From THE SCOREBOARD
Friday, June 15, 2007
PRO BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 41 24 .631 — New York 33 31 .516 7 1/2
Toronto 31 34 .477 10 Tampa Bay 29 35 .453 11 1/2
Baltimore 29 37 .439 12 1/2
Central Division
Cleveland 39 26 .600 — Detroit 37 28 .569 2 Minnesota 33 31 .516 5 1/2
Chicago 27 35 .435 10 1/2
Kansas City 26 41 .388 14 West Division
Los Angeles 42 25 .627 — Seattle 35 28 .556 5 Oakland 36 29 .554 5 Texas 24 42 .364 17 1/2
National League
East Division
New York 36 28 .563 — Philadelphia 35 31 .530 2 Atlanta 35 32 .522 2 1/2
Florida 32 35 .478 5 1/2
Washington 29 37 .439 8 Central Division
Milwaukee 36 30 .545 — Chicago 30 35 .462 5 1/2
St. Louis 28 35 .444 6 1/2
Pittsburgh 28 38 .424 8 Houston 27 39 .409 9 Cincinnati 26 41 .388 10 1/2
West Division
San Diego 38 27 .585 — Los Angeles 38 28 .576 1/2
Arizona 37 30 .552 2 Colorado 33 33 .500 5 1/2
San Francisco 30 35 .462 8
Thursday’s Games
San Diego 7, Tampa Bay 1
L.A. Angels 9, Cincinnati 7
Milwaukee 6, Detroit 5
N.Y. Yankees 7, Arizona 1
Oakland 6, Houston 5, 11 innings
Chicago Cubs 5, Seattle 4
Colorado 7, Boston 1
Texas 6, Pittsburgh 0
Cleveland 3, Florida 2
Washington 3, Baltimore 1
Minnesota 3, Atlanta 2
Kansas City 17, St. Louis 8
Today’s Games
San Diego (D.Wells 3-3) at Chicago Cubs (Lilly 4-4), 1:20 p.m.
San Francisco (Zito 6-6) at Boston (Tavarez 3-4), 6:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Carlyle 1-1) at Cleveland (Sabathia 9-1), 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (O.Perez 6-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Clemens 1-0), 6:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Garland 4-3) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 2-9), 6:05 p.m.
Detroit (Bonderman 6-0) at Philadelphia (Lieber 3-4), 6:05 p.m.
Arizona (Owings 4-1) at Baltimore (Bedard 4-4), 6:05 p.m.
Washington (Bacsik 1-3) at Toronto (Halladay 6-2), 6:07 p.m.
Texas (Padilla 2-8) at Cincinnati (Belisle 5-4), 6:10 p.m.
Seattle (F.Hernandez 3-3) at Houston (Rodriguez 3-6), 7:05 p.m.
Florida (Mitre 2-2) at Kansas City (Meche 3-6), 7:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Vargas 4-1) at Minnesota (Baker 1-1), 7:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Shields 6-0) at Colorado (Lopez 2-0), 8:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Looper 6-5) at Oakland (Haren 7-2), 9:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (E.Santana 5-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Lowe 6-6), 9:40 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
San Diego (Young 6-3) at Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 7-5), 12:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Glavine 5-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Clippard 3-1), 12:05 p.m.
Washington (Speigner 2-2) at Toronto (Marcum 3-2), 12:07 p.m.
Atlanta (Smoltz 7-3) at Cleveland (Byrd 6-2), 2:55 p.m.
San Francisco (Cain 2-6) at Boston (Matsuzaka 7-5), 2:55 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 5-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Schmidt 1-3), 2:55 p.m.
Seattle (Baek 3-2) at Houston (W.Williams 2-9), 6:05 p.m.
Detroit (Miller 2-0) at Philadelphia (Moyer 5-5), 6:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 3-3) at Pittsburgh (Chacon 2-1), 6:05 p.m.
Arizona (R.Johnson 4-2) at Baltimore (Burres 3-2), 6:05 p.m.
Texas (Wright 0-0) at Cincinnati (Harang 6-2), 6:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Bush 3-6) at Minnesota (Bonser 5-2), 6:10 p.m.
Florida (Vanden Hurk 1-2) at Kansas City (De La Rosa 4-6), 6:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Sonnanstine 1-0) at Colorado (Hirsh 3-6), 7:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Wellemeyer 2-1) at Oakland (DiNardo 2-2), 8:05 p.m.
