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Scoreboard Major League Baseball AmericAn LeAgue West Division W L Pct gB Texas 14 8 .636 _ Oakland 13 8 .619 1/2 Los Angeles 10 11 .476 3 1/2 Seattle 8 13 .381 5 1/2 Houston 7 15 .318 7 centrAL Division W L Pct gB Detroit 10 8 .556 _ Chicago 11 11 .500 1 Kansas City 10 10 .500 1 Cleveland 10 11 .476 1 1/2 Minnesota 9 10 .474 1 1/2 eAst Division W L Pct gB New York 12 9 .571 _ Toronto 11 10 .524 1 Baltimore 10 10 .500 1 1/2 Tampa Bay 10 10 .500 1 1/2 Boston 10 12 .455 2 1/2 tuesday's games Kansas City 8, Cleveland 2 L.A. Angels 7, Washington 2 Toronto 9, Baltimore 3 Detroit 8, Chicago White Sox 6 Tampa Bay 7, Minnesota 3 N.Y. Yankees 9, Boston 3 Texas 5, Oakland 4 Houston 5, Seattle 2 Wednesday's games Texas 3, Oakland 0 Seattle 5, Houston 3 Cleveland 5, Kansas City 3 Washington 5, L.A. Angels 4 Baltimore 10, Toronto 8 Chicago White Sox 6, Detroit 4 Boston 5, N.Y. Yankees 1 Minnesota at Tampa Bay, (n) thursday's games Kansas City (B.Chen 1-1) at Cleveland (Kluber 1-2), 9:05 a.m. Chicago White Sox (Quintana 1-1) at Detroit (Scherzer 1-1), 10:08 a.m. Minnesota (Nolasco 1-2) at Tampa Bay (Bedard 0-0), 10:10 a.m. Baltimore (B.Norris 0-2) at Toronto (Hutchison 1-1), 4:07 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 2-2) at Boston (Doubront 1-2), 4:10 p.m. Oakland (Kazmir 2-0) at Houston (Ober - holtzer 0-3), 5:10 p.m. Friday's games Kansas City at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Oakland at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Texas at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Cleveland at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. rangers 3, Athletics 0 texas oakland AB r H B AB r H B Choice lf 4 1 1 1 Gentry cf 4 0 0 0 Andrus ss 4 0 0 0 Lowrie ss 4 0 1 0 Rios rf 4 0 1 1 Dnldsn 3b 3 0 1 0 Fielder 1b 3 0 0 0 Cespds lf 3 0 0 0 Morlnd dh 2 0 0 0 DNorrs c 2 0 1 0 DMrph 2b 4 1 1 1 Callasp dh 3 0 0 0 Chirins c 4 0 1 0 Reddck rf 3 0 0 0 LMartn cf 4 1 1 0 Punto 2b 3 0 0 0 JoWilsn 3b 3 0 2 0 Barton 1b 3 0 0 0 totals 32 3 7 3 28 0 3 0 texas 100 011 000 — 3 oakland 000 000 000 — 0 e: Punto (2); DP: Texas 2, Oakland 2; LoB: Texas 8, Oakland 3; 2B: Donaldson (8); 3B: Rios (1); Hr: Do.Murphy (1); sB: Jo.Wilson (1); s: Jo.Wilson. iP H r er BB so texas MPerez W,4-0 9 3 0 0 2 3 oakland Gray L,3-1 7 5 3 3 4 8 Pomeranz 1 0 0 0 1 2 Ji.Johnson 1 2 0 0 0 1 WP: Gray. t: 2:35; A: 18,340 (35,067). nAtionAL LeAgue West Division W L Pct gB Los Angeles 12 9 .571 _ San Francisco 12 10 .545 1/2 Colorado 12 11 .522 1 San Diego 10 12 .455 2 1/2 Arizona 6 18 .250 7 1/2 centrAL Division W L Pct gB Milwaukee 16 6 .727 _ St. Louis 12 10 .545 4 Cincinnati 10 11 .476 5 1/2 Pittsburgh 9 13 .409 7 Chicago 7 13 .350 8 eAst Division W L Pct gB Atlanta 14 7 .667 _ Washington 12 10 .545 2 1/2 New York 11 10 .524 3 Philadelphia 10 10 .500 3 1/2 Miami 10 12 .455 4 1/2 tuesday's games Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 1 L.A. Angels 7, Washington 2 Miami 1, Atlanta 0 St. Louis 3, N.Y. Mets 0 Chicago Cubs 9, Arizona 2 San Diego 2, Milwaukee 1, 12 innings Colorado 2, San Francisco 1 Philadelphia 3, L.A. Dodgers 2, 10 innings Wednesday's games Atlanta 3, Miami 1 Arizona 7, Chicago Cubs 5 San Francisco 12, Colorado 10, 11 innings Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 2 Washington 5, L.A. Angels 4 N.Y. Mets 3, St. Louis 2 Milwaukee 5, San Diego 2 Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, (n) thursday's games Cincinnati (Cingrani 1-2) at Pittsburgh (Cumpton 0-0), 9:35 a.m. St. Louis (Lynn 4-0) at N.Y. Mets (Colon 1-3), 10:10 a.m. Arizona (Bolsinger 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 1-1), 11:20 a.m. San Diego (Stults 1-2) at Washington (Zimmermann 1-1), 4:05 p.m. Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 0-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Haren 3-0), 7:10 p.m. Friday's games San Diego at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Miami at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Atlanta, 4:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Philadelphia at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Cleveland at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. giants 12, rockies 10 (11) san Fran colorado AB r H B AB r H B Blanco cf 5 0 0 0 Blckmn cf 5 4 2 3 Pence rf 4 3 3 0 Arenad 3b 6 0 1 1 Belt 1b 5 2 1 2 Tlwtzk ss 5 2 3 3 Morse lf 4 2 2 4 Mornea 1b 6 1 2 2 J.Perez lf 1 0 0 0 Rosario c 6 0 1 0 Sandovl 3b 2 0 0 0 Dickrsn lf 3 0 0 0 Arias ph 2 1 0 0 Stubbs ph 2 0 2 0 HSnchz c 6 2 2 5 Barnes rf 4 1 1 0 BCrwfr ss 5 0 1 0 LeMahi 2b 5 2 3 0 B.Hicks 2b 6 1 3 1 Chatwd p 2 0 1 0 M.Cain p 3 1 2 0 Rutledg ph 1 0 0 0 Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 Brothrs p 0 0 0 0 Pagan ph 1 0 0 0 Belisle p 0 0 0 0 Casilla p 0 0 0 0 Culersn ph 0 0 0 0 Posey ph 0 0 0 0 Hwkns p 0 0 0 0 J.Lopez p 0 0 0 0 Logan p 0 0 0 0 Machi p 0 0 0 0 CGnzlz ph 1 0 0 0 Romo p 0 0 0 0 Bettis p 0 0 0 0 totals 4412 1412 4610 16 9 san Fran 014 000 210 04 — 12 colorado 230 100 110 02 — 10 e: Belt (3); DP: San Francisco 1, Colorado 3; LoB: San Francisco 8, Colorado 9; 2B: Pence (6), B.Hicks (3), Arenado (6); Hr: Belt (7), Morse 2 (5), H.Sanchez 2 (2), B.Hicks (2), Blackmon (5), Tulowitzki (4), Morneau (5); sB: Blackmon (6); cs: B.Crawford (1), LeMahieu (2); s: J.Perez, Culberson. iP H r er BB so san Francisco M.Cain 6 10 7 7 3 4 Affeldt 1 0 0 0 1 2 Casilla 2 3 1 1 1 0 J.Lopez 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 Machi W,4-0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 Romo 1 3 2 2 0 0 colorado Chatwood 6 7 5 5 4 5 Brothers 1 1 2 2 1 1 Belisle 1 2 1 1 0 0 Hawkins 1 1 0 0 0 1 Logan 1 1 0 0 1 2 Bettis L,0-1 1 2 4 4 2 0 M.Cain pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. WP: Chatwood, Belisle, Logan; Balk_ casilla. t: 4:26; A: 35,191 (50,480). Leaders AmericAn LeAgue Batting Viciedo, Chicago, .354; AlRamirez, Chicago, .352; MeCabrera, Toronto, .351; Colabello, Minnesota, .346; Joyce, Ta mpa B ay , . 34 6; W ie ter s, B alt im or e, .344; Ellsbury, New York, .325. rBi Colabello, Minnesota, 26; JAbreu, Chicago, 21; NCruz, Baltimore, 21; Pujols, Los Angeles, 20; Brantley, Cleveland, 18; Lawrie, Toronto, 18; Moss, Oakland, 16. Home runs Pujols, Los Angeles, 8; JAbreu, Chicago, 7; Bautista, Toronto, 6; NCruz, Baltimore, 6; Dozier, Minnesota, 6; Beltran, New York, 5; MeCabrera, Toronto, 5; Lawrie, Toronto, 5; Napoli, Boston, 5; Trout, Los Angeles, 5. Pitching MPerez, Texas, 4-0; Buehrle, Toronto, 4-0; 14 tied at 3. erA Buehrle, Toronto, 0.64; JChavez, Oak - land, 1.38; MPerez, Texas, 1.42; Vargas, Kansas City, 1.54; Darvish, Texas, 1.61; Kazmir, Oakland, 1.65; Feldman, Houston, 1.69. strikeouts FHernandez, Seattle, 