Transactions



BASEBALL

American League

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Named J.J. Picollo assistant general manager/scouting and player development.

TAMPA BAY RAYS—Placed SS Jason Bartlett on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Ben Zobrist from Durham (IL). Purchased the contract of SS Reid Brignac from Durham. Optioned RHP Mitch Talbot to Durham.

National League

CHICAGO CUBS—Activated OF Reed Johnson from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Eric Patterson to Iowa (PCL).

CINCINNATI REDS—Claimed INF Andy Phillips off waivers from the N.Y. Mets.

NEW YORK METS—Placed 2B Luis Castillo on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of OF Chris Aguila from New Orleans (PCL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Activated OF Chris Duffy from the 60-day DL and optioned him to Altoona (EL). Designated RHP Bryan Bullington for assignment.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Activated RF Austin Kearns from the 15-Day DL. Optioned INF-OF Kory Casto to Columbus (IL).

Midwest League

QUAD CITIES RIVER BANDITS—Added OF Aaron Luna to the roster.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

CHICAGO BULLS—Named Del Harris, Bernie Bickerstaff and Bob Ociepka assistant coaches.

DALLAS MAVERICKS—Signed F Gerald Green to a one-year contract.

ORLANDO MAGIC—Signed G Courtney Lee.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

CAROLINA HURRICANES—Signed F Dwight Helminen to a one-year contract.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Signed F Kristian Huselius to a four-year contract. Named Chris MacFarland assistant general manager, Mike Vogt athletic trainer and Josh Flynn manager of hockey administration.

DALLAS STARS—Signed RW Landon Wilson to a one-year contract and D Maxime Fortunus, LW Francis Wathier and D Garrett Stafford to two-year contracts.

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed D Alex Henry to a one-year contract, G Cedrick Desjardins to a two-year contract and F Georges Laraque to a three-year contract. Traded F Mikhail Grabovski to Toronto for D Greg Pateryn and a 2010 second-round draft pick.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Signed C Mike Iggulden, D Brett Skinner, C Kurtis McLean, D Chris Lee, F Mitch Fritz and G Peter Mannino to one-year contracts.

NEW YORK RANGERS—Signed LW Markus Naslund.

PHOENIX COYOTES—Signed D David Hale to a two-year contract, RW Derek Nesbitt and D Drew Fata. Extended their affiliation agreement with San Antonio (AHL) for two years through the 2010-11 season.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Signed G Marc-Andre Fleury to a seven-year contract.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Signed LW David Koci and C Wyatt Smith to one-year contracts.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Signed C Keith Aucoin to a two-year contract. American Hockey League

MANITOBA MOOSE—Extended their affiliation agreement with Victoria (ECHL) for one year. Signed G Karl Goehring and F Scott Howes.

ECHL

PHOENIX ROADRUNNERS—Made qualifying offers to F Matt Carter, F Gino Guyer, F Mathieu Melanson, F Sean O’Connor; D Rob Dmytruk, D Bryan Nathe, D Tom Sawatske and G Dave McKee.

Eastern Professional Hockey League

NEW HAMPSHIRE—Announced the teams nickname will be Freeze. Named Rob Miller coach.

OLYMPICS

U.S.A. BASEBALL—Named Davidson baseball coach Dick Cooke as an auxiliary coach for the 2008 Olympic team.

COLLEGE

COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON—Named Monte Lee baseball coach.

MINNESOTA STATE—Named Adam Christ assistant baseball coach.

NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE—Named Paul Vazquez women’s soccer coach.

OBERLIN—Named Brian Irwin women’s assistant soccer coach.

ROBERT MORRIS—Signed Nate Handrahan, women’s ice hockey coach, to a two-year contract, through the 2010-2011 season.

SAN JOSE STATE—Named Dan Benton volunteer men’s assistant soccer coach.

UNC-WILMINGTON—Named Matt Clark men’s golf coach.



