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COLLEGEBASEBALL South Carolina at Vanderbilt: 4:30p.m.,ESPNU. MLB BASEBALL Miami Marlins at San Fran- cisco Giants: 7p.m., CSNBA. NBA PLAYOFFS Conference Semifinals Game 6, Indiana Pacers at Washington Wizards: 5p.m., ESPN. Game 6, Oklahoma City Thun- der at Los Angeles Clippers: 7:30p.m., ESPN. CYCLING Tour of California, Stage 5: 2 p.m., NBCSP. GOLF European PGA Tour, Open de Espana, First Round: 6:30 a.m., GOLF. Champions Tour, The Tradi- tion, First Round: 9:30a.m., GOLF. PGA Tour, HP Byron Nelson Championship, First Round: noon, GOLF. HOCKEY IIHF World Championship, Group B, Latvia vs. United States: 6:30a.m., NBCSP. ONTHEAIR By Beth Harris The Associated Press BALTIMORE Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome has been made the heavy 3-5 favorite for the Preakness Stakes, and he drew a favorable post posi- tion in the 10-horse field. Trained by Art Sherman and ridden by Victor Espi- noza, California Chrome will break from the No. 3 post, which has produced 10 winners in the previous 138 runnings of the 1 3/16- mile race. "Three is fine with me," Sherman said. "Most of the speed is on the outside of me. If they go, they go, I can tuck in right behind them without any prob- lems. I think my horse will perform." So does California Chrome's co-owner Steve Coburn, who dared to look ahead. "One race at a time," he said, "but I'm still thinking Triple Crown." If California Chrome would win Saturday, next up would be the Belmont Stakes on June 7. Only 11 horses have swept the Derby, Preakness and Bel- mont and none since 1978. California Chrome brings a five-race winning streak into the Preakness, having won that many by a com- bined 26 lengths. Still, his overwhelming odds sur- prised Sherman, a 77-year- old trainer who has never had a colt this good. "I never thought I'd be that kind of price," he said. "I really thought I'd be 6-5." Speedster Social Inclu- sion was the 5-1 second choice of new Pimlico odd- smaker Keith Feustle. The colt drew the No. 8 post. He skipped the Kentucky Derby and is one of seven new horses lining up to chal- lenge California Chrome on Saturday. "I'm never afraid of nothing," owner Ron San- chez said. "We have a great post position. We have slow horses to our outside. That's going to help us a lot." Bayern and Ride On Cur- lin are the co-third choices at 10-1. Bayern, who drew the No. 5 post, is trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baf- fert, who will be seeking a sixth Preakness win. Rosie Napravnik will ride the colt, trying to become the first fe- male jockey to win the race. Ride On Curlin finished seventh in the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago. Once again, Ride On Cur- lin drew an outside post, landing in the No. 10 spot after breaking from the 19th position in the Derby starting gate under Calvin Borel. PREAKNESS CaliforniaChromefavored Kentucky Derby winner to break from No. 3 post The Associated Press OAKLAND Luke Greger- son made a bad mistake at the wrong time against the wrong hitter. Jose Abreu hit a three- run homer in the eighth in- ning to help the Chicago White Sox snap a four-game losing streak with a 4-2 vic- tory over the Oakland Ath- letics on Wednesday. "You try to make him fish, which he definitely does," Gregerson said. "I don't think it was really a bad pitch. It was just some- thing he was ready for. He was looking for it. We've been doing it to him the whole series, pound him in. It just stayed up a little too much. Any other