WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Thursday

MIAMI (AP) - Mike Stanton's solo homer with one out in the 10th
helped the Florida Marlins beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-6 last
night. The Marlins overcame an early four-run deficit to avoid a
series sweep. Philadelphia's John Mayberry Jr. hit two home runs
and Jimmy Rollins also homered for the Phils.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Houston Astros snapped a five-game losing
streak with an 8-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates last night.
Hunter Pence had three hits, including an RBI single during a
five-run sixth inning.

MIAMI (AP) - Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Placido Polanco
is still out of the lineup because of a sore back but he expects to
start in the All-Star game next week. Polanco plans to see a
specialist when the team returns home for a weekend series against
Atlanta.

NEW YORK (AP) - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA chief
DeMaurice Smith are expected to return to negotiations today. A
person with knowledge of the situation tells the Associated Press
lawyers for the NFL and the players' association met for a second
straight day yesterday in Manhattan to sort out contract language
and details to speed up the process in reaching a new collective
bargaining agreement.

NEW YORK (AP) - The NBA players' association says the league has
made inaccurate financial projections before. This comes a day
after a report questioned whether the league indeed lost money two
seasons ago. Union spokesman Dan Wasserman says the NBA projected a
decline in revenues in 2009-10 but they actually rose, so the final
losses should have been much less than the league said.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - NBA and college basketball player Armen
Gilliam has died. He was 47. Gilliam was part of the UNLV Runnin'
Rebels basketball team that made a run to the Final Four in 1987.
He also played for several NBA teams.


MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Wednesday's Games
Tampa Bay 12, Minnesota 5
Kansas City 4, Chicago White Sox 1
Detroit 5, L.A. Angels 4
Oakland 2, Seattle 0
Cleveland 5, N.Y. Yankees 3
Boston 6, Toronto 4
Texas 13, Baltimore 5

Thursday's Games
Tampa Bay (Niemann 3-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Colon 6-3), 7:05 p.m.
Toronto (C.Villanueva 5-1) at Cleveland (McAllister 0-0), 7:05
p.m.
Baltimore (Arrieta 9-5) at Boston (A.Miller 2-0), 7:10 p.m.
Oakland (Harden 1-0) at Texas (D.Holland 6-4), 8:05 p.m.
Detroit (Scherzer 9-4) at Kansas City (Duffy 1-3), 8:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Pavano 5-6) at Chicago White Sox (Humber 8-4), 8:10
p.m.
Seattle (Fister 3-9) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 10-4), 10:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Wednesday's Games
Milwaukee 3, Arizona 1
Washington 5, Chicago Cubs 4
Houston 8, Pittsburgh 2
Atlanta 9, Colorado 1
Florida 7, Philadelphia 6, 10 innings
Cincinnati 9, St. Louis 8, 13 innings
N.Y. Mets 5, L.A. Dodgers 3
San Francisco 6, San Diego 5, 14 innings

Thursday's Games
Colorado (Nicasio 3-1) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 7-6), 1:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Garza 4-7) at Washington (L.Hernandez 5-8), 7:05
p.m.
Houston (Happ 3-10) at Florida (Hand 0-3), 7:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (H.Bailey 3-3) at Milwaukee (Narveson 5-5), 8:10 p.m.
Arizona (J.Saunders 5-7) at St. Louis (McClellan 6-5), 8:15 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Gee 8-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 8-4), 10:10 p.m.
San Diego (Luebke 2-2) at San Francisco (Zito 2-1), 10:15 p.m.

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

Wednesday's Scores
New York 5, Toronto FC 0
Sporting Kansas City 1, Colorado 1, tie
Columbus 1, Vancouver 0
Chivas USA 2, San Jose 0

Thursday's Games
No Games Scheduled