Transactions



BASEBALL

National League

NEW YORK METS—Purchased the contracts of RHP Claudio Vargas and INF-OF Fernando Tatis from New Orleans (PCL). Activated RHP Matt Wise from the 15-day DL. Designated RHP Jorge Sosa and RHP Nelson Figueroa for assignment. Placed OF Angel Pagan on the 15-day DL. Assigned C Raul Casanova to New Orleans.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Purchased the contract of RHP Marino Salas from Indianapolis (IL).

American Association

FORT WORTH CATS—Signed LHP Kelly Shearer.

Can-Am League

ATLANTIC CITY SURF—Signed OF Lucas Taylor. Released OF Christopher M. Perez.

Golden Baseball League

ST. GEORGE ROADRUNNERS—Agreed to terms with RHP Simon Lee.

YUMA SCORPIONS—Agreed to terms with RHP/pitching coach Aaron Wilson.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NEW YORK KNICKS—Named Mike D’Antoni coach and signed him to a four-year contract.

Women’s National Basketball Association

MINNESOTA LYNX—Released F Tamara Bowie.

American Basketball Association

ABA—Granted an expansion team to Detroit to begin play in the 2008-09 season.

DETROIT—Announced team nickname will be Zafir.

NYC INTERNATIONALZ—Named Michael Logan coach.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS—Placed TE Kevin Everett and WR Chris Denney on the waived/failed physical list.

NEW YORK GIANTS—Signed DT Nate Robinson, DT Brian Soi, DE Alex Morrow, DB Miguel Scott, DB Terrance Stringer, C Nick Leeson and OL Jacob Hobbs. Released P Owen Tolson, LB Rory Johnson and DT Joshua Muse. Terminated the contracts of TE Eric Butler and G Carnell Stewart.

Canadian Football League

EDMONTON ESKIMOS—Announced the retirement of FB Mike Maurer.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Signed WR Derick Armstrong and WR Terrence Edwards to contract extensions.

Arena Football League

COLUMBUS DESTROYERS-Waived OL Eric Graham. Signed QB Jeff Mroz and DL Reggie Rhodes to the practice squad.

GEORGIA FORCE-Waived DB Marcus Jefferson and DB Chris Royal.

GRAND RAPIDS RAMPAGE-Signed QB Tom Arth. Released QB John Fitzgerald. Signed DL Ronnie Washburn to practice squad.

ORLANDO PREDATORS-Signed WR-DB Kevin Nickerson.Waived DB Nick Allison and WR Chas Gessner. Signed FB-LB Johnnie Balous to the practice squad.

TAMPA BAY STORM-Signed DB Daryon Brutley. Signed DB Scott Cunningham to the practice squad.

UTAH BLAZE—Waived DB Carlton Brown.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

BOSTON BRUINS—Signed F Chuck Kobasew to a multiyear contract extension.

COLORADO AVALANCHE—Signed F T.J. Galiardi.

ST. LOUIS BLUES—Signed C T.J. Oshie and F Lars Eller.

COLLEGE

ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK—Named Scott Norwood baseball coach.

FLORIDA—Named Ken Ko assistant volleyball coach.

GEORGIAN COURT—Named Phil Groves women’s track and field coach.

MONMOUTH, N.J.—Named Stephanie Gaitley women’s basketball coach.

MOUNT OLIVE—Announced the retirement of Bill Clingan, men’s basketball coach. Named Joey Higginbotham men’s basketball coach.

PLYMOUTH STATE—Announced the resignation of Andrew Brauch, men’s lacrosse coach.

ROBERT MORRIS—Promoted Andrew Toole to men’s associate head basketball coach.

ST. GREGORY’S—Named Kelly Archer women’s basketball coach.

TENNESSEE—Announced WR Kenny O’Neal will transfer.

WORCESTER STATE—Named Marv Degon men’s associate hockey coach. Announced the resignation of Bob Thebeau, men’s assistant hockey coach.



Basketball



NBA playoffs



QUARTERFINALS

(Best-of-7)

Monday, May 12

Cleveland 88, Boston 77, series tied 2-2

Tuesday, May 13

Detroit 91, Orlando 86, Detroit wins series 4-1

San Antonio at New Orleans, (n)

Wednesday, May 14

Cleveland at Boston, 7 p.m.

