Maddux improves to 5-0 for Cubs

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At age 40, a fitter and trimmer Greg Maddux pitched his way into new territory.

Twice facing bases-loaded jams, Maddux escaped the big inning Friday to win his fifth straight start as the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-2. He's 5-0 for the first time in a long and distinguished career that will some day end in Cooperstown.

"It's hard for him to have firsts anymore," Chicago manager Dusty Baker said.

"Without his 5-0, boy we wouldn't be close to where we are. You feel very confident that day he's out there. ... He's not gloating or reveling over what he's done. He's just continued to do what he's doing."

Actually, Maddux did more in the offseason with a conditioning program that has put him in better shape. With Carlos Zambrano winless this season and Kerry Wood and Mark Prior on the disabled list again, Maddux has carried the Cubs the first three weeks.

Maddux, of course, says it's the other way around, typically shrugging off praise.

"Good teammates you know," he said. "The year hasn't even gotten going yet. It's nice to start good. The team has played very well on the day I pitched."

Maddux has five of the Cubs' 13 wins and a 1.35 ERA. He earned his 323rd victory, one win shy of tying Nolan Ryan and Don Sutton for 13th place all-time.

He gave up eight hits and two runs in six innings and was backed by a homer and a strong defensive play from shortstop Ronny Cedeno.

"Great mechanics and he doesn't overthrow," said Milwaukee's Geoff Jenkins, who had a two-run single off Maddux for his team's only runs.

"He works the outer half of the plate and knows when to mix one inside. He's pitching as good as he ever has. He's going to be a Hall of Famer."

Maddux worked out of trouble in the opening inning after the Brewers loaded the bases on a walk and singles by Jenkins and Carlos Lee. Maddux struck out Prince Fielder on three pitches and retired Corey Koskie on a fly ball.

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He was sailing until the fifth and had one out before opposing pitcher Dave Bush, 2-for-13 in his career, singled.

Rickie Weeks and J.J. Hardy followed with singles to load the bases before Jenkins delivered a two-run single to cut Chicago's lead to 3-2. Cedeno then went to the hole and started a tough 6-4-3 double play on Lee to end the rally.

Cedeno hit his first homer, a two-run drive in the fifth, after Juan Pierre's bunt single. That gave Maddux a three-run cushion again.

"I felt like I was on the verge of getting knocked out of the game," Maddux said. "And he (Cedeno) makes a good play to start the double play and comes up and hits the home run right after it. Ronny did great.

"You just try to throw the ball where you need to throw it and hope you get the result you are looking for. That wasn't an easy double play ball. It was on the ground, but Ronny had to go a long way for it. Luckily the guy running wasn't overly fast."

Jacque Jones homered in the eighth off Justin Lehr to put the Cubs up 6-2.

Maddux is now 13-3 against the Brewers, representing his best winning percentage against any NL team. Second best? The Cubs. He was 11-3 against Chicago while pitching for the Braves.

"The outcome of the game is something that, as a starting pitcher, is very hard to control," Maddux said, reiterating one of his main philosophies. "Just worry about making pitches. And leave it at that."

Aramis Ramirez, Matt Murton and Jones hit consecutive doubles off Bush (2-2) to start the second and give the Cubs a 2-0 lead.

Bush, who pitched a four-hit shutout against the Reds in his previous outing, gave up a leadoff double to Pierre in the third. Cedeno got a bunt single and Todd Walker followed with an RBI single for a 3-0 lead.

Bush also lasted six innings, giving up 10 hits and five runs.

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Maddux is the first Cubs pitcher to go 5-0 in his first five starts since Steve Stone in 1975. ... Murton now has seven RBIs in the last four games. His 16 RBIs are two more than he had all last season in 51 games. ... The Brewers had a three-game winning streak snapped after having swept the Braves at Miller Park. ... Cubs C Michael Barrett, who hasn't played since jamming the middle finger of his left hand Tuesday night, took batting practice Friday and said he hoped to be back in the starting lineup Saturday. ... Both starting pitchers wore No. 31. ... Maddux was also 4-0 with the Braves in 2000 and 1999, but he needed six and five starts respectively to get there. ... Julia Ruth Stevens and Tom Stevens, the daughter and grandson of Babe Ruth, led the singing of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" in the seventh inning.

