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TUESDAY
His turn, his team SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
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West Virginia is off to a 2-0 start Chargers QB Philip Rivers orchestrated two late TD drives.
VOLUME 2 ISSUE 55
behind first-year starting QB Jarrett
Brown, a fifth-year senior who Chargers 24, Raiders 20
says: “The whole time, I would lift
weights with a chip on my shoul-
S.D. digs deep
The Angels, as usual, are atop GOOD: Despite playing

Can L.A. stay in flight?

der, thinking how I was preparing
myself for one year,” Page 18 against a hard-hitting, inspired
Raiders team on the road, the
Conference call the A.L. West, but obstacles loom Chargers dug deep to grind out
Matt Hayes bumps the Pac-10 up a victory late, with Philip Rivers
to No. 2 (USC’s big win) in his Week getting hot just in time. Their depth
2 power poll rankings. Like Southern California 10-game stretch by losing N.Y. Yankees 5, L.A. Angels 3 and talent at the offensive skill
More, Pages 19-20
waves, the Angels roll on. They to the Yankees 5-3 Monday Unbalancing act positions is unmatched.
have the majors’ second-best night. Now it’s on to The Angels lost Torii BAD: The return of Shawne
And introducing ... Pitt record, are closing in on their Fenway Park for three Hunter and Vlad Guerrero Merriman didn’t energize the pass
freshman RB Dion Lewis, who is fifth American League West title followed by a weekend in for most of July and early rush, the front seven got mauled
averaging 7.3 yards per carry and by the Raiders’ run blockers and
in six years and Texas against the August but their offense
compares his running style to the secondary had major lapses.
Maurice Jones-Drew. Page 18 are on an unshakeable Rangers. didn’t blink. The Angels Offensively, the pass protection
virtually the Then it’s home for three hit .324 and averaged a struggled, and the injuries piled up.
same pace as against the Yankees. majors-best 7.5 runs — Vinnie Iyer
Scoreboard 2008 when they Beating the Red Sox during a 21-game stretch
Sproles’ run wins it, Page 10
NFL were the majors’ would help the Angels with both out. Their
New England 25, Buffalo 24 only 100-game besides letting them keep pitching, however, strug- Patriots 25, Bills 24
San Diego 24, Oakland 20 Stan
winners. their division lead. They gled with a 4.88 ERA. Pats heat up in clutch
McNeal “People don’t also could do a favor for Those fortunes have
have any idea the Rangers, who are flipped in September. The GOOD: Tom Brady was 12 of
Baseball BASEBALL
15 for 112 yards and two touch-
how hard it is to chasing the Red Sox in the Angels’ 1.98 ERA this
American League downs during the Patriots’ final two
win the divi- wild-card race. Because month is best in the majors
N.Y. Yankees 5, L.A. Angels 3 drives, marches of 81 and 31 yards
sion,” Owner Arte Moreno Boston has eliminated the but the offense has aver-
Tampa Bay 8, Baltimore 4 within the games final 5:32. If noth-
insists, but the Angels usually Angels from the past two aged only 3.3 runs.
Detroit 6, Toronto 5, 10 innings ing else, he’s as clutch as ever.
make it routine. They already had postseasons, the Angels “Hopefully we can get
Oakland 9, Texas 0 BAD: New England could
clinched the division by this time wouldn’t object to October ’em both going at the same muster just 13 points through
Minnesota 6, Cleveland 3 last year. without the Red Sox. time and gain some 55 minutes, didn’t run the ball
This season, however, Moreno’s momentum,” starter Jered consistently and had myriad
National League point is well-taken. Numerous The Rangers BILL KOSTROUN / AP Weaver says. issues on defense. Even tougher:
Cincinnati 3, Houston 1 obstacles remain in the team’s Sluggers Michael Now would be the ideal Second-year linebacker Jerod
Chicago Cubs 2, Milwaukee 0 path to the postseason. Here are Young and Josh Hamilton Angels starter Jered Weaver ran into trouble in the eighth inning. Page 27 time to start. Mayo, a star linebacker at a position
St. Louis 11, Florida 6 three of them. have missed all but three smcneal@sportingnews.com with no depth, went down in the
Arizona 4, San Diego 2, 10 innings games this month but back and still control their Angels. The Rangers have first quarter.
L.A. Dodgers 6, Pittsburgh 2 Challenging schedule Texas hasn’t missed a step. playoff destiny with seven won nine of the first 12 — Albert Breer
San Francisco 9, Colorado 1 The Angels began a crucial They remain six games games left against the meetings. Power Poll, Page 25 Brady lives up to rep, Page 8
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Tune In Today
A quick look at the best sports on TV Dykstra’s ’86 Series ring on auction block
OFF THE FIELD

— all times Eastern

Former New York Mets out- be televised by CBS.
fielder Lenny Dykstra’s 1986 World Mavericks guard Jason Kidd
BASEBALL Series ring is up for sale. has bought an 11,585-square-foot
Auctioneers say they plan to home in Paradise Valley, Ariz.,
White Sox at Mariners sell a trove of memorabilia the near Phoenix for $5.95 million,
10:00 p.m., WGN financially troubled All-Star The Arizona Republic reported.
Ken Griffey Jr. will have a chance to say hello (and perhaps a final left unclaimed at a Beverly According to the newspaper, the
farewell if he chooses to retire after this season) to his former team- Hills, Calif.-based pawnshop. house, in a gated community
mates from the second half of 2008. Junior hasn’t had a storybook
The items include the Mets near the Phoenician Golf Club,
season, but he has hit .385 with five RBIs in four games against the
White Sox. And speaking of reunions, righthander Freddy Garcia, championship ring and a trophy has six bedrooms and 14 bath-
who spent the first five-plus seasons of his MLB career with Seattle, is Dykstra won in a series most rooms, frescoes and crystal
scheduled to start for Chicago. remembered for an error by Red chandeliers, a heated pool, spa
— Chris Bahr Sox first baseman Bill Buckner, AP PHOTO and an eight-car garage.
who let a ball roll through his Lenny Dykstra’s ring was left unclaimed Proving it has no rivals in
GENERAL legs. Each item could sell for at a Beverly Hills, Calif., pawnshop. its expansion into Alabama,
Real Sports more than $20,000. North Carolina-based BB&T—
Dykstra filed for bankruptcy protection in July, which two week ago replaced longtime powerful
10 p.m., HBO
The most interesting segment of tonight’s show figures to be a saying he owed more than $31 million and had Auburn booster Bobby Lowder’s failed Colonial Banc-
piece on U.S. swimmer Cullen Jones, an African-American who won about $50,000 in assets. The auction is scheduled Group as the banking partner of Auburn football—
gold in Beijing as part of the men’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay. There to take place in Texas and online Oct. 1-2. has signed a deal with the University of Alabama
haven’t been many African-American swimmers in part because of to sponsor its football program, the Birmingham
past rules of segregation at American beaches and pools prior to 1971.
That created an aversion of water to many in the African-American
NFLPA making moves Business Journal’s Crystal Jarvis reported.
community that exists to this day, and Jones is trying to reverse that NFL Players Association Executive Director Team chairman Jerry Reinsdorf on Monday
thinking. DeMaurice Smith has quietly made several personnel unveiled to the public the Chicago Bulls College
— Roger Kuznia changes in the last several weeks, including hir- Prep, SportsBusiness Daily reported. Reinsdorf
ing four new attorneys and naming licensing vice donated $2 million to help start the publicly
SOCCER president Keith Gordon the acting president of the funded charter school located two blocks from the
union’s marketing arm. United Center.
Besiktas JK vs. Manchester United Gordon takes the place of NFL Players Inc. COO Director Steven Soderbergh—the plug pulled
2:30 p.m., FSN Andy Feffer, a sports marketing veteran who had this summer on his attempt to turn Moneyball into
This is the first regular pool game to be televised by FSN since ESPN
lost the rights to the UEFA Champions League. But the new guys are been the top executive at Players Inc. since he was a movie—is negotiating with Lionsgate to pick up
following the same formula: when possible, show the big English hired there in late 2006 but who was no longer domestic rights to his next project: Knockout, a spy
teams. The crisis that was supposed to visit Manchester United when working there last week. thriller that will star MMA fighter Gina Carano, the
Cristiano Ronaldo took off for Madrid hasn’t really developed. Man U. Of the four newly hired attorneys, three most daughter of former NFL quarterback Glenn Carano,
stumbled in an early league loss to Burnley but has controlled most
other games, including the weekend’s impressive 3-1 win over white-
recently worked at Washington, D.C.-based Pat- according to the Hollywood Reporter.
hot Tottenham. ton Boggs, where Smith was a partner before he USA Football, the sport’s national governing
— Mike DeCourcy was elected the union’s executive director in body on youth and amateur levels, announced
March. Notably, the union named former Patton that the Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics &
Boggs COO Ira Fishman as managing director. Sports Medicine in Pensacola, Fla., founded by
— Liz Mullen, SportsBusiness Journal orthopedic and sports medicine surgeon Dr. James
GUIDE SOCCER 8 p.m.
Andrews, will contribute to usafootball.com and
2:30 p.m. FSN—UEFA
MAJOR LEAGUE FSN—UEFA Champions League, Quick hits offer insight on the non-profit’s advisory board.
BASEBALL Champions League, Olympique de GoDaddy.com bought two 30-second ad — Compiled by staff with wire reports
10 p.m. Besiktas JK vs. Marseille vs. AC Milan, spots for Super Bowl XLIV, making it the sixth
WGN—Chicago White Manchester United FC, at Marseille, France consecutive year that it has advertised during the MORE COVERAGE from sportingnews.com
Sox at Seattle at Istanbul, Turkey (same-day tape)
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Q: Celebrating by dropping
the football before you
actually cross the goal line seems to
and be patient. I’m just there, going
through my routine and patiently
waiting until the ball comes down,
Q: You’re coming off a great
rookie season with the
Eagles. What effect will Michael Vick
be somewhat of a habitual habit for and the first thing I’m focused on is have on the team’s offense?
you. Do you think that your maturity catching the ball, first and foremost. —Brendan Brown, Wellington, Fla.
will grow at the same rate that your From there, I kind of let my instincts JACKSON: I grew up watching
game seems to be growing? take over. It’s hard to say. The punt- Michael Vick play, so to be on the
—Lynn Burge, Hastings, Neb. return team definitely calls a certain same team, it’s a great thing to hap-
JACKSON: You know, definitely. call, but it has to do a lot with instincts pen. I’m pumped up to see what it’s
Last year being my first year and and feeling comfortable and confi- going to be like this year. He’s still
being a rookie, the first touchdown I dent in your teammates, that they’re getting his feet wet and he’s feeling
scored I couldn’t care less about the going to be in the right spots for the pretty good. He’s looking very con-
ball. I just wanted to go dance. Being punt return team. fident, but very humble, like he has
in college, you weren’t really able to something to prove. I know, with
celebrate there, so that’s the first
thing I thought about. I’d waited for
that moment since I was about six
Q: Coming from a warmer
weather environment like
California, how does the adjustment
this offense, they’ll put him in great
position to use his skills and let him
do great things.
years old, just dreaming about being to the harsh northeast winters trans-
in the NFL and actually scoring. I
definitely will choose to make better
decisions, but I wouldn’t say I regret
late into football? Does it bother
you? Are you used to it?
—John Sigl, Warminster, Pa.
Q: Now that your first NFL
season is under your belt,
are you preparing any differently for
it because I got a lot of publicity from JACKSON: There was a game I this season than you did last year?
it and learned from it. But I’m defi- didn’t even want to play, honestly, —Eddie Behrends, San Angelo, Texas
nitely smart, and I’m not going to because it was so cold. When we JACKSON: Definitely I am. I’m
give away touchdowns no more. played in New York—that felt like watching a lot more film, studying.
the coldest game ever (game-time I’m an athlete, and it’s more than

Q: When that punt goes up

in the air and you see the
opposing team’s special teamers
temp was 35 degrees). It was tough,
and I think I didn’t have a catch that
game, too. Being from California all
just being an athlete because just
about everybody in the NFL is an
athlete. It’s about studying, work-
swarming at you, what’s going my life, it definitely took a little bit ing harder and taking your game to
through your head and what’s going to get into the mode of dealing with the next level. It’s the little things,
to be your next move? the coldness and having to toughen staying after with Donovan
—Michael Gurdak, Denver, N.C. it up during the rain and the cold (McNabb) watching film, staying
JACKSON: I try not to focus on the snow. But we’re professional ath- on the field. You can’t be content;
punt team, but that’s easier said than letes and we get paid to play, so you’ve always got to be willing to
done. NFL punters kick the ball so you’ve got to set that to the side and work to the next level. RICK HAVNER / AP
high that you have to stay back there get the job done, no excuses. — Ryan Fagan Philadelphia’s DeSean Jackson opened his second NFL season with an 85-yard punt return for a TD during Sunday’s 38-10 win over Carolina.
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Readers vary on whether punishment fits crime

We asked Sporting News Today readers to com-
ment on all things football and you gave plenty
YOUR TURN of opinions on the punch thrown by Oregon’s
Want to sound off on a sports topic
in the news? Sporting News Today LeGarrette Blount a couple weeks ago after
welcomes reader-submitted stories
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the Ducks lost to Boise State. Did he receive
and be sure to include your name the right punishment for hitting Boise
and hometown. We’ll pick the best
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the world’s most comprehensive
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about the incident.

Both players equally wrong I have complete faith in Coach Kelly that
It would seem clear the punishment he will do what is best for the program and
meted out to LeGarrette Blount is pretty Blount but I think that maybe everyone
tough and that handed out to Byron Hout needs to take a step back and re-evaluate
is nonexistent. Boise State indicates it is this situation. Maybe the NCAA and Kelly
disciplining Hout but hasn’t said how. He’s can come to some form of agreement that
not been suspended so it must mean he can come back after half the season if he
they’ve taken away his binky. agrees to go to some counseling. He is still
Blount and Hout are equally responsible young and might benefit from some harsh
for what happened and should receive the discipline, some tough love, and some
same discipline, whatever it is. I think forgiveness should he truly be sorry and
Oregon should summarily announce that want to change.
REINHOLD MATAY / AP since the NCAA, the WAC, and Boise State — Eric Backman, Santa Clarita, Calif. THOMAS BOYD / AP
Tampa Bay QB Byron Leftwich seem inappropriately unconcerned about Oregon fans show LeGarrette Blount their support before Oregon’s game against Purdue.
Hout’s accountability, that it is considering Suspension not enough
YOUR TURN its sanctions be modified consistent with Personally I feel the suspension is a just being the second person in this fiasco is too problems sorted out.
what Hout received. That will focus the one. Blount’s actions after the punch are much. Hout should also be punished. I’ve — Don Madison, Marietta,Ohio
Now that the first week of the NFL season
debate where it belongs. the most horrific I’ve seen. Players taking always had a lot of respect for Coach
is complete, what are your impressions?
Biggest surprise, disappointment? Write to
— Steve Whitehouse, Shelton, Wash. shots at each other is a part of the game, Peterson but his response to Hout’s Player is dangerous
us at yourturn@sportingnews.com in 150 but you hit each other on the field. If involvement is out of line—his player Yes Blount deserved it. Without even
words or less and we’ll publish some of the Worth re-evaluating? violations take place let the coaches deal started this mess. referring to his checkered past. Even
best ones in Sporting News Today. Be sure to I am a huge Duck fan and was appalled with the violators at practice. The part that — Joe Villemure, Petoskey, Mich. without the punch. It was his total out-of-
include your name and hometown. by LeGarrette Blount’s retaliation against concerns me is after the punch was thrown control actions for minutes afterward as he
Hout after the Boise State game. My first Blount went after fans. That is a no-no. Blount got off easy assaulted his own teammate, his coach, the
Have a question for Byron Leftwich, Jared reaction was to get rid of him completely, Suspension is very light punishment in my I think the Ducks let him off easy. That security officer and then out of camera
Allen or Terrell Suggs after Week 1 of the NFL but after thinking about it more and more opinion. He should be charged with was one of the worst incidents I have seen range.
season? Send your questions, along with I’m not 100 percent sure that he does assault and put in jail or a mental ward. on a football field. Now they ask Kermit An out-of-control person like that is a
your name and hometown to yourturn@ deserve to be kicked off the team for the — Dennis King, Foley, Ala. Washington, a person who sucker danger. He had his chance during the game
sportingnews.comand we’ll have them
entire season. He obviously was provoked punched and nearly ended Rudy Tom- to perform and didn’t.
answer the best ones in a future issue of
Sporting News Magazine.
but to just out-and-out punch someone for Hout started mess janovich’s career, to come in and talk to No loss for Oregon, no loss for football in
something that they said is a huge no-no, Punishment for Blount is in order but to Blount—it does not make any sense to me. general.
no matter who you are or where you are at. potentially ruin a young man’s career for Hopefully he will use this time to get his — Steve Martinez, Salt Lake City, Utah
SPORTING NEWS TODAY www.sportingnews.com Next Gen: Recruiting TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 6
RECRUITING DISH CLASS OF 2010

Volunteers add three more TOP 25 RECRUITS

highly regarded prospects
It has been a busy week of recruiting for Tennessee—
and easily the most productive for first-year coach Lane
1. Marcus Lattimore, RB
6-0/207,
Byrnes (Duncan, S.C.)
8. Jackson Jeffcoat, DL
6-4/233,
Plano West Senior
14. Xavier Grimble, TE
6-5/245,
Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)
Kiffin in his short time in Knoxville. Considering: North Committed to: USC
(Plano, Texas)
Over the weekend, the Volunteers landed three pros- Carolina, Oregon, South Considering: USC, Texas,
pects who will likely push their class well into the Carolina, Penn State,
nation’s top 10, giving them five highly-rated commit-
ments in just the past week.
Auburn
Oklahoma, Arizona State,
Houston 15. Jake Heaps, QB
6-2/195,
Skyline (Sammamish, Wash.) COURTESY OF COREY NELSON
Tennessee landed Sporting News Top 100 prospects
Demarco Cobbs and Brandon Willis, as well as wrestling away 2. Lache Seastrunk, RB
5-10/183,
Temple (Texas)
9. Demarco Cobbs, WR
6-2/200
Committed to: BYU Corey Nelson

consensus four-star recruit Corey Miller from Florida

State. Miller had committed to the Seminoles in mid-
July.
Considering: Auburn,
Florida, LSU, Oklahoma, Texas,
Tulsa Central (Tulsa, Okla.)
Committed to: Tennessee 16. Christian Jones, LB
6-4/215,
Lake Howell (Winter Park, Fla.)
21. Eduardo Clements, RB
5-11/185,
Booker T. Washington (Miami)
USC
“Help is on the way, Tennessee,” Cobbs proclaimed
on his Facebook page early Monday morning. 10. Trey Hopkins, OL
6-4/260,
Considering: Florida State,
Alabama, Florida, USC
Considering: Miami,
Georgia, Michigan
Cobbs is a receiver/athlete prospect out of Central 3. Seantrel Henderson, OL
6-8/301,
North Shore
(Tulsa, Okla.), and Willis and Miller both play on the
defensive line at Byrnes (Duncan, S.C.). Willis could
Cretin-Derham Hall
(St. Paul, Minn.)
(Galena Park, Texas)
Committed to: Texas 17. Chris Martin, DL
6-4/222,
The Hun School
22. Lamarcus Joyner, DB
5-9/162,
St. Thomas Aquinas
play tackle for the Volunteers, and Miller will likely play Considering: Florida, Ohio
at end.
Miller wrote on his Facebook page about his switch of BRIAN MCLAUGHLIN / SN
State, USC, Oklahoma, Notre
Dame, Minnesota 11. Malcolm Jones, RB/LB
6-0/210,
Oaks Christian
(Princeton, N.J.)
Committed to: Notre
Dame
(Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Considering: Florida State,
Ohio State, Florida
schools, saying that the Volunteers were a better fit than WR Demarco Cobbs is rated the ninth-best 2010 prospect in the nation.
(Westlake Village, Calif.)
the Seminoles and that he had to do what was best for
him because it’s “the next 4-5 years of my life we’re talk-
ing about.”
Cardinal O’Hara (Springfield, Pa.) WR Corey Brown
committed to Ohio State following his official visit to its
4. Matt Elam, DB
6-1/205,
Dwyer (Palm Beach
Considering: Stanford,
UCLA 18. Brennan Clay, RB
6-0/190, 23. Devin Gardner, QB
6-4/196,
Scripps Ranch (San Diego) Inkster (Mich.)
Willis posted that he was looking forward to playing campus over the weekend for the USC game, Rivals.com Gardens, Fla.)
with his high school teammate Miller at the next level.
Cobbs, ranked No. 9 in the SN 100, explained what he
reported. Committed to: Florida
12. Michael Dyer, RB
5-10/195,
Committed to: Oklahoma Committed to: Michigan

thinks the Tennessee coaches see in him as a prospect.

“I’m big, fast and physical off the line, and I make the
“I always liked them, but never got to see the campus
until this week,” Brown told Rivals.com. “It was amaz-
ing. The game was nuts. I don’t know if it gets any better 5. Justin McCay, WR
6-4/200,
Little Rock Christian
Academy (Little Rock, Ark.)
Considering: Arkansas,
19. Phillip Sims, QB
6-2/215,
Oscar Smith
24. Jamel Turner, DE
6-2/205,
Ursuline (Youngstown, Ohio)
big plays when they’re needed,” he told Sporting News than that.” Bishop Miege Auburn, Oklahoma, Notre (Chesapeake, Va.) Committed to: Ohio State
Today. “I work hard at getting open and I go hard every Brown (6-0, 190) said he chose the Buckeyes over (Shawnee Mission, Kan.) Dame Committed to: Alabama
Committed to: Oklahoma
play.” Penn State, Pitt, Miami, Florida, Rutgers and Virginia,
Cobbs told SN Today he also seriously considered in-
state Oklahoma, Florida, Georgia, Alabama and LSU.
He rushed for 1,152 yards and passed for 1,031 yards as
among others. He is ranked a four-star prospect by two
recruiting services.
6. Corey Nelson, LB
6-1/200,
13. Zack McCray, DL
6-4/235,
Brookville (Lynchburg, Va.)
20. Erik Kohler, OL
6-5/265,
Oaks Christian
25. Blake Bell, QB
6-6/215,
Bishop Carroll
Skyline (Dallas) Committed to: Virginia
a quarterback as a junior, accounting for 33 total touch- Two south Florida prospects known for their speed Committed to: Texas A&M (Westlake Village, Calif.) (Wichita, Kan.)
Tech Committed to: Committed to: Oklahoma
downs. He says he’ll play receiver in college. have committed to West Virginia, Rivals.com reported.
Washington
The weeklong domino effect for Tennessee started CB Travis Bell (6-2, 190), of Glades Central (Belle Glade,
when Kingsburg (Calif.) QB Tyler Bray made his commit-
ment to the Volunteers. Then, SN100 North Miami WR
Fla.), and WR Darius Millines (6-0, 180) of American Heri-
tage (Delray Beach, Fla.), gave their word to the Moun-
7. Gabe King, DL/LB
6-5/260,
Northern Guilford
— Brian McLaughlin

Ted Meline followed with his choice of the Volunteers. taineers after the weekend. (Greensboro, N.C.)
Tennessee now has 21 commitments for the class of Both are consensus three-star prospects. Considering: Alabama, MORE COVERAGE from sportingnews.com
2010. — Brian McLaughlin California, Oregon, Tennessee Top 100 recruits: sportingnews.com/blog/TheRecruitnik/tag/160168/sn100
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BASEBALL / NATIONAL LEAGUE
L.A. Dodgers 6, Dodgers 6, Pirates 2
Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
San Francisco 9, Colorado 1 Giants 9, Rockies 1 Arizona 4, San Diego 2, 10 innings
Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Pittsburgh 2 A.McCutchen cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .271 E.Young 2b 4 0 1 0 1 2 .325

Giants gain ground

Diamondbacks 4, Padres 2, 10 innings
An.LaRoche 3b 3 1
G.Jones 1b 4 0
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
2
.248
.303
C.Gonzalez cf
Helton 1b
5
2
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
3
0
.284
.323 D-backs heed Arizona AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Garland wins Doumit c
Milledge lf
Moss rf
3 0
4 0
4 0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
.236
.280
.241
Tulowitzki ss
S.Smith lf
Hawpe rf
4
4
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
2
.281
.310
.290 coach’s words
C.Young cf
S.Drew ss
J.Upton rf
5 0 2 0 1 2 .205
6 0 1 0 0 2 .259
4 0 1 0 1 0 .303
again for L.A. Cedeno ss
R.Vazquez 2b
4 1
4 0
D.McCutchen p 2 0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.290
.247
.167
Torrealba c
Stewart 3b
c-G.Atkins ph-3b 1
4
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
.281
.231
.225 SAN DIEGO—With three weeks
Montero c
Reynolds 3b
G.Parra lf
4 1 0 0 1 0 .302
5 1 2 0 0 1 .275
5 0 3 0 0 0 .294
Karstens p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .056 Hammel p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .125 left in the season, Arizona man- 1-Oeltjen pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .246
Dumatrait p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- a-Fowler ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265 J.Gutierrez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
LOS ANGELES—While N.L. c-Pearce ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Rincon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 ager A.J. Hinch implored his club R.Roberts 2b 5 1 1 0 0 2 .275
S.Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Flores p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Allen 1b 4 0 1 1 1 1 .203
West rivals Colorado and San Jo.Peralta p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- to finish strong. Buckner p 3 0 1 2 0 2 .286
D.Bautista p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Schoeneweis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Francisco face off in a high- Bootcheck p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 e-McCoy ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 The team took a step in that E.Vasquez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 32 2 6 2 3 6 Totals 33 1 6 0 5 15
tension series up the Califor- direction when Brandon Allen d-Byrnes ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .211
San Francisco AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Zavada p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
nia coast, the Los Angeles Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Velez lf 4 0 1 4 0 2 .270
singled in the go-ahead run in e-A.Romero ph-lf 1 0 0 1 0 0 .259
Dodgers are hoping to knock a Furcal ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .255 F.Sanchez 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .294 the 10th inning, giving the Dia- Totals 43 4 12 4 4 10
Kemp cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .305 Winn rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .265
few digits off their magic num- Ethier rf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .282 Sandoval 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .321 mondbacks a 4-2 win over the San Diego AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
M.Ramirez lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .306 E.Cabrera ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 .258
ber while enjoying a slight Pierre lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313
Rohlinger 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 San Diego Padres on Monday. Gwynn cf 5 1 3 0 0 1 .261
B.Molina c 3 3 2 1 1 0 .263
letup in the September grind. Loney 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .283 Whiteside c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213 Hinch delivered the message Ad.Gonzalez 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .278
Blake 3b 2 2 2 0 1 0 .281 Uribe ss 4 2 2 1 0 2 .287 Headley 3b 5 0 1 2 0 2 .260
Andre Ethier hit a tiebreak- R.Martin c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .260 Ishikawa 1b 4 2 2 0 0 1 .264
in a pregame meeting to try and Venable rf 4 0 0 0 1 3 .272
ing homer, Manny Ramirez O.Hudson 2b 4 0 3 2 0 0 .290 Rowand cf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .269 pull out of last place in the N.L. Macias lf 2 0 2 0 1 0 .226
Garland p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .094 Lincecum p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .153 b-O.Salazar ph-lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .286
had an early RBI double and a-Mientkiewicz ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 b-Schierholtz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .274 West, where they trail the Padres H.Blanco c 5 0 1 0 0 2 .236
b-Loretta ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .220 L.Rodriguez 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .206
the Dodgers opened their Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 by two games. Correia p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .130
Kuo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- d-F.Lewis ph 0 1 0 1 1 0 .266
penultimate regular-season Sherrill p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Howry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 “I challenged our team to go R.Webb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
d-Thome ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Totals 32 9 10 9 4 7 a-Ed.Gonzalez ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .219
homestand with a 6-2 victory Broxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
out and prove that the Padres are Gregerson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
over the woeful Pittsburgh Totals 33 6 12 5 3 3 Colorado 000 000 100 — 1 6 0 not a better team than us,” Hinch c-Hundley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .220
San Francisco 031 000 05x — 9 10 0 Gallagher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Pirates on Monday night. Pittsburgh 000 110 000 — 2 6 0 DINO VOURNAS / AP said. “That was a good start Thatcher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Russell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jon Garland (10-11) perse- Los Angeles 100 121 01x — 6 12 0
Tim Lincecum gave up just one run and struck out 11 to get the victory.
a-flied out for Hammel in the 7th. b-grounded out for tonight.” Poreda p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Lincecum in the 7th. c-struck out for Stewart in the Totals 38 2 9 2 3 14
vered through six rocky a-was announced for Garland in the 6th. b-flied out for 8th. d-walked for Affeldt in the 8th. e-grounded out for Arizona won for just the sec-
innings to remain unbeaten Mientkiewicz in the 6th. c-popped out for Dumatrait SAN FRANCISCO—Giants and scored three runs and Jo.Peralta in the 9th. LOB: Colorado 10, San Francisco ond time in 11 games. San Diego Arizona 020 000 000 2 —4 12 1
in the 7th. d-struck out for Sherrill in the 8th. LOB: 5. 3B: C.Gonzalez (5), Velez (5). HR: B.Molina (18), off San Diego 000 001 100 0 —2 9 1
since joining Los Angeles last Pittsburgh 6, Los Angeles 7. 2B: G.Jones (16), R.Vazquez manager Bruce Bochy was Aaron Rowand drove in Hammel. RBIs: Velez 4 (24), B.Molina (71), Uribe (43), has a 27-18 record (.600) since a-singled for R.Webb in the 7th. b-struck out for
(7), M.Ramirez (21), R.Martin (18), O.Hudson 2 (33). Rowand 2 (59), F.Lewis (17). SB: E.Young (3), C.Gonzalez
month, winning the N.L. a little nervous about his two for the Giants, who (14), Winn 2 (15). S: Lincecum. SF: Velez. Runners left July 28 and has won 11-of-14 Macias in the 7th. c-flied out for Gregerson in the 8th.
HR: Ethier (29), off D.McCutchen. RBIs: Doumit (30), d-grounded out for E.Vasquez in the 9th. e-grounded
leaders’ first of seven games R.Vazquez (16), Ethier 2 (96), M.Ramirez (56), O.Hudson ace pitcher. Tim Lincecum moved within 3½ games of in scoring position: Colorado 5 (Tulowitzki, Hammel, series during that span. out for Zavada in the 10th. 1-ran for G.Parra in the 10th.
2 (60). SB: Furcal (7), Kemp (33). Runners left in S.Smith, Helton, Stewart); San Francisco 3 (F.Sanchez 2, E: Buckner (1), Headley (7). LOB: Arizona 13, San Diego
in 15 days against the Pirates. put him at ease. Colorado for the wild card. B.Molina). “It gave us good motivation to 11. 2B: C.Young (25). RBIs: Allen (10), Buckner 2 (5),
scoring position: Pittsburgh 4 (Moss 2, D.McCutchen, Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
In fact, 10 of Los Angeles’ Milledge); Los Angeles 6 (Loney, Furcal 4, Garland). Lincecum pitched seven Juan Uribe and Fred Lewis Hammel L, 8-8 6 7 4 4 1 5 91 4.38
go out there and show that we are A.Romero (18), Headley 2 (57). S: E.Cabrera. Runners
DP: Pittsburgh 1 (Cedeno, G.Jones); Los Angeles 1 left in scoring position: Arizona 5 (C.Young, G.Parra,
final 18 games are against (O.Hudson).
strong innings in his also drove in runs for San Rincon 1 1⁄3 1 3 3 2 2 25 6.48 a good team,” Allen said. “Every Buckner, Montero, S.Drew); San Diego 5 (Correia,
R.Flores 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 5.40 L.Rodriguez 2, O.Salazar 2). DP: Arizona 1 (Reynolds,
last-place clubs Pittsburgh return from a balky back, Francisco. Jo.Peralta 2⁄3 1 1 1 1 0 19 6.46 guy wants to come up and do
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA R.Roberts, Allen).
and Washington, putting the D.McCutchen L, 0-2 5 7 4 4 2 1 84 5.50 Eugenio Velez drove in Lincecum, who missed San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA well.” Arizona IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Lincecum W, 14-5 7 6 1 1 4 11 116 2.30 Buckner 6 9 2 1 1 8 102 6.79
Dodgers in prime position for Karstens 1⁄3 2 1 1 0 0 13 5.19 four runs and the San his previous turn with Affeldt H, 30 1 0 0 0 1 2 14 1.83 Gerardo Parma started the Schoeneweis BS, 3-3 2⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 13 7.59
Dumatrait 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 9 9.53 Howry 1 0 0 0 0 2 12 3.43
their race with St. Louis and S.Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 3.71 Francisco Giants gained back spasms, threw 116 R.Flores pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. Inherited
winning rally in the 10th with a E.Vasquez 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 16 3.49
Zavada W, 3-3 1 0 0 0 1 2 17 3.00
Philadelphia for the N.L.’s D.Bautista 1⁄3 3 1 1 1 0 25 6.00 ground in the N.L. wild- pitches and had only one runners-scored: R.Flores 2-0, Jo.Peralta 3-3. IBB: off one-out infield single off Adam J.Gutierrez S, 4-5 1 0 0 0 0 1 18 3.94
Bootcheck 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 11 11.57 Rincon (B.Molina). WP: Lincecum. Umpires: Home, San Diego IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
best record. Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA card race with a 9-1 victory clean inning. The 2008 Mike Reilly; First, Chuck Meriwether; Second, Laz Diaz; Russell (2-1). Ryan Roberts then Correia 6 1⁄3 7 2 2 2 7 111 4.24
“It was definitely a grind Garland W, 10-11 6 6 2 2 3 3 112 4.19 over the Colorado Rockies N.L. Cy Young Award Third, Eric Cooper. T: 2:46. A: 31,307 (41,915). singled with pinch-runner Trent R.Webb 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.72
Kuo H, 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 2.55 Gregerson 1 1 0 0 0 2 13 2.85
out there,” Garland said. “As Sherrill H, 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 0.45 on Monday night. winner stranded nine Oeltjen taking third. Allen got Gallagher 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 9 0.00
long as we keep playing good Broxton 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 2.49 “We kept checking up runners. ahead in the count 3-0 before he Thatcher 2⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 13 2.50
baseball, things are going to Inherited runners-scored: Dumatrait 1-0, Bootcheck on him,” Bochy said. “I “It was fun to win a game
National League lined a 3-1 pitch to right-center to
Russell L, 2-1
Poreda
2⁄3 3 2 2 1 0 28 3.12
1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
work out. The speed, the 2-0. HBP: by D.McCutchen (Blake). WP: D.Bautista, was a little anxious to see like that,” Lincecum said. wild card standings bring home the go-ahead run.
Garland. Umpires: Home, C.B. Bucknor; First, Mike Buckner pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. Inherited
power, the ability to get on the Everitt; Second, Gerry Davis; Third, Brian Gorman. T: him out there. After the “I was erratic at times but I W L Pct. GB Pinch-hitter Alex Romero then runners-scored: Schoeneweis 2-1, E.Vasquez 3-0,
3:22. A: 42,045 (56,000). Colorado 82 63 .566 — R.Webb 1-0, Thatcher 1-0, Poreda 2-0. IBB: off Correia
basepaths—it’s great to play first inning I could tell he was able to come back and San Francisco 78 66 .542 3½ grounded out to bring in another (Allen), off Thatcher (J.Upton). HBP: by Schoeneweis
with these guys.” was fine.” make quality pitches.” Florida 76 68 .528 5½ run. (Ad.Gonzalez). Umpires: Home, Jim Wolf; First, James
Atlanta 75 68 .524 6 Hoye; Second, Mike Muchlinski; Third, Bob Davidson. T:
— The Associated Press Cardinals win, Page 29 Bengie Molina homered — The Associated Press Chicago 74 68 .521 6½ — The Associated Press 3:27. A: 20,265 (42,691).
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New England 25, Buffalo 24 Q and A with … Patriots CB Leigh Bodden

In clutch, Brady re-emerges as Pats’ not-so-secret weapon Ex-Lion ‘Excited, happy,

FOXBOROUGH, MASS.—It didn’t take possession (37:08 to 22:52), but
overjoyed, just to get a win’
Ron Jaworski to see, over the first made the most of their chances
55 minutes of last night’s Patriots- (5.8 yards per play). They were Leigh Bodden has already come a not thinking it’s impossible to
Bills game, that New England has also uneven on offense—a couple long way from 0-16. The cornerback come back from anything.
plenty of issues to work out. of unsuccessful fourth-down con- moved from last season’s winless
And it took about five seconds
inside the Patriots huddle to clear
up exactly what
versions killed drives, another
drive stalled inside the red-zone,
and the running game showed
Lions squad to New England and
contributed in his first game, making
five tackles and defending one pass.
Q:
while?
What does this win feel
like, since it’s been a

the club has in its

ever-dangerous
arsenal—namely,
zero consistency.
“We’re definitely not happy with
the way we played for the first 55
He spoke with Sporting News Today’s
Albert Breer after his first NFL win in
more than a season.
A: It was definitely emo-
tional. Somebody asked
me a question, ‘How would it feel
the most reliable minutes,” guard Logan Mankins to get your first win, and I really
quarterback in
the league in the
said. “We had penalties, we
weren’t doing what we should, we Q: Surprised that you
pulled it out?
didn’t think about it. But getting
it, I just, I can’t put it in to words.

Albert Breer
PRO FOOTBALL
clutch.
Tom
reminded
Brady
his
weren’t running the ball consis-
tently, and it’s hard to win that
way.”
A: I have to give credit to
Tom, the offensive line,
the whole offense. They did a
I was so excited, so happy.
Overjoyed, just to get a win.

teammates
much.
as Maybe if this was the Jets next
week, or the Falcons two weeks
very good job of handling the
pressure. Tom is Tom. That’s Q: What was last year like
for you?
“We’re gonna score before the
two-minute warning,” the quar-
after, the Patriots would’ve been
closed out and forced to pay for
why he gets paid the big bucks.
A: I definitely appreciate
what I have here. I don’t
terback said, before breaking the
huddle with 5:32 left, down 24-13
slumping all over the field for
three quarters. Maybe this is as Q: What did you see on the
sideline?
live in the past. The past is the
past. I gotta move on from that,
and backed up to his own 19. “And
we’re gonna get the ball back and
score again.”
much about a Buffalo team that
cut its left tackle and fired its
offensive coordinator in the 10
A: I haven’t been on a team
like that. And it feels good.
It’s just amazing to me the resil-
and I did. But I can take some
things away from it. Last year, I
stayed positive and went out and
With a little help from the free- days leading to the opener, and STEVEN SENNE / AP ience that this team has. Just performed to the best of my
falling Bills, who were sturdy as a replaced them with guys carrying After three-plus pedestrian quarters, Tom Brady showed off his big-game pedigree. because we’re down doesn’t mean abilities. I feel like I did that, but
sandcastle with that double-digit no real experience in those front- we’re going in the tank. Other nobody could see it because of
lead, Brady delivered on his of-the-room jobs. first half, Brady and the offense ran say, ‘Here we go again,’ and heads teams I’ve been on, it was like, 0-16. I’m just glad I can showcase
promise. But on this night, it was about 14 plays in their final two drives. would be down. Everybody here ‘Here we go again.’ I didn’t hear my talents on winning team and
The Patriots went 81 yards in 11 Brady and what he brought to that Only one was a third down. was positive.” Maybe that’s any of that. I heard, ‘We’re gonna show everybody that I wasn’t bad
plays, scoring with 2:06 left, got huddle. No ifs. Just whens. That’s why, after McKelvin because of No 12. get this done,’ and we got it done. last year, I’m still playing the
the ball back after Pierre Woods “I think that’s our feeling every coughed up the Bills’ ticket to end- “Sometimes it goes like that,” same. But now, hopefully, we can
stripped Leodis McKelvin on the
ensuing kickoff, and then won the
game by covering 31 yards in just
week,” said center Dan Koppen.
“We want to give him the time, we
know what type of player he is,
ing an 11-game losing streak to
New England, Brady’s presence on
the field made it inevitable that the
Brady said. “I’m glad we came back
and won, and being down 11 with
(5:32) left, it’s a pretty special
Q: How different was that
feel down 11, with five
minutes left?
win some games, and everybody
can see I’m still that good player I
was a few years back.
three plays after that.
But the significance of this one
had to do with the nature of the
everybody knows what type of
player he is. You put him in that
situation, he’s a pretty special
run would reach 12. And it did, of
course, punctuated by a pair of
touchdown passes to Ben Watson,
victory.”
Monday night provided evidence
that New England has a long way
A: On some teams, they
would just say, ‘Here we
go again,’ and heads would be Q: You stunned a little bit
by all this?
game, rather than the result, for
New England.
The Patriots were sluggish
player.”
Here’s how special: After getting
knocked around by the Buffalo
both ropes down the seam on what
Brady said were identical play
calls.
to go to become any kind of special
as a team.
But it also showed that the Patri-
down. Everybody here was
positive, no long faces. Me, when
I was on those teams, I’ve always
A: No, I’m definitely happy
though. I can’t wait to go
home and enjoy it, and talk to my
defensively, allowing Buffalo to defense for three quarters, and Afterwards, Leigh Bodden, who ots still have a pretty special been positive. It’s good to see family and friends, a lot of them
run and throw effectively. The missing targets by uncharacteristi- was 0-16 with Detroit last year, quarterback. everybody else being positive came up for the game. I’m defi-
Bills were blown away in time of cally large margins throughout the said, “ On some teams, they would abreer@sportingnews.com and knowing we can do it, and nitely excited.
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New England 25, Buffalo 24 Standings
Betting lines
Pats cash in on crucial 4th-quarter fumble FAVORITE
Sunday
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Buffalo 0 1 0 .000 24 25 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0
at Green Bay......................9 .........41 ½ .................Cincinnati
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rehab sessions and months of pre- at Washington ............... 10 .............37 ................... St. Louis
paring for his return to the NFL at Jacksonville..............3 ½ .............43 .................... Arizona Indianapolis 1 0 0 1.000 14 12 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0
at San Francisco ...........1 ½ .........39 ½ ..................... Seattle Houston 0 1 0 .000 7 24 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
were about. So while Brady’s perfor- at Buffalo ..................... OFF ...........OFF ...............Tampa Bay Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 12 14 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0
mance was pedestrian for much of at Denver...........................3 .............38 .................Cleveland Tennessee 0 1 0 .000 10 13 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
at San Diego................. OFF ...........OFF .................Baltimore
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he lived up to the advance billing. Monday Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 38 24 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
It seemed to take forever, though. Indianapolis ......................3 .............42 ..................at Miami Pittsburgh 1 0 0 1.000 13 10 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
Off Key Cincinnati 0 1 0 .000 7 12 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
A year after being sidelined with Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 20 34 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0
Oakland played Monday; New England played Monday;
torn knee ligaments, Brady resem- Philadelphia QB questionable;
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than the invincible record-setting San Diego 1 0 0 1.000 24 20 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0
quarterback who guided the Patri- Denver 1 0 0 1.000 12 7 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
Kansas City 0 1 0 .000 24 38 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
ots to a perfect 2007 regular season. Oakland 0 1 0 .000 20 24 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0
Buffalo 7 7 3 7 — 24
Yet, he threw two touchdown passes New England 0 10 0 15 — 25
in the final 2:06 as New England NFC
First Quarter
beat the Buffalo Bills 25-24. Buf: Nelson 11 pass from Edwards (Lindell kick), 2:58. East W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div
“I felt good all night, we were just STEPHAN SAVOIA / AP Second Quarter
NE: F.Taylor 1 run (Gostkowski kick), 6:22. N.Y. Giants 1 0 0 1.000 23 17 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0
off,” Brady said. “The plays we Randy Moss, left, had 12 catches for 141 yards in Tom Brady’s first game back after knee surgery. Dallas 1 0 0 1.000 34 21 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
Buf: Schobel 26 interception return (Lindell kick), 3:29.
needed to make—fourth downs we NE: FG Gostkowski 20, :00. Philadelphia 1 0 0 1.000 38 10 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
missed, third downs we missed, two “Two-minute drives always are “That’s not how we drew it up, but Third Quarter Washington 0 1 0 .000 17 23 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0
Buf: FG Lindell 40, 2:32.
chances in the red area, the intercep- fun for a quarterback,” Brady said. I’ll take it,” Brady said. “We did a lot Fourth Quarter South W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div
NE: FG Gostkowski 28, 11:43.
tion—those things really get you “Spread it out, the pass rush gets a of things poorly, but we got the win.” Buf: Jackson 10 pass from Edwards (Lindell kick), 5:32. New Orleans 1 0 0 1.000 45 27 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
behind the 8-ball. We recovered little tired, you get a feel for the cov- Buffalo did a lot of things well, but NE: Watson 18 pass from Brady (pass failed), 2:06. Atlanta 1 0 0 1.000 19 7 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0
NE: Watson 16 pass from Brady (pass failed), :50.
with just a few seconds left. Some- erage, you just have to be patient. got a shocking loss. A: 68,756.
Carolina 0 1 0 .000 10 38 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
times it happens like that. “I’m glad it’s over, glad we are “I chose to bring it out because that’s Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 21 34 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
Buf NE
“It’s a pretty special victory.” moving on, got a win, and we’ll learn me, no matter what it is,” McKelvin First downs ...............................................17....................................28 North W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div
Brady needed help in the form of from it.” said of the fumble. “If I had that choice, Total Net Yards ........................................276................................. 441
Rushes-yards ......................................19-90..............................23-73 Green Bay 1 0 0 1.000 21 15 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0
Leodis McKelvin’s fumble on a kick- That unbeaten season was spoiled probably 100 times, I’d do it again.” Passing ....................................................186................................. 368 Minnesota 1 0 0 1.000 34 20 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0
off return after the Patriots pulled in Brady’s last full game that Coming off a 1-4 preseason in Punt Returns............................................1-5................................2-21 Chicago 0 1 0 .000 15 21 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0
Kickoff Returns...................................... 4-97..............................5-147 Detroit 0 1 0 .000 27 45 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
within five points. counted, the February 2008 Super which the offense flopped, the Bills Interceptions Ret. ................................. 1-26..................................0-0
Placekicker Stephen Gostkowski, Bowl loss to the New York Giants. made plenty of big plays. Comp-Att-Int ...................................15-25-0..........................39-53-1
West W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div
Sacked-Yards Lost ................................. 4-26................................1-10
of all people, recovered at the Buffalo He was hurt in last season’s opener. Trent Edwards outperformed Punts ..................................................4-42.8.............................1-42.0 San Francisco 1 0 0 1.000 20 16 0-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0
31. Brady needed three plays before Now he’s back, although for much Brady for much of the game and Fumbles-Lost ...........................................3-1..................................0-0 Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 28 0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0
Penalties-Yards ..................................... 9-71................................6-55
hitting Benjamin Watson over the of the game he and the Patriots threw for two scores. A 10-yard Time of Possession...............................22:52.............................. 37:08 Arizona 0 1 0 .000 16 20 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0
middle for the decisive 16-yard played conservatively, even pas- screen pass TD to Fred Jackson put St. Louis 0 1 0 .000 0 28 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
touchdown with 50 seconds to go. sively. Indeed, Buffalo seemed ready Buffalo ahead 24-13 with 5:32 to go— RUSHING: Buffalo, Jackson 15-57, Edwards 2-25, Omon 2-8. New
Just 1:16 earlier, Brady found Wat- to break an 11-game losing streak even though its new spotlight-grab- England, Maroney 10-32, F.Taylor 9-25, Brady 1-9, Faulk 3-7.
Schedule
PASSING: Buffalo, Edwards 15-25-0-212. New England, Brady Sunday Cincinnati at Green Bay, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Denver, 4:15 p.m.
son on a similar play for an 18-yard against New England and win for ber, Terrell Owens, barely caused a 39-53-1-378. Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 8:20 p.m.
score. It was vintage Brady, who the first time in Gillette Stadium. ripple. Owens had two catches for 46 RECEIVING: Buffalo, Jackson 5-83, Schouman 3-41, Evans 3-25, Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m. Arizona at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
Owens 2-46, Nelson 2-13, Parrish 0-4. New England, Moss 12-141, Carolina at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Monday
threw for a record 50 TDs two years Then came the late fireworks, yards, then refused to speak about it Welker 12-93, Watson 6-77, Faulk 6-51, Maroney 2-9, Baker 1-7.
Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 4:05 p.m.
Indianapolis at Miami, 8:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Washington, 1 p.m. Seattle at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.
ago in leading New England to a per- demonstrating that Tom Terrific after the game. MISSED FIELD GOAL: New England, Gostkowski 41 (WR).
New England at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago, 4:15 p.m.
fect record. hasn’t lost his touch. — The Associated Press Oakland at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Baltimore at San Diego, 4:15 p.m.
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San Diego 24, Oakland 20

