8 I Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010
Reds shut out Pirates
By Alan Robinson
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
PITTSBURGH (AP) Reds
rookie Travis Wood shut out the
Pirates on two singles over seven
innings, fill-in first .
baseman Miguel
Cairo drove in two
runs and the ““
Cincinnati Reds
stayed hot, beat
ing the Pittsburgh
Pirates 4 0 on Cincinnati
Monday night.
Russ Springer,
the 41-year-old
right-hander
brought up from Pittsburgh
the minors earlier
in the day, and Arthur Rhodes, the
40-year-old first-time All-Star,
pitched an inning each to com
plete the combined three-hitter
Cincinnati's seventh shutout and
fifth victory in six games.
The Reds began the night one
half game behind NL Central
leader St. Louis, which played
Alex Rodriguez reacts after striking out against Toronto Monday.
Receivers
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the depth chart at tight end.
Szczerba. a redshirt junior, played
in 11 games but caught only one
pass for six yards last season.
Despite the receiving corps los
ing A.J. Price and Levi Norwood
this offseason, the depth at wide
out shouldn't be affected much.
Price asked to be released from
his scholarship and Norwood
transferred to Baylor, where his
father Brian Norwood is the
defensive coordinator.
The Nittany Lions' fourth-lead
ing receiver in 2009, Chaz Powell,
moved to the defensive backfield
in the spring, and he seems to be a
fixture there. According to the
media guide depth chart, he's sec-
Nebraska
From Page 6.
One answer Paterno said he
doesn't have, however, is how to
split up the two divisions, saying
"I'm glad I don't have to make that
decision."
He also hasn’t thought much
about playing in the same division
as the conference's newest addi
tion, Nebraska, or a potential rival
ry game. But he did praise the
conference for adding the
Cornhuskers.
"We had played Nebraska
before we got into the Big Ten, and
I had some great, great games
with them,” Paterno said. "I have
tremendous amount of respect for
not only [athletic director] Tom
[Osborne], but the University of
Nebraska. So I think it’s a really
good addition to the Big Ten.”
ProCDQCAn play begins. Walsh knows the there's plenty of talent within this
1 rClSvdiSOll pressure is on the players and group to be successful this fall,"
F pn r especially the captains to bring Walsh said.
trom Page o. the team together quickly. "But so much of it with only two
the season means the Lions will "If they can get a hold of this seniors is going to rely on the lead
have to come together fast if they team and get them to understand ership of our captains and our
want to be in form when Big Ten accountability and reliability then upperclassmen.”
Maddy Evans (19), Lexi Marton (center) and Carly Niness (21) converge on an Illinois attacker last season
Houston on Monday night.
Chris Heisey finished off the
Reds' seventh victory in their last
eight against Pittsburgh with an
inside-the-park home run in the
eighth inning.
Heisey’s line drive over the
head of shortstop Ronny Cedeno
found the left-center gap and was
misplayed by center fielder
Andrew McCutchen, who wasn’t
given an error despite permitting
the ball to roll to the wall. Heisey
beat the relay throw to the plate
standing up for his seventh homer.
The Pirates, on pace for their
record-extending 18th consecu
tive losing season and their first
100-loss season since 2001, have
been outscored 34-5 while losing
their last five. They have scored
two runs in their last four, with the
Cardinals outscoring them 21-2
during a three-game weekend
sweep.
Three of those losses were to
some of the NLs top pitchers
Übaldo Jimenez, Adam
Wainwright and Chris Carpenter
ond behind sophomore Stephon
Morris in one of the cornerback
slots.
But even with Powell's move to
the defense, receiving is one of the
deepest positions for the Lions
this upcoming season.
The receivers should provide a
solid support system for whoever
starts under center.
"I think we have plenty 7 of kids
that can play there different
roles, different situations, and I
think it'll be a nice thing for the
quarterbacks." said wide
receivers coach Mike McQuearv
at a May event in Hershey. "It's
always nice for the quarterback to
have a couple guys around him
that have had some experience
and made some catches.”
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The Nittany Lions currently
play Michigan State in their final
regular season game for the Land
Grant Trophy, and Spartans coach
Mark Dantonio talked Monday
about the importance of keeping
rivalries and traditions.
But Dantonio also said he was
n’t sure divisions mattered much
in terms of keeping rivalries alive
because of cross-sectional games
needed to fill the schedule.