Royals 17, Cardinals 8
ST. LOUIS KANSAS CITY
ab r h bi ab r h bi
AKndy 2b 4 1 1 1 DJesus cf 4 3 1 3
Tguchi lf 5 1 2 0 EGrmn 2b 3 2 1 2
Pujols 1b 5 2 2 1 Cortez 2b 0 0 0 0
Edmnd cf 4 0 1 0 Teahen rf 5 1 3 5
Rolen 3b 3 1 1 1 Brown dh 5 2 3 3
JEcrcn rf 3 1 1 0 Gordon 3b 5 1 2 2
Duncan dh 4 1 2 4 Shealy 1b 4 2 0 1
Stnet c 4 0 0 0 LaRue c 5 0 1 0
Miles ss 3 1 1 0 TPena ss 5 3 4 1
Gthrght lf 2 3 0 0
Totals 35 8 11 7 Totals 38 17 15 17
St. Louis 132 001 100 — 8 11 0
Kansas City 180 602 00x — 17 15 0
DP — St. Louis 1, Kansas City 2. LOB — St. Louis 5, Kansas City 5. 2B — Miles (7), DeJesus (15), Brown (6), TPena (8). 3B — Teahen 2 (5). HR — Pujols (16), Duncan (11), Gordon (5). SB — AKennedy (3). SF — Rolen.
IP H R ER BB SO
St. Louis
KWells L,2-11 1 1-3 3 6 6 4 1
Flores 2-3 5 3 3 0 0
Jimenez 1 2-3 4 6 6 2 1
TJohnson 1 1-3 1 0 0 0 0
Springer 1 2 2 2 1 2
Isringhausen 1 0 0 0 0 1
RFranklin 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas City
Elarton 2 5 6 6 3 0
Greinke W,4-4 4 4 1 1 1 3
Gobble 1 2 1 1 0 0
Soria 1 0 0 0 0 0
Musser 1 0 0 0 0 0
Elarton pitched to 3 batters in the 3rd.
HBP — by KWells (DeJesus). WP—KWells.
Umpires — Home, Mark Carlson; First, Larry Young; Second, Angel Hernandez; Third, Ted Barrett.
T — 3:11. Att — 28,837 (40,785).
League Leaders
American League
BATTING — MOrdonez, Detroit, .367; Posada, New York, .351; Polanco, Detroit, .343; ISuzuki, Seattle, .340; OCabrera, Los Angeles, .337; Youkilis, Boston, .335; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, .335.
RUNS — ARodriguez, New York, 60; Sheffield, Detroit, 60; Sizemore, Cleveland, 57; MOrdonez, Detroit, 53; ISuzuki, Seattle, 50; BAbreu, New York, 50; DeJesus, Kansas City, 48.
RBI — ARodriguez, New York, 68; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 61; MOrdonez, Detroit, 60; VMartinez, Cleveland, 56; THunter, Minnesota, 54; Morneau, Minnesota, 50; Lowell, Boston, 49.
HITS — ISuzuki, Seattle, 91; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 88; MOrdonez, Detroit, 88; Polanco, Detroit, 86; Jeter, New York, 85; Youkilis, Boston, 81; Tejada, Baltimore, 80.
DOUBLES — MOrdonez, Detroit, 31; DOrtiz, Boston, 25; MYoung, Texas, 21; OCabrera, Los Angeles, 21; Posada, New York, 21; Granderson, Detroit, 20; Cano, New York, 19; Youkilis, Boston, 19; THunter, Minnesota, 19; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 19.
TRIPLES — Granderson, Detroit, 13; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 7; TPena, Kansas City, 5; Teahen, Kansas City, 5; Buck, Oakland, 4; Cano, New York, 4; CGuillen, Detroit, 4.
HOME RUNS — ARodriguez, New York, 25; Morneau, Minnesota, 18; Sheffield, Detroit, 17; Rios, Toronto, 15; CPena, Tampa Bay, 14; THunter, Minnesota, 14; VMartinez, Cleveland, 13; MOrdonez, Detroit, 13.
STOLEN BASES — BRoberts, Baltimore, 22; Sizemore, Cleveland, 19; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 18; JLugo, Boston, 18; ISuzuki, Seattle, 17; Lofton, Texas, 16; Willits, Los Angeles, 15.
PITCHING (7 Decisions) — Sabathia, Cleveland, 9-1, .900, 3.09; Beckett, Boston, 9-1, .900, 3.39; Gaudin, Oakland, 6-1, .857, 2.85; Carmona, Cleveland, 7-2, .778, 3.17; Verlander, Detroit, 7-2, .778, 2.79; Haren, Oakland, 7-2, .778, 1.58; Halladay, Toronto, 6-2, .750, 4.56; Colon, Los Angeles, 6-2, .750, 5.73; Byrd, Cleveland, 6-2, .750, 4.50.
STRIKEOUTS — JoSantana, Minnesota, 105; Bedard, Baltimore, 103; Burnett, Toronto, 100; Sabathia, Cleveland, 89; Kazmir, Tampa Bay, 86; Matsuzaka, Boston, 85; Shields, Tampa Bay, 83.
