THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2007
SPORTS
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Houston Astros starter Roy Oswalt pitches against the Cincinnati Reds in the first inning on Monday in Cincinnati. The Astros won, 5-4.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL UMSL hires Curliss-Taylor as coach for 2007-2008
ST. LOUIS — The University of Missouri-St. Louis said Tuesday that Lisa Curliss-Taylor has been hired as the next women's basketball coach.
She comes to the school from East Texas Baptist University, an NCAA Division III school, where she served as head coach for the past four years. She had a 57-48 record during her career there, including a 40-14 record the past two seasons.
Curliss-Taylor served as an assistant coach at Division II Washburn University for two seasons, prior to her time at East Texas Baptist University.
There, the team was 53-11 in those seasons.
Curliss-Taylor, from Oklahoma City, played in college at Oral Roberts, before she transferred to the Oklahoma, where she served as a student-assistant coach.
She and her husband, Preston, have a 1-year-old daughter.
MLB
Carpenter undergoes elbow surgery on Tuesday
Carpenter, the NL Cy Young award winner in 2005 and a 15-game winner last year, could begin physical therapy later this week. Team physician George Paletta, who performed the surgery, said earlier that Carpenter would be sidelined at least three months.
ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter underwent arthroscopic surgery to remove bone spurs in his elbow on Tuesday, a procedure the team described as an "initial success."
Carpenter hasn't pitched since the season opener, when he allowed five runs in six innings in a loss to the New York Mets. He had been hopeful of returning to the rotation on Tuesday before experiencing a setback.
Brad Thompson filled his slot, allowing one run in five innings in his second major league start
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"Coming out of the bullpen, I felt better than I did in a long time," Oswalt said. "The ball was jumping out of my hand. My curve was great. I thought I might go seven or eight innings without giving up a hit."
Oswalt improved to 19-1 in his career against the Reds with the Houston Astros' 5-4 victory Monday night.
Roy Oswalt loves facing the Cincinnati Reds. Brad Penny can't think of anywhere held rather pitch than Florida.
Stellar pitching wins games
Penny (4-0) walked none and gave up five hits, including two infield singles, and lowered his ERA to 1.39. Following no-decisions in his past three games, he became the first Dodgers starter to begin a season 4-0 since Kazuhisa Ishii in 2002.
Penny's strikeout total was the highest by a Dodgers pitcher since Chan Ho Park had 14 at Milwaukee on Aug.29,2000. Second-year Los Angeles manager Grady Little said the performance was the best he has seen by Penny.
Oswal got into a little trouble in the second inning, giving up consecutive homers to Adam Dunn and Alex Gonzalez. It's only the second time in 22 career starts against Cincinnati that he gave up two homers.
His success against the Reds is unprecedented. The right-hander won his first 15 decisions against them.
"He played hardball tonight," Little said. "Brad didn't shy away from anyone."
In other NL games, it was: San Francisco 9, New York 4; Arizona 4, Philadelphia 3; Colorado 3, St. Louis 2; Milwaukee 3, Washington 0; and San Diego 4, Atlanta 2.
Penny wanted a souvenir after striking out a career-high 14 in Los Angeles' 6-1 victory against Florida. So he took the ball after his final strikeout and put it in his hip pocket. Penny allowed only five baserunners in seven shutout innings to help the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-1 victory against his former team, the Florida Marlins.
"I love pitching here," Penny said. "The mound is huge, and it's perfect for a guy like me who likes to throw hard. My fastball was the best it has been all year."
At Cincinnati, Lance Berkman hit his 36th career homer against the Reds - 13 have come at Great American Ball Park. He also has 104RBIs against them - his highest total against any team.
Oswalt needed Luke Scott's three-run homer in the eighth inning to earn the victory.
"He's just so good," Dunn said. "We jumped on him early, but to his credit, like he always does, if you don't get five right there, you're not going to get it."
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