43; Price, Tampa Bay, 40; Lester, Boston, 36; Shields, Kansas City, 35; Tanaka, New York, 35; Scherzer, Detroit, 34; Lackey, Boston, 34. nAtionAL LeAgue Batting Blackmon, Colorado, .410; Utley, Phila- delphia, .391; Tulowitzki, Colorado, .388; DGordon, Los Angeles, .369; YMolina, St. Louis, .367; Bonifacio, Chicago, .351; Morneau, Colorado, .346. rBi Stanton, Miami, 27; Trumbo, Arizona, 19; Braun, Milwaukee, 17; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 17; Morneau, Colorado, 17; Blackmon, Colorado, 16; McGehee, Miami, 16; ArRamirez, Milwaukee, 16; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 16. Home runs Belt, San Francisco, 7; Trumbo, Arizona, 7; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 6; Braun, Mil - waukee, 6; Stanton, Miami, 6; Walker, Pittsburgh, 6; 10 tied at 5. Pitching Lynn, St. Louis, 4-0; Machi, San Francisco, 4-0; Lohse, Milwaukee, 4-1; Wainwright, St. Louis, 4-1; 14 tied at 3. erA Harang, Atlanta, 0.85; ESantana, Atlanta, 0.86; Simon, Cincinnati, 1.30; Cueto, Cincinnati, 1.38; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 1.42; Wainwright, St. Louis, 1.46; Samardzija, Chicago, 1.53. strikeouts Fernandez, Miami, 47; Strasburg, Washington, 42; Cueto, Cincinnati, 39; ClLee, Philadelphia, 38; Wacha, St. Louis, 35; AWood, Atlanta, 35; Wainwright, St. Louis, 35. Basketball nBA PLAyoFFs First round (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Wednesday, April 23 Miami 101, Charlotte 97, Miami leads series 2-0 Dallas 113, San Antonio 92, series tied 1-1 Portland at Houston, (n), Portland leads series 1-0 thursday, April 24 Indiana at Atlanta, 4 p.m., series tied 1-1 Oklahoma City at Memphis, 5 p.m., series tied 1-1 L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 7:30 p.m., series tied 1-1 Friday, April 25 Toronto at Brooklyn, 4 p.m., series tied 1-1 Chicago at Washington, 5 p.m., Wash - ington leads series 2-0 Houston at Portland, 7:30 p.m. saturday, April 26 Indiana at Atlanta, 11 a.m. San Antonio at Dallas, 1:30 p.m. Miami at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Oklahoma City at Memphis, 6:30 p.m. sunday, April 27 Chicago at Washington, 10 a.m. L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 12:30 p.m. Toronto at Brooklyn, 4 p.m. Houston at Portland, 6:30 p.m. monday, April 28 Miami at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Indiana, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Heat 101, Bobcats 97 BoBcAts (97) Kidd-Gilchrist 9-13 4-5 22, McRoberts 3-7 0-0 8, Jefferson 9-23 0-0 18, Walker 5-18 2-2 16, Henderson 5-11 5-7 15, Neal 1-8 0-0 3, Zeller 1-2 1-2 3, Ridnour 1-1 0-0 3, Douglas-Roberts 2-4 2-3 6, Tolliver 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 37-88 14-19 97. HeAt (101) James 11-17 9-12 32, Haslem 1-4 0-0 2, Bosh 8-11 0-0 20, Chalmers 3-7 3-4 11, Wade 4-10 7-9 15, Lewis 1-3 2-2 4, Cole 2-5 0-0 5, Andersen 3-4 1-2 7, Allen 1-4 0-0 2, Jones 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 35-67 22-29 101. charlotte 19 28 25 25 — 97 miami 29 28 22 22 — 101 3-Point goals: Charlotte 9-21 (Walker 4-9, McRoberts 2-3, Ridnour 1-1, Toll- iver 1-1, Neal 1-3, Douglas-Roberts 0-1, Henderson 0-3), Miami 9-23 (Bosh 4-5, Chalmers 2-4, Jones 1-2, Cole 1-3, James 1-5, Lewis 0-2, Allen 0-2); Fouled out: Henderson; rebounds: Charlotte 52 (Jef - ferson 13), Miami 43 (James, Wade 6); Assists: