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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Sunday, August 2, 2009

For the Record


Advertiser Staff

MONDAY MEETING

Quarterback Club

When/where: 11:30 a.m. tomorrow/Pagoda Hotel LaSalle Room

Speakers: Honolulu Star-Bulletin sports writer Dave Reardon and Kalakaua Boxing Club executive director Ed Galapia

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TRIVIA ANSWER

On this date in 1979, New York Yankees captain Thurman Munson died in the crash of his private plane while practicing takeoffs and landings at the Canton, Ohio, airport.

Source: Associated Press.

SPORTS TODAY

BASEBALL

Hawai'i Island Movers Tournament. Games at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Les Murakami Stadium.

POLO

Hawai'i Polo Club, 2 p.m. at Dillingham Field in Mokule'ia.

Honolulu Polo Club, 2:30 p.m. at Waimanalo Field.

TENNIS

Blue Moon Men's Night Doubles, main draw, 6 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. at Kailua Racquet Club.

SPORTS TOMORROW

BASKETBALL

D.One NCAA Women's Summer League, Playoffs, Big Ben Entertainment vs. Power Plus, 6:30; Ho'okipa vs. Plumbing Source, 7:30. Games at Manoa Recreation Center.

TENNIS

Blue Moon Men's Night Doubles, main draw, 6 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. at Kailua Racquet Club.

AUTO RACING

NASCAR NATIONWIDE-U.S. CELLULAR 250

YESTERDAY

AT IOWA SPEEDWAY

Newton, Iowa.

Lap length: .875 miles.

(Start position in parentheses).