day it could be a ground out to third base, we get a double play." John Jaso and Josh Don- aldson hit solo homers off Andre Rienzo for the Ath- letics, who were in line for a season-best seventh straight victory before the bullpen meltdown in the eighth cost Tommy Milone a chance at a win. Beckham and Conor Gil- laspie started the rally with one-out singles against Fernando Abad (0-1), and Abreu greeted Gregerson with a no-doubt drive to left field for his 15th home run of the season. "We'd been pitching him in all day," manager Bob Melvin said. "Just left one over the middle of the plate." Abreu, a rookie slugger from Cuba, is the fourth player in major league his- tory to hit 15 homers in his first 42 games, joining Wally Berger, Kevin Maas and Wally Joyner. "He has ridiculous power," Gillaspie said. "When he gets the ball up in the air like that it's go- ing to be tough for it not to leave. Hats off to him. The guy made a mistake and he took advantage of it." Gordon Beckham hom- ered on the first pitch of the game for the White Sox, who rallied against Oakland's bullpen to end a seven-game losing streak at the Coliseum. Ronald Belisario (2-3) got four outs for the win and Matt Lindstrom pitched the ninth for his sixth save in nine chances. Milone was in danger of losing his spot in the rota- tion before pitching eight scoreless innings against Washington last Friday. He followed that up with an- other strong performance, allowing one run and five hits in six innings. BASEBALL White Sox rally for 4-2 victory against Athletics Abreu's three-run homer the big blow for Chicago CORNING 10, CENTRAL VAL- LEY 2 The Lady Cardinals exploded for seven runs in the fifth inning to take Game 1 of a doubleheader against visiting Central Val- ley on Tuesday. CORNING 8, CENTRAL VAL- LEY 5 Game 2 saw Corn- ing strike for five runs in the sixth inning and hold on to earn a doubleheader sweep. Corning improved to 7-4 in the Northern Athletic League and 21-13 overall. The Lady Cardinals close out their regular season at 4 p.m. Friday at Central Val- ley. CHESTER 13, MERCY 11 Chester ended visiting Mer- cy's season Monday with a loss. The Lady Warriors trailed 13-7 entering the sev- enth inning, but could only get four runs back. Mercy led 5-0 early, but Chester scored nine times in the bottom of the second inning. The Lady Warriors fin- ished 5-7 in Five Star League play and 5-11 overall. So ball FROM PAGE 1 ing what he does best: get- ting on base and being ag- gressive. "That's the kind of player I am. That's how I can be ev- ery single day," said Blanco, who singled and walked twice from the leadoff spot. "I just was out of my game a little bit and I just reminded myself, 'This is who you are. This is the kind of player you should be.'" The scoring surge gave Madison Bumgarner (5-3) more than enough room for error. Bumgarner allowed four runs and five hits in five innings, striking out five and walking one. Three relievers kept the Braves scoreless over the fi- nal four innings as the Gi- ants continued to dominate the matchup of NL division leaders. San Francisco fin- ished 5-1 against Atlanta this season. "The offense picked me up today big time," Bumgar- ner said. Julio Teheran (2-3) lasted only 3 1-3 innings for the Braves. He gave up five runs — four earned — and seven hits in his second loss to the Giants this season. "I had a hard time with my grip here and in Los Angeles," Teheran said. "I was trying to find a way to get through it. It's not an excuse. It's this type of weather. I had a hard