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Burnett overpowers O's It didn't take the Orioles long to get a good look at what they were up against last night in A.J. Burnett. The hard-throwing right-hander struck out the first two Orioles he faced in a total of six pitches and then fanned Miguel Tejada to end the first. Kevin Millar was one of the few Orioles to take good swings against Burnett, hitting a third-inning bases-empty home run and a single. Burnett allowed just one run and three hits in a complete-game domination of the Orioles.

Another injury The Orioles' rotation can't take many more hits or the club will be auditioning fans to make starts. After determining that Erik Bedard needed to be shut down for the rest of the season, the Orioles lost Jeremy Guthrie yesterday to a strained left oblique. Guthrie threw a pitch to the Boston Red Sox's Jason Varitek in the sixth and hobbled off the mound. It took only one warm-up toss for Guthrie to determine that he couldn't continue, and he headed to the clubhouse. One bad inning Guthrie gave up two runs through the fifth inning, and both scored with two outs in the third.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Intent on shoring up his struggling bullpen, manager Dave Trembley said yesterday that he will abandon the closer-by-committee approach and primarily use Danys Baez to save games. Jamie Walker has four saves and Chad Bradford has one since Chris Ray went on the disabled list with a sprained right elbow. However, using Walker and Bradford later in games has put more pressure on the Orioles' middle relief corps, which was beaten on consecutive days in Boston as John Parrish took the loss on Saturday and Rob Bell was saddled with it Sunday.

The newest Orioles felt the love yesterday from an enthusiastic, if rather chilled, Camden Yards crowd. "The only time I've seen a packed house at home was in Houston and here," said an appreciative Aubrey Huff, who spent his first 6 1/2 major league seasons playing with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays before being traded to the Astros last July. Reliever Chad Bradford said: "You always want to have the fans in your city supporting you. Here, they're more behind you the whole season. That's what I've seen as a visitor."

Reservoir sophomore point guard Brianna Bradford has shown she can score this season, averaging better than 19 points for the Gators. She also can write a fine essay. Bradford was a winner of the 2007 Martin Luther King Jr. Student Essay Contest, sponsored by the MLK Jr. Howard County Holiday Commission. At Sunday's 22nd Annual MLK Jr. Celebration at Howard Community College's Smith Theatre, Bradford was awarded a plaque and a $200 prize for writing the top essay among ninth- and 10th-graders throughout the county.

Martha Agnes Gover Bradford, a retired school librarian whose caring and thoughtful nature endeared her to several generations of Baltimore public school students, died Wednesday of progressive supranuclear palsy at Manor Care Health Services in Roland Park. She was 74.Mrs. Bradford began her career in the late 1940s and was the first librarian at Cherry Hill Junior High School when it opened in the 1950s. For more than 15 years, Mrs. Bradford saw to the literary needs of the students at Calverton Junior High School.

Dr. Martha Leffler Lincoln, an ophthalmologist and former president of the Howard County Medical Society, died Saturday of ovarian cancer at her Key West, Fla., home. She was 56.As the co-medical director of Columbia Medical Plan in the early 1990s, she supervised the patient care of one of the state's largest health maintenance organi- zations."Patients loved her, and so did her staff," said Dr. Haddox Sothoron, a friend and orthopedic surgeon based in Howard County. "She ran a well-organized and effective department.

" 'A Baby Sister for Harry.' Harry got jealous at his sister because his sister got more attention more than he did."- Akeem GeathersFederal Hill Elementary"I enjoyed a book called 'Jeffrey's Ghost and the Leftover Baseball Team' by David Adler. Jeffrey Clark is a fourth-grader who moves into a new home. He discovers Bradford the ghost lives there too. Jeffrey and Bradford become friends. Bradford joins Jeffrey's baseball team. The team's players are not the best, but with Bradford's help they begin to believe in themselves.

Unbeaten North Carroll built a three-goal lead, then had to hold on in the final eight minutes as host Westminster charged back into contention before losing, 3-2, last night.The victory gave No. 4-ranked North Carroll (11-0) its first victory over Westminster (8-5) since 1993 and enabled the Panthers to clinch their first Carroll County title since 1994.North Carroll is 6-0 county, 7-0 in the Central Maryland XTC Conference; Westminster is 3-2, 6-1. The two teams will close their regular seasons tomorrow (4 p.m.)

tTC The celebration at Milford Mill surely will linger this time.Jenna Bradford's three-pointer from the top of the key with 17 seconds to go sealed last night's 61-54 Class 3A North championship victory over Catonsville. Now, the Millers will savor the victory awhile.The regional title has been a long time coming and sent the Millers to the state tournament for the first time since 1993.Milford (23-4) will play its state semifinal game Thursday at 9 p.m. at UMBC against the winner of today's South Region final between Friendly and Douglass-PG.

