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BASEBALL

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Placed LHP Jamie Walker on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 26. Activated LHP Adam Loewen from the 15-day DL.

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to terms with LHP Eric Berger.

NEW YORK YANKEES—Recalled OF Brett Gardner from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Optioned OF Justin Christian to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Designated C Chris Stewart for assignment.

National League

HOUSTON ASTROS—Released RHP Shawn Chacon.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Placed OF Juan Pierre on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Jason Repko from Las Vegas (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Promoted C Luke Montz and INF Ofilio Castro to Columbus (IL), 1B Bill Rhinehart, 3B Leonard Davis and OF Edgardo Baez to Harrisburg (EL), and OF Aaron Seuss and SS Daniel Lyons to Potomac (Carolina).

American Association

LINCOLN SALTDOGS—Signed LHP Dan Knox.

ST. PAUL SAINTS—Released RHP Alec Shepherd.

Golden Baseball League

ORANGE COUNTY FLYERS—Released OF Rich Pohle.

Northern League

FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS—Released INF Kory Wayment.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES—Announced the retirement of RHP Greg Dupas.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

HOUSTON ROCKETS—Exercised their option on the contract of F Steve Novak.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS—Re-signed F Antawn Jamison to a four-year contract.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

TENNESSEE TITANS—Signed OT David Stewart to a multiyear contract extension.

Canadian Football League

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Signed OL Darryl Conrad to their practice roster. Released DB Sam Young.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

COLORADO AVALANCHE—Re-signed D Adam Foote to a two-year contract and D John-Michael Liles to a four-year contract.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—Traded LW Kyle Greentree to Calgary for D Tim Ramholt.

SAN JOSE SHARKS—Re-signed F Jody Shelley to a two-year contract.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Signed LW Gary Roberts to a one-year contract and F Vinny Prospal to a multiyear contract. Acquired D Janne Niskala from Philadelphia for a 2009 sixth-round draft pick.

American Hockey League

BINGHAMTON SENATORS—Signed RW Jeremy Yablonski to a two-year contract.

SPRINGFIELD FALCONS—Named Gerry Fleming assistant coach.

ECHL

CHARLOTTE CHECKERS—Agreed to terms with D Kenny Smith.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

D.C. UNITED—Acquired M Craig Thompson from the Houston Dynamo for a 2010 fourth-round supplemental draft pick.

United Soccer League

MONTREAL IMPACT—Traded F Charles Gbeke to Vancouver for MF Tony Donatelli and cash.

COLLEGE

ALCORN STATE—Named Tonya Edwards women’s basketball coach.

BROWN—Named Michael Hughes men’s golf coach.

GEORGIA TECH—Suspended redshirt freshman CB Jerrard Tarrant from the football team.

OHIO STATE—Named Meredith Hoover women’s assistant gymnastics coach.

PENNSYLVANIA—Announced the resignation of Francis Vaughn, golf director.

PROVIDENCE—Named Cary Collins coordinator of basketball operations.

ST. JOHN’S, N.Y.—Named Andy Russo assistant softball coach.

THE CITADEL—Announced the resignation of Les Robinson, athletic director, to become a member of the NIT selection committee. Named Larry Leckonby athletic director.

UCF—Named Devon Thomas assistant athletics director for sports marketing.



Baseball



Continental League



LEAGUE STANDINGS

Team W L PCT GB

Corpus Christi 20 14 .588 —

McKinney 17 17 .500 3.0

Bay Area 16 17 .485 3 1/2

Texarkana 15 20 .429 5 1/2

Tuesday-Thursday’s games

McKinney at Texarkana, 7 p.m.

Corpus Christi at Bay Area, 7 p.m.



