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Auto RAcing Formula one Racing, gulf Air Bahrain grand Prix: Second Practice: 8 a.m., NBCSP. nAScAR Racing, nationwide Series: O'Reilly Auto Parts 300, 5:30 p.m., ESPN2. Boxing Middleweights, curtis Ste- vens vs. tureano Johnson; heavyweights, Amir Mansour vs. Steve cunningham: 7 p.m., NBCSP. MLB BASeBALL San Francisco giants at Los Angeles Dodgers: 1 p.m., CSNBA. HigH ScHooL BASketBALL Dick's Sporting goods national tournament, First Semifinal: Teams TBA: 11:30 a.m., ESPN2. Dick's Sporting goods na- tional tournament, Second Semifinal: Teams TBA: 1:30 p.m.,ESPN2. nBA BASketBALL Denver nuggets at Memphis grizzlies: 4 p.m., ESPN. oklahoma city thunder at Houston Rockets: 6:30 p.m., ESPN. Sacramento kings at golden State Warriors: 7:30 p.m., CSN, CSNBA. goLF LPgA tour golf, kra nabisco championship, Second Round: 9 a.m., GOLF. PgA tour golf, Shell Houston open, Second Round: noon, GOLF. LPgA tour golf, kra nabisco championship, Second Round: 3 p.m., GOLF. nHL Hockey Washington capitals at new Jersey Devils: 4 p.m., NBCSP. tenniS WtA tennis, Family circle cup, Quarterfinal: 10 a.m., ESPN2. On the Air Scoreboard Major League Baseball AmericAn LeAgue West Division W L Pct gB Seattle 3 0 1.000 _ Houston 2 0 1.000 1/2 Texas 2 1 .667 1 Oakland 1 2 .333 2 Los Angeles 0 3 .000 3 centrAL Division W L Pct gB Detroit 2 0 1.000 _ Chicago 2 1 .667 1/2 Cleveland 2 1 .667 1/2 Minnesota 1 2 .333 1 1/2 Kansas City 0 2 .000 2 eAst Division W L Pct gB Boston 2 1 .667 _ Tampa Bay 2 2 .500 1/2 Toronto 2 2 .500 1/2 Baltimore 1 2 .333 1 New York 0 2 .000 1 1/2 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 6, Oakland 4, 2nd game Seattle 8, L.A. Angels 2 thursday's games Kansas City at Detroit, ppd., rain Minnesota 10, Chicago White Sox 9 Boston 4, Baltimore 3 Tampa Bay 7, Toronto 2 N.Y. Yankees at Houston, (n) Seattle at Oakland, (n) Friday's games Baltimore (M.Gonzalez 0-0) at Detroit (A.Sanchez 0-0), 10:08 a.m. Milwaukee (Estrada 0-0) at Boston (Peavy 0-0), 11:05 a.m. Minnesota (Pelfrey 0-0) at Cleveland (Salazar 0-0), 12:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (E.Johnson 0-0) at Kansas City (Guthrie 0-0), 1:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 0-0) at Toronto (McGowan 0-0), 4:07 p.m. Texas (Saunders 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 0-0), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Richards 0-0) at Houston (Harrell 0-0), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (C.Young 0-0) at Oakland (Straily 0-0), 7:05 p.m. saturday's games Minnesota at Cleveland, 10:05 a.m. N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 10:07 a.m. Baltimore at Detroit, 10:08 a.m. Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 11:10 a.m. Seattle at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Houston, 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Texas at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Leaders AmericAn LeAgue Batting SPerez, Kansas City, .714; Bogaerts, Bos- ton, .556; Joyce, Tampa Bay, .556; Suzuki, Minnesota, .500; Colabello, Minnesota, .500; Flowers, Chicago, .500; Fowler, Houston, .500. runs Smoak, Seattle, 5; Bautista, Toronto, 4; Beltre, Texas, 4; De Aza, Chicago, 4; Fowler, Houston, 4; Miller, Seattle, 4; Rios, Texas, 4; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 4. rBi Smoak, Seattle, 7; Colabello, Minnesota, 