Charlotte 18 (Walker 8), Miami 19 (James 8); total fouls: Charlotte 22, Miami 21; A: 19,603 (19,600). mavericks 113, spurs 92 mAvericks (113) Marion 8-10 2-2 20, Nowitzki 7-19 1-1 16, Dalembert 1-2 2-2 4, Calderon 5-10 1-1 12, Ellis 8-20 4-4 21, Harris 7-9 2-2 18, Carter 3-6 1-2 8, Wright 2-2 0-0 4, Blair 3-6 2-2 8, Crowder 1-4 0-0 2, Ellington 0-2 0-0 0, Larkin 0-2 0-0 0, B.James 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 45-92 15-16 113. sPurs (92) Leonard 1-5 3-5 6, Duncan 4-5 3-4 11, Split- ter 2-5 2-2 6, Parker 5-10 2-5 12, Green 2-5 0-0 6, Ginobili 9-12 4-7 27, Diaw 2-2 0-0 4, Belinelli 3-7 0-0 7, Mills 1-7 2-2 5, Ayres 0-0 0-0 0, Joseph 1-2 2-4 4, Bonner 2-2 0-0 4, Daye 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 32-64 18-29 92. Dallas 24 32 32 25 _ 113 san Antonio 23 28 24 17 _ 92 3-Point goals: Dallas 8-21 (Harris 2-3, Marion 2-4, Carter 1-1, Nowitzki 1-1, Ellis 1-4, Calderon 1-4, Crowder 0-1, Larkin 0-1, Ellington 0-2), San Antonio 10-20 (Ginobili 5-6, Green 2-5, Belinelli 1-1, Leonard 1-2, Mills 1-4, Parker 0-2); Fouled out: None; rebounds: Dallas 42 (Blair, Dalembert 7), San Antonio 49 (Duncan 7); Assists: Dallas 19 (Harris, Calderon 5), San Antonio 17 (Ginobili 4); to tal fouls: Dallas 19, San Antonio 19; technicals: Nowitzki, Dallas defensive three second; A: 18,581 (18,797). Hockey nHL PLAyoFFs (x-if necessary) First round (Best-of-7) Wednesday, April 23 Columbus 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT, series tied 2-2 Dallas 4, Anaheim 2, series tied 2-2 St. Louis at Chicago, (n), St. Louis leads series 2-1 thursday, April 24 Boston at Detroit, 5 p.m. , Boston leads series 2-1 Colorado at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m., Colo- rado leads series 2-1 San Jose at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. , San Jose leads series 3-0 Friday, April 25 N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 4 p.m., N.Y. Rangers leads series 2-1 Chicago at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Dallas at Anaheim, 7:30 p.m. sa tu rda y, A pr il 2 6 Detroit at Boston, noon Columbus at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Colorado, 6:30 p.m. x-Los Angeles at San Jose, 7 p.m. Blue Jackets 4, Penguins 3 (ot) Pittsburgh 3 0 0 0 — 3 columbus 1 1 1 1 — 4 First Period: 1, Pittsburgh, Adams 1 (Sutter, Martin), 6:09 (sh). 2, Pittsburgh, Kunitz 1 (Niskanen, Martin), 10:37 (pp). 3, Pittsburgh, Neal 1 (Jokinen, Malkin), 11:10. 4, Columbus, Jenner 2 (Letestu, Wisniewski), 16:39 (pp). second Period: 5, Columbus, Johansen 2 (Anisimov, Dubinsky), 14:20 (pp). third Period: 6, Columbus, Dubinsky 1 (Johansen, Johnson), 19:36. First overtime: 7, Columbus, Foligno 1 (Umberger, Wisniewski), 2:49. shots on goal: Pittsburgh 11-6-7-1=25. Columbus 14-18-9-5=46. goalies: Pittsburgh, Fleury. Columbus, Bobrovsky; A: 18,970 (18,144); t: 2:53. stars 4, Ducks 2 Anaheim 2 0 0 — 2 Dallas 0 2 2 — 4 First Period: 1, Anaheim, Allen 1 (Fowler, Cogliano), 12:17. 2, Anaheim, Maroon 1 (Perreault), 18:16. second Period: 3, Dallas, Ja.Benn 3, :27. 4, Dallas, Fiddler 1 (Horcoff, Jo.Benn), 6:33. third Period: 5, Dallas, Eakin 1 (Roussel, Lehtonen), 6:22. 