WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Saturday

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia Flyers hung on to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 last night to even the Stanley Cup finals at 2-all. Jeff Carter scored an empty-netter in the final seconds to help the Flyers become the first team this series to win a game by more than one goal. Game 5 is Sunday night in Chicago.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Chicageo Blackhawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson picked a bad time for his roughest night in the playoffs. He coughed up the puck twice in front of his net in the
first period, and the opportunistic Philadelphia Flyers took advantage of both gaffes. Chicago's 5-3 loss sent them to their first true losing streak in months.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Roy Halladay pitched seven innings in his first start since his perfect game, working out of trouble to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 last night. Halladay allowed 10 hits and walked one, but held San Diego to two runs in his first game since his gem against the Florida Marlins last Saturday.

PITTSBURGH (AP) -The San Francisco Giants erased a four-run deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4 last night. The Giants went deep three times against Zach Duke, who waited through weather delays totaling 6 hours, 7 minutes over two nights to pitch only to fail to hold a 4-0 lead.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pirates optioned left-hander Brian Burres to Triple-A Indianapolis to create a roster spot for left-hander Dana Eveland, who was acquired in a trade with Toronto on Tuesday. Eveland will start Monday against the Cubs as he pitches for his fifth major league club in five seasons.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pirates will start right-hander Jeff Karstens against Stephen Strasburg (STRAHS'-burg) in the Nationals rookie's much-anticipated major league debut Tuesday, passing up the opportunity to match their top pitching prospect against Washington's. Brad Lincoln appears ready for a promotion after going 6-2 at Triple-A Indianapolis, but he is not being called up.

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) - Kyle Busch turned a lap at 169.485 mph to win the pole for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race Sunday at Pocono Raceway. The winner of two of the last four races, Busch earned his second pole of the season. He won at Richmond last month after starting from the pole. Clint Bowyer qualified second, while Dale Earnhardt Jr. was third.

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) - NASCAR driver Jeff Burton says he doesn't plan to start an ongoing feud with Kyle Busch and that he's already over their run-in during last week's race at Charlotte. Busch took responsibility for clipping Burton's car and didn't realize he had done it until well after the race. Burton says he has no plans to race Busch any differently this weekend at Pocono.

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) - Jimmie Johnson is doing double duty this weekend. The four-time Sprint Cup champion is competing Saturday at Watkins Glen International in a six-hour Grand-Am Rolex Series race and then headed to Pocono Raceway for the Cup race on Sunday. Johnson flew into Watkins Glen Friday and practiced for about 15 minutes before returning to Pocono for afternoon Cup practice.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An e-mail sent by the president of Ohio State to the Big Ten's commissioner hints that the conference is pursuing Texas as part of its expansion plans. Int he e-mail obtained by The Associated Press, Ohio State President Gordon Gee said he had spoken with University of Texas president Bill Powers. The e-mail was first reported by The Columbus Dispatch.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Friday's Games

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

Saturday's Games

Florida (N.Robertson 4-4) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 1-2), 4:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Narveson 4-3) at St. Louis (Ottavino 0-1), 4:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Dempster 3-5) at Houston (Oswalt 3-7), 7:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Leake 4-0) at Washington (Atilano 5-1), 7:05 p.m.
San Diego (Garland 6-2) at Philadelphia (Moyer 5-5), 7:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Wellemeyer 3-4) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 3-4), 7:05 p.m.
Colorado (J.Chacin 3-3) at Arizona (Willis 0-0), 8:10 p.m.
Atlanta (Hanson 5-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 6-2), 10:10 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Friday's Games

Boston 11, Baltimore 0
Toronto 6, N.Y. Yankees 1
Texas 9, Tampa Bay 6
Cleveland 10, Chicago White Sox 1
Kansas City 7, Detroit 3
Minnesota 5, Oakland 4, 11 innings
L.A. Angels 7, Seattle 1

Saturday's Games

N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 7-1) at Toronto (R.Romero 5-2), 1:07 p.m.
L.A. Angels (E.Santana 5-3) at Seattle (Rowland-Smith 0-4), 4:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (J.Shields 5-3) at Texas (Hunter 0-0), 4:10 p.m.
Boston (Lester 6-2) at Baltimore (Guthrie 3-5), 7:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Talbot 6-4) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 4-4), 7:05 p.m.
Detroit (Verlander 5-4) at Kansas City (Hochevar 5-3), 7:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Liriano 5-3) at Oakland (Cahill 4-2), 9:05 p.m.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

Philadelphia 5 Chicago 3

WNBA BASKETBALL

Friday's Games

Chicago 80 Atlanta 70
Connecticut 75 New York 68
Tulsa 92 Minnesota 79
Phoenix 90 Los Angeles 89

Saturday's Games

Atlanta at Washington 7:00 p.m.
New York at Indiana 7:00 p.m.
Tulsa at Chicago 8:00 p.m.
Seattle at Los Angeles 11:00 p.m.

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

Kansas City at Toronto FC, 4 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.
Chivas USA at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Houston at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.
San Jose at FC Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Columbus at Colorado, 9 p.m.
New England at Seattle FC, 10:30 p.m.

HORSE RACING

Belmont Stakes at New York, 6:32 p.m.