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and doctors in Santa Clara. So far, so good, Bow- man said Tuesday. In fact, he said his doctors told him that he's ahead of schedule. "It feels great," Bowman said of his knee. "It's early, but I'm doing well. I came back and saw (people in) the organization and they're ex - cited to see how far I am. So, I'll keep working hard and see where I end up." Bowman recovered a Seahawks fumble on the play on which he injured his knee. However, a Se - ahawks player wrestled the ball from Bowman be- fore officials sifted through the pile. Bowman clearly had the ball in his possession and was down by contact. Still, coach Jim Harbaugh was not permitted to challenge the officials' ruling at the time. As a result, the so-called NaVorro Bowman Rule that allows for loose-ball scram - bles to be reviewed by of- ficials was passed at the NFL owners meetings last month. "That doesn't f ix my knee," Bowman said of the rule change, "but (the wrong call) won't happen anymore." Bowman said he watched replays of his injury the day after the game. Such inju - ries are part of the game. "I'm not really a grudge type man," Bowman said. "I got to move on if I want to continue playing." H a r b a u g h s a i d h e wouldn't be surprised if Bowman bounces back in time for the 49ers regular- season opener in early Sep - tember. It's more likely, though, Harbaugh said, that Bow- man won't be ready to play in a game until midway through the season. Bow- man said he doesn't have a timetable for his return to practice or playing in a game just yet. He's just focusing on his rehab and being thankful that his injury wasn't seri - ous enough to end his NFL career. "I'm always looking at the bigger picture," Bowman said. "I'm young and I know I still have a lot of football left in me. So, all I have to do is get my knee back feel - ing good, if not better than it was. Then I'll be fine." It's conceivable that Bow- man will be placed on the physically unable to per- form list at the start of training camp and remain there for the first half of the season. The 49ers are familiar with just such a scenario. Top wide receiver Michael Crabtree suffered a torn Achilles during an offsea - son workout last year and missed the first 11 games. Crabtree returned in time to work his way into football shape and be in peak form for the postseason. Bowman From Page 1 Scoreboard major League Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 2 0 1.000 _ Seattle 2 0 1.000 _ Texas 2 1 .667 ½ Oakland 1 1 .500 1 Los Angeles 0 2 .000 2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Chicago 2 0 1.000 _ Detroit 2 0 1.000 _ Cleveland 1 1 .500 1 Kansas City 0 2 .000 2 Minnesota 0 2 .000 2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 2 1 .667 _ Baltimore 1 1 .500 ½ Boston 1 1 .500 ½ Tampa Bay 1 2 .333 1 New York 0 2 .000 1 ½ Tuesday's games Houston 6, N.Y. Yankees 2 Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 2 Texas 3, Philadelphia 2 Seattle 8, L.A. Angels 3 Cleveland at Oakland, ppd., rain Wednesday's games Detroit 2, Kansas City 1, 10 innings Chicago White Sox 7, Minnesota 6 (11) Oakland 6, Cleveland 1, 1st game Boston 6, Baltimore 2 Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 0 Texas 4, Philadelphia 3 Houston 3, N.Y. Yankees 1 Cleveland at Oakland, (n), 2nd game Seattle at L.A. Angels, (n) Thursday's games Kansas City (Ventura 0-0) at Detroit (Sanchez 0-0), 10:08 a.m. Minnesota (Hughes 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 0-0), 11:10 a.m. Boston (Doubront 0-0) at Baltimore (Chen 