Mets' Delgado will miss two months

May 20, 2009

Carlos Delgado had hip surgery yesterday, and the New York Mets expect their slugging first baseman to be out until late July. Delgado was diagnosed with an impingement of the hip, a bone spur, and torn labrum. Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez had surgery March 9 to repair a torn labrum and rejoined the team May 8. Delgado, 36, is hitting .298 with 4 home runs and 23 RBIs in 26 games. Fernando Tatis and Jeremy Reed are expected to fill in at first base . . . Athletics third baseman Eric Chavez has a herniated disk and could be facing career-ending surgery if he injures his back again. Chavez, rehabbing in Arizona, was moved from the 15- to 60-day disabled list. He was placed on the DL May 1 with a strained right forearm, a move retroactive to April 25. He experienced back spasms May 10 and underwent an MRI one day later . . . The Phillies are moving Chan Ho Park (1-1 with a 7.08 ERA in seven starts) to the bullpen in an attempt to shake up their struggling rotation. Lefthander J.A. Happ will start in Park's place Saturday against the Yankees . . . Twins outfielder Delmon Young will be out until at least Friday after his mother, Bonnie, died Monday of cancer . . . The Nationals placed center fielder Elijah Dukes on the 15-day DL with a strained left hamstring following Tuesday night's 8-5 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

San Francisco Giants lefthander Noah Lowry was scheduled to undergo surgery to remove the first rib on his left side because of symptoms from thoracic outlet syndrome. The surgery will correct a circulatory problem. The team said a prognosis for recovery won't be determined until after surgery. Lowry's agent, Damon Lapa, told ESPN.com that the Giants' medical staff misdiagnosed a forearm injury 14 months ago, subjecting Lowry to an unnecessary arm operation and turning a potential short-term recovery into a lengthy medical ordeal. Lapa said the circulatory issue was the source of Lowry's forearm tightness in August 2007 and a mysterious control meltdown in spring training of 2008, but that the Giants' medical staff failed to identify the problem. The Giants denied Lapa's claim.

A bankruptcy judge in Phoenix has sidestepped the issue of who controls the Coyotes for now and centered his attention instead on whether the team should be allowed to move to southern Ontario. Judge Redfield Baum ordered the league and Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes to mediation in an attempt to resolve their fight over who is in control of a franchise that both sides agree is insolvent. The question of whether the team could relocate needs to be decided before the franchise is sold, Baum said. Moyes's plan is to sell the team to Canadian businessman Jim Balsillie for $212.5 million, contingent on his being able to move the club to Canada.

John Wall, one of the nation's most sought-after high school basketball recruits, has decided to play for John Calipari and Kentucky. The point guard from Raleigh, N.C., had been sought by numerous schools, including Duke, Kansas, and Miami . . . Duke guard Gerald Henderson has signed with an agent and will remain in the NBA draft . . . Zack Lerner won at first singles and teamed up with Moritz Koenig to win at second doubles as Amherst defeated Middlebury, 5-1, in Claremont, Calif., to advance to the NCAA Division 3 national semifinals for the first time. The Lord Jeffs will meet defending champion Washington University (Mo.) today . . . In the NCAA Division 3 women's national quarterfinals in Lawrenceville, Ga., sophomore Nikki Reich rallied to beat Denison's Marta Drane, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4, lifting Williams to a 5-4 win and a berth in the semifinals today against Emory. In another quarterfinal, Amherst rolled past Gustavus Adolphus, 6-0, and into a semifinal matchup against the University of Chicago.

Jeff Gordon had an injection of anti-inflammatory medication in his back to help ease the pain he's had for more than a year, and the four-time NASCAR champion says he'll be able to drive in this weekend's Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway, the longest race of the season . . . Swimming's governing body rejected 10 high-tech racing suits and approved 202 others for the world championships in July. The approved list did not include polyurethane suits worn by French freestylers Frederick Bousquet and Alain Bernard when they set unofficial world records last month . . . The United States lost both matches to Sweden at the World Team Cup in Duesseldorf, Germany, with Andreas Vinciguerra beating Robby Ginepri, 7-5, 6-4, and Robin Soderling defeating Sam Querrey, 6-2, 6-2. The Americans will attempt to recover at today's doubles of the round-robin tournament . . . Qualifier Ioana Raluca Olaru upset Jelena Dokic, 6-4, 6-3, in the first round of the Warsaw Open . . . Danilo Di Luca attacked on a steep downhill stretch, then left behind his final challengers when the road tilted upward to win the grueling 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia and pad his overall lead. Lance Armstrong finished 13th, 29 seconds back, and moved up from 25th to 18th overall . . . Rachel Alexandra's victory in the Preakness Stakes drew the most viewers to the second leg of racing's Triple Crown in five years and the second most in 20 years. According Nielsen Media Research, 10.9 million people watched the race portion of NBC's Preakness coverage when Rachel Alexandra became the first filly in 85 years to win the race.