ML standings



AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Tampa Bay 50 32 .610 —

Boston 50 35 .588 1 1/2

New York 44 39 .530 6 1/2

Baltimore 41 39 .513 8

Toronto 40 43 .482 10 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 46 35 .568 —

Minnesota 45 37 .549 1 1/2

Detroit 41 40 .506 5

Cleveland 37 45 .451 9 1/2

Kansas City 37 45 .451 9 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 49 33 .598 —

Oakland 44 37 .543 4 1/2

Texas 43 41 .512 7

Seattle 31 50 .383 17 1/2

Monday’s Games

Texas 2, N.Y. Yankees 1

Tampa Bay 5, Boston 4

Kansas City at Baltimore, (n)

Detroit at Minnesota, (n)

Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, (n)

Oakland at L.A. Angels, (n)

Toronto at Seattle, (n)

Today’s Games

Texas (Millwood 5-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Chamberlain 2-2), 6:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Hochevar 5-5) at Baltimore (Liz 2-0), 6:05 p.m.

Boston (Wakefield 5-5) at Tampa Bay (Garza 6-4), 6:10 p.m.

Detroit (Robertson 6-6) at Minnesota (Baker 4-2), 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Lee 11-1) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 5-4), 7:11 p.m.

Oakland (Harden 5-0) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 9-3), 9:05 p.m.

Toronto (Litsch 8-4) at Seattle (Rowland-Smith 2-1 or Corcoran 0-0), 9:10 p.m.



NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 44 39 .530 —

Florida 43 39 .524 1/2

New York 40 42 .488 3 1/2

Atlanta 40 43 .482 4

Washington 33 51 .393 11 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 49 33 .598 —

St. Louis 48 36 .571 2

Milwaukee 44 37 .543 4 1/2

Houston 40 43 .482 9 1/2

Cincinnati 39 45 .464 11

Pittsburgh 38 44 .463 11

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 41 41 .500 —

Los Angeles 38 44 .463 3

San Francisco 36 46 .439 5

Colorado 32 50 .390 9

San Diego 32 51 .386 9 1/2

Sunday’s Games

Detroit 4, Colorado 3

Cincinnati 9, Cleveland 5

Toronto 1, Atlanta 0

N.Y. Mets 3, N.Y. Yankees 1

Florida 4, Arizona 3

Tampa Bay 4, Pittsburgh 3

Washington 3, Baltimore 2, 12 innings

Houston 3, Boston 2

Minnesota 5, Milwaukee 0

St. Louis 9, Kansas City 6

Seattle 9, San Diego 2

San Francisco 11, Oakland 1

L.A. Angels 1, L.A. Dodgers 0

Texas 5, Philadelphia 1

Chicago White Sox 5, Chicago Cubs 1

Monday’s Games

St. Louis 7, N.Y. Mets 1

Florida 6, Washington 5, 10 innings

Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 3

Houston 4, L.A. Dodgers 1

San Diego at Colorado, (n)

Milwaukee at Arizona, (n)

Chicago Cubs at San Francisco, (n)

Today’s Games

Philadelphia (Kendrick 7-3) at Atlanta (Morton 1-1), 6:10 p.m.

Washington (Balester 0-0) at Florida (Hendrickson 7-6), 6:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Duke 4-5) at Cincinnati (Volquez 10-3), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 0-2) at Houston (Rodriguez 3-3), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Armas 0-0) at St. Louis (Wellemeyer 7-2), 7:15 p.m.

San Diego (Banks 2-2) at Colorado (Cook 10-5), 8:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Suppan 4-6) at Arizona (Johnson 4-6), 8:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Marquis 6-4) at San Francisco (Cain 4-6), 9:15 p.m.