Rivers, Sproles answer bell in 2-minute drill

OAKLAND—Philip Rivers and the touchdown pass to Vincent Jackson. longtime nemesis LaDainian Tom-
San Diego Chargers opened the sea- Then Russell’s fourth-down pass to linson in check.
son doing what they do best: beating Murphy looked as if it would provide Tomlinson, who averaged 119
the Oakland Raiders. an emphatic end to a pair of losing yards rushing per game against
Rivers answered a pair of go-ahead streaks. Instead, it was just a foot- Oakland coming into the game, man-
scores by Oakland by leading two note to Oakland’s league-worst 73rd aged only 55 on 13 carries. But Spro-
touchdown drives, capped by Dar- loss since the start of the 2003 les helped out with two long kickoff
ren Sproles’ 5-yard run with 18 sec- season. returns, five catches for 43 yards and
onds left that gave the Chargers their The Chargers offense looked over- the winning touchdown.
12th straight in this one-sided matched for much of the night The Raiders dominated the play in
rivalry, 24-20 Monday night. against newly acquired Richard Sey- the first half, outgaining the Char-
This might have been the toughest mour and the Raiders defense. Inju- gers 217-74, but were still tied at 10
one of the bunch. JaMarcus Russell ries to center Nick Hardwick and because of two turnovers, and a
had given Oakland a 20-17 lead with guard Louis Vasquez in the third replay review that went against
a 57-yard touchdown pass to rookie quarter made moving the ball even Oakland.
Louis Murphy with 2:34 left. But tougher for San Diego and the frus- — The Associated Press
despite having two backup linemen tration led Rivers to commit a per-
in the game, Rivers calmly led the sonal foul that thwarted one drive. San Diego 0 10 0 14 — 24
Chargers down the field for the win- But the two last drives were the Oakland 7 3 0 10 — 20
ning score. reason why the Chargers gave Riv- First Quarter
“One thing I know is no team in ers a six-year contract extension Oak: Bush 4 run (Janikowski kick), 3:13.
Second Quarter
this league can practice 2-minute worth $93 million, with $38 million SD: Tomlinson 1 run (Kaeding kick), 4:45.
situations as much as we do,” Rivers guaranteed, last month. He finished Oak: FG Janikowski 37, :40.
SD: FG Kaeding 47, :00.
said. “It’s a little different executing 24 for 36 for 252 yards, playing his Fourth Quarter
it on Murphy Canyon Road as it is in best when it counted most. Oak: FG Janikowski 35, 13:01.
SD: Jackson 15 pass from Rivers (Kaeding kick), 7:22.
Oakland. ... I said: ‘Well, we’ve done “People talk about quarterbacks Oak: Murphy 57 pass from Russell (Janikowski kick), 2:34.
this a million times, let’s go score. All that handle pressure, that respond SD: Sproles 5 run (Kaeding kick), :18.
A: NA.
we need is three.’ I was talking to and lead their teams from behind,”
myself, too.” Chargers coach Norv Turner said. SD Oak
First downs ...................................19..........................................................19
Rivers was six for seven for 79 “He’s done it continuously and he’s Total Net Yards ............................317........................................................366
yards on the winning drive before done it in some real difficult situa- Rushes-yards .......................... 23-77..................................................32-148
Passing ........................................240........................................................218
Sproles silenced the crowd with his tions like tonight. It’s great to get the Punt Returns..............................3-10...................................................... 3-36
run up the middle. This marked the win here.” Kickoff Returns........................ 5-170...................................................... 4-67
Interceptions Ret. ......................2-21........................................................ 1-7
Raiders’ 11th straight loss in prime Russell nearly had overcome a Comp-Att-Int .......................24-36-1.................................................14-32-2
time and perhaps the most painful, rough night with that one pass to Sacked-Yards Lost ......................3-12........................................................ 1-7
Punts ...................................... 5-53.0...................................................4-48.8
considering how close they came. Murphy. Russell was 12 for 30 for Fumbles-Lost ...............................2-1........................................................ 1-1
“Our football team played its guts 208 yards and two interceptions, Penalties-Yards ..........................9-60...................................................... 6-40
Time of Possession...................28:23.....................................................31:37
out and didn’t finish the game,” including one on a desperation heave
coach Tom Cable said. “That’s the following Sproles’ TD. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING: San Diego, Tomlinson 13-55, Sproles 9-23, Rivers 1-(minus 1).
bottom line.” Oakland got a big boost from Sey- Oakland, McFadden 17-68, Bush 12-55, Higgins 1-19, Russell 2-6.
They took a 13-10 lead early in the mour, who arrived from New Eng- PASSING: San Diego, Rivers 24-36-1-252. Oakland, Russell 12-30-2-208,
Gradkowski 2-2-0-17.
fourth quarter on a 35-yard field goal land two days ago and didn’t even go RECEIVING: San Diego, Gates 5-83, Jackson 5-56, Naanee 5-49, Sproles
by Sebastian Janikowski before Riv- through a full practice with his new 5-43, Floyd 1-17, Hester 1-5, Tomlinson 1-1, Manumaleuna 1-(minus 2).
Oakland, Z.Miller 6-96, Murphy 4-87, McFadden 2-25, Stewart 1-13, Bush
MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ / AP ers drove the Chargers down and team. He sacked Rivers twice in the 1-4.
Darren Sproles capped the Chargers’ comeback with a 5-yard touchdown run in the game’s last half-minute. gave them the lead with a 15-yard first half and helped Oakland keep MISSED FIELD GOALS: None.
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Power Poll 1. Steelers (last week: 1) They will miss Troy Polamalu, whose versatility is crucial to their terrific defense.
2. Eagles (3) Donovan McNabb’s rib injury is a concern, but the talent on this team is deep.

3. Giants (5) Osi Umenyiora is back at full strength, and their pass rush is back to being ferocious.

4. Patriots (2) Tom Brady made clutch plays to beat the Bills, but the offense was not totally in sync.

5. Ravens (9) Joe Flacco has been given more freedom, which makes their offense more versatile.

6. Titans (7) This team is too solid to be sidetracked by a season-opening loss in Pittsburgh.

7. Vikings (11) Watching Adrian Peterson run over and around people, Brett Favre may never retire.

8. Chargers (4) Philip Rivers helped the Chargers escape in a sloppy but exciting season-opener.

9. Colts (5) Anthony Gonzalez’s injury will force one of their younger receivers to step up.

10. Cowboys (8) We will get a truer indication of where they are after they host the Giants on Sunday.

11. Saints (13) The numbers that Drew Brees puts up this season promise to be phenomenal.

12. Falcons (14) Tony Gonzalez has given Matt Ryan the red zone weapon their offense needed.

13. Packers (16) When they decided that Aaron Rodgers was ready to lead them, they were right.

14. Jets (21) After an impressive debut, Mark Sanchez and Rex Ryan get their first crack at the Patriots.

15. Panthers (12) John Fox has been burned big-time by his loyalty to Jake Delhomme.

16. Bears (10) With no Brian Urlacher and Pittsburgh next, starting 0-2 is a serious possibility.

17. Redskins (18) Unless they improve offensively, escaping the NFC East basement will be difficult.

18. 49ers (22) This team is no longer a soft touch. A win Sunday would put them atop the NFC West.
BOB LEVERONE / SN
Donovan McNabb and the Eagles moved up after demolishing 19. Cardinals (17) Get the aspirin. Their Super Bowl hangover is real, and they need to snap out of it.
Carolina, but his status is in doubt after a broken rib.
20. Dolphins (19) If the Wildcat will not be effective, you wonder if the offense will be productive.
One week into the regular 21. Bills (20) A heartbreaking Monday night loss was the last thing this fragile team needed.
season, several teams are
dealing with major issues. 22. Texans (15) The Jets whipped them badly, a cold wakeup call for a team with playoff hopes.
The Bears have lost star
23. Seahawks (26) A healthy Matt Hasselbeck gives them a chance to have a bounce back season.
middle linebacker Brian
Urlacher for the season. Jake 24. Jaguars (24) Their offense needs more pizzazz, but the personnel to provide it is lacking.
Delhomme keeps completing
25. Raiders (27) Say this for Tom Cable. The players continue to give him maximum effort.
Clifton Brown passes to the wrong team,
PRO FOOTBALL leaving the Panthers with a 26. Buccaneers (25) Raheem Morris may not feel like the league’s youngest coach by season’s end.
quarterback crisis that might
be difficult to solve. 27. Broncos (26) A wild ending gave Josh McDaniels his first victory, one his team sorely needed.
With Urlacher out and Delhomme out of
28. Bengals (28) Poor Bengals. They went from hard knocks on television to hard luck on the field.
sync, the Bears and Panthers have dropped in
this week’s power poll, and hot quarterbacks 29. Chiefs (29) Todd Haley could use two things - a healthy Matt Cassel and a victory over the Raiders.
like the Jets’ Mark Sanchez and the Saints’
Drew Brees have their teams on the rise. 30. Browns (30) Neither Brady Quinn nor Derek Anderson can solve the multitude of problems.
To find out where all 32 teams sit heading 31. Lions (32) With his first start behind him, Matthew Stafford’s next task is getting his first win.
into Week 2, read on:
cliftonbrown@sportingnews.com 32. Rams (31) A shutout defeat in Seattle reinforced how difficult Steve Spagnuolo’s task will be.
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NFL DRAFT 2010
DRAFT DISH
Bears to replace injured
Gophers’ Decker could become top WR Urlacher with Hillenmeyer
Sporting News Today draft expert While he lacks the explosiveness LAKE FOREST, ILL.—Finally healthy
Russ Lande and his team of former and top-end speed NFL coaches after two years, Bears middle line-
NFL scouts take a quick look at covet, he definitely has become a backer Brian Urlacher launched
developing situations for the 2010 draftable prospect and could climb his regular season by making a
draft class: up as high as the fifth round if he fin- run at Aaron Rodgers, lowering
ishes the season strong. his shoulder and plowing over the
There is real debate as to where Packers quarterback in the first
Minnesota WR Eric Decker should be Indiana (Pa.) CB Akwasi Owusu- quarter.
drafted. A number of personnel Ansah (6-0 1/2, 198) is a top small- His 10th season was off to a good
men view him as a first-round pros- school prospect, showing good start. And then, it was over.
pect who could be the top receiver size, speed and ball skills. He must Urlacher, 31, underwent surgery
drafted in 2010, but there are oth- prove in postseason all-star games Monday to repair a dislocated right
ers who say his lack of explosive- that he has the athleticism to main- wrist and will miss the rest of the
ness and top-end speed will keep tain his production against elite season, a major blow for a team
him from being drafted before the competition. with high expectations.
third round. “He had put himself in position
Decker (6-3, 206) is a good athlete After missing most of the ’08 to have an outstanding year,” coach
and a pro baseball prospect who season, Idaho S Shiloh Keo is back on Lovie Smith said Monday night.
has been drafted two years in a row. the field and has scouts excited. Keo “He was playing well in the game
He has excellent natural receiving (5-10, 214) was the team MVP in ’07 before he went down with the
skills and tremendous, natural PAUL BATTAGLIA / AP and definitely has improved since. injury. Even after the injury to his
hands, which enable him to make If Eric Decker runs well in pre-draft workouts, He will not be drafted high, but hand, the competitor in him
tough catches seem routine. he could find himself moving up draft boards. continued performance at a high wanted to continue to play. It’s a JEFFREY PHELPS / AP
He reminds us a lot of Packers level and good health could land tough break. There’s no way A broken wrist ended Brian Urlacher’s 10th season after barely more than two quarters.
WR Jordy Nelson—fearless catching Rutgers on Sept. 7 and now some him a late-round spot. As an added around it, but he’s been injured
passes in traffic and a competitive scouts say he could be selected in bonus, he shows promise as a before and he’s come back before.” many people who can do some- meaning the job is Hillenmeyer’s
runner after the catch. In the end, the third round or higher. He shows return man. The injury occurred in the first thing like that.” for now. He also did not rule out
however, Decker’s on-field play in a strong arm to make every NFL quarter of Sunday night’s 21-15 The arrival of Pro Bowl quarter- bringing in help from the outside.
’09 won’t dramatically affect his throw with zip and accuracy when Nicholls State has two interest- loss at Green Bay, though it was back Jay Cutler sent expectations One option might be former NFL
draft status nearly as much as his using good technique and striding ing prospects, causing NFL scouts not clear when. Urlacher briefly in Chicago soaring in the offsea- Defensive Player of the Year Der-
performance at the NFL Scouting into his passes. to make the drive to Thibodaux, La. shook his wrist after tackling son, though he threw four inter- rick Brooks, 36. Brooks, who was
Combine and in other pre-draft WR Antonio Robinson (6-0 3/4, 190) is Packers running back Ryan Grant ceptions and looked average at cut by Tampa Bay in February, has
workouts. If he runs well and Entering the ’09 season, Ten- big and well built with surprising late in the period, though Smith best in the loss. a good relationship with Smith
proves he has big-play speed, he nessee RB Motario Hardesty was speed, and he shows good, natural said he wasn’t sure when it Now, the Bears are without dating to his days on the Bucca-
could move up draft boards. viewed as an unproven big back hands. He is sure to be drafted. DB happened. Urlacher, a six-time Pro Bowler neers’ staff.
who never had been highly produc- Tyson Andrus (6-0 5/8, 197) started his Urlacher played in the second and the longtime face of the fran- Zach Thomas, who was cut by
A year ago, Cincinnati QB Tony tive. Through two games of his career at Ole Miss in ’05 and then quarter but left on the Packers’ chise and a stalwart defender in a Kansas City earlier this month,
Pike (6-5 3/4, 210) was not expected senior season, he is changing transferred to LSU in ’06 before first drive of the second half. division with top-tier running also might be a possibility. Neither
to ever play. Instead, an injury opinions. moving on to Nicholls State last “Talk about a guy that’s a great backs in Grant and Vikings star of those two veterans would
vaulted him into the lineup in Week Hardesty (5-10 7/8, 204) is muscu- year. He has caught scouts’ atten- leader,” said Hunter Hillenmeyer, Adrian Peterson along with elite appear to have much “special
2 last year and he now has played lar with the size and strength to run tion because of his all-around pro- who replaced Urlacher at middle quarterbacks such as Rodgers and teams value,” something Smith
his way onto the NFL radar. through contact and drag defenders, duction and athleticism. linebacker. “First, he plays an Minnesota’s Brett Favre. said the Bears would be seeking in
Pike, who is not a top prospect, maintaining his balance to consis- — Former NFL scout Russ Lande evaluates college entire half of football with a dislo- Smith dismissed the idea of a new linebacker.
had an excellent passing day vs. tently gain yardage after contact. players for the Sporting News’ Pro Football War Room. cated wrist. I don’t think there’s moving Briggs to the middle, — The Associated Press
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AFC inside the 1. Instead, the Vikings stuffed the

play for a loss and forced a field goal, which
left the Browns trailing 10-6. Mangini
blamed himself for a poor decision but will
short routes is not what Schaub does best. If
the blockers give him time to throw, they’ll
have a chance to avoid an 0-2 start. ... The
Texans also expect to get back CB Jacques
INSIDE DISH exercise veto power as he goes forward with Reeves (fractured fibula) this week. FS
Daboll. Daboll is a first-year coordinator but Eugene Wilson (sprained knee) and WR Andre
has worked with Mangini for all but one Davis (concussion) are day-to-day.
Baltimore Ravens — Mike Preston year this decade. ... Mangini has a similar
Coach John Harbaugh will spend a relationship with defensive coordinator Indianapolis Colts — Mike Chappell
lot of time this week working on Rex Ryan. Those two became close while The good news is the ligament
special teams before playing San working together on New England’s Super damage WR Anthony Gonzalez
Diego. The Ravens’ units struggled Sunday, Bowl-winning teams in ’01 and ’03. Ryan sustained to his right knee Sunday
having one punt blocked and returned for a credits Mangini for many of the important is not season-ending. The bad news is he’ll
touchdown. K Steve Hauschka converted on a schemes and adjustments that made the still miss at least a month. The team must
44-yard field goal, but his 41-yard attempt Patriots successful. decide whether to sign a veteran to help ease
sailed wide left. The Ravens averaged only 3 the pressure WR Reggie Wayne undoubtedly
yards on three punt returns, partly because Denver Broncos — Frank Schwab will face while Gonzalez recovers or stick with
PR Chris Carr ran east and west instead of ILB/FB Spencer Larsen’s injury youngsters Pierre Garcon and Austin Collie. One
north and south. The Ravens also had two might seem interesting because option is off the table: Team president Bill Polian
penalties on two punt returns. According to of the oddity of it, but losing him said Marvin Harrison, the team’s career receiving
several Ravens who play on special teams, hurts the Broncos in a few ways. Larsen leader, won’t be re-signed. ... The defense
the problems weren’t always physical but slipped in the locker room less than 90 played well against the Jaguars, limiting them
more mental mistakes. The blocked punt minutes before the season opener, and hurt to 228 total yards and 114 rushing yards. It
was the result of poor communication, his shoulder—after the Broncos had turned should be further strengthened today when
causing missed blocks. in their inactive list to the NFL. Larsen, DT Ed Johnson returns from his one-game
who will miss at least a few weeks, probably suspension. With Johnson out, Antonio Johnson
Buffalo Bills — Allen Wilson was their best run-stuffing backup option stepped up and had nine tackles.
The Bills suffered at least one TONY DEJAK / AP at linebacker. He also could play fullback,
major defensive loss, and possibly Joshua Cribbs, Cleveland’s ace special-teamer, had a mixed performance in the Wildcat against Minnesota. especially as a lead blocker for Peyton Hillis, and Jacksonville Jaguars — Michael C. Wright
a second, in their 25-24 loss at he is one of their best special teams players. Coach Jack Del Rio said X-rays on
New England on Monday night. Starting Denney will likely start if Kelsay is out, but passes to the backs and seam-routes by the left leg of DE Reggie Hayward
MLB Paul Posluszny confirmed that he will look for Maybin in pass-rushing situations. the tight end are the answers provided the Houston Texans — John McClain revealed a fracture that might
miss “several weeks’’ with a broken left arm. offense doesn’t self destruct with the kind of Because the running game has require surgery. With Hayward expected to
Also, starting left DE Chris Kelsay suffered an Cincinnati Bengals — Chick Ludwig mistakes like dropped passes, penalties and been anemic, the Texans might miss significant time, the Jags likely will add
undisclosed knee injury. It is not yet known The offense is going to see a shaky protection that it displayed Sunday. have to rely on QB Matt Schaub a veteran end. None of the ends on the roster
how long he’ll be out. Posluszny’s injury is lot of two-deep zone coverage, to throw to set up the run at Tennessee. (James Wyche and rookie Julius Williams) appear
not believed to be as serious as the broken similar to the scheme the Cleveland Browns — Steve Doerschuk The problem with that strategy is Schaub ready for significant minutes. Hayward’s
left forearm he suffered as a rookie in 2006. Broncos utilized Sunday. The challenge New offensive coordinator Brian is limited because of a sprained left ankle. absence further depletes a front that lost DT/
Depth was an issue at linebacker as none of for offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski and Daboll is calling most of the plays, He was 18-of-33 passing for only 166 DE Rob Meier, who is on I.R. with a shoulder
the backups have played an NFL game on QB Carson Palmer is to find creative ways to but coach Eric Mangini has veto yards Sunday vs. the Jets. He threw one ailment. Second-year man Derrick Harvey didn’t
defense. Marcus Buggs, who spent last season attack it. Don’t be surprised if the Packers power. At a key point Sunday, with the interception, was sacked twice and hit play much in the second half Sunday despite
on the practice squad, replaced Posluszny copy the Broncos, whose safeties were Browns facing third-and-goal, Daboll and eight times. Schaub needs time to throw the fact he was healthy. Del Rio denied that
on Monday. Buggs is athletic, but lacks ideal lined up 20-plus yards deep and began Mangini discussed two options. It was a down field to WRs Andre Johnson and Kevin Harvey had been benched, but it’s likely the
size (5-11, 225) to take on blockers at the backpedaling when the ball was snapped. quick talk, because Mangini noticed the Walter and TE Owen Daniels. Walter (pulled Jaguars will move second-year man Quentin
point of attack. It’s also possible that starting Opponents fear the Bengals’ deep passing Vikings had the same personnel group from hamstring) missed Sunday’s game because Groves back to end, where he played as a rookie.
SLB Keith Ellison will move inside. He has the attack led by WRs Chad Ochocinco and Chris the previous play, against which Joshua Cribbs of a hamstring injury but should start Groves, who had been playing linebacker in
instincts to play the position. Depth is not as Henry, and defensive backs aren’t about to nearly scored out of Wildcat formation. this week vs. Tennessee. Schaub threw the 3-4, lacks the size to be an every-down
big a concern behind Kelsay. Veteran Ryan let the ball go over their heads. Palmer must Given the personnel group, Mangini made to Daniels eight times and completed four end in the 4-3 scheme but possesses good
Denney has plenty of experience and the Bills be patient and take the underneath routes. a snap judgment that Cribbs could find for 44 yards. Johnson was targeted seven speed andis strong enough to hold the point
drafted DE Aaron Maybin in the first round. Quick slants, middle screens check-down another opening and score easily from times, catching four for 35 yards. Throwing against the run in limited exposure.
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AFC New England Patriots — Ian R. Rapoport

Lost in the feel-good, 25-24 win
for the Patriots over the Bills
Oakland Raiders — Steve Corkran
QB JaMarcus Russell appeared to
sustain a hyperextended left
knee on a quarterback sneak
INSIDE DISH was the sight of LB Jerod Mayo, in the fourth quarter. Two players fell on
on the turf grabbing his right knee. Mayo Russell’s knee. He missed two plays but
Kansas City Chiefs — Adam Teicher is a captain in his second season, clearly a returned for the remainder of the game.
Problems in the running game leader on the field and in the locker room. Bruce Gradkowski looked sharp in relief of
don’t figure to disappear any His loss after the first quarter hurt, and Russell, completing both his passes and
time soon. The depth of the Buffalo ran several times up the middle in moving the offense with ease. Still, the
problem is illustrated by the fact that its 14-play, 62-yard drive to go up 11 points Raiders can’t afford to be without Russell
5-of-16 carries by running backs Sunday in the last period. The response by the for an extended period because of how
went for negative yardage. That shows Patriots was to move OLB Gary Guyton over much time and effort they have put in to him
the blockers are frequently getting beat to the middle, bring Pierre Woods in at outside being the starter. LG Robert Gallery sustained
off the snap. It’s difficult to put much of backer and keep OLB Adalius Thomas where he a back injury that forced him to miss most
the blame on RBs Larry Johnson and Jamaal was. When four linebackers were needed, of the second quarter. If he can’t play, Chris
Charles. At times, they’re swamped as soon the Pats slid in pass-rushers like Tully Banta- Morris moves from center to Gallery’s spot,
as they take the handoff. In the Ravens on Cain and Derrick Burgess. The response was with backup center Samson Satele replacing
Sunday, the Chiefs met a tough, physical impressive. Burgess had a sack on the final Morris. Gallery is Oakland’s best offensive
defense that rarely yields much against possession, and so did Banta-Cain. That lineman, and someone they can’t succeed
the run. It should improve some this week was good news. Not so good was the way without. WR Johnnie Lee Higgins was unable
against Oakland, but then the Chiefs face Buffalo RB Fred Jackson played in the fourth to finish the game after he was leveled by
a series of similar defensive opponents in quarter. Jackson capped Buffalo’s final Chargers S Eric Weddle in the fourth quarter.
the Eagles, Giants, Cowboys, Redskins drive with a 10-yard reception, giving him He spent a couple of minutes on the ground
and Chargers—all were top 12 in rushing 83 receiving yards and 57 rushing yards on and appeared dazed when he left the field.
defense last season. the day. Had Mayo been in the game, he’d His status won’t be updated until Tuesday.
have covered Jackson.
Miami Dolphins — Jeff Darlington Pittsburgh Steelers — Gerry Dulac
Months ago, the Dolphins made New York Jets — J.P. Pelzman Maybe Ben Roethlisberger’s prolific
it clear they needed to forget Rookie QB Mark Sanchez showed passing numbers in Week 1 will
about the magic of last season. what all the hype was about cause opponents to back off the
But just one game into the season, the team Sunday, and not merely with line? That has been one of the problems with
is looking toward last season to provide a impressive statistics. Other than an ill- the running game, which managed just 36
JOHN RUSSELL / AP
perfect example of how it can overcome the advised fourth-quarter interception, his yards in the season opener—opponents still
current situation. In ’08, Miami started decision-making was excellent. A case in stack the line of scrimmage because they In his first NFL game, Titans WR Kenny Britt (four catches, 85 yards) lived up to his first-round potential.
0-2, largely because of dismal offensive point occurred on third-and-5 from the consider the Steelers a run-oriented team. They finished the game without two of their Tennessee Titans — Jim Wyatt
line play. After two games then, LT Jake Long Houston 6 late in the first quarter. With But, for a team that likes to use multiple- starting offensive lineman or their starting Rookie WR Kenny Britt had four
had committed two penalties and gave up all his receivers shadowed, Sanchez threw receiver formations and almost never tailback. C Nick Hardwick (ankle) and RG Louis catches for 85 yards vs. the Steelers,
a sack. So this year, in the wake of Long away the ball, preserving the field goal in employs a fullback, the Steelers are not built Vasquez (foot) went down in the third quarter including a 57-yard grab. While he
giving up another pair of sacks in Week 1, a situation in which many young passers to pound the ball consistently. Still, they and did not return. Tomlinson played wasn’t perfect—he could’ve done a better job
the team can at least take solace that it’s too would try to force the ball into a tight will seek to improve their running game at sporadically after rolling his ankle in the breaking up a pass that was intercepted—he
early to panic. Coach Tony Sparano said the spot. Sanchez also showed terrific pocket Chicago on Sunday, in particular Willie Parker, second quarter but could not contribute on passed his first NFL test. The coaches liked
unit needs to “do a better job of shortening presence, stepping up or sliding over as who was slow to hit holes last week. Parker the Chargers’ winning drive. The Chargers how Britt handled himself and didn’t back
the edges a little bit.” He explained that needed. He certainly will have a tougher test had only four carries in preseason and must were already thin with quality depth on the away from the competition, whether he was
Long, for instance, was giving a little bit too this week as New England coach Bill Belichick get more work to get some rhythm. offensive line and will now likely intensify blocking or jawing with defensive players at
much air in the pass rush. The coach and is famous for confusing all quarterbacks, their search for help there. If Tomlinson is the end of plays. He certainly didn’t appear
linemen say the issues can be fixed quickly, especially inexperienced one. But there’s San Diego Chargers — Kevin Acee too hurt to play in the home opener against intimidated. Veteran WR Nate Washington will
as long as the group has better in-game nothing in Sanchez’s makeup or track The Chargers limped from the Baltimore, the Chargers will activate (and play more snaps this week as he recovers
communication when it comes to twist record that suggests he will melt down. Oakland Coliseum and can only perhaps start) Michael Bennett next week. from a hamstring injury, but the team now
stunts. hope it’s not as bad as it appears. feel like Britt’s a guy they can count on.
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NFC left knee and foot problems. The foot issue

was serious, a Lis Franc sprain that would
have kept him out at least six weeks. To fill
his roster spot, the Panthers agreed to terms
of camp working on, and slowed Tamps
Bay long enough to gain control of the game.
Tampa Bay gained 450 yards, but only 33
in the third quarter, when the Cowboys
INSIDE DISH with veteran A.J. Feeley. He’s a fit here where took a 20-7 lead. Coach Wade Phillips said
other West Coast quarterbacks might not the Cowboys will work extensively on run
have been. He’s not as much of a scrambler blitzing before this week’s game vs. the
Arizona Cardinals — Kent Somers and has a good enough arm to fit into the Giants.
Coach Ken Whisenhunt hopes the play-action passing game. His addition isn’t
health of a couple of receivers a sign of lost confidence in Jake Delhomme, off Detroit Lions — Tom Kowalski
improves as the Cardinals try to his 11 turnovers in two games nightmare. Rookie QB Matthew Stafford
avoid an 0-2 start. No. 3 WR Steve Breaston The Panthers say they are resolute behind threw three interceptions in his
(knee) missed the opener, and Anquan Boldin Delhomme. On Sunday, the offensive first NFL game and came out of
(hamstring) played but wasn’t 100 percent. line played horribly and gave him few that loss with a valuable lesson—he doesn’t
Their injuries limited the productivity of opportunities. Still, Delhomme must do a have to be perfect. Stafford threw in the
the team’s three- and four-receiver sets. better job eating the ball when in trouble. direction of WR Calvin Johnson 13 times but
Breaston practiced the last two weeks and only connected on three (for 90 yards).
was expected to play Sunday, but his knee Chicago Bears — Gene Chamberlain Stafford said he was trying to be too perfect
was swollen on game day. Boldin’s ailing Losing MLB Brian Urlacher for with his throws and is learning to get
hamstring was sore Monday, but he didn’t the season after wrist surgery more air under the ball when throwing to
sustain any additional damage, Whisenhunt caused the Bears to immediately Johnson, who is 6-5 and has great leaping
said. Boldin is questionable for this week’s bolster their linebacker corps depth. They ability. Stafford also pointed out that the
game at Jacksonville. ... DE Kenny Iwebema had also lost OLB Pisa Tinoisamoa to a knee chemistry is just beginning to develop
is expected to miss at least a week with sprain Sunday. The team signed Tim Shaw, because Stafford has only taken all the No.
an ankle injury. ... S Matt Ware sustained a who has experience with the Panthers and 1 reps for a week.
stinger in his left shoulder for the second Jaguars. The primary need, coach Lovie
time in as many weeks, and status for the Smith said, is bolstering special teams rather Green Bay Packers — Tom Silverstein
Jaguars game remains uncertain. than finding a potential starting linebacker For now, RT Allen Barbre’s job is
because the team also lost CB Trumaine safe. Despite giving up two sacks
Atlanta Falcons — D. Orlando Ledbetter McBride, a four-phase special teams player, and several pressures Sunday
DE John Abraham, who played to a knee sprain. The team, for now, has night, Barbre will get a second chance this
sparingly in preseason and was passed on signing ex-Bucs great LB Derrick week against Cincinnati. Making his first
listed on last week’s injury Brooks. And the coaches say they’ve given no start, the third-year pro played as technically
report with a knee problem, turned in consideration to moving OLB Lance Briggs to poor as he could and was continually
AJ MAST / AP
another strong game Sunday. He had two the middle because of the fear of weakening whipped by Bears DE Adewale Ogunleye. On
sacks. One came on an incredible bull rush two positions. Hunter Hillenmeyer will replace one play, Barbre got tossed on his backside. Injuries and ineffectiveness motivated Carolina to sign former Eagles backup QB A.J. Feeley.
over the top of Miami LT Jake Long. Abra- Urlacher, although the Bears were 0-7 in The most athletic of the starters, Barbre 6-4 S Aaron Rouse to take over the starting job. did a great job of getting us out of a couple of
ham also appears to have found him a pass- 2004 with him starting for Urlacher. seemed to get count up in the moment and Rouse played solidly after Bigby left Sunday runs that had a low probability of success,
rush partner in second-year man Kroy his fundamentals got washed out. His and put a lick on Bears TE Desmond Clark that and actually took one to a side where we
Biermann, who also had two sacks. Both are Dallas Cowboys — Jean-Jacques Taylor footwork was bad, his balance was poor knocked him out of the game. Rouse lacks gained a bunch of yards. And he did that on
speed rushers, but Abraham is a master of The Cowboys know they must fix and his hand punch was weak. He’s a sack Bigby’s speed and can be beat deep, but he his own.” Favre finished the game 14-of-21
using leverage to defeat bigger blockers. their run defense after allowing or two away from being replaced by rookie has a knack for being around the ball. passing for 110 yards with a touchdown,
He’s been working with Beirmann to help 174 yards rushing (5.6 per carry) T.J. Lang, though. The coaches are not yet resulting in a passer rating of 95.3. Favre
improve his moves and handwork. to Tampa Bay. The Cowboys struggled early ready to turn to veteran Mark Tauscher, who Minnesota Vikings — Rick Alonzo wasn’t perfect, though. On third-and-goal
because they failed maintain gap control is recovering from ACL surgery. ... S Atari Coach Brad Childress disagrees in the first half, he threw an incompletion
Carolina Panthers — Darin Gantt on run blitzes. That created huge holes for Bigby (knee sprain) probably won’t play vs. with the idea that he keeps strict on a fade to WR Sidney Rice in the end zone
As if the Panthers needed more Bucs RB Cadillac Williams, which is why he Cincinnati. Bigby was trying to show he control over his quarterbacks but Rice ran an up-and-out. Rice said it was
QB problems. The team put had nine carries for 77 yards early in the was back from an ankle injury that plagued and doesn’t allow them to call audibles. a miscommunication on the play, and Favre
backup QB Josh McCown on I.R. second quarter. The Cowboys moved to him all of last year and sustained a setback Brett Favre proved that Sunday that he faulted himself. The Vikings settled for a
Monday after he left Sunday’s game with their base defense, which they spent much Sunday. This could be an opportunity for tweaked some plays. Said Childress: “He field goal.
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NFC Philadelphia Eagles — Geoff Mosher

The re-acquisition of QB Jeff
Garcia speaks volumes about
Donovan McNabb’s broken rib and
San Francisco 49ers — Matt Barrows
MikeSingletaryonMondayadmitted
the 49ers have discussed sending
a letter to first-round pick Michael
INSIDE DISH the team’s faith in backups Kevin Kolb and Crabtree notifying him that they would
Michael Vick. McNabb is almost certainly begin “modifying” their contract offer if
out for Sunday’s home opener against the he continues to hold out. Singletary said
Saints and could miss a few weeks. Kolb he didn’t know whether such a letter had
New Orleans Saints — Mike Triplett will make his first career start Sunday, been sent. Though the 49ers’ offense looked
Thanks to the emergence of RB but Vick is suspended for one more week. stodgy at times Sunday, the team was able
Mike Bell, the Saints suddenly have By bringing in Garcia—who played with to throw when needed. QB Shaun Hill had the
a “running back controversy.” the Eagles in ’06 and took them deep into longest pass of his NFL career, a 50-yarder
Bell filled in for an injured Pierre Thomas on the playoffs after McNabb tore his ACL— to WR Isaac Bruce that set up the 49ers’ first
Sunday and ran for a career-high 143 yards the team has yet another insurance touchdown. He also attempted 14 passes
on 28 carries. Clearly, he will remain part of policy at its most important position. If on the team’s critical, 80-yard touchdown
the offense when Thomas returns from his McNabb is out for an extended period drive in the fourth quarter. The problem
sprained right MCL—which Thomas hopes and Kolb plays poorly, coach Andy Reid has was the running game, which gained only
will be this week. Coach Sean Payton said it’s options. It’s unlikely Vick would start in 21 yards, the lowest output any 49ers team
“a good problem,” trying to figure out how Week 3. He’s still getting his body back has had in a win. Singletary said there were
to split touches between Bell, Thomas and into shape after a two-year layoff and several reasons why the 49ers struggled to
Reggie Bush. Chances are Bell will remain is still learning the playbook. Garcia’s run, but the prime reason was his offensive
the primary ballcarrier at least until the knowledge of the team’s offense and his line was outplayed by the Cardinals’
Week 5 bye, while Thomas gets back up to past success makes him a viable option. defensive line.
speed after missing nearly a month with But there are ramifications to carrying
the injury. After that, if all three remain four quarterbacks. The Eagles will wait Seattle Seahawks — Danny O’Neil
healthy, the workload might get split pretty until Garcia joins them today before MLB Lofa Tatupu is expected to
evenly. making a roster cut and they’ll have to play this week at San Francisco
make another release when Vick comes after sustaining a slight
New York Giants — Paul Schwartz off the exempt list next week. Those cuts hamstring injury in the second half Sunday.
Rookie WR Hakeem Nicks will will leave them short on depth in other However, OLB Leroy Hill will be out at least
miss at least two weeks with a areas. a couple of weeks with a strained muscle
TED S. WARREN / AP
sprained left foot, which could affecting his groin and lower stomach. That
open the door for another rookie receiver, St. Louis Rams — Jim Thomas puts Will Herring in the starting lineup and Once again, the Eagles have turned to Jeff Garcia as a fill-in after an injury to starter Donovan McNabb.
Ramses Barden, who was not active Sunday. Year in and year out, no matter prompted the Seahawks to re-sign veteran but the injury won’t require surgery. The did not tell the story. It took a while for
When the Giants drafted Barden in the the personnel or the coach, the D.D. Lewis. Lewis becomes the backup to all loss is significant because there is no proven Campbell to find any sort of rhythm vs. the
third round, they knew he was raw but Rams struggle on special teams. three linebacker positions. The emergence depth behind him. Rookie C Jonathan Compas Giants. Though he was fine in the pocket,
hoped he would contribute in the red On Sunday, reliable K Josh Brown missed a of Herring was clear during camp. He is is the backup but has been with the team he made a couple questionable decisions.
zone. That was an area of struggle for 37-yard field-goal attempt, return man Donnie a third-year linebacker who is 6 pounds only for a couple of weeks. The coaches When Giants DE Osi Umenyiora stripped him
the Giants, who went 0-for-3 in the red Avery lost a fumble on the game-opening heavier than a year ago and has gotten could move LG Jeremy Zuttah to center but and returned a fumble 37 yards, Campbell
zone against the Redskins, twice settling kickoff and—incredibly—had 12 men on stronger. Hill excelled because he’s a big that would create a problem at left guard. did a poor job of feeling the pressure. He
for field goals. ... The Giants will get the field when they returned a block field hitter despite being relatively light. Herring The most likely scenario is re-signing G/C waited four seconds and did not move up
back OLB Michael Boley, who missed all of goal for a touchdown. The play was called is physical, strong-tackling linebacker but Sean Mahan and insert him into the lineup. in the pocket, despite a wide passing lane.
preseason after surgery to repair a torn back, marking a huge momentum swing must show he has the speed to drop in pass Mahan was let go a couple weeks ago when That enabled Umenyiora to get around
labrum in his hip and sat out the opener in Seattle’s favor. The Rams have a young, coverage. He broke up one pass Sunday in Compas was signed, but the team needs the edge and whack at the ball. After this
serving a one-game NFL suspension. energetic new special teams coordinator three quarters action after Hill’s injury. Mahan’s veteran savvy. play, however, Campbell did a better job
Boley will make his Giants debut at Dallas in Tom McMahon, who spent the previous moving in the pocket. Campbell also threw
this week but not be ready to move in as two seasons with the Falcons. McMahon Tampa Bay Buccaneers — Roy Cummings Washington Redskins — John Keim an interception on a play in which he had
the starting weakside linebacker. Chase is a good teacher and highly organized, but The Bucs will be without C QB Jason Campbell finished crossed the line of scrimmage by a good 2
Blackburn started on the weak side Sunday the results looked too much like previous Jeff Faine for about a month. He Sunday with a strong passer yards. He must eliminate these negative
and played well. regimes. strained a biceps muscle Sunday, rating (93.6), but the numbers plays.
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WHAT WE LEARNED Sporting News Today’s Matt Hayes analyzes

what Monday’s buzz means to college football.

