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2C TIMES HERALD, PORT HURON, MICHIGAN Sports TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2006 MflgO dlfinlS LACROSSE Baseball AmmwilMtM EastDivmoa I Pet GB Boston 15 11 577 NmVoit 13 11 542 1 Toronto 13 11 542 1 Baltimore 13 14 481 2 Tampa Bay 11 15 423 4 Canard! Dtvwofl Pet GB Ocaoo 18 7 720 TIGERS 17 I CM 1 Cleveland 13 13 .500 SVi Minnesota 9 16 360 9 Kansas City 5 18 217 12 WntDhmm Pet GB Teas 14 12 .538 Oakland 13 12 .520 Los Angeles 12 14 462 2 Seattle 12 15 444 2 Panel recommends Duke resumes play DURHAM, N.C. A Duke University committee recommended that the school's lacrosse team resume play next season, but said the team needs strict monitoring because of a history of problems tied to alcohol Duke canceled the highly ranked lacrosse team's season last month, following allegations that a black woman was raped and beaten by three white men at a team party where she had been hired to strip. BASKETBALL body. "And then at the end, got really aggressive and raced for the win." It made Johnson 2-2 in restric-tor-plate races this year. And this one won't have an asterisk.

His season-opening Daytona SOO victory fell under intense scrutiny when crew chief Chad Knaus was suspended for cheating during race preparations. Although Johnson rallied to win the race in a legal car, he was forced to defend himself and his team from a wave of criticism that spoiled the victory. Now he has a plate win that was fair and square, in a brand new car that no one can question. He also had Knaus with him to celebrate in Victory Lane. The Daytona scandal cost Knaus four races, and he had to watch from home as Johnson won two of them "He's worked his butt off, to finally be present for one of them means a lot to him," Johnson said.

The Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. Almost every move Jimmie Johnson made at Talladega Superspeed-way seemed to be the wrong one. Rivals said he was too aggressive, showed too little patience. Dale Earnhardt Jr. even called him an "idiot" for his role in accidents that wrecked 39 cars last year.

Johnson took the criticism, then tried to learn from his mistakes. Boy, has he ever. Johnson erased a career full of Talladega troubles, barreling past teammate Brian Vickers with one lap to go and holding off a charge from Tony Stewart to win the rain-postponed Aaron's 499 on Monday. "I got into some situations last year, and I just felt in my heart that maybe I was being too aggressive on the track," Johnson said. "I really just stayed cautious.

I didn't want to be aggressive. I didn't want to block any gars en tv Noon MLB Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Indians. 2:00 tTCTl MLB Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs. 7:00 NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Game 6 Carolina Hurricanes at Montreal Canadiens. firm MLB Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers.

8:00 Q21 NBA Eastern Conference First Round Game 5 Chicago Bulls at Miami Heat. 10:30 CO NBA Western Conference First Round Game 5 Los Angeles Lakers at Phoenix Suns. Tern BOO 818 828-) Tampa Bay 800 808 800-8 DP Tampa Bay 1 LOB Texas 5. Tampa Bay 4. 2B DeRosa 2 (2), Burroughs (1).

3B-Matthews (2). HR-Baraias (2). SF Teixeira. IP ER BB SO Teiai 7 4 0 0 0 3 FCordero 1 0 0 0 0 1 OtsukaS.2 1 0 0 0 0 1 Tampa Bay McClngL.1-4 7 5 2 2 2 3 Lugo 11112 0 Meadows 1 0 0 0 0 0 WHITE SOX 8. INDIANS 6 TIGERS 6.

Minnesota 0 Yankees 4, Toronto 1 Tampa Bay 5. Boston 4 Seattle 4, Baltimore 3 Oakland 13. Kansas City 6 Chicago White Son 6, LA. Angels 5 Texas 6, Cleveland 4 Monday TIGERS 3. Kansas City 2 Boston 7, NY.

Yankees 3 Toronto 9 Baltimore 7 Chicago White Sox 8, Cleveland 6 Texas 3. Tampa Bay 0 Seattle 8. Minnesota 2 Oakland 1, LA Angels 0 May Kansas City (Redman 0-1) It TIGERS (Maroth 3-1). 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Buettrte 3-1 at Cleveland (Sabatnia 0-0).

12:05 p.m. Oakland (Halsey 0-0) it LA Angels (Lackey 3-1). 3:35 p.m. NY. Yankees (Chacon 3-1) It Boston (Beckett 3-1 pm Toronto (Janssen 0-1) at Baltimore (Benson 3-2), 7 05 Texas (Teieda 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Hen-drickson 1-1).

7:15 p.m. Seattle (Washburn 2-3) at Minnesota (Santana 1-3). 810pm Wednesday A Angels at TIGERS. 7:05 p.m. Toronto at Boston.

7:05 p.m. Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay. 7:15 p.m. Baltimore at Texas.

