Transactions



BASEBALL

American League

BOSTON RED SOX—Placed RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 28. Purchased the contract of 1B-OF Jeff Bailey from Pawtucket (IL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Claimed C Brayan Pena off waivers from Atlanta. Transferred RHP Luke Hudson from the 15- to the 60-day DL.

NEW YORK YANKEES—Named Todd Letcher executive director of stadium security, effective July 7.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Recalled OF Travis Buck and OF Carlos Gonzalez from Sacramento (PCL). Purchased the contract of RHP Brad Ziegler from Sacramento. Activated RHP Kiko Calero from the 60-day DL. Placed RHP Joey Devine on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 26. Placed 1B-DH Mike Sweeney and OF Ryan Sweeney on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 29. Designated LHP Lenny DiNardo and INF Kevin Melillo for assignment.

TEXAS RANGERS—Optioned LHP Kason Gabbard to Oklahoma (PCL). Purchased the contract of RHP Robinson Tejeda from Oklahoma. Announced RHP Franklyn German has refused an outright assignment, making him a free agent. Assigned RHP Dustin Neppert outright to Oklahoma.

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES—Placed OF Mark Kotsay on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Josh Anderson from Richmond (IL).

CINCINNATI REDS—Traded RHP Jim Brower to the Chicago Cubs for cash considerations. Sold the contract of RHP Tom Shearn fo Samsung (Korean Professional League).

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Optioned OF Chris Duncan to Memphis. Recalled OF Joe Mather from Memphis (PCL).

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS—Signed DB Kennard Cox.

MIAMI DOLPHINS—Signed G Shawn Murphy to a multiyear contract.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Signed S Justin Hamilton. Released DB Stephen Tate.

Golf



Four States Invitational



Texarkana Country Club

Today’s tee times and matches

No. 1

7:30-Mitch Bobo, Rodney Bobo vs. Jim Blevins, Larry Walls (5); 7:40-Ernie McCray, David Millsap vs. Carroll Hutchens, Paul Lovan(5); 7:50-Bravin McCollum, Mark McClosky vs. Brent Treadway, Gary Treadway (5)

8:00-Matt Blando, Gary Blando vs. Todd Shores, John Hendricks (5); 8:10-Geoff Culbertson, Moody Miller vs. Pat Jenson, Jon McManus (3); 8:20-Wayne Hawkins, William Morriss vs. Kevin Edmondson, Jay East (3); 8:30-Robee Carter, Charlie Walker vs. Byron Phillips, Roy Akins (3); 8:40-Roy Burklow, Bill Weddington vs. Jim Fry, Manley Powers (3); 8:50-Kevin Highland, Chris Leonard vs. Tommy Neece, Gene Howard (7);

9:00-Gary Rabal, Bill Cook vs. Doug Ray, Mickey Akins (7); 9:10-David Wallin, Don Beasley vs. Craig Legrand, Steve McMillen (7); 9:20-Randy Sikes, Jim Page vs. Colin Ward, Jay Ward (7)

12:30-Magee Burns, Brad Fitzgerald vs. Nick Duke, Neely Duke (1); 12:40-Gary Antunes Jr., Kirk Hale vs. David Leach, Mike Pool (1); 12:50-Doug Reese, Wayne Rollins vs. Robert Whitehead, Derick Giles (1);

1:00-Stephen Bell, Ty Patterson vs. Mike Hillis, Joe James (1); 1:10-Sammy Burris, Brad Davis vs. Jon Lockett, Gary Guiterriz (C); 1:20-Richard Anderson, Curt Roberts vs. Larry Wooldridge, Loy Dean Clark (C); 1:30-Mark McMillan, Tim James vs. David Murray, Steve Bennett (C); 1:40-Greg Flanagan, Jon Sheppard vs. Mike Kennedy, Donald Lewis (C)

No. 10

7:30-Doug Neece, Hoyt Watson, vs. Kelly Mitchell, David Mims (6); 7:40-Roger Joyner, Jake McKnight vs. David Whitt, Michael Griffin (6); 7:50-Gary Campbell, James Carlin vs. Larry Davis, Dennis Huffman (6)

