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The Hilltoppers (2-1) got three home runs in the game, including one from junior Matt Hightower, who also started and threw five innings on the mound to pick up his first win of the season."This was a good win coming off a tough extra-inning loss last night," said Hilltopper coach Chris Finwood. "I thought our kids fought hard today. We swung the bats really well today, and Matt Hightower gave us a great effort on the mound."The Hilltoppers did most of their damage in the fourth and fifth innings, putting up three runs in each frame. All three runs in the fourth came on one swing of the bat when Chad Cregar blasted a three-run home run over the right-field bullpen, giving WKU a 6-1 lead. After Bowling Green (1-2) scored a pair in the top of the fifth, the Hilltoppers came right back in the bottom of the inning with three runs.Matt Payton led off the inning with a triple to center, then scored on a wild pitch by Patrick Martin.
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Premier League: Honours even at Anfield
Blackburn assumed the role of UEFA Cup conquerors Getafe as Benni McCarthy (60) and Chris Samba's brilliant injury-time finish won the day after Robbie Keane had scored from the spot just after half-time. New head coach Juande Ramos, not yet in charge of the first team, could only watch from the directors' box at White Hart Lane. Gary Megson's first game in charge of Bolton ended in a 1-1 draw with Aston Villa at the Reebok Stadium. Wanderers were on course to hand their new boss the perfect start when Nicolas Anelka fired in a 21st minute free-kick from 25 yards. But just before the hour mark Gabriel Agbonlahor's cross was deflected in via Luke Moore's chest to hand the visitors a point. Bolton's draw lifted them above Derby who are now the bottom side after a 2-0 home defeat by an Ayegbeni Yakubu-inspired Everton.
Caja Madrid tightens grip on Iberia
Spanish airline Iberia slid 5 per cent to €3.26 as bid hopes were dashed when savings bank Caja Madrid moved to build its stake in the airline to 23.4 per cent, potentially blocking a foreign takeover. Caja Madrid, which has said it would prefer to see Iberia remain in domestic hands to protect business in the Spanish capital, exercised pre-emptive rights Thursday to buy a 6.4 per cent stake from fellow shareholder Logista, the logistics arm of tobacco company Altadis. The stakebuilding move follows Caja Madrid's purchase on Monday of a 7 per cent stake from Spanish bank BBVA. Under the terms of a shareholder pact, Iberia's other major shareholders have until next week to approve the purchases. Takeover speculation was also dulled by growing talk that potential all-Spanish offers have run into financing problems.
Mickey Kaus
Is the Bush administration's Kabuki appease-the-right pre-semi-amnesty show of force on the border already ending? The National Guard's border deployment has been a success, according to the administration and the Border Patrol, which say the number of people trying to enter the U.S. illegally has fallen dramatically. [North County Times] The administraiton's natural reaction to the success of this deployment is, of course, to ... reduce the deployment! 'It was working, so we stopped it!'... There are several possible explanations for this seemingly perverse, risky move: 1) The guardsmen are needed in Iraq and Afghanistan; 2) The Bushies cynically think conservatives won't notice and will stay appeased while Congress passes "comprehensive" reform; 3) The Bushies think they don't need conservatives to pass "comprehensive" reform; 4) The Bushies have given up on "comprehensive" reform; 5) It was working, so they stopped it.
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