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MLBBASEBALL Oakland Athletics at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim:7p.m.,CSN. Washington Nationals at San Francisco Gi- ants: 7p.m., CSNBA. NBA FINALS San Antonio Spurs at Miami Heat, Game 3: 6p.m., (7, 10). ONTHEAIR By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press PINEHURST, N.C. Pinehu- rst No. 2 is anything but perfect for the U.S. Open, at least in the traditional sense of major champion- ships in America. USGA executive direc- tor Mike Davis could not be any more thrilled. "It's awesome," Davis said Monday as he gazed out at a golf course that looks like a yard that hasn't been watered in a month. Sandy areas have re- placed thick rough off the fairways. They are par- tially covered with that Pinehurst Resort officials refer to as "natural vegeta- tion," but what most any- one else would simply call weeds. The edges of the bun- kers are ragged. The turf is uneven just off some of the greens, with patches of no grass. Instead of verdant fair- ways from tee-to-green, the fairways are a blend of green, yellow and brown. That was the plan all along. Shortly after this Donald Ross gem was awarded its third U.S. Open in 15 years, the fabled No. 2 course went through a gutsy proj- ect to restore it to its nat- ural look from yesteryear, before this notion that the condition of a course had to be perfect. Ernie Els, a two-time U.S. Open champion, was amazed when he walked off the 18th green. "I wouldn't call this an inland links, but it's got that character," he said. "I was a bit nervous when I heard of the redo. But this looks like it's been here for a long time." Els has been playing the U.S. Open for two de- cades. He never imagined the "toughest test in golf" without any rough. Nor does he think that will make it easier. "You don't need it," he said. "When I played it in '99, I didn't like it. You hit it in the rough, you're just trying to get it out. It was one-dimensional. Now, you're going to have an un- believable championship. "If you miss the fairway, you're not just going to wedge it out. You've got a chance to hit a miraculous shot. And then you could really be (in trouble). This is the way it used to be." Els said the look of Pine- hurst No. 2 reminded him of Royal Melbourne, and a guy who actually grew up next to Royal Melbourne agreed. "These are Melbourne fairways," Geoff Ogilvy said as he walked down the first fairway, where the grass was green for the first 200 yards before turn- ing brown, and then going back to greener grass to- ward the green. "This is kind of the way grass is supposed to be. In the summer it browns up, and in the winter it's green. To my eye, this is what golf courses are supposed to look like." Ogilvy understand ar- chitecture better than most players. He was look- ing at photos as Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw worked on the restoration. He had heard stories. And it still managed to exceed his ex- pectations. As for the idea of a U.S. Open without rough? He pointed to clumps of grass in the sandy areas, and some of the wiregrass bushes. And yes, the weeds. "Look, the reality is there is rough there," he said. "It's probably what rough used to be like be- fore we had crazy irriga- tion." The past two U.S. Open champions finished over par — Webb Simpson at Olympic Club, Justin Rose at Merion, both at 1-over. A third straight U.S. Open champion over par would be the longest streak in nearly 60 years. Not many were willing to bet against that. "I've never played any- thing like