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BASEBALL

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Placed RHP Randor Bierd on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 30. Purchased the contract of RHP Lance Cormier from Norfolk (IL).

CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Placed INF-OF Alexei Ramirez on the restricted list. Recalled RHP Adam Russell from Charlotte (IL).

MINNESOTA TWINS—Activated SS Adam Everett from the 15-day DL.

National League

CHICAGO CUBS—Purchased the contract of RHP Chad Fox from Tennessee (SL). Optioned RHP Kevin Hart to Iowa (PCL). Sent RHP Juan Mateo to Daytona (FSL).

HOUSTON ASTROS—Activated 3B Ty Wigginton from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Jack Cassel to Round Rock (PCL).

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Designated RHP Derrick Turnbow for assignment. Recalled OF Joe Dillon from Nashville (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Placed RHP Chad Cordero on the 15-day DL. Activated C Paul Lo Duca from the 15-day DL.

Eastern League

READING PHILLIES—Announced Philadelphia (NL) has promoted LHP Antonio Bastardo to the team from Clearwater (FSL); assigned RHP Ron Hill to Clearwater and returned OF Javon Moran to the team from Lehigh Valley (IL).

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA—Suspended Washington F Darius Songaila for one game for striking Cleveland F LeBron James in the face in a game on April 30.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS—Signed G Robert Felton, CB Jon Banks, QB Luke Drone, LB Joe Brockington, LB Marcus Buggs, RB Bruce Hall, WR Jason Jones and DT Teraz McCray.

CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed G James Blair, G-C Justin Britt, CB Simeon Castille, RB Bradley Glatthaar, LB Anthony Hoke, RB James Johnson, DT Michael Marquardt and FB Tyler Whaley.

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Signed Phil Savage, general manger, to a three-year contract extension, through the 2012 season.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed T Josh Coffman, S Mark Dillard, DT Carlos Feliciano, RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis, LB Gary Guyton, DE Chris Norwell, LB Vince Redd, NT Henry Smith, TE Jonathan Stupar, DE Casey Tyler and C Ryan Wendell.

NEW YORK JETS—Signed C Brett Byford, RB Jehuu Caulcrick, LB Kenwin Cummings, S Nate Lyles, DE Bryan Mattison, CB Al Phillips, DE Ropati Pitotua, WR Paul Raymond, FB Justin Valentine and RB Danny Woodhead.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed WR Robert Jordan, LB Lewis Baker, OG John Booker, LB Lance Brandenburgh, LB Ezra Butler, WR Cam Colvin, OG Brian De La Puente, TE J.J. Finley, DE Louis Holmes, S D.J. Parker and LB Shaun Richardson.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Re-signed T-G Floyd Womack to a one-year contract. Released DT Jonathan Lewis.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

CALGARY FLAMES—Signed C Mikael Backlund.

COLLEGE

AUBURN—Named Mark Simons women’s assistant basketball coach.

INDIANA—Announced basketball G Armon Bassett and G Jamarcus Ellis will not be reinstated to the basketball team and F DeAndre Thomas will not return to the team. Announced freshman C Eli Holman will transfer.

LSU—Dismissed QB Ryan Perrilloux from the football team for failing to fulfill his obligation as a student-athlete.

TENNESSEE—Named Kathy Harston women’s basketball operations director.

UNC-WILMINGTON—Announced the resignation of Jason Widener, men’s golf coach.

WEST VIRGINIA—Signed Bob Huggins, men’s basketball coach.



Basketball



NBA playoffs



Wednesday, April 30

Washington 88, Cleveland 87

Boston 105, Atlanta 85, Boston leads series 3-2

Thursday, May 1

Detroit 100, Philadelphia 77, Detroit wins series 4-2

Friday, May 2

Cleveland 105, Washington 88, Cleveland wins series 4-2

Atlanta 103, Boston 100, series tied 3-3

Houston at Utah, (n)

Sunday, May 4

Atlanta at Boston, 2:30 p.m.

Utah at Houston, 7 p.m., if necessary



NBA boxscores



HAWKS 103, CELTICS 100

BOSTON (100)

Pierce 7-12 2-4 17, Garnett 8-17 6-8 22, Perkins 5-5 4-4 14, Rondo 4-14 0-0 8, R.Allen 8-19 3-3 20, Cassell 2-8 0-0 4, Posey 2-4 0-0 6, Powe 2-2 5-6 9, Brown 0-1 0-0 0, T.Allen 0-0 0-0 0, House 0-0 0-0 0, Davis 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-82 20-25 100.

