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Brazilwasplayingwith- out Neymar, the team's key player and the poster boy for the World Cup. He scored four goals in the group stage, but Brazil's at- tack seemed to get weaker and weaker as the tourna- ment progressed. The Bar- celona striker was ruled out of the tournament with a broken vertebra after get- ting kneed in the back in the quarterfinal win over Colombia, weakening the sputtering attack even more. With Neymar sidelined and captain Thiago Silva suspended, the collective hopes of a nation remained high even if expectations were lowered. The atmosphere at the start of the match was spine-tingling, but the euphoria of the yellow- shirted thousands soon turned to tears as the Ger- mans scored five goals in the first 30 minutes — four of them in a seven-minute span. "It was very important to stay calm, cool and cou- rageous in facing Brazilian passion," Germany coach Joachim Loew said. The loss matched Bra- zil's most-lopsided defeat ever, and it's the first time the team has lost in an of- ficial competitive match on home soil since 1975, when Peru won 3-1 at the very same stadium in the Copa America. Its last loss at home came in a friendly with Paraguay in 2002. Previously, Brazil's big- gest World Cup loss was 3-0 to France in the 1998 final. In the 1920 South American championship, the predecessor of the Copa America, Brazil lost 6-0 to Uruguay. "The responsibility for this catastrophic result is mine," Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said. "I was in charge." It was Germany's big- gest World Cup win since routing Saudi Arabia 8-0 in a group match in 2002. On Tuesday, with Ber- nard playing as the third striker in the place of Ney- mar, Brazil attacked from the start. But they failed to get any solid chances, and it wasn't long before the Germans opened up the defense and started the rout. Toni Kroos and An- dre Schuerrle scored two goals each, while Thomas Mueller and Sami Khedira added the others. Oscar pulled a late goal back for Brazil. "Brazil was shocked af- ter the goals, they did not expect that. They did not know what to do," Loew said. "Their defense was not organized. A little hum- bleness would not hurt now." World Cup FROMPAGE1 He was upstairs in an exclusive part of a Las Ve- gas hotel Tuesday, holding court for a little more than three hours before emerg- ing in the lobby, walk- ing toward his assembled brain trust — including longtime manager Maver- ick Carter and Nike repre- sentatives, a sponsor of the LeBron James Skills Acad- emy he'll be hosting in Las Vegas starting Wednesday — and got whisked away. James is expected to meet with Miami Heat President Pat Riley before making a final decision on his NBA future, and a per- son close to the situation said that meeting had not happened as of Tuesday af- ternoon. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity be- cause no one has publicly announced the date of the meeting. Some of James' repre- sentatives have met with several teams, including the Cleveland Cavaliers. After filming a TV com- mercial in Coral Gables, Florida on Monday, James flew to Las Vegas, which was planned because of his academy. Later this week, he's expected to travel to Brazil to the World Cup fi- nal. He took time to Tuesday morning to work out with Dwyane Wade in Las Ve- gas before his meetings, another person close to the situation told the AP. Like James, Wade has also not announced his plans for next season and beyond, though it is still largely ex- pected that the 2006 NBA Finals MVP and three-time champion will remain in Miami. James' future remains anyone's guess. LeBron FROM PAGE 1 KITTEL MAKES IT THREE Marcel Kittel got his third stage victory in this Tour and the seventh of his Tour career on Tuesday. Unlike his wins in Stages 1 and 3, when he made victory look easy, Kittel won by a half- wheel length at the end of the ride from Le Touquet- Paris Plage to Lille Metro- pole. Kittel, of the Giant-Shi- mano team, didn't cele- brate this time, but panted. The gesture at the line came from runner-up Al- exander Kristoff of Nor- way, who swatted the air in frustration after being beaten by the barreling German. French rider Ar- naud Demare was third. After a difficult day of crosswinds, pockets of rain-smattered roads, and jumpy nerves in the pelo- ton, Kittel said: "It's never easy ... (I was) lucky just enough at the finish line." THECHAMPCRASHES Min- utes into the stage, Team Sky leader Froome went tumbling after one rider bumped another — like a succession of dominoes — who crossed the Briton's front wheel. He skinned his left knee, left elbow and hurt his left wrist, but got back on his bike. Cling- ing to the race doctor's car, he got bandaged and rejoined the pack. Then a teammate dropped back to get