8:00-Mackey Squires, Jim Batot vs. Jim Watson, Bob Mabery (6); 8:10-Steve Delaughter, Danny Maxey vs. J.L. Gilchrist, Corley Ragle (4); 8:20-Jim Tieszen, Don Moore vs. Eric Olson, Scott Akins (4); 8:30-Jeff Deweese, Robert Aycock vs. Mark Stanley, Mark Poston (4); 8:40-Kelly Cox, Mickey Robertson vs. Dustin Stevens, Rand Melton (4); 8:50-Casey Boyett, Drew Mims vs. Jim Tyler, Val Wood (8)

9:00-Len Pitcock, Laney Briggs vs. Scott White, Kelvin Wyrick (8); 9:10-Scott Dubois, Perry Brown vs. Randy Indovina, A.J. Tridico (8); 9:20-Ted Macey, Mike Guillot vs. Cliff Robertson, Mike Robertson (8)

12:30-Mike McDaniel, Haskell Willeford vs. Lance Lee, David Folsom (2); 12:40-Gary Antunes, David Gray vs. Jack Thompson, Rick Silva (2); 12:50-Brandon Jones, Sonny Brainerd vs. Mike Carl, J.J. Coughlin (2)

1:00-Matt Brown, Craig Nowlin vs. Steve Wren, Reahmond Hunter (2); 1:10-Joe Black, Greg Maye vs. Thomas Rucker, Davis Foster (P); 1:20-Bradley Butcher, Matthew Dunn vs. Adam Hamilton, Jeff Maneth (P); 1:30-Billy Lavender, Ron Rogers vs. Chris Short, Johnny Vickers (P); 1:40-Cary Patterson, Mike Craven vs. Ron Simmons, David Slayton (P)



Softball



UIL state tournament



Results of the UIL state softball tournament at McCombs Field in Austin:

Thursday, May 29

Class 1A Semifinals

Bosqueville 5, Clyde Eula 3

Shiner 11, Maud 1

Class 2A Semifinals

Coahoma 1, Sadler S&S Consolidated 0

East Bernard 2, Big Sandy Harmony 1

Class 3A Semifinal

Huntington 2, Burkburnett 1

Friday, May 30

Class 3A Semifinal

Liberty-Eylau 2, Castroville Medina Valley 1

Class 4A Semifinals

Aledo 6, Waco Midway 0

Nederland 1, Dripping Springs 0

Class 5A Semifinals

Odessa (33-4-3) vs. Alvin (33-9), (n)

Austin Bowie (31-4) vs. Garland (31-5-2), (n)

Saturday, May 31

Finals

Class 1A

Bosqueville (25-7) vs. Shiner (23-6), 8:30 a.m.

Class 2A

Coahoma (33-9) vs. East Bernard (29-4-1), 11 a.m.

Class 3A

Huntington (29-3-1) vs. Liberty-Eylau (24-3-1), 2 p.m.

Class 4A

Aledo (37-1-1) vs. Nederland (30-9-1), 5 p.m.

Class 5A,

Semifinal winner vs. Semifinal winner, 8 p.m.



Basketball



NBA playoffs



CONFERENCE FINALS

(Best-of-7)

Eastern Conference

Boston vs. Detroit

Wednesday, May 28: Boston 106, Detroit 102, Boston leads series 3-2

Friday, May 30: Boston at Detroit, (n)

Sunday, June 1: Detroit at Boston, 7:30 p.m., if necessary



Western Conference

L.A. Lakers vs. San Antonio

Thursday, May 29: L.A. Lakers 100, San Antonio 92, L.A. Lakers win series 4-1



Baseball



ML standings



American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Tampa Bay 33 22 .600 —

Boston 32 24 .571 1 1/2

Toronto 30 26 .536 3 1/2

Baltimore 26 26 .500 5 1/2

New York 26 27 .491 6

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 30 24 .556 —

Minnesota 28 25 .528 1 1/2

Cleveland 24 29 .453 5 1/2

Detroit 22 31 .415 7 1/2

Kansas City 21 33 .389 9

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 32 23 .582 —

Oakland 29 26 .527 3

Texas 28 28 .500 4 1/2

Seattle 20 34 .370 11 1/2

Thursday’s Games

Toronto 12, Oakland 0

Chicago White Sox 5, Tampa Bay 1

Minnesota 5, Kansas City 1

Friday’s Games

Tampa Bay 2, Chicago White Sox 1

Texas 3, Oakland 1

Boston at Baltimore, (n)

N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota, (n)

Cleveland at Kansas City, (n)

Toronto at L.A. Angels, (n)

Detroit at Seattle, (n)

Today’s Games

Detroit (Verlander 2-7) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 2-5), 2:55 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Vazquez 5-3) at Tampa Bay (Kazmir 4-1), 5:10 p.m.