Boxscores



AMERICAN LEAGUE

Rangers 2, Yankees 1

TEXAS NEW YORK

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Kinsler 2b 5 1 1 0 Gardner lf 3 0 0 0

MiYong ss 4 0 3 0 Damon lf 1 0 0 0

Hmlton rf 3 0 1 1 Jeter ss 4 0 0 0

Brdley dh 4 0 0 0 BAbreu rf 3 0 0 0

DaMph lf 2 1 0 0 ARdrgz 3b 3 1 1 1

MByrd cf 4 0 0 0 Giambi 1b 3 0 1 0

CDavis 1b 4 0 1 1 Posada dh 4 0 1 0

Sltlmch c 4 0 1 0 Cano 2b 3 0 0 0

RVzqez 3b 3 0 0 0 MlCbra cf 3 0 0 0

JMolna c 3 0 1 0

Totals 33 2 7 2 Totals 30 1 4 1

Texas 001 100 000 — 2

New York 000 100 000 — 1

LOB—Texas 8, New York 5. 2B—Kinsler (26), MiYoung 2 (22), CDavis (1), Posada (11). 3B—Giambi (1). HR—ARodriguez (16). SB—Gardner (1), ARodriguez (11). CS—Sltalamacchia (1), BAbreu (5).

IP H R ER BB SO

Texas

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

FFrancisco 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 2

Guardado 0 0 0 0 0 0

JWright 1 0 0 0 0 1

CWilson S,18 1 0 0 0 0 0

New York

Mussina L,10-6 6 5 2 2 2 8

ERamirez 1 1 0 0 0 1

Veras 1 1 0 0 1 1

Giese 1 0 0 0 1 0

WP—Veras.

T—3:04. A—53,045 (56,936).



Rays 5, Red Sox 4

BOSTON TAMPA BAY

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Ellsbry cf 4 0 0 0 Upton cf 5 1 1 1

Pedroia 2b 4 1 1 0 Crwfrd lf 4 1 0 0

JDrew rf 4 1 1 1 WAybr 2b 1 1 1 0

MRmrz dh 3 0 0 0 CPena 1b 3 0 1 1

Lowell 3b 4 1 3 1 Lngoria 3b 3 0 0 0

Yukilis 1b 4 1 1 0 Hinske dh 2 0 0 0

Moss lf 3 0 2 1 Gomes dh 1 0 0 1

Varitek c 3 0 0 1 Nvarro c 3 1 0 0

Lugo ss 4 0 0 0 Gross rf 2 1 2 2

Bartlett ss 4 0 1 0

Totals 33 4 8 4 Totals 28 5 6 5

Boston 000 101 002 — 4

Tampa Bay 100 210 10x — 5

E—JLopez (2). DP—Boston 2. LOB—Boston 5, Tampa Bay 9. 2B—Lowell (19), Moss (3), CPena (9). HR—JDrew (16), Upton (6), Gross (6). CS—Moss (1). S—WAybar. SF—Varitek.

IP H R ER BB SO

Boston

Masterson L,4-2 6 5 4 4 5 5

Smith 1-3 0 1 1 3 0

JLopez 1 2-3 1 0 0 0 0

Tampa Bay

JShields W,6-5 6 1-3 5 2 2 1 5

TMiller 0 0 0 0 1 0

Balfour 2-3 0 0 0 0 0

Wheeler 1 0 0 0 0 0

Percival 2-3 3 2 2 0 1

Howell S,2 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

TMiller pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

HBP—by Masterson (WAybar).

T—2:55. A—34,145 (36,048).



NATIONAL LEAGUE

Astros 4, Dodgers 1

LOS ANGELES HOUSTON

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Repko cf 5 0 0 0 Bourn cf 4 0 0 0

