Sports Agate 08-17-10

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BASEBALL

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES – Placed RHP Jason Berken on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Rick Vandenhurk from Norfolk (IL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS – Agreed to terms with RHP Kyle Blair.

DETROIT TIGERS – Recalled LHP Daniel Schlereth from Toledo (IL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS – Agreed to terms with OF Brett Eibner and RHP Jason Adam. Assigned Eibner to Idaho Falls (Pioneer) and Adam to Surprise (Arizona).

LOS ANGELES ANGELS – Agreed to terms with INF Kaleb Cowart.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS – Activated OF Conor Jackson from the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Travis Buck from Sacramento (PCL). Optioned INF Jeff Larish and OF Chris Carter to Sacramento.

TAMPA BAY RAYS – Reinstated 1B Carlos Pena from the 15-day DL. Placed OF Gabe Kapler on the 15-day DL.

TEXAS RANGERS – Placed OF Nelson Cruz on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 15. Activated INF Joaquin Arias from the 15-day DL. Named Jay Miller senior vice president, effective Aug. 30.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS – Agreed to terms with LHP Zak Adams and RHP Myles Jaye.

National League

COLORADO ROCKIES – Agreed to terms with RHP Peter Tago.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS – Agreed to terms with LHP Robbie Ray.

Midwest League

QUAD CITIES RIVER BANDITS – Announced RHP LaCurtis Mayes has been transferred from Batavia (NYP).

Frontier League

EVANSVILLE OTTERS – Signed 1B Jonathan Waltenbury. Released 1B Corey O'Neill.

FLORENCE FREEDOM – Released INF Maxwell Moya and OF Andrew Passerelle.

GATEWAY GRIZZLIES – Traded RHP Eric Blackwell to Traverse City and INF Tyler Rogers to Oakland County for players to be named. Signed RHP Adrian Garza.

KALAMAZOO KINGS – Placed C Jett Ruiz on the suspended list. Signed C Kent Wright. Traded RHP Josh Whitlock to Gateway for a player to be named.

WASHINGTON WILD THINGS – Placed INF Jacob Dempsey on the retired list.

United League

LAREDO BRONCOS – Signed DH Jose Canseco.

SAN ANGELO COLTS – Placed C Trey Carter on the inactive list. Activated RHP Caleb Rodgers. Signed C Mike Horn and placed him on the inactive list.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

DETROIT PISTONS – Signed G-F Tracy McGrady to a one-year contract.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NFL – LB Aaron Schobel announced his retirement.

BUFFALO BILLS – Signed RB Andre Anderson and WR Aaron Rhea. Placed LB Ryan Manalac on the waived/injured list.

CAROLINA PANTHERS – Activated WR Steve Smith from the physically-unable-to-perform list.

CLEVELAND BROWNS – Signed WR Taurus Johnson. Placed WR Johnathan Haggerty on the waived/injured list.

DETROIT LIONS – Signed LB Lee Campbell.

HOUSTON TEXANS – Placed DE Tim Bulman on injured reserve. Signed DE James Wyche.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS – Signed RB Brian Westbrook. Traded DT Kentwan Balmer to Seattle for an undisclosed 2011 draft pick.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS – Re-signed D Nick Boynton to a one-year contract.

American Hockey League

GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS – Announced the resignation of medical therapist Rob Snitzer.

SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE – Signed G Joe Fallon.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES – Signed M Geovanni.

COLLEGE

FLORIDA – Announced S Jordan Haden has left the football team and intends to transfer.

TENNIS

Cincinnati Open

Mason, Ohio

Singles

First Round

Stanislas Wawrinka d. Nicolas Almagro (14) 6-3, 6-3.

Paul-Henri Mathieu d. Victor Hanescu 6-7 (6), 7-6 (2), 6-3.

Taylor Dent d. Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-2.

Viktor Troicki, Serbia, d. Radek Stepanek 7-5, 6-1.

Sam Querrey d. Philipp Petzschner 6-1, 6-4.

Thiemo de Bakker d. Juan Monaco 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3.

Michael Berrer d. Tommy Robredo 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (8).

Jurgen Melzer (13) d. Santiago Giraldo 6-1, 6-4.

David Ferrer (10) d. Alexandr Dolgopolov 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

SPORTLIGHT

Aug. 17

1933–Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees plays his 1,308th straight game to break Everett Scott's record of 1,307.

