PITTSBURGH — Longtime St. Louis Cardinals coach Dave Ricketts, who played on their 1967 World Series championship team, died early Sunday. He was 73.

Ricketts was a reserve catcher, who played sparingly for the Cardinals in 1963, '65 and '67-69. He was traded to the Pirates in 1970, his final season in the majors. He played 130 major league games and hit .249 with one home run.

He became a coach for the Pirates in 1971.

Ricketts played college basketball at Duquesne, averaging 17.9 points and shooting 86.2 percent from the free throw line in 1956-57. As a sophomore, he played on Duquesne's 1955 NIT championship team.

NEW YORK — Already, the Boston Red Sox are feeling right at home in Yankee Stadium during All-Star week.Red Sox minor leaguer Che-Hsuan Lin hit a two-run homer and nine World team pitchers combined on a three-hitter for a 3-0 victory over the United States in the Futures Game.

SILVIS, Ill. — Kenny Perry beat Brad Adamonis and Jay Williamson in a playoff to win the John Deere Classic and escape with his third victory in five starts after bogeying the 18th hole.Perry had a one-stroke lead at 17-under through 17 only to lose it thanks to some poor shots from the fringe on the final hole of regulation. He and Williamson then watched as Adamonis, the PGA Tour's oldest rookie at 35, missed an 18-foot putt for birdie that would have won it in regulation and given him his first victory.

SYLVANIA, Ohio — Paula Creamer shot a 2-over 73 and did just enough to make a big lead stand, going wire-to-wire to win the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic by two strokes.Creamer, who captured her seventh career win and her third this season, had worse scores every day after breaking the tournament record with an 11-under 60 in the first round.