For the Record
TRIVIA ANSWER
None. He actually started his major-league career 0-for-12.
Source: Associated Press
SPORTS TODAY
SOFTBALL
College, NCAA Division II West Super Regional, Chico State vs. Hawai'i Pacific, 11 a.m. at Howard A. Okita Field.
BASKETBALL
Women's National Basketball Association
All Times Hawai'i
Yesterday's Result
San Antonio 83, Tulsa 74
Today's Games
New York at Washington, 1 p.m.
Connecticut at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Tomorrow's Games
Indiana at Chicago, 2 p.m.
Los Angeles at San Antonio, 2 p.m.
Seattle at Phoenix, 4 p.m.
GOLF
HP Byron Nelson Championship
Yesterday
At TPC Four Seasons Resort
Irving, Texas
Purse: $6.5 million
Yardgae: 7,166; Par 70 (35-35)
Parital First Round
Jason Day 34-32—66
Joe Durant 31-35—66
Dustin Johnson 33-34—67
Jay Williamson 33-34—67
Marc Leishman 33-34—67
Mark Hensby 35-33—68
Briny Baird 34-34—68
Rory Sabbatini 35-33—68
Shaun Micheel 38-30—68
James Nitties 37-31—68
Steve Wheatcroft 34-34—68
Tom Pernice, Jr. 32-37—69
Arjun Atwal 34-35—69
Michael Bradley 36-33—69
Brad Faxon 33-36—69
J.J. Henry 33-36—69
Garth Mulroy 37-32—69
Brent Delahoussaye 34-35—69
Jason Schultz 35-34—69
Rod Pampling 33-36—69
Ryuji Imada 35-35—70
Scott Verplank 35-35—70
Y.E. Yang 34-36—70
Kenny Perry 35-35—70
Derek Lamely 34-36—70
Brett Wetterich 34-36—70
Mathew Goggin 34-36—70
Joe Ogilvie 34-36—70
Harrison Frazar 35-35—70
Greg Chalmers 34-36—70
Kevin Johnson 35-35—70
Jerod Turner 35-35—70
Craig Bowden 35-36—71
Graham DeLaet 36-35—71
Kevin Streelman 37-34—71
Lee Janzen 37-34—71
Jeff Quinney 35-36—71
Will MacKenzie 36-35—71
Roland Thatcher 38-33—71
Bill Lunde 34-37—71
John Mallinger 33-38—71
J.P. Hayes 35-36—71
Kevin Sutherland 34-37—71
Matt Bettencourt 37-34—71
Jimmy Walker 35-36—71
Tom Gillis 36-35—71
Henrik Bjornstad 38-33—71
Cameron Tringale 37-34—71
Spencer Levin 36-35—71
Chris Riley 38-33—71
Bryce Molder 33-38—71
Cliff Kresge 35-37—72
John Huston 38-34—72
Jeev Milkha Singh 35-37—72
Brian Gay 37-35—72
Justin Leonard 35-37—72
D.J. Trahan 36-36—72
Stuart Appleby 38-34—72
Chris DiMarco 38-34—72
Skip Kendall 36-36—72
Steve Lowery 34-38—72
Rocco Mediate 38-34—72
Chris Tidland 35-37—72
Andrew McLardy 35-37—72
Roger Tambellini 36-36—72
Charles Warren 37-35—72
Yuta Ikeda 38-35—73
Jeff Maggert 34-39—73
Carl Pettersson 37-36—73
John Rollins 36-37—73
:John Senden 36-37—73
Daniel Chopra 36-37—73
Todd Hamilton 37-37—74
Troy Matteson 36-38—74
Bob Estes 38-36—74
Matt Jones 36-38—74
Christopher Brown 36-38—74
Garrett Willis 35-39—74
:George McNeill 36-39—75
Mark Calcavecchia 39-36—75
Ted Purdy 37-38—75
Martin Flores 37-38—75
Troy Merritt 39-36—75
Nicholas Thompson 37-39—76
Cameron Percy 38-38—76
Ken Duke 40-37—77
Michael Letzig 44-39—83
Failed to complete first round
Parker McLachlin DNF
Leaderboard at time of suspended play
SCORE THRU
1, Steve Elkington -4 16
1, Hunter Mahan -4 15
1, Joe Durant -4 F
1, Jason Day -4 F
1, Jarrod Lyle -4 11
6, Dustin Johnson -3 F
6, Jay Williamson -3 F
6, Nathan Green -3 15
