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STANLEY CUP FINALS

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your ques- Point totals from Detroit’s depth players:
tion, along Valtteri Filppula: 15 points
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NBA FINALS
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Top 25 players
It’s no surprise that Florida QB
Tim Tebow is No.
1 in Matt Hayes’
Return game Tom Brady isn’t the only superstar
battling to get back on the field
GAME 1:
ORLANDO AT L.A. LAKERS
Thursday, 9 p.m. ET, ABC

preseason rank-
ing of the top 25
players in college
football. But get
Tim Tebow this: Oregon QB
Jeremiah Masoli, the poor man’s
Tebow, is one to watch at No. 9.
The top three:
1. Tim Tebow, QB, Florida
2. Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma
3. Dez Bryant, WR, Oklahoma State
The complete list, Page 30
Scoreboard
Baseball
American League
N.Y. Yankees 5, Cleveland 2
Chicago White Sox 6, Oakland 2
Baltimore 1, Seattle 0
National League
Pittsburgh 8, N.Y. Mets 5
Florida 7, Milwaukee 4
Houston 4, Colorado 1
Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 3
Philadelphia 5, San Diego 3
Arizona 3, L.A. Dodgers 2
Defending Howard
BY ALBERT BREER
abreer@sportingnews.com
a key for Lakers
For much of May, the theme
Tom Brady said it. of the NBA playoffs was the
Bill Belichick did, ascendance of Cleveland’s LeBron
James. But, by the end of the East
too. finals, it was clear that theme had
The two-time changed—this was the ascendance
Super Bowl MVP of Orlando center Dwight Howard.
quarterback is After his 40-point, 14-rebound
effort in the series clincher, Magic
ready. Physically, at coach Stan Van Gundy said, “I don’t
least. But no one know what more he could do.”
knows better than TOM HAUCK FOR SN JAY DROWNS / SN DARRON CUMMINGS / AP The Lakers, who face the Magic in
Brady that his the Finals starting Thursday, aren’t
comeback is not Seahawks LT Walter Jones Chargers OLB Shawne Merriman Colts S Bob Sanders eager to find out if Howard can do
more. How they’ll defend Howard is
complete.
THE SITUATION: Seattle could’ve drafted THE SITUATION: The Chargers’ pass THE SITUATION: A big-timer with one of the key questions of the series.
“The reality is, in Eugene Monroe or Andre Smith to be the rush went from awesome to anemic real problems staying on the field, Lakers coach Phil Jackson is not
this sport, you heir apparent to Jones, who’s trying to when Merriman went on the shelf last Sanders endured a knee injury and a
one for double-teams, so it’s a safe
never really know,” bet that L.A. will play Howard straight
bounce back from microfracture knee September with torn ligaments in his high ankle sprain in 2008. The with Andrew Bynum. But Bynum’s
Brady said. “Any surgery. A 13-year vet, Jones still hasn’t knee. The plan is to limit him until the former is likely to land him on the injured knee has slowed him and
day can be your last returned to the practice field but said last start of training camp. “I feel really good physically unable to perform list to might force Jackson to scramble.
day in football.” month, “I’m not ready to put my cleats up.” and things are going well, but I’m going open training camp. Tall-but-thin Pau Gasol also will
Here are three THE CONTINGENCY PLAN: Current right to be smart about things,” he said. THE CONTINGENCY PLAN: If Sanders can’t get the call on Howard and even
other linchpin types tackle Sean Locklear is the logical THE CONTINGENCY PLAN: Larry English, go, the Colts will pair Melvin Bullitt with D.J. Mbenga might be called on for
replacement. Former Bengal Levi Jones chosen 16th overall, may have been the 2008 Pro Bowler Antoine Bethea. Bullitt a cameo.
who will face tests
visited and could fit on the right side, best pass rusher in the draft and is a improved during his nine starts last year, — Sean Deveney
in their comebacks which would allow Locklear to flip to the natural to play opposite Shaun Phillips if finishing with 72 tackles, four picks and
from injuries: left. The dark horse: rookie Max Unger. Merriman experiences a setback. nine passes defensed. More Finals questions, Page 7
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HOCKEY
Red Wings at Penguins
7 p.m., Versus
Detroit star Pavel Datsyuk (foot) didn’t play
in the first two games of the Stanley Cup finals,
and it doesn’t look like he’ll be ready for Game
3. It remains to be seen if the Red Wings even
need Datysuk—guys like Justin Abdelkader and
Darren Helm are chipping in offensively and
goalie Chris Osgood has vastly outperformed
Pittsburgh’s Marc-Andre Fleury. To top it all
off, each bounce is going Detroit’s way. The
Penguins still have two major trump cards in
Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, and they’ll
need them to come up big to avoid a 3-0 hole.
TENNIS
French Open
Noon, ESPN2
We’re not sure today’s quarterfinals matches
are made for the casual tennis viewer—Andy
Roddick and Rafael Nadal are out, and Roger
Federer is off, as are most of the big names in
the women’s field. That said, it might be worth
checking out Robin Soderling, who knocked
out Nadal, the four-time defending champ, on
Sunday. Soderling takes on on 10th-seeded
Nikolay Davydenko.
SOFTBALL
Florida vs. Washington
8 p.m., ESPN2
Washington easily won the first game of the
NCAA softball World Series final, shutting out the
Gators 8-0 behind a strong pitching performance
from player of the year Danielle Lawrie. Tonight,
the Huskies will have an opportunity to clinch
the title in Game 2 of the best-of-3 series. If past
performances are any indication, though, bet on
the Gators—Monday’s loss was their first since
March 29, and came on the heels of a 63-3 regular
season.
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BASEBALL / NATIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL / AMERICAN LEAGUE
Arizona 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 Philadelphia 5, San Diego 3 Baltimore 1, Seattle 0

Buckner, errors hurt Dodgers Phillies’ homers doom Padres Hill, Jones, Sherrill shine
LOS ANGELES—Billy Buckner Diamondbacks 3, Dodgers 2 Phillies 5, Padres 3 SEATTLE—Rich Hill missed the Orioles 1, Mariners 0
threw six scoreless innings and Arizona AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Philadelphia AB R H BI BB SO Avg. first six weeks of the season Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
F.Lopez 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .306 Rollins ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 .230 B.Roberts 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .294
rookie Josh Whitesell hit a two- G.Parra lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .319 Victorino cf 5 0 2 2 0 0 .295 with an injured elbow. He Ad.Jones cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .344
run double, leading the Ari- J.Upton rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .322 Utley 2b 4 1 2 2 1 0 .299 allowed seven runs in his pre- Markakis rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .298
S.Drew ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .221 Howard 1b 5 1 1 1 0 4 .264 A.Huff 1b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .264
zona Diamondbacks to a 3-2 Reynolds 3b-1b 3 1 0 1 1 2 .263 Ibanez lf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .333 vious start. The kid catcher Mora 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .270
Montero c 3 1 0 0 1 1 .217 Werth rf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .247 Scott dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 .322
victory over the Los Angeles C.Young cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .174 Feliz 3b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .299 calling his pitches Monday
Wieters c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .133
Dodgers on Monday night. Whitesell 1b 2 0 1 2 1 0 .133 Ruiz c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .305 night, Matt Wieters, was in his Reimold lf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .286
Zavada p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Blanton p 1 1 0 0 1 1 .071 C.Izturis ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .262
The Dodgers threw five wild J.Gutierrez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- b-Dobbs ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .154 fourth day in the major Totals 31 1 6 1 2 5
pitches, tying the franchise e-Ojeda ph-3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .267 S.Eyre p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- leagues.
Buckner p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Lidge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
record set on July 9, 1918, at St. b-R.Roberts ph-3b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .361 Against the anemic Mari- Seattle AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Totals 38 5 12 5 4 9 I.Suzuki rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .352
T.Pena p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Louis, according to the Elias Totals 32 3 5 3 5 11 ners, it just didn’t matter. Y.Betancourt ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .256
San Diego AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Beltre 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .227
Sports Bureau. Gwynn cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .310 Hill allowed two hits in seven M.Sweeney dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .230
Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Eckstein 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .240
Buckner (2-1) allowed four Pierre lf 5 0 3 1 0 0 .382 innings, Adam Jones and Branyan 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .319
Loretta 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Ad.Gonzalez 1b 2 1 1 1 2 0 .290 Jo.Lopez 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .226
hits, struck out five and walked Hudson 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .332 LENNY IGNELZI / AP Hairston lf 4 2 2 1 0 1 .331 George Sherrill flourished Balentien lf 2 0 0 0 1 2 .235
two. The right-hander, who Loney 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .284 Giles rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .193 against their former team and Ro.Johnson c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .186
Martin c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .266
Ryan Howard, above, followed Chase Utley’s homer with one of his own. Kouzmanoff 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .230 F.Gutierrez cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .255
began the season in the Dia- Ethier rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .255 Hundley c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .244 the Baltimore Orioles beat Totals 28 0 2 0 3 9
mondbacks’ bullpen, has Kemp cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .310 SAN DIEGO—The back-to- was just being aggressive. Jo.Wilson ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .196 Seattle 1-0.
J.Castro ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .341 Correia p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .273 Baltimore 000 001 000 — 1 6 1
allowed six earned runs over 18 c-Furcal ph-ss 2 0 2 1 0 0 .253 back home runs allowed by No need in making another Meredith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- The Orioles sent former ace Seattle 000 000 000 — 0 2 1
1-3 innings in three starts since Kuroda p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Joe Blanton didn’t hurt as bad pitch, especially after a-E.Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .177 Erik Bedard to the Mariners
a-Milton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thatcher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- E: Reimold (1), Y.Betancourt (9). LOB: Baltimore 6, Seat-
being recalled May 22 from Wade p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 much as the ones Kevin Cor- the second one. Make Gregerson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- for top outfield prospect Jones, tle 4. 2B: Ad.Jones (14), I.Suzuki (9). RBIs: A.Huff (39).
d-Blake ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .300 c-Headley ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .235 SF: A.Huff. Runners left in scoring position: Balti-
Triple-A Reno. Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- reia gave up. another one, you’ve got a tie G.Burke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- reliever Sherrill and three other
more 2 (C.Izturis, Scott); Seattle 2 (M.Sweeney 2). GIDP:
Tony Pena followed Clay Mota p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chase Utley and Ryan game. I just went back to Totals 30 3 6 2 2 6 players in February 2008. A.Huff, C.Izturis, Jo.Lopez. DP: Baltimore 1 (B.Roberts,
f-Hoffmann ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .188
Zavada and Juan Gutierrez out Totals 36 2 9 2 2 8 Howard hit consecutive throwing it like I did earlier. While Bedard has been slowed C.Izturis, A.Huff); Seattle 2 (Jo.Lopez, Y.Betancourt,
Philadelphia 002 020 010 — 5 12 0 Branyan), (Branyan, Y.Betancourt, Branyan).
of the bullpen and gave up RBI Arizona 020 000 010 — 3 5 1
home runs off Correia in the “I knew Gonzalez was hot San Diego 010 002 000 — 3 6 0 by injuries, Jones and Sherrill
singles in the ninth to Rafael Los Angeles 000 000 002 — 2 9 1 fifth inning and the Phila- and just attacked him and have blossomed in Baltimore. Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
a-flied out for Meredith in the 5th. b-doubled for Blan- R.Hill W, 2-0 7 2 0 0 3 7 106 4.15
Furcal and Juan Pierre before delphia Phillies beat Adrian just overthrew it. Hot hitter. ton in the 8th. c-struck out for Gregerson in the 8th. LOB: Jones doubled and scored the Ji.Johnson H, 9 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 3.04
a-grounded out for Kuroda in the 5th. b-walked Philadelphia 11, San Diego 2. 2B: Rollins (13), Victorino
posting his first save of the sea- for Buckner in the 7th. c-singled for J.Castro in the Gonzalez and the San Diego He got a ball over the plate only run on a sacrifice fly by Sherrill S, 11-13 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 2.49
(13), Ibanez (12), Dobbs (1). HR: Utley (12), off Correia; Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
7th. d-struck out for Wade in the 7th. e-doubled for Howard (15), off Correia; Ad.Gonzalez (21), off Blanton;
son. Closer Chad Qualls was J.Gutierrez in the 9th. f-flied out for Mota in the 9th. E: Padres 5-3 on Monday night up a little bit, and that’s what Aubrey Huff off Jarrod Wash- Washburn L, 3-4 7 6 1 1 1 3 102 3.22
Hairston (8), off Blanton. RBIs: Victorino 2 (27), Utley 2 Jakubauskas 2 0 0 0 1 2 25 6.17
unavailable because of stiffness F.Lopez (6), Kemp (1). LOB: Arizona 7, Los Angeles 9. 2B: for their fourth straight happens.” (35), Howard (41), Ad.Gonzalez (41), Hairston (23). CS: burn (3-4) in the sixth inning.
S.Drew (7), Whitesell (2), Ojeda (6), Hudson (17), Kemp
in his right forearm. (9). RBIs: Reynolds (31), Whitesell 2 (2), Pierre (21), win. Victorino and Utley had Gwynn (1). S: Blanton. Runners left in scoring posi- After Jim Johnson struck out
tion: Philadelphia 8 (Howard 2, Ruiz, Feliz 2, Victorino, Umpires: Home, Todd Tichenor; First, Mike Winters;
Furcal (11). SB: Reynolds (11), Pierre (11). Runners Second, Tony Randazzo; Third, Chris Guccione.T: 2:13. A:
The Dodgers’ bullpen was left in scoring position: Arizona 5 (Buckner, F.Lopez Gonzalez hit his major two RBIs apiece in the Rollins 2). DP: Philadelphia 1 (Rollins, Utley, Howard). two in a perfect eighth, Sherrill 16,979 (47,878).
responsible for each of the wild 3, Montero); Los Angeles 7 (Loretta 3, Ethier, Martin, league-leading 21st homer opener of a three-game Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA finished for his 11th save in 13
Pierre 2). DP: Arizona 1 (S.Drew, Whitesell); Los Angeles
pitches. Cory Wade, who hasn’t 1 (J.Castro, Hudson, Loney). in the sixth inning off Blan- series. Howard struck out Blanton W, 4-3 7 6 3 3 1 5 95 5.86 chances. Sherrill has 42 saves
S.Eyre H, 10 1 0 0 0 1 1 20 2.84
allowed an earned run in 14 1/3 Arizona IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
ton, followed by Scott Hair- four times. Lidge S, 13-17 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 7.40 and his only All-Star appear-
career innings against the Dia- Buckner W, 2-1 6 4 0 0 2 5 92 5.24 ston’s shot that pulled the San Diego surprised the San Diego IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA ance since Seattle traded him.
Zavada H, 3 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 Correia L, 1-4 4 1⁄3 10 4 4 3 5 98 5.37
mondbacks, threw three in the J.Gutierrez H, 2 1 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 2 23 3.00 Padres to 4-3. The Phillies defending World Series Meredith 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 7 2.95 “Boy, oh boy, I don’t know
seventh inning—one of which T.Pena S, 1-1 1 3 2 0 0 1 28 1.78 got an insurance run in the champions by taking two of Thatcher 2 0 0 0 0 1 29 0.00 we’ll see a better pitched game
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Gregerson 1 2 1 1 1 1 21 3.56
allowed Miguel Montero to Kuroda L, 1-1 5 3 2 2 3 6 86 2.53 eighth when pinch-hitter three games at Philadelphia G.Burke 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 1.17 than that,” Orioles manager
reach after a strikeout. Two- Wade 2 0 0 0 2 3 32 4.82 Greg Dobbs doubled and in mid-April. The fourth Dave Trembley gushed. “That’s
Leach 1⁄3 1 1 1 0 2 13 5.63 S.Eyre pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. Inherited
time All-Star catcher Russell Mota 1 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 20 6.53 scored on Shane Victorino’s game was rained out and runners-scored: Lidge 1-0, Meredith 3-0. IBB: off tremendous.”
Martin wasn’t able to prevent two-out bloop double. was rescheduled for July 23. Correia (Ruiz), off Gregerson (Utley). Umpires: Home, Ichiro Suzuki tied the Mari-
Inherited runners-scored: J.Gutierrez 1-0, Mota 2-1. Bill Hohn; First, Bruce Dreckman; Second, Paul Emmel;
two more wild pitches by rookie IBB: off Wade (Whitesell). WP: Wade 3, Leach 2. PB: “Solo home runs,” Blan- San Diego’s 10-game Third, Gary Darling. T: 2:39. A: 22,825 (42,691). ners’ record by hitting safely in
Montero. Umpires: Home, Brian Gorman; First, C.B.
Brent Leach in the eighth. Bucknor; Second, Angel Campos; Third, Gerry Davis. T: ton said. “We still had the home win streak ended. his 25th consecutive game.
— The Associated Press 3:12. A: 32,304 (56,000). lead. Two outs, nobody on, I — The Associated Press — The Associated Press No buggin’ Joba, Page 19
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Nation’s top prospect trims
list to eight after Auburn trip
Auburn hosted nearly two dozen
top recruits for unofficial visits
during the weekend, an experience
RB Marcus Lattimore, Sporting News’
No. 1 prospect in the class of 2010,
said was a blast.
Lattimore, from powerhouse
Byrnes High (Duncan, S.C.), on
Monday told Sporting News Today
that he updated his list of schools
while returning from Auburn, and
it now includes eight: Alabama,
Auburn, Clemson, Florida State,
Maryland, North Carolina, Penn
State and South Carolina.
“All of them are even, and I’m
going to take it slow from now on,”
Lattimore told SN Today. “I just got
a little sheet of paper and did it com-
ing back. I knew I had to do it soon.
I haven’t been to Maryland or Penn
State or Alabama yet, but I will.
“I just felt comfortable with all of
the coaches at the schools I picked.”
Lattimore said the trip to
Auburn, which was labeled Big Cat
Weekend, made a favorable
impression on him.
“They just didn’t want to relate
anything to football; they just
wanted some of the top recruits
they were after to get together and
meet each other and have some
fun,” he said. “I had a good time,
had a blast.”
The recruits watched the Lakers
beat the Nuggets to advance to the
NBA Finals, played pool, pingpong
and video games, and had pie,
watermelon and cake-eating con-
tests. They even did some decorat-
ing of Toomer’s Corner, rolling the
trees with toilet paper like fans do
RECRUITING DISH
Auburn coach Gene Chizik made a good impression on Duncan (S.C.) Byrnes RB Marcus Lattimore.
after an Auburn home victory.
The school is investigating
whether NCAA secondary rules
violations might have been commit-
ted during the weekend. Publiciz-
ing visits by prospects is
prohibited.
“Somehow it got out that we all
were there,” Lattimore told SN
Today. “People were there at Toom-
er’s Corner to support us. A lot of
alumni were there, and they
decided to toilet paper the trees.
We definitely felt the love from
Auburn. We had a great time the
whole time.”
SN Top 100 prospects Khairi Fortt,
Trovon Reed and Lache Seastrunk also
made the trip to Auburn. Seast-
runk, who is leaning heavily
toward Auburn and is good friends
with Lattimore, poked fun at Ala-
bama coach Nick Saban during the
visit. Seastrunk said on video:
“What’s up, Nick Saban? Wait
until we get here.”
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said of Seastrunk. “I couldn’t do
that. Especially not to Nick Saban—
he’s one of the best coaches ever.
Lache’s a good person, and he was
just joking around.”
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SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com Next Gen: NBA Draft TUESDAY, JUNE 02, 2009 6
Q&A with … G Patty Mills Q&A with … G Jeff Teague

Mills trying to ‘prove people wrong’ ‘I am confident in my ability to run a team’

As the star of St. Mary’s College the past two
years, and during a stint in the 2008 Olympics, Wake Forest guard Jeff Teague
the playoffs?
Australian guard Patty Mills looked as impres- is one of the more intriguing pros-
sive as any young guard on the planet. He spoke
with the Sporting News Today’s Dave Curtis last
week about an upcoming overseas trip, just
pects in this year’s draft. He’s a very
talented scorer and shooter, but at
6-1 (with shoes), he has point-guard
A: After he had that
breakway dunk, the
LeBron James dunk (in Game
missing last year’s NCAA tournament and the size. Convincing a team that he can 1 of the East finals), I called
end of his college career: run a team at the point will be the
him. That was nice, he went
key to where he gets drafted—or,
whether he gets drafted. Teague has up, he knew LeBron was

Q: You’re going to Italy soon for

the Treviso camp with many
of the top international players. It’s
not hired an agent and can return to
school. He discussed that, as well as
his NBA Finals-bound high school
coming, he didn’t let him
block the shot, though. I
called him, but he didn’t
teammate, with Sporting News
a rare move for a college player. Why answer. I texted him and told
Today’s Sean Deveney.
go? him, ‘Hey, that was a nice

A: Well, me being an international

player, I figure it’s a good oppor- Q: One thing that
always comes up
one.’ He laughed about it.

tunity to go over and experience a

different style of exposure. I can work
out in the camps and have a chance to
when you are mentioned in
terms of the NBA is the
question of whether you’re
SCOTT K. BROWN / AP
Wake Forest’s Jeff Teague, left, must convince NBA teams he can play point guard. Q: Is there a point
guard in the NBA
you’d like to play with?
play a little. It’s somewhere I believe I
can show off many of my strengths, one
being my speed. There are more oppor- JAY DROWNS / SN
a point guard or a shooting
guard. Have you been
getting that from teams as
Q: Where have you
been working out,
who has been training you?
am only a scorer and I can’t
pass to NBA players. The
beginning of my high school
A: There’s a lot of them,
really. I want to learn
from someone. I’d like to play
tunities for me to show that in the
international game.
St. Mary’s G Patrick Mills has impressed with his speed,
but still has to prove himself as a shooter and defender.
you meet with them and
work out? A: I spent the first part
of it working out in
career, all I was doing was
passing to Courtney Lee. He
with a great point guard—a
guy like Jason Kidd or Deron

Q: Is the international game

better suited for you? Would
you consider playing in Europe?
Q: The last star to come out of
your league was Adam
A: Yes, the teams have
been asking me what
my position is, and I tell them,
Indianapolis, with Ed
Schilling, he coached with
Memphis. He’s a really good
was a really good scorer in high
school. So, I have been playing
point guard for a while.
Williams or Steve Nash. When
Chris Paul comes back,
sometimes he will be back at
Morrison, and he’s struggled in the I can score. I don’t see being trainer, a good dude, he Wake and I will talk with him.

A: Not really. The goal is to play in

the NBA, and I’d like to do that as
pros. How much harder does that
make it for you to prove yourself?
able to score the ball as a
negative. But I let them know
worked me really hard.
Q: Were you as good as
Courtney in high
He helps me a lot. I want to be a
great point guard at the next
a first round pick. The experience at St.
Mary’s has been great. I wouldn’t be
leaving, if I go to the NBA, because of
A: There might be something to that.
Some people say there’s a differ-
ence between big schools and small
that I am confident in my
ability to run a team and pass
the ball. I can be a vocal
Q: You went to high
school with
Courtney Lee, who is
school?

A: No, not at first. Like I

bad things there (at SMC).
said, he was a great
level, but I know I have a lot to
learn. So, I’d like to be with
someone I can learn from.
schools and so on. You can only control leader, I can lead by example. doing pretty well these scorer in high school. For me,

Q: How much does it still sting to

what you can control, and that’s doing
the best you can in the camp.
I can be a point guard. days.

A: I did, yes, we were

I liked playing basketball, but
I didn’t really get serious Q: You still have not
made a decision on
miss this year’s NCAA
tournament?
Q: What’s the biggest Q: Is there too much
focus on trying to
high school team-
mates. My freshman year, he
about it till my junior year.
Before that, it was just a sport
what you’re going to do, as
far as staying in the draft

A: A lot. Being on the outskirts of

making the NCAA hurts a lot. play?
misconception about how you define you?

A: Yes, exactly. Point

was our star player and I was
the point guard.
I played. But then my coach
told me, “You know, if you
or returning to Wake
Forest. Where do you
But the way I see it, it can definitely be
motivation. The way I see it, not being in
the NCAAs, it makes you want to come
A: Um, not much really. People have
had questions about my shooting
and my defense, but I’d say those have
guard, shooting guard,
combo guard. I don’t like to
think of it that way. I tell Q: So you were not the
star player—you
apply yourself here, you can
go to a big school, you can
have a future in this.” It
stand on that now?

A: I don’t know. I haven’t

hired an agent, but I
to places like this and try to prove people probably been weaknesses. I’ve tried to people I am a basketball were passing to the star started then. am maybe leaning toward the
wrong. develop those things and get better at player. That’s what matters. I player. draft. But I am going to wait

Mills decides to stay in NBA draft, Page 31

them. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to
develop those areas and get a lot stronger.
can do a number of things out
on the court. A: That’s what’s funny
about it. People think I Q: Have you talked to
Courtney much in
and see and, possibly, I will
go back to school.
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NBA FINALS GAME 1:
KEY QUESTIONS
How, when to double opposing team’s star will be pivotal
BY SEAN DEVENEY | sdeveney@sportingnews.com
After more than eight weeks of playoff basketball,
we’ve finally come to this: Magic vs. Lakers, for the
NBA championship. The series gets started Thurs-
day, so in the meantime, all we have is questions …
Q: Will the Magic activate
the LeBron plan?
A: In the conference finals,
Cleveland’s LeBron
James put up astounding num-
bers, with 38.5 points, 8.3
rebounds and 8.0 assists. But
Orlando was selective in double-
teaming James, letting him get
his points while focusing on
guarding the Cavaliers’ sup-
porting cast. It worked. The
other Cavs shot 43.5 percent and
the team shot a mere 32.3
percent from the 3-point line.
This is almost certainly the
approach that the Magic will
take with Lakers star Kobe
Bryant, especially with the
luxury of two players—Court-
ney Lee and Mickael Pietrus—
who are excellent one-on-one
defenders. This approach might
be a tougher chore against the
Lakers, because Bryant’s
supporting cast is better than
that of James.
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Q: Who’s going to make
3-pointers?
A: If it’s the Magic, then the
Lakers are in trouble.
Orlando has hoisted 23.8
3-pointers per game in the
playoffs, and when they win,
they make 39.2 percent of them.
They shoot just 32.1 percent from
the 3-point line when they lose.
Defenses have a difficult time
with small forward Hedo Turko-
glu and power forward Rashard
Lewis (both are 6-10), because
they’re so big and such good
shooters. The Lakers, though,
have long defenders in Gasol,
Bryant, Trevor Ariza and Lamar
Odom, and have allowed just 31.3
percent shooting from the
3-point line in the playoffs.
They’ve also begun to get good
perimeter shooting themselves
after some early dry spells. Ariza
shot 50 percent on 3s in the
conference finals, and Odom
made 55.6 percent.
NBA
Q: Can the Lakers exploit
their size?
A: Gasol averaged 17.5 points
per game against Denver in
the conference finals, but he
averaged just 10 field-goal attempts
per game. That was baffling—
Gasol needs more shots. Now,
against Orlando, Gasol will be a
key, because the Magic have a
tough defensive choice. They can
play Lewis on him, but Gasol can
easily take advantage of Lewis in
the post. Or, the Magic can put
Howard on Gasol, in which case,
Gasol will step out to the free-
throw line. That will free up the
lane for cutters and allow Gasol to
show off his passing skill, while
potentially forcing Howard into
foul trouble. Throw in Odom, who
gives the Lakers a post-up option
off the bench, and the Magic will
have a difficult time matching up
with the Lakers’ big men. Remem-
ber, going against Philadelphia,
Boston and Cleveland, the Magic
have yet to face any real post-up big
men.
Q: Will we see Jameer
Nelson?
A: Huh? Nelson? Well, yes, it
is a possibility that the
Magic’s All-Star guard, out since
February 3 after injuring his
shoulder, could resurface in the
Lakers F Lamar Odom can score inside or out, and will have to show the same versatility on defense.
Finals. Here’s what Magic G.M.
Otis Smith told the Orlando
Sentinel: “It’s up in the air. We’ll
see how Jameer looks the next few
MARK J. TERRILL / AP
days. There’s a few more things
we have to get comfortable with.
We’re looking at the pros and
cons. Doctors will have to talk to
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doctors. If we’re at a place where
Jameer can help us accomplish
our goals, then maybe he can play
and give us some more punch.” Of
course, Nelson probably wouldn’t
be very effective after such a long
layoff, but he would certainly
provide an emotional lift. At the
very least, he does have the
Lakers’ number. In the Magic’s
two wins over L.A. in the regular
season, Nelson averaged 27.5
points, 6.5 assists and 5.0
rebounds.
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NBA FINALS GAME 1:
Bryant getting another chance to impact his legacy
LOS ANGELES—Kobe Bryant is star-
ing down the prospect of sharing
the court with Superman again.
Only this time, it’s Dwight Howard
and not Shaquille O’Neal who’s
wearing the cape that Bryant wants
to tug on.
Bryant and the Los Angeles Lak-
ers will be trying to win their first
NBA title without O’Neal when the
finals open Thursday against How-
ard and the Orlando Magic.
They failed to do so last year, los-
ing to Boston in a humiliating Game
6 defeat.
O’Neal was traded after Los
Angeles lost the 2004 finals to
Detroit, leaving Bryant the undis-
puted leader of a team that won
three straight championships at the
start of the decade. Bryant still bris-
tles at implications he had some-
thing to do with that.
“People that really know basket-
ball know that that stuff means
nothing,” Bryant said Monday,
deflecting questions on O’Neal. “It’s
nonsensical actually. You want to
win just to win it.”
Bryant, who turns 31 in August,
is completing his 13th season. He
kept to himself around his older
teammates early in his career.
Although he teamed with O’Neal to
lead the Lakers to three straight
championships, the two frequently
zinged each publicly.
Adding a fourth NBA champion-
ship to the gold medal he helped the
United States win at last year’s Bei-
jing Olympics would burnish Bry-
ant’s still developing legacy.
“You’re thankful to be in this
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position,” he said. “A lot of players
never get to this position once in a
career and I’ve been fortunate to be
here for six times now. It’s been
very, very lucky.”
Like O’Neal, Lakers coach Phil
Jackson also departed after the
2003-04 season, and later wrote a
book in which he called Bryant
“uncoachable.” Jackson then
returned after taking a season off
and has had a seamless relationship
with Bryant ever since.
But there have been big bumps in
the road.
Bryant implored the Lakers to
surround him with better players
in the summer of 2007, then
demanded a trade.
The team responded by adding
Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol,
and Los Angeles reached the finals
last year for the first time since
2004. Bryant also won his first
league MVP award a year ago.
Jackson initially noticed a change
in Bryant’s outlook two years ago.
“He ended up just racing away
with the scoring championship on
an incredible run of about 15 games
in a row,” the coach recalled. “When
we came back the next year we just
said we don’t want that type of ball
to happen again. We want more
inclusiveness. There was a whole
issue about us getting better talent
around him and that’s happened
over the last two years and here we
are.”
Bryant often talks about his love
for his teammates and the ways in
which he’s counseled them on
improving their games. Derek
NBA
On the verge of embarking on his sixth NBA Finals, 30-year-old Kobe Bryant is still trying to prove he can win a title as the first option on his team.
Fisher’s return last season clearly
benefited Bryant on and off the
court. They were teammates on the
Lakers from 1996-04 before Fisher
left for three years.
“He’s continued to recognize that
in order for him to accomplish some
of his individual goals, the team
goals have to match or exceed his
own goals,” Fisher said. “That
means other guys around him have
to perform at a high level. Things he
can share with them, he knows how
important that is, and how well we
take it when he does. He’s done a
great job at it the last couple of
CHRIS CARLSON / AP
years.”
And when his teammates strug-
gle, well, Bryant can always just
take over games himself. He did so
in the Western Conference finals
opener against Denver, scoring 40
points and making six free throws
in the final 30 seconds to cinch the
TUESDAY, JUNE 02, 2009 8
Ratings significantly
up from a year ago
NEW YORK—TV viewership is
way up for the NBA playoffs.
Ratings for the Western
Conference finals on ESPN
increased 32 percent from the
network’s conference finals
coverage last year. The East-
ern Conference finals on TNT
were up 30 percent from its
conference finals coverage in
2008.
For the entire playoffs,
TNT’s ratings were up 19 per-
cent from a year ago. ESPN’s
increased 12 percent.
— The Associated Press
victory after the Lakers trailed
most of the game.
“He’s just gotten more comfort-
able with where he is in terms of
what he’s capable of doing on the
floor and knows he can always
come back to that,” Fisher said.
After losing the 2004 finals, the
Lakers didn’t make the playoffs the
following season. They failed to get
out of the first round in 2006 or ’07,
increasing Bryant’s feelings of frus-
tration and impatience.
“It’s been a long haul to get back
here for all of us,” he said. “I cer-
tainly appreciate it even more. Once
you have that celebration and that
feeling of winning, of accomplish-
ment, you want to have it again.”
— The Associated Press
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NBA FINALS GAME 1:
Healing ahead of schedule, All-Star PG yearns to play
ORLANDO—Jameer Nelson can
shoot again. His injured right
shoulder can take contact, and he’s
been cleared by doctors to
practice.
Though that doesn’t add up to
Orlando’s All-Star point guard
being healthy enough to play in the
NBA finals, it does create a
dilemma for the Magic’s front
office.
Nelson said Monday that he has
been playing full-court games,
participating in contact drills and
will practice with the Magic for the
first time since tearing the labrum
in his right shoulder Feb. 2 against
the Dallas Mavericks.
“I’m a competitor,” Nelson said.
“No matter what the situation is, I
always think I can go out there and
get contact.”
He had what was then called
season-ending surgery Feb. 19.
Nelson’s rehabilitation was sup-
posed to take at least another two
months. Game 1 of the finals is
Thursday night in Los Angeles.
Magic general manager Otis
Smith and coach Stan Van Gundy
expressed doubt Monday whether
Nelson could seriously return for
the finals. Smith, who had repeat-
edly said Nelson will not play this
season, said Monday a quicker
recovery and the chance of win-
ning a championship has forced
him to at least take a look at
Nelson.
“It’s still no in my mind,” Smith
said, adding that the team will
explore the idea even if Nelson
doesn’t return for Game 1. “There’s
a very smidgen of a chance he can
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play.”
Orlando was 2-0 against the
Lakers this season. Nelson was
Orlando’s leading scorer in both
those games, averaging 27.5 points.
He has been lobbying the Magic
for a chance at playing since the
playoffs began, with each round
the team advances the idea—and
the talk—of him returning
growing.
But Nelson would likely just be a
shell of his All-Star form. He hasn’t
played in four months, and even he
admits it will be difficult to con-
vince the training staff and coaches
that he isn’t risking future
damage.
“A miracle has to happen,” Nel-
son said.
The Magic had the best record in
the NBA in January behind Nel-
son, who was having a career sea-
son. He averaged 16.7 points, 5.4
assists and 3.5 rebounds in 42
games this season.
But their title hopes took a major
hit after he was injured. A trade-
deadline deal that brought Rafer
Alston from Houston largely saved
the Magic’s season, allowing the
rotation to remain the same and
Anthony Johnson to continue to
provide solid play as Alston’s
backup.
The formula was enough to win
only the franchise’s second East-
ern Conference championship,
knocking off the defending cham-
pion Boston Celtics and eliminat-
ing MVP LeBron James and the
Cleveland Cavaliers.
Van Gundy said disrupting that
chemistry would be a concern.
NBA TUESDAY, JUNE 02, 2009 9
“You always worry about that,”
Van Gundy said. “But that’s just
the decision that I’ll have to make
after a couple of days and he’s prac-
ticing. ... But to me, four months is
a long time to be out to have two
practices and play in the NBA
finals.”
Nelson has been lauded by play-
ers and coaches during the playoffs
for his leadership. He has been sit-
ting between the coaching staff
and players on the Magic bench,
offering pointers during timeouts
and acting like “a fifth or sixth
assistant coach,” Smith said.
But Smith worried from the
beginning that Nelson would feel
excluded. The two met before the
playoffs to make sure Nelson
wasn’t tempted to rush back early.
“I just told him, ‘Don’t fall prey
to the trap,’ ” Smith said. “The trap
is, you want your team to do well,
but you don’t want them to do too
well because you feel like you’re
not needed or missed.”
Teammates say they would wel-
come his return.
Dwight Howard, one of Nelson’s
closest friends, said Nelson is a
“fearless” player who always
wants to do what’s best for the
team. But even Howard said Nel-
son’s comeback might be taking
too much of a chance.
“I just want him healthy,” How-
ard said. “He doesn’t have to play if
he doesn’t feel up to it. I’d rather
see him healthy more than any-
thing because his career in the long
run is more important. This is just
one series.” MARK J. TERRILL / AP
— The Associated Press Magic All-Star PG Jameer Nelson (14) has returned to practice after missing more than three months with a shoulder injury.
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INSIDE DISH Playoff leaders
Scoring Average
Varejao opting out, LeBron non-committal about future James, CLE
G
14
FG
159
FT
149
PTS
494
AVG
35.3
Bryant, LAL 18 184 137 533 29.6
The post-mortem on the Cavaliers’ season didn’t this thing on a few different tracks right now. Do
Wade, MIA 7 68 50 204 29.1
feature many unexpected surprises. C Zydrunas we use the second pick? Do we move back in the
Parker, SAN 5 59 22 143 28.6
Ilgauskas said that he was not planning on opting draft? Do we move it for a veteran? Do we use our
Anthony, DEN 16 146 119 435 27.2
out of the final year of his contract. PF Anderson other picks, No. 27 and 36, or try to bundle them?
Nowitzki, DAL 10 88 86 268 26.8
Varejao, who did not meet with the media, will opt There are so many things going on and we are still
Roy, POR 6 56 40 160 26.7
out of his contract and hit the free-agent market looking at all of our options. We have plenty of
Gordon, CHI 7 52 49 170 24.3
this summer, according to The (Cleveland) Plain- time before the draft. The rumors are very, very
Howard, ORL 18 140 110 390 21.7
Dealer. And SF LeBron James, of course, wasn’t giv- premature at this point.”
Iguodala, PHL 6 44 30 129 21.5
ing out a firm commitment about signing an — Sean Deveney
Miller, PHL 6 48 28 127 21.2
extension with the team.
Pierce, BOS 14 95 85 294 21.0
“I haven’t thought about it just yet,” James told The Sixers introduced their new coach, Eddie
Billups, DEN 16 90 106 330 20.6
reporters. “I’m just going to take time off from Jordan, who takes over after being fired by the Wiz-
Boozer, UTA 5 38 27 103 20.6
basketball and not think about contracts or the ards at the start of the season. Sixers G.M. Ed Stefan-
Williams, UTA 5 29 34 101 20.2
game period. I’ll relax with my family we’ll figure ski, who had worked with Jordan in New Jersey, said
Duncan, SAN 5 41 17 99 19.8
out once it comes from them.” that the team had given legitimate consideration to
Rose, CHI 7 59 20 138 19.7
Perhaps the only surprise came from PF Ben Wal- several other candidates, including Boston assistant
Aldridge, POR 6 51 14 117 19.5
lace, who suggested that he might retire. That could Tom Thibodeau, former Timberwolves coach Dwayne
Lewis, ORL 19 126 80 368 19.4
be good news for the Cavs—it would give Cleveland Casey and Lakers assistant Kurt Rambis. What sealed
R. Allen, BOS 14 83 55 256 18.3
a bit of salary relief, which could be used to either the hiring of Jordan was the second interview, in
sign Varejao or pursue another forward. which Jordan talked inside strategy. “We came
away wowed,” Stefanski said. “This is the guy for Rebounds
James won’t be fined for blowing off report- us. He fits our need as a leader from a communica- G OFF DEF TOT AVG
ers after Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals, tion standpoint. He fits our need as an X and O guy Howard, ORL 18 81 196 277 15.4
ESPN.com reported Monday. and the development of young players.” Boozer, UTA 5 12 54 66 13.2
The NBA’s MVP stormed out of Orlando’s Noah, CHI 7 28 64 92 13.1
Amway Arena without speaking to the media Perhaps it should not be a big surprise that Perkins, BOS 14 51 111 162 11.6
Saturday night after the Cleveland Cavaliers were teams so often flub the NBA draft. Consider what Gasol, LAL 18 58 145 203 11.3
ousted from the playoffs 103-90 by the Magic. Davidson G Stephen Curry told Sporting News’ Chris Nowitzki, DAL 10 12 89 101 10.1
“We are not going to fine LeBron for that,” NBA Littman about his interviews with NBA front- Rondo, BOS 14 32 104 136 9.7
spokesman Tim Frank told ESPN radio. “We haven’t office executives during the draft combine, which Odom, LAL 18 54 117 171 9.5
had any issues with him before at all.” took place in Chicago last week. James, CLE 14 19 109 128 9.1
“One team asked who my dad was and what his Haslem, MIA 7 13 48 61 8.7
Everyone is fairly certain about what the Clip- name was, which was kind of funny,” Curry said.
pers plan to do with the No. 1 pick—select PF Blake “I figured that was a given, but that was good.” Assists
Griffin. But after that, the draft is wide open, and it Curry’s dad, of course, is Dell Curry, a 16-year G AST AVG
appears that the key to the whole thing is Mem- NBA veteran and former Sixth Man of the year. Williams, UTA 5 54 10.8
phis, holding the No. 2 pick. Already, the rumor Paul, NOR 5 52 10.4
mill has the Grizzlies taking C Hasheem Thabeet. Or A woman in Denver filed suit in civil court Rondo, BOS 14 137 9.8
taking PG Ricky Rubio. Or trading the pick to Sacra- against Lakers G Shannon Brown, alleging a sex- James, CLE 14 102 7.3
mento for the No. 4 pick and a player. Or trading related incident that took place in January, before Billups, DEN 16 109 6.8
the pick for an established, veteran big man. Brown was traded to the Lakers. Brown denied Parker, SAN 5 34 6.8
“Honestly, I find all of it funny,” G.M. Chris Wal- any wrongdoing and said there was nothing to the Iguodala, PHL 6 40 6.7
lace told SN Today. “All we can do is go about our incident. “The truth is going to come out,” he told Rose, CHI 7 45 6.4
AMY SANCETTA / AP business. It’s understandable and I appreciate the reporters. “I didn’t do nothing. I’m innocent. I’m Blake, POR 6 37 6.2
Cavs F Anderson Varejao, left, said he plans to opt out of the final year of his contract and test the market. interest people have in it. But, we are evaluating just going to let it take its course.” Kidd, DAL 10 59 5.9
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STANLEY CUP FINALS

