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C2 WEDNESDAY AUGUST 20 2008 THE DAILY NEWS LONGVIEW WASH SPORTS The Daily News online: wwwtdncom White Sox blank Mariners SCOREBOARD Television Today Golf: Amateur Championship first round matches i GOLF Ch 33 10am) Lrttlo league baseball World Series Interna tional semifinal E3W Ch 35 1 I World Series US semifinal lESPN Ch 35 5pm) Pro baseball: Sealtle at Chicago White So (FSN Ch 34 11 a A Angelsat Tampa Bay IESPN2 Ch 364 pm) Soccer: Men national teams World Cup quail tier vs Guatemala Ch 36 7 Radio Today Pro baseball- Seattle at Chicago White Sox (KLOG 1490 10am) Sports quiz Michael Johnson of the United States ran the 200 meters 19 32 during the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta Fish count Fish passage data for Bonneville Dam Monday For more information visit www fpc org Chinook Coho Steelhead Sock Shad 1169 33 4460 0 76 Transactions Charles Rex Arbogast The Associated Press Wladimir Balentien reacts after striking out and stranding two during the eighth Inning of Seattle's 5-0 loss Tuesday in Chicago For first time this year Hernandez goes without a strikeout By Andrew Seligman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS off the fourth connecting for the second straight game and Thome homered starting the fifth Chicago has 10 homers in three games and leads the major leagues with 184 cylinders are clicking right Swisher said getting it from batters one through nine getting it on the hill just a lot of fun right Notes: White Sox 3B Joe Crede who has been on the DL with a back injury since July 25 was to resume his rehab stint with Triple-A Charlotte on Tuesday The All-Star appeared in one game for Charlotte on Aug 1 before his back flared up again The White Sox lead the season series 4-1 after losing seven of eight to Seattle last year Ibanez went 2-for-4 making him 17-for-30 through seven games on this trip Whiie Sox 5 Mariners 0 White Sox 5 Mariners 0 BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES Placed LHP George Sherrill on the 16day DL retroactive to Aug 16 BOSTON RED SOX Signed OF Jason Lane to a minor league contract KANSAS CITY ROYALS Agreed to terms with RHP Kip Wells Optioned LHP Josh Newman to Omaha (PCL) NEW YORK YANKEES Activated OF OH Hideki Matsui from the 15lay DL Optioned OF Justin Christian to ScrantonWilkes-Barre (IL) Released OF Jason Lane National League ATLANTA BRAVES Placed INF Ruben Gotay on the 15Jay DL Recalled LHP Jo-Jo Reyes from Richmond (IL) LOS ANGELES DODGERS Acquired RHP Greg Maddux and cash from San Diego for two minor league players to be named or cash Optioned LHP Eric Stults to Las Vegas (PCL) Moved RHP Scott Proctor from the 15Jay to the 6(kiay DL SAN DIEGO PADRES Activated RHP Brett Tomko from the 1 5-day DL WASHINGTON NATIONALS Purchased the contract of RHP Marco Estrada from Columbus (IL) FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS Released WR Joe Horn CHICAGO BEARS Signed LS Thomas Gafford CINCINNATI BENGALS Signed WR Chris Henry NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Released TE Marcus Pollard Signed TE Tyson DeVree NEW YORK JETS Signed WR Larry Brackins TENNESSEE TITANS Waived Josh Miller Signed DB Tuff Harris COLLEGE INDIANA Signed Tom Crean basket ball coach to a 10-year contract LOUISVILLE Suspended freshman QB Matt Simms for the first four games of the season-for breaking team rules TENNESSEE Announced the NCAA cleared TE Brandon Warren to play football this season Youth baseball Little League World Series At South Williamsport Pa Tuesday Tokyo 5 Maracaibo Venezuela 4 7 innings Mill Creek Wash 3 Jeffersonville Ind 2 7 innings White Rock British Columbia 7 Dhahran Saudi Arabia 5 Willemstad Curacao 3 Yona Guam 0 Hagerstown Md 6 Lake Charles La 4 SEMIFINALS Today At Lamade Stadium International Tokyo vs Willemstad Curacao 1pm United States Waipahu Hawaii vs Mill Creek Wash 5pm Thursday Aug 21 International Matamoros Tamaulipas vs Maracaibo Venezuela 1pm United States Lake Charles La vs Tampa Fla 5 Friday Aug 22 Ram Day no games scheduled Saturday Aug 23 International championship 9 30 a championship 12 30 Sunday Aug 24 Third Place At Volunteer Stadium runner up vs International runner up Noon World Championship At Lamade Stadium International champion vs champion 12 30 Pro lootball NFL preseason glance Seattle at Chicago White Sox 11:05 am today TV: FSN Ch 34 RADIO: KLOG 1490 BRIEFS Umpires refuse replay call with MLB NEW YORK Umpires want baseball to take another look at instant replay Umps said their governing board voted Tuesday to boycott a conference call with management intended discuss implementing replay angry that their concerns being addressed Major League Baseball responding by saying it canceled the Wednesday call because it have a replay agreement with the union lot of the procedural issues necessary for instant replay to be implemented need to be worked World Umpires Association spokesman Lamell McMor-ris said League Baseball needs to