WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Friday

PHOENIX (AP) - Justin Upton homered and drove in three runs and
Chris Snyder added a solo shot as the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated
the Philadelphia Phillies 4-0 last night. The Phillies lost for
only the sixth time in 25 games this month and saw their NL East
lead drop to 6 games. They open up a series against the San
Francisco Giants tonight.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Looking for a top starter to bolster their
so-so rotation, the Philadelphia Phillies acquired reigning AL Cy
Young Award winner Cliff Lee from the Indians. The defending World
Series champions are sending Cleveland four minor league prospects
for Lee and outfielder Ben Francisco. The deal is pending medical
reviews.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Randy Winn lined an RBI single down the
first-base line with two outs in the 10th inning and the San
Francisco Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0 yesterday for a
three-game sweep. The Pirates lost their fifth straight to finish a
1-7 road trip. The Pirates are off today and start a weekend series
against the Nationals tomorrow.

SEATTLE (AP) - The Seattle Mariners have acquired shortstop Jack
Wilson and pitcher Ian Snell from the Pittsburgh Pirates for
shortstop Ronny Cedeno, Triple-A catcher Jeff Clement and three
minor league pitchers. Pittsburgh also gets minor league
right-handed pitchers Nathan Adcock, Brett Lorin and Aaron
Pribanic.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - New Eagles defensive coordinator Sean
McDermott says he's still looking for a "book of sorcery" that
his mentor Jim Johnson left behind. Johnson died Tuesday at the age
of 68 after a long battle with cancer. McDermott says with the
results Johnson got, there must be a "book of potions and magic"
somewhere around.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Heath Miller has
agreed to a six-year contract that runs through the 2014 season.
Miller, one of the top blockers among NFL tight ends, had one
season remaining on the five-year contract he signed after being
Pittsburgh's first-round draft pick in 2005.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Elton Brand is ready to give the
Philadelphia 76ers what they paid for. The often-injured power
forward believes he can return to form and be the double-double
presence in the post that earned him two All-Star berths and an $80
million contract from the Sixers. He is preparing for training camp
which starts in late September.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Thursday's Games
Baltimore 7, Kansas City 3
Boston 8, Oakland 5
Texas 7, Seattle 1
Chicago White Sox 3, N.Y. Yankees 2
Friday's Games
Boston (Smoltz 1-4) at Baltimore (Guthrie 7-9), 7:05 p.m.
Detroit (E.Jackson 7-5) at Cleveland (Carmona 2-6), 7:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Ponson 1-6) at Tampa Bay (Price 3-4), 7:38 p.m.
Seattle (J.Vargas 3-4) at Texas (Padilla 7-5), 8:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (E.Santana 3-6) at Minnesota (Blackburn 8-5), 8:10
p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Mitre 1-0) at Chicago White Sox (Richard 4-3),
8:11 p.m.
Toronto (Richmond 6-5) at Oakland (Braden 7-9), 10:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Thursday's Games
N.Y. Mets 7, Colorado 0, 1st game
San Diego 7, Cincinnati 4
Milwaukee 7, Washington 3
Chicago Cubs 12, Houston 3
Atlanta 6, Florida 3, 10 innings
Colorado 4, N.Y. Mets 2, 2nd game
L.A. Dodgers 5, St. Louis 3, 10 innings
San Francisco 7, Philadelphia 2
Friday's Games
Washington (Lannan 7-7) at Pittsburgh (Ohlendorf 8-8), 7:05 p.m.
Arizona (D.Davis 5-10) at N.Y. Mets (Li.Hernandez 7-5), 7:10
p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Harden 7-6) at Florida (Volstad 8-9), 7:10 p.m.
Colorado (Cook 10-3) at Cincinnati (Lehr 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Schmidt 1-1) at Atlanta (Hanson 5-1), 7:35 p.m.
Houston (Moehler 7-6) at St. Louis (M.Boggs 1-0), 8:15 p.m.
Milwaukee (Looper 9-5) at San Diego (Gaudin 4-9), 10:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 7-9) at San Francisco (Sadowski 2-3), 10:15
p.m.

WNBA
Thursday's Games
Sacramento 101, San Antonio 93, OT
Indiana 94, Connecticut 85, OT
Atlanta 106, Phoenix 76
Washington 78, New York 75
Friday's Games
Minnesota at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Today's Sports-Thursday, July 30 2009

PHOENIX (AP) - JUSTIN UPTON HOMERED AND DROVE IN THREE RUNS AND CHRIS SNYDER ADDED A SOLO SHOT AS THE ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS DEFEATED THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 4-0 LAST NIGHT. THE PHILLIES LOST FOR ONLY THE SIXTH TIME IN 25 GAMES THIS MONTH AND SAW THEIR NL EAST LEAD DROP TO 6 GAMES. THEY OPEN UP A SERIES AGAINST THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS TONIGHT.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - LOOKING FOR A TOP STARTER TO BOLSTER THEIR SO-SO ROTATION, THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES ACQUIRED REIGNING AL CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER CLIFF LEE FROM THE INDIANS. THE DEFENDING WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS ARE SENDING CLEVELAND FOUR MINOR LEAGUE PROSPECTS FOR LEE AND OUTFIELDER BEN FRANCISCO. THE DEAL IS PENDING MEDICAL REVIEWS.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - RANDY WINN LINED AN RBI SINGLE DOWN THE FIRST-BASE LINE WITH TWO OUTS IN THE 10TH INNING AND THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS BEAT THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES 1-0 YESTERDAY FOR A THREE-GAME SWEEP. THE PIRATES LOST THEIR FIFTH STRAIGHT TO FINISH A 1-7 ROAD TRIP. THE PIRATES ARE OFF TODAY AND START A WEEKEND SERIES AGAINST THE NATIONALS TOMORROW.

SEATTLE (AP) - THE SEATTLE MARINERS HAVE ACQUIRED SHORTSTOP JACK WILSON AND PITCHER IAN SNELL FROM THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES FOR SHORTSTOP RONNY CEDENO, TRIPLE-A CATCHER JEFF CLEMENT AND THREE MINOR LEAGUE PITCHERS. PITTSBURGH ALSO GETS MINOR LEAGUE RIGHT-HANDED PITCHERS NATHAN ADCOCK, BRETT LORIN AND AARON PRIBANIC.

BETHLEHEM, PA. (AP) - NEW EAGLES DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR SEAN MCDERMOTT SAYS HE'S STILL LOOKING FOR A "BOOK OF SORCERY" THAT HIS MENTOR JIM JOHNSON LEFT BEHIND. JOHNSON DIED TUESDAY AT THE AGE OF 68 AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER. MCDERMOTT SAYS WITH THE RESULTS JOHNSON GOT, THERE MUST BE A "BOOK OF POTIONS AND MAGIC" SOMEWHERE AROUND.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - PITTSBURGH STEELERS TIGHT END HEATH MILLER HAS AGREED TO A SIX-YEAR CONTRACT THAT RUNS THROUGH THE 2014 SEASON. MILLER, ONE OF THE TOP BLOCKERS AMONG NFL TIGHT ENDS, HAD ONE SEASON REMAINING ON THE FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT HE SIGNED AFTER BEING PITTSBURGH'S FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK IN 2005.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - ELTON BRAND IS READY TO GIVE THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS WHAT THEY PAID FOR. THE OFTEN-INJURED POWER FORWARD BELIEVES HE CAN RETURN TO FORM AND BE THE DOUBLE-DOUBLE PRESENCE IN THE POST THAT EARNED HIM TWO ALL-STAR BERTHS AND AN $80
MILLION CONTRACT FROM THE SIXERS. HE IS PREPARING FOR TRAINING CAMP WHICH STARTS IN LATE SEPTEMBER.


AMERICAN LEAGUE

Final L.A. Angels 9 Cleveland 3
Final Seattle 3 Toronto 2
Final Baltimore 7 Kansas City 3
Final N-Y Yankees 6 Tampa Bay 2
Final Oakland 8 Boston 6
Final Detroit 13 Texas 5
Final Minnesota 3 Chi White Sox 2


NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Chi Cubs 12 Houston 0
Final San Francisco 1 Pittsburgh 0, 10 Innings
Final Florida 6 Atlanta 3
Final San Diego 7 Cincinnati 1
Final Milwaukee 7 Washington 5
Final St. Louis 3 L.A. Dodgers 2, 15 Innings
Final Arizona 4 Philadelphia 0

Colorado at N-Y Mets (7:10 p.m., postponed, )

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Tuesday

PHOENIX (AP) - Jamie Moyer pitched 6-and-2-thirds shutout
innings, Ryan Howard hit a two-run homer and the Philadelphia
Phillies defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-2 last night. The
Phillies stretched their lead in the National League East to a
season-high seven games over Atlanta and Florida. The Phillies play
the Diamondbacks again tonight in Arizona.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Tim Lincecum pitched a four-hitter and
bounced back from a rough outing with a career-high 15 strikeouts
in the San Francisco Giants' 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh
Pirates last night. The hard-throwing right-hander earned his
fourth complete game this season. The Pirates once again play in
San Francisco tonight against the Giants.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - The Philadelphia Eagles have opened up
training camp for many of the players in Bethlehem. After
Philadelphia reached its fifth NFC championship game in eight years
last season, the Eagles added several players to boost an offense
that relied on Donovan McNabb and running back Brian Westbrook.All
players are due in training camp by tomorrow.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia police have charged two men
with murder and a third suspect is in custody, in the beating death
of a man outside the Phillies' ballpark following a game. Cops have
charged Charles Bowers and Jim Grove with murder for allegedly
beating and kicking David Sale to death. The third suspect, Francis
Kirchner turned himself in yesterday.