Ethier rf 5 1 1 0 Pence rf 3 0 0 0

Martin c 3 0 1 0 Brkmn 1b 2 2 1 1

Kent 2b 3 0 2 0 CaLee lf 4 0 1 0

Loney 1b 3 0 2 1 Vlverde p 0 0 0 0

DeYng lf 4 0 1 0 Tejada ss 3 1 2 0

Dewitt 3b 3 0 1 0 Loretta 2b 4 1 1 1

AnLrch 3b 1 0 0 0 Wggntn 3b 4 0 0 0

Maza ss 4 0 2 0 Asmus c 2 0 1 2

Stultz p 2 0 0 0 Oswalt p 3 0 0 0

Trncso p 0 0 0 0 Smpson p 0 0 0 0

MaSwy ph 1 0 0 0 WWrgh p 0 0 0 0

Beimel p 0 0 0 0 Abrcrm lf 0 0 0 0

Wade p 0 0 0 0

Berroa ph 1 0 1 0

Totals 35 1 11 1 Totals 29 4 6 4

Los Angeles 100 000 000 — 1

Houston 100 300 00x — 4

DP—Los Angeles 1, Houston 2. LOB—Los Angeles 10, Houston 6. 2B—Ethier (18), Dewitt (10), CaLee (23), Tejada 2 (20). HR—Berkman (22). SF—Loney.

IP H R ER BB SO

Los Angeles

Stultz L,2-1 5 1-3 5 4 4 3 3

Troncoso 2-3 0 0 0 1 0

Beimel 1 0 0 0 1 0

Wade 1 1 0 0 0 0

Houston

Oswalt W,7-8 6 6 1 1 0 9

Sampson 1 2-3 4 0 0 0 1

WWright 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

Valverde S,22 1 1 0 0 0 0

HBP—by Oswalt (Kent), by Oswalt (Martin). Balk—Valverde.

T—2:47. A—28,827 (40,976).



Marlins 6, Nationals 5, 10 innings

WASHINGTON FLORIDA

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Brndna cf 5 0 0 0 HRmrz ss 5 1 2 1

CGzmn ss 5 0 2 1 Hrmida rf 4 1 1 0

Dukes rf 4 1 1 1 Cantu 3b 5 0 0 0

Flores c 4 0 0 0 Wlngh lf 4 3 2 3

SRivra p 0 0 0 0 Jacobs 1b 4 0 2 0

Casto ph 1 0 0 0 Amzga 3b 0 0 0 0

Rauch p 0 0 0 0 CRoss cf 4 1 1 0

DmYng 1b 4 1 1 1 Andino 2b 4 0 2 1

Boone 1b 1 0 0 0 Tranor c 3 0 1 1

Blliard 3b 3 2 1 0 Tucker p 2 0 0 0

LoDuca lf 4 0 2 0 Wchter p 0 0 0 0

FLopez 2b 1 0 0 0 Pinto p 0 0 0 0

WHarrs 2b 3 1 2 1 JuMillr p 0 0 0 0

Rdding p 1 0 1 0 Helms ph 1 0 0 0

Colome p 0 0 0 0 Gregg p 0 0 0 0

Nieves c 2 0 0 0

Totals 38 5 10 4 Totals 36 6 11 6

Washington 001 120 010 0 — 5

Florida 012 001 001 1 — 6

No outs when winning run scored.

DP—Florida 1. LOB—Washington 10, Florida 7. 2B—Hermida (17), Treanor (7). HR—Dukes (4), DmYoung (4), HRamirez (19), Willingham 2 (8). SB—Amezaga (4). CS—FLopez (4). S—Redding, Waechter. SF—Treanor.

IP H R ER BB SO

Washington

Redding 5 8 4 4 2 6

Colome 1 0 0 0 0 0

SRivera 2 1 0 0 0 3

Rauch L,4-2 1 2 2 2 0 3

Florida

Tucker 5 6 4 4 2 6

Waechter 2 1-3 2 1 1 1 1

Pinto 1 1 0 0 1 2

JuMiller 2-3 0 0 0 0 0

Gregg W,6-2 1 1 0 0 1 1

Redding pitched to 2 batters in the 6th, Rauch pitched to 1 batter in the 10th.

HBP—by Tucker (WHarris). WP—Pinto.

T—3:24. A—10,888 (38,560).



