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Scoreboard H1W.TAI.LAIIASSEE.COm 4B Tallahassee Democrat Tuesday, September 22, 2009 THE NUMBERS GAME ODDS GLANTZ-CULVER LINE For Sept. 22 Major League Baseball National League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE at Florida (G 1 )-1 35Philadelphia 1 25 Philadelphia(G2)-1 1 0at Florida 100 at Pittsburgh -110 Cincinnati 100 Los Angeles -1 80 at Washington 1 70 Atlanta -175 at New York 165 at Milwaukee-120 Chicago 110 St. Louis -145 at Houston 135 at Colorado -230 San Diego 210 San Francisco-135 at Arizona 125 American League Detroit -140 at Cleveland 130 at Toronto -140 Baltimore 130 at Tampa Bay-140 Seattle 130 at Kansas City-140 Boston 130 at Chicago -155 Minnesota 145 atLosAngeles-135 New York 125. at Oakland -130 Texas 120 WHAT TO WATCH TUESDAY HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL Wakulla at Leon, Chiles at Godby, Munroe at John Paul II, Maclay at Chiles, North Florida Christian at Jefferson County, Port St, Joe at Franklin County, South Walton at Sneads, 6. WEDNESDAY No events scheduled.

THURSDAY FSU SOCCER vs. Maryland, 7. HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL Taylor at Florida High, Munroe at Godby, TBA; Lincoln at Chiles, Maclay at Lafayette, Wewahitchatka at Port St. Joe, Sneads at Cottondale, 6. FRIDAY FSU WOMEN'S GOLF at Lady Wildcat Invitational at Lexington, Ky.

VOLLEYBALL vs. Virginia Tech, 7. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL North Florida Christian at Bishop Snyder, FAMU at Cot- tondale, East Gadsden at Florida High, Lincoln at Rickards, 7 (Cox); Vernon at Jay, Aucilla Christian at Lafayette, West Gadsden at Chiles, Madison County at Leon, Godby at Niceville, Maclay at Branford, Bradford County at Taylor County, Thomas County Central at Jones County, Liberty County at Port St. Joe, Brooks County at Thomas-ville, Wewahitchka at Blountstown, 8, Sneads at Freeport, Walton at Marianna, Cairo at Albany Monroe, St. Joseph at Robert F.

Munroe, Jefferson County at Rocky Bayou Christian', Brookwood at Valwood; Bainbridge at Westside (Macon). VOLLEYBALL John Paul II at Trinity Prep Tournament-Winter, Park, Leon at Tampa Berkeley Prep, TBD. MARY SCHWALMThe Associated Press Mark Martin celebrates In Victory Lane after winning the Sylvanla 300 on Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway In Loudon, N.H. First Chase race sets stage for exciting title hunt NCAA Football Thursday Favorite Underdog Mississippi 4V4 3 at South Carolina Friday Missouri 8 Th at Nevada COLLEGE FOOTBALL FCS Coaches Poll SPARTANBURG, C. (AP) The top 25 teams in the preseason Coaches Football Championship Subdivision poll, with tirst-place votes in parentheses, records through bept.

20 and previous ranking: HISTORY LESSON 1969 San Francisco's Willie Mays becomes the second major league player to hit 600 homers with a two-run shot off Mike Corkins, giving the Giants a 4-2 victory over the San Diego Padres. 1974 The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Denver Broncos are the first teams to play to a tie, 35-35, with the newly instituted overtime rule in effect. 1984 Mississippi Valley State's Willie Totten passes for 526 yards in a 49-32 victory over Jackson State. Wide receiver Jerry Rice has 285 yards receiving. 2007 Graham Harrell of Texas Tech completes 46-of-67 passes for 646 yards, the fourth-best total in major college history, in a 49-45 loss to Oklahoma State.

Record Pts Pvs 1. Richmond (25) 3-0 673 1 2. Villanova 3-0 627 2 3. Montana 3-0 609 3 4. Northern Iowa 2-1 581 4 5.

William Mary 3-0 559 5 6. James Madison 1-1 528 6 7. New Hampshire2-0 498 7 8. Southern lllinoisM 484 8 9. McNeese State (1)3-0 464 10 10.

App. State 0-2 414 9 11. WeberState 1-2 411 12 12. Central Arkansasl-J 393 13 13. Eton 2-1 334 11 14.