S GAME 3: DETROIT AT PITTSBURGH Tonight, 8 ET, Versus

Surprising Abdelkader has knack for scoring big goals

DETROIT—Following a team meeting
on Monday, the Detroit Red Wings met
with the media before heading to Pitts-
burgh for tonight’s Game 3 of the Stan-
ley Cup finals. The moment Justin
Abdelkader appeared in front of his
locker room stall, the rush of cameras
and media quickly
closed in around him.
And nobody was
surprised.
Stars like Marian
Hossa and Henrik
Zetterberg could have
walked by and it
Craig Custance wouldn’t have mat-
HOCKEY tered. On Monday,
Abdelkader was the
story.
The kid from Muskegon, who grew
up a Michigan State and Red Wings
fan, is outscoring Sidney Crosby and
Evgeni Malkin—combined. His two
goals double the total of the Penguins’
two stars.
Jimmy Howard, the Red Wings
goalie of the future and Abdelkader’s
teammate for most of the season in the
AHL, looked at the crowd and smiled.
None of it will faze the player team-
mates call Abby.
“He’s pretty low key,” Howard said.
“This shouldn’t bother him too much.
He’s a good guy.”
Abdelkader’s Game 1 and Game 2
goals have been monumental for the
Red Wings. Both came at nearly the
same moment of the third period and
both opened two-goal leads. At this
point in the season, wrestling a two-
goal lead away from the veteran Red
Wings is next to impossible.
But Abdelkader drew some raised
eyebrows when he was asked where his
first NHL playoff goal ranked among
the big goals he’s scored in his life.
He thought for a moment. “It’s right
up there,” he answered.
Right up there? He had never scored
an NHL goal, and the one that sealed a
Stanley Cup final game was only “right
up there?”
Turns out, scoring big goals is noth-
ing new for the 22-year-old center. Rick
Comley still knows exactly the time
that remained on the scoreboard when
Abdelkader scored the goal he consid-
ers his biggest: 18.9 seconds.
That was a goal against Boston Col-
lege in the 2007 Frozen Four that won
Abdelkader’s Michigan State Spartans
a national championship.
So when Comley, Michigan State’s
coach, sees Abdelkader scoring big
goals in the Stanley Cup playoffs, he’s
not surprised. Abdelkader was a win-
ner in high school and in college, and he
could be helping the Red Wings win
another Stanley Cup.
Winning, and big goals, seem to fol-
low this kid. And Comley thinks he
knows why.
“The passion,” Comley told Sporting
News Today. “He works hard, he’ll block
shots, he doesn’t complain, he loves the
game…. His willingness to throw his
body around is the perfect tonic right
now.”
Comley especially appreciated that
the Michigan State fight song was
played over the Joe Louis Arena sound
system after Abdelkader scored Sun-
day night.
Not that East Lansing needed a rea-
son to root for the Red Wings, but Com-
ley said the area is getting especially
swept up in this Cup run, thanks to
Abdelkader’s part in it.
And everyone seems to be calling and
texting Abdelkader to share support. “I
guess I’ll have to return those at a later
date,” Abdelkader said.
“I think he’ll probably shut his phone
off now,” Comley joked.
Abdelkader is the third Red Wings
player who spent a majority of the sea-
son in the AHL and now is making a
major contribution during the playoffs.
First, Jonathan Ericsson emerged as
a legitimate top four defenseman in the
first round against the Blue Jackets. Of
the 59 games Ericsson played in the
regular season this year, 40 were in
Grand Rapids.
Darren Helm emerged after Ericsson
and might be the only player during
this run to get a standing ovation for
single-handedly killing a penalty
against the Blackhawks. Helm played
55 games this season in Grand Rapids.
And now there’s Abdelkader. He
played 76 games in Grand Rapids, scor-
ing 24 goals.
Both Abdelkader and Helm still are
looking for their first career regular-sea-
son NHL goals. Remarkably, they’ve now
combined for seven career NHL playoff
goals—five during this postseason.
Give credit to the patience of Detroit
general manager Ken Holland and to
Grand Rapids coach Curt Fraser, who
is a former NHL head coach. But most
of all, give credit to the kids making the
most of an incredible opportunity.
“I’m just going about my daily busi-
ness,” Abdelkader said. “Maybe in the
summer I can reflect on everything. I’m
just trying to live in the moment.” FRANK GUNN / AP
ccustance@sportingnews.com Justin Abdelkader spent most of his season in the AHL, but that didn’t stop him from scoring key goals in the final’s first two games.
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STANLEY CUP FINALS
S GAME 3:
Osgood challenges critics with Cup excellence
DETROIT—Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood
and general manager Ken Holland have known
each other for more than two decades.
If Osgood isn’t a Hall of Famer in another 20
years, Holland will be surprised.
“He’s certainly making a case,” Holland said
Monday.
No doubt.
Osgood helped the Detroit beat the Pittsburgh
Penguins 3-1 Sunday night, taking a 2-0 lead in
the Stanley Cup finals.
He improved to 10-2 when an NHL title is on
the line, lowered his goals-against average to 1.47
and raised his save percentage to .937 in his 13th
appearance.
“I think he’s playing the best hockey of his
career,” Holland said.
In the Stanley Cup finals, he’s playing excep-
tionally well. No other goalie in the past 20 years
has a better record in his first 12 games, accord-
ing to STATS, LLC. Martin Brodeur, who back-
stopped the New Jersey Devils to Cup wins in
1995 and 2000. won nine of his first dozen. He’s
15-9 in the finals, behind Patrick Roy at 14-8.
But they both still trail Osgood.
Osgood had an NHL-best 1.55 GAA during
the playoffs last year when he helped Detroit
hoist the Cup one decade after being its No. 1
goalie in the 1998 championship season.
He’s been pretty good in the regular season,
too, even though he gave up more than three
goals a game for the first time in his 15 seasons.
Osgood, from Peace River, Alberta, has won
389 games in the regular season, tying him with
former teammate Dominik Hasek for 10th on
the all-time list and trailing just Martin Brodeur
and Curtis Joseph among active goalies.
By the time Osgood’s current contract expires
in two years, he’ll have a chance to pass Jacques
Plante, Tony Esposito, Glenn Hall and Grant
Fuhr on the wins list.
“When I’m done playing, I’ll look back at what
I’ve done,” Osgood said. “Players always get
appreciated more when they’re retired than
DETROIT AT PITTSBURGH
After two series-opening wins, Red Wings G Chris Osgood is now 10-2 with a 1.47 GAA in the Stanley Cup finals.
actually still playing.”
Osgood seems to be the perfect example. When
the Red Wings win, his contributions rarely are
highlighted. When they lose, he often takes the
blame. Does he get enough respect?
“That’s something that’s been overplayed,” he
said. “It’s not a tough place to play goal. It’s a fun
place to play.”
The Penguins hope to take the fun out of
Osgood’s outlook, starting with Game 3 tonight
in Pittsburgh.
They want to put more pucks on him and bod-
ies around him.
“We had a few pucks laying around him last
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Tonight, 8 ET, Versus
NOTEBOOK
Datsyuk likely out; Draper could sit
PITTSBURGH—Hart Trophy finalist
Pavel Datsyuk, who has missed five
games with a foot injury, is likely to
remain out of Detroit’s lineup in
Game 3. Datsyuk was the NHL’s
fourth-leading scorer with 97
points during the season.
Detroit coach Mike Babcock said
the most recent exam of Datsyuk’s
foot was encouraging.
“Everything seems to be good,”
Babcock said after the Red Wings
arrived in Pittsburgh on Monday.
“So now it’s a matter of when he’s
ready.”
Four-time Stanley Cup winner
Kris Draper of Detroit is healthy
enough to play in Game 3, so it won’t
be his groin injury that likely keeps
him off the ice.
“I’m not a big-change guy, espe-
cially when things are going good,”
Babcock said. “We’ll see.”
If the Red Wings put Draper in
the lineup, they would likely have
to scratch one of their young play-
PAUL SANCYA / AP ers such as Justin Abdelkader or
Ville Leino.
“Do I want to play? Absolutely,”
game,” forward Chris Kunitz said. said Draper, who has appeared in
After Osgood hangs up his skates for good— four playoff games this spring. “It
and that might not be anytime soon—his body of doesn’t get any better than this, it’s
work will be put to the test by those who enshrine the greatest time of year. But all I’m
hockey’s best in Toronto. going to do is support whatever the
Holland has a rebuttal waiting for critics who call is either way.”
discount Osgood’s accomplishments because he
plays for a dominant franchise. What others might see as frus-
“I chuckle when I hear people say, ‘Well, he tration, Penguins coach Dan
just plays on a good team,’” Holland said. “Does Bylsma sees as determination.
everybody think the Hall of Fame goalies played Each of his stars, Sidney Crosby
on bad teams, and Osgood is the only guy who and Evgeni Malkin, showed some
played on a good team?” exasperation while the Penguins
— The Associated Press were losing the first two games of
TUESDAY, JUNE 02, 2009 12
the finals in Detroit by 3-1 scores on
Saturday and Sunday. Crosby
screamed at former teammate Mar-
ian Hossa and used his stick on
Kirk Maltby’s foot in Game 1, while
Malkin fought with Henrik Zetter-
berg at the end of Game 2.
“You worry as a coach about frus-
tration, and frustration is when you
can’t let go of previous events,”
Bylsma said. “I think, for the most
part, our guys have been able to.
They’re emotionally attached. They
want to do well, they want to drive.
Detroit is doing a good job of resist-
ing that and being on our guys.”
Because Pittsburgh gets to make
the final line change at home,
Bylsma is certain to separate Crosby
from Zetterberg, which might cre-
ate more room—and less frustra-
tion—for Crosby.
“We may give him different looks
depending on the situation,” Bylsma
said.
Even with his rooting interest,
Detroit coach Mike Babcock has
found the Crosby vs. Zetterberg
“game within a game” matchup to
be intriguing.
“Fantastic to watch just as a fan of
the sport, with how hard they’re
competing against each other,” Bab-
cock said. “It’s great to see in (Pitts-
burgh’s Jordan) Staal and Helm,
and what a battle it’s been thus far.”
Last spring, Crosby was held
without a point in the first two
games in Detroit, but scored two
goals as Pittsburgh got back into
the series by winning 3-2 in Game 3
at home. The Penguins went on to
lose in six games.
— The Associated Press
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STANLEY CUP FINALS
S GAME 3:
For Pens’ Guerin, Cup finals are a long way from Long Island
PITTSBURGH—Bill Guerin was in
limbo as the NHL trade deadline
approached.
It was clear his days with the last-
place New York Islanders were
done, and just a matter of time
before he was unloaded. When the
chance came to join the Pittsburgh
Penguins and play alongside Sid-
ney Crosby, Guerin was ready.
“Playing with Sid has been great,”
said Guerin, who is 38 and in the
Stanley Cup finals for the first time
since 1995. “He has really forced me
to pick up my game, which has been
nice. He has done a lot for me.”
Guerin scored five goals and
added seven assists in 17 regular-
season games after the March 4
trade as the Penguins rose from out
of the playoff picture to the No. 4
seed in the East.
In 19 playoff games, Guerin has
chipped in seven more goals and 15
points—making him Pittsburgh’s
third-highest scorer.
“Coming to Pittsburgh and being
involved in games that, I hate to use
‘mean something’ because all the
games mean something, but right
away my first game with the Pen-
guins in Florida we were fighting
for our playoff lives,” Guerin said.
“My second game was in Washing-
ton, so it was the Crosby-Ovechkin
rivalry. It just felt really good to be
involved in big games again and
having a significant role in those.
“I definitely needed it because I am
an emotional player. When games
just start being games and not mean-
ing much, I think it affects me.”
That is exactly what happened on
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Playoff scoring leaders (Through May 31)
GP G A PTS
Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh 19 13 17 30
Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh 19 14 14 28
Alexander Ovechkin, Washington 14 11 10 21
Johan Franzen, Detroit 18 11 9 20
Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit 18 9 10 19
Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim 13 4 14 18
Eric Staal, Carolina 18 10 5 15
Bill Guerin, Pittsburgh 19 7 8 15
Martin Havlat, Chicago 16 5 10 15
Nicklas Backstrom, Washington 14 3 12 15
Valtteri Filppula, Detroit 18 2 13 15
Patrick Kane, Chicago 16 9 5 14
Corey Perry, Anaheim 13 8 6 14
Daniel Cleary, Detroit 18 8 6 14
Marian Hossa, Detroit 18 6 8 14
acquire him, that in the hole that we Guerin, who can become a free
had, could he rekindle the magic agent this summer, is no stranger to
and enthusiasm for the game? being a rental player. It didn’t work
Because we thought he could still out when he was sent from St. Louis
skate. Obviously, he’s answered to San Jose in 2007. He had no play-
that question and he’s done a great off goals and two assists, and the
job. He’s always had a winning Sharks didn’t make a long run.
GERRY BROOME / AP background, no different than Rus- “He’s brought a lot certainly on
Though the Red Wings have held him to one point in the finals so far, Bill Guerin has left his mark on the Penguins since arriving midseason. lan Fedotenko, Miroslav Satan.” the ice,” Crosby said. “He’s played
Fedotenko and Satan were also great. He’s got a great shot. He’s a
Long Island, where Guerin was in youngsters more ice time at the summer. lost in New York’s transition and big body out there. He can make
the last season of a two-year deal expense of veterans like Guerin, All it took was a conditional draft left the Islanders as free agents smart, simple plays.
but suddenly caught up in a youth who had 16 goals and 20 assists in pick. In his first game with the Pen- before this season. Satan was forced “Off the ice he’s provided a lot of
movement. Rookie coach Scott Gor- 61 games with New York. guins, Guerin earned his 800th NHL to go to the minors upon Guerin’s leadership and provided that experi-
don joined the Islanders from the When Guerin became expend- point by assisting on Crosby’s goal. arrival to free salary cap space. He ence for us. For me, personally, he’s
AHL, and by the time Christmas able, Penguins general manager “We had scouted him quite a bit has returned and put up a goal and been a guy I can lean on ... bounce
came, it was obvious New York Ray Shero jumped at the chance to the last month, month-and-a-half five assists during the playoffs. things off of. He keeps things pretty
would be near the bottom of the land a scoring forward—a position or so,” Shero said. “He certainly Fedotenko had scored in three loose. He’s a guy that’s fun to be
standings all season. unfilled since Marian Hossa left the was not at the top of his game. straight games before being blanked around, so he’s really helped.”
Gordon gave his up-and-coming Penguins for the Red Wings last “We just felt that given the cost to by the Wings in Game 2. — The Associated Press
SPORTING NEWS TODAY
Martin returns to his roots, becomes new Canadiens coach
Jacques Martin had spent the last three seasons as the Panthers’ general manager.
www.sportingnews.com NHL
INSIDE DISH
It was an opportunity Jacques Martin
couldn’t pass up.
The St. Pascal, Ont., native is leav-
ing his job as general manager of the
Florida Panthers to become the new
coach of the Montreal Canadiens.
Martin admitted the decision didn’t
take long to make.
“The challenge, the opportunity to
come back to my roots, French-Cana-
dian, knowing the passion that exists
in this market,” he told a news confer-
ence in Montreal Monday. “This is a
tremendous opportunity to join this
organization. When you look at the
players who are in the organization,
there is a strong nucleus, a strong base
to build a winning team and I’m really
looking forward with excitement to
leading this team next year.”
Martin is a former coach of the
Blues, Senators and Panthers, who he
guided for four seasons before taking
over as G.M. in 2006. Martin has a
career coaching record of 517-406-119
and a .551 winning percentage.
Martin, who won the Jack Adams
Trophy as coach of the year with
Ottawa in 1999, replaces G.M. Bob
Gainey, who finished the season as
coach after firing Guy Carbonneau on
March 9. Carbonneau’s dismissal
was part of a roller-coaster season
that began with Stanley Cup hopes
but ended with a disappointing first-
round playoff exit.
GRAHAM HUGHES / THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP Martin and Gainey already have
discussed the future.
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“I really believe this organization
is rich in people and that is a very
important ingredient,” Martin told
reporters. “We had the opportunity
to discuss at length, to talk about phi-
losophy, talk about operations, talk
about players, talk about the league.
“I was really excited by those con-
versations with Bob. It’s good
chemistry.”
The Toronto Star reports that
Phoenix coach Wayne Gretzky could lose
as much as $9.3 million if BlackBerry
CEO Jim Balsillie loses his bid to buy the
financially troubled Phoenix Coyotes
and move them to southern Ontario.
Balsillie and Coyotes owner Jerry
Moyes will co-apply to the NHL today
to move the team to Hamilton—and
court documents reveal that the
Great One has a lot at stake.
They also reveal that the team itself
says it’s worth $67 million with debts
totaling $244 million, according to the
Star. Part of that debt is the $9.3 million
owed to Gretzky, which makes him
one of the team’s largest creditors.
And that begs the question: Why
did Gretzky, as reported, give his bless-
ing to a lesser offer from Chicago sports
magnate Jerry Reinsdorf? Balsillie has
offered $212.5 million for the team.
Gretzky is listed as an unsecured
and nonpriority creditor, which
means he will be at the back of the
line when other creditors are paid
after a sale. The newspaper says
Gretzky is owed the money because
he deferred salary to help the team.
Monday night, Balsillie’s spokes-
man told The Canadian Press late
that Balsillie filed an application with
the league office detailing why he
believes the NHL should consider his
proposal to purchase the Coyotes for
$212.5 million and bring it to Ontario.
The Sabres have signed F Paul
Byron to a three-year, entry level con-
tract prior to a 5 p.m. Monday dead-
line which would have sent himback
into the draft. The 20-year-old Byron,
Buffalo’s sixth-round selection in
2007, had 33 goals in 64 games with
the Gatineau Olympiques of the Que-
bec Major Junior Hockey League.
Instructional gaming site Poker-
Stars.net is adding to the Vegas cachet
of the NHL’s June 18 postseason
awards gala with a league sponsor-
ship and an NHL $150,000 Charity
Shootout Poker Tournament on June
17 that will include current and retired
NHL players, along with celebrities
and professional poker players.
The tourney will be telecast later on
ESPN2, ESPN Classic, NHL Network
and TSN. It will be held at the Rio All-
Suite Hotel & Casino, which also is
hosting the World Series of Poker.
Earlier this year, the Las Vegas Con-
vention and Visitors Bureau signed a
three-year deal that helped bring the
awards from Canada to Las Vegas. As
TUESDAY, JUNE 02, 2009 14
part of that agreement, the NHL is
developing ancillary events to attract
tourism, so the Stanley Cup and the
rest of the league’s silver collection will
be on display in and around the NHL
awards gala.
The poker tournament will include
Alex Ovechkin, Mats Sundin, Pat LaFontaine
and Luc Robitaille. Every participant
will receive money for his or her own
affiliated charity.
The new awards show has gener-
ated more than $1.5 million in incre-
mental sponsorship. Corporate
sponsors also are putting marketing
dollars behind the league’s awards
show like never before.
—Terry Lefton, SportsBusiness Journal
Series glance
(Best-of-7), All times ET
(Detroit leads series 2-0)
May 30: Detroit 3,Pittsburgh 1
May 31: Detroit 3,Pittsburgh 1
Today: Detroit at Pittsburgh, 8
p.m., Versus
Thursday: Detroit at Pittsburgh, 8
p.m., Versus
Saturday: Pittsburgh at Detroit, 8
p.m., if necessary, NBC
Tuesday, June 9: Detroit at
Pittsburgh, 8 p.m., if necessary,
NBC
Friday, June 12: Pittsburgh at
Detroit, 8 p.m., if necessary, NBC
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Hamilton hopes to rule out sports hernia
Texas OF Josh Hamilton was sched-
uled to have a MRI on Monday on
his midsection and will meet with
Dr. John Preskitt today, according to
The Dallas Morning News.
Preskitt performed surgery on
Ian Kinsler’s sports hernia last sea-
son. Rangers G.M. Jon Daniels told
the Morning News that Hamilton
was meeting with Preskitt to rule
out a hernia. Hamilton plans to join
the Rangers after Tuesday’s meet-
ing and avoid a second stop on the
disabled list this season.
“We’ll know in the next couple of
days,” Hamilton said. “Right now
I’m hurt and sore and can’t run.”
Indians OF Grady Sizemore could
need arthroscopic surgery if two
more weeks of rest don’t calm his
inflamed left elbow. Sizemore,
placed on the disabled list Sunday,
would likely not return to the lineup
until late July if surgery is needed.
The Indians are hoping that the
rest will be enough to calm the
inflammation that has hampered
Sizemore for much of the season.
The All-Star and two-time Gold
Glove winner is batting .223, with
nine home runs and 31 RBIs. He set
career-highs last year with 33 hom-
ers, 90 RBIs and 38 stolen bases.
Sizemore will be reevaluated
when he is eligible to come off the
disabled list. If the elbow is still
sore, he will then have the surgery,
which comes with a scheduled
recovery time of four to six weeks.
Suspended slugger Manny
Ramirez has dropped in the latest
round of fan voting for the All-Star
game, falling to fifth among N.L.
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ROB CARR / AP
Rangers OF Josh Hamilton is looking to avoid a second trip to the disabled list this season.
outfielders. of the eighth inning with the leg
Ramirez was fourth last week in injury, giving the Indians eight
the first set of results, about 24,000 players on the disabled list. Only
votes behind the New York Mets’ Car- the Rays have more, with nine.
los Beltran for a starting spot. He is Betancourt is 1-1 with a save and
serving a 50-game suspension for a 3.71 ERA. His 25 appearances are
violating baseball’s drug policy. He is the most on the team and tied for
eligible to return July 3, 11 days before second in the league. His 29 strike-
the All-Star game in St. Louis. outs rank third among relievers.
In results released Monday, the Sipp has split the year between the
Dodgers star had received 635,530 Indians and Class AAA. He had a 4.26
votes. He trailed Milwaukee’s Ryan ERA in nine appearances (6 1/3
Braun (908,745), Philadelphia’s Raul innings) for the Indians this season.
Ibanez (817,849), the Cubs’ Alfonso The Indians are now without CF
Soriano (775,319) and Beltran Grady Sizemore, DH Travis Hafner, three
(741,875). relievers and starters Scott Lewis and
Anthony Reyes.
Relief pitcher Rafael Betancourt
was placed on the 15-day disabled The Pirates recalled right-
list Monday by the Indians due to a handed reliever Steven Jackson from
strained right groin and left-hander Class AAA Indianapolis on Monday
Tony Sipp was recalled from Class He was scheduled to be in their
AAA Columbus. bullpen for the opener of a four-
Betancourt left Sunday’s game game series against the Mets.
against the Yankees in the middle Jackson, who was claimed off
waivers from the Yankees on May
18, was 1-0 with a 6.00 ERA in four
appearances for Indianapolis after
going 0-0 with a 1.88 ERA in seven
games (one start) for the Yankees’
Class AAA affiliate in Scranton.
ESPN.com is reporting that the
Braves are interested in bringing
back Mark DeRosa, who played in
Atlanta from 1998-2004. The
report says the Indians want pitch-
ing and the Braves are unlikely to
part with any of their top arms.
That would likely mean Cleveland
would have to look at Kris Medlen,
Jo-Jo Reyes or Charlie Morton.
Also, Tom Glavine will make his
final scheduled rehab start tonight
for Class A Rome, according to The
Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He
could join the big-league club—and
the rotation—after that when the
Braves return home today. “His
arm strength last time was
improved; he felt great,” Braves
manager Bobby Cox told the AJC of
Glavine’s start last Thursday. “We’ll
keep our fingers crossed.”
Despite Ben Zobrist filling in for
2B Akinori Iwamura, who’s lost for the
season, Tampa Bay manager Joe
Maddon isn’t ready to give Zobrist
the job.
Maddon likes Zobrist’s versatility
too much, The Tampa Tribune reports.
“As of right now, I’m thinking
that as everybody gets healthy, he’ll
give the second baseman a day off,
the shortstop a day off or the right
fielder—like he had been doing
before,” Maddon told the Tribune.
Zobrist has played in 45 games at
six different positions.
TUESDAY, JUNE 02, 2009 15
THE LAUNCHING PAD
What to expect in the major leagues today
ORLIN WAGNER / AP
Rick Porcello had a stellar May (5-0, 1.50 ERA), but tonight he faces the Red Sox.
Porcello on the prowl
After winning a spot in the Tigers’ rotation this spring, 20-year-old right-
hander Rick Porcello has done nothing but prove he deserved it. In five
May starts, Porcello went 5-0 with a 1.50 ERA, though he didn’t face an elite
offense (Twins, Indians, A’s, Rockies, Royals). He’ll get a real test tonight with
the Red Sox in town. Boston batters are known for their patience and ability
to drive up pitch counts, and Porcello has thrown more than 90 pitches just
once in his nine starts this season. The rookie must get ahead in the count
often against the Red Sox’s veteran hitters.
Halladay goes for No. 9
Toronto’s six-game home winning streak came to an end Sunday, but,
more importantly, its nine-game losing streak came to an end Friday. The
Blue Jays’ nine-game homestand continues tonight against the Angels, and
they’ll have ace Roy Halladay on the mound. In early May, Halladay tossed
eight innings of one-run ball in Toronto’s 13-1 win over Los Angeles. The
slumping Angels salvaged the final game of their six game homestand
Sunday by rallying for a 9-8 win over Seattle, after falling behind 8-1, but still
trail the first-place Rangers by 4 ½ games in the A.L. West.
Nationals’ deficit
Nothing is easy for the last-place Nationals, whose 13 wins are by far the
fewest in the majors. On the heels of an 0-6 road trip, they return tonight to
Nationals Park, where they went 2-9 in their most recent homestand. Overall,
Washington has lost 18 of its past 21 games. On Wednesday, the Nationals
will face a motivated Randy Johnson in search of career win No. 300. Tonight,
they’ll have to deal with reigning N.L. Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum,
who has allowed one earned run in his past 15 innings.
— Chris Bahr
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MLB’s overall ratings mostly steady at start

