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6C FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 CP SPORTS THE TENNESSEAN STANDINGS AND SCHEDULE AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS Sounds close gap on Memphis Orleans today East Division Pet GB East Division Pet GB New York 86 48 .642 Philadelphia 77 54 .588 Boston 78 55 .586 7'2 Atlanta 70 64 .522 8'2 Tampa Bay 72 61 .541 13'2 Florida 70 64 .522 8'2 Toronto 59 74 .444 262 New York 60 74 .448 182 Baltimore 54 80 .403 32 Washington 46 88 .343 322 Central Division Pet GB Central Division Pet GB Detroit 72 61 .541 St. Louis 79 56 .585 Minnesota 67 66 .504 5 Chicago 67 65 .508 10'2 Chicago 66 69 .489 7 Milwaukee 65 68 .489 13 Cleveland 58 75 .436 14 Houston 63 70 .474 15 Kansas City 51 82 .383 21 Cincinnati 60 73 .451 18 Pittsburgh 53 79 .402 242 West Division Pet GB Los Angeles 78 54 .591 West Division Pet GB Texas 75 58 .564 32 Los Angeles 80 55 .593 Seattle 70 64 .522 9 Colorado 74 60 .552 52 Oakland 59 74 .444 19'2 San Francisco 73 61 .545 62 Arizona 61 74 .452 19 AL WILD CARD STANDINGS San Diego 59 76 437 21 Team Pet GB Boston 78 55 586 NL WILD CARD STANDINGS Texas 75 58 .564 3 Team Pet GB Tampa Bay 72 61 .541 6 Colorado 74 60 .552 Seattle 70 64 .522 82 San Francisco 73 61 .549 1 Atlanta 70 64 .522 4 SCORES AND SCHEDULE Florida 70 64 522 4 I Next, at New I When. 7 p.m. Winning pitcher. John Axford (5-0).

Losing pitcher. Josh Kinney (3-3). Big stick. Adam Heether, 2-for-4, three RBIs, two home runs. How they won.

The Sounds scored six runs in the seventh, including a two-run home run by Heether. Tonight's pitchers. Sounds LHP Chris Cody (8-7, 4.77) vs. New Orleans RHP Clay Hensley (8-4, 3.74) PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Sounds 7, Memphis 6 Memphis ab bi Nashville ab bi Jay RF 5 10 0 Greene SS 5 3 3 0 Craig LF 4 13 2 Freese3B 5 12 1 Hoffpauir 2B 4 0 1 0 Redman RF 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 2 Patterson CF Heether SS Almonte IB Knott LF Gamel 3B Raburn 2B Iri barren 2B ArlisC Iri barren 2B Barden IB 5 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 Pagnozzi Shorey PH Robinson CF Hamilton PH MacLane PR 0 0 0 0 2 110 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 Katin, PH Kshsky PH-1B1 1 0 0 Totals 40 615 5 Totals 30 710 7 Memphis 103 200 000 6 15 0 Nashville 100 000 60x 7 10 1 E-Gamel. LOB-Memphis 13, Nashville 5.

2B-Greene, Patterson. HR-Heether 2 (16), Raburn (2). S-Scherer. SF-Craig, Redman. SB-Greene 2 (28), Almonte (4).

CS-Shorey). Memphis Garcia Scherer Manning 5 Ring Kinney 3-3 Salas Nashville Wright, Hinton Axford 5-0 Sandoval 1 Johnson 5 IP ER BB SO 5 4 11 3 6 1.1 3 3 3 0 2 0.1 0 1 1 1 0 0 111 0 0 0.1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 IP ER BB SO 3 9 4 4 0 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 110 0 1 0 Nashville is now half-game back By Bryan Mullen THE TENNESSEAN The Sounds rallied from five runs down to claim a much-needed 7-6 victory against Memphis on Thursday night at Greer Stadium. The victory kept alive the Sounds' playoffs hopes. Nashville (73-67) is now a half-game back of division leader Memphis (73-66). "They never gave up," Sounds Manager Don Money said.

"After the first few innings, everybody really had a great night. They (Memphis) have a really good team over there." The Sounds, who had lost their past two games, end the regular season with a four-game series at New Orleans beginning tonight. Nashville was down 6-1 heading into the seventh inning before the offense got going. Johnny Raburn hit a two-run home run to cut the lead to 6-3, and Tike Redman followed with a RBI sacrifice fly. Corey Patterson followed that with an RBI double to cut the lead to 6-5.

Then Adam Heether provided the big shot, a two- Marlins 8, Braves 3 run home run to left to give Nashville a 7-6 lead. Heether also had a solo home run to left in the first inning. "I was just barely missing the ball the last couple of days," Heether said. "I just kept believing and thankfully things went my way tonight." With the regular season closing fast, there is still a three-team fight to win the Pacific Coast League's American Northern Division. Iowa is also in the mix with Nashville and Memphis, and only the division winner will advance to the postseason.