6; Abreu, Chicago, 5; Plouffe, Minnesota, 5; 9 tied at 4. Hits Pedroia, Boston, 7; MeCabrera, Toronto, 6; Izturis, Toronto, 6; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 6; Plouffe, Minnesota, 6; Smoak, Seattle, 6; 16 tied at 5. Home runs De Aza, Chicago, 3; Bautista, Toronto, 2; Cruz, Baltimore, 2; ADunn, Chicago, 2; Miller, Seattle, 2; Smoak, Seattle, 2; 21 tied at 1. nAtionAL LeAgue West Division W L Pct gB Los Angeles 4 1 .800 _ San Francisco 3 1 .750 1/2 San Diego 1 2 .333 2 Colorado 1 3 .250 2 1/2 Arizona 1 5 .167 3 1/2 centrAL Division W L Pct gB Pittsburgh 2 1 .667 _ St. Louis 2 1 .667 _ Chicago 1 2 .333 1 Cincinnati 1 2 .333 1 Milwaukee 1 2 .333 1 eAst Division W L Pct gB Washington 3 0 1.000 _ Miami 3 1 .750 1/2 Atlanta 2 1 .667 1 Philadelphia 1 2 .333 2 New York 0 3 .000 3 Wednesday's games Atlanta 1, Milwaukee 0 Pittsburgh 4, Chicago Cubs 3, 16 innings Colorado 6, Miami 5 Cincinnati 1, St. Louis 0 Washington 5, N.Y. Mets 1 Texas 4, Philadelphia 3 San Francisco 2, Arizona 0 L.A. Dodgers 5, San Diego 1 thursday's games Chicago Cubs 3, Pittsburgh 2 St. Louis 7, Cincinnati 6 Miami 8, Colorado 5 Washington 8, N.Y. Mets 2 San Francisco 8, Arizona 5 Friday's games Atlanta (Hale 0-0) at Washington (Zim - mermann 0-0), 10:05 a.m. Milwaukee (Estrada 0-0) at Boston (Peavy 0-0), 11:05 a.m. Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 0-0) at Chi- cago Cubs (T.Wood 0-0), 11:20 a.m. Arizona (Delgado 0-0) at Colorado (Nica- sio 0-0), 1:10 p.m. San Francisco (Vogelsong 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 1-0), 1:10 p.m. St. Louis (Miller 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Cole 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Leake 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Mejia 0-0), 4:10 p.m. San Diego (Stults 0-0) at Miami (Koehler 0-0), 4:10 p.m. saturday's games Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 10:10 a.m. Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m. Atlanta at Washington, 4:05 p.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Boston, 4:10 p.m. San Diego at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Arizona at Colorado, 5:10 p.m. giants 8, Diamondbacks 5 san Fran Arizona ab r h b ab r h b Pagan cf 5 1 3 3 GParra rf 4 1 0 0 Blanco lf 3 0 0 0 Hill 2b 4 2 3 1 Casilla p 0 0 0 0 Gldsch 1b 4 1 2 2 J.Lopez p 0 0 0 0 Prado 3b 4 0 0 0 Belt 1b 5 1 1 1 Trumo lf 4 1 2 2 Sandovl 3b 5 1 1 0 Owings ss 4 0 2 0 Pence rf 4 1 1 0 Pollock cf 4 0 0 0 HSnchz c 3 0 1 2 Gswsch c 4 0 0 0 J.Perez pr-lf0 1 0 0 Arroyo p 1 0 0 0 BCrwfr ss 2 0 0 0 OPerez p 0 0 0 0 Adrianz 2b 3 0 0 0 Campn ph 1 0 0 0 Posey ph-c 0 1 0 0 Cllmntr p 0 0 0 0 Linccm p 2 0 0 0 Pnngtn ph 0 0 0 0 B.Hicks ph 1 1 1 1 Harris p 0 0 0 0 Huff p 0 0 0 0 RwlndS p 0 0 0 0 Machi p 0 0 0 0 Ziegler p 0 0 0 0 Morse ph 1 1 1 1 EChavz ph 1 0 0 0 Arias 2b 0 0 0 0 totals 34 8 9 8 35 5 9 5 san Fran 100 100 150 — 8 Arizona 200 002 100 — 5 LoB: San Francisco 6, Arizona 4; 2B: Pagan (2), Sandoval (1), H.Sanchez (2), Hill (2), Trumbo (1); Hr: Pagan (1), Belt (3), B.Hicks (1), Goldschmidt (1), Trumbo (2); sB: B.Crawford (1), Hill (1), Owings (2 ); s : B la nc o; s F: H. Sa nc he z. iP H r er BB so san Francisco Lincecum 6 8 4 4 0 7 Huff 2/3 0 1 1 1 0 Mchi W,2-0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 Casilla 12/3 0 0 0 0 2 J.Lopez 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 Arizona Arroyo 41/3 5 2 2 2 