Sacramento appeared probes ready to retells threaten once more when Brad Miller and Bobby Jackson each hit 3s late in the final quarter, the second pulling the Kings to 88- 81. That was always his final hurdle that he said he had to get over ” The hurdle was apparently cleared weeks before the start of training camp ” Was it convincing? I’ d say yes ” McCarthy said ” But that was the first time, July 8, that I’ d ever heard him say[ he was committed. According to a police report, officer Amanda Lunsford saw Sensabaugh' s black Bentley circling a block around 2 p m. Quinn will wear a splint on his finger when he is not on the field Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. Shannon Stewart singled leading off the game, and Hernandez then retired 13 straight until Justin Morneau, breaking an 0- for- 19 skid, homered in the fifth. And in September, he called the Yankees his " daddy " because of their success against him.

If you wanted to learn, he' d go into the night with you " Mattick' s wife, Jackie, died about two years ago They had no children . Milwaukee took a 2- 0 lead in the second on run- scoring doubles by Hall and Miller Houston scored in the third on Loretta' s RBI single . The Cavaliers have six games left and made need to win them all to make the postseason for the first time since the 1997- 98 season . 29] and he was not handling it very well ” according to a police report obtained by the Boston Herald . Few passes were over 10 yards and when the ground attack was effective, it set up play- action bootleg passes well for Donovan McNabb to get on the edge. What I care about is trying to beat Tennessee ” After a mistake- filled rough patch a few weeks ago, Favre has been solid lately He’ s second in the AFC with a 93. VIERA, Fla( AP- Alfonso Soriano’ s second day in the outfield was much tougher than his first.

A wild weekend that started with the announcement that MVP candidate Carlos Quentin needs surgery on his broken right wrist and could miss the rest of the season also ended on a sour note for the White Sox . Both starters allowed five runs in less than two innings of work- Detroit’ s Zach Miner got only four outs while Baltimore’ s Garrett Olson managed five Baltimore’ s bullpen, though, made the difference . May- Treanor and teammate Kerri Walsh won their second consecutive gold medal in beach volleyball in Beijing last week, a straight- sets victory that extended their winning streak to 108 matches in a row Sapp announced his retirement from the NFL last January . Gary Sheffield bought a new video camera and shipped home a massage chair ” Sometimes you can’ t get a massage ” the New York outfielder said with a smile . Colorado went ahead in the second when Garrett Atkins reached on a throwing error by third baseman Miguel Cabrera and scored on singles by Brad Hawpe and Jason Smith- who improved to 7- for- 15 with runners in scoring position. Dominguez was scheduled to start against the Angels late last year but asked not to. Free agents can talk money with all teams starting the following day Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press.

Marte spent most of last season at Triple- A Richmond before Atlanta dealt him to the Red Sox for shortstop Edgar Renteria last month He batted 275 with 20 homers and 74 RBI in 109 games last season . You’ ve got to go out and produce ” Forward Rick Fox is rehabbing from foot surgery, and Jackson said there’ s no timetable for his return ” We anticipate he’ ll be on the court playing with us in November ” Jackson said ” He’ s worked very hard, but there’ s a certain amount of things he can’ t do- weight- bearing things, stop and start motions, jab step- type of things ” Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press . Nash had 23 points and 12 assists, helping offset the absence of fellow All- Star Amare Stoudemire, who missed his first game this season to rest a swollen left ankle that began troubling him during Phoenix’ s win in Orlando on Saturday night ” Most of the stuff he gets I was getting, like transition ” Marion said ” Tonight I got the chance to run the floor and took advantage of it ” Johnson finished with 23 points, Steven Hunter had 14 and Quentin Richardson added 13 . But, Toronto responded with a jumper from Jose Calderon and a runner from James to restore the seven- point lead . The judge was scheduled to rule Wednesday afternoon ” We made it ” Bennett said after stepping to an Oklahoma City podium featuring the NBA logo and the letters OKC ” The NBA will be in Oklahoma City next season ” The settlement calls for Bennett and his Professional Basketball Club LLC to pay as much as$ 75 million to the city in exchange for the immediate termination of the lease The team’ s name and colors will be staying in Seattle. The decision left the Blazers livid and was a huge coup for the Raptors, who have promised Turkoglu all of the salary- cap space they will have from renouncing their rights to Shawn Marion, Anthony Parker and Carlos Delfino, which will likely add up to a starting salary in the$ 10 1 million range, with eight percent annual raises.

