SportsAugust 23, 2009

TRIATHLON

CLEARWATER YOUTH TRIATHLON

BOYS

12-14 - Mason Ulrich, Lewiston, 20:13.

9-11 - Andrew Bugee, Lewiston, 23:18.

7-8 - Eli Engledow, Lewiston, 12:44.

5-6 - Adam Caudle, Clarkston, 15:51.

GIRLS

12-14 - Dana Gilchrist, Clarkston, 23:51.

9-11 - Ashley Bugbee, Lewiston, 20:41.

7-8 - Makenna Barker, Lewiston, 18:20.

5-6 - Abby Caudle, Lewiston, 21:45.

BASEBALL

MAJORS

All Times Pacific

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 77 46 .626 -

Boston 70 52 .574 61/2

Tampa Bay 67 55 .549 91/2

Toronto 56 65 .463 20

Baltimore 50 73 .407 27

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 65 57 .533 -

Chicago 63 60 .512 21/2

Minnesota 60 63 .488 51/2

Cleveland 53 69 .434 12

Kansas City 47 75 .385 18

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 74 47 .612 -

Texas 68 54 .557 61/2

Seattle 63 60 .512 12

Oakland 54 68 .443 201/2

Saturday's Games

L.A. Angels 7, Toronto 3

Boston 14, N.Y. Yankees 1

Chicago White Sox 4, Baltimore 1

Cleveland 4, Seattle 3, 11 innings

Tampa Bay 5, Texas 4, 10 innings

Minnesota 8, Kansas City 7

Oakland 3, Detroit 2

Today's Games

Seattle (F.Hernandez 12-4) at Cleveland (Carmona 2-8), 10:05 a.m.

L.A. Angels (T.Bell 1-0) at Toronto (R.Romero 10-5), 10:07 a.m.

Texas (Feldman 12-4) at Tampa Bay (Price 6-5), 10:38 a.m.

Baltimore (Berken 2-11) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 11-6), 11:05 a.m.

Minnesota (Pavano 10-9) at Kansas City (Bannister 7-9), 11:10 a.m.

Detroit (Porcello 10-7) at Oakland (Tomko 2-2), 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 14-7) at Boston (Beckett 14-4), 5:05 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 70 50 .583 -

Atlanta 65 58 .528 61/2

Florida 65 58 .528 61/2

New York 57 66 .463 141/2

Washington 43 80 .350 281/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

St. Louis 71 54 .568 -

Chicago 61 60 .504 8

Houston 61 62 .496 9

Milwaukee 60 62 .492 91/2

Pittsburgh 51 70 .421 18

Cincinnati 51 71 .418 181/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 74 50 .597 -

Colorado 69 54 .561 41/2

San Francisco 67 56 .545 61/2

Arizona 54 70 .435 20

San Diego 52 73 .416 221/2

Saturday's Games

L.A. Dodgers 2, Chicago Cubs 0

Houston 4, Arizona 2

Pittsburgh 12, Cincinnati 2

Milwaukee 11, Washington 9

Atlanta 4, Florida 3

Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Mets 1

Colorado 14, San Francisco 11

St. Louis 7, San Diego 0

Today's Games

Philadelphia (P.Martinez 1-0) at N.Y. Mets (O.Perez 3-3), 10:10 a.m.

Cincinnati (H.Bailey 2-4) at Pittsburgh (K.Hart 4-2), 10:35 a.m.

Florida (Nolasco 9-8) at Atlanta (D.Lowe 12-8), 10:35 a.m.

Milwaukee (M.Parra 8-9) at Washington (Stammen 3-6), 10:35 a.m.

Arizona (Garland 6-11) at Houston (Norris 3-1), 11:05 a.m.

San Francisco (Lincecum 12-3) at Colorado (Jimenez 11-9), 12:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Smoltz 0-0) at San Diego (Carrillo 1-1), 1:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Dempster 6-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 12-6), 1:10 p.m.

