MLB big has brain tumor

Michael Weiner, who succeeded Donald Fehr as head of the baseball players’ union three years ago and negotiated a labor deal last fall in a seamless transition, is undergoing treatment for a brain tumor.

The union said Tuesday that he began treatments on Monday that are expected to last about a month. The union said it anticipates Weiner, 50, will continue to work from its New York office during the treatments.

n Stephen Strasburg struck out 10 batters and allowed one run in six innings for his 15th win in one of his final starts of the season as the host Nationals beat the Braves, 4-1.

n Eric Hosmer’s two-out single in the 10th inning drove in the only run in the visiting Roy

als’ 1-0 victory over the Rays in a classic pitchers’ duel between Kansas City’s Luke Hochevar and Tampa Bay’s David Price. The two starters both pitched eight innings, giving up a combined four hits.

n Nate McLouth’s two-run home run keyed Baltimore’s four-run fifth inning and the visiting Orioles held off the Rangers, 5-3.

n In Pensacola, Fla., Reds minor leaguer Billy Hamilton bolted to his record 146th stolen base of the season and kept running, swiping four in the first game of a Double-A doubleheader. Hamilton added his 147th steal in the final inning of Pensacola’s 4-2 loss to Montgomery. Hamilton broke the record for steals by minor league teams affiliated with big league organizations set by

Vince Coleman in 1983.

NHL TALKS ON AGAIN

NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman are set to return to the negotiating table in Toronto on Wednesday to resume labor talks.

VICK HAS BRUISED RIBS

An MRI and CT scan on Eagles QB Michael Vick’s ribs revealed he has no broken bones or fractured cartilage. Vick has a contusion of his ribs and of the soft tissue surrounding it. Vick left Monday’s game against the Patriots on his sixth play.

n Redskins RB Clinton Portis is set to announce his retirement, nearly two years after he stopped playing in the NFL due to groin problems. LIBERTY WINS ON ROAD

Cappie Pondexter scored 25 points and Plenette Pierson added 21 as the

Liberty beat the Sky, 77-67, in Chicago.

CONNECTICUT KIDS OUT

Hance Smith’s three-run homer in the third broke open a tight game and Petaluma, Calif. defeated Fairfield, Conn., 5-0, in the Little League World Series. California moves on to the U.S. semifinals on Thursday night. Connecticut, which had bounced the team from Parsippany, N.J. on Wednesday, was eliminated.

BODEMEISTER RETIRES

Bodemeister, second in this year’s Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, has been retired after suffering a left front shoulder injury. He will stand stud at WinStar Farm in Kentucky. — Jerry Bossert