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Toronto (Morrow 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Archer 0-0), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Nova 0-0) at Houston (Oberholtzer 0-0), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (Elias 0-0) at Oakland (Chavez 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Friday's games Baltimore at Detroit, 10:08 a.m. Milwaukee at Boston, 11:05 a.m. Minnesota at Cleveland, 12:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 1:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Texas at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Seattle at Oakland, 7:05 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Los Angeles 3 1 .750 _ San Diego 1 1 .500 1 San Francisco 1 1 .500 1 Colorado 1 2 .333 1 ½ Arizona 1 3 .250 2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Pittsburgh 1 0 1.000 _ St. Louis 1 0 1.000 _ Milwaukee 1 2 .333 1 Chicago 0 1 .000 1 Cincinnati 0 1 .000 1 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 2 0 1.000 _ Atlanta 2 1 .667 ½ Miami 2 1 .667 ½ Philadelphia 1 2 .333 1 ½ New York 0 2 .000 2 Tuesday's games L.A. Dodgers 3, San Diego 2 Miami 4, Colorado 3 Texas 3, Philadelphia 2 Atlanta 5, Milwaukee 2 Arizona 5, San Francisco 4 Wednesday's games Atlanta 1, Milwaukee 0 Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, (n) Colorado 6, Miami 5 Washington 5, N.Y. Mets 1 St. Louis at Cincinnati, (n) Texas 4, Philadelphia 3 San Francisco at Arizona, (n) L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, (n) Thursday's games Chicago Cubs (Hammel 0-0) at Pitts - burgh (W.Rodriguez 0-0), 9:35 a.m. St. Louis (Lynn 0-0) at Cincinnati (Bailey 0-0), 9:35 a.m. Colorado (Morales 0-0) at Miami (Turner 0-0), 9:40 a.m. Washington (Zimmermann 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 0-0), 10:10 a.m. San Francisco (Lincecum 0-0) at Arizona (Arroyo 0-0), 12:40 p.m. Friday's games Atlanta at Washington, 10:05 a.m. Milwaukee at Boston, 11:05 a.m. Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Arizona at Colorado, 1:10 p.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. San Diego at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Athletics 6, Indians 1 Cleveland Oakland ab r h b ab r h b ACarer dh 4 0 0 0 Crisp cf 4 1 1 1 Swisher 1b 4 0 0 0 Dnldsn dh 5 0 0 0 Kipnis 2b 4 1 2 0 Lowrie ss 3 1 2 1 Santan 3b 4 0 1 1 Moss 1b 4 0 2 1 Raburn lf 4 0 0 0 Cespds lf 5 0 2 1 Brantly cf 3 0 1 0 Reddck rf 3 1 0 0 Aviles ss 3 0 1 0 Callasp 3b 4 2 2 2 YGoms c 3 0 0 0 DNorrs c 4 0 3 0 ElJhns rf 3 0 0 0 Sogard 2b 3 1 0 0 Totals 32 1 5 1 35 6 12 6 Cleveland 000 000 001 — 1 Oakland 122 001 00x — 6 E: Santana (1), Callaspo (1); DP: Oakland 1; LOB: Cleveland 4, Oakland 12; 2B: Kipnis (1), Aviles (1), Lowrie (1), Moss (1); HR: Callaspo (1); SB: Crisp (1); S: Lowrie; SF: Crisp. IP H R ER BB SO Cleveland Kluber L,0-131/3 8 5 5 3 2 Atchison 12/3 0 0 0 1 2 Pestano 1 2 1 1 0 1 B.Wood 1 1 0 0 0 0 Outman 1 1 0 0 1 1 Oakland Kazmir W,1-071/3 3 0 0 0 5 Otero 12/3 2 1 1 0 0 WP: Kazmir 2. Umpires: Home, Mark Wegner, First, Mike Muchlinski. Second, Mike Winters. Third, Gabe Morales. T: 3:05; A: 15,134 (35,067). Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE Batting SPerez, Kansas City, .714; AlRamirez, Chicago, .667; Joyce, Tampa Bay, .667; Pedroia, Boston, .600; Ackley, Seattle, .571; Hicks, Minnesota, .571; Suzuki, Minnesota, .500; Fowler, Houston, .500; Smoak, Seattle, .500; JHamilton, Los Angeles, .500. Runs Beltre, Texas, 4; Fowler, Houston, 4; Rios, Texas, 4; Ackley, Seattle, 3; Bautista, Toronto, 3; Cruz, Baltimore, 3; De Aza, Chicago, 3; Miller, Seattle, 3; Smoak, Seattle, 3. RBI Smoak, Seattle, 6; Ackley, Seattle, 4; LMartin, Texas, 4; Napoli, Boston, 4; Suzuki, Minnesota, 4; 9 tied at 3. Hits Pedroia, Boston, 6; Beltre, Texas, 5; MeCabrera, Toronto, 5; LMartin, Texas, 5; SPerez, Kansas City, 5; Rios, Texas, 5; Suzuki, Minnesota, 5. Doubles Jennings, Tampa Bay, 3; SPerez, Kansas City, 3; Almonte, Seattle, 2; Beltre, Texas, 2; Brantley, Cleveland, 2; Fowler, Houston, 2; Kubel, Minnesota, 2; Myers, Tampa Bay, 2; Pujols, Los Angeles, 2; Sm oa k, S ea tt le , 2 . Triples Ackley, Seattle, 1; Fowler, Houston, 1; AlGonzalez, Detroit, 1; Grossman, Hous - ton, 1; Jackson, Detroit, 1; Moreland, Texas, 1; Zunino, Seattle, 1. Home runs Bautista, Toronto, 2; Cruz, Baltimore, 2; De Aza, Chicago, 2; Miller, Seattle, 2; 17 tied at 1. Stolen bases AlRamirez, Chicago, 2; 15 tied at 1. Pitching 17 tied at 1. ERA 11 tied at 0. Strikeouts Buehrle, Toronto, 11; FHernandez, Seattle, 11; Sale, Chicago, 8; CWilson, Los Angeles, 8; Lester, Boston, 8; Gray, Oakland, 7; Ross, Texas, 7; Scherzer, Detroit, 7; MPerez, Texas, 7. Saves Fields, Houston, 1; Santos, Toronto, 1; Cecil, Toronto, 1; TomHunter, Baltimore, 1; Axford, Cleveland, 1; Lindstrom, Chicago, 1. NATIONAL LEAGUE Batting Bonifacio, Chicago, .800; Frazier, Cincin- nati, .667; Belt, San Francisco, .556; Werth, Washington, .500; ArRamirez, Milwaukee, .500; Lagares, New York, .500; Adams, St. Louis, .500; YMolina, St. Louis, .500; Phillips, Cincinnati, .500. Runs Ruiz, Philadelphia, 5; Asche, Philadel- phia, 4; Belt, San Francisco, 4; Desmond, Washington, 4; Lagares, New York, 4; Stanton, Miami, 4; 10 tied at 3. RBI Stanton, Miami, 6; Trumbo, Arizona, 6; McGehee, Miami, 5; Rendon, Washing - ton, 5; Rollins, Philadelphia, 5; Belt, San Francisco, 4; GParra, Arizona, 4; Puig, Los Angeles, 4. Hits Goldschmidt, Arizona, 8; Uribe, Los An - geles, 7; Owings, Arizona, 6; 12 tied at 5. Doubles Goldschmidt, Arizona, 3; McGehee, Miami, 3; BCrawford, San Francisco, 2; CGonzalez, Colorado, 2; Rendon, Wash - ington, 2; Span, Washington, 2; Uggla, Atlanta, 2; Uribe, Los Angeles, 2. Triples Lagares, New York, 1; Span, Washing - ton, 1. Hom e r un s Belt, San Francisco, 2; Freeman, Atlanta, 2; SSmith, San Diego, 2; 24 tied at 1. Stolen bases 16 tied at 1. Pitching 17 tied at 1. ERA 15 tied at 0. Strikeouts Miley, Arizona, 13; Ryu, Los Angeles, 12; Liriano, Pittsburgh, 10; Strasburg, Washington, 10; Wainwright, St. Louis, 9; Fernandez, Miami, 9; Lohse, Milwaukee, 8; Cueto, Cincinnati, 8. Saves Kimbrel, Atlanta, 2; Jansen, Los Angeles, 2; Cishek, Miami, 1; Hawkins, Colorado, 1; Romo, San Francisco, 1; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 1; AReed, Arizona, 1; FRodriguez, Milwaukee, 1; Street, San Diego, 1. Basketball WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L Pct GB x-Clippers 53 22 .707 — Golden State 46 29 .613 7 Phoenix 44 30 .595 8½ Sacramento 26 48 .351 26½ Lakers 25 49 .338 27½ Southwest Division W L Pct GB y-San Antonio 59 16 .787 — Houston 49 25 .662 9½ Dallas 44 31 .587 15 Memphis 44 31 .587 15 New Orleans 32 43 .427 27 Northwest Division W L Pct GB x-Oklahoma City 54 19 .740 — Portland 49 27 .645 6½ Minnesota 37 37 .500 17½ Denver 33 42 .440 22 Utah 23 52 .307 32 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB x-Toronto 43 32 .573 — x-Brooklyn 40 34 .541 2½ New York 33 43 .434 10½ Boston 23 52 .307 20 Philadelphia 16 59 .213 27 Southeast Division W L Pct GB y-Miami 52 22 .703 — x-Washington 39 36 .520 13½ Charlotte 37 38 .493 15½ Atlanta 32 42 .432 20 Orlando 21 54 .280 31½ Central Division W L Pct