1, (11) Brad Keselowski, Chevrolet, 250 laps, 149 rating, 195 points, $154,743. 2, (27) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 250, 127.1, 175, $59,600. 3, (15) Jason Leffler, Toyota, 250, 107.2, 165, $58,368. 4, (40) Carl Edwards, Ford, 250, 98, 160, $37,100. 5, (12) Kelly Bires, Toyota, 250, 99.6, 155, $40,093. 6, (13) Jason Keller, Ford, 250, 92.2, 150, $35,543. 7, (24) Kenny Wallace, Chevrolet, 250, 83.8, 146, $33,428. 8, (9) Michael McDowell, Dodge, 250, 79.2, 142, $27,320. 9, (17) Scott Lagasse Jr., Toyota, 250, 83, 138, $31,293. 10, (6) Stephen Leicht, Chevrolet, 250, 88.4, 134, $31,168. 11, (36) Michael Annett, Toyota, 250, 76.8, 130, $29,843. 12, (25) Benny Gordon, Ford, 250, 72, 127, $22,825. 13, (5) Brad Coleman, Toyota, 250, 95.3, 124, $29,168. 14, (10) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 250, 85, 126, $30,743. 15, (2) Justin Allgaier, Dodge, 250, 116.4, 123, $28,018. 16, (20) John Borneman III, Ford, 250, 53.3, 115, $21,850. 17, (8) Steve Wallace, Chevrolet, 249, 92.9, 112, $27,343. 18, (18) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, 249, 61.2, 109, $27,093. 19, (43) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, 249, 62.5, 106, $20,400. 20, (39) Eric McClure, Ford, 249, 48.4, 103, $27,493. 21, (37) Matthew Carter, Ford, 248, 48.6, 100, $26,518. 22, (1) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 248, 76.7, 102, $29,493. 23, (3) Erik Darnell, Ford, 247, 100.8, 94, $26,643. 24, (33) Danny O'Quinn Jr., Chevrolet, 245, 56.9, 91, $26,118. 25, (21) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 244, 66, 88, $26,143. 26, (4) Trevor Bayne, Toyota, 244, 83.8, 85, $25,868. 27, (38) Sean Murphy, Dodge, 222, 41.5, 82, $25,743. 28, (16) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, accident, 211, 47.1, 79, $19,150. 29, (30) John Wes Townley, Ford, 205, 31.7, 76, $19,025. 30, (34) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 195, 80.3, 73, $19,200. 31, (7) Scott Wimmer, Chevrolet, engine, 168, 92.8, 70, $18,745. 32, (29) Brian Ickler, Toyota, accident, 165, 68.8, 67, $25,078. 33, (23) Ken Butler, Chevrolet, accident, 108, 57.2, 64, $18,500. 34, (28) Aric Almirola, Chevrolet, accident, 74, 55.1, 61, $24,858. 35, (22) Casey Atwood, Chevrolet, accident, 37, 42.3, 58, $18,285. 36, (41) Jeff Fuller, Chevrolet, overheating, 31, 38, 55, $24,643. 37, (31) Kertus Davis, Chevrolet, brakes, 26, 36, 52, $18,065. 38, (19) Mark Green, Chevrolet, brakes, 21, 40.2, 49, $17,985. 39, (35) Kevin Lepage, Dodge, rear end, 19, 34.6, 46, $17,870. 40, (32) Chase Miller, Chevrolet, brakes, 9, 34.4, 43, $17,755. 41, (26) Coleman Pressley, Toyota, engine, 8, 32.8, 40, $24,058. 42, (14) Johnny Chapman, Chevrolet, overheating, 7, 34.6, 37, $17,475. 43, (42) Mike Harmon, Chevrolet, brakes, 6, 29.9, 34, $17,361. Race Statistics—Average Speed of Race Winner: 91.858 mph. Time of Race: 2 hours, 22 minutes, 53 seconds. Margin of Victory: 0.515 seconds. Caution Flags: 12 for 56 laps. Lead Changes: 9 among 5 drivers. Lap Leaders: R.Stenhouse Jr. 1-7; J.Allgaier 8-42; B.Keselowski 43-76; M.Bliss 77-79; K.Busch 80-104; B.Keselowski 105-146; K.Busch 147-188; B.Keselowski 189-224; K.Busch 225-241; B.Keselowski 242-250. Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): B.Keselowski, 4 times for 121 laps; K.Busch, 3 times for 84 laps; J.Allgaier, 1 time for 35 laps; R.Stenhouse Jr., 1 time for 7 laps; M.Bliss, 1 time for 3 laps. Top 10 in Points: 1. K.Busch, 3,471; 2. C.Edwards, 3,264; 3. Bra.Keselowski, 3,099; 4. J.Leffler, 2,955; 5. J.Allgaier, 2,493; 6. M.Bliss, 2,479; 7. S.Wallace, 2,423; 8. J.Logano, 2,395; 9. J.Keller, 2,394; 10. B.Gaughan, 2,365. NASCAR Driver Rating Formula—A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race. The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

IRL-KENTUCKY

YESTERDAY

AT KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY

Sparta, Ky.

Lap length: 1.5 miles.

(Starting position in parentheses).

1, (3) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 2, (14) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 3, (9) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 4, (4) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 5, (10) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 6, (2) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 7, (1) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 8, (5) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 9, (20) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 10, (6) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 11, (7) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 12, (22) Sarah Fisher, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 13, (11) Hideki Mutoh, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 14, (17) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 197, Running. 15, (18) E.J. Viso, Dallara-Honda, 197, Running. 16, (13) Raphael Matos, Dallara-Honda, 196, Running. 17, (19) Mike Conway, Dallara-Honda, 192, Running. 18, (16) Mario Moraes, Dallara-Honda, 188, Running. 19, (12) Robert Doornbos, Dallara-Honda, 185, Running. 20, (15) Milka Duno, Dallara-Honda, 165, Running. 21, (8) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 120, Mechanical. 22, (23) Tomas Scheckter, Dallara-Honda, 59, Mechanical. 23, (21) Jaques Lazier, Dallara-Honda, 43, Mechanical. Race Statistics—Winner's average speed: 200.893 mph. Time of race: 1:28:24.3246. Margin of victory: 0.0162 of a second. Cautions: 1 caution flags for 6 laps. Lead changes: 20 among 7 drivers. Lap leaders: Dixon 1-48, Briscoe 49-50, Dixon 51-96,Briscoe 97-98, Dixon 99, Briscoe 100-104, Castroneves 105-106 Briscoe 107-123, Power 124-136, Carpenter 137, Power 138-141, Carpenter 142, Power 143, Carpenter 144, Power 145-155, Carpenter 156-174, Kanaan 175, Briscoe 176-177, Patrick 178-179 Carpenter 180-191, Briscoe 192-200. Point standings: Briscoe 416, Dixon 408, Franchitti 405, Castroneves 341, Patrick 309, Andretti 279, Wheldon 274, Kanaan 274, Rahal 265, Wilson 253.

