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NEW YORK — Managers Buck Showalter and Mike Scioscia were suspended by Major League Baseball Thursday along with six others following two days of trouble between the Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Angels.

Showalter will miss four games and Scioscia three. Texas reliever Scott Feldman drew the most severe penalty at six games. He hit Adam Kennedy with a pitch in the ninth inning Wednesday night in retaliation for two Rangers batters that were plunked by Kevin Gregg and Brendan Donnelly. Kennedy charged the mound, triggering a bench-clearing brawl, and was suspended for four games along with Gregg and Donnelly.

SLIPPERY ROCK — Brian Giesler, an eighth grader from Slippery Rock, was named Most Outstanding Player recently at the Keystone State Invitational Basketball Camp at Slippery Rock University.The Keystone State Invitational Camps are certified by the NCAA and are held annually at Albright College and SRU annually.

SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds' personal trainer again refused to testify before a grand jury investigating the San Francisco Giants slugger Thursday, but a federal judge did not jail Greg Anderson for contempt of court.U.S. District Judge William Alsup said he must review the transcript of the brief grand jury hearing and hear arguments from lawyers before deciding if Anderson should go back to jail. He ordered Anderson to return to court Aug. 28.

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