GB y-Indiana 53 23 .697 — x-Chicago 43 32 .573 9½ Cleveland 31 45 .408 22 Detroit 27 48 .360 25½ Milwaukee 14 61 .187 38½ x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Tuesday's games Brooklyn 105, Houston 96 Golden State 122, Dallas 120, OT Portland 124, Lakers 112 Wednesday's games Cleveland 119, Orlando 98 Indiana 101, Detroit 94 Washington 118, Boston 92 Charlotte 123, Philadelphia 93 New York 110, Brooklyn 81 Toronto 107, Houston 103 Miami 96, Milwaukee 77 Chicago 105, Atlanta 92 Minnesota 102, Memphis 88 San Antonio 111, Golden State 90 Denver 137, New Orleans 107 Clippers at Phoenix, (n) Lakers at Sacramento, (n). Thursday's games San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Dallas at Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Friday's games Denver at Memphis, 4 p.m. Indiana at Toronto, 4 p.m. Orlando at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Detroit at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Cleveland at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Washington at New York, 4:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago, 5 p.m. New Orleans at Utah, 6 p.m. Oklahoma City at Houston, 6:30 p.m. Phoenix at Portland, 7 p.m. Sacramento at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Spurs 111, Warriors 90 WARRIORS (90) Barnes 3-12 4-4 11, Dr.Green 4-10 0-0 8, O'Neal 0-0 0-0 0, Curry 5-15 0-0 11, Thompson 5-8 2-2 15, Speights 10-16 2-2 22, Crawford 6-18 1-1 16, Armstrong 3-5 1-1 7, Blake 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-85 10-10 90. SPURS (111) Leonard 4-9 3-3 11, Duncan 7-11 1-2 15, Diaw 3-9 2-2 8, Parker 7-13 4-4 18, Da.Green 2-5 0-0 5, Ginobili 4-8 4-4 13, Splitter 1-2 2-4 4, Mills 6-8 0-0 13, Beli- nelli 5-10 2-2 12, Ayres 4-5 1-1 9, Joseph 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 44-83 19-22 111. Golden State 18 24 25 23 — 90 San Antonio 31 26 30 24 — 111 3-Point Goals: Golden State 8-21 (Thompson 3-3, Crawford 3-7, Curry 1-4, Barnes 1-5, Dr.Green 0-2), San Antonio 4-19 (Joseph 1-1, Mills 1-1, Ginobili 1-3, Da.Green 1-4, Diaw 0-3, Leonard 0-3, Be- linelli 0-4); Fouled out: None; Rebounds: Golden State 36 (Armstrong, Speights 9), San Antonio 55 (Duncan 8); Assists: Go ld en S ta te 21 ( Cur ry 1 0) , S an A nt on io 29 (Parker 8); Total fouls: Golden State 19, San Antonio 12; A: 18,581 (18,797). College basketball NCAA TOURNAMENT FINAL FOUR At AT&T Stadium Arlington, Texas National Semifinals Saturday, April 5 UConn (30-8) vs. Florida (36-2), 3:09 p.m. Kentucky (28-10) vs. Wisconsin (30-7), 5:49 p.m. National Championship Monday, April 7 Semifinal winners, 6:10 p.m. NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FINAL FOUR At Nashville, Tenn. National Semifinals Sunday, April 6 UConn (38-0) vs. Stanford (33-3), 6:30 or 2:30 p.m. Notre Dame (36-0) vs. Maryland (28-6), 6:30 or 2:30 p.m. National Championship Tuesday, April 8 Semifinal winners, 2:30 p.m. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Anaheim 75 49 18 8 106 244 191 x-San Jose 77 48 20 9 105 237 188 Los Angeles 76 44 26 6 94 191 162 Phoenix 76 36 27 13 85 207 214 Vancouver 77 34 32 11 79 185 209 Calgary 76 31 38 7 69 194 226 Edmonton 76 26 41 9 61 188 254 Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-St. Louis 75 51 17 7 109 241 168 x-Colorado 75 48 21 6 102 230 204 x-Chicago 76 42 19 15 99 248 200 Minnesota 76 39 26 11 89 189 191 Dallas 75 37 27 11 85 219 212 Winnipeg 77 34 33 10 78 214 226 Nashville 76 33 32 11 77 190 229 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-Boston 76 52 18 6 110 243 161 x-Tampa Bay 76 42 25 9 93 226 202 