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Tehama Tracker Thursday's results 1B Sports Friday August 9, 2013 MLB RAIDERS Milwaukee 1 GIANTS 4, BREWERS 1 Giants 4 Lincecum's gem lifts Giants Flynn MIL — Segura 1-4, 1 RBI SF — Belt 1-3, 3 RBI, 1 HR Today's games MLB Athletics Toronto CSNC 4:07 p.m. OAK — Parker TOR — Rogers Baltimore Giants 7:15 p.m. BAL — Tillman SF — Vogelsong On the tube AUTO RACING 9 a.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Cheez-It 355, at Watkins Glen, N.Y. 10:30 a.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, final practice for ZIPPO 200, at Watkins Glen, N.Y. 1 p.m. SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, ''Happy Hour Series,'' final practice for Cheez-It 355, at Watkins Glen, N.Y. BOXING 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Lightweights, Rustam Nugaev (24-6-0) vs. Jose Hernandez (14-6-1), at Cabazon, Calif. CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE 6 p.m. NBCSN — Saskatchewan at Calgary CYCLING 4 p.m. FSN — Tour of Utah, stage 4, at Salt Lake City GOLF 10 a.m. TNT — PGA of America, PGA Championship, second round, at Pittsford, N.Y. 1 p.m. TGC — USGA, U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, quarterfinal matches, at Charleston, S.C. LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 8 a.m. ESPN — Playoffs, MidAtlantic Regional semifinal, teams TBD, at Bristol, Conn. 10 a.m. ESPN — Playoffs, Midwest Regional final, teams TBD, at Indianapolis Noon ESPN — Playoffs, MidAtlantic Regional semifinal, teams TBD, at Bristol, Conn. 2 p.m. ESPN2 — Playoffs, West Regional semifinal, teams TBD, at San Bernardino, Calif. 4 p.m. ESPN — Playoffs, Southeast Regional final, teams TBD, at Warner Robins, Ga. 6 p.m. ESPN — Playoffs, West Regional semifinal, teams TBD, at San Bernardino, Calif. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 4 p.m. MLB — Regional coverage, Detroit at N.Y. Yankees or Philadelphia at Washington 5:05 p.m. WGN — Chicago Cubs at St. Louis SAILING 4 p.m. NBCSN — Louis Vuitton Cup, semifinals, at San Francisco (same-day tape) TENNIS 9 a.m. ESPN2 — ATP World Tour/WTA, Rogers Cup, men's and women's quarterfinals, at Montreal and Toronto 5 p.m. ESPN2 — ATP World Tour/WTA, Rogers Cup, men's and women's quarterfinals, at Montreal and Toronto Around town The Red Bluff Bulls American Legion baseball program will hold its annual meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday at 735 Oak St.. The meeting will review the 2013 summer season, a financial review of the season, the election of officers and future plans and goals for the program. Red Bluff High School football practices start Monday, with varsity players set to meet at 6 a.m. at the school's football stadium. Freshmen and junior varsity teams meet at 3:30 p.m. Tehama County PAL and Tehama County DSA is hosting a double-elimination co-ed softball tournament Aug. 1618 at Frey and Tosh fields in Red Bluff. The entry fee is $200 and the deadline to enter is Aug. 13. The proceeds will benefit youth programs and youth sponsorships in the community. For more information contact Kyle Button (530-526-3609) or Kathy Hausman (530518-5284). Follow us on Twitter for live game coverage, exclusive online articles and more. @TehamaSports SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The only thing that stopped Tim Lincecum from throwing his second complete game this season was a tiny blister forming on his middle finger. Nearly a month after his first career no-hitter, Lincecum pitched another gem. The right-hander allowed only one hit over eight scoreless innings to lead the San Francisco Giants past the Milwaukee Brewers 4-1 Thursday. ''I think I'm just trying to stay within myself,'' Linececum said, adding that he relied on his overhand curve more than he had in any start this year. ''I know I'm not going to throw a 95 mph fastball anymore, so why try to throw it? I guess I got to use what I got and get outs.'' Brandon Belt hit a three-run homer in the first inning off Donovan Hand (0-4). And Marco Scutaro and Brandon Crawford added three hits apiece to give Lincecum more than enough support. The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner had been 0-2 in three starts since throwing 148 pitches in his no-hitter at San Diego on July 13. Lincecum (6-11) permitted just a double to Juan Francisco leading off the third inning. He struck out eight and walked one before getting pulled for a pinch-hitter. The former ace gave the defending World Series champions another rare reprieve from a frustrating season for the second time in a month by following up