8 05 m. Seattle at Chicago White Sox. 8:05 p.m. Kansas City at Minnesota. 8:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Oakland. 10:05 p.m. National League East Divtiioa T-220 20900 (42.271) PHILLIES 8, MARLINS 5 PHILA FLORIDA abrhbi abrhbi Rollins ss 4101 Vctmorf 4012Uggla2b 5 232 Rwandcf 510 0 MiCbra 3b 3 000 BurreDV 311 1 Wlnhmf 5021 Rnooesp 000 0 Jacobs lb 5000 DtHieaph lOOOOitvoc 2100 Gordon OOOOAguilarf 4120 Utley 2b 4111 Abrcrmcf 3021 DaBell 3b 312 0 Wills 2 010 ASGzlztb 411 1 FGrmnp 0000 Lbrthalc 411 1 Helms ph 0000 Madsonp 2000 Reedpi 0000 Geary OOOOWIImyrp 0 000 Nunez ph 1 1 1 0 Cndry 0 0 0 0 Crmier 0 0 0 0 BAbreu rf 0 0 0 0 Totals 3689 7 Totals 33 5105 Philadelphia 808 100 438-6 Florida 188 408 808- i DP Philadelphia 2 LOB Philadelphia 6. Florida 9. 2B Uggla (5), Aguila (5).

HR Burrell (8), Uggla (4). SB-Aber-crombie (1) CS Olivo (1). Abercrombie (2). Willis. IP ER BB SO Philadelphia Madson 513 8 5 5 3 5 Geary 23 0 0 0 0 1 Condrey 13 1 0 0 0 0 Cormier W.1-0 23 0 0 0 0 0 Rhodes 1 1 0 0 2 2 Gordon 1 0 0 0 0 2 Honda Willis L.

1-2 713 8 8 6 1 6 FGerman 23 10 0 10 Wellemeyer 1 0 0 0 0 2 2:50 A 6,017 BRAVES 2. ROCKIES 0 COLORADO ATLANTA ab rhbi ab rhbi Sllivancf 4000 MGiles2b 4011 Barmesss 4000 Rntenass 4020 Hllidaylt 3000 CJones3b 3010 Atkins 3b 200 0 AJonescf 4 000 Hawperf 200 0 LaRche1b 2 000 JSmith 1b 300 0 BJorrJn lb 1 000 LuGnzl 2b 300 0 Frncurrt 4 000 Ardonc 2000 McCnnc 3 120 Carroll ph 100 0 Lngrhnlf 2110 Rmirezp OOOOTHudsnp 2011 TMartn 0 0 0 0 JJnngs 2 0 1 0 Otedac 10 00 Totals 2701 0 Totals 29 282 Colorado 806 800 008-8 Atlanta 616 106 00x-2 DP Atlanta 1. LOB Colorado 3. Atlanta 7. SB-Holliday (1).

CS-MGiles (2). THudson. IP ER BB SO Colorado JJennmgs L. 1-2 7 7 2 2 2 3 Ramirez 13 10 0 10 TMartm 23 0 0 0 0 0 Atlanta Hudson W.2-29 1 0 0 3 5 CUBS 2. PIRATES 1 PITTSBURGH CHICAGO ab rhbi ab rhbi McLthcl 300 0 Pierre cf 4 110 Snchezph 100 0 Cedeno ss 3 010 Grabowp 000 0 TWalkr2b 3010 STorresp 000 0 Hrst Jr2b 0100 Matte 000 0 ARmrz3b 4 010 JWilsnss 4110 Mutton 3011' Bay It 401 0 JJonesrf 4 010 CWilsntb 301 0 Barren 2010 Randa3b 400 1 Mabrytb 3000 Burmtzrf 300 0 Mrshall 3000 Palmoc 200 0 Howry 0 000 Castillo 2b 3 0 1 0 Dmpstr .0000 VSants 2 0 0 0 Duffy cf 10 0 0 Totals 30141 Totals 29 271 Pittsburgh 000 000 100-1 Chicago 100 000 01 2 VSantos (1), Cedeno (5).

DP Pittsburgh 1, Chicago 2. LOB Pittsburgh 4, Chicago 7. 2B-CWilson (6). JJones (3). SB Pierre (9).

CS-Cedeno (3). Cedeno. IP ER BB SO Pittsburgh VSantos 7 5 10 16 Grabow L.0-1 23 0 11 10 STorres 0 2 0 0 0 0 Matte 13 0 0 0 0 0 Chicago Marshall 713 4 1 1 15 Howry W.2-0 23 0 0 0 0 0 Dempster 1 0 0 0 1 0 2:31 A 36.602 (41.118). Power-slay opportunities Detroit 1 Of 4. Edmonton 2 of 6 Goalies Detroit.

Legace 2-4 (30 shots-26 saves) Edmonton, Rotoson 4-2 (36 shots-33 saves). A 16.839 (16 839) 2 38. Referees Mike Leggo. Mick McGeough Linesmen Steve Miller, Pierre Raacot. UHL Playoffs FIRST RCOk) (BaMf-7) Kalamazoo 4, Moor City 0 Dantwy vs.

6uad City Monday: Oanbury 7, Quad City 1, serial tied Today: Ouad City at Danbury, 7 p.m. Rockford 4, Fori Weyna 1 Monday: Muskegon 4. Adirondack 2, Muskegon wins series SEMIFINALS (Beftot-7) COLONIAL CUP FINALS (Baat-of-7) NBA Playoffs FIRST ROUND (Bnt-ot-7) Sunday Chicago 93. Miami 87. series tied 2-2 Los Angeles Lakers 99.