FOOTBALL

NFL PRESEASON

All Times Pacific

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Miami 2 0 0 1.000 39 26

New England 1 1 0 .500 33 32

Buffalo 1 2 0 .333 66 72

N.Y. Jets 0 1 0 .000 20 23

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Tennessee 2 1 0 .667 58 68

Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 26 28

Houston 1 1 0 .500 30 48

Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 32 36

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 23 0

Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 14 23

Cleveland 1 1 0 .500 27 27

Pittsburgh 1 1 0 .500 33 27

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Oakland 1 1 0 .500 51 31

San Diego 1 1 0 .500 31 26

Denver 0 2 0 .000 29 44

Kansas City 0 2 0 .000 23 33

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Washington 1 1 0 .500 17 36

Dallas 1 1 0 .500 40 41

N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 27 34

Philadelphia 0 2 0 .000 40 50

South

W L T Pct PF PA

New Orleans 2 0 0 1.000 55 21

Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 46 40

Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 44 50

Carolina 0 2 0 .000 34 51

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Green Bay 2 0 0 1.000 48 21

Minnesota 2 0 0 1.000 30 16

Chicago 1 1 0 .500 37 30

Detroit 1 1 0 .500 37 53

West

W L T Pct PF PA

San Francisco 2 0 0 1.000 38 36

Seattle 2 0 0 1.000 47 27

St. Louis 1 1 0 .500 36 40

Arizona 0 2 0 .000 16 37

Saturday's Games

Miami 27, Carolina 17

Washington 17, Pittsburgh 13

Cleveland 27, Detroit 10

Tampa Bay 24, Jacksonville 23

Green Bay 31, Buffalo 21

Chicago 17, N.Y. Giants 3

New Orleans 38, Houston 14

San Francisco 21, Oakland 20

San Diego 17, Arizona 6

Seattle 27, Denver 13

Monday's Game

N.Y. Jets at Baltimore, 5 p.m.

Thursday's Games

Jacksonville at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

St. Louis at Cincinnati, 4:30 p.m.

Miami at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

TRACK AND FIELD

IAAF World Athletics Championships

Berlin

Men

Marathon

Final

1, Abel Kirui, Kenya, 2 hours, 6 minutes, 54 seconds. 2, Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai, Kenya, 2:07:48. 3, Tsegay Kebede, Ethiopia, 2:08:35. 4, Yemane Tsegay, Ethiopia, 2:08:42. 5, Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenya, 2:10:46. 6, Atsushi Sato, Japan, 2:12:05. 7, Adil Ennani, Morocco, 2:12:12. 8, Jose Manuel Martinez, Spain, 2:14:04. 9, Jose Moreira, Portugal, 2:14:05. 10, Luis Feiteira, Portugal, 2:14:06.

4x100 Relay

Final

1 Jamaica, (Steve Mullings, Michael Frater, Usain. Bolt, Asafa Powell), 37.31. 2, Trinidad and Tobago, (Darrel Brown, Marc Burns, E. Callander, Richard Thompson), 37.62. 3. Britain, (Simeon Williamson, Tyrone Edgar, Marlon Devonish, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey), 38.02. 4, Japan, (Masashi Eriguchi, Naoki Tsukahara, Shinji Takahira, Kenji Fujimitsu), 38.30. 5, Canada, (Sam Effah, Oluseyi Smith, Jared Connaughton, Bryan Barnett), 38.39. 6, Italy, (Roberto Donati, Simone Collio, Emanuele Di Gregorio, Fabio Cerutti), 38.54. 7, Brazil, (Vicente de Lima, Sandro Viana, Basilio de Moraes, Jose Carlos Moreira), 38.56. 8, France, (Ronald Pognon, Martial Mbandjock, Eddy De Lepine, Christophe Lemaitre), 39.21.

Pole Vault

Final

1, Steven Hooker, Australia, 19-4. 2, Romain Mesnil, France, 19-2. 3, Renaud Lavillenie, France, 19-0. 4, Maksym Mazuryk, Ukraine, 18-10. 5, Aleksandr Gripich, Russia, 18-10. 6, Damiel Dossevi, France, 18-10. 7 (tie), Steven Lewis, Britain; Alexander Straub, Germany; and Giuseppe Gibilisco, Italy, 18-61/2. 10 (tie), Daichi Sawano, Japan, and Viktor Chistiakov, Russia, 18-01/2. 12 (tie), Kevin Rans, Belgium, and Alhaji Jeng, Sweden, 18-01/2. 14, Malte Mohr, Germany, 18-01/2. Derek Miles, United States, NM.