x-Montreal 77 43 27 7 93 200 192 Detroit 76 36 26 14 86 205 215 Toronto 77 37 32 8 82 223 241 Ottawa 76 32 30 14 78 219 252 Florida 77 27 42 8 62 184 254 Buffalo 75 21 45 9 51 145 224 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Pittsburgh 76 48 23 5 101 233 189 N.Y. Rangers 77 43 30 4 90 208 184 Philadelphia 75 39 27 9 87 213 211 Columbus 75 38 30 7 83 210 203 Washington 76 34 29 13 81 217 231 New Jersey 76 32 28 16 80 186 198 Carolina 76 33 32 11 77 191 211 N.Y. Islanders 76 31 35 10 72 212 250 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Tuesday's games Buffalo 3, New Jersey 2, SO St. Louis 1, Philadelphia 0, SO Winnipeg 2, Phoenix 1, SO Toronto 3, Calgary 2 N.Y. Islanders 4, Florida 2 Carolina 4, Pittsburgh 1 Dallas 5, Washington 0 Colorado 3, Columbus 2, OT Tampa Bay 3, Montreal 1 N.Y. Rangers 3, Vancouver 1 San Jose 5, Edmonton 4 Wednesday's games N.Y. Islanders 2, Ottawa 1 Detroit 3, Boston 2 Edmonton at Anaheim, (n) Phoenix at Los Angeles, (n) Thursday's games Columbus at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Dallas at Carolina, 4 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Calgary at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 5 p.m. Buffalo at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Colorado, 6 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Friday's games Montreal at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Chicago at Columbus, 4 p.m. Washington at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Buf fa lo a t D et ro it , 4 :3 0 p .m . Calgary at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Edmonton at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Nashville at Anaheim, 7 p.m. NaSCar Sprint Cup Driver standings Through March 30 1. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 227. 2. Matt Kenseth, 218. 3. Carl Edwards, 217. 4. Jeff Gordon, 216. 5. Jimmie Johnson, 209. 6. Kyle Busch, 189. 7. Brad Keselowski, 188. 8. Joey Logano, 187. 9. Austin Dillon, 179. 10. Ryan Newman, 174. 11. Paul Menard, 168. 12. Denny Hamlin, 165. 13. Brian Vickers, 165. 14. Marcos Ambrose, 162. 15. Tony Stewart, 154. 16. A J Allmendinger, 152. 17. Clint Bowyer, 150. 18. Greg Biffle, 149. 19. Kyle Larson, 148. 20. Kurt Busch, 146. odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Cincinnati -120/+110 St. Louis at Pittsburgh -155/+145 Chicago at Miami -115/+105 Colorado Washington -135/+125 at New York at Arizona -115/+105 San Francisco AMERICAN LEAGUE at Detroit -190/+180 Kansas City at Chicago -140/+130 Minnesota at Baltimore -110/+100 Boston at Tampa Bay -140/+130 Toronto New York -165/+155 at Houston at Oakland -125/+115 Seattle NCAA Basketball SATURDAY Final Four At Arlington, Texas Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog Florida 6½ (126½) UConn Kentucky 2 (139½) Wisconsin TONIGHT NIT Championship At New York SMU 3 (132) Minnesota NBA Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Okla. City 4 (208) San Antonio at Clippers 6 (211) Dallas questions about whether she would return this sea- son. Stanford (33-3) looks to snap defending champion Connecticut's 44-game win- ning streak in the national semifinals Sunday in Nash- ville, Tenn. In a win against Penn State in the regional semi- finals, Ruef recovered from getting poked in the eye early to contribute 11 points, 13 rebounds, five assists and two steals. She topped that performance with a career- high 17 points in Tuesday night's 74-65 victory over North Carolina, knocking down three 3-pointers after coming into the game 7 for 51 on 3s in 131 career games for the Cardinal. "It