WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Wednesday

America's Cup champion Alinghi of Switzerland is being ordered
to tell a New York court why it should not be held in contempt for
refusing to comply with an order that its one-on-one showdown
against American crew BMW Oracle Racing be held in February.
The Supreme Court of the State of New York, acting on a request
by San Francisco's Golden Gate Yacht Club, scheduled a hearing for
May 14.
This is the latest twist in a bitter fight between billionaires
that has delayed a conventional, multichallenger America's Cup and
led to a rare showdown between Alinghi and BMW Oracle Racing.
Alinghi has said it is preparing to hold the best-of-three
series for the oldest trophy in international sports beginning in
May 2010.


AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tuesday's Games
Chicago White Sox 2, Seattle 1, 1st game
L.A. Angels 7, Baltimore 5
N.Y. Yankees 11, Detroit 0
Cleveland 9, Boston 8
Texas 5, Oakland 4
Minnesota 4, Tampa Bay 3
Toronto 8, Kansas City 1
Seattle 9, Chicago White Sox 1, 2nd game
Wednesday's Games
L.A. Angels (Loux 0-2) at Baltimore (Uehara 2-1), 12:35 p.m.
Seattle (Bedard 2-1) at Chicago White Sox (Floyd 2-2), 2:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Chamberlain 0-0) at Detroit (Porcello 1-2), 7:05
p.m.
Boston (Lester 1-2) at Cleveland (Carmona 1-3), 7:05 p.m.
Oakland (Outman 0-0) at Texas (Padilla 1-1), 8:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Kazmir 3-1) at Minnesota (Blackburn 1-1), 8:10 p.m.
Toronto (Tallet 1-0) at Kansas City (Greinke 4-0), 8:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Tuesday's Games
Philadelphia 7, Washington 1
Houston 8, Cincinnati 3
Atlanta 2, St. Louis 1
Florida 7, N.Y. Mets 4
Milwaukee 6, Pittsburgh 5
San Diego 4, Colorado 3
Chicago Cubs 11, Arizona 3
L.A. Dodgers 5, San Francisco 3
Wednesday's Games
Pittsburgh (Snell 1-2) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 2-1), 1:05 p.m.
Florida (Jo.Johnson 2-0) at N.Y. Mets (Santana 3-1), 1:10 p.m.
San Diego (Correia 0-1) at Colorado (Cook 0-1), 3:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Dempster 1-0) at Arizona (D.Davis 1-3), 3:40 p.m.
Washington (Olsen 0-3) at Philadelphia (Myers 1-1), 7:05 p.m.
Houston (F.Paulino 0-1) at Cincinnati (Volquez 2-2), 7:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Wainwright 2-0) at Atlanta (J.Vazquez 2-1), 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Stults 2-0) at San Francisco (Lincecum 1-1), 10:15
p.m.

NBA PLAYOFFS
Tuesday
Boston 106, Chicago 104, OT, Boston leads series 3-2
Orlando 91, Philadelphia 78, Orlando leads series 3-2
Dallas 106, San Antonio 93, Dallas wins series 4-1
Portland 88, Houston 77, Houston leads series 3-2
Wednesday
Miami at Atlanta, 8 p.m.
New Orleans at Denver, 10:30 p.m.
NHL PLAYOFFS
Tuesday
Washington 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, Washington wins series 4-3
Carolina 4, New Jersey 3, Carolina wins series 4-3