ATLANTA (103)

Williams 6-9 6-6 18, Smith 3-8 5-6 11, Horford 5-10 6-7 16, Bibby 6-17 5-8 17, Johnson 4-13 6-7 15, Childress 6-8 3-4 15, Pachulia 3-4 3-7 9, Law 0-0 2-2 2, Jones 0-0 0-0 0, West 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-69 36-47 103.

Boston 32 18 32 18 — 100

Atlanta 20 29 30 24 — 103

3-Point Goals—Boston 4-19 (Posey 2-4, Pierce 1-2, R.Allen 1-8, Rondo 0-2, Cassell 0-3), Atlanta 1-7 (Johnson 1-2, Smith 0-1, Bibby 0-4). Fouled Out—Pierce. Rebounds—Boston 46 (Garnett, Posey 7), Atlanta 50 (Bibby, Pachulia, Smith, Childress 6). Assists—Boston 25 (Pierce, Garnett 6), Atlanta 25 (Bibby 7). Total Fouls—Boston 33, Atlanta 23. Technicals—Cassell, Pierce, Johnson, Atlanta Coach Woodson. A—20,425 (18,729).



CAVALIERS 105, WIZARDS 88

CLEVELAND (105)

James 8-17 10-10 27, Wallace 2-4 0-0 4, Ilgauskas 5-9 2-4 12, Szczerbiak 9-18 2-2 26, West 2-8 0-0 4, Varejao 1-2 0-0 2, Smith 4-7 0-0 8, Gibson 9-14 0-1 22, Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Dw.Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Pavlovic 0-1 0-0 0, Da.Jones 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-81 14-17 105.

WASHINGTON (88)

Butler 6-14 6-7 18, Jamison 9-22 3-5 23, Haywood 6-10 1-2 13, Stevenson 2-9 4-4 10, Daniels 2-5 4-4 8, Blatche 2-6 0-0 4, Mason 3-11 0-0 7, Young 1-1 3-4 5, McGuire 0-0 0-0 0, Pecherov 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-78 21-26 88.

Cleveland 27 29 23 26 — 105

Washington 31 17 16 24 — 88

3-Point Goals—Cleveland 11-24 (Szczerbiak 6-13, Gibson 4-6, James 1-2, Pavlovic 0-1, West 0-1, Brown 0-1), Washington 5-21 (Jamison 2-5, Stevenson 2-5, Mason 1-7, Butler 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Cleveland 51 (James 13), Washington 45 (Jamison 15). Assists—Cleveland 29 (James 13), Washington 11 (Daniels 5). Total Fouls—Cleveland 20, Washington 18. Technicals—James, West, Butler. A—20,173 (20,173)



Baseball



MLB standings



AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Tampa Bay 16 12 .571 —

Boston 17 13 .567 —

Baltimore 15 13 .536 1

New York 15 16 .484 2 1/2

Toronto 13 17 .433 4

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 14 13 .519 —

Minnesota 14 14 .500 1/2

Cleveland 14 15 .483 1

Detroit 14 16 .467 1 1/2

Kansas City 12 16 .429 2 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 18 12 .600 —

Oakland 18 12 .600 —

Seattle 13 17 .433 5

Texas 11 18 .379 6 1/2

Thursday’s Games

Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 2

Texas 2, Kansas City 1

Toronto 3, Boston 0

Detroit 8, N.Y. Yankees 4

Cleveland 3, Seattle 2, 11 innings

Oakland 15, L.A. Angels 8

Friday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees 5, Seattle 1

Kansas City at Cleveland, ppd., rain

Toronto 2, Chicago White Sox 0

Minnesota 11, Detroit 1

Tampa Bay at Boston, (n)

Texas at Oakland, (n)

Baltimore at L.A. Angels, (n)

Today’s Games

Seattle (F.Hernandez 2-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Mussina 3-3), 12:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Danks 2-2) at Toronto (Litsch 3-1), 12:07 p.m.

Baltimore (D.Cabrera 2-0) at L.A. Angels (Garland 3-3), 2:45 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Shields 3-1) at Boston (Beckett 2-2), 6:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Meche 1-4) at Cleveland (Laffey 0-1), 6:05 p.m.

Detroit (Verlander 1-4) at Minnesota (Baker 2-0), 6:10 p.m.

Texas (Murray 0-0) at Oakland (Gaudin 3-1), 8:05 p.m.



NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 17 13 .567 —

Florida 16 13 .552 1/2

New York 14 12 .538 1

Atlanta 13 15 .464 3

Washington 12 18 .400 5

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 18 11 .621 —

Chicago 17 11 .607 1/2

Milwaukee 16 13 .552 2

Houston 14 16 .467 4 1/2

Pittsburgh 12 17 .414 6

Cincinnati 12 18 .400 6 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 20 8 .714 —

Los Angeles 15 13 .536 5

San Francisco 13 17 .433 8

Colorado 11 17 .393 9

San Diego 11 19 .367 10

Thursday’s Games

L.A. Dodgers 5, Florida 3

Milwaukee 4, Chicago Cubs 3

Philadelphia 3, San Diego 2

Washington 3, Pittsburgh 2

Friday’s Games

Philadelphia 6, San Francisco 5, 10 innings

Florida 6, San Diego 4

Atlanta 2, Cincinnati 0

Pittsburgh 11, Washington 4

Houston 7, Milwaukee 4

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, (n)

N.Y. Mets at Arizona, (n)

Today’s Games

Pittsburgh (Maholm 2-2) at Washington (Chico 0-5), 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 2-1) at Arizona (Webb 6-0), 2:45 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Lilly 1-4) at St. Louis (Lohse 3-0), 2:45 p.m.

Milwaukee (Parra 1-1) at Houston (Backe 1-3), 6:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Cain 1-2) at Philadelphia (Myers 2-2), 6:05 p.m.

San Diego (Peavy 3-1) at Florida (Nolasco 1-2), 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Belisle 1-1) at Atlanta (J.Reyes 0-0), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Loaiza 1-2) at Colorado (De La Rosa 0-0), 7:05 p.m.



Boxscores



AMERICAN LEAGUE

Blue Jays 2, White Sox 0

CHICAGO TORONTO

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Swisher 1b 4 0 0 0 Rios rf 4 0 0 0

OCabra ss 4 0 2 0 AHill 2b 4 0 0 0

Thome dh 3 0 0 0 Rolen 3b 3 1 1 0

Dye rf 4 0 0 0 VWells cf 3 1 2 0

Przyns c 4 0 0 0 SStwart dh 3 0 2 2

Quentin lf 3 0 0 0 Ovrbay 1b 3 0 0 0

Crede 3b 2 0 0 0 Zaun c 3 0 0 0

BAndsn cf 2 0 0 0 ALind lf 3 0 0 0

Uribe 2b 3 0 0 0 McDnld ss 3 0 0 0

Totals 29 0 2 0 Totals 29 2 5 2

Chicago 000 000 000 — 0

Toronto 200 000 00x — 2

E—Crede (5). DP—Chicago 1. LOB—Chicago 6, Toronto 3. 2B—VWells (4).

IP H R ER BB SO

Chicago

Buehrle L,1-3 8 5 2 0 0 7

Toronto

Marcum W,3-2 6 2-3 2 0 0 3 9

Accardo 1-3 0 0 0 1 0

Carlson 1 0 0 0 0 1

Camp 1-3 0 0 0 0 1

Downs S,2 2-3 0 0 0 0 0

T—2:10. A—21,057 (49,539).



NATIONAL LEAGUE

Astros 7, Brewers 4

MILWAUKEE HOUSTON

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Weeks 2b 5 1 0 0 Bourn cf 4 0 0 0

MCmrn cf 5 1 1 1 KMatsu 2b 4 1 1 0

Braun lf 5 1 1 2 Tejada ss 4 1 2 2

Fielder 1b 4 1 3 0 Brkmn 1b 4 1 1 1

Hart rf 3 0 1 0 CaLee lf 4 2 2 1

BHall 3b 2 0 0 0 Erstad lf 0 0 0 0

Hardy ss 5 0 1 1 Pence rf 4 2 2 3

Vllneva p 3 0 0 0 Wggntn 3b 4 0 1 0

Torres p 0 0 0 0 Asmus c 4 0 2 0

Gwynn ph 0 0 0 0 Oswalt p 2 0 1 0

Riske p 0 0 0 0 Crz Jr. ph 0 0 0 0

Kendall c 3 0 0 0 Geary p 0 0 0 0

Brocail p 0 0 0 0

Loretta ph 1 0 0 0

Vlverde p 0 0 0 0

Totals 35 4 7 4 Totals 35 7 12 7

Milwaukee 200 020 000 — 4

Houston 000 024 01x — 7

E—BHall (5), KMatsui 3 (5). DP—Milwaukee 1. LOB—Milwaukee 12, Houston 5. 2B—Fielder (7), CaLee (9). HR—MCameron (1), Braun (5), Tejada (5), Berkman (9), CaLee (7), Pence 2 (3).

IP H R ER BB SO

Milwaukee

Villanueva L,1-3 5 9 6 6 0 4

Torres 1 1 0 0 1 1

Riske 2 2 1 1 0 2

Houston

Oswalt W,3-3 6 6 4 3 4 6

Geary 1 1 0 0 2 1

Brocail 1 0 0 0 0 0

Valverde S,6 1 0 0 0 0 2

Villanueva pitched to 4 batters in the 6th.