Cardinals 7, Mets 1

NEW YORK ST. LOUIS

ab r h bi ab r h bi

JReyes ss 5 0 0 0 Schmkr rf 4 1 0 0

LCstillo 2b 3 0 1 0 Miles 2b 5 2 3 0

DWrght 3b 3 0 0 0 Pujols 1b 5 0 2 2

Beltran cf 3 0 1 0 Ankiel cf 3 1 1 0

Dlgado 1b 3 0 0 0 Glaus 3b 3 1 2 1

Church rf 3 0 1 0 CDuncn lf 4 1 1 2

Tatis ph 1 0 0 0 YMolna c 3 1 1 0

EnChvz lf 4 0 2 0 Lohse p 3 0 0 0

Schndr c 3 0 0 0 BBartn ph 0 0 0 0

RCstro ph 1 0 0 0 Villone p 0 0 0 0

Maine p 1 0 0 0 Mulder p 0 0 0 0

APhllps ph 1 1 1 0 BRyan ss 4 0 0 0

Muniz p 0 0 0 0

MAnsn ph 1 0 0 0

Schnws p 0 0 0 0

Hilman p 0 0 0 0

Easley ph 1 0 1 0

Totals 33 1 7 0 Totals 34 7 10 5

New York 000 010 000 — 1

St. Louis 211 120 00x — 7

E—LCastillo (6), DWright (12), Maine (1), Ankiel (4), BRyan (2). DP—New York 1, St. Louis 2. LOB—New York 9, St. Louis 11. 2B—Glaus 2 (19). HR—CDuncan (5).

IP H R ER BB SO

New York

Maine L,8-6 4 7 5 3 3 1

Muniz 2 1 2 2 0 0

Schoeneweis 1 1 0 0 2 1

Heilman 1 1 0 0 1 1

St. Louis

Lohse W,10-2 7 5 1 0 2 4

Villone 1 0 0 0 1 2

Mulder 1 2 0 0 0 1

HBP—by Heilman (Glaus), by Muniz (Glaus), by Lohse (Delgado).

T—2:48. A—42,206 (43,975).



Reds 4, Pirates 3

PITTSBURGH CINCINNATI

ab r h bi ab r h bi

FSnchz 2b 4 0 1 0 Hairstn cf 4 1 2 1

Mchels cf 5 0 0 0 Kppngr ss 4 0 1 0

Bay lf 4 0 1 0 Dunn lf 3 0 0 0

Doumit c 4 1 1 0 CPttson cf 0 0 0 0

Nady rf 4 1 1 0 BPhllps 2b 4 1 2 0

AdLrch 1b 3 1 3 3 Votto 1b 3 0 0 0

Mntkw 3b 4 0 1 0 EEcarn 3b 2 0 1 0

DMarte p 0 0 0 0 Bruce rf 3 0 0 1

Capps p 0 0 0 0 Vlentin ph 1 0 0 0

Mholm p 3 0 0 0 FCdero p 0 0 0 0

JBtista 3b 0 0 0 0 DRoss c 4 0 1 0

JaWlsn ss 3 0 1 0 Thmps pr 0 1 0 0

Harang p 2 0 0 0

Hopper ph 1 0 0 0

Burton p 0 0 0 0

Grf Jr. rf 1 1 1 2

Totals 34 3 9 3 Totals 32 4 8 4

Pittsburgh 010 002 000 — 3

Cincinnati 001 001 002 — 4

No outs when winning run scored.

LOB—Pittsburgh 10, Cincinnati 8. 2B—Doumit (14), Nady (21), Hairston (15), DRoss (5). HR—AdLaRoche (8), Hairston (2), Griffey Jr. (10). S—FSanchez. SF—AdLaRoche.

IP H R ER BB SO

Pittsburgh

Maholm 7 5 2 2 2 5

DMarte 1 1 0 0 1 2

Capps L,1-3 0 2 2 2 0 0

Cincinnati

Harang 7 7 3 3 1 8

Burton 1 2 0 0 0 1

FCordero W,3-1 1 0 0 0 2 1

Capps pitched to 2 batters in the 9th.

HBP—by FCordero (JaWilson), by Maholm (EEncarnacion).

T—2:37. A—20,745 (42,319).