Hawks 3, Whitecaps 0: The Hawks (36-21) increased their lead to 4 1/2 games over the second-place Lansing Lugnuts and five games over the third-place Dayton Dragons. Their magic number to clinch is six with 13 games left.
Joe Batten hit a 2-run homer in the eighth inning.
Bryan Henry, normally a reliever, pitched five innings and scattered six hits for the win. Clay Zavada (S 6) improved his ERA to .067 in 18 appearances with 42 strikeouts to only five walks.
The Silver Hawks host the Whitecaps tonight at 6:30 p.m.
MLB NL: Cubs idle; Brewers 9, Astros 3; Pirates 5, Mets 2; Giants 5, Braves 0.
MLB
MLS Scores: No games scheduled.
WNBA Scores: No games scheduled during Olympics.
Shawn Edges “Nasty” For Gold: Shawn Johnson of the
Johnson edged teammate Nastia Lukin for gold in the balance beam today. Johnson now has one gold and two silvers at
Lukin’s medal was her fifth in this Olympics. She has a gold in the all-around, three silvers, and a bronze.
The two women also earned silver medals in the team competition.
Monday Olympic Results: Men’s 400 Hurdles—Angelo Taylor gold (USA), Kerron Clement silver (USA), Bershawn Jackson bronze (USA); Women’s Discus—Stephanie Brown Trafton gold (USA); Women’s Equestrian Team Jumping—USA gold (McClain Ward, Laura Kraut, Will Simpson, Beezie Madden); Baseball—USA 9, China 1; Men’s Basketball—USA 106, Germany 57; Women’s Field Hockey—USA 0, Great Britain 0; Women’s Soccer—USA 4, Japan 2; Softball—USA 9, China (5 innings); Men’s Volleyball—USA 3, Japan 0; Men’s Water Polo—USA 8, Germany 7.
Olympics Medal Count (gold, silver, bronze): 1. USA 25, 26, 26, 77; 2. China 42, 14, 18, 74; 3. Russia 10, 14, 18, 42; 4. Australia 11, 11, 12, 34; 5. Great Britain 15, 9, 8, 32; France
4, 11, 14, 29; 7. Germany 11, 7, 8, 26; 8. South Korea 8, 10, 6, 24; 9. Japan 8, 6, 8, 22; 10.
Bears Name Orton Starter: The Chicago Bears have named Purdue graduate Kyle Orton as their starting quarterback for the 2008 season.
Orton, a fourth-year player, will start the last exhibition and the season opener against the Colts.
Orton had been alternating starts during the exhibition with former starter Rex Grossman.
Maddux To Dodgers: The Padres have reportedly agreed to a trade that would send 353-game winner Greg Maddux to the Dodgers. There was no word on what the Padres would receive in return.
It would be the second time the 42-year-old right-hander is traded to the Dodgers. He was traded by the Cubs to LA two years ago.
Maddux was 6-9 with a 3.99 ERA in 26 starts this season for the Padres.
Weather
Today High 83 Low 58 Partly Cloudy
Wed High 83 Low 58 Partly Cloudy
Thu High 85 Low 65 Partly Cloudy
Fri High 85 Low 67 Partly Cloudy
Sat High 85 Low 65 Chance Storm
TV Schedule: 16—8 p.m., 2008 Summer Olympics; 22—8 p.m., NCIS; 9 p.m., Big Brother 25—8 p.m., Beauty and the Geek; 9 p.m., Reaper; 28—8p.m., House; 9 p.m., Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles; 46—8 p.m., Lester Sumrall Teaching; 8:30 p.m., Paid Programming; 9 p.m., Harvest; 57—8 p.m., Wipeout; 9 p.m., Wanna Bet?; 69---8 p.m., Mariners at White Sox.
Nation/World
Obama Reportedly Close To Announcing VP Choice: Illinois Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has reportedly settled on a choice for his running mate.
He could make the announcement as early as tomorrow, according to aides.
Obama has reportedly narrowed the list of candidates down to Indiana Senator Evan Bayh, Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, and Delaware Senator Joseph Biden.
Obama has had less time to select a vp than presumptive Republican nominee John McCain. He did not want to start vetting candidates until Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton dropped out of the race in June.
Local
SBCSC Trustees Agree to Superintendent Buyout: The South Bend Community School Corporation will pay former superintendent Robert Zimmerman $226,000 in wages and benefits to buy out his contract.
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