Buck-nuts
It has finally happened. Nutcase Ohio State fans
have gone and made themselves look even wackier. If
that’s possible.
Here it is, up and running in all its glory: fire-
jimtresselnow.blogspot.com.
That’s right, the coach who has won a national
championship, played in three national championship
games, won five outright or shared Big Ten champion-
ships, played in six BCS bowls in eight seasons—AND
is 7-1 vs. Michigan—is in over his head.
Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to
lunacy.
As bad as the program’s six straight losses against
teams ranked in the top five looks, it’s clear from the
last two of those games (including Texas in last sea-
son’s Fiesta Bowl) that Ohio State is among the nation’s
elite.
If there’s one fault with Tressel, it’s this: He needs a
big-time quarterbacks coach. Terrelle Pryor hasn’t
improved since his freshman season. In OSU’s last
three big games (USC, Texas, Michigan), Pryor is a
combined 21 of 51 (41 percent) for 363 yards, with two
touchdowns and two interceptions.
The solution: Go hire a legitimate quarterbacks JAY LAPRETE / AP
coach (see: Chris Hatcher, Georgia Southern head Ohio State fans calling for coach Jim Tressel’s job need to remember
coach), give him input on play calling and watch how he’s won a national title, but he does need a new quarterbacks coach.
it all unfolds.
many as six weeks to heal completely.
Quarterback moves USC, meanwhile, has this interesting twist to Satur-
It now looks like both USC and UCLA could be play- day’s game: Washington coach and former USC assis-
ing with new quarterbacks this weekend following tant Steve Sarkisian knows the Trojans’ personnel,
big road victories last Saturday. and as an added bonus, Washington cornerback Quin-
UCLA starter Kevin Prince broke his jaw late in the ton Richardson has guaranteed victory. For whatever
fourth quarter of the Bruins’ victory over Tennessee, that’s worth.
and USC starter Matt Barkley bruised his shoulder
during the Trojans’ win at Ohio State. Bad blood
Barkley’s injury may not keep him from this week’s It’s Florida-Tennessee week, and I don’t know about
game at Washington, although he will be evaluated you, but I long for the days of Steve Spurrier making
during USC’s key practice days (today and Wednes- fun of Phil Fulmer. It just had a certain, I don’t know,
day) to see if he can go. If not, Aaron Corp, who began panache to it.
fall camp as the projected starter, will play against a Now we have the Gators holding onto some mean-
Huskies team that won last week for the first time ingless babble new Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin told
since 2007. boosters while trying to fire up the fan base. Ooooooh.
At UCLA, it’s more clear-cut. Freshman Richard It was so much easier when we laughed at you can’t
Brehaut will play for Prince, who could be out six spell Citrus Bowl without a U and a T. So how about
weeks. Prince will miss at least four weeks and could this: You can’t spell humiliation without a U and a T.
play after that even though the injury might take as Good luck, Kiff. You’re gonna need it.
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Dion Lewis, freshman RB, Pitt Q&A with ... West Virginia QB Jarrett Brown
INTRODUCING... 5-8, 195; Blair Academy (N.J.) ‘I was sitting back and studying the sport’
A prep school student this time last year, Lewis is Senior quarterback Jarrett Brown arrived
emerging as one of the best backs in the Big East. He’s at West Virginia in 2005, redshirted one
season and then spent the next three years
averaging 7.3 yards per carry (319 yards on 44 rushes) mostly on the sideline, watching Pat White
through Pitt’s victories over Youngstown State and rewrite the school’s record books. Brown
Buffalo, and has scored four touchdowns. finally is getting his chance this year.
Even though Brown got playing time as
I started well because: We have a great offensive line. a backup throughout his career and earned
an occasional start when White was out
That’s one of the strengths of our team. And we’ve had with injury, this season marks the first time
two really good game plans. It’s easy for me. I just do the Mountaineers are truly his team—and
what the coaches tell me during the week. he is off to a fast start, completing 43-of-57
passes for 577 yards and four touchdowns
Why Pitt: It’s just the relationship I had with (sec- in West Virginia’s two wins.
Brown talked with Sporting News Today’s
ondary) coach (Jeff) Hafley. They started recruiting me Derek Samson about waiting his turn:
hard at Blair, and I’ve felt really comfortable with them
all along. They talk about being a family, and it really
does feel like that. Q: You’ve been in college
since 2005, and you’re
finally getting your shot. Does
On succeeding LeSean McCoy: I don’t really think that make you appreciate it
about it. We’ve talked a little bit, and he told me to just any more? JEFF GENTNER / AP
work hard and trust the coaches. But I only care about
the guys who are here now. It’s not time to think about
who used to be here.
A: I appreciate the game a lot
more. I knew that I would
appreciate this season a lot more.
West Virginia’s Jarrett Brown sat for three seasons, but now he’s getting his chance to play.

about filling Pat White’s shoes? I was sitting back and studying

Biggest on-field adjustment to college: Learning about

The whole time, I would lift
weights with a chip on my A: Heard it a thousand times.
I’m over it.
the sport.

defenses. It’s a little bit more complicated in college

because the coaches are so good. I got here in January,
so it’s made things easier. I’m still working at the men-
shoulder, thinking how I was
preparing myself for one year. It
was like preparing yourself for a Q: How do you differ from
Pat?
Q: What’s it like handing
Noel Devine the ball
and watching him run?
tal part of the game.

Biggest off-field adjustment to college: You have a lot KEITH SRAKOCIC / AP

test. Plus, I’m smarter because of
it. I’m smarter with the football. A: I was a pure passer. I was a
total opposite of Pat. I had
the gun. I played basketball and
A: I think Devine is so special.
I love to see him run. He’s
so electrifying. When I hand the
more freedom. There’s nobody telling you what to do.
You’ve got to make good decisions about your time and
try to be everywhere you’re supposed to be when you’re
Pittsburgh freshman RB Dion Lewis (28) is averaging 7.3 yards per
carry two games into his college career. Q: Did you ever think
about transferring
because you had to sit so long?
football. I always had my athleti-
cism from basketball. I could fit in
any offense in the country. We
ball to him, I’m like, “Boy he’s
moving on this play.” It’s crazy.

supposed to be there.

The hardest part of dealing with that freedom: Probably

6-5 out there. I like him a lot.

Coach Dave Wannstedt says: “He’s got ability. That’s

A: Of course. I didn’t want to
just practice and have
nothing to show for it. But I knew
didn’t throw that much when
Coach Rod (Rich Rodriguez) was
here. And then the Rutgers game
Q: So Coach (Bill) Stewart
wrote on Twitter that
he is a big Beyonce fan. What
laundry. That’s different. When I’m home, my mom obvious if you see him play. The one thing about Dion I had one year to show what I’ve when I played we dropped back do you think about that?
used to do all of that and all the cleaning. Now every-
thing’s on me. I’ve got to make sure I’ve got enough
clothes to wear.
that goes unnoticed is his maturity level for a freshman.
He came in January and jumped right in, had a very
good spring practice. It didn’t take him long to make an
got. So I didn’t really sweat it. I
know I’ve got great things around
me with my teammates. They
and threw the ball 29 times (in
2006, when Brown subbed for an
injured White).
A: (Laughs for 15 seconds)
Ah, man. (Laughs another
10 seconds). Who isn’t a fan?
impression on our staff and his teammates. know I could have played any-
Back I try to emulate: Maurice Jones-Drew. I want
to be that type of player. We have the same kind of
“He breaks a long run at the end of the game, and he’s
quoted as saying the first thing that went through his
where else. They know how
important this is. They know our Q: What’s surprised you
most about being the Q: Can you picture him
singing to Beyonce?
strengths and the same kind of running style. I think
he’s really tough. When you watch him, it never
mind was making sure that he held on to the football.
Most guys don’t even think about that when they’re in
potential and how good we can be. starter?

A: Nothing has really sur- A: No, I can’t picture that.

That would be hilarious.
looks like he’s afraid, even when he goes against
guys that are a lot bigger than him. It’s not like he’s
the open field.”
— As told to Dave Curtis Q: How tired are you of
answering questions
prised. I saw it all. I knew
everything about college football.
I’m gonna get him to sing it
someday. Put him on the spot.
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1. SEC 2. PAC-10 3. BIG 12 4. BIG TEN 5. ACC 6. MTW
CONFERENCE CALL
Each week, Sporting News Today’s Matt Hayes ranks the
1. Florida
2. Alabama
1. USC
2. California
1. Texas 1. Penn State 1. Virginia Tech
2. Georgia Tech
1. BYU
2. Oklahoma 2. Ohio State 2. TCU
Division I-A conferences—and the teams within each league. 3. Ole Miss 3. UCLA 3. Kansas 3. Michigan 3. Miami 3. Utah
4. LSU 4. Oregon State 4. Nebraska 4. Northwestern 4. North Carolina 4. Colorado State
5. Georgia 5. Oregon 5. Baylor 5. Iowa 5. Clemson 5. Air Force
6. South Carolina 6. Stanford 6. Oklahoma State 6. Minnesota 6. N.C. State 6. UNLV
7. Arkansas 7. Arizona 7. Texas Tech 7. Michigan State 7. Wake Forest 7. Wyoming
8. Auburn 8. Arizona State 8. Missouri 8. Wisconsin 8. Boston College 8. San Diego State
9. Tennessee 9. Washington 9. Texas A&M 9. Purdue 9. Florida State 9. New Mexico
10. Kentucky 10. Washington State 10. Iowa State 10. Illinois 10. Maryland
11. Vanderbilt 11. Colorado 11. Indiana 11. Duke
12. Mississippi State RISING 12. Virginia RISING
12. Kansas State
UCLA TCU
RISING Even RISING The
LSU with the RISING Michigan RISING Frogs
Don’t loss of Nebraska Look at Boston College waited a
under- QB Kevin Prince The the North- week to play for the
estimate (broken jaw), the Huskers Michi- eastern first time, then
the win against Bruins are becom- are gan roster: skill and Kent came out and
Vanderbilt. The ing a more com- more multiple on position difference- State wouldn’t handed Virginia
Tigers’ defense plete, smart team. offense, and the makers (Tate Forcier, scare many BCS another ugly loss.
made its first stand The question: Can defense has made Darryl Stonum, teams. But those Their dynamite
under new coordi- new QBs Richard huge strides since Martavious Odoms, two wins are huge defense will get
nator John Chavis, Brehaut and Kevin coach Bo Pelini Kevin Koger) are for a program with another BCS
and QB Jordan Craft play without took over last guys coach Rich so much uncer- opportunity in two
Jefferson played making game- season. The next Rodriguez recruited tainty going into the weeks at Clemson.
flawlessly in a turning mistakes? step: winning big specifically for his season.
league game. on the road (at spread option
FALLING Virginia Tech) this system. FALLING
FALLING Washington State weekend. FALLING New Mexico
Tennessee This is FALLING Florida State There’s
Not it for FALLING Michigan State Jackson- hope yet
everyone Wazzu: Kansas State An unthinkable ville for the
on the If the Cougars don’t Wel- mistake State?! inept Lobos offense:
schedule plays win at home this come to (offside on Maybe Florida Rival New Mexico
defense like week against 1989, the first State should worry State comes to town
Western Kentucky. improving SMU, Bill Snyder. Only game-winning—and less about those 14 on Sept. 26.
More important, they won’t win this this time, the missed— field goal wins the NCAA is
QB Jonathan season. rebuilding project attempt) overshad- taking from coach
Crompton’s confi- will be considerably owed a poor effort Bobby Bowden and
dence level—and tougher than the against overmatched more about the
decision-making— last time around. Central Michigan. state of a once
could be at an Sparty is in must- glorious program.
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INSIDE DISH

USC’s Barkley, Mays nicked up but cleared to practice

USC freshman QB Matt Barkley and All- Atlanta Journal-Constitution. rushed for 3,426 career yards, just 563 shy
American S Taylor Mays will practice this “It’s sad,” coach Mark Richt said. “It’s just of the school record.
week despite minor injuries, coach Pete Car- sad for Roderick, first and foremost, and
roll said Monday. Barkley has a bruised it’s tough on us.” East Carolina coach Skip Holtz said Mon-
right shoulder, and Mays’ has a mild right Georgia gets a defensive end back for Sat- day the Pirates might be without leading
knee sprain. urday’s game at Arkansas—Justin Houston rusher Dominique Lindsay for Saturday’s game
Both players were hurt in USC’s victory returns from a two-game suspension for at No. 24 North Carolina.
over Ohio State on Saturday, and Carroll violating team rules. Lindsay injured his right shoulder in Sat-
said Sunday night that Barkley would be urday’s loss at West Virginia and will have
evaluated during the week. Carroll said Vanderbilt coach Bobby Johnson an MRI on the AC joint.
Monday afternoon that both players under- announced the losses of starting FS Ryan
went further tests and that Barkley “will be Hamilton and starting RT James Williams for Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said Mon-
OK,” according to a statement released by the rest of the season day that RB Matt Asiata is questionable for
the school. Hamilton, a co-captain, tore a pectoral Saturday’s game at Oregon because of an
Carroll did not indicate whether both muscle and will have surgery today or injured shoulder.
would play in Saturday’s Pac-10 opener at Wednesday. He was injured Saturday Asiata banged up the shoulder late in the
Washington. Barkley was hurt in the third against LSU, his 34th straight start. 18th-ranked Utes’ 24-14 win at San Jose
quarter against Ohio State when he was hit Johnson said Hamilton played about a State on Saturday. He leads the team with
after throwing a pass. But he stayed in the quarter and a half after the muscle tore 56 carries for 250 yards.
game and led the Trojans on their winning away from the bone. Whittingham said G Caleb Schlauderaff re-
drive late in the fourth quarter. Williams has a dislocated left ankle and aggravated a knee injury that had bothered
will have surgery later this week. him during camp and also is questionable.
Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin said Mon-
day that Jonathan Crompton would remain the Miami coach Randy Shannon said Mon- Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt said Mon-
starting quarterback for the team’s game day that DE Eric Moncur is expected to be day that DE Greg Hardy is “very doubtful” for
Saturday at Florida. ready Thursday when the 20th-ranked Saturday’s game against Southeastern
Kiffin said he won’t allow Crompton to Hurricanes host No. 14 Georgia Tech. Louisiana. Hardy sprained his left ankle in
speak to the media as part of game week A sixth-year senior, Moncur missed the season-opening win at Memphis, and it
preparations. Miami’s opening win over Florida State remains swollen and discolored. He stayed
Crompton threw three interceptions in a JAY LAPRETE / AP with a groin injury, but he has been able to in Oxford for treatment while other players
19-15 loss to UCLA on Saturday and was USC freshman QB Matt Barkley is questionable for Saturday’s Pac-10 opener, but practicing this week is a good sign. participate fully in practice in recent days. left during the team’s bye weekend.
involved in a fumbled snap that was recov- He also missed much of last season with a
ered by the Bruins. He completed 13-of-26 Jones has a bruised right knee but tests Beau Johnson ran nine times for 82 yards, torn abdominal muscle. LSU reserve junior RB Richard Murphy is
passes for 93 yards. Kiffin said poor protec- found no significant damage, Saban said. including a 37-yard touchdown, against expected to miss the rest of the season with
tion and play calling didn’t help Crompton. He said redshirt freshman LB Damion Houston, and Keith Toston had 10 carries for Kent State senior RB Eugene Jarvis will a right knee injury, coach Les Miles said Mon-
Square is out for the season with a torn knee 66 yards and touchdown. miss the rest of the season with a kidney day. Murphy was injured Saturday night
Alabama coach Nick Saban said Monday ligament. injury. against Vanderbilt. He has played in every
that RB Roy Upchurch and WR Julio Jones are Georgia starting senior DE Roderick Coach Doug Martin said Monday that Jarvis game in his career, including all 14 in LSU’s
day-to-day and that their status is uncer- Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said Battle is out for the rest of the season after will be hospitalized for a week and should 2007 national championship season.
tain for Saturday’s game against North Monday that starting RB Kendall Hunter is tearing the ACL in his left knee in Satur- make a full recovery within two months.
Texas. Upchurch sustained a high ankle doubtful for Saturday’s game against Rice day’s win over South Carolina. Jarvis was hurt in the first half of Satur- Pitt sophomore safety Andrew Taglianetti
sprain early against Florida International because of an injured right leg. Battle, a senior, has started 22 games for day’s loss to Boston College. He had 256 all- won’t play again this season after tearing
in his first career start. Saban said it could Hunter, who led the Big 12 in rushing last the Bulldogs, including the first two this purpose yards in a Week 1 win over Coastal the ACL in his left knee against Buffalo.
take a few days or a few weeks for him to season, left Oklahoma State’s 45-35 loss to season. The torn ligament was diagnosed Carolina. The only known three-time cap- Because he played in only two games, Tagli-
get back. Houston on Saturday in the second quarter. on Sunday, according to a report by The tain in Kent State’s 87-year history, Jarvis anetti could receive a medical redshirt.
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POLLS Schedule Betting lines
FAVORITE TODAY UNDERDOG
Thursday
The Associated Press Division I-AA SOUTH
Howard at Florida A&M, 7:30 p.m. Top 25
Thursday
at Miami. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 ½. . . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .Georgia Tech
Record Pts Pvs Record Pts Pvs
1. Florida (56) 2-0 1,491 1 1. Richmond (122) 2-0 3,607 1 Georgia Tech at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
2. Texas (1) 2-0 1,404 2 2. Villanova (13) 2-0 3,369 3 Friday
Friday Thursday Boise St. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Fresno St.
3. USC (1) 2-0 1,396 3 3. Northern Iowa (6) 1-1 3,271 4 FAR WEST No. 14 Georgia Tech at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
4. Alabama (2) 2-0 1,328 4 4. Montana 2-0 3,075 5 Boise St. at Fresno St., 9 p.m.
5. Mississippi 1-0 1,145 6 5. William & Mary (2) 2-0 2,865 7 Saturday
5. Penn State 2-0 1,145 7 6. New Hampshire (1) 2-0 2,701 9 Saturday Friday at Army. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ball St.
7. BYU 2-0 1,122 9 7. James Madison 0-1 2,618 6 EAST No. 10 Boise State at Fresno State, 9 p.m. at Purdue. . . . . . . . . . . 12 ½. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. Illinois
8. California 2-0 1,058 10 8. McNeese State (1) 2-0 2,358 16 Ball St. at Army, Noon at Michigan. . . . . . . . . . .  24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E. Michigan
9. LSU 2-0 951 11 9. Southern Illinois 0-1 2,296 8 Delaware St. at Delaware, Noon Saturday at Pittsburgh. . . . . . . . . . . .7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Navy
10. Boise State 2-0 945 12 10. Appalachian State 0-2 2,241 2 Duquesne at Monmouth, N.J., Noon Northwestern. . . . . . . . . . .4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Syracuse
Temple at Penn St., Noon No. 1 Florida vs. Tennessee, 3:30 p.m.
11. Ohio State 1-1 840 8 11. Elon 2-0 2,219 10 at Clemson. . . . . . . . . . . . . .7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Boston College
Dayton at Robert Morris, Noon No. 2 Texas vs. Texas Tech, 8:05 p.m.
12. Oklahoma 1-1 835 13 12. Cal Poly 1-0 1,885 12 at Penn St. . . . . . . . . . . 29 ½. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Temple
Bucknell at Cornell, 12:30 p.m. No. 3 Southern Cal at Washington, 3:30 p.m. at North Carolina . . . . . 6 ½. . . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . .East Carolina
13. Virginia Tech 1-1 749 14 13. Weber State 0-2 1,719 11 Yale at Georgetown, D.C., 1 p.m. No. 4 Alabama vs. North Texas, 12:20 p.m.
14. Georgia Tech 2-0 683 15 14. Wofford 1-1 1,612 14 Harvard at Holy Cross, 1 p.m. at W. Michigan . . . . . . . .  17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miami (Ohio)
15. TCU 1-0 609 16 15. South Carolina St. (1) 2-0 1,515 15 Youngstown St. at Northeastern, 1 p.m. No. 5 Mississippi vs. SE Louisiana, 7:30 p.m. at Vanderbilt . . . . . . . . . . . .8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mississippi St.
16. Oklahoma State 1-1 445 5 16. Central Arkansas 0-1 1,503 13 Colgate at Dartmouth, 1:30 p.m. No. 5 Penn State vs. Temple, Noon p.m. at Colorado  . . . . . . . . . . . . .7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wyoming
17. Cincinnati 2-0 407 23 17. Massachusetts 1-1 1,346 17 Winston-Salem vs Morgan St. at East No. 7 BYU vs. Florida State, 7 p.m. at Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Arizona
18. Utah 2-0 405 17 18. South Dakota State 1-0 1,089 21 Rutherford, N.J., 2 p.m. No. 8 California at Minnesota, Noon p.m. at Akron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Indiana
The Citadel at Princeton, 3 p.m. at Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Duke
19. Nebraska 2-0 365 22 19. Texas State 1-0 977 19 Rhode Island at Massachusetts, 3:30 p.m. No. 9 LSU vs. La.-Lafayette, 7 p.m.
20. Miami 1-0 364 20 20. Maine 2-0 973 20 No. 11 Ohio State vs. Toledo at Cleveland, Noon at Southern Miss.. . . . . .  15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia
Maine at Albany, N.Y., 4 p.m. at Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utah
21. Houston 2-0 341 — 21. Eastern Washington 1-1 572 18 Fla. International at Rutgers, 5 p.m. No. 12 Oklahoma vs. Tulsa, 3:30 p.m.
22. Kansas 2-0 271 24 22. Eastern Kentucky 0-1 505 22 Columbia at Fordham, 6 p.m. Southern Cal . . . . . . . . . .  21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .at Washington
No. 13 Virginia Tech vs. No. 19 Nebraska, 3:30 at UCLA. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 ½. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kansas St.
23. Georgia 1-1 260 21 23. Holy Cross 2-0 476 25 Liberty at Lafayette, 6 p.m.
Navy at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. p.m. at Virginia Tech . . . . . . . 3 ½. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nebraska
24. North Carolina 2-0 250 19 24. Jacksonville State 0-2 471 23
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25. Michigan 2-0 169 — 25. Harvard 0-0 267 24 Brown at Stony Brook, 6 p.m. No. 15 TCU vs. Texas State, 7 p.m. at Notre Dame  . . . . . . . .  11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michigan St.
Florida’s Riley Cooper has 10 catches for 187 Dropped out: Notre Dame (18), Missouri (25) Others receiving votes: Eastern Illinois 241, Liberty 205, Florida A&M 182,
Villanova at Penn, 7 p.m. No. 16 Oklahoma State vs. Rice, 7 p.m. Ohio St.-x. . . . . . . . . . . . .  20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toledo
Northwestern at Syracuse, 7 p.m. No. 17 Cincinnati at Oregon State, 6:45 p.m. at Auburn. . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ½. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Virginia
yards, including this 36-yard TD last week. Others receiving votes: Missouri 93, Pitt 87, Oregon State 64, Texas Delaware 177, Furman 124, Colgate 100, Grambling St. 89, Hofstra 82, Ala- Coastal Carolina at Towson, 7 p.m.
Tech 54, UCLA 44, Notre Dame 40, West Virginia 30, Auburn 26, Iowa 23, bamaA&M77,Samford71,MontanaSt.64,YoungstownSt.53,Pennsylvania No. 18 Utah at Oregon, 3:30 p.m. at Florida  . . . . . . . . . . . 28 ½. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tennessee
Boston College 19, Baylor 15, Clemson 10, Oregon 5, Arizona 4, Arkansas 52, Northern Arizona 45, Gardner-Webb 42, Brown 36, Prairie View A&M 33, No. 22 Kansas vs. Duke, Noon SMU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Washington St.
SOUTH
3, Colorado State 2, Florida State 1, Minnesota 1, South Florida 1. Stephen F. Austin 28, Western Illinois 26, Valparaiso 23, Sam Houston St. 19, San Diego St.. . . . . . . . . 3 ½. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .at Idaho
USA Today / Coaches Southern 18, Georgia Southern 15, Tennessee St. 15, Tennessee-Martin 13,
Boston College at Clemson, Noon
Louisville at Kentucky, Noon
No. 23 Georgia at Arkansas, 7:45 p.m.
Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Colorado St.
Record Pts Rk Butler 12, Lafayette 8, Southeastern Louisiana 8, North Carolina A&T 7, North No. 24 North Carolina vs. East Carolina, Noon
East Carolina at North Carolina, Noon Bowling Green . . . . . . . . . .3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Marshall
1. Florida (56) 2-0 1,472 1 Dakota State 7, Alabama State 6, Jackson State 6, North Dakota 6,The Citadel No. 25 Michigan vs. Eastern Michigan, Noon
North Texas at Alabama, 12:20 p.m. California . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Minnesota
2. Texas 2-0 1,399 2 Sporting News 5, Albany 4, Drake 4, Rhode Island 4, Northern Colorado 3, Tennessee Tech 3, Old Dominion at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. at UCF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Buffalo
3. USC (3) 2-0 1,368 3 Record Pvs Missouri St. 2, Saint Francis 2, Murray St. 1, San Diego 1,Yale 1. Morehead St. at N.C. Central, 1:30 p.m. at Oklahoma St. . . . . . 31 ½. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rice
4. Alabama 2-0 1,277 4 1. Florida 2-0 1 Chattanooga at Presbyterian, 1:30 p.m. at Oklahoma . . . . . . . . 15 ½. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tulsa
5. Penn State 2-0 1,216 5 2. USC 2-0 4 Miles at Samford, 3 p.m.
6. Mississippi 1-0 1,060 8 3. Texas 2-0 2 AFCA Division II Coaches Tennessee at Florida, 3:30 p.m.
Savannah St. at McNeese St., 8 p.m.
Tenn.-Martin at Memphis, 8 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
Tulsa at Oklahoma, 3:30 p.m.
at Baylor. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecticut
at Texas A&M. . . . . . . . 17 ½. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utah St.
7. LSU 2-0 1,051 9 4. Alabama 2-0 3 Record Pts Pvs Middle Tennessee at Maryland, 3:30 p.m. Connecticut at Baylor, 5 p.m. at Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . .  13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Louisville
7. California 2-0 1,051 10 5. California 2-0 13 1. Grand Valley St. (Mich.) (25) 3-0 625 1 Hofstra at Richmond, 3:30 p.m. MIDWEST Rice at Oklahoma St., 7 p.m.
2. Abilene Christian (Texas) 3-0 592 2 Virginia at Southern Miss., 3:30 p.m. Iowa St.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ½. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Kent St.
9. BYU 2-0 941 12 6. Mississippi 1-0 5 Duke at Kansas, Noon Texas St. at TCU, 7 p.m.
3. North Alabama 3-0 577 3 UAB at Troy, 3:30 p.m. E. Michigan at Michigan, Noon Utah St. at Texas A&M, 7 p.m. at BYU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Florida St.
10. Boise State 2-0 913 11 7. LSU 2-0 9 Nebraska at Virginia Tech, 3:30 p.m.
4. Bloomsburg (Pa.) 3-0 541 5 California at Minnesota, Noon Texas College at Texas Southern, 7 p.m. at Arkansas  . . . . . . . . . . . . .1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georgia
11. Ohio State 1-1 855 7 8. Georgia Tech 2-0 7 Grambling St. at Jackson St., 4:30 p.m.
5. Central Washington 3-0 526 6 N. Illinois at Purdue, Noon Georgia at Arkansas, 7:45 p.m. Air Force . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 ½. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .at New Mexico
12. Oklahoma 1-1 794 14 9. BYU 2-0 11 Campbell at Davidson, 6 p.m.
6. Northwest Missouri St. 2-1 510 7 Ohio St. vs. Toledo at Cleveland, Noon Texas Tech at Texas, 8 p.m. UTEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 ½. . . . . . . . . . . . . .at New Mexico St.
13. Georgia Tech 2-0 771 13 10. Penn State 2-0 8 VMI at James Madison, 6 p.m. Wofford at Wisconsin, Noon
7. Minnesota St.-Mankato 3-0 432 8 at Texas. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 ½. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas Tech
14. Virginia Tech 1-1 709 15 11. Virginia Tech 1-1 10 Ark.-Pine Bluff at MVSU, 6 p.m. Hanover at Butler, 1 p.m. FAR WEST
8. Minnesota-Duluth 2-1 418 9 Hampton at N. Carolina A&T, 6 p.m. at UNLV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hawaii
15. TCU 1-0 648 16 12. Ohio State 1-1 14 Furman at Missouri, 2 p.m. Portland St. at Montana, 3:05 p.m.
9. Delta St. (Miss.) 1-1 392 10 Gardner-Webb at N.C. State, 6 p.m. at Stanford. . . . . . . . . . 17 ½. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .San Jose St.
16. Utah 2-0 533 17 13. Boise State 2-0 15 Indiana at Akron, 3:30 p.m. Wyoming at Colorado, 3:30 p.m.
10. Texas A&M-Kingsville 3-0 388 11 William & Mary at Norfolk St., 6 p.m. at Oregon St.. . . . . . . . . . . .1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cincinnati
17. Oklahoma State 1-1 485 6 14. Oklahoma 1-1 12 Alcorn St. at Cent. Michigan, 3:30 p.m. Utah at Oregon, 3:30 p.m.
11. Pittsburg St. (Kan.) 2-1 355 4 Elon at Wake Forest, 6:30 p.m. Michigan St. at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m. Southern Cal at Washington, 3:30 p.m. at Rutgers  . . . . . . . . . . . .  15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fla. International
18. Nebraska 2-0 471 18 15. Cincinnati 2-0 21 Jacksonville St. at Alabama A&M, 7 p.m.
12. Central Missouri 3-0 320 13 Arizona at Iowa, 3:35 p.m. Marist at San Diego, 4 p.m. at Alabama  . . . . . . . . . . OFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .North Texas
19. North Carolina 2-0 341 19 16. Georgia 1-1 19 Tennessee Tech at E. Kentucky, 7 p.m.
13. Albany St. (Ga.) 3-0 301 12 Murray St. at Missouri St., 4 p.m. N. Colorado at E. Washington, 4:05 p.m. at Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . .6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Middle Tenn.
20. Georgia 1-1 333 21 17. Miami 1-0 17 W. Carolina at Georgia Southern, 7 p.m.
14. Catawba (N.C.) 3-0 262 17 St. Francis, Pa. at N. Iowa, 5:05 p.m. Nevada at Colorado St., 5 p.m. at South Carolina . . . . . .  21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fla. Atlantic
21. Cincinnati 2-0 328 23 18. Houston 2-0 — Louisiana-Lafayette at LSU, 7 p.m. Drake at South Dakota, 5:05 p.m. San Diego St. at Idaho, 5 p.m.
15. Chadron St. (Neb.) 2-1 258 15 at Troy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  UAB
22. Miami 1-0 291 22 19. Oklahoma State 1-1 6 Nicholls St. at Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m. Iowa St. at Kent St., 7 p.m. SMU at Washington St., 5 p.m.
16. Valdosta St. (Ga.) 1-1 230 18 Bowling Green at Marshall, 7 p.m. at LSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . La.-Lafayette
23. Kansas 2-0 195 25 20. TCU 1-0 — Wagner at N. Dakota St., 7 p.m. S. Utah at N. Arizona, 5:05 p.m.
17. Tuskegee (Ala.) 2-1 211 14 North Dakota at Northwestern St., 7 p.m. at Arizona St.. . . . . . . . . .  18. . . . . . . . . . . . .  Louisiana-Monroe
24. Oregon State 2-0 118 24 21. North Carolina 2-0 22 Cal Poly at Ohio, 7 p.m. Cincinnati at Oregon St., 6:45 p.m.
18. Ashland (Ohio) 2-1 183 19 Florida Atlantic at South Carolina, 7 p.m. x-at Cleveland
25. Missouri 2-0 104 — 22. Kansas 2-0 — Indiana St. at S. Dakota St., 7 p.m. Florida St. at BYU, 7 p.m.
19. Tarleton St. (Texas) 3-0 178 22 Charleston Southern at South Florida, 7 p.m. SW Baptist at S. Illinois, 7 p.m. Air Force at New Mexico, 7:30 p.m. Off Key
Dropped out: Notre Dame (20) 23. Utah 2-0 23 Tennessee St. at Southern U., 7 p.m.
20. Wayne St. (Neb.) 3-0 157 23 E. Illinois at SE Missouri, 7 p.m. UTEP at New Mexico St., 8 p.m. North Texas QB questionable
Others receiving votes: Michigan 84, Houston 69, Texas Tech 68, 24. Michigan 2-0 — Mississippi St. at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m.
25. Oregon State 2-0 24 21. Indiana (Pa.) 3-0 136 t24 Miami (Ohio) at W. Michigan, 7 p.m. Idaho St. at Weber St., 8:05 p.m.
Pitt 40, Notre Dame 32, Auburn 30, Iowa 27, Florida State 19, Oregon Cent. Arkansas at W. Kentucky, 7 p.m. Stephen F.Austin at W. Illinois, 7:05 p.m. San Jose St. at Stanford, 9 p.m.
16, West Virginia 16, South Florida 13, UCLA 13, Kentucky 9, Arizona 22. Washburn (Kan.) 3-0 113 NR SE Louisiana at Mississippi, 7:30 p.m.
Dropped out: Notre Dame (16), Michigan State (18), Oregon (20), Austin Peay at Illinois St., 7:30 p.m. Louisiana-Monroe at Arizona St., 10 p.m.
4, Central Michigan 2, Colorado State 2, Minnesota 2, Northwestern Missouri (24)). 23. Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.) 2-1 88 16 Buffalo at UCF, 7:30 p.m.
24. Midwestern St. (Texas) 3-0 69 NR Kansas St. at UCLA, 10:15 p.m.
2, Arkansas 1, South Carolina 1, Tulsa 1. West Virginia at Auburn, 7:45 p.m. Hawaii at UNLV, 11 p.m.
25. Augustana (S.D.) 3-0 66 NR Edward Waters at Alabama St., 8 p.m. Conference standings, Page 23
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Conference standings
ACC BIG EAST BIG TEN BIG 12 CONFERENCE USA MAC
Atlantic Conference All Games Conference All Games North East East
Conference All Games W L PF PA W L PF PA W L PF PA W L PF PA Conference All Games Conference All Games Conference All Games
W L PF PA W L PF PA Cincinnati 1 0 47 15 2 0 117 18 Indiana 0 0 0 0 2 0 42 32 W L PF PA W L PF PA W L PF PA W L PF PA W L PF PA W L PF PA
Boston College 0 0 0 0 2 0 88 7 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 2 0 92 30 Iowa 0 0 0 0 2 0 52 19 Kansas 0 0 0 0 2 0 83 10 Southern Miss. 1 0 26 19 2 0 78 19 Akron 0 0 0 0 1 1 48 31
N.C. State 0 0 0 0 1 1 68 14 West Virginia 0 0 0 0 2 0 68 40 Michigan 0 0 0 0 2 0 69 41 Missouri 0 0 0 0 2 0 64 29 UAB 1 1 77 59 1 1 77 59 Bowling Green 0 0 0 0 1 1 51 41
Wake Forest 0 0 0 0 1 1 45 41 Louisville 0 0 0 0 1 0 30 10 Minnesota 0 0 0 0 2 0 43 33 Nebraska 0 0 0 0 2 0 87 12 East Carolina 0 0 0 0 1 1 49 59 Buffalo 0 0 0 0 1 1 50 71
Maryland 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 52 South Florida 0 0 0 0 1 0 40 7 Northwestern 0 0 0 0 2 0 74 38 Iowa St. 0 0 0 0 1 1 37 52 Marshall 0 0 0 0 1 1 41 80 Kent St. 0 0 0 0 1 1 25 34
Clemson 0 1 27 30 1 1 64 44 Connecticut 0 0 0 0 1 1 33 28 Penn St. 0 0 0 0 2 0 59 14 Kansas St. 0 0 0 0 1 1 36 34 Memphis 0 0 0 0 0 2 28 76 Ohio 0 0 0 0 1 1 47 53
Florida St. 0 1 34 38 0 1 34 38 Syracuse 0 0 0 0 0 2 27 51 Wisconsin 0 0 0 0 2 0 62 51 Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 2 55 77 UCF 0 1 19 26 1 1 47 50 Temple 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 27
Rutgers 0 1 15 47 0 1 15 47 Ohio St. 0 0 0 0 1 0 31 27 Miami (Ohio) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 90
Coastal Purdue 0 0 0 0 1 0 52 31 South West
Conference All Games Saturday’s games Illinois 0 0 0 0 1 1 54 54 Conference All Games Conference All Games West
W L PF PA W L PF PA Louisville at Kentucky, Noon Michigan St. 0 0 0 0 1 1 71 32 W L PF PA W L PF PA W L PF PA W L PF PA Conference All Games
Georgia Tech 1 0 30 27 2 0 67 44 Connecticut at Baylor, 5 p.m. Texas Tech 0 0 0 0 2 0 93 23 SMU 1 0 35 33 2 0 66 56 W L PF PA W L PF PA
Miami 1 0 38 34 1 0 38 34 Fla. International at Rutgers, 5 p.m. Saturday’s games Texas 0 0 0 0 2 0 100 30 Tulsa 1 0 37 13 2 0 81 23 Cent. Michigan 0 0 0 0 1 1 35 46
North Carolina 0 0 0 0 2 0 52 16 Navy at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. Wofford at Wisconsin, Noon Baylor 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 21 Houston 0 0 0 0 2 0 100 42 N. Illinois 0 0 0 0 1 1 61 35
Duke 0 0 0 0 1 1 51 43 Cincinnati at Oregon St., 6:45 p.m. Temple at Penn St., Noon Texas A&M 0 0 0 0 1 0 41 6 UTEP 0 0 0 0 0 2 24 57 Toledo 0 0 0 0 1 1 85 90
Virginia Tech 0 0 0 0 1 1 76 44 Northwestern at Syracuse, 7 p.m. Ohio St. vs. Toledo at Cleveland Browns Stadium, Noon Oklahoma St. 0 0 0 0 1 1 59 55 Rice 0 1 24 44 0 2 34 99 Ball St. 0 0 0 0 0 2 26 43
Virginia 0 0 0 0 0 2 28 56 Charleston Southern at South Florida, 7 p.m. N. Illinois at Purdue, Noon Oklahoma 0 0 0 0 1 1 77 14 Tulane 0 1 13 37 0 2 16 91 E. Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 2 38 54
West Virginia at Auburn, 7:45 p.m. E. Michigan at Michigan, Noon W. Michigan 0 0 0 0 0 2 26 54
Thursday’s game 3:30 p.m. California at Minnesota, Noon Saturday’s games Iowa St. at Kent St., 7 p.m. Saturday’s games Bowling Green at Marshall, 7
Georgia Tech at Miami, 7:30 Nebraska at Virginia Tech, 3:30 Indiana at Akron, 3:30 p.m. Duke at Kansas, Noon Rice at Oklahoma St., 7 p.m. East Carolina at North Carolina, p.m. Saturday’s games Cal Poly at Ohio, 7 p.m.
p.m. p.m. Michigan St. at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m. Furman at Missouri, 2 p.m. Texas Tech at Texas, 8 p.m. Noon Buffalo at UCF, 7:30 p.m. Temple at Penn St., Noon Iowa St. at Kent St., 7 p.m.
Virginia at Southern Miss., 3:30 Arizona at Iowa, 3:35 p.m. Wyoming at Colorado, 3:30 Kansas St. at UCLA, 10:15 p.m. UAB at Troy, 3:30 p.m. Tenn.-Martin at Memphis, 8 Ball St. at Army, Noon Miami (Ohio) at W. Michigan,
Saturday’s games p.m. Northwestern at Syracuse, 7 p.m. p.m. Tulsa at Oklahoma, 3:30 p.m. p.m. Ohio St. vs. Toledo at Cleveland 7 p.m.
Duke at Kansas, Noon Gardner-Webb at N.C. State, Tulsa at Oklahoma, 3:30 p.m. Virginia at Southern Miss., 3:30 UTEP at New Mexico St., 8 p.m. Browns Stadium, Noon Bowling Green at Marshall, 7
Boston College at Clemson, 6 p.m. Nebraska at Virginia Tech, 3:30 p.m. N. Illinois at Purdue, Noon p.m.
Noon Elon at Wake Forest, 6:30 p.m. p.m. SMU at Washington St., 5 p.m. E. Michigan at Michigan, Noon Buffalo at UCF, 7:30 p.m.
East Carolina at North Carolina, Florida St. at BYU, 7 p.m. Connecticut at Baylor, 5 p.m. Rice at Oklahoma St., 7 p.m. Indiana at Akron, 3:30 p.m.
Noon Utah St. at Texas A&M, 7 p.m. Alcorn St. at Cent. Michigan,
Middle Tennessee at Maryland, 3:30 p.m.

MOUNTAIN WEST PAC-10 SEC SUN BELT WAC INDEPENDENTS

Conference All Games Conference All Games East Conference All Games Conference All Games W L PF PA
W L PF PA W L PF PA W L PF PA W L PF PA Conference All Games W L PF PA W L PF PA W L PF PA W L PF PA Army 1 1 46 49
BYU 0 0 0 0 2 0 68 16 Stanford 1 0 39 13 1 1 56 37 W L PF PA W L PF PA La.-Lafayette 0 0 0 0 2 0 59 34 Idaho 1 0 21 6 1 0 21 6 Navy 1 1 59 45
Colorado St. 0 0 0 0 2 0 47 40 Arizona 0 0 0 0 2 0 53 23 Georgia 1 0 41 37 1 1 51 61 Arkansas St. 0 0 0 0 1 1 70 38 Hawaii 0 0 0 0 2 0 63 40 Notre Dame 1 1 69 38
Utah 0 0 0 0 2 0 59 31 California 0 0 0 0 2 0 111 20 Florida 0 0 0 0 2 0 118 9 La.-Monroe 0 0 0 0 1 1 78 59 Boise St. 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 8
TCU 0 0 0 0 1 0 30 14 Oregon St. 0 0 0 0 2 0 57 28 Kentucky 0 0 0 0 1 0 42 0 Middle Tenn. 0 0 0 0 1 1 45 51 Fresno St. 0 0 0 0 1 1 82 34 Saturday’s games
Air Force 0 0 0 0 1 1 85 20 Southern Cal 0 0 0 0 2 0 74 18 Tennessee 0 0 0 0 1 1 78 26 North Texas 0 0 0 0 1 1 50 41 Nevada 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 35 Ball St. at Army, Noon
San Diego St. 0 0 0 0 1 1 49 52 UCLA 0 0 0 0 2 0 52 29 South Carolina 0 1 37 41 1 1 44 44 Fla. International 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 40 San Jose St. 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 56 Michigan St. at Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m.
UNLV 0 0 0 0 1 1 59 26 Ariz. St. 0 0 0 0 1 0 50 3 Vanderbilt 0 1 9 23 1 1 54 23 Fla. Atlantic 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 49 Utah St. 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 35 Navy at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.
Wyoming 0 0 0 0 1 1 39 63 Oregon 0 0 0 0 1 1 46 55 Troy 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 87 Louisiana Tech 0 0 0 0 0 2 27 69
New Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 85 Washington 0 0 0 0 1 1 65 54 West W. Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 98 New Mexico St. 0 1 6 21 0 1 6 21
Washington St. 0 1 13 39 0 2 33 77 Conference All Games
Saturday’s games W L PF PA W L PF PA Saturday’s games Friday’s game
Utah at Oregon, 3:30 p.m. Saturday’s games Auburn 1 0 49 24 2 0 86 37 North Texas at Alabama, 12:20 p.m. Boise St. at Fresno St., 9 p.m.
Wyoming at Colorado, 3:30 p.m. California at Minnesota, Noon LSU 1 0 23 9 2 0 54 32 UAB at Troy, 3:30 p.m.
San Diego St. at Idaho, 5 p.m. Utah at Oregon, 3:30 p.m. Alabama 0 0 0 0 2 0 74 38 Middle Tennessee at Maryland, 3:30 p.m. Saturday’s games
Nevada at Colorado St., 5 p.m. Southern Cal at Washington, 3:30 p.m. Arkansas 0 0 0 0 1 0 48 10 Fla. International at Rutgers, 5 p.m. San Diego St. at Idaho, 5 p.m.
Texas St. at TCU, 7 p.m. Arizona at Iowa, 3:35 p.m. Mississippi 0 0 0 0 1 0 45 14 Louisiana-Lafayette at LSU, 7 p.m. Nevada at Colorado St., 5 p.m.
Florida St. at BYU, 7 p.m. SMU at Washington St., 5 p.m. Mississippi St 0 1 24 49 1 1 69 56 Cent. Arkansas at W. Kentucky, 7 p.m. Utah St. at Texas A&M, 7 p.m.
Air Force at New Mexico, 7:30 p.m. Cincinnati at Oregon St., 6:45 p.m. Florida Atlantic at South Carolina, 7 p.m. Nicholls St. at Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m.
Hawaii at UNLV, 11 p.m. San Jose St. at Stanford, 9 p.m. Saturday’s games lina, 7 p.m. Louisiana-Monroe at Arizona St., 10 p.m. UTEP at New Mexico St., 8 p.m.
Louisiana-Monroe at Arizona St., 10 p.m. Louisville at Kentucky, Noon Mississippi St. at Vanderbilt, San Jose St. at Stanford, 9 p.m.
Kansas St. at UCLA, 10:15 p.m. North Texas at Alabama, 12:20 7 p.m. Hawaii at UNLV, 11 p.m.
p.m. SE Louisiana at Mississippi,
Tennessee at Florida, 3:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
Louisiana-Lafayette at LSU, 7 Georgia at Arkansas, 7:45 p.m.
p.m. West Virginia at Auburn, 7:45
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INSIDE DISH THE LAUNCHING PAD

Ichiro’s hit record plays well in Japan

What to expect in the major leagues today

Rolling with
While Ichiro Suzuki’s latest feat—at least 200 hits knowing who’s gonna be able to pitch in two
Dice-K
In what could
in nine straight seasons—has been well docu- days.” Bonine will start Wednesday against the be an ALDS pre-
mented in Seattle and throughout the United Royals. view (bad news
States, the highest praise is coming from his for Angels fans),
Los Angeles will
home turf and the mouth of Japanese legend and Cardinals veteran John Smoltz told the St.
make its only
home run king Sadaharu Oh. Louis Post-Dispatch Monday that he believes the trip to Fenway
“Sometimes we forget how difficult it is to inflammation in his right shoulder has “calmed Park this season.
accomplish these things amid a baseball sched- down” and he is planning to throw a side session The Red Sox
ule which is much tougher in the U.S. than in today or Wednesday in preparation for his next have eliminated
the Angels from
Japan,” Oh said. “It’s hard to find the words to start. He also said there’s no reason to think he’ll
postseason play
describe what he has accomplished.” miss his next start Sunday night against the three times since WINSLOW TOWNSON / AP
Oh wasn’t alone in his effusive praise. The Cubs. Smoltz said he received a shot Friday to 2004, including Daisuke Matsuzaka will make his first start since June 19
Mariners outfielder put his name in the record calm the irritation in his right shoulder. last season, when when the A.L. West-leading Angels come to Fenway.
books Sunday with an infield single in the sec- JUNJI KUROKAWA / AP Los Angeles beat
Praise for Ichiro’s record nine straight seasons with 200 hits Boston eight times
ond game of a doubleheader against the Rangers. Houston manager Cecil Cooper told the Hous-
in nine regular season meetings. Tonight, Red Sox righthander Daisuke
His single snapped a tie with Willie Keeler, who attracted the attention of Japanese citizens and celebrities. ton Chronicle that ace Roy Oswalt is still on track to Matsuzaka will make his long-awaited return from a sore shoulder tonight.
had at least 200 hits for eight consecutive sea- take his usual turn in the Astros’ rotation today, Dice-K hasn’t started since June 19 and is just 1-5 with an 8.23 ERA in eight
sons (1894-1901). today when he undergoes arthroscopic knee though the hard-throwing righthander is not so starts this season. He will need to be careful against Angels center fielder
The mass circulation newspaper Yomiuri Shim- surgery, a move that will give him the last couple confident. “He’s going to go (today),” Cooper told Torii Hunter, who is hitting .444 with a double, triple, two homers and eight
RBIs against Boston this season.
bun printed a special edition with the headline, weeks of the season to begin rehab work with the newspaper. “We’ll have a backup plan, but
“Ichiro breaks major league record.” the team’s training staff before going home to the that’s the day he’s going to go.”
It was just six months ago that the 35-year-old Dominican Republic. But Oswalt said, “I’ll see if I can start (today). Batting champ vs. Cy Young winner?
Tune in for quite an intriguing matchup tonight when the Marlins and
Suzuki delivered the winning hit to help Japan Soriano has fought through pain and inflam- “I’ll try.” Oswalt has been battling back spasms.
Cardinals continue their three-game series in St. Louis. Eighteen-game win-
defend its title at the World Baseball Classic with mation in the joint for much of the season and ner Adam Wainwright will face N.L. batting leader Hanley Ramirez. As hot as
a 5-3 win over South Korea. His record-breaking finally decided to have surgery after playing on The Denver Post reports that Rockies P Aaron Ramirez has been since the All-Star break, Wainwright has been even hot-
hit against the Rangers added to his status as Sept. 3. The surgery will be performed by ortho- Cook hasn’t given up on returning this season, ter. The righthander is 8-2 with a 1.81 ERA in 11 second-half starts and has
Japan’s greatest athlete. pedic specialist Stephen Gryzlo. even though the team has mapped out a plan to allowed only three homers in that span.
“Ichiro gives everyone in Japan something to proceed without him. Cook threw a 25-pitch side
feel proud about,” office worker Masahiro Koga Tigers manager Jim Leyland told The Detroit session at Petco Park and said he still believes he Memory lane
said. “He is the ultimate professional.” News Monday that Eddie Bonine will take over the will pitch in a major league game this season. A year and a day ago, Cubs righthander Carlos Zambrano pitched a no-
hitter in Milwaukee—against the Astros. Hurricane Ike forced the game to be
Former Yomiuri Giants great Shigeo Nagashima fifth spot in the rotation for the regular season’s “That’s my goal,’’ said Cook, who has been out
moved from Minute Maid Park to the neutral Miller Park, though Cubs fans
said Suzuki’s accomplishments will resonate final three weeks. Bonine, 28, will replace Nate since Aug. 22 with a strained right shoulder. “I had to make only a short drive to witness Zambrano’s masterpiece. Tonight,
with youngsters. Robertson, who suffered a groin strain after understand they are trying to be cautious, but I Zambrano will start against the Brewers—at Wrigley Field. Although he has
“I hope he keeps aiming to break more records replacing an ineffective Armando Galarraga. “Bon- believe I will be in a big league game based on pitched well (2.77 ERA) in two starts against Milwaukee this season, Big Z
to inspire young players in Japan,” he said. ine will stay in the rotation and he will get three how I feel right now.’’ Manager Jim Tracy said Cook has settled for two no-decisions (and no no-hitters). Brewers first baseman
Prince Fielder, who has pounded plenty of opposing pitchers, is 3-for-4 with
starts,” Leyland told the newspaper. “I’m not would go to the instructional league and face hit-
a double and a homer against Zambrano this season.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Cubs OF gonna keep changing. I can’t wait on a daily basis ters, with no plan to have him return during the — Chris Bahr
Alfonso Soriano will officially shut down his season any longer. I can’t come (to the ballpark) not regular season.
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Power Poll 1. Yankees (last week: 1) Well done, Derek.

