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On the air Scoreboard Major League Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 6 3 .667 _ Seattle 5 3 .625 ½ Los Angeles 4 5 .444 2 Texas 4 5 .444 2 Houston 4 6 .400 2 ½ CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 5 2 .714 _ Chicago 5 5 .500 1 ½ Cleveland 5 5 .500 1 ½ Kansas City 4 4 .500 1 ½ Minnesota 3 6 .333 3 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB New York 5 5 .500 _ Tampa Bay 5 5 .500 _ Toronto 5 5 .500 _ Baltimore 4 5 .444 ½ Boston 4 6 .400 1 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 7, L.A. Dodgers 6, 10 innings L.A. Angels 2, Seattle 0 Thursday's games Oakland 6, Minnesota 1 N.Y. Yankees 4, Boston 1 Houston 6, Toronto 4 Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland 3 Friday's games Boston (Lester 0-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 1-1), 4:05 p.m. Toronto (McGowan 0-1) at Baltimore (Tillman 1-0), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Price 1-0) at Cincinnati (Cueto 0-1), 4:10 p.m. Houston (Feldman 2-0) at Texas (Darvish 1-0), 5:05 p.m. Cleveland (Carrasco 0-1) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 2-0), 5:10 p.m. Kansas City (B.Chen 0-0) at Minnesota (Gibson 1-0), 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Gee 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Skaggs 1-0), 7:05 p.m. Detroit (Porcello 1-0) at San Diego (Cashner 0-1), 7:10 p.m. Oakland (Milone 0-0) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 2-0), 7:10 p.m. Saturday's games Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m. Tampa Bay at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m. Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 11:10 a.m. Kansas City at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m. Toronto at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Houston at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Detroit at San Diego, 5:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets at L.A. Angels, 6:05 p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 6:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB San Francisco 6 3 .667 _ Los Angeles 6 4 .600 ½ Colorado 5 5 .500 1 ½ San Diego 3 6 .333 3 Arizona 3 8 .273 4 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 7 2 .778 _ Pittsburgh 6 3 .667 1 St. Louis 5 4 .556 2 Chicago 3 6 .333 4 Cincinnati 3 6 .333 4 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 7 2 .778 _ Atlanta 5 4 .556 2 Miami 5 5 .500 2 ½ New York 4 5 .444 3 Philadelphia 3 6 .333 4 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 Washington 10, Miami 7 Milwaukee 9, Philadelphia 4 Atlanta 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Chicago Cubs 7, Pittsburgh 5 Detroit 7, L.A. Dodgers 6, 10 innings Arizona 7, San Francisco 3 Thursday's games Pittsburgh 5, Chicago Cubs 4 Washington 7, Miami 1 Milwaukee 6, Philadelphia 2 N.Y. Mets 6, Atlanta 4 Arizona at San Francisco, (n) Friday's games Miami (Fernandez 2-0) at Philadelphia (Burnett 0-1), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Price 1-0) at Cincinnati (Cueto 0-1), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Roark 1-0) at Atlanta (Teheran 1-1), 4:35 p.m. Pittsburgh (Liriano 0-1) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 0-0), 5:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 0-1) at St. Louis (J.Kelly 1-0), 5:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 1-1) at Arizona (Mc - Carthy 0-1), 6:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Gee 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Skaggs 1-0), 7:05 p.m. Detroit (Porcello 1-0) at San Diego (Cashner 0-1), 7:10 p.m. Colorado (De La Rosa 0-1) at San Fran- cisco (Bumgarner 1-0), 7:15 p.m. Saturday's games Tampa Bay at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m. Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 11:15 a.m. Colorado at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 4:10 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 5:10 p.m. Detroit at San Diego, 5:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets at L.A. Angels, 6:05 p.m. Athletics 6, Twins 1 Oakland Minnesota AB R H B AB R H B Fuld cf 5 2 2 2 Mstrnn rf 4 0 0 0 Lowrie ss 4 1 1 0 Dozier 2b 3 1 1 1 Dnldsn 3b 5 1 2 3 Mauer 1b 4 0 0 0 Moss rf 5 0 2 0 Colaell dh 4 0 0 0 Cespds lf 5 0 2 0 Kubel lf 3 0 1 0 Callasp dh 5 1 2 0 Plouffe 3b 3 0 0 0 DNorrs c 4 0 0 0 Pinto c 3 0 1 0 Barton 1b 3 0 1 1 A.Hicks cf 2 0 0 0 Punto 2b 2 1 1 0 EEscor ss 3 0 0 0 Totals 38 6 13 6 29 1 3 1 Oakland 012 201 000 — 6 Minnesota 100 000 000 — 1 DP: Oakland 1; LOB: Oakland 10, Min- nesota 4; 2B: Moss (3); HR: Fuld (1), Donaldson (1), Dozier (3). IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Straily W,1-1 7 3 1 1 2 5 Cook 1 0 0 0 1 0 Abad 1 0 0 0 0 2 Minnesota Pelfrey L,0-2 5 9 6 6 4 3 Deduno 3 3 0 0 1 2 Fien 1 1 0 0 0 1 Pelfrey pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. Umpires: Home, Adam Hamari, First, Greg Gibson. Second, Bill Miller. Third, Vic Carapazza. T: 2:51; A: 20,650 (39,021). Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE Batting SPerez, Kansas City, .458; Kubel, Minne- sota, .448; JHamilton, Los Angeles, .444; AlRamirez, Chicago, .421; Solarte, New York, .387; Longoria, Tampa Bay, .371; Wieters, Baltimore, .367. RBI Abreu, Chicago, 14; Colabello, Min - nesota, 11; AGordon, Kansas City, 9; Moss, Oakland, 9; AlRamirez, Chicago, 9; Smoak, Seattle, 9; Napoli, Boston, 8; Ortiz, Boston, 8. Home runs Abreu, Chicago, 4; Bautista, Toronto, 4; MeCabrera, Toronto, 4; De Aza, Chicago, 3; Dozier, Minnesota, 3; Hart, Seattle, 3; TorHunter, Detroit, 3. ERA Buehrle, Toronto, 0.64; Feldman, Hous - ton, 0.66; Richards, Los Angeles, 0.75; Gray, Oakland, 0.75; Vargas, Kansas City, 1.20; Scherzer, Detroit, 1.20; Till- man, Baltimore, 1.35. Saves Axford, Cleveland, 4; TomHunter, Baltimore, 3; Holland, Kansas City, 3; Santos, Toronto, 3; Balfour, Tampa Bay, 2; Rodney, Seattle, 2; Robertson, New York, 2; Uehara, Boston, 2; Perkins, Minnesota, 2. NATIONAL LEAGUE Batting Blackmon, Colorado, .471; Utley, Philadelphia, .464; Pagan, San Francisco, .462; Bonifacio, Chicago, .452; Freeman, At la nt a, . 41 9; C ud dy er , C olo ra do , . 41 5; Rendon, Washington, .412. RBI Stanton, Miami, 13; Trumbo, Arizona, 13; CGonzalez, Colorado, 11; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 10; Braun, Milwaukee, 10; Cuddyer, Colorado, 10; McGehee, Mi am i, 1 0. Home runs PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 5; Belt, San Francisco, 5; Trumbo, Arizona, 5; Braun, Milwaukee, 3; Cuddyer, Colorado, 3; Des - mond, Washington, 3; CGomez, Milwau- kee, 3; CGonzalez, Colorado, 3; YMolina, St. Louis, 3; Posey, San Francisco, 3. ERA Gallardo, Milwaukee, 0.00; Wacha, St. Louis, 0.71; Fernandez, Miami, 0.71; Harang, Atlanta, 0.71; GGonzalez, Wash - ington, 0.75; Haren, Los Angeles, 0.75; Hudson, San Francisco, 1.15. Saves Ki mbr el , A tl ant a, 4 ; S tr eet , S an D ie go , 3 ; Grilli, Pittsburgh, 3; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 3; 7 tied at 2. Basketball WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L Pct GB y-Clippers 55 24 .696 — Golden State 48 29 .623 6 Phoenix 47 31 .603 7½ Sacramento 27 52 .342 28 Lakers 25 53 .321 29½ Southwest Division W L Pct GB y-San Antonio 61 18 .772 — x-Houston 52 26 .667 8½ Dallas 48 32 .600 13½ Memphis 46 32 .590 14½ New Orleans 32 46 .410 28½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB y-Oklahoma City 57 21 .731 — x-Portland 51 28 .646 6½ Minnesota 39 39 .500 18 Denver 34 44 .436 23 Utah 24 54 .308 33 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 7½ Cleveland 32 47 .405 22 Detroit 29 50 .367 25 Milwaukee 14 64 .179 39½ x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division 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 Denver 123, Houston 116 Portland 100, Sacramento 99 Oklahoma City 107, Clippers 101 Thursday's games San Antonio 109, Dallas 100 Denver at Golden