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2B Daily News – Tuesday, September 6, 2011 Scoreboard MLB American League At A Glance By The Associated Press East Division WL Pct GB New York 86 53 .619 — Boston 84 56 .600 2 1/2 Tampa Bay 77 63 .550 9 1/2 Toronto 70 71 .496 17 Baltimore 55 84 .396 31 Central Division WL Pct GB Detroit 79 62 .560 — Cleveland 70 68 .507 7 1/2 Chicago 70 69 .504 8 Kansas City59 83 .41520 1/2 Minnesota 58 83 .411 21 West Division Texas WL Pct GB 80 62 .563 — Los Angeles77 64 .546 2 1/2 A's 64 77 .45415 1/2 Seattle 58 82 .414 21 ——— Monday's Games N.Y.Yankees 11, Baltimore 10 Detroit 4, Cleveland 2 Toronto 1, Boston 0, 11 innings Tampa Bay 5, Texas 1 Chicago White Sox 2, Minnesota 1, 1st game Kansas City 11, Oakland 6 Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota 0, 2nd game L.A. Angels 7, Seattle 3 Tuesday's Games Baltimore (Tom.Hunter 3-2) at N.Y. Yan- kees (P.Hughes 4-5), 4:05 p.m. Detroit (Porcello 12-8) at Cleveland (Car- mona 6-13), 4:05 p.m. AS Continued from page 1B he's doing it all. He's dri- ving in runs, hitting with power and hitting the ball the other way.'' Salvador Perez sparked the winning rally with a leadoff single and was replaced by Chris Getz. After Alcides Escobar flied out, Gordon doubled to right and scored on Melky Cabrera's single to give Kansas City an 8-6 lead. ''I was just trying to make contact,'' Gordon said. ''He threw me a good pitch, down and away, and I somehow bar- reled it.'' Bailey said he wasn't sure he could have done much else against Gor- don. ''Looking back at it, a couple first-pitch fastballs that were well located that they just put in play, and Gordon got that one fair,'' he said. ''You just have to tip your cap to that one. It probably would end up a ball.'' Neil Wagner replaced Bailey and walked Butler before Hosmer added an RBI double. Moustakas capped the scoring with a two-out, two-run single and was cut down trying to advance to second on the play. ''They're swinging hot bats right now,'' Bailey said. ''I know they've got a bunch of guys that hit .300 and hit home runs. That's the start of a win- ning team. From here on out they're going to be a pretty good team in the AL and definitely com- pete in the next couple of years.'' Greg Holland (4-1) pitched a scoreless eighth to get the victory. A's starter Rich Harden struck out 10 in five innings, but was charged with four runs and eight hits. He had eight Ks through three innings. Kansas City starter Felipe Paulino also went WEBB Continued from page 1B No. 213 in the world. His second win in three weeks moves him up to No. 14, and the $1.44 million check assures him a spot in the Presidents Cup. Best of all, he is atop the FedEx Cup. ''I couldn't expect any- thing more,'' Simpson said. No one was sure what to expect from a wild final round on Labor Day. It was so scrambled that seven players — includ- ing world No. 1 Luke Donald — had a share of the lead at some point. Simpson one-putted seven of his last eight greens, mostly for par on the back nine in regula- tion to stay in the hunt, then received just enough Boston (Lester 14-6) at Toronto (L.Perez 3-2), 4:07 p.m. Texas (C.Wilson 14-6) at Tampa Bay (Nie- mann 9-6), 4:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Peavy 6-7) at Min- nesota (Hendriks 0-0), 5:10 p.m. Kansas City (Duffy 3-8) at Oakland (G.Gonzalez 12-11), 7:05 p.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 13-11) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 11-9), 7:05 p.m. Wednesday's Games Detroit at Cleveland, 9:05 a.m. Baltimore at N.Y.Yankees, 10:05 a.m. Texas at Tampa Bay, 10:10 a.m. Kansas City at Oakland, 12:35 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Seattle at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. National League At A Glance By The Associated Press East Division WL Pct GB Philadelphia89 48 .650 — Atlanta 82 58 .586 8 1/2 New York 68 71 .489 22 Washington 65 74 .468 25 Florida 63 77 .45027 1/2 Central Division WL Pct GB Milwaukee 85 57 .599 — St. Louis 74 67 .52510 1/2 Cincinnati 69 72 .48915 1/2 Pittsburgh 65 76 .46119 1/2 Chicago 61 80 .43323 1/2 Houston 47 94 .33337 1/2 West Division WL Pct GB Arizona 81 60 .574 — Giants 74 67 .525 7 Los Angeles68 72 .48612 1/2 five innings, allowing four hits and a season-high six runs. He issued a career- high six walks while strik- ing out four. Paulino, who was scratched from his last start with back spasms, has walked 22 hitters in his last 27 innings. He walked 19 in his previous 73 innings. The Royals hit .325 on their last road trip and they picked up where they left off, scoring three times in the first inning, two on Francoeur's sin- gle. Scott Sizemore's homer gave the A's a 4-3 edge in the second. Suzu- ki singled in a run just ahead of Sizemore. Butler hit a solo shot in the third but Willingham put the A's ahead again with an RBI single in the fifth. DeJesus followed with a sacrifice fly. Everett Teaford helped the Royals stay in the game, pitching 2 2-3 scoreless innings in relief of Paulino. NOTES: Hosmer extended his road hitting streak to 14 games with an RBI double in the first inning. ... A's OF Coco Crisp missed his second game with a sore right foot, though manager Bob Melvin said it's getting better. ... Oakland OF Michael Taylor is expect- ed to be in the lineup both Tuesday and Wednesday against left-handers. ... LHP Danny Duffy goes for the Royals on Tues- day. He averages 7.55 strikeouts per nine innings, third all-time among Kansas City rook- ie pitchers with at least 15 starts. He makes his third straight road start and is 2-2 with a 5.88 ERA away from home. ... LHP Gio Gonzalez will start for the A's on Tuesday night. The All-Star has won three consecutive starts and has a 2.18 ERA over that span. He's striking out an average of 8.95 batters per nine innings, which would be a franchise record. help from Reavie. Reavie came roaring up the leaderboard on the back nine. He made four birdies in a six-hole stretch — including on the toughest par 3 at No. 11 and the toughest hole at No. 14 — and was poised to capture his sec- ond PGA Tour title until one wedge cost him. ''It's definitely diffi- cult to think about it,'' Reavie said. ''It's not hard to make a 5. I mean, I'm going to make a 5 there nine times out of 10. Unfortunately it was the only bogey I had all day.'' Brandt Snedeker, who closed with a 61 last week to tie for third, went out in 30 to take the lead until getting wild off the teed on the back nine. He had to settle for a 66 and another tie for third. Donald, who matched birdies and eagles with Colorado 66 75 .468 15 San Diego 61 80 .433 20 ——— Monday's Games Washington 7, L.A. Dodgers 2 Pittsburgh 3, Houston 1 Chicago Cubs 4, Cincinnati 3 Arizona 10, Colorado 7 San Francisco 7, San Diego 2 Milwaukee 4, St. Louis 1 Philadelphia 9, Atlanta 0 Florida 9, N.Y.Mets 3 Tuesday's Games Atlanta (T.Hudson 14-8) at Philadelphia (Worley 10-1), 4:05 p.m. Houston (Myers 3-13) at Pittsburgh (Lin- coln 1-1), 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 9-13) at Washington (Strasburg 0-0), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Batista 4-2) at Florida (Volstad 5-12), 4:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Leake 11-9) at Chicago Cubs (R.Lopez 4-6), 5:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Gallardo 15-9) at St. Louis (Lohse 12-8), 5:15 p.m. Arizona (Collmenter 9-8) at Colorado (Hammel 7-13), 5:40 p.m. San Francisco (Surkamp 0-0) at San Diego (LeBlanc 2-4), 7:05 p.m. Wednesday's Games N.Y.Mets at Florida, 2:10 p.m. San Francisco at San Diego, 3:35 p.m. Atlanta at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Houston at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m. Milwaukee at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Arizona at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Moves Monday's Sports Transactions OPEN Continued from page 1B pushed a forehand long to close a 13-stroke exchange. Both men called that tiebreaker the key to the match. One tiny piece of evidence: Dolgopolov double-faulted twice in the opening game of the sec- ond set to get broken, and Djokovic was on his way. Asked whether he con- sidered winning that ener- gy- and will-testing tiebreaker to be a physical or mental triumph, Djokovic replied: ''Com- bination of both. But in the end, it was more mental, just to hang in there, try to