time." The Giants totaled 15 hits and six walks in an all- around display of offense. Pence finished with four hits and three RBIs, Craw- ford collected three hits and three RBIs, and Morse tied the injured Brandon Belt for the team lead with nine home runs. Freddie Freeman and Chris Johnson hit RBI dou- bles to give the Braves a 2-0 lead in the first. The Giants responded in the bottom half, scoring three runs, sending nine batters to the plate and forcing Teheran to throw 41 pitches. Blanco extended San Francisco's lead to 4-2 when hewalkedleadingoffthesec- ond, stole second and third and scored after catcher Evan Gattis sailed his throw to third into left field. The Braves had three ex- tra-base hits in a two-run fourth capped by Andrelton Simmons' tying two-out tri- ple just past the glove of a diving Blanco in right-cen- ter. In the fifth, the Braves landed on the wrong side of the transfer rule, which has come under increased scru- tiny this season with base- ball's expanded replay. Sec- ond base umpire Ron Kulpa called out Tyler Pastor- nicky on a forceout, though Braves manager Fredi Gon- zalez argued that Brandon Hicks never closed his glove before dropping the ball as he tried to throw to first for a double play. "If I had to do it over, I could have asked that (the umpires) get together and ask for help. Maybe some- one saw it differently," Gon- zalez said. Blanco added to his big day in the fifth with an RBI single off Alex Wood, then stole second and scored on Pence's two-out sin- gle. Morse stretched San Francisco's lead to 8-4, and Crawford added a two-run homer with the 66th "splash hit" in Giants history into McCovey Cove in the eighth. "I don't think there were any cheap homers," Pence said. Giants FROM PAGE 1 SCOREBOARD Major League Baseball NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB SanFrancisco 26 15 .634 _ Colorado 23 19 .548 31/2 Los Angeles 22 19 .537 4 San Diego 19 21 .475 61/2 Arizona 16 27 .372 11 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 25 14 .641 _ St. Louis 20 20 .500 51/2 Cincinnati 17 20 .459 7 Pittsburgh 16 22 .421 81/2 Chicago 13 25 .342 111/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Atlanta 22 17 .564 _ Washington 21 19 .525 11/2 Miami 20 20 .500 21/2 New York 19 20 .487 3 Philadelphia 17 21 .447 41/2 Tuesday's games L.A. Angels 4, Philadelphia 3 N.Y. Mets 12, N.Y. Yankees 7 San Diego 2, Cincinnati 1 Kansas City 5, Colorado 1 Milwaukee 5, Pittsburgh 2 St. Louis 4, Chicago Cubs 3, 12 innings Arizona 3, Washington 1 L.A. Dodgers 7, Miami 1 Atlanta 5, San Francisco 0 Wednesday's games L.A. Angels 3, Philadelphia 0 Kansas City 3, Colorado 2 Washington 5, Arizona 1 San Francisco 10, Atlanta 4 N.Y. Yankees 4, N.Y. Mets 0 San Diego at Cincinnati, ppd., rain Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, ppd., rain Miami at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Thursday's games San Diego (Kennedy 2-4) at Cincinnati (Cueto 3-2), 9:35 a.m., 1st game Pittsburgh (W.Rodriguez 0-2) at Milwau- kee (Gallardo 2-2), 10:10 a.m. Chicago Cubs (Hammel 4-1) at St. Louis (Wacha 2-3), 10:45 a.m. San Diego (T.Ross 4-3) at Cincinnati (Undecided), 3:10 p.m., 2nd game N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 0-0), 4:10 p.m. Miami (Eovaldi 2-1) at San Francisco (M.Cain 0-3), 7:15 p.m. Friday's games Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Atlanta at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. San Diego at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Miami