If the Sounds end the regular season tied with Iowa, Nashville would win the tiebreaker because it owns a 9-7 record against the Cubs. Should the Sounds and Memphis end the regular season tied, Nashville also would win that tiebreaker because it has a 10-6 season record against the Redbirds. If there is a three-way tie between Nashville, Memphis and Iowa, the tiebreaker will be a team's cumulative record against the other two teams. Nashville has a 19-13 record, Memphis is 13-19 and Iowa is 16-16. Reach Bryan Mullen at 615-259-8017 or bmulleniatennessean.com.

THURSDAY'S Brewers 4, Cardinals 3 Wednesday's results Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota 2 Oakland 10, Kansas City 4 Seattle 3, LA. Angels 0 Detroit 4, Cleveland 2 N.Y. Yankees 10, Baltimore 2 Tampa Bay 8, Boston 5 Texas 6, Toronto 4 Thursday's results Detroit 4, Cleveland 3, 10 innings Chicago White Sox 5, Chicago Cubs 0 N.Y. Yankees 10, Toronto 5 Boston 6, Tampa Bay 3 Seattle at Oakland Today's games Minnesota (Pavano 11-10) at Cleveland (Sowers 5-9), 6:05 p.m. Texas (Feldman 14-4) at Baltimore (Tillman 1-2), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Chamberlain 8-4) at Toronto (Halla-day 13-8), 6:07 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 15-7) at Tampa Bay (Niemann 12-5), 6:38 p.m. L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 13-5) at Kansas City (Meche 6-10), 7:10 p.m.

Boston (P.Byrd 1-0) at Chicago White Sox (Garcia 0-2), 7:11 p.m. Seattle (Rowland-Smith 2-2) at Oakland (Mazzaro 4-9), 9:05 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING-Ma uer, Minnesota, ISuzuki, Seattle, MiCabrera, Detroit, .337. RUNS-Figgins, Los Angeles, 100; Damon, New York, 95; Jeter, New York, 95. RBI-Teixeira, New York, 101; CPena, Tampa Bay, 98; Bay, Boston, 96; Morneau, Minnesota, 96.

HITS-ISuzuki, Seattle, 188; Jeter, New York, 178; Cano, New York, 172; MYoung, Texas, 168. DOUBLES-BRoberts, Baltimore, 49; Lind, Toronto, 44; Butler, Kansas City, 41. TRIPLES-DeJesus, Kansas City, Ellsbury, Boston, Span, Minnesota, four tied with 7. HOME RUNS-CPena, Tampa Bay, 39; Teixeira, New York, 32; Branyan, Seattle, 31; AH i II, Toronto, 31; Bay, Boston, 30; NCruz, Texas, 30. STOLEN BASES-Ellsbury, Boston, 58; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 55; Figgins, Los Angeles, 39.

PITCHING-Sabathia, New York, 16-7; Verlander, Detroit, 15-7; Feldman, Texas, 14-4; Beckett, Boston, 14-5; FHernandez, Seattle, 14-5. STRIKEOUTS-Verlander, Detroit, 215; Greinke, Kansas City, 202; Lester, Boston, 196. SAVES-MaRivera, New York, 38. American North Division Pet. GB Memphis (Cardinals) 73 66 .525 Nashville (Brewers) 73 67 .521 2 Iowa (Cubs) 71 69 .507 2'2 Omaha (Royals) 63 77 .450 10'2 American South Division Pet.

GB Albuquerque (Dodgers) 77 63 .550 Oklahoma City (Rangers) 68 71 .489 8'2 New Orleans (Marlins) 61 78 .439 152 Round Rock (Astros) 60 80 .429 17 Pacific North Division Pet. GB Colorado Springs (Rockies) 72 66 .522 Tacoma (Mariners) 71 68 .511 T2 Salt Lake (Angels) 68 70 .493 4 Portland (Padres) 58 82 .414 15 Pacific South Division Pet. GB Sacramento (Athletics) 85 53 .616 Reno (Diamondbacks) 74 64 .536 11 Fresno (Giants) 71 68 .511 14'2 Las Vegas (Blue Jays) 68 71 .489 17'2 Thursday's results Portland 6, Colorado Springs 5 Albuquerque 5, Round Rock 4 Nashville 7, Memphis 6 Oklahoma 4, New Orleans 3, 10 innings Omaha 8, Iowa 7 Salt Lake at Tacoma Sacramento at Reno Fresno at Las Vegas Today's games Nashville at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Albuquerque at Iowa, 7:05 p.m. Oklahoma at Memphis, 7:05 p.m.

Omaha at Round Rock, 7:05 p.m. Sacramento at Salt Lake, 8:05 p.m. Colorado Springs at Tacoma, 9 p.m. Fresno at Reno, 9:05 p.m. Las Vegas at Portland, 9:05 p.m.

