MINNEAPOLIS – David Ortiz had four hits and three RBIs and delivered the go-ahead single with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Boston Red Sox to an 8-6 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night.
Ortiz, a former Twin, hit a two-run homer in the sixth and finished a triple shy of the cycle. Jarrod Saltalamacchia added a homer and two RBIs to help the Red Sox win for the fifth time in seven games and move 1 1/2 games ahead of the idle Yankees in the AL East.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Tiger Woods stepped from behind a microphone, thankful to be done with a short interview that felt like an intrusion. He took 23 questions, most of them about his golf, a few others about his left leg, then walked off without looking at anyone.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Joe Paterno was hospitalized and undergoing tests on his right arm and hip after a player ran into the 84-year-old coach during practice.
Paterno was admitted Sunday evening to Mount Nittany Medical Center after he walked away from the collision with a receiver who was running a route, the school said Monday.
DETROIT – The Detroit Tigers are keeping general manager Dave Dombrowski and manager Jim Leyland under contract beyond this year.
The team announced Monday that Dombrowski has agreed to a four-year extension and Leyland has been retained through the 2012 season. Both were in the last year of their deals.
LONDON (AFP) – Sir Alex Ferguson believes Manchester United’s dramatic fightback against Manchester City in the Community Shield proves he was right to put his faith in a youth revolution.
Ferguson’s side came from two goals down to beat arch rivals City at Wembley on Sunday despite fielding a second-half line-up with an average age of just 22.