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New York Yankees centerledler Brett Gardner cannot catch a ball hit for a player by Houston Astros' Jose Altuve during the seventh inning of a baseball game yesterday at Yankee Stadium in New York.
After four-game sweep, Astros crush Yankees 9-1
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NEW YORK — Carlos Corporan homered among his four hits and drove in four runs, Brandon Barnes three hits and three RBIs, and the Houston Astros fit comfortably into the role of a slugging American League squad Monday night in a 9-1 romp over the New York Yankees.
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The Astros had 17 hits in improving the ALs worst record to 8-18 and scored its first five runs with two outs.
In their first game in the Bronx as an AL team, the Astros peppered Andy Pettitte for 10 hits and seven runs, both season highs for the lefty. Barnes and Corporah had two-run doubles and Barnes added an RBI single and a double. Barnes and Corporan each set career highs for hits and RBIs.
Lucas Harrell (3-2) kept New York grounded. The Yankees did not hit the ball in the air against the sinkerballer until
Houston bounced back from a four-game sweep in Boston with an enthusiastic win over the Yankees, who had just taken four straight from Toronto.
The youngest roster in the majors, checking in at 27 years, 224 days, beat the oldest in baseball at 31 years, 155 days, according to STATS, for just the second time in 10 matchups all-time. In their only other win, six Astros combined on a no-hitter at Yankee Stadium in 2003.
Brett Gardner blooped a single to left field with one out in the sixth — eliciting a mock cheer from those that remained from the announced crowd of 34,262 on a dunk night. Harrell got 14 groundball outs, and he induced three double plays in the first four innings.
In 6 1-3 innings, the righthander gave eight hits, hit a batter and walked one. He struck out four and had one fly out. Harrell has allowed two runs or fewer in five of his six starts.
Pitching against the only other team he ever played for and working with rookie catcher Austin Romine for the first time, Pettitte (3-2) looked uncomfortable throughout. He frequently adjusted his uniform, at times pitched from the stretch with no one on base and even once had to wave several times to get Romine's
attention when he wanted a new baseball.
Pettite got two quick outs to start but then gave up three straight hits, including an RBI single to Carlos Pena, a walk and then a two-run double to Corporan.
Adam Warren came on and threw a wild pitch to score a run. Then when Corporan connected for his first of the year four pitches later, a two-run shot that right fielder Brennan Boesch barely moved on, a fan in a nearly silent Yankee Stadium shouted "mercy rule," eliciting laughter. Barnes drove in one more in the fifth with a single to make it 9-0.
Barnes hit his two-out, two-run double in the fourth to make it 5-0. The Astros chased Pettite, who briskly walked off the field, after Ronny Cedeno doubled to put runners on second and third with one out.
Pettitte yielded his most hits since Sept. 24, 2010, against Boston. It's also the most runs since the Red Sox scored seven in that game.
Vernon Wells had an RBI single on a sharp grounder to right field off Harrell in the sixth.
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Openly gay athlete breaks down barrier
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NEW YORK — By coming out as gay while still an active NBA player, Jason Collins breaks one of the last remaining barriers for gays and lesbians in era of constant political gains and ever-growing public acceptance.
In most other realms of public life — including the military, Congress, the corporate boardroom — gays have been taking their place as equals. Until Monday, however, no male athlete had come out as gay while still an active player on any team in the four major North American pro sports leagues.
"Today's announcement again shows that gay Americans are our teachers, police officers, nurses, lawyers and even our professional athletes," said the president of the largest national gay-rights group. Chad Griffin of the Human Rights Campaign.
Beyond sports, the most dramatic barometer of shifting attitudes has been public opinion on same-sex marriage. The latest Gallup Poll on that issue pegged national support at 53 percent, up
"We contribute to every aspect of our American community and deserve the same equal rights as every American," he said.
nearly twofold from 27 percent in 1996.
That change has been reflected in the political arena.
With a key vote in the state Senate last week, Rhode Island put itself on track to become the 10th state to legalize same-sex marriage. Bills proposing to take
"... gay Americans are our teachers, police officers, nurses, lawyers and even our professional athletes."
Gay-rights supporters hope the trend will be reflected in rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, expected in June, on whether the federal government should recognize same-sex marriages and on whether a ban on such marriages in California should be struck down.
CHAD GRIFFIN Human Rights Campaign
the same step are pending in Minnesota, Delaware and Illinois.
Pollsters say there are two main reasons many Americans who formerly opposed gay marriage are now supporting it. Many say it's because they know someone who
is gay — a family member, friend or acquaintance — while others say their views evolved as they thought more about the issue.
Public opinion also played a role in the 2011 repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that had barred gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. By the time that top military commanders and most members of Congress joined the repeal bandwagon, a majority of the public already was supporting a change in the policy.
In Congress, there are now a record seven openly gay or bisexual members, including Wisconsin Democrat Tammy Baldwin, the first openly gay U.S. senator, and Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., who is raising a son with his partner. Sympathetic gay characters abound on popular TV shows, in films and in comic books.
Rev. Al Sharpton, a leading black civil rights activist, was among those welcoming the announcement by Collins.
"I call on others in the civil rights community and the African-American leadership of all fields to embrace this development," Sharpton said. "We can't be custodians of intolerance and freedom fighters at the same time."
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Brooklyn Nets forward Reggie Evans dunks in the first half of Game 5 of their first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Chicago Bulls yesterday in New York.
Brooklyn pulls away in final minutes, defeating Chicago
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game.
NEW YORK — Brook Lopez had 28 points and 10 rebounds, Deren Williams added 23 points and 10 assists, and the Brooklyn Nets beat Chicago 110-91 on Monday night, cutting the Bulls' lead to 3-2 in their first-round playoff series.
Andray Blatche scored 10 of his 13 points in the fourth quarter and Gerald Wallace had consecutive baskets down the stretch as the Nets finally pulled away in a game they led most of the way, but never by too much.
Two days after rallying for a 142-134 triple-overtime victory, the Bulls were outscored 15-1 down the stretch and failed to set up a second-round series with Miami. Instead they will host Game 6 on Thursday.
Nate Robinson had 20 points and eight assists starting in place of point guard Kirk Hinrich, who bruised his left calf in Saturday's
Robinson scored 29 of his 34 points after the third quarter Saturday in a game the Nets led by 14 late in regulation. Coming off his big game and agitating to opposing fans even when he's struggling, Robinson was loudly booed during introductions, and each time he touched the ball early on.
He made a jumper with 4:17 remaining to cut Brooklyn's lead to 95-90, but there would be no charge this time. Lopez converted a three-point play, and after a free throw by Jimmy Butler, Wallace nailed a 3-pointer, then came up with a steal and dunk to give the Nets a 103-91 advantage with 2 minutes to go.
The Nets finished it off with ease, extending their first season in Brooklyn. They would host a Game 7 here on Saturday.
Only eight NBA teams have overcome a 3-1 deficit, but the Nets remained confident after Saturday's
collapse, feeling they had outplayed the Bulls for long stretches during the series. They have led by double digits in four of the five games.
But they need two more wins against a Bulls franchise that is 12-0 all-time when holding a 3-1 lead.
The Nets ran off seven straight points late in the first quarter, five from Lopez, to turn a 17-17 tie into a 24-17 lead.
Brooklyn got eight second-quarter points from Kris Humphries, then opened its biggest lead when Johnson and Gerald Wallace made consecutive 3-pointers before Lopez made two free throws to make it 50-40. The Nets led 52-44 at the break.
The Nets had the lead into double digits a few times in the third quarter but never built on it. The Bulls were back within four by the end of the period after making 11 of 16 shots (69 percent).
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