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Wednesday MLB—Orioles at Giants, 12:30 p.m., CSNB MLB — Phillies at Yankees, 4 p.m., ESPN MLB — Athletics at Cubs, 5 p.m., CSNC Wolrd Cup — Spain vs. Switzerland, 6:30 a.m., ESPN World Cup — South Africa vs. Uruguay, 11 a.m., ESPN Cycling — Tour de Suisse, 4 p.m., VERSUS Sports 1B Errors hurt Bulls 3067. Challenger soccer camp Challenger Sports will be holding one of its nation- wide British Soccer training camps in Red Bluff the week of June 28 at the Red Bluff Union High School soccer fields. The Red Bluff Youth Soccer League are offering British Soccer Camp sessions in the following age groups: Three to 5-year olds — Mini Soccer — 5:30 to 7 p.m., cost $81. Six to 10-year olds — Half Day — 9 a.m. to Noon, cost $99 Eleven to 14-year olds — Half Day — 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., cost $99 Teams are also welcome to attend and receive a week of focused instruction to prepare them for the fall season. Each camper will receive a free camp t-shirt, soccer ball, player evaluation and end of camp gift. To sign up for the camp visit www.challengersports.com or contact Nigel Mist at 529-1966 or nigelmist@clearwire.net. Daily News photo by Rich Greene By RICHGREENE DN Sports Editor Joel Duggins lays down a bunt,Tuesday, for the Red Bluff Bulls against the Chico Nuts. Instead a run scored on the play to The Red Bluff Bulls came up on the wrong end, Tuesday, of a Ameri- can Legion baseball game filled with costly errors and hit batsmen. The visiting Chico Nuts won the first game of a doubleheader 11-3 as the teams combined for seven errors and pitchers hit six batters. The Bulls mistakes proved to be more costly. With the game tied at 1-1 in the second inning, Chico had runners on first and second base when the Bulls infield misplayed a ball that would have led to the third out. give Chico the lead and one batter later Luke Barker hit a 3-run shot to left field to put the Nuts up 5-1. Outside of an EJ Stanton single to lead off the game for the Bulls, Chico pitcher Andy Amaro held Red Bluff in check, not allowing a solid base hit the rest of the game. Brandon Coborn expanded the Nuts lead to 6-1 in the fourth inning when he drove home Casey Hughes. The Bulls scratched out a pair of runs in their half of the inning to cut the lead to 6-3. Shawn Greene and Joel Duggins reached base on back-to-back Chico errors for Red Bluff. Greene then scored on a Derrick Gray RBI groundout and Duggins came in on a wild pitch. The Nuts got the runs right back in the fifth inning after loading the bases with their first three hitters. Steven Johnson and Will Enos both scored scored on another costly Bulls infield error and the Nuts led 8- 3. In the seventh inning the Nuts chased Red Bluff starting pitcher Kyle Rodriguez out of the game when the first two batters reached base. Sean Ryan hit a RBI sacrifice fly to center to score Brad Lohse then Coborn drove in two more runs with a single to cap the scoring. Lakers rout Celts, force Game 7 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Buckle up, Boston and L.A. These epic NBA finals are going to Game 7. Kobe Bryant made sure of it, with plenty of help from the rest of the revital- ized Los Angeles Lakers. Bryant scored 26 points, Pau Gasol added 17 points and 13 rebounds, and the Lakers emphatically extended the NBA finals to a decisive seventh game with a 89-67 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 6 on Tuesday night. Ron Artest added 15 points for the Lakers, who stared down elimination by jumping to a 22-point lead during a dazzling first half. While limiting Boston to the second lowest-scoring performance in NBA finals history, the defending champions stretched the finals to the limit for the first time since 2005. A champion will be crowned Thursday night at Staples Center. Ray Allen scored 19 points for the Celtics, who took an ugly pratfall on the verge of winning their unprecedented 18th title. It turns out their longtime rivals are still quite serious about earning their 16th championship. Two years after the Celtics ended the finals with a 39-point blowout of the Lakers in Game 6, Los Angeles turned Game 6 into a long nightmare for Boston. Only Utah’s infa- mous 54-point performance against Chicago in 1998 was worse than this offen- sive disaster, which includ- ed 33 percent shooting and a 52-39 rebounding advan- tage for the Lakers. ‘‘We did a great job,’’ Bryant said. ‘‘We have to come with the same energy, the same dedication to defense (in Game 7).’’ Bryant grabbed 11 rebounds, and Gasol led the Lakers with nine assists in a remarkable bounce-back game for Los Angeles, A’s trade for OF Conor Jackson PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamond- backs traded outfielder Conor Jackson to the Oakland Athletics for minor league closer Sam Demel on Tuesday, the first of what could be a series of moves by the sputtering team. Demel, a 24-year-old right-hander, was third-round draft pick out of TCU in 2007. He 2-0 with a 1.26 ERA and six saves in 28 appearances for Triple-A Sacramento this season. The 28-year-old Jackson was batting .238 with a home run, 11 doubles and 11 RBIs in 42 games for Arizona. He missed all but the first 30 games of last season after contracting ‘‘valley fever,’’ an illness that brings on extreme fatigue. Athletics manager Bob Geren said he saw Jackson as the A’s regular left fielder and could use him at dif- ferent spots in the order. ‘‘I think he’ll do a lot for our offense,’’ Geren said before Tuesday night’s game against the Chicago Cubs. ‘‘He’s a guy that’s a high average hitter. ... He seems like a similar hitter to Daric Barton on the right side. He’s patient. Has a good knowledge of the strike zone. His on-base percentage is up. He can drive the ball into the gap and hit some home runs. He’s a pret- ty complete player, and I look forward to watching him.’’ Jackson was expected to arrive at Wrigley Field around gametime. In the release announcing the trade, Diamondbacks general manager Josh Byrnes called Jackson ‘‘a class act’’ and wished him well with the Athletics. Jackson was Arizona’s first-round draft pick, the 19th selection overall, out of the University of Califor- nia in 2003. He has a .277 career batting average From 2006-08, Jackson was among the Diamond- backs’ most consisted hitters. He hit .291 with 79 RBIs in 2006, .284 with 60 RBIs in 2007 and .300 with 75 RBIs in 2008. Unlike several of his strikeout-laden teammates, Jackson has fanned just 229 times in 1,775 at bats in parts of six major league seasons. In 2008, he ranked ninth hardest to strike out in the National League. Finally healthy, Jackson began this season as Ari- zona’s everyday right fielder but struggled at the plate and often was replaced by Gerardo Parra. Lately, Jack- son’s performance had picked up. He had hits in eight of his last 10 games, batting .289 in that span. ‘‘He’s batted anywhere from leadoff to seventh in his career,’’ Geren said. ‘‘The majority of his at-bats have been two, three, four, five, and he has led off a lit- tle bit, but I don’t see him in that role. ... We’ll see how it looks on paper when we get back to the American League and balance it out. Maybe it depends on who we play. I feel pretty comfortable with him batting in a lot of different spots.’’ MCT photo Kobe Bryant drives to the hoop,Tuesday, against Tony Allen. which dominated from the opening minutes by vacu- uming up rebounds and playing relentless defense. The Lakers’ bench largely took care of the rest, outscoring Boston’s reserves while the Celtics failed to make a run. ‘‘Our defense was good, our rebounding was better,’’ Lakers coach Phil Jackson said. ‘‘We had some good luck on some tips and offen- sive rebounds, and those things changed the course of the game.’’ These rivals have played a Game 7 four times in their 12 previous finals meetings, with Boston winning all four. But it hasn’t happened since 1984 — and it hasn’t happened to Bryant, who looks determined to stake his claim among the NBA’s greats in pursuit of his fifth championship. Bryant was a one-man band for much of the Lak- ers’ three-game stay in Boston, but Los Angeles was a symphony in Game 6. Gasol was a constant low- post presence and playmak- er after disappearing for long stretches of the series, while Artest harnessed his wildly inconsistent jumper and hit three 3-pointers. With first lady Michelle Obama watching from a luxury box, the Lakers were on their best behavior — and the Celtics responded terribly to the chance to clinch a title. Paul Pierce scored 13 points and Kevin Garnett added 12, but the Celtics’ offense was a jumbled, stand-around mess. Rajon Rondo, the late-game hero in Boston’s last appearance in Los Angeles, got off to a 1-for-8 shooting start before finishing with 10 points and six assists. See ROUT, page 2B Byrnes said via e-mail that Demel will probably report to the major league club but will not be the clos- er. Demel has a 90 to 95 mph fastball with a good slid- er, Byrnes said. The general manager said Demel is working on a cutter and has a ‘‘usable’’ changeup. Along with strikeouts, the Diamondbacks biggest problem has been the bullpen, statistically by far the worst in the majors. Manager A.J. Hinch already had said he would explore other options at closer. Chad Qualls, 1-3 with an 8.46 ERA, has blown four saves in 16 chances. That doesn’t count his last appearance on Sunday against St. Louis, when he didn’t make it through the ninth but his replacement Esmerling Valdez allowed the tying run to score from third on a wild pitch. Arizona came back to win 7-5 in the bot- tom of the ninth on Chris Young’s home run. In four minor league seasons, Demel is 9-8 with a 2.67 ERA. He has averaged just under 10 strikeouts per nine innings. In a corresponding move, Arizona activated infield- er Tony Abreu from the disabled list. He sprained his left wrist making a tag on May 23. Wednesday June 16, 2010 Mercy basketball camp Mercy High School will hold its annual summer bas- ketball shooting camp June 28-July 1 at the high school. The camp is open for seventh through 12th grade boys and girls and will run from 10 a.m. to noon each day. The camp costs $25. For more information call Steve Shellabarger at 527-