6, Marc Leishman -3 F
6, Chris Smith -3 11
6, Tommy Armour III -3 16
LPGA TOUR-SYBASE MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Yesterday
At Hamilton Farm Golf Club
Purse: $1.5 million
Yardage: 6,585; Par 72
(Seedings in parentheses)
First Round
Sophie Gustafson (19) def. Na On Min (63), 5 and 4. Morgan Pressel (14) def. Jimin Kang (56), 20 holes. Amy Yang (30) def. Michele Redman (39), 19 holes. Juli Inkster (35) def. Suzann Pettersen (3), 21 holes. Sandra Gal (46) def. Katherine Hull (22), 1-up. Haeji Kang (61) def. In-Kyung Kim (11), 1-up. Jee Young Lee (27) def. Christina Kim (40), 4 and 2. Shi Hyun Ahn (48) def. Anna Nordqvist (6), 2-up. Kristy McPherson (18) def. Meena Lee (47), 3 and 2. Catriona Matthew (15) def. Grace Park (64), 1-up. M.J. Hur (31) def. Hye Jung Choi (60), 1-up. Ai Miyazato (2) def. Jeong Jang (51), 4 and 3. Pat Hurst (41) def. Brittany Lang (23), 19 holes. Angela Stanford (10) def. Amy Hung (59), 4 and 3. Amanda Blumenherst (55) def. Stacy Lewis (26), 1-up. Karrie Webb (7) def. Eunjung Yi (36), 4 and 3. Maria Hjorth (20) def. Shanshan Feng (45), 2 and 1. Inbee Park (13) def. Laura Diaz (58), 4 and 3. Candie Kung (29) def. Natalie Gulbis (44), 5 and 4. Yani Tseng (4) def. Wendy Ward (43), 2 and 1. Momoko Ueda (21) def. Vicky Hurst (37), 3 and 1. Song-Hee Kim (12) def. Nicole Castrale (52), 2 and 1. Sun Young Yoo (28) def. Karen Stupples (34), 3 and 2. Cristie Kerr (5) def. Meaghan Francella (53), 4 and 3. Azahara Munoz (54) def. Se Ri Pak (17), 3 and 2. Beatriz Recari (62) def. Brittany Lincicome (16), 1-up. Hee-Won Han (32) def. Mika Miyazato (38), 2 and 1. Jiyai Shin (1) def. Kyeong Bae (42), 3 and 2. Eun-Hee Ji (24) def. Janice Moodie (49), 22 holes. Karine Icher (57) def. Na Yeon Choi (9), 4 and 3. Hee Young Park (25) def. Ji Young Oh (33), 19 holes. Michelle Wie (8) def. Stacy Prammanasudh (50), 2-up.
Nationwide-The Rex Hospital Open
Yesterday
At TPC Wakefield Plantaion
Raleigh, N.C.
Purse: $550,000
Yardage: 7,257; Par 71 (35-36)
First Round
a-denotes amateur
Scott Brown 31-31—62
Stephen Poole 32-32—64
Chris Kirk 33-32—65
Troy Kelly 34-31—65
John Riegger 34-32—66
John Douma 34-32—66
Andrew Buckle 34-32—66
Scott Dunlap 33-33—66
Ben Bates 34-32—66
Tommy Gainey 33-34—67
Jeff Brehaut 33-34—67
Bob May 32-35—67
Michael Clark II 33-34—67
Chris Nallen 34-33—67
Steven Bowditch 33-34—67
Nathan J. Smith 33-34—67
Todd Fischer 34-33—67
Darron Stiles 33-34—67
Andre Stolz 34-33—67
Ron Whittaker 32-35—67
Oskar Bergman 33-34—67
Manuel Villegas 32-35—67
Bubba Dickerson 34-34—68
Andrew Svoboda 31-37—68
Bradley Iles 32-36—68
Adam Bland 33-35—68
Ted Brown 36-32—68
Barrett Jarosch 34-34—68
Dave Schultz 33-35—68
Kyle Stanley 34-34—68
Daniel Summerhays 32-36—68
Bronson La'Cassie 32-36—68
Frank Lickliter II 33-35—68
Jim Herman 35-33—68
Ewan Porter 36-32—68
Marco Dawson 31-37—68
Martin Piller 32-36—68
B.J. Staten 34-34—68
Jamie Lovemark 36-32—68
Scott Gutschewski 34-34—68
Neal Lancaster 33-35—68
Tjaart van der Walt 33-35—68
David Branshaw 33-35—68
