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Saturday Morning State Sports Sat, 31 Jul 2010 5:33:31 EDT ---M-L-B--- Jhonny Peralta Homered Twice In His Tigers Debut, As Detroit Clipped The Boston Red Sox 6-5 In The First Of Three At Fenway Park Last Night. Peralta, Who Was Acquired From Cleveland On Thursday, Finished 3-For-4 With Three Rbi. Robbie Weinhardt Picked Up His First Career Win In Relief For Detroit, Which Snapped A Four-Game Losing Streak. Jon Lester Took The Loss To Fall To 11-And-6 After Surrendering Four Runs On 11 Hits In Six-Plus Innings. David Ortiz Made It Close In The Ninth Inning With A Grand Slam That Made It A One Run Game. Marco Scutaro Added A Solo Homer For Boston, Which Was Coming Off A Three-Game Sweep Of The Angels In Anaheim. The Sox And Tigers Play Game-Two Of Thier Series This Afternoon. Game Time At Fenway Park Is 4:10 P.M. Max Scherzer (7-8) Will Take The Mound For Detroit, Up Against Daisuke Matsuzaka (7-3) Of The Red Sox. The Tigers Have Called Up Outfielder Jeff Frazier From Triple-A Toledo. Frazier Was Hitting .273 With 23 Home Runs And 68 Rbi In The International League. Detroit Has Also Sent Infielder Jeff Larish Back Down To The Mud Hens. Larish Was Recalled Last Week Following Injuries To Magglio Ordonez And Carlos Guillen. The Chicago White Sox Acquired Pitcher Edwin Jackson From The Arizona Diamondbacks In Exchange For Pitchers Dan Hudson And David Holmberg. Jacksonwas In His First Year With Arizona After Being Acquired From Detroit In Athree-Team Deal That Included The New York Yankees Last December. The 29year-Old Right-Hander Is Just 6-10 With A 5.16 Earned Run Average In 21 Starts This Season, But His Crowning Achievement Came On June 25 Against Tampa Bay When He Threw The Second No-Hitter In Arizona History. (M-L-B Scoreboard) American League Chicago White Sox 6, Oakland Athletics 1 Toronto Blue Jays 8, Cleveland Indians 1 Tampa Bay Rays 3, New York Yankees 2 Detroit Tigers 6, Boston Red Sox 5 Minnesota Twins 5, Seattle Mariners 3 Kansas City Royals 7, Baltimore Orioles 5 La Angels Of Anaheim 9, Texas Rangers 7 National League Colorado Rockies 17, Chicago Cubs 2 Washington Nationals 8, Philadelphia Phillies 1 Atlanta Braves 6, Cincinnati Reds 4 (10 Innings) Arizona Diamondbacks 9, New York Mets 6 Houston Astros 5, Milwaukee Brewers 0 St. Louis Cardinals 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 (10 Innings) Florida Marlins 4, San Diego Padres 2 San Francisco Giants 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 5 ---N-F-L--- Players Reported To Allen Park Yesterday As The Detroit Lions Begin Training Camp. The First Practice Will Be Held This Afternoon. First Round Pick Ndamukong Suh Is Still Unsigned. Coach Jim Schwartz Said Yesterday That Contract Negotiations Continue. 30th-Overall Pick Rb Jahvid Best Signed A Five-Year Deal Late Friday Night. First-Pick In The 2010 Draft Sam Bradford Was Signed To A Six-Year Deal That Is Worth A Record $50 Million In Guarantees. Now That He Has Signed, Other Draft Picks Should Start Getting Thier Deals. Detroit Will Begin Preseason Play On Saturday August 14th In Pittsburgh. Detroit Lions President Tom Lewand Will Be Suspended For 30 Days And Fined $100,000 For Violating The Nfl's Personal Conduct Policy Following His Guilty Plea To Driving While Impaired, The League Announced Friday. The Suspension Begins Aug. 25 And Lewand Will Be Permitted Back At Work Sept. 24. Lewand, Who Met In New York At The League Office July 16 With Commissioner Roger Goodell, Also Will Do Community Service. Lewand Pleaded Guilty July 9 And Was Sentenced To Six Months Of Probation With $870 In Fines And Costs. He Was Arrested June 25 After His Car Was Seen Crossing From One Lane To Another After Leaving A Bar Parking Lot. ---College Football--- The Spartans And Wolverines Have Missed Out On A Top Football Recruit From Grand Blanc. Running Back Justice Hayes Has Committed To Notre Dame In The Fall Of 2011. Hayes Had Reportedly Narrowed His List Of Schools To Michigan State, Michigan, Tennessee, Iowa And Northwestern. Hayes Says He Is Considering Majoring In Business Or Going Into Law. ---Nascar--- Tony Stewart Claimed The Pole For Sunday's Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 After Posting The Quickest Lap In Qualifying At Pocono Raceway. Stewart, A Two-Time Nascar Cup Series Champion, Turned A Lap Of 171.393 M.P.H. Around The 2.5-Mile Triangular Track For His Second Pole Of The Season And The 14th Of His Cup Career. His First Pole At Pocono Came In July 2000. Juan Pablo Montoya Grabbed The Outside Pole With His Qualifying Lap Of 171.096 M.P.H. Denny Hamlin, Who Has Won The Last Two Races At Pocono, Took The Third Starting Spot, Followed By Jeff Gordon, A Four-Time Race Winner Here, And Ryan Newman. ---P-G-A--- Jeff Overton Fired An Eight-Under62 On Friday To Take Four-Shot Lead Midway Through The Greenbrier Classic. Chasing His First Pga Tour Win, Overton Had Eight Birdies In A Flawless Round And Finished 36 Holes On The Old White Course With A 14-Under 126. He Moved Past Boo Weekley, Who Collected Seven Birdies For A 63 Earlier In The Day To Post A 10-Under 130. First-Round Co-Leader Erik Compton, The Two-Time Heart Transplant Recipient, Followed His 63 With A 68 On Friday And Slipped Into A Tie For Third Place With Jimmy Walker (64) At Nine-Under 131. Chris Stroud Had A 63 And Was Tied With Aaron Baddeley (65), Briny Baird (65) And Charles Howell Iii (67) At Eight-Under 132, While Jim Furyk (65) Led A Large Group At 133. |
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