at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Giants 10, Braves 4 Atlanta San Fran AB R H B AB R H B Pstrnck 2b 4 1 2 0 Blanco cf 3 3 1 1 J.Upton lf 3 0 0 0 Pence rf 5 2 4 3 FFrmn 1b 4 1 1 1 Posey c 4 0 1 0 Gattis c 4 1 1 0 Sandovl 3b 3 1 2 1 CJhnsn 3b 3 1 2 2 JGutrrz p 1 0 0 0 BUpton cf 3 0 0 0 Machi p 0 0 0 0 JSchafr cf 1 0 0 0 Adrianz ph 1 0 0 0 Doumit rf 4 0 0 0 J.Lopez p 0 0 0 0 Smmns ss 4 0 1 1 Morse 1b 4 1 1 1 Tehern p 2 0 0 0 Colvin lf 5 1 2 0 A.Wood p 0 0 0 0 BCrwfr ss 5 2 3 3 Uggla ph 1 0 0 0 B.Hicks 2b 3 0 1 0 Avilan p 0 0 0 0 Bmgrn p 2 0 0 0 DCrpnt p 0 0 0 0 Arias ph-3b3 0 0 0 Totals 33 4 7 4 3910 15 9 Atlanta 200 200 000 — 4 San Fran 310 121 02x — 10 E: Gattis (4); DP: San Francisco 1; LOB: Atlanta 4, San Francisco 11; 2B: F.Freeman (11), Gattis (4), C.Johnson 2 (8), Colvin (1), B.Crawford (7); 3B: Simmons (4); HR: Pence (3), Morse (9), B.Crawford (5); SB: Blanco 3 (4). IP H R ER BB SO Atlanta Teheran L,2-331/3 7 5 4 5 4 A.Wood 22/3 5 3 3 0 4 Avilan 1 1 0 0 0 0 D.Carpenter 1 2 2 2 1 2 San Francisco Bumgarner W,5-3 5 7 4 4 1 5 J.Gutierrez 1 0 0 0 0 1 Machi 2 0 0 0 0 1 J.Lopez 1 0 0 0 1 1 Umpires: Home, Lance Barrett, First, Dana DeMuth. Second, Ron Kulpa. Third, Ed Hickox. T: 3:18; A: 41,253 (41,915). AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 25 16 .610 _ Los Angeles 21 18 .538 3 Seattle 20 20 .500 41/2 Texas 20 20 .500 41/2 Houston 13 27 .325 111/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 24 12 .667 _ Kansas City 20 19 .513 51/2 Minnesota 18 19 .486 61/2 Chicago 20 22 .476 7 Cleveland 18 21 .462 71/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Baltimore 20 18 .526 _ New York 20 19 .513 1/2 Toronto 20 20 .500 1 Boston 19 19 .500 1 Tampa Bay 18 23 .439 31/2 Tuesday's games Detroit 4, Baltimore 1 L.A. Angels 4, Philadelphia 3 N.Y. Mets 12, N.Y. Yankees 7 Toronto 5, Cleveland 4 Minnesota 8, Boston 6 Kansas City 5, Colorado 1 Houston 8, Texas 0 Oakland 11, Chicago White Sox 0 Tampa Bay 2, Seattle 1 Wednesday's games Detroit 7, Baltimore 5 L.A. Angels 3, Philadelphia 0 Kansas City 3, Colorado 2 Chicago White Sox 4, Oakland 2 Tampa Bay 2, Seattle 0 Cleveland at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. N.Y. Yankees 4, N.Y. Mets 0 Boston at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Texas at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Thursday's games Boston (Buchholz 2-3) at Minnesota (P.Hughes 4-1), 10:10 a.m. Cleveland (Salazar 1-3) at Toronto (Happ 1-1), 4:07 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 0-0), 4:10 p.m. Baltimore (W.Chen 4-2) at Kansas City (Ventura 2-2), 5:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Bedard 2-1) at L.A. Angels (Skaggs 3-1), 7:05 p.m. Friday's games Oakland at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Detroit at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Toronto at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Baltimore at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. White Sox 4, Athletics 2 Chicago Oakland AB R H B AB R H B GBckh 2b 4 2 3 1 Jaso dh 3 1 1 1 Gillaspi 3b 4 1 3 0 Lowrie ss 3 0 0 0 JAreu dh 4 1 1 3 Dnldsn 3b 4 1 2 1 Viciedo lf 3 0 1 0 Moss 1b-lf 3 0 0 0 LeGarc cf 0 0 0 0 Cespds lf-cf4 0 0 0 AlRmrz ss 4 0 0 0 Reddck rf 3 0 0 0 Konerk 1b 4 0 0 0 DNorrs c 3 0 0 0 Flowrs c 4 0 0 0 Sogard 2b 3 0 0 0 Sierra rf 4 0 1 0 Gentry cf 2 0 0 0 De Aza cf-lf 4 0 0 0 Callasp ph-1b1 0 0 0 Totals 35 4 9 4 29 2 3 2 Chicago 100 000 030 — 4 Oakland 100 100 000 — 2 DP: Chicago 1; LOB: Chicago 5, Oakland 3; 2B: Gillaspie (8), Viciedo (13); HR: G.Beckham (3), J.Abreu (15), Jaso (4), Donaldson (9). IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Rienzo 61/3 2 2 2 2 4 S.Downs 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 Belisario W,2-311/3 0 0 0 0 1 Lindstrm S,6-91 1 0 0 1 0 Oakland Milone 6 5 1 1 0 4 Otero 1 0 0 0 0 0 Abad L,0-1 1/3 2 2 2 0 1 Gregerson 12/3 2 1 1 0 2 HBP: by Milone (Viciedo); WP: Rienzo, Gregerson. Umpires: Home, Manny Gonzalez, First, Seth Buckminster. Second, Brian Knight. Third, Fieldin Culbreth. T: 2:57; A: 18,035 (35,067). Leaders NATIONAL LEAGUE Batting Tulowitzki, Colorado, .391; Utley, Philadelphia, .343; SSmith, San Diego, .336; Blackmon, Colorado, .333; Puig, Los Angeles, .326; DGordon, Los Angeles, .322; Pagan, San Francisco, .322. Runs Tulowitzki, Colorado, 37; Blackmon, Colorado, 34; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 30; Pence, San Francisco, 29; EYoung, New York, 28; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 27; CGomez, Milwaukee, 27; DanMurphy, New York, 27; Stanton, Miami, 27; Yelich, Miami, 27. RBI Stanton, Miami, 42; Tulowitzki, Colo- rado, 33; Morneau, Colorado, 30; Puig, Los Angeles, 30; Blackmon, Colorado, 29; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 28; Arenado, Colorado, 26; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 26. Hits Goldschmidt, Arizona, 55; Arenado, Colorado, 52; Blackmon, Colorado, 51; DanMurphy, New York, 50; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 50; DGordon, Los Angeles, 49; Stanton, Miami, 48; Utley, Philadelphia, 48; DWright, New York, 48. AMERICAN LEAGUE Batting Solarte, New York, .336; VMartinez, Detroit, .336; Choo, Texas, .328; MeCa- brera, Toronto, .327; AlRamirez, Chicago, .319; KSuzuki, Minnesota, .314; Loney, Tampa Bay, .308. Runs Dozier, Minnesota, 35; Bautista, Toronto, 33; Donaldson, Oakland, 31; JAbreu, Chicago, 28; MeCabrera, Toronto, 28; HKendrick, Los Angeles, 26; Pedroia, Boston, 26; Pujols, Los Angeles, 26. RBI JAbreu, Chicago, 41; MiCabrera, Detroit, 35; NCruz, Baltimore, 33; Moss, Oakland, 33; Brantley, Cleveland, 30; Colabello, Minnesota, 30; Bautista, Toronto, 29. Hits MeCabrera, Toronto, 56; AlRamirez, Chi- cago, 52; Altuve, Houston, 50; Hosmer, Kansas City, 48; Cano, Seattle, 47; Rios, Texas, 47; HKendrick, Los Angeles, 46; Kinsler, Detroit, 46; Markakis, Baltimore, 46. NBA Playoffs Semifinals (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Monday, May 5 Washington 102, Indiana 96 L.A. Clippers 122, Oklahoma City 105 Tuesday, May 6 Miami 107, Brooklyn 86 San Antonio 116, Portland 92 Wednesday, May 7 Indiana 86, Washington 82 Oklahoma City 112, L.A. Clippers 101 Thursday, May 8 Miami 94, Brooklyn 82 San Antonio 114, Portland 97 Friday, May 9 Indiana 85, Washington 63 Oklahoma City 118, L.A. Clippers 112 Saturday, May 10 Brooklyn 104, Miami 90 San Antonio 118, Portland 103 Sunday, May 11 L.A. Clippers 101, Oklahoma City 99 Indiana 95, Washington 92 Monday, May 12 Miami 102, Brooklyn 96 Portland 103, San Antonio 92, San Anto- nio leads series 3-1 Tuesday, May 13 Washington 102, Indiana 79, Indiana leads series 3-2 Oklahoma City 105, L.A. Clippers 104, Oklahoma City leads series 3-2 Wednesday, May 14 Miami 96, Brooklyn 94, Miami leads series 4-1 Portland at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 15 Indiana at Washington, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 16 x-San Antonio at Portland, 9:30 or 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 18 x-Washington at Indiana, TBA x-L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, TBA Monday, May 19 