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BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Selected the contract of LHP Dana Eveland from Norfolk (IL). Placed RHP Matt Lindstrom on the 15-day DL. Designated INF Zelous Wheeler for assignment.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Purchased the contract of C John Hester from Salt Lake (PCL).
NEW YORK YANKEES—Activated 3B Eric Chavez from 7-day DL. Optioned 3B Eduardo Nunez to Scranton-Wilkes-Barre (IL).
National League
LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Placed INF-OF Jerry Hairston Jr. on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 7. Recalled INF Justin Sellers from Albuquerque (PCL).
NEW YORK METS—Reinstated INF Ronny Cedeno from the 15-Day DL. Optioned INF-OF Vinny Rottino to Buffalo (IL).
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Placed OF Laynce Nix on the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Jake Diekman from Lehigh Valley (IL). Transferred RHP Justin De Fratus from the 15- to the 60-day DL. Sent RHP Brian Sanches outright to Lehigh Valley. Selected the contracts from LHP Raul Valdes and INF Hector Luna from Lehigh Valley.
SAN DIEGO PADRES—Placed RHP Joe Wieland on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 7. Recalled INF-OF James Darnell from Tucson (PCL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BALTIMORE RAVENS—Signed FB Jamison Berryhill, QB John Brantley, CB Charles Brown, S Omar Brown, G-OT Jack Cornell, FB Chad Diehl, LB Eltoro Freeman, WR Devin Goda, WR Dorian Graham, DT-DE Elliott Henigan, NT Nicolas Jean-Baptiste, NT Ishmaa'ily Kitchen, G Antoine McClain, DE Terrence Moore, RB Brandon Pendergrass, TE Nick Provo, S Cyhl Quarles, RB Bobby Rainey and WR Deonte Thompson.
BUFFALO BILLS—Agreed to terms with QB Vince Young.
CAROLINA PANTHERS—Signed LB Luke Kuechly, G Amini Silatolu, DE Frank Alexander, WR Joe Adams, DB Josh Norman, P Brad Nortman and DB D.J. Campbell. Waived LB Phillip Dillard.
CHICAGO BEARS—Signed DE Shea McClellin to a four-year contract and DL John McCargo, DeMario Pressley and DL Cheta Ozougwu to one-year contracts.
CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed DT Devon Still, TE Orson Charles, WR Marvin Jones and S Tony Dye. Waived CB Derrius Brooks, DE Julian Miller, G Mike Ryan and OT Landon Walker.
GREEN BAY PACKERS—Signed LB Nick Perry, DE Jerel Worthy, CB Casey Hayward, DT Mike Daniels, S Jerron McMillian, LB Terrell Manning, OT Andrew Datko, QB B.J. Coleman, G Don Barclay, RB Duane Bennett, G Jaymes Brooks, FB Nic Cooper, C Tommie Draheim, TE Cameron Ford, TE Eric Lair, OT Mike McCabe, LB Dezman Moses, WR Dale Moss, S Sean Richardson, WR Marcus Rivers, CB Dion Turner and RB Marc Tyler.
HOUSTON TEXANS—Signed QB John Beck.
NEW YORK GIANTS—Signed RB David Wilson, WR Rueben Randle, CB Jayron Hosley, TE Adrien Robinson, OL Brandon Mosley, OL Matt McCants, DT Markus Kuhn, WR David Douglas, WR Julien Talley, FB Joe Martinek, G Stephen Goodin, DE Adewale Ojomo, DE Matt Broha, S Jojo Nicolas and S Janzen Jackson.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
OTTAWA SENATORS—Re-signed F Pat Cannone to a two-year contract.
Auto racing
NASCAR
nationwide: VFW Sport ClipsHelp a Hero 200
At Darlington Raceway
Lap length: 1.366 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (5) Joey Logano, Toyota, 151 laps, 0 points.
2. (2) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 151, 0.
3. (13) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 151, 0.
4. (8) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 151, 40.
5. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 151, 39.
6. (1) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 151, 39.
7. (7) Brian Scott, Toyota, 151, 37.
8. (4) Kurt Busch, Toyota, 151, 0.
9. (14) James Buescher, Chevrolet, 151, 0.
10. (40) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 151, 34.
11. (16) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 151, 33.
12. (15) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 151, 32.
13. (10) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 151, 32.
14. (22) Michael Annett, Ford, 151, 30.
15. (12) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 151, 29.
16. (31) Timmy Hill, Ford, 151, 28.
17. (25) Travis Pastrana, Toyota, 151, 27.
18. (9) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 151, 0.
19. (26) Jeff Green, Toyota, 149, 25.
