From The Associated Press

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Ravens were intent upon demonstrating their physical prowess. The New York Giants were eager to prove they could take it — and give it back.

The result was a hard-hitting, mistake-filled preseason game that produced far more injuries than touchdowns.

New York won 13-12 Sunday night, but both teams lost key players.

Two members of New York’s starting defense left in the second quarter. Safety Will Demps, who started all 16 games last season, dislocated an elbow and cornerback Sam Madison pulled a hamstring. The Giants also lost three offensive players. Wide receiver Michael Jennings had three catches for 31 yards before rupturing his Achilles’ tendon, and Steve Smith, who caught a touchdown pass, left with a concussion. Guard Grey Ruegamer also had a concussion.

Ravens cornerback Samari Rolle and receiver Mark Clayton sprained ankles. Quarterback Steve McNair played three series, going 5-for-8 for 29 yards with one interception. Running back Willis McGahee played much of the first half, gaining three yards on six carries and catching one pass for a yard.

Manning played deep into the second quarter, going 10-for-13 for 114 yards and producing the game’s lone touchdown.

In the battle to be Baltimore’s third-string quarterback, 2006 Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith went 4-for-8 for 60 yards, outplaying Drew Olson (1-for-4, 6 yards).

• Lubbock pitcher a two-way threat at Little League World Series

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Call him Texas’ two-way threat. Zane Ancell hit a long home run and struck out 11 to lead undefeated Lubbock, Texas, to a 5-1 win over Chandler, Ariz., in the Little League World Series.

The 12-year-old’s blast easily cleared the 225-foot wall in center field, passing a TV tower and falling into a grass field where kids scurried for the souvenir.

Ancell didn’t know he was going for Lubbock (2-0) until 10 minutes before the game. His curveballs kept Chandler (1-1) off-balance all game one day after the Arizonans had pounded out 17 hits.

In other games Sunday, Lake Oswego, Ore., defeated Walpole, Mass., 1-0; Taichung, Taiwan, routed Apeldoorn, Netherlands, 11-1; Willemstad, Curacao, beat Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 2-0; and Coon Rapids, Minn., downed Salisbury, Md., 4-3.

Ancell looked imposing on the mound against Chandler. The bill of his cap pulled down tight over his forehead, at times he resembled a miniature version of another tough left-handed pitcher from Texas, the New York Yankees’ Andy Pettitte.

Thorne has the luxury of at least two aces on his staff. Garrett Williams pitched a gem Saturday, striking out 17 in a 6-0 win over Coon Rapids, Minn.

The scary part for opponents might be that Thorne has more pitching at his disposal. At times over the last three seasons, he’s gone through games in which he’s inserted a different pitcher each inning.

Ancell’s two-way success overshadowed teammate Bryndan Arredondo’s two home runs to deep center, both of which easily cleared the 225-foot wall.

• Young, 18, claims first ATP Tour win, defeating Delic at Pilot Pen

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Donald Young won his first ATP Tour match and fifth-seeded Patty Schnyder was upset in the first round of the Pilot Pen.

The 18-year-old Young defeated fellow American Amer Delic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

“I’m just relieved,” said Young, an 18-year-old from Atlanta who won the Wimbledon juniors title last month. “This is my 12th match and the first one that I’ve won.”

Francesca Schiavone of Italy upset Schnyder of Switzerland 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-4. Schnyder was ahead 3-0 and two breaks in the third set, when Schiavone called out a trainer to massage her right shoulder.

The move upset Schnyder who said it “completely” disrupted her momentum.

Schiavone said the muscles in that shoulder have been bothering her for about two weeks.

“I said to Patty, ’Sorry for this,’ but I couldn’t serve,” she said.

Schiavone came back and won the next four games and broke Schnyder on match point in the 10th game.

Young won the Australian Open junior title in 2005, and earlier this year won a $75,000 challenger tournament in Aptos, Calif, but had never won on tour.

John Isner, a former All-American at Georgia and runner-up in the NCAA singles championship this year, also received a wild card. The tour rookie, who lost in the finals in Washington to Andy Roddick several weeks ago, will play in a featured match tonight against German Benjamin Becker.

But Isner said people should not expect that he or Young, or 19-year-old Sam Querrey are about to become the next Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras.

“We’re probably not going to see that again, where American players are winning slams left and right, especially with Roger Federer playing so well,” he said.

