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Scoreboard Major League Baseball AmericAn LeAgue West Division W L Pct gB Oakland 6 3 .667 _ Seattle 5 3 .625 1/2 Los Angeles 4 5 .444 2 Texas 4 5 .444 2 Houston 4 6 .400 2 1/2 centrAL Division W L Pct gB Detroit 5 2 .714 _ Chicago 6 5 .545 1 Cleveland 5 6 .455 2 Kansas City 4 5 .444 2 Minnesota 4 6 .400 2 1/2 eAst Division W L Pct gB Tampa Bay 6 5 .545 _ Toronto 6 5 .545 _ Boston 5 6 .455 1 New York 5 6 .455 1 Baltimore 4 6 .400 1 1/2 thursday's games Oakland 6, Minnesota 1 N.Y. Yankees 4, Boston 1 Houston 6, Toronto 4 Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 3 Friday's games Boston 4, N.Y. Yankees 2 Toronto 2, Baltimore 0 Tampa Bay 2, Cincinnati 1 Houston at Texas, (n) Chicago White Sox 9, Cleveland 6 Minnesota 10, Kansas City 1 N.Y. Mets at L.A. Angels, (n) Detroit at San Diego, (n) Oakland at Seattle, (n) saturday's games Boston (Lackey 2-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 1-1), 10:05 a.m. Tampa Bay (Cobb 0-1) at Cincinnati (Simon 1-0), 10:10 a.m. Cleveland (Masterson 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Paulino 0-1), 11:10 a.m. Kansas City (Shields 0-1) at Minnesota (Nolasco 0-1), 11:10 a.m. Toronto (Hutchison 1-1) at Baltimore (B.Norris 0-1), 4:05 p.m. Houston (Cosart 1-1) at Texas (Schep - pers 0-1), 5:05 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 0-1) at San Diego (Kennedy 1-1), 5:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Niese 0-1) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 0-2), 6:05 p.m. Oakland (Gray 1-0) at Seattle (E.Ramirez 1-1), 6:10 p.m. sunday's games Tampa Bay at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m. Toronto at Baltimore, 10:35 a.m. Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 11:10 a.m. Kansas City at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m. Houston at Texas, 12:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at L.A. Angels, 12:35 p.m. Detroit at San Diego, 1:10 p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 1:10 p.m. Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m. nAtionAL LeAgue West Division W L Pct gB Los Angeles 6 4 .600 _ San Francisco 6 4 .600 _ Colorado 5 5 .500 1 San Diego 3 6 .333 2 1/2 Arizona 4 8 .333 3 centrAL Division W L Pct gB Milwaukee 8 2 .800 _ Pittsburgh 6 4 .600 2 St. Louis 5 4 .556 2 1/2 Chicago 3 6 .333 4 1/2 Cincinnati 3 7 .300 5 eAst Division W L Pct gB Washington 7 3 .700 _ Atlanta 6 4 .600 1 Miami 5 6 .455 2 1/2 New York 4 5 .444 2 1/2 Philadelphia 4 6 .400 3 thursday's games Pittsburgh 5, Chicago Cubs 4 Washington 7, Miami 1 Milwaukee 6, Philadelphia 2 N.Y. Mets 6, Atlanta 4 Arizona 6, San Francisco 5, 10 innings Friday's games Philadelphia 6, Miami 3 Tampa Bay 2, Cincinnati 1 Atlanta 7, Washington 6, 10 innings Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 2 Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, (n) L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, (n) N.Y. Mets at L.A. Angels, (n) Detroit at San Diego, (n) Colorado at San Francisco, (n) saturday's games Tampa Bay (Cobb 0-1) at Cincinnati (Simon 1-0), 10:10 a.m. Chicago Cubs (Villanueva 1-2) at St. Louis (Wainwright 1-1), 11:15 a.m. Colorado (Anderson 0-2) at San Fran - cisco (M.Cain 0-1), 1:05 p.m. Miami (Eovaldi 1-1) at Philadelphia (Pet- tibone 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Volquez 0-0) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 2-0), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Jordan 0-0) at Atlanta (A.Wood 1-1), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 2-0) at Arizona (Miley 2-1), 5:10 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 0-1) at San Diego (Kennedy 1-1), 5:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Niese 0-1) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 0-2), 6:05 p.m. sunday's games Tampa Bay at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 10:35 a.m. Washington at Atlanta, 10:35 a.m. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m. Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 11:15 a.m. N.Y. Mets at L.A. Angels, 12:35 p.m. Colorado at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m. Detroit at San Diego, 1:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 1:10 p.m. Basketball Western conFerence Pacific Division W L Pct gB y-Clippers 55 24 .696 — Golden State 48 30 .615 61/2 Phoenix 47 32 .595 8 Sacramento 27 52 .342 28 Lakers 25 53 .321 291/2 southwest Division W L Pct gB z-San Antonio 62 18 .775 — x-Houston 52 27 .658 91/2 Dallas 48 32 .600 14 Memphis 47 32 .595 141/2 New Orleans 32 47 .405 291/2 northwest Division W L Pct gB y-Oklahoma City 58 21 .734 — x-Portland 52 28 .650 61/2 Minnesota 40 39 .506 18 Denver 35 44 .443 23 Utah 24 55 .304 34 eAstern conFerence Atlantic Division W L Pct gB x-Toronto 46 33 .582 — x-Brooklyn 43 36 .544 3 New York 34 45 .430 12 Boston 24 55 .304 22 Philadelphia 17 62 .215 29 southeast Division W L Pct gB y-Miami 54 25 .684 — x-Washington 41 38 .519 13 x-Charlotte 40 39 .506 14 Atlanta 36 43 .456 18 Orlando 23 56 .291 31 central Division W L Pct gB y-Indiana 54 26 .675 — x-Chicago 47 32 .595 61/2 Cleveland 32 48 .400 22 Detroit 29 51 .363 25 Milwaukee 15 64 .190 381/2 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference thursday's games San Antonio 109, Dallas 100 Denver 100, Golden State 99 Friday's games Washington 96, Orlando 86 New York 108, Toronto 100 Atlanta 93, Brooklyn 88 Boston 106, Charlotte 103 Miami 98, Indiana 86 Chicago 106, Detroit 98 Minnesota 112, Houston 110 Oklahoma City 116, New Orleans 94 Memphis 117, Philadelphia 95 Milwaukee 119, Cleveland 116 San Antonio 112, Phoenix 104 Portland 111, Utah 99 Golden State at Lakers, (n) saturday's games Sacramento at Clippers, 12:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Washington, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Boston at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m. Miami at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. New Orleans at Houston, 5 p.m. Phoenix at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Utah at Denver, 6 p.m. sunday's games Oklahoma City at Indiana, 10 a.m. Toronto at Detroit, 12:30 p.m. Orlando at Brooklyn, 3 p.m. Chicago at New York, 4:30 p.m. Golden State at Portland, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Sacramento, 6 p.m. Memphis at Lakers, 6:30 p.m. NHL Western conFerence Pacific Division gP W L ot Pts gF gA y-Anaheim 80 52 20 8 112 259 204 x-San Jose 80 49 22 9 107 241 197 x-Los Angeles 81 46 28 7 99 203 170 Phoenix 80 36 29 15 87 212 227 Vancouver 80 35 34 11 81 189 217 Calgary 81 35 39 7 77 208 236 Edmonton 81 28 44 9 65 198 268 central Division gP W L ot Pts gF gA x-Colorado 80 52 21 7 111 247 212 x-St. Louis 81 52 22 7 111 248 188 x-Chicago 81 46 20 15 107 262 213 x-Minnesota 81 43 26 12 98 204 199 x-Dallas 81 40 30 11 91 234 226 Nashville 80 36 32 12 84 202 234 Winnipeg 82 37 35 10 84 227 237 eAstern conFerence Atlantic Division gP W L ot Pts gF gA z-Boston 80 53 18 9 115 255 173 x-Tampa Bay 81 45 27 9 99 239 215 x-Montreal 81 45 28 8 98 214 204 x-Detroit 81 38 28 15 91 219 230 Ottawa 80 35 31 14 84 232 263 Toronto 81 38 35 8 84 231 255 Florida 81 29 44 8 66 194 265 Buffalo 80 21 50 9 51 153 240 metropolitan Division gP W L ot Pts gF gA y-Pittsburgh 80 51 24 5 107 244 200 x-N.Y. Rangers81 45 31 5 95 218 192 x-Philadelphia 80 41 30 9 91 227 226 x-Columbus 81 42 32 7 91 228 214 Washington 81 38 30 13 89 235 239 New Jersey 81 34 29 18 86 194 206 Carolina 81 35 35 11 81 201 225 N.Y. Islanders 81 33 37 11 77 221 264 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference thursday's games Ottawa 2, New Jersey 1, SO Winnipeg 2, Boston 1, SO N.Y. Rangers 2, Buffalo 1 Washington 5, Carolina 2 N.Y. Islanders 2, Montreal 0 Tampa Bay 4, Philadelphia 2 Florida 4, Toronto 2 Nashville 2, Phoenix 0 Minnesota 4, St. Louis 2 Los Angeles 3, Edmonton 0 Colorado 4, Vancouver 2 Friday's games N.Y. Islanders 3, New Jersey 2, SO Washington 4, Chicago 0 Carolina 2, Detroit 1 Tampa Bay 3, Columbus 2 Dallas 3, St. Louis 0 Winnipeg 5, Calgary 3 Colorado at San Jose, (n) saturday's games Buffalo at Boston, 9:30 a.m. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, noon N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 4 p.m. Toronto at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Columbus at Florida, 4 p.m. Chicago at Nashville, 5 p.m. San Jose at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. sunday's games Detroit at St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. Boston at New Jersey, noon Carolina at Philadelphia, noon Tampa Bay at Washington, noon N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 2 p.m. Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. Nashville at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Colorado at Anaheim, 5 p.m. Calgary at Vancouver, 6 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Golf mAsters PAr Friday At Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Ga. Yardage: 7,435; Par: 72 Second Round a-amateur Bubba Watson ....................... 69-68—137 -7 John Senden........................... 72-68—140 -4 Thomas Bjorn ........................ 73-68—141 -3 Jonas Blixt ............................... 70-71—141 -3 Adam Scott .............................69-72—141 -3 Jordan Spieth.......................... 71-70—141 -3 Fred Couples........................... 71-71—142 -2 Jim Furyk .................................74-68—142 -2 Jimmy Walker .........................70-72—142 -2 Jamie Donaldson....................73-70—143 -1 Stephen Gallacher ................. 71-72—143 -1 Russell Henley ........................73-70—143 -1 Kevin Stadler ..........................70-73—143 -1 Kevin Streelman..................... 72-71—143 -1 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano 75-69—144 E Lucas Glover ........................... 75-69—144 E Matt Kuchar ............................. 73-71—144 E Louis Oosthuizen ....................69-75—144 E Brandt Snedeker ..................... 70-74—144 E Lee Westwood......................... 73-71—144 E K.J. Choi ..................................70-75—145 +1 Stewart Cink ..........................73-72—145 +1 Henrik Stenson ......................73-72—145 +1 Steve Stricker ........................72-73—145 +1 Mike Weir ...............................73-72—145 +1 Steven Bowditch ...................74-72—146 +2 Brendon de Jonge .................74-72—146 +2 Rickie Fowler .........................71-75—146 +2 Bill Haas................................. 68-78—146 +2 Bernhard Langer ...................72-74—146 +2 Hunter Mahan........................74-72—146 +2 Larry Mize ..............................74-72—146 +2 Thorbjorn Olesen ..................74-72—146 +2 Ian Poulter............................. 76-70—146 +2 Justin Rose ............................ 76-70—146 +2 Vijay Singh .............................75-71—146 +2 a-Oliver Goss ......................... 76-71—147 +3 Billy Horschel.........................75-72—147 +3 Thongchai Jaidee ..................73-74—147 +3 Miguel Angel Jimenez .......... 71-76—147 +3 Martin Kaymer ......................75-72—147 +3 Chris Kirk................................75-72—147 +3 Francesco Molinari...............71-76—147 +3 Nick Watney...........................72-75—147 +3 Gary Woodland......................70-77—147 +3 Darren Clarke ........................74-74—148 +4 Jason Day .............................. 75-73—148 +4 Sandy Lyle ............................. 76-72—148 +4 Joost Luiten........................... 75-73—148 +4 Rory McIlroy ..........................71-77—148 +4 Jose Maria Olazabal .............74-74—148 +4 Failed to qualify Sang-Moon Bae .....................72-77—149 +5 Luke Donald .......................... 79-70—149 +5 Victor Dubuisson ..................74-75—149 +5 Ernie Els ..................................75-74—149 +5 a-Matthew Fitzpatrick ........ 76-73—149 +5 Sergio Garcia .........................74-75—149 +5 Marc Leishman..................... 70-79—149 +5 Phil Mickelson ...................... 76-73—149 +5 Ryan Moore............................77-72—149 +5 Charl Schwartzel ................. 73-76—149 +5 Webb Simpson.......................74-75—149 +5 Harris English ....................... 74-76—150 +6 Zach Johnson........................ 78-72—150 +6 Graeme McDowell ............... 