NATIONAL LEAGUE D4


S EAST W L PCT GB L10 STR


Atlanta 37 27 .578 — 5-5 W-2 New York 35 28 .556 1A 8-2 W-4 Phila.


32 29 .525 3A 4-6 W-1


Florida 31 32 .492 5A 4-6 W-1 Washington 31 33 .484 6 5-5 W-1


CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR


Cincinnati 36 28 .563 — 5-5 L-1 St. Louis 35 29 .547 1 4-6 W-1 Chicago 28 35 .444 7A 4-6 W-1 xMilwaukee 26 37 .413 9A 4-6 L-2 Houston 25 39 .391 11 5-5 L-3 Pittsburgh 23 40 .365 12A 1-9 L-8


TODAY’S INTERLEAGUE GAMES


NATIONALS AT TIGERS, 7:05 W-L ERA TEAM


Lannan (L) 2-3 4.99 7-5 Scherzer (R) 2-6 6.30 3-8


ORIOLES AT GIANTS, 10:15 Arrieta (R)


Martinez (R) ----


1-0 4.50 1-0 ---


---


WHITE SOX AT PIRATES, 7:05 Garcia (R) 6-3 4.82 7-4 Lincoln (R) 0-0 7.50 0-1 PHILLIES AT YANKEES, 7:05 Halladay (R) 8-4 1.96 8-5 Sabathia (L) 6-3 4.01 7-6 METS AT INDIANS, 7:05 Santana (L) 4-3 2.96 6-7 Masterson (R) 2-5 4.74 4-8 RANGERS AT MARLINS, 7:10 Wilson (L)


5-3 3.52 8-4


Johnson (R) 7-2 1.91 9-4 RAYS AT BRAVES, 7:10 Price (L)


9-2 2.23 9-3


Kawakami (R) 0-8 4.48 3-9 DIAMONDBACKS AT RED SOX, 7:10 Kennedy (R) 3-3 3.17 6-7 Buchholz (R) 8-4 2.52 8-4 ATHLETICS AT CUBS, 8:05 Cahill (R)


5-2 2.91 6-3


Zambrano (R) 2-4 6.05 2-4 ASTROS AT ROYALS, 8:10 Paulino (R) 1-7 3.82 4-8 Davies (R) 4-5 5.48 6-6 ROCKIES AT TWINS, 8:10 Cook (R)


2-3 4.76 5-7


Pavano (R) 6-6 3.92 6-6 MARINERS AT CARDINALS, 8:15 0-5 6.62 2-8


Rowland-Smith (L)


Suppan (R) 0-2 7.84 1-1 BLUE JAYS AT PADRES, 10:05 Cecil (L) Latos (R)


BREWERS AT ANGELS, 10:05 Bush (R)


CARDINALS 9, MARINERS 3


Albert Pujols had a perfect day at the plate and stand-in cleanup hitter Ryan Ludwick homered to help St. Louis beat Seattle. Pujols singled three times and walked twice as the Cardinals bounced back after a 1-5 West Coast swing. Seattle


I.Suzuki rf Figgins 2b


AB R H BI BBSO AVG 4 1 2 1 0 1 .344 3 1 2 1 1 0 .233


F.Gutierrez cf 4000 0 0 .275 White p


Jo.Lopez 3b 4001 0 0 .227 Bradley lf


Jo.Wilson ss Carp 1b


Ro.Johnson c 4000 0 3 .208 French p


Langerhans ph 1000 0 1 .172 Snell p


C.Cordero p


M.Saunders ph-cf Totals


St. Louis


F.Lopez 2b Miles 2b


Holliday lf Pujols 1b Ludwick rf Freese 3b Rasmus cf Y.Molina c


B.Ryan ss Totals


Seattle


0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 1110 0 0 .229


33 3 6 3 2 7 — AB R H BI BB SO AVG 5000 0 0 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 4 2 2 0 1 1 .292 3 2 3 1 2 0 .309 4224 0 1 .289 5 1 1 1 0 1 .305 3 1 1 2 1 0 .293 4 0 0 0 0 0 .263


Wainwright p 3 0 1 0 1 0 .132 Motte p Boggs p


200 000 010 — 3 6 2 St. Louis 301 040 01x — 9 12 1


E: Jo.Wilson (7), Jo.Lopez (7), Freese (8). LOB: Seattle 5, St. Louis 8. 2B: I.Suzuki (15), Bradley (7), Ludwick (17), Wain- wright (3). HR: I.Suzuki (2), off Wain- wright; Ludwick (11), off French; Ras- mus (12), off Snell.


