SPORTS-SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2011

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

BLUE MOUNTAIN 17 TAMAQUA 0 3 INNINGS
SCH HAVEN 7 TRI VALLEY 6
WILLIAMS VALLEY 1 MINERSVILLE 0
NORTH SCH 14 MAH AREA 7
PINE GROVE 14 JIM THORPE 2
NATIVITY 9 SHEN VALLEY 5
MARIAN 13 WEATHERLY 2

SOFTBALL
WILLIAMS VALLEY 5 MINERSVILLE 3
TAMAQUA 5 BLUE MTN 3
PINE GROVE 10 JIM THORPE 0
TRI VALLEY 10 SCH HAVEN 0
MARIAN 8 WEATHERLY 0
UPPER DAUPHIN 7 SHENANDOAH VALLEY 6

BOSTON (AP) - RED SOX NATION IS IN SHOCK. TORONTO BEAT BOSTON 7-6 LAST NIGHT TO DROP THE RED SOX TO 2-10, MATCHING THEIR POOREST START IN TEAM HISTORY.

NEW YORK (AP) - THE TEXAS RANGERS TIED AN AMERICAN LEAGUE RECORD BY TURNING SIX DOUBLE PLAYS IN THEIR 5-3 WIN OVER THE NEW YORK YANKEES. THE MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD IS SEVEN, SET BY THE 1969 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS.

DENVER (AP) - THE COLORADO ROCKIES' WINNING STREAK IS SEVEN AFTER THEY BLANKED THE CHICAGO CUBS 5-0 LAST NIGHT. JHOULYS CHACIN TOSSED A SIX-HITTER FOR HIS FIRST CAREER COMPLETE GAME.

CLEVELAND (AP) - JUSTIN MASTERSON PITCHED SEVEN STRONG INNINGS FOR HIS THIRD WIN, AND THE SURPRISING CLEVELAND INDIANS STAYED TIED WITH KANSAS CITY ATOP THE AL CENTRAL FOLLOWING THEIR 8-2 WIN OVER THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES. ASDRUBAL CABRERA HAD FOUR RBIS FOR THE SURPRISING TRIBE, WHICH IS OFF TO A 9-4 START.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - NEGOTIATORS FOR THE NFL AND ITS LOCKED-OUT PLAYERS WRAPPED UP TWO DAYS OF COURT-ORDERED TALKS. THERE'S NO SIGN OF SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS, BUT THE TWO SIDES DO PLAN TO SIT DOWN AGAIN NEXT TUESDAY.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

FINAL CLEVELAND 8 BALTIMORE 2
FINAL TEXAS 5 N-Y YANKEES 3
FINAL TAMPA BAY 5 MINNESOTA 2
FINAL TORONTO 7 BOSTON 6
FINAL L.A. ANGELS 4 CHI WHITE SOX 3
FINAL KANSAS CITY 6 SEATTLE 5
FINAL DETROIT 8 OAKLAND 4, 10 INNINGS

NATIONAL LEAGUE

FINAL FLORIDA 4 PHILADELPHIA 3
FINAL WASHINGTON 4 MILWAUKEE 3, 10 INNINGS
FINAL PITTSBURGH 6 CINCINNATI 1
FINAL SAN DIEGO 4 HOUSTON 2
FINAL COLORADO 5 CHI CUBS 0
FINAL SAN FRANCISCO 5 ARIZONA 2
FINAL ST. LOUIS 11 L.A. DODGERS 2

N-Y METS AT ATLANTA (7:30 P.M., POSTPONED, RAIN)


NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

FINAL TAMPA BAY 5 PITTSBURGH 1
FINAL WASHINGTON 2 N-Y RANGERS 0
FINAL VANCOUVER 4 CHICAGO 3
FINAL ANAHEIM 5 NASHVILLE 3