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Scoreboard MLB AMERICANLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 31 20 .608 _ Los Angeles 28 22 .560 21/2 Texas 26 26 .500 51/2 Seattle 25 25 .500 51/2 Houston 21 32 .396 11 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 28 19 .596 _ Chicago 26 27 .491 5 Minnesota 24 25 .490 5 Kansas City 24 27 .471 6 Cleveland 24 28 .462 61/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 31 22 .585 _ Baltimore 26 23 .531 3 New York 27 24 .529 3 Tampa Bay 23 30 .434 8 Boston 22 29 .431 8 Monday's games Boston 8, Atlanta 6 Baltimore 7, Milwaukee 6, 10 innings Chicago White Sox 6, Cleveland 2 Texas 7, Minnesota 2 Oakland 10, Detroit 0 Seattle 5, L.A. Angels 1 N.Y. Yankees 6, St. Louis 4, 12 innings Toronto 10, Tampa Bay 5 Houston 9, Kansas City 2 Tuesday's games Toronto 9, Tampa Bay 6 Boston 6, Atlanta 3 Houston 3, Kansas City 0 Minnesota 4, Texas 3 Baltimore at Milwaukee, (n) Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, (n) St. Louis 6, N.Y. Yankees 0 Detroit at Oakland, (n) L.A. Angels at Seattle, (n) Wednesday's games Houston (Cosart 3-4) at Kansas City (Duffy 2-4), 11:10 a.m. Tampa Bay (Archer 3-2) at Toronto (Hendriks 1-0), 4:07 p.m. Atlanta (Floyd 0-1) at Boston (Lackey 5-3), 4:10 p.m. Baltimore (B.Norris 3-4) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 2-3), 5:10 p.m. Cleveland (House 0-1) at Chicago White Sox (Noesi 0-4), 5:10 p.m. Texas (J.Saunders 0-1) at Minnesota (Gibson 4-4), 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 3-3) at St. Louis (S.Miller 6-3), 5:15 p.m. Detroit (A.Sanchez 2-2) at Oakland (Kazmir 5-2), 7:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 6-3) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 6-1), 7:10 p.m. Thursday's games Texas at Minnesota, 10:10 a.m. Detroit at Oakland, 12:35 p.m. Kansas City at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Atlanta at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Baltimore at Houston, 5:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB San Francisco 32 19 .627 _ Colorado 28 24 .538 41/2 Los Angeles 28 24 .538 41/2 San Diego 23 29 .442 91/2 Arizona 21 32 .396 12 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 30 22 .577 _ St. Louis 29 23 .558 1 Pittsburgh 23 28 .451 61/2 Cincinnati 22 27 .449 61/2 Chicago 19 30 .388 91/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Atlanta 28 23 .549 _ Miami 27 25 .519 11/2 Washington 25 26 .490 3 New York 23 28 .451 5 Philadelphia 22 27 .449 5 Monday's games Boston 8, Atlanta 6 Pittsburgh 5, N.Y. Mets 3 Miami 3, Washington 2 Baltimore 7, Milwaukee 6, 10 innings Chicago Cubs 8, San Francisco 4 N.Y. Yankees 6, St. Louis 4, 12 innings Philadelphia 9, Colorado 0 L.A. Dodgers 4, Cincinnati 3 Arizona 7, San Diego 5 Tuesday's games Colorado 6, Philadelphia 2 Miami at Washington, ppd., rain Boston 6, Atlanta 3 N.Y. Mets 4, Pittsburgh 2 Baltimore at Milwaukee, (n) St. Louis 6, N.Y. Yankees 0 San Diego at Arizona, (n) Cincinnati at L.A. Dodgers, (n) Chicago Cubs at San Francisco, (n) Wednesday's games Pittsburgh (Morton 1-6) at N.Y. Mets (Colon 3-5), 10:10 a.m. Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 3-4) at San Francisco (Lincecum 4-3), 12:45 p.m. Colorado (Lyles 5-1) at Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 2-2), 4:05 p.m. Miami (H.Alvarez 2-3) at Washington (Zimmermann 3-2), 4:05 p.m. Atlanta (Floyd 0-1) at Boston (Lackey 5-3), 4:10 p.m. Baltimore (B.Norris 3-4) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 2-3), 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 3-3) at St. Louis (S.Miller 6-3), 5:15 p.m. San Diego (Stauffer 2-0) at Arizona (C.Anderson 2-0), 6:40 p.m. Cincinnati (Bailey 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 3-1), 7:10 p.m. Thursday's games N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Atlanta