a pregame meeting called by manager Bruce Bochy with a vintage performance. ''I think we just kind of knew what's needed to happen,'' Lincecum said. ''I think we just kind of need to wake up every day and come to the field knowing there's a purpose. Even if where we're sitting in the standings might affect our mentality, we ready for debut AP photo San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum throws against the Milwaukee Brewers during the seventh inning of a baseball game in San Francisco Thursday. can't show that on the field. We've got to go out there and play every game with passion.'' Khris Davis doubled off reliever Sandy Rosario in the ninth and scored on Jean Segura's single against Sergio Romo, who recorded the final two outs. San Francisco had lost four of its previous five games in the latest skid during a summer-long slide from champions to cellar-dwellers in the NL West. With a postcard-like day along the bay, the Giants showed some heart and hustle from the start. And Lincecum provided the rest to give the club a brief break from a frustration season. ''It kind of reminded us what we're capable of,'' Belt said. Scutaro singled on the 11th pitch leading off the first and Crawford followed by diving head-first into second for a double. After Pablo Sandoval flied out, Belt hit his 12th home run of the season. The Giants hadn't hit a home run at AT&T Park since Buster Posey's long ball on July 20. And in the second, Scutaro scored on Crawford's two-out single. ''Overall, well-played game. Just crisp,'' Bochy said. ''I thought they just had a different look today.'' Hand, who allowed seven hits and four walks in five innings, had not given up more than three runs in any of his previous six starts this season. With Lincecum in complete command, Brewers batters kept him winless. ''He's a two-time Cy Young Award winner. He's got it in him and he showed that today,'' Hand said. ''It stinks it had to be against me.'' PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Furyk, Scott top scoreboard in ripe conditions PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Tiger Woods made a mess of his final hole at the PGA Championship, hardly looking as though he's poised to break the longest major drought of his career. Jim Furyk feels as if his game is finally coming together again. Even with a bogey on the final hole, Furyk seized the clubhouse lead with a 5-under 65 Thursday before storms halted the opening round at defenseless Oak Hill. ''You're usually disappointed to end the day with a bogey,'' the 43year-old American said. ''But a 65 at the PGA, that's not so bad.'' Furyk rolled in a 40-foot birdie putt at the 16th — his seventh hole of the round after starting on the back side — and pushed his score to 6 under until that stumble at the ninth left him with his lone bogey. He shook his head after missing a 25footer to save par, but couldn't complain much about the way he played on a course that was ripe for the taking, having already been softened by overnight rain. Canadian David Hearn was one stroke back after starting with a 66. Four players, including Matt Kuchar, were at 67. Another 15 players had scores in the 60s, with more sure to come in prime scoring conditions. Masters champion Adam Scott, for instance, put together five straight birdies on the front side for a 5-under 30, joining Furyk atop the leaderboard before even making the turn. Japan's Kohki Idoki, the Senior PGA Championship winner, and Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez had runs of four straight birdies, the course play- ing more like a regular tour event than a major championship. But the afternoon starters had to deal with an unexpected break. With thunder rumbling nearby and a line of storms bearing down on Oak Hill, play was suspended at 4:25 p.m. EDT. The players hustled to the clubhouse, just ahead of heavy rain. Woods opened with a disappointing 71, finishing his round with a double bogey. ''The round, realistically, could've been under par easily,'' said Woods, who came in with five tour victories this season, including a seven-shot runaway last week at the Bridgestone. He got off to a good start in his bid to break an 0-for-17 slump in the majors, making the turn with a 33. But Woods bogeyed the par-5 fourth, normally one of the easier holes, and wound up above par after plopping his approach into thick rough short of the green at No. 9. He took a whack at the ball — and sent it right into a bunker, up against the lip. He was able to get the club on it, landing about 12 feet below the flag. The putt, however, caught the