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MLBBASEBALL Cincinnati Reds at San Fran- cisco Giants:7p.m.,NBCBay Area, MLB. NBA BASKETBALL NBA Dra : 4p.m., ESPN. GOLF Champions Tour, Constel- lation Senior Players, First Round: 9:30a.m., GOLF. PGA Tour, Quicken Loans National, First Round: noon, GOLF. SOCCER FIFA World Cup Group G, United States vs. Germany: 8:30a.m., ESPN. FIFA World Cup Group G, Portugal vs. Ghana: 8:30a.m., ESPN2. FIFA World Cup Group H, Korea Republic vs. Belgium: 12:30p.m., ESPN. FIFA World Cup Group H, Algeria vs. Russia: 12:30p.m., ESPN2. TENNIS Wimbledon Championships, Early Round, Day 4: 11a.m., ESPN2. Ontheair The Associated Press PORTOALEGRE,BRAZIL Ar- gentina beat Nigeria 3-2 in the last World Cup Group F match Wednesday, with Lionel Messi and Ahmed Musa scoring two goals each before Marcos Rojo kneed in the winner. Ar- gentina topped the group and Nigeria also advanced despite the loss, becoming the first African team in the Round of 16 in Brazil. Messi had his best match of the World Cup so far, scoring twice in the first half to boost his tour- nament total to four goals, and repeatedly cutting up Nigeria's defense with dazzling runs and clever passes. "We played against a team that wanted to play," Messi said. "I think we saw a good Argentina. We need to continue on this path." SWITZERLAND 3, HONDU- RAS 0 Xherdan Shaqiri scored all three goals to put Switzerland into the second round of the World Cup with a lopsided victory over Honduras. The Swiss will next face Lionel Messi and Argentina on Tuesday in Sao Paulo. FRANCE 0, ECUADOR 0 France topped Group E de- spite being held to a score- less draw by 10-man Ecua- dor. Ecuador was reduced to 10 men after Antonio Va- lencia was shown a straight red card in the 50th minute for digging his studs into the leg of French defender Lucas Digne. BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 3, IRAN 1 Bosnia-Herzegov- ina ended Iran's hopes of advancing to the knockout stages from Group F, and registered its first World Cup win in the process. The Bosnians, who were already out of contention, took a commanding 2-0 lead with goals from Edin Dzeko in the 23rd and Mi- ralem Pjanic in the 53rd before Iran hit back in a desperate late bid to qual- ify for the second round. WORLD CUP ROUNDUP Messihits2,Argentinawins France tops Group E a er its scoreless draw with Ecuador at Barclays Center in Brooklyn: DEEP DRAFT Last year's draft was woefully short on star power, with Bennett hardly alone among high picks who made little or no impact. This class appears to be strong well beyond the first few names, with Julius Randle (Kentucky), Marcus Smart (Oklahoma State), Aaron Gordon (Ari- zona) and Noah Vonleh (In- diana) highlighting some enticing choices. "And it's crazy because everybody knows from the top on through 15, the lot- tery, that it's a lot of tal- ented guys in there and it's deep," Smart said. "But not only that, you can go down to the second round and late first, it's still a lot of great talent in those bot- tom rankings. So this class is probably, I think is one of the better draft classes to ever have and it shows." HEAT HELP? Miami needs a roster upgrade, and Sha- bazz Napier of national champion Connecticut was aware of an ESPN re- port that the Heat have tar- geted him as a player who can provide it. The point guard seemed flattered but didn't know if anything would come of it. "I definitely worked out with the Miami Heat, so at the end of the day I can't do nothing besides just get ready to figure out