Issue link: http://www.epageflip.net/i/383269
MLBBASEBALL Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics:12:30p.m.,MLB, CSN. Milwaukee Brewers at St. Louis Cardinals: 5p.m., MLB. EQUESTRIAN Show Jumping Central Park Horse Show: 4p.m., NBCSN. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Auburn vs. Kansas State: 4:30p.m., ESPN. Ark Pine B. vs. Alabama State: 4:30p.m., ESPNU. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Lubbock Cooper vs. Stephen- ville: 6p.m., ESPN2. NFL FOOTBALL Tampa Bay Buccaneers at At- lanta Falcons: 5:25p.m., CBS. GOLF Web.com Tour Championship Round 1: 11a.m., GOLF. LPGA Yokohama Tire Classic Round 1: 2p.m., GOLF. EPGA Wales Open Round 2: 2:30a.m., GOLF. SOCCER FIFA International Friendly Mexico vs. United States Women's: 4p.m., ESPN2. Ontheair fromthecrowd. The boys couldn't cheer, they could hardly stand, some were weav- ing and some just fell to the field — they gave it their all. We all thought we were going to have to carry them off the field. Those boys had big smiles and pride in their eyes. This was something I will never forget. JOHN SCHWABAUER'S FA- VORITE MOMENT I asked former Spartans coach John Schwabauer what his favorite Shootout mo- ment was. "Every one we won," he quipped back with a laugh that you only hear from former coaches. After a few moments however Schwabauer came back with a more defined answer. He couldn't quite re- member the year, but he remembered his quarter- back was Dudley and the new turf had just been in- stalled at Spartan Sta- dium. Schwabauer said it wasn't one of his best teams, but for some rea- son whether it was the turf, that it was Corning, or a combination of both the boys clicked that day and won the game. "It's a team that had some hard knocks along their career, but they pulled it out," he said. With both stories it was an underdog team that was the most memorable. I think above all else that's what has defined this rivalry. THE OTHER FOOTBALL The Northern Section's Sept. 24 agenda includes an item to accept an ap- plication for a National High School record. The record comes from last year's soccer season. Los Molinos sophomore Jose Gonzalez tallied 14 goals during the Dec. 10, 201,3 game against Biggs. The Bulldogs went on to win the game 23-0. The application still needs to be certified by state and national offi- cials before becoming the new national record. CORNING (1-1) AT RED BLUFF (1-2) 7:30 P.M. FRIDAY Af- ter last week's losses, a good quick start by either team will be crucial. Both the Spartans and Cardinals need to see something positive hap- pen, so they can start be- lieving in themselves again. That includes just catching the ball, some- thing both teams strug- gled with last week. I'd expect a trick play or two might be in either team's game plan, but the coaches won't be able to dial up anything spe- cial until that confidence comes back. Red Bluff has been worn down by having too many players go both ways, but Corning is in a similar situation. I think we're in for an- other close game like last year's, where it comes down to who can string together a game-winning drive in the fourth quar- ter. MERCY (1-2) AT GREENVILLE (1-2) 7 P.M. FRIDAY It'd be hard to find a team with two better losses than Mercy has. The Warriors lost to de- fending champion Red- ding Christian and red- hot Hayfork. Mercy was competi- tive in both and are likely a better team than the 1-2 record reflects. Greenville picked up its first win last week. The Indians are led by quarterback Darian Potts, who has rushed for 480 yards and three touch- downs. Logan Carmichael has four rushing touchdowns. TWITTER FOLLOWS Other Northern Section games Friday include Ander- son at Enterprise, Lassen at Foothill and Shasta at West Valley. ContactRichGreeneat rgreene@redbluffdai- lynews.com or @rich- greenenews on Twitter. Greene FROM PAGE 1 By Cam Inman Bay Area News Group SANTA CLARA The 49ers' surprise threat in the NFC West, or at least their most immediate, is an Arizona Cardinals team that's over- come adversity to sit alone in first place. Neither a makeshift de- fense nor quarterback Carson Palmer's troubled shoulder has stopped the