step up to the plate and iron out these Maddux back in LA in pennant race LOS ANGELES Greg Maddux is back in Los Angeles for another stretch drive The Dodgers announced Tuesday that they have reacquired Maddux and received cash from San Diego The Padres will get two minor league players to be named or cash The 42-year-old first came to the Dodgers late in the 2006 season when he went 6-3 with a 330 ERA in 12 starts to help them win a wild-card berth Mets closer Billy Wagner out indefinitely NEW YORK Billy Wagner has more pain and swelling in his pitching elbow and the New York All-Star closer is out indefinitely Wagner had an MRI exam Tuesday that revealed additional inflammation in his left elbow an alarming sign The NL East leaders know when Wagner might be able to return to the mound if at all this season The Mets had hoped to activate Wagner from the disabled list Monday in Pittsburgh But he felt discomfort in his elbow after throwing a simulated game Saturday and was sent back to New York for further evaluation Sherrill placed on DL with shoulder pain BALTIMORE Orioles closer George Sherrill was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with left shoulder inflammation a disappointing setback for the All-Star pitcher who has 31 saves and has already exceeded a career high in innings pitched Sherrill had an MRI on Tuesday 24 hours after complaining of stiffness in his pitching arm MRI news actually was good The doctor told me that the MRI side-by-side looked identical to the one they took in spring club president Andy MacPhail said is a little inflammation which they injected and prescribed rest So we have any long-term concerns at the present time It just looks like something going to be facilitated by WR Chris Henry rejoins Bengals CINCINNATI With their two Pro Bowl receivers hurt the Cincinnati Bengals brought back troubled receiver Chris Henry on Tuesday a move that their coach had emphatically ruled out only a month earlier as inappropriate The signing helps the team but raises questions about its commitment to holding players accountable for their actions Henry must serve a four-game suspension from the NFL his third such punishment before he can fully rejoin the team The move was stunning in light of coach Marvin statement shortly before training camp opened that the team had permanently parted ways with the receiver who has been arrested five times since he joined the Bengals Henry had indicated he was interested in rejoining Cincinnati Patriots cut tight end Marcus Pollard FOXBOROUGII Mass The New England Patriots released 13-year veteran tight end Marcus Pollard on Tuesday They also signed rookie tight end Tyson DeVree who joins Benjamin Watson David Thomas and Stephen Spach at that position Pollard signed with the Patriots on April 23 after being released by Seattle where he spent one season He played his first 10 seasons with Indianapolis and two with Detroit Mill Creek Wash advances at LLWS SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT Pa Alex deep fly to the track fell just out of reach of Jeffersonville Ind left-fielder Brad Koerner with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to score the winning run in a thrilling 3-2 win for Mill Creek Wash at the Little League World Series The win clinched a berth in the US semifinals for Washington Jason Todd walked in the seventh then went to second on a wild pitch and reached third on an error by Indiana third baseman Hayden Robb After Indiana reliever Christopher Wenger got a strikeout Jondal came to the plate and hit his deep single to the warning track that scored Todd Winless Indiana was eliminated The Associated Press were hitting the ball good but he was making pitches Miguel Cairo said pitched Richard escaped trouble in the first after his throwing error allowed Ichiro Suzuki to reach second Cairo followed with a single but Nick Swisher fielded Raul grounder to first stepped on the bag and threw home for a double play Richard maintained his poise after leadoff doubles by Adrian Beltre in the fourth and Ibanez in the sixth was really excited for him to throw the ball the way he did Guillen said No one was more excited than father Barry who gave his son a big hug in the clubhouse afterward just so awesome that he was able to accomplish this and that the Sox had the faith in him and belief in him to give him the said Barry Richard who made the 2-hour trip from Lafayette Ind Matt Thornton Octavio Dotel and Bobby Jenks finished with an inning each Felix Hernandez (7-8) lasted just five innings for Seattle The Mariners have lost five straight and 10 of 12 dropping to an AL-worst 46-79 Hernandez dropped to 0-2 in his last six starts giving up five runs 11 hits and three walks in five innings He failed to strike out a batter for the first time in 24 starts this season The only other time he did not have a strikeout was when he left after just one-third of an inning with tightness in his right elbow against Minnesota on April 18 