WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Thursday

NEW YORK (AP) - Jamie Moyer worked eight sharp innings to become
the oldest pitcher to beat the Yankees. The 47-year-old lefty
bounced back from the worst start of his career to pitch the
Philadelphia Phillies past New York 6-3 last night. Shane Victorino
hit a bases-loaded triple, and Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth hit the
Phillies' first back-to-back homers of the season.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The debut of top Pirates prospect Pedro
Alvarez was spoiled by the White Sox last night with a 7-2 victory
in Pittsburgh. Alvarez was 0 for 2 with a walk and a strikeout. The
rookie contributed one of the Pirates' four ninth-inning errors by
mishandling a throw at third base. The Pirates have run their
losing streak to 10.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - To make room for top prospect Pedro Alvarez,
the Pirates have designated infielder Aki Iwamura for assignment
and will actively try to trade their highest-paid player. Iwamura
is making $4.8 million this year. He's been one of the majors'
worst offensive players, batting .182 with two homers and nine RBIs
while striking out 31 times in 165 at-bats.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed
fifth-round draft choices Chris Scott and Crezdon Butler, giving
them eight of their 10 picks under contract. The only unsigned
picks are first-round selection Maurkice Pouncey from Florida and
second-round pick Jason Worilds, who's an outside linebacker from
Virginia Tech.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Penguins are joining the rest
of the NHL Atlantic Division by moving the starting times of their
home night games to 7 p.m. Eastern next season. The Penguins had
been the only team in the five-team division that started its games
at 7:30 p.m.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Penguins' first game in the new Consol
Energy Center will be a September 22nd exhibition matchup against
the Detroit Red Wings. The Penguins usually play two home preseason
games but they added a third game this season because of the new
arena. The other home games will be September 25th against Columbus
and the 28th against Stanley Cup champion Chicago.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Wild have hired Penguins
assistant Mike Yeo as their new head coach of the AHL affiliate in
Houston. Yeo spent the last five seasons on the Pittsburgh bench,
helping them win the 2009 Stanley Cup. The 36-year-old knows Wild
GM Chuck Fletcher from their days together in Pittsburgh.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Mario Lemieux Foundation will benefit when
table games get a test run at Pittsburgh's Rivers Casino next
month. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports an eight-hour,
invitation-only test run is set for July 6th, two days before the
casino on the city's North Shore hopes to being offering table
games.

VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) - Villanova has announced that assistant
basketball coach Doug West has left the team to pursue a business
opportunity, and Keith Urgo and Baker Dunleavy have been added to
coach Jay Wright's staff. West is leaving after three seasons as an
assistant. He scored 2,037 points at Villanova from 1985-89 and
played 12 years in the NBA.

Wednesday's Games

INTERLEAGUE

San Francisco 6 Baltimore 3
Toronto 7 San Diego 1
Chi White Sox 7 Pittsburgh 2
L.A. Angels 5 Milwaukee 1
N-Y Mets 8 Cleveland 4
Philadelphia 6 N-Y Yankees 3
Detroit 8 Washington 3
Boston 6 Arizona 2
Atlanta 6 Tampa Bay 2
Texas 6 Florida 3
Chi Cubs 6 Oakland 2
Minnesota 2 Colorado 1
Houston 4 Kansas City 2
Seattle 2 St. Louis 1


NATIONAL LEAGUE

L.A. Dodgers 6 Cincinnati 2


Thursday's Games

Washington (Atilano 5-3) at Detroit (Bonderman 2-4), 1:05 p.m.
Colorado (Jimenez 12-1) at Minnesota (Liriano 6-3), 1:10 p.m.
Oakland (Braden 4-6) at Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 3-5), 2:20 p.m.
Arizona (Haren 7-4) at Boston (Lackey 7-3), 6:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 4-6) at Pittsburgh (Ohlendorf 0-4),
7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Dickey 4-0) at Cleveland (Westbrook 4-3), 7:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 3-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 8-1),
7:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (J.Shields 5-5) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 6-2), 7:10 p.m.
Texas (Nippert 2-3) at Florida (Nolasco 5-5), 7:10 p.m.
Houston (Myers 4-4) at Kansas City (Lerew 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

L.A. Dodgers (Ely 3-3) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 5-3), 12:35 p.m.


NBA FINALS
Boston 3, L.A. Lakers 3
Thursday, June 3: L.A. Lakers 102, Boston 89
Sunday, June 6: Boston 103, L.A. Lakers 94
Tuesday, June 8: L.A. Lakers 91, Boston 84
Thursday, June 10: Boston 96, L.A. Lakers 89
Sunday, June 13: Boston 92, L.A. Lakers 86
Tuesday, June 15: L.A. Lakers 89, Boston 67
Thursday, June 17: Boston at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m.

Wednesday's Games


WORLD CUP SOCCER

Chile 1 Honduras 0
Switzerland 1 Spain 0
Uruguay 3 South Africa 0

Thursday, June 17
At Polokwane, South Africa
Mexico vs. France, 2:30 p.m.
At Johannesburg
Argentina vs. South Korea, 7:30 a.m.
At Bloemfontein, South Africa
Nigeria vs. Greece, 10 a.m.

WNBA

Wednesday's Games
No games scheduled
Thursday's Games
Seattle at Indiana, 7 p.m.