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4 Friday September 14 2007 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL wwwsunheraldcomsports AMERICAN LEAGUE MLB ROUNDUP East Division Keds Cards depart Cincinnati winless on 7-game road trip afirst came was a win LA Angels (Colon 68) at Chicago White Sox (Contreras 8-16) 7:11 pm Texas (Gabbard 6-1) at Oakland (Meyer 0-1) 9:05 pm Tampa Bay (Shields 128) at Seattle (FHemandez 12-7) 9:05 pm Saturday's Games Baltimore at Toronto 12:07 pm Texas at Oakland 2:55 pm NY Yankees at Boston 2:55 pm Kansas City at Cleveland 6:05 pm LA Angels at Chicago White Scot 6:05 pm Detroit at Minnesota 6:10 pm Tampa Bay at Seattle 8:05 pm Wadnasdaya flames Chicago White Sox 7 Cleveland 4 Kansas City 6 Minnesota 3 Detroit 5 Texas 1 Boston 5 Tampa Bay 4 LA Angels 18 Baltimore 6 NY Yankees 4 Toronto 1 Seattle 6 Oakland 5 Thersdaye Games Baltimore 3 LA Angels 0 Toronto 2 NY Yankees 1 Texas at Oakland 9:05 pm Tampa Bay at SeirtUe 9:05 pm Games NY Yankees (Pettltte 138) at Boston (Matsuzaka 14-12) 6:05 pm Kansas City (Bannister 128) at Cleveland (Sabathia 17-7) 6:05 pm Baltimore (Burros 58) at Toronto (Utsch 58) 6:07 pm Detroit (Robertson 7-11) at Minnesota (Garza 38) 7:10 pm NATIONAL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CINCINNATI Joey Votto' hit a tworun double and David Ross had a two-run homer Thursday sending Cincinnati to a 54 victory that left St Lows winless on its seven-game road trip' The Cardinals ended the trip with their first threegame sweep in Cincinnati since July 1998 didr first winless trip of at least seven games since May 1972 when they went 0-7 in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh The defending World Series champions had closed within a game of first place in the NL Central before hitting the road The latest loss dropped them 4V6 games behind divirion co-leaders Milwaukee and Chicago Votto doubled in die fifth off Kip Wells (6-17) his third hit of the game and Ross followed with his first homer since July 23 Aaron Harang (154) gave up three hits and three sacrifice flies two by Albert Pujols in seven innings David Weathers gave up an RBI single in the ninth before becoming the ninth Cincinnati closer to record 30 saves Cubs 6 Astros 2 Steve Trachsel earned his first win with the Cubs in right years and Chicago hit four home runs to regrin the NL Central lead by beating the Houston Astros 6-2 on Thursday night Alfonso Soriano Aramis Ramirez Daryle Ward and Cliff Floyd all homered for Chicago which moved a halfgame ahead of idle Milwaukee in the divirion race The Cubs open a four-game series at third-place St Louis on Friday night losses 6V 6 games behind the NL East-leading Mets and head to New York needing a three-game sweep -to keep alive their slim divi- rion hopes Orioles 3 Angels Jon Leicester and three reliev- -ers combined on a fivehitter and Scott Moore had two RBIs to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 30 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night The Orioles won die finale of the series after losing the first two games by a combined score of 28-11 They won for just the fourth time in their last 22 games and for the second time in their last 16 home games Los Angeles had its six-game road winning streak snapped and was shut out for the seventh time this season Leicester (2-1) allowed four hits Relievers James Hoey Chad Bradford and Jamie Walker finished the ninth shutout of the season Walker pitched 1 1-3 innings for his fifth save in 10 chances Blue Jays 2 Yankees 1 Frank Thomas drove in the winning run with a ninthinning single and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Yankees 2-1 