WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Tuesday

HOUSTON (AP) - Carlos Lee hit a two-run homer off former
teammate Roy Oswalt and the Houston Astros beat the Philadelphia
Phillies 5-1 last night. Despite the loss, Philadelphia's magic
number for gaining at least a wild-card playoff spot dropped to one
with St. Louis' 6-5 loss to Pittsburgh.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Pirates stunned St. Louis 6-5
last night, damaging the Cardinals' playoff chances. Pedro Ciriaco
hit a tiebreaking double to cap a three-run rally in the eighth
inning. Albert Pujols hit his NL-leading 35th homer and drove in
three runs for St. Louis, which had won five in a row to climb
within 4 1/2 games of Atlanta for the NL wild card.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Steelers are regrouping after
their 35-7 loss to the Ravens in Baltimore on Sunday. Wide receiver
Antonio Brown said yesterday the Steelers were "humbled" by the
Ravens. The offense turned the ball over seven times. Brown says
there's plenty to work on before facing Seattle next Sunday.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Despite a convincing 18-point victory in the
season opener against the St. Louis Rams, the Philadelphia Eagles
say they have a ways to go. Coach Andy Reid says there's plenty of
room for improvement if the Eagles are going to fulfill their goal
of winning the Super Bowl.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pitt coach Todd Graham isn't in a hurry to
switch quarterbacks, yet he knows he needs to get more out of Tino
Sunseri if the Panthers want to win Saturday at Iowa. Sunseri threw
a pair of interceptions during Saturday's 35-29 win over Maine, and
all but one of Pitt's nine touchdowns this season have been scored
by running backs.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A suburban Philadelphia boy is back home
after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver outside AT&T Park in
San Francisco. Nine-year-old Ryan White returned home Saturday,
greeted by more than 100 friends, neighbors and well-wishers. White
was hit August 4th outside the ballpark after seeing the Phillies
shut out the San Francisco Giants.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Monday's Games
Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 2
Detroit 14, Chicago White Sox 4
Oakland 6, L.A. Angels 3
N.Y. Yankees 9, Seattle 3
Tuesday's Games
Tampa Bay (Price 12-12) at Baltimore (Simon 4-8), 7:05 p.m.
Toronto (Morrow 9-10) at Boston (Wakefield 6-6), 7:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Masterson 11-9) at Texas (M.Harrison 11-9), 8:05 p.m.
Detroit (Verlander 22-5) at Chicago White Sox (Floyd 12-10),
8:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Pavano 8-11) at Kansas City (Chen 10-7), 8:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (J.Williams 3-0) at Oakland (Moscoso 8-8), 10:05
p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (A.J.Burnett 9-11) at Seattle (Furbush 3-8), 10:10
p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Monday's Games
Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 5
Chicago Cubs 12, Cincinnati 8
Florida 5, Atlanta 4, 12 innings
Washington 3, N.Y. Mets 2
Houston 5, Philadelphia 1
Arizona 7, L.A. Dodgers 2
San Francisco 8, San Diego 3
Tuesday's Games
St. Louis (C.Carpenter 9-9) at Pittsburgh (Karstens 9-8), 7:05
p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Dempster 10-11) at Cincinnati (Leake 11-9), 7:10
p.m.
Florida (Hand 1-6) at Atlanta (Minor 5-2), 7:10 p.m.
Washington (Wang 2-3) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 12-6), 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Hamels 14-7) at Houston (Happ 5-15), 8:05 p.m.
Colorado (Rogers 6-5) at Milwaukee (Greinke 14-6), 8:10 p.m.
Arizona (I.Kennedy 19-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 10-10),
10:10 p.m.
San Diego (Luebke 5-9) at San Francisco (Cain 11-10), 10:15
p.m.

NFL
Thursday's Game
Green Bay 42, New Orleans 34
Sunday's Games
Chicago 30, Atlanta 12
Buffalo 41, Kansas City 7
Houston 34, Indianapolis 7
Philadelphia 31, St. Louis 13
Detroit 27, Tampa Bay 20
Baltimore 35, Pittsburgh 7
Cincinnati 27, Cleveland 17
Jacksonville 16, Tennessee 14
San Francisco 33, Seattle 17
Arizona 28, Carolina 21
San Diego 24, Minnesota 17
Washington 28, N.Y. Giants 14
N.Y. Jets 27, Dallas 24
Monday's Games
New England 38, Miami 24
Oakland 23, Denver 20