left side of the cup and spun out. Furyk, the 2003 U.S. Open champion, hasn't won since the Tour Championship three years ago, though he's had plenty of solid efforts. But he fell into a bit of a slump this summer, missing the cut at both the U.S. Open and the British Open, struggling with his driver and the putter. ''I did not feel confident with my putter and that was putting a lot of pressure on the rest of my game,'' Furyk said. He showed signs of turning things around the last two weeks, finishing ninth at the Canadian Open and the Bridgestone. ''I'm feeling very comfortable with what I'm doing with the driver,'' Furyk said. ''And this was one of my best putting rounds, if not the best putting round, I've had this year.'' None of his putts was better than the one at No. 16. Then, at the 18th, he knocked a 4-iron within a foot of the cup for a tap-in par. When Furyk wasn't making birdies, he was saving par with a bunch of testy little putts on Oak Hill's postage stamp greens. Only at the ninth did Furyk score finally go up. He drove it in the right rough and had to chip out, ruining his bogey-free round. Playing not far from home, Hearn opened and closed his round with bogeys. In between, he ripped off six birdies under skies that were mostly sunny for those who played early. The 34-year-old grew up five blocks from Wayne Gretzky's house in Brantford, Ontario — about 140 miles west of this venerable course just outside Rochester. He has never won on the PGA Tour but he came close just before the British Open, losing to Jordan Spieth in a playoff at the John Deere Classic. . ''That was a great experience for me,'' Hearn said. ''I'm proud of the way I played. It just didn't go my way at the finish.'' He is playing in a major championship for just the fourth time in his career. Hearn has qualified for three U.S. Opens, his best showing a tie for 21st at Merion this year. NAPA (AP) — Ever since arriving in Oakland in April, Matt Flynn has proven on the practice field and in the meeting rooms that he is the most capable candidate to start at quarterback for the Raiders. Unless that changes in the exhibition games that start Friday night at home against Dallas, Flynn will be under center when the regular season begins Sept. 8 in Indianapolis. Flynn will start against the Cowboys and will likely play the first quarter. Terrelle Pryor will follow and could play the bulk of the next two quarters before rookies Matt McGloin and Tyler Wilson finish up the preseason opener for Oakland. But the job is Flynn's to lose. ''He's gotten a better grasp of what we're trying to do offensively,'' coach Dennis Allen said. ''I think he's more in command of what we're doing. I think obviously, from the process through OTAs, through minicamp and now into training camp, he's really progressed well. It'll be good to put him in live action and see what he does against another opponent.'' This is the second straight year Flynn started the preseason opener. His hold on the starting job didn't last long in Seattle last summer. An elbow injury and the emergence of Russell Wilson relegated Flynn to a backup role before the end of the preseason and led to his eventual trade to Oakland in April to replace Carson Palmer. After also serving as Aaron Rodgers' backup for four seasons in Green Bay, Flynn knows this could be his last shot to seize a starting job in the NFL. ''The mindset as a competitor, as a professional athlete, as a football player, the mindset always has to be to improve yourself, better yourself on the field,'' he said. ''That's kind of the approach I'm taking.'' Dallas has no questions about who will start at quarterback this season after giving Tony Romo a six-year, $108 million contract with $55 million guaranteed in the offseason. Romo did not play in the Hall of Fame game against Miami last Sunday as he is working his way back from surgery in April to remove a cyst in his back. But he is expected to play briefly against the Raiders as he works in a game for the first time under new offensive coordinator Bill Callahan. ''More than anything you just want to have good execution,'' Romo said. ''You want to be able to do things. You're not game planning per se and having the stuff that you're really going to attack certain coverages and certain teams a certain way. So you get a little vanilla with what you may call. You'd like to get into a rhythm, but I just think we need to go out there and execute the right way and do things that we feel good about as far as doing our assignments right and getting through stuff quickly and just not having any mental errors.''