play right shots at the right time.'' Djokovic now meets his Serbian Davis Cup teammate and buddy Janko Tipsarevic, who is seeded 20th and made it to the first Grand Slam quar- terfinal of his career by beating 2003 French champion and U.S. Open runner-up Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain 7-5, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 in a match that GIANTS Continued from page 1B couple deep counts and the home run. I wasn't going to let him work that hard to get the complete game.'' Bumgarner allowed a run in the first inning but then dominated the Padres after that. ''They hit some good pitches and got a run in, then I shut them down,'' Bumgarner said. ''Our defense made a lot of great plays.'' Sandoval's 17th and 18th homers, both off Tim Stauffer (8- 12), were enough to carry the Giants to just their third win in eight games. With two outs in the first, he homered into the sand play area beyond the fence in right-center on a 2-0 pitch. He led off the fourth with a shot into the right field seats on a 2-1 pitch. ''Those balls were well-hit,'' Bochy said. ''He's strong. It doesn't matter what park he's in, he hits them well. He gave us what we needed. He got us on the board there early. Good day for him.'' Simpson in regulation, fell apart with a double bogey on No. 12 and a tee shot over the 16th green that led to bogey. He closed with a 67 and tied for third, along with Jason Day, who had a 68. Bubba Watson, who had a one-shot lead going into the wild final day, chipped in for eagle on the final hole to salvage a 74 that put him in a tie for 16th, seven shots behind. Some of the most intense golf came hours before Simpson and Reavie went into their playoff. Els, who barely quali- fied for the playoffs and then narrowly made it to the second stage in Boston, made two key par putts and finished with a 5-foot birdie over his last four holes to move up to No. 68 and advance. By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX—Recalled C Ryan Lavarnway and RHP Kyle Weiland from Pawtucket (IL). Purchased the contract of INF Nate Spears from Pawtucket. Designated INF Drew Sutton for assign- ment. CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Purchased the contract of RHP Dylan Axelrod from Charlotte (IL). Transferred RHP Tony Pena to the 60-day DL. CLEVELAND INDIANS—Activated OF Grady Sizemore from the 15-day DL. MINNESOTA TWINS—Selected the con- tracts of INF-OF Brian Dinkelman and RHP Kyle Waldrop from Rochester (IL). Transferred RHP Nick Blackburn from the 15- to the 60-day DL. TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Activated RHP Dustin McGowan from the 60-day DL. National League CHICAGO CUBS—Activated RHP Andrew Cashner from the 60-day DL. COLORADO ROCKIES—Recalled RHP Greg Reynolds and LHP J.C. Romero from Colorado Springs (PCL). FLORIDA MARLINS—Activated C John Baker, INF Donnie Murphy and RHP Brian Sanches from the 15-day DL. Transferred LHP Randy Choate to the 60-day DL. MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Recalled RHP Tim Dillard from Nashville (PCL). NEW YORK METS—Recalled OF Mike Baxter from Buffalo (IL). Selected the contracts of RHP Chris Schwinden and 1B Valentino Pascucci from Buffalo. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Activated RHP Joe Blanton from the 60-day DL. Reinstated RHP Kyle Kendrick from the lasted more than 3 1/2 hours. ''Strange feeling,'' Djokovic said. ''We are professionals. Certainly we both want to win the match when we play against each other. So you kind of forget about friendship. You put that aside.'' Pretty much everyone who played Monday com- plained about the wind, which gusted at up to 20 mph and kept changing directions, making even serve tosses difficult. Serena Williams han- dled those conditions much better than former No. 1 and 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic and beat her 6-3, 6-4 to return to a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the first time in 14 months. She missed about 11 of those with a series of health scares but looks really good so far at the U.S. Open. No. 10 Andrea Petkovic of Germany reached her third major quarterfinal of the year with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over unseeded Carla paternity leave list. SAN DIEGO PADRES—Reinstated OF Chris Denorfia from the 15-day DL. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS—Signed RB Chester Taylor. Claimed CB Crezdon Butler off waivers from Pittsburgh and CB Korey Lindsey off waivers from Cincinnati. Released TE Stephen Spach, LB Quan Sturdivant and DE Ronald Taley. ATLANTA FALCONS—Signed TE Mar- quez Branson to the practice squad. CAROLINA PANTHERS—Signed OL Geoff Hangartner. Signed WR Darvin Adams, RB Josh Vaughan, DB Kendric Burney, LB Lawrence Wilson and TE Greg Smith to the practice squad. CHICAGO BEARS—Waived CB Joshua Moore. Signed RB Armando Allen to the practice squad. CLEVELAND BROWNS—Signed OL Artis Hicks. Waived OL Pat Murray. Signed DL Auston English and LB Ben- jamin Jacobs to the practice squad. DETROIT LIONS—Claimed G Jacques McClendon off waivers from Indianapo- lis. Released RB Aaron Brown and C Chris Morris. Signed C Dan Gerberry, WR Nate Hughes, S Ricardo Silva and T Casey Bender to the practice squad. HOUSTON TEXANS—Signed G Thomas Austin and P Brett Hartmann. Waived LB Jesse Nading. Signed LB Mister Alexander, C Howard Barbieri, G Andrew Gardner, WR Trindon Holliday, S Shiloh Keo, WR Jeff Maehl and RB Chris Ogbonnaya. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Signed DE John Chick to the practice squad. MIAMI DOLPHINS—Signed TE Dante Suarez Navarro of Spain. Next for Petkovic will be No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki, who trailed by a set and 4- 1 in the second before coming back to beat 2004 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-1 at night. Wozniacki turned things around thanks to a combination of her own increasingly aggressive play and Kuznetsova's increased mistakes. Kuznetsova's 40-20 edge in winners was rendered meaningless by her 78 unforced errors, 52 more than Wozniacki. Their match lasted 3 hours, 2 minutes and fin- ished at 11:29 p.m., delay- ing the start of Federer- Monaco. The 21-year-old Woz- niacki, the 2009 runner-up at the U.S. Open, is still seeking her first Grand Slam title. Indeed, the only past major champion left in the women's field is Williams, with 13, includ- ing three in New York. Against Ivanovic, Williams hit nine aces overall, only lost serve once, and finished off the The Giants have hit seven homers in their last five games after going homerless in their previous six. Sandoval's first homer, to one of the deepest parts of spacious Petco Park, was estimated at 436 feet. ''It's not that easy, especially in this park,'' Sandoval said. ''It's tough to hit home runs so I don't try to hit home runs.'' It was the third time Sandoval has had two homers in a game. The first two were in 2009. ''The pitches today were pitches that were middle of the plate and missed locations,'' Stauffer said. Sandoval flied out to left in his third at-bat. In his fourth at-bat, with runners on first and third, first base opened on a wild pitch by Jeff Fulchino while Sandoval was bat- ting, and he was intentionally walked. After a forceout at home, Cody Ross hit a two-run double. Brad Brach, the third Padres reliev- er that inning, walked pinch-hitter Mark DeRosa with the bases loaded to run San Francisco's lead to 7-1. The Padres walked four that inning. Sandoval struck out in the ninth Ogilvy, trying to keep alive his hopes of making the Presidents Cup in his native Australia, thought he was finished when he made two late bogeys and then hit into native grass behind the rock and took a penalty shot. But he holed a 20-foot par putt on the 17th, then a 6- foot birdie on the 18th hole to move up to No. 69. Stroud produced a shot even more memorable. Needing nothing less than eagle on the final hole, he hit 3-iron just onto the green, and it caught the ridge and settled 3 feet away for eagle that atoned for a messy day and put him at No. 70. The PGA Tour now takes a week off before resuming these playoffs at the BMW Championship. Simpson, more than most, can use a breather. inning. Stauffer lost his third straight start. allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings, struck out one and walked one. In his previous