Seattle


C.Cordero White


St. Louis


Wainwright (W, 9-4)


Motte Boggs


French (L, 0-1) 4 6 4 4 2 0 7.45 Snell


IP H R ER BB SO ERA 2 3 4 4 2 3 6.41


1 0 0 0 1 0 2.25 1 3 1 1 0 0 7.56 IP H R ER BB SO ERA 7 6 3 316 2.41


1 0 0 0 0 0 2.33 1 0 0 0 1 1 3.00


Wainwright pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.


Inherited runners-scored: Motte 2-1. T: 2:42. A: 36,113 (43,975).


0000 0 0 .000 0000 0 0 .000 4 1 2 0 0 0 .211 35 9 12 8 5 3 —


0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 4 0 1 0 0 1 .224


4 0 0 0 0 0 .291 3 0 0 0 1 0 .182


1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---


x-Late game Around the horn CLEMENS NEWS


Brian McNamee told federal investigators that Roger Clemens’s nonprofit organization paid him for his training services, including providing the seven-time Cy Young Award winner with performance-enhancing drugs, the New York Times reported Sunday night.


NEAR HISTORY AT WRIGLEY


Sunday night’s pitching masterpieces weren’t the first such at Wrigley Field. The only double no-hitter through nine innings in major league history was May 2, 1917, at the park, with Cincinnati’s Fred Toney and Chicago’s Hippo Vaughn on the mound. The Reds beat the Cubs, 1-0, in 10 innings.


PERSONNEL DEPT.


Cardinals: Signed RHP Jeff Suppan, a former St. Louis starter who was cut by the Brewers last week. He is scheduled to start Tuesday against Seattle. Optioned RHP Adam Ottavino to Class AAA Memphis. Yankees: Oscar Azocar, a free-swinging outfielder when he debuted with the team in 1990, died at age 45 in Venezuela.


TAKING ONE FOR THE TEAM


Batting and ERA Leaders Entering Tuesday’s Game


Batters Avg AB R H HR RBI Morse


.423 26 3 11 Rodriguez .338 139 16 47


1 4 1 19


Zimmerman .306 196 40 60 13 35 Guzman .304 214 27 65 Dunn


0 18 Gonzalez .283


.289 225 37 65 14 35 53


7 15


Bernadina .282 117 13 33 Desmond .276 203 23 56 Maldonado .273


11 1 3


0 2 3 18 4 33 1 3


Willingham .273 198 37 54 12 39 Totals


.263 2145 279 564 57 270


Pitchers W-L ERA GSV IP BB SO Clippard 8-3 1.51 33 1 41.2 17 49 Slaten 2-1 1.54 15 0 11.2 4 Storen 2-0 1.54 12 0 11.2 5 Strasburg 2-0 2.19


6 8


2 0 12.1 5 22


Hernandez5-3 2.28 12 0 79.0 25 33 Burnett 0-3 3.15 27 0 20.0 8 19 Capps 0-3 3.38 30 20 29.1 7 26 Olsen 2-2 3.77


8 0 43.0 14 32


Walker 1-0 3.98 22 0 31.2 8 28 Martin 0-2 4.19


3 0 19.1 1 12


Atilano 5-3 4.34 10 0 56.0 24 24 Totals 31-33 4.13 64 22 566.1 221 360


Batting and ERA Leaders Entering Monday’s Game


Batters Avg AB R H HR RBI Pie


.400 BILL BOYCE/ASSOCIATED PRESS


Albert Pujols, center, rubs his ear after being hit by the ball while sliding into home in the fifth inning. Pujols had three hits in a 9-3 win over Seattle.


QUOTABLE “It was awesome — really,


really special.” — Cubs starter Ted Lilly, on his near no-hitter in a 1-0 victory Sunday night over the crosstown White Sox


STAR OF THE DAY Ryan Ludwick, Cardinals


The stand-in cleanup hitter had a home run and four RBI to lift St. Louis at home.


TODAY’S GAME TO WATCH


Orioles at Giants 10 p.m., MASN2


Struggling Baltimore continues its West Coast trip with the second game of a three-game series in San Francisco.


