Published: 8/15/2012

Scoreboard: 8-15

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BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL - Suspended L.A. Angeles pitching coach Mike Butcher one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for leaving the dugout to aggressively argue balls and strikes during Sunday's game against Seattle.

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES - Selected the contract of LHP J.C. Romero from Norfolk (IL). Recalled RHP Steve Johnson from Norfolk. Placed LHP Troy Patton on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 13. Designated RHP Miguel Socolovich for assignment.

BOSTON RED SOX - Traded C Kelly Shoppach to the N.Y. Mets for a player to be named.

CLEVELAND INDIANS - Placed RHP Josh Tomlin on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 13. Reinstated RHP Roberto Hernandez from the 15-day DL.

DETROIT TIGERS - Recalled RHP Luke Putkonen from Toledo (IL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS - Placed 3B Brandon Inge on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 12. Recalled INF Josh Donaldson from Sacramento (PCL).

TEXAS RANGERS - Agreed to terms with C Koyie Hill on a minor league contract and assigned him to Round Rock (PCL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS - Assigned RHP Scott Richmond to Las Vegas (PCL). Agreed to terms with C Jeff Mathis on a two-year contract through 2014.

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS - Assigned LHP Mike Zagurski outright to Reno (PCL) and selected his contract. Placed RHP Takashi Saito on the 15-day DL. Agreed to terms with 1B Matt Mangini on a minor league contract.

CHICAGO CUBS - Agreed to terms with RHP Seth McClung on a minor league contract.

CINCINNATI REDS - Agreed to terms with SS Johan Rodriguez on a minor league contract.

MIAMI MARLINS - Transferred RHP Sandy Rosario to the 60-day DL.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES - Assigned RHP Kyle Kaminska from Altoona (EL) to Bradenton (FSL).

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS - Placed LHP Brian Fuentes on the restricted list. Recalled RHP Trevor Rosenthal from Memphis (PCL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES - Selected the contract of LHP Tom Layne from San Antonio (TL). Designated LHP Alex Hinshaw for assignment.

Carolina League

CAROLINA MUDCATS - Announced the promotioin of INF Jesus Aguilar to Akron (EL). Added INF Justin Toole from Akron and OF Marcus Bradley from Lake County (MWL).

American Association

LINCOLN SALTDOGS - Signed LHP Tony Butler.

WICHITA WINGNUTS - Signed RHP James Hoyt, INF CJ Ziegler, INF Wilson Batista and INF Jake Kahaulelio.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES - Released LHP Dan Morari.

Can-Am League

QUEBEC CAPITALES - Released INF Doug Toro.

Frontier League

EVANSVILLE OTTERS - Signed RHP Patrick Dolan, LHP Todd Hughson and C Brett Walters. Released RHP Kevin Christy and RHP Nick Montgomery.

LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS - Signed RHP Jeff Neptune.

SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS - Acquired 2B Chase Fontaine from San Rafael (North American) and 3B Brandon Gregorich from Gary SouthShore (AA) for players to be named. Released INF K.C. Judge.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

CHICAGO BULLS - Named Brian Hagen assistant general manager.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

CLEVELAND BROWNS - Claimed DT Ronnie Cameron off waivers from Chicago. Waived RB Eddie Williams.

GREEN BAY PACKERS - Re-signed G T.J. Lang to a four-year contract extension through 2016.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS - Signed CB Mike Holmes. Waived CB Jeremiah Brown.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS - Waived LB Dane Fletcher and WR Britt Davis.

NEW YORK JETS - Waived CB Devon Torrence.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS - Placed RB David Johnson on injured reserve. Signed TE Justin Peelle to a one-year contract. Activated OT Max Starks from the physically-unable-to-perform list. Waived RB John Clay.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS - Signed TE Joe Sawyer and TE Gijon Robinson. Waived G Garrett Chisolm.

Canadian Football League

CFL - Fined Montreal LB Rod Davis for an illegal hit on Winnipeg QB Alex Brink during their game on Aug. 3.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

NEW JERSEY DEVILS - Signed F Stefan Matteau to an entry-level contract.

WINNIPEG JETS - Extended their affiliation agreement with Colorado (ECHL) for the 2012-13 season.

LACROSSE

National Lacrosse League

COLORADO MAMMOTH - Signed D Chet Koneczny to a one-year contract.