72-78—150 +6 D.A. Points............................. 78-72—150 +6 Ian Woosnam ........................ 77-73—150 +6 Ken Duke.................................75-76—151 +7 John Huh .................................75-76—151 +7 Dustin Johnson ...................... 77-74—151 +7 Hideki Matsuyama................80-71—151 +7 Angel Cabrera ...................... 78-74—152 +8 Graham DeLaet .................... 80-72—152 +8 Derek Ernst ........................... 76-76—152 +8 Matt Jones............................. 74-78—152 +8 David Lynn ............................. 78-74—152 +8 Matteo Manassero .............. 71-81—152 +8 Mark O'Meara....................... 75-77—152 +8 Patrick Reed.......................... 73-79—152 +8 Keegan Bradley .................... 75-78—153 +9 Robert Castro .......................73-80—153 +9 Branden Grace .....................84-69—153 +9 Trevor Immelman................. 79-74—153 +9 a-Chang-woo Lee................. 80-73—153 +9 Jason Dufner........................80-74—154 +10 Y.E. Yang ...............................77-77—154 +10 Matt Every............................77-78—155 +11 a-Jordan Niebrugge ............ 81-74—155 +11 Scott Stallings .................... 75-80—155 +11 a-Garrick Porteous ............ 76-80—156 +12 Boo Weekley ....................... 73-83—156 +12 Tim Clark ............................. 79-78—157 +13 Peter Hanson ...................... 78-81—159 +15 Craig Stadler........................82-77—159 +15 Tom Watson ........................ 78-81—159 +15 a-Michael McCoy ............... 78-83—161 +17 Ben Crenshaw..................... 83-85—168 +24 Motorsports nAscAr-sPrint cuP- BojAngLes' southern 500 LineuP After Friday qualifying; race saturday At Darlington raceway Darlington, s.c. Lap length:1.366 miles (car number in parentheses) 1. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 183.479 mph. 2. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 183.049. 3. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 182.946. 4. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 182.485. 5. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 182.059. 6. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 182.019. 7. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 181.985. 8. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 181.763. 9. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 181.756. 10. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 181.548. 11. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 181.481. 12. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 181.2. 13. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 182.181. 14. (55) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 181.985. 15. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 181.689. 16. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 181.247. 17. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 181.194. 18. (47) A J Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 181.127. 19. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 180.947. 20. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 180.914. 21. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 180.901. 22. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 180.787. 23. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 180.185. 24. (51) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 178.958. 25. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 182.059. 26. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 181.911. 27. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 181.548. 28. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 181.394. 29. (98) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 180.549. 30. (7) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 180.33. 31. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 180.31. 32. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 180.204. 33. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 180.158. 34. (23) Alex Bowman, Toyota, 179.993. 35. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 179.717. 36. (77) Dave Blaney, Ford, 179.606. 