20. (36) Danny Efland, Chevrolet, 148, 24.
21. (32) Jason Bowles, Toyota, 148, 23.
22. (37) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, 147, 22.
23. (28) Jamie Dick, Chevrolet, 144, 21.
24. (6) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, accident, 143, 21.
25. (19) Josh Richards, Ford, 143, 19.
26. (11) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, accident, 138, 0.
27. (42) Derrike Cope, Dodge, 138, 17.
28. (41) Matt Frahm, Ford, engine, 125, 16.
29. (20) Erik Darnell, Chevrolet, clutch, 91, 15.
30. (21) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, 81, 14.
31. (30) Tayler Malsam, Toyota, transmission, 60, 13.
32. (18) T.J. Bell, Chevrolet, accident, 44, 12.
33. (23) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 42, 11.
34. (35) Blake Koch, Chevrolet, electrical, 29, 10.
35. (43) Kevin Lepage, Chevrolet, engine, 25, 9.
36. (34) Tony Raines, Toyota, vibration, 14, 0.
37. (39) Mike Harmon, Chevrolet, brakes, 10, 7.
38. (38) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, vibration, 7, 0.
39. (24) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, electrical, 7, 0.
40. (27) Casey Roderick, Chevrolet, accident, 3, 4.
41. (29) Chase Miller, Chevrolet, accident, 2, 3.
42. (33) Scott Speed, Chevrolet, clutch, 2, 0.
43. (17) Ryan Blaney, Chevrolet, accident, 1, 1.
Baseball
minor league
international league
Friday's games
Gwinnett 3, Toledo 2, 1st game
Lehigh Valley 4, Louisville 1
Syracuse 8, Rochester 2
Pawtucket 5, Columbus 1
Durham at Scranton
Wilkes-Barre, 7:05 p.m.
Charlotte 3, Buffalo 2 (10)
Indianapolis 4, Norfolk 1
Gwinnett 5, Toledo 2, 2nd game
Saturday's games
Rochester at Syracuse, 2 p.m.
Columbus at Pawtucket, 6:05 p.m.
Lehigh Valley at Louisville, 6:05 p.m.
Toledo at Gwinnett, 7:05 p.m.
Norfolk at Indianapolis, 7:05 p.m.
Durham at Scranton
Wilkes-Barre, 7:05 p.m.
Buffalo at Charlotte, 7:15 p.m.
south atlantic league
Friday's games
Augusta 2, Greenville 1 (8) 1st game
Asheville 10, Rome 3
Hickory 3, Savannah 1
Charleston, S.C. 8, West Virginia 4 (10)
Greensboro at Lakewood (n)
Hagerstown at Lexington (n)
Kannapolis at Delmarva (n)
Greenville at Augusta (n), 2nd game
Saturday's games
Greensboro at Lakewood, 4:05 p.m.
Savannah at Hickory, 6 p.m.
Asheville at Rome, 7 p.m.
Hagerstown at Lexington, 7:05 p.m.
Kannapolis at Delmarva, 7:05 p.m.
Greenville at Augusta, 7:05 p.m.
Charleston, S.C. at West Virginia, 7:05 p.m.
college
PAC Tournament
First round
Westminster 2 Thomas More 1
GLVC Tournament
First round
Northern Ky. 6 Drury 0
naia tournament
(All times p.m.)
THURSDAY'S OPENING ROUND
Indiana Tech 4 Georgetown 2
Lindsey Wilson 6 Bellevue 5
St. Francis 6 Campbellsville 3
Union, Tenn. 7 Asbury 1
FRIDAY'S SECOND ROUND
At Paducah
LSU-Shreveport 1 Lindsey Wilson 0
At Kingsport, Tenn.
Campbellsville 7 Georgetown 4
St. Francis 6 Campbellsville 3
SATURDAY'S GAMES
At Paducah
Bellevue-Peru St. winner vs. Lindsey Wilson, 1 p.m.
Tennessee Tech 002 100 200 00—5 8 2
Eastern Ky. 000 201 200 01—6 13 1
Archer, Baugh (7) and Burgess. Harris, Cobb (7), Greene (8), Bazzani (9) and Hagen. W—Bazzani (1-1). L—Baugh (2-3). 2B—Bosheers (T), Hayes (T), Grisham (E), Soloman (E), Dunlop (E). HR—Soloman (E).
Records — Eastern Ky. 27-20, Tennessee Tech 19-29.
St. John's 000 000 000—0 4 2
Louisville 201 200 00X—5 9 1
Carasiti, Lobban (3), Woodward (9) and Bethea; Amlung, Tingle (8) and Gibson. W—Amlung (8-3). L—Carasiti (4-4). 2B—Wasserman (L).