COLLEGE

BIG EAST CONFERENCE - Named Mike Aresco commissioner.

APPALACHIAN STATE - Named Daren Burns assistant wrestling coach.

BROWN - Named Dwayne Pina and Kevin Snyder men's assistant basketball coaches.

WISCOINSIN-MILWAUKEE-Named Tod Herskovitz men's assistant soccer coach.

Golf

Ohio Senior Amateur

at Brookside CC, Canton

First Round Top 5 and area scores: David Pulk, Williamsburg, Va. 68; Norton Brick, Elyria, 71; Alan Fadel, Toledo, 71; Robert Evans, Concord, 72; Larry Lahnan, Aurora, 72; Craig Soule, Port Clinton, 73; Buck Baumann, Fremont, 73; Lynn Martin, Findlay, 75; David Belden, Port Clinton, 76; John Hills, Sylvania, 76; DeWayne Wendt, Findlay, 79; Fred Grimm, Holland, 79; Michael Kennedy, Holland, 82; Bard Hickman, Toledo, 83; Mark Ruggles, Findlay, 96

FOOTBALL

NFL preseason

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

New England 1 0 0 1.000 7 6

Buffalo 0 1 0 .000 6 7

Miami 0 1 0 .000 7 20

N.Y. Jets 0 1 0 .000 6 17

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Houston 1 0 0 1.000 26 13

Jacksonville 1 0 0 1.000 32 31

Indianapolis 1 0 0 1.000 38 3

Tennessee 0 1 0 .000 17 27

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Cincinnati 1 0 0 1.000 17 6

Cleveland 1 0 0 1.000 19 17

Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 31 17

Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 23 24

West

W L T Pct PF PA

San Diego 1 0 0 1.000 21 13

Denver 1 0 0 1.000 31 3

Kansas City 1 0 0 1.000 27 17

Oakland 0 1 0 .000 0 3

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Dallas 1 0 0 1.000 3 0

Washington 1 0 0 1.000 7 6

Philadelphia 1 0 0 1.000 24 23

N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 31 32

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Tampa Bay 1 0 0 1.000 20 7

New Orleans 1 1 0 .500 23 17

Carolina 0 1 0 .000 13 26

Atlanta 0 1 0 .000 17 31

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Detroit 0 1 0 .000 17 19

Green Bay 0 1 0 .000 13 21

Chicago 0 1 0 .000 3 31

Minnesota 0 1 0 .000 6 17

West

W L T Pct PF PA

San Francisco 1 0 0 1.000 17 6

Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 27 17

St. Louis 0 1 0 .000 3 38

Arizona 0 2 0 .000 27 44

Monday

Dallas 3, Oakland 0

Thursday

Cleveland at Green Bay, 8

Cincinnati at Atlanta, 8

Friday

Tennessee at Tampa Bay, 7:30

Detroit at Baltimore, 8

Buffalo at Minnesota, 8

Jacksonville at New Orleans, 8

Miami at Carolina, 8

Oakland at Arizona, 10

TENNIS

Western & Southern Open

Mason, Ohio

Singles

Men

First Round

Kei Nishikori (14), Japan, d. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 6-1, 6-2.

Tommy Haas, Germany, d. David Nalbandian, Argentina, 6-7 (0), 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Jeremy Chardy, France, d. Andy Roddick (16), United States, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Alex Bogomolov Jr., Russia, d. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-4, 6-3.

Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, d. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 7-5, 6-3.

Sam Querrey, United States, d. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Mardy Fish (10), United States, d. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, 6-2, 6-3.

Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, d. Albert Ramos, Spain, 6-2, 6-2.

Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, d. Alejandro Falla, Colombia, 6-4, 6-1.

Second Round

Bernard Tomic, Australia, d. Brian Baker, United States, 6-4, 6-3.

Women

First Round

Sloane Stephens, United States, d. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 6-4, 6-1.

Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, d. Tamira Paszek, Austria, 6-1, 2-1, retired.

Sesil Karatantcheva, Kazakhstan, d. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, 6-2, 6-1.

Venus Williams, United States, d. Maria Kirilenko (12), Russia, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2.

Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, d. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 6-3, 7-5.

Anna Tatishvili, Georgia, d. Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic, 7-6 (5), 7-5.

Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, d. Nadia Petrova (15), Russia, 7-6 (8), 3-1, retired.

Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, d. Zheng Jie, China, 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3.

Sorana Cirstea, Romania, d. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-3.

Roberta Vinci, Italy, d. Madison Keys, United States, 6-3, 6-3.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (17), Russia, d. Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, 6-4, 6-0.

Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, d. Christina McHale, United States, 3-6, 6-3, 3-0, retired.

Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, d. Lucie Safarova (16), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-4.

Second Round

Angelique Kerber (5), Germany, d. Timea Babos, Hungary, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Sam Stosur (3), Australia, d. Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-4.

GLANTZ-CULVER LINE

Major League Baseball

National League

FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE

Philadelphia -130 at Miami +120

at Chicago -115 Houston +105

at Colorado -110 Milwaukee +100

Washington -120 at San Fran +110

Los Angeles -130 at Pittsburgh +120

at Atlanta -165 San Diego +155

New York -115 at Cincinnati +105

at St. Louis -165 Arizona +155

American League

Detroit -150 at Minnesota +140

at Seattle -130 Tampa Bay +120

at Baltimore -115 Boston +105

at New York -120 Texas +110

Chicago -115 at Toronto +105

Oakland -115 at KansasCity +105

at Los Angeles -190 Cleveland +180

Preseason NFL

Tomorrow

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG

at Atlanta 3 1/2 3 1/2 (38) Cincinnati

at Green Bay 4 1/2 3 1/2 (40) Cleveland

SPORTLIGHT

Aug. 15

2004-In Athens, Greece, the U.S. men's basketball team loses 92-73 to Puerto Rico, the third Olympic defeat for the Americans and first since adding pros. American teams had been 24-0 since the professional Olympic era began with the 1992 Dream Team. The U.S Olympic team's record was 109-2, entering the game.

2005-Phil Mickelson delivers another dramatic finish in a major, flopping a chip out of deep rough to 2 feet for a birdie on the final hole and a one-shot victory in the PGA Championship.

2007-Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy pleads guilty to felony charges for taking cash payoffs from gamblers and betting on games he officiated in a scandal that rocked the league and raised questions about the integrity of the sport.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

Sporting KC 13 7 4 43 30 22

New York 12 7 5 41 40 34

Houston 11 6 7 40 35 27

Chicago 11 7 5 38 28 25

D.C. 11 8 3 36 36 29

Montreal 10 13 3 33 36 43

Columbus 8 8 4 28 20 21

New England 6 12 5 23 26 29

Philadelphia 7 12 2 23 23 27

Toronto FC 5 13 4 19 25 40

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

San Jose 14 5 5 47 47 29

Real Salt Lake 13 9 3 42 36 30

Seattle 10 6 7 37 32 24

Vancouver 10 7 7 37 28 29

Los Angeles 11 11 3 36 43 39

FC Dallas 6 11 8 26 29 34

Chivas USA 7 9 5 26 14 25

Colorado 8 15 1 25 31 35

Portland 5 12 5 20 20 37

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

TODAY

Los Angeles at Columbus, 7

Portland at Toronto FC, 7:30

FC Dallas at Vancouver, 10

Saturday

Vancouver at Seattle, 4

Sporting KC at Toronto FC, 4:30

San Jose at Montreal, 7:30

New England at Chicago, 8:30

Chivas USA at Colorado, 9

FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake, 9

PREP TENNIS

PERRYSBURG 3, FINDLAY 2

Gray (F) D.J. Northcutt 6-0, 6-0; Kelley (F) d. K. Northcutt 4-6, 6-1, 6-3; Sams (P) d. Bruce 6-2, 6-3; Conley/Kiel (P) d. Hoffman/Bosse 7-5, 6-4; Fastnaght/Spidel (P) d. E. Miller/K. Miller 6-2, 6-2.

MAUMEE 4, BOWSHER 1

Weber (M) d. Thornton 6-4, 6-0; Grove (M) d. Madison 6-1, 6-2; Albright (M) d. Cunningham 6-0, 6-0; Napalski/Dresch (B) d. Fields/ Kramer 6-2, 7-5; Raines/Moore (M) d. Davis/Repka 7-5, 3-6, 6-4.