1969–Ray Floyd beats Gary Player by one stroke to win the PGA championship.

1995–John Roethlisberger wins the U.S. National Gymnastics Championships' all-around title in New Orleans, becoming the first gymnast in 28 years to win four titles.

1997–Davis Love III shoots a 66 at Winged Foot to win the PGA Championship in Mamaroneck, N.Y., his first major title, by five strokes over Justin Leonard with a 72-hole total of 11-under 269.

2001–Shingo Katayama shoots a 6-under 64, and David Toms shoots a 65 to share the second-round lead in the PGA Championship. Katayama and Toms are at 9-under 131, tying the PGA record for 36 holes last set by Ernie Els at Riviera in 1995.

2005–The NCAA purchases the rights to the preseason and postseason National Invitation Tournaments as part of a settlement ending a four-year legal fight. The 40-team postseason NIT, which is a year older and was once the bigger event, will be run by the NCAA.

2008–At the Summer Olympics in Beijing, Michael Phelps and three teammates win the 400-meter medley relay for Phelps' eighth gold medal, eclipsing Mark Spitz's seven-gold performance at the 1972 Munich Games. Of his five individual races and three relays, Phelps sets world records in seven and an Olympic record in the eighth.

2008–Jesus Sauceda of Matamoros, Mexico, pitches the fifth perfect game in Little League World Series history and the first in 29 years for a 12-0 win over Emilia, Italy. Sauceda strikes out all 12 batters in a game the lasts four innings instead of the usual six because of Little League's 10-run mercy rule. Sauceda also stars at the plate, going 3-for-3 with six RBIs, including a grand slam in the third.

latest line

NFL Preseason

Thursday, August 19th.

x-Buffalo 31/2 Indianapolis

ATLANTA 21/2 New England

(Friday)

CINCINNATI 3 Philadelphia

(Saturday)

WASHINGTON 21/2 Baltimore

NY GIANTS Off Pittsburgh

JACKSONVILLE 11/2 Miami

TAMPA BAY 21/2 Kansas City

CLEVELAND 3 St. Louis

Houston 2 NEW ORLEANS

CAROLINA Off NY Jets

CHICAGO 21/2 Oakland

SAN DIEGO 21/2 Dallas

DENVER 3 Detroit

SEATTLE 2 Green Bay

(Sunday)

SAN FRANCISCO 3 Minnesota

(Monday)

TENNESSEE 31/2 Arizona

x-at Toronto, Canada.

MLB

National League

Florida 6-7 PITTSBURGH

PHILADELPHIA 6-7 San Francisco

ATLANTA 8-9 Washington

NY Mets 61/2 -71/2 HOUSTON

San Diego Even-6 CHICAGO CUBS

ST. LOUIS 81/2 -91/2 Milwaukee

Cincinnati Even-6 ARIZONA

LA DODGERS 71/2 -81/2 Colorado

American League

BALTIMORE Even-6 Seattle

NY YANKEES 8-9 Detroit

BOSTON 51/2 -61/2 LA Angels

TAMPA BAY 6-7 Texas

MINNESOTA Even-6 Chi White Sox

KANSAS CITY 8-9 Cleveland

OAKLAND Even-6 Toronto

Home Team in CAPS

hole in one

MARK SYMINGTON, No. 7 at South Toledo, 133 yards, wedge.

DENNIS TORNOW, No. 14 at Chippewa, 153 yards, 5-iron.

BILL WIENER, No. 15 at Woodlawn, 180 yards, 5-iron.

PREP TENNIS

START 4, MAUMEE 1

Avery (S) d. Erford, 6-1, 6-2; Sims (S) d. Dagg, 6-2, 6-2; Clark (S) d. Hall, 6-4, 6-3; S. Hall/A. Foley (M) d. Dreslinski/Lancaster, 6-3, 6-3; Bricker/Segura (S) d. Bradford/Rapp, 6-0, 6-4.

FOSTORIA 3, ROSSFORD 2

Faleh (R) d. Wyant, 6-4, 6-2; Porter (F) d. Appt, 7-6, 2-6, 6-0; Hotz (R) d. Walter, 6-2, 6-0; Beard/Grine (F) d. D. Morris/Espen, 6-0, 6-1; August/Garrett (F) d. Brown/Bisilski, 6-1, 6-3.