BASEBALL

CAL RIPKEN

MAJORS 11-12 PACIFIC SOUTHWEST REGIONAL

At Bakersfield, Calif.

ARIZONA VS. SCHOCKERS

ARIZONA 210 100—4 6 0

SHOCKERS 015 00X—6 6 1

David Evans, Kaleb Young (4) and Brandon Berger. Riki Kobayashi, Kaleb Vutnoski (5), Heisman Hosoda (6) and Matthew Tsutomi. W—Kobayashi. L—Evans.

Leading hitters—Arizona: Young 3-3. Shockers: Tsutomi 2-3, double, grandslam, 5 RBIs; Hosoda 2-2.

P.O.N.Y.

PONY 13 WORLD SERIES

Yesterday.

At Chino, Calif.

HERMOSILLO (MEXICO) VS. MILILANI

HERMOSILLO 400 210 2— 9 11 3

MILILANI 005 050 X—10 10 0

Mario Zavala, Cesar Salazar (3), Raul Garcia (3) and Francisco Camacho. Iolana Akau and Jimmy Madrid. W—Akau. L—Zavala.

Leading hitters—Hermosillo: Garcia triple; Jesus Durazo triple, 2 runs; Julian Leon 3-4, 2 doubles, triple, 3 runs; Zavala 2-3. Mililani: Rayson Romero 2 runs; J.C. Dejesus 2-3, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Tanner Tokunaga homer, 2 runs, 3 RBIs; Troy Kakugawa 2 RBIs; Akau 2-4; Madrid 2-4.

PONY 13-14 WEST ZONE TOURNAMENT

Yesterday.

At Whittier, Calif.

REDLANDS (CALIF.) VS. WINDWARD

REDLANDS 100 010 0—2 8 3

WINDWARD 120 200 X—5 5 2

Jacob Diaz, Zach Kirtley (4), Michael Tillman (4) and Kyle Schepper. Ryder Kuhns, Corey Nakakura (4), Kody Cacal (7), Jordan Yamamoto (7) and Jordan Yamamoto, Dane Kamalu. W—Kuhns. L—Diaz.

Leading hitters—Redlands: Kirtley 4-4. Windward: Kamalu 2-3, homer, triple, 2 RBIs; Corey Nakakura 2-3, double; Cacal double.

NORTH SEATTLE (WASH.) VS. WINDWARD

NORTH SEATTLE 002 020— 4 5 2

WINDWARD 320 12X—14 15 0

Ryder Kuhns, Dane Kamalu (5), Jordan Yamamoto (6) and Jordan Yamamoto, Kamalu.

Kyle Celli, Maxwell Cummings (3), Jack Johnson (5), Aidan Larson (5) and Aidan Larson, Myles Gouveia. W—Kuhns. L—Celli.

Leading hitters—North Seattle: Gouveia double; Benjamin Naone 2-3. Windward: Kamalu 4-4, 2 doubles, homer, 4 runs, 3 RBIs; Corey Nakakura 2-4; Kuhns 2-4, homer, 3 RBIs; Kapono Lucas 2-4; Ryan Mohika homer.

PONY 13-14 WEST ZONE TOURNAMENT

Yesterday.

At Fullerton, Calif.