AMERICAN LEAGUE
Monday's Games
Kansas City 5, Baltimore 3
N.Y. Yankees 11, Tampa Bay 4
Boston 8, Oakland 3
Texas 5, Detroit 2
Minnesota 4, Chicago White Sox 3
Cleveland 8, L.A. Angels 6
Toronto 11, Seattle 4
Tuesday's Games
Kansas City (Bannister 6-7) at Baltimore (Berken 1-8), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 10-6) at Tampa Bay (Kazmir 4-6), 7:08
p.m.
Oakland (Mazzaro 2-7) at Boston (Buchholz 1-1), 7:10 p.m.
Detroit (French 1-1) at Texas (Padilla 7-5), 8:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 11-3) at Minnesota (S.Baker 8-7),
8:10 p.m.
Cleveland (D.Huff 5-4) at L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 10-3), 10:05
p.m.
Toronto (Rzepczynski 1-2) at Seattle (Washburn 8-6), 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Monday's Games
St. Louis 6, L.A. Dodgers 1
N.Y. Mets 7, Colorado 3
Cincinnati 6, San Diego 4
Chicago Cubs 5, Houston 1, 13 innings
Washington 14, Milwaukee 6
Philadelphia 6, Arizona 2
San Francisco 4, Pittsburgh 2
Tuesday's Games
Atlanta (Jurrjens 9-7) at Florida (Nolasco 7-7), 7:10 p.m.
Colorado (Marquis 12-6) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 7-6), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Correia 6-8) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 10-9), 7:10 p.m.
Houston (Oswalt 6-4) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 5-5), 8:05 p.m.
Washington (Balester 0-1) at Milwaukee (Villanueva 2-7), 8:05
p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 10-5) at St. Louis (Wainwright 11-6),
8:15 p.m.
Philadelphia (Hamels 6-5) at Arizona (Haren 10-5), 9:40 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Morton 2-2) at San Francisco (Zito 6-10), 10:15
p.m.

WNBA

Monday's Games
No games scheduled
Tuesday's Games
Washington at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Phoenix at Connecticut, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Seattle at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Monday

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - Philadelphia Eagles top draft pick Jeremy Maclin remains unsigned and was a no-show on the first day of training camp. Maclin was selected with the 19th overall pick in the draft. The Eagles traded up two spots to take the receiver out of Missouri.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

NATIONAL LEAGUE

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins and Raul Ibanez all hit two-run home runs to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 9-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals yesterday. Joe Blanton had another effective outing and Ryan Howard had three RBIs to lift the Phillies to their 17th win in 20 games. The Phillies play Arizona out west tonight.

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - Pedro Martinez's first minor league rehab start in preparation for a comeback with the Philadelphia Phillies was cut short by rain. The right-hander worked 1-and-a-third innings for the Class-A Clearwater team. He hit a
batter and allowed one hit during a 20-pitch first inning that was delayed by a storm.

PHOENIX (AP) - Mark Reynolds and Gerardo Parra each hit two-run homers and the Arizona Diamondbacks made it easy for right-hander Max Scherzer in a 9-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday. Arizona had eight extra-base hits, including a double and a triple by shortstop Stephen Drew. The Pirates take on the San Francisco Giants starting tonight.

Sunday's Games

Washington 3, San Diego 2, 10 innings
Atlanta 10, Milwaukee 2
N.Y. Mets 8, Houston 3
Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati 2
Colorado 4, San Francisco 2
Florida 8, L.A. Dodgers 6

Monday's Games

L.A. Dodgers (Wolf 5-4) at St. Louis (C.Carpenter 8-3), 7:05 p.m.
Colorado (Jimenez 7-9) at N.Y. Mets (O.Perez 2-3), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Geer 1-6) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 1-2), 7:10 p.m.
Houston (W.Rodriguez 10-6) at Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 7-4), 8:05 p.m.
Washington (Stammen 3-5) at Milwaukee (Suppan 5-7), 8:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Moyer 9-7) at Arizona (Garland 5-9), 9:40 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Maholm 6-4) at San Francisco (Lincecum 10-3), 10:15 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Sunday's Games

N.Y. Yankees 7, Oakland 5
Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 1
Baltimore 6, Boston 2
Texas 7, Kansas City 2
Minnesota 10, L.A. Angels 1
Cleveland 12, Seattle 3
Chicago White Sox 5, Detroit 1

Monday's Games

Kansas City (Chen 0-5) at Baltimore (R.Hill 3-3), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (A.Burnett 9-4) at Tampa Bay (J.Shields 6-6), 7:08 p.m.
Oakland (Cahill 6-8) at Boston (Beckett 11-4), 7:10 p.m.
Detroit (Galarraga 5-8) at Texas (Tom.Hunter 2-1), 8:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Danks 8-6) at Minnesota (Perkins 5-6), 8:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Pavano 8-8) at L.A. Angels (J.Saunders 8-6), 10:05 p.m.
Toronto (R.Romero 8-4) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 11-3), 10:10 p.m.

NASCAR Sprint Cup-Allstate 400 at The Brickyard Results
Start position in parentheses)

1. (16) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 160 laps, 128 rating, 190 points.
2. (1) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 160, 128.9, 175.
3. (7) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 160, 114, 170.
4. (12) Greg Biffle, Ford, 160, 108.4, 160.
5. (6) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 160, 114.4, 160.
6. (19) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 160, 94.3, 150.
7. (8) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 160, 98.6, 146.
8. (5) David Reutimann, Toyota, 160, 98.8, 142.
9. (22) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 160, 91.1, 138.
10. (25) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 160, 80.8, 134.
11. (2) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 160, 131.7, 140.
12. (18) Joey Logano, Toyota, 160, 79, 127.
13. (9) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 160, 85.1, 124.
14. (17) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 160, 80.4, 121.
15. (41) Carl Edwards, Ford, 160, 70.7, 118.
16. (21) David Stremme, Dodge, 160, 70.6, 115.
17. (13) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 160, 69.8, 112.
18. (10) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 160, 81.1, 109.
19. (27) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 160, 63.8, 111.
20. (33) AJ Allmendinger, Dodge, 160, 61.9, 103.
21. (24) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 160, 57, 100.
22. (11) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 160, 67.7, 97.
23. (31) Bobby Labonte, Ford, 160, 53.3, 94.
24. (29) David Ragan, Ford, 160, 56.2, 91.
25. (38) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 159, 63.5, 88.
26. (4) Bill Elliott, Ford, 159, 79.7, 85.
27. (40) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 159, 51.7, 82.
28. (32) Robby Gordon, Toyota, 159, 48.4, 79.
29. (28) Paul Menard, Ford, 158, 41.2, 76.
30. (37) David Gilliland, Chevrolet, 158, 41.9, 78.
31. (26) Scott Speed, Toyota, 157, 42.1, 70.
32. (35) John Andretti, Chevrolet, 156, 38.1, 67.
33. (43) Terry Labonte, Toyota, 154, 33.5, 64.
34. (14) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 144, 69.6, 61.
35. (23) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, engine, 139, 47, 58.
36. (3) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, engine, 127, 85.5, 55.
37. (15) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 118, 62.4, 52.
38. (20) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 112, 68.5, 49.
39. (36) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 108, 27.1, 46.
40. (42) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 45, 27, 43.
41. (39) Mike Skinner, Toyota, transmission, 35, 27.9, 40.
42. (34) Dave Blaney, Toyota, brakes, 23, 30.8, 37.
43. (30) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, brakes, 21, 30.4, 34.

Average Speed of Race Winner: 145.882 mph.
Time of Race: 2 hours, 44 minutes, 31 seconds.
Margin of Victory: 0.400 seconds.
Caution Flags: 3 for 14 laps.
Lead Changes: 9 among 7 drivers.
Lap Leaders: M.Martin 1-4; J.Montoya 5-30; T.Stewart 31-32;
D.Gilliland 33; J.Montoya 34-92; C.Mears 93; J.Montoya 94-124;
B.Vickers 125-126; M.Martin 127-136; J.Johnson 137-160.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): J.Montoya, 3
times for 116 laps; J.Johnson, 1 time for 24 laps; M.Martin, 2
times for 14 laps; T.Stewart, 1 time for 2 laps; B.Vickers, 1 time
for 2 laps; C.Mears, 1 time for 1 lap; D.Gilliland, 1 time for 1
lap.

Top 12 in Points: 1. T.Stewart, 3,054; 2. J.Johnson, 2,862; 3.
J.Gordon, 2,847; 4. Ku.Busch, 2,608; 5. C.Edwards, 2,556; 6.
D.Hamlin, 2,518; 7. R.Newman, 2,506; 8. K.Kahne, 2,482; 9.
M.Martin, 2,471; 10. J.Montoya, 2,461; 11. G.Biffle, 2,445; 12.
M.Kenseth, 2,429.

WNBA BASKETBALL

Phoenix 94 New York 88
Washington 87 Sacramento 73

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

Saturday's Games

Seattle FC 0, Chicago 0, tie
Columbus 3, Toronto FC 2
New England 1, Houston 0
Kansas City 1, Los Angeles 1, tie
Colorado 4, New York 0
San Jose 2, D.C. United 2, tie

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Monday

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins and
Raul Ibanez all hit two-run home runs to lead the Philadelphia
Phillies to a 9-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals yesterday. Joe
Blanton had another effective outing and Ryan Howard had three RBIs
to lift the Phillies to their 17th win in 20 games. The Phillies
play Arizona out west tonight.

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - Pedro Martinez's first minor league
rehab start in preparation for a comeback with the Philadelphia
Phillies was cut short by rain. The right-hander worked
1-and-a-third innings for the Class-A Clearwater team. He hit a
batter and allowed one hit during a 20-pitch first inning that was
delayed by a storm.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Police say a group from a bachelor party got
into a fight with other patrons at McFaddens Restaurant in the
Citizens Bank Park complex after the Phillies game Saturday night.
It involved up to 30 people and moved into the parking lot. That's
where David Sale of Lansdale was assaulted. He later died from his
injuries.

