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C2 TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2013 SCOREBOARD LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER | KENTUCKY.COM AUTO RACING Transactions TUESDAY’S LINEUP BASEBALL Focus on: College basketball polls American League NRA sponsors Sprint Cup race BOSTON RED SOX—Optioned LHP AP (MEDIA) USA TODAY (COACHES) Drake Britton to Portland (EL). Reas- The National Rifle Association, a touchstone for gun-rights signed INF/OF Justin Henry and SS The Associated Press men’s The USA Today-ESPN men’s 7:30 p.m. Mark Maloney tweets from the Madison Central-Lafayette 11th advocates in a national debate about gun control after the Sandy Deven Marrero to their minor league college basketball poll, with first- college basketball poll, with first- Region girls championship game. Twitter: @MarkMaloneyHL camp. Agreed to terms with LHP Drake place votes in parentheses, records place votes in parentheses, records Hook shootings, is putting its name on the NASCAR Sprint Cup race Britton, RHP Rubby De La Rosa, LHP through Sunday, total points (based through Sunday, points (based at Texas Motor Speedway in April. Felix Doubront, RHP Clayton Mortensen, on 25 points for a first-place vote on 25 points for a first-place vote TV, radio RHP Junichi Tazawa, RHP Allen Webster, through one point for a 25th-place through one point for a 25th-place The NRA 500 will be the name of the race scheduled for April 13 BASEBALL at the 1.5-mile track, part of a one-year deal announced Monday by RHP Alex Wilson, RHP Steven Wright, vote), and previous ranking: vote), and previous ranking: C Daniel Butler, C Ryan Lavarnway, C W-L Pts Pvs W-L Pts Pvs 6:30 a.m. World Baseball Classic: Taiwan vs. South Korea MLB speedway president Eddie Gossage. Christian Vazquez, INF Mike Carp, INF 1. Gonzaga (51) . 29-2 1,607 2 1. Gonzaga (29) . 29-2 773 2 7 p.m. SAL: Legends Inside Scoop WLXG-AM 1300 “The NRA has been involved in the sport for several years and Pedro Ciriaco, INF Mauro Gomez, INF 2. Indiana (7) . 25-4 1,517 1 2. Indiana ......25-4 710 1 a partner of Speedway Motorsports, Inc., for many years in various Brock Holt, INF Will Middlebrooks, OF 3. Duke (5) .....25-4 1,471 3 3. Kansas (1) . 25-4 707 5 BASKETBALL Alex Hassan, OF Ryan Kalish and OF 4. Kansas ...... 25-4 1,433 6 4. Duke ........25-4 668 3 aspects, and this race entitlement is just another extension of that Daniel Nava on one-year contracts. 5. Georgetown (2) 23-4 1,384 7 5. Georgetown . 23-4 649 8 7 p.m. NBA: Celtics at 76ers TNT business relationship. We look forward to another successful part- LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Optioned 6. Miami ....... 23-5 1,245 5 6. Louisville (1) .. 24-5 614 9 7 p.m. College men: Arkansas at Missouri ESPN nership with the NRA for our April race week of activities,” Gossage Steven Geltz to Salt Lake (PCL). Re- 7. Michigan ..... 24-5 1,240 4 7. Miami .......23-5 568 7 7 p.m. College men: St. John’s at Notre Dame ESPN2 said in a news release. leased Hiroyuki Kobayashi. 8. Louisville. 24-5 1,217 10 8. Michigan .....24-5 566 4 National League 9. Kansas St. 24-5 1,040 13 9. Florida ......23-5 522 6 7 p.m. College men: Virginia Tech at Duke ESPNU The news release did not mention the December shootings ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS— 10. Michigan St. 22-7 1,006 9 10. Kansas St. 24-5 494 13 7 p.m. College men: Boston College at Clemson FS South at Newtown, Conn., where 26 students and staff at Sandy Hook Reassigned INF Jon Griffin, RHP War- 11. Florida ...... 23-5 993 8 11. New Mexico . 25-4 453 14 7:30 p.m. High school girls: 11th Region finals, WVLK-FM 101.5 Elementary were killed by a shooter with an assault rifle. Last week ner Madrigal, RHP Evan Marshall and 12. New Mexico . 25-4 950 14 12. Michigan St. 22-7 430 10 OF Jeremy Reed to the minor league Madison Central vs. Lafayette at the Daytona 500, driver Michael Waltrip drove a car sponsored 13. Oklahoma St. 22-6 833 15 13. Ohio State . 21-7 399 15 camp. 14. Ohio St. ..... 21-7 763 16 14. Oklahoma St. 22-6 366 18 9 p.m. College men: Ohio St. at Indiana ESPN by the Sandy Hook School Support Fund. CHICAGO CUBS—Named Justin 15. Marquette . 21-7 687 22 15. St. Louis .....23-5 338 19 9 p.m. College men: Alabama at Mississippi ESPNU The NRA sponsored a NASCAR Nationwide Series race in Atlanta Piper as general manager, Mesa spring 16. St. Louis ..... 