start, Stauffer lasted only 1 2-3 innings and had a career-high seven walks in an 8-5 loss at Dodger Stadium. Six of them were in the second inning alone, three with the bases loaded. ''He's not working himself out of jams,'' San Diego manager Bud Black said. ''A little bit of the long ball has gotten to him. He's not stringing good pitches together.'' San Diego's Jesus Guzman hit an RBI single in the first. NOTES: Giants RF Carlos Beltran was scratched from the lineup. Man- ager Bruce Bochy said he had either serious food poisoning or the flu and was sick all night. ... The Padres rein- stated OF Chris Denorfia from the 15- day DL before the game. Denorfia had two doubles. ... Giants LHP Eric Surkamp (0-0, 1.50 ERA) will make his second career start on Tuesday night. The Padres will counter with LHP Wade LeBlanc (2-4, 5.14). Maryland beats short-handed Miami 32-24 COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Nick Ferrara kicked a 32-yard field goal with 1:39 left, Danny O'Brien threw for 348 yards and a touchdown, and Maryland beat short-handed Miami 32-24 Monday night in coach Randy Edsall's first game with the Ter- rapins. Miami was playing its initial game under Al Gold- en without eight suspended players, including quarter- back Jacory Harris, linebacker Sean Spence and defen- sive linemen Marcus Forston and Adewale Ojomo. Stephen Morris capably filled in for Harris, going 19 for 28 for 195 yards and running for a touchdown. But on a fourth-and-4 in the final minute, the sopho- more threw an interception that Cameron Chism took 54 yards for the clinching score with 39 seconds remaining. It was the second touchdown by the Maryland defense, both involving Chism. He also forced a fum- ble that provided the Terps with a 20-14 halftime lead. Rosario and G-C Ryan Cook. Released LB A.J. Edds. Terminated the contract of C-G Joe Berger. MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Signed LB Chad Greenway to a five-year contract. Signed WR Emmanuel Arceneaux, FB Matt Asiata, WR Stephen Burton, FB Ryan D'Imperio, OL Chris DeGeare, RB Caleb King, DE Cedric McKinley and TE Allen Reisner to the practice squad. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed LB Markell Carter, RB Eric Kettani, OL Matt Kopa, DE Aaron Lavarias, OL Nick McDonald, WR Kerry Taylor, S Ross Ventrone and OL Thomas Welch to the practice squad. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Signed coach Sean Payton to a contract exten- sion through 2015. NEW YORK JETS—Signed DT Martin Tevaseu and DB Isaiah Trufant to the practice squad. Released TE Josh Baker from the practice squad. ST. LOUIS RAMS—Signed TE Stephen Spach and C Tony Wragge. Released TE Ben Guidugli and OL Hank Frale. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Signed LB Zac Diles. Released CB D.J. John- son. Claimed TE Zack Pianalto from Buf- falo. Released DE George Johnson. Signed S Ahmad Black, OT Will Barker, QB Rudy Carpenter, TE Collin Franklin, WR Ed Gant, TE Daniel Hardy, RB Mossis Madu and LB Derrell Smith to the practice squad. WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Signed DL Chris Baker, QB Jonathan Crompton, G Maurice Hurt, CB Nate Ness, G Eric Olsen, WR Aldrick Robinson, RB Evan Royster and DE Doug Worthington to the practice squad. match with four consecu- tive unreturned serves that ranged from 99 to 111 mph. ''I didn't even go for winners at any point,'' said Williams, who hit only 16. ''I just tried to get it over because it was so windy. It was definitely tough.'' She's seeded only 28th because of all of that time away, but now has won her past 16 matches heading into a quarterfinal against No. 17 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Rus- sia. Pavlyuchenkova got past 2010 French Open champion Francesca Schi- avone 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in a match with 21 double- faults and 16 service breaks in 31 games. ''I'm going to say that I don't want to go out there and enjoy just being on center court playing against Serena,'' Pavlyuchenkova said. ''I would like to do well, try to fight, and with my effort, I'll try to beat her.'' ——— Follow Howard Fendrich at http://twitter.com/Howard Fendrich