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AUTORACING NASCAR Nationwide Series, Firecracker 250:4:30p.m., ESPN2. MLB BASEBALL Chicago Cubs at Washington Nationals: 8a.m., MLB. New York Yankees at Minne- sota Twins: noon, ESPN2. Toronto Blue Jays at Oakland Athletics: 1p.m., CSN. San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres: 3:30p.m., CSNBA. Tampa Bay Rays at Detroit Tigers: 4p.m., ESPN. CYCLING Tour de France, Stage 1e: 3 a.m., NBCSN. GOLF Web.com, Nova Scotia Open, Round 2: 9:30a.m., GOLF. PGA, The Greenbrier Classic, Round 2: noon, GOLF EPGA, Open de France, Round 3: 5a.m., GOLF. SOCCER FIFA World Cup Quarterfinal: 8:30a.m., ESPN. FIFA World Cup Quarterfinal: 12:30p.m., ESPN. MLS, New York at Houston: 5:30p.m., NBCSN. MLS, Portland at Los Ange- les: 8p.m., NBCSN. TENNIS Wimbledon, men's semifinals: 5a.m., ESPN. Ontheair By Steve Corkran scorkran@bayareanewsgroup. com OAKLAND Sometimes, all it takes is a change of scen- ery. For the A's, they got just what they hoped for in a return home Thursday after their road trip con- cluded with a three-game sweep at the hands of the Detroit Tigers. It helps, of course, that the A's played in front of 32,913 adoring fans and had ace Sonny Gray at the ready to outduel Toronto Blue Jays knuckler R.A. Dickey. In the end, the A's prevailed 4-1 at the Coli- seum. The A's don't care how they beat the Blue Jays, just as long as they got back in a winning mode and erased the bad taste from losing three straight in Detroit earlier this week. That's precisely what the A's did in the first of four games between first- place teams in the Amer- ican League on Thursday night. Most of the scoring came in the second inning, and Gray and the A's bullpen made the two runs they re- ceived that inning hold up. In turn, that left the fans in a festive mood as the postgame fireworks rolled around. The Blue Jays scored the first run of the game in an unconventional manner, which caused a manager's challenge, a ton of confu- sion and a long delay. It all came about on a ground ball by Anthony Gose to A's first baseman Nate Freiman in the sec- ond inning, with the bases loaded and one out. Freiman tried to tag Munenori Kawasaki as he ran from first to second. First-base umpire Vic Car- apazza signaled that Fre- iman missed Kawasaki. Freiman then fired to Ste- phen Vogt for a force out at home. Not so fast. Blue Jays manager John Gibbons challenged the ruling on Freiman's at- tempted tag of Kawasaki, knowing that if the call got overturned, Edwin Encar- nacion would be safe at home because the force play no longer was in effect and Vogt didn't tag Encar- nacion. The umpires huddled, reviewed the play and sided with Gibbons. That gave the Blue Jays a run and the A's another out. As a result, A's manager Bob Melvin informed the umpires that he wanted the game played under protest. The protest became moot with the A's victory. BASEBALL A's bounce back to beat Jays Oaklandcomesoff three-game sweep in Detroit with victory disdaining his usual post- game news conference to meet with general man- ager Brian Sabean as well a handful of players be- fore he faced the media. Once he did meet the me- dia, he was blunt about all the nasty numbers of late — 17 losses in their last 22 games, including a galling 14 of 17 at home — but didn't anticipate ma- jor personnel changes be- yond Belt, just a wholesale change in resolve. "We have a lot of base- ball left, we have time to get this right," he said. "But now it's up to all of us to try and get out of this thing and just believe it's going to turn. This is our group. They know that, we've told them that." But how do you gener- ate faith with all systems seemingly failing? "You try everything," Bo- chy said. "We've shaken up the lineup. We've met. You stay positive, but hopefully we all kick ourselves in the