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GARRYJONES—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Preakness Stakes favorite California Chrome gallops in the rain under exercise rider Willie Delgado on Friday in Baltimore. The Preakness Stakes takes place today. ByBethHarris TheAssociatedPress BALTIMORE California Chrome has run away from the competition in five consecutive victories, winning by an average of over five lengths. The Kentucky Derby winner has had it his way ever since Victor Espi- noza climbed aboard back in Decem- ber when the streak began. Whether they do again in the 1 3-16- mile Preakness at Pimlico today de- pends on a good trip, the tactics used by the chestnut colt's nine rivals and a little luck. California Chrome is the even-money favorite against nine ri- vals. "When you run a 3-5 shot, you've got a lot more pressure on you know- ing you're going to be the favorite, but I think we can handle it," trainer Art Sherman said. California Chrome galloped two miles in the rain Friday. A small blis- ter in the colt's throat that caused him to cough a day earlier was blown out of proportion, according to Alan Sher- man, Art's son and assistant trainer. "California Chrome is fine. His throat is fine. He had a little tickle," he said. "He is not scratching from the Preakness." The colt had a similar blister before his Derby win. He was being treated with a glycerin throat wash. If the chestnut colt with four white feet can repeat his Derby success in the $1.5 million Preakness, he'll set himself up for a Triple Crown try in three weeks in the Belmont Stakes. It's been 36 years since Affirmed swept the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont to become horse racing's 11th Triple Crown winner. "The Triple Crown means so much, but I'm old school," Art Sherman said. "Let's just go one race at a time." California Chrome extended his winning streak to five with a thrilling victory in the Derby two weeks ago, when Espinoza kept him no worse than third in the 19-horse fray before accelerating in the stretch to win by 1 ¾ lengths. In the Preakness, California PREAKNESS Chromeisgoldenasfavorite Californiahorsehasrun away from competition in five consecutive wins The Associated Press CLEVELAND Josh Reddick hom- ered twice, including a grand slam, and drove in a career-high six runs, and Josh Donaldson added a three- run shot in the Oakland Athletics' 11-1 win over the Cleveland Indians on Friday night. Reddick's second career grand slam and Donaldson's homer sparked an eight-run second in- ning. Reddick added a two-run homer in the seventh. Sonny Gray (5-1) allowed one run and two hits with nine strike- outs in six innings for Oakland, which has won seven of eight. Both homers in Oakland's big- gest inning of the season came off Zach McAllister (4-3), who struck out the side in the first, but retired only one batter in the second for the shortest outing of his career. Reddick came into Friday in an 8-for-43 skid over his last 13 games. Nick Swisher's solo homer in the first put Cleveland ahead, but Oak- land sent 11 men to the plate in the second, with the first five reaching base. Brandon Moss doubled past Swisher and took third on Yoenis Cespedes' single. Lowrie's single got the Athletics even and Derek Norris walked to load the bases. Reddick followed by hitting a 1-0 pitch into the seats in right. Coco Crisp and John Jaso drew one-out walks before Donaldson drove a 3-2 pitch into the home run porch in left field. The ball landed hit off a souvenir stand and trav- eled an estimated 410 feet. Indians manager Terry Fran- cona pulled McAllister for left- hander Kyle Crockett, who was making his major league debut. Gray played catch with Jaso in front of Oakland's dugout to keep loose during the pitching change. Gray was in control other than allowing Swisher's homer. Michael Brantley singled with two outs in the third. The right-hander retired the final eight hitters, including five strikeouts. Gray pitched six scoreless in- nings and struck out seven in a no-decision against the Indians on opening day. He's 3-0 on the road and 4-0 in night games. Reddick's second home run came off Carlos Carrasco, giving him five multi-homer games in his career. Lowrie drove in two runs, in- cluding a leadoff homer in the third, while Donaldson has hom- ered in three straight games. BASEBALL Reddick has big day in romp over Sox ATHLETICS11,INDIANS1 Up next: Today, Oakland at Cleve- land Indians, 4:05p.m., TV on CSN THESCORE The Raiders rookie dra class, plus undra ed free agents and some players on a tryout basis, convene at the