BELLINGHAM (WASH.) VS. HILO

BELLINGHAM 330 004 1—11 8 4

HILO 342 320 X—14 12 4

Matt Richard, Daniel Goebal (3), Allen Sutton (7) and Connor Phelps. Kaimana Moike, Jace Okuchu (5) and Dean Osaka. W—Moike. L—Richard.

Leading hitters—Bellingham: Austin Rap 3-5, Alex Check 3-5. Hilo: Korin Medeiros 3-4, triple; Osaka 3-4, 2 doubles; RJ Iyo 3-3.

BASKETBALL

WOMEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

All Times Hawai'i.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS

Atlanta 89, New York 83.

Chicago 84, Connecticut 72.

Phoenix 87, Minnesota 74.

Seattle 85, San Antonio 82, OT.

Los Angeles 59, Sacramento 56.

TODAY'S GAMES

Indiana at Washington, 10 a.m.

Connecticut at Detroit, noon.

NCAA SUMMER LEAGUE

Yesterday.

AT MANOA REC. CENTER

GRANTCO PACIFIC 106, PR STORE 83

Leading scorers—GP: Jeremy Robinson 39, Tess Whitlock 23. PRS: Mike Helton 18, Adrian DenDulk 15.

HOME MANAGERS 101, NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION CO. 82

Leading scorers—HM: Leon Ballard 26, Julian Sensley 25. NFPC: Sasha Parghalava 30, Nile Finney 17.

D.ONE NCAA WOMEN'S SUMMER LEAGUE

Yesterday.

AT MANOA VALLEY DISTRICT PARK

BIG BEN ENTERTAINMENT 54, CAPTAIN BOB 38

Leading scorers—BBE: Keilyn Fujioka 14, Nani Cockett 10. CB: Shawna Keuehu 8, Mai Ayabe 7.

HO'OKIPA 47, PRO 43

Leading scorers—Ho'o: Nicole Fu 21, Mana Hopkins 13. Pro: Becky Hogue 14, Brittney Aiwohi 12.

BOXING

FIGHT SCHEDULE

National TV in parentheses.

Aug. 7—At Buffalo Bill's Star Arena, Primm, Nev. (ESPN2), Alfredo Angulo, Coachella, Calif., vs. Gabriel Rosado, Philadelphia, 10, junior middleweights. Aug. 8—At Cordoba, Argentina (PPV), Jorge Rodrigo Barrios, Argentina, vs. Moises Castro, Nicaragua, 10, lightweights; Marcos Hector Vergara, Argentina, vs. Luis Alberto Arrieta, Argentina, 10, light middleweights; Israel Hector Enrique Perez, Argentina, vs. Jhonny Antequera, Venezuela, 10, super featherweights. Aug. 15—At the Gold Coast Arena, Biloxi, Miss. (PPV): Roy Jones Jr., Pensacola, Fla., vs. Jeff Lacy, St. Petersburg, Fla., 12, light heavyweights; Danny Green, Australia, vs. Julio Cesar Dominguez, Argentina, 12, cruiserweights; Verquan Kimbrough, Pittsburgh, vs. Mike Anchondo, La Puente, Calif., 10, lightweights. At Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas (PPV), Nonito Donaire, San Leandro, Calif., vs. Rafael Concepcion, Panama, 12, for the interim WBA super flyweight title; Steven Luevano, La Puente, Calif., vs. Bernabe Concepcion, Philippines, 12, for Luevano's WBO featherweight title; Mark Melligen, Philippines, vs. Michael Rosales, 10, Mexico, super lightweights; Anthony Peterson, Washington, vs. Luis Arceo, Mexico, 10, lightweights. Aug. 21—At the Orleans Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Oliver McCall, Martinsville, Va., vs. Franklin Lawrence, Indianapolis, 12, for McCall's IBA Intercontinental heavyweight title. Aug. 22—At Toyota Center, Houston (HBO), Malcolm Klassen, South Africa, vs. Robert Guerrero, Gilroy, Calif., 12, for Klassen's IBF super featherweight title; Juan Diaz, Houston, vs. Paul Malignaggi, Brooklyn, N.Y., 12, light welterweights. Aug. 29—At Halle, Germany, Victor Emiliano Ramirez, Argentina, vs. Marco Huck, Germany, 12, for Ramirez's WBO cruiserweight title; Karo Murat, Germany, vs. Lorenzo Di Giacomo, Italy, 12, for Murat's European super middleweight title. At The Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, Brian Viloria, Waipahu, Hawai'i, vs. Jesus Iribe, Mexico, 12, for Viloria's IBF light flyweight title. At Quik Trip Park, Grande Prairie, Texas, Jesus Soto-Karass, Mexico, vs. Edvan Dos Barrios, Miami, 10, welterweights; Mikey Garcia, Oxnard, Calif., vs. Carlos Rivera, Oldsmar, Fla., 10, featherweights.

