MIAMI (AP) -- Dan Uggla can tie Rico Carty's Atlanta Braves
franchise record for longest hitting streak tonight. Uggla has hit
in 30 straight games, which ties the Dodgers' Andre Ethier
(EE'-thee-ur) for longest streak in the majors this year.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Cliff Lee hurled eight scoreless innings with
10 strikeouts and hit his second career home run in the
Philadelphia Phillies' 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers
last night. The Phils have won 11 of 12 to move 36 games over .500
for the first time since 1977.
UNDATED (AP) - San Francisco and Arizona both won so the Giants
still lead the NL West by a half-game over the D-Backs. Chris
Stewart hit his first major league home run in the Giants' 6-0 win
over Pittsburgh while the D-Backs erased a six-run deficit to beat
Houston 11-9.
CHICAGO (AP) - Washington pitcher Chien-Ming Wang (shee-EHN'
ming wahng) is a winner in the majors for the first time in more
than two years. Wang didn't allow a hit until the sixth inning and
combined with three relievers on a three-hitter in the Nationals'
3-1 win over the Chicago Cubs last night.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -U.S. soccer enters a new era tonight. Jurgen
(YUR'-gehn) Klinsmann takes over as coach and his first game is
tonight against Mexico less than two weeks after he was hired to
jolt a program plagued by a series of lackluster results that cost
Bob Bradley his job.