PHOENIX (AP) - Mark Reynolds and Gerardo Parra each hit two-run
homers and the Arizona Diamondbacks made it easy for right-hander
Max Scherzer in a 9-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates
yesterday. Arizona had eight extra-base hits, including a double
and a triple by shortstop Stephen Drew. The Pirates take on the San
Francisco Giants starting tonight.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - Philadelphia Eagles top draft pick Jeremy
Maclin remains unsigned and was a no-show on the first day of
training camp. Maclin was selected with the 19th overall pick in
the draft. The Eagles traded up two spots to take the receiver out
of Missouri.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Sunday's Games
N.Y. Yankees 7, Oakland 5
Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 1
Baltimore 6, Boston 2
Texas 7, Kansas City 2
Minnesota 10, L.A. Angels 1
Cleveland 12, Seattle 3
Chicago White Sox 5, Detroit 1
Monday's Games
Kansas City (Chen 0-5) at Baltimore (R.Hill 3-3), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (A.Burnett 9-4) at Tampa Bay (J.Shields 6-6), 7:08
p.m.
Oakland (Cahill 6-8) at Boston (Beckett 11-4), 7:10 p.m.
Detroit (Galarraga 5-8) at Texas (Tom.Hunter 2-1), 8:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Danks 8-6) at Minnesota (Perkins 5-6), 8:10
p.m.
Cleveland (Pavano 8-8) at L.A. Angels (J.Saunders 8-6), 10:05
p.m.
Toronto (R.Romero 8-4) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 11-3), 10:10
p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Sunday's Games
Washington 3, San Diego 2, 10 innings
Philadelphia 9, St. Louis 2
Atlanta 10, Milwaukee 2
N.Y. Mets 8, Houston 3
Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati 2
Colorado 4, San Francisco 2
Florida 8, L.A. Dodgers 6
Arizona 9, Pittsburgh 0
Monday's Games
L.A. Dodgers (Wolf 5-4) at St. Louis (C.Carpenter 8-3), 7:05
p.m.
Colorado (Jimenez 7-9) at N.Y. Mets (O.Perez 2-3), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Geer 1-6) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 1-2), 7:10 p.m.
Houston (W.Rodriguez 10-6) at Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 7-4), 8:05
p.m.
Washington (Stammen 3-5) at Milwaukee (Suppan 5-7), 8:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Moyer 9-7) at Arizona (Garland 5-9), 9:40 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Maholm 6-4) at San Francisco (Lincecum 10-3), 10:15
p.m.

WNBA
Sunday's Games
Phoenix 94, New York 88
Washington 87, Sacramento 73
Monday's Games
No games scheduled

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Saturday

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania's governing body for high school athletics has voted to keep its enrollment classification system for football intact. The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association's board voted 15-13 Friday morning in favor of keeping the current system of four classes, Class A through AAAA. The PIAA voted down a proposal that would have moved to a six-class system for football
only and shortened the current 16-week season to 15 weeks. The current system will remain in place through the end of the 2011-2012 school year.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Sean McDermott has replaced Jim Johnson as the Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator, two days before the team opens training camp. The 68-year-old Johnson took an indefinite leave of absence in May to continue treatment for a cancerous tumor on his spine. It's uncertain whether he'll return to the team in any capacity. McDermott, 35, will be introduced at a news conference on Saturday afternoon, the team said Friday. He ran the defense in Johnson's absence after serving as secondary coach last year. McDermott originally joined the Eagles in 1998as a scouting administrative coordinator, and has served in various roles as an assistant on the defensive staff.

RENTON, Wash. (AP) - Penn State receiver Deon Butler signed a multiyear contract with the Seattle Seahawks. Seattle made Butler its third-round draft choice. Rookies are due into training camp Thursday. Butler impressed Seahawks coaches and quarterback Matt Hasselbeck with his speed and hands in spring minicamps.

RENO, Nev. (AP) - Lawyers and legal scholars say the woman accusing Ben Roethlisberger of raping her last summer may have a chance of winning an out-of-court settlement. But she will have a difficult time convincing a judge and jury she was assaulted by the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback.

ASTON, Pa. (AP) - Jose Canseco has withdrawn from his celebrity boxing match against a former chicken wing eating champion, citing his father's illness as the reason. Canseco was scheduled to box Bill "El Wingador" Simmons on last night at an ice skating rink in suburban Philadelphia. The exhibition features only three, 1-minute rounds.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Friday's Games

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Matt Holliday had four hits and an RBI just hours after being traded to St. Louis, and the Cardinals beat the Phillies 8-1 last night in a matchup of division leaders.

PHOENIX (AP) - Zach Duke won for the first time in a month and rookie Garrett Jones hit his major league-best 10th homer in July, leading the Pirates to a 10-3 victory at Arizona last night.

Chicago Cubs 8, Cincinnati 5
San Diego 6, Washington 2
Atlanta 9, Milwaukee 4
Houston 5, N.Y. Mets 4
San Francisco 3, Colorado 1
Florida 6, L.A. Dodgers 3

Saturday's Games

Cincinnati (Cueto 8-6) at Chicago Cubs (K.Hart 1-1), 1:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Lohse 4-6) at Philadelphia (R.Lopez 2-0), 4:10 p.m.
Atlanta (Hanson 5-0) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 8-7), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Niese 0-0) at Houston (R.Ortiz 3-4), 7:05 p.m.
San Diego (Stauffer 0-1) at Washington (J.Martin 0-1), 7:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Ohlendorf 8-7) at Arizona (D.Davis 4-10), 8:10 p.m.
San Francisco (J.Sanchez 3-8) at Colorado (De La Rosa 7-7), 8:10 p.m.
Florida (VandenHurk 1-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 3-5), 10:10 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Friday's Games

Detroit 5, Chicago White Sox 1, 1st game
Detroit 4, Chicago White Sox 3, 2nd game
N.Y. Yankees 8, Oakland 3
Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 2, 10 innings
Boston 3, Baltimore 1
Texas 2, Kansas City 0
L.A. Angels 6, Minnesota 3
Cleveland 9, Seattle 0

Saturday's Games

Oakland (G.Gonzalez 1-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 8-5), 1:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Price 3-4) at Toronto (Tallet 5-6), 1:07 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (G.Floyd 8-6) at Detroit (E.Jackson 7-5), 4:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Sowers 2-7) at Seattle (Bedard 5-2), 4:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Blackburn 8-4) at L.A. Angels (Palmer 7-1), 4:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Guthrie 7-8) at Boston (Lester 8-7), 7:10 p.m.
Texas (Holland 3-5) at Kansas City (Hochevar 5-3), 7:10 p.m.

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

Friday's Games

Real Salt Lake 4, FC Dallas 2

Saturday's Games

Chicago at Seattle FC, 3 p.m.
Toronto FC at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
New England at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Kansas City, 9 p.m.
New York at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
D.C. United at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Thursday

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Aramis Ramirez and Jeff Baker each had a
two-run double and the Chicago Cubs beat Philadelphia 10-5
yesterday. The loss snapped the Phillies' 10-game winning streak.
The NL East-leading Phillies lost for only the second time in 16
games and fell to .500 at home.The Phillies are at home tonight for
a makeup game against the San Diego Padres.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Brandon Moss hit Pittsburgh's season-high
fifth homer of the game leading off the ninth inning and the
Pirates won a series against Milwaukee for the first time in nearly
two years. The Pirates rallied to beat the Brewers 8-7 yesterday.
The Pirates travel to Arizona tonight to start up a series with the
Diamondbacks.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Boston Red Sox have added one of the
Pirates' middle-of-the-order hitters for the second time in as many
seasons, acquiring first baseman Adam LaRoche for two midlevel
prospects. The Pirates will receive Double-A shortstop Argenis Diaz
and Class-A right-hander Hunter Strickland.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney's four
brothers have signed papers this week transferring majority
ownership of the six-time Super Bowl champions. Rooney and son Art
Rooney II, the team president, are to be the new owners. The
complicated sale, ongoing for nearly a year, is expected to close
within the next several weeks.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - ABC says Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben
Roethlisberger will participate in Shaquille O'Neal's new reality
TV series despite being sued by a woman for alleged sexual assault.
Roethlisberger canceled a news conference set for Thursday to
promote the show, but an ABC spokesman said that production will
proceed as scheduled tomorrow.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Wednesday's Games
N.Y. Yankees 6, Baltimore 4
Oakland 16, Minnesota 1
Seattle 2, Detroit 1
Toronto 10, Cleveland 6
Texas 3, Boston 1
L.A. Angels 9, Kansas City 6
Chicago White Sox 4, Tampa Bay 3
Thursday's Games
Cleveland (D.Huff 4-4) at Toronto (Rzepczynski 1-1), 12:37 p.m.
Seattle (Washburn 7-6) at Detroit (French 1-0), 1:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Kazmir 4-5) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 10-3), 2:05
p.m.
Oakland (Mazzaro 2-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 9-6), 7:05 p.m.
Minnesota (S.Baker 8-7) at L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 10-3), 10:05
p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Wednesday's Games
Pittsburgh 8, Milwaukee 7
Chicago Cubs 10, Philadelphia 5
Colorado 4, Arizona 3
Florida 5, San Diego 0
Washington 3, N.Y. Mets 1
Atlanta 4, San Francisco 2
Houston 4, St. Louis 3
L.A. Dodgers 6, Cincinnati 2
Thursday's Games
San Francisco (Zito 5-10) at Atlanta (Kawakami 5-7), 1:10 p.m.
San Diego (Correia 6-7) at Philadelphia (Hamels 5-5), 7:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Wainwright 10-6) at Washington (Balester 0-0), 7:05
p.m.
Pittsburgh (Morton 2-2) at Arizona (Haren 10-5), 9:40 p.m.

WNBA
Wednesday's Games
Atlanta 98, Detroit 95, OT
New York 77, Chicago 70
Connecticut 83, Sacramento 75
Minnesota 99, Phoenix 86
Los Angeles at Seattle, 10 p.m.
Thursday's Games
Indiana at San Antonio, 12:30 p.m.
Chicago at Washington, 7 p.m.
Sacramento at New York, 7:30 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Wednesday

UNDATED (AP) - There's a change atop the American League East
standings. The New York Yankees have taken over the top spot with a
6-4 win over Baltimore while the Boston Red Sox fall one game back
after dropping a 4-2 decision in Texas for their fourth straight
loss.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Make it 10 straight wins for the
Philadelphia Phillies, who are on their longest winning streak
since they won 13 straight in 1991. Jayson Werth's walkoff,
three-run home run in the 13th inning powered the Phils to a 4-1
win over the Chicago Cubs last night.

