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Scoreboard Major League Baseball AmericAn LeAgue West Division W L Pct gB Seattle 5 2 .714 _ Oakland 5 3 .625 1/2 Texas 4 5 .444 2 Los Angeles 3 5 .375 2 1/2 Houston 3 6 .333 3 centrAL Division W L Pct gB Detroit 4 2 .667 _ Cleveland 5 4 .556 1/2 Kansas City 4 4 .500 1 Chicago 4 5 .444 1 1/2 Minnesota 3 5 .375 2 eAst Division W L Pct gB Toronto 5 4 .556 _ Tampa Bay 5 5 .500 1/2 Baltimore 4 5 .444 1 Boston 4 5 .444 1 New York 4 5 .444 1 tuesday's games Baltimore 14, N.Y. Yankees 5 Texas 10, Boston 7 Cleveland 8, San Diego 6 Toronto 5, Houston 2 Tampa Bay 1, Kansas City 0 Chicago White Sox 15, Colorado 3 L.A. Dodgers 3, Detroit 2, 10 innings Seattle 5, L.A. Angels 3 Wednesday's games Cleveland 2, San Diego 0, 1st game Oakland 7, Minnesota 4, 11 innings Kansas City 7, Tampa Bay 3 Colorado 10, Chicago White Sox 4 San Diego 2, Cleveland 1, 2nd game Boston 4, Texas 2 Baltimore 5, N.Y. Yankees 4 Toronto 7, Houston 3 Detroit at L.A. Dodgers, (n) L.A. Angels at Seattle, (n) thursday's games Oakland (Straily 0-1) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 0-1), 10:10 a.m. Boston (Buchholz 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 0-1), 4:05 p.m. Houston (Keuchel 0-1) at Toronto (Dickey 1-1), 4:07 p.m. Cleveland (Salazar 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 0-0), 5:10 p.m. Friday's games Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Toronto at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Houston at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Kansas City at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Detroit at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Athletics 7, twins 4, 11 innings oakland minnesota AB r H B AB r H B Fuld cf 4 1 0 0 Dozier 2b 5 1 1 2 Lowrie ss 3 1 0 0 Mauer 1b 4 0 2 0 Dnldsn 3b 5 1 2 1 Plouffe 3b 6 0 2 0 Moss 1b 4 1 1 2 Colaell dh 5 0 0 0 Barton 1b 0 1 0 0 Kubel lf 5 2 4 1 Cespds lf 5 0 1 0 KSuzuk c 4 1 0 0 Callasp dh 4 1 2 1 Hrmnn rf 5 0 1 0 Jaso c 3 0 0 0 A.Hicks cf 4 0 1 0 DNorrs ph-c2 1 1 3 Flormn ss 2 0 0 0 Reddck rf 5 0 0 0 Pinto ph 1 0 0 0 Sogard 2b 2 0 0 0 EEscor ss 2 0 2 1 Punto ph-2b2 0 0 0 totals 39 7 7 7 43 4 13 4 oakland 400 000 000 03 — 7 minnesota 010 000 012 00 — 4 DP: Oakland 1, Minnesota 1; LoB: Oakland 5, Minnesota 11; 2B: Donaldson 2 (3), Cespedes (3); Hr: D.Norris (2), Dozier (2), Kubel (1); sF: Dozier. iP H r er BB so oakland J.Chavez 7 6 1 1 0 9 Doolittle 1/3 2 1 1 0 1 Gregerson 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 Ji.Johnson 1/3 2 2 2 2 0 Otro W,1-0 22/3 3 0 0 2 1 minnesota Hughes 5 5 4 4 3 3 Thielbar 2 0 0 0 0 3 Swarzak 11/3 0 0 0 1 1 Duensing 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 Perkins 1 0 0 0 1 2 Burton L,0-1 1 2 3 3 1 2 t: 3:41; A: 22,973 (39,021). nAtionAL LeAgue West Division W L Pct gB San Francisco 6 2 .750 _ Los Angeles 6 3 .667 1/2 Colorado 5 5 .500 2 San Diego 3 6 .333 3 1/2 Arizona 2 8 .200 5 centrAL Division W L Pct gB Milwaukee 6 2 .750 _ Pittsburgh 5 3 .625 1 St. Louis 5 4 .556 1 1/2 Chicago 3 5 .375 3 Cincinnati 3 6 .333 3 1/2 eAst Division W L Pct gB Washington 5 2 .714 _ Atlanta 5 3 .625 1/2 Miami 5 3 .625 1/2 New York 3 5 .375 2 1/2 Philadelphia 3 5 .375 2 1/2 tuesday's games Milwaukee 10, Philadelphia 4 San Francisco 7, Arizona 3 Washington 5, Miami 0 Cleveland 8, San Diego 6 N.Y. Mets 4, Atlanta 0 Pittsburgh 7, Chicago Cubs 6 St. Louis 7, Cincinnati 5 Chicago White Sox 15, Colorado 3 L.A. Dodgers 3, Detroit 2, 10 innings Wednesday's games Cleveland 2, San Diego 0, 1st game Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 0 Colorado 10, Chicago White Sox 4 San Diego 2, Cleveland 1, 2nd game Milwaukee 9, Philadelphia 4 Miami at Washington, (n) Atlanta 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Chicago Cubs 7, Pittsburgh 5 Detroit at L.A. Dodgers, (n) Arizona at San Francisco, (n) thursday's games Pittsburgh (Cole 1-0) at Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 0-1), 11:20 a.m. Miami (Koehler 1-0) at Washington (Strasburg 0-1), 1:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Estrada 0-0) at Philadelphia (Lee 2-0), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Mejia 1-0) at Atlanta (Hale 0-0), 4:10 p.m. Arizona (Delgado 0-1) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 0-0), 7:15 p.m. Friday's games Miami at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 4:35 p.m. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Detroit at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Colorado at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Leaders AmericAn LeAgue Batting Kubel, Minnesota, .462; SPerez, Kansas City, .458; Flowers, Chicago, .444; JHam- ilton, Los Angeles, .444; Solarte, New York, .429; AlRamirez, Chicago, .412; Longoria, Tampa Bay, .371. runs Bautista, Toronto, 9; Dozier, Minnesota, 8; Eaton, Chicago, 8; Beltre, Texas, 7; CDavis, Baltimore, 7; JHamilton, Los Angeles, 7; Plouffe, Minnesota, 7; AlRamirez, Chicago, 7. rBi Abreu, Chicago, 11; Colabello, Minne - sota, 11; AGordon, Kansas City, 9; Moss, Oakland, 9; Smoak, Seattle, 9; Napoli, Boston, 8; Ortiz, Boston, 8. Hits AlRamirez, Chicago, 14; MeCabrera, Toronto, 13; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 13; 9 tied at 12. Doubles DeJennings, Tampa Bay, 6; Solarte, New York, 6; Carter, Houston, 4; Colabello, Minnesota, 4; Kubel, Minnesota, 4; Navarro, Toronto, 4; SPerez, Kansas City, 4; Pujols, Los Angeles, 4. triples Aoki, Kansas City, 2; Fuld, Oakland, 2; 25 tied at 1. Home runs Bautista, Toronto, 4; MeCabrera, Toron - to, 4; De Aza, Chicago, 3; Hart, Seattle, 3; TorHunter, Detroit, 3; 19 tied at 2. stolen bases Ellsbury, New York, 4; Altuve, Houston, 3; Dozier, Minnesota, 3; Kipnis, Cleveland, 3; Villar, Houston, 3; 14 tied at 2. Pitching FHernandez, Seattle, 2-0; Paxton, Se - attle, 2-0; Allen, Cleveland, 2-0; Guthrie, Kansas City, 2-0; Sale, Chicago, 2-0; Feldman, Houston, 2-0; Kazmir, Oakland, 2-0; Lackey, Boston, 2-0; Buehrle, Toronto, 2-0. erA Skaggs, Los Angeles, 0.00; Buehrle, Toronto, 0.64; Feldman, Houston, 0.66; Gray, Oakland, 0.75; Scherzer, Detroit, 1.20; Vargas, Kansas City, 1.20; Porcello, Detroit, 1.35; Tillman, Baltimore, 1.35. strikeouts FHernandez, Seattle, 19; Tanaka, New York, 18; Scherzer, Detroit, 15; CWilson, Los Angeles, 15; Sale, Chicago, 14; Bueh - rle, Toronto, 14; Lester, Boston, 14. saves Axford, Cleveland, 4; TomHunter, Ba lti mo re , 3 ; H ol la nd , K an sa s C it y, 3 ; Santos, Toronto, 3; Perkins, Minnesota, 2; Balfour, Tampa Bay, 2; Uehara, Boston, 2; Robertson, New York, 2; Rodney, Seattle, 2. nAtionAL LeAgue Batting Bonifacio, Chicago, .500; Blackmon, Colorado, .471; Utley, Philadelphia, .458; Pagan, San Francisco, .441; Rendon, Washington, .419; Cuddyer, Colorado, .415; Freeman, Atlanta, .407; Tulowitzki, Colorado, .407. runs Cuddyer, Colorado, 10; Belt, San Francisco, 9; CGonzalez, Colorado, 9; Ruiz, Philadelphia, 9; Bonifacio, Chicago, 8; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 8; LaRoche, Washington, 8; LeMahieu, Colorado, 8; Yelich, Miami, 8. rBi Stanton, Miami, 13; Trumbo, Arizona, 13; CGonzalez, Colorado, 