SLIPPERY ROCK — The Slippery Rock University women's volleyball team is picked sixth out of seven teams in the PSAC West preseason coaches poll.

California (Pa.) received all seven first-place votes and is picked to win its fifth PSAC title in six years.

Rock coch Laurie Lokash enters her 29th season and returns 13 players from last year's squad.

WASHINGTON — Nationals manager Davey Johnson says Stephen Strasburg could miss his final two or three turns in the rotation during the regular season.In his first full season following elbow ligament replacement surgery, Strasburg is 15-5 with a 2.85 ERA and a National League-leading 183 strikeouts. The 24-year-old right-hander has thrown 145 1-3 innings, and the Nationals are thought to have given him a limit of 160-180.Washington began the day with a seven-game lead in the NL East, putting the city on track for postseason play for the first time since 1933.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Adrian Beltre hit three home runs in his first three at-bats against the Baltimore Orioles, including two in the Texas Rangers' nine-run fourth inning.

METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints designated offensive line coach Aaron Kromer as the interim head coach for the first six regular-season games, when assistant head coach Joe Vitt will have to serve his suspension in connection with the NFL’s bounty investigation.