Tuesday, June 21, 2011

WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Tuesday

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Baltimore Orioles pounded the Pittsburgh
Pirates 8-3 last night. Nick Markakis had three hits and Jake
Arrieta moved into a tie for the American League lead in wins.
Arrieta gave up three runs over five innings and even added his
first major league hit to become the first Orioles pitcher to reach
nine wins by June 20th since Sidney Ponson in 2003.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Garrett Jones got the start at first base last
night for the Pittsburgh Pirates as they faced the Baltimore
Orioles. Jones took the place of Lyle Overbay. Overbay's batting
average has dropped over the past couple of weeks, while Jones'
average has gone up.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Coming off a day of rest, the Philadelphia
Phillies are set to start a three game series tonight against the
St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. Pitching ace Roy Halladay
will take the mound for the Phils. Kyle McClellan will head to the
hill for the Cardinals.

CHICAGO (AP) - Key NFL owners meetings are set to start today.
The owners will meet today and maybe tomorrow to talk about the
status of negotiations with the players for a new collective
bargaining agreement. This is the first meeting the league has
called strictly for labor matters.

NEW YORK (AP) - NBA owners and players are scheduled to meet
again today. Commissioner David Stern has indicated the session
will be critical in gauging whether a new collective bargaining
agreement can be reached before the current deal expires June 30th.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Penguins have announced their
2011 pre-season schedule. The team will open Wednesday, September
21st against the Detroit Red Wings at Consol Energy Center. It will
be their first of three straight pre-season home games.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Mike Krzyzewski and Joe Paterno shared
college coaching lessons yesterday in a made-for-TV talk. Duke's
basketball coach and Penn State's Hall of Fame football coach
shared stories about coaching, leadership and building successful
programs during a 90-minute taped conversation for ESPN before more
than 800 people on Penn State's campus.

INTERLEAGUE

Monday's Games
Baltimore 8 Pittsburgh 3
Colorado 8 Cleveland 7
L.A. Angels 2 Florida 1
N-Y Yankees 5 Cincinnati 3
Boston 14 San Diego 5
Atlanta 2 Toronto 0
Texas 8 Houston 3
Chi Cubs 6 Chi White Sox 3
Tampa Bay 8 Milwaukee 4
L.A. Dodgers 4 Detroit 0

Tuesday's Games
Baltimore (Guthrie 2-8) at Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 5-4), 7:05
p.m.
Colorado (Chacin 8-4) at Cleveland (Talbot 2-4), 7:05 p.m.
Seattle (Fister 3-8) at Washington (L.Hernandez 4-8), 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (E.Santana 3-7) at Florida (Vazquez 3-7), 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (B.Gordon 0-0) at Cincinnati (Cueto 4-2), 7:10 p.m.
Oakland (Outman 2-1) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 7-0), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Latos 4-8) at Boston (Aceves 3-1), 7:10 p.m.
Toronto (Z.Stewart 0-0) at Atlanta (Minor 0-2), 7:10 p.m.
Houston (Lyles 0-2) at Texas (C.Wilson 7-3), 8:05 p.m.
Arizona (J.Saunders 3-7) at Kansas City (Hochevar 4-7), 8:10
p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Garza 3-6) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 6-5),
8:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Hellickson 7-5) at Milwaukee (Greinke 6-2), 8:10 p.m.
Detroit (Scherzer 9-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 5-6), 10:10
p.m.
Minnesota (Pavano 4-5) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 3-8), 10:15
p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia (Halladay 9-3) at St. Louis (McClellan 6-3), 8:15
p.m.

WNBA
Monday's Games
No games scheduled
Tuesday's Games
Chicago at Atlanta, 12 p.m.
Indiana at Washington, 7 p.m.
Phoenix at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Tulsa, 8 p.m.
New York at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

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