Transactions



BASEBALL

American League

BOSTON RED SOX—Placed RHP Clay Buchholz on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 15. Recalled OF Jonathan Van Every from Pawtucket (IL).

TAMPA BAY RAYS—Activated RHP Al Reyes from the 15-day DL. Designated RHP Scott Dohmann for assignment.

TEXAS RANGERS—Activated OF Marlon Byrd from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Travis Metcalf to Oklahoma (PCL).

National League

CINCINNATI REDS—Placed SS Jeff Keppinger on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of INF Paul Janish from Louisville (IL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Placed C Ryan Doumit on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of C Raul Chavez from Indianapolis (IL).

American Association

SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS—Signed RHP Curt Dixon.

FORT WORTH CATS—Released RHP Tim Vasquez.

Can-Am League

ATLANTIC CITY SURF—Released C Wally Rosa.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

DALLAS MAVERICKS—Named Rick Carlisle coach.

MILWAUKEE BUCKS—Named Kelvin Sampson, Jim Boylan, Lionel Hollins and Joe Wolf assistant coaches.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Terminated the contract of DB Kenny Wright.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Released C Chris White. Signed WR Chas Cessner.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

VANCOUVER CANUCKS—Named Scott Mellanby consultant to the general manager and hockey operations department.

COLLEGE

BENTLEY—Named Jessica King field hockey coach.

DARTMOUTH—Named Rick Bender varsity athletic communications director.

LOYOLA, MD.—Named Erin Konheim women’s assistant soccer coach.

MONTANA STATE—Named Temesghen Starr men’s assistant basketball coach.

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE—Named Eric Crumpecker men’s and women’s track coach.

VIRGINIA TECH—Named Braden Holloway associate head men’s and women’s swimming coach.



Basketball



NBA playoffs



QUARTERFINALS

(Best-of-7)

Tuesday, May 13

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

New Orleans 101, San Antonio 79, New Orleans leads series 3-2

Wednesday, May 14

Boston 96, Cleveland 89, Boston leads series 3-2

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.



Boxscores



Baseball



MLB standings



AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Tampa Bay 23 17 .575 —

Boston 24 19 .558 1/2

Baltimore 21 19 .525 2

New York 20 21 .488 3 1/2

Toronto 19 22 .463 4 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 20 18 .526 —

Cleveland 21 19 .525 —

Chicago 18 20 .474 2

Kansas City 17 21 .447 3

Detroit 16 23 .410 4 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 24 17 .585 —

Oakland 23 18 .561 1

Texas 20 22 .476 4 1/2

Seattle 16 26 .381 8 1/2

Tuesday’s Games

Cleveland 4, Oakland 0

Baltimore 5, Boston 4

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

Texas 5, Seattle 2

Toronto 5, Minnesota 3

Kansas City 3, Detroit 2

L.A. Angels 2, Chicago White Sox 0

Wednesday’s Games

Seattle 4, Texas 3, 12 innings

Baltimore 6, Boston 3

Cleveland 2, Oakland 0

N.Y. Yankees 2, Tampa Bay 1

Toronto at Minnesota, (n)

Detroit at Kansas City, (n)

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

Today’s Games

Oakland (Smith 2-2) at Cleveland (Laffey 1-2), 11:05 a.m.

Toronto (McGowan 2-3) at Minnesota (Perkins 0-1), 12:10 p.m.

Detroit (Rogers 3-3) at Kansas City (Meche 2-5), 1:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Kennedy 0-2) at Tampa Bay (Kazmir 1-1), 3:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Vazquez 4-3) at L.A. Angels (Garland 4-3), 9:05 p.m.



NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Florida 23 16 .590 —

Philadelphia 22 19 .537 2

New York 20 18 .526 2 1/2

Atlanta 20 19 .513 3

Washington 17 24 .415 7

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 23 16 .590 —

St. Louis 23 18 .561 1

Houston 22 18 .550 1 1/2

Milwaukee 20 19 .513 3

Pittsburgh 19 20 .487 4

Cincinnati 17 23 .425 6 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 24 15 .615 —

Los Angeles 19 19 .500 4 1/2

San Francisco 17 23 .425 7 1/2

Colorado 15 24 .385 9

San Diego 15 25 .375 9 1/2

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 8, St. Louis 4, 10 innings

Arizona 8, Colorado 4

San Francisco 4, Houston 2

Wednesday’s Games

Atlanta 8, Philadelphia 6

Washington 5, N.Y. Mets 3

Florida at Cincinnati, (n)

San Diego at Chicago Cubs, (n)

L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee, (n)

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, (n)

Colorado at Arizona, (n)

Houston at San Francisco, (n)

Thursday’s Games

L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 2-5) at Milwaukee (Sheets 4-0), 12:05 p.m.