CalPoly 1-1 284 14 15. Massachusetts-1 274 17 16. SC State 2-0 260 16 17. Wofford 1-2 226 18 18 SD State 2-0 204 21 19. Texas State 1-1 166 18 20.

E. Washington2-1 157 20 21. Jacks. Slate 1-2 124 22 22. E.

Kentucky 1-1 109 23 23. Holy Cross 3-0 84 NR 24. Liberty 2-1 66 24 25. Florida 3-0 56 NR biggest Montoya fans, said he knew the Colombian would race clean at the end and any con TR IVI A Tl Read tomorrow'sDemocra; for today's answer On this date in 1911, who beat the Pirates 1-0 for his 511th and final major league victory? Yesterday's question: In 1997 what NFL team staged the third-biggest comeback in NFL history coming back to beat the Colts 37-35 after being down 26-0? Yesterday's answer: The Buffalo Bills. Others receiving votes: Maine (45), Eastern Illinois (33), Grambling State (16), Montana State (16), Harvard (11).

North Dakota (11), Northern Arizona(10), Prairie View (10), Delaware (8), Youngslown State (8), Pennsylvania (7), Colgate (6). Southeastern Louisiana (4), Holslra (2), Stephen F. Austin (2), Missouri Slate (1). NFL Sunday's Games PREP ROUNDUP GOLF Maclay 184 Florida High 219 Site: Killearn. Maclay: Caroline Parrish 42, Kalie Ballard 44, Maddie Lobe 45.

Kolby McWilliams 53. Florida High: Kaitlyn Cotfey 49, Sara Harrington 51 Kate Mullaly 57, Bryce Tratford 62. NFC: Callie Kitchens 39. Records: Maclay 8-0. Next matches: Maclay, Chiles, Leon at Summerbrooke.

Chiles 183 Wakulla 201 Site: Wildwood Country Club. Chiles: Carlton Kuhlo 35, Haley Hill 48, Taylor Sasser 48, Sydney Robbins 52. Wakulla: Nevin Lowe 41, Jessica Wild 50, Rebecca Rivers 51, Casey Lowe 59. Records: Wakulla 2-3. Next matches: Wakulla plays again Thursday at 3:30 p.m, at SouthWood, VOLLEYBALL Rickards def.

FAMU High FAMU Kills: Meachalonle Russ Assists: Raygene Garner Blocks: Jasmine Staten Digs: Kristell Robinson Aces: Erika Jackson 3. Rickards Kills: Denisha Penny 1 Aces: Danielle Manning 13, D. Penny 4. Zanae Drummer 4. Records: FAMU 0-5; Rickards 2-6 Next match: Altha at FAMU, Today 6 p.m.; Rickards at Taylor Today 6 p.m.

Munroe def. Grace 25-7, 25-17, 25-17 Munroe Kills: Courtney Mayo 6. Spenser Morris Assists: Kristen Allen 17; Blocks: Audrey Thomas Digs: C. Mayo 8, K. Allen Aces: C.

Mayo 5, Kalelyn Sirmons 6: Records: Munroe 7-1 Grace 6-5. Next match: Munroe at JPII, Today 6 p.m. Altha def. Wewa Altha Kills: Loni Johnson 7, Nikki Sbamens Assists: Emily Brooks 10, Courtney Harris: Blocks: Harris 1 Digs: Beck Wiltse Aces: N. Shamens 8, L.

Johnson 5. Records: Altha 5-1. Next match: Altha at FAMU, Today 6 p.m. JV score: Altha 2-0. NFC def.

Godby NFC Kills; Lindsey Roberts 7: Assists: Stephanie Hebert 26; Blocks: Shelby Chapman Digs: Rachel Elyea 10; R. Elyea 5. Team Kills: Michelle Edwards 9, Kasey Schroder Assists: Keveena Jackson 15, M. Edwards Blocks: M. Edwards 6, K.

Schroder 4, Olivia Robinson Digs: M. Edwards 12, K. Schroder 8, Brandy Scott Aces: K. Jackson 4, K. Schroder 2.

Records: NFC 2-5; Godby 2-8. Next match: NFC at Jerterson Today 5:30 p.m.; Munroe at Godby, Thursday 6 p.m JV score: NFC def. Godby. Liberty Co. def.