HBP—by Valverde (Fielder), by Oswalt (Kendall). WP—Valverde.

T—2:45. A—39,715 (40,976).



Pirates 11, Nationals 4

PITTSBURGH WASHINGTON

ab r h bi ab r h bi

McLuth cf 3 3 2 0 FLopez 2b 4 0 2 1

FSnchz 2b 5 0 0 0 CGzmn ss 4 0 0 0

Bay lf 3 1 2 1 Zmrmn 3b 4 1 1 0

Yates p 0 0 0 0 Colome p 0 0 0 0

Capps p 0 0 0 0 NJhnsn 1b 4 0 0 0

Doumit c 5 1 3 2 Mlldge cf 4 1 1 0

Nady rf 3 2 1 1 Kearns rf 3 1 0 0

Mntkw 1b 5 1 0 1 WPena lf 2 0 0 1

JBtista 3b 4 3 2 4 Hnrhan p 0 0 0 0

ChGmz ss 5 0 2 2 WHarrs 2b 1 0 1 0

Dmtrit p 3 0 0 0 Nieves c 4 0 1 2

DMarte p 0 0 0 0 Lannan p 0 0 0 0

AdLrch ph 1 0 0 0 LoDuca ph 1 1 1 0

Grabow p 0 0 0 0 O’Cnnor p 1 0 0 0

Morgan lf 1 0 0 0 Boone 2b 1 0 0 0

Totals 38 11 12 11 Totals 33 4 7 4

Pittsburgh 006 110 210 — 11

Washington 001 300 000 — 4

E—FSanchez (5), FLopez (3). DP—Washington 2. LOB—Pittsburgh 7, Washington 4. 2B—McLouth (13), Bay (2), FLopez (3), Milledge (9), Nieves (1). HR—JBautista 2 (3). SB—McLouth (3). SF—WPena.

IP H R ER BB SO

Pittsburgh

Dumatrait 4 6 4 4 1 4

DMarte W,2-0 2 0 0 0 0 1

Grabow 1 0 0 0 0 0

Yates 1 0 0 0 0 0

Capps 1 1 0 0 0 0

Washington

Lannan L,2-3 3 6 6 5 2 0

O’Connor 3 2-3 3 4 4 3 3

Hanrahan 1 1-3 3 1 1 1 3

Colome 1 0 0 0 0 1

Dumatrait pitched to 1 batter in the 5th.

HBP—by Lannan (McLouth). WP—Lannan, O’Connor, Hanrahan. Balk—Lannan.

T—2:56. A—26,001 (41,888).



Braves 2, Reds 0

CINCINNATI ATLANTA

ab r h bi ab r h bi

CPttson cf 4 0 0 0 KJhnsn 2b 4 0 0 0

Kppngr ss 4 0 0 0 YEsbar ss 4 0 1 0

Grf Jr. rf 4 0 1 0 CJones 3b 3 1 2 0

BPhllps 2b 3 0 0 0 Tixeira 1b 3 0 0 0

Dunn lf 3 0 0 0 McCan c 4 1 1 2

EEcarn 3b 3 0 1 0 Frncur rf 3 0 1 0

Httberg 1b 3 0 0 0 Kotsay cf 3 0 1 0

Bako c 3 0 0 0 GBlnco lf 3 0 0 0

Volquez p 2 0 1 0 THudsn p 2 0 0 0

Affeldt p 0 0 0 0

Votto ph 1 0 0 0

Bray p 0 0 0 0

Totals 30 0 3 0 Totals 29 2 6 2

Cincinnati 000 000 000 — 0

Atlanta 000 200 00x — 2

E—CPatterson (1), YEscobar (3). LOB—Cincinnati 3, Atlanta 6. HR—McCann (6). CS—Francoeur (1). S—THudson.

Cincinnati

Volquez L,4-1 6 4 2 1 2 9

Affeldt 1 1 0 0 0 0

Bray 1 1 0 0 0 1

Atlanta

THudson W,4-2 9 3 0 0 0 10

T—2:21. A—32,057 (49,743).