Leif Olson 34-34—68
Clint Jensen 33-35—68
Rob Oppenheim 34-35—69
Steve Pate 34-35—69
David Mathis 34-35—69
Kevin Chappell 32-37—69
Doug LaBelle II 34-35—69
Brad Elder 33-36—69
J.L. Lewis 33-36—69
Jesse Hutchins 34-35—69
Patrick Sheehan 32-37—69
Ryan Armour 34-35—69
James Hahn 33-36—69
Scott Stallings 35-34—69
Jeff Gallagher 34-35—69
Brian Smock 33-36—69
Kelly Grunewald 33-36—69
Justin Peters 34-35—69
Ted Potter, Jr. 34-35—69
Jonas Blixt 34-36—70
Garrett Osborn 32-38—70
Dustin Risdon 36-34—70
Luke List 35-35—70
Stephen Leaney 35-35—70
Casey Wittenberg 35-35—70
Won Joon Lee 32-38—70
Jess Daley 33-37—70
J.J. Killeen 34-36—70
Kevin Kisner 34-36—70
Craig Barlow 36-34—70
Jonathan Kaye 35-35—70
Tom Scherrer 35-35—70
Trevor Murphy 36-34—70
Jin Park 34-36—70
Camilo Benedetti 37-33—70
Daniel Barbetti 34-36—70
Zack Miller 35-35—70
Dan Woltman 36-34—70
Also
Tadd Fujikawa 37-36—73
PGA European-BMW Championship
Yesterday
At West Course, Wentworth
Wentworth, England
Purse: $5.6 million
Yardage: 7,261; Par: 71
First Round
Danny Willett 31-34—65
Richard Green 32-34—66
Ross Fisher 33-34—67
Richie Ramsay 33-34—67
SSP Chowrasia 31-36—67
Steve Webster 31-36—67
Jamie Kingston 33-35—68
Nicolas Colsaerts 34-34—68
Luke Donald 34-34—68
Soren Kjeldsen 31-37—68
Dredrik Anderrson Hed 32-36—68
Gareth Maybin 32-36—68
Thomas Aiken 33-35—68
Danny Lee 32-36—68
Nikko Ilonen 33-35—68
Richard Bland 33-35—68
Ernie Els 33-36—69
Stephen Gallacher 33-36—69
Robert Rock 34-34—69
Ricardo Gonzalez 34-35—69
Damien McGrane 35-34—69
Wen-Tang Lin 33-36—69
Alexander Noren 32-37—69
Scott Strange 35-34—69
Neil Cheetham 33-36—69
Craig Shave 33-36—69
Marcel Siem 34-35—69
Jamie Donaldson 34-35—69
Craig Lee 35-34—69
Also
Lee Westwood 32-38—70
Paul Casey 34-36—70
Rory McIlroy 38-36—74
Ian Poulter 37-41—78
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
Yesterday's Results
Columbus 3, New York 1
Los Angeles 1, FC Dallas 0
Tomorrow's Games
New England at Toronto FC, 1 p.m.
San Jose at Seattle FC, 3 p.m.
D.C. United at Houston, 8 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.
SUMO
May Grand Tournament
At Tokyo
Day 12 Results
M12—Takekaze (6-6) def. M16—Tamanoshima (3-9). M13—Takamisakari (8-4) def. M12—Kimurayama (6-6). M13—Yoshikaze (8-4) def. M11—Mokonami (7-5). M10—Okinoumi (4-8) def. M16—Koryu (4-8). M15—Wakakoyu (7-5) def. M9—Tosayutaka (5-7). M9—Goeido (6-6) def. M14—Tochinonada (3-9). M8—Toyohibiki (6-6) def. M14—Hokutoriki (6-6). M7—Kyokutenho (7-5) def. M15—Shimotori (8-4). M6—Tokitenku (6-6) def. M11—Tokusegawa (7-5). M4—Asasekiryu (8-4) def. M10—Aran (9-3). M8—Kakizoe (7-5) def. M3—Kakuryu (5-7). M3—Wakanosato (3-9) def. M7—Tamawashi (2-10). M1—Miyabiyama (5-7) def. M6—Kokkai (3-9). K—Tochiozan (5-7) def. M1—Toyonoshima (3-9). S—Kisenosato (7-5) def. M2—Tochinoshin (6-6). K—Kotoshogiku (7-5) def. S—Aminishiki (3-9). O—Harumafuji (9-3) def. O–Kaio (6-6). M4—Kitataiki (7-5) def. O—Kotomitsuki (7-5). M5—Hakuba (9-3) def. O—Kotooshu (8-4). Y—Hakuho (12-0) def. O—Baruto (8-4).