So I just focused on what I had to do to get myself back ” A new name, a new haircut, new clothes- let’ s hope he has a new knee ” Texans cornerback Dunta Robinson joked upon hearing the news . Zygmunt said the team has made several contract offers, and declined to say how far apart the parties remained . 73 ERA in six outings since ” I think there is some reason for concern ” Indians manager Eric Wedge said ” We saw what he was capable of in his first three or four starts ” Right now, Jason is in our starting rotation It’ s early in the season . The right- hander, battling Cleveland’ s Fausto Carmona for the league’ s ERA title, allowed two runs and seven hits ” I’ ve struggled to pick up a win of late, but to be honest I probably had my worst stuff that I’ ve had in a month ” Haren said . He didn’ t get hit very hard, really ” Braves manager Bobby Cox said. He hit one for the second time in three days Monday night, driving a three- run shot off Joakim Soria in the eighth inning and sending the Cleveland Indians past the hapless Kansas City Royals 10- 6.

They were without six of their top eight scorers ” They didn’ t have all their good players, but at the same time when a team lines up to play us, we have to play ” Stevenson said ” It was an important game for us . Commissioner Roger Goodell has suspended three players this spring- Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam ” Pacman ” Jones, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry and Chicago Bears defensive tackle Tank Johnson- who were repeat offenders Johnson was released by the Bears earlier this week . Very few people knew he was sick, and the suddenness of his departure at age 63 was a shock to the football world . Yahoo’ s lawsuit wants the court to declare that its game does not violate any rights of publicity owned or controlled by NFL Players Inc, and that any such rights would be trumped by the First Amendment and federal copyright law anyway It also seeks to bar NFL Players Inc . It’ s the only hope I can send him ” Yankees manager Joe Torre said Contreras was put in a ” horrible ” situation because of the refusal ” It’ s got to be tough ” Torre said ” You’ ve waited this long and it still hasn’ t happened. Game notes Gomes reached second base on a groundout in the eighth, the first Tampa Bay runner to advance that far off Hernandez Shields has not lost since Aug 13 at Boston Hernandez has lost just once since July 22. Glaus followed with a single that bounced off the mound and through the middle, scoring Rios ” I made the pitches I wanted to throw, it just didn’ t work out ” Green said ” Everything is amplified when you’ re not playing well ” Green added ” We’ re playing good baseball, we’ re just missing by a little bit each day ” Jeremy Accardo closed it out in the ninth for his 27th save in 31 opportunities.

Arroyo gave up 11 hits with two strikeouts, losing for the fourth time in five starts ” I hit my spots and thought I had good stuff ” Arroyo said ” Sometimes, you get beat around the yard . No matter how many home runs you hit, you just need to hit them at the right time ” Miguel Cabrera homered for the Marlins, who have lost a season- worst seven in a row- one more than their previous worst from July 23- 29 . Murray, who was disappointed that he was not traded before the deadline, said he received no explanation from O’ Neill on why he didn’ t play more ” Come on, we don’ t talk ” Murray said ” There’ s no communication . Peterson had 13 points in the first quarter, including a heave from halfcourt as time expired . One ESPN source acknowledged that at least one federal agency beyond the U S. ET) Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis will be in the lineup Saturday against the Pittsburgh Steelers after sitting out last week’ s loss to Baltimore, according to Washington- area media reports.

Walker then stole the ball from Simon with 19 seconds remaining and Vital was fouled, but she missed the two free throws to set up Simon’ s go- ahead shot Simon scored 17 points for Arizona State . Gonzalez tumbled into and over Astros catcher Towles, who held onto the ball, but Gonzalez tagged home plate and was called safe . Chad Durbin pitched 1 2/ 3 scoreless innings, Tom Gordon tossed a perfect eighth and Brad Lidge finished for his 14th save in as many chances ” The bullpen did a great job ” Kendrick said Reds starter Bronson Arroyo was hurt by the longball . He has said mistakes in electronic distribution of information have breached his client’ s right to privacy and endangered her . Catcher Jorge Posada( right hamstring) took batting practice, threw and ran in the outfield at the Yankees’ spring facility in Florida. 345 against him entering Saturday# 8226& nbsp; 71 percent of 0- 1 counts became 0- 2 counts( MLB average is 61 percent# 8226& nbsp; Kept the ball away from hitters- 48 of 99 pitches were located away; Boston went 2 for 12 on pitches away- ESPN Stats& Information ” We were trouble last year ” said Andrus, who has 23 stolen bases for Texas this season ” We’ re not afraid That’ s what we like to do Anytime we get on base, our goal is to get another base. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