2. Angels (2) Joe Saunders has had his ups and downs this season, but he’s 4-0 in his past four starts with a 1.85 ERA.

3. Red Sox (5) What pitching problems? The Red Sox pitchers have given up more than one run in a game just once in their current five-game winning streak.

4. Dodgers (4) There’s a lot to like about 4-2 road trips in September. Especially within the division.

5. Cardinals (3) Getting swept by the Braves at home was the first real adversity the Cardinals have faced since Matt Holliday arrived on the scene. How will they respond?

6. Phillies (6) Great game by Pedro Martinez on national TV Sunday night, but was it really necessary to let him throw 130 pitches?

7. Rangers (9) Scott Feldman is 16-4 with a 3.46 ERA. Scott Feldman is 16-4 with a 3.46 ERA. Scott Feldman is 16-4 with a 3.46 ERA.

8. Rockies (7) Since mid-August, the Rockies have won eight of nine, lost five in a row and won 10 of 11. Entering a huge series against the Giants, they’ve lost two straight.

9. Marlins (12) The road isn’t an easy place to gain ground in a playoff chase. The seven-game stretch starts in St. Louis. The Marlins are four games over .500 on the road.

10. Braves (14) That pitching-led sweep of the Cardinals in St. Louis showed why the rest of the N.L. playoffs teams are thrilled Atlanta is unlikely to make the postseason.

11. Giants (10) This week, folks, is the season. Three at home against the Rockies, then three on the road against the Dodgers.
Just when they look like a team that could actually give the Yankees at least a fight in the first round of the playoffs, they go and lose five in a row last week, to the Royals and
12. Tigers (8) Blue Jays.
13. Cubs (16) Last year, the Cubs had five guys with at least 75 RBIs. This year, they have one with more than 55. They did take five of six from the Pirates and Reds last week.

14. Mariners (11) Finishing .500 isn’t usually much of a goal (outside Pittsburgh), but after the debacle that was 2008, it would be nice if the Mariners could finish above water.

15. Twins (15) The Twins went 3-4 last week and gained a game-and-a-half in the standings. At 5½ back, there’s still hope. Only a tiny bit, but it’s there.

BILL KOSTROUN / AP 16. White Sox (19) It looks like Jake Peavy could make his Chicago debut this weekend. Unfortunately, the White Sox are still 6 games behind Detroit entering the week.
Derek Jeter is atop the Yankees’ hit list, and the
Yankees are atop the SN Power Poll. 17. Rays (13) Just an ugly display over the past few weeks. No way in the world this team should lose even five in a row, much less 11 straight.

18. Astros (17) Michael Bourn is tied for the N.L. lead with 11 triples, and Miguel Tejada is tied for the N.L. lead with 40 doubles—and double plays grounded into with 28.
BY RYAN FAGAN
rfagan@sportingnews.com 19. Brewers (18) Should the Brewers trade Prince Fielder? You’ll hear that plenty this offseason. Considering the Brew Crew trails St. Louis by 14 games, might as well start that now.

The Giants have one final shot. 20. Padres (24) The Padres have turned into spoilers. Since late August, they’ve taken two of three from the Braves, Marlins, Dodgers, Giants and the Rockies.
They’ve been lurking behind the
21. Athletics (22) The A’s are five games over .500 against the A.L. Central teams this year, and 19 games under against everybody else.
Rockies in the wild-card race for
quite a while now, but the gap has 22. Blue Jays (23) Not that many folks are paying attention at this point, but Aaron Hill (32 homers 97 RBIs) and Adam Lind (28 homers, 97 RBIs) are turning in very nice seasons.
grown to 4½ games entering Mon-
day. That’s not a big deal in August, 23. Reds (20) So much for that seven-game winning streak, eh? The Reds have lost six of seven since then.
but it is in mid-September. There’s 24. Mets (21) Good to see Carlos Beltran back in uniform.
no margin for error.
With the Rockies in town for 25. Indians (26) September call-up Michael Brantley has been a bright spot with his .364 average, six RBIs and three stolen bases.
three games, the Giants are throw-
ing their best out there to attempt to 26. Royals (29) Have you noticed Robinson Tejada lately? In his past two starts, he’s thrown 11 1/3 scoreless innings, struck out 14 and only allowed eight baserunners.
save their season. Tim Lincecum 27. Orioles (27) Rookie Brian Matusz is 3-0 with a 2.57 ERA in his past three starts. Not bad for a 22-year-old kid. Probably not a bad idea to shut him down at this point, either.
started Monday, then Barry Zito
throws today and Matt Cain goes 28. Diamondbacks (25) Looks like the D-backs are sticking in last place.
Wednesday. That’s two Cy Young
candidates and a guy who has a 29. Pirates (28) The Pirates would have to finish the year 12-9 to avoid their worst record since losing 100 games in 2001. Not likely, considering they’re 19-45 since July.
2.34 ERA in his past 11 starts.
So, there’s hope.
30. Nationals (30) Can the Nats get to 60 wins? They’d have to go 10-9 the rest of the way.
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Fantasy Focus LEAGUE LEADERS
American League Standings
Batting Average Home Runs East W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Start ’em, Sit ’em New York 93 52 .641 — — 7-3 W-2 51-22 42-30
A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. Boston 84 58 .592 7½ — 7-3 W-5 50-21 34-37
Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Tampa Bay 73 71 .507 19½ 12 1-9 W-1 43-26 30-45
Mauer Minnesota .371 HaRamirez Florida .360 CPena Tampa Bay 39 Pujols St. Louis 47 Toronto 65 79 .451 27½ 20 5-5 L-2 38-36 27-43
Baltimore 58 85 .406 34 26½ 4-6 L-2 34-38 24-47
ISuzuki Seattle .353 Pujols St. Louis .329 Teixeira New York 35 Reynolds Arizona 41
MiCabrera Detroit .332 Helton Colorado .323 Bay Boston 32 Fielder Milwaukee 39 Central W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Jeter New York .330 Sandoval San Francisco .321 NCruz Texas 32 Howard Philadelphia 38 Detroit 77 66 .538 — — 5-5 W-2 47-24 30-42
Minnesota 72 72 .500 5½ 13 5-5 W-2 41-32 31-40
Bartlett Tampa Bay .328 DWright New York .314 AHill Toronto 32 ADunn Washington 37 Chicago 71 73 .493 6½ 14 6-4 L-1 40-32 31-41
MYoung Texas .322 LCastillo New York .310 Branyan Seattle 31 AdGonzalez San Diego 37 Cleveland 61 82 .427 16 23½ 3-7 L-2 31-41 30-41
GAIL BURTON / AP Cano New York .319 Two tied .308 Three tied 30 Two tied 33 Kansas City 57 86 .399 20 27½ 6-4 W-1 30-44 27-42
Start ’em West
Los Angeles
W
86
L
57
Pct GB WCGB
.601 — —
L10
7-3
Str
L-1
Home
44-27
Away
42-30
Marlon Byrd, OF, Rangers. Byrd, Runs Stolen Bases
Texas 80 63 .559 6 4½ 5-5 L-2 45-28 35-35
above, sports a .356/2/11 line in A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. Seattle 74 70 .514 12½ 11 4-6 W-1 39-30 35-40
Oakland 65 78 .455 21 19½ 6-4 W-1 34-36 31-42
September, and the Rangers play Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team
at their hitter-friendly ballpark Figgins
Damon
Los Angeles
New York
106
102
Pujols
Braun
St. Louis
Milwaukee
119
101
Ellsbury
Crawford
Boston
Tampa Bay
61
57
Bourn
Morgan
Houston
Washington
55
42
National League Standings
against Oakland. East W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Jarrod Washburn, SP, Mariners. Jeter New York 101 Utley Philadelphia 100 Figgins Los Angeles 40 Kemp Los Angeles 33 Philadelphia 82 60 .577 — — 5-5 W-2 39-32 43-28
Pedroia Boston 100 Zimmerman Washington 98 BUpton Tampa Bay 37 Rollins Philadelphia 28 Florida 76 68 .528 7 5½ 6-4 L-2 40-35 36-33
Washburn only has one win since BRoberts Baltimore 100 Victorino Philadelphia 94 RDavis Oakland 36 Fowler Colorado 27 Atlanta 75 68 .524 7½ 6 5-5 W-4 35-33 40-35
July 28, but he has a 1.80 ERA Scutaro Toronto 99 HaRamirez Florida 92 BRoberts Baltimore 29 Pierre Los Angeles 26
New York 63 81 .438 20 18½ 3-7 L-2 36-36 27-45
Washington 50 93 .350 32½ 31 4-6 W-1 29-43 21-50
and a 1.05 WHIP in three starts Cano New York 95 Four tied 89 Two tied 28 Two tied 25
this season against Kansas City. Central W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
St. Louis 85 60 .586 — — 6-4 W-1 44-29 41-31
Ryan Madson, RP, Phillies. He had RBIs Pitching Chicago 74 68 .521 9½ 6½ 7-3 W-2 43-28 31-40
two saves in three opportunities Houston 70 74 .486 14½ 11½ 6-4 L-2 42-33 28-41
A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. Milwaukee 69 74 .483 15 12 4-6 L-1 34-37 35-37
in a four-game set against the Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Cincinnati 65 79 .451 19½ 16½ 4-6 W-1 32-37 33-42
Mets. He’s not the most reliable Teixeira New York 111 Fielder Milwaukee 126 Sabathia New York 17-7 Wainwright St. Louis 18-7 Pittsburgh 55 87 .387 28½ 25½ 2-8 L-1 36-34 19-53
reliever, but he still looks like the Longoria Tampa Bay 103 Pujols St. Louis 125 Feldman Texas 16-5 CCarpenter St. Louis 16-4 West W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
ninth-inning option … for now. Bay Boston 101 Howard Philadelphia 118 Verlander Detroit 16-8 Marquis Colorado 15-11 Los Angeles 86 59 .593 — — 6-4 W-1 44-29 42-30
Lind Toronto 100 Braun Milwaukee 99 FHernandez Seattle 15-5 JoJohnson Florida 14-4 Colorado 82 63 .566 4 — 7-3 L-3 45-27 37-36
San Francisco 78 66 .542 7½ 3½ 5-5 W-2 47-25 31-41
Morneau Minnesota 100 ADunn Washington 99 Beckett Boston 15-6 Lincecum San Francisco 14-5
Sit ’em CPena Tampa Bay 100 HaRamirez Florida 99 JerWeaver Los Angeles 15-6 DLowe Atlanta 14-9
San Diego
Arizona
65
63
80
82
.448
.434
21
23
17 6-4
19 2-8
L-1
W-1
38-36
32-40
27-44
31-42
Daisuke Matsuzaka, SP, Red Sox. Two tied 98 DLee Chicago 98 Halladay Toronto 14-9 De La Rosa Colorado 14-9 z-first game was a win
Matsuzaka’s first start since going
on the D.L. on June 20 with a HIts Strikeouts
Pitching Matchups Today’s Games (All times Eastern)
right shoulder strain is against A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L. American League The Line
the Angels—not exactly a cupcake Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Kansas City (Tejeda 2-1) at Detroit (Washburn 9-8), 7:05 p.m. at Det -175 KC +165
welcome-back matchup. ISuzuki Seattle 200 HaRamirez Florida 186 Verlander Detroit 239 Lincecum San Francisco 244 Tampa Bay (Niemann 12-5) at Baltimore (Berken 4-11), 7:05 p.m. TB -125 at Bal +115
Roy Oswalt, SP, Astros. Actually, Jeter New York 192 Tejada Houston 171 Greinke Kansas City 216 JVazquez Atlanta 216
Toronto (Halladay 14-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Mitre 3-2), 7:05 p.m. Tor -165 at NY +155
don’t sit him just yet, but Oswalt is Cano New York 185 Braun Milwaukee 170 Lester Boston 211 Haren Arizona 197
L.A. Angels (Lackey 10-7) at Boston (Matsuzaka 1-5), 7:10 p.m. at Bos -115 LA +105
fighting back spasms again after MiCabrera Detroit 177 FLopez Milwaukee 167 FHernandez Seattle 193 Gallardo Milwaukee 192
AHill Toronto 175 Victorino Philadelphia 167 Halladay Toronto 183 WRodriguez Houston 176 Oakland (Ed.Gonzalez 0-2) at Texas (McCarthy 7-2), 8:05 p.m. at Tex -200 Oak +185
Thursday’s start. Markakis Baltimore 174 CaLee Houston 166 Beckett Boston 180 Wainwright St. Louis 175 Cleveland (Carmona 3-10) at Minnesota (S.Baker 13-8), 8:10 p.m. at Min -200 Cle +185
Jed Lowrie, SS/3B, Red Sox. Because Mauer Minnesota 169 Pujols St. Louis 166 Sabathia New York 178 De La Rosa Colorado 170 Chicago White Sox (Garcia 1-2) at Seattle (Snell 4-2), 10:10 p.m. at Sea -110 Chi +100
of his bum left wrist, even man-
ager Terry Francona recently said Doubles Saves National League The Line
Lowrie’s playing time will be A.L. N.L. A.L. N.L.
Washington (Mock 3-7) at Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 6-2), 7:05 p.m. at Phi -280 Was +240
irregular, at best. Player Team Player Team Player Team Player Team Houston (Oswalt 8-6) at Cincinnati (K.Wells 1-4), 7:10 p.m. Hou -155 at Cin +145
— Kyle Whitfield BRoberts Baltimore 51 Sandoval San Francisco 40 Fuentes Los Angeles 41 Franklin St. Louis 37 N.Y. Mets (Misch 1-2) at Atlanta (Hanson 9-3), 7:10 p.m. at Atl -250 NY +220
Butler Kansas City 46 Tejada Houston 40 MaRivera New York 40 HBell San Diego 37 Milwaukee (Gallardo 12-11) at Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 8-6), 8:05 p.m. at Chi -120 Mil +110
MORE COVERAGE Lind Toronto 46 Ethier Los Angeles 39 Nathan Minnesota 39 Cordero Cincinnati 35 Florida (West 6-5) at St. Louis (Wainwright 18-7), 8:15 p.m. at StL -230 Fla +210
Longoria Tampa Bay 43 Hawpe Colorado 39 Papelbon Boston 36 Broxton Los Angeles 34 Arizona (Haren 13-8) at San Diego (LeBlanc 2-1), 10:05 p.m. Ari -130 at SD +120
Get everything you need to Pedroia Boston 43 HaRamirez Florida 39 Aardsma Seattle 34 BrWilson San Francisco 34 Pittsburgh (Duke 10-14) at L.A. Dodgers (Haeger 1-1), 10:10 p.m. at LA -250 Pit +220
dominate your fantasy league at Markakis Baltimore 42 Pujols St. Louis 38 Rodney Detroit 32 Street Colorado 33
sportingnews.com/fantasy/baseball Colorado (Jimenez 13-10) at San Francisco (Zito 9-12), 10:15 p.m. Col -130 at SF +120
Cano New York 41 Two tied 37 Jenks Chicago 28 Hoffman Milwaukee 32
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
N.Y. Yankees 5, L.A. Angels 3 Oakland 9, Texas 0

Yankees beat Angels at own game: Small ball Tomko’s 100th hurts Texas
ARLINGTON, TEXAS—Brett Tomko Athletics 9, Rangers 0
Yankees 5, Angels 3 Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
NEW YORK—Brett Gardner slid into third Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO Avg. earned his 100th major league Kennedy 3b 4 2 2 3 0 0 .285
base on the front end of a double steal, then Figgins 3b 4 0 0 1 1 1 .300 victory in style. R.Davis cf 5 1 1 1 0 2 .308
M.Izturis 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .297 R.Sweeney rf 5 1 3 4 0 0 .287
popped up and came home with the go- B.Abreu rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .299 The righthander pitched a five- K.Suzuki c 5 0 1 1 0 1 .269
ahead run as catcher Mike Napoli’s throw Guerrero dh 4 1 3 1 0 0 .301 hitter for his milestone win and Cust dh 3 0 0 0 2 2 .236
2-T.Evans pr-dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Hairston lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .238
rolled into left field. Tor.Hunter cf 3 0 2 0 1 1 .312 Oakland dealt a blow to Texas’ M.Ellis 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .275
With a pulsating play by the pinch run- K.Morales 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .306 playoff hopes, routing the Rang- D.Barton 1b 3 3 2 0 0 1 .232
J.Rivera lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .290 Pennington ss 4 2 2 0 0 0 .284
ner, the New York Yankees showed the 1-Pettit pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- ers 9-0 on Monday night. Totals 38 9 12 9 2 7
Los Angeles Angels they can play small Bo.Wilson c 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- “If you’re going to do it, do it
b-H.Kendrick ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
ball, too, and cemented control of the race Napoli c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 the right way,” said Tomko, who Borbon dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .330
for home-field advantage throughout the E.Aybar ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .302 threw 114 pitches in his second Andrus ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .277
J.Mathis c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .210 Kinsler 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .254
postseason. a-Matthews Jr. ph-lf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .241 career shutout. “That makes it M.Byrd cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .283
“They obviously didn’t put me out there Totals 33 3 8 2 4 5 more memorable.” Dav.Murphy lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .270
N.Cruz rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .270
to score on a single,” Gardner said after New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Released by the New York I.Rodriguez c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .270
the Yankees’ 5-3 victory Monday night. Jeter ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .330 Yankees on July 29, Tomko (5-3) C.Davis 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .216
Damon lf 4 1 0 0 0 1 .284 Vizquel 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .273
“They told me to take a chance.” Teixeira 1b 4 0 3 2 0 0 .285 struck out three and didn’t walk Totals 29 0 5 0 0 3
On a night with a playoff feel, Mark 3-Gardner pr-cf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .272 a batter in his 13th career com-
Teixeira hit a two-run triple in the fifth A.Rodriguez 3b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .286 plete game. He outpitched Scott Oakland 000 003 420 — 9 12 0
H.Matsui dh 3 0 1 0 1 1 .275 Texas 000 000 000 — 0 5 1
inning and Angels center fielder Torii Posada c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .280 Feldman, snapping his seven-
Hunter lost his shoe chasing the drive. 4-F.Guzman pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- game winning streak. E: I.Rodriguez (2). LOB: Oakland 6, Texas 2. 2B:
J.Molina c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243 R.Sweeney 3 (28), K.Suzuki (33), Hairston (11), D.Barton
Teixeira then doubled to start the go-ahead Cano 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .319 Tomko retired the first two (7), Pennington (8), N.Cruz (21). RBIs: Kennedy 3
rally in the eighth. Swisher rf-1b 4 2 2 1 0 2 .254 batters in the ninth inning before (55), R.Davis (37), R.Sweeney 4 (46), K.Suzuki (74).
Me.Cabrera cf-rf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .280 SB: N.Cruz (19). Runners left in scoring position:
“Shoeless Torii—that was pretty funny. Totals 29 5 9 4 5 4 Julio Borbon singled to left. Oakland 4 (M.Ellis, Hairston 3); Texas 1 (I.Rodriguez).
My spike got caught in the wall,” Hunter Tomko finished things off by DP: Oakland 3 (Pennington, M.Ellis, D.Barton), (M.Ellis,
Los Angeles 010 010 010 — 3 8 1 Pennington, D.Barton), (M.Ellis, D.Barton).
said. “I was running out of my shoes right New York 001 020 02x — 5 9 0 retiring Elvis Andrus on a
there.” BILL KOSTROUN / AP grounder to shortstop. Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
a-walked for J.Mathis in the 7th. b-lined out for Tomko W, 5-3 9 5 0 0 0 3 114 3.77
The Angels’ Vladimir Guerrero and Angels CF Torii Hunter lost his shoe on this play that resulted in a triple for Yankees 1B Mark Teixeira. Bo.Wilson in the 8th. 1-ran for J.Rivera in the 7th. “We were going to let him go,” Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
New York’s Nick Swisher homered into 2-ran for Guerrero in the 8th. 3-ran for Teixeira in the Oakland manager Bob Geren Feldman L, 16-5 6 1⁄3 6 6 6 1 5 98 3.65
8th. 4-ran for Posada in the 8th. E: Napoli (7). LOB: Los Grilli 1⁄3 2 1 1 1 0 24 3.91
the second deck in the makeup of a May 3 of them.” Angeles 8, New York 6. 2B: E.Aybar (22), Teixeira (39), said. “Obviously, his pitch count Madrigal 1 1⁄3 3 2 2 0 0 22 9.00
rainout to raise the home run total at new Los Angeles, which remained six games
Bronx Bombers Swisher (30). 3B: Teixeira (1). HR: Guerrero (14), off wasn’t high. We were going to Moscoso 1 1 0 0 0 2 20 4.35
Most home runs at Yankee Stadium through Chamberlain; Swisher (27), off Jer.Weaver. RBIs: Figgins
Yankee Stadium to 217—two more than ahead of second-place Texas in the A.L. Monday’s game (48), Guerrero (44), Teixeira 2 (111), Cano (77), Swisher give him every opportunity to Inherited runners-scored: Grilli 3-3, Madrigal 2-0.
(79). SB: Gardner (21), A.Rodriguez (11). S: J.Mathis, HBP: by Feldman (D.Barton, Kennedy). Umpires:
were ever hit in a season at the original West, has gone 34-20 against the Yankees Jeter. Runners left in scoring position: Los Angeles finish as long as the game wasn’t Home, Mark Carlson; First, Tim McClelland; Second,
Old Yankee Stadium (1957-2008)
ballpark across the street. in the regular season since 2004 and 5 (E.Aybar, J.Rivera, M.Izturis 2, H.Kendrick); New in jeopardy.” Kerwin Danley; Third, Marty Foster. T: 2:45. A: 13,669
Season HRs York 3 (Cano, A.Rodriguez, Swisher). DP: Los Angeles (49,170).
New York opened a 7½-game lead over eliminated New York in the first round of 2 (E.Aybar, M.Izturis, K.Morales), (M.Izturis, E.Aybar, The Rangers have lost three of
2004 215
second-place Boston in the AL East with the playoffs in 2002 and 2005. K.Morales); New York 1 (Jeter, Cano, Teixeira). their first four on a nine-game
2000 209
17 to play. The Yankees also took a six- “I told Torii and all those guys this off- 2005 206 Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA homestand, falling 4½ games
game lead over the Angels for best record season when I signed with the Yankees, I 2001 198
Jer.Weaver L, 15-6 7 1⁄3 8 5 5 4 2 112 3.85 behind Boston for the A.L. wild
Oliver 2⁄3 1 0 0 1 2 16 2.70
in the A.L. said, ‘Hopefully, we’ll see you guys in 2006 196 New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA card. It’s the farthest Texas has
“It was good to have a nice game today October,’ ” Teixeira said. Chamberlain 4 4 1 1 0 2 67 4.39 been out of a playoff spot all
for kind of everyone to know we can play If the standings stay the same, the New Yankee Stadium Aceves 2 1⁄3 2 1 1 2 2 44 3.72
season.
well against the Angels,” Teixeira said. Angels would host Boston and the Yan- 2009 217 Coke H, 19 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 12 4.91
Hughes W,7-3 BS,2-5 1 2 1 1 1 0 20 3.18 Texas was shut out for the sec-
American League
“We know the teams that we’re going to kees would be home against Detroit in the Ma.Rivera S, 40-41 1 0 0 0 1 0 26 1.69
ond consecutive game and has wild-card standings
Major League Record: Denver’s Coors Field Inherited runners-scored: Oliver 2-2, Coke 2-0. IBB:
hopefully be playing in October if we get A.L. playoff openers. (303 in 1999) off Oliver (Posada). Umpires: Home, Derryl Cousins; not scored in 19 innings. W L Pct. GB
First, Jim Joyce; Second, Greg Gibson; Third, Bill Miller. T: Boston 84 58 .592 —
there, and the Angels are going to be one — The Associated Press Source: STATS LLC. 3:09. A: 44,701 (52,325). — The Associated Press Texas 80 63 .559 4½
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tampa Bay 8, Baltimore 4 Detroit 6, Toronto 5, 10 innings Tigers 6, Blue Jays 5, 10 innings Minnesota 6, Cleveland 3
Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Scutaro ss 5 1 2 0 0 2 .284
Rays’ 11-game slide ends Tigers ‘catch a break’ A.Hill 2b
Lind dh
V.Wells cf
5 1 2 1 0
5 1 1 3 0
3 0 2 0 0
0
0
1
.288
.298
.261
Cuddyer delivers good news
Jo.McDonald lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .258
Rays 8, Orioles 4 Overbay 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .260 Twins 6, Indians 3
BALTIMORE—Having finally rid Encarnacion 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .204 MINNEAPOLIS—Michael Cuddyer
Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
themselves of an embarrassing Bartlett dh 5 2 2 0 0 2 .328
J.Bautista rf-cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .225 refused to let the double dose of Brantley cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .354
K.Phillips c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250
losing streak that ended their Crawford lf 5 0 3 1 0 1 .303 Snider lf-rf 4 1 1 0 0 3 .222 bad news keep the Twins down. J.Carroll 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .292
Longoria 3b 5 0 0 0 0 3 .275 A.Cabrera ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .308
playoff hopes, the Tampa Bay Zobrist rf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .279
Totals 39 5 12 5 0 10 With one eighth-inning swing, Choo rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .301
Rays can turn their attention Ch.Richard 1b 3 1 1 0 2 1 .182 Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg. he smacked a straight-down-the- Jh.Peralta dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .274
Zaun c 2 1 0 0 2 2 .258 Valbuena 2b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .237
toward concluding the season b-Navarro ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227
Raburn lf 3 1 2 2 0 0 .285 middle fastball into the football LaPorta 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .238
b-Thomas ph-lf-rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .244
on a positive note. Iwamura 2b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .298 Polanco 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .276 seats behind center field—giving Marson c 2 1 1 0 2 1 .200
B.Upton cf 5 2 2 1 0 0 .237 Crowe lf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .222
Using a 15-hit attack and an Brignac ss 4 1 4 3 0 0 .286
Ordonez rf 4 0 2 0 1 0 .296 Minnesota a big lift when it was Totals 33 3 8 3 3 8
1-W.Ramirez pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400
effective pitching performance Totals 39 8 15 7 4 11 Kelly lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 needed most.
Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
by David Price, the Rays Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Mi.Cabrera 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .332 Cuddyer’s tying three-run Span rf-cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .307
Thames dh 5 0 0 0 0 2 .254
snapped their 11-game skid B.Roberts 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .285 Inge 3b 3 1 1 0 2 2 .234 homer rescued the Twins, ruin- O.Cabrera ss 5 1 0 0 0 1 .270
C.Izturis ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .249 Mauer c 3 1 3 0 1 0 .371
Monday night with an 8-4 win Markakis rf 3 1 0 0 1 2 .302
Granderson cf 3 1 0 0 2 0 .248 ing a fine start for Cleveland by Cuddyer 1b 4 1 2 3 0 0 .273
Laird c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .225
over the Baltimore Orioles. Reimold lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .279 c-Avila ph-c 2 1 1 0 0 0 .300 Jeremy Sowers in a 6-3 victory B.Harris dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .263
Mora 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .264 Delm.Young lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .264
Tampa avoided becoming the Wieters c 3 1 1 1 1 0 .265
Everett ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .239 over the Indians on Monday Tolbert 3b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .201
a-Santiago ph-ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 .259
first World Series team in his- Scott dh 3 0 1 1 0 1 .255 d-A.Huff ph 1 1 1 3 0 0 .246 night after Minnesota learned Gomez cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .236
a-Turner ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 a-Kubel ph-rf 1 1 1 2 0 0 .305
tory to lose 12 in a row the fol- Wigginton 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .270
Dlugach ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- All-Star first baseman Justin Punto 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .225
Totals 37 6 9 5 6 7
lowing year. Rookie Reid Fiorentino cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .350 Morneau’s season is over because Totals 35 6 11 5 3 3
Brignac had a career-high four Totals 35 4 9 3 3 5 Toronto 000 005 000 0 —5 12 2 of a back injury.
Detroit 100 010 003 1 —6 9 0 Cleveland 002 100 000 — 3 8 1
hits—his first big league homer, Tampa Bay 130 130 000 — 8 15 1 “It’s not the time to mourn it,” Minnesota 000 000 06x — 6 11 0
two doubles and a single—and Baltimore 400 000 000 — 4 9 2 One out when winning run scored. a-singled for Everett Cuddyer said. “We can’t say
DUANE BURLESON / AP
in the 7th. b-struck out for Raburn in the 7th. c-singled a-homered for Gomez in the 8th. E: A.Cabrera (10).
B.J. Upton also connected for b-popped out for Zaun in the 9th. E: Longoria (13), Brandon Inge scores from second base in the 10th to lift Detroit. for Laird in the 9th. d-homered for Santiago in the 9th. we’re done because we lost him. LOB: Cleveland 6, Minnesota 8. 2B: Cuddyer (32). HR:
the Rays in their first win since Bass (3), Reimold (5). LOB: Tampa Bay 9, Baltimore 7. 1-ran for Ordonez in the 9th. E: Scutaro 2 (10). LOB: We’ve got to keep plugging away, Crowe (1), off Pavano; Choo (16), off Pavano; Cuddyer
2B: Bartlett (27), Crawford (27), Brignac 2 (7), Mora Toronto 4, Detroit 10. 2B: Snider (11), Inge (12). HR: (25), off C.Perez; Kubel (23), off C.Perez. RBIs: Choo
Sept. 2 against Boston. (17). HR: Brignac (1), off Da.Hernandez; B.Upton (10), DETROIT—The struggling raindrops in the ninth and Lind (29), off Verlander; Encarnacion (2), off Verlander; and he’s going to be here cheer- (78), Crowe 2 (12), Cuddyer 3 (75), Kubel 2 (84). SB:
“Sleep is more tranquil, food off Da.Hernandez. RBIs: Crawford (62), Zobrist (73), Tigers needed a little help. Ryan Raburn also went Raburn (12), off Purcey; A.Huff (15), off Frasor. RBIs: ing us on as hard as anybody.” Punto (11). CS: Brantley (2). Runners left in scoring
Iwamura (20), B.Upton (43), Brignac 3 (5), Mora (42), A.Hill (98), Lind 3 (100), Encarnacion (9), Raburn 2 (39), position: Cleveland 3 (Valbuena, Choo, Crowe); Min-
tastes better and I like my dog a Wieters (27), Scott (67). SB: Crawford (57), Brignac Marco Scutaro provided it deep for the American A.Huff 3 (83). SB: Polanco (7). S: Everett. Runners left Sowers stymied the Twins nesota 5 (B.Harris 2, Span 2, O.Cabrera). DP: Cleveland
whole lot more,” Tampa Bay (2). CS: Zobrist (5). SF: Zobrist. Runners left in scor- Monday night. League Central-leading in scoring position: Toronto 1 (K.Phillips); Detroit 4 with his jerky lefthanded deliv- 1 (A.Cabrera, Valbuena, LaPorta).
ing position: Tampa Bay 7 (Ch.Richard, Longoria 2, (Inge, Granderson, Mi.Cabrera, Ordonez). GIDP: Lind.
manager Joe Maddon said. Bartlett, Iwamura 2, Crawford); Baltimore 3 (Markakis, Scutaro’s second error in Tigers, who have won two DP: Toronto 1 (Purcey, Overbay); Detroit 2 (Mi.Cabrera, ery and left with a 3-0 lead after Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Held to eight runs in their Turner, C.Izturis). GIDP: B.Upton, C.Izturis. DP: Tampa two innings allowed Bran- of their last seven. Everett, Verlander), (Santiago, Polanco). seven innings. Reliever Tony Sowers 7 6 0 0 2 2 104 4.49
Bay 1 (Iwamura, Brignac, Ch.Richard); Baltimore 1 Sipp 0 0 2 1 1 0 11 3.21
previous seven games, the Rays (C.Izturis, B.Roberts, Wigginton). don Inge to score from sec- “I’ve hit a lot of home Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Sipp let the first two batters reach C.Perez L, 0-1 BS, 2-3 1⁄3 4 4 4 0 0 24 4.15
J.Lewis 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 10 4.50
equaled that amount by the Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
ond base in the bottom of runs in my career, and that Purcey 5 2⁄3 5 2 2 4 4 96 6.32 base in the eighth. Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Camp H, 5 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 3 3.47
fifth inning. Tampa Bay, which Price W, 8-7 7 7 4 3 2 4 107 4.60 the 10th inning, and the one felt like that was my Carlson H, 12 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 4 4.40 Indians manager Eric Wedge Pavano 6 6 3 3 1 4 95 4.91
Wheeler 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 4 3.48 Crain 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 5.23
batted .183 during its 11-game Shouse 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 8 4.94 Detroit Tigers rallied to first big league home run,” League H, 8 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 10 4.92 summoned Chris Perez to face Mahay W, 2-1 1 1 0 0 1 1 21 4.57
S.Downs H, 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 2.76
skid, hadn’t had as many as 15 Howell 1 1 0 0 1 1 17 2.92 beat the Toronto Blue Jays said Huff, who was Frasor BS, 3-13 1 3 3 2 0 0 23 2.44 Cuddyer, who flipped his bat as Nathan S, 39-44 1 1 0 0 1 2 21 2.16
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
hits in a game since Aug. 24 Da.Hernandez L, 4-8 3 9 5 5 0 5 80 5.40
6-5. acquired from Baltimore Wolfe L, 1-2 1⁄3 0 1 0 2 1 19 7.30 he strided toward first and Sipp pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. Inherited runners-
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
against Toronto. Bass 1 1⁄3 1 3 2 2 3 31 5.01 “I’m sure the ball was a in a waiver deal. “Every Verlander 7 10 5 5 0 9 104 3.34 handed out several hard high- scored: C.Perez 2-2. WP: C.Perez, Mahay. Umpires:
Albers 1 2⁄3 3 0 0 2 0 35 5.25 Home, Adrian Johnson; First, Gary Cederstrom; Second,
“It’s important. All this, the Sarfate 1 1 0 0 0 1 16 7.04
little wet,” Detroit manager win means so much. I’ve Ni 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 3.04 fives on his approach to the plate Fieldin Culbreth; Third, Jeff Nelson. T: 3:04. A: 20,640
Bonderman 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 9.00
whole world revolves around C.Ray 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 6.47 Jim Leyland said. “We never been on a team Perry 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 8 4.08 and return to the dugout. (46,632).
A.Castillo 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 2.57
confidence, and our confidence might’ve caught a break. where every game means Seay W, 6-3 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.69 This came a few minutes after
definitely took a hit by these Da.Hernandez pitched to 2 batters in the 4th. Inherited We did catch a break.” so much. It’s just a great Camp pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Inherited run- the out-of-town scoreboard
runners-scored: Shouse 1-0, Bass 1-0, Albers 1-1.
last two weeks,” Maddon said. Umpires: Home, Dale Scott; First, Rob Drake; Second,
It started raining in the time.” ners-scored: Camp 1-0, Carlson 1-0, League 1-0, Seay revealed first-place Detroit’s
1-0. WP: League. Umpires: Home, Tim Timmons; First,
“We have to regenerate our Mike DiMuro; Third, Ron Kulpa. T: 3:02. A: 10,628 ninth inning, Adam Lind and Edwin Mark Wegner; Second, Rick Reed; Third, Jeff Kellogg. T: completion of a comeback from a
(48,290).
confidence. As we do that, Pinch-hitter Aubrey Encarnacion homered for 3:04. A: 24,375 (41,255). 5-2 bottom-of-the-ninth deficit to
we’re going to start winning.” Huff belted a tying three- Toronto. beat Toronto.
— The Associated Press run homer through the — The Associated Press — The Associated Press
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Reds 3, Astros 1
Chicago Cubs 2, Milwaukee 0 St. Louis 11, Florida 6 Cincinnati 3 Houston 1 Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Cardinals 11, Marlins 6 Bourn cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .294

Defense helps Dempster Florida

Coghlan lf
AB R H
5 1 2
BI
2
BB
0
SO
0
Avg.
.307
Bruce returns, K.Matsui 2b
Berkman 1b
Ca.Lee lf
3
4
4
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
.249
.275
.307