Cardinals from a 2-0 start. Now they must cope with what is an all-too-fa- miliar distraction around the NFL: a domestic-vio- lence case. The Cardinals immediately deactivated No. 2 running back, Jona- than Dwyer, after he was arrested by Phoenix police Wednesday on charges of domestic violence and ag- gravated assault for two in- cidents in July. The 49ers, of course, are also caught up in the NFL's domestic-violence crisis. Defensive tackle Ray McDonald has yet to be charged from his Aug. 31 arrest, and he's expected to start Sunday's game in Glendale, Ariz. That's when it will be- come clear just how seri- ous the 49ers are taking the Cardinals. "Very serious," quarter- back Colin Kaepernick said. "They're a great opponent. They have a great team, (and) do a lot of things well." The Cardinals histori- cally don't fare well, how- ever, against the 49ers, who've won nine of the past 10 meetings, including last year's regular-season finale on Phil Dawson's field goal as time expired at Univer- sity of Phoenix Stadium. "It can't be a rivalry when you get your (butt) kicked this many times," Cardinals coach Bruce Ari- ans said. Arians' no-nonsense ap- proach has played well in Arizona. The Cardinals have won nine of their past 11 games, even if last sea- son's 7-2 finish still wasn't enough to secure a playoff berth. The Cardinals' contin- ued success is an indica- tor that this season's 2-0 start might not be a mi- rage, unlike their 2012 sea- son that began 4-0 and fin- ished 5-11. This season, the Cardi- nals haven't allowed more than 17 points in a game, despite the loss of defen- sive end Darnell Dock- ett (knee) and linebackers Daryl Washington (sus- pension) and Carlos Dan- sby (free agency). Offensively, Drew Stan- ton is in line to start a sec- ond straight game as the Cardinals quarterback, unless Palmer's nerve is- sue with his shoulder is suddenly alleviated. NFL 49ers face tougher Cardinals SF heads to Arizona, which has overcome adversity this season dres with their National League West hopes still very much alive, thanks in large part to Duffy. The rookie skipped Triple-A when he was promoted Aug. 1, but manager Bruce Bochy hasn't hesitated to throw Duffy into deep wa- ter. He used Duffy to cap one of the biggest rallies of the season. The teams were tied heading into the ninth, but Diamondbacks closer Ad- dison Reed walked Pablo Sandoval before striking out Andrew Susac. With one out, Brandon Crawford lined a single to right, ty- ing a career-high with his fourth hit. Crawford has finished at .248 each of the past two seasons and has talked openly about how he was disappointed not to finish above .250, but he said his average has been the furthest thing from his mind in recent weeks. "When I was getting down around .220, I de- cided that average was not what I would be worried about this year," he said. "I'm just trying to drive in runs and help us win." He has done both. Only two National League hit- ters have more RBIs out of the eight-spot than Craw- ford's 30, and while hitting seventh on Wednesday he drove a double into the gap in the second inning to score Susac. Crawford has driven in 65 runs this sea- son, besting his previous high by 20. His fourth hit Wednesday didn't give the Giants the lead, but it kept the rally going for Brandon Belt, who pinch-hit in his first game since Aug. 6. The only live pitching Belt has faced during his concussion rehab has been thrown by bullpen coach Mark Gardner, and he's so far behind that he will stay in Phoenix on Thurs- day and get at-bats against prospects in an instruc- tional league game. Belt looked rusty on his first two swings in six weeks, waving at a fastball and slider from Reed. "I might have been just a little late on my first swing back," he said. Still, he saw the ball well enough to take a tough 2-2 slider. It was at that point that Belt felt back in the flow of a major league game. "If I have that going for me, I know I'm in good shape," he said of his abil- ity to spit on a close pitch. "It was a tough situation there, so I was just mak- ing sure I had a good at-bat and did what I could do. It felt good that I was able to see the spin on that