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Tuesday MLB 4 p.m., teams to be announced, ESPN 7 p.m., Rockies at Giants, CSNBA WNBA 4:30 p.m., Mercury at Lynx, ESPN2 WPS 3 p.m. Independence at Freedom, CSNBA Tennis 9 a.m., French Open, ESPN2 Sports 1B Tuesday June 1, 2010 Blackhawks beat Flyers 2-1 CHICAGO (AP) — Marian Hossa and Ben Eager scored 28 seconds apart late in the second period, Antti Niemi had 33 saves and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 on Monday night for a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup finals. After a wild scoring display when Chicago won the opener 6-5, Game 2 featured tightened-up defens- es with goalies Niemi and Michael Leighton of the Fly- ers stepping up. Then the Blackhawks struck quickly, not once but twice, to send the United Center into a fren- zy. The Flyers, who are in the finals because of their ability to come from behind as they did in erasing a 3-0 deficit against Boston, got right back in the game when Simon Gagne scored as a power play was about to elapse at 5:20 of the final period. But Niemi fought off a late flurry — 15 of his saves came in the final period when Philadelphia had a 16-4 shots advantage. Games 3 and 4 will be played in Philadelphia on Wednesday and Friday. Davis, Cahill help A’s pick up win DETROIT (AP) — Oakland pitcher Trevor Cahill was running out of things to do during the extended rain delay. Luckily for him, he finally got a chance to cele- brate the way he hoped — helping his Oakland Athlet- ics beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1. The start of the game was delayed by 2 hours and 42 minutes due to threaten- ing weather, although no rain fell until more than an hour after the scheduled start. ‘‘That’s tough when you want to pitch, but it is some- thing you have to deal with,’’ Cahill said of the prolonged wait. ‘‘I wan- dered around for a while, and then the guys had a movie on in the lounge and I watched some of that, and then I moved around some more.’’ Once the game started, though, Cahill (4-2) contin- ued his hot streak. He won his third straight start, allowing one run on five MCT photo Oakland Athletics catcher Kurt Suzuki tags out the Detroit Tigers' Brennan Boesch at home plate during fourth-inning action. hits in 6 1-3 innings, and has allowed three runs in his last 19 innings. ‘‘Trevor didn’t have the command he usually has, but he made pitches when Rockies’ Jimenez bests struggling Lincecum SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ubaldo Jimenez pitched a four-hit- ter to become the majors’ first 10- game winner this year, outpitching Tim Lincecum to lead the Colorado Rockies past the San Francisco Giants 4-0 in Monday’s highly anticipated Memorial Day matchup. Clint Barmes hit a two-run sin- gle in the second inning that held up for Jimenez (10-1), who struck out nine, lowered his big league-best ERA to 0.78 and extended his career-best scoreless innings streak to 26. He pitched his fourth career complete game, second career shutout and second this year. Lincecum (5-2), making his 100th start and matched up with Jimenez for the fourth time, walked five for the fourth straight start and the Giants had their four-game win- ning streak snapped. In a game featuring two of base- ball’s top right-handers, Jimenez improved to 3-1 head-to-head against Lincecum, the reigning two-time NL Cy Young winner. Jimenez retired nine straight before a two-out double to Pablo Sandoval in the ninth and a walk to Aubrey Huff that brought manager Jim Tracy to the mound for a visit. Jimenez got Juan Uribe on a liner to left to end the 128-pitch gem in 2 hours, 38 minutes. Jimenez became the 15th pitcher since 1952 to win 10 or more games by June 1, with Brandon Webb the last to do it in 2008. Todd Helton doubled in a run in the fifth as the Rockies kicked off a six-game road trip against the divi- sion in impressive fashion. Col- orado added another run in the sixth on reliever Dan Runzler’s throwing MCT photo San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Tim Lincecum works against the Colorado Rockies Monday. error trying for a pickoff at first. Barmes recorded his first career hit off Lincecum with the single. Barmes was 0 for 11 with four strikeouts against Lincecum com- ing into the game. Lincecum gave up consecutive walks to start the inning to Troy Tulowitzki on five pitches and then Brad Hawpe. Both righties had to throw plenty of pitches early — Lincecum 43 and Jimenez 40 through two innings. Lincecum’s 32-pitch sec- ond inning followed a 1-2-3 first on 11 pitches. Sandoval singled up the middle on the seventh pitch he saw from Jimenez and added another base hit in the fourth before the double in the ninth. Freddy Sanchez’s sixth- inning single was the Giants’ lone other hit. Jimenez, who pitched the first no-hitter in Rockies history at Atlanta on April 17, was clocked at 99 mph several times. Tracy com- mitted his top defensive lineup to back the team’s ace. Lincecum lost back-to-back starts for just the fourth time in his career and first since Sept. 20 and 25 last year. He was tagged for six runs and six hits in 4 2-3 innings of a 7-3 loss to Washington on Wednesday. See GIANTS, page 2B he needed them,’’ Oakland manager Bob Geren said. ‘‘He was getting ground- balls and getting himself out of trouble.’’ Andrew Bailey got the final four outs for his 11th save. The win was Oakland’s third of the four-game See A'S, page 2B Lakers hope for finals boost from Artest, Bynum EL SEGUNDO (AP) — Although Andrew Bynum didn’t play in the 2008 NBA finals, he remembers how it all ended. Boston Celtics fans cele- brated their clinching victory by throwing rocks and other projec- tiles at the Los Angeles Lakers’ departing bus, also rocking it back and forth. ‘‘I only saw a couple of games, and it was crazy — the energy, the fans,’’ said Bynum, who was out for the season with an injured kneecap. ‘‘That bus ride back to the hotel, it wasn’t the greatest.’’ Bynum kept that memory close for the past two years, and so did most of his teammates. Although the Lakers’ roster is remarkably similar to the group that lost to Boston two years ago, Bynum sees two big rea- sons Los Angeles might have a better shot to do the rocking this time. Ron Artest and Bynum said Monday they hope to play major defensive roles in the Lakers’ NBA finals rematch with the Artest Bynum Celtics, starting Thursday night at Staples Center. Artest is the Lakers’ only newcomer this season, while Bynum has postponed surgery on his right knee to par- ticipate in the Lakers’ playoff run. Unlike Kobe Bryant, who professes no special inter- est in a Celtics rematch, Bynum is thrilled this run is ending with Boston. ‘‘It’s a great opportunity for us to get one back,’’ See LAKERS, page 2B Henin loses to Stosur, who gets SWilliams next PARIS (AP) — Justine Henin kept saying it, even if no one was listening. She’s not back to being the player she was before taking a 20-month hiatus from tennis. She’s still searching for consis- tency on court. Too many ‘‘ups and downs,’’ to use her term. Turns out Henin was right. Betrayed down the stretch by her best stroke, the backhand, and by her usually steely nerves, the four-time French Open champion lost to No. 7- seeded Sam Stosur of Australia 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the fourth round Monday, ending Henin’s 24- match winning streak at her favorite tournament. ‘‘Everyone wants to see me (at) the level that I was,’’ said Henin, who abruptly retired in May 2008 while ranked No. 1, then returned to the tour this season and reached the Aus- tralian Open final in January. ‘‘I still have to work a lot, quite simply.’’ Thanks to her 2005-07 titles at Roland Garros, and then the time away, it’s been six years since Henin felt the sting of a loss at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament — all the way back in 2004’s second round. ‘‘Obviously, beating Justine is going to give me lots and lots of confidence for the next match,’’ said Stosur, a French Open semifinalist in 2009 and a tour-best 18-2 on clay this year. ‘‘That’s obviously a great achievement for me, but it’s not over yet. I’m just in the quarters and going to play the No. 1 player in the world next.’’ That would be Serena Williams, who stumbled at the start before cruising to a 6-2, 6- 2 victory over No. 18 Shahar Peer of Israel. Williams dropped the first seven points of the match, then immediately took nine a row and was on her way. ‘‘I seem to always be able to turn it up during this particular stage,’’ said Williams, who won two of the past three Grand Slam tournaments and owns 12 major titles. The other quarterfinal in that half of the draw will be No. 4 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia against 36th-ranked Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan. Jankovic beat No. 23 Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia 6-4, 6- 2, while Shvedova eliminated 107th- ranked Jarmila Groth of Australia 6-4, 6-3. In men’s fourth- round matches, four- time champion Rafael Nadal improved to 200-16 on clay over his career by overcoming four breaks of serve to defeat No. 24 Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil 6-2, 7-5, 6-4. A year ago, Nadal lost in the fourth round — he was 31-0 at Roland Gar- ros before that stunning exit against Robin Soderling — but he insisted that didn’t make him any more careful this time. Now Nadal will meet No. 19 Nicolas Almagro, who knocked off No. 7 Fernando Verdasco 6- 4, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4. Also Monday, No. 3 Novak Djokovic of Ser- bia eliminated the last U.S. man in the tournament, 98th-ranked Robby Ginepri of Kennesaw, Ga., 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, and No. 22 Jurgen Melzer of Austria beat 114th-ranked quali- fier Teimuraz Gabashvili of Russia 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-1, 6- 4. At 29, Melzer is the oldest man left in the field. He’s also reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal in 32 appearances. ‘‘Well, to be the oldest play- er is not a special feeling,’’ Melzer said. ‘‘Reaching the quarterfinals for the first time — that’s a special feeling.’’ Williams might have forgot- ten what it feels like to reach the semifinals in Paris: She has- n’t been that far at the French Open since 2003, a year after she won her only championship at the tournament. ‘‘I feel prepared every year, and I always dive out in the quarters,’’ Williams said. ‘‘I’m just trying to get past that this year, hopefully.’’ She owns a 3-1 record against Stosur, including a vic- tory at January’s Australian Open. Stosur’s win came on a hard court at Stanford, Calif., last year, and Williams was hardly complimentary after- ward, saying: ‘‘She had a lot of lucky shots; she’s a good framer.’’ Williams had nicer things to say Monday, calling Stosur ‘‘someone you can’t overlook,’’ and adding: ‘‘She’s no pushover, that’s for sure.’’ Told of those remarks, and reminded about what Williams declared in 2009, Stosur smiled. ‘‘I guess a lot of people have changed their idea about what kind of tennis player I am recently,’’ Stosur said. ‘‘I guess that’s a good thing.’’ For years, she was known primarily as a doubles special- ist, winning two Grand Slam titles apiece in mixed and women’s. She began to fare bet- ter in singles in 2006, but then was off tour because of illness for about six months in 2007- See HENIN, page 2B