who's going to draft me," he said. PICKINGPLENTY The 76ers have two top-10 picks and five more in the second round. Phoenix has Nos. 14, 18 and 27, while Orlando (4 and 12), Utah (5 and 23), Boston (6 and 17), Charlotte (9 and 24), Chicago (16 and 19) and Oklahoma City (21 and 29) have multiple first- round selections. Brook- lyn, Golden State, Portland and New Orleans currently have no picks. Dra FROM PAGE 1 artist out there. It's hard enough to do one (no-hit- ter). To do two, that puts you in a different class." The first was one of Bo- chy's most stressful nights as a manager. With Lince- cum seemingly headed for 150 pitches last July 13, Bo- chy had the bullpen hum- ming from the sixth inning on. This time the relievers were spectators, left with nothing to do but marvel at Lincecum's efficiency and command of a slider he threw 40 times to re- cord 13 outs. When it was over, Bochy raised a club- house toast to Lincecum, who wore a Team USA soccer jersey and gladia- tor helmet. "I just want to thank him for making this one a lot less stressful," Bochy said. "This was a lot easier." Seemingly every no-hit- ter has a play that stands out, a moment when the ballpark stands still, ready to groan as one or march onward toward history. The Giants are the first team since the 1970's An- gels to have a no-hitter in three straight seasons, and the previous two had their share of drama. Gregor Blanco's diving catch saved Matt Cain's perfect game in 2012. Hunter Pence's Superman sprawl kept Lincecum's first no-hit- ter alive. In a joyous club- house Wednesday, one cel- ebrating a win for just the third time in 11 games, no one could remember a mo- ment of doubt. "Every ball was hit right at us," Pence said. "There were just a couple of balls hit hard, but they were right at us. He was dom- inating and magnificent. It was a special perfor- mance." Without highlights to parse, teammates instead recalled the moment they sensed the dugout was starting to tingle. Pence noticed an uptick in Lince- cum's demeanor just be- fore first pitch, when cus- tomized Team USA jerseys arrived for the two soccer fans. Bochy noted Lince- cum's early focus, long a problem for a right-hander who entered with a 4.90 ERA. The manager started thinking about a no-hitter in the third inning. "It just looked like he was putting very, very lit- tle effort into his delivery," Bochy said. Buster Posey was behind the plate for Lincecum's other no-hitter, but played first base Wednesday, con- tributing four hits to help pad Lincecum's lead. From the fifth inning on, Posey was on high alert. Lince- cum's personal catcher, 24-year-old Hector San- chez, tried to stay focused amid standing ovations that started after the sixth inning. Lincecum had a more simple explanation for breaking with baseball tradition, which calls for a pitcher to be left alone when flirting with history. "I figure it's more awk- ward when they don't talk to you than when they do," he said. There have been plenty of awkward nights on the mound for Lincecum in re- cent years, as he has strug- gled to find consistency with diminished stuff. On Wednesday, that wasn't a problem. "I didn't feel my stuff was great," he said. "But the more it was down, the more movement I had. I didn't feel like it was a stuff day, it felt more like a loca- tion day." In the winning club- house, teammates toasted a Gatorade-soaked Lince- cum for his rare achieve- ments. He is the 32nd pitcher in MLB history to throw multiple no-hit- ters and the first since Ad- die Joss in 1910 to throw a