Ordonez homered reveals for Detroit, draws which had won three in a row " We battled them' til the end " Gary Sheffield said " We hit some balls hard, but they played great defense. The new Seattle starter wasn' t worried, since it was just spring training " I had one bad inning and then put up zeros after that " Bedard said after Monday' s 9- 8 loss to the Chicago White Sox Acquired from Baltimore on Feb. The Wolves and Garnett have been discussing an extension for the past two years If no deal is reached before the season starts Oct. Late Wednesday night, team spokesman Mike Cristaldi said he had nothing to report on Sprewell' s decision.
6 the network drew for San Antonio' s victory over Detroit last year . We put ourselves in position to win the game, and when we messed up on a couple of switches at the end, it kind of cost us the game " Game notes Johnson, who celebrated his 42nd birthday, improved his regular- season career record to 134- 35 Hawks coach Mike Woodson dropped to 66- 169 . Greene stormed out of the penalty box and caught up to Rafalski just in time to prevent him from getting off a clean shot from the right point, but the puck trickled ahead to Zetterberg and he beat LaBarbera low to the glove side from about 15 feet " It' s really important to get off to a good start " Zetterberg said of Detroit' s 7- 1- 1 record " Even though we haven' t played at our best, we' re getting our wins . Georgetown won the opening tip and Crawford made a layup on the opening possession, the first indication the Hoyas weren' t going to roll over for the top- ranked Huskies . Jones lunged for the ball near the wall, then collapsed on the warning track after failing to make the catch.
Danielle Gant scored 22 points, Sydney Colson added a career- best 15 and the Aggies beat Oklahoma 74- 62 on Saturday to move on to the Big 12 title game for the second straight year No . Haren has a four- game losing streak over his last six regular- season starts dating to his last victory Sept 13 at Minnesota . Lester was recalled in July and finished the regular season 4- 0 with a 4 57 ERA . Damon responded in the fifth, throwing out Wilson at the plate and giving New York a little momentum .
The Pirates, losers of 30 of their previous 43, had scored eight runs or more in a game- much less an inning- only twice in 46 games . The Hawks led by 11 in the third quarter, but James scored the Raptors' first eight points of the final period, making two 3- pointers, to lead the comeback " Getting the win was the main thing " James said " We dug ourselves a hole and we just kept fighting back . and Executive Committee member for the past 16 years has always been about what is best for our organization, and nothing else . Shin- Soo Choo followed by ripping a grounder into the right- field corner to score Hafner, and Cleveland' s left fielder was thinking triple all the way and never bothered to look at third- base coach Joel Skinner as he rounded second .
I' ve always had confidence in myself " As he arrived at third base, his teammates lined the top step of the dugout, pointing at Rollins . Updated: October 23, 2005, 9: 06 PM ET' Got Milk' ad has MLB crying foul Email Print Share Associated Press The latest " Got Milk " commercial hit a little too close to home for Major League Baseball . Ramirez( 2- 1) allowed one run and seven hits in 6 1- 3 innings He struck out four and walked two . Stephen Drew and pinch- hitter Andy Green singled to start the Arizona fifth, but Billingsley got three straight outs to end the threat .
Hart became the fifth player in Brewers history to hit at least 20 homers and steal 20 bases in a season . Prosecutors and court officials don' t expect Bryant to enter a plea until his arraignment, which hasn' t been scheduled . Kidd Bryant Bryant said he' d " rather not play " Sunday night, but doesn' t think he has a choice . Each of the four road teams- Indianapolis, Baltimore, Atlanta and Philadelphia- is favored in this weekend' s opening- round matchups The top two seeds in each conference earned byes Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press . Clemens had a remarkable season in 2004, going 18- 4 with a 2 98 ERA and 218 strikeouts.
Pettitte joked that in Houston, Clemens " wasn' t around a whole, whole lot' and said that " whenever we get together, he does a lot of talking, that' s for sure " I know he' s going to be down here and we' ll play golf together . Ryan is slated to pitch in another simulated game Tuesday and a spring training game Friday . So, this could be a three- summer coaching and playing commitment for the 2008 Beijing Olympics . Bai and the Chinese Basketball Association' s deputy director, Hu Jiashi, said officials discussed Yao' s condition with China' s Lithuanian- born coach Jonas Kazlauskas at a morning meeting . The danger of falling so far out of playoff contention so early, Ward said, is that players may stop playing as hard as they should and effectively give up on the season " I' m embarrassed and disappointed " Ward said " To come off the year we had, to come back 2- 6, it' s not how we envisioned our season to be.
The Phillies have already scheduled interviews next week with former managers Jim Fregosi, who guided the team to the World Series in 1993, and Buddy Bell . His next start is scheduled for Monday in Pawtucket " We want him to progress " the manager told the paper " That' s the big thing . Game notes Ellsbury has been successful on all 25 stolen- base attempts in his career, most by a Red Sox rookie since 1920 . Following the announcement that Friday' s crucial matchup with the Pittsburgh Pirates was postponed until Saturday- as part of a doubleheader- fans were told that they could trade in their ticket stubs for tickets to another game Next year . 267 career average with 138 homers, 165 steals and 630 RBI in 11 major league seasons. Ater much debate over whether it was time, the Wiggintons started making final preparations before heading to the hospital.
Gagne had 152 saves with the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2002 to 2004, the most in a three- year period in major league history, and won the NL Cy Young Award in 2003 . J- First- round draft pick Sean Williams has signed with the New Jersey Nets . Billups made a three- point play and a shot under the basket to give the Pistons a 104- 97 lead with just under a minute left . Quoting jail sources, The Bristol Herald Courier reported Thursday that the incarceration was the first of a two- part jail sentence sandwiched around the upcoming NFL season . The Broncos' run defense has been porous ever since Larry Coyer was fired as defensive coordinator after the 2006 season and replaced by Jim Bates, who lasted less than a year before being supplanted by Bob Slowik. Fast Facts# 8226& nbsp; Iowa State reached its first Sweet 16 since going to three straight from 1999- 2001# 8226& nbsp; After tying a tournament record with 16 3- pointers Sunday, the Cyclones shot 10- for- 25 from long range# 8226& nbsp; The No.
In other news, the Yankees were still not sure whether Mike Mussina or Kevin Brown would be able to make their next scheduled starts . Gardenhire just didn' t want to push it " Game notesThe crowd of 35, 931 ended the White Sox' s consecutive sellout streak at 22 games The team has sold out 42 times this season Punto now has eight major league homers . The major league record for consecutive four- hit games is four, set by Brooklyn' s Milt Stock in 1925 . ATLANTA( AP- With three scoreless innings, the Atlanta Braves' beleaguered bullpen finally supported John Smoltz " That' s what we have to have " Smoltz said " They' re grinding it out and doing everything they can " Smoltz won for the first time in eight starts, and Atlanta hit four home runs in a 6- 3 victory over the struggling St . Omar Vizquel and Rich Aurilia each drove in a run for the Giants, who lost their fourth straight. He scored 42 points in the Lakers' 98- 90 victory that evened the series at 2- 2.