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Sports Tehama Tracker Wednesday's results 1B Thursday August 1, 2013 MLB Toronto 5 Athletics 2 TOR — Rasmus 3-5, 2 RBI OAK — Sogard 1-3, 2 R Giants 9 Phillies 2 SF — Posey 2-5, 2 RBI PHI — Utley 1-4, 2 RBI MLB Giants Phillies CSNB 4:05 p.m. SF — Cain PHI — Hamels On the tube EXTREME SPORTS 6 p.m. ESPN — X Games, at Los Angeles GOLF 6 a.m. ESPN2 — Women's British Open Championship, first round, at St. Andrews, Scotland 8:30 a.m. TGC — Web.com Tour, Mylan Classic, first round, at Canonsburg, Pa. 11 a.m. TGC — PGA Tour-WGC, Bridgestone Invitational, first round, at Akron, Ohio 4 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, RenoTahoe Open, first round, at Reno, Nev. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 4 p.m. MLB — Regional coverage, St. Louis at Pittsburgh or Colorado at Atlanta SOCCER 9 a.m. ESPN2 — Audi Cup, third place, teams TBD, at Munich 11:15 a.m. ESPN2 — Audi Cup, championship, teams TBD, at Munich Franklin makes it 3 for 3 at swimming worlds BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Missy Franklin climbed to the top of the podium to collect a prize she really wanted. That bid for eight gold medals? It can wait. Franklin held off hardcharging Federica Pelligrini to win the 200-meter freestyle on Wednesday night, the 18-year-old American claiming her third victory of the world championships and justifying the decision to cut back her program in Barcelona. ''We're coming down the mountain now,'' Franklin said. She had been scheduled to swim two races in the evening session: the semifinals of the 50 backstroke, followed about 20 minutes later by the final of the 200 free. But Franklin and her coach, Todd Schmitz, decided it was best to drop the non-Olympic event so she could focus on a race that's been the focus of so much work since she just missed a medal at the London Olympics. Franklin finished fourth last summer — a hundredth of a second off the podium. This time, she was the one touching ahead of everyone else. ''We decided that maybe the risk kind of outdid the rewards,'' Franklin said. ''I'm really happy with the decision to scratch and just do this.'' Initially, with the 50 back added to the seven events she competed in at London, Franklin had a chance to match Michael Phelps as the only swimmers to win that many events at a major championship. Phelps, of course, won eight golds at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. After a tough double on Tuesday and the 13th-best time in the morning preliminaries, Schmitz persuaded Franklin to scratch the 50 back, an event she swims mainly for fun though she did take bronze at the 2011 worlds in Shanghai. ''That will leave me with seven events,'' Franklin said. SWIMMING Manta Rays sizzle at Quincy invite Special to the DN The Corning Manta Rays sizzled in the cool waters over the weekend at the Plumas Pines Invitational in Quincy. "Manta Rays swam consistent this past weekend," Manta Rays coach Julene Stokes said. "We had a lot of best times and we took home a lot of awards. We are looking forward to our championships meet, next weekend, which is the grand finale to our season." Corning Manta Rays results: Breanna Terry (7-8) 25 back 2nd place, 25 free 5th place 25 breast 6th place. Breanna had one best ever time. Hannah Pritchard(910) 100 back 2nd place, 50 breast 2nd place, 100 free first place, 200 free first place, 50 free 2nd place, 50 fly 2nd place, 50 back 2nd place. Hannah had one best ever time. Tayler Snow (9-10) 100 IM 4th , 100 back 9th, 50 breast 4th, 100 free 11th, 50 free 8th, 100 breast 3rd, 50 fly 9th. Tayler had two best ever times. Kara Beckwith(11-12) 100 IM 5th place, 50 breast 4th, 100 fly 4th, 100 free 5th, 200 free 5th, 50 free 5th, 100 breast 4th, 50 fly 5th. Kara swam seven best ever times. McKenna Kiefer (11- Courtesy photo The Corning Manta Rays' Ivan Funderburk swims the backstroke at the Plumas Pines Invitational in Quincy over the weekend. 12) 50 breast 11th, 50 free 6th, 50 back 1st. McKenna had two best ever times. Eden Stewart (11-12) 100 IM 8th, 50 breast 6th, 100 free 6th, 200 free 6th, 50 free 12th, 50 fly 8th. Eden had two best ever times. Danielle Gallegos (1314) 100 free 7th, 200 IM 7th, 100 breast 7th, 100 back 8th, 50 free 7th. Danielle had three best ever times. Sarah Grine (13-14) 100 free 4th, 200 IM 4th, 100 breast 1st., 200 free 4th, 200 breast 2nd, 100 fly 4th, 50 free 4th. Sarah had two best ever times. Alexandra Webber (13-14) 100 free 7th, 50 free 6th, 50 free 8th. Brianna Wilson (1314) 100 free 9th, 100 breast 5th, 100 back. Haley Tomas (13-14) GIANTS 9, PHILLIES 2 100 free 11th, 200 IM 14th, 100 breast 8th, 200 free 8th, 100 back 1st, 100 fly 3rd, 50 free 2nd. Haley had two best ever times. Landon Barriga (7-8) 100 free 5th, 25 free 6th, 25 breast 2nd. Landon had two best ever times. Ivan Funderburk (910) 100 free 9th, 50 free 10th, 50 back 7th. Ivan had one best ever time. Landon Touvell (9-10) 50 breast 7th, 100 free 5th, 200 free 13th, 50 free 4th, 100 breast 9th, 50 fly 