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Mets SS Jose Reyes
Mets mash unit
With Carlos Delgado out until
August and two more starters
sidelined, the Mets are hurting.
JOSE REYES
Diagnosis: Latest MRI exam
reveals hamstring tear likely to
sideline him until July.
What it means: Alex Cora must
be offensive spark in leadoff spot.
J.J. PUTZ
Diagnosis: Will have elbow
surgery, likely to miss 10-12 weeks.
What it means: Bridge to
Francisco Rodriguez is less stable.
— Stan McNeal
Scoreboard
Baseball
American League
L.A. Angels 2, Detroit 1
Tampa Bay at New York, ppd., rain
Toronto 9, Kansas City 3
Texas 5, Boston 1
Cleveland 6, Chicago White Sox 0
Oakland 9, Baltimore 1
Minnesota 2, Seattle 1, 10 innings
National League
N.Y. Mets 3, Washington 1, 10 innings
Chicago Cubs 2, Cincinnati 1
Milwaukee 4, Atlanta 0
Houston 9, Pittsburgh 1
San Francisco 2, Florida 1
Colorado 11, St. Louis 4
Arizona 8, San Diego 0
L.A. Dodgers 4, Philadelphia 3
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No laughing matter
Kobe has no time for jokes,
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JUNE 6, 2009
Line up behind Peyton
RealScouts, Sporting News Today’s team of former NFL scouts,
projects the 25 players it expects to be most dominant in 2009:
<<1. Peyton Manning, QB, Colts.
His football IQ is
unmatched. He’s remarkably
accurate, the ultimate com-
petitor and indispensable.
2. Adrian Peterson, RB,
Vikings.
He already is the NFL’s best
runner, and coaches say
they’ll finally throw him the
ball this year.
3. Tom Brady, QB, Patriots.
Brady and the Patriots feel like
the ’08 season was taken from them.
He’s healthy, and it’s payback time.
4. DeMarcus Ware, OLB, Cowboys.
He is a game-changer—an elite
pass rusher with a stunning combina-
tion of size, speed, strength and agility.
5. Larry Fitzgerald, WR, Cardinals.
His postseason run is the stuff
little boys and grown men dream about.
6. James Harrison, OLB, Steelers.
DENIS POROY / AP
His biggest plays come as a pass
rusher, but he does everything well. A
complete and dominant player, Har-
STANLEY CUP FINALS
S
GAME 5:
PITTSBURGH AT DETROIT
Tonight 8 ET, NBC (Series tied 2-2)
SEE A DIFFERENT GAME
VOLUME 1 ISSUE 319
PAUL SANCYA / AP
Red Wings F Pavel Datsyuk
Datsyuk return
gives Wings lift
11. Shawne Merriman DETROIT—The wait is over. Detroit
OLB, Chargers coach Mike Babcock said forward
12. Nnamdi Asomugha Pavel Datsyuk will play in Game 5
CB, Raiders tonight. Datsyuk has been out since
rison wants to prove ’08 was no fluke.
7. Ed Reed, S, Ravens.
An instinctive ballhawk, Reed is a
13. Drew Brees
QB, Saints
May 19 because of a foot injury.
Here’s where his return will help
14. Jared Allen the most:
future Hall of Famer and will continue
to flourish in a system that won’t
DE, Vikings Easing Zetterberg’s burden:
15. Albert Haynesworth Henrik Zetterberg has been
change with the departure of Rex
Ryan.
DT, Redskins
16. Ryan Clady
shadowing Sidney Crosby all series
and the Penguins said they noticed
8. Andre Johnson, WR, Texans.
He was unstoppable when the
Texans had no one else to stop. With
OT, Broncos
17. Julius Peppers
DE, Panthers
last game that Zetterberg was
exhausted. A healthy Datsyuk gives
the Red Wings another defensive
18. Jason Witten center to slow Crosby.
improved depth at wideout and
TE, Cowboys Helping Hossa: Marian Hossa
emergence of RB Steve Slaton and TE
Owen Daniels, Johnson could move
up the list.
19. Anquan Boldin
WR, Cardinals
is still looking for his first goal of the
finals and Babcock thinks Datsyuk’s
20. Randy Moss return will help. “(Datsyuk’s injury)
9. Troy Polamalu, S, Steelers.
The catalyst for the Steelers’ Super
bowl runs, he is tough, smart, instinc-
WR, Patriots
21. Brian Urlacher
affects lots of people,” Babcock said.
“And it’s been harder on (Hossa).”
Special teams: The Penguins
MLB, Bears
tive and versatile. are back in this series because
22. Steve Hutchinson
10. Reggie Wayne, WR, Colts.
He has been the Colts’ go-to
guy for a couple of years, a guy who
G, Vikings
23. Dwight Freeney
DE, Colts
they’re outplaying the Red Wings
on special teams. If Datsyuk proves
healthy enough, look for him to
play a big role on Detroit’s penalty
can make something special happen 24. Kevin Williams
kill and power play.
on every touch. Marvin Harrison’s DT, Vikings
departure won’t have an impact. 25. Steven Jackson — Craig Custance
RB, Rams
More on Nos. 11-25, Page 22 Ericsson stepping up, Page 10
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Obama, Giants’ Rowand, on first-name basis
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Turkish Grand Prix, at President Obama wasn’t home this
Kadikoy, Turkey St. or Virginia at FOX—Regional
Mississippi coverage, week when San Francisco Giants
10 a.m.
SPEED—NASCAR, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at L.A. players, coaches and staff get a
HORSE RACING Sprint Cup, practice ESPN — Regional Dodgers, Cleveland at VIP tour of the White House. The
for Pocono 500, at coverage, NCAA Chicago White Sox, or San Jose Mercury News, however,
Belmont Stakes Long Pond, Pa. Division I, Super
Regionals, Game 2
Minnesota at Seattle
7 p.m.
noted that outfielder Aaron Rowand
6:30 p.m. ABC 11 a.m. might be able to schedule a per-
SPEED—NASCAR, Louisville at Cal St. WGN—Chicago Cubs
All eyes will be on favorite Mine That Bird and his Fullerton or Rice at at Cincinnati sonal visit whenever he wishes.
jockey Calvin Borel. Borel won the Kentucky Derby Sprint Cup, “Happy
Hour Series,” final LSU Obama is a huge White Sox fan.
aboard Mine That Bird and is trying to become the MOTORSPORTS
first jockey to capture a Triple Crown with two dif- practice for Pocono While he was an Illinois senator,
500, at Long Pond, Pa. GOLF 9 p.m.
ferent horses. After the Derby win, Borel defected to 9 a.m. SPEED—AMA Pro
he dropped by U.S. Cellular Field.
Rachel Alexandra, guiding the filly to a one-length 2 p.m. He was around in 2005, when
SPEED—Rolex Sports TGC—European Motocross 450, at
victory over Mine That Bird in the Preakness. When PGA Tour, Wales Wortham, Texas Rowand helped the Sox win the
Rachel Alexandra was withdrawn from Belmont Car Series, Six Hours
of The Glen, start of Open, third round, at (same-day tape) World Series. Rowand said Obama
consideration, Borel was reunited with the gelding Newport, Wales
who pulled off the Derby shocker at 50-1. “I think race, at Watkins Glen, was very relaxed, very friendly
N.Y. 12:30 p.m. NHL
he’ll be the best horse in the race,” Borel said. TGC—PGA Tour, 8 p.m.
and warm to everyone. He just
3 p.m. came across like a regular guy.
ESPN2—NASCAR, The Memorial NBC—Playoffs,
SOCCER Nationwide Series, Tournament, third Stanley Cup finals, A few years later, Rowand was
pole qualifying for round, at Dublin, Ohio Game 5, Pittsburgh at playing a series in D.C. when he
Honduras at U.S. Federated Auto Parts 2:30 p.m. Detroit was invited by Pennsylvania Sen.
TGC—Nationwide
8 p.m. ESPN 300, at Lebanon,
Tour, Prince George’s RUGBY
Arlen Specter to tour the Senate
After a lackluster performance—”below average,” Tenn. (same-day tape) building and the U.S. Capitol.
4 p.m. County Open, third 2 p.m.
as goalkeeper Tim Howard put it—against Costa “They have this underground
SPEED—ARCA, round, at Mitchellville, ESPN CLASSIC— CARLOS OSORIO / AP
Rica on Wednesday, the Americans are back on U.S.
Pocono 200, at Long Md. Men’s national teams, train that goes between the office Crews began demolishing what’s left of Tiger Stadium in Detroit until a judge issued a
soil, where they haven’t lost in World Cup qualify-
Pond, Pa. (same-day 3 p.m. U.S. vs. Wales, at building and the Capitol,” Row- restraining order barring ‘engaging in any demolition activity’ until a Monday hearing.
ing since 2001. Of course, that loss was against
tape) CBS—PGA Tour, Bridgeview, Ill. (same-
Honduras, which is tonight’s opponent. If the
The Memorial day tape)
and recounted to the Mercury
Americans don’t rebound from the Costa Rica loss, 6 p.m. News. “We were heading over apartment when they executed a reached a settlement in his lawsuit
SPEED—Rolex Sports Tournament, third
they’ll have dropped from first place into a second- there to have lunch in the cafeteria search warrant. Jackson is the son against the social networking site.
Car Series, Six Hours round, at Dublin, Ohio SOCCER
place tie in their qualifying group within a few short
of The Glen, finish of NBC—LPGA, State 8 p.m. when the train pulls up and of Keith Jackson, who played for the La Russa said Friday that Twitter
days. — Benson Taylor Farm Classic, third ESPN—Men’s
race, at Watkins Glen, Obama steps out. He saw me Eagles, Dolphins and Packers in has agreed to pay legal fees and
N.Y. round, at Springfield, national teams, World
Ill. Cup qualifier, U.S. vs.
before I saw him, walked up and the 1980s and ’90s. make a donation to his Animal
HOCKEY 7:30 p.m. said, Hey, Aaron, how’s it going?’ Rescue Foundation.
ESPN2—NASCAR, 5 p.m. Honduras, at Chicago
ESPN2—LPGA, State “Now that guy’s our president. Quick hits
Penguins at Red Wings Nationwide Series,
Federated Auto Parts Farm Classic, third TENNIS Pretty awesome, huh?” Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan The University of Florida con-
8 p.m., NBC 300, at Lebanon, round, at Springfield, 9 a.m. Marino, unable to find a buyer for firmed that it has cut its ties to
Ill. NBC—French Open,
The defending champion Red Wings, licking their Tenn.
6:30 p.m. women’s champion-
Former player arrested his house in Weston, Fla., accord- sportswear maker Russell Athletic,
wounds after consecutive losses to the Penguins in 9 p.m. Former Arkansas defensive ing to The Wall Street Journal, is the St. Petersburg Times reported.
Pittsburgh, return to Joe Louis Arena tonight with VERSUS—IRL, TGC—Champions ship match and men’s
the Stanley Cup finals tied 2-2. The Wings looked Bombardier Learjet Tour, Triton Financial doubles champion- tackle Keith Jackson Jr. was arrested offering $1.5 million worth of University officials would not dis-
tired and frustrated in Pittsburgh. But the surging 550, at Fort Worth, Classic, second round, ship match, at Paris Friday on suspicion of felony drug designer furniture—and a signed cuss the reason for the move, but
Penguins know they’ll still have to win at least once Texas at Austin, Texas charges after being found in an football, too—to prospective buy- workers’ rights groups contend
at Detroit for their championship dream to come 10:30 p.m. (same-day tape) WNBA
2:30 p.m.
apartment with marijuana, ers. Marino, the newspaper that in the fall Russell retaliated
true. Fans should get their first look at Detroit star ESPN2—NHRA, cocaine and Ecstasy, according to reported, is asking $13.5 million against workers in Honduras who
Pavel Datsyuk—and another big dose of Sidney qualifying for Route HORSE RACING ABC—Detroit at Los
Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. 66 Nationals, at Joliet, Noon Angeles The Associated Press. for the 15,000-square-foot home. joined a union by closing their fac-
Ill. (same-day tape) ESPN—NTRA, Three other people were also tory. Florida is the No. 2 best-selling
— Ron Smith Belmont Stakes under- arrested, and police said two St. Louis Cardinals manager brand in college sports.
card, at Elmont, N.Y.
minor children were at the Tony La Russa and Twitter have — Compiled by Ken Bradley, with wire reports
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Arizona 8, San Diego 0 L.A. Dodgers 4, Philadelphia 3 Minnesota 2, Seattle 1, 10 innings

Davis back in win column Dodgers rally ends Phils’ streak Ichiro’s hit streak ends at 27
SAN DIEGO—Doug Davis pitched Diamondbacks 8, Padres 0 Dodgers 4, Phillies 3 SEATTLE—The Minnesota Twins 2, Mariners 1, 10 innings
Arizona AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Philadelphia AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
three-hit ball over six innings to F.Lopez 2b 5 1 1 0 1 1 .304 Rollins ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Twins ended Ichiro Suzuki’s Span lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .303
win for the first time in more G.Parra lf 4 1 1 1 1 1 .296 Utley 2b 5 0 2 2 0 1 .302 hitting streak at 27 games, and Mauer c 4 0 1 0 1 0 .430
J.Upton rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .319 Werth cf 3 1 2 0 2 1 .263 Morneau 1b 2 1 0 1 2 0 .344
than five weeks, and the Arizona S.Drew ss 4 2 1 0 1 1 .231 Howard 1b 5 0 2 0 0 2 .267 took advantage of Seattle left Kubel rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .313
Diamondbacks beat the San Reynolds 1b 5 2 3 1 0 2 .268 Ibanez lf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .332 fielder Wladimir Balentien’s Crede 3b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .228
Snyder c 5 0 2 3 0 1 .241 Feliz 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .302 1-Tolbert pr-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .177
Diego Padres 8-0 on Friday. C.Young cf 3 2 2 1 2 1 .181 Bruntlett rf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .159 two 10th-inning misplays to B.Harris ss 5 0 2 0 0 2 .284
Davis (3-6) struck out five and Ojeda 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .248 Coste c 3 1 0 0 0 1 .235 beat the Mariners 2-1 on Friday. Buscher dh 3 0 2 0 1 1 .197
D.Davis p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .208 b-Dobbs ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .196 Gomez cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .219
walked four in his first win Schlereth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- J.Romero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Pinch-hitter Ken Griffey Jr. A.Casilla 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .176
since April 29. Daniel Schlereth, b-Whitesell ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .147 Lidge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- fouled out against Twins closer Totals 34 2 8 1 6 10
Vasquez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Moyer p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .067
Esmerling Vasquez and Chad c-Byrnes ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 .212 c-Stairs ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .303 Joe Nathan before Suzuki— Seattle AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Qualls finished the four-hitter Qualls p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ruiz c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .303 with the crowd of 35,808 of I.Suzuki rf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .346
Totals 40 8 13 8 6 10 Totals 36 3 11 3 3 8 Branyan 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .320
for Arizona’s fifth shutout. chanting, pleading “Eee-chee- Beltre 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .245
Chris Snyder drove in three San Diego AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg. ro!”—struck out for the final M.Sweeney dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .231
Venable cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Pierre lf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .367 Jo.Lopez 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .227
runs, including two during the Eckstein 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .247 Furcal ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .239 out, ending his team-record hit- Balentien lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .235
Diamondbacks’ four-run fifth Ad.Gonzalez 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .286 Hudson 2b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .318 ting streak. Ro.Johnson c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .188
Kouzmanoff 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Blake 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .289 Cedeno ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 .155
inning that gave Davis a 5-0 Headley lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .244 Loney 1b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .286 Francisco Liriano pitched six F.Gutierrez cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .267
lead. Giles rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .193 Martin c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .257 strong innings to perhaps save a-Griffey Jr. ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .221
Meredith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Ethier rf 4 0 1 2 0 1 .263 Totals 32 1 4 1 4 8
Chris Young added a solo Perdomo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kemp cf 2 0 1 0 1 1 .313 his place in the rotation and
home run and scored twice for d-C.Floyd ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Milton p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 help the Twins win for the Minnesota 001 000 000 1 —2 8 0
Hundley c 2 0 0 0 2 1 .240 Mota p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Seattle 010 000 000 0 —1 4 1
Arizona, which won for just the Jo.Wilson ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .173 a-Hoffmann ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .150 fourth time in five games. Matt
second time in five games. Gaudin p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .071 Leach p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Gurrier (2-0) allowed one hit in a-fouled out for F.Gutierrez in the 10th. 1-ran for Crede
a-E.Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .212 Troncoso p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 in the 8th. E: Balentien (1). LOB: Minnesota 10, Seattle
Diamondbacks right fielder Thatcher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- d-Loretta ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .279 1 2/3 innings, and Nathan fin- 6. 2B: Mauer (8), Balentien (10). HR: M.Sweeney (3),
Justin Upton threw out a run- Gwynn rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .289 Broxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- ished for his 11th save in 13 off Liriano. RBIs: Morneau (51), M.Sweeney (11). SB:
Totals 30 0 4 0 4 8 Totals 31 4 6 4 2 5 Tolbert (3). CS: Span (4), Mauer (1). S: Span, F.Gutierrez.
ner at home in the sixth inning MARK J. TERRILL / AP chances. SF: Morneau. Runners left in scoring position:
during the Padres’ only serious Arizona 010 040 012 — 8 13 0 Philadelphia’s Chris Coste, left, had to knock down Dodgers C Russell Philadelphia 001 200 000 — 3 11 1 Felix Hernandez allowed one Minnesota 4 (Kubel 2, A.Casilla, B.Harris); Seattle 4
San Diego 000 000 000 — 0 4 0 Los Angeles 000 100 102 — 4 6 1 (M.Sweeney 2, Beltre, Ro.Johnson). DP: Minnesota 1
scoring threat. Martin to score a run in the fourth inning. Two outs when winning run scored. a-grounded into a run in seven innings, and Mike (Tolbert, A.Casilla, Morneau).
Davis, who was 0-3 in six a-struck out for Gaudin in the 5th. b-doubled for double play for Mota in the 6th. b-flied out for Coste in Sweeney homered for the Mari-
Schlereth in the 8th. c-grounded out for Vasquez in the the 8th. c-was intentionally walked for Moyer in the 8th. Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
starts during his winless streak, 9th. d-grounded into a fielder’s choice for Perdomo in LOS ANGELES—Andre season and 7-for-7 in the d-flied out for Troncoso in the 8th. E: Feliz (3), Hudson ners, who lost for the third time Liriano 6 3 1 1 4 5 100 6.12
raised his career mark to 8-3 the 9th. LOB: Arizona 11, San Diego 7. 2B: G.Parra (4), Ethier hit a two-run dou- postseason to help the (3). LOB: Philadelphia 11, Los Angeles 4. 2B: Utley in eight games and had just four Crain 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 6 7.56
S.Drew (8), Whitesell (3). HR: C.Young (4), off Gaudin. (10), Howard (15), Furcal (9), Ethier (14). RBIs: Utley Mijares 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.50
against San Diego, including a RBIs: G.Parra (17), Reynolds (33), Snyder 3 (20), ble with the bases loaded Phillies win their second 2 (38), Ibanez (54), Hudson (33), Loney (42), Ethier hits. Guerrier W, 2-0 1 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 15 3.33
6-1 record with 2.14 ERA in his C.Young (13), Whitesell (3), Byrnes (19). SB: Reynolds in the ninth inning after World Series title. 2 (33). SB: Pierre 2 (13), Kemp (13). CS: Werth (2). S: Liriano, the formerly rising Nathan S, 11-13 1 0 0 0 0 2 19 2.08
(12), C.Young 2 (7). Runners left in scoring position: Bruntlett, Moyer. Runners left in scoring position: Seattle IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
last seven starts. Arizona 5 (F.Lopez 3, Snyder, J.Upton); San Diego 2 third baseman Pedro Casey Blake started the Philadelphia 7 (Ibanez, Rollins 4, Werth, Bruntlett); star who at 2-7 was in danger of F.Hernandez 7 6 1 1 3 7 111 3.22
San Diego, which is near the (Headley, Giles). Feliz made a fielding rally with a two-out sin- Los Angeles 1 (Pierre). DP: Philadelphia 2 (Utley, Utley, falling out of the Twins’ rota- White 1 1 0 0 1 1 18 1.59
Feliz), (Rollins, Utley, Howard). Aardsma 1 0 0 0 1 2 19 1.98
bottom in the majors in runs Arizona IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA error with two outs, giv- gle, James Loney walked tion after lasting only four M.Lowe L, 0-3 1 1 1 0 1 0 22 4.33
scored, was shut out for the fifth D.Davis W, 3-6 6 3 0 0 4 5 109 3.36 ing the Los Angeles and Russell Martin Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA innings in three consecutive
Schlereth 1 0 0 0 0 3 11 2.70 Moyer 7 4 2 2 0 3 98 6.27 IBB: off M.Lowe (Morneau). Umpires: Home, Gerry
time this season. The Padres Vasquez 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 5.79 Dodgers a 4-3 victory reached when Feliz J.Romero H, 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 17 0.00 starts, seemingly earned a Davis; First, Brian Gorman; Second, C.B. Bucknor; Third,
lost their fourth straight and for Qualls 1 1 0 0 0 0 18 3.27 Friday night and snap- botched his routing Lidge L, 0-3 BS, 5-18 2⁄3 2 2 0 1 1 26 7.20 reprieve. Angel Campos. T: 3:06. A: 35,808 (47,878).
San Diego IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
the sixth time in seven games. Gaudin L, 2-4 5 6 5 5 4 6 98 5.24 ping the Philadelphia grounder. Ethier then Milton 4 1⁄3 8 3 1 1 3 69 2.89 Using sinking fastballs the
After Young hit his fourth Thatcher 1 2⁄3 2 0 0 0 4 31 2.57 Phillies’ seven-game lined Lidge’s next pitch Mota 1 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 28 5.63 Mariners kept swinging over,
Meredith 1 1⁄3 2 1 1 1 0 20 2.91 Leach 1 1 0 0 1 0 23 4.66
homer to give Arizona a 1-0 lead Perdomo 1 3 2 2 1 0 23 5.31 winning streak. into the right-field corner. Troncoso 1 1 0 0 1 0 21 1.78 Liriano tamed the A.L.’s lowest
in the second, the Diamond- Brad Lidge (0-3) got his Jonathan Broxton (6-0) Broxton W, 6-0 1 1 0 0 0 3 20 1.29 scoring team as if it was his
Inherited runners-scored: Meredith 2-0. WP: Gau- Leach pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. Inherited run-
backs scored four times in the din. Umpires: Home, Paul Nauert; First, Paul Schrieber; fifth blown save of the got the win, allowing one ners-scored: Mota 1-0, Troncoso 1-0. IBB: off Troncoso wondrous, 12-3 season of 2006
fifth off Chad Gaudin (2-4). Second, Chad Fairchild; Third, Joe West. T: 3:02. A: season in 18 attempts, hit in a scoreless ninth. (Stairs). HBP: by Moyer (Pierre). Umpires: Home, Todd again.
22,426 (42,691). Tichenor; First, Mike Winters; Second, Tony Randazzo;
— The Associated Press after going 41-for-41 last — The Associated Press Third, Chris Guccione. T: 3:16. A: 52,538 (56,000). — The Associated Press
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Q&A with ... Jiovanni Mier, SS, Bonita HS (Calif.)
‘Everything (Jeter)’s about is how I try to go about my game’
It’s a good chance Jiovanni Mier will be
the first high school shortstop taken in the
MLB Draft on Tuesday. His long frame—
he’s 6-2, around 175 pounds—reminds
scouts of a young Nomar Garciaparra.
Recently, Mier spoke to Sporting News
Today’s Ken Bradley about his commit-
ment to USC, the Nomar comparison and
the upcoming draft.
Q: What’s a typical game
for you like around
there? How many scouts line
up along the fences?
A: It varies. At the beginning
of the year, a little more
than 10. Then, certain games a
handful. Some, there were a
lot—30 to 40. But it kind of varies,
like toward the end of the season—
there have been a handful, but not
that many.
Q: Have you gotten used to
the attention?
A: Yeah. At the beginning it
was kind of hard. There
was a lot of pressure—not so
much pressure, but nerve-
wracking because you’ve never
seen this many scouts before just
for you. As the year goes on, you
kind of get used to it. You see
them and it’s just more people
watching the games.
Q: And they’re watching
everything you do,
aren’t they?
A: Definitely. They certainly
watch everything. When
I’m stretching they’re standing
right behind me just watching
me stretch, watching me throw.
If I go in the dugout there’d be a
couple who would follow me and
watch me drink water, which is
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being looked at,” because at our
first game there were probably
15-20 scouts. I think that after that
game, they got the big picture
about what could potentially
happen for me. Ever since then,
they’ve known what’s going on, it
was pretty cool.
Q: What are your
strengths as a player?
What will you bring to the
table for a MLB team?
A: Defense and my speed are
probably my two biggest
things that are my strengths right
now. Another strength coming up
is my bat. It’s becoming another
big part of my game.
Q:
most?
What areas do you feel
you can improve on the
A: My hitting, definitely. I
know I’ve come a long way
in my hitting. It’s really picked up.
COURTESY BONITA HIGH SCHOOL Q: What are your
expectations entering
the draft?
Jiovanni Mier committed to USC, but is projected to go near the bottom of the first round of
the MLB draft.
kind of funny. for him because I liked the way he
A: Right now, is just to see what
happens. If it’s right for me
to go, then it is. USC is a great
played. option for me, so if that’s a path that
Q: You’ve been compared
to Nomar Garciaparra.
Do you remember Nomar as a Q: Are your teammates
and classmates fully
I’m going to go down, then I’m
going to take that one. Right now,
I’m just letting everything play out
shortstop?
A: When I was younger I
used to watch him play
aware that after Tuesday you
could be negotiating a seven-
figure contract?
and continue my high school
career. You know how that works.
with Boston. I never really—I’m
not going to say I was a big fan of A: At first, a lot of my team-
mates were thinking, “Oh, Q: Did you have a favorite
team growing up?
his—but I never really watched
him at short. I kind of watched
other people, but kept an eye out
he’s getting pro attention,” and
after our first game they really
were like, “You’re really actually
A: Not really. When I was
younger I kind of followed
it, but never was a fan of teams.
We lived out in Anaheim, so I’d go
out to Angels games and the
Angels were probably my favorite
team. But then all my family is
Dodgers fans and my brother
(Jessie Mier) was drafted by the
Dodgers a couple years ago so I’m
kind of a mix Angels and Dodgers
fan, if that’s possible.
Q: A favorite player?
A: My favorite player would
be A-Rod, but if I’m going
to model myself after a player I
want to be like it would be Derek
Jeter. It would be Derek Jeter for
sure. Everything he’s about is how
I try to go about my game.
Q: You’re committed to
USC and they have a
pretty good shortstop in Grant
Green, who is a likely top-10
pick in the draft. Have you
guys gotten to know each
other?
A: When I took my official visit
back in November, he was
there and he introduced himself
and we got to talking a little bit. He
gave me a quick rundown what
USC was about, about how much
he like it. We just talked about stuff
like that, about college baseball. He
gave me a lot of great information
on how to go about everything
because out of high school he was
getting the same kind of attention
as I was. He took the college route
and was giving me a little insight on
that. His brother (Garett Green)
actually plays with my brother out
at San Bernardino, the (Inland
Empire) 66ers.
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Draft order
First round
1. Washington Nationals
2. Seattle Mariners
3. San Diego Padres
4. Pittsburgh Pirates
5. Baltimore Orioles
6. San Francisco Giants
7. Atlanta Braves
8. Cincinnati Reds
9. Detroit Tigers
10. Washington Nationals (9B, for
unsigned 2008 No. 9 overall pick Aaron
Crow)
11. Colorado Rockies
12. Kansas City Royals
13. Oakland A’s
14. Texas Rangers
15. Cleveland Indians
16. Arizona Diamondbacks
17. Arizona Diamondbacks (from
Dodgers—Orlando Hudson)
18. Florida Marlins
19. St. Louis Cardinals
20. Toronto Blue Jays
21. Houston Astros
22. Minnesota Twins
23. Chicago White Sox
24. Los Angeles Angels (from Mets—
Francisco Rodriguez)
25. Los Angeles Angels (from Yankees—
Mark Teixeira)
26. Milwaukee Brewers
27. Seattle Mariners (from Phillies—Raul
Ibanez)
28. Boston Red Sox
29. New York Yankees (28B, for unsigned
2008 No. 28 overall pick Gerrit Cole)
30. Tampa Bay Rays
31. Chicago Cubs
32. Colorado Rockies (from Angels—
Brian Fuentes)
Compensation round A
33. Seattle Mariners (Raul Ibanez)
34. Colorado Rockies (Brian Fuentes)
35. Arizona Diamondbacks (Orlando
Hudson)
36. Los Angeles Dodgers (Derek Lowe)
37. Toronto Blue Jays (A.J Burnett)
38. Chicago White Sox (Orlando Cabrera)
39. Milwaukee Brewers (CC Sabathia)
40. Los Angeles Angels (Mark Teixeira)
41. Arizona Diamondbacks (Juan Cruz)
42. Los Angeles Angels (Francisco
Rodriguez)
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RECRUITING DISH NBA DRAFT
Q&A with … G/F Danny Green