Records — St. John's 31-18, Louisville 34-16
Marshall 001 030 000—4 5 1
Eastern Ky. 220 000 002—6 12 2
Moore, McGillicuddy (2), Margaritonda (4), Hopkins (5), Church (7), King (9) and Helmburg. Creamer, Wagner (3), Rexroat (3), Gullo (5), Terry (7) and Ferraro. W—Terry (2-3). L—King (2-3). 2B—Escobedo 2 (M), Jamison (EK), Dunlop (EK). HR—Phipps (EK).
Records — Eastern Ky. 26-20, Marshall 15-32.
Western Ky. 011 000 500—7 7 3
South Alabama 310 001 001—6 9 2
Clay, Tompkins (6), Haydel (8) and Kelly; Byrd, Bailey (6), Bartsch (8) and Cofield. W—Tompkins (4-2). L—Bailey (1-3). S—Haydel (2). 2B—Dykes (W).
Records — Western Ky. 21-28, South Alabama 18-31.
High school
Boone Co. 001 000 0—1 4 1
Lafayette 001 001 x—2 10 2
Church and Morgan; Pope and Messner. W—Pope. L—Church. 2B—Gumm (L).
Casey Co. 000 0 0— 0 0 2
Boyle Co. 104 (11)x—16 16 0
Hayes, Atwood (3) and Christian. Payne and Young. W—Payne. L—Hayes. 2B—Ross (BC), Blevins (BC). 3B—Ross (BC). HR—Young (BC).
Records — Boyle Co. 15-14, Casey Co. 8-23
Connor 001 002 0—3 7 0
Tates Creek 010 000 1—2 5 1
Nelson, Ross (2) and Hendricks. Bronaugh, Patterson (6) and Sweet. W—Ross. L—Bronaugh. 2B—Padget (C). HR—Fogle (C).
Records — Connor 12-17, Tates Creek 18-12
Cooper 120 100 04—8 8 1
Harrison Co. 002 200 00—4 13 5
Carella, Smith (4) and Kilbourn; Nutter, Riley (5), Royce (8), Faulconer (8) and Stroub. W—Smith (2-3). L—Riley (2-3). 2B—Dilillo (C), Hill (H). HR—Hill (H).
Records—Cooper 7-17-1, Harrison Co. 23-7.
Fleming Co. 000 00— 0 2 2
Ashland Blazer 171 01—10 7 0
H. Burnett, Monroe (5) and M. Burnett. Salow and Fritz. W—Salow. L—H. Burnett. 2B—Hunter (AB).
Manual 120 020 0—5 12 2
Bryan Station 120 001 2—6 3 2
Scanlon, Olson (7) and Coryell; Hagen, Morton (6) and Lewis. W—Morton. L—Scanlon. 2B—Chelbowy (B), Olson (M), Scanlon (M).
Menifee Co. 000 000 4—4 5 1
Paris 400 022 x—8 12 0
Sargent and Ramsey; West, Lemmons (3), Levart (6) and Cooke. W—West. L—Sargent. 2B—Royce (M), Cooke (P).
North Laurel 100 002 0—3 4 1
West Jessamine 000 030 1—4 4 2
Bowling and Maxey. Settle, Jones (5), Peters (7) and Oaks. W—Peters. L—Bowling. 2B—Shears (NL).
North Oldham 000 000 0—0 1 0
Woodford Co. 241 000 x—7 10 0
Heady, Sohn (4) and Sterrett. Boggess, Hacker (6) and Beavers. W—Boggess. L—Heady. 2B—Heady (NO), Boggess (WC).
Owensboro Catholic 000 000 0—0 4 1
Lex Cath 320 210 x—8 9 0
Ramsey, Haddon (5) and Brand; Wells, Sayre (5) and Jackson. W—Wells. L—Ramsey. 2B—Schafin (L), Taylor (L). HR—T. Jackson (L).
Powell Co. 001 010 0—2 5 0
Tates Creek 002 301 x—6 10 1
Marcum and Hayes. Johnson, Block (6) and Sweet. W—Johnson. L—Marcum. 2B—Mitchell (TC), Shelby (TC). 3B—McCoy (PC). HR—Hart (TC).
Records — Tates Creek 19-12, Powell Co. 23-7
Somerset 003 000 5—8 9 1
LCA 320 120 1—9 12 1
Price, Carrender (5), Dishman (7) and Dishman, Wilson (7); Cooper, Murphy (7), Johnson (7) and Hall, Smith (6). W—Johnson. L—Carrender. 2B—Wilson (S), Pelston (S). 3B—Murphy (L). HR—Blair (L).
