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LOCAL

Frederick, Warren win at Speedway

HARTFORD — Jonathan Frederick and Marty Warren captured their first victories at Sharon Speedway during Saturday’s competition.

Frederick won his first Limited Sprint feature while Warren won the Hobby Stock Feature. Frederick led the 20-lap Limited Sprint event from start to finish.

Finishing behind Warren were Tim Callahan, Darren Hart, Ricky Steigerwald and Payton Snyder.

Bob Felmlee (410 Sprints) and Dwayne Clay (E-Mods) scored their second speedway victories of the year while Alan Dellinger picked up his fourth Pro-Stock main event as Seven Seas Leisure Centers and Time Warner Cable sponsored the Bill Kirila Memorial.

Jeff Hassay and Big Block Modified Driver Jim Weller, Jr. led the 15-lap E-Mod event to the green. Dwayne Clay grabbed the top spot on lap four. Clay went on to lead the final 11 circuits to capture his second Gibson-Governor Insurance E-Mod victory of the season.

Points leader Scott Stiffler came home in the runner-up spot with Joe Gabrielson, Jeff Johnson and Hassay completing the top five. Will Aley and Alan Dellinger led the 19 car Pro-Stock feature event to the green. Dellinger weathered three cautions to capture his fourth Sharon Speedway victory of the season. Veteran Larry Root was second followed by Stan Woomer, Bruce Redman and current points leader Jamie Duncan.

NATION

World defeats U.S. in Futures Game

ST. LOUIS — Rene Tosoni waited out the rain and went home with an MVP award.

Tosoni and Dayan Viciedo hit consecutive RBI doubles to cap a four-run comeback that carried the World team past the United States 7-5 on Sunday in a Futures Game that provided a soggy start to All-Star festivities at Busch Stadium.

“You talk about why this is such a great baseball town and as you saw, even with a 4-hour rain delay, the majority of the people stayed,” said Cardinals Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith, who managed the U.S. squad. “It’s a very special place.”

Baseball’s annual showcase for top minor league talent was interrupted for 4 hours, 9 minutes in the first inning by a heavy storm that rolled through the ballpark, darkening skies and briefly cloaking the famous Gateway Arch beyond center field.

Because of the delay, the game was shortened to seven innings.

When play finally resumed, Colorado’s Eric Young hit a solo homer and Houston’s Jason Castro added a three-run shot that gave the U.S. a 5-3 lead going into the seventh. But with three outs remaining, the World team rallied against losing pitcher Trevor Reckling of the Los Angeles Angels.

Milwaukee’s Brett Lawrie led off with a double and went to third on an infield single by Starlin Castro of the Chicago Cubs. Lawrie scored on a wild pitch that sent Castro to second, and one out later Oakland second baseman Jemile Weeks made a costly mistake.

Milwaukee’s Alcides Escobar hit a humpback liner up the middle that was grabbed by Weeks on one hop behind second. With no chance to make a balanced throw, Weeks tried to flip the ball with his glove to shortstop Danny Espinosa — an ill-advised attempt.

The toss went awry and the ball trickled away on the infield, allowing Castro to score the tying run.

Halladay expected to get AL start

ST. LOUIS — Roy Halladay, the talk of the trade-speculation circuit, is the leading candidate to start Tuesday night’s All-Star Game for the American League, a person familiar with the situation said.

The starters for both teams will be announcedtoday . Either Arizona’s Dan Haren or San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum will probably start for the National League, and Kansas City’s Zach Greinke is the other consideration for AL manager Joe Maddon.

Halladay, 32, has a 10-3 record and 2.85 ERA this season. Last week, Toronto general manager J.P. Ricciardi set the industry abuzz when he announced he would listen to trade proposals for Halladay, who can become a free agent after next season.

Lynx beat Silver Stars

SAN ANTONIO — Charde Houston scored a career-high 26 points and Roneeka Hodges added 21 to lead the Minnesota Lynx to a 83-76 victory over the San Antonio Silver Stars.

Houston grabbed eight rebounds and was 10-of-12 from the floor. Hodges made 7 of 10 shots for the Lynx (9-5), who shot 53 percent and bounced back from a 16-point home loss to the Silver Stars on Friday.

Houston was 4-of-5 from 3-point range, and Hodges went 4-of-6 — falling one point shy of her career high. Minnesota also got 12 points and eight rebounds from Nicky Anosike.

Becky Hammon scored 26 points and Sophia Young added 18 for the Silver Stars (5-6).

Staff/wire reports