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Al BehrmAn — The AssociATed Press mount st. mary's guard Julian norfleet (le) and Albany forward luke devlin chase a loose ball in the first half Tuesday in the ncAA tournament in dayton, ohio. The Associated Press DAYTON, OhiO » D.J. Evans scored 22 points, including two clinching free throws with 12.6 seconds left, to lead Albany to its first NCAA tournament victory, 71-64 over Mount St. Mary's on Tuesday night in the First Four. The Great Danes (19-14) advance to meet overall No. 1 seed and top- ranked Florida on Thursday in Or - lando. It was a wild game of incredi- ble turnarounds, with the Great Danes bolting to leads of 13-0 and 21-2, only to have The Mount (16- 17) bounce back with a 21-2 run of its own to pull even. Peter Hooley had 20 points and Gary Johnson 13 for Albany, win - less in its three previous NCAA trips. NOrTh CArOliNA STATe 74, XAvier 59 » T.J. Warren scored 16 of his 25 points in the second halft, showing why he was the ACC's player of the year, and North Carolina State led most of the way in a victory over Xavier. N.C. State (22-12) headed to Or - lando, Fla., for a game on Thurs- day against St. Louis in the Mid- west Regional. NCAA TOurNAmeNT Albany wins First Four game Great Danes go down to wire for first tourney victory in school history, now face Florida albany 71, mt. st. mary's 64 n.c. state 74, xavier 59 Up next: Today's games, cal Poly san luis obispo vs. Texas south- ern; iowa vs. Tennessee. thursday: Florida vs. Albany; col- orado vs. Pittsburgh; ohio state vs. dayton; syracuse vs. Western michigan; cincinnati vs. harvard; michigan state vs. delaware; Uconn vs. st. Joseph's; Villanova vs. milwaukee; oklahoma vs. north dakota state; san diego state vs. new mexico state; oregon vs. BYU; Wisconsin vs. American; st. louis vs. n.c. state; louisville vs. manhattan; Texas vs. Arizona state; michigan vs. Wofford. THE SCORE The Associated Press GleNDAle, Ariz. » Jed Lowrie hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in a nine-run first inning off Jose Quin- tana and Sam Fuld added a two- run triple, starting the Oakland Athletics to a 16-6 rout of the Chi- cago White Sox on Tuesday. Quintana faced nine batters and didn't get any outs, allowing nine runs, seven hits and two walks. Oakland starter Jesse Chavez improved to 4-0, giving up two runs and six hits in 4 2/3 innings. A's manager Bob Melvin indicated be fo re t he g am e th at C ha ve z an d Tommy Milone will be part of the team's starting rotation. "Watching those guys run around the bases was awesome," said Chavez, who didn't see himself as a potential starter as he entered training camp. "I just came in pre - pared to battle for a job. That's all. It gives me more confidence that they have confidence that I can do it. I'm going to try and ride that wave of their confidence in me." Coco Crisp went 3 for 3, raising his average to .357. Nick Punto (2 for 4) is hitting .389 and Jake El - more (2 for 4) is at .333. Jordan Danks hit a two-run homer and a solo shot for Chicago. "He's been swinging it great." manager Robin Ventura said of Danks. "He's probably been the most improved as far as under - standing his swing and knowing what he wants to do when he gets up there." Conor Gillaspie and Tyler Flow - ers hit solo homers. Chicago reliever Ronald Belisa- rio gave up three runs in one in- ning, raising his ERA to 10.13. STArTiNG Time » Quintana, a con- sistent starter for the Sox the past two years, said he has no arm problems and that he's not wor- ried. White Sox pitchers threw 59 pitches in the first inning. "I'll be fine when the season starts," he said. "His cutter wasn't as sharp as it's been in the past," Ventura said. TrAiNer'S rOOm » Oakland's Daric Barton, who missed a week with a hamstring injury, went 2 for 5. Since returning from the injury, he's gone 3 for 9 with three walks in three games. A's pitcher Ryan Cook, who is coming back from a shoulder prob - lem, is scheduled to pitch in a sim- ulated game at Oakland's minor league complex on Thursday. SpriNG bASebAll Lowrie's homer lis A's in rout of Chicago athletics 16, white sox 6 Up next: Today, oakland vs. the cleveland indians, at Goodyear, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. THE SCORE The los Angeles dodgers and the Arizona diamondbacks prepare for two season- opening games that kick off the major leagues' season this weekend in sydney aer a 15- hour flight down Under. mlb bASebAll Dodgers, Diamondbacks arrive