Seattle Florida
Disabled list RHP Roy Corcoran, April 29 SS Alfredo Amezaga, May 17
Through May 28 LHP Ryan Feierabend-x, March LHP Renyel Pinto, May 23
15 RHP Scott Proctor-x March 27
LHP Cesar Jimenez-x, March 29 RHP Anibal Sanchez, May 8
BY JOHN OURAND AMERICAN LEAGUE C Kenji Johjima, May 26 RHP Henricus Vandenhurk-x,
Baltimore RHP Shawn Kelly, May 6 March 29
SportsBusiness Journal OF Luis Montanez, May 23 LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith, April
RHP Dennis Sarfate, May 2 11 Houston
RHP Alfredo Simon, April 15
MLB ratings have been essentially flat RHP Koji Uehara, May 24
RHP Carlos Silva, May 7 3B Aaron Boone-x March 27
RHP Doug Brocail, May 4
through the first two months of the regular Tampa Bay RHP Geoff Geary, May 14
season. Boston SS Jason Bartlett, May 25 RHP Jose Valverde, April 27
RHP Miguel Gonzalez-x, March RHP Chad Bradford, March 27
Through May 16, Fox was averaging a 2.1 rat- 27 OF Pat Burrell, May 11 Los Angeles
ing/3.14 million viewers for six telecasts, even OF Mark Kotsay, March 27 INF Akinori Iwamura-x, May 25 LHP Hong-Chih Kuo, April 30
SS Jed Lowrie, April 12 LHP Scott Kazmir, May 21 RHP Hiroki Kuroda, April 7
with last year’s 2.1/3.06 million for seven tele- RHP John Smoltz, March 27 RHP Troy Percival, May 22 1B Doug Mienkiewicz-x, April 17
casts. TBS games were averaging a 0.5 U.S. rat- CF Fernando Perez-x, March 27 OF Xanvier Paul, May 21
ing/699,000 viewers through seven telecasts, Chicago C Shawn Riggans, April 10 RHP Jason Schmidt, March 30
None LHP Brian Shouse, May 25 RHP Claudio Vargas-x, April 6
flat with last year’s 0.5/694,000 viewers.
Through 20 telecasts, ESPN and ESPN2 Cleveland Texas Milwaukee
1B Travis Hafner, April 29 RHP Joaquin Benoit-x, April 5 RHP David Riske, April 10
were averaging a 1.1 U.S. rating and 1.57 mil- LHP Aaron Laffey, May 23 RHP William Eyre, April 23 2B Rickie Weeks, May 18
lion viewers, down 15 percent and nearly 18 LHP Scott Lewis-x, April 11 RHP Eric Hurley-x, April 5
RHP Anthony Reyes-x, May 23
percent, respectively, from last year’s 1.3 and RHP Joe Smith, April 29
RHP Dustin Nippert-x, March 27 New York
RHP Vincente Padilla, May 17 OF Ryan Church, May 23
1.91 million viewers. Ratings for the network’s RHP Jake Westbrook-x, March 26 INF Alex Cora, May 18
exclusive Sunday night window dipped 10 Toronto 1B Carlos Delgado, May 11
Detroit C Michael Barrett, April 18 LHP Oliver Perez, May 3
percent to a 1.8/2.71 million viewers from a RHP Jeremy Bonderman, March RHP Jesse Litsch, April 14 SS Jose Reyes, May 21
2.0/2.97 million. 30 RHP Shaun Marcum, March 27 C Brian Schneider, April 16
SS Carlos Guillen, May 5
Locally, RSN ratings are down 2 percent col- OF Marcus Thames, April 19
RHP Dustin McGowan, March 27 LHP Billy Wagner, March 27
RHP Robert Ray, May 22
lectively, but more than half of the league’s C Matt Treanor-x, April 24 Philadelphia
teams have posted ratings increases. The big- None
Kansas City NATIONAL LEAGUE
gest jump is in Texas, where the Rangers have SS Mike Aviles, May 24 Arizona Pittsburgh
seen ratings more than double (up 111 percent) 3B Alex Gordon, April 16 1B Tony Clark, May 5 C Ryan Doumit, April 20
SS Tony Pena, May 3 RHP Tom Gordon, May 4 LHP Phil Dumatrait-x, March 27
on Fox Sports Southwest. Sitting atop the AL RHP Joakim Soria, May 8 1B Conor Jackson, May 12 RHP Craig Hansen, April 20
West division, the Rangers boast a 2.28 rat- RHP Robinson Tejeda, May 21 RHP Yusmeiro Petit, May 9 RHP Tyler Yates, May 16
ing/57,000 homes. RHP Doug Waechter, April 18 RHP Brandon Webb, April 7
St. Louis
“The Rangers’ quick start has created a buzz Los Angeles Atlanta LHP Jaime Garcia, March 27
for baseball in the marketplace,” said Jon DAVID ZALUBOWSKI / AP RHP Kelvim Escobar-x, April 4 RHP Buddy Carlyle, May 26 3B Troy Glaus, March 27
RHP Shane Loux, May 17 LHP Tom Glavine, April 2
Heidtke, Fox Sports Southwest senior vice Television ratings for Major League Baseball have been flat for networks, with the most currently watching FOX. RHP Dustin Moseley, April 18 RHP Tim Hudson-x, Feb. 24 San Diego
president and general manager. “You can cer- C Robert Shields, May 27 SS Omar Infante, May 21 RHP Mike Adams-x, April 1
tainly see the uptick in the increased ratings. coverage of A’s games has dropped 63 percent. news situation, with Red Sox games on NESN Minnesota
LHP Jo-Jo Reyes, May 21 RHP Cha Seung Baek-x, March 30
SS Everth Cabrera-x, April 20
Fans are starting to believe in the team, and it’s The A’s have the league’s second-lowest local pulling the league’s highest ratings at 8.67, but RHP Boof Bonser, March 27 Chicago OF Cliff Floyd, April 5
reflected in a larger television audience.” rating and second-lowest average number of its 27 percent drop from last year is the league’s RHP Pat Neshek-x, Feb. 21 RHP Chad Fox, May 10 RHP Shawn Hill, April 26
LHP Glen Perkins, May 19 INF-OF Ryan Freel, May 28 2B Luis Rodriguez, May 14
The beleaguered Washington Nationals homes. fourth largest.
RHP Rich Harden, May 18 RHP Mark Worrell-x, April 1
logged the second-biggest increase in the The A’s ratings most likely have been affected New York 2B Aaron Miles, May 26 San Francisco
RHP Brian Bruney, May 20
majors, rebounding from last year’s dismal by the team’s move to a new RSN this year, as MLB national ratings LHP Damaso Marte, April 26
3B Aramis Ramirez, May 9 LHP Noah Lowry-x, March 26
RHP Joseph Martinez-x, April 10
ratings. Though the team has the league’s the club migrated from CSN Bay Area to CSN C Jose Molina, May 8 Cincinnati RHPSergio Romo, March 26
worst record, lowest local TV ratings and low- California. But the A’s ratings have also been Network (No. Avg rating Avg. no. of viewers OF Xavier Nady, April 15 3B Edwin Encarnacion, April 28
C Jorge Posada, May 5 RHP Edinson Volquez, May 17 Washington
est average number of homes watching each hit by the team’s poor play: Oakland has the of telecasts) (change) (change) SS Bryan Ransom-x, April 25 CF Roger Bernadina-x, April 19
game, ratings for its games on MASN and worst record in the American League. FOX (6) 2.1 (0.0% 3.14 million (+2.6%) Colorado LHP Matt Chico-x, March 27
Oakland INF Jeff Baker-x, April 27 OF Elijah Dukes, May 18
MASN2 have increased 56 percent in the first “Ratings rise and fall each season depending ESPN/ESPN2 (20) 1.1 (-15.4%) 1.57 million (-17.6%) 3B Eric Chavez-x, April 25 RHP Taylor Buchholz-x, March 27 C Jesus Flores, May 10
two months of the season. Nats games are pull- on team performance, but even with the A’s TBS (7) 0.5 (0.0%) 699,000 (+0.7%) RHP Joey Devine-x, April 4 RHP Matt Daley, May 18 LHP Scott Olsen, May 17
ing a 0.53 rating/12,000 homes so far this decline our collective MLB numbers are up, RHP Justin Duchscherer-x, March LHP Jeffrey Francis-x, March 27 1B Dmitri Young, April 1
Note: Fox games through May 16, ESPN and TBS games 27 C Chris Iannetta, May 24 RHP Terrell Young, March 27
season. led by double-digit increases for four of our six 2B Mark Ellis-x, April 29 LHP Franklin Morales, April 22
through May 24; measured against comparable periods SS Nomar Garciaparra, May 24
The league’s biggest drop has come in Oak- teams,” CSN said in the statement. last year. RHP Ryan Speier, April 19 (x-60-day; all others are 15-day)
RHP Dan Giese, May 16
land, where Comcast SportsNet California’s Meanwhile, Boston has a good-news-bad- Sources: The networks
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1. Dodgers (last week: 1) The Dodgers have won five more games than any other team, despite Manny Ramirez’s suspension and, since May 7, Andre Ethier has hit just .171 with zero homers.

2. Brewers (4) Trevor Hoffman has yet to allow a run in a Brewers’ uniform, though he did issue his first walk of the season on Sunday night, raising his WHIP to 0.47.

3. Yankees (9) What’s more impressive: Mark Teixeira’s 20 RBIs in his past 13 games or the Yankees going 17 consecutive games without an error?

4. Rangers (2) Even without a fully healthy Josh Hamilton or a productive Chris Davis (77 strikeouts in 165 at-bats), the Rangers have a solid grasp on first in the A.L. West.

5. Cardinals (5) Chris Carpenter finally allowed an earned run this week, but that 3-0 record and 0.62 ERA looks awfully shiny atop the Cardinals’ rotation.

6. Red Sox (3) Is it time to sit Big Papi? Put him on the D.L. with a wrist ailment and let him clear his head? All those pop-ups can have an adverse on even the most confident of hitters.

7. Phillies (8) Jamie Moyer, finally, showed flashes of his 42-year-old self with six innings of dominance against the Nationals on Sunday, allowing just three hits and one earned run.

TONY DEJAK / AP 8. Mets (11) For all the criticism Francisco Rodriguez took in the offseason, he’s been dynamite for the Mets thus far—14 saves and a 0.73 ERA.
Mark Teixeira’s hot hitting is one reason why
the Yankees have moved up six spots. 9. Tigers (6) Edwin Jackson (5-3, 2.30 ERA) has been exactly what the Tigers needed—a consistent winner in the middle of the rotation.

10. Blue Jays (7) The Jays ended their nine-game losing streak with a couple of wins against the Red Sox, the team that started the entire slide.

Power Poll 11. Reds (13) Big week in the N.L. Central for the Reds, with four games in St. Louis and three at home with the Cubs.

BY RYAN FAGAN 12. Angels (10) Tough road trip coming up for the Angels, with three in Toronto, three in Detroit and three in Tampa Bay.
rfagan@sportingnews.com
13. Cubs (18) The Cubs gave up five runs in the first inning Sunday against the Dodgers, which was one less than the total they had surrendered in their previous five games.
And just like that, the Yankees are
14. Braves (12) The trip out West, through San Francisco and Phoenix, landed only two wins in six contests.
in first place in the A.L. East.
Didn’t seem too likely a few weeks 15. Twins (16) For all the magic Joe Mauer has produced at the plate, the Twins are only 13-15 in games he’s played this season. They have to figure out how to fix Francisco Liriano.
ago, when they had fallen to 6½
games off the pace after a 5-1 loss to 16. White Sox (25) The Sox have won four consecutive series—including a sweep of the Royals—after stumbling through that 1-7 stretch early in May. They’re home for their next 12.
Toronto on May 12. Mark Teixeira
was batting a measly .191. Phil 17. Padres (14) Adrian Gonzalez enters June with 20 homers, tops in the majors.

Hughes was coming off a horrible 18. Giants (19) The Giants are back over .500, which is nice. A far cry from playoff contention, but nice nonetheless.
start—eight earned runs in 1 2/3
innings. Chien-Ming Wang was in 19. Rays (15) How’s this for an odd stat: The Rays’ top four pitchers are all 4-4 on the season. (Andy Sonnanstine is 3-5).
the minors trying to figure out how
to get anybody out after three disas- 20. Mariners (20) The M’s were in position to sweep the Angels in Anaheim, but blowing an 8-1 lead on Sunday will sting for a while.
trous starts to open the season. And
21. Marlins (21) All things considered, a 3-3 trip through Philadelphia and New York isn’t too shabby.
those weren’t the only issues.
Since that game, though, every- 22. Orioles (23) Biggest news in Oriole land this week was the debut of Matt Wieters. Tell your friends.
thing’s turned around. The Yankees
are 14-4 since that day, the best record 23. Diamondbacks (26) From May 1-28, Justin Upton hit .402 with seven homers and 21 RBIs. That’s the type of production Diamondbacks fans have been hoping to see.
in the majors over that time span. 24. Royals (17) Since peaking at 18-11 and capturing the imagination of underdog-rooters everywhere, the Royals have gone 5-16.
Teixeira is batting .413 with nine
homers. Hughes is 2-0 with a 3.91 25. Indians (28) Very impressive four-game sweep of the Rays was followed by at least salvaging a game against the Yankees, who have been steamrolling everyone lately.
ERA. Wang has a 2.25 ERA in 8
innings out of the bullpen and looks 26. Pirates (22) This weekend, the Pirates did what everyone seems to be doing these days—winning a series against the Astros.
ready to rejoin the rotation (if there’s 27. Astros (24) Is this the week Cecil Cooper gets Hurdled?
room). And those other issues seem
relatively irrelevant at the moment. 28. Rockies (27) Something had to be done. Too much talent on the roster to have the team wallowing at the bottom of the division.
The Yankees spent a grand total of
two days in first place during their 29. Athletics (29) Adam Kennedy is crushing the ball right now—the four homers he has in 21 games with the Athletics is one fewer than he had in two seasons (202 games) with the Cardinals.
forgettable 2008 campaign. They’ve
already doubled that total in a 2009.
30. Nationals (30) The Nats only have 13 wins this season. The A’s, the second-worst team in baseball, have 19.
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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 or Sit ’em New York 30 21 .588 — — 6-4 W-1 14-9 16-12
A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. Boston 29 22 .569 1 — 4-6 W-1 17-6 12-16
Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Toronto 29 24 .547 2 1 2-8 L-1 18-7 11-17
Bartlett Tampa Bay .373 Tejada Houston .353 CPena Tampa Bay 17 AdGonzalez San Diego 21 Tampa Bay 25 28 .472 6 5 4-6 L-1 13-11 12-17
Baltimore 24 28 .462 6½ 5½ 7-3 W-1 16-13 8-15
MiCabrera Detroit .355 Beltran New York .352 Teixeira New York 16 Ibanez Philadelphia 17
ISuzuki Seattle .352 Hawpe Colorado .345 Bay Boston 15 Dunn Washington 16 Central W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
VMartinez Cleveland .348 Pence Houston .341 NCruz Texas 14 Pujols St. Louis 16 Detroit 28 21 .571 — — 5-5 W-2 15-7 13-14
Chicago 25 25 .500 3½ 3½ 8-2 W-4 13-10 12-15
AdJones Baltimore .344 Pujols St. Louis .339 Morneau Minnesota 14 Howard Philadelphia 15 Minnesota 25 27 .481 4½ 4½ 6-4 W-1 19-11 6-16
Morneau Minnesota .342 HaRamirez Florida .337 Four tied 13 Bruce Cincinnati 14 Kansas City 23 27 .460 5½ 5½ 2-8 L-4 15-15 8-12
Two tied .333 Ibanez Philadelphia .333 Reynolds Arizona 13 Cleveland 22 31 .415 8 8 6-4 L-1 12-14 10-17
TOM GANNAM / AP West W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
St. Louis OF Rick Ankiel Runs Stolen Bases Texas 30 20 .600 — — 7-3 L-1 18-9 12-11
Los Angeles 25 24 .510 4½ 3 5-5 W-1 14-12 11-12
A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. Seattle 24 28 .462 7 5½ 5-5 L-2 12-13 12-15
Oakland 19 30 .388 10½ 9 4-6 L-1 11-13 8-17
Start ’em Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team
Rick Ankiel, OF, Cardinals. Ankiel has BRoberts
Scutaro
Baltimore
Toronto
43
43
Pujols
Ibanez
St. Louis
Philadelphia
42
40
Crawford
Ellsbury
Tampa Bay
Boston
30
21
Bourn
Kemp
Houston
Los Angeles
16
12
National League Standings
struggled since returning from a East W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
neck injury, but he is 5-of-13 (.385) AdJones Baltimore 41 Zimmerman Washington 39 Figgins Los Angeles 20 Taveras Cincinnati 12 Philadelphia 29 20 .592 — — 7-3 W-4 12-14 17-6
Crawford Tampa Bay 40 AdGonzalez San Diego 38 Abreu Los Angeles 15 DWright New York 12 New York 28 22 .560 1½ ½ 7-3 L-1 17-9 11-13
with three homers against Cincin- Damon New York 40 Hudson Los Angeles 38 BUpton Tampa Bay 15 Six tied 11 Atlanta 25 25 .500 4½ 3½ 5-5 W-1 11-12 14-13
nati’s Bronson Arroyo. Morneau Minnesota 40 ASoriano Chicago 36 Bartlett Tampa Bay 14
Florida 24 28 .462 6½ 5½ 5-5 W-1 10-14 14-14
Washington 13 36 .265 16 15 2-8 L-6 7-16 6-20
Kevin Slowey, SP, Twins. Slowey is Pedroia Boston 39 Utley Philadelphia 36 Two tied 11
shooting for win No. 8, and he’s Central W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Milwaukee 30 21 .588 — — 4-6 L-1 16-9 14-12
6-0 this season at the Metrodome. RBIs Pitching (5 decisions) St. Louis 29 22 .569 1 — 5-5 L-2 17-10 12-12
Slowey also pitched eight innings Cincinnati 27 23 .540 2½ 1½ 6-4 W-1 13-12 14-11
A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. Chicago 25 24 .510 4 3 4-6 L-1 16-10 9-14
of one-run ball against the Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Pittsburgh 23 28 .451 7 6 4-6 W-1 13-11 10-17
Indians on April 25. Longoria Tampa Bay 55 Fielder Milwaukee 48 Palmer Los Angeles 5-0 1.000 Broxton Los Angeles 5-0 1.000 Houston 21 28 .429 8 7 3-7 W-2 10-15 11-13
Andre Ethier, OF, Dodgers. Ethier is Bay Boston 49 Ibanez Philadelphia 46 Halladay Toronto 8-1 .889 Cain San Francisco 6-1 .857 West W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
hitting .211 in May, but he’s .412 Morneau Minnesota 47 Pujols St. Louis 43 Greinke Kansas City 8-1 .889 Martis Washington 5-1 .833 Los Angeles 35 18 .660 — — 6-4 L-1 18-6 17-12
Teixeira New York 44 Dunn Washington 42 Slowey Minnesota 7-1 .875 JoJohnson Florida 4-1 .800 San Francisco 25 24 .510 8 3 6-4 W-1 18-9 7-15
(7-of-17) with a homer against San Diego 25 26 .490 9 4 6-4 L-1 17-7 8-19
TorHunter Los Angeles 42 AdGonzalez San Diego 41 Buehrle Chicago 6-1 .857 LiHernandez New York 4-1 .800 Arizona 23 29 .442 11½ 6½ 5-5 W-1 12-19 11-10
Arizona’s Dan Haren. CPena Tampa Bay 41 Howard Philadelphia 41 Penny Boston 5-1 .833 Lincecum San Francisco 4-1 .800 Colorado 20 30 .400 13½ 8½ 4-6 L-2 9-14 11-16
Markakis Baltimore 40 Two tied 39 Pettitte New York 5-1 .833 Pelfrey New York 4-1 .800 z-first game was a win
Sit ’em
Jayson Werth, OF, Phillies. Werth is HIts Strikeouts
Pitching Matchups Today’s Games (All times Eastern)
7-of-40 (.175) with 12 strikeouts A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. American League The Line
over his last 10 games, and he’s Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Boston (Matsuzaka 0-3) at Detroit (Porcello 6-3), 7:05 p.m. at Det -130, Bos +120
1-of-11 (.091) with seven strikeouts AHill Toronto 77 Hudson Los Angeles 71 Verlander Detroit 90 JVazquez Atlanta 86 Texas (Padilla 3-2) at N.Y. Yankees (A.Burnett 3-2), 7:05 p.m. at NYY -170, Tex +160
against San Diego’s Jake Peavy. VMartinez Cleveland 70 Tejada Houston 71 Greinke Kansas City 88 JSantana New York 86
L.A. Angels (Saunders 6-3) at Toronto (Halladay 8-1), 7:07 p.m. at Tor -165, LAA +155
Nick Swisher, OF, Yankees. Swisher is Crawford Tampa Bay 69 Zimmerman Washington 66 Lester Boston 74 Peavy San Diego 84
Kansas City (Davies 2-4) at Tampa Bay (Sonnanstine 3-5), 7:08 p.m. at TB -145, KC +135
1-of-15 (.067) with five strikeouts ISuzuki Seattle 69 FSanchez Pittsburgh 65 FHernandez Seattle 72 Lincecum San Francisco 84
Morneau Minnesota 67 Ibanez Philadelphia 64 Halladay Toronto 68 Billingsley Los Angeles 76 Cleveland (D.Huff 0-1) at Minnesota (Slowey 7-1), 8:10 p.m. at Min -150, Cle +140
against Texas’ Vicente Padilla. Five tied 65 Three tied 62 Garza Tampa Bay 66 Haren Arizona 71 Oakland (Mazzaro 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (B.Colon 3-4), 8:11 p.m. at ChW -150, Oak +140
Bronson Arroyo, SP, Reds. Arroyo Two tied 59 Gallardo Milwaukee 65 Baltimore (Da.Hernandez 1-0) at Seattle (Bedard 3-2), 10:10 p.m. at Sea -150, Bal +140
has pitched well lately, but he has
a sketchy track record against the Doubles Saves National League The Line
Cardinals (5-6, 4.40) and at A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L.
N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 7-2) at Pittsburgh (Duke 5-4), 7:05 p.m. NYM -180, at Pit +170
Busch Stadium (2-2, 5.00). Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team San Francisco (Lincecum 4-1) at Washington (Stammen 0-1), 7:05 p.m. SF -140, at Was +130
— Bill Bender Longoria Tampa Bay 20 Tejada Houston 20 Fuentes Los Angeles 13 Bell San Diego 15 Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 0-2) at Atlanta (Kawakami 3-6), 7:10 p.m. at Atl -120, ChC +110
MYoung Texas 19 FSanchez Pittsburgh 18 Papelbon Boston 13 FrRodriguez New York 14 Milwaukee (M.Parra 3-6) at Florida (A.Sanchez 1-4), 7:10 p.m. Mil -110, at Fla +100
MORE COVERAGE Byrd Texas 18 Hudson Los Angeles 17 Jenks Chicago 12 Cordero Cincinnati 14 Colorado (Jimenez 3-6) at Houston (F.Paulino 1-4), 8:05 p.m. Col -130, at Hou +120
Callaspo Kansas City 17 HaRamirez Florida 17 Sherrill Baltimore 11 Hoffman Milwaukee 13 Cincinnati (Arroyo 7-3) at St. Louis (B.Thompson 0-1), 8:15 p.m. at StL -115, Cin +105
Get everything you need to Lowell Boston 17 Kotchman Atlanta 16 MaRivera New York 11 Lidge Philadelphia 13 Philadelphia (Bastardo 0-0) at San Diego (Peavy 5-5), 10:05 p.m. at SD -190, Phi +180
dominate your fantasy league at Three tied 16 AdLaRoche Pittsburgh 16 FFrancisco Texas 11 Three tied 12
sportingnews.com/fantasy/baseball Arizona (Haren 4-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Wolf 3-1), 10:10 p.m. at LAD -120, Ari +110
Three tied 15 Rodney Detroit 10
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
N.Y. Yankees 5, Cleveland 2 Chicago White Sox 6, Oakland 2

Indians, midges don’t bug Chamberlain Thome connects on No. 550

CHICAGO—A.J. Pierzynski White Sox 6, Athletics 2
CLEVELAND—The midges didn’t affect Joba Yankees 5, Indians 2 has watched Jim Thome come Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. O.Cabrera ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .232
Chamberlain in his first start in Cleve- Jeter ss 3 1 2 0 2 0 .311 through in the clutch so many Kennedy 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .372
land—and neither did the Indians’ hitters. Swisher rf 4 1 2 2 1 0 .236 times, he never worries about Cust dh 4 1 1 0 0 2 .251
Teixeira 1b 3 0 1 0 2 1 .282 Holliday lf 4 1 2 2 0 1 .275
Chamberlain allowed two runs in a A.Rodriguez dh 4 0 1 2 1 2 .259 the slugger when the pressure Giambi 1b 3 0 0 0 1 3 .216
career-high eight innings and the New Posada c 4 0 0 0 1 1 .297 is on. K.Suzuki c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278
Cano 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .308 R.Sweeney cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .251
York Yankees set a record for consecutive Me.Cabrera lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .316 Thome hit the 550th homer Cunningham rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .083
games without making an error in a 5-2 Berroa 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .143 of his career in the eighth Hannahan 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .188
a-H.Matsui ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .263 Totals 32 2 5 2 3 12
victory against Cleveland on Monday. 1-R.Pena pr-3b 1 1 0 0 0 1 .242 inning to put the White Sox
Chamberlain (3-1) retired the first 11 Gardner cf 2 2 0 0 2 1 .265 ahead and Chicago went on to Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Totals 30 5 6 4 11 7 Podsednik lf 3 2 0 0 2 0 .288
batters before Victor Martinez’s home run beat the Oakland Athletics Al.Ramirez ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .253
in the fourth. He allowed four hits, walked Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg. 6-2 on Monday night. Dye rf 2 1 1 1 1 0 .280
A.Cabrera ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .312 Thome dh 4 1 2 3 0 1 .263
two and struck out five. He showed great B.Francisco cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Pierzynski also homered Konerko 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .303
velocity, still hitting 97 mph on the radar V.Martinez dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .348 and Scott Podsednik scored Pierzynski c 4 1 2 1 0 1 .305
Choo rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .301 Fields 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .238
gun in the eighth. Jh.Peralta 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .266 two runs for the White Sox, Wise cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .179
“Maybe he’s mad at the midges,” Yan- DeRosa lf 3 0 0 1 0 1 .262 who won for the fourth a-Bri.Andersonph-cf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .272
Garko 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .252 J.Nix 2b 3 0 0 1 1 1 .191
kees manager Joe Girardi said. J.Carroll 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .294 straight time and have won 10 Totals 30 6 6 6 6 6
Bugs headlined Chamberlain’s relief Shoppach c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .204 of its last 13 overall.
Totals 29 2 4 2 2 5 Oakland 200 000 000 — 2 5 1
appearance in the American League Divi- Oakland reliever Craig Chicago 100 010 04x — 6 6 0
sion Series two years ago, when they New York 001 000 400 — 5 6 0 Breslow (1-4) allowed a lead-
Cleveland 000 100 100 — 2 4 0 a-flied out for Wise in the 7th. E: Kennedy (4). LOB: Oak-
swarmed and distracted him while he off walk to Scott Podsednik in land 6, Chicago 7. 2B: Holliday (7). HR: Holliday (7), off
walked Grady Sizemore and threw two a-walked for Berroa in the 7th. 1-ran for H.Matsui in the the eighth inning. After G.Floyd; Pierzynski (5), off Cahill; Thome (9), off S.Casilla.
7th. LOB: New York 9, Cleveland 2. 2B: Swisher 2 (11). RBIs: Holliday 2 (30), Dye (35), Thome 3 (32), Pierzynski
wild pitches that enabled Cleveland to HR: V.Martinez (8), off Chamberlain. RBIs: Swisher 2 Alexei Ramirez popped up a (12), J.Nix (6). SB: J.Nix (3). SF: Dye. Runners left in
tie—and ultimately win—the game. The MARK DUNCAN / AP (31), A.Rodriguez 2 (19), V.Martinez (37), DeRosa (34). bunt attempt, Jermaine Dye scoring position: Oakland 3 (R.Sweeney, O.Cabrera 2);
SB: Gardner (10), Choo 2 (8). CS: J.Carroll (1). Runners Chicago 4 (Podsednik 3, Pierzynski).
Indians went on to eliminate New York in A battle with midges two years ago in Cleveland highlighted Jaba Chamberlain’s season ... but not on Monday. left in scoring position: New York 6 (Posada 2, Cano singled off Santiago Casilla.
four games. 3, Jeter); Cleveland 1 (DeRosa). DP: New York 1 (Cham- On a 1-2 pitch, Thome hit an Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
berlain, Jeter); Cleveland 2 (Jh.Peralta, J.Carroll, Garko), Cahill 5 2⁄3 3 2 2 2 3 98 4.33
Monday night was Chamberlain’s first nobody out, Chamberlain’s diving catch of you do that, it’s going to help our club (Garko, A.Cabrera, Garko). opposite field home run to Breslow L, 1-4 1 1⁄3 0 1 1 1 2 19 5.14
start at Progressive Field, and the bugs a popped up bunt by Kelly Shoppach tremendously.” left-center to put the White S.Casilla 1⁄3 2 3 3 1 0 17 6.05
New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA K.Cameron 2⁄3 1 0 0 2 1 25 3.44
resurfaced in the eighth. Just not to the turned into a double play when he stood The Yankees squandered one bases- ChamberlainW,3-1 8 4 2 2 2 5 106 3.71 Sox up 5-2. Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
extent of two years ago. and threw to second to get Ryan Garko, loaded scoring chance off Greg Aquino Ma.RiveraS,11-12 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 2.49 “He’s got almost 600 home G.Floyd 7 4 2 2 3 8 107 5.75
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Thornton W, 3-1 1 0 0 0 0 3 12 1.71
“I started to see them coming, I’ll be capping the play with a shout and fist (1-1), but not the second. Sowers 5 3 1 1 5 3 85 6.16 runs so he’s done it a million Linebrink 1 1 0 0 0 1 21 1.93
honest,” Chamberlain said. “I actually pump. Jamey Carroll was thrown out try- Aquino walked the bases loaded in the Aquino L, 1-1 1 1⁄3 1 4 4 4 1 32 4.32 times. He’s been up there so
Vizcaino 1 2⁄3 1 0 0 2 1 30 1.54 Breslow pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. Inherited
swallowed one when I was walking ing to steal second to end the inning. seventh before Nick Swisher doubled J.Lewis 1 1 0 0 0 2 24 5.33 many times that I don’t think runners-scored: Breslow 2-0, S.Casilla 1-1, K.Cameron
around the mound to start (the eighth).” “It was quite a belly flop,” Girardi said. home a pair of runs against him and Alex it phases him. The guy made a 1-1. Umpires: Home, Phil Cuzzi; First, Tom Hallion;
Sowers pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. Inherited Second, Jerry Crawford; Third, Dan Bellino. T: 2:46. A:
Chamberlain made a dazzling defensive “It’s an unbelievable play. It changed the Rodriguez singled home two more. Before runners-scored: Aquino 3-0, Vizcaino 3-2. IBB: off mistake and Jim hit it. The 26,038 (40,615).
play in the fifth, highlighting a milestone game.” Swisher’s at-bat, he stepped out of the box Aquino (Teixeira). WP: Vizcaino. Umpires: Home, Mark one thing about Jim if he gets
Carlson; First, Tim Tschida; Second, Bob Davidson; Third,
game for the New York’s fielders. The The Yankees are 14-4 during the error- and had to laugh at Derek Jeter’s forecast- Jeff Nelson. T: 3:13. A: 23,651 (45,199). the barrel on the ball it can go
Yankees played error free for the 18th less streak. ing ability, since a storm was approaching out to any part of the park.
straight game, surpassing Boston’s major “I’m proud of what they’ve done, I’m the Cleveland area. That’s why he’s got 550 hom-
league mark of 17 set in 2006. New York’s proud of what our staff has put in. They “(Jeter) told me a couple of innings ers,” said Pierzynski.
last error came on May 13 at Toronto when work hard all the time, every position they before it was going to start raining and it Thome is 13th on the career
shortstop Ramiro Pena misplayed a work hard defensively,” Girardi said. “I wasn’t going to stop, so we need to score homers list and has nine this
ground ball. just want us to make the plays we should right now,” Swisher said. season.
With runners on first and second and make. Don’t give extra baserunners. If — The Associated Press — The Associated Press
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Reds 5, Cardinals 3 Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 3 Florida 7, Milwaukee 4
Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Bullpen provides relief for Reds

Dickerson cf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .240
A.Rosales 3b 3 0 0 1 1 1 .239
B.Phillips 2b
Bruce rf
R.Hernandez 1b 5
4
3
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
2
0
2
2
0
.280
.225
.283
Five-run sixth lifts Marlins
L.Nix lf 4 0 2 2 0 1 .274 Marlins 7, Brewers 4
Ale.Gonzalez ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .219 MIAMI—Hanley Ramirez and
Hanigan c 4 2 2 0 0 0 .333 Milwaukee AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
the Florida Marlins got into the Hart rf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .254
Volquez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .063
Lincoln p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Milwaukee Brewers’ thin bull- Hall 3b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .221
a-W.Castillo ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Braun lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .309
pen and emerged with a Coffey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Herrera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Masset p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- victory. McClung p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-Gomes ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .353 c-Gamel ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .207
Ramirez and Jeremy Her- Villanueva p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Rhodes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- mida had RBI singles in Flori- Fielder 1b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .271
Totals 33 5 8 5 5 9 M.Cameron cf 1 1 1 0 2 0 .288
da’s five-run sixth and the Julio p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
St. Louis AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Schumaker 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Marlins rallied to beat the Catalanotto lf 2 0 1 0 0 1 .300
Rasmus cf 4 2 3 1 0 0 .243 Hardy ss 5 1 2 0 0 1 .241
Brewers 7-4 on Monday night. McGehee 2b 5 1 2 1 0 1 .256
Pujols 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .339
Duncan lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .256 Jorge Cantu had two RBIs for Kendall c 3 0 2 1 1 0 .217
Ankiel rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .221 Suppan p 0 0 0 1 1 0 .125
Florida. Ramirez finished with a-Gerut ph-cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .210
LaRue c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250
d-Y.Molina ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .271 three hits. Totals 38 4 11 4 4 8
Thurston 3b 3 1 3 0 1 0 .258 Florida AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Eleven Marlins batted in the Coghlan lf 4 1 1 1 1 0 .214
Wellemeyer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150
T.Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- sixth, with the first eight reach- B.Carroll rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182
Boyer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Bonifacio 3b 4 1 0 0 1 1 .245
ing base safely. Jorge Julio (1-1) Ha.Ramirez ss 5 2 3 1 0 0 .337
D.Reyes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
b-Stavinoha ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 faced six batters and allowed Cantu 1b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .271
C.Perez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- five runs, four earned. Hermida rf-lf 5 0 2 1 0 1 .267
McClellan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Uggla 2b 2 1 0 1 3 0 .206
e-Ludwick ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Julio hit two, including one Jo.Baker c 5 0 1 0 0 3 .259
Br.Ryan ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .269 with the bases loaded. Cody C.Ross cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .254
Totals 30 3 7 2 3 5 A.Miller p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .091
Ross scampered home when Cr.Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Cincinnati 000 310 100 — 5 8 1 first baseman Prince Fielder b-Hayes ph 1 1 0 0 0 1 .250
St. Louis 101 000 100 — 3 7 1 Sanches p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
a-singled for Lincoln in the 5th. b-grounded out for D.Reyes committed an error on Emilio Nunez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
in the 7th. c-struck out for Masset in the 8th. d-grounded JEFF ROBERSON / AP Bonifacio’s grounder and Todd Lindstrom p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
out for LaRue in the 9th. e-flied out for McClellan in the 9th. Totals 36 7 11 6 5 9
E: R.Hernandez (4), Ankiel (1). LOB: Cincinnati 9, St. Louis 5. Cincinnati’s Chris Dickerson, right, is safe at second with a stolen base as the throw gets past St. Louis 2B Skip Schumaker during the fourth inning. Coffey walked Dan Uggla to Milwaukee 030 010 000 — 4 11 1
2B: L.Nix (11), Rasmus (9), Pujols (10), Thurston 2 (13). HR: force in another run in the wild Florida 110 005 00x — 7 11 2
Rasmus (6), off Lincoln. RBIs: A.Rosales (10), B.Phillips (37), a-grounded out for Suppan in the 6th. b-was hit by a
R.Hernandez (21), L.Nix 2 (12), Rasmus (20), Pujols (43). ST. LOUIS—The Cincinnati Reds looked to had no symptoms after the game and was The rest of the inning he avoided the last inning. pitch for Cr.Martinez in the 6th. c-grounded out for
SB: Dickerson (2). S: Herrera, Wellemeyer 2. SF: A.Rosales. McClung in the 8th. E: Fielder (3), Ha.Ramirez (4),
be in deep trouble after Edinson Volquez unconcerned. two fingers by leaning on a curveball that “It happens sometimes on Bonifacio (8). LOB: Milwaukee 12, Florida 12. 2B:
Runners left in scoring position: Cincinnati 4 (Ale.
Gonzalez, Bruce, Gomes, R.Hernandez); St. Louis 3 (LaRue, lasted only one inning in his first start “That’s crazy,” Volquez said. “I don’t normally he uses two or three times a the major league level, it really Ha.Ramirez (17). RBIs: Hart (20), McGehee (4), Kendall
Schumaker, Br.Ryan). DP: Cincinnati 3 (B.Phillips, Ale.Gonzalez, (16), Suppan (2), Coghlan (6), Ha.Ramirez (24), Cantu 2
after coming off the 15-day disabled list. feel anything.” game. does,” Marlins manager Fredi (39), Hermida (23), Uggla (35). CS: Fielder (1). S: Sup-
R.Hernandez), (A.Rosales, B.Phillips, R.Hernandez), (Dickerson,
Ale.Gonzalez, R.Hernandez, B.Phillips). “One of the finest young pitchers in our Lincoln (1-0) gave up only Colby Ras- “Today I threw like 10, in 20 pitches,” Gonzalez said. “I’m glad we pan. Runners left in scoring position: Milwaukee
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA 6 (Braun 2, Hall, Kendall, Fielder, Gerut); Florida 6 (Ha.
game and he leaves after one inning and mus’ sixth homer in three innings of relief Volquez said. “Everybody was wonder- were on the end of scoring Ramirez 2, C.Ross, Jo.Baker, Hayes 2).
Volquez 1 2 1 1 1 2 24 4.35
Lincoln W, 1-0 3 2 1 1 2 1 38 8.10 the bullpen’s got to pitch eight,” St. Louis and Francisco Cordero worked the ninth ing ‘What’s wrong with you?’” runs.”
Herrera 2 2 1 0 0 1 19 1.74 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said. for his 14th save in 14 chances and 28th in Cincinnati rebounded after getting Ramirez followed Fielder’s Suppan 5 7 2 2 3 5 100 5.09
Masset H, 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 1.00
Rhodes H, 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.50 “I mean, that’s a great opportunity for a row dating to last July. swept in a three-game series at Milwau- error with an infield single to Julio L, 1-1 BS, 1-1 0 2 5 4 1 0 20 7.79
Cordero S, 14-14 1 1 0 0 0 1 15 1.64 Coffey 1 1 0 0 1 3 26 2.49
us.” “That’s a huge thing to ask of them, kee and ended a six-game road losing tie it at 4. After Jorge Cantu was McClung 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 2.63
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Wellemeyer L, 5-5 5 5 4 3 2 4 89 5.05 Instead, Mike Lincoln and four other when the starter goes only one inning,” streak while Lincoln won for the first hit by a pitch with the bases Villanueva 1 0 0 0 0 1 18 3.60
T.Miller 1 1 0 0 0 1 15 2.84 Florida IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Cincinnati relievers allowed one earned outfielder Chris Dickerson said. “It says a time since July 11, 2008 at Milwaukee. loaded, Hermida singled to left A.Miller 4 1⁄3 6 4 3 4 4 97 4.76
Boyer 2⁄3 2 1 1 1 0 12 9.24
D.Reyes 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 8 3.77 run in eight innings of a 5-3 victory great deal about our bullpen.” Reds relievers weren’t exactly rested off Coffey. Cr.Martinez W, 1-1 1 2⁄3 2 0 0 0 2 26 4.91
C.Perez 1 0 0 0 0 2 12 2.16 Sanches H, 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 20 0.00
against the Cardinals on Monday night. Volquez, a 17-game winner last year, coming in after Micah Owings lasted 5 “I was trying to get a ground- Nunez H, 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 3.38
McClellan 1 0 0 0 2 1 23 1.80
Herrera pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Inherited runners- Volquez left after experiencing numb- allowed a run on two hits in his first start 2/3 innings on Sunday in Milwaukee and ball from Bonifacio for a double Lindstrom S, 10-12 1 1 0 0 0 2 12 5.82
scored: Masset 1-1, D.Reyes 2-0. HBP: by C.Perez Julio pitched to 6 batters in the 6th. Inherited
ness in the fourth and ring fingers of his after a D.L. stint because of back spasms. Aaron Harang was chased after 4 1/3 play but no luck—that hap- runners-scored: Coffey 3-2, Cr.Martinez 2-1. HBP:
(Ale.Gonzalez). WP: C.Perez, McClellan. PB: Hanigan.
Umpires: Home, Jim Joyce; First, Brian Runge; Second, pitching hand and was set to return to He said the numbness began on a fastball innings on Saturday. pens,” Julio said. by Julio (Hayes, Cantu). Umpires: Home, Mike DiMuro;
Derryl Cousins; Third, D.J. Reyburn First, Dale Scott; Second, Jerry Meals; Third, Damien
Cincinnati for an examination today, but to Rasmus, the second hitter of the game. — The Associated Press — The Associated Press Beal. T: 3:15. A: 10,509 (38,560).
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Houston 4, Colorado 1 Pittsburgh 8, N.Y. Mets 5