on Thursday night to snap New seven-game winning streak The Yankees who fell 5 Vi games behind first-place Boston in the AL East begin a threegame series with the Red Sox at Fenway Park on Friday night Johnny Damon homered and rookie Ian Kennedy allowed one hit in seven-plus innings for New York which leads the wild-card race by 3 Vi games over Detroit East Division AL BEHRMAMTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS walks back to the dugout after Cincinnati The Reds won 54 Wednesday's Games Pittsburgh 7 Milwaukee 4 Florida 5 Washington 4 12 innings Colorado 12 Philadelphia 0 NY Metx 4 Atlanta 3 Cincinnati 5 St Louis 1 Chicago Cubs 3 Houston 2 LA Dodgers 6 San Diego 1 Arizona 9 San Brand sco 4 Thursday's Games Cincinnati 5 St Louis 4 Philadelphia 12 Colorado 4 Chicago Cubs 6 Houston 2 San Diego at LA Dodgers 9:10 pm Friday's Games Atlanta (James 10-10) at Washington (Chico 58) 6:05 pm Philadelphia (Moyer 13-11) at NY Mats (Glavine 136) 6:10 pm Cincinnati (She am 20) at Milwaukee (Sheets 124) 7:05 pm No 4 West Virginia rushes past Maryland By DAVID G1NSBURG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLLEGE PARK Md Steve Slaton was outstanding as usual No one however expected West running game to be so Devine LEAGUE Pittsburgh (Snell 9-12) at Houston (Oswalt 147) 7:05 pm Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 15-12) at St Louis (Wainwright 1310) 7:10 pm Florida (Willis 315) at Colorado (Fogg 39) 8:05 pm San Francisco (Zlto 312) at San Diego (Young 37) 9:05 pm Arizona (Davis 1311) at LA Dodgers (Penny 154) 9:40 pm Saturday's Games Philadelphia at NY Mets 12:10 pm Chicago Cubs at St Louis 12:10 pm 1st game Arizona at LA Dodgers 2:55 pm Cincinnati at Milwaukee 6:05 pm Atlanta at Washington 6:05 pm Pittsburgh at Houston 6:05 pm Florida at Colorado 7:05 pm Chicago Cubs at St Louis 7:10 pm 2nd game San Frandsco at San Diego 9:05 pm iu IBZ Sm Fraattocn ZOZ MM -4 6m Frmctoeo 1 LOO Milan 6 San Francaco 4 REK B8 SO Wbi W16-10 7 1 1 Lyon I JSandwzL1-4 3 5 21-3 3 2-3 0 1 1 JSancbazpdchad la Ibadan In tha 4th by JSandiaz(CSnyder) Phurfc Ebnt fib4 a Umpilvrnointi msKI RnlinMnlm vfN iVQI nNOI Sacond Tim Tanmona: Hard AMonao Mzrquai 3:46 37063 (41777) IMUNEIII I ATHLETICS I Muntar SEATTLE obrbM 4 3 4 0 6 0 20 1112 2 00 0 1000 6 110 3 020 10 12 3 0 11 4 0 00 4 0 00 obrbM SOI 4 0 1 5 0 1 5 02 0 0 10 0 5 1i: 4 0 2 0 4 12 2 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 111 0000 4 1 1 40 Oil SftStwitN Barton 1b SwidMf Cudrt DVnond EMo2b Ddnoondb Puzzidh Suzuki Hnnhnlb DMrpym BuuHd BadraSb Ibanez JGdtonrt Jmrtnpr Brand lb Vidro dh VBkriao Burba JRaadph 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like a heavyweight champion should when a tide is on the line Pearl River answered the bell with a four-play 80-yard drive to trim the deficit to 22-17 with six minutes to play It was only fitting the final points came on a safety with five minutes to play As the Wildcats punter stepped out of the end zone after a bad snap the Bulldogs swarmed like a pack of bees Instead of knocking Philip Sullivan to the ground the Bulldogs respected their oppo- nent and walked away Was the act of sportsmanship due to the fact the teams could meet again on Nov 10 with a state title on the line? Welcome to Perk and Peari River football Round One 1 AI Jones can be reached at 896-2351 or at afronasunkeraldcom COLLEGE FOOTBALL JSU upends Texas Southern i THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JACKSON Jimmy Oliver threw two touchdown passes and helped Jackson State win its first game of the season with a 28-7 victory over Texas Southern on Thursday The Tigers (1-2 1-0 Southwestern Athletic Conference) racked