scorecard

Baseball

MLB

American League Leaders

BATTING—MOrdonez, Detroit, .359; ISuzuki, Seattle, .346; Polanco, Detroit, .344; Figgins, Los Angeles, .342; Posada, New York, .337; Pedroia, Boston, .328; Jeter, New York, .327.

RUNS—ARodriguez, New York, 107; Sheffield, Detroit, 94; Granderson, Detroit, 92; MOrdonez, Detroit, 90; Rios, Toronto, 87; BAbreu, New York, 86; Sizemore, Cleveland, 85; ISuzuki, Seattle, 85.

RBI—ARodriguez, New York, 114; MOrdonez, Detroit, 108; Morneau, Minnesota, 91; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 91; VMartinez, Cleveland, 83; Matsui, New York, 81; Lowell, Boston, 79; THunter, Minnesota, 79; BAbreu, New York, 79.

HITS—ISuzuki, Seattle, 170; MOrdonez, Detroit, 158; Jeter, New York, 158; Polanco, Detroit, 150; Rios, Toronto, 146; BRoberts, Baltimore, 146; MYoung, Texas, 145.

DOUBLES—MOrdonez, Detroit, 41; VGuerrero, Los Angeles, 38; DOrtiz, Boston, 37; Cano, New York, 34; AHill, Toronto, 34; BRoberts, Baltimore, 34; THunter, Minnesota, 34.

TRIPLES—Granderson, Detroit, 18; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 9; CGuillen, Detroit, 8; MeCabrera, New York, 7; Crisp, Boston, 7; MByrd, Texas, 7.

HOME RUNS—ARodriguez, New York, 39; Morneau, Minnesota, 28; CPena, Tampa Bay, 26; Dye, Chicago, 24; Sheffield, Detroit, 24; Matsui, New York, 23; Konerko, Chicago, 23; THunter, Minnesota, 23.

STOLEN BASES—Crawford, Tampa Bay, 38; BRoberts, Baltimore, 36; Figgins, Los Angeles, 33; CPatterson, Baltimore, 33; ISuzuki, Seattle, 32; Sizemore, Cleveland, 29; JLugo, Boston, 27.

PITCHING (12 Decisions)—Haren, Oakland, 13-4, .765, 2.53; Beckett, Boston, 15-5, .750, 3.24; Verlander, Detroit, 12-4, .750, 3.58; Bedard, Baltimore, 12-4, .750, 3.11; Halladay, Toronto, 14-5, .737, 3.99; Lackey, Los Angeles, 15-6, .714, 3.07; Sabathia, Cleveland, 14-6, .700, 3.48.

STRIKEOUTS—Bedard, Baltimore, 199; JoSantana, Minnesota, 174; Kazmir, Tampa Bay, 168; Sabathia, Cleveland, 162; Matsuzaka, Boston, 159; Shields, Tampa Bay, 148; JVazquez, Chicago, 141.

SAVES—Putz, Seattle, 34; Jenks, Chicago, 33; Borowski, Cleveland, 32; TJones, Detroit, 31;

National League Leaders

BATTING—HaRamirez, Florida, .343; Holliday, Colorado, .338; MiCabrera, Florida, .336; Utley, Philadelphia, .336; Renteria, Atlanta, .336; CJones, Atlanta, .335; DYoung, Washington, .331.

RUNS—Rollins, Philadelphia, 100; HaRamirez, Florida, 93; JBReyes, New York, 86; Uggla, Florida, 82; Holliday, Colorado, 80; Fielder, Milwaukee, 80; Utley, Philadelphia, 79.

RBI—Howard, Philadelphia, 97; CaLee, Houston, 95; Holliday, Colorado, 93; Fielder, Milwaukee, 89; MiCabrera, Florida, 86; Atkins, Colorado, 82; Utley, Philadelphia, 82.