Baseball



Continental league



LEAGUE STANDINGS

Team W L PCT GB

Bay Area 3 0 1.000 -

Texarkana 2 0 1.000 1/2

McKinney 0 2 .000 2 1/2

Corpus Christi 0 3 .000 3

Wednesday’s games

Texarkana 4, McKinney 2

Bay Area 3, Corpus Christi 2

Bay Area 5, Corpus Christi 0

Thursday’s games

McKinney at Texarkana, (n)

Corpus Christi at Bay Area, (n)

Friday-Sunday’s games

Texarkana at McKinney, 7:05 p.m.

Bay Area at Corpus Christi, 7:05 p.m.



ML standings



AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Tampa Bay 52 32 .619 —

Boston 51 37 .580 3

New York 45 41 .523 8

Baltimore 43 41 .512 9

Toronto 41 45 .477 12

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 49 36 .576 —

Minnesota 47 38 .553 2

Detroit 42 42 .500 6 1/2

Kansas City 39 47 .453 10 1/2

Cleveland 37 48 .435 12

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 51 34 .600 —

Oakland 46 39 .541 5

Texas 44 42 .512 7 1/2

Seattle 33 51 .393 17 1/2

Wednesday’s Games

Minnesota 7, Detroit 0

L.A. Angels 7, Oakland 4

N.Y. Yankees 18, Texas 7

Baltimore 5, Kansas City 2

Tampa Bay 7, Boston 6

Chicago White Sox 6, Cleveland 5, 10 innings

Seattle 4, Toronto 2

Thursday’s Games

Boston 7, N.Y. Yankees 0

Kansas City 10, Baltimore 7

Oakland 3, Chicago White Sox 2

Detroit at Seattle, (n)

Today’s Games

Boston (Beckett 7-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Rasner 4-6), 12:05 p.m.

Detroit (Rogers 6-5) at Seattle (Bedard 5-4), 3:10 p.m.

Texas (Padilla 10-4) at Baltimore (Guthrie 4-7), 3:35 p.m.

Kansas City (Bannister 7-7) at Tampa Bay (Jackson 4-6), 4:10 p.m.

Oakland (Blanton 4-11) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 6-6), 6:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Byrd 3-9) at Minnesota (Hernandez 8-5), 6:10 p.m.

Toronto (Burnett 8-7) at L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 7-8), 8:05 p.m.



NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 47 39 .547 —

Florida 44 40 .524 2

New York 41 43 .488 5

Atlanta 40 46 .465 7

Washington 34 53 .391 13 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 51 35 .593 —

St. Louis 49 37 .570 2

Milwaukee 46 39 .541 4 1/2

Pittsburgh 40 44 .476 10

Houston 40 46 .465 11

Cincinnati 40 47 .460 11 1/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 43 43 .500 —

Los Angeles 41 44 .482 1 1/2

San Francisco 38 48 .442 5

Colorado 34 51 .400 8 1/2

San Diego 33 53 .384 10

Wednesday’s Games

Florida 4, Washington 2

Philadelphia 7, Atlanta 3

Pittsburgh 9, Cincinnati 5

L.A. Dodgers 4, Houston 1

St. Louis 8, N.Y. Mets 7

Colorado 8, San Diego 1

Milwaukee 4, Arizona 3

Chicago Cubs 6, San Francisco 5

Thursday’s Games

L.A. Dodgers 5, Houston 2

Arizona 6, Milwaukee 5

San Francisco 8, Chicago Cubs 3

Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 1

Cincinnati 5, Washington 3

Florida at Colorado, (n)

N.Y. Mets at St. Louis, (n)

Today’s Games

Washington (Bergmann 1-5) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 5-7), 12:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Gorzelanny 6-6) at Milwaukee (Sheets 9-2), 1:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Lowe 5-8) at San Francisco (Sanchez 8-4), 3:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 7-7) at Philadelphia (Happ 0-0 or Mazone 0-0), 6:05 p.m.

