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1B Sports Tehama Tracker Friday's results Weekend May 4, 2013 BASEBALL Red Bluff 3 Shasta 4 HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL | Shasta 3, Red Bluff 2 NBA PLAYOFFS Eastern Conference — 1st Round New York 88 Boston 80 New York wins series 4-2 Eastern Conference — 1st Round Indiana 81 Atlanta 73 Indiana wins series 4-2 Western Conference — 1st Round Oklahoma City LATE Houston STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS San Jose LATE Vancouver MLB Athletics 2 N.Y. Yankees 0 OAK — Griffin, 7 IP, 4 K, 0 ER NYY — Nix, 2-3 L.A. Dodgers LATE Giants Thursday's result Final league match at Riverview Shasta 377 Enterprise 415 Red Bluff 417 Foothill 426 West Valley 519 Shasta wins Sac River League title 2. Foothill 3. Enterprise 4. Red Bluff 5. West Valley Red Bluff's Daniel Frantz (All-League) shot the individual low score Thursday with a 70. Peter Mitzel (All-League) — 76 Dylan Grossman — 77 Kyler Puckett — 90 Derek Runnels — 104 Ricky Brewster — 118 Saturday's games NBA PLAYOFFS Eastern Conference — 1st Round Chicago TNT Brooklyn 5 p.m. Series tied 3-3 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS N.Y. Rangers NBC Washington 9:30 a.m. Washington leads series 1-0 Toronto CNBC Boston 4 p.m. Boston leads series 1-0 Detroit Wolves bite back, spoil Spartans' record By ANDRE BYIK DN Sports Editor GOLF Anaheim Daily News photo by Andre Byik Red Bluff High's Bailey Akins takes a pitch against Shasta High's Alex Silva during a softball game at Red Bluff High School on Friday. Akins finished 1-for-2 batting with an RBI on the day. NBCS With a Sac River League title already in its pocket, the Red Bluff Spartans softball team had little to play for on Friday. Except for one thing. An unblemished league record. But after dropping two games in a doubleheader on Tuesday to the Spartans (27-6, 11-1 SRL), the Shasta Wolves (21-8, 6-3 SRL) came in pitching strong, hitting well and avenged their losses with a 3-2 win at Red Bluff High School. "When you win against Red Bluff, you really feel like you accomplished something," Shasta coach Karen Fifield said. Wolves pitcher Alex Silva struck out 12 batters in the win and impressively stomped out Spartan threats in the first three innings, when Red Bluff had runners on third with one out. "You know, we don't have (Silva), I don't think we (win)," Fifield said, adding, "She did a fabulous job. Red Bluff has a lot of great hitters and I think she kept them off Griffin shuts down Yankees, Rosales homers for Oakland in 2-0 win 4:30 p.m. Series tied 1-1 St. Louis NBCS Los Angeles 7 p.m. St. Louis leads series 2-0 MLB Athletics N.Y. Yankees CSNC 10:05 a.m. OAK — Colon NYY — Hughes NEW YORK (AP) — A.J. Griffin pitched sixhit ball into the eighth inning Friday night and Adam Rosales homered on CC Sabathia's first pitch, leading the Oakland Athletics to a 2-0 victory over the New York Yankees. Derek Norris hit an RBI single in the sixth inning to help Oakland open its 10-game road trip with its fourth win in five games. Griffin (3-2) serenaded his teammates in the visiting clubhouse with guitar and song in English, Spanish and French before preparing for his sixth start of the season. Coming off two losses in which he allowed 11 earned runs and 13 hits in 11 innings, Griffin was smooth on the mound, too. Saturday L.A. Dodgers Giants CSNB 6:05 p.m. LAD — Lilly SF — Vogelsong Sunday's games MLB Athletics N.Y. Yankees CSNC 10:05 a.m. OAK — Straily NYY — Pettitte L.A. Dodgers Giants LAD — Ryu SF — Cain balance." Red Bluff coach J Howell said his team didn't play with the same focus or energy it showed on Tuesday in the doubleheader sweep, which netted the Spartans an outright league championship. Red Bluff also will likely start off as hosts in the Northern Section Division III playoffs. "As well as we've been playing the last three weeks, we were kind of entitled to have a stinker today," Howell said. The defending sectionchampion Spartans were riding an eight-game winning streak, which started on April 23, coming into Daily News photo by Andre Byik Friday's game. Shasta High's Shelbie Red Bluff High's Haley Harris (11) leads the Spartan line after Shasta Brown gave the Wolves a defended a 3-2 win at Red Bluff High School on Friday. 