Boston's Wakefield not on Series roster
BOSTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The American League champion Boston Red Sox have left starting pitcher Tim Wakefield off their World Series roster.
Wakefield was left off the American League Division Series roster with soreness in his back but was added to American League Championship Series roster and pitched in a Game 4 loss in Cleveland.
It was reported that Wakefield has a shoulder injury.
Game 1 of the World Series is set for Wednesday night in Boston. Josh Beckett will start for the Red Sox and Jeff Francis for the Colorado Rockies.
Wakefield had a 17-12 record and a 4.76 ERA in 31 starts this past season. But the 41-year-old knuckleballer missed a scheduled start Aug. 31 with a back injury and was just 1-2 in his last five starts. He gave up 39 hits and 24 earned runs over his final 24 2/3 innings.
Federer advances in $1.2 million Swiss Indoors
BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- World No. 1 Roger Federer beat German Michael Berrer 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 Tuesday in the first round of the $1.2 million Swiss Indoors tennis.
The reigning U.S. Open, Wimbledon and Australian Open champion, Federer defeated Chilean Fernando Gonzalez in last year's Basel finale and was the runner-up here in 2000 and 2001.
The second-seeded Gonzalez joined Federer in advancing Tuesday, as the Chilean defeated French qualifier Jerome Haehnel 7-6 (7-5), 6-4. Gonzalez was champion in this tournament in 2005 and runner-up in 2002.
Broncos receiver Marshall gets DUI ticket
DENVER, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Denver Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall faces a driving under the influence charge.
Police in Denver pulled Marshall over for erratic driving early Monday, a few hours after the Broncos beat the Pittsburgh Steelers, 31-28, The Rocky Mountain News reported.
Marshall was taken to a detox center for a few hours and then given a ticket and released, Detective John White said.
A spokesman for the Broncos refused to comment, saying managers were getting information on what happened.
Marshall was arrested in March after his girlfriend said that he tried to keep her from leaving his home by blocking her taxi with his car. A false imprisonment charge was dropped after he agreed to anger management classes.
Marshall made six receptions for 77 yards in Sunday's game, leading the Broncos receivers.
Schnyder advances, Bammer ousted in Linz
LINZ, Austria, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Sixth-seeded Swiss Patty Schnyder advanced, but eighth-seeded Austrian Sybille Bammer was eliminated Tuesday at the $600,000 Generali Ladies Linz.
Schnyder, who reached the final in this tennis event in 2005, defeated French qualifier Aravane Rezai 6-4, 6-3. Veteran Japanese Ai Sugiyama beat Linz native and resident Bammer in 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-0. Sugiyama won this tournament in 2003.
Italian Francesca Schiavone defeated Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik 7-6 (8-6), 6-3, and Ukrainian Julia Vakulenko outlasted Russian beauty Maria Kirilenko 7-5, 6-7 (0-7), 6-4.
Also, Australian qualifier Alicia Molik beat world No. 26 Agnieszka Radwanska, of Poland, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.
