. It’s just not going in for him.” D 25 Joni Pitkanen 17 0 8 8 2 16 0 0 0 0 46 .000
L 14 Sergei Samsonov 16 5 2 7 3 6 0 0 0 0 22 .227
if his team is running out of it. The Penguins’ underrated defense fast-breaking best when they’re fly- it in 2000 and ’01. The Red Wings lead D 77 Joe Corvo 17 2 5 7 7- 2 1 0 1 0 48 .042
“I’m counted on to score goals and has something to do with that, too. ing down the ice, peppering goalie the West finals 3-1 over Chicago. R 24 Scott Walker 17 1 6 7 3- 19 0 0 1 1 24 .042
counted on to produce offensively,” They’ve kept several of Carolina’s top Cam Ward with quick shots and fol- Before the Penguins can think C 8 Matt Cullen 17 3 3 6 1 14 0 1 0 0 26 .115
D 4 Dennis Seidenberg 15 1 5 6 5- 12 0 0 0 0 16 .063
Staal said Monday. “I need to be a little players off the scoresheet during the lowing one goal with another. They’re about a probable matchup against D 6 Tim Gleason 17 1 4 5 2- 32 0 0 1 1 11 .091
bit better in my end of the rink and series, holding Whitney and Erik Cole outshooting Carolina by nearly nine former teammate Marian Hossa— L 18 Ryan Bayda 14 2 2 4 2 18 0 0 0 0 17 .118
focus on that first, and everything else to two assists apiece. shots per game. Three times in the who signed with the Red Wings in R 15 Tuomo Ruutu 16 1 3 4 3- 8 0 0 0 0 17 .059
C 17 Rod Brind’Amour 17 1 3 4 4- 8 0 0 0 0 28 .036
kind of takes care of itself. ... When “Those three guys ... they use each series the Penguins have scored mul- the offseason for what he perceived as R 26 Erik Cole 17 0 4 4 4- 22 0 0 0 0 30 .000
those opportunities come, they’re going other very well,” Penguins defense- tiple goals within 90 seconds. a better chance to win a title—they R 44 Patrick Eaves 17 1 2 3 1- 13 0 0 0 0 21 .048
to fall—I didn’t score 40 goals for no man Rob Scuderi said. “They don’t Next up for Pittsburgh: A spot in the must take care of the Hurricanes and R 39 Patrick Dwyer 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
D 5 Frantisek Kaberle 7 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 7 .000
reason. I know what I can do, and that’s rely so much on one-on-one talent, record book, one way or another. avoid becoming the first NHL team D 33 Anton Babchuk 12 0 1 1 3- 10 0 0 0 0 21 .000
continuing to attack the net, and those individual skill, as they do on the No team since the 1984 Edmonton since the 1975 Penguins to lose a series C 63 Dwight Helminen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
things are going to happen.” whole line. We’re just trying to get on Oilers has won the Stanley Cup the year after leading 3-0. D 38 Tim Conboy 3 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 ---
D 7 Niclas Wallin 17 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 9 .000
The drought is his longest since he them quick, take away their time and after losing in the finals. The Pen- “We certainly know the situation TEAM TOTALS 17 41 74 115 5- 221 6 1 8 3 539 .076
went seven games without a goal in space, and get moving into the offen- guins—beaten by Detroit in six games we’re in,” Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma OPPONENT TOTALS 17 48 83 131 5 210 8 0 9 1 554 .087
November and December, a stretch sive zone, because that’s where our in last year’s Cup finals—seemingly are said. “We haven’t won four games. This
NO GOALTENDER GP MINS AVG W L OT EN SO GA SA SV% G A PIM
that coincided with the firing of coach forwards are able to grind them down racing the Red Wings to become the is a race to four, and we still have more 30 Cam Ward 17 1043 2.65 8 9 0 2 2 46 552 .917 0 0 0
Peter Laviolette and the rehiring of and make them play defense.” first team to reach the final round in work to do to get there.” TEAM TOTALS 17 1049 2.75 8 9 0 2 2 48 554 .913 0 0 0
Paul Maurice. Staal rebounded from Indeed, the Penguins are at their consecutive years since New Jersey did — The Associated Press OPPONENT TOTALS 17 1049 2.35 9 8 0 1 2 41 539 .924 0 0 0
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WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS
Playoff stats (Through May 24)
Red Wings welcome opportunity to clinch at home POS NO. PLAYER GP
Chicago Blackhawks
G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW OTG S PCTG
DETROIT—The Detroit Red Wings R 24 Martin Havlat 16 5 10 15 0 8 0 0 1 1 35 .143
R 88 Patrick Kane 15 8 5 13 10- 12 2 0 0 0 33 .242
had 3-1 series leads twice in the play-
offs last year and failed to advance on
Wednesday’s game C 19 Jonathan Toews 16 7 6 13 1- 26 5 0 2 0 42 .167
L 32 Kris Versteeg 16 4 8 12 5- 22 3 0 0 0 24 .167
home ice either time. Western Conference finals R 10 Patrick Sharp 16 7 4 11 1- 4 3 0 2 1 40 .175
(Best-of-7), all times ET C 36 Dave Bolland 16 4 7 11 0 24 1 1 1 0 27 .148
Detroit did, though, beat the Pitts- D 7 Brent Seabrook 16 1 10 11 0 14 1 0 0 0 35 .029
burgh Penguins to win the Stanley Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m., D 51 Brian Campbell 16 2 8 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 26 .077
Cup after eliminating the Dallas D 25 Cam Barker 16 3 6 9 1- 2 0 0 0 0 31 .097
Versus R 33 Dustin Byfuglien 16 3 6 9 1- 26 1 0 0 0 40 .075
Stars. Both series ended in Game 6 on D 2 Duncan Keith 16 0 6 6 1 8 0 0 0 0 23 .000
the road. R 37 Adam Burish 16 3 2 5 4 30 0 0 1 0 22 .136
C 26 Samuel Pahlsson 16 2 3 5 4- 4 1 0 0 0 10 .200
The defending champions would Rafalski said Kronwall’s open-ice L 16 Andrew Ladd 16 3 1 4 4 12 0 0 1 1 31 .097
like to make things a little easier on checks remind him of the ones dished L 55 Ben Eager 16 1 1 2 1- 51 0 0 1 0 14 .071
themselves Wednesday night out by former New Jersey Devils D 8 Matt Walker 16 0 2 2 3- 14 0 0 0 0 15 .000
L 22 Troy Brouwer 16 0 2 2 1- 12 0 0 0 0 19 .000
against the Chicago Blackhawks in teammate Scott Stevens. Kronwall D 4 Niklas Hjalmarsson 16 0 1 1 3- 6 0 0 0 0 8 .000
Game 5 of the Western Conference was given a major penalty and was C 46 Colin Fraser 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
TEAM TOTALS 16 53 88 141 4- 279 19 1 9 3 476 .111
finals. ejected from Game 3 for his shot on OPPONENT TOTALS 16 52 85 137 4 250 14 1 7 1 463 .112
“You want to finish it as soon as you Havlat.
can,” Detroit defenseman Brian “He’s not as big as Scotty, but he NO GOALTENDER GP MINS AVG W L OT EN SO GA SA SV% G A PIM
39 Nikolai Khabibuli 15 881 2.93 8 6 0 3 0 43 421 .898 0 0 0
Rafalski said Monday, a day after the still delivers,” Rafalski said. 50 Corey Crawford 1 16 3.75 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .857 0 0 0
Red Wings beat Chicago 6-1 in Game Quenneville delivered the line of 38 Cristobal Huet 2 66 4.55 1 1 0 0 0 5 32 .844 0 0 0
TEAM TOTALS 16 970 3.22 9 7 0 3 0 52 463 .888 0 0 0
4. “Obviously, we have some banged- the day after Game 4, saying, “I think OPPONENT TOTALS 16 970 3.28 7 9 0 3 0 53 476 .889 0 0 0
up bodies. we witnessed probably the worst call
“We want to get them healthy, and in the history of sports there,” after a
Detroit Red Wings
the best way to do that is to finish it as roughing penalty on Matt Walker led
POS NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW OTG S PCTG
soon as you can.” to Detroit taking a 3-0 lead in the sec- L 93 Johan Franzen 15 10 9 19 10 10 3 0 2 0 47 .213
MVP finalist Pavel Datsyuk (foot) ond period. C 40 Henrik Zetterberg 15 9 9 18 11 6 3 0 0 0 55 .164
has missed two games, six-time Nor- “Well, I wasn’t happy after the R 11 Daniel Cleary 15 6 7 13 15 8 0 0 2 0 31 .194
D 5 Nicklas Lidstrom 14 4 9 13 7 6 3 0 1 0 45 .089
ris Trophy-winning defenseman game,” said Quenneville, trying to C 51 Valtteri Filppula 15 1 12 13 8 6 1 0 0 0 25 .040
Nicklas Lidstrom (lower body-injury) distance himself from his comments. R 81 Marian Hossa 15 6 6 12 4 6 2 1 1 0 70 .086
R 37 Mikael Samuelsson 15 5 4 9 5 4 0 0 2 1 60 .083
was a surprise scratch Sunday, and “I already voiced my displeasure. L 26 Jiri Hudler 15 4 5 9 3 6 2 0 1 0 30 .133
four-time Cup-winning forward Kris “We have to face the Wednesday D 28 Brian Rafalski 10 3 5 8 8 11 2 0 1 0 19 .158
Draper (lower body) missed Game 4, challenge. We got to be smart how we C 13 Pavel Datsyuk 13 1 6 7 4 9 1 0 0 0 47 .021
D 55 Niklas Kronwall 15 1 6 7 4 25 1 0 0 0 23 .043
too. go into the next game and play our D 23 Brad Stuart 15 1 6 7 8 10 1 0 0 0 27 .037
Detroit coach Mike Babcock said he game and play it hard between the R 96 Tomas Holmstrom 15 2 2 4 0 16 0 0 0 0 14 .143
D 52 Jonathan Ericsson 15 2 2 4 8 21 0 0 1 0 25 .080
hopes Datsyuk and Lidstrom will be CARLOS OSORIO / AP whistles.” D 22 Brett Lebda 15 0 4 4 6 8 0 0 0 0 13 .000
back on the ice Wednesday, but ruled Niklas Lidstrom and the Red Wings failed to close out two series last postseason in Game 5 at home. Quenneville was fined $10,000 by C 43 Darren Helm 15 2 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 23 .087
out Draper for Game 5. the NHL on Monday for his remarks. L 8 Justin Abdelkader 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000
L 82 Tomas Kopecky 8 0 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 13 .000
Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood Goalie Nikolai Khabibulin (lower If Havlat is hesitant to step back on Babcock said the key for the Red R 18 Kirk Maltby 12 0 1 1 2- 2 0 0 0 0 5 .000
said the team doctor kept him out of body) hasn’t played since the second the ice before becoming a free agent Wings is to realize they have done D 14 Derek Meech 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
L 21 Ville Leino 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
the third period Sunday because of period of Game 4, which Chicago won this summer, it’ll be understandable. nothing yet. C 33 Kris Draper 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000
cramps, but insisted he felt “great” on in overtime, and the team’s leading He was hit by defenseman Niklas “As soon as you let up for one sec- D 24 Chris Chelios 5 0 0 0 1- 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Monday. scorer, Martin Havlat, left the ice in Kronwall in the first period of Game 3 ond, and the other team gets more TEAM TOTALS 15 57 96 153 20 171 19 1 11 1 586 .097
OPPONENT TOTALS 15 33 57 90 20- 277 15 0 4 2 429 .077
“If it had been a closer game, I two straight games after getting and by defenseman Brad Stuart in the focused, then they beat you,” he said.
would have stayed in for sure,” checked hard. middle of Game 4. “Last year was a great example, we NO GOALTENDER GP MINS AVG W L OT EN SO GA SA SV% G A PIM
29 Ty Conklin 1 20 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.000 0 0 0
Osgood said. Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville “The physicality of Stuart and Kro- lost two Game 5s at home that, in the 30 Chris Osgood 15 926 2.14 11 4 0 0 1 33 420 .921 0 1 2
On the brink of elimination, the said the status for both players will nwall is so important for our success end, could have cost us the series.” TEAM TOTALS 15 948 2.09 11 4 0 0 1 33 429 .923 0 1 2
Blackhawks are also banged up. become more clear today. at playoff time,” Babcock said. — The Associated Press OPPONENT TOTALS 15 948 3.61 4 11 0 4 0 57 586 .903 0 0 0
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Report: Avalanche sweeten offer for Roy
It may not be just the Colorado
Avalanche head coaching job Pat-
rick Roy is considering. According
to a Montreal news website, Rue-
frontenac.com, Roy was offered
both the general manager and
head coaching job in Colorado by
Avs president Pierre Lacroix.
According to the report, Roy
would hire Sylvain Lefebvre and Guy
Boucher as his assistant coaches
and Colorado vice president of
hockey operations Craig Billington
as his co-general manager.
There’s speculation that Colo-
rado upped the ante in order to
prevent Roy from getting hired
by the Montreal Canadiens in
some capacity.
Right now, Tony Granato is still
the Avs head coach, although his
firing appears to be a formality at
this point if Roy is interested in
the job. According to The Denver
Post, the team had no comment on
the report, which cited sources
close to Roy.
The NHL has fined Black-
hawks coach Joel Quenneville
$10,000 for harsh criticism of
officiating in his team’s loss to
Detroit in Game 4 of the Western
Conference finals.
Quenneville fumed over a
roughing call against defenseman
Matt Walker during a scrum as the
first period ended Sunday. The
Red Wings scored on the ensuing
power play 1:13 into the second
period extending their lead to 3-0,
and went on to win 6-1 and take a
3-1 edge in the series.
“I think we witnessed probably
the worst call in the history of
sports there,” Quenneville said
after the game. “Nothing play.
“They scored, it’s 3-0. They
ruined a good hockey game and
absolutely destroyed what was
going on the ice. ... Never seen
anything like it.”
The Blackhawks will try to
avoid elimination Wednesday in
Detroit.
According to The Globe and
Mail, the NHL and Phoenix Coy-
otes owner Jerry Moyes have agreed
on how the team will be operated
day-to-day. According to the
report, both sides are expected to
tell the judge that the league will
continue to finance the team’s
operation until a new buyer is
found.
The only hang-up remaining is
the timeline of the sale of the
team. Moyes would like a sale
quickly so there aren’t huge
losses in Phoenix next season
while the league wants to wait on
moving the team, citing schedul-
ing problems and normal proce-
dures of moving a team.
The timeline of the sale will
likely be decided by the judge.
Detroit Red Wings coach
Mike Babcock met with reporters on
Monday during an off-day for
Detroit. Immediately he was
asked about the status of his three
injured veterans Pavel Datsyuk,
Nicklas Lidstrom and Kris Draper.
He ruled Draper out for
Wednesday’s game and said he
was happy he didn’t have to
worry about playing the other
two until then.
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Patrick Roy could have G.M. duties in addition to the head coaching job in Colorado.
“I’m hopeful to see Pav and Nik
very shortly here,” he said.
Even without those three, the
Red Wings were able to rout Chi-
cago in game four. But Babcock
NHL
DAVID ZALUBOWSKI / AP
said beating the Blackhawks so
convincingly doesn’t send any
message.
“I don’t buy any of that stuff,”
Babcock said. “I believe in living
in the present and getting pre-
pared for the opportunity we
have. You know, we have a good
opportunity. I understand that.
The guys understand that.”
Toronto general manager
Brian Burke is interested in moving
up in the upcoming NHL Entry
draft, but he might not have a
taker in Tampa Bay G.M. Brian
Lawton, who holds the No. 2 pick
in the draft. According to the St.
Petersburg Times, Lawton would
prefer to hold on to the pick rather
than trade it. The team covets
Swedish defenseman Victor Hed-
man, although there’s still the
possibility Hedman goes No. 1 to
the New York Islanders.
Either way, Lawton said they
want to add a key piece to the
franchise’s future.
“Our goal is to be competing
for a playoff spot next year,” Law-
ton told the paper. “Along the
way, we want to build a founda-
tion and a team ownership and
the fans can be proud of.”
Calgary G.M. Darryl Sutter is
expected to address the media in
Calgary today and possibly name
a replacement for the recently
fired Mike Keenan. While New Jer-
sey’s Brent Sutter has been the hot-
test name speculated, the Calgary
Herald reported that Darryl Sut-
ter himself could return behind
the bench.
If that happens, the paper
reports, it’s likely because of an
order from ownership. The
Flames owe Keenan a reported $1
million not to coach next season.
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 14
Playoff glance
CONFERENCE FINALS
(Best-of-7), all times ET
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Carolina vs. Pittsburgh
(Pittsburgh leads series 3-0)
May 18: Pittsburgh 3, Carolina 2
May 21: Pittsburgh 7, Carolina 4
May 23: Pittsburgh 6, Carolina 2
Today: Pittsburgh at Carolina, 7:30 p.m., Versus
Friday: Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m., if neces-
sary, Versus
Sunday: Pittsburgh at Carolina, 7:30 p.m., if
necessary, Versus
Tuesday, June 2: Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7:30
p.m., if necessary, Versus
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Chicago vs. Detroit
(Detroit leads series 3-1)
May 17: Detroit 5, Chicago 2
May 19: Detroit 3, Chicago 2, OT
May 22: Chicago 4, Detroit 3, OT
May 24: Detroit 6, Chicago 1
Wednesday: Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Versus
Saturday: Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m., if necessary,
Versus
Monday, June 1: Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m., if
necessary, Versus
NHL calendar
Through May 30—NHL Combine, Toronto.
June 5—Stanley Cup finals begin at Western
Conference champion.
June 18—NHL awards show at Las Vegas.
June 26-27—NHL draft, Montreal.
July 1—Free agency signing period begins.
July 5—Deadline for player-elected salary
arbitration.
July 6—Deadline for club-elected salary
arbitration.
July 10—Deadline for eligible players to elect
Group 5 free agency.
July 20-Aug. 4—Salary arbitration hearings held.
Aug. 6—Deadline for salary arbitration decisions
to be rendered.
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com NASCAR TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 15

Reutimann gladly takes rain-shortened victory Coca-Cola 600 results

FINISH START CAR DRIVER MAKE POINTS LAPS
BY REID SPENCER 1 21 00 David Reutimann Toyota 190 227
rspencer@sportingnews.com 2 1 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 175 227
3 37 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 170 227
CONCORD, N.C.—He’ll take it! 4 19 99 Carl Edwards Ford 160 227
David Reutimann was the big win- 5 8 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 160 227
ner in NASCAR’s losing battle 6 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 160 227
against Mother Nature in Monday’s 7 6 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 146 227
rain-shortened 24 hours of the Coca-
8 9 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 142 227
Cola 600 Sprint Cup race at Lowe’s
9 14 20 Joey Logano Toyota 143 227
Motor Speedway.
Nearly 25 hours after the 50th edi- 10 30 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 134 227
tion of the race was supposed to start,
and with menacing storm cells dot- NASCAR Sprint Cup standings (through Monday’s race)
ting the radar, NASCAR called the
event after 227 of a scheduled 400 RK. +/- DRIVER POINTS BEHIND STARTS POLES WINS T-5 T-10
laps and made a first-time winner of 1 -- Jeff Gordon 1722 Leader 12 0 1 6 8
Reutimann, who parlayed a strategic 2 -- Tony Stewart 1678 -44 12 0 0 5 8
call by crew chief Rodney Childers 3 -- Kurt Busch 1607 -115 12 0 1 3 6
into the unlikely victory. 4 -- Jimmie Johnson 1594 -128 12 0 1 5 7
The win in NASCAR’s longest 5 -- Denny Hamlin 1575 -147 12 0 0 2 4
race, which was postponed from 6 +1 Kyle Busch 1540 -182 12 1 3 4 5
Sunday because of rain, was the first
7 +1 Ryan Newman 1538 -184 12 1 0 4 6
for Michael Waltrip Racing—now in
8 -2 Jeff Burton 1472 -250 12 0 0 2 5
its third season of Cup competition—
and the first for a Toyota team other 9 +1 Matt Kenseth 1460 -262 12 1 2 3 5
than Joe Gibbs Racing. All told, MIKE MCCARN / AP 10 -1 Greg Biffle 1448 -274 12 0 0 3 6
Reutimann led five laps, all under the David Reutimann, second from left, only led five laps in Monday’s race but they were the ones that counted the most. 11 +1 Carl Edwards 1431 -291 12 0 0 2 5
final caution. He was running 14th 12 -1 Mark Martin 1428 -294 12 3 2 3 6
when rain started falling on Lap 221. exactly the way you envision it. But Saturday night, he had the dominant straight top-five finish. The last time 13 +2 David Reutimann 1422 -300 12 1 1 2 3
The top three finishers—Reuti- these things are so hard to win, we’ll car in the rain-shortened Carquest he had a comparable streak was 14 -- Juan Montoya 1397 -325 12 1 0 0 4
mann, polesitter Ryan Newman and take it any way we can get it… It’s fun, Auto Parts 300 Nationwide Series 2005 … Robby Gordon’s third was 15 +1 Kasey Kahne 1351 -371 12 0 0 1 3
Robby Gordon—remained on the but I felt like I was down on pit road race, which Mike Bliss won by con- his best finish since he ran second at 16 +1 Brian Vickers 1348 -374 12 2 0 2 5
track when NASCAR threw the for a month (waiting for NASCAR to serving fuel and staying out until a Watkins Glen International in 2005 17 -4 Clint Bowyer 1319 -403 12 0 0 3 4
sixth caution of the race on Lap 221 call the race.” storm hit the speedway. … Bill Elliott finished 15th in his
18 +1 Martin Truex Jr. 1238 -484 12 1 0 0 3
after a shower hit Turn 2. Six laps Reutimann gained two positions Busch passed Newman on Lap 3 800th Cup start … Kurt Busch came
19 -1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1225 -497 12 0 0 1 3
later, the race was red-flagged for the to 13th in the Cup standings, trailing and thereafter dominated the green- to pit road with a vibration on Lap
20 -- Marcos Ambrose 1216 -506 12 0 0 1 2
fourth time. Carl Edwards and Brian 12th-place Mark Martin by six flag segments of the race, which were 193, and his crew corrected the prob-
Vickers, who each took two tires points. run between interruptions from lem by changing right-side tires on 21 +3 Jamie McMurray 1168 -554 12 0 0 0 3
under yellow on lap 222, finished “Obviously, their crew chief made intermittent thundershowers. New- the No. 2 Dodge. The unscheduled 22 -- Casey Mears 1168 -554 12 0 0 0 1
fourth and fifth. an awesome call,” an elated Michael man lost track position when he had stop dropped Busch to 34th at the 23 -2 Kevin Harvick 1149 -573 12 0 0 2 2
“It certainly wasn’t the prettiest Waltrip said of the No. 00 Toyota to bring his No. 39 Chevrolet back to finish. He remained third in points 24 -1 Reed Sorenson 1148 -574 12 0 0 0 1
win,” said Reutimann, who won the team’s effort. “David and I have been the pits to tighten a lug nut under a but fell 115 behind leader Jeff Gordon, 25 +5 Joey Logano* 1145 -577 12 0 0 0 3
race with his father, renowned short- in position to win races before, and competition caution called on Lap 41. who finished 14th … Dale Earnhardt —Bold line indicates Chase cutoff
track racer Buzzie Reutimann, in fate took it away from us. So I look at Newman and crew chief Tony Jr. fought an ill-handling car from the
attendance. “Rodney Childers made this as payback.” Gibson discussed strategy during outset, lost two laps on the track and MORE COVERAGE from sportingnews.com
a great call and told me to stay out. Kyle Busch led a race-high 173 laps the final caution and made the stra- finished 40th.
Results: sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=553064
“When you envision winning your but was victimized by rain for the tegic call that salvaged a good finish. — Reid Spencer writes for
first Sprint Cup race, this is not second straight NASCAR event. On Notes: Newman posted his fourth the Sporting News NASCAR wire service Standings: sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=553066
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com NASCAR TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 16

Rain ruins dominant day for Kyle Busch INSIDE DISH

BY JARED TURNER
SceneDaily.com
CONCORD, N.C.—The plight of Joe Gibbs
Racing’s Kyle Busch in Monday’s Coca-
Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway is
living proof that the fastest car doesn’t
always win a NASCAR Sprint Cup race.
Busch led 173 laps—by far the most of
any driver in Monday’s rain-delayed
event that was originally set for Sunday—
but finished sixth after pitting with most
of the leaders under the race’s final cau-
tion, brought out by rain on lap 222.
The rain kept coming, the race never
went green again and it was called official
after 227 of 400 scheduled laps. Busch,
the first driver off pit road who took four
tires, ended up behind three drivers who
didn’t pit at all and two others who took
just two tires.
“We had to come down pit road and put
gas in it,” Busch said. “Fortunately, a lot
of guys like us took four tires so we didn’t
lose that much ground. The 99 (of Carl
Edwards) and the 83 (of Brian Vickers)
took two tires, so they got out in front of
us. It only hurt us two spots so we fin-
ished sixth.”
First among those drivers who stayed
out was winner David Reutimann, who
inherited the top spot by not pitting.
Reutimann had been running 14th when
the final caution flag flew.
If the weather had cleared and the race
had resumed, Reutimann and the two
others who didn’t stop—Ryan Newman
and Robby Gordon—would have been
forced to pit and fallen deep in the field.
But that’s not what happened.
“We’re running a different race than
what them guys in 15th are racing,” said
Steve Addington, Busch’s crew chief.
“(We) made the decision and thought we’d
go back racing. (I thought), ‘We have
lights here, we probably won’t get another
drop of rain.’ ... It’s just hard to sit there
and know what’s going to happen, but we
Kyle Busch did everything but win Monday’s race, leading 173 of the 227 laps that were run before rain ended it.
were racing our race. …
“If we’d have stayed out and then it
went back green, we’d have had to come
down pit road ... and we’d have been stuck
back there in 26th position and it would
have been hard getting back up there. But
we came here to win the race and we raced
the guys we were racing and all them took
four tires.”
Busch was the leader when the final
caution flag waved. Five laps later, the
race—already past its halfway point and
thus an official event—was called.
Despite the way things turned out,
Addington could find solace in how
HAROLD HINSON FOR SN
strong the No. 18 group ran throughout
the race.
“You can take bright spots out of it,” he
said. “We ran good all day long, from the
beginning of the race till right there till
the last pit stop. We were still in good
shape because if we’d have went back
green (those) guys were in a bad
situation.
“… It’s not hard on (Kyle). It sucks for us
for him because he goes out there and
drives his tail off and dominates the race
all day long and then doesn’t have any-
thing to show for it.”
jturner@streetandsmiths.com
NASCAR confiscates Robby Gordon’s
rear axle housing after 3rd-place finish
NASCAR kept the rear axle housing of Robby
Gordon’s car following the Coca-Cola 600 and
will do further inspections of it this week at its
Research and Development Center, NASCAR
spokesman Kerry Tharp said Monday night.
If there are any penalties to Gordon and his
Robby Gordon Motorsports team, they will be
announced later this week, Tharp said.
Gordon finished third in the rain-delayed race
at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, thanks in part to his
decision to stay on the track under the final cau-
tion period. The result was his best since a sec-
ond at Watkins Glen in 2005 and his best on an
oval track since winning at New Hampshire in
2001.
“Part of it was watching the computer screen,”
Gordon said. “We were sitting there 20th or 21st,
and we were like, ‘OK, if we come in and pit,
we’re going to come out 21st. If we stay out, we’ve
got an opportunity to finish in the top five.’
“I was just kind of bummed there were two
other guys who went for the gamble.”
Gordon had used the same strategy earlier in
the race when he stayed out under the race’s
fourth caution to lead lap 73. When the chance
came to do it again just past the halfway point,
the choice was clear.
“I don’t think we had to say anything,” crew
chief Kirk Almquist said. “We’d done it once earlier
in the race. We stayed out and led a lap under the
first red flag we had. We had talked about it and
knew if we got in the situation again, depending
on where we were on the track, we definitely
were going to go for it and try it.”
— Lee Montgomery, Bob Pockrass, SceneDaily.com
Rookie Joey Logano’s acclimation to
NASCAR Sprint Cup racing was in full view in
Monday’s rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600 at
Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
Logano ran as high as fourth during the race,
which was called after 227 of a scheduled 400
laps. Under caution on Lap 222, he brought his
No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to the pits for
four tires and fuel and lost positions when race
winner David Reutimann, runner-up Ryan Newman
and Gordon gambled on the weather and stayed
on the track.
Logano was credited with a ninth-place run,
matching the career best he posted in two of the
previous three races, at Talladega and Darling-
ton. Though the rain may have deprived him of
a better finish, Logano, who turned 19 on Sun-
day, was philosophical.
“A top-10 is hard to be mad about,” he said.
“Could have been a blessing in disguise. Could
have been better. Could have been worse. The
only thing that I wish was different is that they
brought us down pit road and stopped up and
let us change our tires after we went back green
(instead of opening pit road when the final cau-
tion flew), because then we would have been
sitting fourth right now or fifth or wherever the
heck we were.
“It is what it is. I couldn’t have done anything
about it, so I really can’t be mad about it. It’s still
ninth place. We could have gone back a lot fur-
ther than (we could have gone) forward.”
— Reid Spencer
At 3 p.m., 163 laps into the race, NASCAR
brought the cars to a halt on the frontstretch as
crew members lined pit road and fans stood
silently in the grandstands in a Memorial Day
moment of remembrance for members of the
Armed Forces who have given their lives in ser-
vice to the United States.
“I thought that it was really cool,” said sev-
enth-place finisher Kasey Kahne. “To honor the
men and women who have served our country,
and be able to participate in such a really special
deal was great.
“During the moment of silence, I just sat in my
car and thought about what the men and women
of the Armed Services have done for our coun-
try. I’m proud of NASCAR and all the drivers
and crews for such a great moment.”
— Reid Spencer
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com
Boo who? Rangers fans let A-Rod have it
Alex Rodriguez didn’t make himself
available to the media in the days
leading up to Monday’s Yankees-
Rangers game, his first in Texas since
he admitted this spring that he used
steroids during his time in Arlington.
But he wasn’t able to hide from
the fans who had watched him hit
156 home runs in a Texas uniform
but booed him heartily during
introductions Monday.
Rangers owner Tom Hicks told the
Fort Worth Star-Telegram before the
Yankees 11-1 victory that he hadn’t
talked to Rodriguez since his admis-
sion and that Hicks had no intention
of doing so during the series either.
“I don’t worry about Alex Rodri-
guez,” Hicks said. “I worry about
the Texas Rangers.”
Rodriguez’s response: his first
five-hit game since 2005.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi had
suggested that any negative reac-
tion in Texas would be based on
Rodriguez’s stature as a “great
player,” and not because Rangers
fans felt cheated or betrayed by
A-Rod’s admitted steroid use while
with the team from 2001-03, the
New York Daily News reported.
But before the A.L. West-leading
Rangers took the field, The Who
song “The Kids are Alright” blared
over the loudspeakers, a dig at Rodri-
guez for comments he made after
being traded that he would have
never gone to Texas if he had been
told it would be him “and 24 kids.”
Manny Ramirez worked out at
Dodger Stadium on Monday for the
first time since he was suspended 50
games for violating Major League
Baseball’s drug policy 2½ weeks ago.
INSIDE DISH
LM OTERO / AP
Alex Rodriguez’s first trip to Arlington after
admitting steroid use was met with boos.
Ramirez took batting practice at the
empty stadium, team spokesman Josh
Rawitch said. The rest of the Dodgers
were in Denver, where they beat the
Rockies 16-6. Their road trip contin-
ues this week against the Rockies
and Cubs. Ramirez can work out
with the Dodgers, but he must be off
the field by the time gates open. He is
eligible to be activated for the July 3
game at San Diego.
Yankees C Jorge Posada, sidelined
since straining his right hamstring May
4, could play in an extended spring
training game this week. He took bat-
ting practice, threw and participated in
a running program Monday with OF
Xavier Nady (right elbow ligament), C Jose
Molina (strained left quadriceps) and 3B
Cody Ransom (right quadriceps).
Struggling David Ortiz’s possible
Baseball
drop in the Red Sox lineup has been
delayed because the lefthanded DH
was on the bench Monday at Min-
nesota, with Twins lefty Francisco
Liriano on the mound. Manager Terry
Francona said Ortiz, hitting .195 with
one home run, is healthy and
described his slump as “normal hit-
ters’ woes.” 3B Mike Lowell is sched-
uled for a rest, so Francona said he
might make multiple changes to the
order for tonight’s game.
Lefthander David Price, who
helped Tampa Bay reach the World
Series last year, was promoted from
Class AAA Durham and started at
Cleveland on the same day it was
announced that 2B Akinori Iwamura,
batting .310, will miss the rest of
the season after suffering a torn
ligament in his left knee Sunday
against the Marlins. Meantime,
manager Joe Maddon, voted by his
peers as Sporting News’ 2008 A.L.
manager of the year for leading the
Rays to that 2008 World Series, has
received a three-year contract exten-
sion, through 2012. “This is where I
belong,” Maddon said. “This is where
I want to be.”
Cubs OF Milton Bradley believes
umpires have widened his strike zone
in retaliation for his April 16 run-in
with umpire Larry Vanover, the Chicago
Tribune reported, forcing Bradley to
chase pitches he normally doesn’t
swing at or risk being called out on
strikes. “Unfortunately, I just think it’s
a lot of ‘Oh, you did this to my colleague,’
or ‘We’re going to get him any time we
can. As soon as he gets two strikes,
we’re going to call whatever and see
what he does. Let’s try to ruin Milton
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 17
THE LAUNCHING PAD
What to expect in the major leagues today
Out for revenge
After suffering a doubleheader sweep by a combined score of 17-4 at
Bradley,’” he told the Tribune. Fenway Park last month, the Twins are in no mood to roll out the red carpet
for the Red Sox in their current series. And when the Twins are angry, look
out. Last week, they snapped a six-game losing streak by shellacking the
The Arizona Republic reported White Sox by the score of 20-1. The next night, they hung 11 runs on the
that Monday’s afternoon game pre- Brewers. But bad as the Twins are on the road (5-14), they’re tough to beat
vented many Diamondbacks play- at home. Already this season, two Twins (Jason Kubel and Michael Cuddyer)
ers from attending funeral services have hit for the cycle at the Metrodome. It all could add up to a long night for
Boston starter Jon Lester, who has a 6.93 ERA in four road starts this season.
in the morning for reliever Scott
Schoeneweis’ wife, Gabrielle, found
dead Wednesday at the couple’s Royal pain for Detroit
With the first-place Tigers recently putting some space between them-
suburban Phoenix home. The team
selves and the rest of the A.L. Central, the Royals need to make up some
would have chartered a bus for the ground in their current three-game set against Detroit. And they will have
team if not for Monday’s 12:40 p.m. the right man on the mound tonight. Ace Zack Greinke will try again for win
PT game against the Padres, manager No. 8, though it will be hard to top his previous effort at Kauffman Stadium
A.J. Hinch said. Still, starting pitchers against the Tigers. Back in April, Greinke fanned 10 Detroit hitters in a com-
plete-game shutout.
and some who are on the D.L. were
expected to attend.
We want a pitcher ...
As nice as it is to have a starting pitcher who can handle the bat, the Reds
Reds 2B Brandon Phillips, who has
would like righthander Micah Owings to be more dominant on the mound
an N.L.-leading 27 RBIs this month, than at the plate. Owings, a .314 career hitter who is batting .292 with a
plans on trying to play with a hairline homer this season, has a 5.27 ERA over his past five starts. His struggles at
fracture of his right thumb suffered home (5.63 ERA in three starts at Great American Ball Park) have been espe-
Saturday against the Indians. “It is cially troubling. He will face the Astros at home tonight.
really swollen right now,” Phillips — Chris Bahr
said. “I’ll think about the next step
when it gets here, after the swelling
goes down.”
Giants G.M. Brian Sabean,
acknowledging that his anemic team
needs to add a hitter, told the San
Francisco Chronicle that he is active in
trade talks and, in a departure from
his long-held philosophy, is willing
to get one who can walk as a free
agent after the season. The Giants
have inquired about Marlins 2B Dan
Uggla, who won’t be a free agent until
2011. The Nationals are willing to
deal 1B Nick Johnson, and the Indians
have made IF/OF Mark DeRosa avail-
able. Both are potential free agents.
Others who could be moved include
A’s OF Matt Holliday, Texas IF Hank Bla- CHARLES REX ARBOGAST / AP
lock and Seattle 3B Adrian Beltre, whom Jason Kubel is one of two Twins to hit for the cycle in Minneapolis this season.
Sabean is known to like.
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com Baseball TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 18
1. Dodgers (last week: 2) After a rough start without Manny Ramirez (1-4 in the first five games after his suspension), the Dodgers have gone 8-3 and continue to be lights-out at home (18-5).

