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Show DAILY Thursday, March 9, 2006 HERALD ROUNDUP MLB OA, CANADA! Chase Utley thought he had given the United States the = in the eighth, flipping his bat THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX — Adam Stern hit -133 in 36 games for the Boston taising both arms in ee after he hit a long drive to center with twoon. But Stern made leaping catch at the wall near the 407-foot sign to end the inning. Jeter said. “I mean, he crushed that ball, but you've gotto hit it and A-Rods of Team USA, lead- ing Canada to an surprising 86 victory in the first roundof the cized his team’s sloppy play eee Rayshad 14 ts.and the Phillies made fiel and teenie gattes as theylost for the secondtime in seven spring games. Dodgers 9, Orioles 3: At Vero Beach, Fla., Eric Gagne threw a perfect five-pitch inning and Jeff Kent went2-for-3. Both were making their spring train- prettyie to ee it out in that inaugural World Classic. “Weliketo tell everyone we part of the ing debuts, and it was Gagne's can play baseball, too,” Stern said. » Cuba8, Panama 6: At San Stern hit an inside-the-park homer, drove in four runs and scored twicein the ninth to » Pirates (ss) 5, Reds (ss) 0: At Sarasota, Fla., Sean Casey was hit in the helmet by a Michael Gosling pitch but came away first gamesinceJune. “We're not just a hockey country.” Juan, Puerto Rico, Panama force extrainnings,but pinchhitter Yoandy Garlobo hada tiebreaking single in the 11th that made twosensational catches in center. Loewen, a 21-year-old left-hander,gaveup three hits and walked led the Cuba to victory in its World Baseball Classic opener. three but didn’t allow a run in 3 game,” U.S. manager Buck Martinez said, “and he showed a lot of composurefor a guy that hasn't pitched about A-ball.” gameanddrovein two runs and Venezuela rebounded from a lossin its World Baseball Clas- Loewen escaped a bases-loaded jam in the first when Chipper Jones hit into a double play. sic openerwith a victory over Italy. ably behind me,” Loewensaid. “Stern had the gameofhis life.” Jason Varitek's 448-foot Viera, Fla., general Jim Bowden was angryat the Nationals fol- “The team played unbeliev- » Cardinals 7, Nationals 4: At lowingtheir loss. Centerfielder grand slam helped bring the United States back from an 8-0 deficit, but Canadian team madeuplargely of minor leaguers held on. “It'sa very quiet locker room Marlon Byrd's 10th-inning errorallowed the tiebreaking run to score, and the Nationals dropped to 1-6 in spring training with onetie. right now,” Martinez said. “I think everybodyis feeling like they got kicked in the stomach.” Classic game on Wednesday. strikes. one inning — a leadoff homer D BlueJays 7, Astros1: At Kis- > Venezuela 6,Italy 0: At Kissimmee,Fla., Miguel Cabrera homeredfor the second straight 23 inningsandgot the victory. “Hepitched a heck of a only with minor swelling above his right eye. MATT YORK/Asscciated Press Team Canada celebrates its 8-6 win over the United States after their Round 1 World Baseball simmee,Fla., Wandy Rodriguez was hit hard for the second time in spring training, allowing three runs for the Astros. added RBIsin theninth. Jupiter, Fla., top infield prospect Hanley Ramirez went 3-for-3 and scored three times against his former team. The Marlins havetotaled 34 runs and 42hits in the past two games. » Indians(ss) 7, Blue Jays(ss)4: At Dunedin, Fla., Andy Marte went 4-for-4 with a home run, double and three RBIs. Toronto starter A.J. Burnett allowed fourruns, five hits » Devil Rays4, Phillies 3: At St. and one walk in three innings manager Charlie Manuelcriti- just seven of 16 batters with Petersburg,Fla., Philadelphia hit a two-run double, and Curtis Granderson