Washington (Bergmann 0-1) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 2-3), 12:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Snell 2-2) at St. Louis (Pineiro 2-2), 12:15 p.m.

San Diego (Maddux 3-3) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 4-1), 1:20 p.m.

Houston (Sampson 2-3) at San Francisco (Lincecum 5-1), 2:45 p.m.

Atlanta (James 2-2) at Philadelphia (Hamels 4-3), 6:05 p.m.

Florida (Miller 3-2) at Cincinnati (Belisle 1-3), 6:10 p.m.

Colorado (Cook 6-1) at Arizona (Webb 8-0), 8:40 p.m.



Boxscores



AMERICAN LEAGUE

Mariners 4, Rangers 3, 12 innings

SEATTLE TEXAS

ab r h bi ab r h bi

ISuzuki cf 6 0 0 0 Kinsler 2b 6 0 0 0

Cairo 1b 6 0 2 1 Ctlnotto dh 3 1 1 0

Beltre 3b 6 0 1 0 Laird dh 2 1 1 0

Ibanez lf 4 1 1 0 MiYong ss 6 1 2 1

JoLpez 2b 5 1 1 1 Hmlton cf 4 0 0 1

JClmnt c 4 1 2 1 DaMph rf 5 0 4 1

Blmqist pr 0 0 0 0 Boggs lf 5 0 0 0

JBurke c 1 0 0 0 Sltlmch c 2 0 0 0

Jhjima dh 5 0 1 0 Shltn 1b 4 0 1 0

Blntien rf 5 1 1 0 RVzqez 3b 2 0 0 0

YBncrt ss 4 0 1 1 MByrd ph 1 0 0 0

Duran 3b 2 0 0 0

Totals 46 4 10 4 Totals 42 3 9 3

Seattle 000 100 200 001 — 4

Texas 200 000 010 000 — 3

E—RVazquez (5). DP—Seattle 2. LOB—Seattle 8, Texas 9. 2B—JoLopez (10), JClement (2), Johjima (6), YBetancourt (10), Catalanotto (7), MiYoung (11), DaMurphy 2 (15), Shelton (2). 3B—JClement (1). S—YBetancourt. SF—Hamilton.

IP H R ER BB SO

Seattle

Silva 6 1-3 5 2 2 0 4

Morrow 0 0 0 0 2 0

Rhodes 1 0 0 0 0 1

SGreen 0 2 1 1 0 0

Rowlnd-Smith 2-3 1 0 0 1 0

MLowe 1 0 0 0 0 1

Putz W,1-1 2 1 0 0 1 2

Washburn S,1 1 0 0 0 1 0

Texas

Feldman 7 6 3 1 0 4

Mathis 1 0 0 0 1 2

CWilson 1 1 0 0 0 0

JWright 1 1 0 0 0 0

Guardado 1 0 0 0 0 0

FGerman L,1-2 1 2 1 1 0 0

Morrow pitched to 2 batters in the 7th, SGreen pitched to 2 batters in the 8th, Rowlnd-Smith pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.

WP—Putz.

T—3:45. A—22,934 (48,911).



Yankees 2, Rays 1

NEW YORK TAMPA BAY

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Damon lf 4 0 0 0 Iwmra 2b 3 0 0 0

BAbreu rf 4 0 1 1 Crwfrd lf 4 0 0 0

Jeter ss 4 0 0 0 Upton cf 4 0 0 0

Giambi 1b 3 0 0 0 CPena 1b 4 0 2 0

HMatsu dh 4 1 1 0 Lngoria 3b 3 1 0 0

Cano 2b 4 0 4 1 CFloyd dh 4 0 2 0

MlCbra cf 4 0 0 0 Nvarro c 3 0 2 1

Ensbrg 3b 3 1 1 0 Gross rf 3 0 1 0

AlGnzlz 3b 0 0 0 0 Bartlett ss 3 0 0 0

JMolna c 1 0 0 0

Totals 31 2 7 2 Totals 31 1 7 1

New York 000 110 000 — 2

Tampa Bay 000 000 100 — 1

E—CPena (1). DP—New York 2, Tampa Bay 2. LOB—New York 6, Tampa Bay 5. 2B—BAbreu (8), HMatsui (7), Gross (2). CS—Cano (3). S—JMolina 2.

IP H R ER BB SO

New York

Mussina W,6-3 6 1-3 5 1 1 1 4

Ohlendorf 2-3 2 0 0 0 0

Chamberlain 1 0 0 0 1 3

MRivera S,11 1 0 0 0 0 1

Tampa Bay

JShields L,4-3 7 1-3 6 2 2 2 6

TMiller 1 1-3 1 0 0 0 1

AReyes 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

T—2:44. A—20,936 (36,048).