State, (n) 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. Saturday's games Sacramento at Clippers, 12:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Washington, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Boston at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m. Miami at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. New Orleans at Houston, 5 p.m. Phoenix at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Utah at Denver, 6 p.m. nhL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-Anaheim 80 52 20 8 112 259 204 x-San Jose 80 49 22 9 107 241 197 x-Los Angeles 80 45 28 7 97 200 170 Phoenix 80 36 29 15 87 212 227 Vancouver 79 35 33 11 81 187 213 Calgary 80 35 38 7 77 205 231 Edmonton 80 28 43 9 65 198 265 Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-St. Louis 80 52 21 7 111 248 185 x-Colorado 79 51 21 7 109 243 210 x-Chicago 80 46 19 15 107 262 209 x-Minnesota 81 43 26 12 98 204 199 Dallas 80 39 30 11 89 231 226 Nashville 80 36 32 12 84 202 234 Winnipeg 81 36 35 10 82 222 234 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA z-Boston 80 53 18 9 115 255 173 x-Montreal 81 45 28 8 98 214 204 x-Tampa Bay 80 44 27 9 97 236 213 x-Detroit 80 38 27 15 91 218 228 Ottawa 80 35 31 14 84 232 263 Toronto 81 38 35 8 84 231 255 Florida 81 29 44 8 66 194 265 Buffalo 80 21 50 9 51 153 240 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-Pittsburgh 80 51 24 5 107 244 200 x-N.Y. Rangers81 45 31 5 95 218 192 x-Philadelphia 80 41 30 9 91 227 226 x-Columbus 80 42 31 7 91 226 211 Washington 80 37 30 13 87 231 239 New Jersey 80 34 29 17 85 192 203 Carolina 80 34 35 11 79 199 224 N.Y. Islanders 80 32 37 11 75 218 262 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference Wednesday's games Pittsburgh 4, Detroit 3, SO Calgary 4, Los Angeles 3, SO Chicago 3, Montreal 2, OT Columbus 3, Dallas 1 Anaheim 5, San Jose 2 Thursday's games Ottawa 2, New Jersey 1, SO Winnipeg 2, Boston 1, SO N.Y. Rangers 2, Buffalo 1 Washington 5, Carolina 2 N.Y. Islanders 2, Montreal 0 Tampa Bay 4, Philadelphia 2 Florida 4, Toronto 2 Nashville 2, Phoenix 0 Minnesota 4, St. Louis 2 Los Angeles at Edmonton, (n) Colorado at Vancouver, (n) Friday's games Chicago at Washington, 4 p.m. Carolina at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Columbus at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m. St. Louis at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Calgary, 6 p.m. Colorado at San Jose, 7 p.m. Saturday's games Buffalo at Boston, 9:30 a.m. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, noon N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 4 p.m. Toronto at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Columbus at Florida, 4 p.m. Chicago at Nashville, 5 p.m. San Jose at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Golf MASTERS PAR Thursday At Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Ga. Yardage: 7,435; Par: 72 (36-36) First Round a-amateur Bill Haas....................................34-34—68 -4 Adam Scott .............................. 33-36—69 -3 Louis Oosthuizen .................... 33-36—69 -3 Bubba Watson ......................... 35-34—69 -3 Kevin Stadler ............................35-35—70 -2 Jonas Blixt ................................. 33-37—70 -2 Gary Woodland.........................36-34—70 -2 Jimmy Walker ...........................36-34—70 -2 K.J. Choi .....................................36-34—70 -2 Brandt Snedeker ...................... 33-37—70 -2 Marc Leishman.........................36-34—70 -2 Fred Couples............................. 34-37—71 -1 Rickie Fowler ............................36-35—71 -1 Miguel Angel Jimenez .............32-39—71 -1 Matteo Manassero .................. 34-37—71 -1 Rory McIlroy .............................35-36—71 -1 Jordan Spieth............................35-36—71 -1 Stephen Gallacher ...................33-38—71 -1 Francesco Molinari..................35-36—71 -1 John Senden...............................36-36—72 E Graeme McDowell ....................36-36—72 E Steve Stricker ............................34-38—72 E Kevin Streelman........................ 