Dodgers Rally To Beat Astros In Seventh Straight Win
Los Angeles erased a 6-5 deficit with back-to-back eighth inning homers by Milton Bradley and Shawn Green to beat Houston 7-6. Beltre homered to open the scoring for the Dodgers, who extended their win streak. Carrera earned the win and Gagne closed it for his 26th save. Cincinnati signs Homer Bailey, a 6-foot-4 righty from La Grange, their top pick. Bailey posted 201 strikeouts in 92 2/3 innings with a 0.68 ERA at La Grange High, finishing with a 41‑4 college record and 536 strikeouts in 298 innings.
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Phil Gamer
Jimy Williams
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Associated Press
Pat Sullivan
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Humble Leads Tough District 22-5A In Texas Football Preview
Dave Campbell’s Texas Football ranks Humble as district winner with 19 returning lettermen and No. 4 state 5A status. Port Arthur Memorial is second, Spring Westfield third, with Jamaal Charles starring for Memorial and Ganders pegged to finish fourth. Lee, Spring and Spring Westfield face talent shifts as they rebuild for the season opener.
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Charles Godfrey
Iowa
Brian Johnson
Utah
Patrick Robinson
Air Force
Will Lewis
Iowa State
Michael Reed
Brigham Young
Dick Olin
Baytown Sun
Cody Stark Sterling
Rangers
Texas Football
Davis Tate misidentified by college poll in Texas Football
A Texas Football magazine typo lists Drew Tate as a former Baytown Sterling player in the Iowa outlook. Tate, who played at Lee High School, went 22-20 as Lee’s starting quarterback from 1999 to 2002, with 12 183 passing yards and 113 touchdowns. Lee coach Dick Olin notes Tate is Lee’s alumnus.
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Texas Football Magazine
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Drew Tate
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Knowles Battarbee spark weekly race at Baytown track
Weather threatened but Houston Raceway Park delivered another night of high intensity racing at the 3/8 mile oval in Baytown. Derek Knowles 21 of Cleveland wowed fans as a top 50 national driver in the AMP Modified class while competing amid Thunder Bombers Street Stocks Limited Modifieds and TUSA AMP events with $20,000 in newly laid dirt.
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Baytown Pony 14s win tough sectional tourney title
The Baytown 14 year old Pony All Stars survived a first loss to Friendswood 4-3 in a double elimination format. They run steadied with a 13-1 win over Oak Dads Pony, then 13-2 over Deer Park, avenged Friendswood 12-6, then defeated North Shore 13-7 to reach the finals. They beat NASA twice 9-3 and 15-11 to claim the sectional crown and advance to the Zone regional in League City starting Saturday at 10 a.m.
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Grueling climb ahead Tour cyclists off Monday
NIMES France After two torrid days in the Pyrenees and with more pain in the Alps Lance Armstrong and other top riders caught their breath Sunday as Astor Gonzalez won the 14th stage. Armstrong finished 39th with Thomas Voeckler, both Timed the same as the leader, who held a 22 second overall edge. Ullrich and Basso also finished in the group.
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Alps
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Voeckler
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Armstrong
Ivan Basse
West tops Bayside Blaze in Baytown Little League game
West 10 year olds beat Bayside Blaze 104 as Manuel Galvan went 3-for-4 with three doubles and three RBIs to spark the victory. Joshua Alsaadi, Jared Rincon, Matthew Yzquierdo and others added key hits and runs while Rincon pitched five innings for the win.
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Baytown West
Bayside Blaze
Manuel Galvan
West
Joshua Alsaadi
Jared Rincon
Matthew Yzquierdo
Trey Easley
Ethan Blucher
Mason Pitrucha
Jordan Flores
Cody Buchanan
Rincon
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Todd Brooks
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Josh Husband
Mark Swint
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Mike Fuller
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