2007 a tough Hernandez said guys hit homers If you make a mistake going to sacrifice fly in the second was just his fourth RBI since the White Sox acquired him from Cincinnati on July 31 Chicago made it 3-0 in the third on back-to-back doubles by Pierzyn-ski and Carlos Quentin and a run-scoring single by Alexei Ramirez Swisher homered leading CHICAGO The game ball and lineup card stayed with Clayton Richard and the memory will too Richard pitched six innings for his first major league win Nick Swisher and Jim Thome homered and the Chicago White Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 5-0 Tuesday night thing I like is this kid is not afraid to throw the manager Ozzie Guillen said going to -be around the plate He should feel proud of himself That ballclub out there they can put a lot of numbers in a hurry and he did a tremendous job tonight to shut it Ken Griffey Jr hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly against his former team and AJ Pier-zynski had three hits as the White Sox won for the seventh time in eight games and maintained a one-game lead over second-place Minnesota in the AL Central Richard (1-2) making his fourth major league start allowed five hits struck out two and walked one in his first appearance since he was recalled from Triple-A Charlotte on Friday Picked for the US Olympic team the 24-year-old left-hander reported to Chicago instead of Beijing when the White Sox purchased his contract from Charlotte on July 21 Instead of going for the gold in a pennant race what you grow up as a kid and wish Richard said definitely exciting to be a part He was 0-2 with a 1038 ERA in three starts in his first callup but looking like a different pitcher this time He threw a scoreless inning of relief at Oakland on Sunday after being recalled two days earlier and dominated the miserable Mariners in the 9th Uribe (7) Richard (2) Seattle 11 Chicago 9 Cairo (7) Ibanez (39) Beltre (22) OCabrera (23) Pierzynski (25) Quentin (23) Thome (25) Thome (26) off FHernandez Swisher (19) off FHer-nandez Quentin (97) Thome (73) AIRamirez (52) Griffey Jr (4) Swisher (59) Quentin (6) Griffey Jr Dye 2 Griffey Jr Runners left in scoring Seattle 6 (JCIement Ibanez JoLopez Balentien Johjima 2) Chicago 3 (OCabrera Dye 2) Runners moved Ibanez JoLopez Seattle 3 (JoLopez YBetancourt and Cairo) (Jo-Lopez YBetancourt and Cairo) (YBetancourt JoLopez and Cairo) Chicago 1 (Swisher and Pierzynski) off FHernandez (Thome) 1 Home Kerwm Danley First Wally Bell Second Laz Diaz Third Paul Schrieber 2 36 26414 (40615) Bennett Seattle reach final settlement By Jeff Latzke THE ASSOCIATED PRESS allowed Seattle to retain the rights to the name logo and team colors The NBA yet announced what the Oklahoma City team will be called and Bennett has refused to confirm a television report that the name would be The federal court release terms of the final settlement and Carr immediately have them available Dan Mahoney a spokesman for Bennett declined to comment on the settlement Bennett still faces a lawsuit filed by former SuperSonics owner Howard Schultz seeking to void his 2006 sale of the team If Schultz were to succeed in that lawsuit and the team moved back to Seattle initial agreement with the city called for a refund of his payment to break the lease Seattle City Attorney Tom Carr said in an e-mail to The Associated Press that the city had reached an agreement superseding the memorandum of understanding the parties reached on July 2 a more detailed agree-Clay Bennett ment on the same Carr wrote in the e-mail The initial memorandum called for Bennett to pay $45 million to the city of Seattle to break the lease and make another $30 million payment if the city have a new NBA team within five years despite the Washington Legislature approving funding for a new arena by the end of next year That agreement also I OKLAHOMA CITY Clay ownership group has reached a final settlement with the city of Seattle allowing the former Super-Sonics franchise to move to Oklahoma City Attorneys filed a document Tuesday in federal court in Seattle noting that the parties had agreed to pay their own court costs after reaching the settlement Bennett announced last month that a settlement was being negotiated that would involve him making a payment of as much as $75 million to Seattle to get out of the final two years of a lease at KeyArena At that time he had expected the settlement to be finalized by Aug 1 Instead a time extension was sought from the court and terms reached until now Thursday San Francisco at Chicago 5pm Friday Tennessee at Atlanta 4 30 Philadelphia at England 4 30 Houston at Dallas 5pm Green Bay at Denver 6pm Saturday Cleveland at Detroit 1pm New York Giants at New York Jets 4 pm Jacksonville at Tampa Bay 4 30 Washington at Carolina 4 30 Kansas City at Miami 4 30 New Orleans at Cincinnati 4 35 Baltimore at St Louis 5pm Pittsburgh at Minnesota 5 pm Arizona at Oakland 6pm Sunday Buffalo at Indianapolis 5pm Monday Seattle at San Diego 5 pm.