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SPORTS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN KANSAN.COM
Up and over
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Matthew Batterson, a junior from Lenexa, practices Jiu-Jitsu with Jared Nance, a sophomore from Trinity, N.C. Batterson joined the Jiu-Jitsu club Tuesday afternoon. Nance, who has been doing Jiu-Jitsu for a year now, is an active member in the club that meets Mondays, Wednesdaysand Fridays from 5 to 7 p.m.
MLB
White Sox lose to the Rangers, 4-2
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas catcher Matt Treanor had a solo homer and a two-run double for his first extra-base hits of the season and former reliever C.J. Wilson had another solid start for the Rangers in a 4-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox Tuesday.
Wilson (2-1) gave up two runs over six innings, striking out Donny Lucy to end the sixth with the bases
loaded after going to a 3-0 count and then having Lucy foul off three full-count pitches before finally swinging and missing.
Francisco lost his closer job after blowing two save chances the first week of the season. Hard-throwing Neftali Feliz, who took over as the closer, was unavailable after pitching the previous two games, and giving up back-to-back homers in the ninth innning of a loss to Detroit Monday.
White Sox left-hander Mark Buehrle (2-3) lost his third straight start, allowing four runs over seven innings.
Treanor put the Rangers ahead to stay with a solo homer in the second, the ball just clearing the 14-foot wall in left field. Treanor, the husband of two-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist Misty May-Treanor, was acquired by the Rangers from Milwaukee during spring training.
It was the sixth start in nine games for Treanor, who played for Florida from 2004-08 and started four games for Detroit last season.
The Rangers activated Saltalamacchia from the disabled list Tuesday and optioned him to Oklahoma City, where he had already appeared in six games on a rehabilitation assignment. Teagarden was hitting only .037 (1 for 27) with 17 strikeouts in 10 games.
Celtics continue in NBA playoffs
NBA
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON — The Boston Celtics are heading to the second round of the NBA playoffs and a potential matchup with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Wade scored 31 points — far short of the franchise postseason- record 46 he scored Sunday in Game 4 in Miami to help the Heat stave off elimination.
Ray Allen scored 24 points, making five 3-pointers in the second half, to help Boston beat Miami 96-86 in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series Tuesday and eliminate the Heat. With Heat star Dwyane Wade due to become a free agent — along with James — it could be an eventful summer in Miami.
Boston advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals thanks to 16 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists from Rajon Rondo. Paul Pierce scored 21 for the Celtics, who will play either Cleveland or Chicago; the Cavaliers took a 3-1 lead into Game 5 of their first-round series later Tuesday.
Wade scored 20 in the second half in all; he also finished with 10 assists and eight rebounds. But he was just 10-for-24 shooting and 2 for 7 from 3-point range in the game. He missed all three of his 3-point tries in the fourth quarter as the Heat tried to eat away at the remainder of the Celtics' big lead.
The Celtics led by as many as 21 points in the third quarter before Miami scored 16 of the next 18 points to make it 69-62. Wade scored 13 in what turned into a 24-6 run that cut the deficit to 73-70 on his three-point play with 10:14 left in the game.
Wade, who averaged just under 34 points in the series, now has a chance to test one of the hottest free agent markets in memory. James will be the big prize, of
course, but Wade is right behind him and several teams could make a run at both superstars to build a potential contender for years to come.
The Celtics beat the Bulls last year in an overtime-laden, seven-game series in the first round. Boston hooked up with James and the Cavaliers for seven games in the conference semis in 2008 on the way to the Celtics' NBA-record 17th championship.
"We just have to come out with a defensive mindset, keep LeBron from getting on fire," Celtics center Kendrick Perkins said in the on-court, postgame scoreboard interview while the Cavaliers and Bulls were early in the third quarter.
It was the second straight night a Boston team clinched a playoff series at the TD Garden. On Monday, the Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres in Game 6 to advance to the NHL's Eastern Conference semifinals and a matchup with either the Montreal Canadiens or Pittsburgh, Penguins.
The Celtics made four 3-pointers in the first 4:37 of the third quarter and took a 67-16 lead with 7 minutes left. But Mario Chalmers hit back-to-back 3 pointers and Wade followed soon after with a pair of free throws and a pair of 3-pointers to make it 69-62 with 2:18 left in the third.
The Celtics led by eight points after one quarter and 10 at half-time, when Wade had 11 points, six assists and five rebounds but the Heat were shooting just 35 percent as a team — 0 for 8 from 3-point range. Pierce had 13, and Rondo had 12 points and eight assists to help Boston to the 48-38 halftime lead.
Miami cut it to three before Allen drove and drew a foul and goaltending call on Joel Anthony.
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