6, Dallas, Goligoski 1 (Fiddler, Horcoff), 7:44. shots on goal: Anaheim 11-3-9=23. Dal - las 7-16-3=26. goalies: Anaheim, Andersen, Hiller. Dal- las, Lehtonen; A: 18,962 (18,532); t: 2:44. Soccer mAJor LeAgue soccer Western conFerence W L t Pts gF gA FC Dallas 5 1 1 16 17 10 Seattle 4 2 1 13 14 11 Salt Lake 3 0 4 13 11 6 Colorado 3 1 2 11 8 5 Vancouver 2 2 3 9 10 8 Galaxy 2 1 2 8 7 4 Chivas USA 1 3 3 6 8 13 Portland 0 3 4 4 8 12 San Jose 0 2 3 3 5 7 eAstern conFerence W L t Pts gF gA Kansas City 3 1 2 11 9 4 Columbus 3 1 2 11 9 6 New York 2 2 4 10 12 11 Toronto FC 3 3 0 9 6 7 D.C. 2 2 2 8 6 7 New England 2 3 2 8 5 9 Philadelphia 1 2 5 8 9 10 Houston 2 4 1 7 7 12 Chicago 0 1 6 6 10 11 Montreal 0 4 3 3 6 14 note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday's games New York 4, Houston 0 saturday's games Philadelphia at Montreal, 1 p.m. Colorado at Seattle FC, 1 p.m. FC Dallas at D.C. United, 4 p.m. New York at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. Kansas City at New England, 4:30 p.m. Vancouver at Salt Lake, 6:30 p.m. Chivas USA at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. sunday's game Portland at Houston, noon Odds gLAntz-cuLver Line major League Baseball nAtionAL LeAgue Favorite Line underdog Cincinnati -120/+110 at Pittsburgh St. Louis -125/+115 at New York at Chicago -130/+120 Arizona at Washington -170/+160 San Diego at Los Angeles -170/+160 Philadelphia AmericAn LeAgue at Cleveland -130/+120 Kansas City at Detroit -210/+190 Chicago at Tampa Bay -140/+130 Minnesota at Toronto -125/+115 Baltimore at Boston -115/+105 New York Oakland -160/+150 at Houston nBA Favorite Line (o/u) underdog Indiana 2 (186) at Atlanta Oklahoma City 11/2 (190) at Memphis Clippers 11/2 (2141/2) at Golden State nHL Favorite Line underdog Boston -145/+125 at Detroit at Minnesota -140/+120 Colorado at Los Angeles -110/-110 San Jose Transactions BAseBALL American League Boston red sox: Optioned OF Daniel Nava to Pawtucket (IL). Recalled RHP Alex Wilson from Pawtucket. chicago White sox: Optioned LHP Char- lie Leesman to Charlotte (IL). Houston Astros: Assigned RHP Lucas Harrell outright to Oklahoma City (PCL). Recalled RHP Collin McHugh from Okla- homa City. Loaned 1B Japhet Amador to Diablos Rojos del Mexico (Mexican League). texas rangers: Selected the contract of OF Dan Robertson from Round Rock (PCL). Placed LHP Pedro Figueroa on the 15-day DL. national League Atlanta Braves: Sent LHP Mike Minor to Mississippi (SL) for a rehab assignment. miami marlins: Optioned RHP Arqui- medes Caminero to New Orleans (PCL). Recalled RHP Carter Capps from New Orleans. Sent RHP Jacob Turner to Jupi- ter (FSL) for a rehab assignment. Philadelphia Phillies: Activated LHP Cole Hamels from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP B.J. Rosenberg to Lehigh Valley (IL). Pittsburgh Pirates: Announced 1B Travis Ishikawa declined outright assignment and elected free agency. san Diego Padres: Traded OF Dan Rob - ertson to Texas for cash considerations. FootBALL national Football League chicago Bears: Signed RB Shaun Draughn to a one-year contract. seattle seahawks: Signed CB Marcus Trufant. Hockey national Hockey League nHL: Suspended Minnesota LW Matt Cooke seven games for his knee-to-knee hit against Colorado D Tyson Barrie on April 17. Anaheim Ducks: Reassigned G Igor Bob - kov from Norfolk (AHL) to Utah (ECHL). Detroit red Wings: Recalled D Xavier Ouellet from Grand Rapids (AHL). coLLege san Diego state: Announced baseball coach Tony Gwynn is taking a leave of absence. Named