it," Jordan Spi- eth said. "And it's already — right now, with the pins in the middle of the greens — hard enough for even par to win. It's going to be extremely challenging. But at the same time, it's a great test." GOLF Pinehurst anything but 'pristine' for this US Open Branch's absence forced Brandian Ross to take a starting role last season and contributed to Oak- land allowing the second- most points per game (28.3) in franchise history while staggering to a second straight four-win season. Branch hoped to return late last season but was not fully recovered so the team didn't rush him back. "It was difficult sitting out," he said. "I love the game. I tell you all the time, I love playing football. I got a lot of the guys on the team to help keep my spir- its high." Now Branch gets a chance to show he can be an impact player. He showed flashes of that since entering the NFL in 2008, but has yet to generate the game-changing plays the Raiders believe he is capa- ble of from his strong safety spot. "It will be great for him coming off the injury," fel- low safety Charles Wood- son said. "You know he's hungry. You miss time from this game, you get a chance to reflect on a lot of things. Having him back, having him be hungry, as I know he is, will be great for our defense." Despite having the size and speed that could make him a top safety, Branch has struggled to make big plays in the NFL. He has just four interceptions, seven sacks, 24 tackles for loss, three forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries in 72 career games. But he was usually a sure tackler and his pres- ence will allow Woodson to roam the field more than he did a year ago when he spent most of his time in the deep middle of the field to cover any mistakes made in front of him. "Any time you lose a player of that caliber, it hurts you, and it hand- cuffs you a little bit," coach Dennis Allen said. "I think we've addressed a lot of our needs on the foot- ball team. We've got more depth, where now we can do a few more things." Raiders FROM PAGE 1 BEN MARGOT — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oakland Raiders including Tyvon Branch (33) huddle during an NFL football minicamp on Monday in Alameda. "You never put them away," Wade said. "I think they always believe and it's the same with us. You can't, you won't, put us away be- cause we're always going to believe. That's why this is a perfect, different ani- mal, kind of series. They're the other team like us. They don't lose much and when they do they come back and be better in the next game. So we've got to come out and do the same thing." That would explain why on Monday, instead of a day off, the Heat gathered to watch video of Game 2. By winning in San An- tonio to even the finals at 1-1, home-court advantage now belongs to the Heat. But no one in their locker room thinks it's going to get easy now. "They came out great. They played a great game," Spurs guard Tony Parker said after Miami's 98-96 win in Game 2, the 13th straight time the Heat im- mediately followed a post- season loss with a victory. "Now it's our turn to go over there and get one. We played pretty well all sea- son long on the road and so we're going to have two great opportunities to try to come up with a win." Miami has won a fran- chise-record 11 straight postseason games at home. The last team to win a playoff game in Miami was the Spurs, winning Game 1 of last season's finals. "We are in a tough situa- tion because we've got to go to Miami and we've got to get one," Spurs guard Manu Ginobili said. "We don't