Saturday, July 4, 2009
Kevin Ziomek blew through the Westfield lineup, striking out 13 and allowing just three hits in the 3-0 victory by the Amherst American Legion team Friday at Ziomek field.
The win improved Amherst's record to 12-1, as it remains behind only undefeated East Longmeadow in the league standings.
Ziomek allowed just six base runners in the complete-game shutout.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
BOSTON (AP) - Rob Johnson doubled home two runs in the 11th inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the Boston Red Sox 7-6 on Friday night.
George Kottaras hit his first major-league homer in the bottom of the 11th for the Red Sox, who tied the game at 5 with two runs in the eighth inning.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
NEW YORK - After he was knocked out in the third inning at Fenway Park in early June, A.J. Burnett vowed to improve.
Has he ever.
Burnett scattered six hits over seven innings to win for the third time in four starts, and the Yankees opened the long holiday weekend with a 4-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Celtics have offered forward Rasheed Wallace a contract as part of a major push to land the coveted forward, according to a published report on Friday.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Rising, rising, rising, high above the most famous patch of grass in tennis, Roger Federer channeled Pete Sampras on match point in the Wimbledon semifinals Friday, tucking both feet back beneath his body and uncorking an overhead smash.
And now, after years of chasing Sampras, Federer is poised to surpass him.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - The best of Tiger Woods came Friday when his game was falling apart.
Woods lived up to his hopes of being a "greedy host" when he salvaged his round during a shaky stretch in the middle and shot 4-under 66 to take a one-shot lead at his AT&T National with the lowest 36-hole score ever at Congressional Country Club.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
SYLVANIA, Ohio - Laura Diaz barely remembers the last time she led an LPGA Tour event. Sarah Kemp never had.
Now those two unlikely front-runners head into the weekend chased by a strong group of pursuers at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic.
