IN BRIEF
Butler native Matt Clement improved to 9-1 Saturday as he was the winning pitcher in the Boston Red Sox' 7-1 victory at Philadelphia.
Clement pitched seven innings, allowed seven hits and one run. He struck out four and did not walk a batter.
WIMBLEDON, England - Serena Williams lost 6-3, 7-6 (4) Saturday to Jill Craybas in the third round at Wimbledon, her earliest exit from a major since 1999.Maria Sharapova led six Russian women into the round of 16 by beating Katarina Srebotnik 6-2, 6-4. No. 1 Lindsay Davenport, No. 8 Nadia Petrova, No. 12 Mary Pierce, and No. 15 Kim Clijsters also advanced.Two-time defending champion Roger Federer and the man he beat in last year's final, Andy Roddick, moved into the fourth round. So did 2002 Wimbledon finalist David Nalbandian, who ended the run of the last British player in the tournament, 18-year-old Andrew Murray; 2004 French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero; No. 15 Guillermo Coria; and 19-year-old Richard Gasquet.
CARSON, Calif. - Justin Gatlin cemented his status as America's fastest human Sunday by winning the 200 meters, becoming the first man in 20 years to sweep the sprints at the U.S. track and field championships.A day after winning the 100, Gatlin turned it on down the stretch to win the 200 in 20.04 seconds. The last man to win both races at the U.S. meet was Kirk Baptiste in 1985. Tyson Gay, just out of Arkansas, was second in 20.06, followed by the Olympic gold medalist in the event, Shawn Crawford, in 20.12.It was a triumphant performance after a near-disastrous start for the 23-year-old Gatlin. The Olympic gold medalist in the 100 and bronze medalist in the 200 was disqualified for a false start in the 100 preliminaries Friday. He was reinstated after a protest, and took off from there.Kerron Clement won the 400 hurdles and Allyson Felix took the women's 200, as both 19-year-olds posted two of the most impressive championship performances from a young corps of talent that is taking over the sport in the United States.
CONCORD, Mass. - Mark McNulty birdied the second extra hole to win a three-way playoff in the Bank of America Championship - the record fourth consecutive Champions Tour event that went to a playoff.
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. - University of Illinois golf coach Mike Small shot a 69 to win the PGA Club Professional Championship by three strokes and qualify for the PGA Championship.Small finished at 1-over 289 to beat Travis Long, who shot a final-round 71. The top 25 finishers earned spots in golf's fourth major.
CLEVELAND - Paul Tracy, whose race in 2004 ended when he got hit from behind on the first turn, avoided trouble Sunday to win the Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland for the first time since 1993.A year ago, a furious and frustrated Tracy stormed off the course after he was hit from behind at the course's treacherous Turn 1, knocking the pole-sitter off track and out of the race just seconds after it began.Starting on the pole again, Tracy finished 3.113 seconds ahead of A.J. Allmendinger.Oriol Servia finished third, Alex Tagliani fourth and two-time defending Cleveland champion Sebastien Bourdais was fifth - 13.262 seconds back of Tracy.