want to come back here 3-1 down." NBA FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 39 24 .619 _ Los Angeles 34 28 .548 4 ½ Seattle 34 29 .540 5 Texas 31 33 .484 8 ½ Houston 28 36 .438 11 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 33 27 .550 _ Cleveland 33 31 .516 2 Chicago 32 33 .492 3 ½ Kansas City 31 32 .492 3 ½ Minnesota 29 33 .468 5 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 39 26 .600 _ Baltimore 32 30 .516 5 ½ New York 31 31 .500 6 ½ Boston 28 35 .444 10 Tampa Bay 24 41 .369 15 Sunday'sgames St. Louis 5, Toronto 0 Oakland 11, Baltimore 1 Seattle 5, Tampa Bay 0 Houston 14, Minnesota 5 Kansas City 2, N.Y. Yankees 1 Cleveland 3, Texas 2 L.A. Angels 4, Chicago White Sox 2 Boston 5, Detroit 3 Monday'sgames Seattle 3, Tampa Bay 0 Baltimore 4, Boston 0 Toronto 5, Minnesota 4 Cleveland 17, Texas 7 Chicago White Sox 6, Detroit 5 N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, ppd., rain Houston at Arizona, (n) Oakland at L.A. Angels, (n) Tuesday'sgames Houston (Peacock 2-4) at Arizona (Ar- royo 5-4), 12:40 p.m. Boston (Workman 0-0) at Baltimore (Till- man 5-2), 4:05 p.m. Minnesota (Correia 2-7) at Toronto (Happ 5-2), 4:07 p.m. St. Louis (Wainwright 8-3) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 2-6), 4:10 p.m. Miami (Koehler 5-5) at Texas (Lewis 4-4), 5:05 p.m. Cleveland (Kluber 6-3) at Kansas City (Vargas 5-2), 5:10 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 6-5) at Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 4-5), 5:10 p.m. Oakland (Pomeranz 5-3) at L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 0-6), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Nuno 1-2) at Seattle (Iwa- kuma 4-2), 7:10 p.m. Wednesday'sgames Minnesota at Toronto, 9:37 a.m. Cleveland at Kansas City, 11:10 a.m. Boston at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Miami at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Arizona at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Oakland at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB San Francisco 42 21 .667 _ Los Angeles 34 31 .523 9 Colorado 29 34 .460 13 San Diego 28 35 .444 14 Arizona 28 37 .431 15 CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 38 26 .594 _ St. Louis 33 31 .516 5 Pittsburgh 30 33 .476 7 ½ Cincinnati 29 33 .468 8 Chicago 25 36 .410 11 ½ EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Atlanta 33 29 .532 _ Washington 32 29 .525 ½ Miami 33 30 .524 ½ New York 28 35 .444 5 ½ Philadelphia 25 36 .410 7 ½ Sunday'sgames St. Louis 5, Toronto 0 Cincinnati 4, Philadelphia 1 Milwaukee 1, Pittsburgh 0 Miami 4, Chicago Cubs 3 San Francisco 6, N.Y. Mets 4 Arizona 6, Atlanta 5 L.A. Dodgers 6, Colorado 1, 6 innings Washington 6, San Diego 0 Monday'sgames Pittsburgh 6, Chicago Cubs 2 L.A. Dodgers 6, Cincinnati 2 Atlanta 3, Colorado 1 Houston at Arizona, (n) Washington at San Francisco, (n) Tuesday'sgames Houston (Peacock 2-4) at Arizona (Ar- royo 5-4), 12:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 5-5) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 1-6), 4:05 p.m. San Diego (Kennedy 5-6) at Philadelphia (A.Burnett 3-5), 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 3-3) at Cincinnati (Leake 3-5), 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Estrada 5-2) at N.Y. Mets (Matsuzaka 2-0), 4:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wainwright 8-3) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 2-6), 4:10 p.m. Miami (Koehler 5-5) at Texas (Lewis 4-4), 5:05 p.m. Atlanta (Minor 2-4) at Colorado (Nicasio 5-4), 5:40 p.m. Washington (Fister 