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2B – Daily News – Friday, July 23, 2010 TOUR (Continued from page 1B) times and he lagged in the climbs. Then, Armstrong began angling for a stage victory. His last big chance for that came in Tuesday’s 16th stage, but he came up short in a final sprint among breakaway riders to finish sixth. After Thursday’s final mountain day, his expecta- tions came down again. Asked what the chances were now of winning a stage, Armstrong replied: ‘‘Slim to none.’’ He’s now focused on making sure his RadioShack squad main- tains its lead in the team general classification. ‘‘The most important thing was that we stay ahead Scoreboard MLB West Division Texas American League WL Pct GB Angels 51 47 .520 6 A’s 56 40 .583 — 48 47 .505 7.5 Seattle 37 58 .389 18.5 East Division WL Pct GB New York 60 34 .638 — Tampa Bay 57 37 .606 3 Boston 53 42 .558 7.5 Toronto 48 48 .500 13 Baltimore 30 65 .316 30.5 Central Division Chicago 52 42 .553 — Detroit WL Pct GB 50 44 .532 2 Minnesota 51 45 .531 2 Kansas City 41 54 .432 11.5 Cleveland 40 55 .421 12.5 ——— Thursday’s results Detroit 5, Toronto 2 Minnesota 5, Baltimore 0 New York 10, Kansas City 4 Texas 3, Los Angeles 2 Boston at Seattle, late Wednesday’s late result Seattle 2, Chicago 1, 11 innings Today’s games Chicago (Buehrle 8-8) at Oakland (Cahill 9-3), 7:05 p.m.,CSNC Kansas City (Bannister 7-8) at New York (A.J.Burnett 7-8), 4:05 p.m. Minnesota (Blackburn 7-7) at Baltimore (Guthrie 3-10), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Niemann 8-2) at Cleveland (Carmona 9-7), 4:05 p.m. Toronto (Marcum 8-4) at Detroit (Porcello 4-7), 4:05 p.m. Los Angeles (J.Saunders 6-9) at Texas (C.Wilson 8-5), 5:05 p.m. Boston (Beckett 1-1) at Seattle (J.Vargas 6-4), 7:10 p.m. West Division National League WL Pct GB Padres 55 39 .585 — GIANTS 53 43 .552 3 Colorado 51 44 .537 4.5 Dodgers 50 45 .526 5.5 Arizona 37 59 .385 19 East Division WL Pct GB Atlanta 56 39 .589 — New York 49 46 .516 7 Philadelphia 49 46 .516 7 Florida 47 48 .495 9 Washington 42 54 .438 14.5 Central Division WL Pct GB St. Louis 54 42 .563 — Cincinnati 53 44 .546 1.5 Milwaukee 44 53 .454 10.5 Chicago 43 53 .448 11 Houston 39 56 .411 14.5 Pittsburgh 34 61 .358 19.5 ——— Thursday’s results San Francisco 3, Arizona 0 Atlanta 8, San Diego 0 Florida 3, Colorado 2 Milwaukee 3, Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 2, St. Louis 0, 11 innings Washington 7, Cincinnati 1 New York at Los Angeles, late Wednesday’s late results Los Angeles 2, San Francisco 0 Arizona 4, New York 3, 14 innings Today’s games San Francisco (J.Sanchez 7-6) at Arizona (E.Jackson 6-8),6:40 p.m.,CSNB St. Louis (Suppan 0-5) at Chicago (R.Wells 4-7), 11:20 a.m., WGN Colorado (Cook 4-5) at Philadelphia (Halladay 10-8), 4:05 p.m., MLBN San Diego (Correia 6-6) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 6-7), 4:05 p.m. Atlanta (D.Lowe 10-8) at Florida (Sanabia 1-1), 4:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Tr.Wood 0-1) at Houston (Norris 2-7), 5:05 p.m. Washington (Stammen 2-4) at Milwaukee (Narveson 8-6), 5:10 p.m. New York (J.Santana 7-5) at Los Angeles (Padilla 4-2), 7:10 p.m. North Division GOLDEN Golden League WL Pct. GB Calgary 7 0 1.000 — Edmonton 5 0 1.000 1 OUTLAWS 43 .571 3 Victoria 4 4 .500 3.5 St. George 2 5 .286 5 South Division Maui WL Pct. GB 6 0 1.000 — Orange Co. 4 4 .500 3 Tucson Yuma 0 4 .000 5 0 5 .000 5.5 