1.
Tommie Harris' wife dies
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- A leadoff home run by John Vander Wal in the bottom of the seventh inning Sunday afternoon game Milwaukee a 5-4 win over the red-hot Florida Marlins.
Vander Wal's homer off Brad Penny (10-9) gave the Brewers a 4-3 lead. They added an insurance run in the frame on an RBI single by pinch hitter Brady Clark.
Valerio De Los Santos (2-3) tossed a scoreless seventh in relief of starter Matt Kinney to record the win.
Mike DeJean gave up a solo homer to Mike Lowell in the eighth, but Dan Kolb pitched a scoreless ninth for his sixth save.
Milwaukee salvaged the final game of the three-game series, handing the Marlins just their fifth loss in 19 tries.
|
|
|
| Additional Sports News Stories | |
CHICAGO, La., Feb. 13 (UPI) --
The wife of former Chicago Bears Pro Bowl defensive tackle Tommie Harris died of a stroke or brain aneurysm in an Oklahoma hospital, the Chicago Sun-Times said.
|
NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 13 (UPI) --
A funeral is being planned for songstress Whitney Houston in her hometown of Newark, N.J., later this week, sources close to her family told NBC New York.
|
MIAMI, Feb. 11 (UPI) --
Before they woo or wow sweethearts, hundreds of millions of cut flowers get a critical look over from U.S. specialists looking for pests and disease.
|
'Piggyback Bandit' jumping on athletes ... A unique date? Wastewater treatment plant ... Romeo, Juliet make Verona a proposal venue ... Man says transvestite escort cheated him ... Watercooler stories from UPI.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