Blountstown Liberty Kills: Tiesha Alston 5, Kasey Revell 8, Hannah Moore Assists: Melanie Shuler 28; i Blocks: Shelby White Digs: Ashley Black 17; Aces: M. Shuler 8. Records: Liberty 7-0 Next match: West Gadsden at Liberty, Today. 1 TUNE IN TODAY'S TVRADIO COMCAST CHANNEL KEY (parentheses indicate broadcast channel if available) WGN-2; ABC-WTXL-7(27); ESPN-8; CBS-WCTV-9(6); FOX-WTLH-10(49); NBC-WTWC-12(40); HBO-14; Speed-25; CSS-26; Golf (TGCJ-27; Sun Sports-28; FSN-29; ESPN2-30; BET-34; CNBC-43; FX-53; USA-54; Versus (old OLN)-55; TNT-61 TBS-63; ESPNews-102; NFL Network-180; WCTV2-227; ESPNCIassic-726 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 7 p.m. SUN Seattle at Tampa Bay 7:30 p.m.

FSN Philadelphia at Florida MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 Triple-A National Championship, Memphis vs. Durham soccer 3:55 pjn. ESPN2 Primera Division, Racing de Santander vs. Barcelona By Jenna Fryer THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLOTTE, KG If the first round of the Chase for the championship is any indication, NASCAR is in for a doozy of a title race.

That practice of riding around for a few hundred miles in cruise control before turning it up at the end of the race? There's clearly no time for that now. The contenders went all-out from the drop of the green flag Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, where they were racing three-wide early and gambling on pit strategy to pick up every possible position. The result was an entertaining race that saw Chase drivers take the top four spots and 10 of the top 15. "I think everyone panics," said second-place finisher Denny Hamlin. "When you see at the beginning of the race the top 10, and they're all Chase guys, you're like, 'Man, I've got to fight for every position I Every hole that you see on the race track, you immediately go for.

"Everyone is just jumping at every opportunity that they can, and that's why you see the three wide. Everyone is just trying to make up all the spots they can, and a lot of it has to do with the excitement of the start of the Chase." It made for a great opening race, which was won by sentimental favorite Mark Martin in a three-lap sprint to the finish. He used pit strategy to take the lead, then schooled Juan Pablo Montoya with a veteran move that took the former Formula One driver by surprise. Martin and Montoya share a tremendous amount of respect for each other, and Montoya has consulted Martin numerous times during his transition to stock cars on NASCAR etiquette and how to race different tracks. Despite the many tips Martin has given him, Montoya never expected Martin to pull in front of him on the second of the last three laps and slow his momentum all the way to what Montoya considered a stop.

"He always runs very clean, so I was kind of surprised when he did that," Montoya said. "I think you've got to do it to somebody that you trust is not going to WESTERN CONFERENCE Pts GF GA Houston 12 8 7 43 35 26 Los Angeles 10 5 11 41 33 29 Seattle 9 6 11 38 31 24 Colorado 10 8 7 37 39 31 Chivas USA 11 9 4 37 25 24 Real Salt Lake 9 10 7 34 38 31 FC Dallas 7 12 6 27 41 43 San Jose 5 12 6 21 28 41. NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. tact would be a mistake made by Montoya. "I know that he's racing for his first oval track win, but I knew he wouldn't slip on purpose," Martin said.

"I gave him the respect from day one on the race track. I thought that he would do the right thing, and if it didn't turn out to be the right thing, I think it would have been a mistake, not something that he was going to do to try to knock me out of the way or something to get the win. And he could count on the same from me." It was clean, intense racing and it gave NASCAR the buzz it needs in a season of sponsor struggles and ratings A grueling 36-race schedule makes it difficult for the sport to sustain any momentum for long stretches of the season, and it counts on its Chase to liven things up when NASCAR goes head-to-head each weekend with both the NFL and college football. Sunday's broadcast on ABC received a 2.5 overnight rating, according to Nielsen Media Research, which is down 21.9 percent from last year's Chase opener. The Chase has been hit-or-miss since its 2004 inception, with bursts of excitement leading into the first few races that typically peter out as just a handful of drivers stay in championship contention.

But a wide-open field has created renewed hope for the sixth edition of the Chase, and NASCAR needs to figure a way to find nine more repeats of New Hampshire. Double-file restarts, implemented earlier this season after they successfully spiced up the All-Star race, have helped tremendously. It put Montoya next to Martin on that final restart, with hard-charging Hamlin right behind them. It puts the leaders at the front of the pack every time, turning up the heat on every driver to grab as many positions as possible during what's become a harried few laps of racing. Martin, who rarely makes mistakes, was impressed with the intensity and driver skill.