HITS—HaRamirez, Florida, 159; Holliday, Colorado, 157; JBReyes, New York, 150; Rollins, Philadelphia, 150; Francoeur, Atlanta, 145; MiCabrera, Florida, 145; Renteria, Atlanta, 142.

DOUBLES—Holliday, Colorado, 41; Utley, Philadelphia, 41; Uggla, Florida, 40; AdGonzalez, San Diego, 36; HaRamirez, Florida, 35; Church, Washington, 35; Rowand, Philadelphia, 34; CaLee, Houston, 34.

TRIPLES—Rollins, Philadelphia, 15; JBReyes, New York, 11; Johnson, Atlanta, 10; Amezaga, Florida, 9; Byrnes, Arizona, 7; Pence, Houston, 6; CGuzman, Washington, 6; MCameron, San Diego, 6.

HOME RUNS—Fielder, Milwaukee, 37; Howard, Philadelphia, 33; Dunn, Cincinnati, 30; MiCabrera, Florida, 29; Griffey Jr., Cincinnati, 27; Pujols, St. Louis, 24; CaLee, Houston, 24; Bonds, San Francisco, 24.

STOLEN BASES—JBReyes, New York, 56; Pierre, Los Angeles, 46; HaRamirez, Florida, 37; Victorino, Philadelphia, 32; Byrnes, Arizona, 31; Taveras, Colorado, 29; Wright, New York, 25.

PITCHING (12 Decisions)—Penny, Los Angeles, 13-3, .812, 2.54; Harang, Cincinnati, 12-3, .800, 3.50; Hamels, Philadelphia, 13-5, .722, 3.64; Peavy, San Diego, 13-5, .722, 2.23; THudson, Atlanta, 13-5, .722, 3.01; Lilly, Chicago, 13-5, .722, 3.51; BSheets, Milwaukee, 10-4, .714, 3.39.

STRIKEOUTS—Peavy, San Diego, 164; Webb, Arizona, 155; Harang, Cincinnati, 153; Hamels, Philadelphia, 150; CZambrano, Chicago, 139; Snell, Pittsburgh, 131; Smoltz, Atlanta, 130.

SAVES—FCordero, Milwaukee, 36; Valverde, Arizona, 35; Saito, Los Angeles, 29; Hoffman, San Diego, 29; BWagner, New York, 27; CCordero, Washington, 26; Gregg, Florida, 26.

NWL

Indians 9, Dust Devils 8

E—Rike, James. DP—Spokane 1. LOB—Tri-City 7, Spokane 8. 2B—Lapin, Holcomb, Rodriguez. 3B—Moreland. HR—Greene (11). SB—Bowden. S—Lawson. SF—Osuna, Moreland.

HBP—A. James (by Riordan), Green (by Arnold), Cuadrado (by Stewart). PB—J. Bell. T—3:25. A—4,743.

Basketball

WNBA

All Times PDT

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched conference

Tuesday’s Results

Washington 65, Connecticut 64

Houston 81, Detroit 73

Chicago 77, New York 65

Seattle 81, Minnesota 67

San Antonio 84, Los Angeles 77, OT

Today’s Games

Connecticut at Indiana, 4 p.m.

San Antonio at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

New York at Washington, 4 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Houston, 5:30 p.m.

Storm 81, Lynx 67

Minnesota (67)- Abrosimova 6-14 0-0 13, Stansbury 2-4 0-0 4, Ohlde 6-14 6-7 18, Augustus 11-20 5-5 28, Quinn 0-5 0-0 0, Mann 1-11 0-0 2, Murphy 0-3 0-0 0, Duffy 0-1 0-0 0, Raymond 0-0 0-0 0, Moore 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 27-73 11-12 67.

Seattle (81)- Jackson 5-14 7-8 18, Castro Marques 4-8 7-8 17, Robinson 3-7 1-2 7, Lennox 5-7 5-5 15, Bird 3-7 0-0 6, Wright 0-4 5-6 5, Palmer-Daniel 5-8 2-3 13, Gearlds 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-56 27-32 81.