Moore 20 33 4 4 8


Markakis .295 237 24 70 Scott


.263 240 23 63 .260 250 25 65


9


1 1 3 21


.276 181 27 50 10 23 .273


Wigginton .272 213 26 58 13 35 Tejada Jones


Patterson .255 102 15 26 Wieters .235 204 14 48 Totals


6 0 1 4


4 23 7 23 3 6 4 17


.248 2137 205 530 49 196


Pitchers W-L ERA GSV IP BB SO Mata 0-0 1.29 7 0 7.0 2 2 Uehara 0-0 1.80


5.0 3 6


Berken 0-1 2.27 18 0 31.2 8 20 Simon 1-1 2.92 12 6 12.1 7 10 Ohman 0-0 3.10 31 0 20.1 13 22 Guthrie 3-7 3.83 13 0 84.2 18 46 Arrieta 1-0 4.50


1 0 6.0 4 Baltimore Orioles Washington Nationals


KLMNO WEST W L PCT GB L10 STR


xSan Diego 37 26 .587 — 5-5 L-1 Los Angeles 36 27 .571 1 5-5 L-3 xSan Fran. 35 27 .565 1A 7-3 W-3 Colorado 33 30 .524 4 5-5 W-3 Arizona 26 38 .406 11A 6-4 W-2


EAST W L PCT GB L10 STR


New York 40 23 .635 — 7-3 W-3 Tampa Bay 40 23 .635 — 5-5 L-1 Boston 37 28 .569 4 6-4 L-1 xToronto 34 30 .531 6A 3-7 L-3 xBaltimore 17 46 .270 23 2-8 L-3


CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR


Minnesota 36 27 .571 — 5-5 L-2 Detroit 33 29 .532 2A 6-4 W-3 Chicago 28 34 .452 7A 6-4 L-1 Kansas City 27 37 .422 9A 5-5 W-1 Cleveland 25 37 .403 10A 6-4 L-1


TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 2010 AMERICAN LEAGUE


WEST W L PCT GB L10 STR Texas


35 28 .556 — 7-3 W-2


xLA Angels 36 30 .545 A 8-2 W-3 Oakland 32 33 .492 4 3-7 L-3 Seattle 24 40 .375 11A 2-8 L-1


x-Late game


6


Hernandez2-5 4.71 13 1 49.2 31 33 Matusz 2-7 4.92 13 0 75.0 27 61 Totals 17-46 4.91 63 10 551.2 212 376


Strasburg’s star power puts Nationals in the spotlight


7-2 3.22 8-2 6-4 3.24 7-5


1-5 5.06 3-9 Santana (R) 6-4 3.52 8-5 INTERLEAGUE SCORES


Orioles Late at Giants Gm


at Cardinals 9 Mariners 3


Brewers Late at Angels Gm


Blue Jays Late at Padres Gm


TODAY’S NL GAME


DODGERS AT REDS, 7:10 W-L ERA TEAM


Kuroda (R) 5-4 3.30 8-4 Harang (R) 5-5 5.17 5-8


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NL LEADERS Statistics through Sunday’s games


BATTING Ethier, LA ..... .343 Byrd, Chi ..... .333 Prado, Atl .... .332 Polanco, Phl .319 Rolen, Cin .... .313 Phillips, Cin .. .311 Freese, StL .. .308


HOME RUNS Hart, Mil .......... 17 Reynolds, Ari .. 15 Uggla, Fla ........ 14 Gonzalez, SD .. 14 Dunn, Was ...... 14 Pujols, StL ...... 14 Rolen, Cin ....... 14


RBI


Glaus, Atl ........ 49 Wright, NY ....... 47 Gomes, Cin ..... 47 Pujols, StL ...... 47


STOLEN BASES Bourn, Hou ..... 21 Reyes, NY ....... 16 Victorino, Phl .. 14 Theriot, Chi ..... 14 McCutchn, Pit . 14


SLUGGING PCT. Ethier, LA ..... .629 Rolen, Cin .... .601 Hart, Mil ...... .585


ON-BASE PCT. Wilnghm,Was .417 Pujols, StL ... .414 Votto, Cin .... .409 Ethier, LA ..... .406


RUNS Phillips, Cin .... 48 Kemp, LA ........ 47 Prado, Atl ........ 47 Uggla, Fla ....... 46 Johnson, Ari ... 45


HITS Prado, Atl ........ 90 Phillips, Cin ..... 79 Byrd, Chi ......... 78 Braun, Mil ....... 74


BASES ON BALLS Pujols, StL ...... 45 Wllnghm,Was ..43 Fielder, Mil ..... 42 Gonzalez, SD . 40 Jones, Atl ........ 40 Heyward, Atl ... 39