White Sox 5, Cubs Chicago (A) Podsednikcf Rios cf Beckham 3b Pierzynski Konerko lb Kotsay pr-lb Quentin If Getz 2b Al. Ramirez ss Wise rf C. Torres Thornton Flowers ph D. Carrasco Totals Chicago (N) Fukudome cf Theriot ss Ar.Ramirez3b Bradley rf J.Fox lb A.Soriano If Je.Baker 2b K.Hill Dempster A.Guzman Fontenot ph Miles ph S.Marshall Berg Totals AB BI BB 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 5 12 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 3 11 0 10 3 0 2 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 5 13 4 3 AB BI BB 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 6 0 0 MARLINS 8, BRAVES 3 Braves' error boosts Marlins SO Avg. 1 .298 0 .250 0 .275 0 .313 2 .280 0 .246 2 .230 .266 0 .279 0 .193 3 .000 0 0 .000 0 8 SO Avg.

1 .274 1 .288 0 .323 2 .266 0 .286 3 .241 1 .275 1 .240 0 .118 0 .000 0 .225 0 .174 0 .231 0 9 Milwaukee AB BI BB SO Avg. Counsell2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .288 Catalanotto rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .298 Gerutrf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Braun If 4 1 2 0 0 1 .311 Fielder lb 4 0 1 1 0 1 .300 McGehee 3b 3 1 1 3 0 1 .299 M.Cameron cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .256 Mi.Riverac 3 0 0 0 0 2 .230 A.Escobar ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .269 M.Parrap 3 0 0 0 0 2 .143 Weathers 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stetterp 0 0 0 0 0 0 C.Vargas 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hoffman 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 4 6 4 0 8 St. Louis AB BI BB SO Avg. Lugo 2b 4 13 1 11 .322 Br.Ryanss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .287 Schumakerph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301 K.Greene ph-ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 .205 Pujols lb 4 10 0 11 .318 Hollidaylf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .386 Ludwickrf 3 0 1 1 1 1 .266 DeRosa3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .232 Hawksworthp 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rasmus ph-cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .258 Y.Molina 2 0 0 0 2 0 .287 Ankielcf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .231 T.Miller 0 0 0 0 0 0 Smoltz 2 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Glaus 3b 2 0 1 0 0 1 .333 Totals 33 3 8 3 6 10 Milwaukee 000 103 000 4 6 0 St. Louis 200 000 010 3 8 0 Atlanta AB BI BB SO Avg.

M.Diaz rf 4 0 1 0 1 3 .326 Prado 2b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .302 C.Jones 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .277 McCannc 4 11 1 0 1 .283 Sammonsc 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 G.Anderson If 4 0 0 0 0 1 .284 Goreckilf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Y.Escobar ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .305 Ad.LaRochelb 4 1 1 0 0 1 .275 Church cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .280 Hanson 2 0 0 0 0 2 .069 Norton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .145 Medlen 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 O'Flahertyp 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carlylep 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LValdezp 0 0 0 0 0 0 Conrad ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Totals 35 3 7 3 1 10 Florida AB BI BB SO Avg. Coghlanlf 5 2 2 1 0 1 .304 Maybincf 3 0 2 1 1 0 .216 Helms 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .283 N.Johnson lb 2 1 1 1 2 0 .297 Sanchesp 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pinto 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hayes ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Lindstromp 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cantu3b-lb 5 0 1 1 0 0 .280 Jo.Bakerc 4 1 2 0 1 1 .276 Uggla 2b 4 0 0 0 1 2 .243 B. Carroll rf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .263 An.Gonzalez ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .100 Ha.Ramirezph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .356 Bonifacio pr-ss 0 1 0 0 0 0 .252 Nolascop 1 0 0 0 1 1 .154 C. Ross ph-cf 2 1 2 2 0 0 .268 Totals 35 8 13 8 6 6 Atlanta 010 020 000 3 7 2 Florida 001 006 lOx 8 13 2 BOX SCORES Tigers 4, Indians 3 (10) Cleveland AB BI BB SO Avg. Sizemorecf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .248 J.Carroll 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .289 A.Cabrera ss 5 11 1 0 0 .314 Choodh 4 0 1 2 0 2 .302 Jh.Peralta 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .274 LaPortarf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .277 A.Martelb 4 0 0 0 0 1 .253 Brantley If 3 0 1 0 1 1 .400 Shoppachc 3 12 0 10 .212 Totals 35 3 8 3 3 6 Detroit Granderson cf Thomas rf C.Guillen If Raburn ph-lf Mi.Cabreralb A.Huffdh Ordonez ph-dh Avila Polanco ph-2b Inge 3b Santiago 2b Laird Everett ss Totals AB BI BB SO Avg.

