Golf, amateur baseball, soccer, WNBA

7/7/2006

GOLF

Western Open

Lemont, Ill., par 71 (35-36)

First Round

Joe Ogilvie 31-35 66

Lucas Glover 32-34 66

Daniel Chopra 32-34 66

David McKenzie 32-34 66

Phil Mickelson 31-36 67

Davis Love III 32-35 67

Charles Warren 34-33 67

Stephen Leaney 34-33 67

Vijay Singh 33-34 67

Robert Allenby 31-36 67

Patrick Sheehan 32-36 68

Ryan Moore 34-34 68

Stephen Ames 35-33 68

Brent Geiberger 34-34 68

Shane Bertsch 34-34 68

Jeff Overton 33-35 68

Zach Johnson 32-36 68

K.J. Choi 33-35 68

Tim Herron 33-35 68

Stuart Appleby 35-33 68

Dudley Hart 33-36 69

Woody Austin 35-34 69

Carl Pettersson 35-34 69

Brett Wetterich 36-33 69

Jim Furyk 35-34 69

Ryan Hietala 34-35 69

Bill Haas 34-35 69

Mark Wilson 34-35 69

Jamie Lovemark 33-36 69

Robert Damron 34-35 69

D.J. Trahan 36-33 69

Trevor Immelman 33-36 69

Peter Lonard 35-34 69

Chris Couch 33-36 69

Scott Verplank 35-34 69

Jonathan Kaye 36-33 69

Shaun Micheel 36-33 69

Brett Quigley 35-34 69

Mathew Goggin 35-34 69

Pat Perez 35-34 69

Danny Ellis 35-34 69

Brian Gay 34-36 70

Carlos Franco 35-35 70

Jason Gore 33-37 70

Jonathan Byrd 34-36 70

Billy Mayfair 34-36 70

Tim Clark 35-35 70

Charley Hoffman 37-33 70

Scott Gutschewski 33-37 70

Bubba Dickerson 36-34 70

Eric Axley 34-36 70

Skip Kendall 33-37 70

Paul Stankowski 34-36 70

Tag Ridings 35-35 70

Heath Slocum 37-33 70

John Daly 33-37 70

Luke Donald 32-38 70

Brian Davis 34-36 70

John Senden 36-34 70

Jeff Brehaut 35-35 70

Daisuke Maruyama 37-33 70

Mike Small 36-34 70

Justin Rose 35-36 71

Notah Begay III 36-35 71

Camilo Villegas 34-37 71

Kevin Sutherland 35-36 71

Stewart Cink 36-35 71

Todd Hamilton 34-37 71

Kenny Perry 33-38 71

Jerry Smith 37-34 71

Bubba Watson 34-37 71

Billy Hurley III 34-37 71

Steve Lowery 34-37 71

Steve Jones 37-34 71

Steve Flesch 36-35 71

Mark Calcavecchia 33-38 71

Steve Stricker 37-34 71

Jerry Kelly 36-35 71

John Rollins 36-35 71

U.S. Senior Open

Hutchinson, Kan., par 70 (35-35)

