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Thursday LL (11-12 b) — Central Tehama v. TBD at Anderson, 8 p.m. American Legion —Westside v. Oroville at Chico, 4 p.m. American Legion — Red Bluff at Chico, 7 p.m. Tour de France — Stage 5, 5:30 a.m., VERSUS MLB — Giants at Brewers, 11 a.m., CSNB MLB— Cubs at Dodgers, 7 p.m., WGN Sports 1B Thursday July 8, 2010 Red Bluff heads to finals Fundraiser Sat. for local motocrosser Daily News photo by Rich Greene Red Bluff’s Natalie Duggins tags out Cottonwood’s Brittney Porter during the final inning of Wednesday’s 11-and 12-year-old Little League All-Stars District 1 tournament game. By RICH GREENE DN Sports Editor COTTONWOOD—Behind the power hitting of Bailey Akins and web gem defensive plays, Red Bluff beat Cottonwood 5-1, Wednesday, and earned a spot in the 11-and 12- year-old Little League Softball Dis- trict 1 championship series. Akins homered and drove in three runs, and defensively the Red Bluff All-Stars provided pitcher Caitlyn Igarta with all the support she needed. The championship series begins Friday at 7 p.m. at Cottonwood Little League field and Red Bluff would have to lose twice in a row to not win the tournament and advance to sec- tionals. Cottonwood heads to the loser’s bracket for a game tonight at 7 p.m. where they’ll play for a chance for a rematch with Red Bluff. Akins homered over the center field fence in the first inning to put Red Bluff up 1-0, but the lead didn’t last long. Cottonwood loaded up the bases in the bottom half of the first inning and pushed across the tying run when Bailey Sandifer grounded to short- stop and Maddie Robertson beat the throw home. But with the bases still loaded, Red Bluff outfielder Hailey Reine- man turned a double play to avoid any further damage in the inning, when she caught a ball in shallow center field and flipped it to second base. Reineman and the Red Bluff defense continued with the excellent glove work from there as she and third baseman Natalie Duggins turned in some fine plays to keep the game 1-1 headed to the third inning. That’s when Red Bluff got the go- ahead run as Madison Waelty reached base on a Cottonwood infield error Courtesy photo A car wash fundraiser will be held Saturday, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. at Red Bluff Motorsports on Main Street to support 17-year-old motocross racer Austin Howell. Howell placed second and fifth at two national races in Texas during March and grabbed five more Top 10 finishes. He won a National Championship in the 450 Mod Pro class at the World Mini Grand Prix near Las Vegas, Nev., where he also took fourth, fifth and sixth place finishes. At Mammoth Motocross he grabbed a pair of third place finishes and a seventh place showing. Later in July he will travel to Ponca City, Okla. and in August will compete in the biggest amateur race of the year at Loretta Lynn’s in Tennessee. Howell, from Red Bluff, is preparing for a professional motocross career, racing the last four rounds of the profes- sional outdoor motocross season. In 2011, he plans on racing the west coast division of the Supercross Lites class. Daily News photo by Rich Greene and Reineman doubled her home to make it 2-1. Cottonwood pitcher Kattie Phillips made the most out of a low strike zone and struck out 10 Red Bluff batters in the game, but ran into trouble in the fifth inning. Red Bluff put together a two-out rally starting with a Waelty walk. Reineman then singled and Akins drove them both in with a double to make it 4-1. Akins stole third base and scored on a pass ball for the final run of the game. Stephanie Brunello makes a leaping catch at second base. Igarta struck out the first two Cot- tonwood batters in the fifth inning and then got a dazzling play by sec- ond baseman Stephanie Brunello for the third out when the Red Bluff infielder made a leaping grab for a ball headed for the outfield. Brittney Porter led off Cotton- wood’s last chance in the sixth inning with a single into left field. One of Red Bluff’s few defensive mistakes allowed Porter to try to advance all the way to third on the play, but Red Bluff was able to recover and throw her out at sliding into the base. Posey hits slam, Giants crush Brewers MILWAU- KEE (AP) — Rookie Buster Posey hit two homers, including his first career grand slam, and Tim Lincecum struck out 10 Wednesday night to lead the San Francisco Giants over the Milwaukee Brew- ers 15-2. Posey drove in six runs, going 4 for 4 and scoring three times. He capped a seven-run fourth inning with his slam. Andres Torres, Aubrey Huff and Posey all homered in the first — 1999 was the last time the Giants con- nected three times in the opening inning. Lincecum (9-4) needed only a fraction of the sup- port. The two-time reign- ing NL Cy Young Award winner scattered four hits in seven innings. The Giants are a win away from completing a four-game sweep on Thursday after coming