LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD SPORTS X Wednesday, June 4, 2008 | 7B. LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD SCOREBOARD Sunday: Wichita State at Florida State, noon, if necessary At Baton Rouge, La. KGA Four-Ball Championship Saturday: UC Irvine (41-16) vs. LSU (46-16-1), Tuesday 5 p.m. BIG 12 SPOTLIGHT at Alvamar Country Club and Alvamar Golf Sunday: UC Irvine at LSU, 3 p.m. Course Monday: UC Irvine at LSU, 6 p.m., if necessary Open Division At Houston John Hess-Aaron Sheaks 64 Saturday: Texas A&M (46-17) at Rice (45-13), 2 Ben Lowman-Riley Piles 66 p.m. A weekly look inside the conference Travis Deckert-Jeff Bell 66 Sunday: Texas A&M at Rice, 6 p.m. Spencer Alefs-Ross Geubelle 67 Monday: Texas A&M at Rice, 11:30 a.m. or 6 Josh Taylor-Matt Ewald 67 p.m., if necessary Mitch Carlson-Korbin Kuehn 67 At Tempe, Ariz. Shawn Barker-Jordan Miller 67 Saturday: Fresno State (40-28) at Arizona State Kent Morgison-Barry Lucas 68 (48-11), 7 p.m. Brandon Hermreck-Zac Potter 68 Sunday: Fresno State at Arizona State, 8 p.m. BIG 12 BASEBALL Chad Judd-Tray Wiltse 68 Monday: Fresno State at Arizona State, 5 p.m., Kyle Smell-Scott Willman 68 if necessary Brad Gershon-Bruce Gershon 68 At Fullerton, Calif. Michael Schnegelberger-Brett Iliff 68 Friday: Stanford (37-22-2) at Cal State- Zac Burton-Daniel Wood 68 Fullerton (41-20), 9:30 p.m. Brent Dewitz-Drew Carlson 69 Saturday: Stanford at Cal State-Fullerton, 6:30 Chase Chamberlin-Jordan Smith 69 p.m. Matt Lazzo-Matt Salome 69 Sunday: Stanford at Cal State-Fullerton, 6 Last men standing Ty Sanders-Cameron Bishop 69 p.m., if necessary John Sutko-Andrew Storm 69 Kyle Capps-Shane Collins 70 John Robbins-Ryan Deutsch 70 David Rismiller-Jigger James 70 Eric Sorrentino Dane Ogden-Nate Sargent 70 [email protected] Blake Giroux-Bobby Knowles 70 NBA PLayoffs Keith Erickson-Michael Elafros 70 NBA FINALS Chad Roesler-Conrad Roberts 70 (Best-of-7) Ben Fitzpatrick-Josh Weems 70 Thursday Jesse Helms-Adam Clatterbuck 71 L.A. Lakers at Boston, 8 p.m. Crow Zach Pederson-Walt Koelbel 71 Sunday Tyler Trout-Drew Redwine 71 L.A. Lakers at Boston, 8 p.m. Sam Wempe-John Newcomer 71 Tuesday, June 10 Douglas Wilson-Spencer Wilson 71 Boston at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m. Michael McDonnell-Matt Kouri 71 Thursday, June 12 Ryan Bechard-Christian Bechard 71 Boston at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m. not right Drew Chadd-Alex Wasinger 72 Sunday, June 15 Brad Pfaltzgraff-Clay Crawford 72 Boston at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m., if necessary Trent Twaddle-Kyle Marcolla 72 Tuesday, June 17 Miles Christensen-Jeff Roether 72 L.A. Lakers at Boston, 8 p.m., if necessary Tim Zande-Jay Kramer 73 Thursday, June 19 fit in K.C. Chris Mitchell-Ryan Schuetz 73 L.A. Lakers at Boston, 8 p.m., if necessary Brad Boan-Spencer Christian 73 Marko Ungashick-Jeff Donovan 73 Major League Baseball’s Eric Gorenc-Keith Capps 73 First-Year Player Draft is set Ben Knowles-Alex Dyer 73 Darin Pearson-Dick Stuntz 73 NHL Playoffs Scott Kramer-Brian Lawson 74 for Thursday, and two com- STANLEY CUP FINALS Harry Higgs-Park Ulrich 74 Detroit vs. Pittsburgh pelling local storylines will be Camron Flanders-Michael Holloway 74 Saturday, May 24: