The Dallas Mavericks and Devin Harris have agreed on a five-year contract extension worth roughly $42 million, locking up the speedy point guard through the 2012-13 season. Harris would’ve been going into the final year of his rookie contract. Instead, he has the comfort of knowing he’ll be teammates with reigning MVP Dirk Nowitzki and All-Star Josh Howard for years to come.
Brandon Webb’s win total now equals the career-best 16 victories he had during his Cy Young Award season of a year ago. While he doesn’t feel nearly as sharp, the results are still there. Mark Reynolds and Chris Snyder hit back-to-back home runs to help Webb win again, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Francisco Giants 9-4 on Wednesday night to capture another key series.
Believing he was going to pitch Thursday night, Chad Billingsley threw a 30-pitch bullpen session 48 hours earlier. Then, the 23-year-old right-hander got the news — because of an injury to Derek Lowe, his start against San Diego might be moved up. It was. Billingsley did an excellent job of filling in by limiting San Diego to one run over six innings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Padres…
Rookie Asdrubal Cabrera first got Eric Wedge’s attention on paper. Now the Cleveland Indians manager gets to see him perform in person. Cabrera hit a tie-breaking two-run homer in the seventh inning and added a sacrifice fly in the ninth to lead the Indians to a rain-delayed 6-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.
Because of his weight, Jared Lorenzen has been called a lot of nasty things on the football field. “Round Mound,” “Hefty Lefty” and “J-Load” are just a few. Lorenzen is ready and eager to accept a new title this weekend — starting quarterback for the New York Giants. There is a big if, though. The 285-pound left-hander only gets it if Eli Manning can’t play against the Green Bay Packers this weekend…
David Ortiz was sure his fly ball would be caught. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays thought so, too. Then, the game took a twist. Ortiz hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning that barely cleared the low right-field wall — eluding Delmon Young — and lifted the Boston Red Sox over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5-4 Wednesday night.
Relegated to part-time duty much of the summer, Shawn Green came through with a huge hit Wednesday night that helped the New York Mets tighten their firm grip on first place. Green lined a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning to drive in Carlos Beltran as New York edged the Atlanta Braves 4-3 for its 10th victory in 12 games.
Relegated to part-time duty much of the summer, Shawn Green came through with a huge hit Wednesday night that helped the New York Mets tighten their firm grip on first place. Green lined a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning to drive in Carlos Beltran as New York edged the Atlanta Braves 4-3 for its 10th victory in 12 games.
The Chicago Cubs got just the kind of win they needed for their playoff drive. Rich Hill allowed three hits over seven innings and the Cubs moved into a tie with Milwaukee for the NL Central lead with a 3-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Wednesday night. Hill (9-8) struck out seven and walked three as the Cubs won for the third time in seven games and snapped a four-game losing streak at Minute…
Thousands are expected to attend the first day of the St Leger Festival at the newly revamped Doncaster Racecourse.