Utah at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 15

New Orleans at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Friday, May 16

Boston at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Utah, 9:30 p.m.



Boxscore



PISTONS 91, MAGIC 86

ORLANDO (86)

Turkoglu 8-15 2-2 18, Lewis 4-13 4-6 14, Howard 4-8 6-15 14, Nelson 6-7 0-0 14, Evans 4-7 1-2 11, Bogans 4-9 1-1 10, Dooling 1-5 2-2 5, Gortat 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-64 16-28 86.

DETROIT (91)

Prince 4-13 1-2 10, McDyess 6-9 5-6 17, Wallace 7-20 0-0 14, Stuckey 5-10 5-6 15, Hamilton 7-20 16-16 31, Hunter 1-5 0-0 3, Maxiell 0-3 1-2 1, Hayes 0-1 0-0 0, Ratliff 0-0 0-0 0, Herrmann 0-1 0-0 0, Afflalo 0-0 0-0 0, Dixon 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 30-83 28-32 91.

Orlando 20 21 27 18 — 86

Detroit 20 27 18 26 — 91

3-Point Goals—Orlando 8-22 (Nelson 2-3, Evans 2-4, Lewis 2-6, Dooling 1-3, Bogans 1-4, Turkoglu 0-2), Detroit 3-14 (Prince 1-2, Hunter 1-3, Hamilton 1-3, Wallace 0-6). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Orlando 58 (Howard 17), Detroit 44 (McDyess 11). Assists—Orlando 14 (Turkoglu 7), Detroit 16 (Stuckey 6). Total Fouls—Orlando 27, Detroit 24. A—22,076 (22,076).



Baseball



MLB standings



AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Tampa Bay 23 16 .590 —

Boston 24 18 .571 1/2

Baltimore 20 19 .513 3

New York 19 21 .475 4 1/2

Toronto 18 22 .450 5 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 20 17 .541 —

Cleveland 20 19 .513 1

Chicago 18 19 .486 2

Kansas City 17 21 .447 3 1/2

Detroit 16 23 .410 5

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 23 17 .575 —

Oakland 23 17 .575 —

Texas 20 21 .488 3 1/2

Seattle 15 26 .366 8 1/2

Monday’s Games

Cleveland 3, Toronto 0, 1st game

Toronto 3, Cleveland 0, 10 innings, 2nd game

Minnesota 7, Boston 3

Tampa Bay 7, N.Y. Yankees 1

Texas 13, Seattle 12, 10 innings

L.A. Angels 10, Chicago White Sox 7

Tuesday’s Games

Cleveland 4, Oakland 0

Baltimore 5, Boston 4

Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Yankees 1, 11 innings

Texas 5, Seattle 2

Kansas City 3, Detroit 2

Toronto at Minnesota, (n)

Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, (n)

Today’s Games

Seattle (Silva 3-2) at Texas (Feldman 1-1), 1:05 p.m.

Boston (Lester 2-2) at Baltimore (D.Cabrera 3-1), 2:05 p.m.

Oakland (Blanton 2-5) at Cleveland (Sabathia 2-5), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Mussina 5-3) at Tampa Bay (Shields 4-2), 6:10 p.m.

Toronto (Halladay 3-5) at Minnesota (Bonser 2-4), 7:10 p.m.

Detroit (Verlander 1-6) at Kansas City (Hochevar 2-2), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Contreras 3-3) at L.A. Angels (Lackey 0-0), 9:05 p.m.



NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Florida 23 16 .590 —

Philadelphia 22 18 .550 1 1/2

New York 20 17 .541 2

Atlanta 19 19 .500 3 1/2

Washington 16 24 .400 7 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 23 16 .590 —

St. Louis 23 17 .575 1/2

Houston 22 17 .564 1

Milwaukee 20 19 .513 3

Pittsburgh 18 20 .474 4 1/2

Cincinnati 17 23 .425 6 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 23 15 .605 —

Los Angeles 19 19 .500 4

San Francisco 16 23 .410 7 1/2

Colorado 15 23 .395 8

San Diego 15 25 .375 9

Monday’s Games

Pittsburgh 5, Atlanta 0, 1st game

Atlanta 8, Pittsburgh 1, 2nd game

Washington 10, N.Y. Mets 4

Cincinnati 8, Florida 7

Chicago Cubs 12, San Diego 3

Milwaukee 8, St. Louis 3

Houston 7, San Francisco 3

Tuesday’s Games

Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 4

N.Y. Mets 6, Washington 3

Cincinnati 5, Florida 3

San Diego 4, Chicago Cubs 3

Milwaukee 5, L.A. Dodgers 3

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, (n)

Colorado at Arizona, (n)

Houston at San Francisco, (n)

Today’s Games

Atlanta (Glavine 0-1) at Philadelphia (Myers 2-3), 6:05 p.m.

Washington (Redding 4-3) at N.Y. Mets (ABostick 0-0), 6:10 p.m.

Florida (Nolasco 2-3) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 2-4), 6:10 p.m.

San Diego (Peavy 4-2) at Chicago Cubs (Lilly 3-4), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Lowe 2-3) at Milwaukee (Parra 1-2), 7:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Snell 2-2) at St. Louis (Wellemeyer 3-1), 7:15 p.m.

Colorado (De La Rosa 1-1) at Arizona (Owings 4-1), 8:40 p.m.

Houston (Moehler 1-0) at San Francisco (Misch 0-0), 9:15 p.m.



Boxscores



AMERICAN LEAGUE

Rangers 5, Mariners 2

SEATTLE TEXAS

ab r h bi ab r h bi

ISuzuki cf 4 0 0 0 Kinsler 2b 3 0 0 1

Cairo 1b 4 1 1 0 Ctlnotto dh 5 0 0 0

Beltre 3b 4 0 1 0 MiYong ss 3 0 0 0

Ibanez lf 4 1 2 0 Hmlton cf 3 0 0 0

JoLpez 2b 3 0 2 1 DaMph rf 4 1 2 0

Jhjima c 4 0 1 1 Boggs lf 4 0 1 0

Blntien rf 3 0 0 0 Laird c 3 3 2 1

JClmnt dh 3 0 0 0 Shltn 1b 2 1 0 0

YBncrt ss 4 0 0 0 RVzqez 3b 2 0 2 2

Totals 33 2 7 2 Totals 29 5 7 4

Seattle 000 002 000 — 2

Texas 010 101 02x — 5

E—Beltre (7), Ibanez (3), Balentien (1), YBetancourt (6). DP—Seattle 1. LOB—Seattle 8, Texas 9. 2B—Ibanez (11), Johjima (5), DaMurphy (13), Boggs (3). SB—Kinsler (11), MiYoung (2). S—Shelton. SF—JoLopez, Kinsler, RVazquez.

IP H R ER BB SO

Seattle

FHrndz L,2-4 6 6 3 2 5 3

Rowlnd-Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0

SGreen 1 1 2 0 1 0

Texas

Gabbard 5 1-3 5 2 2 1 2

Rupe W,2-1 1 2-3 1 0 0 2 0

Benoit 1 1 0 0 0 1

Guardado S,1 1 0 0 0 0 2

WP—FHernandez.

T—2:53. A—15,766 (48,911).



Orioles 5, Red Sox 4

BOSTON BALTIMORE

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Crisp cf 3 1 1 0 BRbrts 2b 4 1 2 0

Casey 1b 2 0 1 0 Bynum ss 3 1 1 0

Pedroia 2b 5 0 2 0 Mrkkis rf 4 0 0 0

Ortiz dh 4 1 1 0 Huff 3b 4 0 1 0

MRmrz lf 4 1 2 1 Millar 1b 3 1 1 1

Lowell 3b 5 0 0 1 Scott dh 4 2 3 3

Yukilis 1b 4 0 0 0 AJones cf 4 0 2 0

JDrew rf 2 0 0 0 Payton lf 4 0 1 1

Ellsbry rf 1 1 0 0 Quiroz c 4 0 0 0

Varitek c 3 0 1 0

Cora ss 4 0 1 1

Totals 37 4 9 3 Totals 34 5 11 5

Boston 300 000 010 — 4

Baltimore 014 000 00x — 5

E—Huff (1), Millar (1). DP—Boston 1, Baltimore 1. LOB—Boston 10, Baltimore 8. 2B—Ortiz (8), MRamirez (12). HR—Scott (2).

