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Friday, Oct. 30, 2009

Scoreboard: Oct. 30

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BASEBALL

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Declined their 2010 contract options on 3B Melvin Mora and C Chad Moeller. Named Jeff Datz bench coach.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Claimed LHP Sean Henn off waivers from Baltimore. Designated C Michael Barrett for assignment.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS—Exercised their third-year contract option on C Alexis Ajinca.

TORONTO RAPTORS—Exercised their fourth-year contract option on G Marco Belinelli.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Signed FB Kyle Eckel.

COLLEGE

BIG EAST CONFERENCE—Named Mark Hodgkin director of internet services, Andy Anderson coordinator of video services. Nick Carparelli Jr. and Joe D'Antonio Jr. senior associate commissioners, Donna DeMarco associate commissioner for administration and Benjamin Fairclough senior director of external affairs.

Baseball

WORLD SERIES

PHILADELPHIA 1, NEW YORK 0

Wednesday's game

Philadelphia 6 New York 1

Thursday's game

Philadelphia New York (n)

Saturday's game

New York (Pettitte 14-8) at Philadelphia (Hamels 10-11), 7:57 p.m.

Sunday's game

New York at Philadelphia, 8:20 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 2

x-New York at Philadelphia, 7:57 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 4

x-Philadelphia at New York, 7:57 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 5

x-Philadelphia at New York, 7:57 p.m.

x-if necessary

Basketball

NBA

Begin regular season

Wednesday's games

Denver 114, Utah 105

Phoenix 109, L.A. Clippers 107

Houston 108, Golden State 107

Thursday's games

San Antonio at Chicago (n)

Denver at Portland (n)Friday's games

New York at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at Boston, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Detroit, 8 p.m.

Miami at Indiana, 8 p.m.

Toronto at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Orlando at New Jersey, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Utah, 9 p.m.

Golden State at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

COLLEGE MEN

ASSOCIATED PRESS PRE-SEASON TOP 25

Listed with first-place votes in parentheses, final 2008-09 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last year's final ranking:

Record Pts Pvs

1. Kansas (55) 27-8 1,612 14

2. Michigan St. (5) 31-7 1,515 8

3. Texas (1) 23-12 1,397—

4. Kentucky (3) 22-14 1,372—

5. Villanova 30-8 1,347 11

6. N. Carolina (1) 34-4 1,320 2

7. Purdue 27-10 1,284 17

8. West Virginia 23-12 1,115—

9. Duke 30-7 1,064 6

10. Tennessee 21-13 897—

11. Butler 26-6 864 22

12. Connecticut 31-5 844 5

13. California 22-11 800—

14. Washington 26-9 776 15

15. Michigan 21-14 578—

16. Ohio St. 22-11 465—

17. Oklahoma 30-6 410 7

18. Mississippi St. 23-13 393—

19. Louisville 31-6 335 1

20. Georgetown 16-15 326—

21. Dayton 27-8 318—

22. Georgia Tech 12-19 301—

23. Illinois 24-10 282—

24. Clemson 23-9 217 24

25. Minnesota 22-11 172—

Others receiving votes: Maryland 171, Siena 112, Notre Dame 107, Florida St. 92, Vanderbilt 90, Syracuse 83, Oklahoma St. 65, UCLA 63, Florida 53, Wake Forest 50, Xavier 42, Gonzaga 37, South Carolina 28, Kansas St. 24, BYU 21, Northern Iowa 16, Tulsa 16, Mississippi 15, Texas A&M 10, Missouri 8, Boston College 6, Pittsburgh 4, Utah St. 2, Virginia Commonwealth 2, Western Kentucky 2, Holy Cross 1, Old Dominion 1.

USA Today-ESPN PRE-SEASON Top 25

Record Pts Pvs

1. Kansas (27) 27-8 770 10

2. Michigan St. (3) 31-7 732 2

3. Texas 23-12 676 23

4. North Carolina (1) 34-4 653 1

5. Kentucky 22-14 635—

6. Villanova 30-8 620 4

7. Purdue 27-10 586 14

8. Duke 30-7 528 11

9. West Virginia 23-12 501—

10. Butler 26-6 408 25

11. Tennessee 21-13 406—