ATLANTA (AP) - The Atlanta Braves have won nine of their last 12
after last night's 8-1 win over San Francisco. Martin Prado had
three hits and scored three times and Brian McCann hit a three-run
homer and drove in four runs as the Braves moved two games over
.500.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Boston's All-Star knuckleballer Tim
Wakefield is headed to the disabled list because of a lower back
problem. The Red Sox recalled right-hander Clay Buchholz from
Triple-A Pawtucket to start in Wakefield's place in tonight's
finale of a three-game series in Texas.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - USA Basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski
(shuh-SHEF'-skee) and his entire staff of assistant coaches have
signed on to lead the United States in next summer's world
championships and when it defends its gold medal in the 2012
Olympics. Coach K coached Team USA to an Olympic gold medal last
year in Beijing and is coming back along with assistants Mike
D'Antoni of the Knicks, Nate McMillan of Portland and Jim Boeheim
(BAY'-hym) of Syracuse.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tuesday's Games
L.A. Angels 8, Kansas City 5, 1st game
N.Y. Yankees 6, Baltimore 4
Detroit 9, Seattle 7
Cleveland 2, Toronto 1
Texas 4, Boston 2
Tampa Bay 3, Chicago White Sox 2
L.A. Angels 10, Kansas City 2, 2nd game
Minnesota 3, Oakland 2, 10 innings


Wednesday's Games
Baltimore (Berken 1-7) at N.Y. Yankees (A.Burnett 8-4), 1:05
p.m.
Minnesota (Perkins 5-5) at Oakland (Cahill 5-8), 3:35 p.m.
Seattle (F.Hernandez 10-3) at Detroit (Galarraga 5-8), 7:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Pavano 8-7) at Toronto (R.Romero 7-4), 7:07 p.m.
Boston (Buchholz 1-0) at Texas (Padilla 7-5), 8:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Saunders 8-6) at Kansas City (Bannister 6-7), 8:10
p.m.
Tampa Bay (J.Shields 6-6) at Chicago White Sox (Torres 0-0),
8:11 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Tuesday's Games
Philadelphia 4, Chicago Cubs 1, 13 innings
Milwaukee 2, Pittsburgh 0
Washington 4, N.Y. Mets 0
Atlanta 8, San Francisco 1
Houston 11, St. Louis 6
Arizona 6, Colorado 5
Florida 3, San Diego 2
L.A. Dodgers 12, Cincinnati 3
Wednesday's Games
Milwaukee (Suppan 5-7) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 6-4), 12:35 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 6-4) at Philadelphia (Moyer 9-6), 1:05
p.m.
Arizona (Garland 5-9) at Colorado (Jimenez 7-9), 3:10 p.m.
Florida (Nolasco 6-7) at San Diego (Geer 1-5), 3:35 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 7-5) at Washington (Stammen 2-5), 7:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Lincecum 10-2) at Atlanta (Jurrjens 8-7), 7:10
p.m.
St. Louis (C.Carpenter 8-3) at Houston (Oswalt 6-4), 8:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Arroyo 10-8) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 9-5),
10:10 p.m.

WNBA
Tuesday's Games
Indiana 82, Washington 70
Wednesday's Games
Atlanta at Detroit, Noon
New York at Chicago, 12:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Connecticut, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Seattle, 10 p.m.
Minnesota at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Tuesday

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Raul Ibanez hit a three-run homer, Carlos
Ruiz and Ryan Howard each went deep as the Philadelphia Phillies
won their ninth straight game, 10-1 over the Chicago Cubs last
night. The Phillies are on their longest winning streak since 2006
and improved to 23-23 at home. The Phillies and Cubs do it again
this evening just after 7.

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - Pedro Martinez says he is ready to get
back on the mound. The Philadelphia Phillies' new right-hander is
getting closer to making a rehab start as he returns to the major
leagues. Just last week, Martinez signed a one-year, $1 million
contract with the Phillies. He's now on the 15-day disabled list
because of a shoulder strain.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Delwyn Young and Garrett Jones homered to help
the Pittsburgh Pirates end a 17-game skid against the Milwaukee
Brewers, with an 8-5 victory last night. Andrew McCutchen had three
hits and scored two runs for Pittsburgh, which snapped the major's
longest losing streak against a single opponent in 39 years. The
series continues tonight.

RENO, Nev. (AP) - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben
Roethlisberger has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by
a woman in Nevada. Roethlisberger's attorney released a statement
last night saying the two-time Super Bowl winner was accused of
sexual assault in the lawsuit by Andrea McNulty. Details of the
suit were not immediately available last night.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Military insurer USAA has signed a 10-year
agreement to sponsor the annual Army-Navy football game, including
this year's game in Philadelphia on December 12.The U.S. Naval
Academy and the U.S. Military Academy announced the agreement
Yesterday.


AMERICAN LEAGUE
Monday's Games
N.Y. Yankees 2, Baltimore 1
Texas 6, Boston 3
L.A. Angels at Kansas City, ppd., rain
Chicago White Sox 4, Tampa Bay 3
Oakland 14, Minnesota 13
Tuesday's Games
L.A. Angels (E.Santana 2-5) at Kansas City (Ponson 1-5), 5:10
p.m., 1st game
Baltimore (R.Hill 3-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Mitre 0-0), 7:05 p.m.
Seattle (Olson 3-3) at Detroit (Porcello 8-6), 7:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Cl.Lee 5-9) at Toronto (Cecil 3-1), 7:07 p.m.
Boston (Beckett 11-3) at Texas (Tom.Hunter 1-1), 8:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Niemann 8-4) at Chicago White Sox (Richard 3-3), 8:11
p.m.
L.A. Angels (O'Sullivan 2-0) at Kansas City (Chen 0-4), 8:40
p.m., 2nd game
Minnesota (Swarzak 2-3) at Oakland (Braden 7-8), 10:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Monday's Games
Philadelphia 10, Chicago Cubs 1
Pittsburgh 8, Milwaukee 5
N.Y. Mets 6, Washington 2
Atlanta 11, San Francisco 3
Houston 3, St. Louis 2
Colorado 10, Arizona 6
Florida 3, San Diego 2
L.A. Dodgers 7, Cincinnati 5
Tuesday's Games
Chicago Cubs (Harden 6-6) at Philadelphia (Blanton 6-4), 7:05
p.m.
Milwaukee (Looper 8-4) at Pittsburgh (V.Vasquez 1-3), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (O.Perez 2-2) at Washington (Lannan 6-7), 7:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Sadowski 2-1) at Atlanta (D.Lowe 8-7), 7:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Wellemeyer 7-7) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 9-6), 8:05
p.m.
Arizona (Scherzer 5-6) at Colorado (Cook 9-3), 8:40 p.m.
Florida (Volstad 6-9) at San Diego (Gaudin 4-8), 10:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (H.Bailey 1-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Wolf 4-4), 10:10
p.m.

WNBA
Monday's Game
No games scheduled
Tuesday's Games
Indiana at Washington, 7 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Monday

MIAMI (AP) - Unbeaten rookie J.A. Happ won again, and so did the
Philadelphia Phillies. Happ allowed five hits in seven innings, and
the Phillies extended their longest winning streak since 2006 to
eight games by beating the Florida Marlins 5-0 yesterday. The
Phillies are at home tonight to open up a series against the
Chicago Cubs.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Matt Cain held the Pirates to one run over
seven innings to outpitch All-Star replacement Zach Duke, and the
San Francisco Giants, saddened by the death of their part owner
earlier in the day, ended an offensive slump by beating Pittsburgh
4-3 yesterday. The Pirates open up their series at home with the
Milwaukee Brewers

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Pirates badly need a reliable
starting pitcher. Despite Ian Snell's stellar statistics at
Triple-A Indianapolis, it apparently won't be him. Snell has a 0.34
ERA in four starts since being demoted June 25, but the Pirates
don't plan to recall him because of his apparent reluctance to
return to the majors.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Pirates have cut off contract
talks with shortstop Jack Wilson and second baseman Freddy Sanchez
after the player didn't respond to multiyear offers. This increases
the chances the double-play duo will be traded before the season
ends.


AMERICAN LEAGUE
Sunday's Games
Seattle 5, Cleveland 3
Toronto 3, Boston 1
Baltimore 10, Chicago White Sox 2
N.Y. Yankees 2, Detroit 1
Tampa Bay 4, Kansas City 3
L.A. Angels 1, Oakland 0, 10 innings
Texas 5, Minnesota 3, 12 innings
Monday's Games
Baltimore (Da.Hernandez 2-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 8-5),
7:05 p.m.
Boston (Smoltz 1-2) at Texas (Millwood 8-7), 8:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (O'Sullivan 2-0) at Kansas City (Ponson 1-5), 8:10
p.m.
Tampa Bay (Price 3-3) at Chicago White Sox (G.Floyd 7-6), 8:11
p.m.
Minnesota (Blackburn 8-4) at Oakland (G.Gonzalez 1-2), 10:05
p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Sunday's Games
Cincinnati 5, Milwaukee 3
Philadelphia 5, Florida 0
Chicago Cubs 11, Washington 3
San Francisco 4, Pittsburgh 3
St. Louis 2, Arizona 1
Colorado 6, San Diego 1
L.A. Dodgers 4, Houston 3
Atlanta 7, N.Y. Mets 1
Monday's Games
Chicago Cubs (Lilly 9-6) at Philadelphia (R.Lopez 1-0), 7:05
p.m.
Milwaukee (Burns 2-2) at Pittsburgh (Ohlendorf 7-7), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Li.Hernandez 5-5) at Washington (Martin 0-0), 7:05
p.m.
San Francisco (J.Sanchez 3-8) at Atlanta (Hanson 4-0), 7:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Lohse 4-5) at Houston (Moehler 6-5), 8:05 p.m.
Arizona (D.Davis 4-9) at Colorado (De La Rosa 6-7), 8:40 p.m.
Florida (VandenHurk 0-0) at San Diego (Stauffer 0-1), 10:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Owings 6-9) at L.A. Dodgers (Schmidt 0-0), 10:10
p.m.

