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Weekend L.L. (11-12 boys) — Red Bluff vs Shasta Dam at Anderson, 2 p.m. L.L. (11-12 boys) — Cottonwood vs Corning at Anderson, 4 p.m. Wimbledon — Women’s Final, Sat, 6 a.m.; Men’s, Sun, 6 a.m., NBC World Cup — Germany vs Argentina, 7 a.m., ABC NASCAR—Coke Zero 400, Sat, 4:30 p.m., TNT MLB — Giants at Rockies, Sat, 5 p.m.; Sun, Noon, CSNB Sports 1B Weekend July 3, 2010 All-Stars start today Dutch beat Brazil, By RICHGREENE DN Sports Editor The first step of ful- filling childhood dreams begins today as the Little League All-Stars District play- offs begin in Ander- son. In the 11-and 12- year-old boys baseball division, Red Bluff takes on Shasta Dam at 2 p.m. and Cottonwood tangles with Corning at 4 p.m. in first round action. Red Bluff was knocked out of the tournament last year by Shasta Dam 7-6 in the semifinal. If Red Bluff wins they would face Central Tehama Monday night at 8 in Anderson. The divisional tourna- ment in Anderson is the first step toward the dream of every Little Lea- guer — a trip to Williamsport, Penn. and a chance to play in the Lit- tle League World Series. Red Bluff reached the Little League World Series championship game in 1974. While the 11-and 12-year-old tour- nament receives the most world atten- tion, local Little League organizations will also be hosting four more tourna- ments. Up in Redding, Red Bluff’s 9-and 10-year old baseball all-stars will face host East Redding at 6 p.m. On Monday the girls start their potential paths to glory as the 11-and 12-year-old softball all-stars play against Anderson in Cottonwood at 5:30 p.m. In 2008, Red Bluff’s 11-and 12- year-old team fell one victory short of advancing to the Little League Soft- ball Series, when they represented Northern California in the West Regional. The 9-and 10-year-old softball All- Stars will play in Corning against Cot- tonwood at 7:30 p.m. One tournament will be hosted in Red Bluff, as the 11-year-old baseball division tournament starts 6 p.m. Tuesday at Jackson Heights with a doubleheader. On Wednesday at 8 p.m., Red Bluff will play a winner from one of Tuesday’s first round games. Uruguay to semis Netherlands 2, Brazil 1 NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Justin Rose was happy to be leading the AT&T National, especially because it was only five days ago that he threw away a chance to win with a surprising meltdown in the final round. Tiger Woods? He’s happy to still be playing. Rose played bogey-free Friday and wound up with the best score of the tournament, a 6-under 64, to build a one-shot lead over Jason Day and Charlie Wi going into the weekend at demanding Aronimink Golf Club. Woods, who won this tournament last year at Congressional, hit the ball well for the second straight day. He again got nothing out of it, however, and missed a 30-inch putt late in the round that brought him back to a 70. He was at 3-over 143, which made the cut on the number, although he was never in serious danger of going home early. The scoring improved slightly in the second round, especially in the afternoon as the wind began to calm. Rose said his round was helped by being in the same group with Sean O’Hair (68) and J.B. Holmes (69), who also played well. They combined for 13 birdies and only one bogey over the 54 holes they played collectively. For Rose, the timing could not have been better. In his first tournament since win- ning the Memorial by closing with a 66, Rose had a three-shot lead at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn., when it all fell apart. He shot 39 on the back nine for a 75 and tied for ninth. ‘‘I turned up here Monday morning feeling like I was a better player than I was on Sunday, because you learn,’’ he said. ‘‘My game doesn’t go away overnight. You have an experience like that, and if you ask yourself the right questions and if you deal with it in the right way, you become better.” Rose right back in AT&T hunt Uruguay 1, Ghana 1 (Uruguay PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AP) — Soccer’s perennial World Cup underachievers from the Netherlands knocked off mighty Brazil on Friday, stamping the Dutch as a strong contender to finally win that elusive title. Wesley Sneijder, one of the shortest players on the field, scored in the 68th minute on a header for a stunning 2-1 quarterfinals win over the five-time champions. ‘‘It just slipped through from my bald head and it was a great feeling,’’ Sneijder said. Top-ranked Brazil, which also went out in this round four years ago against France, lost its composure after it fell behind and defender Felipe Melo was ejected in the 73rd minute for stomping on the leg of Arjen Robben. The Dutch made the championship match in 1974 and ’78, lost both, and rarely have lived up to their talent in other World Cups. They did this time, helped by an own goal off the head of unfortunate Felipe Melo that brought them into a 1-1 tie in the 53rd. Felipe Melo also was involved in set- ting up Brazil’s only goal, sending a brilliant low pass up the middle of the field that Robinho put home with a low shot. wins 4-2 in penalty kicks) JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Uruguay survived a last- second penalty kick by Ghana in extra time and then won the shootout 4-2 after a 1-1 draw to advance to the World Cup semifinals Friday. The wild win put the South Americans in the tourna- ment’s last four for the first time since 1970. It eliminated the last of six African teams in the tournament and denied the continent its first-ever semifinalist. Sebastian Abreu chipped in his penalty kick to give Uruguay the victory. It will play the Netherlands in the final four. Ghana missed twice in the shootout, but wouldn’t have been there had Asamoah Gyan, who made two penalty kicks earlier in the tournament, not hit the crossbar on the final play of overtime. So Uruguay, once a soccer power, most recently an afterthought, travels to Cape Town for Tuesday’s semifinal. The last nation to make the tournament, it needed a playoff against Costa Rica just to get in. Now it is one step from the title match. ‘‘To be among the four best (teams) in the world, there are no words for that,’’ star striker Diego Forlan said. ‘‘We felt we were going to faint with each penalty.’’ Ghana carried the weight of an entire continent’s soccer hopes — the other five African nations did not advance — and became the third African team to exit in the quarterfinals of a World Cup. The Black Stars couldn’t replicate the opportunism they used to beat the United States in extra time six days ago. Nadal to meet Berdych in final WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Rafael Nadal is back in the Wimbledon final for the fourth time in his last four appearances, while Britain’s 74-year wait for a homegrown men’s champion goes on. The top-ranked Spaniard took apart fourth-seeded Andy Murray 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-4 on Friday to move within one win of a second Wimbledon title and an eighth Grand Slam championship. MCT photo Justin Rose tees off Friday at the AT&T National. Gonzalez pitches Athletics past Indians, 3-0 CLEVELAND (AP) — Ryan Sweeney thwarted the Cleveland Indi- ans’ best chance to score — by throw- ing out Mike Redmond at first base after he hit what appeared to be a sin- gle to right field. The rare play helped preserve the Oakland Athletics’ 3-0 victory over Cleveland on Friday night. ‘‘That was a crazy play,’’ Sweeney said. ‘‘That is something you do in Lit- tle League. That is the first time I have done it (in the majors). We know Red- mond hits to the opposite field a lot.’’ With two outs and the bases loaded in the sixth inning, Redmond hit a line drive to right field that dropped in. Sweeney, the right fielder, was playing shallow. He charged the ball and quick- ly made the throw to first baseman Daric Barton, wiping out the run and ending the inning. The play was scored a ground- out to the right fielder. Sweeney and A’s man- ager Bob Geren credited Oakland first-base coach Todd Steverson for positioning Sweeney in shallow right field. ‘‘Where he was positioned and that type of line drive is really the only way that play can happen in this level of play,’’ Geren said. Sweeney’s play and the strong pitching by Gio Gonzalez helped Oak- land win for the sixth time in seven games. Gonzalez (7-5) pitched five-hit ball for 6 2-3 innings and Mark Ellis drove in two runs with a bases-loaded double in the sixth. Gonzalez won for the first time — Jhoulys Chacin pitched six solid innings, Dexter Fowler had his sec- ond straight three-hit game and the Colorado Rockies beat the reeling San Francis- co Giants 6-3 on Friday night. Aubrey Huff homered twice for the Giants, who have lost seven straight and nine of 10. Clint Barmes connected and Jonathan Herrera had three RBIs for Colorado. Huston Street worked a per- fect ninth for his second save in two chances. The Rockies used a sixth-inning rally since June 6. He walked four and struck out five. The left-hander has beaten Cleveland twice this season, holding the Indians scoreless for 13 2- 3 innings. He’s 3-0 in four starts against Cleveland since 2009. ‘‘I was just trying to keep my team in the game,’’ Gonzalez said. ‘‘They had won, what five or six games in a row. You have to give respect to a team like that. They have a good hitting team and it is just one of those breaks.’’ ‘‘Gonzalez was the story,’’ Acta said. ‘‘He was very tough on us.’’ Andrew Bailey pitched the ninth for his 16th save in 19 opportunities. The A’s scored in the first when Cust walked with the bases loaded and took a 1-0 lead into the sixth before Ellis delivered. Giants lose seventh straight as Rockies win 6-3 DENVER (AP) to beat Tim Lincecum (8-4). Ian Stewart led off with a double, went to third on Barmes’ fly out to right and scored on Herrera’s sacrifice fly to left that made it 4-3. The Rockies added two more in the eighth. Stewart walked, Barmes singled and Fowler doubled to left-center to drive in Stewart. Herrera followed with a successful squeeze bunt that scored Barmes to make it 6-3. The Giants took an early lead when Andres Torres led off the game with a double to right. One out later Huff homered into the Rockies’ bullpen. Chacin (5-7) settled down after the rough first inning. He retired 15 of the next 17 batters before run- ning into trouble in the sixth. With two outs Huff hit a solo home run to tie it. Pat Burrell and Pablo Sandoval followed with walks before Chacin retired Juan Uribe to end the threat. Chacin allowed three runs, walked two and struck out five in outdueling Lincecum. The Giants ace gave up four runs, walked four and struck out four in six innings. The Rockies got the runs back in the second. Miguel Olivo led off with a double to left and Barmes hit the first pitch he saw from Lincecum into the left-field bleachers to tie it 2-all. It was Barmes’ sev- enth homer of the season. The Rockies took a 3-2 lead in the fifth when Fowler led off with a triple and scored on Herrera’s single to second. Nadal will be a heavy favorite in Sunday’s final against 12th-seeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic, who defeated No. 3 Novak Djokovic 6-3, 7-6 (9), 6-3 to reach his first Grand Slam title match. Nadal won Wimbledon in 2008, beating Roger Federer in an epic five-set final, but was unable to defend his title last year because of tendinitis in both knees. Defending and six-time champion Federer was upset in the quarterfinals this week by Berdych, and Nadal now has the chance to reclaim his crown. ‘‘For me, it was amazing day, very important victory for me, one of the more difficult victories of my career,’’ Nadal said. ‘‘I think it’s one of the biggest victories in my career.’’ Scoreboard WORLD CUP Quarterfinals Friday’s results Netherlands 2, Brazil 1 Uruguay 1, Ghana 1 Uruguay wins 4-2 on penalty kicks Saturday’s matches Germany vs. Argentina, 7 a.m. Paraguay vs. Spain, 11:30 a.m. MLB American League Thursday’s late result Los Angeles 2, Texas 1 Friday’s results Oakland 3, Cleveland 0 Boston 3, Baltimore 2 Chicago 5, Texas 3 Detroit 7, Seattle 1 Kansas City 2, Los Angeles 1, 10 innings Minnesota 2, Tampa Bay 1 Toronto 6, New York 1, 11 innings Saturday’s games Oakland (Braden 4-7) at Cleveland (Westbrook 5-4),4:05 p.m.,CSNC Toronto (R.Romero 6-4) at New York (Pettitte 9-2), 10:05 a.m. Tampa Bay (W.Davis 5-9) at Minnesota (Liriano 6-6), 1:10 p.m. Seattle (J.Vargas 6-3) at Detroit (Verlander 9-5), 4:05 p.m. Baltimore (Guthrie 3-9) at Boston (Lester 9-3), 4:10 p.m. Chicago (Danks 7-6) at Texas (Tom.Hunter 4-0), 5:05 p.m., WGN Kansas City (Chen 4-2) at Los Angeles (E.Santana 8-5), 6:05 p.m. Sunday’s games Oakland at Cleveland, 10:05 a.m.,CSNC Seattle at Detroit, 10:05 a.m. Toronto at New York, 10:05 a.m., TBS Baltimore at Boston, 10:35 a.m. Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m. Chicago at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Kansas City at L.os Angeles, 5:15 p.m., ESPN National League Thursday’s late result Houston 6, San Diego 3, 10 innings Friday’s results Colorado 6, San Francisco 3 Arizona 12, Los Angeles 5 Atlanta 4, Florida 3, 11 innings Cincinnati 12, Chicago 0 New York 5, Washington 3 Pittsburgh 2, Philadelphia 0 San Diego 3, Houston 0 St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 0 Saturday’s games San Francisco (Zito 7-4) at Colorado (Jimenez 14-1),5:10 p.m.,CSNB Cincinnati (Cueto 8-2) at Chicago (R.Wells 3-6), 10:05 a.m. Florida (Ani.Sanchez 7-4) at Atlanta (Hanson 7-5), 1:10 p.m. New York (Dickey 6-1) at Washington (Strasburg 2-2), 1:10 p.m., FOX Milwaukee (M.Parra 2-5) at St. Louis (Carpenter 9-1), 3:35 p.m. Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 4-3) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 5-6), 4:05 p.m. Houston (Norris 2-5) at San Diego (Correia 5-6), 5:35 p.m. Los Angeles (Kershaw 7-4) at Arizona (R.Lopez 4-6), 6:40 p.m. Sunday’s games San Francisco at Colorado,12:10 p.m.,CSNB New York at Washington, 10:35 a.m. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 10:35 a.m. Milwaukee at St. Louis, 11:15 a.m. Cincinnati at Chicago, 11:20 a.m., WGN Houston at San Diego, 1:05 p.m. Los Angeles at Arizona, 1:10 p.m. Florida at Atlanta, 2:05 p.m.