at Boston, 4:10 p.m. San Francisco at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Cincinnati at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE Batting VMartinez, Detroit, .341; Cano, Seattle, .332; Rios, Texas, .330; Kinsler, Detroit, .330; MiCabrera, Detroit, .321; Al- Ramirez, Chicago, .320; Altuve, Houston, .320; MeCabrera, Toronto, .320. RBI NCruz, Baltimore, 45; JAbreu, Chicago, 42; MiCabrera, Detroit, 42; Encarnacion, Toronto, 42; Moss, Oakland, 42; Brantley, Cleveland, 39; Donaldson, Oakland, 38. Home runs NCruz, Baltimore, 16; Encarnacion, Toronto, 16; JAbreu, Chicago, 15; Pujols, Los Angeles, 14; Bautista, Toronto, 12; Donaldson, Oakland, 12; VMartinez, Detroit, 12; Moss, Oakland, 12; Ortiz, Boston, 12. Pitching Buehrle, Toronto, 9-1; Tanaka, New York, 7-1; Porcello, Detroit, 7-2; FHernandez, Seattle, 6-1; Scherzer, Detroit, 6-1; Keuchel, Houston, 6-2; CWilson, Los Angeles, 6-3; Shields, Kansas City, 6-3. ERA Gray, Oakland, 1.99; Tanaka, New York, 2.29; Buehrle, Toronto, 2.33; Darvish, Texas, 2.35; Keuchel, Houston, 2.55; Kazmir, Oakland, 2.56; Scherzer, Detroit, 2.59. Strikeouts Price, Tampa Bay, 84; Kluber, Cleveland, 83; Lester, Boston, 83; Tanaka, New York, 79; Scherzer, Detroit, 78; FHernandez, Seattle, 74; Darvish, Texas, 71. NATIONAL LEAGUE Batting Tulowitzki, Colorado, .373; Puig, Los Angeles, .345; Utley, Philadelphia, .333; Lucroy, Milwaukee, .330; MaAdams, St. Louis, .326; Blackmon, Colorado, .321; CGomez, Milwaukee, .321. RBI Stanton, Miami, 49; Puig, Los Angeles, 38; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 37; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 36; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 34; Blackmon, Colorado, 33; Morse, San Francisco, 33; JUpton, Atlanta, 33. Home runs Stanton, Miami, 15; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 14; JUpton, Atlanta, 13; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 12; Reynolds, Milwaukee, 11; Gattis, Atlanta, 10; CGomez, Milwaukee, 10; Morse, San Francisco, 10; Puig, Los Angeles, 10; Walker, Pittsburgh, 10. Pitching Wainwright, St. Louis, 8-2; Greinke, Los Angeles, 7-1; Lohse, Milwaukee, 6-1; Lynn, St. Louis, 6-2; Simon, Cincinnati, 6-2; SMiller, St. Louis, 6-3; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 6-3; JDe La Rosa, Colo- rado, 6-3. ERA Wainwright, St. Louis, 1.67; Samardzija, Chicago, 1.68; Teheran, Atlanta, 1.77; Cueto, Cincinnati, 1.83; Greinke, Los Angeles, 2.01; WPeralta, Milwaukee, 2.12; Hudson, San Francisco, 2.13. Strikeouts Cueto, Cincinnati, 85; Strasburg, Washington, 81; Wainwright, St. Louis, 77; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 75; Ken- nedy, San Diego, 72; Harang, Atlanta, 71; Fernandez, Miami, 70. Basketball NBA PLAYOFFS Conference Finals (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Tuesday, May 27 Oklahoma City 105, San Antonio 92, series tied 2-2 Wednesday, May 28 Miami at Indiana, 5:30 p.m., Miami leads series 3-1 Thursday, May 29 Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 6 p.m. Friday, May 30 x-Indiana at Miami, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 31 San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 5:30 p.m. Sunday, June 1 x-Miami at Indiana, 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 2 x-Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 6 p.m. NBA Finals (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Thursday, June 5 Eastern champion at San Antonio or Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Thunder 105, Spurs 92 SPURS (92) Leonard 3-9 2-2 10, Duncan 3-8 3-4 9, Splitter 1-3 1-2 3, Parker 7-12 0-0 14, Green 1-4 0-0 3, Ginobili 2-8 0-0 5, Diaw 5-11 2-2 14, Mills 2-9 0-0 4, Belinelli 2-4 2-2 7, Joseph 4-7 3-4 11, Baynes 0-3 2-2 2, Bonner 3-4 0-0 8, Ayres 0-1 2-4 2. Totals 33-83 17-22 92. THUNDER (105) Durant 