WNBA
Sunday's Games
Connecticut 67, Indiana 61
New York 89, Atlanta 86
Chicago 85, San Antonio 75
Seattle 72, Minnesota 69
Detroit 69, Sacramento 65
Monday's Games
No games scheduled

MLS
Sunday's Games
New England 2, Chivas USA 0

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Saturday

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Friday's Games

N.Y. Yankees 5, Detroit 3
Seattle 6, Cleveland 2
Boston 4, Toronto 1
Minnesota 5, Texas 3
Tampa Bay 8, Kansas City 7
Chicago White Sox 12, Baltimore 8
Oakland 7, L.A. Angels 3

Saturday's Games

Detroit at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.
Boston at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.
Baltimore at Chicago White Sox, 4:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Oakland, 4:10 p.m.
Seattle at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

MIAMI (AP) - Chase Utley's RBI single broke a tie in the 12th inning, and the Phillies extended their winning streak to seven by beating the Florida Marlins 6-5 last night.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Garrett Jones' homer in the 14th inning, his second of the night and fifth in four games, ended Pittsburgh's four-game losing streak and the Pirates beat the Giants 2-1 last night.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Pirates are discussing contract extensions with shortstop Jack Wilson and NL All-Star second baseman Freddy Sanchez. But no signing appears imminent and either or both could be traded before the season ends. Sanchez and Wilson potentially could become free agents after this season.

Friday's Games

Chicago Cubs 3, Washington 1
Cincinnati 4, Milwaukee 0
Atlanta 11, N.Y. Mets 0
St. Louis 6, Arizona 1
Colorado 5, San Diego 3
Houston 8, L.A. Dodgers 1

Saturday's Games

N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Washington, 7:05 p.m.
San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.
Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia at Florida, 7:10 p.m.
Arizona at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.
Colorado at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.
Houston at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

SYCAMORE, Ill. (AP) - Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Jack Ikegwuonu has been acquitted of burglary charges in Illinois. A DeKalb County judge acquitted Ikegwuonu on Friday of residential burglary and criminal trespassing. Ikegwuonu and his twin brother, Bill, were accused of trying to steal a video game system from an apartment in the city of DeKalb in 2006.

WNBA BASKETBALL

Friday's Games

Indiana 84 Atlanta 79
Connecticut 72 San Antonio 64
Seattle 69 Sacramento 56

Saturday's Games

New York at Washington 7:00 p.m.
Detroit at Phoenix 10:00 p.m.

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

Saturday's Games

Houston at Toronto FC, 1 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Columbus, 8 p.m.
Colorado at D.C. United, 8 p.m.
San Jose at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Thursday

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Pedro Martinez has agreed to a $1 million,
one-year contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. The team put the
three-time Cy Young winner on the 15-day disabled list with a
shoulder strain. Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. says he
has confidence Martinez will be ready to pitch in two or three
weeks.

MIAMI (AP) - Following the All-Star break, the Philadelphia
Phillies return to action tonight. They are in south Florida to
take on the Marlins just after 7 this evening.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Penguins will raise the Stanley
Cup championship banner before their Oct. 2 game against the New
York Rangers, their last season opener at Mellon Arena. The
Penguins will play each Atlantic Division opponent six times and
each Western Conference team at least once. They will face Stanley
Cup finalist Detroit twice.

BOSTON (AP) - The Philadelphia Flyers will play the Boston
Bruins in the NHL's Winter Classic at Fenway Park on New Year's
Day. The NHL made the announcement at the major league's oldest
ballpark yesterday. The outline of a rink will be laid out over the
field. The center faceoff circle will be in the area of second
base.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Tyler Yates has
undergone right elbow surgery and will miss the rest of the season.
Yates, out since mid-May, isn't expected to resume throwing for
five to six months. His status for the start of next season is
uncertain.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Wednesday's Games
No games scheduled
Thursday's Games
Seattle (Olson 3-2) at Cleveland (Cl.Lee 4-9), 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (E.Santana 1-5) at Oakland (Braden 7-7), 10:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Wednesday's Games
No games scheduled
Thursday's Games
Chicago Cubs (Harden 5-6) at Washington (Lannan 6-6), 7:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Looper 7-4) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 1-0), 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (O.Perez 2-2) at Atlanta (D.Lowe 8-7), 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Moyer 8-6) at Florida (Volstad 6-8), 7:10 p.m.
Colorado (Cook 8-3) at San Diego (Gaudin 4-7), 10:05 p.m.
Houston (W.Rodriguez 8-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Wolf 4-3), 10:10
p.m.

WNBA
Wednesday's Games
San Antonio 79, Washington 78
Indiana 84, Chicago 74
Atlanta 91, Minnesota 77
Phoenix 100, Sacramento 81
Detroit 66, Seattle 63
Thursday's Games
No games scheduled

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Wednesday

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Pedro Martinez is returning to the major
leagues. A source tells the Associated Press that Martinez has
agreed to a $1 million, one-year contract with the Philadelphia
Phillies. Martinez can earn up to $1.5 million in incentives. He
will need to make at least a few starts in the minors before he's
ready to join the Phillies.

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Baseball's All-Star game once again went to the
American League, as they beat the National League 4-3 in St. Louis.
Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies grew up in the Gateway
City. Howard had a chance to give the National League the lead in
the eigth inning. But he struck out on a check-swing, with men on
second and third base.

ST. LOUIS (AP) - President Barack Obama was true to his word: He
didn't bounce it. Obama's ceremonial first pitch at the All-Star
game barely reached the plate. St. Louis Cardinals star Albert
Pujols helped the president, reaching out to scoop the toss.Obama
had warmed up on the White House grounds and was determined his
pitch would reach the plate on a fly.

Major League Baseball
Tuesday's Game
AL All-Stars 4, NL All-Stars 3
Wednesday's Games
No games scheduled

WNBA
Tuesday's Game
Connecticut 82, Los Angeles 71
Wednesday's Games
San Antonio at Washington, 11:30 a.m.
Chicago at Indiana, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
Sacramento at Phoenix, 3:30 p.m.
Detroit at Seattle, 10 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Tuesday

ST. LOUIS (AP) - The Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh
Pirates are still off for the All-Star break. The major league
baseball action last night was in the Home Run Derby. Ryan Howard
of the Phillies and Albert Pujols (POO'-hohls) of the St. Louis
Cardinals were both knocked out of the Home Run Derby by Prince
Fielder of Milwaukee who won the event.

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - Pittsburgh Pirates farmhand and reality
show contestant Rinku Singh earned his first win yesterday in the
second game of a Gulf Coast League doubleheader. He struck out the
only batter he faced in the Bradenton Pirates' 10-5 victory. Singh
is believed to be the first India-born player to win a pro baseball
game in the United States.

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) - Chiba City, Japan is the latest
entry into this year's Little League World Series. The Japanese
team earned a trip to South Williamsport after winning its national
tournament on Sunday. The 10-day tournament begins Aug. 21, with
eight international teams and eight U.S. teams vying for the
biggest prize in youth baseball.

Major League Baseball

Monday
No games scheduled

Tuesday
All-Star Game at St. Louis, 8:05 p.m.

WNBA

Monday's Games
No games scheduled

Tuesday's Game
Los Angeles at Connecticut, 7 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Monday

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL YESTERDAY…

THE PHILLIES BEAT THE PIRATES 5-2 THANKS IN LARGE PART TO A PEDRO FELIZ GRAND SLAM HOME RUN IN THE FIRST INNING…(PLAY CUT)…J.A. HAPP ALLOWED ONE RUN OVER SEVEN INNINGS TO HELP THE PHILS WIN THEIR 5TH STRAIGHT AND 9 OF THEIR LAST 10 AT HOME.

ON THE NATIONAL LEAGUE SCOREBOARD…

CUBS AND CARDINALS SPLIT A DOUBLE-HEADER, CHICAGO WINNING THE OPENER 7-3…ST. LOUIS TOOK THE NIGHTCAP 4-2…METS BEAT CINCINNATI 9-7…DODGERS TOPPED MILWAUKEE 7-4…HOUSTON BLANKED WASHINGTON 5-0…COLORADO EDGED ATLANTA 8-7…SAN DIEGO OVER SAN FRANCISCO 10-4…FLORIDA 8 ARIZONA 1

IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE…

ANGELS BEAT THE YANKEES 5-4, SWEEPING THE 3-GAME SERIES…RED SOX SHUT OUT KANSAS CITY 6-0…BALTIMORE DOUBLED UP TORONTO 4-2…OAKLAND 7…TAMPA BAY 3…MINNESOTA 13 WHITE SOX 7…SEATTLE BEAT TEXAS 5-3

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IS STARTING ITS ANNUAL MID-SUMMER BREAK FOR TOMORROW’S ALL-STAR GAME IN ST. LOUIS. AT THE UNOFFICIAL HALF-WAY POINT, BOSTON, DETROIT AND THE ANGELS ARE AMERICAN LEAGUE DIVISION LEADERS…WITH PHILADELPHIA, ST. LOUIS AND THE DODGERS LEADERS IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.

IN THE EASTERN LEAGUE…HARRISBURG 10 READING 3
IN THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE… ROCHESTER 5 LEHIGH VALLEY 3

GOLF…

UN-HEE-JEE OF SOUTH KOREA MADE A 20-FOOT BIRDIE PUTT ON THE FINAL HOLE TO WIN THE U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP AT SAUCON VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB IN BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA. JEE FINISHED AT EVEN PAR OUTLASTING THIRD ROUND LEADER CRISTIE KERR.

LPGA PLAYER JULIE INKSTER EXPECTS THE DISPUTE BETWEEN A FACTION OF TOUR MEMBERS AND COMMISIONER CAROLYN BIVENS TO BE RESOLVED THIS WEEK AND SAYS THE TOUR’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL LOOK FOR AN INTERIM REPLACEMENT WHILE SEARCHING FOR THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB. INKSTER IS ONE OF TEN PLAYERS WHO CALLED FOR BIVENS TO RESIGN.

BOXING…

THE WIFE OF FORMER BOXING CHAMPION ARTURO GATTI IS BEING DETAINED AS A SUSPECT IN HIS DEATH. POLICE ARE ACCUSING THE 23-YEAR OLD AMANDA RODRIGUES AFTER CONTRADICTIONS IN HER INTERROGATION AFTER THE BOXER WAS FOUND STRANGLED WITH THE STRAP OF A PURSE SATURDAY AT A POSH SEASIDE RESORT IN BRAZIL. SHE DENIES ANY INVOLVEMENT.