37. (33) David Stremme, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 38. (30) Parker Kligerman, Toyota, Owner Points. 39. (83) Ryan Truex, Toyota, Owner Points. 40. (36) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, Owner Points. 41. (32) Travis Kvapil, Ford, Owner Points. 42. (26) Cole Whitt, Toyota, Owner Points. 43. (66) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, Owner Points. Failed to Qualify 44. (35) David Reutimann, Ford. nAscAr nAtionWiDe-vFW sPort cLiPs heLP A hero 200 resuLts Friday At Darlington raceway Darlington, s.c. Lap length: 1.366 miles (start position in parentheses) 1. (2) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 147 laps, 139.3 rating, 47 points, $44,575. 2. (9) Elliott Sadler, Toyota, 147, 99.6, 43, $33,350. 3. (3) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 147, 116.3, 0, $19,700. 4. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 147, 139.4, 0, $25,325. 5. (15) Joey Logano, Ford, 147, 108.2, 0, $15,775. 6. (12) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 147, 107.6, 0, $17,825. 7. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 147, 113.2, 0, $13,510. 8. (8) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 147, 100.3, 36, $20,370. 9. (10) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 147, 93.1, 35, $19,075. 10. (5) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 147, 87.4, 34, $20,100. 11. (7) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 147, 98.4, 33, $18,625. 12. (16) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 147, 84.2, 32, $18,550. 13. (18) Ryan Reed, Ford, 147, 77.5, 31, $18,500. 14. (23) J.J. Yeley, Dodge, 147, 77.7, 30, $18,450. 15. (19) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 147, 75.8, 0, $18,800. 16. (20) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 147, 68.5, 28, $18,525. 17. (27) Mike Wallace, Dodge, 147, 66.1, 28, $18,425. 18. (25) Dakoda Armstrong, Ford, 147, 57.3, 26, $18,175. 19. (31) Kevin Lepage, Chevrolet, 147, 52.9, 25, $18,125. 20. (26) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 147, 58, 24, $18,750. 21. (30) Eric McClure, Toyota, 147, 48.2, 23, $18,000. 22. (13) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, accident, 146, 79.8, 22, $17,945. 23. (17) Dylan Kwasniewski, Chevrolet, 146, 73.6, 21, $17,895. 24. (36) Carlos Contreras, Chevrolet, 145, 39.6, 20, $17,820. 25. (22) James Buescher, Toyota, 144, 68.4, 19, $18,250. 26. (32) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 144, 41.2, 18, $17,695. 27. (28) Tanner Berryhill, Dodge, 144, 50, 17, $17,645. 28. (29) Todd Bodine, Chevrolet, 143, 57.1, 0, $17,570. 29. (35) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, 141, 35.4, 15, $17,535. 30. (34) Tommy Joe Martins, Dodge, 141, 39.2, 14, $11,795. 31. (21) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 137, 62.2, 13, $17,440. 32. (11) Cale Conley, Chevrolet, 136, 51.2, 0, $17,395. 33. (39) Mike Harmon, Dodge, 136, 30.3, 11, $17,370. 34. (6) Chris Buescher, Ford, 119, 70, 10, $17,350. 35. (24) David Starr, Toyota, accident, 67, 53, 9, $17,299. 36. (37) Matt Carter, Toyota, rear gear, 30, 33.1, 8, $10,520. 37. (14) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, accident, 16, 45.6, 7, $16,500. 38. (33) Matt DiBenedetto, Chevrolet, overheating, 7, 31.4, 6, $10,426. 39. (38) Jeff Green, Toyota, brakes, 6, 31, 5, $10,315. 40. (40) Blake Koch, Toyota, vibration, 2, 28.6, 4, $10,290. Auto RAcing nAScAR Sprint cup Racing, Bojangles' Southern 500: 3 p.m., FOX. indycar Racing, toyota grand Prix of Long Beach, Qualify- ing: 3 p.m., NBCSP. coLLege BASeBALL Arkansas at LSu: 10 a.m., ESPN2. ucLA at Arizona: 7:30 p.m., ESPNU. MLB BASeBALL colorado Rockies at San Francisco giants: 1 p.m., CSNBA. oakland Athletics at Seattle Mariners: 6 p.m., CSN Plus. PReP BASKetBALL nike Hoop Summit, uSA Junior national Select team vs. World Select team: 4 p.m., ESPN2. nBA BASKetBALL Sacramento Kings at Los Angeles clippers: 12:30 p.m., CSN. coLLege FootBALL notre Dame Blue/gold game: 9:30 a.m., NBCSP. Florida State Spring game: noon, ESPN. goLF Masters tournament, third Round: noon, CBS. coLLege HocKey ncAA tournament, Final, union (n.y.) vs. Minnesota: 4:30 p.m., ESPN. nHL HocKey Philadelphia Flyers at Pitts- burgh Penguins: noon, NBC. chicago Blackhawks at nash- ville Predators: 5 p.m., NBCSP. San Jose Sharks at Phoenix coyotes: 6 p.m., CSN. SocceR english Premier League, Ful- ham Fc vs. norwich city Fc: 7 a.m., NBCSP. coLLege SoFtBALL oklahoma at Baylor: 2 p.m., ESPN. Washington at Stanford: 7 p.m., ESPN2. ON tHe air By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press aUGUSta, Ga. » Bubba Wat- son won the Masters two years ago with his brand of "Bubba golf," producing shots of raw skill and wild imagination. His strategy now is to keep it simple, and he is halfway to another green jacket. Watson took over Au - gusta National on Friday with 75 minutes of bril- liance and power. On an- other demanding day of crispy greens and swirling wind, he ran off five straight birdies on the back nine and wound up with a 4-under 68 for a three-shot lead over John Senden. There's nothing fancy about his golf, except for his outrageous length. He has made only two bogeys in 36 holes. He has missed only eight greens. "It's not science here," Watson said. "It's try to hit the greens. And if you're hitting the greens, that means you're obviously hit - ting your tee shots well. So that's all I'm trying to do is just hit the greens ... maybe throw in a birdie here or there. That's what I've done the last two days and it's worked out so far." Watson made bogey on the 18th hole with a shot that bounced left of the green and into the gallery. He fin - ished at 7-under 137, giving him the largest 36-hole lead at the Masters since Chad Campbell in 2006. Senden qualified for the Masters a month ago with his win at Innisbrook. After a rugged start, he played the final 14 holes with six birdies and no bogeys for a 68 that puts him in the last group at a major on the weekend. Adam Scott also made a late recovery with three birdies on the back nine to salvage a 72, along with his hopes to join Tiger Woods, Nick Faldo and Jack Nick - laus as the only players to win back-to-back at Au- gusta. Scott was four shots back at 141, along with Thomas Bjorn (68), Jonas Blixt (71) and Jordan Spieth, the 20-year-old from Texas who looked solid on the mys - tifying greens and shot a 70. "Bubba is tearing it up," Spieth said. "So we've got to go get him." The chase includes the ageless Fred Couples, who won the Masters a year be - fore Spieth was born. Cou- ples, cool as ever at 54, had another 71 and was five back. Woods, who missed the Masters for the first time in 20 years because of back surgery, won't be the only guy watching on television. Phil Mickelson made an - other triple bogey — three shots from the bunkers on the par-3 12th hole — for a 73 and missed the cut for the first time since 1997. So did Sergio Garcia, Er - nie Els, Luke Donald, Webb Simpson, Dustin Johnson and Jason Dufner. Ror y McIlroy nearly joined them. He made the cut at 4-over 148. tHe MaSterS Bubba builds three-shot lead Senden also shoots 68, sits in second for Augusta weekend Staff Report COttONwOOD » The Red Bluff Spartans stayed a per- fect 6-0 in league play by taking both ends of a dou- bleheader at West Valley on Thursday. Red Bluff (11-4, 6-0) won the opener 6-5 behind three RBIs from Eric Schreter. The Spartans led 6-0 heading into the Eagles' fi - nal at-bat. West Valley made the Spartans sweat until Kyle Martin finally closed the door with a strikeout for the final out to earn the save. Walker Dodero went six shutout innings for the win. He struck out six. Schreter finished the game 2 for 2 with a double and a pair of walks and stole two bases. Sam Hendricks and Dodero also drove in runs. Dodero singled and doubled in the game. Ryan Gamboa also had a double. Jared Poore homered in the second game as Red Bluff cruised to a 12-3 win. Poore was 4 for 5 with two RBIs. Will Macdonald didn't have a bad game either. He went 2 for 3, both doubles, and drove in four RBIs. Gamboa, Andrew Claw - son, Lane Pritchard, Chase Root, Schreter and Mar- tin each drove in a run. S ch r et er a nd D o der o each had two hits, one of Schreter's went for a