CHICAGO—Ryan Dempster kept Cubs 2, Brewers 0

N.Johnson 1b
Ha.Ramirez ss
Cantu 3b
Uggla 2b
5 2 2
4 0 1
5 0 1
3 1 1
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
3
1
1
.301
.360
.281
.243
sparks Reds Tejada ss
Pence rf
Blum 3b
4
4
3
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.301
.287
.258
Milwaukee AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Jo.Baker c 2 1 1 0 2 0 .268 Quintero c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .230
his fielders sharp by working F.Lopez 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .308 C.Ross rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .273 CINCINNATI—Jay Bruce’s timing W.Rodriguez p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .119
fast. Good thing, because the Counsell ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .283 Maybin cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .225 was perfect. Gervacio p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Nolasco p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .140
McGehee 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .304 W.Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Chicago righthander needed Fielder 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .299
b-G.Sanchez ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .214 Bruce hit a go-ahead single as Fulchino p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Donnelly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
more defensive help than the M.Cameron cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .256 Pinto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a pinch-hitter in his return Totals 32 1 7 1 0 6
Gerut rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .211 d-Gload ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
Cubs usually provide. Kendall c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .240 e-Helms ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .279 from the disabled list and Bran- Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Dempster pitched eight shut- Catalanotto lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .281 Lindstrom p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- don Phillips homered to help Stubbs cf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .246
2-Bourgeois pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 T.Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Janish ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .212
out innings—thanks in great Weathers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 35 6 11 5 4 9 the Cincinnati Reds beat the Votto 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .299
part to big plays by center fielder Suppan p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .162 St. Louis AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Houston Astros 3-1 on Monday B.Phillips 2b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .276
a-Braun ph-lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Schumaker 2b 4 3 3 0 1 0 .298 Rolen 3b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .258
Sam Fuld and third baseman Totals 29 0 4 0 2 5
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Lugo ss 4 1 1 2 0 1 .296 night. Gomes rf-lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .271
Aramis Ramirez—and the Cubs Colby Rasmus, center, hit a three-run homer in the eighth for the Cardinals. McClellan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Making his first appearance Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg. T.Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- D.McDonald lf 2 0 1 0 0 1 .241
beat the Milwaukee Brewers Theriot ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .285 f-Wainwright ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .152 in more than two months, a-J.Francisco ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
g-Thurston ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229
2-0 on Monday night.
Fuld dove to catch Frank Cat-
alanotto’s sinking liner with a
Fukudome rf
D.Lee 1b
Ar.Ramirez 3b
Soto c
2
3
4
4
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
.261
.304
.324
.222
Cards bounce back Motte p
Pujols 1b
Holliday lf
Rasmus cf
0 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 2 1 1 0
5 2 2 3 0 0
5 2 3 3 0 0
.000
.329
.371
.260
Bruce bounced a two-run sin-
gle through the right side to
give Cincinnati a 2-1 lead in the
Rhodes p
Masset p
Balentien lf
Hanigan c
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
2 0 1 0 0 0
.000
---
.261
.270
runner on third to end the fifth
inning and Ramirez made a
leaping stop of Felipe Lopez’s
K.Hill c
J.Fox lf
1-Scales pr-lf
Je.Baker 2b
0
3
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
.241
.282
.241
.282
following sweep Ludwick rf
DeRosa 3b
LaRue c
Wellemeyer p
a-K.Greene ph
5 0 2 2 0 2
5 0 1 0 0 1
5 0 0 0 0 2
1 0 1 0 0 0
1 1 1 0 0 0
.274
.235
.226
.132
.209
seventh inning.
“That was a lot of fun,” he
said. “It was pretty exciting to
b-Barker ph
C.Miller c
Arroyo p
c-Bruce ph-rf
0 0 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 1
1 0 1 2 0 0
.348
.135
.111
.210
Fuld cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .260 Hawksworth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Totals 29 3 7 3 3 11
shot with two on to finish the Dempster p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .125 ST. LOUIS—The St. Louis and reduced their magic D.Reyes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- be out that long and come back
b-Fontenot ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .232 c-Br.Ryan ph-ss 1 0 1 0 1 0 .289 Houston 000 001 000 — 1 7 0
eighth. Ramirez also was the Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- Cardinals took off after the number for clinching the Totals 39 11 17 11 3 7 and help the team win.” Cincinnati 000 000 21x — 3 7 0
pivot man on a unique 6-5-3 Totals 26 2 6 2 4 2 Matt Holliday trade. So did N.L. Central to 10. Florida 011 400 000 — 6 11 2
The bases-loaded grounder
double play with the Cubs play- a-struck out for D.McDonald in the 7th. b-was inten-
Milwaukee 000 000 000 — 0 4 0 their new cleanup hitter. “You’re going to have an St. Louis 400 300 04x — 11 17 0 barely eluded first baseman tionally walked for Hanigan in the 7th. c-singled for
ing an exaggerated pull shift Chicago 000 100 01x — 2 6 1 Holliday drove in three ebb and flow in the sea- a-singled for Wellemeyer in the 4th. b-singled for Lance Berkman and second Arroyo in the 7th. LOB: Houston 6, Cincinnati 6. 2B:
against Prince Fielder in the Nolasco in the 6th. c-singled for D.Reyes in the 6th. Ca.Lee (29), Pence (23), Gomes (12), Hanigan (6). HR:
a-was hit by a pitch for Suppan in the 8th. b-doubled for runs to top 100 RBIs for son,” Holliday said. “You d-was announced for Pinto in the 8th. e-grounded baseman Kaz Matsui, making a B.Phillips (20), off Fulchino. RBIs: Ca.Lee (95), B.Phillips
seventh. Dempster in the 8th. 1-ran for J.Fox in the 7th. 2-ran for the third time in his career just keep fighting and try- out for Gload in the 8th. f-struck out for T.Miller in the winner of Bronson Arroyo. (88), Bruce 2 (43). SB: Bourn (55). CS: Ca.Lee (3), Stubbs
Catalanotto in the 8th. E: Soto (4). LOB: Milwaukee 5, 8th. g-was announced for Wainwright in the 8th. E: (4). S: K.Matsui, Arroyo. Runners left in scoring posi-
“They made the plays,” Brew- Chicago 6. 2B: Fontenot (21). HR: D.Lee (33), off Sup- and the bullpen rescued ing to scratch runs across Uggla (13), Cantu (11). LOB: Florida 7, St. Louis 9. 2B: “Sometimes placement is tion: Houston 4 (Ca.Lee 2, W.Rodriguez, Pence); Cincin-
N.Johnson (24), Pujols (38), Holliday (14). 3B: Coghlan
ers manager Ken Macha said. pan. RBIs: Fukudome (51), D.Lee (98). SB: Kendall (7). struggling Todd Welle- and having good at-bats. (6), Lugo (4). HR: N.Johnson (8), offWellemeyer; Rasmus better than hitting the ball nati 2 (Janish 2). DP: Houston 2 (Quintero, Quintero,
“If they go the other way, we get CS: F.Lopez (6). S: Theriot. SF: Fukudome. Runners left (15), off Lindstrom. RBIs: Coghlan 2 (42), N.Johnson K.Matsui), (K.Matsui, Tejada, Berkman).
in scoring position: Milwaukee 3 (Kendall, Catalan- meyer in an 11-6 victory There’s no rhyme or reason 2 (61), C.Ross (85), Lugo 2 (9), Pujols (125), Holliday 3
hard,” Reds manager Dusty
some runs.” otto, F.Lopez); Chicago 3 (Soto 2, Fuld). DP: Milwaukee over the Florida Marlins why certain things happen (48), Rasmus 3 (50), Ludwick 2 (89). SB: Br.Ryan (14). Baker said. “He couldn’t have Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
2 (F.Lopez, Counsell, Fielder), (Counsell, F.Lopez, Fielder); CS: Br.Ryan (7). S: Nolasco. SF: Pujols. Runners left in W.Rodriguez L, 13-10 6 5 2 2 2 8 111 2.77
More often than not, great Chicago 2 (Soto, Soto, Theriot), (Theriot, Ar.Ramirez, on Monday night. a lot of times.” scoring position: Florida 3 (Cantu, Coghlan, Jo.Baker); thrown the ball any better Gervacio H, 4 1⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 10 0.68
plays have eluded the Cubs. D.Lee). “It means my teammates Holliday and Ryan Lud- St. Louis 5 (Holliday 3, LaRue 2). GIDP: Cantu, Holliday, through there.” W.Wright BS, 2-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5.35
LaRue. DP: Florida 2 (Uggla, Ha.Ramirez, N.Johnson),
Fulchino 1 2⁄3 1 1 1 0 2 25 3.38
Expected to contend for their Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA got on base a lot for me this wick had two-run singles (Uggla, Ha.Ramirez, N.Johnson); St. Louis 1 (DeRosa, Bruce broke his wrist mak- Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Schumaker, Pujols).
third straight N.L. Central title, Suppan L, 6-10 7 3 1 1 4 2 102 4.87 year,” Holliday said. “They off Ricky Nolasco (11-9) in a ing a diving catch against the Arroyo W, 13-12 7 6 1 1 0 6 108 4.07
Weathers 1 3 1 1 0 0 15 3.62 Florida IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Rhodes H, 24 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 9 2.63
they instead have been major Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA did a great job.” four-run first that matched Nolasco L, 11-9 5 10 7 7 0 4 97 5.46 New York Mets on July 11. After Masset H, 14 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.71
disappointments. One big rea- Dempster W, 10-8 8 4 0 0 1 4 108 3.84 Albert Pujols had two St. Louis’ season best for Donnelly 1 2 0 0 0 1 15 1.74 his big hit Monday, he stayed in Cordero S, 35-38 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.36
Marmol S, 13-17 1 0 0 0 1 1 14 3.41 Pinto 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 3.23
son: They rank near the top of hits plus the go-ahead sac- that inning. Holliday added Lindstrom 2⁄3 2 4 4 3 1 30 5.83 the game and made a sliding W.Rodriguez pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. W.Wright
T.Wood 1⁄3 2 0 0 0 1 13 2.04
the league with 95 errors and HBP: by Dempster (Braun). Umpires: Home, rifice fly in a three-run an RBI double off the base St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA catch of Miguel Tejada’s liner pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Inherited runners-
Hunter Wendelstedt; First, Dana DeMuth; Second, Wellemeyer 4 9 6 6 1 3 80 5.89 scored: Gervacio 2-0, W.Wright 3-2, Fulchino 2-0,
50 unearned runs allowed. Doug Eddings; Third, Brian Knight. T: 2:15. A: 38,725 fourth inning and Skip of the wall in left in a four- Hawksworth W, 4-0 1 1⁄3 1 0 0 1 2 25 2.36 leading off the ninth. Masset 1-0. IBB: off Gervacio (Barker). HBP: by Arroyo
“When you work quick and (41,210). Schumaker had three hits, run eighth capped by Colby D.Reyes H, 18 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 8 3.19 “You don’t get too many (Blum). Umpires: Home, Bill Welke; First, Tim Welke;
McClellan H, 15 1 2⁄3 1 0 0 1 3 27 2.97 Second, Jim Reynolds; Third, Chad Fairchild. T: 2:44. A:
throw strikes, it keeps your a walk and scored three Rasmus’ three-run homer T.Miller H, 13 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.79 games where you leave the 9,852 (42,319).
Motte 1 0 0 0 1 1 21 4.96
defense on their toes,” Dempster times. The Cardinals, who off Matt Lindstrom after game losing by one and end up
said. “They made some unbe- finished with 17 hits, the bullpen nursed a one- Inherited runners-scored: D.Reyes 1-0. IBB: off winning,” Arroyo said. “It was
Lindstrom (Pujols). HBP: by Donnelly (Pujols). WP:
lievable plays behind me.” bounced back from a three- run lead for four innings. Wellemeyer. Umpires: Home, Tony Randazzo; First, nice to steal that one back.”
Chris Guccione; Second, Mike Winters; Third, Jerry Layne.
— The Associated Press game sweep by Atlanta — The Associated Press T: 3:32. A: 43,582 (43,975). — The Associated Press
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RHP Troy Percival-x, May 22 INF Ramon Martinez-x, June 3
Attendance report Streaks Through Monday’s games Disabled list Texas LHP Jonathon Niese-x, Aug. 6
Through Sept. 10
RHP Joaquin Benoit-x, April 5 RHP Fernando Nieve, July 20
Through Monday’s games (x-60-day; all others are 15-day)
OF Brandon Boggs-x, Sept. 1 LHP Oliver Perez, Aug. 24
AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE LHP Matt Harrison-x, June 24 RHP J.J. Putz-x, June 5
AMERICAN LEAGUE
RHP Eric Hurley-x, April 5 SS Jose Reyes, May 21
AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING BATTING Baltimore Toronto LHP Johan Santana, Aug. 25
Longest current batting streak ... 15, Longest batting streak, season ... RHP Brad Bergesen-x, July 31 Philadelphia
C Michael Barrett, April 18
LHP Rich Hill-x, July 29
HOME GAMES ROAD GAMES Martinez, Bos, August 28 to September 13. 30, Zimmerman, Was, April 8 to May 12. RHP Jesse Litsch, April 14 RHP Clay Condrey, July 23
OF Adam Jones, Sept. 2 3B Greg Dobbs, Aug. 22
DATES TOTAL AVG DATES TOTAL AVG Longest batting streak, season ... 27, PITCHING RHP Shaun Marcum, March 27
OF Luis Montanez-x, May 23 RHP John Ennis, Aug. 31
Suzuki, Sea, May 6 to June 3. RHP Dustin McGowan, March 27
Baltimore 72 1,720,817 23,900 71 2,102,474 29,612 Longest current winning streak RHP Alfredo Simon-x, April 15 LHP J.C. Romero, July 20
PITCHING ... 5, Moylan, Atl, June 30 to August 23; RHP Koji Uehara, June 24
Boston 71 2,686,384 37,836 71 2,427,115 34,185 Boston NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh
Longest current winning streak ... 7, Martinez, Phi, August 12 to September 13; Arizona RHP Jose Ascanio, Aug. 12
Chicago White Sox 72 2,025,860 28,137 72 2,091,417 29,047 RHP Miguel Gonzalez-x, March RHP Craig Hansen-x, April 20
Sabathia, NYY, August 2 to September 13; Wolf, LAD, August 11 to September 5. 27 1B Conor Jackson-x, May 12
Cleveland 72 1,570,427 21,811 71 2,003,195 28,214 Aceves, NYY, June 7 to September 3. Longest current losing streak ... 6, RHP Chad Qualls-x, Aug. 31 RHP Evan Meek-x, Aug. 12
RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka-x, June RHP Tyler Yates-x, May 16
Longest current losing streak ... 7, Geer, SD, June 13 to July 27. 20 C Chris Snyder, Aug. 27
Detroit 71 2,248,406 31,668 72 2,102,148 29,197 RHP Brandon Webb-x, April 7 St. Louis
Kansas City 74 1,639,174 22,151 69 1,822,050 26,407 Hochevar, KC, July 30 to September 12. Longest winning streak, season ... Chicago Atlanta None.
Longest winning streak, season ... 7, 11, Carpenter, StL, July 5 to September 7. RHP Bartolo Colon, July 25
L.A. Angels 71 2,844,359 40,061 72 1,862,595 25,869 RHP Jake Peavy, June 9 RHP Jorge Campillo-x, May 29 San Diego
Aceves, NYY, June 7 to September 3 (current); Longest losing streak, season ... 9, OF Jordan Schafer, Sept. 4 RHP Mike Adams, Aug. 22
Minnesota 73 2,073,805 28,408 71 1,950,400 27,470 Cleveland Chicago RHP Cha Seung Baek-x, March 30
Baker, Min, July 12 to September 5; Sabathia, Harang, Cin, May 30 to August 3. RHP Anthony Reyes-x, May 23
RHP Chad Fox, May 10 OF Kyle Blanks, Aug. 29
N.Y. Yankees 73 3,345,533 45,829 72 2,489,129 34,571 NYY, August 2 to September 13 (current); TEAM RHP Jake Westbrook-x, March 26 OF Cliff Floyd-x, June 19
OF Reed Johnson, July 30
Oakland 70 1,244,203 17,774 73 2,121,847 29,066 Feldman, Tex, August 2 to September 9; Longest current winning streak ... 4, Detroit Cincinnati OF Brian Giles-x, June 19
Halladay, Tor, April 26 to June 7; Verlander, ATL, September 10 to September 13. RHP Alfredo Figaro, June 28 RHP Shawn Hill-x, April 26
Seattle 69 1,901,336 27,556 75 2,079,696 27,729 INF Michael Hollimon, Sept. 1 OF Jay Bruce, July 12
Det, April 27 to June 10; Hernandez, Sea, May Longest current home-win streak ... C Wilkin Castillo-x, June 21 RHP Mark Worrell-x, April 1
Tampa Bay 69 1,663,913 24,115 75 2,197,351 29,298 1B Jeff Larish-x, Sept. 5 RHP Chris Young-x, June 15
24 to July 22. 7, COL, September 4 to September 10. C Matt Treanor-x, April 24 OF Chris Dickerson, Aug. 24
Texas 73 1,903,164 26,071 70 1,916,991 27,386 Longest losing streak, season ... 9, Longest current road-win streak ... LHP Dontrelle Willis, June 15 RHP Aaron Harang, Aug. 21 San Francisco
C Ramon Hernandez, July 17 2B Emmanuel Burriss-x, Sept. 1
Toronto 74 1,734,110 23,434 70 1,874,707 26,782 Berken, Bal, May 31 to August 2. 4, ATL, September 10 to September 13. RHP Joel Zumaya-x, July 18 LHP Randy Johnson-x, July 6
RHP Mike Lincoln-x, June 13
A.L. Totals 1004 28,601,491 28,488 1004 29,041,115 28,925 TEAM Longest current losing streak ... 3, Kansas City OF Laynce Nix, Aug. 31 LHP Noah Lowry-x, March 26
Longest current winning streak ... 5, COL, September 12 to September 14. SS Mike Aviles-x, May 24 RHP Kelvin Pichardo-x, June 28
INF Danny Richar-x, July 2
OF Coco Crisp-x, June 13 RHP Henry Sosa-x, Aug. 5
BOS, September 8 to September 13. Longest current home-loss streak CF Willy Tavares, Aug. 19
RHP Juan Cruz, Aug. 8 Washington
Longest current home-win streak ... 8, ... 3, ARI, September 11 to September RHP Edinson Volquez-x, June 2
RHP Doug Waechter-x, Aug. 12
NATIONAL LEAGUE BOS, August 28 to September 13. 13; ATL, September 4 to September Los Angeles Colorado CF Roger Bernadina-x, April 19
RHP Taylor Buchholz-x, March 27 OF Austin Kearns, Aug. 4
Longest current road-win streak ... 3, 6; MIL, September 7 to September 9; RHP Kelvim Escobar-x, June 7 CF Nyjer Morgan, Aug. 28
RHP Aaron Cook, Aug. 22
TEX, September 8 to September 9. NYM, September 8 to September 10; PIT, RHP Dustin Moseley-x, April 18 LHP Scott Olsen-x, July 11
HOME GAMES ROAD GAMES C Scott Shields-x, May 27
RHP Manuel Corpas-x, July 21
Longest current losing streak ... September 7 to September 9. LHP Alan Embree-x, July 11 1B Dmitri Young-x, April 1
DATES TOTAL AVG DATES TOTAL AVG Minnesota RHP Terrell Young-x, March 27
2, BAL, September 13 to September 14; Longest current road-loss streak ... LHP Jeffrey Francis-x, March 27
Arizona 72 1,860,093 25,835 73 2,209,916 30,273 RHP Boof Bonser-x, March 27 INF Chris Nelson-x, Sept. 8 RHP Jordan Zimmermann-x,
CLE, September 13 to September 14; TEX, 3, COL, September 12 to September 14; RHP Pat Neshek-x, Feb. 21 RHP Greg Reynolds, Sept. 1 July 19
Atlanta 68 1,996,672 29,363 75 2,361,646 31,489 September 13 to September 14; TOR, HOU, September 1 to September 14. RHP Kevin Slowey-x, July 4 LHP Greg Smith, Sept. 1
Chicago Cubs 71 2,837,404 39,963 71 2,451,399 34,527 September 13 to September 14. Longest winning streak, season ... New York Florida
OF Xavier Nady-x, April 15 SS Alfredo Amezaga-x, May 17
Cincinnati 69 1,568,972 22,739 75 2,387,790 31,837 Longest current home-loss streak ... 4, 11, COL, June 4 to June 14. RHP Chien-Ming Wang-x, July 5
T-B, September 3 to September 6. Longest home-win streak, season ... LHP David Davidson-x, May 23
Colorado 72 2,310,469 32,090 73 2,152,880 29,492 Oakland RHP Scott Proctor-x March 27
Longest current road-loss streak ... 5, 13, LAD, April 13 to May 6. LHP Dallas Braden, Aug. 1 Houston
Florida 75 1,307,164 17,429 69 2,095,850 30,375
CLE, August 30 to September 14. Longest road-win streak, season ... 3B Eric Chavez-x, April 25 RHP Alberto Arias, Aug. 28
Houston 75 2,300,219 30,670 69 2,061,979 29,884 Longest winning streak, season ... 11, 9, COL, June 4 to June 22. RHP Joey Devine-x, April 4 LHP Mike Hampton, Aug. 14
RHP Justin Duchscherer-x,
L.A. Dodgers 73 3,336,506 45,706 72 2,507,578 34,827 BOS, April 15 to April 27. Longest losing streak, season ... 9, March 27
Los Angeles
Milwaukee 71 2,682,679 37,784 72 2,096,843 29,123 Longest home-win streak, season ... PIT, August 28 to September 5. LHP Eric Milton-x, June 28
RHP Dan Giese-x, May 16
RHP Guillermo Mota, Aug. 31
N.Y. Mets 72 2,812,870 39,068 72 2,345,334 32,574 9, BOS, April 17 to April 26; T-B, June 24 to Longest home-loss streak, season LHP Josh Outman-x, June 20
LHP Will Ohman-x, May 28
July 10. ... 8, CIN, July 28 to August 4; PIT, August Seattle OF Xavier Paul-x, May 21
Philadelphia 71 3,150,912 44,379 71 2,168,744 30,546 LHP Erik Bedard-x, July 26
Longest road-win streak, season ... 2 to August 9. RHP Travis Schlichting, Aug. 31
Pittsburgh 70 1,347,754 19,254 72 2,171,975 30,166 1B Russell Branyan, Aug. 29 RHP Jason Schmidt-x, Aug. 6
8, LAA, July 18 to August 2; NYY, June 24 to Longest road-loss streak, season ... OF Endy Chavez-x, June 20
San Diego 74 1,765,059 23,852 71 2,274,271 32,032 July 9. 13, PIT, August 12 to September 12. LHP Ryan Feierabend-x, March
Milwaukee
RHP Seth McClung, July 25
San Francisco 72 2,566,821 35,650 72 2,265,110 31,460 Longest losing streak, season ... 11, T-B, 15
RHP David Riske-x, April 10
September 3 to September 13. LHP Cesar Jimenez-x, March 29
St. Louis 73 2,988,163 40,934 72 2,296,470 31,895 2B Rickie Weeks-x, May 18
Longest home-loss streak, season ... 7, RHP Carlos Silva-x, May 7
Washington 72 1,610,363 22,366 71 2,154,711 30,348 Tampa Bay New York
K-C, July 17 to July 24. RHP Jason Isringhausen-x, June
INF Alex Cora-x, Aug. 13
N.L. Totals 1150 36,442,120 31,689 1150 36,002,496 31,307 1B Carlos Delgado-x, May 11
Longest road-loss streak, season ... 9, 14
MLB Totals 2154 65,043,611 30,197 2154 65,043,611 30,197 RHP John Maine, June 7
MIN, May 5 to May 20; TOR, May 19 to May 27. 1B Carlos Pena-x, Sept. 8
OF Fernando Martinez, July 9
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AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES
BALTIMORE BOSTON CHICAGO CLEVELAND
ORIOLES RED SOX WHITE SOX INDIANS

BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Fiorentino .350 .348 20 3 7 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 Gathright .333 .333 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Pierzynski .312 .345 449 53 140 22 1 13 43 23 45 1 1 4 Brantley .354 .404 48 7 17 1 0 0 6 4 6 3 2 0
Turner .333 .500 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 Youkilis .314 .421 437 90 137 34 1 25 85 69 112 6 2 5 Podsednik .304 .354 480 68 146 25 5 6 45 35 67 27 10 2 Cabrera .308 .360 474 74 146 38 4 6 63 39 84 16 4 10
Aubrey .308 .357 26 3 8 2 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 Ellsbury .299 .349 549 78 164 25 9 6 49 40 61 61 9 2 Choo .301 .393 522 77 157 33 6 16 78 69 133 19 2 7
Konerko .282 .352 493 67 139 26 1 26 82 47 78 0 0 4
Markakis .302 .352 577 83 174 42 2 16 93 47 88 5 2 6
Martinez .297 .376 526 76 156 31 1 21 97 69 71 1 0 6 Carroll .292 .369 264 47 77 10 2 2 24 30 49 2 2 4
Roberts .285 .353 562 100 160 51 1 15 73 62 96 29 7 10 Beckham .279 .353 312 48 87 25 1 11 53 33 54 7 4 12
Pedroia .297 .369 553 100 164 43 1 13 63 62 41 17 7 6 Hafner .275 .356 291 39 80 15 0 15 42 35 61 0 0 0
Reimold .279 .364 355 49 99 18 2 15 45 46 76 8 2 5 Ramirez .276 .332 485 61 134 12 1 15 65 43 59 14 5 18
Lowell .296 .338 399 53 118 29 1 17 70 27 52 1 1 9 Peralta .274 .335 514 52 141 33 1 11 77 45 116 0 2 18
Jones .277 .335 473 83 131 22 3 19 70 36 93 10 4 5 Kotsay .268 .314 142 13 38 6 0 4 16 11 18 2 2 0
Wigginton .270 .315 356 38 96 18 0 8 34 22 51 1 2 6 A. Gonzalez .286 .286 91 16 26 7 0 4 11 0 19 1 0 1 Sizemore .248 .343 436 73 108 20 6 18 64 60 92 13 8 0
Getz .267 .326 348 47 93 18 4 2 31 26 49 24 2 7
Moeller .266 .322 79 6 21 8 1 2 9 6 14 0 0 0 Drew .267 .384 409 76 109 27 3 20 59 76 106 2 6 2 LaPorta .238 .279 130 21 31 9 0 4 12 6 27 2 0 2
Pie .265 .336 211 35 56 7 3 8 25 23 47 1 3 1 Bay .261 .382 472 91 123 27 3 32 101 87 143 12 2 0 Dye .251 .334 466 72 117 18 1 25 72 55 100 0 2 5 Valbuena .237 .287 316 45 75 22 2 8 25 23 72 1 3 10
Wieters .265 .318 279 25 74 11 1 5 27 21 66 0 0 5 Baldelli .256 .315 133 20 34 4 1 7 22 10 34 0 0 2 Rios .242 .290 529 56 128 29 2 15 65 33 101 20 3 5 Marte .229 .290 118 16 27 3 1 5 18 10 23 0 0 3
Mora .264 .324 397 38 105 17 0 7 42 29 51 3 3 10 Green .236 .301 276 35 65 18 0 6 34 19 69 1 4 16 Nix .235 .321 230 34 54 11 0 12 30 26 52 10 1 13 Crowe .222 .285 117 18 26 7 1 1 12 10 26 4 0 2
Scott .255 .340 392 53 100 21 1 21 67 50 94 0 0 1
Anderson .233 .313 193 27 45 9 0 2 14 20 53 3 6 2 Quentin .234 .323 299 41 70 12 0 16 41 28 46 2 0 2 Shoppach .209 .338 244 31 51 13 0 11 36 31 92 0 0 3
Izturis .249 .282 329 29 82 11 4 2 28 12 29 11 3 6
Ortiz .231 .324 476 65 110 30 1 23 81 64 119 0 2 1 Fields .221 .302 226 27 50 5 2 7 30 24 72 2 3 8 Toregas .205 .283 39 0 8 0 0 0 6 4 6 0 0 0
Andino .231 .279 182 27 42 7 0 1 9 13 43 3 3 8
Kottaras .230 .307 87 14 20 11 0 1 10 11 24 0 0 1 Marson .200 .385 10 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0
Montanez .204 .273 49 4 10 4 0 1 6 4 10 0 0 0 Wise .205 .242 122 14 25 7 2 2 9 3 26 3 3 0
Varitek .217 .322 337 38 73 23 0 14 51 51 81 0 0 3 Romero .167 .167 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Rodriguez .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Castro .200 .288 65 7 13 2 0 4 11 8 18 0 0 3
Reddick .216 .256 37 2 8 4 0 1 2 1 11 0 0 1 Gimenez .151 .254 106 11 16 2 0 3 7 15 32 1 1 1
Team Totals .269 .332 4959 661 1335 273 19 139 629 452 887 71 35 82 Lillibridge .145 .253 76 8 11 2 0 0 0 10 21 5 1 3
Woodward .216 .289 74 7 16 1 0 0 5 6 18 1 0 4 Team Totals .266 .342 4936 703 1312 277 25 149 662 5211068 75 29 84
Flowers .000 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Kotchman .188 .264 48 6 9 1 0 1 5 4 8 1 0 0
Team Totals .259 .329 4860 649 1261 226 18 169 622 470 918 100 39 104
Castillo 0 0 2.57 11 0 0 7.0 7 3 2 0 2 3 Lowrie .143 .206 56 3 8 2 0 1 7 5 17 0 0 1 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Mickolio 0 2 2.63 11 0 0 13.2 11 4 4 0 7 14 Brown .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sipp 2 0 3.21 40 0 0 33.2 21 13 12 5 19 42
Bergesen 7 5 3.43 19 19 0 123.1 126 52 47 11 32 65 Team Totals .268 .350 4857 753 1300 308 23 185 713 5741000 109 34 77 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Smith 0 0 3.44 37 0 0 34.0 30 16 13 4 13 30
Johnson 3 5 4.02 56 0 8 62.2 62 28 28 7 20 45 Thornton 6 3 2.83 62 0 1 63.2 53 20 20 5 17 76 Laffey 7 5 3.79 21 15 1 99.2 106 50 42 5 46 50
Uehara 2 4 4.05 12 12 0 66.2 71 33 30 7 12 48 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Nunez 0 0 3.00 4 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 3 C. Perez 0 1 4.15 26 0 1 26.0 20 12 12 4 8 32
Baez 4 6 4.15 52 0 0 65.0 57 34 30 7 22 39
Wagner 1 0 1.59 6 0 0 5.2 4 1 1 1 1 11 Dotel 3 3 3.41 58 0 0 58.0 48 25 22 6 36 70
Hendrickson 5 4 4.43 49 7 1 83.1 98 49 41 11 27 55 Masterson 4 7 4.25 39 13 0 112.1 111 59 53 9 51 97
Papelbon 1 1 1.89 60 0 36 62.0 52 14 13 5 24 71
Matusz 5 2 4.63 8 8 0 44.2 52 24 23 6 14 38 Jenks 3 4 3.51 50 0 28 51.1 49 22 20 7 15 46 Wood 2 3 4.32 53 0 19 50.0 45 24 24 7 24 58
Meredith 0 0 4.64 21 0 0 21.1 22 11 11 2 11 14 Saito 3 3 2.59 49 0 2 48.2 43 14 14 5 21 46
Carrasco 5 1 3.68 46 1 0 88.0 97 39 36 4 28 59 Sowers 6 9 4.49 20 19 0 114.1 115 58 57 8 45 46
Tillman 2 3 4.91 9 9 0 51.1 60 29 28 12 19 32 Ramirez 7 4 2.85 60 0 0 60.0 51 20 19 6 27 47
Danks 12 9 3.71 28 28 0 172.1 162 76 71 21 63 136 J. Lewis 2 4 4.50 40 0 1 56.0 51 30 28 11 23 51
Bass 5 3 5.01 44 0 0 79.0 100 49 44 10 42 52 Lester 13 7 3.29 29 29 0 188.2 166 72 69 17 60 211
Gosling 0 0 5.00 11 0 0 18.0 21 10 10 3 7 11
Guthrie 10 14 5.06 29 29 0 172.2 191 103 97 30 52 99 Bard 1 1 3.32 40 0 1 43.1 34 20 16 4 19 59 Buehrle 12 8 3.73 30 30 0 198.0 204 87 82 26 40 98
Ohka 1 4 5.52 16 5 0 62.0 67 38 38 14 16 27
Albers 2 5 5.25 48 0 0 60.0 71 37 35 2 31 40 Delcarmen 5 2 3.48 57 0 0 54.1 54 25 21 2 28 39 Floyd 11 10 3.98 29 29 0 190.0 174 90 84 21 58 162
Veras 4 3 6.12 40 0 0 42.2 38 33 29 8 23 31
Hernandez 4 8 5.40 17 16 0 85.0 98 51 51 23 40 58 Okajima 6 0 3.49 63 0 0 56.2 53 22 22 7 20 51 Hudson 0 0 4.15 2 0 0 4.1 5 2 2 0 0 3
Berken 4 11 6.02 20 20 0 101.2 134 73 68 14 40 57 Huff 10 7 6.14 21 21 0 114.1 147 80 78 16 37 57
Buchholz 5 3 3.66 12 12 0 71.1 68 30 29 6 30 49 Colon 3 6 4.19 12 12 0 62.1 69 42 29 13 21 38
Ray 0 3 6.47 39 0 0 40.1 54 30 29 7 17 37 Carmona 3 10 6.48 20 20 0 101.1 118 80 73 13 63 63
Beckett 15 6 3.82 29 29 0 193.1 172 90 82 24 51 180 Linebrink 3 6 4.24 51 0 2 51.0 60 29 24 9 23 50
Henn 0 3 6.75 16 0 0 12.0 11 9 9 2 9 11 Reyes 1 1 6.57 8 8 0 38.1 40 30 28 5 23 22
Wakefield 11 4 4.22 19 19 0 121.2 125 57 57 9 41 68 Pena 1 2 4.32 27 0 1 25.0 28 14 12 4 6 23
Sarfate 0 0 7.04 12 0 0 15.1 19 14 12 3 8 13 R. Perez 4 3 7.68 48 0 0 41.0 58 37 35 4 23 27
Hill 3 3 7.80 14 13 0 57.2 68 53 50 7 40 46 Byrd 1 1 6.08 3 3 0 13.1 19 9 9 1 6 5
Garcia 1 2 4.40 5 5 0 28.2 28 14 14 2 9 23 Carrasco 0 2 9.64 3 3 0 14.0 25 16 15 6 7 10
Simon 0 1 9.95 2 2 0 6.1 8 7 7 5 2 3 Tazawa 2 3 7.46 6 4 0 25.1 43 23 21 4 9 13
Torres 1 1 6.35 4 4 0 17.0 18 12 12 4 10 15 Todd 0 1 11.20 13 0 0 13.2 27 17 17 3 6 14
Lambert 0 1 14.63 3 0 0 8.0 13 13 13 4 7 5 Matsuzaka 1 5 8.23 8 8 0 35.0 59 32 32 8 18 34
Williams 0 1 6.39 18 0 0 12.2 13 9 9 2 10 15 Team Totals 61 82 5.00 143 143 24 1273.0 1381 757 707 160 521 873
McCrory 0 0 15.00 5 0 0 6.0 12 10 10 1 6 3 Bowden 0 0 10.50 3 0 0 6.0 10 7 7 1 3 3
Waters 0 0 21.60 1 0 0 1.2 3 4 4 1 1 0 Team Totals 71 73 4.15 144 144 32 1276.1 1283 654 589 149 454 1008
Team Totals 84 58 4.24 142 142 39 1263.2 1293 630 596 138 456 1097
Team Totals 58 85 5.11 143 143 29 1262.2 1444 768 717 185 481 841
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AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES
DETROIT KANSAS CITY LOS ANGELES MINNESOTA
TIGERS ROYALS ANGELS TWINS

BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Ramirez .400 .417 10 6 4 0 1 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 Butler .303 .355 538 64 163 46 1 17 80 45 91 1 0 9 Hunter .312 .382 388 67 121 22 1 21 82 44 75 16 4 0 Huber .500 .500 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cabrera .332 .402 533 87 177 31 0 29 89 58 95 5 2 7 Callaspo .296 .351 503 66 149 33 6 9 58 44 37 2 1 16 Morales .306 .352 506 73 155 40 2 30 98 38 99 1 7 7 Mauer .371 .436 456 85 169 25 1 27 84 55 57 4 1 3
Avila .300 .368 50 9 15 4 0 5 14 6 13 0 0 0 DeJesus .280 .346 535 70 150 28 9 12 67 49 83 4 8 0 Aybar .302 .345 451 65 136 22 8 5 53 28 49 13 6 9 Morales .350 .402 80 11 28 4 0 0 6 7 13 0 0 3
Ordonez .296 .368 405 48 120 19 2 7 40 47 63 3 1 2 Teahen .274 .328 489 65 134 32 1 11 46 34 118 7 1 12 Guerrero .301 .340 326 48 98 13 1 14 44 17 46 2 1 0 Span .307 .391 508 83 156 13 9 8 58 65 81 21 9 5
Raburn .285 .347 228 38 65 11 2 12 39 20 53 5 3 9 Pena .270 .314 141 15 38 10 0 5 15 10 16 0 0 0 Figgins .300 .400 546 106 164 27 7 3 48 92 98 40 16 14 Kubel .305 .376 443 60 135 30 2 23 84 50 88 1 1 0
Polanco .276 .319 543 71 150 29 4 10 64 28 37 7 2 2 Bloomquist .260 .302 384 45 100 9 7 4 29 24 62 20 4 10 Abreu .299 .399 501 89 150 25 2 13 94 88 93 28 7 8 Morneau .274 .363 508 85 139 31 1 30 100 72 86 0 0 3
Santiago .259 .305 220 25 57 6 2 7 30 12 52 0 2 6
Maier .251 .333 267 37 67 14 3 3 25 31 58 7 1 0 Izturis .297 .356 353 67 105 19 3 8 59 31 38 12 5 4
Thames .254 .320 236 31 60 10 1 13 35 25 65 0 2 0 Cuddyer .273 .336 513 77 140 32 6 25 75 47 105 5 1 6
Olivo .246 .279 350 39 86 14 4 19 51 11 114 4 2 7 Kendrick .292 .334 329 55 96 17 2 8 52 18 60 9 4 4
Granderson .248 .331 545 83 135 19 7 27 62 67 126 20 6 3 Cabrera .270 .305 571 61 154 31 2 6 60 33 63 13 4 21
Anderson .245 .283 241 35 59 5 4 0 20 12 36 19 5 3 Rivera .290 .328 466 62 135 22 1 22 79 29 50 0 1 2
Huff .246 .312 496 56 122 29 1 15 83 46 83 0 6 4 Young .264 .286 318 37 84 11 1 8 43 9 79 2 3 3
Guillen .242 .314 281 30 68 8 0 9 40 22 50 1 0 4 Napoli .269 .344 350 54 94 20 1 17 49 36 91 2 3 7
Kelly .245 .302 49 7 12 3 1 0 3 3 9 1 0 0 Harris .263 .312 391 41 103 19 1 6 34 28 74 0 2 10
Betancourt .241 .275 406 35 98 18 5 5 40 21 39 3 3 13 Quinlan .248 .276 101 11 25 4 0 2 11 4 25 1 1 0
Thomas .244 .332 250 40 61 11 3 7 38 32 71 3 0 4 Redmond .238 .303 130 9 31 5 1 0 7 11 18 0 0 0
Jacobs .235 .301 388 38 91 16 1 17 55 35 114 0 0 2 Matthews Jr. .241 .327 290 41 70 16 2 3 41 38 70 4 1 3
Guillen .243 .335 226 29 55 7 2 9 32 29 42 1 2 2 Buscher .237 .357 131 12 31 3 1 2 11 23 32 0 0 1
Everett .239 .291 309 39 74 19 0 3 41 20 54 5 2 14 Crisp .228 .336 180 30 41 8 5 3 14 29 23 13 2 3 Mathis .210 .295 210 24 44 7 0 5 26 22 68 2 2 4
Gomez .236 .292 297 47 70 14 5 3 27 21 69 11 6 1
Inge .234 .321 488 67 114 12 1 27 76 49 148 2 4 17 Buck .217 .277 152 13 33 9 3 7 33 12 46 0 0 6 Willits .206 .225 68 15 14 2 0 0 6 2 14 4 0 0
Gordon .204 .312 108 17 22 3 0 4 12 15 31 5 0 5 Wood .154 .241 26 3 4 0 0 1 3 2 10 0 0 0 Crede .225 .289 333 42 75 16 1 15 48 29 56 0 0 4
Laird .225 .306 355 40 80 21 2 4 31 34 62 4 0 3
Hernandez .186 .213 59 2 11 0 0 0 2 2 11 0 0 1 Team Totals .286 .351 4957 789 1419 256 30 154 751 493 900 134 58 72 Punto .225 .322 302 44 68 12 1 1 30 45 57 11 2 7
Larish .216 .344 74 13 16 3 1 4 7 15 25 0 1 0
Aviles .183 .208 120 10 22 3 1 1 8 4 26 1 0 4 Tolbert .201 .294 134 20 27 3 0 1 14 18 29 5 0 2
Ryan .160 .276 25 1 4 1 0 0 4 4 11 0 1 0
Team Totals .257 .315 4883 587 1256 246 45 124 564 389 953 71 24 101 Casilla .196 .275 225 25 44 6 3 0 16 22 36 10 0 5
Treanor .000 .071 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Team Totals .271 .340 4949 698 1339 232 35 151 656 511 914 72 25 66
Team Totals .260 .329 4837 663 1257 216 33 167 640 464 989 69 30 83 Oliver 5 1 2.70 54 1 0 63.1 54 19 19 5 18 52
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Bulger 6 1 3.43 56 0 1 57.2 41 22 22 7 27 56
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Rosa 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Lackey 10 7 3.53 23 23 0 155.2 148 68 61 14 41 125 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Greinke 13 8 2.19 29 29 0 205.1 177 59 50 11 42 216
Lyon 6 4 2.91 56 0 3 68.0 49 22 22 6 24 50 Escobar 0 1 3.60 1 1 0 5.0 4 2 2 0 4 5 Mijares 2 2 2.10 59 0 0 55.2 42 14 13 6 21 52
Soria 3 2 2.54 41 0 25 46.0 36 14 13 5 14 62
Ni 0 0 3.04 28 0 0 26.2 18 9 9 3 9 19 Weaver 15 6 3.85 30 30 0 194.0 182 86 83 25 61 164 Nathan 2 2 2.16 60 0 39 58.1 37 14 14 5 18 77
Tejeda 2 1 3.21 31 2 0 53.1 32 19 19 1 34 69
Jackson 12 6 3.22 29 29 0 190.0 173 75 68 24 62 145 Palmer 10 1 4.05 35 12 0 111.0 101 52 50 11 50 64
DiNardo 0 0 3.60 1 1 0 5.0 7 2 2 0 3 4 Guerrier 5 1 2.27 69 0 1 67.1 49 18 17 7 12 45
Verlander 16 8 3.34 31 31 0 210.0 189 85 78 19 57 239
Hughes 0 0 4.50 3 0 0 6.0 4 3 3 0 3 6 Fuentes 1 4 4.10 57 0 41 48.1 47 22 22 6 19 42 Duensing 3 1 3.53 20 6 0 66.1 64 28 26 5 26 48
Washburn 9 8 3.60 27 27 0 175.0 157 73 70 22 47 98
Bannister 7 12 4.73 26 26 0 154.0 161 94 81 15 50 98 Jepsen 5 3 4.30 45 0 0 46.0 51 24 22 2 14 40 Rauch 2 1 4.05 7 0 0 6.2 7 3 3 1 3 7
Seay 6 3 3.69 62 0 0 46.1 36 19 19 3 16 36
Wright 2 5 4.73 59 0 0 70.1 68 47 37 8 37 51 Moseley 1 0 4.30 3 3 0 14.2 20 8 7 3 3 8 Baker 13 8 4.33 28 28 0 172.2 160 84 83 25 39 142
Rodney 2 4 3.94 63 0 32 64.0 55 29 28 6 34 59
Farnsworth 1 4 4.81 37 0 0 33.2 38 19 18 3 12 36 Saunders 13 7 4.81 27 27 0 161.0 174 90 86 27 58 87 Blackburn 9 11 4.39 29 29 0 178.1 214 98 87 23 40 80
Perry 0 1 4.08 46 0 0 53.0 52 28 24 7 32 51
Colon 2 3 5.06 37 0 0 42.2 44 24 24 7 19 23 Kazmir 8 8 5.32 23 23 0 130.1 134 82 77 16 56 105
Porcello 13 8 4.21 27 27 0 147.2 151 74 69 21 45 78 Mahay 2 1 4.57 47 0 0 45.1 60 28 23 10 20 38
Meche 6 10 5.09 23 23 0 129.0 144 81 73 17 58 95 Thompson 0 0 5.40 12 0 0 16.2 23 10 10 6 7 18
Miner 6 5 4.69 43 5 1 80.2 90 47 42 10 42 53 Slowey 10 3 4.86 16 16 0 90.2 113 50 49 15 15 75
Davies 8 9 5.27 22 22 0 123.0 122 76 72 18 66 86 Santana 7 8 5.52 20 20 0 115.2 136 75 71 19 43 89
Zumaya 3 3 4.94 29 0 1 31.0 34 18 17 5 22 30 Pavano 12 11 4.91 29 29 0 176.0 201 102 96 23 35 127
Chen 1 6 5.64 16 9 0 60.2 72 40 38 11 24 44 Arredondo 2 3 5.98 38 0 0 40.2 44 27 27 5 18 42
Robertson 1 2 5.35 25 3 0 35.1 39 22 21 2 22 25 Keppel 0 1 5.08 28 0 0 44.1 49 25 25 3 18 28
Bale 0 1 5.93 42 0 1 27.1 33 19 18 3 18 23 R. Rodriguez 0 1 6.26 15 0 0 27.1 44 22 19 4 8 9
Galarraga 6 10 5.46 26 25 0 140.0 154 88 85 23 63 92
Cruz 3 4 6.17 43 0 2 46.2 43 34 32 6 27 35 Crain 5 4 5.23 45 0 0 43.0 42 26 25 3 22 37
Bonine 0 0 6.11 7 1 0 17.2 25 12 12 6 5 11 O'Sullivan 3 2 6.60 9 9 0 43.2 55 32 32 11 15 26
Hochevar 6 10 6.23 21 21 0 120.0 140 88 83 18 37 92 Manship 0 1 5.31 8 3 0 20.1 23 12 12 2 10 12
Figaro 1 1 7.36 2 2 0 11.0 18 10 9 2 4 12 Shields 1 3 6.62 20 0 1 17.2 16 14 13 1 15 12
Waechter 0 0 8.44 5 0 0 5.1 9 5 5 2 3 3 Liriano 5 12 5.71 24 23 0 129.1 139 87 82 19 58 119
Willis 1 4 7.49 7 7 0 33.2 37 28 28 4 28 17 Bell 1 1 10.06 6 4 0 17.0 32 19 19 3 10 12
Marte 0 0 10.80 2 0 0 1.2 4 3 2 0 2 1 Gabino 0 0 17.18 2 1 0 3.2 9 7 7 1 5 2
Fien 0 1 8.31 5 0 0 4.1 7 5 4 1 3 6 Team Totals 86 57 4.57 143 143 43 1276.1 1347 684 648 166 468 938
Yabuta 1 1 12.15 6 0 0 6.2 14 9 9 1 3 3 Team Totals 72 72 4.59 144 144 40 1281.0 1358 686 653 164 412 939
Bonderman 0 1 9.00 4 1 0 7.0 11 7 7 3 5 3
Team Totals 57 86 4.74 143 143 29 1261.1 1311 728 664 144 507 1026
Team Totals 77 66 4.24 143 143 37 1267.2 1260 647 597 164 516 983
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AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES
NEW YORK OAKLAND SEATTLE TAMPA BAY
YANKEES ATHLETICS MARINERS RAYS
BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Jeter .330 .397 581 101 192 27 1 17 63 61 80 26 5 7 Davis .308 .368 308 53 95 19 4 3 37 25 52 36 10 4 Suzuki .353 .383 567 79 200 29 3 9 40 26 62 24 8 4 Bartlett .328 .391 445 77 146 27 6 14 63 45 89 24 6 16
Cano .319 .350 580 95 185 41 2 23 77 27 57 4 6 10 Sweeney .287 .340 442 59 127 28 3 6 46 35 62 6 5 3 Gutierrez .278 .337 492 72 137 19 1 16 60 41 108 13 5 7 Crawford .303 .359 552 84 167 27 7 13 62 44 92 57 12 4
Nady .286 .310 28 4 8 4 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 Kennedy .285 .345 470 53 134 23 1 10 55 40 75 19 5 14 Chavez .273 .328 161 17 44 3 1 2 13 14 22 9 1 1 Iwamura .298 .360 198 24 59 14 1 1 20 20 36 8 1 6
Rodriguez .286 .411 392 69 112 15 1 25 84 76 87 11 2 8 Pennington .284 .353 141 20 40 8 0 4 13 15 28 6 4 2 Sweeney .271 .328 218 23 59 14 0 7 30 17 28 0 0 2 Brignac .286 .315 70 8 20 7 1 1 5 3 16 2 2 2
Teixeira .285 .381 550 92 157 39 1 35 111 76 106 2 0 3 Ellis .275 .316 309 44 85 21 0 8 53 20 49 9 3 3 Jo. Wilson .271 .320 70 11 19 5 0 3 8 4 17 0 1 1 Zobrist .279 .394 434 77 121 20 6 23 73 83 96 16 5 6
Damon .284 .367 504 102 143 31 3 24 76 65 90 10 0 4 Suzuki .269 .302 513 61 138 33 0 12 74 21 50 7 2 3 Lopez .270 .305 537 62 145 36 0 23 86 24 57 3 3 16 Longoria .275 .353 523 87 144 43 0 30 103 60 126 7 0 13
Pena .284 .318 102 15 29 6 1 0 7 5 19 3 1 5 Garciaparra .268 .300 142 14 38 7 0 3 15 7 24 1 0 0 Beltre .264 .300 383 48 101 23 0 6 37 15 61 10 2 12 Zaun .258 .350 240 31 62 16 0 6 23 31 46 0 2 5
Cabrera .280 .343 439 62 123 27 1 12 63 41 54 10 2 3 Powell .244 .305 119 16 29 7 0 6 28 11 29 0 0 4 Hall .257 .305 74 8 19 6 1 1 8 6 29 1 2 0 Aybar .247 .337 231 33 57 8 0 10 32 31 43 0 0 7
Posada .280 .357 353 51 99 23 0 21 76 43 94 1 0 6 Hairston .238 .268 210 21 50 11 1 7 32 8 33 3 2 1 Branyan .251 .347 431 64 108 21 1 31 76 58 149 2 0 10 Gross .242 .346 260 31 63 16 1 6 34 41 70 6 3 3
Matsui .275 .367 407 55 112 21 1 24 81 56 62 0 1 0 Cust .236 .356 461 77 109 14 0 22 62 87 162 4 1 2 Carp .250 .353 28 3 7 2 0 0 1 4 6 0 0 0 Upton .237 .308 503 72 119 30 3 10 43 51 144 37 13 3
Gardner .272 .347 213 40 58 5 6 3 21 23 34 21 5 2 Barton .232 .342 99 22 23 7 0 3 12 16 18 0 0 1 Johjima .245 .291 208 21 51 7 0 8 21 11 23 2 2 1 Kapler .233 .329 180 21 42 14 1 6 27 27 36 5 2 2
Cervelli .259 .274 81 10 21 3 0 1 9 2 11 0 2 1 Crosby .225 .297 218 32 49 9 2 6 27 22 44 2 1 7 Ja. Wilson .221 .261 104 11 23 5 0 1 8 6 17 1 0 5 Burrell .227 .326 365 42 83 15 1 13 58 54 109 2 0 0
Hairston Jr. .258 .365 62 15 16 5 0 2 11 10 6 0 0 2 Patterson .220 .281 50 7 11 4 0 0 5 5 16 2 0 0 Griffey Jr. .219 .323 343 37 75 18 0 14 45 53 64 0 0 0 Navarro .227 .263 344 36 78 15 0 7 30 13 48 5 2 5
Swisher .254 .375 452 79 115 30 1 27 79 88 117 0 0 6 Chavez .100 .129 30 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 Hannahan .218 .304 248 26 54 13 2 4 18 29 65 1 1 7 Pena .227 .356 471 91 107 25 2 39 100 87 163 3 3 10
Molina .243 .320 111 13 27 3 0 1 11 12 20 0 0 1 Team Totals .259 .326 4936 656 1279 269 14 123 627 466 915 119 41 85 Johnson .217 .285 249 20 54 18 2 2 27 23 58 1 1 3 Riggans .200 .200 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Hinske .222 .310 72 11 16 3 0 7 13 8 23 0 0 0 Langerhans .206 .307 97 11 20 6 1 3 9 14 27 0 1 0 Richard .182 .357 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 1
Duncan .200 .200 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Saunders .200 .245 100 10 20 1 1 0 4 6 35 3 1 1 Perez .143 .143 21 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 0
Team Totals .283 .362 5083 834 1441 296 19 222 801 602 910 90 24 77 Kilby 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 5.2 2 0 0 0 1 7 Team Totals .257 .313 4925 570 1265 247 14 141 547 381 957 78 31 99 Team Totals .262 .343 4872 717 1276 272 30 181 683 5811132 175 54 89
Gray 0 0 1.86 17 0 0 19.1 17 5 4 2 3 13
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Bailey 6 3 2.03 60 0 24 75.1 48 17 17 5 23 81 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Rivera 2 2 1.69 58 0 40 58.2 41 12 11 6 11 64 Wuertz 6 1 2.96 66 0 3 70.0 51 25 23 6 20 88 Aardsma 3 5 2.12 65 0 34 63.2 44 17 15 3 32 74 Isringhausen 0 1 2.25 9 0 0 8.0 6 2 2 0 5 6
Hughes 7 3 3.18 43 7 3 79.1 64 29 28 8 27 86 Ziegler 2 4 2.98 59 0 6 63.1 72 23 21 2 22 44 Hernandez 15 5 2.52 30 30 0 207.1 175 70 58 14 63 193 Howell 7 5 2.92 66 0 16 64.2 45 22 21 7 31 77
Robertson 2 1 3.29 42 0 1 41.0 34 18 15 4 22 61 Outman 4 1 3.48 14 12 0 67.1 53 30 26 9 25 53 White 3 2 2.80 52 0 1 64.1 50 23 20 3 20 28 Bradford 1 0 3.12 18 0 0 8.2 21 3 3 0 1 6
Towers 0 0 3.38 2 0 0 5.1 6 3 2 0 1 2 Tomko 5 3 3.77 21 6 0 57.1 50 24 24 12 13 33 Bedard 5 3 2.82 15 15 0 83.0 65 29 26 8 34 90 Cormier 2 3 3.39 47 0 1 71.2 69 30 27 6 21 35
Gaudin 1 0 3.42 7 3 0 23.2 23 9 9 4 15 22 Breslow 6 7 3.79 69 0 0 59.1 41 30 25 8 27 48 Lowe 2 6 2.88 66 0 2 72.0 58 33 23 6 24 61 Wheeler 4 4 3.48 61 0 2 51.2 38 21 20 10 8 37
Sabathia 17 7 3.42 31 31 0 213.1 184 86 81 18 58 178 Braden 8 9 3.89 22 22 0 136.2 144 63 59 9 42 81 Fister 2 2 3.53 8 7 0 43.1 42 18 17 8 12 26 Niemann 12 5 3.57 27 26 0 161.1 157 69 64 15 50 106
Melancon 0 1 3.60 12 0 0 15.0 12 7 6 0 9 8 Anderson 9 10 4.37 27 27 0 158.2 162 87 77 19 43 129 Rowland-Smith 3 3 3.88 11 11 0 69.2 59 33 30 8 19 42 Choate 0 0 3.72 51 0 4 29.0 23 13 12 3 10 21
Aceves 10 1 3.72 38 1 1 75.0 62 34 31 10 15 61 Cahill 8 12 4.74 29 29 0 161.1 170 92 85 26 66 81 Batista 6 4 4.55 48 0 0 63.1 73 37 32 7 39 44 Garza 7 10 3.84 29 29 0 185.0 162 83 79 23 68 167
Bruney 4 0 4.09 38 0 0 33.0 29 15 15 5 22 30 E. Gonzalez 0 2 4.92 23 3 0 53.0 56 29 29 1 23 34 Kelley 4 2 4.58 34 0 0 39.1 39 20 20 8 8 35 Thayer 0 0 4.00 7 0 1 9.0 11 6 4 1 1 4
Pettitte 13 6 4.14 29 29 0 178.1 175 91 82 19 67 140 Giese 0 3 5.32 7 1 0 22.0 22 13 13 5 9 11 Messenger 0 1 4.91 7 0 0 7.1 9 4 4 3 0 3 Shields 9 11 4.03 30 30 0 198.2 217 101 89 27 49 145
Burnett 11 9 4.33 29 29 0 183.0 169 92 88 24 87 167 Mazzaro 4 9 5.32 17 17 0 91.1 120 61 54 12 39 59 Vargas 3 6 5.01 19 14 0 88.0 94 52 49 16 24 51 Springer 0 3 4.05 65 0 0 53.1 64 25 24 8 16 54
Chamberlain 8 5 4.39 28 28 0 143.2 149 81 70 18 68 122 Blevins 0 0 5.73 11 0 0 11.0 12 7 7 1 3 9 French 4 5 5.05 14 12 0 66.0 83 43 37 10 28 41 Price 8 7 4.60 20 20 0 109.2 108 65 56 15 48 91
Albaladejo 5 1 4.75 26 0 0 30.1 32 18 16 5 13 18 Casilla 1 2 6.22 44 0 0 46.1 57 36 32 6 24 31 Snell 4 2 5.13 8 8 0 40.1 38 24 23 6 28 21 Balfour 5 4 4.90 65 0 1 60.2 57 35 33 5 30 60
Coke 4 3 4.91 65 0 2 55.0 42 33 30 10 19 43 G. Gonzalez 5 6 6.31 17 14 0 82.2 99 61 58 13 50 89 Morrow 1 4 5.29 23 7 6 51.0 56 33 30 10 33 46 Shouse 1 1 4.94 37 0 0 23.2 28 14 13 4 6 14
Ramirez 0 0 5.66 19 0 0 20.2 23 14 13 6 17 21 Mortensen 1 2 6.88 3 3 0 17.0 19 13 13 3 8 6 Jakubauskas 6 7 5.34 34 8 0 92.2 90 60 55 15 27 47 Percival 0 1 6.35 14 0 6 11.1 14 8 8 3 5 7
Dunn 0 0 6.75 3 0 0 2.2 1 2 2 0 5 3 Eveland 1 3 7.26 10 6 0 31.0 52 26 25 3 20 19 Olson 3 5 5.88 24 11 0 75.0 76 51 49 19 32 45 Bennett 0 0 6.75 8 0 0 10.2 16 8 8 2 9 4
Mitre 3 2 7.02 9 8 0 41.0 61 38 32 6 11 25 Marshall 0 2 14.73 10 0 0 7.1 13 12 12 1 0 1 Silva 1 3 8.48 6 6 0 28.2 38 27 27 5 9 10 Sonnanstine 6 9 7.15 18 17 0 89.1 117 74 71 18 29 54
Wang 1 6 9.64 12 9 0 42.0 66 46 45 7 19 29 Team Totals 65 78 4.36 143 143 34 1280.1 1325 678 620 144 470 968 Team Totals 74 70 3.94 144 144 43 1288.2 1203 625 564 162 481 930 Davis 0 1 8.38 2 2 0 9.2 9 9 9 1 5 12
Marte 1 2 11.32 14 0 0 10.1 13 13 13 3 5 11 Team Totals 73 71 4.33 144 144 34 1269.1 1266 668 611 165 457 983
Team Totals 93 52 4.33 145 145 47 1301.1 1240 680 626 165 517 1124
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American League National League
AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAM STATS
THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES
TEAM BATTING AND FIELDING
Through Monday’s games
CLUB BA SLG OBP G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI
TEAM BATTING AND FIELDING
Through Monday’s games
CLUB BA SLG OBP G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI
L.A. Angels .286 .443 .351 143 4957 789 1419 2197 256 30 154 751 L.A. Dodgers .273 .413 .347 145 5031 696 1373 2079 254 31 130 660
TEXAS TORONTO N.Y. Yankees .283 .480 .362 145 5083 834 1441 2441 296 19 222 801
N.Y. Mets
Florida
.270
.269
.393
.420
.335
.342
144
144
4849
4965
603
701
1309
1335
1906
2085
258
259
42
25
85
147
568
658
RANGERS BLUE JAYS Minnesota .271 .423 .340 144 4949 698 1339 2094 232 35 151 656
Washington .264 .414 .343 143 4852 646 1279 2008 248 32 139 625
Baltimore .269 .416 .332 143 4959 661 1335 2063 273 19 139 629 Atlanta .263 .407 .337 143 4877 643 1284 1984 260 19 134 613
BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E Boston .268 .455 .350 142 4857 753 1300 2209 308 23 185 713 Houston .263 .402 .323 144 4841 589 1274 1945 243 31 122 563
Cleveland .266 .423 .342 143 4936 703 1312 2086 277 25 149 662 St. Louis .262 .420 .332 145 4869 658 1278 2043 266 26 149 624
Richardson .500 .500 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Lind .298 .361 540 81 161 46 0 29 100 51 103 1 1 1 Toronto .265 .430 .332 144 5056 693 1340 2176 298 11 172 662 Colorado .261 .441 .343 145 4822 718 1259 2128 269 45 170 682
Borbon .330 .384 91 19 30 2 0 4 14 8 18 14 1 3 Hill .288 .327 608 88 175 30 0 32 98 34 90 4 2 7 Tampa Bay .262 .442 .343 144 4872 717 1276 2151 272 30 181 683 Milwaukee .259 .423 .338 143 4837 676 1252 2044 246 33 160 656
Texas .262 .456 .321 143 4890 699 1280 2230 262 26 212 667 Philadelphia .258 .451 .334 142 4894 715 1261 2208 279 28 204 690
German .323 .400 31 7 10 3 0 0 4 4 4 1 0 3 Scutaro .284 .383 559 99 159 34 1 12 59 89 74 13 5 10 San Francisco .257 .389 .308 144 4887 576 1256 1903 255 37 106 540
Detroit .260 .422 .329 143 4837 663 1257 2040 216 33 167 640
Young .322 .376 521 76 168 35 2 22 67 46 87 8 3 9 Chicago Cubs .255 .412 .330 142 4855 626 1237 1999 255 27 151 604
Inglett .281 .347 89 11 25 4 1 0 6 8 21 3 1 2 Chicago White Sox .259 .418 .329 144 4860 649 1261 2030 226 18 169 622
Pittsburgh .254 .391 .319 142 4768 569 1209 1864 255 29 114 548
Byrd .283 .323 492 59 139 40 2 17 77 25 91 8 4 2 Oakland .259 .394 .326 143 4936 656 1279 1945 269 14 123 627 Arizona .253 .418 .326 145 4988 643 1262 2087 281 38 156 612
Ruiz .276 .360 87 16 24 1 0 7 14 8 28 1 1 0
Kansas City .257 .402 .315 143 4883 587 1256 1964 246 45 124 564 Cincinnati .242 .383 .313 144 4860 570 1177 1863 230 21 138 538
Andrus .277 .337 412 64 114 14 8 6 33 34 66 26 4 21 Chavez .272 .299 151 10 41 8 0 2 15 6 20 1 1 2 Seattle .257 .399 .313 144 4925 570 1265 1963 247 14 141 547 San Diego .242 .382 .319 145 4866 563 1180 1860 238 26 130 535
Vizquel .273 .324 161 17 44 6 2 1 12 12 24 4 0 0
Wells .261 .315 556 77 145 32 3 14 60 45 78 17 4 0 CLUB SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP LOB SHO E DP TP CLUB SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP LOB SHO E DP TP
Cruz .270 .344 423 71 114 21 1 32 71 47 106 19 4 4 L.A. Dodgers 69 39 57 536 65 949 103 44 128 2031 7 70 124 0
Overbay .260 .370 369 51 96 28 1 14 55 66 83 0 0 2 L.A. Angels 38 51 33 493 29 900 134 58 115 1825 5 72 146 0
Hamilton .270 .318 326 43 88 17 2 10 49 24 75 8 3 1 N.Y. Mets 73 50 36 466 42 825 110 40 130 1874 10 86 122 0
N.Y. Yankees 29 34 47 602 32 910 90 24 127 2082 5 77 121 0
McDonald .258 .274 93 10 24 6 0 2 7 1 10 0 1 3 Florida 62 35 51 518 42 1101 69 29 92 2033 6 94 121 0
Murphy .270 .341 359 50 97 19 1 15 45 41 91 8 4 1 Minnesota 38 48 34 511 37 914 72 25 135 1965 4 66 113 0 Washington 54 36 56 549 33 1054 67 36 122 2087 6 122 133 0
Phillips .250 .250 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Baltimore 11 40 37 452 24 887 71 35 114 1885 8 82 137 0 Atlanta 77 41 42 525 45 934 50 22 127 1959 11 89 141 0
Rodriguez .270 .319 63 11 17 8 0 2 11 5 13 1 0 2 Boston 18 46 62 574 38 1000 109 34 118 2026 5 77 106 0
Barajas .241 .274 377 40 91 16 0 18 64 18 67 1 0 8 Houston 61 41 39 411 34 862 104 40 138 1753 11 70 146 0
Kinsler .254 .325 507 88 129 28 4 29 79 49 74 28 5 8 Cleveland 35 44 76 521 18 1068 75 29 125 2018 9 84 151 0 St. Louis 63 39 52 476 70 915 67 28 113 1864 9 85 150 0
Bautista .225 .356 258 37 58 11 2 5 22 50 66 4 0 4 Toronto 22 41 36 491 21 911 69 22 123 2054 4 69 148 0 Colorado 67 55 39 591 34 1123 97 49 102 1890 8 77 130 0
Blalock .237 .278 414 54 98 18 4 23 58 22 97 2 0 5 Milwaukee 50 42 60 537 38 1077 54 31 117 1964 8 82 134 1
Snider .222 .310 180 24 40 11 0 6 17 21 60 1 1 4 Tampa Bay 22 40 43 581 34 1132 175 54 92 1968 7 89 120 0
Saltalamacchia .233 .290 283 34 66 12 0 9 34 22 97 0 2 7 Texas 31 47 33 418 21 1121 132 31 81 1806 9 91 150 1 Philadelphia 46 41 63 518 38 1018 100 20 81 1927 6 66 119 1
Millar .213 .298 230 27 49 13 0 6 27 27 46 0 0 4 San Francisco 57 49 44 339 38 1027 68 26 103 1796 8 79 123 0
Jones .217 .327 258 41 56 16 0 17 42 42 62 5 1 0 Detroit 46 36 55 464 24 989 69 30 118 1874 3 83 142 0
Chicago Cubs 54 37 51 513 41 1054 47 31 112 2045 11 96 133 0
Encarnacion .204 .238 98 11 20 3 1 2 9 5 18 0 0 4 Chicago White Sox 32 37 55 470 20 918 100 39 115 1864 11 104 143 0 Pittsburgh 53 31 43 431 37 993 76 29 111 1797 14 63 152 1
Davis .216 .266 328 41 71 12 0 19 49 21 134 0 0 3
Oakland 30 45 42 466 16 915 119 41 116 1921 8 85 140 0 Arizona 52 35 34 527 47 1132 99 34 86 2005 8 115 122 1
Teagarden .212 .273 170 22 36 10 0 6 22 14 63 0 0 5 Barrett .167 .211 18 3 3 0 0 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 Kansas City 33 28 37 389 18 953 71 24 121 1848 10 101 140 0 Cincinnati 87 37 47 467 35 1011 88 39 90 1876 5 86 141 0
Team Totals .265 .332 5056 693 1340 298 11 172 662 491 911 69 22 69 Seattle 52 39 39 381 37 957 78 31 109 1865 9 99 135 0 San Diego 60 28 50 512 45 1056 66 22 123 1924 10 80 129 0
Boggs .059 .111 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 1
TEAM PITCHING TEAM PITCHING
Gentry .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Through Monday’s games Through Monday’s games
Team Totals .262 .321 4890 699 1280 262 26 212 667 4181121 132 31 91 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO CLUB W L ERA G CG SHO SV INN H R ER CLUB W L ERA G CG SHO SV INN H R ER
Seattle 74 70 3.94 144 3 9 43 1288.2 1203 625 564 L.A. Dodgers 86 59 3.44 145 1 8 41 1321.2 1132 543 505
Hayhurst 0 0 1.53 13 0 0 17.2 18 3 3 1 8 9 Chicago White Sox 71 73 4.15 144 3 8 32 1276.1 1283 654 589 San Francisco 78 66 3.52 144 10 18 37 1287.0 1130 539 503
Atlanta 75 68 3.65 143 2 8 34 1282.2 1234 575 520
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Frasor 6 2 2.44 56 0 10 51.2 38 15 14 4 15 50 Boston 84 58 4.24 142 8 10 39 1263.2 1293 630 596
St. Louis 85 60 3.67 145 8 10 42 1289.0 1257 568 525
Detroit 77 66 4.24 143 4 9 37 1267.2 1260 647 597 Chicago Cubs 74 68 3.85 142 1 5 38 1276.0 1170 596 546
Downs 1 3 2.76 46 0 9 45.2 43 16 14 3 13 43
Feliz 1 0 0.76 13 0 2 23.2 8 2 2 2 2 29 Texas 80 63 4.29 143 7 11 42 1270.2 1257 637 606 Philadelphia 82 60 4.15 142 7 8 40 1279.0 1285 620 590
Accardo 0 0 2.84 21 0 1 19.0 18 7 6 2 12 15 N.Y. Yankees 93 52 4.33 145 3 7 47 1301.1 1240 680 626 Colorado 82 63 4.17 145 5 7 41 1287.1 1288 633 597
O'Day 2 1 1.84 55 0 2 49.0 29 10 10 3 16 50
Halladay 14 9 3.03 28 28 0 208.0 203 78 70 21 29 183 Tampa Bay 73 71 4.33 144 2 3 34 1269.1 1266 668 611 Cincinnati 65 79 4.31 144 6 11 37 1297.1 1274 663 621
Eyre 0 0 2.70 11 0 0 13.1 10 4 4 0 5 2 Oakland 65 78 4.36 143 2 8 34 1280.1 1325 678 620 Arizona 63 82 4.35 145 4 12 31 1298.1 1325 694 627
Mathis 0 1 2.84 20 2 1 38.0 32 13 12 3 10 20 Camp 1 6 3.47 51 0 0 70.0 66 32 27 6 27 49 Toronto 65 79 4.42 144 8 8 23 1293.2 1327 685 636 Florida 76 68 4.37 144 5 4 36 1286.2 1289 692 625
L.A. Angels 86 57 4.57 143 8 10 43 1276.1 1347 684 648 Houston 70 74 4.38 144 5 9 37 1278.0 1328 665 622
Wilson 4 6 3.20 64 0 14 64.2 58 29 23 3 29 73 Rzepczynski 2 4 3.67 11 11 0 61.1 51 27 25 7 30 60 N.Y. Mets 63 81 4.49 144 1 10 35 1269.2 1307 680 634
Minnesota 72 72 4.59 144 4 5 40 1281.0 1358 686 653
Romero 12 8 4.22 25 25 0 153.2 164 75 72 16 68 119 San Diego 65 80 4.50 145 1 5 39 1297.2 1286 703 649
Hunter 8 3 3.23 15 15 0 94.2 83 37 34 9 26 53 Kansas City 57 86 4.74 143 9 8 29 1261.1 1311 728 664 Pittsburgh 55 87 4.63 142 4 6 26 1246.0 1322 678 641
Feldman 16 5 3.65 30 27 0 170.0 154 70 69 15 55 100 Carlson 1 5 4.40 67 0 0 61.1 58 32 30 6 18 50 Cleveland 61 82 5.00 143 4 5 24 1273.0 1381 757 707 Milwaukee 69 74 4.74 143 1 7 38 1264.2 1308 706 666
Baltimore 58 85 5.11 143 2 3 29 1262.2 1444 768 717 Washington 50 93 5.11 143 6 3 27 1249.1 1355 782 710
Francisco 2 2 3.67 43 0 22 41.2 35 17 17 6 11 46 Ray 1 2 4.44 4 4 0 24.1 23 15 12 4 6 13
CLUB HR HBP BB IBB SO WP BK CLUB HR HBP BB IBB SO WP BK
Grilli 2 2 3.91 25 0 0 23.0 17 10 10 2 11 20 League 3 5 4.92 59 0 0 67.2 64 38 37 8 20 69
Seattle 162 41 481 13 930 54 5 L.A. Dodgers 111 53 523 60 1119 69 2
Millwood 10 10 3.94 28 28 0 175.2 178 81 77 24 67 109 Richmond 6 9 5.03 23 20 0 121.2 122 73 68 22 50 105 Chicago White Sox 149 37 454 34 1008 48 4
San Francisco 121 35 522 42 1151 62 3
Atlanta 100 45 465 49 1076 34 6
Nippert 5 2 3.95 15 9 0 57.0 57 26 25 6 26 45 Tallet 7 9 5.26 34 22 0 145.1 151 89 85 17 69 110 Boston 138 60 456 23 1097 34 4 St. Louis 111 48 403 18 920 34 5
Guardado 1 2 4.08 45 0 0 35.1 34 18 16 7 13 19 Detroit 164 33 516 31 983 38 6 Chicago Cubs 145 54 530 41 1108 51 5
Cecil 7 4 5.30 18 17 0 93.1 116 59 55 17 38 69 Texas 155 59 475 11 879 38 8 Philadelphia 172 61 432 29 1003 22 1
Moscoso 0 0 4.35 7 0 0 10.1 14 6 5 1 5 9 Janssen 2 4 6.17 16 5 1 35.0 53 27 24 5 12 21 N.Y. Yankees 165 64 517 25 1124 55 5 Colorado 127 38 466 46 1003 42 4
McCarthy 7 2 4.81 13 13 0 76.2 74 42 41 13 30 50 Tampa Bay 165 39 457 20 983 42 3 Cincinnati 169 59 528 36 949 42 1
Purcey 0 2 6.32 6 6 0 31.1 33 24 22 5 22 30 Arizona 154 43 454 25 1039 71 2
Oakland 144 29 470 30 968 36 1
Holland 7 11 6.01 30 18 0 121.1 139 85 81 22 43 96 Florida 140 39 533 53 1094 54 5
Roenicke 0 0 6.75 10 0 0 13.1 13 10 10 0 11 13 Toronto 162 50 496 26 1063 41 4
Harrison 4 5 6.11 11 11 0 63.1 81 43 43 9 23 34 Houston 157 46 482 52 1028 40 3
L.A. Angels 166 55 468 32 938 58 2
Wolfe 1 2 7.30 11 0 0 12.1 20 11 10 4 5 10 N.Y. Mets 143 49 560 55 936 34 10
Madrigal 0 0 9.00 12 0 0 12.0 16 12 12 2 11 4 Minnesota 164 47 412 16 939 38 3 San Diego 154 42 539 54 1050 44 7
Litsch 0 1 9.00 2 2 0 9.0 14 9 9 4 1 8 Kansas City 144 44 507 27 1026 81 5 Pittsburgh 142 42 495 30 813 48 3
Strop 0 0 11.25 4 0 0 4.0 4 5 5 0 4 4
Team Totals 65 79 4.42 144 144 23 1293.2 1327 685 636 162 496 1063 Cleveland 160 39 521 30 873 47 6 Milwaukee 190 56 534 57 955 49 1
Team Totals 80 63 4.29 143 143 42 1270.2 1257 637 606 155 475 879 Baltimore 185 44 481 41 841 28 4 Washington 165 42 552 47 810 68 5
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NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES
ARIZONA ATLANTA CHICAGO CINCINNATI
DIAMONDBACKS BRAVES CUBS REDS
BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Hester .333 .375 15 3 5 1 0 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 Diaz .320 .394 322 52 103 17 4 10 48 29 75 9 5 2 Ramirez .324 .383 262 37 85 13 1 12 55 20 37 1 1 9 Castillo .667 .667 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Upton .303 .374 462 77 140 27 6 24 75 52 118 19 4 11 Escobar .303 .379 462 76 140 24 1 14 68 50 54 4 3 12 Lee .304 .384 483 82 147 31 2 33 98 62 100 0 0 5 Barker .348 .385 23 2 8 2 0 0 3 2 5 0 0 0
Montero .302 .364 371 52 112 29 0 14 53 35 65 1 2 9 Theriot .285 .336 541 70 154 19 5 7 51 38 83 17 7 14 Votto .299 .392 405 63 121 23 1 21 70 59 100 4 1 10
Prado .291 .342 375 46 109 25 0 9 42 30 49 0 3 7
Dickerson .277 .373 253 31 70 13 3 2 15 39 65 11 3 3
Parra .294 .328 411 54 121 17 8 5 54 22 76 5 5 5 Baker .282 .344 163 18 46 10 2 3 17 14 43 1 0 3
Infante .290 .359 162 21 47 6 1 2 22 18 24 2 0 3 Phillips .276 .331 511 69 141 26 3 20 88 41 65 24 9 9
Reynolds .275 .367 513 89 141 28 1 41 94 72 194 23 9 23 J. Fox .282 .330 181 21 51 12 0 10 39 11 36 0 0 5
McCann .281 .344 430 55 121 34 1 18 79 40 69 3 1 10 Gomes .271 .344 251 36 68 12 0 19 48 24 82 3 1 1
Roberts .275 .367 265 38 73 15 1 6 22 36 48 7 3 5 Fukudome .261 .374 441 69 115 31 5 11 51 80 96 6 10 2
Anderson .275 .311 422 45 116 22 0 12 54 23 65 1 0 3 Hanigan .270 .364 233 21 63 6 1 2 9 34 28 0 0 1
Ryal .262 .367 42 6 11 5 0 2 3 5 14 0 0 0 Bradley .260 .380 385 61 100 17 1 12 39 66 93 2 3 3 Balentien .261 .363 88 8 23 6 1 2 8 14 22 1 1 0
Church .275 .339 349 46 96 28 0 4 39 32 55 6 2 2
Drew .259 .323 467 63 121 27 10 12 58 46 77 5 1 10 Fuld .260 .379 73 12 19 4 1 0 0 13 10 2 1 1 Rolen .258 .349 93 13 24 3 0 2 11 11 14 1 2 0
Romero .259 .318 139 14 36 6 2 1 18 11 22 2 0 1 Conrad .275 .326 40 6 11 1 2 2 8 2 7 0 0 0 Blanco .257 .316 105 13 27 7 0 1 11 8 11 0 2 2 Nix .251 .300 283 38 71 25 1 13 37 19 77 0 1 2
Oeltjen .246 .254 69 10 17 4 1 3 4 1 12 3 1 1 LaRoche .274 .352 468 69 128 30 2 22 67 59 123 2 2 2 Johnson .252 .327 147 20 37 7 1 4 20 11 25 2 1 1 Richar .250 .333 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Ojeda .234 .328 239 34 56 15 2 1 12 28 27 3 1 8 McLouth .270 .358 429 72 116 24 2 18 62 55 80 17 3 1 Hill .241 .321 224 24 54 11 2 2 24 26 69 0 0 3 Hernandez .249 .330 273 23 68 12 1 5 36 32 33 1 0 5
Stubbs .246 .301 114 15 28 2 1 5 10 9 34 5 4 0
Tracy .228 .294 241 24 55 13 0 6 34 23 33 1 0 2 C. Jones .269 .391 431 70 116 20 2 16 64 89 76 4 1 21 Scales .241 .312 83 12 20 5 1 3 11 8 18 0 0 2
McDonald .241 .283 87 9 21 5 1 1 8 4 26 0 0 2
Byrnes .211 .258 209 23 44 12 1 5 24 11 27 8 3 3 Ross .258 .364 120 17 31 8 0 7 18 20 38 0 0 1 Soriano .241 .303 477 64 115 25 1 20 55 40 118 9 2 11
Taveras .238 .273 395 54 94 11 2 1 15 18 57 25 6 4
Young .205 .305 370 43 76 25 4 13 37 51 112 11 2 2 Hoffpauir .235 .293 196 24 46 9 1 10 28 16 44 0 0 1
Johnson .222 .303 288 46 64 19 3 8 26 31 52 7 2 9 Janish .212 .297 198 24 42 14 0 1 13 20 34 1 0 3
Allen .203 .276 69 9 14 6 0 3 10 7 24 0 0 1 Fontenot .232 .299 345 34 80 21 2 9 40 33 78 2 1 7
Gorecki .217 .240 23 3 5 0 0 0 3 1 10 1 0 1 Bruce .210 .285 300 38 63 12 2 18 43 30 63 3 2 2
Snyder .200 .333 165 20 33 7 0 6 22 32 47 0 0 0 Soto .222 .327 284 24 63 18 1 10 40 45 63 1 0 4
Schafer .204 .313 167 18 34 8 0 2 8 27 63 2 1 0 Rosales .203 .294 222 22 45 10 1 4 19 25 43 1 2 6
Jackson .182 .264 99 8 18 4 0 1 14 11 16 5 0 2 Miles .178 .219 152 16 27 7 1 0 5 8 20 3 0 2
Sammons .200 .333 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 Sutton .192 .276 52 7 10 3 0 1 7 5 16 0 2 0
Carlin .176 .263 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 Team Totals .255 .330 4855 626 1237 255 27 151 604 5131054 47 31 96
Norton .145 .330 69 3 10 2 0 0 6 18 19 0 0 0 Tatum .175 .268 63 3 11 1 0 1 6 7 9 0 0 1
Team Totals .253 .326 4988 643 1262 281 38 156 612 5271132 99 34 115
Team Totals .263 .337 4877 643 1284 260 19 134 613 525 934 50 22 89 Miller .135 .250 37 3 5 0 0 0 3 6 13 0 0 0
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Francisco .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Berg 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 3.1 3 0 0 0 1 2 Team Totals .242 .313 4860 570 1177 230 21 138 538 4671011 88 39 86
Haren 13 8 2.82 29 29 0 201.1 161 66 63 25 31 197 Gonzalez 4 4 2.51 73 0 10 68.0 51 27 19 6 31 84 Caridad 0 0 2.61 6 0 0 10.1 12 4 3 0 1 10
Zavada 3 3 3.00 44 0 0 45.0 39 18 15 3 23 45 Soriano 1 5 2.71 67 0 24 66.1 45 20 20 5 22 88 Guzman 3 3 2.95 55 0 1 61.0 41 20 20 8 23 47 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Vasquez 3 2 3.49 48 0 0 49.0 46 20 19 3 24 41 Wells 10 8 2.96 23 23 0 143.0 141 56 47 12 38 84 Cordero 2 5 2.36 62 0 35 61.0 51 17 16 2 29 53
Jurrjens 11 10 2.81 30 30 0 186.0 165 66 58 14 66 133
Qualls 2 2 3.63 51 0 24 52.0 53 23 21 5 7 45 Lilly 12 8 3.05 25 25 0 162.1 141 60 55 22 34 137 Rhodes 1 1 2.63 64 0 0 51.1 36 16 15 3 20 46
Hanson 9 3 2.83 17 17 0 101.2 86 33 32 9 36 85
Gutierrez 4 3 3.94 59 0 4 64.0 59 29 28 2 29 59 Grabow 3 0 3.14 68 0 0 66.0 55 24 23 4 39 53 Viola 0 0 2.70 3 0 0 3.1 2 1 1 1 1 1
Moylan 6 2 2.94 79 0 0 64.1 60 27 21 0 29 53 Masset 5 1 2.71 64 0 0 66.1 48 22 20 6 23 58
Davis 7 13 3.99 30 30 0 178.0 173 87 79 23 87 131 Marmol 2 3 3.41 73 0 13 68.2 38 27 26 1 62 85
Vazquez 13 9 3.01 29 29 0 197.1 167 69 66 18 40 216 Herrera 3 4 2.93 64 0 0 58.1 60 28 19 5 22 41
Scherzer 9 9 4.05 28 28 0 160.0 158 87 72 18 55 162 Zambrano 8 6 3.77 24 24 0 143.1 136 67 60 10 66 123
O'Flaherty 1 1 3.21 68 0 0 47.2 44 21 17 1 17 33 Arroyo 13 12 4.07 30 30 0 197.0 199 96 89 28 62 111
Boyer 0 2 4.50 43 0 0 50.0 51 34 25 1 18 27 Dempster 10 8 3.84 27 27 0 171.0 170 86 73 19 60 144
Harang 6 14 4.21 26 26 0 162.1 186 82 76 24 43 142
Rosales 1 1 5.11 25 0 0 37.0 32 21 21 5 11 27 Hudson 1 0 3.63 3 3 0 17.1 20 7 7 0 5 12 Harden 9 8 4.04 25 25 0 138.0 117 69 62 23 64 168
Fisher 1 1 4.28 36 0 0 48.1 44 23 23 4 27 44
Petit 3 9 5.84 19 17 0 86.1 97 60 56 19 32 73 Kawakami 7 11 4.02 27 25 0 145.2 141 71 65 15 55 99 Heilman 2 3 4.22 61 0 1 64.0 61 31 30 7 32 56 Volquez 4 2 4.35 9 9 0 49.2 34 25 24 6 32 47
Cabrera 0 5 6.49 11 8 0 43.0 52 44 31 4 37 17 Campillo 1 0 4.15 5 0 0 4.1 7 3 2 0 3 3 Marshall 3 7 4.63 48 9 0 79.2 83 43 41 10 30 61 Cueto 9 10 4.41 27 27 0 153.0 152 81 75 21 52 119
Buckner 2 6 6.79 13 10 0 59.2 79 46 45 11 20 49 Acosta 1 0 4.32 31 0 0 33.1 39 17 16 3 16 28 Gregg 5 6 4.77 69 0 23 66.0 59 37 35 13 28 68 Lehr 4 2 4.93 8 8 0 49.1 51 27 27 6 22 17
Schoeneweis 1 2 7.59 40 0 0 21.1 27 19 18 5 13 14 Gorzelanny 5 2 5.17 17 4 0 31.1 25 18 18 3 11 28 Burton 0 0 5.19 44 0 0 50.1 57 30 29 5 20 39
Lowe 14 9 4.47 30 30 0 177.0 206 94 88 11 54 97
Augenstein 0 1 7.80 5 2 0 15.0 20 14 13 2 5 5 Patton 3 1 5.33 18 0 0 25.1 25 16 15 4 16 22 Wells 1 4 5.21 30 4 2 57.0 45 33 33 4 37 39
Medlen 3 5 4.68 30 4 0 57.2 58 32 30 5 28 67 Owings 7 12 5.26 23 19 1 114.2 123 71 67 18 60 66
Schlereth 0 4 8.76 16 0 0 12.1 15 13 12 1 11 16 Samardzija 1 2 7.53 18 1 0 28.2 39 24 24 5 13 17
Logan 1 0 5.17 17 0 0 15.2 18 11 9 1 7 8 Bailey 5 5 5.56 16 16 0 87.1 94 58 54 12 43 64
Mulvey 0 1 9.00 3 1 0 7.0 12 7 7 2 3 5 Stevens 1 0 9.72 7 0 0 8.1 10 9 9 1 5 6
Carlyle 0 1 8.86 16 0 0 21.1 35 23 21 5 12 12 Maloney 0 4 5.65 5 5 0 28.2 30 18 18 8 7 21
Webb 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 4.0 6 6 6 2 2 2 C. Fox 0 0 135.00 2 0 0 0.1 2 5 5 0 3 0
Ramirez 0 0 7.20 3 0 0 5.0 2 4 4 1 3 4
Team Totals 63 82 4.35 145 145 31 1298.1 1325 694 627 154 454 1039 Team Totals 75 68 3.65 143 143 34 1282.2 1234 575 520 100 465 1076 Team Totals 74 68 3.85 142 142 38 1276.0 1170 596 546 145 530 1108 Lincoln 1 1 8.22 19 0 0 23.0 29 21 21 7 19 9
Team Totals 65 79 4.31 144 144 37 1297.1 1274 663 621 169 528 949
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NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES
COLORADO FLORIDA HOUSTON LOS ANGELES
ROCKIES MARLINS ASTROS DODGERS
BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Giambi .333 .625 9 2 3 1 0 0 6 7 0 0 0 0 Ramirez .360 .425 516 92 186 39 1 23 99 54 92 25 8 9 Manzella 1.000 1.000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pierre .313 .374 345 55 108 16 5 0 29 26 26 26 11 1
Phillips .326 .400 43 5 14 2 0 1 8 6 3 0 0 1 Coghlan .307 .381 427 72 131 21 6 9 42 50 71 7 2 4 Lee .307 .354 541 61 166 29 1 25 95 40 46 4 3 2 Ramirez .306 .424 310 55 95 21 2 18 56 58 67 0 1 3
Young .325 .372 40 6 13 1 0 1 1 3 8 3 2 0 N. Johnson .301 .427 428 65 129 24 2 8 61 88 79 2 4 11 Tejada .301 .331 568 70 171 40 1 11 74 18 45 4 2 18 Kemp .305 .362 541 88 165 24 6 23 91 49 127 33 7 2
Helton .323 .414 486 67 157 35 3 14 78 80 62 0 1 3 Cantu .281 .340 520 60 146 36 0 15 86 43 67 2 0 11 Bourn .294 .366 537 89 158 26 11 3 35 60 117 55 10 3 Mientkiewicz .300 .364 10 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0
Smith .310 .395 297 56 92 17 4 15 52 43 59 4 1 1 Helms .279 .320 190 17 53 11 0 3 31 10 45 1 1 7 Maysonet .290 .328 62 8 18 2 0 1 7 4 18 0 0 2 Castro .293 .330 99 15 29 4 0 1 9 6 23 0 0 3
Hawpe .290 .383 462 74 134 39 3 19 76 69 131 1 3 4 Ross .273 .326 520 71 142 37 1 22 85 34 112 5 2 3 Pence .287 .350 519 72 149 23 5 23 68 51 90 14 11 5 Hudson .290 .357 518 70 150 33 4 9 60 53 92 8 1 7
Gonzalez .284 .353 229 45 65 10 5 11 24 24 59 14 2 1 Ausmus .284 .330 88 9 25 4 0 1 9 4 19 1 0 0
Baker .268 .351 339 57 91 25 0 9 47 39 82 0 0 6 Berkman .275 .402 404 67 111 29 1 21 72 88 85 7 3 6
Torrealba .281 .341 167 20 47 8 0 2 22 15 31 1 1 0 Loney .283 .359 520 64 147 24 2 12 85 64 58 7 3 6
Paulino .268 .335 205 22 55 6 1 8 26 21 41 1 0 2 Blum .258 .324 345 32 89 12 1 9 45 29 53 0 1 3
Tulowitzki .281 .364 480 83 135 24 8 25 76 66 103 17 11 6 Ethier .282 .365 542 83 153 39 3 29 96 61 101 6 4 4
Carroll .265 .327 102 17 27 7 2 3 14 9 26 0 0 0 Keppinger .258 .329 267 33 69 13 3 5 25 26 32 0 2 7
Fowler .265 .365 389 63 103 27 9 4 33 63 108 27 9 4 Blake .281 .364 459 78 129 25 5 17 73 60 107 3 4 9
Gload .262 .336 202 30 53 9 2 4 26 22 27 0 0 2 Matsui .249 .297 421 47 105 18 2 5 38 28 77 18 3 4
Murton .250 .308 48 7 12 5 0 1 6 4 11 2 0 0 Martin .260 .358 461 57 120 18 0 6 48 61 74 10 6 7
Hermida .259 .349 428 48 111 14 2 13 47 56 100 5 2 1 Michaels .242 .324 124 17 30 11 1 4 16 14 33 1 1 0
Spilborghs .245 .314 319 50 78 21 3 8 46 31 68 9 5 4 Furcal .255 .320 556 80 142 24 4 7 39 53 84 7 5 18
Bonifacio .251 .303 450 68 113 11 6 1 27 33 94 20 9 16 Quintero .230 .277 139 10 32 7 1 3 12 7 37 0 0 5
Barmes .242 .289 496 67 120 27 3 22 71 26 113 11 9 13 Belliard .251 .294 231 29 58 10 1 7 29 15 50 2 0 5
Stewart .231 .323 381 70 88 19 3 23 64 49 117 7 4 9 Hayes .250 .333 8 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 Coste .226 .307 195 15 44 12 0 2 17 22 53 0 0 1 Thome .250 .250 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Atkins .225 .307 333 35 75 10 1 9 45 39 53 0 0 7 Uggla .243 .359 497 76 121 22 1 28 76 86 129 1 1 13 Erstad .202 .281 124 13 25 8 2 2 11 14 28 0 2 0 Loretta .220 .305 168 19 37 6 0 0 22 20 20 1 0 0
Iannetta .223 .335 278 39 62 13 2 15 50 40 71 0 1 4 Maybin .225 .314 120 20 27 7 2 2 7 15 42 1 1 0 Towles .125 .263 16 4 2 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 Paul .214 .313 14 3 3 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 1 0
Quintanilla .173 .283 52 7 9 2 0 0 2 8 26 0 0 2 Amezaga .217 .267 69 6 15 3 0 0 5 5 16 1 1 0 Johnson .077 .077 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Ellis .000 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
McCoy .000 .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 G. Sanchez .214 .214 14 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 Boone .000 .143 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team Totals .273 .347 5031 696 1373 254 31 130 660 536 949 103 44 70
Team Totals .261 .343 4822 718 1259 269 45 170 682 5911123 97 49 77 Gonzalez .091 .091 11 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Team Totals .263 .323 4841 589 1274 243 31 122 563 411 862 104 40 70
Team Totals .269 .342 4965 701 1335 259 25 147 658 5181101 69 29 94
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Sherrill 0 0 0.45 21 0 1 20.0 15 1 1 1 9 14
Betancourt 3 1 1.47 25 0 0 18.1 12 3 3 1 4 20 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Gervacio 1 0 0.68 17 0 0 13.1 6 1 1 1 6 15 Belisario 3 3 1.99 60 0 0 63.1 45 16 14 3 25 56
Contreras 1 0 1.86 2 2 0 9.2 12 2 2 1 4 10 Donnelly 2 0 1.74 24 0 0 20.2 18 6 4 1 8 19
Valverde 4 2 1.88 46 0 23 48.0 32 11 10 5 17 53 Padilla 3 0 2.01 4 4 0 22.1 19 6 5 1 7 17
Morales 3 1 2.75 32 2 6 36.0 25 11 11 4 18 36 Sanches 4 2 1.78 40 0 0 50.2 42 12 10 2 24 47
Hawkins 1 4 2.38 58 0 11 56.2 53 16 15 7 15 41 Broxton 7 1 2.49 65 0 34 68.2 40 20 19 4 27 103
Street 3 1 2.96 58 0 33 54.2 39 19 18 6 11 62 Calero 2 2 1.99 61 0 0 54.1 35 12 12 1 25 65
W. Rodriguez 13 10 2.77 30 30 0 188.2 166 66 58 19 61 176 Kuo 1 0 2.55 29 0 0 24.2 18 7 7 2 10 30
Fogg 0 2 3.32 22 1 0 43.1 30 17 16 7 18 25 Wood 1 0 2.04 14 0 0 17.2 17 5 4 1 6 13
Byrdak 1 1 2.87 66 0 0 53.1 34 18 17 8 28 50 Troncoso 4 3 2.56 67 0 5 77.1 76 27 22 3 30 51
Jimenez 13 10 3.32 29 29 0 195.1 164 74 72 12 73 167 J. Johnson 14 4 3.06 29 29 0 188.1 158 66 64 13 51 166
Beimel 1 5 3.63 64 0 1 52.0 53 23 21 5 19 34 Arias 2 1 3.35 42 0 0 45.2 49 21 17 1 19 39 Kershaw 8 8 2.89 28 28 0 159.0 112 53 51 7 86 167
Meyer 2 1 3.10 63 0 2 52.1 44 21 18 7 17 52
Daley 1 1 3.74 46 0 0 43.1 36 18 18 4 15 44 Fulchino 6 4 3.38 52 0 0 72.0 62 29 27 6 23 56 Wolf 10 6 3.22 30 30 0 190.0 159 72 68 20 49 145
Pinto 3 1 3.23 66 0 0 55.2 47 23 20 3 40 52 Mota 3 4 3.34 57 0 0 62.0 49 23 23 6 23 35
Marquis 15 11 3.78 29 29 0 195.1 193 88 82 13 64 98 Brocail 1 0 3.86 14 0 0 11.2 13 5 5 3 12 8
Badenhop 7 4 3.68 31 2 0 63.2 66 28 26 4 22 46 Haeger 1 1 3.44 5 3 0 18.1 12 7 7 4 7 14
Herges 1 0 4.26 6 0 0 6.1 9 4 3 2 1 5 Oswalt 8 6 4.03 29 29 0 176.1 177 79 79 18 42 135
Nunez 4 5 4.11 67 0 20 61.1 52 28 28 12 23 54 Milton 2 1 3.80 5 5 0 23.2 30 12 10 2 6 20
De La Rosa 14 9 4.37 29 28 0 166.2 159 86 81 20 75 170 Moehler 8 10 5.01 26 26 0 142.0 168 85 79 20 45 85
Hammel 8 8 4.38 30 27 0 156.1 184 85 76 13 39 112 A. Sanchez 2 6 4.43 12 12 0 61.0 70 32 30 7 31 50 Weaver 6 4 3.84 25 7 0 75.0 81 34 32 7 31 59
Hampton 7 10 5.30 21 21 0 112.0 128 71 66 13 46 74
Cook 10 6 4.47 25 25 0 145.0 167 75 72 18 46 75 VandenHurk 2 2 4.65 8 8 0 40.2 41 22 21 9 17 39 Billingsley 12 10 3.99 30 30 0 182.2 166 87 81 14 75 165
Wright 3 2 5.35 39 0 0 35.1 40 21 21 7 19 39
Rogers 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 4.0 3 2 2 0 2 3 Miller 3 5 4.81 18 14 0 78.2 84 51 42 7 40 57 Kuroda 6 6 4.00 18 17 0 101.1 92 49 45 9 20 71
Norris 5 3 5.44 9 8 0 44.2 50 28 27 9 20 43
Flores 0 0 5.40 22 0 0 10.0 12 6 6 2 2 13 West 6 5 4.81 17 17 0 88.0 97 53 47 9 38 55 McDonald 5 4 4.07 40 4 0 55.1 53 31 25 5 29 45
Paulino 2 9 6.06 20 14 0 81.2 103 60 55 16 28 78
Chacin 0 1 5.59 7 1 0 9.2 5 6 6 1 11 12 Volstad 9 12 5.17 28 28 0 155.0 164 97 89 28 57 105 Garland 10 11 4.19 30 30 0 186.2 205 97 87 22 59 96
Bazardo 0 1 9.00 6 2 0 13.0 17 15 13 0 11 9
Embree 2 2 5.84 36 0 0 24.2 28 18 16 3 12 12 Nolasco 11 9 5.46 28 28 0 163.1 176 104 99 20 40 162 Elbert 2 0 5.29 13 0 0 17.0 17 10 10 4 5 17
Corpas 1 3 5.88 35 0 1 33.2 44 22 22 3 7 24 Lopez 0 0 10.50 2 0 0 6.0 9 7 7 3 3 4 Schmidt 2 2 5.60 4 4 0 17.2 16 12 11 1 12 8
Cr. Martinez 1 1 5.82 12 0 0 21.2 24 15 14 1 8 18
Peralta 0 3 6.46 26 0 0 23.2 27 17 17 3 11 21 Sadler 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 1.1 2 2 2 0 1 2 Ohman 1 0 5.84 21 0 1 12.1 12 8 8 4 8 7
Lindstrom 2 1 5.83 52 0 14 46.1 52 33 30 5 24 37
Rincon 3 2 6.48 23 0 0 25.0 17 19 18 2 17 25 Team Totals 70 74 4.38 144 144 37 1278.0 1328 665 622 157 482 1028 Team Totals 86 59 3.44 145 145 41 1321.2 1132 543 505 111 523 1119
Davidson 0 0 45.00 1 0 0 1.0 4 5 5 0 4 3
Belisle 1 1 6.85 17 0 0 22.1 28 19 17 4 5 15
Team Totals 76 68 4.37 144 144 36 1286.2 1289 692 625 140 533 1094
Team Totals 82 63 4.17 145 145 41 1287.1 1288 633 597 127 466 1003
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NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES
MILWAUKEE NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH
BREWERS METS PHILLIES PIRATES
BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Braun .308 .378 552 101 170 33 6 29 99 51 102 15 5 2 Thole .421 .400 19 1 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 Tracy .333 .333 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Jones .303 .367 254 36 77 16 1 19 39 26 59 9 2 0
Lopez .308 .370 543 73 167 32 3 9 51 53 93 6 6 14 Beltran .333 .419 258 43 86 21 1 9 42 38 37 11 1 2 Victorino .300 .367 557 94 167 37 11 10 58 55 63 23 7 1 Diaz .295 .314 112 9 33 6 0 1 18 1 9 0 1 2
McGehee .304 .370 296 50 90 16 1 15 57 33 53 0 2 12 Wright .314 .399 474 85 149 33 3 10 66 67 122 24 9 14 Utley .296 .414 504 100 149 27 2 31 89 83 97 19 0 11 Cedeno .290 .338 124 14 36 2 1 5 18 7 21 2 0 3
Castillo .310 .400 423 74 131 12 3 1 36 65 51 15 6 9 Ibanez .278 .344 449 80 125 30 3 31 86 43 108 4 0 1 Milledge .280 .326 168 14 47 8 0 2 15 9 35 4 4 0
Fielder .299 .410 521 89 156 31 2 39 126 94 121 2 3 6
Pagan .305 .345 272 43 83 15 9 6 28 18 44 13 6 2 Howard .272 .350 545 89 148 33 4 38 118 65 168 6 0 12 A. McCutchen .271 .348 358 58 97 22 6 11 47 42 69 16 4 2
Counsell .283 .354 374 53 106 21 8 4 34 37 48 3 3 5
Delgado .298 .393 94 15 28 7 1 4 23 12 20 0 0 2 Feliz .270 .315 512 55 138 26 2 11 69 33 59 0 0 14 Young .268 .329 310 35 83 13 2 6 38 26 81 2 0 5
Catalanotto .281 .350 139 17 39 6 2 1 8 14 22 2 0 1
J. Reyes .279 .355 147 18 41 7 2 2 15 18 19 11 2 5
Werth .266 .369 503 88 134 26 1 33 84 78 137 13 3 6 Jaramillo .255 .317 188 19 48 13 0 3 23 17 27 1 0 4
Escobar .279 .306 68 10 19 1 0 1 8 2 7 1 1 4 Sheffield .279 .371 265 44 74 13 2 10 43 38 46 2 1 2
Dobbs .257 .307 136 15 35 6 0 5 18 10 25 1 0 1 An. LaRoche .248 .328 463 56 115 21 5 9 52 48 71 3 1 14
Weeks .272 .340 147 28 40 5 2 9 24 12 39 2 2 6 Francoeur .275 .305 524 57 144 26 4 12 68 21 80 5 4 1
Ruiz .255 .354 298 31 76 22 1 9 38 43 35 3 2 3 Vazquez .247 .353 182 17 45 7 0 1 16 29 39 1 0 2
Hart .257 .329 373 57 96 23 3 11 40 37 85 9 4 5 Tatis .274 .331 307 39 84 18 4 7 40 19 49 3 1 3
Francisco .246 .279 57 5 14 4 0 4 10 3 19 1 0 0 Moss .241 .301 336 43 81 19 3 7 34 26 77 0 3 2
Cameron .256 .353 476 67 122 29 3 19 59 71 134 6 3 4 Sullivan .270 .353 115 14 31 1 5 2 13 16 15 6 0 0
Rollins .244 .289 594 85 145 36 4 18 65 37 63 28 8 5 Doumit .236 .276 229 26 54 13 0 9 30 13 37 3 0 3
Kendall .240 .329 404 42 97 17 1 1 34 43 50 7 2 6 Santos .259 .295 263 26 68 13 1 6 36 14 41 0 0 3
Stairs .202 .359 94 14 19 3 0 5 17 20 27 0 0 0 Pearce .225 .310 129 15 29 12 0 3 13 16 32 1 0 2
Gamel .237 .333 114 10 27 5 1 4 16 16 47 1 0 4 Murphy .258 .308 449 52 116 32 3 9 55 35 64 4 2 12
A. Hernandez .255 .313 329 33 84 13 3 2 34 28 59 7 4 10 Bako .195 .271 77 6 15 3 0 2 6 7 24 0 0 2 Bixler .212 .257 33 4 7 5 0 0 2 2 23 0 0 2
Rivera .234 .342 94 10 22 6 0 2 12 14 26 1 0 0
Reed .253 .298 150 7 38 6 2 0 8 10 35 0 3 1 Cairo .192 .222 26 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Walker .200 .250 15 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 1
Hardy .225 .296 395 50 89 14 2 11 46 40 80 0 1 6 Mayberry .189 .232 53 7 10 2 0 4 8 2 22 0 0 0 Cruz .194 .278 31 3 6 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0
Cora .251 .320 271 31 68 11 1 1 18 25 28 8 3 8
Gerut .211 .262 227 31 48 11 0 6 25 16 40 4 2 1 Bruntlett .167 .224 96 11 16 7 0 0 6 5 22 1 0 4 Team Totals .254 .319 4768 569 1209 255 29 114 548 431 993 76 29 63
Evans .226 .273 62 5 14 5 0 1 7 4 19 0 0 1
Bourgeois .167 .194 30 4 5 0 0 1 3 1 5 2 0 0 Team Totals .258 .334 4894 715 1261 279 28 204 690 5181018 100 20 66
Valdez .211 .297 57 9 12 1 1 0 5 6 5 0 0 1
Patterson .091 .091 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 0
Schneider .203 .279 158 10 32 10 0 3 24 17 21 0 0 1 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Team Totals .259 .338 4837 676 1252 246 33 160 656 5371077 54 31 82 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
F. Martinez .176 .242 91 11 16 6 0 1 8 5 14 2 0 0 Meek 1 1 3.45 41 0 0 47.0 34 18 18 2 29 42
Eyre 2 1 1.61 39 0 0 28.0 21 6 5 3 14 20
R. Martinez .167 .182 42 1 7 2 0 0 4 1 9 1 0 4 Jackson 2 3 3.71 30 0 0 34.0 33 18 14 2 18 15
Walker 1 0 1.67 23 0 0 27.0 18 5 5 2 6 19
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Ascanio 0 2 4.00 16 0 0 18.0 22 8 8 1 9 20
Team Totals .270 .335 4849 603 1309 258 42 85 568 466 825 110 40 86 Happ 10 4 2.77 31 19 0 149.2 125 46 46 17 52 104
Hoffman 1 2 1.96 47 0 32 46.0 33 10 10 2 11 41 Duke 10 14 4.02 28 28 0 186.0 208 88 83 22 42 89
Escalona 1 0 2.84 6 0 0 6.1 5 2 2 0 2 4
Vargas 1 0 2.18 28 0 0 33.0 21 8 8 3 14 25 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Ohlendorf 11 10 4.03 28 28 0 169.2 160 79 76 25 52 104
Martinez 5 0 2.87 7 7 0 37.2 35 12 12 5 6 34
Coffey 4 4 2.91 66 0 2 74.1 70 24 24 8 18 59 Takahashi 0 1 2.92 23 0 0 24.2 21 8 8 2 13 19 Chavez 1 4 4.10 65 0 0 59.1 62 30 27 9 18 43
Romero 0 0 2.87 20 0 0 15.2 11 6 5 2 13 12
Gallardo 12 11 3.59 28 28 0 175.1 140 71 70 20 86 192 Nieve 3 3 2.95 8 7 0 36.2 36 13 12 4 19 23 Veal 0 0 4.50 13 0 0 12.0 9 6 6 2 16 11
Lee 6 2 3.11 8 8 0 55.0 53 23 19 4 6 51
Smith 0 0 3.60 26 0 0 35.0 30 14 14 8 14 23 Dessens 0 0 2.96 24 0 0 27.1 19 9 9 4 9 13 Maholm 8 8 4.51 29 29 0 181.2 205 96 91 14 54 115
Madson 5 5 3.36 72 0 8 69.2 67 27 26 7 20 68
Rodriguez 3 4 3.03 62 0 31 62.1 44 26 21 6 34 66 Hart 4 6 4.86 15 11 0 66.2 76 39 36 10 36 40
Weathers 3 5 3.62 60 0 1 54.2 43 24 22 9 26 35 Condrey 6 2 3.41 36 0 1 37.0 32 15 14 4 14 22
Feliciano 6 4 3.09 78 0 0 55.1 51 24 19 7 15 55 Hanrahan 1 4 5.10 64 0 5 60.0 73 40 34 3 33 69
DiFelice 4 1 3.66 59 0 0 51.2 49 21 21 6 15 48 Kendrick 1 1 3.55 5 1 0 12.2 13 5 5 1 4 4
Santana 13 9 3.13 25 25 0 166.2 156 67 58 20 46 146 Karstens 3 4 5.19 34 10 0 95.1 100 56 55 12 42 48
Stetter 4 1 3.89 66 0 1 41.2 33 19 18 4 25 41 Blanton 9 7 4.11 27 27 0 170.2 175 79 78 28 47 140
Misch 1 2 3.86 22 3 0 42.0 40 18 18 5 17 19
Morton 3 8 5.35 15 15 0 74.0 86 44 44 7 34 47
Narveson 1 0 4.67 17 1 0 27.0 29 14 14 5 10 24 Stokes 2 4 3.96 62 0 0 61.1 64 29 27 5 33 38 Hamels 9 9 4.21 28 28 0 169.0 181 81 79 22 37 147
D. McCutchen 0 2 5.50 3 3 0 18.0 21 11 11 4 6 11
Looper 12 6 4.77 30 30 0 173.2 190 100 92 34 58 90 Niese 1 1 4.21 5 5 0 25.2 27 12 12 1 9 18 Park 3 3 4.48 44 7 0 82.1 83 43 41 5 33 73
Hansen 0 0 5.68 5 0 0 6.1 6 4 4 1 4 5
Suppan 6 10 4.87 26 26 0 142.1 171 87 77 21 70 67 Maine 5 5 4.45 12 12 0 64.2 53 34 32 7 35 44 Durbin 1 2 4.73 51 0 2 59.0 49 34 31 7 40 54
Capps 3 8 5.96 51 0 25 48.1 66 32 32 10 15 40
McClung 3 3 5.03 38 2 0 59.0 60 33 33 11 36 36 Figueroa 2 5 4.57 12 6 0 43.1 59 23 22 6 17 38 Myers 4 3 4.74 15 10 0 68.1 70 36 36 18 22 48
Bautista 1 0 6.00 8 0 0 9.0 11 6 6 1 2 10
Villanueva 3 10 5.36 56 5 3 82.1 87 50 49 13 29 68 S. Green 1 3 5.05 68 0 1 62.1 60 36 35 5 30 51 Moyer 12 9 5.05 27 24 0 149.2 165 86 84 25 40 85
Vasquez 2 5 6.16 9 7 0 38.0 50 26 26 5 17 24
Pelfrey 10 10 5.09 28 28 0 164.1 188 100 93 15 62 96 Taschner 1 1 5.08 23 0 0 28.1 36 18 16 3 20 18
Bush 4 7 5.85 19 18 0 103.0 110 69 67 18 31 78
Putz 1 4 5.22 29 0 2 29.1 29 18 17 1 19 19 Yates 0 2 7.50 15 0 0 12.0 14 12 10 2 7 9
Parra 10 10 6.42 25 25 0 130.1 169 101 93 19 71 103 Lidge 0 7 7.18 60 0 29 52.2 64 46 42 11 32 56
Parnell 3 8 5.49 61 7 1 78.2 92 51 48 7 40 65 Dumatrait 0 0 9.53 7 0 0 5.2 7 6 6 2 4 3
Team Totals 82 60 4.15 142 142 40 1279.0 1285 620 590 172 432 1003
Riske 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 1.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 Bootcheck 0 0 11.57 9 0 0 11.2 12 15 15 1 7 11
Redding 2 6 5.52 27 14 0 101.0 108 65 62 17 43 67
Team Totals 69 74 4.74 143 143 38 1264.2 1308 706 666 190 534 955 Team Totals 63 81 4.49 144 144 35 1269.2 1307 680 634 143 560 936 Team Totals 55 87 4.63 142 142 26 1246.0 1322 678 641 142 495 813
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NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAM STATS