2. Rangers (4) Still a bit strange to see that the team with the most homers in the majors entering the week is led in homers, RBIs and runs scored by the leadoff hitter, Ian Kinsler.

3. Red Sox (6) The three-game sweep of the Blue Jays in Fenway Park to open last week could be a sign of things to come for both teams.

4. Brewers (3) The Brew Crew enter Monday with the same record as the division-rival Cardinals, but they get the nod here thanks to their convincing three-game sweep in St. Louis last week.

5. Cardinals (11) The Cardinals gave up just two runs during the five-game winning streak (after Milwaukee left town) that brought them back into a tie with the Brewers.

6. Tigers (7) The recent improvement in the pitching staff—especially Dontrelle Willis’ resurgence—has Tigers fans everywhere thinking postseason.

7. Blue Jays (1) Rough week for the Jays. How they respond to this six-game losing streak will set the tone for the rest of the season.

TOM MIHALEK / AP 8. Phillies (10) What’s wrong with Brad Lidge? He’s allowed at least one earned run in eight of his past 11 appearances, and already has four blown saves this season.
Heath Bell and the Padres continue to
sustain their strong start to the season. 9. Yankees (8) The Yankees were the beneficiary of one of those Lidge blown saves, which helped save them from being swept at home by the Phillies this weekend.

10. Angels (15) The conversation about Torii Hunter and the A.L. MVP starts now.
Power Poll 11. Mets (5) That was a trip to Los Angeles that the Mets would rather forget.
BY RYAN FAGAN
rfagan@sportingnews.com 12. Braves (18) Atlanta is only 1½ games out of first place, and that pitching is starting to round into shape.

The eyes of the baseball world 13. Reds (12) Odd stat: The Reds are two games under .500 at home, but five games over on the road.
have been focused on Southern
14. Padres (22) That 9-0 homestand was impressive, especially considering the wins came against three teams—Reds, Giants, Cubs—with sights set on the postseason.
California lately, what with the
Dodgers leading the majors in vic- 15. Rays (14) David Price is back in the bigs. He struggled at times for Class AAA Durham, but his last outing—nine strikeouts in five hitless innings—is what Rays’ fans hope to see.
tories without the services of their
suspended slugger, and with the 16. Twins (17) Joe Mauer is the best hitter in baseball right now. His only flaw at the plate was a lack of power. That’s “was” as in past tense. He already has 10 homers this season.
Jake Peavy watch hitting Favreian
levels (OK, that’ll never happen …). 17. Royals (13) Three huge games with the Tigers starting today in Kansas City.

What we’ve also learned is that the 18. Cubs (9) The offense just isn’t there right now. The Cubbies scored a whopping total of five runs in their six games—all losses—this week in St. Louis and San Diego.
Padres are capable of playing better
baseball than anyone thought head- 19. Giants (16) San Francisco is now nine games behind the Dodgers in the N.L. West. That’s not exactly the push the Giants were hoping to make with Manny on the sidelines in L.A.
ing into the season. Their strong 9-3 Here’s an update with the Russell Branyan experiment (give him 500 at-bats, see what he does with it): His OPS is solid (.988) and he has 10 homers, but the 20 RBIs aren’t
start caught most folks by surprise, 20. Mariners (21) enough for the No. 5 hitter.
as has their current nine-game win-
21. Marlins (19) At least the Nationals should keep the majors’ most free-falling team out of last place in the N.L. East.
ning streak. But the rotation can be
solid, and the bullpen has been pretty 22. Pirates (24) Andy LaRoche is batting .424 with nine RBIs in his current nine-game hitting streak.
good, led by closer Heath Bell. Man-
ager Bud Black has done a fine job 23. Orioles (23) The Erik Bedard trade looks better every time Adam Jones steps to the plate in an Orioles’ uniform.
with a makeshift team. 24. Astros (20) The Astros are fifth in the N.L. in team batting average (.265) but only 13th in runs scored. They’re batting .249 with runners in scoring position, 12th in the N.L.
The goal now is to avoid another
extended swoon, like the 4-19 stretch 25. White Sox (25) Jake Peavy would have looked nice slotted atop the rotation on the South Side.
the Padres went through leading up
to the nine-game winning streak. 26. Diamondbacks (28) Signs of life have finally been spotted in the desert—the D-backs are 6-2 in their past eight games.
When you look at that lineup, though 27. Rockies (26) Todd Helton (.342 average) and Brad Hawpe (.326) have been rocks in the Rocks’ lineup; everyone else has been resoundingly blah.
(with the obvious exception of Adrian
Gonzalez), that might be easier said 28. Indians (27) With the way this season has gone for Cleveland, is it any surprise the Indians lost two of three to their Ohio rivals, the Reds?
than done. They’ve proven they’re
capable of winning; now they have to 29. Athletics (29) Just, ugh.
show they’re capable of finding some
type of consistency.
30. Nationals (30) Rookie lefty Ross Detwiler has given up three earned runs in his first two starts (a nifty 2.45 ERA) but hasn’t gotten a win either time.
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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 Boston 27 18 .600 — — 6-4 W-2 17-6 10-12
A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. New York 26 19 .578 1 — 8-2 W-1 14-9 12-10
Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Toronto 27 21 .563 1½ ½ 3-7 L-7 16-6 11-15
MiCabrera Detroit .378 Beltran New York .367 CPena Tampa Bay 15 AdGonzalez San Diego 17 Tampa Bay 23 24 .489 5 4 6-4 L-2 11-10 12-14
Baltimore 19 26 .422 8 7 4-6 W-1 12-11 7-15
Bartlett Tampa Bay .373 Pence Houston .358 Bay Boston 13 Ibanez Philadelphia 17
VMartinez Cleveland .364 DWright New York .348 Morneau Minnesota 13 Dunn Washington 14 Central W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
AdJones Baltimore .359 Zimmerman Washington .346 Teixeira New York 13 Pujols St. Louis 14 Detroit 25 18 .581 — — 8-2 W-1 15-7 10-11
Kansas City 22 23 .489 4 4 4-6 L-1 14-11 8-12
AHill Toronto .348 Ibanez Philadelphia .345 Four tied 12 Four tied 12 Minnesota 22 24 .478 4½ 4½ 4-6 L-1 17-10 5-14
Morneau Minnesota .341 Hudson Los Angeles .344 Chicago 20 24 .455 5½ 5½ 5-5 W-1 12-10 8-14
Kubel Minnesota .340 CGuzman Washington .344 Cleveland 18 28 .391 8½ 8½ 4-6 W-1 8-11 10-17
West W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Runs Stolen Bases Texas 26 18 .591 — — 6-4 L-1 14-7 12-11
Los Angeles 23 21 .523 3 2½ 5-5 L-1 12-9 11-12
A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. Seattle 21 25 .457 6 5½ 4-6 L-1 12-12 9-13
Oakland 17 25 .405 8 7½ 4-6 W-2 10-12 7-13
Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team
PAT SULLIVAN / AP BRoberts
AdJones
Baltimore
Baltimore
41
38
Ibanez
Pujols
Philadelphia
St. Louis
38
38
Crawford
Figgins
Tampa Bay
Los Angeles
29
19
Bourn
Taveras
Houston
Cincinnati
15
12
National League Standings
Houston P Roy Oswalt East W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Damon New York 37 Zimmerman Washington 37 Ellsbury Boston 18 Burriss San Francisco 11 Philadelphia 24 19 .558 — — 7-3 L-1 8-13 16-6
Morneau Minnesota 37 Hudson Los Angeles 35 Abreu Los Angeles 15 Fowler Colorado 11 New York 24 20 .545 ½ 1½ 5-5 W-1 13-8 11-12
Start ’em Pedroia Boston 37 ASoriano Chicago 35 Bartlett Tampa Bay 14 JosReyes New York 11 Atlanta 23 21 .523 1½ 2½ 6-4 L-1 11-12 12-9
Roy Oswalt, SP, Astros. Oswalt is Scutaro Toronto 37 AdGonzalez San Diego 33 BUpton Tampa Bay 14 Three tied 10
Florida 21 25 .457 4½ 5½ 4-6 W-2 9-14 12-11
Washington 13 31 .295 11½ 12½ 2-8 L-1 7-16 6-15
23-1 with a 2.35 ERA against Cin- Two tied 36 Two tied 32 Crisp Kansas City 11
cinnati. Don’t think Reds fans will Central W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Milwaukee 27 18 .600 — — 6-4 W-1 13-7 14-11
ever forget that. RBIs Pitching (5 decisions) St. Louis 26 19 .578 1 — 5-5 L-2 17-9 9-10
B.J. Upton, OF, Rays. Upton’s aver- Cincinnati 24 20 .545 2½ 1½ 4-6 W-2 11-12 13-8
A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. Chicago 21 22 .488 5 4 2-8 L-8 12-8 9-14
age has been abysmal, but he’s Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Pittsburgh 21 24 .467 6 5 7-3 W-2 11-9 10-15
5-for-8 (.625) with a home run and Longoria Tampa Bay 49 Ibanez Philadelphia 43 Palmer Los Angeles 5-0 1.000 Broxton Los Angeles 5-0 1.000 Houston 18 25 .419 8 7 3-7 L-5 9-15 9-10
two RBIs vs. Carl Pavano. Bay Boston 47 Fielder Milwaukee 42 Halladay Toronto 8-1 .889 Martis Washington 5-0 1.000 West W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Chris Duncan, OF, Cardinals. Dun- Morneau Minnesota 41 Dunn Washington 39 Greinke Kansas City 7-1 .875 Cain San Francisco 5-1 .833 Los Angeles 31 15 .674 — — 7-3 W-1 18-5 13-10
Hunter Los Angeles 39 Pujols St. Louis 38 Slowey Minnesota 6-1 .857 Pelfrey New York 4-1 .800 San Diego 23 22 .511 7½ 3 10-0 W-10 17-6 6-16
can’s average has dropped about San Francisco 21 23 .477 9 4½ 3-7 W-1 14-8 7-15
CPena Tampa Bay 39 Hawpe Colorado 36 Buehrle Chicago 6-1 .857 Stults Los Angeles 4-1 .800 Arizona 19 26 .422 11½ 7 6-4 L-2 9-16 10-10
70 points in May, but he’s 5-for-12 Markakis Baltimore 38 Cantu Florida 35 Penny Boston 5-1 .833 DLowe Atlanta 6-2 .750 Colorado 18 26 .409 12 7½ 4-6 L-1 7-11 11-15
(.417) against Jeff Suppan. AHuff Baltimore 37 Zimmerman Washington 35 RRamirez Boston 4-1 .800 JSantana New York 6-2 .750 z-first game was a win

Sit ’em Doubles Strikeouts

Pitching Matchups Today’s Games (All times Eastern)
Magglio Ordonez, OF, Tigers. A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. American League The Line
Ordonez is 4-for-31 (.129) with five Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Tampa Bay (Garza 4-2) at Cleveland (Pavano 4-4), 7:05 p.m. TB -125 at Cle +115
strikeouts vs. the Royals’ Zack Longoria Tampa Bay 20 FSanchez Pittsburgh 17 Verlander Detroit 85 Peavy San Diego 79 Toronto (Romero 2-0) at Baltimore (Berken 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Tor -115 at Bal +105
Greinke. Callaspo Kansas City 16 Hudson Los Angeles 16 Greinke Kansas City 73 JVazquez Atlanta 78
N.Y. Yankees (Chamberlain 2-1) at Texas (Millwood 4-4), 8:05 p.m. NYY -115 at Tex +105
Delmon Young, OF, Twins. Young MYoung Texas 16 Kotchman Atlanta 16 FHernandez Seattle 66 Lincecum San Francisco 76
Boston (Lester 3-4) at Minnesota (Blackburn 3-2), 8:10 p.m. Bos -120 at Min +110
just returned from the bereave- Byrd Texas 15 Beltran New York 15 Halladay Toronto 63 JSantana New York 75
Lind Toronto 15 FLopez Arizona 15 Lester Boston 58 Billingsley Los Angeles 69 Detroit (E.Jackson 4-2) at Kansas City (Greinke 7-1), 8:10 p.m. at KC -165 Det +155
ment list and needs time. Plus, he’s Lowell Boston 15 HaRamirez Florida 15 Garza Tampa Bay 53 Haren Arizona 63 Chicago White Sox (Colon 2-4) at L.A. Angels (Saunders 6-2), 10:05 p.m. at LAA -190 ChW +180
3-for-16 with five Ks against Jon Four tied 14 Tejada Houston 15 Beckett Boston 51 JoJohnson Florida 59 Seattle (Washburn 3-3) at Oakland (Braden 3-5), 10:05 p.m. at Oak -145 Sea +135
Lester.
Kelly Johnson, 2B, Braves. Johnson Triples Saves National League The Line
is 1-for-10 with three strikeouts vs. A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L.
Florida (A.Miller 1-1) at Philadelphia (Blanton 2-3), 7:05 p.m. at Phi -155 Fla +145
the Giants’ Tim Lincecum. Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Houston (Oswalt 1-2) at Cincinnati (Owings 3-5), 7:10 p.m. Hou -135 at Cin +125
—George Winkler Crisp Kansas City 5 Kemp Los Angeles 4 Fuentes Los Angeles 12 FrRodriguez New York 13 Washington (Stammen 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Li.Hernandez 3-1), 7:10 p.m. at NYM -150 Was +140
Andrus Texas 4 Morgan Pittsburgh 4 Papelbon Boston 12 Bell San Diego 13 Pittsburgh (Snell 1-5) at Chicago Cubs (Marshall 2-3), 8:05 p.m. at ChC -150 Pit +140
MORE COVERAGE JBuck Kansas City 3 Victorino Philadelphia 4 Jenks Chicago 10 Cordero Cincinnati 12 St. Louis (Wainwright 4-2) at Milwaukee (Suppan 3-3), 8:05 p.m. at Mil -105 StL -105
Crawford Tampa Bay 3 Bourn Houston 3 FFrancisco Texas 10 Hoffman Milwaukee 11 L.A. Dodgers (Milton 0-0) at Colorado (Cook 3-1), 8:40 p.m. at Col -165 LAD +155
Get everything you need to Cuddyer Minnesota 3 JUpton Arizona 3 Sherrill Baltimore 10 Franklin St. Louis 11 San Diego (Correia 1-2) at Arizona (Scherzer 1-3), 9:40 p.m. at Ari -155 SD +145
dominate your fantasy league at DeJesus Kansas City 3 Winn San Francisco 3 MaRivera New York 9 Qualls Arizona 11
sportingnews.com/fantasy/baseball Atlanta (Medlen 0-1) at San Francisco (Lincecum 3-1), 10:15 p.m. at SF -165 Atl +155
15 tied 2 DWright New York 3 Rodney Detroit 8. Broxton Los Angeles 11
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
N.Y. Yankees 11, Texas 1 Boston 6, Minnesota 5

Booed in Texas, A-Rod reacts by going 5-for-5 Sox produce again for Penny
ARLINGTON, TEXAS—The only thing that Yankees 11, Rangers 1 MINNEAPOLIS—Brad Penny has Red Sox 6, Twins 5
felt awkward for Alex Rodriguez was New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. received quite the welcome Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Jeter dh 5 2 1 0 1 0 .284 Ellsbury cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .300
wearing a red New York Yankees cap. Damon lf 4 3 2 0 1 1 .312 from the Boston Red Sox. Pedroia 2b 5 2 3 0 0 0 .337
A-Rod certainly wasn’t bothered by Gardner cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .253 They signed him for $5 mil- Youkilis 3b 5 1 2 2 0 1 .384
Teixeira 1b 4 3 2 2 1 0 .273 Bay lf 5 1 2 2 0 1 .289
hearty boos he heard in his first game in A.Rodriguez 3b 5 2 5 4 0 0 .259 lion this season, believing the Lowell dh 5 0 4 1 0 0 .305
Texas since admitting earlier this year 1-Berroa pr-3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 two-time All-Star could 1-N.Green pr-dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .309
Cano 2b 5 1 2 2 0 0 .315 Baldelli rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .233
that he used steroids while playing for Me.Cabrera cf-lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .323 rebound from shoulder prob- a-J.Drew ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269
the Rangers. Swisher rf 4 0 1 3 0 0 .225 lems. They’re scoring runs for Varitek c 5 0 0 0 0 1 .238
R.Pena ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 .246 J.Bailey 1b 3 1 1 1 0 1 .197
Even while insisting there was no Cash c 5 0 3 0 0 0 .182 him at an exceptional rate. Lugo ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .258
extra motivation, Rodriguez had the Totals 43 11 19 11 3 3 Heck, they even take care of Totals 42 6 16 6 0 8
perfect response: matching a career high Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg. him when he’s sick. Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
with five hits and driving in four runs in Kinsler 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Jason Bay and Kevin Youki- Gomez cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .225
M.Young 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .337 Tolbert 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .197
New York’s 11-1 victory over the Rang- Vizquel 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .372 lis hit two-run doubles, and Morneau 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .341
ers on Monday. Hamilton cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .260 Red Sox started a 10-game road Kubel dh 4 1 2 1 0 1 .340
Dav.Murphy lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Cuddyer rf 4 1 1 1 0 2 .286
“There’s no panic. I know exactly N.Cruz rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .294 trip with a 6-5 victory over the Buscher 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .186
what I’m capable of doing,” Rodriguez Blalock dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Minnesota Twins on Monday— Redmond c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .259
Byrd lf-cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .282 b-Mauer ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .444
said. “I’m feeling much better each and C.Davis 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .200 surviving a two-out, two-run Delm.Young lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .253
every day.” Teagarden c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .225 homer in the ninth inning by Punto ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .181
Andrus ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .285 Totals 35 5 8 5 0 10
As for the red caps the Yankees wore Totals 31 1 4 1 1 7 pinch-hitter Joe Mauer.
for Memorial Day, Rodriguez called Penny (5-1) gave up an early Boston 003 200 010 — 6 16 1
New York 204 013 010 — 11 19 0 Minnesota 010 002 002 — 5 8 0
those “a little weird.” Texas 000 000 001 — 1 4 0 home run to Michael Cuddyer,
After singling in the eighth inning in but he worked his way into the a-popped out for Baldelli in the 9th. b-homered for
1-ran for A.Rodriguez in the 8th. LOB: New York 10, Redmond in the 9th. 1-ran for Lowell in the 9th. E:
his fifth at-bat, A-Rod was lifted for a Texas 5. 2B: Jeter (10), Damon (11), Teixeira (10), sixth despite a sinus problem that Baldelli (1). LOB: Boston 10, Minnesota 3. 2B: Youkilis
pinch runner with New York already up A.Rodriguez 2 (3), Hamilton (4), N.Cruz (9), Teagarden caused an upset stomach. He was 2 (13), Bay (11), Baldelli (1), Gomez (5), Morneau (13),
(2). 3B: Cano (1). HR: N.Cruz (12), off Aceves. RBIs: Redmond (3). HR: J.Bailey (3), off Dickey; Cuddyer (8),
10-0. His first five-hit game since April LM OTERO / AP Teixeira 2 (36), A.Rodriguez 4 (17), Cano 2 (27), Swisher vomiting between innings. off Penny; Mauer (11), off Papelbon. RBIs: Youkilis 2
2005 raised his batting average 60 Alex Rodriguez punished his former team at the plate, leading the Yankees to an easy road win. 3 (27), N.Cruz (32). SB: N.Cruz (8), Blalock (1). SF: In nine starts by Penny, the (28), Bay 2 (47), Lowell (33), J.Bailey (9), Morneau (41),
Swisher. Runners left in scoring position: New York Kubel (24), Cuddyer (31), Mauer 2 (31). SB: Pedroia (6),
points—from .189 to .259. He had 10 hits 5 (Me.Cabrera 2, R.Pena 2, Damon); Texas 4 (Teagarden Red Sox have scored 58 runs. Bay (5), Tolbert (2). CS: Ellsbury (6). Runners left in
his previous 16 games since being acti- though cheers from a group of Yankees “Texas is a place that has been really 2, Byrd, Kinsler). DP: Texas 2 (Kinsler, Andrus, C.Davis), “It’s a lot of fun with this scoring position: Boston 6 (Bay 2, Lugo 3, Varitek);
(Andrus, C.Davis). Minnesota 2 (Cuddyer, Punto).
vated from the disabled list May 8. fans were more prominent by the time good to me,” Rodriguez said after the win. team,” Penny said, later adding:
“He looked great. He didn’t try to do A-Rod trotted off the field in the eighth. “I have a lot of respect for the ownership New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA “The breaks are going my way.” Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Hughes W, 3-2 8 3 0 0 1 6 101 5.16 Penny W, 5-1 5 1⁄3 6 3 3 0 7 91 5.96
too much,” manager Joe Girardi. “He Rodriguez played for the Rangers from here. I have a lot of good friends.” Aceves 1 1 1 1 0 1 8 1.84 Penny, who lowered his ERA R.Ramirez H, 7 1 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 26 0.74
pulled the ball, hit some balls in the 2001-03, when he first became baseball’s Mark Teixeira, the Rangers’ former Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA to 5.96 after allowing six hits Okajima H, 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 2.70
Harrison L, 4-4 5 11 7 7 1 2 96 5.43 Papelbon S, 12-13 1 2 2 2 0 1 14 2.57
gaps, some up the middle.” highest-paid player with a then-record first-round pick, hit an RBI double off Benson 3 6 4 4 2 1 60 8.50 without a walk, watched his Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Phil Hughes (3-2) limited the Rangers to $252 million, 10-year contract, and was Matt Harrison (4-4) in the first before Madrigal 1 2 0 0 0 0 16 7.71 new team take a 5-1 lead against Liriano L, 2-6 4 11 5 5 0 7 84 6.42
Dickey 4 3 1 1 0 0 59 3.42
three hits over eight shutout innings, leav- traded to the Yankees prior to spring train- Rodriguez drove in a run with an infield HBP: by Hughes (Blalock), by Benson (Teixeira). Francisco Liriano (2-6) in the Ayala 1⁄3 2 0 0 0 1 7 4.79
ing after 101 pitches. He had allowed 17 ing in 2004. In an interview with ESPN in single. Umpires: Home, Tom Hallion; First, Jerry Crawford; fourth. Penny struck out seven. Henn 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.91
Second, Mike Muchlinski; Third, Phil Cuzzi. T: 2:35. A:
earned runs in 15 2-3 innings since throw- February, he blamed the pressures of that Teixeira , a former Rangers first-round 48,914 (49,170). Jacoby Ellsbury stretched his Inherited runners-scored: R.Ramirez 1-0, Henn 2-0.
ing six scoreless innings in his first start contract for his decision to use perfor- pick who was traded less than two years hitting streak to 20 games with HBP: by Dickey (J.Bailey). PB: Redmond. Umpires:
Home, Jerry Layne; First, Tony Randazzo; Second,
of the season April 28 at Detroit. mance-enhancing drugs in Texas. ago, heard his share of boos, though not as a slow roller over the mound in Chris Guccione; Third, Todd Tichenor. T: 3:01. A: 27,636
“The story for me was Phil Hughes,” Rangers owner Tom Hicks, who said he loud as those reserved for Rodriguez. the third that Liriano wasn’t in (46,632).
Rodriguez said. felt “personally betrayed” after the slug- “We’re Yankees, we get booed every- position to field.
Maybe on any other day. ger’s admission, said he had no plans to where,” Teixeira said. “It’s great. That The Red Sox got 15 hits from
Rodriguez was booed when introduced talk to Rodriguez this week. A-Rod did means people care.” the first six batters in the order.
before the game and each time he batted, call him to apologize in February. — The Associated Press — The Associated Press
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 11, Tampa Bay 10 Baltimore 4, Toronto 1

When it rains, it pours for Jays

Martinez fires up Tribe for 10-run rally BALTIMORE—Jeremy Guthrie’s
pitch count had soared past 100,
Orioles 4, Blue Jays 1
Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
CLEVELAND—Trailing by 10 runs, Victor and the Toronto Blue Jays had Scutaro ss 5 1 2 0 0 1 .280
Indians 11, Rays 10 A.Hill 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .348
Martinez told his Cleveland Indians Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg. the tying run at second base in Rios rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .260
teammates they could win. B.Upton cf 6 0 1 1 0 3 .194 the seventh inning when a driv- V.Wells cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .266
Crawford lf 4 1 1 1 1 0 .316 Lind dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .291
Martinez, in an 0-for-18 slump, Longoria 3b 2 1 0 0 3 1 .330 ing rain got even worse. Rolen 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .303
backed up his words by lining a two- C.Pena 1b 4 2 2 1 1 1 .244 Guthrie managed to put the Overbay 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .274
W.Aybar 2b 4 1 0 0 1 0 .263 Barajas c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .301
out, two-run single to cap a seven-run Zobrist rf 4 2 2 1 1 0 .286 wet baseball where he wanted, Bautista lf 3 0 0 0 1 3 .293
ninth inning that gave the Indians an Gross dh 3 2 1 3 2 0 .274 and the Baltimore Orioles Totals 35 1 9 1 1 5
Navarro c 4 0 2 1 0 1 .221
11-10 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Brignac ss 5 1 1 2 0 1 .222 escaped with a 4-1 victory Mon- Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Monday night. Totals 36 10 10 10 9 7 day that extended the Blue Jays’ B.Roberts 2b 4 2 2 1 0 1 .295
Andino 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .189
“You never know what’s going to hap- Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg. losing streak to seven. Ad.Jones cf 3 0 1 0 1 2 .359
pen,” Martinez said after his hit off J.Carroll 2b 3 1 0 0 3 1 .273 Guthrie (4-4) allowed one run, Markakis rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .303
Sizemore dh 4 1 2 1 2 0 .227 Mora 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .250
Jason Isringhausen (0-1) ruined the V.Martinez c 6 0 1 2 0 1 .364 seven hits and a walk over seven A.Huff 1b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .267
Rays night, which began with the much- Jh.Peralta ss 4 1 1 0 1 1 .268 innings. He had lost four of his Wigginton dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .216
Choo rf 5 2 1 0 0 1 .302 Reimold lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .262
awaited season debut of starter David DeRosa 3b 4 2 2 0 1 0 .260 previous five decisions, but in Zaun c 2 0 1 1 1 0 .215
Price. The lefthander was staked to a Garko 1b 5 2 3 5 0 0 .257 this one his control was excep- C.Izturis ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .238
LaPorta lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .190 Totals 31 4 9 3 4 5
10-0 lead but ran his pitch count up and a-A.Cabrera ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .316 tionally sharp—even after the
lasted only 3 1/3 innings. B.Francisco cf 3 1 2 1 2 0 .248 conditions became dismal. Toronto 100 000 000 — 1 9 0
Totals 38 11 12 9 10 6 Baltimore 100 100 20x — 4 9 0
“When he came out, I said, ‘Go out With Baltimore nursing a 2-1
there and be a tough out, and just keep Tampa Bay 052 300 000 — 10 10 2 lead, Lyle Overbay led off the LOB: Toronto 9, Baltimore 9. 2B: Overbay (10), Barajas
Cleveland 000 200 027 — 11 12 0 (12), B.Roberts (14), A.Huff (13). 3B: B.Roberts (1).
battling,’ ” Martinez said. “That’s what TONY DEJAK / AP seventh with a single and Rod RBIs: V.Wells (22), B.Roberts (18), A.Huff (37), Zaun (4).
we did.” Cleveland’s Victor Martinez celebrates after hitting a two-run single that capped the victory. Two outs when winning run scored. a-walked for LaPorta Barajas struck out before Jose SB: Scutaro (4). CS: Lind (1). SF: A.Huff. Runners left
in the 9th. E: Brignac (1), Longoria (4). LOB: Tampa Bay in scoring position: Toronto 5 (Bautista, V.Wells, A.Hill,
The Indians became the first team to 9, Cleveland 11. 2B: Zobrist (9), Navarro (6), Sizemore (9), Bautista walked. After a visit Rolen, Scutaro); Baltimore 4 (B.Roberts 3, Wigginton).
make up a 10-run deficit and win since do that.” in the A.L. at 18-28 and are just 8-11 at B.Francisco (8). HR: Gross (3), off J.Lewis; Garko (3), off from pitching coach Rick Kran- DP: Toronto 1 (Overbay, Scutaro, Overbay).
Price; Garko (4), off Balfour. RBIs: B.Upton (9), Crawford
the Texas Rangers rallied to beat the Jeremy Sowers (1-2) pitched five score- home. (22), C.Pena (39), Zobrist (24), Gross 3 (14), Navarro (11), itz, Guthrie struck out Marco Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Detroit Tigers 16-15 on May 8, 2004, less innings for the win in his first relief But Garko said he felt confident see- Brignac 2 (2), Sizemore (29), V.Martinez 2 (32), Garko 5 Scutaro on a 3-2 pitch and fin- Tallet L, 2-3 6 7 2 2 2 5 101 4.31
(20), B.Francisco (15). SB: Crawford (29). Runners left in B.J.Ryan 2⁄3 2 2 2 2 0 32 8.71
according to the Elias Sports Bureau. appearance after 51 career starts. ing Martinez at the plate with the game scoring position: Tampa Bay 5 (W.Aybar 2, B.Upton 3); ished his performance by induc- Wolfe 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.42
“When you do something like this, it The loss was Tampa Bay’s 14th in a on the line. The catcher leads the Indi- Cleveland 5 (Choo 3, V.Martinez, J.Carroll). DP: Tampa Bay ing Aaron Hill to hit into a Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
2 (W.Aybar, Brignac, C.Pena), (Longoria, W.Aybar, C.Pena); Guthrie W, 4-4 7 7 1 1 1 4 108 4.90
is special,” Indians manager Eric Wedge row in Cleveland. The Rays have not ans with 32 RBIs and a .364 batting Cleveland 1 (Jh.Peralta, J.Carroll). fielder’s choice. Baez H, 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 3.28
said. won a road game against the Indians average. “I don’t know how he did it. He Sherrill S, 10-12 1 1 0 0 0 1 17 2.75
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
It was the largest blown lead in Rays since a 1-0 victory on Sept. 28, 2005. “That’s the guy you want up there in Price 3 1⁄3 4 2 2 5 6 100 5.40 sure came up with some big Inherited runners-scored: Wolfe 2-0. IBB: off
history. Tampa Bay had twice led games The teams combined to use 11 pitch- that spot,” Garko said. Cormier 2 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 40 2.12 pitches,” Orioles manager Dave B.J.Ryan (Mora). HBP: by Wolfe (Zaun), by Guthrie
J.Nelson 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 5.21 (Lind). WP: B.J.Ryan. PB: Zaun. Umpires: Home, Tim
10-2 before losing 20-11 each time—to ers, who issued a total of 19 walks—10 Price struggled with his command, Thayer 1 1⁄3 5 4 2 1 0 38 6.23 Trembley said. Timmons; First, Jeff Kellogg; Second, Rob Drake; Third,
the New York Yankees in 2005 and by the Rays. walking five. Choate 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 - Former Oriole B.J. Ryan then Mark Wegner. T: 2:51. A: 24,904 (48,290).
Balfour 1⁄3 1 2 2 1 0 14 5.75
Cleveland in 1999. Isringhausen walked the first three “He had great stuff, but was all over IsringhausenL,0-1BS,1-1 0 1 2 2 3 0 23 6.00 gave up two runs in the bottom
Ryan Garko’s two-run homer off Price men he faced, forcing in one run to make the place,” Rays manager Joe Maddon Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA half to put Toronto in a 4-1 hole.
Carmona 1 1⁄3 3 5 5 5 3 60 6.42
in the fourth started the comeback. His it 10-8. Martinez then lined a 3-2 pitch said. J.Lewis 1 2⁄3 3 5 5 2 2 44 5.47 After a drying agent was applied
three-run shot in the ninth off Grant to center and was mobbed by teammates Indians starter Fausto Carmona was Rundles 1 1 0 0 1 1 31 0.00 to the soggy infield, Cesar Izturis
Sowers W, 1-2 5 3 0 0 1 1 57 7.71
Balfour made it 10-7. in Cleveland’s biggest win of a disap- even wilder. The right-hander unrav- slapped a grounder to third that
“I wanted to put the barrel of the bat pointing season. eled in the second inning, walking the J.Lewis pitched to 3 batters in the 4th. Choate pitched dropped out of Scott Rolen’s
to 1 batter in the 9th. Isringhausen pitched to 4 batters
on the ball and just happened to hit a “The walks are unacceptable,” Isring- first four men he faced on 20 pitches and in the 9th. Inherited runners-scored: Cormier 2-0, glove. Brian Roberts followed
home run,” Garko said of his second hausen. “I’d rather give up home runs giving up five runs while registering Choate 2-1, Balfour 2-2, Isringhausen 1-1, J.Lewis 3-0, with a triple and scored on a sac-
Rundles 2-2. HBP: by Rundles (Navarro). Umpires:
homer. “The important thing was not than walk guys.” only one out. Home, Angel Hernandez; First, Bill Welke; Second, Tim rifice fly by Aubrey Huff.
making the last out. Nobody wanted to The Indians still have the worst record — The Associated Press Welke; Third, Jim Reynolds. T: 3:51. A: 20,929 (45,199). — The Associated Press
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com Baseball TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 22
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Oakland 6, Seattle 1 Detroit 13, Kansas City 1