4-1) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 8-3), 7:15 p.m. Wednesday'sgames Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. San Diego at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Miami at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Arizona at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Atlanta at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Washington at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Leaders AMERICANLEAGUE Batting Rios, Texas, .335; VMartinez, Detroit, .332; Cano, Seattle, .330; MiCabrera, Detroit, .329; Beltre, Texas, .316; Altuve, Houston, .315; Markakis, Baltimore, .312. Runs Dozier, Minnesota, 53; Donaldson, Oak- land, 52; Bautista, Toronto, 49; Brantley, Cleveland, 45; Kinsler, Detroit, 43; MeCa- brera, Toronto, 42; NCruz, Baltimore, 42; Encarnacion, Toronto, 42. RBI NCruz, Baltimore, 55; Encarnacion, To- ronto, 53; Moss, Oakland, 53; MiCabrera, Detroit, 52; Donaldson, Oakland, 50; JAbreu, Chicago, 49; Bautista, Toronto, 44. Hits Altuve, Houston, 85; Rios, Texas, 83; MeCabrera, Toronto, 82; Markakis, Bal- timore, 81; AJones, Baltimore, 79; Cano, Seattle, 77; AlRamirez, Chicago, 77. Doubles Plouffe, Minnesota, 22; MiCabrera, Detroit, 21; Hosmer, Kansas City, 20; Altuve, Houston, 19; EEscobar, Min- nesota, 19; Kinsler, Detroit, 19; Pedroia, Boston, 19. Triples Rios, Texas, 8; Bourn, Cleveland, 5; Trout, Los Angeles, 5; Gardner, New York, 4; 12 tied at 3. Homeruns NCruz, Baltimore, 21; Encarnacion, Toronto, 20; JAbreu, Chicago, 18; Donaldson, Oakland, 17; Moss, Oakland, 16; Bautista, Toronto, 15; VMartinez, Detroit, 15; Pujols, Los Angeles, 15. Stolenbases Altuve, Houston, 23; Ellsbury, New York, 18; RDavis, Detroit, 17; AEscobar, Kansas City, 16; Andrus, Texas, 14; Gardner, New York, 14; Reyes, Toronto, 14. Pitching Buehrle, Toronto, 10-2; Tanaka, New York, 9-1; FHernandez, Seattle, 8-1; Porcello, Detroit, 8-4; 7 tied at 7. ERA Tanaka, New York, 2.02; Buehrle, Toronto, 2.04; Kazmir, Oakland, 2.20; Darvish, Texas, 2.36; FHernandez, Se- attle, 2.39; Keuchel, Houston, 2.50; Gray, Oakland, 2.83. Strikeouts Price, Tampa Bay, 111; FHernandez, Seattle, 106; Kluber, Cleveland, 99; Scherzer, Detroit, 98; Lester, Boston, 95; Tanaka, New York, 92; Darvish, Texas, 91. Saves Holland, Kansas City, 18; Rodney, Seattle, 18; Perkins, Minnesota, 16; DavRobertson, New York, 14; Soria, Texas, 13; Nathan, Detroit, 13; Uehara, Boston, 12. NATIONALLEAGUE Batting Tulowitzki, Colorado, .354; Lucroy, Milwaukee, .335; Puig, Los Angeles, .333; MaAdams, St. Louis, .325; Pagan, San Francisco, .323; Utley, Philadelphia, .314; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, .309. Runs Tulowitzki, Colorado, 51; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 47; Pence, San Francisco, 46; Stanton, Miami, 46; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 42; CGomez, Milwaukee, 42; Ren- don, Washington, 40; Yelich, Miami, 40. RBI Stanton, Miami, 53; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 46; Morse, San Francisco, 42; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 42; Howard, Philadelphia, 41; Blackmon, Colorado, 40; Puig, Los Angeles, 40. Hits DanMurphy, New York, 79; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 77; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 76; Lucroy, Milwaukee, 75; Tulowitzki, Colo- rado, 74; Puig, Los Angeles, 73; DWright, New York, 73. Doubles Utley, Philadelphia, 24; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 23; Lucroy, Milwaukee, 23; Byrd, Philadelphia, 18; SCastro, Chicago, 18; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 