There has solely been specula
tion about a Penn State-Nebraska
rivalry game, but Wisconsin coach
Bret Bielema was adamant
Monday he would like to play the
Cornhuskers in a yearly season
ending contest. Once the expan
sion was made official, Bielema
said he texted Big Ten Associate
Commissioner Mark Rudner ask
ing for it. He also tweeted he want
ed the Huskers at year's end.
"If Nebraska is coming to our
flip f 'S
but the left-handed Wood (2-1)
had made only six previous career
starts, winning once. His first
career victory was a 10-2 decision
over Milwaukee on Wednesday,
when he lasted five innings.
Wood was in control from the
start before a smallish crowd of
15,172 in PNC Park, never allow
ing a runner past second base
while giving up only singles by
Neil Walker in the first and
Lastings Milledge in the fifth. He
struck out four and walked one,
lowering his ERA from 2.87 to 2.42.
Pirates starter Ross Ohlendorf
(1-9) withstood being struck by a
line drive in the first inning for the
second straight game, but was
troubled by wildness. He walked
four and hit a batter over five
innings, with walks to Brandon
Phillips and Orlando Cabrera
setting up Cairo's run-scoring sin
gle.
Cairo, filling in for NL RBIs
leader Joey Votto, also had a sacri
fice fly in the fourth aften Phillips
singled and stole second.
Rodriguez remains at 599
By Howie Rumberg
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
NEW YORK - Travis Snider hit
two of an AL record-tying six dou
bles in a seven-run fifth inning and
the Toronto Blue Jays prolonged
Alex Rodriguez's search for his
600th homer in a 8-6 victory over
the New York Yankees on Monday
night.
Snider began the barrage of
doubles with a leadoff hit against
A.J. Burnett and finished it with a
drive off Sergio Mitre. In between,
Fred Lewis, Jose Bautista, Vernon
Wells and Aaron Hill all doubled
off Burnett (9-9).
The power surge matched the
Washington Senators, who had six
against the Boston Red Sox in the
eighth inning on June 9,1934, and
Kathy Willers 'AP
Delany
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said. “I'm sure if you gave people
this opportunity to look at these
three principles and then divide
up, you could probably get 10,12,
15, 20 1 outcomes].”
Delany also said he would like
to expand the Big Ten schedule
to nine games, meaning a fifth
conference road game every
other year, a move that results in
the loss of at least one home
game - perhaps two in the year a
road nonconference matchup is
scheduled - a blow for self-sup
porting athletic departments,
such as Penn State’s.
"I think to play each other
more is what our fans want, and I
think that's what the athletes
league, it would be neat to have
them maybe as an end of season
rivalry game,” Bielema said.
"Because we don't have that cur
rently."
Notes
Ohio State quarterback
Terrelle Pryor was voted presea
son conference player of the year
by media members, while
Michigan State linebacker Greg
Jones took home the honors on
the defensive side of the ball.
Both players took home the
preseason honors last year, as
well.
The Buckeyes were picked to
finish first in the Big Ten, followed
by lowa and Wisconsin. Penn
State was not included as the
league only announces its top
three teams.
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Chris Snyder readies for his first at-bat since being traded to Pittsburgh
the Texas Rangers on July 31
2002, against the Yankees.
The Yankees rallied from an 8-2
deficit but fell into a tie for first
place in the AL East with Tampa
Bay, which beat the Minnesota
Twins 4-2. New York dropped two
of three games this weekend
against the Rays. The Yankees
had been alone in first since June
20.
Rodriguez returned to the com
forts of Yankee Stadium after a
homerless, seven-game road trip,
but 600 still looms after an 0-for-5
night.
A-Rod is 9 for 43 in 11 games
since hitting No. 599 on July 22
against Kansas City.
He grounded to short in the first
and struck out with a big swing in
the third when he worked the
want,' he said. “To be honest
with you, the nonconference
schedules that we've seen devel
op as we've added a 12th member
have not been good for the fan
base nor have they necessarily
been embraced like they might
be embraced by the players. I
think players want to compete.
And I think fans like to see good
competition.”
That matchup would take
away from an early season home
game, as the Nittany Lions had
all four nonconference contests
at Happy Valley last season and
will have three this season.
