WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Tuesday

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

TRI VALLEY 5
MINERSVILLE 1

BLUE MTN 10
CONRAD WEISER 5

WILLIAMS VALLEY 13
LOURDES 3

NATIVITY 17
WEATHERLY 2

SHENANDOAH VALLEY 14
MAHANOY AREA 2

MARIAN 11
PIUS X 4

PANTHER VALLEY 6
LEHIGHTON 1

KUTZTOWN 10
TAMAQUA 8

SCH HAVEN 11
READING C C 0

GOV MIFFLIN 5
POTTSVILLE 4

SOFTBALL

PINE GROVE 2
HAMBURG 1 10 INNINGS

MINERSVILLE 9
TRI VALLEY 0

NATIVITY 5
WEATHERLY 2

WILLIAMS VALLEY 16
LOURDES 1

MAHANOY AREA 10
SHEN VALLEY 3

SCH HAVEN 4
READING CC 3

GOV MIFFLIN 2
POTTSVILLE 1

LEHIGHTON 14
PANTHER VALLEY 6

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pirates opened their season with an 11-5 romp over the Dodgers in sunny Pittsburgh yesterday. Garrett Jones homered in his first two at-bats for the Pirates, who one their fourth straight opening day matchup. Ryan Doumit had a three-run homer for Pittsburgh in the eighth inning.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pirates reliever Joel Hanrahan could be returning to the 25-man roster within a week. Hanrahan began the season on the disabled list because of a right elbow problem. Hanrahan is expected to pitch in the Pirates' minor league camp today and Thursday.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pirates have opened the season with the lowest payroll in baseball. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports the Pirates payroll stands at $35.4 million. It's the first time Pittsburgh has held baseball's low-payroll mark in 14 years.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Philadelphia's off-season acquisitions played a big role in yesterday's 11-1 opening day win in Washington. New ace Roy Halladay struck out nine over seven innings and allowed one run on six hits in his National League debut. Third baseman Placido Polanco did his part with a seventh inning grand slam for the Phils.

BOSTON (AP) - Could Pedro Martinez be returning to the Phillies? Martinez tells the Boston Herald he plans to start on a throwing program soon with the goal of signing a deal similar to the one-year, $1 million pact he got with the Phillies last July. He says the Phillies could wind up being his destination this year as well, but as he puts it "we'll see what happens with that."

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Phillies were without third base coach Davy Lopes yesterday. Lopes' brother died in a house fire in Rhode Island last week. Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel expects him to return to the team after the current six-game road trip.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Yesterday's sellout crowd in Washington was about evenly split between Phillies and Nationals supporters. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig was among those in attendance. He says the enormous interest on the part of traveling Phillies fans is "great for the sport."

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Donovan McNabb never brought the Eagles a Super Bowl title, but he did lead the team to the big game and five NFC title matchups. McNabb leaves the team after being traded to Washington as the franchise leader in nearly every passing category
for the Eagles. Still, some in Philadelphia will remember the quarterback more for what he didn't accomplish, than what he did.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Minor league hockey will be played in Johnstown next year, after all. West Virginia's Wheeling Nailers plan to play 10 regular-season games and one preseason game next season at the Cambria County War Memorial. The Johnstown Chiefs are moving to Greenville, South Carolina, next season amid financial concerns.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Monday's Games
Chicago White Sox 6, Cleveland 0
Texas 5, Toronto 4
Detroit 8, Kansas City 4
L.A. Angels 6, Minnesota 3
Seattle 5, Oakland 3
Tuesday's Games
Baltimore (Millwood 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Shields 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Burnett 0-0) at Boston (Lester 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Blackburn 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Saunders 0-0), 10:05
p.m.
Seattle (Snell 0-0) at Oakland (Braden 0-0), 10:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Monday's Games
Philadelphia 11, Washington 1
N.Y. Mets 7, Florida 1
St. Louis 11, Cincinnati 6
Pittsburgh 11, L.A. Dodgers 5
Colorado 5, Milwaukee 3
Atlanta 16, Chicago Cubs 5
Arizona 6, San Diego 3
San Francisco 5, Houston 2
Tuesday's Games
San Francisco (Zito 0-0) at Houston (Rodriguez 0-0), 8:05 p.m.
Colorado (Smith 0-0) at Milwaukee (Wolf 0-0), 8:10 p.m.
San Diego (Young 0-0) at Arizona (Jackson 0-0), 9:40 p.m.

NBA
Monday's Games
No games scheduled
Tuesday's Games
Atlanta at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Golden State at Washington, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Boston at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Houston at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Utah, 9 p.m.
San Antonio at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

NHL
Monday's Games
Washington 3, Boston 2, OT
St. Louis 2, Columbus 1, OT
Edmonton 4, Minnesota 1
Tuesday's Games
N.Y. Rangers at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Florida, 7 p.m.
Washington at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
Carolina at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
San Jose at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.
Colorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Los Angeles at Anaheim, 10 p.m.