Morning Briefing Sept. 18, 2010
National League
Joe Torre never got the Los Angeles Dodgers to the heights his Yankees once reached, and now the veteran manager is moving on.
Torre said Friday he will retire after his third season with the Dodgers, and Los Angeles immediately announced hitting coach Don Mattingly will replace him in 2011.
Torre took over the Dodgers before the 2008 season after 12 successful years and four World Series titles with the New York Yankees. Although he revitalized the Dodgers while making the playoffs twice during his relatively brief stint in Hollywood, he never matched his success in the Bronx.
Braves 6, Mets 4: Jason Heyward hit a three-run homer and Atlanta won at New York.
Rockies 7, Dodgers 5: Ubaldo Jimenez earned his 19th victory, leading Colorado at Los Angeles.
Cubs 2, Marlins 0: At Miami, Ryan Dempster pitched seven crisp innings and Chicago beat Florida.
Pirates 4, Diamondbacks 3: Ronny Cedeno’s RBI single in the ninth lifted Pittsburgh past visiting Arizona.
Phillies 9, Nationals 1: Roy Oswalt threw six sharp innings to lead Philadelphia past visiting Washington.
Astros 5, Reds 3: Angel Sanchez hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the seventh and host Houston beat Cincinnati.
Cardinals 14, Padres 4: Yadier Molina went 4 for 4 with a career-high five RBIs to lead St. Louis past visiting San Diego.
Brewers 3, Giants 0: Randy Wolf pitched a three-hitter, leading Milwaukee at San Francisco.
American League
Angels 4, Rays 3: At St. Petersburg, Fla., Brandon Wood’s homer in the ninth lifted Los Angeles past Tampa Bay.
Yankees 4, Orioles 3: Alex Rodriguez hit two homers, rallying New York at Baltimore.
Blue Jays 11, Red Sox 9: Jose Bautista hit his major league-leading 48th homer and Toronto won at Boston.
Indians 11, Royals 4: Shin-Soo Choo hit three homers, including a grand slam, and Cleveland romped at Kansas City.
Tigers 9, White Sox 2: Max Scherzer struck out 11, leading Detroit at Chicago.
Athletics 3, Twins 1: At Minneapolis, Jack Cust had a solo homer and a double, leading Oakland past Minnesota.
Tennis
Santiago Giraldo beat Sam Querrey 6-2, 6-4, 7-5 to give Colombia a 1-1 tie with the United States in their three-day Davis Cup playoff match at Bogota, Columbia.
In the opener, Mardy Fish edged Alejandro Falla 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
Football
Colin Kaepernick ran for 148 yards and three touchdowns and passed for 181 yards and two more scores to help keep Nevada (3-0) unbeaten with a 52-31 victory over California (2-1) at Reno, Nev.
Georgia will have to play two more games without star receiver A.J. Green.
The NCAA turned down his appeal, letting stand the four-game suspension Green received for selling an Independence Bowl jersey for $1,000 to a person deemed to be an agent.
Peter Tomasulo fired an 8-under 63 and moved into the lead at the halfway point of the Albertsons Boise Open.
Tomasulo matched the tournament’s 36-hole record with his 14-under 128 total and leads by two over Michael Putnam.
Auto Racing
Brad Keselowski crashed the party at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., winning the pole for Sunday’s Sylvania 300, the first race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship.
— The Associated Press