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Friday Morning State Sports Summary Fri, 30 Jul 2010 2:55:58 EDT ---M-L-B--- Carlos Pena Drove In All Four Runs, Including One On A Solo Homer, To Lead The Tampa Bay Rays To A 4-2 Win Over The Detroit Tigers And A Four-Game Sweep At The Trop Yesterday Afternoon. Pena Finished With Three Of Tampa Bay's Six Hits While Sean Rodriguez Scored Twice. David Price Picked Up His Al-Leading 14th Win As He Allowed Two Runs And Struck Out Nine Over Six-And-A-Third Innings. Price's 14 Wins Also Ties The Rays' Franchise Record. Dan Wheeler Went Two Frames For His Second Save As The Rays Won Their Sixth-Straight. Ramon Santiago And Will Rhymes Each Had Two Of Detroit's Seven Hits. Santiago And Austin Jackson Drove In The Runs For The Tigers, Who Lost Thier Tenth-Straight Game On The Road. Rick Porcello Allowed Four Runs On Five Hits Over Seven-And-A-Third Innings As He Suffered His Ninth Loss. He Struck Out Eight As Detroit Lost For The Sixth Time In Its Last Seven Games. The Tigers Travel To Bean Town To Take On The Boston Red Sox Tonight. Game Time At Fenway Park Is 7:10 P.M. Armando Galarraga (3-3) Will Take The Mound For Detroit, Up Against Jon Lester (11-5) Of The Sox. The Tigers Acquired Infielder Jhonny Peralta From The Indians On Wednesday. Detroit Sent Minor League Pitcher Giovanni Soto To Cleveland In Exchange. Peralta, Who Was In Uniform But Did Not Start Yesterday, Will Take Over At Third Base For The Injured Brandon Inge. Peralta Is Expected To Move To Shortstop When Inge Returns To The Lineup. He Will Be In The Line Up For Tonight's Game At Boston. The Baltimore Orioles Have Hired Buck Showalter To Be Their Next Manager. A Press Conference Is Scheduled For Monday And Showalter Is Expected To Manage His First Game On August 3rd When The O's Begin A Seven-Game Homestand Against The Los Angeles Angels. Showalter, Who Has Been Working As An Analyst At Espn, Is 882-And-833 In 11 Seasons As A Big League Skipper. The 54-Year-Old Previously Managed The Yankees From 1992-1995, Arizona From 1998-2000, And Texas From 2003-2006. He Was Named Al Manager Of The Year In 1994 With New York And 2004 With Texas. Showalter Will Replace Juan Samuel, Who Had Been Serving As Interim Manager Following The Firing Of Dave Trembley On June 4th. The Philadelphia Phillies Completed Their Trade For Roy Oswalt On Thursday, Acquiring The Pitcher From The Houston Astros. The Phillies Also Received Cash Considerations, And Sent Pitcher J.A. Happ And Two Prospects, Outfielder Anthony Gose And Infielder Jonathan Villar, To Houston. Oswalt Will Make His First Phillies Start Friday In Washington. Oswalt Is Owed Approximately $5 Million For The Remainder Of This Season. (M-L-B Scoreboard) American League Chicago White Sox 9, Seattle Mariners 5 Tampa Bay Rays 4, Detroit Tigers 2 New York Yankees 11, Cleveland Indians 4 Texas Rangers 7, Oakland Athletics 4 Baltimore Orioles 6, Kansas City Royals 5 (11 Innings) National League Philadelphia Phillies 3, Arizona Diamondbacks 2 New York Mets 4, St. Louis Cardinals 0 Washington Nationals 5, Atlanta Braves 3 Colorado Rockies 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 Florida Marlins 5, San Francisco Giants 0 San Diego Padres 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 ---N-F-L--- The Detroit Lions Are Inching Closer To The Start Of Training Camp. Players Will Report To The Teams Headquarters And Practice Facility In Allen Park On Friday. First Round Picks Ndamukong Suh And Jahvid Best Are Still Unsigned. The St. Louis Rams Continue To Negotiate A Contract With First-Round Draft Pick Sam Bradford. Once Bradford Signs, A Pay Scale Will Be Set For Several Other First Round