WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Wednesday

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Philadelphia Phillies hit five solo home
runs last night during their 5-3 win over the Washington Nationals.
The Phillies have become the 12th team in major league history with
four players who've hit at least 30 homeruns. Philadelphia
continues its series with the Washington Nationals in the nation's
capital tonight.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Philadelphia Phillies hit five solo home
runs and became the 12th team in major league history with a
30-homer foursome in last night's 5-3 win over the Washington
Nationals.Raul Ibanez went long for the 29th and 30th times this
season and Chase Utley hit No. 30, joining Ryan Howard (38) and
Jayson Werth in Philadelphia's 30-homer club.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Brad Lidge's job as closer for the
Philadelphia Phillies is on shakier ground than ever after another
rough ninth inning last night. Before the game, Manuel gave a vote
of confidence in Lidge, who has 10 blown saves this year. But after
the game, Manuel wasn't so sure, saying it's hard to tell what
he'll do the next time the Phillies have a save opportunity.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Aramis Ramirez, Geovany Soto and Kosuke
Fukudome had two-run hits in a record-tying first inning and the
Chicago Cubs handed the hapless Pittsburgh Pirates their 11th loss
in 12 games, 9-4 last night. Chicago tied a major league record
with eight consecutive hits to start the game. The Pirates finish
their series with the Cubs this afternoon.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia Eagles have signed veteran
tight end Alex Smith. The Eagles signed Smith to a one-year
contract yesterday and released tight end Tony Curtis. Smith had
129 catches for 1,252 yards and 11 touchdowns in four seasons with
Tampa Bay. He was traded in the offseason to the New England
Patriots, who released him Saturday.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Speaking to a group of high school students,
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick offered himself up as
a cautionary tale of the dangers of peer pressure. He spoke to
about 200 freshmen on their first day at Nueva Esperanza Academy, a
North Philadelphia charter school. He urged students to make the
right choices.


AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tuesday's Games
Texas 11, Cleveland 9, 1st game
N.Y. Yankees 3, Tampa Bay 2
Toronto 6, Minnesota 3
Boston 10, Baltimore 0
Kansas City 7, Detroit 5
Oakland 11, Chicago White Sox 3
Texas 10, Cleveland 5, 2nd game
L.A. Angels 3, Seattle 2, 10 innings
Wednesday's Games
Texas (Feldman 15-4) at Cleveland (Carmona 3-9), 12:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Niemann 12-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Chamberlain 8-5), 7:05
p.m.
Minnesota (Pavano 11-11) at Toronto (Halladay 14-8), 7:07 p.m.
Baltimore (Berken 4-11) at Boston (P.Byrd 1-1), 7:10 p.m.
Detroit (Verlander 16-7) at Kansas City (Tejeda 1-1), 8:10 p.m.
Oakland (Cahill 8-12) at Chicago White Sox (Garcia 1-2), 8:11
p.m.
Seattle (Snell 4-1) at L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 14-5), 10:05
p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Tuesday's Games
Chicago Cubs 9, Pittsburgh 4
Philadelphia 5, Washington 3
Florida 4, N.Y. Mets 2
Atlanta 2, Houston 1
St. Louis 4, Milwaukee 3
Colorado 3, Cincinnati 1
L.A. Dodgers 5, Arizona 4
San Diego 4, San Francisco 3
Wednesday's Games
Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 7-6) at Pittsburgh (K.Hart 4-5), 12:35
p.m.
St. Louis (Wainwright 17-7) at Milwaukee (Suppan 6-8), 2:05 p.m.
San Diego (LeBlanc 1-1) at San Francisco (Zito 9-11), 3:45 p.m.
Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 5-2) at Washington (Mock 3-7), 7:05 p.m.
Florida (Nolasco 10-8) at N.Y. Mets (Misch 1-1), 7:10 p.m.
Atlanta (Hanson 9-3) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 13-9), 8:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Arroyo 12-12) at Colorado (Hammel 8-7), 8:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Garland 9-11) at Arizona (Haren 13-8), 10:10 p.m.

WNBA
Tuesday's Games
Indiana 69, New York 63
Los Angeles 76, San Antonio 68
Wednesday's Games
Detroit at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

MLS
Wednesday's Game
Kansas City at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.