SPORTS, MAY 30TH

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Rifle–The best high school baseball players on the western slope got to display their skills one more time last night in Rifle at the All-Star game. The 3A Western Slope All Stars beat the 4A team 11 to 2.

MLB

Denver–The Colorado Rockies had yesterday off after Monday’s doubleheader sweep over the Houston Astros. Tonight, the two teams close out the series at Coors Field. The NL West leading LA Dodgers come to town next for a weekend series.

PARIS (AP) – Third-seeded Roger Federer beat 92nd ranked Adrian
Unger of Romania 6-3, 6-2, 6-7, 6-3 in the second round of the
French Open for his record-breaking 234th Grand Slam match victory.
Top seeds Novak Djokovic (NOH’-vak JOH’-kuh-vich) and Victoria
Azarenka (ah-zah-REN’-kuh) moved on in straight sets earlier today
in Paris.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) – Tony Parker scored 34 points to help lead San
Antonio to a 120-111 win over Oklahoma City and a 2-0 lead over the
Thunder in the Western Conference finals. The Spurs have won 20
straight dating back to the regular season.

NEWARK (AP) – The two teams left to fight it out for the NHL
title resume their quest for the Stanley Cup tonight in New Jersey
with Game 1 in their best-of-seven showdown. The host Devils were
seeded sixth in the East while the visiting Los Angeles Kings were
a No. 8 seed in the West.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Matt Kemp returned to the Dodgers’ lineup
Tuesday night after spending the previous 13 games on the disabled
list. He went 1 for 4 in L.A.’s 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers,
who made Ryan Braun’s two-run homer in the first inning hold up.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Albert Pujols (POO’-hohls) and Mark
Trumbo homered and the Angels extended their longest winning streak
in nearly three years to eight games with a 5-1 victory over the
visiting Yankees. It’s New York’s second straight loss following a
five-game winning streak.

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