Wild Card Upsets Shaughnessy at Pilot Pen
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Wild card Mashona Washington combined strong serving with powerful groundstrokes to defeat Meghann Shaughnessy, 6-4, 6-4, in the second upset at the Pilot Pen tennis tournament Monday.
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This one felt like it should have counted for more. The brilliant blue sky, the barrage of first-inning hits off New York starter Kevin Brown, and the masterful performance by Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling seemed wasted somehow. The regular-season home finale, a dominating win against a most hated rival, should have carried more weight.
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Scott Verplank hobbled his way through some miserable weather last week at the American Express Championship. In the desert, where conditions were perfect, he not only walked better but played better, too.
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Jennifer Capriati beat fellow American Meghann Shaughnessy 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the Advanta Championships in Philadelphia to remain in the hunt for a spot in the WTA Tour Championship.
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Rick Ankiel isn't just hitting, he's turning into a force. The pitcher-turned-outfielder homered twice and had a career-high seven RBIs, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates, 16-4, yesterday in a game shortened to eight innings because of rain.
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An anticipated matchup of the erstwhile Atlanta aces, Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux, did not materialize Thursday night when Dodgers Manager Grady Little decided to start Hong Chih Kuo over Maddux.
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The Chicago Cubs are just a half-game ahead of the San Francisco Giants and Houston Astros in the NL wild-card race after falling to the visiting Montreal Expos, 7-6, on Brian Schneider&#39;s go-ahead single in the 12th inning.
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NL wild card spot. San Francisco must win today and hope the Astros lose at. home to the Rockies to force a one-game playoff tomorrow afternoon at SBC Park.
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Maybe the next time Curt Schilling is one out away from pitching a no-hitter, he'll trust his catcher. Schilling came within one out of his first career no-hitter Thursday, losing his bid when Shannon Stewart lined a clean single to right field after the Red Sox pitcher shook off catcher Jason Varitek. Schilling finished with a one-hitter as Boston beat the Oakland Athletics 1-0.
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Ryan Palmer kept making birdie after birdie on his way to the best round of a drizzly day. Even that wasn't enough to catch Nick Watney. Watney remained in the lead with a 71 to move to 9-under 135 after the soggy second round of the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro despite Palmer's charge up the leaderboard Friday.
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MILWAUKEE - Wes Obermueller pitched a six-hitter for his first career shutout and the Milwaukee Brewers damaged the Houston Astros' playoff chances with an 8-0 victory over the Astros on Saturday.    Houston entered the day 2 1/2 games behind Chicago in the NL wild-card race...
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Golf finally felt easy to Jeff Sluman, and it wasn't hard to see why. From a fairway bunker on the 18th hole, he had to play a 20-yard hook to avoid the trees and reach the elevated green. His 7-iron stopped 16 inches from the cup for his ninth birdie, a course-record 62 and a two-shot lead in the Chrysler Championship on Thursday.
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Fifth-seeded Meghann Shaughnessy of the United States was upset 7-5, 7-6 (5) by Youlia Fedossova, a French teen ranked 448th, in the first round of the Japan Open on Tuesday.
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Names Defending Pilot Pen champion Jennifer Capriati was upset yesterday in New Haven, losing, 6-4, 7-5, to eighth-seeded Nathalie Dechy . It was Dechy's first career win over Capriati in six tries. &quot;When you never win against somebody, you think it's going to be one time,&quot; Dechy said. &quot;This morning I felt really well and I thought, `Today will be ...
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The veteran shot a five-under 66 as the Canadian Open got off to a messy start. OAKVILLE -- The rain made a mess of yesterday&#39;s first round of the Canadian Open and that played right into Joey Sindelar&#39;s hands.
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The Houston Astros are hitting their way into the NL wild-card race.
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Jeff Bagwell drove in two runs and Brandon Backe pitched five solid innings to help the Houston Astros gain ground in the NL wild-card race with a 2-1 win over the St.