Mavs' Johnson named coach of the year

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During Avery Johnson's playing days, many executives and players thought the point guard would make a great NBA coach. Still, he had to be convinced it was time to make that transition.

Now, after his first full season leading the Dallas Mavericks, Johnson was honored Tuesday as the NBA's coach of the year.

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban remembers talking to Johnson nearly two years ago about retiring as a player and becoming the top assistant - and eventual successor - to Don Nelson.

Cuban told Johnson, "I know you can still play, but we want to start you on the path to being a Hall of Fame coach." Johnson's response then: "I don't know, I don't know."

There's no more doubt. Johnson is a coaching natural.

Johnson led the Mavericks to 60 victories this season, matching the team record. That mark was first set three years ago, when Johnson was still playing for Dallas.

"I think I'm gifted to do what I'm doing, that this is what I'm here for," Johnson said. "I felt like a coach when I was a player. ... In a lot of ways, I know some things are still new to me. But in other ways, I just feel like I've been doing this a lot of time, and a lot of it just comes naturally."

Johnson retired as a player and became a Mavericks assistant coach before the 2004-05 season. After replacing Nelson as head coach on March 19, 2005, he reached 50 wins faster than any other coach (62 games) and recorded the best start by a first-time coach in league history by winning 66 of his first 82 games - the equivalent of a full season. He is 76-24 overall and coached the Western Conference All-Star team this season.

"Avery's making me look really smart," Cuban said.

Johnson got 63 first-place votes from the panel of 124 sports writers and broadcasters. He had 419 points, 172 more than Phoenix coach Mike D'Antoni, last year's winner. D'Antoni had 27 first-place votes.

"To watch his progress over this short year and a half has been just amazing," said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, even more of a mentor to Johnson than Nelson. "He's put in the work, he has the desire and he also has the persistence and mental toughness to drive a team his way, to have them do what he thinks is necessary. ... He's going to be one of the best for a very long time."

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Dallas plays Game 2 of its first-round Western Conference series against Memphis on Wednesday night. The Mavericks won the first game 103-93.

Maybe more impressive than his record is how Johnson has transformed the Mavericks into a defensive squad.

While the 2002-03 team was known only for its scoring, this year's squad ranked in the league's top 10 in scoring and points allowed. The Mavericks ranked higher in the defensive category with a franchise-low 93.1 points per game allowed.

"Avery's done a great job with us, preparing us every single night, teaching all the little things over the whole season and really turned the franchise around into a defensive ballclub first," Dirk Nowitzki said Tuesday. "He's done a great job, so he deserves a lot of credit."

Nowitzki, an NBA MVP candidate this season, and Adrian Griffin are the only current Mavericks who were teammates of Johnson in 2002-03.

"He's a leader, he knows how to get the best out of us. He has a lot of energy," Griffin said. "When I played with him, he was still vocal, he was still a leader. ... Some people just have a knack and a gift for that sort of thing, and I think he has it."

After the Mavericks won 60 games in 2003, they didn't put Johnson on their playoff roster. Instead, he played the role of a player-coach during practices that postseason and sat with the coaching staff on the bench during games. Coach Don Nelson already had let Johnson run some practices and considered the "Little General" a possible successor.

The Mavericks traded Johnson to Golden State before the 2003-04 season, but he was back in Dallas a year later - technically as a backup guard but realistically as a coach.

As a player, Johnson was undrafted and repeatedly released. He finally became the starting point guard on an NBA champion in San Antonio (1992-2001), and hit the title-clinching shot in 1999. He is still the Spurs' career leader in assists.

Johnson played in 1,054 games over 16 NBA seasons, averaging 8.4 points and 5.5 assists a game.

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Arenas' 30 help Wiz even up series with Cavs

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The Washington Wizards got mad, then got even.

Angry at allowing LeBron James to dominate them with a triple-double in Game 1, the Wizards roughed up Cleveland's superstar and downed the Cavaliers 89-84 Tuesday night to tie their Eastern Conference series at a game apiece.

Gilbert Arenas scored 30 points, Antawn Jamison added 21 and Caron Butler was the primary defender on James, who wasn't the same after he got wrapped up by massive Wizards center Brendan Haywood in the first quarter.

"Actually, that wasn't the plan going in," Arenas said of Haywood's hack. "Brendan just decided he was going to give a hard foul to let him know he was there. For some reason, that just threw him off a little bit."