THROUGH MONDAY’S GAMES
SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO ST. LOUIS WASHINGTON
PADRES GIANTS CARDINALS NATIONALS
BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
Salazar .286 .361 63 9 18 5 0 3 9 8 12 0 0 2 Sandoval .321 .375 505 64 162 40 3 21 77 42 75 4 5 14 Holliday .371 .424 178 35 66 14 2 12 48 17 29 2 3 0 Desmond .615 .643 13 2 8 3 0 1 4 1 2 0 0 1
A. Gonzalez .278 .406 497 79 138 25 2 37 86 104 99 1 1 6 F. Sanchez .294 .328 436 53 128 29 3 7 41 22 71 5 1 4 Pujols .329 .449 504 119 166 38 1 47 125 106 60 14 4 11 Orr .326 .340 43 3 14 2 1 1 8 2 8 1 0 2
Venable .272 .335 243 34 66 13 1 11 33 20 76 5 1 2 Uribe .287 .325 331 43 95 23 4 13 43 21 69 3 1 8 Morse .313 .313 16 1 5 2 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 0
Schumaker .298 .360 477 80 142 32 1 4 34 47 62 2 2 10
Eckstein .265 .322 445 53 118 25 2 1 45 31 38 2 1 1 Schierholtz .274 .306 270 33 74 19 2 5 29 14 51 2 1 2 Morgan .307 .369 469 74 144 15 7 3 39 40 74 42 17 4
Lugo .296 .364 108 18 32 9 4 2 9 12 22 2 0 1
Gwynn .261 .333 341 48 89 10 5 1 15 36 59 6 6 8 Velez .270 .316 215 27 58 11 5 4 24 13 41 6 3 8 Flores .301 .371 93 13 28 3 2 4 15 11 26 0 0 1
Rowand .269 .325 454 58 122 30 2 14 59 27 112 4 1 2 Ryan .289 .337 349 46 101 15 7 2 31 23 48 14 7 7
Headley .260 .335 480 50 125 26 2 11 57 51 118 9 2 7 Guzman .296 .317 494 70 146 23 7 6 50 15 68 4 5 18
Lewis .266 .356 278 47 74 20 3 4 17 34 78 8 4 3 Molina .283 .361 442 41 125 21 1 5 48 49 35 8 2 5
Cabrera .258 .349 310 51 80 15 7 2 27 41 70 23 4 13 Zimmerman .293 .365 546 98 160 31 3 29 94 64 106 2 0 15
Winn .265 .319 498 60 132 32 5 2 48 41 88 15 2 0 Ludwick .274 .333 435 57 119 19 1 20 89 35 92 4 1 1
Kouzmanoff .257 .304 513 49 132 31 1 17 84 27 102 1 0 3 Dunn .282 .410 490 76 138 27 0 37 99 104 162 0 1 13
Ishikawa .264 .323 292 42 77 9 2 9 36 22 82 2 2 3 Rasmus .260 .314 419 66 109 21 2 15 50 31 83 3 1 6
Blanks .250 .355 148 24 37 9 0 10 22 18 55 1 1 0 Willingham .278 .390 367 66 102 29 0 22 59 57 84 4 3 5
Molina .263 .283 456 47 120 24 1 18 71 13 62 0 0 4
Blanco .236 .319 182 19 43 11 0 5 13 22 39 0 0 0 Ankiel .235 .287 340 44 80 20 1 11 37 23 83 4 3 5 Dukes .258 .338 310 31 80 19 3 8 54 36 64 3 10 6
Renteria .252 .309 456 50 115 19 1 5 48 39 68 7 2 13
Macias .226 .359 53 7 12 4 0 1 6 11 9 0 0 1 DeRosa .235 .307 183 24 43 7 0 8 20 17 43 2 1 0 Gonzalez .258 .292 252 26 65 16 3 1 29 11 23 1 0 9
Torres .250 .339 104 21 26 4 5 3 17 13 31 5 1 0
Hundley .220 .302 214 17 47 10 2 6 23 25 61 1 1 6 Thurston .229 .322 253 26 58 17 4 1 25 32 50 3 2 11 Nieves .255 .301 208 20 53 6 0 1 26 13 42 1 0 5
Burriss .238 .292 202 18 48 6 0 0 13 14 34 11 4 7
E. Gonzalez .219 .280 137 15 30 6 2 4 14 9 34 1 2 4 LaRue .226 .278 84 7 19 3 0 1 3 2 20 1 0 1 Bernadina .250 .400 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Garko .234 .294 94 9 22 3 1 2 12 5 9 0 0 0
Rodriguez .206 .321 204 18 42 6 0 2 16 36 23 1 0 6 Bard .234 .297 235 17 55 15 0 4 27 20 41 0 1 5
Aurilia .223 .268 112 10 25 2 0 2 15 8 22 0 0 0 K. Greene .209 .283 163 21 34 7 0 6 24 15 32 2 1 8
Giles .191 .277 225 18 43 10 1 2 23 26 31 1 0 0 Whiteside .213 .248 108 12 23 4 1 1 8 3 27 0 0 5 Harris .230 .370 270 44 62 17 4 7 23 52 52 9 3 3
Glaus .176 .222 17 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0
Alfonzo .179 .200 112 6 20 3 0 2 8 3 34 0 0 1 Maxwell .204 .304 49 6 10 2 0 2 3 6 20 4 0 0
Bowker .205 .238 39 3 8 0 2 1 5 1 12 0 0 0 Team Totals .262 .332 4869 658 1278 266 26 149 624 476 915 67 28 85
Floyd .125 .176 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 Kearns .195 .336 174 20 34 6 2 3 17 32 51 1 1 0
Frandsen .146 .205 41 2 6 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 2
Team Totals .242 .319 4866 563 1180 238 26 130 535 5121056 66 22 80 Padilla .105 .105 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
Guzman .125 .125 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Rohlinger .100 .182 10 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 Team Totals .264 .343 4852 646 1279 248 32 139 625 5491054 67 36 122
Miller 4 0 1.79 63 0 0 40.1 25 9 8 5 10 41
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Posey .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Franklin 2 3 1.96 56 0 37 55.0 42 12 12 2 19 38 PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Gallagher 1 0 0.00 4 0 0 3.1 4 0 0 0 2 3 Team Totals .257 .308 4887 576 1256 255 37 106 540 3391027 68 26 79
Hawksworth 4 0 2.36 25 0 0 34.1 27 10 9 2 10 15 MacDougal 1 0 2.72 44 0 15 43.0 35 16 13 3 26 25
Poreda 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Carpenter 16 4 2.45 25 25 0 172.2 140 48 47 7 32 132 Burnett 2 3 2.88 68 0 1 56.1 36 19 18 6 26 41
Adams 0 0 0.92 30 0 0 29.1 14 9 3 1 6 34
Clippard 2 2 2.89 32 0 0 46.2 28 17 15 9 21 55
Thatcher 1 0 2.50 44 0 0 39.2 31 11 11 2 17 46 Runzler 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 3 4 Wainwright 18 7 2.59 30 30 0 205.0 189 64 59 15 60 175
Lannan 9 11 4.08 30 30 0 185.1 195 92 84 22 62 76
Bell 5 3 2.66 59 0 37 61.0 46 18 18 2 21 67 Penny 3 0 1.64 3 3 0 22.0 13 4 4 2 4 10 McClellan 4 3 2.97 60 0 3 60.2 51 22 20 4 32 44
Affeldt 1 2 1.83 66 0 0 54.0 40 13 11 2 29 47 Villone 4 5 4.20 53 0 1 40.2 47 21 19 4 25 27
Gregerson 1 3 2.85 63 0 0 66.1 54 22 21 2 27 80 Reyes 0 2 3.19 68 0 1 36.2 32 13 13 2 16 30
Lincecum 14 5 2.30 29 29 0 207.1 156 60 53 9 59 244 Martin 4 4 4.29 11 11 0 56.2 59 29 27 12 18 28
Russell 2 1 3.12 10 0 0 8.2 10 3 3 0 8 8 Pineiro 14 10 3.21 28 28 0 190.2 189 78 68 7 22 94
Cain 13 5 2.61 29 29 0 196.1 162 60 57 20 68 151 Zimmermann 3 5 4.63 16 16 0 91.1 95 51 47 10 29 92
Stauffer 4 6 3.31 12 12 0 65.1 64 26 24 8 25 50
Wilson 5 5 2.69 62 0 34 67.0 57 25 20 2 25 72 Smoltz 1 1 3.27 4 4 0 22.0 19 8 8 2 1 28 Bergmann 2 4 5.01 47 0 0 41.1 44 26 23 6 21 33
Mujica 3 4 3.33 64 1 2 81.0 79 35 30 12 16 63
Miller 3 3 3.18 44 0 0 56.2 47 20 20 7 27 36 Boggs 2 2 4.13 11 9 0 52.1 67 25 24 2 28 40 Stammen 4 7 5.11 19 19 0 105.2 112 67 60 14 24 48
Webb 0 0 3.72 19 0 0 19.1 18 8 8 1 8 16
Medders 4 1 3.26 54 0 1 60.2 59 25 22 6 29 51 Lohse 5 8 4.83 20 19 0 100.2 106 57 54 13 33 64 L. Hernandez 8 10 5.30 27 27 0 161.1 190 96 95 19 59 94
Correia 10 10 4.24 30 30 0 176.0 176 87 83 15 62 126
Bumgarner 0 0 3.38 1 1 0 5.1 5 2 2 2 1 4 Motte 4 4 4.96 64 0 0 52.2 53 29 29 10 23 48 Rivera 0 3 5.52 22 0 0 31.0 39 20 19 5 12 20
G. Burke 3 3 4.25 44 0 0 42.1 47 22 20 4 21 29
Howry 1 6 3.43 56 0 0 57.2 47 24 22 5 19 42 Mock 3 7 5.75 24 11 0 67.1 86 49 43 8 32 58
Perdomo 1 0 4.53 31 0 0 55.2 53 31 28 10 29 51 Thompson 2 6 5.02 28 8 0 75.1 81 44 42 8 21 32
Zito 9 12 3.99 29 29 0 171.1 159 78 76 18 70 132 Olsen 2 4 6.03 11 11 0 62.2 83 45 42 11 25 42
Latos 4 5 4.62 10 10 0 50.2 43 29 26 7 23 39 Wellemeyer 7 9 5.89 25 21 0 117.2 155 85 77 18 54 75
J. Sanchez 6 12 4.16 28 25 0 142.2 116 71 66 14 79 158 Detwiler 0 5 6.17 11 10 0 54.0 69 38 37 3 24 33
LeBlanc 2 1 5.01 5 5 0 23.1 18 13 13 3 13 9 Romo 4 2 4.45 38 0 2 28.1 24 14 14 1 10 34 Team Totals 85 60 3.67 145 145 42 1289.0 1257 568 525 111 403 920
Kensing 0 2 11.06 24 0 0 27.2 46 34 34 8 15 14
Young 4 6 5.21 14 14 0 76.0 70 47 44 12 40 50 Johnson 8 6 4.81 17 17 0 91.2 90 51 49 18 31 80
Garate 0 0 18.00 2 0 0 2.0 3 4 4 1 2 0
Hill 1 1 5.25 3 3 0 12.0 15 7 7 1 3 7 Joaquin 0 0 5.06 4 0 0 5.1 6 3 3 1 4 7
Estrada 0 1 19.29 1 1 0 2.1 3 5 5 1 3 4
Richard 4 2 5.40 9 9 0 45.0 48 27 27 6 26 39 Valdez 2 1 5.63 45 0 0 46.1 51 30 29 5 26 38
Segovia 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 1.1 3 5 4 1 2 1
Team Totals 65 80 4.50 145 145 39 1297.2 1286 703 649 154 539 1050 Martinez 3 2 7.31 8 5 0 28.1 43 25 23 3 10 17
Team Totals 50 93 5.11 143 143 27 1249.1 1355 782 710 165 552 810
Team Totals 78 66 3.52 144 144 37 1287.0 1130 539 503 121 522 1151
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To stay or not to stay: That’s Kovalchuk’s question

Training camp started for the Atlanta goal-scoring—an impressive 297 goals in Kovalchuk was drafted by Atlanta.
Thrashers on Sunday, and so did Ilya 545 career games—he has never been a He’s been involved in the decision mak-
Kovalchuk’s evaluation of the team. plus player. It’s safe to say nobody will ing on the players they acquired this
What he observes could very well clinch mistake his two-way play for fellow Rus- summer. He’s the captain. He has a
one of the biggest decisions in the history sian Pavel Datsyuk. Kovalchuk also has 4-year old daughter, Carolina, a 7-month-
of the young franchise. never won a playoff game. old son, Philipp, and his wife Nicole is
After this season, Kovalchuk’s con- But during the Thrashers’ brief playoff pregnant with their third child. Raising
tract is up. If he gets to appearance in 2007, he was one of the few a family in a city in which you’re com-
July 1, he’ll be the most players who didn’t look overwhelmed. fortable is no small consideration.
sought-after free agent In the 2008 World Championships, it There’s a feeling of ownership between
of the summer—a was Kovalchuk who scored the game- Kovalchuk and the city of Atlanta that
40-goal scorer entering tying and game-winning overtime goal didn’t exist with Hossa.
his prime. against Canada to lift the Russians to the “I can only speak for me, but being
That’s the last thing gold medal. In that tournament, he drafted by a team and playing for the
general manager Don scored 14 points in nine games. same team your whole career is rare,”
Waddell and the Kovalchuk, not Alexander Ovechkin Kovalchuk said. “If that would happen
Craig Custance Thrashers want to hap- or Evgeni Malkin, was voted the top Rus- for me, it would be special.”
HOCKEY
pen. And, right now, sian athlete in 2008 by a Russian sports And here’s the biggest difference
they’re cautiously opti- website. between the failed Hossa talks and the
mistic it won’t. Waddell told Sporting His international play provides a ongoing Kovalchuk discussions: “We’re
News Today that Kovalchuk, his agent Jay glimpse as to what kind of player Koval- negotiating,” Waddell said.
Grossman and Thrashers management chuk would be in the Stanley Cup play- When the Thrashers presented the
plan to sit down in training camp, face- offs—if he ever plays for a team that can Hossa camp with an offer, the response
to-face. get there. was more crickets chirping than open
Waddell would love for that meeting to That’s what makes the coming weeks discussion.
wrap up negotiations. so important for Kovalchuk. He wants to “We’d throw a number and never got
“That’s the best way to get this thing be mentioned with the Datsyuks, Ovech- any feedback at all,” Waddell said.
done,” Waddell said. “We’ve had good kins and Malkins when it comes to win- Now, during discussions with Gross-
dialogue. It’s at the point now where ners from Russia in the NHL. If he’s man and the Thrashers, it’s a good old-
something needs to happen.” convinced that is possible in Atlanta, fashioned negotiation. That’s no small
Until then, Kovalchuk will be watch- he’ll stay. point for a franchise desperate to keep its
ing, looking for signs that the summer “I have spent my whole career here and high-end talent.
additions of forward Nik Antropov and my family and I love the city and the fans, The Thrashers have made an offer to
defenseman Pavel Kubina, along with so I hope things work out well,” Koval- Kovalchuk. The Kovalchuk camp has
the development of young talent like chuk said through the team. countered. Both declined to share the
Zach Bogosian, Toby Enstrom, Bryan It’s easy to want to compare the Koval- details of those offers (“I don’t even tell
Little and Evander Kane, will be enough chuk situation to the Marian Hossa my wife that,” Waddell joked). But there’s
to push the Thrashers back into playoff negotiations with the Thrashers two dialogue and it’s positive.
contention. Grossman said Kovalchuk’s years ago. Both are star players who like Waddell is optimistic. So is Grossman.
No. 1 priority is to play for a winner. The Atlanta, and both put a priority on “Yeah, definitely,” Grossman said on
Thrashers have been anything but since winning. Monday afternoon. “They’ve made it
they made him the No. 1 overall pick in There’s a major difference. Kovalchuk clear in their desire to keep Ilya and want
2001. feels loyalty to the organization that him to come back and stay in Atlanta.”
Early in Kovalchuk’s career, there was drafted him. It’s not a knock on Hossa, If Kovalchuk is convinced the Thrash-
doubt about whether a franchise could who was traded to Atlanta for Dany ers are ready to be competitive, that
build a winning team with the Russian Heatley. It was Hossa’s right to pick desire will be mutual. GREGORY SMITH / AP
winger as its centerpiece. Despite all his where he wanted to commit long-term. ccustance@sportingnews.com Since beginning his career with the Thrashers in 2001, Ilya Kovalchuk has scored 297 goals and started a family in Atlanta.
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INSIDE DISH Preseason Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division

Thrashers rookie Kane looks like a nice fit for roster New Jersey
N.Y. Rangers 0
Philadelphia 0
Pittsburgh
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Based on Atlanta coach John very talented hockey player,” and work him in slowly. He’s doing N.Y. Islanders 0 1 0 0 1 2
Anderson’s line juggling in the early Alfredsson told the Ottawa Sun. well. He’s probably a little ahead of Northeast Division
stages of training camp, No. 4 over- “But we knew his situation. He schedule and hopefully that W L OT Pts GF GA
all draft pick Evander Kane might wanted out of here. I still think we continues.” Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0
have the inside track to a regular- could have worked it out. It would Montreal 0 0 0 0 0 0
season roster spot. have been OK. But this is some- The Minnesota Wild have Ottawa 0 0 0 0 0 0
Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0
In his first professional practice, thing that would have happened invited F Petr Sykora to training
Kane was playing right wing on a eventually. Getting it done early is camp for a tryout. Sykora, 32, has Southeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
line with Marty Reasoner and Colby obviously a big plus for us.” played 14 seasons and finished Atlanta 0 0 0 0 0 0
Armstrong. Anderson’s reasoning Neither of the two players fourth in scoring for the Stanley Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0
was enlightening. acquired for Heatley—Milan Michalek Cup champion Penguins last year Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0
“We want them to get used to and Jonathan Cheechoo—were avail- with 46 points. Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0
each other right away,” Anderson able for the opening of camp. So it A former first-round draft pick WESTERN CONFERENCE
told The Atlanta Journal-Constitu- was interesting to see the third by New Jersey, Sykora scored 25 Central Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
tion. “If we have to move them party skating on the top line with goals last season and has 300 in Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0
around, we’ll move them around. Alfredsson and Jason Spezza: young his NHL career. After losing Marian Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0
Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0
Training camp is so short. We only left winger Nick Foligno. Gaborik to the New York Rangers in Nashville 0 0 0 0 0 0
have six games. We might as well “I don’t know if I’m going to read free agency, the Wild are looking to St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0
get them used to each other as soon too much into that,” Foligno told add more scoring punch in a faster- Northwest Division
as possible.” the newspaper. “But I want to be paced system under new coach Todd W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver 1 0 0 2 2 1
Kane impressed Anderson even up in that high rank, and it was fun Richards. Calgary 0 0 0 0 0 0
before reporting for his first camp. to skate with them today. I’m sure Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0
Edmonton 0 0 0 0 0 0
Playing last week at the prospects we’ll see how it plays out for the Washington Capitals F Tomas Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0
camp in Traverse City, Mich., he rest of training camp.” Fleischmann will miss the start of the Pacific Division
scored five goals in four games and regular season with a blood clot in W L OT Pts GF GA
looked the part of a ready-made The Boston Herald reports that his leg. Anaheim 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0
piece to the Thrashers’ puzzle. C David Krejci, who had hip surgery Team officials believe the clot Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0
“I wanted to make the statement in June and was projected to return might have formed during Fleis- Phoenix 0 0 0 0 0 0
San Jose 0 0 0 0 0 0
that I was the best player in that in December, could be back a lot chmann’s long flight home to the
tournament,” Kane told the news- sooner than expected, maybe even Czech Republic at the end of last Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout
loss.
paper, which reported that he could for the Oct. 1 opening of the season. Coach Bruce Boudreau said
become only the third 18-year old season. Fleischmann is expected to return Schedule
to make the team out of camp, fol- Krejci, who scored 22 goals and to practice in early October. Monday’s Game
lowing in the footsteps of Ilya Koval- 73 points last year in his first full He scored a career-high 19 goals Vancouver 2, N.Y. Islanders 1
Today’s Games
chuk and Zach Bogosian. NHL season, skated on the first last season. Florida vs. Ottawa at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 6 p.m.
day of camp with a small group of Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
With the trade of Dany Heatley injured players—and said every- The Florida Panthers have Minnesota at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
to San Jose, the focus in Ottawa’s thing is going well. He also said he signed D Dennis Seidenberg to a one- Edmonton at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Los Angeles (ss) at Phoenix (ss), 10 p.m.
training camp has returned to pre- expects to be able to join the non- year deal. Terms were not Phoenix (ss) at Los Angeles (ss), 10:30 p.m.
paring for the season with some- injured players soon and that he disclosed. Wednesday’s Games
Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m.
thing resembling normalcy. And fully expects to be back in October. Seidenberg played 70 games for N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
that’s welcome news for captain “We’re going to take it slowly Carolina last season and scored Florida at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Daniel Alfredsson, who was Heatley’s with David,” coach Claude Julien told five goals and 30 points. Tampa Bay at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
LYNNE SLADKY / AP longtime linemate. the newspaper. “He’s progressing. Seidenberg previously played for N.Y. Islanders at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
Phoenix at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
Daniel Alfredsson will have at least one new linemate when Ottawa opens its season. “Obviously, Dany is a We’ll keep him in no-contact drills Phoenix and Philadelphia.
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Numbers
NHL countdown Every day in September leading into
DALLAS STARS CATEGORY TEAM STATS RANKS

16
the Oct. 1 season openers, Sporting
Goals per game 2.73 20
News Today will preview each of the 2008-09 record: 36-35-11, 83 points Penalty kill percentage 78.59 24
NHL teams, counting backward from Last Playoff:2008 (lost in conference championship) Power play goals 54 23t
its July 24 Power Poll. Coach: Marc Crawford Power Play Percentage 15.38 27
Saves 2053 28
Save percentage .891 29
BY GRAIG WOODBURN winning tradition over the years and I want Shorthanded goals 2 30
Sporting News Yearbooks to help continue that legacy.” Shots against per game 28.10 5
Nieuwendyk’s first move was to fire Shots per game 28.90 21t
The Dallas Stars are looking to avoid the coach Dave Tippett and replace him with Shutouts 3 20t
Texas-sized troubles they faced last Marc Crawford, completing the organiza- Total points 623 19
season. tional shakeup. Faceoff percentage .478 26
After reaching the conference finals in Since the Stars’ problems were mostly Goals against per game 3.06 25
2008, the Stars seemed primed to remain the result of injuries to key players, there
Power Play
among the NHL elite last year. But the ques- was not the usual wholesale player move- 351 13t
Opportunities
tionable addition of free agent Sean Avery, ment that typically accompanies the arrival Shorthanded Goals
mixed with some less-than-stellar play by of a new general manager. 4 26t
Against
goalie Marty Turco and the absence of star In fact, Dallas made few major offseason Times Shut Out 6 7t
defenseman Sergei Zubov (who missed moves. Shot-blocking defenseman Karlis
most of last year with a hip injury), resulted Skrastins was signed as a free agent from Offseason moves
in a lackluster showing in the opening Florida, and goaltender Alex Auld was
months of the season. acquired from Ottawa. The focus was on Additions
While the self-destructive Avery was getting the team’s stars back to full health. Alex Auld, G (trade, Senators); Warren Peters,
waived in February, the team also lost cap- Morrow, who is returning from knee sur- F (Flames); Karlis Skrastins, D (Panthers); Jeff
tain Brenden Morrow in late November to a gery, will improve the team’s offense and Woywitka, D (Blues)
season-ending knee injury. grit. Richards also is ready to go.
The Stars recovered and played them- “Missing the playoff was an embarrass- Subtractions
selves into fifth place in the conference, but ment to our organization and to ourselves,” Steve Begin, LW (Bruins); Chris Conner, RW
after Brad Richards suffered a wrist frac- Ott said. (Penguins); Brendan Morrison, F (Capitals)
ture in mid-February, everything collapsed, There is no lack of skill among the for-
leaving the team outside the playoffs. wards with Mike Ribeiro and Jere Lehtinen
“Any time you lose your catalyst players— both in their prime, and 24-year-old left 23-year-old Mark Fistric to a three-year
Morrow, Zubov and Richards—for long wing Loui Eriksson, a 36-goal scorer last deal and hope he is ready to make more of
periods of time, that’s where you’re going to season, set for another strong campaign. an impact after skating in 36 games with
see a roller coaster of play,” forward Steve Veteran Mike Modano also returns, as Dallas last season.
Ott said. “We tried to pull as much weight does James Neal, who should improve on a “He is a big, physical presence with a
as we could, as long as we could. For most 24-goal rookie season. TONY GUTIERREZ / AP great deal of potential, and he’ll be counted
nights it worked, but other nights it was too Even Ott has shown he is more than an Mike Modano is returning for another year with the Stars, and he has a former teammate calling the shots. upon to solidify our blue line for the next
overbearing.” agitator, netting a career-high 19 goals in 64 three seasons,” Nieuwendyk said.
The end result of a tumultuous season games last season while working well in The Stars appeared to have won an Daley has made strides to be a competent Although the Stars will continue to lean
was the reshuffling of co-general managers tandem with Ribeiro. important player sweepstakes after land- defender, but Dallas will need a stronger heavily on Turco, they saw him wear down
Les Jackson and Brett Hull into other man- “I never really had the opportunity in ing heralded Swedish free-agent forward nucleus. Skrastins will help, but the biggest last year and know that, at age 34, he’ll need
agement roles while adding new G.M. Joe prior seasons to be put on the power play, to Fabian Brunnstrom last summer. But question is how quickly the young defense- some help. He started 74 games, a number
Nieuwendyk. be put in offensive situations playing with Brunnstrom needs to continue his adjust- men can adjust to NHL play. the team would like to reduce to about 55
“I am ready for this opportunity,” said top guys,” Ott said. “I was a guy to run ment to the North American style and Both Nicklas Grossman and Matt Nis- with the addition of the veteran Auld.
Nieuwendyk, who played for the Stars around and create energy and play hard, improve on a 17-goal rookie season. kanen made progress last year and will be — For much more on the Stars, purchase a copy of Sporting News
when they won the franchise’s only Stanley but I always wanted to keep that skill side Stephane Robidas has emerged as the counted on for more of the same this season. Hockey ’09-10 yearbook by calling 1-800-380-7404. Or order it online
Cup in 1999. “The Dallas Stars have built a and that’s the player I want to be.” Stars’ best all-around defenseman. Trevor The Stars have also locked in rugged at sportingnews.com or streetandsmiths.com
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Wade posturing for more help INSIDE DISH

