KWBG Sports for July 10th

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)- San Francisco right-hander Matt Cain, who hurled one of baseball's two perfect games this season, has been tabbed by NL manager Tony La Russa to start tonight's All-Star game in Kansas City. AL manager Ron Washington is turning to 2011 Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander to start for the junior circuit.

     KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)- For the second time in four years, Prince Fielder is the king of the Home Run Derby. The Detroit Tigers first baseman outslugged Toronto's Jose Bautista, the current major league home run leader with 27, to win the final round 12-7.

     KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The batting orders are out and the AL has Derek Jeter leading off and playing shortstop, followed by Yankees teammate Robinson Cano (kuh-NOH') at second base, Texas left fielder Josh Hamilton, Toronto right fielder Jose Bautista, Detroit first baseman Prince Fielder and Texas third baseman Adrian Beltre (BEHL'-tray) batting sixth. Boston designated hitter David Ortiz bats seventh, followed by Texas catcher Mike Napoli (NAP'-oh-lee) and Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson.

     KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)- The NL counters with Colorado's Carlos Gonzalez leading off as the designated hitter, followed by San Francisco center fielder Melky Cabrera, Milwaukee left fielder Ryan Braun, Cincinnati first baseman Joey Votto (VAH'-toh), St. Louis right fielder Carlos Beltran and, Giants catcher Buster Posey batting sixth. San Francisco third baseman Pedro Sandoval bats seventh, followed by Atlanta second baseman Dan Uggla and St. Louis shortstop Rafael Furcal (fur-KAHL').

     KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Two of baseball's youngest phenoms -- 19-year-old Bryce Harper of Washington and 20-year-old Mike Trout of the L.A. Angels, will be part of the bench strength for each team. Harper is the youngest position player in All-Star history and a key part of the Washington Nationals' transformation to a first-place team while Trout is leading the American League in hitting.

KWBG Sports for July 9th

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Baseball's elite are heading to Kansas City for Tuesday night's All-Star game. Tonight, the sultans of swat take center stage with the annual Home Run Derby jump-starting the All-Star festivities.

     UNDATED (AP) - At the break, the American League division leaders are the New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox and two-time AL champion Texas Rangers. The National League leaders are three teams that were considered long-shots during spring training: the Washington Nationals, Pittsburgh Pirates and L.A. Dodgers.

     BOSTON (AP) - In the final game before the All-Star break, the New York Yankees beat Boston 7-3 to take three of four from the Red Sox in their weekend series at Fenway Park. Ivan (ee-VAHN') Nova won his 10th game and Andruw Jones homered as the Yanks padded their AL East lead to seven games over Baltimore.

     KOHLER, Wis. (AP) - Na Yeon Choi managed to win the U.S. Women's Open by four shots despite ballooning to a one-over 73 in her final round. Paula Creamer was the top American finisher, a tie for seventh place.

     WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Roger Federer is back on top of men's tennis after posting his seventh Wimbledon title and 17th Grand Slam crown by downing third-seed Andy Murray 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4. The loss was dismaying for the host Brits, who were hoping that Scotsman Murray could become the first British man since Fred Perry in 1936 to win Wimbledon.

KWBG Sports for July 6th

 UNDATED (AP)- Both the Washington Nationals and New York Mets rallied for 6-5 victories last night. The Nats finished a three-game sweep of San Francisco with two runs in the bottom of the ninth and the Mets jolted Philadelphia when David Wright singled off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to preserve R.A. Dickey's 11-game winning streak.

     NEW YORK (AP) - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish and St. Louis Cardinals third baseman David Freese are headed to the Midsummer Classic after fans voted them into next week's all-star showcase in Kansas City. Darvish is the eighth Rangers player on the AL team managed by Texas' Ron Washington.

     KOHLER, Wis. (AP) - Americans Cristie Kerr, Brittany Lincicome (LIHN'-sih-kohm) and Lizette Salas shot 3-under 69 to share the first-round lead in the U.S. Women's Open. Ai Miyazato (EYE mee-yah-ZAH'-toh), coming off a victory Sunday in the LPGA Tour event in Arkansas, was a stroke back along with 17-year-old Lexi Thompson, Jennie Lee and Beatriz Recari.

     WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Thirteen-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams will play for a fifth Wimbledon singles crown on Saturday against Agnieszka Radwanska (ahg-nee-ESH'-kuh rahd-VAHN'-skuh). Williams served up a Wimbledon record 24 aces during her semifinal victory over second seeded Victoria Azarenka (ah-zah-REN'-kuh) of Belarus 6-3, 7-6

     WIMBLEDON, England (AP)- Today at Wimbledon, defending champion Novak Djokovic (JOH'-kuh-vich) plays six-time winner Roger Federer in the men's semifinals. Then England's Andy Murray will take on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (SAHNG'-guh) in the other men's semifinal with the winners meeting on Sunday.

KWBG Sports for July 5th

 WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - It is women's semifinals day at Wimbledon, where third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska (ahg-nee-ESH'-kuh rahd-VAHN'-skuh) of Poland has advanced to her first Grand Slam final with a 6-3, 6-4 win over No. 8 Angelique Kerber of Germany. Sixth-seeded Serena Williams and No. 2 seed Victoria Azarenka (ah-zah-REN'-kuh) are meeting in today's second match on Centre Court.

     PHOENIX (AP) - The L.A. Lakers filled their greatest need by acquiring All-Star point guard Steve Nash from the Suns in a sign-and-trade deal.  Phoenix gets first-round draft picks in 2013 and 2015 and second-rounders in 2013 and 2014.

