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2B Daily News – Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Scoreboard MLB American League At A Glance By The Associated Press East Division WL Pct GB Boston 73 46 .613 — New York 72 46 .610 1/2 Tampa Bay 64 55 .538 9 Toronto 61 59 .50812 1/2 Baltimore 46 72 .39026 1/2 Central Division WL Pct GB Detroit 64 57 .529 — Cleveland 60 57 .513 2 Chicago 60 60 .500 3 1/2 Minnesota 53 67 .44210 1/2 Kansas City50 71 .413 14 West Division Texas WL Pct GB 69 52 .570 — Los Angeles65 56 .537 4 A’s 53 67 .44215 1/2 Seattle 52 67 .437 16 Monday’s Games Minnesota 9, Detroit 6 N.Y.Yankees at Kansas City, late Baltimore at Oakland, late Texas at L.A. Angels, late Toronto at Seattle, late Tuesday’s Games Tampa Bay (Shields 11-9) at Boston (Lester 11-6), 10:05 a.m., 1st game Minnesota (Blackburn 7-9) at Detroit (Ver- lander 17-5), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Niemann 7-4) at Boston (Bedard 4-7), 4:10 p.m., 2nd game Cleveland (Jimenez 1-0) at Chicago White Sox (Floyd 10-10), 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Nova 11-4) at Kansas City (Duffy 3-6), 5:10 p.m. Baltimore (Matusz 1-4) at Oakland (Moscoso 5-6), 7:05 p.m. Texas (D.Holland 10-4) at L.A. Angels (Chatwood 6-8), 7:05 p.m. Toronto (Mills 1-2) at Seattle (Vargas 7- 10), 7:10 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay at Boston, 10:35 a.m. GLEN Continued from page 1B who finished second to brother Kurt here in Satur- day’s Nationwide race. ‘‘There’s only one corner you’ve got to make, and as soon as you make it through that corner and can keep everybody behind, it’s smooth sailing from there.’’ Ambrose then closed on Keselowski in the chi- cane after zooming through the high-speed esses and passed him for the lead before the final lap. ‘‘I wanted to win,’’ said Keselowski, who has the first wild card for the Chase and moved up four spots in the standings to 14th. ‘‘We had a shot at it, and that’s all you can ask as a driver.’’ Busch finished third, and Martin Truex Jr. and Joey Logano rounded out the top five. Kevin Harvick was sixth, followed by defend- ing race winner Juan Pablo Montoya, AJ All- mendinger, Jeff Burton and Jimmie Johnson. Kurt Busch, who won at Sonoma in June, crashed early and finished 38th. He wasn’t alone: Denny Hamlin, who entered the day 11th in points, also crashed and finished 36th; five-time Watkins Glen winner Tony Stewart, who ran up front all race, was taken out on the final lap in the chicane and finished 27th; and Paul Menard, also in the hunt for a spot in the Chase, brought out the race-changing caution when he crashed on the 86th lap and finished 32nd. The top 10 drivers in the standings and the two drivers with the most vic- tories in 11th to 20th place earn spots for the 10-race Chase. Keselowski never got the chance to challenge for the win on the final lap. The race ended with a caution as David Reuti- mann and David Ragan crashed violently entering the second turn, with Ragan slamming head-on into the guard rail and Reutimann’s car bouncing hard off the barrier and sliding upside down across the track. Baltimore at Oakland, 12:35 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 4:05 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. N.Y.Yankees at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Texas at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Toronto at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. National League At A Glance By The Associated Press East Division WL Pct GB Philadelphia78 41 .655 — Atlanta 71 51 .582 8 1/2 New York 58 62 .48320 1/2 Washington 57 62 .479 21 Florida 56 64 .46722 1/2 Central Division WL Pct GB Milwaukee 70 51 .579 — St. Louis 65 56 .537 5 Cincinnati 59 62 .488 11 Pittsburgh 57 63 .479 12 Chicago 53 68 .438 17 Houston 38 83 .314 32 West Division WL Pct GB Arizona 68 53 .562 — Giants 66 56 .541 2 1/2 Los Angeles55 64 .462 12 Colorado 56 66 .45912 1/2 San Diego 54 68 .44314 1/2 Monday’s Games Atlanta 5, San Francisco 4 St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 6 Chicago Cubs at Houston, late L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee, late Florida at Colorado, late N.Y. Mets at San Diego, late Tuesday’s Games Arizona (Collmenter 7-7) at Philadelphia (Halladay 15-4), 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Leake 10-7) at