DISTRICT 24 LITTLE LEAGUE…

UPPER DAUPHIN COUNTY 2 MINERSVILLE 0
ROTARY 17 CRESSONA 6

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Saturday

DISTRICT 24 LITTLE LEAGUE

Upper Dauphin 5, Orwigsburg 4
Line Mountain 9, Pottsville Railway 8

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Friday's Games

Detroit 5, Cleveland 1
Toronto 2, Baltimore 0
Boston 1, Kansas City 0
Tampa Bay 6, Oakland 0
Minnesota 6, Chicago White Sox 4
L.A. Angels 10, N.Y. Yankees 6
Texas 6, Seattle 4

Saturday's Games

N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels, 4:10 p.m.
Oakland at Tampa Bay, 6:08 p.m.
Cleveland at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.
Toronto at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m.
Kansas City at Boston, 7:10 p.m.
Texas at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Joe Blanton pitched into the eighth inning, Jayson Werth drove in two runs on the same day he was named to his first All-Star team and the Phillies beat the Pirates 3-2 last night.

NEW YORK (AP) - Jayson Werth has become the latest Philadelphia Phillies outfielder to make the National League All-Star team. Werth was added to the roster Friday to replace injured Mets center fielder Carlos Beltran. The first-place Phillies have three outfielders on the NL team for Tuesday night's game in St. Louis.

HOUSTON (AP) - The Houston Astros have claimed backup catcher Chris Coste off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies. The 36-year-old Coste will join his new team Saturday. Coste hit .245 with two home runs and eight RBIs in 45 games for the Phillies this season. He made 98 starts for the Phillies last year.

Friday's Games

St. Louis 8, Chicago Cubs 3
Cincinnati 3, N.Y. Mets 0
L.A. Dodgers 12, Milwaukee 8, 10 innings
Houston 6, Washington 5
Atlanta 4, Colorado 1
Arizona 8, Florida 0
San Francisco 8, San Diego 0

Saturday's Games

St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 4:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee, 7:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.
Washington at Houston, 7:05 p.m.
Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.
Atlanta at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.
Florida at Arizona, 8:10 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco, 9:05 p.m.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - Cristie Kerr strung together three birdies on the front nine in a round of 1-under 70 to take a one-stroke lead over Paula Creamer after two rounds of the U.S. Women's Open in Bethlehem. Kerr, the 2007 Women's Open champ, had one of only six rounds under par on the tough Saucon Valley Country Club layout Friday.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed defenseman Jay McKee to a one-year contract. The team announced the move Friday. McKee had one goal and seven assists and 44 penalty minutes for the St. Louis Blues in 69 games last season.

CHELTENHAM, Pa. (AP) - A San Diego Chargers running back from Philadelphia is hospitalized after being shot early Friday in his car at a suburban intersection. A hospital spokesman says 23-year-old Curtis Brinkley is in stable condition in the intensive care unit at Albert Einstein Medical Center. Brinkley signed with the Chargers as a free agent out of Syracuse.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State can count a second top quarterback prospect among the school's 2010 recruiting class. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Robert Bolden of Orchard Lake, Michigan, has made a verbal commitment to Penn State for 2010Penn State also has a commitment from Paul Jones, who had surgery this week for a broken ankle that he suffered during a basketball game.

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

Saturday's Games

Houston at Seattle, 4 p.m.
Kansas City at New England, 4 p.m.
Columbus at Chicago, 8 p.m.
FC Dallas at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Chivas USA, 11 p.m

WNBA BASKETBALL

Friday's Games

San Antonio 77 Minnesota 61
Indiana 83 Chicago 54

NASCAR-Sprint Cup-LifeLock.com 400 Lineup
At Chicagoland Speedway

(Car number in parentheses)

1. (83) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 184.162.
2. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 182.958.
3. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 182.217.
4. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 182.162.
5. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 182.1.
6. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 181.873.
7. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 181.653.
8. (21) Bill Elliott, Ford, 181.476.
9. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 181.385.
10. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 181.378.
11. (43) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 181.275.
12. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 181.22.
13. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 181.22.
14. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 181.05.
15. (9) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 181.02.
16. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 180.977.
17. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 180.959.
18. (66) Dave Blaney, Toyota, 180.723.
19. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 180.687.
20. (44) AJ Allmendinger, Dodge, 180.566.
21. (1) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 180.548.
22. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 180.433.
23. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 180.367.
24. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 180.343.
25. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 180.313.
26. (09) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 180.132.
27. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, 179.856.
28. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 179.79.
29. (25) Brad Keselowski, Chevrolet, 179.635.
30. (26) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 179.629.
31. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 179.474.
32. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 179.348.
33. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 179.348.
34. (19) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 179.253.
35. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 179.217.
36. (12) David Stremme, Dodge, 179.099.
37. (55) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 179.033.
38. (07) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 179.027.
39. (36) Mike Skinner, Toyota, 178.838.
40. (34) John Andretti, Chevrolet, 178.731.
41. (7) Robby Gordon, Toyota, 178.341.
42. (96) Bobby Labonte, Ford, Owner Points.
43. (71) David Gilliland, Chevrolet, 177.942.

Failed to Qualify

44. (64) Mike Wallace, Toyota, 177.643.
45. (51) Dexter Bean, Dodge, 177.119.
46. (37) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, 177.026.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Friday

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Jayson Werth homered for the fourth straight
game, Chase Utley hit an inside-the-park homer and the Philadelphia
Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-6 last night. Jamie Moyer
allowed six runs and eight hits in five innings, but Philadelphia's
offense bailed him out again. The Phillies take on Pittsburgh
tonight in Citizens Bank Park.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - Pedro Martinez says his
agent is negotiating with the Philadelphia Phillies, trying to get
the pitcher back into the major leagues. Martinez says the Phillies
watched him throw a simulated game this week in the Dominican
Republic. The 3-time Cy Young Award winner went 5-6 with a 5.61 ERA
for the New York Mets last year.

BETHLEHEM (AP) - In Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, golfers have
finished the first round at the U.S. Women's Open. South Korea's Ba
Yeon Choi birdied her first three holes, and four of her first
five, on the way to a one-stroke lead. Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa,
2007 champion Cristie Kerr and qualifier Jean Reynolds opened with
2-under 69s yesterday.

BETHLEHEM (AP) - LPGA commissioner Carolyn Bivens reportedly is
on the way out as leader of the tour after calls for her
resignation by key players. Golf Digest and GolfWeek Magazine
reported on their Web sites yesterday that the embattled
commissioner will be replaced. Sources say Bivens's four-year
tenure could end as soon as next week.

WILKES-BARRE (AP) - Two players from a minor league arena
football team in northeastern Pennsylvania are in trouble with the
law following an altercation outside a nightclub. The
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers have suspended Justin Denmar Parrish
and Jason Prince Acquaye from the team following their arrests
early Thursday morning in Wilkes-Barre.


AMERICAN LEAGUE
Thursday's Games
Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 2
N.Y. Yankees 6, Minnesota 4
Cleveland 10, Chicago White Sox 8
Kansas City 8, Boston 6
Seattle 3, Texas 1
Friday's Games
Cleveland (Cl.Lee 4-8) at Detroit (E.Jackson 6-4), 7:05 p.m.
Toronto (Cecil 2-1) at Baltimore (Berken 1-5), 7:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Bannister 6-6) at Boston (Lester 7-6), 7:10 p.m.
Oakland (Mazzaro 2-4) at Tampa Bay (Niemann 7-4), 7:38 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Danks 7-6) at Minnesota (Blackburn 7-4), 8:10
p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Chamberlain 4-2) at L.A. Angels (Saunders 8-5),
10:05 p.m.
Texas (Feldman 7-2) at Seattle (Morrow 0-3), 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Thursday's Games
St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 1
Philadelphia 9, Cincinnati 6
L.A. Dodgers 11, N.Y. Mets 2
Washington 11, Houston 10, 11 innings
Houston 9, Washington 4
Colorado 7, Atlanta 6
Florida 14, Arizona 7
San Francisco 9, San Diego 3
Friday's Games
St. Louis (C.Carpenter 6-3) at Chicago Cubs (Harden 5-5), 2:20
p.m.
Pittsburgh (Duke 8-7) at Philadelphia (Blanton 5-4), 7:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Arroyo 8-8) at N.Y. Mets (Nieve 3-2), 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 9-4) at Milwaukee (Looper 7-4), 8:05
p.m.
Washington (Olsen 2-4) at Houston (Oswalt 5-4), 8:05 p.m.
Atlanta (D.Lowe 7-7) at Colorado (Jimenez 6-8), 9:10 p.m.
Florida (Nolasco 6-6) at Arizona (Haren 8-5), 9:40 p.m.
San Diego (Banks 1-0) at San Francisco (J.Sanchez 2-8), 10:15
p.m.

WNBA
Thursday's Games
Los Angeles 69, New York 60
Seattle 66, Sacramento 55
Friday's Games
San Antonio at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Indiana at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Thursday

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Shane Victorino's RBI single with two outs
in the ninth inning lifted the Philadelphia Phillies over the
Cincinnati Reds 3-2 last night. Jayson Werth hit a solo homer for
the NL East-leading Phillies, who are 5-1 since losing 14 of 18.
Ryan Madson tossed two scoreless innings to earn the win. Both
teams play each other again tonight.

LEHIGH VALLEY (AP) - The Phillies All-Star Left Fielder Raul
Ibanez is scheduled to make another rehab start with Triple-A
Lehigh Valley tonight. He took last night off. Ibanez, out with a
groin injury since the middle of June, could rejoin the Phillies as
early as Friday.

