Sports briefs for April 25, 2005

Monday, April 25, 2005 | 11 a.m.

51s lose on walk-off single

Adam Morrissey hit a tie-breaking, bases-loaded single in the ninth inning Sunday to lead the Sacramento River Cats to a 4-3 victory against the Las Vegas 51s in West Sacramento, Calif.

Tim Harikkala pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief to earn the win for the River Cats, who led 3-1 before Mike Rose's two-run double in the sixth. Rose, who played for Sacramento the last two seasons, went 3-for-4 for Las Vegas.

But Jermaine Clark had three hits for Sacramento, and Morrissey got the decisive hit off former Oakland Athletics reliever Mike Venafro, who allowed two hits and two walks in the ninth.

Armstrong sits back; teammate triumphs

Lance Armstrong, the greatest individual bike racer America has produced, ended his domestic racing career in Alpharetta, Ga., by helping ensure that Discovery Channel teammate Tom Danielson wound up the winner of the Tour de Georgia. Armstrong announced last week that he planned to retire this summer after attempting to win a seventh consecutive Tour de France.

Kats hold Storm to 21 points in win

Khalil Carter had nine solo tackles, 10 assists and five passes defensed to help Nashville beat the Tampa Bay 37-21 in Nashville, Tenn.

The Kats, 3-0-1 in their past four games after opening 1-7, shut out the Storm (7-5) in the first quarter and also held them scoreless in the second half.

Leon Murray threw three touchdown passes for Nashville.

Billy Parker's interception with 2:38 left sealed the victory for the Dragons (7-5).

Garcia, 16-of-34 for 222 yards, threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes to Will Holder and also connected with Mike Horacek in the final period.

Tony Graziani threw two TD passes for the Soul (5-8).

-- Sun wire services