First Round

a-denotes amateur

Dave Barr 35-32 67

Jay Haas 34-33 67

Massy Kuramoto 33-35 68

Graham Marsh 34-34 68

Mark James 33-35 68

D.A. Weibring 33-35 68

Bruce Lietzke 34-35 69

Lonnie Nielsen 35-34 69

Allen Doyle 33-36 69

Bruce Summerhays 36-33 69

Morris Hatalsky 36-34 70

Vicente Fernandez 32-38 70

Mark Johnson 35-35 70

Dana Quigley 35-35 70

Jon Chaffee 34-36 70

Tom Watson 35-35 70

Dick Mast 35-35 70

Walter Hall 36-34 70

Brad Bryant 36-35 71

Jim Dent 35-36 71

Tom Wargo 35-36 71

Gary McCord 39-32 71

Tom Jenkins 35-36 71

Andy Bean 37-34 71

Bob Gilder 33-38 71

Mike Blackburn 35-36 71

Scott Spence 35-36 71

a-Randy Reifers 34-37 71

Steve Prugh 34-37 71

Craig Stadler 36-35 71

a-Buddy Marucci 37-34 71

Rick Rhoden 36-35 71

Jon Fiedler 35-36 71

Steve Thomas 35-37 72

Loren Roberts 35-37 72

Peter Jacobsen 36-36 72

R.W. Eaks 35-37 72

Ron Streck 38-34 72

Tom McKnight 38-34 72

Tom Kite 35-37 72

Fred Funk 35-37 72

Scott Simpson 36-36 72

Jim Sobb 34-38 72

Rocky Rockett 38-35 73

James Blair 34-39 73

Jack Renner 34-39 73

a-Mike Bell 39-34 73

Isao Aoki 38-35 73

Des Smyth 36-37 73

Doug Tewell 33-40 73

Wayne Levi 36-37 73

Leonard Thompson 37-36 73

Jimmy Hill 36-37 73

Bob Mann 37-36 73

Gil Morgan 36-37 73

Hajime Meshiai 35-38 73

Curtis Strange 35-38 73

Hale Irwin 35-38 73

Scott Masingill 34-39 73

Steve Benson 34-39 73

Chris Starkjohann 37-37 74

a-Pat Tallent 36-38 74

Mike Reid 37-37 74

a-Greg Reynolds 38-36 74

Jim Ahern 38-36 74

Dave Eichelberger 36-38 74

David Lundstrom 36-38 74

John Mazza 36-38 74

Gary Robison 36-38 74

Bill Schumaker 39-35 74

Rod Spittle 40-34 74

Fuzzy Zoeller 36-38 74

HSBC Women s World Match Play

Gladstone, N.J., par 72

First Round

(Matches listed in bracket order; seedings in parentheses)

Upper Bracket

Annika Sorenstam (1) def. Virada Nirapathpongporn (64), 3 and 2; Heather Young (32) def. Sung-Ah Yim (33), 19 holes; Seon-Hwa Lee (16) def. Aree Song (49), 3 and 2; Brittany Lang (17) def. Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (48), 3 and 2; Juli Inkster (8) def. Tina Barrett (57), 2 and 1.

Catriona Matthew (25) def. Beth Daniel (40), 21 holes; Marcy Hart (56) def. Jeong Jang (9), 2-up; Liselotte Neumann (24) def. Karen Stupples (41), 3 and 1; Karrie Webb (4) def. Nancy Scranton (61), 4 and 2; Gloria Hee Jung Park (29) def. Rachel Hetherington (36), 1-up.

Pat Hurst (13) def. Reilley Rankin (52), 21 holes; Helen Alfredsson (45) def. Julieta Granada (20), 3 and 2; Paula Creamer (5) def. Miriam Nagl (60), 2 and 1; Marisa Baena (37) def. Wendy Ward (28), 21 holes; Morgan Pressel (12) def. Sarah Lee (53), 20 holes; Meena Lee (21) def. Sherri Steinhauer (44), 2 and 1.

Lower Bracket

Michelle Wie (2) def. Candy Hannemann (63), 5 and 3; Christina Kim (34) def. Joo Mi Kim (31), 2 and 1; Se-Ri Pak (15) def. Angela Stanford (50), 5 and 4; Lorie Kane (47) def. Natalie Gulbis (18), 3 and 2; Brandie Burton (58) def. Yuri Fudoh (7), 4 and 3.

Brittany Lincicome (39) def. Michele Redman (26), 20 holes; Kyeong Bae (55) def. Ai Miyazato (10), 2-up; Suzann Pettersen (42) def. Young Kim (23), 2 and 1; Lorena Ochoa (3) def. Il Mi Chung (62), 3 and 1; Karine Icher (35) def. Stacy Prammanasudh (30), 4 and 3.