Phoenix 98. 0T. Los Angeles leads series 3-1 Washington 106. Cleveland 96. series tied 2- 2 Sacramento 102.

San Antonio 84, series bed 2-2 Monday PISTONS 109. Milwaukee 99. PISTONS leads series 3-1 Dallas 102, Memphis 76, Dallas wins series 4-0 Los Angeles Clippers 101, Denver 83, Los Angeles wins series 4-1 Today Indiana it New Jersey. 7 p.m. Chicago at Miami.

8 p.m. Sacramento at San Antonio. 9:30 p.m. Los Angeles Lakers at Phoenix, 10:30 pm, Wednesday Milwaukee at PISTONS. 6 p.m.

Washington at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m. Monday Sums PISTONS 77 24 23 35-109 Milwaukee 20 25 31 23 99 DETROIT (109)-Pnnce 7-11 3-5 18, Wallace 5-14 1-2 12. 6 Wallace 0-2 1-4 1. Billups 8-18 16-16 34, Hamilton 4-14 9-1018. McDyess 5-81-411, Hunter 3-4 0- 0 7, Delk 2-2 0-0 5, Evans 1-1 0-0 3, Davis 0-0 OO 0 Totals 35-74 31-41 109.

MILWAUKEE (99)-Bogut 3-5 1-6 7, Simmons 1-5 0-0 3. Magloire 3-4 0-0 6, Ford 9-142-321, Redd 1 0-1 7 1 2-1 5 33. Bell 4-74-412, Smith 4-6 0-0 8. Williams 2-7 0-0 4. Kukoc 2-4 0-0 5 Totals 36-69 19-28 99.

3- Point Goals Detroit 8-17 (Billups 2-7, Delk 1 -1 Evans 1 -1 Hunter 1 -1 Hamilton 1- 2. Wallace 1-2. Prince 1-3). Milwaukee 4-10 (Kukoc 1-1, Simmons 1-1, Ford 1-2. Redd 1-5.

Williams 0-1). Fouled Out Bogut. Rebounds Detroit 47 (McDyess 11). Milwaukee 42 (Magloire 12). Assists Detroit 22 (Prince 7).

Milwaukee 23 (Bogut 6). Total Fouls Detroit 21 Milwaukee 33. Technicals McDyess, R.Wallace. A 16,296. (18.717).

Dallas 28 22 31 23-182 Memphis 23 16 22 15 76 DALLAS (102)-Howan) 9-1 7 3-3 24, Now- itzki 12-21 (HI 27, Diop 0-1 OO 0, Griffin 3-6 0-0 6. Terry 4-1 1 4-4 1 2, Stackhouse 6-126-619, Dev Harris 3-3 0-0 6, Dampi-er 1-5 2-2 4, Powell 0-1 0-0 0, Armstrong 0- 1 2-2 2, Mbenga 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 39-7917-17102 MEMPHIS (76)-Battier 2-5 1-3 5. Warrick 1- 6 2-2 4, Gasol 9-19 7-8 25, Miller 4-11 2- 2 10, Atkins 3-8 2-2 8, Wright 2-5 0-0 4, Cardinal 0-0 0-0 0. E.Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Jackson 3-7 2-3 8.

D.Jones 2-4 3-6 7, Tsakalidis 1-1 0-0 2, Burks 1-1 1-2 3. Totals 28-67 20-28 76. Denver 23 17 17 26 83 A Clippers 21 25 26 30101 DENVER (63) Anthony 8-24 7-8 23, Najera 0-6 0-0 0, Camby 3-10 0-0 6, Buckner 8-13 0-0 20, Miller 7-18 1-2 15, Elson 1-2 0-0 2, Boykins 4-1 0 3-5 1 1 Johnson 0-3 0-0 0, Evans 1-1 0-0 2, Kleiza 2-5 0-0 4. Totals 34-9211-1583. LA.

CLIPPERS (101) Ross 1-2 3-4 5, Brand 9-17 3-4 21, Kaman 5-6 0-0 10, Mobiey 8-15 6-6 23, Cassetl 4-102-210. Livingston 2-3 4-4 8. Radmanovic 0-41-21, Maggette 8-17 5-5 23. Singleton 0-0 0-0 0, Ewmg 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-74 24-27 101.

Pet GB Tigers edge Royals, extend streak to 4 CHICAGO New York 17 8 Atlanta 11 14 .440 6 CLEVELAND ab rhbi ab rhbi 534 0 Szmorecf 4 110 6110 Blake rt 4120 Pdsdnklt Iguchi 2b Thome dh Ozuna dh Knerkolb Przynsc Crede3b Mckwkrf 5111 JhPltass 3310 000 0 Halnerdtl 5124 5113 VMrtnz 4 000 4121 Brssrdtb 5 021 4010 Bllard2b 4 020 313 0Hlndswlf 5 000 502 0 Boom 3b 4010 Uribess Accused cup-tosser gets 30 days for assault ROCHESTER HILLS The man accused of throwing the cup that sparked a 2004 brawl between Indiana Pacers players and Detroit Pistons fans at The Palace of Auburn Hills was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail on an assault and battery charge. John Green, 41, of Oakland County's West Bloomfield Township, also was sentenced to two years of probation. He was convicted in March of one count of assault and battery for punching former Indiana Pacers player Ron Art est during the brawl. Suns' Boris Diaw NBA's most improved player PHOENIX Boris Diaw went from being a throw-in as part of the Joe Johnson trade to winner of the NBA's most improved player award. The Phoenix Suns' versatile Frenchman was a landslide choice with 80 first-place votes in balloting by 124 sports writers and sportscasters.

