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Tracker Thursday's results Tehama MLB Giants Miami Cabrera: 3-5, 4 RBI, 2B, SB Pagan: 2-5, 4 RBI, 2B PLAYOFFS NBA Miami Indiana Miami wins series 4-2 Today's games NSCIF FINALS at West Valley 4 p.m. AMERICAN LEGION Red Bluff Bulls Memorial Day Weekend Tournament Chico Redding S Siskiyous Red Bluff 5:15 p.m. 93 105 MIAMI (AP) — Melky Cabrera had three hits and drove in four runs Thursday for the San Francisco Giants, who gave Ryan Vogelsong robust run support for a change to beat the Miami Marlins 14-7. Vogelsong (3-2) allowed three runs in 6 1-3 innings, which hiked his ERA to 2.50. The Giants had 22 runs in his previous seven starts. 14 7 Sports hits were both season highs. Angel Pagan had four RBIs, while Cabrera raised his aver- age to .362. Giancarlo Stanton drove in three runs and hit another tape- measure home run for the Mar- lins. They began the night with the best record in the majors since May 1, but lost their sec- ond in a row. The Giants came into the game leading the majors in stranded runners, but went 7 for 17 with runners in scoring position. Their run total and 15 up five runs in 5 1-3 innings, his shortest and worst outing this year. He had allowed a total of three runs in his four previous starts against the Giants. Anibal Sanchez (2-3) gave A long, humbling night for the Marlins included a botched rundown, a throwing error, two wild pitches, 11 men left on base and one pratfall. First baseman Logan Morrison ducked and landed with an awkward flop to avoid being hit in the head by a throw home from right fielder Stanton. The bizarre moment left both players laughing. The game was tied at 1 when the Giants wiggled out of a rundown and went on to score four runs in the sixth. Gregor Blanco tripled and was briefly hung up on a grounder back to Sanchez, but he scrambled safely back to third when catcher Brett Hayes held the ball too long. Summer's first splash 7:45 p.m. MLB Giants Miami SF — Lincecum, 2-4 MIA — Jo.Johnson, 2-3 N.Y. Yankees Athletics NYY — Nova, 4-2 OAK— T.Ross, 2-4 On the tube AUTO RACING •8 a.m., NBCSN — IRL, IndyCar, Indi- anapolis 500 Carb Day •9 a.m., NBCSN — IRL, Indy Lights, Freedom 100, at Indianapolis •5 p.m., SPEED — World of Outlaws, at Concord, N.C. 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Rangers at New Jersey Rec League Luigis Red Bluff softball May 23 – American Tri R Gas Bobs Tire 14 Les Schwab Gibbs Auto Body Vineyard May 23 – Coed 1 Up in Flames Scared Hitless 3 Strikes to the Wind Red Bluff Gas Crown Nursery 19 12 27 8 6 7 7 6 Dirty Red Dawg Cycles 3 Around town Mercy Golf Tourney The 11th annual Trin- ity Golf Classic, benefit- ing Mercy and Sacred Heart schools, will be held Sunday June 10. The four-person best ball scramble will have a shotgun start at 1 p.m at Sevillano Links. The cost is $90 per person and includes a cart, goodie bag and box lunch. Sponsors are also needed for the event and individual holes. For more information or to sign -up call Jim at 200-5395. 18 6 Courtesy photo Zinnia Balken competes at the SOAR Early Bird Swim Meet in Redding. SWIMMING Special to the DN This past weekend 11 swimmers from Sun Oaks Aquatics Racing com- peted in the SOAR Early Bird Swim Meet at the Redding Aquatic Center. Many of the swimmers achieved new "A" times and placed high in their respective events. Eight of the 11 swimmers brought home a blue ribbon. If you are interested in joining the Sun Oaks Aquatics Swim team contact Kathy Brandt at 354-4775 or come to practice at Red Bluff High School at 5:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday. SOARResults: Zinnia Balken, 14, 1st place 100M Breast, 2nd place 200M Breast, 100 Fly, 3rd place 1500M Free, 4th in 400M IM, 7th 200M IM, 9th 100M Back Julia Brandt, 12, 2nd place 50 Breast, 3rd place 50 Fly, 4th place 200 Breast, 5th place 200 Free, 50 Back, 100 Breast, 6th 200 IM, 7th 50 Free Holiday