11-22 7-9 31, Ibaka 4-8 1-4 9, Perkins 1-1 0-0 2, Westbrook 12-24 14-14 40, Jackson 1-5 0-0 3, Lamb 2-7 2-2 7, Butler 2-3 0-0 4, Adams 2-3 0-2 4, Fisher 1-2 0-0 3, Collison 0-0 0-0 0, Jones 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 37-76 24-31 105. San Antonio 20 23 24 25 — 92 Oklahoma City 26 32 25 22 — 105 3-Point Goals: San Antonio 9-27 (Bonner 2-3, Leonard 2-5, Diaw 2-6, Belinelli 1-1, Green 1-2, Ginobili 1-4, Parker 0-1, Mills 0-5), Oklahoma City 7-16 (Durant 2-4, Westbrook 2-5, Fisher 1-1, Lamb 1-2, Jackson 1-2, Ibaka 0-1, Butler 0-1); Fouled out: None; Rebounds: San Antonio 51 (Diaw 10), Oklahoma City 50 (Perkins 10); Assists: San Antonio 17 (Duncan, Parker 4), Oklahoma City 22 (Westbrook 10); Total fouls: San Antonio 22, Okla- homa City 20; Technicals: San Antonio Coach Popovich; A: 18,203 (18,203). WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 5 0 1.000 — Sparks 2 1 .667 2 Phoenix 2 1 .667 2 San Antonio 2 2 .500 21/2 Seattle 1 4 .200 4 Tulsa 0 2 .000 31/2 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Chicago 4 1 .800 — Atlanta 2 2 .500 11/2 New York 2 2 .500 11/2 Washington 1 2 .333 2 Connecticut 1 3 .250 21/2 Indiana 1 3 .250 21/2 Monday's games Minnesota 75, Chicago 72 Tuesday's games New York 70, Seattle 64 Wednesday's games Tulsa at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Thursday's games Connecticut at Indiana, 4 p.m. Hockey NHL PLAYOFFS Conference Finals (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Tuesday, May 27 Montreal 7, NY Rangers 4, N.Y. Rangers lead series 3-2 Wednesday, May 28 Los Angeles at Chicago, 5 p.m., Los Angeles leads series 3-1 Thursday, May 29 Montreal at NY Rangers, 5 p.m. Friday, May 30 x-Chicago at Los Angeles, 6 p.m. Saturday, May 31 x-NY Rangers at Montreal, 5 p.m. Sunday, June 1 x-Los Angeles at Chicago, 5 p.m. N.Y. Canadiens 7, Rangers 4 N.Y. Rangers 1 3 0 — 4 Montreal 2 3 2 — 7 First Period: 1, Montreal, Galchenyuk 2 (Subban, Markov), 1:48 (pp). 2, N.Y. Rangers, Stepan 4 (Kreider, Staal), 10:44. 3, Montreal, Plekanec 4 (Gionta, Galchenyuk), 12:24. Second Period: 4, Montreal, Pacioretty 5 (Gallagher, Markov), 3:44. 5, Montreal, Re.Bourque 6 (Eller, Vanek), 6:54. 6, N.Y. Rangers, Nash 3 (McDonagh, Kreider), 9:48. 7, N.Y. Rangers, Stepan 5 (Kreider, Nash), 12:06. 8, N.Y. Rangers, Kreider 4 (McDonagh, Brassard), 14:12 (pp). 9, Montreal, Re.Bourque 7 (Weise, Eller), 15:10. Third Period: 10, Montreal, Re.Bourque 8 (Weise, Markov), 6:33. 11, Montreal, Desharnais 2 (Pacioretty), 15:43 (en). Shots on Goal: N.Y. Rangers 10-6-11=27. Montreal 12-12-4=28. Goalies: N.Y. Rangers, Lundqvist, Talbot. Montreal, Tokarski; A: 21,273 (21,273); T: 2:41. Tennis FRENCH OPEN RESULTS Tuesday At Stade Roland Garros Paris Purse: $34.12 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles MEN First Round Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, def. Grigor Dimi- trov (11), Bulgaria, 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 (4). Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4. Andreas Seppi (32), Italy, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3. Axel Michon, France, def. Bradley Klahn, United States, 6-1, 6-7 (4), 5-7, 6-1, 6-4. David Ferrer (5), Spain, def. Igor Sijsling, Netherlands, 6-4, 6-3, 6-1. Richard Gasquet (12), France, def. Ber- nard Tomic, Australia, 6-2, 6-1, 7-5. Juan Monaco, Argentina, def. Lucas Pouille, France, 6-3, 6-1, 6-4. Philipp Kohlschreiber (28), Germany, def. Pere Riba, Spain, 7-5, 6-4, 6-1. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. Andreas Haider-Maurer, Austria, def. Daniel Brands, Germany, 4-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4. Kevin Anderson (19), South Africa, def. Stephane Robert, France, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4. Simone Bolelli, Italy, def. Andrea Arn- aboldi, Italy, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. Jurgen Zopp, Estonia, def. Tommy Haas (16), Germany, 2-5, retired. Jack Sock, United States, def. Nicolas Almagro (21), Spain, 5-0, retired. