09/07/2008 - Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Garret Anderson's pinch-hit sacrifice fly snapped an eighth-inning tie and lifted the LA Angels of Anaheim to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox in the finale of a three-game series at U.S. Cellular Field.
Joe Saunders (15-7) allowed two runs on four hits with a walk and four strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings to earn his first victory since July 30 at Boston. He had been 0-2 in his last six starts.
Francisco Rodriguez, after a blown save on Saturday, worked around a base hit in the ninth to notch his 55th save. He is two shy of the major league record of 57 set in 1990 by Bobby Thigpen of the White Sox.
Paul Konerko and Toby Hall homered for the White Sox, who had won three straight. Chicago remained 2 1/2 games ahead of Minnesota in the AL Central race, as the Twins lost to Detroit on Sunday.
John Danks started for the White Sox and surrendered two runs on five hits and one walk in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out seven in a no-decision.
Danks took a 2-0 lead into the sixth, but yielded a one-out double to Mark Teixeira and a single to Vladimir Guerrero. Torii Hunter followed with a double to chase home one run and Juan Rivera's soft grounder to third against D.J. Carrasco plated Guerrero with the tying run.
Gary Matthews Jr. started the go-ahead rally against Horacio Ramirez (1-4) with a leadoff single in the eighth and raced to third on another double by Teixeira. Ehren Wassermann took over on the mound and kept the runners in place by getting Guerrero on a grounder to third. After an intentional walk to Hunter, Anderson came up for Rivera and hit a foul fly ball down the right field line. Jermaine Dye, instead of allowing the ball to fall for a strike, made the catch and Matthews scored the go-ahead run.
The White Sox went down quietly in the eighth and Rodriguez gave up a one-out single to Konerko before retiring Alexei Ramirez on a ground ball and fanning Nick Swisher to end the game.
Konerko homered for the third time in as many games to give the White Sox a 1-0 lead in the fourth. Hall then connected for his second home run of the season in the fifth for a two-run edge.
Game Notes
Konerko has 16 home runs this season...The White Sox have not swept the Angels in a three-game series at home since August 18-20, 2003...The White Sox will start a four-game series on Monday against visiting Toronto. The Blue Jays will enter the series on an eight-game winning streak...The Angels head home to open a three-game series against the New York Yankees on Monday.
<< Calvillo leads Alouettes past Argonauts
Montreal, QC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Anthony Calvillo threw for 369 yards and three
touchdowns while rushing for another as the Montreal Alouettes crushed the
Toronto Argonauts, 45-19.
Calvillo connected on 36-of-49 throws, while Ben Cahoon
<< United's Gill laughs off $250M offer for Ronaldo
Manchester, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Manchester United Chief Executive David
Gill has laughed off claims that Manchester City are willing to spend nearly
$250 million on Portugal international Cristiano Ronaldo.
Sulaiman Al-Fahim, the
<< Moyer leads Phils past Mets in first of two from Shea
Flushing, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Greg Dobbs clubbed a three-run homer and
Jamie Moyer tossed seven shutout innings, as the Philadelphia Phillies downed
the New York Mets, 6-2, in the opener of a day-night doubleheader from Shea
Stadium
<< Moyer the destroyer leads Phils in huge win over Mets
Flushing, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Greg Dobbs clubbed a three-run homer and
Jamie Moyer tossed seven shutout innings, as the Philadelphia Phillies downed
the New York Mets, 6-2, in the opener of a day-night doubleheader from Shea
Stadium
Kenyon cruises to second Futures Tour win >>
Albany, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sarah-Jane Kenyon shot a two-under 69 on Sunday
to win the ILOVENY Championship for her second career title on the Duramed
Futures Tour.
Kenyon, a 24-year-old Australian who first won on the developmenta
Dukes gives Nats extra-inning win over Braves >>
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Elijah Dukes' three-run double in the 14th
inning put the Nationals on top, and Washington held on for a 7-4 win in the
finale of a four-game set.
Lastings Milledge homered, and Alberto Gonzalez homered
Red Sox creep up on AL East lead with win over Texas >>
Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - David Ortiz launched a two-run homer and
Jason Bay added a solo blast as Boston routed Texas, 7-2, in the finale
of a three-game series.
Jacoby Ellsbury, Dustin Pedroia, Alex Cora and Coco Cris
Villegas gets first win; Singh all but clinches FedEx Cup >>
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Camilo Villegas finally collected his first
PGA Tour victory on Sunday, when he held on down the back nine to win the BMW
Championship.
"I don't know what to say," acknowledged Villegas, who shot a final
Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).
Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.
A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.
Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.
"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.
De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.
The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.
The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.
De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.
Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.
But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.
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