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Garcia pars in playoff to win Players Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Sergio Garcia parred the first playoff hole, the famous island green at 17, to defeat Paul Goydos Sunday and win The Players Championship.  Photos |
San Diego, CA (Sports Network) - The Colorado Rockies sent scuffling pitcher
Mark Redman to the minor leagues on Sunday, while calling up top prospect Greg
Reynolds to start their 6-1 loss against the San Diego Padres on Sunday.
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Yahoo! My WebMinneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - Craig Monroe clubbed a pair of homers and
drove in four runs, and Minnesota held on for a 9-8 victory over the Boston
Red Sox, in the third installment of a four-game series.
Comment Share This - May 12, 2008, at 12:27 AM ETPittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - Maxime Talbot scored the go-ahead goal
8:51 into the third period, as the Pittsburgh Penguins topped the Philadelphia
Flyers, 4-2, in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals.
Comment Share This - May 12, 2008, at 12:19 AM ETRed Sox activate Cora - MLB
Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - The Red Sox activated infielder Alex Cora
off the 15-day disabled list prior to Sunday's 9-8 loss to the Twins.
Comment Share This - May 12, 2008, at 12:16 AM ETPittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Braydon
Coburn left in the first period of his team's 4-2 loss to Pittsburgh in Game
2 of the Eastern Conference finals, after the puck hit him in the face.
Comment Share This - May 12, 2008, at 12:09 AM ETMinneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - Boston Red Sox outfielder Manny Ramirez was
held out of the starting lineup for Sunday's 9-8 loss against Minnesota due to
a sore right hamstring.
Comment Share This - May 12, 2008, at 12:06 AM ETSan Antonio, TX (Sports Network) - Tim Duncan had a dominating performance
with 22 points, 15 rebounds and four blocked shots, as the Spurs throttled the
New Orleans Hornets, 100-80, evening their Western Conference semifinal series
after four games.
Comment Share This - May 12, 2008, at 12:00 AM ETSalt Lake City, UT (Sports Network) - Deron Williams poured in 29 points and
doled out 14 assists as the Utah Jazz survived a late surge and downed the Los
Angeles Lakers, 123-115, in overtime to knot their Western Conference
semifinal series at two games apiece. Kobe Bryant scored 33 points had 10
assists and eight rebounds, but was hampered by a back injury and
struggled from the field, shooting 13-for-33 and 1-for-10 from beyond the
arc. Mehmet Okur scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Utah, and
Andrei Kirilenko added 15 points. Carlos Boozer ended with 14 points and 12
rebounds, while Kyle Korver scored 14 points off the bench for the Jazz. Utah
finished the game 37-of-45 at the foul line. Lamar Odom had 26 points and 13
rebounds, and Pau Gasol added 23 points and 10 boards for the Lakers, who
won their first six playoff games, but will head back to LA after
consecutive losses in Salt Lake City, where the Jazz are 41-5 in the regular
season and playoffs. Derek Fisher scored 15 points off the bench,
including 10 straight in the fourth quarter to lead the LA comeback. Game 5
of this best-of-seven series is scheduled for Wednesday at the Staples Center.
Bryant said he should be fine to play in the next contest.
Comment Share This - May 11, 2008, at 11:59 PM ETPittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - Maxime Talbot scored the go-ahead goal
8:51 into the third period, as the Pittsburgh Penguins topped the Philadelphia
Flyers, 4-2, in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals. Talbot returned to
the lineup after missing the last three games due to a broken right foot.
Sidney Crosby finished with a goal and an assist for the Penguins, who took a
2-0 series lead and can increase the advantage in the third contest, set for
Tuesday in Philadelphia. Marian Hossa and Jordan Staal also scored for the
Penguins. Sergei Gonchar finished with three assists, while Marc-Andre
Fleury stopped 30-of-32 shots in the victory for Pittsburgh, which has won
15 consecutive home games and is a perfect 7-0 in the playoffs so far at
Mellon Arena. Jeff Carter scored, and Mike Richards added a shorthanded
tally for the Flyers, who also lost Game 1 by a 4-2 score. Martin Biron
faced 37 shots, and stopped 34 of them. Philadelphia was already playing
without star defenseman Kimmo Timonen, who is out for the entire series with
a blood clot, but also lost blue-liner Braydon Coburn less than two minutes
of the game. He was hit in the face with a puck and did not return.
Comment Share This - May 11, 2008, at 11:58 PM ETSt. Petersburg, FL (Sports Network) - Carl Crawford blasted the go-ahead
three-run homer in the sixth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays used 15 hits to
beat the Angels, 8-5, completing a three-game weekend sweep. Crawford had
three hits and stole two bases, while Akinori Iwamura went 3-for-5 and
scored twice for the Rays. Cliff Floyd had two RBI in his first action since
coming off the disabled list on Friday. Rays starter Andy Sonnanstine went
five innings, surrendering five runs on eight hits and two walks while
striking out three. J.P. Howell (2-0) came on to pitch three strong
innings, retiring seven straight and nine of 10 to secure the win. Tampa
Bay extended its franchise-record nine-game winning streak at home and
has won four straight overall. Torii Hunter had three hits and drove in
two runs for the Angels. Los Angeles starter Ervin Santana lasted 5 2/3
innings, allowing five runs on nine hits and one walk. He did strike out
seven and left with a one-run lead, but remained at 6-0 on the season. The
Angels have dropped four straight, their longest slide since dropping six
in a row, April 12-18, 2007. Tampa Bay erased the Halo's 5-4 lead with a
four-run sixth off Justin Speier (0-3).
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