Solid outing has Oswalt feeling much better Pirates rally against Mets’ ’pen
Pirates 8, Mets 5
PITTSBURGH—Andy LaRoche
New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
HOUSTON—Roy Oswalt innings, while Cook retired Astros 4, Rockies 1 and the Pittsburgh Pirates took L.Castillo 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .284
admits that he hasn’t had a the next six hitters after Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg. advantage of a rare off night for F.Martinez lf 3 1 1 0 2 0 .211
Spilborghs cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Dan.Murphy 1b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .243
great season so far. Maybe Berkman’s hit, five on Barmes 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .262 the New York Mets’ refur- Sheffield rf 3 1 0 1 1 0 .283
Monday’s outing will turn it groundouts. Helton 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .312 bished bullpen. D.Wright 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .328
Atkins 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .196 Reed cf 4 2 2 0 0 1 .291
around. Hunter Pence led off the Hawpe rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .345 LaRoche had three RBIs and W.Valdez ss 4 1 2 3 0 0 .364
The Houston ace had a Houston fourth with a single, S.Smith lf 4 0 3 0 0 0 .278 Pittsburgh scored five runs in Schneider c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .185
Tulowitzki ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .221 Li.Hernandez p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .100
season-high eight strikeouts, went to third on Lee’s blooper Torrealba c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .230 the eighth inning of an 8-5 win Parnell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Carlos Lee hit a two-run and scored on Berkman’s Cook p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .190 on Monday. Feliciano p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
a-Murton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Putz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
homer and the Astros sacrifice fly to left for a 2-0 Fogg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Adam LaRoche and Jack Stokes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
snapped a four-game losing Astros lead. Embree p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Wilson had three hits apiece for Tatis ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .267
c-Stewart ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .180 Totals 32 5 7 5 6 2
skid at home with a 4-1 win Helton hit a solo homer Totals 35 1 8 1 2 9 the Pirates, who came back
over the Colorado Rockies. over the right-field wall, just from a 5-0 deficit to win for Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Morgan lf 4 0 2 0 1 2 .280
Oswalt (2-2) improved to out of Pence’s reach, in the Bourn cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .286 only the second time in six F.Sanchez 2b 5 0 0 1 0 0 .325
7-1 in 10 career starts against fifth. Helton’s seventh homer Tejada ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .353 games. McLouth cf 4 0 0 1 0 3 .250
Pence rf 3 2 1 0 1 1 .341 Ad.LaRoche 1b 5 2 3 0 0 0 .242
Colorado and earned a deci- of the season was the 12th Ca.Lee lf 3 1 3 2 1 0 .319 “Late in the game we came Hinske rf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .270
sion for just the second time allowed by Oswalt in 2009. Berkman 1b 3 0 1 2 0 0 .232 up with some big hits with run- An.LaRoche 3b 4 2 2 3 0 1 .304
I.Rodriguez c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .265 Jaramillo c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .269
in 10 starts this season. He Miguel Tejada singled to Keppinger 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .282 ners on base,” Adam LaRoche Ja.Wilson ss 4 1 3 1 0 0 .263
allowed six hits and two left in the Houston sixth to Maysonet 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .391 said. “That’s what we’ve been Snell p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .150
Oswalt p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .136 R.Vazquez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .232
walks in seven innings to extend his hitting streak to 15 b-Erstad ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .140 missing. A lot of these games, S.Burnett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
match his longest outing of games, the longest active Sampson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 we’ve been getting some oppor- S.Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Hawkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Gorzelanny p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
the season. streak in the NL. One out Totals 29 4 10 4 2 4 tunities and not taking advan- Delw.Young ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .298
Oswalt had allowed at least later, Lee lined a homer into tage of them, and we did Capps p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Colorado 000 010 000 — 1 8 0 Totals 35 8 13 8 3 8
three runs in his previous the left-field seats, his ninth Houston 100 102 00x — 4 10 0 tonight.”
five starts, an unusually of the season. Wilson Valdez had two hits New York 023 000 000 — 5 7 1
a-grounded out for Cook in the 7th. b-grounded out Pittsburgh 000 300 05x — 8 13 1
mediocre stretch for a pitcher Lee had not driven in a run for Oswalt in the 7th. c-grounded out for Embree in and a career-high three RBIs
who’s averaged 17 wins over since May 16, his longest span the 9th. LOB: Colorado 9, Houston 4. 2B: Barmes for the Mets, who fell to 22-2 E: W.Valdez (1), Jaramillo (2). LOB: New York 7,
(11). HR: Helton (7), off Oswalt; Ca.Lee (9), off Cook. Pittsburgh 8. 2B: Reed 2 (3), W.Valdez (1), Ad.LaRoche
the last five seasons. But without an RBI since he RBIs: Helton (34), Ca.Lee 2 (31), Berkman 2 (31). CS: when leading after seven 2 (16). 3B: W.Valdez (1), An.LaRoche (1). RBIs: Shef-
field (20), W.Valdez 3 (3), Schneider (4), F.Sanchez
Oswalt said he never worried joined the Astros in 2007. Bourn (4), Tejada (2). SF: Berkman. Runners left in innings. Jeremy Reed added (18), McLouth (33), An.LaRoche 3 (25), Jaramillo (7),
scoring position: Colorado 4 (Atkins, Cook, Hawpe,
that he’d suddenly lost it. “I would say these last two Tulowitzki). DP: Colorado 2 (Tulowitzki, Barmes, two hits and scored two runs. Ja.Wilson (17), Delw.Young (10). SB: F.Martinez 2 (2),
Morgan (11). S: Li.Hernandez, Snell. SF: McLouth.
“No matter how long you PAT SULLIVAN / AP weeks have been the tough- Helton), (Torrealba, Torrealba, Tulowitzki). The bottom of the eighth had Runners left in scoring position: New York 5;
play this game, you’re going Houston P Roy Oswalt struck out eight and gave up six hits to the Rockies. est two weeks of my career,” Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA to stir up bad memories of last Pittsburgh 5. DP: New York 1; Pittsburgh 1
to run into a skid where said Lee, batting .319 after Cook L, 3-3 6 9 4 4 1 2 98 4.94 season for Mets fans, but bull- New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Fogg 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 0.00
you’re not doing too well,” who’ve lost five of their last dominated us with his fast- going 3-for-3 on Monday. Embree 1 1 0 0 1 1 16 6.60 pen implosions have been rare Li.Hernandez 5 2⁄3 7 3 3 2 5 103 4.33
Parnell H, 11 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 11 2.08
said Oswalt. “I think some of seven. They’re 2-2 since Jim ball. He came right at us.” “I’ve always been able to get Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA this season. New York entered Feliciano H, 9 1 1⁄3 1 1 1 0 2 24 2.53
Oswalt W, 2-2 7 6 1 1 2 8 102 4.28
the guys in the Hall of Fame Tracy replaced Clint Hurdle Aaron Cook (3-3) lost his an RBI here or there. These Sampson H, 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 16 2.03 the game leading the majors Putz L, 1-4 BS, 2-4 0 4 4 3 1 0 12 4.76
Stokes 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.66
actually ran into a few skids as manager on Friday. second straight start, allow- last two weeks have been Hawkins S, 7-9 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 2.49 with a 2.95 team ERA for its Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
here and there. Helton said Oswalt threw ing nine hits in six innings. really tough. I felt great at the relievers. Snell 6 6 5 5 5 2 104 5.64
WP: Cook. Umpires: Home, Randy Marsh; First, S.Burnett 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.18
“You’re only human,” he mostly fastballs, rarely using Lance Berkman gave the plate (on Monday). I don’t Marvin Hudson; Second, James Hoye; Third, Lance “You know what, this wasn’t S.Jackson 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 0.00
Barksdale. T: 2:31. A: 24,016 (40,976). Gorzelanny W, 3-1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 5 7.50
said. “A lot of people go his other main weapon, a Astros a 1-0 lead with a two- know how that happened.” our game plan going in,” Andy
Capps S, 11-13 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 5.94
through a lot of things. The nasty curve. Oswalt threw out, RBI single in the first Lee’s home run allowed LaRoche said, “because they’ve
good ones come out of it.” 102 pitches, 70 for strikes. inning. Oswalt to relax for his final pretty much had a sturdy bull- Inherited runners-scored: Parnell 2-0, Putz 1-1,
Stokes 3-2, Gorzelanny 1-0. IBB: off Putz (Morgan).
Todd Helton hit a solo “He has great stuff,” Helton Oswalt gave up five hits inning of work. pen all year.” Umpires: Home, Scott Barry; First, Ted Barrett; Sec-
homer for the Rockies, said. “He basicially just but no runs through four — The Associated Press — The Associated Press ond, Tim McClelland; Third, Adrian Johnson. T: 3:08.
A: 11,812 (38,362).
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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 .344 .400 186 41 64 14 1 11 36 14 38 4 2 4 Youkilis .366 .478 131 31 48 13 0 9 31 24 35 1 0 1 Pierzynski .305 .335 151 18 46 6 1 5 12 7 12 1 0 2 Martinez .348 .424 201 34 70 15 1 8 37 28 21 0 0 2
Scott .322 .401 121 21 39 6 0 11 29 15 24 0 0 0 Pedroia .326 .416 193 39 63 15 0 2 20 28 14 8 4 3 Konerko .303 .357 178 24 54 12 0 7 33 15 28 0 0 0 Cabrera .312 .372 205 38 64 13 2 2 27 20 39 7 1 3
Markakis .298 .362 208 38 62 16 1 7 40 20 26 1 1 3 Lowell .308 .332 198 25 61 17 1 8 35 6 27 0 0 5 Podsednik .288 .336 104 12 30 4 2 0 8 7 8 3 3 2 Choo .301 .413 183 31 55 9 1 7 31 33 43 8 0 4
Roberts .294 .364 211 43 62 16 1 6 22 25 35 10 4 2 Ellsbury .299 .335 214 28 64 10 1 1 15 11 19 21 6 0 Dye .280 .342 168 33 47 5 1 13 35 16 42 0 2 1 Carroll .294 .429 34 5 10 1 1 0 2 7 4 0 1 1
Reimold .286 .328 63 7 18 2 0 5 11 4 11 0 0 1 Green .298 .360 104 12 31 10 0 1 15 5 21 1 3 8 Anderson .272 .356 92 14 25 4 0 1 6 12 27 2 3 1 Hafner .270 .370 63 10 17 5 0 4 8 8 18 0 0 0
Mora .270 .338 126 12 34 3 0 2 15 13 16 1 2 3 Bay .288 .415 177 38 51 13 1 15 49 37 44 5 0 0 Thome .263 .389 137 25 36 7 0 9 32 29 45 0 0 0 Francisco .268 .343 157 24 42 11 1 5 20 14 33 9 1 1
Huff .264 .332 197 24 52 14 1 8 39 21 30 0 4 2 Lugo .276 .345 76 9 21 2 1 1 4 8 8 1 0 4 Ramirez .253 .299 170 16 43 5 0 3 23 12 19 9 2 3 Peralta .266 .352 173 17 46 9 0 1 21 21 45 0 0 4
Izturis .262 .296 145 16 38 5 1 1 13 5 10 8 0 5 Drew .248 .359 153 28 38 11 1 7 23 26 42 0 2 1 Getz .248 .309 137 20 34 6 1 0 10 10 17 5 1 2 DeRosa .262 .333 195 34 51 9 0 8 34 19 45 0 1 7
Andino .256 .304 43 6 11 1 0 0 2 3 11 1 1 2 Baldelli .244 .277 45 5 11 1 1 2 6 2 15 0 0 2 Fields .238 .304 168 17 40 5 2 2 20 14 53 1 3 6 Garko .252 .350 119 11 30 4 0 5 23 15 17 0 0 2
Wigginton .226 .261 146 9 33 8 0 3 15 5 19 1 1 2 Varitek .239 .327 138 19 33 9 0 10 22 17 31 0 0 1 Quentin .229 .325 131 20 30 6 0 8 20 11 17 1 0 1 Sizemore .223 .309 206 29 46 11 1 9 31 25 52 7 6 0
Montanez .204 .273 49 4 10 4 0 1 6 4 10 0 0 0 Kottaras .205 .275 44 6 9 5 0 0 5 5 14 0 0 1 Betemit .209 .277 43 2 9 5 0 0 3 4 13 0 0 4 Shoppach .204 .333 93 14 19 3 0 4 10 9 40 0 0 0
Zaun .203 .309 118 14 24 8 0 1 4 16 19 0 0 4 Bailey .188 .309 69 10 13 3 1 3 9 8 21 0 0 2 Nix .191 .291 47 5 9 1 0 4 6 6 8 3 0 0 Valbuena .188 .250 48 6 9 6 0 0 1 4 15 0 1 1
Pie .195 .271 87 9 17 2 1 2 4 9 23 1 2 0 Ortiz .185 .284 178 16 33 13 1 1 18 23 48 0 1 0 Wise .179 .179 28 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 0 Crowe .184 .262 38 6 7 2 0 0 4 3 9 1 0 1
Wieters .133 .133 15 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 Lowrie .056 .150 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 Team Totals .256 .324 1673 218 428 71 7 52 213 157 330 30 17 30 Team Totals .269 .355 1826 276 491 103 7 54 255 214 410 34 12 29
Team Totals .268 .333 1788 251 480 103 8 59 239 163 292 27 17 33 Team Totals .274 .356 1756 267 481 122 8 61 256 204 356 37 16 33

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 Dotel 1 1 1.04 20 0 0 17.1 10 2 2 1 12 20 Herges 1 0 1.13 10 0 0 16.0 7 2 2 2 4 14
Hernandez 1 0 1.59 1 1 0 5.2 5 1 1 0 4 3 Bard 0 0 1.08 6 0 0 8.1 7 1 1 0 3 7 Thornton 3 1 1.71 21 0 0 21.0 16 4 4 1 9 30 Vizcaino 1 2 2.25 6 0 1 8.0 5 2 2 1 5 7
Berken 1 1 2.25 2 2 0 12.0 11 3 3 1 5 5 Delcarmen 1 1 1.23 21 0 0 22.0 20 6 3 0 9 18 Linebrink 2 2 1.93 19 0 1 18.2 19 4 4 1 5 19 Lee 2 6 3.16 11 11 0 74.0 88 26 26 4 16 54
Sherrill 0 1 2.49 22 0 11 21.2 18 6 6 3 7 21 Ramirez 4 2 1.38 24 0 0 26.0 14 4 4 1 9 14 Carrasco 1 0 2.56 16 0 0 31.2 34 10 9 1 8 19 Betancourt 1 1 3.71 25 0 1 26.2 23 14 11 3 14 29
Johnson 2 2 3.04 24 0 1 26.2 22 9 9 2 9 18 Okajima 2 0 2.45 23 0 0 22.0 14 6 6 2 9 24 Buehrle 6 1 2.71 10 10 0 66.1 64 21 20 7 12 42 Laffey 3 1 3.93 10 4 1 34.1 32 15 15 1 19 19
Baez 4 1 3.77 18 0 0 28.2 18 12 12 3 13 20 Papelbon 0 1 2.45 21 0 13 22.0 19 6 6 3 11 25 Jenks 0 2 3.00 18 0 12 18.0 16 7 6 3 5 15 Sipp 0 0 4.26 9 0 0 6.1 4 3 3 2 8 9
Walker 0 0 3.97 21 0 0 11.1 16 6 5 3 0 9 Saito 0 0 3.00 18 0 2 18.0 19 6 6 2 4 17 Richard 2 0 3.38 16 4 0 40.0 42 16 15 4 15 30 Aquino 1 1 4.32 5 0 0 8.1 7 4 4 0 9 5
Bass 3 1 4.05 16 0 0 33.1 38 17 15 6 10 26 Masterson 2 2 4.25 13 6 0 48.2 52 23 23 4 17 39 Colon 3 4 3.80 9 9 0 45.0 49 28 19 7 16 29 Pavano 5 4 5.29 11 11 0 63.0 73 37 37 7 13 50
Uehara 2 3 4.09 9 9 0 50.2 50 26 23 6 11 38 Wakefield 6 3 4.55 10 10 0 63.1 59 32 32 5 31 38 Danks 4 3 4.80 10 10 0 54.1 58 31 29 6 22 50 J. Lewis 2 3 5.33 21 0 1 27.0 30 17 16 8 9 25
Hill 2 0 4.15 4 4 0 21.2 18 11 10 1 12 22 Beckett 5 2 4.60 10 10 0 62.2 64 35 32 6 28 59 Floyd 3 5 5.75 11 11 0 67.1 73 44 43 7 30 59 Ohka 0 0 5.40 1 0 0 5.0 5 3 3 0 1 3
Guthrie 4 4 4.86 11 11 0 66.2 72 39 36 13 21 45 Penny 5 1 5.63 10 10 0 54.1 70 39 34 7 17 34 Gobble 0 0 11.81 5 0 0 5.1 7 7 7 2 2 5 Wood 2 2 6.00 20 0 8 18.0 19 12 12 4 11 21
Bergesen 2 2 4.94 8 8 0 47.1 58 28 26 6 12 21 Lester 4 5 5.65 11 11 0 65.1 77 41 41 11 24 74 Team Totals 25 25 4.28 50 50 13 437.2 462 228 208 45 170 347 Sowers 1 2 6.16 4 3 0 19.0 20 13 13 3 12 8
Albers 0 2 5.63 13 0 0 16.0 21 11 10 1 8 10 Matsuzaka 0 3 8.82 4 4 0 16.1 28 16 16 4 10 15 Reyes 1 1 6.57 8 8 0 38.1 40 30 28 5 23 22
Hendrickson 1 4 5.66 11 7 0 35.0 47 30 22 7 14 26 Team Totals 29 22 4.46 51 51 15 452.1 474 236 224 48 186 378 Carmona 2 5 6.60 11 11 0 58.2 64 48 43 7 38 35
Sarfate 0 0 6.39 8 0 0 12.2 13 11 9 3 7 10 Smith 0 0 7.11 8 0 0 6.1 7 6 5 0 5 6
Simon 0 1 9.95 2 2 0 6.1 8 7 7 5 2 3 S. Lewis 0 0 8.31 1 1 0 4.1 7 4 4 2 1 3
Team Totals 24 28 5.13 52 52 12 458.1 509 288 261 72 172 326 Huff 0 1 10.97 3 3 0 10.2 18 13 13 3 6 7
Perez 0 1 14.66 15 0 0 11.2 20 19 19 1 9 5
Team Totals 22 31 5.36 53 53 12 467.0 506 293 278 58 222 341
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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 .355 .419 183 32 65 11 0 10 37 19 26 1 2 4 Callaspo .307 .363 166 22 51 17 1 2 16 15 11 0 0 3 Hunter .313 .396 179 37 56 12 1 12 42 24 29 10 3 0 Mauer .414 .500 99 27 41 7 1 11 32 19 16 0 0 0
Santiago .308 .329 78 12 24 4 1 3 20 3 20 0 1 2 Butler .291 .354 172 24 50 15 0 4 23 17 30 0 0 1 Rivera .310 .353 155 16 48 7 0 5 19 11 13 0 0 0 Morneau .342 .419 196 40 67 15 1 14 47 26 35 0 0 1
Everett .284 .331 109 17 31 7 0 1 17 6 14 3 1 4 Pena .286 .286 7 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 Figgins .296 .378 189 32 56 7 2 0 12 26 29 20 3 5 Kubel .317 .366 161 24 51 12 1 5 25 13 34 0 0 0
Thomas .282 .365 85 13 24 5 1 3 13 11 14 1 0 1 Teahen .285 .357 179 23 51 11 0 6 17 16 40 1 0 3 Abreu .295 .395 166 21 49 8 2 1 21 28 21 15 0 2 Span .299 .389 194 30 58 5 2 3 22 25 30 11 3 1
Ordonez .280 .360 168 23 47 7 0 2 19 21 27 1 0 1 Bloomquist .284 .358 95 16 27 2 3 1 6 12 15 8 1 2 Morales .280 .332 175 20 49 13 1 8 30 15 33 0 2 2 Cuddyer .276 .363 185 30 51 11 3 9 33 25 38 4 1 3
Maier .280 .379 50 8 14 3 2 0 6 8 9 2 1 0
Anderson .277 .320 94 12 26 3 2 0 10 6 12 10 1 1 Aybar .279 .309 129 12 36 8 2 1 12 6 13 1 1 3 Harris .274 .321 124 15 34 7 0 3 10 8 22 0 0 0
Guillen .269 .375 130 13 35 5 0 4 22 17 19 1 0 1
Inge .269 .362 171 32 46 6 0 12 33 20 45 1 2 4 Napoli .274 .368 135 17 37 8 0 7 19 19 33 2 3 3 Redmond .267 .323 60 2 16 3 0 0 3 5 7 0 0 0
Jacobs .248 .330 157 19 39 9 0 9 25 17 50 0 0 2
Raburn .267 .340 45 9 12 1 0 3 12 5 10 1 1 1 Matthews Jr. .269 .322 104 18 28 4 1 1 15 9 24 0 0 1 Crede .239 .304 134 18 32 7 0 9 22 12 24 0 0 1
Olivo .239 .265 109 10 26 4 1 4 15 2 38 1 1 1
Granderson .258 .339 198 35 51 5 1 13 30 25 40 8 2 0 Izturis .260 .303 100 19 26 3 0 0 12 6 12 5 1 2 Young .239 .282 109 10 26 1 0 1 14 5 37 2 2 2
DeJesus .236 .286 178 21 42 9 4 3 20 11 33 1 1 0
Polanco .255 .295 188 22 48 15 1 1 21 10 13 0 1 1 Guerrero .246 .279 57 4 14 2 0 1 5 3 9 0 0 0 Gomez .220 .282 100 16 22 5 2 0 3 8 23 4 3 0
Crisp .233 .344 163 29 38 8 5 3 14 27 19 11 2 3
Larish .250 .387 60 13 15 2 1 4 7 14 19 0 1 0 Mathis .233 .296 73 9 17 1 0 0 12 7 23 0 0 2 Tolbert .189 .265 74 10 14 2 0 1 8 8 21 2 0 1
Buck .226 .313 84 7 19 4 3 3 19 11 22 0 0 5
Laird .225 .320 129 21 29 5 1 2 14 15 24 1 0 0 Quinlan .231 .231 39 3 9 3 0 0 2 0 8 1 0 0 Buscher .188 .321 64 6 12 2 1 1 7 12 17 0 0 0
Hernandez .217 .280 23 1 5 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0
Thames .222 .250 18 2 4 1 1 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 Kendrick .225 .266 160 21 36 6 1 4 20 6 32 6 1 2 Punto .187 .290 123 17 23 3 0 0 12 18 22 5 1 5
Aviles .183 .208 120 10 22 3 1 1 8 4 26 1 0 4
Guillen .200 .267 90 11 18 4 0 0 6 8 15 1 0 0 Gordon .095 .269 21 2 2 0 0 1 3 3 8 1 0 1 Team Totals .276 .339 1686 233 466 82 10 40 222 161 287 61 14 26 Casilla .161 .220 93 6 15 1 1 0 5 6 18 2 0 3
Sardinha .083 .080 24 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 12 0 0 0 Hulett .000 .000 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Team Totals .272 .347 1769 261 481 84 12 57 245 196 351 30 10 19
Treanor .000 .071 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 Pena Jr. .000 .083 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Team Totals .268 .337 1656 256 443 77 9 55 244 165 303 28 12 21 Team Totals .253 .325 1673 209 424 92 20 41 198 163 331 27 6 32 Oliver 1 0 1.99 14 1 0 22.2 21 5 5 0 5 15 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Weaver 4 2 2.36 10 10 0 68.2 53 19 18 7 18 53 Swarzak 1 1 2.08 2 2 0 13.0 10 3 3 2 6 6
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 Thompson 0 0 2.70 3 0 0 3.1 4 1 1 1 1 3 Mijares 0 1 2.16 16 0 0 16.2 14 5 4 1 7 14
Jackson 5 3 2.30 11 11 0 74.1 59 25 19 5 18 57 Colon 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 1 3 Saunders 6 3 3.26 10 10 0 66.1 60 26 24 9 19 33 Nathan 1 1 2.33 20 0 9 19.1 14 5 5 2 5 21
Perry 0 1 2.66 20 0 0 20.1 12 8 6 1 16 19 Greinke 8 1 1.10 11 11 0 82.0 62 12 10 0 12 88 Palmer 5 0 4.06 8 7 0 44.1 34 21 20 5 17 27 Dickey 1 0 3.26 13 1 0 30.1 32 11 11 5 14 19
Zumaya 1 0 2.81 12 0 1 16.0 14 5 5 2 2 15 Soria 1 0 2.08 8 0 7 8.2 8 3 2 0 4 10 Moseley 1 0 4.30 3 3 0 14.2 20 8 7 3 3 8 Blackburn 5 2 3.50 11 11 0 69.1 74 32 27 6 20 33
Rodney 0 0 3.00 21 0 10 21.0 17 7 7 1 6 17 Tejeda 0 0 2.65 12 0 0 17.0 13 5 5 0 13 23 Bulger 2 1 4.87 18 0 0 20.1 18 11 11 3 9 19 Guerrier 1 0 3.60 25 0 0 25.0 16 10 10 4 6 19
Porcello 6 3 3.48 9 9 0 51.2 46 21 20 7 16 32 Wright 0 1 3.51 20 0 0 25.2 29 17 10 2 7 19 Fuentes 0 2 5.30 20 0 13 18.2 22 11 11 2 6 19 Henn 0 0 3.60 6 0 0 5.0 3 2 2 0 2 1
Verlander 6 2 3.63 11 11 0 69.1 60 31 28 4 20 90 Farnsworth 1 3 3.57 19 0 0 17.2 16 7 7 2 4 18 Speier 1 1 5.31 17 0 0 20.1 20 12 12 2 9 17 Slowey 7 1 4.11 10 10 0 61.1 79 29 28 9 5 44
Robertson 1 0 4.50 11 0 0 14.0 12 7 7 0 9 10 Bannister 4 2 3.64 8 8 0 47.0 48 23 19 3 16 29 Arredondo 1 2 5.32 23 0 0 22.0 27 13 13 0 10 25 Ayala 1 1 4.37 19 0 0 22.2 29 12 11 2 7 13
Miner 3 1 4.55 11 4 0 29.2 37 20 15 4 15 23 Cruz 3 1 3.97 21 0 2 22.2 16 10 10 1 14 14 Loux 2 3 5.40 8 6 0 38.1 52 24 23 2 14 14 Perkins 1 3 5.36 8 8 0 47.0 50 28 28 6 12 26
Mahay 1 0 4.08 19 0 0 17.2 25 10 8 2 9 17
Galarraga 3 5 5.50 10 10 0 54.0 59 33 33 11 25 39 Lackey 1 1 6.05 4 4 0 19.1 24 14 13 2 3 10 Baker 2 6 6.32 9 9 0 52.2 57 37 37 14 10 39
Meche 2 5 4.33 11 11 0 62.1 68 35 30 1 22 48
Seay 0 1 5.52 21 0 0 14.2 13 9 9 0 4 9 Shields 1 3 6.62 20 0 1 17.2 16 14 13 1 15 12 Liriano 2 7 6.60 11 11 0 58.2 67 44 43 9 28 50
Waechter 0 0 4.50 3 0 0 4.0 5 2 2 2 1 3
Willis 1 2 5.56 4 4 0 22.2 26 14 14 3 10 10 R. Rodriguez 0 0 7.36 8 0 0 14.2 27 15 12 2 4 6 Crain 2 2 7.36 18 0 0 14.2 14 12 12 3 8 9
Davies 2 4 5.09 10 10 0 58.1 58 36 33 8 25 41
Lyon 1 3 6.43 18 0 0 21.0 21 15 15 5 12 9 Santana 0 2 9.50 4 4 0 18.0 31 19 19 3 9 11 Team Totals 25 27 4.78 52 52 9 459.1 486 254 244 69 147 311
Ponson 1 5 7.27 11 6 0 43.1 58 37 35 4 17 24
Team Totals 28 21 3.87 49 49 11 432.1 408 211 186 49 166 350 Team Totals 25 24 4.72 49 49 14 435.0 470 244 228 47 161 286
Ramirez 0 2 7.36 16 1 0 18.1 25 16 15 3 10 11
Bale 0 1 8.10 4 0 0 3.1 3 3 3 0 3 2
Team Totals 23 27 4.13 50 50 9 442.0 452 231 203 30 165 353
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES
TEAM STATS

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 .316 .365 136 20 43 6 0 5 20 11 19 4 2 1 Kennedy .390 .462 82 9 32 7 0 4 15 10 12 5 1 3 Suzuki .352 .383 196 19 69 9 1 5 16 9 16 8 4 1 Bartlett .373 .418 161 32 60 11 2 7 30 12 25 14 1 4
Jeter .311 .385 209 32 65 12 0 7 25 23 28 10 1 2 Suzuki .285 .333 172 22 49 15 0 2 17 11 15 1 1 1 Branyan .319 .412 160 30 51 13 0 11 23 23 48 2 0 5 Longoria .327 .396 199 38 65 20 0 13 55 23 50 2 0 5

Cano .308 .338 211 35 65 13 1 9 31 10 15 2 2 2 Holliday .270 .366 178 23 48 6 1 6 28 23 29 4 1 0 Chavez .289 .338 135 15 39 2 1 2 13 11 19 8 1 1 Crawford .324 .383 213 40 69 11 3 3 25 19 39 30 1 2

Damon .301 .367 193 40 58 12 2 10 31 20 32 5 0 1 Petit .261 .261 23 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 Betancourt .256 .286 164 12 42 6 1 2 16 8 14 3 0 9 Iwamura .310 .377 155 19 48 13 1 0 16 17 30 8 1 5