Seastrunk apologizes ‘I think I can fit into any system’

to Alabama’s Saban
Temple (Texas) RB Lache Seastrunk
is considered a heavy lean to
Auburn, and this past weekend, he
took some playful jabs at Alabama
coach Nick Saban during an unofficial
visit to Auburn.
“What’s up Nick Saban? Wait until
we get here,” Seastrunk was heard
saying on a videotape taken at the
Tigers’ famous Toomer’s Corner.
Seastrunk, who is one of Sporting
News’ Top 100 players for the class
of 2010, called Saban on Thursday
and apologized for the much-publi-
cized comments.
“That’s not what I stand for. I got
caught up in the atmosphere and
the environment, and did some-
thing I truly regret. I wanted
(Saban) to know I was sorry,” Sea-
strunk told Rivals.com.
And how did Saban respond?
“He was very receptive and very
Danny Green is the fourth most popu-
lar ex-North Carolina Tar Heel in this NBA
draft. Some scouts say he’s the most
versatile, and maybe the most talented
of the group. Green spoke with Sporting
News Today’s Dave Curtis about some of
those other Heels, his progress, and an
old friend from New York:
Q: Lot of questions about
your old teammate,
Tyler Hansbrough. How’s he
going to do in the pros?
A: He’s going to do a lot better
than most people expect.
Tyler has great work ethic, and he
can hit a jump shot, which he
doesn’t get enough credit for. It
seems like he’s never been more
dedicated, if that’s even possible,
BETH HALL / AP COURTESY OF LACHE SEASTRUNK to really work on his game. I was
According to Lache Seastrunk, Nick Saban, left, said he respected Seastrunk for calling him to watching him down in Chapel
apologize for some shots he took at the Alabama coach. Hill (a few weeks) ago, and his
moves looked really good.
among others. He is listed as a four- Gabbert, the younger brother of Mis- JEFF SINER / AP
star prospect by Rivals.com, and
caught 61 passes for 1,228 yards and
souri QB Blaine Gabbert, is rated a four-
star QB by Rivals.com. He said he called Q: How do you think you
fit into this draft?
Danny Green has worked out for the Bobcats, among other NBA teams.

understanding ... an awesome

man,” Seastrunk told Rivals.com.
“Coach Saban said he didn’t have
18 touchdowns as a junior.
“It was an easy decision after I
went down there and got to know
Nebraska coach Bo Pelini and assistant
coach Shawn Watson with the news.
“Coach (Bo) Pelini and Coach (Tom)
A: I’ve been trying to tell
teams and show that I
think I can fit into any system. I
that. But that’s a goal. I’d love to see
all of us go in the first round.
him tougher and gave him some
confidence. And then, what he did
at Florida, he really lived up to all
any hard feelings towards me. He
understood that I’m young and got
all the coaches,” Richardson told
Rivals.com. “The coaches always
Osborne (now athletic director) are
bringing back the tradition,” Gab-
had a great college experience
because I matured as a player, and Q: Another one of your
friends, Joakim Noah,
that potential.

caught up in the moment. Coach

Saban said he respected me for call-
ing him to address it.”
talk about family, and I went ahead
and joined the team.”
bert told SN Today. “Nebraska’s
back and I want to be a part of it.”
He said his brother was support-
I also got to play in a system that’s
a lot like what you see in the NBA.
... So I think I’ll be able to pick
went in the first round and
has had a nice run. Are you
surprised how things have
Q: What do think enabled
him to live up to that
potential?
Seastrunk has rushed for 3,073
yards and 33 touchdowns the past
two seasons at Temple.
Parkway West (Ballwin, Mo.)
QB Tyler Gabbert will suit up for
Nebraska in 2010, Rivals.com
ive when he informed him that he’d
be a future adversary inside of a
future teammate at Missouri.
things up fast and find a role,
wherever I go.
turned out for him?

A: It’s a little surprising. I’m

really happy for him. I
A: He just became a tough guy.
The stronger he got, the
better he got. He was tall, long and

Springville (Ala.) WR Jeremy

Richardson has chosen Auburn, Rivals.
com reported. The 6-4, 220-pounder
also reported scholarship offers from
LSU, Tennessee and Alabama,
reported. The 6-foot, 190-pounder
had recently narrowed his list of
“It is going to be exciting to play
against him,” Gabbert told SN Q:
schools to the Cornhuskers, Wake
Forest, Missouri, Kansas and Ore-
gon. As a junior, he threw for 1,850
Today. “It’s a good rivalry and I
can’t wait. I don’t know (who is bet-
ter), I guess we’ll see.”
A:
stuff. You never know what’s going
yards and 18 touchdowns. — Brian McLaughlin to happen with trades and stuff like
You think you’ll go in
the first round?
played with him some in AAU
and a little in high school, in the
could run a little. And he had a nice
touch around the basket. But he got
I don’t know. It’s pretty early
to start talking about that
summertime. You knew he had
potential, but it was so raw. I
think playing at places like
more aggressive, became a different
player and got some great team-
mates. The strength, though, I
Rucker Park really helped make think, is the big thing.
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NBA FINALS GAME 2:
Bryant in no mood for jokes, just wins
LOS ANGELES—So everyone’s talking about
Kobe Bryant, and with good reason. The guy
scored 40 points in the opening game of the
NBA Finals on Thursday, a career Finals
high for him. On the day after, Orlando cen-
ter Dwight Howard recalled a point in his
rookie year when Bryant dunked on him.
“Don’t remind me,” How-
ard said. “He baptized me,
brought me into the NBA
and back to reality with
one play.”
Magic shooting guard
Mickael Pietrus was jok-
ing about a picture from
Sean Deveney Game 1 in which he was
PRO BASKETBALL shooting a 3-pointer as
Bryant was stretched out
to contest the shot. “That is one I will be able
to show my son someday,” Pietrus said.
“Kobe jumping at my shot. I can say to my
son, ‘Look, your dad was not bad back in the
day.’ ”
Lakers point guard Derek Fisher was
asked to compare Bryant’s bared-tooth
facial expressions to Jack Nicholson in,
The Shining, drawing laughter from
Fisher. “I don’t know if anything can com-
pare to that one,” Fisher said.
Yes, there was much discussion of all
things Bryant following the blowout win
in Game 1, but the one guy who wasn’t say-
ing much was Bryant himself. Again. For
the past week, interviewing Bryant has
been akin to a parent trying to get a teen-
ager to talk about how school is going. You
consider yourself lucky to get a three-sen-
tence response.
Bryant was asked whether he was moti-
vated to win these Finals by LeBron James,
or by Shaquille O’Neal. His answer: “Not
at all.”
Was it part of the strategy for him not to
shoot 3s? His answer: “I was just taking
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Kobe Bryant says he wants a fourth NBA title ‘so bad.’
what they gave me, just taking what they
gave me,” Bryant said. “If there’s lanes, I’m
going to take them. If I’ve got a 3-point shot,
I’m going to take it.”
Does he remember the lighthearted
spirit the Lakers carried into last year’s
Finals? His answer: “No.”
Well, how do you remember it? His
answer: “I don’t.”
All right, so none of us are going to win
Pulitzers for Kobe stories during these
Finals. Personally, I’m OK with that. These
NBA Finals interview sessions all too often
devolve into something between jokey and
goofy. We run out of meaningful questions
quickly, and delve into nonsense. (Take the
media’s odd fascination with Lamar Odom
and his candy fix, for example, or consider
that on Friday, someone actually asked
Magic guard Courtney Lee if he enjoyed
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watching Bryant’s performance in Game 1.
Lee looked at the questioner as if he’d grown
a second head.)
It’s not a bad thing for a player, especially
a star player and a team leader like Bryant,
to shrug that off. Bryant is essentially tell-
ing all of us that he’s not much in the mood
for goofing off at the moment. He wants no
questions about candy, and he wasn’t very
responsive when asked about a video game
in which he is depicted wearing a Knicks
jersey. Bryant’s message has been consis-
tent, before Game 1, on the night of Game 1
and now, before Game 2.
“I’m just focused right now,” he said. “I
just want it so bad.”
If that means he’s not going to say much
between now and the end of the series,
well, then, everyone else will simply have
to do the talking for him.
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NOTEBOOK
Lakers C Andrew Bynum, left, said he expects Dwight Howard to try and set up down low quicker in Game 2.
Nelson’s return throws off Alston’s rhythm
In a game in which pretty much nothing
went right for the Magic, it’s hard to say that
Orlando lost Game 1 because of the decision
to put point guard Jameer Nelson into the
rotation. But, starting point guard Rafer
Alston did say that the insertion of Nelson
for such a long stretch—he played the entire
second quarter—threw off his rhythm.
“It’s different,” he said. “We love to have
him, and it’s nice because he’s been such a big
part of the turnaround of this team and orga-
nization. But this is The Finals. We don’t have
much wiggle room, we don’t have much room
for trial and error at this point.”
Coach Stan Van Gundy wasn’t much
interested in hearing about Alston’s lack of
rhythm. “As far as Rafer having that affect
his play in the second half, that’s up to him,”
Van Gundy said. “If I’m looking from the
outside, that sounds like an excuse to me.”
Hmm, tension? “Not from me,” Alston said.
“There’s no pouting here. There aren’t going
to be any coach-Alston meetings going on.”
Bynum ready for adjustments
Lakers center Andrew Bynum did a nice
SATURDAY, JUNE 06, 2009 7
GARY W. GREEN / AP
job of keeping the lane closed to Orlando cen-
ter Dwight Howard. But Bynum said he is
expecting adjustments from Howard. “He is
going to come out and try to be faster, I think,
and get set up down low quicker,” Bynum
said. “He is going to use his body more, he is
going to try to get set up on me in the low post
and they’re going to be looking to dump the
ball into him earlier than they did last game.”
Lewis’ daughter back to health
Rashard Lewis has gone through a lot in
the last two years, signing a $110 million
contract with Orlando, adjusting to playing
power forward and dealing with the illness
of his 1-year-old daughter, Gianna, who was
in an out of the hospital with a mysterious
virus for about a month during the season.
She has since received treatment and is
back to health.
“During the time she was sick, it was a
difficult time for me,” Lewis said. “During
the season, because of the fact that family is
most important … I didn’t care if we won
games, if we lost games.”
— Sean Deveney
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NBA FINALS GAME 2:
Nelson’s return puts Magic’s Alston in tricky spot
LOS ANGELES—Back in his Clark Kent days,
when he was an 18-year-old rookie, Dwight
Howard was welcomed to the league by Kobe
Bryant.
It wasn’t with a fist bump or handshake.
It wasn’t friendly at all.
In his first game against Howard, Bryant
drove the lane and delivered a ferocious dunk
that still haunts Orlando’s center five years
later.
“Don’t remind me,” Howard said, playfully
covering his eyes. “He baptized me, brought
me into the NBA and back to reality with one
play.”
On Thursday night, Bryant initiated How-
ard again—this time into the NBA Finals.
Looking much more like The Man of Steel
than Howard, Bryant scored 40 points—his
most in a Finals game—and the Lakers
steamrolled to a 100-75 win in Game 1 over
the Magic, who watched tape of the rout at
their hotel before heading to Staples Center
on Friday for practice.
Orlando, back in the finals for the first time
since 1995, was way out of its league.
Bryant scored almost at will, punctuating
each bucket by extending his lower jaw to
show his lower teeth—a menacing look
underscoring the self-proclaimed Black
Mamba’s intensity. The Magic hurt them-
selves by shooting 30 percent and missing
open shots, and Howard was a non-factor on
offense with 12 points and only one field goal,
a 7-foot hook shot in the game’s first two
minutes.
Howard understands he and his team-
mates have to do much more in Game 2 on
Sunday night.
“We just didn’t have any energy or effort,”
Howard said. “We didn’t box out, all the little
things. We can’t control Kobe scoring 40
points, but we can control boxing out, getting
loose balls, stuff like that, and we didn’t do
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that. We have to come out with a better
effort.”
The Magic are no strangers to adversity.
They made it to the Finals despite losing
All-Star guard Jameer Nelson for 42 games
because of a shoulder injury, and they came
from behind against Philadelphia and Boston
to win previous series this postseason.
Against Cleveland in the Eastern Conference
finals, the Magic shot their way back from
impossible deficits.
They’re in another hole. It’s not deep. Not
yet.
“It’s just one game,” said forward Hedo
Turkoglu, who went just 3-of-11 from the
floor. “It’s a long series. We’ve got a couple
days to work on some things. We know how
good we are, and we know what we need to
do to win.”
A good place to start would be getting
Howard more involved on offense.
Nothing came easy for him in Game 1. Like
paparazzi swarming outside a nightclub for a
magazine cover photo, the Lakers’ forwards
and centers were everywhere he turned.
Andrew Bynum, Pau Gasol and Lamar
Odom pushed him, prodded him, poked
him.
Superman’s cape got torn to shreds. The
league’s dunk leader couldn’t get close to the
rim.
And when Howard got the ball deep in the
lane, one of Los Angeles’ guards would dive
down on a double team and force him to pick
it up. By the time he passed out from inside to
an open teammate on the perimeter, the
lengthy Lakers were able to recover and
contest.
“They’re going to make it tough to get
Dwight rolling,” Magic coach Stan Van
Gundy said. “We got him the ball a lot, but
they’re always coming with another guy. I
thought he forced a couple plays and he made
NBA
Rafer Alston, left, said it was difficult to sit the entire second quarter while Jameer Nelson played all 12 minutes.
some good passes out, where we couldn’t
make shots. And when you’re not making
shots, then obviously the team is coming
more and more and more.
“If you make some shots, you force teams to
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adjust and give you a little more room.”
The ever critical Van Gundy’s biggest beef
was with his team’s inability to rebound. The
Lakers dominated the boards 55-41, a differen-
tial Orlando’s coach chalked up to lack of effort.
SATURDAY, JUNE 06, 2009 8
“I’ll blame myself for a lot of things,” Van
Gundy said. “But I don’t really have an adjust-
ment for when the ball goes up on the rim and
everybody is going after it. I can’t really X and
O that. You’re either going to put a body on
somebody and go get the ball or you’re not.
And last night, not.”
The Lakers aren’t taking anything for
granted. They may have won Game 1 without
breaking a sweat, but their demeanor remained
very businesslike during Friday’s workout.
Bryant, whose kids have been calling him
“Grumpy” because of his sour mood of late,
remained stoic during media availability. He
answered questions with short, measured
responses and only cracked a smile once.
Bryant didn’t remember many details
about his nasty dunk of yore on Howard, and
he expects Orlando to regroup in two days.
“They just had an off game,” he said. “They
didn’t shoot the ball particularly well and
they’ll shoot better in Game 2. We’ll face a dif-
ferent Magic team.”
As for that dunking moment back in 2004,
Howard says he can still feel it.
“Ever since then, I’ve had the flash of him
dunking and hearing the crowd,” he said. “It
was like ‘Boom,’ that’s all I heard. I’ll make
sure that won’t happen again.”
Meanwhile, Rafer Alston acknowledged
the difficulty of sitting the entire second
quarter while Nelson played all 12 min-
utes—a decision Stan Van Gundy admitted
was a mistake—in his return from a shoul-
der injury.
“It was odd. I mean, I think everyone can
see that. That’s unusual to start the game
and then you don’t even touch the court in
the second quarter,” Alston said.
“But there’s no pouting, there’s no getting
mad, there’s going to be no coach and Alston
meeting about it.”
— The Associated Press
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NBA FINALS GAME 2:
Brown likes Iverson, but not sure he’s best fit
G Allen Iverson is set to become
unrestricted free agent, and Bob-
cats coach Larry Brown needs a scorer.
However, despite the speculation
that the two could be paired again
after Iverson was recently spotted
in Charlotte, Brown isn’t sure it’d
be a good fit.
For one, Iverson would have to
play for a lot less than the nearly
$22 million he made last season,
and the Bobcats would have to clear
salary-cap space to sign him. Iver-
son, who turns 34 Sunday, would
also have to adjust to a lesser role—
something he struggled to accept
with the Pistons.
And would Iverson want to join a
team that hasn’t won more than 35
games in a season? “I want him go
to where he knows he can win,”
Brown said.
Iverson’s agent, Leon Rose, said his
client would be willing to play for
Brown again. “AI has the utmost
respect for coach Brown as both a
person and coach,” Rose said in an
e-mail to The Associated Press. “…
I’m sure at the appropriate time
these things will be discussed.”
Brown said he’d be “nervous” if
an ownership change stripped Michael
Jordan of his role running the team’s
basketball operations. Brown said
Friday that he hasn’t spoken to
majority owner Bob Johnson, who is
looking to sell after losing tens of mil-
lions of dollars. Jordan owns a minor-
ity stake, but Johnson has granted
him the final say on basketball per-
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sonnel decisions.
Jordan said in February that he’d
like to someday become majority
owner, but he has declined to
address Johnson’s desire to sell
since, and there are questions if Jor-
dan would agree to pay what John-
son wants.
Randy Smith, a blindingly fast All-
Star with the Buffalo Braves in the
1970s who once held the NBA record
for consecutive games, died while
working out on a treadmill. He was
60.
He had a massive heart attack
Thursday while exercising at the
Connecticut casino where he
worked, son-in-law Lekan Bashua told
The Associated Press on Friday.
Smith was drafted by the Braves
in the seventh round in 1971 and
averaged more than 13 points in his
rookie season. He went on to play 13
years in the NBA and appeared in
906 consecutive games from 1972-
83. His mark was broken by A.C.
Green in 1997. He averaged 16.7
points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.6 assists
for his career.
There has been plenty of trade
speculation and rumors involving
PF Amare Stoudemire lately—including
scenarios of him going to Boston or
Washington—but none of the talk
apparently has involved the Suns.
“There’s a lot of stuff flying around
out there that has no basis,” Suns
general manager Steve Kerr told The
Arizona Republic. “… I haven’t even
NBA
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Allen Iverson has the ‘utmost respect’ for Bobcats coach Larry Brown, according to his agent. Iverson played for Brown in Philadelphia.
had a conversation with the opposing
team. I read this stuff and laugh.”
PF Blake Griffin will work out
today for what many expect to be
his future NBA team, the Clippers,
the Los Angeles Times reported.
Although the Clippers could always
trade the pick, the night they learned
they had the No. 1 selection, coach
Mike Dunleavy told the Times, “Clearly,
we’re taking Blake Griffin.”
The Raptors hired former Griz-
zlies coach Marc Iavaroni as an assistant
to Jay Triano and are parting ways with
assistants Mike Evans and Gord Herbert.
The Raptors also announced that
Alex English will return for his sixth
season with Toronto, his eighth as an
NBA assistant.
Iavaroni was an assistant in
Phoenix, Miami and Cleveland
before taking over Memphis on
May 30, 2007. He was fired on Jan.
ERIC GAY / AP
22, 2009, following a 13-26 start.
F Josh Heytvelt says he’s being
open about his past when he meets
NBA personnel at each stop along
his pre-draft workout tour. Heyt-
velt was arrested with a Gonzaga
teammate for a drug offense on Feb.
9, 2007. “I bring it up,” Heytvelt
said Friday after a workout with
the Bucks. “Every team already
knows about it, so why not talk
SATURDAY, JUNE 06, 2009 9
about it? Don’t be afraid about it.”
Bucks scouting director Billy McK-
inney said Heytvelt’s desire to dis-
cuss and accept his past makes him
a good draft candidate. “It shows a
great deal of maturity,” McKinney
said. “Sometimes it’s so hard and
embarrassing when you make a
mistake like that and you’re a high
profile person. Whether you’re in
sports or business, a lot of people
want to cover it up.”
ABC earned an 8.9 overnight
Nielsen rating for Thursday’s
Magic-Lakers NBA Finals Game 1.
According to SportsBusiness Daily,
that’s down 14.4 percent from last
year’s Celtics-Lakers Game 1 and
up 11.3 percent from the Spurs-
Cavaliers Game 1 in ”07. The 8.9 is
the lowest Game 1 overnight rating
for the six Finals series featuring
the Lakers since ’00, and the only
one not to top double digits.
Robert Horry, known for his ten-
dency to hit big shots in key situa-
tions, says he’s not looking to play
anymore. He’d rather coach or con-
tinue working as a broadcaster.
“I’m more interested in those gigs. I
just started putting my name out
there,” Horry told The Associated
Press.
So where would he like to end
up? “I think I have a respect around
the league where guys will respect
the knowledge I have. I’m a cross-
roads guy and I have knowledge
from both big time eras.”
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STANLEY CUP FINALS
S GAME 5:
Q&A with … Red Wings D Jonathan Ericsson
‘Letting me play my game and develop in my own way’
Jonathan Ericsson, above, filled in well for Nicklas Lidstrom while the veteran defenseman
was out during the Blackhawks series.
www.sportingnews.com NHL
PITTSBURGH AT DETROIT Tonight, 8 ET, NBC
Detroit’s rookie defenseman Jonathan
Ericsson has been a revelation for coach
Mike Babcock and the Red Wings dur-
ing the playoffs. Ericsson played crucial
minutes when Nicklas Lidstrom missed
time against the Blackhawks, and he
was strong filling in for an injured Brian
Rafalski earlier in the playoffs. He has
quickly earned the trust of Babcock dur-
ing a crucial time of year.
Ericsson chats with Sporting News
Today’s Craig Custance about his first NHL
playoff run.
Q: How valuable has this
experience been to your
development as an NHL
player?
A: It’s easier to say after you
go through it. Maybe you
look back in time after awhile,
after the summer and start of
training camp and maybe
evaluate that a little bit better.
But, of course, this is going to be
a key factor for me in the future,
to know what it’s all about. I was
lucky enough to watch the
playoffs last year, every game. I
think I got some experience even
from that. Now, playing in it, it
gives you even more
information.
Q: Mike Babcock talks a
lot about young players
earning his trust. What does it
mean to you to earn it so
quickly?
A: I can play comfortable out
FRANK GUNN / AP
there. I don’t have to
think about too much. If I make a
mistake out there, he’s not going
to put me away for the rest of the
game.
That means a lot. You don’t feel
that pressure to perform every
night and don’t make any mis-
takes. He’s letting me play my
game and develop in my own way.
That’s really big for me.
Q: In the last two rounds
you’ve played against
Jonathan Toews, Patrick
Kane, Sidney Crosby and
Evgeni Malkin. Can you
compare the games of those
great young players?
A: Yeah, you can. They’re
really skilled players.
They’re different players, of
course, but they have good skill
out there. They’re really fast
players, move the puck really well
and can handle the puck really
well. There are some things that
make them alike out there.
Q: Who is hardest to
defend?
A: No comment.
Q: Have you noticed a
change in the
officiating during the Stanley
Cup finals?
A: Yeah, I have. They’re
letting go a little bit more,
but I still think they need to be a
little bit more consistent. They’re
trying to do their job the best way
they can, of course.
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Stanley Cup finals
(Best-of-7), All times ET
(Series tied 2-2)
May 30: Detroit 3,Pittsburgh 1
May 31: Detroit 3, Pittsburgh 1
June 2: Pittsburgh 4, Detroit 2
June 4: Pittsburgh 4, Detroit 2
Today: Pittsburgh at
Q: What’s the biggest thing
you’ve learned from
Nicklas Lidstrom?
Detroit, 8 p.m., NBC
Tuesday: Detroit at
A: His positioning in the
game. I try to watch where
he is on the ice all the time in
Pittsburgh, 8 p.m., NBC
Friday, June 12: Pittsburgh at
Detroit, 8 p.m., if necessary, NBC
different situations. That’s the
biggest thing.
Q: Have you picked up any
training habits from
Chris Chelios? Q: Is it true you couldn’t
watch Game 5 of the
A: I wish. He’s taking really
good care of his body. I
think the older you get, the more
Western Conference finals in
the hospital after the
surgery?
you have to think about taking
care of it. Otherwise it’s going to
go downhill pretty quick. I see
A: In the hospital, they didn’t
really know where I was
going to be able to watch it. They
him every day now; it’s just found the best way was to drive
amazing to see him work out me down to the rink and watch it
every day and take care of there.
himself.
Q: How have you handled
the grind of the long
Q: Do you remember
anything about that
game or were you all drugged
season. Have you hit a rookie up?
wall?
A: This year I’ve been injured A: I was pretty drugged up.
Actually, I just remember
a little bit, so I had my rest.
… I felt pretty good this season, my
first year I remember I hit a wall,
walking in the locker room,
didn’t really feel well and had to
lay down and try to sleep for a
wasn’t used to playing this many
games.
few minutes before the game
started. I was pretty drugged up
and couldn’t really move much.
Q: Are you pain-free from
the appendectomy yet?
A little bit dizzy.
A: No, I think it’s going to take
awhile. But it feels good Q: That’s dedication.
enough to play without any
problems out there. It feels good on
the ice.
A: Well, you don’t want to
miss an important game
like that.
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STANLEY CUP FINALS

