http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/baseball/recap?gameId=2817200991 OMAHA, Neb. -- LSU took the risk. North Carolina reaped the reward. Tim Federowicz made the Tigers pay for intentionally walking the batter before him, hitting a grand slam in the top of the ninth inning Friday night to send North Carolina to a 7-3 victory in a College World Series elimination game disrupted twice by rain over two days. "It was a great feeling to get up there with bases loaded in the College World Series with a chance to put us ahead," Federowicz said. "I struck out the at-bat before, and I knew he would bring the slider. My adrenaline was pumping." Federowicz channeled that energy and drove LSU reliever Louis Coleman's 1-1 slider into the middle of the stands in left field. Carolina (53-13) moved to the Bracket 2 final against Fresno State on Saturday. The Tar Heels must beat the Bulldogs (44-29) twice to return to the best-of-three championship series for the third straight year. Federowicz was an unlikely hero in the Tar Heels' second win over LSU in this CWS. When he came to bat in the ninth, he was 1-for-11 in three CWS games, and he was 11-for-61 (.180) in 16 games in Omaha the past three years. ESPN.com 6/21/08

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8267012/Switcher-vs.-switcher-confounds-umps NEW YORK (AP) - Ambidextrous pitcher Pat Venditte can confound hitters — and umpires — when he's on the mound. The umps working a game Thursday night between the Class-A Staten Island Yankees and the Brooklyn Cyclones had nothing to go by when Venditte made his professional debut, less than two weeks after getting drafted in the 20th round by the Yankees. After retiring two batters and allowing a single in the ninth, Venditte found himself facing a switch hitter. That's hardly unusual. But it becomes intriguing against Venditte, a switch pitcher. Designated hitter Ralph Henriquez, who had taken his on-deck circle swings as a lefty, entered the batter's box from the right side. Venditte put his specially made glove (it has six fingers, two webs and fits on both hands) on his left hand, and got ready to pitch right-handed. Henriquez then changed his mind and switched sides of the plate, because a batter sees the ball sooner when it is thrown by a pitcher using the opposite hand. So Venditte shifted his glove to the other hand. Then it happened again. Foxsports.net 6/21/08

http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3455260 NEW YORK -- NBC Sports golf analyst Johnny Miller apologized for his description of U.S. Open runner-up Rocco Mediate , saying the comments had "absolutely nothing to do with his ethnicity." Mediate, a 45-year-old Pennsylvanian of Italian heritage, held a one-stroke lead over Tiger Woods during the fourth round Sunday. Miller said Mediate "looks like the guy who cleans Tiger's swimming pool." He also said, "Guys with the name 'Rocco' don't get on the trophy, do they?" "I apologize to anyone who was offended by my remarks," Miller said in a statement Friday through NBC. "My intention was to convey my affection and admiration for Rocco's everyman qualities and had absolutely nothing to do with his ethnicity. I chose my words poorly and in the future will be more careful." ESPN.com 6/21/08