assistant coaches Mark Martinez and John Pawlowski interim coaches. COLLEGE BASEBALL Texas A&M at Mississippi State: 4:30 p.m., ESPNU. NBA PLAyOffS first Round Game 3, Indiana Pacers at Atlanta Hawks: 4 p.m., NBATV. Game 3, Oklahoma City Thun- der at Memphis Grizzlies: 4 p.m., TNT. Game 3, Los Angeles Clippers at Golden State Warriors: 6:30 p.m., TNT. BOxING friday Night fights, Josesito Lopez vs. Aaron Martinez: 6 p.m., ESPN2. GOLf PGA Tour, Zurich Classic of New Orleans, first Round: noon, GOLF. LPGA Tour, Swinging Skirts Classic, first Round: 3:30 p.m., GOLF. NHL PLAyOffS first Round Game 4, Boston Bruins at Detroit Red Wings: 5 p.m., NBCSP. Game 4, Colorado Avalanche at Minnesota Wild: 6:30 p.m., CNBC. Game 4, San Jose Sharks at Los Angeles Kings: 7:30 p.m., CSN, NBCSP. SOCCER English Premier League, Ever- ton fC vs. Manchester United fC: noon, CSN. COLLEGE SOfTBALL Georgia at Alabama: 5 p.m., ESPN. On THe air By antonio Gonzalez AP Sports Writer agonzalezAP on Twitter OaKLanD » Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jack- son sat on the scorer's ta- ble at Oracle Arena on Wednesday morning. He gazed around the building and tried to envision what it will look and sound like when the Warriors host the Los Angeles Clippers for Game 3 of their first-round playoff series tonight. A gold-shirt wearing sell - out crowd of 19,596. Roars so loud that, at times, they drown out whistles. The sights and sounds all em - bodying the spirit of the team's postseason motto: "Loud. Proud. Warriors." "It's going to be a great environment," Jackson said. "But with that being said, they won't get a stop, they won't get a score, they won't make a free throw. We've got to do our part." The Warriors will indeed need to regain more than their home-court prowess if they want to pull off another upset in the first round of the playoffs. Th ey n eed t o re di sc ov er their game. Blake Griffin and the Clippers crushed Golden State 138-98 in Los Ange - les on Monday night to even the best-of-seven series at a game apiece. The third- seeded Clippers showed just why most had picked them to beat the sixth- seeded Warriors, com - ing back from a foul-filled opener with an all-around game that would've worked in any venue. In Game 1, Griffin had 16 points and three re - bounds in 19 minutes be- fore he fouled out. The All- Star forward regrouped to score a career playoff-high 35 points in Game 2. He shot 13 of 17 from the floor, made 9 of 10 free throws and grabbed six rebounds — do - ing it all in just 30 minutes. The Clippers forced 26 turnovers, shut down streaky shooting Stephen Curry most of the game and took advantage of the absence of Warriors center Andrew Bogut — who is out indefinitely with a fractured right rib. "We realized that if we played our game and do the things that we worked on we'd be successful," Griffin said. "We play well when we're just playing free, so we 'r e ju st g oi ng t o tr y an d achieve that." Whether the Clippers can duplicate that performance on the road is another mat - ter. For all the success Los Angeles has had in recent seasons, the twice-reigning Pacific Division champions have struggled at Oracle Arena. The Clippers have lost 15 of their last 17 games in Oakland, including the last five meetings. And they have never played at Golden State in the playoffs, when the crowd often