Tijuana 0 7 .000 6.5 ——— Wednesday’s results Chico 8, Orange County 3 Calgary 9, Yuma 6 Edmonton 7, Tijuana 0 Victoria 17, St.George 7 Tucson at Maui, late Thursday’s results No games scheduled Today’s games Orange County at Chico, 7:08 p.m. Edmonton at Calgary, 6:05 p.m. Maui at Tijuana, 7 p.m. St. George at Tucson, 7 p.m. Yuma at Victoria, 7 p.m. WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE WL Pct GB Indiana 14 7 .667 — Washington 13 7 .650 .5 Atlanta 14 9 .609 1 Connecticut 12 9 .571 2 Chicago 11 11 .500 3.5 New York 10 10 .500 3.5 WESTERN CONFERENCE WL Pct GB y-Seattle 19 2 .905 — Phoenix 8 12 .40010 1/2 San Antonio 8 13 .381 11 Minnesota 7 13 .35011 1/2 Los Angeles 6 16 .27313 1/2 Tulsa 4 17 .190 15 y-clinched conference ——— Thursday’s results Indiana 76, Los Angeles 57 Phoenix 123, Tulsa 91 San Antonio 74, Minnesota 72 Today’s game New York at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. GOLF Senior British Open Thursday, At Carnoustie Golf Links (Champi- onship Course), Carnoustie, Scotland Purse: $2 million Yardage: 7,297;Par: 71 First Round Leaders Jay Don Blake 67 -4 Bernhard Langer67 -4 Carl Mason 67 -4 Mark Wiebe 68 -3 Dan Forsman 68 -3 Bruce Vaughan 68 -3 Mike Donald 69 -2 Jeff Sluman 69 -2 John Cook 69 -2 Larry Mize 69 -2 Sam Torrance 69 -2 Corey Pavin 69 -2 PGA-Canadian Open Thursday At St. George’s Golf and Country Club Course, Toronto Purse: $5.1 million Yardage: 7,079;Par: 70 (34-36) First Round Leaders Brent Delahoussaye 28-34—62 -8 Vance Veazey Brock Mackenzie Dean Wilson Hunter Mahan Charley Hoffman Jimmy Walker Rich Barcelo Steve Wheatcroft Spencer Levin Daniel Chopra Brian Stuard Overall Standings 30-34—64 -6 31-33—64 -6 30-35—65 -5 31-34—65 -5 32-33—65 -5 32-33—65 -5 30-35—65 -5 33-32—65 -5 34-31—65 -5 33-32—65 -5 30-35—65 -5 MLS WESTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA Galaxy 12 2 3 39 27 8 Salt Lake 9 4 3 30 28 13 FC Dallas 6 2 7 25 19 13 Colorado 6 4 5 23 17 14 QUAKES 64 4 22 18 16 Houston 5 7 4 19 21 22 Seattle Chivas USA 4 9 2 14 17 21 EASTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA Columbus 9 3 4 31 22 13 New York 8 6 2 26 18 19 Toronto FC 6 5 4 22 18 17 Chicago 4 5 5 17 18 19 Kansas City 4 8 4 16 13 20 Philadelphia 4 8 2 14 18 26 New England 4 9 2 14 15 26 D.C. (After 17 stages) 1.Alberto Contador, Spain, Astana, 83 hours, 32 minutes, 39 seconds. 2. Andy Schleck, Luxembourg, Team Saxo Bank, 8 seconds behind. 3.Samuel Sanchez, Spain, Euskaltel-Euska- di, 3:32. 4. Denis Menchov, Russia, Rabobank, 3:53. 5. Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Belgium, Omega Pharma-Lotto, 5:27. 6. Robert Gesink, Netherlands, Rabobank, 6:41. 7. Joaquin Rodriguez, Spain, Katusha, 7:03. 8. Ryder Hesjedel, Canada, Garmin-Transi- tions, 9:18. 9. Roman Kreuziger, Czech Republic, Liquigas-Doimo, 10:12. 10. Christopher Horner, United States, Team RadioShack, 10:37. ARENA 5 8 4 19 18 24 NATIONALCONFERENCE Midwest Division WL T Pct PF PA x-Chicago 10 5 0 .667 857 810 x-Milwaukee 9 5 0 .643 914 789 Cleveland 7 8 0 .467 891 852 Iowa West Division 6 8 0 .429 695 711 WL T Pct PF PA y-Spokane 12 2 0 .857 876 730 x-Arizona 9 5 0 .643 849 767 Utah 1 13 0 .071 627 931 3 11 3 12 12 28 NOTE:Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Thursday’s result San Jose at Los Angeles, late CYCLING Tour de France Thursday, At Col du Tourmalet, France 17th Stage 108.1 miles from Pau to the Haute-Pyrenees with Category 1 climbs to Col de Marie- Blanque and Col du Soulor followed by a fin- ishing Hors Category climb to Col du Tour- malet 1. Andy Schleck, Luxembourg, Team Saxo Bank, 5 hours, 3 minutes, 29 seconds. 