James got 32 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in his playoff debut, but he played like a mere mortal in his second postseason game as a pro.

He finished with 26 points on 7-of-25 shooting, and matched his career high with 10 turnovers. James also made some mental errors, including a costly one late when he made an out-of-bounds save under his own basket that was picked off by Arenas for an easy layup.

The Wizards, who returned to Washington after Game 1 to regroup, came up with all the right adjustments and snatched away Cleveland's home-court advantage.

"We destroyed ourselves in Game 1," Arenas said. "So we decided to come out and play better basketball."

The Wizards stopped James and also snapped Cleveland's 12-game winning streak at home. Instead of double-teaming the 6-foot-8 James, who dissected them with passes to open teammates in Game 1, Washington coach Eddie Jordan let Butler and Jared Jeffries guard him with no assistance.

"They had a great scheme by playing me 1-on-1," said James, whose 10 turnovers were a team playoff record. "I missed a lot of shots, layups that I usually make. They did a great job. I didn't come to play."

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The series shifts to the Verizon Center for Game 3 in the best-of-seven series on Friday night.

Drew Gooden scored 24 points on 11-of-12 shooting and added 16 rebounds, and Larry Hughes had 16 points for the Cavaliers, who trailed 85-77 with 1:34 left following Arenas' gift layup and free throw.

A free throw by James and two by Gooden got the Cavs within 85-80, and Cleveland was still alive when Arenas missed an ill-advised 3-pointer.

Hughes' jumper made it 87-82, and James made two more free throws with 20 seconds left to pull Cleveland within three. Billy Thomas then missed a pair of free throws for Washington, and the Cavs looked as if they would get closer.

James rushed the ball up the floor, but instead of calling a timeout or trying a game-tying 3-pointer, he passed inside to a wide-open Anderson Varejao.

But as Cleveland's backup center was gathering himself for a shot, Arenas slapped the ball away. Varejao fouled Jamison, who made two free throws to ice it as the Wizards bounced back to knot what is expected to be a long series.

Arenas wasn't surprised James would pass up the shot.

"That's what he does," Arenas said. "He's a playmaker. He makes great decisions out there."

Getting nasty with James wasn't on the Wizards' drawing board, but it worked and they might as well stick with it.

"As long as it's not flagrant," Jordan said. "We're not the toughest team in the NBA, but tonight we brought it out."

Unable to slow James much in the opener, Washington decided to bang him around in the first half. The Wizards held him to just two points in the second quarter and Cleveland's star went 17:40 between field goals.

At one point, Cavs coach Mike Brown sat his superstar for 2:15 of the second quarter. During a timeout, Zydrunas Ilgauskas offered some advice to James, who was just 2-for-9 with zero assists and four turnovers.

"I thought he still played great - 26 (points) and nine (rebounds). That's a bad night for him?" Butler said. "That's unbelievable."

Down by 11 points early, the Wizards started to play rough with James. First, Jeffries wrapped him up on a drive and then Haywood committed a hard foul to stop another attack by James, who initially took exception to the second horse collar.

"Hard fouls are going to happen," James said. "But that's just playoff basketball."

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Jones caps Cubs' rally with three-run HR

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One swing and Jacque Jones stopped the booing. At least for a couple of minutes.

Jones, the newest target for disgruntled Cubs fans at Wrigley Field, hit a three-run homer to cap a six-run eighth-inning Monday night as Chicago rallied for a 6-3 victory over the Florida Marlins.

Does he expect the booing and catcalls to stop?

"No, I don't think so," he said. "Right now it's a little tough. I'm not getting very many hits. I'm hearing all kinds of stuff in the outfield."

Jones, who signed a $16 million, three-year deal as a free agent in the offseason, entered the game batting just .200 and when he made outs in his first two-bats Monday, he heard about it. And playing right field puts him close to the fans in the bleachers.

"I tried not to pay attention when things are bad," he said. "It's so loud and so angry right now. You know what I mean? It's almost funny."

Trailing 3-0 after getting just one hit off lefty Jason Vargas in the first 6 1-3 innings, the Cubs broke through in the eighth against relievers Matt Herges and Josh Johnson (1-2).