reaches even higher decibels. "It's going to be loud. It's going to be exciting. I think every basketball player loves playing in an environ - ment like that," Griffin said. "We've played in places that are pretty loud before, es- pecially in the playoffs. I've heard good things about the crowd and we're looking forward to it. Absolutely." nBa pLayOffS Warriors host L.A. tonight Golden State hopes to feed off noisy, sellout home crowd game ahead of the A's. "They just beat us," man- ager Bob Melvin said. "Not much you can say about that. They played better than we did and deserved to win. We just have to put it past us and get on the road and get a win under our belt and start rolling again. They just beat us. Give them credit." Perez (4-0) outpitched Sonny Gray (3-1) in a her - alded matchup of emerging stars, allowing just three hits and two walks in his first start since throwing a three-hitter against the White Sox for his first ca - reer shutout. "I don't want to think too much about my ERA and the games that I've thrown before," Perez said. "I'm go - ing to focus on my game to- day. We had a great game." Donnie Murphy homered and Michael Choice scored one run and drove in an - other for the Rangers. Perez, who also threw eight scoreless innings against Houston on April 13, is the first Rangers pitcher to have three straight score - less starts since Kenny Rog- ers had four straight over 30 innings in 2005. Perez also joined Charlie Hough in 1983 as the only Texas pitchers to have three straight starts of at least eight scoreless in - nings. "He knows how to pitch," manager Ron Washington said. "He has weapons and he can throw them all for strikes and he has poise. He does a great job of stay - ing with the game plan and that's something that he's learned from last year, how to study, how to go out there and just execute his pitches." Oakland got leadoff sin - gles from Jed Lowrie in the fourth and Derek Norris in the fifth for its first two hits off Perez. But Perez fol - lowed each of those hits by getting the next batter to hit into a double play, giving him a major league-leading 11 groundball double plays. Donaldson doubled with one out in the seventh, but was stranded there when Alberto Callaspo grounded out with runners on first and second to end the in - ning. "He keeps the ball off the barrel of the bat," Melvin said. "He's pitched really well this year. The reason he can get deep in games is he's not striking a lot of guys out, he's just keeping it off the barrel of the bat." Gray allowed three runs and five hits in seven in - nings to end a six-game winning streak in the reg- ular season dating to last September. He fell behind when Choice led the game off with a walk and scored on Alex Rios' triple. The Rang - ers were poised for a possi- ble big inning when Rios was originally ruled safe at home on a grounder to Low- rie at shortstop. But Melvin challenged the call and Rios was ruled out on instant re- play. Choice, traded from Oak- land to Texas in the offsea- son, added an RBI single in the fifth and Murphy hit his first homer of the season in the sixth to make it 3-0. NOTES: The A's were shut out for the second time this season. ... Scott Kazmir (2-0) will take the mound against Brett Oberholtzer (0-3) today when Oakland opens a four-game series in Houston. Oakland frOM paGe 1 "I