WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Wednesday

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Rookie Vance Worley pitched six effective
innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 6-3
on a rain-soaked night to extend their lead in the NL East to 9 1-2
games. The major league-leading Phillies won their 90th game and
reduced their magic number for clinching their fifth straight NL
East title to 14 games.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Brett Myers pitched into the eighth inning to
earn his first win in 2 1/2 months and the Houston Astros beat the
Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 last night. Ryan Doumit homered for
Pittsburgh, which has lost two of three and seven of 10.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh's starting third baseman on opening
day was among six players the Pirates added to their roster. Pedro
Alvarez, along with left-handed pitchers Jeff Locke, Aaron Thompson
and Daniel Moskos, were recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis
yesterday.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia Flyers general manager Paul
Holmgren is in the hospital after a bike crash at the Jersey shore.
Holmgren was hurt Monday while riding his bicycle in Avalon, New
Jersey. He was listed in stable condition yesterday at a hospital
in Camden, New Jersey. A team spokesman says Holmgren is sore but
in good spirits.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison
says the defending AFC champions' defense is just right. Harrison
says he's tired of critics calling their D too old. The Steelers
will have eight defensive starters at least 30 years old on the
field when they open the season at Baltimore Sunday.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State is back in the AP Top 25
just in time for Saturday's showdown with Number 3 Alabama. The
Nittany Lions made their season debut in the poll this week at
Number 23, coming off a 41-7 rout of FCS school Indiana State in
the season opener.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh coach Todd Graham's Panthers are
taking baby steps toward a "high octane" approach. The team
needed more than three quarters to pull away from Buffalo in a
35-16 victory over the Bulls last Saturday and relied heavily on
running back Ray Graham.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State's fledgling women's ice
hockey team will join the College Hockey America conference
starting in 2012-2013. The addition of Penn State boosts the CHA's
membership to five. The other CHA schools are Mercyhurst, Niagara,
Robert Morris and Syracuse.


AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tuesday's Games
N.Y. Yankees 5, Baltimore 3
Detroit 10, Cleveland 1
Boston 14, Toronto 0
Texas 8, Tampa Bay 0
Chicago White Sox 3, Minnesota 0
Kansas City 7, Oakland 4
Seattle 2, L.A. Angels 1
Wednesday's Games
Detroit (Verlander 21-5) at Cleveland (Masterson 11-8), 12:05
p.m.
Baltimore (Britton 9-9) at N.Y. Yankees (A.J.Burnett 9-11), 1:05
p.m.
Texas (D.Holland 13-5) at Tampa Bay (Price 12-12), 1:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Chen 10-6) at Oakland (Moscoso 7-8), 3:35 p.m.
Boston (Wakefield 6-6) at Toronto (Morrow 9-10), 7:07 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Danks 6-10) at Minnesota (Pavano 7-11), 8:10
p.m.
Seattle (Furbush 3-7) at L.A. Angels (J.Williams 2-0), 10:05
p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Tuesday's Games
Philadelphia 6, Atlanta 3
Houston 4, Pittsburgh 1
L.A. Dodgers 7, Washington 3
N.Y. Mets 7, Florida 4, 12 innings
Cincinnati 4, Chicago Cubs 2, 13 innings
St. Louis 4, Milwaukee 2
Colorado 8, Arizona 3
San Francisco 6, San Diego 4
Wednesday's Games
N.Y. Mets (Dickey 7-11) at Florida (Hand 1-5), 5:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Cain 11-9) at San Diego (Harang 12-5), 6:35 p.m.
Atlanta (Beachy 7-2) at Philadelphia (Oswalt 7-8), 7:05 p.m.
Houston (Happ 5-15) at Pittsburgh (Burres 1-0), 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Eveland 1-0) at Washington (Wang 2-3), 7:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Cueto 9-5) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 10-11), 8:05
p.m.
Milwaukee (Greinke 14-5) at St. Louis (C.Carpenter 8-9), 8:15
p.m.
Arizona (J.Saunders 9-12) at Colorado (Millwood 2-1), 8:40 p.m.

NFL
Thursday's Game
New Orleans at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday's Games
Atlanta at Chicago, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at Kansas City, 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Houston, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia at St. Louis, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
Seattle at San Francisco, 4:15 p.m.
Carolina at Arizona, 4:15 p.m.
Minnesota at San Diego, 4:15 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Washington, 4:15 p.m.
Dallas at N.Y. Jets, 8:20 p.m.
Monday's Games
New England at Miami, 7 p.m.
Oakland at Denver, 10:15 p.m.

WNBA
Tuesday's Games
Atlanta 85, Connecticut 74
San Antonio 82, Los Angeles 65
Wednesday's Games
Washington at Indiana, 7 p.m.