3 O.Perez 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 Collmenter 2 1 1 1 1 0 Harris L,0-1 2/3 3 5 5 2 1 Rwlnd-Smith 1 0 0 0 0 1 Ziegler 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 umpires: Home, Pat Hoberg, First, Tom Hallion. Second, Eric Cooper. Third, Chris Guccione. t: 3:11; A: 19,131 (48,633). Leaders nAtionAL LeAgue Batting Bonifacio, Chicago, .688; Hechavarria, Miami, .500; ArRamirez, Milwaukee, .500; Ozuna, Miami, .467; Werth, Wash- ington, .462; McGehee, Miami, .462; Frazier, Cincinnati, .455; Lagares, New York, .455; Rendon, Washington, .455; Votto, Cincinnati, .455. runs Stanton, Miami, 6; Belt, San Francisco, 5; Ruiz, Philadelphia, 5; 9 tied at 4. rBi McGehee, Miami, 8; Trumbo, Arizona, 8; Stanton, Miami, 7; LaRoche, Washing - ton, 6; Pagan, San Francisco, 6; Belt, San Francisco, 5; Rendon, Washington, 5; Ro lli ns , P hi la de lp hia , 5 . Hits Bonifacio, Chicago, 11; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 11; Owings, Arizona, 8; Pagan, San Francisco, 8; Uribe, Los Angeles, 8; Cuddyer, Colorado, 7; Hechavarria, Mi - ami, 7; Ozuna, Miami, 7; GParra, Arizona, 7; Trumbo, Arizona, 7. Home runs Belt, San Francisco, 3; Frazier, Cincin - nati, 2; Freeman, Atlanta, 2; SSmith, San Diego, 2; Trumbo, Arizona, 2; 32 tied at 1. Basketball Western conFerence Pacific Division W L Pct gB y-Clippers 54 22 .711 — Golden State 46 29 .613 71/2 Phoenix 44 31 .587 91/2 Sacramento 27 48 .360 261/2 Lakers 25 50 .333 281/2 southwest Division W L Pct gB y-San Antonio 59 17 .776 — Houston 49 25 .662 9 Dallas 44 31 .587 141/2 Memphis 44 31 .587 141/2 New Orleans 32 43 .427 261/2 northwest Division W L Pct gB x-Oklahoma City 55 19 .743 — Portland 49 27 .645 7 Minnesota 37 37 .500 18 Denver 33 42 .440 221/2 Utah 23 52 .307 321/2 eAstern conFerence Atlantic Division W L Pct gB x-Toronto 43 32 .573 — x-Brooklyn 40 34 .541 21/2 New York 33 43 .434 101/2 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 .520 131/2 Charlotte 37 38 .493 151/2 Atlanta 32 42 .432 20 Orlando 21 54 .280 311/2 central Division W L Pct gB y-Indiana 53 23 .697 — x-Chicago 43 32 .573 91/2 Cleveland 31 45 .408 22 Detroit 27 48 .360 251/2 Milwaukee 14 61 .187 381/2 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division 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 112, Phoenix 108 Sacramento 107, Lakers 102 thursday's games Oklahoma City 106, San Antonio 94 Dallas at Clippers, (n) 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. saturday's games Minnesota at Orlando, 4 p.m. Chicago at Washington, 4 p.m. Brooklyn at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Charlotte at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Toronto at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. scoring AverAge G FG FT Pts Avg Durant, OKC 72 756 629 2317 32.2 Anthony, NYK 73 719 440 2042 28.0 James, MIA 71 698 389 1888 26.6 Love, MIN 71 600 470 1844 26.0 Harden, HOU 66 499 497 1655 25.1 Griffin, LAC 75 673 444 1801 24.0 Curry, GOL 72 589 284 1696 23.6 Aldridge, POR 64 605 281 1494 23.3 DeRozan, TOR 73 567 472 1666 22.8 Cousins, SAC 65 522 402 1446 22.2 George, IND 76 551 377 1651 21.7 Nowitzki, DAL 73 570 318 1574 21.6 Jefferson, CHA 66 625 170 1423 21.6 Davis, NOR 65 513 343 1371 21.1 Irving, CLE 65 494 266 1371 21.1 Lillard, POR 76 523 353 1603 21.1 Thomas, SAC 70 488 345 1447 20.7 Dragic, PHX 71 514 305 1450 20.4 Gay, SAC 69 514 303 1393 20.2 