in Australia FUll story on PaGe b2 if you've ever eaten bread or cheese, had a beer or a glass of wine, seasoned your stir-fry with soy sauce or eaten a pickle, you've had fermented food. experimenting with fer- mentation is a new trend. FOOD The fermentation wave finds an advocate FUll story on PaGe b4 The mercy high Warriors baseball and soball teams travel to dunsmuir to take on the Tigers at 4 p.m. corning track and field heads south to orland for a 3 p.m. meet. TODAY'S SCheDule Mercy Warriors travel to Dunsmuir by ben Walker The Associated Press TAmpA, FlA. » Jarrod Parker, Kris Medlen and Luke Hoche- var are out for the season, Pat- rick Corbin and Brandon Beachy might join them in the operating room. All over spring training, there's been an outbreak of wrecked el - bows and pained pitchers. Next stop, those dreaded words: Tommy John surgery. "It doesn't surprise me at all," Tommy John himself said Tues - day. "Tommy John surgery will grow exponentially in the next 50 years." "I really think there will come a day when if you have 12 pitch - ers on your staff, 10 will have had Tommy John surgery," the 70-year-old lefty told The Associ- ated Press from his home in Wa- tertown, N.Y. Still, this recent wave makes Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell wince. "It grabs all of our attention," he said before his World Series champions played the New York Yankees. "There's a rash of it go - ing on right now." "Regardless of who they play for, it's a sad day when you read about a guy that's having the surgery," he said. "You empa - thize with the guys going down. There's a long road ahead of them." As to why so many sudden cases, Farrell isn't sure. "It makes you scratch your head," the former big league pitcher said. "I don't have an ex - planation." Stars Stephen Strasburg, Adam Wainwright, Tim Hudson, John Lackey and Joe Nathan are among the dozens of pitchers who have come back strong from the ligament transplant procedure. Young Mets ace Matt Harvey, who threw the first pitch at last summer's All-Star game, had the surgery in October. He's working out in camp and hopes to pitch this year. "I think after watching what happened to a couple guys on the Braves, everybody's always going to be so cautious about the recov - ery, but as a competitor we're al- ways going to want to get back on the field," he said Tuesday. One trend Farrell has de- tected: "What's happening more is guys going for a second one," he said. The NL East champion Braves took a double hit with injuries to Medlen and Beachy, both of whom previously had Tommy John surgery. The AL West champion Athlet - ics once again lost Parker to the operation. He was scheduled to start on opening day. Teammate A.J. Griffin might be more fortu - nate — his sore elbow might heal on its own. Corbin had been set to throw the first pitch of the 2014 regu - lar season. The 24-year-old lefty was ready to start for Arizona in Aus- tralia this Saturday against the Dodgers. Instead, the All-Star felt "a small little shock" in his arm during an exhibition outing. Corbin later became the latest player to visit the busy doctor's office of prominent orthopedic surgeon James Andrews. "This is all new to me," Corbin said. "I've never been hurt before, so I'm just trying to get through it." Hochevar, a reliable reliever for the Royals, felt a twinge on his next-to-last pitch in a game two weeks ago. An MRI revealed a major tear of the ulnar collat - eral ligament. The 30-year-old Hochevar missed almost three months in 2010 because of a sprained elbow. "I knew this day was coming," he said. "After the first time I hurt it, I knew it was coming. I'm extremely thankful it held up for four years." Not so lucky was Padres pitcher Cory Luebke. He recently mAjOr leAGue bASebAll PitChers' PAinfuL sPring trAining All across major leagues, there's been an outbreak of wrecked elbows, ligament surgeries morrY GAsh — AssociATed Press File PhoTo in this march 5 photo, the oakland Athletics' Jarrod Parker throws before a spring training game against the milwaukee Brewers in Phoenix. leBron James scored 43 points and chris Bosh added 21, leading the miami heat to a 100-96 win Tuesday night over the cleveland cavaliers, who played their first game without All-star Kyrie irving. NbA rOuNDup James scores 43 as Heat defeat Cavaliers FUll story on PaGe b2 piTCherS » pAGe 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, march 19, 2014 » more AT FacebooK.com/rbDailynews And twitter.com/reDblUFFnews b1