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Tehama Tracker Thursday's results 1B Sports Friday August 23, 2013 MLB Pittsburgh LATE Giants Today's games MLB Athletics Baltimore CSNC 4:05 p.m. OAK — Straily, 6-7 BAL — B.Norris, 9-10 Pittsburgh Giants CSNB 7:15 p.m. PIT — Morton, 4-3 SF — Bumgarner, 11-7 NFL PRESEASON Chicago NFLN Raiders 7 p.m. On the tube AUTO RACING • 5 a.m., NBCSN — Formula One, practice for Belgian Grand Prix, at Spa, Belgium • 6 a.m., FS1 — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, practice for Food City 250, at Bristol, Tenn. • 9 a.m., FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for IRWIN Tools Night Race, at Bristol, Tenn. • 11:30 a.m., FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, "Happy Hour Series," final practice for IRWIN Tools Night Race, at Bristol, Tenn. • 12:30 p.m., FS1 — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, pole qualifying for Food City 250, at Bristol, Tenn. • 2:30 p.m., ESPN2 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for IRWIN Tools Night Race, at Bristol, Tenn. • 4:30 p.m., ESPN — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Food City 250, at Bristol, Tenn. BOXING • 6:30 p.m., ESPN2 — Champion Argenis Mendez (21-2-0) vs. Arash Usmanee (20-1-0), for IBF junior lightweight title, at Verona, N.Y. CYCLING • 1 p.m., NBCSN — USA Pro Challenge, stage 5, at Vail, Colo. GOLF • 6:30 a.m., TGC — European PGA Tour, Johnnie Walker Championship, second round, at Gleneagles, Scotland • 9:30 a.m., TGC — Web.com Tour, Cox Classic, second round, at Omaha, Neb. • Noon, TGC — PGA Tour, The Barclays, second round, at Jersey City, N.J. • 3:30 p.m., TGC — Champions Tour, Boeing Classic, first round, at Snoqualmie, Wash. (same-day tape) • 9:30 p.m., TGC — LPGA, Canadian Women's Open, second round, at Edmonton, Alberta (delayed tape) MLB • 4 p.m., CSNC — Oakland at Baltimore • 5 p.m., MLB — Regional coverage, Atlanta at St. Louis or Texas at Chicago White Sox • 7 p.m., CSNB — Pittsburgh at San Francisco NFL • 5 p.m., CBS — Preseason, Seattle at Green Bay PREP FOOTBALL • 7 p.m., FS1 — Mountain Pointe (Ariz.) at Bishop Gorman (Nev.) SOCCER • 5:30 p.m., NBCSN — MLS, Kansas City at Chicago • 10 p.m., ESPN2 — Liga MX, Guadalajara at Queretaro (delayed tape) TENNIS • 10 a.m., ESPN2 — WTA, New Haven Open, semifinal, at New Haven, Conn. • Noon, ESPN2 — ATP World Tour, Winston-Salem Open, semifinal, at Winston-Salem, N.C. • 4 p.m., ESPN2 — WTA, New Haven Open, semifinal, at New Haven, Conn. Torres goes on DL with Achilles strain SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Giants outfielder Andres Torres has been placed on the 15day disabled list because of a strained left Achilles' tendon and might not return this season. Torres said the injury has lingered since the start of 2011 after he helped the Giants win a World Series championship the previous fall. He is scheduled to get a second opinion and be examined by specialist Dr. Robert Anderson next week in North Carolina and hopes to avoid surgery — though an MRI exam showed bone spurs in the area. Manager Bruce Bochy didn't rule out Torres' season ending, especially with the reigning World Series champions out of the playoff race and planning to try out many young players over the season's final month. Bochy says ''there's no rush to get Andres back.'' 49ers sign quarterback Wallace SANTA CLARA (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have added another quarterback to the competition to be Colin Kaepernick's backup, signing nine-year veteran Seneca Wallace to a one-year contract Thursday. While Colt McCoy had appeared to be the favorite to win the No. 2 job coming into training camp, neither he nor Scott Tolzien have separated themselves. Even rookie B.J. Daniels has been deemed a contender, though clearly Wallace now will get a chance with little time to prepare before the Sept. 8 season opener against Green Bay. 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman said this week that Sunday's game against Minnesota would be important for all of the quarterbacks. ''I think it's going to be a big game for them, big game for all of us,'' Roman said. ''But, I think they just need to improve really down-in, downout consistency. The right reads, obviously making the right throws. They've done some really good stuff up 'til now, stuff that's under-the-radar type things. Again, they've had some plays that they'd love to do over again. So, it's a matter of coming out this week and having a really strong performance.'' Wallace, who was competing with Luke McCown to back up Drew Brees in New Orleans, had his contract terminated by the Saints on Monday. Coach Jim Harbaugh said Wednesday that McCoy likely would play second after Kaepernick's stint is done in Sunday night's exhibition against Minnesota at Candlestick Park. McCoy, Tolzien and Daniels each have been getting regular repetitions in practice with the No. 2 offense, Harbaugh said. AP file photo The San Francisco 49ers signed former Cleveland Browns quarterback Seneca Wallace. He isn't against giving a rookie the backup quarterback job, which Kaepernick had behind Alex Smith after being drafted in the second round from Nevada in 2011. ''Yes, it's OK. How that plays out, we will see,'' Harbaugh said. ''It's OK for a veteran to be the backup.'' McCoy hasn't looked sharp or comfortable this preseason, and it appears he is still trying to find his way in Harbaugh's expansive offense. He See 49ERS, page 2B Doolittle gets lesson on Gen. James Doolittle ALAMEDA (AP) — Sean Doolittle tugs gently on