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BASEBALL

National League

NEW YORK METS—Sent OF Chris Aguila outright to New Orleans (PCL).

American Association

PENSACOLA PELICANS—Released INF Ricardo Cordova.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Signed F Anthony Randolph.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Signed DT DeMario Pressley to a three-year contract.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Waived DL Melvin Oliver.

Arena Football League

COLUMBUS DESTOYERS—Named Pat Sperduto coach.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

ANAHEIM DUCKS—Signed C Logan MacMillan to a three-year contract.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Signed D Aaron Johnson, D Doug Janik and C Colin Fraser. Named Adam Rogowin coordinator of media relations.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Acquired a 2010 conditional draft pick from Anaheim for F Joakim Lindstrom.

MINNESOTA WILD—Signed F Danny Irmen, C Corey Locke, C Bryan Lundbohm, D John Scott and D Brandon Rogers

NEW YORK RANGERS—Agreed to terms with F Dan Fritsche.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—Named Eric Desjardins player development coach.

PHOENIX COYOTES—Signed LW Jeff Hoggan and D Ryan Lannon to one-year contracts.

PITTSBURGH PENDUINS—Re-signed C Kris Beech and C Ryan Stone. Signed RW Bill Thomas.

ST. LOUIS BLUES—Signed F Cam Paddock and F Steve Regier.

SAN JOSE SHARKS—Signed D Brendan Buckley and C Cory Larose to one-year contracts.

American Hockey League

HARTFORD WOLF PACK—Re-signed F Mike Ouellette.

SPRINGFIELD FALCONS—Signed RW Carl Corazzini.

COLLEGE

APPALACHIAN STATE—Announced the resignation of Ahmad Smith, men’s assistant basketball coach.

ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK—Named Alicia Cash and Jocelyn Love women’s assistant basketball coaches.

BUCKNELL—Named Jeremy Cook field hockey coach.

CENTRAL ARKANSAS—Named Michael Wallace women’s assistant soccer coach.

DELAWARE VALLEY—Named Matthew Levy assistant athletic director.

FLAGLER—Named Megan Burke assistant softball coach.

FORDHAM—Named Anthony DeCicco pitching coach and Emily Friedman assistant softball coach.

HOLY CROSS—Named Todd Pearson men’s rowing coach.

PENN STATE—Named Evan Clark women’s assistant tennis coach.

QUINNIPIAC—Signed Rand Pecknold, hockey coach, to a contract extension through the 2012-13 season.

ST. FRANCIS, IND.—Named Christy Young women’s soccer coach.

SAINT MICHAEL’S—Named Kate Lipton women’s assistant lacrosse and field hockey coach.

VERMONT—Named Mile Cole assistant baseball coach.

VMI—Named John Sollock men’s assistant soccer coach.

WORCESTER TECH—Named Brian Chabot men’s and women’s track coach.



Baseball



Continental league



LEAGUE STANDINGS

Team W L PCT GB

Texarkana 8 1 .889 -

Bay Area 5 3 .625 2 1/2

Corpus Christi 2 6 .250 5 1/2

McKinney 2 7 .222 6

Tuesday-Thursday’s games

Corpus Christi at Texarkana, 7 p.m.

McKinney at Bay Area, 7 p.m.



ML standings



AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 57 40 .588 —

Tampa Bay 55 39 .585 1/2

New York 50 45 .526 6

Toronto 47 48 .495 9

Baltimore 45 48 .484 10

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 54 40 .574 —

Minnesota 53 42 .558 1 1/2

Detroit 47 47 .500 7

Kansas City 43 53 .448 12

Cleveland 41 53 .436 13

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 57 38 .600 —

Oakland 51 44 .537 6

Texas 50 46 .521 7 1/2

Seattle 37 58 .389 20

Tuesday’s Game

All-Star Game at New York, (n)



NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 52 44 .542 —

New York 51 44 .537 1/2

Florida 50 45 .526 1 1/2

Atlanta 45 50 .474 6 1/2

Washington 36 60 .375 16

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 57 38 .600 —

St. Louis 53 43 .552 4 1/2

Milwaukee 52 43 .547 5

Cincinnati 46 50 .479 11 1/2

Pittsburgh 44 50 .468 12 1/2

Houston 44 51 .463 13

West Division

W L Pct GB

Arizona 47 48 .495 —

Los Angeles 46 49 .484 1

San Francisco 40 55 .421 7

Colorado 39 57 .386 8 1/2

San Diego 37 58 .389 10



Leaders



AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING—Kinsler, Texas, .337; Morneau, Minnesota, .323; Mauer, Minnesota, .322; Damon, New York, .319; Bradley, Texas, .316; Pedroia, Boston, .314; Youkilis, Boston, .314.

RUNS—Kinsler, Texas, 84; Pedroia, Boston, 67; ISuzuki, Seattle, 63; MiYoung, Texas, 63; JDrew, Boston, 63; Quentin, Chicago, 62; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 62; BRoberts, Baltimore, 62.

RBI—Hamilton, Texas, 95; Quentin, Chicago, 70; Morneau, Minnesota, 68; JGuillen, Kansas City, 65; Youkilis, Boston, 63; DaMurphy, Texas, 60; MRamirez, Boston, 60.

HITS—Kinsler, Texas, 134; Pedroia, Boston, 124; ISuzuki, Seattle, 119; Morneau, Minnesota, 118; MiYoung, Texas, 118; Hamilton, Texas, 117; JoLopez, Seattle, 113.