S GAME 5: PITTSBURGH AT DETROIT Tonight, 8 ET, NBC

In Motown, it’s Pens with momentum Wings plan on Datsyuk
PITTSBURGH—As Sidney Crosby
and Evgeni Malkin burst into
their zone on a 2-on-1 rush that
resulted in a Crosby goal, the
Detroit Red Wings must have
been thinking, “What did we
get ourselves into?”
How about this predicament:
A tied-up Stanley Cup finals
with three games to go and
Pittsburgh’s showy young stars
starting to take over as the
series shifts back to Detroit for
Game 5 tonight.
The Red Wings, suddenly
looking tired and vulnerable,
have lost every advantage
except home ice since winning
the first two games in Detroit
last weekend. They couldn’t
match the Penguins’ speed and
scoring surges during a pair of
4-2 losses in Pittsburgh, and
now it’s the defending champs
who face a must-win game.
Advantage, Penguins?
“You don’t want to think
about the Cup right now,” Pen-
guins defenseman Kris Letang
said Friday. “You want to think
about playing the right way.
Just try to carry the momentum
over there and play the same
way we did in Games 4 and 3.”
What must concern the Red
Wings is they’re beginning to
see how difficult it can be to
control Crosby and Malkin dur-
ing a lengthy series, something
that wasn’t a problem when
they beat Pittsburgh in six
games last year.
Detroit matched shutdown
specialist Henrik Zetterberg
Evgeni Malkin, left, is a ‘lot more comfortable’ in this year’s finals than last, teammate Sidney Crosby says.
repeatedly against Crosby in
the first three games, limiting
him to an assist, but Malkin
scored a goal and set up four
others—three in Game 3.
When Zetterberg shifted his
attention to Malkin in Game 4,
Crosby had a goal and an assist,
but Malkin did, too, giving him
seven points in four games.
“Oh yeah, I think he’s a lot
more comfortable,” Crosby said
of Malkin, who didn’t have a
point at this stage of last year’s
finals. “He looks pretty ener-
gized, he’s physical. I think he’s
back on. He’s flying out there.
He looks great.”
Malkin has 35 points in the
playoffs, the most since Wayne
Gretzky had 40 in 1993. Crosby
(31 points) and Malkin are the
first teammates to produce 30
or more points each since 1994.
“You can’t have turnovers
against them in the neutral zone
because they’re a quick transi-
tion team and with those two
players, they’re going full blast
the other way,” Detroit defense-
man Nicklas Lidstrom said.
Penguins coach Dan Bylsma
GENE J. PUSKAR / AP
can only imagine how Detroit’s
Jonathan Ericsson felt as he
tried to defend against the
Crosby and Malkin break on
Thursday, which came during a
5½-minute burst in which the
Penguins scored three times in
the second period.
Bylsma, a former NHL player,
once felt the same way when he
saw Gretzky or Mario Lemieux
headed his way.
“It’s going through your mind,
it was going through my mind,
‘That’s Mario Lemieux.’ ”
— The Associated Press
NOTEBOOK
Well, maybe Pavel Datsyuk is finally
ready to make his debut in the 2009 Stan-
ley Cup finals.
Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock
said “he’ll play,” when asked Friday if he
expected Datsyuk to be in Game 5 tonight
against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The MVP finalist hasn’t played since
May 19, when he blocked a shot with his
foot against the Chicago Blackhawks in
the Western Conference finals.
Datsyuk was on the Mellon Arena ice a
lot on Thursday, just not when the Red
Wings needed him. He went through the
morning skate, extended his workout for
a while on his own and looked as if he was
getting ready to play during pregame
warmups. Then, he was a slightly sur-
prising scratch before Pittsburgh’s series-
evening 4-2 victory against the defending
champions.
“We were hoping Pav was going to be in,
but we weren’t planning,” Babcock said.
“Now we’re hoping Pav’s going to be in and
we’re planning that he’s going to be in.
“But he’s still got to be in.”
Coming up short(handed)
Jordan Staal first made his mark in the
NHL as a shorthanded goal specialist.
But until Game 4 of the Stanley Cup
finals, he was coming up short for the
Pittsburgh Penguins. Or, in his case, not
coming up with short-handed goals.
He surprisingly made the Penguins’
roster as an 18-year-old rookie in 2006,
then the first-round pick did something
even more unexpected: Staal began scor-
ing short-handed goals in bunches.
Staal became the youngest player in
NHL history to score two short-handed
goals in a game, against Columbus on Oct.
21, 2006, and the first player since 1982 to
score his first three NHL goals short-
handed. He finished the season with an
NHL rookie record seven short-handed
scores among his 29 goals.
Staal had only one short-handed goal in
two seasons, on Jan. 10 at Colorado, until his
goal in the second period Thursday gave the
Penguins a 2-all tie and began their come-
back during a 4-2 victory over Detroit.
“You can’t beat one of those, I guess,”
Staal said Friday of only his third goal in
21 playoff games. “It’s definitely some-
thing special. They all count, but it’s defi-
nitely nice to get one.”
The spectacular play, beating defense-
man Brian Rafalski to the front of the net
and getting the puck past Chris Osgood,
might prove to be pivotal if Pittsburgh
ends up hoisting the Cup.
They got it first
The first media outlet to foresee the
Penguins’ comeback against the Red
Wings was the Pittsburgh City Paper, a
weekly tabloid entertainment-feature
newspaper that is distributed for free.
The entire front page of this week’s edi-
tion, printed before the Penguins won
Games 3 and 4 on home ice, is the head-
line: “Pens Defeat Red Wings.”
There’s also an asterisk that denotes:
“Well, Not Necessarily, But You Can’t
Blame Us for Trying.”
One-timers
Detroit D Brad Stuart scored for the third
time in the playoffs on Thursday, surpass-
ing the two goals he had in 67 games dur-
ing the regular season. He has three goals
in 10 playoff games against Pittsburgh.
— The Associated Press
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Are you a fan with

Toronto group wants to create its own Legacy something

The quest to add a third NHL team in
Ontario got a little more crowded
Friday.
A new group has come forward with a
proposal to launch a second NHL fran-
chise in Toronto, and it even has a name
for the team—the Toronto Legacy—as
well as a sweater and logo.
What the group doesn’t have, appar-
ently, is official support from the league,
which said it knew nothing about the
group and declined to respond to its
proposal.
The NHL, which currently has its
hands full with Jim Balsillie’s bid to buy
the Phoenix Coyotes and move the team
to Hamilton, has said it has no current
plans to move a franchise or expand.
That didn’t stop Andrew Lopez, a com-
munications specialist who has worked
as a motivational speaker for Miss Uni-
verse Canada, from laying out a vision
for a second Toronto team, suggesting
that $1 billion of private financing is
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already in place if the league chooses to
expand.
The team would be known as the
Toronto Legacy and play out of a pro-
posed 30,000-seat arena that would be
built at Downsview Park, located in
north Toronto. Lopez said the site would
include a community athletic center,
50-meter swimming pool, four outdoor
rinks and public park space among other
amenities.
“We’re not sure how (the NHL) or the
Toronto Maple Leafs will take this,” said
Lopez.
“So we said, ‘Let’s just share with our
city, share with our country, and once
they’ve had a chance to look over what
we’re proposing . . . by all means, if they
consider us worthy, we would be
privileged.’
to say?
Andrew Lopez has a jersey set for a second Toronto franchise, but—apparently—no league support.
“We’re not here to force our will on
anyone. A simple no from the National
Hockey League would be OK. We real-
ize it’s a very special club.”
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The Toronto Star reported that Judge
Redfield T. Baum has laid out procedures
for the potential auction of the Phoenix
Coyotes in a conditional order filed by
his Arizona bankruptcy court.
To start with, any bidder will need a
$20 million deposit and proof of riches
that would support that bid.
Anyone interested will have until 5
p.m. Phoenix time on June 17 to submit
the bid in writing. The auction would
begin five days later.
According to the Star, the bids will be
submitted to the attorneys of owner Jerry
Moyes, who will then share the informa-
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Surgery could keep Mets’ Putz out 10-12 weeks
J.J. Putz, struggling as the setup man for the
New York Mets, will get a break. But not the kind
he wants.
Putz, who said his elbow hurt after Thursday’s
outing when he gave up two runs in the seventh
inning against Pittsburgh, will have surgery
Tuesday and miss 10-12 weeks, The New York
Times reported.
Putz will have a bone spur removed from his
right elbow, according to The Times.
This season, the former Mariners closer
acquired in the offseason to help turnaround a
bullpen that blew 29 saves last season, is 1-4 with
a 5.22 ERA with two saves.
The Mets acquired Putz and Francisco Rodriguez
in the offseason. Rodriguez is the team’s closer,
while Putz was brought in to be the team’s set-up
reliever. He is making $5.5 million this season.
New York purchased the contract of righthander
Fernando Nieve from Triple-A Buffalo. Nieve was 3-0
with a 3.70 ERA in four starts with Buffalo. Mets
manager Jerry Manuel said Nieve would be used in
the bullpen.
Brad Penny for Jeff Francoeur?
ESPN reported that the Braves had talked with
the Red Sox about Penny. Last week, The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution reported that the Red Sox were
scouting Francouer. The ESPN report does not
claim the two sides are looking to swap player for
player.
After Friday’s loss to Texas, Penny is 5-2 this
season with a 5.85 ERA.
Tom Glavine said he returned to the Atlanta
Braves last season because he believed pitching
for the Braves while living at home with his fam-
ily was “the best of both worlds.”
Glavine, still seething after being released by
the Braves on Wednesday, said Friday he’s not
sure if he’ll attempt to prolong his career with
another club.
“I’ve had a couple of phone calls in regards to
pitching, I’ve had a couple of phone calls ... in
terms of consulting or pitching coach type of
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After compiling an ERA of 3.63 in May, J.J. Putz gave up five
earned runs in one inning in June—an ERA of 45.00.
situations,” he said, talking in depth for the first
time about his release.
“I’m not worried about getting an opportunity to
do something. I know I’ll be able to do something.
That’s obviously something I’m going to have to
take time to figure out.”
He said it won’t be easy to mend his relation-
ship with the Braves, who said the decision was
based on the 43-year-old Glavine’s performance
in his minor league rehab appearances. But
Glavine said, “It usually is about the money.”
The Cleveland Indians activated designated
hitter Travis Hafner from the 15-day disabled list Fri-
day and optioned struggling starter Fausto Carmona
to the Arizona Rookie League.
Carmona, who won 19 games for the Indians in
2007, is 2-6 with a 7.42 ERA this year. He will
report to the Indians’ minor league complex in
Goodyear, Ariz., to work on his mechanics and
mental approach after he allowed 16 earned runs in
Baseball
his last three starts, spanning 7 1-3 innings.
The Rookie League season hasn’t started yet,
but Indians general manager Mark Shapiro doesn’t
want Carmona pitching in competitive situa-
tions right now.
Hafner had been on the disabled list since April
29 with soreness in his surgically repaired right
shoulder. He is hitting .270 with four home runs
and eight RBIs in 17 games.
The St. Louis Cardinals placed righthander
Kyle Lohse on the 15-day disabled list with a fore-
arm injury after he had to leave his latest start
early.
Also Friday, infielder Tyler Greene was recalled
from Triple-A Memphis.
Lohse aggravated an injury sustained when
hit by a pitch last month on a diving stop of Reds
pitcher Johnny Cueto’s bunt single in the third
inning Wednesday night. He was taken out with
a 3-1 count on Jerry Hairston Jr., the next hitter.
Lohse was squaring around to bunt when he
was hit by a pitch May 23 by the Royals’ Ron
Mahay. Lohse threw eight scoreless innings in
that game but then missed his next start due to
numbness and a burning sensation in the
forearm.
Derek Jeter will give an exclusive interview
with SIRIUS XM Radio’s Ripken Baseball show
hosted by brothers Cal Ripken Jr. and Billy Ripken on
Monday.
The interview will start at noon from the Mid-
town Manhattan studios.
Richard E. Jacobs stepped up along with his
brother in the 1980s to rescue Cleveland’s base-
ball franchise, which was struggling under weak
financial backing and poor fan attendance at an
outdated, mammoth stadium. Under his leader-
ship, the Cleveland Indians twice reached the
World Series and sold out 455 consecutive games
at a new ballpark. Jacobs, who had been in ill
health, died peacefully at the age of 83 on Friday,
his real estate company confirmed.
SATURDAY, JUNE 06, 2009 13
THE LAUNCHING PAD
What to expect in the major leagues today
The phenom arrives
It has been a busy week for the Braves, who released future Hall of Fame
lefthander Tom Glavine and boosted their outfield with the trade for
Nate McLouth. This afternoon will mark the major league debut of touted
righthander Tommy Hanson. In 11 starts for Class AAA Gwinnett this sea-
son, Hanson went 3-3 with a 1.49 ERA. Even more impressive were his 90
strikeouts in just 66 1/3 innings. His first major league assignment will be at
Turner Field against the Brewers, who rank among the major league leaders
in strikeouts.
A long awaited return
It has been a long road back for righthander Kelvim Escobar, but he finally
will stand atop a major league mound again tonight. Because of major
shoulder surgery, Escobar hasn’t pitched in the big leagues since posting a
career year (18-7, 3.40 ERA in 30 starts) in 2007. During his minor league rehab
assignment, Escobar had a 2.30 ERA in three starts and flashed good velocity.
Tonight should provide quite a test. Escobar will face the A.L. Central-leading
Tigers, whose hitters should be hungry after spending a good chunk of the
week being frustrated by Red Sox pitching.
Scouting mission?
With third baseman Troy Glaus out indefinitely following offseason
shoulder surgery, the Cardinals admittedly are in the market for a third base-
man and/or big bat to help protect reigning N.L. MVP Albert Pujols in the
lineup. This weekend, they’ll get a close-up look at one possible trade target.
Though Rockies third baseman Garrett Atkins has struggled this season, he
has averaged 25 homers and 110 RBIs over the past three seasons (2006-08).
Unlike many Rockies sluggers, Atkins’ power numbers on the road are com-
parable to his power numbers at Coors Field. Entering this weekend, half of
his 94 career homers came away from Colorado.
— Chris Bahr
RICHARD DREW / AP
Tommy Hanson fanned 90 batters in just 66 1/3 innings at Class AAA Gwinnett.
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Q&A with ... Astros 1B Lance Berkman
‘We’re a better second-half team than the first half’
A career .302 hitter coming into this season,
Berkman struggled to keep his average above .200
for the first six weeks of this season. The five-time
All-Star recently appeared on Sporting News Radio
to discuss his inclusion in Sporting News’ top 50 play-
ers list, his and his team’s slow starts and the N.L.
Central race.
Q: You’re No. 21 on the list of the
50 best players in Major League
Baseball, according to Sporting News
magazine. You have to feel pretty good
about that, right?
A: Anytime you’re included in the top
50 in the game, you have to be
pleased with that.
Q: Your teammate, Roy Oswalt, is
also on this list. He is such a
gamer, isn’t he?
A: He absolutely is, and he’s a winner.
I think since he’s come into the
league, no one’s won more games than Roy.
I feel great every time he takes the ball.
He’s our ace; he has been for a long time.
He’s truly a great competitor and some-
body that I’m proud to spend as much time
as I have with.
Q: You’ve got another solid pitcher
in Wandy Rodriguez. You’ve
got some real positives on this team,
don’t you?
A: I think we’ve got a couple guys at the
top that are as good as anybody in the
league. When you have a couple good
pitchers like that, and then we’ve got some
guys that can fill in behind, our starting
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In eight of his nine full seasons in the majors entering 2009, Lance Berkman has had an OPS—on-base percentage plus slugging—above .900.
pitching has been good enough to win.
Offensively, we were just a little slow to get
going. I think now we’ve found a little more of
a groove from that standpoint. The teams that
I’ve played on have never gotten off to a great
start, which is something we seem like we
talk about every year. I wish it weren’t the
case, but for whatever reason it seems like it
takes us a little bit to get going. But when we
do, we end up being pretty good. We have a
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lot of positives that point to the fact that we
may be able to make a run. If history is any
indicator, we’re a better second-half team
than the first half. We just need to try to get to
.500 before the All-Star break.
Q: Why have you been struggling
early on this season?
A: It’s hard to say. I think this is about
the fourth time I’ve gone through it in
AL BEHRMAN / AP
my career. It’s always frustrating and you
always scratch your head and think, What’s
the deal here? It’s a mystery. I get as frustrated
as everybody else. Baseball’s such a mental
sport. There’s so much confidence involved
in hitting, when you don’t get off to a great
start, you have to just keep running out
there and have faith your swing will come
back to you. I’ve started to feel a little better
lately, but it’s never easy, it’s never fun.
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Q: How have you remained
positive despite the team’s
struggles in recent years?
A: Well, it’s a blessing to play at home.
This is the only organization I’ve
ever known. I’ve been here when we’ve
been pretty good, having had a couple good
playoff runs not too long ago. ... Although
now it’s creeping up on five, six years ago. I
think you just remember the success that
you’ve had in the past, that this organiza-
tion is one that has been well-respected
around the league, and we’ve always been
competitive and we’ve always had a good
clubhouse here. So, those things make it a
little easier to stay positive.
Q: Which team in the N.L. Central
is the strongest?
A: I think when the Cubs are healthy,
they probably have the edge on
paper. But the game’s played on the field.
There’s injuries. What’s scary is the
Pirates might not be quite there yet,
although they’re an improving team.
They’ve got a lot of good, young players,
and they’ve got some good, young pitch-
ers that can give you a lot of problems.
But you look at all of the other teams in
the division, I’m like, man, everyone is
the same. We all have some bright spots;
we all have some warts. It’s going to be
interesting to see what happens going
forward because I just feel like the teams
are so evenly matched this year—to a
degree that I haven’t seen in 10 years in
the division.
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Fantasy Focus LEAGUE LEADERS
American League Standings
Hitter rankings Batting Average Home Runs East W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
New York 32 22 .593 — — 7-3 W-1 16-10 16-12
Here’s a glance at a few movers A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. Boston 32 23 .582 ½ — 5-5 L-1 17-7 15-16
and shakers in the latest hitter Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Toronto 31 26 .544 2½ 2 4-6 W-1 20-9 11-17
Bartlett Tampa Bay .373 Beltran New York .353 CPena Tampa Bay 17 AdGonzalez San Diego 22 Tampa Bay 28 28 .500 5 4½ 5-5 W-3 16-11 12-17
rankings at Fantasy Source: Baltimore 24 31 .436 8½ 8 5-5 L-3 16-13 8-18
MiCabrera Detroit .354 Tejada Houston .350 Bay Boston 16 Ibanez Philadelphia 19
UP Youkilis Boston .352 Hawpe Colorado .346 NCruz Texas 16 Pujols St. Louis 18 Central W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Detroit 28 25 .528 — — 3-7 L-4 15-11 13-14
▲ 2B/OF Adam Kennedy, A’s. Kennedy ISuzuki Seattle .346 Pence Houston .344 Teixeira New York 16 Dunn Washington 16
Minnesota 28 28 .500 1½ 4½ 6-4 W-2 21-12 7-16
has settled in nicely as Oakland’s VMartinez Cleveland .344 Pujols St. Louis .344 Kinsler Texas 15 Howard Philadelphia 16 Chicago 25 29 .463 3½ 6½ 5-5 L-4 13-14 12-15
Morneau Minnesota .344 DWright New York .338 Morneau Minnesota 15 Bruce Cincinnati 14 Kansas City 23 31 .426 5½ 8½ 1-9 L-8 15-15 8-16
second baseman and No. 2 hitter. Cleveland 24 33 .421 6 9 5-5 W-1 12-14 12-19
AdJones Baltimore .340 HaRamirez Florida .335 Dye Chicago 14 Three tied 13
Fantasy owners suffering from
West W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
injuries at MI should take advan- Runs Stolen Bases Texas 32 22 .593 — — 6-4 W-1 18-9 14-13
tage while he’s hot. Los Angeles 28 25 .528 3½ 3 5-5 W-3 14-12 14-13
A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. Seattle 26 29 .473 6½ 6 5-5 L-1 14-14 12-15
▲ C Jorge Posada, Yankees. Despite Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team
Oakland 23 30 .434 8½ 8 5-5 W-4 12-13 11-17
missing all but six games in May,
Posada ranks in the top five
Scutaro
Morneau
Toronto
Minnesota
45
44
Ibanez
Pujols
Philadelphia
St. Louis
44
44
Crawford
Ellsbury
Tampa Bay
Boston
34
22
Bourn
Kemp
Houston
Los Angeles
19
13
National League Standings
East W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
among catchers in homers and Crawford Tampa Bay 43 Zimmerman Washington 40 Figgins Los Angeles 21 Pierre Los Angeles 13 Philadelphia 32 21 .604 — — 8-2 L-1 12-14 20-7
RBIs. Damon New York 43 AdGonzalez San Diego 39 BUpton Tampa Bay 17 DWright New York 13 New York 29 24 .547 3 1 6-4 W-1 17-9 12-15
Pedroia Boston 43 Hudson Los Angeles 39 Abreu Los Angeles 15 Reynolds Arizona 12 Atlanta 26 27 .491 6 4 3-7 L-2 12-14 14-13
▲ 3B Adrian Beltre, Florida 26 30 .464 7½ 5½ 5-5 L-1 12-16 14-14
BRoberts Baltimore 43 Utley Philadelphia 39 Bartlett Tampa Bay 14 Taveras Cincinnati 12 Washington 14 39 .264 18 16 1-9 L-3 8-19 6-20
Mariners. Just when Three tied 42 Victorino Philadelphia 38 Span Minnesota 12 Four tied 11
you think it’s safe Central W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
to forget about Milwaukee 32 23 .582 — — 5-5 W-1 16-9 16-14
RBIs Pitching (x decisions) St. Louis 31 24 .564 1 — 5-5 L-1 19-12 12-12
Beltre (right) in AP
Cincinnati 28 26 .519 3½ 2½ 4-6 L-2 13-13 15-13
A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. Chicago 27 25 .519 3½ 2½ 6-4 W-2 16-10 11-15
mixed leagues, he Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Pittsburgh 25 29 .463 6½ 5½ 5-5 L-1 15-11 10-18
produces an impres- Longoria Tampa Bay 55 Ibanez Philadelphia 54 Feldman Texas 5-0 1.000 Broxton Los Angeles 6-0 1.000 Houston 24 29 .453 7 6 6-4 W-1 13-16 11-13
sive cluster of multi-hit games and Bay Boston 53 Fielder Milwaukee 52 Palmer Los Angeles 5-0 1.000 Cain San Francisco 7-1 .875 West W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
moves back to the No. 3 spot. Morneau Minnesota 51 Pujols St. Louis 49 Halladay Toronto 9-1 .900 Martis Washington 5-1 .833 Los Angeles 38 19 .667 — — 6-4 W-1 21-7 17-12
Teixeira New York 47 Howard Philadelphia 46 Slowey Minnesota 8-1 .889 JoJohnson Florida 5-1 .833 San Francisco 28 25 .528 8 2 8-2 W-3 18-9 10-16
DOWN San Diego 25 29 .463 11½ 5½ 3-7 L-4 17-10 8-19
Kinsler Texas 44 AdGonzalez San Diego 43 Greinke Kansas City 8-2 .800 Lincecum San Francisco 4-1 .800 Arizona 24 31 .436 13 7 5-5 W-1 12-19 12-12
▼ C Geovany Soto, Cubs. Manager TorHunter Los Angeles 43 Dunn Washington 42 Baez Baltimore 4-1 .800 LiHernandez New York 4-1 .800 Colorado 22 32 .407 14½ 8½ 4-6 W-2 9-14 13-18
Lou Piniella has finally decided to CPena Tampa Bay 42 Loney Los Angeles 42 Beckett Boston 6-2 .750 Gallardo Milwaukee 6-2 .750 z-first game was a win
bench the struggling Soto, giving
him a “mental break” for a few HIts Strikeouts
Pitching Matchups Today’s Games (All times Eastern)
games. A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. American League The Line
▼ OF Alfonso Soriano, Cubs. Soriano Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Tampa Bay (Price 1-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 5-3), 1:05 p.m. at NYY -155 TB +145
admitted to battling knee pain for AHill Toronto 77 Tejada Houston 76 Verlander Detroit 97 Lincecum San Francisco 91 Kansas City (Hochevar 0-2) at Toronto (Richmond 4-2), 1:07 p.m. at Tor -155 KC +145
VMartinez Cleveland 75 Hudson Los Angeles 71 Greinke Kansas City 91 JSantana New York 89
most of May, which could explain Cleveland (Sowers 1-2) at Chicago White Sox (G.Floyd 3-5), 4:05 p.m. at ChW -140 Cle +130
Crawford Tampa Bay 73 Ibanez Philadelphia 70 Halladay Toronto 82 JVazquez Atlanta 86
his .216 average last month and Morneau Minnesota 72 Zimmerman Washington 70 FHernandez Seattle 79 Billingsley Los Angeles 85
Minnesota (Blackburn 5-2) at Seattle (Washburn 3-4), 4:10 p.m. at Sea -115 Min +105
the continued struggles so far in ISuzuki Seattle 72 Pence Houston 67 Lester Boston 74 Peavy San Diego 84 L.A. Angels (Escobar 0-0) at Detroit (E.Jackson 5-3), 7:05 p.m. at Det -135 LAA +125
June. Ellsbury Boston 71 HaRamirez Florida 67 Beckett Boston 68 Haren Arizona 78 Texas (Holland 1-2) at Boston (Lester 4-5), 7:10 p.m. at Bos -190 Tex +180
Baltimore (Berken 1-1) at Oakland (Cahill 2-5), 9:05 p.m. at Oak -130 Bal +120
▼ 1B/3B Garrett Atkins, Rockies. MYoung Texas 70 FSanchez Pittsburgh 67 Garza Tampa Bay 66 JoJohnson Florida 72
Despite his recent two-homer Doubles Saves National League The Line
game, Atkins could still be Philadelphia (Blanton 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 1-1), 4:10 p.m. at LAD -130 Phi +120
A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L.
moving down—as in down to San Francisco (J.Sanchez 2-4) at Florida (A.Miller 1-2), 6:10 p.m. at Fla -135 SF +125
Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team
Triple-A. Pittsburgh (Maholm 3-2) at Houston (Oswalt 2-2), 7:05 p.m. at Hou -165 Pit +155
Lind Toronto 21 Tejada Houston 20 Fuentes Los Angeles 15 Bell San Diego 15
— Brad Pinkerton N.Y. Mets (Maine 5-3) at Washington (Lannan 2-5), 7:05 p.m. NYM -120 at Was +110
Longoria Tampa Bay 20 FSanchez Pittsburgh 19 Papelbon Boston 14 FrRodriguez New York 15
MORE COVERAGE MYoung Texas 20 AdLaRoche Pittsburgh 18 Jenks Chicago 12 Cordero Cincinnati 14 Chicago Cubs (Dempster 4-3) at Cincinnati (Maloney 0-0), 7:10 p.m. ChC -130 at Cin +120
Byrd Texas 19 Beltran New York 17 FFrancisco Texas 12 BWilson San Francisco 14 Milwaukee (Suppan 3-4) at Atlanta (J.Vazquez 4-4), 7:10 p.m. at Atl -145 Mil +135
Get everything you need to Scutaro Toronto 18 Hudson Los Angeles 17 MaRivera New York 12 Hoffman Milwaukee 14 Colorado (Cook 3-3) at St. Louis (Wellemeyer 5-5), 7:15 p.m. at StL -125 Col +115
dominate your fantasy league at Three tied 17 HaRamirez Florida 17 Sherrill Baltimore 11 Three tied 13
sportingnews.com/fantasy/baseball Arizona (Scherzer 2-4) at San Diego (Correia 1-4), 10:05 p.m. Ari -120 at SD +110
Rowand San Francisco 17 Nathan Minnesota 11.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Texas 5, Boston 1 Team-by-team disabled list
(Provided by Major League Baseball) 15 SS Alfredo Amezaga, May 17

