Wizards 8, Lugnuts 1: The Silver Hawks were idle but they got a boost from their fellow Hoosier team. The Hawks (36-22) now lead the Dragons and Lugnuts by four games each.
The Silver Hawks (36-22) lead the Lansing Lugnuts by 3 ½ games and the Dayton Dragons by four. Their magic qualifying number is five.
The Silver Hawks travel to Great Lakes tonight to begin an eight-game road trip.
MLB NL: Reds 2, Cubs 1; Brewers 5, Astros 2; Cards 11, Pirates 2; Phillies 4, Nationals 0; Mets 6, Braves 3; Diamondbacks 8, Padres 6; Rockies 4, Dodgers 3; Giants 6, Marlins 5.
MLB AL: White Sox 15, Orioles 3; Twins 3, Athletics 1; Orioles 11, Red Sox 6; Indians 8, Royals 5; Yankees 5, Blue Jays 1; Angels 5, Rays 4; Rangers 9, Tigers 1.
MLS Scores: New England 2, DC United 1; Houston 4, Chivas USA 0.
WNBA Scores: No games scheduled during Olympics.
Junior Ties Sammy: White Sox designated hitter Ken Griffey, Jr., tied former Cub slugger Sammy Sosa at fifth place on the all-time homer list with a 2-run shot in the second inning last night.
Junior’s 609th broke a 49 at-bat homerless streak.
Joe Gibbs Racing Penalized: Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Tony Stewart and Joey Logano have each been stripped of 150 Sprint Cup points for cheating.
Gibbs crew chiefs Jason Ratcliff and Dave Rogers have been suspended indefinitely by NASCAR.
The action was taken after magnets were found under the gas pedals of Stewart and Logano’s cars.
Kerry-Misti Defend Olympic Gold: Kerri Walsh and Misti May-Treanor won their second consecutive Olympic beach volleyball gold medal last night with a 21-18, 21-18 win over China’s Tian Jia and Wang Jie.
It was the 108th consecutive match win for the USA duo; they didn’t lose a set at Beijing.
Monday Olympic Results: Women’s Softball Semifinals—USA 4, Japan 1; Finals—Japan 3, USA 1; Men’s 200—Shawn Crawford bronze (USA); Women’s 400 Hurdles—Sheena Tosta Johnson silver (USA); Baseball—USA 4, Japan 2 (11); Men’s Basketball—USA 116, Australia 85; Women’s Field Hockey, Seventh Place—Spain 3, USA 2; Men’s Volleyball—USA 3, Serbia 2.
Olympics Medal Count (gold, silver, bronze): 1.
Weather
Today High 85 Low 67 Partly Cloudy
Fri High 85 Low 67 Chance Storms
Sat High 85 Low 63 Chance Storms
Sun High 81 Low 58 Chance Storms
Mon High 79 Low 61 Clear
TV Schedule: 16—8 p.m., 2008 Summer Olympics; 22—8 p.m., Big Brother; 9 p.m., CSI; 25—8 p.m., Smallville; 9 p.m., Supernatural; 28—8p.m., NFL: 49ers at Bears; 46—8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Live From Studio B; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57—8 p.m., Ugly Betty; 9 p.m., Grey’s Anatomy; 69--8-10 p.m., Jaws 3.
Local
SBCSC Board To Pass Buck: The South Bend Community School Corporation Board of Trustees has decided to start a national search for Superintendent Robert Zimmerman’s re-placement, but defer the decision to the next Board.
The board recently settled with Zimmerman on a contract buyout. James Kapsa, former Jefferson Intermediate School principal, is the acting superintendent.
Nation/World
U.S. Rep. Tubbs Jones Dies: U.S. Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio), 58, died Wednesday of a brain hemorrhage.
Tubbs Jones was the first African-American woman to represent an Ohio district and the first to serve on the powerful Ways and Means Committee. She was also the chairman of the House ethics committee.
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