3-Point Goals—Minnesota 2-13 (Augustus 1-2, Abrosimova 1-3, Murphy 0-1, Duffy 0-1, Quinn 0-2, Mann 0-4), Seattle 4-16 (Castro Marques 2-4, Palmer-Daniel 1-3, Jackson 1-5, Lennox 0-1, Wright 0-1, Bird 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Minnesota 37 (Ohlde 8), Seattle 46 (Jackson 9). Assists—Minnesota 14 (Quinn 7), Seattle 12 (Bird 7). Total Fouls—Minnesota 26, Seattle 16. Technicals—Stansbury, Palmer-Daniel. A—8,144. (9,686).

Comets 81, Shock 73

Houston (81)- Thompson 8-18 7-9 25, Lyttle 2-7 0-0 4, Snow 3-8 7-7 13, Maiga 5-11 0-0 10, Grant 1-1 0-0 2, Dixon 3-8 0-0 6, Hodges 1-2 0-0 2, Byears 3-6 2-2 8, Turner 2-3 0-0 4, C.Smith 2-4 2-2 7. Totals 30-68 18-20 81.

Detroit (73)- K.Smith 5-10 4-4 16, Cash 1-7 1-2 3, Feenstra 2-5 0-0 4, Nolan 10-20 0-1 20, Powell 2-2 2-2 6, Pierson 5-16 3-3 13, Johnson 2-3 1-1 6, Mills 2-7 1-2 5, Latta 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 29-73 12-15 73.

3-Point Goals—Houston 3-10 (Thompson 2-5, C.Smith 1-2, Hodges 0-1, Turner 0-1, Dixon 0-1), Detroit 3-11 (K.Smith 2-5, Johnson 1-1, Pierson 0-1, Latta 0-1, Nolan 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Houston 46 (Thompson 9), Detroit 41 (Mills 9). Assists—Houston 19 (Grant 6), Detroit 13 (Nolan 5). Total Fouls—Houston 19, Detroit 19. A—11,214. (11,268).

Mystics 65, Sun 64

Connecticut (64)- Sales 3-10 0-0 6, Jones 4-17 3-4 11, Dydek 6-8 5-8 17, Douglas 4-12 0-0 10, Whalen 5-11 2-2 13, Rasmussen 2-3 0-0 4, Maltsi 0-2 0-0 0, Desouza 0-0 0-0 0, Carey 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 25-65 10-14 64.

Washington (65)- Currie 0-5 2-2 2, Milton-Jones 1-8 0-0 2, Sanford 3-8 1-4 7, Beard 10-22 7-7 28, Teasley 2-5 1-1 5, Mosby 1-3 0-0 2, Miller 6-7 2-2 15, James 1-1 0-0 2, Goring 0-2 2-2 2. Totals 24-61 15-18 65.

3-Point Goals—Connecticut 4-10 (Douglas 2-3, Carey 1-1, Whalen 1-4, Sales 0-2), Washington 2-10 (Miller 1-2, Beard 1-4, Milton-Jones 0-2, Teasley 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Connecticut 41 (Dydek 11), Washington 43 (Sanford 8). Assists—Connecticut 16 (Whalen 5), Washington 11 (Teasley 4). Total Fouls—Connecticut 22, Washington 13. A—7,054. (20,173).

Silver Stars 84, Sparks 77 (OT)

San Antonio (84)- V.Johnson 4-8 10-10 19, Young 7-12 5-8 19, Little 4-9 0-0 8, Hammon 6-14 4-4 18, Darling 2-4 0-0 4, Crossley 1-5 2-2 4, Anderson 3-5 1-2 7, Ferdinand 1-2 2-2 4, Wecker 0-0 0-0 0, Irvin 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 28-60 25-30 84.