tail here, too. That's part of it, to get mad at what's hap- pened and do something about it. You can't wait for someone else to do it. You have to do it yourself … in- cluding myself, everybody." The Giants were hoping to salvage a series win from the Cardinals, but the day got off to a bad start when starter Madison Bumgar- ner (9-6) gave up a two- run, first inning homer to Jhonny Peralta. It didn't improve much from there. The Giants got a run back in the third on a Bumgarner RBI single, but St. Louis scored three runs in the fourth, two on an in- field-in single by Cardinals starter Carlos Martinez (2- 3), which signaled another loss to come. San Francisco cemented it with 11 straight outs to finish the game. Watching it all from the sidelines, Belt is mystified as to how things could so well and then so wrong. He's felt helpless. "On both sides of the spectrum," he said. "When they were winning and looking like they were hav- ing so much fun, I wanted to be out there then. And now, it's hard to sit back and see the team that you play for not do so hot. You want to get out there and do what you can. So hope- fully I can go out there and help 'em out." The Giants could use some sturdy pitching, too, something they're not get- ting much of except from Tim Lincecum right now. Bumgarner against Mar- tinez — a pitcher making just his fifth major league start — would have seemed like a mismatch, but it didn't turn out that way. Bumgarner might have damaged his chances of the making the National League All-Star team with a second straight defeat in which he allowed five runs, four earned. The left- hander pitched five innings and allowed six hits, three walks and struck out six. Notes • The Giants optioned infielder Adam Duvall back to Triple-A Fresno after the game to make room on the roster for Belt. • Bochy said before the game that the team hoped to provide an update on the status of Angel Pagan (back) after a second epi- dural injection the out- fielder was scheduled to receive Thursday morn- ing, but the manager had no new information after the game. • Marco Scutaro (back), 10 days into a 20-game re- hab, was scheduled to play in back-to-back games for the first time Thursday. If Scutaro comes out of that feeling OK, he could be el- evated to Triple-A Fresno on Sunday. Follow Carl Steward on Twitter at twitter.com/ stewardsfolly. Giants FROM PAGE 1 and who all is out there de- pending on you to do what you need to do. I learned some lessons." He'll attempt to ap- ply the lessons in the 400-miler Saturday night, where he'll most likely race hard and try to lead much the same way he did when he won the season-opening Daytona 500. The February race had a frantic pace be- cause of a rain stoppage that lasted 6 hours, 22 min- utes. When the racing re- sumed, Earnhardt was de- termined to win his second Daytona 500. Earnhardt led six times for a race-high 54 laps — all after the rain delay — and ended a 55-race losing streak that dated to 2012 with the win. But at Talladega, he wasn't at all the same racer. Earnhardt led 26 laps early and gambled he'd have no trouble making it back through the traffic when he was shuffled to the rear. When it became clear he had his work cut out for him, Earnhardt opted to take it easy and nurse his Chevrolet home for a clean finish. Fans were livid. "I think I got real self- ish at Talladega and what the result and how the re- sult affected anyone I never took into account," he said. "I really just was out there thinking more about me and what I thought and what I wanted to do and how frustrated I was. "I forgot that there's a team behind me depend- ing on me and a lot of fans there to see us race and show up to spend their hard earned money. Defi- nitely was a difficult thing to go through." Earnhardt has eight wins at plate tracks — four behind Hendrick