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Baseball Notes | Lo Duca fined and suspended

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:31:07 +0000

Baseball Notable New York Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca was suspended for two games and fined $2,000 yesterday after a tantrum aimed at umpire Marvin Hudson on Saturday in Oakland.

Lo Duca appealed the penalty and cannot be disciplined until after a hearing is held. He was in the starting lineup for last night's game against the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Texas Rangers put righthander Vicente Padilla on the 15-day disabled list with an injured right triceps.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:31:07 +0000

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Anteaters' Petersen named all-tournament in OmahaUC Irvine junior right fielder Bryan Petersen was voted to the College World Series All-Tournament team, following the conclusion of the championship game Sunday.Petersen, who drove in the game-winning run in the Anteaters' 5-4 victory over Big West Conference-rival Cal State Fullerton, a game that lasted 13 innings and a CWS-record five-hours and 40 minutes on June 18, batted .533 in four games in Omaha.He went eight for 15, including a double an...

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL UPDATE:Zaun's bat beginning to heat up

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:31:07 +0000

Catcher sees average soar while batting second in Toronto lineup; Hirsh looks to get back on track.

GLENDALE ? The following are updates on local athletes competing in Major League Baseball.Gregg Zaun (St. Francis, 1989) catcher, Toronto Blue Jays: In good health, Zaun has begun to see his batting average swell in recent weeks. Entering Monday's road game against the host Minnesota Twins, Zaun was batting .233 with two home runs and 17 runs batted in.The Glendale native missed most of the first two months of the season because of a broken right thumb. He returned in early June and has batted a...

Marlins Closer Finds Right Role, and a Look to Match

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:31:07 +0000

MIAMI, June 25 (AP) — Three outs left and in comes Kevin Gregg, who steps on the mound and gives the batter a menacing stare behind his reflective shades.

Game over.

That is how the ninth inning has played out this season for Gregg, the Florida Marlins’ closer, who has taken the ball 14 times in save situations and converted every one. Gregg had only four saves in his first 11 professional seasons.

Religion under wraps - Los Angeles Times

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:31:07 +0000

CHICAGO — On a shelf in the office of Chicago White Sox Manager Ozzie Guillen, mixed in among the family photos, the Roberto Clemente bobblehead and the Napoleon Dynamite figurine, are four small but intimidating religious icons.

"If you see my saints, you'll be like 'Golly, they're ugly,' " Guillen had said before inviting a visitor to come in. "They've got blood. They've got feathers. You go to the Catholic church, the [saints] have got real nice clothes.

"My religion, you see a lot of different things you never see."

Smoltz and Jones back feeling chipper

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:34:31 +0000

Jones said hitting coach Terry Pendleton also attended the meeting, and Jones said he apologized to Smoltz.

"Obviously there was a misunderstanding," Jones said Sunday. "I apologized to him for my comments in yesterday's interviews. He assured me he wasn't singling me out. That was it."

Jones did not play in Friday's loss to Detroit due to a groin injury. After taking the loss in the game, Smoltz said, "You can't worry about who's in the lineup and who isn't. You can't worry about that stuff anymore."

Toronto Blue Jays (37-37) At Minnesota Twins (38-35), 8:10 P.m.

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:34:31 +0000

Roy Halladay tries to win his fifth straight decision this evening when the Toronto Blue Jays open a four-game series with the Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome.

Halladay has been sensational since returning from appendectomy surgery, winning four of his five starts while pitching to a 3.58 earned run average in that time. Halladay's latest win came on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers, as he allowed a run and six hits in eight innings to improve to 8-2, while lowering his ERA to 4.08.

The right-hander is a perfect 5-0 against the Twins with a 2.20 ERA in nine games, seven of which have been starts.

Twins 7, Marlins 4

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:34:31 +0000

Between the 90-degree sunshine and National League rules, Johan Santana's first game in Miami left him exhausted.

But he won. The Twins ace pitched six innings and drove in a run with his first career triple to help Minnesota beat the Florida Marlins 7-4 Sunday.

"It was real tough, because you have to do everything out there," Santana said.

White Sox Aim To Halt Skid Agianst Devil Rays

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:34:31 +0000

(Sports Network) - The Chicago White Sox try and avoid their sixth straight loss this evening when they open a four-game set with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Tropicana Field.

Chicago has dropped 22 of its last 27 games and was swept in a three-game set over the weekend by the Cubs at U.S. Cellular Field, culminating with a 3-0 shutout on Sunday.

White Sox starter Jose Contreras (5-8) allowed two runs on 10 hits, while walking none and fanning three over seven innings.

World's largest music festival marks 40th year |

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:34:31 +0000

MILWAUKEE - Mark Mathu has missed only two days of Summerfest in 18 years.

Six months before its 11-day run - when snow still covers the fest grounds - the 45-year-old starts looking at Web sites for bands playing there.

Right before it begins, he makes sure the bills are paid and the lawn is mowed. His wife and five kids flee to her parents' house in northern Wisconsin.

Worlds largest music festival marks 40th year

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:34:31 +0000

MILWAUKEE — Mark Mathu has missed only two days of Summerfest in 18 years.Six months before its 11-day run — when snow still covers the fest grounds —the 45-year-old starts looking at Web sites for bands playing there.Right before it begins, he makes sure the bills are paid and the lawn is mowed. His wife and five kids flee to her parents' house in northern Wisconsin.This year he's even skipping his in-laws' 50th wedding anniversary. There are many 50th wedding anni...

Hundreds of performers have played its stages including Ricky Nelson, Dolly Parton, Santana, Pearl Jam, Prince, Dave Matthews, Tina Turner, No Doubt, Rod Stewart, Paul Simon and Bob Dylan.This year's lineup includes Steely Dan, Def Leppard, The Fray, Ludacris, Roger Waters, John Mayer, Tool, Bon Jovi, Daughtry, Panic! at the Disco and Toby Keith.The event's logo is a smiley face — but Summerfest officials say that had no bearing in the hiring of their president and chief executive officer three years ago — Don Smile

Tapping new power outlet helps salvage the weekend

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:34:31 +0000

MIAMI - The Twins wondered how they would survive the weekend without Justin Morneau. Then, they lost Michael Cuddyer on Sunday, when he received his first career ejection.But hey, no worries.They still had their two big lefthanded sticks: Joe Mauer and ... Johan Santana?Mauer hit two home runs in a game for the first time in nearly three years, and Santana added a run-scoring triple as the Twins defeated the Florida Marlins 7-4 at Dolphin Stadium.After a 4-2 road trip against the Mets and Marli...

Minnesota Twins pitcher Johan Santana too good for Florida Marlins