Long Jump

Final

1, Dwight Phillips, United States, 28-0. 2, Godfrey Khotso Mokoena, South Africa, 27-91/2. 3, Mitchell Watt, Australia, 27-51/2. 4, Fabrice Lapierre, Australia, 26-11. 5, Greg Rutherford, Britain, 26-93/4. 6, Salim Sdiri, France, 26-53/4. 7, Gable Garenamotse, Botswana, 26-51/2. 8, Christopher Tomlinson, Britain, 26-51/2. 9, Brian Johnson, United States, 25-91/2. 10, Yahya Berrabah, Morocco, 25-8. 11, Louis Tsatoumas, Greece, 24-11. Irving Saladino, Panama, NM.

Women

5,000

Final

1, Vivian Cheruiyot, Kenya, 14:57.97. 2, Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet, Kenya, 14:58.33. 3, Meseret Defar, Ethiopia, 14:58.41. 4, Sentayehu Ejigu, Ethiopia, 15:03.38. 5, Meselech Melkamu, Ethiopia, 15:03.72. 6, Iness Chepkesis Chenonge, Kenya, 15:06.06. 7, Silvia Weissteiner, Italy, 15:09.74. 8, Genzebe Dibaba, Ethiopia, 15:11.12. 9, Jennifer Rhines, United States, 15:11.63. 10, Sara Moreira, Portugal, 15:12.22. 11, Yuriko Kobayashi, Japan, 15:12.44. 12, Yurika Nakamura, Japan, 15:13.01. 13, Alemitu Bekele, Turkey, 15:18.18. 14, Krisztina Papp, Hungary, 15:20.36. 15, Zakia Mrisho Mohamed, Tanzania, 15:31.73.

4x100 Relay

Final

1, Jamaica, (Simone Facey, Shelly-Ann Fraser, Aleen Bailey, Kerron Stewart), 42.06. 2, Bahamas, (Sheniqua Ferguson, Chandra Sturrup, Christine Amertil, Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie), 42.29. 3, Germany, (Marion Wagner, Anne Mollinger, Cathleen Tschirch, Verena Sailer), 42.87. 4, Russia, (Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya), 43.00. 5, Brazil, (Rosemar Maria Neto, Lucimar Aparecida de Moura, Thaissa Presti, Vanda Gomes), 43.13. 6, Britain, (Laura Turner, Montell Douglas, Emily Freeman, Emma Ania), 43.16. 7, Trinidad and Tobago, (Reyare Thomas, Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Ayanna Hutchinson, Semoy Hackett), 43.43. 8, Colombia, (Yomara Hinestroza, Felipa Palacios, Darlenis Obregon, Norma Gonzalez), 43.71.

Hammer Throw

Final

1, Anita Wlodarczyk, Poland, 255-9 (world record; old record: 255-3, Tatyana Lysenko, Russia, 2006). 2, Betty Heidler, Germany, 253-0. 3, Martina Hrasnova, Slovakia, 245-4. 4, Kathrin Klaas, Germany, 243-6. 5, Wenxiu Zhang, China, 238-1. 6, Tatyana Lysenko, Russia, 236-11. 7, Jessica Cosby, United States, 236-9. 8, Clarissa Claretti, Italy, 234-9. 9, Stephanie Falzon, France, 234-3. 10, Sultana Frizell, Canada, 232-6. 11, Amber Campbell, United States, 229-11. 12, Manuela Montebrun, France, 229-4.

TENNIS

ATP World Tour Western & Southern Financial Group Masters

Mason, Ohio

Purse: $3 million (Masters 1000)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Semifinals

Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Andy Murray (3), Britain, 6-2, 7-6 (8).

Novak Djokovic (4), Serbia, def. Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, 6-1, 6-4.

