CHICAGO (AP) - Davey Johnson will make his Washington Nationals
managerial debut tonight against the Los Angeles Angels. Johnson
was officially hired as the Nats' skipper yesterday, 11 years after
his last major league managerial post and three days after Jim
Riggleman stunned the team by resigning. Johnson has 14 years of
big-league managing experience under his belt, finishing first or
second 11 times and guiding the 1986 New York Mets to the World
Series title.
UNDATED (AP) - Roy Halladay has become the majors' fourth
10-game winner of the season, one day after CC Sabathia
(suh-BATH'-ee-uh), Justin Verlander and Jair Jurrjens (JY'-eer
JUR'-jehnz) reached double-digits in victories. Halladay pitched
his NL-leading fifth complete game as his Philadelphia Phillies
beat visiting Oakland 3-1. The veteran right-hander scattered eight
hits while improving to 10-3 and raising his NL-leading strikeout
total to 123.
SONOMA, Calif. (AP) - Kurt Busch was nearly four seconds faster
than Jeff Gordon in winning the Sprint Cup race at Infineon
Raceway. Busch led a race-high 75 laps in his first career road
course victory. Carl Edwards finished third, followed by Clint
Bowyer and Marcos Ambrose.
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Fourth-round play highlights today's
Wimbledon singles schedule. Fourth seed Andy Murray opens the
Centre Court slate against Richard Gasquet (gas-KAY') before Venus
Williams battles Tsvetana Pironkova (seh-TAH'-nah
peer-ahn-KOH'-vah) and top-ranked Rafael Nadal squares off with
Juan Martin del Potro (wahn mahr-TEEN' dehl-POH'-troh). Serena
Williams, Novak Djokovic (JOH'-koh-vihch) and Roger Federer play
their fourth-round matches on Court 1, while women's No. 1 Caroline
Wozniacki (wohz-nee-AK'-ee), Maria Sharapova and Mardy Fish are
relegated to Court 2.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) - Yani Tseng (YAH'-nee sehng) has become
the youngest player in LPGA history to win four majors. The
22-year-old Tseng closed with a 6-under-par 66 to capture the LPGA
Championship by 10 shots over Morgan Pressel (PREHS'-ul). Tseng
finished 19-under to match the LPGA-record low score at a major,
one year after Cristie Kerr did it in winning the same tourney by
12 shots.
