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Adam Milanovich doubled twice and drove in a run as the Union baseball team prevailed 4-3 over host Oswayo Valley in a District 9 Class A first-round playoff Tuesday afternoon.

The Golden Knights will face the winner of the Cameron County-Curwensville clash, which was postponed due to inclement weather.

ST. LOUIS - Pittsburgh Pirates left-hander Sean Burnett underwent arthroscopic surgery on his shoulder Tuesday that will sideline him until spring training.Burnett was already on the 60-day disabled list following reconstructive elbow surgery last September.The operation performed by Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala., repaired an early stage labrum tear. Andrews said Burnett will need three to four months of rehab before he can resume throwing.Burnett, 22, was the Pirates' first-round pick in the 2000 draft.

PARIS - Andre Agassi lost Tuesday in the opening round of the French Open for the second year in a row. Hobbled by an inflamed nerve in his back that dates back months, he didn't request treatment from a trainer but rarely ran after shots in the final two sets and lost to Finnish qualifier Jarkko Nieminen 7-5, 4-6, 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-0.The 35-year-old Agassi said the injury flared up in the third set.No. 2-seeded Andy Roddick improved his modest career record at Roland Garros to 4-4 by beating French wild-card Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. No. 3 Marat Safin also won.In a matchup of 18-year-old Russians, No. 2-seeded Maria Sharapova overcame 59 unforced errors, including 11 double faults, and a third-set deficit to beat Evgenia Linetskaya 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4.

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