was by far her best game ever putting on a Stan - ford uniform," VanDerveer said. "Mikaela downplays how much work she put into doing what she did tonight. She's one of those early ris - ers and she was in the gym getting her shot up." Ruef sure is taking pres- sure off A ll-A mer ica n Chiney Ogwumike, just as VanDerveer has called for the supporting cast to do all season. "Ruef has become, I think, a much, much bet - ter compliment to Chiney," UConn coach Geno Au- riemma said. Throughout the season, Ruef has been working 16 to 20 hours a week as a project engineer for Preston Pipe - lines. She was at 30 hours during the summer. "I can't explain it, but somehow everything seems to work out in my favor," Ruef said. "It helped me grow as a person. I wouldn't recognize myself as a fresh - man coming in here. I'm a completely different per- son. I think the job gave me a sense of responsibility. I had to schedule my days, 'OK, I have to take time to get in the gym and work on my shot, work on my game so that I can put my team in the best position to get back in the Final Four this year.'" Ruef still felt the sting of the program's run of five straight Final Four appear - ances being snapped by Georgia in the 2013 Spokane Regional semifinals. This time, back at home with the raucous crowd in Maples Pavilion, Ruef's g ra ndpa rents — M ike and Jean Mullin — got to watch her shine on the big stage. They're the ones who bought Ruef her first bas- ketball at age 5 and pushed her to watch UConn. They moved back to California when she was a high school junior and changed the tune to Stanford. "I'm so happy I was able to play in front of them for five years," she said. "I wouldn't have picked up the game if it wasn't for my grandma." Ruef i mpres sed her coaches with her commit - ment to returning for one last chance at a Final Four, even if it meant paying her own way. "We knew we didn't have a scholarship and she knew it, too," associate coach Amy Tucker said. "She was working that summer and knew she was going to come back and have to pay for it for two quarters. That's just the way it was going to be because she really wanted to come back. For someone who started on the 15th seat on the bench to now value the experience so much she wanted to pay for it, there's not a better story of the kid who loves our experience." AP Sports Writer Teresa M. Walker in Nashville contrib - uted. Ruef From Page 1 COLLEGE BASEBALL South Carolina at Arkansas: 5 p.m., ESPNU MLB BASEBALL San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks: 12:30 p.m., CSNBA Seattle Mariners at Oakland Athletics: 7 p.m., CSN COLLEGE BASkEtBALL NIt tournament, Final, SMU vs. Minnesota: 4 p.m., ESPN State Farm Slam Dunk and 3-Point Championship: 6 p.m., ESPN NBA BASkEtBALL San Antonio Spurs at Okla- homa City thunder: 5 p.m., TNT Dallas Mavericks at Los Ange- les Clippers: 7:30 p.m., TNT GOLF LPGA tour Golf, kra Nabisco Championship, First Round: 9 a.m., GOLF PGA tour Golf, Shell Houston Open, First Round: noon, GOLF LPGA tour Golf, kra Nabisco Championship, First Round: 3 p.m., GOLF NHL HOCkEy Minnesota Wild at Chicago Blackhawks: 5 p.m, NBCSP Los Angeles kings at San Jose Sharks: 7:30 p.m., NBCSP tENNIS WtA, Family Circle Cup, Round of 16: 10 a.m., ESPN2 oN tHe air State and has won 29 straight at home against the Warriors, the Spurs' lon- gest active winning streak against any team. M a r r e e s e S p e i g h t s scored 22 points and fel - low reserve Jordan Craw- ford added 16 points for Golden State. Klay Thomp- son had 15 points and Ste- phen Curry 11 for the