18; 6 tied at 17. Triples DGordon, Los Angeles, 6; Yelich, Miami, 5; Pollock, Arizona, 4; Rendon, Washing- ton, 4; ASimmons, Atlanta, 4; SSmith, San Diego, 4; 18 tied at 3. Homeruns Stanton, Miami, 17; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 17; JUpton, Atlanta, 14; Desmond, Washington, 13; Frazier, Cincinnati, 13; Morse, San Francisco, 13; Reynolds, Milwaukee, 13. Stolenbases DGordon, Los Angeles, 36; BHamilton, Cincinnati, 23; Revere, Philadelphia, 17; EYoung, New York, 17; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 15; Bonifacio, Chicago, 13; Blackmon, Colorado, 12; ECabrera, San Diego, 12; Segura, Milwaukee, 12. Pitching Greinke, Los Angeles, 8-2; Wainwright, St. Louis, 8-3; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 8-3; Simon, Cincinnati, 8-3; Ryu, Los An- geles, 7-2; Lohse, Milwaukee, 7-2; Bailey, Cincinnati, 7-3; SMiller, St. Louis, 7-5. ERA Teheran, Atlanta, 1.89; Hudson, San Francisco, 1.97; Cueto, Cincinnati, 1.97; Cashner, San Diego, 2.13; Wainwright, St. Louis, 2.31; Hammel, Chicago, 2.53; Samardzija, Chicago, 2.54. Strikeouts Strasburg, Washington, 101; Cueto, Cincinnati, 97; Bumgarner, San Fran- cisco, 90; Greinke, Los Angeles, 89; Wainwright, St. Louis, 89; Kennedy, San Diego, 88; Harang, Atlanta, 77; TRoss, San Diego, 77; Miley, Arizona, 77. Saves Romo, San Francisco, 20; FrRodriguez, Milwaukee, 19; Street, San Diego, 18; Jansen, Los Angeles, 17; Kimbrel, At- lanta, 17; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 16; AReed, Arizona, 15. Hockey NHLPLAYOFFS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Los Angeles 3, N.Y. Rangers 0 Wednesday, June 4: Los Angeles 3, NY Rangers 2, OT Saturday, June 7: Los Angeles 5, NY Rangers 4, 2OT Monday, June 9: Los Angeles 3, NY Rangers 0 Wednesday, June 11: Los Angeles at NY Rangers, 5 p.m. x-Friday, June 13: NY Rangers at Los Angeles, 5 p.m. x-Monday, June 16: Los Angeles at NY Rangers, 5 p.m. x-Wednesday, June 18: NY Rangers at Los Angeles, 5 p.m. Kings3,N.Y.Rangers0 LosAngeles 1 2 0 — 3 N.Y.Rangers 0 0 0 — 0 FirstPeriod: 1, Los Angeles, Carter 10 (Williams, Voynov), 19:59. SecondPeriod: 2, Los Angeles, Muzzin 6 (Kopitar, Gaborik), 4:17 (pp). 3, Los Ange- les, M.Richards 3 (Clifford), 17:14. ThirdPeriod: None. ShotsonGoal: Los Angeles 5-8-2=15. N.Y. Rangers 4-17-11=32. Goalies: Los Angeles, Quick. N.Y. Rang- ers, Lundqvist;A: 18,006 (18,006);T: 2:06. Basketball NBAPLAYOFFS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) SanAntonio1,Miami1 Thursday, June 5: San Antonio 110, Miami 95 Sunday, June 8: Miami 98, San Antonio 96 Tuesday, June 10: San Antonio at Miami, 6 p.m. Thursday, June 12: San Antonio at Miami, 6 p.m. Sunday, June 15: Miami at San Antonio, 5 p.m. x-Tuesday, June 17: San Antonio at Miami, 6 p.m. x-Friday, June 20: Miami at San Antonio, 6 p.m. WNBA WESTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 8 1 .889 — Phoenix 5 2 .714 2 San Antonio 4 5 .444 4 Sparks 3 4 .429 4 Seattle 3 6 .333 5 Tulsa 1 5 .167 5½ EASTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB Atlanta 5 3 .625 — Chicago 5 3 .625 — Indiana 4 4 .500 1 Washington 4 4 .500 1 New York 3 5 .375 2 Connecticut 3 6 .333 2½ Saturday'sgames Atlanta 97, Chicago 59 Connecticut 88, Indiana 71 Phoenix 91, San Antonio 79, OT Sunday'sgames New York 81, Washington 64 Minnesota 85, Sparks 72 Monday'sgames No games scheduled Tuesday'sgames New York at Tulsa, 9:30 a.m. Phoenix at Washington, 4 p.m. Seattle at Chicago, 5 p.m. Soccer MAJORLEAGUESOCCER WESTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Seattle 10 3 2 32 