Houston (Moehler 4-3) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 8-6), 6:35 p.m.

Florida (Olsen 4-4) at Colorado (Reynolds 2-6), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 8-3) at St. Louis (Looper 9-5), 7:15 p.m.

San Diego (Baek 1-4) at Arizona (Haren 8-4), 8:40 p.m.



Boxscores



AMERICAN LEAGUE

Red Sox 7, Yankees 0

BOSTON NEW YORK

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Ellsbry lf 5 0 1 2 Damon lf 3 0 0 0

Pedroia 2b 5 1 1 0 Jeter ss 3 0 1 0

JDrew rf 5 1 2 0 BAbreu rf 4 0 0 0

Moss rf 0 0 0 0 ARdrgz 3b 4 0 0 0

MRmrz dh 3 1 1 0 Giambi dh 3 0 0 0

Lowell 3b 2 0 1 2 Posada c 3 0 0 0

Yukilis 1b 4 1 2 0 Cano 2b 3 0 2 0

Crisp cf 3 2 2 0 Btemit 1b 3 0 0 0

Varitek c 3 1 1 1 MlCbra cf 3 0 2 0

Lugo ss 2 0 0 1

Totals 32 7 11 6 Totals 29 0 5 0

Boston 220 110 010 — 7

New York 000 000 000 — 0

E—Jeter (7). DP—Boston 3, New York 2. LOB—Boston 5, New York 4. 2B—Ellsbury (9), JDrew (15), Youkilis (23), MlCabrera (10). SB—Crisp (13). CS—Ellsbury (5). S—Lugo. SF—Lowell, Lugo.

IP H R ER BB SO

Boston

Lester W,7-3 9 5 0 0 2 8

New York

Pettitte L,9-6 4 2-3 9 6 5 3 2

Giese 2 1-3 0 0 0 0 3

Hawkins 1 2 1 1 1 0

Robertson 1 0 0 0 0 1

T—2:46. A—54,677 (56,936).



Athletics 3, White Sox 2

OAKLAND CHICAGO

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Ellis 2b 4 0 0 0 Wise cf 3 1 1 1

RSwny rf 4 0 0 0 OCabra ss 1 0 0 0

KSuzuk c 3 1 0 0 Przyns c 4 1 2 0

Cust lf 3 1 1 2 Quentin lf 4 0 0 0

RDavis cf 1 0 0 0 Dye rf 3 0 2 1

CGnzlz cf 4 0 1 0 Thome dh 3 0 1 0

Bnkstn dh 4 0 1 0 Crede 3b 4 0 1 0

Hnnhan 3b 3 0 0 0 Ozuna pr 0 0 0 0

DBartn 1b 2 0 0 0 Swisher 1b 4 0 0 0

DoMph ss 3 1 1 1 AlRmrz 2b 4 0 0 0

Uribe ss 3 0 0 0

Totals 31 3 4 3 Totals 33 2 7 2

Oakland 000 210 000 — 3

Chicago 200 000 000 — 2

DP—Oakland 1. LOB—Oakland 3, Chicago 6. 2B—Pierzynski 2 (20), Dye (19). HR—Cust (14), DoMurphy (3), Wise (2). SB—CGonzalez (3).

IP H R ER BB SO

Oakland

Dchsch W,9-5 7 5 2 2 2 4

Embree 1-3 1 0 0 0 0

Street S,16 1 2-3 1 0 0 0 3

Chicago

JVazquez L,7-7 9 4 3 3 1 10

HBP—by JVazquez (KSuzuki).

T—2:21. A—26,730 (40,615).



