MLB: Bacsik recalled by Nationals

Washington, D.C. (Sports Network) - The Washington Nationals purchased the contract of left-hander Mike Bacsik from Triple-A Columbus on Saturday.

Bacsik is scheduled to start in the team's interleague contest against the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night. He was 1-3 with a 4.00 earned run average in nine games (five starts) for the Clippers.

He last pitched in the big leagues in 2004, and is 5-5 with a 5.88 ERA in 22 career games (15 starts) with Cleveland, the New York Mets and Texas.

MLB: Marlins place Nolasco on DL again

St. Petersburg, FL (Sports Network) - The Florida Marlins on Saturday placed right-handed pitcher Ricky Nolasco on the 15-day disabled list with right elbow inflammation. The move is retroactive to May 18.
Nolasco, who was already placed on the DL once this season with the same ailment, is 1-2 with a 5.48 earned-run average in five starts.
To fill his roster spot, the Marlins selected the contract of pitcher Justin Miller from Albuquerque (PCL).
In related move, the club transferred pitcher Jose Garcia to the 60-day disabled list.

NBA Playoff Preview - San Antonio vs. Utah

(Sports Network) - The third-seeded San Antonio Spurs and No. 4 Utah battle for the right to represent the Western Conference in the NBA Finals, as the teams meet in a best-of-seven series.

This is the fourth time that these teams have met in the playoffs. The Jazz are 3-0 against San Antonio in the postseason. Utah defeated the Spurs, 3-1, in the first round of the 1994 playoffs, and in the semifinals in 1996, 4-2, and 1998, 4-1.

San Antonio has advanced to the Western Conference finals for the eighth time in franchise history. They played the Lakers in 1982, 1983 and 2001, Houston in 1995, Portland in 1999, Dallas in 2003 and Phoenix in 2005. San Antonio is 3-4 in this round.

The Spurs, who lost in seven to the Dallas Mavericks in last year's semifinals, knocked out No. 6 Denver in five games in the opening round and survived a tough six-game series with the second-seeded Suns.

San Antonio's victory over the Suns was full of controversy. Spurs forward Robert Horry was suspended two games by the NBA, while Phoenix forwards Amare Stoudemire and Boris Diaw received one game apiece for an incident in Game 4.

The penalties came as the result of a flagrant foul call on Horry, who delivered a forearm to Suns guard Steve Nash with 18.2 seconds left in Game 4 at the AT&T Center. Horry was suspended for flagrantly fouling Nash and striking Raja Bell above the shoulders with a forearm. Stoudemire and Diaw were suspended for leaving "the immediate vicinity of their bench" during an altercation, according to Stu Jackson, the NBA's executive vice president of basketball operations.

Hockey: Alfredsson's OT goal sends Ottawa to first Stanley Cup finals

Buffalo, NY (Sports Network) - Daniel Alfredsson's goal 9:32 into overtime sent the Ottawa Senators to a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals at HSBC Arena.

Alfredsson took a pass from Dany Heatley in the neutral zone, skated down the left wing, and took a wrister from the left circle using a Sabres defender as a screen. The puck zipped along the ice and hit the net just inside the far post, sending the Senators bench into a frenzy.

Ottawa wins the series four games to one and reaches the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in franchise history. They await the winner of the Western finals between Detroit and Anaheim. The series is tied at two games apiece with Game 5 set for Sunday in Detroit.

PGA European: Harrington remains atop Irish Open leaderboard

Limerick, Ireland (Sports Network) - Padraig Harrington posted a one-under 71 Saturday to extend his lead to three strokes after three rounds of the Irish Open.
The Dublin native completed 54 holes at four-under-par 212 at Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort.
Bradley Dredge carded the low round of the day with A three-under 69. He vaulted from a share of 17th into a tie for second at one-under-par 215 and was joined there by Simon Wakefield, who managed a one-over 73 in the third round.
Richard Green (72) and Louis Oosthuizen (73) are tied for fourth at even-par 216.
Conditions were much improved from the first two days, but the scoring did not get much better. Just four players broke par in the third round and five more shot even-par 72 on Saturday.