2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .256 .250 .246 .272 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .337 0 0 .243 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .235 .259 0 0 0 1 1 0 32 4 5 0 0 0 .222 .240 Cleveland 000 000 030 0 -3 8 0 Detroit 100 000 200 1-4 5 0 One out when winning run scored. LOB Cleveland 6, Detroit 10. 2B-Choo (33), Shoppach (12), Raburn (10). 3B-Thomas (3). HR-Granderson (26), off Carmona.

RBIs A.Cabrera (56), Choo 2 (74), Granderson (60), Thomas 2 (38), Polanco (60). SB Brantley (1). CS Brantley (1). SF-Polanco. GIDP-Sizemore, J.Carroll.

DP-Detroit 2 (Everett, Santiago, Mi.Cabrera), (Santiago, Everett, Mi.Cabrera). Cleveland IP RERBB SO NP ERA Carmona 4 3 3 5 4 100 6.08 Sipp 2j 0 0 0 1 2 15 3.41 C.Perez 2 0 0 0 0 3 33 2.42 R.Perez 4-3 1 1 1 1 0 13 7.15 Detroit IP RERBB SO NP ERA N.Robertson 6 4 0 0 2 4 80 5.52 Perry I)', 1 1 1 0 1 20 4.03 Ni 3 2 2 0 0 17 3.33 Miner 6-4 1)', 0 0 0 1 1 34 4.52 BB-off R.Perez (Mi.Cabrera), off Sipp (Mi.Cabrera). HBP-by Carmona (Thomas), by Miner (Jh.Peralta). PB-Avila. Umpires-Home, Brian O'Nora; First, Tom Hallion; Second, Kevin Causey; Third, Phil Cuzzi.

3:06. Yankees 10, Blue Jays 5 NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS SCORES AND SCHEDULE Wednesday's results Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 3 Chicago Cubs 2, Houston 0 San Diego 7, Washington 0 San Francisco 4, Philadelphia 0 Florida 8, Atlanta 7 St. Louis 10, Milwaukee 3 Colorado 5, N.Y. Mets2 Arizona 4, L.A. Dodgers 1 Thursday's results Milwaukee 4, St.

Louis 3 Chicago White Sox 5, Chicago Cubs 0 N.Y. Mets 8, Colorado 3 Philadelphia 2, San Francisco 1 Florida 8, Atlanta 3 L.A. Dodgers 4, Arizona 2 Today's games Florida (West 6-5) at Washington (Mock 3-6), 6:05 p.m. St. Louis (Wainwright 16-7) at Pittsburgh (K.Hart 4-4), 6:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 7-6) at N.Y. Mets (Parnell 3-7), 6:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Arroyo 11-12) at Atlanta (D.Lowe 13-8), 6:35 p.m. Philadelphia (CI.Lee 5-1) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 12-9), 7:05 p.m. San Francisco (Zito 9-11) at Milwaukee (Suppan 6-8), 7:05 p.m.

Arizona (Haren 13-8) at Colorado (Hammel 8-7), 8:10 p.m. San Diego (LeBlanc 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 8-7), 9:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING-HaRamirez, Florida, Sandoval, San Francisco, Helton, Colorado, .328. RUNS-Pujols, St.

Louis, 106; Utley, Philadelphia, 95; Braun, Milwaukee, 94. RBI-Fielder, Milwaukee, 120; Howard, Philadelphia, 113; Pujols, St. Louis, 113; Braun, Milwaukee, 95. HITS-HaRamirez, Florida, 171. DOUBLES-Hawpe, Colorado, 38.

TRIPLES-Bourn, Houston, 11. HOME RUNS-Pujols, St. Louis, 42; Reynolds, Arizona, 40; Howard, Philadelphia, 37. STOLEN BASES-Bourn, Houston, 49. PITCHING-Wainwright, St.

Louis, 16-7; CCarpenter, St. Louis, 15-3; Pineiro, St. Louis, 14-9; Marquis, Colorado, 14-10; JoJohnson, Florida, 13-4. STRIKEOUTS-Lincecum, San Francisco, 233. SAVES-Franklin, St.

Louis, 36; Street, Colorado, 33. good to pinch Marlins Manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "And did he." Ramirez's single in the sixth off Kris Medlen (3-5) made it 3-all. The NL batting leader easily made it to second when right fielder Matt Diaz let the ball skip by him for an error, then scored on Cody Ross' double to highlight a six-run inning. The Marlins salvaged a split of the four-game series.

They moved into a tie with Atlanta for third in the wildcard race, four games behind Colorado. waukee avoided a sweep. White Sox 5, Cubs Dewayne Wise made a great throw to cut down a runner at the plate as the visiting White Sox won a makeup game at Wrigley Field. AMERICAN LEAGUE Tigers 4, Indians 3 (10): Placido Polanco hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning for host Detroit. Yankees 10, Blue Jays 5: Jorge Posada homered and drove in four runs and Alex Rodriguez also homered for visiting New York.