Wall, WAS 75 540 302 1486 19.8 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. nAtionAL invitAtion tournAment At madison square garden new York championship thursday, April 3 Minnesota 65, SMU 64 ncAA Women's BAsketBALL tournAment FinAL Four At nashville, tenn. national semifinals sunday, April 6 Notre Dame (36-0) vs. Maryland (28-6), 3:30 p.m. UConn (38-0) vs. Stanford (33-3), 6 p.m. national championship tuesday, April 8 Semifinal winners, 5:30 p.m. nhL Western conFerence Pacific Division gP W L ot Pts gF gA x-Anaheim 76 50 18 8 108 247 193 x-San Jose 77 48 20 9 105 237 188 x-Los Angeles 77 45 26 6 96 195 162 Phoenix 77 36 28 13 85 207 218 Vancouver 77 34 32 11 79 185 209 Calgary 77 32 38 7 71 198 227 Edmonton 77 26 42 9 61 190 257 central Division gP W L ot Pts gF gA x-St. Louis 76 52 17 7 111 243 169 x-Colorado 75 48 21 6 102 230 204 x-Chicago 77 43 19 15 101 251 202 Minnesota 77 39 26 12 90 191 194 Dallas 76 37 28 11 85 220 216 Winnipeg 78 34 34 10 78 216 230 Nashville 76 33 32 11 77 190 229 eAstern conFerence Atlantic Division gP W L ot Pts gF gA y-Boston 77 52 18 7 111 246 165 x-Montreal 77 43 27 7 93 200 192 x-Tampa Bay 77 42 26 9 93 227 206 Detroit 76 36 26 14 86 205 215 Toronto 78 38 32 8 84 227 244 Ottawa 76 32 30 14 78 219 252 Florida 77 27 42 8 62 184 254 Buffalo 76 21 46 9 51 146 226 metropolitan Division gP W L ot Pts gF gA y-Pittsburgh 77 49 23 5 103 237 191 N.Y. Rangers 77 43 30 4 90 208 184 Philadelphia 76 39 28 9 87 213 213 Columbus 76 39 30 7 85 212 203 Washington 76 34 29 13 81 217 231 New Jersey 76 32 28 16 80 186 198 Carolina 77 34 32 11 79 195 212 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 Wednesday's games N.Y. Islanders 2, Ottawa 1 Detroit 3, Boston 2 Anaheim 3, Edmonton 2 Los Angeles 4, Phoenix 0 thursday's games Chicago 3, Minnesota 2, SO Columbus 2, Philadelphia 0 Carolina 4, Dallas 1 Toronto 4, Boston 3, OT Calgary 4, Tampa Bay 1 St. Louis 2, Buffalo 1 Pittsburgh 4, Winnipeg 2 N.Y. Rangers at Colorado, (n) Los Angeles at San Jose, (n) Friday's games Montreal at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Chicago at Columbus, 4 p.m. Washington at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Calgary at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Edmonton at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Nashville at Anaheim, 7 p.m. saturday's games Philadelphia at Boston, 10 a.m. Colorado at St. Louis, 11 a.m. Washington at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m. Winnipeg at Toronto, 4 p.m. Detroit at Montreal, 4 p.m. Dallas at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Carolina, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Nashville at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Golf PgA-Houston oPen PAr Thursday At Golf Club of Houston, The Tournament Humble, Texas Purse: $6.4 million Yardage: 7,441; Par: 72 (36-36) First round Bill Haas.................................... 30-35—65 -7 Charley Hoffman..................... 32-33—65 -7 Keegan Bradley ....................... 34-32—66 -6 Matt Kuchar ............................. 34-32—66 -6 J.B. Holmes............................... 32-34—66 -6 Erik Compton ........................... 34-32—66 -6 Jim Renner................................ 33-33—66 -6 Stewart Cink ............................ 35-32—67 -5 Michael Thompson ................. 31-36—67 -5 Ben Curtis................................. 