SAVES — FrRodriguez, Los Angeles, 21; Putz, Seattle, 19; Borowski, Cleveland, 19; Jenks, Chicago, 17; TJones, Detroit, 16; Papelbon, Boston, 15; Reyes, Tampa Bay, 15.
National League
BATTING — Holliday, Colorado, .353; DYoung, Washington, .343; MiCabrera, Florida, .333; DeLee, Chicago, .331; HaRamirez, Florida, .323; Helton, Colorado, .323; Renteria, Atlanta, .320.
RUNS — HaRamirez, Florida, 57; Uggla, Florida, 52; Rollins, Philadelphia, 51; Utley, Philadelphia, 47; Johnson, Atlanta, 45; JBReyes, New York, 45; Fielder, Milwaukee, 44.
RBI — CaLee, Houston, 54; Utley, Philadelphia, 53; Fielder, Milwaukee, 51; Holliday, Colorado, 48; Hardy, Milwaukee, 47; MiCabrera, Florida, 47; Bay, Pittsburgh, 46; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 46.
HITS — Holliday, Colorado, 95; HaRamirez, Florida, 85; JBReyes, New York, 82; Byrnes, Arizona, 82; MiCabrera, Florida, 80; Utley, Philadelphia, 80; Rollins, Philadelphia, 80.
DOUBLES — Utley, Philadelphia, 27; Uggla, Florida, 25; Holliday, Colorado, 24; Church, Washington, 21; CaLee, Houston, 21; DeLee, Chicago, 21; JBautista, Pittsburgh, 20; KGreene, San Diego, 20.
TRIPLES — JBReyes, New York, 8; Rollins, Philadelphia, 8; Johnson, Atlanta, 5; Byrnes, Arizona, 5; CGuzman, Washington, 5; 7 are tied with 4.
HOME RUNS — Fielder, Milwaukee, 23; Hardy, Milwaukee, 16; Pujols, St. Louis, 16; Griffey Jr., Cincinnati, 16; Dunn, Cincinnati, 15; MiCabrera, Florida, 14; Howard, Philadelphia, 13; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 13; ARamirez, Chicago, 13; Bonds, San Francisco, 13.
STOLEN BASES — JBReyes, New York, 32; HaRamirez, Florida, 22; Victorino, Philadelphia, 20; Pierre, Los Angeles, 20; Taveras, Colorado, 15; Wright, New York, 14; BPhillips, Cincinnati, 14.
PITCHING (7 Decisions) — Peavy, San Diego, 8-1, .889, 1.82; Penny, Los Angeles, 8-1, .889, 2.18; Hamels, Philadelphia, 9-2, .818, 3.47; Harang, Cincinnati, 6-2, .750, 3.93; JSosa, New York, 6-2, .750, 3.42; BSheets, Milwaukee, 7-3, .700, 3.31; Morris, San Francisco, 7-3, .700, 2.56; Smoltz, Atlanta, 7-3, .700, 2.83.
STRIKEOUTS — Hamels, Philadelphia, 104; Peavy, San Diego, 103; Webb, Arizona, 86; Harang, Cincinnati, 85; Wolf, Los Angeles, 83; RHill, Chicago, 78; Snell, Pittsburgh, 78.
SAVES — FCordero, Milwaukee, 24; Valverde, Arizona, 21; Saito, Los Angeles, 18; Fuentes, Colorado, 18; Hoffman, San Diego, 18; Dempster, Chicago, 14; BWagner, New York, 14; Isringhausen, St. Louis, 14.
PRO BASKETBALL
NATIONAL BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATION
PLAYOFFS
FINALS
San Antonio vs. Cleveland
San Antonio 85, Cleveland 76
San Antonio 103, Cleveland 92
San Antonio 75, Cleveland 72
San Antonio 83, Cleveland 82, San Antonio wins championship 4-0
Pro Golf
U.S. Open
Thursday Scores
At Oakmont Country Club
Yardage: 7,230; Par: 70 (35-35)
a-amateur
Nick Dougherty 36-32 — 68
Angel Cabrera 33-36 — 69
Bubba Watson 35-35 — 70
Jose Maria Olazabal 34-36 — 70
Olin Browne 35-36 — 71
Pablo Martin 35-36 — 71
Ben Curtis 36-35 — 71
Tiger Woods 35-36 — 71
Geoff Ogilvy 36-35 — 71
Anders Hansen 35-36 — 71
Niclas Fasth 36-35 — 71
Peter Hanson 36-35 — 71
Jason Dufner 35-36 — 71
Brandt Snedeker 37-34 — 71
Vijay Singh 35-36 — 71
Fred Funk 37-34 — 71
Lucas Glover 37-34 — 71
Jim Furyk 37-34 — 71
J.J. Henry 37-34 — 71
Justin Rose 36-35 — 71
Craig Kanada 38-34 — 72
Boo Weekley 35-37 — 72
Tim Clark 35-37 — 72
David Toms 39-33 — 72
Tom Pernice Jr. 35-37 — 72
Stewart Cink 35-37 — 72
Ian Poulter 38-34 — 72
Shingo Katayama 35-37 — 72
Aaron Baddeley 37-35 — 72
Lee Westwood 38-34 — 72
Carl Pettersson 36-36 — 72
Marcus Fraser 36-36 — 72
George McNeill 36-36 — 72
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
BOSTON RED SOX — Signed RHP Adam Mills, SS Kenneth Roque, C Daniel Miliano, LHP William Latimer, 3B Deshaun Brooks, C Will Vazquez, LHP Daniel Buller, RHP Anthony Bajoczky, SS Emmanuel Solano, C Peter Gilardo, RHP Cody McAllister, RHP Brantley New and 3B Darren Blocker.