Rangers show they can win at Fenway, too (x-60-day; all others are 15-day)
Through June 5
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore
LHP Cesar Jimenez-x, March 29
C Kenji Johjima, May 26
RHP Shawn Kelley, May 6
LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith,
LHP Renyel Pinto, May 23
RHP Scott Proctor-x March 27
Houston
3B Aaron Boone-x March 27
OF Luis Montanez, May 23 April 11 RHP Doug Brocail, May 4
Rangers 5, Red Sox 1 RHP Dennis Sarfate, May 2 RHP Carlos Silva, May 7 RHP Geoff Geary, May 14
BOSTON—Kevin Millwood and Ian Kin- RHP Alfredo Simon, April 15 Tampa Bay 2B Kazuo Matsui, May 30
sler teamed to give the Texas Rangers a Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
RHP Koji Uehara, May 24 SS Jason Bartlett, May 25 RHP Jose Valverde, April 27
Kinsler 2b 4 1 1 3 0 1 .281
rare victory in Fenway Park. M.Young 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .332 Boston RHP Chad Bradford, March 27 Los Angeles
Blalock dh 2 1 0 0 2 0 .259 RHP Miguel Gonzalez-x, March OF Pat Burrell, May 11 LHP Hong-Chih Kuo, April 30
Millwood held Boston scoreless for N.Cruz rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .289 27 INF Akinori Iwamura-x, May 25 1B Doug Mienkiewicz-x, April
seven innings, Kinsler hit a three-run Dav.Murphy lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .231 SS Jed Lowrie, April 12 LHP Scott Kazmir, May 21 17
Byrd cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .301 RHP John Smoltz, March 27 RHP Troy Percival, May 22 LHP Will Ohman, May 28
homer and the Rangers ended an eight- C.Davis 1b 4 1 3 1 0 1 .210 Chicago CF Fernando Perez-x, March 27 OF Xanvier Paul, May 21
game losing streak in Fenway Park with Saltalamacchia c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .248 OF Carlos Quentin, May 26 C Shawn Riggans, April 10 RHP Jason Schmidt, March 30
a 5-1 victory over the Red Sox on Friday. Andrus ss 3 1 1 1 0 0 .278 Cleveland LHP Brian Shouse, May 25 LHP Eric Stults, May 31
Totals 33 5 8 5 2 8 RHP Rafael Betancourt, June 1 Texas RHP Claudio Vargas-x, April 6
“It’s a different year,” Kinsler said. INF Asdrubal Cabrera, June 3 RHP Joaquin Benoit-x, April 5 Milwaukee
“It’s just another win. We’re just trying Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg. LHP Aaron Laffey, May 23 RHP William Eyre-x, April 23 RHP David Riske, April 10
Pedroia 2b 3 0 0 0 2 1 .321 LHP Scott Lewis-x, April 11 OF Josh Hamilton, June 1 2B Rickie Weeks, May 18
to keep winning.” J.Drew rf 3 0 2 0 2 1 .261 RHP Anthony Reyes-x, May 23 LHP Matt Harrison, May 26 New York
The A.L. West-leading Rangers have Youkilis 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .352 OF Grady Sizemore, May 31 RHP Eric Hurley-x, April 5 OF Ryan Church, May 23
Bay lf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .281 RHP Joe Smith, April 29 RHP Dustin Nippert-x, March 27 INF Alex Cora, May 18
been in sole possession of first place for Lowell 3b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .301
RHP Jake Westbrook-x, March Toronto 1B Carlos Delgado, May 11
the past 31 days, their most since 1999. D.Ortiz dh 4 0 1 1 0 1 .188
Varitek c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .248 26 C Michael Barrett, April 18 INF Ramon Martinez, June 3
“Well it’s nice to get a win, yes it is,” Ellsbury cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .311 Detroit RHP Jesse Litsch, April 14 OF Angel Pagan, June 1
Lugo ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .256 RHP Jeremy Bonderman, RHP Shaun Marcum, March 27 LHP Oliver Perez, May 3
Rangers manager Ron Washington said. a-Baldelli ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .260 March 30 RHP Dustin McGowan, March RHP J.J. Putz-x, June 5
“We certainly weren’t thinking about N.Green ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288 SS Carlos Guillen, May 5 27 SS Jose Reyes, May 21
Totals 35 1 7 1 6 7 OF Marcus Thames, April 19 RHP Robert Ray, May 22 LHP Billy Wagner, March 27
what happened last year. We’re just out C Matt Treanor-x, April 24 Philadelphia
there trying to win a ballgame.” Texas 000 041 000 — 5 8 1 Kansas City NATIONAL LEAGUE RHP Brett Myers, May 28.
The Rangers, who dropped two of Boston 000 000 010 — 1 7 0 SS Mike Aviles, May 24 Arizona Pittsburgh
C John Buck, May 31 1B Tony Clark, May 5 C Ryan Doumit, April 20
three games against the Yankees this a-grounded into a fielder’s choice for Lugo in the 8th. 3B Alex Gordon, April 16 RHP Tom Gordon, May 4 LHP Phil Dumatrait-x, March 27
week, lost all seven in Fenway last year E: C.Davis (1). LOB: Texas 3, Boston 13. 2B: C.Davis (7), RHP Sidney Ponson, May 30 1B Conor Jackson, May 12 RHP Craig Hansen, April 20
Bay (15), Varitek (12), Ellsbury (11). HR: Kinsler (15), off RHP Robinson Tejeda, May 21 RHP Yusmeiro Petit, May 9 LHP Donnie Veal, May 30
and went 1-9 overall. Penny. RBIs: Kinsler 3 (44), C.Davis (27), Andrus (12), RHP Doug Waechter, April 18 1B Chad Tracy, May 30 RHP Tyler Yates, May 16
“I thought tonight was a big game for D.Ortiz (21). SB: J.Drew (1). Runners left in scoring Los Angeles RHP Brandon Webb, April 7 St. Louis
position: Boston 9 (Lowell 5, Lugo, Ellsbury 2, Baldelli).
us,” Millwood said. “To be able to go out RHP Kelvim Escobar-x, April 4 Atlanta LHP Jaime Garcia, March 27
DP: Boston 1 (Lowell, Pedroia, Youkilis).
RHP Shane Loux, May 17 RHP Jorge Campillo, June 3 3B Troy Glaus, March 27
and pitch well gives us a big boost. I’ve Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA RHP Dustin Moseley, April 18 RHP Buddy Carlyle, May 26 SS Khalil Greene, May 28
always liked pitching here. I know Millwood W, 5-4 7 7 1 0 4 5 117 2.96 C Robert Shields, May 27 RHP Tim Hudson-x, Feb. 24 San Diego
Guardado H, 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 3.77 Minnesota SS Omar Infante, May 21 RHP Mike Adams-x, April 1
they’re not cheering for me, but there’s O’Day 1 0 0 0 2 1 26 1.06 RHP Boof Bonser, March 27 LHP Jo-Jo Reyes, May 21 RHP Cha Seung Baek-x, March
always a lot of energy in this ballpark.” Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA RHP Pat Neshek-x, Feb. 21 Chicago 30
The loss snapped Boston’s four-game Penny L, 5-2 5 2⁄3 7 5 5 2 5 103 5.85 LHP Glen Perkins, May 19 RHP Chad Fox, May 10 SS Everth Cabrera-x, April 20
D.Bard 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 17 0.90 INF Nick Punto, May 28 INF-OF Ryan Freel, May 28 OF Scott Hairston, June 3
winning streak and dropped its home Delcarmen 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.13 New York RHP Rich Harden, May 18 RHP Shawn Hill, April 26
mark to 17-7, second in the majors behind Saito 1 1 0 0 0 1 14 2.70 RHP Brian Bruney, May 20 2B Aaron Miles, May 26 2B Luis Rodriguez, May 14
LHP Damaso Marte, April 26 3B Aramis Ramirez, May 9 RHP Mark Worrell-x, April 1
the Los Angeles Dodgers. Millwood pitched to 3 batters in the 8th. Inherited C Jose Molina, May 8 Cincinnati San Francisco
The Red Sox stranded 13 runners, runners-scored: Guardado 2-0, D.Bard 2-0. Umpires: OF Xavier Nady, April 15 3B Edwin Encarnacion, April 28 LHP Noah Lowry-x, March 26
Home, Jeff Kellogg; First, Ron Kulpa; Second, Tim Tim- SS Bryan Ransom-x, April 25 RHP Edinson Volquez, June 2 RHP Joseph Martinez-x, April 10
nine on second or third. mons; Third, Rob Drake. T: 3:01. A: 37,519 (37,373). Oakland 1B Joey Votto, May 29 Washington
Millwood (5-4), winless in four of his OF Travis Buck, May 30 Colorado CF Roger Bernadina-x, April 19
last five starts, shut out the Red Sox until 3B Eric Chavez-x, April 25 INF Jeff Baker-x, April 27 LHP Matt Chico-x, March 27
RHP Joey Devine-x, April 4 RHP Taylor Buchholz-x, March C Jesus Flores, May 10
David Ortiz’s RBI single in the eighth. RHP Justin Duchscherer-x, 27 LHP Scott Olsen, May 17
Eddie Guardado relieved and retired the March 27 RHP Matt Daley, May 18 RHP Kip Wells, June 2
2B Mark Ellis-x, April 29 LHP Jeffrey Francis-x, March 27 1B Dmitri Young, April 1
next three hitters easily with two run- SS Nomar Garciaparra, May 24 C Chris Iannetta, May 24 RHP Terrell Young, March 27
ners on before Darren O’Day got the RHP Dan Giese-x, May 16 LHP Franklin Morales, April 22
final three outs despite walking a pair. CHARLES KRUPA / AP Rays at Yankees was Seattle RHP Ryan Speier, April 19
postponed due to rain. RHP Roy Corcoran, April 29
— The Associated Press Ian Kinsler’s three-run homer in the fifth inning for Texas broke up a scoreless game. LHP Ryan Feierabend-x, March Florida
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Toronto 9, Kansas City 3 Cleveland 6, Chicago White Sox 0
First shutout for Pavano since ’05
Not even Greinke can stop Royals’ slump Indians 6, White Sox 0
Blue Jays 9, Royals 3 CHICAGO—Carl Pavano is clos-
Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg. ing in on the form that earned B.Francisco cf-rf 4 1 0 0 1 2 .257
Crisp cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .224 him a big contract from the Yan- DeRosa 3b 5 1 1 3 0 0 .263
Bloomquist lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .284 V.Martinez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .344
Butler 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .282 kees—and eluded him for four Choo lf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .303
J.Guillen rf 4 1 1 2 0 2 .255 years in New York. Jh.Peralta ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .258
Jacobs dh 4 1 1 1 0 1 .233 Hafner dh 4 1 1 1 0 1 .269
Callaspo 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .293 Pavano pitched a three-hitter Garko rf 2 2 1 1 1 1 .254
Teahen 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .271 for his fifth career shutout and Crowe cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .200
Olivo c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .242 Shoppach c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .202
Pena Jr. ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .053 Mark DeRosa hit a three-run Barfield 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .625
Totals 31 3 5 3 3 7 homer, leading the Cleveland Totals 35 6 9 6 3 6
Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Indians to a 6-0 win over the Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Scutaro ss 4 2 3 0 1 0 .302 Chicago White Sox on Friday Podsednik lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .292
A.Hill 2b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .309 Al.Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .249
Rios rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .266 night. Thome dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .247
V.Wells cf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .257 Pavano (6-4) handled the Konerko 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .295
Lind lf 4 2 2 1 0 1 .316 Pierzynski c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .304
Rolen 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .294 White Sox lineup with relative Bri.Anderson cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .255
Overbay 1b 3 1 2 3 1 1 .291 ease in his first shutout since Wise rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .167
Millar dh 3 1 0 0 1 0 .260 Beckham 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Barajas c 4 1 1 2 0 1 .288 May 17, 2005, for the Yankees. Getz 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .245
Totals 35 9 10 9 3 6 He faced four batters over the Totals 29 0 3 0 2 6
Kansas City 000 000 300 — 3 5 3 minimum. Cleveland 003 002 001 — 6 9 0
Toronto 114 010 02x — 9 10 0 Pavano signed a four-year Chicago 000 000 000 — 0 3 1
E: J.Guillen (2), Pena Jr. (2), Teahen (4). LOB: Kansas $39.95 million deal with the Yan- E: Getz (3). LOB: Cleveland 5, Chicago 4. 2B: Crowe (3),
City 4, Toronto 5. 2B: Scutaro 3 (18), Rios (15), Overbay kees after going 18-8 with 3.00 Podsednik (6), Pierzynski (7). HR: DeRosa (9), off Danks;
(15). HR: J.Guillen (6), off R.Romero; Jacobs (10), off Hafner (5), off Danks; Garko (6), off Danks. RBIs: DeRosa
R.Romero; Overbay (6), off Greinke; Lind (9), off Greinke; ERA with the Marlins in 2004, 3 (37), Hafner (9), Garko (24), Barfield (2). Runners left
Barajas (4), off J.Cruz. RBIs: J.Guillen 2 (25), Jacobs but won just 14 games with them. in scoring position: Cleveland 2 (Shoppach, Hafner);
(26), Rios (27), V.Wells 2 (27), Lind (39), Overbay 3 (30), Chicago 2 (Konerko, Bri.Anderson). DP: Cleveland 1
Barajas 2 (29). Runners left in scoring position: Now away from New York, (Barfield, Jh.Peralta, V.Martinez); Chicago 2 (Beckham,
Kansas City 1 (Bloomquist); Toronto 4 (Lind, Millar, Rios Pavano is showing signs of the Getz, Konerko), (Al.Ramirez, Getz, Konerko).
2). DP: Kansas City 1 (Pena Jr., Callaspo, Butler); Toronto
2 (Scutaro, A.Hill, Overbay), (Scutaro, A.Hill, Overbay). brilliance he displayed with Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Florida. Pavano W, 6-4 9 3 0 0 2 6 101 4.63
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Greinke L, 8-2 5 9 7 5 1 3 101 1.55 “I think every year is a new Danks L, 4-4 5 2⁄3 6 5 5 2 4 100 5.10
Ho.Ramirez 2 0 0 0 1 1 23 5.96 year. Obviously I had a good year Carrasco 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 13 2.25
J.Cruz 1 1 2 2 1 2 26 4.56 Linebrink 1 1 0 0 1 0 16 1.83
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA in ’04 but this is a new year for Jenks 1 2 1 1 0 1 24 3.32
DARREN CALABRESE / AP R.Romero W, 3-2 7 5 3 3 2 5 90 4.10 me,” said Pavano. “I just want to
Frasor 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 2.29 Umpires: Home, Dana DeMuth; First, Doug Eddings;
Toronto SS Marco Scutaro, left, watches as teammate Aaron Hill turns a double play while jumping over a sliding Willie Bloomquist of Kansas City. Downs 1 0 0 0 1 2 13 2.25 build off of what I’ve been doing. Second, Hunter Wendelstedt; Third, Brian Knight. T:
I’ve learned from the success 2:24. A: 29,825 (40,615).
WP: Greinke, R.Romero. PB: Barajas. Umpires: Home,
TORONTO—Zack Greinke felt weird Rod Barajas added a two-run shot for runs—five earned—and nine hits in five Mark Carlson; First, Tim Tschida; Second, Bob Davidson; that I’ve had in the past but not
after taking his worst pounding of the the Blue Jays, who boosted Greinke’s innings. He walked one and struck out Third, Jeff Nelson. T: 2:27. A: 15,435 (49,539). dwell too much on it.”
season. ERA from 1.10 to 1.55. three. The righthander dropped to 1-4 After giving up a leadoff dou-
Adam Lind and Lyle Overbay hit solo “No matter what I threw, it was just with a 7.07 ERA in his career at Rogers ble in the first inning to Scott
home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays hammered,” Greinke said. “I’m not Centre. Podsednik, he retired the next
roughed up the Kansas City ace, hand- used to that. I don’t remember seeing “It was kind of weird out there,” three hitters and stranded Pod-
ing the Royals their eighth straight loss, anyone get hit that hard in a long time.” Greinke said. “It’s one thing to get hit, sednik at third.
9-3 on Friday night. Seeking to join Toronto’s Roy Halla- but everything was a line drive. Pavano is 6-1 with a 3.00 ERA
“They hit me real hard today,” day as the only nine-game winners in “Today, I just got crushed,” he after going 0-3 with a 9.50 ERA
Greinke said. “Whatever I threw was baseball, Greinke (8-2) was instead added. in April.
hit. Even the outs were hit hard.” tagged for a season high seven — The Associated Press — The Associated Press
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
L.A. Angels 2, Detroit 1 Oakland 9, Baltimore 1

A’s win streak reaches four

Santana gets first win since Sept. 22 OAKLAND—Jack Cust and Matt Athletics 9, Orioles 1
Angels 2, Tigers 1 Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
DETROIT—Ervin Santana knew he had to Holiday each hit three-run hom- B.Roberts 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .287
be patient as he recovered from an elbow Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg. ers, Dallas Braden matched his Ad.Jones cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .340
Figgins 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .302 Pie cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .202
injury that cost him the first six weeks of Abreu rf 1 0 0 0 3 1 .295 career high of seven strikeouts Markakis rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .289
the season. Friday, that patience paid off. Guerrero dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .270 and the Oakland Athletics beat Reimold rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .275
Tor.Hunter cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .316 A.Huff dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .263
Santana didn’t allow a run until the K.Morales 1b 4 1 1 0 0 3 .277 the Baltimore Orioles 9-1 on Fri- Mora 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .270
ninth inning and posted his first win of J.Rivera lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .299 day night. Scott lf 3 1 1 1 0 2 .323
E.Aybar ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .277 Wigginton 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .224
the season as the Los Angeles Angels beat Mathis c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .221 Aaron Cunningham drove in Wieters c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .167
the slumping Detroit Tigers 2-1. a-M.Izturis ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .269 two runs while Adam Kennedy Andino ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .239
Napoli c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Totals 31 1 5 1 0 9
“Ervin answered a lot of questions with Kendrick 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .229 had a pair of hits and scored
a resounding ‘yes’ tonight,” said Angels Totals 29 2 7 2 5 8 twice for the A’s, who extended Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
O.Cabrera ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .226
manager Mike Scioscia. “He’s been Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg. their winning streak to a season- Kennedy 2b 4 2 2 0 0 1 .340
through a lot this year, so this was big for J.Anderson lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .269 high four games. Cust dh 3 2 1 3 1 1 .249
Polanco 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Holliday lf 3 1 2 3 0 0 .286
him.” Thomas rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .240 Braden (5-5) scattered five hits Giambi 1b 2 1 0 0 1 0 .217
Santana (1-2) picked up his first win b-Mi.Cabrera ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .354 and allowed one run over five Crosby 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .205
1-Raburn pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 K.Suzuki c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .283
since Sept. 22, after allowing 15 runs in Ordonez dh 4 0 2 1 0 1 .280 innings while improving to 4-1 Cunningham rf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .154
his previous two outings. He improved to Granderson cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .271 against Baltimore. He had seven Hannahan 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .183
Inge 3b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .277 R.Davis cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .192
4-0 against Detroit since the start of 2008 Larish 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .214 strikeouts for the fifth time in Totals 33 9 10 9 2 3
by allowing six hits and two walks in 8 Laird c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .226 his career and didn’t walk any-
Everett ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .263 Baltimore 000 000 100 — 1 5 1
2-3 innings, striking out seven. Totals 29 1 6 1 2 7 one for the second time this Oakland 600 030 00x — 9 10 1
“I wasn’t worried, because I knew season.
Los Angeles 000 000 002 — 2 7 0 E: Andino (3), Cunningham (1). LOB: Baltimore 3,
things weren’t going to be perfect coming Detroit 000 000 001 — 1 6 1 The four-game streak is Oak- Oakland 3. 2B: K.Suzuki (16). HR: Scott (13), off Braden;
back from injury,” he said. “I’m always land’s longest since winning Cust (9), off Guthrie; Holliday (8), off Hendrickson. RBIs:
a-was intentionally walked for Mathis in the 9th. Scott (33), Cust 3 (31), Holliday 3 (36), Cunningham 2
happy to be out there, but today was even b-walked for Thomas in the 9th. 1-ran for Mi.Cabrera in four straight from Sept. 19-22, (6), R.Davis (1). Runners left in scoring position:
better than usual.” the 9th. E: Inge (5). LOB: Los Angeles 8, Detroit 4. 2B: 2008. Baltimore 1 (Wieters); Oakland 1 (R.Davis). DP:
Ordonez (8), Laird (6). 3B: J.Anderson (3). RBIs: J.Rivera Baltimore 2 (Andino, B.Roberts, Wigginton), (Andino,
Torii Hunter and Kendry Morales (22), Kendrick (21), Ordonez (20). SB: Figgins (21). CS: Pitching has been a big B.Roberts, Wigginton); Oakland 1 (Braden, O.Cabrera,
started the ninth with singles off Fer- Kendrick (2), J.Anderson (2). S: Figgins, E.Aybar, Everett. reason. Giambi).
Runners left in scoring position: Los Angeles 5
nando Rodney (0-1). Juan Rivera fouled (Guerrero 2, K.Morales, Figgins 2); Detroit 3 (Larish, The A’s staff combined for a Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
off six pitches before poking a single to Polanco, Granderson). DP: Los Angeles 2 (Figgins, Ken- pair of shutouts in the weekend Guthrie L, 4-5 2⁄3 7 6 6 0 0 29 5.61
drick, K.Morales), (Kendrick, E.Aybar, K.Morales); Detroit Hendrickson 3 1⁄3 2 3 3 2 1 56 5.72
right through the drawn-in infield for the 1 (Inge, Polanco, Larish). series with the White Sox, then Albers 2 1 0 0 0 1 18 5.30
game’s first run. got another solid outing from A.Castillo 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 0.00
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Bass 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 3.93
“I just wanted to get the ball up in the E.Santana W, 1-2 8 2⁄3 6 1 1 2 7 109 6.75 Braden. The lefty baffled the Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
air and over the infield,” Rivera said Fuentes S, 15-18 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.95 Orioles most of the evening and Braden W, 5-5 7 5 1 1 0 7 101 3.41
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA E.Gonzalez 1 0 0 0 0 1 18 4.91
through an interpreter. “He was throwing Verlander 8 4 0 0 4 7 119 3.26 allowed only one runner to reach Springer 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 6.64
me changeups and high fastballs, and I Rodney L, 0-1 1 3 2 2 1 1 32 3.52 second base through the first six
Hendrickson pitched to 4 batters in the 5th. Inherited
just kept fouling them off until I got one I Inherited runners-scored: Fuentes 2-0. IBB: off innings. He also started a 1-6-3 runners-scored: Hendrickson 1-0, Albers 1-0. HBP: by
could hit.” Rodney (M.Izturis), off Verlander (Abreu). HBP: by double play in the fifth to shut A.Castillo (Holliday). WP: Bass. Umpires: Home, Gary
Verlander (Mathis). Umpires: Home, Phil Cuzzi; First, Darling; First, Bill Hohn; Second, Bruce Dreckman; Third,
After Erick Aybar’s sacrifice bunt, Tom Hallion; Second, Jerry Crawford; Third, Dan Bellino. down a potential scoring threat. Paul Emmel. T: 2:14. A: 12,608 (35,067).
Howie Kendrick’s groundout made it 2-0. T: 2:35. A: 31,187 (41,255). Braden’s lone mistake came
Magglio Ordonez hit an RBI single in with two outs in the seventh
the ninth, but Angels closer Brian Fuentes when he gave up a home run to
replaced Santana and eventually got his Luke Scott, ending a 20-inning
15th save. DUANE BURLESON / AP scoreless streak by A’s pitchers.
— The Associated Press Juan Rivera’s RBI single in the ninth inning broke a scoreless tie. — The Associated Press
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Colorado 11, St. Louis 4 Rockies 11, Cardinals 4
Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Chicago Cubs 2, Cincinnati 1
Fowler cf 3 2 1 2 1 1 .256 Cubs 2, Reds 1