Los Angeles (77)- Page 3-7 0-0 6, Spencer 3-10 0-0 6, C.Thomas 7-14 3-5 18, Baker 2-7 2-2 6, Mabika 5-15 5-5 16, Fernandez 2-8 1-1 5, Fluker 0-1 0-0 0, L.Thomas 2-6 2-2 6, McWilliams-Franklin 2-4 1-2 5, Brown 4-8 0-0 9. Totals 30-80 14-17 77.

3-Point Goals—San Antonio 3-12 (Hammon 2-6, V.Johnson 1-1, Little 0-1, Darling 0-2, Crossley 0-2), Los Angeles 3-16 (C.Thomas 1-2, Brown 1-2, Mabika 1-7, Page 0-1, L.Thomas 0-1, Spencer 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—San Antonio 38 (Little 6), Los Angeles 52 (C.Thomas 13). Assists—San Antonio 19 (V.Johnson, Darling, Hammon 4), Los Angeles 19 (Mabika, Baker 4). Total Fouls—San Antonio 20, Los Angeles 25. A—6,748. (13,141).

Sky 77, Liberty 65

New York (65)- Christon 3-7 2-2 11, Kraayeveld 2-5 0-0 4, McCarville 4-11 3-4 11, Thorn 3-10 0-0 7, Moore 2-7 2-2 7, Jackson 4-5 1-3 9, Battle 1-4 0-0 2, Davenport 4-4 6-6 14. Totals 23-53 14-17 65.

Chicago (77)- Dupree 5-12 6-6 16, Dales 5-14 2-2 17, Melvin 0-0 0-0 0, Canty 6-11 0-1 12, Price 2-7 2-2 6, Wyckoff 0-3 0-0 0, Perkins 11-19 2-2 24, Joens 1-2 0-0 2, Moeggenberg 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-68 12-13 77.

3-Point Goals—New York 5-11 (Christon 3-5, Moore 1-2, Thorn 1-3, Kraayeveld 0-1), Chicago 5-15 (Dales 5-12, Perkins 0-1, Wyckoff 0-1, Joens 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—New York 37 (Moore 7), Chicago 35 (Wyckoff 10). Assists—New York 16 (Moore 6), Chicago 21 (Canty 9). Total Fouls—New York 16, Chicago 12. A—5,443. (6,500).

FOOTBALL

NFL preseason

All Times PDT

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Monday’s Results

Baltimore 29, Philadelphia 3

Denver 17, San Francisco 13

Thursday’s Game

Miami at Kansas City, 5 p.m.

Friday’s Ga,es

Atlanta at Buffalo, 4 p.m.

Carolina at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at N.Y. Jets, 5 p.m.

Tennessee at New England, 5 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Houston at Arizona, 1 p.m.

Detroit at Cleveland, 4 p.m.

New Orleans at Cincinnati, 4:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, 4:30 p.m.

Denver at Dallas, 5 p.m.

Seattle at Green Bay, 5 p.m.

San Diego at St. Louis, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Washington, 5 p.m.

Oakland at San Francisco, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s Game

N.Y. Giants at Baltimore, 5 p.m.

Monday’s Game

Chicago at Indianapolis, 5 p.m.

CFL

All Times PDT

NOTE: Two points for a regulation or overtime win and one point for a tie.

Friday’s Game

B.C. at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s Game

Edmonton at Saskatchewan, 7 p.m.

af2 playoffs

Saturday’s Games

Green Bay at WBSCR

Bossier-Shreveport at Tulsa

SOCCER

MLS

All Times PDT

EASTERN CONFERENCE

WESTERN CONFERENCE

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Thursday’s Game

New England at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 18

CD Chivas USA at Toronto FC, 3:30 p.m.

D.C. United at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 19

FC Dallas at Houston, 7 p.m.

New England at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

Golf

PGA Tour Statistics

Through Aug. 12

Scoring Average

1, Tiger Woods, 68.04. 2 (tie), Ernie Els and Justin Rose, 69.08. 4, Vijay Singh, 69.13. 5, Jim Furyk, 69.26. 6, Sergio Garcia, 69.51. 7, K.J. Choi, 69.52. 8, Phil Mickelson, 69.57. 9, Scott Verplank, 69.58. 10, Steve Stricker, 69.60.