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, def. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3. Andy Murray (7), Britain, def. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Fernando Verdasco (24), Spain, def. Mi- chael Llodra, France, 6-2, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3). Marinko Matosevic, Australia, def. Dustin Brown, Germany, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-7 (1), 7-5. Gael Monfils (23), France, def. Victor Hanescu, Romania, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, def. Albano Olivetti, France, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. Steve Johnson, United States, leads Laurent Lokoli, France, 4-6, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 6-3, 3-1, susp., darkness. WOMEN First Round Simona Halep (4), Romania, def. Alisa Kleybanova, Russia, 6-0, 6-2. Kristina Mladenovic, France, def. Li Na (2), China, 7-5, 3-6, 6-1. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (24), Russia, def. Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, 6-3, 0-6, 6-2. Svetlana Kuznetsova (27), Russia, def. Sofia Shapatava, Georgia, 6-3, 6-1. Camila Giorgi, Italy, def. Bojana Jova- novski, Serbia, 6-4, 6-3. Teliana Pereira, Brazil, def. Luksika Kumkhum, Thailand, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1. Heather Watson, Britain, def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-4. Sorana Cirstea (26), Romania, def. Alek- sandra Wozniak, Canada, 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-2. Alison Riske, United States, def. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croatia, 7-6 (2), 6-3. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, def. Alexan- dra Cadantu, Romania, 7-6 (5), 6-1. Jelena Jankovic (6), Serbia, def. Sharon Fichman, Canada, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3. Sloane Stephens (15), United States, def. Peng Shuai, China, 6-4, 7-6 (8). Polona Hercog, Slovenia, def. Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-3. Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, def. Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, 6-2, 6-3. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, def. Petra Martic, Croatia, 5-0, retired. Ana Ivanovic (11), Serbia, def. Caroline Garcia, France, 6-1, 6-3. Kirsten Flipkens (21), Belgium, def. Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, 7-6 (6), 6-2. Julia Glushko, Israel, def. Donna Vekic, Croatia, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, def. Caroline Wozniacki (13), Denmark, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-2. Magdalena Rybmarikova, Slovakia, def. Urszula Radwanska, Poland, 4-6, 6-4, 3-0, retired. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, def. Iveta Melzer, Czech Republic, 7-6 (6), 6-2. Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor, Spain, def. Klara Koukalova (30), Czech Republic, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Ekaterina Makarova (22), Russia, def. Shelby Rogers, United States, 6-2, 6-3. Dinah Pfizenmaier, Germany, def. Estrella Cabeza Candela, Spain, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, def. Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain, 7-5, 6-3. Lucie Safarova (23), Czech Republic, def. Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, 6-3, 7-5. Sara Errani (10), Italy, def. Madison Keys, United States, 7-5, 3-6, 6-1. Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at New York -115/+105 Pittsburgh at San Fran -165/+155 Chicago at Philadelphia -105/-105 Colorado at Washington -145/+135 Miami at Arizona -125/+115 San Diego at Los Angeles -190/+180 Cincinnati AMERICAN LEAGUE at Kansas City -175/+165 Houston Tampa Bay -120/+110 at Toronto at Chicago -110/+100 Cleveland at Minnesota -110/+100 Texas at Oakland -125/+115 Detroit at Seattle -130/+120 Los Angeles INTERLEAGUE at Boston -135/+125 Atlanta at Milwaukee -120/+110 Baltimore at St. Louis -135/+125 New York (AL) NBA Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog Miami 2 (184) at Indiana NHL Favorite Line Underdog at Chicago -140/+120 Los Angeles Transactions BASEBALL American League Baltimore Orioles: Reinstated 1B Chris Davis from the paternity leave list. Boston Red Sox: Sent RHP Steven Wright to Portland (EL) for a rehab assignment. Cleveland Indians: Placed C/Inf Carlos Santana on the 7-day Dl, retroactive to Monday, and 1B Nick Swisher on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of C George Kottaras from Columbus (IL). Recalled INF Jesus Aguilar from Columbus, Designated RHP Blake Wood for assignment. Houston Astros: Optioned OF L.J. Hoes to Oklahoma City (PCL). Recalled OF Robbie Grossman from Oklahoma City. Kansas City Royals: Traded OF Melky Mesa and RHP P.J. Walters to Toronto for cash considerations. Tampa Bay Rays: Optioned RHP Alex Co- lome to Durham (IL). Selected C Roman Ali Solis from Durham. Transferred LHP Matt Moore to the 60-day DL. National League Arizona Diamondbacks: Optioned RHP Zeke Spruill to Reno (PCL). Atlanta Braves: Agreed to terms with RHP Kameron Loe on a minor league contract. Chicago Cubs: Placed LHP Wesley Wright on paternity leave. Recalled RHP Blake Parker from Iowa (PCL). Los Angeles Dodgers: Placed C A.J. Ellis on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to Sunday. Recalled C Tim Federowicz from Albu- querque (PCL). Miami Marlins: Placed RHP Carter Capps on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to Monday. Recalled RHP Arquimedes Caminero from New Orleans (PCL). New York Mets: Recalled RHP Vic Black from Las Vegas (PCL). Pittsburgh Pirates: Designated RHP Vin Mazzaro for assignment. Recalled RHP Brandon Cumpton from Indianapolis (IL). St. Louis Cardinals: Agreed to terms with LHP Pedro Feliciano on a minor league contract. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA: Fined Indiana F Paul George $25,000 for public criticism of the of- ficiating. FOOTBALL National Football League Arizona Cardinals: Signed T Cory Bran- don, CB Jimmy Legree, WR Kevin Ozier, and RB Jalen Parmele. Baltimore Ravens: Signed LB C.J. Mosley. Cincinnati Bengals: Signed HB Jeremy Hill and DE Will Clarke. Dallas Cowboys: Placed TE Evan Wilson on the waived/injured list. Signed G Tyronne Green. Jacksonville Jaguars: Signed LB Telvin Smith. Miami Dolphins: Signed OL Samuel Longo and Michael Philipp and DL Micajah Reynolds. New England Patriots: Signed Wrs Wil- son Van Hooser and Reese Wiggins. Pittsburgh Steelers: Signed OL Wesley Johnson and LB Jordan Zumwalt to four- year contracts. Seattle Seahawks: Signed WR Kevin Norwood and Lbs Kevin Pierre-Louis and Horace Miller. HOCKEY National Hockey League Columbus Blue Jackets: Signed coach Todd Richards to a two-year contract extension through the 2016-17 season. MLBBASEBALL Chicago Cubs at San Francis- co Giants:12:30p.m.,CSNBA. Detroit Tigers at Oakland Ath- letics: 7p.m., CSN. NBA PLAYOFFS Conference Finals, Game 5, Miami Heat at Indiana Pacers: 5:30p.m., ESPN. NHL PLAYOFFS Conference Finals, Game 5, Los Angeles Kings at Chicago Blackhawks: 5p.m., NBCSN. COLLEGE GOLF NCAA Men's Championship, Match Play Finals: 2p.m., GOLF. SOCCER International Friendly, Mexico vs. Israel: 6:25p.m., ESPN2. TENNIS French Open, Second Round: 6a.m., ESPN2. On the air The Associated Press TORONTO Mark Buehrle became the first nine-game winner in the majors, Ed- win Encarnacion and Adam Lind hit back-to-back home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays extended their winning streak to eight