dou - ble. Schreter went four in- nings to earn the win. He struck out six batters. Baseball r e DDi NG CH r i St i a N 10, MerCy 1 » The Lions handed Mercy a loss in Red Bluff on Thursday. The Warriors fell to 0-4 in league play and 1-9 overall. Soball COrNiNG 8, aNDerSON 2 » The Lady Cardinals moved to 3-0 in the Northern Ath- letic League with a home win against Anderson on Thursday. Madison Phillips and Cheyenne Boles each drove in two runs. Sophia Oliverez doubled and drove in a run. Marrissa Hopkins went 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI. Kimberly White and Made - line Caputo each drove in a run. Baylie Fryar doubled. Boles pitched five in- nings, striking out four for the win. Hopkins went the final two innings to earn a save. LOS MOLiNOS 8, MerCy 3 » The Lady Bulldogs won Wednesday's softball ver- sion of the Little Tehama Shootout. More importantly it was the Bulldogs' first win of the season. Cheyanne Johnson had two hits in the loss for Mercy (3-6, 3-2). r e D D i N G C H r i S t i a N 8 , MerCy 2 » The Lady War- riors' slide continued Thurs- day with a home loss to the Lady Lions. Johnson and Annie Fe- ser drove in the two Mercy runs. Mahalee Gaumer and Tasha Pimentel each had two hits. Boys track FOOtHiLL vS. reD BLUFF » The Spartans swept the sprint events Wednesday as Austin Torres won the 100 meters (11.6 seconds), Mi - chael Stone the 200 (23.8), and K.J. Hinkston the 400 (52.3). Torres also picked up a victory in the 300 hurdles (44.2). The Spartans won both relays. Hinkston, Stone, Torres and Jordan Johnson completed the 400 in 45.6. Johnson, Hinkston, Torres and Stone ran the 1,600 in 3:33.8. Denver Gulliford had a put of 42 feet, 8 inches to win the shot put. Saul Garfia won the long jump with a leap of 19-5 and Hinkston won the triple jump with a mark of 40-6. COrNiNG aND aNDerSON at yreka » At a three-team meet Wednesday in Yreka, Ivan Alvarado won the 200 meters for Corning with a time of 23.15 seconds and the long jump with a leap of 20 feet, 9 inches. Anthony Peter got the Cardinals a win in the shot put (45-7). Vincente Alvardo won the triple jump (38-1.5). MOUNtaiN vaLLey LeaGUe Meet » Hosts University Prep won the Wednesday meet with 230 points. Red- ding Christian was second with 49 points, followed by American Christian Acad- emy with 31. Los Molinos was in sixth place with 17 points. Chyle Gillett was third for the Bulldogs in the 300-meter hurdles (52.75). Girls track FOOtHiLL vS. reD BLUFF » The Lady Spartans won both relay events Wednes- day. The 400 team of Daisy Brose, Kaylynn Gibson, Al- lison Winning and Adrienne Hinkston ran a time of 51.3 seconds. Jordan Vasquez, Gibson, Brose and Hinkston ran the 1,600 in 4:12.3. Winning won the 200 at 28.9. Hinkston won the 800 with a time of 2:36.7. Naomi Renfroe won the 1,600 at 5:48 and the 3,200 at 12:50.5. Brose was victorious in the 300 hurdles (50.9). Kayla Thayer won both the shot put (35 feet, 10.75 inches) and the discus (118- 5). Gibson won the long jump at 14-9. Tennis MerCy 8, wHeatLaND 1 » The Warriors swept all of the doubles matches and won all but one singles match on the road Thurs - day. Connor Rooney won the No. 1 singles match 6-1, 6-1. David Zi came from be - hind to win 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Kevin Shu won 6-1, 6-3. Yunho Lee won 6-4, 6-1 and T.J. Frase won 6-2, 6-1. Rooney and Chuck Li won their doubles match 8-1. Zi and Shu won theirs 8-6. Lee and Frase earned an 8-2 win. Mercy is 4-5 on the sea - son. Golf SaC river LeaGUe MatCH Day 4 » Shasta blew away the field at Gold Hills Golf Club in Redding with a team score of 368. Enter - prise was next best at 449. Red Bluff finished with a 543 for fourth place. Shasta's Ian Hofmann had the low round with a 68. For Red Bluff, Kyler Puckett had the best day with a 92. Shasta continues to lead the season race with 40 points, followed by Foothill with 29. Red Bluff is third with 21 points. PreP rOUNDUP Spartans baseball team takes two from Eagles Red Bluff sweeps doubleheader on the road, 6-5, 12-3 | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM SAtURDAY, APRIL 12, 2014 2 B