Trenton

Zach Segovia gave up one run in five innings as the Reading Phillies beat Binghamton, 3-1, in the Eastern League last night. Trenton 7, Portland 5 PORTLAND, Maine - A two-run single by Gabe Lopez capped a six-run ninth as the Thunder won in the Eastern League. Louisville 12, Scranton 0 MOOSIC, Pa. - Tom Shearn and three relievers shut out the Red Barons in the International League. Wilmington 9, Kinston 2 KINSTON, N.C. - John Otness had two doubles as the Blue Rocks won in the Carolina League.

LAKEWOOD, N.J. - Cole Hamels threw a four-hit shutout, striking out a career-high 13 over seven innings, in the Lakewood BlueClaws' 3-0 win over the Hagerstown Suns yesterday. Hamels didn't allow a walk in the South Atlantic League game that ended the Claws' franchise-record nine-game losing streak. Jeremy Isenhower went 2 for 3 and knocked in all three runs for the Claws in the opener of the day-night doubleheader. In the nightcap, the Suns' Clay Hensley threw a two-hit gem, outdueling the Claws' Matt Sweeney for a 5-0 win. Trenton 13, Erie 8 ERIE - Aaron Rifkin's two home runs helped the Thunder beat the SeaWolves in the Eastern League.

TRENTON - State police and sanitation workers on Friday started removing belongings of Occupy Wall Street protesters from the World War II Memorial in Trenton. A handful of protesters have been at the site since Oct. 6, and a few have stayed around the clock. On Thursday, protesters took down tents and canopies erected at the direction of state troopers. They were warned Friday to remove plastic bins and a generator, among other items. By noon Friday, troopers started carting away coolers and other items as about five protesters, who were outnumbered by reporters, watched.

ALTOONA, Pa. - Kip Bouknight scattered seven hits in 8 1/3 innings and allowed only one run as the Altoona Curve beat the Reading Phillies, 5-1, in the Eastern League last night. Binghamton 14, Trenton 2 BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Mark Kiger hit two homers and drove in four runs as the Mets routed the Thunder in the Eastern League. Scranton 5, Ottawa 2 OTTAWA, Ontario - Kevin Thompson went 4 for 5, stole two bases, and drove in a run and Alberto Gonzalez collected two hits and two RBIs as the Yankees beat the Lynx in the International League.

Terrell Wade struck out 11 in seven innings and Kevin Grijak had three hits and knocked in two runs last night as the Richmond Braves beat the Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre Red Barons, 7-1, in the triple-A International League. Wade, who once struck out 18 in a single-A game, scattered seven hits and walked only one. Kevin Lomon and Dave Polley struck out five more over the last two innings, giving Richmond pitchers a season-high 16 strikeouts. The Red Barons scored in the first inning on a two-out single by Kevin Jordan.

Arthur J. Holland, 71, the longtime mayor of Trenton, died early today at St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton, the hospital said. A nursing supervisor said that Mr. Holland was pronounced dead at 12:01 a.m. at the hospital, where he had been undergoing treatment in recent weeks. Mr. Holland had disclosed earlier this year that he was suffering from cancer. In the last quarter-century, the Holland name had become synonymous with political leadership in Trenton. A Democrat, he won national publicity in 1964 - at the height of the civil rights movement - when he moved his family into a rowhouse in a lower-class, racially mixed neighborhood, and adopted it as his own. "I suppose I'm a natural optimist," Mr. Holland said in an interview in August.

SEPTA, with seven rail cars still stuck in Trenton, will continue to bus passengers on the Trenton line between Levittown and Trenton. After floodwaters from Hurricane Irene receded from the Trenton station, where 16 SEPTA cars had been trapped, SEPTA crews removed nine cars to begin assessing and repairing damage. The first four cars checked were undamaged and have been returned to service, spokeswoman Heather Redfern said Thursday. Five are still being examined, and seven are still stuck in Trenton, awaiting permission from Amtrak to be moved to a SEPTA rail yard, she said.

Morrisville Police Officer Stephen Brookes and Cpl. Gene Ross knew something was wrong when they spotted the 1988 Chevy Spectrum slowly cruising the streets of the borough early Thursday morning. When they tried to pull the car over about 3 a.m., the driver sped away. That started a high-speed chase that began on West Bridge Street and ended, about an hour later, in Trenton. The fleeing driver, sitting behind the wheel of a stolen car, smashed into a parked vehicle at William and Anderson Streets in Trenton, a Morrisville police spokeswoman said.

Al Hernandez of Trenton won the Pennsbury Holiday Open men's tennis championship by defeating Jay Kanetkar of Somerset, N.J., 6-3, 6-3, yesterday at the Pennsbury Racquet Club. Hernandez gained the final with a 6-1, 7-6 (7-2) victory over Chris Carosella of Pennsbury.

TRENTON - New Jersey's largest teachers union says it will step up protests against legislation that would require its members and other public employees to pay more for their health and pension benefits. The New Jersey Education Association is urging its members to join in what it's calling "the Second Battle of Trenton. " In a nod to George Washington's famous Delaware River crossing that initiated the Revolutionary War Battle of Trenton, NJEA members said they will cross the river Monday morning by walking over the Calhoun Street Bridge from Morrisville, Pa., to Trenton.