into this series as losers of eight gades finished second at Midnight Madness, an around the clock USSSA 18-and-under baseball tournament. Before the tournament, a skills competition was held and the Renegades produced a number of win- ners. Andrew Millner won the home run derby, connect- ing on six out of 10 swings. Derek Jones was the winner of a hitting accura- cy contest and Zane Medeiros won a speed con- test. of nine. San Francisco has outscored the Brewers 27- 4 in the first three games and every player in its starting lineup had a hit Wednesday night. Staked a 4-0 lead when he took the mound, Lince- cum stayed aggressive and kept the Brewers guessing for his 49th career win. Torres led off the game with a homer and Huff made it 2-0 against Chris Narveson (7-6) with a second-deck shot. Posey’s two-run homer The Renegades went 2- 1 in pool play. They beat the RAM Sports Jesters 18-2, thanks to a 16-run first inning. Jones, Cody Gappa, Cliff Dais, Austin Brown- field and Scott Avery homered in the game. The Renegades beat the Nor Cal Bulls 7-3 with a six-run third inning. Brownfield drove in three runs during the game, Millner drove in two and Avery one. The lone loss in pool play came in a 4-2 defeat to the Manteca Heat. Gappa homered in the game and Jones walked then scored on a passed ball for the Renegades two runs. made it 4-0. Posey moved from his usual catcher’s spot to first base a day after being hit by a pitch on the left knee. He has 13 hits in his last 25 at-bats, and saved his biggest shot for the fourth. Narveson’s throwing error on a bunt by Lince- cum helped the Giants load the bases and Freddy Sanchez tripled to make it 7-1. Narveson walked two more to load the bases again and Posey homered off reliever Chris Capuano. RB Renegades finish 2nd at Midnight Madness The Red Bluff Rene- The Renegades got their revenge in the semifinal game, played at 3 a.m., with a 7-3 victory over the Heat. But the Renegades let a lead slip in the champi- onship game, played at 6 a.m., and fell to the Nor Cal Bulls 8-5. The Renegades were up 5-1, but the Bulls rallied for one run in the sixth inning and six more in the seventh. Spain beats Germany DURBAN, South Africa (AP) — Spain outplayed Ger- many yet again. And now the Spanish have the biggest prize of all within their sights. Spain will play for the World Cup title for the very first time thanks to Carles Puyol’s goal on a powerful header in the second half Wednesday night. The 1-0 victory was the exact same score as the European Championship final two years ago, which Spain won to end a 44-year major title drought. But while the European title is nice, nothing com- pares to being the world champ. Spain will play the Netherlands in Sunday’s final at Soc- cer City in Johannesburg, ensuring a first-time champion. The Dutch, who beat Uruguay on Tuesday night, have lost in their only two trips to the final. When the final whistle sounded, the Spanish players on the field thrust their arms in the air while the substitutes raced onto the field. Their smiles were so bright they could be seen all the way to the top of the stadium in Durban, their roars of elation almost loud enough to drown out the blare of those vuvuzelas. For Germany, it’s yet another disappointment. The three- time champs were making their third straight trip to the World Cup semifinals. Yet just like in 2006, they are headed for the third-place game. Scoreboard WORLD CUP Wednesday’s semifinal result Spain 1, Germany 0 MLB American League Tuesday’s late results New York 6, Oakland 1 Chicago 4, Los Angeles 1 Kansas City 3, Seattle 2 Wednesday’s results New York at Oakland, late Detroit 4, Baltimore 2 Tampa Bay 6, Boston 4 Texas 4, Cleveland 3 Toronto 6, Minnesota 5 Kansas City at Seattle, late Los Angeles at Chicago, late Today’s games Los Angeles (E.Santana 8-6) at Chicago (Danks 7-7), 11:05 a.m. Minnesota (S.Baker 7-7) at Toronto (Cecil 7-5), 4:07 p.m. Cleveland (Westbrook 5-4) at Tampa Bay (W.Davis 5-9), 4:10 p.m. Baltimore (Guthrie 3-10) at Texas (Tom.Hunter 5-0), 5:05 p.m. Tuesday’s late result Los Angeles 7, Florida 3 Wednesday’s results San Francisco 15, Milwaukee 2 Atlanta 7, Philadelphia 5 Cincinnati 3, N.Y.Mets 1 Colorado 8, St. Louis 7 Houston 6, Pittsburgh 3 Washington 7, San Diego 6 Chicago at Arizona, late Florida at Los Angeles, late Today’s games San Francisco (Zito 7-4) at Milwaukee (M.Parra 3-5),11:10 a.m.,CSNB Pittsburgh (Ohlendorf 1-6) at Houston (Oswalt 5-10), 11:05 a.m. St. Louis (Carpenter 9-2) at Colorado (Jimenez 14-1), 12:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Cueto 8-2) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 5-3), 4:05 p.m. San Diego (Latos 9-4) at Washington (Atilano 6-5), 4:05 p.m. Florida (Ani.Sanchez 7-5) at Arizona (R.Lopez 4-7), 6:40 p.m. Chicago (R.Wells 4-6) at Los Angeles (Kershaw 8-4), 7:10 p.m., WGN New York (Pettitte 10-2) at Seattle (J.Vargas 6-4), 7:10 p.m. National League