ball." Reed walked Belt with a 92 mph fastball, loading the bases for Duffy. The rookie is hitting just .235 in limited time but was 3 for 9 as a pinch-hitter when Bochy sent him up in the ninth. "He's shown such great poise up there," Bochy said. "He's got a simple swing, a short swing. He's not a guy that's trying to get big up there and do too much." Duffy said he got a jolt when Bochy called for him in such a tight September spot. "It gives you confidence," he said. "He's showing con- fidence in you, and now it gives you confidence in yourself. That helped me relax." Duffy swung through a slider and good fastball but worked the count full. He reminded himself that Reed would have to throw him a strike, and he fo- cused on letting the slider "get deep" into his swing. Reed threw him another one and Duffy lined it to center, bringing two runs home. Santiago Casilla sealed the deal. Giants FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 86 66 .566 _ San Francisco 84 68 .553 2 San Diego 70 80 .467 15 Arizona 62 90 .408 24 Colorado 61 91 .401 25 CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 83 68 .550 _ Pittsburgh 81 70 .536 2 Milwaukee 79 72 .523 4 Cincinnati 71 82 .464 13 Chicago 68 84 .447 15 ½ EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB x-Washington 87 64 .576 _ Atlanta 76 76 .500 11 ½ Miami 74 77 .490 13 New York 73 80 .477 15 Philadelphia 69 82 .457 18 x-clinched division Tuesday'sgames Pittsburgh 4, Boston 0 N.Y. Mets 9, Miami 1 Washington 3, Atlanta 0 Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati 0 Milwaukee 3, St. Louis 2, 12 innings Colorado 10, L.A. Dodgers 4 San Francisco 2, Arizona 1 San Diego 5, Philadelphia 4 Wednesday'sgames Colorado 16, L.A. Dodgers 2 San Francisco 4, Arizona 2 Pittsburgh 9, Boston 1 Miami 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Atlanta 3, Washington 1 Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati 1 Milwaukee at St. Louis, (n.) Philadelphia at San Diego, (n.) Thursday'sgames Boston (Workman 1-9) at Pittsburgh (Cole 9-5), 4:05 p.m. Washington (G.Gonzalez 8-10) at Miami (Hand 3-7), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 15-8) at Chicago Cubs (Wada 4-3), 5:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Lohse 12-9) at St. Louis (S.Miller 10-9), 5:15 p.m. Arizona (Nuno 0-6) at Colorado (Flande 0-5), 5:40 p.m. Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 9-12) at San Diego (Erlin 3-4), 6:10 p.m. NLWILDCARDRACE NATIONALLEAGUE W L Pct GB San Francisco 84 68 .553 — Pittsburgh 81 70 .536 — Milwaukee 79 72 .523 2 Atlanta 76 76 .500 5½ Giants4,Diamondbacks2 SanFran Arizona AB R H B AB R H B GBlanc lf 3 0 0 1 Inciart lf 5 0 2 0 Arias 2b 3 0 0 0 Owings 2b 4 0 1 0 Pank ph-2b 2 0 0 0 Pollock cf 5 1 2 0 Posey 1b 3 0 0 0 Trumo 1b 4 0 0 0 Pence rf 4 0 0 0 Pachec 1b 0 0 0 0 Sandovl 3b 3 1 0 0 A.Hill 3b 3 0 0 0 Susac c 3 1 0 0 C.Ross rf 3 1 0 0 BCrwfr ss 4 2 4 1 Gswsch c 4 0 3 0 J.Perez cf 2 0 0 0 Ahmed ss 4 0 0 0 Belt ph 0 0 0 0 Stites p 0 0 0 0 GBrwn cf 0 0 0 0 Chafin p 2 0 1 1 Bmgrn p 1 0 1 0 Delgad p 0 0 0 0 Ishikaw ph 0 0 0 0 MMntr ph 1 0 0 0 Machi p 0 0 0 0 EMrshl p 0 0 0 0 Romo p 0 0 0 0 A.Reed p 0 0 0 0 MDuffy ph 1 0 1 2 Pnngtn ss 1 0 0 0 Casilla p 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 4 6 4 36 2 9 1 SanFran 010 010 002 — 4 Arizona 010 010 000 — 2 E: Sandoval (9);DP: Arizona 2;LOB: San Francisco 7, Arizona 10;2B: B.Crawford (19), Gosewisch (7);3B: Pollock (6);S: G.Blanco, Bumgarner. IP H R ER BB SO SanFrancisco Bumgarner 6 7 2 2 2 6 Machi 1 1 0 0 1 2 Romo W,6-4 1 1 0 0 0 1 Csilla S,17 1 0 0 0 0 2 Arizona Chafin 6 3 2 2 4 2 Delgado 1 1 0 0 1 1 Marshall 1 0 0 0 0 0 Reed L,1-6 1/3 2 2 2 2 1 Stites 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 WP: Chafin. T: 3:35;A: 19,272 (48,633). AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB z-Los Angeles 94 57 .623 _ Oakland 83 67 .553 10 ½ Seattle 81 69 .540 12 ½ Houston 67 85 .441 27 ½ Texas 58 92 .387 35 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 84 68 .553 _ Kansas City 83 68 .550 ½ Cleveland 78 73 .517 5 ½ Chicago 69 83 .454 15 Minnesota 65 87 .428 19 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB x-Baltimore 