Ex-Marlin Juan Pierre opened the inning with a double for Chicago's second hit and Ronny Cedeno worked Herges for a walk. Johnson relieved and loaded the bases by walking Todd Walker.

Aramis Ramirez then hit a chopper to third, but Marlins catcher Matt Treanor couldn't hold onto Miguel Cabrera's low throw as Pierre scored on the fielder's choice to make it 3-1.

"I was going to home plate to make the one out. I thought it was the right choice, but it was a bad throw," Cabrera said.

It turned out to be a huge play, especially after Florida played solid defense most of the night with some stellar catches.

"I don't mind him coming home. We're going to get one out, but he rushed it," Marlins manager Joe Girardi said. "We made some great defensive plays. It's a shame that the little things we didn't do in the eighth cost us."

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Johnson then struck out Michael Barrett before Matt Murton delivered a tying, two-run single. Jones followed with his three-run shot to left, his third homer of the season.

What does Jones make of the reception he's been getting less than a month into the season?

"I'm not confused at all. I've seen friends go through it. Sammy Sosa hit 60 home runs three years and went into a little slump," Jones said. "They have the right to voice whatever opinion they want to. It's not going to make me play better, it's not going to make me play any worse. ...

"I got to get used to it and I'm blocking it out as much as I can. It is what it is."

Carlos Zambrano matched a career high with 12 strikeouts but remained winless in five starts this season because Chicago couldn't muster any offense until he was out of the game.

"Vargas was dealing today. I knew if I kept the score like that, we would come back. I trust my team. I trust my hitters," Zambrano said.

David Aardsma (1-0) got the win with a scoreless eighth. Ryan Dempster closed for his fifth save.

Florida took a 3-0 lead on Cabrera's two-run homer in the first off Zambrano. Josh Willingham had an RBI double in the third.

Facing a Cubs team missing injured star Derrek Lee, Vargas held Chicago hitless until Neifi Perez doubled in the fifth.

With a runner on first and one out in the seventh, Vargas hit Jones with a pitch and was replaced by Herges. He struck out Perez and got pinch-hitter John Mabry on a hot hopper to second to end the inning.

Vargas walked four and struck out two in 6 1-3 innings.

With Kerry Wood and Mark Prior still rehabbing shoulder injuries in Arizona, Zambrano has not been the ace the Cubs need, but he did get stronger as the game went on. He pitched seven innings, allowing six hits, three walks and three runs.

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LeBron shines in NBA playoffs debut

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LeBron James had an NBA playoff debut that was simply Magical.

Showcasing his spectacular skills as a pro in the postseason for the first time, James recorded a triple-double and brought the Cleveland Cavaliers back to the playoffs in style with a 97-86 win over the Washington Wizards on Saturday.

James finished with 32 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, becoming the first player since Magic Johnson to post a triple-double in his first playoff game.

"It's a great class to be in," James said.

If Game 1 of his playoff resume was any indication, James may one day be in a class by himself.

Over 48 minutes, the 21-year-old, who is battling a cold, did a little of everything to help the Cavaliers land the first blow in what could be a lengthy series between the Nos. 4 and 5 seeds in the Eastern Conference.

As always, the pregame hype centered around James, who barely missed the playoffs in his first two seasons. He hadn't been in such a pressure-packed game since he was a high school senior, and many wondered if he could handle the pressure.

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"He's played on big stages his whole life," Cavs forward Drew Gooden said. "It's expected of him."

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James is just the third player in history to get a triple-double in his playoff debut. Johnson (13 points, 12 rebounds and 16 assists) did it for the Los Angeles Lakers on April 8, 1980, and Johnny McCarthy (13 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists) had one for St. Louis on March 16, 1960.

"Nothing he does surprises me anymore," Cavs center Zydrunas Ilgauskas said. "He's just a terrific player. He's a tremendous luxury to have, knowing he can go out there any time and put up numbers like that."

Cleveland's first game back in the playoffs since 1998 - when James was a seventh grader - couldn't have gone much better.

James got plenty of help from his supporting cast as Donyell Marshall added 19 points, Eric Snow 14 and Ilgauskas and Flip Murray 10 apiece for the Cavs. Game 2 is scheduled for Tuesday night at Quicken Loans Arena.

The Wizards have some work to do before then. Not only do they have to rethink their defensive strategy on James, who threw over or drove around double teams, but Washington needs to work on its free-throw and 3-point shooting.