He received 489 overall points, compared with 22 first-place votes and 283 points for runner-up David West of New Orleans. Evans fined $10,000 for incident with Kaman NEW YORK Denver forward Reggie Evans was fined $10,000 and assessed a flagrant foul penalty two by the NBA on Monday for his actions during the Nuggets' 100-86 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers Saturday. Evans was cited for "unnecessary and excessive contact" with Clippers center Chris Kaman and had his penalty upgraded from the technical foul that was originally called. Kaman, a former Central Michigan Uni-veristy standout, was assessed a flagrant foul penalty one for his actions after the second-quarter incident, but that was downgraded to a technical foul by the league. Kansas City's ninth-inning rally lost some momentum when Leyland's counterpart, Buddy Bell, had to use Tony Graff anino to pinch-hit for Mike Sweeney.

Sweeney, who has BrAdrscf 50 00 Totals 428155 Totals 38 6115 Chicago 302 002 801-8 Cleveland 800 601 4016 Podsednik (3), Iguchi (4), Broussard (2), Boone (3), Slocum 2 (2). DP Chicago 1, Cleveland 1. LOB Chicago 14, Cleveland 11. 2B Pierzynski (5). Broussard (4), Belliard (3).

HR Konerko (7), THafner (8). SB Podsednik 4 (8), Iguchi mi, uzuna tjj us rooseonw pi. ER BB SO Jeremy Bonderman If Chicago JVazguez W.3-1 6 5 10 3 I McCarthy 13 3 4 4 1 0 Logan 23 0 0 0 0 0 Pohtte 23 1 0 0 0 0 Cotts 13 111 10 JenksS.8 1 1 0 0 0 3 Cleveland CILeeL.2-2 5 10 5 3 0 4 Slocum 23 2 2 2 2 1 Guthrie 213 1 0 0 4 2 FCabrera 23 1 1 1 0 2 Sauerbeck 0 1 0 0 0 0 Mota 13 0 0 0 0 1 Philadelphia 11 14 .440 6 Washington 8 18 .308 9 Florida 6 17 .261 10 Central Division Pet GB Cincinnati 18 8 692 St Louis 17 9 .654 1 Houston 16 9 .640 1Vi Chicago 14 1 0 .583 3 Milwaukee 15 11 .577 3 Pittsburgh 7 20 .259 11 Weil Division Pet GB Colorado 15 11 .577 San Francisco 13 12 .520 1V Arizona 13 13 .500 2 Los Angeles 12 14 .462 3 San Diego 10 15 .400 tYi Sunday Atlanta 8. NY Mets 5 Colorado 3, Florida 1 Houston 3, Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 5. Pittsburgh 1 St Louis 9.

Washington 2 Milwaukee 9. Chicago Cubs 0 San Diego 6. L.A. Dodgers 5, 10 innings Arizona 8. San Francisco 2 Monday Atlanta 2, Colorado 0 Philadelphia 8.

Florida 5 Mets 2. Washington 1 Cincinnati 6. St. Louis 1 Milwaukee 4, Houston 2 Chicago Cubs 2. Pittsburgh 1 Arizona 3.

LA. Dodgers 2 San Diego 10. San Francisco 4 Today St. Louis (Ponson 3-0) at Cincinnati Williams 1-2). 12:35 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Duke 1-2) at Chicago Cubs (Guzman 0-0), 2:20 p.m. San Diego (Williams 1 -1 at San Francisco (Morris 2-1). 3:35 p.m. Philadelphia (Lieber 0-4) at Florida (Olsen 1-1). 7:05 p.m.

Washington (O'Connor 0-1) at Y. Mets (Maine 0-0), 7:10 p.m. Colorado (Cook 2-3) at Atlanta (Sosa 0-4), 7:35 p.m. Houston (Nieve 0-0) at Milwaukee (Sheets 1-2), 8 05 p.m. A.

Dodgers (Perez 3-1) at Arizona (Hernandez 2-3). 9:40 p.m. Wednesday Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7 05 p.m. Florida at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y.

Mets, 7:10 p.m. St. Louis at Houston. 8:05 p.m. San Francisco at Milwaukee.

8:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Colorado. 8:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 9:40 San Diego at LA. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Boxscores The Associated Press DETROIT Jim Leyland is making all the right moves with the Detroit Tigers, and the result is a convincing four-game winning streak. Jeremy Bonderman threw eight shutout innings and the Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 Monday night Magglio Ordonez and Craig Monroe homered for the Tigers, who have outscored their opponents 36-3 in winning the first four games of an eight-game homestand. Detroit improved to 3-0 against the Royals under Ley-land, who is in his first year managing the Tigers. "We believe we're a good team, and a lot of that is due to our manager," Monroe said. "He's always prepared, and when the head is prepared, it is much easier for the body to be prepared." Matt Stairs and Mark Teahen had RBI singles in the ninth to get Kansas City within one, but Todd Jones got Angel Berroa to ground out with runners on first and third to finish up his fourth save in four tries.