x-Portland at San Antonio, TBA Heat 96, Nets 94 NETS (94) Johnson 15-23 1-1 34, Pierce 8-18 1-2 19, Garnett 1-3 0-0 2, Williams 7-16 0-0 17, Livingston 2-6 4-4 8, Anderson 1-3 0-0 2, Blatche 0-0 0-0 0, Teletovic 1-3 4-4 6, Kirilenko 1-2 2-4 4, Thornton 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 37-78 12-15 94. HEAT (96) James 6-14 15-17 29, Battier 0-0 0-0 0, Bosh 6-11 0-0 16, Chalmers 0-5 2-2 2, Wade 10-18 8-8 28, Allen 4-10 4-4 13, Andersen 0-1 0-0 0, Jones 1-2 0-0 3, Cole 0-3 0-0 0, Lewis 2-3 0-0 5. Totals 29-67 29-31 96. Brooklyn 22 27 26 19 — 94 Miami 23 19 24 30 — 96 3-Point Goals: Brooklyn 8-22 (Johnson 3-6, Williams 3-7, Pierce 2-5, Anderson 0-1, Thornton 0-1, Teletovic 0-2), Miami 9-29 (Bosh 4-6, James 2-5, Lewis 1-2, Jones 1-2, Allen 1-7, Cole 0-2, Chalmers 0-5); Fouled out: None; Rebounds: Brook- lyn 47 (Garnett 8), Miami 37 (James 9); Assists: Brooklyn 14 (Williams 4), Miami 18 (Chalmers 7); Total fouls: Brooklyn 21, Miami 16; A: 19,615 (19,600). NHL Playoffs Second round (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Thursday, May 1 Montreal 4, Boston 3, 2OT Friday, May 2 N.Y. Rangers 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Chicago 5, Minnesota 2 Saturday, May 3 Boston 5, Montreal 3 Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 2, OT Sunday, May 4 Chicago 4, Minnesota 1 Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Rangers 0 Monday, May 5 Pittsburgh 2, N.Y. Rangers 0 Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 1 Tuesday, May 6 Montreal 4, Boston 2 Minnesota 4, Chicago 0 Wednesday, May 7 Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Rangers 2 Thursday, May 8 Boston 1, Montreal 0, OT Anaheim 3, Los Angeles 2 Friday, May 9 N.Y. Rangers 5, Pittsburgh 1 Minnesota 4, Chicago 2 Saturday, May 10 Boston 4, Montreal 2 Anaheim 2, Los Angeles 0 Sunday, May 11 N.Y. Rangers 3, Pittsburgh 1 Chicago 2, Minnesota 1 Monday, May 12 Montreal 4, Boston 0 Anaheim 4, Los Angeles 3, Anaheim leads series 3-2 Tuesday, May 13 N.Y. Rangers 2, Pittsburgh 1, N.Y. Rang- ers wins series 4-3 Chicago 2, Minnesota 1, OT, Chicago wins series 4-2 Wednesday, May 14 Montreal 3, Boston 1, Montreal wins series 4-3 Anaheim at Los Angeles, 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 16 x-Los Angeles at Anaheim, 6 p.m. Finals (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Saturday, May 17 N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 10 a.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE For May 15 Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Cincinnati (G1) -150/+140 San Diego at Milwaukee -145/+135 Pittsburgh at St. Louis -165/+155 Chicago at Cincinnati (G2) -120/+110 San Diego at San Francisco -140/+130 Miami AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston -130/+120 at Minnesota Cleveland -115/+105 at Toronto at Kansas City -130/+120 Baltimore at Los Angeles -135/+125 Tampa Bay INTERLEAGUE New York (AL) -125/+115 at New York (NL) NBA Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Washington 41/2 (1801/2) Indiana at Clippers 41/2 (212) Oklahoma City Soccer SATURDAY FA Cup Final At London Favorite Line Underdog Arsenal -400/+320 Hull City Transactions BASEBALL American League Chicago White Sox: Designated INF Jeff Keppinger for assignment. Texas Rangers: Recalled RHP Nick Tepesch and Miles Mikolas from Round Rock (PCL). Purchased the contract of RHP Scott Baker from Round Rock. Placed LHP Martin Perez and LHP Matt Harrison placed on 15-day DL. Designated RHP Justin Germano for assignment. Toronto Blue