UNDATED (AP) - The Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox are dead
even in the American League wild-card standings this morning. Rays
ace James Shields came within one out of his league-leading 12th
complete game, limiting the Bombers to two runs and six hits in a
5-2 win over the New York Yankees. The Red Sox fell into a tie for
the wild card as Josh Beckett surrendered six runs in six innings
of a 6-3 loss at Baltimore.
UNDATED (AP) - Atlanta and St. Louis lost last night, keeping
the Braves one game ahead of the Cardinals for the National League
wild card with two games to play. Cliff Lee helped Philadelphia
knock off the Braves 4-2, allowing five hits in six innings for his
17th win. Angel Sanchez laid down an RBI bunt in the bottom of the
10th to lift Houston past the Cards 5-4, preventing the Redbirds
from pulling even with the Braves.
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago White Sox will have a new manager
today after releasing Ozzie Guillen (gee-EHN') from the remainder
of his contract. Guillen had one year left in his deal and was
seeking an extension with a pay raise. He is the only White Sox
skipper since 1917 to lead the team to a World Series title,
winning it in 2005.
IRVING, Texas (AP) - Tony Romo played through a broken rib last
night and completed 22 of his 36 passes for 255 yards as the Dallas
Cowboys outlasted Washington 18-16. Rookie Dan Bailey put the
Cowboys ahead for good with his sixth field goal of the night, a
40-yarder with 1:57 remaining. Felix Jones ran for a career-high
115 yards despite separating his shoulder against San Francisco the
previous game.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia Eagles say a CT scan shows
Michael Vick's right hand is bruised and not broken, as was
originally believed after he was forced from Sunday's loss to the
division rival New York Giants in the fourth quarter. Philadelphia
coach Andy Reid says his star quarterback's non-throwing hand is
swollen and Vick's status for this week's game against the San
Francisco 49ers is up in the air.
