Sports Briefs June 20, 2011
Baseball
• INTERLEAGUE
The Florida Marlins lost both their manager and another game.
James Shields threw a four-hitter with 10 strikeouts in his second consecutive complete game, former Seattle Mariner Casey Kotchman had a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays handed the reeling Marlins their 10th loss in a row, 2-1 on Sunday in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Florida manager Edwin Rodriguez unexpectedly resigned before the game, and the last-place Marlins dropped to 1-18 in June. Bench coach Brandon Hyde managed Sunday, but the club will begin a search for an interim manager.
Rodriguez is the first Puerto Rican-born manager in major league history.
Cardinals 5, Royals 4: Albert Pujols sprained his left wrist trying to make a tag at first base, but host St. Louis recovered to beat Kansas City on Skip Schumaker's ninth-inning homer.
Tigers 9, Rockies 1: At Denver, Justin Verlander threw a four-hitter for his second straight complete game, and Brennan Boesch and Miguel Cabrera each homered for Detroit.
Red Sox 12, Brewers 3: Kevin Youkilis hit a three-run homer to highlight Boston's six-run first inning and Tim Wakefield held visiting Milwaukee to three hits over eight innings.
White Sox 8, Diamondbacks 2: At Phoenix, Phil Humber pitched effectively into the eighth inning and Paul Konerko homered for the third straight game to lift Chicago over Arizona.
Braves 4, Rangers 2: Jason Heyward hit a two-run single in the third inning and Freddie Freeman added an RBI double in the seventh as host Atlanta topped Texas.
Indians 5, Pirates 2, 11 inn.: Cord Phelps hit his first major league homer in the 11th inning, a three-run shot that gave host Cleveland a three-game sweep over Pittsburgh.
Athletics 2, Giants 1: Landon Powell hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth, his first homer of the season, to help host Oakland past San Francisco.
Twins 5, Padres 4: At Minneapolis, Drew Butera's single scored Delmon Young in the bottom of the ninth as Minnesota rallied past San Diego to extend its winning streak to seven games.
Orioles 7, Nationals 4: Mark Reynolds had three hits, including a home run, to help Baltimore end host Washington's eight-game winning streak.
Reds 2, Blue Jays 1: Miguel Cairo hit a two-run homer in the sixth for Toronto, ending host Cincinnati's streak of 16 scoreless innings.
Angels 7, Mets 3: Tyler Chatwood pitched seven scoreless innings, and Erick Aybar hit a bases-loaded triple and visiting Los Angeles beat New York.
Yankees 10, Cubs 4: Nick Swisher hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth and visiting New York routed Chicago.
• NATIONAL LEAGUE
Dodgers 1, Astros 0: Dioner Navarro homered off reliever Wilton Lopez in the eighth to help host Los Angeles avoid a three-game sweep by Houston.
Football
NFL quarterback Chad Pennington said he's going to work in television.
Pennington said he'll take a year off from the Miami Dolphins, get healthy and do some work for Fox Sports.
He isn't officially retiring and it's unclear what his role will be at Fox. He may see how his shoulder is doing in 2012, but another run at a comeback player of the year award didn't make sense after he tore his ACL playing basketball in March.
Soccer
Jermaine Jones and Clint Dempsey scored the United States' 2-0 victory over Jamaica in Washington in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals.
On Wednesday in Houston, the United States will face Panama.
Swimming
Michael Phelps lost for the third straight time in one of his signature events, finishing a tenth of a second behind Australia's Nicholas D'Arcy in the 200-meter butterfly at the Santa Clara (Calif.) International Grand Prix.
The 14-time Olympic gold medalist and world-record holder in the event was hardly at his dominating best, getting chased down in the final 25 meters. D'Arcy touched the wall a finger tip ahead at 1 minute, 55.39 seconds.
- The Associated Press