Jays: Placed C Dioner Na- varro on the bereavement/family medi- cal emergency list. Recalled C Erik Kratz and RHP Neil Wagner from Buffalo (IL). Optioned RHP Chad Jenkins to Buffalo. National League Los Angeles Dodgers: Activated C A.J. Ellis from the 15-day DL. Optioned C Miguel Olivo to Albuquerque (PCL). Miami Marlins: Designated RHP Henry Rodriguez for assignment. Optioned LHP Dan Jennings to New Orleans (PCL). Signed LHP Randy Wolf to one-year contract. New York Mets: Placed RHP Dillon Gee on the 15-Day Dl, retroactive to May 11. Selected the contract of RHP Rafael Montero from Las Vegas (PCL). San Diego Padres: Optioned RHP Kevin Quackenbush to El Paso (PCL). St. Louis Cardinals: Recalled 2B Kolten Wong from Memphis (PCL). Optioned INF Greg Garcia to Memphis. American Association Amarillo Sox: Signed LHP Logan Wil- liamson Gary Southshore Railcats: Released OF Brooks Braga, RHP Mike Weatherly, LHP Edwin Walker and LHP Carlos Rivas. Grand Prairie AIR Hogs: Released INF Brian Myrow. Signed RHP Dustin Cam- eron, RHP Ryan Searle and RHP Yhency Brazoban. Can-Am League Rockland Boulders: Signed RHP Taylor Mangum. Frontier League Evansville Otters: Acquired 1B Nick Schwaner from Southern Maryland (Atlantic) to complete a previous trade. Released RHPs Tim Brechbuehler and Dan Killian, and Cs John Harris and Joe Solomeno. Florence Freedom: Signed RHP Pete Lev- itt and OF Buddy Sosnoskie. Released RHPs Bo Budkevics, Justin Martinez, Greg McDaniel and Andrew Strengeand and LHP Tom Gentile. Frontier Greys: Released 3B Joe Poletsky and OF Deaun Williams. Gateway Grizzlies: Released RHPs Kolt Browder, Justin Erasmus and Oliver Van Zant. Joliet Slammers: Released RHP John Kukuruda and INF Barrett Serrato. Lake Erie Crushers: Acquired C Kevin Franchetti from Rockland (Can-Am) for a player to be named. Normal Cornbelters: Released LHP Jason Boyer and RHP Aaron Hilt. Schaumburg Boomers: Signed C Ryan McChesney. Southern Illinois Miners: Traded RHP Trent Howard to Sioux City (AA) for a player to be named. Windy City Thunderbolts: Released RHP Jordan Mejia. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Detroit Pistons: Named Stan Van Gundy coach and president of basketball operations. Golden State Warriors: Agreed to terms with coach Steve Kerr on a five-year contract. FOOTBALL National Football League Baltimore Ravens: Signed TE Crockett Gilmore, G-C John Urschel and QB Keith Wenning to four-year contracts. Chicago Bears: Agreed to terms with CB Kyle Fuller on a four-year contract. Green Bay Packers: Signed T John Ful- lington and WR Jeff Janis. Released CB James Nixon. Indianapolis Colts: Signed DE Jonathan Newsome. Kansas City Chiefs: Signed OL Laurent Duvernay-Tardif. New York Jets: Signed G Dakota Dozier and LB Trevor Reilly to four-year con- tracts. Oakland Raiders: Waived S Tony Dye, LB Eric Harper and DE Chris McCoy. San Diego Chargers: Signed G Chris Watt, DT Ryan Carrethers, RB Marion Grice and WR Tevin Reese to four-year contracts. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Signed LS Andrew DePaola. Waived CB Anthony Gaitor. Washington Redskins: Signed NT Chris Davenport, WR Lee Doss, WR Cody Hoffman, WR Kofi Hughes, WR Rashad Lawrence, TE Kevin Perry, RB Silas Redd, DB Bryan Shepherd and NT Robert Thomas. Canadian Football League Edmonton Eskimos: Released OL Cliff Louis. HOCKEY National Hockey League Los Angeles Kings: Signed D Vincent LoVerde to a one-year contract. ECHL Reading Royals: Named Drew Bell president. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2014 2 B