Andy Pettitte picked up a victory in his final start before the playoffs. The fashion in which he got it, however, wasn’t exactly what the left-hander had in mind. Shelley Duncan homered to cap a 10-run fourth inning, and a host of New York Yankees backups feasted on Baltimore Orioles pitching in an 11-10 win Saturday night.
Daniel Alfredsson got his fourth point on Patrick Eaves’ power-play goal 4:28 into overtime and the Ottawa Senators stayed perfect in the exhibition season with a 5-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night. The Ottawa captain had a hat trick in regulation and Jason Spezza also scored for the Senators, who are 6-0 in the preseason and have one game remaining.
Chris Conner had two goals and an assist, Marty Turco stopped 22 shots, and the Dallas Stars beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 on Saturday night in the preseason finale for both teams. Niklas Hagman, Jeff Halpern and Brenden Morrow added goals for Dallas. Sergei Zubov had three assists, and Trevor Daley helped set up two goals for the Stars (4-2-1).
Rangers defenseman Marc Staal fired a shot in off the right post with 1:11 left in the third period to give New York a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night. The final preseason game for both teams had a rough edge to it as the clubs combined for 31 penalties and several fights. Brandon Dubinsky and Nigel Dawes also scored for the Rangers (3-2-1).
Student Council may not be a fluke, after all. Taking the lead in the stretch, Student Council pulled away for a 1 1/4-length victory over Jonesboro in the $500,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap on Saturday, nearly six weeks after his surprise win in the Pacific Classic at Del Mar at odds of 23-1. Ridden by Richard Migliore, the 5-year-old Student Council ranged four wide around the final turn,…
By Bruce Martin PA SportsTicker Contributing Editor
Dale Jarrett is undecided on his future as a driver, and wants his longtime sponsor to help him figure it out.
The New Orleans Hornets traded forward Cedric Simmons, the No. 15 overall pick in the 2006 NBA draft, to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday for David Wesley and undisclosed cash considerations. Hornets general manager Jeff Bower said the trade freed salary cap space. They plan to waive Wesley once Simmons passes a physical and the trade is final.
In many ways, the first day of training camp for the Minnesota Timberwolves was like so many that came before it. Coaches hollered instruction. Players gasped for air during conditioning drills. Optimism abounded at the start of a new season. But someone was certainly missing. For the first time in 13 seasons, Kevin Garnett isn’t here.