Posada .297 .389 91 11 27 7 0 6 21 14 22 1 0 1 Cust .252 .346 163 25 41 6 0 7 26 23 43 1 0 1 Gutierrez .255 .330 157 20 40 5 0 3 19 17 35 2 3 1 Zobrist .304 .412 125 21 38 13 2 8 26 23 25 5 2 1
Hernandez .289 .319 45 4 13 2 0 1 10 2 6 2 1 0
Cervelli .286 .302 42 4 12 1 0 0 4 1 6 0 1 0 Garciaparra .250 .275 48 7 12 1 0 2 8 2 10 0 0 0 Johjima .250 .275 88 10 22 3 0 3 10 3 5 2 0 1
Aybar .263 .359 99 15 26 6 0 3 13 15 18 0 0 1
Nady .286 .310 28 4 8 4 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 Sweeney .250 .316 184 20 46 8 0 2 15 18 27 4 2 1 Quiroz .250 .250 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
Brignac .250 .250 20 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1
Teixeira .282 .386 188 36 53 12 0 16 44 29 37 0 0 0 Cabrera .236 .280 199 22 47 6 0 2 16 13 16 1 3 8 Balentien .235 .280 98 13 23 9 0 1 6 7 24 1 0 0
Burrell .250 .349 108 9 27 4 0 1 17 16 25 1 0 0
Molina .273 .333 44 5 12 2 0 1 6 4 6 0 0 1 Buck .235 .301 85 10 20 2 0 3 9 8 17 1 1 0 Sweeney .230 .272 87 7 20 6 0 2 10 3 11 0 0 2
Riggans .250 .250 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Gardner .265 .339 113 24 30 4 2 2 8 12 19 10 2 0 Giambi .220 .357 159 27 35 6 0 6 23 30 35 0 0 3 Beltre .227 .260 207 22 47 11 0 3 21 8 37 6 2 7
Gross .247 .360 85 15 21 4 0 3 14 15 18 2 1 0
Matsui .263 .351 152 16 40 11 1 7 19 18 27 0 0 0 Ellis .206 .265 63 6 13 2 0 0 9 5 10 2 1 2 Lopez .226 .270 190 21 43 8 0 5 26 11 24 0 2 8
Joyce .231 .333 13 2 3 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0
Rodriguez .259 .412 81 11 21 4 0 7 19 19 14 0 0 1 Crosby .204 .308 113 15 23 3 2 1 10 16 20 1 0 5 Griffey Jr. .208 .327 130 15 27 5 0 5 14 24 25 0 0 0
Pena .231 .367 186 37 43 9 1 17 41 38 66 0 1 5
Pena .242 .286 66 10 16 2 1 0 4 4 13 2 0 3 Hannahan .194 .265 62 6 12 5 0 1 5 6 17 0 0 0 Johnson .186 .228 86 6 16 6 1 0 8 5 25 0 1 1
Navarro .212 .241 151 17 32 6 0 2 11 3 24 1 0 1
Swisher .236 .373 161 31 38 11 1 10 31 35 48 0 0 3 Powell .186 .265 43 4 8 4 0 1 11 5 11 0 0 2 Cedeno .173 .232 52 7 9 1 1 2 5 3 18 1 1 1 Upton .204 .297 186 32 38 8 1 2 9 25 60 15 3 0
Ransom .180 .226 50 4 9 5 1 0 6 3 15 1 0 2 Davis .146 .205 41 5 6 0 0 0 0 3 14 5 2 0 Team Totals .255 .308 1767 197 450 84 5 44 189 133 305 33 14 42 Dillon .200 .273 10 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0
Berroa .143 .143 14 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 Chavez .100 .129 30 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 Kapler .178 .274 73 6 13 7 0 0 5 10 12 2 1 1
Team Totals .280 .356 1805 288 505 108 9 80 274 204 316 35 8 20 Cunningham .050 .095 20 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Team Totals .274 .354 1847 294 506 117 10 64 279 221 413 82 12 32
Team Totals .241 .316 1673 205 403 74 3 37 195 175 294 25 12 32 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 Kelley 1 1 1.54 10 0 0 11.2 11 2 2 2 1 11 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Robertson 0 0 2.45 9 0 0 7.1 5 3 2 0 5 10 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Vargas 2 0 1.65 6 4 0 27.1 21 6 5 4 9 17 Cormier 0 1 2.19 18 0 1 37.0 29 9 9 1 10 17
Rivera 0 1 2.49 21 0 11 21.2 21 6 6 5 1 26 Breslow 0 1 1.69 6 0 0 5.1 3 1 1 0 0 5 White 1 0 1.75 19 0 0 25.2 16 6 5 2 12 11 Howell 0 2 2.45 25 0 1 25.2 20 8 7 1 9 31
Aceves 3 1 2.75 9 0 0 19.2 16 6 6 2 3 18 Bailey 4 0 2.23 23 0 2 32.1 20 8 8 3 12 38 Aardsma 1 2 2.13 25 0 8 25.1 15 6 6 1 18 26 Choate 0 0 3.00 4 0 2 3.0 1 2 1 1 0 4
Bruney 2 0 3.00 10 0 0 9.0 3 3 3 0 2 13 Wuertz 2 1 2.59 24 0 2 24.1 16 8 7 1 7 23 Bedard 3 2 2.48 9 9 0 54.1 46 17 15 6 15 54 Price 1 0 3.00 2 2 0 9.0 9 3 3 1 7 17
Sabathia 5 3 3.46 11 11 0 78.0 65 32 30 4 24 56 Outman 2 0 3.06 10 8 0 47.0 35 19 16 6 21 40 Washburn 3 4 3.22 10 10 0 64.1 59 24 23 5 17 44 Isringhausen 0 1 3.18 6 0 0 5.2 5 2 2 0 5 3

Chamberlain 3 1 3.71 10 10 0 53.1 50 25 22 7 27 51 Cameron 0 0 3.57 10 0 1 17.2 14 7 7 1 4 14 Hernandez 5 3 3.41 11 11 0 71.1 71 32 27 6 20 72 Shields 4 4 3.53 11 11 0 74.0 79 32 29 10 20 52

Pettitte 5 1 4.10 10 10 0 63.2 70 31 29 8 23 34 Braden 4 5 3.63 11 11 0 67.0 75 29 27 5 20 43 Batista 3 1 3.76 20 0 0 26.1 30 15 11 1 16 23 Garza 4 4 3.67 11 11 0 73.2 55 31 30 9 28 66

Tomko 0 1 4.15 5 0 0 4.1 5 2 2 1 2 0 Ziegler 0 1 3.92 19 0 5 20.2 26 10 9 0 9 13 Lowe 0 2 4.68 24 0 0 25.0 29 17 13 2 10 19 Shouse 1 1 3.77 19 0 0 14.1 17 6 6 2 3 9
Niemann 4 4 4.44 10 10 0 50.2 56 28 25 8 23 30
Burnett 3 2 4.78 10 10 0 64.0 59 34 34 10 31 57 Cahill 2 5 4.45 10 10 0 54.2 58 29 27 8 24 24 Olson 0 1 4.68 7 3 0 25.0 26 14 13 6 9 15
Wheeler 1 1 4.67 21 0 0 17.1 15 10 9 4 6 14
Coke 1 3 4.79 22 0 1 20.2 16 14 11 5 9 12 Casilla 1 2 4.74 17 0 0 19.0 17 11 10 3 11 14 Jakubauskas 3 5 6.17 11 8 0 46.2 49 34 32 5 17 20
Balfour 2 0 5.48 23 0 1 23.0 21 14 14 1 15 22
Hughes 3 2 5.45 7 7 0 34.2 37 22 21 6 15 31 Giese 0 3 5.32 7 1 0 22.0 22 13 13 5 9 11 Stark 0 1 6.30 8 0 0 10.0 12 8 7 2 10 7
Nelson 1 0 6.23 23 0 2 21.2 25 18 15 6 16 21
Veras 3 1 6.97 22 0 0 20.2 19 16 16 4 14 16 E. Gonzalez 0 1 5.40 2 2 0 10.0 12 6 6 0 5 8 Corcoran 1 0 7.27 8 0 0 8.2 13 7 7 0 9 4
Percival 0 1 6.35 14 0 6 11.1 14 8 8 3 5 7
Marte 0 1 15.19 7 0 0 5.1 9 9 9 3 3 6 Anderson 2 5 5.70 9 9 0 47.1 57 40 30 10 15 27 Morrow 0 3 7.63 14 0 6 15.1 17 14 13 3 14 18
Sonnanstine 3 5 7.66 10 10 0 49.1 72 43 42 7 16 29
Wang 0 3 16.07 6 3 0 14.0 32 25 25 3 8 9 Springer 0 1 6.98 23 0 0 19.1 30 16 15 4 9 22 Silva 1 3 8.48 6 6 0 28.2 38 27 27 5 9 10
Kazmir 4 4 7.69 9 9 0 45.2 60 41 39 7 29 35
Team Totals 30 21 4.88 51 51 12 460.2 461 265 250 71 200 372 Team Totals 19 29 4.53 48 48 10 439.0 465 247 221 50 179 317 Team Totals 24 28 3.95 52 52 14 469.0 457 231 206 50 190 352
Team Totals 25 28 4.59 53 53 14 466.2 486 260 238 61 193 357
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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 .283 .441 .350 53 1883 270 533 183 122 5 55 257 L.A. Dodgers .287 .415 .369 53 1846 289 529 171 109 10 36 273
N.Y. Mets .280 .412 .363 50 1688 239 472 158 92 16 33 225
N.Y. Yankees .280 .483 .356 51 1805 288 505 184 108 9 80 274
Houston .270 .409 .334 50 1695 209 458 219 88 12 41 198
L.A. Angels .276 .408 .339 49 1686 233 466 153 82 10 40 222
Washington .266 .426 .351 50 1742 240 463 225 84 12 57 232
Boston .274 .457 .356 51 1756 267 481 216 122 8 61 256
TEXAS TORONTO Tampa Bay .274 .452 .354 53 1847 294 506 210 117 10 64 279
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
.265
.264
.468
.396
.346
.332
49
51
1692
1721
272
222
448
455
137
210
109
108
11
11
71
32
260
213
RANGERS BLUE JAYS Minnesota .272 .430 .347 52 1769 261 481 178 84 12 57 245 Atlanta .262 .394 .337 50 1687 220 442 209 101 7 36 207
Texas .272 .489 .331 50 1745 271 474 147 110 10 83 265 San Francisco .258 .369 .316 49 1655 193 427 138 84 11 26 181
Cleveland .269 .422 .355 53 1826 276 491 207 103 7 54 255 Cincinnati .256 .412 .331 50 1697 227 434 174 80 10 55 217
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 Baltimore .268 .434 .333 52 1788 251 480 200 103 8 59 239 St. Louis .256 .419 .332 51 1682 231 430 162 96 8 54 224
Chicago Cubs .251 .409 .330 49 1627 218 408 148 82 7 54 206
Detroit .268 .425 .337 49 1656 256 443 125 77 9 55 244
Vizquel .333 .370 51 7 17 4 1 0 6 3 6 2 0 0 Hill .333 .368 231 33 77 7 0 12 37 13 33 2 1 5 Milwaukee .251 .414 .339 51 1689 239 424 159 82 8 59 235
Chicago White Sox .256 .400 .324 50 1673 218 428 181 71 7 52 213
Colorado .248 .420 .330 50 1656 239 411 168 92 14 55 229
Young .333 .376 195 30 65 19 0 7 21 14 29 4 1 3 Scutaro .305 .408 210 43 64 15 1 5 25 37 24 5 3 1 Seattle .255 .383 .308 52 1767 197 450 177 84 5 44 189 Florida .245 .382 .322 52 1807 238 443 191 84 8 49 227
Kansas City .253 .406 .325 50 1673 209 424 200 92 20 41 198 Arizona .241 .403 .314 52 1777 220 428 180 111 12 51 210
Byrd .304 .325 158 22 48 18 0 4 24 6 20 2 0 0 Rolen .303 .380 165 25 50 15 0 3 18 19 21 2 0 4 Oakland .239 .354 .315 49 1705 207 408 142 75 3 38 197 San Diego .239 .395 .318 51 1700 203 406 163 81 10 55 195
Cruz .296 .360 179 29 53 11 0 14 36 19 43 9 1 3 Lind .288 .365 198 28 57 16 0 8 38 23 43 0 1 1 CLUB SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP LOB SHO E DP TP
CLUB SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP LOB SHO E DP TP
L.A. Dodgers 19 20 19 233 27 358 44 14 50 791 1 22 51 0
Andrus .283 .325 145 23 41 4 4 3 11 9 19 6 1 7 Barajas .285 .317 151 17 43 12 0 3 26 8 25 0 0 4 Toronto 12 17 12 192 12 311 26 6 52 792 1 22 51 0
N.Y. Mets 33 18 14 216 24 284 53 18 44 712 1 38 42 0
N.Y. Yankees 16 13 17 204 10 316 35 8 44 707 0 20 48 0
Jones .282 .415 85 16 24 9 0 5 14 19 22 1 0 0 Rios .276 .333 217 26 60 14 2 6 25 15 36 4 1 1 Houston 24 18 15 156 9 291 31 21 43 646 5 23 51 0
L.A. Angels 15 18 8 161 14 287 61 14 32 597 2 26 44 0 Washington 21 9 22 211 10 410 17 12 42 789 1 48 39 0
Kinsler .279 .361 201 38 56 12 2 13 39 25 29 10 1 4 Overbay .274 .374 124 16 34 12 1 5 23 21 20 0 0 0 Boston 2 15 28 204 18 356 37 16 52 735 1 33 34 0 Philadelphia 16 16 27 193 7 326 39 9 32 675 2 17 32 0
Tampa Bay 10 14 15 221 14 413 82 12 28 770 2 32 50 0 Pittsburgh 21 12 20 160 12 362 27 8 29 684 6 23 57 1
Blalock .258 .294 159 26 41 10 1 12 28 6 30 1 0 1 Bautista .269 .404 93 17 25 6 0 1 8 20 29 3 0 0 Minnesota 16 20 18 196 10 351 30 10 43 742 3 19 43 0 Atlanta 24 16 16 182 13 316 11 8 41 672 5 28 41 0
Texas 9 17 11 153 6 402 40 8 22 665 2 26 59 1 San Francisco 21 16 21 126 14 346 34 14 39 626 2 25 46 0
Teagarden .256 .347 43 4 11 2 0 0 6 5 17 0 0 2 Millar .267 .327 90 13 24 5 0 3 16 8 16 0 0 1 Cincinnati 33 15 20 177 14 345 29 13 34 654 1 35 49 0
Cleveland 17 14 36 214 6 410 34 12 44 793 3 29 61 0
Baltimore 5 11 16 163 9 292 27 17 32 645 2 33 43 0 St. Louis 30 20 22 180 22 302 27 8 34 642 2 33 48 0
Saltalamacchia .255 .309 137 18 35 7 0 5 23 11 53 0 1 1 Wells .266 .321 218 33 58 14 1 5 25 19 22 9 0 0 Chicago Cubs 12 11 19 180 8 367 23 12 37 668 4 30 43 0
Detroit 17 11 14 165 6 303 28 12 52 625 2 21 44 0
Hamilton .240 .290 125 20 30 5 2 6 24 9 31 3 0 0 Chavez .250 .250 36 1 9 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 Milwaukee 18 17 26 207 9 406 11 11 40 711 1 30 44 0
Chicago White Sox 5 14 19 157 5 330 30 17 38 672 6 30 42 0 Colorado 22 19 13 199 8 367 32 16 38 652 3 31 46 0
Murphy .226 .336 93 15 21 5 0 2 10 16 23 2 3 0 McDonald .211 .211 19 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Seattle 29 16 11 133 14 305 33 14 50 635 5 42 47 0 Florida 26 12 17 193 14 443 30 13 25 712 2 45 28 0
Kansas City 18 7 18 163 12 331 27 6 43 644 3 32 58 0 Arizona 12 15 14 181 17 420 41 15 27 692 3 43 54 1
Davis .194 .253 165 23 32 4 0 12 23 11 77 0 0 0 Barrett .167 .211 18 3 3 0 0 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 Oakland 8 13 16 178 3 306 25 12 38 676 4 33 45 0 San Diego 25 10 16 185 14 355 24 8 38 641 4 23 48 0
Team Totals .272 .331 1745 271 474 110 10 83 265 153 402 40 8 26 Inglett .100 .182 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 TEAM PITCHING TEAM PITCHING
Through Monday’s Games Through Monday’s Games
Team Totals .283 .350 1883 270 533 122 5 55 257 192 311 26 6 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 28 21 3.87 49 1 7 11 432.1 408 211 186 St. Louis 29 22 3.61 51 2 4 15 454.0 426 200 182
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO L.A. Dodgers 35 18 3.72 53 1 3 15 474.0 406 203 196
Seattle 24 28 3.95 52 1 4 14 469.0 457 231 206
San Francisco 25 24 3.81 49 2 6 12 439.1 418 196 186
Moscoso 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Kansas City 23 27 4.13 50 5 4 9 442.0 452 231 203
N.Y. Mets 28 22 3.88 50 1 2 16 447.2 435 216 193
Chicago White Sox 25 25 4.28 50 1 4 13 437.2 462 228 208 Milwaukee 30 21 4.03 51 1 3 18 450.2 407 218 202
Francisco 1 1 0.48 18 0 11 18.2 11 1 1 1 5 19 Downs 0 0 2.35 22 0 7 23.0 19 7 6 1 2 23 Toronto 29 24 4.28 53 2 3 10 475.0 465 241 226 Cincinnati 27 23 4.05 50 2 6 14 455.0 421 219 205
O'Day 2 0 1.38 15 0 1 13.0 8 2 2 1 3 12 Frasor 4 0 2.41 20 0 1 18.2 13 5 5 1 3 15 Boston 29 22 4.46 51 2 0 15 452.1 474 236 224 Atlanta 25 25 4.11 50 0 3 11 445.0 428 224 203
Texas 30 20 4.46 50 5 3 16 446.1 460 234 221 Pittsburgh 23 28 4.25 51 3 4 12 442.2 427 221 209
Wilson 3 2 3.05 23 0 4 20.2 20 12 7 1 10 12 Halladay 8 1 2.63 11 11 0 82.0 76 26 24 6 11 68 Oakland 19 30 4.57 49 0 0 10 447.0 471 253 227 Chicago Cubs 25 24 4.28 49 1 2 11 426.2 391 213 203
Tampa Bay 25 28 4.59 53 0 1 14 466.2 486 260 238 San Diego 25 26 4.31 51 1 1 16 455.0 430 235 218
Millwood 4 4 3.23 11 11 0 78.0 73 30 28 12 23 43 Richmond 4 2 3.50 10 9 0 54.0 50 23 21 8 18 44 Arizona 23 29 4.51 52 1 4 16 473.0 492 256 237
L.A. Angels 25 24 4.72 49 4 4 14 435.0 470 244 228
Houston 21 28 4.51 50 1 2 11 442.2 476 242 222
Jennings 2 1 3.52 16 0 0 23.0 21 11 9 2 10 14 League 1 1 3.97 20 0 0 22.2 19 10 10 1 8 18 Minnesota 25 27 4.78 52 0 1 9 459.1 486 254 244
Florida 24 28 4.63 52 1 0 11 472.1 479 270 243
N.Y. Yankees 30 21 4.88 51 2 2 12 460.2 461 265 250 Colorado 20 30 4.84 50 2 3 10 436.2 488 259 235
Feldman 4 0 3.91 10 7 0 48.1 40 21 21 5 17 26 Janssen 1 1 4.15 2 2 0 13.0 19 6 6 1 3 2 Baltimore 24 28 5.13 52 1 2 12 458.1 509 288 261 Philadelphia 29 20 4.98 49 0 0 15 439.1 457 248 243
McCarthy 5 2 4.35 10 10 0 60.0 60 30 29 10 23 41 Romero 2 2 4.15 5 5 0 30.1 36 14 14 6 10 21 Cleveland 22 31 5.36 53 0 1 12 467.0 506 293 278 Washington 13 36 5.69 50 1 0 8 440.0 500 308 278

Guardado 0 1 4.38 18 0 0 12.1 14 6 6 2 5 5 Tallet 3 3 4.26 13 9 0 61.1 47 30 29 8 29 47 CLUB HR HBP BB IBB SO WP BK CLUB HR HBP BB IBB SO WP BK
Detroit 49 8 166 8 350 15 1 St. Louis 35 21 158 3 338 11 4
Padilla 3 2 4.71 8 8 0 49.2 50 27 26 4 20 26 Ray 1 2 4.44 4 4 0 24.1 23 15 12 4 6 13 L.A. Dodgers 34 22 222 24 402 29 2
Seattle 50 15 190 6 352 26 1
San Francisco 40 13 194 19 383 19 3
Harrison 4 4 5.43 9 9 0 54.2 68 33 33 7 16 29 Carlson 1 3 4.85 26 0 0 26.0 22 14 14 2 7 14 Kansas City 30 14 165 10 353 26 2 N.Y. Mets 36 14 189 17 357 12 7
Chicago White Sox 45 8 170 14 347 18 2 Milwaukee 59 27 186 11 353 19 0
Holland 1 2 5.96 10 2 0 25.2 32 18 17 5 8 18 Camp 0 2 5.29 16 0 0 17.0 20 11 10 2 9 11 Toronto 62 19 161 10 361 14 0 Cincinnati 54 21 194 10 340 13 1
Boston 48 31 186 11 378 18 1 Atlanta 29 20 171 17 383 18 2
Eyre 0 0 6.23 3 0 0 4.1 5 3 3 0 3 1 Wolfe 1 1 7.56 7 0 0 8.1 13 7 7 3 2 8 Pittsburgh 43 20 189 10 274 14 1
Texas 60 24 167 5 263 14 5
Madrigal 0 0 7.71 7 0 0 7.0 5 6 6 1 6 3 Ryan 1 0 8.74 13 0 2 11.1 15 11 11 3 9 10 Oakland 52 6 185 14 323 10 0 Chicago Cubs 54 17 190 12 394 20 4
Tampa Bay 61 16 193 7 357 20 1 San Diego 46 15 197 24 370 15 2
Benson 1 1 8.53 6 2 0 19.0 30 19 18 5 9 10 Litsch 0 1 9.00 2 2 0 9.0 14 9 9 4 1 8 Arizona 59 12 170 9 377 23 1
L.A. Angels 47 19 161 11 286 18 2
Houston 57 18 173 8 343 13 1
Team Totals 30 20 4.46 50 50 16 446.1 460 234 221 60 167 263 Team Totals 29 24 4.28 53 53 10 475.0 465 241 226 62 161 361 Minnesota 69 14 147 7 311 19 2 Florida 54 13 215 20 410 22 2
N.Y. Yankees 71 31 200 9 372 19 1 Colorado 44 16 159 12 319 14 1
Baltimore 72 19 172 15 326 9 1 Philadelphia 77 26 170 10 354 7 1
Cleveland 58 15 222 13 341 17 2 Washington 52 26 221 15 294 27 3
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NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES

ARIZONA ATLANTA CHICAGO CINCINNATI

DIAMONDBACKS BRAVES CUBS REDS

BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Roberts .361 .420 61 9 22 6 0 0 5 6 15 3 0 0 Infante .349 .389 86 13 30 4 0 1 11 6 7 1 0 2 J. Fox .429 .429 7 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 Castillo .500 .500 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upton .322 .396 174 33 56 12 4 9 29 21 49 6 1 2 McCann .318 .422 107 15 34 6 0 5 18 18 12 2 1 2 Ramirez .364 .417 66 8 24 3 0 4 16 5 8 0 0 1 Votto .357 .464 126 23 45 10 0 8 33 23 25 2 1 3
Parra .319 .367 72 11 23 3 3 1 16 5 9 0 2 2 C. Jones .316 .434 136 24 43 8 1 5 21 28 26 1 1 6 Fukudome .309 .439 136 26 42 10 1 5 20 31 28 4 4 0 Gomes .353 .421 17 1 6 1 0 0 4 2 4 1 0 0
Lopez .306 .364 180 21 55 15 0 4 10 16 30 4 2 6 Escobar .299 .370 164 26 49 13 0 5 26 15 18 1 1 4 Johnson .295 .364 78 13 23 3 1 3 14 6 11 1 0 0 Hanigan .333 .420 69 11 23 2 0 1 4 11 4 0 0 1
Ojeda .267 .348 101 12 27 6 0 1 4 11 10 1 1 3 Diaz .284 .366 88 14 25 4 2 2 15 11 21 1 0 1 Theriot .293 .355 181 28 53 11 2 5 22 16 27 7 3 4 Janish .300 .378 40 5 12 3 0 0 3 3 7 0 0 1
Reynolds .263 .354 186 32 49 10 1 13 31 25 72 11 3 7 Hill .289 .396 45 6 13 2 0 2 7 7 14 0 0 0
Kotchman .277 .340 173 15 48 16 0 2 24 14 18 0 0 0 Hernandez .283 .348 159 13 45 7 0 3 21 16 19 0 0 4
Snyder .240 .374 100 14 24 6 0 5 17 21 25 0 0 0 Hoffpauir .281 .333 96 9 27 7 0 4 16 8 21 0 0 1
Ross .274 .392 62 10 17 4 0 3 11 12 24 0 0 0 Phillips .280 .348 161 22 45 7 2 9 37 18 19 4 3 3
Drew .221 .292 113 12 25 7 1 2 15 13 27 0 1 4 Lee .248 .325 141 17 35 8 0 5 19 16 28 0 0 0
Anderson .266 .294 109 9 29 7 0 1 15 6 11 0 0 2 Nix .274 .327 95 15 26 11 1 4 12 8 32 0 0 1
Montero .217 .330 83 9 18 5 0 2 6 12 20 0 0 4 Soriano .246 .307 199 36 49 11 0 12 25 16 54 5 2 4
Johnson .256 .316 160 28 41 12 2 5 18 12 27 2 2 4 Taveras .266 .325 173 33 46 7 1 1 8 14 26 12 2 1
Byrnes .214 .263 140 17 30 10 1 4 18 8 17 6 3 3 Scales .239 .352 46 10 11 2 1 2 6 7 13 0 0 2
Francoeur .250 .271 192 24 48 5 2 3 23 5 30 1 1 0 Hairston Jr. .262 .318 141 31 37 8 1 7 16 10 23 4 1 3
Tracy .203 .262 118 14 24 8 0 4 17 10 14 1 0 0 Bradley .224 .343 116 19 26 3 1 5 14 18 25 0 0 0
Prado .247 .321 73 8 18 8 0 2 7 8 7 0 1 1 Dickerson .240 .373 96 13 23 2 2 2 8 20 29 2 2 3
Jackson .182 .264 99 8 18 4 0 1 14 11 16 5 0 2
Fontenot .224 .307 143 14 32 7 1 5 20 17 30 2 1 3
Schafer .204 .313 167 18 34 8 0 2 8 27 63 2 1 0 Rosales .239 .327 92 12 22 4 0 2 10 10 20 0 2 2
Clark .179 .258 28 3 5 1 0 2 5 3 15 0 0 1
Soto .216 .336 125 9 27 4 0 1 12 21 29 0 0 2
Hernandez .167 .200 24 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 Bruce .225 .302 182 29 41 5 1 14 30 18 45 3 1 1
Young .174 .215 167 17 29 11 1 3 12 8 49 4 2 0
Miles .204 .250 98 13 20 6 0 0 4 6 16 3 0 1
Whitesell .133 .278 30 0 4 2 0 0 2 6 8 0 0 1 Norton .129 .289 31 2 4 2 0 0 3 7 8 0 0 0 Gonzalez .219 .263 128 6 28 7 0 2 16 6 21 0 0 2
Freel .167 .211 18 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1
Team Totals .241 .314 1777 220 428 111 12 51 210 181 420 41 15 43 Team Totals .262 .337 1687 220 442 101 7 36 207 182 316 11 8 28 Encarnacion .127 .286 63 2 8 1 0 1 6 13 19 1 1 3
Blanco .111 .111 9 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
Team Totals .256 .331 1697 227 434 80 10 55 217 177 345 29 13 35
Team Totals .251 .330 1627 218 408 82 7 54 206 180 367 23 12 30
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

Schlereth 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 Soriano 0 0 1.25 22 0 4 21.2 11 3 3 1 7 29 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
Zavada 1 0 0.00 7 0 0 5.1 4 0 0 0 0 7 Acosta 0 0 1.93 4 0 0 4.2 4 1 1 0 0 2 Fisher 1 0 0.00 3 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 3 3
Waddell 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Pena 5 2 1.78 25 0 1 25.1 26 9 5 1 6 20 Jurrjens 5 2 2.59 11 11 0 66.0 58 20 19 4 23 40 Rhodes 0 0 0.50 22 0 0 18.0 9 1 1 0 6 13
Wells 0 2 1.80 4 4 0 25.0 22 5 5 0 7 23
Haren 4 4 2.54 10 10 0 71.0 55 20 20 8 9 71 Bennett 2 2 2.70 24 0 0 23.1 30 8 7 0 12 17 Masset 2 0 1.00 14 0 0 18.0 6 2 2 0 8 15
Guzman 1 0 2.82 20 0 0 22.1 13 7 7 2 6 21
Gutierrez 1 2 3.00 24 0 1 30.0 27 10 10 1 11 34 O'Flaherty 0 0 3.00 25 0 0 18.0 14 7 6 0 1 13 Cordero 0 2 1.64 22 0 14 22.0 18 5 4 0 7 22
Marmol 1 1 3.13 25 0 3 23.0 13 9 8 1 21 27
Qualls 1 0 3.43 19 0 12 21.0 22 8 8 1 4 23 Gonzalez 2 0 3.27 24 0 7 22.0 18 9 8 2 10 31 Herrera 0 1 1.74 22 0 0 20.2 22 8 4 1 9 17
Lilly 6 4 3.50 10 10 0 64.1 53 26 25 11 17 52
Davis 2 6 3.65 11 11 0 69.0 61 31 28 10 27 51 Lowe 6 3 3.49 11 11 0 69.2 62 29 27 2 22 41 Cueto 4 3 2.53 10 10 0 67.2 50 20 19 7 20 50
Scherzer 2 4 4.47 10 10 0 54.1 55 28 27 8 22 57 Ascanio 0 0 3.52 6 0 0 7.2 8 3 3 1 2 9
Vazquez 4 4 3.58 11 11 0 70.1 65 31 28 6 16 86 Weathers 0 1 2.55 20 0 0 17.2 12 5 5 1 10 12
Buckner 2 1 5.24 6 3 0 22.1 23 13 13 4 9 16 Zambrano 3 2 4.22 8 8 0 49.0 50 25 23 4 21 46
Campillo 1 0 4.15 5 0 0 4.1 7 3 2 0 3 3 Harang 5 5 4.19 11 11 0 68.2 81 35 32 10 15 61
Rosales 0 0 5.73 8 0 0 11.0 11 7 7 0 6 6 Dempster 4 3 4.48 11 11 0 68.1 60 35 34 8 27 57
Kawakami 3 6 4.73 9 9 0 51.1 54 31 27 5 23 44 Volquez 4 2 4.35 9 9 0 49.2 34 25 24 6 32 47
Garland 4 4 5.75 10 10 0 56.1 71 39 36 8 24 21 Gregg 0 1 4.64 23 0 8 21.1 23 11 11 4 13 24
Moylan 1 2 5.09 26 0 0 17.2 16 11 10 0 14 15 Owings 3 6 5.10 10 9 0 54.2 59 35 31 7 27 35
Rauch 0 0 5.96 25 0 2 22.2 28 17 15 3 11 16 Marshall 3 4 4.73 11 8 0 45.2 48 26 24 7 14 31
Medlen 1 2 6.28 3 3 0 14.1 11 10 10 0 8 15 Arroyo 7 3 5.12 10 10 0 65.0 67 37 37 12 22 32
Vasquez 1 1 6.11 15 0 0 17.2 21 13 12 1 11 16 Harden 4 2 4.74 8 8 0 43.2 39 24 23 8 21 53
Reyes 0 2 7.00 6 5 0 27.0 27 25 21 4 13 21 Lincoln 1 0 8.10 17 0 0 20.0 25 18 18 6 16 8
Petit 0 3 8.03 6 5 0 24.2 33 24 22 8 10 19 Heilman 2 2 4.98 23 0 0 21.2 20 13 12 3 16 18
Carlyle 0 1 8.84 14 0 0 19.1 31 21 19 4 11 12 Team Totals 27 23 4.05 50 50 14 455.0 421 219 205 54 194 340
Webb 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 4.0 6 6 6 2 2 2 Patton 1 1 6.46 11 0 0 15.1 16 12 11 2 11 14
Team Totals 25 25 4.11 50 50 11 445.0 428 224 203 29 171 383 Team Totals 26 23 4.10 49 49 13 446.0 414 216 203 53 191 335
Gordon 0 1 21.60 3 0 0 1.2 3 4 4 0 3 0 C. Fox 0 0 135.00 2 0 0 0.1 2 5 5 0 3 0
Team Totals 23 29 4.51 52 52 16 473.0 492 256 237 59 170 377 Team Totals 25 24 4.28 49 49 11 426.2 391 213 203 54 190 394
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NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES

COLORADO FLORIDA HOUSTON LOS ANGELES

ROCKIES MARLINS ASTROS DODGERS

BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Hawpe .345 .413 145 25 50 14 2 7 39 18 26 0 1 2 Ramirez .337 .411 184 32 62 17 0 8 24 20 32 8 4 4 Maysonet .391 .440 23 4 9 2 0 1 5 2 3 0 0 0 Mientkiewicz .400 .400 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
Helton .312 .371 173 28 54 10 1 7 34 18 25 0 0 1 Cantu .271 .332 181 23 49 10 0 8 39 13 29 1 0 5 Tejada .353 .380 201 28 71 20 0 5 29 6 12 2 2 8 Pierre .382 .444 136 26 52 10 3 0 21 13 12 11 4 0
Phillips .286 .444 7 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 Gload .270 .373 63 13 17 1 1 1 8 11 7 0 0 1 Pence .341 .417 179 26 61 8 2 5 19 25 26 5 4 0 Ausmus .344 .400 32 6 11 1 0 0 3 2 6 1 0 0
Smith .278 .425 90 16 25 3 2 4 11 23 17 2 0 0 Hermida .267 .363 187 20 50 6 1 5 23 27 48 4 1 1 Lee .319 .370 188 25 60 11 1 9 31 16 15 1 1 1 Castro .341 .400 44 12 15 2 0 1 7 5 10 0 0 0
Barmes .262 .323 145 28 38 11 2 5 19 11 33 5 2 3 Baker .259 .346 135 26 35 8 0 6 19 17 36 0 0 3 Bourn .286 .356 182 28 52 8 3 1 12 19 42 16 4 1 Hudson .332 .409 214 38 71 17 2 3 31 30 37 4 0 2
Spilborghs .261 .330 161 24 42 12 1 4 23 15 35 6 3 2 Ross .254 .306 181 26 46 13 0 7 28 11 41 2 1 2 Keppinger .282 .358 85 9 24 7 1 2 5 9 6 0 1 0 Kemp .310 .377 197 32 61 9 4 6 30 21 51 12 2 1
Fowler .258 .346 155 22 40 11 2 2 10 22 39 11 4 1 Hayes .250 .400 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Blum .266 .333 124 12 33 5 0 1 15 12 16 0 1 1 Blake .300 .376 160 27 48 12 1 9 33 18 39 0 0 4
Murton .256 .310 39 7 10 5 0 1 4 3 6 1 0 0 Bonifacio .245 .289 216 28 53 5 2 1 12 14 49 9 4 8 I. Rodriguez .265 .306 147 17 39 7 2 5 22 8 35 0 2 0 Loretta .293 .414 58 11 17 3 0 0 10 11 7 0 0 0
Iannetta .231 .350 104 15 24 5 0 8 18 18 27 0 1 1 Helms .242 .297 66 5 16 2 0 1 11 5 18 1 1 3 Quintero .258 .258 31 0 8 1 0 0 4 0 7 0 0 3 Loney .284 .349 204 23 58 11 0 2 38 22 21 3 1 1
Torrealba .230 .304 61 7 14 1 0 2 7 6 14 0 0 0 Paulino .239 .338 67 6 16 3 1 1 7 10 17 1 0 2 Berkman .232 .359 168 25 39 7 1 10 31 34 38 0 2 3 Martin .266 .377 173 23 46 9 0 0 20 29 35 7 3 1
Tulowitzki .221 .313 163 21 36 6 3 5 16 23 36 4 4 2 Amezaga .217 .267 69 6 15 3 0 0 5 5 16 1 1 0 Matsui .219 .288 146 18 32 6 1 1 12 13 28 6 3 2 Ethier .255 .361 184 30 47 11 0 6 30 27 35 3 0 3
Quintanilla .211 .348 19 4 4 1 0 0 0 4 10 0 0 0
Coghlan .214 .356 70 10 15 1 1 1 6 16 14 1 0 2 Michaels .179 .289 39 2 7 5 0 0 2 5 11 1 1 0 Furcal .253 .315 186 26 47 8 0 1 11 17 30 3 3 7
Atkins .196 .275 168 18 33 6 0 3 17 18 26 0 0 6
Uggla .206 .324 175 22 36 9 1 9 35 30 45 1 0 5 Erstad .140 .200 50 4 7 1 1 0 3 4 15 0 0 0 Paul .214 .313 14 3 3 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 1 0
Stewart .180 .287 111 16 20 4 0 7 20 14 35 2 1 3
Carroll .182 .250 22 2 4 1 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 Team Totals .270 .334 1695 209 458 88 12 41 198 156 291 31 21 23 Hoffmann .188 .167 16 2 3 2 0 1 7 0 5 0 0 0
Baker .130 .167 23 0 3 0 1 0 3 1 7 1 0 1
Team Totals .245 .322 1807 238 443 84 8 49 227 193 443 30 13 45 Team Totals .287 .369 1846 289 529 109 10 36 273 233 358 44 14 22
Team Totals .248 .330 1656 239 411 92 14 55 229 199 367 32 16 31
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 Sampson 2 0 2.03 24 0 2 31.0 27 9 7 1 10 14 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Sanches 1 1 0.00 6 0 0 7.1 6 1 0 0 1 5 W. Rodriguez 5 4 2.26 11 11 0 67.2 62 24 17 1 21 62 Broxton 5 0 1.44 22 0 11 25.0 8 4 4 0 10 39
Flores 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 0 5
Calero 1 0 2.16 30 0 0 25.0 14 6 6 0 14 32 Hawkins 1 2 2.49 23 0 7 21.2 19 6 6 2 7 21 Troncoso 1 0 1.89 21 0 3 33.1 31 7 7 0 10 22
Fogg 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 5.1 1 0 0 0 1 3
West 0 0 2.25 2 2 0 12.0 8 3 3 1 5 7 Byrdak 0 1 3.50 20 0 0 18.0 14 7 7 4 7 13 Belisario 1 2 2.30 26 0 0 31.1 22 10 8 2 15 30
Peralta 0 0 3.18 3 0 0 5.2 7 2 2 0 1 5
Meyer 0 0 2.35 25 0 0 23.0 14 7 6 3 6 24 Fulchino 0 1 3.79 13 0 0 19.0 13 8 8 2 6 15 Kuroda 1 1 2.53 2 2 0 10.2 7 3 3 0 4 8
Morales 1 0 3.38 2 2 0 8.0 7 3 3 3 1 9
Pinto 2 0 2.53 24 0 0 21.1 22 7 6 2 12 20 Oswalt 2 2 4.28 12 12 0 69.1 74 33 33 12 19 55 Billingsley 6 3 2.80 11 11 0 74.0 58 25 23 2 32 76
Street 1 1 3.38 23 0 8 21.1 17 8 8 4 5 24
Johnson 4 1 2.66 11 11 0 74.1 63 24 22 4 18 64 Arias 0 0 4.35 11 0 0 10.1 9 7 5 1 4 11 Wolf 3 1 2.84 11 11 0 69.2 57 25 22 8 20 57
Marquis 7 3 3.93 10 10 0 68.2 65 33 30 6 23 33
Nunez 2 2 3.38 27 0 1 26.2 16 10 10 4 13 21 Brocail 1 0 4.76 7 0 0 5.2 5 3 3 2 8 4 Milton 2 0 3.14 3 3 0 14.1 15 5 5 1 5 10
Daley 0 1 4.15 9 0 0 8.2 5 4 4 0 4 7
Volstad 4 4 3.71 11 11 0 68.0 56 32 28 11 21 54 Ortiz 2 2 4.88 11 4 0 31.1 34 19 17 2 25 23 Kershaw 3 3 4.34 10 10 0 56.0 40 27 27 5 32 55
Jimenez 3 6 4.37 10 10 0 59.2 60 30 29 2 26 53
Miller 1 2 4.76 8 6 0 34.0 35 21 18 1 22 24 Hampton 3 4 5.07 10 10 0 55.0 57 34 31 8 22 36 Weaver 2 1 4.38 8 3 0 24.2 26 12 12 2 15 16
Speier 0 0 4.76 5 0 0 5.2 6 3 3 0 3 2
Cr. Martinez 1 1 4.91 2 0 0 3.2 5 2 2 1 1 6 Valverde 0 1 5.63 8 0 2 8.0 7 5 5 3 3 11 Stults 4 2 4.80 9 9 0 45.0 46 24 24 2 25 30
Hammel 1 3 4.83 10 7 0 41.0 59 30 22 5 12 27
Badenhop 3 2 4.97 12 1 0 25.1 30 14 14 3 9 22 Moehler 2 3 6.43 7 7 0 35.0 49 25 25 5 9 24 Wade 0 3 4.82 18 0 0 18.2 19 10 10 0 9 13
Cook 3 3 4.94 11 11 0 62.0 68 36 34 8 25 28
Sanchez 1 4 5.79 6 6 0 32.2 43 21 21 6 15 25 Paulino 1 4 6.75 9 6 0 36.0 50 30 27 7 16 26 Leach 1 0 5.63 13 0 0 8.0 7 5 5 0 4 10
De La Rosa 0 6 5.43 10 10 0 54.2 52 36 33 4 26 57
Lindstrom 1 1 5.82 24 0 10 21.2 22 15 14 2 17 22 Geary 1 3 8.10 16 0 0 20.0 30 19 18 4 10 12 Ohman 1 0 5.84 21 0 1 12.1 12 8 8 4 8 7
Grilli 0 1 5.89 21 0 1 18.1 27 12 12 2 12 21
Penn 1 0 6.97 14 1 0 20.2 27 21 16 2 16 26 Backe 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 1 Mota 2 1 6.53 20 0 0 20.2 26 15 15 2 12 10
Corpas 0 3 6.35 24 0 1 22.2 31 16 16 1 5 12
Team Totals 24 28 4.63 52 52 11 472.1 479 270 243 54 215 410 Team Totals 21 28 4.51 50 50 11 442.2 476 242 222 57 173 343 Kuo 1 0 6.75 7 0 0 5.1 5 4 4 1 4 4
Embree 1 2 6.60 22 0 0 15.0 19 13 11 2 8 8
Team Totals 35 18 3.72 53 53 15 474.0 406 203 196 34 222 402
Team Totals 20 30 4.84 50 50 10 436.2 488 259 235 44 159 319
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NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES

MILWAUKEE NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH

BREWERS METS PHILLIES PIRATES

BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Counsell .324 .387 111 17 36 6 0 1 8 11 14 0 1 3 Valdez .364 .417 11 2 4 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 Ibanez .333 .394 192 40 64 12 2 17 46 19 32 4 0 1 Sanchez .325 .364 200 31 65 18 2 4 18 11 34 4 1 1
Rivera .323 .313 31 1 10 3 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 Beltran .352 .447 176 31 62 15 1 6 31 29 28 7 1 2 Ruiz .305 .430 82 6 25 10 0 2 10 16 9 2 1 1 Diaz .311 .338 61 5 19 3 0 1 8 1 4 0 1 2
Braun .309 .420 178 34 55 10 1 9 32 26 38 3 3 1 Cora .333 .435 51 9 17 4 1 0 4 10 5 3 1 1 Feliz .299 .360 167 19 50 13 1 2 27 17 22 0 0 2 An. LaRoche .304 .374 161 19 49 13 1 2 25 15 28 2 0 6
Catalanotto .300 .300 10 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 Pagan .333 .429 42 7 14 3 0 0 3 7 9 4 0 0 Utley .299 .434 164 36 49 8 0 12 35 29 29 5 0 5 Young .298 .375 57 7 17 3 0 0 10 7 18 1 0 1
Cameron .288 .388 170 26 49 12 0 11 27 29 40 2 0 1 Wright .328 .429 183 31 60 12 3 3 30 32 54 12 7 7 Victorino .295 .343 210 35 62 13 4 4 27 16 20 8 3 0 Morgan .280 .362 186 28 52 5 4 0 17 22 37 11 5 0
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 .281 .465 32 7 9 1 0 3 8 9 10 0 0 0 Hinske .270 .372 74 12 20 6 0 1 7 9 17 0 0 0
Fielder .271 .411 177 28 48 7 1 12 48 40 51 0 1 3 Reed .291 .328 55 5 16 3 1 0 3 3 15 0 1 1 Howard .264 .336 197 33 52 13 2 15 41 20 62 2 0 1 Jaramillo .269 .360 78 7 21 8 0 0 7 11 8 1 0 2
McGehee .256 .320 43 6 11 2 0 0 4 5 7 0 0 0 Castillo .284 .383 141 28 40 4 2 0 11 24 13 6 2 4 Coste .254 .356 63 6 16 7 0 2 7 9 14 0 0 0 Wilson .263 .290 118 12 31 9 1 1 17 5 12 1 1 5
Hart .254 .325 185 31 47 11 1 5 20 19 50 3 3 2 Sheffield .283 .427 99 26 28 5 1 5 20 24 17 2 1 1 Werth .247 .338 178 34 44 10 1 8 26 22 46 9 1 1 Moss .262 .307 141 21 37 9 2 1 12 8 26 0 0 0
Hardy .241 .319 162 22 39 7 1 5 24 18 29 0 0 3 Reyes .279 .355 147 18 41 7 2 2 15 18 19 11 2 5 Rollins .230 .273 213 32 49 13 1 3 18 12 26 9 4 3 McLouth .250 .346 164 26 41 6 0 9 33 21 29 7 0 0
Hall .221 .288 140 15 31 9 0 4 12 13 44 1 0 3 Santos .275 .303 80 11 22 5 1 3 18 5 14 0 0 0 Mayberry .222 .222 9 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 Doumit .244 .271 45 5 11 4 0 2 9 2 10 0 0 1
Church .272 .328 125 9 34 7 0 1 8 10 18 2 1 1
Kendall .217 .310 143 16 31 6 1 0 16 16 17 0 1 4 Dobbs .154 .267 39 5 6 1 0 1 4 6 9 0 0 0 Ad. LaRoche .242 .332 178 30 43 16 1 7 22 24 45 0 0 1
Tatis .267 .327 90 14 24 4 1 2 11 4 7 2 1 1
Gamel .207 .324 29 1 6 2 0 1 6 4 8 0 0 1 Bruntlett .118 .179 34 5 4 4 0 0 4 3 9 0 0 1 Monroe .235 .278 68 6 16 2 0 3 15 4 16 0 0 0
Murphy .243 .321 140 21 34 5 1 4 17 17 14 1 1 4
Gerut .091 .167 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 Team Totals .265 .346 1692 272 448 109 11 71 260 193 326 39 9 17 Vazquez .232 .349 69 8 16 1 0 0 7 12 19 0 0 1
F. Martinez .211 .318 19 2 4 2 0 0 3 2 3 2 0 0
Team Totals .251 .339 1689 239 424 82 8 59 235 207 406 11 11 30 Team Totals .264 .332 1721 222 455 108 11 32 213 160 362 27 8 23
Schneider .185 .313 27 4 5 1 0 0 4 5 1 0 0 0
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
R. Martinez .150 .167 40 0 6 2 0 0 4 1 9 1 0 4
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Escalona 1 0 0.00 3 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 2 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Team Totals .280 .363 1688 239 472 92 16 33 225 216 284 53 18 38
Hoffman 0 0 0.00 15 0 13 15.0 6 0 0 0 1 14 Condrey 4 0 2.20 26 0 1 28.2 20 7 7 4 9 20 Jackson 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DiFelice 3 0 1.16 22 0 0 23.1 15 3 3 2 4 23 Madson 2 1 2.49 25 0 1 25.1 20 7 7 0 8 28 Meek 0 0 2.60 15 0 0 17.1 13 5 5 0 14 10
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Coffey 1 0 2.49 23 0 2 25.1 26 7 7 1 5 18 Eyre 0 1 2.84 22 0 0 12.2 8 5 4 2 9 8 Duke 5 4 2.75 10 10 0 72.0 63 24 22 4 17 42
Rodriguez 1 0 0.73 24 0 14 24.2 14 5 2 1 11 27
McClung 2 1 2.63 20 0 0 27.1 20 8 8 2 18 20 Happ 3 0 3.00 14 2 0 33.0 21 11 11 3 12 26 Chavez 0 2 2.86 25 0 0 22.0 20 7 7 2 7 17
Santana 7 2 1.77 10 10 0 66.0 52 20 13 5 20 86
Gallardo 5 2 3.18 10 10 0 65.0 49 24 23 7 24 65 Taschner 1 1 3.92 15 0 0 20.2 20 9 9 2 15 11 Burnett 1 1 3.18 25 0 1 22.2 15 9 8 2 12 17
Parnell 2 0 2.08 26 0 0 21.2 25 7 5 0 9 20
Villanueva 2 3 3.60 24 0 3 25.0 16 11 10 1 9 26 Durbin 1 1 4.50 25 0 0 26.0 21 16 13 3 15 23 Maholm 3 2 3.82 11 11 0 68.1 69 31 29 3 23 38
Feliciano 2 1 2.53 28 0 0 21.1 16 10 6 3 3 22
Stetter 2 0 3.94 25 0 0 16.0 10 7 7 2 10 15 Myers 4 3 4.66 10 10 0 63.2 66 33 33 17 20 46 Veal 0 0 4.26 5 0 0 6.1 5 3 3 1 10 6
Stokes 1 2 2.66 19 0 0 20.1 21 8 6 1 5 9
Looper 5 3 4.24 10 10 0 57.1 58 31 27 11 19 32 Hamels 3 2 5.21 9 9 0 48.1 58 29 28 10 10 50 Ohlendorf 5 5 4.45 10 10 0 60.2 57 31 30 10 17 32
Takahashi 0 1 2.92 9 0 0 12.1 10 4 4 1 4 8
Bush 3 1 4.38 11 10 0 63.2 58 33 31 13 18 45 Blanton 4 3 5.86 10 10 0 58.1 68 38 38 11 20 53 Grabow 3 0 4.50 23 0 0 22.0 27 12 11 1 12 17
Maine 5 3 3.75 10 10 0 57.2 45 26 24 4 32 41
Suppan 3 4 5.09 11 11 0 58.1 67 35 33 12 27 32 Park 1 1 6.57 10 7 0 38.1 45 28 28 5 20 27 Karstens 2 2 4.83 9 9 0 50.1 50 28 27 8 17 22
Pelfrey 4 1 3.88 9 9 0 55.2 57 24 24 4 19 23
Parra 3 6 5.57 10 10 0 53.1 58 36 33 5 34 46 Moyer 4 5 6.75 10 10 0 53.1 71 40 40 14 16 30 Snell 1 6 5.64 11 11 0 59.0 60 39 37 7 35 42
Hernandez 4 1 4.33 10 10 0 60.1 70 29 29 7 16 36
Julio 1 1 7.79 15 0 0 17.1 15 17 15 2 15 13 Lidge 0 2 7.40 26 0 13 24.1 30 20 20 6 13 26 Hansen 0 0 5.68 5 0 0 6.1 6 4 4 1 4 5
Putz 1 4 4.76 28 0 2 28.1 26 16 15 1 19 19
Riske 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 1.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 Team Totals 29 20 4.98 49 49 15 439.1 457 248 243 77 170 354 Capps 0 3 5.94 19 0 11 16.2 23 11 11 2 9 12
Green 0 2 6.98 21 0 0 19.1 25 15 15 3 11 18
Team Totals 30 21 4.03 51 51 18 450.2 407 218 202 59 186 353 Gorzelanny 3 1 7.50 6 0 0 6.0 5 5 5 0 4 5
Redding 0 2 9.20 3 3 0 14.2 18 15 15 2 10 10
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 23 28 4.25 51 51 12 442.2 427 221 209 43 189 274
Team Totals 28 22 3.88 50 50 16 447.2 435 216 193 36 189 357
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NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAM STATS

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 .331 .390 145 21 48 10 1 8 23 13 32 6 1 1 Sandoval .308 .350 169 18 52 14 2 3 20 8 24 2 2 1 Pujols .339 .468 171 42 58 10 0 16 43 42 18 7 2 6 Johnson .331 .435 178 28 59 7 1 4 26 30 31 1 1 5
Gwynn .310 .375 29 8 9 1 1 0 1 3 6 1 1 1 Uribe .304 .325 79 4 24 4 1 0 8 3 15 0 1 2 Schumaker .300 .344 170 23 51 10 1 3 16 12 18 1 1 2 Guzman .329 .341 164 28 54 10 2 2 12 3 24 1 2 6
Cabrera .308 .357 13 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 Whiteside .286 .286 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Molina .271 .349 155 14 42 4 1 3 17 18 14 3 1 1 Zimmerman .319 .386 207 39 66 14 0 11 35 24 41 0 0 6
A. Gonzalez .290 .401 183 38 53 4 0 21 41 33 41 1 1 2 Rowand .283 .344 166 23 47 15 0 5 22 13 35 3 0 1 Ryan .269 .333 78 13 21 6 1 0 3 7 10 3 1 1 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 .276 .376 156 30 43 10 2 3 8 21 48 4 3 3 Thurston .258 .370 124 19 32 13 3 1 15 21 23 3 1 4 Nieves .281 .324 64 7 18 3 0 0 8 3 17 0 0 3
Hundley .244 .340 123 10 30 6 2 3 10 18 34 1 1 2 Winn .275 .333 182 25 50 12 3 2 20 17 35 8 1 0 Duncan .256 .346 160 16 41 13 2 4 27 23 38 0 1 3 Gonzalez .278 .333 54 6 15 3 1 1 6 4 2 1 0 6
Eckstein .240 .320 175 21 42 11 1 0 15 16 16 2 0 0 Burriss .271 .331 166 15 45 5 0 0 11 13 28 11 4 5 Ludwick .254 .323 118 17 30 4 0 8 27 11 23 2 0 1 Dukes .277 .347 112 12 31 8 1 4 24 12 29 2 6 1
Headley .235 .307 162 14 38 7 1 4 19 16 50 6 1 1 Ishikawa .262 .339 107 15 28 3 1 1 15 10 33 1 0 2 LaRue .250 .294 32 5 8 1 0 1 2 1 9 0 0 0 Hernandez .273 .350 121 15 33 5 1 0 13 15 21 3 1 5
Kouzmanoff .230 .282 187 13 43 8 1 4 20 9 42 1 0 1 Molina .254 .265 181 19 46 8 1 8 32 2 23 0 0 2 Stavinoha .250 .261 44 3 11 4 0 1 10 1 4 1 0 0 Dunn .270 .399 178 27 48 6 0 16 42 39 55 0 1 7
C. Burke .206 .270 68 6 14 5 0 1 4 5 14 3 1 5 Torres .250 .400 12 4 3 0 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 0 Rasmus .243 .311 148 23 36 9 0 6 20 12 31 1 0 2 Harris .264 .400 72 13 19 5 1 1 9 12 15 3 0 0
Giles .193 .281 176 12 34 8 1 2 19 22 21 1 0 0 Renteria .247 .335 154 21 38 7 0 2 23 20 24 3 2 3 Barden .239 .297 92 13 22 3 0 4 8 6 17 0 0 3 Willingham .252 .376 111 18 28 6 0 9 12 17 27 0 1 1
E. Gonzalez .177 .257 62 9 11 2 2 3 7 5 13 0 2 2 Schierholtz .241 .262 58 5 14 3 1 0 4 2 9 0 1 0 Ankiel .221 .299 95 12 21 7 0 2 11 8 26 0 0 1 Bernadina .250 .400 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Blanco .172 .273 58 8 10 1 0 3 6 8 13 0 0 0 Aurilia .200 .229 65 5 13 2 0 1 11 3 13 0 0 0 K. Greene .200 .287 105 13 21 4 0 2 14 12 17 2 1 7 Kearns .226 .355 115 17 26 6 2 3 15 20 30 1 0 0
Wilson .150 .190 20 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 Team Totals .258 .316 1655 193 427 84 11 26 181 126 346 34 14 25 Team Totals .256 .332 1682 231 430 96 8 54 224 180 302 27 8 33 Bard .174 .208 46 3 8 4 0 0 5 2 8 0 0 0
Floyd .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Belliard .174 .230 69 5 12 1 1 2 6 5 18 0 0 2
Team Totals .239 .318 1700 203 406 81 10 55 195 185 355 24 8 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 Team Totals .266 .351 1742 240 463 84 12 57 232 211 410 17 12 48

Affeldt 0 1 1.96 26 0 0 23.0 20 6 5 1 11 20 Carpenter 3 0 0.62 5 5 0 29.0 16 3 2 0 5 28

PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Cain 6 1 2.31 10 10 0 66.1 60 18 17 6 27 46 Franklin 1 0 1.35 20 0 12 20.0 12 3 3 2 5 15 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Thatcher 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 4.1 1 0 0 0 2 2 Miller 1 1 2.42 19 0 0 22.1 17 6 6 3 10 16 McClellan 2 2 1.80 23 0 1 25.0 15 7 5 2 14 20 MacDougal 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 1 1
G. Burke 0 0 1.17 9 0 0 7.2 3 1 1 0 0 5 Valdez 2 0 2.76 15 0 0 16.1 13 5 5 1 7 9 Perez 1 1 2.16 21 0 1 16.2 9 4 4 1 13 21 Villone 2 0 0.00 15 0 0 13.0 8 0 0 0 6 3
Bell 2 1 1.27 22 0 15 21.1 14 3 3 0 6 26 Medders 2 1 2.78 22 0 0 22.2 20 9 7 1 15 20 Miller 1 0 2.84 18 0 0 12.2 12 5 4 2 3 13 Bergmann 0 0 3.97 10 0 0 11.1 8 6 5 1 6 6
Mujica 2 1 2.49 22 0 1 25.1 21 9 7 2 6 28 Lincecum 4 1 3.03 10 10 0 65.1 59 23 22 1 19 84 Motte 1 1 3.00 23 0 0 21.0 16 7 7 0 7 19 Lannan 2 5 4.21 11 11 0 62.0 69 33 29 9 26 34
Meredith 4 0 2.95 20 0 0 18.1 23 8 6 1 6 13 Howry 0 2 3.79 21 0 0 19.0 19 8 8 1 7 13 Wainwright 5 3 3.38 11 11 0 72.0 66 30 27 7 28 59 Detwiler 0 1 4.80 3 3 0 15.0 15 9 8 1 5 12
Gregerson 0 3 3.56 27 0 0 30.1 27 12 12 1 16 31 Zito 1 6 4.02 10 10 0 62.2 60 28 28 7 26 43 Reyes 0 1 3.77 25 0 1 14.1 13 6 6 2 5 16 Beimel 0 3 4.87 21 0 0 20.1 26 11 11 2 8 11
Peavy 5 5 3.67 11 11 0 73.2 59 31 30 7 24 84 Wilson 2 3 4.07 24 0 12 24.1 22 13 11 2 9 23 Pineiro 5 5 3.86 10 10 0 65.1 73 32 28 2 8 25 Hanrahan 0 2 5.40 24 0 5 23.1 28 14 14 3 11 30
Young 4 3 4.45 11 11 0 62.2 55 34 31 6 31 46 Sanchez 2 4 4.75 10 9 0 47.1 42 27 25 4 34 45 Lohse 4 3 3.98 9 9 0 54.1 49 26 24 5 16 38 Tavarez 1 4 5.40 24 0 1 20.0 17 16 12 1 14 19
Perdomo 1 0 4.70 11 0 0 15.1 13 10 8 2 7 7 Johnson 4 4 5.71 10 10 0 52.0 56 33 33 10 19 54 Thompson 0 1 4.30 9 0 0 14.2 16 7 7 1 2 6 Stammen 0 1 5.56 2 2 0 11.1 11 7 7 1 3 5
Gaudin 2 3 4.76 7 7 0 39.2 34 22 21 1 26 36 Martinez 1 0 6.75 2 0 0 2.2 4 2 2 0 1 2 Wellemeyer 5 5 5.05 11 11 0 62.1 74 37 35 4 27 39 Martis 5 1 5.62 10 10 0 57.2 59 37 36 7 23 26
Geer 1 1 5.17 8 7 0 47.0 48 31 27 9 8 24 Romo 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0.2 3 2 2 0 0 2 Boyer 0 0 5.56 14 0 0 11.1 10 8 7 1 4 8 Zimmermann 2 2 6.07 8 8 0 46.0 54 31 31 7 14 47
Hill 1 1 5.25 3 3 0 12.0 15 7 7 1 3 7 Team Totals 25 24 3.81 49 49 12 439.1 418 196 186 40 194 383 Team Totals 29 22 3.61 51 51 15 454.0 426 200 182 35 158 338 Wells 0 2 6.26 19 0 2 23.0 20 16 16 1 15 16
Correia 1 4 5.37 10 10 0 53.2 61 32 32 7 25 41 Olsen 1 4 7.24 8 8 0 41.0 60 36 33 8 18 29
Team Totals 25 26 4.31 51 51 16 455.0 430 235 218 46 197 370 Colome 0 0 9.00 7 0 0 5.0 9 5 5 0 2 7
Team Totals 13 36 5.69 50 50 8 440.0 500 308 278 52 221 294
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This preseason top 25 belongs to game’s best players
It’s June, everyone. The time of
year when a young man’s fancy
turns to … preseason polls.
They’re out in full force now—
from preseason magazines to blogs
to that annoying talk radio guy who
scans the Internet to come up with
“his” top 25.
This poll sees
the season for
what it is: the
players.
And there are
rules to my annual
summer splash of
Matt Hayes the top 25 players
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in the nation:
It has nothing
to do with NFL value.
It has everything to do with col-
lege value.
Now that we have that squared
away, on with the show.
1. Tim Tebow, QB, Florida. I said it
last year and everyone thought I
was an idiot (some still do): When
his career is complete, Tebow will
be the greatest amateur player ever
in a team sport. No one affects the
game like he can.
2. Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma.
Performs off the charts in three
critical areas for a quarterback:
mental toughness, accuracy/arm
strength, leadership.
3. Dez Bryant, WR, Oklahoma
State. Deep speed for big plays,
physical frame for tough catches—
an absolute nightmare in man cov-
erage. One more thing: Don’t even
punt to him.
4. Colt McCoy, QB, Texas. Sees
plays develop before they do and
throws on the run better than any-
one in a long, long time.
5. Taylor Mays, S, USC. An
enforcer who can change passing
games with one big hit; and plays
like a fourth linebacker in run
support.
6. George Selvie, DE. South Flor-
ida. Forget about his injury-marred
2008. When healthy, he’s a disrup-
tive, unblockable force.
7. Jahvid Best, RB, California. The
fastest player in the game blos-
somed as a runner last fall. Now he
has added muscle mass.
8. Eric Berry, S, Tennessee. At
some point, the new Tennessee staff
must find a way to get Berry 10
plays a game on offense.
9. Jeremiah Masoli, QB, Oregon.
More of a run threat last season,
watch how he develops in the pass-
ing game in Year 2 under new coach
Chip Kelly.
10. Kendall Hunter, RB, Oklahoma
State. Best pure tailback in the
game; could reach 2,000 yards
with the most balanced offense in
the nation.
11. Rolando McClain, LB, Alabama.
When McClain was a freshman,
one AFC scout told me he was the
best linebacker in the SEC. That
was two years ago.
12. Ndamukong Suh, DT, Nebraska.
Suh isn’t your typical, beefy nose-
guard: athletic and powerful, he’s
also a dangerous pass rusher.
13. Jonathan Dwyer, RB, Georgia
Tech. Think about this: Dwyer said
that by the end of an impressive
2008 season, he still didn’t com-
pletely comprehend Tech’s triple
option offense.
14. Jermaine Gresham, TE, Okla-
homa. A matchup problem for any
defense, he will dominate with
more physical play after the catch.
15. Julio Jones, WR, Alabama. Had
a brilliant freshman season despite
College Football
AP PHOTOS
In December, Heisman voters rewarded
Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford, above, for his
toughness, leadership and raw skills. Now, in
June, he’s second in our list of the country’s
top 25 players.
Nebraska DT Ndamukong Suh, right, has the
athletic ability necessary to do more than
clog the middle—last season against San
Diego State, he returned an interception for
a touchdown.
average quarterback play. What
happens if/when the Tide gets an
athletic quarterback with a strong
arm?
16. Jerry Hughes, DE, TCU. Former
high school tailback continues to
add rush moves to his game and no
longer is just a speed guy off the
edge.
17. Brandon Spikes, LB, Florida.
Fiery, emotional, big-hitting run
stuffer with invaluable leadership
skills.
18. Terrelle Pryor, QB, Ohio State.
You better believe this raw project
is among the best in the nation. Or
as former USC linebacker Rey
TUESDAY, JUNE 02, 2009 30
Maualuga said last September:
“He’s going to be unreal.”
19. Ciron Black, OT, LSU. The best
pass blocker in the game; he’s a wall
to get around.
20. Jevan Snead, QB, Ole Miss.
First season as a starter was
remarkable, especially considering
he sat out 2007 after transferring
from Texas.
21. Golden Tate, WR, Notre Dame.
Explosive, tough athlete is a break-
away threat in any route on the
field—and with kick returns.
22. Gerald McCoy, DT, Oklahoma.
Prototypical interior run-stuffer
finally put it all together last year—
and smartly stayed in school for one
more run at a national title and to
improve his draft stock.
23. Jacquizz Rodgers, RB, Oregon
State. Diminutive ‘Quizz would’ve
been the first freshman to lead the
Pac-10 in rushing had a shoulder
injury not limited him the last three
games of the season.
24. Joe Haden, CB, Florida. The
best cover corner in the game. For-
mer high school quarterback gets
terrific breaks on the ball because
of his passing game knowledge.
25. Arrelious Benn, WR, Illinois.
Illini quarterback Juice Williams
regressed last year, but the dynamic
Benn continued to put up big
numbers.
Ten on the outside: Robert Grif-
fin, QB, Baylor; Jason Worilds, DE,
Virginia Tech; Syd’Quan Thomp-
son, CB, California; Zac Robinson,
QB, Oklahoma State; Carlos Dun-
lap, DE, Florida; Sergio Kindle, DE/
LB, Texas; Damian Williams, WR,
USC; Navorro Bowman, LB, Penn
State; Terrence Cody, DT, Alabama;
Stevenson Sylvester, LB, Utah.
mhayes@sportingnews.com
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Top 100 countdown
Sporting News Today is counting down its
Top 100 college football teams for 2009,
featuring one team each day leading into
the season opener Thursday, Sept. 3. Go to
SportingNews.com for the previous teams.
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MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ / AP
San Jose State WR Kevin Jurovich, who missed
2008 with mono, caught 85 passes in 2007.
SAN JOSE STATE
2008 record: 6-6 overall, 4-4 WAC
Coach: Dick Tomey
Outlook: The Spartans needed
help offensively last season, and
they’re hoping new quarterbacks
coach Terry Malley of the Arena
Football League will provide it.
Malley’s challenge is helping QB
Kyle Reed reach his potential. Reed
will benefit from the return of
wideout Kevin Jurovich, who
caught a school-record 85 passes in
2007 before missing last season
with mono.
— Derek Samson
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Illinois, Missouri taking ‘hiatus’
Missouri and Illinois have agreed
to call off their series in St. Louis
after opening the next two seasons
there.
After the 2010 game, there will be
a “hiatus,” Illinois athletic director
Ron Guenther told the News-Gazette of
Champaign. The teams opened each
of the past two seasons in St. Louis,
with Missouri winning both games.
“Eventually, we might resume it
on a home-and-home basis, or per-
haps return to St. Louis, but we
have been leaning toward games on
campus at some point in the future,”
Guenther told the newspaper.
Illinois would like to play seven
or eight home games each year,
Guenther said, because the season
ticket and suite holders deserve it.
He said that playing a game at a
neutral site makes that goal more
difficult to achieve.
Florida starting CB Janoris Jen-
kins was arrested early Saturday
after he was involved in a street fight
and an officer used a Taser on him,
according to Gainesville police.
Police used a Taser on Jenkins, a
freshman All-American last year,
after he failed to comply with
requests to stop fighting with five
other people, according to Alachua
County jail records. Jenkins was
arrested on misdemeanor charges
of resisting arrest without violence.
Gainesville attorney Huntley John-
son, who is representing Jenkins,
told the Orlando Sentinel he believes
his client did nothing wrong during
the weekend skirmish and simply
defended himself.
College Football / College Basketball
INSIDE DISH
WR Jeremy Maclin, left, now in the NFL, helped the Tigers win their last two meetings with Illinois.
East Carolina coach Skip Holtz
says WR Jamar Bryant and RB Jona-
than Williams likely will return to the
team this fall after missing much of
last season because of suspensions
for violating team policies.
“At this point, if they keep doing
what they’re doing, I would expect
them to be back,” Holtz told The
News & Observer.
Bryant was suspended after five
games and Williams after seven.
Bryant, who had 19 receptions, par-
ticipated in spring practice, but
Williams, who led the team with 5.1
yards per carry, did not.
“They made a 30-second bad
decision,” Holtz told the newspaper.
“As I told them, our prisons are full
of good people who made a 30-sec-
ond bad decision.”
JEFF ROBERSON / AP
Kelvin Grady might be staying at
Michigan.
After leaving the basketball
team two months ago with the
intention of transferring to
another school, Grady is consid-
ering a future in football, possibly
at Michigan.
He has talked with members of
the Michigan coaching staff,
according to the Detroit Free Press.
He could play this fall if he decided
to stay at Michigan and would have
three years of football eligibility
remaining.
Grady (5-10) rushed for more than
2,000 yards and scored 28 touch-
downs as a running back his senior
season in high school.
His brother, Kevin Grady, is a senior
running back for the Wolverines.
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Arizona PG may push
draft decision to limit
Arizona junior PG Nic Wise
likely won’t decide whether to
stay in the NBA draft until
close to the June 15 deadline—
even though he wasn’t one of
52 players invited to the pre-
draft combine last week in
Chicago.
Former teammate Chase
Budinger, who waited until the
deadline last season before
announcing his return to the
Wildcats, said he and Wise
have stayed in touch.
“Maybe not as close as me,
but he’ll be pretty close,”
Budinger told the Arizona Daily
Star of Wise’s timetable.
Wise has worked out for sev-
eral teams, including his
hometown Houston Rockets
and the San Antonio Spurs,
according to the newspaper.
“He’s doing nothing wrong
and everything right,” Arizona
coach Sean Miller told the news-
paper. “He’s working out for
NBA teams, he has the name
in the draft and doesn’t have
an agent. … I think he’s doing a
really good job of handling it.”
Wise’s father and former
high school coach, Greg Wise,
has been working with his son
and communicating with
Miller, according to the news-
paper. Nic Wise averaged 15.7
points and 4.6 assists last sea-
son as a junior.
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New Alabama coach
Anthony Grant recently said he
sought advice from Florida
coach Billy Donovan before tak-
ing the job. Grant was an assis-
tant at Florida for 10 years.
“We talked, but Anthony is
his own man and makes his
own decisions,” Donovan told
The Gainesville Sun. “I told him
I really thought Alabama
would be a great situation and
a great fit for him. I like their
team, I like the people they
had there. It seems they made
a very strong commitment (to
basketball) for Anthony.”
Arkansas sophomore G
Marcus Britt was arrested early
Saturday and charged with
first-offense DWI, driving
with a suspended license, no
insurance, failure to appear
and running a stop sign.
The Times-Herald of Forrest
City, Ark., reported Monday
that Britt, 21, was stopped at
2:40 a.m. Saturday after failing
to stop for a stop sign. He aver-
aged 3.7 points last season.
St. Mary’s sophomore PG
Patty Mills said Monday he will
forgo his final two years of col-
lege eligibility and keep his
name in the NBA draft.
He averaged 18.7 points, 4.0
assists and 2.5 steals last year.
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Q&A with ... Penn State G Talor Battle
‘I want to improve on every aspect of my game’
Talor Battle averaged 16.7 points and
5.0 assists as a sophomore point guard for
the Penn State Nittany Lions. He scored 29
points in a road victory against the Final
Four bound Michigan State Spartans. And
he played all but seven minutes of a pos-
sible 205 in his team’s triumph at the 2009
NIT.
It was quite a season for Battle, but not
quite enough to make him a household
name. Remember, he plays at Penn State,
which still is trying to prove it is a serious
player in hoops. PSU has only eight NCAA
Tournament appearances in its history, just
three since the bracket expanded in 1985,
and none since 2001.
A 5-11 junior-to-be from Albany, N.Y.,
Battle will take another step toward estab-
lishing Penn State as a basketball school
when he tries out for the United States
team that will compete at this summer’s
World University Games in Serbia. The trials
begin June 16 in Colorado Springs.
Battle recently chatted with Sporting
News’ Mike DeCourcy.
Q: Were you surprised to
get the call from USA
Basketball?
A: Surprised? Not really. I
wasn’t really thinking about
it. I was excited when I got the call.
I’m really looking forward to going
out and trying to play well.
Q: Is getting the chance to
wear your country’s
colors something you’d hoped
to accomplish?
A: Definitely. That’s cool—a
once-in-a-lifetime experi-
ence. I’m going to go out there with
a great mindset and try to do really
well to make the team. That would
be a great feeling for myself and
just everyone around me.
Q: Did the success of the
“Redeem Team” from
last summer’s Olympics have
any bearing on your interest in
playing for the U.S.?
A: No, not really. Those
guys—the U.S. should win
every year. They’ve got the greatest
players in the world. I was happy
to see them win, but it wasn’t a
surprise.
Q: How much do you know
about Serbia?
A: I don’t know anything
about Serbia. Nothing at all.
Q: Are you going to study
up on it at all?
A: Absolutely not. If I make
the team, I’ll go out there
and find out what it’s all about.
Q: Some college players
have turned down
invitations because of summer
school or “to work on their
games.” Did you give any
thought to either?
A: I figure I work hard enough
and have plenty of time to
work even harder when I’m done
with these games. The season’s a
long time away. Playing with a
team is an opportunity to meet new
people, play against the best guys
in college.
Q: Concerned about the
altitude in Colorado
Springs?
A: I’m trying not to think
about that. Everybody
College Basketball
Penn State PG Talor Battle (12) averaged 16.7 points and 5.0 assists as a sophomore last season, leading his team to the NIT title.
keeps saying that to me. I’m
just going to go out there and
play.
I’ve seen all the football games,
and people are getting the oxygen.
But I saw my man Kobe out there in
Denver taking care of biz. I think
I’ll be all right.
Q: Although Penn State got
some NIT airtime, there
still are a lot of people who
don’t know how good you are.
Is this a chance to show a few
more?
A: No matter where I’m
playing, I play for that same
purpose. You never know who’s
watching. You could come to my
high school and watch me work
out, and it’s the same as if there’s a
whole bunch of NBA scouts
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A: Regardless of what my
brother did, Penn State has
been a great fit for me. I knew that
going in. My first year we strug-
gled, and now we won the NIT. We
were right there at getting into the
tournament. It’s turned out great.
Q: Tell me something about
coach (Ed) DeChellis
that I might not know.
A: You probably know as
much as I know. He’s just
busy. I don’t really see him that
much—practice and games. I don’t
really know any secrets about him.
Q: How good will Penn
State be next season?
A: I’ll let you know after the
season. I can’t tell you
before. We lose a couple guys,
Jamelle (Cornley) and Danny
(Morrissey). And they played a big
part in our success. I know just
about as much as you do about
what’s going to happen. I know
we’re going to work hard, and
hopefully we’ll have another great
year.
CAROLYN KASTER / AP
Q: You were pretty good
last season. Anything
you’ll be better at when we next
watching. I’m not really trying to see you in a PSU uniform?
impress people, but I want to go out
and play my game and hopefully
they like it.
A: I want to improve on every
aspect of my game. Then I’ll
really know I got better–not just
Q: Your brother, Taran
better in certain areas. I want to
defend the ball better. I want to
Buie, recently
committed to Penn State.
Should we take that to mean
shoot a higher percentage. I want
to make a whole lot more free
throws. I’m just busting my butt to
you’ve been pleased with your
college choice?
improve and really make my team
succeed.
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Stafford could start sooner rather than later
The Lions may follow the lead of
the Falcons (Matt Ryan) and Ravens
(Joe Flacco) and try to cash in immedi-
ately on their big quarterback invest-
ment. The idea of starting rookie
Matthew Stafford right way seems to
be gaining momentum with coach
Jim Schwartz, SI.com reported.
“We’ve got two criteria for when
Matthew will play,’’ Schwartz told
SI.com. “One is he’ll play when
he’s ready. The second is when he’s
the best quarterback for us. But so
far, whatever the opposite of buy-
ers’ remorse is, that’s what we
have. We knew he had the terrific
NFL arm. But we’ve found out his
release is just textbook classic.’’
Schwartz indicates the team’s last
minicamp in June will be key in the
competition between Stafford and
veteran Daunte Culpepper. “We’re
going to have an arms race,”
Schwartz said. Before the draft, the
Lions signed Stafford, the first over-
all pick, to a six-year contract that
includes $41.7 million guaranteed.
Titans QB Vince Young, cur-
rently backing up Kerry Collins, said
in an interview with a Baltimore
TV station that he either wants to
play or move on.
“I definitely want to get back
out there playing ball and picking
up where I left off, winning games
and having a good time with my
teammates and with the fans,”
Young said. “At the same time, if
them guys don’t want me to be in
there, it’s time for me to make a
career change for myself. Because
the fact is I’m ready to play ball. If
they’re not ready for me to play
ball, then somebody is.”
Detroit likes what they see from Matthew Stafford, and they expect him to vie for the starting job through at least the end of minicamp.
Young suffered a knee injury in
the first game of the season last
year. Collins stepped in and kept
the job, leading the Titans to a
13-3 record and the playoffs.
Jets RB Leon Washington
returned to the team Monday after
boycotting practice the last three
weeks in a contract dispute. Wash-
ington, selected for his first Pro
Bowl last season as a kick returner,
was back on the field to start New
York’s final week of team activities.
Agent Alvin Keels wrote on his
Twitter page that Washington
returned “while we continue to
work on a contract extension for
him. A move of good faith.” Wash-
ington is due to earn $535,000 this
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season, the final year of his rookie
deal. He’s believed to be looking for
about $6 million a year, similar to
deals that Jacksonville’s Maurice
Jones-Drew and San Diego’s Darren
Sproles have received.
Cardinals G.M. Rod Graves
says he looks forward to negotiat-
ing with Tom Condon, the new agent
for disgruntled WR Anquan Boldin.
Condon has not confirmed multi-
ple reports that he has been hired
by Boldin, but Graves ended any
doubt with his comments after
the Cardinals’ practice Monday.
“I look forward to working with
him on this deal whenever we can
get the opportunity to concentrate
on it,” Graves said. Graves said he
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has already had contact with Con-
don. “I anticipate a meeting with
him sometime later this month,”
Graves said.
Boldin, embroiled in a long
contract fight with the Cardinals,
fired Drew Rosenhaus last month.
Boldin sat out a May minicamp,
citing a sore hamstring. He has
been a no-show in the subsequent
voluntary workouts.
49ers S Mark Roman plans to
report to the team today and play
out the final year of his contract.
Earlier in the offseason, he
received permission to seek a
trade, but nothing materialized.
Roman sought the trade
because the club planned
to promote third-year S Dashon
Goldson to play next to Michael Lewis
in the secondary. But Roman has
decided to stay in San Francisco
in more of a nickel back-type role
and to test free agency in 2010.
— Albert Breer
Bengals CB Leon Hall has
pleaded to a reduced charge in his
drunken driving case, allowing
him to avoid jail time. Hall
pleaded guilty on Monday to a
misdemeanor charge of reckless
operation of a vehicle. He must
attend a three-day program that
deals with how alcohol and drugs
affect driving and perform 64
hours of community service.
The Eagles added former
Cowboys defensive coordinator
Brian Stewart to their coaching staff
on Monday. Stewart will be a spe-
cial assistant to the defense, work-
ing primarily with the secondary.
Sean McDermott, the secondary coach
last season, is running the defense
while defensive coordinator Jim
Johnson is on an indefinite leave of
absence to continue treatment for a
cancerous tumor on his spine.
The Lions cut OT George Fos-
ter and signed OT Jon Jansen after
Jansen passed a physical Mon-
day. Jansen, cut by the Redskins
on Friday, insists he can still con-
tribute after battling injuries in
recent years. Jansen started all
but one game over seven seasons
after being drafted from Michi-
gan a decade ago, but he didn’t
play in 2004 or in 2007 and was
limited to 11 starts last season.
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Labor talks to
kick off this week
BY LIZ MULLEN & DANIEL KAPLAN
SportsBusiness Journal
The NFL and the NFL Players Associa-
tion will begin long-awaited labor negotia-
tions this week, but NFL Commissioner
Roger Goodell warned not to expect a reso-
lution any time soon.
Goodell confirmed that talks for a new
collective-bargaining agreement would
begin this week. Questioned about what
kind of progress could be made given that
the league has publicly rejected the union’s
request that NFL owners open their books,
Goodell said, “It is a long process.”
The comment is a signal of how large the
gulf is between the two sides. This week’s
formal bargaining session has been three
years in coming: NFL owners have been
complaining that the players got too rich a
deal since the two sides agreed to it in
2006.
The CBA, which ushered in free agency
and the salary cap, was signed in 1993 and
was subsequently extended five times
under the leadership of late NFLPA execu-
tive director Gene Upshaw and former NFL
commissioner Paul Tagliabue.
This week’s meeting marks a new gener-
ation of leadership on both sides of the table.
It will be the first labor deal negotiated by
new NFLPA executive director DeMaurice
Smith, who was elected to the position in
March. It also will be the first time that
Goodell leads the CBA talks, though he was
the No. 2 executive to Tagliabue during
many of the previous CBA extensions.
It is not clear whether the NFL, which is
pushing for changes in the current deal,
will present a formal proposal. Typically,
the first session of bargaining involves set-
ting the ground rules and schedules for
future meetings. One source said the meet-
ing was set for Wednesday.
— lmullen@sportsbusinessjournal.com,
dkaplan@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—J.J. Arrington, Denver; Darian Barnes,
New Orleans; Tatum Bell, Denver; Jon Bradley, Detroit;
Brian Calhoun, Detroit; Jesse Chatman, NY Jets; P.J. Daniels,
Baltimore; Reuben Droughns, NY Giants; Warrick Dunn,
Tampa Bay; DeShaun Foster, San Francisco; Samkon Gado,
St. Louis; Nick Goings, Carolina; Ahman Green, Houston;
Andre Hall, Denver; Kay-Jay Harris, NY Giants; Maurice
Hicks, Minnesota; Edgerrin James, Arizona; Rudi Johnson,
Detroit; Deuce McAllister, New Orleans; Travis Minor, St.
Louis; Chris Perry, Cincinnati; Andrew Pinnock, Denver;
Michael Pittman, Denver; P.J. Pope, Denver; Cecil Sapp,
Houston; Aaron Stecker, New Orleans; Selvin Young, Denver.
Wide receivers—Drew Bennett, St. Louis; Marty Booker,
Chicago; Drew Carter, Oakland; Jason Carter; Carolina; Keary
Colbert, Detroit; Jayson Foster, Denver; D.J. Hackett, Caro-
lina; Dante Hall, St. Louis; Marvin Harrison, Indianapolis; Ike
Hilliard, Tampa Bay; Darrell Jackson, Denver; Nate Jackson,
Denver; Matt Jones, Jacksonville; Joe Jurevicius, Cleveland;
Ashley Lelie, Oakland; Brandon Lloyd, Chicago; Dane Looker,
St. Louis; Marcus Maxwell, Baltimore; Anthony Mix, Tampa
Bay; Ben Obomanu (R), Seattle; Tab Perry, Miami; Jerry
Porter, Jacksonville; Kevin Robinson, Kansas City; Koren
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; Owen Daniels (R), Houston;
Nate Lawrie, Cincinnati; Michael Merritt, Kansas City; Chad
Mustard, Denver; Rob Myers, NY Jets; Jeff Robinson, Seattle;
Derek Schouman (R), Buffalo; Stephen Spach (R), Arizona;
Daniel Wilcox, Baltimore; Kris Wilson, San Diego.
Offensive tackles—Tyson Clabo (R), Atlanta; Anthony
Davis, St. Louis; Jon Dunn, Detroit; George Foster, Detroit;
Wayne Gandy, Atlanta; Kwame Harris, Oakland; Jonas
Jennings, San Francisco; Levi Jones, Cincinnati; Kyle Link, NY
Jets; James Marten (R), Oakland; Fred Miller, Chicago; Rob
Petitti, St. Louis; Jon Runyan, Philadelphia; Charles Spencer,
Jacksonville; Barry Stokes, New England; Mark Tauscher,
Green Bay; Mark Wilson (R), Oakland.
Guards—Lennie Friedman, Cleveland; Pete Kendall,
Washington; Matt Lentz, Detroit; Terrence Metcalf, Chicago;
Edwin Mulitalo, Detroit; Chris Naeole, Jacksonville; Grey
Ruegamer, NY Giants; Kendall Simmons, Pittsburgh; Rob
Sims (R), Seattle; Jason Whittle, Buffalo.
Centers—Brennen Carvalho, Green Bay; Jean-Philippe
Darche, Kansas City; Melvin Fowler, Buffalo; Matt Lehr, New
Orleans; Andy McCollum, Detroit; Jeremy Newberry, San
Diego; Scott Peters, Arizona; Cory Withrow, St. Louis.
DEFENSE
Defensive ends—Kevin Carter, Tampa Bay; Earl Cochran,
Houston; Sean Conover, NY Jets; Nick Eason, Pittsburgh;
Kalimba Edwards, Oakland; Ebenezer Ekuban, Denver; John
Engelberger, Denver; Simon Fraser, Atlanta; Roderick Green,
San Francisco; Brian Johnston, Kansas City; Travis LaBoy,
Arizona; Jayme Mitchell, Minnesota; Jerome McDougle, NY
Giants; Julius Peppers (F), Carolina; Josh Savage, New Orleans;
Anthony Weaver, Houston; James Wyche, Jacksonville.
Defensive tackles—Kenderick Allen, Minnesota; Gary
Gibson, Carolina; La’Roi Glover, St. Louis; Vonnie Holliday,
Miami; Antwan Lake, New Orleans; Langston Moore, Detroit;
Kindal Moorehead, Atlanta; Dewayne Robertson, Denver;
Orpheus Roye, Pittsburgh; Hollis Thomas, New Orleans; Josh
Thomas, Indianapolis; John Thornton, Cincinnati; Casey Tyler,
Dallas; Darwin Walker, Carolina; Ellis Wyms, Minnesota; Brian
Young, New Orleans; Jeff Zgonina, Houston.
Linebackers—Rufus Alexander, Indianapolis; Jason
Babin, Kansas City; Rocky Boiman, Kansas City; Derrick
Brooks, Tampa Bay; Khary Campbell, Washington;
Anthony Cannon, Detroit; Dan Cody, Baltimore; Rosevelt
Colvin, New England; Donte’ Curry, Carolina; Donnie
Edwards, Kansas City; Keith Ellison (R), Buffalo; Troy
Evans, New Orleans; Gilbert Gardner, Chicago; Curtis
Gatewood, Kansas City; Morlon Greenwood, Houston;
Marques Harris, San Diego; Napoleon Harris, Minnesota;
Abdul Hodge (R), Cincinnati; Mike Humpal, Pittsburgh;
Brad Kassell, NY Jets; Jason Kyle, Carolina; Teddy Lehman,
Buffalo; Wesly Mallard, Seattle; Jim Maxwell, Cincinnati;
Willie McGinest, Cleveland; Marques Murrell (R), NY Jets;
Ryan Nece, Detroit; Shantee Orr, Cleveland; Antwan Peek,
Cleveland; Carlos Polk, Dallas; Junior Seau, New England;
Matt Sinclair, Washington; Gary Stills, St. Louis; Terrell
Suggs (F), Baltimore; Dontarrious Thomas, Minnesota;
Marcus Washington, Washington; Nate Webster, Denver.
Cornerbacks—David Barrett, NY Jets; Fakhir Brown, St.
Louis; Terry Cousin, Cleveland; Jason Craft, St. Louis; Travis
Fisher, Detroit; Reynaldo Hill, Tennessee; William James,
Jacksonville; Michael Lehan, New Orleans; Sam Madison,
NY Giants; Ricky Manning Jr., St. Louis; Derrick Martin (R),
Baltimore; Chris McAlister, Baltimore; Mike McKenzie, New
Orleans; R.W. McQuarters, NY Giants; Deltha O’Neal, New
England; Dunta Robinson (F), Houston; Lewis Sanders,
New England; Duane Starks, Jacksonville; Brandon Sumrall,
NY Giants; DeJuan Tribble, San Diego; Jason Webster, New
England; Jimmy Williams, Houston; Stanley Wilson, Detroit.
Safeties—Oshiomogho Atogwe (F), St. Louis; Michael
Boulware, Minnesota; Mike Brown, Chicago; Oliver
Celestin, Kansas City; Corey Chavous, St. Louis; Will
Demps, Houston; Mike Doss, Cincinnati; Hiram Eugene,
Oakland; Mike Green, Washington; Rodney Harrison, New
England; Terrence Holt, New Orleans; Dexter Jackson,
Cincinnati; Sammy Knight, NY Giants; Marquand Manuel,
Denver; Marlon McCree, Denver; Lawyer Milloy, Atlanta;
Chad Nkang, Jacksonville; Pierson Prioleau, Jacksonville;
Chris Reis (R), New Orleans; Dwight Smith, Detroit;
Jimmy Williams, San Francisco; Cameron Worrell, Chicago.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Kickers—John Carney, NY Giants; Matt Stover, Baltimore.
Punters—Mitch Berger, Pittsburgh; Mike Dragosavich,
Indianapolis; Sam Koch (R), Baltimore; Kyle Larson,
Cincinnati; Ryan Plackemeier, Cincinnati.
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Scheffler, McDaniels smooth out any differences
ENGLEWOOD, COLO.—Tony Scheffler
has no beef with Broncos coach Josh
McDaniels and insists he’s on board
even after the team traded his good
buddy, Jay Cutler.
Any friction that might have
existed dissipated after a recent chat
with his head coach.
Scheffler and McDaniels sat down
to discuss the tight end’s role with
the team. The conversation was
cathartic.
“Everything’s fine,” Scheffler said
last week during the team’s passing
camp. “It’s not about me. It’s not
about any individual on this team
right now. We’re really focused on
the team and moving forward. I
think we’re doing a lot of good
things.”
There were rumors swirling in the
offseason that Denver was shopping
Scheffler, not sure how he would fit
into the new, intricate offense
McDaniels was implementing. The
meeting with McDaniels staunched
those.
As for frayed feelings, there are
none. “Water off a duck’s back—
move forward and move to the next
day,” said Scheffler, who caught 40
passes for 645 yards and three
touchdowns last season. “You can’t
really have hurt feelings in this
league or else you’ll get left behind in
a hurry.”
These days, McDaniels is envi-
sioning a big role for his reliable
receiving tight end, who’s looks slim-
mer and sleeker. “Tony’s a very, very
highly skilled player,” McDaniels
said. “He can do a lot of things. He
can run, he can catch, he can block.
We’re going to take advantage of
every skill that he has. He’s made a
good impression on our team here.”
McDaniels admits he’s never
coached a tight end quite like
Denver TE Tony Scheffler (88) says he has no problems with new coach Josh McDaniels.
Scheffler, one with the ability to
stretch the field with a combination
of speed and athleticism.
“Tony is probably the most skilled
pass-receiving tight end that I’ve had
an opportunity to be around,”
McDaniels said. “That’s a weapon
for us that we can move around on
the field. We’re going to try to feature
him in that role.”
If Scheffler can just stay healthy.
That has been the knock on Schef-
fler, who missed three games with a
groin injury last season and was
JULIE JACOBSON / AP
bothered by a broken foot before the
2007 season.
“The whole hurt label is kind of
overrated with me,” he said. “It’s
frustrating, don’t get me wrong, but
at the same time it’s something
you’ve got to battle through and
learn from. I think I’ve done that. It
makes you really appreciate being
on the field and being out there with
the guys.”
Scheffler and Cutler formed quite
the connection after the two were
taken in the same draft class.
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Scheffler was a frequent target for
the strong-armed quarterback when
Cutler found himself in a jam. How-
ever, that came to a halt when Cutler
was traded to the Bears in the offsea-
son after deciding he didn’t want to
play for McDaniels.
Scheffler and Cutler remain close,
frequently texting and talking. “I’m
sure Jay is going to have a lot of suc-
cess, a ton of success, in Chicago,”
Scheffler said.
McDaniels understands the loy-
alty. “I’m sure there were quite a few
players that had relationships with
Jay,” McDaniels said. “But they’ve
done a great job of saying, ‘You know
what? This is our team now, these
are our quarterbacks.’ ”
Those quarterbacks would be
Chris Simms and former Bear Kyle
Orton, who are in a hotly contested
tussle to land Cutler’s spot. McDan-
iels prefers to wait and see who gains
the upper hand through
minicamps.
“I think the (players) have
embraced both Chris and I,” Orton
said. “We’ve come in here, worked
hard and pretty much kept our
mouths shut and tried to improve
every day.”
So far, Scheffler likes what he sees
from both of them. “We’ve got two
pretty darn good quarterbacks,” he
said.
Scheffler’s unsure what his pre-
cise role will be, only that he’s hoping
to find himself locked up in coverage
by a linebacker.
“Those are the matchups I’ve got
to win,” Scheffler said. “There’s a lot
of weapons on the field, so when
your number is called you’ve got to
step up and make a play or else you
don’t know when the next one’s
going to come.”
—The Associated Press
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Dover race shows promise for Earnhardt
DOVER, DEL.—Stressed out and
unable to sleep during the week of
his crew-chief change, Dale Earn-
hardt Jr. must have responded to
one of those late-night Rosetta Stone
infomercials.
In Sunday’s Autism Speaks 400
at Dover, he was
already speaking
a different
language.
With Brian
Whitesell and
Lance McGrew on
his pit box, Earn-
Reid Spencer hardt abandoned
THE COOL DOWN LAP the often coarse
and sometimes vit-
riolic radio chatter that had become a
way of life with longtime crew chief
Tony Eury Jr., his cousin.
At times, Earnhardt sounded
more like Hendrick Motorsports
teammate Jimmie Johnson, calmly
providing feedback to his brain
trust. More talkative on the radio
than usual, Earnhardt was describ-
ing the handling of his car at specific
points in the corners on a scale of
one to 10. In short, he was speaking
the language other Hendrick driv-
ers have been using—a noticeable
departure from the familiar “Junior
Speak” he shared with Eury.
Team owner Rick Hendrick cer-
tainly noticed.
“I think it pressed Junior to
explain what the car was doing,”
Hendrick said. “I think it challenged
Junior, and he did a super job. I am
extremely proud of the way he
worked on the radio with Lance,
and the communication sounded to
me like they’ve been together for
years. … I think Tony was really
kind of letting Junior make the deci-
sions and he would give some input,
A calmer and more responsive Dale Earnhardt Jr. can only lead to good things for his team, his fans and NASCAR as a whole.
but then they would lock up. All I
can tell you is that I’m pleased with
what happened.”
From his tone voice during the
race, it was clear that Earnhardt
also was pleased—make that elated.
The No. 88 Chevrolet started 22nd
but soon was shuffled farther back
when he made his second pit stop
on Lap 45, while most of the lead-
lap cars stayed on the track.
An adjustment made during that
stop, however, brought Earnhardt’s
car to life, and he drove through
traffic toward the front of the field.
The off-sequence pit stop paid divi-
dends during a subsequent cycle of
green-flag stops that trapped a sub-
stantial portion of the field either a
lap down or on the tail end of the
NASCAR
lead lap, after John Andretti slapped
the wall on Lap 116 to cause the
third caution of the race.
Able to postpone his third stop
until the caution flew, Earnhardt
restarted seventh on Lap 124.
Before the race reached halfway, he
had run down and passed Matt
Kenseth for fifth.
“Bad ass!” Earnhardt exulted as he
made the pass. Some of the self-doubt
and shaken confidence that had to
have accrued to Earnhardt during a
dismal start to the season had fallen
away. You could hear it in his voice,
even through the radio static.
Lest we get carried away, how-
ever, it’s important to note the han-
dling of the No. 88 deteriorated
during the second half of the race, a
ROB CARR / AP
problem that had become chronic
with Earnhardt and Eury. Never-
theless, Earnhardt brought the car
home in 12th position, 10 spots bet-
ter than he started.
Be wary, too, of assessing a major
change to a team less than a week
after it happens. Change inevitably
brings an adrenaline boost to a race
team. Whether it’s destined to last
is something to evaluate two
months from now.
There were enough positives in
Sunday’s race, however, to give
Earnhardt and his fans substantial
hope that the new pairing will pro-
duce the desired results—even if
hope sometimes comes in a foreign
language.
rspencer@sportingnews.com
INSIDE DISH
Petty: Chrysler bankruptcy
difficult for Dodge teams
Team owner Richard Petty said
the Chrysler bankruptcy has put
cash flow from the manufacturer
to the Richard Petty Motorsports
organization he co-owns with
George Gillett “in a holding
pattern.”
“They’ve stopped everything,”
Petty said. “They
went into bank-
ruptcy, and
they’re sort of in
a floating stage
right now.
They’re trying to
see where they AP
come out of this Richard Petty
at. … They’re in a
holding pattern right now.”
Walter Czarnecki, vice chairman of
Penske Racing, which also fields
Dodges, said his organization has
felt a similar pinch. “In the legal
procedure, you have to file what’s
called a ‘Cure Letter’ that lists all
the things that you are owed. And
when it’s submitted and approved,
they’ll pay. We have money that
was due April 30 that has not
been received yet and probably
won’t be received for several
weeks.”
Mike Accavitti, director of brand
marketing and strategy for
Chrysler, acknowledged the reor-
ganization has affected the flow of
cash from Chrysler but affirmed
the company remains committed
to Cup racing and that at-track
services provided to the teams
continue to be available.
“The amount of engineering
and other technical services,
along with supply of racing
TUESDAY, JUNE 02, 2009 35
components we provide to the
Dodge factory-backed teams has
not changed,” Accavitti said in a
statement to Sporting News Today.
“NASCAR remains a strategic
part of our marketing plan and
the Dodge brand. … We have com-
mitments to the sport and our
teams and plan to continue our
sponsorship into the foreseeable
future.
“During our Chapter 11 reorga-
nization, Chrysler has strictly fol-
lowed each and every step of the
court-supervised process accord-
ing to bankruptcy law. Interrup-
tion to the normal course of
business, including supplier pay-
ments, is inherent during this
process.”
— Reid Spencer
Trevor Bayne will drive in eight
Nationwide Series races this sea-
son for Michael Waltrip Racing,
the team announced Monday.
Bayne, 18, a development driver
for Dale Earnhardt Inc., will drive
the No. 99, beginning with this
weekend’s race at Nashville
Superspeedway.
— Lee Montgomery, SceneDaily.com
Memphis Motorsports Park
officials announced the track’s
June 27 Camping World Truck
Series race will be titled the Mem-
phis Travel.com 200 under terms
of a sponsorship agreement with
the Memphis Convention & Visi-
tors Bureau. The track also said
O’Reilly Auto Parts will be the
presenting sponsor.
— SceneDaily.com
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PGA Tour schedule
Jan. 8-11—Mercedes-Benz Championship (Geoff Ogilvy)
Jan. 15-18—Sony Open in Hawaii (Zach Johnson)
Jan. 21-25—Bob Hope Chrysler Classic (Pat Perez)
Jan. 29-Feb. 1—FBR Open (Kenny Perry)
Feb. 5-8—Buick Invitational (Nick Watney)
Feb. 12-15—AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am (Dustin
Johnson)
Feb. 19-22—Northern Trust Open (Phil Mickelson)
Feb. 25-March 1—WGC-Accenture Match Play Champion-
ship (Geoff Ogilvy)
Feb. 25-March 1—Mayakoba Golf Classic (Mark Wilson)
March 5-8—The Honda Classic (Y.E. Yang)
March 12-15—WGC-CA Championship, (Phil Mickelson)
March 12-15—Puerto Rico Open (Michael Bradley)
March 19-22—Transitions Championship (Retief Goosen)