"I was happier when it was 3-0," Leyland said. "My pulse was going a little faster by the end of that one." MARINERS 8 TWINS 2 SEATTLE MINNESOTA ab rhbi ab rhbi ISuzuklrf 501 0 ShStwrtfl 4 010 a history ot back problems, said he injured his back again when he grounded out in the seventh. "I hope I'll be back soon, but I'm not feeling good right now," he said. Bonderman (3-2) won his second straight start, allowing four hits and one walk. He struck out a season-high nine.

"I didn't have my good sinker, but I was throwing the changeup well, and I was moving the ball around," he said. "I got better as the game went on." Leyland said he never considered letting Bonderman pitch the ninth, even though he had only thrown 94 pitches. "There was no way Jeremy was going to see the middle of that batting order again," he said. "That's why we have Todd Jones." GLIFL Pet. PF PA TENNIS BREWERS 4, ASTROS 2 HOUSTON MILWAUKEE ab rhbi ab rhbi Biggio2b 412 0 Weeks 2b 4010 Tverascl 4010 Hardy ss 4 000 Brkmnlb 400 1 Jenkins rt 4 020 Ensbrg 3b 400 0 CaLee If 4111 PrWIsnlt 400 0 Fildr 1b 2100 Lanerf 400 0 BHall 3b 4 231 Munsonc 211 1 DMillerc 3 011-Wheelrp 000 0 BCIark cf 2 001 Gallop OOOOOltkap 2 000 AEvrltss 200 0 Cpllan 0 000 WRdgzp 100 0 Cirilloph 1010 Asmusc 100 0 Wise 0000 Gross ph 1000 Turnbwp 0 000 Totals 3024 2 Totals 31494 Houston 100 000 100-2 Milwaukee 001 001 02 4 CaLee (3), Ohka (3) LOB Houston 4, Milwaukee 8.

2B Biggio (11), BHall (8), DMiller (10). HR Munson (1), CaLee (11), BHall (6). SB-Weeks (4). WRodnguez. SF DMiller.

BCIark. IP ER BB SO Houston WRodnguez 6 7 2 2 1 4 Wheeler L.0-1 1 23 2 2 2 1 1 Gallo 13 0 0 0 0 0 Milwaukee Ohka 5 2 1 0 2 4 Capellan 2 111 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 WINGS: Falter 4-3 JoLpez2b 5131 LCstillo2b 4 010 Ibanezlf 502 0 Mauerc 4110 Sexsonlb 4111 THntercf 4 020 Plain 1b 1010 LFord rf 4 021 CEvrttdh 400 1 Mrneautb 4111 Beltre3b -5130 Batista 3b 4 000 lawtoncf 423 0 RoWhtedh 3 000 Reedcf 1000 JCastross 3010 Jhjima 4 2 3 3 YBtcrtss 4 122 Totals 428198 Totals 34 2 9 2 Seattti 021 005 000-8 Minnesota 100 000 100-2 LFord (1). DP Seattle 1. LOB Seattle 8, Minnesota 5. 2B Ibanez (7), Beltrt 2 (3), Johjima (5), YBetancourt (7).

3B Jolopez (3). JCastro (1). HR Sexson (3). Johjima (3). Morneau (61 SB (Suzuki (9).

CS Johima (1). SF CEv-erett. IP ER BB SO Senile Pineiro 3-29 9 2 2 0 0 Minnesota BakerL. 1-3 51310 5 5 0 3 Crain 13 4 3 3 0 0 Eyre 113 2 0 0 0 0 Guerher 2 3 0 0 0 1 2:32. A ATHLETICS 1.

ANGELS OAKLAND LOS ANGELES ab rhbi ab rhbi Kotsaycf 4000 Figginsct 4 020 Swisher If 412 0 OCberass 3 000 EChavz 3b 300 0 GAndsn If 4 000 Thmasdh 100 0 VGrero rf 3 010 Crosbyss 401 1 Salmondh 4 000 Paytonrf 4000 Alfonzo 3b 4010 DJnsontb 401 0 Quinlanlb 3010 Kendall 400 0 AKndy pfi 1000 Scutaro 2b 300 0 JMolna 3 000 Ktchmph 1000 Kndrck 2b 3 010 Totals 3114 1 Totals 33 060 Oakland 000 100 008-1 Los Angeles 000 000 0008 E-Crosby (5). LOB Oakland 7, Los Angeles 8. 2B Swisher (5). SB Figgins IP ER BB SO Oakland ZitoW.2-2 723 5 0 0 2 4 Calero 13 0 0 0 0 0 DuchschererS.2 110 0 0 1 lot Angeles Agassi to make return after 3-month break LONDON Andre Agassi will return to tennis at Queen's Club in June following a back injury that has sidelined him since March. Agassi, an eight-time Grand Slam champion who turned 36 last Saturday, decided to skip the clay-court season so he won't miss Wimbledon for a third straight year.