games, beat- ing the Tampa Bay Rays 9-6 on Tuesday night. Juan Francisco also hom- ered for the AL East-lead- ing Blue Jays, who have won 13 of 15 and are 19-7 in May. Buehrle (9-1) allowed four runs, three earned, and eight hits in 6 2/3 in- nings. Casey Janssen fin- ished for his eighth save in eight chances. TWINS4,RANGERS3 Texas closer Joakim Soria bobbled a slow-bouncing ball hit by Minnesota's Danny San- tana to the left of the mound with two outs and the bases loaded in the ninth inning, allowing the winning run to score. ASTROS 3, ROYALS 0 Col- lin McHugh held light-hit- ting Kansas City at bay over seven innings and Houston beat the Royals for the As- tros' first four-game win- ning streak since last Sep- tember. NationalLeague METS 4, PIRATES 2 Juan Lagares drove in two runs, Vic Black gave the bullpen a boost and New York finally managed some timely hits in the Mets' first game with a new batting coach. Interleague CARDINALS 6, YANKEES 0 Lance Lynn threw a five- hit shutout in his first ca- reer complete game and St. Louis got home runs from Allen Craig and Matt Hol- liday in a victory over New York. RED SOX 6, BRAVES 3 Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a two-run single during Bos- ton's four-run rally in the seventh inning and the Red Sox beat Atlanta in the lat- est comeback following their longest losing streak in 20 years. BASEBALL ROUNDUP Jays'Buehrlewins9thgame Toronto extends winning streak to eight straight games that I would try or be able to find ways through my first match and negotiate my way through a tricky oppo- nent in these conditions." This French Open has seen some rough going for several past major champi- ons and other highly seeded players, and the second round has yet to begin. No. 13 Caroline Wozni- acki, the 2009 U.S. Open runner-up, was beaten Tuesday, less than a week after her planned wedding to golf star Rory McIlroy was called off; No. 11 Grigor Dimitrov, considered an up- and-coming threat by many, lost to Ivo Karlovic; two seeded men, No. 16 Tommy Haas and No. 21 Nicolas Al- magro, quit during the first set because of injuries; past Grand Slam titles winner Lleyton Hewitt also lost. One person pleas- antly surprised to finally feel what it's like to win in the first round is 66th- ranked Marinko Matose- vic of Australia, who was 0-12 at Grand Slam tourna- ments before beating Dustin Brown of Germany 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-7 (1), 7-5. "Huge relief," said Mato- sevic, who now meets No. 7 Murray. "It got pretty demoralizing at some stages. I had some tough draws. When I did have my chances, I just couldn't quite do it." Li hung her head when she sailed a stroke long on match point for her 37th un- forced error, 12 more than Mladenovic. At the opposite baseline, Mladenovic raised both arms, then covered her mouth with her trembling left hand, trying to process what had just happened. Soon, the 21-year-old Mlad- enovic was choking back tears. "It's never normal when you beat such a big name, big player," said Mlade- novic, who had been 1-5 at the French Open before Tuesday, including a loss to Li in 2010. She faced two set points in the opener while trail- ing 5-4 but erased both and took three games in a row to nose ahead. "This is really big," Mlad- enovic said. "You don't beat Li Na every day." Unless, that is, you catch her coming off one of the true highs in her inconsis- tent career. Three years ago, after the big break- through in Paris, Li lost in the second round at Wim- bledon, then the first round at the U.S. Open. Her analysis of this de- feat was not all that chari- table toward Mladenovic — "doesn't matter who plays today against me ... I gave it away" — but Li insisted the result was "not about technique." "Important thing is in my mind," she said. "I think I should find out what