34-33—67 -5 Camilo Villegas ....................... 36-31—67 -5 Justin Hicks.............................. 31-36—67 -5 Sergio Garcia ........................... 34-33—67 -5 Charl Schwartzel .................... 32-35—67 -5 Jhonnattan Vegas................... 34-33—67 -5 Jason Gore................................ 35-32—67 -5 Shawn Stefani.......................... 33-34—67 -5 LPgA-krAFt nABisco cHAmPionsHiP PAr Thursday At Mission Hills Country Club, Dinah Shore Tournament Course Rancho Mirage, Calif. Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,738; Par: 72 (36-36) First round a-denotes amateur Shanshan Feng ........................ 33-33—66 -6 Se Ri Pak ................................... 34-33—67 -5 Michelle Wie ............................ 34-33—67 -5 Amy Yang ................................. 33-35—68 -4 a-Angel Yin............................... 33-35—68 -4 Cristie Kerr............................... 34-35—69 -3 Jennifer Rosales...................... 34-35—69 -3 Jiyai Shin................................... 34-35—69 -3 Chella Choi ................................ 33-37—70 -2 Tiffany Joh.................................35-35—70 -2 Haeji Kang .................................36-34—70 -2 Morgan Pressel ........................35-35—70 -2 So Yeon Ryu ..............................35-35—70 -2 Odds gLAntz-cuLver Line major League Baseball nAtionAL LeAgue Favorite Line underdog at Washington -165/+155 Atlanta at Chicago -120/+110 Philadelphia at Los Angeles -150/+140 San Francisco at Colorado -125/+115 Arizona at Pittsburgh -115/+105 St. Louis Cincinnati -130/+120 at New York San Diego -115/+105 at Miami AmericAn LeAgue at Detroit -165/+155 Baltimore at Cleveland -170/+160 Minnesota at Kansas City -145/+135 Chicago New York -140/+130 at Toronto at Tampa Bay -130/+120 Texas Los Angeles -130/+120 at Houston at Oakland -130/+120 Seattle interLeAgue at Boston -170/+160 Milwaukee ncAA Basketball tomorroW Final Four At Arlington, texas Favorite Line (o/u) underdog Florida 61/2 (1261/2) UConn Kentucky 11/2 (1391/2) Wisconsin for Marshall's Shockers to romp through a weakened league and have one of the finest seasons in Division I history. Wichita State won its first 35 games, a record for a men's major college pro - gram, and became the first team to enter the NCAA tournament with a perfect record since UNLV in 1991. With his motto of "play an - gry," the Shockers embod- ied the intense nature of their blue-collar coach, who came up through tiny schools such as Randolph- Macon to reach the pinna - cle of his sport. Along the way, the Shock- ers captured their first Mis- souri Valley tournament ti- tle since 1987 and landed forward Cleanthony Early and point guard Fred Van- Vleet on the AP's All-Amer- ica teams. "I tell you what, they made it easy to coach," Mar- shall told AP. "You enjoy go- ing to work every single day. Even with the loss to Ken- tucky, they never wavered. They wanted to be a special group, and they wanted to do things that have never been done." That loss to the Wild - cats still stings, though. The heavyweights from the SEC were given a No. 8 seed in the NCAA tournament, meaning Wichita State had to face them in the opening weekend, and the two teams waged a thrilling game that came down to VanVleet's missed shot at the buzzer. "Ultimately, some point down the road, we'll look back on this season, and look back fondly," Marshall said, "but