IP H R ER BB SO

Boston

Beckett L,4-3 5 2-3 11 5 5 2 5

Delcarmen 1 1-3 0 0 0 1 1

Aardsma 1 0 0 0 0 2

Baltimore

Guthrie W,2-3 6 8 3 2 1 7

JWalker 0 0 0 0 1 0

JJohnson 1 1-3 1 1 1 2 0

Sherrill S,14 1 2-3 0 0 0 0 2

Guthrie pitched to 2 batters in the 7th, JWalker pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

WP—JWalker.

T—3:17. A—38,768 (48,290).



Royals 3, Tigers 2

DETROIT KANSAS CITY

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Grndrs cf 5 0 0 0 Dejesus lf 4 1 1 0

Planco 2b 5 1 1 0 Grdzln 2b 4 1 3 0

CGuilln 3b 4 0 1 1 AGrdon 3b 4 0 0 0

Ordnez rf 4 0 0 0 JGuilln dh 4 0 2 2

MiCabr 1b 2 0 2 0 EGrmn dh 0 1 0 0

Inge 3b 0 0 0 0 Butler 1b 3 0 0 0

Shffield lf 3 0 0 0 Gload 1b 0 0 0 0

Joyce dh 3 1 2 1 Teahen rf 4 0 2 0

Rnteria ss 4 0 1 0 JBuck c 4 0 2 0

IRodrz c 4 0 2 0 Pna Jr. ss 3 0 1 0

Gthrght cf 3 0 1 0

Totals 34 2 9 2 Totals 33 3 12 2

Detroit 110 000 000 — 2

Kansas City 002 000 01x — 3

E—Renteria (4), Pena Jr. (4). DP—Detroit 2, Kansas City 2. LOB—Detroit 9, Kansas City 7. 2B—CGuillen (10), JGuillen 2 (13), Pena Jr. (3). HR—Joyce (2). CS—JBuck (2).

IP H R ER BB SO

Detroit

NRobertson 7 10 2 2 0 2

Cruceta L,0-1 1 2 1 0 1 2

Kansas City

Greinke 6 9 2 2 2 2

RRamirez 1 1-3 0 0 0 2 2

Nunez W,3-0 2-3 0 0 0 0 0

Soria S,9 1 0 0 0 0 0

T—2:38. A—11,703 (38,030).



Rays 2, Yankees 1, 11 innings

NEW YORK TAMPA BAY

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Damon dh 5 0 1 0 Iwmra 2b 5 0 2 0

Jeter ss 5 0 1 0 Crwfrd lf 4 0 1 0

BAbreu rf 4 0 0 0 Upton cf 4 0 0 0

HMatsu lf 5 1 1 1 CPena 1b 4 1 1 0

Giambi 1b 2 0 2 0 Lngoria 3b 5 0 1 0

MlCbra cf 4 0 1 0 CFloyd dh 4 0 2 0

Cano 2b 4 0 0 0 Gomes pr 0 1 0 0

AlGnzlz 3b 2 0 0 0 Hinske rf 3 0 1 1

SDncan ph 1 0 0 0 Gross rf 2 0 1 1

Ensbrg 3b 1 0 0 0 Nvarro c 3 0 2 0

JMolna c 4 0 0 0 Bartlett ss 3 0 0 0

Totals 37 1 6 1 Totals 37 2 11 2

New York 000 000 001 00 — 1

Tampa Bay 000 100 000 01 — 2

No outs when winning run scored.

DP—New York 3, Tampa Bay 2. LOB—New York 6, Tampa Bay 11. 2B—CPena (2). 3B—Jeter (3). HR—HMatsui (5). SB—Gomes (5). S—Bartlett.