second against one team. How would Lincecum cel- ebrate? "I'm going to go to my house and drink a little bit," he said, smiling. "Can I say that?" When you have two rings, two Cy Young tro- phies and two no-hitters, nobody is going to stop you. Giants FROM PAGE 1 Oakland obtained Mills (1-0) from Milwaukee for cash last week when fellow left-hander Drew Pomer- anz went on the disabled list after breaking his right hand when he punched a chair in frustration. Mills, who had a 1.56 ERA for Triple-A Nash- ville at the time of the trade, lasted four innings in his A's debut last Friday against Boston. He was backed by some fine de- fense in this one and did not walk a batter over 6 1-3 innings. It was his first big league win since throwing five in- nings for the Los Angeles Angels in a 6-0 victory over Baltimore on July 8, 2012. Sean Doolittle struck out all three hitters in the ninth for his 11th save, extending his scoreless streak to 25 1/3 innings. He has retired 37 of his last 38 batters. Wheeler (3-8) followed up the best start of his brief career with his worst. Coming off a three-hitter in a 1-0 win at Miami last Thursday, his first complete game in the majors, the 24-year-old righty had com- mand problems right away. He missed badly with his first two pitches in the first inning to Moss, who drove the next one deep into the second deck in right field for his 18th home run. The slugging first base- man batted .200 in his pre- vious 26 games, with only one homer and two RBIs in the past 14. Wheeler issued a lead- off walk to Josh Reddick in the second and another free pass after Crisp's RBI single. Cespedes followed by lining a bases-loaded double down the left-field line to make it 6-0. When the Mets loaded the bases in the bottom half, Wheeler was lifted for a pinch-hitter. He was tagged for six hits and a ca- reer-high six earned runs in two innings, the short- est of his 33 career starts. Crisp hit a solo homer in the fourth off Dana Eve- land. NOTES: Derek Norris was held out of Oakland's starting lineup for the sec- ond consecutive night af- ter leaving Sunday's game when he was hit in the head by a backswing. A's FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB SanFrancisco 46 32 .590 _ Los Angeles 43 36 .544 31/2 Colorado 35 43 .449 11 San Diego 34 45 .430 121/2 Arizona 33 47 .413 14 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 48 32 .600 _ St. Louis 43 36 .544 41/2 Cincinnati 39 38 .506 71/2 Pittsburgh 39 39 .500 8 Chicago 32 44 .421 14 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 41 36 .532 _ Atlanta 40 37 .519 1 Miami 39 39 .500 21/2 New York 36 42 .462 51/2 Philadelphia 35 42 .455 6 Tuesday's games Philadelphia 7, Miami 4 N.Y. Mets 10, Oakland 1 Pittsburgh 6, Tampa Bay 5 Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati 3 Atlanta 3, Houston 2 L.A. Dodgers 2, Kansas City 0 Washington 4, Milwaukee 2, 16 innings Colorado 10, St. Louis 5 Arizona 9, Cleveland 8, 14 innings San Diego 7, San Francisco 2 Wednesday's games Tampa Bay 5, Pittsburgh 1 Milwaukee 9, Washington 2 St. Louis 9, Colorado 6 San Francisco 4, San Diego 0 Cincinnati 4, Chicago Cubs 1 Miami 3, Philadelphia 2 Oakland 8, N.Y. Mets 5 Atlanta 4, Houston 0 L.A. Dodgers at Kansas City, (n) Cleveland at Arizona, (n) Thursday's games Atlanta (Minor 2-4) at Houston (Cosart 7-5), 11:10 a.m. Miami (Koehler 5-6) at Philadelphia (Hamels 2-4), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Matsuzaka 3-1) at Pittsburgh (Worley 1-0), 4:05 p.m. Washington (Fister 6-2) at Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 