Sharapova Makes French Finals, to Regain Top Ranking
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B2 FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2012 SCOREBOARD LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER | KENTUCKY.COM TENNIS Saturday’s games Kevin Stadler .......35-34—69 -1 FRIDAY’S LINEUP Transactions Greenville at Hickory, 6 p.m. Bryce Molder .......33-36—69 -1 West Virginia at Asheville, 6:05 p.m. Fredrik Jacobson ....32-37—69 -1 BASEBALL Augusta at Rome, 7 p.m. Tim Clark .........33-36—69 -1 Sharapova makes French Major League Baseball Lexington at Greensboro, 7 p.m. Kevin Kisner .......35-34—69 -1 MLB—Suspended Washington minor Lakewood at Delmarva, 7:05 p.m. Luke Guthrie .......35-34—69 -1 finals, to regain top ranking league RHP Josh Wilkie (Syracuse-IL) Savannah at Charleston, S.C., 7:05 p.m. Skip Kendall .......35-34—69 -1 50 games a second violation of drug Hagerstown at Kannapolis, 7:05 p.m. Charles Howell III ....33-36—69 -1 10 a.m. Mark Maloney tweets from the KHSAA state softball abuse under the Minor League Drug Sunday’s games Paul Stankowski. 34-35—69 -1 tournament. Twitter: @markmaloneyhl A victory Thursday finished Maria Sharapova’s climb back to the Prevention and Treatment Program. Augusta at Rome, 2 p.m. Danny Lee .........36-33—69 -1 6 p.m. Mike Fields tweets from the KHSAA state baseball tournament. Announced the resignation of executive top of the tennis rankings. One more on Saturday, and she’ll be the West Virginia at Asheville, 2:05 p.m. Others Twitter: @MikeFieldsNotes French Open champion and complete a career Grand Slam. vice president of baseball development Lakewood at Delmarva, 2:05 p.m. Dustin Johnson .....35-35—70 E Jimmie Lee Solomon. Lexington at Greensboro, 4 p.m. Steve Flesch .......36-34—70 E Sharapova beat Petra Kvitova 6-3, 6-3 in the windblown semifi- American League Greenville at Hickory, 5 p.m. Boo Weekley .......34-36—70 E TV, radio nals at Roland Garros in Paris. The second-seeded Russian needs a CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Placed OF Savannah at Charleston, S.C., 5:05 p.m. Sean O’Hair ........36-34—70 E Kosuke Fukudome on the 15-day DL, Hagerstown at Kannapolis, 5:05 p.m. victory over 21st-seeded Sara Errani, a 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 winner over No. J.B. Holmes .......35-35—70 E AUTO RACING retroactive to June 4. Purchased the Spencer Levin ......35-36—71 +1 6 Samantha Stosur, to become the 10th woman to win all four major contract of OF Jordan Danks from COLLEGE Ryo Ishikawa .......37-35—72 +2 12:30 p.m. NASCAR Sprint: practice for Pocono 400 Speed Charlotte (IL). tournaments. Josh Teater ........38-35—73 +3 2 p.m. Formula One: practice for Canadian Grand Prix Speed When she won match point on a second-serve KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Agreed to NCAA TOURNAMENT David Toms ........39-35—74 +4 terms with RHP Kyle Zimmer on a mi- SUPER REGIONALS Graeme McDowell . 36-39—75 +5 3:30 p.m. NASCAR Sprint: “Happy Hour Series,” Speed ace, Sharapova raised her palms to the sky, nor league contract. final practice for Pocono 400 Host school is Game 1 home team; David Duval ........37-38—75 +5 looked up and smiled. MINNESOTA TWINS—Optioned RHP Robert Damron .....37-39—76 +6 Cole De Vries to Rochester (IL). visiting school is Game 2 home team; 7:30 p.m. IRL IndyCar: qualifying for Firestone 550 (taped) NBC Sports Sharapova has long been the headliner at coin flip determines Game 3 home team NEW YORK YANKEES—Placed RHP PGA EUROPE: NORDEA MASTERS 9 p.m. NASCAR Trucks: WinStar World Casino 400 Speed almost any tournament she enters, though this Freddy Garcia on the bereavement (Double-elimination; x-if necessary) latest win will officially put her on the top line of list. Recalled RHP Ryota Igarashi from AT BATON ROUGE, LA. At Stockholm BASEBALL Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Friday’s game 7,607-yard, par-72 Bro Hof Slott G.C. the women’s rankings when the new list comes Noon NCAA Super Regionals: ESPN2 TEXAS RANGERS—Placed LHP Der- Stony Brook (50-12) vs. Louisiana St. Lee Westwood ..... 64-64—132 out Monday. ek Holland on the 15-day DL, retroactive (46-16), noon Peter Hanson. 67-68—135 Stony Brook at Louisiana State It’s a perch that may have felt unreachable three to June 6. Recalled RHP Tanner Schep- Saturday’s game Lloyd Saltman ..... 71-64—135 3 p.m. NCAA Super Regionals: ESPN2 Stony Brook vs. LSU, noon Sharapova years ago, when the Russian was recovering from pers from Round Rock (PCL). Desig- Carlos Del Moral . 