Hamilton getting back into the swing

Charlie Zink gave up four earned runs in the first three innings and the Pawtucket Red Sox never recovered as they dropped a 6-2 decision at home to Syracuse. The Chiefs took a 4-0 lead after the first three innings. The PawSox scored one run in the fifth and another in the seventh . . . As expected, the Baltimore Orioles placed righthander Koji Uehara on the 15-day disabled list and recalled pitcher David Hernandez from Triple A Norfolk. The 34-year-old Uehara has right elbow tendinitis. Baltimore’s first Japanese-born player spent time on the DL earlier this season with a strained left hamstring. Uehara is 2-4 with a 4.05 ERA. He is winless since April 13 . . . The Detroit Tigers placed lefthander Nate Robertson on the 15-day disabled list with what they’re calling “a mass’’ in his left elbow. The team announced the move retroactive to June 27. To take his place on the roster, the Tigers purchased the contract of lefthander Fu-Te Ni from Triple A Toledo. He was 3-0 with a 2.60 ERA there, with 32 strikeouts in 24 appearances. Robertson is 1-0 with a 7.71 ERA with the Tigers this season.

Nate Jaqua had two second-half goals and Fredy Montero scored for the fourth straight game, helping the Sounders end the Colorado Rapids’ franchise-record unbeaten streak at eight games with a 3-0 MLS victory in Seattle. Goalkeeper Kasey Keller had his fifth shutout for the Sounders . . . Todd Dunivant scored in the 24th minute and Donovan Ricketts posted his third shutout as the Los Angeles Galaxy ended the Houston Dynamo’s 11-game unbeaten skein with a 1-0 victory in Carson, Calif. . . . In the WPS, Elise Weber broke a 1-1 tie with a second-half goal, lifting Saint Louis over Sky Blue . . . The Newton Boys’ Under-12 team won the Mass. Tournament of Champions 2d division title with a 2-0 decision over Cold Springs in Lancaster.

Anete Jekabsone-Zogota of Latvia has begun working out with the Connecticut Sun. The 5-foot-9-inch Jekabsone-Zogota signed with the Sun in February but remained in Latvia to play for her country in the 2009 Eurobasket World Championships earlier this month. “When I was younger, it was my dream to play in the WNBA,’’ she said. “It is the highest level to play basketball.’’ To make room on the roster, the Sun waived veteran Barbara Turner . . . Shavonte Zellous scored 18 points to lead the Detroit Shock to an 86-72 victory over the Sacramento Monarchs in Auburn Hills, Mich., giving coach Rick Mahorn his first win. Deanna Nolan had 14 points as the Shock (2-5) snapped a four-game losing streak . . . The Sparks trailed Seattle, 17-15, after the first quarter but outscored the Storm, 67-38, the rest of the way as Los Angeles romped, 82-55. Marie Ferdinand-Harris led the Sparks with a season-high 15 points.

Officials say North Carolina State linebacker Nate Irving has been charged with careless and reckless driving after a wreck that broke his leg and collapsed a lung in Raleigh. State Highway Patrol spokesman Captain Everett Clendenin said the one-vehicle wreck occurred about 4:40 a.m. on Interstate 40 in Johnston County. He said Irving’s vehicle ran off the road twice before striking two trees. Clendenin said troopers believe Irving may have fallen asleep at the wheel. The school said Irving was expected to undergo surgery last night at WakeMed Trauma Center in Raleigh . . . Lindsay Davenport, formerly the world’s No. 1 women’s tennis player, has given birth to a girl. Davenport and husband Jon Leach welcomed daughter Lauren Andrus Davenport Leach on Saturday, said agent Tony Godsick. Davenport, three times a grand slam champion, returned to competitive action just three months after the birth of her son, Jagger, in June 2007 and won three of her first four tournaments. She has not indicated if she plans to make another comeback. The 33-year-old American has not played on the circuit since last year’s US Open.