Mi Hyun Kim (14) def. Nicole Castrale (51), 4 and 2; Laura Davies (46) def. Jee Young Lee (19), 2 and 1; Cristie Kerr (6) def. Young Jo (59), 1-up; Sophie Gustafson (27) def. Gwladys Nocera (38), 3 and 2; Lindsey Wright (54) def. Hee-Won Han (11), 5 and 4; Laura Diaz (43) bye.

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES Designated OF Luis Matos for assignment. Purchased the contract of OF Luis Terrero from Ottawa of the IL.

BOSTON RED SOX Signed RHP Anthony Alvarado, 3B Pedro Chourio, CF Engel Beltre, LHP Manuel Rivera and SS Oscar Tejada.

NEW YORK YANKEES Added OF Aaron Guiel to the 25-man roster. Sent LHP Matt Smith to Columbus of the IL.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS Announced David Aliotto, vice president of sales and marketing, has accepted the position of executive vice president of Earthquakes Soccer, LLC.

National League

CHICAGO CUBS Agreed to terms with RHP Chris Huseby.

CINCINNATI REDS Acquired LHP Eddie Guardado and cash from Seattle for RHP Travis Chick. Activated 3B Edwin Encarnacion from 15-day DL. Designated OF Quinton McCracken for assignment. Optioned RHP Elizardo Ramirez to Dayton of the MWL. Purchased the contract OF Dewayne Wise from Louisville of IL. Recalled LHP Michael Gosling from Louisville. Optioned LHP Brian Shackelford to Louisville.

FLORIDA MARLINS Recalled LHP Jason Vargas from Albuquerque of the PCL.

Optioned LHP Renyel Pinto to Albuquerque.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS Signed OF Lyndon Poole.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS Recalled LHP Dana Eveland from Nashville of the PCL. Purchased the contract of C Mike Rivera from Nashville.

NEW YORK METS Placed RHP Pedro Martinez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 29. Called up RHP Heath Bell from Norfolk of the IL.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES Activated RHP Jon Lieber from the 15-day DL. Signed RHP Kyle Drabek. Optioned RHP Scott Mathieson to Reading of the EL.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS Activated OF Alex Escobar from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Mike O Connor to New Orleans of the PCL. Purchased the contract of LHP Micah Bowie from New Orleans of the PCL. Transferred RHP Felix Rodriguez from the 15-to 60-day DL.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

BOSTON CELTICS Signed G Allan Ray. Exercised the team options on the contracts of F Al Jefferson, G Delonte West, G Gerald Green and G Sebastian Telfair.

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS Signed F Adam Morrison.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS Signed OT Terrance Pennington.

NEW YORK GIANTS Waived QB Josh Harris, RB Decori Birmingham, DT Sir Henry Anderson, S Adrian Mayes and G Kevin McAlmont.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

ATLANTA THRASHERS Signed G Dave Caruso.

BOSTON BRUINS Agreed to terms C Mark Mowers on a two-year contract.

CALGARY FLAMES Signed G Jamie McLennan.

CAROLINA HURRICANES Re-signed D Glen Wesley to a one-year contract. Signed F Trevor Letowski to a two-year contract.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS Signed G Ty Conklin and D Tomas Kloucek.

EDMONTON OILERS Signed D Daniel Tjarnqvist to a one-year contract.

FLORIDA PANTHERS Agreed to terms with D Ari Vallin.

MINNESOTA WILD Re-signed LW Derek Boogard. Signed RW Branko Radivojevic.

MONTREAL CANADIENS Signed C Mike Ribeiro and D Jean-Philippe Cote to one-year contracts.

NEW YORK RANGERS Re-signed F Martin Straka.

OTTAWA SENATORS Signed G Ray Emery to a one-year contract.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS Re-signed F R.J. Umberger to a two-year contract.

ST. LOUIS BLUES Named Peter McLoughlin chief executive officer of St. Louis Blues Enterprises.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING Signed LW Ruslan Fedotenko and D Doug Janik.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS Signed D Sasha Pokulok to an entry-level contract.