Detroit 4, Pittsburgh 0 discussed amongst Lawrence Derek Donovan-Michael Kahler 74 Brent Millikan-Bryan Vonfeldt 75 Monday, May 26: Detroit 3, Pittsburgh 0 baseball enthusiasts. Patrick Roth-Sam Klos 75 Wednesday, May 28: Pittsburgh 3, Detroit 2 Storyline No. 1: With the Brian Tuttle-Kurt Lorenzen 76 Saturday, May 31: Detroit 2, Pittsburgh 1 No. 3 overall pick, with Charlie Mundy-Joey Mundy 76 Monday: Pittsburgh 4, Detroit 3, 3OT, Detroit Nick Hague-Thomas O’Keeffe 76 leads series 3-2 whom will the Kansas City Matt McAnarney-Bren Fisher 76 Today: Detroit at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Royals stock their farm sys- Aaron Mapel-Trent White 77 Saturday: Pittsburgh at Detroit, 7 p.m., if nec- Tyler Casey-Kyle Thacker 78 essary tem? Randy Herbison-Brandon Herbison 78 Storyline No. 2: Where Travis Kleweno-Tyler Hallagin 78 Grady Millikan-Mike Millikan 80 will Missouri ace Aaron Nick Burkart-Travis Walsh 80 Crow, who had a 2008 Zack Appl-Zim Appl 82 BASEBALL stretch of 43 consecutive Cameron Hershiser-Tyler Henderson 83 American League Masters Division BOSTON RED SOX—Placed DH David Ortiz on scoreless innings, end up? Gene Bowden-Brent Bahner 71 the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 1. Optioned 1B- If these storylines came Gary Lucas-Mike Grosdidier 71 OF Jeff Bailey to Pawtucket (IL). Recalled 1B-OF Craig Colboch-Mark Elliott 72 Chris Carter and RHP Justin Masterson from together as one, it would be David Byrne-Mike Cutshall 72 Pawtucket. captivating: Crow, who grew Steve Perry-Doug Vaughan 72 CLEVELAND INDIANS—Placed RHP Jake John Bailey-Bob Bezek 73 Westbrook on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May up in Topeka, getting the Paul Keller-Jerold Reid 73 29. Recalled RHP Jensen Lewis from Buffalo (IL). chance to pitch close to Andy Smith-Jeffrey Hanslick 73 DETROIT TIGERS—Purchased the contract of Steve Senecal-Randy Oplinger 74 LHP Casey Fossum from Toledo (IL). Designated home; the Royals drafting an Brad Waggoner-Bob Cole 74 RHP Francisco Cruceta for assignment. in-state talent who could Kevin Handlan-Peter Shriver 74 NEW YORK YANKEES—Purchased the contract develop into a star. Robert Gleissner-Lynn Dickey 74 of RHP Dan Giese from Scranton/Wilkes Barre Jason Grimsley-Simon Elliott 77 (IL). Optioned RHP Scott Patterson to As exciting as it’d be, it’s Randy Kippes-Korb Maxwell 78 Scranton/Wilkes Barre. simply not what the Royals Gabriel Chmielewski/AP Photo Brian Cole-Brent Waggoner 79 OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Sent LHP Lenny Rick Hastings-Bob McKinney 81 DiNardo outright to Sacramento (PCL). need. TEXAS A&M’S BRODIE GREENE IS CONGRATULATED by teammates after scoring against National League The Royals need a bat. Houston on Saturday in College Station, Texas. The Aggies are the only Big 12 team that TODAY’S TEE TIMES CHICAGO CUBS—Recalled RHP Kevin Hart And they need one badly. at Alvamar Country Club from Iowa (PCL). Optioned INF Micah Hoffpauir advanced from their regional to the NCAA Super Regionals, which will begin Saturday. 