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COLLEGEBASEBALL Clemson at Notre Dame:4:30 p.m., ESPNU. MLB BASEBALL San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers: 7p.m., (21, 31). Washington Nationals at Oak- land Athletics: 7p.m., CSN. NBA PLAYOFFS Conference Semifinals Game 3, Indiana Pacers at Washington Wizards: 5p.m., ESPN. Game 3, Oklahoma City Thun- der at Los Angeles Clippers: 7:30p.m., ESPN. NFL FOOTBALL NFL Dra : 4p.m., ESPN. GOLF PGA Tour, The Players Cham- pionship, Second Round: 10 a.m., GOLF. HOCKEY IIHF World Championship, Group B, Belarus vs. USA: 10:30a.m., NBCSP. NHL PLAYOFFS Conference Semifinals Game 5, New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins: 4p.m., NBCSP. Game 4, Chicago Blackhawks at Minnesota Wild: 6:30p.m., NBCSP. ONTHEAIR KaitlynHuntleywonthe triple jump at 23-5. In the boys events, Roge- lio Silva gave Corning wins in the 800 (2:34.41), 1,600 (4:58.30) and 3,200 (11:43). Cody Hiller, Miguel Rios, Erik Rios and Ulyses Con- treas ran the 1,600 relay in 4:09.18. Hiller also won the triple jump (36-7.5). Thomas Lowe won the shot put (53-5). Ivan Alvarado took the long jump title at 18-10.5. ENTERPRISEATREDBLUFF The Spartans boys 400-me- ter relay team of Rafael Chavarria, Michael Stone, Austin Torres and K.J. Hinkston beat the Hornets on Wednesday with a time of 44.8 seconds. Jordan Johnson, Stone, Torres and Hinkston ran the 1,600 relay in 3:36.1. Wyatt Garner gave the Red Bluff boys one more win in the long jump with a leap of 18 feet, 5 inches. In the girls events, the Lady Spartans 400 relay team of Jordan Vazquez, Adrienne Hinkston, Allison Winning and Kaylynn Gib- son ran a 52.2 to beat En- terprise. Vazquez, Hinkston, Win- ning and Naomi Renfroe ran the 1,600 in 4:28.1. Hinkston took the 200 in 26.9 and the 800 in 2:28.9. Nicole Renfroe was first in the 3,200 (12:51.4). Kayla Thayer won the discus at 133-8. MOUNTAIN VALLEY LEAGUE MEET Host University Prep won Wednesday's boys league meet with 191 points. Trinity was second with 93 points followed by Red- ding Christian with 64 points. Los Molinos was eighth with five points. Jose Orozco gave the Bulldogs a fourth-place fin- ish in the 400 meters with a time of 56.67 seconds. Orozco was sixth in the 100 (12:56), seventh in the 200 (25.75) and eighth in the long jump (15 feet, 7 inches). Track FROM PAGE 1 By Janie McCauley The Associated Press SANTA CLARA The San Francisco49ersselectedde- fensive back Jimmie Ward from Northern Illinois with the 30th pick in the NFL draft Thursday night. General manager Trent Baalke and coach Jim Har- baugh might move Ward from safety to cornerback to fill a need on the defense after San Francisco re- leased Carlos Rogers and then saw both Rogers and Tarell Brown join the Oak- land Raiders across the bay. Ward could become the team's third cornerback in nickel formations. The 5-foot-10, 193-pound Ward started all 14 games at strong safety last season, leading his team with 95 tackles — 62 solo — with a 10-yard sack and 10 pass de- flections. While starting 39 of 55 games for his career, 12 of those came at left cor- nerback, so he does have ex- perience playing that spot. Tramaine Brock is re- turning for the Niners after receiving a four-year con- tract extension in Novem- ber that takes him through 2017. If healthy, cornerback Chris Culliver will likely play opposite Brock. He is working back after missing the 2013 season because of a torn anterior cruciate lig- ament in his left knee sus- tainedduringtrainingcamp. Culliverpleadednotguilty last month to misdemeanor hit-and-run charges and felony possession of brass knuckles from a March 28 arrest in which San Jose po- lice say he struck a bicyclist, then rammed a witness' ve- hicle that was blocking him fromleavinguntilofficersar- rived. Baalke certainly hopes Ward can make an immedi- ate impact during the highly anticipated first season at new Levi's Stadium next door to team headquar- ters. That's been the case with first-round picks in re- cent seasons since Baalke took over lead draft duties. In 2010, offensive linemen