     PHOENIX (AP) - The Suns have signed free-agent point guard Goran Dragic, who is likely to step in as the replacement for Steve Nash following the former MVP's move to the Lakers. Dragic was Nash's backup in Phoenix until he was traded to Houston in February of 2011.

     PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Miami Marlins got some much needed offensive help by acquiring Carlos Lee from Houston for a pair of prospects. The 36-year-old slugger spent five-plus seasons with the Astros and is hitting .287 with five homers and 29 RBIs in 65 games this year.

     OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Red Sox slugger David Ortiz reached a career milestone in Oakland on Wednesday. Big Papi belted his 400th home run in a 3-2 loss to the A's. That ranks eighth among active players and 49th on the all-time list, seven behind Duke Snider.

KWBG Sports for July 4th

 CHICAGO (AP) - Kevin Youkilis, Adam Dunn and Alex Rios hit first inning home runs off of Roy Oswalt (OHZ'-walt) and the White Sox went on to pound Texas 19-2.  A.J. Pierzynski (pur-ZIHN'-skee) added a three-run homer to cap Chicago's nine-run fifth inning.  Chicago pounded out 21 hits.

     ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta's Chipper Jones has been named to replace injured Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp on the NL All-Star team.  The 40-year old Jones celebrated by going 5-for-5 with four rbi's in the Braves 10-3 win over the Cubs.

     PITTSBURGH (AP) - Drew Sutton hit his first homer of the season in the bottom of the ninth to give Pittsburgh an 8-7 win over Houston.  The victory improved the Pirates to eight games over .500 for the first time in 20 years.

     PHOENIX (AP) - Restricted free agent guard Eric Gordon has agreed to a four-year deal with the Phoenix Suns worth about $58 million, a person familiar with the talks told The Associated Press. The New Orleans Hornets have the right to match the deal and keep Gordon.

     DALLAS (AP) - Five-time NHL scoring champ Jaromir Jagr (YAR'-oh-meer YAH'-ger) will continue his NHL career with the Dallas Stars.  The 40-year old signed a one-year, $4.55 million dollar contact with Dallas after spending last season with Philadelphia.

KWBG Sports for July 3rd

UNDATED (AP) -- The Atlanta Hawks have agreed to deal All-Star guard Joe Johnson to the Brooklyn Nets for five players and a draft pick, and Atlanta will send forward Marvin Williams to the Utah Jazz for guard Devin Harris. A person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press that Atlanta will receive guards Anthony Morrow, Jordan Farmar and DeShawn Stevenson and forwards Jordan Williams and Johan Petro, along with a draft pick Brooklyn received from Houston in a prior deal.

     OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Less than two weeks after guiding his team to the NBA Finals, Scott Brooks has signed a multiyear extension to return as coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Terms were not disclosed but other media outlets reported the deal was for four years at more than $4 million per season.

     ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - B.J. Upton and Carlos Pena homered and the Tampa Bay Rays took advantage of Mark Teixeira's (teh-SHEHR'-uhz) first error of the season to beat the New York Yankees 4-3. After pinch hitter Brooks Conrad's RBI double tied the game in the seventh inning, Teixeira misplayed Elliot Johnson's sharp grounder over first base for his first error in 671 chances this year, enabling Conrad to score the go-ahead run.

     WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - A wet and wild Monday at Wimbledon saw top-seed and world No.1 Maria Sharapova fall to 15th seed Sabine Lisicki (suh-BEEN' lih'-SIH'-kee), 6-4, 6-3. Third seed Roger Federer defeated Xavier Malisse (mah-LEES') 7-6, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, but only after he left the court for a few minutes during the first set because of a back problem.

     OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Dara Torres has come up short in her bid to make it to the Olympics for a sixth time. The 45-year-old Torres finished fourth in the final of the 50-meter freestyle Monday night, her only event at the U.S. swimming trials, and said afterward her storied Olympic career is over.

KWBG Sports for July 2nd

 BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - Tiger Woods is visiting a few places he hasn't been since September of 2009 -- the top of the PGA Tour's money list and FedEx Cup point standings. Woods outlasted Bo Van Pelt in a back-nine duel to win his own AT&T National tournament by two strokes and claim his third title of the year.

     PITTSBURGH (AP) - Joe Daley fought off challenges from more-heralded players such as Tom Lehman (LAY'-muhn), Fred Couples and Mark Calcavecchia (kal-kuh-VEHK'-ee-ah) to capture the Senior Players Championship for his first title on the 50-and-over circuit. The 51-year-old Daley beat runner-up Lehman to the finish line by two strokes at the third of five majors on the Champions Tour calendar.

     ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Rangers rookie sensation Yu Darvish struck out 11 batters but was still tagged with his first home loss. Darvish uncorked a wild pitch that allowed the tiebreaking run to score in a 3-1 loss to the Oakland Athletics that dropped him to 10-5 and snapped the major league leader's five-game winning streak.

     TORONTO (AP) - Sunday will be a day to remember for Angels rookie Mike Trout. First he learned he'd earned a berth in this month's All-Star game, then he went out and blasted a game-changing homer in L.A.'s 10-6 victory over the Blue Jays that spoiled Toronto's Canada Day celebration.

     WIMBLEDON (AP) - It shapes up to be a very busy day at Wimbledon following Sunday's traditional off day. Some of the more notable players due on court for fourth round play are top seeds Maria Sharapova (shah-rah-POH'-vah) and Novak Djokovic (NOH'-vak JOH'-kuh-vich), along with the likes of six-time champion Roger Federer and four-time Wimbledon winner Serena Williams.