Kennedy making most of his second chance Verlander impresses again

OAKLAND—Adam Kennedy has been the Athletics 6, Mariners 1 KANSAS CITY—The way Justin Tigers 13, Royals 1
Oakland Athletics’ most dynamic offen- Seattle AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Verlander has been pitching Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
I.Suzuki rf 4 0 4 0 0 0 .335 Granderson cf 5 2 3 1 1 2 .250
sive player since shortly after they plucked Y.Betancourt ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .259 lately, he didn’t need the Detroit Polanco 2b 6 2 1 1 0 0 .259
him from Tampa Bay’s minor league sys- Beltre 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .211 Tigers’ big offensive day. Ordonez rf 4 1 1 1 1 0 .266
Griffey Jr. dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .232 1-J.Anderson pr-lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .272
tem 2½ weeks ago. M.Sweeney 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .232 Verlander pitched seven Mi.Cabrera 1b 6 2 4 3 0 1 .378
That’s both a credit to the veteran sec- Jo.Lopez 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .221 shutout innings and the Tigers 2-Raburn pr-1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
Johjima c 1 1 1 1 0 0 .250 Larish dh 5 1 1 0 1 4 .235
ond baseman and a cutting critique of the Ro.Johnson c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .188 banged out a season-high 19 Inge 3b 6 2 3 2 0 1 .280
A’s otherwise floundering lineup, En.Chavez lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .264 hits in a 13-1 victory over the Thomas lf-rf 5 0 2 2 0 1 .269
F.Gutierrez cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .265 Laird c 3 2 1 2 2 0 .246
although his teammates provided a little Totals 33 1 8 1 2 6 slumping Kansas City Royals Santiago ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 .348
help to their surprising star in Oakland’s on Monday. Totals 45 13 19 13 5 9
Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
6-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Kennedy 2b 4 1 4 2 1 0 .441 Miguel Cabrera had three Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Monday. K.Suzuki c 5 0 0 0 0 2 .290 RBIs and four hits and Gerald Crisp cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .236
Cust dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Maier cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .314
Kennedy extended his torrid start for Holliday lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .264 Laird, Brandon Inge and Clete DeJesus lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .242
Oakland with a career high-tying four hits Giambi 1b 2 0 0 0 2 2 .217 Thomas each had two RBIs as Butler 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .285
O.Cabrera ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 J.Guillen rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .291
and two RBIs, while Travis Buck homered R.Sweeney cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .250 the Tigers won for the 23rd Jacobs dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .261
and scored three runs to back Brett Ander- T.Buck rf 3 3 1 1 1 0 .210 time in their last 31 outings at Teahen 3b 2 0 0 0 0 2 .261
Crosby ss-1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .213 Lu.Hernandez ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .125
son’s second major league victory. Hannahan 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .196 Kauffman Stadium. Callaspo 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .309
Kennedy also walked and eventually Totals 31 6 8 4 7 5 Verlander (5-2), who a-Hulett ph-2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
scored on an error in the first when he slid improved to 5-0 with a 0.85 J.Buck c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .235
Seattle 010 000 000 — 1 8 2 Bloomquist ss-3b 3 0 0 0 0 3 .298
home in a collision with Mariners catcher Oakland 130 101 00x — 6 8 0 ERA in his last six starts, Totals 33 1 7 1 1 10
Kenji Johjima, who broke his toe on the E: M.Sweeney (2), Jo.Lopez (8). LOB: Seattle 8, Oakland retired the first nine batters Detroit 202 030 204 — 13 19 0
play. The former A.L. championship series 8. 2B: M.Sweeney (5), Kennedy 2 (6), Hannahan and gave up only five singles Kansas City 000 000 010 — 1 7 1
(5). HR: Johjima (3), off Bre.Anderson; T.Buck (2), off
MVP is 20-for-37 in his last nine games, Jakubauskas. RBIs: Johjima (10), Kennedy 2 (13), and did not allow a runner past a-struck out for Callaspo in the 7th. 1-ran for Ordonez
giving him 26 hits in his 15 games with the T.Buck (7), Hannahan (5). SB: I.Suzuki (7), Kennedy 2 second. He did not issue a walk in the 8th. 2-ran for Mi.Cabrera in the 9th. E: Teahen
(3). CS: Holliday (1). S: Y.Betancourt. Runners left in (2). LOB: Detroit 11, Kansas City 6. 2B: Granderson
A’s. scoring position: Seattle 5 (M.Sweeney 2, Griffey Jr., and struck out eight, taking (5), Mi.Cabrera 2 (10). 3B: Maier (1). HR: Laird (2), off
“Getting on base five times is a little En.Chavez, Beltre); Oakland 5 (Cust 3, K.Suzuki 2). DP: over the major league lead with Mahay. RBIs: Granderson (27), Polanco (18), Ordonez
Seattle 2 (Beltre, Jo.Lopez, M.Sweeney), (Jo.Lopez, (18), Mi.Cabrera 3 (36), Inge 2 (33), Thomas 2 (8), Laird
ridiculous, but I’ll take it,” said Kennedy, M.Sweeney); Oakland 1 (Hannahan, Kennedy, Giambi). 85. 2 (13), Santiago (20), DeJesus (18). SB: Granderson
the A’s leadoff hitter since shortly after his “He’s one of those guys, if (6). SF: Santiago. Runners left in scoring position:
Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Detroit 8 (Thomas, Polanco 3, Santiago 2, Inge 2);
arrival. “I’m trying to fit in, have good at- BEN MARGOT / AP Jakubauskas L, 3-5 3 1⁄3 6 5 4 3 2 79 6.45 he’s on his game, it’s not fun,” Kansas City 1 (Jacobs). DP: Detroit 1 (Mi.Cabrera, San-
bats, play hard, and that’s about it. I just Oakland’s Travis Buck scores beneath Seattle P Brandon Morrow in the sixth inning. Stark 1 2⁄3 0 0 0 2 0 20 6.30 said Laird, who had a two-run tiago, Mi.Cabrera); Kansas City 1 (Callaspo, Bloomquist,
Morrow 2 1 1 0 2 3 52 6.91 Butler).
try to do what I can do best and look for White 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 2.01 home run. “He’s throwing 95 to
ways to get on base.” and try to prove where you belong,” Ken- his first major league win in his previous Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA 98 (mph), he’s got a sharp Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Bre.Anderson W, 2-4 6 6 1 1 2 4 105 4.98 Verlander W, 5-2 7 5 0 0 0 8 96 3.55
Oakland scored three runs in the sec- nedy said. “It’s not fun, and it’s not easy. I start last week at Tampa Bay with six K.Cameron S, 1-1 3 2 0 0 0 2 34 1.93 breaking ball and a plus-chan- Miner 1 2 1 1 0 1 11 4.76
ond inning on three consecutive hits, didn’t know if I was getting another innings of four-hit ball. geup you’ve got to cover. This Perry 1 0 0 0 1 1 17 2.33
Inherited runners-scored: Stark 2-0. WP: Morrow. Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
including a two-run double down the chance. I just went down there to grind it “It’s a weird game where sometimes the Umpires: Home, Brian Knight; First, Dana DeMuth; guy’s locating his stuff and he’s Meche L, 2-5 2 1⁄3 6 4 2 3 1 73 4.55
right-field line by Kennedy, who improved out.” ball doesn’t roll for you, and then the next Second, Doug Eddings; Third, Hunter Wendelstedt. T: pitching ahead in the count.” Ponson 3 2⁄3 4 3 3 0 2 47 6.49
2:48. A: 15,280 (35,067). Mahay 1 4 2 2 0 1 22 4.32
his average to .441 with the 15th four-hit Anderson pitched six strong innings for time you get six or seven runs,” Anderson Verlander agreed that his Colon 1 0 0 0 1 3 21 0.00
game of his 10-season career. Not bad for a the last-place A’s, who beat Seattle for just said. “My command was not as good today recent stretch is as good as he’s J.Wright 1 5 4 4 1 2 31 3.86
33-year-old who wasn’t playing particu- the second time in seven meetings this as my last start, but I had good fastball had since breaking into the Inherited runners-scored: Ponson 3-0. Umpires:
larly well for Tampa Bay’s Triple-A affili- season. Anderson (2-4) yielded six hits velocity, for some reason. My last two majors in 2006 as the A.L. Home, Paul Emmel; First, Angel Campos; Second,
ate in Durham earlier this month before and two walks, largely staying out of trou- starts, we’ve come out and scored runs rookie of the year. Bill Hohn; Third, Bruce Dreckman. T: 2:52. A: 34,524
(38,177).
Oakland acquired him for a player to be ble at the Coliseum despite retiring the early. That eases things out there for me. It It certainly is a far cry from
named. side in order just once. helps everything.” his 11-17 record of last season.
“You just stay ready for it (in the minors) The 21-year-old left-hander picked up — The Associated Press — The Associated Press
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Florida 5, Philadelphia 3 N.Y. Mets 5, Washington 2

Helms has last laugh against Phillies fans Homer or not,

Sheffield still
Mets 5, Nationals 2
Washington AB R
C.Guzman ss
N.Johnson 1b
Zimmerman 3b 4 0
5 0
3 0
H
1
1
1
BI
0
0
1
BB
0
2
1
SO
0
0
1
Avg.
.344
.338
.346
PHILADELPHIA—All Wes Helms needed to Marlins 5, Phillies 3 Dunn lf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .277
get him going were some boos from an
unforgiving crowd.
Florida
Coghlan lf
AB R
5 0
H
2
BI
0
BB
0
SO
0
Avg.
.212
has hot bat Kearns rf
W.Harris cf
5 0
3 1
A.Hernandez 2b 2 0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
.213
.281
.279
Hermida rf 5 1 2 0 0 2 .275
Nieves c 3 1 2 1 1 0 .304
Helms homered and drove in four Ha.Ramirez ss 4 1 1 0 1 0 .317 NEW YORK—Gary Sheffield hit a Lannan p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .111
Cantu 1b 3 1 1 0 2 2 .277
runs, Chris Volstad pitched 6 2/3 strong Helms 3b 5 2 3 4 0 1 .246 drive to the top of the left-field Colome p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
b-Maxwell ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167
innings and the Florida Marlins beat the Uggla 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .200 wall, just before the fence reaches D.Cabrera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
C.Ross cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .239
Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 on Monday R.Paulino c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .233 the 15-foot, 8½-inch mark. A fan Bergmann p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-Willingham ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .213
night. Volstad p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .050 reached out and touched the ball. K.Wells p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Meyer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ryan Howard hit a pair of homers for a-Hayes ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 Tiebreaking, three-run homer Totals 33 2 6 2 9 7
the N.L. East-leading Phillies, while Nunez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- or RBI double? New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Lindstrom p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Jamie Moyer failed in his fifth try to earn Totals 38 5 11 5 3 10 While the intial call was home Pagan rf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .261
Castillo 2b 3 1 2 0 0 0 .282
his 250th win. run, Washington manager Beltran cf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .367
Philadelphia AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Helms was a bust in his only season in Rollins ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .234 Manny Acta argued and three Sheffield lf 3 1 2 3 1 0 .277
Fr.Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Philadelphia in 2007. Signed to a $5.45 Utley 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .291 umpires went inside for a video D.Wright 3b 1 1 0 0 3 0 .348
Ibanez lf 3 1 0 0 1 2 .345
million, two-year contract as a free agent, Howard 1b 4 2 2 3 0 1 .262 review. For six minutes, players Tatis 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .276
Santos c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .269
Helms batted .246 with five homers and Werth rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .255 and fans at Citi Field wondered. R.Martinez ss 3 0 0 1 0 1 .077
Victorino cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .270
39 RBIs in 280 at-bats. Naturally, Phil- Feliz 3b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .303 Crew chief Larry Vanover Maine p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .222
a-Dan.Murphy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246
lies fans let him hear it whenever he plays Park p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 finally signaled home run, and Parnell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
b-Stairs ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .276
here. Ruiz c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .284 the banged-up New York Mets Feliciano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Putz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
“It doesn’t bother me,” Helms said. “It Moyer p 1 0 0 0 1 1 .091 went on to beat the hapless Wash- d-Reed ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .304
Dobbs 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .139
actually drives me to try even harder to Totals 31 3 6 3 3 8 ington Nationals 5-2 Monday Totals 27 5 9 5 7 3
do well.” night. Washington 010 000 100 — 2 6 0
Florida 000 301 100 — 5 11 1
If that’s what it takes, maybe Marlins Phil 200 001 000 — 3 6 0 Sheffield himself was curious New York 001 004 00x — 5 9 0
fans should give Helms an earful at during the wait. a-popped out for Maine in the 6th. b-struck out for
a-struck out for Meyer in the 8th. b-grounded out for
home. He’s only hitting .246 with one Park in the 9th. E: Volstad (1). LOB: Florida 9, Phila- “I went down to see it on TV, Colome in the 7th. c-struck out for Bergmann in the 8th.
d-struck out for Putz in the 8th. LOB: Washington 13,
homer and 10 RBIs. TOM MIHALEK / AP delphia 5. 2B: Hermida (5), Rollins (10), Feliz (11). HR: but they were showing both man- New York 7. 2B: W.Harris (5), Castillo (3), Beltran (15).
Helms (1), off Moyer; Howard 2 (12), off Volstad 2. RBIs:
Volstad (4-3) allowed three runs and Florida SS Hanley Ramirez, left, was able to put an easy tag on Philadelphia’s Jimmy Rollins for an out. Helms 4 (10), R.Paulino (6), Howard 3 (33). CS: Victorino agers,” he said. “They didn’t show HR: Sheffield (4), off Lannan. RBIs: Zimmerman (35),
Nieves (6), Beltran (31), Sheffield 3 (14), R.Martinez (3).
six hits. Dan Meyer retired the only bat- (3). Runners left in scoring position: Florida 5 the replay, so, you know, I got SB:W.Harris (3). S: Castillo. SF: R.Martinez. Runners left
(Helms 2, Volstad 2, Uggla); Philadelphia 3 (Rollins,
ter he faced, Leo Nunez pitched a perfect Back from an 8-2 road trip, the defend- game right there.” Moyer, Utley). GIDP: Ibanez. DP: Florida 1 (Ha.Ramirez, kind of scared.” in scoring position: Washington 5 (Lannan, Kearns 2,
C.Guzman, W.Harris); New York 3 (Sheffield, Tatis 2). DP:
eighth and Matt Lindstrom finished for ing World Series champions continued Ronny Paulino’s RBI single with two Uggla, Cantu). He wound up with his fourth Washington 3 (A.Hernandez, C.Guzman, N.Johnson),
his ninth save in 11 chances. to struggle at home. They’re 8-13 at Citi- outs in the sixth increased Florida’s lead Florida IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA homer of the season and No. 503 (N.Johnson), (Lannan, C.Guzman, N.Johnson).
“He was throwing his curveball and zens Bank Park, and a major league-best to 4-2. Howard led off the bottom half Volstad W, 4-3 6 2⁄3 6 3 3 2 6 107 3.69 in his big league career. Since Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Meyer H, 8 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.75
pounding the strike zone,” Marlins man- 16-6 on the road. with an opposite-field shot to left-center. Nunez H, 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 3.47 Carlos Delgado got hurt and Lannan L, 2-4 5 8 5 5 4 0 92 4.11
Colome 1 1 0 0 0 1 14 15.00
ager Fredi Gonzalez said of Volstad. “I Moyer breezed through the first three Helms’ RBI single off Chan Ho Park in Lindstrom S, 9-11 1 0 0 0 1 1 13 6.16 Sheffield began playing regularly D.Cabrera 2⁄3 0 0 0 3 0 25 5.85
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
was very encouraged the way he innings, retiring seven straight before the seventh gave Florida a two-run Moyer L, 3-5 6 7 4 4 2 5 113 7.42 as the cleanup hitter on May 13, Bergmann 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.45
K.Wells 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 6.00
pitched.” running into trouble in the fourth. Han- cushion. Park 3 4 1 1 1 5 50 6.57 the 40-year-old is hitting .395 (15 New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Moyer (3-5) gave up four runs and ley Ramirez and Jorge Cantu walked to The Phillies jumped on Volstad in the Inherited runners-scored: Meyer 1-0. HBP: by for 38) with two doubles, three Maine W, 4-3 6 4 1 1 3 4 98 4.18
Parnell 1⁄3 1 1 1 3 1 25 2.29
seven hits in six innings, falling to 12-2 start the inning. Moyer thought he first. After Raul Ibanez drew a two-out Volstad (Utley). Umpires: Home, Marvin Hudson; First, homers and nine RBIs. He’s Feliciano H, 6 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.45
John Hirschbeck; Second, Wally Bell; Third, Marty Foster.
against the Marlins. The 46-year-old left- struck out Helms on a close 2-2 pitch, walk, Howard hit the first pitch he saw T: 2:51. A: 45,186 (43,647). raised his average from .178 to Putz H, 9 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 2 1 29 3.55
Fr.Rodriguez S, 13-13 1 1 0 0 1 1 23 0.83
hander has improved his last two starts but didn’t get the call. Helms drove the high off the brick batter’s eye in straight- .277.
after a dreadful stretch. His ERA next offering out to left for his first away center for a 2-0 lead. “I knew I can DH every day, Lannan pitched to 4 batters in the 6th. Inherited
runners-scored: Colome 1-1, Bergmann 3-0, Feliciano
dropped slightly to 7.42. homer of the season, giving the Marlins “That was a real good team win for us,” but playing the outfield is a dif- 3-0, Putz 3-0. WP: D.Cabrera. Umpires: Home, Larry
“I feel I’m back to where I need to be,” a 3-2 lead. Volstad said. “Everyone contributed.” ferent story,” said Sheffield. Vanover; First, Dan Iassogna; Second, Sam Holbrook;
Third, Adrian Johnson. T: 3:20. A: 41,103 (41,800).
Moyer said. “Walks kill you,” Moyer said. “It’s the — The Associated Press — The Associated Press
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com Baseball TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 24
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Milwaukee 1, St. Louis 0, 10 innings Cincinnati 8, Houston 5 Reds 8, Astros 5
Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Hall’s RBI single ends game, breaks slump

Bourn cf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .288
Rain delay Tejada ss
Berkman 1b
5
5
0
2
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
1
.341
.231

MILWAUKEE—Bill Hall sprinted off the Brewers 1, Cardinals 0, 10 innings

doesn’t deter Ca.Lee lf
Pence rf
I.Rodriguez c
5
4
1
0
0
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
.319
.358
.260
field after his two-out, game-winning
hit in the 10th inning, barely pausing to
St. Louis AB R H BI BB SO
Schumaker 2b-rf 4 0 1 0 0 0
Rasmus cf 3 0 0 0 1 2
Avg.
.299
.227
Reds’ Harang Quintero c
K.Matsui 2b
Keppinger 3b
3
3
3
0
1
1
1
0
3
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
.208
.219
.313
W.Rodriguez p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .045
slap manager Ken Macha’s hand. Pujols 1b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .322 CINCINNATI—Reds righthander Arias p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Duncan lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 b-Erstad ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 .149
Hall wanted to savor the Milwaukee Stavinoha rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .207 Aaron Harang kept working
Fulchino p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Brewers’ 1-0 win over the St. Louis Car- McClellan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 when the game was delayed by d-Michaels ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182
Y.Molina c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Byrdak p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
dinals on Monday privately. Thurston 3b-2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .224 rain for more than two hours in
Totals 37 5 14 5 4 4
No matter. On the field or in the club- C.Carpenter p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 the fifth inning.
Barden 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
house, in St. Louis or Miller Park, the Br.Ryan ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .241 He wasn’t going to let this one
Taveras cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .274
Brewers are getting used to celebrating Totals 32 0 2 0 4 8 get away. Hairston Jr. 2b 4 2 2 1 0 1 .260
wherever they want against their N.L. Harang came back out after Dickerson lf 3 1 0 0 2 2 .228
Milwaukee AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Gomes rf 4 0 3 3 1 0 .429
Central rivals. Counsell ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .311 the delay to earn his first win Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
McGehee 2b 4 1 0 0 0 2 .265 R.Hernandez c 5 0 2 0 0 0 .295
Hall snapped a 1-for-28 slump with Braun lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .325 over the Astros in two years
Ale.Gonzalez ss 5 1 0 1 0 0 .215
his RBI single and lifted Milwaukee to Fielder 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .265 and Cincinnati made the most A.Rosales 1b-3b 5 2 2 1 0 2 .269
M.Cameron cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .285 Janish 3b 2 0 1 1 1 0 .300
its 11th win in the last 12 over the Cardi- Gamel 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .211 of three Houston errors, scor-
Burton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
nals, who’ve said they don’t like the Hall 3b 1 0 1 1 0 0 .230 ing eight unearned runs in an c-Owings ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .280
Hart rf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .242 Fisher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
young Brewers’ brash attitudes and a-Catalanotto ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8-5 victory Monday.
Bruce rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228
penchant for public celebrations. Kendall c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Harang (5-4) surrendered a Harang p 2 0 2 1 0 0 .143
Gallardo p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .190 a-Votto ph-1b 1 1 0 0 1 1 .368
“I got the big hit, everybody just came Hoffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- single to Hunter Pence when
Totals 37 8 13 8 5 8
into the clubhouse and we celebrated in b-Gerut ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .220 the game resumed in the fifth
Villanueva p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Houston 201 002 000 — 5 14 3
here. Just having fun with ourselves,” Totals 32 1 3 1 1 10 then struck out Humberto
Cincinnati 500 120 00x — 8 13 0
Hall insisted. “We care about each other Quintero. He had lost his last
St. Louis 000 000 000 0 —0 2 1 a-was intentionally walked for Harang in the 5th.
in here.” Milwaukee 000 000 000 1 —1 3 0 four starts against the Astros
b-grounded out for Arias in the 6th. c-struck out for
Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter took a since he beat them with a com- Burton in the 6th. d-popped out for Fulchino in the
Two outs when winning run scored. a-grounded out for 8th. E: Tejada 2 (8), Quintero (2). LOB: Houston 9,
perfect game into the seventh inning, Hart in the 8th. b-fouled out for Hoffman in the 9th. E: plete game on May 30, 2007.
Cincinnati 11. 2B: Berkman (6), Keppinger 2 (6), Taveras
and the Brewers’ Yovani Gallardo car- Barden (3). LOB: St. Louis 6, Milwaukee 3. RBIs: Hall “I think I threw a complete (7), R.Hernandez (7). 3B: Ca.Lee (1). HR: Berkman
(11). CS: Counsell (1). Runners left in scoring posi- (10), off Harang. RBIs: Tejada (26), Berkman 2 (27),
ried a no-hitter into the sixth before each tion: St. Louis 2 (Stavinoha, Duncan). game with all the work I did
Quintero (3), Erstad (3), Hairston Jr. (12), Gomes 3 (3),
finished allowing just two hits over inside,” he said. Ale.Gonzalez (16), A.Rosales (9), Janish (3), Harang (3).
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA SB: Bourn (15). CS: Pence (4). SF: Hairston Jr. Runners
eight innings. C.Carpenter 8 2 0 0 0 10 93 0.00 Harang allowed three runs
left in scoring position: Houston 2 (K.Matsui, Tejada);
Milwaukee closer Trevor Hoffman McClellan L, 2-2 1 2⁄3 1 1 0 1 0 16 1.96 and 10 hits in five innings. Cin- Cincinnati 5 (Taveras, Ale.Gonzalez, R.Hernandez 2,
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Dickerson). Runners moved up: Erstad, Janish.
pitched a perfect ninth and Carlos Vil- Gallardo 8 2 0 0 4 6 126 3.32 cinnati manager Dusty Baker
GIDP: Pence, Quintero. DP: Cincinnati 3 (R.Hernandez,
lanueva (2-3) the 10th for the Brewers, Hoffman 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.00 said he was willing to work R.Hernandez, Janish), (A.Rosales, Hairston Jr., Votto),
Villanueva W, 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 3.97 (Ale.Gonzalez, Votto).
setting up Hall’s dramatics off St. Louis’ with him after the delay.
Kyle McClellan (2-2). IBB: off McClellan (Fielder), off Gallardo (Pujols). WP: “We asked him, ‘What would Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Gallardo. Umpires: Home, Chad Fairchild; First, Paul W.Rodriguez L, 5-3 4 10 6 0 2 3 78 1.71
Casey McGehee reached on an error Nauert; Second, Paul Schrieber; Third, Ed Rapuano. T: you do if you were us?’ ” Baker
Arias 1 1 2 0 3 0 27 4.82
by third baseman Brian Barden to lead MORRY GASH / AP 2:26. A: 43,032 (41,900). said. “He said, ‘I’d let me go Fulchino 2 1 0 0 0 5 40 4.08
off the 10th for the Brewers. Milwaukee’s Bill Hall drove in the game’s only run with a two-out, 10th-inning hit. back.’ I’m just glad the delay Byrdak 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 2.81
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
“It wasn’t a tough play,” Barden said. wasn’t longer. He wanted the Harang W, 5-4 5 10 3 3 1 4 93 3.36
“It just didn’t go in my glove. That’s all I It appeared that the Cardinals might enough to turn two and he didn’t think game, and he deserved the Burton 1 2 2 2 1 0 22 6.10
Fisher H, 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 29 0.00
can say.” have been able to turn two on Cameron’s so,” McClellan said. chance to go get it.” Cordero S, 12-12 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 1.80
Prince Fielder was intentionally grounder, but McClellan deflected the Manager Tony La Russa disagreed. Jonny Gomes had three hits
IBB: off W.Rodriguez (Janish), off Arias (Votto).
walked one out later and retired at sec- ball, forcing shortstop Brendan Ryan to “If we don’t tip that ball, it’s an easy and three RBIs for the Reds, who Umpires: Home, C.B. Bucknor; First, Mike Everitt; Sec-
ond on Mike Cameron’s fielder’s pull up and settle for one out. double play,” La Russa said. have won three of four. ond, Mike Estabrook; Third, Brian Gorman. T: 3:04 (Rain
delay: 2:03). A: 17,818 (42,319).
choice. “I asked Brendan if it was hit hard —The Associated Press —The Associated Press
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San Francisco 8, Atlanta 2 L.A. Dodgers 16, Dodgers 16, Rockies 6
Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Giants 8, Braves 2 Colorado 6 Pierre lf 6 2 2 3 0 1 .385

At last minute, Ishikawa comes up big Atlanta

K.Johnson 2b
Prado 3b
M.Diaz lf
AB
5
3
3
R
1
1
0
H
1
0
1
BI
0
0
0
BB
0
1
1
SO
1
1
2
Avg.
.250
.254
.299 Offense still
Martin c
Hudson 2b
Blake 3b
Kemp cf
Loney 1b
6 2 3 2
5 2 2 2
6 2 2 1
5 2 3 3
5 2 3 0
0
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
.270
.344
.306
.298
.291
SAN FRANCISCO—Travis Ishikawa had a McCann c 3 0 3 1 1 0 .326 Hoffmann rf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .300
career day when he was supposed to be on D.Ross c
Francoeur rf
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
.263
.259 scoring runs J.Castro ss
Stults p
5 2 3 3
2 1 0 0
0
1
1
2
.387
.077
the bench. Kotchman 1b 3 0 0 1 1 0 .278
San Francisco skipper Bruce Bochy D.Hernandez ss 4
Schafer cf 4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
.167
.205
minus Manny Jef.Weaver p
Ohman p
Belisario p
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
0
0
0
0
0
1
.143
.500
.000
decided late to go with Ishikawa at first J.Vazquez p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .105 Mota p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bennett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 45 16 19 16 4 11
base instead of rookie and recent callup b-Norton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 DENVER—Even without Manny
Jesus Guzman, and for no reason in Carlyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ramirez, the Los Angeles Dodg- Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
d-C.Jones ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .319 Fowler cf 3 1 1 0 2 0 .272
particular. Totals 33 2 6 2 4 10 ers are having no trouble scoring Tulowitzki ss 2 1 0 1 2 1 .236
“I just made the flip,” Bochy said. runs. Helton 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .338
San Francisco AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Stewart 3b-rf 1 1 0 0 2 0 .189
Ishikawa had a three-run homer among Rowand cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .274 The Dodgers used two big Spilborghs lf 2 0 0 1 1 0 .266
his career-high four hits, Jonathan San- Renteria ss 5 0 2 2 0 0 .246 innings—a seven-run fourth and Fogg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Winn rf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .283 b-S.Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .263
chez won for the first time in more than a B.Molina c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .261 an eight-run seventh—to rout Grilli p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
month and the Giants beat the Atlanta F.Lewis lf 3 2 1 0 1 2 .279 Colorado 16-6 on Monday. Embree p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Ishikawa 1b 4 3 4 3 0 0 .250 Corpas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Braves 8-2 on Monday. Uribe 3b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .286 James Loney, Russell Martin, d-Phillips ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
Ishikawa had yet to hit a home run this Burriss 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .257 Juan Castro and Matt Kemp had Hawpe rf 2 2 2 2 1 0 .336
J.Sanchez p 1 1 0 0 0 1 .000 c-Quintanilla ph-3b 1 0 1 0 1 0 .211
year, a rare thing for a first baseman. His J.Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 three hits each and Juan Pierre Atkins 3b-1b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .190
bosses had brought up Guzman as insur- a-Schierholtz ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .241 had a bases-loaded triple for the Barmes 2b 3 0 1 1 2 1 .238
Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Torrealba c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .213
ance. Ishikawa very well could have been Medders p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Dodgers, who matched their sea- De La Rosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067
Jo.Peralta p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
affected by all that. c-J.Guzman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .100 son high with 19 hits. a-Murton ph-lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .276
B.Wilson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
“It’s good to finally get that off my shoul- DINO VOURNAS / AP Totals 35 8 13 8 2 5 Will Ohman (1-0), the third Totals 30 6 8 6 11 4
ders,” he said of the homer. “My mindset’s San Francisco’s Travis Ishikawa, right, not only had three runs, three RBIs and four hits, he also stole a base. pitcher for Los Angeles, picked Los Angeles 000 700 801 — 16 19 1
Atlanta 000 002 000 — 2 6 0
probably different than most people’s San Francisco 000 032 30x — 8 13 0 up the win. Colorado 000 141 000 — 6 8 1
a-flied out for Jo.Peralta in the 5th. b-struck out for Fogg in
because I’m not hitting a lot of home runs. fifth off Javier Vazquez (4-4), whose wild down the runner at home, and struck out “Throughout the lineup we the 6th. c-walked for Hawpe in the 7th. d-singled for Corpas
a-singled for J.Miller in the 6th. b-grounded out for in the 9th. E: Loney (1), Barmes (3). LOB: Los Angeles 8, Colo-
Home runs are an overrated thing. ... I pitch allowed Ishikawa to reach third after Jordan Schafer to end the inning. Bennett in the 7th. c-grounded out for Medders in the have guys that can hit for power
rado 10. 2B: Blake (10), Hoffmann (2), Fowler (10), Hawpe
can’t control the playing time. I’m still he stole second. “We had them and we didn’t deliver,” 8th. d-flied out for Carlyle in the 9th. LOB: Atlanta 8, San and guys that can run,” Pierre 2 (13), Barmes (8), Murton (4). 3B: Pierre (2). RBIs: Pierre 3
Francisco 7. 2B: J.Vazquez (2), Rowand (10), Renteria (16), Martin 2 (20), Hudson 2 (29), Blake (29), Kemp 3 (28),
doing the same thing I’ve been doing all “Javy was going great. He didn’t get hit Cox said. (7), Winn (11). 3B: K.Johnson (2). HR: Ishikawa (1), off said. “I don’t think pitchers like
Hoffmann 2 (6), J.Castro 3 (7), Tulowitzki (15), Spilborghs
year.” very hard, really,” Braves manager Bobby Sanchez hasn’t gone longer than 6 2-3 Carlyle. RBIs: McCann (18), Kotchman (22), Renteria 2 to see our lineup when we’re (20), Hawpe 2 (36), Atkins (15), Barmes (17). SB: Martin
(20), Ishikawa 3 (15), Uribe (6), Burriss (9), Schierholtz (6), Loney (3). CS: Barmes (2). S: Ohman, De La Rosa. SF:
Edgar Renteria hit a two-run double Cox said. innings this season, and he did that in his (3). SB: Winn (8), Ishikawa (1). S: J.Sanchez. SF: Uribe. swinging the bats like we are.”
Hoffmann, Tulowitzki. Runners left in scoring position:
three batters after Emmanuel Burriss Both Ishikawa and Fred Lewis beat other win. He got off to a fast start against Runners left in scoring position: Atlanta 4 (Prado, Ramirez was suspended for 50 Los Angeles 4 (J.Castro, Blake, Stults, Hoffmann); Colorado 6
Schafer 2, D.Hernandez); San Francisco 3 (F.Lewis, (Atkins 2, Fowler, S.Smith, Murton, Barmes). DP: Los Angeles
broke up a scoreless game with a fifth- throws home from the outfield in the the Braves, striking out the side in order B.Molina, Winn). GIDP: Winn. DP: Atlanta 1 (K.Johnson, games on May 7 for using a 3 (Blake, Hudson, Loney), (Blake, Hudson, Loney), (Blake,
inning RBI single. The Giants, who had sixth, Lewis making it on a close slide on in the first on 13 pitches. He finished with D.Hernandez, Kotchman). banned drug. Since then, the Hudson, Loney).
lost five of six and nine of 11, began a six- Juan Uribe’s shallow sacrifice to center. six Ks and three walks in five-plus Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Dodgers are 10-7 and have scored Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
game homestand on a positive note follow- Sanchez allowed only one baserunner innings. Sanchez tired after scoring from J.Vazquez L, 4-4 5 2⁄3 8 5 5 1 5 107 3.80 100 runs. Stults 4 1⁄3 3 4 4 7 2 95 4.29
Bennett 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.25 Jef.Weaver 1 1⁄3 3 2 2 1 0 31 3.63
ing a frustrating 1-5 trip in which all the past first before Kelly Johnson’s leadoff first in the fifth. Carlyle 2 5 3 3 1 0 45 8.84 “When you look at our guys Ohman W, 1-0 H, 5 1⁄3 0 0 0 2 1 17 5.11
losses were by one run. triple in the sixth, then loaded the bases “That run got me a little bit,” he said. “I San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA the way they’re lined up, we can Belisario 2 0 0 0 1 0 14 2.28
J.Sanchez W, 2-4 5 4 2 2 3 6 90 4.60 Mota 1 2 0 0 0 1 17 7.50
This outing certainly was a boost for with back-to-back walks. Brian McCann was pumped up (from the start). I had J.Miller H, 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 17 2.14 score runs,” Dodgers manager Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Sanchez (2-4), who went 0-3 over a six- singled in Atlanta’s first run to chase San- everything going on.” Affeldt H, 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 21 2.11 Joe Torre said. “We’re going to De La Rosa L, 0-5 3 1⁄3 7 7 7 2 6 78 5.26
Medders 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 3.10 Jo.Peralta 1 2⁄3 3 0 0 0 2 38 4.91
start winless stretch since his last victory chez with just the fourth hit by the The Braves completed a home inter- B.Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 1 18 4.64 make contact for the most part, Fogg 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00
April 17. But he nearly saw this one get Braves. league sweep of the Blue Jays before mak- we’re not going to swing and Grilli 1⁄3 2 4 4 2 0 24 5.65
J.Sanchez pitched to 4 batters in the 6th. Affeldt pitched Embree 2⁄3 5 4 4 0 1 25 7.50
away after running into trouble in the Justin Miller relieved and struck out Jeff ing the cross-country flight for Monday to 2 batters in the 8th. Inherited runners-scored: miss a whole lot. We have a very Corpas 2 2 1 1 0 2 28 5.82
sixth. Francoeur before Casey Kotchman’s afternoon’s game. Atlanta had its three- Bennett 1-0, J.Miller 3-1, Medders 2-0. IBB: off Carlyle deep bench and a very deep Ohman pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Inherited
(F.Lewis). WP: J.Vazquez 2. Umpires: Home, Jerry runners-scored: Jef.Weaver 3-3, Ohman 1-0, Belisario
Ishikawa’s homer in the seventh was bases-loaded walk made it 3-2. Miller then game winning streak snapped and lost for Meals; First, Mike DiMuro; Second, Bill Miller; Third, Dale lineup. We’re going to make 1-0, Jo.Peralta 1-1, Embree 1-1. WP: Jef.Weaver 2,
his first this season and fourth of his got Diory Hernandez to ground into a only the second time in its last seven. Scott. T: 3:04. A: 40,034 (41,915). pitchers work to beat us.” Embree. Umpires: Home, Tim McClelland; First, Andy
Fletcher; Second, Scott Barry; Third, Ted Barrett. T: 3:59.
career. He scored on Burriss’ single in the fielder’s choice, with the Giants cutting — The Associated Press — The Associated Press A: 37,024 (50,449).
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pirates 10, Cubs 8
Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Pittsburgh 10, Chicago Cubs 8 San Diego 9, Padres 9, Diamondbacks 7, 10 innings
San Diego AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Morgan lf 5 2 1 0 1 2 .287 Arizona 7, 10 innings Eckstein 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .225
F.Sanchez 2b
McLouth cf
Ad.LaRoche 1b
Moss rf
An.LaRoche 3b 5
6
4
5
5
4
1
1
0
0
6 3
1 2
2 2
1 1
3 1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
.320
.269
.227
.264
.298
Sanchez plays, six-smacks Cubs Padres rally
Hairston cf 5 1 3 1 0 0 .333
Ad.Gonzalez 1b 4 2 1 1 1 0 .281
Kouzmanoff 3b 4 1 1 1 1 1 .236
Mujica p
Jo.Wilson ss
0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Jaramillo c
Ja.Wilson ss
Maholm p
5
5
1
1
1
0
3 0
1 1
0 0
0
0
0
1
0
0
.288
.257
.105
CHICAGO—Freddy Sanchez almost was
given the night off. Unfortunately for the to pick up Hundley c
Blanco c
Headley lf
0 0 0 0 2 0 .250
3 2 2 1 0 1 .176
5 1 2 2 0 0 .234
b-Monroe ph
Gorzelanny p
Meek p
1
1
0
0
0
0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.259
.000
---
reeling Chicago Cubs, he played.
Sanchez had Pittsburgh’s first six-hit 10th straight Macias rf
C.Burke ss-3b
Gaudin p
5 0 1 3 0 1 .294
5 0 0 0 0 2 .224
2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
J.Chavez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- game in 19 years, scored four runs and PHOENIX—The San Diego Padres Thatcher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
d-Delw.Young ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .319 Meredith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Grabow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- drove in three Monday, leading the Pirates were down by six runs with two a-Gwynn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111
Capps p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- to a 10-8 victory and sending Chicago to innings to play. Their manager G.Burke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
S.Burnett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-Giles ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .175
Totals 43 10 18 10 5 5 its eighth straight loss. had been tossed. So had their E.Gonzalez 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .190
Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg. “At the last minute when I was making starting catcher. Those old road Bell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
A.Soriano lf 3 2 0 0 2 1 .253 Totals 41 9 13 9 4 7
Theriot ss 5 2 3 2 0 0 .273 out the lineup, I decided to put him in,” woes seemed to be back. Arizona AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Bradley rf 5 2 2 4 0 0 .198 Pirates manager John Russell said. “I Then came one big hit after G.Parra lf-cf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .277
Re.Johnson cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .238 Ojeda 2b 3 1 0 1 1 1 .256
Soto c 3 0 2 1 2 0 .214 guess it was smart of me.” another, capped by Chase Head- J.Upton rf 4 1 2 1 1 1 .325
Hoffpauir 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .267 And painful for the Cubs. Despite scor- ley’s two-run homer in the 10th, S.Drew ss 2 0 0 1 2 0 .190
Freel 3b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .143 Reynolds 3b 4 0 1 0 1 2 .264
Miles 2b 5 1 1 0 0 2 .204 ing three more runs than they did on the and the Padres won their 10th Tracy 1b 4 1 0 0 1 2 .189
Dempster p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .091 entire winless six-game road trip that straight game, beating Arizona C.Young cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .177
a-Scales ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Rauch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Ascanio p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 ended Sunday, they fell to 21-22 and were 9-7 on Monday. Zavada p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Cotts p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- booed repeatedly by their fans. “It’s not unlike the first couple Qualls p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Heilman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- T.Pena p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-Zambrano ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .238 The last time the Cubs dropped eight of weeks of the season,” manager c-Montero ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .227
Patton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- straight was 2006, when they went on to Bud Black said. “We came back Snyder c 4 1 1 1 1 2 .233
Totals 36 8 10 8 7 6 D.Davis p 3 1 1 0 0 1 .211
finish 66-96, costing manager Dusty from 7-1 in Philadelphia ... We’ve Byrnes lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .208
Pittsburgh 102 303 100 — 10 18 0 Baker and team president Andy MacPhail done it before. It’s something we Totals 35 7 7 6 7 11
Chicago 103 300 100 — 8 10 1
a-flied out for Dempster in the 4th. b-flied out for Maholm in the their jobs. as coaches always remember, to San Diego 000 100 051 2 —9 13 1
5th. c-struck out for Heilman in the 7th. d-walked for J.Chavez “It’s good to see the team swinging the remind our guys that we can do Arizona 005 002 000 0 —7 7 1
in the 8th. E: Dempster (2). LOB: Pittsburgh 13, Chicago 9. 2B: a-popped out for Meredith in the 8th. b-doubled for G.Burke in the
F.Sanchez (17), Ad.LaRoche (14), An.LaRoche (11), Jaramillo (8), bats and I hope that continues,” Cubs it. If you do it once, you can do it 9th. c-struck out for T.Pena in the 10th. E: Macias (1), S.Drew (4).
Theriot 3 (11), Bradley (3). 3B: Morgan (4). HR: F.Sanchez (4), manager Lou Piniella said. “We’ve just got again.” LOB:SanDiego6,Arizona8.2B:Hairston(10),Macias(4),Giles(7),
off Dempster; McLouth (8), off Cotts; Bradley (5), off Maholm. J.Upton(11),C.Young(10).3B:D.Davis(1).HR:Ad.Gonzalez(17),off
RBIs: F.Sanchez 3 (16), McLouth 2 (31), Ad.LaRoche 2 (22), Moss to start winning a few games, that’s it.” San Diego, which snapped an D.Davis;Headley(4),offT.Pena;Snyder(5),offGaudin.RBIs:Hairston
(11), An.LaRoche (21), Ja.Wilson (16), Theriot 2 (20), Bradley 4 Sanchez hit a two-run homer, doubled 11-game road losing streak, (20),Ad.Gonzalez(31),Kouzmanoff(17),Blanco(5),Headley2(17),
(13), Soto (11), Freel (2). SB: F.Sanchez (4). S: Maholm, Freel. Macias 3 (5), G.Parra 2 (10), Ojeda (4), J.Upton (27), S.Drew (13),
Runners left in scoring position: Pittsburgh 8 (An.LaRoche, and singled four times for the second six- trailed 7-1 before scoring five in Snyder (17). CS: Hairston (1), E.Gonzalez (2). SF: S.Drew. Runners
Monroe2,Jaramillo,Moss3,Morgan);Chicago5(Hoffpauir,Freel, hit game in the majors this season and the the eighth, one in the ninth and left in scoring position: San Diego 2 (Macias, C.Burke); Arizona 4
Ascanio,Zambrano,Miles).DP:Pittsburgh1(F.Sanchez,Ja.Wilson, (C.Young,S.Drew2,Tracy).DP:SanDiego1(Ad.Gonzalez);Arizona1
Ad.LaRoche); Chicago 2 (Freel, Miles, Hoffpauir), (Dempster, Soto, first by a Pirate since Wally Backman did two in the 10th. (Reynolds,Ojeda,Tracy).
Hoffpauir). it in 1990. Ian Kinsler had a six-hit effort “It’s been a lot of fun to come to
for Texas on April 15 against Baltimore. San Diego IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA the ballpark these last 10 days,” Gaudin 5 1⁄3 5 7 7 5 6 97 5.40
Maholm 4 7 7 7 3 2 93 4.11 “Six hits ... that’s good for a series Headley said. “We come here Thatcher 2⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 16 0.00
GorzelannyW, 2-1 2 0 1 1 2 2 27 5.40 Meredith 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 3.60
Meek H, 3 2⁄3 2 0 0 1 0 12 2.87 worth,” said Nate McLouth, who hit the and we expect to win. It’s not G.Burke 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 0.00
J.Chavez H, 4 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 6 1.83 go-ahead homer—with Sanchez on base— that we come in here and hope to Mujica W, 2-1 1 1 0 0 1 3 25 2.70
Grabow H, 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 4.71 Bell S, 13-13 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 0.47
Capps H, 1 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 10 6.46 in the sixth inning. win, we expect to win. We just Arizona IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
S.Burnett S, 1-2 2⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 15 3.00 Sanchez has snapped out of a 5-for-36 couldn’t give up today.” D.Davis 7 1⁄3 5 4 2 4 6 115 3.77
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Rauch 0 2 2 2 0 0 9 7.23
Dempster 4 7 6 6 3 3 94 4.99 slump by getting nine hits in his last 15 Black and Padres catcher Nick Zavada H, 2 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 12 0.00
Ascanio 1 3 0 0 0 0 21 4.05 at-bats. Hundley weren’t around to Qualls BS, 2-13 1 2 1 1 0 0 13 3.60
Cotts L, 0-2 BS, 1-1 1 4 3 3 0 1 25 7.36 T.Pena L, 4-2 1 3 2 2 0 1 24 2.01
Heilman 1 2 1 1 1 0 28 5.49 “I was striking out too much before,” he watch the impressive finish. Rauch pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. Inherited runners-
Patton 2 2 0 0 1 1 35 6.91 said. “I shortened my swing and put the They were thrown out by home scored: Thatcher 3-2, Rauch 3-2, Zavada 3-3. IBB: off Gaudin
Gorzelanny pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Inherited (Snyder), off Mujica (S.Drew), off Thatcher (J.Upton). HBP: by
runners-scored: Meek 1-1, J.Chavez 2-0, S.Burnett 1-0. ball in play. It’s tough to get hits in this plate umpire Eric Cooper in the Gaudin (Ojeda), by Thatcher (G.Parra). WP: Gaudin, D.Davis.
HBP: by Dempster (McLouth). WP: Maholm, Dempster. game. I just want to keep it going.” PAUL BEATY / AP
bottom of the sixth. Balk: Gaudin. Umpires: Home, Eric Cooper; First, Mike Reilly;
Umpires: Home, Bob Davidson; First, Jeff Nelson; Second, Second, Chuck Meriwether; Third, Laz Diaz. T: 3:31. A: 30,546
Mark Carlson;Third,TimTschida. — The Associated Press Pittsburgh SS Jack Wilson (2) cleared Chicago’s Geovany Soto at second base and converted a double play. — The Associated Press (48,652).
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com Baseball TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 27

