WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Tuesday

HOUSTON (AP) - Hunter Pence homered and drove in three runs as
the Houston Astros completed a four-game sweep of the Philadelphia
Phillies with a 4-3 win yesterday over the NL East leader. The
Phillies begin a new series against the Washington Nationals down
in the nation's capital tonight.

HOUSTON (AP) - J.A. Happ was unable to make his start for the
Philadelphia Phillies because of a strained a muscle in his side.
He was replaced by Jamie Moyer.The team said yesterday that Happ
hurt himself while taking batting practice Saturday. Moyer started
22 games this season before he was moved to the bullpen Aug. 10.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Chicago Cubs assured the Pittsburgh
Pirates of a record-breaking 17th consecutive losing season,
winning 4-2 yesterday. The Pirates will finish below .500, just as
they have every season since 1993. The string of losing seasons is
a major league record and the longest for any team in the four
major North American pro team sports.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Rookie free safety Victor 'Macho' Harris
took snaps with the first-team defense Monday, a strong indication
he's beaten out second-year pro Quintin Demps for the starting spot
with the Philadelphia Eagles. Demps was considered the favorite to
replace longtime starter Brian Dawkins, who signed with Denver in
free agency.

BENSALEM, Pa. (AP) - Gone Astray and jockey Eddie Castro bided
their time until the field turned for home and then charged to a
9 1/4-length win in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at Philadelphia
Park yesterday. The 3-year-old colt and his veteran rider beat
seven rivals in the 30th running of the 1 1/8-mile race that is the
track's signature event.


AMERICAN LEAGUE
Monday's Games
N.Y. Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 1, 1st game
Minnesota 6, Toronto 3
Chicago White Sox 5, Boston 1
Kansas City 6, L.A. Angels 3
Texas at Cleveland, ppd., rain
N.Y. Yankees 11, Tampa Bay 1, 2nd game
Tuesday's Games
Texas (Tom.Hunter 7-3) at Cleveland (C.Carrasco 0-1), 5:05 p.m.,
1st game
Tampa Bay (Price 7-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Gaudin 1-0), 7:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Duensing 2-1) at Toronto (R.Romero 11-7), 7:07 p.m.
Baltimore (Da.Hernandez 4-6) at Boston (Buchholz 4-3), 7:10 p.m.
Detroit (Porcello 12-8) at Kansas City (Chen 1-6), 8:10 p.m.
Oakland (Tomko 3-3) at Chicago White Sox (C.Torres 1-0), 8:11
p.m.
Texas (McCarthy 6-2) at Cleveland (Laffey 7-4), 8:35 p.m., 2nd
game
Seattle (F.Hernandez 14-5) at L.A. Angels (Kazmir 8-8), 10:05
p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Monday's Games
Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh 2
Houston 4, Philadelphia 3
St. Louis 3, Milwaukee 0
Colorado 4, Cincinnati 3
L.A. Dodgers 7, Arizona 2
San Francisco 9, San Diego 4
Tuesday's Games
Chicago Cubs (Dempster 8-8) at Pittsburgh (Duke 10-13), 7:05
p.m.
Philadelphia (P.Martinez 3-0) at Washington (Lannan 8-10), 7:05
p.m.
Florida (VandenHurk 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (Redding 2-4), 7:10 p.m.
Atlanta (J.Vazquez 11-9) at Houston (F.Paulino 2-7), 8:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Smoltz 1-1) at Milwaukee (M.Parra 10-10), 8:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Maloney 0-3) at Colorado (Marquis 14-10), 8:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 12-9) at Arizona (Buckner 2-6), 9:40
p.m.
San Diego (Correia 10-10) at San Francisco (Lincecum 13-5),
10:15 p.m.

WNBA
Monday's Games
No games scheduled
Tuesday's Games
Indiana at New York, 7:30 p.m.
San Antonio at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.