In other mens’ matches, Thomas Johansson of Sweden beat Kristof Vliegen of Belgium 6-2, 6-1; Feliciano Lopez of Spain beat Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2); Robby Ginepri beat Nicolas Massu 7-6 (1), 6-4; and Mardy Fish beat Florian Mayer of Germany 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.

For the women, American Vania King ousted Italian Tathiana Garbin 6-4, 6-4.

• Federer becomes fifth-youngest to win 50 career tournaments

MASON, Ohio — Roger Federer raised both arms triumphantly when his ace finished it off. After years of having everyone else’s number, he had a special one of his own. Fifty for Federer.

The Swiss star reached another measure of tennis greatness, winning his 50th tournament title by beating James Blake 6-1, 6-4 in the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters.

At age 26, he became the fifth-youngest player to reach 50, and only the ninth overall in the Open Era — since 1968 — to win so many tournaments.

Federer struggled early in the week and needed a pair of three-set victories to reach the title match against Blake, a 27-year-old American playing in only his second Masters Series championship.

He improved to 7-0 against Blake, who has won only one of their 19 sets — off a tiebreaker in the semifinals at the U.S. Open last year. He’s not the only hard-hitting American who can’t figure out how to handle’s Federer’s overall excellence.

Federer has won 35 straight matches against Americans since he lost to Andy Roddick in the semifinals at Montreal on Aug. 9, 2003. During that span, different Americans have risen and fallen, but none has broken through.

Bjorn Borg won his 50th title when he was 23 years, 7 months old. Jimmy Connors was four months older when he got to the mark. John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl were 25 when they did it.

• Top-ranked Henin defeats Jankovic in Rogers Cup final

TORONTO — Top-ranked Justine Henin defeated Jelena Jankovic 7-6 (3), 7-5 to win the Rogers Cup, her first tournament since losing in the semifinals at Wimbledon. Henin has won all seven meetings against the third-ranked Jankovic.

Jankovic had a 4-1 lead in the opening set before Henin pulled even, eventually winning in a tiebreaker.

Henin kept up her strong play in the second set, winning her sixth title of the season in the warm-up to the U.S. Open.

The 25-year-old Henin was bothered by a sore right shoulder and wasn’t sure she would be able to play until a few hours before the match. She needed massage treatment after her semifinal and again Sunday morning. Henin finally declared herself ready after hitting some balls at a morning practice session.

Tournament organizers came up with a backup plan at an emergency meeting late Saturday. If Henin could not play, Jankovic would have been awarded the win but still would have played a fun match against Nadia Petrova of Russia, who lost to Henin in the quarterfinals.

Henin, who said her shoulder was fine after she got it warm, has a more complete game than Jankovic and she took advantage before a near-sellout crowd of 10,251 at the Rexall Centre.

Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama won the doubles title, defeating Cara Black and Liezel Huber, 4-6, 6-2 and 10-5 in a tiebreaker.

• Rain postpones Michigan NASCAR race until today

BROOKLYN, Mich. — A steady rain forced NASCAR to postpone the 3M Performance 400 Nextel Cup race until noon today, local time. With more rain in the forecast, though, there was the possibility that the drivers would not get on track again until Tuesday — or even later.

The National Weather Service was calling for an 80 percent chance of rain on Monday, but dropping to 40 percent on Tuesday and to 30 percent on Wednesday, with scattered thunderstorms possible each day.

The Cup transporters are due in Bristol, Tenn., Thursday afternoon to set up for Saturday night’s Sharpie 500.

The Michigan race is one of four remaining events scheduled prior to the start of the 10-race Chase for the championship.

Asked what would happen if the race could not be run this week, NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said it would be scheduled for the weekend after Thanksgiving, making it the last race on the schedule.”

He said that would also make the Michigan race the final event of the Chase and the Sept. 16 event at New Hampshire International Speedway would become the 26th and final race of the regular season, instead of the start of the Chase.

• Report: Rudd plans to retire from NASCAR Nextel Cup series

BROOKLYN, Mich. — Ricky Rudd said he plans to retire from the NASCAR Nextel Cup series after this season.

The 50-year-old Rudd, in his 28th season as a full-time driver in the Cup series, told the Virginian Pilot that he has informed car owner Robert Yates of his decision to step out of the No. 88 car.

“It’s time for me to step back from the active schedule,” Rudd told the newspaper Saturday at Michigan Speedway.

Rudd started in the front row for the Daytona 500 this season but finished 26th. His best finish was seventh in the Coca-Cola 600 and he’s 29th in points heading into the Michigan race.

Rudd has 23 victories in his career and his 897 Cup starts are second only to Richard Petty.