Driving Distance

1, Bubba Watson, 316.2. 2, J.B. Holmes, 312.4. 3, John Daly, 312.3. 4, Robert Garrigus, 311.6. 5, Scott Gutschewski, 306.5. 6, Steve Allan, 304.9. 7, Harrison Frazar, 304.2. 8, Brett Wetterich, 304.0. 9, Charles Warren, 303.4. 10 , Anthony Kim, 302.8.

Driving Accuracy Percentage

1, Jose Coceres, 76.28%. 2, Jim Furyk, 74.87%. 3, Chris Riley, 73.09%. 4, Zach Johnson, 72.64%. 5, Fred Funk, 72.28%. 6, Michael Boyd, 71.69%. 7, Craig Bowden, 71.47%. 8, Mark Brooks, 71.28%. 9, Glen Day, 70.94%. 10, Joe Durant, 70.83%.

Greens in Regulation Pct.

1, Jeff Gove, 70.55%. 2, Tiger Woods, 69.68%. 3, John Senden, 69.63%. 4, Tommy Armour III, 69.49%. 5, Briny Baird, 69.11%. 6, Alex Cejka, 68.80%. 7, Jim Furyk, 68.43%. 8, John Merrick, 68.15%. 9, Charles Warren, 67.68%. 10, Stephen Leaney, 67.57%.

Total Driving

1, Charles Warren, 50. 2, Hunter Mahan, 59. 3, Mathew Goggin, 71. 4, Sean O’Hair, 92. 5 (tie), Kenny Perry and Jason Gore, 105. 7, Peter Lonard, 114. 8, D.J. Trahan, 116. 9, Cameron Beckman, 117. 10, Briny Baird, 118.

Putting Average

1, Fredrik Jacobson, 1.730. 2, Jonathan Byrd, 1.737. 3, Bob Estes, 1.738. 4, Rocco Mediate, 1.740. 5, Brian Gay, 1.741. 6, Nathan Green, 1.745. 7, Jesper Parnevik, 1.746. 8, Charlie Wi, 1.750. 9, Padraig Harrington, 1.751. 10, Ryuji Imada, 1.754.

Birdie Average

1, Jonathan Byrd, 3.78. 2 (tie), Steve Allan and Fredrik Jacobson, 3.76. 4 (tie), Jesper Parnevik, Adam Scott and J.B. Holmes, 3.75. 7, Bubba Watson, 3.74. 8, Anthony Kim, 3.71. 9 (tie), Vijay Singh and Brendon de Jonge, 3.67.

Eagles (Holes per)

1, Tiger Woods, 96.0. 2, Jeff Brehaut, 105.0. 3, Darron Stiles, 105.8. 4, Charles Warren, 106.6. 5, Chris Tidland, 111.0. 6, Phil Mickelson, 114.0. 7, Robert Garrigus, 120.6. 8, Rod Pampling, 127.6. 9, Chris DiMarco, 131.4. 10, Dudley Hart, 133.2.

Sand Save Percentage

1, Jonathan Byrd, 65.09%. 2, Tim Clark, 62.34%. 3, Chris Riley, 61.02%. 4, Matt Kuchar, 60.38%. 5, Gavin Coles, 59.38%. 6, Bob Heintz, 58.76%. 7, Justin Rose, 58.67%. 8, John Rollins, 58.59%. 9 (tie), Mike Weir and K.J. Choi, 58.56%.

All-Around Ranking

1, Tiger Woods, 292. 2, Vijay Singh, 300. 3, Anthony Kim, 363. 4, Justin Rose, 373. 5, Hunter Mahan, 387. 6, Pat Perez, 408. 7, Charles Warren, 435. 8, Steve Allan, 437. 9, Bubba Watson, 442. 1 Tied With John Rollins, 453.