"It's really tough, because on restarts these things really slip around," Martin said. "I really gotta brag on the drivers they did an awesome job and did a better job than usual not running over each other because it's very, very hard. And when you have as much at stake as we have, you know, it pushes you to slip over the edge." Houston 34, Tennessee 31 Minnesota 27, Detroit 13 Atlanta 28, Carolina 20 Washington 9, St. Louis 7 N.Y Jets 16, New England 9 Oakland 13, Kansas City .10 Cincinnati 31 Green Bay 24 New' Orleans 48. Philadelphia 22 Arizona 3 1 Jacksonville 1 7 Buffalo 33, Tampa Bay 20 San Francisco 23, Seattle 10 Chicago 1 7, Pittsburgh 14 Baltimore 31 San Diego 26 Denver 27, Cleveland 6 N.Y.

Giants 33, Dallas 31 Monday's Game Indianapolis at Miami, lale Sunday, Sept. 27 Washington at Detroit, 1 p.m. Tennessee at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Green Bay at St.

Louis, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Baltimore, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Houston, 1 p.m. Atlanta at New England, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Chicago at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. New Orleans at Buffalo, 4:05 p.m.

Miami at San Diego, 4:15 p.m. Denver at Oakland, 4: 15 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 4: 15 p.m. Indianapolis at Arizona, 8:20 p.m. Monday, Sept.

28 Carolina at Dallas, 8:30 p.m PREP SPORTS How the Top 10 Florida high school teams fared Class 6A 1. Miami Northwestern (2-0) beat Hialeah 42-20. 2. Miami Central (3-0) beat Miami Beach 63-0. 3.

Dr. Phillips (3-0) beat Olympia 27-20. 4. Apopka (3-0) beat Edgewater 15-6. 5.

Christopher Columbus Catholic (3-0) beat South Dade 26-22. 6. Mainland (2-1) beat Kissimmee Osceola 32- 21. 7. Atlantic Community (2-1) beat Boynton Beach 33- 0.

(tie) Orange Park (3-0) beat Middleburg 31-8. 9. Miramar (2-0) 10. DeLand (3-0) beat Seabreeze 49-48. Class 5A 1.

St. Thomas Aquinas (2-0) idle. 2. Lakeland (2-0) beat Tenoroc 60-0. 3.

Manatee (3-0) beat Southeast 30-26. (tie) Tampa Bay Tech (1-1) lost to Armwood 9-6. 5. Kissimmee Osceola (1-2) lost to Mainland 32-21. 6.

Countryside (3-0) beat Seminole Osceola 52-17. 7. Venice (1-1) beat Booker 43-7. 8. Seabreeze (2-1) lost to DeLand 49-48.

9. Plant (1-1) beat Jefferson 46-13. 10. Fleming Island (3-0) beat Ftidgeview 31-14. Class 4A 1 Armwood (2-0) beat Tampa Bay Tech 9-6.

2. Niceville (3-0) beat Pine Forest 3. Largo (3-0) beat Gibbs 42-32. 4. Charlotte (3-0) beat Mariner 49-7.

5. Bwyer (2-1) beat Pahokee 34-6. 6. Lincoln (2-1) beat Florida 16-6. 7.

Cape Coral (3-0) beat North Fort Myers 25-20. 8. Hillsborough (1-i) beat Chamberlain 47-0. 9. Lake Gibson (3-1) lost to Lake Wales 26-24.

10. Bartow (3-0) beat George Jenkins 36-0. Class 3A LSI. Augustine (3-0) beat Creekside 41-7. 2.

Miami Washington (3-0) beat North Miami 3. Pasco (1-1) lost to South Sumter 32-7. 4. Nature Coast Tech (2-1) lost to Crystal River 7-6. 5.

Andrew Jackson (3-0) beat Godby 13-7. 6. Arnold (2-0) beat Munroe Day 49-6. 7. Eastside (2-1) lost to Leon 22-14.

8. North Marion (2-1) beat Dunnellon 21-14. 9. Naples (2-1) beat Gulf Coast 21-7. 1 0.

Southeast 1 -2) lost to Manatee 30-26. Class 2B 1. Bolles School (2-0) beat Plantation American Heritage 42-6. 2. Pahokee (2-1) lost to Dwyer 34-6.

