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Show StatesmanSports Page 10 Friday, Sept. 7, 2007 Colo, lawsuit revived with j new evidence ,,j Yanks still first in Wild Card (AP) — The closest race in the American League is for the wild card. Alex Rodriguez pushed the Yankees further ahead in those standings by talking his way into the lineup and homering twice to help New York open a three-game lead on Seattle. Meanwhile, Detroit moved just a half-game further back with a big win over Chicago when Timo Perez singled off the right-center field wall with two outs in the 11th inning for a 2-1 Tigers win Wednesday night. "It's a start," Detroit third baseman Brandon Inge said. "When things have been going as badly for you as it has for us, you get a win against a team that has kind of dominated us, it's a little jump-start." The Tigers are 5-9 against the White Sox this year. In other encouraging news for the Tigers, Kenny Rogers returned from the disabled list with a solid start. "I felt more comfortable on the mound than I expected to," said Rogers, who was 17-8 last year in his first season with the Tigers and 3-0 in the postseason when he didn't allow a run in 23 innings. In other AL games, it was: Cleveland 6, Minnesota 2; Toronto 6, Boston 4; Tampa Bay 17, Baltimore 2; Oakland 6. Los Angeles 2; and Texas 3, Kansas City 2. Inge doubled with two outs in the 11th off Heath Phillips (0-1), who was making his major league debut. Phillips intentionally walked Carlos Guillen, and Perez drove the next pitch off the fence to score Inge. The drama in the Bronx was of a different sort. Despite being injured in a collision with Seattle third baseman Adrian Beltre on Tuesday, Rodriguez told manager Joe Torre he could play. Torre had imagined pinch-hitting duty at most for his star slugger. But he relented after meeting with Rodriguez and team trainers. "He wanted to look at me in the eyes and make sure that I wasn't lying to him and do something stupid or silly," Rodriguez said. "I told.him I could give him some quality at-bats." With the Yankees trailing 2-1, Rodriguez hit a 3-2 fastball off Jarrod Washburn (9-13) into Monument Park in left-center leading off the seventh. After the Yankees took the lead, Rodriguez went deep off Brandon Morrow for a two-run homer. He then took his second curtain call of the inning. NEW YORK YANKEES' MELKY CABRERA (28) scores as he knocks over Seattle Mariners catcher Kenji Johjima during inning MLB baseball Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium in New York. Home plate umpire Larry Vanover makes the safe call. AP PHOTO Carmona (15-8) allowed two runs and eight hits in 7 1-3 innings to help the AL Central leaders to their 11th win in 12 games. Scott Baker (8-7) gave up three runs and 11 hits with six strikeouts in five innings. Blue Jays 6, Red Sox 4 At Boston, Vernon Wells broke out of a slump with a tiebreaking homer in the ninth and Toronto ended the host Red Sox's four-game winning streak. Boston's lead in the AL East dropped to six games over the Yankees. Jeremy Accardo (4-0) retired all five batters he faced after entering with one out in the eighth. Devil Rays, 17 Orioles 2 In St. Petersburg, Fla., Carlos Pena hom- Indians 6, Twins 2 In Minneapolis, Cleveland left the Twins barely clinging to their playoff hopes. Victor Martinez had two hits and two RBIs to back a quality start from Fausto Carmona, and Cleveland got its second three-game sweep of the Twins in 10 games. ered twice, including a grand slam, and drove in a team-record seven runs. Pena hit his fifth career grand slam and second this year, and Delmon Young had a three-run shot during an eight-run fourth. Pena added his 37th homer of the season, a two-run drive off Brian Burres in the sixth. The Orioles have lost 13 of 15. Including the 30-3 loss on Aug. 22 to Texas, Baltimore has allowed at least eight runs in 10 of 15 games. Athletics 6, Angels 2 In Anaheim, Calif., Joe Blanton settled down after a rocky start and Mark Ellis hit a three-run homer. Donnie Murphy had a career-high three hits and two RBIs for Oakland, including a homer leading off the seventh inning to chase Joe Saunders (7-3). Ellis also singled in a run. DENVER (AP) — An appeals court on.; %\ Thursday revived a lawsuit by two women | who claim they were gang-raped at an off• campus party attended by University of -j .3 Colorado football recruits, ruling there is j evidence the alleged assaults were caused by -| the school's failure to adequately supervise • players. The ruling by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which sends the case back to the trial court, said there is evidence the university had an official policy of showing high school recruits a "good time" and that | it showed a "deliberate indifference" to any ' known sexual harassment. • "We could not be happier" said Baine Kerr an attorney for one of the plaintiffs. "There is absolutely nothing (in the ruling) that the university can take comfort in," Kerr j said. "It's a great endorsement of the facts as i we have seen them and the legal principals '•] that we have argued." In a written statement, CU said: "The university does not have a policy that would place any of its female students at risk of assault; in fact, it has stringent policies prohibiting , sexual harassment and sexual assault." CU said it has become a leader in policies and practices to prevent sexual assault and harassment. The women said they were raped at an offcampus party for football players and recruits in 2001. No one was criminally charged with sexual assault, but the lawsuit sparked a scandal over CU's football recruiting practices that led to broad reforms and a shake-up of the university's top leaders. Need a Job? Colts shake rust, win over Saints Here's the best place to start! Fair '07 I Dept Sponsored ot Workforce ~*F\ K.-0 Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2 p.m until 5:30 p.m Bridgerland Applied Technology College 1301 N. 600 west, Logan Don't miss this opportunity to meet with more than 40 local employers in one afternoon! Including companies such as: ATK Thiokol, Best Buy, Convergys, Information Alliance, Iggys, Inovar, JBS Swift Company, Juniper Systems, La-Z-Boy, NOBILUS, Pepperidge Farm, Presto Products, Qwest, RR Donnelley, Sam's Club, Schreiber Foods Space Dynamics Lab, Sunshine Terrace, Thermo Fisher TTM, U.S. Border Patrol, Weather Shield Mfg. WestHost, West Liberty Foods, Wal-Mart, and many more. NO FEES CHARGED. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - It took then left as a free agent. He was But David also produced the Indianapolis Colts one half to victimized by Harrison on a the Saints' only TD, stripping shake off their post-Super Bowl 27-yard TD pass in the first half Wayne after a second-quarter hangover. and again by Wayne on both his completion, picking up the ball scores, the second a 45-yarder in and returning it 55 yards for the Then Peyton \4anning and the fourth quarter. score. friends came alive to beat New Orleans 41-10 Thursday night in the NFL's opener, running away in the final 30 minutes with a championship caliber performance. Playing against his hometown team. Manning had three TD passes, two to Reggie Wayne and another to Marvin Harrison. Joseph Addai ran for 118 yards on 23 carries and a super-quick defense with four new starters shut down Drew Brees, Reggie Bush and the explosive New Orleans offense. The game was tied 10-10 after a sloppy first half. But Manning, who finished 18-of-30 for 288 yards, led two quick TD drives in the first 8:49 of the second half as the Colts put up 24 points in 20 minutes after intermission. On the first drive. Manning hit Harrison for 42 yards to set up a 2-yard TD run by Addai. Then the Super Bowl MVP came right back to throw a 28-yard TD to Wayne. Another major player — for both sides — was New Orleans INDIANAPOLIS COLTS RUNNING BACK JOSEPH ADDAI cornerback Jason David, who (29) celebrates after scoring a touchdown against the New Orleans Saints started for the Colts in their in the third quarter of NFL football action in Indianapolis Thursday. AP Super Bowl win over Chicago, PHOTO D Deadline for submissions: Sept. 15, 5 p.m. DSubmit digital files (.jpg, tiff, PS) to: statesman@cc.usu.edu. subject fine "Photo Contest." DCategories: 1) Landscape/Scenic, 2) People/Activities, 3) Bizzare/Unusual. 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