Agassi withdrew from Wimbledon in 2004 because of a hip injury, and last year when he aggravated a sciatic nerve in his back at the French Open. He has not played since Indian Wells in California in March. TurnbowS.9 1 2:28 A 12.258 (41.900). METS 2, NATIONALS 1 up Lang's power-play goal to make it 2-0. Red Wings captain Yzerman sat out the previous two games with a nagging back injury.

Yzerman's point moved him ahead of Bryan Trottier into eighth spot with 185 career playoff points. "He's been a courageous competitor," said Babcock. "He probably shouldn't have played tonight, but he perceives this as his team and he wanted to lead them." Zetterberg got the Red Wings a 1-0 lead late in the first period, when the Oilers outshot Detroit 15-10. The forward scored on Roloson six times this series. "We didn't play like the No.

1 seed," Red Wings defenseman Mathieu Schneider said. "We put ourselves in a position where it could all be over early." And it is. Continued from Page 1C period our best hockey was yet to come." Pisani also converted a rebound of Jarret Stoll's shot on a power-play at 2:56 of the third period as the sellout crowd began loud chants of "Manny" in an attempt to get Legace off his game. Detoit becomes the seventh No. 1 playoff seed to be bounced by a No.

8 team since the NHL's current playoff format was instituted in 1994. "I am shocked we're in this situation," said Detroit's first-year coach Mike Babcock, who added neither the forwards nor the goaltending of Legace was good enough. "They found a way to win and we're going home." The Red Wings controlled the second period, outshooting the Oilers 17-2. Steve Yzerman set TIGERS 3. ROYALS 2 KANSAS CITY DETROIT abrhbi ab rhbi Robnsn cl 400 0 GrnOsn cl 4 000 Grdzln2b 401 0 Planco2b 4000 RSndrsrf 412 0 IRdrgi 4010 Stairs It 302 1 MOrdzrl 4111 MrSwydh 300 0 CGillenss 3110 Grftnnoph 1100 Shltnlb 2000 Mntkwlb 4020 AGmezlf 3000 Brown pr 000 0 Monroe dh 3112 Teahen3b 401 1 Infante 3b 3 010 Berroass 4000 Inge 3b 0000 Buck 3 0 0 0 Totals 34 2 8 2 Totals 30 353 Kansas City 000 000 0022 Oetroil 000 100 20 3 Teahen (5).

DP Detroit 1. LOB Kansas City 6. Detroit 4. 2B Grudzielanek (6). 3B RSanders (1).

HR MOrdonez (6). Monroe (6). SB RSanders (3), Mientkiewicz (1). IP ER BB SO Kansas City 23 5 3 3 1 3 Andrade 113 0 0 0 0 1 Detroit 4 0 0 1 9 TJonesS.4 1 4 2 2 0 0 PB Buck. T-216 A 9.597(41,070).

RED SOX YANKEES 3 NEW YORK BOSTON ab rhbi ab rhbi Damon cl 4000 Yukilistb 3310 Jeter ss 311 0 Loretta 2b 5211 JaGbidh 310 0 DOrtiz dh 4134 ARod3b 210 0 MRmrz If 3 021 Matsuilt 400 1 Nixon rf 4011 Posadac 400 0 Lowell 3b 3 000 Cano2b 302 2 WPenacf 4 010 Cairo 1 3000 AGnzlzss 0000 Crosby rt 301 0 Mrbellic 4 000 Vantekc 0 000 Cora ss 3 010 WHarrscf 0100 Totals 29 3 4 3 Totals 33 7107 New York 008 300 (100-3 BoiIchi 100 028 0417 DP-New York 1, Boston 1. LOB New York 3, Boston 10. HR DOrtiz (11). CS-Crosby(l). IP ER BB SO New York GOLF HCarrascoL.0-2 6 3 112 3 Daly in book Gambling might flat-out ruin me' John Daly said he has lost Donnelly 1 1 0 0 0 2 Romero 23 0 0 0 2 0 Yan 113 0 0 0 0 2 PB Kendall.

D'BACKS 3, DODGERS 2 LOS ANGELES ARIZONA ab rhbi ab rhbi Furcalss 401 0 Cunsellss 4 000 between $50 million and $60 million during 12 years of heavy gambling, and that it has become a problem that could "flat-out ruin me" if he doesn't bring it under control. Daly discussed his addiction to gambling in the Lofton rt 4100DVnoncf 4 000 JDrewrf 400 1 Tracy 3b 4 020 JKent 2b 401 0 LGnztz If 4 110 WASHINGTON NEW YORK ab rhbi ab rhbi Byrdcf 402 0 Reyes ss 5 020 Vidro 2b 3000 LDucac 5010 ASranolf 401 0 Beltrancf 3 000 NJhnsntb 310 0 CDIgdo 16 3111 JGillenrf 400 0 Wright 3b 4 000 Schndrc 401 1 Floyd If 4 010 Clayton ss 200 0 Narjyrf 3 020 Jkson 3b 301 0 KMtsui 2b 4 010 ROrtizp 200 0 VZmnop 1000 LHmdzph 1000 Vlentm ph 1 000 Rauchp OOOOFelcnop 0000 Stanton OOOOSnchezp 0 000 Miwskip OOOOBWgnrp 0000 JuFrcoph 0 000 Chavez pr 0100 Totals 30151 Totals 33 2 81 Washington 006 100 000-1 New York 000 001 001-2 One out when winning run scored. Maiewski (1). LOB Washington 5, New York 1 1 2B Reyes (5), Lo Duca (6). Nady 17).

