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Thursday Morning State Sports Summary Thu, 29 Jul 2010 3:10:07 EDT ---M-L-B--- Evan Longoria Went 3-For-4 With A Two-Run Homer As The Tampa Bay Rays Trimmed The Detroit Tigers 7-4 At Tropicana Field Last Night. Carl Crawford Knocked In A Run And Scored Twice For Tampa Bay, Which Will Go For A Sweep Of The Four-Game Series On Thursday. Jeff Niemann Pitched Six Innings Of Four-Run Ball To Improve To 9-And-3. Rafael Soriano Tossed A Perfect Ninth To Earn His 28th Save. Miguel Cabrera And Johnny Damon Smacked Solo Homers For Detroit, Which Has Dropped Nine-Straight Games On The Road. Eddie Bonine Allowed Five Runs Over Three-And-A-Third Innings To Fall To 4-And-1. With The Loss, The Tigers Fall To Five-Games Behind The White Sox For First-Place In The A-L Central. The Tigers And Rays Play Their Series Finale Game This Afternoon In Florida. Game Time At Tropicana Field Is 12:10 P.M. Rick Porcello (4-8) Will Take The Mound For Detroit, Up Against David Price (13-5) Of The Rays. The Tigers Have Made A Move To Help Fill An Offensive Gap By Acquiring Infielder Jhonny Peralta From The Cleveland Indians For Minor League Pitcher Giovanni Soto. Peralta Will Take Over At Third Base While Brandon Inge's Broken Left Hand Heals. When Inge Returns, Peralta Is Expected To Move To Shortstop. To Make Room On The Roster, Outfielder Wilkin Ramirez Has Been Designated For Assignment. Peralta Is Batting .247 With Seven Home Runs And 43 Rbi This Season. He Could Be With The Team In Time For Today's Game With The Tampa Bay Rays. Tigers Manager Jim Leyland Sat Out Of Last Night's Game Against The Rays At Tampa Bay To Serve A One Game Suspension Handed Down By Major League Baseball. Leyland Was Also Fined An Undisclosed Amount Of Money For Actions In Monday Night's Game. The Tigers' Skipper Was Ejected During The Third Inning And An Mlb Statement Said The Suspension Was A Result Of His Inappropriate And Aggressive Conduct In The Game. Leyland Will Be Back In The Dugout For This Afternoon's Series Finale. Major League Baseball Is Planning To Begin And End The 2011 Season Earlier Than It Has In Recent Years To Avoid Having World Series Games Played In November. The Season Has Started Over The Last Handful Of Years With A Nationally Televised Season Opener On Sunday Night Which Has Been Followed By A Near Full Slate Of Games The Next Day. Instead, Play Will Begin Next Season On The Preceding Thursday Or Friday When Many Teams Have Been Playing Their Last Spring Training Games At Neutral Sites Or Major League Parks Around The Country After Leaving Florida And Arizona. The 2011 Season Is Tentatively Scheduled To End On Or Around September 28 With The First Round Of The Playoffs To Begin A Few Days Later. The World Series Is Slated To Start Wednesday, October 19 Which Would Allow A Seven-Game Series To Finish On October 27. (M-L-B Scoreboard) American League Oakland Athletics 3, Texas Rangers 1 Minnesota Twins 6, Kansas City Royals 4 Boston Red Sox 7, La Angels Of Anaheim 3 New York Yankees 8, Cleveland Indians 0 Toronto Blue Jays 5, Baltimore Orioles 0 Tampa Bay Rays 7, Detroit Tigers 4 Chicago White Sox 6, Seattle Mariners 5 National League Philadelphia Phillies 7, Arizona Diamondbacks 1 Houston Astros 8, Chicago Cubs 1 Cincinnati Reds 10, Milwaukee Brewers 2 Atlanta Braves 3, Washington Nationals 1 San Francisco Giants 10, Florida Marlins 9 (10th Inning) St. Louis Cardinals 8, New York Mets 7 (13th Inning) Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Colorado Rockies 2 San Diego Padres 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 ---N-F-L--- The St. Louis Rams Continue To Negotiate A Contract With First-Round Draft Pick Sam Bradford. The "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" Says The Team Has Been Talking To Bradford's Representatives On A Daily Basis. Once Bradford Signs, A Pay Scale Will Be Set For Several Other First Round Picks. That List Includes The Lions Ndamukong Suh And Jahvid Best. The Lions Will To Report To Allen Park For Training Camp Tomorrow. Quarterback Brett Favre (Farv) Still Isn't Announcing His Intentions For The Upcoming Season. The 40-Year-Old Future Hall Of Famer Told "Usa Today" He Hasn't Told Anyone Whether He'd Rejoin The Minnesota Vikings. However, He Joked With The Paper, Saying He Could Play Until He Was 50 Years Old. Vikings Players Are Due In Training Camp Thursday With Their First Practice Scheduled For Friday Afternoon. Last Year, Favre Signed A Two-Year Contract With The Vikes Halfway Through The Preseason And Led Them To The Nfc Championship Game. Head Coach Brad Childress Says If Favre Does Come Back, It'll Take Him At Least Three Weeks To Get Ready. That Would Mean Favre Would Have To Begin Practice In Mid-August To Be Up To Speed In Time For The Regular Season Opener On September 9th At New Orleans. ---N-B-A--- Point Guard Will Bynum Is Going To Remain With The Detroit Pistons. According To Team Officials, Bynum Has Signed A Three-Year, $9.75-Million Deal. The 27-Year-Old Out Of Georgia Tech Was A Restricted Free Agent. Bynum Was Sidelined Much Of Last Season With Injuries To Both Ankles. He Played In 63 Games And Averaged 10 Points And 4.5 Assists In 2009-10. The Body Of Lorenzen Wright, Who Had Been Missing Since Last Week, Has Been Found By Law Enforcement Officials. According To A Memphis Newspaper, The Body Of Wright, A Former Memphis Basketball Star And Nba Player, Was Found In A Wooded Area In Southeast Memphis. The Paper Cited A Law Enforcement Source, Who Confirmed The Body Was Wright's. The Paper Reports Wright Was Last Seen Around 2 A.M. On July 19, Leaving His Ex-Wife's Home. The Report Also Said The Memphis Police Department Will Not Officially Comment, While Police Have Referred To It As A Death Investigation. Wright Starred For Two Seasons In The Mid-1990s Before Entering The Nba As The Seventh Overall Selection In The 1996 Draft. Wright, 34, Played For 13 Seasons With The Clippers, Hawks, Grizzlies, Kings And Cavaliers. ---Auto Racing--- Jack Roush, Co-Owner Of Roush Racing In Livonia, Was Hospitalized Tuesday Night Following A Plane Crash In Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Roush Was Landing His Personal Jet When The Crash Took Place. Both Occupants Exited The Aircraft Following The Accident And Have Non-Life Threatening Injuries. Roush, Along With The Fenway Sports Group, Own And Operate Several Cars In The Nascar Sprint Cup Series. Drivers Include Greg Biffle, David Ragan, Matt Kenseth And Carl Edwards. |
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