Red Sox 6, Rays 3: Jason Bay drove in two runs for visiting Boston. Ramirez out of lineup: Hanley Ramirez was out of the Marlins lineup with a tight left hamstring for the second straight game, a day after teammate Dan Uggla openly argued with the AU-Star shortstop over a perceived lack of commitment. Injuries: Yankees closer Mariano Rivera said his sore left groin felt fine after a light workout Thursday, and he hopes to soon pitch off a bullpen mound. Texas slugger Josh Hamilton has a pinched nerve in his back and is day-to-day. Tigers left-hander Jar-rod Washburn will miss his next start with a sore left knee.

ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI The Florida Marlins have some fight left in them after all, maybe even the kind to get back in the playoff race. Hartley Ramirez hit a tying, pinch-hit single and scored the go-ahead run in his first game since teammate Dan Uggla publicly challenged his effort, lifting the Florida Marlins over the Atlanta Braves 8-3 Thursday night. "He came out in the afternoon and he tested it and hit in the cages and said, 'I'm Chicago (A) Chicago (N) 010 000 022 5 13 0 000 000 000 0 6 2 (11), J.Fox (5). LOB-Chicago (A) 10, Chicago (N) 6. 2B-Podsednik 2 (22), J.Fox (12).

RBIs-Pierzynski (40), Konerko (78), Quentin (36), Al. Ramirez (60). SB-Getz (19), AI.Ramirez (14). CS-Kotsay (2), AI.Ramirez (5). DP-Chicago (N) 2 (Dempster, Ar.Ramirez, Ar.Ramirez, J.Fox, Je.Baker), (K.Hill, K.Hill, Je.Baker).

Chicago (A) IP RERBB SO NP ERA C. Torres 1-0 7 5 0 0 0 6 98 3.86 Thornton 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 2.67 D. Carrasco 1 1 0 0 0 2 13 3.59 Chicago (N) IP RERBB SO NP ERA Dempster 8-8 7 9 3 0 1 7 93 3.96 A.Guzman 1 0 0 0 2 1 21 3.09 S.Marshall 3 2 2 0 0 16 4.71 Berg 1 0 0 0 0 9 0.00 Dempster pitched to 3 batters in the 8th. BP-by C.Torres (Ar.Ramirez), by Dempster (Getz). Umpires-Home, Eric Cooper; First, Mike Reilly; Second, Chuck Meriwether; Third, Laz Diaz.

2:32. Red Sox 6, Rays 3 LOB-Milwaukee 2, St. Louis 9. 2B-Counsell (20), Lugo (8), Glaus (1). HR-McGehee (13), off Smoltz; Lugo (2), off M.Parra; Holliday (10), off C.Vargas.

RBIs Fielder (120), McGehee 3 (49), Lugo (7), Holliday (37), Ludwick (81). SF-McGe-hee. GIDP-Ludwick. DP-Milwaukee 1 (McGehee, Counsell, Fielder). Milwaukee IP RERBB SO NP ERA M.Parra 10-106j 5 2 2 3 5 88 6.47 Weathers 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 3.58 StetterH, 18 0 0 0 0 1 4 3.92 C.Vargas 4 I)', 1 1 1 2 1 32 2.63 Hoffman 30-32 1 1 0 0 0 3 14 1.71 St.

Louis IP RERBB SO NP ERA Smoltz 1-1 6 6 4 4 0 6 84 2.65 Hawksworth 2 0 0 0 0 2 21 2.67 T.Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.70 Umpires-Home, C.B. Bucknor; First, Mike Everitt; Second, Gerry Davis; Third, Mike Muchlinski. 2:47. Phillies 2, Giants 1 BASEBALL ROUNDUP Phillies' Martinez outduels Lincecum E-CJones (17), M.Diaz (2), N.Johnson (10), Pinto (1). LOB Atlanta 7, Florida 11.

2B Church (28), Coghlan (20), Maybin 2 (6), Jo.Baker (25), B.Carroll 2 (7), C.Ross (32). HR-McCann (18), off Nolasco. RBIs-Prado (41), C.Jones (63), McCann (75), Coghlan (39), Maybin (4), N.Johnson (51), Cantu (75), B.Carroll (13), Ha.Ramirez (86), C.Ross 2 (74). S-Bonifacio. Helms.