KMatsui (2). HR-CDelga-do (10). SB-NJohnson (3). CS Jackson (2 IP ER BB SO Washington ROrtiz 6 7 11 2 2 Rauch 23 0 0 0 0 0 Stanton 1 0 0 0 0 0 Maiewski 1-2 231101 New York VZambrano 6 5 11 2 4 Feliciano 1 0 0 0 1 1 Sanchez 1 0 0 0 0 1 BWagnerW.2-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 42 A 28.310 NHL Playoffs FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) Sunday Buffalo 3, Philadelphia 0, Buffalo leads series 3-2 Colorado 3, Dallas 2, OT, Colorado wins serttsM Carolina 2, Montreal Carolina leads San Jose 2. Nashville 1, San Jose wins series 4-1 Monday Edmonton 4, WINGS 3, Edmonton wins series 4-2 Anaheim 2, Calgary 1.

series tied 3-3 today Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Carolina at Montreal. 7 p.m. PIRATES 3 0 1.000 141 S3 Lehigh Valley 2 1 .667 111 17 Rochester 2 1 .667 163 73 Marion 2 1 .667 144 107 Battle Creek 0 3 .000 64 162 N.YJNJ. 0 3 .000 69 210 Friday Rochester 63, Battle Creek 28 Saturday PIRATES 47.

Lehigh Valley 12 Marron 81, New YorkNew Jersey 32 May 6 New YorkNew Jersey at PIRATES Battle Creek at Marion May7 Lehigh Valley at Rochester Auto Racing NASCAR-Neitel-AarontlM At Talladega (Ala.) Superspsadway Lap length: 2.66 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (18) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 188, $326,061. 2. (2) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 188, $260,136. 3 (33) Brian Vickers.

Chevrolet. 188, $172,300. Jeff Burton, Chevrolet 188, $176,745. 5 (8) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 188, $168,600. 6 (121 Matt Kenseth.

Ford. 188. $159,841. 7. (5) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 188, $143,233.

6 (3) Carl Edwards, Ford, 188, $118,975. 9. (32) Scott Riggs, Dodge, 188, $97,975. 10. (19) Robby Gordon.

Chevrolet, 188, $103,350. 1 1. (11) J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 188, $131,075. 12.

(4) Dale Jarrett. Ford. 188, $125,875. 13. (36) Jeremy Mayfield, Dodge, 188, $124,816.

14. (39) JeffGreen. Chevrolet, 188, $117,808. 15. (14) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 188, $151,311.

16 11) Elliott Sadler. Ford, 188. $138,983. 17. (29) Tony Raines, Chevrolet.

188, $84,675. 18 (28) Kyle Petty. Dodge. 188. $111,883.

19. (26) Travis Kvapil. Chevrolet, 188, $101,083. 202) Casey Mears, Dodge, 188, Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 142.891 mph. Time of Race: 3 hours, 29 minutes, 59 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.120 Seconds. Caution Flags: 8 tor 34 laps. Lead Changes. 56 among 22 drivers. Transactions BASEBALL OAKLAND ATHLETICS Placed RHP Esteban Loaiza on the 15-day DL.

Recalled OF Bobby Kietty from Sacramento of the PCL. CHICAGO CUBS Recalled LHP Rich Hill from Iowa of teh PCL. Assigned RHP David Aardsma to the Iowa. SAN DIEGO PADRES-Traded Doug Mirabelli to Boston lor Josh Bard. RHP Cla Meredith and either cash or another player FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS Agreed to terms with TE Tim Day, TE Cooper Wallace, Nate Bunce.

CB Dion Byrum. Josh Huston, Travis Leffew, OT Mark LeVoir, Donnie McCleskey, Tyler McMeans, WR Mark Philmore. RB PJ. Pope, Dwayne Slay and Joel Stelly INDIANAPOLIS COLTS Signed LB Brandon Hoyte. LB Kyle Killion.

LB Dale Robinson, LB Cole Snyder. OL Albert Bmtper, OL Daniel Federkeil. OL Chip Mynck. 0L Russ Tanner. WR Brian Hare.

WR Jam Goodwin. WR Gerran Walker, OB Josh Betts. OB David Koral. DB Tanard Davis. DB Antwan Marsh, DT Tom Johnson; TE Corey Roberts and RS Ash-Ian Davis NEW ORLEANS SAINTS Agreed to terms Will Allen.

TL7LS Troy Biene-mann. DT McKinley Boykm. DE Tommy Davis. OB Bruce Eugene. Connor Hughes.

LB Bobby Iwuchukwu. LB Kuale. CB Grant Mason. LB Chns Moore, CB Anwar Phillips. Steve Weathertord andCB Ray Williams NEW YORK GIANTS Signed OL Jat Lewis PHILADELPHIA EAGLES-Agreed to terms with Nick Cole.

LB Torrance Daniels. FB Jason Davs, Pat McCoy. WR J.J Outlaw. CB Levonne Rowen, WR Bill Sampy. Deiuan Skinner and SS Scott Ware.