1-0 lead in the second inning with a two-out rally that saw Shasta coat in the inning to put your pitch." knock to right field that record four consecutive Red Bluff within a run. Red Bluff next hosts After Spartans pitcher Oroville (4-25, 0-11 brought Abigail Beck hits. The runs gave the Hailee Nicholls (14-2) Eastern Athletic League) across the plate. Brown finished 1-for-3 batting on Wolves a 3-0 lead they made quick work of at 4 p.m. Tuesday. The wouldn't surrender. Shasta's 7-8-9 batters in the day. The Spartans' Bailey the top of the seventh, game will mark the Spar"Being able to score that first run first, I think Akins (1 for 2) hit an Red Bluff would put run- tans' senior night. ——— makes a big difference," RBI-double to center in ners on first and second Sports Editor Andre Byik the sixth that plated with two outs before Fifield said. The Wolves' Nicole Samantha Jones, and Silva recorded her 12th can be reached at 5272151, ext. 111 or at Batman and Becca Tayler Zazueta (1 for 2) strikeout and the win. Whelchel added RBI sin- notched an RBI of her In that moment, Silva s p o r t s @ r e d b l u f f d a i gles of their own in the own on a fielder's choice said she was thinking, lynews.com. Follow him on fifth during a one-out that scored Alyssa Heth- "Trust yourself, trust in Twitter: @TehamaSports ESPN 5:05 p.m. AUTO RACING • 9 a.m., SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Aaron's 499, at Talladega, Ala. • Noon, ESPN — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Aaron's 312, at Talladega, Ala. • 3 p.m., ESPN2 — NHRA, qualifying for Southern Nationals, at Commerce, Ga. (same-day tape) • 10 p.m., NBCSN — IRL, IndyCar, qualifying for Sao Paulo Indy 300 (delayed tape) COLLEGE BASEBALL • 10 a.m., ESPN2 — Florida at LSU COLLEGE SOFTBALL • 4:30 p.m., ESPN — Tennessee at Missouri GOLF • 6 a.m., TGC — European PGA Tour, China Open, third round, at Tianjin, China (sameday tape) • 10 a.m., TGC — PGA Tour, Wells Fargo Championship, third round, at Charlotte, N.C. • Noon, CBS — PGA Tour, Wells Fargo Championship, third round, at Charlotte, N.C. • Noon, TGC — LPGA, Kingsmill Championship, third round, at Williamsburg, Va. • 3:30 p.m., TGC — Champions Tour, Insperity Championship, second round, at The Woodlands, Texas (same-day tape) HOCKEY • 2 a.m., NBCSN — IIHF World Championship, preliminary round, United States vs. Austria, at Helsinki The Yankees had two runners on base only once, in the third inning, and Griffin needed only nine pitches in the each of the fourth through sixth innings. He struck out four, walked one and was removed for Sean Doolittle after Gardner's bunt single to start the eighth. Grant Balfour got the final out for his fourth save this season and 22nd in a row since blowing one on April 29, 2012, securing Oakland's first nine-inning shutout of the year. Rosales was batting leadoff for the first time in his career because Coco Crisp is on the disabled list with a strained left hamstring. He hit an 89 mph fastball from Sabathia (4-3) deep into the to HORSE RACING • 8 a.m., NBCSN — Races TBA, at Louisville, Ky. • 1 p.m., NBC — Kentucky Derby, at Louisville, Ky. MLB • 10 a.m., CSNC — Oakland at N.Y.Yankees • 12:30 p.m., FOX — Baltimore at L.A. Angels • 4 p.m., WGN — Chicago White Sox at Kansas City • 6 p.m., CSNB — L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco MOTORSPORTS • 6:30 p.m., SPEED — Supercross, at Las Vegas NBA • 5 p.m., TNT — Playoffs, first round, game 7, Chicago at Brooklyn NHL • 9:30 a.m., NBC — Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, game 2, NY Rangers at Washington • 4 p.m., CNBC — Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, game 2, Toronto