Indians 2, Athletics 0

OAKLAND CLEVELAND

ab r h bi ab r h bi

RDavis cf 4 0 1 0 Szmore cf 3 1 1 1

MSwny 1b 4 0 2 0 Peralta ss 4 0 2 0

Cust lf 4 0 0 0 Dllucci lf 4 0 0 0

FThms dh 3 0 0 0 VMrtnz c 4 0 0 0

EBrwn rf 4 0 0 0 Hafner dh 3 0 0 0

Crosby ss 3 0 1 0 Garko 1b 3 1 1 1

Hnnhan 3b 2 0 0 0 ACabra 2b 3 0 0 0

KSuzuk c 3 0 0 0 BFrnco rf 3 0 1 0

DoMph 2b 3 0 1 0 Blake 3b 2 0 0 0

Totals 30 0 5 0 Totals 29 2 5 2

Oakland 000 000 000 — 0

Cleveland 100 100 00x — 2

E—Crosby (6). DP—Oakland 1, Cleveland 2. LOB—Oakland 5, Cleveland 5. 2B—Crosby (13), Peralta 2 (5), BFrancisco (4). HR—Sizemore (7), Garko (4).

IP H R ER BB SO

Oakland

Blanton L,2-6 7 4 2 2 2 4

Foulke 1 1 0 0 0 0

Cleveland

Sabathia W,3-5 9 5 0 0 2 11

T—2:08. A—18,188 (43,545).



Orioles 6, Red Sox 3

BOSTON BALTIMORE

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Ellsbry rf 4 1 3 0 BRbrts 2b 3 2 1 0

Pedroia 2b 4 0 1 1 Payton lf 4 1 1 5

Ortiz dh 4 0 0 0 Mrkkis rf 3 0 1 1

MRmrz lf 4 0 1 0 Huff 3b 4 0 1 0

Lowell 3b 4 1 2 1 Millar 1b 4 0 0 0

Yukilis 1b 4 0 2 0 Scott dh 4 0 0 0

Varitek c 4 1 2 1 AJones cf 2 0 1 0

Cora ss 4 0 0 0 Bynum ss 3 1 1 0

Van Every cf 3 0 1 0 Quiroz c 3 2 2 0

Totals 35 3 12 3 Totals 30 6 8 6

Boston 100 011 000 — 3

Baltimore 000 002 40x — 6

DP—Boston 2, Baltimore 4. LOB—Boston 5, Baltimore 3. 2B—Youkilis 2 (14), BRoberts (11). HR—Lowell (4), Varitek (4), Payton (3). SB—Ellsbury (15), AJones (4).

IP H R ER BB SO

Boston

Lester 6 5 2 2 2 4

JLopez 2-3 1 1 1 0 1

Hansen L,0-2 0 1 2 2 1 0

Okajima 1 1-3 1 1 1 0 1

Baltimore

DCabrera W,4-1 7 10 3 3 0 3

Albers 1 0 0 0 0 0

Sherrill S,15 1 2 0 0 0 0

Hansen pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

T—2:40. A—28,939 (48,290).



NATIONAL LEAGUE

Braves 8, Phillies 6

ATLANTA PHILA

ab r h bi ab r h bi

YEsbar ss 4 1 1 1 Rollins ss 5 1 2 2

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

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

Tixeira 1b 4 1 0 0 Howard 1b 4 1 1 1

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

Frncur rf 5 0 1 0 Werth cf 3 0 0 0

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

GBlnco lf 4 0 1 2 Coste c 4 2 4 0

Glavine p 3 0 1 0 Myers p 0 0 0 0

JBnnett p 0 0 0 0 Madson p 0 0 0 0

Ohman p 0 0 0 0 Brntlett ph 0 1 0 0

Gotay ph 1 0 0 0 Cndrey p 0 0 0 0

Ring p 0 0 0 0 Jenkins ph 0 0 0 0

Boyer p 0 0 0 0 Tguchi ph 1 0 0 0

Seanez p 0 0 0 0

Dobbs ph 1 0 1 0

Totals 37 8 12 8 Totals 34 6 9 6

Atlanta 212 030 000 — 8

Philadelphia 000 004 011 — 6

E—Howard (3). DP—Atlanta 1, Philadelphia 2. LOB—Atlanta 7, Philadelphia

5. 2B—CJones (9), McCann (13), KJohnson (9), Rollins (5). HR—YEscobar (4), CJones (11), KJohnson (5), Utley (14), Howard (8). SB—Rollins (3). S—Myers.

IP H R ER BB SO

Atlanta

Glavine W,1-1 5 2-3 4 4 4 2 4

JBennett 1-3 1 0 0 1 0

Ohman 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ring 2-3 1 1 1 0 0

Boyer S,1 1 1-3 3 1 1 0 1

Philadelphia

Myers L,2-4 4 1-3 9 8 6 3 6

Madson 1 2-3 2 0 0 1 1

Condrey 1 1 0 0 0 0

Seanez 2 0 0 0 1 1

JBennett pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

T—2:51. A—36,001 (43,647).