Boston (Lester 3-3) at Baltimore (Olson 4-1), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Wang 6-2) at Minnesota (Bonser 2-6), 6:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Sabathia 3-6) at Kansas City (Davies 0-0), 6:10 p.m.

Oakland (Blanton 3-6) at Texas (Feldman 1-2), 7:05 p.m.

Toronto (Marcum 5-3) at L.A. Angels (Lackey 1-1), 8:05 p.m.



National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 32 24 .571 —

Florida 30 23 .566 1/2

Atlanta 29 26 .527 2 1/2

New York 26 27 .491 4 1/2

Washington 23 32 .418 8 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 34 21 .618 —

St. Louis 33 23 .589 1 1/2

Houston 30 26 .536 4 1/2

Milwaukee 27 28 .491 7

Cincinnati 26 29 .473 8

Pittsburgh 25 29 .463 8 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 30 24 .556 —

Los Angeles 27 27 .500 3

San Francisco 23 31 .426 7

San Diego 21 34 .382 9 1/2

Colorado 20 35 .364 10 1/2

Thursday’s Games

Atlanta 8, Milwaukee 1

San Diego 5, Washington 2

N.Y. Mets 8, L.A. Dodgers 4

Pittsburgh 7, Cincinnati 2

Chicago Cubs 8, Colorado 4

St. Louis 3, Houston 2

San Francisco 4, Arizona 3

Friday’s Games

Chicago Cubs 10, Colorado 9

Philadelphia 12, Florida 3

L.A. Dodgers 9, N.Y. Mets 5

Cincinnati 3, Atlanta 2, 11 innings

Milwaukee 5, Houston 1

St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 4

Washington at Arizona, (n)

San Diego at San Francisco, (n)

Today’s Games

Colorado (G.Rusch 1-2) at Chicago Cubs (Dempster 6-2), 12:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 4-6) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 2-6), 2:55 p.m.

Atlanta (Jurrjens 5-3) at Cincinnati (Fogg 1-2), 2:55 p.m.

San Diego (Banks 1-0) at San Francisco (Misch 0-1), 3:05 p.m.

Houston (Moehler 2-1) at Milwaukee (Sheets 5-1), 6:05 p.m.

Florida (Nolasco 4-3) at Philadelphia (Hamels 5-3), 6:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Maholm 2-5) at St. Louis (Parisi 0-1), 6:15 p.m.

Washington (Bergmann 1-1) at Arizona (Webb 9-2), 7:10 p.m.



Boxscores



AMERICAN LEAGUE

Rangers 3, Athletics 1

OAKLAND TEXAS

ab r h bi ab r h bi

TBuck rf 4 0 0 0 Kinsler 2b 4 0 1 0

Crosby ss 4 0 2 0 Ctlnotto dh 4 0 1 0

Cust dh 4 0 0 0 MiYong ss 4 1 2 0

ErChvz 3b 4 0 1 0 Hmlton cf 4 2 2 0

EBrwn lf 4 0 0 0 DaMph rf 4 0 1 0

Ellis 2b 4 1 2 0 Laird c 2 0 0 0

DBartn 1b 3 0 0 0 Boggs lf 3 0 2 3

CGnzlz cf 3 0 2 1 Shltn 1b 4 0 0 0

KSuzuk c 3 0 0 0 RVzqez 3b 3 0 0 0

Totals 33 1 7 1 Totals 32 3 9 3

Oakland 000 010 000 — 1

Texas 000 101 01x — 3

E—EBrown (4). DP—Texas 1. LOB—Oakland 5, Texas 8. 2B—Ellis 2 (10), CGonzalez 2 (2), Kinsler (13), Catalanotto (11), Hamilton (16), Boggs 2 (7). SB—Crosby (5). SF—Boggs.

IP H R ER BB SO

Oakland

Dchsch L,4-4 6 6 2 2 1 5

Foulke 1 2-3 3 1 1 0 0

Calero 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

Texas

Millwood W,3-3 6 5 1 1 0 5

Guardado 1 0 0 0 0 2

Benoit 1 1 0 0 0 1

CWilson S,11 1 1 0 0 0 1

HBP—by Duchscherer (Laird). T—2:37. A—21,763 (48,911).