PGA TOUR Official Money Leaders

1, Tiger Woods (13), $7,824,385. 2, Vijay Singh (23), $4,467,416. 3, Phil Mickelson (18), $4,199,838. 4, Jim Furyk (19), $3,798,266. 5, K.J. Choi (21), $3,673,659. 6, Rory Sabbatini (19), $3,455,390. 7, Zach Johnson (19), $3,187,621. 8, Sergio Garcia (15), $3,035,416. 9, Adam Scott (15), $2,735,551. 10, Steve Stricker (19), $2,608,077.

LPGA Tour Statistics

Through Aug. 5

Scoring

1, Lorena Ochoa, 70.0833. 2, Morgan Pressel, 71.1509. 3, Paula Creamer, 71.1754. 4, Se Ri Pak, 71.2449. 5, Stacy Prammanasudh, 71.4423. 6, Mi Hyun Kim, 71.4754. 7, Jee Young Lee, 71.5690. 8, Suzann Pettersen, 71.6154. 9, Sarah Lee, 71.6471. 10, Angela Park, 71.7576.

Rounds Under Par

1, Lorena Ochoa, .683. 2, Paula Creamer, .526. 3, Annika Sorenstam, .516. 4 (tie), Sarah Lee and Se Ri Pak, .510. 6, Morgan Pressel, .509. 7 (tie), Seon Hwa Lee, Jane Park, Suzann Pettersen and Stacy Prammanasudh, .500.

Eagles

1, Lorena Ochoa, 11. 2, Laura Davies, 10. 3, Brittany Lincicome, 9. 4, Pat Hurst, 8. 5, Karin Sjodin, 7. 6 (tie), Maria Hjorth, Laura Diaz and Juli Inkster, 6. 9 (tie), Young Kim and Wendy Doolan, 5.

Greens in Regulation

1, Lorena Ochoa, .697. 2 (tie), Jee Young Lee and Morgan Pressel, .672. 4, Angela Stanford, .671. 5, Paula Creamer, .667. 6, Suzann Pettersen, .666. 7, Christa Johnson, .664. 8, Brittany Lincicome, .663. 9, Nicole Castrale, .660. 10, Angela Park, .658.

Top 10 Finishes

1, Lorena Ochoa, .824. 2, Angela Stanford, .529. 3 (tie), Paula Creamer and Jee Young Lee, .471. 5, Se Ri Pak, .467. 6 (tie), Morgan Pressel and Stacy Prammanasudh, .438. 8, Mi Hyun Kim, .389. 9, Ai Miyazato, .375. 10, Annika Sorenstam, .333.

Driving Distance

1, Karin Sjodin, 276.6. 2, Jee Young Lee, 273.4. 3, Suzann Pettersen, 273.0. 4, Brittany Lincicome, 272.1. 5, Lorena Ochoa, 271.1. 6, Sophie Gustafson, 269.8. 7, Laura Davies, 268.4. 8, Alena Sharp, 264.6. 9, Christina Kim, 264.1. 10, Maria Hjorth, 263.6.

Sand Saves

1, Annika Sorenstam, .609. 2, Lorie Kane, .608. 3, Rachel Hetherington, .580. 4, Sarah Lee, .561. 5, Kim Saiki-Maloney, .538. 6, Jamie Hullett, .537. 7, Jane Park, .533. 8, In-Kyung Kim, .531. 9 (tie), Kate Golden and Liselotte Neumann, .529.

Birdies

1, Lorena Ochoa, 243. 2, Angela Park, 214. 3, Mi Hyun Kim, 206. 4, Jee Young Lee, 199. 5, Laura Davies, 198. 6, Christina Kim, 190. 7, Paula Creamer, 189. 8, Suzann Pettersen, 185. 9 (tie), Morgan Pressel and Seon Hwa Lee, 183.

