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SCOREBOARD

Sunday, June 7

Kansas City at Toronto (1:07 p.m. EDT). The slumping Royals take on Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay, who goes for his 10th win of the season.

STARS

Friday

-Carlos Zambrano, homered and allowed two hits and five walks in 6 2-3 innings, striking out seven in a 2-1 win over the Reds. It was Zambrano's 100th career win.

-David Wright, Mets, went 4 for 5 and doubled in the winning runs in the 10th inning of a 3-1 win at Washington.

-Carl Pavano, Indians, pitched a three-hitter and struck out six in a 6-0 win over the White Sox.

-Carlos Lee, Astros, hit a grand slam to help Houston to a 9-1 rout of the Pirates.

-Yovani Gallardo, Brewers, allowed two hits and four walks over eight innings, striking out six in a 4-0 win over the Braves.

-Pablo Sandoval, Giants, homered and drove in both runs in a 2-1 win over the Marlins.

-Lyle Overbay, Blue Jays, doubled, homered and drove in three runs off Zack Greinke in a 9-3 rout of the slumping Royals.

-Andre Ethier, Dodgers, hit a two-run double with the bases loaded in the ninth inning, giving Los Angeles a 4-3 victory and snapping the Phillies' seven-game winning streak.

-Doug Davis, Diamondbacks, pitched three-hit ball over six innings to win for the first time in more than five weeks, and Arizona beat the Padres 8-0.

-Jack Cust and Matt Holiday, Athletics, each hit three-run homers as Oakland beat Baltimore 9-1.

TONY LA TWITTER

Cardinals manager Tony La Russa and Twitter have reached a settlement in his lawsuit against the social networking site. La Russa filed suit last month in the Superior Court of California, claiming an unauthorized page that used his name caused emotional distress by making light of the manager's DUI charge and two Cardinals pitchers who died in recent seasons. La Russa said Friday that Twitter has agreed to pay legal fees and make a donation to his Animal Rescue Foundation. The organization is likely to take control of the name www.twitter.com/TonyLaRussa.

THE WRIGHT STUFF

David Wright went 4 for 5 with a two-run double in the 10th inning for a 3-1 win over the Nationals on Friday night. Wright leads the Mets with 20 multihit games and has 27 RBIs in 34 games, and his key hit helped the Mets snap a three-game losing streak.

ATLANTA APOLOGY

Braves president John Schuerholz apologized on Friday for the club's approach to releasing Tom Glavine, who was still seething when he said the Braves knew they were going to release him on Tuesday afternoon but "still paraded me out in Rome to a sold-out crowd'' for his minor league start that night. Glavine was due a $1 million bonus by being added to the 25-man roster.

TIGER STADIUM SURVIVES

The demolition of Tiger Stadium was halted by a judge Friday, just hours after crews began tearing down what's left of the historic ballpark. Wayne County Circuit Judge Isidore Torres issued a temporary restraining order that was requested by the Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy, a nonprofit group that had tried to raise money to preserve and redevelop the ballpark.

STREAK SNAPPED

Ichiro Suzuki's hitting streak ended at 27 games after he went hitless in four at-bats in Seattle's 2-1 loss to the Mariners. ... The Dodgers ended the Phillies seven-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory.

SO LONG

Richard E. Jacobs, who stepped up along with his brother in the 1980s to rescue Cleveland's baseball franchise, died peacefully at the age of 83 on Friday. The team's new ballpark in downtown Cleveland became Jacobs Field when it opened in 1994, and the Indians made it to the World Series in 1995 and 1997. Jacobs owned the club until 2001.

SAY YOU'RE SORRY

Blue Jays outfielder Alex Rios apologized after he was caught on video yelling profanities at a fan. The incident happened Thursday night as Rios was leaving a gala dinner for the Blue Jays' charity. He is seen walking to his car when he appears to ignore an autograph request from a young fan. An older man yells, "The way you played today Alex, you should be lucky somebody wants your autograph.'' Rios responded with a profanity.

SPEAKING

"That was vintage Zambrano right there: high velocity, a lot of movement, good sinker. He's a great athlete and a good hitter. I don't think I've ever seen a guy cross over like that and hit a home run, and that ended up being the game-winner.'' - Reds manager Dusty Baker, after Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano homered while winning his 100th career game, 2-1 over Cincinnati.

SEASONS

June 7

1885 - The American Association allowed pitchers to throw overhand.

1906 - The Chicago Cubs scored 11 runs in the first inning off New York Giants aces Christy Mathewson and Joe McGinnity and went on to a 19-0 victory.

1931 - The Philadelphia Athletics stranded 18 base runners and still beat the Detroit Tigers, 12-2.

1936 - The New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians played 16 innings without recording a strikeout. The Yankees won 5-4.

1938 - Cleveland pitcher Johnny Allen walked off the mound in the second inning and didn't return after plate umpire Bill McGowan wanted Allen's dangling sweat shirt sleeve to be cut off because it was distracting Boston Red Sox hitters. Allen was fined $250 by manager Ossie Vitt and the shirt ended up in the Hall of Fame.

1950 - The Boston Red Sox collected 42 total bases, including six home runs and 23 hits in a 20-4 rout of the St. Louis Browns.

1970 - Vic Davalillo of the St. Louis Cardinals got two pinch hits in the seventh inning of the Cardinals' 10-7 victory over the Padres.

1972 - Gene Alley's bases-loaded walk gave the Pittsburgh Pirates a 1-0, 18-inning victory over the San Diego Padres.

1982 - Steve Garvey of the Los Angeles Dodgers became the fifth major leaguer to play in 1,000 consecutive games.

1983 - Philadelphia's Steve Carlton struck out Lonnie Smith of the St. Louis Cardinals in the third inning for career strikeout No. 3,522, overtaking Nolan Ryan as the career strikeout king. St. Louis, however, beat the Phillies, 2-1.

1989 - Ernie Whitt had three hits and drove in three runs as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 in the first game in major league history played indoors and outdoors on the same day. With the threat of rain, the SkyDome's $100 million retractable roof was closed.

2006 - Pitcher Jason Grimsley was released by the Arizona Diamondbacks, a day after his home was searched by federal agents following his admission he used human growth hormone, steroids and amphetamines.

2006 - Colorado tied a major league record with five sacrifice flies in a 16-9 win over Pittsburgh. Seattle set the mark against Oakland on Aug. 7, 1988.

2007 - Curt Schilling came within one out of his first career no-hitter, losing his bid when Shannon Stewart lined a clean single to right field in Boston's 1-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics. Schilling retired Mark Ellis on a foul popup to end the third one-hitter of his career.

2007 - Joe Torre became the 10th manager in major league history to get 2,000 victories as the New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox 10-3.

2008 - Johnny Damon went 6-for-6 with a game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning, rallying the New York Yankees to a wild 12-11 victory over Kansas City.

Today's birthday: Mark Lowe 25.