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
Upton .325 .398 151 30 49 11 3 9 27 18 44 4 1 1 Infante .349 .389 86 13 30 4 0 1 11 6 7 1 0 2 Ramirez .364 .417 66 8 24 3 0 4 16 5 8 0 0 1 Gomes .429 .467 14 1 6 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0
Roberts .324 .395 37 4 12 3 0 0 3 4 12 2 0 0 McCann .326 .417 92 13 30 5 0 5 18 13 10 2 1 2 Fukudome .308 .438 130 24 40 9 1 4 18 29 27 4 4 0 Votto .368 .479 117 21 43 10 0 7 31 23 22 2 1 3
Lopez .323 .380 167 21 54 15 0 4 10 15 28 4 1 5 C. Jones .319 .444 116 22 37 6 1 4 16 26 17 1 1 6 Hill .300 .391 40 5 12 2 0 1 6 5 11 0 0 0 Hanigan .309 .381 55 7 17 1 0 1 3 7 2 0 0 1
Parra .277 .346 47 9 13 0 2 1 10 4 6 0 2 1 Diaz .299 .382 77 13 23 4 2 2 15 10 20 1 0 1 Theriot .273 .335 165 24 45 11 2 5 20 15 26 7 2 4 Janish .300 .378 40 5 12 3 0 0 3 3 7 0 0 1
Reynolds .264 .361 159 27 42 6 1 12 25 23 58 10 2 7 Escobar .293 .367 150 23 44 10 0 4 21 14 17 1 1 4 Hoffpauir .267 .326 86 9 23 5 0 4 14 8 20 0 0 1 Hernandez .295 .363 139 11 41 7 0 2 16 15 16 0 0 3
Ojeda .256 .350 86 11 22 4 0 1 4 11 8 1 1 3
Kotchman .278 .341 151 13 42 16 0 2 22 13 16 0 0 0 Scales .257 .381 35 8 9 2 1 1 5 6 10 0 0 1 Nix .276 .325 76 13 21 10 1 3 9 6 24 0 0 0
Snyder .233 .381 90 13 21 4 0 5 17 21 24 0 0 0
Ross .263 .382 57 9 15 4 0 3 11 11 22 0 0 0 Soriano .253 .318 174 35 44 9 0 12 25 15 45 4 2 3 Phillips .275 .337 149 20 41 7 2 7 34 16 16 4 3 3
Montero .227 .338 66 5 15 5 0 2 6 9 16 0 0 4
Francoeur .259 .282 170 23 44 5 2 3 21 5 24 1 1 0 Lee .248 .314 125 16 31 6 0 5 19 13 27 0 0 0 Taveras .274 .335 164 32 45 7 1 1 8 14 25 12 2 1
Byrnes .208 .257 125 14 26 10 0 4 16 8 15 6 2 3
Anderson .256 .284 86 7 22 5 0 0 9 5 9 0 0 2 Johnson .238 .319 63 10 15 1 1 1 8 5 11 0 0 0 Rosales .269 .356 78 12 21 4 0 2 9 9 15 0 2 2
Drew .190 .280 84 8 16 4 1 2 13 12 18 0 1 4
Prado .254 .329 63 7 16 8 0 2 7 7 6 0 1 1 Soto .214 .331 112 8 24 4 0 1 11 18 26 0 0 1 Hairston Jr. .260 .313 123 27 32 8 1 5 12 8 19 4 0 3
Tracy .189 .252 111 13 21 8 0 3 13 10 13 1 0 0
Johnson .250 .320 136 21 34 6 2 5 15 12 20 2 2 2 Fontenot .208 .299 125 12 26 5 0 5 17 16 27 2 1 3 Bruce .228 .307 158 25 36 5 0 12 25 16 36 3 1 1
Jackson .182 .264 99 8 18 4 0 1 14 11 16 5 0 2
Schafer .205 .324 146 15 30 8 0 2 8 26 55 1 1 0 Miles .204 .250 98 13 20 6 0 0 4 6 16 3 0 1 Dickerson .228 .374 79 10 18 2 1 2 7 18 26 1 2 3
Clark .179 .258 28 3 5 1 0 2 5 3 15 0 0 1
Hernandez .167 .231 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 Bradley .198 .314 101 15 20 3 0 5 13 14 23 0 0 0 Gonzalez .215 .254 107 5 23 5 0 2 16 5 18 0 0 2
Young .177 .219 147 16 26 10 1 3 9 7 43 4 2 0
Team Totals .235 .312 1533 189 360 90 9 49 179 166 359 37 12 38 Norton .111 .294 27 2 3 1 0 0 3 7 7 0 0 0 Freel .154 .214 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 Encarnacion .127 .286 63 2 8 1 0 1 6 13 19 1 1 3
Team Totals .264 .342 1472 194 389 84 7 33 182 167 266 10 8 25 Team Totals .244 .325 1444 195 352 69 5 49 184 161 326 21 11 26 Team Totals .257 .332 1502 201 386 74 8 46 191 159 294 28 12 33

PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Zavada 1 0 0.00 3 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 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

Pena 4 2 2.01 23 0 0 22.1 23 7 5 1 6 18 Acosta 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Wells 0 1 1.50 3 3 0 18.0 14 3 3 0 6 16 Fisher 1 0 0.00 2 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 1

Haren 3 4 2.57 9 9 0 63.0 48 18 18 8 9 63 Soriano 0 0 1.37 20 0 4 19.2 10 3 3 1 7 26 Guzman 1 0 3.15 17 0 0 20.0 12 7 7 2 6 20 Rhodes 0 0 0.56 20 0 0 16.0 9 1 1 0 6 12
Gutierrez 1 2 3.28 21 0 0 24.2 22 9 9 1 10 28 Jurrjens 4 2 2.07 10 10 0 61.0 50 15 14 3 22 35 Marmol 0 1 3.60 22 0 3 20.0 12 9 8 1 18 23 Masset 1 0 1.23 11 0 0 14.2 5 2 2 0 8 12
Scherzer 1 3 3.50 8 8 0 43.2 39 18 17 5 19 43 Bennett 2 1 2.25 20 0 0 20.0 25 6 5 0 12 16 Lilly 5 4 3.77 9 9 0 57.1 49 25 24 10 14 47 Cordero 0 2 1.80 20 0 12 20.0 16 5 4 0 7 21
Rosales 0 0 3.52 6 0 0 7.2 7 3 3 0 2 5 O'Flaherty 0 0 2.25 21 0 0 16.0 10 5 4 0 1 11 Marshall 2 3 3.96 9 6 0 36.1 36 17 16 6 11 23 Herrera 0 1 2.12 19 0 0 17.0 18 7 4 1 8 15
Qualls 1 0 3.60 18 0 11 20.0 22 8 8 1 4 22 Lowe 6 2 3.45 10 10 0 62.2 52 24 24 2 22 39 Ascanio 0 0 4.05 4 0 0 6.2 7 3 3 1 0 8 Cueto 4 2 2.37 9 9 0 60.2 47 17 16 5 16 47
Davis 2 6 3.77 10 10 0 62.0 54 29 26 10 25 45 Gonzalez 2 0 3.79 22 0 7 19.0 17 9 8 2 8 25 Zambrano 3 2 4.64 7 7 0 42.2 43 23 22 4 18 40 Weathers 0 1 2.87 18 0 0 15.2 12 5 5 1 10 11
Garland 4 3 4.70 9 9 0 53.2 62 30 28 7 21 20 Vazquez 4 4 3.80 10 10 0 64.0 58 29 27 6 15 78 Harden 4 2 4.74 8 8 0 43.2 39 24 23 8 21 53 Harang 5 4 3.36 10 10 0 64.1 69 27 24 7 15 56
Vasquez 1 1 5.65 12 0 0 14.1 16 10 9 1 9 11 Kawakami 3 5 4.73 8 8 0 45.2 45 27 24 5 19 42 Dempster 3 3 4.99 10 10 0 61.1 57 35 34 8 26 52 Volquez 4 2 4.25 8 8 0 48.2 32 24 23 6 31 45
Buckner 1 0 6.35 4 1 0 11.1 12 8 8 3 6 6
Moylan 1 2 5.17 23 0 0 15.2 12 10 9 0 13 14 Gregg 0 1 5.40 20 0 6 18.1 21 11 11 4 10 21 Owings 3 5 4.70 8 7 0 44.0 45 27 23 6 20 27
Slaten 0 0 6.75 9 0 0 5.1 8 4 4 1 1 4
Campillo 1 0 5.40 4 0 0 3.1 6 3 2 0 3 3 Heilman 2 2 5.49 21 0 0 19.2 19 13 12 3 15 17 Arroyo 6 3 5.79 9 9 0 56.0 62 36 36 12 21 29
Rauch 0 0 7.23 22 0 2 18.2 26 17 15 3 10 13
Reyes 0 2 7.00 6 5 0 27.0 27 25 21 4 13 21 Patton 1 1 6.91 10 0 0 14.1 15 12 11 2 10 12 Burton 0 0 6.10 19 0 0 20.2 25 14 14 1 12 16
Petit 0 3 8.03 6 5 0 24.2 33 24 22 8 10 19
Carlyle 0 1 8.84 14 0 0 19.1 31 21 19 4 11 12 Cotts 0 2 7.36 19 0 0 11.0 14 9 9 3 9 9 Lincoln 0 0 9.19 14 0 0 15.2 21 16 16 4 12 6
Webb 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 4.0 6 6 6 2 2 2
Medlen 0 1 15.00 1 1 0 3.0 3 5 5 0 5 3 Fox 0 0 135.00 2 0 0 0.1 2 5 5 0 3 0 Team Totals 24 20 4.03 44 44 12 404.0 371 194 181 46 176 306
Gordon 0 1 21.60 3 0 0 1.2 3 4 4 0 3 0
Team Totals 23 21 4.13 44 44 11 392.2 367 197 180 28 159 340 Team Totals 21 22 4.56 43 43 9 376.2 349 199 191 52 169 349
Team Totals 19 26 4.46 45 45 13 408.0 419 218 202 54 150 314
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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
Phillips 1.000 1.000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hayes .500 .500 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Pence .358 .429 159 24 57 8 2 5 19 21 24 5 4 0 Mientkiewicz .400 .400 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
Helton .338 .387 151 25 51 9 1 6 31 14 21 0 0 1 Ramirez .317 .400 167 29 53 15 0 8 22 20 32 8 4 2 Tejada .341 .366 176 26 60 15 0 5 26 5 11 2 1 8 Castro .387 .444 31 10 12 2 0 1 7 4 8 0 0 0
Hawpe .336 .412 131 23 44 13 2 6 36 18 23 0 1 2 Baker .284 .371 116 26 33 8 0 6 19 15 27 0 0 3 Lee .319 .363 166 21 53 10 1 8 29 12 14 1 1 1 Pierre .385 .458 104 21 40 9 2 0 16 12 7 9 4 0
Murton .276 .323 29 6 8 4 0 1 4 2 5 1 0 0 Gload .279 .375 61 12 17 1 1 1 7 10 7 0 0 1 Keppinger .313 .397 64 7 20 6 1 1 3 8 4 0 0 0 Ausmus .346 .393 26 4 9 1 0 0 3 2 6 1 0 0
Fowler .272 .353 136 21 37 10 2 2 10 18 34 11 3 1 Cantu .277 .343 155 21 43 8 0 8 35 13 25 1 0 4 Bourn .288 .360 160 27 46 7 3 1 11 17 36 15 3 1 Hudson .344 .412 189 35 65 16 2 3 29 24 31 4 0 2
Spilborghs .266 .338 143 21 38 12 1 3 20 14 33 6 2 2 Hermida .275 .383 160 19 44 5 1 4 17 27 42 4 1 1 Blum .266 .333 124 12 33 5 0 1 15 12 16 0 1 1 Loretta .333 .462 42 9 14 2 0 0 7 9 6 0 0 0
Smith .263 .410 80 14 21 3 1 4 10 20 14 2 0 0 Bonifacio .258 .296 190 25 49 3 2 1 11 11 43 9 4 7 I. Rodriguez .260 .305 131 15 34 6 2 5 19 8 32 0 2 0 Blake .306 .376 147 27 45 10 1 9 29 15 34 0 0 4
Barmes .238 .306 122 23 29 8 1 4 17 10 27 3 2 3 Helms .246 .302 57 5 14 2 0 1 10 4 16 0 0 2 Berkman .231 .363 147 23 34 6 0 10 27 30 33 0 2 3 Hoffmann .300 .273 10 2 3 2 0 1 6 0 3 0 0 0
Tulowitzki .236 .331 140 20 33 6 2 5 15 21 30 4 3 2 Ross .239 .291 159 21 38 11 0 6 26 10 37 1 1 2 Matsui .219 .288 146 18 32 6 1 1 12 13 28 6 3 2 Kemp .298 .366 171 28 51 8 4 4 28 18 46 9 2 0
Iannetta .231 .350 104 15 24 5 0 8 18 18 27 0 1 1 Paulino .233 .343 60 6 14 2 1 1 6 10 15 1 0 1 Quintero .208 .208 24 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 7 0 0 2 Loney .291 .359 175 21 51 9 0 2 32 20 14 3 1 1
Torrealba .213 .283 47 7 10 1 0 2 5 4 11 0 0 0 Amezaga .217 .267 69 6 15 3 0 0 5 5 16 1 1 0 Michaels .182 .308 33 1 6 4 0 0 2 5 11 1 1 0 Martin .270 .380 152 21 41 8 0 0 20 25 31 6 3 1
Quintanilla .211 .318 19 4 4 1 0 0 0 3 10 0 0 0 Coghlan .212 .300 52 4 11 0 0 1 5 7 12 1 0 2 Erstad .149 .212 47 4 7 1 1 0 3 4 15 0 0 0 Ethier .256 .368 160 26 41 9 0 6 30 26 31 2 0 2
Atkins .190 .273 147 16 28 6 0 3 15 16 23 0 0 5 Uggla .200 .321 155 18 31 7 1 8 30 26 39 1 0 5 Maysonet .000 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Furcal .238 .299 172 24 41 8 0 1 9 15 29 3 3 7
Stewart .189 .281 106 16 20 4 0 7 20 12 34 2 1 3 Team Totals .246 .323 1597 212 393 70 7 46 203 172 389 28 12 37 Team Totals .268 .332 1499 188 401 75 11 38 177 138 263 30 18 22 Paul .214 .313 14 3 3 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 1 0
Baker .130 .167 23 0 3 0 1 0 3 1 7 1 0 1 Team Totals .290 .373 1606 261 466 98 9 34 248 208 308 37 14 20
Team Totals .251 .332 1461 218 366 84 11 51 211 174 326 30 13 28 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
Sanches 1 0 0.00 4 0 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1 4 W. Rodriguez 5 3 1.71 10 10 0 63.0 53 19 12 1 18 56 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 Calero 1 0 2.42 27 0 0 22.1 12 6 6 0 12 28 Sampson 2 0 1.93 21 0 2 28.0 23 8 6 1 9 12 Broxton 5 0 1.17 20 0 11 23.0 7 3 3 0 7 35
Flores 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 3.2 3 0 0 0 0 5 Pinto 2 0 2.53 24 0 0 21.1 22 7 6 2 12 20 Byrdak 0 0 2.81 18 0 0 16.0 12 5 5 3 6 11 Kuroda 1 0 1.59 1 1 0 5.2 4 1 1 0 1 2
Fogg 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnson 3 1 2.67 10 10 0 67.1 58 22 20 4 16 59 Hawkins 1 2 2.89 20 0 5 18.2 18 6 6 2 7 18 Troncoso 1 0 2.22 18 0 2 28.1 26 7 7 0 6 16
Morales 1 0 3.38 2 2 0 8.0 7 3 3 3 1 9 Meyer 0 0 2.75 22 0 0 19.2 14 7 6 3 6 23 Fulchino 0 1 4.08 12 0 0 17.2 13 8 8 2 4 14 Belisario 1 2 2.28 24 0 0 27.2 20 9 7 2 14 25
Street 0 1 3.44 20 0 7 18.1 16 7 7 3 5 21 Nunez 2 2 3.47 23 0 0 23.1 15 9 9 3 12 19 Oswalt 1 2 4.47 10 10 0 56.1 61 28 28 10 15 42 Billingsley 6 2 2.82 10 10 0 67.0 50 23 21 1 30 69
Hammel 1 3 4.10 9 6 0 37.1 51 24 17 4 12 24 West 0 0 3.60 1 1 0 5.0 4 2 2 0 4 5 Brocail 1 0 4.76 7 0 0 5.2 5 3 3 2 8 4 Wolf 2 1 3.02 10 10 0 62.2 51 24 21 7 19 50
Daley 0 1 4.15 9 0 0 8.2 5 4 4 0 4 7
Volstad 4 3 3.69 10 10 0 61.0 50 29 25 11 19 51 Arias 0 0 4.82 10 0 0 9.1 7 7 5 1 4 9 Weaver 2 1 3.63 7 3 0 22.1 23 9 9 1 10 14
Jimenez 3 5 4.25 9 9 0 53.0 51 25 25 2 24 48
Miller 1 1 4.94 6 4 0 23.2 22 13 13 1 14 16 Ortiz 2 2 4.88 11 4 0 31.1 34 19 17 2 25 23 Stults 4 1 4.29 8 8 0 42.0 40 20 20 2 23 27
Marquis 6 3 4.45 9 9 0 60.2 59 33 30 6 19 27
Badenhop 2 2 5.75 11 0 0 20.1 25 13 13 2 8 19 Hampton 2 4 5.63 9 9 0 48.0 54 33 30 7 21 33 Kershaw 2 3 4.32 9 9 0 50.0 36 24 24 4 28 51
Cook 3 1 4.68 9 9 0 50.0 51 27 26 7 21 24
Sanchez 1 4 5.79 6 6 0 32.2 43 21 21 6 15 25 Valverde 0 1 5.63 8 0 2 8.0 7 5 5 3 3 11 Milton 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 4.0 2 2 2 0 4 3
Speier 0 0 4.76 5 0 0 5.2 6 3 3 0 3 2
Lindstrom 1 1 6.16 21 0 9 19.0 17 14 13 2 15 19 Paulino 1 3 6.90 8 5 0 30.0 43 25 23 4 16 22 Ohman 1 0 5.11 20 0 1 12.1 11 7 7 4 8 7
Peralta 0 0 4.91 2 0 0 3.2 6 2 2 0 0 4
Penn 1 0 6.97 14 1 0 20.2 27 21 16 2 16 26 Wright 1 1 7.24 19 0 0 13.2 23 11 11 3 6 15 Wade 0 3 6.14 15 0 0 14.2 19 10 10 0 6 8
De La Rosa 0 5 5.26 9 9 0 49.2 46 32 29 3 23 52
Cr. Martinez 0 1 9.00 1 0 0 2.0 3 2 2 1 1 4 Geary 1 3 8.10 16 0 0 20.0 30 19 18 4 10 12 Kuo 1 0 6.75 7 0 0 5.1 5 4 4 1 4 4
Grilli 0 1 5.65 19 0 1 14.1 18 9 9 1 9 18
Team Totals 21 25 4.90 46 46 9 419.0 429 251 228 51 196 376 Moehler 1 3 8.31 6 6 0 26.0 42 24 24 5 7 20 Leach 1 0 7.20 9 0 0 5.0 6 4 4 0 2 6
Corpas 0 3 5.82 22 0 1 21.2 30 14 14 1 4 12
Embree 1 2 7.50 19 0 0 12.0 16 12 10 2 5 6 Team Totals 18 25 4.62 44 44 9 391.2 425 220 201 50 159 302 Mota 2 1 7.50 18 0 0 18.0 24 15 15 2 12 9

Team Totals 18 26 4.86 44 44 9 383.2 425 228 207 39 137 284 Team Totals 31 15 3.79 46 46 14 413.0 351 181 174 29 191 341
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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
Rivera .333 .320 24 0 8 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 Beltran .367 .460 169 31 62 15 1 6 31 28 26 7 1 2 Ibanez .345 .408 168 38 58 11 1 17 43 17 26 4 0 1 Diaz .321 .357 53 5 17 3 0 1 5 1 3 0 1 1
Braun .325 .439 157 31 51 9 1 8 31 25 31 3 3 1 Wright .348 .454 161 29 56 12 3 3 30 31 44 10 7 7 Feliz .303 .373 142 19 43 11 0 2 23 17 18 0 0 2 Sanchez .320 .354 181 30 58 17 2 4 16 8 34 4 1 1
Counsell .311 .382 90 15 28 6 0 1 7 10 11 0 1 3 Cora .333 .435 51 9 17 4 1 0 4 10 5 3 1 1 Utley .291 .429 141 31 41 6 0 11 31 25 28 3 0 5 Young .319 .396 47 6 15 3 0 0 8 6 13 1 0 0
Cameron .285 .382 151 22 43 12 0 9 22 25 33 2 0 0 Reed .304 .347 46 3 14 1 1 0 3 3 11 0 1 1 Ruiz .284 .400 67 3 19 6 0 1 8 13 9 1 1 1 An. LaRoche .298 .365 141 15 42 11 0 2 21 12 26 2 0 5
Weeks .272 .340 147 28 40 5 2 9 24 12 39 2 2 6 Delgado .298 .393 94 15 28 7 1 4 23 12 20 0 0 2 Stairs .276 .462 29 6 8 1 0 2 7 8 8 0 0 0 Jaramillo .288 .390 66 6 19 8 0 0 5 11 8 1 0 1
Fielder .265 .412 155 23 41 7 1 10 42 37 48 0 0 1 Castillo .282 .364 124 23 35 3 2 0 11 17 13 6 1 4 Victorino .270 .317 185 30 50 9 4 4 24 13 19 6 3 0 Morgan .287 .366 167 26 48 5 4 0 17 19 31 10 5 0
McGehee .265 .325 34 5 9 2 0 0 3 4 6 0 0 0 Reyes .279 .355 147 18 41 7 2 2 15 18 19 11 2 5 Howard .262 .337 172 30 45 11 1 12 33 18 52 2 0 0 McLouth .269 .371 145 24 39 6 0 8 31 20 21 6 0 0
Hart .242 .319 165 29 40 11 1 4 18 19 46 3 3 2 Sheffield .277 .417 83 21 23 4 1 4 14 19 15 1 1 1 Werth .255 .350 153 32 39 8 1 8 26 20 39 8 1 0 Moss .264 .312 129 20 34 8 2 1 11 8 22 0 0 0
Hardy .234 .321 141 18 33 6 1 5 23 17 28 0 0 3 Tatis .276 .329 76 14 21 4 1 2 9 4 6 2 1 0 Mayberry .250 .250 8 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 Monroe .259 .306 58 6 15 2 0 3 14 4 15 0 0 0
Hall .230 .297 126 14 29 8 0 4 11 12 39 1 0 3 Church .272 .328 125 9 34 7 0 1 8 10 18 2 1 1 Rollins .234 .279 184 27 43 10 1 3 17 11 25 6 4 2 Wilson .257 .290 101 10 26 7 1 1 16 5 10 1 1 5
Kendall .217 .305 129 15 28 5 1 0 15 13 14 0 1 4 Santos .269 .303 67 9 18 3 1 2 15 5 14 0 0 0 Coste .230 .319 61 5 14 7 0 1 6 7 14 0 0 0 Hinske .254 .342 67 10 17 6 0 1 7 6 17 0 0 0
Gamel .211 .318 19 1 4 2 0 1 5 2 6 0 0 1 Pagan .261 .370 23 3 6 1 0 0 1 4 7 3 0 0 Dobbs .139 .244 36 3 5 0 0 1 4 5 8 0 0 0 Doumit .244 .271 45 5 11 4 0 2 9 2 10 0 0 1
Gerut .200 .333 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Castro .253 .325 75 5 19 4 0 3 13 8 14 0 0 2 Bruntlett .118 .179 34 5 4 4 0 0 4 3 9 0 0 1 Ad. LaRoche .227 .315 163 26 37 14 1 7 22 21 43 0 0 1
Catalanotto .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Murphy .246 .322 126 20 31 4 1 3 12 15 13 1 1 3 Team Totals .260 .343 1481 242 385 87 8 64 232 170 286 30 9 13 Vazquez .190 .325 63 8 12 1 0 0 6 12 17 0 0 1
Team Totals .250 .341 1487 215 372 77 7 53 211 189 360 11 10 26 Schneider .143 .250 21 3 3 1 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 Team Totals .264 .333 1536 202 406 100 10 31 194 142 322 25 8 19
Martinez .077 .074 26 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 6 1 0 4 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 Team Totals .284 .365 1491 213 423 77 15 30 199 191 250 47 17 35 Condrey 4 0 2.19 23 0 1 24.2 18 6 6 3 9 16 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Hoffman 0 0 0.00 13 0 11 13.0 5 0 0 0 0 10 Happ 2 0 2.60 13 1 0 27.2 18 8 8 2 9 21 Chavez 0 1 1.83 22 0 0 19.2 15 4 4 1 7 17
DiFelice 3 0 1.31 20 0 0 20.2 14 3 3 2 4 20 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Madson 2 1 2.95 21 0 1 21.1 18 7 7 0 6 23 Duke 5 4 2.77 9 9 0 65.0 55 22 20 4 15 39
McClung 1 1 2.57 17 0 0 21.0 15 6 6 1 15 16 Rodriguez 1 0 0.83 21 0 13 21.2 12 4 2 1 10 21 Eyre 0 1 3.48 18 0 0 10.1 6 5 4 2 8 7 Meek 0 0 2.87 13 0 0 15.2 12 5 5 0 14 10
Coffey 1 0 2.95 19 0 2 21.1 22 7 7 1 4 14 Santana 6 2 1.50 9 9 0 60.0 49 17 10 4 14 75 Taschner 1 1 3.66 14 0 0 19.2 18 8 8 2 14 10 Burnett 1 1 3.00 22 0 1 21.0 13 8 7 2 12 16
Gallardo 4 2 3.32 9 9 0 59.2 42 22 22 6 22 56 Parnell 2 0 2.29 22 0 0 19.2 22 7 5 0 9 16 Durbin 1 1 4.32 23 0 0 25.0 18 12 12 3 13 22 Maholm 3 1 4.11 10 10 0 61.1 61 29 28 3 21 34
Bush 3 1 3.92 10 9 0 59.2 51 28 26 11 15 42 Feliciano 1 1 2.45 24 0 0 18.1 15 9 5 3 3 18 Myers 4 2 4.34 9 9 0 58.0 59 28 28 15 19 43 Veal 0 0 4.15 4 0 0 4.1 2 2 2 1 9 4
Villanueva 2 3 3.97 22 0 3 22.2 16 11 10 1 9 23 Stokes 1 2 2.89 17 0 0 18.2 20 8 6 1 5 8 Hamels 2 2 4.68 8 8 0 42.1 50 23 22 9 9 43 Ohlendorf 5 4 4.20 9 9 0 55.2 49 27 26 9 14 27
Stetter 2 0 4.15 21 0 0 13.0 9 6 6 2 7 11 Putz 1 3 3.55 24 0 2 25.1 20 10 10 1 15 18 Park 1 1 6.57 10 7 0 38.1 45 28 28 5 20 27 Grabow 3 0 4.71 22 0 0 21.0 26 12 11 1 11 17
Looper 4 3 4.47 9 9 0 50.1 56 29 25 10 17 28 Takahashi 0 1 3.86 8 0 0 9.1 9 4 4 1 3 6 Blanton 2 3 7.11 8 8 0 44.1 57 35 35 9 17 37 Snell 1 5 4.88 9 9 0 48.0 46 28 26 6 26 36
Suppan 3 3 4.71 9 9 0 49.2 53 28 26 9 23 25 Maine 4 3 4.18 9 9 0 51.2 42 26 24 4 30 36 Moyer 3 5 7.42 9 9 0 47.1 68 39 39 13 16 26 Karstens 1 2 5.19 8 8 0 43.1 44 26 25 8 16 18
Parra 3 5 5.79 9 9 0 46.2 51 33 30 5 29 40 Pelfrey 4 1 4.31 8 8 0 48.0 52 23 23 4 18 17 Lidge 0 2 9.15 21 0 8 19.2 29 20 20 6 12 21 Gorzelanny 2 1 5.40 4 0 0 5.0 4 3 3 0 2 5
Julio 1 0 6.06 13 0 0 16.1 12 12 11 2 13 11 Hernandez 3 1 4.93 8 8 0 45.2 54 25 25 6 13 25 Team Totals 24 19 5.19 43 43 10 385.1 413 224 222 69 155 302 Hansen 0 0 5.68 5 0 0 6.1 6 4 4 1 4 5
Riske 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 1.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 Redding 0 1 6.75 2 2 0 10.2 10 8 8 1 8 8 Capps 0 3 6.46 17 0 9 15.1 22 11 11 2 8 12
Team Totals 27 18 4.01 45 45 16 397.2 355 191 177 51 160 300 Green 0 2 7.36 20 0 0 18.1 24 15 15 3 11 16 Yates 0 2 7.50 15 0 0 12.0 14 12 10 2 7 9
Perez 1 2 9.97 5 5 0 21.2 28 24 24 3 21 20 Team Totals 21 24 4.16 45 45 10 393.2 369 193 182 40 166 249
Team Totals 24 20 3.94 44 44 15 392.2 385 193 172 33 169 302
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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 .393 123 13 41 10 1 5 20 11 25 5 1 0 Whiteside .333 .333 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Pujols .322 .451 152 38 49 8 0 14 38 35 13 7 1 5 Zimmerman .346 .408 188 37 65 14 0 11 35 21 32 0 0 6
Cabrera .308 .357 13 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 Sandoval .304 .345 158 16 48 13 2 3 17 8 24 2 2 1 Schumaker .299 .342 147 21 44 8 1 3 13 10 16 1 1 2 Guzman .344 .353 151 27 52 9 2 2 11 2 19 1 2 6
Macias .294 .429 17 3 5 4 0 1 5 4 3 0 0 1 Uribe .286 .303 63 3 18 4 0 0 6 2 13 0 1 2 LaRue .280 .333 25 5 7 1 0 1 1 1 7 0 0 0 Johnson .338 .445 157 28 53 7 1 4 25 28 29 1 0 5
A. Gonzalez .281 .381 167 33 47 4 0 17 31 26 40 1 0 2 Winn .283 .341 166 23 47 11 3 2 19 15 33 8 1 0 Molina .275 .348 138 14 38 4 1 3 17 15 12 2 1 0 Flores .311 .382 90 13 28 3 2 4 15 11 26 0 0 1
Rodriguez .256 .396 78 11 20 4 0 1 7 20 9 0 0 2 Lewis .279 .380 140 27 39 9 1 3 7 19 45 3 2 3 Ludwick .274 .339 106 16 29 4 0 8 26 9 20 2 0 1 Nieves .304 .350 56 6 17 2 0 0 6 3 14 0 0 3
Hundley .250 .357 108 9 27 5 2 3 10 18 29 1 1 2 Rowand .274 .340 146 17 40 10 0 5 19 13 32 2 0 1 Barden .259 .315 81 12 21 3 0 4 8 5 14 0 0 3 Harris .281 .427 64 13 18 5 1 1 9 12 14 3 0 0
Kouzmanoff .236 .288 165 13 39 7 1 4 17 8 38 1 0 0 Molina .261 .269 165 19 43 7 1 8 30 2 21 0 0 2 Duncan .250 .344 140 15 35 12 2 3 24 21 32 0 1 3 Hernandez .279 .367 104 15 29 5 1 0 11 15 17 3 1 4
Headley .234 .306 145 14 34 7 1 4 17 14 41 6 1 1 Burriss .257 .325 148 13 38 3 0 0 9 13 24 11 4 3 Ankiel .247 .323 85 12 21 7 0 2 11 7 21 0 0 0 Dukes .277 .347 112 12 31 8 1 4 24 12 29 2 6 1
Eckstein .225 .302 151 15 34 10 1 0 13 13 13 1 0 0 Ishikawa .250 .327 100 13 25 3 1 1 15 9 31 1 0 2 Ryan .241 .308 58 9 14 4 1 0 3 5 10 3 0 1 Dunn .277 .414 159 25 44 6 0 14 39 38 48 0 1 5
C. Burke .224 .297 58 5 13 5 0 0 3 5 12 3 1 5 Renteria .246 .327 138 21 34 7 0 2 20 16 22 2 2 3 Rasmus .227 .304 132 20 30 7 0 4 17 12 27 1 0 2 Bernadina .250 .400 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
E. Gonzalez .190 .273 58 9 11 2 2 3 7 5 11 0 2 2 Schierholtz .241 .263 54 5 13 3 1 0 3 2 9 0 1 0 Thurston .224 .336 107 14 24 8 2 1 14 18 21 2 1 4 Kearns .213 .341 108 15 23 6 2 3 15 18 27 1 0 0
Blanco .176 .263 51 8 9 1 0 3 5 6 13 0 0 0 Torres .222 .417 9 4 2 0 0 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 K. Greene .208 .284 101 13 21 4 0 2 14 10 15 2 1 6 Willingham .213 .345 94 12 20 6 0 6 9 16 23 0 1 1
Giles .175 .273 154 11 27 7 0 2 19 21 19 1 0 0 Aurilia .177 .209 62 3 11 2 0 0 10 3 13 0 0 0 Stavinoha .207 .207 29 0 6 1 0 0 5 0 3 1 0 0 Belliard .172 .221 64 4 11 1 1 1 4 4 18 0 0 2
Gwynn .111 .273 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 Guzman .100 .100 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Team Totals .253 .329 1479 206 374 79 7 47 201 154 260 25 6 29 Bard .171 .194 35 2 6 2 0 0 4 1 7 0 0 0
Wilson .000 .091 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 Frandsen .000 .167 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 Maxwell .167 .286 18 1 3 1 0 0 1 3 6 3 0 0
Team Totals .234 .314 1495 175 350 75 8 47 171 165 309 21 6 19 Team Totals .253 .311 1498 172 379 73 9 25 161 115 322 31 13 23 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Team Totals .271 .356 1577 223 427 80 11 51 216 197 362 17 11 45