37-35—72 E Nick Watney............................... 37-35—72 E Sang-Moon Bae .........................36-36—72 E Bernhard Langer .......................36-36—72 E Stewart Cink ........................... 35-38—73 +1 Boo Weekley ............................36-37—73 +1 Roberto Castro........................37-36—73 +1 Mike Weir .................................36-37—73 +1 Jamie Donaldson.....................37-36—73 +1 Charl Schwartzel ....................37-36—73 +1 Patrick Reed............................ 35-38—73 +1 Thomas Bjorn ..........................37-36—73 +1 Thongchai Jaidee ................... 38-35—73 +1 Matt Kuchar .............................36-37—73 +1 Henrik Stenson ........................37-36—73 +1 Russell Henley .........................37-36—73 +1 Lee Westwood.........................36-37—73 +1 Steven Bowditch ..................... 37-37—74 +2 Brendon de Jonge ................... 37-37—74 +2 Webb Simpson.........................35-39—74 +2 Jim Furyk .................................. 37-37—74 +2 Thorbjorn Olesen ................... 36-38—74 +2 Larry Mize ................................35-39—74 +2 Matt Jones............................... 36-38—74 +2 Jose Maria Olazabal ............... 37-37—74 +2 Darren Clarke ..........................39-35—74 +2 Sergio Garcia ...........................35-39—74 +2 Hunter Mahan.......................... 37-37—74 +2 Victor Dubuisson ................... 36-38—74 +2 Harris English .......................... 37-37—74 +2 John Huh ...................................39-35—74 +2 Mark O'Meara......................... 36-39—75 +3 Martin Kaymer ........................38-37—75 +3 Scott Stallings ........................ 36-39—75 +3 Billy Horschel.......................... 39-36—75 +3 Ken Duke.................................. 39-36—75 +3 Lucas Glover ........................... 35-40—75 +3 Vijay Singh ...............................37-38—75 +3 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano39-36—75 +3 Chris Kirk................................. 36-39—75 +3 Jason Day .................................37-38—75 +3 Joost Luiten..............................37-38—75 +3 Keegan Bradley ...................... 39-36—75 +3 Ernie Els ................................... 39-36—75 +3 Ian Poulter............................... 37-39—76 +4 a-Matthew Fitzpatrick .......... 37-39—76 +4 Sandy Lyle ............................... 35-41—76 +4 a-Garrick Porteous ................ 40-36—76 +4 a-Oliver Goss .......................... 39-37—76 +4 Derek Ernst ............................. 42-34—76 +4 Phil Mickelson ........................ 39-37—76 +4 Justin Rose .............................. 40-36—76 +4 Ian Woosnam .......................... 36-41—77 +5 Y.E. Yang .................................. 39-38—77 +5 Matt Every............................... 38-39—77 +5 Ryan Moore............................. 36-41—77 +5 Dustin Johnson ....................... 38-39—77 +5 David Lynn ...............................38-40—78 +6 Tom Watson ............................38-40—78 +6 Angel Cabrera ........................ 39-39—78 +6 Zach Johnson.......................... 40-38—78 +6 D.A. Points............................... 40-38—78 +6 a-Michael McCoy ...................38-40—78 +6 Peter Hanson ...........................37-41—78 +6 Tim Clark ..................................41-38—79 +7 Trevor Immelman....................41-38—79 +7 Luke Donald ............................ 43-36—79 +7 a-Chang-woo Lee................... 39-41—80 +8 Hideki Matsuyama................ 40-40—80 +8 Jason Dufner.......................... 36-44—80 +8 Graham DeLaet ...................... 42-38—80 +8 a-Jordan Niebrugge ...............39-42—81 +9 Craig Stadler......................... 42-40—82 +10 Ben Crenshaw........................41-42—83 +11 Branden Grace ..................... 