23-5 675 18 16. Syracuse ....22-7 277 12 last September, the “NRA American Warrior 300.” training operations. Agreed to terms 17. Syracuse .... 22-7 589 12 17. Marquette. 21-7 253 22 9:30 p.m. NBA: Lakers at Thunder TNT with RHP Michael Bowden, RHP Alberto 18. Arizona ..... 23-6 394 11 18. Arizona .....23-6 233 11 Texas Motor Speedway said the NRA has contributed more Cabrera, RHP Rafael Dolis, RHP Trey CYCLING 19. Oregon ......23-6 332 24 19. VCU ........23-6 173 25 McNutt, RHP Hector Rondon, RHP Ar- than $500,000 to the track’s Texas Chapter of Speedway Children’s 20. Pittsburgh . 23-7 326 23 20. Memphis ....25-4 172 17 4:30 p.m. Paris-Nice: Stage two NBC Sports odys Vizcaino, RHP Robert Whitenack, Charities. Speedway Motorsports, Inc. is the owner of TMS. 21. VCU ........23-6 277 — 21. Wisconsin ....20-9 135 16 LHP Brooks Raley, LHP Chris Rusin, HOCKEY 22. Wisconsin .... 20-9 217 17 22. Pittsburgh . 23-7 118 — LHP Travis Wood, C Welington Castillo, 23. UCLA ....... 22-7 196 — 23. St. Mary’s (Calif.) 26-5 84 23 7 p.m. NHL: Oilers at Blue Jackets FS Ohio C Steve Clevenger, INF Darwin Barney, UK SPORTS 24. Notre Dame . 22-7 164 21 24. Notre Dame . 22-7 73 20 INF Junior Lake, INF Anthony Rizzo, INF 7:30 p.m. NHL: Flyers at Rangers NBC Sports 25. Memphis .... 25-4 149 19 25. Oregon ......23-6 59 — Christian Villanueva, INF Josh Vitters, Others receiving votes: North Others receiving votes: Middle INF Logan Watkins, OF Brett Jackson, HORSE RACING Bat Cats’ Reed earns national, SEC honors Carolina 109, La. Tech 103, Tenn.51, UCLA 42, La. Tech 41, OF Dave Sappelt and OF Matt Szczur 2 p.m. Live racing begins TVG St.Mary’s (Calif.) 47, UNLV 43, North Carolina 28, Butler 18, Kentucky sophomore left-handed pitcher/first baseman A.J. Reed on one-year contracts. California 33, Butler 26, Illinois 25, ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Reassigned Creighton 10, UNLV 9, Oklahoma 7, LACROSSE knocked in 15 runs — and got a win on the mound, too — to earn the Minnesota 10, Creighton 7, Middle San Diego St. 7, Akron 6, Illinois 6, C Adam Ehrlich, C Jesus Montero and 5 p.m. College: Mount St. Mary’s at John Hopkins ESPNU Southeastern Conference’s player-of-the-week award. He was also INF Starlin Rodriguez to their minor Tenn. 5, Akron 4, Missouri 4, Bel- Colorado St. 5, Belmont 4, Minne- mont 3, Colorado St. 1. sota 3, California 2, Virginia 2. named one of five Louisville Slugger National Players of the Week. league camp. SOCCER American Association Reed batted .526 (10-for-19) with a double and three home runs. Reed 2:30 p.m. Champions: Borussia Dortmund vs. Shakhtar Donetsk FS Ohio, FS South started the Friday night win over the Zips, working six innings, allowing KANSAS CITY T-BONES—Signed INF Karexon Sanchez. two runs and striking out four to earn his second win of the year. FOOTBALL Three-point goals—New York 12-30 Kentucky (10-1) moved up one spot to seventh in the latest National Football League Basketball (Novak 4-7, Kidd 3-5, Shumpert 2-3, Pri- Around town Collegiate Baseball weekly poll and remained at No. 11 in Baseball BALTIMORE RAVENS—Signed QB gioni 1-2, Felton 1-4, Smith 1-7, White 0-1, BASEBALL Joe Flacco to a six-year contract. Anthony 0-1), Cleveland 6-20 (Irving 2-5, America’s rankings. The Cats next host Cincinnati and Xavier at 4 DALLAS COWBOYS—Released S NBA Miles 2-6, Gee 1-4, Ellington 1-4, Gibson 4 p.m. College: Kentucky vs. Cincinnati at Cliff Hagan Stadium p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. Gerald Sensabaugh. EASTERN CONFERENCE 0-1). Fouled out—Gee. Rebounds—New HORSE RACING The Kentucky men’s golf team posted the fourth-lowest team KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Signed P Atlantic Division York 51 (Chandler 9), Cleveland 37 Dustin Colquitt to a five-year contract. W L Pct GB (Speights, Thompson 8). Assists—New 12:50 p.m. Simulcasting begins at The Red Mile score on Monday, firing a 1-under-par, 287 and are in fourth place Designated OT Branden Albert as New York ......36 21 .632 — York 23 (Felton 10), Cleveland 25 (Wal- in the 17-team field at the USF Invitational in Dade City, Fla., at the their franchis player. Agreed to terms Brooklyn ......34 26 .567 3½ ton 12). Total fouls—New York 18, Cleve- Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club. UK is 13 strokes off the leader with WR Dwayne Bowe on a multiyear Boston........31 27 .534 5½ land 18. Technicals—New York defensive Halftime—Connecticut 34-28. End of regulation—Tied 64.