2. Alberto Contador, Spain, Astana, same time. 3. Joaquin Rodriguez, Spain, Katusha, 1:18. 4. Ryder Hesjedel, Canada, Garmin-Transi- tions, 1:27. 5.Samuel Sanchez, Spain, Euskaltel-Euska- di, 1:32. 6. Denis Menchov, Russia, Rabobank, 1:40. 7. Robert Gesink, Netherlands, Rabobank, same time. 8. Christopher Horner, United States, Team RadioShack, 1:45. AMERICAN CONFERENCE Southwest Division WL T Pct PF PA 9 5 0 .643 869 777 y-Tulsa Okla. City 6 8 0 .429 751 747 Bossier-Shre. 3 11 0 .214 723 920 Dallas South Division x-Jacksonville 10 4 0 .714 781 737 x-Tampa Bay 10 4 0 .714 813 708 Orlando 6 8 0 .429 741 764 Alabama 6 8 0 .429 715 743 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division ——— Today’s game Chicago at Spokane, 5 p.m., NFLN DEALS Major League Baseball American League BALTIMORE — Reinstated RHP Kevin Mill- wood from the 15-day DL. BOSTON —Activated OF Jeremy Hermida from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Daniel Nava to Pawtucket (IL). KANSAS CITY —Activated OF Rick Ankiel from the 15-day DL. 2 12 0 .143 697 813 WL T Pct PF PA LOS ANGELES— Traded RHP Sean O’Sul- livan and LHP Will Smith to Kansas City for INF Alberto Callaspo. MINNESOTA — Activated INF Alexi Casilla from the 15-day DL. TORONTO — Recalled INF Mike McCoy from Las Vegas (PCL). Optioned LHP Marc Rzepczynski to Las Vegas. National League CINCINNATI — Reinstated C Ramon Her- nandez from the 15-day DL. Assigned C Corky Miller outright to Louisville (IL). Agreed to terms with RHP Jason Isringhausen on a minor league contract. MILWAUKEE — Optioned OF Lorenzo Cain to Nashville (PCL).Activated RHP Yovani Gal- lardo from the 15-day DL. NEW YORK — Agreed to terms with RHP Chad Cordero on a minor league contract and assigned him to Buffalo (IL). PHILADELPHIA — Agreed to terms with OF Timo Perez on a minor league contract and assigned him to Reading (EL). PITTSBURGH — Recalled C Jason Jaramil- lo from Indianapolis (IL). Placed C Ryan Doumit on the 15-day DL. Golden League CALGARY — Signed RHP Reggie Rivard. National Football League OAKLAND —Signed DB Stevie Brown. BUFFALO— Placed TE Joe Klopfenstein on injured reserve. KANSAS CITY — Signed TE Tony Moeaki. NEW ORLEANS — Signed DE Bobby McCray to a one-year contract. Waived LB Harry Coleman, LB Sam Maxwell, DE Bran- don Sharpe and CB Marcell Young. National Basketball Association GOLDEN STATE — Signed G C.J.Watson and traded him to Chicago for a 2011 second- round draft pick. INDIANA — Signed G Lance Stephenson to a multiyear contract. L.A. LAKERS —Agreed to terms with C Theo Ratliff on a one-year contract. MIAMI — Signed G Carlos Arroyo. OKLAHOMA CITY — Signed general man- ager Sam Presti to a multiyear contract exten- sion. SAN ANTONIO — Signed G Gary Neal. National Hockey League ATLANTA — Re-signed G Ondrej Pavelec to a two-year contract. CHICAGO — Traded C Marty Reasoner to Florida for C Jeff Taffe. COLUMBUS — Re-signed D Grant Clit- some to a one-year contract. OTTAWA — Signed F Mike Hoffman. Re- signed F Cody Bass to a one-year contract. VANCOUVER — Re-signed F Jannik Hansen to a one-year contract. College STANFORD — Named Philip Rowe men’s assistant golf coach. 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