Anthony Davis and Mike Iupati started every game, and 2013 rookie safety Eric Reid immediately became a key defender. Ward is the first of San Francisco's 11 selections in the draft — and two of the 49ers' biggest needs in this draft were cornerbacks and linebackers. All-Pro linebacker NaVorro Bowman is recov- ering from a serious left knee injury suffered in the NFC championship game loss at Seattle in January, while pass-rushing special- ist Aldon Smith could face an NFL suspension for a va- riety of off-the-field issues. San Francisco saw safety Donte Whitner leave for the Cleveland Browns, but re- placed him with Pro Bowler and locker room leader An- toine Bethea. The 49ers have a pair of second-round picks Friday, at Nos. 56 and 61, and three third-round choices. NFL DRAFT 49ers select defensive back Northern Illinois safety may move to cornerback if needed By Tim Reynolds The Associated Press MIAMI Strange as it sounds, missing shots worked wonders for the Mi- ami Heat. And after the Brooklyn Nets went nearly 2 minutes — a basketball eternity — without the ball down the stretch, the two-time de- fending NBA champions would soon find themselves two wins from another trip to the Eastern Conference finals. LeBron James scored 22 points, Chris Bosh added 18 and the Heat pulled away late to beat the Nets 94-82 on Thursday night, taking a 2-0 lead in the East semi- finals. "To be able to get some stops like that at the end, and then execute, it's some- thing that's critical in this series," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. Dwyane Wade had 14 and Ray Allen scored 13 for the Heat, who tied a franchise record with their eighth straight playoff victory. They'll go for No. 9 on Sat- urday night, when the best- of-seven series shifts to Brooklyn for Game 3. For the second straight game, Miami had five play- ers in double figures. "That's what our team is all about," James said. "We don't really care who scores." Mirza Teletovic set a Nets playoff record with six 3-pointers, on his way to a 20-point night off the bench. Shaun Livingston scored 15, and Paul Pierce and Joe Johnson each added 13 more for the Nets. NBA PLAYOFFS Miami tops Brooklyn in Game 2 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB San Francisco 21 13 .618 _ Colorado 22 15 .595 ½ Los Angeles 19 16 .543 2 ½ San Diego 15 20 .429 6 ½ Arizona 13 24 .351 9 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 22 13 .629 _ St. Louis 18 17 .514 4 Cincinnati 15 18 .455 6 Pittsburgh 14 20 .412 7 ½ Chicago 11 21 .344 9 ½ EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Miami 19 15 .559 _ Washington 19 15 .559 _ Atlanta 18 15 .545 ½ New York 16 17 .485 2 ½ Philadelphia 15 18 .455 3 ½ Wednesday'sgames Pittsburgh 4, San Francisco 3 Miami 1, N.Y. Mets 0 Washington 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 Arizona 3, Milwaukee 2 Kansas City 8, San Diego 0 Toronto 10, Philadelphia 0 Boston 4, Cincinnati 3 St. Louis 7, Atlanta 1 Colorado 9, Texas 2 Chicago White Sox 8, Chicago Cubs 3 Thursday'sgames Toronto 12, Philadelphia 6 Texas 5, Colorado 0 Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Miami at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Friday'sgames St. Louis (Wacha 2-3) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 0-3), 4:05 p.m. Colorado (Chacin 0-1) at Cincinnati (Cueto 3-2), 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 2-1) at N.Y. Mets (Mejia 3-0), 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hammel 4-1) at Atlanta (Teheran 2-2), 4:35 p.m. Arizona (McCarthy 1-5) at Chicago White Sox (Rienzo 2-0), 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 4-0) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 2-1), 5:10 p.m. Washington (Fister 0-0) at Oakland (Milone 0-3), 7:05 p.m. Miami (Fernandez 4-1) at San Diego (T.Ross 3-3), 7:10 p.m.