41-43—84 +12 Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE For April 11 Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Philadelphia -105/-105 Miami at Atlanta -130/+120 Washington Pittsburgh -120/+110 at Milwaukee at St. Louis -155/+145 Chicago Los Angeles -120/+110 at Arizona at San Francisco -180/+170 Colorado AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston -115/+105 at New York at Baltimore -150/+140 Toronto at Texas -230/+210 Houston at Chicago -170/+160 Cleveland Kansas City -135/+125 at Minnesota at Seattle -175/+165 Oakland INTERLEAGUE at Cincinnati -105/-105 Tampa Bay at Los Angeles (AL) -140/+130 New York (NL) at San Diego -105/-105 Detroit NBA Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog Washington 5½ (195) at Orlando at Toronto 6 (195½) New York at Miami 6 (183) Indiana at Brooklyn 6 (204½) Atlanta Charlotte 2½ (193) at Boston at Oklahoma City 13 (204) New Orleans Houston 5 (219) at Minnesota at Chicago 10½ (193) Detroit at Memphis 13½ (201½) Philadelphia Cleveland 4½ (202) at Milwaukee at San Antonio 5 (206) Phoenix Portland 7 (200½) at Utah Golden State 9 (219) at Lakers NHL Favorite Line Underdog Chicago -130/+110 at Washington at Tampa Bay -125/+105 Columbus at New Jersey -180/+160 N.Y. Islanders at Detroit -220/+180 Carolina at Dallas -125/+105 St. Louis at Calgary -140/+120 Winnipeg at San Jose -180/+160 Colorado COPYRIGHT 2014 The Associated Press neW YOrK » Michael Pineda won while pitching with some substance smudged on his hand as the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 Thursday night. New Yankees star Ja - coby Ellsbury drew all the pregame attention af- ter switching sides dur- ing the offseason. But it was the dark brown, seem- ingly tacky substance on the lower palm of Pineda's pitching hand that quickly became the focus. Close-up camera shots clearly showed Pineda (1-1) pitching for the first four in - nings with something on his hand, and there was specu- lation it was pine tar to help him get a better grip on a chilly night. The game was never stopped for an umpire to examine him, and it was gone by the fifth. Pineda said it was merely dirt, rubbed on his sweaty right hand. Red Sox man - ager John Farrell said that he found out about it only after Pineda's hand was cleaned up. Pineda (1-1) took a two- hit shutout into the seventh. White SOX 7, inDianS 3 » Rookie Jose Abreu con- nected for his second mul- tihomer game in three days and Chicago ended a 14- game losing streak against Cleveland. aStrOS 6, BLUe JaYS 4 » Robbie Grossman and Jona- than Villar homered off R.A. Dickey and Houston avoided a three-game sweep. National League PirateS 5, CUBS 4 » Pe- dro Alvarez hit a three-run homer to cap a five-run sev- enth inning and Jason Grilli retired Emilio Bonifacio on a bases-loaded grounder to end the game, giving Pittsburgh a victory over Chicago. natiOnaLS 7, MarLinS 1 » Stephen Strasburg struck out 12 in 6 2/3 innings on a day Washington really needed to rest its relievers, and Jayson Werth and Ian Desmond homered, leading the Nationals past Miami for a three-game sweep. BreWerS 6, PhiLLieS 2 » Carlos Gomez had three hits with an RBI and Milwaukee extended its winning to six games with a victory over Philadelphia. MetS 6, BraVeS 4 » Eric Young Jr. got three hits, stole three bases and scored four times and New York overcame Justin Upton's two home runs to beat At - lanta. BaSeBaLL rOUnDUP Yankees earn 'dirty' victory Pineda pitches for New York with substance on hand DAviD J. PhilliP — ThE ASSoCiATED PrESS Bill haas tees off on the 12th hole during the first round of the Masters golf tournament Thursday in Augusta, Ga. By Doug Ferguson AP Golf Writer aUGUSta, Ga. » No nerves. No worries. Adam Scott never knew the opening round at Augusta National could be so enjoyable. With his green jacket up - stairs in the locker room for Masters champions, Scott made only one bad swing that cost him two shots in a round of 3-under 69. It was the lowest