HOUSTON (AP) - Wandy Rodriguez pitched a five-hitter and tied a
career high by striking out 11, leading the Houston Astros over the
Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 last night. Rodriguez threw his second
career complete game, having shut out the New York Mets two years
ago. This leaves the Pirates without a road series victory since
May 18-21. The Pirates are off.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - The U.S. Women's Open national golf
championship kicks off today in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It's
taking place on the long, narrow fairways of Saucon Valley County
Club, which will play more than 6,700 yards to a par 71.
The 156-player field includes 28 amateurs and players from 22
countries.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Wednesday's Games
Baltimore 5, Seattle 3
Detroit 3, Kansas City 1
Tampa Bay 10, Toronto 9
Boston 5, Oakland 4
N.Y. Yankees 4, Minnesota 3
Chicago White Sox 5, Cleveland 1
Texas 8, L.A. Angels 1
Thursday's Games
Toronto (Halladay 10-2) at Tampa Bay (Price 2-3), 12:08 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Aceves 5-1) at Minnesota (Liriano 4-8), 1:10 p.m.
Cleveland (D.Huff 4-3) at Chicago White Sox (Richard 3-2), 2:05
p.m.
Kansas City (Hochevar 4-3) at Boston (Penny 6-3), 7:10 p.m.
Texas (Tom.Hunter 1-1) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-3), 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Wednesday's Games
Houston 5, Pittsburgh 0
Atlanta 4, Chicago Cubs 1
Colorado 10, Washington 4
Arizona 6, San Diego 2
Florida 7, San Francisco 0
Philadelphia 3, Cincinnati 2
N.Y. Mets 5, L.A. Dodgers 4
Milwaukee 5, St. Louis 4
Thursday's Games
St. Louis (Pineiro 6-9) at Milwaukee (M.Parra 3-8), 2:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Owings 6-8) at Philadelphia (Moyer 7-6), 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Wolf 3-3) at N.Y. Mets (Li.Hernandez 5-4), 7:10
p.m.
Washington (Lannan 6-5) at Houston (R.Ortiz 3-4), 8:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Hanson 4-0) at Colorado (Cook 8-3), 8:40 p.m.
Florida (A.Miller 3-4) at Arizona (Y.Petit 0-3), 9:40 p.m.
San Diego (Geer 1-3) at San Francisco (Lincecum 9-2), 10:15
p.m.

WNBA
Wednesday's Game
Phoenix 90, Chicago 70
Thursday's Games
Los Angeles at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Seattle, 9 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Tuesday

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Chase Utley hit a three-run homer and Shane
Victorino and Greg Dobbs each had two-run shots during a 10-run
first inning. They led the Philadelphia Phillies to a 22-1 victory
over the Cincinnati Reds last night. The Phillies tied a club
record for most runs in the first inning. They scored 10 three
other times. The two teams square off for the second game of the
series tonight.

READING (AP) - Phillies Left Fielder Raul Ibanez went 0 for 2
with a strikeout, walk and scored a run in his first rehab start at
Double-A Reading. Ibanez played the first five innings in the
field. He's expected to get more rehab starts to test his injured
groin. Ibanez, who was voted to his first All-Star game, is batting
.312 with 22 homers and 59 RBIs.

HOUSTON (AP) - Mike Hampton pitched seven solid innings, Miguel
Tejada and Geoff Blum drove in two runs apiece and the Houston
Astros beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 last night. Hampton allowed
one run and three hits to improve to 14-3. Garrett Jones doubled in
the seventh and later scored for Pittsburgh's only run. Both teams
play again this evening.

VOORHEES, N.J. (AP) - Chris Pronger says he's willing to discuss
a contract extension with the Flyers that will keep him in
Philadelphia beyond next season. The 34-year-old Pronger, who had
11 goals and 37 assists last season, will earn $6.25 million next
season. He is hopeful a new deal can be reached before the start of
the season.

NEW YORK (AP) - The FBI is investigating whether letters to one
of baseball's founding fathers were among items stolen from the New
York Public Library. Sports memorabilia dealer Hunt Auctions of
Exton, Pa. said yesterday that it was removing the letters from a
July 14 auction in St. Louis because "many questions still remain
unanswered." It is working closely with the FBI.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Monday's Games
Toronto 7, N.Y. Yankees 6
Kansas City 4, Detroit 3
Oakland 6, Boston 0
L.A. Angels 9, Texas 4
Seattle 5, Baltimore 0
Tuesday's Games
Kansas City (Chen 0-2) at Detroit (Verlander 8-4), 7:05 p.m.
Toronto (Rzepczynski 0-0) at Tampa Bay (J.Shields 6-6), 7:08
p.m.
Oakland (Eveland 1-2) at Boston (Beckett 9-3), 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 7-5) at Minnesota (S.Baker 6-6), 8:10
p.m.
Cleveland (Sowers 2-6) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 8-2), 8:11
p.m.
Texas (Nippert 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Lackey 3-3), 10:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Guthrie 6-8) at Seattle (Bedard 5-2), 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Monday's Games
Chicago Cubs 4, Atlanta 2
Philadelphia 22, Cincinnati 1
Houston 4, Pittsburgh 1
Colorado 1, Washington 0
Arizona 6, San Diego 5
San Francisco 5, Florida 4
Tuesday's Games
Cincinnati (Harang 5-8) at Philadelphia (Happ 5-0), 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 5-5) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 6-3), 7:10 p.m.
Atlanta (J.Vazquez 5-7) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 5-5), 8:05
p.m.
Pittsburgh (Maholm 5-4) at Houston (Moehler 5-4), 8:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Wainwright 8-5) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 8-5), 8:05
p.m.
Washington (Zimmermann 3-3) at Colorado (Hammel 5-4), 8:40 p.m.
San Diego (Correia 5-6) at Arizona (D.Davis 3-8), 9:40 p.m.
Florida (Jo.Johnson 7-1) at San Francisco (Zito 4-8), 10:15
p.m.

WNBA
Monday's Games
No games scheduled
Tuesday's Games
San Antonio at Seattle, 3 p.m.
Connecticut at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Chicago at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Saturday

DISTRICT 24 LITTLE LEAGUE

RAILWAY PARK 3
CRESSONA 1

MINERSVILLE 4
FRACKVILLE 0

ASHLAND 8
SHENANDOAH 3

ORWIGSBURG AT SHAMOKIN COAL TWP PPD TILL TODAY

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Rodrigo Lopez took a three-hitter into the seventh inning in his first outing in two years, helping the Philadelphia Phillies snap a six-game home losing streak with a 7-2 victory over the New York Mets. The right-hander hadn't pitched in the majors since having elbow ligament replacement surgery 23 months ago.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Phillies have purchased the contract of right-hander Rodrigo Lopez from Triple-A Lehigh Valley and cleared a roster spot by designating reliever Jack Taschner for assignment. Lopez was a two-time 15-game winner with Baltimore and started against the Mets yesterday in place of injured rookie Antonio Bastardo.

MIAMI (AP) - Brandon Moss and Ramon Vazquez homered and Charlie Morton pitched six shutout innings to help the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Florida Marlins 7-4. Hanley Ramirez failed to drive in a run for the first time in 11 games for Florida, which was coming off a three-game sweep of Washington.

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) - Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Ryan Doumit caught five innings of a Gulf Coast League game yesterday, the first time he has played since breaking his right wrist April 19. Doumit expects to play again today for rookie league Bradenton,
then play four or five games at Triple-A before rejoining the Pirates.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Friday's Games

Philadelphia 7, N.Y. Mets 2
Pittsburgh 7, Florida 4
Chicago Cubs 2, Milwaukee 1, 10 innings
Atlanta 9, Washington 8
St. Louis 7, Cincinnati 4
Colorado 5, Arizona 0
L.A. Dodgers 6, San Diego 3
San Francisco 13, Houston 0

Saturday's Games

Atlanta (Hanson 4-0) at Washington (Lannan 5-5), 1:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Looper 6-4) at Chicago Cubs (Harden 5-4), 1:05 p.m.
St. Louis (B.Thompson 2-4) at Cincinnati (Owings 5-8), 1:10 p.m.
Houston (R.Ortiz 3-3) at San Francisco (Lincecum 8-2), 4:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Wolf 3-3) at San Diego (Geer 1-3), 4:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Nieve 3-1) at Philadelphia (Moyer 6-6), 4:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Duke 8-6) at Florida (A.Miller 2-4), 6:10 p.m.
Arizona (Y.Petit 0-3) at Colorado (Cook 8-3), 8:10 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Friday's Games

N.Y. Yankees 4, Toronto 2
Cleveland 15, Oakland 3
Seattle 7, Boston 6, 11 innings
Texas 3, Tampa Bay 1
Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City 0
Detroit 11, Minnesota 9, 16 innings
Baltimore 6, L.A. Angels 4

Saturday's Games

Seattle (Olson 3-2) at Boston (Penny 6-3), 1:05 p.m.
Toronto (Halladay 10-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Wang 1-6), 1:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (G.Floyd 6-5) at Kansas City (Hochevar 3-3), 1:10 p.m.
Detroit (E.Jackson 6-4) at Minnesota (Liriano 4-8), 4:10 p.m.
Oakland (Mazzaro 2-3) at Cleveland (Pavano 6-7), 7:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Price 2-2) at Texas (Holland 1-5), 8:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Berken 1-5) at L.A. Angels (O'Sullivan 2-0), 9:05 p.m.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Former NHL player Tom Fitzgerald is returning to the Pittsburgh Penguins' front office in the newly created position of assistant to general manager Ray Shero. Fitzgerald was the director of player personnel before becoming an assistant coach after Dan Bylsma replaced Michel Therrien as coach on February 15.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Penguins have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with forward Ruslan Fedotenko, who joined the team a year ago as a free agent. The 30-year-old winger had 16 goals and 23 assists in 65 regular season games. He scored seven goals during the playoffs. Fedotenko has also played with Tampa Bay and Philadelphia.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Defenseman Nate Guenin has signed a two-way contract with his hometown Pittsburgh Penguins for the 2009-10 season. Guenin will make $500,000 if he plays in the NHL and $105,000 if he plays in the AHL at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Guenin
had 14 assists in 62 games last season with the Philadelphia Flyers' AHL farm team.

UNDATED (AP) - Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher says the soldiers keep thanking the coaches and the coaches keep thanking them. Fisher, former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher and three other current and former coaches are taking part in the first NFL-USO coaches tour this weekend in Iraq.

SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP) - Paula Creamer plans to play in the U.S. Women's Open next week in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, despite a sore thumb. Creamer is resting the injured left thumb after getting two anti-inflammatory shots. The thumb kept her out of this week's Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic in Ohio.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - About 1,300 people have already registered for next year's Pittsburgh Marathon, two months after the race was held for the first time in six years. This year's marathon, on May 3, attracted 10,500 runners, though some of those ran only a half marathon. Early registration for next year's marathon began
Wednesday.