13th. Landon had four best ever times. Kaden Kiefer (9-10) 50 free 1st, 50 fly 10th, 50 back 7th. Kaden had three best ever times. Logan Barriga (9-10) 100 IM 14th, 100 free 6th, 50 free 5th. Logan had two best ever times. See RAYS, page 2B BLUE JAYS 5, ATHLETICS 2 A's drop series in extra innings guys,'' Giants manager Bruce Bochy said of the deadline passing. ''We got a couple hits early and the confidence came back.'' Gaudin (5-2) allowed one run and four hits, striking out five. Roger Kieschnick had RBI singles in his first two major league at-bats for the Giants, who snapped a nine-game homerless drought when Pill went deep. Pill had three hits and four RBIs. ''The past couple games I kind of hit them where they weren't,'' Pill said. ''There was a little luck involved.'' Kyle Kendrick (9-8) gave up eight hits and seven runs in two-plus innings. ''I'm not going to make any excuse,'' Kendrick said. ''I have to make better pitches. It was a frustrating night.'' Chase Utley hit a solo homer for the Phillies, who snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 7-3 win in the series opener Tuesday. The Giants jumped on Kendrick for four runs in the first inning, more than they had in any of the previous five losses. OAKLAND (AP) — Bartolo Colon fell behind in the count, his velocity dropped and he hardly received the kind of run support the right-hander has become accustomed to in a sensational comeback season. And he still felt pretty good about his day, nodecision and all. The 40-year-old All-Star also seems unfazed about his ties to the Florida lab Biogenesis being accused of distributing performanceenhancing drugs. Colon, a 14-game winner, allowed seven hits and two runs in six innings of Oakland's 5-2, 10inning loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday. ''Maybe the control was not as good as before but I felt very well today,'' Colon said. ''Sometimes you're behind in the count and you try to make the best pitches possible and you just can't. That's what happened today.'' Colon, who was suspended 50 games last Aug. 22 for a positive testosterone test, is expected to hear soon from Major League Baseball whether he faces any further penalty. ''I don't have a good idea what you're talking about, but I understand and I don't want to talk about it,'' Colon said when the topic came up postgame through an interpreter. Jose Bautista hit a go-ahead double in the top of the 10th against Jesse Chavez (2-3). Rookie catcher Stephen Vogt's second costly passed ball of the game allowed Jose Reyes to advance after a leadoff infield single, and Reyes scored on Bautista's hit. Colon and knuckleballer R.A. Dickey each settled for no-decisions, leaving after six innings apiece with the game tied at 2. ''It didn't look like it was Bartolo's best stuff,'' manager Bob Melvin said. ''For me it's not necessarily the velocity. It was more the ball-strike ratio today. But at the end of the day he gives you six innings and only gives up two runs. If that's a bad day for him, we'll take that anytime.'' A's All-Star closer Grant Balfour struck out the side in order in the ninth, but Chavez couldn't hold down the heart of Toronto's batting order. Oakland lost for the first time in nine games with Vogt starting behind the plate. His passed ball in the fourth allowed a run to score. The A's missed plenty of chances in losing for only the fourth time in 11 games — and the fourth in 11 extra-inning contests this year. ''It's not something we're going to go home and lose sleep about but it's definitely frustrating,'' third baseman Josh Donaldson said. ''There were points in the game where they were almost trying to give us the game, and we weren't able to take advantage of it.'' Aaron Loup allowed back-to-back singles with See GIANTS, page 2B See A'S, page 2B AP photo San Francisco Giants' Roger Kieschnick hits a single that scored Buster Posey during the third inning against the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday. Gaudin, Pill lift Giants PHILADELPHIA (AP) — When Chad Gaudin gets a hit, the rest of the San Francisco Giants have to join along. Gaudin threw seven sharp innings and snapped an 0-for-40 slump, Brett Pill and Brandon Crawford homered, and the Giants ended a five-game losing streak with a 9-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night. ''I figured sooner or later,'' Gaudin said about his RBI single in the third. ''I'm pretty proud of that.'' Gaudin was 1 for 58 before rolling a single through the left side. He was hitless in 17 at-bats this year, prompting him to take extra batting practice in San Francisco last week. ''Everybody kept asking me when I was going to get a hit,'' he said. ''I figured I'd work on it. It paid off.'' Neither team made a move as the non-waiver trade deadline passed Wednesday, a surprise considering both clubs are going nowhere. The defending World Series champion Giants are last in the NL West. The Phillies entered 11 1/2 games out of first place and fell to nine back in the wild-card standings. ''I think it may have relaxed the