32 23 Salt Lake 6 2 7 25 25 21 Colorado 6 5 4 22 21 18 FC Dallas 6 7 3 21 26 26 Vancouver 5 2 6 21 25 20 Portland 4 4 7 19 26 25 Los Angeles 4 3 5 17 16 11 San Jose 4 5 4 16 15 14 Chivas USA 2 7 5 11 14 26 EASTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA New England 7 5 2 23 21 18 Kansas City 6 5 4 22 21 14 D.C. 6 4 4 22 18 14 Toronto FC 6 4 1 19 15 13 New York 4 5 6 18 22 22 Columbus 4 5 6 18 18 18 Houston 5 9 2 17 16 29 Philadelphia 3 7 6 15 22 27 Chicago 2 4 8 14 22 25 Montreal 2 6 4 10 11 22 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday'sgames Columbus 1, Salt Lake 1, tie Colorado 0, Chicago 0, tie Friday'sgames Kansas City 2, Houston 0 Saturday'sgames Toronto FC 1, San Jose 0 D.C. United 0, Columbus 0, tie Philadelphia 3, Vancouver 3, tie FC Dallas 3, Colorado 2 Seattle FC 3, Chicago 2 Portland 3, Salt Lake 1 Sunday'sgames New York 2, New England 0 Los Angeles 1, Chivas USA 1, tie Wednesday,June11 D.C. United at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Portland, 10 p.m. Motorsports NASCARSPRINTCUPLEADERS ThroughJune8 Points 1, Jeff Gordon, 498. 2, Matt Kenseth, 482. 3, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 476. 4, Jimmie Johnson, 475. 5, Brad Keselowski, 448. 6, Kyle Busch, 443. 7, Carl Edwards, 441. 8, Denny Hamlin, 420. 9, Joey Logano, 418. 10, Kyle Larson, 417. 11, Ryan Newman, 411. 12, Kevin Harvick, 403. 13, Brian Vickers, 392. 14, Greg Biffle, 385. 15, Austin Dillon, 385. 16, Clint Bowyer, 383. 17, Paul Menard, 380. 18, Tony Stewart, 368. 19, Aric Almirola, 366. 20, AJ Allmendinger, 360. Money 1, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $3,470,234. 2, Brad Keselowski, $3,436,001. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $3,305,108. 4, Jamie McMurray, $3,164,093. 5, Jeff Gordon, $3,156,753. 6, Denny Hamlin, $2,974,866. 7, Kevin Harvick, $2,943,051. 8, Joey Logano, $2,930,398. 9, Matt Kenseth, $2,908,362. 10, Kyle Busch, $2,746,890. 11, Greg Biffle, $2,423,369. 12, Paul Menard, $2,333,036. 13, Austin Dillon, $2,298,539. 14, Clint Bowyer, $2,288,815. 15, Brian Vickers, $2,246,884. 16, Tony Stewart, $2,240,751. 17, Carl Edwards, $2,202,869. 18, Kyle Larson, $2,167,335. 19, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., $2,161,775. 20, Aric Almirola, $2,094,494. Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For June 10 MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Pittsburgh -160/+150 Chicago San Diego -110/+100 at Philadelphia Milwaukee -120/+110 at New York at Cincinnati -110/+100 Los Angeles Atlanta -130/+120 at Colorado at San Francisco -135/+125 Washington AMERICANLEAGUE at Baltimore -130/+120 Boston at Toronto -175/+165 Minnesota at Kansas City -110/+100 Cleveland Detroit -135/+125 at Chicago at Los Angeles -110/+100 Oakland at Seattle -150/+140 New York INTERLEAGUE at Arizona -150/+140 Houston St. Louis -145/+135 at Tampa Bay at Texas -125/+115 Miami NBA Favorite Line(O/U) Underdog at Miami 4 (198) San Antonio NHL TOMORROW Favorite Line Underdog at N.Y. Rangers -135/+115 Los Angeles Soccer WorldCup Brazil THURSDAY AtSaoPaulo Brazil;-1400 Croatia;+800 Over 2½ -105 Under 2½ -115 Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague BaltimoreOrioles: Selected the contract of RHP Josh Stinson from Norfolk (IL). Optioned RHP Brad Brach to Norfolk. Transferred LHP Johan Santana to the 60-day DL. MinnesotaTwins: Agreed to terms with SS Nick Gordon. NewYorkYankees: Sent RHP Shawn Kelley to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL) for a rehab assignment. OaklandAthletics: Assigned OF Kent Matthes outright to Midland (TL). SeattleMariners: Transferred LHP James Paxton to the 60-day DL. TorontoBlueJays: Agreed to terms with RHP Luis Ayala on a minor league contract. NationalLeague ArizonaDiamondbacks: Reinstated RHP J.J. Putz from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Will Harris from Reno (PCL). Placed INF Eric Chavez on the 15-day DL. Desig- nated RHP Trevor Cahill for assignment. ChicagoCubs: Sent OF Ryan Sweeney to Kane County (MWL) for a rehab as- signment. ColoradoRockies: Selected the contract of RHP Christian Bergman from Colo- rado Springs (PCL). Recalled RHP Chad Bettis from Colorado Springs. Placed OF Michael Cuddyer and RHP Eddie Butler on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to June 6 and June 7, respectively. Designated RHP Wilton Lopez for assignment. LosAngelesDodgers: Sent RHP Chad Billingsley to Rancho Cucamonga (Cal) for a rehab assignment. PhiladelphiaPhillies: Assigned LHP Cesar Jimenez outright to Lehigh Val- ley (IL). Agreed to terms with 2B Nate Spears on a minor league contract. PittsburghPirates: Placed 2B Neil Walker on the 15-day DL. St.LouisCardinals: Sent 1B Matt Adams to Memphis (PCL) and LHP Tyler Lyons to Springfield (TL) for rehab assignments. WashingtonNationals: Sent OF Jeff Kobernus to Potomac (Carolina) for a rehab assignment. BASKETBALL NationalBasketballAssociation NBA: Fined Miami G Dwyane Wade $5,000 for violating the league's anti- flopping rules during Sunday's game. FOOTBALL NationalFootballLeague ArizonaCardinals: Re-signed C John Estes. Released G Christian Johnson. ClevelandBrowns: Signed OL Alex Parsons and K-P Jake Rogers. JacksonvilleJaguars: Signed G Brandon Linder to a four-year contract and WR Brandon Wimberly. Released OT DeMarcus Love. NewEnglandPatriots: Signed TE Kyle Auffray. Released WR Derrick Johnson. PittsburghSteelers: Signed WR Martavis Bryant to a four-year contract. HOCKEY NationalHockeyLeague TampaBayLightning: Re-signed F On- drej Palat to a three-year contract. AmericanHockeyLeague SpringfieldFalcons: Re-signed F Trent Vogelhuber. COLLEGE ArizonaState: Announced the resigna- tion of baseball coach Tim Esmay. IowaState: Promoted Charlie Henry to men's assistant basketball coach. MichiganState: Announced men's basketball G Eron Harris is transferring from West Virginia. 8 seconds into the third period when Chris Kre- ider came in alone but was stopped in tight. That eliminated the lit- tle hope the sold-out, towel- waving crowd had of a big comeback. Los Angeles took its first in-game lead in the series when Carter scored with 10th of the playoffs on Los Angeles' fifth shot. Carter came in and snapped a hard drive that clipped the skate of diving defen- seman Dan Girardi in front of Lundqvist and caromed inside the right post with 0.7 seconds on the clock. "It was an unfortunate goal to give up at the end of the period," Rangers de- fenseman Ryan McDonagh said. "I thought our guys stayed with it and tried to come out with some en- ergy, and created a lot. It was a tough one." The red and green lights behind Lundqvist both flashed at the same time while the Kings celebrated. At no point did Los Ange- les hold the lead at home in the first two games un- til they ended each contest with an overtime goal. "I don't think it would be any different if we were down 3-0," Quick said. "We're just trying to win a game in a couple days here. That's the focus. "We did a lot of things the right way. Now we get ready for the next one. The fourth one is always the most difficult." NHL FROM PAGE 1 | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2014 2 B