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Solid pitching helps San Diego get first win

Scott Sobczak wasn't overpowering Monday in his start against the Maxim Yankees. However, the San Diego Waves' 6-foot-2 right-hander kept the Yankees under control, allowing two hits in six innings as the Waves defeated the Yankees 5-2 on Monday in the National Baseball Congress World Series at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.

"I had command late in the count and when I needed to get important outs I got them," said Sobczak, a senior at San Jose State. "The defense played the biggest role for us."

The Yankees wasted an opportunity to take an early lead in the second inning. With the bases loaded and two outs, Yankee center fielder Chris Balatico grounded out to end the threat.

The Waves wouldn't waste their shot at a big inning in their half of the second. San Diego scored three runs thanks to a solo home run by Kansas catcher Buck Afenir and RBIs by Grant Bauer and Miles Silverstein.

Jerod Turner had come up empty at enough Monday qualifiers in recent years that triple-digit heat and the prospect of a four-man playoff for a spot in the Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open didn't bother him.

"All you want is the opportunity," Turner said.

Turner, of Colleyville Texas, and Tulsa's Jonathan Moore cut the playoff field in half with birdies on the first extra hole at Tallgrass Country Club. Then the 33-year-old Turner rolled in a 20-foot birdie from the back fringe on the third playoff hole to earn his first berth in a Nationwide Tour event.

Turner, who shot a 4-under-par 67, joined six other golfers who advanced from the Tallgrass qualifier, including Texan Adam Babb, who scorched the par-71 layout for a course-record 63. Seven golfers also advanced from a qualifier at Newton's Sand Creek Station, including former Kansas State player Aaron Watkins, whose 5-under 67 tied for the low round.

Those 14 golfers will be part of the 156-player field when the Wichita Open begins Thursday at Crestview Country Club.

Indians 5, Rays 2 -- Cliff Lee tied for the major-league lead with his 15th win, and Cleveland stayed unbeaten against AL East-leading Tampa Bay.

• Lee (15-2) went seven innings, giving up two runs and eight hits. The left-hander is 9-2 in 13 road starts.... Tampa Bay's five-game winning streak ended. The Rays are 2 ½ games ahead of Boston in the AL East.... David Dellucci hit his 100th career homer for the Indians, who improved to 20-36 on the road. Cleveland is 5-0 against the Rays this season, including a four-game sweep at home July 10-13.... Rafael Perez pitched the final two innings to record his second save.... Akinori Iwamura drove in both runs for Tampa Bay, which fell to 43-17 at home.

Blue Jays 6, Athletics 1 -- Roy Halladay pitched eight strong innings, and Toronto handed Oakland its season-high seventh straight loss.

• Oakland is a major league-worst 2-14 since the All-Star break, and 9-23 since June 28.... Halladay (13-8) had retired eight in a row and 16 of 18 overall when Bobby Crosby ended his shutout bid with a homer to left in the eighth. It was Crosby's fifth of the year. Halladay gave up four hits, walked one and struck out eight.... Oakland right-hander Sean Gallagher allowed the first two runs by hitting batters with the bases loaded, plunking Marco Scutaro in the second and Adam Lind in the third. Gallagher (1-1) allowed five runs -- four earned -- and four hits in three innings, his shortest start of the year. He walked four and struck out four.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

South Carolina point guard Kenny Manigault has given Wichita State's basketball team an oral commitment, according to numerous sources.

Manigault, 6-foot-4, 185 pounds, will be a senior at Pinewood Prepatory School in Summerville, S.C. He committed to WSU on Sunday, according to GoUpstate.com, the Web site of the Spartanburg (S.C.) Herald-Journal. Manigault averaged 13 points and 11 rebounds as a junior.

Scout.com lists Manigault as a three-star prospect (with five being the highest ranking). ESPN.com's recruiting site listed Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth, Marquette and Michigan as also showing interest. The Citadel, according to GoUpstate.com, offered a scholarship.

Manigault (pronounced Man-e-go) is regarded as a good athlete, defender and rebounder who can penetrate and score around the basket. Outside shooting is not his strong point.

"He blocks a number of shots for a guard and can defend the wing well," wrote Justin Young of Rivals.com. "Manigault is a fine rebounder at this level and does a nice job of knifing his way into the paint with little trouble."

A Wichita woman has settled a stalking claim against Wichita State University baseball coach Gene Stephenson.

Terms of the settlement are confidential.

