ELMONT, New York (Ticker) – Rags to Riches, the fabulous filly who won the Belmont Stakes, suffered a hairline fracture to her right, front pastern during Saturday’s running of the $250,000 Gazelle Stakes.
NASCAR is considering creating a reward for the winner of the “regular season” in response to the huge points lead Jeff Gordon built before the Chase for the championship.
Clint Bowyer nipped Martin Truex Jr. for the pole Friday in qualifying for the opening race of NASCAR’s Chase for the Nextel Cup championship.
Measures to guard against the spread of foot-and-mouth disease are brought in at Kempton racecourse.
Eli Manning will start at quarterback for the New York Giants against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday after bruising his shoulder a week ago. Manning’s status had been uncertain because of his injury against Dallas last Sunday. The Giants announced about an hour before gametime there would be no changes to their starting lineup, meaning Manning would start his 41st consecutive regular-season game.
Brett Tomko got a big win for San Diego in his first start for the Padres. Tomko scattered four singles in six innings, Mike Cameron hit a two-run homer and the Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 6-0 Saturday night to pull within two games of NL West-leading Arizona. “It’s nice from where I was 3 1/2 weeks ago and how I felt I was throwing the ball.
Aaron Rowand knew exactly what fellow All-Star center fielder Carlos Beltran was going through, and he was glad it wasn’t him. Beltran misplayed Jimmy Rollins’ tricky line drive into a two-run triple and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied to beat New York 5-3 Saturday for their seventh straight victory over the Mets.
Derek Lowe could only shake his head as he considered the events of the past several days. The 34-year-old right-hander has avoided the disabled list during a big league career that began in 1997. And here he was, having to miss a start with 2 1/2 weeks left in the season because of an injury that occurred while playing catch.
The Cardinals ended their slide, probably too late to do them any good. Miguel Cairo’s RBI triple capped a four-run third inning, and St. Louis rallied past the Chicago Cubs 4-3 in the second game of a day-night doubleheader to end a nine-game losing streak. “We’ve been so close to getting a win, and finally we got the last three outs,” said Cairo, 4-for-28 since joining the team.
Prince Fielder’s teammates describe him with words such as charismatic, special and unbelievable. Francisco Cordero has other ideas. “To me, he’s got to be the MVP,” Cordero said. “I think Prince is going to be the MVP in the National League.” Fielder hit his NL-leading 46th homer, setting a Brewers franchise record, and Milwaukee’s bullpen held on to beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3 on Saturday night.