DOUBLES—Kinsler, Texas, 34; BRoberts, Baltimore, 33; JGuillen, Kansas City, 29; Pedroia, Boston, 28; Huff, Baltimore, 28; Markakis, Baltimore, 26; JoLopez, Seattle, 26; Crosby, Oakland, 26; Ibanez, Seattle, 26.

TRIPLES—BRoberts, Baltimore, 8; AJones, Baltimore, 5; Inglett, Toronto, 5; Granderson, Detroit, 5; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 5.

HOME RUNS—Sizemore, Cleveland, 23; Quentin, Chicago, 22; Hamilton, Texas, 21; Dye, Chicago, 21; Bradley, Texas, 19; Giambi, New York, 19; ARodriguez, New York, 19.

STOLEN BASES—Ellsbury, Boston, 35; ISuzuki, Seattle, 34; Upton, Tampa Bay, 27; BRoberts, Baltimore, 27; Kinsler, Texas, 23; Rios, Toronto, 23; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 23.

PITCHING (11 Decisions)—Matsuzaka, Boston, 10-1, .909, 2.65; CLee, Cleveland, 12-2, .857, 2.31; ESantana, Los Angeles, 11-3, .786, 3.34; Sonnanstine, Tampa Bay, 10-4, .714, 4.58; Saunders, Los Angeles, 12-5, .706, 3.07; GFloyd, Chicago, 10-5, .667, 3.63; Duchscherer, Oakland, 10-5, .667, 1.82; Padilla, Texas, 10-5, .667, 4.70.

STRIKEOUTS—Burnett, Toronto, 126; Sabathia, Cleveland, 123; ESantana, Los Angeles, 122; Halladay, Toronto, 121; JVazquez, Chicago, 117; Beckett, Boston, 107; CLee, Cleveland, 106.

SAVES—FRodriguez, Los Angeles, 38; Papelbon, Boston, 28; Sherrill, Baltimore, 28; Nathan, Minnesota, 27; Soria, Kansas City, 25; MRivera, New York, 23; CWilson, Texas, 22.



NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING—CJones, Atlanta, .376; Pujols, St. Louis, .350; Berkman, Houston, .347; Holliday, Colorado, .337; Nady, Pittsburgh, .321; Theriot, Chicago, .320; CGuzman, Washington, .313.

RUNS—HRamirez, Florida, 80; Berkman, Houston, 79; McLouth, Pittsburgh, 69; Utley, Philadelphia, 68; JReyes, New York, 68; Beltran, New York, 67; Bay, Pittsburgh, 64.

RBI—Howard, Philadelphia, 84; CaLee, Houston, 76; Berkman, Houston, 73; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 71; DWright, New York, 70; Utley, Philadelphia, 69; Teixeira, Atlanta, 69.

HITS—CGuzman, Washington, 126; JReyes, New York, 119; DLee, Chicago, 117; HRamirez, Florida, 116; Berkman, Houston, 116; Atkins, Colorado, 112; CJones, Atlanta, 112.

DOUBLES—McLouth, Pittsburgh, 33; Berkman, Houston, 30; McCann, Atlanta, 27; Rowand, San Francisco, 27; Hart, Milwaukee, 26; CGuzman, Washington, 26; DLee, Chicago, 26.

TRIPLES—JReyes, New York, 10; FLewis, San Francisco, 9; SDrew, Arizona, 5; CJackson, Arizona, 5; BPhillips, Cincinnati, 5; Rollins, Philadelphia, 5.

HOME RUNS—Howard, Philadelphia, 28; Dunn, Cincinnati, 26; Utley, Philadelphia, 25; Braun, Milwaukee, 23; Uggla, Florida, 23; HRamirez, Florida, 23; Burrell, Philadelphia, 23.

STOLEN BASES—Taveras, Colorado, 39; Pierre, Los Angeles, 35; Bourn, Houston, 32; JReyes, New York, 32; Rollins, Philadelphia, 24; HRamirez, Florida, 23; Kemp, Los Angeles, 22; Victorino, Philadelphia, 22.

PITCHING (11 Decisions)—Lincecum, San Francisco, 11-2, .846, 2.57; Lohse, St. Louis, 11-2, .846, 3.39; Volquez, Cincinnati, 12-3, .800, 2.29; Sheets, Milwaukee, 10-3, .769, 2.85; Zambrano, Chicago, 10-3, .769, 2.84; Webb, Arizona, 13-4, .765, 3.23; Kendrick, Philadelphia, 8-3, .727, 4.47.

STRIKEOUTS—Lincecum, San Francisco, 135; Billingsley, Los Angeles, 128; Volquez, Cincinnati, 126; Hamels, Philadelphia, 126; Cain, San Francisco, 121; JSanchez, San Francisco, 115; JSantana, New York, 114.

SAVES—BWilson, San Francisco, 25; Valverde, Houston, 24; KWood, Chicago, 24; BWagner, New York, 22; Gregg, Florida, 20; Lidge, Philadelphia, 20; Lyon, Arizona, 19; FCordero, Cincinnati, 19.



Home run derby



Monday, July 14

Yankee Stadium

New York

First Round Tot Long

Dan Uggla, Florida 6 437

Grady Sizemore, Cleveland 6 459

Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay 3 446

Chase Utley, Philadelphia 5 398

Lance Berkman, Houston 8 476

Justin Morneau, Minnesota 8 479

Ryan Braun, Milwaukee 7 444

Josh Hamilton, Texas 28 518



Second Round 2R Tot Long

Lance Berkman, Houston 6 14 446

Justin Morneau, Minnesota 9 17 479

Ryan Braun, Milwaukee 7 14 448

Josh Hamilton, Texas 4 32 471



Finals Tot Long

Justin Morneau, Minnesota 5 469

Josh Hamilton, Texas 3 491