SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Matt Cain authored the second perfect game of the 2012 baseball season in the San Francisco Giants' 10-0 whitewash of Houston last night. Cain fanned 14 and joined Phil Humber (UHM'-bur) of the Chicago White Sox with the second perfect game and fifth hitless game of the season.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey allowed only an infield single in the first inning of his second career one-hitter and broke the New York Mets' record for consecutive scoreless innings in a 9-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays last night. Dickey, who improved to 10-1, broke Jerry Koosman's club record by going 32 and two-thirds scoreless innings before allowing a run in the bottom of the ninth.
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Lance Lynn joined R.A. Dickey as the majors' first 10-game winners. The St. Louis hurler struck out a career-high 12 and Carlos Beltran hit his NL-best 19th home run in the Cardinals' 1-0 victory over the White Sox that ended Chicago's eight-game road winning streak.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Oklahoma Thunder are looking to take a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals tonight after opening the series with a 105-95 win over the Miami Heat on Tuesday night. The Thunder are 9-0 at home in this year's playoffs as they stalk their first NBA title.
SAN FRANCIACO (AP) - The 112th U.S. Open gets under way today at the Olympic Club in San Francisco in golf's second major of the season. There's a dream threesome pairing at 10:33 a.m. (Eastern time) of golfers who've won 19 majors among them -- Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Masters champion Bubba Watson.
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) - Testimony continues today in the child sex abuse trial of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. Three more accusers took the stand yesterday, bringing to five the number who have testified against the 68-year-old Sandusky, who is charged with sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period.