ST LOUIS RAMS Signed RB John David Washington. TE Ed Nelson. Josh Cummings, Mike Degory. Donovan Raiota TE Jonathan Williams. RB Antome Bagwell.

OE Kory Lottie DT Tm San-diooe and WR Clinton Solomon. PISTONS: Rally final chapter of his autobiogra phy, John Daly: My Life In and Out of the Rough, to be released next Monday. BASEBALL Wang 5 6 3 3 Small L.0-1 213 2 2 2 Sturtze 0 111 MMyers 0 111 Proctor 23 0 0 0 Boston Wakefield 7 4 3 3 Timlin W.3-0 10 0 0 Papelbon 10 0 0 Renteria extends streak to tie Braves record ATLANTA Braves shortstop Edgar Renteria tied an Atlanta record when he extended his hitting streak to 16 games with a first-inning single against Colorado on Monday night. Rente-ria's streak is the longest to start a season for the Braves since Felipe Alou hit safely in 16 straight at the beginning of 1966, the team's first year in Atlanta. Drug distribution nets Rose Jr.

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Kearns (8). Ross (2). HR JEn- ing back on teams this season, so I'm tliinking, 'Here we go again," Redd said. Redd made the free throw and was fouled on the ensuing possession, hitting another two free throws to cut the Pistons' lead to 95-93 with 2:29 remaining. "They fought," Billups said.

"I give them a lot of credit. We had to grind it out." Billups free throws, combined with missed shots and mishandled balls by the Bucks, allowed the Pistons to put away the game. "Two areas that were our biggest concerns going into the series were the free throw line and turnovers," Bucks Coach Terry Stotts said. "This is the first game of the series where the turnover differential was substantial." The Pistons led by as many as 15 in the first half, but the Bucks made a run as Rasheed Wallace was whistled for a technical foul, his second of the postseason, after complaining about a foul call in the second quarter. Redd hit the free throw, and Toni Kukoc hit a 3-pointer on the ensuing possession.

A fast-break layup by Charlie Bell cut the Pistons' lead to 44-38. Continued from Page 1C it doesn't matter who takes that shot." Pistons guard Lindsey Hunter praised Billups' poise. "We're always comfortable when Chauncey has the ball in his hands in any situation," Hunter said. "He's played in those situations." The same can't be said for the ultra-quick but inconsistent Ford, who can unleash a thrilling drive to the basket on one possession, then throw a pass out of bounds the next time down the floor. "That's what hurt us," Ford said.

"We've got to protect the ball, go watch film and make adjustments." The Bucks had taken an 86-85 lead on Joe Smith's jump shot with 5:52 remaining in the game. But the Pistons answered with an 8-0 run, including back-to-back 3-pointers by Billups and Richard Hamilton, to put Detroit ahead 93-86 with 3:47 remaining. The Pistons led 95-90 when Antonio McDyess was whistled for a technical foul Detroit's second technical of the game with 2:42 remaining. Redd thought it could have been a turning point. "We've made a living on com IP ER BB SO Toronto Lilly W.3-1 723 5 3 2 2 4 Speier 13 1 0 0 0 1 Schoeneweis 23 2 3 3 1 0 Tallet 0 111 0 0 BRyanS.5 13 0 0 0 0 1 Ballimort Bedard 6 7 2 2 3 2 Hawkins L.0-1 13 3 3 3 0 0 Halama 1273 3 2 2 2 1 Brower 1 3 2 2 0 1 NASHVILLE, Tenn.

Pete Rose the son of baseball's career hits leader, was sentenced to one month in prison and five months of home detention for Anaheim at Calgary, to m. Thursday Montreal at Carolina. 7 p.m., if necessary Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7 p.m., it necessary Wings Sum Detroit 11 Edmonton 8 6 4 4 First Penod 1 Detroit, Zetterberg 6 (Samuelsson, lilja). 14 36. Penalties Samuelsson, Del (hooking).

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4 54: Holmstrom. Det (goalie interference), 5 18. Pronger. Edm (high-sbeking), 13:51. Third Period 3.

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Pisam 5 (Smith, Murray), 6 40 5. Detroit, Franzen 1 (Cleaty. Matfby). 10:07. 6, Edmonton.

Hemsky 1 (Horcoff, Samsonov). 16 07 (pp). 7, Edmonton, Hemsky 2 (Samsonov. Stoll). 18 54.

Penalties Williams Det (roughing). 2 43. Moreau. Edm (tnpping). 7:52.

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Rose faced up to two years in prison and a $1 million fine. Fed eral judge Robert Echols waived RANGERS 3. DEVIL RAYS 0 TEXAS TAMPA BAY ab rhbi ab rhbi Matfmscf 411 1 Gthrghtcf 4 000 MYongss 300 0 Crwfrdlf 4 000 Txeiralb 201 1 Gomes dh 4 000 Nevindh 300 0 Wggntn 2b 4 000 Bialock 3b 300 0 Hollmsrt 3 010 Menchrf 400 0 TLee1b 3 020 Wlkrsnlf 4010Paulc 2000 Biaiasc 411 1 THallc 1 000 DeRosa2b 3120 Brrgns 3b 3010 ToPerzss 3 000 Totals 30 3 6 3 Totals 31040 carnacion id). Aurnia pi. IP ER BB SO Lotts a fine for Rose.

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