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Purchased the contract of LHP Jason Stanford from Buffalo (IL). Optioned RHP Matt Miller to Akron (EL).
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Placed RHP Brandon Duckworth and 2B Mark Grudzielanek on the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Neal Musser and OF Shane Costa from Omaha (PCL). Agreed to terms with RHP Peter Hodge Nielsen, SS Fernando Cruz, OF Hilton Richardson, RHP Casey Feickert, RHP Gregory Holland Jr., CF David Lough, C Sean McCauley, RHP Alexander Caldera, RHP Matthew Mitchell, C Ryan Eigsti, CF Patrick Norris, LHP Ivor Hodgson, C Joseph Billick, RHP Michael Lehmann, RHP Benjamin Norton, OF Clinton Robinson, RHP Nathaniel Lovell, RHP Dane Secott, SS Kyle Martin, 1B Brett Amyx, 1B Jake Lane, OF Wilson Tucker, C Thomas Hill, 2B Michaael Bionde, RHP Clegg Snipes and 3B Devery Van De Keere.
MINNESOTA TWINS — Activated LHP Dennys Reyes from the 15-day DL.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Claimed RHP Ruddy Lugo off waivers from Tampa Bay. Extended its player development contract with Midland (Texas) through the 2012 season.
SEATTLE MARINERS — Optioned LHP Jake Woods to Tacoma (PCL).
TEXAS RANGERS — Placed RHP Brandon McCarthy on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 10. Recalled RHP Kameron Loe from Oklahoma (PCL).
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned INF Alberto Callaspo to Tucson (PCL). Recalled INF Augie Ojeda from Tucson.
HOUSTON ASTROS — Placed SS Adam Everett on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Eric Bruntlett from Round Rock (PCL).
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Fired Eddie Murray, hitting coach. Named Bill Mueller interim hitting coach.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Placed LHP Chris Capuano on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 9. Purchased the contract of RHP Yovani Gallardo from Nashville (PCL).
NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with LHP Nathan Vineyard, RHP Daniel McDonald, INF Brandon Richey, C Jeffries Tatford, RHP Nicholas Abbott, RHP Kyle Catto, RHP Jason LaVorgna and RHP Guillaume Leduc.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with OF Quincy Latimore, OF Andrew Biela and OF Caleb Fields.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — Traded G Mike James and G-F Justin Reed to Houston for F Juwan Howard.
TORONTO RAPTORS — Re-signed Alex English and Jay Triano, assistant coaches. Promoted Mike Evans from scout to assistant coach.
WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Announced the retirement of Tom Young, assistant coach.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CINCINNATI BENGALS — Waived TE Gregg Guenther, RB Terrence Whitehead and C Ben Wilkerson.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed Todd Grantham, defensive coordinator, to a two-year contract extension through the 2009 season. Waived DB Antonio Perkins, OL Brent Pousson and OL Scott Stephenson. Terminated the contract of FB Alan Ricard.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Released S Donovin Darius.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed CB David Jones to a three-year contract. Released CB DeJuan Groce.
NEW YORK JETS — Signed WR Evan Prall. Waived WR Renard Stevens.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BUFFALO SABRES — Signed Darcy Regier, general manager, to a two-year contract, and Lindy Ruff, coach, to a three-year contract.
CALGARY FLAMES — Named Mike Keenan coach and Jim Playfair associate coach.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Named Scott Howson general manager.
MONTREAL CANADIENS — Signed D Pavel Valentenko to a three-year contract.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Signed G Antero Niittymaki to a two-year contract.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Signed LW Jan Hlavac to a one-year contract.
COLLEGE
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL — Named Kristen Patterson women’s basketball coach.
EASTERN WASHINGTON — Named Kirk Earlywine men’s basketball coach.
OLIVET — Named Heather Bateman women’s basketball coach.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS — Signed Dana Eikenberg, women’s basketball coach, to a five-year contract.