Patience pays off for De La Rosa C.Gonzalez cf

Barmes ss
Helton 1b
1 0
5 1
4 1
0 0
2 1
1 3
0
0
1
0
1
2
.000
.270
.314
Big Z gets Chicago
A.Soriano lf
Theriot ss
AB
4
5
R
0
1
H
1
2
BI
0
0
BB
1
0
SO
0
0
Avg.
.243
.286
1-Quintanilla pr-2b 0 0
Atkins 3b-1b
Hawpe rf
Stewart 2b-3b
4 1
4 1
4 2
0 0
1 0
1 0
2 4
0
1
1
1
0
0
2
1
.217
.196
.346
.214
100th win Fukudome cf-rf
D.Lee 1b
Hoffpauir rf
3
3
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
2
2
.302
.263
.275
ST. LOUIS—Jorge De La Rosa’s first vic- S.Smith lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .265 Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
tory after an 0-6 start was no breeze. Fogg p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 CINCINNATI—Carlos Zambrano Gregg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
P.Phillips c 4 1 1 0 1 0 .235 Fontenot 3b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .232
He was nursing a one-run lead before De La Rosa p 2 1 0 1 1 2 .056
was prepared to do everything K.Hill c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .269
the Colorado Rockies scored nine runs Spilborghs lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .262 he could to earn his 100th career A.Blanco 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .150
Totals 36 11 9 11 8 11 Zambrano p 3 1 1 1 0 2 .269
in the seventh inning, a franchise victory. A.Guzman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
record for a road game. St. Louis AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Zambrano pitched into the Re.Johnson cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .287
Br.Ryan 2b 5 0 2 0 0 2 .287 Totals 33 2 7 2 4 10
Manager Jim Tracy was impressed Ankiel cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .227
seventh inning, hit a key home
with the lefthander’s composure after T.Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- run and added a couple of heads- Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
a-Thurston ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Hairston Jr. 3b 4 1 0 0 1 2 .253
giving up a home run to Albert Pujols Pujols 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .344
up defensive plays for good mea- Dickerson cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .241
that cut the deficit to 2-1 in the sixth. De LaRue c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 sure to lead the Chicago Cubs to a B.Phillips 2b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .284
Ludwick rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .241 L.Nix lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .278
La Rosa finished the inning with two Stavinoha lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .245
2-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds R.Hernandez c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .272
easy outs before the Rockies erupted in Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- on Friday. Bruce rf 2 0 1 0 2 0 .215
Rasmus cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .253 Ale.Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .209
an 11-4 victory Friday night. Y.Molina c-1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .265
“I felt good,” said Zambrano, A.Rosales 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .232
“It’s the first time all year I really Barden 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .235 who didn’t allow a hit until Adam Owings p 1 0 0 0 1 1 .290
Wainwright p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .152 Masset p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
believe he turned the page, went right D.Reyes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Rosales lined a single to left with a-Gomes ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300
to the next hitter and put the inning Motte p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- one out in the fifth inning. Rhodes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Duncan lf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .253 Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
down right there,” Tracy said. “I was T.Greene ss 2 1 2 0 2 0 .300
“Thank God we won the game. b-Hanigan ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .325
very encouraged by the way he threw Totals 34 4 10 4 3 8 I’m happy about the 100th win. 1-W.Castillo pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Totals 31 1 4 1 7 8
his shoulders back and let it go.” Colorado 010 001 900 — 11 9 0
It makes me proud, but the most
De La Rosa also got his first RBI on a St. Louis 000 001 210 — 4 10 1 important thing is we won. After Chicago 100 010 000 — 2 7 1
Cincinnati 000 000 010 — 1 4 0
bases-loaded walk off Dennys Reyes in a-struck out for T.Miller in the 9th. 1-ran for Helton in
my last start, I felt bad about
the breakaway seventh, which eclipsed the 8th. E: Barden (4). LOB: Colorado 6, St. Louis 7. 2B: what happened.” a-grounded into a fielder’s choice for Masset in the 7th.
Helton (13), Stewart (6), Ankiel (10). HR: Fowler (3), off b-singled for Cordero in the 9th. 1-ran for Hanigan in the
the previous franchise mark of eight. It TOM GANNAM / AP
Wainwright; Stewart (9), off Todd; Pujols (18), off De
Zambrano gave up two hits 9th. E: Theriot (5). LOB: Chicago 9, Cincinnati 10. 2B:
also was the first walk of his career in and a season-high five walks in 6 A.Soriano (12). 3B: B.Phillips (3). HR: Zambrano (2), off
Colorado’s Clint Barmes, right, scored from first on a RBI double by Todd Helton in the seventh inning. La Rosa; Y.Molina (4), off De La Rosa; Ludwick (9), off
Owings. RBIs: Fontenot (24), Zambrano (3), B.Phillips
74 at-bats with the take sign still on at Fogg. RBIs: Fowler 2 (12), Barmes (21), Helton 3 (39), 2/3 innings. He struck out seven
Stewart 4 (27), De La Rosa (1), Ankiel (12), Pujols (49), (41). SB: A.Soriano (6), Theriot (8). S: A.Blanco. Run-
3-1. Albert Pujols, Yadier Molina and Tigers’ Armando Galarraga for the Ludwick (28), Y.Molina (18). SB: T.Greene (3). S: Barden. while reaching the milestone in ners left in scoring position: Chicago 7 (K.Hill 2,
Runners left in scoring position: Colorado 3 (De La Hoffpauir, A.Blanco, Fukudome, Theriot 2); Cincinnati 4
“The coach told me to wait for one Ryan Ludwick homered for the Cardi- longest in the major leagues and he’d Rosa, Hawpe 2); St. Louis 6 (Ludwick, Ankiel, Br.Ryan,
his third try since beating Flor- (Hairston Jr., Gomes, Bruce, Dickerson). DP: Chicago 1
(strike), then he said one more,” De La nals, who wasted a strong outing by lost his previous three starts while Pujols 2, Thurston). DP: Colorado 2 (Stewart, Quintanilla, ida on May 3 for win No. 99. Since (D.Lee, Zambrano).
Rosa said. Adam Wainwright (5-4). Molina hit allowing 18 runs in 12 innings. Atkins), (Quintanilla, Barmes, Atkins); St. Louis 1 (Pujols, then, he spent 19 days on the dis-
Y.Molina). Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Dexter Fowler homered for a 2-0 lead his first homer since May 5 in the sev- Before Friday, the Rockies averaged abled list with a left hamstring Zambrano W, 4-2 6 2⁄3 2 0 0 5 7 109 3.72
Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA A.Guzman H, 6 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.45
in the sixth and drew a bases-loaded enth, four innings after Helton him on only 2.3 runs in his outings—third- De La Rosa W, 1-6 6 2⁄3 7 3 3 2 7 101 5.28
strain, lost at San Diego and was Marmol H, 13 1 1 1 1 2 0 23 3.46
walk one at-bat after the .056-hitting the side of the head on a backswing. lowest in the N.L. The Cardinals were Fogg 2 1⁄3 3 1 1 1 1 29 2.00 suspended six games for an alter- Gregg S, 10-12 1 1 0 0 0 1 23 4.81
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
De La Rosa’s free pass in the Rockies’ Pujols was 1-for-4 to end a streak of 0 for 7 with five strikeouts with run- Wainwright L, 5-4 6 3 3 2 3 8 112 3.35
cation with plate umpire Mark Owings L, 3-7 6 5 2 2 3 6 98 4.90
biggest inning of the year. Todd Helton 15 straight games in which he reached ners in scoring position the first six D.Reyes 0 1 3 3 2 0 11 5.52 Carlson on May 27 in Chicago. Masset 1 1 0 0 0 2 14 0.95
Motte 0 2 3 3 1 0 17 3.97 Rhodes 1 0 0 0 0 2 11 0.47
added a three-run double, and Ian base at least twice, tying Keith Hernan- innings while falling behind, and De Todd 1 2⁄3 3 2 2 2 2 45 10.80
His return was delayed one Cordero 1 1 0 0 1 0 16 1.57
Stewart had a three-run homer for dez (1980) for the Cardinals’ longest La Rosa ended up allowing three runs T.Miller 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 13 3.60 more day by rain that washed
Inherited runners-scored: A.Guzman 2-0. WP:
Colorado, which scored 10 runs Thurs- run in 50 years. Pete Rose’s 20-game in 6 2-3 innings for his first victory in Wainwright pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. D.Reyes
out his scheduled start Thursday Gregg. Umpires: Home, Mike DiMuro; First, Dale Scott;
day to beat Houston. streak in 1979 is the longest in the 11 starts since Sept. 25 at San pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. Motte pitched to 3 bat- in Atlanta. Second, Jerry Meals; Third, Damien Beal. T: 2:55. A:
ters in the 7th. Inherited runners-scored: Fogg 2-0, 32,374 (42,319).
“The one inning makes it really a bad majors over that span. Francisco. D.Reyes 1-1, Motte 3-3, Todd 1-1, T.Miller 3-0. WP: De La
“Zambrano pitched really,
game,” Cardinals manager Tony La Tracy put De La Rosa (1-6) on notice “It’s nice to get the first one,” De La Rosa 2. Umpires: Home, Tim Welke; First, Jim Reynolds; really well—really well,” Cubs
Russa said. “But even when the game before the game, noting that it was a Rosa said. “It took a long time. I hope I Second, Angel Hernandez; Third, Bill Welke. T: 3:13. A: manager Lou Piniella said. “He
41,115 (43,975).
was closer they were hitting and pitch- “performance business.” De La Rosa’s keep pitching like I pitched today.” got a little tired at the end.”
ing better than we were.” losing streak had been tied with the — The Associated Press — The Associated Press
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Giants 2, Marlins 1
N.Y. Mets 3, Washington 1, 10 innings Mets 3, Nationals 1, 10 innings
New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
San Francisco 2, Florida 1 San Francisco AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Cora ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 .300 Rowand cf 5 0 3 0 0 2 .302
’Pen holds on
No power, no problem for Wright
L.Castillo 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .281 B.Wilson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Beltran cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .353 F.Lewis lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .269
D.Wright 3b 5 1 4 2 0 0 .338 Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Dan.Murphy 1b 4 0 0 0 1
Tatis lf
F.Martinez rf
3 0 1 1 1
3 0 0 0 2
1
0
1
.242
.271
.200
for Zito’s 2nd d-Torres ph-cf
Winn rf-lf
B.Molina c
1
4
4
0
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
.235
.287
.253
Schneider c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .207 Sandoval 1b 4 1 2 2 0 2 .306
b-Brown ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 MIAMI—Barry Zito couldn’t do Uribe ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .297
Santos c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .258
Redding p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .200 anything but watch as the bull- Aurilia 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .214
Burriss 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .267
c-Sheffield ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .266 pen tried to preserve his first win Zito p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .111
Stokes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Parnell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- in five starts. Medders p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
e-Reed ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .317 c-Schierholtz ph-rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .250
S.Green p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Pablo Sandoval hit a two-run Totals 36 2 11 2 2 9
Fr.Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- homer, Zito ended a four-start
Totals 35 3 8 3 7 4 Florida AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
losing streak and the San Fran- Bonifacio 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .246
Washington AB R H BI BB SO Avg. cisco Giants beat the Florida f-Helms ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .235
C.Guzman ss 5 0 3 0 0 0 .333 Hermida lf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .260
N.Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0 1 2 .323 Marlins 2-1 on Friday night. Ha.Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0 1 1 .335
Zimmerman 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .320 Zito (2-6) went five-plus Cantu 1b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .276
Dunn lf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .258 Uggla 2b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .223
Dukes cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .262 innings, allowing one run on C.Ross cf-rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .255
Kearns rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .220
J.Bard c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .214 four hits to get his first win since R.Paulino c 4 0 2 0 0 1 .250
B.Carroll rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .200
A.Hernandez 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .278 May 8 at Los Angeles. a-De Aza ph-cf 0 0 0 1 1 0 .308
Martis p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238
a-Alb.Gonzalez ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .283 Brandon Medders and Sergio Volstad p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .083
Bergmann p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 b-Gload ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Villone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Romo combined for three score- Calero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
MacDougal p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- less innings of relief. Brian Wil- Sanches p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
d-Belliard ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .176 Meyer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Beimel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- son loaded the bases with two Nunez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Hanrahan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- outs in the ninth, but got Jorge e-Coghlan ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205
f-W.Harris ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Totals 31 1 6 1 6 7
Totals 35 1 7 1 3 5 Cantu to ground out for his 14th
New York 010 000 000 2 —3 8 0
save in 17 opportunities. San Francisco 000 200 000 — 2 11 1
Florida 000 001 000 — 1 6 0
Washington 000 010 000 0 —1 7 2 Zito stayed in the dugout until
a-singled for Martis in the 5th. b-walked for Schneider the final out. a-hit a sacrifice fly for B.Carroll in the 6th. b-flied out
for Volstad in the 6th. c-singled for Medders in the 7th.
in the 7th. c-struck out for Redding in the 7th. d-struck “It’s a little nerve-racking. I d-struck out for Romo in the 9th. e-sacrificed for Nunez
out for MacDougal in the 7th. e-grounded out for
HARAZ N. GHANBARI / AP Parnell in the 9th. f-grounded out for Hanrahan in the can’t imagine what it’s like to be a in the 9th. f-struck out for Bonifacio in the 9th. E: Uribe
10th. E: C.Guzman (8), Bergmann (1). LOB: New York (4). LOB: San Francisco 9, Florida 12. 2B: Rowand (17),
Luis Castillo, left, and Carlos Beltran, right, head back to the dugout after scoring on David Wright’s double in the 10th inning that gave the Mets the lead. 10, Washington 7. 2B: Beltran (17), D.Wright 2 (15),
coach,” Zito said. “The first thing Uribe (6). HR: Sandoval (4), off Volstad. RBIs: Sandoval
Tatis (5), Schneider (2), C.Guzman (12), J.Bard (5). people mention is your record. 2 (24), De Aza (3). SB: Rowand (4). S: Coghlan. SF: De
RBIs: D.Wright 2 (33), Tatis (12), Alb.Gonzalez (8). CS: Aza. Runners left in scoring position: San Francisco
WASHINGTON—While David Wright con- single off Joel Hanrahan (0-3), rolling an Hanrahan responded by insisting that D.Wright (8). Runners left in scoring position: New It’s the last thing we can control 4 (Burriss 3, B.Molina); Florida 8 (R.Paulino, Ha.Ramirez,
tinues to search for his power stroke, he’s 0-2 slider into right field before Carlos he threw enough fastballs to keep the York 6 (L.Castillo 2, Cora, F.Martinez 3); Washington 3 so it’s definitely rewarding.” Volstad 2, Gload 2, Cantu 2). GIDP: F.Lewis, R.Paulino.
(Zimmerman 2, Dukes). DP: New York 2 (Cora, L.Castillo, DP: San Francisco 1 (Aurilia, Burriss, Sandoval); Florida
still finding ways to contribute Beltran walked. Wright then lined a 2-2 Mets honest. Dan.Murphy), (Cora, L.Castillo, Dan.Murphy); Washing- The Giants have won eight of 1 (Bonifacio, Uggla, Cantu).
ton 1 (A.Hernandez, C.Guzman, N.Johnson). 10.
offensively. fastball into the gap in right-center to “I was trying to get a strikeout (against
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Wright’s two-run double, his fourth score both runners and match his single- Castillo) and that’s kind of been my New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Sandoval homered off Chris Zito W, 2-6 5 4 1 1 3 3 95 3.86
Redding 6 6 1 1 2 2 88 6.97
hit of the night, broke a 10th-inning tie game high for hits. strikeout pitch,” Hanrahan said. “It was Stokes 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 2.49 Volstad in the fourth for a 2-0 Medders H, 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 2.55
Romo H, 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 25 6.75
and the New York Mets beat the Wash- Wright leads the Mets with 20 multi- a situation where I probably could have Parnell 1 1 0 0 1 0 13 1.99 lead. Bengie Molina led off the B.Wilson S, 14-17 1 0 0 0 3 1 29 3.71
S.Green W, 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 5.70
ington Nationals 3-1 on Friday night to hit games and has 27 RBIs in 34 games. thrown him a fastball and he could have Fr.Rodriguez S, 15-15 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 0.70 inning with a single and San- Florida IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Volstad L, 4-5 6 8 2 2 1 5 89 3.65
snap a three-game losing streak. Nationals manager Manny Acta wasn’t put the ball in play, because he doesn’t Martis 5 3 1 1 4 1 110 5.31
doval followed with a drive over Calero 1 1 0 0 0 1 14 1.93
“I’m concentrating on trying to get pleased with Hanrahan’s pitch selection strike out a lot. I just tried to throw one in Bergmann 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 3.65 the right-field wall, his fourth of Sanches 2⁄3 2 0 0 1 1 16 0.00
Villone 1⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 10 0.00 Meyer 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.55
hits,” said Wright, who has homered and wondered why the righthander the dirt there, and it didn’t get quite to MacDougal 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 6 7.71 the season. Nunez 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 8 3.25
three times after hitting a career-high 33 didn’t place more trust in his fastball. where it needed to be.” Beimel 1 1 0 0 1 1 20 4.43 “I got the right pitch to hit, a
Hanrahan L, 0-3 2 3 2 2 1 1 38 6.84 Zito pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. Inherited runners-
a year ago. “I don’t consider myself nec- “(Hanrahan) continued to have so Sean Green (1-2) worked a perfect ninth fastball in,” Sandoval said. “I’m scored: Medders 2-1, Meyer 3-0. IBB: off Sanches
Bergmann pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Inherited usually a line-drive hitter and I (Aurilia). HBP: by Zito (Cantu). Umpires: Home, Gary
essarily a home run hitter, so if I go gap- much more confidence in that slider than for the victory and Francisco Rodriguez runners-scored: Villone 1-0, MacDougal 2-0. IBB: Cederstrom; First, Jim Wolf; Second, Brian O’Nora; Third,
to-gap, if I get my doubles, if I drive my that 95 mph fastball,” Acta said. “Per- improved to 15 for 15 in save opportuni- off Redding (N.Johnson), off Parnell (Dunn). HBP: by was just trying to put the ball in Fieldin Culbreth. T: 3:06. A: 12,841 (38,560).
Bergmann (Tatis). WP: Parnell, Hanrahan. Umpires:
runs in, I’m satisfied with that.” haps he doesn’t have as much confidence ties with a scoreless 10th. Home, Jim Joyce; First, Brian Runge; Second, Derryl play.”
Luis Castillo led off the 10th with a as we have in it.” — The Associated Press Cousins; Third, D.J. Reyburn. T: 3:18. A: 20,353 (41,888). — The Associated Press
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Milwaukee 4, Atlanta 0 Houston 9, Pittsburgh 1

Gallardo has no problem sharing shutout Hampton tops Pirates again

HOUSTON—The Houston Astros Astros 9, Pirates 1
Brewers 4, Braves 0 Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
ATLANTA—Yovani Gallardo doesn’t Milwaukee AB R H BI BB SO Avg. are playing better and manager McCutchen cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250
mind waiting a bit longer for his first Counsell 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .309 Cecil Cooper says it’s due to Morgan lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .276
Hardy ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 .237 F.Sanchez 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .315
career shutout. Braun lf 5 1 1 0 0 3 .313 improved starting pitching. J.Chavez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Sharing a combined shutout with Car- Fielder 1b 2 1 2 0 2 0 .293 The Astros also showed some Ad.LaRoche 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .245
M.Cameron cf 3 1 0 1 1 1 .278 Delw.Young rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .311
los Villanueva was fine with him, as Gamel 3b 4 0 2 3 0 0 .256 offense Friday night, comple- Hinske 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .266
long as it meant another win for first- Hall 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 menting Mike Hampton’s strong Jaramillo c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Hart rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .246 Ja.Wilson ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 .266
place Milwaukee. Kendall c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .214 outing in a 9-1 victory over the Karstens p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .071
Gallardo gave up only two hits in eight Gallardo p 4 0 0 0 0 2 .154 Pittsburgh Pirates. Meek p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Villanueva p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 S.Burnett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
scoreless innings, rookie Mat Gamel Totals 36 4 10 4 3 9 Carlos Lee hit a grand slam, b-R.Vazquez ph-2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267
drove in three runs and the N.L. Cen- and Hampton struck out five to Totals 32 1 6 1 1 6
Atlanta AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
tral-leading Brewers shut out the K.Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .250 beat Pittsburgh for the ninth Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Atlanta Braves 4-0 on Friday night. Escobar ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .288 straight time. Houston has won Bourn cf 4 2 2 0 1 0 .302
McLouth cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Keppinger ss 3 1 0 1 1 0 .267
Gallardo (6-2) walked four with six C.Jones 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .315 six of its last eight games and the Pence rf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .344
strikeouts and gave up no singles in McCann c 3 0 1 0 1 1 .303 victory margin in this one was Ca.Lee lf 5 1 2 4 0 0 .317
G.Anderson lf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .256 Berkman 1b 2 1 1 0 2 0 .244
eight innings. He allowed no baserun- Francoeur rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .248 the largest of the season. Blum 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .265
ner past second base and threw 110 Prado 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .247 “It feels like every game we Maysonet 2b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .378
Jurrjens p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .130 Quintero c 3 1 2 2 0 0 .278
pitches. The pitch count was too high to O’Flaherty p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- play out there is a battle,” Lee Hampton p 2 1 1 1 0 1 .381
start the ninth. a-Norton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 said. “It felt good to just relax out a-Kata ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Acosta p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Fulchino p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
“I have no problem with it,” Gallardo Totals 28 0 2 0 4 7 there. It’s not like there was a lot Totals 29 9 11 9 7 2
said of Milwaukee manager Ken Macha’s of pressure.”
Milwaukee 000 220 000 — 4 10 0 Pittsburgh 000 010 000 — 1 6 0
decision to bring in Villanueva for the Atlanta 000 000 000 — 0 2 2 Hampton (4-4) allowed five Houston 002 007 00x — 9 11 0
ninth. “I’m just happy we got the win. ... hits in seven innings, holding
a-flied out for O’Flaherty in the 8th. E: C.Jones (8), Esco- a-grounded into a double play for Hampton in the 7th.
I keep going until they tell me not to.” bar (6). LOB: Milwaukee 8, Atlanta 5. 2B: Fielder (10), the Pirates to one run for the sec- b-lined out for S.Burnett in the 8th. LOB: Pittsburgh 5,
Macha said he resisted the thought of Gamel (3), McCann (7), Prado (9). RBIs: M.Cameron ond time in a week. The 36-year- Houston 7. 2B: Bourn 2 (12), Berkman (9). 3B: Quintero
(28), Gamel 3 (9). Runners left in scoring position: (1). HR: Ca.Lee (10), off Meek. RBIs: Ja.Wilson (18),
leaving the 23-year-old Gallardo in the Milwaukee 2 (Gallardo, Hart); Atlanta 3 (Escobar, Fran- old lefthander also pitched seven Keppinger (6), Pence (23), Ca.Lee 4 (35), Quintero 2
game. coeur, Prado). GIDP: M.Cameron, Gallardo, G.Anderson. innings in Houston’s 2-1 win at (6), Hampton (4). SB: Bourn (19), Berkman (1). SF:
DP: Milwaukee 1 (Counsell, Hardy, Fielder); Atlanta Keppinger, Pence, Hampton. Runners left in scoring
“We’ve been trying to watch his pitch 2 (Jurrjens, Escobar, K.Johnson), (Escobar, K.Johnson, PNC Park on Sunday. position: Pittsburgh 1 (Ja.Wilson); Houston 2 (Hamp-
count,” Macha said. JOHN BAZEMORE / AP Prado). “This is basically the same ton, Blum). DP: Pittsburgh 2 (F.Sanchez, Ja.Wilson,
“I’m sure he would have liked to have Yovani Gallardo kept the Braves’ bats in check, giving up only two hits over eight innings. Ad.LaRoche), (F.Sanchez, Ja.Wilson, Ad.LaRoche);
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA game he pitched against us the Houston 1 (Maysonet, Keppinger, Berkman).
gotten the complete-game shutout.” Gallardo W, 6-2 8 2 0 0 4 6 110 2.84 last time,” Pirates manager John
Villanueva 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 3.46 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
The Braves’ only hits off Gallardo Mike Cameron. Gamel added a run- Gallardo, who pitched eight scoreless Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Russell said. “We just did not Karstens L, 2-3 5 2⁄3 9 6 6 4 2 109 5.30
were doubles—in the third inning by scoring single in the Brewers’ two-run innings but received no decision in the Jurrjens L, 5-3 7 9 4 4 3 8 109 2.84 have many opportunities.” Meek 1⁄3 2 3 3 2 0 20 4.08
O’Flaherty 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 2.75 S.Burnett 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.92
Martin Prado and in the seventh by fifth, raising his batting average from Brewers’ 1-0 win over St. Louis in 10 Acosta 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 2.70 Hampton, who signed with J.Chavez 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 3.00
Brian McCann. .229 to .256 in his seventh start at third innings on May 25, has allowed one the Astros as a free agent in Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
IBB: off Jurrjens (Fielder). Umpires: Home, Randy Hampton W, 4-4 7 5 1 1 0 5 89 4.65
“He’s got unbelievable breaking stuff, base. earned run in his last three starts. Marsh; First, Marvin Hudson; Second, James Hoye; Third, December, won at Minute Maid Fulchino 2 1 0 0 1 1 36 3.27
knows where the fastball is going,” “I’m finally getting comfortable with “I felt good,” he said. “The first three Lance Barksdale. T: 2:23. A: 23,327 (49,743). Park for the first time in eight
Inherited runners-scored: Meek 1-1. HBP: by
Braves manager Bobby Cox said. “He my stats,” Gamel said. innings, my command was a little bit starts since April 2003, when S.Burnett (Quintero). Umpires: Home, Sam Holbrook;
really is a dominant-type pitcher. I can’t “I’m ready for whatever they want me off. As the game went on, I was able to he pitched for Atlanta. He also First, Charlie Reliford; Second, Larry Vanover; Third, Dan
Iassogna. T: 2:35. A: 26,222 (40,976).
complain.” to do—spot start, pinch-hit or get that under control.” had a hit and an RBI, increasing
Villanueva completed the shutout whatever.” The Brewers began the night tied with his batting average to .381, the
with a perfect ninth inning. Gamel started ahead of Bill Hall, St. Louis for first place in the N.L. best among major league
Gamel hit a two-run double in the who’s hitting only .211 and entered as a Central. pitchers.
fourth to drive in Prince Fielder and defensive replacement. — The Associated Press — The Associated Press
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Scouts’ views

TOP 25 RANKINGS (11-25)

It’s important to understand a couple of things when you read the
remaining list of the top players compiled by RealScouts, Sporting 19. Anquan Boldin, WR, Cardinals
A big, physical receiver, he makes his
biggest plays after the catch. He shows great
News Today’s team of former NFL scouts. toughness catching balls over the middle, too.
First, there are only 25. By the time injury replacements were
named, 97 players qualified for the Pro Bowl last season. So
RealScouts had to skim the cream of the cream. Second, the overall 20. Randy Moss, WR, Patriots
No one is more excited about the
return of Brady than Moss. The two were
list represents the 25 players they expect to be the best in 2009. In unstoppable in ’07, and there is little reason to
other words, it’s a projection, not a salute to the past. think they won’t pick up where they left off.

1. Peyton Manning
QB, Colts
6. James Harrison
OLB, Steelers
14. Jared Allen, DE, Vikings
He is an elite pass rusher and also is
a force against the run who never gives up
21. Brian Urlacher, MLB, Bears
Urlacher had a down year in ’08, but
with improved play up front there’s no reason
2. Adrian Peterson 7. Ed Reed
RB, Vikings S, Ravens
on a play. He is a tough who played through he can’t reassert himself as the do-it-all middle
knee and shoulder injuries in ’08. man in the Bears’ cover 2 scheme.
3. Tom Brady 8. Andre Johnson
QB, Patriots WR, Texans
4. DeMarcus Ware
OLB, Cowboys
9. Troy Polamalu
S, Steelers 15. Albert Haynesworth, DT, Redskins
He is a dominant run defender with
the size and quickness to also be a disruptive
22. Steve Hutchinson, G, Vikings
Peterson should be thankful for
Hutchinson, one of the most physical and
5. Larry Fitzgerald 10. Reggie Wayne
WR, Cardinals WR, Colts pass rusher. His production might not dominant run blockers in the game.
justify his contract, but he’ll absolutely

11. Shawne Merriman, OLB, Chargers

improve the Redskins’ defense in ’09.
23. Dwight Freeney, DE, Colts
With 10 1/2 sacks, Freeney enjoyed a
After a year on the sideline, he is
determined to be a force again, and coordi-
nator Ron Rivera will make that happen. If
16. Ryan Clady, OT, Broncos
Standard bearers Walter Jones and
Orlando Pace still are good, but Clady was
bounce-back year in ’08. When healthy, his
speed off the edge is unmatched.

Merriman is healthy, he’ll be the focus of an

elite defense.
the NFL’s best pass protector as a rookie and
the biggest improvement in most NFL
players comes between Years 1 and 2.
24. Kevin Williams, DT, Vikings
The potential for a four-game suspen-
sion hurts his ranking, but he is one of the

12. Nnamdi Asomugha, CB, Raiders

When Peyton Manning avoids
Asomugha’s side of the field, it tells you all
you need to know about this guy. He is the
NFL’s top cover corner.
17. Julius Peppers, DE, Panthers
If he is going to play in ’09, it’s going to
few players who can’t be blocked one-on-one.
He regularly beats double-teams and is an
absolute force inside.
be in Carolina. He is coming off a career year,
and the team is poised for another playoff run.
If he can “accept” his $16.7 million, one-year 25. Steven Jackson, RB, Rams
The Rams will use a West Coast-style