SOCCER

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

All Times Hawai'i.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS

New England 1, Toronto FC 1, tie.

Chicago 1, Real Salt Lake 0.

Houston 4, D.C. United 3.

FC Dallas 6, Kansas City 0.

Columbus 1, Colorado 0.

TODAY'S GAMES

Seattle FC at San Jose, 9 a.m.

WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL SOCCER

All Times Hawai'i.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS

FC Gold Pride 3, Washington 2.

Saint Louis 1, Boston 0.

TODAY'S GAMES

Los Angeles at Chicago, noon.

TENNIS

ATP WORLD TOUR LA TENNIS OPEN

A U.S. OPEN SERIES EVENT

Yesterday's Semifinals.

AT LOS ANGELES TENNIS STADIUM AT UCLA

Los Angeles.

Purse: $700,000 (WT250).

Surface: Hard-Outdoor.

SINGLES

Carsten Ball, Australia, def. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 7-5, 7-6 (3). Sam Querrey (6), United States, def. Tommy Haas (1), Germany, 6-3, 7-5.

DOUBLES

Benjamin Becker and Frank Moser, Germany, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, and Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 6-3, 6-3.

WTA TOUR BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC

A U.S. OPEN SERIES EVENT

Saturday's Semifinals.

AT THE TAUBE FAMILY TENNIS CENTER

Stanford, Calif.

Purse: $700,000 (Premier).

Surface: Hard-Outdoor.

SINGLES

Venus Williams (2), United States, def. Elena Dementieva (3), Russia, 6-0, 6-1. Marion Bartoli (8), France, def. Samantha Stosur, Australia, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1.

DOUBLES

Serena and Venus Williams (2), United States, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Nadia Petrova (3), Russia, 6-2, 6-2.

ATP WORLD TOUR ALLIANZ SUISSE OPEN GSTAAD

Yesterday's Semifinals.

AT ROY EMERSON ARENA

Gstaad, Switzerland.

Purse: $639,000 (WT250).

Surface: Clay-Outdoor.

SINGLES

Andreas Beck, Germany, def. Marcos Daniel, Brazil, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, def. Igor Andreev (3), Russia, 6-4, 7-5.

DOUBLES

Marco Chiudinelli and Michael Lammer, Switzerland, def. Yves Allegro, Switzerland, and Horia Tecau (3), Romania, 6-4, 7-6 (3).

ATP WORLD TOUR STUDENA CROATIA OPEN

Yesterday's Semifinals.

AT ITC STELLA MARIS

Umag, Croatia.

Purse: $639,000 (WT250).

Surface: Clay-Outdoor.

SINGLES

Juan Carlos Ferrero (5), Spain, def. Andreas Seppi (7), Italy, 6-1, 6-7 (1), 7-5. Nikolay Davydenko (1), Russia, def. Jurgen Melzer (4), Austria, 6-1, 6-1.

WTA TOUR ISTANBUL CUP

Yesterday.

AT SADI GULCELIK SPOR SITESI

Istanbul.

Purse: $220,000 (Intl.).