` San Francisco (Bumgarner 3-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Maholm 1-2), 7:10 p.m. Saturday'sgames San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Arizona at Chicago White Sox, 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. Colorado at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Milwaukee, 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Miami at San Diego, 5:40 p.m. Washington at Oakland, 6:05 p.m. Sunday'sgames Colorado at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 10:10 a.m. Chicago Cubs at Atlanta, 10:35 a.m. Arizona at Chicago White Sox, 11:10 a.m. N.Y. Yankees at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m. Washington at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Miami at San Diego, 1:10 p.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m. AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 20 15 .571 _ Seattle 17 16 .515 2 Texas 18 17 .514 2 Los Angeles 16 17 .485 3 Houston 11 24 .314 9 CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 20 10 .667 _ Chicago 18 17 .514 4 ½ Kansas City 16 17 .485 5 ½ Cleveland 16 19 .457 6 ½ Minnesota 15 18 .455 6 ½ EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Baltimore 18 14 .563 _ New York 18 15 .545 ½ Toronto 18 17 .514 1 ½ Boston 17 17 .500 2 Tampa Bay 15 20 .429 4 ½ Wednesday'sgames Seattle 6, Oakland 4, 10 innings, 1st game Kansas City 8, San Diego 0 Cleveland 4, Minnesota 3 Oakland 2, Seattle 0, 2nd game Toronto 10, Philadelphia 0 Detroit 3, Houston 2 Baltimore 4, Tampa Bay 3 Boston 4, Cincinnati 3 Colorado 9, Texas 2 Chicago White Sox 8, Chicago Cubs 3 N.Y. Yankees 9, L.A. Angels 2 Thursday'sgames Cleveland 9, Minnesota 4 Houston 6, Detroit 2 Toronto 12, Philadelphia 6 Baltimore 3, Tampa Bay 1 Texas 5, Colorado 0 Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Kansas City at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Friday'sgames Houston (Feldman 2-1) at Baltimore (W.Chen 3-2), 4:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Richards 3-0) at Toronto (McGowan 2-1), 4:07 p.m. Minnesota (P.Hughes 3-1) at Detroit (Verlander 4-1), 4:08 p.m. Cleveland (Kluber 2-3) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 1-3), 4:10 p.m. Boston (Buchholz 2-2) at Texas (Darvish 2-1), 5:05 p.m. Arizona (McCarthy 1-5) at Chicago White Sox (Rienzo 2-0), 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 4-0) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 2-1), 5:10 p.m. Washington (Fister 0-0) at Oakland (Milone 0-3), 7:05 p.m. Kansas City (Vargas 2-1) at Seattle (Maurer 1-0), 7:10 p.m. Saturday'sgames L.A. Angels at Toronto, 10:07 a.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 10:08 a.m. Houston at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Arizona at Chicago White Sox, 4:10 p.m. Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Milwaukee, 4:10 p.m. Boston at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Washington at Oakland, 6:05 p.m. Kansas City at Seattle, 6:10 p.m. Sunday'sgames L.A. Angels at Toronto, 10:07 a.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 10:08 a.m. Houston at Baltimore, 10:35 a.m. Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 10:40 a.m. Arizona at Chicago White Sox, 11:10 a.m. N.Y. Yankees at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m. Boston at Texas, 12:05 p.m. Washington at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Kansas City at Seattle, 1:10 p.m. NHLPlayoffs Secondround (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Thursday,May1 Montreal 4, Boston 3, 2OT Friday,May2 N.Y. Rangers 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Chicago 5, Minnesota 2 Saturday,May3 Boston 5, Montreal 3 Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 2, OT Sunday,May4 Chicago 4, Minnesota 1 Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Rangers 0 Monday,May5 Pittsburgh 2, N.Y. Rangers 0 Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 1, Los Angeles leads series 2-0 Tuesday,May6 Montreal 4, Boston 2 Minnesota 4, Chicago 0, Chicago leads series 2-1 Wednesday,May7 Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Rangers 2, Pittsburgh leads series 3-1 Thursday,May8 Boston 1, Montreal 0, OT, series tied 2-2 Anaheim at Los Angeles, 7 p.m. Friday,May9 N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m. Saturday,May10 