The 27- year- old business owner said he watched the Cubs on TV as a child and just wanted to be with the crowds outside ” I love the crowd, I love Chicago ” he said . Anticipating a call from the Hall of Fame, Franco said he’ d send either the ball or the bat, but not both . It’ s more, from my standpoint, whether I personally agree with MLB getting involved in the first place I’ m not going to change that . Boston Red Sox: The team recalled left- hander Lenny DiNardo from Triple- A Pawtucket and he made his first major- league start that night against the Orioles . Game notes Ortiz snapped an 0- for- 17 slide with a first- inning single The Indians have lost five of seven. Duncan is a big reason for their success as he came into this game fifth in the league in points per game, third in rebounds and blocks.

Two innings later, Upton led off with a homer to left to put the Diamondbacks up 6- 0 Game notes Arizona RHP Dan Haren( 12- 8, 2 73 ERA) will face Houston LHP Wandy Rodriguez( 12- 8, 2 82) in Sunday’ s series finale . They know what we’ re trying to do ” Travis Outlaw had 26 points to lead Portland . After Granger missed a shot, Hinrich picked up the loose ball and was fouled He hit two free throws with 8 7 seconds left to tie it at 89 . Philadelphia got former All- Star left- hander Eric Milton in a trade with Minnesota last week, and is hoping to re- sign right- hander Kevin Millwood for the 2004 season . Claussen pitched four innings, allowing three runs- two earned- and five hits. This season is a grind, and everyone is going to have a slump ” Jeremy Bonderman( 12- allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings, striking out seven and walked two. You’ ve got to keep doing what you’ re doing every time you go out ” Verlander began the season with no- decisions in three of his first four starts and hasn’ t lost since April 28 ” He’ s always good ” Cardinals veteran Scott Spiezio said ” He’ s got great stuff and he mixes it up well and throws to spots.

I was not throwing strikes like I was used to ” But I feel good No problems I’ m glad to be back My first inning, I was worried . He then was traded to the Mets and left New York after the 2000 season to sign a$ 121 million, eight- year contract with Colorado . One of the things we need to do here is play good defensive baseball and not give away runs ” he said . He was far less successful with the Lions, going 15- 28 before he was fired late in the 2005 season . Tom Gordon pitched around a one- out double in the ninth, retiring Dan Uggla on a fly that Victorino caught in deep center field for the final out. Hopefully we just keep it up ” Game notes Lowe retired his first nine batters before Jimmy Rollins doubled. KANSAS CITY, Mo- With an umpire behind the plate that has given him bad dreams, Zack Greinke was nervous.

This is the latest in a season Tejada has hit his first home run when he has been on an opening day roster# 8226& nbsp; Lance Berkman had the third four- strikeout game of his career# 8226& nbsp; The Astros were 0- 11 with runners in scoring position- ESPN Stats& Information Soriano homered twice to lead the Cubs to an 8- 5 victory over the Astros on Thursday night . San Francisco’ s Tim Lincecum, who is scheduled to pitch on Saturday night, leads the NL at 2 54 Peavy still leads the majors with a 1 73 home ERA Ishikawa went 3- for- 3 with a walk and scored two runs . Louis Rams Profile Bulger passed a neurological exam Tuesday and was cleared to practice but began feeling poorly during meetings Thursday afternoon, Rams coach Scott Linehan said . Milton, 29, was Philadelphia’ s most consistent starter last season, going 14- 6 with a 4 75 ERA . If Millwood spends 21 or more days on the DL for an injury to his shoulder or elbow sustained while pitching, he would lose 1/ 183rd of the signing bonus for each day on the DL, including the first 20 That reduction calculates to$ 21, 857 per day. It was his sixth career home run off Washington starter Ramon Ortiz.