Motors- ports teammate Jeff Gor- don for the active-driver lead — and wants another win. Johnson, who goes into Saturday night with three wins in the last six races, believes his team- mate has a shot at the sweep. Before Johnson did it last year, the last driver to sweep Daytona was Bobby Allison in 1982. "If I don't have a chance to win the race, I wouldn't mind if he did," Johnson said. "He's going to be fast. He's going to be strong and have a very good opportu- nity to win. That stat went 30 years for a reason. It's not easy because in plate rac- ing, anything can happen. He's the one who gave me that phrase about 'If I make it to the white, and you're in the picture, you have a shot at winning.' If he can make it to the white he will defi- nitely be a threat." Earnhardt is aware of the ability to sweep, and recognizes how difficult it would be to complete. "I would love to sweep the races at Daytona be- cause that is a cool thing, but I just love winning here," he said. "To go to Victory Lane here, regard- less of what we did in Feb- ruary, would mean a lot to me. I expect that we will try to do the best thing that we can to help us strategy- wise so that we are toward the front." Racing FROM PAGE 1 TERRY RENNA — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dale Earnhardt Jr. prepares to get in his car during a NASCAR Sprint Cup practice session Thursday at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Los Angeles 49 39 .557 _ San Francisco 47 38 .553 ½ San Diego 38 47 .447 9 ½ Colorado 36 50 .419 12 Arizona 36 51 .414 12 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 51 35 .593 _ St. Louis 46 40 .535 5 Pittsburgh 44 41 .518 6 ½ Cincinnati 43 41 .512 7 Chicago 37 46 .446 12 ½ EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Atlanta 47 38 .553 _ Washington 46 38 .548 ½ Miami 41 44 .482 6 New York 37 48 .435 10 Philadelphia 37 48 .435 10 Wednesday'sgames Toronto 7, Milwaukee 4 Cleveland 5, L.A. Dodgers 4 San Diego 3, Cincinnati 0 Washington 4, Colorado 3 Pittsburgh 5, Arizona 1 Chicago Cubs 16, Boston 9 Atlanta 3, N.Y. Mets 1 Miami 5, Philadelphia 0 St. Louis 2, San Francisco 0 Thursday'sgames St. Louis 7, San Francisco 2 Philadelphia 5, Miami 4 Arizona 10, Pittsburgh 2 L.A. Dodgers 3, Colorado 2 Friday'sgames Chicago Cubs (Hammel 7-5) at Washing- ton (Roark 7-5), 8:05 a.m. Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 3-7) at Pitts- burgh (Cole 6-4), 2:05 p.m. San Francisco (M.Cain 1-6) at San Diego (Stults 2-11), 3:40 p.m. Milwaukee (Lohse 9-2) at Cincinnati (Simon 10-3), 4:10 p.m. Texas (Darvish 8-4) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 5-4), 4:10 p.m. Miami (Eovaldi 5-3) at St. Louis (Lynn 8-6), 4:15 p.m. Arizona (Collmenter 7-4) at Atlanta (E.Santana 6-5), 4:35 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 9-2) at Colorado (Jurrjens 0-0), 5:10 p.m. Cardinals7,Giants2 St.Louis AB R H BI BBSOAvg. Carpter 3b 4 1 2 0 1 1 .290 Holliday lf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .264 Adams 1b 4 1 1 0 1 2 .318 Peralta ss 5 1 2 2 0 1 .241 Y.Molina c 4 1 3 0 1 1 .287 Taveras rf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .188 M.Ellis 2b 4 1 0 0 0 2 .191 Descalso 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Jay cf 5 2 2 1 0 1 .293 Martinez p 2 0 1 2 0 0 .375 b-RSon ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .146 S.Freeman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Maness p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Motte p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — Totals 40 7 14 7 4 10 SanFran AB R H BI BBSOAvg; Pence rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .294 Panik 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .207 Posey c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .287 Sandoval 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .265 