11; Cuddyer, Colorado, 10; McGehee, Miami, 10; Belt, San Francisco, 9; Braun, Milwaukee, 9; LaRoche, Washington, 9. Hits Bonifacio, Chicago, 19; Cuddyer, Colorado, 17; Blackmon, Colorado, 16; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 15; Pagan, San Francisco, 15; CGonzalez, Colorado, 14; Hechavarria, Miami, 14; ArRamirez, Milwaukee, 14. Doubles Goldschmidt, Arizona, 5; Lucroy, Milwau - kee, 5; Uribe, Los Angeles, 5; 9 tied at 4. triples 23 tied at 1. Home runs Belt, San Francisco, 5; Trumbo, Ari- zona, 5; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 4; Braun, Milwaukee, 3; Cuddyer, Colorado, 3; CGomez, Milwaukee, 3; CGonzalez, Colorado, 3; YMolina, St. Louis, 3. stolen bases Bonifacio, Chicago, 5; Revere, Philadelphia, 5; Amarista, San Diego, 3; CCrawford, Los Angeles, 3; DGordon, Los Angeles, 3; Owings, Arizona, 3; Segura, Milwaukee, 3. Pitching 13 tied at 2. erA Gallardo, Milwaukee, 0.00; Harang, Atlanta, 0.71; Fernandez, Miami, 0.71; Wacha, St. Louis, 0.71; GGonzalez, Wash - ington, 0.75; Haren, Los Angeles, 0.75; Hudson, San Francisco, 1.15. strikeouts Fernandez, Miami, 17; Cueto, Cincinnati, 17; Strasburg, Washington, 16; Wain - wright, St. Louis, 16; Miley, Arizona, 15; Eovaldi, Miami, 14; Ryu, Los Angeles, 14; Cingrani, Cincinnati, 14; Liriano, Pitts - burgh, 14; RHernandez, Philadelphia, 14. saves Kimbrel, Atlanta, 4; Street, San Diego, 3; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 3; FRodriguez, Milwaukee, 2; Romo, San Francisco, 2; Grilli, Pittsburgh, 2; Jansen, Los Angeles, 2; AReed, Arizona, 2; Cishek, Miami, 2; RSoriano, Washington, 2. Basketball Western conFerence Pacific Division W L Pct gB y-Clippers 55 23 .705 — Golden State 48 29 .623 61/2 Phoenix 47 31 .603 8 Sacramento 27 51 .346 28 Lakers 25 53 .321 30 southwest Division W L Pct gB y-San Antonio 60 18 .769 — x-Houston 52 25 .675 71/2 Dallas 48 31 .608 121/2 Memphis 46 32 .590 14 New Orleans 32 46 .410 28 northwest Division W L Pct gB y-Oklahoma City 56 21 .727 — x-Portland 50 28 .641 61/2 Minnesota 39 39 .500 171/2 Denver 33 44 .429 23 Utah 24 54 .308 321/2 eAstern conFerence Atlantic Division W L Pct gB x-Toronto 46 32 .590 — x-Brooklyn 43 35 .551 3 New York 33 45 .423 13 Boston 23 55 .295 23 Philadelphia 17 61 .218 29 southeast Division W L Pct gB y-Miami 53 25 .679 — x-Charlotte 40 38 .513 13 x-Washington 40 38 .513 13 Atlanta 35 43 .449 18 Orlando 23 55 .295 30 central Division W L Pct gB y-Indiana 54 25 .684 — x-Chicago 46 32 .590 71/2 Cleveland 32 47 .405 22 Detroit 29 50 .367 25 Milwaukee 14 64 .179 391/2 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division tuesday's games Detroit 102, Atlanta 95 Minnesota 110, San Antonio 91 Brooklyn 88, Miami 87 Dallas 95, Utah 83 Oklahoma City 107, Sacramento 92 Houston 145, Lakers 130 Wednesday's games Orlando 115, Brooklyn 111 Charlotte 94, Washington 88, OT Cleveland 122, Detroit 100 Toronto 125, Philadelphia 114 Atlanta 105, Boston 97 Chicago 102, Minnesota 87 Indiana 104, Milwaukee 102 Memphis 107, Miami 102 Phoenix 94, New Orleans 88 Houston at Denver, (n) Sacramento at Portland, (n) Oklahoma City at Clippers, (n) thursday's games San Antonio at Dallas, 5 p.m. Denver at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Friday's games Washington at Orlando, 4 p.m. New York at Toronto, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Charlotte at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Indiana at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 5 p.m. Houston at Minnesota, 5 p.m. New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Memphis, 