WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Wednesday

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Vance Worley threw seven impressive innings,
John Mayberry Jr. and Shane Victorino hit homers and the
Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 9-4 last night. One
night after Cliff Lee and David Herndon combined on a five-hitter
in Philadelphia's 10-0 win, Worley blanked the Mets until the
seventh.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia Phillies have placed
All-Star left-hander Cole Hamels on the disabled list and recalled
infielder Pete Orr from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. The move announced
before yesterday's game against the New York Mets is retroactive to
August 13th and will allow Hamels to come off the DL Sunday so he
can make his next scheduled to start Monday at Cincinnati.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Phillies reliever Jose Contreras will have
season-ending elbow surgery. General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. says
the veteran righty will have exploratory surgery to determine
whether the problem in his elbow is muscular or a tendon injury.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Casey McGehee homered during Milwaukee's
seven-run second inning and the surging Brewers rebounded from a
rare recent loss with an 11-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates last
night. McGehee's 10th homer of the season came with Ryan Braun
aboard and accounted for the final two runs of a dreadful inning
for Pittsburgh's Ross Ohlendorf.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Steelers and linebacker
Lawrence Timmons have agreed to a new six-year contract. The deal
will pay Timmons $50 million through 2016. Timmons is the second
linebacker to sign an extension with the Steelers in the last
month. Teammate LaMarr Woodley agreed to a six-year, $61.5 million
contract August 5th.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Eagles defensive tackle Mike Patterson will
play tomorrow night against Cleveland. Patterson collapsed and
suffered a seizure at practice earlier this month. He was diagnosed
with a brain AVM, or arteriovenous malformation, a prenatal
condition in which blood travels abnormally between the arteries
and veins.

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) - The Pennsylvania party rolled on
at the Little League World Series. The hometown favorites from
Clinton County overcame a rocky start with a six-run first inning
then held on for a 7-5 win last night over Warner Robins, Georgia,
before another raucous crowd under the Lamade Stadium lights.

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) - Shoto Totsuka combined with two
relievers on a five-hitter and Hamamatsu City, Japan, shut out
Langley, British Columbia, 4-0 yesterday to advance at the Little
League World Series. Totsuka struck out four over two innings
before giving way to relievers Hiroyasu Sugiura and Takuya Okamoto.
Japan will play either Mexico or Venezuela tomorrow.

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) - Cumberland, Rhode Island, scored
its final four runs on two errors and a hit batter in the bottom of
the sixth to rally from four runs down and beat Rotterdam,
Netherlands, 8-7 yesterday in a Little League World Series
consolation game. A magnitude-5.8 earthquake centered in Virginia
briefly rattled Lamade Stadium during the game.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Former Philadelphia Phillies' Chris Coste is
ending his dream of a professional comeback and instead taking an
assistant coaching position with his alma mater, Concordia College
in Moorhead, Minnesota. Coste won a World Series ring with the
Phillies in 2008, and has been working as an analyst on pregame and
postgame shows this season.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tuesday's Games
Cleveland 7, Seattle 5, 1st game
Oakland 6, N.Y. Yankees 5
Seattle 12, Cleveland 7, 2nd game
Kansas City 6, Toronto 4
Detroit 2, Tampa Bay 1
Boston 11, Texas 5
Baltimore 8, Minnesota 1
L.A. Angels 5, Chicago White Sox 4
Wednesday's Games
Seattle (F.Hernandez 11-11) at Cleveland (Tomlin 12-6), 12:05
p.m.
Boston (Beckett 10-5) at Texas (M.Harrison 10-8), 7:05 p.m.
Oakland (Cahill 9-12) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 17-7), 7:05 p.m.
Kansas City (Hochevar 8-10) at Toronto (R.Romero 12-9), 7:07
p.m.
Detroit (Scherzer 13-7) at Tampa Bay (W.Davis 8-7), 7:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Guthrie 5-16) at Minnesota (Slowey 0-1), 8:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Z.Stewart 1-2) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 14-6),
10:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Tuesday's Games
Arizona 2, Washington 0
Milwaukee 11, Pittsburgh 4
Philadelphia 9, N.Y. Mets 4
Cincinnati 8, Florida 6
Atlanta 5, Chicago Cubs 4
L.A. Dodgers 13, St. Louis 2
Colorado 8, Houston 6
San Diego 7, San Francisco 5
Wednesday's Games
Milwaukee (Marcum 11-3) at Pittsburgh (A.Thompson 0-0), 12:35
p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 6-10) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 7-5), 1:05
p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 9-14) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 10-6), 2:15
p.m.
Houston (W.Rodriguez 9-9) at Colorado (A.Cook 3-7), 3:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (H.Bailey 7-5) at Florida (Vazquez 7-11), 4:10 p.m.,
1st game
Arizona (D.Hudson 12-9) at Washington (L.Hernandez 7-11), 7:05
p.m.
Cincinnati (Arroyo 7-10) at Florida (Volstad 5-10), 7:40 p.m.,
2nd game
Atlanta (D.Lowe 8-11) at Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 4-4), 8:05 p.m.
San Diego (Stauffer 8-9) at San Francisco (Lincecum 11-10),
10:15 p.m.


WNBA
Tuesday's Games
Los Angeles 86, Washington 82, OT
Atlanta 83, Chicago 80
Minnesota 78, Tulsa 72
New York 74, Phoenix 70
Seattle 63, San Antonio 55
Wednesday's Games
No games scheduled


MLS
Wednesday Game
Chivas USA at Portland, 11 p.m.