92 60 .605 _ New York 77 74 .510 14 ½ Toronto 77 74 .510 14 ½ Tampa Bay 74 79 .484 18 ½ Boston 66 86 .434 26 z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division Tuesday'sgames Pittsburgh 4, Boston 0 Baltimore 8, Toronto 2 Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Yankees 1 Chicago White Sox 7, Kansas City 5 Cleveland 4, Houston 2 Minnesota 4, Detroit 3 Seattle 13, L.A. Angels 2 Texas 6, Oakland 3 Wednesday'sgames Pittsburgh 9, Boston 1 Baltimore 6, Toronto 1 N.Y. Yankees 3, Tampa Bay 2 Kansas City 6, Chicago White Sox 2 Cleveland 2, Houston 0 Minnesota 8, Detroit 4 Seattle at L.A. Angels, (n.) Texas at Oakland, (n.) Thursday'sgames Texas (N.Martinez 3-11) at Oakland (Gray 13-8), 12:35 p.m. Boston (Workman 1-9) at Pittsburgh (Cole 9-5), 4:05 p.m. Toronto (Dickey 13-12) at N.Y. Yankees (Greene 5-3), 4:05 p.m. Cleveland (Salazar 6-7) at Houston (Feldman 8-11), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 14-5) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 17-8), 7:05 p.m. ALWILDCARDRACE AMERICANLEAGUE W L Pct GB Oakland 83 67 .553 — Kansas City 82 68 .547 — Seattle 81 69 .540 1 Cleveland 77 73 .513 5 Toronto 77 74 .510 5½ Football AMERICANCONFERENCE WESTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Denver 2 0 01.000 55 41 San Diego 1 1 0 .500 47 39 Oakland 0 2 0 .000 28 49 Kansas City 0 2 0 .000 27 50 EASTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 2 0 01.000 52 30 Miami 1 1 0 .500 43 49 N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 43 45 New England 1 1 0 .500 50 40 SOUTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Hou st on 2 0 0 1 .0 00 4 7 20 Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 36 36 Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 27 75 Indianapolis 0 2 0 .000 51 61 NORTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 2 0 01.000 47 26 Baltimore 1 1 0 .500 42 29 Pittsburgh 1 1 0 .500 36 53 Cleveland 1 1 0 .500 53 54 NATIONALCONFERENCE WESTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 2 0 01.000 43 31 Seattle 1 1 0 .500 57 46 San Francisco1 1 0 .500 48 45 St. Louis 1 1 0 .500 25 51 EASTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 2 0 01.000 64 44 Washington 1 1 0 .500 47 27 Dallas 1 1 0 .500 43 38 N.Y. Giants 0 2 0 .000 28 60 SOUTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 2 0 01.000 44 21 Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 47 58 New Orleans 0 2 0 .000 58 63 Tampa Bay 0 2 0 .000 31 39 NORTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Chicago 1 1 0 .500 48 43 Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 41 36 Detroit 1 1 0 .500 42 38 Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 47 60 Thursday,Sept.18 Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 5:25 p.m. Sunday,Sept.21 Dallas at St. Louis, 10 a.m. Minnesota at New Orleans, 10 a.m. San Diego at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Houston at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m. Tennessee at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. Baltimore at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Green Bay at Detroit, 10 a.m. Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. Oakland at New England, 10 a.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 1:05 p.m. Denver at Seattle, 1:25 p.m. Kansas City at Miami, 1:25 p.m. Pittsburgh at Carolina, 5:30 p.m. Monday,Sept.22 Chicago at N.Y. Jets, 5:30 p.m. Tennis WTATORAYPANPACIFICOPEN RESULTS Wednesday At Ariake Colosseum Tokyo Purse: $1 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles SecondRound Angelique Kerber (1), Germany, def. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-4. Ana Ivanovic (3), Serbia, def. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 6-3, 6-4. Dominika Cibulkova (6), Slovakia, def. Coco Vandeweghe, United States, 7-6 (5), 7-5. Lucie Safarova (7), Czech Republic, def. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. ATPWORLDTOURMOSELLE OPENRESULTS Wednesday At Les Arenes de Metz Metz, France Purse: $629,600 (WT250) Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles FirstRound Joao Sousa (6), Portugal, def. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, 6-2, 6-2. David Goffin (8), Belgium, def. Florent Serra, France, 6-2, 6-2. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-1, 6-4. Jeremy Chardy (5), France, def. Nicolas Mahut, France, 7-6 (5), 7-5. Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, def. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-3. SecondRound Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (1), France, def. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, 7-6 (7), 6-4. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, def. Lukas Rosol (4), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-4. WTAKIAKOREAOPENRESULTS Wednesday At Olympic Park Seoul, South Korea Purse: $500,000 (Intl.) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles SecondRound Agnieszka Radwanska (1), Poland, def. Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, 6-0, 6-0. Karolina Pliskova (2), Czech Republic, def. Anna-Lena Friedsam, Germany, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2. Varvara Lepchenko (5), United States, def. Han Na-lae, South Korea, 7-5, 6-1. Ch ris ti na M cH al e, U ni te d S ta te s, d ef . Mona Barthel, Germany, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3. Soccer MAJORLEAGUESOCCER WESTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Seattle 17 7 3 54 51 37 Los Angeles 14 5 9 51 57 30 Salt Lake 12 6 10 46 44 35 FC Dallas 13 9 6 45 48 37 Vancouver 8 7 13 37 36 36 Portland 8 8 12 36 49 48 Colorado 8 13 7 31 39 48 San Jose 6 11 10 28 33 39 Chivas USA 6 16 6 24 23 51 EASTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. 14 9 5 47 42 31 Kansas City 13 10 6 45 43 34 New England13 12 3 42 41 39 New York 9 8 11 38 44 41 Columbus 9 9 10 37 40 36 Philadelphia 9 9 10 37 45 43 Toronto FC 9 11 7 34 36 43 Houston 9 13 5 32 33 50 Chicago 5 7 15 30 34 40 Montreal 5 17 6 21 32 52 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Friday,Sept.19 Colorado at Salt Lake, 7 p.m. Saturday,Sept.20 Vancouver at Portland, 2 p.m. Houston at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. New England at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. San Jose at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Seattle FC at New York, 4:30 p.m. D.C. United at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Sunday,Sept.21 Chivas USA at Toronto FC, noon Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For Sept. 18 MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog Washington -150/+140 at Miami Los Angeles -160/+150 at Chicago at St. Louis -140/+130 Milwaukee at Colorado -120/+110 Arizona at San Diego -120/+110 Philadelphia AMERICANLEAGUE at Oakland -280/+240 Texas at New York -110/+100 Toronto Cleveland -130/+120 at Houston Seattle -125/+115at Los Angeles INTERLEAGUE at Pittsburgh -230/+210 Boston NCAAFootball TONIGHT Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog Auburn 9 (64½) at Kansas St. TOMORROW at South Florida 2 (46) UConn SATURDAY at Missouri 13½ (73½) Indiana at Penn St. 27 (47) UMass Marshall 9½ (62) at Akron at Pittsburgh 6½ (46½) Iowa at Toledo 13½ (65½) Ball St. at Syracuse Pk (52) Maryland at Ohio 13½ (54) Idaho at Kansas 3½ (47) Cent. Michigan at Georgia 40½ (67) Troy at Wisconsin 27 (64) Bowling Green at Duke 17 (56) Tulane Army 2½ (47) at Wake Forest at East Carolina 2 (66) North Carolina at Minnesota 8½ (56½) San Jose St. at Michigan 4½ (56) Utah at Michigan St. 45½ (54½) E. Michigan South Carolina 21½ (54½) at Vanderbilt at Wyoming 3½ (47½) FAU at Colorado 7½ (63) Hawaii at Memphis 12 (63) Middle Tenn. at Washington 35½ (68) Georgia St. at S. Miss. 2½ (60) Appalachian St. at S. Alabama 3 (57) Georgia Southern Texas A&M 33 (61) at SMU at Navy 6 (54) Rutgers at Alabama 14½ (52) Florida at Houston 22 (61) UNLV at Virginia Tech 8 (52½) Georgia Tech Oregon 23½ (75) at Wash. St. at Florida St. 17 (60½) Clemson at BYU 14 (50) Virginia at Illinois 14 (61) Texas St. at Rice 7 (61) Old Dominion Louisville 27 (48) at FIU at Cincinnati 28 (59½) Miami at Oregon St. 10 (59) San Diego St. at LSU 9½ (49½) Mississippi St. at Arkansas 14 (65) N. Illinois at Arkansas St. 2½ (49½) Utah St. N. Mexico 3½ (65½) at N. Mex St. at Nebraska 7½ (58½) Miami Oklahoma 7½ (61½) at W. Virginia at Arizona 9½ (70½) California at Boise St. 16½ (61½) La.