Carpenter 2 0 0.00 4 4 0 23.0 10 1 0 0 4 23

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 Franklin 1 0 1.53 18 0 11 17.2 10 3 3 2 4 15 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
G. Burke 0 0 0.00 6 0 0 5.1 1 0 0 0 0 4 Affeldt 0 1 2.11 23 0 0 21.1 19 6 5 1 10 18 McClellan 2 2 1.96 21 0 1 23.0 13 7 5 2 12 18 Villone 2 0 0.00 12 0 0 11.1 6 0 0 0 4 3
Thatcher 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 1 Miller 1 1 2.14 18 0 0 21.0 15 5 5 2 9 15 Perez 1 1 2.77 16 0 1 13.0 8 4 4 1 12 17 Bergmann 0 0 2.45 6 0 0 7.1 4 3 2 0 5 3
Bell 2 0 0.47 19 0 13 19.1 11 1 1 0 6 24 Cain 5 1 2.40 9 9 0 60.0 54 16 16 6 25 41 Miller 1 0 3.18 16 0 0 11.1 11 5 4 2 3 12 Detwiler 0 0 2.45 2 2 0 11.0 5 4 3 1 4 10
Mujica 2 1 2.70 20 0 1 23.1 19 9 7 2 6 26 Medders 2 1 3.10 19 0 0 20.1 20 7 7 1 12 17 Wainwright 4 2 3.41 9 9 0 58.0 51 25 22 6 24 47 Lannan 2 4 4.11 10 10 0 57.0 65 30 26 8 22 27
Peavy 4 5 3.48 10 10 0 67.1 51 27 26 7 23 79 Valdez 1 0 3.29 13 0 0 13.2 12 5 5 1 6 8 Motte 1 1 3.50 21 0 0 18.0 15 7 7 0 7 15 Martis 5 0 4.86 9 9 0 53.2 52 30 29 5 21 25
Meredith 4 0 3.60 17 0 0 15.0 21 8 6 1 5 12 Lincecum 3 1 3.45 9 9 0 57.1 54 23 22 1 17 76 Pineiro 5 4 3.52 9 9 0 61.1 67 28 24 2 7 22 Beimel 0 3 5.00 19 0 0 18.0 23 10 10 2 6 10
Gregerson 0 3 3.76 23 0 0 26.1 23 11 11 1 12 28 Zito 1 5 4.02 9 9 0 56.0 50 25 25 6 24 37 Reyes 0 1 3.55 21 0 1 12.2 10 5 5 2 5 14 Stammen 0 0 5.68 1 1 0 6.1 4 4 4 1 1 3
Correia 1 2 4.53 8 8 0 43.2 42 22 22 4 21 31 Howry 0 2 4.24 19 0 0 17.0 19 8 8 1 7 13 Lohse 4 3 3.98 9 9 0 54.1 49 26 24 5 16 38 Zimmermann 2 1 5.71 7 7 0 41.0 46 26 26 6 12 39
Perdomo 1 0 4.70 11 0 0 15.1 13 10 8 2 7 7 Sanchez 2 4 4.60 9 8 0 43.0 36 24 22 4 31 43 Thompson 0 1 4.30 9 0 0 14.2 16 7 7 1 2 6 Cabrera 0 5 5.85 9 8 0 40.0 48 39 26 4 35 16
Young 4 2 4.76 10 10 0 56.2 53 31 30 6 25 44 Wilson 2 3 4.64 21 0 9 21.1 20 13 11 2 9 22 Wellemeyer 4 4 5.19 9 9 0 52.0 63 31 30 4 24 30 Hanrahan 0 2 5.91 22 0 5 21.1 25 14 14 3 9 26
Geer 1 1 4.91 7 6 0 40.1 42 25 22 8 7 21 Johnson 3 4 6.26 9 9 0 46.0 53 32 32 10 19 49 Boyer 0 0 7.04 11 0 0 7.2 7 7 6 1 3 7 Tavarez 1 4 6.00 21 0 1 18.0 16 16 12 1 12 17
Hill 1 1 5.25 3 3 0 12.0 15 7 7 1 3 7 Martinez 1 0 6.75 2 0 0 2.2 4 2 2 0 1 2 Team Totals 26 19 3.67 45 45 14 402.0 375 181 164 34 144 295 Wells 0 2 6.00 16 0 2 21.0 19 14 14 1 14 15
Gaudin 1 3 5.40 6 6 0 33.1 27 20 20 1 26 27 Team Totals 21 23 3.99 44 44 9 394.1 379 182 175 38 179 347 Olsen 1 4 7.24 8 8 0 41.0 60 36 33 8 18 29
Silva 0 0 6.52 2 2 0 9.2 10 7 7 2 7 3 Colome 0 0 15.00 5 0 0 3.0 7 5 5 0 1 2
Team Totals 23 22 4.31 45 45 14 403.1 374 206 193 42 179 331 Team Totals 13 31 5.60 45 45 8 400.0 446 277 249 47 198 257
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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 .359 .416 156 38 56 13 1 10 32 12 34 4 2 4 Youkilis .384 .493 112 28 43 13 0 7 28 19 26 1 0 1 Anderson .307 .381 75 12 23 2 0 1 6 9 20 2 3 1 Martinez .364 .439 184 32 67 14 1 7 32 26 19 0 0 2
Markakis .303 .373 178 36 54 13 1 7 38 19 23 1 1 3 Pedroia .337 .428 172 37 58 14 0 1 15 26 13 6 3 2 Konerko .306 .362 157 21 48 12 0 7 29 13 24 0 0 0 Cabrera .316 .385 174 34 55 12 2 1 25 20 32 7 1 2
Scott .303 .384 99 14 30 6 0 5 15 12 19 0 0 0 Green .309 .369 94 11 29 8 0 1 15 4 19 1 2 8 Podsednik .303 .349 76 6 23 3 1 0 5 5 4 3 3 2 Choo .302 .419 162 27 49 9 1 5 26 30 37 6 0 3
Roberts .295 .369 183 41 54 14 1 6 18 22 30 10 4 2 Lowell .305 .332 177 24 54 15 1 8 33 6 23 0 0 5 Pierzynski .273 .299 132 14 36 4 1 4 10 5 10 1 0 2 Dellucci .275 .333 40 3 11 3 0 0 1 2 12 0 0 0
Huff .267 .335 172 20 46 13 1 7 37 19 24 0 3 2 Ellsbury .300 .333 190 25 57 9 1 1 13 10 19 18 6 0 Dye .270 .327 148 28 40 4 0 12 30 12 37 0 2 1 Carroll .273 .407 22 3 6 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 1
Reimold .262 .311 42 3 11 1 0 2 4 3 6 0 0 0 Bay .289 .418 159 36 46 11 1 13 47 34 39 5 0 0 Getz .250 .309 124 16 31 6 1 0 6 8 14 3 1 2 Hafner .270 .370 63 10 17 5 0 4 8 8 18 0 0 0
Mora .250 .316 104 7 26 2 0 2 15 10 14 1 2 2 Drew .269 .380 134 27 36 11 1 6 21 23 39 0 2 1 Thome .250 .387 116 22 29 6 0 8 26 26 40 0 0 0 Peralta .268 .347 149 16 40 9 0 1 18 17 41 0 0 3
Izturis .238 .278 126 14 30 5 1 1 13 5 8 8 0 4 Lugo .258 .319 66 9 17 2 1 1 4 6 8 1 0 4 Ramirez .243 .284 144 14 35 5 0 3 20 9 17 8 1 3 DeRosa .260 .327 177 28 46 9 0 7 30 16 41 0 1 7
Wigginton .216 .253 139 8 30 6 0 3 15 5 19 1 1 2 Varitek .238 .315 126 15 30 9 0 8 20 13 28 0 0 1 Wise .238 .238 21 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 Garko .257 .347 101 7 26 4 0 4 20 14 11 0 0 1
Zaun .215 .328 107 13 23 8 0 1 4 16 15 0 0 3 Baldelli .233 .267 43 4 10 1 1 1 4 2 15 0 0 1 Quentin .229 .325 131 20 30 6 0 8 20 11 17 1 0 1 Francisco .248 .324 133 21 33 8 1 4 15 11 30 7 1 1
Moeller .208 .240 48 1 10 3 1 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 Kottaras .200 .286 35 5 7 4 0 0 5 5 12 0 0 0 Fields .221 .288 149 14 33 3 2 2 16 12 48 0 3 6 Sizemore .227 .318 185 27 42 9 1 8 29 24 46 7 6 0
Montanez .204 .273 49 4 10 4 0 1 6 4 10 0 0 0 Bailey .197 .329 61 9 12 2 1 3 9 8 20 0 0 2 Betemit .214 .283 42 2 9 5 0 0 3 4 13 0 0 4 Shoppach .219 .374 73 12 16 2 0 3 9 9 31 0 0 0
Pie .190 .269 84 9 16 2 1 2 4 9 22 1 2 0 Ortiz .195 .301 154 15 30 11 1 1 18 22 41 0 1 0 Miller .200 .263 35 5 7 3 0 0 5 3 9 0 0 0 Valbuena .211 .286 38 6 8 6 0 0 1 4 10 0 0 1
Andino .189 .231 37 4 7 1 0 0 1 2 10 1 0 2 Lowrie .056 .150 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 Nix .194 .302 36 3 7 1 0 2 3 5 5 2 0 0 LaPorta .190 .286 42 10 8 1 0 1 4 4 11 2 0 1
Team Totals .263 .331 1547 216 407 91 7 48 204 146 248 27 15 28 Team Totals .278 .361 1559 246 434 110 8 52 236 182 319 32 14 30 Team Totals .251 .320 1466 184 368 62 5 47 179 133 288 25 15 29 Team Totals .272 .358 1605 244 436 94 7 45 223 193 356 30 10 25

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

Sherrill 0 1 2.75 20 0 10 19.2 18 6 6 3 7 21 Ramirez 4 1 0.74 22 0 0 24.1 11 2 2 1 7 14 Dotel 1 1 1.17 18 0 0 15.1 9 2 2 1 10 17 Aquino 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 3 2
Hill 1 0 3.18 2 2 0 11.1 10 4 4 1 6 12 Delcarmen 1 1 0.86 19 0 0 21.0 18 5 2 0 8 17 Linebrink 1 2 1.69 16 0 0 16.0 16 3 3 0 5 16 Rundles 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1

Baez 3 1 3.28 16 0 0 24.2 14 9 9 2 12 18 Bard 0 0 1.80 4 0 0 5.0 6 1 1 0 1 1 Thornton 1 1 2.12 18 0 0 17.0 14 4 4 1 8 25 Herges 0 0 1.54 7 0 0 11.2 4 2 2 2 3 11

Johnson 2 2 3.80 20 0 0 21.1 21 9 9 2 6 13 Papelbon 0 1 2.57 20 0 12 21.0 18 6 6 3 11 24 Carrasco 1 0 2.56 16 0 0 31.2 34 10 9 1 8 19 Lee 2 5 3.04 10 10 0 68.0 79 23 23 4 14 49

Uehara 2 3 4.09 9 9 0 50.2 50 26 23 6 11 38 Okajima 2 0 2.70 21 0 0 20.0 12 6 6 2 9 23 Buehrle 6 1 2.59 9 9 0 59.0 57 18 17 6 12 36 Laffey 3 1 3.93 10 4 1 34.1 32 15 15 1 19 19
Betancourt 1 1 4.01 22 0 1 24.2 22 14 11 3 12 26
Bass 3 1 4.45 14 0 0 30.1 36 17 15 6 9 25 Saito 0 0 3.38 16 0 2 16.0 18 6 6 2 4 13 Jenks 0 2 3.38 16 0 10 16.0 15 7 6 3 5 14
Vizcaino 1 2 5.40 4 0 0 3.1 3 2 2 1 3 2
Walker 0 0 4.50 19 0 0 10.0 15 6 5 3 0 9 Wakefield 6 2 3.99 9 9 0 58.2 50 26 26 5 27 33 Richard 1 0 3.55 15 3 0 33.0 36 14 13 3 14 23
J. Lewis 2 3 5.47 19 0 1 24.2 26 16 15 7 9 22
Guthrie 4 4 4.90 10 10 0 60.2 65 36 33 11 20 35 Masterson 2 2 4.47 11 6 0 44.1 48 22 22 3 15 38 Colon 2 4 4.23 8 8 0 38.1 45 27 18 6 16 26
Pavano 4 4 6.10 9 9 0 48.2 62 33 33 5 11 40
Bergesen 1 2 5.49 7 7 0 39.1 51 26 24 6 12 18 Beckett 4 2 5.01 9 9 0 55.2 61 34 31 5 24 51 Danks 4 3 4.59 9 9 0 49.0 49 27 25 6 20 45
Carmona 2 4 6.42 10 10 0 54.2 56 41 39 5 35 33
Hendrickson 1 4 5.56 10 7 0 34.0 46 29 21 7 13 26 Lester 3 4 5.91 9 9 0 53.1 68 35 35 10 18 58 Broadway 0 1 5.06 8 0 0 16.0 19 10 9 0 9 9
Reyes 1 1 6.57 8 8 0 38.1 40 30 28 5 23 22
Albers 0 1 6.17 10 0 0 11.2 16 8 8 0 6 8 Penny 5 1 5.96 9 9 0 48.1 60 36 32 6 17 29 Floyd 3 4 6.54 9 9 0 52.1 62 39 38 6 25 43
Smith 0 0 7.11 8 0 0 6.1 7 6 5 0 5 6
Sarfate 0 0 6.39 8 0 0 12.2 13 11 9 3 7 10 Matsuzaka 0 2 10.32 3 3 0 11.1 19 13 13 4 7 9 Gobble 0 0 14.54 4 0 0 4.1 7 7 7 2 0 5
Wood 1 2 7.20 17 0 7 15.0 17 12 12 4 10 20
Simon 0 1 9.95 2 2 0 6.1 8 7 7 5 2 3 Team Totals 27 18 4.52 45 45 14 402.1 420 213 202 44 162 324 Team Totals 20 24 4.49 44 44 10 384.2 418 212 192 40 157 298
Sowers 1 2 7.71 3 2 0 14.0 17 12 12 3 7 5
Ray 0 1 10.13 16 0 0 13.1 23 16 15 2 10 15 S. Lewis 0 0 8.31 1 1 0 4.1 7 4 4 2 1 3
Team Totals 19 26 5.47 45 45 10 393.1 456 264 239 67 147 283 Huff 0 1 17.55 2 2 0 6.2 14 13 13 3 5 5
Team Totals 18 28 5.59 46 46 10 404.0 442 262 251 52 192 294
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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 .443 164 30 62 10 0 9 36 18 21 1 2 4 Maier .314 .429 35 7 11 2 1 0 0 7 7 2 1 0 Hunter .319 .400 160 33 51 11 1 10 39 22 24 10 3 0 Mauer .444 .530 81 25 36 5 0 11 31 16 11 0 0 0
Santiago .348 .370 69 12 24 4 1 3 20 3 19 0 1 2 Callaspo .309 .365 152 21 47 16 1 2 16 14 11 0 0 3 Abreu .303 .410 145 18 44 7 2 0 16 27 17 15 0 2 Morneau .341 .422 173 37 59 13 1 13 41 24 28 0 0 1
Everett .305 .343 95 15 29 7 0 1 16 5 13 3 1 4 Bloomquist .298 .371 84 14 25 2 2 1 6 11 12 8 1 2 Figgins .294 .374 170 28 50 7 2 0 12 23 27 19 3 5 Kubel .340 .377 144 23 49 11 1 5 24 9 27 0 0 0
Inge .280 .376 150 31 42 5 0 12 33 19 41 1 2 4 Guillen .291 .409 110 12 32 5 0 3 20 17 14 1 0 1 Napoli .293 .392 123 16 36 8 0 6 18 19 30 2 3 2 Span .302 .390 172 26 52 5 2 3 21 22 26 9 3 1
Anderson .272 .322 81 11 22 3 2 0 9 6 12 9 1 1 Butler .285 .357 151 23 43 14 0 3 20 17 28 0 0 0 Rivera .286 .331 140 15 40 5 0 4 16 10 12 0 0 0 Cuddyer .286 .373 168 29 48 9 3 8 31 24 31 4 1 3
Jacobs .261 .335 142 18 37 7 0 9 25 14 44 0 0 2
Thomas .269 .355 67 11 18 3 1 1 8 9 12 1 0 1 Morales .283 .328 159 20 45 13 1 8 28 12 32 0 2 2 Redmond .259 .322 54 2 14 3 0 0 3 5 7 0 0 0
Teahen .261 .335 161 20 42 10 0 5 16 14 35 1 0 2
Ordonez .266 .356 143 21 38 6 0 2 18 20 24 1 0 1 Aybar .282 .304 117 11 33 7 2 1 11 5 12 1 1 3 Harris .255 .294 102 12 26 4 0 2 8 6 16 0 0 0
DeJesus .242 .293 161 18 39 8 3 3 18 10 30 1 1 0
Polanco .259 .303 166 20 43 13 1 0 18 10 12 0 1 1 Matthews Jr. .270 .324 100 17 27 4 1 1 14 9 23 0 0 1 Young .253 .296 91 10 23 1 0 1 14 4 28 2 2 2
Crisp .236 .347 161 29 38 8 5 3 14 27 18 11 2 3
Granderson .250 .332 176 30 44 5 1 11 27 22 37 6 2 0 Izturis .269 .307 93 17 25 3 0 0 11 5 12 5 1 2 Crede .240 .304 125 17 30 7 0 8 21 11 20 0 0 1
Buck .235 .315 81 7 19 4 3 3 19 10 20 0 0 4
Laird .246 .333 114 18 28 5 1 2 13 12 21 1 0 0 Kendrick .243 .287 148 21 36 6 1 4 20 6 29 6 1 2 Gomez .225 .293 89 16 20 5 2 0 2 8 20 4 3 0
Olivo .234 .265 94 7 22 4 1 3 12 2 34 1 1 1
Larish .235 .375 51 13 12 0 1 4 6 12 15 0 1 0 Quinlan .243 .243 37 3 9 3 0 0 2 0 7 1 0 0 Tolbert .197 .265 61 9 12 2 0 1 8 6 17 2 0 1
Aviles .183 .208 120 10 22 3 1 1 8 4 26 1 0 4
Raburn .222 .317 36 8 8 1 0 3 10 5 7 1 0 1 Mathis .224 .293 67 8 15 1 0 0 12 7 21 0 0 2 Buscher .186 .319 59 5 11 2 1 1 7 11 15 0 0 0
Hernandez .125 .222 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Thames .222 .250 18 2 4 1 1 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 Guerrero .222 .282 36 3 8 0 0 1 3 3 4 0 0 0 Punto .181 .290 116 16 21 2 0 0 11 18 22 4 1 3
Gordon .095 .269 21 2 2 0 0 1 3 3 8 1 0 1
Guillen .200 .267 90 11 18 4 0 0 6 8 15 1 0 0 Hulett .000 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Team Totals .279 .342 1520 214 424 75 10 35 203 149 258 60 14 25 Team Totals .276 .351 1572 243 434 73 11 53 228 176 292 27 10 17
Sardinha .095 .091 21 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 Pena Jr. .000 .083 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1
Treanor .000 .071 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 Team Totals .254 .329 1506 191 383 85 17 37 180 152 295 27 6 28 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
Team Totals .271 .342 1457 235 395 68 9 49 225 151 271 25 11 19 Oliver 1 0 2.18 12 1 0 20.2 19 5 5 0 5 14 Swarzak 1 0 0.00 1 1 0 7.0 5 0 0 0 2 3

PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Weaver 3 2 2.52 9 9 0 60.2 49 18 17 7 16 45 Mijares 0 1 2.57 13 0 0 14.0 12 5 4 1 5 13

PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Bale 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Saunders 6 2 3.17 9 9 0 59.2 53 23 21 7 16 29 Nathan 1 1 2.76 17 0 6 16.1 13 5 5 2 5 18
Perry 0 1 2.33 18 0 0 19.1 11 7 5 0 15 18 Colon 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Moseley 1 0 4.30 3 3 0 14.2 20 8 7 3 3 8 Dickey 1 0 3.42 12 1 0 26.1 30 10 10 4 12 16
Jackson 4 2 2.55 9 9 0 60.0 50 21 17 5 16 48 Greinke 7 1 0.82 9 9 0 66.0 48 7 6 0 12 73 Fuentes 0 2 4.32 18 0 12 16.2 18 8 8 1 6 19 Blackburn 3 2 3.83 9 9 0 56.1 59 28 24 4 17 25
Zumaya 1 0 3.38 10 0 1 13.1 13 5 5 2 1 12 Soria 1 0 2.08 8 0 7 8.2 8 3 2 0 4 10 Palmer 5 0 4.71 6 6 0 36.1 28 20 19 5 15 21 Guerrier 1 0 4.03 21 0 0 22.1 16 10 10 4 4 15
Rodney 0 0 3.50 18 0 8 18.0 14 7 7 1 5 13 Tejeda 0 0 2.65 12 0 0 17.0 13 5 5 0 13 23 Arredondo 1 1 5.14 22 0 0 21.0 25 12 12 0 9 25 Slowey 6 1 4.23 9 9 0 55.1 73 27 26 8 4 39
Porcello 5 3 3.55 8 8 0 45.2 42 19 18 6 15 28 Bannister 4 1 2.79 7 7 0 42.0 39 16 13 2 15 25 Loux 2 3 5.40 8 6 0 38.1 52 24 23 2 14 14 Ayala 1 1 4.79 18 0 0 20.2 28 12 11 2 7 13
Verlander 5 2 3.55 10 10 0 63.1 51 28 25 3 19 85 Cruz 3 0 3.15 18 0 2 20.0 11 7 7 1 12 13 Bulger 2 1 5.60 16 0 0 17.2 16 11 11 3 9 18 Henn 0 0 4.91 3 0 0 3.2 3 2 2 0 2 1
Willis 1 1 3.57 3 3 0 17.2 16 7 7 1 8 9 Wright 0 1 3.86 18 0 0 23.1 27 17 10 2 7 17 Speier 0 1 5.89 15 0 0 18.1 18 12 12 2 8 16 Perkins 1 3 5.36 8 8 0 47.0 50 28 28 6 12 26
Seay 0 1 4.73 18 0 0 13.1 11 7 7 0 3 8 Farnsworth 1 3 3.94 17 0 0 16.0 15 7 7 2 4 16 Lackey 1 0 6.00 3 3 0 12.0 14 9 8 1 1 8 Baker 2 5 6.32 8 8 0 47.0 50 33 33 12 10 35
Mahay 1 0 4.32 18 0 0 16.2 24 10 8 2 8 17
Miner 3 1 4.76 10 4 0 28.1 37 20 15 4 15 22 Shields 1 3 6.75 19 0 1 17.1 16 14 13 1 14 12 Liriano 2 6 6.42 10 10 0 54.2 60 40 39 8 25 47
Waechter 0 0 4.50 3 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 2 1 3
Robertson 1 0 5.25 9 0 0 12.0 11 7 7 0 7 8 R. Rodriguez 0 0 7.71 7 0 0 14.0 25 15 12 2 4 6 Crain 2 2 7.62 16 0 0 13.0 12 11 11 3 7 8
Meche 2 5 4.55 10 10 0 55.1 63 33 28 1 20 41
Galarraga 3 4 5.74 9 9 0 47.0 49 30 30 9 24 35 Santana 0 2 7.82 3 3 0 12.2 21 11 11 1 6 9 Team Totals 22 24 4.99 46 46 6 407.1 438 235 226 60 129 276
Davies 2 3 4.78 9 9 0 52.2 48 28 28 6 23 40
Lyon 1 3 5.95 17 0 0 19.2 19 13 13 4 11 9 Team Totals 23 21 4.77 44 44 13 389.0 419 222 206 41 146 261
Ponson 1 5 6.49 10 6 0 43.0 54 33 31 4 16 24
Team Totals 25 18 3.87 43 43 9 381.1 356 187 164 41 152 315
Ramirez 0 2 7.36 15 1 0 18.1 24 16 15 3 10 11
Team Totals 22 23 3.99 45 45 9 397.0 396 199 176 27 153 321
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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 .323 .368 133 20 43 6 0 5 20 10 19 4 2 1 Kennedy .441 .507 59 6 26 6 0 2 13 7 7 3 1 2 Suzuki .335 .365 170 16 57 4 1 4 13 7 16 7 3 1 Bartlett .373 .418 161 32 60 11 2 7 30 12 25 14 1 4
Cano .315 .349 184 31 58 12 1 8 27 10 13 2 1 2 Suzuki .290 .335 155 20 45 13 0 2 16 9 15 1 1 1 Branyan .305 .393 141 25 43 11 0 10 20 19 45 2 0 3 Longoria .330 .401 176 34 58 20 0 11 49 21 44 2 0 4
Damon .312 .382 170 37 53 11 2 10 29 19 28 4 0 1 Holliday .264 .350 159 22 42 5 1 6 27 18 28 2 1 0 Gutierrez .265 .344 136 19 36 3 0 3 17 16 33 2 3 0 Crawford .316 .376 190 35 60 11 3 1 22 17 34 29 0 2
Posada .312 .402 77 10 24 6 0 5 20 12 19 1 0 1 Cust .255 .354 153 25 39 6 0 7 25 23 42 1 0 1 Chavez .264 .323 121 11 32 2 0 1 9 11 17 6 1 1 Iwamura .310 .377 155 19 48 13 1 0 16 17 30 8 1 5
Cervelli .306 .324 36 4 11 1 0 0 3 1 6 0 1 0 Garciaparra .250 .275 48 7 12 1 0 2 8 2 10 0 0 0 Betancourt .259 .291 143 10 37 5 1 2 14 7 12 3 0 8 Hernandez .297 .333 37 3 11 2 0 1 10 2 5 2 1 0
Nady .286 .310 28 4 8 4 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 Zobrist .286 .385 105 19 30 9 1 8 24 17 22 3 1 0
Sweeney .250 .306 168 20 42 7 0 2 13 14 25 3 2 1 Johjima .250 .275 88 10 22 3 0 3 10 3 5 2 0 1
Jeter .284 .358 183 29 52 10 0 7 21 19 26 9 1 2 Gross .274 .391 73 15 20 4 0 3 14 14 17 2 1 0
Cabrera .240 .282 175 18 42 4 0 2 15 11 14 1 3 8 Balentien .244 .286 90 12 22 8 0 1 6 6 20 1 0 0
Molina .273 .333 44 5 12 2 0 1 6 4 6 0 0 1 Aybar .263 .370 76 13 20 5 0 2 10 13 14 0 0 0
Giambi .217 .357 138 25 30 6 0 5 20 27 29 0 0 3 Griffey Jr. .232 .363 112 13 26 4 0 5 12 23 22 0 0 0
Teixeira .273 .387 161 31 44 10 0 13 36 27 34 0 0 0 Burrell .250 .349 108 9 27 4 0 1 17 16 25 1 0 0
Crosby .213 .333 94 14 20 3 2 0 9 16 17 1 0 5 Sweeney .232 .276 82 7 19 5 0 2 9 3 10 0 0 2
Rodriguez .259 .411 58 11 15 3 0 7 17 13 11 0 0 1 Riggans .250 .250 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Powell .211 .295 38 4 8 4 0 1 11 5 9 0 0 2 Lopez .221 .265 172 18 38 7 0 3 21 10 22 0 2 8
Gardner .253 .324 91 17 23 4 2 2 8 9 14 6 2 0 Pena .244 .383 164 35 40 9 1 15 39 35 59 0 1 5
Buck .210 .281 81 9 17 2 0 2 7 8 17 1 1 0 Beltre .211 .246 180 19 38 10 0 3 19 8 33 5 2 7
Pena .246 .290 65 9 16 2 1 0 4 4 12 2 0 3 Brignac .222 .222 9 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1
Ellis .206 .265 63 6 13 2 0 0 9 5 10 2 1 2 Cedeno .188 .250 48 7 9 1 1 2 5 3 15 1 1 1
Matsui .241 .325 133 12 32 8 1 5 14 15 23 0 0 0 Navarro .221 .252 136 17 30 6 0 2 11 3 21 1 0 1
Hannahan .196 .260 46 5 9 5 0 1 5 4 14 0 0 0 Johnson .188 .219 69 4 13 3 1 0 8 3 20 0 1 1
Swisher .225 .360 142 26 32 9 1 9 27 29 43 0 0 3 Upton .194 .291 165 29 32 8 1 2 9 23 52 14 3 0
Cash .182 .174 22 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 Davis .167 .242 30 4 5 0 0 0 0 3 11 5 2 0 Team Totals .251 .306 1565 171 393 66 4 39 163 120 273 29 13 38 Kapler .190 .278 63 6 12 7 0 0 3 8 11 2 0 1
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 .276 .357 1646 273 454 110 9 55 259 200 370 78 9 28
Berroa .167 .167 12 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 Team Totals .244 .318 1478 189 360 67 3 32 181 153 263 20 12 30 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Team Totals .276 .351 1589 254 438 94 9 72 241 176 283 29 7 20 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 Aardsma 1 1 1.25 21 0 6 21.2 11 3 3 1 13 24 Cormier 0 1 2.12 17 0 1 34.0 27 8 8 1 9 13
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO E. Gonzalez 0 0 1.80 1 1 0 5.0 4 1 1 0 2 4 Vargas 1 0 1.29 5 3 0 21.0 17 4 3 3 7 15 Howell 0 2 2.86 22 0 1 22.0 19 7 7 1 8 24
Aceves 3 0 1.84 7 0 0 14.2 11 3 3 2 3 13 Cameron 0 0 1.93 8 0 1 14.0 10 3 3 0 3 11 Kelley 1 1 1.54 10 0 0 11.2 11 2 2 2 1 11 Garza 4 2 3.41 9 9 0 60.2 43 24 23 5 27 53
Rivera 0 1 2.75 19 0 9 19.2 20 6 6 5 1 24 Wuertz 2 1 1.96 22 0 2 23.0 15 6 5 1 4 20 White 1 0 2.01 16 0 0 22.1 15 6 5 2 12 8 Shields 3 4 3.63 10 10 0 67.0 72 30 27 9 19 47
Bruney 2 0 3.00 10 0 0 9.0 3 3 3 0 2 13 Bailey 3 0 2.20 20 0 1 28.2 15 7 7 3 12 35 Batista 2 0 2.28 17 0 0 23.2 24 10 6 1 14 22 Shouse 1 1 3.77 19 0 0 14.1 17 6 6 2 3 9
Sabathia 4 3 3.42 10 10 0 71.0 60 29 27 3 21 48 Outman 2 0 2.90 9 7 0 40.1 32 16 13 5 18 31 Bedard 2 2 2.64 8 8 0 47.2 41 16 14 5 13 49 Niemann 4 3 4.53 9 9 0 47.2 51 27 24 8 22 26
Chamberlain 2 1 3.70 8 8 0 41.1 42 20 17 5 21 41 Casilla 1 1 3.50 15 0 0 18.0 14 8 7 1 10 13 Olson 0 1 3.66 6 2 0 19.2 21 9 8 4 9 12 Wheeler 1 1 4.86 20 0 0 16.2 15 10 9 4 5 13
Tomko 0 1 4.15 5 0 0 4.1 5 2 2 1 2 0 Braden 3 5 3.67 9 9 0 54.0 61 24 22 5 17 36 Hernandez 5 3 3.76 10 10 0 64.2 65 31 27 6 19 66 Nelson 1 0 5.21 21 0 2 19.0 21 14 11 5 14 19
Coke 1 2 4.19 20 0 1 19.1 15 12 9 4 7 12 Ziegler 0 1 3.72 17 0 5 19.1 25 9 8 0 8 13 Washburn 3 3 3.86 8 8 0 51.1 47 23 22 5 15 37 Price 0 0 5.40 1 1 0 3.1 4 2 2 1 5 6
Pettitte 4 1 4.30 9 9 0 58.2 64 30 28 8 18 33 Breslow 0 1 3.86 2 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 0 0 2 Lowe 0 2 5.32 21 0 0 22.0 28 17 13 2 9 18 Balfour 2 0 5.75 22 0 1 20.1 20 13 13 1 14 19
Hughes 3 2 5.16 6 6 0 29.2 32 18 17 6 14 25 Isringhausen 0 1 6.00 4 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 0 4 2
Cahill 2 4 4.62 9 9 0 48.2 52 26 25 7 23 19 Stark 0 1 6.30 8 0 0 10.0 12 8 7 2 10 7
Burnett 2 2 5.28 9 9 0 58.0 56 34 34 10 27 50 Thayer 0 0 6.23 2 0 1 4.1 8 5 3 0 1 0
Anderson 2 4 4.98 8 8 0 43.1 49 34 24 8 13 24 Jakubauskas 3 5 6.45 10 8 0 44.2 49 34 32 5 16 18
Veras 3 1 5.59 20 0 0 19.1 15 12 12 2 13 15 Percival 0 1 6.35 14 0 6 11.1 14 8 8 3 5 7
Springer 0 1 5.19 21 0 0 17.1 23 11 10 4 7 19 Morrow 0 3 6.91 13 0 6 14.1 14 12 11 3 13 18
Marte 0 1 15.19 7 0 0 5.1 9 9 9 3 3 6 Sonnanstine 3 4 6.60 9 9 0 46.1 63 35 34 6 14 26
Giese 0 3 5.32 7 1 0 22.0 22 13 13 5 9 11 Corcoran 1 0 7.27 8 0 0 8.2 13 7 7 0 9 4
Wang 0 3 25.00 4 3 0 9.0 29 25 25 3 7 4 Kazmir 4 4 7.69 9 9 0 45.2 60 41 39 7 29 35
Team Totals 17 25 4.27 42 42 9 388.0 404 209 184 43 159 273 Silva 1 3 8.48 6 6 0 28.2 38 27 27 5 9 10
Team Totals 26 19 5.03 45 45 10 408.1 419 243 228 65 176 324 Choate 0 0 --- 1 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 21 25 4.05 46 46 12 415.1 410 211 187 46 173 320
Team Totals 23 24 4.68 47 47 12 415.2 437 233 216 53 179 299
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American League National League
AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM STATS
THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES
TEAM BATTING AND FIELDING
(Through Monday’s Games)
CLUB BA SLG OBP G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI
TEAM BATTING AND FIELDING
(Through Monday’s Games)
CLUB BA SLG OBP G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI
Toronto .284 .443 .350 48 1703 245 483 165 106 5 52 232 L.A. Dodgers .290 .426 .373 46 1606 261 466 155 98 9 34 248
N.Y. Mets .284 .416 .365 44 1491 213 423 137 77 15 30 199
L.A. Angels .279 .411 .342 44 1520 214 424 137 75 10 35 203
Washington .271 .432 .356 45 1577 223 427 189 80 11 51 216
Boston .278 .459 .361 45 1559 246 434 195 110 8 52 236
Houston .268 .408 .332 44 1499 188 401 196 75 11 38 177
Minnesota .276 .438 .351 46 1572 243 434 167 73 11 53 228
TEXAS TORONTO N.Y. Yankees .276 .482 .351 45 1589 254 438 164 94 9 72 241
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
.264
.264
.398
.403
.342
.333
44
45
1472
1536
194
202
389
406
188
176
84
100
7
10
33
31
182
194
RANGERS BLUE JAYS Tampa Bay .276 .454 .357 47 1646 273 454 192 110 9 55 259 Philadelphia .260 .459 .343 43 1481 242 385 126 87 8 64 232
Cleveland .272 .423 .358 46 1605 244 436 183 94 7 45 223 Cincinnati .257 .409 .332 44 1502 201 386 158 74 8 46 191
Detroit .271 .431 .342 43 1457 235 395 101 68 9 49 225 San Francisco .253 .364 .311 44 1498 172 379 132 73 9 25 161
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 Texas .271 .487 .327 44 1548 233 419 130 95 9 74 227 St. Louis .253 .411 .329 45 1479 206 374 140 79 7 47 201
Colorado .251 .428 .332 44 1461 218 366 151 84 11 51 211
Baltimore .263 .424 .331 45 1547 216 407 188 91 7 48 204
Vizquel .372 .413 43 7 16 4 1 0 6 3 5 2 0 0 Hill .348 .383 207 30 72 7 0 11 35 12 31 2 1 5 Milwaukee .250 .418 .341 45 1487 215 372 144 77 7 53 211
Kansas City .254 .407 .329 45 1506 191 383 174 85 17 37 180
Florida .246 .385 .323 46 1597 212 393 173 70 7 46 203
Young .337 .384 172 27 58 16 0 7 18 13 27 3 1 3 Rolen .303 .371 152 22 46 13 0 3 15 15 18 2 0 4 Chicago White Sox .251 .396 .320 44 1466 184 368 163 62 5 47 179 Chicago Cubs .244 .400 .325 43 1444 195 352 131 69 5 49 184
Seattle .251 .373 .306 46 1565 171 393 158 66 4 39 163 Arizona .235 .401 .312 45 1533 189 360 153 90 9 49 179
Cruz .294 .343 160 23 47 9 0 12 32 13 38 8 1 3 Barajas .301 .336 133 16 40 12 0 3 23 8 19 0 0 4 Oakland .244 .358 .318 42 1478 189 360 120 67 3 32 181 San Diego .234 .389 .314 45 1495 175 350 135 75 8 47 171
Jones .290 .438 69 14 20 7 0 4 12 18 15 1 0 0 Bautista .293 .426 82 16 24 5 0 1 7 18 24 3 0 0 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
L.A. Dodgers 16 19 16 208 27 308 37 14 40 681 0 20 41 0
Andrus .285 .326 130 21 37 4 4 3 9 8 16 6 0 7 Lind .291 .362 179 26 52 15 0 7 35 19 37 0 1 1 Toronto 12 15 11 171 11 270 23 5 49 716 1 22 47 0
N.Y. Mets 28 18 11 191 22 250 47 17 40 628 1 35 34 0
L.A. Angels 14 17 6 149 11 258 60 14 25 552 2 25 39 0
Byrd .282 .302 142 16 40 15 0 2 19 5 19 2 0 0 Millar .286 .321 77 11 22 5 0 3 14 4 11 0 0 1 Washington 20 9 18 197 10 362 17 11 36 719 1 45 36 0
Boston 0 12 26 182 16 319 32 14 47 657 1 30 30 0 Houston 21 16 14 138 8 263 30 18 36 577 5 22 46 0
Kinsler .278 .347 180 32 50 11 1 12 33 18 28 10 1 3 Scutaro .280 .396 186 37 52 11 1 5 22 36 22 4 2 1 Minnesota 12 19 15 176 8 292 27 10 41 649 3 17 36 0 Atlanta 21 16 15 167 13 266 10 8 36 594 4 25 36 0
N.Y. Yankees 14 12 15 176 9 283 29 7 36 607 0 20 43 0 Pittsburgh 20 10 20 142 10 322 25 8 24 602 6 19 50 1
Hamilton .260 .310 104 17 27 4 2 6 20 8 24 3 0 0 Overbay .274 .378 113 15 31 10 1 5 22 20 18 0 0 0 Tampa Bay 10 14 15 200 13 370 78 9 24 686 2 28 48 0 Philadelphia 14 15 24 170 4 286 30 9 29 558 2 13 28 0
Cleveland 14 11 30 193 6 356 30 10 40 715 3 25 56 0 Cincinnati 30 14 17 159 14 294 28 12 30 579 1 33 41 0
Saltalamacchia .252 .305 119 15 30 5 0 5 19 9 43 0 1 1 Wells .266 .323 199 30 53 12 1 5 22 17 18 8 0 0 San Francisco 17 14 18 115 14 322 31 13 33 572 2 23 45 0
Detroit 13 11 12 151 6 271 25 11 44 556 2 19 37 0
Texas 9 14 10 126 4 352 38 6 19 591 2 22 46 1 St. Louis 27 17 21 154 17 260 25 6 28 557 2 29 42 0
Blalock .245 .280 147 22 36 9 1 11 25 5 29 1 0 0 Rios .260 .317 200 23 52 10 2 5 21 14 34 3 1 1 Colorado 19 17 12 174 6 326 30 13 35 561 3 28 37 0
Baltimore 4 8 14 146 8 248 27 15 23 551 1 28 37 0
Murphy .229 .320 83 15 19 5 0 2 9 12 22 2 2 0 Chavez .242 .242 33 1 8 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 Milwaukee 15 16 24 189 9 360 11 10 38 619 1 26 37 0
Kansas City 15 7 18 152 11 295 27 6 38 586 3 28 49 0 Florida 26 9 14 172 13 389 28 12 23 631 2 37 24 0
Teagarden .225 .311 40 3 9 2 0 0 4 4 17 0 0 1 McDonald .222 .222 18 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Chicago White Sox 5 9 19 133 3 288 25 15 33 590 6 29 34 0 Chicago Cubs 11 10 17 161 6 326 21 11 28 583 4 26 35 0
Seattle 21 11 9 120 11 273 29 13 45 562 4 38 38 0 Arizona 10 13 13 166 15 359 37 12 22 605 3 38 45 1
Davis .200 .259 150 21 30 4 0 10 21 10 66 0 0 0 Barrett .167 .211 18 3 3 0 0 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 Oakland 8 13 14 153 3 263 20 12 29 585 4 30 41 0 San Diego 25 9 14 165 12 309 21 6 31 567 3 19 43 0
Team Totals .271 .327 1548 233 419 95 9 74 227 126 352 38 6 22 Inglett .000 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 TEAM PITCHING TEAM PITCHING
(Through Monday’s Games) (Through Monday’s Games)
Team Totals .284 .350 1703 245 483 106 5 52 232 171 270 23 5 22 CLUB W L ERA G CG SHO SV INN H R ER CLUB W L ERA G CG SHO SV INN H R ER
Detroit 25 18 3.87 43 1 6 9 381.1 356 187 164 St. Louis 26 19 3.67 45 2 4 14 402.0 375 181 164
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO L.A. Dodgers 31 15 3.79 46 1 3 14 413.0 351 181 174
Kansas City 22 23 3.99 45 4 4 9 397.0 396 199 176
N.Y. Mets 24 20 3.94 44 0 2 15 392.2 385 193 172
Francisco 1 0 0.00 15 0 10 15.2 8 0 0 0 4 15 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Toronto 27 21 4.04 48 2 3 8 429.2 407 208 193
San Francisco 21 23 3.99 44 2 5 9 394.1 379 182 175
Seattle 21 25 4.05 46 1 4 12 415.1 410 211 187 Milwaukee 27 18 4.01 45 1 3 16 397.2 355 191 177
O'Day 2 0 1.64 13 0 1 11.0 7 2 2 1 2 11 Wolfe 1 0 1.42 5 0 0 6.1 7 1 1 0 1 6 Oakland 17 25 4.27 42 0 0 9 388.0 404 209 184 Cincinnati 24 20 4.03 44 1 6 12 404.0 371 194 181
Millwood 4 4 3.12 9 9 0 66.1 59 25 23 9 17 35 Romero 2 0 1.71 3 3 0 21.0 19 4 4 1 4 13 Chicago White Sox 20 24 4.49 44 0 4 10 384.2 418 212 192 Atlanta 23 21 4.13 44 0 3 11 392.2 367 197 180
Boston 27 18 4.52 45 2 0 14 402.1 420 213 202 Pittsburgh 21 24 4.16 45 2 4 10 393.2 369 193 182
Wilson 2 2 3.50 20 0 3 18.0 20 12 7 1 9 11 Downs 0 0 1.86 18 0 5 19.1 13 5 4 1 2 22 Texas 26 18 4.56 44 5 3 14 392.1 403 211 199 San Diego 23 22 4.31 45 1 1 14 403.1 374 206 193
Tampa Bay 23 24 4.68 47 0 1 12 415.2 437 233 216 Arizona 19 26 4.46 45 1 4 13 408.0 419 218 202
Feldman 3 0 4.04 9 6 0 42.1 35 19 19 5 14 24 Halladay 8 1 2.52 10 10 0 75.0 68 23 21 5 9 63 Chicago Cubs 21 22 4.56 43 0 1 9 376.2 349 199 191
L.A. Angels 23 21 4.77 44 4 4 13 389.0 419 222 206
Houston 18 25 4.62 44 0 2 9 391.2 425 220 201
Jennings 1 1 4.12 13 0 0 19.2 18 11 9 2 8 12 Frasor 4 0 2.70 19 0 1 16.2 12 5 5 1 2 11 Minnesota 22 24 4.99 46 0 1 6 407.1 438 235 226
Colorado 18 26 4.86 44 2 2 9 383.2 425 228 207
N.Y. Yankees 26 19 5.03 45 2 2 10 408.1 419 243 228 Florida 21 25 4.90 46 1 0 9 419.0 429 251 228
McCarthy 4 2 4.67 9 9 0 54.0 57 29 28 10 20 39 Carlson 1 3 3.38 24 0 0 24.0 19 9 9 2 6 12 Baltimore 19 26 5.47 45 1 1 10 393.1 456 264 239 Philadelphia 24 19 5.19 43 0 0 10 385.1 413 224 222
Padilla 3 2 4.71 8 8 0 49.2 50 27 26 4 20 26 Richmond 4 2 3.63 9 9 0 52.0 49 23 21 8 17 43 Cleveland 18 28 5.59 46 0 1 10 404.0 442 262 251 Washington 13 31 5.60 45 1 0 8 400.0 446 277 249

