I MONDAY, JULY 19, 20
MLB
Philadelphia at St. Louis
7:05 p.m., CSN, ESPN
Pittsburgh vs. Milwakuee
7:05 p.m., FSN
Burnett apologizes
to teammates
A.J. Burnett said he apolo
gized to his New York
Yankees teammates Sunday
for a clubhouse fit that left
him with cuts on both hands.
Sporting a bandage on each
palm, Burnett said he had no
trouble playing long toss and
the lacerations don't affect his
ability to grip the ball. He
expects to throw his sched
uled bullpen session Tuesday
and take his next turn in the
rotation Friday night against
Kansas City
Frustrated after two
innings of an ineffective out
ing against Tampa Bay,
Burnett slammed open a set
of double doors Saturday, slic
ing both palms on the plastic
lineup-card holders fastened
to the entry.
Pair of runners to
represent U.S.
Sophomores Casimir
Loxso and Evonne Britton
will get a chance to showcase
their talents on the world's
stage next week, as the
Nittany Lion duo is set to
compete at the lAAF World
Junior Championships, which
are slated to begin on
Monday, July 19, and run
through Sunday, July 25.
Loxsom and Britton, who
both recently completed their
freshman campaigns, will
represent the United States
during the competition, while
incoming Nittany Lion recruit
Kirsten Nieuwendam is set to
compete for Suriname.
Phillies in need of
deadline moves
The Philadelphia Phillies,
who were five games behind
the NL East-leading Atlanta
Braves entering Sunday
night, have some work to do.
Before Sunday night's
game at Wrigley Field, the
Phillies were 48-42, meaning
they need to go 45-31 to even
tie their record from last sea
son.
And even that might not be
enough, considering how the
Braves (54-38) have been
playing this year
The bottom line is Phi' lies
GM Ruben Amaro Jr. needs
to make a trade before July
31st's trade deadline
The Phillies roster the way
it is now, in particular the
pitching staff, is not good
enough to catch up to the
Braves.
Although he has been
effective, the Phillies cannot
solely rely on No. 1 starter
Roy Halladay for solid pitch
ing.
Each of the past four
years, they have made a late
season move to acquire
pitching and it has paid off.
Jamie Moyer, Kyle Lohse,
Joe Blanton, Pedro Martinez
or Cliff Lee have all had suc
cess after being brought over
toward the end of the year.
There are plenty of pitchers
on the market similar to the
ones above maybe aside
from Lee who can help the
Phillies.
With only two weeks until
the deadline, something has
to be done or else the Phillies
will not make the World
Series for a third-straight
year, and may not even make
the playoffs.
Q: What is the lowest 72-
hole score ever recorded at
the British Open?
Friday's Answer: An
American has won the British
Open a total of 41 times.
Spikes fall to Doubleday
By Jake Kaplan
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
The State College Spikes were 9-
2 after scoring first in games and 7-
1 in one-run contests prior to
Sunday.
Neither of those
SPIKES
two statistics held
up Sunday night,
though, as the Spikes lost to the
Auburn Doubledays 6-5 at Falcon
Park in Auburn, N.Y.
"We didn't play fundamental
ball," first baseman Matt Curry
said. "We were sketchy on defense.
We didn't hit like we usually hit and
our pitching was off a little bit."
The Spikes struck first when left
Oosthuizen cruises to victory
Louis Oosthuizen hold the Caret Jug after winning the British Open
Maholm, Pirates shutout Houston
By The Associated Press
PITTSBURGH -- Paul Mahoim
pitched a three-hitter for his sec
ond career shutout and the
Pittsburgh Pirates
established a sea- ML B
son high for hits
for the second con-
secutive game, beating the
Houston Astros 9-0 on Sunday.
Maholm (6-7) faced only two bat
ters above the minimum in need
ing 103 pitches to throw his first
complete game since April 27,
2008, at Philadelphia.
His only previous shutout was
Nairn, Hayes helping U.S. in U-20 World Cup
By Andrew Robinson
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Two years ago in Chile, Christine
Nairn was an up-and-coming play
maker in the Unites States Soccer
outh s stem.
Despite her rela
tive inexperience,
Nairn planted her-
self in the U-20
team's midfield
and helped lead the U.S. to a World
Cup.
Fast forward to the present day
and Nairn is still the playmaker in
the center of the U-20 midfield.
Only this time, she's a co-captain
and there are plenty of new faces.
"It is definitely a different feeling.
This is a completely different team
besides Sydney [Leroux] and me,"
Nairn said in an e-mail. "It is very
weird going from being the baby of
the group to captain, but it has
fielder Pat Irvine hit an RBI single
before third baseman Chase Lyles
scored on a double play groundout
to give State
College a 2-0 lead
in the second
"We were real Auburn
confident," Irvine
said of the early
lead. "It felt like
we were going to
State College
handle their
starter pretty
well."
However, Auburn got the two
runs right back. Right fielder
Stephen McQuail helped tie the
game with a two-run RBI double in
against Houston April 24, 2007,
Garrett Jones hit a two-run shot,
the Pirates' first multiple-run
homer in five
weeks, and Ronny 4 9,
Cedeno went 4 for
4 with three dou
bles for
Pittsburgh, which
had 19 hits a day
after amassing 17
in winning two
straight following
a seven-game los
ing streak
Every Pirates position player
had at least a hit and seven differ
always been Syd and my goal to
lead our team for our age group."
Nairn and the U-20 team are in
Dresden, Germany for the U-20
World Cup, held every two years.
The U.S. opened play last
Wednesday, tying Ghana 1-1 in a
game that had its fair share of sim
ilarities to the U.S. men's national
team's 2-1 loss to Ghana in the
FIFA World Cup in June.