War- riors, who were playing on the second night of back-to- back games. NOTES: Warriors C An - drew Bogut (bruised pel- vis) and Festus Ezeli (right knee surgery) both missed the game. ... Spurs F Matt Bonner (right calf strain), F Austin Daye (mild left lat strain) and C A ron Baynes (fractured right rib) did not play, leaving the Spurs with only Dun - can, Tiago Splitter and Jeff Ayres standing 6-foot-9 or taller. Popovich is unsure when Bonner will return. ... San Antonio Express- News writer Mike Mon - roe received the Phil Jas- ner lifetime achievement award from the Profes- sional Basketball Writers Association. Warriors From Page 1 broke out offensively after being shut out Monday in their big league record 10th straight opening loss. But behind a strong per - formance from Kazmir (1- 0), the A's followed an open- ing day defeat with a victory for the seventh time in those 10 years. Kazmir allowed just three hits and no walks in 7 1/3 scoreless innings, striking out five. "You have to get ahead because they are a great fastball hitting team," Ka - zmir said. "Early in the game I was able to get ahead in the count and mix all my pitches in and keep them off balance." Corey Kluber (0-1) failed to make it out of the fourth inning and lost for the first time in 13 starts since June 27. He gave up five runs and eight hits in 3 1/3 innings. The teams played the earliest doubleheader in baseball history following the first rainout in Oakland since May 5, 1998, on Tues - day night. The previous ear- liest doubleheader came on April 7 in 1971, '74 and '96, according to STATS. Josh Lindblom was called up from Triple-A Sacra - mento as Oakland's 26th man to start the second game against Zach McAllis- ter. The Indians added re- liever C.C. Lee to the roster for the second game. The rain delayed Ka- zmir's Oakland debut by a day but it was well worth the wait for the A's as he looked like the pitcher who thrived down the stretch last season when he helped the Indians make the playoffs. "He gave us a taste of our own medicine from what we saw last year," Indians out - fielder Nick Swisher said. "I just hate that it happened to us." Kazmir parlayed that success into a $22 million, two-year contract as he re - placed Colon in the rotation. Kazmir found his groove after allowing a pair of fly balls to the warning track in the first inning. He allowed only singles to Michael Brantley in the second and Jason Kipnis in the fourth, and a double to Mike Aviles with one out in the eighth. Dan Otero gave up a two- out RBI single in the ninth to Carlos Santana that ended the shutout. Oakland scored twice in the second inning to take a 3-0 lead despite losing a replay challenge. The dis - puted play came with run- ners on first and third and one out when Josh Donald- son hit a grounder to third. Santana threw home and umpire Mark Wegner ruled that Yan Gomes tagged Norris before he touched home. A's manager Bob Melvin challenged the call but the ruling stood after a review of about 4 minutes, 45 sec - onds, because there was no conclusive evidence to over- turn it. Kluber got to throw some warmup pitches after the delay but allowed an RBI single to Lowrie to fall be - hind 3-0. "By that point it was ap- parent I was searching and I don't think that had any- thing to do with it," Kluber said. "That being said, I thought it took way too long. It took away from the flow of the game and that's what they are trying to avoid." A's From Page 1 | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM ThURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2014 2 B