at Boston • 4:30 p.m., NBCSN — Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, game 3, Anaheim at Detroit • 7 p.m., NBCSN — Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, game 3, St. Louis at Los Angeles SOCCER • 7 a.m., FOX SOCCER — Premier League, Aston Villa at Norwich City • 9:30 a.m., FOX SOCCER — Premier League, Arsenal at Queens Park Rangers • 11:30 a.m., FOX SOCCER — Premier League, Manchester City at Swansea City (same-day tape) • 1 p.m., CSNB — MLS, Montreal at San Jose • 1:30 p.m., FOX SOCCER — Premier League, Newcastle at West Ham (same-day tape) • 1 p.m., NBCSN — MLS, New York at Columbus Sunday AUTO RACING • 8 a.m., NBCSN — IRL, IndyCar, Sao Paulo Indy 300 • 9:30 a.m., FOX — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Aaron's 499, at Talladega, Ala. • 5 p.m., ESPN2 — NHRA, Southern Nationals, at Commerce, Ga. (same-day tape) COLLEGE SOFTBALL • 10 a.m., ESPN — Texas at Oklahoma St. • Noon, ESPN — LSU at Georgia GOLF • 6 a.m., TGC — European PGA Tour, China Open, final round, at Tianjin, China (sameday tape) • 10 a.m., TGC — PGA Tour, Wells Fargo Championship, final round, at Charlotte, N.C. • Noon, CBS — PGA Tour, Wells Fargo Championship, final round, at Charlotte, N.C. • Noon, TGC — LPGA, Kingsmill Championship, final round, at Williamsburg, Va. left field stands. The A's didn't threaten again until the fifth, when Nate Freiman, who had three hits, and Rosales singled. But Seth Smith hit a lazy fly to left field for the second out. Robinson Cano kept it a one-run game when he ranged far behind second base to field Jed Lowrie's bouncer and threw across his body to just nip Lowrie at first to end the inning. A's manager Bob Melvin briefly let his objection to the call be known to first base umpire Chris Conroy, filling in for Tim McClelland, who was delayed. The Yankees lost for just the second time in eight games on a 10-game homestand. • 4 p.m., TGC — Champions Tour, Insperity Championship, final round, at The Woodlands, Texas (same-day tape) HOCKEY • 10 p.m., NBCSN — IIHF World Championship, preliminary round, United States vs. Latvia, at Helsinki (delayed tape) MLB • 10 a.m., CSNC — Oakland at N.Y.Yankees • 10:30a.m., TBS — N.Y. Mets at Atlanta • 11:10 a.m., WGN — Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs • 5 p.m., ESPN — L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco MOTORSPORTS • 5 a.m., SPEED — MotoGP World Championship, Spanish Grand Prix, at Jerez, Spain • 2 p.m., SPEED — MotoGP Moto2, Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez, Spain (same-day tape) NBA • 10 a.m., ABC — Playoffs, first round, game 7, teams TBA (if necessary) • 12:30 p.m., ABC — Playoffs, first round, game 7, teams TBA (if necessary) NHL • 9 a.m., NBC — Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, game 3, Pittsburgh at NY Islanders • Noon, NBC — Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, game 3, Chicago at Minnesota • 4 p.m., NBCSN — Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, game 3, Montreal at Ottawa • 7 p.m., CSNC — Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, game 3, Vancouver at San Jose SOCCER • 5:30 a.m., FOX SOCCER — Premier League, Everton at Liverpool • 7:30 a.m., FOX SOCCER — Premier League, Chelsea at Manchester United • 8 p.m., ESPN2 — MLS, Houston at Los Angeles Monday MLB • 4 p.m., CSNC — Oakland at Cleveland • 4 p.m., ESPN — Atlanta at Cincinnati • 7 p.m., CSNB — Philadelphia at San Francisco NBA • Time TBA, TNT — Playoffs, doubleheader, conference semifinals, teams TBD NHL • 4 p.m., NHL NETWORK — Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, game 3, Boston at Toronto • 4:30 p.m., NBCSN — Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, game 3, Washington at N.Y. Rangers • 5 p.m., CNBC — Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, game 4, Anaheim at Detroit • 7 p.m., NBCSN — Playoffs, conference quarterfinals, game 4, St. Louis at Los Angeles SOCCER • 11:55 a.m., ESPN2 — Premier League, Stoke City at Sunderland