5 p.m. Cleveland at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. Phoenix at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Portland at Utah, 6 p.m. Golden State at Lakers, 7:30 p.m. NHL Western conFerence Pacific Division gP W L ot Pts gF gA x-Anaheim 79 51 20 8 110 254 202 x-San Jose 79 49 21 9 107 239 192 x-Los Angeles 79 45 28 6 96 197 166 Phoenix 79 36 28 15 87 212 225 Vancouver 79 35 33 11 81 187 213 Calgary 79 34 38 7 75 201 228 Edmonton 80 28 43 9 65 198 265 central Division gP W L ot Pts gF gA x-St. Louis 79 52 20 7 111 246 181 x-Colorado 79 51 21 7 109 243 210 x-Chicago 80 46 19 15 107 262 209 x-Minnesota 80 42 26 12 96 200 197 Dallas 80 39 30 11 89 231 226 Nashville 79 35 32 12 82 200 234 Winnipeg 80 35 35 10 80 220 233 eAstern conFerence Atlantic Division gP W L ot Pts gF gA z-Boston 79 53 18 8 114 254 171 x-Montreal 80 45 27 8 98 214 202 x-Tampa Bay 79 43 27 9 95 232 211 x-Detroit 80 38 27 15 91 218 228 To ro nt o 80 3 8 34 8 8 4 229 2 51 Ottawa 79 34 31 14 82 230 262 Florida 80 28 44 8 64 190 263 Buffalo 79 21 49 9 51 152 238 metropolitan Division gP W L ot Pts gF gA y-Pittsburgh 80 51 24 5 107 244 200 x-N.Y. Rangers80 44 31 5 93 216 191 x-Philadelphia 79 41 29 9 91 225 222 Columbus 80 42 31 7 91 226 211 Washington 79 36 30 13 85 226 237 New Jersey 79 34 29 16 84 191 201 Carolina 79 34 34 11 79 197 219 N.Y. Islanders 79 31 37 11 73 216 262 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference tuesday's games Minnesota 4, Boston 3, SO Dallas 3, Nashville 2, SO Detroit 4, Buffalo 2 Ottawa 4, N.Y. Islanders 1 N.Y. Rangers 4, Carolina 1 Columbus 4, Phoenix 3, OT Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 0 Philadelphia 5, Florida 2 Washington 4, St. Louis 1 Colorado 4, Edmonton 1 Wednesday's games Pittsburgh 4, Detroit 3, SO Chicago 3, Montreal 2, OT Columbus 3, Dallas 1 Los Angeles at Calgary, (n) San Jose at Anaheim, (n) thursday's games Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Washington at Carolina, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. New Jersey at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Toronto at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Phoenix at Nashville, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Boston at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m. Colorado at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Golf WorLD goLF rAnking 1. Tiger Woods USA 9.07 2. Adam Scott AUS 8.42 3. Henrik Stenson SWE 8.09 4. Jason Day AUS 6.96 5. Phil Mickelson USA 6.30 6. Sergio Garcia ESP 6.30 7. Matt Kuchar USA 6.10 8. Justin Rose ENG 5.99 9. Rory McIlroy NIR 5.98 10. Zach Johnson USA 5.77 11. Dustin Johnson USA 5.60 12. Bubba Watson USA 5.30 13. Jordan Spieth USA 5.03 14. Graeme McDowell NIR 4.75 15. Steve Stricker USA 4.50 16. Jason Dufner USA 4.47 17. Charl Schwartzel SAF 4.42 18. Keegan Bradley USA 4.25 19. Brandt Snedeker USA 4.17 20. Ian Poulter ENG 4.12 Odds gLAntz-cuLver Line major League Baseball nAtionAL LeAgue Favorite Line underdog Pittsburgh -135/+125 at Chicago at Washington -230/+210 Miami at Philadelphia -135/+125 Milwaukee at Atlanta -145/+135 New York at San Francisco -140/+130 Arizona AmericAn LeAgue Oakland -135/+125 at Minnesota Boston -115/+105 at New York at Toronto -210/+190 Houston Cleveland -115/+105 at Chicago nBA Favorite Line (o/u) underdog at Dallas Pk (205) San Antonio at Golden State 11 (214) Denver Transactions BAseBALL American League Boston red sox: Activated LHP Craig Breslow from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Brandon Workman to