Oakland 3, White Sox 2
Mark Ellis lined a home run just over the left-field wall with two outs in the ninth inning as Oakland avoided a three-game sweep with a 3-2 win over the Sox on Sunday. The homer came off Bobby Jenks (2-4), who previously had posted five straight scoreless outings.
– Slumping outfielder Carlos Quentin — 1-for-15 over his three previous games — had the day off.
Cubs vs. Pittsburgh, postponed
After a 3-hour, 15-minute rain delay, the Cubs-Pirates game was called off Sunday. No makeup date was announced.
– Carlos Zambrano promises to follow a new workout regimen to strengthen stomach muscles and prevent another trip to the disabled list after it was announced he would return to the Cubs’ rotation a week from Tuesday against Washington. “My problem is I’ve been lazy,” Zambrano said Sunday. “There are things in life you don’t like to do, but you have to do them. I don’t like abs [abdominal muscles workouts] but I have to do them. I have to start doing them every day and be serious about it.”
– Usain Bolt ran 100 meters in 9.58 seconds Sunday at the world championships in Berlin, breaking his own world record set at the Beijing Olympics by an incredible 11-hundredths of a second.
– Pro wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle has been arrested on charges of possessing a human growth hormone and violating an order of protection in suburban Pittsburgh.
– Blackhawks star Patrick Kane is expected Monday to make his first public comments about last week’s arrest in Buffalo.
– Fire 2, Kansas City 0 – David Beckham suspended for Wednesday’s game at Chicago – Brian Vickers wins his first Sprint Cup race of season
