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Former quarterback Todd Reesing signs autographs on the practice field before the game Saturday night. Sophomore Kale Pick has taken over the starting quarterback position for the 2010 season.
MLB
Marlins roll past the Phillies
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PHILADELPHIA — Adalberto Mendez pitched one-hit ball for six scoreless innings in his major league debut before injuring himself and the Florida Marlins beat
the Philadelphia Phillies 7-1
Monday in the first game of a day.night doubleheader.
Mendez (1-0) left in the seventh after straining his right quad running to first base on a single.
homered and Dan Uggla drove in three runs for Florida. Marlins rookie Logan Morrison, hit in the face by a foul ball from teammate Emilio Bonifacio while in the ondeck circle Sunday, went 1 for 4 and scored a run.
Mendez struck out six, walked
He slowed down and hobbled to the bag before he was helped to the dugout.
The Phillies,who've been held to one hit three times already this season,finished with three overall.
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Florida's strong pitching made the game an easy win against Philadelphia. The teams played a doubleheader Monday.
Mike Stanton and Chad Tracy
seven seasons in the minors. He had just 20 starts, including nine this year, in 350 career appearances.
The Marlins are relishing their role as spoiler, having won two of three against NL East-leading Atlanta over the weekend.
The Phillies came in one game behind the Braves, and had a two-game lead over San Francisco in the wild-card standings.
Vance Worley (0-1) allowed two runs and six hits, striking out five in five innings in his first career start for Philadelphia. The right-hander was 10-7 in the minors this year, and pitched a scoreless inning in his only previous appearance with the Phillies.
A crowd of 45,518 was the largest this season and the 111th straight sellout at the park. They had little to cheer about.
Since scoring nine runs in the seventh inning of a 12-11 comeback win at Colorado last Thursday, the Phillies have nine runs in four games.
Jayson Werth's RBI single in the ninth prevented Philadelphia's 13th shutout.
Uggla's two-out single in the first gave Florida a 1-0 lead. He added a two-run double in the ninth.
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Orioles somehow top the Yankees
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NEW YORK — Brian Musatz won his fourth straight start and Brian Roberts hit a go-ahead single in the seventh inning off struggling AT Burnett, leading the Baltimore Orioles to a rare 4-3 win over the New York Yankees on Monday.
Alex Rodriguez homered and drove in two runs to reach 100 RBIs for the 13th straight season and record 14th time overall. He surpassed Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx, who each reached 100 RBIs 13 times.
New York lost its second in a row following a season-high, eight-game winning streak. Baltimore had been 0-6 at Yankee Stadium this year and had lost 17 of 19 games in the Bronx coming in, but the AL-worst Orioles came to New York for the first time under Buck Showalter and won their third in a row, improving to 20-13 under their new manager.
New York, still a major leaguebest 86-52, began the day $2\frac{1}{2}$ games in front of second-place Tampa Bay in the AL East and leads after play on Labor Day for the 41st time. The Yankees have failed to finish first only twice in those years, in 1906 and 1944.
atusz (8-12) allowed three runs and five hits in six innings, beating the Yankees for the first
Burnett (10-13) lost for the fifth time in six decisions, giving up four runs, seven hits and four walks in seven innings. Burnett and CC Sabathia, New York's scheduled starter Tuesday, entered the series a combined 24-4 against Baltimore.
Josh Bell doubled leading off the third, with Brett Gardner trying for an outstanding leaping grab in left-center only to allow the ball to pop free when his glove hit the field. After Roberts' single, Felix Pie hit into a run-scoring double-play grounder.
time in four decisions against New York this season.
Rodriguez's first homer in 12 at-bats against Matusz tied the score in the fourth. The drive off the back wall of the bullpen in left-center gave Rodriguez 22 homers this season and 605 overall.
New York put runners on second and third with two outs in the bottom half, and third baseman Josh Bell made a nice sliding pickup on Jeter's grounder before throwing to first for the out. Matt Wieters added a sacrifice fly in the sixth.
Roberts' run-score single gave Baltimore a 2-1 lead in the fifth.
Cano hit a catchable short pop near the left-field line that fell past Pie, the left fielder, and shortstop Cesar Izturis for a single on the sunny afternoon. Roberts' two-out RBI single in the seventh put the Orioles back ahead 4-3.
Nick Swisher walked leading off the bottom half, with Matusz going to a 3-0 count for the first time in the game. Rodriguez's sacrifice fly tied the score, and Robinson
Charley Hoffman gets spot at the Masters
PGA
Albers walked pinch-hitter Lance Berkman leading off the bottom half. Gardner fouled off two sacrifice attempts, then struck out, and Wieters threw out pinch-runner Greg Golson trying to steal second.
