LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton
Kershaw and manager Don Mattingly were ejected from the Dodgers'
3-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Kershaw, who earned his 19th
victory with five innings of one-hit ball, was tossed in the sixth
inning last night after his inside pitch struck Arizona's Gerardo
Parra on the right elbow.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Pirates clinched their 19th
consecutive losing season, a record for a major league franchise in
North America, losing to the Cardinals 3-2 as Yadier Molina
(YAH'-dee-eer moh-LEE'-nah) hit a tiebreaking, two-run double. The
Cards are 4-1/2 games back of Atlanta in the NL wild card and 5-1/2
back of Milwaukee in the NL Central race.
OAKLAND (AP) - The Detroit Tigers go for their 13th straight win
tonight in Oakland when they play the Athletics. The Tigers posted
a 6-5 win in 10 innings in Chicago yesterday to match their longest
winning streak since 1934.
HOUSTON (AP) -A Roy Halladay six-hitter has made the
Philadelphia Phillies the first team to reach the playoffs this
season with a 1-0 victory over the Houston Astros. The NL East
leaders clinched at least a wild-card berth and will appear in the
postseason for the fifth straight year.
ATLANTA (AP) - Police say former Washington Wizards basketball
player Javaris Crittenton will be returned to Atlanta from Los
Angeles today to face a murder charge. Authorities say Crittenton
is being returned to face charges in the death of 22-year-old
Julian Jones, a mother of four who was hit by gunfire during a
drive-by shooting. Crittenton denies involvement.