Phillies 6, Giants 5, 10 innings

SAN FRAN PHILA

ab r h bi ab r h bi

FLewis lf 6 0 1 0 Vctrino cf 5 0 1 0

Drham 2b 4 0 1 2 Werth rf 5 1 1 0

Chulk p 0 0 0 0 Utley 2b 3 2 2 2

Tschnr p 0 0 0 0 Howard 1b 5 0 0 0

TWlker p 0 0 0 0 Burrell lf 4 2 1 2

Bocock ph 0 0 0 0 Feliz 3b 4 1 2 2

Valdez p 0 0 0 0 Coste c 4 0 0 0

Aurilia 1b 0 0 0 0 Brntlett ss 3 0 1 0

Winn rf 5 0 3 0 Kndrck p 1 0 0 0

BMolna c 5 0 0 1 Madson p 0 0 0 0

Rwand cf 5 2 2 1 Dobbs ph 1 0 0 0

Bowker 1b 5 0 4 0 TGrdon p 0 0 0 0

BWilsn p 0 0 0 0 Lidge p 0 0 0 0

JCstillo 3b 5 1 2 1 Jenkins ph 1 0 0 0

Burriss ss 5 1 2 0 JRmro p 0 0 0 0

Misch p 1 0 0 0

Ortmer ph 0 0 0 0

Yabu p 0 0 0 0

Velez 2b 2 1 1 0

Totals 43 5 16 5 Totals 36 6 8 6

San Francisco 000 100 300 1 — 5

Philadelphia 200 200 000 2 — 6

Two outs when winning run scored.

DP—Philadelphia 2. LOB—San Francisco 11, Philadelphia 6. 2B—Rowand (10). HR—Rowand (3), Utley (12), Burrell (9), Feliz (4). SB—Burriss (4), Victorino (2), Werth (4). S—Bocock, Kendrick.

IP H R ER BB SO

San Francisco

Misch 4 5 4 4 2 4

Yabu 2 0 0 0 1 2

Chulk 2-3 1 0 0 1 0

Taschner 1-3 0 0 0 0 1

TWalker 1 0 0 0 0 0

Valdez 1 0 0 0 0 0

BWilson L,0-1 2-3 2 2 2 0 2

Philadelphia

Kendrick 6 8 3 3 0 6

Madson 1 3 1 1 0 2

TGordon 1 1 0 0 0 1

Lidge 1 1 0 0 0 0

JRomero W,2-0 1 3 1 1 1 1

Kendrick pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

HBP—by Kendrick (Ortmeier). WP—TGordon 2.

T—3:33. A—38,270 (43,647).



Marlins 6, Padres 4

SAN DIEGO FLORIDA

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Giles rf 4 1 1 0 Amzga cf 4 1 1 0

Iguchi 2b 3 0 0 0 Hrmida rf 4 1 3 0

AdGzlz 1b 4 1 1 0 HRmrz ss 4 0 1 0

Kzmnff 3b 4 1 4 1 Jacobs 1b 4 0 0 0

Greene ss 4 1 1 2 Gregg p 0 0 0 0

Hirston cf 3 0 0 0 Cantu 3b 4 1 1 0

TClark ph 1 0 0 0 Uggla 2b 3 2 2 4

JHuber lf 3 0 0 0 LGnzlz lf 3 1 1 1

Mrtn c 3 0 0 0 Rabelo c 3 0 1 0

Grmno p 2 0 0 0 Hndrck p 2 0 0 0

KCmrn p 0 0 0 0 Andino ph 1 0 0 0

Crabbe ph 1 0 0 0 Tnkrsly p 0 0 0 0

Ldzma p 0 0 0 0 Helms 1b 0 0 0 0

Totals 32 4 7 3 Totals 32 6 10 5

San Diego 000 100 201 — 4

Florida 110 004 00x — 6

E—Giles (1). DP—San Diego 1, Florida 2. LOB—San Diego 2, Florida 2. 2B—AdGonzalez (6), Kouzmanoff (4), Amezaga (5). HR—Greene (1), Uggla 2 (6), LGonzalez (3). SB—HRamirez (10). CS—HRamirez (4).

IP H R ER BB SO

San Diego

Germano L,0-3 5 2-3 9 6 5 0 3

KCameron 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 1

Ledezma 1 1 0 0 0 2

Florida

Hndrck W,5-1 7 5 3 3 1 2

Tankersley 1 0 0 0 0 0

Gregg S,5 1 2 1 1 0 0

WP—Germano.

T—2:18. A—14,562 (38,560).



Hockey



NHL playoffs



Thursday, May 1

N.Y. Rangers 3, Pittsburgh 0, Pittsburgh leads series 3-1

Detroit 8, Colorado 2, Detroit wins series 4-0

Friday, May 2

Dallas at San Jose, (n)

Saturday, May 3

Philadelphia at Montreal, 6 p.m.

Sunday, May 4

N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m.

Montreal at Philadelphia, 7 p.m., if necessary

San Jose at Dallas, 9 p.m., if necessary