The extra road game coupled
with a neutral-site conference
title game could also make the
road to the national title more dif
ficult for a Big Ten team, who
would also have to play a neutral
Spikes
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want to keep the score the same
and let them get a chance to get
the bats going,” he said.
The Spikes finally got on the
board in the sixth. Second base
man Gift Ngoepe knocked in a
run on a sacrifice fly, and center
fielder Mel Rojas Jr. hit an RBI
single to make it 6-2.
That would be the closest they
would get, though, as the
Jammers would add five runs
in the seventh and eighth
innings.
State College added a run in
the eighth inning. Lyles led off
the frame against left-hander
Zachary Robinson, who had just
entered the game.
“I was the leadoff guy just
looking for something over the
With Naeher’s departure, the
Lions must field a new goalkeeper
for the first time in Walsh’s tenure.
Krissy Tribbett and Kristen
Hartmann, both redshirt sopho
mores, will look to take over for
the three-time All-American in
net.
Walsh said she expects the bat
tle to be heated because both
keepers have been preparing for
two years for this.
Aside from goalkeeper, the
defensive midfield position will be
critical to the team’s success this
year.
Hayes anchored that role last
year but also helped prepare the
players that would contend for her
position.
Sophomore midfielder Maddy
Evans pointed to the depth of cen
tral midfielders including herself,
juniors Ali Schaefer and Bri
Garcia, redshirt junior Megan Gill
and freshman Taylor Schram as
players that could contribute.
. “We have a lot of great players
who can play in the middle and if
we put us all together, I know I can
learn from all the players kind of
contending for that spot,” Evans
said.
“I think we can all learn a lot
from each other and it’s going to
The Daily Collegian
count to 3-1, the crowd roared in
excitement only to groan in disap
pointment with the out. The slug
ger struck out to end the fifth and
grounded out to shortstop in the
seventh.
Rodriguez came up with two
outs in the ninth to a huge ovation
from the many remaining in the
crowd of 47,034.
But he grounded to shortstop
against closer Kevin Gregg, who
gave up Nick Swisher's second
homer of the game but finished for
his 24th save in 28 chances.
Swisher had given the Yankees
the early lead, connecting for a
two-run homer in the first after
Derek Jeter singled.
Mark Teixeira hit a two-run
blast in the fifth to close the score
to 8-4.
site title game in December.
As for where that conference
title game would be held. Delany
said he would spend the next few
months evaluating options.
Indianapolis, Green Bay, Chicago
and Detroit are among the cities
that have expressed interest in
hosting the game.
It is likely, Delany said, the
league will sign a one-year deal
with a venue before looking long
term after that because it’s not
logistically possible to visit six
venues in the time frame Delany
wants this done by.
It’s been an eventful offseason
for the Big Ten, and Delany said
he hopes to have some of the lin
gering questions cleared up in
the next month or so.
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plate," Lyles said of his first
pitch home run.
"I figured he’d throw a fast
ball, you know, to get going with
the lead they had. He left one
over the plate and I was able to
get some barrel on it.”
The Spikes finish off their four
game road trip at 7:05 tonight
against Jamestown before
returning to Medlar Field at
Lubrano Park for a six-game
homestand, which begins
Wednesday.
“We had a good meeting
tonight after the game,” Decker
said.
“Jamestown’s one of the top
teams in our division, and the
second part of the season we got
a lot of games with the top
teams. It's a good time to get on
a good run and make a run at it.”
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be up in the air but I think we all
can definitely contribute.”
One area the Lions will be bol
stered in is the wide midfield posi
tion. Junior Jess Rosenbluth is the
most experienced outside mid
fielder, but is more of a central mid
by nature.
Incoming freshman Emily
Hurd, a left-footed player, is a nat
ural winger and fellow freshman
Maya Hayes is versatile enough to
play up top or out wide.
Along the backline, which
returns Thomson, Monroig and
sophomore Lexi Marton, junior
Carly Niness will stay as a defend
er after making the transition last
spring. Though questions remain
heading into preseason, the Lions
have plenty of depth to experi
ment with throughout August and
September.
“I’m just beyond excited for the
season,” Evans said.
“From people I’ve talked to, we
have a great mindset going in,
everyone is really excited for the
season, really motivated and real
ly excited to get back. We want to
get further than last year and I
think we can really do well this
year.”
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