7-6), 5:05 p.m. Colorado (Friedrich 0-1) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 8-5), 5:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wainwright 10-3) at L.A. Dodg- ers (Beckett 5-4), 7:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Leake 5-6) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 5-3), 7:15 p.m. Giants 4, Padres 0 San Diego San Fran AB R H B AB R H B Venale cf 4 0 0 0 Blanco cf 5 0 0 0 ECarer ss 3 0 0 0 Pence rf 5 1 1 0 S.Smith rf 3 0 0 0 Posey 1b 4 0 4 2 Quentin lf 3 0 0 0 Sandovl 3b 4 0 2 1 Headly 3b 2 0 0 0 Morse lf 3 0 1 0 Medica 1b 3 0 0 0 J.Perz pr-lf 0 0 0 0 Amarst 2b 3 0 0 0 BCrwfr ss 3 1 1 0 Rivera c 2 0 0 0 HSnchz c 3 0 0 1 Denorfi ph 1 0 0 0 Panik 2b 4 0 0 0 Kenndy p 2 0 0 0 Linccm p 3 2 2 0 Stauffr p 0 0 0 0 ATorrs p 0 0 0 0 Thayer p 0 0 0 0 Grandl ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 27 0 0 0 34 4 11 4 San Diego 000 000 000 — 0 San Fran 011 000 20x — 4 LOB: San Diego 1, San Francisco 10; 2B: Posey (10), Sandoval (14), Morse (19); 3B: B.Crawford (8); SB: Blanco (8); SF: H.Sanchez. IP H R ER BB SO San Diego Knndy L,5-9 61/3 9 4 4 1 8 Stauffer 0 2 0 0 1 0 A.Torres 11/3 0 0 0 1 2 Thayer 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 San Francisco Linc cm W,6-5 9 0 0 0 1 6 Stauffer pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. T: 2:37; A: 41,500 (41,915). AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 48 30 .615 _ Los Angeles 42 33 .560 41/2 Seattle 42 36 .538 6 Texas 35 41 .461 12 Houston 33 46 .418 151/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 41 32 .562 _ Kansas City 40 37 .519 3 Cleveland 37 40 .481 6 Minnesota 36 39 .480 6 Chicago 36 42 .462 71/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 44 36 .550 _ Baltimore 40 36 .526 2 New York 40 37 .519 21/2 Boston 35 43 .449 8 Tampa Bay 32 48 .400 12 Tuesday's games Chicago White Sox 4, Baltimore 2 Toronto 7, N.Y. Yankees 6 N.Y. Mets 10, Oakland 1 Pittsburgh 6, Tampa Bay 5 Detroit 8, Texas 2 Atlanta 3, Houston 2 L.A. Dodgers 2, Kansas City 0 Arizona 9, Cleveland 8, 14 innings L.A. Angels 8, Minnesota 6 Seattle 8, Boston 2 Wednesday's games Tampa Bay 5, Pittsburgh 1 Chicago White Sox at Baltimore, (n) N.Y. Yankees 5, Toronto 3 Oakland 8, N.Y. Mets 5 Detroit at Texas, (n) Atlanta 4, Houston 0 L.A. Dodgers at Kansas City, (n) Cleveland at Arizona, (n) Minnesota at L.A. Angels, (n) Boston at Seattle, (n) Thursday's games Atlanta (Minor 2-4) at Houston (Cosart 7-5), 11:10 a.m. Minnesota (Nolasco 4-5) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 7-6), 12:35 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Carroll 2-3) at Toronto (Happ 6-4), 4:07 p.m. Detroit (Porcello 9-4) at Texas (N.Martinez 1-4), 5:05 p.m. Athletics 8, Mets 5 Oakland New York AB R H B AB R H B Crisp cf 5 2 3 2 EYong lf 3 0 0 0 Jaso c 4 1 2 0 Edgin p 0 0 0 0 Doolittl p 0 0 0 0 Famili p 0 0 0 0 Cespds lf 4 1 1 3 Recker ph 1 0 0 0 Moss 1b 5 1 1 2 DnMrp 2b 4 0 0 0 Dnldsn 3b 3 0 1 0 DWrght 3b 4 0 1 0 Lowrie ss 4 0 0 0 Cmpll 1b-lf 4 0 2 0 Reddck rf 3 2 1 0 Grndrs rf 4 1 3 0 Callasp 2b 4 1 2 0 CYoung cf 4 1 1 2 Sogard 2b 0 0 0 0 dArnad c 4 1 1 0 Mills p 3 0 0 0 Tejada ss 4 1 2 0 Otero p 0 0 0 0 ZWhelr p 0 0 0 0 Gentry ph 1 0 0 0 Flores ph 1 0 0 0 Grgrsn p 0 0 0 0 Evelnd p 0 0 0 0 DNorrs c 0 0 0 0 Niwnhs ph 1 0 0 0 Germn p 0 0 0 0 Dda ph-1b 2 1 1 3 Totals 36 8 11 7 36 5 11 5 Oakland 240 101 000 — 8 New York 000 000 320 — 5 DP: Oakland 2, New York 2; LOB: Oakland 5, New York 5; 2B: Cespedes (21), Grand- erson (13); HR: Crisp (6), Moss (18), C.Young (7), Duda (11); SB: Jaso (2). IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Mills W,1-0 61/3 9 3 3 0 4 Otero 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 Gregerson 1 2 2 2 0 1 Doolittle S,11-12 1 0 0 0 0 3 New York ZWheeler L,3-82 6 6 6 2 4 Eveland 3 1 1 1 1 3 Germen 2 3 1 1 1 1 Edgin 1 0 0 0 0 1 Familia 1 1 0 0 0 1 HBP: by Otero (E.Young). T: 2:55; A: 23,367 (41,922). Baseball NCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES GLANCE At TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Omaha, Neb. Double Elimination Saturday, June 14 UC Irvine 3, Texas 1 Vanderbilt 5, Louisville 3 Sunday, June 15 TCU 3, Texas Tech 2 Virginia 2, Mississippi 1 Monday, June 16 Texas 4, Louisville 1, Louisville elimi- nated Vanderbilt 6, UC Irvine 4 Tuesday, June 17 Mississippi 2, Texas Tech 1, Texas Tech eliminated Virginia 3, TCU 2, 15 innings Wednesday, June 18 Texas 1, UC Irvine 0, UC Irvine eliminated Thursday, June 19 Mississippi 6, TCU 4, TCU eliminated Friday, June 20 Texas 4, Vanderbilt 0 Virginia 0, Mississippi 0, top 2nd, susp., lightning Saturday, June 21 Virginia 4, Mississippi 1, Mississippi eliminated Vanderbilt 4, Texas 3, 10 innings, Texas eliminated Championship Series (Best-of-3) Monday, June 23: Vanderbilt 9, Virginia 8 Tuesday, June 24: Virginia 7, Vanderbilt 2, series tied 1-1 Wednesday, June 25: Virginia (53-15) vs. Vanderbilt (50-21), (n) Tennis WIMBLEDON RESULTS Wednesday At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London Purse: $42.5 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles MEN Second Round Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, def. Ernests Gulbis (12), Latvia, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (5). Kevin Anderson (20), South Africa, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, 7-6 (0), 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Blaz Rola, Slovenia, 6-1, 6-1, 6-0. Grigor Dimitrov (11), Bulgaria, def. Luke Saville, Australia, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. Alexandr Dolgopolov (21), Ukraine, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (0), 6-3, 6-4. Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Marinko Matosevic, Australia, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (7), 7-6 (9), 4-6, 7-5. Fabio Fognini (16), Italy, def. Tim Puetz, Germany, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-3. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, def. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. Roberto Bautista Agut (27), Spain, def. Jan Hernych, Czech Republic, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Andrey Kuznetsov, Russia, def. David Ferrer (7), Spain, 6-7 (5), 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Marin Cilic (26), Croatia, def. Andreas Haider-Maurer, Austria, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. Gilles Simon, France, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-4. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Bernard Tomic, Australia, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3), 6-1. Jimmy Wang, Taiwan, def. Mikhail You- zhny, Russia (17), 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3. Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5). WOMEN First Round Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Vera Zvonareva, Russia, def. Tara Moore, Britain, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 9-7. Second Round Li Na (2), China, def. Yvonne Meus- burger, Austria, 6-2, 6-2. Venus Williams (30), United States, def. Kurumi Nara, Japan, 7-6 (4), 6-1. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, def. Elena Vesnina (32), Russia, 6-4, 6-2. Agnieszka Radwanska (4), Poland, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 6-4, 6-0. Ekaterina Makarova (22), Russia, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 7-5, 6-4. Petra Kvitova (6), Czech Republic, def. Mona Barthel, Germany, 6-2, 6-0. Caroline Garcia, France, def. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, 7-5, 6-3. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, def. Victoria Azarenka (8), Belarus, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic (23), def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 7-6 (7), 7-5. Soccer 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP GROUP A W L T GF GA Pts x-Brazil 2 0 1 7 2 7 x-Mexico 2 0 1 4 1 7 Croatia 1 2 0 6 6 3 Cameroon 0 3 0 1 9 0 GROUP B W L T GF GA Pts x-Netherlands 3 0 0 10 3 9 x-Chile 2 1 0 5 3 6 Spain 1 2 0 4 7 3 Australia 0 3 0 3 9 0 GROUP C W L T GF GA Pts x-Colombia 3 0 0 9 2 9 x-Greece 1 1 1 2 4 4 Ivory Coast 1 2 0 4 5 3 Japan 0 2 1 2 6 1 GROUP D W L T GF GA Pts x-Costa Rica 2 0 1 4 1 7 x-Uruguay 2 1 0 4 4 6 Italy 1 2 0 2 3 3 England 0 2 1 2 4 1 GROUP E W L T GF GA Pts x-France 2 0 1 8 2 7 x-Switzerland 2 1 0 7 6 6 Ecuador 1 1 1 3 3 4 Honduras 0 3 0 1 8 0 GROUP F W L T GF GA Pts x-Argentina 3 0 0 6 3 9 x-Nigeria 1 1 1 3 3 4 Bosnia-Herz. 1 2 0 4 4 3 Iran 0 2 1 1 4 1 GROUP G W L T GF GA Pts Germany 1 0 1 6 2 4 United States 1 0 1 4 3 4 Ghana 0 1 1 3 4 1 Portugal 0 1 1 2 6 1 GROUP H W L T GF GA Pts x-Belgium 2 0 0 3 1 6 Algeria 1 1 0 5 4 3 Russia 0 1 1 1 2 1 South Korea 0 1 1 3 5 1 Results Argentina 3, Nigeria 2 Bosnia-Herz. 3, Iran 1 Switzerland 3, Honduras 0 Ecuador 0, France 0 Tomorrow's Games Portugal vs. Ghana 9 a.m. United States vs. Germany 9 a.m. South Korea vs. Belgium 1 p.m. Algeria vs. Russia 1 p.m. MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE 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 4 22 28 28 Vancouver 5 2 6 21 25 20 Portland 4 4 8 20 28 27 Los Angeles 4 3 5 17 16 11 San Jose 4 5 4 16 15 14 Chivas USA 2 7 5 11 14 26 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. 7 4 4 25 22 16 New England 7 5 2 23 21 18 Kansas City 6 5 4 22 21 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 7 4 10 13 26 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday's games Montreal at Vancouver, (n) Friday's games Toronto FC at New York, 8 p.m. Kansas City at Portland, 11 p.m. Saturday's games Seattle FC at D.C. United, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at New England, 7:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Columbus, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Colorado, 9 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Salt Lake at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m. Sunday's games Houston at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Basketball WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Phoenix 9 3 .750 1/2 Minnesota 11 4 .733 — San Antonio 7 7 .500 31/2 Tulsa 6 7 .462 4 Sparks 5 8 .385 5 Seattle 6 10 .375 51/2 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Atlanta 9 4 .692 — Connecticut 8 6 .571 11/2 Indiana 6 7 .462 3 Chicago 6 8 .429 31/2 Washington 6 9 .400 4 New York 4 10 .286 51/2 Tuesday's games Washington 81, San Antonio 70 Sparks 65, Seattle 57 Wednesday's games Connecticut 79, Chicago 69 Tulsa 107, Indiana 102, OT Thursday's games Atlanta at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Friday's games Phoenix at Indiana, 4 p.m. Connecticut at Washington, 4 p.m. Chicago at New York, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at Seattle, 7 p.