Sports Briefs August 30, 2010
Football
Oakland Raiders running back Michael Bush will undergo surgery on his broken left thumb today and could be back in time for the season opener.
Bush broke the thumb when he was hit on the hand by a helmet on his final carry Saturday night against San Francisco. Coach Tom Cable, a former Idaho coach, said Sunday there was a "good chance" Bush would be ready to play Sept. 12 in Tennessee and that he would likely not need a cast on the finger.
• Ben Roethlisberger's backup Dennis Dixon finished 9 of 16 for 94 yards, two interceptions and a pair of sacks in visiting Pittsburgh's 34-17 loss to Denver.
Basketball
Kevin Durant scored 22 points and reserve Kevin Love added 10 points and 11 rebounds and the United States beat Slovenia 99-77 at the basketball world championship in Istanbul.
• Gonzaga standout Elias Harris played 19 minutes, tallying four points, a rebound and a steal in Germany's 82-81 win over Serbia in Kayseri, Turkey.
Harris' GU teammate Robert Sacre played eight minutes for Canada, and fellow Zag Kelly Olynyk did not play in a 70-68 loss to Lithuania at Izmir, Turkey.
American League
Athletics 8, Rangers 2: At Arlington, Texas, Gio Gonzalez won his third consecutive start and Oakland beat Texas to cut its AL West deficit to 7 1/2 games.
Yankees 2, White Sox 1: Rookie Ivan Nova earned his first career win and Marcus Thames hit another homer to lift visiting New York over Chicago.
Royals 6, Indians 2: Kila Ka'aihue hit a go-ahead double in the seventh to help visiting Kansas City past Cleveland.
Tigers 10, Blue Jays 4: Ryan Raburn hit two home runs, and Rick Porcello pitched two-hit ball for seven innings to lead visiting Detroit over Toronto.
Orioles 1, Angels 0: At Anaheim, Calif., Jeremy Guthrie allowed four hits and pitched into the ninth, and Baltimore completed a sweep of Los Angeles.
Rays 5, Red Sox 3: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Carlos Pena and Carl Crawford homered and Tampa Bay beat Boston.
National League
Braves 7, Marlins 6: Brian McCann hit a game-winning homer to lift host Atlanta over Florida.
Reds 7, Cubs 5: Kosuke Fukudome's throwing error in the bottom half of the eighth helped host Cincinnati rally past Chicago.
Phillies 5, Padres 0: Cole Hamels allowed four singles in eight innings to lead visiting Philadelphia over San Diego.
Nationals 4, Cardinals 2: Adam Wainwright struggled for five innings and visiting St. Louis fell to Washington.
Giants 9, Diamondbacks 7: Jose Guillen hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the seventh and host San Francisco beat Arizona.
Brewers 8, Pirates 4: Trevor Hoffman earned his 599th career save as host Milwaukee beat Pittsburgh.
Rockies 10, Dodgers 5: At Denver, Dexter Fowler hit two triples to set a Colorado record (12) and had three RBIs, and the Rockies beat Los Angeles.
Tennis
Rafael Nadal wants a U.S. Open title, of course. It is, after all, the only Grand Slam trophy he has yet to win.
He never has been past the semifinals at the U.S. Open and says he hopes to play well at the tournament that begins today (10 a.m., ESPN2) in New York.
Motor Racing
Lewis Hamilton overcame a late slip to win the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium.
Hamilton ran wide with nine laps to race but recovered to keep the lead and edge second-place Mark Webber of Red Bull.
• There was a brief celebration when Dani Pedrosa finished his first Indianapolis MotoGP victory, then everyone went back to mourning the loss of the youngest rider ever killed at the historic track in Speedway, Ind.
At just about the time Pedrosa passed pole-winner Ben Spies for the lead, speedway officials confirmed that 13-year-old Peter Lenz had died in a crash. Pedrosa went on to beat Spies by 3.575 seconds for his career-best third victory of the season, emerging from a field of 17 riders still shaken by the earlier accident.
- The Associated Press