Nationals 5, Mets 3

WASHINGTON NEW YORK

ab r h bi ab r h bi

FLopez 2b 2 1 2 1 JReyes ss 3 0 0 0

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

Zmrmn 3b 4 1 1 1 DWrght 3b 4 0 1 0

Boone 1b 4 0 1 0 Beltran cf 4 0 1 1

Kearns rf 4 0 0 0 Alou lf 2 0 0 0

Dukes cf 3 1 0 0 EnChvz lf 2 1 1 0

WPena lf 3 0 0 0 Dlgado 1b 4 0 1 0

SRivra p 0 0 0 0 Schndr c 4 1 1 2

Ayala p 0 0 0 0 Easley 2b 3 0 0 0

Rauch p 1 0 0 0 Vargas p 2 0 0 0

Flores c 3 1 1 1 Hilman p 0 0 0 0

Rdding p 2 0 0 0 JoSmth p 0 0 0 0

WHarrs lf 1 1 0 0 MAnsn ph 1 1 1 0

Flciano p 0 0 0 0

Totals 31 5 6 5 Totals 32 3 6 3

Washington 000 001 400 — 5

New York 000 010 110 — 3

DP—Washington 1, New York 2. LOB—Washington 4, New York 5. 2B—FLopez (5). HR—Zimmerman (7), Schneider (2).

IP H R ER BB SO

Washington

Redding W,5-3 6 2 1 1 2 4

SRivera 1 1-3 3 2 2 1 0

Ayala 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

Rauch S,8 1 1-3 1 0 0 0 2

New York

Vargas L,0-1 6 1-3 3 2 2 4 6

Heilman 1-3 3 3 3 1 0

JoSmith 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 2

Feliciano 1 0 0 0 0 2

WP—Vargas.

T—3:04. A—48,529 (57,365).



Reds 7, Marlins 6, 10 innings

FLORIDA CINCINNATI

ab r h bi ab r h bi

CRoss cf 4 1 1 3 CPttson cf 5 1 1 0

Hrmida rf 5 0 0 0 Hairstn ss 4 2 3 1

HRmrz ss 5 0 2 0 Grf Jr. rf 4 1 1 1

Cantu 3b 5 1 1 0 Freel rf 0 0 0 0

Uggla 2b 4 1 2 0 BPhllps 2b 4 1 2 1

LGnzlz lf 5 1 1 1 Votto 1b 5 0 0 0

Helms 1b 3 1 1 0 EEcarn 3b 5 0 1 1

Tranor c 3 1 2 2 Dunn lf 3 1 1 1

Nolasco p 1 0 0 0 Lincoln p 0 0 0 0

Knsing p 0 0 0 0 FCdero p 0 0 0 0

Andino ph 1 0 0 0 Burton p 0 0 0 0

JuMillr p 0 0 0 0 DRoss ph 0 0 0 0

Jacobs ph 1 0 0 0 Cueto pr 0 1 0 0

Pinto p 0 0 0 0 Bako c 4 0 1 0

Arroyo p 3 0 0 0

Janish ss 2 0 1 1

Totals 37 6 10 6 Totals 39 7 11 6

Florida 000 000 006 0 — 6

Cincinnati 000 021 300 1 — 7

Two outs when winning run scored.

E—Cantu (8), CPatterson (2). DP—Florida 1, Cincinnati 2. LOB—Florida 6, Cincinnati 9. 2B—HRamirez (7), Uggla (13), LGonzalez (6), Hairston (4), Griffey Jr. (7), EEncarnacion (10). 3B—Hairston (1). HR—CRoss (4), Dunn (7). SB—CPatterson (7), Hairston (3). S—Nolasco.

IP H R ER BB SO

Florida

Nolasco 4 2-3 5 2 2 3 4

Kensing 1 1-3 2 1 1 0 2

JuMiller 2 3 3 2 0 2

Pinto L,1-2 1 2-3 1 1 1 3 2

Cincinnati

Arroyo 7 5 0 0 3 5

Lincoln 1 3 4 4 0 0

FCordero 1 2 2 2 0 2

Burton W,2-1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Lincoln pitched to 4 batters in the 9th.

HBP—by Lincoln (Helms).

T—3:33. A—12,756 (42,319).



Hockey



NHL playoffs



CONFERENCE FINALS

(best of 7)

Monday, May 12

Detroit 5, Dallas 2

Tuesday, May 13

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

Wednesday, May 14

Dallas 3, Detroit 1, Detroit leads series 3-1

Thursday, May 15

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 17

Dallas at Detroit, 12:30 p.m.