NORTON, Mass. — Charley Hoffman was rolling in so many putts he lost track of how many birdies he made Monday. His final stroke on a Labor Day masterpiece was his 11th birdie, more than enough to win the Deutsche Bank Championship.
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The question is whether it was enough to make him a last-minute pick for the Ryder Cup.
Hoffman ran off four straight birdies early to erase a four-shot deficit, seized control by holing a bunker shot on the 13th and closed with a 9-under 62 on the TPC Boston for a five-shot victory over Geoff Ogilvy, Jason Day and Luke Donald.
"Hopefully, I'm on the real short list," he said.
Tiger Woods had three rounds in the 60s for the time this year. He closed with a 69 to tie for 11th, and kept his No. 1 ranking in the world when Phil Mickelson imploded again.
Mickelson needed only to finish fourth to become No. 1 for the first time in his career. Instead, he opened the back nine with a triple bogey, made a double bogey on the 17th and shot 76 to finish 15 shots behind in a tie for 25th. A month ago. Mickelson had an equally good chance at Firestone and shot 78.
Even if he doesn't make the Ryder Cup, the FedEx Cup is looking pretty good for Hoffman.
He was No. 59 in the standings and arrived at the TPC Boston wanting to make sure he advanced to the third round of the playoffs next week outside Chicago. He wound up a winner, moving to No. 2 in the standings. That assures him a shot at the $10 million bonus, and puts him in all four majors next year after not playing any of them this year.
That includes his first trip to the Masters, one of many perks.
"The best perk would be the Ryder Cup," Hoffman said.
U. S. captain Corey Pavin will make his four selections Tuesday morning in New York. The front-
runners are Woods, Zach Johnson and Stewart Cink, with no one standing out as the fourth choice.
Pavin had said earlier in the week that no one should assume a good week at the Deutsche Bank would put him on the team.
Hoffman, oozing California cool with his blond locks flowing from under his cap and kelly green pants to match his shoes; made a strong impression with his game and his words.
"No question I think I can contribute to that team," Hoffman said. "If I can shoot 62 here in the playoffs, I'm pretty sure I can handle the Ryder Cup."
He looked plenty strong on a gorgeous Labor Day in New England. Starting the final round four shots behind Day, Hoffman began his first big run with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 second, and a pair of 10-foot birdies sand-wicked around a good tee shot to the front bunker on the par-4 fourth green for a tap-in birdie.
Hoffman
"No question I think I can contribute to that team...I'm pretty sure I can handle the Ryder Cup."
Hoffman must have known it was his day on the 13th, as Ogilvy was hitting his stride. He blasted out of the front bunker, trying to nestle it close on greens that were firm and fast, then climbed out of the trap pumping his fist when it fell for an unlikely birdie. He followed that with a 5-foot par save on the 14th, an 18-foot birdie on the next hole and a 7-foot birdie on the 16th.
No one could catch him
"The playoffs, that's what you try to do," Hoffman said. "Just got it going this week."
tied the tournament record at 22 under 262, winning for the second time in his PGA Tour career.
Day was wild off the tee early, then struggled with his putter coming in. He shot an even-par 71. Donald, who also had a share of the lead early, remained winless on the PGA Tour since 2006 when
CHARLEY HOFFMAN
Ogilvy closed with a 66, and the runner-up finish moved him from No.52 to No.9, assuring him a spot in the Tour Championship. It was Ogilvy's first top 10 on tour since he won at Kapalua in the first tournament of the year.
he settled for a 69.
He played alongside Hoffman and appreciated what he saw.
"I had the best seat in the house to watch that," Ogilvy said. "He hit great shots all day. He putted really
well and as soon as he got himself in trouble hed go and hole a bunker shot or something like that. So it was a pretty class act and he never looked like doing anything but winning
after about three holes.
Andres Romero, who only started these playoffs at No. 115 and only got to the TPC Boston with a 40-foot birdie putt on the final hole last week, shot a 72 and narrowly made it at No. 68. The surprise was Tom Gillis, who was at No. 92 until a 65-65 weekend gave him a tie for fifth and moved him to No. 48.
The top 70 in the standings advance to the BMW Championship, which starts Thursday.
Steve Marino shot 76 and John Rollins had a 79 to fall out of the top 70.
The heartbreak belonged to Kris Blanks, who closed with a 70 and appeared to narrowly make the field in Chicago until Charlie Wi birdied the last hole to bump him out.