IP H R ER BB SO

New York

Wang 7 7 1 1 3 2

Chamberlain 1 1 0 0 1 0

Farnsworth 1 0 0 0 1 0

MRivera L,0-1 1 3 1 1 0 1

Tampa Bay

EJackson 7 5 0 0 1 5

Wheeler 1 0 0 0 0 2

Percival 1 1 1 1 1 0

Howell W,3-0 2 0 0 0 1 0

MRivera pitched to 2 batters in the 11th.

WP—EJackson.

T—3:32. A—16,558 (36,048).



Indians 4, Athletics 0

OAKLAND CLEVELAND

ab r h bi ab r h bi

KSuzuk c 4 0 0 0 Szmore cf 4 0 1 0

DBartn 1b 4 0 0 0 Peralta ss 4 0 0 0

Cust lf 4 0 0 0 Dllucci lf 3 1 0 0

FThms dh 4 0 1 0 VMrtnz c 2 1 1 0

EBrwn rf 3 0 0 0 Hafner dh 4 1 2 1

Hnnhan 3b 3 0 1 0 Garko 1b 4 1 1 3

Crosby ss 3 0 1 0 ACabra 2b 4 0 2 0

RSwny cf 2 0 2 0 FGtrrz rf 4 0 0 0

MSwny ph 1 0 0 0 Blake 3b 2 0 0 0

RDavis cf 0 0 0 0

DoMph 2b 3 0 1 0

Totals 31 0 6 0 Totals 31 4 7 4

Oakland 000 000 000 — 0

Cleveland 100 000 03x — 4

DP—Cleveland 1. LOB—Oakland 4, Cleveland 7. HR—Garko (3). CS—Crosby (2).

IP H R ER BB SO

Oakland

Dchsch L,3-2 6 2-3 4 1 1 2 6

Embree 1 1 2 2 1 1

ABrown 1-3 2 1 1 0 1

Cleveland

PByrd W,2-3 7 1-3 5 0 0 0 7

RPerez 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

Kobayashi S,1 1 1-3 1 0 0 0 1

HBP—by Duchscherer (Blake).

T—2:33. A—16,974 (43,545).



NATIONAL LEAGUE

Reds 5, Marlins 3

FLORIDA CINCINNATI

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Amzga cf 5 1 2 0 Freel cf 5 0 1 1

Hrmida rf 3 0 1 0 Kppngr ss 1 0 1 1

HRmrz ss 3 0 0 1 CPttson cf 3 0 2 0

Cantu 3b 4 0 1 0 BPhllps 2b 4 0 0 0

Uggla 2b 5 0 2 1 EEcarn 3b 4 1 1 0

LGnzlz lf 4 0 1 0 Votto 1b 3 1 2 1

Helms 1b 4 0 0 0 Hairstn rf 3 2 2 0

Tranor c 4 0 0 0 Dunn lf 3 0 0 1

Hndrck p 2 1 2 0 DRoss c 2 1 1 1

Jacobs ph 1 0 0 0 Wthers p 0 0 0 0

Wchter p 0 0 0 0 FCdero p 0 0 0 0

CRoss ph 1 1 1 1 Volquez p 3 0 0 0

Lndstr p 0 0 0 0 Burton p 0 0 0 0

Bray p 0 0 0 0

Bako c 1 0 0 0

Totals 36 3 10 3 Totals 32 5 10 5

Florida 000 010 110 — 3

Cincinnati 021 010 10x — 5

DP—Florida 1. LOB—Florida 11, Cincinnati 9. 2B—Hairston (3). HR—CRoss (3), Votto (8). SB—CPatterson (6), Hairston (2). S—Hairston. SF—HRamirez.

IP H R ER BB SO

Florida

Hndrck L,5-2 5 8 4 4 5 4

Waechter 2 2 1 1 0 2

Lindstrom 1 0 0 0 0 0

Cincinnati

Volquez W,6-1 6 7 1 1 2 5

Burton 2-3 2 1 1 1 1

Bray 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

Weathers 1 1 1 1 0 2

FCordero S,7 1 0 0 0 1 1

WP—FCordero. PB—DRoss.

T—3:11. A—14,015 (42,319).