CENTRAL 5, NORTHVIEW 0

M. Delp d. Miller, 6-3, 6-3; S. Delp d. Leizerman, 6-0, 6-0; Scherting d. Rentner, 6-0, 6-0; Mitchell/O'Hearn d. Forrester/Hawley, 6-2, 6-1; Hunter/Brown d. Mills/Ford, 6-0, 6-3.

OTTAWA HILLS 3, COL. ACADEMY 2

Fillis (OH) d. Reddy, 6-2, 6-0; Bhatt (OH) d. Patel, 6-2, 6-4; Wexner (CA) d. Nanda, 6-4, 6-0; Pike/Rumpf (OH) d. Lavin/Uauabhaneni, 6-3, 6-3; Jung/Manda (CA) d. Aubry/Denner, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1.

CLAY 4 TOLEDO CHRISTIAN 1

Herrera (C) d Clark 6-2, 6-2; Adkins (C) d. E. Laughlin 6-2, 6-2; Lepkowski (TC) d. Durczynski 6-3, 6-4; Klewer/Hartkopf (C) d. Smith/M. Laughlin 6-3, 6-3; Hillyer/Olinger (C) d. Crews/Dick 6-2, 6-3

PREP GOLF

Elmwood Royal Open

Boys Division – Woodmore-176; Elmwood-211; Rossford-213; Otsego-223; Gibsonburg-227

Elmwood: Jordan Franks 49; Kayleb Stuff 51; Allen Dyar 55; Tyler Morlock 56

Gibsonburg: Cyrus Foos 45; John Gibson 61; Alex Gibson 55; Trey Carnicom 66

Otsego: Cuyler Kepling 50; Cody Wright 62; Curtis Rae 50;

Mitchell Miles 61

Rossford: Alex Smith 52; Corey Bedegarea 53; Ryan Turco 58; Glen Tripp 50

Woodmore: Devin Fisher 45; Andy Marik 43; Paul Makulinski 42; Jon Makulinski 46

Girls Division – Otsego-218; Maumee-222; Elmwood-226; Buckeye Central-236; Genoa-245

Elmwood: Karly Haughawout 46; Alison Bentley 57; Colleen Mathias 57; Savannah Baker 66

Genoa: Emily Mock 46; Abril Marroquin 51; Maddie Smith 70; Savannah Compton 78

Maumee: Becki Hayes 46; Emily Long 59; Bre Forkapa 59; Courtney McIntire 58

Otsego: Lindsay Lehman 52; Lindsay Long 50; Haley Long 54; Riley Anderson 62

At Birch Run

Boys

Sylvania Invitational

Northview Gold 312; Napoleon 318; St. Francis 318; Anthony Wayne 318; Maumee 321; Bowling Green 334; Clay 342; Southview 346; Eastwood 346; Northview Black 353.

Medalist: Lambert (Nap) 72. At The Legacy.

LIBERTY CENTER 170, MONTPELIER 205

LC: Knapp 38, Davis 39, Tibbits 44, Weicher 49. M: Waldron 50, Taylor 51, Thorp 51, Scott 53. At White Pines.

Fremont Ross Invitational

Ottawa Hills 328, Fremont Ross 332, Lexington 336, Findlay 340, Bellevue 348, Gibsonburg 375.

OH: Haigh 74, Silverman 82, Jamieson 85, Sunvold 87.

Girls

NORTHVIEW 175, CLAY 177, SOUTHVIEW 182

N; Silver 39, Debelly 40, Schaefer 47, Padilla 49. C: Maze 38, Pollauf 43, Orr 48, Brummett 48. S: Breytogle 45, Moreland 45, Ruffin 45, Hehl 47. At Brandywine CC.

PERRYSBURG 172, VAN BUREN 205

P: K. Tudor 40, Diehl 43, B. Tudor 44, M. Dorner 45. VB: Sawyer 47, Causey 52, Hertel 53, Kelley 53. At Red Hawk Run.

WHITMER 189, CENTRAL 202, ROSSFORD 223

Carrigan (CC) 44, Krum (W) 44, Comes (CC) 45, Breier (W) 45, Encarnacion (W) 49. At Detwiler.