at this point, gosh, I wish we were still playing." Marshall received 44 votes for coach of the year. Tony Bennett of Virginia got 13, followed by Florida's Billy Donovan with six and Michigan's John Beilein and SMU's Larry Brown with one each. There wasn't nearly as much indecision in voting for McDermott, who led the Bluejays to a No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament. And while their season ended in a loss to Baylor, it was only a blip on an otherwise re - markable career that left his proud pop feeling nos- talgic. "It's hard to believe on a lot of levels," Greg McDer- mott told AP. "As his fa- ther, I still see him as a little scrawny kid in a lot of ways." One that blossomed into a dynamic, 6-foot-8 forward who led the nation in scor - ing at nearly 27 points per game and finished with a staggering 3,150 for his ca- reer. Earlier this year, he was voted a first-team All- American, the first player since Patrick Ewing and Wayman Tisdale in 1985 to earn the nod three straight years. "I knew Doug was go - ing to be player of the year much sooner than I thought I could be coach of the year," Marshall said. "He can cer- tainly play on any level and he proved that this year." Awards FrOM PAGe 1 The Associated Press CinCinnAti » The St. Louis Cardinals overcame an- other long delay and Todd Frazier's two homers on Thursday, holding on to beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 and take two of three in their season-opening series. The first pitch was de - layed 3 hours, 42 minutes because of rain. The Car- dinals then emerged from their two -game hitting slump by knocking Homer Bailey (0-1) out of the game in the fifth inning. Jhonny Peralta homered to get it going. Lance Lynn (1-0) gave up Jay Bruce's two-run homer and Frazier's solo shot dur - ing five innings. nAtiOnALS 8, MetS 2 » Tan- ner Roark recovered from a shaky first inning as an emergency starter in place of ailing Jordan Zimmer - mann, and the Nationals rallied past the Mets for an opening three-game sweep. Ryan Zimmerman tied his career high with four hits. Zimmermann, 19-9 last year, was fine Wednesday but developed a fever over - night and was throwing up. MArLinS 8, rOCKieS 5 » Giancarlo Stanton singled home the go-ahead run with two outs in the eighth inning, capping a comeback to help the Marlins beat the Rockies. Casey McGehee had two hits and three RBIs for the Marlins, who scored 27 runs while winning three of four games in the season-open - ing series. CUBS 3, PirAteS 2 » Jason Hammel pitched two-hit ball into the seventh inning and the Cubs edged the Pi - rates for their first win of the season. Hammel (1-0) allowed a run, struck out five and walked one in 6 2/3 innings to help the Cubs avoid their worst start in 17 years. American League twinS 10, white SOx 9 » Chris Colabello had a ca- reer-high six RBIs and dou- bled twice, Oswaldo Arcia hit a go-ahead triple and Minnesota avoided a sea- son-opening sweep with a comeback win over Chicago. Trailing 9 -8 heading into the ninth, the Twins scored twice off Chicago closer Matt Lindstrom (0- 1), who blew his first save chance in two opportuni - ties. Trevor Plouffe singled with two outs in the ninth to tie the game before Arcia's triple off the wall in center gave Minnesota a 10-9 lead. red SOx 4, OriOLeS 3 » Da- vid Ortiz had three of Bos- ton's 12 hits off Wei-Yin Chen, and the Red Sox got