MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -There was a close call for a perfect game in
baseball last night as White Sox rookie Zach Stewart took a perfect
game into the eighth inning and finished with a one-hitter. Chicago
completed a doubleheader sweep of the Minnesota Twins, 4-0. The
lone Minnesota hit was Danny Valencia's leadoff double in the
eighth spoiled the right-hander's bid to become the 21st rookie in
major league history to throw a no-hitter.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Mark Trumbo continued his torrid rookie
season with a two-run homer and an RBI double, Vernon Wells hit his
20th home run, and the L.A. Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 7-3 to
move within 2 1/2 games of first place Texas in the AL West. The
Angels capitalized on Texas' 5-1 loss at Tampa Bay and moved a
season-best 13 games over .500 at 77-64.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Nick Ferrara kicked a 32-yard field
goal with 1:39 left, Danny O'Brien threw for 348 yards and a
touchdown, and Maryland beat short-handed Miami 32-24 Monday night
in coach Randy Edsall's first game with the Terrapins. Miami was
playing its first game under Al Golden without eight suspended
players, including quarterback Jacory (juh-KOR'-ee) Harris,
linebacker Sean Spence and defensive linemen Marcus Forston and
Adewale Ojomo.
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) - NASCAR is hoping to get in its Sprint Cup
race at Atlanta Motor Speedway that was postponed Sunday night
because of drenching rains in the Atlanta area. Kasey Kahne (kayn)
is the pole-sitter for this morning's scheduled race.
NEW YORK (AP) - Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki (wohz-nee-AK'-ee)
rallied to beat Svetlana Kuznetsova (svet-LAH'-nah
kooz-NET'-so-vah) 6-7, 7-5, 6-1 in a fourth round U.S. Open match.
She finished with 26 unforced errors compared to 78 for the
17th-seeded Kuznetsova, a two-time major champion.
