WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Thursday

WASHINGTON (AP) - A ninth-inning wild pitch led the the
Pittsburgh Pirates to a 2-1 victory over the Washington Nationals
last night. It gave the Pirates a season-high five straight
victories. They will go for this season's sixth straight win
tonight against the Nationals.

CINCINNATI (AP) - The Phillies winning streak is over. Aaron
Harang limited the NL's highest-scoring lineup to a solo homer last
night in defeating the Phillies, 5-1 last night. It ends the
Phillies' winning streak at five games. The two teams meet again
this afternoon.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Flyers rehabbing for next season has begun
for two players. Captain Mike Richards has started using small
weights as he recovers from surgery on both shoulders. Center Danny
Briere's eyes are still sensitive to light a day after having
corrective eye surgery.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh police say former Steelers running
back Najeh Davenport chased a suspected thief who drove away in
Davenport's car before smashing it into four parked vehicles. The
suspect 22-year-old Rodney Green faces theft and hit-and-run
charges.

MLB
Wednesday's Games
AMERICAN LEAGUE
N.Y. Yankees 11, Baltimore 4
Detroit 5, Texas 3
Oakland 7, Tampa Bay 6
Boston 8, Toronto 3
Cleveland 6, Kansas City 5
Chicago White Sox 7, Minnesota 4
Seattle 1, L.A. Angels 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Florida 8, Arizona 6, 1st game
Pittsburgh 2, Washington 1
Atlanta 12, Colorado 4
Cincinnati 5, Philadelphia 1
Houston 6, Milwaukee 4
St. Louis 2, Chicago Cubs 1
Arizona 11, Florida 9, 2nd game
San Diego 2, San Francisco 1
L.A. Dodgers 2, N.Y. Mets

Thursday's Schedule
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Texas (Millwood 4-3) at Detroit (E.Jackson 3-2), 1:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Blackburn 2-2) at Chicago White Sox (Colon 2-3), 2:05
p.m.
Cleveland (Pavano 3-4) at Kansas City (Greinke 7-1), 2:10 p.m.
Oakland (Braden 3-5) at Tampa Bay (Garza 4-2), 4:08 p.m.
Baltimore (Eaton 2-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Chamberlain 2-1), 7:05
p.m.
Toronto (R.Ray 1-1) at Boston (Lester 2-4), 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Saunders 5-2) at Seattle (Bedard 2-1), 10:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia (Blanton 1-3) at Cincinnati (Owings 3-4), 12:35
p.m.
Pittsburgh (Snell 1-5) at Washington (Stammen 0-0), 7:05 p.m.
Colorado (Cook 2-1) at Atlanta (Medlen 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
Arizona (Scherzer 1-3) at Florida (A.Miller 1-1), 7:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Suppan 3-3) at Houston (Oswalt 1-2), 8:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Marshall 2-2) at St. Louis (Wainwright 3-2), 8:15
p.m.
San Francisco (Lincecum 3-1) at San Diego (Correia 1-2), 10:05
p.m.

NBA
Wednesday's Score
Eastern Conference Finals - Game 1
Orlando 107 Cleveland 106

Thursday
Western Conference Finals
Denver at Los Angeles Lakers, 9 p.m.
(Lakers lead series 1-0)

NHL
Wednesday's Scores
No games scheduled

Thursday
Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7:30p.m.
(Penguins lead series 1-0)