68-67—135 St. John’s at Arizona nated LHP John Gaub for assignment. x-Sundays’ game Richard Sterne .... 69-67—136 6 p.m. KHSAA State semifinals, WVLK-FM 101.5 shoulder surgery and dropped as low as 126th. Agreed to terms with RHP Alec Asher, Stony Brook vs. LSU, 1 p.m. Maarten Lefeber . 71-65—136 But from that point, she has made a steady climb back. This OF Preston Beck, OF Royce Bolinger, 2B AT TUCSON, ARIZ. Ignacio Garrido .... 67-69—136 Bishop Brossart vs. Woodford County year, she has won two tournaments and finished runner-up in three Cam Schiller, RHP Cody Kendall, RHP Friday’s game Michael Jonzon .... 68-68—136 7 p.m. MLB: Mets at Yankees MLB John Niggli, RHP Casey Shiver, RHP Ke- St. John’s (40-21) vs. Arizona (41-17), Emiliano Grillo ..... 68-68—136 7 p.m. NCAA Super Regionals: ESPN2 more, including the Australian Open. That, plus the performance at one Kela, LHP Sam Stafford, 2B Janluis 3 p.m. Others Stanford at Florida State Roland Garros, has helped push her back to No. 1, the spot she first Castro, C Charles Moorman, RHP Josh Saturday’s game Sergio Garcia ..... 69-69—138 captured in 2005 and held for 17 non-consecutive weeks, the last on McElwee, RHP Coby Cowgill, SS Gabriel St. John’s vs. Arizona, 3 p.m. Edoardo Molinari . 72-69 —141 7 p.m. SAL: Lexington at Greensboro WLXG-AM 1300 Roa, LHP Austen Thraikill, LHP Joseph x-Sunday’s game 7:10 p.m. MLB: Tigers at Reds FS Ohio June 8, 2008. Burns, OF Barrett Serrato and RHP Paul St. John’s vs. Arizona, 3 p.m. CHAMPIONS-REGIONS TRADITION AT TALLAHASSEE, FLA. Her match against fourth-seeded Kvitova, who defeated Schwindel on minor league contracts. At Birmingham, Ala. 8 p.m. MLB: Cubs at Twins WGN National League Friday’s game Sharapova in the Wimbledon finals last year, wasn’t exactly a walk in Stanford (41-16) vs. Florida St. (46- 7,234-yard, par-72 (36-36) 8:30 p.m. KHSAA State semifinals, WVLK-FM 101.5 ATLANTA BRAVES—Agreed to terms Shoal Creek Henderson County vs. Meade County the park, but Kvitova struggled with the blustery wind more than her with RHP Lucas Sims on a minor 15), 7 p.m. Saturday’s game Bill Glasson ........34-32—66 -6 opponent did. And she couldn’t get a handle on Sharapova’s serve. league contract. Dan Forsman .......34-32—66 -6 9 p.m. NCAA Super Regionals: ESPN HOUSTON ASTROS—Agreed to Stanford vs. Florida St., 6 p.m. TCU at UCLA The Russian placed 78 percent of her first serves in. x-Sunday’s game Fred Funk .........33-34—67 -5 terms with SS Carlos Correa on a mi- Bernhard Langer ....35-33—68 -4 NFL Stanford vs. Florida State, 7 p.m. nor league contract. Brad Bryant. 33-36—69 -3 BOXING LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Named AT LOS ANGELES Friday’s game Russ Cochran ......35-34—69 -3 10 p.m. Super middleweights, Kelly Pavlik vs. Scott Sigmon ESPN2 Bob Wolfe executive vice president. Tom Lehman .......34-35—69 -3 Patriots release Ochocinco PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Recalled TCU (40-20) vs. UCLA (45-14), 9 p.m. Bruce Fleisher ......36-33—69 -3 CYCLING The New England Patriots have released wide receiver Chad INF-OF Michael Martinez from Lehigh Morris Hatalsky .....35-35—70 -2 Valley (IL). Placed 2B Freddy Galvis on Saturday’s game 3 p.m. Criterium du Dauphine: stage 5 (taped) NBC Sports Ochocinco. The former Chad Johnson spent one unproductive TCU vs. UCLA, 9 p.m. Kirk Triplett ........35-35—70 -2 the 15-day DL. Gary Hallberg ......35-35—70 -2 x-Sunday’s game GOLF season with the team, even though the Patriots went to the Super ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Placed LHP Jeff Sluman........36 -34—70 -2 Jaime Garcia on the 15-day DL, retroac- TCU vs. UCLA, 10 p.m. Bowl. He had 15 receptions for an 18.4-yard average and one touch- AT GAINESVILLE, FLA. Larry Mize .........35-35—70 -2 9 a.m. PGA Europe: Nordea Masters (taped) Golf tive to June 6. Recalled RHP Fernando Wayne Levi ........35-35—70 -2 down, but rarely was a key part of the offense. Salas from Memphis (PCL). Saturday’s game Noon LPGA: Wegmans Championship Golf N.C. State (43-18) vs. Florida (45-18), Joey Sindelar ......36-34—70 -2 Ochocinco played 10 seasons for Cincinnati before joining the SAN DIEGO PADRES—Selected the Mike Goodes .......36-34—70 -2 3 p.m. PGA: St. Jude Classic Golf contract of RHP Jason Marquis from 2 p.m. Patriots. His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, says he is “in the process of Sunday’s game Tom Jenkins .......35-36—71 -1 6:30 p.m. Champions: The Tradition (taped) Golf San Antonio (Texas). Placed LHP Eric Peter Senior .......36-35—71 -1 gauging interest from potential teams.” Stults on the 15-day DL, retroactive to N.C.