TOTAL BASES Dunn, Was .... 130 Byrd, Chi ....... 127 Prado, Atl ...... 126 Rolen, Cin ..... 125 Pujols, StL .... 125 Johnson, Ari . 124 Phillips, Cin .. 124


AL LEADERS Statistics through Sunday’s games


BATTING Cano, NY ...... .371 Mrneau,Min .350 Suzuki, Sea . .341 Guerrro, Tex .338 Beltre, Bos .. .335 Butler, KC .... .335


HOME RUNS Cabrera, Det ... 19 Bautista, Tor ... 18 Konerko, Chi ... 17 Hamilton, Tex . 15 Wells, Tor ........ 15 Pena, TB ......... 15


RBI Cabrera, Det .. 56 Guerrero, Tex . 54 Longoria, TB ... 48 Cano, NY ......... 47 Hamilton, Tex . 46 Konerko, Chi .. 46


STOLEN BASES Pierre, Chi ...... 25 Davis, Oak ...... 24 Gardner, NY ... 22 Crawford, TB ... 21 Upton, TB ....... 20


SLUGGING PCT. Cabrera, Det .652 Mrneau,Min .636 Cano, NY ..... .613


ON-BASE PCT. Mrneau, Min .460 Youkilis, Bos .450 Cano, NY ..... .418 Cabrera, Det .406 Gardner, NY .400 Mauer, Min .. .397 Suzuki, Sea . .397


RUNS Youkilis, Bos .. 54 Cano, NY ........ 50 Crawford, TB ... 47 Cabrera, Det .. 44 Gardner, NY ... 44


HITS


Cano, NY ........ 92 Suzuki, Sea .... 88 Young, Tex ...... 84 Butler, KC ....... 82 Beltre, Bos ...... 81 Jeter, NY ......... 80


BASES ON BALLS Youkilis, Bos ... 47 Morneau, Min 45 Barton, Oak .... 43 Bautista, Tor ... 41


TOTAL BASES Cano, NY ...... 152 Cabrera, Det 150 Wells, Tor ...... 140 Hamiltn, Tex . 140


nationals from D1 “He’s right now the catalyst to


get people to come out to the ball- park,” said Bill Sutton, an associ- ate professor at the University of Central Florida’s DeVos Sport Business Management program. “This is the guy that’s going to bring credibility to the other guys. This guy is going to put it over the top. Eventually, there will be the transference.” Sutton compared Strasburg’s potential impact on the Nationals to Michael Jordan’s on the Chica- go Bulls. Across the country, fans adored Jordan first and then adopted the Bulls. Before Jordan arrived, “they weren’t basketball fans in Chicago,” Sutton said. “Mi- chael Jordan taught people how to be basketball fans and then how to be Bulls fans.” Two starts into his career, a Jor- dan comparison might be prema- ture. And Strasburg’s impact, of course, is less direct than Jordan’s — not only is he one of nine play- ers rather than one of five, he only plays every fifth day. Still, “it could happen,” Sutton said. “Peo- ple may come to watch him and say, ‘Wow, we need to get involved with this team.’ ” Across the country, people who would not typically watch a Na- tionals game have been glued to their televisions. On Sunday af- ternoon at Yankee Stadium in New York, while Strasburg faced the Cleveland Indians in the Mid- west, the visiting Houston Astros made a pitching change. The pub- lic address announcer bellowed, “Now pitching for Cleveland ” be- fore correcting himself. On Sunday morning, Nationals pitchers Drew Storen, John Lan- nan and Tyler Clippard stood in the Progressive Field outfield during batting practice. They looked around and saw an unfa- miliar sight: Fans in an opposing stadium wearing Nationals T- shirts and jerseys. “You’re not used to seeing that,”


JONATHAN NEWTON/THE WASHINGTON POST


Stephen Strasburg emerges from the dugout as fans swarm around prior to his start against Cleveland, which drew more than 32,000 fans. Even before Strasburg threw


Storen said. “To get that sort of support, that fanfare, when we’re on the road? When they watch him, they’re going to see the other young guys on the team. And they’re going to see the other guys on the team that are proven win- ners and become Nationals fans.” On days he pitches, Strasburg’s spotlight lands on his teammates, too. Ryan Zimmerman, Adam Dunn and Josh Willingham form the only trio of hitters from the same team in the National League that all rank in the top 11 in on-base percentage plus slug- ging percentage. And yet, none of them ranked even in the top five of their position in the most re- cent all-star fan balloting. “There are top-notch players


here that aren’t getting the media attention they need,” rookie shortstop Ian Desmond said. In


Strasburg’s first outing,


which drew the highest television ratings in Nationals history, Zim- merman, Dunn and Willingham all hit home runs. Everyone who wanted to glimpse the phenom pitcher also watched one of the sport’s best young players and two top-tier sluggers on display. “A lot of people came to see him, and they were able to see a good baseball game played by 24 other guys as well,” closer Matt Capps said. “There’s no reason why people shouldn’t come out and watch him — he’s a special player. That being said, we’ve got a good ballclub.”