LPGA: Lee moves two clear of Ochoa in New Jersey

Clifton, NJ (Sports Network) - Sarah Lee fired a seven-under 65 Saturday to move two strokes clear of Women's World No. 1 Lorena Ochoa after three rounds of the Sybase Classic.

Lee, who led after the first and second rounds last week before finishing third, completed 54 holes at 16-under-par 200. Ochoa, who is the defending champion, carded her second straight 67 and is alone in second at minus-14.

Those two are well ahead of the field as Kate Golden (67), Young Jo (70) and reigning Women's British Open champion Sherri Steinhauer (70) share third place at seven-under-par 209 at Upper Montclair Country Club.

Stuttgart claims Bundesliga title with comeback win

Stuttgart, Germany (Sports Network) - Stuttgart lifted the Bundesliga title for the fifth time in its history on Saturday at Gottlieb Daimler Stadion after recording a 2-1 win against Energie on the final day of the season.

It is the first league crown in 15 years for Stuttgart, but it did not come easily.

Needing a win on Saturday to secure the title, Armin Veh's men fell behind 1-0 in the opening 19 minutes, but got goals from Thomas Hitzlsperger and Sami Khedira to secure the win and raise the league trophy on home soil.

It looked for the past month like Schalke had the inside track on the title, but they hit a few bumps in the road along their way to the finish line, and Stuttgart closed out the season by winning its last eight games to sneak in late and steal it.

Chelsea snatches FA Cup with Drogba's late winner

London, England (Sports Network) - Didier Drogba scored the game's lone goal five minutes from time as Chelsea denied Manchester United the double with a 1-0 win in extra time at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.

The game was deadlocked at 0-0 with five minutes to play in the second extra time and looked like it was headed for penalty kicks. However, Drogba worked a nice one-two at the top of the box with Frank Lampard and poked home the return pass to give Chelsea its second trophy of the season.

MLS: Kreis returns to Texas as RSL takes on FCD

Frisco, TX (Sports Network) - Real Salt Lake head coach, Jason Kreis, will be making his first trip to Dallas as a head coach, where he played for the first nine years of his Major League Soccer career, on Sunday.

The current leader in career goals - one ahead of Jaime Moreno heading into Saturday's games - retired from playing and took over as RSL's head coach on May 3.

WTA: Wozniak, Sequera reach Morocco final

Fes, Morocco (Sports Network) - Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak took the first set then witnessed her opponent Maria Emilia Salerni retire in the second set en route to the finals at the $145,000 Moroccan Grand Prix tennis tournament.

In the final, Wozniak, who bested the Argentin qualifier 6-3, 4-4, will face Milagros Sequera. The Venezuelan looked sluggish in the first set but responded to down Ioana Raluca Olaru 0-6, 6-2, 7-6.

This week's victor will take home $21,140.

Together again: Federer, Nadal to square off in Hamburg final

Hamburg, Germany (Sports Network) - Top-seeded Roger Federer and second-seeded Rafael Nadal each dropped their first set Saturday, but each responded to lock up another clash of the titans in the final at the Masters Series Hamburg, a French Open tune-up.

The world's top player Federer dropped the first set to former world No. 1 Carlos Moya before bouncing back to grab a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory. Federer is relying on positive memories in Hamburg, hoisting the trophy in 2002, 2004 and 2005. However, the native of Switzerland is looking to get back on the winning track for his first tournament title in five events.

He took a step closer to that goal against Moya, improving to 7-0 against the Spaniard.

Nadal looked out of sorts in dropping the initial set to Aussie Lleyton Hewitt before rallying for a 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 decision. The reigning two-time French Open champion's clay-court winning streak now stands at 81.

PGA Tour: Sutherland shoots 65 to lead AT&T Classic

Duluth, GA (Sports Network) - Kevin Sutherland shot a seven-under 65 Thursday to take the lead after the first round of the AT&T Classic.
Sutherland had eight birdies and a bogey for his best score in 28 total rounds at this tournament, where he has missed the cut the last two years.
He has a two-shot lead on Stephen Marino, Tommy Armour III, Ryuji Imada, Bob May and Craig Kanada.