up die largest offensive output of the season Texas Southern (03 03) managed just 30 total yards and turned the ball over five times during a steady downpour as die remains of Hurricane Humberto pushed through central Mississippi Both touchdown passes a 23-yard pass to Kethonne McLaurin and a 24-yard strike to Jaymar Johnson came in the first quarter as Jackson State built a 21-0 lead Johnson added a 7Syard punt return for a touchdown Erik 11-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter put Jackson State ahead 28-0 Texas only score came on Brent short run late in die third quarter Air Force 20 TCU 17 OT Ryan 33yard field goal on second down gave Air Force a 20-17 overtime victory over TCU on Thursday night keeping the Falcons unbeaten under new coach Troy Calhoun WEDNESDAY TATE BOX SCORES relievers allowed one run over die final five innings The Phillies moved within two games of San Diego in the NL wild-card standings pending the result of the game at Los Angeles later Thursday The Dodgers entered the day tied with the Phillies The Rockies fell one game behind Philadelphia It was an important win for die Phillies after getting out-scored 20-2 in consecutive Jones Continued from C-l but things could have been worse The Wildcats down 123 used a late second quarter fumble recovery by Josh Wiley to cut the lead to two at the break Gulf Coast took the first half lead by fighting fire with fire against the offense one of the top high-powered passing units in the nation When the Wildcats came to the line of scrimmage in a spread formation the Bulldogs rushed three and covered with eight The end result was Pearl River quarterback Lance Cuevas struggling to complete three of his first 10 passes for one yard At that point it looked like the Bulldogs had little respect for the offense But this is Perk and Peari River a rivalry that runs deep in the blood of those involved You knew the Wildcats would pick themselves up off the ground while the Bulldogs looked for the all important knock out SCORES JWafcarSS 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Lackey Umpnao Home Ron Kulpa: First Paul EfflmaL Sacond Dan laaiogna: Tlwd Dali Scott 2:16 16359 (48290) REOt I CARDINALS 4 ST LOUIS Eckdmm Cano 3b Edmndd Ludwckd Senator if YMoUtoC SMC Antadrf KWdhp Cvaii Bmyon'ph ThmptP Mila 2b Ryan 2b Tatoto M-Lmto CINCINNATI Hopper SET BPMpt2b Dunn 0 wmarap EEcrcalb Votto 1b Rome Harang Burtonn CoatolT abrbM 3 12 1 2 0 00 0 0 0 0 2 112 4 0 11 4 0 0 0 3 0 10 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 00 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1000 1110 4 4 abrbM 5 0 4 0 3 0 0 1 4 0 10 3 120 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 0 4 13 2 2 2 12 3 0 00 0 0 0 0 1000 Tatoto SI Oil MB -4 E-Edmonda IS) OF-BL louto I L0B-SL Loua 1 CmeinnaU 9 ZB-Eckatooi (111 Pujda (0 Ryan 7L BPMhou (25) Votto (3) HR-Roro (16) CB-Caao (1) Lank KWabs LB-17 Cavazm 42-3 10 5 5 6 2 1-3 0 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Springer St Louis Rick Anklel striking out In the eighth Inning Trachsel (1-2) gave up two solo homers and seven hits in five innings for his first win since the Cubs acquired him from Baltimore on Aug 31 Phillies 12 Rockies 4 Chase Utley hit a two-run homer and much-maligned bullpen was superb in the 124 victory over die Colorado Rockies on Thursday night Geoff Geary (2-2) pitched three scoreless innings after starter JD Durbin lasted just one inning then five other with 136 yards rushing on five THURSDAYS BOX Mb Mndiw 1b JMobHe Tototo 3 0 00 0000 3 0 10 OvrDay 1b tone no 3 0 00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 811! 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