club's rookie camp starting Friday. Khalil Mack reportedly signed his rookie deal Thursday. OAKLAND RAIDERS RookiesincludingNo.1 pick Mack set to report FULL STORY ON PAGE B2 The so ball playoff commit- tee is scheduled to meet at 10a.m. today at Durham High School to seed teams for the upcoming Northern Section playoffs. Check redbluffdaily- news.com for matchups. SOFTBALL Playoff brackets to be released today Corning Youth Bowlers are holding a youth carnival with games and food from 10a.m. to 4p.m. at North Side Park, 1414Colusa St. to raise money for their trip to the Youth State Bowling Tournament. FUNDRAISER Corning Youth Bowlers host carnival Saturday Staff Report CORNING The Corning Man- chester United, an under-14 youth soccer team, won the Cal North Presidents Cup Championship in Modesto May 4. The win qualifies Corning for a regional tournament June 11-15 in Morgan Hill where they'll face state champions from Oregon, Washington, Utah and Nevada. Corning was tied 0-0 at half- time of the Presidents Cup Cham- pionship with County Line Pumas from Galt when the coaching staff decided to move some players around to start the second half to gain an advantage. It worked and Corning scored early in the first half. United later added an insur- ance goal on a counter attack to seal a 2-0 victory. The game continued a rivalry between the two teams who met twice in Metro Section of Cal North CCSL league play and again during group play of the tournament. After giving up an early goal to the San Francisco Gimms '99 in the semifinals, Corning ral- lied back to win 5-1 on April 27 in Elk Grove to reach the cham- pionship. Corning beat County Line Pumas 2-0, Elk Grove 3-0 and the San Francisco Vikings 5-0 during group play to reach the knock-out competition. United started off as a group of players at the Under-12 recre- ational level. Coaches Luis Saavedra and Juan and Moises Munoz worked the team throughout the years to get to the level they are now. "They really believed in what we were teaching and did not shy away from all those long hard hours of work, and the rest is history as they say," Saave- dra said. The team is asking the com- munity for help both financially or suggesting fundraising oppor- tunities so it can continue its jour- ney. "As you know we don't live in the most affluent area and costs become quite difficult," Saave- dra said. Those who would like to help the club should contact League President Tina Saavedra at 586- 9098 or Luis Saavedra at 953- 9069. YOUTH SOCCER CORNING WINS CAL NORTH CUP TITLE Manchester United under-14 Team heading to regional to face other state champions The Corning Manchester United U14youth soccer team is: Alonso Aceves, Andres Culvas, Arturo Cruz Esparza, Mateo Estrella-Jimenez, Javier Gamboa, James Godinez, Jose Manuel Gonzalez, Isaac Gonzalez-Munoz, Jose Hinojosa, Luis Hinojosa, Jorge Jimenez, Conner Judd, Alfredo Lopez, Jaime Martinez, Fernando Palos, Ramon Pelayo, Brandon Ramirez, Ivan Saavedr-Munoz, Eugenio Solorio, Miguel Velazaquez, Esteban Zepeda, coaches Juan Munoz, Moises Munoz , Luis Saavedra and team manager Clementina Saaverdra. Steelworkers from plants owned by the country's richest man on Friday joined police on patrols to reverse the tide of lawlessness in the industrial port city of Mariupol in Ukraine. UKRAINE Fight against rebels threatens stability FULL STORY ON PAGE B4 By Rich Greene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter CORNING The Swinging with Sasquatch charity golf tourna- ment is returning for its second year at Sevillano Links. The tournament, hosted by "Big Break Greenbrier" star Isaac Sanchez, will benefit in- jured military personnel and lo- cal scholarships through the Ro- tary Club of Redding and Patri- ots Honor. It is set to take place Saturday, July 26. The tournament begins with a shotgun tee-off at 10 a.m. and ends with a banquet dinner at 5 p.m. The tournament will consist of five-man teams, one professional and four amateurs in a one-gross ball, two-net ball format. There will be an optional gross and net skins game. The fee is $200 per team, with the fee including the professional for free along with green fees, cart use and a banquet. Hotel rooms are also avail- able. Hole sponsorships are also available for $150 for a full hole or $80 for a half hole. For more information contact Sasquatch Golf at 916-984-3764 or email isaac@sasquatch-golf. com. GOLF Swinging with Sasquatch charity golf event returns July 26 HORSES PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Saturday, May 17, 2014 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1