NATIONAL LEAGUE

Brewers 5, Astros 1

HOUSTON MILWAUKEE

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Bourn cf 5 0 0 0 Weeks 2b 3 1 0 0

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

Tejada ss 4 0 0 0 Braun lf 4 2 4 2

Brkmn 1b 4 0 2 0 Fielder 1b 4 1 1 2

CaLee lf 4 0 1 0 Hart rf 4 0 0 0

Pence rf 4 1 1 0 Brnyan 3b 3 0 0 0

Wggntn 3b 1 0 0 0 Hardy ss 4 0 2 0

Towles c 2 0 1 1 Kendall c 4 0 1 0

Erstad ph 1 0 0 0 Parra p 2 0 0 0

Backe p 1 0 0 0 Dillon ph 1 0 0 0

Vllrreal p 0 0 0 0 Vllneva p 0 0 0 0

Crz Jr. ph 1 0 0 0 Mota p 0 0 0 0

Smpson p 0 0 0 0

WWrgh p 0 0 0 0

Blum ph 1 0 1 0

Totals 33 1 7 1 Totals 33 5 9 5

Houston 010 000 000 — 1

Milwaukee 201 020 00x — 5

LOB—Houston 10, Milwaukee 6. 2B—Berkman (20), Pence (13), Hardy 2 (8). HR—MCameron (7), Braun (14), Fielder (7). SB—Weeks (9). S—Backe.

IP H R ER BB SO

Houston

Backe L,4-6 5 6 5 5 1 4

Villarreal 1 1 0 0 0 1

Sampson 2-3 1 0 0 0 1

WWright 1 1-3 1 0 0 0 1

Milwaukee

Parra W,3-2 6 4 1 1 4 6

Villanueva 2 2 0 0 0 2

Mota 1 1 0 0 0 0

HBP—by Backe (Weeks). Balk—Parra. T—2:47. A—32,039 (41,900).



NCAA linescore



At Houston

St. John’s 001 000 001 — 2 6 1

Texas 010 000 000 — 1 6 1

Barnes, Lynch (8) and Benedetti; Kasparek, Green (7) and Rupp. WP-Lynch (4-1). LP-Green (3-6).



Tennis



French Open



Friday

At Stade Roland Garros, Paris

Purse: $24.53 million (Grand Slam)

Surface: Clay-Outdoor

Men’s Singles

Second Round

Florent Serra, France, def. Victor Hanescu, Romania, 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5).

Julien Benneteau, France, def. Alejandro Falla, Colombia, 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-0.

Third Round

Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, def. Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2.

Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Jarkko Nieminen (26), Finland, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1.

Michael Llodra, France, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, 7-6 (2), 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Nicolas Almagro (19), Spain, def. Andy Murray (10), Britain, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-5.

Fernando Verdasco (22), Spain, def. Mikhail Youzhny (15), Russia, 7-6 (5), 5-7, 7-5, 6-1.

Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Dmitry Tursunov (30), Russia, 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-4.

Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, def. Wayne Odesnik, United States, 7-5, 6-4, 6-2.

Paul-Henri Mathieu (18), France, def. Eduardo Schwank, Argentina, 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (9).

Women’s Singles

Second Round

Nadia Petrova (25), Russia, def. Alisa Kleybanova, Russia, 6-3, 6-3.

Maria Sharapova (1), Russia, def. Bethanie Mattek, United States, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.

Vera Zvonareva (11), Russia, def. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro, France, 6-2, 6-4.

Third Round

Ana Ivanovic (2), Serbia, def. Caroline Wozniacki (30), Denmark, 6-4, 6-1.

Katarina Srebotnik (27), Slovenia, def. Serena Williams (5), United States, 6-4, 6-4.

Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic, def. Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3.

Agnieszka Radwanska (14), Poland, def. Alize Cornet (19), France, 6-4, 6-4.

Patty Schnyder (10), Switzerland, def. Emilie Loit, France, 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-2.

Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 6-3, 6-3.



Hockey



Stanley Cup



Detroit vs. Pittsburgh

Saturday, May 24: Detroit 4, Pittsburgh 0

Monday, May 26: Detroit 3, Pittsburgh 0

Wednesday, May 28: Pittsburgh 3, Detroit 2, Detroit leads series 2-1

Saturday, May 31: Detroit at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Monday, June 2: Pittsburgh at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 4: Detroit at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m., if necessary

Saturday, June 7: Pittsburgh at Detroit, 7 p.m., if necessary