put myself in a bad spot and got hurt for it," Bettis said. Michael Morse also hit two homers — a solo shot in the second and a three-run homer the following inning — as two Giants hit multiple homers in the same game for the first time since May 25, 2005. Brandon Hicks and Brandon Belt also went deep for the Giants, who ral - lied from a 5-1, second-in- ning deficit. "I mean, we're down 5-1, looking at getting swept here and they fought hard, found a way to win a game here," said manager Bruce Bochy, who was ejected in the fourth for arguing balls and strikes. "It makes for a better flight home." Jean Machi (4-0) got one out in the 10th to earn the win. Sergio Romo struggled in a non-save situation, sur - rendering a two-run homer to Justin Morneau but re- tiring Brandon Barnes on a game-ending 5-4-3 dou- ble play. Hunter Pence led off the 11th with a single and Belt followed with a walk. After a sacrifice, Joaquin Arias was intentionally walked to get to Sanchez, who delivered his first career slam. Sanchez finished with a career-high five RBIs. "We got the victory, and that's the best part," he said. With him playing a cen - tral role, too, on a day when starter Matt Cain strug- gled. The righty allowed seven runs, 10 hits and three walks in six innings and is 0-3 with a 4.35 ERA in five starts. Charlie Blackmon fin - ished 2 for 5 with a homer and four runs — lowering his batting average to .410. Troy Tulowitzki added a two-run homer and No - lan Arenado extended his hitting streak to 14 games with an RBI double in the seventh. Belt's two-run homer in the seventh gave the Gi - ants a 7-6 lead and came off Rex Brothers. The hard- throwing lefty surrendered a game-ending, 10th-inning homer to Brandon Crawford on April 13. Arenado tied the game with an RBI double off Cain. With two on and no outs, re - liever Jeremy Affeldt was summoned into the game and got the Giants out of the predicament. "We had Cain on the ropes early, but we've seen him do that before, where he battles and competes and somehow finds a way to stick around until late in the game," manager Walt Weiss said. "He's done that a hand - ful of times against us. We had opportunities to really put that game away." Still, it was a productive homestand for the Rockies as they wound up 4-2. "We are a team with con - fidence," Weiss said. "I feel like the energy in the dug- out is always good, even when we get down. Even being down four in that last inning, with Romo in the game, still a lot of en - ergy and guys feeling like we could put something to- gether and win the game. I feel good about our mental- ity." NOTES: Giants 3B Pablo Sandoval left in the sev- enth with a stomach vi- rus. .... Hicks had to stop at second on his double in the eighth when a fan reached over the railing to grab it. ... Bochy tinkered with his starting lineup, resting Posey and OF Angel Pa - gan, who's been bothered by knee soreness. Pagan entered as a pinch hitter in the eighth and grounded out. Posey was intention - ally walked in the 10th. ... Bochy said Pagan will have his knee checked out today in San Francisco. ... Mor - neau finished the homes- tand with nine hits, includ- ing two doubles, three hom- ers and 11 RBIs. Giants frOM paGe 1 | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM ThURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2014 2 B