Royals 10, Orioles 7

KANSAS CITY BALTIMORE

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Dejesus cf 5 1 1 1 BRbrts 2b 5 0 0 0

Grdzln 2b 5 2 4 1 Mrkkis rf 4 1 1 0

AGrdon 3b 4 0 1 1 Huff dh 4 2 3 3

JGuilln lf 4 1 2 3 RHrndz c 4 1 1 0

Butler dh 5 2 2 1 Scott lf 4 0 0 0

Olivo c 4 0 0 0 Mora 3b 4 1 1 1

Teahen rf 3 1 0 1 Millar 1b 3 1 0 0

Gload 1b 4 1 1 1 AJones cf 4 1 2 2

Pna Jr. ss 4 2 2 1 Fahey ss 3 0 1 1

Payton ph 1 0 0 0

Totals 38 10 13 10Totals 36 7 9 7

Kansas City 012 007 000 — 10

Baltimore 000 520 000 — 7

E—Millar (3). DP—Baltimore 2. LOB—Kansas City 4, Baltimore 3. 2B—Grudzielanek (19), Butler (12), Huff (25). 3B—AJones (4), Fahey (1). HR—Butler (2), Pena Jr. (1), Huff 2 (17). SF—AGordon.

IP H R ER BB SO

Kansas City

Davies 4 8 7 7 1 4

Peralta W,1-2 2 1 0 0 0 1

Mahay 2 0 0 0 0 3

Soria S,23 1 0 0 0 0 2

Baltimore

Olson 5 1-3 8 6 5 2 2

Loewen L,0-2 0 3 3 3 0 0

Bradford 2-3 2 1 1 0 0

Cormier 2 0 0 0 0 2

FCabrera 1 0 0 0 0 1

Davies pitched to 2 batters in the 5th, Loewen pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.

T—2:53. A—16,782 (48,290).



NATIONAL LEAGUE

Dodgers 5, Astros 2

LOS ANGELES HOUSTON

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Kemp cf 4 0 1 0 Bourn cf 4 0 0 0

Ethier rf 3 1 1 1 Loretta 2b 4 0 2 0

Martin c 5 1 1 0 Brkmn 1b 4 0 0 0

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

Berroa ss 2 0 1 0 Tejada ss 4 0 1 0

Loney 1b 3 2 2 2 Blum 3b 4 1 1 0

Dewitt 3b 4 0 1 2 Pence rf 4 1 1 0

DeYng lf 4 0 0 0 Towles c 4 0 1 2

Repko lf 0 0 0 0 Backe p 1 0 0 0

Maza ss 4 0 0 0 Geary p 0 0 0 0

Blngsly p 3 0 0 0 Erstad ph 1 0 0 0

MaSwy ph 1 0 0 0 Brocail p 0 0 0 0

Saito p 0 0 0 0 Byrdak p 0 0 0 0

Totals 35 5 8 5 Totals 34 2 8 2

Los Angeles 301 001 000 — 5

Houston 000 020 000 — 2

E—Berroa (4), Maza (3), Backe (1). DP—Los Angeles 2. LOB—Los Angeles 8, Houston 6. 2B—Loney (19), CaLee (25), Towles (5). HR—Ethier (9), Loney (7). CS—Ethier (2).

IP H R ER BB SO

Los Angeles

Billingsley W,8-7 8 6 2 0 1 5

Saito S,14 1 2 0 0 0 0

Houston

Backe L,5-9 6 2-3 7 5 5 2 8

Geary 1 1-3 1 0 0 1 0

Brocail 1-3 0 0 0 1 1

Byrdak 2-3 0 0 0 1 0

WP—Backe.

T—2:51. A—35,696 (40,976).