and Don Kelly D Marlins 12, Red Sox 1: At and wastheloser. Hestarted » Diamondbacks(ss) 13, Rock- to ChoneFiggins. » Braves 5, Tigers 5, 11 innings: At Lakeland,Fla., Brandon Inge » Mets7, Indians(ss) 1: At import YasakuIriki allowed one run and onehit in three (ss) 4: At Tucson, Ariz., rookie baseman Carter hit his third homer of the spring and also had a two-run double. Heis 5-for-9 this spring training with » Rangers10, Athletics 3: At Surprise, Ariz., Edison Volquez pitched three score- innings. Paul Byrd gave up less innings while allowing only onehit andstriking out sevenruns andninehits in 1 2-3 innings, while Guillermo Mota struck out two in one eight RBIs. two. inningin his first outing for » Brewers 7, Royals (ss) 6: At Phoenix, Pince Fielderhit a 450-foot homer off Joe Mays in his first at-bat. Ned Yost’ IV, a minorleaguefirst basemanand sonof the Brewers’ manager,singled home the » Padres 13, Cubs 8: At Mesa, Ariz., Josh Barfield — son of Cleveland. » Angels 5, White Sox 2: At Tempe,Ariz., Ervin Santana pitched three hitless innings. White Sox setup man Dustin Hermansonstarted andallowed three hits and a run in ies (ss) 11: At Tucson,Ariz., lan Stewart went4-for-5 with a two-run homerand a double, and Choo Freeman went 3-for-5 with a solo homer,a triple and scored three runs. Diamondbacks (ss) 8, Rockies three scoreless innings. Winter Haven, Fla., Japanese SCOREBOARD » Giants 4, Mariners (ss) 2: At Peoria, Ariz., Jason Schmidt allowed two runs overthree innings, and Seattle's Jamie Moyer gave up onehit andstruckout four in former major leaguer Jesse Barfield — hadfour hits, includinga ninth-inning grand slam.Barfield had five RBIs andis 8-for-14 with 11 RBIs winningrun with’oneout in the 10th. during the exhibition season. FAST FACT Onthis date in 2001, Ty Tryon madethe cut at the Honda Classic in his first PGA Tour event. At age 16, he becamethe second-youngestplayer to make thecutin a PGA Tourevent. | | | Source: AP Sportlight/Associated Press. Syracuse 74, Cnenoa73 Sey Cotroce sports < Thisi week's schedule cote Vewonant t Lone Peak. 330 pm. oe oA osat arenie Em ™. vita Big Went Contrnce ‘id-Amerean Confrence ‘Montana 73, N. Anzona 60 Northeastern 63, N.C.-Wilmington 54 Green 73, N. Mints 61 EBowling Mctigan 76, Oi 68. 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Sanaa Tuesday's resutts ula 2 Gostn2 fr ee te sey 1,50 ena Basketball NBA SEATTLE SUPERSONICS—Signed F Marcus Fizerto @ 10-day contract Football NFL George Koonce GaceN BAY PACKERS-—Named ‘rector of player development. Tetaroa Wee okieeso Juqua Thomas 1 a one-year Big Kast comeback not big enough for Louisville THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Carl Krauser scored 19 points and No.15 Pittsburgh, despite not making again, but Ronald Ramon made twofree throwsforthefinal margin. No. 23 Georgetown 67, Notre a field goal overthe final 13 1/2 ~ minutes,held on to beat Louis- Dame63: At New York, Brandon Bowman scored a season-high 25 points and No. « 23 Georgetownovercamea terrible start to beat Notre Dame in the first roundof the Big East (22-6) appeared to be on the tournament. The fifth-seeded Hoyas (20-8), ville 61-56 Wednesdaynight in the opening roundofthe Big East tournament. The sixth-seeded Panthers way to an easy win,leading 47- 22 with 13:40 to play. Louisville (18-12), which trailed 39-16 after a horriblefirst half in its first Big East tournament game, started chipping away.A 16-1 run got the lead downto 48-38 and what was left ofthe sellout crowd at Madison SquareGarden was starting to get behind ‘the Cardinals. Louisville coach Rick Pitino had been throughthis before. Hewas the coach at Kentucky whenthe Wildcats wiped out a 31-point second-half deficit to ee LSU99-95 onFeb.15, 1994. Gray made three free tecarhfor Pitt to get the lead back to 13, but the Cardinals who missed their first 12 shots from the field, advanced to the quarterfinals and will face fourth-seeded Marquette (20-9) on today. Bowman,whose previous best this season was 23 points in the Hoyas’ victory over thenNo. 