Records—Somerset 15-11, Lexington Christian 19-13.
Basketball
nba
playoffs
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
FIRST ROUND
Wednesday's late game
Memphis 92 L.A. Clippers 80
Thursday's games
Philadelphia 79 Chicago 78Philadelphia wins series 4-2
Boston 83 Atlanta 80Boston wins series 4-2
Denver 113 Los Angeles 96series tied 3-3Friday's game
Memphis at L.A. Clippers (n)
Saturday's game
x-Denver at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
Sunday's game
x-L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 1 p.m.
Golf
Professional
PGA: The Players
At Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
7,215-yard, par 72
TPC Sawgrass, Players Stadium Course
Zach Johnson 70-66—136-8
Kevin Na 67-69—136-8
Matt Kuchar 68-68—136-8
Harris English 70-67—137-7
Charlie Wi 71-67—138-6
Martin Laird 65-73—138-6
Jonathan Byrd 68-70—138-6
Adam Scott 68-70—138-6
Brian Davis 68-70—138-6
Kevin Stadler 68-71—139-5
Ben Curtis 68-71—139-5
Bill Haas 68-71—139-5
Blake Adams 66-73—139-5
Michael Thompson 68-71—139-5
Brendon de Jonge 69-71—140-4
Kevin Streelman 72-68—140-4
Jimmy Walker 71-70—141-3
Bo Van Pelt 71-70—141-3
Luke Donald 72-69—141-3
Lee Westwood 71-70—141-3
John Huh 75-66—141-3
Ryan Moore 69-72—141-3
Brian Harman 73-68—141-3
Tom Gillis 70-71—141-3
Tim Clark 71-70—141-3
Nick Watney 71-70—141-3
Ian Poulter 65-76—141-3
Rickie Fowler 72-69—141-3
Jeff Maggert 70-71—141-3
Josh Teater 71 - 71—142 - 2
Jim Furyk 72-70—142-2
Jhonattan Vegas 68-74—142-2
Martin Kaymer 73-69—142-2
Johnson Wagner 69-73—142-2
Phil Mickelson 71-71—142-2
Bob Estes 73-69—142-2
Keegan Bradley 72-70—142-2
Tiger Woods 74-68—142-2
Henrik Stenson 71-71—142-2
Spencer Levin 74-68—142-2
Others
Carl Pettersson 71-72—143-1
Sergio Garcia 73-71—144 E
Failed to qualify
Francesco Molinari 72-73—145 +1
Padraig Harrington 69-76—145 +1
Louis Oosthuizen 71-74—145 +1
Vijay Singh 73-74—147 +3
Ernie Els 74-74—148 +4
Rory McIlroy 72-76—148 +4
J.B. Holmes 74 - 78—152 +8
European PGA:Madeira Islands Open
At Santo da Serra, Madeira Islands
6,825-yard, par 72 Santo da Serra G.C.
Leading scores
Oliver Wilson 66-65—131-13
Magnus Carlsson 66-66—132-12
Joakim Lagergren 66-66—132-12
Andy Sullivan 68-64—132-12
Shirwan Kim 68-66—134-10
Richard Bland 68-67—135-9
Ricardo Santos 68-65—135-9
Morten Orum Madsen66-69—135-9
Charlie Ford 67-68—135-9
College women
Division I Central Regional
At Columbus, Ohio
6,264-yard, par 72 Scarlet Course
Second round
TOP TEAMS
1. Southern Cal 588; 2. Vanderbilt 600; 3. Virginia 604; T4. Purdue 608; T4. Oregon 608
TOP INDIVIDUALS
1. Lisa McCloskey, Southern Cal 141; T2. Maria Salinas, Florida St. 143; T2. Lauren Stratton, Vanderbilt 143; T2. Marina Alex, Vanderbilt 143; 5. Sophia Popov, Southern Cal 146.
T18. KENTUCKY (635) — T56. Heather Lott 79-78—157 (+13); T73. Betsie Johnson 82-78—160 (+16); T73. Liz Breed 77-83—160 (+16); T92. Ashlee Rose 84-78—162 (+18); T106. Ashleigh Albrecht 86-79—165 (+21)
Hockey
professional
NHL playoffs
(Best-of-7)
CONFERENCE CHAMPSIONSHIPS
Saturday's game
Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m., series tied 3-3
world championships
(3 points for a win in regulation; 2 points for an overtime win; 1 point for an overtime loss)
Group H
At Helsinki, Finland
Thursday's games
Finland 7, France 1
United States 5, Belarus 2
Friday's games
U.S. 3, Kazakhstan 2
Canada 5, Finland 3
Saturday's games
Slovakia vs. Belarus, 5:15 a.m.