American Hockey League

HARTFORD WOLF PACK Signed D Marvin Degon.

SPRINGFIELD FALCONS Signed C Dan Cavanaugh, RW Ryan Gibbons and RW Maxime Boisclair.

USA HOCKEY

USAH Named Mark Johnson coach of the women s national hockey team.

MOTORSPORTS

NASCAR Suspended Shane Wilson, Busch Series crew chief for Kevin Harvick, for six races and fined him $15,000 for unapproved aerodynamic modifications on the No. 21 Chevrolet. Docked Harvick 50 driver points and Richard Childress 50 car owner points. Suspended Gene Nead, Busch Series crew chief for Burney Lamar, for six races and fined him $15,000 for unapproved alterations to the shock absorbers on the No. 77 Chevrolet. Docked Lamar 50 driver points and DeLana Harvick 50 car owner points. Fined Mark Durgin, crew chief for P.J. Jones, and Dave Fuge Jr., crew chief for Paul Tracy, $5,000 each for having an unapproved air filters. Fined Rick Gay, crew chief for John Andretti, $2,500 for having an unapproved vent. Fined Marc Reno, crew chief for Mike Wallace, $2,000 for having an unapproved fuel cell vent tube.

soccer

World Cup

Second Round; Third Place

Tomorrow

At Stuttgart, Germany

Portugal vs. Germany, 3

Championship

Sunday, July 9

At Berlin

France vs. Italy, 2

amateur baseball

Senior Acme

Waite 000 30 3 8 4

Central Catholic 346 2x 15 14 2

WP Kepler. LP Martinez. Poland (CC) 3-3, 4 RBI.

Clay 010 010 0 2 10 1

Ottawa Hills 000 003 x 3 7 1

WP-Baehren. LP-Kovacs. Hajjar (OH), 2-3, 2B.

Northview 601 014 0 12 10 2

Woodward 000 030 0 3 8 3

WP-Rutter. L-Schrecongost. Ely (N) 2-2.

Bowsher 253 50 15 10 0

Emmanuel Baptist 000 03 3 4 4

WP-Kaighin. LP-SBuck. Henneman (B) 2-2, 2 RBI.

Waite 025 001 1 - 9 10 0

Emmanuel Baptist 100 000 0 - 1 5 2

WP-Moreno. LP-Tanner. Wilson (W) 2-4, 3 RBI.

Maumee 100 311 0 - 6 5 4

Rogers 002 000 0 - 2 1 4

WP-Jaynes. LP-Scott. Chapman (M) 2B, 1 RBI.

Southview 120 400 000 1 - 8 13 3

Libbey 025 000 000 0 - 7 8 6

WP-Joseph. LP-Smith. Mierzwiak (S), 3-5, GWRBI.

Evergreen 100 000 0 - 1 7 3

Delta 202 010 x - 5 9 1

WP-Vaughen. LP-Fernis. Diderson (D), 3-4.

Swanton 000 03 - 3 4 2

Archbold 303 34 - 13 15 2

WP-Vaughen. LP-Fernis. Diderson (D), 3-4.

Senior Knothole

Ortho/Honeybaked 300 100 0 4 5 3

Triple-L Const. 005 000 x 5 7 2

WP-Anderson. LP-Perzynski. Lorenzo (TL), 1-2, 2 RBI.

Toledo Hitmen 020 006 0 8 15 3

Hamilton Spikes 032 002 x 7 14 2

WP-Winckowski. LP-Schulthers. Martin (T), 2-3, 2 RBI.

GLSCL

Xenia 000 100 000 00 1 7 3

Monarchs 000 000 100 01 2 5 0

WP Roberts. LP Robinson. Maunus (M), GW RBI.

