10B SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2007
MLB
San Diego Padres' Khalil Greene is congratulated by Jake Peavy after Greene scored on an RBI double by Geoff Blum during the 14th inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday in Chicago. The Padres defeated the Cubs 4-3 in 14 innings.
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Injury forces Cubs to reshuffle
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Just when the new-look Chicago Cubs began to play some winning baseball, Alfonso Soriano went down with an injury.
The star outfielder came out in the fifth inning Monday night after straining his left hamstring while attempting a diving catch in Chicago's 12-4 rout of the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field.
The Cubs hoped to know more about the injury after an MRI exam Tuesday. Even if the test reveals no tears, Soriano thought he would miss at least five days.
"It's not that bad," he said.
Soriano, who limped out of the clubhouse after the game, was shaken up on a night when the Cubs shook up their lineup.
Chicago began the day last in the NL Central at 4-7 and entered with five losses in six games, so manager Lou Piniella shuffled a few players around.
The biggest change was moving Jacque Jones from right field to left and dropping him to sixth in the batting order. Matt Murton started in right, batted cleanup and delivered two hits and two RBIs.
Piniella said before the game he
was just "changing things up a little bit. Nothing more, nothing less."
He also said one move that's not under consideration at the moment is moving Soriano out of center field, even though he entered with a .234 average and no homers. Of course, the bigger issue afterward was his health.
"I don't like to get hurt," Soriano said. "I know that I'm not going to be able to play tomorrow, so it's sad for me because ... I like to play every day. We'll see how I look tomorrow."
Jason Marquis (1-1) allowed one run in six innings to win for the first time since signing a $21 million, three-year contract with the Cubs. He beat Clay Hensley (0-3), who was tagged for 10 runs and 11 hits in five-plus innings.
Soriano, who signed a $136 million, eight-year contract, and Marquis were key components in the Cubs' offseason makeover.
"I've had some injuries in my career, and I know when you sign a contract the last thing you want to do is get hurt," Cubs outfielder Cliff Floyd said. "Hopefully, it's not that bad, and we'll get him back as soon as possible."
up changes with season highs for runs and hits (14). Michael Barrett, Mark DeRosa and Floyd homered for the Cubs, who were 0-7 against San Diego last season.
Chicago responded to the line.
Dodgers 5, Diamondbacks 1
At Phoenix, Nomar Garciaparra drove in two runs with a homer and a double as Los Angeles won for the ninth time in 11 games. Brad Penny (3-0) allowed one run in seven innings.
Brewers 10. Reds 6
At Cincinnati, Bill Hall broke out of a 1-for-22 slump with his first career grand slam, a seventh-inning shot that powered Milwaukee. It was the Brewers' first slam since J.J. Hardy connected on Sept. 7, 2005, also in Cincinnati. Rickie Weeks hit a solo homer off Eric Milton (0-2) to back winner Chris Capuano (2-0).
Astros 4, Marlins 3
At Houston, Morgan Ensberg singled home the winning run with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth. Right before his big hit, Ensberg hit a foul popup down the right-field line that should have been caught. But right fielder Joe Borchard crashed into Dan Uggla, knocking the ball out of the second baseman's glove.
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Atlanta Hawks forward Marvin Williams takes a shot over Indiana Pacers forward Maceo Baston during the first quarter of a game Tuesday in Phillips Arena in Atlanta. The Hawks won 118-102.
》 NFL SECURITY
Officials ask to reinstate pat-downs
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MIAMI — The Tampa Sports Authority called pat-down searches at Tampa Bay Buccaneers games an essential layer of security in an age of terrorism and urged a federal appeals court Tuesday to reinstate them.
Tampa is the only NFL city where the pat-downs have been successfully challenged, although lawsuits have also been brought in Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco, according to attorneys in the Florida case.
Pat-downs are legal because a game ticket is a legal contract between the authority and the fan, one that can be revoked for virtually any reason, said Rick Zabak, an attorney for the sports authority, a governmental board that owns and operates Raymond James Stadium.
He also said adequate notice was
The U.S. Justice Department has sided with the sports authority.
given about the pat-downs, which the NFL instituted in 2005, and that Johnston's attendance at several games indicated his consent.
"NFL games are attractive terrorist targets," said Jonathan Cohn, a deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department's civil division. "There's no constitutional right to watch a football game live."
A message left Tuesday evening with an NFL spokesman was not immediately returned.
At least two of the three judges on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel appeared sympathetic to the searches, which are NFL policy at stadiums nationwide.
Senior Circuit Judge Peter T. Fay wondered whether terrorists had to attack a sports venue before such steps are taken.
"So there's got to be an explosion at some stadium? What would it take?" Fay asked lawyers for high school civics teacher Gordon Johnston during oral arguments.
Johnston's attorney, John Goldsmith, argued that Johnston never gave his consent for the searches and that the general threat of terrorism does not justify broad pat-downs without specific cause for concern.
"There has to be some concrete and real danger," Goldsmith said.
Circuit Judge Stanley F. Birch Jr. seemed troubled by that argument, given the changes in security at public events since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
"Do you think there's a reasonable expectation of privacy any more?" Birch asked.
The judges did not indicate when they would rule.