Pawtucket. cleveland indians: Optioned RHP Vinnie Pestano to Columbus (IL). Recalled RHP Trevor Bauer and RHP Chen-Chang Lee from Columbus. kansas city royals: Activated RHP Louis Coleman from the 15-day DL. Recalled 2B Johnny Giavotella from Omaha (PCL). Optioned LHP Donnie Joseph and RHP Aaron Brooks to Omaha. Los Angeles Angels: Placed OF Josh Hamilton on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF J.B. Shuck from Salt Lake (PCL). minnesota twins: Placed OF Oswaldo Arcia on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to April 5. new York Yankees: Optioned C Austin Romine to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Recalled RHP Shane Greene from Scran - ton/Wilkes-Barre. seattle mariners: Recalled LHP Lucas Luetge from Tacoma (PCL). Placed LHP James Paxton on the 15-day DL. texas rangers: Purchased the contract of INF Kevin Kouzmanoff from Round Rock (PCL). toronto Blue Jays: Recalled RHP Neil Wagner from Buffalo (IL). Optioned RHP Marcus Walden to Buffalo. national League Atlanta Braves: Optioned RHP Pedro Beato to Gwinnett (IL). colorado rockies: Recalled INF Josh Rutledge from Colorado Springs (PCL). Optioned RHP Wilton Lopez to Colorado Springs. Los Angeles Dodgers: Reinstated RHP Josh Beckett from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Jose Dominguez to Albu - querque (PCL). miami marlins: Placed RHP Jacob Turner on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Arqui- medes Caminero from New Orleans (PCL). BAsketBALL national Basketball Association golden state Warriors: Signed C Hilton Armstrong for the remainder of the season. COLLEGE BASEBALL Tennessee at Georgia: 4:30 p.m., ESPNU. MLB BASEBALL Oakland Athletics at Minne- sota Twins: 10 a.m., MLB. Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants: 7 p.m., CSNBA. NBA BASkETBALL San Antonio Spurs at Dallas Mavericks: 5 p.m., TNT. Denver Nuggets at Golden State Warriors: 7:30 p.m, TNT. GOLF Masters Tournament, First Round: noon, ESPN. COLLEGE HOCkEy NCAA Tournament, Boston College vs. Union (N.y.), First semifinal: 2 p.m., ESPN2. NCAA Tournament, Minneso- ta vs. North Dakota, Second semifinal: 5:30 p.m., ESPN2. NHL HOCkEy St. Louis Blues at Minnesota Wild: 5 p.m., NBCSP. ON THe air The Associated Press MiLWaUKee » Chris Cope- land's driving layup with 1.2 seconds remaining gave the Indiana Pacers a 104-102 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night that moved them back into first place in the Eastern Conference. Copeland finished with a season-high 18 points. Luis Scola also recorded a sea - son high with 24 points and Evan Turner added 23 for Indiana, which benched all of its usual starters for the entire game. Coach Frank Vogel made the move after saying his team appeared tired follow - ing a 107-88 home loss to At- lanta on Sunday, when the Pacers were held to a fran- chise-low 23 points in the first half. Even without the start- ers, Indiana moved a half- game ahead of the Heat head i n g i nt o F r id ay 's matchup in Miami. GriZZLieS 107, HeaT 102 » Zach Randolph had 25 points and 11 rebounds, Marc Gasol added 20 points and 14 rebounds and Mem - phis kept its playoff hopes alive with a victory over Miami. LeBron James led the Heat with 37 points, con - necting on 14 of 23 shots, in- cluding 3 of 5 from beyond the arc. Rashard Lewis scored 17, and Chris Bosh finished with 13 points. BOBCaTS 94, WiZarDS 88 (OT) » Kemba Walker made the only field goal for either team in overtime, and Char- lotte won its fifth straight and moved into position for the No. 6 seed in the East- ern