Dwyane Wade was leaning back

in a chair next to a classroom of
Jamison: Arenas ready for action, revenge
children at his mother’s church on Wizards PF Antawn Jamison is excited. Well, he is
Chicago’s South Side. He was pre- excited because he knows someone who is excited—
paring for a hectic four-day week- longtime teammate PG Gilbert Arenas, who has been
end in support of his Wade’s World limited to just 15 games in the last two seasons because
foundation, running fundraisers of knee injuries. Both the Wizards and Arenas have
for students who undergone heavy criticism for the six-year, $118 mil-
are in almost the lion contract Arenas signed last summer, after which
exact situation he it was discovered he would need more knee surgery.
was in when he This summer, though, Arenas has been working out
was a kid. “These in Chicago. Jamison said he talks to him regularly,
kids behave bet- and said Arenas is eager to exact revenge on his
ter,” Wade said. critics.
“When I was that “I think people are going to be shocked by where he
Sean Deveney age, I was a pain is, by how ready he is to play,” Jamison told Sporting
PRO BASKETBALL in the butt for the News Today. “There is going to be rust, of course, but
teachers. he is going to be ready. I think sitting out for two years
Wade’s team, the Heat, can prob- has really motivated him. I know Gilbert, and the guy
ably empathize. Early in the sum- loves basketball about as much as anyone I know. It’s
mer, Wade caused some pains killed him to be out this long. Plus, the criticism and
around Miami by noting that all of that, he has listened to it, he has taken it. Now he
another 45-win season is “not wants some payback.”
enough for me,” which has particu- MARK DUNCAN / AP — Sean Deveney
lar weight when you consider that Dwyane Wade (3) will continue applying pressure to the Heat with his public comments.
Wade is heading into free agency. Heat SG Dwyane Wade said he is not concerned
But now, Wade says the hand- is room for improvement because “I can put my suit on and look about PF Michael Beasley, who has had to spend time in ALEX BRANDON / AP
wringing over that comment he they’ve played together for a year from a business standpoint and NBA-sanctioned rehab after failing to stick to the Gilbert Arenas, right, has played in just 15 games the last two
made in July was overdone. And now, but Boston, Cleveland and understand that next summer we rules of a past rehab assignment. Last month, Beasley seasons, and is anxious to show what he can do.
he’s right—what Wade was doing, it Orlando are again expected to be at are going to have the most cap space sent a series of strange messages to his Twitter
turns out, was keeping up pressure the top of the East, with Washing- in the NBA,” Wade said. “We can account, which was later taken down. opportunity to be a bench player a chance because I
on the Heat to get better, if not now ton, Atlanta and Toronto improving. make some moves. I understand “I spoke with him,” Wade told SN Today. “He has think he can become great,” Karl said. “He knows the
then next summer. It’s difficult to see how the Heat can that. But if I am asked the question, moved on from it. He made a decision, and it created a game, he’s one of the all-time great scorers, little guy
“As a player, you always want to crack into the top of the East. ‘What do you want?’ I am going to lot of backlash, but as I always say, Michael Beasley is being successful; when he came in to this game no one
get better,” Wade said. “That is But this is planned, temporary say what I want, because I want to 20 years old. He is going to make mistakes. It is just could have predicted the career that he has had. And,
where I am coming from. I am the mediocrity in Miami. One of the make sure we keep going in the unfortunate that Michael said what he said via Twit- now that he’s getting in whatever you want to call it,
leader of this team. If things go misconceptions about the Heat’s right direction. It makes sense for ter because it stuck with people and gave them an the twilight of his career, I hope he gives the sixth
great, I get the praise. If things go situation is that Wade somehow us not to make any dramatic moves impression that is there now, and he can’t take it back. man, come off the bench, be a scorer off the bench, be
bad, I get the backlash as well. So I doesn’t understand that. The Heat now. But I want us to make those He is in the limelight. He has to understand that.” a mentor to young players in Memphis, give it an
am going to voice my opinion. My are hording cap space to make a big moves when the right time comes.” — Sean Deveney opportunity.”
opinion is to make sure we keep signing next summer. Wade’s com- His free agency is Wade’s lever-
getting better. … That was all my ments have been taken to mean he age on the Heat. Giving out his Denver coach George Karl may have willingly The Knicks, looking to fill out a fairly thin roster,
statements were this summer.” is eager to get out of town, but that’s opinions—even the pain-in-the-butt traded away SG Allen Iverson last November, but he is signed former Celtics PG Gabe Pruitt, who averaged 2.0
Still, the Heat weren’t able to not the case. Rather, Wade is stating opinions—is his best means of exer- still pulling for his former player in his new incarna- points in 62 games over the last two years. New York
upgrade the talent level much. his displeasure and keeping his free cising that leverage. Expect to hear tion in Memphis. Karl told WSCR in Chicago that also inked former University of Illinois PF Warren
Miami was the No. 5 seed in the East agency at the forefront in order to more of the same throughout the Iverson could be very successful if he gives coming Carter to a non-guaranteed contract. Carter averaged
last year, and shouldn’t be much bet- keep pressure on the team to spend year. off the bench a fair shake. 5.6 points and 4.2 rebounds for the Knicks’ summer-
ter this season. Wade said that there big next summer. sdeveney@sportingnews.com “I hope this transformation he will give the league team in July.
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL GOLF
INSIDE DISH PGA Tour Statistics World ranking
Through Sept. 13 Tiger versed on (Through Sept. 13)

Duke will seat more students closer to court Scoring Average

1, Tiger Woods, 68.06. 2, Steve Stricker, 69.32. 3, Jim Furyk,
69.56. 4 (tie), David Toms and Zach Johnson, 69.57. 6, Hunter random trivia
1. Tiger Woods
2. Steve Stricker
3. Phil Mickelson
USA 16.04
USA 7.94
USA 7.54
Duke has made changes to Cam- Mahan, 69.65. 7, Tim Clark, 69.78. 8, Kenny Perry, 69.85. 9, 4. Paul Casey Eng 6.48
Retief Goosen, 69.90. 10, Steve Marino, 69.91. 5. Henrik Stenson Swe 5.93
eron Indoor Stadium, including 6. Kenny Perry USA 5.90
reconfigured seating and fresh Driving Distance 7. Sergio Garcia Esp 5.84
1, Robert Garrigus, 312.2. 2, Bubba Watson, 311.3. 3, Dustin 8. Padraig Harrington Irl 5.72
paint on the seats in the upper part Johnson, 308.2. 4, Gary Woodland, 307.3. 5, Tag Ridings, 306.4. 9. Jim Furyk USA 5.63
10. Geoff Ogilvy Aus 5.52
of the arena. 6, Nick Watney, 305.2. 7, Angel Cabrera, 305.0. 8, J.B. Holmes, 11. Lee Westwood Eng 5.19
303.4. 9, Troy Matteson, 301.5. 10, Harrison Frazar, 301.3. 12. Stewart Cink USA 5.10
Opponents likely will notice more
13. Martin Kaymer Ger 4.94
raucous students seated at each end Driving Accuracy Percentage 14. Vijay Singh Fji 4.62
1, David Toms, 74.41%. 2, Scott McCarron, 73.54%. 3, Joe 15. Sean O’Hair USA 4.42
of the court. Durant, 73.52%. 4, Tim Clark, 73.13%. 5, Brian Gay, 72.36%. 16. Camilo Villegas Col 4.42
Duke’s graduate students will be 6, Kirk Triplett, 72.08%. 7, Scott Verplank, 71.94%. 8, Bart 17. Lucas Glover USA 4.37
Bryant, 71.90%. 9, Zach Johnson, 71.73%. 10, Patrick 18. Zach Johnson USA 4.29
located in seats at both the north Sheehan, 71.09%. 19. Retief Goosen SAf 4.18
and south ends of Cameron, accord- 20. Anthony Kim USA 4.10
Greens in Regulation Pct. 21. Ian Poulter Eng 4.09
ing to a report by The News & 1, John Senden, 70.65%. 2, Joe Durant, 70.37%. 3, Jay 22. Robert Karlsson Swe 4.08
Observer of Raleigh, N.C. That Williamson, 69.50%. 4, Greg Owen, 69.19%. 5, Jonathan NAM Y. HUH / AP 23. Ernie Els SAf 4.00
Byrd, 69.17%. 6, Robert Garrigus, 69.06%. 7, Charles Warren, 24. Rory McIlroy NIr 3.81
change will put some of the most 68.85%. 8, Jason Bohn, 68.71%. 9, Scott Sterling, 68.60%. Tigers Woods is running away with the world’s top 25. Hunter Mahan USA 3.75
26. Ross Fisher Eng 3.70
energetic fans behind both baskets 10, Briny Baird, 68.59%. ranking, but he doesn’t track those kind of stats. 27. Angel Cabrera Arg 3.59
and give opponents a difficult BOB LEVERONE / SN 28. Luke Donald Eng 3.57
Total Driving 29. Mike Weir Can 3.25
shooting background. Duke’s ‘Cameron Crazies’ will be even more strategically seated this season. 1, Jonathan Byrd, 78. 2, Lucas Glover, 80. 3, John Rollins, 83. LEMONT, ILL.—Tiger Woods is turning into 30. David Toms USA 3.21
4, Kenny Perry, 95. 5, Boo Weekley, 98. 6, Tiger Woods, 99. 31. Robert Allenby Aus 3.20
Undergraduate students will 7, Robert Allenby, 100. 8 (tie), Charles Warren and Hunter quite the trivia buff. 32. Soren Kjeldsen Den 3.12
remain in their lower-arena court- coach, told Scout.com’s Dave Telep coach Ben Jacobson insists, “It’s still a Mahan, 104. 10, Heath Slocum, 114. During the third round of the Deutsche 33. Yang Yong-Eun Kor 3.06
34. Nick Watney USA 3.05
side seats behind the media. it would be hard for Ellington to different team.” Putting Average Bank Championship two weeks ago, he saw 35. Ben Curtis USA 2.99
“Getting the graduate students give up football. But there’s a good So he’s been concentrating on 1, Luke Donald, 1.725. 2, Steve Stricker, 1.727. 3 (tie), Charlie a couple of familiar faces as he walked off 36. Tim Clark SAf 2.93
Wi, Joe Ogilvie and Anthony Kim, 1.728. 6, Dean Wilson, 37. Justin Leonard USA 2.83
behind both baskets, while keeping reason for the decision: “He loves getting strong leadership from his 1.730. 7, Daniel Chopra, 1.735. 8, Harrison Frazar, 1.736. 9, the 10th tee and approached as if wanting to 38. Miguel Angel Jimenez Esp 2.79
our undergraduate student section basketball.” veterans and building team chem- Greg Chalmers, 1.737. 10, 2 tied with 1.738. impart some important information. 39. Brian Gay USA 2.74
40. Dustin Johnson USA 2.67
courtside, will create even more of a A 5-9 point guard, Ellington istry as the Panthers prepare for Birdie Average “Which city sits on two continents?” he said. 41. Rory Sabbatini SAf 2.56
42. Soren Hansen Den 2.55
home-court advantage for the became one of the fastest-rising the start of the season. 1, Tiger Woods, 4.19. 2, Dustin Johnson, 4.14. 3, Anthony “And what country has the most lakes?” 43. Alvaro Quiros Esp 2.54
Kim, 4.10. 4, Hunter Mahan, 4.07. 5, Steve Stricker, 4.03. 6,
team,” coach Mike Krzyzewski said in a players on the summer circuit and In the first team meeting, he Fred Couples, 4.02. 7, Joe Durant, 3.98. 8, Jonathan Byrd, When it comes to his own trivia, Woods 44. G. Fernandez-Castano Esp 2.49
45. Oliver Wilson Eng 2.43
statement. reached No. 52 in Scout’s post-sum- recalled how the only senior lost 3.97. 9 (tie), Lucas Glover and Jason Day, 3.93. often doesn’t have a clue. 46. Graeme McDowell NIr 2.41
The 5,649 seats in the upper mer rankings. There are physical from last season’s team— guard Tra- He kept track of the score at the BMW 47. Jeev Milkha Singh Ind 2.40
Eagles (Holes per) 48. Scott Verplank USA 2.40
arena have been painted blue, and similarities between Ellington and vis Brown—dealt with a slow start to 1, Bubba Watson, 75.2. 2, Retief Goosen, 77.6. 3, Kevin Championship, where he closed with a 68 49. Ryo Ishikawa Jpn 2.34
Stadler, 99.8. 4, Pat Perez, 102.0. 5, Tiger Woods, 104.4. 6, 50. Anders Hansen Den 2.34
the brass railings will be refur- current Gamecocks star Devan his final year as a college player. Phil Mickelson, 106.2. 7, Chris Riley, 109.8. 8, Jimmy Walker, and wound up winning by eight shots. 51. Shingo Katayama Jpn 2.33
bished before the start of the 2009- Downey. Brown hit the 20-minute mark only 113.4. 9, Dustin Johnson, 114.0. 10, Andres Romero, 115.7. It was the fourth straight year Woods 52. Thongchai Jaidee Tha 2.29
53. Davis Love III USA 2.28
10 season. Total seating capacity Telep reported Ellington missed twice before Christmas in the Sand Save Percentage has won by at least eight, and the 10th 54. Stephen Ames Can 2.24
remains at 9,314. much of his junior season in bas- team’s 6-5 start, but as UNI rolled 1, Luke Donald, 65.94%. 2, Kevin Na, 62.66%. 3, David time in his PGA Tour career. 55. Adam Scott Aus 2.23
Mathis, 62.07%. 4, Webb Simpson, 61.96%. 5, Mark Wilson, 56. Chad Campbell USA 2.20
ketball because of a hand injury. to a 17-5 finish to make the NCAA 61.64%. 6, Tiger Woods, 61.54%. 7, Matt Kuchar, 61.16%. “First of all, I did not know that,” he 57. Justin Rose Eng 2.19
58. Kevin Sutherland USA 2.18
Bruce Ellington had a tougher “He’s a competitive kid, a joy to Tournament, he regained a regular 8, Nick O’Hern, 60.34%. 9, Brian Gay, 60.15%. 10, Brad said with a smile. 59. Mathew Goggin Aus 2.17
Adamonis, 59.81%. 60. Kevin Na USA 2.15
choice to make than most high coach,” Saunders said. “I kept tell- spot in the rotation. He also tied Sam Snead with his sixth
61. Chris Wood Eng 2.14
school prospects. He had to not only ing people he’d be better in July “We talked about the importance All-Around Ranking year of six victories or more. To put that in 62. Heath Slocum USA 2.09
1, Tiger Woods, 133. 2, Hunter Mahan, 345. 3, Zach Johnson, 63. Hiroyuki Fujita Jpn 2.09
decide on a college but also a sport. than April. In July, it was all about of how he handled some adversity, 349. 4, Steve Stricker, 352. 5, Jason Day, 369. 6, Dustin perspective, only one other player over 64. Peter Hanson Swe 2.07
The announcement of his deci- basketball.” not playing as much and not start- Johnson, 386. 7, Kevin Na, 389. 8, Tim Clark, 413. 9, Jonathan the last 25 years has won six times in a 65. Michael Sim Aus 2.03
Byrd, 414. 10, Stephen Ames, 415. 66. Francesco Molinari Ita 2.02
sion to attend South Carolina and — Mike DeCourcy ing,” Jacobson said. “He was able to season—Vijay Singh in 2004. 67. K.J. Choi Kor 2.02
play basketball came after he’d fight through that, and then his min- PGA TOUR Official Money Leaders Woods is not only ranked No. 1 in the 68. John Rollins USA 2.01
1, Tiger Woods (16), $9,698,163. 2, Steve Stricker (21), 69. Paul Goydos USA 1.99
scored five touchdowns for Berke- Even though Northern Iowa utes started to increase—because of $6,062,636. 3, Zach Johnson (24), $4,427,213. 4, Kenny world, but he has more than doubled the 70. Jerry Kelly USA 1.94
ley High in Moncks Corner, S.C., in has five seniors and three juniors the approach he took when things Perry (23), $4,115,562. 5, Phil Mickelson (17), $3,982,755. lead over Steve Stricker, who is in 71. Stephen Marino USA 1.93
6, Sean O’Hair (22), $3,798,993. 7, Geoff Ogilvy (19), 72. Trevor Immelman SAf 1.92
a Friday night victory. returning from last season’s Mis- weren’t going well for him.” $3,710,270. 8, Jim Furyk (21), $3,514,215. 9, Lucas Glover second. 73. Brendan Jones Aus 1.92
74. James Kingston SAf 1.91
Antoine Saunders, his summer souri Valley championship team, — Mike DeCourcy (25), $3,490,080. 10, Y.E. Yang (22), $3,339,516. —The Associated Press 75. Alexander Noren Swe 1.89
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Chase doesn’t need knee-jerk changes Tryson will join MWR as

INSIDE DISH

All you folks with jerking To ask Kyle Busch not to go for
knees—stop right now.
Obviously, one of the drivers
the win would be asking him to act
contrary to his nature, but you
Truex’s crew chief in 2010
who’s tied for the Sprint Cup Series can’t argue he doesn’t know the Pat Tryson will join Michael Waltrip
lead with four victories didn’t consequences. Racing in 2010 as crew chief for Mar-
make the cut when the Chase field “This year has just been a lot of tin Truex Jr., who is leaving Earnhardt
was set Saturday at Richmond— bad luck, too, on my part just being Ganassi Racing at the end of the sea-
despite a valiant dumb, and getting in the wrong son to drive the No. 56 NAPA
fifth-place finish position at the wrong time—and Toyota.
there. yet just some other failures that we “Pat is a passionate competitor, a
That would be might have had,” Busch said after winner and a championship con-
Kyle Busch. winning Aug. 22 at Bristol in one tender,” team owner Michael Waltrip
Clearly, it would of the high-water marks of an said Monday. “Those were the traits CAROLYN KASTER / AP
benefit the Chase inconsistent season. we were looking for in a crew chief Pat Tryson, left, will be the crew chief for
to have one of the If a team could qualify for the that would help Martin deliver on the Martin Truex Jr. next season.
Reid Spencer series’ most tal- Chase simply by winning a requi- track for NAPA for years to come.”
THE COOL DOWN LAP ented, aggressive site number of races, you might Tryson chose to leave Penske Rac- Rusty Wallace Racing director
and mercurial have a situation similar to that on ing, where he has enjoyed consider- of competition Wes Ward and lead
drivers fighting for the the PGA Tour, where top players— able success with driver Kurt Busch engineer Dale Ferguson will assume
championship. most notably Tiger Woods—play since joining the No. 2 Dodge team in interim crew chief duties for driver
On the other hand, the Chase limited schedules, pick and choose the summer of 2007. Busch is the Brendan Gaughan and the No. 62
and the sport will survive without the venues they like and still accu- seventh seed in the Chase. Nationwide Series team. The pair
him, despite what appears to be mulate enough points to win the While at Roush Fenway Racing, replace Bryan Berry, effective
growing sentiment to gerryman- Tour’s version of the Chase, the Tryson guided Mark Martin to the immediately.
der drivers who win races into STEVE HELBER / AP FedEx Cup. Chase three straight years (2004- “This was a hard decision for us to
NASCAR’s version of the playoffs. Kyle Busch attributes missing the Chase to a lot of things but not that he didn’t win enough. Sponsors might like that 2006). Only two other crew chiefs, make,” team owner Rusty Wallace said
It’s important to avoid knee-jerk approach to Cup racing, with Robbie Reiser (for Matt Kenseth) and Chad Monday. “Bryan’s a good person and
reactions when a driver of Busch’s wasn’t settled until the final lap at the reward a driver gets for win- smaller outlays necessary to secure Knaus (for Jimmie Johnson), were part of a good crew chief. There are just
magnitude misses the Chase. At Homestead-Miami Speedway. ning, both in terms of the week-to- a Chase spot, but fans who don’t the Chase in each of the first three times when the communication
this point, tinkering with the for- It’s probably just coincidence, but week standings and in the seeding get a chance to see their favorite seasons of the new format. between a driver and crew chief
mat would do more harm than after Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Gor- for the Chase. drivers at every track certainly — Reid Spencer doesn’t work out quite right, and this
good. don failed to qualify for the 2005 To punch a driver’s ticket into wouldn’t. was one of them.”
If you’ll recall, the introduction Chase, NASCAR expanded the the Chase just because he wins a As Gordon has said repeatedly, Tony Eury Sr., crew chief of the No. — SceneDaily.com
of the Chase for the 2004 season field from 10 drivers to 12 for the few races, however, would be comparing champions from differ- 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet driven
was not without controversy, given 2007 season. That same year, the misguided. ent eras is difficult enough without by Brad Keselowski in the Nationwide NASCAR will allocate about
how large a departure it was from sanctioning body introduced the Everyone knows the rules at the changing the format every few Series, suffered minor injuries— 300 Sprint Cup Series Awards Ban-
the scoring system developed by seeding system whereby drivers start of the season, and qualifying years. Accordingly, it’s time for reportedly two cracked ribs—in a quet tickets to the top 12 teams and
the late Bob Latford, which start the Chase with 5,000 points for the Chase often comes down to NASCAR to leave the Chase sys- two-car accident Sunday near China drivers to give away as part of pro-
rewarded consistent strength—but plus 10 bonus points for every race a handful of choices made during tem alone. Grove, N.C. motions or contests. Those tickets
not necessarily race wins—over won during the first 26 events. the first 26 races. As it turned out, A loud second for that motion Eury was hospitalized overnight will make up about 25 percent of the
the course of an entire season. That same year, NASCAR added Busch fell eight points short of 12th comes from Johnson, the three- and scheduled for release Monday. audience at the Wynn Las Vegas.
Up front, the Chase faced mixed five points to the total a driver gets place. All else equal, he would have time defending champion: “It’s Eury was described as “resting The event in the past has tradition-
reviews, but the first season under for winning a race, increasing the qualified for the postseason had he worked pretty damn good for me comfortably.” ally been invitation only in New York
the new system won plenty of con- maximum score from 190 to 195 not tried to block Tony Stewart on the last three years, so it’s hard to The Nationwide Series is off this City. But NASCAR moved the ban-
verts after Kurt Busch eked out the (for a driver who wins and leads the final lap at Daytona in July, complain.” week. The next race is Sept. 26 at quet to Las Vegas starting this year
title over Jimmie Johnson and Jeff the most laps). So, in effect, where he finished 14th instead of a — Reid Spencer writes for the Sporting News Dover. for financial and marketing reasons.
Gordon in an intense battle that NASCAR has already increased probable second or third. NASCAR Wire Service — Reid Spencer — Bob Pockrass, SceneDaily.com
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U.S. OPEN

Glance
A look at Monday’s
Federer loses focus as del Potro triumphs Serena, Venus close
tumultuous tourney
play at the $21.6 mil-
lion U.S. Open tennis
NEW YORK—Always so cool, so con- with doubles title
sistent, so in control of his emotions Results
championships:
and his matches, Roger Federer NEW YORK—Her doubles champion-
Weather: Mostly amazingly let the U.S. Open champi- At The USTA Billie Jean King ship brought some closure Monday
sunny, breezy and onship slip from his grasp. National Tennis Center to what has been an awkward U.S.
mild. High of 79. Two points from victory against New York Open for Serena Williams.
Purse: $21.6 million (Grand Slam)
inexperienced, unheralded Juan Surface: Hard-Outdoor Time to celebrate. Time to move
Attendance:
24,821. Martin del Potro of Argentina, two on. Maybe even time to make
points from a sixth consecutive title Singles amends with the line judge she
Men’s results: No. at Flushing Meadows and a record- Men unloaded on during that ugly finish
6 Juan Martin del Potro extending 16th Grand Slam title Singles to her semifinal loss two nights ago.
upset No. 1 Roger Semifinals
overall, Federer, quite simply, fell Juan Martin del Potro (6), Argentina, “I would like to give her a big ol’
Federer in five sets
to win his first Grand apart Monday. def. Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, hug,” Williams said.
Slam singles title in He railed at the chair umpire. His 3-6, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Williams and sister Venus teamed
his first attempt. For legs grew weary. His double-faults up for a 6-2, 6-2 victory over defend-
Federer, it was his sixth mounted. He could not figure out a Doubles ing champions Cara Black and Lie-
loss in 21 Grand Slam Women
way to stop the 6-foot-6 del Potro Championship zel Huber to win their 10th Grand
finals and first at the
U.S. Open since 2003. from pounding forehand after fore- Serena and Venus Williams (4), Slam doubles title, and first at Flush-
hand past him. In a result as shock- United States, def. Cara Black, ing Meadows since 1999. Not sur-
Women’s results: ing for who lost as how it happened, Zimbabwe, and Liezel Huber (1), prisingly, the sisters answered very
No. 4 Serena Williams the sixth-seeded del Potro came back United States, 6-2, 6-2. few questions about doubles when it
and Venus Williams to win his first Grand Slam title by was over.
won their third Grand
Slam doubles title upsetting the No. 1-seeded Federer During a post-match interview on
this year, beating top 3-6, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2. was to win the U.S. Open, and the the court, ESPN2’s Patrick McEnroe
seeds Cara Black and “Maybe I look back and have some other one is to be like Roger. One is prodded Serena about her profane
Liezel Huber. It was regrets about it,” said Federer, never done,” del Potro said during the on- outburst at the end of her loss to Kim
the sisters’ 10th career before beaten by anyone other than CHARLES KRUPA / AP court ceremony. Clijsters and its aftermath. Williams
Grand Slam title.
Rafael Nadal in a major final. “But, Juan Martin del Potro, 20, held on for his first Slam despite being two points from defeat. Then, addressing Federer directly, had issued an apology shortly before
Stat of the day: you know, you can’t have them all del Potro added: “I need to improve a the doubles match, saying she is “a
Roger Federer and can’t always play your best.” Martin on an unbelievable tourna- Potro tried a forehand passing shot lot to be like you. I’d like to congratu- woman of great pride, faith and integ-
struggled with his He had won 40 consecutive ment. I had a great one myself, too,” that was called wide, but he chal- late you for fighting ‘til the last rity, and I admit when I’m wrong.”
serve all night, hitting matches at Flushing Meadows. He Federer said, “but he was the best.” lenged, and the replay system showed point.” It was a more contrite statement
11 double faults, five
more than his previous had won 33 of his previous 34 Grand That’s some compliment. he was right. Federer kept glancing at The 4-hour, 6-minute match was than the one she released the day
worst in a Grand Slam Slam matches. And he has made the Somehow, del Potro never seemed the mark the shot left on the blue the first U.S. Open final to go five before—when she was socked with
final. final at 17 of the past 18 Grand Slam intimidated by the setting or the man court, even into the next game, and sets since 1999, and there were no a $10,000 fine for acting in a
tournaments, 21 overall. many consider the greatest tennis del Potro wound up stealing the set. early signs to indicate it would be “threatening manner,” according to
Quote of the day: Del Potro? This was the 20-year- player in history. “That one cost me the match, even- this competitive—much less end tournament director Jim Curley. But
“Five was great, four
was great, too. Six old’s first Grand Slam final, and he The usually unflappable Federer tually,” Federer said. with del Potro down on his back, when McEnroe tried to ask her
would have been a was 0-6 against Federer until now. argued with chair umpire Jake Gar- Del Potro, meanwhile, managed to chest heaving, tears welling, a Grand “what clicked in your head” that led
dream, too. Can’t have But after handing Nadal the most ner during a changeover, using a have the time of his young life, high- Slam trophy soon to be in his arms. to the new statement, the crowd
them all.” — Roger lopsided loss of his Grand Slam profanity and saying, “Don’t tell me fiving front-row fans after winning He is the fifth-youngest U.S. Open started booing.
Federer, whose loss career in the semifinals Sunday, del to be quiet, OK? When I want to talk, one point, and reveling in the soccer- champion and the first man from “I think what the crowd is saying
ended his U.S. Open
title streak at five. Potro came back the next day and I talk.” style serenades of “Ole!” ringing Argentina to win the event since is, ‘Patrick, let’s move on,’ ” Venus
— The Associated Press rattled Federer. He also got steamed while up a set through the stadium. Guillermo Vilas in 1977. Williams said.
“I would like to congratulate Juan and serving at 5-4 in the second. Del “When I would have a dream, it — The Associated Press — The Associated Press
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Tuesday, Nov. 3 Wednesday
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Glance AC Milan vs. Real Madrid Inter Milan (Italy) vs. Barcelona (Spain)
Marseille vs. FC Zurich Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) vs. Rubin Kazan (Russia)
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Madrid to unveil $360-million Team
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Real Madrid vs. FC Zurich
AC Milan vs. Marseille
Tuesday, Dec. 8
Tuesday, Sept. 29
Rubin Kazan vs. Inter Milan
Barcelona vs. Dynamo Kiev
Tuesday, Oct. 20

investment against FC Zurich Maccabi Haifa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Zurich vs. AC Milan Inter Milan vs. Dynamo Kiev
Marseille vs. Real Madrid Barcelona vs. Rubin Kazan
Today Wednesday, Nov. 4
Juventus (Italy) vs. Bordeaux (France) Rubin Kazan vs. Barcelona
Maccabi Haifa (Israel) vs. Bayern Munich (Germany) GROUP D Dynamo Kiev vs. Inter Milan
ZURICH—Having won its opening Wednesday, Sept. 30 Team GP W D L GF GA Pts Tuesday, Nov. 24
Bayern Munich vs. Juventus Chelsea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Barcelona vs. Inter Milan
two Spanish league matches, Real Bordeaux vs. Maccabi Haifa FC Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rubin Kazan vs. Dynamo Kiev
Madrid’s new lineup will play before Wednesday, Oct. 21 Atletico Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wednesday, Dec. 9
Bordeaux vs. Bayern Munich APOEL Nicosia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
a global audience Tuesday at FC Inter Milan vs. Rubin Kazan
Juventus vs. Maccabi Haifa Dynamo Kiev vs. Barcelona
Zurich in the Champions League. Tuesday, Nov. 3
Today
Chelsea (England) vs. FC Porto (Portugal)
The nine-time European cham- Bayern Munich vs. Bordeaux Atletico Madrid (Spain) vs. APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus)
pion has enjoyed an instant return Maccabi Haifa vs. Juventus
Wednesday, Sept. 30
GROUP G
Wednesday, Nov. 25 Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
since investing €250 million ($360 APOEL Nicosia vs. Chelsea Sevilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bordeaux vs. Juventus FC Porto vs. Atletico Madrid
million) in the offseason on players. Bayern Munich vs. Maccabi Haifa Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wednesday, Oct. 21 Stuttgart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tuesday, Dec. 8
Madrid even had the luxury of Juventus vs. Bayern Munich
FC Porto vs. APOEL Nicosia Unirea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chelsea vs. Atletico Madrid
leaving Cristiano Ronaldo, its €94 Maccabi Haifa vs. Bordeaux
Tuesday, Nov. 3 Wednesday
million ($135 million) world-record APOEL Nicosia vs. FC Porto Stuttgart (Germany) vs. Rangers (Scotland)
signing, on the bench in last Satur- GROUP B Atletico Madrid vs. Chelsea Sevilla (Spain) vs. Unirea (Romania)
Team GP W D L GF GA Pts Wednesday, Nov. 25 Tuesday, Sept. 29
day’s game at Espanyol—although Manchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Porto vs. Chelsea Unirea vs. Stuttgart
he emerged to complete a 3-0 vic- CSKA Moscow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 APOEL Nicosia vs. Atletico Madrid Rangers vs. Sevilla
Besiktas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tuesday, Dec. 8 Tuesday, Oct. 20
tory by scoring in stoppage time. Wolfsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chelsea vs. APOEL Nicosia Rangers vs. Unirea
But after Real’s five straight Atletico Madrid vs. FC Porto Stuttgart vs. Sevilla
Today Wednesday, Nov. 4
Champions League exits in the Besiktas (Turkey) vs. Manchester United (England) Unirea vs. Rangers
round of 16, Ronaldo and Brazil Wolfsburg (Germany) vs. CSKA Moscow (Russia) GROUP E Sevilla vs. Stuttgart
playmaker Kaka, a €65 million ($94 Wednesday, Sept. 30 Team GP W D L GF GA Pts Tuesday, Nov. 24
Manchester United vs. Wolfsburg Liverpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rangers vs. Stuttgart
million) acquisition from AC Milan, CSKA Moscow vs. Besiktas Lyon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Unirea vs. Sevilla
have been bought to restore its rep- DAVID RAMOS / AP Wednesday, Oct. 21 Fiorentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Debreceni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wednesday, Dec. 9
CSKA Moscow vs. Manchester United Stuttgart vs. Unirea
utation in the world’s most lucrative Madrid’s Raul Gonzalez, right, has more Champions League experience than the opposing roster. Wolfsburg vs. Besiktas
Wednesday Sevilla vs. Rangers
club competition. Tuesday, Nov. 3 Liverpool (England) vs. Debreceni (Hungary)
Madrid coach Manuel Pelligrini Zurich coach Bernard Challan- experience, though Finland Manchester United vs. CSKA Moscow Lyon (France) vs. Fiorentina (Italy)
Besiktas vs. Wolfsburg GROUP H
said he would have no favorites des said his team would not be defender Hannu Tihinen, Switzer- Wednesday, Nov. 25
Tuesday, Sept. 29 Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
Fiorentina vs. Liverpool Arsenal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
when selecting his team Tuesday. scared of the challenge. land winger Johan Vonlanthen and Manchester United vs. Besiktas Debreceni vs. Lyon
CSKA Moscow vs. Wolfsburg AZ Alkmaar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
“There are no players who are “Of course we have respect midfielder Silvan Aegerter have Tuesday, Oct. 20 Olympiakos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tuesday, Dec. 8 Debreceni vs. Fiorentina
more or less of a first-team player because Real is one of the best teams only combined for 27 games. Wolfsburg vs. Manchester United Standard Liege 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Liverpool vs. Lyon
than any other,” Pelligrini said in the world,” Challandes said. By comparison, 10 players among Besiktas vs. CSKA Moscow
Wednesday, Nov. 4 Wednesday
through a translator. “Your dream as a child is to play Madrid’s wealth of talent each has Fiorentina vs. Debreceni Olympiakos (Greece) vs. AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands)
GROUP C Lyon vs. Liverpool Standard Liege (Belgium) vs. Arsenal (England)
However, he said there was a against these kinds of players. It is more Champions League appear- Tuesday, Nov. 24 Tuesday, Sept. 29
Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
“bigger responsibility” to win the maybe a chance you get just once.” ances than the Zurich squad, with AC Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Debreceni vs. Liverpool Arsenal vs. Olympiakos
trophy for the first time since 2002 Zurich will have a 24,500 sold- forward Raul Gonzalez alone hav- Real Madrid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fiorentina vs. Lyon AZ Alkmaar vs. Standard Liege
Marseille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wednesday, Dec. 9 Tuesday, Oct. 20
with the final being played next out crowd for its 100th match in ing played 123 games. FC Zurich 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Liverpool vs. Fiorentina AZ Alkmaar vs. Arsenal
May at Real’s Santiago Bernabeu European competition, including Raul said he was familiar with Lyon vs. Debreceni Olympiakos vs. Standard Liege
Today Wednesday, Nov. 4
stadium. meetings with Madrid in a 1964 one opponent, Xavier Margairaz, FC Zurich (Switzerland) vs. Real Madrid (Spain) Arsenal vs. AZ Alkmaar
Madrid begins against the Swiss European Cup semifinal. The who rejoined Zurich last season Marseille (France) vs. AC Milan (Italy) GROUP F Standard Liege vs. Olympiakos
Wednesday, Sept. 30 Team GP W D L GF GA Pts Tuesday, Nov. 24
champion, which is making its debut Spanish team won 2-1 at the Letzi- from Spanish club Osasuna. AC Milan vs. FC Zurich Barcelona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AZ Alkmaar vs. Olympiakos
in the tournament and whose budget grund before thrashing the Swiss “But after (Tuesday) night, I will Real Madrid vs. Marseille Inter Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arsenal vs. Standard Liege
Wednesday, Oct. 21 Dynamo Kiev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
of 16 million Swiss francs ($15.4 mil- 6-0 at home. know every player,” the Real cap- Rubin Kazan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wednesday, Dec. 9
Real Madrid vs. AC Milan Olympiakos vs. Arsenal
lion; €10.6 million) is about equal to Challandes can call on just three tain said. FC Zurich vs. Marseille Standard Liege vs. AZ Alkmaar
Ronaldo’s base salary. players with Champions League — The Associated Press
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Major League Soccer IN BRIEF
EASTERN CONFERENCE TRANSACTIONS
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Columbus
Chicago
D.C.
Toronto FC
11
10
8
9
4
6
6
9
9
9
12
7
42
39
36
34
36
34
39
33
26
29
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IOC member: Obama’s absence would be noticed BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB: Suspended RHP Jose Dominguez (L.A. Dodgers)
New England 9 8 6 33 28 32 and OF Waldo Rosario (Tampa Bay) of the Dominican
Kansas City 7 11 6 27 25 32 CHICAGO—President Barack Obama has team and won this year’s Tour of Belgium, Summer League for 50 games apiece after testing
New York 4 17 4 16 20 42 some fans in the International Olympic completed the 104-mile trek from Jaen to positive for a performance-enhancing drug.
WESTERN CONFERENCE American League
W L T Pts GF GA Committee. Cordoba in southern Spain in 4 hours, 12
Houston 11 8 7 40 32 24 CLEVELAND INDIANS: Placed RHP Joe Smith and IF
Obama’s absence at next month’s vote to minutes, 56 seconds.
Los Angeles 9 5 11 38 31 29 Grady Sizemore on the 15-day DL.
Seattle 9 6 10 37 31 24 award the 2016 Games would be noticed, IOC Valverde, who finished in the pack in 24th DETROIT TIGERS: Announced RHP Fernando Rodney
Colorado 10 8 6 36 38 30 member Dick Pound said Monday. But he’s place, leads Robert Gesink of the Netherlands
Chivas USA 11 9 3 36 25 24 had his three-game suspension reduced to two
Real Salt Lake 9 9 7 34 36 28 not sure how it would affect Chicago’s chances by 31 seconds with six stages to go. games.
FC Dallas 7 11 6 27 39 40 NEW YORK YANKEES: Purchased the contract of OF
San Jose 5 12 5 20 27 40 to bring the Summer Olympics back to the Tuesday’s 16th stage covers 102 miles from
Freddy Guzman from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).
NOTE: Three points for victory, one Columbus 2, Houston 1
United States for the first time since 1996. Cordoba to Puertollano. The race ends Sun- Designated RHP Anthony Claggett for assignment.
point for tie. Friday’s games “I don’t think there’s an IOC member on the day in Madrid. National League
New England at New York, 7:30 p.m. CINCINNATI REDS: Activated OF Jay Bruce from the
Sept. 12 Colorado at San Jose, 11 p.m. planet that wouldn’t love to meet your presi-
15-day DL. Recalled INF-OF Juan Francisco from
Toronto FC 3, Colorado 2 Saturday’s games dent. He’s a transformational figure in the AIGLE, Switzerland—The International Louisville (IL).
Seattle FC 2, D.C. United 1 Chivas USA at Seattle FC, 3 p.m.
Kansas City 1, New York 0 Real Salt Lake at Houston, 8:30 p.m. world today,” Pound said at a symposium on Cycling Union has provisionally suspended SAN DIEGO PADRES: Recalled RHP Ernesto Frieri and
Real Salt Lake 1, Chicago 1, tie FC Dallas at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m. the 2016 Games sponsored by DePaul and the CHARLES DHARAPAK / AP Italian rider Maurizio Biondo for doping. OF Luis Durango from San Antonio (Texas).
FC Dallas 6, Los Angeles 3 Toronto FC at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. American Association
Sept. 13 Sunday’s game McCormick Foundation. “If he can be per- President Barack Obama has been a steward for Chicago’s The UCI says the 28-year-old Biondo tested FORT WORTH CATS: Traded LHP Joel Kirsten to Somer-
Chivas USA 2, New England 0 Columbus at Chicago, 3 p.m. Olympic bid, but he’ll be unable to attend the final vote.
suaded to go, I think it makes a huge positive for the banned endurance-boosting set (Atlantic) for a player to be named.
difference.” hormone EPO in an out-of-competition blood WICHITA WINGNUTS: Traded RHP Will Savage to
WNBA All Times ET Chicago is in a tight race with Rio de Janeiro, say ‘Oh well, you know, he’s too busy to come, sample taken Aug. 12. Lancaster (Atlantic) for a player to be named.
W L Pct GB
x-Indiana 22 12 .647 — Madrid and Tokyo, and the presence of world but he sent his wife.’ How that would play, I The governing body said Monday that the BASKETBALL
y-Atlanta 18 16 .529 4 leaders has been instrumental in the most don’t know,” Pound said. ban would stay in force until the Italian cycling Women’s National Basketball Association
y-Detroit 18 16 .529 4 DETROIT SHOCK: Signed G-F Deanna Nolan, G Katie
Chicago 16 18 .471 6 recent votes. Tony Blair helped London land Send both Obamas, though, and it would be federation holds a disciplinary hearing.
Connecticut 16 18 .471 6 Smith and F-C Plenette Pierson to contract extensions.
y-Washington 16 18 .471 6 the 2012 Games when he met IOC members in a “pretty dynamic duo.” Biondo can request that his backup sample SEATTLE STORM: Signed coach Brian Agler to a two-
New York 13 21 .382 9 Singapore in 2005, and Vladimir Putin trav- be analyzed. He has the right to attend the test- year contract extension through the 2011 season.
WESTERN CONFERENCE eled to Guatemala City in 2007 to push Sochi’s VANCOUVER—Former Vancouver Canucks ing at the World Anti-Doping Agency-accred-
W L Pct GB FOOTBALL
x-Phoenix 23 11 .676 — winning bid for the 2014 Winter Games. captain Trevor Linden has been asked to run ited laboratory in Lausanne, Switzerland. National Football League
y-Seattle 20 14 .588 3
y-Los Angeles 18 16 .529 5 Obama has been an ardent supporter of his a leg during the Olympic torch relay. ATLANTA FALCONS: Re-signed RB Verron Haynes.
y-San Antonio
Minnesota
15
14
19
20
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.412
8
9
adopted hometown’s bid for the Olympics, Linden says he doesn’t yet know what leg Horse racing Released CB Glenn Sharpe from the practice squad.
videotaping four messages for IOC members he’ll be running during the cross-country LEXINGTON, Ky.—A sagging thoroughbred BUFFALO BILLS: Signed TE Jonathan Stupar. Released
Sacramento 12 22 .353 11
WR Justin Jenkins.
Sept. 12 Sept. 13 in recent months. But he called IOC president trip leading to the Winter Games. The relay market sent prices plummeting again Mon- CAROLINA PANTHERS: Agreed to terms with QB A.J.
Washington 82, Atlanta 64 Connecticut 95, Indiana 85
Detroit 80, Chicago 69 Los Angeles 81, Phoenix 78 Jacques Rogge—personally—last week to say begins Oct. 30 in Victoria and will cover day at Keeneland’s annual yearling sale, the Feeley. Placed QB Josh McCown on injured reserve.
Seattle 64, San Antonio 55 New York 86, Washington 65 his priority right now must be the fight to about 28,000 miles around Canada. first opening session in 13 years in which no CINCINNATI BENGALS: Released RB DeDe Dorsey.
Sacramento 88, Minnesota 66 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES: Signed QB Jeff Garcia.
End of regular season reform the health care system. The relay will stop in every province and horse collected at least $1 million at auction.
The White House is sending first lady territory during its 106-day journey before Although prices for horses have long been HOCKEY
Playoff Schedule WESTERN CONFERENCE
Phoenix vs. San Antonio Michelle Obama, a Chicago native who is the Olympics begin in Vancouver and Whis- in a downward spiral, the first day of the National Hockey League
Thursday: Phoenix at San Antonio, FLORIDA PANTHERS: Signed D Dennis Seidenberg to a
FIRST ROUND
9 p.m.
wildly popular in her own right, to Copenha- tler in February. world’s largest yearling auction signaled the one-year contract.
(Best-of-3)
Saturday: San Antonio at Phoenix, gen ahead of the Oct. 2 vote. Valerie Jarrett, Other athletes to carry the torch include industry’s struggles yet again. OTTAWA SENATORS: Assigned D Paul Baier, D Mat
EASTERN CONFERENCE 10 p.m. one of Obama’s top advisers and former vice NBA star Steve Nash from Victoria and golfer The $25 million gross was the worst show- Robinson, D Craig Schira, D Kyle Wharton, RW Jason
Indiana vs. Washington x-Monday: San Antonio at
Phoenix, 10 p.m. chair of Chicago 2016, will also travel to Stephen Ames. ing in an opening session since 1994 and was Bailey, LW Keegan Dansereau, RW Kaspars Daugavins,
Thursday: Indiana at Washington, RW Matt Lowry and RW Brandon Svendsen to
7 p.m.
Seattle vs. Los Angeles Denmark. less than half the $56 million collected last Binghamton (AHL).
Saturday: Washington at Indiana,
7 p.m. Wednesday: Seattle at Los
Angeles, 10 p.m.
Brazil’s president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Cycling year. Only 107 horses were sold, down from ECHL
x-Monday: Washington at Indiana,
Friday: Los Angeles at Seattle, already has said he’ll be in Copenhagen, as CORDOBA, Spain—Dutch rider Lars Boom 154 a year earlier, and the average price fell JOHNSTOWN CHIEFS: Re-signed G Kris Mayotte.
8 p.m. VICTORIA SALMON KINGS: Signed D Ryan White.
10 p.m. will King Juan Carlos of Spain. Japan has won the 15th stage of the Spanish Vuelta on from $363,942 to $233,168.
Atlanta vs. Detroit x-Sunday: Los Angeles at Seattle,
5 p.m. invited incoming Prime Minister Yukio Monday, finishing 25 minutes ahead of the “The pendulum has swung on the buyer’s SOCCER
Wednesday: Atlanta at Detroit,
8 p.m. (x-if necessary) Hatoyama and Crown Prince Naruhito to pack as Alejandro Valverde of Spain retained side,” said Geoffrey Russell, Keeneland’s direc- Major League Soccer
Friday: Detroit at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. RED BULL NEW YORK: Terminated the loan deal and
x-Sunday: Detroit at Atlanta, 3 p.m.
attend. the overall lead. tor of sales. “It was tough out there.” contract for D Alfredo Pacheco.
“The risk is, your competitors are going to Boom, who competes for the Rabobank — The Associated Press