On October 11, 2009, Harold L. Bradford, Jr Nicole Taylor. Visitation for family and friends will be held on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 from 6-9 PM at the HUBBARD FUNERAL HOME, INC., 4107 Wilkens Avenue, Baltimore, MD. Funeral Services will be private at the convenience of the family.

On May 13, 2009, MELVINA, wife of the alte George Bradford. Friends may visit the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 E. North Avenue on Sunday 10 A.M to 6 P.M where the family will receive friends on Monday at 9 A.M. Funeral services will follow at 9:30 A.M.

Brianna Bradford's high school basketball career ended with a standing ovation Tuesday night during Reservoir's winter sports banquet. The school is retiring her No. 10 jersey. ( For more, go to baltimoresun.com/ varsityletters)

QB Bradford will return to Okla., pass on draft col. football Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford, a third-year sophomore quarterback, will return to Oklahoma next season, passing on a chance to be a high NFL draft pick. "I really feel that there's no need to cut this experience short," Bradford said yesterday at a news conference in Norman. Bradford led the nation with 50 touchdown passes and guided the Sooners to the Bowl Championship Series title game this season, but Oklahoma lost, 24-14, to Florida.

AP names Bradford Player of the Year col. football Sam Bradford of Oklahoma was voted the Associated Press College Football Player of the Year yesterday. He beat out the same two quarterbacks he did in capturing the Heisman Trophy - Colt McCoy of Texas and Tim Tebow of Florida. Bradford received 27 votes from the AP media panel that votes in the weekly poll. The sophomore quarterback was followed by McCoy with 17 votes. Tebow won the award last year and had 16 votes this time. Texas Tech receiver Michael Crabtree had two votes.

The Orioles recalled relief pitcher Rocky Cherry yesterday to fill the roster spot vacated when Chad Bradford went to the Tampa Bay Rays in a waiver deal. Cherry, who has pitched well at Triple-A Norfolk, will be given a chance to earn a permanent spot in the bullpen, manager Dave Trembley said. Initial speculation had suggested the Orioles would call up a reliever to replace Bradford temporarily but would then recall right-hander Hayden Penn to start tomorrow or early next week. But Penn is suffering from a leg injury and might not be able to make his next start, Trembley said.

On June 9, 2008, Helen L. Eldreth (nee Swisher), beloved wife of the late Earl Eldreth, devoted mother of Donna Bradford and her husband Bruce, and the late Diana Duty, loving grandmother of Michael McCray and his wife Lynn, Cindy, Brian, and his wife Meghan, Shawn, and Ryan Bradford, and Tina and Charlie Duty,and dear great grandmother of Kaitlyn and Josh McCray. Will also be missed by many loving relatives and friends. A funeral service will be held on Saturday at 11A.M. at the Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Ave. Visiting hours Friday 3-5 & 7-9P.

On June 4, 2008, Mary Lee Bradford Friends may call at THE CHATMAN-HARRIS FUNERAL HOME, 5240 Reisterstown Road, Sunday 2-8 p.m. a.m a.m.

When Annika Sorenstam, one of golf's most popular figures, announced last month that she was retiring after this season, her only visit to Maryland - at the McDonald's LPGA Championship - became a chance for fans to catch a final glimpse of the Hall of Famer. Though most have not met her, her fans talked and behaved yesterday as if they had a personal connection with the Swedish golfer. More than 100 trailed her from hole to hole, and she obliged many of the Sharpie-waving spectators with autographs after she shot 2-under-par 70 in the first round at Bulle Rock in Havre de Grace.

The night of Sept. 6, 1995, is remembered for more than Cal Ripken Jr. playing in his 2,131st consecutive game to break Lou Gehrig's record. In Steve Trachsel's household, it also had been the date of the only regular-season relief appearance in his major league career. Now Trachsel can add yesterday's game against the Boston Red Sox, when he replaced Orioles starter Brian Burres in the fifth inning and allowed two runs, including J.D. Drew's homer, in five innings. "The first inning was kind of nerve-racking," said Trachsel, who has made 419 regular-season appearances since breaking into the majors in 1993.