March 26-29—Arnold Palmer Invitational (Tiger Woods)
April 2-5—Shell Houston Open (Paul Casey)
April 9-12—The Masters (Angel Cabrera)
April 16-19—Verizon Heritage (Brian Gay)
April 23-26—Zurich Classic of New Orleans (Jerry Kelly)
April 30-May 3—Quail Hollow Championship (Sean O’Hair)
May 7-10—The Players Championship (Henrik Stenson)
May 14-17—Valero Texas Open (Zach Johnson)
May 21-24—HP Byron Nelson Championship (Rory Sab-
batini)
May 28-31—Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial (Steve
Stricker)
Thursday-Sunday—The Memorial Tournament, Muirfield
Village GC, Dublin, Ohio
June 11-14—Stanford St. Jude Championship, TPC South-
wind, Memphis, Tenn.
June 18-21—U.S. Open, Bethpage State Park (Black
Course), Farmingdale, N.Y.
June 25-28—Travelers Championship, TPC River Highlands,
Cromwell, Conn.
July 2-5—AT&T National, Congressional CC (Blue Course),
Bethesda, Md.
July 9-12—John Deere Classic, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Ill.
July 16-19—The Open Championship, Turnberry (Ailsa
Course), Turnberry, Scotland
July 16-19—U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee, Brown
Deer Park GC, Milwaukee
July 23-26—RBC Canadian Open, Glen Abbey GC, Oakville,
Ontario
July 30-Aug. 2—Buick Open, Warwick Hills G and CC, Grand
Blanc, Mich.
Aug. 6-9—WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Firestone CC,
Akron, Ohio
Aug. 6-9—Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, Montreux G and CC,
Reno, Nev.
Aug. 13-16—PGA Championship, Hazeltine National GC,
Chaska, Minn.
Aug. 20-23—Wyndham Championship, Sedgefield CC,
Greensboro, N.C.
Aug. 27-30—The Barclays, Liberty National GC, Jersey City,
N.J.
Sept. 4-7—Deutsche Bank Championship, TPC Boston,
Norton, Mass.
Sept. 10-13—BMW Championship, Cog Hill GC, Lemont, Ill.
Sept. 24-27—The Tour Championship, East Lake GC,
Atlanta
Oct. 1-4—Turning Stone Restort Chamnpionship, Atunyote
GC at Turning Stone Resort, Verona, N.Y.
Oct. 8-11—The Presidents Cup, Harding Park GC, San
Francisco
Oct. 15-18—Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Chil-
dren Open, TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas
Oct. 22-25—Frys.com Open, Grayhawk GC, Scottlsdale, Ariz.
Oct. 29-Nov. 1—Viking Classic, Annandale GC, Madison, Miss.
Nov. 12-15—Children’s Miracle Network Classic, Walt
Disney World Resort (Magnolia Course, Palm Course), Lake
Buena Vista, Fla.
Mickelson to play in U.S. Open
DUBLIN, OHIO—Phil Mickelson plans a brief
return to the PGA Tour in time to play in the
U.S. Open.
The world’s No. 2 player suspended his
schedule indefinitely upon announcing two
weeks ago that his wife, Amy, has been diag-
nosed with breast cancer. Recent tests have
given them hope the cancer has been caught
early, with more tests over the next month.
Mickelson intends to return next week at the
St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tenn.,
then play the following week in the U.S. Open
at Bethpage Black, according to a person
informed of the plans.
The person spoke on condition of anonym-
ity because Mickelson had not announced his
decision.
“We heard there was a possibility he would
play,” St. Jude Championship spokesman Phil
Cannon. “That would be great.”
Mickelson is a sentimental favorite at every
U.S. Open, where at age 38 he already has tied
the record for most runner-up finishes with
four. He is especially popular in New York,
and his presence at Bethpage Black figured to
bring an emotional and raucous response.
He has never finished worse than fourth in
his four U.S. Opens held in New York.
But his return might not last long.
Mickelson first thought surgery for his
37-year-old wife could happen as early as a few
weeks since the announcement, but that has
been pushed back for another month.
Her treatment and recovery will dictate
whether he plays in the British Open, or how
much he plays at all the rest of the summer.
Mickelson already has won twice this year and
is No. 5 in the FedEx Cup standings.
Amy Mickelson is among the most popular
wives in golf, mingling with friends and fans
with equal ease as she follows him around the
course. The support has been overwhelming,
with phone calls and messages from players,
and visible support on tour.
Saturday at Colonial, the PGA Tour Wives
Association worked with the tour and title
sponsor Crowne Plaza to promote “Pink Out,”
Golf TUESDAY, JUNE 02, 2009 36
in which players, wives, officials and fans
were encouraged to wear pink.
Ian Poulter was dressed in pink from head-
to-toe, and most players wore some form of
pink. Vijay Singh, one of Mickelson’s fierce
rivals, wore a pink shirt. Even the CBS Sports
crew wore the color in support.
“We have been home watching the golf at
Colonial surrounded by loved ones,” Amy
wrote Saturday on her husband’s Web site.
“Every time we see a player, caddy, announcer
or fan wearing pink, we are overwhelmed by
the love and support we feel. ... The 11 days
since we received the diagnosis have been very
difficult, but this incredible gesture helps us
feel so much stronger.”
Mickelson typically plays the week before a
major to work into a competitive mode, but he
has not done that in the last two years when
Memphis moved into that spot on the
schedule.
The last time he has played the St. Jude
Championship was in 2001, when he missed
the cut.
Mickelson was treated like a rock star in his
last appearance at Bethpage Black, a public
golf course on Long Island. It was held nine
months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and
Mickelson had yet to win a major.
Starting the final round five shots behind,
Mickelson got to within two shots of Tiger
Woods on the back nine before Woods pulled ED REINKE / AP
away for a three-shot victory. Mickelson won Phil Mickelson will play in the St. Jude Championship and the U.S. Open while wife Amy, right, battles cancer.
the first of his three majors at the 2004 Mas-
ters, and he finally delivered for the New
York area in 2005 when he won the PGA Nicklaus, Woods to play Skins together Wednesday
Championship at Baltusrol in northern New DUBLIN, OHIO—Jack Nicklaus and Tiger defending champion at the Memorial.
Jersey. Woods will play together in the Memo- The other group will have Vijay Singh,
A native of San Diego, Lefty has become so rial Skins Game, only the second time Padraig Harrington, Jim Furyk and
smitten with New York that he takes a trip they have competed against each other Camilo Villegas.
there every year with his family, and recently in the same group. The only other time Nicklaus and
joined Liberty National, across the Hudson The Memorial Skins Game is Woods played in the same group was
River in New Jersey. Wednesday at Muirfield Village and the 2000 PGA Championship, which
“I love all that’s going on there,” he said last involves four players in two groups. Woods won for his third straight
month. “It’s a very sports-minded city, a very Nicklaus and Woods will be joined by major.
cultural city, an energetic city.” Stewart Cink and Kenny Perry, the — The Associated Press
— The Associated Press
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com
Glance
PARIS—A look at the
French Open on Monday:
Weather: Sunny. High of 75
degrees.
Attendance: 26,211.
Men’s Fourth Round: No. 2
Roger Federer def. Tommy Haas
6-7 (4), 5-7, 6-4, 6-0, 6-2; No. 5
Juan Martin del Potro def. No. 9
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-1,
6-4; No. 11 Gael Monfils def. No. 6
Andy Roddick 6-4, 6-2, 6-3; No. 16
Tommy Robredo def. No. 29 Philipp
Kohlschreiber 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-2.
Women’s Fourth Round:
No. 2 Serena Williams def. No.
24 Aleksandra Wozniak 6-1, 6-2;
Sorana Cirstea def. No. 5 Jelena
Jankovic 3-6, 6-0, 9-7; No. 7
Svetlana Kuznetsova def. No. 12
Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 1-6,
6-1; No. 30 Samantha Stosur def.
Virginie Razzano 6-1, 6-2.
Stat of the Day: 5 — Career
comebacks from two-set deficits
for Federer, who has done it once
at each of the past two Grand Slam
tournaments.
Quote of the Day: “It just shows
that we’re all human.” — Federer,
speaking about Rafael Nadal’s loss
to Robin Soderling.
Today’s Quarterfinals:
No. 3 Andy Murray vs. No. 12
Fernando Gonzalez, No. 10 Nikolay
Davydenko vs. No. 23 Robin
Soderling; No. 1 Dinara Safina
vs. No. 9 Victoria Azarenka, No.
20 Dominika Cibulkova vs. Maria
Sharapova.
Today’s Forecast: Sunny. High
of 77 degrees.
Today’s TV: Tennis Channel, 8
a.m.-noon EDT; ESPN2, noon-6:30
p.m. EDT.
Federer needs five sets to squeak by unheralded Haas
PARIS—Roger Federer knows full
well, of course, that Rafael Nadal is no
longer around this year to befuddle
him, to beat him, to stand between him
and a French Open title.
Federer insists he is not thinking
about that, not thinking ahead. Still,
Federer sure did play as if preoccupied
for the better part of two hours Mon-
day, dropping the first two sets of his
fourth-round match against 63rd-
ranked Tommy Haas of Germany.
One point from letting Haas serve
for the victory, Federer conjured up
one particularly spectacular forehand
that managed to change the entire flow
of things. That shot spurred a run of
nine consecutive games for Federer,
sending him to a 6-7 (4), 5-7, 6-4, 6-0,
6-2 victory over Haas and a berth in
the quarterfinals at Roland Garros.
“I knew I was going to look back on
that shot. That saved me,” Federer
said. “I was in quite some danger.”
But he escaped. With two more vic-
tories, Federer will reach a fourth con-
secutive final at the French Open, the
only Grand Slam championship he
hasn’t won. Federer lost to Nadal in
each of the past three finals and in the
2005 semifinals, but the Spaniard’s
31-match winning streak at the clay-
court major tournament ended Sun-
day against Robin Soderling.
“You’re aware of it,” Federer said.
“Definitely changes it up, if I were to
make the final. But we’re not there yet,
so honestly it hasn’t changed a whole
lot for me.”
Federer now tries to reach the semi-
finals at a 20th Grand Slam event in a
row, which would extend his own
record, when he meets 11th-seeded
Gael Monfils of France, a 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
winner over No. 6 Andy Roddick, the
Tennis
FRENCH OPEN
After dropping the first set, Sorana Cirstea rebounded to eliminate fifth-seeded Jelena Jankovic.
last American man in the
tournament.
Federer is 4-0 against Monfils,
including a victory in the French Open
semifinals a year ago. Monfils domi-
nated Roddick, even out-acing him
17-4, and Roddick began complaining
in the second set that it was too dark to
see.
“Don’t tell me what’s OK and what’s
not,” the 2003 U.S. Open champion
snapped at chair umpire Enric Molina.
“You’re not the one playing.”
It was the day’s last match on Court
Suzanne Lenglen, and the start was
delayed by No. 5 Jelena Jankovic’s loss
to the 41st-ranked Sorana Cirstea of
Romania 3-6, 6-0, 9-7, which lasted 2
hours, 44 minutes.
“It wasn’t easy at the end,” said
LIONEL CIRONNEAU / AP
Cirstea, two points from defeat when
Jankovic served for the match at 5-4,
30-love in the third set. “I saw she was
tired, also. So I knew it was also a little
bit mental: Who is going to stay
stronger?”
Elsewhere, 2002 champion Serena
Williams beat No. 24 Aleksandra
Wozniak of Canada 6-1, 6-2; No. 7 Svet-
lana Kuznetsova defeated No. 12
Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-4,
1-6, 6-1; and No. 30 Samantha Stosur
beat Virginie Razzano of France 6-1, 6-2.
“This,” Williams said, “is when
everything counts.”
No one knows that better than
Federer, whose 13 major championships
are one shy of Pete Sampras’ record.
With Nadal, Roddick and No. 4 Novak
Djokovic all gone, Federer is the only
TUESDAY, JUNE 02, 2009
Roger Federer’s
rallies from down 0-2
2000 U.S. Open (R128) — def. Peter
Wessels, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 3-4, retired.
2001 French Open (R64) — def.
Sargis Sargsian, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 9-7.
2005 Key Biscayne (F) — def. Rafael
Nadal, 2-6, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-1.
2009 Australian Open (R16) — def.
Tomas Berdych, 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4,
6-2.
2009 French Open (R16) — def.
Tommy Haas, 6-7 (4), 5-7, 6-4, 6-0, 6-2.
man left with a Grand Slam title.
“For a lot of players,” Federer said, “I
think it must be quite a big opportu-
nity, and their heads must be spinning
right now.”
The other matchup on his half of the
draw is No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro of
Argentina against No. 16 Tommy
Robredo of Spain—two men who are a
combined 0-6 in Grand Slam quarter-
finals. Del Potro beat No. 9 Jo-Wilfried
Tsonga of France 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4,
and Robredo eliminated No. 29 Philipp
Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-4, 5-7,
7-6 (4), 6-2.
Federer won the first 24 points on
his serve, but Haas hung around.
“We both knew there was a chance
for me to finish him off,” Haas said.
“Just got to tip your hat and say, ‘That’s
why he’s Roger Federer.’”
— The Associated Press
37
Results
At Stade Roland Garros
Paris
Purse: $21.8 million (Grand Slam)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
Men
Fourth Round
Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Tommy
Haas, Germany, 6-7 (4), 5-7, 6-4, 6-0, 6-2.
Tommy Robredo (16), Spain, def. Philipp
Kohlschreiber (29), Germany, 6-4, 5-7,
7-6 (4), 6-2.
Juan Martin del Potro (5), Argentina, def.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9), France, 6-1, 6-7
(5), 6-1, 6-4.
Gael Monfils (11), France, def. Andy
Roddick (6), United States, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3.
Women
Fourth Round
Serena Williams (2), United States, def.
Aleksandra Wozniak (24), Canada, 6-1, 6-2.
Svetlana Kuznetsova (7), Russia, def.
Agnieszka Radwanska (12), Poland, 6-4,
1-6, 6-1.
Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Jelena
Jankovic (5), Serbia, 3-6, 6-0, 9-7.
Samantha Stosur (30), Australia, def.
Virginie Razzano, France, 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles
Men
Quarterfinals
Wesley Moodie, South Africa, and Dick
Norman, Belgium, def. Jose Acasuso,
Argentina, and Fernando Gonzalez, Chile,
walkover.
Lukas Dlouhy, Czech Republic, and Leander
Paes (3), India, def. Bruno Soares, Brazil,
and Kevin Ullyett (5), Zimbabwe, 6-2,
7-6 (5).
Women
Quarterfinals
Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, and Elena
Vesnina (12), Russia, def. Yan Zi and Zheng
Jie (16), China, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia
Ruano Pascual (3), Spain, def. Anna-Lena
Groenefeld, Germany, and Patty Schnyder
(11), Switzerland, 7-6 (2), 6-2.
Mixed
Second Round
Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and
Mark Knowles, def. Lisa Raymond, United
States, and Marcin Matkowski (3), Poland,
3-6, 7-5, 10-6 tiebreak.
Quarterfinals
Liezel Huber and Bob Bryan (1), United
States, def. Ai Sugiyama, Japan, and Andre
Sa (5), Brazil, 1-6, 6-4, 12-10 tiebreak.
Vania King, United States, and Marcelo
Melo, Brazil, def. Sybille Bammer, Austria,
and Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 6-3, 7-5.
SPORTING NEWS TODAY
NCAA Division I regionals glance
All times ET, double elimination
At Clark-LeClair
Stadium
Greenville, N.C.
May 29
South Carolina 11, George
Mason 3
South Carolina 11, George
Mason 3
May 30
East Carolina 11, Binghamton 7
Binghamton 11, George Mason
6, George Mason eliminated
South Carolina 12, East
Carolina 2
May 31
East Carolina 16, Binghamton 9,
Binghamton eliminated
East Carolina 8, South Carolina 6
Monday
East Carolina 10, South Carolina
9, 10 innings, East Carolina
advances
At Boshamer
Stadium
Chapel Hill, N.C.
May 29
Coastal Carolina 11, Kansas 3
North Carolina 5, Dartmouth 2
May 30
Kansas 16, Dartmouth 0,
Dartmouth eliminated
North Carolina 14, Coastal
Carolina 5
May 31
Kansas 5, Coastal Carolina 1,
Coastal Carolina eliminated
North Carolina 12, Kansas 1,
North Carolina advances
At Doug Kingsmore
Stadium
Clemson, S.C.
May 29
Oklahoma State 10, Alabama 6
Clemson 5, Tennessee Tech 4
May 30
Tennessee Tech 6, Alabama 2,
Alabama eliminated
Oklahoma State 3, Clemson 2
May 31
Clemson 10, Tennessee Tech 0,
Tennessee Tech eliminated
Clemson 15, Oklahoma State 1
Monday
Clemson 6, Oklahoma State 5,
Clemson advances
At Russ Chandler
Stadium
Atlanta
May 29
Southern Mississippi 17, Elon 15
Georgia Tech 9, Georgia State 3
May 30
Georgia State 4, Elon 3, Elon
eliminated
Southern Mississippi 10, Georgia
Tech 7
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May 31
Georgia Tech 8, Elon 4, Elon
eliminated
Georgia Tech 10, Southern
Mississippi 3
Monday
Southern Mississippi 12, Georgia
Tech 8, Southern Miss advances
At McKethan
Stadium
Gainesville, Fla.
May 29
Miami 9, Jacksonville 4
Florida 8, Bethune-Cookman 7
May 30
Jacksonville 8, Bethune-
Cookman 7, Bethune-Cookman
eliminated
Florida 8, Miami 2
May 31
Miami 4, Jacksonville 0,
Jacksonville eliminated
Florida 16, Miami 5, Florida
advances
At Dick Howser
Stadium
Tallahassee, Fla.
May 29
Georgia 24, Ohio State 8
Florida State 16, Marist 4
May 30
Ohio State 6, Marist 4, Marist
eliminated
Florida State 8, Georgia 2
May 31
Ohio State 13, Georgia 6,
Georgia eliminated
Florida State 37, Ohio State 6,
Florida St. advances
At Jim Patterson
Stadium
Louisville, Ky.
May 29
Middle Tennessee 5, Vanderbilt 4
Louisville 8, Indiana 2
May 30
Vanderbilt 10, Indiana 0, Indiana
eliminated
Louisville 3, Middle Tennessee 2
May 31
Vanderbilt 6, Middle Tennessee
0, Middle Tenn. eliminated
Vanderbilt 8, Louisville 4
Monday
Louisville 5, Vanderbilt 2,
Louisville advances
At Oxford-University
Stadium
Oxford, Miss.
May 29
Western Kentucky 11, Missouri 5
Mississippi 8, Monmouth, N.J. 1
May 30
Missouri 9, Monmouth, N.J. 0,
Monmouth, N.J. eliminated
Mississippi 7, Western
Kentucky 4
May 31
Western Kentucky 11, Missouri
6, Missouri eliminated
Western Kentucky 10,
Mississippi 9
Monday
Mississippi 4, Western Kentucky
1, Mississippi advances
At Alex Box Stadium
Baton Rouge, La.
May 29
LSU 10, Southern U. 2
Baylor 5, Minnesota 0
May 30
Minnesota 11, Southern U. 8,
Southern U. eliminated
LSU 3, Baylor 3, 10 innings
May 31
Minnesota 15, Baylor 12, Baylor
eliminated
LSU 10, Minnesota 3, LSU
advances
At L. Dale Mitchell
Park
Norman, Okla.
May 29
Arkansas 10, Washington State 3
Oklahoma 5, Wichita State 4
May 30
Washington State 3, Wichita
State 2, Wichita St. eliminated
Arkansas 17, Oklahoma 6
May 31
Oklahoma 7, Washington State
2, Washington St. eliminated
Arkansas 11, Oklahoma 0,
Arkansas advances
At Reckling Park
Houston
May 29
Kansas State 16, Xavier 8
Rice 5, Sam Houston State 2
May 30
Xavier 9, Sam Houston State 6,
Sam Houston eliminated
Kansas State 7, Rice 6, 10
innings
May 31
Rice 12, Xavier 5, Xavier
eliminated
Rice 8, Kansas State 0
Monday
Rice 13, Kansas State 4, Rice
advances
At Lupton Baseball
Stadium
Fort Worth, Texas
May 29
Oregon State 9, Texas A&M 8
TCU 6, Wright State 3
May 30
Texas A&M 6, Wright State 4, 11
innings, Wright St. eliminated
TCU 13, Oregon State 1
May 31
Oregon State 13, Texas A&M 5,
Texas A&M eliminated
TCU 5, Oregon State 4, TCU
advances
At UFCU Disch-Falk
Field
Austin, Texas
May 29
Boston College 8, Texas State 7
Texas 3, Army 1
May 30
Army 7, Texas State 4, Texas St.
eliminated
Texas 3, Boston College 2, 25
innings
May 31
Army 4, Boston College 3,
Boston College eliminated
Texas 14, Army 10, Texas
advances
At Packard Stadium
Tempe, Ariz.
May 29
Oral Roberts 13, Cal Poly 3
Arizona State 17, Kent State 6
May 30
Kent State 10, Cal Poly 9, Cal Poly
eliminated
Arizona State 4, Oral Roberts 1
May 31
Oral Roberts 15, Kent State 10,
Kent St. eliminated
Arizona State 8, Oral Roberts 3,
Arizona State advances
At Anteater Ballpark
Irvine, Calif.
May 29
Virginia 5, San Diego State 1
UC Irvine 4, Fresno State 2
May 30
San Diego State 4, Fresno State
1, Fresno St. eliminated
Virginia 5, UC Irvine 0
May 31
UC Irvine 14, San Diego State 3,
San Diego State eliminated
Virginia 4, UC Irvine 1, Virginia
advances
At Goodwin Field
Fullerton, Calif.
May 29
Gonzaga 19, Georgia Southern
10
Cal State Fullerton 18, Utah 2
May 30
Utah 11, Georgia Southern 10,
Georgia Southern eliminated
Cal State Fullerton 7, Gonzaga 4
May 31
Utah 9, Gonzaga 7, Gonzaga
eliminated
Cal State Fullerton 16, Utah 3,
Cal State Fullerton advances
College Baseball
East Carolina 10, South Carolina 9, 10 innings
Harris plays hero, lifts ECU over Gamecocks
GREENVILLE, N.C.—Devin Harris singled home
Kyle Roller in the bottom of the 10th inning to
lift East Carolina past South Carolina 10-9 on
Monday night in an NCAA regional final.
Harris, who forced extra innings with a
three-run homer in the ninth, finished with
four hits and five RBIs for the top-seeded
Pirates (46-18). East Carolina will play North
Carolina in a best-of-three super regional
series.
In the 10th, Roller doubled, Brandon Hen-
derson was intentionally walked, and two bat-
ters later, Harris sent Sam Dyson’s 3-1 pitch up
the middle for the win.
Scott Wingo and Jackie Bradley Jr. homered
for South Carolina (40-23), which led 6-0 in
the fifth.
Louisville (Ky.) Regional
Louisville 5, Vanderbilt 3
Ryan Wright hit a go-ahead three-run homer
and Tony Zych threw six solid innings to lift
Louisville past Vanderbilt in the deciding game
of their regional series.
The top-seeded Cardinals (47-16) advanced
to the super regionals, where they’ll face Cal
State Fullerton (45-14) this weekend.
Wright, 2 for 4 with a run scored, hit his
homer in the fourth, while John Dao and Chris
Dominguez also drove in runs for Louisville.
Zych (6-2) allowed two runs and six hits in just
his third start of the season, while ace starter
Justin Marks pitched a perfect ninth for his
first save.
Mike Minor gave up three earned runs in 3
2-3 innings, and Aaron Westlake homered for
the Commodores (37-27).
Clemson (S.C.) Regional
Clemson 6, Oklahoma St. 5
Kyle Parker’s two-run single in the eighth
inning lifted Clemson to a comeback victory
over Oklahoma State in the deciding game of
their regional.
NCAA REGIONAL ROUNDUP
JIM R. BOUNDS / AP
ECU’s Devin Harris, right, celebrates his game-winning RBI
single in the 10th, set up by his three-run homer in the ninth.
Parker drove in Ben Paulsen and John Nester
with a liner to left field off Cowboys closer
Randy McCurry, who came in for starter Tyler
Lyons (7-6). Chris Epps’ two-out, two-run
homer after an error by the Cowboys (34-24),
who led 5-1 through six innings, sparked the
rally.
Matt Vaughn (4-1) pitched the final 3 2-3
innings for the Tigers (44-20), who advanced
to play at Arizona State in the super regionals
this weekend.
Atlanta Regional
Southern Miss 12, Georgia Tech 8
B.A. Vollmuth hit two second-inning homers
off Georgia Tech ace Deck McGuire to power
Southern Mississippi past the Yellow Jackets
and send the Eagles to their first NCAA super
regional.
Southern Miss (38-24) will play Florida in
the best-of-three super regional in Gainesville,
Fla.
Vollmuth hit a two-run homer high off the
scoreboard in left field to open the scoring. His
TUESDAY, JUNE 02, 2009 38
three-run homer capped the nine-run inning,
the most runs McGuire (11-2) has allowed for
Georgia Tech (38-19-1). Only four of the runs
were earned.
Todd McInnis (9-4) gave up two runs in 4 1-3
relief innings.
Oxford (Miss.) Regional
Mississippi 4, W. Kentucky 1
Drew Pomeranz took a no-hitter into the sev-
enth inning and tied a school record with 16
strikeouts to lead Mississippi past Western
Kentucky and into the super regionals.
Pomeranz, 2-0 in the regionals with 26
strikeouts in 17 innings, allowed two infield
hits in his complete game as the Rebels (43-18)
advanced to their fourth super regional in five
seasons.
The first hit for the Hilltoppers (42-20) came
on a questionable call at first base after Matt
Smith bobbled a fairly routine grounder with
one out in the seventh. An error later in the
inning helped Western Kentucky tie it at 1.
Smith atoned for the bobble in the next
inning with a two-run triple that put Ole Miss
ahead.
Houston Regional
Rice 13, Kansas St. 4
Diego Seastrunk hit a three-run homer and
Rick Hague drove in three runs to help Rice
defeat Kansas State and advance to the super
regionals.
Michael Fuda and Jimmy Comerota each had
four of the 20 hits for the Owls (43-16), who’ll
face LSU in the best-of-three super regionals
next weekend. Rice used a six-run fourth
inning to take an 8-2 lead. Matthew Reckling
(2-2) allowed two runs and three hits in four
innings of relief.
Sophomore Thomas Rooke (5-2) gave up four
hits and four runs in the first career start for
Kansas State (43-18-1).
— The Associated Press
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Razorbacks slumped
late, pulled it together
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK.—When Arkansas
went to the College World Series in
2004, the Razorbacks beat Florida
State to get there. Arkansas will have
to go through the Seminoles again to
reach the tournament this year.
The Razorbacks got off to a strong
start this season, winning eight of
their first nine games. They built a
24-6 record and were voted No. 1 by
one national poll. Then came the
heart of the Southeastern Confer-
ence season, in which the Razor-
backs were swept by Vanderbilt,
Alabama and Ole Miss, and lost
series to LSU and Georgia.
Vandy and LSU advanced to super
regionals, as did Florida, a team the
Razorbacks swept during the regu-
lar season and beat twice for the
Razorbacks’ only victories in the
SEC tournament.
Those wins in the tournament fol-
lowed a 1-9 finish to the regular sea-
sonandprovidedthefreshmen-heavy
team with some much needed expe-
rience and confidence.
The Seminoles (45-16) enter the
super regional with some momen-
tum, too. They beat Ohio State 37-6
on Sunday while the Razorbacks
(37-22) were dismissing Oklahoma
11-0.
Florida State will host the super
regional, which starts Friday.
After he watched Arkansas fresh-
man Drew Smyly (3-1) take a no hit-
ter into the ninth on Sunday,
Oklahoma coach Sunny Golloway
said his team didn’t suffer from a
lack of effort.
“I think we played a team that was
getting hot in all phases of the game,”
Golloway said.
Following the Seminoles’ rout of
College Baseball TUESDAY, JUNE 02, 2009 39
the Buckeyes, Ohio State coach Bob
Todd said his crew also ran into a hot
team.
“Everything they did was right,”
Todd said. “Everything we did was
wrong.”
Arkansas’ Andy Wilkins went
5-for-5 with two home runs and five
RBIs against Oklahoma on Sunday.
He leads the team in homers (17),
RBIs (55), runs scored (49) walks
(45) and batting average (.329).
Wilkins, a sophomore first base-
man is tied with shortstop Ben
Tschepikow for the team lead in hits,
with 70 apiece. Tschepikow has
come on strong late in the season. He
leads the team with 16 steals in 21
attempts, has 46 RBIs and a .317 bat-
ting average. Tschepikow trails
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COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Huskies one win from first title
OKLAHOMA CITY—Two months ago,
Jenn Salling was a woman without
a team.
One month ago, she was mired in
a slump that left her with a .100 bat-
ting average.
Now, she and an Olympic team-
mate are on the brink of leading
Washington to its first NCAA soft-
ball title.
Salling hit a two-run single that
turned into a whole lot more in the
third inning as the Huskies routed
top-seeded Florida 8-0 Monday
night in Game 1 of the Women’s Col-
lege World Series finals. Florida’s
29-game winning streak was
snapped.
Salling’s single brought in four
runs when catcher Kristina Hilbreth
tried to catch a runner at second.
Her throw sailed into center field.
“We’ll take it,” Salling said.
Washington loaded the bases
with a walk and two infield ground-
ers before Salling lined a single
through the infield that Kim
Waleszonia fielded in shallow cen-
ter. She fired home too late to get
Ashley Charters, and Hilberth then
zipped a throw back toward second
that sailed over even Waleszonia as
she made a leaping attempt to catch
it.
Two more runs scored as the ball
rolled into deep center field, giving
Washington a 4-0 edge.
A member of the Canadian Olym-
pic team, Salling joined the Huskies
late in the season before playing a
key role in their postseason push.
After transferring from Oregon, she
wasn’t allowed to play until April
because of NCAA rules and started
her abbreviated season 0-for-13.
Over her first month with Wash-
Championship series
(Best-of-3)
Monday: Washington 8, Florida 0
Today: Florida (63-4) vs.
Washington (50-12), 8 p.m.
Wednesday: Florida vs.
Washington, 8 p.m., if necessary
ington, she was hitting .100.
But in the final two weeks of the
season, Salling turned it around
she’s hitting at a .413 clip (19-for-46)
since May 7.
“My teammates have helped me
immensely. It was tough at the
beginning, and they’ve helped me
through everything with that strug-
gle from the beginning,” Salling
said. “Picked me up when I felt
down, picked me up when the con-
fidence was down, picked me up
when I didn’t know if I was the one
who could do that job at that time.”
Now, she and national player of
the year Danielle Lawrie, her team-
mate from the Olympics, have the
third-seeded Huskies (50-12) within
one win the national
championship.
Game 2 of the best-of-three series
is tonight.
Lawrie (41-8) threw a two-hitter
to set a Washington record with her
41st career shutout. Jennifer Spedi-
acci, who pitched the Huskies to
their last championship appearance
in 1999, held the old record with
40.
Ashley Charters added a two-run
home run off reliever Stephanie
Brombacher in the sixth inning, set-
ting a school record with her 95th
hit of the season in the process.
— The Associated Press
Horse Racing / College Softball
BELMONT STAKES Saturday 6:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Borel confident about his Triple Crown chance
LOUISVILLE, KY.—Calvin Borel is
back on Kentucky Derby winner
Mine That Bird and he’s thinking
about another Triple Crown
victory.
“We’re gonna win, no questions
asked,” Borel predicted after a
workout Monday at Churchill
Downs, where the gelding did a
half-mile in 50 seconds.
That was his Derby-winning
formula.
“He worked in :50 and out in
1:02, just like before the Derby. He
is doing everything the same,” the
jockey said. “After those two hard
races (the Derby and Preakness), I
think the (gelding) is very happy.”
It seems like everybody in Mine
That Bird’s camp is happy these
days.
That starts with Borel.
He would have ridden Kentucky
Oaks and Preakness Stakes win-
ner Rachel Alexandra if the filly
had entered the Belmont Stakes.
But Barbara Banke, wife of co-
owner Jess Jackson, says they’re
looking out for her future and
passed on the race. Borel said he is
committed to ride the horse for the
next year.
So Borel is back on Mine That
Bird, with a chance to win all three
legs of the Triple Crown on two
horses, something no jockey has
done.
He’s already way past his dream
of just winning the Kentucky
Derby. He’s done that twice, the
first time aboard Street Sense in
2007.
And what do he and Mine That
Bird need for a win Saturday?
HORSE RACING
Calvin Borel was back on Mine That Bird preparing for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes.
“We just gotta get lucky,” he said,
wearing a Mine That Bird hat,
before the horse’s morning work.
“Me and the horse fit good.”
The horse was still bouncing
and kicking when he came off the
track on his way to a cool-down
walk and bath under the watch of
trainer Chip Woolley.
“He’s just a happy camper,” Borel
said.
Woolley thinks his horse may be
GARRY JONES / AP
even better now after a second-
place finish in the Preakness in
which he was closing on Rachel
Alexandra.
“I was thinking last week, he’s
probably training better than he
did going into the Derby,” Woolley
said. “Calvin got the work I wanted
out of him this morning. ... They
just looked like they were bread
and butter.”
Even Banke is going to be on
TUESDAY, JUNE 02, 2009 40
Mine That Bird’s side when the
gates open Saturday.
“I’m hoping Calvin gets the Cal-
vin Triple Crown,” she said.
It was only Friday that Jackson
announced the filly would not run
in the Belmont, making Borel
available for Mine That Bird.
Borel’s agent, Jerry Hissam, said
there were never any hard feel-
ings between the two teams and
rider.
“We had to go the way we went,
and (Woolley) was very comfort-
able with it,” Hissam said. “It’s all
been real good teamwork between
two camps and ourselves.”
Meanwhile, one of the horses
Mine that Bird beat in the Derby,
Nowhere to Hide, also worked
Monday but won’t be competing in
the Belmont.
Trainer Nick Zito said in a state-
ment released by the New York
Racing Association that he and
owner Len Riggio have “decided to
pass on the Belmont and look for
another spot for him.”
Nowhere to Hide, who worked a
half-mile in 49.92 on a training
track at Saratoga, was 17th in the
Derby.
Borel was scheduled to fly to
New York on Monday. He’ll do a
round of television appearances
and ring the opening bell at the
New York Stock Exchange during
the week leading to the Belmont.
And, according to him, it’s just
luck.
“I got the best filly and the best
(gelding) in the world,” Borel said.
“I can’t go wrong.”
— The Associated Press
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WNBA’s Mercury ink deal to advertise on jerseys
NEW YORK—Following the lead of inter-
national sports, the Phoenix Mercury
have become the first WNBA team to put
a sponsor’s name on their jerseys.
Under the three-year deal with Life-
Lock announced Monday, the identity
theft protection company’s name will
replace the “Phoenix” and “Mercury”
across the road and home uniforms,
respectively. The team’s logo will appear
above the “LifeLock” on the left side.
The Mercury are the first team to final-
ize an agreement under the league’s new
initiative aimed at increasing revenue
and marketing opportunities. WNBA
president Donna Orender expects more
teams to reach similar deals.
“There are very positive discussions
going on in the marketplace right now
and I would estimate there could be
another one this season,” she said.
NBA commissioner David Stern
believes such agreements are important to
the continued growth and success of the
WNBA.
“This groundbreaking deal represents
the next step in the financial health of the
WNBA,” he said, “and it serves most
importantly as a blueprint because I’m
sure there will be more, for other teams
to assure their financial health.”
Mercury star Diana Taurasi stressed
the confidence the deal showed in the
future viability of the WNBA.
“I think it’s very important,” Taurasi
told The Associated Press. “Things are
down, people are struggling. You don’t
have many companies venturing out and
doing different things. For LifeLock to
step up and recognize the WNBA is
something they can invest in and be very
positive and productive in women’s
sports is huge.”
Soccer
NASSAU, BAHAMAS—European soccer
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IN BRIEF
Italian club Juventus. “I always play in
the middle.”
UEFA members support certain parts
of the so-called 6+5 plan, but decided
Monday at its own meeting that its mem-
bers shouldn’t vote on the matter until
the legal questions are answered. That’s
a process with no end in sight.
“We can only do it when it’s legal,” Bel-
gian federation president Francois De
Keersmaecker said.
The EU favors UEFA’s “homegrown”
proposal that would require clubs to
carry a quota of players on their roster
who were trained in that country, regard-
less of nationality.
LONDON—Carlo Ancelotti was
appointed Chelsea’s fifth manager in less
than two years Monday, given the task of
putting the Blues back on top of the Pre-
BEBETO MATTHEWS / AP mier League and delivering a first Cham-
Mercurcy star Diana Taurasi said she was in favor pions League title.
of Phoenix’s decision to replace their team and The 49-year-old Italian, who had been
city names on jerseys with a corporate sponsor. linked to the Chelsea post for weeks,
signed a three-year contract a day after
officials will abstain if a vote is taken by quitting as coach of AC Milan.
the sport’s worldwide body this week to Ancelotti succeeds Guus Hiddink,
restrict teams to a maximum of five for- who led Chelsea on a caretaker basis this
eign players in starting lineups. season after the dismissal of Luiz Felipe
FIFA president Sepp Blatter backs the Scolari. The Blues finished third in the
plan, which is supported by many of his Premier League and won the FA Cup,
organization’s members and could dras- beating Everton 2-1 in Saturday’s final.
tically change the makeup of many of the Ancelotti won two Champions League
world’s best-known clubs, such as ones titles and one Serie A championship dur-
in the English Premier League. ing his eight years as Milan coach. Chel-
The European Union, however, insists sea won two Premier League titles under
such a rule discriminates on the grounds Jose Mourinho, but has never won the
of nationality. And that disagreement Champions League—Russian owner
could easily put members of Europe’s Roman Abramovich’s No. 1 ambition.
soccer federation in a delicate spot if a “There will be the same pressure
vote is called during FIFA’s annual meet- because Chelsea and Milan are great
ing Wednesday. teams in Europe and they want to win all
“I am in the middle,” said UEFA presi- the competitions, so I think there will be
dent Michel Platini, a former star mid- the same pressure,” Ancelotti told Chel-
fielder for France’s national team and the sea TV.
TUESDAY, JUNE 02, 2009 41
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS: Placed RHP
pro scout, Chris Prescott southwest
regional scout and Jason DesJarlais
midwest regional scout.
Major League Soccer Rafael Betancourt on the 15-day DL. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES: Named
EASTERN CONFERENCE Recalled LHP Tony Sipp from Columbus Brian Stewart special assistant to
W L T Pts GF GA (IL). Released OF David Dellucci. the defense.
Chicago 5 1 6 21 20 16 National League
Kansas City 4 4 4 16 16 14 CINCINNATI REDS: Activated RHP HOCKEY
D.C. 3 2 7 16 18 17 Edinson Volquez from the 15-day National Hockey League
Toronto FC 4 4 4 16 16 19
Columbus 2 2 7 13 15 17 DL. Optioned RHP Jared Burton to BUFFALO SABRES: Signed F Paul
New England 3 3 4 13 10 17 Louisville (IL). Byron to a three-year contract.
New York 2 7 3 9 12 16 Eastern League MONTREAL CANADIENS: Named
WESTERN CONFERENCE READING PHILLIES: Announced RHP Jacque Martin coach.
W L T Pts GF GA Kyle Drabek has been called up from NEW JERSEY DEVILS: Re-signed LW
Chivas USA 7 2 3 24 17 9 Clearwater (FSL). Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond.
Houston 5 2 3 18 14 7 TRENTON THUNDER: Assigned OF Seth OTTAWA SENATORS: Signed F Ryan
Seattle 4 2 5 17 15 9 Fortenberry to Staten Island (NYP). Keller to a one-year contract.
Colorado 4 2 4 16 16 13 Southern League
Los Angeles 1 1 9 12 13 13 International Hockey League
CAROLINA MUDCATS: Added INF Yonder KALAMAZOO WINGS: Announced the
Real Salt Lake 3 6 2 11 15 15
FC Dallas 2 6 3 9 12 17 Alonzo from Sarasota (FSL). team is withdrawing from the IHL.
San Jose 2 7 2 8 12 22 Midwest League ECHL
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. QUAD CITIES RIVER BANDITS: Trans- ELMIRA JACKALS: Promoted senior
May 30 Games Friday’s Game ferred RHP Deryk Hooker to extended sales executive Donald Lewis to
Colorado 3, New York 2 Houston at Chicago, 9 p.m. spring training. assistant general manager.
New England 2, D.C. United 1 Saturday’s Games American Association
Houston 3, Toronto FC 0 Los Angeles at Toronto FC, 3:30 p.m. EL PASO DIABLOS: Released RHP Baron COLLEGE
Seattle FC 1, Columbus 1, tie Columbus at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m. Short.
Los Angeles 1, Kansas City 1, tie Colorado at Real Salt Lake, 10 p.m. ALCORN STATE: Named Brenda T.
San Jose 2, Real Salt Lake 1 Seattle FC at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m. FORT WORTH CATS: Signed RHP Tyler Square interim athletics director.
Pearson and C Adam Miller. Released
May 31 Games Sunday’s Games ARKANSAS: Suspended G Marcus
FC Dallas 3, Chicago 0 San Jose at FC Dallas, 3 p.m. RHP Kelly Casares. Britt indefinitely from all basketball
Thursday’s Game Chivas USA at New England, 6 p.m. GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS: Acquired team activities for a violation of
Chivas USA at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m. RHP John Wesley from Laredo (United)
team rules.
for a player to be named. Released LHP BELMONT ABBEY: Announced the
Justin Garcia. resignation of softball coach Kenny
Track and field SIOUX FALLS CANARIES: Signed RHP Terry, effective June 25.
HENGELO, NETHERLANDS—Haile Gebrse- Ryan Sheldon. DUKE: Named Trisha Stafford-Odom
Can-Am League
lassie fell short of his own one-hour women’s assistant basketball coach.
QUEBEC CAPITALES: Released RHP LONG BEACH STATE: Announced
world record Monday, running 463 Deibis Gomez and INF Mark Charrette. men’s volleyball coach Alan Knipe
meters behind his previous best. United League
will coach the USA volleyball team
Gebrselassie ran 12.77 miles—21,285 RIO GRANDE VALLEY WHITEWINGS:
through 2012. Named Andy Read
Signed OF Omar Rosario, 3B Joaquin
meters to be exact—in an hour at the Rodriguez, 2B Antonio Arias, RHP Juan
interim men’s volleyball coach.
IAAF Grand Prix Golden Spike meet in LOYOLA, MD.: Named Sarra Moller
Trinidad, LHP Tim Karkatselos, LHP Tray
women’s assistant soccer coach and
the Czech Republic two years ago. Neal and RHP Shand Hill.
Elise Paulson assistant director of
The 36-year-old Ethiopian—who has SAN ANGELO COLTS: Signed RHP Matt
academic affairs for varsity student-
Duff.
set 25 world records in his career—was athletes/compliance coordinator.
hampered by strong winds and a 10-min- BASKETBALL MOLLOY: Named Eric Petrullo men’s
Women’s National Basketball lacrosse coach.
ute rain spell during Monday’s record Association QUEENS, N.Y.: Named Tom Sowinski
attempt at the FBK Games. CONNECTICUT SUN: Released G Ketia baseball coach.
“It’s a strange day today,” Gebrselassie Swanier and G Ashley Hayes. TOLEDO: Named Abbey Szlanfucht
said. “It’s a sunny day so I didn’t expect women’s assistant volleyball coach.
FOOTBALL UNC WILMINGTON: Announced
the rain. I really wanted to break the National Football League the resignation of men’s assistant
record for the people.” DETROIT LIONS: Released OT George basketball coach Joe Redmond.
Foster. Signed OT Jon Jansen.
Gebrselassie, who broke four records at WRIGHT STATE: Named Andy
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS: Named Brian Riesenberg women’s assistant vol-
Hengelo meets, said he intends to run the Simmons and Jeff Gooch to the team’s leyball coach.
marathon at the 2012 London Olympics. player personnel staff, Chris Driggers
— The Associated Press