Rider, 11, 1st place 50 Back, 2nd place 100 Back, 3rd place 200 Back, 4th place 50 Free, 50 Fly Jayne Brandt, 10, 1st place 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 50 Back, 100 Back, 50 Breast, 100 Breast, 200 IM, 2nd place 50 Fly Samantha McCammon, 10, 1st place 200 Back, 3rd 100 Breast, 4th AP Racing Writer ing he gave one of his hors- es an illegal performance- enhancing mixture, trainer Doug O'Neill was suspend- ed 45 days — a ban that won't take effect until after his superstar colt, I'll Have Another, tries to win the Triple Crown. After a nearly two-year legal battle, Cali- fornia racing officials agreed with O'Neill but still found fault because of a rule that says trainers are ultimately responsible for horses in their care.The ruling Thurs- day doesn't prevent O'Neill from saddling his Kentucky Derby and Preakness win- ner in the Belmont Stakes on June 9. Despite vigorously deny- The suspension and $15,000 fine — which O'Neill can appeal — come in the final weeks of I'll Have Another's attempt to become horse racing's 12th Triple Crown winner and first since Affirmed 34 years ago. The colt trained by O'Neill won the Derby on May 5 and took the Preak- ness on Saturday. ''I plan on examining and reviewing all of my options following the Belmont Stakes, but right now I plan on staying focused on preparing for and winning the Triple Crown,'' O'Neill said in a statement. The seven-member Cali- fornia Horse Racing Board met in closed session Thurs- day at Betfair Hollywood Park in Inglewood, Calif., to consider the recommended decision of a hearing officer in O'Neill's case. The board agreed with the officer's rec- ommendations, which included the maximum pun- ishment and fine for the trainer, who turned 44 on Thursday. 100 Back, 50 Breast, 5th 100 Free, 200 Free, 50 Fly, 6th 50 Back Jaxon Balken, 9, 1st place 100 Back, 200 IM, 2nd place 50 Back, 50 Breast, 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 50 Fly Abby Lair, 8, 1st place 50 Breast, 2nd place 100 Free, 50 Fly, 200 IM, 3rd place 50 Free, 200 Free, 50 Back, Jayden McCammon, 7, 2nd place 200IM, 3rd place 100 Free, 200 Free, 50 Breast, 4th Place 50 Back, 5th Place 50 Free Jordan Brandt, 6, 1st Place 50 Breast, 4th Place 50 Free, 50 Back Hero Rider, 6, 1st Place 50 Free, 3rd place 50 Back Lula Rider, 6, 2nd Place 50 Free, 50 Back Triple Crown hopeful's trainer suspended By BETH HARRIS The penalty comes at a time when racing is under heavy scrutiny for the way horses are prepared for their races. O'Neill said he spent $250,000 defending him- self. ''I know I didn't milk- While elevated carbon dioxide is associated with ''milkshaking,'' the officer agreed with O'Neill that his horse Argenta had not been fed a mixture of bicarbonate of soda, sugar and elec- trolytes that enhances per- formance and combats fatigue. The officer did not indicate what might have caused the overage. ''I'm gratified that the CHRB found that I did not ''milkshake'' a horse or engage in any intentional conduct that would result in an elevated TC02 level,'' O'Neill said. shake a horse. None of us around the barn milkshaked any horses,'' O'Neill said Wednesday. ''You got to have rules and I respect rules, but when you get faulty science involved, it costs a lot of money unfortu- nately, but you've got to fight it and that's what we're doing.'' O'Neill was originally suspended 180 days by the racing board after Argenta tested in excess of the per- mitted level of TCO2 — a Class 3 violation — after finishing eighth in a race at Del Mar on Aug. 25, 2010. The horse is co-owned by Mark Verge, the CEO of Santa Anita race track and O'Neill's childhood friend. But the hearing officer recommended that 135 days be stayed as long as O'Neill doesn't have any Class 1, 2 or 3 medication violations in any state during an 18- month period. It was O'Neill's third total carbon dioxide viola- tion in California and fourth in his