Brian Anderson

Hitting Dave Nilsson, Brewers: Two 2-run HRs. Pitching Brian Anderson, Diamondbacks: 9 innings, 0 runs, 3 hits. Francisco Cordova, Pirates: 9 innings, 1 run, 4 hits. Pub Date: 9/04/98

Kaleo Kina hit a pair of free throws with 7.3 seconds to play to give Navy an 81-80 victory over Longwood last night. The Lancers (6-8) had gone ahead 80-79 on a basket by Kevin Swecker with 11 seconds to play, wiping out a seven-point Navy (9-4) lead with 2:41 to play. After Swecker's basket, Kina drove the lane and was fouled by Billy Robinson. Saint Louis 81, UMBC 60:: Tommie Liddell III had 19 points and six assists, helping the Billikens beat the Retrivers for their sixth straight victory at home.

At Bank One Ballpark, Phoenix Day...Time...TV...Starters Tonight...10:05...CSN...Jason Johnson (1-4, 4.33) vs. Brian Anderson (1-6, 5.37) Tomorrow...10:05...CSN...Sidney Ponson (3-4, 4.14) vs. Curt Schilling (12-2, 2.96) Thursday...6:05...CSN...Rodrigo Lopez (6-2, 2.45) vs. Randy Johnson (10-2, 2.63) Radio: All games on WBAL (1090 AM) The defending World Series champions have withstood some more injuries, and enter their first series with the Orioles leading the National League West by one game over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Withdrawing sports media notes while wondering why my bank is now charging for those lollipops it keeps by the tellers' windows: * Cue up the David Bowie/Queen "Under Pressure," because that's what everyone talks about for this weekend's Ryder Cup. (The pressure, that is, not Bowie or Queen.) Between ESPN and NBC, 26 hours of the U.S.-Europe biennial golf event will be televised (today, 8 a.m., ESPN; tomorrow, 8 a.m.; and Sunday, noon, WBAL/Channel 11 and WRC/Channel 4). "The pressure is amazing at the Ryder Cup - higher than any other event in all of golf," NBC's Johnny Miller said, according to highlights of a conference call this week.

In sports parlance, it is said that earning a tie is like kissing your sister, but last night at Camden Yards Cal Ripken took that adage to another level.With a glittering backdrop of flashing camera lights, Ripken moved next to the legendary Lou Gehrig by tying the Yankees immortal's record of 2,130 consecutive games. And on a night when Ripken's place in baseball history was all that really mattered, his teammates took their cue and added a few entries of their own into the Orioles' team record book.

At Oriole Park at Camden YardsDay Time TV StartersTonight 7:35 54 Phil Leftwich (0-1, 6.39) vs.Jamie Moyer (0-1, 5.65)Tomorrow night 7:35 HTS Mark Leiter (1-0, 2.77) vs.Mike Mussina (3-0, 1.74)Thursday night 7:35 54 Brian Anderson (1-0, 1.88) vs.Arthur Rhodes (0-2, 11.25)Radio: All games on WBAL (1090 AM) and WTOP (1500 AM)Angels updateThe Angels (6-7) have not won since scoring seven runs in the ninth inning Friday night and going on to defeat Toronto, 14-13, in 10 innings to equal the biggest comeback in franchise history.

Second-ranked heavyweight Don Marco -- one of five Old Mill champions -- beat Southern's Robert Burley, 2-0, to help the Patriots win their seventh Anne Arundel County wrestling tournament title yesterday at Arundel High.The top-ranked, two-time defending Class 3A/4A state champion Patriots (203.5 points) broke the meet record of 200.5 they set in 1987.Second-place Broadneck (151) and third-place Annapolis (138.5) are ranked fifth by the Maryland State Wrestling Association."We had the right frame of mind and the right training coming in," said Old Mill coach Mike Hampe, who in 16 seasons has a 160-22-3 record.

Kaleo Kina hit a pair of free throws with 7.3 seconds to play to give Navy an 81-80 victory over Longwood last night. The Lancers (6-8) had gone ahead 80-79 on a basket by Kevin Swecker with 11 seconds to play, wiping out a seven-point Navy (9-4) lead with 2:41 to play. After Swecker's basket, Kina drove the lane and was fouled by Billy Robinson. Saint Louis 81, UMBC 60:: Tommie Liddell III had 19 points and six assists, helping the Billikens beat the Retrivers for their sixth straight victory at home.

Sidney Ponson has had games this season that left the Orioles wondering why on earth they re-signed him to a three-year, $22.5 million contract last winter. Last night wasn't one of them. Ponson pitched pretty well against the New York Yankees, but he still became the major leagues' first pitcher to reach 10 losses this season, as the Orioles fell, 5-2, before a sellout crowd of 48,442 at Camden Yards. Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter each slugged a two-run homer off Ponson, and once again, the Orioles couldn't solve Yankees starter Javier Vazquez.

At Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Mo. Day...Time...TV...Starters Tonight...8:10 CSN...Sidney Ponson (3-12, 6.29) vs. Brian Anderson (1-8, 7.23) Tomorrow...2:10...CSN...Daniel Cabrera (7-3, 3.01) vs. Zack Greinke (2-6, 3.57) Radio: All games on WBAL (1090 AM) Royals update Last place in the American League Central appears to be reserved for Kansas City, a team that ranks as one of the season's biggest disappointments after making a surprising run at the playoffs in 2003 under first-year manager Tony Pena.

Sidney Ponson has had games this season that left the Orioles wondering why on earth they re-signed him to a three-year, $22.5 million contract last winter. Last night wasn't one of them. Ponson pitched pretty well against the New York Yankees, but he still became the major leagues' first pitcher to reach 10 losses this season, as the Orioles fell, 5-2, before a sellout crowd of 48,442 at Camden Yards. Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter each slugged a two-run homer off Ponson, and once again, the Orioles couldn't solve Yankees starter Javier Vazquez.

Hitting Dave Nilsson, Brewers: Two 2-run HRs. Pitching Brian Anderson, Diamondbacks: 9 innings, 0 runs, 3 hits. Francisco Cordova, Pirates: 9 innings, 1 run, 4 hits. Pub Date: 9/04/98

In sports parlance, it is said that earning a tie is like kissing your sister, but last night at Camden Yards Cal Ripken took that adage to another level.With a glittering backdrop of flashing camera lights, Ripken moved next to the legendary Lou Gehrig by tying the Yankees immortal's record of 2,130 consecutive games. And on a night when Ripken's place in baseball history was all that really mattered, his teammates took their cue and added a few entries of their own into the Orioles' team record book.

At Oriole Park at Camden YardsDay Time TV StartersTonight 7:35 54 Phil Leftwich (0-1, 6.39) vs.Jamie Moyer (0-1, 5.65)Tomorrow night 7:35 HTS Mark Leiter (1-0, 2.77) vs.Mike Mussina (3-0, 1.74)Thursday night 7:35 54 Brian Anderson (1-0, 1.88) vs.Arthur Rhodes (0-2, 11.25)Radio: All games on WBAL (1090 AM) and WTOP (1500 AM)Angels updateThe Angels (6-7) have not won since scoring seven runs in the ninth inning Friday night and going on to defeat Toronto, 14-13, in 10 innings to equal the biggest comeback in franchise history.