Holland 1 1 4.82 8 1 0 18.2 18 10 10 3 6 10 Tallet 2 3 4.31 12 8 0 54.1 44 27 26 7 25 41 CLUB HR HBP BB IBB SO WP BK CLUB HR HBP BB IBB SO WP BK
Detroit 41 7 152 7 315 13 1 St. Louis 34 17 144 3 295 9 4
Harrison 4 4 5.43 9 9 0 54.2 68 33 33 7 16 29 League 1 1 4.35 18 0 0 20.2 19 10 10 1 8 16 L.A. Dodgers 29 20 191 21 341 23 1
Kansas City 27 14 153 9 321 21 2
N.Y. Mets 33 12 169 16 302 11 7
Guardado 0 1 5.59 15 0 0 9.2 13 6 6 2 4 4 Janssen 0 1 4.50 1 1 0 6.0 8 3 3 0 1 0 Toronto 51 17 142 7 327 13 0 San Francisco 38 12 179 16 347 17 3
Seattle 46 13 173 4 320 23 1 Milwaukee 51 24 160 9 300 17 0
Eyre 0 0 6.23 3 0 0 4.1 5 3 3 0 3 1 Camp 0 2 5.40 15 0 0 16.2 19 11 10 2 9 10 Oakland 43 6 159 12 273 9 0 Cincinnati 46 20 176 9 306 11 1
Chicago White Sox 40 8 157 13 298 16 1 Atlanta 28 18 159 16 340 16 1
Madrigal 0 0 7.71 5 0 0 4.2 3 4 4 0 5 2 Ryan 1 0 8.71 11 0 2 10.1 14 10 10 3 8 10 Pittsburgh 40 19 166 10 249 11 1
Boston 44 27 162 8 324 10 1
Benson 1 1 8.50 5 2 0 18.0 28 18 17 4 8 9 Litsch 0 1 9.00 2 2 0 9.0 14 9 9 4 1 8 Texas 51 20 142 5 230 13 4 San Diego 42 14 179 20 331 15 2
Tampa Bay 53 14 179 7 299 18 1 Arizona 54 9 150 8 314 22 1
Team Totals 26 18 4.56 44 44 14 392.1 403 211 199 51 142 230 Team Totals 27 21 4.04 48 48 8 429.2 407 208 193 51 142 327 Chicago Cubs 52 15 169 11 349 18 4
L.A. Angels 41 17 146 8 261 16 2
Houston 50 17 159 8 302 11 1
Minnesota 60 13 129 6 276 17 2 Colorado 39 15 137 11 284 12 1
N.Y. Yankees 65 26 176 8 324 18 1 Florida 51 12 196 19 376 19 2
Baltimore 67 17 147 15 283 9 1 Philadelphia 69 23 155 9 302 7 1
Cleveland 52 15 192 12 294 16 1 Washington 47 21 198 13 257 26 2
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Q&A with ... Bengals QB Carson Palmer
‘I think the true team concept was somewhat lacking’
Before this season’s out, Bengals quarterback
Carson Palmer will turn 30. And the shine on the
Orange County Golden Boy isn’t what it once was.
The last time he made it through a full season,
two years ago, he threw 20 interceptions. In ‘08,
an elbow injury cost Palmer 12 games. And the
Bengals haven’t had a winning season since ‘05.
Add it all up, and there aren’t exactly scores of
fans in Southwestern Ohio holding out hope for
a big comeback year in Bengal-land. But those
on the inside, perhaps buoyed by Palmer’s own
defiant confidence, are ready to deliver on the
promise this team has always seemed to have.
With that outlook, Palmer joined Sporting
News Today’s Albert Breer to explain his health,
his relationship with Chad Johnson and his opti-
mism for 2009.
Q: How’s the elbow holding up?
Do you feel like you’re near
where you were before the injury?
A: I’ve only thrown a few long ones
(in spring workouts), but it feels
like before I ever hurt my elbow. My
arm feels great, and my elbow is not a
factor.
Q: In retrospect, how much did
it take from your game—
when you were on the field last
year—and do you regret trying to
fight through it through the
season? (Note: The injury occurred
Sept. 21; he sat out one week,
played Oct. 5 and then missed the
rest of the season.)
A: I tried to fight through it for a
few weeks. I didn’t want to be
out of the lineup. It was frustrating
sitting out, but as the season went on I
became more resigned to the fact that I
just had to let it rest.
Q: Where have things slipped
since ’05 for the Bengals,
aside from just injuries? And what
will it take to get back to the
playoffs?
A: We had a very talented team, but
after 2005 we couldn’t come
together like we needed to. I think the
true team concept was somewhat
lacking. You’ve got to love being a part
of this team and sacrifice some indi-
vidual goals for the team.
Q: How does this team feel
different than those high-
flying groups a few years back?
A: This team is going to be good.
I’m sure of that, and I want all
my teammates to know I’m sure of it.
We have a different locker room and a
better work ethic. It’s not only about
having the best talent. We’ve got
plenty of talent, don’t get me wrong,
but the key is going to be working
hard every day and believing in each
other.
Q: Why should Bengals fans be
excited about the ’09 team?
A: Besides what I just talked about,
I think our fans should be
excited about the moves we’ve made
and the draft we had. I think they are
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excited. I know there will still be a lot of
fans who are going to make us prove it
first, but that’s fine. That’s what it’s all
about. They have every right to feel that
way, and I’m excited about bringing all
of them on board.
Q: With all the changes in
personnel, how has your role
within the team changed?
A: My role change is to be more of a
leader than ever: To be con-
scious of always leading by example
and to lead vocally when the need is
there. I don’t have a problem with any
of that. That’s part of your job as a
quarterback.
Q: How are your feelings on
Johnson, a.k.a. “Ochocinco,”
coming back? And do the plusses
still outweigh the minuses?
A: Chad is a great talent, but he
hasn’t been here (at offseason
workouts), and I’m focusing on the
guys who are trying, just like they
should be, to take his position. Our
coaches will decide which receivers
are going to be in the game. Whoever
they are, it’s my job to get the ball to
them. I’m not obsessing about any one
individual.
Q: How are your goals different
or 26?
now than when you were 25
A: My goals are no different. Win
the Super Bowl.
BILL KOSTROUN / AP
Bengals QB Carson Palmer (9), who will turn 30 in the upcoming season, believes he needs to be more of a leader than ever.
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Scouts’ views
Inside linebacker rankings: Urlacher will bounce back in ’09
Tackles are the stat of choice for the guys who
play in the middle of the field. But more and
more, middle linebackers, particularly in Tampa-2
schemes, are asked to play more in coverage, so
their ability to diagnose plays quickly becomes
more critical. Inside linebackers generally are
the smartest and most instinctive players on the
defensive side of the ball.
RealScouts, SN Today’s team of former NFL
scouts, rank their top 20 inside linebackers for ‘09:
1. Brian Urlacher, Bears. He recorded
90-plus tackles for the eighth time
in his nine-year career but didn’t make as
many impact plays in ’08. That has a lot to
do with the lack of production from the
defensive line. That will change, and
Urlacher will play with renewed energy
after being left off the Pro Bowl roster.
2. Patrick Willis, 49ers. Willis has made
315 tackles in his two NFL seasons,
the most in the league during that span.
He shows great range and a nose for the
ball, and he now has experience. He likely
will take the top spot from Urlacher a year
from now.
3. Karlos Dansby, Cardinals. Defensive
coordinator Bill Davis is talking
about using a straight 3-4 scheme this
season, but the Cardinals might not have
the personnel to do it. Dansby aligns inside
sometimes in the 3-4—but that’s only
about 30-40 percent of the time. His best
asset is versatility, an ability to line up
anywhere on the field and make plays in
every facet of the game.
4. Ray Lewis, Ravens. As long as he is
protected by big guys like Kelly
Gregg, Justin Bannan and Haloti Ngata,
Lewis can do what he does best—attack the
ballcarrier. Lewis is a good tackler and run
defender, and in ’08 he proved he is
surprisingly effective in coverage.
5. Jon Beason, Panthers. Beason has 278
tackles in his first two seasons,
showing no struggles in filling Dan Morgan’s
role. Beason is a tremendous athlete with
great range and an aggressive style of play.
6. DeMeco Ryans, Texans. Ryans’ tackle
numbers have gone down in each of
his three seasons, but he still is highly
productive. He is great at diagnosing plays
and gets to the ball quickly. He is an
outstanding athlete with great range and
instincts.
7. James Farrior, Steelers. Age doesn’t seem
to be catching up to Farrior, 34. He set
a career high in sacks in ’07 with 6 1/2 and
has 115-plus tackles in three of the last four
seasons. He also is durable, having started
every game but two since ’02. He is an
every-down player, even this late in his
career.
8. E.J. Henderson, Vikings. He had put
together back-to-back 100-plus
tackle seasons and was playing at a Pro
Bowl level in ’08 when a foot injury ended
his season in Week 4. He plays with a
mean streak and is an excellent run
defender who benefits from the double-
teams drawn by Kevin and Pat Williams in
front of him.
9. Barrett Ruud, Buccaneers. He has
improved every season and is a
tenacious and versatile linebacker who
never comes off the field. He is a tough-
minded player who plays hurt and prob-
ably is the best player on a good defense.
10. Kirk Morrison, Raiders. He has
recorded at least 116 tackles in
each of his four seasons and is excellent in
coverage. He always hustles and shows
great range and intelligence, making all the
defensive calls. He is a natural leader.
NFL
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Brian Urlacher didn’t make the Pro Bowl last year and
should be energized by the snub this season.
11. Antonio Pierce, Giants. Pierce didn’t
have his best year in ’08 and
likely is looking forward to a fresh start
this season. He is a smart, instinctive
player who flows quickly to the ball and
will be helped a great deal by the improve-
ments along the line.
12. Bart Scott, Jets. He is strong and
versatile, a big hitter and can be
an effective blitzer. However, while the Jets
have some good players, Scott won’t be
surrounded by the same kind of support-
ing cast he had in Baltimore. The knock on
Scott has been his inability to make an
impact on his own. We’ll see.
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13. A.J. Hawk, Packers. He moves to a
full-time gig inside in ’09. We
like his chances with big bodies Cullen
NFL calendar
Jenkins, Justin Harrell and rookie B.J. Raji June 1—Deadline for old clubs to send
tender to unsigned unrestricted free agents
in front of him. An intense and competitive to receive exclusive negotiating rights for rest
player, Hawk loves contact and is a fero- of season if player is not signed by another
cious tackler. He should put up career
numbers in the linebacker-friendly 3-4
scheme.
club by July 22. Deadline for old clubs to send
tender to unsigned restricted free agents or
to extend qualifying offer to retain exclusive
negotiating rights.
June 15—Deadline for old clubs to with-
14. London Fletcher, Redskins. The
undersized Fletcher has made a
career of using his quickness, instincts and
draw original qualifying offer to unsigned
restricted free agents and still retain exclusive
negotiating rights by substituting tender of
athleticism to make plays. He has recorded 110 percent of previous years salary.
100-plus tackles in nine consecutive
seasons, and with Albert Haynesworth
occupying multiple blockers up front
July 22—Signing period ends at 4 p.m.
EDT for unrestricted free agents who received
June 1 tender.
another 100-tackle campaign is a lock. Aug. 9—Pro Football Hall of Fame Game,
Canton, Ohio.
Aug. 13-17—First preseason weekend.
15. D’Qwell Jackson, Browns. Jackson led
the NFL in tackles in ’08 with
154. He makes plays all over the field and
Sept. 1—Roster cutdown to maximum of
75 players.
always is around the ball. New coach Eric Sept. 5—Roster cutdown to maximum of
53 players.
Mangini uses a scheme similar to the one
used by former coach Romeo Crennel. Sept. 10—Season opener.
16. Jerod Mayo, Patriots. The Defensive
Rookie of the Year in ‘08, Mayo
19. Paul Posluszny, Bills. Posluszny, who
made an immediate impact on the Patriots.
That’s saying something in Bill Belichick’s
missed 13 games of his rookie year
after tearing his ACL, came on strong in ‘08
complex matchup scheme. Now comfort-
able in the system, he could fly up this list.
and surely benefitted from the presence of
DT Marcus Stroud. Posluszny attacks the
line and is a good tackler—in tight quarters
17. Nick Barnett, Packers. Barnett is at
his best when playing forward.
He wraps up ballcarriers, particularly
and in the open field. As he improves in zone
coverage, he will climb the list.
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Goodwill, goodbye: NFL, union return to typical bickering
BY DANIEL KAPLAN & LIZ MULLEN
SportsBusiness Journal
Any flickering hope that new NFLPA
executive director DeMaurice Smith could
quickly help settle the burgeoning labor
dustup between the NFL and the players
died quickly last week.
Smith’s calls for the league to open its finan-
cial books as an initial gesture of partnership
were rebuffed in near-derisive terms by NFL
commissioner Roger Goodell.
“There is a very clear understanding of
our economics. If De being new to the situa-
tion needs a better understanding of our
economics, we will certainly be willing to
go through that with him,” Goodell said
last week, a comment seen in some quarters
as a not-so-subtle dig at Smith.
A source close to the league accused
Smith of using the financial transparency
issue to gin up a phony campaign against
the league.
“De is using the owners’ reluctance to
disclose every single item in their books as
a P.R. weapon,” said the source, who
requested anonymity because the person is
not authorized to speak publicly.
Taken together, the comments mean it has
taken about two months since Smith got his
job to return to the type of back-and-forth
public disagreement, often in cynical terms,
that marked the terrain of league and union
discourse prior to the August death of former
executive director Gene Upshaw.
It also means the collective-bargaining
talks expected to begin early next month
almost certainly will yield little and might
not even move to the owners’ core issue of the
players’ percentage take of league revenues.
Smith, who took his position in mid-
March and talked soon after optimistically
about reaching a deal, has in recent weeks
tempered his remarks. Gone are the com-
ments about his new friend Goodell and
predictions of reaching a deal. Instead,
Smith has begun saying it would not be the
New NFLPA director DeMaurice Smith called for the league to open its financial books last week and received a brusque response from commissioner Roger Goodell.
players’ fault if the owners locked them out
in 2011.
Asked how he would respond if the own-
ers did refuse to back down on the finan-
cial issue, Smith told the Sports Lawyers
Association last week, “If we can’t get to a
point where we understand the importance
of financial disclosure as the bedrock of
those negotiations, then I guess that is
where we start.
NFL
“When we understand the profit-loss per
team, we will be partners,” Smith said.
“When we understand the average rate of
return per game per team, we will truly be
partners.”
Said Denver’s Pat Bowlen, the lead owner
on the league’s labor negotiating commit-
tee, “The idea we are all going to open our
books and let the NFLPA have a look at
them, that is not the way we operate.”
GARY HE / AP
Smith spoke at the lawyers association
meeting in Chicago before traveling to Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., to speak directly with
owners gathered there for their spring
meeting.
The league’s position is the union knows
all its revenues and a majority of costs
because of player salaries. Goodell also
contends the union knows about the
league’s stadium costs, though union
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 37
representatives previously have said that
was only partially true.
Notably, Smith’s comments are focused
on how NFL teams have performed the last
10 years, a sure sign he will not be impressed
with the league’s talk of shrinking profit
margins in the last few years. The union’s
position is that if the league wants major
changes to player compensation, the NFL
has to prove why that is necessary.
Additionally, Smith sent a letter to Goodell
last week asking for an explanation of the
league’s decision last year to opt out of the
agreement, ending the CBA two years early.
“We would like to get a better understand-
ing of why they opted out,” said Scott Fujita,
linebacker and player representative for
Saints. “Players want to be involved now more
than ever, and they recognize the importance
of a CBA and getting a deal done.”
The CBA expires after the 2010 season,
though if a deal is not reached by early next
year that final campaign will have no sal-
ary cap.
The full makeup of the negotiating teams
remains uncertain. On the NFL side, the
top negotiators are Goodell, general coun-
sel Jeffrey Pash and outside counsel Bob
Batterman. Three years ago, the two key
owners were Pittsburgh’s Dan Rooney,
who is now U.S. ambassador to Ireland,
and Carolina’s Jerry Richardson, who is
recovering from heart transplant surgery
earlier this year.
Bowlen said he presumed he would be at
the talks, but Goodell apparently has not
chosen the owners he wants at the table.
Pash said not to count out Richardson,
whose health is improving.
On the union side, in addition to Smith,
general counsel Richard Berthelsen and
outside counsel Jeffrey Kessler are expected
to be there. NFL players are also expected
to be at the table.
—Daniel Kaplan and Liz Mullen are staff writers for SportsBusiness
Journal. E-mail them at dkaplan@sportsbusinessjournal.com and
lmullen@sportsbusinessjournal.com.
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Remaining free agents
A quick look at the remaining NFL free agents by position
(R-restricted free agent, F-franchise tagged player):
OFFENSE
Quarterbacks—Brooks Bollinger, Dallas; Ken Dorsey,
Cleveland; Gus Frerotte, Minnesota; Charlie Frye, Seattle;
Drew Henson, Detroit; Quinn Gray, Kansas City; Trent Green,
St. Louis; Rex Grossman, Chicago; Brad Johnson, Dallas; J.P.
Losman, Buffalo; Jamie Martin, San Francisco; Craig Nall,
Houston; Marques Tuiasosopo, Oakland; Anthony Wright, NY
Giants.
Running backs—Darian Barnes, New Orleans; Tatum Bell,
Denver; Brian Calhoun, Detroit; Jesse Chatman, NY Jets; P.J.
Daniels, Baltimore; Reuben Droughns, NY Giants; Warrick
Dunn, Tampa Bay; DeShaun Foster, San Francisco; Samkon
Gado, St. Louis; Nick Goings, Carolina; Ahman Green, Houston;
Andre Hall, Denver; Kay-Jay Harris, NY Giants; Maurice Hicks,
Minnesota; Edgerrin James, Arizona; Rudi Johnson, Detroit;
Deuce McAllister, New Orleans; Travis Minor, St. Louis; Chris
Perry, Cincinnati; Andrew Pinnock, Denver; Michael Pittman,
Denver; P.J. Pope, Denver; Cecil Sapp, Houston; Aaron Stecker,
New Orleans; Selvin Young, Denver.
Wide receivers—Drew Bennett, St. Louis; Marty
Booker, Chicago; Drew Carter, Oakland; Jason Carter;
Carolina; Keary Colbert, Detroit; Jayson Foster, Denver; D.J.
Hackett, Carolina; Dante Hall, St. Louis; Marvin Harrison,
Indianapolis; Ike Hilliard, Tampa Bay; Darrell Jackson,
Denver; Nate Jackson, Denver; Matt Jones, Jacksonville;
Joe Jurevicius, Cleveland; Ashley Lelie, Oakland; Brandon
Lloyd, Chicago; Dane Looker, St. Louis; Marcus Maxwell,
Baltimore; Anthony Mix, Tampa Bay; Ben Obomanu (R),
Seattle; Tab Perry, Miami; Jerry Porter, Jacksonville; Kevin
Robinson, Kansas City; Koren Robinson, Seattle; Edell
Shepherd, Denver; Travis Taylor, Detroit; Amani Toomer,
NY Giants; Kelley Washington, New England; Todd Watkins
(R), Oakland; Harry Williams, Houston; Reggie Williams,
Jacksonville; Wallace Wright (R), NY Jets.
Tight ends—Courtney Anderson, Houston; Adam Bergen,
Denver; Mark Bruener, Houston; Scott Chandler, San Diego;
Owen Daniels (R), Houston; Nate Lawrie, Cincinnati; Michael
Merritt, Kansas City; Martrez Milner, NY Giants; Chad Mustard,
Denver; Jeff Robinson, Seattle; Derek Schouman (R), Buffalo;
Stephen Spach (R), Arizona; Daniel Wilcox, Baltimore; Kris
Wilson, San Diego.
Offensive tackles—Tyson Clabo (R), Atlanta; Anthony
Davis, St. Louis; Jon Dunn, Detroit; Wayne Gandy, Atlanta;
Kwame Harris, Oakland; Jonas Jennings, San Francisco;
Levi Jones, Cincinnati; James Marten (R), Oakland;
Fred Miller, Chicago; Rob Petitti, St. Louis; Jon Runyan,
Philadelphia; Charles Spencer, Jacksonville; Barry Stokes,
New England; Mark Tauscher, Green Bay; Mark Wilson (R),
Oakland.
Guards—Lennie Friedman, Cleveland; Pete Kendall,
Washington; Matt Lentz, Detroit; Terrence Metcalf, Chicago;
Edwin Mulitalo, Detroit; Chris Naeole, Jacksonville; Grey
Ruegamer, NY Giants; Kendall Simmons, Pittsburgh; Rob Sims
(R), Seattle; Jason Whittle, Buffalo.
Centers—Brennen Carvalho, Green Bay; Jean-Philippe
Darche, Kansas City; Melvin Fowler, Buffalo; Matt Lehr, New
Orleans; Andy McCollum, Detroit; Jeremy Newberry, San
Diego; Scott Peters, Arizona; Cory Withrow, St. Louis.
NFL TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 38
DEFENSE
Defensive ends—Kevin Carter, Tampa Bay; Earl Cochran, INSIDE DISH
Houston; Sean Conover, NY Jets; Nick Eason, Pittsburgh;
Kalimba Edwards, Oakland; Ebenezer Ekuban, Denver;
John Engelberger, Denver; Simon Fraser, Atlanta; Roderick
Crable could solve Patriots’ pass-rush woes; Vikes want Favre answer soon
Green, San Francisco; Travis LaBoy, Arizona; Jayme Mitchell,
Minnesota; Jerome McDougle, NY Giants; Julius Peppers
Patriots OLB Shawn Crable, a but I probably didn’t train with
(F), Carolina; Josh Savage, New Orleans; Anthony Weaver, 2008 third-round pick, hasn’t the same kind of passion that I
Houston; James Wyche, Jacksonville. played a down in the NFL but had in the past.”
Defensive tackles—Kenderick Allen, Minnesota; Gary
could be the solution to the team’s Fowler has regained much of
Gibson, Carolina; La’Roi Glover, St. Louis; Vonnie Holliday, need to upgrade its pass rush. his lost bulk during the surgeries
Miami; Antwan Lake, New Orleans; Langston Moore, Detroit;
Kindal Moorehead, Atlanta; Dewayne Robertson, Denver; Crable (6-5, 243) fought a shin and rehab and says he is in the
Orpheus Roye, Pittsburgh; Hollis Thomas, New Orleans; Josh injury much of last season but is best shape of his career, moving
Thomas, Indianapolis; John Thornton, Cincinnati; Darwin healthy now and could play a lot with more speed and quickness.
Walker, Carolina; Ellis Wyms, Minnesota; Brian Young, New
opposite Adalius Thomas, the Patri-
Orleans; Jeff Zgonina, Houston.
Linebackers—Rufus Alexander, Indianapolis; Jason Babin,
ots’ only proven pass rusher. Lions DE Jared DeVries has been
Kansas City; Rocky Boiman, Kansas City; Derrick Brooks, Tampa Crable said his year off allowed with the team since 1999 but is
Bay; Khary Campbell, Washington; Anthony Cannon, Detroit; him to add bulk and to improve his learning new tricks as part of new
Dan Cody, Baltimore; Rosevelt Colvin, New England; Donte’
knowledge of the defensive system. coach Jim Schwartz’s scheme.
Curry, Carolina; Donnie Edwards, Kansas City; Keith Ellison (R),
“I had a lot of meetings, a lot of work- Schwartz wants the ends to align
Buffalo; Troy Evans, New Orleans; Gilbert Gardner, Chicago;
Curtis Gatewood, Kansas City; Morlon Greenwood, Houston; outs and things like that, so I’m just wide, outside the offensive tackles,
Marques Harris, San Diego; Napoleon Harris, Minnesota; hoping to be smarter this year,” he and funnel ballcarriers into the
Abdul Hodge (R), Cincinnati; Mike Humpal, Pittsburgh; Brad told The Providence Journal. middle. Previous coach Rod Marinelli
Kassell, NY Jets; Jason Kyle, Carolina; Teddy Lehman, Buffalo;
Even if he loses the battle with wanted the ends to fill gaps and
Paris Lenon, Detroit; Wesly Mallard, Seattle; Jim Maxwell,
Cincinnati; Willie McGinest, Cleveland; Marques Murrell (R), NY
Pierre Woods and Tully Banta-Cain to force ballcarriers to the outside.
Jets; Ryan Nece, Detroit; Shantee Orr, Cleveland; Antwan Peek, start, Crable figures to be at least a “This is the first time I’ve played
Cleveland; Carlos Polk, Dallas; Junior Seau, New England; Matt pass-rush specialist. out wide like that,” DeVries told the
Sinclair, Washington; Gary Stills, St. Louis; Terrell Suggs (F),
Detroit Free Press. “You get down to
Baltimore; Dontarrious Thomas, Minnesota; Pisa Tinoisamoa,
Vikings officials have told it, it’s the total opposite (from last
St. Louis; Marcus Washington, Washington; Nate Webster,
Denver. Sports Illustrated that they expect year). Instead of making the corners
Cornerbacks—David Barrett, NY Jets; Fakhir Brown, St. Louis; retired QB Brett Favre to make a make the tackles, you make the
Terry Cousin, Cleveland; Jason Craft, St. Louis; Travis Fisher, decision this week on his latest linebackers make the tackles.”
Detroit; Reynaldo Hill, Tennessee; Roderick Hood, Arizona; comeback dalliance. The decision
William James, Jacksonville; Michael Lehan, New Orleans; Sam
Madison, NY Giants; Ricky Manning Jr., St. Louis; Derrick Martin
reportedly hinges on Favre’s will- Steelers defensive coordina-
(R), Baltimore; Chris McAlister, Baltimore; Mike McKenzie, ingness to have arthroscopic sur- JAY DROWNS / SN tor Dick LeBeau, the godfather of the
New Orleans; R.W. McQuarters, NY Giants; Deltha O’Neal, New gery to sever the torn biceps 3-4 scheme that’s sweeping the
We may finally get a final decision this week as to whether Brett Favre will be returning.
England; Dunta Robinson (F), Houston; Lewis Sanders, New tendon, which could relieve the league, never rests, never stops
England; Duane Starks, Jacksonville; Brandon Sumrall, NY
pain in his throwing arm. team’s website that “you can still see “It was a good time for him as thinking of new wrinkles—even
Giants; DeJuan Tribble, San Diego; Jason Webster, New England;
Jimmy Williams, Houston; Stanley Wilson, Detroit. Vikings coach Brad Childress wants I haven’t lost anything, I haven’t lost far as sitting down and his body after winning the Super Bowl.
Safeties—Oshiomogho Atogwe (F), St. Louis; Michael Favre on board sooner than later, a step.” Defensive coordinator Mike healing,” Russell told the San “He gave us a new defense today
Boulware, Minnesota; Mike Brown, Chicago; Oliver Celestin, even during the 4-6 weeks needed Zimmer concurred. Francisco Chronicle. “I know he’s that he thought about last night
Kansas City; Corey Chavous, St. Louis; Will Demps, Houston; to rehab from such a surgery. The “He’s done a great job with low in tip-top shape.” when he was in bed,” linebacker
Mike Doss, Cincinnati; Hiram Eugene, Oakland; Mike Green,
Washington; Rodney Harrison, New England; Terrence Holt,
Vikings’ official minicamp runs body position, great knee bend, James Farrior said last week via the
New Orleans; Dexter Jackson, Cincinnati; Sammy Knight, NY Friday through Sunday, and the coming out of his breaks and he’s Titans MLB Ryan Fowler, fully team’s website. “He drew some-
Giants; Marquand Manuel, Denver; Marlon McCree, Denver; club has other offseason practices really taking to the system,” safe- healed after two shoulder surger- thing up for us today. We expect
Lawyer Milloy, Atlanta; Chad Nkang, Jacksonville; Jarrad Page
scheduled for June 2-5, June 8-11 ties coach Louie Cioffi said. “He’s ies last offseason, wants the start- stuff like that from coach LeBeau.
(R), Kansas City; Pierson Prioleau, Jacksonville; Chris Reis (R),
and June 15-16. shown the ability to cover receiv- ing job back that he lost to Stephen “This offseason is no different.
New Orleans; Dwight Smith, Detroit; Jimmy Williams, San
Francisco; Cameron Worrell, Chicago. ers and tight ends in this camp.” Tulloch in the ’08 training camp. We probably have about 10 new
New Bengals S Roy Williams says “More than anything, I got a lit- calls right now. They are going to
SPECIAL TEAMS he is as good as ever, such as when Raiders QB JaMarcus Russell found tle too complacent,” Fowler told keep coming. It’s the same every
Kickers—John Carney, NY Giants; Matt Stover, Baltimore. he went to five Pro Bowls as a mem- a silver lining to Michael Vick missing The Tennessean. “I thought that I year, new calls in and tweaking
Punters—Mitch Berger, Pittsburgh; Mike Dragosavich,
Indianapolis; Sam Koch (R), Baltimore; Kyle Larson, Cincinnati; ber of the Cowboys. Williams, who two seasons while imprisoned for could sort of coast through the off- stuff to make us better. He has a
Ryan Plackemeier, Cincinnati. turns 29 in August, said via the his role in a dogfighting ring. season. Not to say I didn’t train, great mind.”
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Corruption in recruiting poses great challenge for ethics panel