3. Tampa Catholic (2-0) beat Ocala Trinity Catholic 17-7. 4. Monsignor Pace (1-1) idle. 5.

Gulliver Prep (1-1) lost to Miami Belen Jesuit Prep 37-21. Class 2A 1 Cocoa (2-0) beat Bayside 15-14. 2. Glades Central (3-0) beat Delray American Heritage 33-14. 3.

Madison County (2-0) idle. 4. Frostproof (3-0) beat Ridge Community 49-13. 5. Cardinal Gibbons (2-0) idle.

Class 1B 1. Jupiter Christian (3-0) beat Lake Worth 40-21. 2. Warner Christian (2-1 lost to Jensen Beach 27-7. 3.

Glades Day (3-0) beat Clewiston 39-0. 4. Evangelical Christian (2-0) idle. 5. FAMU Developmental Research (0-2) idle.

Class 1A 1. Fort Meade (2-0) beat Mulberry 42-0. 2. Trinity Christian-Jacksonville (3-0) beat Dade Christian 48-21. 3.

North Florida Christian (1-0) idle. 4. King's Academy (2-0) idle. 5. Melbourne Central Catholic (2-0) idle.

SOCCER MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE Pts GF GA Columbus 11 4 10 43 38 28 Chicago 10 6 10 40 36 31 D.C. -8 6 12 36 39 38 New England 9 8 7 4 34 29 33 Toronto FC 9 10 7 34 33 38 KansasCity 8 11 6 30 28 34 New York 4 17 5 17 21 43 Friday's Games New York 1 New England 1 tie San Jose 1 Colorado 1 tie Saturday's Games Seattle FC 0, Chivas USA 0, tie Kansas City 3, FC Dallas 2 Houston 3, Real Salt Lake 2 Los Angeles 2, Toronto FC 0 Sunday's Games 2, Columbus 2. tie Wednesday -San Jose at Colorado, 9:30 p.m. Saturday, September 26 Seattle FC at New England, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto FC al Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Real Salt Lake at FC Dallas, 8.30 p.m. Colorado at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m. New York at Chivas 10 30 p.m. Sunday, September 27 San Jose at D.C.

United, 3 p.m. TENNIS ATP World Tour Open de Moselle Monday At Les Arenes de MeU Metz, France Purse: $661 ,770 (WT250) Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles First Round Bjorn Phau, Germany, def. Rainer Schuettler, Germany, 7-6(1). 7-6(5). Andreas Beck (7), Germany, def, Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, from Tennessee (SL).

Designated RHP Thomas Diamond for assignment. HOUSTON ASTROS Fired manager Cecil Cooper. Named third-base coach Dave Clark interim manager. Can-Am League BROCKTON ROX Exercised the 2010 option on LHP Craig Anderson. RHP Sieve Delabar, RHP Jerry Dunn, RHP Freddy Flores, LHP Brad Hertzler, RHP John Kelly, RHP Jeff Long.

RHP Wayne Lundgren, RHP Paul Lussier, RHP Keilh Noe, RHP Adam Piechowski, LHP Fraser Robinson, RHP Matt Zachary, Jon Gossard, Chris Grossman, INF Keith Brachold, INF Phil Cuadrado, INF Melvin Falu, INF Derek Kinzler. OF Palmer Karr, OF Chris Valencia and OF Clyde Williams. FOOTBALL National Football League JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS Signed CB William Middleton off Atlanta's practice squad and Courtney Greene. Released TE Greg Estandia and WR Nate Hughes. Waived Michael Desormeaux from the practice squad.

Signed LB Justin Roland to the practice squad. Canadian Football League BRITISH COLUMBIA LIONS Signed QB Casey Printers to the practice roster WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS Traded WR Romby Bryant and WR Arjei Franklin to Calgary for WR Jabari Arthur. WR Titus Ryan, DL Odell Willis and a 2010 fourth-round and sixth-round draft pick. Traded DE Riall Johnson and DE Shawn Mayne to Montreal for QB Ricky Santos. Released QB Bryan Randall.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHLSuspended N.Y. Islanders Pascal Morency lor the remainder of the preseason and five regular-season games for as the result of a game misconduct penalty in a preseason game against Calgary on Sept. 17. ANAHEIM DUCKS Assigned Brian Salcido to Manitoba (AHL). CAROLINA HURRICANES Assigned FMike An- gelidis.