ESCL

Ohio Trojans 020 001 000 3 10 1

Vermillion Veterans 000 000 000 0 4 3

WP Albright. LP Schultz. Timofeev (T) 3-5.

wnba

Eastern Conference

W L Pct GB

Connecticut 13 5 .722

Indiana 12 6 .667 1

Detroit 11 6 .647 11/2

Washington 9 9 .500 4

New York 4 12 .250 8

Charlotte 3 14 .176 91/2

Chicago 2 14 .125 10

Western Conference

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 14 5 .737

Houston 12 7 .632 2

Sacramento 10 8 .556 31/2

Seattle 10 8 .556 31/2

San Antonio 9 8 .529 4

Phoenix 7 9 .438 51/2

Minnesota 6 11 .353 7

YESTERDAY

Connecticut 76, Charlotte 71

Phoenix 91, Detroit 76

Sacramento 79, New York 58

TODAY

Sacramento at Washington, 7

Detroit at Minnesota, 8

Houston at San Antonio, 8

New York at Chicago, 8:30

Indiana at Los Angeles, 10:30

latest line

Baseball

National League

San Diego Even-6 WASHINGTON

PHILADELPHIA 7-8 Pittsburgh

NY METS 51/2 -61/2 Florida

ATLANTA 6-7 Cincinnati

HOUSTON 6-7 St. Louis

Chicago Cubs 61/2 -71/2 MILWAUKEE

COLORADO 6-7 Arizona

San Francisco Even-6 LA DODGERS

American League

CLEVELAND 71/2 -81/2 Baltimore

NY Yankees 61/2 -71/2 TAMPA BAY

TEXAS Even-6 Minnesota

Toronto 9-11 KANSAS CITY

CHI WHITE SOX 7-8 Boston

OAKLAND Even-6 LA Angels

Detroit 61/2 -71/2 SEATTLE

Canadian Football

EDMONTON 1 B.C. Lions

(Saturday)

TORONTO 11/2 Winnipeg

SASKATCHEWAN 2 Calgary

Home Team in CAPS

notes

The Northwest Ohio Basketball Organization is hosting a SHOOTING AND BALL HANDLING CAMP at St. John s High School from July 10-14 for third to eighth grade boys. Contact Bill Robak at 419-410-2425.

TENNIS

Wimbledon

Singles

Men, Quarterfinals

Rafael Nadal (2) d. Jarkko Nieminen (22) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

Women, Semifinals

Justine Henin-Hardenne (3) d. Kim Clijsters (2) 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Amelie Mauresmo (1) d. Maria Sharapova (4) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.

Doubles

Men, Quarterfinals

Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjic (6), Serbia, d. Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi (2) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

Women, Quarterfinals

Yan Zi and Zheng Jie (4) d. Liezel Huber and Martina Navratilova (7) 4-6, 6-4, 6-0.

Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suarez d. Eleni Daniilidou and Anabel Medina Garrigues (10) 6-7 (4), 6-3, 9-7.

Yuliana Fedak and Tatiana Perebiynis d. Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Meghann Shaughnessy (5) 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4.

Mixed Doubles, Third Round

Bob Bryan and Venus Williams d. Todd Perry and Rennae Stubbs (6) 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Leander Paes and Samantha Stosur (4) d. Sebastian Prieto and Flavia Pennetta 6-3, 6-2.

Daniel Nestor and Elena Likhovtseva (5) d. Pavel Vizner and Sania Mirza 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.

Andy Ram and Vera Zvonareva (9) d. Mark Knowles and Martina Navratilova (8) 7-5, 6-1.

Quarterfinals

Max Mirnyi and Zheng Jie (2) d. Daniel Nestor and Elena Likhovtseva (5) 6-2, 6-3.

TODAY S SCHEDULE

Centre Court

Play begins at 8 a.m. EDT

Roger Federer (1) vs. Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden

Marcos Baghdatis (18), Cyprus, vs. Rafael Nadal (2), Spain

Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suarez vs. Yuliana Fedak and Tatiana Perebiynis, Ukraine

holes in one

NEIL SMITH, No. 15 at Forrest Creason, 126 yards, wedge.

TRUMAN IRVING, No. 10 at Sylvania CC, 165 yards, 7-iron.

TED LORENZEN, No. 15 at Forrest Creason, 126 yards, wedge.