MLB-FINAL SCORES

Padres end free-fall...Phils half-game back in NL East

UNDATED (AP) — San Diego's late-summer nightmare is over. The Padres have won a baseball game for the first time since Aug. 25.

Nick Hundley homered and drove in two runs in the Padres' 4-2 win over the L.A. Dodgers. Emergency fill-in Tim Stauffer subbed for ailing ace Mat Latos (LAY'-tohs) and held the Dodgers to one run over his four innings. Latos was suffering from a stomach flu, forcing manager Bud Black to use seven pitchers to end their 10-game losing streak.

The losing streak was San Diego's longest since a franchise-record 13-game slide in May 1994. The free-fall trimmed 5-1/2 games from the Padres' lead. San Diego now has a one-game lead over the San Francisco Giants in the NL West.

Also in the NL:

— Nate Schierholtz (SHEER'-hohltz) hit a two-run triple off Aaron Heilman in the 11th inning in San Francisco's 2-0 win over Arizona. The Giants remain a game back of San Diego.

— Losing for the fourth time in five games, Atlanta's lead in the NL East is down to a half-game over Philadelphia. The Braves dropped a 3-1 decision to the Pirates in Pittsburgh.

— Meanwhile, the Phillies split a twin-bill against Philadelphia. The Marlins won the opener 7-1, but Roy Oswalt pitched seven effective innings in the Phillies' 7-4 win in the nightcap.

— Geovany Soto hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning for the Cubs' first lead of the game and closer Carlos Marmol shut down the Astros in the ninth, giving Chicago a 5-4 victory over Houston.

— Rookie Danny Espinosa drove in six runs, hitting a grand slam, a solo homer and getting two other hits and helping the Washington Nationals rout the New York Mets 13-3.

— Yadier Molina's (YAH'-dee-eer moh-LEE'-nahz) grand slam home run capped a six-run eighth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals overcame Corey Hart's two homers to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-6.

— Cincinnati's lead over the Cards atop the NL Central is down to six games following a 10-5 loss at Colorado. Rockies right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez (oo-BAHL'-doh hee-MEHN'-ehz) picked up his 18th win to go along with six losses and the Rocks pull within four games of first-place San Diego in the West standings.

In the American League:

— Toronto sent Texas to its fourth straight loss, 7-2. Vernon Wells hit a three-run homer and Aaron Hill and Yunel Escobar also went deep for the Jays, who lead the majors with 211 homers. The AL West-leading Rangers have dropped seven of their last nine.

— A.J. Pierzysnki (peer-ZIHN'-skee) singled home the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning and the White Sox beat the Tigers 5-4. That's seven straight wins for Chicago, which stayed 3 1/2 games behind AL Central-leading Minnesota.

— Jason Kubel (KOO'-bul) hit a go-ahead homer and Jim Thome (TOH'-mee) launched his 585th career home run to help power the Twins past the Kansas City Royals 5-4.

— Baltimore edged the New York Yankees 4-3. Brian Matusz (MA'-tihs) won his fourth straight start and Brian Roberts hit a go-ahead single in the seventh inning off A.J. Burnett. Alex Rodriguez homered and drove in two runs to reach 100 RBIs for the 13th straight season and record 14th time overall. He surpassed Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx, who each reached 100 RBIs 13 times.

— The Yankees' AL East lead is still 2-1/2 games over Tampa Bay. The Rays were routed by the Red Sox 12-5. David Ortiz hit his 28th home run and drove in three.

— Cleveland nipped the L.A. Angels 3-2. Shin-Soo Choo drove home Michael Brantley with a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning.

— Coco Crisp and Matt Carson each hit solo home runs and the Oakland Athletics beat Seattle 6-2.

T25 FOOTBALL-FINAL SCORE

Third-ranked Boise State rallies past Hokies

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Third-ranked Boise State survived losing an early 17-point lead to defeat 10th-ranked Virginia Tech 33-30 to keep its BCS National Championship dream alive in a seesaw opener for both teams.

Kellen Moore threw for 215 yards and three touchdowns and hit Austin Pettis with a 13-yard TD with 1:09 left for the winning score.

The Broncos came to FedEx Field with their best preseason ranking ever and raced out to a 17-0 lead in the first quarter. But they needed a frantic fourth-quarter rally to extend their winning streak to 15 games.

Tyrod Taylor passed for 186 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 73 yards for the Hokies, who for the fourth straight year suffered a deflating early season loss.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-NEWS

Wyoming player killed in car crash

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say a University of Wyoming football player is dead and three teammates injured after the pickup they were in drifted off a Colorado highway and crashed.

The Colorado State Patrol says 19-year-old Ruben Narcisse (nahr-SEES') of Miami was killed in the crash early Monday.