WNBA BASKETBALL

Friday's Games

Atlanta 72 Washington 65
San Antonio 85 Chicago 72

Major League Soccer

Friday's Game

San Jose 1, Real Salt Lake 1, tie

Saturday's Games

D.C. United at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Houston at Kansas City, 9 p.m.
New York at FC Dallas, 9 p.m.
New England at Los Angeles, 11 p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Friday

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Kings have a four-year deal
in place with free agent defenseman Rob Scuderi, who is leaving the
Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins. Scuderi was part of
Pittsburgh's top shutdown defensive pairing along with Hal Gill,
who has also left the Penguins and signed with the Montreal
Canadiens.

ATLANTA (AP) - Matt Diaz drove in the go-ahead run with an
eighth-inning double as the Atlanta Braves beat Philadelphia 5-2.
Diaz had his second straight three-hit game to lift the Braves to
their fourth consecutive win and drop the Phillies into a tie with
Florida for first in the NL East.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Ryan Church singled in the go-ahead run in the
10th inning, and the New York Mets beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-8.
The Mets overcame a five-run deficit and wasted a ninth-inning lead
before securing the victory.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed three
Taiwan high school players on the first day of the international
free agent signing period. Signed were 18-year-old outfielder
Ping-Hung Chi (Pin-hong Chi), 18-year-old right-hander Sheng-Cin
Hong (Sheng-chin Hong), and 17-year-old Chih-Wei Hsu (Jir-way Su),
a first baseman.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Thursday's Games
Seattle 8, N.Y. Yankees 4
Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City 1
L.A. Angels 5, Baltimore 2
Friday's Games
Toronto (Tallet 5-5) at N.Y. Yankees (A.Burnett 6-4), 1:05 p.m.
Oakland (Cahill 5-6) at Cleveland (D.Huff 3-3), 7:05 p.m.
Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-3) at Boston (Wakefield 10-3), 7:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Kazmir 4-4) at Texas (Tom.Hunter 0-1), 8:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Danks 6-6) at Kansas City (Greinke 10-3),
8:10 p.m.
Detroit (French 0-0) at Minnesota (Slowey 10-3), 8:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Da.Hernandez 1-2) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 1-3),
10:05 p.m.

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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Thursday's Games
Cincinnati 3, Arizona 2, 10 innings
N.Y. Mets 9, Pittsburgh 8, 10 innings
Houston 7, San Diego 2
Atlanta 5, Philadelphia 2
St. Louis 5, San Francisco 2
Chicago Cubs 9, Milwaukee 5
Friday's Games
Milwaukee (Suppan 5-6) at Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 4-3), 2:20 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Morton 0-1) at Florida (Volstad 5-7), 6:10 p.m.
Atlanta (Kawakami 4-6) at Washington (Detwiler 0-4), 6:35 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Li.Hernandez 5-3) at Philadelphia (R.Lopez 0-0), 7:05
p.m.
St. Louis (Pineiro 6-9) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 1-0), 7:10 p.m.
Arizona (Scherzer 5-5) at Colorado (De La Rosa 4-7), 8:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 2-4) at San Diego (Gaudin 4-6), 10:05 p.m.
Houston (F.Paulino 2-4) at San Francisco (Sadowski 1-0), 10:15
p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Thursday

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - The women's semifinals highlight
today's Wimbledon schedule after Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Andy
Roddick and Tommy Haas advanced to the men's semis yesterday.
Today's schedule has top-ranked Dinara Safina (dee-NAH'-rah
sah-FEE'-nuh) facing third seed Venus Williams after No. 2 Serena
Williams battles No. 4 Elena Dementieva (dee-mehn-tee-AY'-vuh).

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - The Detroit Pistons have opened the
NBA's free-agent negotiating period by working out five-year
contracts with Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva. Gordon accepted a
$50-million package and Villanueva took a contract worth $35
million. League rules prohibit the team from announcing the
free-agent signings until next week.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A team spokesman says Kobe Bryant is staying
with the Los Angeles Lakers after declining to opt out of the final
two years of his contract. Bryant has spent his entire 13-year NBA
career with the Lakers, winning four NBA championships. The Lakers
and Bryant will now try to work out a contract extension.

UNDATED (AP) - Right wing Marian Hossa (HOH'-sah) was among
several players to join new teams on the first day of the NHL's
free-agent signing period. Hossa has accepted a 12-year,
$62.8-million contract with the Chicago Blackhawks after scoring 40
goals and 71 points for Detroit last season. High-scoring forward
Marian Gaborik (GAB'-uh-rihk) worked out a multiyear contract with
the New York Rangers, Washington inked forward Mike Knuble
(kuh-NOO'-bul) to a two-year deal and defenseman Mattias Ohlund
(mah-TEE'-uhs OH'-luhnd) took a seven-year pact from Tampa Bay.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Jeremy Mayfield is free to drive again
after a judge lifted the suspension imposed by NASCAR. The judge
ruled the harm to Mayfield significantly outweighs any harm to
NASCAR. He was indefinitely suspended by NASCAR May 9 after testing
positive for methamphetamines eight days earlier.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Wednesday's Games
Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 0
Boston 6, Baltimore 5, 11 innings
Minnesota 5, Kansas City 1
Oakland 5, Detroit 1
Chicago White Sox 6, Cleveland 2
N.Y. Yankees 4, Seattle 2
Texas 9, L.A. Angels 7
Thursday's Games
Seattle (Vargas 3-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 7-4), 7:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 7-2) at Kansas City (Chen 0-1), 8:10
p.m.
Baltimore (Guthrie 6-7) at L.A. Angels (Lackey 2-3), 10:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Wednesday's Games
Florida 5, Washington 3
N.Y. Mets 1, Milwaukee 0
L.A. Dodgers 1, Colorado 0
Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh 1
Cincinnati 1, Arizona 0
Atlanta 11, Philadelphia 1
St. Louis 2, San Francisco 1, 10 innings
Houston 7, San Diego 1
Thursday's Games
Arizona (D.Davis 3-8) at Cincinnati (Harang 5-8), 12:35 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Redding 1-3) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 5-4), 12:35 p.m.
Houston (W.Rodriguez 6-6) at San Diego (Correia 5-5), 3:35 p.m.
Philadelphia (Happ 5-0) at Atlanta (J.Vazquez 5-7), 7:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Zito 4-7) at St. Louis (Wellemeyer 6-7), 7:15
p.m.
Milwaukee (McClung 3-1) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 4-5), 8:05
p.m.

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Wednesday

ATLANTA (AP) - Martin Prado hit a game-ending RBI single in the
10th inning and the Atlanta Braves beat Philadelphia 5-4 last
night. It was Atlanta's first home win over the Phillies since
2007. Atlanta went 0-9 against the Phillies at Turner Field last
year. The Phillies and Braves continue their series tonight in
Atlanta.

ATLANTA (AP) - Jimmy Rollins is back in Philadelphia's lineup
after sitting out four straight games. Rollins, hitting .211 after
an 0-for-19 slump, returned as the Phillies' shortstop and leadoff
hitter for last night's game against Atlanta. Phillies manager
Charlie Manuel said he hopes Rollins will "play the way he always
has, like he has fun."

ATLANTA (AP) - The Philadelphia Phillies have placed left-hander
Antonio Bastardo on the 15-day disabled list with a strained
shoulder. The team recalled another left-hander, Sergio Escalona,
from Triple-A Lehigh Valley before last night's game in Atlanta.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Ross Ohlendorf pitched seven innings and
helped Pittsburgh beat the Chicago Cubs 3-0 last night. The Pirates
beat the Cubs for only the sixth time in their last 26 games in
Pittsburgh. The Cubs finished a forgettable June in which they went
11-14, their first losing month since August 2007. The Pirates and
Cubs battle it out again tonight.

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) - In soccer, The Harrisburg City
Islanders came from behind to upset the New England Revolution 2-1
in overtime in a third-round match last night in the Lamar Hunt
U.S. Open Cup. New England played with mostly reserves because
several starters were out with injuries.


Tuesday's Games:

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Final Baltimore 11 Boston 10
Final Chi White Sox 11 Cleveland 4, 6 Innings
Final N-Y Yankees 8 Seattle 5
Final Tampa Bay 4 Toronto 1
Final Texas 9 L.A. Angels 5
Final Minnesota 2 Kansas City 1
Final Detroit 5 Oakland 3


NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Pittsburgh 3 Chi Cubs 0
Final Arizona 6 Cincinnati 2
Final Atlanta 5 Philadelphia 4, 10 Innings
Final Florida 7 Washington 5, 6 1/2 Innings
Final Milwaukee 6 N-Y Mets 3
Final San Francisco 6 St. Louis 3
Final San Diego 4 Houston 3
Final Colorado 3 L.A. Dodgers 0

Today's Games

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tampa Bay (J.Shields 6-5) at Toronto (R.Romero 5-3), 1:07 p.m.
Boston (Beckett 9-3) at Baltimore (Bergesen 5-2), 1:35 p.m.
Minnesota (Perkins 3-4) at Kansas City (Meche 4-7), 2:10 p.m.
Detroit (Verlander 8-3) at Oakland (Braden 5-7), 3:35 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Contreras 2-7) at Cleveland (Sowers 2-5),
7:05 p.m.
Seattle (Washburn 4-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 7-3), 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 8-3) at Texas (Millwood 8-5), 8:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Washington (Zimmermann 3-3) at Florida (Jo.Johnson 7-1), 12:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 5-3) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 8-4), 2:05 p.m.
Colorado (Hammel 5-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 5-5), 3:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 2-3) at Pittsburgh (V.Vasquez 1-0), 7:05
p.m.
Arizona (Garland 4-7) at Cincinnati (Cueto 7-4), 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Hamels 4-4) at Atlanta (Jurrjens 5-6), 7:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Cain 9-2) at St. Louis (Wainwright 8-5), 8:15
p.m.
Houston (Moehler 4-4) at San Diego (W.Silva 0-1), 10:05 p.m.

WNBA BASKETBALL
Tuesday's Games
Minnesota at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Sacramento at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Washington at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Today's Game
Seattle at Phoenix, 10 p.m.