Driving Accuracy

1, Won Lee, .837. 2, Sae-Hee Son, .804. 3, Yu Ping Lin, .801. 4, Vicki Goetze-Ackerman, .797. 5, Erica Blasberg, .788. 6, Hilary Lunke, .786. 7, Johanna Head, .777. 8, Ashley Hoagland, .765. 9, Tina Barrett, .762. 10, Mi Hyun Kim, .759.

Putting Average Per Round

1, Na On Min, 25.14. 2, Annika Sorenstam, 25.25. 3, Linda Wessberg, 25.33. 4, Meg Mallon, 25.70. 5, Grace Park, 25.94. 6, In-Bee Park, 26.00. 7, Mhairi McKay, 26.32. 8, Beth Bader, 26.50. 9, Stacy Prammanasudh, 26.56. 10, Catriona Matthew, 26.58.

Putts Per Green (GIR)

1, Se Ri Pak, 1.75. 2, Stephanie Louden, 1.76. 3 (tie), Young Kim, Catriona Matthew, Lorena Ochoa and Natalie Gulbis, 1.77. 7 (tie), Mi Hyun Kim, Laura Davies, Morgan Pressel and Na On Min, 1.78.

Hole-in-one

THE CREEK AT QUALCHAN– Clara Perron, No. 11, 158 yards, Driver.

Tennis

Western & Southern Financial Group Masters

ATP TOUR

At The Lindner Family Tennis Center, Mason, Ohio. Purse: $2.45 million (Masters). Surface: Hard-Outdoor.

Singles, First Round

Robby Ginepri, United States, def. Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, 6-3, 6-3.

Juan Monaco, Argentina, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3.

Julien Benneteau, France, def. Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, def. Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (5).

Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, def. Olivier Rochus, Belgium, 6-1, 3-6, 7-5.

Arnaud Clement, France, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 6-4, 6-2.

Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, def. Agustin Calleri, Argentina, 7-6 (2), 2-6, 7-6 (7).

Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def. Mardy Fish, United States, 7-5, 7-6 (3).

Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. Andy Murray (14), Britain, 6-1, 6-2.

Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, def. Guillermo Canas (15), Argentina, 6-2, 6-2.

James Blake (9), United States, def. Alejandro Falla, Colombia, 7-6 (5), 6-1.

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Rogers Cup

WTA TOUR

At Rexall Centre, Toronto. Purse: $1.34 million (Tier I) Surface: Hard-Outdoor.

Singles, First Round

Eleni Daniilidou, Greece, def. Gisela Dulko, Argentina, 6-2, 6-3.

Nathalie Dechy, France, def. Emmanuelle Gagliardi, Switzerland, 6-4, 7-5.

Virginie Razzano, France, def. Aravane Rezai, France, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.

Maria Elena Camerin, Italy, def. Alona Bondarenko (15), Ukraine, 6-4, 6-3.

Andreja Klepac, Slovenia, def. Meilen Tu, United States, 6-3, 6-1.

Stephanie Dubois, Canada, def. Ai Sugiyama, Japan, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-5.

Sybille Bammer (13), Austria, def. Emilie Loit, France, 6-1, 6-2.

Meghann Shaughnessy, United States, def. Mara Santangelo, Italy, 6-4, 7-6 (3).

Second Round

Shahar Peer (11), Israel, def. Tathiana Garbin, Italy, 6-3, 6-2.

Peng Shuai, China, def. Katarina Srebotnik (14), Slovenia, 6-1, 4-2, retired.

Fish counts

The upstream movement of Chinook, steelhead and shad at Columbia and Snake River Dams on 8/12/2007 and year-to-date totals:

Moves

BASEBALL

American League

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Acquired INF Jack Hannahan from Detroit for OF Jason Perry. Purchased the contract of Hannahan from Sacramento (PCL). Optioned INF J.J. Furmaniak to Sacramento.