We’ve seen upsets in college bas-
ketball before. George Mason reach-
ing the Final Four. Davidson
knocking off Gonzaga, Georgetown
and Wisconsin in succession. Has
any group ever been more over-
“ There are young guys getting into this
business and they’re watching how this coach
does things or that guy does things. They quickly
become convinced the only means of having any

matched, though, than the new ethics
coalition devel-
oped by the NCAA
and its Division I
coaches?
There are some
really sharp guys
on that panel:
Michigan’s John
Mike DeCourcy Beilein, Boston
COLLEGE BASKETBALL College’s Al Skin-
ner and Vander-
bilt’s Kevin Stallings among them.
But they are taking on a monumen-
tal job in trying to lead college bas-
ketball coaches to exercise more
principled standards in recruiting
future players.
“In some ways, it may be an unre-
alistic mountain to climb,” Stallings
said. “We might look back in sev-
eral years and all have to admit it
was a runaway train that never
came back to the station.
“It’s still very much at an infancy
stage. I think there are some guys
who feel strongly about where the
culture of our game has gotten to
and would like to do some things to
make it better.”
There will be 14 members of the
panel, eventually, though 11 were
announced. There aren’t any sur-
prises on the list, which also
included Butler’s Brad Stevens,
Oklahoma’s Jeff Capel and Stan-
ford’s Johnny Dawkins.
Stallings said among the goals is
to influence younger coaches who
are getting started in the business
to resist the call of the dark side.
kind of success is to skirt the spirit of the rules.
“There are young guys getting
into this business and they’re
watching how this coach does
things or that guy does things,”
Stallings said. “They quickly
become convinced the only means
of having any kind of success is to
skirt the spirit of the rules. I think
there are a lot of people on this com-
mittee and a lot of people in college
basketball that are examples of that
clearly not being the case.”
It can be argued that if you’re
paying a coach millions, you want
him to bend the rules to his pro-
gram’s advantage, like a rich guy
would want his tax attorney to
exploit every available loophole.
Author Marc Isenberg’s book
Money Players is a guide for young
athletes seeking to make wise
choices in dealing with amateurism
issues and pursuing professional
careers, and he frequently lectures
teams about such matters.
“I’ll be talking to them at 3 o’clock
in the afternoon, but these decisions
aren’t made by the light of day,” Isen-
berg said. “It’s good to have coaches
talking, but there is a set of incentives
that makes it very difficult for every-
body to be on the same page.”
Perhaps the fundamental prob-
lem with ethics commission is it’s a
little bit like asking the autoworker
bolting the tires on a car why the
”
— Vanderbilt’s Kevin Stallings
engine was constructed so sloppily.
Certainly there are coaches who
aren’t conflicted about further cor-
rupting the players they recruit.
There is another segment of
coaches, probably much larger, that
has grown willing to accept that
many players have long since been
adopted by agents or their runners
and hope this reality does not even-
tually damage their programs.
In either case, the problem exists
long before it reaches the college
level. And it’s not certain what a
panel of coaches talking about eth-
ics can do about it.
It’s been a half-dozen years since
the National Association of Basket-
ball Coaches convened its ethics
summit in Chicago, and nothing
has improved. Scandals in college
basketball have not ceased.
There have been so many press
conferences and press releases at CHRIS O’MEARA / AP
which various constituencies gath- Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings, who is on an NCAA committee designed to clean up recruiting, isn’t sure if such a mountain can be climbed.
ered to promise they would better
the game. In spring 2007, a group initiatives. The product of their col- culture of it is really in danger. I change. Some of our issues, some of
of top AAU coaches and college laboration has not been obvious. think some people think, ‘Well our problems, are the result of
coaches held a press conference at Isenberg used the term “reform that’s just the culture so I’ll figure things we, at this juncture, have no
which they promised a coalition to by press release,” and that’s kind of out how to survive in it.’ And other control over.”
change how summer basketball where all this seems to stand. people might think about what they If there’s an ethics panel that can
operated. It’s still the same. “It’s pretty evident that the cul- can do to change it. fix all this, college basketball will
Last year, the NBA and NCAA ture of it has gotten away from us,” “I do know that we’re not going to have a new standard for the historic
held a joint press conference and Stallings said. “It’s still a great game fix all problems. That’s very unre- upset. Chaminade won’t seem like
promised to form a joint corporation played by great kids at great uni- alistic. But I think it’s going to take that big a deal.
that would develop youth basketball versities before great fans, but the some committed people to affect decourcy@sportingnews.com
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
INSIDE DISH
Terps’ Vasquez feels working out
for NBA teams helps him improve
Maryland junior G Greivis Vasquez said he’s in no hurry
to make a decision about his basketball future. And he
doesn’t have to until June 15.
Vasquez is working out for NBA teams and getting a
feel for whether he’ll remain in the NBA draft or return to
Maryland for his senior season. He worked out for the
Washington Wizards late last week and was scheduled to
work out with the Minnesota Timberwolves before
attending a pre-draft combine later this week in Chicago.
His first two workouts were for the Cleveland Cava-
liers and San Antonio Spurs.
“I’m a junior, and I don’t have any pressure. I’m just
trying to learn,” Vasquez told The Baltimore Sun. “You
can tell if you watch me shooting the ball, I’m getting
better. Defensively, I’m getting more comfortable.”
Vasquez, who was Maryland’s leading scorer (17.5)
and rebounder (5.4) last season, made nine of 14 uncon-
tested shots from behind the three-point line during
one drill late in the workout with the Wizards, accord-
ing to the newspaper. He also used his height (6-6) to
take smaller guards inside.
Others working out were Kentucky G Jodie Meeks,
Mississippi G David Huertas and LSU G Marcus Thornton.
Vasquez wouldn’t say what kind of evaluation it
might take for him to remain in the draft, according to
the Sun. Meeks, also a junior, told the newspaper he
would probably return to Kentucky if he didn’t believe
he would be drafted.
The Kentucky era under new coach John Calipari will
officially begin with a game against … Morehead State.
Morehead State is excited about the Friday the 13th
(Nov.) matchup. Morehead State coach Donnie Tyndall got
the ball rolling. He called the UK offices and spoke to
assistant John Robic, according to the Lexington Herald-
Leader. Robic told Tyndall that Calipari wanted non-
conference opponents to have an RPI of 140 or better.
“He asked me point-blank how good we’d be,” Tyn-
dall told the newspaper. Tyndall said he thought the
Eagles could win between 17 and 20 games.
College Basketball / Horse Racing
BELMONT STAKES, Saturday, June 6, 5 p.m. (post time 6:30 p.m.), ET, ABC
Rachel Alexandra trains, no decision made yet
LOUISVILLE, KY.—Preakness win-
ner Rachel Alexandra worked a
half mile at Churchill Downs, but
the filly’s owner says it may be
another week before he decides
whether to enter her in the Bel-
mont Stakes.
Jess Jackson said Monday that
Rachel Alexandra is “progress-
ing well” and will work again
next week before a decision is
made on the third leg of the Triple
Crown on June 6.
Jackson and Harold McCor-
mick bought Rachel Alexandra
after she won the Kentucky Oaks
by 20 1⁄4 lengths May 1. She
became the first filly in 85 years
to win the Preakness on May 16,
with jockey Calvin Borel guiding
her to victory over Kentucky
Derby winner Mine That Bird.
“She’s recovering nicely and I
think, for the time that’s elapsed,
JOHN BAZEMORE / AP only nine days, she’s right on—but
Maryland G Greivis Vasquez is still deciding if he will remain in the draft. we can’t make a decision until we
know,” said Jackson, who owns
Georgia, which voted last week to spend $40 mil- Stonestreet Stable. “My concern is
lion to improve football facilities, has no plans to replace her attitude. She thinks she can run
45-year-old Stegeman Coliseum, though there is a pos- through a brick wall, so her attitude
sibility of renovations in the future. has to be monitored. If anything,
And new coach Mark Fox says he’s fine with that. He says we have to hold her back a little bit
it’s the atmosphere inside the building that’s important. because she’s so eager to run.”
“The building is perfect. It’s intimate; it’s got nice seats; Rachel Alexandra worked the
it’s got access to our campus,” Fox told The Atlanta Journal- half mile in 50.20 seconds under
Constitution. “… If we can get the students back and get the exercise rider Dominic Terry
fans back and improve our team, then Stegeman is going over a sloppy track. Also, Mine
to be a wonderful place to play college basketball.” That Bird worked the same dis-
tance in 51 seconds under Borel.
D.J. Magley, a 6-foot-10, 250-pound center who If Rachel Alexandra does not
started on Western Kentucky’s Sweet 16 team two run in the Belmont, which would
years ago, is transferring to the University of Tulsa. give her a shot at becoming the first
TU coach Doug Wojcik announced the transfer on filly to win two-thirds of the Triple
Monday. Magley will have to sit out the upcoming sea- Crown, Jackson said the Mother
son, and then will have two seasons of eligibility. Goose Stakes for fillies at Belmont
HORSE RACING
Rachel Alexandra, the first filly in 86 years to win the Preakness, is ‘recovering nicely.’
Park on June 27 is an option.
“It might not be as soon as you’d
want but we’re still considering
the Belmont,” Jackson said. “The
Mother Goose would give her a
little extra time if she needs it.
The Belmont would be a full
(effort) for her right now.”
With the no-decision, Mine
That Bird trainer Chip Woolley
also gave Borel more time to
decide which horse he’ll ride in
the Belmont. Woolley had set a
Monday deadline for the jockey.
“He won me a Derby, he deserves
the time it takes for him to make
the conscious, right decision,”
Woolley said. “And nobody knows
really if that filly’s going to be run-
ning in the Belmont, so it could
work out where that’s not even a
decision for him. I think a little bit
of time’s not too much to ask.”
If Borel chooses Mine That
Bird, then Jackson will go with
Robby Albarado if the filly runs
in the Belmont.
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 40
REED PALMER PHOTOGRAPHY
“Calvin is a great jockey and I
hope he’d be willing to go with
her,” Jackson said. “He has to
make his decision for himself and
if we’re in there together and he’s
not on our horse it’ll probably be
Robby Albarado, who was with
us with Curlin.”
Albarado is one of the top rid-
ers used by Steve Asmussen, who
took over as the filly’s trainer
after the horse was sold.
Jackson said Rachel Alexandra
will give him a sign whether or
not the Belmont is next.
“We have to monitor her and
make sure that we preserve her
because she’s so special; the prin-
cipal concern is the horse herself
keeping her sound and letting the
public enjoy her,” he said. “It’s not
necessary that she go in the Bel-
mont, she’s got a whole season
ahead. She’s been running the
whole year so we have to monitor
that very carefully.”
— The Associated Press
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Glance
PARIS—A look at the French Open on Monday:
Weather: Sunny. High of 86 degrees.
Attendance: 36,016.
Men’s seeded winners: No. 1 Rafael Nadal, No. 2
Roger Federer, No. 6 Andy Roddick, No. 10 Nikolay
Davydenko, No. 12 Fernando Gonzalez, No. 17 Stanislas
Wawrinka, No. 23 Robin Soderling, No. 24 Jurgen
Melzer, No. 25 Igor Andreev, No. 28 Feliciano Lopez, No.
30 Victor Hanescu, No. 32 Paul-Henri Mathieu.
Men’s Seeded Loser: No. 19 Tomas Berdych.
Women’s seeded winners: No. 1 Dinara Safina, No.
3 Venus Williams, No. 12 Agnieszka Radwanska, No.
13 Marion Bartoli, No. 15 Zheng Jie, No. 20 Dominika
Cibulkova, No. 22 Carla Suarez Navarro, No. 29 Agnes
Szavay.
Women’s seeded losers: No. 14 Flavia Pennetta, No. 17
Patty Schnyder, No. 23 Alisa Kleybanova, No. 26 Anna
Chakvetadze.
Stat of the day: 29—Consecutive wins at the French
Open for Nadal, a record for men and tying the overall
tournament mark set by Chris Evert.
Quote of the day: “I’m definitely a third-set
player.”—Venus Williams, who struggled in the
middle of her 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 victory over Bethanie
Mattek-Sands.
On court today: No. 4 Novak Djokovic vs. Nicolas
Lapentti, No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro vs. Michael
Llodra, No. 15 James Blake vs. Leonardo Mayer; No.
2 Serena Williams vs. Klara Zakopalova, No. 4 Elena
Dementieva vs. Chanelle Scheepers, No. 5 Jelena
Jankovic vs. Petra Cetkovska.
Today’s forecast: Windy and rainy in the morning,
sunny spells in the afternoon. High of 64 degrees.
Today’s TV: Tennis Channel, 5 a.m.-noon EDT; ESPN2,
noon to 6:30 p.m. EDT.
Showcase
Schedule
At Stade Roland Garros
Paris
Play begins at 5 a.m. EDT
Court Philippe Chatrier
Jelena Jankovic (5), Serbia, vs. Petra Cetkovska, Czech
Republic
Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador, vs. Novak Djokovic (4), Serbia
Julien Benneteau, France, vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9),
France
Alize Cornet (21), France, vs. Maret Ani, Estonia
Court Suzanne Lenglen
Svetlana Kuznetsova (7), Russia, vs. Claire Feuerstein,
France
Bobby Reynolds, United States, vs. Gael Monfils (11),
France
Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic, vs. Serena Williams
(2), United States
Fabrice Santoro, France, vs. Christophe Rochus, Belgium
Court 1
Juan Martin del Potro (5), Argentina, vs. Michael
Llodra, France
Virginie Razzano, France, vs. Daniela Hantuchova,
Slovakia
Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, vs. Elena Dementieva
(4), Russia
James Blake (15), United States, vs. Leonardo Mayer,
Argentina
Sharapova uneven in return to major play
PARIS—Those unmistakable
shrieks punctuating point after
point on Court 1 at the French Open
on Monday trumpeted Maria
Sharapova’s return to the Grand
Slam stage.
There were other ways Sharapova
made her presence felt—the big
groundstrokes off both wings; the
tough-as-nails turnaround after a
slow start; the prematch accesso-
ries of buttoned-up blue jacket and
oversized white purse; the post-
match victory waves and blown
kisses.
Sharapova’s tennis is not yet back
to her lofty standards, as one might
expect after shoulder surgery in
October and four singles matches
in the past 10 months. The 64th-
ranked Anastasiya Yakimova of
Belarus is not the sort of opponent
who would normally trouble a top-
of-her-game Sharapova, yet there
was trouble Monday.
Still, a win is a win, and Sharapo-
va’s first match at a major tourna-
ment in nearly a year ended with a
3-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Yakimova
and a spot in the French Open’s
second round. It will take more
than that performance for
Sharapova to erase the uncertainty
that comes with such a long layoff.
“This is the first time in my
career where I can really say I don’t
have any expectations,” the three-
time major champion said. “I don’t
know how things are going to work
out. I don’t know what’s going to
happen tomorrow, how my shoul-
der is going to feel.”
Because of her time away,
Sharapova is ranked 102nd and
unseeded at Roland Garros, which
might help lower others’
Tennis
FRENCH OPEN
Maria Sharapova, unseeded after October shoulder surgery, won her first-round match.
expectations, too. A year ago, after
all, she was No. 1.
“If I was a mentally weak person
or individual,” Sharapova said, “I
think I wouldn’t be here today.”
The pressure to produce has not
affected Rafael Nadal in the least,
and he extended his French Open
winning streak to a record 29
MICHEL EULER / AP
matches Monday by beating Mar-
cos Daniel of Brazil 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 in
the first round.
Nadal is trying to become the
first player to win five titles in a
row in Paris, and the man he beat
in the past three finals, Roger
Federer, also won easily Monday.
More noteworthy, perhaps, was
Andy Roddick’s 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 vic-
tory over French wild-card entry
Romain Jouan, the American’s first
victory in the tournament since
2005.
“I’m just glad I finally won a
match out there,” Roddick said.
The only seeded man to exit was
No. 19 Tomas Berdych, but there
were more surprises on the wom-
en’s side, including 116th-ranked
American Alexa Glatch’s 6-1, 6-1
victory over No. 14 Flavia Pennetta
of Italy. No. 17 Patty Schnyder, No.
23 Alisa Kleybanova and No. 26
Anna Chakvetadze all lost. Third-
seeded Venus Williams beat
Bethanie Mattek in three sets, while
No. 1 Dinara Safina shut out Anne
Keothavong of Britain 6-0, 6-0.
When they met at the net, accord-
ing to Safina, Keothavong told her,
“At least you could give me one
game.”
Nadal’s accomplishment wasn’t
exactly heralded with much fan-
fare. There was no announcement
over the loudspeakers, no on-court
presentation of a plaque, no wild
celebration from the Spaniard. He
simply yanked off his yellow head
wrap — the one that matched his
neon wristbands and accompanied
his bright pink shirt — and went to
the net to shake Daniel’s hand.
“It’s better than dress the same
color every week, no?” Nadal said.
He and Bjorn Borg had shared the
men’s mark of 28 consecutive victo-
ries at Roland Garros; Nadal now
shares the overall tournament mark
with Chris Evert. Nadal did have a
few wobbles, getting broken while
serving for the first set at 5-4 and
again to fall behind 3-1 in the second.
— The Associated Press
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 41
Results
Monday
At Stade Roland Garros
Paris
Purse: $21.8 million (Grand Slam)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
Men
First Round
NikolayDavydenko(10),Russia,def.StefanKoubek,Austria,6-2,6-1,6-4.
MikhailYouzhny,Russia,def.GillesMuller,Luxembourg,7-6(2),6-1,6-4.
StanislasWawrinka(17),Switzerland,def.NicolasDevilder,France,6-3,5-7,
2-6,6-4,6-4.
PotitoStarace,Italy,def.MischaZverev,Germany,6-7(5),7-5,1-0,retired.
RobinSoderling(23),Sweden,def.KevinKim,UnitedStates,7-6(4),7-6(4),6-2.
NicolasMassu,Chile,def.DanielKoellerer,Austria,6-3,6-4,1-6,2-6,6-3.
NicolasKiefer,Germany,def.IliaBozoljac,Serbia,7-6(4),3-6,7-5,6-4.
DenisIstomin,Uzbekistan,def.SantiagoGiraldo,Colombia,6-3,6-7(2),6-3,
7-6(4).
VictorHanescu(30),Romania,def.SteveDarcis,Belgium,7-6(8),7-6(5),7-6(3).
RafaelNadal(1),Spain,def.MarcosDaniel,Brazil,7-5,6-4,6-3.
FernandoGonzalez(12),Chile,def.JiriVanek,CzechRepublic,6-3,6-2,6-3.
RuiMachado,Portugal,def.KristofVliegen,Belgium,6-2,6-4,4-6,2-6,6-3.
RogerFederer(2),Switzerland,def.AlbertoMartin,Spain,6-4,6-3,6-2.
Paul-HenriMathieu(32),France,def.LaurentRecouderc,France,6-4,6-4,6-1.
GuillaumeRufin,France,def.EduardoSchwank,Argentina,6-1,6-3,6-3.
JankoTipsarevic,Serbia,def.AlbertMontanes,Spain,3-6,7-6(3),7-6(5),6-4.
FelicianoLopez(28),Spain,def.FrancoFerreiro,Brazil,6-7(3),4-6,7-6(4),7-5,
6-2.
TeimurazGabashvili,Russia,def.IgorKunitsyn,Russia,6-7(6),7-6(5),6-3,6-1.
PabloAndujar,Spain,def.RobbyGinepri,UnitedStates,6-4,7-6(7),7-6(3).
SimoneBolelli,Italy,def.TomasBerdych(19),CzechRepublic,6-4,6-4,5-7,
4-6,6-3.
JoseAcasuso,Argentina,def.SantiagoVentura,Spain,3-6,7-6(5),6-0,6-3.
JurgenMelzer(24),Austria,def.SergioRoitman,Argentina,6-4,7-6(4),6-0.
AndyRoddick(6),UnitedStates,def.RomainJouan,France,6-2,6-4,6-2.
JeremyChardy,France,def.ThiagoAlves,Brazil,6-2,7-6(10),6-3.
MartinVassalloArguello,Argentina,def.ThomazBellucci,Brazil,6-4,6-7(4),
5-5,retired.
DiegoJunqueira,Argentina,def.PaulCapdeville,Chile,3-6,7-5,6-1,6-3.
IvoMinar,CzechRepublic,def.OscarHernandez,Spain,6-3,7-6(4),6-3.
IgorAndreev(25),Russia,def.FabioFognini,Italy,1-6,6-3,6-1,3-6,7-5.
Women
First Round
AravaneRezai,France,def.AiSugiyama,Japan,6-3,6-2.
DinaraSafina(1),Russia,def.AnneKeothavong,Britain,6-0,6-0.
AgnesSzavay(29),Hungary,def.CorinnaDentoni,Italy,6-3,6-4.
TamarineTanasugarn,Thailand,def.CamillePin,France,6-3,5-7,7-5.
PolonaHercog,Slovenia,def.AlisaKleybanova(23),Russia,6-2,4-6,6-1.
KirstenFlipkens,Belgium,def.StephanieForetz,France,6-1,4-6,6-4.
VenusWilliams(3),UnitedStates,def.BethanieMattek-Sands,UnitedStates,
6-1,4-6,6-2.
LucieSafarova,CzechRepublic,def.SabineLisicki,Germany,6-2,1-6,6-1.
LucieHradecka,CzechRepublic,def.YvonneMeusburger,Austria,6-1,6-2.
MichelleLarcherdeBrito,Portugal,def.MelanieSouth,Britain,0-6,7-6(5),7-5.
CarlaSuarezNavarro(22),Spain,def.EdinaGallovits,Romania,6-1,6-4.
ZhengJie(15),China,def.StephanieCohen-Aloro,France,6-1,6-3.
DominikaCibulkova(20),Slovakia,def.AlonaBondarenko,Ukraine,6-4,2-6,6-4.
OlgaGovortsova,Belarus,def.KatieO’Brien,Britain,6-1,6-1.
MariaSharapova,Russia,def.AnastasiyaYakimova,Belarus,3-6,6-1,6-2.
JillCraybas,UnitedStates,def.TsvetanaPironkova,Bulgaria,7-5,6-2.
MariyaKoryttseva,Ukraine,def.PatriciaMayr,Austria,6-1,6-1.
AkgulAmanmuradova,Uzbekistan,def.IrenaPavlovic,France,6-3,6-4.
LourdesDominguezLino,Spain,def.BarboraZahlavovaStrycova,Czech
Republic,6-1,4-6,9-7.
MarionBartoli(13),France,def.PaulineParmentier,France,3-6,6-1,6-3.
AlexaGlatch,UnitedStates,def.FlaviaPennetta(14),Italy,6-1,6-1.
MarianaDuqueMarino,Colombia,def.AnnaChakvetadze(26),Russia,3-6,
6-4,6-4.
OliviaRogowska,Australia,def.MariaKirilenko,Russia,6-4,6-4.
KaterynaBondarenko,Ukraine,def.PattySchnyder(17),Switzerland,6-4,6-3.
AgnieszkaRadwanska(12),Poland,def.RossanadeLosRios,Paraguay,6-3,6-1.
JarmilaGroth,Australia,def.KinnieLaisne,France,6-4,6-3.
TathianaGarbin,Italy,def.AyumiMorita,Japan,7-5,7-5.
VeraDushevina,Russia,vs.CarolineWozniacki(10),Denmark,6-4,5-7,susp.,
darkness.
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ATP top 10 rankings
Here’s an updated look at the Top 10 players in the South
African Airways 2009 ATP Rankings as of Monday with their
French Open history. The top eight players in the Nov. 17 rank-
ings qualify for the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour
Finals in London to be held Nov. 23-29. The ATP World Tour
Champion will be named the No. 1 player at the end of the
season.
Rafael Nadal, Spain
1. French Open history: The
four-time defending champion (29-
0) is trying to become the first man
to win five straight titles in Paris. …
He and Bjorn Borg (1978-81) are the
only players to win four in a row. …
Has never been extended to a fifth
set.
Year in review: The ATP World
Tour No. 1 has won an ATP World
Tour-best five titles in seven finals en
route to a 41-4 record (19-1 on clay). …
He captured his sixth Grand Slam
title at the Australian Open, his first
on hard courts, with a five-set victory
over Federer. ... Also won titles in
Indian Wells, Monte-Carlo, Barce-
lona and Rome. … His 33-match win-
ning streak on clay ended with his
loss to rival Federer in the final of
Madrid on May 17. … It was also only
his second loss in a clay final in his
career (26-2), both coming to Federer.
… In the semifinals won the longest
three-set singles match on the ATP
World Tour in the Open Era, prevail-
ing in four hours and three minutes
(d. Djokovic). … Has a 151-5 clay mark
since 2005.
Roger Federer, Switzerland
2. French Open history: The
Swiss native entered with a 32-10
career mark, reaching the final the
past three years, losing to Nadal each
— ATPWorldTour.com
time. … Trying to become the sixth
man in history to win all four Grand
Slam tournaments in his career.
Year in review: The 27-year-old
star has compiled a 27-6 record (10-2
on clay). … He broke nearly a seven-
month title drought by earning his
15th ATP World Tour Masters 1000
title in Madrid over Nadal on May 17.
… Broke a five-match losing streak to
the Spaniard with his 58th career
title in his 80th final. … Has won at
least one title for nine straight years.
… He reached the final at the Austra-
lian Open (l. to Nadal in five sets), his
first loss in a Grand Slam hard court
final (8-1). … He’s one title short of
tying Pete Sampras’ all-time record
of 14 Slam titles. … Also reached the
semifinals in Doha (l. to Murray),
Miami (l. to Djokovic) and Rome (l. to
Djokovic).
Andy Murray, Great Britain
3. French Open history: The
22-year-old Scot is 2-2 with his best
result the third round last year (l. to
Almagro).
Year in review: The British star is
off to a career-best 31-5 start, includ-
ing an 8-3 mark vs. Top 10 oppo-
nents (losing twice to Nadal and
once to No. 5 del Potro). … In his
first nine tournaments, he’s won
three ATP World Tour titles (Doha,
d. Roddick; Rotterdam, d. Nadal;
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Rafael Nadal has a chance to become the first man ever to win five straight French Opens.
Miami, d. Djokovic) and reached
another final, ATP World Tour
Masters 1000 Indian Wells (l. to
Nadal). ... He opened the season by
defending his title in Doha with
back-to-back wins over No. 2
Federer (SF) and No. 8 Roddick (F).
… In March, reached the final in
Indian Wells, falling to World No. 1
Rafael Nadal. … His best clay results
are the semifinals in Monte Carlo (l.
to Nadal) and the quarterfinals in
Madrid (l. to del Potro).
Novak Djokovic, Serbia
4. French Open history: The
Belgrade native is 15-4 lifetime,
CHRISTOPHE ENA / AP
reaching the semifinals the past
two years and quarterfinals in
2006, losing to Nadal each time.
Year in review: The 22-year-old
Serb has a 37-11 match record on the
season (15-5 on clay) and 2-3 in
finals. … He has reached the final in
four of his past five tournaments
(Miami, Monte-Carlo, Rome, Bel-
grade). … He picked up his first ATP
World Tour title of the year on Feb.
28 in Dubai (d. Ferrer). … On clay
reached the final at the Monte-Carlo
Rolex Masters (l. to Nadal). … Then
advanced to the final in Rome (l. to
Nadal) before winning title in his
hometown of Belgrade (d. Kubot). …
Roger Federer, ranked No. 2 in the world, defeated Nadal in their last meeting on May 17.
In his last tournament, reached the
semifinals in Madrid where he lost
to Nadal after holding three match
points in the final set tie-break. …
The four hour and three minute
match was the longest three-set
singles match in the Open Era.
Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina
5. French Open history: Has an
1-3 career mark, reaching the sec-
ond round last year.
Year in review: The 20-year-old
Argentine is the youngest player in
the Top 10 and he’s off to a career-
best 24-8 start, reaching the quar-
terfinals or better in eight of nine
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tournaments. … He began the sea-
son by capturing his fifth career
ATP World Tour title in Auckland
(d. Querrey) ... He followed by
advancing to the quarterfinals at
the Australian Open (d. Cilic, l. to
Federer). ... In March, reached the
quarterfinals in Indian Wells (l. to
Nadal) and followed with semifinal
in Miami where he beat No. 1 Nadal
(l. to Murray). … On clay, reached
the quarterfinals at ATP World
Tour Masters 1000 Rome (l. to
Djokovic) and semifinals in Madrid
(d. No. 3 Murray, l. to Federer)
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ATP top 10 rankings: 6-10
Andy Roddick, United States
6. French Open History: The top
American is 4-7 in his career, winning
back-to-back matches only once, in his
2001 debut (d. Chang, ret. vs. Hewitt). …
His last win came four years ago.
Year in Review: The Austin, Texas resi-
dent has a 27-6 record on the ATP World
Tour. … He opened the season by reaching
the final in Doha (l. to Murray) and
advancing to his fourth semifinal at the
Australian Open (d. No. 3 Djokovic, l. to
Federer) … In February, reached semifi-
nal in San Jose (l. to Stepanek) and won
title in Memphis (d. Hewitt in SF, Stepanek
in F). ... Improved his title streak to nine
consecutive years. … In March, he led the
U.S. to a 4-1 first round Davis Cup victory
over Switzerland with two wins . … Then
reached the semifinals (l. to Nadal) in
Indian Wells and quarterfinals in Miami
(l. to Federer). … Made his clay debut in
Madrid and reached quarterfinals (l. to
Federer in three sets). … Married Brook-
lyn Decker on April 17 in Austin, Texas.
7. Gilles Simon, France
French Open History: The 24-year-
old is 1-4 lifetime in Paris, reaching the
second round in 2007.
Year in Review: The top Frenchman has
compiled an 18-16 record (4-7 on clay) and
advanced to the quarterfinals or better four
times this season. … In January reached his
first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the Aus-
tralian Open (l. to eventual champion
Nadal). … Then advanced to back-to-back
semifinals in Marseille (l. to Llodra) and
Dubai (l. to eventual champion Djokovic). …
In March, reached the fourth round (after a
bye) in Miami with wins over former ATP
World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt and No. 29 seed
Rainer Schuettler (l. to Tsonga). … On clay,
reached the third round in Rome and fol-
lowed with quarterfinals showing in Esto-
ril, losing to eventual champion Albert
Montanes and third round in Madrid.
Fernando Verdasco, Spain
8. French Open History: The Madrid
native is 8-5 in his career, reaching the
fourth round the past two years, losing to
Djokovic and Nadal, respectively.
Year in Review: The Spaniard is off to a
career-best 23-8 start and ranked a career-
high No. 7 on Apr. 20. … Has advanced to
the quarterfinals or better in all eight tour-
naments. … He opened January by winning
nine of 11 matches, highlighted by his first
ATP World Tour hard court final in Bris-
bane (l. to Stepanek). … Then followed with
a career-best SF showing at Australian
Open. ... Posted back-to-back wins over No.
4 Murray in five sets in 4th Rd. and No. 6
Tsonga in QF before falling in an epic five-
set marathon to Nadal. ... Played longest
singles match in tournament history (5:14)
and afterwards broke into Top 10 for first
time at No. 9 (from No. 15) on Feb. 2. … Also
quarterfinalist in Indian Wells, Miami,
Monte-Carlo, Barcelona, Rome and home-
town in Madrid.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France
9. French Open History: The 24-year-
old is making his second appearance, his
first since 2005 when he lost to Roddick
in the 1st Rd.
Year in Review The No. 2 Frenchman
has advanced to the quarterfinals or bet-
ter in seven of 10 tournaments this season
en route to a 26-7 match record, which is
tied for sixth on the ATP World Tour. …
Last year he didn’t win his 26th match
until late-October in Lyon…Has already
captured titles in Johannesburg (d.
Chardy) and Marseille (d. Llodra) in the
first two months. ... In March, reached
the quarterfinals at ATP World Tour
Masters 1000 Miami, defeating country-
man Gilles Simon in three sets before fall-
ing to eventual finalist Novak Djokovic. …
In his season clay court debut in Rome,
lost in the first round to countryman
Richard Gasquet and lost in the second
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Andy Roddick, ranked No. 6, is the United States’ best hope, but he has a 4-7 career record at Roland Garros.
round in Madrid.
Gael Monfils, France
10.
French Open History: The
22-year-old Frenchman has a 10-4 career
record, reaching the semifinals last year
(l. to Federer) and 4th Rd. in 2006.
Year in Review: Monfils has been both-
ered by a right knee injury the past two
months. … Has a 15-8 match record and
one of two players (Verdasco) to crack the
Top 10 for the first time this year...He
opened the season with a SF in Doha (d.
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No. 1 Nadal) before losing to Roddick. …
Followed with 4th Rd. at the Australian
Open where he retired with a right wrist
injury (after three sets) against Simon. …
He broke into the Top 10 for first time on
Feb. 23 and reached final in Acapulco (l.
to Almagro), his sixth straight runner-up.
… He advanced to the 4th Rd. in Miami,
saving two match points in win over
Marat Safin before losing to Roddick. …
Has withdrawn from last three clay tour-
naments, Barcelona, Rome, Madrid, due
to knee injury.
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ATP World Tour schedule/winners
Jan. 4-11 — Brisbane International, HO (Radek Stepanek)
Jan. 5-10 — Qatar ExxonMobil Open, HO (Andy Murray)
Jan. 5-11 — Chennai Open, HO (Marin Cilic)
Jan. 12-17 — Medibank International, HO (David Nalbandian)
Jan. 12-17 — Heineken Open, HO (Juan Martin del Potro)
Jan. 19-Feb. 1 — Australian Open, HO (Rafael Nadal)
Feb. 2-8 — Movistar Open, CO (Fernando Gonzalez)
Feb. 2-8 — PBZ Zagreb Indoors, HI (Marin Cilic)
Feb. 2-8 — SA Open, HO (Jo-Wilfried Tsonga)
Feb. 9-14 — Brasil Open, CO (Tommy Robredo)
Feb. 9-15 — SAP Open, HI (Radek Stepanek)
Feb. 9-15 — ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, HI (Andy Murray)
Feb. 15-22 — Open 13, HI (Jo-Wilfried Tsonga)
Feb. 16-22 — Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, HI (Andy
Roddick)
Feb. 16-22 — Copa Telmex, CO (Tommy Robredo)
Feb. 23-28 — Abierto Mexicano Telcel, CO (Nicolas Almagro)
Feb. 23-28 — Barclays Dubai Championships, HO (Novak Djokovic)
Feb. 23-March 1 — Delray Beach International Championships, HO
(Mardy Fish)
March 2-8 — Davis Cup I
March 12-22 — BNP Paribas Open, HO (Rafael Nadal)
March 25-April 5 — Sony Ericsson Open, HO (Andy Murray)
April 6-12 — U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships, CO (Lleyton
Hewitt)
April 6-12 — Grand Prix Hassan II, CO (Juan Carlos Ferrero)
April 12-19 — Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, CO (Rafael Nadal)
April 20-26 — Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, CO (Rafael Nadal)
April 27-May 3 — Internazionali BNL d’Italia, CO (Rafael Nadal)
May 3-10 — Estoril Open, CO (Albert Montanes)
May 3-10 — BMW Open, CO (Tomas Berdych)
May 4-10 — Serbia Open, CO (Novak Djokovic)
May 10-17 — Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid, CO (Roger Federer)
May 17-23 — Interwetten Austrian Open, CO (Guillermo Garcia-
Lopez)
May 17-23 — ARAG ATP World Team Championship, CO (Serbia)
Through-June 7 — Roland Garros, Paris, CO
June 8-14 — Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany, GO
June 8-14 — AEGON Championships, London, GO
June 14-20 — Ordina Open, Den Bosch, Netherlands, GO
June 14-20 — AEGON International, Eastbourne, England, GO
June 22-July 5 — The Championships, Wimbledon, England, GO
July 6-12 — Davis Cup II
July 6-12 — Campbell’s Hall of Fame Championships, Newport,
Rhode Island, GO
July 13-19 — Catella Swedish Open, Bastad, Sweden, CO
July 13-19 — Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany, CO
July 19-26 — Indianapolis Championships, Indianapolis, HO
July 26-Aug. 2 — Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland, CO
July 27-Aug. 2 — LA Tennis Open, Los Angeles, HO
July 27-Aug. 2 — Studena Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia, CO
Aug. 2-9 — Legg Mason Classic, Washington, HO
Aug. 10-16 — Rogers Cup, Montreal, HO