Padres 4, Cubs 3

SAN DIEGO CHICAGO

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Gerut cf 5 0 1 1 ASrano lf 4 1 2 1

Iguchi 2b 5 0 0 0 Theriot ss 4 0 1 0

Giles rf 4 0 1 0 DLee 1b 4 0 0 0

AdGzlz 1b 4 1 1 0 ArRmz 3b 3 0 0 0

Hirston lf 4 1 1 0 Fkdme rf 4 0 0 0

Greene ss 4 1 2 3 Soto c 3 1 1 0

EGnzlz 3b 4 0 2 0 Derosa 2b 3 1 1 0

Carlin c 3 0 1 0 Wuertz p 0 0 0 0

Estes p 2 1 1 0 Ward ph 1 0 0 0

Mrdith p 0 0 0 0 ReJnsn cf 4 0 1 2

Bell p 0 0 0 0 Mrquis p 2 0 1 0

TClark ph 1 0 0 0 Eyre p 0 0 0 0

Hffman p 0 0 0 0 Fntenot 2b 2 0 0 0

Totals 36 4 10 4 Totals 34 3 7 3

San Diego 000 400 000 — 4

Chicago 120 000 000 — 3

E—EGonzalez (1). DP—San Diego 1. LOB—San Diego 7, Chicago 6. 2B—Gerut (1), EGonzalez (1), ReJohnson (5). HR—Greene (3), ASoriano (5). S—Estes.

IP H R ER BB SO

San Diego

Estes W,1-0 5 1-3 7 3 2 1 2

Meredith 1 2-3 0 0 0 0 0

Bell 1 0 0 0 1 2

Hoffman S,7 1 0 0 0 0 2

Chicago

Marquis L,1-3 5 2-3 9 4 4 1 3

Eyre 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

Wuertz 3 1 0 0 0 1

WP—Marquis.

T—2:30. A—40,028 (41,160).



Brewers 5, Dodgers 3

LOS ANGELES MILWAUKEE

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Pierre lf 5 1 1 0 Weeks 2b 4 1 1 0

Ethier rf 4 0 0 0 MCmrn cf 4 1 2 1

Kemp cf 3 1 2 1 Braun lf 4 1 2 2

Kent 2b 4 0 1 1 Fielder 1b 3 0 2 1

Loney 1b 4 1 1 0 Hart rf 4 0 1 0

Martin c 4 0 3 1 BHall 3b 4 1 1 1

Dewitt 3b 4 0 1 0 Hardy ss 3 0 1 0

Hu ss 3 0 0 0 Vllneva p 1 1 0 0

MaSwy ph 1 0 0 0 Kapler ph 1 0 0 0

Penny p 1 0 0 0 Torres p 0 0 0 0

DeYng ph 1 0 0 0 Gwynn ph 1 0 0 0

Wade p 0 0 0 0 Gagne p 0 0 0 0

AJones ph 0 0 0 0 Kendall c 4 0 0 0

Totals 34 3 9 3 Totals 33 5 10 5

Los Angeles 101 100 000 — 3

Milwaukee 001 130 00x — 5

E—Weeks (2). DP—Milwaukee 1. LOB—Los Angeles 7, Milwaukee 7. 2B—Kemp (9), Braun (14), Hart (9), Hardy (6). 3B—Loney (2), Braun (1). HR—BHall (9). SB—Weeks (7), Hart (5). CS—Hart (3). S—Penny.

IP H R ER BB SO

Los Angeles

Penny L,5-4 6 9 5 5 1 6

Wade 2 1 0 0 2 1

Milwaukee

Vllneva W,2-4 6 8 3 2 0 2

Torres 2 0 0 0 1 1

Gagne S,10 1 1 0 0 1 0

PB—Kendall.

T—2:43. A—26,465 (41,900).