Conference with a win over Washington. CaVaLierS 122, PiSTONS 100 » Dion Waiters scored 22 points and Cleveland played one of its best games this season, routing Detroit be - fore being eliminated from the playoff chase. H aW K S 105, Ce LT iCS 97 » Jeff Teague scored 19 points, Kyle Korver added 17 and Atlanta helped its playoff chances with a vic - tory over Boston. BULLS 102, TiMBerWOLVeS 87 » D.J. Augustin scored 21 points and Joakim Noah posted his league-leading fourth triple-double of the season, leading Chicago over Minnesota. SUNS 94, PeLiCaNS 88 » Ger- ald Green scored 21 points, and Phoenix won its third straight game. NUGGeTS 123, rOCKeTS 116 » Randy Foye scored 24 of his 30 points in the second half, and Denver hung on to beat Houston. raPTOrS 125, 76erS 114 » Jonas Valanciunas had 26 points and 12 rebounds to lift Toronto over Philadel - phia, less than three days after he was charged with drunk driving. MaGiC 115, NeTS 111 » Arron Aff lalo scored 25 points, E'Twaun Moore added 17 and Orlando held off a late rally to beat Brooklyn. NBa rOUNDUP Pacers win, retake East lead Indiana benches all of its usual starters for entire game The Associated Press BOSTON » David Ortiz hit a three-run homer high over the Pesky Pole in the eighth inning, helping the Boston Red Sox rally for a 4-2 vic - tory over the Texas Rang- ers on Wednesday. Ortiz's second homer was heading down the right-field line before it curled around the pole just 302 feet from home plate. Ortiz remained in the batter's box un - til first-base umpire Jerry Meals signaled a home run. Rangers manager Ron Washington came out af - ter Ortiz crossed the plate to ask for a review. After 44.1 seconds, the play was upheld.ORIOLES 5, YAN - KEES 4 » Nick Marka- kis had an RBI single in the ninth inning against fill-in closer Shawn Kelley, and Baltimore rallied for a vic - tory in Masahiro Tanaka's first Yankee Stadium start. BLUe JaYS 7, aSTrOS 3 » Brett Lawrie hit a two-run homer and Brandon Mor- row won for the first time in almost 11 months. rOYaLS 7, raYS 3 » Alex Gordon hit a three-run homer and matched a ca- reer high with four RBIs. National League reDS 4, CarDiNaLS 0 » Billy Hamilton had three hits and his first two steals, and scored easily after tagging up on a shallow outfield pop fly to support a strong outing from Mike Leake in Cincin - nati's victory over St. Louis. NaTiONaLS 10, MarLiNS 7 » Jayson Werth hit a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth in- ning off Carlos Marmol af- ter Bryce Harper's up- per-deck, three-run homer started a comeback from an early deficit, leaidng Wash- ington over Miami. CUBS 7, PiraTeS 5 » Jason Hammel threw seven strong innings, Anthony Rizzo had four hits, and Chicago beat Pittsburgh despite allowing five solo home runs. BraVeS 4, MeTS 3 » Ervin Santana allowed only three hits over eight scoreless in- nings in his Atlanta debut, Jason Heyward homered and drove in two runs and the Braves held off New York. Br eW e r S 9, PH i LLi e S 4 » Ryan Braun hit a two- run triple during a four- run eighth inning rally to lead Milwaukee to its fifth straight win. Interleague iNDiaNS 2, PaDreS 0; Pa- DreS 2, iNDiaNS 1 » Robbie Erlin (1-0) gave up one run and four hits in six innings, and Chase Headley's single in the sixth off Trevor Bauer (0-1) drove in the go-ahead run as San Diego gained a doubleheader split. Zach McAllister (1-0) al - lowed five hits in 7 2/3 in- nings and Jason Kipnis hit a two-run homer in the sixth off Eric Stults (0-2) as Cleve- land won the opener. rOCKieS 10, WHiTe SOX 