TENNIS
ARAG ATP World Team Cup
Yesterday
At Rochusclub
Duesseldorf, Germany
Purse: $926,500 (World Championship)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Red Group
United States 1, Czech Republic 0
Sam Querrey, United States, def. Jan Hajek, Serbia, 6-3, 7-5.
Spain 2, Australia 0
Nicolas Almagro, Spain, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 6-1, 6-3.
Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, def. Peter Luczak, Australia, 6-3, 6-2.
Blue Group
France 1, Argentina 1
Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Juan Monaco, Argentina, 6-3, 6-4.
Eduardo Schwank, Argentina, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Germany 1, Serbia 0
Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 7-6 (1), 6-4.
ATP World Tour Open de Nice Cote d'Azur
Yesterday
At The Nice Lawn Tennis Club
Nice, France
Purse: $556,000 (WT250)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
Quarterfinals
Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, def. Marcos Baghdatis (5), Cyprus, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4. Fernando Verdasco (2), Spain, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-4. Potito Starace, Italy, def. Gael Monfils (3), France, 7-6 (2), 6-2. Richard Gasquet, France, def. Olivier Rochus, Belgium, 6-4, 6-2.
WTA Tour Polsat Warsaw Open
Yesterday
At Legia Tennis Centre
Warsaw, Poland
Purse: $600,000 (Premier)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
Quarterfinals
Li Na (3), China, def. Sara Errani, Italy, 6-2, 6-1. Zheng Jie (5), China, def. Caroline Wozniacki (1), Denmark, 6-3, retired. Alexandra Dulgheru, Romania, def. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 6-4, 7-5. Greta Arn, Hungary, def. Alona Bondarenko (6), Ukraine, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.
WTA Tour Internationaux de Strasbourg
Yesterday
At Centre Sportif de Hautepierre
Strasbourg, France
Purse: $220,000 (Intl.)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
Quarterfinals
Kristina Barrois, Germany, def. Anastasija Sevastova (7), Latvia, 6-1, 7-5. Vania King, United States, def. Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, 6-4, 7-5. Maria Sharapova (1), Russia, leads Julia Goerges, Germany, 3-2, susp., rain. Anabel Medina Garrigues (5), Spain, leads Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, 6-2, susp. rain.
transactions
BASEBALL
MLB—Announced that Minnesota Twins minor league OF Michael Harrington has received a 50-game suspension after testing positive for the performance-enhancing substance Andarine, a Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator (SARM), in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
American League
Boston Red Sox—Selected the contract of INF Angel Sanchez from Pawtucket (IL). Designated LHP Scott Schoeneweis for assignment.
Minnesota Twins—Optioned RHP Jeff Manship to Rochester (IL).
New York Yankees—Placed C Jorge Posada on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of C Chad Moeller from Scranton-Wilkes-Barre (IL). Recalled INF-OF Kevin Russo from Scranton-Wilkes-Barre. Optioned RHP Mark Melancon to Scranton-Wilkes-Barre. Transferred DH Nick Johnson to the 60-day disabled list. Announced the extension through the 2014 season of their Player Development Contract (PDC) with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, their Triple-A affiliate in the International League.
Oakland Athletics—Recalled RHP Vin Mazzaro from Sacramento (PCL). Optioned RHP Henry Rodriguez to Sacramento.
National League
Arizona Diamondbacks—Agreed to terms with RHP Luis Ayala on a minor league contract.
Houston Astros—Waived INF Kazuo Matsui for the purpose of giving him his unconditional release. Selected the contract of INF Oswaldo Navarro from Round Rock (PCL).
Pittsburgh Pirates—Placed LHP Jack Taschner on the 15-day DL. Activated RHP Brendan Donnelly from the 15-day DL.
San Diego Padres—Placed OF Kyle Blanks on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 18. Recalled RHP Adam Russell from Portland (PCL).
Basketball
National Basketball Association
NBA—Suspended referee Joe DeRosa for one game for throwing a ball to a fan at halftime of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals on May 18.
Football
National Football League
Green Bay Packers—Signed QB Graham Harrell. Released QB Chris Pizzotti.
Miami Dolphins—Signed LB Zach Thomas and announced his retirement.
San Francisco 49ers—Promoted Trent Baalke to vice president of player personnel. Named Joel Patten director of college scouting.
Seattle Seahawks—Waived QB Mike Teel.