Phillies 5, Braves 4

ATLANTA PHILA

ab r h bi ab r h bi

YEsbar ss 5 1 1 0 Rollins ss 5 0 1 0

Kotsay cf 3 2 0 0 Vctrino rf 5 1 2 0

CJones 3b 4 1 3 1 Utley 2b 4 1 1 0

McCan c 4 0 1 1 Howard 1b 4 2 2 1

Diaz pr 0 0 0 0 Burrell lf 4 0 2 0

Norton 1b 4 0 0 0 Brntlett lf 0 1 0 0

Frncur rf 5 0 2 2 Werth cf 4 0 3 4

KJhnsn 2b 4 0 2 0 Feliz 3b 4 0 1 0

GBlnco lf 2 0 0 0 Ruiz c 4 0 1 0

JoReys p 3 0 0 0 Kndrck p 2 0 0 0

Cmpillo p 0 0 0 0 Tguchi ph 0 0 0 0

Gotay ph 1 0 0 0 JRmro p 0 0 0 0

Acosta p 0 0 0 0 TGrdon p 0 0 0 0

Dobbs ph 1 0 0 0

Lidge p 0 0 0 0

Totals 35 4 9 4 Totals 37 5 13 5

Atlanta 300 000 001 — 4

Philadelphia 000 220 10x — 5

E—YEscobar (4), Rollins (3). DP—Philadelphia 1. LOB—Atlanta 11, Philadelphia 9. 2B—McCann (12), Rollins (4), Victorino (4), Howard (4), Burrell (12). SB—Victorino (6). CS—KJohnson (2). S—Taguchi.

IP H R ER BB SO

Atlanta

JoReyes L,1-1 6 2-3 11 5 5 0 5

Campillo 1-3 1 0 0 0 0

Acosta 1 1 0 0 0 0

Philadelphia

Kendrick W,3-2 6 6 3 3 4 2

JRomero 1 1 0 0 1 1

TGordon 1 1 0 0 0 1

Lidge S,10 1 1 1 1 2 1

PB—Ruiz.

T—2:41. A—44,101 (43,647).



Mets 6, Nationals 3

WASHINGTON NEW YORK

ab r h bi ab r h bi

FLopez 2b 4 0 0 0 JReyes ss 5 0 1 1

CGzmn ss 3 1 0 0 Church rf 4 1 2 4

Zmrmn 3b 4 1 1 2 DWrght 3b 5 0 2 0

NJhnsn 1b 3 0 0 0 Beltran cf 4 0 1 0

Mlldge cf 4 0 0 0 Alou lf 4 1 2 0

Kearns rf 4 0 1 0 EnChvz lf 0 0 0 0

Dukes lf 3 1 1 0 Dlgado 1b 4 0 1 0

Nieves c 3 0 0 0 Easley 2b 3 0 0 0

Blliard ph 1 0 0 0 Schndr c 4 2 3 1

Lannan p 2 0 0 0 Maine p 1 0 1 0

Mckwk ph 1 0 0 1 05864 ph 1 1 1 0

Ayala p 0 0 0 0 Wise p 0 0 0 0

Hnrhan p 0 0 0 0 DSnchz p 0 0 0 0

Boone ph 1 0 1 0 MAnsn ph 0 1 0 0

BWgnr p 0 0 0 0

Totals 33 3 4 3 Totals 35 6 14 6

Washington 002 000 100 — 3

New York 011 002 02x — 6

E—Milledge (2), Easley 2 (3). DP—Washington 1. LOB—Washington 7, New York 9. 2B—Dukes (1), Church (7), DWright (13), Schneider (1). HR—Zimmerman (6), Church (8). S—Maine. SF—Church.

IP H R ER BB SO

Washington

Lannan L,3-4 6 12 4 4 1 2

Ayala 1 1-3 2 2 1 1 1

Hanrahan 2-3 0 0 0 0 0

New York

Maine W,5-2 6 2 2 1 1 5

Wise 1 1 1 1 0 0

DSanchez 1 0 0 0 2 1

BWagner S,8 1 1 0 0 0 2

HBP—by Maine (FLopez). PB—Nieves.

T—2:48. A—46,618 (57,365).



Hockey



NHL playoffs



CONFERENCE FINALS

(Best-of-7)

Monday, May 12

Detroit 5, Dallas 2, Detroit leads series 3-0

Tuesday, May 13

Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 1, Pittsburgh leads series 3-0

Wednesday, May 14

Detroit at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 15

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.