Philadelphia’s All-Star southpaw outdueled the Colorado Rockies’ rookie lefty in a 5-1 victory for the Phillies at Coors Field yesterday. Cole Hamels worked eight innings, allowing the Rockies just one run on six hits while striking out seven. His mound counterpart, Colorado’s Drew Pomeranz, departed after five innings having allowed five runs on five hits while striking out five. The big blow off Pomeranz was a three-run homer by Hunter Pence in the fifth inning that blew the game open for the Phillies. Carlos Gonzalez drove in the Rockies only run with an RBI triple in the sixth. It was CarGo’s team leading 60^th run batted in of the season. The Rockies begin a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates tonight at Coors Field. ESPN Radio 1410 has the call, with pregame coverage beginning at 7:05 and the first pitch at 7:40.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Denver Broncos defensive end Elvis Dumervil has been charged with aggravated assault with a firearm in Florida. The 28-year-old is facing the third-degree felony charge in Miami-Dade County. Det. Vivian Hernandez says Dumervil and another man were arrested Saturday in Miami Beach. No further details were immediately available. A spokesman for the Denver Broncos said that the team is aware of the matter and continuing to gather facts. He said they will review the details as the legal process moves forward. Dumervil had 9.5 sacks last year in his return from missing the entire 2010 season due to injury. In 2009, Dumervil led the NFL with 17 sacks. Dumervil’s attorney, Harvey Steinberg, said that no assault took place and he expects authorities to clear his client after they conclude their investigation.

The Husker baseball program has secured a commitment from a pitcher who will be expected to close games next season. Josh Roeder, who played at Louisburg College his freshman year, was a dominant JuCo closer last year, posting 13 saves, a 2.06 ERA, and 50 strikeouts in 39 and one-third innings. The right-hander will have three years of eligibility at Nebraska. He fills the void created by Travis Huber. Last year’s closer for the Huskers signed with the Minnesota Twins last week.

The Nebraska football recruiting class of 2013 is back down to 12 members. Tre’vell Dixon, a three-star athlete prospect out of Baldwin, Louisiana, decommitted from the Huskers last week. While initial reports suggested Dixon had chosen to go to Arizona State, the senior-to-be at West St. Mary High School debunked those rumors himself. He told Husker Illustrated that Nebraska’s still in the picture for his services, but that he needs more time to decide.

Statement from Pac-12 Conference Commissioner Larry Scott:

“After extensive deliberation and consultation with member institutions, television partners and others, the Pac-12 and Big Ten have decided not to pursue the previously announced plans for enhanced scheduling collaboration across all sports at this time. While we continue to value our close relationship, particularly our partnership in the Rose Bowl, the Pac-12 came to the conclusion that it’s in our best interests to maintain our nine-game conference schedule and maximum flexibility in out-of-conference scheduling. Thus, the Pac-12 decided not to lock into the proposed mandatory 12-game schedule in football.”

Statement from Big Ten Conference Commissioner James E. Delany:

“We are disappointed to announce today that the Big Ten Pac-12 strategic collaboration announced jointly in December 2011 unfortunately will not be consummated.  We recently learned from Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott that the complications associated with coordinating a non-conference football schedule for 24 teams across two conferences proved to be too difficult.  Those complications, among other things, included the Pac-12’s nine-game conference schedule and previous non-conference commitments.

“A great effort was made by both conference staffs to create football schedules that would address the variety of complexities, but in the end, we were just not able to do so.

“While everyone at the Big Ten is disappointed by the news, we look forward to continuing the historic partnership that we have with the Pac-12 and to working together on other matters in the future.”