-Lafayette NFL TONIGHT Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog at Atlanta 6½ (45) Tampa Bay SUNDAY at Buffalo 2 (44) San Diego Dallas 1 (45) at St. Louis at Philadelphia 6½ (50) Washington Houston 2½ (42) at N.Y. Giants at New Orleans 10½ (50) Minnesota at Cincinnati 7 (43½) Tennessee Baltimore 1½ (41½) at Cleveland at Detroit 2 (52½) Green Bay Indianapolis 7 (45) at Jacksonville at New England 14 (47) Oakland San Francisco 3 (42) at Arizona at Seattle 5 (49) Denver at Miami 4½ (41½) Kansas City at Carolina 3½ (41½) Pittsburgh MONDAY at N.Y. Jets 2½ (45½) Chicago Transactions BASEBALL MajorLeagueBaseball MLB: Suspended umpire Joe West one game for grabbing the jersey of Phila- delphia RHP Jonathan Papelbon during a Sept. 14 game against Miami. Sus- pended Toronto RHP Marcus Stroman six games and fined him an undisclosed amount for intentionally throwing a pitch in the head area of Baltimore C Caleb Joseph during a Sept. 15 game. AmericanLeague BaltimoreOrioles: Selected the contract of INF Christian Walker from Norfolk (IL). BostonRedSox: Recalled OF Bryce Brentz, OF Rusney Castillo, INF-OF Garin Cecchini, LHP Edwin Escobar, RHP Heath Hembree and C-1B Ryan Lavarnway from Pawtucket (IL). MinnesotaTwins: Signed a four-year player development contract with Chat- tanooga (SL) through the 2018 season. NationalLeague ColoradoRockies: Announced a four- year player development contract with Albuquerque (PCL) through the 2018 season and a two-year working agree- ment with New Britain (EL) through the 2016 season. LosAngelesDodgers: Announced they will change its Triple-A affiliation to Oklahoma City (PCL) next year. Signed a two-year working agreement with Tulsa (Texas) through the 2016 season. MilwaukeeBrewers: Announced a four-year player development contract extension with Biloxi (SL) through the 2018 season and a two-year PDC exten- sion with Brevard County (FSL) through the 2016 season. SanDiegoPadres: Extended their player development contract with Fort Wayne (MWL) for two years through the 2016 season. BASKETBALL NationalBasketballAssociation NBA: Suspended Denver F-C J.J. Hickson five regular-season games for violating the terms of the Nba/Nbpa Anti-Drug Program. HoustonRockets: Acquired G Jason Terry and 2015 and 2016 second-round draft picks from Sacramento for G-F Alonzo Gee and G Scotty Hopson. MiamiHeat: Promoted David Fizdale to assistant head coach. Named Keith Smart and Juwan Howard assistant coaches, Chris Quinn and Dan Craig as- sistant coaches for player development, Octavio De La Grana player development coach and director of minor league operations, Brandon Gilliam assistant trainer and director of rehabilitation, Wes Brown assistant trainer and Eric Foran assistant strength and condition- ing coach. MinnesotaTimberwolves: Signed F Glenn Robinson III. NewYorkKnicks: Signed F Orlando Sanchez. FOOTBALL NationalFootballLeague NFL: Announced a new performance- enhancing drug policy, reducing the four-game suspensions of Denver WR Wes Welker, Dallas DB Orlando Scan- drick and St. Louis WR Stedman Bailey to two games. CarolinaPanthers: Placed DE Greg Hardy on the exempt/commissioner's permission list. ChicagoBears: Signed TE Blake Annen, CB Jordan Sullen and WR Chris Williams to the practice squad. CincinnatiBengals: Activated CB Chris Lewis-Harris. MinnesotaVikings: Placed RB Adrian Peterson on the exempt/commissioner's permission list. NewEnglandPatriots: Re-signed DB Daxton Swanson to the practice squad. CanadianFootballLeague CFL: Fined Toronto RB Steve Slaton an undisclosed amount for kicking an op- ponent during a Sept. 13 game against Calgary. HOCKEY NationalHockeyLeague ArizonaCoyotes: Named Ron Rolston and Jim Roque to the pro scouting staff. EdmontonOilers: Named David Pelletier skating coach. SanJoseSharks: Signed D Justin Braun to a five-year contract extension through the 2019-20 season. LACROSSE NationalLacrosseLeague BuffaloBandits: Agreed to terms with T Kevin Brownell, T Mitch Wilde, D Glen Bryan and D Marty Hill on one-year contracts. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 2 B