13. Drew Brees, QB, Saints

Reggie Bush, Jeremy Shockey and
Marques Colston missed 15 games com-
bined last year, and Brees—with his quick
release and dead-on accuracy—still threw
for 5,000 yards. With all his weapons in
place, he’ll lead the Saints back to the
playoffs.
contract, he should dominate again.
18. Jason Witten, TE, Cowboys
With Terrell Owens out of the picture,
Witten will get even more looks from pal Tony
Romo. Witten is an excellent blocker with the
speed, hands and route- running ability to
remain a top receiving threat.
offense in ’09 with a quarterback who never
has played in the system and an inexperienced
receiving unit. Jackson, a workhorse when
healthy, will be more important than ever.
— RealScouts analyzes NFL and college players, coaches and teams
exclusively for Sporting News Today.
DENIS POROY / AP
More on the Top 10, Page 1 A healthy Shawne Merriman would be the center of a dominant Chargers defense.
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Leinart works with Brady, does MMA training; Westbrook OK after surgery
Apparently, Cardinals backup QB Matt Lein-
art is taking his job much more seriously this
offseason. The No. 10 overall pick of the ’06
draft hasn’t started a game since losing his
job to Kurt Warner in October ’07.
Leinart, 26, worked out several times this
spring with Patriots QB Tom Brady on the
UCLA campus in an effort to improve his
footwork and release, among other things.
“I figured if I’m running with him
(Brady), he can do whatever,” Leinart told
The Arizona Republic, laughing. “It was
funny, we were out there one day, just me
and him, and their whole team comes out.
They were in offseason conditioning. I
almost wanted to wear my SC jacket, but
that would have been real disrespectful.”
Leinart also has taken up mixed martial
arts training with Fox Sports reporter Jay
Glazer and other MMA professionals. On
The Dan Patrick Show, Glazer said it’s his
goal to turn Leinart from a “pretty boy” and
into a “killer,” pushing him beyond his
mental and physical limits. Glazer says he’s
also working with Cardinals LB Victor Hob-
son and previously worked with Vikings
DE Jared Allen.
Eagles RB Brian Westbrook had surgery
on his right ankle Friday and expects to be
ready for the team’s Sept. 13 opener at Caro-
lina. The procedure was done in Baltimore
by specialist Dr. Mark Myerson, who removed
scar tissue and bone fragments from the
ankle that bothered Westbrook since
October.
This is the second offseason surgery for
Westbrook, who also had his left knee cleaned
out shortly after the playoffs. He experienced
pain in the ankle while rehabbing the knee.
“Brian is doing well, he texted us and said
he’s doing well,” Eagles trainer Rick Burk-
holder said. “We feel pretty comfortable that
he’ll be back by the beginning of the season.
Whether he’ll be back for training camp or
not, it’s too early to tell.”
“Most of this came from trauma from the
ankle sprain. I’m not worried in the least
about these injuries.”
Bears RB Matt Forte has “tweaked” his
hamstring, and an MRI confirmed that no
significant damage was sustained when he
heard “a pop” during Wednesday’s prac-
tice, according to the Chicago Tribune. Bears
coaches still plan to hold Forte out of at
least next week’s four scheduled practices.
In his place, Kevin Jones is working with the
first team.
Colts QB Peyton Manning says he now is
satisfied with what he’s hearing from team
officials about the roles of retired assistants
Tom Moore and Howard Mudd. Ten days after
complaining about the uncertainty of the
coaching staff, Manning said Friday he has
a better understanding of the situation and
will move on. Though Manning still doesn’t
have all the answers, he realizes president
Bill Polian and coach Jim Caldwell don’t either.
Bills CB Ashton Youboty, coming off a
plantar fasciitis problem that cost him to
miss the last 11 games last season, practiced
this week for the first time this spring. He
only participated in individual drills but
hopes to do more in the team’s mandatory
minicamp next week.
Meanwhile, Bills CBs Terrence McGee and
Leodis McKelvin could miss the remainder of
the spring practices. Both are taking part
in individual drills but might not be cleared
for full practice until training camp. McGee
has been out since hurting his right shoul-
der on May 27. McKelvin also has been out
since May 27 because of an infection to his
middle right finger.
Colts K Adam Vinatieri has had surgery
on his right hip but expects to be ready for
NFL
INSIDE DISH
Going into his fourth NFL season, Matt Leinart is rededicating himself to pro football.
the team’s Sept. 13 opener vs. Jacksonville.
The team’s statement said Vinatieri had
pain in the hip for more than a year. It
flared up recently, prompting the surgery.
Vinatieri, 36, has won four Super Bowl
rings in 13 NFL seasons.
Six weeks after undergoing surgery to
repair a torn meniscus in his right (plant)
knee, Steelers P Daniel Sepulveda practiced
this week. It’s the same knee he tore his
ACL in last August, which cost him his ’08
season. He told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
MATT YORK / AP
that the knee “feels better than it has in four
years or so.”
Disgruntled G Brian Waters, a four-time
Pro Bowl player, showed up Friday for the
first day of the Chiefs’ mandatory mini-
camp. He has demanded to be traded after
what he described as disrespectful treat-
ment by new coach Todd Haley and new G.M.
Scott Pioli, and he hadn’t attended any of the
voluntary workouts this spring.
Patriots LB Paris Lenon, who played the
SATURDAY, JUNE 06, 2009 23
last three seasons with Detroit, is eager to
prove himself on a proven winner but a lit-
tle anxious as he shifts from a Tampa-2 4-3
scheme to New England’s complicated 3-4
scheme.
“I think football is football,” Lenon told
the Boston Herald. “There are different
schemes, different nuances to each defense,
but the coaches here do a great job of teach-
ing. I’m just trying to take it all in, and apply
it. I’m just eager to get it going here.”
Jets coach Rex Ryan has a specific plan
in mind for rookie RB Shonn Greene: Be a
bruiser in short-yardage situations and in
the fourth quarter.
“He’s just a tough rascal that can pound
that football,” Ryan said. “You saw it in
there today. His ribs got a little tender
today, but he’s an in-between-the-tackles
runner. He can get the tough yards. If
you’re going to say what quarter is going to
be Shonn Greene’s quarter, I would say it’s
going to be the fourth. Everyone in the
ballpark will know ‘Hey, Shonn, jump on
in there.’ He’ll pound it. The other guys get
the good yards and let Shonn get the dirty
yards.”
Redskins coaches are tiring of FS LaRon
Landry skipping spring practices, even
though they’re supposedly “voluntary.” It’s
the second time in his three seasons he’s
been a spring no-show. Coach Jim Zorn also
says Landry has stopped returning calls
and text messages.
“I’m very disappointed because everyone
else is here,” safeties coach Steve Jackson told
The (Washington) Examiner. “I’ll be candid
with you: He has to be here in the offseason
not so much just because it’s OTAs, but his
teammates are here and there are a lot of
things we’re discussing that he’s a part of
that he has no idea are even going on—calls,
coverages, techniques.”
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Returning Umenyiora again ready ‘to make a ruckus’ for Giants
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.—Sprinting
down the field after catching a
screen pass, Giants running back
Ahmad Bradshaw couldn’t help
but hear the pounding of feet as a
defender chased him down.
Glancing over his shoulder,
Bradshaw got a surprise during
Friday’s practice. The player
closing the gap was Osi Umeny-
iora, the two-time Pro Bowl
defensive end who missed all of
last season with a knee injury.
“I felt him behind me,” Brad-
shaw said. “I always knew Osi
had those wheels. I felt him and
said, ‘Wow, that Osi.’ It’s crazy.
He’s been working hard and you
can tell just by the speed he
showed today.”
Umenyiora earned his second
Pro Bowl berth and helped the
Giants win the Super Bowl in ’07
by recording 13 sacks, including
six in a game against the
Philadelphia.
His role was expected to
expand with the retirement of
Michael Strahan, but Umenyiora
missed all of ’08 after tearing the
lateral meniscus in his left knee
in a preseason game.
After months of rehabilitation,
Umenyiora said his body feels
great.
“But football shape is different
than regular shape,” he said.
Umenyiora, 27, is just as quick
to point out the injury hasn’t
taken anything away from his
game.
“I still feel like I’m one of the
best, if not the best defensive end
in football right now,” he said. “I
feel quick. I feel explosive. I don’t
feel like I should be stopped one-
DAVID DUPREY / AP on-one.”
After months of rehab from a knee injury, Osi Umenyiora said his body feels great. Giants left tackle David Diehl
has lined up against Umenyiora
in spring practices and sees how
excited Umenyiora is to be on the
field.
“He has come back with full
intentions not only to be one of
the leaders on our defense but to
be a dominating football player,”
Diehl said. “It’s exciting to see
him. It rallies people around him,
and I’m excited because he is
going to push me. We push each
other.
“He is back full steam ahead,
and he is looking to make a
ruckus.”
The one thing that troubles
Umenyiora is the memory of
watching the Giants lose to the
Eagles in the NFC playoffs last
season. The offense struggled
with receiver Plaxico Burress
suspended, and the defense never
put pressure on Eagles quarter-
back Donovan McNabb with
Umenyiora sidelined and end
Justin Tuck and tackles Fred
Robbins and Barry Cofield bat-
tling injuries.
“It was a team we should have
beat, and it’s a team that if the
opportunity arises again I think
we will beat,” Umenyiora said. “I
think this team in general has a
mentality that we should have
gone further than we did last
year, that we should have actu-
ally been in the Super Bowl.”
Giants coach Tom Coughlin
said Umenyiora did an outstand-
ing job in the offseason weight
program.
“He has worked hard to make
sure his physical and mental
approach were the same as they
were prior to the injury,” Cough-
lin said.
— The Associated Press
Remaining free agents
A quick look at the remaining NFL free agents by posi-
tion (R-restricted free agent, F-franchise tagged player):
OFFENSE
Quarterbacks—Brooks Bollinger, Dallas; Ken Dorsey,
Cleveland; Gus Frerotte, Minnesota; Charlie Frye,
Seattle; Quinn Gray, Kansas City; Trent Green, St. Louis;
Rex Grossman, Chicago; Drew Henson, Detroit; Brad
Johnson, Dallas; J.P. Losman, Buffalo; Jamie Martin,
San Francisco; Craig Nall, Houston; Marques Tuiasosopo,
Oakland; Anthony Wright, NY Giants.
Running backs—Shaun Alexander, Washington;
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; Biren Ealy, New
Orleans; D.J. Hackett, Carolina; Dante Hall, St. Louis;
Marvin Harrison, Indianapolis; Ike Hilliard, Tampa Bay;
Darrell Jackson, Denver; Nate Jackson, Denver; Matt
Jones, Jacksonville; Joe Jurevicius, Cleveland; Ashley
Lelie, Oakland; Brandon Lloyd, Chicago; Dane Looker, St.
Louis; Marcus Maxwell, Baltimore; Anthony Mix, Tampa
Bay; Tab Perry, Miami; Jerry Porter, Jacksonville; Koren
Robinson, Seattle; Edell Shepherd, Denver; Travis Taylor,
Detroit; Amani Toomer, NY Giants; Reggie Williams,
Jacksonville.
Tight ends—Courtney Anderson, Houston; Adam
Bergen, Denver; Mark Bruener, Houston; Owen Daniels
(R), Houston; Nate Lawrie, Cincinnati; Marcus Pollard,
Atlanta; Jerame Tuman, Arizona; Daniel Wilcox,
Baltimore.
Offensive tackles—Anthony Davis, St. Louis; Jon
Dunn, Detroit; Wayne Gandy, Atlanta; Kwame Harris,
Oakland; Jonas Jennings, San Francisco; Levi Jones,
Cincinnati; Fred Miller, Chicago; Rob Petitti, St. Louis;
Jon Runyan, Philadelphia; Charles Spencer, Jacksonville;
Barry Stokes, New England; Mark Tauscher, Green Bay.
Guards—Lennie Friedman, Cleveland; Pete Kendall,
Washington; Matt Lentz, Detroit; Terrence Metcalf,
Chicago; Edwin Mulitalo, Detroit; Chris Naeole, Jack-
sonville; Grey Ruegamer, NY Giants; Kendall Simmons,
Pittsburgh; 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.
SATURDAY, JUNE 06, 2009 24
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; 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; Greg Ellis, Dallas; Gilbert
Gardner, Chicago; Curtis Gatewood, Kansas City; Morlon
Greenwood, Houston; Napoleon Harris, Minnesota; Brad
Kassell, NY Jets; Jason Kyle, Carolina; Teddy Lehman,
Buffalo; Wesly Mallard, Seattle; Willie McGinest,
Cleveland; 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; Adam Jones, Dallas; Michael
Lehan, New Orleans; Sam Madison, NY Giants; Ricky
Manning Jr., St. Louis; 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; DeJuan Tribble, San Diego; Jason Webster,
New England; Jimmy Williams, Houston; Stanley
Wilson, Detroit.
Safeties—Michael Boulware, Minnesota; Mike
Brown, Chicago; Oliver Celestin, Kansas City; Corey
Chavous, St. Louis; Will Demps, Houston; Mike Doss,
Cincinnati; Mike Green, Washington; Terrence Holt,
New Orleans; Dexter Jackson, Cincinnati; Sammy
Knight, NY Giants; Lawyer Milloy, Atlanta; Chad Nkang,
Jacksonville; Pierson Prioleau, Jacksonville; Dwight
Smith, Detroit; Jimmy Williams, San Francisco; Cameron
Worrell, Chicago.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Kickers—John Carney, NY Giants; Matt Stover,
Baltimore.
Punters—Mitch Berger, Pittsburgh; Kyle Larson,
Cincinnati; Ryan Plackemeier, Cincinnati.
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Q&A with ... Minnesota coach Tim Brewster
Minnesota coach continues construction on his program
When Minnesota coach Tim Brewster
looks out his conference room window,
he’s got a sweet view of TCF Bank Stadium,
the on-campus home field for his Gophers
that opens Sept. 12. With the building in
the background, he spoke with Sporting
News Today’s Dave Curtis this week about
interior design and all things Gopher.
Q: How aware were you of
the stadium project
when you got involved with this
job?
A: Very aware of it and it was a
piece of the puzzle here at
Minnesota that intrigued me. I
knew it was something that was
sorely missing, an on-campus
stadium and a home-field environ-
ment. That’s been lacking here
since 1982.
Q: As it’s gone up, what role
has it played in
recruiting?
A: It’s been huge. We started
out with just drawings.
Then you were able to do the
virtual tour on the Internet. We’ve
tried to do a great job letting the
Internet show our recruits, our
fans, our people the progress of the
project. Physically, we’ve been able
to take kids into the stadium for the
past four or five months. You can’t
put a price on what it’s meant to us
and to the state of Minnesota.
Q: Did you see the
Metrodome as a
negative?
A: I did. It just was not a
conducive environment for
college football. Our people here
did as good a job as they could
making it that way. But it wasn’t.
The new TCF Bank Stadium at the University of Minnesota opens on Sept. 12 with a game against Air Force.
And even though it was only five
or 10 minutes away, it might as
well have been 100 miles away
because we didn’t get the student
involvement we’re going to have at
TCF Bank Stadium. (The Dome)
wasn’t a good place for our fans to
enjoy a college football game-day
experience that most people get to
have.
Q: Fair to say that if the
stadium’s not there,
you’re not here?
A: I don’t know if that’s fair to
say. I don’t know if I
wouldn’t have taken the job
without TCF Bank Stadium. But it
was a very positive factor in my
thinking.
College Football
Q: Have you ever built a
A:
house?
I have, but not here. At some
of my other stops along the
way. You’re talking about the
stadium here, right? It’s an amazing
undertaking. We’ve been involved
with a lot of detail. We’ve picked
out colors, picked out carpets,
picked out furniture, picked out
knobs. I was able to design the
locker room. It’s the shape of a
football. It is the finest locker room
in America today. I haven’t seen
anything close, NFL or college. It’s
open—there are no compartments
in the locker room, so you have to
look at your teammates. It’s 62
yards long by 32 yards wide. It’s
something to behold.
ERIC MILLER / UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Q: Your season kind of
swung last year from
sweet to sour. When you talk to
your team, how do you balance
the 7-1 start with the 0-5
finish?
A: Well, we talk about improv-
ing. We lost six games by a
total of 23 points our first year and
won one game. So we wanted to
make significant improvement in
the second year. And we did. We
went to seven wins, but we also
learned that we’re not there yet.
We’ve got to be a stronger, more
physical football team. Those are
the things we’ve talked about. We
did some good things. But when we
got into the meat of our schedule,
we got exposed for our lack of
Minnesota coach Tim Brewster said the Metrodome was not a great place for college football.
depth, our youth. We saw where we
needed to go. We went from one
win to seven wins. What’s that next
jump? The jump, that’s a tough
jump, from seven wins to 10 or 11.
Q: I keep reading about this
backup quarterback,
MarQueis Gray. What’s his
deal?
A: I had the great fortune of
recruiting Vince Young at
Texas. And without biting off more
than he can chew, he walks in that
line. The thing that can truly make
MarQueis a special player is his
passing ability. In my mind, he is
truly a quarterback. Not an athlete
playing quarterback.
Q: How did you get him?
A: Thomas Hammock, our
running backs coach, built a
tremendous relationship with him
throughout the process. A high
level of trust. And that’s what it’s
SATURDAY, JUNE 06, 2009 25
MORRY GASH / AP
all about, building trust with a
young guy. Kids choose people.
They don’t choose schools. He
trusted us, and he made the
decision to come here. It’s an
exciting one. He’s going to make his
presence felt.
Q: Will you use him in
other spots?
A: He’ll be a quarterback. But
it will be fun for us to
game-plan different ways where he
can have an effect in the game. All
that, and we know that our starting
quarterback, without question, is
Weber. He is our guy. He’s the guy.
But it’s going to be fun to incorpo-
rate MarQueis into the mix. A lot of
people today get enamored with
the Wildcat. Most of the athletes
they put in that position are not
throwers. MarQueis is as good as
any athlete who’ll get in the
Wildcat. But he’s also becoming a
great passer. It’s going to give the
defense some consternation.
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com
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.
90
MARK HUMPHREY / AP
Thaddeus Lewis completed a career-best
62.1 percent of his passes last season.
DUKE
2008 record: 4-8 overall, 1-7 ACC
Coach: David Cutcliffe
Outlook: Durham is one of few
places on the college football map
where locals appreciate a 4-8
season. Cutcliffe’s debut marked
progress—and the best win total in
five years. With talented senior
Thaddeus Lewis learning from QB
guru Cutcliffe—Duke believes it
can reach its first bowl since 1994.
Previous teams: 91. Iowa State; 92.
Northern Illinois; 93. Middle
Tennessee; 94. San Jose State; 95.
Marshall; 96. Ball State; 97. Wash-
ington; 98. Louisiana-Monroe; 99.
Louisiana-Lafayette; 100. Ohio
— Derek Samson
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
INSIDE DISH
O’Leary rips fellow coaches
for anonymous Top 25 votes
UCF coach George O’Leary blasted fel-
low coaches during a radio interview
about the American Football Coaches
Association’s decision to make the Top
25 votes anonymous, the Orlando Sen-
tinel reported.
“I have no problem releasing mine
every week,” he told Rivals Radio. “I
have no problem with that. If you
want to do it, then basically be respon-
sible for your vote. If you don’t want
that done, then don’t do it. You have
an option.
“... I think there’s some that may play
games with votes or play games with
their conferences. I don’t know.”
Eleven athletic directors will par-
ticipate in an NCAA forum aimed at
increasing the number of minority
head coaches, The Associated Press
reported. The idea of the NCAA
Champions Forum is to familiarize
minority football coaches with the
mindset of athletic directors who are
in charge of hiring head coaches.
The forum will be held June 18-19
during a convention for athletic direc-
tors in Orlando.
Only nine of the current head
coaches in Division I-A have minority
backgrounds.
A July 6 trial is set for Nebraska
WR Niles Paul, who faces three charges
stemming from an April traffic stop,
the Lincoln Journal Star reported. Paul
entered not guilty pleas this week on
charges in Lancaster County of reck-
less driving, being a minor in
College Football / College Basketball
REINHOLD MATAY / AP
UCF coach George O’Leary says anonymous Top
25 ballots could allow voters to ‘play games.’
possession of alcohol and driving
under suspension.
The Nebraska State Patrol originally
cited him for driving under the influ-
ence, rather than reckless driving, when
they stopped him for speeding in west
Lincoln in April.
Paul started four games last season
for the Huskers.
Weber State has hired coaching
veteran Tom Freeman as the Wildcats’ new
offensive coordinator and offensive line
coach. Freeman replaces Don Eck, who
left Weber State for an assistant coach-
ing job with Las Vegas in the new United
Football League.
SATURDAY, JUNE 06, 2009 26
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
INSIDE DISH
More SAT questions for Memphis
Robert Dozier is the second men’s basketball
player who starred on the Memphis team that
made it to the 2008 championship game to have
questions arise about his entrance exams.
University officials already were preparing
for an NCAA hearing today to answer charges
that a former player, believed to Derrick Rose,
cheated on his SAT exam.
Dozier’s inconsistent SAT scores prevented
him from being admitted to the University of
Georgia. His initial SAT score was invalidated
by the company that scores the exam, and his
follow-up score was dramatically lower, accord-
ing to Georgia records obtained Friday by The
Associated Press.
Dozier’s problems with his SATs prompted MATT CILLEY / AP
the University of Georgia to deny his admission Xavier coach Chris Mack says he doesn’t want to get in the way
in 2004, the records show. His four-year career of Derrick Brown (5), who could be a first-round NBA pick.
at Memphis ended with the 2008-09 season.
rebounds in 8.3 minutes per game in his career.
Xavier coach Chris Mack has purposely lim-
ited his contact with F Derrick Brown, who is the Dwayne Collins has withdrawn from the
Musketeers’ top all-around player. The 6-8, upcoming NBA draft and will return to the
227-pounder has until June 15 to withdraw from Miami for his senior season in 2009-10, the
NBA draft consideration and retain his last year school announced Friday. The 6-8 forward had
of college eligibility. workouts with the San Antonio Spurs and
“I talk to his dad more often than I do with Der- Miami Heat, but had not hired an agent to retain
rick,” Mack told The Associated Press. “I really the option of returning to the Hurricanes.
want to respect him trying to fulfill his dream. He’s
spinning like a top, going from (NBA) workouts to Tennessee-Martin coach Bret Campbell has
personal training workouts to prepare him. resigned after an internal audit found he violated
“I don’t want to be getting in his way of doing school policies by cashing checks for summer bas-
that. We’ve had an understanding that he’s ketball camps, the school announced Friday.
wanted to be a first-round draft pick, he’s Athletic director Phil Dane said the program
worked very hard to be a first-round draft pick. that Campbell led to its first Ohio Valley Con-
And if he feels he’s going to be, based on who he ference championship and NIT tournament
talks to, he’s going to keep his name in.” appearance is in compliance with NCAA rules.
The university audit dated Wednesday said
Brandon Walters will transfer from Seton Hall Campbell cashed or deposited a total of $21,145
after two seasons, coach Bobby Gonzalez into his personal account, which should have
announced Friday. Walters, a forward, played been deposited into university accounts. The
in 41 games over the last two seasons, including audit said he paid for the camp’s expenses and
28 last year. He averaged 1.5 points and 1.6 officials in cash from the deposited checks.
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NASCAR counters, sues Mayfield
BY BOB POCKRASS
SceneDaily.com
LONG POND, PA.—NASCAR filed a
counterclaim Friday against sus-
pended driver Jeremy Mayfield for
his “willful and wanton conduct”
and “knowing disregard for others’
safety” in competing at Richmond
International Raceway in early
May, according to documents filed
in U.S. District Court in Charlotte.
NASCAR’s counterclaim states
that Mayfield used drugs before the
event, including an illegal drug,
according to Aegis Laboratories,
which conducts NASCAR’s drug-
testing program. The illegal drug
that NASCAR says Mayfield tested
positive for is blacked out in
NASCAR’s complaint that was
made available to the public.
Mayfield was indefinitely sus-
pended May 9 by NASCAR for the
positive drug test taken May 1 and
sued NASCAR on May 29. The
counterclaim is part of NASCAR’s
answer to Mayfield’s lawsuit.
Mayfield raced “after he had used
prohibited drugs or was under the
influence of a combination of drugs
that exceeded the safe level deter-
mined by NASCAR,” the NASCAR
complaint states. “Mayfield,
through his undisclosed use of
drugs (including an illegal drug),
has breached his duty of good faith
and fair dealing with NASCAR.”
NASCAR, which does not list a
specific amount of damages, alleges
Mayfield and his team, Mayfield
Motorsports Inc., breached con-
tracts and committed fraud because
he violated the agreement drivers
sign with NASCAR and then raced
with the drugs in his system,
according to the complaint.
CJ DRIGGERS / AP
In a counterclaim filed Friday against
Jeremy Mayfield, NASCAR said he used
drugs before the event.
Mayfield’s lawsuit seeks dam-
ages for, among other things, defa-
mation, discrimination against
someone with a disability and for
negligence in not handling the drug
test properly.
In North Carolina state court
May 29, Judge Forrest Bridges
denied Mayfield’s request for a tem-
porary restraining order and set a
hearing for Mayfield’s request for a
preliminary injunction for this past
Wednesday, which was canceled
Tuesday when NASCAR moved
the case to federal court. Bridges
issued a gag order preventing both
sides from talking about the drug
test.
Mayfield’s complaint stated that
Mayfield tested positive for amphet-
amines. NASCAR’s attorney, Paul
Hendrick, said in state court May
29 that three drugs were found in
Mayfield’s system with the test, and
that two (Claritin-D, an over-the-
counter treatment for allergies, and
Adderall, which is commonly pre-
scribed for the treatment of atten-
tion-deficit-hyperactivity disorder)
were accounted for but that the test
NASCAR
also found a “dangerous, illegal,
banned” substance. He did not
specify what that was, and the gag
order issued May 29 prevented
NASCAR attorneys and officials
from elaborating afterward.
“After he tested positive for mul-
tiple drugs, Mayfield admitted that
he had been using an (redacted)
without informing NASCAR, for at
least one month during which he
raced in two races,” NASCAR states
in its counterclaim. “Mayfield’s
admitted use of an (redacted) does
not explain his positive test for the
illegal drug, (redacted).”
No toxicology reports were sub-
mitted as part of Mayfield’s
complaint.
NASCAR included the toxicol-
