PHOENIX (AP) - Ryan Roberts cracked a first-inning grand slam
and Chris Young followed with a solo shot and later hit a two-run
homer to power the Arizona Diamondbacks past Milwaukee 10-6 to tie
that NL Division Series at two games apiece. Game 5 will be decided
Friday night in Milwaukee.
ST. LOUIS (AP) -The St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia
Phillies also will go the distance to decide their NL Division
Series. David Freese homered, doubled and drove in four
runs in the Cards' 5-3 win over the Phils last night to set up
Friday's matchup between Chris Carpenter and Phillies ace Roy
Halladay to decide the series.
NEW YORK (AP) - New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi is handing
the ball to Ivan Nova in tonight's decisive Game 5 against the
Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium. The Tigers are going with
right-hander Doug Fister with the winner of tonight's game moving
on to the American League Championship Series against Texas
starting Saturday night.
BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Bruins will raise their championship
banner before tonight's season opener against the Philadelphia
Flyers. It will be the sixth banner for the Bruins in the TD Garden
rafters after they beat Vancouver in seven games for their first
title in 39 seasons.
SAN MARTIN, Calif. (AP) -Tiger Woods is in the field for this
weekend's Frys.com Open in his first tournament since missing the
cut at the PGA Championship. Woods is also buoyed by the fact he
has won an endorsement deal with Rolex, his first major gain in
that department since losing five major endorsements in the two
years since he was exposed for serial adultery and enduring a
divorce.
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