Phillies 4, Braves 1

PHILA ATLANTA

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Rollins ss 3 0 1 0 GBlnco cf 4 0 1 0

Vctrino cf 4 0 0 0 YEsbar ss 4 0 1 0

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

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

Burrell lf 4 1 2 0 Infante lf 4 0 1 0

Werth lf 0 0 0 0 McCan c 3 0 1 1

Jenkins rf 4 0 0 0 Frncur rf 4 0 0 0

Feliz 3b 4 1 3 2 Prado 2b 3 0 0 0

Ruiz c 4 0 0 0 Jrrjens p 1 0 0 0

Hamels p 3 0 0 0 Ohman p 0 0 0 0

TGrdon p 0 0 0 0 Norton ph 1 0 0 0

MGnzlz p 0 0 0 0

Totals 34 4 8 4 Totals 32 1 5 1

Philadelphia 100 101 100 — 4

Atlanta 000 000 001 — 1

DP—Atlanta 1. LOB—Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 6. 2B—Burrell (20), GBlanco (6), YEscobar (11), CJones (14), McCann (25). 3B—Rollins (4). HR—Utley (24), Howard (22), Feliz (10). SB—Rollins (19).

IP H R ER BB SO

Philadelphia

Hamels W,9-5 8 2-3 5 1 1 2 7

TGordon S,2 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

Atlanta

Jurrjens L,8-4 7 8 4 4 1 6

Ohman 1 0 0 0 0 1

MGonzalez 1 0 0 0 0 1

T—2:21. A—28,805 (49,743).



Reds 5, Nationals 3

WASHINGTON CINCINNATI

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Brndna cf 4 0 0 0 Hairstn cf 3 2 2 1

CGzmn ss 4 1 2 0 Kppngr ss 3 0 0 0

Dukes lf 3 2 2 2 Grf Jr. rf 4 0 0 0

DmYng 1b 3 0 1 0 Burton p 0 0 0 0

Kearns rf 4 0 1 1 FCdero p 0 0 0 0

Blliard 3b 4 0 0 0 BPhllps 2b 4 1 3 3

Flores c 4 0 0 0 EEcarn 3b 4 0 1 0

WHarrs 2b 4 0 2 0 Votto 1b 4 0 1 1

Lannan p 2 0 0 0 Bruce lf 3 0 0 0

FLopez ph 1 0 0 0 DRoss c 3 1 0 0

Colome p 0 0 0 0 Cueto p 1 0 0 0

Mnning p 0 0 0 0 CPttson cf 1 1 0 0

Ayala p 0 0 0 0

Shell p 0 0 0 0

Totals 33 3 8 3 Totals 30 5 7 5

Washington 000 201 000 — 3

Cincinnati 001 002 20x — 5

E—DmYoung (6). DP—Washington 1, Cincinnati 2. LOB—Washington 5, Cincinnati 6. 2B—CGuzman (25), Dukes (7), DmYoung (5). HR—Dukes (6). CS—WHarris (1). S—Cueto.

IP H R ER BB SO

Washington

Lannan 6 5 3 3 3 3

Colome L,2-2 1-3 1 2 0 1 0

Manning 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

Ayala 1-3 1 0 0 0 0

Shell 1 0 0 0 0 2

Cincinnati

Cueto W,7-8 7 7 3 3 1 8

Burton 1 1 0 0 1 0

FCordero S,16 1 0 0 0 0 1

PB—Flores, DRoss. Balk—Cueto.

T—2:24. A—23,259 (42,319).



