OCEANPORT, N.J. — Rachel Alexandra defeated six rivals Saturday in the $400,000 Lady’s Secret Stakes for fillies and mares at Monmouth Park. It was the second straight win for the reigning horse of the year following two losses to start the season.
Calvin Borel was aboard as Rachel Alexandra beat Queen Martha by three lengths. Queen Martha set the pace with Rachel Alexandra tracking in second. They hooked up on the final turn, with Rachel Alexandra taking charge at the top of the lane before pulling clear in the deep stretch.
Mercury remains on a roll
MINNEAPOLIS — Diana Taurasi scored 11 of her 31 points in the second overtime as the Phoenix Mercury set a WNBA scoring record with a 127-124 victory over the Minnesota Lynx.
Phoenix, which topped 90 points for the seventh straight game, eclipsed the high it set in a 123-91 victory at Tulsa on Thursday.
• DeLisha Milton-Jones scored 20 points and the visiting Los Angeles Sparks set a franchise record with 15 3-pointers in an 89-80 victory over the Connecticut Sun.
• Briann January scored 19 points, including four free throws in the final 2.9 seconds, as the Indiana Fever beat the Washington Mystics 78-73.
• Sylvia Fowles scored 23 points in the Chicago Sky’s 75-72 victory over the San Antonio Silver Stars.
Menezes new Brazilian coach
SAO PAULO — Mano Menezes became the new coach of Brazil’s national soccer team one day after first choice Muricy Ramalho turned down the job.
• William Hesmer had his second straight shutout and eighth of the season as the host Columbus Crew defeated the Houston Dynamo 3-0 in MLS play.
• Milton Rodriguez‘s goal in the 77th minute lifted visiting FC Dallas to a 1-1 draw with Toronto FC.
• Real Salt Lake ran its franchise- record home unbeaten streak to 19 regular-season games, tying 1-1 with Chivas USA.
Fish, Isner meet in Atlanta final
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Mardy Fish extended his personal-best winning streak to nine matches with a 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 upset of Andy Roddick, the No. 9 player in the world, in the Atlanta Tennis Championships.
Fish, who has not lost a set in the tournament, will face John Isner in today’s final. Isner beat Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-7 (7-9), 6-3.
Footnotes.
Jessica Mendoza doubled twice and drove in four runs, and Monica Abbott threw a one-| hitter as the U.S. beat rival Japan 8-0 at the World Cup of Softball on Oklahoma City.
• Kaye Cowher, the wife of ex-Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher and a former basketball player at North Carolina State and in the now-defunct Women’s Professional Basketball League, died of skin cancer in Raleigh, N.C. She was 54.
• Manny Pacquiao will face former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito on Nov. 13 at an undetermined site after his promoters could not get a deal signed to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr.The Associated Press