Washington (Wang 1-2), 4:05 p.m. St. Louis (C.Carpenter 8-8) at Pittsburgh (Karstens 9-6), 4:05 p.m. San Francisco (J.Sanchez 4-7) at Atlanta (Delgado 0-1), 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Dempster 10-8) at Hous- ton (Myers 3-12), 5:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 10-9) at Milwau- Ambrose was on a con- servative pit strategy all day despite threatening weather — the race was postponed by rain Sunday and more was in the fore- cast. He passed Truex for third on turn one, a 90- degree right-hander, of lap 73 and moved up to the bumper of Keselowski. Ambrose then out- braked Keselowski going into the first turn on lap 76 and set his sights on Busch. He moved within three car lengths on lap 80 as the two encountered lapped traffic and closed to Busch’s back bumper in the chicane with eight laps to go. ‘‘Plenty of time to get him. Go get him,’’ said Ambrose’s crew chief, Todd Parrott. Ambrose got the chance he wanted when Menard, running 14th, blew a tire and crashed on lap 86, bringing out the final caution. That set up the frantic dash to the finish of what turned into a 92-lap race and spoiled the day for Kyle Busch, who led 49 laps. He was in the catbird seat for 18 straight circuits when Menard crashed. ‘‘The last couple of laps I was getting away from him (Ambrose),’’ said Busch, who moved into a tie with Carl Edwards for the top spot in the standings. ‘‘The last thing I wanted to see was a caution — knew it was going to come down to one corner and I messed up.’’ Hamlin brought out the third caution of the race on lap 67 when he zoomed at high speed straight through the first turn and slammed head-on into the tire barrier that borders the paved runout area. Hamlin, who started at the rear of the field after a crash in qualifying and was all the way up to 11th, was not injured. But the stoppage jumbled the run- ning order as Jeff Gordon gave up the lead to pit for the final time, giving Kyle Busch the lead again with Keselowski alongside him in the front row and Ambrose and Montoya in the third row. ‘‘I had no brakes,’’ Hamlin said. ‘‘I was trying to do everything I could. Just nothing you can do.’’ Thome hits 600th home run DETROIT (AP) — Minnesota slugger Jim Thome become the eighth player to hit 600 home runs, connect- ing twice against the Detroit Tigers on Monday night. The 40-year-old Thome hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning for No. 599, then added a three-run shot in the seventh. The milestone came on a 2-1 pitch from Daniel Schlereth. Both homers were hit to the opposite field. When No. 600 cleared the fence in left, Thome raised his right fist as he went around first base, and the crowd in Detroit came to its feet to applaud him. Thome became the second-fastest hitter to reach the milestone, hitting his 600th homer in at-bat No. 8,137. Babe Ruth needed only 6,921 at-bats. kee (Gallardo 13-8), 5:10 p.m. Florida (Ani.Sanchez 6-6) at Colorado (Chacin 9-9), 5:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Niese 11-9) at San Diego (Luebke 4-6), 7:05 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Chicago Cubs at Houston, 11:05 a.m. N.Y. Mets at San Diego, 3:35 p.m. Arizona at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Washington, 4:05 p.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. San Francisco at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Florida at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. NFL Preseason Glance By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE East Miami WL T Pct 1 0 0 1.000 New England1 0 0 1.000 N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 Buffalo 0 1 0 .000 South WL T Pct Tennessee 1 0 0 1.000 Houston 0 0 0 .000 Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 North WL T Pct Cleveland 1 0 0 1.000 Baltimore 0 1 0 .000 Cincinnati 0 1 0 .000 Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 West WL T Pct Denver 0 1 0 .000 Kansas City 0 1 0 .000 Raiders 0 1 0 .000 San Diego 0 1 0 .000 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Dallas WL T Pct 1 0 0 1.000 Philadelphia 1 0 0 1.000 Washington 1 0 0 1.000 N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 South 49ERS Continued from page 1B out. Culpepper wasn’t on the field when practice began. ‘‘I’m just happy that we got him. He can help the team out with his expertise and give the quarterbacks some pointers on what he’s seen, and help Alex and Colin out,’’ Walker said before Monday after- noon’s practice. ‘‘I think it’s going to be a good look for us and I’m glad to have him out here.’’ The 34-year-old Culpepper, who was still at team headquarters for lunch, last played in the NFL for the Detroit Lions GIANTS Continued from page 1B The Giants scored two unearned runs without a hit off Hudson in the fourth. Bourn dropped Aubrey Huff’s liner in center field for an error. Hudson walked Schierholtz and hit Brandon Belt with a pitch to load the bases. Fly balls by Orlando Cabrera and Eli Whiteside drove in the runs. Sandoval left the game in the first inning after fouling a ball off his right foot. X-rays were negative. Sandoval fell to the ground in the batter’s box after the foul ball hit WL T Pct Carolina 1 0 0 1.000 New Orleans1 0 0 1.000 Tampa Bay 1 0 0 1.000 Atlanta 0 1 0 .000 North WL T Pct Chicago 1 0 0 1.000 Detroit 1 0 0 1.000 Green Bay 0 1 0 .000 Minnesota 0 1 0 .000 West WL T Pct Arizona 1 0 0 1.000 Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 St. Louis 1 0 0 1.000 49ers 0 1 0 .000 ——— Thursday’s Games Philadelphia 13, Baltimore 6 New England 47, Jacksonville 12 Seattle 24, San Diego 17 Dallas 24, Denver 23 Arizona 24, Oakland 18 Friday’s Games Detroit 34, Cincinnati 3 Miami 28, Atlanta 23 Washington 16, Pittsburgh 7 Tampa Bay 25, Kansas City 0 New Orleans 24, San Francisco 3 Saturday’s Games Cleveland 27, Green Bay 17 Chicago 10, Buffalo 3 Tennessee 14, Minnesota 3 St. Louis 33, Indianapolis 10 Carolina 20, N.Y. Giants 10 Monday’s Game N.Y. Jets at Houston, late Thursday, Aug. 18 New England at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19 Washington at Indianapolis, 4 p.m. Carolina at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m. Kansas City at Baltimore, 4:30 p.m. Arizona at Green Bay, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Jacksonville, 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 Oakland at San Francisco, 5 p.m. Tennessee at St. Louis, 5 p.m. in 2009. He started five games and played in eight total. In 11 NFL seasons, he has passed for 24,153 yards and 149 touch- downs. A three-time Pro Bowler, he spent his first seven seasons with the Vikings, then one year each with Miami and Oak- land before two years in Motown. ‘‘Just experience, knowing the game and having been in it,’’ receiv- er Ted Ginn Jr. said of Culpepper’s potential pos- itive influence. ‘‘It’s something that we can’t worry about. Whoever steps in there, you should be right for him.’’ Smith, the 2005 No. 1 overall draft pick out of New Orleans at Houston, 5 p.m. Buffalo at Denver, 5:30 p.m. Minnesota at Seattle, 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21 Cincinnati at N.Y. Jets, 4 p.m. San Diego at Dallas, 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22 Chicago at N.Y. Giants, 5 p.m. Moves Monday’s Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Announced RHP Brian Bruney rejected outright assignment and elected free agency. CLEVELAND INDIANS—Assigned C Eric Haase and LHP Ryan Merritt to the Ari- zona League Indians. KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Agreed to terms with RHP Kyle Smith, 3B Patrick Leonard, RHP Jake Junis and RHP Chris- tian Binford. LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Assigned RHP Michael Clevinger to Orem (Pio- neer). MINNESOTA TWINS—Traded OF Del- mon Young to Detroit for LHP Cole Nelson and a player to be named. Recalled OF Rene Tosoni from Rochester (IL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Placed OF Rajai Davis on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Mike McCoy from Las Vegas (PCL). National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Agreed to terms with LHP Andrew Chafin, RHP Anthony Meo and C Michael Perez. CHICAGO CUBS—Recalled LHP Scott Maine from Iowa (PCL). Assigned OF Garrett Schlecht to the Arizona League Cubs. COLORADO ROCKIES—Selected the contract of LHP J.C. Romero from Col- orado Springs (PCL). Designated RHP Edgar Gonzalez for assignment. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Agreed to terms with RHP Dave Bush on a minor league contract and assigned him to Lehigh Valley (IL). Sent OF Domingo San- Utah, is still the front-run- ner to win the starting job — though Harbaugh has- n’t named him the top guy yet. In recent days, Har- baugh has called it a com- petition between Smith and second-round draft pick Kaepernick. Culpepper could pro- vide guidance to both QBs — and some insurance to a franchise eager to finally turn around its fortunes. San Francisco hasn’t had a winning season or reached the playoffs in eight years. Lawrie appreciated Culpepper’s veteran pres- ence and humility in the UFL last season. They ran what Lawrie referred to as a ‘‘hybrid’’ version of the West Coast offense, so he sees Culpepper having no him below his shin guard. He com- pleted the at-bat and reached first base on a fielder’s choice. Fontenot replaced Sandoval at third base in the bottom of the first inning. The Braves were without third baseman Chipper Jones, who hurt his left knee while running to first base as a pinch-hitter against the Cubs on Sunday. Jones said he had an MRI on the knee on Monday and was relieved the test did not reveal a significant injury. He said he needed pain med- ication to sleep on Sunday night. Jones tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on Aug. 10, 2010 and had season-ending recon- cus Van Dyke got quite the introduction to the NFL. The rookie cornerback from Miami was lined up against Arizona superstar receiver Larry Fitzgerald on his first series of his exhibi- tion debut and the Cardinals went right at him. Van Dyke allowed a long completion to Fitzgerald on the first pass his way even though he did have tight coverage. He stayed with the five-time Pro Bowler on the next deep pass, leading to an incompletion. But the debut got pro- gressively worse after that with Van Dyke allowing an 18-yard touchdown to Stephen Williams late in the first half and several other completions to Arizona’s less accomplished receivers. ‘‘As a DB, you’ve got to have amnesia,’’ Van Dyke said. ‘‘You get beat one time, you can’t let it keep building, that feeling. They got me. They’re not going to beat me again. The Raiders are hoping for much steadier play this season from Van Dyke, a third-round pick out in April who could get plenty of opportunities to play against multiple receiver packages this season. Van Dyke started just three games at Miami as a senior but blossomed at the NFL combine, where he ran a 4.25 40-yard dash. Along with the sprinter speed that made him so attractive to the Raiders, coach Hue Jackson has praised his loose hips, 6-foot-1 size and makeup as attributes that should help in man cover- age. ‘‘When I talk to the young man, there is no fear in him at all,’’ Jackson said. ‘‘Fitzgerald makes those plays on everybody. I’ve seen him make them on the best in this league. He made one on that young man. But the young man came back and stayed with him the next time and that’s what this is all about.’’ Van Dyke received encouragement after the game from fellow former Miami cornerbacks Antrel Rolle and Sam Shields, vet- erans who have been through the rough transition from college to the pros. That only got harder when Van Dyke saw him- self lined up against Fitzger- ald as soon as he got on the field. He stayed with Fitzgerald stride for stride on the first pass but was out- maneuvered for the ball at the end, giving the Cardi- nals a 43-yard gain. ‘‘It’s a pretty good way to go out there and judge yourself on a guy of his cal- iber and see what I can get better at,’’ he said. ‘‘I just have to finish on plays, that’s about it.’’ Van Dyke gets to learn the trade from a pair of Hall of Famers in assistant tana to Houston to complete an earlier trade. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Agreed to terms with OF Charlie Tilson and assigned him to the Cardinals (GCL). BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MILWAUKEE BUCKS—Named Sidney Moncrief assistant coach. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS—Waived LB Aaron Maybin. CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed DE Jonathan Fanene. CLEVELAND BROWNS—Claimed CB Brett Johnson off waivers from Seattle. Placed OL Billy Yates on the reserve/retired list. DENVER BRONCOS—Waived LB Derek Domino. Waived-injured DT Louis Leonard. GREEN BAY PACKERS—Waived LB Diyral Briggs. HOUSTON TEXANS—Signed LS Scott Albritton. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Waived QB Nate Davis. MIAMI DOLPHINS—Signed LB Marvin Mitchell. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Claimed OT Jose Acuna off waivers from Dallas. Waived OT Joe Toledo. