CINCINNATI (AP) - There's a three-game showdown series startingtonight at the Great American Ballpark where the host CincinnatiReds play the St. Louis Cardinals, who start the night two gamesback of the Reds in the NL Central. Rookie Mike Leake gets the ballfor the Reds tonight against 12-game winner Chris Carpenter.
NEW YORK (AP) - Derek Jeter passed Babe Ruth on the career hitslist and drove in three runs in the New York Yankees' 7-2 win overBoston last night. The Yanks will try to take three of four oftheir weekend wraparound series today at Yankee Stadium when13-game winner Phil Hughes takes on Jon Lester of the Red Sox.
TORONTO (AP) - Major League Baseball nearly had its sixthno-hitter of the season yesterday. Toronto Blue Jays' right-handerBrandon Morrow lost a no-hit bid with two outs in the ninth inningon a single by Evan Longoria, then stuck out his 17th batter of thegame to finish off a 1-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays, who'velost five in a row.
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) - If there's a road course race on theNASCAR circuit, look for Juan Pablo Montoya to be in the thick ofit. The Colombian sensation has won two Sprint Cup races sincecrossing over from the open-wheel circuit, including winning theroad course race at Watkins Glen yesterday.
AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Tiger Woods says finishing 18 over par in atournament "is no fun." Woods should know, as he shot afinal-round 7-over 77 at the Bridgestone Invitational where he beatjust one golfer in the 80-player field and finished a full 30 shotsbehind winner Hunter Mahan (MAY'-han).