COLLEGES No return trip: Cavs’ season ends with 11-0 loss to Oklahoma by Zach Berman


charlottesville — The 2010 season was never supposed to be about what happened in 2009 for Virginia baseball, but it was a shadow the team could not avoid. It’s difficult to reach the College World Series, Coach Bri- an O’Connor always said. Taste it once, though, and you want to go back. The 2010 team returned al- most every contributor from 2009, remained ranked among the nation’s top five teams all season while setting a school rec- ord for victories and yearned for another June in Omaha. They fell one game short after Monday’s


11-0 loss to Oklahoma in the deci- sive Game 3 of the super region- al.


The Cavaliers won the week- end opener before losing consec- utive games for the first time all season. A team that appeared on the cusp of extending spring into summer just 48 hours earlier must deal with an offseason that will include some of the pro- gram’s finest players leaving for professional baseball. Oklahoma’s Bobby Shore pitched eight scoreless innings. Virginia never had a runner in scoring position, recording only five hits and falling victim to in- ning-ending double plays. The night soured in the top of the first inning, when Branden


Kline’s two-out, full-count pitch was called a ball. Fans thought it was strike three. Two pitches lat- er, Oklahoma slugger Cody Reine sent the ball into the bleachers for a 3-0 lead. Monday marked the second consecutive night that Reine blasted two home runs out of Davenport Field. The outing only became worse


for Kline, and O’Connor removed the freshman before the third out was recorded in the second inning. One night earlier, starter Robert Morey did not record an out in the third inning. O’Connor, a former college


pitcher, said Virginia needed bet- ter pitching to win on Monday. Instead, the starting pitchers failed to reach the fourth inning


in consecutive nights. Fans directed their ire at home


plate umpire Chuck Lyon early in the game, before time proved it was an uninspiring offense and lackluster defense that cost the Cavaliers. While its hitters failed to mount a scoring threat, Vir- ginia saw its normally pristine fielders commit three errors. By the game’s latter three in- nings, it appeared that both the passionate crowd — and even the players — had become resigned to the team’s eventual fate. The bleachers started to clear, and frustration on the field seemed to ascend after each Virginia batted ball found a Sooners glove. Nine Virginia players were se- lected in last week’s draft, and at


least a few will sign professional contracts. Two senior starters must be replaced in a lineup that will need to be rebuilt. The good news, though, is that star pitcher Danny Hultzen returns for a jun- ior season, and strong recruiting classes assembled during the Cavaliers’ recent success have built depth. Virginia’s 2009 super regional ended with a dog pile on its op- ponent’s field. On Monday, it was Oklahoma celebrating in Char- lottesville. The season was sup- posed to be an encore to 2009 for the Cavaliers. Instead, they will be remembered as a team with an unprecedented regular season that fell short in June.


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his first pitch in the major leagues, he enhanced the viability of the Nationals. Strasburg “changed the marquee of a fran- chise, changed the perception of the franchise,” Scott Boras, the su- per-agent who represents Stras- burg, said before his first start. Kasten believes that if the Na- tionals implement their plan to become a winning team, the na- tional attention on Strasburg eventually will transfer to the rest of the team. He spoke of achiev- ing benchmarks: reaching .500, then contending, then consis- tently vying for titles. “Those could come fast once


you have your base established,” Kasten said. “We think we have


our base established.” If someday — and maybe some-


day soon — the Nationals com- plete a transformation from af- terthought to idols, the change will have sprung from what Stras- burg did the past six days. “People have to believe,” Sutton said. “He’s part of the belief. He’s the first miracle, if you will.” Nationals note: Strasburg added to his unparalleled first week in the major leagues this af- ternoon when Major League Baseball named him the National League player of the week. In the first two starts of his career, Stras- burg went 2-0 and allowed three runs on six hits with 22 strikeouts and five walks in 121


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