his bushy red beard and soaks in a history lesson as he strolls in silence along the 872foot wooden flight deck of the USS Hornet. He checks out old war planes while gazing at spectacular views of San Francisco and the bay, then climbs dozens of stairs to take a turn in the ship's ''air boss'' seat. At the USS Hornet Museum, the Oakland Athletics reliever hears all about then-Lt. Col. James ''Jimmy'' Doolittle and his lead role in the first attack against the Japanese home islands after Pearl Harbor, a daylight barrage on April 18, 1942. The Doolittle Raid. Doolittle the pitcher recently determined that the late Gen. Doolittle is a seventh cousin — and not an uncle far removed as he had long thought. They never met. Jimmy Doolittle, an aviation pioneer, courageous combat man and one of the most-noted pilots of his time, died Sept. 27, 1993, at age 96, one day after Sean's seventh birthday. ''I'm still learning about him,'' said Sean Doolittle, a history buff. ''Every new thing you learn about him, you're like, 'Whoa.''' It was Jimmy Doolittle who calculated that the 16 B-25 Army Air Force Mitchell bombers could be launched using ''short-field takeoffs'' — less than 500 feet of runway on the aircraft carrier — from the USS Hornet fully loaded with bombs, drop on Japan and have enough fuel to fly on to China in daring one-way missions. AP photo Oakland Athletics pitcher Sean Doolittle walks along the flight deck during a tour of the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda. During his visit Monday afternoon to the USS Hornet Museum at Naval Air Station Alameda, Sean Doolittle viewed a map of the attack sites and photos from that history-making day guided by Jimmy Doolittle. ''Even though it happened a long time ago, to be standing where it happened is a little surreal,'' Sean Doolittle said. ''I come from a military family and I do a lot of stuff with the military now. I'm going to go to Walter Reed when we go to Baltimore. That's one of the main things that I get out of it, the perspec- tive that it gives you on how fortunate I am to be able to do what I do when there's teenagers leaving the country with M-16s and they're going to the Middle East. And I get to play baseball every day. You start to look at See GEN, page 2B El Salvador suspends 22 soccer players El Salvador suspends 22 soccer players SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The homes of 11 players were raided Thursday after El Salvador's soccer federation suspended 22 players in an investigation into alleged match-fixing by the national team, including games against the United States and Mexico. Public prosecutors said the raids took place in six cities. Federal prosecutor Luis Martinez told Radio Nacional de El Salvador that computers, electronic tablet devices and cellphones were among the items seized. He said authorities will also try to gain access to the bank accounts of those involved, both locally and abroad. The prosecutor said there was already evidence of at least three offenses, including money laundering, and warned that not only players could be charged. "Possibly there are officials and some high-level people involved," Martinez said. "We are going to get to the bottom of it." He said the investigation is separate from the one started by the local federation, which on Wednesday said the players who participated in the suspect matches will be suspended for 30 days while the allegations are investigated. Mendez Cabezas said the games under scrutiny include El Salvador's 5-0 Gold Cup loss to Mexico on July 5, 2011, as well as a 2-1 loss to the United States on Feb. 24, 2010, a 1-0 loss to D.C. United on July 19, 2010, and a 4-1 loss to Paraguay on Feb. 6, 2012. Capped-out Raiders enter year 2 of rebuilding OAKLAND (AP) — Carson Palmer is throwing passes to Larry Fitzgerald in Arizona. Darrius Heyward-Bey is catching them from Andrew Luck in Indianapolis. Richard Seymour is home with his family and Rolando McClain is back in school. Oakland spent four firstround picks on a foursome that turned out to be mostly disappointments. Now, the team has nothing to show for it other than a bloated salary cap that has severely hampered general man- ager Reggie McKenzie's rebuilding process. Those four players count for more than $35 million on this year's salary cap even though they are no longer with the team. Throw in Michael Huff, Tommy Kelly and a host of others and it adds up to nearly $50 million in ''dead money'' for accelerated bonuses for players who are gone. The salary cap for 2013 was set at $123 million. Translation? The Raiders are playing this season with barely over half a deck as about 40 per- cent of their salary cap goes to players not on the roster. That provides a significant hurdle for a team trying to be relevant again after 10 straight years without a winning record. ''I like being the underdog,'' McKenzie said. ''I really do. But we have expectations here. I know outside of the Raider walls here, there are certain levels of thoughts. But I'm looking forward to September, I really am. I make no predictions at all but I do know we're going to play well. We're going to play some good football. I know we'll be better.'' It will be hard not to be after going 4-12 in the first season under McKenzie and coach Dennis Allen. Expectations are not high considering five of the six highest salary cap numbers are for players no longer on the team. There is more ''dead money'' on the cap than money dedicated to either the entire offense or defense. ''You don't want to use the See YEAR 2, page 2B