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Philadelphia -170/+160 Miami at Pittsburgh -150/+140 New York Washington -130/+120 at Chicago at Milwaukee -185/+175 Colorado St. Louis -125/+115at Los Angeles at San Fran -115/+105 Cincinnati AMERICAN LEAGUE at Los Angeles -190/+180 Minnesota at Toronto -170/+160 Chicago Detroit -130/+120 at Texas INTERLEAGUE Atlanta -135/+125 at Houston Soccer World Cup Brazil TODAY At Brasilia Favorite Line Underdog Portugal -160/+120 Ghana Over 3;-105/Under 3;-115 At Recife Germany -800/+500 United States Over 21/2;-110/Under 21/2;-110 At Sao Paulo Belgium -330/+260 South Korea Over 21/2;-115/Under 21/2;-105 At Curitiba Russia -220/+170 Algeria Over 21/2;+110/Under 21/2;-130 Transactions BASEBALL American League Boston Red Sox: Designated LHP Chris Capuano for assignment. Reinstated RHP Clay Buchholz from the 15-day DL. Sent OF Shane Victorino to Pawtucket (IL) for a rehab assignment. Agreed to terms with RHPs Jake Cosart and Kevin McAvoy, Ofs Cole Sturgeon and Tyler Hill and 1B Josh Ockimey on minor league contracts. Cleveland Indians: Recalled LHP Nick Hagadone from Columbus (IL). Optioned RHP Mark Lowe to Columbus. Kansas City Royals: Optioned LHP Tim Collins to Omaha (PCL). Designated LHP Donnie Joseph for assignment. Reinstated LHP Bruce Chen from the 60-day DL. Minnesota Twins: Optioned OF Aaron Hicks to New Britain (EL). Tampa Bay Rays: Recalled INF Cole Figueroa from Durham (IL). Toronto Blue Jays: Optioned OF Kevin Pillar to Buffalo (IL). Designated INF Jonathan Diaz for assignment. Selected the contract of OF Brad Glenn from Buffalo. Acquired OF Cory Aldridge from Sultanes de Monterrey (Mexican League). National League Atlanta Braves: Optioned LHP Ryan Buchter to Gwinnett (IL). Recalled LHP Alex Wood from Gwinnett. Chicago Cubs: Agreed to terms with C Mark Zagunis on a minor league contract. Colorado Rockies: Placed RHP Christian Bergman on the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of LHP Yohan Flande from Colorado Springs (PCL). Los Angeles Dodgers: Selected the contract of 1B Clint Robinson from Al- buquerque (PCL). Designated INF Jamie Romak for assignment. Miami Marlins: Released RHP Kevin Slowey. Placed SS Adeiny Hechavarria on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to Satur- day. Recalled INF Donovan Solano from New Orleans (PCL). Milwaukee Brewers: Optioned RHP Mike Fiers to Nashville (PCL). Recalled RHP Alfredo Figaro from Nashville. New York Mets: Sent RHP Dillon Gee to the GCL Mets for a rehab assignment. Agreed to terms with RHPs Erik Manoah, Alex Durham and Gabriel Llanes, Ofs Raphael Ramirez, Arnaldo Berrios and Tucker Tharp, LHP Kurtis Horne and INF infielder Dale Burdick on minor league contracts. Philadelphia Phillies: Placed C Wil Nieves on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to June 19. Reinstated OF Tony Gwynn Jr. from the restricted list. St. Louis Cardinals: Optioned SS Pete Kozma to Memphis (PCL). Transferred RHP Joe Kelly to the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of LHP Marco Gonzales from Springfield (TL). San Diego Padres: Agreed to terms with 2B Nick Vilter on a minor league contract. San Francisco Giants: Placed OF Angel Pagan on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to June 15. Recalled 3B Adam Duvall from Fresno (PCL). Sent 2B Marco Scutaro to the AZL Giants for a rehab assignment. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2014 2 B