Aug. 16-23 — Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, Mason,
Ohio, HO
Aug. 23-29 — Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven, Connecticut, HO
Aug. 31-Sept. 13 — U.S. Open, New York, HO
Sept. 14-20 — Davis Cup III
Sept. 21-27 — Open de Moselle, Metz, France, HI
Sept. 21-27 — BCR Open Romania, Bucharest, Romania, CO
Sept. 29-Oct. 4 — Thailand Open, Bangkok, Thailand, HI
Oct. 5-11 — China Open, Beijing, HO
Oct. 5-11 — Japan Open, Tokyo, HO
Oct. 12-18 — Shanghai ATP Masters, Shanghai, China, HO
Oct. 19-25 — If Stockholm Open, Stockholm, Sweden, HI
Oct. 19-25 — Kremlin Cup, Moscow, HI
Oct. 25-Nov. 1 — St. Petersburg Open, St. Petersburg, Russia, HI
Oct. 26-Nov. 1 — Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Lyon, France, HI
Oct. 26-Nov. 1 — Bank Austria Tennis Trophy, Vienna, Austria, HI
Nov. 2-8 — Davidoff Swiss Indoors Basel, Basel, Switzerland, HI
Nov. 2-8 — Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain,
HI
Nov. 8-15 — BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, HI
Nov. 22-29 — Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, HI
Nov. 30-Dec. 5 — Davis Cup Final
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Champions League Final: Barcelona vs. Manchester United, 2:30 p.m. ET, Wednesday, ESPN
Ronaldo, Messi dueling for world’s best player
ROME—Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi?
Forget about which team wins Wednesday’s
Champions League final between Manchester
United and Barcelona, the debate over who really
is the best player in the world could be decided on
the field rather than by ballot.
Ronaldo has the official title right now, given to
him by FIFA after his 42 league and cup goals last
season helped Man United win both the domestic
Premier League title and the Champions League.
Having won the English league again with
Ronaldo contributing 18 goals, United could
repeat its double when it faces newly crowned
Spanish champion Barca at Rome’s Stadio Olim-
pico in a final that has long been desired by neu-
tral football fans.
It’s a final that pits probably the two best strike-
forces in club football. Yet the Ronaldo-Messi
comparison stands out.
For the past five years, both players have been
mesmerizing defenders with their footwork,
hammering home goals on a regular basis and
setting up chances for their teammates.
Different in build, they have contrasting ways
of beating opponents.
Ronaldo, famed for his step-overs and long-
range shooting power, uses speed to get past
defenders. Messi, much smaller and with a stac-
cato gait, plays as if the ball is glued to his feet and
manages to squeeze through gaps that don’t
appear to be there.
Both stars can also cause so much distraction
with their dribbling skills that defenders leave
their teammates wide open in front of goal. They
are invaluable to their teams and would command
huge transfer fees if either team decided to sell
them.
But which one is better?
It’s no surprise that Man United’s French
defender, Patrice Evra, favors his teammate. He
has faced Messi before and successfully kept him
quiet when United knocked Barca out in last sea-
son’s semifinals before going on to win the title.
“I was confident before the games because I
train every day against players like Ronaldo,
(Carlos) Tevez and (Wayne) Rooney,” the left back
Soccer
NOTEBOOK
Rome readies security for
Champions League final
ROME—About 5,000 ticketless
fans are expected for the Champi-
ons League final this week between
Manchester United and Barcelona.
Thousands of law enforcement
officers will patrol the area around
Olympic Stadium and the city
center as well as airports and sub-
way stations, officials said Mon-
day after a security meeting. The
patrols will begin Tuesday, a day
before the final.
Bans on alcohol sales will be
imposed from Tuesday until the
early hours of Thursday.
“Everything that could be done to
avoid incidents has been done,” Rome
Mayor Gianni Alemanno said.
An estimated 67,000 fans are
to attend the game, including
30,000 from England and
20,000 from Spain. Many are
expected to arrive through Rome’s
Leonardo da Vinci and Ciampino
airports starting Tuesday.
PAULO DUARTE / AP MATT DUNHAM / AP About 5,000 ticketless fans are
One season after leading Manchester United to a Champions League title, former FIFA player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo, expected from England, including a
left, has them back in the spotlight. Saturday, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, right, will attempt to lock down those honors himself. few dozen hard-core supporters, and
a few dozen from Spain, said Rome
said, referring to his United teammates. “You Ronaldo is the best player in the world if I play police chief Giuseppe Caruso.
have a lot of quality there.” well against Messi.” Another official, Prefect
But he knows how dangerous Messi can be, Perhaps Carlos Tevez, a teammate of Ronaldo’s Giuseppe Pecoraro, warned against
given just one chance. with United and of Messi’s with Argentina, counterfeit tickets. He said police
“Messi is a player who you can block 10 times,” summed it up best. had seized fake tickets, although he
Evra said. “But, if he passes you once and scores a “Everybody considers them to be the best foot- declined to give numbers, citing an
goal, everyone says: ‘Evra played very badly ball players in the world,” Tevez said. “Some peo- ongoing investigation.
against Messi.’ ple will say Messi is the best and some people will The security plan includes
“I need that challenge and I love to focus on that. say Ronaldo is the best. deploying 1,000 stewards inside
He does amazing things. He’s one of the best play- “For me, they are both as special as each other. the stadium. About 500 volun-
ers in the world. Ronaldo won the (FIFA award), To have them both on the same pitch should be teers of the Civil Protection
he scored 42 goals last season and won the Cham- great entertainment for the fans.” Department and 1,500 traffic
pions League. This is important. I can show — The Associated Press officers will beef up the police and
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 44
Carabinieri contingent.
Caruso declined to give an over-
all number of police forces
involved. About 30 police officers
evenly split from England and
Spain will help the Italians.
Barcelona’s Thierry Henry
and Andres Iniesta took part in
the team’s final training session
Monday before leaving for the
Champions League final against
Manchester United.
The Spanish champion said on
its Web site that neither player
trained fully at the Camp Nou due
to leg injuries but would likely be
available for Wednesday’s final at
Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
“They’re working hard and the
overall impression is good,” Bar-
celona midfielder Xavi Hernan-
dez said. “I think they will be able
to play.”
Henry injured his right knee in
a 6-2 win at Real Madrid on May
2, while Iniesta hurt his right
thigh in a 3-3 draw with Villarreal
a week later.
Henry has scored 25 goals this
season but missed the 1-1 semifi-
nal draw at Chelsea, where Inies-
ta’s injury-time equalizer sent
Barcelona through.
Barcelona is looking to become
only the fifth team to win three
major trophies in one season after
having also won the Copa del Rey.
“It comes at the best moment—
physically and psychologically,”
Xavi said of the final.
— The Associated Press
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Hole-in-one puts Swede in field for U.S. Open
Talk about a flair for the
dramatic.
Peter Hanson of Sweden grabbed
the last of the 11 places available
with a hole-in-one at the second
playoff hole Monday in final inter-
national qualifying for next
month’s U.S. Open at Bethpage
Black.
Raphael Jacquelin and Simon Khan
shot 9-under totals of 135 over 36
holes in Tadworth, England, to
head final international
qualifying.
“This game is just so stupid some-
times,” Hanson said. “Obviously I
am delighted to get through, but to
do it like that is unbelievable.”
Jacquelin went 67-68 and Khan
68-67 over the Old and New
Courses at Walton Heath, south of
London. They finished a stroke
clear of Simon Dyson, who added a 70
to his morning’s-best 66 to finish at
8-under.
Thomas Levet of France and Andrew
McLardy were at 137 with European
Tour rookie David Horsey a stroke
back.
Seventy-five players were com-
peting for 11 places over two rounds
on the two courses. There was fur-
ther drama as seven players shot
139 and played off for five spots.
Jose-Manuel Lara, Jean-Francois Luc-
quin, Johan Edfors and Francesco Moli-
nari birdied the first playoff hole,
leaving Hanson, Richard Bland and
Stephen Gallacher to battle for the last
spot.
Hanson grabbed it with the ace
on the second playoff hole, the 206-
yard 17th on the Old Course.
“We were between clubs on the
tee, but I thought that I would go
for a full 6-iron and play for the
middle of the green,” he said. “You
need a bit of luck with any hole-in-
one, and I got my share today.”
This will be Jacquelin’s first
U.S.Open after he failed to qualify
four times. “I played fantastically
today,” he said. “I hope I can play
the tournament the same way
because I hit the ball very straight
today, and I am going to have to do
that in America.
“I am delighted to be going—the
Majors are the tournaments we all
want to play in.”
David Toms missed the cut at the
Byron Nelson Championship in
Dallas over the weekend yet made
it into the next two majors.
The top 50 in the world rankings
after this week are exempt from
qualifying for the U.S. Open at
Bethpage Black and the British
Open at Turnberry. Toms slipped
only three spots to finish at No. 50,
by three-hundredths of a point
over Aaron Baddeley, who chose not
to play the Nelson and fell two
spots to No. 51.
Toms will get to skip 36-hole
qualifying June 8 for the U.S.
Open.
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano of Spain
birdied the 18th hole at Wentworth
for a 68 to tie for 11th in the BMW
PGA Championship on the Euro-
pean tour, earning enough points
to move up 11 spots to No. 49. It will
be his first U.S. Open.
Other players exempt from the
world ranking are Irish tenn Rory
McIlroy, Ian Poulter, Luke Donald, Alvaro
Quiros, Adam Scott and Justin Rose.
The U.S. Open also exempts the
Golf TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 45
INSIDE DISH
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)
U.S. Open qualifying Feb. 12-15 — AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am (Dustin
Johnson)
At Old and New Courses at Walton Heath Feb. 19-22 — Northern Trust Open (Phil Mickelson)
Tadworth, England Feb. 25-March 1 — WGC-Accenture Match Play Champion-
Par: 72 ship (Geoff Ogilvy)
(q-qualified; x-elimated in playoff) Feb. 25-March 1 — Mayakoba Golf Classic (Mark Wilson)
q-Raphael Jacquelin, France 67-68 — 135 March 5-8 — The Honda Classic (Y.E. Yang)
q-Simon Khan, England 68-67 — 135 March 12-15 — WGC-CA Championship, (Phil Mickelson)
q-Simon Dyson, England 66-70 — 136 March 12-15 — Puerto Rico Open (Michael Bradley)
q-Thomas Levet, France 70-67 — 137 March 19-22 — Transitions Championship (Retief Goosen)
q-Andrew McLardy, South Africa 71-66 — 137 March 26-29 — Arnold Palmer Invitational (Tiger Woods)
q-David Horsey, England 72-66 — 138 April 2-5 — Shell Houston Open (Paul Casey)
q-Jose Manuel Lara, Spain 72-67 — 139 April 9-12 — The Masters (Angel Cabrera)
q-Francesco Molinari, Italy 71-68 — 139 April 16-19 — Verizon Heritage (Brian Gay)
q-Jean-Francois Lucquin, France 68-71 — 139 April 23-26 — Zurich Classic of New Orleans (Jerry Kelly)
q-Johan Edfors, Sweden 73-66 — 139 April 30-May 3 — Quail Hollow Championship (Sean O’Hair)
q-Peter Hanson, Sweden 71-68 — 139 May 7-10 — The Players Championship (Henrik Stenson)
x-Richard Bland, England 68-71 — 139 May 14-17 — Valero Texas Open (Zach Johnson)
x-Stephen Gallacher, Scotland 70-69 — 139 May 21-24 — HP Byron Nelson Championship (Rory Saba-
Other scores tini)
Nick Dougherty, England 71-69 — 140 Thursday-Sunday — Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial,
Brett Romford, Australia 69-71 — 140 Colonial CC, Fort Worth, Texas
Markus Brier, Austria, 70-70 — 140 June 4-7 — The Memorial Tournament, Muirfield Village GC,
Alastair Forsyth, Scotland 71-70 — 141 Dublin, Ohio
Wade Ormsby, Australia 74-67 — 141 June 11-14 — Stanford St. Jude Championship, TPC South-
Simon Griffiths, England 72-69 — 141 wind, Memphis, Tenn.
Richie Ramsey, Scotland 71-70 — 141 June 18-21 — U.S. Open, Bethpage State Park (Black Course),
Paul McGinley, Ireland 74-68 — 142 Farmingdale, N.Y.
OLiver Fisher, England 71-71 — 142 June 25-28 — Travelers Championship, TPC River Highlands,
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Jean-Baptiste Gonnet, France 72-70 — 142 Cromwell, Conn.
Peter Hanson used a hole-in-one at the second playoff hole to lock up a spot in the U.S. Open. Gareth Maybin, Northern Ireland 73-69 — 142 July 2-5 — AT&T National, Congressional CC (Blue Course),
Marcus Fraser, Australia 71-72 — 143 Bethesda, Md.
Chris Wood, England 73-70 — 143 July 9-12 — John Deere Classic, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Ill.
top 10 from the PGA Tour money Daly hasn’t won on the PGA Gregory Bourdy, France 72-71 — 143 July 16-19 — The Open Championship, Turnberry (Ailsa
Phillip Archer, England 74-69 — 143 Course), Turnberry, Scotland
list through the Byron Nelson Tour since the Buick Invitational Daniel Vancsik, Argentina 70-73 — 143 July 16-19 — U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee, Brown
Championship. That group five years ago, and he has not kept Jamie Donaldson, Wales 73-70 — 143 Deer Park GC, Milwaukee
Peter Hedblom, Sweden 72-71 — 143 July 23-26 — RBC Canadian Open, Glen Abbey GC, Oakville,
includes Sean O’Hair, Nick Watney, Rory his card the last two years, having Sam Hutsby, am, England 69-74 — 143 Ontario
Sabbatini, Paul Casey and Dustin John- to rely on sponsor exemptions and Scott Strange, Australia 71-73 — 144 July 30-Aug. 2 — Buick Open, Warwick Hills G and CC, Grand
Miguel Rodriguez, Argentina 71-73 — 144 Blanc, Mich.
son. They also would have been eli- tournaments where he won, such Richard Finch, England 72-72 — 144 Aug. 6-9 — WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Firestone CC,
gible through the top 50 in the as the British Open and PGA Paul Waring, England 72-72 — 144 Akron, Ohio
Francois Delamontagne, France 72-72 — 144 Aug. 6-9 — Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, Montreux G and CC,
world. Championship. Reno, Nev.
He said he has received a spon- At Ryugasaki CC, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan Aug. 13-16 — PGA Championship, Hazeltine National GC,
Par: 72 Chaska, Minn.
John Daly’s suspension on the sor’s exemption to the St. Jude (q-qualified) Aug. 20-23 — Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield CC,
PGA Tour is over, and the two-time Championship on June 11-14 in q-David Smail, New Zealand 68-65 — 133 Greensboro, N.C.
q-Angelo Que, Philippines 70-68 — 138 Aug. 27-30—The Barclays, Liberty National GC, Jersey City, N.J.
major champion plans to return in Memphis, near his home. Daly said q-Sang Moon Bae, Korea 68-71 — 139 Sept. 4-7 — Deutsche Bank Championship, TPC Boston,
three weeks for the St. Jude Cham- he also has received an exemption q-Kaname Yokoo, Japan 71-68 — 139 Norton, Mass.
q-Shintaro Kai, Japan 70-69 — 139 Sept. 10-13 — BMW Championship, Cog Hill GC, Lemont, Ill.
pionship and U.S. Open from the Buick Open the last week Other scores Sept. 24-27 — The Tour Championship, East Lake GC, Atlanta
qualifying. in July, and he is hopeful of others. Prayad Marksaeng, Thailand 66-74 — 140 Oct. 1-4 — Turning Stone Restort Chamnpionship, Atunyote
Ryo Ishikawa, Japan 74-70 — 144 GC at Turning Stone Resort, Verona, N.Y.
Daly was suspended for six PGA Tour spokesman Ty Votaw Brendan Jones, Australia 73-72 — 145 Oct. 8-11 — The Presidents Cup, Harding Park GC, San Fran-
months in November after a series said the tour does not comment on cisco
Oct. 15-18 — Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children
of off-course incidents that brought player discipline; it never con- he had been suspended for the sec- Open, TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas
negative publicity, the most recent firmed that Daly was suspended, ond time in his career, and he said Oct. 22-25 — Frys.com Open, Grayhawk GC, Scottlsdale, Ariz.
Oct. 29-Nov. 1 — Viking Classic, Annandale GC, Madison,
a photo of him in an orange jail suit and now cannot confirm that a he found out two weeks ago while Miss.
with his eyes half-closed after suspension has been lifted. playing in Ireland that he had been Nov. 12-15 — Children’s Miracle Network Classic, Walt Disney
World Resort (Magnolia Course, Palm Course), Lake Buena
being locked up overnight in North Daly told The Associated Press reinstated. Vista, Fla.
Carolina to get sober. over the Christmas holidays that — The Associated Press
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com College Baseball TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 46
Tallahassee, Fla. Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser
Baseball regionals Tournament No. 1 seeds
Glance
Note: Game times TBA
Friday
Game 1 — Georgia (37-22) vs. Ohio State
(40-17)
Game 2 — Florida State (42-16) vs. Marist
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner
Sunday
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner
Texas selected top seed A list of No. 1 overall seeds since the
2007: Vanderbilt (Oregon State)
2006: Clemson (Oregon State)
2005: Tulane (Texas)
Double Elimination
At Clark-LeClair Stadium
Greenville, N.C.
Friday
Game 1 — South Carolina (38-21) vs. George
(31-26)
Saturday
Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner
Monday
Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner,
if necessary
At Lupton Baseball Stadium
for NCAA tournament NCAA expanded the tournament field to
64 teams in 1999, with eventual College
2004: Texas (Cal State Fullerton)
2003: Florida State (Rice)
Mason (42-12)
Sunday Fort Worth, Texas World Series winners in parentheses: 2002: Florida State (Texas)
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Friday
Game 2 — East Carolina (42-17) vs. Bingham- Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner Game 1 — Texas A&M (36-22) vs. Oregon State 2001: Cal State Fullerton (Miami)
ton (29-20) Monday (35-17)
Saturday Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, Game 2 — TCU (36-16) vs. Wright State (33-28) 2009: Texas (TBD) 2000: South Carolina (LSU)
Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser if necessary Saturday 2008: Miami (Fresno State) 1999: Miami (Miami)
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner At Jim Patterson Stadium Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser
Sunday Louisville, Ky. Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Friday Sunday
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner Game 1 — Middle Tennessee (43-16) vs. Van- Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser
Monday
Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner,
derbilt (34-25)
Game 2 — Louisville (44-15) vs. Indiana (32-
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner
Monday
Collegiate Baseball poll Baseball America Top 25
if necessary 25) Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner,
At Boshamer Stadium Saturday if necessary TUCSON, ARIZ.—The Collegiate Baseball DURHAM, N.C.—The top 25 teams in the
Chapel Hill, N.C. Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser At UFCU Disch-Falk Field
Friday Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Austin, Texas
poll with records through May 24, points Baseball America poll with records through
Game 1 — North Carolina (42-16) vs. Dart- Sunday Friday and previous ranking. Voting is done by May 24 and previous ranking (voting by the
mouth (27-16) Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Game 1 — Texas State (41-15) vs. Boston Col- coaches, sports writers and sports informa- staff of Baseball America):
Game 2 — Coastal Carolina (46-14) vs. Kansas Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner lege (33-24)
(37-22) Monday Game 2 — Texas (41-13-1) vs. Army (34-19) tion directors:
Saturday Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, Saturday
Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser if necessary Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser
Rcrd Pvs
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner At Oxford-University Stadium Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Rcrd Pts Pvs 1. UC Irvine 43-13 1
Sunday Oxford, Miss. Sunday
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Friday Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser 1. U.C. Irvine 43-13 490 1 2. Louisiana State 46-16 2
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner Game 1 — Missouri (34-25) vs. Western Ken- Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner
Monday tucky (39-18) Monday
2. Louisiana St. 46-16 489 2 3. Arizona State 44-12 3
Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, Game 2 — Mississippi (40-17) vs. Monmouth, Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, AP 3. Arizona St. 44-12 488 3
if necessary N.J. (32-23) if necessary 4. Cal State Fullerton 42-14 4
At Doug Kingsmore Stadium Saturday At Packard Stadium Texas’ Austin Wood (44), who has a 5-1 record and 2.58 ERA, helps make up a pitching 4. Cal. St. Fullerton 42-14 482 5 5. Texas 41-13 5
Clemson, S.C. Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser Tempe, Ariz. staff that is regarded as the deepest in college baseball this season.
Friday Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Friday 5. Texas 41-13-1 480 6 6. Rice 39-15 11
Game 1 — Alabama (37-19) vs. Oklahoma State Sunday Game 1 — Oral Roberts (31-13) vs. Cal Poly
(32-22) Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser (37-19)
6. Florida St. 42-16 478 7 7. Virginia 43-12 16
Game 2 — Clemson (40-19) vs. Tennessee Tech Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner Game 2 — Arizona State (44-12) vs. Kent State The University of Texas was Defending national champion 7. North Carolina 42-16 477 4
(30-22-1) Monday (42-15) selected Monday as the top seed Fresno State, the first team to 8. North Carolina 42-16 6
Saturday Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, Saturday 8. Rice 39-15 474 11
Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser if necessary Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser for the 64-team Division I base- win it all as a No. 4 seed in a 9. Oklahoma 41-18 8
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner At Alex Box Stadium Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner 9. Mississippi 40-17 471 8 10. Florida State 42-16 12
Sunday Baton Rouge, La. Sunday ball tournament. bracket, will play UC Irvine in
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser 10. Florida 39-20 469 9
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner
Friday Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser The Longhorns (41-13-1), who the first round of the Irvine, 11. Florida 39-20 9
Game 1 — Minnesota (38-17) vs. Baylor (29- Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner 11. Oklahoma 41-18 464 10
Monday 24) Monday won the Big 12 tournament for Calif., regional. UC Irvine is 12. Mississippi 40-17 7
Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, Game 2 — LSU (46-16) vs. Southern U. (30-15) Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 12. Louisville 44-15 462 17
if necessary Saturday if necessary the fourth time, will host one of ranked No. 1 in most national 13. Texas Christian 36-16 10
At Russ Chandler Stadium Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser At Anteater Ballpark 16 four-team, double-elimination polls, but is in arguably the tour- 13. Virginia 43-12-1 459 21
Atlanta Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Irvine, Calif. 14. Kansas State 41-16 17
Friday Sunday Friday regionals that begin Friday. It’s nament’s toughest bracket. It 14. Alabama 37-19 457 12
Game 1 — Elon (40-16) vs. Southern Mississippi 15. Louisville 44-15 20
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Game 1 — Virginia (43-12-1) vs. San Diego 15. Clemson 40-19 456 13
(35-23) Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner State (40-21) the second time Texas, coached includes ACC champion Virginia 16. Clemson 40-19 13
Game 2 —Georgia Tech (35-17-1) vs. Georgia Monday Game 2 — UC Irvine (43-13) vs. Fresno State by Division I career victories and Tony Gwynn’s San Diego 16. Georgia Tech 35-17-1 453 14
State (39-20) Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, (32-28) 17. Georgia Tech 35-17 14
Saturday if necessary Saturday leader Augie Garrido, has been State squad, with ace right- 17. Missouri 34-25 450 15
Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser At L. Dale Mitchell Park Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser 18. East Carolina 42-17 15
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Norman, Okla. Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner the No. 1 overall seed. hander Stephen Strasburg, the 18. Miami, Fla. 36-20 448 16
Sunday 19. Gonzaga 35-16 NR
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser
Friday Sunday “It’s an honor to be the No. 1 likely No. 1 overall draft pick. 19. East Carolina 42-17 447 18
Game 1 — Arkansas (34-22) vs. Washington Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser 20. Alabama 37-19 18
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner State (31-23) Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner seed, but we know all too well Strasburg is 13-0 with a 1.24 20. Coastal Carolina 46-14 445 26
Monday Game 2 — Oklahoma (41-18) vs. Wichita State Monday 21. Minnesota 38-17 21
Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, (30-25) Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, that being named No. 1 by some- ERA. 21. Texas Christian 36-16 441 19
if necessary Saturday if necessary one doesn’t get you anything,” The Big 12—Baylor, Kansas, 22. Elon 40-16 22
At McKethan Stadium Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser At Goodwin Field 22. South Carolina 38-21 440 20
Gainesville, Fla. Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner Fullerton, Calif. Garrido said. “You have to go Kansas State, Missouri, Okla- 23. Missouri 34-24 24
Friday Sunday Friday 23. Kansas St. 41-16-1 437 22
Game 1 — Miami (36-20) vs. Jacksonville (36-20) Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Game 1 — Georgia Southern (42-15) vs. Gon- play the games to earn the No. 1 homa, Oklahoma State, Texas 24. Coastal Carolina 46-14 NR
Game 2 — Florida (39-20) vs. Bethune- 24. Washington St. 31-23 434 27
Cookman (32-26)
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner zaga (35-16) that means something.” and Texas A&M—and South- 25. Middle Tennessee 43-16 NR
Monday Game 2 — Cal State Fullerton (42-14) vs. Utah 25. Oregon St. 35-17 432 —
Saturday Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, (26-29) The other national seeds, in eastern Conference—Alabama,
Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser if necessary Saturday 26. Cal Poly 37-19 428 25
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner At Reckling Park Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser order, are: Cal State Fullerton Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Sunday Houston Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner (42-14), LSU (46-16), North Car- LSU, Mississippi, South Caro- 27. Minnesota 38-17 426 24
Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser Friday Sunday
Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner Game 1 — Kansas State (41-16-1) vs. Xavier Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser olina (42-16), Arizona State (44- lina and Vanderbilt—each 28. Texas St. 41-15 423 29
Monday (38-19) Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner 29. Texas A&M 36-22 421 —
Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, Game 2 — Rice (39-15) vs. Sam Houston Monday 12), UC Irvine (43-13), Oklahoma received eight berths.
if necessary State (36-22) Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, (41-18) and Florida (39-20). — The Associated Press 30. Elon 40-16 419 —
At Dick Howser Stadium Saturday if necessary
SPORTING NEWS TODAY
University of Louisville runner wins L.A. marathon
Wesley Korir beat the rest of the field at the L.A. marathon with a 2:08:24 time.
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IN BRIEF
LOS ANGELES—Wesley Korir didn’t
know what to expect at the Los
Angeles Marathon.
The University of Louisville
runner just wanted to post a good
time in his first elite marathon. He
did that and more Monday, setting
a course record in capturing the
title, the 11th straight year a
Kenyan man has won.
“I felt good all the way,” he said.
Russia’s Tatiana Petrova was
the top woman, breaking away
from the pack after 19 miles.
Korir covered the 26.2 miles in a
personal best of 2 hours, 8 min-
utes, 24 seconds. Ethiopia’s
Tariku Jafar was second in
2:09:32 and Kenya’s Laban Kip-
kemboi was third in 2:10:29.
Paul Kosgei of Kenya was taken
to a hospital for dehydration but
was expected to be OK, race offi-
cials said. He finished in 2:21:10.
Korir averaged a 4:53.9 mile and
broke the 2:08:40 course record
set by Kenya’s Benson Cherono in
2006. He took the pace after 15
miles. He and Jufar exchanged the
lead several times down the
stretch, but Korir stepped up the
tempo when he passed the wom-
en’s field after 24 miles.
“I just felt really good and said it
was time to go,” he said.
He sprinted past the line and
didn’t look fatigued, flashing
smiles and shaking hands with
fans. He earned $100,000 as part
of The Challenge, a battle-of-the-
sexes format that allowed the top
women to start nearly 17 minutes
ahead of the men. He also picked
up an additional $60,000 for time
JASON REDMOND / AP bonuses.
In college, Korir ran 5,000-meter
TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2009 47
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
LOS ANGELES ANGELS: Activated OF Vladimir Guerrero from
the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Reggie Willits to Salt Lake
races. He turned heads in his 2008 second, gaining break points at (PCL).
marathon debut when he finished in 2-2, but once Britton escaped that NEW YORK YANKEES: Placed RHP Brian Bruney on the 15-
2:13:53 and also won three straight game, he went on to win five day DL, retroactive to May 20.
half marathons in 2008-09. straight games, including the first TAMPA BAY RAYS: Signed manager Joe Maddon to a three-
year contract extension through 2012. Placed 2B Akinori
Kipkemboi held the pace with of the decisive set. Iwamura and LHP Brian Shouse on the 15-day DL. Recalled
Korir until about 20 miles, then “I definitely picked up my serve LHP David Price from Durham (IL). Transferred OF Fernando
told his countryman to run ahead. in the second and third sets and Perez to the 60-day DL. Purchased the contract of LHP
“At the beginning I was feeling was able to attack his second Randy Choate from Durham.
National League
OK,” Kipkemboi said. “But after serve,” Britton said. “I started COLORADO ROCKIES: Purchased the contract of RHP Josh
20 miles, I felt tired so I didn’t mixing up the slice a little bit and Fogg from Colorado Springs (PCL). Designated RHP Matt
keep going with these guys. I ran just got better and better as the Belisle for assignment.
at my own pace. I told him if he felt match went on.” FLORIDA MARLINS: Placed LHP Renyel Pinto on the 15-day
DL. Purchased the contract of RHP Cristhian Martinez from
really strong to keep pushing.” Jacksonville (SL).
Cycling MILWAUKEE BREWERS: Purchased the contract of OF Frank
Tennis MONTE PETRANO, ITALY—Tour de Catalanotto from Huntsville (SL). Optioned LHP R.J. Swindle
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS—Mississip- France champion Carlos Sastre of to Nashville (PCL).
HOCKEY
pi’s Devin Britton and Duke’s Spain won the 16th stage of the
National Hockey League
Mallory Cecil overcame their Giro d’Italia on Monday, a gruel- NHL: Fined Chicago coach Joel Quenneville $10,000 for
inexperience on the final day of ing route made even tougher by public comments critical of League officiating following the
the NCAA Division I tennis 100-degree heat. May 24 game against Detroit.
tournament. Denis Menchov of Russia kept
The unseeded Britton became the leader’s pink jersey. Levi
the youngest men’s singles cham- Leipheimer of the United States Major League Soccer
pion ever, while fellow freshman was the day’s big loser, cracking EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Cecil claimed the women’s singles on the final climb and dropping Chicago 4 0 6 18 17 11
title at the Mitchell Tennis Center from third to sixth in the overall D.C. 3 1 7 16 17 15
Toronto FC 4 3 4 16 16 16
at Texas A&M on Monday. standings. Kansas City 4 4 3 15 15 13
Britton ended Ohio State senior Leipheimer finished 11th, 2:51 New England 2 3 4 10 8 16
Columbus 1 2 6 9 12 15
Steven Moneke’s 22-match win behind Sastre. The Montana rider is New York 2 6 3 9 10 13
streak with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory. 3:21 behind Menchov and acknowl- WESTERN CONFERENCE
Cecil continued her run against edged he would have lost even more W L T Pts GF GA
Chivas USA 7 1 3 24 15 6
Miami players, outlasting Laura time if not for Lance Armstrong. Seattle 4 2 4 16 14 8
Vallverdu 7-5, 6-4 in a 2-hour, The seven-time Tour winner was Houston 4 2 3 15 11 7
Colorado 3 2 4 13 13 11
20-minute match. up ahead with the other favorites Real Salt Lake 3 5 2 11 14 13
“It’s and awesome feeling, great but dropped back to escort Los Angeles 1 1 8 11 12 12
FC Dallas 1 6 3 6 9 17
for Mississippi tennis,” said Brit- Leipheimer up most of the climb. San Jose 1 6 2 5 9 19
ton, who turned 18 on March 17. “I “I would have lost much, much NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
definitely surprised myself and more time. He saved me minutes May 23 Games Saturday’s Games
didn’t see this coming. I just took and minutes,” Leipheimer said of Toronto FC 3, New England 1 Colorado at New York, 7:30 p.m.
D.C. United 0, Real Salt Lake 0, tie D.C. United at New England, 7:30
it one match at a time and didn’t Armstrong’s help. “You see the Kansas City 1, Chivas USA 1, tie p.m.
have any mental lapses.” difference between a seven-time FC Dallas 1, Los Angeles 1, tie Toronto FC at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Houston 3, San Jose 1 Columbus at Seattle FC, 10:30 p.m.
Moneke broke Britton once and Tour winner like Lance. He was Colorado 2, Seattle FC 2, tie Kansas City at Los Angeles, 10:30
won the first set in a swift 26 stronger and had to wait for me May 24 Game p.m.
Chicago 1, New York 0 Real Salt Lake at San Jose, 10:30
minutes. today. I just didn’t feel like I had it Wednesday’s Game p.m.
Moneke continued to put the today.” San Jose at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 31
Thursday’s Game FC Dallas at Chicago, 3 p.m.
pressure on Britton early in the — The Associated Press Chicago at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.