Doubles

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Semifinals

Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Nenad Zimonjic (2), Serbia, def. Mahesh Bhupathi, India, and Mark Knowles (4), Bahamas, 6-4, 6-3.

Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Oliver Marach (8), Austria, 0-6, 6-4, 10-4 tiebreak.

WTA Tour Rogers Cup

Toronto

Purse: $2 million (Premier)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Semifinals

Elena Dementieva (4), Russia, def. Serena Williams (2), United States, 7-6 (2), 6-1.

Maria Sharapova, Russia, def. Alisa Kleybanova, Russia, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.

Doubles

Semifinals

Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (6), Spain, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, and Ai Sugiyama (4), Japan, 6-4, 6-4.

Samantha Stosur and Rennae Stubbs (3), Australia, def. Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Liezel Huber (1), United States, 3-6, 6-3, 10-7 tiebreak.

AUTO RACING

NASCAR Sprint Cup-Sharpie 500

Bristol, Tenn.

Lap length: .533 miles

(Start position in parentheses)

1. (15) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 500 laps, 127.8 rating, 190 points, $341,073.

2. (1) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 500, 139.6, 180, $223,550.

3. (25) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 500, 108, 165, $190,473.

4. (2) Greg Biffle, Ford, 500, 111, 165, $171,225.

5. (41) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 500, 93, 155, $136,575.

6. (9) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 500, 98.5, 150, $145,054.

7. (13) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 500, 116.2, 146, $126,975.

8. (21) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 500, 116.7, 147, $165,126.

9. (27) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 500, 85.1, 138, $121,450.

10. (5) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 500, 95.2, 134, $150,065.

11. (17) Jamie McMurray, Ford, 500, 84.2, 130, $112,875.

12. (14) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 500, 68, 127, $131,648.

13. (7) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 500, 70.9, 124, $118,525.

14. (23) David Ragan, Ford, 500, 72.8, 121, $110,225.

15. (3) Scott Speed, Toyota, 500, 68.5, 118, $119,498.

16. (32) Carl Edwards, Ford, 500, 62.9, 115, $146,756.

17. (18) David Reutimann, Toyota, 500, 84, 112, $122,323.

18. (37) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 500, 54.7, 109, $141,981.

19. (10) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 500, 65.1, 106, $135,801.

20. (34) David Stremme, Dodge, 500, 54.2, 103, $130,290.

21. (6) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 500, 89.9, 100, $106,800.

22. (24) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 500, 89.2, 97, $131,390.

23. (33) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 499, 66.2, 94, $134,026.

24. (39) Paul Menard, Ford, 498, 40.3, 91, $125,456.

25. (11) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 498, 95.2, 88, $129,498.

26. (42) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 498, 42.8, 85, $101,400.

27. (28) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 498, 48, 82, $92,780.

28. (29) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 497, 52.1, 79, $131,718.

29. (26) Scott Wimmer, Chevrolet, 496, 40.6, 76, $89,160.

30. (40) John Andretti, Chevrolet, 494, 36.1, 73, $101,525.

31. (36) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, accident, 490, 65.7, 75, $99,415.

32. (31) Robby Gordon, Toyota, 490, 43.4, 67, $107,565.

33. (30) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 489, 47.8, 64, $101,718.

34. (8) Joey Logano, Toyota, 484, 40.6, 61, $135,936.

35. (38) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 472, 52.4, 58, $107,210.

36. (20) Bobby Labonte, Ford, 461, 61.1, 55, $115,969.

37. (19) AJ Allmendinger, Dodge, 452, 73.3, 52, $88,205.

38. (16) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, accident, 438, 61.1, 49, $125,448.

39. (12) David Gilliland, Chevrolet, accident, 354, 64.5, 46, $87,985.

40. (22) Terry Labonte, Toyota, rear end, 244, 38, 43, $87,875.

41. (43) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, wheel bearing, 48, 29.4, 40, $87,700.

42. (35) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, transmission, 27, 26.4, 37, $87,580.

43. (4) Dave Blaney, Toyota, accident, 8, 24.3, 34, $87,996.