The Wizards were only 25-of-36 from the 15-foot line and just 3-of-22 from long range.

Gilbert Arenas, Antawn Jamison and Caron Butler, Washington's usually reliable offensive trio that came in averaging 67.4 points combined, scored 48 as Cleveland's defense made it tough for any of them to get a good look at the basket.

"What hurt me most was my team not playing the way we are supposed to play," Wizards coach Eddie Jordan said. "They did. We didn't."

Arenas led Washington with 26 points, but he got 17 of them in the fourth quarter when the Cavs were already up by double digits. Arenas fouled out with 49 seconds left when he hacked Snow, who used his thumb to show Washington's guard the way back to the bench.

James got his 10th rebound with 22 seconds to go, prompting Cavs fans into another chorus of "M-V-P! M-V-P!," a chant they started early in the game when Cleveland's superstar helped an official corral a stray balloon floating near the floor.

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"I was going to let the ref get it, but figured that if I grabbed it, maybe he'd give me a few more calls," James joked.

Cleveland was up by 14 at halftime, and James helped push the Cavs' advantage to 17 after three with a memorable assist to Murray. Driving the lane, James went into the air, turned his head to the right and delivered a left-handed scoop underneath to Murray, whose layup made it 74-57.

When the Wizards closed within 13 in the fourth, James isolated Butler on the left side, blew past him and soared for a strong layup to make it 89-74 with 4:44 remaining.

"He controlled the game," Wizards forward Jared Jeffries said. "You could live with him getting 30 points, but what you don't want is 11 rebounds and 11 assists."

James showed a bit of nervousness early on, shooting an airball on his first jumper. But once he settled down, it was business as usual. He scored 13 points with four assists and three rebounds in the first quarter, helping the Cavs open a 31-20 lead.

"My first shot in my first All-Star game was an airball, too," James said.

With the score tied 18-all, James drained a 3-pointer from up top and scored nine straight points. He then fed Marshall in the right corner for a 3 as the Cavaliers ripped off 12 in a row and closed the period with a 13-2 spurt.

Panthers sign Na'il Diggs from Packers

The Carolina Panthers added another outside linebacker Thursday, signing free agent Na'il Diggs from the Green Bay Packers to a one-year contract.

Diggs, 27, started 80 games in six seasons with the Packers, but was limited to just nine games last season after tearing the medial collateral ligaments in both knees on different occasions.

Diggs is the second outside linebacker to sign with Carolina in the past week, joining Keith Adams, formerly of the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Panthers lost both starting outside linebackers this offseason. Will Witherspoon signed with St. Louis and Brandon Short was cut and later signed by his former team, the New York Giants.

Last year's first-round draft pick, Thomas Davis. is expected to fill one of those vacancies. Diggs, Adams, Adam Seward and Chris Draft will compete for the other spot.

"He's was a veteran guy we feel can come in and compete for a starting job," said Panthers general manager Marty Hurney.

A fourth-round draft pick out of Ohio State in 2000, Diggs has 541 tackles, seven sacks and four interceptions. Hurney said it's unclear if Davis will play weakside or strongside linebacker. Diggs has played both positions.

The signing of Adams and Diggs likely means the Panthers will not address that position with their first pick (27th overall) in the draft. It's more likely the team will look to fill needs at running back or tight end.


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Mayor says city can't afford new Chargers stadium

Cash-strapped San Diego doesn't have the money to help the Chargers build a new stadium, Mayor Jerry Sanders said Friday, opening the door for Southern California's only NFL team to leave the city it has called home for 45 years.

Sanders said he plans to ask the City Council to amend the Chargers' lease to allow the team to begin looking at sites elsewhere in San Diego County before the end of the year. If the team fails to find a new home in the county before Jan. 1, the Chargers would be free to negotiate a deal anywhere in the country.

The Chargers can leave San Diego after the 2008 season if they pay off the approximately $60 million in bonds the city issued in 1997 to expanded Qualcomm Stadium.

"I do not think it would be prudent or honest for me to say to taxpayers 'We can't resurface our roadways, but we can finance a stadium,"' the mayor said.

Chula Vista and Oceanside, two smaller cities south and north of San Diego, have been mentioned as possible new homes within the county.