hap- pened." Tennis FROM PAGE 1 be joined by others with ties to Triple Crown winners, in- cluding 92-year-old Penny Chenery, who owned 1973 champion Secretariat. "If this horse can win the Triple Crown, I want to be there," Chenery said from her home in Boulder, Colo. The jockeys who rode the last three Triple Crown winners will be at Belmont, too: Steve Cauthen (Af- firmed), Jean Cruget (Seat- tle Slew) and Ron Turcotte (Secretariat). The1970sproducedthree Triple Crown winners, with Secretariat breaking a 25- year drought. Seattle Slew followed in 1977 and Af- firmed came along the next year, leading many to be- lieve the Triple Crown was an easy feat. Now 36 years have passed since Cauthen, who was then 18, teamed with Affirmed to hold off Aly- dar in three thrilling races, capped by their victory by a head in the Belmont. "It was one of the great- est races of all time to watch and to be involved in," he said. "Two great horses continuing a great rivalry, never giving up. It lived up to the hopes and expecta- tions of everybody." At 3-5, Affirmed was the last odds-on favorite to win the Belmont. Califor- nia Chrome figures to be a low price, too, just like in the Preakness, where he was the overwhelming favorite. CauthenhaswatchedCal- ifornia Chrome from afar and the chestnut colt re- minds him of Affirmed. Cau- then and his horse got along well, and he sees California Chrome and jockey Victor Espinoza doing the same. "He's got a lot of options with him. The horse seems to settle wherever he wants him and can pick up in an instant," said Cauthen, who runs a breeding operation in Verona, Ky. "This horse has got a great chance of pull- ing it off." Triple FROM PAGE 1 and three assists and Rick Nash also scored. At 10:41 of the third, Rangers defenseman John Moore was given a major penalty and was ejected for a blindside, open ice hit on Dale Weise that was simi- lar to Prust's hit on Stepan. Weise was wobbly when he got up and went for treat- ment, but returned to the bench late in the period. It was a night of strange bounces and spotty goal- tending, even if New York's best chance of the game had Carl Hagelin's shot stopped by the end of Dustin Tokar- ski's stick midway through the first period. Lundqvist was pulled in favor of Cam Talbot after allowing four goals on 19 shots. Tokarski stayed in de- spite allowing four on his first 14. The Rangers did a good job of canceling the initial rush Montreal gets from its pregame buildup in win- ning the opening two games of the series, but Ginette Re- no's "O Canada" seemed to work this time. Only 22 seconds into the game, Kreider was sent off for tripping and the Cana- diens converted when Gal- chenyuk tipped in P.K. Sub- ban's point shot from the edge of the crease at 1:48. Hockey FROM PAGE 1 just 11 of 32 before the break. A lob from Reggie Jack- son to Durant for a two- handed slam bumped Okla- homa City's lead to 60-43. A steal and jam by Ibaka made it 66-49, and a dunk by Westbrook made it 76-49. The Spurs closed the quarter on an 18-7 run and cut their deficit to 83-67. San Antonio'sMattBonnermade a 3-pointer with 3:31 remain- ing to trim Oklahoma City's edge to 12, but the Thunder maintained control. Notes: Jackson started for the second straight game. He sprained his right ankle on a drive to the hoop and left the game with 8:25 left in the first quarter. He returned to start the sec- ond quarter. ... Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was called for a technical foul with 44.7 seconds left in the first half. Playoffs FROM PAGE 1 SUE OGROCKI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka (9) gets up to block a shot by San Antonio Spurs center Tiago Splitter (22) in the second quarter of Game 4of the Western Conference finals Tuesday in Oklahoma City. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2014 2 B