Colvin lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .236 Duvall 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .167 Crawford ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .246 G.Blanco cf 4 1 2 0 0 2 .236 Bumgarner p1 0 1 1 0 0 .243 a-Arias ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .181 J.Gutierrez p0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 c-Sanchez ph1 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Petit p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 — d-B.Hicks ph1 0 0 0 0 0 .165 Totals 34 2 7 1 2 10 St.Louis 200 301 100—7 14 1 SanFran 001 001 000—2 7 2 a-lined out for Bumgarner in the 5th; b-tripled for C.Martinez in the 6th; c- grounded out for J.Gutierrez in the 6th; d-popped out for J.Lopez in the 9th; E: Taveras (1), Petit (1), Duvall (1). LOB: St. Louis 10, San Francisco 7. 2B: M.Carpenter 2 (21), Ma.Adams (19), Jay (10), G.Blanco (5). 3B: S.Robinson (1). HR: Jh.Peralta (12), off Bumgarner. RBIs: Jh.Peralta 2 (38), Taveras (3), Jay (21), C.Martinez 2 (2), S.Robinson (3), Bumgarner (8);Runnersleft inscoringposition: St. Louis 5 (Jh. Peralta, Ma.Adams, Holliday, Jay 2);San Francisco4(Posey3,H.Sanchez).RISP: St. Louis 3 for 17, San Francisco 2 for 6; Runnersmovedup: Ma.Adams, Panik; GIDP: Taveras, Descalso; DP: San Francisco 3 (Sandoval, Panik, Duvall), (Colvin, Colvin, Posey), (Panik, B.Crawford, Duvall); St.Louis IPHRERBBSONPERA Mtinez W, 2-3 5 5 1 1 1 6 88 3.91 S.Freeman 1 2 1 0 1 1 20 1.65 Maness 2 0 0 0 0 1 15 2.41 Motte 1 0 0 0 0 2 16 3.38 SanFran IPHRERBBSONPERA Bgarner L, 9-65 6 5 4 3 6100 3.09 J.Gutierrez 1 2 1 1 0 0 22 3.35 Petit 2 4 1 1 1 4 45 4.12 J.Lopez 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 3.12 IBB: off Petit (Ma.Adams); Umpires: Home, Ron Kulpa, First, Dana DeMuth. Second, Ed Hickox. Third, Lance Barrett;T: 3:12;A: 41,181 (41,915); AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 52 33 .612 _ Los Angeles 47 36 .566 4 Seattle 47 38 .553 5 Texas 37 48 .435 15 Houston 36 50 .419 16 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 48 34 .585 _ Kansas City 44 40 .524 5 Cleveland 41 43 .488 8 Chicago 40 46 .465 10 Minnesota 38 46 .452 11 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Baltimore 46 39 .541 _ Toronto 47 40 .540 _ New York 42 42 .500 3 ½ Boston 38 47 .447 8 Tampa Bay 38 50 .432 9 ½ Wednesday'sgames Toronto 7, Milwaukee 4 Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Yankees 3 Detroit 9, Oakland 3 Kansas City 4, Minnesota 0 Seattle 5, Houston 2 Cleveland 5, L.A. Dodgers 4 Baltimore 6, Texas 4 Chicago Cubs 16, Boston 9 Chicago White Sox 3, L.A. Angels 2 Thursday'sgames Baltimore 5, Texas 2 Detroit 8, Tampa Bay 1 N.Y. Yankees 7, Minnesota 4 Oakland 4, Toronto 1 Houston at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Friday'sgames Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 4-5) at Boston (Lester 9-7), 10:35 a.m. N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 3-2) at Minnesota (Gibson 7-6), 12:10 p.m. Toronto (Stroman 4-2) at Oakland (Milone 6-3), 1:05 p.m. Kansas City (Ventura 5-7) at Cleveland (Tomlin 5-5), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Cobb 3-6) at Detroit (Smyly 4-7), 4:08 p.m. Seattle (Elias 7-6) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 7-1), 4:10 p.m. Texas (Darvish 8-4) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 5-4), 4:10 p.m. Houston (Keuchel 8-5) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 8-6), 6:05 p.m. Athletics4,BlueJays1 Toronto Oakland AB R H B AB R H B Reyes ss 4 0 0 0 Jaso dh 4 1 1 1 MeCarr rf 3 0 0 0 Callasp 3b 3 0 0 1 Bautist dh 4 0 1 0 Cespds lf 4 0 0 0 Encrnc lf 4 1 1 0 Moss rf 2 1 1 0 Lind 1b 3 0 1 0 Lowrie ss 4 0 0 0 StTllsn ph 1 0 0 0 Vogt c 3 1 1 0 JFrncs 3b 3 0 0 0 Freimn 1b 2 0 1 1 Kawsk 2b 1 0 0 0 Sogard 2b 3 0 1 0 Gose cf 3 0 0 1 Gentry cf 3 1 1 0 Thole c 3 