Soccer: Hanson sues Nabarro for negligence over Man United deal

London, England (Sports Network) - The Times reports that Hanson, the UK cement maker being bought by German rival HeidelbergCement, is suing its former lawyers for negligence over advice they gave on a property deal with Manchester United.
Hanson, which agreed to the 7.85 billion takeover last week, has issued a High Court claim for 691,000 against Nabarro, one of the Citys leading real estate law firms.
The cement maker - which is claiming negligence and breach of contract - alleges that it suffered a financial loss as direct result of shoddy advice given by Nabarro while trying to terminate a property deal with the wealthy Premiership football club.

MLS: Revs seek revenge vs. Dynamo in MLS Cup rematch

Houston, TX (Sports Network) - The New England Revolution are adamant that when they play at Houston's Robertson Stadium on Saturday night, the game won't be about revenge. Considering the last time the two teams met was the 2006 MLS Cup final which the Dynamo won on penalty kicks, that is a little hard to believe.

Soccer: Valencia try to keep pressure on top three

Palma, Spain (Sports Network) - Valencia will try to keep the heat on the top three teams in La Liga on Saturday when they visit Estadio Son Moix to face an in-form Mallorca side.
Valencia is currently four points behind league-leaders Barcelona and Real Madrid, and two off the pace of third-placed Sevilla with four games remaining.
While a chance at the title seems like a long shot, Valencia still needs to hang on to its top-four spot, which carries a Champions League place.

Nascar: AT&T wins injunction to put logo on Burton's Chevrolet

Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - On Friday, AT&T was granted a preliminary injunction to put its logo on Jeff Burton's No.31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet when a federal judge in Atlanta ruled in the company's favor.
Judge Marvin Shoob's ruling means the AT&T logo and not the Cingular logo will be on Burton's Chevrolet at Saturday night's Nextel All-Star Challenge.
Cingular has sponsored the No.31 since 2001 and was allowed to continue its sponsorship when Nextel become the series' title sponsor. After AT&T and Bell South merged in December the Cingular name was phased out and AT&T wanted to change the team's logo. NASCAR refused and AT&T went to court.

MLB: Atlanta-Boston postponed

Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Friday night's game between the Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves at Fenway Park has been postponed due to wet grounds and inclement weather. The game has been rescheduled as part of a split doubleheader for Saturday, May 19, beginning at 7:35 p.m. The opener of the day-night doubleheader will be played at the regularly scheduled time of 1:05 p.m. The forecast calls for continued moderate to heavy rain throughout Friday afternoon and evening and the forecast for Saturday also calls for showers.

MLB: Marlins claim Linden off waivers

Miami, FL (Sports Network) - The Florida Marlins have claimed outfielder Todd Linden off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.
Linden failed to clear waivers after the Giants designated him for assignment last week. He drove in just three runs and batted a mere .182 in 30 games this season.
In parts of five big league seasons with the Giants, Linden has batted .217 with seven home runs and 28 runs batted in.
The Marlins opened a roster spot by designating outfielder John Gall for assignment.
Gall had appeared in just three games for Florida this season and was hitless in four at-bats. He played parts of the last two seasons with St. Louis and is a career .245 hitter with two homers and 11 RBI in 53 at-bats.

WTA: Grand Prix Lalla Meryem Women's Tennis

Fes, Morocco
Total Prize Money: $145,000 FRIDAY'S QUARTERFINAL MATCHES

Milagros Sequera def. Camille Pin (7), 7-6, 6-4

Maria Emilia Salerni vs. Sandra Kloesel

Aleksandra Wozniak def. Alize Cornet, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5

Ioana Raluca Olaru vs. Caroline Wozniacki

Tennis: Masters Series Hamburg Men's Tennis Update

Masters Series Hamburg Men's Tennis - May 18
Hamburg, Germany
Total Prize Money: $2,450,000 FRIDAY'S QUARTERFINAL MATCHES

Roger Federer (1) def. David Ferrer (12), 6-3, 4-6, 6-3

Rafael Nadal (2) def. Fernando Gonzalez (5), 6-4, 6-4

Carlos Moya def. Novak Djokovic (4), 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 7-5

Lleyton Hewitt (16) leads Nicolas Almagro, 3-1