Nicolas Blanchard, Nick Dodge, Jerome Samson, Chris Terry. Zack Fitzgerald. Jonathan Paiement, Brett Bellemore and Mike Murphy lo Al- bany (AHL). Returned Matt Kennedy to Guelph (OHL). COLORADO AVALANCHE Signed Ryan O'Reilly to a three-year contract.

EDMONTON OILERS Assigned RW Ryan O'Marra. Alex Plants, Jake Taylor and Bryan Young to Springfield (AHL) and Milan Kytnar to Saskatoon (WHL). Placed Dean Arsene, Ryan Potulny and LW Chris Minard on waivers for the purpose of assignment. MONTREAL CANADIENS Assigned Cedrick Desjardins, Chad Anderson, Frederic St-Denis, Andrew Conboy, David Desharnais, Mike Glumac, Ryan Russell, Brock Trotler, Ryan White, J.T Wy-man, Robert Mayer, Andre Benoit. Michael Busto, P.K.

Subban, Mathieu Darche, Mikael Johansson and Dany Masse, to Hamilton (AHL). PHILADELPHIA FLYERS Assigned RW Josh Beauiieu, RW Rob Bellamy, LW Malt Clackson, LW Ryan Dingle, Jonathon Kalinski, LW Garrett Klotz, Jpn Matsumoto, RW Andreas Nodi, LW Tomas Sinisalo, Oskars Bartulis, Marc-Andre Bourdon, Joonas Lehlivouri, Kevin Marshall, Michael Ratchuk, David Sloane. Logan Stephenson. Jeremy Duchesne, Nic Riopel and Michael Teslak to Adirondack (AHL). PHOENIX COYOTES Named Dave King assistant coach and Grant Fuhr director of goaltending develop- ment.

Re-assigned director of prospect development Sean Burke to goaltending coach. Assigned Jeff May, Chad Kolarik, Francis Lessard, Viktor Tikhonov and Kyle Tunis to San Antonio (AHL). ST. LOUIS BLUES Assigned Bryce Lampman, Danny Richmond, Lars Eller and Brett Sonne to Peoria (AHL). Returned Jake Allen to London (OHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING Re-assigned RW Lauri Tukonen to Lukko Rauma (Finland). Re-assigned Norfolk (AHL) general manager Mike Butters to professional scout. Announced executive vice president and general manager Brian Lawton will assume the general manager duties for Norfolk. COLLEGE-LIVINGSTONE Announced football coach Larnonte Massie has requested to be reassigned to another position at the school. Named Eric Brown interim football coach.

MARYLAND-Signed men's basketball coach Gary Williams to a one-year contract extension through June 30.2013. MIAMI Signed baseball coach Jim Morris to a contract extension. WNBA FIRST ROUND (Best-of-3) EASTERN CONFERENCE Indiana 2, Washington 0 Thursday, Sept. 1 7: Indiana 88, Washington 79 Saturday, Sept. 19: Indiana 81, Washington 74, OT Detroit 2, Atlanta 0 Wednesday, Sept.

16: Detroit 94, Atlanta 89 Friday, Sept. 18: Detroit 94, Atlanta 79 WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio 1, Phoenix 1 Thursday, Sept. 1 7: San Antonio 92, Phoenix 91 Saturday, Sept. 19: Phoenix 106. San Antonio 78 Monday: San Antonio at Phoenix, late Los Angeles 2, Seattle 1 Wednesday, Sept.

16: Los Angeles 70, Seattle 63 Friday, Sept. 18: Seattle 75, Los Angeles 74 Sunday: Los Angeles 75, Seattle 64 SEMIFINALS (Best-of-3) EASTERN CONFERENCE Wednesday, Sept. 23: Indiana at Detroit, TBD Friday: Detroit at Indiana, 7 p.m. x-Saturday, Sept. 26: Delroit at Indiana, 7 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX Placed RHP Junichi Tazawa on the 60-day DL Purchased the contract of INF Chris Woodward from Pawtuckel (IL). National League CHICAGO CUBS Activated OF Reed Johnson from the 15-day DL Purchased the contract ot OF Tyler Colvin i knock you out, because I think if I would have done if the second place guy wasn't me I think, somebody else would have been a little bit more aggressive. But you learn from it. "It's one of those deals that you've got to do what it and he did." Martin, who has repeatedly declared himself one of the world's Illlltjlll.