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MICHELEULER—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Roger Federer returns in a third-round match Friday at the French Open in Paris against Dmitry Tursunov. Federer won in four sets 7-5, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4. ByChrisLehourites TheAssociatedPress PARIS In what seemed like a flash, and in what surely felt like a flash of pain for his opponent, Roger Federer went from vulnerable to commanding. It was that quick. Federer lost a second-set tiebreaker Friday to Dmitry Tursunov, and that surely did not bode well for the 17-time Grand Slam champion. Then Tursu- nov felt a split second of discomfort in his left hip. And that was it. Federer was back on track at the French Open, on his way to a 7-5, 6-7 (7), 6-2, 6-4 victory and into the sec- ond week of a major tournament yet again. "Everything that was out of his con- trol, like moving defense, that's when it got difficult," said Federer, who ad- vanced to the fourth round at Roland Garros for the 10th straight year. "Clearly, on the clay, it's difficult to hit three great shots in a row. So I tried to extend the rallies, but serve nice and stay aggressive throughout. And I think that was a bit too much for his hip, or whatever it was." It was something of an escape for Federer, who lost a set for the first time at this year's tournament. Then again, Novak Djokovic also lost a set Friday before advancing with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4 win over 25th-seeded Marin Cilic. With eight-time champion Rafael Nadal and 2013 finalist David Ferrer perfect through their opening two matches, the pressure is on the oth- ers to keep their level high. "It wasn't easy because once you start being passive, you lose kind of the confidence to step in," Djokovic said of his win. "That's what happened maybe in the end of the third and a lit- tle bit of the fourth." Of course, that's nothing compared to the women's tournament, where third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska followed defending champion Serena Williams and Li Na out of the tour- nament. That leaves Simona Halep, who FRENCH OPEN TENNIS Federermovesto2ndweek 17-timeGrandSlamtitle winner in fourth round following four-set victory HEAT 117, PACERS 92 Up next: NBA Finals start Thurs- day, Miami at San Antonio or Oklahoma City. THESCORE By Tim Reynolds The Associated Press MIAMI For the entirety of the reg- ular season, the supremacy of the Miami Heat in the Eastern Con- ference was brought into serious question by the Indiana Pacers. Then came the playoffs. And the question was answered — emphatically. The Heat became the third fran- chise in NBA history to reach the title series in four consecutive sea- sons, a laugher of a conference-ti- tle finale getting them there again Friday night. LeBron James and Chris Bosh each scored 25 points, and Miami eliminated the Pacers for the third straight year with a 117-92 romp in Game 6 of the East championship series. Dwyane Wade and Rashard Lewis each scored 13 points for NBA PLAYOFFS Heat back in NBA Finals, top Pacers BLACKHAWKS 4, KINGS 3 Up next: Game 7, Sunday at Chi- cago, 5p.m. THESCORE By Greg Beacham The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Patrick Kane scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:45 to play, and the Chicago Black- hawks forced a decisive seventh game in the Western Conference finals with a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night. Kane scored two goals and set up Duncan Keith's tying goal with 8:26 left in regulation for the de- fending Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks, who avoided elimina- tion for the second straight game. Chicago blew a lead entering the third period on goals by Drew Doughty and Alec Martinez, but won it with a brilliant effort by the enigmatic Kane. After Kane made the pass to set up Keith's tying goal, he ripped a long shot through traffic in front of Jonathan Quick for the winner. NHL PLAYOFFS Kane leads Blackhawks past Kings Brad Keselowski turned a track-record lap of 164.444 mph to win the pole at Dover International Speedway on Friday for Sunday's race, his second pole of the season and fi h of his career. NASCAR SPRINT CUP Keselowskicaptures pole position at Dover FULL STORY ON PAGE B2 The Red Bluff Bulls under-17 baseball team hosts a double- header at 11a.m. Sunday against the Chico Suns Red. Tuesday they host the Chico Suns Blue for a nine-inning game beginning at 5:30p.m. AMERICAN LEGION Bulls have homestand beginning Sunday The Chico Breakfast Lions Club hosts its annual all-star prep so ball game at 11a.m. Saturday at Hooker Oak fol- lowed by the baseball game at 3p.m. A $6ticket gets admis- sion to both games. ALL-STAR GAMES Prep all-star baseball, so ball games Saturday The Associated Press reports ST. LOUIS Madison Bumgarner struck out 10 in seven scoreless innings and Hunter Pence hit a three-run homer off Adam Wain- wright as the surging San Fran- cisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-4 on Friday night. Bumgarner (7-3) allowed three hits and matched a season high for strikeouts set in his previ- ous start against Minnesota. He walked one. San Francisco has won eight of nine and owns the best record in the majors at 36-19. Pence had two hits and scored twice. Pablo Sandoval extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a single and a double, but his run of nine straight games with an RBI was snapped. Hector Sanchez and Gregor Blanco each had a two-run single for the Giants, who scored seven runs with two outs. San Fran- cisco has scored 117 runs with two outs, tops in the big leagues. Angel Pagan had two hits and scored twice for the Giants. Jon Jay hit a three-run double off San Francisco reliever David Huff in the eighth. Allen Craig added an RBI double against Juan Gutierrez. Wainwright (8-3) entered with a 20-inning scoreless streak and a major league-leading 1.67 ERA. He was trying to become the first nine-game winner in the National League, but lasted just 4 1-3 in- nings and allowed seven earned runs on eight hits. His ERA jumped to 2.32. The Giants wasted no time ending Wainwright's shutout streak. Pagan led off the game with a double down the left field line. He moved to third on Pence's flyball to right and scored on Mi- chael Morse's two-out single. San Francisco then broke the game open by scoring four times off Wainwright in the second in- ning after the first two batters were retired. Brandon Hicks kept the inning going by coaxing a walk. Hicks went to third on Bumgarner's sin- gle to left and scored when Pa- gan followed with a single to cen- ter. Pence then hit a 447-foot shot into the third deck in left field to make it 5-0. Wainwright was pulled after allowing a single to Sandoval and a double by Morse with one out in the fifth. Sandoval and Morse both ended up scoring on Blan- co's two-out single off reliever Seth Maness. NOTES: The Giants own the National League's best road winning percentage at .630 (17- 10). ... Cardinals 1B Matt Adams was out of starting lineup for the third straight game with a left calf problem. ... Yusmeiro Pe- tit (3-2) will start Saturday for San Francisco in place of Matt Cain, who was placed on the 15- day disabled list with a strained right hamstring. Petit will be op- posed by Michael Wacha (3-3). ... San Francisco is 27-5 when scor- ing first. ... Matt Carpenter had two hits for the Cardinals, ex- tending his hitting streak to 12 games. MLB BUMGARNER SOLID IN GIANTS' VICTORY Le -hander strikes out 10 in seven shutout innings while offense hammers Wainwright BILL BOYCE — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Giants' Hunter Pence connects on a three-run home run Friday against the St. Louis Cardinals in the second inning in a baseball game in St. Louis. The Giants beat the Cardinals 9-4by knocking around St. Louis' ace starting pitcher Adam Wainwright for seven earned run on eight hits in 42/3 innings. GIANTS 9, CARDINALS 4 Up next: Today, Giants at St. Louis Cardinals, 11:15a.m., TV on CSNBA. THESCORE Suspicions about where states obtain lethal injections have motivated the Missouri attorney general to propose something — establishing a lab where the state can make its own execution drugs. DEATH PENALTY Missouri could make lethal injection drugs FULL STORY ON PAGE B8 FRENCH PAGE 2 HEAT PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Saturday, May 31, 2014 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1