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.