Switzerland vs. France, 9:15 a.m.
Kazakhstan vs. Canada, 1:15 p.m.
Group S
At Stockholm, Sweden
Thursday's games
Czech Republic 3, Latvia 1
Russia 3, Denmark 1
Friday's games
Czech Republic 6, Italy 0
Russia 7, Sweden 3
Saturday's games
Norway vs. Latvia, 6:15 a.m.
Germany vs. Denmar, 10:15 a.m.
Italy vs. Sweden, 2:15 p.m.
Softball
college
(All times p.m., unless noted)
sec tournament
(In bracket order)
At Birmingham, Ala.
THURSDAY'S FIRST ROUND
Florida 1 Louisiana St. 0
Tennessee 2 Auburn 1
Georgia 6 Kentucky 4
Alabama 5 Mississippi St. 2
FRIDAY'S SEMIFINALS
Florida 2 Tennessee 1
Alabama 1 Georgia 0
SATURDAY'S FINALS
Florida vs. Alabama, 7
OVC TOURNAMENT
At Martin, Tenn.
THURSDAY'S FIRST ROUND
Tennessee Tech 2 Jacksonville St. 1
Murray St. 3 Eastern Ky. 1
E.Illinois 3 Tennessee Tech 1
Tenn.-Martin 7 Murray St. 1
FRIDAY'S SECOND ROUND
Jacksonville St. 9 Eastern Ky. 0
Jacksonville St. 7 E.Illinois 5
Tenn.-Martin 6 Tennessee Tech 2
Murray St. 5 Jacksonville St. 3
Saturday's Games
Tennessee Tech vs. Murray St., 10 a.m.
UT Martin vs. Tennessee Tech-Murray St. winner, 12:30 p.m.sun belt tournament
At Boca Raton, Fla.
(Double-elimination)
THURSDAY'S SEcOND round
Louisiana-Monroe 10 Troy 4
North Texas 3 Florida Atlantic 0
FRIDAY'S GAMES
South Alabama 9 Fla. International 1 (6)
La.-Lafayette 12 Western Ky. 1 (5)
Western Ky. 5 La-Monroe 3
North Texas 8 FIU 0 (5)
S.Alabama 4 Western Ky. 2 (8)
La.-Lafayette 5 North Texas 1
SATURDAY'S FINALS
South Alabama vs. La-Lafayette, 4
Western Ky. 020 010 0—3 6 0
North Texas 100 000 0—1 3 1
Rousseau and Dew; Kirk, Simmons (5) and Grimes. W—Rousseau (15-13). L—Kirk (11-12). 2B—Rupp (N). 3B—Metoyer (W), Watkins (W).
Records — Western Ky. 32-23, North Texas 26-25.
Western Ky. 020 000 3—5 7 1
La. Monroe 030 000 0—3 6 1
Rousseau and Dew; Wilson and Cassel. W—Rousseau (16-13). L—Wilson (13-8). 2B—Cassel (L), McCall (W). HR—Cruce (W), Thomas (W)
Records — Western Ky. 33-23, Louisiana-Monroe 25-26.High school
Garrad Co. 002 100 0—3 6 3
Franklin Co. 001 061 x—8 9 4
Day and Morris; Howard and Johnson. W—Howard. L—Day. HR—Sanders (F).
Records—Garrard Co. 2-21, Franklin Co. 18-11.
Tennis
College men
NCCAA Championship at Mobile, Ala.
Campbellsville 5, Spring Arbor 1
College women
NCAA Championships
First round at Los Angeles
UCLA 4, Eastern Ky. 0
Singles — Robin Anderson (UCLA) led Amandine Faouzi 6-0, 4-0 DNF. McCall Jones (UCLA) led Kristina Labeja 6-3, 4-0 DNF. Pamela Montez (UCLA) led Melissa Gerritsen 6-1, 3-3 DNF. Skylar Morton (UCLA) def. Milena Poffo 6-1, 6-1. Chanelle Van Nguyen (UCLA) def. Saioa Oscoz 6-0, 6-2. Carling Seguso (UCLA) def. Marcela Jimenez 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles — Anderson/Morton (UCLA) led Gerritsen/Labeja 7-1. Dolehide/Montez (UCLA) def. Oscoz/Poffo 8-0. Seguso/Van Nguyen (UCLA) def. Faouzi/Rodriguez 8-0.
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