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Baseball
Pirates defeated
PHOENIX (AP) – Pitcher Ross Ohlendorf has defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first salary arbitration hearing this year, even after going 1-11 last season.
Ohlendorf was awarded a raise from $439,000 to $2,025,000 Wednesday by arbitrators Steven Wolf, Fredric Horowitz and Robert Herzog, who heard the case a day earlier. The Pirates had argued he should be paid $1.4 million.
The 28-year-old right-hander had a 4.07 ERA in 21 starts for Pittsburgh last year, and his record on a team that went a major league-worst 57-105 was down from 11-10 the previous year.
Ohlendorf’s ERA was lower than the 4.31 of Cincinnati’s Edinson Volquez, who will make $1,625,000 this year. Volquez was 4-3 last year after returning from elbow surgery and a 50-game suspension following a positive drug test.
Football
Colts replace Huey
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The Indianapolis Colts have hired David Walker as the new running backs coach and Devin Fitzsimmsons as a coaching assistant.
Walker replaces longtime running backs coach Gene Huey, who was fired last month.
Walker coached the running backs at the University of Pittsburgh from 2005 to 2010 and was recently hired as Maryland’s running backs coach.
Tennis
Clijsters closing on No. 1
PARIS (AP) – Kim Clijsters moved within one win of the No. 1 ranking, rallying past Kristina Barrois of Germany 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 Wednesday in the second round of the Open Gaz de France.
The Australian Open champion needs to win her quarterfinal match on Friday to take the top spot from Caroline Wozniacki.