ogy report in its exhibits filed Fri-
day, but it was redacted from the
public documents available.
NASCAR’s claim also notes that
Mayfield signed a form in February
where he agreed to inform
NASCAR of a change in health sta-
tus. Mayfield’s complaint indicates
he was diagnosed with ADHD in
March.
In his lawsuit, Mayfield is seek-
ing an injunction to keep NASCAR
from enforcing the suspension. No
hearing date has been set on that
request.
As part of its answer to May-
field’s allegations and attempts to
lift the suspension, NASCAR notes
that its rules allow it to suspend a
driver for any reason.
“Pursuant to NASCAR’s 2009
Sprint Cup Series Rule Book,
NASCAR may suspend the
NASCAR membership of any party
in NASCAR’s sole discretion,”
NASCAR’s filing states.
bpockrass@streetandsmiths.com
Qualifying rainout puts Stewart on pole at Pocono
CAROLYN KASTER / AP
Rain gave plenty of drivers like Jeff Gordon extra time to sign autographs.
BY REID SPENCER
rspencer@sportingnews.com
LONG POND, PA.—Thanks to a qualifying rainout Friday at
Pocono Raceway, Tony Stewart will start on the pole for a
NASCAR Sprint Cup race for the first time since Oct, 23, 2005,
at Martinsville.
“Obviously, everybody is disappointed we didn’t get on the
racetrack today, but it worked out good for myself and (second-
place starter) Jeff (Gordon),” Stewart said. “It’s nice to be able to
get a front-row starting spot because of rain, but that’s not what
the fans came to see.”
The rainout also was good news for Gordon’s aching back,
which got an extra day of rest. At Pocono, Gordon’s back won’t
be under the same stress he experienced last Sunday at one-
mile, high-banked Dover, where Gordon hit the wall hard dur-
ing qualifying May 29.
“I think this track’s one of the easier tracks (on his back),”
said Gordon, who will start beside Stewart in Sunday’s Pocono
500 under NASCAR’s rainout rules, which order the front of
the field according to the current owner points standings. “You
get a lot of rest on those long straightaways. About the only
place that it might be an issue is under braking getting into
Turn 1.
“I had to do a test at Road Atlanta this week— that was one of
the real tests (of the condition of his back). I was surprised that
we got through it pretty good, especially after the wreck last
Friday during qualifying. I was pretty sore from that.”
Sunday’s race will be the first under NASCAR’s new restart
format, with lead-lap cars taking the green flag double-file,
with lapped cars behind them.
— Reid Spencer writes for the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
SATURDAY, JUNE 06, 2009 27
Pocono 500
At Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pa.
When: Sunday, 2 p.m. ET
TV: TNT, 12:30 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN/Sirius Satellite Ch. 128
Track layout: 2.5-mile triangle
Race distance: 200 laps/500 miles
2008 winner: Kasey Kahne
2008 polesitter: Kasey Kahne
Sunday’s starting lineup
(Car number in parentheses)
1. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 2009 Owner Points 1st.
2. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 2009 Owner Points 2nd.
3. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 2009 Owner Points 3rd.
4. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 2009 Owner Points 4th.
5. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 2009 Owner Points 5th.
6. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 2009 Owner Points 6th.
7. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 2009 Owner Points 7th.
8. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 2009 Owner Points 8th.
9. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 2009 Owner Points 9th.
10. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 2009 Owner Points 10th.
11. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 2009 Owner Points 11th.
12. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 2009 Owner Points 12th.
13. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 2009 Owner Points 13th.
14. (9) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 2009 Owner Points 14th.
15. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 2009 Owner Points
15th.
16. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 2009 Owner Points 16th.
17. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 2009 Owner Points 17th.
18. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 2009 Owner Points 18th.
19. (1) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 2009 Owner Points 19th.
20. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 2009 Owner Points 20th.
21. (07) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 2009 Owner Points 21st.
22. (26) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 2009 Owner Points 22nd.
23. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 2009 Owner Points 23rd.
24. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 2009 Owner Points 24th.
25. (43) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 2009 Owner Points 25th.
26. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 2009 Owner Points 26th.
27. (19) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 2009 Owner Points 27th.
28. (96) Bobby Labonte, Ford, 2009 Owner Points 28th.
29. (12) David Stremme, Dodge, 2009 Owner Points 29th.
30. (44) A J Allmendinger, Dodge, 2009 Owner Points 30th.
31. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 2009 Owner Points 31st.
32. (55) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 2009 Owner Points 32nd.
33. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, 2009 Owner Points 33rd.
34. (7) Robby Gordon, Toyota, 2009 Owner Points 34th.
35. (34) John Andretti, Chevrolet, 2009 Owner Points 35th.
36. (09) Sterling Marlin, Dodge, 2009 Owner Winner.
37. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 2009 Owner Attempts 13-36th.
38. (71) David Gilliland, Chevrolet, 2009 Owner Attempts
13-37th.
39. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 2009 Owner Attempts
13-39th.
40. (36) Patrick Carpentier, Toyota, 2009 Owner Attempts
13-41st.
41. (66) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 2009 Owner Attempts 13-42nd.
42. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, Owner Attempts 7.
43. (51) Dexter Bean, Dodge, Owner Attempts 4.
Failed to qualify
44. (75) Derrike Cope, Dodge, 2009 Owner Attempts 3.
45. (64) Mike Wallace, Toyota, Post Entry.
46. (37) Tony Raines, Dodge, Post Entry.
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INSIDE DISH
Leicht wants to improve Bodine wins again in Texas
Gordon still suffering with bad back BY TIM TUTTLE AND BILL MARX BY TIM TUTTLE
For SN Today For SN Today
Jeff Gordon said the facet-block procedure he had
about three weeks ago hasn’t done much for his
Stephen Leicht was one of NASCAR’s brightest FORT WORTH, Texas—Todd Bodine won his fifth NASCAR
back, but he plans to have another one to see if it
young stars in 2007 when he had a breakthrough Camping World Truck Series race Friday at Texas Motor
will help with his nagging pain.
victory and finished seventh in the Nationwide Speedway, finishing 1.321 seconds in front of runner-up Matt
Gordon had an injection of an anti-inflamma-
Series standings for Robert Yates Racing. Crafton in the WinStar World Casino 400.
tory in his back, which was designed to be thera-
But Leicht’s career has unexpectedly failed to Bodine became the first driver in the history of the series to
peutic and diagnostic, on May 18. He says he has to
progress since then. When RYR became Yates have five victories at one track. They’ve all been accomplished
wait four to six weeks before another treatment
Racing under the ownership of Doug Yates and in a Toyota for Germain Racing. It was Bodine’s 17th career vic-
can be administered.
Max Jones late in ’07, the new group didn’t have a tory in trucks, also all with Germain.
“They say the second treatment, you usually
RUSS HAMILTON, SR. / AP Nationwide program to offer Leicht. Richard Chil- “It’s incredible to win five races at one track,” Bodine said.
have a lot better results than the first one,” Gordon
dress then signed Leicht but was able to put “It’s hard to win anywhere.”
said Friday at Pocono Raceway, site of this week- Rainy conditions kept drivers like Joey Logano waiting all day.
together only a five-race program for him last Bodine took the lead on the 125th of 167 laps on the 1.5-mile
end’s Pocono 500. “I haven’t really seen any big
year. superspeedway and was never threatened. He had a 2.5-second
effects from the first one. going to be a lot harder. It is going to change strat-
Leicht’s two top 10s in 2008 earned him a sec- lead over Crafton’s ThorSport Racing Chevrolet with 25 laps to
“I wasn’t really thrilled about doing a second egy. It is going to change a lot of things.”
ond season with Childress and an expanded go and 2.1 with five remaining. Making sure he had enough fuel
one. When they’re talking about sticking needles Still, the drivers are applauding the change.
13-race Nationwide schedule. He’ll make his sec- to reach the checkered flag, Bodine backed off the throttle on
in your back, that’s not something I’m looking for- Why? Because it’s for the fans.
ond 2009 start, and the first of three in a row, the final lap.
ward to. It wasn’t so bad, though, and I’m certainly “The fans’ vote counts more than ours does,”
today in the No. 29 Chevrolet in the Federated Auto Bodine had been running third behind Ron Hornaday Jr.’s
willing to give it a shot. We’ll do it when the time is Burton said. “They didn’t make double-file restarts
Parts 300 at Nashville Superspeedway. Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet and Crafton when a sequence of
right and it fits in the schedule.” because all the drivers said ‘Hey, make double-file
Still only 22 years old, Leicht finished 11th in the green-flag pit stops began on lap 98.
— Bob Pockrass, SceneDaily.com restarts.’ They made double-file restarts because
series’ first stop this season at Nashville in April. Hornaday was penalized for a right-side tire violation and
all the drivers said, ‘Yeah, if the fans want to do it,
He’s sharing the car in 2009 with Jeff Burton and given a drive-through penalty, which put him a lap down. He
NASCAR officials canceled all NASCAR do it.’
Clint Bowyer, who finished third last weekend at never regained it. Hornaday had more trouble four laps from
Sprint Cup activities at Pocono Raceway on Friday “This is strictly for the fans to make the race
Dover. the end when he lost oil pressure and finished 19th.
and will set the starting lineup for Sunday’s more exciting.”
“It’s tough waiting and watching, but at the same Bodine had made his last stop for fuel on lap 103. Crew chief
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Rain prevented cars from going on the track for
dress,” Leicht said. “Over the past six weeks, I’ve “We needed clean air,” Bodine said. “To get out front was key.
a scheduled 90-minute practice. Qualifying was JR Motorsports driver Brad Keselowski said Fri-
paid close attention to the feedback Clint (Bowyer) Junior made a great call. I had to stretch the fuel at the end.”
slated to begin at 3:40 p.m., but rain was still fall- day he would like to run the full schedule in both
and Jeff (Burton) gave to our team and how our
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at Nashville Superspeedway; Lebanon, Tenn.
day at Pocono Raceway—is a great thing. “I don’t have any plans right now,” Keselowski 6 1 13 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 155 167
Life will be more difficult because lead-lap cars said at Nashville Superspeedway. “I’d like to have When: Today, 7:30 p.m. ET
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Points leaders: 1. Kyle Busch, 1,836; 2. Carl Edwards, 1,796; 3. Jason
to be even under more stress to get their cars out Asked what he would like to do, Keselowski said
front. “run both series full time next year.”
Leffler, 1,683; 4. Joey Logano, 1,670; 5. Brad Keselowski, 1,663; 6.
Jason Keller, 1,434; 7. Brendan Gaughan, 1,364; 8. David Ragan,
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Childress Racing’s Jeff Burton said. “For us it is — Lee Montgomery, SceneDaily.com Standings: sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=557158
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NOTEBOOK
Furyk, Byrd lead bunched field Memorial
Site: Dublin, Ohio. Woods thinks golfers
DUBLIN, OHIO—One last birdie for Jim Furyk put Schedule: Through-Sunday.
him one more stroke under par, which he found
more gratifying than being in a share of the lead
Course: Muirfield Village Golf Club (7,366 yards, par 72).
Purse: $6 million. Winner’s share: $1.08 million.
should shake hands
with Jonathan Byrd on Friday at the Memorial. TV: Golf Channel (Today, 12:30-2:30 p.m., 9:30-11:30 p.m.; Sunday, noon-2
A blue sky and warm sun translated into fast p.m., 9:30-11:30 p.m.) and CBS (Today, 3-6 p.m.; Sunday, 2:30-6 p.m.). Tiger Woods isn’t likely to storm off the 18th green on
greens at Muirfield Village, leading to a Sunday if he doesn’t win the Memorial Tournament.
crammed leaderboard going into a weekend Woods was asked earlier this week whether athletes
loaded with possibilities. Ian Poulter 75-71 — 146 +2 should shake hands after a competition. Cleveland Cava-
Tiger Woods had his worst score in nearly Leaderboard Bill Haas
Nick O’Hern
74-72
73-73
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—
146
146
+2
+2
liers star LeBron James was criticized when he did not
Friday at Muirfield Village Golf Club
two years—a 2-over 74—and still was only six Dublin, Ohio Geoff Ogilvy 72-74 — 146 +2 shake hands with Orlando Magic players after losing in
shots behind. Purse: $6 million Stuart Appleby 72-74 — 146 +2 Game 7 of the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals.
Yardage: 7,366; Par 72 (36-36) Mathew Goggin 73-73 — 146 +2
Furyk had two bogeys from the bunker on Brett Quigley 74-73 — 147 +3 Woods, who attended some of the games in his home-
Second Round Jeff Quinney 75-72 — 147 +3
the back nine, but finished with an 8-iron that Jonathan Byrd 69-68 — 137 -7 Jeff Klauk 76-71 — 147 +3 town of Orlando, is a huge sports fan. He tried to put the
stopped on the top shelf about 8 feet away for Jim Furyk 67-70 — 137 -7 Steve Lowery 76-71 — 147 +3 controversy in historical perspective.
Mike Weir 69-69 — 138 -6 D.J. Trahan 73-74 — 147 +3
birdie on the 18th that gave him a 2-under 70. Mark Wilson 68-70 — 138 -6 Martin Kaymer 71-76 — 147 +3 “Well, if you look at it, not everyone shakes hands after
Ryuji Imada 70-69 — 139 -5 Erik Compton 72-75 — 147 +3
He hasn’t been atop the leaderboard this deep Matt Bettencourt 71-68 — 139 -5 Tim Herron 75-73 — 148 +4 every game,” he said. “Football, a lot of guys just walk off
into a tournament since winning the Canadian Steve Marino 68-72 — 140 -4 Mark Brooks 75-73 — 148 +4 the field. A lot of sports, they walk off the court or field.
Rod Pampling 69-71 — 140 -4 Marc Leishman 74-74 — 148 +4
Open in 2007, his last PGA Tour victory. Ernie Els 70-70 — 140 -4 Jose Maria Olazabal 74-74 — 148 +4 Hockey, they line up. It’s tradition. And it’s part of our
Stewart Cink 68-72 — 140 -4 Robert Allenby 72-76 — 148 +4
Byrd had a bogey-free 68 in the morning, Chris DiMarco 73-67 — 140 -4 Steve Flesch 73-75 — 148 +4 sport, the tradition of taking the hat off and shaking
also making a birdie on the 18th. Matt Kuchar 73-67 — 140 -4 Scott McCarron 74-74 — 148 +4 hands.
Charl Schwartzel 72-68 — 140 -4
They were at 7-under 137. Jason Day 67-73 — 140 -4 Failed to qualify “The history of our game is about sportsmanship. We
Luke Donald 64-76 — 140 -4 Billy Mayfair 74-75 — 149 +5
Asked how he felt about being tied for the Davis Love III 72-68 — 140 -4 Tim Petrovic 76-73 — 149 +5 call penalties on ourselves. I don’t see anybody in the NFL
lead, Furyk replied, “I’d rather be as many Dustin Johnson 73-68 — 141 -3 John Mallinger 75-74 — 149 +5 saying, ‘I’m sorry. I held the guy. Give me 10 yards.’ That
Daniel Chopra 72-69 — 141 -3 Ken Duke 76-74 — 150 +6
under par as possible.” JAY LAPRETE / AP Alex Cejka 73-68 — 141 -3 Thomas Aiken 67-83 — 150 +6 doesn’t happen.
“I just want to go out there and play one more Michael Letzig 72-70 — 142 -2 Jason Dufner 77-73 — 150 +6 “But I think that what separates our sport from other
Jim Furyk, like many others, battled fast conditions to grab a Ben Curtis 71-71 — 142 -2 Fredrik Jacobson 77-73 — 150 +6
solid round (today) and hopefully sit in the share of the lead after the second round. Bubba Watson 71-71 — 142 -2 Jesper Parnevik 81-69 — 150 +6 sports is just the traditions of the sportsmanship, when
Troy Matteson 69-73 — 142 -2 Vijay Singh 75-75 — 150 +6
same spot, and put myself in good position for Kevin Na 71-72 — 143 -1 Cliff Kresge 79-72 — 151 +7 you doff your cap and shake someone’s hand and look
Sunday’s round,” said Furyk, the 2002 Memo- the 74, his highest score since also shooting a K.J. Choi 73-70 — 143 -1 James Nitties 73-78 — 151 +7 them in the eyes and say, ‘Well done.’”
Tiger Woods 69-74 — 143 -1 Shaun Micheel 73-78 — 151 +7
rial winner. “I’ll just be jockeying for position 74 in the second round of the 2007 British Rocco Mediate 73-70 — 143 -1 Bo Van Pelt 81-70 — 151 +7
Paul Casey 73-70 — 143 -1 Todd Hamilton 73-78 — 151 +7
and trying to play another good round.” Open at Carnoustie. “You have to make sure Charley Hoffman 71-72 — 143 -1 Carl Pettersson 73-78 — 151 +7 Camilo comeback
And he’ll have plenty of company. you hit the ball on the correct side. I didn’t do Hunter Mahan 74-69 — 143 -1 Mark Calcavecchia 72-79 — 151 +7 After ending his first round with back-to-back bogeys,
Will MacKenzie 70-73 — 143 -1 Charles Howell III 75-77 — 152 +8
Mike Weir (69) and Mark Wilson (70) were that today.” Johnson Wagner 69-74 — 143 -1 Richard S. Johnson 76-76 — 152 +8 it got even worse for Camilo Villegas. He started Friday
Webb Simpson 73-71 — 144 E Greg Owen 74-78 — 152 +8
another shot back at 6-under 138. The top 16 Woods was at 1-under 143. That was only six Zach Johnson 71-73 — 144 E Bart Bryant 73-79 — 152 +8 bogey-triple bogey-bogey-bogey. Instead of trying to get
players were separated by a mere three shots shots from the lead with 36 holes to play, although Nick Watney 73-71 — 144 E Padraig Harrington 75-77 — 152 +8 into contention, he was trying to make the cut.
Reinier Saxton 69-75 — 144 E Chris Stroud 77-75 — 152 +8
going into the weekend. he had 23 players ahead of him, a list that includes Lucas Glover 75-69 — 144 E Danny Lee 79-73 — 152 +8 But the Colombian produced quite the comeback, mak-
Jerry Kelly 72-72 — 144 E Kevin Streelman 77-76 — 153 +9
Woods was not among that group, but came Ernie Els (70), Stewart Cink (72) and Davis Love Steve Stricker 70-74 — 144 E Peter Lonard 77-76 — 153 +9 ing eagle at No. 15, chipping in for par on the 18th, and
away from a pedestrian round with a fighting III (68) at 4-under 140. Kevin Sutherland 69-75 — 144 E Aaron Baddeley 79-74 — 153 +9 finishing his round with three birdies over the final four
Nicholas Thompson 69-75 — 144 E J.B. Holmes 82-72 — 154 +10
chance. A victory by Love would allow him to skip Jeff Overton 76-69 — 145 +1 Ryan Moore 75-80 — 155 +11 holes for a 72.
He missed only two of the generous fairways 36 holes of U.S. Open qualifying on Monday. Kenny Perry 72-73 — 145 +1 Brian Davis 78-77 — 155 +11 Even better was his attitude.
Woody Austin 75-70 — 145 +1 Justin Rose 80-75 — 155 +11
in the second round, but bogeys kept piling up Also at 140 was Luke Donald, who opened Tom Lehman 71-74 — 145 +1 Charles Warren 77-78 — 155 +11 “You know, these things can be good for you,” he said.
Marc Turnesa 72-73 — 145 +1 James Kamte 77-78 — 155 +11
with shots that were just enough long or short with a 64 and a three-shot lead that vanished Tom Pernice, Jr. 71-74 — 145 +1 Chris Wilson 79-77 — 156 +12 “I wouldn’t want it to happen. But you never know when
to present problems. He went long on the 18th with a 40 on his opening nine. He wound up a Lee Janzen 72-73 — 145 +1 Ryan Palmer 80-76 — 156 +12 you’re going to have to deal with that in a U.S. Open or a
D.A. Points 75-70 — 145 +1 John Rollins 80-77 — 157 +13
hole into rough and had no hope of getting the dozen shots worse with a 76, although he was David Duval 71-74 — 145 +1 James Driscoll 77-80 — 157 +13 major.”
John Senden 71-74 — 145 +1 Adam Scott 77-81 — 158 +14
ball closer than 30 feet. And on the par-5 fifth, very much in contention. Y.E. Yang 73-72 — 145 +1 Parker McLachlin 81-78 — 159 +15 Villegas inquired about the cut line after his birdie on
he came up short and in the water, compound- The question was whether the leading score Camilo Villegas 71-74 — 145 +1 Kevin Chappell 86-75 — 161 +17 the 16th hole put him at 2 over. He was told it might be
Chez Reavie 71-74 — 145 +1 Brad Faxon 83-78 — 161 +17
ing the error by missing a par putt inside 4 feet. would continue to dwindle as the greens got George McNeill 76-69 — 145 +1 Sean O’Hair 76-WD around 3-over par, and he finished par-birdie for good
Richard Sterne 74-71 — 145 +1 Scott Piercy 79-WD
“If you’re missing it on the short side, you’re even faster. Ted Purdy 67-79 — 146 +2 Billy Andrade 76-WD measure.
not going to make pars here,” Woods said after — The Associated Press — The Associated Press
SPORTING NEWS TODAY
Ole Miss rallies to beat Virginia
OXFORD, MISS.—Matt Smith’s solo
home run in the bottom of the 12th
inning gave Mississippi a 4-3 come-
from-behind win over Virginia on
Friday in a Super Regional game.
Logan Power singled in the tying
run in the ninth after an error and a
hit batter gave Ole Miss runners on
base with no outs. The Rebels (43-18)
had been 1-for-9 with runners in
scoring position to that point.
Smith’s eighth home run of the
season—a first-pitch shot to left
field—came off closer Kevin Arico
(2-3), who also gave up Power’s hit.
“The place just went nuts,” Smith
said. “I don’t remember much after
that. I kind of remember coming
home and I was on the ground with
the team on top of me.”
Ole Miss snapped Virginia’s
eight-game winning streak and
handed the Cavaliers their first loss
of the postseason. Smith’s homer
marked the first time this postsea-
son that Virginia trailed.
Jake Morgan (4-1) picked up the
win after striking out one in three
innings of scoreless one-hit ball.
Morgan, whose nose was broken
by an errant throw in pregame
warmups, shut down Virginia
despite the gauze stuffed in his bro-
ken nose and two black eyes. At one
point, coach Mike Bianco visited a
gory Morgan on the mound.
“It was still bleeding out on the
mound,” Bianco said. “It was drip-
ping down his face. It was probably
great for television.”
Virginia 010 020 000
Mississippi 000 101 001
Hultzen (6), Wilson (8), Packer (9) and Arico; Irwin (7), Goforth (9)
and Morgan. W:Morgan, 4-1. L:Arico, 2-3. HRs:Mississippi, Smith
(8).
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NCAA SUPER REGIONALS Super Regionals glance
All times ET (Best-of-3)
At Dick Howser Stadium
Tallahassee, Fla.
Friday
Arkansas 7, Florida State 2
Today
Arkansas (38-22) vs. Florida State, (45-17), noon
Sunday
Arkansas 7, Florida St. 2 stuff tonight, but he pitched like a Arkansas vs. Florida State, Noon, if necessary
TALLAHASSEE, FLA.—Mike Bolsinger warrior—the warrior that he is,”
At Alex Box Stadium
threw five scoreless innings and LSU coach Paul Mainieri said. “In Baton Rouge, La.
Arkansas scored four of its runs the middle innings there, when we Friday
Rice 12, LSU 9
without a hit to defeat Florida State needed him to keep us in the game, Today
in the opener of a Super Regional he did.” Rice (44-16) vs. LSU (49-17), 5 p.m.
Sunday
tournament game that took more Rice reliever Taylor Wall (7-6) Rice vs. LSU, 7 p.m., if necessary
than nine hours to complete took the loss. Three LSU errors
At UFCU Disch-Falk Field
because of rain delays. helped Rice take a 3-0 lead, all on Austin, Texas
Florida State (45-17) must win unearned runs. The Owls (43-17) Today
TCU (39-16) vs. Texas (44-13-1), 6 p.m.
two straight games to return to the led 4-1 after Steven Sultzbaugh’s Sunday
College World Series for a second homer in the top of the fifth. But TCU vs. Texas, 3 p.m.
Monday
straight year. Bolsinger (6-4) LSU responded with six runs in TCU vs. Texas, 1 or 7 p.m., if necessary
fanned six and scattered four hits the bottom of the inning.
At McKethan Stadium
after replacing starter Dallas Gainesville, Fla.
Keuchel. Rice 020 110 023 — 9 9 2 Today
LSU 000 162 03x — 12 12 4 Southern Mississippi (38-24) vs. Florida (42-20), 3 p.m.
The Razorbacks took a 5-2 lead in Ojala, Wall (5), Rackling (5), Evers (6), Rogers (8) and Seastrunk; Sunday
the seventh, scoring three runs Ranaudo, Bertuccini (8), Haydel (9) and Gibbs. W:Ranaudo, 10-3. Southern Mississippi vs. Florida, 7 p.m.
L:Wall, 7-6. HRs:Rice, Rendon (20), Holt (11), Sultzbaugh (8). LSU, Monday
without a hit as Florida State reliever Schimpf (19). Southern Mississippi vs. Florida, 1 or 7 p.m., if necessary
Geoff Parker (6-2) walked three and
At Boshamer Stadium
hit a batter before getting an out. Cal State Fullerton 12, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Arkansas (38-22) took advan- Louisville 0 Today
East Carolina (46-18) vs. North Carolina (45-16), Noon
tage of three Seminoles errors in FULLERTON, CALIF.—Daniel Renken Sunday
the eighth to boost its lead to 7-2. pitched a three-hitter for his first East Carolina vs. North Carolina, Noon
Monday
career shutout, Josh Fellhauer East Carolina vs. North Carolina, 1 or 7 p.m., if necessary
Arkansas 010 100 320 — 7 5 1 homered, and Jared Clark drove in
Florida State 010 010 000 — 2 10 3 At Packard Stadium
Keuchel, Bolsinger (5), and McCann. Gilmartin, Parker (6), Gast (7), four runs to lead Cal State Fuller- Tempe, Ariz.
Everett (8), Peterson (9) and Lopez. W: Bolsinger, 6-4. L: Parker, ton to a victory over Louisville in Today
6-2. HRs: Arkansas, Cox (12). Clemson (44-20) vs. Arizona State (47-12), 9 p.m.
the opener of the Fullerton Super Sunday
Regional. Clemson vs. Arizona State, 10 p.m.
Monday
LSU 12, Rice 9 Another win by the Titans (46- Clemson vs. Arizona State, 7 p.m., if necessary
BATON ROUGE, LA.—Anthony 14) will put them in the College
At Oxford-University Stadium
Ranaudo struck out nine and World Series for the 16th time, and Oxford, Miss.
allowed one earned run in 7 2/3 third in four years. Louisville (47- Friday
Mississippi 4, Virginia 3, 12 innings
innings, Ryan Schimpf hit a three- 17), shut out for just the second Today
run homer, and LSU beat Rice in the time this season, must win today Virginia (46-13-1) vs. Mississippi (44-18), Noon
Sunday
opener of the Baton Rouge Super to force a deciding third game Sun- Virginia (46-12-1) vs. Mississippi (43-18), 3 p.m., if necessary
Regional. day night.
At Goodwin Field
Ranaudo (10-3) increased his sea- Fullerton, Calif.
son strikeout total to 147, while help- Friday
Louisville 000 000 000— 0 3 1 Cal State Fullerton 12, Louisville 0
ing LSU (50-16) pull within a victory Cal State Fullerton 300 132 30x — 1216 0 Today
000—3 11 2 of a second straight trip to the Col- Kiekhefer, Mathis (5), Holland (6), Revesz (8) and Arnold, Cheese- Louisville (47-17) vs. Cal State Fullerton (46-14), 5 p.m.
001—4 10 2 brough (8); Renken and Garneau, Marcoe (9). W: Renken, 11-2. L: Sunday
lege World Series. Kiekhefer, 6-5. HR: Cal State Fullerton, Fellhauer (6). BRUCE NEWMAN / AP Louisville vs. Cal State Fullerton, 10 p.m., if necessary
“Ranaudo didn’t have his best A solo HR by Matt Smith (16) put the Rebels one win from the College World Series.
— The Associated Press
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Safina ready to win
her first major title Federer one from tying Results
Friday At Stade Roland Garros Paris

