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ByChipThompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com @editorchip on Twitter CORNING TheCorningCardinals baseball team struggled against James Erisman's pitching Friday afternoon, managing just a single run in the first and falling 11-1 in five innings to the Paradise Bob- cats. Erisman threw a gem, striking out 10 Cardinals and giving up just 4hits,anearnedrunandnowalks. The Bobcats scored in the first when Erisman got aboard at lead- off, stole second and third and Frankie Cleary brought him home with a sacrifice fly to center. Kevin WrightcamehomeonaBillyAiello double to give Paradise a 2-0 lead in the first. The first two Cardinals struck out but Bryce Armstrong dou- bled and moved to third on a wild pitch. Noah Miller singled to drive in Armstrong and the Cards were down 2-1 after one. The Bobcats loaded the bases in the second thanks to a pair of Cardinals' errors and a walk, and Ryan Farrel doubled in 2. Cleary came home on a wild pitch the Cardinals went down in order to finish the second down 5-1. After a quiet third, Paradise exploded for 6 runs in the fourth, with every Bobcat coming to the plate. With 2 on and nobody out, Joey Caputo took over from Miller on the mound for the Cardinals and walked Cleary to load the bases. Farrel smacked his second dou- ble to plate 2 runs before Caputo struck out the next batter. Aiello singled to right-center to drive in 2 more and Tyler Crister singled to left-center to bring in another pair before the side was retired, up 11-1. Armstrong led off the fourth for the Cardinals by reaching BASEBALL CARDINALSFALL TO PARADISE IN 5 By Anthony Slater Bay Area News Group OAKLAND Inbounding on the sideline, the Blazers had 8.5 sec- onds to turn a terrible first quar- terintoaslightlylessterriblefirst quarter.TheWarriors,evenwith- out Kevin Durant in Game 2, al- ready had 33 points. The Blazers, meanwhile, had puttered out to 17, having missed 15 of their first 21 shots, while fumbling away eight turnovers in 12 minutes. Theydesignedthesidelineplay for CJ McCollum, but the active, bouncy Warriors didn't allow it. Andre Iguodala and Ian Clark, helping off the inbounder, dou- ble-teamed and draped McCol- lum, forcing Allen Crabbe to re- luctantly toss it upcourt to Da- mian Lillard before a 5-second violation. Lillard turned and found 7.5 seconds to operate, in isolation, against Klay Thompson. When hereachedthewing,Lillardtried to freeze Thompson with three quick crossovers before darting intoaleft-handeddrive—amove that has victimized so many de- fenders this season. But it didn't shake Thompson, who ignored the dancing, timed his defensive slide well and mus- cled Lillard into help. Thompson, Clark and James Michael McA- doo were all able to contest and affect the shot, as Lillard flung up a brick and barreled out of bounds, closing out a first quar- terofstone-wallWarriorsdefense that they carried over to the next few quarters and are hoping to duplicate in Game 3. "They played a more aggres- sivegameatthatendofthefloor," Lillard said. "So they got away with a lot. They were able to play really physical and it went into their favor." Itwasthesecondstraightpost- game a frustrated Lillard alluded totheWarriorsgettingawaywith NBA PLAYOFFS Can Warriors duplicate Game 2 success? Staff report CHICO The Red Bluff Spartans tennis team took a 4-3 win Tues- day over the Chico Panthers in a makeup for a previous match that was cancelled due to rain. With the win, the Spartans are assured third place in the league at 5-5. They will travel to the No. 2 seed Shasta Wolves to begin the playoffs Tuesday. "Again, our depth was our strength as we won number four singles and then swept doubles and we needed all of them," said Spartans coach Stan Twitchell. Dillon Garcia took the lone sin- gles win, 7-6, 6-1 for the Spartans. The top three Spartans lost in singles play. Adam Swarthout fell 6-0, 6-2; Kai Cardillo 6-1, 6-1 and David Martinez 6-2, 6-3. In doubles play, Saul Rodriguez and Austin Mohler won 6-0, 6-4; Kaden Barriga and Riley Gleason won 6-0, 6-3 and Jake Penner and Trent Kitchell won 6-3, 6-1 to put the Spartans in the win column. TENNIS Spartans edge Chico in makeup match By Jimmy Durkin Bay Area News Group ALAMEDA The Raiders came away impressed following a March meeting with Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon and don't sound as if they'd shy away from draft- ing the Oakley native if the oppor- tunity came up. "We thought he was a good kid," Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie said Friday at his pre- draft news conference. "He came off very well. He explained each and every thing. Every question that we had, he had the explana- tion. He was up front about every- thing. The kid really came across as a good kid." Mixon is one of the most tal- ented of a deep crop of running backsinthisdraft,consideredano doubt first-round pick if it weren't for the 2014 incident in which he punched a female student at Okla- homa, leading to a broken jaw among four facial fractures. Mixon, who was 18 at the time, released a joint statement Friday along with the victim, Amelia Mo- litor,announcingthatthecivillaw- suit Molitor filed against Mixon "has been amicably resolved and dismissed." The terms of the set- tlement were left confidential, but this means from a legal standpoint thatthiscaseisnowbehindMixon. As part of the statement, Mo- litor says she was able to meet face-to-face with Mixon, with no attorneys present, and they dis- cussed their experiences since that night. Mixon offered an in- person apology. RAIDERS GM McKenzie says Mixon came off very well in visit DAVIDZALUBOWSKI—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Giants starting pitcher Johnny Cueto, front, reacts as Colorado's Trevor Story circles the bases a er hitting a grand slam in the fourth inning Friday. By Andrew Baggarly Bay Area News Group DENVER Four days after a sur- geon burned away a portion of Bruce Bochy's heart, the Giants' manager returned to the dugout. He pronounced his ticker healthy. He cannot say the same about his last-place team, which fell to 6-11 after a 6-5 loss to the Colorado Rockies and faces the daunting task of beating their way back in the NL West without their most indomitable player. It was bad enough when news broke Friday afternoon that left- hander Madison Bumgarner sus- tained a significant left shoulder injury in a dirt bike accident on Thursday's day off. Then Johnny Cueto served up the first grand slam of his career. And Hunter Pence slipped in the wet grass to turn a lineout into an inside-the-park home run. And the Giants filled air into another late-inning comeback, only to see their hopes pop like a balloon. Their season is hardly in shreds yet. But there are few good omens. Even the player they signed as an emergency outfield option, Melvin Upton Jr., will be out eight weeks after he underwent surgery tofixatornthumbligament.Upton Jr.couldn'tevengetoutofextended spring games without getting hurt. Want more? The team bus backed into a car as it departed for Coors Field, according to an- nouncer Dave Flemming. Thismilieuofmiseryisnotideal for someone who just spent a night in a hospital because of a proce- dure to treat a cardiac arrythmia. Somehow, Bochy maintained his sense of humor. "It's good to be back with the club and be back in the rhythm, I guess you could say," said Bochy, who had the minor ablation pro- cedure on Monday in San Diego and missed the two-game series at Kansas City earlier in the week. MLB Last-placeGiantsfalltoRockies PHOTOS BY CHIP THOMPSON — DAILY NEWS Paradise's James Erisman slides safely into second, eluding the tag of Corning's Jake Alexander, in the first inning Friday. Corning's Dalton Kesner snags a grounder down the third base line Friday against Paradise. After a quiet third, Paradise exploded for 6 runs in the fourth, with every Bobcat coming to the plate. BASEBALL PAGE 2 WARRIORS PAGE 2 RAIDERS PAGE 2 Bumgarner lands on DL a er accident; San Francisco at 6-11 GIANTS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Saturday, April 22, 2017 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1