DP Atlanta 1 (Prado, Y.Escobar, AdlaRoche); Florida 1 (Bonifacio, Uggla, Cantu). Atlanta IP RERBB SO NP ERA Hanson 5 2 1 1 4 5 104 3.07 Medlen 3-5 3 4 2 1 1 23 4.68 O'Flaherty 4 2 0 0 0 24 3.28 Carlyle 1 3 1 1 0 0 20 8.86 L.Valdez 1 1 0 0 1 0 14 3.38 Florida IP RERBB SO NP ERA Nolasco 10-8 6 7 3 3 1 7 102 5.27 Sanches 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 1.37 Pinto 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 3.12 Lindstrom 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 5.14 IBB-off Nolasco (M.Diaz). HBP-by Hanson (B.Carroll), by Lindstrom (Church). WP-Medlen, O'Flaherty. Umpires-Home, Jim Wolf; First, Adrian Johnson; Second, Gary Cederstrom; Third, Fieldin Culbreth.

3:13. Mets 8, Rockies 3 New York AB BI BB SO Avg. Jeter ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .330 Damon If 3 2 0 0 2 2 .291 Teixeira lb 4 2 1 0 1 2 .281 A.Rodriguez 3b 4 2 2 2 1 2 .276 H.Matsuidh 3 2 1 1 2 0 .265 HairstonJr. pr-dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .273 Posada 5 1 4 4 0 1 .288 Cano 2b 4 0 0 0 1 2 .318 Swisher rf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .248 Me.Cabreracf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .277 Totals 35 10 10 8 8 13 Toronto AB BI BB SO Avg. Scutaross 4 0 0 1 0 0 .283 A.Hill 2b 4 0 1 1 1 1 .285 Lind If 3 0 0 0 2 1 .302 Overbaylb 4 0 0 0 0 2 .270 Millar ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .225 V.Wells cf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .249 R.Ruiz dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 .292 Snider rf 3 2 2 0 0 1 .227 J.Bautista 3b 3 1 0 0 0 0 .216 R.Chavez 4 1 3 2 0 1 .271 Totals 33 5 6 4 4 10 New York 400 120 003 10 10 1 Toronto 000 302 000 5 6 1 San Francisco AB BI BB SO Avg.

Velezlf 4 1 2 1 0 2 .280 Renteriass 4 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Sandoval 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .329 B. Molina 4 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Winnrf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .264 Uribe 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .280 Ishikawalb 3 0 0 0 0 1 .255 F.Lewis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Rowandcf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .274 Lincecum 2 0 0 0 0 2 .153 Schierholtzph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Romop 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 1 6 1 1 11 Philadelphia AB BI BB SO Avg. Rollins ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .244 Victorinocf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Utley 2b 3 1 0 0 0 2 .298 Howard lb 3 0 1 1 0 2 .275 Werthrf 3 11 1 0 1 .270 Ibanezlf 3 0 0 0 0 3 .272 P.Feliz3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .272 C. Ruiz 2 0 1 0 1 1 .245 P.Martinez 2 0 0 0 0 1 .125 Stairs ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .193 Madsonp 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lidgep 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 28 2 4 2 1 12 Boston AB BI BB SO Avg. Ellsbury cf 3 11 0 10 .299 Pedroia 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .295 V.Martinez 5 1 2 1 0 0 .292 Youkilislb 5 2 3 1 0 0 .316 Bay If 4 0 2 2 1 0 .260 D.Ortiz dh 4 0 0 0 1 1 .225 Lowell 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .299 Baldellirf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .264 J.Drew ph-rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Ale.Gonzalez ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .284 Totals 37 6 12 6 3 2 Tampa Bay AB BI BB SO Avg.

Bartlettss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .337 Crawford If 4 0 0 0 0 1 .308 Zobrist 2b-cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .285 CPena lb 3 1 0 0 1 0 .224 Burrelldh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .240 Longoria 3b 4 1 2 1 0 2 .275 Zaunc 4 0 1 1 0 2 .267 Gross rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Kapler ph-rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .243 W.Aybarph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .253 B.Upton cf 2 0 1 0 0 1 .238 Iwamura2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .298 Totals 33 3 6 3 3 8 Boston 210 001 200 6 12 0 Tampa Bay 200 100 000 3 6 0 ASSOCIATED PRESS Pedro Martinez tossed seven impressive innings to outpitch Tim Lincecum, Ryan Howard doubled in the tiebreaking run and the host Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 on Thursday night. Mets 8, Rockies 3: David Wright drove in three runs and Pat Misch pitched seven solid innings to earn his first major league win for visiting New York. Brewers 4, Cardinals 3: Casey McGehee hit a two-run homer off John Smoltz after host St. Louis failed to turn a double play, and Mil New York AB BI BB SO Avg. Pagan cf 5 2 3 1 0 1 .303 A.Hernandez 2b 4 1 2 0 1 1 .257 D.