Picks, Including Suh And Best. The Cincinnati Bengals Officially Brought Controversial Wide Receiver Terrell Owens Into The Fold On Thursday, Signing A Previously Reported One-Year Contract. It Was Reported Earlier That The Deal Is Worth Up To $4 Million, With $2 Million Guaranteed. Owens Spent The Last Season In Buffalo, Catching 55 Passes For 829 Yards And Five Touchdowns In 15 Games. He Spent The Previous Three Seasons In Dallas And The Two Before That With Philadelphia, All While Often Getting Caught Up In Public Locker Room Spats, But Also Producing As One Of The League's Top Receivers. ---N-B-A--- A Former Spartan And Wolverine Are Making Nba News This Week. Zach Randolph Is Reportedly Working On An Extension With The Memphis Grizzlies. Randolph Left Msu After His Freshman Year, And Was The 19th Pick In The 2001 Nba Draft. The Boston Celtics Have Invited Former Michigan Forward Deshawn Sims To Training Camp. Sims Averaged Seven Points A Game For Boston In Summer League Play Earlier This Month. The Death Of Former Nba Player Lorenzen Wright Has Reportedly Been Ruled A Homicide By Gunshot Wound. According To The "Commercial Appeal," Wright's Body Was Identified By The Shelby County Medical Examiner Through Dental Records. The Paper Also Reported That Wright's Body Was Found In A Wooded Area In Southeast Memphis. The Report Said The Memphis Police Department Confirmed That A 911 Call From Wright's Phone Was Placed Early In The Morning On July 19th. An Earlier Report Said He Was Last Seen Around 2 A.M. On That Day. ---N-H-L--- The Detroit Red Wings Will Reportedly Give Aaron Downey Another Shot. Downey Is Expected To Receive A Tryout With Detroit During Training Camp. The Enforcer Played In Motown During The 2007-08 Season, Earning Three Assists And 116 Penalty Minutes With The Red Wings. Downey Did Not Play In The Nhl Last Season. Hockey Fans Wanting To Get A Glimpse Of The Stars Of The Future Will Soon Have Their Chance As The Red Wings Host The 2010 Nhl Prospects Tournament At Centre Ice Arena In Traverse City. Prospects From Carolina, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Minnesota, The New York Rangers, St. Louis And Tampa Bay Will Take The Ice September 11th Through The 15th. The Red Wings Roster Includes 2007 Draft Pick Defenseman Brendan Smith, 2008 Selection Goalie Thomas Mccollum And 2009 First Pick Center Landon Ferraro. ---P-G-A--- Erik Compton, The Two-Time Heart Transplant Recipient, Fired A Seven-Under 63 Thursday To Share The First-Round Lead With Matt Every At The Greenbrier Classic. Playing On Another Sponsor's Exemption And Still Battling Stamina Issues, Compton Birdied Nine Of His Last 15 Holes For A Career-Best Score On The Pga Tour. Finishing His Round After An 80-Minute Weather Delay, Every Matched His Career Low To Tie Compton. Jeff Overton, George Mcneill And Pat Perez Shared Third Place At Six-Under 64, While Brendon De Jonge, Charles Howell Iii, Aron Price, Matt Bettencourt And John Rollins All Shot 65. Compton's Previous Best Score Was A 67 In The First Round Of The Mayakoba Golf Classic In February. Yani Tseng And Katherine Hull Both Posted Rounds Of Four-Under 68 On Thursday To Share The First-Round Lead Of The Women's British Open At Royal Birkdale. Tseng And Hull Both Eagled The Last Hole To Get To Four-Under Par In The Season's Final Major Championship. Tseng Was In The Clubhouse For Some Time Before Hull Joined Her Atop The Leaderboard. Anne-Lise Caudal, Amy Yang, Brittany Lincicome And Sun Young Yoo Are Knotted In Third Place At Three-Under 69. Michelle Wie Was One-Over Par Through 16 Holes On Thursday, But Closed Birdie- Eagle To Shoot A Two-Under 70. |
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