BASEBALL

BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES--Named Larry McCall pitching coach and Dallas Williams coach for Ottawa of the IL, Scott McGregor pitching coach and Moe Hill coach for Bowie of the EL and Steve Meccia strength & amp; conditioning coach for Delmarva of the South Atlantic League.
National League
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES--Released RHP Pedro Liriano and RHP Franklin Perez.
American Association
SIOUX FALLS CANARIES--Traded C Kirk Pierce to Edmonton of the Northern League for INF Chris Hall. Purchased the contract of C Alexis Hernandez from Yuma of the Golden Baseball League.
Can-Am League
NEW JERSEY JACKALS--Agreed to terms with RHP Randy Rapp.
FOOTBALL
Arena Football League
CHICAGO RUSH--Named Curt Gruber vice president of marketing and business development, David McClamroch director of corporate sales, Laura Visin community relations manager and Shannon Allen, David Hodge and Jeremiah Zimmer account executives.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Assigned F Dan Fritsche, F Steven Goertzen, F Nikolai Zherdev, F Geoff Platt, F Joe Motzko, D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen and G Pascal Leclaire to Syracuse of the AHL.
FLORIDA PANTHERS--Traded F Kristian Huselius to Calgary for D Steve Montador and C Dustin Johner.
LOS ANGELES KINGS--Recalled LW Jeff Giuliano from Manchester of the AHL. Placed LW Ryan Flinn on injured reserve.
American Hockey League
PROVIDENCE BRUINS--Announced RW Eric Nickulas and D Milan Jurcina have been returned from loan to the Boston Bruins and D Andrew Alberts and LW Shawn McEachern have been loaned to the team by Boston.
ECHL
DAYTON BOMBERS--Announced D Mark Flood and C Tyler Kolarik have been assigned to the team from Syracuse of the AHL and F Brian Gornick and F Brett Noway have been returned to the team from Syracuse.
READING ROYALS--Announced RW Brendan Bernakevitch has been recalled to Manchester of the AHL. Loaned RW John Morland to Milwaukee of the AHL.
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