Wright 3b 4 2 3 3 0 0 .327 Dan.Murphylb 5 2 2 2 0 1 .260 Francoeurrf 4 0 1 1 1 0 .269 Sullivan If 5 0 1 1 0 0 .268 Thole 5 0 2 0 0 0 .400 W.Valdezss 4 11 0 10 .234 Misch 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Reedph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .254 Felicianop 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 39 8 16 8 3 4 Colorado AB BI BB SO Avg. C.Gonzalez cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .293 Barmes2b 4 11 1 0 1 .242 Helton lb 4 0 1 0 0 0 .328 Tulowitzkiss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .283 Spilborghsrf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .251 S.Smith If 3 0 0 0 1 0 .298 lannettac 4 1 2 1 0 0 .223 Stewart 3b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .229 Marquis 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 E. Young ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Jo.Peralta 0 0 0 0 0 0 R.FIoresp 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rinconp 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 G.Atkins ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Herges 0 0 0 0 0 0 Beimel 0 0 0 0 0 0 Foggp 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Totals 33 3 6 3 2 5 New York 010 040 102 8 16 0 Colorado 000 000 210 3 6 0 BASEBALL NOTEBOOK Schilling says chances 'slim' for a Senate run (8), Snider (4). LOB-New York 7, Toronto 9. 2B-Posada (23), Me.Cabrera (25), Snider (7), R.Chavez 2 (8).

(24), off Frasor; Posada (20), off Frasor. RBIs A.Rodriguez 2 (77), H.Matsui (74), Posada 4 (70), Me.Cabrera (51), Scutaro (56), A.Hill (89), R.Chavez 2 (15). (10). S-Jeter. SF-Scutaro.

GIDP-Cano. DP-Toronto 1 (A.Hill, Scutaro, Overbay). New York IP RERBB SO NP ERA Gaudin 3 4 3 3 3 2 80 4.08 1)', 2 2 1 0 3 42 3.88 D.Robertson 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 17 3.38 Bruney 10 1 0 0 0 1 1 18 4.40 D.Marte 1 0 0 0 0 2 14 8.38 Toronto IP RERBB SO NP ERA R.Romero 11-7 4j 6 7 5 6 7 104 4.15 League 1 0 0 0 2 24 5.23 Camp 2 1 0 0 0 2 20 3.61 Frasor 1 2 3 3 2 2 31 2.33 HBP-by Gaudin (Snider, J.Bautista), by D.Robertson (R.Ruiz). WP-League, Frasor. PB-Posada 2.

Umpires-Home, Scott Barry; First, Jeff Nelson; Second, Tim Tschida; Third, Bob Davidson. 3:37. TODAY IN BASEBALL 1916 Longtime pitching rivals Christy Mathew-son and Mordecai Brown closed out their careers, by special arrangement, in the same game. Math-ewson won the game 10-8. 1928 The Boston Braves started a grueling string in which they played nine straight double-headers, a major league record.

1941 The New York Yankees clinched the pennant on the earliest date in baseball history with a 6-3 victory over Boston. 1966 The Los Angeles Dodgers became the first team in major league history to draw more than 2 million at home and on the road in an 8-6 victory over the Reds in front of 18,670 fans in Cincinnati. 1985 Gary Carter hit a pair of solo home runs to tie a major league record and singled in another run to lead the New York Mets to a 9-2 victory over San Diego. With the three homers he hit the night before, Carter became the 11th player in major league history to hit five home runs in two games. 1993 Jim Abbott threw the New York Yankees' first no-hitter in 10 years, leading them to a 4-0 victory over the Cleveland Indians.

1995 Robin Ventura became the eighth player in major league history and the first in 25 years -to hit two grand slams in one game as the Chicago White Sox beat Texas 14-3. San Francisco 100 000 000 1 6 0 Philadelphia 010 001 OOx 2 4 0 LOB-San Francisco 6, Philadelphia 4. 2B Velez (10), Sandoval (38), Uribe (22), Rollins (35), Howard (32), C.Ruiz (20). HR-Velez (4), off P.Martinez; Werth (30), off Lincecum. RBIs-Velez (19), Howard (113), Werth (80).

SB-Winn 2 (13). San Francisco IP RERBB SO NP ERA Lincecum 13-5 7 4 2 2 1 11 96 2.34 Romo 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 4.85 Philadelphia IP RERBB SO NP ERA P.Martinez 3-0 7 5 1 1 0 9 87 3.52 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 3.18 LidgeS, 28-37 1 1 0 0 1 1 22 6.89 Umpires-Home, Tony Randazzo; First, Brian Gorman; Second, Chris Guccione; Third, Jerry Layne. 2:08. BASEBALL TODAY SCOREBOARD Friday, Sept. 4 Boston at Chicago (7:11 p.m.).

Paul Byrd, who dazzled with six shutout innings in his first start in nearly a year, makes his second start for the AL wild card-leading Red Sox as they begin a three-game set against the White Sox. STARS Wednesday Brad Penny, Giants, pitched five-hit ball over eight shutout innings in his first start with San Francisco, leading the NL wild-card contenders to a 4-0 victory over Philadelphia. Chris Carpenter, Cardinals, won his 10th straight decision for St. Louis despite laboring at times in a 10-3 victory over Milwaukee. CC Sabathia, Yankees, allowed one run in seven innings to earn his AL-leading 16th victory as New York beat Baltimore 10-2 to complete a three-game sweep.