The U.S.'s group also consists of
Switzerland, who the U.S. defeated
5-0 Saturday and current group
leader South Korea, who they will
meet Wednesday.
Joining Nairn on the United
States roster is incoming freshman
Maya Hayes, who made an imme
diate impact after coming on as a
half-time substitute against Ghana.
With the U.S. trailing after an early
goal, U.S. midfielder Teresa Noyola
forced a turnover and fed the ball to
See SOCCER, Page 8.
WOMEN'S
SOCCER
the fourth before the Doubledays
took a one-run lead an inning later
on an RBI double by left fielder
Marcus Knecht.
State College (15-15) failed to
reach base the next four innings
after scoring in the second, some
thing Curry attributed to
Doubledays (12-18) starting pitch
er Casey Lawrence settling in.
The New York-Penn League's
leader in ERA entering Sunday,
Lawrence threw five innings and
gave up the two earned runs on
merely two hits. The right-hander
struck out four and walked one.
Though his ERA raised to 1.05,
Lawrence improved his record to
4-0, earning the win.
By Doug Ferguson
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland --
Louis Oosthuizen walked over the
Swilcan Bridge toward a victory
that was never in
doubt Sunday at
GOLF
St. Andrews,
another big
moment in sports for South Africa.
This celebration, though, car
ried a different tune.
The drone of vuvuzelas, all the
rage at the World Cup, was
replaced by the skirl of bagpipes
coming from behind the Royal &
Ancient clubhouse.
For the 27-year-old South
African, the sound could not have
been sweeter.
With a performance that rivaled
the dominance of Tiger Woods at
the home of golf 10 years ago,
Oosthuizen led over the final 48
holes and blew away the field by
seven shots to capture the British
Open.
"To win an Open championship
is special," Oosthuizen said. "But
to win it at St. Andrews ... it's
something you dream about."
The timing could not have been
better one week after South
Africa concluded a wildly popular
World Cup, and the day Nelson
Mandela celebrated his 92nd
birthday.
"It felt a bit special, really," he
said. "When I walked down 18, I
was thinking about his birthday."
By then, the hard work was
done. Oosthuizen (WUHST'-hy
zen) made only two bogeys over
the final 35 holes in a strong wind
that swept across the Old Course.
He closed with a 1-under 71 for a
seven-shot victory over Lee
Westwood, who was never in the
game.
The only challenge came from
Paul Casey, who got within three
shots after the eighth hole, then
drove the green on the par-4 ninth.
Oosthuizen answered by hitting
driver onto the green and knock-
ent players had at least an RBI.
Pittsburgh outfielder Andrew
McCutchen left the game after
making a diving catch in the eighth
inning with neck soreness.
No immediate word was avail
able on the severity of the injury,
which occurred when he dived for
Pedro Feliz's sinking liner in right
center.
Pittsburgh
Astros ace Roy Oswalt missed
out on an opportunity to tie Joe
Niekro for the club's all-time
victories record when he was
removed from the game after four
innings because of a bruised left
ankle apparently sustained when
Houston
Christine Naim chases after a ball last season. Nairn, along with incom
ing freshman Maya Hayes, are competing for the United States in
Germany in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
"He kept us off balance and he
was locating his pitches well,"
Curry said. "He kept us off the
board for a few innings and gave
them a chance to get back in the
game."
The State College bats finally
came back to life in the seventh
when designated hitter Gerlis
Rodriguez helped his team regain
the lead with a two-run double to
right field.
It didn't take long for the
Doubledays to come back for a sec
ond time, though. In the bottom
half of the seventh, catcher Carlos
Perez scored on a sacrifice fly and
McQuail added his second two-run
See SPIKES. Page 8.
ing in a 50-foot eagle putt to
restore his cushion.
Three holes later, Casey hit into
a gorse bush and made triple
bogey, while Oosthuizen holed an
18-foot birdie putt.
Oosthuizen spent the final hour
soaking up an atmosphere unlike
any other in golf with his caddie,
Zack Rasego. He finished at 16-
under 272 and became the first
player since Tony Lema in 1964 to
win his first major at St. Andrews.
Just as Lema did when he won,
Oosthuizen ordered bottles of
champagne for the press.
Never mind that everyone
struggled to pronounce his name.
All that mattered was the spelling
on the bottom of that claret jug.
And yes, the engraver used the
abbreviated version Louis
not his given name of Lodewicus
Theodorus Oosthuizen.
With the fifth victory of his
career; Oosthuizen moved to No.
15 in the world. And as a sign of
just how global golf has become,
it's the second time this decade
that the four major championship
trophies reside on four continents.
"Nobody was going to stop
him," said Casey, whose adven
tures in the gorse sent him to a 75
and a tie for third with Rory
Mcllroy (68) and Henrik Stenson
(71). "He didn't miss a shot today. I
don't know if he missed one all
week. That was four days of
tremendous golf. He didn't flinch
today"
No, there was only that gap
tooth smile that earned him the
nickname "Shrek" from his
friends. And there was amaze
ment across his face when he cra
dled the oldest trophy in golf, a sil
ver claret jug with his name
etched alongside Woods, Jack
Nicklaus, Ben Hogan, and the
other South African winners
Gary Player, Bobby Locke and
Ernie Els, his mentor.
Without the Ernie Els &
Fancourt Foundation in South
See OPEN, Page 8.
Pedro Alvarez's sharply hit
grounder struck his foot in the sec
ond.
Maholm allowed only three sin
gles two by Angel Sanchez, who
was erased by a double play each
time in tying teammate Zach
Duke for the most wins (27) in the
10-year history of PNC Park.
Pittsburgh had lost five of his six
previous starts.
Jones hit his team-leading 12th
home run of the season but only
his second since June 13 a high
fly above the 21-foot wall in right
center off Chris Sampson with two
outs.