San Diego is facing what the mayor called a financial and a managerial crisis, which includes a $1.4 billion city employee pension fund deficit and federal investigations into city finances.

The Chargers have been in San Diego since 1961, the year after they started playing in Los Angeles under the ownership of hotel magnate Barron Hilton.

Last year, the team proposed building a $450 million stadium as part of a commercial development the Qualcomm site, but dropped the plan because it could not find developers to share the estimated $800 million upfront costs. The team offered to pay for the stadium and traffic improvements, but wanted the city to give it 60 acres for development to recoup its costs.

Earlier this year, the mayor of San Antonio signaled that his city would welcome the Chargers to fill the Alamodome, where the displaced New Orleans Saints played three games last season.

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Bonds gets booed, and walked in win

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Barry Bonds reached base three times without getting a hit and scored once as the San Francisco Giants beat the San Diego Padres 3-1 on Wednesday night.

Although Bonds was booed every time he came to bat, he took less grief from the fans than he did on Monday, when he was booed mercilessly and had a syringe thrown at him.

A security guard stood on top of the Giants' dugout after each half-inning on a cold Wednesday night, when there were 20,000 fewer fans in the stands than on opening day. The Padres closed a standing-room-only area just beyond the left-field corner because of what one team executive said was unruly fan behavior on Monday.

Matt Morris won his Giants debut, holding the Padres to five hits and a run in 6 1-3 innings. Shawn Estes, a former Giants pitcher, lost his Padres debut by allowing three runs in the sixth even though the Giants hit the ball out of the infield just once.

San Diego's Adrian Gonzalez had three hits, including a homer leading off the seventh.

Omar Vizquel slapped Estes' first pitch of the sixth into left field. Ray Durham's comebacker hit the front of Estes' left cleat and bounced into the air for an infield single. Bonds walked to load the bases, with the left-handed Estes throwing several inside pitches.

Estes fielded Moises Alou's two-bouncer and probably could have thrown out Vizquel at the plate, but he doubled-clutched and threw to first, where Alou was safe with an RBI infield single. Estes walked Lance Niekro, forcing in another run, and Bonds scored on a double play.

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Bonds reached base leading off the second and fourth innings, and was stranded each time. Estes hit Bonds with a pitch on his right elbow guard in the second. Bonds reached in the fourth on a throwing error by rookie second baseman Josh Barfield. With the Padres playing the "Bonds shift," where all the fielders move to their left, Barfield fielded the slugger's one-hopper in shallow right, but overthrew first baseman Gonzalez.

Bonds left after the top of the sixth. He played Wednesday night even though the Giants have their home opener Thursday afternoon. The original plan was to play him on Monday and Tuesday, then rest him Wednesday, but Tuesday night's game was rained out.

Bonds is under investigation by baseball for alleged steroid abuse. The slugger denies using performance-enhancing drugs. He entered the season with 708 homers, seven shy of passing Babe Ruth for second and 48 short of breaking Hank Aaron's record.

Morris allowed Gonzalez's homer leading off the seventh, then was chased by consecutive one-out singles by Vinny Castilla and Barfield. Steve Kline retired pinch-hitter Eric Young, walked pinch-hitter Doug Mirabelli to load the bases, then struck out pinch-hitter Mark Bellhorn.

Morris struck out three and walked three. Estes allowed three runs and five hits in six innings, struck out four and walked three. Tim Worrell pitched the ninth for the save, getting Young to hit into a game-ending double play with one on. It was the third double play turned by the Giants.

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QB told to stay away from workout complex

The 11-year relationship between the Tennessee Titans and veteran Steve McNair took an unexpected turn on Monday when the veteran quarterback was told not to work out at the team's off-season facility, according to a report in the Daily Tennessean.

Bengals sign Pro Bowl DT Sam Adams

The Cincinnati Bengals signed unrestricted free-agent defensive tackle Sam Adams to a three-year contract Monday.


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Shaq erupts in tirade, rips refs and NBA exec Jackson

Shaquille O'Neal didn't mince words about the five personal fouls he got in Miami's loss to the New Jersey Nets, taking aim at referees and NBA senior vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson.

Sonic pleads guilty to reckless driving

Seattle SuperSonics forward Rashard Lewis pleaded guilty to reckless driving and was given a one-year suspended sentence Monday, five months after he failed sobriety and breath tests during a stop on Interstate 90.

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