1 DukeonJan. 21, scored six of Georgetown’sfinal nine points. The 6-foot-8 senior forward's biggest play came when he droveandscored on left- handed flip off the glass — he's right-handed — with 22 seconds left to give Georgetowna 66-63 lead. Colin Falls hit six 3-pointers and had 21 points for the 12th- ee Trish (15-13), who man- Taquan Dean hit an NBA-distance 3 to makeit 57-54. Krauser and Antonio Graves each made one free throw to ed to qualify for the tournaneat despite getting off toa 1-8 start in leagueplay. Jon Wallace hit the ninth and last of Georgetown’s 3-pointers to break the game's final tie and give the Hoyas a 58-55 lead with 3:57 to play. jumper by M with .9 secondeleft got feddeficit to three for Notre Dame, but Bowman then scored four straight points isville within 54-47 with 1:15to go. When Gray missed two free throwswith 32 seconds left, get the lead backto five. A to makeit a five-point game. Russell Carterhit the 11th andlast ofthe Irish’s 3-pointers to makeit 62-60 with1:38 left. Ashanti Cook took a pass down. low from 7-foot-2 Roy Hibbert and scored as he'was falling to give Georgetowna 64-60 lead with 1:14left. Torin Francis’ three-point play 20 seconds later madeit a one-point game and Bowman sealed it with his left-handed drive. Women's Top 25 ) No. 8 Oklahoma78, lowa State 74: AtDallas, Erin Higgins made a 3-pointer with 49 seconds remainingtohelp lift No: 8 Oklahoma past pesky lowa State and advanceto the Big 12 tournament semifinals. Though freshman Courtney scored a tournament-record 36 points, the top-seeded Sooners needed Higgins to bail them out. Brittany Wilkins scored with 1:05 left i cap a 16- 3 run and givethe ninth-seeded Cyclones a 74-73 lead. But Higgins’ 3 from the top of the circle put the Sooners (27-4) aheadfor good,76-74. Laura Andrews made twofree throws in the final 24 seconds and Paris Docker Wilkins’ layup attempt with 10 seconds remaining to seal Oklahoma's 15th consecutive win. _Paris added 16 rebounds and Chris Quinn scored on a drive Wilkins hada career-high 28 points for lowaState (17-12), while Lyndsey Medders had 15 points and12 assists. Paris broke the conference record of 32 points scored by Nicole Kubik of Nebraska in 2000 and Tera Bjorklund of Coloradoin 2003. D No.10 Baylor 79, Kansas State 74, OT: At Dallas, Sophia Young becametheall-time leading scorerin conference history, andhersix straight points in overtimelifted Baylor. ‘Young had35 points and reached the scoring milestone early in the first half to surpass Kansas State’s Kendra Wecker, who had 2,333 points from 2002-05. Young added 12 rebounds for the Lady Bears (235). Kimberly Dietz had 19 points and Claire Coggins added 18to lead :sev- enth-seeded Kansas State (19-10). No. 24 Bowling Green 73, No. Illinois 61; At Cleveland, Liz Honegger had 17 points and Ali Mann scored 12 and added 15 rebounds for the Falcons, who haven't lost since falling at Kentuckyin overtime Jan. 2. Bowling Green (26-2) stormed through the MAC,going 16-0 to become the fifth team to go unbeaten in conference eee Dating tolast season, the have won23 straight Med against MACschools. Stephanie Ray finished JULIE JACOBSON/Associated Press with 24 points and Kristin WiePittsburgh's Aaron Gray dunks the ball against Louisville in the ner had 12 for Northern Illinois nese! half during the first round ae Big East Conference (12-17). sketball tournamenton Wedne: |