Montreal at Boston, 4 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 6:30 p.m. Sunday,May11 x-Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, TBA Minnesota at Chicago, TBA Monday,May12 Boston at Montreal, TBA x-Los Angeles at Anaheim, TBA Tuesday,May13 x-N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, TBA x-Chicago at Minnesota, TBA Wednesday,May14 x-Montreal at Boston, TBA x-Anaheim at Los Angeles, TBA Thursday,May15 x-Minnesota at Chicago, TBA Friday,May16 x-Los Angeles at Anaheim, TBA NBA Playoffs Semifinals (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Monday,May5 Washington 102, Indiana 96 L.A. Clippers 122, Oklahoma City 105 Tuesday,May6 Miami 107, Brooklyn 86, Miami leads series 1-0 San Antonio 116, Portland 92, San Anto- nio leads series 1-0 Wednesday,May7 Indiana 86, Washington 82, series tied 1-1 Oklahoma City 112, L.A. Clippers 101, series tied 1-1 Thursday,May8 Miami 94, Brooklyn 82, Miami Leads series 2-0 San Antonio 114-, Portland 97, San Anto- nio leads series 2-0 Friday,May9 Indiana at Washington, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Saturday,May10 Miami at Brooklyn, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Portland, 7:30 p.m. Sunday,May11 Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m. Indiana at Washington, 5 p.m. Monday,May12 Miami at Brooklyn, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Portland, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,May13 Washington at Indiana, 4 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday,May14 x-Brooklyn at Miami, 7 or 5 p.m. x-Portland at San Antonio, 8:30 or 6:30 p.m. Thursday,May15 x-Indiana at Washington, TBA x-Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, TBA Friday,May16 x-Miami at Brooklyn, TBA x-San Antonio at Portland, TBA Sunday,May18 x-Brooklyn at Miami, TBA x-Washington at Indiana, TBA x-L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, TBA Monday,May19 x-Portland at San Antonio, TBA Heat94,Nets82 NETS(82) Johnson 6-14 1-2 13, Pierce 5-11 1-2 13, Garnett 2-8 0-0 4, Williams 0-9 0-0 0, Livingston 6-9 3-4 15, Plumlee 1-2 0-0 2, Anderson 1-3 3-4 5, Blatche 0-0 0-0 0, Teletovic 7-12 0-0 20, Thornton 5-10 0-2 10. Totals 33-78 8-14 82. HEAT(94) Battier 1-3 0-0 3, James 9-18 4-6 22, Bosh 7-13 3-4 18, Chalmers 4-7 1-2 11, Wade 4-11 6-6 14, Andersen 1-3 0-0 2, Allen 5-8 0-0 13, Cole 2-4 0-0 5, Lewis 2-4 0-0 6. Totals 35-71 14-18 94. Brooklyn 21 25 21 15 _ 82 Miami 15 30 24 25 _ 94 3-PointGoals: Brooklyn 8-24 (Teletovic 6-9, Pierce 2-4, Garnett 0-1, Anderson 0-2, Williams 0-2, Thornton 0-2, Johnson 0-4), Miami 10-24 (Allen 3-5, Lewis 2-3, Chalmers 2-3, Battier 1-2, Cole 1-3, Bosh 1-4, Wade 0-1, James 0-3);Fouledout: None;Rebounds: Brooklyn 51 (Garnett 12), Miami 40 (Allen 8);Assists: Brooklyn 19 (Williams 6), Miami 17 (Wade 7);Total fouls: Brooklyn 15, Miami 14;A: 19,639 (19,600). Golf THEPLAYERSCHAMPIONSHIP PAR Thursday At TPC Sawgrass, Players Stadium Course Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Purse: $10 million Yardage: 7,215;Par72(36-36) FirstRound Martin Kaymer ........................29-34—63 -9 Russell Henley......................... 35-30—65 -7 Sang-Moon Bae.......................33-33—66 -6 Lee Westwood.........................33-34—67 -5 Brian Stuard.............................34-33—67 -5 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano...........34-33—67 -5 Gary Woodland........................33-34—67 -5 Jordan Spieth........................... 32-35—67 -5 Scott Stallings......................... 35-32—67 -5 Justin Rose ...............................34-33—67 -5 Sergio Garcia........................... 35-32—67 -5 Scott Brown ..............................31-37—68 -4 Ernie Els....................................34-34—68 -4 Dustin Johnson........................34-34—68 -4 Pat Perez ..................................34-34—68 -4 Justin Leonard.........................34-34—68 -4 Bill Haas....................................36-32—68 -4 Joost Luiten..............................34-34—68 -4 Brendon de Jonge ...................34-35—69 -3 Geoff Ogilvy.............................39-30—69 -3 Kevin Streelman...................... 