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Waived TE Jose Cruz and QB Mike Coughlin. Signed CB Ashton Youboty, WR Maurice Price and WR Aundrae Allison. Placed WR Raymond Webber on injured reserve. HOCKEY National Hockey League MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed D Jeff Woywitka to a one-year contract. SOCCER Major League Soccer LOS ANGELES GALAXY—Signed F Robbie Keane. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES—Acquired F Edmundo Zura on loan from Deportivo El Nacional (Ecuador). SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC—Loaned M Miguel Montano to Montreal (NASL). problems picking up Har- baugh’s playbook in a hurry. ‘‘He’ll fit right in,’’ Lawrie said. ‘‘He’s friend- ly, outgoing and connects well with players, which is a great asset for a quarter- back. He has played for years and done a lot of great things. He knows football and that’s pretty clear. It comes from taking a lot of snaps.’’ Notes: WR Michael Crabtree, missing his third straight training camp, was all smiles and said he is ‘‘encouraged’’ by the progress of his injured left foot. Crabtree — on the physically unable to per- form list — was moving around without his walk- ing boot Monday. structive surgery four days later. NOTES: The Giants have lost the first game in eight straight series. ... Braves right-hander Peter Moylan, recovering from surgery to repair a bulging disc in his lower back, moved closer to a minor league rehabilitation appearance when he threw 30 pitches in batting practice. ... The Giants were without RHP Sergio Romo (sore arm) and OF Carlos Beltran (sprained right wrist). Beltran missed his seventh straight start. Manager Bruce Bochy said Beltran is better but is doubtful to play in the series. Bochy said he must make a decision on placing Romo on the disabled list ‘‘real soon.’’ Raiders rookie CB gets rude introduction to NFL NAPA (AP) — DeMar- coaches Willie Brown and Rod Woodson. Woodson, in his first year as a coach, compares Van Dyke to one of his former teammates in Baltimore, Duane Starks, and expects big things from his young player. ‘‘He’s going to be good. It’s the little things that he has to work on,’’ Woodson said. ‘‘He has to learn how to finish. He’s still learning the little things about play- ing corner in this league, playing the different cover- ages, when to do certain things, when not to do cer- tain things. But if he keeps progressing in the positive manner like he has in the first week or so, he’ll be a decent player.’’ The question for the Raiders is how long that process will take. With All Pro Nnamdi Asomugha gone to Philadelphia in free agency, the Raiders have no experienced cornerback behind starters Stanford Routt and Chris Johnson. Oakland drafted a pair of cornerbacks a year ago in Walter McFadden and Jere- my Ware, who both strug- gled in limited time as rook- ies and have been victim- ized in training camp and in the exhibition opener. The Raiders also drafted Ohio State cornerback Chimdi Chekwa in the fourth round in April, but he has not been able to practice much this summer because of a shoul- der injury. Arizona quarterbacks combined to go 17-for-27 for 297 yards, three touch- downs and no interceptions at a 137.4 passer rating once the starting cornerbacks sat after the first series. ‘‘It’s so blown out of pro- portion,’’ Routt said. ‘‘They’re young. People are going to make mistakes. It’s preseason. Everybody wants to act like if you do bad in one preseason game, you should be crucified or whatever. It is what it is, the first preseason game. We got three more. Mistakes happen. Veterans make mis- takes.’’ The Raiders did add some help in the secondary at safety, signing Josh Bul- locks and Matt Giordano. Oakland needed to make the moves with backups Hiram Eugene (dislocated hip) and Zac Etheridge (knee) getting hurt in the exhibition opener and Ste- vie Brown injuring his ankle at practice Sunday. Bullocks, a second- round pick by New Orleans in 2005, has six intercep- tions, 27 passes defensed and four forced fumbles in 90 career games with the Saints and Chicago Bears. Giordano, a fourth- round pick by Indianapolis out of California, had three interceptions in 55 games for the Colts from 2005-08. He played as a reserve the past two seasons with Green Bay and New Orleans.