In a petition filed March 27 in Sedgwick County District Court, the woman said Stephenson "repeatedly harassed me by calling incessantly over the past year, showing up unannounced at my home, makes continuous advances toward me."

The woman confirmed Monday that the case had been settled.

"All claims were resolved to the parties' satisfaction by confidential mediation," she said.

Ken Schrader has won on some of the biggest stages in racing -- Daytona and Talladega, for example -- but he's no prima donna. Because no matter where he races, that's where he's happiest.

"At Daytona, there's 200,000 people and a national TV audience. That's a big deal," Schrader said. "But you race at 81 Speedway with 5,000 people in the grandstand, it's a big deal, too."

Schrader will race at 81 Speedway tonight in the Modified Challenge pitting the National Championship Racing Series vs. United States Modified Touring Series. Kenny Wallace also will race.

Schrader, 53, has been racing most of his life -- and he's raced just about everything, including NASCAR, trucks, late models, midgets.

In his NASCAR career, he has four wins -- all during his nine years with Hendrick Motorsports. His best finish in the Cup points was fourth in 1994. Schrader has 65 top five finishes in the Cup and 184 top 10 finishes.

The Alley

Men--Evan Guoladdle 300, 820. Women--Brenda Gorges 215, 573. Seniors men--Gary Stroud 234, 603. Women--Gloria Bayless 167, 446.

Derby

Men--Mike Connell 278, 692. Women--Donna Stark 225, Lisa Black 550. Seniors men--Harley McFarland 212, Mark Werth 534. Women--Connie Renberger 188, 515. Boys--Julian Wherrell 241, Ethan Frank 612. Girls--Kayla Redeker 136, Kennedy Long 348.

Northrock

"Summer in Season" is a weekly series focusing on a variety of Wichita-area sports, events and individuals.

Gary Pauls had just finished officiating the first half of his opening basketball game Friday morning at the South YMCA's Farha Sport Center when he got the news that an expected long day had just gotten even longer.

Ed Egan, who scheduled the officials for last weekend's Mid America Youth Basketball national boys tournament in Wichita, was the messenger. He had to tell Pauls that one of his six-member crew had called to say he couldn't work.

"I thought it would be a nice and steady day," Pauls said. "We were planning on running two games and then one off, but now we're running four games and one off."

And instead of working a planned nine games in 14 hours, he was looking at possibly 12 games.

Crown Uptown's "Caught in the Net" is a good old-fashioned farce full of mistaken identities, escalating silliness, chasing around and door-slamming.

As directed by Kathryn Page Hauptman, this comedy by Ray Cooney is a fast-paced, practically breathless romp with lots of guffaws plus some giggles sparked by subtle body language.

Opening night suffered some minor miscues, notably phone rings that couldn't keep up with the on-stage action. And there were a few lines that got tangled in the frantic pacing because comic adrenaline was running high.

Page Hauptman's veteran cast -- Rob Summers, Craig Green and Barb Schoenhofer -- was up to the challenge, with pleasant surprises by a couple of newcomers -- Christopher Lee Roberts and Michael Karraker -- who make falling down stairs and being yanked around like a rag doll look hilariously effortless.

Summers plays John Smith, a cabbie leading a double life with two families: a wife and daughter in Minneapolis and a wife and son in St. Paul. With the help of his klutzy but loyal best friend, Stanley -- played with Ed Norton-like goofy charm by Green -- he has been able to keep his wives (Schoenhofer and Tara Tucker) blissfully unaware of each other for 15 years.

Look for these new DVD titles in video stores and rental shops beginning today.

Nim's Island (PG) '''(1 hr 35 min) _ An imaginative young girl ("Little Miss Sunshine's" Abigail Breslin), who lives on an isolated island with her scientist father (Gerard Butler), seeks help from the reclusive author (Jodie Foster) of her favorite adventure novels when her father gets lost at sea.

The Counterfeiters (R) (1 hr 39 min) _ Winner of the Academy Award for best foreign language film, "The Counterfeiters" tells the true story of Salomon Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics), a swindler who made a name for himself as Berlin's "King of the Counterfeiters." He's arrested and placed in a Nazi concentration camp. With the German army on the verge of bankruptcy, Sorowitsch makes a deal with his captors: in exchange for good treatment, he must counterfeit bank notes to fund the Nazi war effort.

TV shows

1st season -- "Get Smart," "Route 66"