Sampras for Grand Slams

PARIS—Thinner, mentally tougher and No. 1 in
the rankings, Dinara Safina feels ready to win her
first Grand Slam title.
The top-seeded Safina is half of the third all-
Russian major championship match.
She needs to beat Svetlana Kuznetsova in today’s
French Open final to claim one of the four biggest
titles in tennis.
“It’s one step easier because I’m already No. 1, so
nobody can take it away from me,” Safina said
Friday, referring to her losses to Serena Williams
in this year’s Australian Open final and to Ana
Ivanovic in the 2008 French Open final. “Just one
more step I need to do.”
Safina took over as the top-ranked player in
April, and she has reached the final in the four
tournaments she has played, all on clay.
In her 21 matches since then, she has lost only
once—to Kuznetsova.
She credits much of that rise to her coach, Zeljko
Krajan.
“He had to start with everything from zero,”
Safina said. “First, it was believe, and then I
started to play better. And then I was overweight.
He was like, ‘OK, now if you want to improve, you
have to lose weight.’ So we started to work on (that)
and I lost my weight.
“He’s like, ‘OK, now the third part is mentally.
In the tough moments you’re breaking down, so
we have to improve mentally.’”
Now, it’s time for a rematch against Kuznetsova,
the 2004 U.S. Open champion who has been a
friend and rival since their days as juniors.
“She was a funny girl. I remember her coming
to the match with a two-liter Pepsi,” Safina said.
“I mean, you would look at her, and it was like,
‘No way she can be one day like winning (a) Grand
Slam.’
“But then she moved to Spain and she changed
completely. She became much
professional.”
The two have met twice on clay this year, with
Kuznetsova winning the title in Stuttgart, Ger-
many, and Safina doing the same in Rome.
— The Associated Press
Purse: $21.8 million (Grand Slam)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles Men Semifinals
Robin Soderling (23), Sweden, def. Fernando Gonzalez (12),
Chile, 6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4.
PARIS—Fresh off a ragged, rugged, five-set French Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Juan Martin del Potro (5),
Open semifinal victory Friday, Roger Federer was Argentina, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.
leaving for the night when a dozen or so fans drew Doubles Women Championship
his attention. Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual (3), Spain,
They wanted photos and autographs, and Federer def. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, and Elena Vesnina (12), Russia,
obliged, signing hats, a poster, even one guy’s white 6-1, 6-1.
polo shirt. As Federer ambled off, a man shouted:
“Win on Sunday! Please!”
Pausing for a moment before sliding into a car, Glance
Federer turned and, with a quick wave of his skilled PARIS—A look at the French Open on Friday:
right arm, replied, “OK.” Ah, if only it were that Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 68 degrees.
simple. For all his accomplishments, for all his tro- Attendance: 16,890.
phies and records, Federer now wants—needs?—to Men’s semifinals: No. 2 Roger Federer def. No. 5 Juan Martin
del Potro 3-6, 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-1, 6-4; No. 23 Robin Soderling def.
do something he never has: win a final at Roland No. 12 Fernando Gonzalez 6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4.
Garros. Stat of the day: 19—The number of Grand Slam finals Federer
By coming back to beat No. 5-seeded Juan Martin has reached, tying Ivan Lendl’s career record.
del Potro of Argentina 3-6, 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, Quote of the day: “I’ve played against him 20 times, so it’s
Federer moved within one victory of his first French always nice to play against somebody else.” — Federer, speak-
ing about Rafael Nadal, who beat him in each of the past three
Open championship—and of so much more. French Open finals.
If he can beat No. 23 Robin Soderling of Sweden on Women’s final today: No. 1 Dinara Safina vs. No. 7 Svetlana
Sunday, Federer also will tie Pete Sampras’ career Kuznetsova. Safina is trying for her first Grand Slam title,
mark of 14 Grand Slam singles titles. And he will Kuznetsova for her second.
become only the sixth man with a career Grand Today’s forecast: Cloudy, with a chance of rain. High of 64
degrees.
Slam, at least one title from each of tennis’ four Today’s TV: NBC, 9 a.m.-noon EDT.
majors.
“There’s still one more step,” Federer said.
He’s come exactly this close in the past, losing each
of the past three French Open finals to Rafael Nadal, All-Time Men’s Majors Titles
along with a semifinal four years ago. But this time, Through 2009 Australian Open
Nadal is not around to torment him, having been Aus Fren Wimb U.S. Total
stunned by Soderling in the fourth round. Pete Sampras 2 - 7 5 14
“Obviously,” Federer said, “it’s nice to see someone
BERNAT ARMANGUE / AP Roger Federer 3 - 5 5 13
else for a change.”
Since the start of the 2005 French Open, Federer Roger Federer will be going for his 14th Grand Slam title. Roy Emerson 6 2 2 2 12
is 0-4 against Nadal at Roland Garros, 29-0 against Bjorn Borg - 6 5 - 11
everyone else. Similarly, over the course of his career, 12 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile in Friday’s first Rod Laver 3 2 4 2 11
more Federer is 2-5 against Nadal in Grand Slam finals, semifinal. Bill Tilden - - 3 7 10
11-0 against all other opponents. Does Soderling believe he has a chance against Andre Agassi 4 1 1 2 8
Federer just so happens to have a 9-0 career record Federer? Jimmy Connors 1 - 2 5 8
against Soderling, who will be playing in his first “He’s going to be the favorite, by far,” the big-serv-
Ivan Lendl 2 3 - 3 8
Grand Slam final. He’d never been past the third ing Soderling said. “But I think Nadal was the favor-
round in 21 previous majors but reeled off the last ite against me as well.” Fred Perry 1 1 3 3 8
five games of a 6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 victory over No. — The Associated Press Ken Rosewall 4 2 - 2 8
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141ST BELMONT STAKES Today 6:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Borel stays up late with Letterman
NEW YORK—Calvin Borel didn’t
break curfew the evening before
the Belmont Stakes but he was
appearing on the Late Show with
David Letterman.
Borel will be aboard Kentucky
Derby winner Mine That Bird
today, trying to become the first
jockey to capture a Triple Crown
with two different horses. After the
Derby win, Borel defected to Rachel
Alexandra, guiding the filly to a
one-length victory over Mine That
Bird in the Preakness.
When Rachel Alexandra was
withdrawn from Belmont consid-
eration, Borel was reunited with
the gelding who pulled off the
Derby shocker at 50-1.
His Triple Crown success made
Borel a hot media commodity, lead-
ing to the Letterman appearance
recorded earlier this week.
Letterman wanted to know if
Mind That Bird harbored any
resentment.
“Now, will the horse be angry with
you because you weren’t there for the
middle jewel of the Triple Crown?
That you were out running around
with a girl?” Letterman asked.
Borel assured the host that every-
thing was patched up. Borel also
said there are no hard feelings
toward the rival jockeys.
“I’m a very friendly guy,” Borel said.
“You know, I mean, I’m out there to
win, and they know it, you know. And
they’re out there to win, but I think
he’ll be the best horse in the race.”
Early chocolate
Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer was
in a rush to get Chocolate Candy to
HORSE RACING
JULIE JACOBSON / AP
Calvin Borel is looking for his own Triple
Crown—while riding two different horses.
New York. Hollendorfer immedi-
ately set his sights on the Belmont
after the colt’s fifth-place finish in
the Kentucky Derby. The Preak-
ness was never a consideration.
“I didn’t want to run in all those
Triple Crown races in a row,” Hol-
lendorfer said. “However, we might
have gotten more pressure to run in
the Preakness if he’d done better in
the Derby.”
As far back as 15th at one point,
Chocolate Candy showed enough
determination in the Derby to war-
rant another Triple Crown try.
“He had a tough start, like a lot of
horses did,” Hollendorfer said. “He
showed he wasn’t easily discouraged.”
With the Belmont established as
the new goal, Hollendorfer took the
unusual step of shipping the horse
to New York only days after the
Derby. Most of the out-of-town
Horse Racing / Soccer SATURDAY, JUNE 06, 2009 32
SOCCER
USA VS. HONDURAS Tonight 8 ET, ESPN
Pro-Honduran crowd expected
CHICAGO—Soldier Field figures
to resemble Tegucigalpa and San
Odds Pedro Sula more than middle-
The field for today’s 141st Belmont
America when the United States
Stakes.
plays Honduras in a World Cup
HORSE JOCKEY ODDS
qualifier tonight.
1. Chocolate Candy Gomez 10-1 Fans wearing the white-and-
2. Dunkirk Velazquez 4-1 blue jersey of the Catrachos were
3. Mr. Hot Stuff Prado 15-1 coming off planes at O’Hare
4. Summer Bird Desormeaux 12-1 International Airport on Friday.
More than 50,000 advance tick-
5. Luv Gov Mena 20-1
ets were sold for the match, which
6. Charitable Man Garcia 3-1 completes the first half of the final
7. Mine That Bird Borel 2-1 round of qualifying for the United
8. Flying Private Leparoux 12-1 States.
9. Miner’s Escape Lezcano 15-1 “I think the boys, we’re used to
10. Brave Victory Maragh 15-1
it,” midfielder DaMarcus Beasley
said. “We’re been playing away DARIO LOPEZ-MILLS / AP
games at home for nine, 10 years Costa Rica fans enjoyed their team’s win over the United States on Wednesday.
since I’ve been here.”
Belmont runners, including Mine The U.S. team could use some after Mexico lost to Honduras is midfielder Michael Bradley is
That Bird, arrived this week. support right now. Wednesday probably an indication that we suspended after getting his sec-
Hollendorfer hopes the additional night’s 3-1 loss at Costa Rica were going to have more Hondu- ond yellow card of qualifying.
acclimation period over the track boosted the Ticos (3-1) over the ran fans than we might have oth- Conor Casey, who leads Major
with the sweeping turns and the United States (2-1-1) into first erwise,” U.S. Soccer Federation League Soccer with eight goals,
sandy surface gives Chocolate place in North and Central Amer- president Sunil Gulati said Fri- was added to the roster Friday.
Candy an edge. ica and the Caribbean. Honduras day. “Would I prefer if there were Jonathan Spector, sidelined for
“It was suggested to us to train (1-1-1), which is third, was the last 50,000 people rooting for the much of the past year, could get a
over at Belmont for a while before team to beat the U.S. in a qualifier U.S. and 5,000 rooting for Hon- start at left back following the
you run over it,” said Hollendorfer. “I on American soil, a 3-2 win at duras? Sure.” poor defensive effort in Costa
didn’t want to leave him on the road Washington’s RFK Stadium in The 2001 match against Hon- Rica.
that long but it’s worked OK so far.” September 2001. duras has been the only home “A little wakeup call, but we
“Only in America, I guess, qualifying loss for the United know that qualifying is never
Not so hot we’re fighting for a home-field States in 24 years, and the Ameri- easy, and this is no exception,”
Mr. Hot Stuff owns only one win advantage,” then-U.S. coach cans are 15-0-1 since then. But said Landon Donovan, whose
in eight races, including a 15th place Bruce Arena said after that several key players are injury time penalty kick pro-
finish in the Derby where he was match. Hostile crowds in the unavailable. duced the U.S. goal. “There’s
never a factor. United States are a familiar story Right back Steve Cherundolo is bumps along the road, there
“I don’t know if he got anything for the players, who have gotten rehabbing from hip surgery, and always are. No matter how pre-
out of the Derby,” the Irish-born majority support against Latin backup Frankie Hejduk is doubt- pared you are, the one constant is
trainer said. “I’m hoping it’s a teams primarily in Columbus, ful because of a groin injury that that things don’t always do your
throw-out race, one that we can just Ohio; Birmingham, Ala.; and Salt caused him to miss Wednesday’s way. So now we’ve got to
ignore and move on.” Lake City. debacle. Forward Brian Ching is respond.”
— The Associated Press “The fact that sales shot up here out with a hamstring injury, and — The Associated Press
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WORLD CUP NOTEBOOK 2010 World Cup qualifying glance (All times ET)

Argentina looks to rebound N. AND CENTRAL AMERICA

AND CARIBBEAN
FINALS: Top three qualify
At Bratislava, Slovakia
Slovakia vs. San Marino, 11:30 a.m.
GROUP FOUR
GP W D L GF GA Pts
Cyprus

Today’s Games
At Sofia, Bulgaria
5 1 1 3 4 7 4
Montenegro 5 0 3 2 3 6 3
Georgia 7 0 3 4 4 9 3
Bahrain
Qatar
Today’s Games
6 2 1 3 5 6 7
Uzbekistan 6 1 1 4 5 8 4
6 1 1 4 4 13 4
At Tashkent, Uzbekistan
At Rades, Tunisia
Tunisia vs. Mozambique, noon
Sunday’s Game
At Abuja, Nigeria
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA—Argen- Fourth-place team advances to playoff vs. Germany 6 5 1 0 18 4 16 Bulgaria vs. Ireland, 1:30 p.m. Uzbekistan vs. Japan, 10:05 a.m. Nigeria vs. Kenya, noon
South America fifth-place team Russia 5 4 0 1 9 3 12 At Larnaca, Cyprus At Doha, Qatar
tina coach Diego Maradona is GP W D L GF GA Pts Finland 4 2 1 1 6 6 7 Cyprus vs. Montenegro, 2:30 p.m. Qatar vs. Australia, noon Saturday, June 20
Costa Rica 4 3 0 1 6 3 9 Wales 6 2 0 4 4 7 6 At Nairobi, Kenya
happy to return home—and to United States 4 2 1 1 8 5 7 Azerbaijan 4 0 1 3 0 4 1 GROUP NINE Wednesday’s Games Kenya vs. Mozambique, 9 a.m.
sea level—to play Colombia Honduras 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 Liechtenstein 5 0 1 4 0 13 1 GP W D L GF GA Pts At Sydney At Rades, Tunisia
Mexico 3 1 0 2 3 5 3 Netherlands 5 5 0 0 12 1 15 Australia vs. Bahrain, 5 a.m. Tunisia vs. Nigeria, 1:10 p.m.
today in World Cup qualifying El Salvador 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 Today’s Games Scotland 5 2 1 2 4 6 7 At Yokohama, Japan
after its 6-1 humiliation at Trinidad 3 0 2 1 3 6 2 At Baku, Azerbaijan Iceland 5 1 1 3 5 8 4 Japan vs. Qatar, 6:20 a.m. GROUP C
Azerbaijan vs. Wales, 11 a.m. Macedonia 4 1 0 3 2 7 3 GP W D L GF GA Pts
Bolivia. Wednesday, June 3 At Helsinki Norway 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 Wednesday, June 17 Egypt 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
At San Jose, Costa Rica Finland vs. Liechtenstein, noon At Manama, Bahrain Zambia 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
Argentina is fourth in South Costa Rica 3, United States 1 Today’s Games Bahrain vs. Uzbekistan Algeria 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
American qualifying with 19 Wednesday’s Game At Skopje, Macedonia At Melbourne, Australia Rwanda 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Today’s Games At Helsinki Macedonia vs. Norway, 11:45 a.m. Australia vs. Japan
points—five behind leader At Bacolet, Tobago Finland vs. Russia, 1:30 p.m. At Reykjavik, Iceland Today’s Game
Paraguay. Trinidad and Tobago vs. Costa Rica, 6:05 Iceland vs. Netherlands, 2:45 p.m. GROUP B At Chililabombwe, Zambia
p.m. GROUP FIVE GP W D L GF GA Pts Zambia vs. Rwanda, 8 a.m.
Six games remain in group At Chicago GP W D L GF GA Pts Wednesday’s Games South Korea 5 3 2 0 9 3 11
United States vs. Honduras, 8:27 p.m. Spain 6 6 0 0 13 2 18 At Skopje, Macedonia North Korea 6 3 1 2 7 5 10 Sunday’s Game
play with the top four advanc- At San Salvador, El Salvador Bosnia-Herz. 6 4 0 2 18 7 12 Macedonia vs. Iceland, 11:45 a.m. Saudi Arabia 6 3 1 2 8 8 10 At Blida, Algeria
ing automatically to next year’s El Salvador vs. Mexico, 10 p.m. Turkey 6 2 2 2 6 5 8 At Rotterdam, Netherlands Iran 5 1 3 1 6 6 6 Algeria vs. Egypt, 3:30 p.m.
Belgium 6 2 1 3 10 11 7 Netherlands vs. Norway, 2:45 p.m. Utd Arab Emir. 6 0 1 5 6 14 1
World Cup. Wednesday’s Games Estonia 6 1 2 3 5 15 5 Saturday, June 20
“I want to get rid of this irrita- At San Pedro Sula, Honduras Armenia 6 0 1 5 3 15 1 SOUTH AMERICA Today’s Games At Chililabombwe, Zambia
Honduras vs. El Salvador, 9:30 p.m. No games scheduled Top four teams qualify At Pyongyang, North Korea Zambia vs. Algeria, 8 a.m.
tion,” Maradona said. “We were At Mexico City Fifth-place team advances to playoff North Korea vs. Iran, 4 a.m.
Mexico vs. Trinidad and Tobago, 10 p.m. GROUP SIX against CONCACAF fourth place At Dubai, United Arab Emirates Sunday, July 5
playing OK and the loss in GP W D L GF GA Pts GP W D L GF GA Pts United Arab Emirates vs. South Korea, At Cairo, Egypt
Bolivia came as the team had EUROPE England 5 5 0 0 16 4 15 Paraguay 12 7 3 2 19 9 24 12:15 p.m. Egypt vs. Rwanda, 2:30 p.m.
Winners qualify Croatia 5 3 1 1 10 4 10 Brazil 12 5 6 1 19 5 21
been playing well.” Top eight second-place teams advance to Ukraine 4 2 1 1 5 3 7 Chile 12 6 2 4 17 14 20 Wednesday’s Games GROUP D
European playoffs Belarus 4 2 0 2 9 6 6 Argentina 12 5 4 3 18 13 19 At Seoul, South Korea GP W D L GF GA Pts
Kazakhstan 5 1 0 4 6 16 3 Uruguay 12 4 5 3 21 10 17 South Korea vs. Saudi Arabia, 7 a.m. Ghana 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
TIRANA, ALBANIA—A four- GROUP ONE Andorra 5 0 0 5 1 14 0 Colombia 12 3 5 4 6 10 14 At Tehran, Iran Mali 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
GP W D L GF GA Pts Ecuador 12 3 5 4 14 19 14 Iran vs. United Arab Emirates, 10:30 a.m. Sudan 1 0 0 1 1 1 1
game winless streak in World Denmark 5 4 1 0 12 2 13 Today’s Games Venezuela 12 4 1 7 14 22 13 Benin 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
Cup qualifying has put pres- Hungary 6 4 1 1 8 2 13 At Almaty, Kazakhstan Bolivia 12 3 3 6 19 25 12 Wednesday, June 17
Portugal 5 1 3 1 6 3 6 Kazakhstan vs. England, 11 a.m. Peru 12 1 4 7 6 26 7 At Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Sunday’s Games
sure on Portugal to find form Sweden 4 1 3 0 2 1 6 At Grodno, Belarus Saudi Arabia vs. North Korea At Contonou, Benin
against Albania—a win is Albania 7 1 3 3 3 6 6 Belarus vs. Andorra, noon Today’s Games At Seoul, South Korea Benin vs. Sudan, 11 a.m.
Malta 7 0 1 6 0 17 1 At Zagreb, Croatia At Montevideo, Uruguay South Korea vs. Iran At Bamako, Mali
essential for its hopes of reach- Croatia vs. Ukraine, 2:15 p.m. Uruguay vs. Brazil, 3 p.m. Mali vs. Ghana, 3 p.m.
ing the 2010 tournament. Today’s Games At La Paz, Bolivia AFRICA
At Stockholm Wednesday’s Games Bolivia vs. Venezuela, 4:50 p.m. FINALS: Winners qualify Saturday, June 20
“We’re all aware that if we Sweden vs. Denmark, 2 p.m. At Kiev, Ukraine At Buenos Aires, Argentina GROUP A At Omdurman, Sudan
At Tirana, Albania Ukraine vs. Kazakhstan, 1 p.m. Argentina vs. Colombia, 5 p.m. GP W D L GF GA Pts Sudan vs. Ghana, 1 p.m.
don’t beat Albania, our qualifi- Albania vs. Portugal, 2:45 p.m. At Wembley, England At Asuncion, Paraguay Gabon 1 1 0 0 2 1 3
cation will be compromised,” MARTIN MEJIA / AP England vs. Andorra, 3:15 p.m. Paraguay vs. Chile, 6:50 p.m. Togo 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Sunday, June 21
Wednesday’s Game Morocco 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 At Bamako, Mali
Portugal winger Cristiano Ron- Argentina coach Diego Maradona said the loss to Bolivia left him irritated. At Goteborg, Sweden GROUP SEVEN Sunday’s Game Cameroon 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Mali vs. Benin, 3 p.m.
Sweden vs. Malta, 1 p.m. GP W D L GF GA Pts At Lima, Peru
aldo said. “If we don’t win, we Serbia 5 4 0 1 12 5 12 Peru vs. Ecuador, 4:30 p.m. Today’s Game GROUP E
won’t be at the World Cup.” Almaty in the position in which miss out on the World Cup for GROUP TWO France 5 3 1 1 7 6 10 At Libreville, Gabon GP W D L GF GA Pts
GP W D L GF GA Pts Lithuania 6 3 0 3 6 5 9 Wednesday’s Games Gabon vs. Togo, 10:30 a.m. Ivory Coast 1 1 0 0 5 0 3
he forged his reputation. the first time since 1990. Greece 6 4 1 1 12 4 13 Austria 5 2 1 2 7 7 7 At Quito, Ecuador Burkina Faso 1 1 0 0 4 2 3
ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN—Wayne “The position I play for Eng- Mexico, which plays at El Sal- Switzerland 6 4 1 1 11 6 13 Romania 5 1 1 3 6 10 4 Ecuador vs. Argentina, 5 p.m. Sunday’s Game Guinea 1 0 0 1 2 4 0
Latvia 6 3 1 2 10 6 10 Faeroe Islands 4 0 1 3 1 5 1 At Recife, Brazil At Yaounde, Cameroon Malawi 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
Rooney’s deployment in his land is the one I like playing vador today, currently is fourth Israel 6 2 3 1 10 8 9 Brazil vs. Paraguay, 7:50 p.m. Cameroon vs. Morocco, 10:30 a.m.
Luxembourg 6 1 1 4 3 13 4 Today’s Games At Medellin, Colombia Today’s Game
favored central role for England most,” Rooney said. in the North and Central Amer- Moldova 6 0 1 5 2 11 1 At Marijampole, Lithuania Colombia vs. Peru, 7 p.m. Saturday, June 20 At Blantyre, Malawi
could be key to the country’s England has a five-point lead ica and Caribbean region. No games scheduled Lithuania vs. Romania, 2 p.m. At Santiago, Chile At Libreville, Gabon Malawi vs. Burkina Faso, 8 a.m.
At Belgrade, Serbia Chile vs. Bolivia, 9 p.m. Gabon vs. Cameroon, 10:30 a.m.
move to the verge of World Cup over Croatia in European Group “We know the team has not GROUP THREE Serbia vs. Austria, 2:30 p.m. At Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela At Rabat, Morocco Sunday’s Game
qualification at Kazakhstan 6. played well, but now we have GP W D L GF GA Pts Venezuela vs. Uruguay, 9 p.m. Morocco vs. Togo, noon At Conakry, Guinea
N. Ireland 7 4 1 2 12 6 13 Wednesday’s Game Guinea vs. Ivory Coast, 1 p.m.
today. an important challenge to beat Slovakia 5 4 0 1 10 6 12 At Torshavn, Faeroe Islands ASIA GROUP B
Poland 6 3 1 2 18 7 10 Faeroe Islands vs. Serbia, 2:15 p.m. FINALS: Top two teams in each group qualify GP W D L GF GA Pts Saturday, June 20
Rooney has spent much of the MONTERREY, MEXICO—Mexico El Salvador,” Blanco said. “I Czech Republic 6 2 2 2 6 4 8 Third-place teams in each group advance Tunisia 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 At Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
season with Manchester United striker Cuauhtemoc Blanco is continue to say that we are the Slovenia 6 2 2 2 5 4 8 GROUP EIGHT to playoff Mozambique 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Burkina Faso vs. Ivory Coast, 2 p.m.
San Marino 6 0 0 6 1 25 0 GP W D L GF GA Pts GROUP A Nigeria 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
playing on the left of an attack- refusing to contemplate the pos- giants of CONCACAF.” Italy 6 4 2 0 9 3 14 GP W D L GF GA Pts Kenya 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Sunday, June 21
ing trio, but he’s likely to play in sibility that his team is going to — The Associated Press Today’s Game Ireland 6 3 3 0 7 4 12 Australia 5 4 1 0 8 0 13 At Conakry, Guinea
Bulgaria 5 1 4 0 5 3 7 Japan 5 3 2 0 8 3 11 Today’s Game Guinea vs. Malawi, 1 p.m.
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IN BRIEF
TRANSACTIONS

Report: U.S. Open to return to Oakmont in 2016 BASEBALL

American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES: Purchased the contract of LHP Alberto Castillo from Norfolk (IL).
Released LHP Jamie Walker.
Major League Soccer OAKMONT, PA.—The U.S. Open will CLEVELAND INDIANS: Activated DH Travis Hafner from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP
Fausto Carmona to the Arizona Rookie League.
EASTERN CONFERENCE return to Oakmont Country Club in
W L T Pts GF GA National League
Chicago 5 2 6 21 20 17 suburban Pittsburgh in 2016, nine FLORIDA MARLINS: Placed RHP Anibal Sanchez on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP
D.C. 4 2 7 19 20 17 years after the national championship Cristhian Martinez from Jacksonville (SL).
Kansas City 4 4 4 16 16 14 NEW YORK METS: Placed RHP J.J. Putz on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of
Toronto FC 4 4 4 16 16 19 was last played there. RHP Fernando Nieve from Buffalo (IL). Claimed LHP Pat Misch off waivers from San
Columbus 2 2 7 13 15 17 The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported
New England 3 3 4 13 10 17 Francisco. Moved RHP J.J. Putz from the 15-day to 60-day DL.
New York 2 8 3 9 12 18 on its website Friday that the U.S. Open ST. LOUIS CARDINALS: Placed RHP Kyle Lohse on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Tyler
will make its ninth trip to Oakmont, Greene from Memphis (PCL).
American Association
WESTERN CONFERENCE which waited 13 years between 1994 and
W L T Pts GF GA FORT WORTH CATS: Signed LHP Justin Garcia.
Chivas USA 7 2 3 24 17 9 2007 to play host to its most recent LINCOLN SALTDOGS: Signed OF Pichi Balet.
Houston 6 2 3 21 15 7 national championship. The 2007 tour- SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CAPTAINS: Signed INF BJ Wheeler and OF Geoff Wagner.
Seattle 4 2 5 17 15 9 Can-Am League
Colorado 4 2 4 16 16 13 nament was won by Angel Cabrera.
Los Angeles 1 1 9 12 13 13 SUSSEX SKYHAWKS: Signed INF Alex Bardeguez.
Real Salt Lake 3 6 2 11 15 15 WORCESTER TORNADOES: Signed OF Carlos Sosa.
FC Dallas 2 6 3 9 12 17 SPRINGFIELD, ILL.—Hall of Famer Se
San Jose 2 7 2 8 12 22 Ri Pak maintained a share of the State BASKETBALL
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. National Basketball Association
Farm Classic lead with another bogey-
TORONTO RAPTORS: Named Marc Iavaroni assistant coach.
Thursday’s Game Columbus at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m. free performance, while Sweden’s Women’s National Basketball Association
D.C. United 2, New York 0 Colorado at Real Salt Lake, 10 p.m. Helen Alfredsson shot into contention WNBA: Suspended Detroit C Kara Braxton for six games after pleading guilty to a
Friday’s Game Seattle FC at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.
Houston 1, Chicago 0 Sunday’s Games with a second-round 63. drunk-driving charge.
Today’s Games San Jose at FC Dallas, 3 p.m. Pak shot a 4-under 68 to match MINNESOTA LYNX: Reached a buyout agreement with G Anna DeForge. Waived G Emily
Los Angeles at Toronto FC, 3:30 p.m. Chivas USA at New England, 6 p.m.. Fox and C Tye’sha Fluker. Placed F Kathrin Ress on the suspended list.
Suzann Pettersen (66) at 10-under 134
on the Panther Creek course. Alfreds- HOCKEY
son joined Kristy McPherson (66), National Hockey League
first-round co-leader Jee Young Lee CALGARY FLAMES: Named Jim Playfair coach of Abbotsford (AHL).
WNBA All Times ET ST. LOUIS BLUES: Named Mike Hannegan assistant athletic trainer and Joel Farnsworth
(69), Kris Tamulis (68) and Moira as assistant equipment manager.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB Dunn (66) at 9 under. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS: Fired Toronto Marlies (AHL) coach Greg Gilbert.
Atlanta 0 0 .000 —
Chicago 0 0 .000 — LACROSSE
Connecticut 0 0 .000 — LAKEWAY, TEXAS—Bernhard Langer
Detroit 0 0 .000 — Major League Lacrosse
birdied the par-3 18th hole for a GENE J. PUSKAR / AP
BOSTON CANNONS: Activated A Brandon Corp. Placed M Matt Lalli on waivers.
Indiana 0 0 .000 —
New York 0 0 .000 — 7-under 65 and a one-stroke after the The last time the U.S. Open was played in Oakmont in 2007, Angel Cabrera came out on top. CHICAGO MACHINE: Activated D Thomas Kehoe.
Washington 0 0 .000 — first round of the Triton Financial LONG ISLAND LIZARDS: Activated D Nicky Polanco and M Glenn Adams.
WESTERN CONFERENCE Classic. of the Wales Open. WNBA
W L Pct GB COLLEGE
David Eger birdied the final two Ramsay, the 2006 U.S. Amateur AUBURN HILLS, MICH.—Detroit Shock BINGHAMTON: Signed men’s basketball coach Kevin Broadus through the 2013-2014
Los Angeles 0 0 .000 —
Minnesota 0 0 .000 — holes for a 66. Michael McCullough winner, had a 7-under 135 total on The center Kara Braxton will be suspended season.
Phoenix 0 0 .000 — followed at 67, and Tom Kite, the area Twenty Ten Course, the site of the for six games after pleading guilty to a CALIFORNIA: Named Jennifer Carey director of operations for women’s volleyball.
Sacramento 0 0 .000 — FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON: Fired men’s basketball coach Tom Green.
San Antonio 0 0 .000 — resident still looking for his first tour 2010 Ryder Cup matches. Englishmen drunk-driving charge during the
Seattle 0 0 .000 — MIAMI: Announced junior F Dwayne Collins has withdrawn from the NBA Draft.
win in Texas, was another stroke back Robert Rock (68) and Ross Fisher (66) offseason. MONTANA STATE-BILLINGS: Announced the resignation of Dana Cordova, women’s
along with Mark O’Meara, Mark were tied for second. The league announced the suspension volleyball and men’s golf coach.
Today’s Games Sunday’s Games Wiebe, Mark James, Dana Quigley, European Ryder Cup captain Colin Friday, one day before the defending MONTANA TECH: Named Rich Mayson wide receivers and tight ends coach.
Detroit at Los Angeles, 2:30 a.m. Atlanta at Washington, 4 p.m.
Seattle at Sacramento, 4 p.m. Connecticut at New York, 4 p.m. Jeff Sluman and Larry Mize. Montgomerie was three strokes back champions face the Los Angeles Sparks OKLAHOMA CITY: Named Jerry Faulkner graduate assistant cross country coach.
Washington at Connecticut, Minnesota at Indiana, 7 p.m. ST. ANDREWS: Announced the resignation of athletic director Brian Mand.
after his second straight 69, while U.S. in the first game of the 2009 WNBA STANFORD: Named Niall Adler assistant media relations director.
4 p.m. Sacramento at Seattle, 9 p.m.
Indiana at Atlanta, 7 p.m. NEWPORT, WALES—Scotland’s Richie counterpart Corey Pavin made the cut season. Braxton averaged 8.9 points and TENNESSEE-MARTIN: Announced the resignation of men’s basketball coach Bret
Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Monday’s Game Ramsay shot a 4-under 67 to take a by a stroke, shooting a 72 for a 2-over 5.1 rebounds in 33 games last season. Campbell.
San Antonio at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Los Angeles at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
one-stroke lead after the second round total. — The Associated Press