career. In 2010, he was suspended and fined for a similar offense involving one of his horses that ran in the Illinois Derby at Hawthorne Race Course in suburban Chicago. The officer found there were no suspicious betting patterns in the 2010 race and that there was no evidence of any intentional acts on the part of O'Neill in connec- tion with the incident. However before the hear- ing, the parties had stipulat- ed that the Ken Maddy Lab- oratory at UC Davis detect- ed an excess level of TCO2 in the horse's blood sample, and CHRB Rule 1887 states a trainer is ultimately responsible for the condition of a horse, so O'Neill was punished. CHRB executive director Kirk Breed will decide when O'Neill's suspension will begin, but it will be no sooner than July 1. The Jockey Club has said 7:05 p.m. CSNB 4:10 p.m. CSNB CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — After months of wonder- ing when any Hendrick Motorsports car would win again, NASCAR's power- house program is on a major roll heading into the Coca- Cola 600. Five-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson broke a 16-race victory drought this month at Dar- lington Raceway for Hen- drick Motorsports' 200th win, then won the All-Star race Saturday night at Char- lotte Motor Speedway. Throw in a Sprint Show- down victory by Hendrick driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. and a win in the Pit Crew Chal- lenge by Johnson's No. 48 team and it's a non-stop party for owner Rick Hen- drick. ''The company,'' John- son said Thursday, ''is still on a high from the 200th win and the All-Star win just kicked it up another notch.'' That could be bad news for the rest of NASCAR, which thought it might be gaining on Hendrick's dom- inance. program's 199th win last October at Kansas as he chased a sixth straight cham- pionship. But Johnson came up short of the title, losing to Tony Stewart. None of Hen- drick's high-power drivers — four-time champion Jeff Gordon, Earnhardt and Kasey Kahne are Johnson's teammates — could break through this season until Johnson took the checkered flag at Darlington and touched off a party that has- n't stopped. Johnson collected the good,'' said Kahne, 16th in drivers' points. ''Then after Jimmie won that 200th, that got everybody even more excited.'' Neither has the winning. ''Things have been pretty that can't continue Sunday night in the Coca-Cola 600. Johnson has won nine times at the 1.5-mile track, three 600s, three of the 500- mile fall race and three All- Star events. ''We are excited to get on the track today and through the course of the weekend,'' he said. ''We feel like we will be a threat to win.'' Johnson doesn't see why that elevated total carbon dioxide levels, regardless of cause, are violations of the rules and penalties for excessive TCO2 are severe. See NASCAR, page 2B even more to celebrate. This week, the car owner hosted a party in Charlotte headlined by country music superstar Brad Paisley. Hen- drick's current crop of star drivers was on hand along with others who brought his machines to victory lane through the years like Geoff Bodine, Mark Martin and Kyle Busch. ''It's a huge accomplish- ment for our people and I'm really proud of them,'' Hen- drick said. ''You know, you need to stop and celebrate And giving Hendrick 1B Friday May 25, 2012 Season-high 15 hits lifts Giants bases, Pagan hit a two-run dou- ble, another run scored on a wild pitch and Brandon Belt blooped an RBI single over a drawn-in infield to put the Giants up 5-1 and end Sanchez's night. After a walk loaded the The Marlins sometimes cel- ebrate big hits by making a ''lo viste'' sign — a sideways V over one eye — and a grinning Pagan borrowed the gesture after he singled home a run in the fourth inning. Houston pitcher Wilton Lopez mocked the gesture when his team played the Marlins earlier this season. See GIANTS, page 2B Hendrick goes from ice cold to red hot