WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Friday

PITTSBURGH (AP) - James McDonald pitched six shutout innings in
his Pittsburgh debut and the Pirates sent the Rockies to their
seventh consecutive road loss, 5-1 last night. Five days after
being acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers for closer Octavio
Dotel, McDonald had eight strikeouts - as many as any Pirates
starter has had all season. Garrett Jones and Ronny Cedeno homered
for Pittsburgh.

MIAMI (AP) - Philadelphia's Carlos Ruiz homered leading off the
10th inning and the Phillies benefited from a bad call to complete
a three-game series sweep by beating the Florida Marlins 5-4 last
night. An umpire's ruling cost the Marlins a victory in the ninth.
Gaby Sanchez pulled a grounder over third base for a hit that would
have scored the winning run, but it was ruled foul.

MIAMI (AP) - Five-time All-Star Mike Sweeney says he'll be happy
with any job the Philadelphia Phillies give him, and he's hoping
the payoff will be his first postseason berth. Sweeney joined his
new team yesterday after being traded by Seattle. He gives the
Phillies some depth at first base, where starter Ryan Howard has
gone on the disabled list.

NEW YORK (AP) - Pedro Martinez plans to stay retired despite
offers the past two weeks from several teams. The three-time Cy
Young Award winner says he turned them down but was flattered by
the invitations. Martinez signed with Philadelphia in July of last
year, going 5-1 down the stretch and helping the Phillies reach the
World Series. He hasn't said which teams were pursuing him.

LATROBE, Pa. (AP) - NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has talked
briefly to Ben Roethlisberger during a visit to the Steelers'
training camp, but hasn't yet decided whether the quarterback's
suspension for bad behavior will be reduced. Goodell won't decide
whether to trim the suspension from six to four games until the end
of the month.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Preseason training camp is under way
in Happy Valley for coach Joe Paterno and his Penn State Nittany
Lions. One of the biggest questions in camp is who will replace
departed starter Darryl Clark at quarterback. Former walk-on Matt
McGloin thinks he has a shot at the position, but Kevin Newsome
looks to be the front-runner.

PARK RIDGE, Ill. (AP) - The Big Ten has selected Lucas Oil
Stadium in Indianapolis as the proposed site for the conference's
first football championship game to be played December 2011. The
Big Ten says it will begin negotiations on a one-year agreement
with Indiana Sports Corporation and Lucas Oil Stadium to host the
game.

CHESTER, Pa. (AP) - Steven Lenhart scored two goals to help the
Columbus Crew win on the road for the first time since in more than
two months, beating the Philadelphia Union 2-1 last night in
Chester. Sebastien Le Toux scored for the Union, who dropped to
3-2-2 at home.

NEW YORK (AP) - Pittsburgh will face Maryland and Illinois will
play Texas in the semifinals of the 2K Sports Classic benefiting
Coaches vs. Cancer. The four schools will serve as regional hosts
for the 12-team tournament that will begin on November 8th, with
the semifinals set for November 18th at Madison Square Garden. The
championship game will be the next day.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Thursday's Games
Minnesota 8, Tampa Bay 6
Chicago White Sox 6, Detroit 4, 11 innings
Baltimore 5, L.A. Angels 4
Boston 6, Cleveland 2
Texas 6, Seattle 0
Friday's Games
Boston (C.Buchholz 11-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Vazquez 9-7), 7:05
p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Danks 11-8) at Baltimore (Bergesen 3-9), 7:05
p.m.
L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 10-7) at Detroit (Verlander 12-6), 7:05
p.m.
Minnesota (Liriano 10-7) at Cleveland (J.Gomez 2-0), 7:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Garza 11-5) at Toronto (Cecil 8-5), 7:07 p.m.
Texas (Cl.Lee 9-5) at Oakland (Braden 6-7), 10:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Greinke 7-10) at Seattle (French 0-2), 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Thursday's Games
Pittsburgh 5, Colorado 1
Philadelphia 5, Florida 4, 10 innings
Atlanta 3, San Francisco 2
Arizona 8, Washington 4
San Diego 5, L.A. Dodgers 0
Friday's Games
Cincinnati (Arroyo 11-6) at Chicago Cubs (Gorzelanny 6-5), 2:20
p.m.
Colorado (Hammel 7-6) at Pittsburgh (Duke 5-10), 7:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Wainwright 15-6) at Florida (Nolasco 12-7), 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Niese 7-5) at Philadelphia (Blanton 4-6), 7:35 p.m.
San Francisco (Zito 8-6) at Atlanta (Hanson 8-8), 7:35 p.m.
Houston (W.Rodriguez 9-11) at Milwaukee (Bush 5-9), 8:10 p.m.
San Diego (Garland 10-7) at Arizona (D.Hudson 1-0), 9:40 p.m.
Washington (Lannan 2-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 10-6), 10:10
p.m.

WNBA
Thursday's Game
Seattle 83, Connecticut 82
Friday's Games
Atlanta at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Washington at New York, 7:30 p.m.
San Antonio at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
Tulsa at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

MLS
Thursday's Game
Columbus 2, Philadelphia 1
Saturday's Games
Chivas USA at Toronto FC, 4 p.m.
D.C. United at New England, 7:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
San Jose at Colorado, 9 p.m.