an effective pitching perfor- mance from Felix Doubront and four relievers in a vic- tory over Baltimore. Xander Bogaerts also had three hits for the Red Sox, who took two of three in this season-opening se - ries between AL East rivals. rAyS 7, BLUe jAyS 2 » Chris Archer threw six solid in- nings, Evan Longoria hit a three-run homer and Tampa Bay split a four- game series with Toronto. Archer (1-0) allowed two runs, four hits, two walks and had seven strikeouts. BASeBALL rOUndUP Cardinals beat Reds despite delay, homers Rain postpones first pitch for nearly 4 hours pens." Goldschmidt homered in the first inning off Tim Lincecum, his sixth homer in 21 career at-bats against the Giants right-hander. "I'm going to start throw - ing underhand to him," Lincecum said. "I don't know, I've just got to figure out something." Jean Machi (2-0) got one out for the victory. Machi also got the win in the season opener. Goldschmidt extended his hitting streak to 25 games, second-longest in franchise history. He also doubled to improve to 12 of 23 against Lincecum with 13 RBIs. With a pair of season- opening losses to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Aus - tralia, Arizona has started the season 1-5. Bronson Arroyo, side- lined most of the spring with a sore back, was lifted after 4 1/3 innings in his Di- amondbacks debut. Pagan, who had three hits, homered on the first pitch after the Giants tied it at 5. "It was down and over the plate," Arizona man - ager Kirk Gibson said. "He is very aggressive and he smoked it." With the Diamondbacks leading 5-3, Hunter Pence drew a one-out walk in the eighth and scored on Hec - tor Sanchez's double. Pinch- hitter Buster Posey was walked intentionally and Michael Morse's pinch-hit single up the middle tied it. That brought up Pagan, who hit the first pitch into the swimming pool area in right field to put San Fran - cisco on top. Arizona's Aaron Hill had three hits, including an RBI double, and scored twice. Belt's two-out homer off Arroyo in the first inning, his third in his first 14 at- bats this season, put the Gi - ants up 1-0. Hill singled with one out in the Arizona first to bring up Golsdschmidt, who hit the first pitch he saw into the pool area. San Francisco tied it at 2-all in the fourth. Pablo Sandoval led off with a double down the left-field line, advanced to third on Pence's single and scored on Sanchez's sacrifice fly to center. Arroyo gave up a lead - off double to Pagan to start the fifth. Pagan took third on Gregor Blanco's sacri- fice bunt and Arroyo's day was over. Left-hander Oli- ver Perez got Belt and San- doval to pop out to end the threat. Hicks' shot to left off Josh Collmenter with one out in the seventh cut the lead to 4-3. It was his fourth career homer, first as a pinch hit - ter. Arizona added a run with two outs in the seventh, Hill doubling to the wall in left off Machi to score Gerardo Parra from first. NOTES: The Diamond - backs' franchise-record hitting streak is 30 games by Luis Gonzalez from April 11-May 18, 1999. ... The Giants play a week - end series with the Dodg- ers in Los Angeles, sending RH Ryan Voglesong to the mound tonight. LH Hyun- Jin Ryu goes for the Dodg - ers. Arizona opens a three- game series in Colorado to- day, going with RH Randall Delgado against Rockies RH Juan Nicasio. Giants FrOM PAGe 1 | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2014 2 B