National League

CHICAGO CUBS—Purchased the contract of LHP Carmen Pignatiello from Iowa (PCL). Recalled INF-OF Jake Fox from Iowa. Optioned RHP Sean Gallagher and INF Eric Patterson to Iowa. Transferred C Henry Blanco from the 15- to the 60-day DL.

CINCINNATI REDS—Placed C David Ross on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of C Ryan Jorgensen from Louisville (IL). Assigned INF Mark Bellhorn outright to Louisville.

NEW YORK METS—Activated OF Marlon Anderson from the bereavement list. Optioned INF-OF David Newhan to New Orleans (PCL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Designated RHP Masumi Kuwata for assignment. Placed C-OF Ryan Doumit on the 15-day DL. Transferred LHP Zach Duke from the 15- to the 60-day DL. Purchased the contracts of INF Matt Kata and C Carlos Maldonado from Indianapolis (IL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Activated RHP Shawn Hill from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Billy Traber to Columbus (IL). Agreed to terms with LHP Josh Smoker and assigned him to the Nationals (GCL).

American Association

FORT WORTH CATS—Agreed to terms with C Robert DuBarry.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS—Agreed to terms with LHP Jon Cannon.

ST. JOE BLACKSNAKES—Agreed to terms with OF Lou Jennings.

Can-Am League

GRAYS—Agreed to terms with RHP Dan Sausville.

NEW JERSEY JACKALS—Sold the contract of RHP Michael Vicaro to Colorado (NL).

QUEBEC CAPITALES—Agreed to terms with C Max Lamarche and RHP Michel Laplante.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Named John Kuester assistant coach.

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS—Signed F Josh Powell.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

OAKLAND RAIDERS—Waived OL Ben Claxton.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Signed CB DeJuan Groce. Released P Kyle Stringer.

ST. LOUIS RAMS—Signed WR Rasheed Marshall. Released TE Steve Buches.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

ANAHEIM DUCKS—Signed D Joe DiPenta to a one-year contract.

PHOENIX COYOTES—Signed a multiyear affiliation agreement with San Antonio (AHL). Named Greg Ireland coach for San Antonio.

ST. LOUIS BLUES—Named Basil McRae part-time amateur scout.

MOTOR SPORTS

GRAND-AM—Suspended driver Colin Braun from competition until Sept. 1 for an on-track incident during a race on Aug. 10.

COLLEGE

BARUCH—Named Tiffany Richmond women’s assistant cross country coach.

BINGHAMTON—Named Mark Macon men’s assistant basketball coach.

COLUMBIA—Named Tim Foley primary assistant wrestling coach.

DETROIT—Named Lee Piepho women’s assistant basketball coach.

DREXEL—Named Jenn Cook women’s assistant lacrosse coach.

FLORIDA A&M—Fired Mike Gillespie, men’s basketball coach.

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL—Named Matias Asorey and Joe Massi men’s assistant soccer coaches and George Moyssidis men’s volunteer assistant soccer coach.

ILLINOIS STATE—Named Darby Sligh women’s golf coach.

LA SALLE—Named Michael Gardner business/ticket coordinator, Lynn Newson compliance assistant and John Donahue director of women’s basketball operations.

MASSACHUSETTS-DARTMOUTH—Named Brian Miller, Tim McCarthy, Jim Lanagan, Steve Faniel, Jon Perry, Dan DeCosta, Matt Sheehan and Ryan Struthers assistant football coaches.

MISSOURI—Promoted Barry Odom, director of football operations, and Chad Moller, director of media relations, to assistant athletic directors.

NORTH DAKOTA STATE—Named David Pearson assistant baseball coach.

PURDUE—Named Spencer Allen assistant baseball coach.

RICE—Named Austin Burk men’s assistant golf coach.

RUSSELL SAGE—Named Lindsay Sawyer assistant athletic director and softball coach.

TEMPLE—Named Jill Breslin women’s tennis coach.

UNLV—Named Tamara Ards assistant track and field coach.

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