BOWLING GREEN 5, ARCHBOLD 0

Baker d. Leupp, 6-1, 6-4; Schaller d. Krieger, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2; Spackey d. Lindsay, 6-1, 6-1; Fenn/Smith d. Meyer/Guthterrez, 6-1, 6-0; Miller/Doren d. , 6-1, 6-2.

CLAY 5, SPRINGFIELD 0

Durrant d. Geiser, 6-1, 6-2; Roman d. Caniglia, 6-0, 6-4; Belkofer d. Jewell, 7-6, 6-0; Nelson/Lucas d. January/Baxter, 6-2, 6-1; Hartkopf/Durczynski d. Hollingsworth/Mauriello, 6-3, 6-3.

Prep Golf

GIRLS

CARDINAL STRITCH 216, CENTRAL CATHOLIC 216.

(CS) Turski 45, Pinciotti 52, Niehaus 57. McGrady 62; (CC) Carrigan 43, Sullivan 50, Stevens 61. Wilhelm 62. At Detwiler.

LADY YELLOW JACKET INVITATIONAL

at White Pines.

Team: St. Ursula 329; Perkins 335; Notre Dame 347; Northview 351; Perrysburg 356; Huron 367; Anthony Wayne 375; Whitmer 387; St. Ursula JV 393; Otsego 421; Whitmer JV 430; Bowling Green 443; Perrysburg JV 455; Notre Dame JV 460; Norwalk 474; Eastwood 475.

Medalist- Mullins, Perkins. 73.

All Tournament Team: Young, St. Ursula 79; Casper, Notre Dame 79; Win, St. Ursula 80; DeBelly, Northview 80; Connelly, Anthony Wayne 82.

BOYS

EVERGREEN 178, FAYETTE 196.

(E) Good 39, Kreuz 44, Regan 47, DeBruyne 48; (F) Martin 44, Lantz 46, Brubaker 49, Storrs 57.

MAUMEE PANTHER INVITATIONAL

at Heather Downs

Teams: St. Francis 301; Ottawa Hills 311; Bowling Green 313; Anthony Wayne 313; Northview 322; Napoleon 325; Wauseon 325; Fremont Ross 327; Central Catholic 328; Maumee Gold 330; Perrysburg 350; Springfield 353; Eastwood 357; Whitmer 358; Rossford 368; Southview 369; Toledo Christian 386; Genoa 399; Maumee Purple 407.

Medalist: Kontak (Maumee) 72,

WNBA

TUESDAY

No games scheduled

TODAY

No games scheduled

THURSDAY

Washington at Indiana, 7

Connecticut at New York, 7

Phoenix at Seattle, 10 p.m.

HOLE-IN-ONE

JACK RANDOLPH on No. 16 at Heather Downs, 135 yards, 7-iron.

JONATHAN HARDING, No. 16 at Stone Oak, 120 yards, pitching wedge.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

2012 Schedules

ALL TIMES P.M.

