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5/7/2008 - 5/8/08
Isotopes knock off league-best Bees
If the formula works for the Salt Lake Bees, why not for the Albuquerque Isotopes?
Using a combination of strong pitching and timely hits, the Isotopes took a second game from the team with the best record in the Pacific Coast League with a 5-0 win before a crowd of 2,659 at Franklin Covey Field Wednesday.
It is the fifth loss in the last six games for Salt Lake (25-7) and the third loss at home overall. Albuquerque is responsible for two of them.
Bobby Keppel (4-2) went 6 2/3 scoreless innings, and the Isotopes (17-14) scored single runs in the third and sixth innings. Albuquerque added insurance runs in the eighth on John Baker's two-run double and in the ninth on Dallas McPherson's sacrifice fly to score Andrew Beattie.
Relievers Brandon Villafuerte, Randy Williams and Marcus Gwyn held the Bees to one hit and one walk over the final 2 1/3 innings.
Big Brown begins Preakness prep
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Derby champion Big Brown returned to the track at Churchill Downs on Wednesday, four days after his 43/4-length win in the Run for the Roses.
Trainer Rick Dutrow watched from the rail as Big Brown walked a lap around the track with exercise rider Michele Nevin. Dutrow said the 3-year-old colt has shown no ill effects from the Derby, in which Big Brown became the first horse in nearly 80 years to win from the No. 20 post.
Big Brown will spend the next week galloping each morning before shipping to Pimlico for the Preakness, the second leg of the Triple Crown.
Dutrow said he's considering putting his colt through a "minor" workout before the Preakness.
Rocket unwelcome on Olympic team
NEW YORK — Roger Clemens isn't welcome on the U.S. Olympic baseball team.
U.S. general manager Bob Watson said Wednesday that he isn't considering the 45-year-old right-hander for his roster for the Beijing Games.
"From my standpoint, we don't need that type of distraction," Watson said.
In addition to his duties as vice president of on-field operations for Major League Baseball, Watson is general manager of professional baseball operations for USA Baseball and works to select manager Davey Johnson's roster.
FIU gets four years of probation
MIAMI — Florida International was placed on four years' probation by the NCAA on Wednesday and will lose scholarships for a variety of infractions.
More than 40 athletes who competed for the school from the 2002-03 through the 2006-07 academic years violated rules, said Josephine Potuto, chairwoman of the NCAA committee on infractions.
The school, which jumped from NCAA Division I-AA to Division I-A, misapplied enrollment and financial aid rules, transfer requirements and eligibility rules, the NCAA found.
Hamilton resigns from Georgia Tech
ATLANTA — Former Georgia Tech quarterback Joe Hamilton resigned from his position at the school Wednesday, a day after he was charged with marijuana possession, driving under the influence of alcohol and hit-and-run.
The charges came about a week after the 31-year-old was hired as the school's assistant director of player personnel.
The alleged hit-and-run collision occurred near the Georgia Tech campus. Charles Curry Jr. of Decatur told police he was stopped at a red light when he was hit from behind. Curry said the other motorist drove off.