Sports Briefs April 12, 2011

Baseball

Slugger Manny Ramirez spoke to Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon since retiring while facing a 100-game drug ban, but stopped short of apologizing for his abrupt departure.

"He was disappointed in himself, but he was also very kind to the organization," Maddon said Monday.

"He just said he was disappointed. He didn't apologize. I wasn't looking for an apology necessarily. I wasn't."

Ramirez walked away last Friday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug. He previously served a 50-game ban for violating the drug policy.

• The jury considering four felony counts against home run king Barry Bonds deliberated without a conclusion for the second day in San Francisco. The eight women and four men, who started their discussions on Friday before a weekend break, will resume work this morning.

• Jose and Ozzie Canseco have joined the Yuma (Ariz.) Scorpions of the independent North American League, where they'll serve as player/coaches.

American League

Rangers 2, Tigers 0: Alexi Ogando outpitched Justin Verlander before leaving with a finger problem and visiting Texas beat Detroit.

Rays 16, Red Sox 5: Sam Fuld went 4 for 6 with a two-run homer to lead visiting Tampa Bay past Boston.

Athletics 2, White Sox 1, 10 inn.: Kurt Suzuki hit a go-ahead home run in the 10th to lift visiting Oakland over Chicago.

Indians 4, Angels 0: At Anaheim, Calif, Asdrubal Cabrera and Matt LaPorta homered to help Cleveland over Los Angeles.

National League

Cubs 5, Astros 4: Starlin Castro had three hits and Chicago beat Houston.

Rockies 7, Mets 6: Troy Tulowitzki homered and visiting Colorado beat New York.

Cardinals 8, Diamondbacks 2: At Phoenix, Kyle McClellan drove in two runs to help St. Louis over Arizona.

Reds 3, Padres 2: Chris Heisey hit a two-run homer and visiting Cincinnati beat San Diego.

Dodgers 6, Giants 1: Rod Barajas homered and Los Angeles won at San Francisco.

Heat 98, Hawks 90: LeBron James scored 34 points and visiting Miami locked up the No. 2 seed, beating Atlanta.

Cavaliers 110, Pistons 101: At Auburn Hills, Daniel Gibson scored 17 points to help Cleveland over Detroit.

Magic 95, 76ers 85: Dwight Howard scored 19 points and visiting Orlando beat Philadelphia.

Jazz 90, Hornets 78: C.J. Miles scored 18 points and Utah won in New Orleans.

Bucks 93, Raptors 86: John Salmons scored 24 points to help host Milwaukee past Toronto.

Bobcats 105, Nets 103: At Newark, N.J., D.J. Augustin hit a jumper with 1.1 seconds remaining, leading Charlotte over New Jersey.

Wizards 95, Celtics 94, OT: John Wall had 24 points and nine rebounds to lead host Washington over Boston.

Mavericks 98, Rockets 91, OT: Dirk Nowitzki had 23 points and 12 rebounds, and visiting Dallas beat Houston.

Nuggets 134, Warriors 111: J.R. Smith scored 22 points to help host Denver over Golden State.

Suns 135, Timberwolves 127, OT: Channing Frye scored 33 points and host Phoenix rallied past Minnesota.

Thunder 120, Kings 112: Kevin Durant scored 32 points and visiting Oklahoma beat Sacramento.

The Minnesota Wild fired Todd Richards after the team missed the playoffs in each of his two seasons and for a third straight season overall.

- The Associated Press