Giants 8, Cubs 3

CHICAGO SAN FRAN

ab r h bi ab r h bi

ReJnsn lf 3 1 1 0 FLewis lf 3 1 1 1

Fkdme rf 4 0 1 0 Drham 2b 4 0 0 0

DLee 1b 4 1 2 1 Winn rf 4 0 1 0

ArRmz 3b 4 0 0 0 BMolna c 4 0 0 0

Edmnd cf 3 1 1 0 Rwand cf 4 2 2 0

Soto c 4 0 0 0 Bowker 1b 3 0 0 0

DeRosa 2b 4 0 1 2 Romo p 0 0 0 0

Theriot ss 4 0 1 0 Burriss ph 1 0 0 0

Gllgr p 2 0 0 0 Matos p 0 0 0 0

Wuertz p 0 0 0 0 JCstillo 3b 3 2 2 1

Fntenot ph 0 0 0 0 Vizquel ss 4 1 2 1

Murton ph 1 0 1 0 Lnccm p 2 1 1 1

Ascanio p 0 0 0 0 Tschnr p 0 0 0 0

Mrmol p 0 0 0 0 Yabu p 0 0 0 0

Cotts p 0 0 0 0 Aurilia 1b 2 1 1 3

Lieber p 0 0 0 0

Ward ph 1 0 0 0

Totals 34 3 8 3 Totals 34 8 10 7

Chicago 100 002 000 — 3

San Francisco 040 000 31x — 8

E—Soto (3), Ascanio (1), Rowand (3). LOB—Chicago 6, San Francisco 5. 2B—ReJohnson (13), DLee (21), DeRosa (15), JCastillo (23). 3B—FLewis (8). HR—Aurilia (7). SB—FLewis (15), Winn (14). CS—Durham (2). S—ReJohnson.

IP H R ER BB SO

Chicago

Gallagher L,3-4 5 4 4 3 2 2

Wuertz 1 0 0 0 0 1

Ascanio 0 2 2 2 0 0

Marmol 0 1 1 1 0 0

Cotts 1 1 0 0 0 3

Lieber 1 2 1 1 0 1

San Francisco

Lnccm W,10-1 6 7 3 3 1 8

Taschner 2-3 1 0 0 0 0

Yabu 1-3 0 0 0 0 1

Romo 1 0 0 0 0 0

Matos 1 0 0 0 0 1

Ascanio pitched to 2 batters in the 7th, Marmol pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

HBP—by Lieber (JCastillo).

T—2:43. A—40,511 (41,907).



Diamondbacks 6, Brewers 5

MILWAUKEE ARIZONA

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Weeks 2b 5 0 0 0 SDrew ss 3 0 0 0

Hardy ss 5 1 4 1 CRbtsn p 0 0 0 0

Hart rf 5 0 3 0 Rosales p 0 0 0 0

Fielder 1b 5 0 0 0 Tracy ph 1 1 1 3

Brnyan 3b 4 2 1 0 Upton rf 5 1 1 0

Kapler lf 4 1 1 0 OHudsn 2b 4 1 2 1

MCmrn cf 3 1 1 2 CJkson 1b 5 0 2 2

Kendall c 4 0 2 1 Rynlds 3b 3 0 0 0

Parra p 2 0 0 0 Young cf 4 0 1 0

Stetter p 0 0 0 0 Hmck c 4 1 1 0

Cunsell ph 1 0 0 0 CBurke lf 3 1 1 0

Gagne p 0 0 0 0 Webb p 2 0 1 0

Mota p 0 0 0 0 JCruz p 0 0 0 0

Shouse p 0 0 0 0 Ojeda ss 1 1 1 0

Torres p 0 0 0 0

Totals 38 5 12 4 Totals 35 6 11 6

Milwaukee 021 002 000 — 5

Arizona 000 000 006 — 6

No outs when winning run scored.

E—Branyan (1). DP—Milwaukee 1, Arizona 1. LOB—Milwaukee 9, Arizona 10. 2B—Hardy 2 (19), Hart (23), Tracy (3), OHudson (21). HR—Hardy (9), MCameron (13). SB—Branyan (1), Kendall (6).

IP H R ER BB SO

Milwaukee

Parra 6 4 0 0 3 4

Stetter 1 1 0 0 1 2

Gagne 1 0 0 0 0 1

Mota 0 2 3 3 1 0

Shouse 0 1 1 1 0 0

Torres L,4-2 0 3 2 2 0 0

Arizona

Webb 6 9 5 5 2 6

JCruz 1 1 0 0 0 2

CRobertson 1 0 0 0 0 0

Rosales W,1-0 1 2 0 0 0 0

Mota pitched to 3 batters in the 9th, Shouse pitched to 1 batter in the 9th, Torres pitched to 3 batters in the 9th.

HBP—by Webb (MCameron). WP—Webb.

T—2:50. A—23,842 (48,771).