Surface: Clay-Outdoor.

SINGLES

SEMIFINALS

Lucie Hradecka (8), Czech Republic, def. Andrea Petkovic, Germany, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-5. Vera Dushevina (5), Russia, def. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, 6-2, 6-4.

DOUBLES

CHAMPIONSHIP

Lucie Hradecka and Renata Voracova (3), Czech Republic, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, and Patty Schnyder (2), Switzerland, 6-2, 3-6, 12-10 tiebreak.

BLUE MOON NIGHT DOUBLES

AT KAILUA RACQUET CLUB

FRIDAY'S RESULTS

Torin Ching/Tommy Tu def. Kevin Konishi/Cole Millare 6-2, 6-2. Muka Godinet/Frank Godinet def. Martie Ishida/Hiram Oyama 6-4, 6-2. Spencer Mendoza/Derek Morrison def. Corey Kincaid/Scott Sinnett 6-3, 6-3. Jarand Iwase/Chad Shibuya def. Hiroshi Hidika/Kyle Shiroma 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3).

TODAY'S MATCHES

6 p.m.

Torin Ching/Tommy Tu vs. Laurent Columbo/Mangal Sriram. Muka Godinet/Frank Godinet vs. Michael Bruggemann/Erich Chen.

7:15 p.m.

Jeffrey Fitch/Daniel Llarenas vs. Alex Aybar/Blake Mosley. Jay Grollman/Jan Hroch vs. Brertt Krueger/Evan Loya.

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Boston Red Sox—Added 1B Casey Kotchman and C-1B Victor Martinez to the roster. Placed C George Kottaras on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 30. Optioned RHP Marcus McBeth to Pawtucket (IL).

Chicago White Sox—Recalled RHP Jhonny Nunez from Charlotte (IL). Optioned INF Brent Lillibridge to Charlotte.

Cleveland Indians—Added RHP Justin Masterson to the roster. Recalled RHP Jensen Lewis from Columbus (IL). Designated LHP Mike Gosling and RHP Winston Abreu for assignment.

Minnesota Twins—Optioned INF Brian Buscher to Rochester (IL). Added SS Orlando Cabrera to the active roster.

New York Yankees—Optioned INF Shelley Duncan to Scranton/Wilkes Barre (IL).

Toronto Blue Jays—Added 3B Edwin Encarnacion and RHP Josh Roenicke to the active roster. Optioned RHP Jeremy Accardo to Las Vegas (PCL).

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Atlanta Braves—Optioned 1B Barbaro Canizares to Gwinnett (IL).

Colorado Rockies—Added LHP Joe Beimel to the active roster. Placed RHP Juan Rincon on the 15-day DL, retroactice to July 31.

Florida Marlins—Optioned OF Brett Carroll and INF Gaby Sanchez to New Orleans (PCL). Activated RHP Matt Lindstrom from the 15-day DL. Added 1B Nick Johnson to the active roster.

San Diego Padres—Added LHP Clayton Richard to the active roster. Optioned RHP Josh Geer to Portland (PCL).

San Francisco Giants—Added 2B Freddy Sanchez to the active roster. Recalled RHP Waldis Joaquin from Connecticut (EL). Optioned 1B Jesus Guzman and RHP Ray Sadowski to Fresno (PCL).

Washington Nationals—Recalled OF Elijah Dukes from Syracuse (IL). Purchased the contract of RHP Jorge Sosa from Syracuse.

FOOTBALL

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Arizona Cardinals—Agreed to terms with RB Beanie Wells on a five-year contract. Released TE Alex Shor.

Baltimore Ravens—WR Derrick Mason returned from retirement.

Houston Texans—Agreed to terms with LB Brian Cushing.

Indianapolis Colts—Signed DT Fili Moala and WR Austin Collie.

New York Giants—Agreed to terms with WR Hakeem Nicks on a five-year contract. Waived DB Steve Cargile.

Tennessee Titans—Agreed to terms with WR Kenny Britt.