8 a.m. — Blake Giroux-Bobby Knowles, Sam to Iowa. Kansas City is last in the Texas A&M will face Rice in Houston in a best-of-three series for the right to advance to Wempe-John Newcomer CINCINNATI REDS—Placed LHP Kent Mercker MLB in runs, home runs and 8:10 — Kyle Smell-Scott Willman, Michael on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of LHP the College World Series. Schnegelberger-Brett Iliff Danny Herrera from Louisville (IL). RBI. The Royals are 29th in 8:20 — Zac Burton-Daniel Wood, Brandon WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Placed 3B Ryan slugging percentage and 27th Hermreck-Zac Potter Zimmerman on the 15-day DL. Recalled 3B Kory 8:30 — Ben Fitzpatrick-Josh Weems, Trent Casto from Columbus (IL). in on-base percentage. Heck, Twaddle-Kyle Marcolla BASKETBALL Atlanta’s Chipper Jones is 8:40 — Matt Lazzo-Matt Salome, Drew Chadd- National Basketball Association hitting 93 points higher than A&M lone conference Alex Wasinger DETROIT PISTONS—Fired Flip Saunders, 8:50 — Ty Sanders-Cameron Bishop, Chad coach. the Royals’ on-base percent- Roesler-Conrad Roberts FOOTBALL age (.314). 9:00 — Chad Judd-Tray Wiltse, Tyler Trout- National Football League Drew Redwine CHICAGO BEARS—Promoted Kevin Turks to OK, so you can never 9:10 — Ben Knowles-Alex Dyer, Kyle Capps- assistant director of pro personnel. survivor from regionals Shane Collins have too much pitching. DALLAS COWBOYS—Signed WR Terrell Owens Crow could solidify the 9:20 — Kent Morgison-Barry Lucas, Darin to a three-year contract extension. Pearson-Dick Stuntz HOUSTON TEXANS—Agreed to terms with Rick rotation for many years. By Eric Sorrentino 9:30 — Harry Higgs-Park Ulrich, Douglas Smith, general manager, on a four-year contract Wilson-Spencer Wilson extension. Point noted. However, in the Journal-World Copy Editor 9:40 — John Hess-Aaron Sheaks, Brad Boan- NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Signed CB Spencer Christian heavy-hitting American Jerametrius Butler and C Marquay Love. Waived 9:50 — Mitch Carlson-Korbin Kuehn, Patrick LB Chris Graham. League, the Royals never Big 12 Conference base- Roth-Sam Klos HOCKEY 10 — Scott Kramer-Brian Lawson, Josh Taylor- will contend for the AL Cen- ball pride was in serious National Hockey League tral putting up the 3.63 runs jeopardy last weekend. Matt Ewald 10:10 — Brad Gershon-Bruce Gershon, Shawn BUFFALO SABRES—Signed D Dennis Persson per game they’ve averaged Of the six conference Barker-Jordan Miller to a three-year contract. this season. teams that made the NCAA 10:20 — Spencer Alefs-Ross Geubelle, Michael PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—Announced the McDonnell-Matt Kouri retirement of RW Sami Kapanen. Plus, what’s wrong with Tournament, five of them 10:30 — Travis Kleweno-Tyler Hallagin, John PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Assigned D Alex Kansas City’s starting rota- were knocked out in the Robbins-Ryan Deutsch Goligoski to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL). 10:40 — Miles Christensen-Jeff Roether, Zach TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Fired John Tortorella, tion as it is? first weekend of regionals. Pederson-Walt Koelbel coach. Zack Greinke (5-2, 2.88 Texas, which won national 10:50 — Ryan Bechard-Christian Bechard, John COLLEGE Sutko-Andrew Storm BUCKNELL—Named John Abdou men’s and ERA, 53 K’s, 19 BB entering championships in 2002 and 11 — Ben Lowman-Riley Piles, Chase women’s water polo coach.