Race Statistics

Average Speed of Race Winner: 84.820 mph.

Time of Race: 3 hours, 8 minutes, 31 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 0.98 seconds.

Caution Flags: 11 for 76 laps.

Lead Changes: 12 among 5 drivers.

Lap Leaders: G.Biffle 1-65; M.Martin 66; G.Biffle 67-77; M.Martin 78-272; J.Johnson 273-274; M.Martin 275-316; J.Johnson 317-356; M.Martin 357; J.Johnson 358-422; M.Martin 423; M.Waltrip 424-432; Ky.Busch 433-500.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): M.Martin, 5 times for 240 laps; J.Johnson, 3 times for 107 laps; G.Biffle, 2 times for 76 laps; Ky.Busch, 1 time for 68 laps; M.Waltrip, 1 time for 9 laps.

Top 12 in Points: 1. T.Stewart, 3,564; 2. J.Johnson, 3,344; 3. J.Gordon, 3,310; 4. D.Hamlin, 3,141; 5. C.Edwards, 3,110; 6. Ku.Busch, 3,103; 7. R.Newman, 2,995; 8. G.Biffle, 2,986; 9. J.Montoya, 2,975; 10. M.Martin, 2,971; 11. K.Kahne, 2,963; 12. M.Kenseth, 2,945.

GOLF

Champions-JELD-WEN Tradition

Sunriver, Ore.

Purse: $2.6 million

Yardage: 7,533; Par: 72

Third Round

Brad Bryant 62-72-67 - 201

Mike Reid 70-67-66 - 203

John Cook 69-67-68 - 204

Larry Mize 69-67-70 - 206

Eduardo Romero 69-68-70 - 207

Loren Roberts 65-71-71 - 207

Mark O'Meara 69-71-68 - 208

Tom Lehman 67-71-70 - 208

Fred Funk 68-67-73 - 208

Bruce Fleisher 69-69-71 - 209

Allen Doyle 70-72-68 - 210

Tom Watson 67-74-69 - 210

Hal Sutton 69-71-70 - 210

Gene Jones 74-65-71 - 210

Craig Stadler 71-67-72 - 210

Don Pooley 72-71-68 - 211

Mike Goodes 70-73-68 - 211

Bernhard Langer 71-70-70 - 211

Ben Crenshaw 72-68-71 - 211

Tom Kite 70-70-71 - 211

Keith Fergus 70-69-72 - 211

Lonnie Nielsen 70-67-74 - 211

Morris Hatalsky 71-71-70 - 212

Jeff Sluman 71-72-69 - 212

Mike McCullough 69-73-70 - 212

Scott Simpson 76-70-66 - 212

Jim Thorpe 68-72-72 - 212

R.W. Eaks 68-71-73 - 212

Tim Simpson 73-71-69 - 213

Jay Haas 73-72-68 - 213

Andy Bean 69-73-71 - 213

Bob Tway 72-70-71 - 213

Gil Morgan 70-71-72 - 213

Hale Irwin 68-73-72 - 213

Mark McNulty 69-71-73 - 213

David Eger 71-72-71 - 214

Bruce Vaughan 71-70-73 - 214

Dan Forsman 73-71-71 - 215

PGA Tour-Wyndham Championship

Greensboro, N.C.

Purse: $5.2 million

Yardage: 7,117; Par: 70

Partial Third Round

(63 players did not finish Round 3)