TOLEDO

SEPT. 1: at Arizona, 10:30

SepT. 8: at Wyoming, 4

SepT 15: Bowling Green, 7

SEPT. 22: Coastal Carolina, 7

SEPT. 29: at Western Michigan, 7

OCT. 6: Central Michigan, 3

OCT 13: at Eastern Michigan, TBA

Oct 20: Cincinnati, TBA

OCT. 27: at Buffalo, 3:30

NOV. 6: Ball State, 7

NOV. 14: at N. Illinois, 9

NOV. 20: Akron, 7

BOWLING GREEN

SEPT. 1: at Florida, TBA

SEPT. 8: Idaho, TBA

SEPT. 15: at Toledo, 7

SEPT. 22: at Virginia Tech, TBA

SEPT. 29: Rhode Island, TBA

OCT. 6: at Akron, TBA

OCT. 13: Miami, TBA

OCT. 20: at Massachusetts, TBA

OCT. 27: Eastern Michigan, TBA

NOV. 7: at Ohio, 8

NOV. 17: Kent, TBA

NOV. 23: vs. Buffalo at Columbus Crew Stadium, TBA

OHIO STATE

SEPT. 1: Miami (O.), noon

SEPT. 8: Central Florida, noon

SEPT. 15: California, noon

SEPT. 22: UAB, TBA

SEPT. 29: at Michigan St., TBA

OCT. 6: Nebraska, 8

OCT. 13: at Indiana, 8

OCT. 20: Purdue, TBA

OCT. 27: at Penn St., 6

NOV. 3: Illinois, TBA

NOV. 17: at Wisconsin, TBA

NOV. 24: Michigan, noon

MICHIGAN

SEPT. 1: vs. Alabama at Arlington Tex., 8

SEPT. 8: Air Force, 3:30

SEPT. 15: Massachusetts, 3:30

SEPT. 22: at Notre Dame, 7:30

OCT. 6: at Purdue, 4

OCT. 13: Illinois, 3:30

OCT. 20: Michigan St., TBA

OCT. 27: at Nebraska, 8

NOV. 3: at Minnesota, TBA

NOV. 10: Northwestern, TBA

NOV. 17: Iowa, TBA

NOV. 24: at Ohio State, noon

NOTRE DAME

SEPT. 1: vs. Navy, Dublin, Ireland, 9 a.m.

SEPT. 8: Purdue, 3:30

Sept. 15: at Michigan State, 8 p.m.

Sept. 22: Michigan, 7:30

OCT. 6: vs. Miami in Chicago, 7:30

OCT. 13: Stanford, 3:30

OCT. 20: BYU, 3:30

OCT. 27: at Oklahoma, TBA

NOV. 3: Pittsburgh, 3:30

NOV. 10: at Boston College, TBA

NOV. 17: Wake Forest, 3:30

NOV. 24: at USC, TBA

GOLF

LPGA Tour Money Leaders

Through August 14

Money

1. Stacy Lewis $1,222,479

2. Ai Miyazato $1,095,723

3. Yani Tseng $1,016,059

4. Shanshan Feng $1,006,095

5. Na Yeon Choi $1,005,360

6. Inbee Park $1,001,286

7. Azahara Munoz $976,074

8. So Yeon Ryu $738,510

9. Amy Yang $701,627

10. Sun Young Yoo $690,019

11. Mika Miyazato $619,482

12. Karrie Webb $553,860

13. Suzann Pettersen $507,348

14. Angela Stanford $485,917

15. Hee Kyung Seo $484,548

16. Brittany Lang $460,057

17. Anna Nordqvist $412,892

18. Sandra Gal $397,549

19. I.K. Kim $396,752

20. Jiyai Shin $393,959

21. Paula Creamer $387,586

22. Cristie Kerr $382,238

23. Se Ri Pak $335,855

24. Jenny Shin $329,169

25. Chella Choi $324,526

26. Candie Kung $318,479

27. Lexi Thompson $309,043

28. Brittany Lincicome $302,983

29. Eun-Hee Ji $299,149

30. Natalie Gulbis $283,391

31. Meena Lee $280,366

32. Giulia Sergas $280,281

33. Katherine Hull $273,456

34. Hee Young Park $268,695

35. Vicky Hurst $268,133

SPORTS NOTE

FALL BASEBALL: Ages 6-18. Can sign up as an individual, or as a team. Play games at Perrysburg fields. High school ages use wood bat, and some travel. Registration deadline Aug 17. Information: Tim Best 419-460-1924 or coachtbest@bex.net.

YOUTH BASEBALL: The Medina Athletics 9-U travel baseball team which plays in the NWOABL will hold tryouts August 25 at Owens Community College from 12:30 p.m. -2:30 p.m. Information: Marc Medina 410-691-8767 or marcnchriatine23@gmail.com

UT BASEBALL TRYOUTS: The University of Toledo will hold tryouts for walk-on student-athletes on September with a pre-tryout meeting scheduled Sept. 4 at 5:00 p.m. in the grandstands at Scott Park. Students interested in trying out must attend the meeting on Sept. 4 and have written proof of a physical examination in the last six months and proof of health insurance in order to participate in the tryouts. Information: Assistant coach Nick McIntyre at 419-530-3097 or e-mail nick.mcintyre@utoledo.edu.

UT WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL: The Toledo women's volleyball program will hold its third-annual Blue-Gold match Friday at 7:00 p.m. in Savage Arena. Admission is free for the event with 100 T-shirts being given to the first 100 fans. Toledo opens its season in Columbus Aug. 24-25 face Houston, Ohio State, and Oregon as part of the Buckeyes' Sports Imports Classic. The Rockets' first home action will take place Sept. 7-8 with the Rocket Classic when it hosts Florida Gulf Coast, Illinois State and Memphis.