Police say they do not believe alcohol or drugs were factors, but they think the driver likely fell asleep.

Wyoming plays at No. 5 Texas next weekend. Texas coach Mack Brown issued a statement offering his school's sympathy to the Wyoming players' families and the university.

NFL-NEWS

Leinart finds employment...T.J. to the Ravens

NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Leinart's (LY'-nurts) agent tells The Associated Press the former Arizona Cardinals quarterback has agreed to a one-year deal with the Houston Texans. Leinart was cut by Arizona on Saturday. The Texans were looking for insurance at backup quarterback after Dan Orlovsky threw two interceptions in Houston's last preseason game last week.

Checking other NFL news:

— T.J. Houshmandzadeh (hoosh-mihn-ZAH'-dah) has agreed to terms with the Baltimore Ravens. The 10-year veteran wide receiver was cut by Seattle last week.

— Ben Roethlisberger (RAWTH'-lihs-bur-gur) is no longer a Pittsburgh Steelers captain. Suspended for the first four games of the season by the NFL, Roethlisberger was not chosen as a captain in a vote of his teammates. He was selected the previous two seasons.

— The Detroit Lions have signed rookie wide receiver Tim Toone, the seventh-round pick dubbed "Mr. Irrelevant" as the final choice of the draft. Linebacker Caleb Campbell was also signed to the practice squad. He recently completed two years of active service in the Army after being drafted out of West Point in 2008.

— New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis (REE'-vihs) is due to practice Tuesday after signing a lucrative deal reportedly worth at least $46 million, with $32 million guaranteed. Revis says he'll be ready to play in the Ravens' season opener against Baltimore.

TENNIS-U.S. OPEN/SCORES

Federer into the quarters...Wozniacki moves on

NEW YORK (AP) — Five-time U.S. Open champion Roger Federer beat 13th-seeded Jurgen (YUR'-gihn) Melzer of Austria 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals at a 26th Grand Slam tournament in a row. Next up for the second-seeded Federer is No. 5 Robin Soderling, the man who upset Federer in this year's French Open quarterfinals.

In other men's results, third seed Novak Djokovic (NOH'-vak JOH'-kuh-vihch) eliminated American Mardy Fish 6-3, 6-4, 6-1. Fifth-seed Robin Soderling advanced to the quarterfinals, serving 15 aces in a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 victory over 21st-seeded Albert Montanes.

And Gael Monfils (GAH'-ehl mohn-FEES') beat countryman Richard Gasquet (ree-SHARD' gas-KAY') 6-4, 7-5, 7-5 to give France its first U.S. Open quarterfinalist in a decade.

The top seed in the women's draw is through to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open. Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki (wohz-nee-AK'-ee) straight-setted 2006 Open champion Maria Sharapova (shah-rah-POH'-vah) 6-3, 6-4 in fourth-round play.

It's the first victory for Wozniacki in three career meetings against Sharapova, who was seeded 14th this year in New York.

Wozniacki, the runner-up in last year's U.S. Open, will carry a 12-match winning streak when she faces 45th-ranked Dominika Cibulkova (sih-bul-KOH'-vah) in the quarterfinals. The Slovakian eliminated 2004 U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova (kooz-NEHT'-soh-vah) of Russia 7-5, 7-6.

Wimbledon runner-up Vera Zvonareva (zvahn-uh-RAY'-vuh) of Russia overwhelmed 38th-ranked Andrea Petkovic of Germany 6-1, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals.

In another tennis note, Patrick McEnroe resigned as U.S. Davis Cup captain, saying his 10-year tenure will end after the Americans' playoff against Colombia this month. McEnroe led the United States to a Davis Cup title in 2007.

McEnroe mentioned Jim Courier and Todd Martin as obvious candidates for the position.

GOLF-DEUTSCHE BANK CHAMPIONSHIP

Hoffman ends title drought

NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Charley Hoffman fired a 9-under-par 62 in the final round of the Deutsche (DOY'-cheh) Bank Championship to win the PGA Tour's second playoff event by five shots. His first win in three years lifts Hoffman to No. 2 in the FedEx Cup standings.

Geoff Ogilvy, Luke Donald and Jason Day tied for second.

Tiger Woods shot 68 and tied for 11th at minus-10. It was enough to keep the No. 1 ranking when Phil Mickelson again blew a good chance to replace him. Mickelson made two double bogeys on the back en route to a 76 and finished tied for 25th.

BASKETBALL-FIBA CHAMPIONSHIPS

USA routs Angola to reach quarterfinals; Russia next

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — The United States is through to the quarterfinals of the basketball world championships. Chauncey Billups scored 19 points and Kevin Durant added 17 in Team USA's 121-66 rout of Angola.

The Americans will face Russia in Thursday's quarterfinals. The Russians beat New Zealand 78-56.