0 2 0 Totals 29 1 5 1 28 4 6 3 Toronto 010 000 000 — 1 Oakland 020 000 02x — 4 E: Kawasaki (4);DP: Toronto 1, Oakland 3;LOB: Toronto 4, Oakland 4;2B: Lind (16), Jaso (12), Moss (16), Vogt (2), Frei- man (1);SF: Callaspo. IP H R ER BB SO Toronto Dickey L,6-8 8 6 4 2 3 6 Oakland Gray W,8-3 7 4 1 1 3 5 Otero 1 1 0 0 0 0 Doolittle S,12 1 0 0 0 0 2 WP: Gray;PB: Thole. Umpires: Home, Chad Fairchild, First, Vic Carapazza. Second, Bill Miller. Third, Gabe Morales. T: 2:23;A: 32,913 (35,067). Soccer 2014FIFAWORLDCUP QUARTERFINALS FRIDAY,JULY4 Game57 AtRiodeJaneiro France vs. Germany, 9 a.m. Game58 AtFortaleza,Brazil Brazil vs. Colombia, 1 p.m. SATURDAY,JULY5 Game59 AtBrasilia,Brazil Argentina vs. Belgium, 9 a.m. Game60 AtSalvador,Brazil Netherlands vs. Costa Rica, 1 p.m. SEMIFINALS Tuesday,July8 AtBeloHorizonte,Brazil Game 57 winner vs. Game 58 winner, 1 p.m. WEDNESDAY,JULY9 AtSaoPaulo Game 59 winner vs. Game 60 winner, 1 p.m. THIRDPLACE SATURDAY,JULY12 AtBrasilia,Brazil Semifinal losers, 1 p.m. CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY,JULY13 AtRiodeJaneiro Semifinal winners, noon MAJORLEAGUESOCCER WESTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Seattle 11 3 2 35 33 23 Colorado 7 5 4 25 23 18 Salt Lake 6 3 7 25 25 22 FC Dallas 6 7 5 23 28 28 Vancouver 5 3 7 22 25 22 Los Angeles 5 3 5 20 17 11 Portland 4 5 8 20 28 28 Chivas USA 4 7 5 17 16 26 San Jose 4 7 4 16 15 16 EASTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Kansas City 7 5 4 25 22 14 D.C. 7 5 4 25 22 17 New England 7 6 2 23 22 21 Toronto FC 6 4 3 21 18 16 New York 4 5 7 19 24 24 Columbus 4 5 7 19 18 18 Philadelphia 4 7 6 18 25 28 Houston 5 10 2 17 16 32 Chicago 2 4 9 15 23 26 Montreal 3 7 5 14 16 26 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday'sgames Chicago 1, Toronto FC 1, tie Chivas USA 1, San Jose 0 Friday'sgames New York at Houston, 5:30 p.m. Philadelphia at FC Dallas, 6 p.m. Columbus at Colorado, 6:30 p.m. New England at Salt Lake, 7 p.m. Portland at Los Angeles, 8 p.m. Saturday'sgames D.C. United at Toronto FC, 4 p.m. Seattle FC at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Montreal at Chivas USA, 7:30 p.m. Sunday'sgames Chicago at Kansas City, noon Friday,July11 D.C. United at San Jose, 8 p.m. Saturday,July12 Columbus at New York, 4 p.m. Houston at Toronto FC, 4 p.m. Colorado at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Kansas City at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at New England, 4:30 p.m. Chivas USA at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Salt Lake at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Sunday,July13 Portland at Seattle FC, 7 p.m. Golf THEGREENBRIERCLASSIC Thursday At The Old White TPC White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Purse: $6.5 million Yardage: 7,287;Par70(34-36) FirstRound a-denotes amateur J. Blixt........................................ 33-31—64 -6 J. Hahn....................................... 32-33—65 -5 J. Bohn....................................... 31-34—65 -5 J. Durant.................................... 31-34—65 -5 C. Kirk........................................ 32-33—65 -5 D.A. Points................................ 32-33—65 -5 P. Rodgers ................................30-35—65 -5 J. Renner...................................30-35—65 -5 D. Lee......................................... 32-33—65 -5 S. Bae ........................................34-32—66 -4 M. Thompson...........................33-33—66 -4 S. Stricker.................................34-32—66 -4 K. Na ..........................................34-32—66 -4 T. Merritt .................................. 31-35—66 -4 C. Stroud...................................33-33—66 -4 P. Perez .....................................33-33—66 -4 C. Collins...................................34-32—66 -4 M. Putnam................................ 