opening score by a defending champion in 13 years, and it left Scott one shot behind leader Bill Haas on an otherwise demanding day. "It was really how you hope to come out and play at any major, and especially the Masters," Scott said. "And there's no doubt win - ning the Masters last year had me a little more com- fortable on the first tee than I've ever been in the past, because I didn't have the legs shaking and nerves jan - gling for six or seven holes like usual." Haas, with a rich fam- ily history at Augusta that includes a green jacket for his great uncle Bob Goalby, settled down after an open - ing bogey with a collection of good birdie putts and an 8-iron to 5 feet for birdie on the 18th for a 68. It was the first time in 18 majors that Haas has had the lead after any round. That only gets him a crys - tal vase for the low round of the day at the Masters. Haas knows better than to put too much stock into what happens Thursday. He was leading after the open - ing round in Houston last week and tied for 37th. "There's tons of golf left," he said. Only one f irst-round leader in the last 30 years has gone on to win the Mas - ters. Former Masters cham- pion Bubba Watson, who slipped that green jacket on Scott last year, played his first bogey-free round in a major since the 2009 U.S. Open and shot a 69. So did Louis Oosthuizen, whom Watson beat in a playoff at Augusta. They were the only play - ers to break 70, the fewest for an opening round at the Masters since 2007. "No one is really going crazy out there in perfect, perfect conditions," Graeme McDowell said after fighting to salvage a 72. But there was something about the way Scott played that grabbed most of the at - tention on such a gorgeous spring day in the South. Golf has been waiting for a star to take control all year, even more without Tiger Woods at Augusta for the first time in 20 years because of back surgery. Haas leads, pair of champions 1 back Defending champ Scott close a\er shooting 3-under 69 the MaSterS had only one quality start in their first nine games. Brian Dozier hit his third home run of the season for Minnesota. Straily was selected in the 24th round of the 2009 draft, just another in the seemingly endless line of young, strong start - ing pitchers churned out by Billy Beane's Moneyball machine. Last year he led all AL rookies in starts, innings and strikeouts, and he brushed off the early homer to Dozier to slow down the Twins for the rest of the game. He allowed two bas - erunners — both on walks — over his final five innings "It wasn't his best veloc- ity," manager Bob Melvin said. "He was throwing ba- sically 87 mph today. But he's always got that slider in his pocket. He threw a few more changeups today and a few more curveballs, so he kept them off balance more than he typically pitches." Pelfrey had no such luck, laboring through another poor outing for Minneso - ta's starting rotation. Don- aldson's homer in the third inning put him behind 3-1 and he walked No. 9 hitter Nick Punto in the fourth be - fore Fuld yanked a pitch just over the wall in right field for a 5-1 lead. "I think all the way around, I was terrible to - day," Pelfrey said. The cushion allowed the A's to avoid a save situation on the same day Melvin de- moted struggling closer Jim Johnson, who is 0-2 with an 18.90 ERA in five appear- ances this season. The A's will go with a closer-by-com- mittee approach while they try to get Johnson straight- ened out, Melvin said. "We're all pulling for the same thing. We're all in it together," Straily said. "It's just a brotherhood mental - ity that we have in this club- house. It's something spe- cial." NOTES: Umpires re- viewed a play in the sixth inning in which Jed Lowrie was thrown out at home by Twins CF Aaron Hicks. Um - pires were looking to see if C Josmil Pinto was illegally blocking the plate. The call of an out was confirmed. Athletics FrOM PaGe 1 | SPORTS | rEDBlUFFDAilYNEWS.CoM FriDAY, APril 11, 2014 2 B