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By Bob Baum The Associated Press PHOENIX » The San Francisco Giants ended their four-game series with Arizona the same way they opened it — with a come-from-behind victory. Angel Pagan hit a three- run home run in San Francis - co's five-run eighth inning and the Giants beat Arizona 8-5 on Thursday in a game that was halted briefly in the top of the first due to a swarm of bees in the outfield. Paul Goldschmidt and Mark Trumbo each hit two-run hom - ers and Arizona led 5-3 after seven, but the Giants teed off on reliever Will Harris (0-1) in the eighth to take three of four games from the Diamondbacks. "We're just trying to be pa - tient, not panicking when we're trailing on the scoreboard," Pa- gan said. "And it's been work- ing. Everybody's putting the best at-bat possible for the next guy to get the job done. It hap- pened to me in that at-bat." Brandon Belt hit his third home run of the series and Brandon Hicks had a pinch-hit solo shot for the Giants, who had rallied from four down to win the series opener Monday. Belt, who had no homers and just two RBIs in the spring, joined Barry Bonds, Willie Mays and Kevin Mitchell as the only Giants with three homers in the first four games of a sea - son. "I said before the season I would hit 74 home runs," he quipped. "So we'll see what hap - BasEBall Pagan's 3-run homer lifts Giants to victory San Francisco comes from behind with five-run eighth inning in Arizona Matt York — the associated Press san Francisco Giants center fielder angel Pagan salutes the Giants dugout aer hitting a three-run home run against the arizona diamondbacks during the eighth inning thursday in Phoenix. Matt York — the associated Press san Francisco Giants shortstop Brandon hicks returns to the dugout aer his solo homer against arizona on thursday. giants 8, diamondbacks 5 Up next: today, Giants at Los angeles dodgers, 1:10 p.m., tV on csNBa. THE SCORE By Dave skretta The Associated Press aRlINGTON, TEXas » Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall is growing accustomed to being center stage at the Final Four. He just wishes his team was with him this time around. After leading the Shockers to the national semifinals a year ago, Marshall deftly guided them through a perfect regular season, earning a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. While they were done in by Kentucky in the third round, by then the votes had already been tabulated. Marshall was the runaway win - ner of the AP coach of the year award. He accepted his hardware dur- ing a news conference Thurs- day at AT&T Stadium, where the Wildcats will play Wisconsin and UConn will meet Florida in the na- tional semifinals Saturday night. "I'm truly honored," Marshall said. "It's amazing what our young guys and our program were able to accomplish this year, with the tre - mendous win streak and the run they took us all on. I've been coach- ing for a long time, but when you have a group like this, they make it really special." Speaking of special, Creighton star Doug McDermott was a near- unanimous pick as the AP player of the year after a senior season that left him the fifth-leading scorer in Division I history. McDermott received all but one vote from the 65-member panel that votes for the Top 25. Russ Smith of Louisville received the only dissenting vote. "This is a huge honor," said Mc - Dermott, who was joined at the news conference by his father, Creighton coach Greg McDermott, along with his mother and sister. "It's been a heck of a ride," Mc - Dermott said. "It has been a great four years." The award ceremony was also a reunion for Marshall and McDer - mott, who became familiar with each other when Wichita State and Creighton tussled for Missouri Val- ley supremacy. But when the Bluejays skipped to the Big East, it cleared the way Ncaa BaskETBall Marshall, McDermott take home AP yearly awards Wichita State coach accustomed to being center stage aer Shockers started season at 35-0 daVid J. PhiLLiP — the associated Press creighton's doug Mcdermott answers a question at a news conference thursday in dallas. Mcdermott was named the aP college Basketball Player of the Year. see a roundup of all of thurs- day's Major League Baseball action as the season heads into its first full weekend slate with games across the coun- try including many longtime rivalries. BasEBall ROuNDuP Major league season heads into full weekend FULL stoRY on PagE b2 red Bluff high school's base- ball team is scheduled to face enterprise on the road at 4 p.m. corning's squad will host Lassen at 4 p.m., and Los Mo- linos' soball team will visit Liberty christian at 4 p.m. sPRING sPORTs Local baseball, soball games set for today the corning cardinals junior varsity track and field team is set to compete in the Pleas- ant Valley invitational at 10 a.m. today in chico. sPRING sPORTs Corning High's JV track and field team travels the sacramento river discov- ery charter school was invited based on academics to attend We day california, an educa- tional event and movement of young people leading local and global change. EDucaTION We Day California includes local students FULL stoRY on PagE b4 Staff Reports Red Bluff High's baseball team defeated Enterprise twice at home Wednesday in a doubleheader, win- ning 9-6 and 4-0. In the Spartans' 9-6 victory, Walker Dodero went 3-for-4 bat- ting, scored one run and drove in five. Dodero also was strong on the mound, striking out nine and giv- ing up one earned run in seven in- nings pitched. Lane Pritchard went 3 for 4 with an RBI and three runs scored, Nick Schluep tallied an RBI, Sam Hen - dricks scored two runs and went 1 for 3, and Jared Poore stole a base, scored two runs and went 2 for 4. In the nightcap, Ryan Gamboa went 2-for-3 batting with two ex - tra-base hits and tallied two RBIs. Dodero notched an RBI on 1-for-3 batting with an extra-base hit, and Kyle Martin got the win on the mound, striking out eight batters in seven innings pitched. The Spartans (8-2, 3-0 Sac River League) travel to Enterprise (6-8, 0-2 SRL) today for a 4 p.m. series closer. Baseball Corning High's baseball team dropped a pair of games on the road Wednesday against Lassen, losing by a score of 15-5 in both games. Corning's Bryce MacLachlan went 3-for-3 batting in the first game and drove in two runs. Evan McFadden tallied an RBI on 1-for-1 batting, and Tarren Dahlgren and Joseph Aguirre both notched an RBI apiece. MacLachlan and Chance Nelson stole two bases. Tony Carrillo scored two runs in the second game and went 2-for-3 batting. Nelson went 1-for-1 batting with a run scored, and Dahlgren and McFadden each scored a run. The Cardinals (2-8, 0-2 North - ern Athletic League) host Lassen (4-4-1, 2-0 NAL) at 4 p.m. today. Tennis Mercy High's boys tennis team fell on the road Wednesday to Sut- ter 9-0. In singles, the Warriors' Con- nor Rooney fell to Kyle Deree 6-4, 7-5. Chuck Li was bested by Drieen Vanzyle 6-2, 6-1. David Zi lost to Datyell Close 6-0, 6-1. Kevin Shu fell to Hunter Minton 6-1, 6-0. T.J. Frase dropped a match to Justin Elford 6-0, 6-0, and Chris Wood fell to Conner Flanery 6-0, 6-0. In doubles, Sutter's Deree and Vanzyle defeated Rooney and Li 8-1. Zi and Shu fell 8-1 to Close and Minton, and Frase and Wood lost to Elford and Flanery 8-0. lOcal ROuNDuP Spartans baseball team wins two games Red Bluff stays unbeaten at 3-0 in league play awaRDs » PaGE 2 GIaNTs » PaGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Friday, april 4, 2014 » More at FacEbook.com/RbdaiLYnEWs aNd tWittER.com/REdbLUFFnEWs B1