32-35—67 -3 D. Love III .................................. 32-35—67 -3 B. Curtis.................................... 34-33—67 -3 C. Howell III.............................. 33-34—67 -3 P. Reed ...................................... 32-35—67 -3 C. Beljan.................................... 32-35—67 -3 D. Lingmerth .............................31-36—67 -3 T. Van Aswegen....................... 32-35—67 -3 K. Chappell............................... 34-33—67 -3 L. Guthrie.................................. 33-34—67 -3 R. Allenby ................................. 32-35—67 -3 K. Bradley................................. 33-34—67 -3 B. Wyatt.................................... 33-34—67 -3 G. Fdez-Castano.......................31-37—68 -2 M. Wilson.................................. 33-35—68 -2 M. Leishman.............................34-34—68 -2 W. Austin .................................. 36-32—68 -2 S. Langley................................. 33-35—68 -2 R. Barnes .................................. 33-35—68 -2 R. Streb ......................................31-37—68 -2 J. Daly........................................34-34—68 -2 B. Garnett................................. 33-35—68 -2 W. Wilcox..................................34-34—68 -2 J. Herman..................................34-34—68 -2 B. Hurley III............................... 32-36—68 -2 T. Wilkinson.............................. 33-35—68 -2 C. Villegas ................................ 32-36—68 -2 J. Wagner..................................34-34—68 -2 A. Cabrera................................34-34—68 -2 J.B. Holmes...............................34-34—68 -2 B. Watson ................................. 35-33—68 -2 S. Bowditch .............................. 33-35—68 -2 D. Hearn.................................... 33-35—68 -2 J. Hicks...................................... 33-35—68 -2 J. Lovemark.............................. 35-33—68 -2 C. Campbell.............................. 34-35—69 -1 J. Driscoll .................................. 34-35—69 -1 B. Davis ..................................... 34-35—69 -1 J. Maggert ................................ 34-35—69 -1 D. Toms ..................................... 35-34—69 -1 B. Haas...................................... 34-35—69 -1 T. Kelly........................................32-37—69 -1 T. Immelman ............................ 33-36—69 -1 P. Cantlay.................................. 33-36—69 -1 G. Chalmers ............................. 34-35—69 -1 G. Woodland ............................ 33-36—69 -1 S. Ames..................................... 35-34—69 -1 S. Marino .................................. 33-36—69 -1 J. Teater .....................................32-37—69 -1 B. Cauley....................................32-37—69 -1 W. Roach................................... 35-34—69 -1 A. Loupe.................................... 35-34—69 -1 K. Tway...................................... 33-36—69 -1 Tennis WIMBLEDONRESULTS Thursday At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London Purse: $42.5 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles WOMEN Semifinals Petra Kvitova (6), Czech Republic, def. Lucie Safarova (23), Czech Republic, 7-6 (6), 6-1. Eugenie Bouchard (13), Canada, def. Simona Halep (3), Romania, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Doubles MEN Quarterfinals Leander Paes, India, and Radek Ste- panek (5), Czech Republic, def. Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Nenad Zimonjic (3), Serbia, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-4. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, and Jack Sock, United States, def. Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (2), Brazil, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4. WOMEN Quarterfinals Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci (2), Italy, def. Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua (6), Australia, 6-4, 2-6, 6-0. Timea Babos, Hungary, and Kris- tina Mladenovic (14), France, def. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, and Anastasia Rodionova (11), Australia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, and Zheng Jie (9), China, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, and Lucie Safa- rova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3. Basketball WNBA WESTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB Phoenix 12 3 .800 — Minnesota 13 5 .722 ½ San Antonio 9 9 .500 4½ Tulsa 7 10 .412 6 Sparks 6 9 .400 6 Seattle 7 11 .389 6½ EASTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB Atlanta 11 5 .688 — Chicago 8 9 .471 3½ Indiana 8 9 .471 3½ Connecticut 8 10 .444 4 Washington 7 11 .389 5 New York 6 11 .353 5½ Wednesday'sgames Indiana 80, Washington 77 Phoenix 87, Chicago 69 Thursday'sgames Tulsa 96, Connecticut 83 Minnesota 91, San Antonio 84 Sparks at Seattle, 7 p.m. Friday'sgames No games scheduled Saturday'sgames San Antonio at Indiana, 2 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Connecticut at Tulsa, 5 p.m. Chicago at Seattle, 7 p.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For July 4 MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Washington -160/+150 Chicago at Pittsburgh -170/+160 Philadelphia at San Diego -110/+100 San Francisco at Cincinnati -130/+120 Milwaukee at St. Louis -145/+135 Miami at Atlanta -155/+145 Arizona Los Angeles -160/+150 at Colorado AMERICANLEAGUE at Boston -150/+140 Baltimore at Minnesota -110/+100 New York at Oakland -135/+125 Toronto at Cleveland -115/+105 Kansas City at Detroit -125/+115 Tampa Bay at Chicago -170/+160 Seattle at Los Angeles -185/+175 Houston INTERLEAGUE Texas -130/+120 at NY (NL) Soccer WorldCup Brazil TODAY Quarterfinals AtRioDeJaneiro Favorite Line Underdog Germany -140/+110 France Over2½;+135 Under2½;-155 AtFortaleza Brazil -300/+240 Colombia Over2½;+120 Under2½;-140 TOMORROW AtBrasilia Argentina -200/+160 Belgium Over2½;+135 Under2½;-155 AtSalvador Netherlands -600/+400 Costa Rica Over2½;+105 Under2½;-125 Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague ChicagoWhiteSox: Released LHP Scott Downs. ClevelandIndians: Agreed to terms with 1B Michael Papi on a minor league contract. HoustonAstros: Agreed to terms with Sss Juan Pineda and Ozziel Sanchez on minor league contracts. LosAngelesAngels: Optioned RHP David Carpenter to Arkansas (TL). NewYorkYankees: Optioned INF Yangervis Solarte to Scranton/Wilkes- Barre (IL). Selected the contract of INF Zelous Wheeler from Scranton/Wilkes- Barre. Designated INF Dean Anna for assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Edgmer Escalona on a minor league contract. OaklandAthletics: Designated LHP Jeff Francis for assignment. Reinstated LHP Eric O'flaherty from the 60-day DL. TampaBayRays: Optioned LHP Jeff Be- liveau to Durham (IL). Recalled 1B Vince Belnome from Durham. NationalLeague ColoradoRockies: Optioned LHP Chris- tian Friedrich to Colorado Springs (PCL). Reinstated 3B Nolan Arenado from the 15-day DL. LosAngelesDodgers: Optioned INF Carlos Triunfel to Albuquerque (PCL). Recalled INF Erisbel Arruebarrena from Albuquerque. MiamiMarlins: Assigned OF Brent Keys outright to Jacksonville (SL). Placed RHP Tom Koehler on paternity leave. Reinstated LHP Brad Hand from the 15-day DL. MilwaukeeBrewers: Sent RHP Jim Hen- derson to the AZL Brewers for a rehab assignment. St.LouisCardinals: Agreed to terms with RHPs Sebastian Nunez and Junior Fernandez, SS Starlin Balbuena and 2B Esequeil Delgado on minor league contracts. SanFranciscoGiants: Sent SS Ehire Adrianza to Fresno (PCL) for a rehab assignment. WashingtonNationals: Assigned 1B/3B Greg Dobbs outright to Syracuse (IL). | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014 2 B