Steve Marino 67-68-63 - 198

Kevin Sutherland 71-65-64 - 200

Darron Stiles 70-66-66 - 202

Tim Herron 68-67-67 - 202

Jason Bohn 68-68-66 - 202

Bryce Molder 68-68-67 - 203

Brad Faxon 68-68-67 - 203

Mark Wilson 70-65-68 - 203

Scott McCarron 66-69-68 - 203

Jonathan Byrd 66-70-67 - 203

Brian Davis 70-65-68 - 203

Nick O'Hern 69-66-68 - 203

Jeff Quinney 70-67-66 - 203

Kent Jones 68-68-68 - 204

Martin Laird 67-68-69 - 204

Daniel Chopra 67-69-68 - 204

Rocco Mediate 67-69-69 - 205

Tom Pernice, Jr. 68-68-69 - 205

Matt Jones 67-69-70 - 206

Fredrik Jacobson 68-68-70 - 206

Carl Pettersson 70-65-71 - 206

Matt Bettencourt 69-66-71 - 206

Kris Blanks 74-62-71 - 207

John Daly 66-70-73 - 209

Leaderboard

SCORE THRU

1. Sergio Garcia -13 10

1. Chris Riley -13 10

3. Steve Marino -12 F

3. Justin Rose -12 13

3. Fred Couples -12 12

3. Kevin Stadler -12 11

7. Brandt Snedeker -11 14

7. Bill Haas -11 10

9. Kevin Sutherland -10 F

9. Glen Day -10 13

9. Johnson Wagner -10 12

9. Jeff Maggert -10 10

9. Ryan Moore -10 10

14. Lucas Glover -9 14

14. Jeev Milkha Singh -9 12

14. Alex Cejka -9 13

14. Marc Leishman -9 11

14. Chez Reavie -9 10

Solheim Cup

Sugar Grove, Ill.

Yardage: 6,670; Par: 73

USA 8, EUROPE 8

Fourballs

Europe 21/2, United States 11/2

Christina Kim-Michelle Wie, United States, def. Helen Alfredsson-Tania Elosegui, Europe, 5 and 4.

Catriona Matthew-Diana Luna, Europe, halved with Angela Stanford-Brittany Lang, United States.

Suzann Pettersen-Anna Nordqvist, Europe, def. Nicole Castrale-Cristie Kerr, United States, 1 up.

Gwladys Nocera-Maria Hjorth, Europe, def. Brittany Lincicome-Kristy McPherson, United States, 1 up.

Foursomes

Europe 2, United States 2

Janice Moodie and Sophie Gustafson, Europe, def. Paula Creamer and Juli Inkster, United States, 4 and 3.

Kristy McPherson and Morgan Pressel, United States, def. Helen Alfredsson and Suzann Pettersen, Europe, 2 up.

Becky Brewerton and Gwladys Nocera, Europe, def. Natalie Gulbis and Christina Kim, United States, 5 and 4.

Cristie Kerr and Michelle Wie, United States, def. Anna Nordqvist and Maria Hjorth, Europe, 1 up.

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

American League

BOSTON RED SOX-Purchased the contract of RHP Enrique Gonzalez from Pawtucket (IL). Optioned RHP Michael Bowden to Pawtucket.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS-Recalled RHP Rafael Rodriguez from Salt Lake (PCL). Optioned FHP Sean O'Sullivan to Salt lake.

MINNESOTA TWINS-Optioned RHP Anthony Swarzak to Rochester (IL).

SEATTLE MARINERS-Optioned RHP Chris Jakubauskas to Tacoma (PCL). Purchased the contract of RHP Randy Messenger from Tacoma. Released RHP Luis Pena.

TEXAS RANGERS-Activated RHP Jason Grilli from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Willie Eyre to Oklahoma City (PCL).

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS-Recalled INF Brandon Allen from Reno (PCL). Optioned INF Josh Whitesell to Reno.

COLORADO ROCKIES-Placed RHP Aaron Cook on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of RHP Matt Herges from Colorado Springs (PCL). Transferred RHP Manuel Corpas from the 15- to the 60-day DL.

HOUSTON ASTROS-Signed RHP Armando Benitez to a minor league contract and assigned him to Round Rock (PCL).

NEW YORK METS-Recalled LHP Pat Misch from Buffalo (IL). Designated INF Andy Green for assignment.

SAN DIEGO PADRES-Agreed to terms with INF David Eckstein on a one-year contract extension. Southern League

CAROLINA MUDCATS-Announced OF/INF Todd Frazier was promoted to Louisville (IL) and INF Kristopher Negron was promoted from Sarasota (FSL).

COLLEGE

NEBRASKA-Dismissed junior RB Quentin Castille from the football team for violating team rules.

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