4 » D.J. LeMahieu's two-run single broke a tie in a six- run eighth inning. BaSeBaLL rOUNDUP Ortiz homers, Red Sox get victory over Rangers Three-run blast helps Boston rally past Texas in 8th plate and drove in a run. SOUTH MeDfOrD 8, reD BLUff 3 (TUeSDaY, GaMe 2) » Walker Dodero tallied an RBI in Red Bluff's loss in the nightcap, and Chase Root, Sam Hendricks and Poore scored a run apiece, COrNiNG 5, CeNTraL VaL- LeY 2 (TUeSDaY, GaMe 1) » Bryce MacLachlan drove in two runs on 1-for-2 batting, and Joseph Aguirre and Tarren Dahlgren tallied an RBI apiece in the Cards' win against the Falcons at home. Wyatt Haydon pitched seven innings, struck out three and allowed one earned run in a win. COrNiNG 4, CeNTraL VaL- LeY 1 (TUeSDaY, GaMe 2) » Chance Nelson pitched seven innings, struck out one batter and allowed one earned run in a win on the mound in the nightcap. Isaiah Jones went 1 for 3 batting with a double and a run scored, Evan McFadden we nt 1 f or 3 a t th e pl at e wi th a double and a run scored, and Tony Carrillo notched a double. UNiVerSiTY PreP 11, MerCY 4 (TUeSDaY) » The War- riors fell to 1-8 with Tues- day's road loss, and next host Redding Christian at 6:30 p.m. today. Roundup frOM PaGe 1 more singles the rest of the day off Nicholls, who retired nine of the next 11 hitters she faced. "Our motto with Hailee," Thomas said, "is to 'Live Low'. So she keeps the ball down and moves it around and lets our defense make plays." Which they did all day against the Bobcats hitters, who hit the ball at Red Bluff players all day. "That's a solid defensive team," Bobcat coach Ken - noe Dean said. "They played a great game. Every time we play them, it's a great game. I enjoy playing them, I just we wish we had played our best game." While Nicholls was hav - ing little trouble dispatching the Bobcats, her teammates pecked away at Berkowitz, who tossed a no-hitter at Durham on Tuesday. The freshman right- hander pitched out of trou - ble in the second inning by striking out two, but was nicked in the third on a one- out, RBI double by Nicholls. She struck out two more in the inning to avoid fur - ther damage, but the Spar- tans got to her in the third. After Cheyanne Grannes and Allyson Drury opened the inning with singles, Za - zueta singled home Grannes for a 3-0 lead. Berkowitz was able to help cut down Drury from scoring when she snared a Jones ground ball and started a rundown. But both Zazueta and Jones scored off a wild pitch and a Bob - cat throwing error to make it 5-0. "In her defense, we have been using (Berkowitz) a lot, so she may have been a lit - tle tired," Dean said. "As a team, I've been telling them, we've got to fight all the way through. We get down a cou- ple of runs and we tend to lay down." Red Bluff tacked on a run in the sixth on an RBI single by Zazueta and an - other in the seventh on a Drury home run. Both Za- zueta and Drury had three hits on the day, while Nich- olls and Molly Murphy had two. Nicholls finished off the by allowing only a seventh inning single to Stephanie Raymond. Nicholls allowed just four hits in six innings and didn't walk a hitter. Berkowitz pitched four innings, allowing five runs, three earned, on nine hits. She hit one batter but struck out six Spartans. She gave way to Baliee Palade, who pitched two in - nings. Palade allowed two runs on five hits. Both teams now head to Shasta High for a two-day tournament on Friday. Soball frOM PaGe 1 | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM ThURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014 2 B