WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Tuesday

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pirates have snapped their seven game
losing streak with a 7-1 win over the Marlins in Florida last
night. James McDonald pitched seven sharp innings, while Garrett
Jones and Pedro Alvarez each drove in three runs.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pirates have signed the Number 2 overall
pick in the June amateur draft, Houston high school right-hander
Jameson Taillon. They've also inked second-round pick Stetson
Allie, another right-hander with a power arm. The moves mean the
Pirates kept up their recent tradition of being among the
highest-spending teams in the draft.

HOSUTON (AP) - The Pirates say shortstop Ronny Cedeno still
can't swing the bat without pain. He was used as a pinch runner on
Saturday, but the team may decide later this week to put him on the
disabled list. He has pain in his left shoulder.

NEW YORK (AP) - The Phillies say slugger Ryan Howard won't
return to the club today, the first day he is eligible to come off
the disabled list. Howard had his sore ankle taped Sunday and took
some swings in the batting cage. The Phillies begin a ten-game
homestand today with the first of three games against the Giants.

LATROBE, Pa. (AP) - Dennis Dixon is off to a running start as he
tries to overtake Byron Leftwich and become the Steelers' starting
quarterback during Ben Roethlisberger's suspension. But the
Steelers don's want the mobile Dixon abandoning the pocket and
running while he has open receivers downfield. So the quarterback
rotation remains unchanged for now.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh Panthers freshman defensive end
Bryan Murphy will likely take a redshirt year after having surgery
on a broken bone in his foot. He got hurt during Saturday's
scrimmage. Murphy is expected to be sidelined at least six weeks.

NEW YORK (AP) - Villanova, Tennessee, Wake Forest and UCLA will
serve as the regional hosts for the 2010 NIT Season Tip-Off. The
North Regional will have Villanova hosting Marist and George
Washington against Boston University. The winners advance to New
York's Madison Square Garden for the semifinals on November 24th.
The championship game is November 26th.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Famed sports attorney Chuck Greenberg not only
has a new title as managing partner and chief executive officer of
baseball's Texas Rangers, he's got a new working address, too.
Greenberg has joined the Pittsburgh-based law firm of Reed Smith
LLP. He was previously a partner in the Pittsburgh office of Pepper
Hamilton, where he headed that firm's sports practice.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Joe L. Brown, the general manager whose shrewd
trading and expert rebuilding of the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system
resulted in two World Series championships, has died at the age of
91 following an extended illness. Brown's death occurred less than
two months after he attended a reunion of the 1960 Pirates in
Pittsburgh.


AMERICAN LEAGUE
Monday's Games
Detroit 3, N.Y. Yankees 1
Baltimore 5, Seattle 4, 11 innings
Tampa Bay 6, Texas 4
Toronto 3, Oakland 1
Tuesday's Games
Detroit (Verlander 13-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 15-5), 7:05
p.m.
Seattle (French 1-3) at Baltimore (Millwood 2-12), 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 11-7) at Boston (C.Buchholz 13-5), 7:10
p.m.
Texas (Tom.Hunter 9-1) at Tampa Bay (Garza 11-7), 7:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Danks 12-8) at Minnesota (S.Baker 10-9), 8:10
p.m.
Cleveland (J.Gomez 3-0) at Kansas City (Greinke 7-11), 8:10 p.m.
Toronto (Morrow 9-6) at Oakland (Braden 7-8), 10:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Monday's Games
Pittsburgh 7, Florida 1
Atlanta 4, L.A. Dodgers 3
N.Y. Mets 3, Houston 1
San Diego 9, Chicago Cubs 5
Tuesday's Games
Florida (Nolasco 13-8) at Pittsburgh (Duke 5-11), 7:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Zito 8-6) at Philadelphia (Oswalt 7-13), 7:05
p.m.
Washington (Olsen 3-4) at Atlanta (Minor 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 10-6) at Houston (Figueroa 3-1), 8:05 p.m.
San Diego (Garland 11-8) at Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 5-10), 8:05
p.m.
Milwaukee (Bush 5-10) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 10-5), 8:15 p.m.
Cincinnati (Arroyo 12-7) at Arizona (D.Hudson 3-0), 9:40 p.m.
Colorado (J.Chacin 5-8) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 10-7), 10:10
p.m.

NFL
Thursday's Games
New England 27, New Orleans 24
Baltimore 17, Carolina 12
Oakland 17, Dallas 9
Friday's Games
Washington 42, Buffalo 17
Philadelphia 28, Jacksonville 27
Atlanta 20, Kansas City 10
Saturday's Games
Miami 10, Tampa Bay 7
Pittsburgh 23, Detroit 7
Cleveland 27, Green Bay 24
Minnesota 28, St. Louis 7
Arizona 19, Houston 16
San Diego 25, Chicago 10
Seattle 20, Tennessee 18
Sunday's Games
San Francisco 37, Indianapolis 17
Cincinnati 33, Denver 24
Monday's Game
N.Y. Giants 31, N.Y. Jets 16

WNBA
Monday's Games
No games scheduled
Tuesday's Games
Chicago at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Tulsa at Connecticut, 7:30 p.m.
Indiana at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Seattle, 10 p.m.
Phoenix at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.