Ted Lilly, Cubs, pitched eight shutout innings to reach the 10-win mark for the seventh consecutive season in Chicago's 2-0 victory over Houston. Wes Helms, Marlins, hit a game-winning homer to lift Florida to a 8-7 victory over Atlanta. Felix Hernandez, Mariners, pitched eight scoreless innings to spoil Scott Kazmir's Angels pitching debut in Seattle's 3-0 victory over Los Angeles. Landon Powell, Athletics, hit his first career grand slam to help Oakland score five runs in the second inning en route to a 10-4 win over Kansas City. LOB-Boston 9, Tampa Bay 6.

2B Youkilis (34), Bay 2 (27), Longoria 2 (38), Zaun (16). HR-Baldelli (7), off Price. (88), Youkilis (80), Bay 2 (96), Lowell (67), Baldelli (22), Zobrist (72), Longoria (94), Zaun (23). SB Ellsbury 2 (58), CPena (3), B.Upton (37). Ellsbury.

SF Lowell. Boston IP RERBB SO NP ERA Buchholz 4-3 6 6 3 3 1 3 91 4.40 Wagner 1 0 0 0 1 2 25 0.00 D.BardH, 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 18 3.40 Papelbon 34-37 1 0 0 0 0 2 20 1.84 Tampa Bay IP RERBB SO NP ERA Price 7-7 5)', 6 4 4 2 2 104 4.75 Springer 23 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.59 Shouse 1 1 1 0 0 8 5.48 Bradford 3 1 1 1 0 15 3.38 Cormier 2 2 0 0 0 0 24 2.91 Umpires-Home, Ed Rapuano; First, Paul Schrieber; Second, Paul Nauert; Third, Joe West. 3:16. Baseball calendar Oct. 7 Playoffs begin.

Oct. 28 World Series begins, city of American League champion. November Free agent filing period, first 15 days after World Series ends. Nov. 9-11 General managers meetings, Chicago.

Nov. 30-Dec. 4 Major League Baseball Players Association executive board meeting, Scottsdale, Ariz. Dec. 1 Last day for teams to offer salary arbitration to their former players who became free agents.

Dec. 7 Last day for free agents offered salary arbitration to accept the offers. Dec. 7-10 Winter meetings, Indianapolis. Dec.

12 Last day for teams to offer 2010 contracts to unsigned players. 2010 Jan 5-15 Salary arbitration filing. Jan. 19 Exchange of salary arbitration figures. Feb.

1-21 Salary arbitration hearings. March 2-11 Teams may renew contracts of unsigned players. March 17 Last day to place a player on unconditional release waivers and pay 30 days termination pay instead of 45 days. March 31 Last day to request unconditional release waivers on a player without having to pay his full 2008 salary. ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling said Thursday the chances he will run to replace Ted Kennedy in the U.S.

Senate are "slim to none" but he will not rule it out. The three-time World Series champion said he retired from baseball in March to spare his family the downside of the public spotlight. He has also invested millions in his fledgling video-gaming business, 38 Studios. Schilling has campaigned for Republicans but would have to run as an independent because his voter status is "unenrolled." LOB-New York 9, Colorado 5. 2B Pagan (13), D.Wright (32), Dan.Murphy (29), Thole (1).

3B-lannetta (2). HR Dan.Murphy (8), off Beimel; lan-netta (15), off Misch; Stewart (20), off Misch; Barmes (22), off Feliciano. RBIs-Pagan (28), D.Wright 3 (58), Dan.Murphy 2 (49), Francoeur (67), Sullivan (10), Barmes (69), lannetta (50), Stewart (60). SB-Thole (1). Misch.

Misch. DP-Colorado 2 (Marquis, lannetta, Helton), (Tulowitzki, Barmes, Helton). New York IP RERBB SO NP ERA Misch 1-1 7 4 2 2 2 3 95 3.25 Feliciano 2 2 1 1 0 2 36 3.14 Colorado IP RERBB SO NP ERA Marquis 14-10 5 9 5 5 2 2 84 3.75 Jo.Peralta I)', 2 1 1 0 1 13 5.91 R.FIores 0 0 0 0 1 4 5.40 Rincon 0 0 0 1 0 10 6.75 Herges 1 3 1 1 0 0 25 3.38 Beimel 2 1 1 0 0 23 3.60 Fogg J'j 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.32 Herges pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. WP-Misch. PB-Thole.

Umpires-Home, Greg Gibson; First, Brian Knight; Second, Tim McClelland; Third, Andy Fletcher..