Sports News of the Day (6/28)

   Ladies' Quarterfinal action of the Wimbledon Tennis Championship took place today at the All-England Club in London, England.
Match Results: Maria Sharapova (5) defeats Dominika Cibulkova (24) (6-1, 6-1), Sabine Lisicki defeats Marion Bartoli (9) (6-4, 6-7 (7-4), 6-1), Victoria Azarenka (4) defeats Tamira Paszek (6-3, 6-1), Petra Kvitova (8) defeats Tsvetana Pironkova (32) (6-3, 6-7(7-5), 6-2)
 The ladies' tournament contuines on Thursday with semi-final action.
   Gentlemen's Quarterfinal Match-ups for Tomorrow:
    Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (12) vs Roger Federer (3)
    Andy Murrary (4) vs Feliciano Lopez
    Bernard Tomic vs Novak Djokovic (2)
    Mardy Fish (10) vs Rafael Nadal (1)
MLB News: The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Boston Red Sox 5-0 at Citizens Bank Park Tuesday night.
          Not only did fans get two see two of the best teams in the MLB play, but also were entertained by an exciting pitching match-up; Cliff Lee (Philly) vs Josh Beckett (BOS).
   Lee (9-5) took the win with a typical Cliff Lee performance; throwing a complete game which resulted in a shut-out, giving up just two hits, and striking out five. Lee has given up just one run in his last 42 innings pitched. He has looked unstoppable and does not look to stop anytime soon.
   Beckett (6-3) took the loss and looked like the complete opposite of Lee. He gave up five runs in six innings, striking out one. His ERA going into the game was 1.86, and after this start is now is 2.20.
   The Cincinnati Reds had a game slip out of its hands late against the Tampa Bay Rays losing 4-3 at Tropicana Field in Tampa.
   Evan Longoria (1-4) hit his tenth homerun of the year in the bottom of the ninth off Logan Ondrusek to win the game.
   The Rays took an early lead in the fourth inning when Johnny Damon (2-4) hit his ninth homerun of the year to put Tampa up 1-0.
   Cincinnati took the lead 2-1 in the top of the eighth when Drew Stubbs (2-4) tripled, and was brought in on an Edgar Renteria (1-4) single. Joey Votto (1-3) then doubled to bring in Renteria.
   Damon then doubled for the Rays in the bottom of the inning to bring in two RBIs and put Tampa back on top 3-2.
   Jay Bruce (1-4) tied the game in the top of the ninth with a solo shot to make the game tied at three.
   Kyle Farnsworth (3-1) took the win for Tampa, while Ondrusek (3-3) was charged with the loss.
  Starting pitching for both teams looked solid.
   Cincy's Johnny Cueto pitched 7.2 innings; giving up three runs off four hits, while striking out six.
   David Price pitched 7.2 innings for Tampa; giving up two runs off six hits; while striking out 12.
  The final game of this series will take place tomorrow at 12:10 PM at Tropicana Field with the pitching match-up slated to be Edinson Volquez (4-3, CIN) vs James Shields (8-4, TB)
UFC News: A welterweight bout between Jake Shields (MMA 26-5-1, UFC 1-1) and Jake Ellenberger (MMA 25-5, UFC 4-1) will take place at UFC Fight Night 25: Battle on the Bayou on September 17, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
   Shields is coming off a loss to Georges St. Pierre for the UFC Welterweight Championship at UFC 129 in April, while Ellenberger is currently riding a four fight win streak.
   Expect this fight to be on the main card of this even as the main event or co-main event.