WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Saturday

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Pinch-hitter Ben Francisco's RBI single with
two outs in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Philadelphia
Phillies to a 1-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics last night. In
a game in which rookie starters Vance Worley and Guillermo Moscoso
took no-hitters into the sixth, neither team got a runner to third
until the ninth.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Phillies have placed right-hander Roy
Oswalt on the 15-day disabled list with a back injury. Reliever
Scott Mathieson was recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to replace
Oswalt, who was sidelined with a back injury earlier this year.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Jose Tabata and Lyle Overbay each had two hits
and an RBI to lead the Pirates to a 3-1 win over the Red Sox last
night. Paul Maholm beat an American League team for the first time
in nearly two years by surviving 5-plus eventful innings. Joel
Hanrahan worked a perfect the ninth to pick up his 21st save in as
many chances as the Pirates won their third straight to climb back
above .500.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Boston Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett's next
start has been pushed back to help him recover from an illness that
left him bedridden earlier this week. Veteran knuckleballer Tim
Wakefield will start in Beckett's spot tonight against the Pirates,
with Beckett not taking the hill again until Tuesday when the Red
Sox travel to Philadelphia. Andrew Miller will face the Pirates
tomorrow.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Flyers picked up Sean Couturier with
the eighth pick in the NHL draft. The 6-foot, 4-inch center spent
last season with Drummondville of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey
League. He had 36 goals in 58 games.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

INTERLEAGUE PLAY

Friday's Games

Arizona 7, Detroit 6
Pittsburgh 3, Boston 1
Baltimore 5, Cincinnati 4, 12 innings
Colorado 4, N.Y. Yankees 2
Philadelphia 1, Oakland 0
Texas 8, N.Y. Mets 1
Tampa Bay 5, Houston 1
Chicago Cubs 6, Kansas City 4
Milwaukee 4, Minnesota 3
Washington 9, Chicago White Sox 5, 14 innings
Toronto 5, St. Louis 4
L.A. Angels 8, L.A. Dodgers 3
Seattle 5, Florida 1
San Francisco 4, Cleveland 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE

San Diego 11, Atlanta 2

Saturday's Games

Colorado (Cook 0-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 9-4), 1:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Masterson 5-5) at San Francisco (Cain 6-4), 4:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Chatwood 4-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 5-8), 4:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Niese 6-6) at Texas (Ogando 7-2), 4:10 p.m.
Washington (Gorzelanny 2-5) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 3-8), 4:10 p.m.
Arizona (Collmenter 4-3) at Detroit (Verlander 9-3), 7:05 p.m.
Boston (Wakefield 4-2) at Pittsburgh (Karstens 4-4), 7:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Arroyo 6-6) at Baltimore (Matusz 1-2), 7:05 p.m.
Oakland (Cahill 7-5) at Philadelphia (Hamels 9-3), 7:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (W.Davis 6-5) at Houston (Norris 4-5), 7:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 6-4) at Kansas City (Duffy 1-2), 7:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Liriano 4-6) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 8-4), 7:10 p.m.
Toronto (C.Villanueva 4-1) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 6-2), 7:15 p.m.
Atlanta (Jurrjens 9-3) at San Diego (Moseley 2-6), 8:35 p.m.
Seattle (Vargas 5-4) at Florida (Volstad 2-7), 10:10 p.m.

MLS

Houston at D.C. United, 6 p.m.
Los Angeles at San Jose, 6:30 p.m.
Chivas USA at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Sporting Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
Portland at FC Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.

WNBA

Connecticut at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Phoenix at Chicago, 8 p.m.