Sunday baseball
(AP) - The St. Louis Cardinals captured a three-game weekend series 2-1 over the Chicago Cubs with a 5-3 victory Sunday at Busch Stadium. The Cubs are in Cincinnati today to begin a three-game series against the Reds and the Cardinals are in Colorado for a four-game series against the Rockies. Last night, Albert Pujols hit a two-run double in the fourth inning that was the go-ahead hit in the Cardinals' victory. Pujols has reached base in 32 straight games. Adam Kennedy had a pair of RBI...
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Cubs Drop Cardinals 9-3
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The top offense in the major leagues has surfaced again. Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella only asks that his team try to minimize the lows. Mike Fontenot hit a three-run homer and had a career-best four RBIs, leading Chicago to a 9-3 victory over the Cardinals yesterday in St. Louis. Geovany Soto added a two-run double in a four-run sixth for the Cubs, who finished with 12 hits and are averaging six runs per game. They've...
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Blue Jays Over White Sox
TORONTO (AP) - This has been one rough stretch of games for the Chicago White Sox. Vernon Wells drove in three runs, Marco Scutaro homered and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the visiting White Sox 5-2 yesterday, handing Chicago its season-high fourth straight loss. Chicago (14-14), which has dropped seven of 10 overall, dropped into a tie with Minnesota atop the American League Central. A Joe Crede error led to three unearned runs and Chicago's struggling...
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Update From Bears Mini-Camp
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - Kellen Davis and Marcus Harrison may have had off-field legal problems in the past. But the Chicago Bears said they have seen none of it in their two-day rookie minicamp at Halas Hall. Coach Lovie Smith says he feels good about the players being good part of the team and fitting in. Arkansas' Harrison was chosen 90th overall. His arrest on felony drug charges likely caused a slide on most draft boards. Surgery...
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Big Brown Takes 134th Running of the Kentucky Derby
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Pre-race favorite Big Brown, charging out of the outside post, won the 134th Kentucky Derby to become the seventh unbeaten Derby winner. The colt became the first Derby winner since Regret in 1915 to have raced only three times previously. The winning margin for Big Brown and jockey Kent Desormeaux was four and three-quarters lengths. The winning time was 2:01.82 in front of the second-largest crowd in Derby history,...
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Tragedy Strikes Kentucky Derby
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Tragedy was a late starter in the Derby. The excitement of Big Brown's victory was tempered though as runner-up Eight Belles had to be euthanized after breaking both front ankles at the finish line. Doctor Larry Bramlage, the Derby's on-call vet, said the filly's injuries were too severe to even attempt her to move off the track. Trainer Larry Jones said there was no way to save the horse, who was trying to become the...
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Pirates At Florida in Af2 Tonight
The Peoria Pirates take their 2-2 record into the Ft. Myers Florida area Saturday night. The Pirates take on the Florida Firecats at 6:30 pm CDT. The Firecats are undefeated at 4-0. Peoria has had 2 previous meetings with Florida. Both of them were in Af2 title games. They split for the rings 1-1. Broadcast time is 6:00 pm for the pre-game on 1470 WMBD of right after the Cardinals-Cubs game if it runs long. Veteran and venerable Pirates...
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Cards Take Game One Of Rivalry
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Skip Schumaker hit a two-run homer in the 11th inning, taking struggling closer Jason Isringhausen off the hook in the St. Louis Cardinals' 5-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night. The Cubs' outfield was playing in with a runner on third and one out when Schumaker, usually the Cardinals' leadoff hitter, hit his first homer of the season and fourth of his career off Chad Fox. Fox (0-1) had...
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Chiefs To Play At Wrigley Field
The Peoria Chiefs will play a regular season game in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field this summer. The Class A Chiefs and their parent club the Chicago Cubs made a joint announcement Thursday. The Chiefs will play suburban Kane County Tuesday July 29th at 7:05 pm at Wrigley Field. This is the first time in the Chief's 26 year franchise history they will play in the historic ballpark. Cubs officials believe it will be the first minor league game to be played at...
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Wednesday baseball roundup
(AP) - Rick Ankiel's big series helped the surprising Cardinals win a franchise-record 18 games this month. Braden Looper worked six solid innings and Ankiel again supplied much of the offense with three hits and two RBIs to cap an 8-for-13 series. Ankiel's effort helped St. Louis hand Aaron Harang another tough luck loss with a 5-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds yesterday. Ankiel had a home run and five RBIs in the series, is 10-for-22 in the first six games of a nine-game homestand while...
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NFL Draft - Bears/Rams first round picks
(AP) - The Chicago Bears used their 14th overall pick in the NFL draft to take Vanderbilt tackle Chris Williams. Yesterday's move strengthens a Bears offensive line that showed age and offered little protection last season. The Bears decided to fill a need on the line and went with Williams over Pittsburgh tackle Jeff Otah. Chicago opted not to spend its first-rounder on a running back, passing on Illinois' Rashard Mendenhall. Williams was in on 836 offensive plays last season and allowed one...
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Pirates even record at 2-2
(From Peoria Pirates) The swagger returns to Peoria! The Peoria Pirates racked up eleven touchdowns in a 76-32 victory over the Tri-Cities Fever in front of 2,962 fans at Carver Arena in Peoria Saturday night. The Pirates (2-2) put up huge numbers, and the Peoria defense locked down hard on the visiting Tri-Cities (0-4) team.Leading the attack for the victorious Pirates was QB Justin Rascati. His 13-for-26 passing was good enough for two scores and 188 yards. His primary targets were Phillip...
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Bradley Signs Two More Basketball Recruits
Bradley University announced two men's basketball players have signed national letters of intent to attend the school and play for Jim Les's Braves. Former Bloomingtom High School guard Dodie Duneon will transfer from Vincennes University in Indiana. Duneon will have two years of elegibility remaining. Another guard, Darian Norris from Las Vegas will also attend Bradley this fall. Duneon and Norris join Eddren McCain and Chris Roberts in the incoming 2008 class of basketball...
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