36-33—69 -3 Jason Dufner............................35-34—69 -3 Zach Johnson........................... 36-33—69 -3 Graeme McDowell .................. 33-36—69 -3 Brendan Steele........................35-34—69 -3 Graham DeLaet .......................35-34—69 -3 John Huh................................... 33-36—69 -3 Bubba Watson......................... 34-35—69 -3 Martin Flores ............................36-34—70 -2 James Hahn...............................36-34—70 -2 Brian Gay...................................35-35—70 -2 Marc Leishman.........................35-35—70 -2 Matt Jones.................................35-35—70 -2 Ryan Moore...............................35-35—70 -2 Kevin Na.....................................34-36—70 -2 Rory McIlroy .............................37-33—70 -2 Stewart Cink.............................35-35—70 -2 Camilo Villegas ........................34-36—70 -2 Jason Kokrak ............................35-35—70 -2 Stephen Gallacher ...................37-33—70 -2 Hideki Matsuyama...................39-31—70 -2 Jeff Overton ..............................36-34—70 -2 Angel Cabrera ..........................36-34—70 -2 John Senden..............................36-34—70 -2 Jim Furyk ...................................36-34—70 -2 Freddie Jacobson.....................37-33—70 -2 David Hearn ..............................35-35—70 -2 Ryan Palmer..............................36-35—71 -1 Michael Thompson..................37-34—71 -1 Stuart Appleby .........................35-36—71 -1 Rory Sabbatini..........................36-35—71 -1 Chris Kirk...................................32-39—71 -1 Bo Van Pelt................................35-36—71 -1 David Lingmerth.......................35-36—71 -1 Morgan Hoffmann ...................34-37—71 -1 Josh Teater................................34-37—71 -1 Richard H. Lee ..........................36-35—71 -1 Tim Clark ...................................38-33—71 -1 Jonas Blixt.................................36-35—71 -1 Henrik Stenson.........................35-36—71 -1 Rickie Fowler ............................36-35—71 -1 Steve Stricker ...........................35-36—71 -1 Nick Watney..............................35-36—71 -1 Matt Kuchar..............................33-38—71 -1 Charles Howell III.....................33-38—71 -1 George McNeill.........................37-34—71 -1 Scott Langley............................34-37—71 -1 Jeff Maggert ..............................36-36—72 E William McGirt ..........................36-36—72 E Ken Duke.....................................34-38—72 E Jonathan Byrd............................35-37—72 E Billy Horschel.............................40-32—72 E Charl Schwartzel ......................37-35—72 E Retief Goosen ............................37-35—72 E Roberto Castro..........................37-35—72 E Brian Davis .................................36-36—72 E Keegan Bradley.........................35-37—72 E Steven Bowditch .......................35-37—72 E Kevin Stadler .............................37-35—72 E John Merrick..............................35-37—72 E Kevin Chappell...........................36-36—72 E Francesco Molinari...................36-36—72 E Erik Compton.............................35-37—72 E Russell Knox...............................36-36—72 E Aaron Baddeley...................... 35-38—73 +1 Thomas Bjorn ..........................36-37—73 +1 Luke Donald .............................36-37—73 +1 Harris English ..........................37-36—73 +1 Johnson Wagner..................... 39-34—73 +1 John Peterson..........................36-37—73 +1 Will MacKenzie....................... 34-39—73 +1 Thongchai Jaidee....................37-36—73 +1 Luke Guthrie ............................36-37—73 +1 Tennis MUTUAMADRIDOPENRESULTS Thursday At Caja Magica Madrid, Spain Purse: Men, $5.1 million, (WT1000); Women,$5.1million(Premier) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles MEN ThirdRound Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-1, 6-4. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Grigor Dimitrov (12), Bulgaria, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, def. Andy Murray (7), Britain, 6-3, 6-2. Kei Nishikori (10), Japan, def. Milos Raonic (8), Canada, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5). Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 6-4, 6-2. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, def. Dominic Thiem, Austria, 0-0, retired. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, def. Marin Cilic, Croatia, 6-3, 6-4. David Ferrer (5), Spain, def. John Isner (9), United States, 6-4, 6-4. WOMEN ThirdRound Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Carla Suarez Navarro (14), Spain, 6-2, 6-3. Li Na (2), China, def. Sloane Stephens (16), United States, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2. Petra Kvitova (5), Czech Republic, def. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-3. Agnieszka Radwanska (3), Poland, def. Roberta Vinci, Italy, 6-1, 6-1. Maria Sharapova (8), Russia, def. Sa- mantha Stosur, Australia, 6-4, 6-3. Caroline Garcia, France, def. Sara Errani (10), Italy, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. Ana Ivanovic (11), Serbia, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 6-1, 6-2. Simona Halep (4), Romania, def. Sabine Lisicki (15), Germany, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. . Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For May 9 MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog St. Louis -115/+105 at Pittsburgh at New York -130/+120 Philadelphia at Cincinnati -170/+160 Colorado at Atlanta -175/+165 Chicago San Francisco -115/+105 at Los Angeles Miami -135/+125 at San Diego AMERICANLEAGUE at Baltimore -170/+160 Houston at Toronto -110/+100 Los Angeles at Detroit -210/+190 Minnesota at Tampa Bay -115/+105 Cleveland at Texas -130/+120 Boston Kansas City -110/+100 at Seattle INTERLEAGUE New York (AL) -115/+105 at Milwaukee at Chicago (AL) -105/-105 Arizona at Oakland -130/+120 Washington NBA Favorite Line(O/U) Underdog at Washington 3½ (184) Indiana at Clippers 3½ (214½) Oklahoma City NHL Favorite Line Underdog at Pittsburgh -175/+155 N.Y. Rangers Chicago -130/+110 at Minnesota Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague MinnesotaTwins: Placed OF Sam Fuld on the 7-day DL. Recalled INF Eduardo Nunez from Rochester (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Matt Guerrier from Rochester. Optioned LHP Logan Darnell, INF Pedro Florimon and C-OF Chris Her- rmann to Rochester. LosAngelesAngels: Claimed LHP Brooks Raley off waivers from Minnesota. Designated LHP Buddy Boshers for assignment. TexasRangers: Placed INF Donnie Murphy on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of RHP Justin Germano from Round Rock (PCL). Recalled INF Luis Sardinas from Frisco (Texas). Purchased the contract of INF Rougned Odor from Frisco. Designated INF Josh Wilson and RHP Scott Baker for assignment. TorontoBlueJays: Activated 1B Adam Lind from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Chad Jenkins to Buffalo (IL). NationalLeague PhiladelphiaPhillies: Recalled RHP Luis Garcia from Lehigh Valley (IL). Sent RHP Shawn Camp outright to Lehigh Valley. PittsburghPirates: Optioned RHP Phil Irwin to Indianapolis (IL). SanDiegoPadres: Recalled RHP Kevin Quackenbush from El Paso (PCL). Des- ignated RHP Hector Ambriz for assign- ment. Announced that OF Xavier Nady cleared waivers and was sent outright to El Paso. AmericanAssociation Fargo-MoorheadRedhawks: Signed OF Nic Jackson. Released RHP Stephen Richter. GrandPrairieAIRHogs: Signed INF Brian Myrow, INF Brandon Pinckney, OF Palmer Karr and INF Frazier Hall. WinnipegGoldeyes: Traded C Matt Albaugh to Florence for future consid- erations. FrontierLeague FrontierGreys: Sold the contract of LHP Spencer Medick to Arizona (NL). Signed OF Chris Ellison. NormalCornbelters: Released OF Manny Alonso, INF Tyler Crandell, LHP Kody Gorden, RHP Kyle Hassna, OF Thomas Healy, LHP Steven Landell and RHP Richard McCaffrey. RiverCityRascals: Released UTL Shane Brown and RHP Corey Rhoney. RockfordAviators: Released SS Vickash Ramjit. TraverseCityBeachBums: Traded C Zach Komentani to River City for a 2015 first-round draft pick. WashingtonWildThings: Signed RHP Shawn Blackwell to a contract exten- sion. Signed INF Cater Bell, RHP Devin Malone, catcher Michael Pair, RHP Joey Perrotta and LHP Alfonso Yevoli. Released RHP Casey Cannon, RHP Dan Goldstein and INF Nico Slater. WindyCityThunderbolts: Signed C Matt Scioscia. HOCKEY NationalHockeyLeague BostonBruins: Called up F Matt Fraser from Providence (AHL). Assigned F Justin Florek to Providence. EdmontonOilers: Signed C Bogdan Yaki- mov to a three-year entry-level contract. MontrealCanadiens: Signed D Greg Pa- teryn to a two-year contract extension. NashvillePredators: Extended their affiliation agreement with Milwaukee (AHL) through the 2016-17 season. OttawaSenators: Signed D Mikael Wikstrand to a three-year entry-level contract. PhoenixCoyotes: Signed G Marek Langhamer to a three-year entry-level contract. "It's been a long time. It just kicked in at the end there, man, I've been drafted," he said. Clowney, 21, brings size, speed and power to a lineup that already has 2012 NFL Defensive Player of the Year J.J. Watt. His diligence had been questioned after he slipped from 13 sacks to just three in 2013. Critics said he was protecting himself from injury in his junior year be- fore declaring early for the draft. He is the first defensive player taken first overall since Houston selected an- other end, Mario Williams, in 2006. Williams now is with Buffalo. Houston also made the top pick in its first season, 2002, taking quar- terback David Carr. He never lived up to that billing; the Texans hope Clowney has more of an impact. Tackle Greg Robinson, whose blocking helped high- powered Auburn make the national championship game last season, went sec- ond to St. Louis. The Rams owned the pick as the final payment for a 2012 trade with Washington that al- lowed the Redskins to draft quarterback Robert Griffin III. St. Louis is concerned about the health of starting left tackle Jake Long, who is coming off knee surgery. The first quarterback to go went to Jacksonville in the third slot, but it wasn't Johnny Football. Blake Bor- tlesofCentralFlorida,whose stockshotuplastseasonand in subsequent workouts. At 6-5, 232, Bortles drew com- parisons to Ben Roethlis- berger because of his com- bination of size and mobil- ity. Jacksonville missed the last time it took a QB in the first round, Blaine Gabbert in 2011. The Jaguars gave up on the inconsistent Gab- bert, who struggled to read defenses and was benched forjourneymanChadHenne. Gabbert is now a backup in San Francisco. "He's a down-to-earth guy, a self-made guy, a blue- collar guy and he wants to be the best he can be," said Jaguars general manager Dave Caldwell, who added a word of caution: "He just needs a little bit of time." Seeing a chance to grab playmaking receiver Sammy Watkins of Clem- son, Buffalo swapped spots with Cleveland, also sending a first- and fourth-round se- lection next year to move up from ninth to fourth. "Dynamic playmaker, and that's what this game is all about," Bills GM Doug Whaley said of Watkins. "He's automatically going to make our quarterback (E.J. Manuel) better." Texas A&M tackle Jake Matthews, the son of Hall of Fame offensive lineman Bruce Matthews, went to Atlanta with the sixth over- all pick. The Falcons leaked so badly on the offensive line in 2013 as they plummeted from NFC South champion to 4-12 that Matt Ryan was sacked 44 times. Another Aggies star was chosen next, receiver Mike Evans to Tampa Bay. The 6-4, 231-pound Evans is du- rable, versatile — and quite emotional. He also couldn't hold back the tears when Goodell called his name. The crowd thought Man- ziel might go eighth when Cleveland traded up one spot to get Minnesota's pick. So when the Browns took cornerback Justin Gilbert of Oklahoma State, there was a loud groan from the fans. Dra FROM PAGE 1 | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2014 2 B