a splint at Sky's car, and pedaled it up to the ailing Froome. Race doctor Florence Pommerie told French TV his injuries amounted to "essentially a few scratches." Nibali, said his team in- formed him through his earpiece about Froome's mishap, and went back to see whether he was OK. Froome responded, "more or less," accord- ing to the Italian. The Sky leader went straight into the team bus and didn't speak to reporters after the stage. Dave Brailsford, the Sky team boss, said Froome de- scribed feeling good at the end. Froome was undergo- ing X-rays after the stage, but the team didn't imme- diately comment on the re- sults. LOSE ENERGY AGAIN? In the sixth stage of the Cri- terium du Dauphine race last month, Froome took a spill during a descent and banged up a hip, shoulder and elbow. The next day, he lost the race's yellow jersey to Contador — cit- ing stiffness in his thighs and a loss of energy from the crash. An aching wrist could mean pain ahead for Froome. The cobbles on Wednesday's 97 miles from Ypres, Belgium, to Arenberg Port du Hain- aut, could make it difficult for him to keep his hands on the handlebars. It in- cludes stretches of bumpy road familiar to riders of the famed Paris-Roubaix one-day classic. "It's going to be a crazy stage for everyone to- morrow," said Philippe Mauduit, a sports director for Contador's Tinkoff-Saxo Bank team. "We'll do what- ever we can to stay near the front to avoid getting involved in crashes or held up by any pileups but that's what everybody wants and therefore the pace will be extremely high." Said Nibali: "Tomor- row, we just have to make it through the day. ... Let's hope it's not raining." Before the fourth stage, 2010 winner Andy Schleck of Luxembourg dropped out because of an injury in a crash a day earlier. On Sunday, British sprinter Mark Cavendish quit the race after crashing in the final sprint in Stage 1 and damaging his right shoul- der. Kittel has already ac- knowledged that his job is easier without Cavendish in the race. The Giant-Shi- mano rider is not a threat for the yellow jersey: Kittel is not a good climber and lost nearly 20 minutes to Nibali in an up-and-down Stage 2. Tour FROM PAGE 1 MLBBASEBALL Los Angeles Dodgers at De- troit Tigers:10a.m.,MLB. Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals: 5p.m., ESPN. Oakland Athletics at San Francisco Giants: 7p.m., CSNBA. CYCLING Tour de France, Stage 6s: 5 a.m., NBCSN. GOLF EPGA, Scottish Open, Round 1: 2:30a.m., GOLF. SOCCER FIFA World Cup Semifinal, Netherlands vs. Argentina: 12:30p.m., ESPN. On the air The Associated Press DETROIT Justin Verlander settled down after a terri- ble first inning and the De- troit Tigers rallied in em- phatic fashion for a 14-5 victory over the Los An- geles Dodgers on Tuesday night. Verlander (8-7) allowed five runs in the first, but the Dodgers managed only one more hit off the Detroit right-hander, who has had his share of struggles this season. The Tigers tied it with five runs in the second, then added two in the third and four in the fourth to pull away. Miguel Cabrera was one of five Detroit players with three hits. Verlander allowed five runs and five hits in six in- nings. He struck out four and walked two. Hyun-Jin Ryu (9-5) al- lowed seven runs and 10 hits in 2 1-3 innings. INDIANS 5, YANKEES 3 Mi- chael Brantley homered and had three RBIs, Nick Swisher hit a go-ahead two-run shot and Cleve- land stopped rookie sen- sation Masahiro Tanaka's bid to become the major league's first 13-game win- ner. WHITE SOX 8, RED SOX 3 Conor Gillaspie hit a tie- breaking, two-run homer in the sixth inning for his third hit of the game and Chicago beat struggling Boston. RAYS 4, ROYALS 3 Evan Longoria drove in two runs, Jeremy Hellickson went 4 1-3 innings in his season debut, and Tampa Bay beat Kansas City. METS 8, BRAVES 3 Rookie Jacob deGrom struck out 11 in seven shutout innings and also delivered a table- setting hit from the No. 8 spot in the batting order and New York tagged All- Star Julio Teheran and At- lanta. REDS 4, CUBS 2, GAME 1 Jay Bruce returned to right field and hit another two- run homer, and Johnny Cueto extended his win- ning streak against Chi- cago, leading Cincinnati to a victory in the opener of a doubleheader. ASTROS 8, RANGERS 3 Chris Carter led off two innings with home runs, George Springer had one inning-starting long ball and the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 8-3 on Tuesday night. MLB ROUNDUP Tigers bury Dodgers 14-5 MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 51 41 .554 _ San Francisco 49 40 .551 1/2 San Diego 40 50 .444 10 Colorado 38 53 .418 121/2 Arizona 38 54 .413 13 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 52 39 .571 _ St. Louis 49 42 .538 3 Cincinnati 48 42 .533 31/2 Pittsburgh 47 43 .522 41/2 Chicago 38 51 .427 13 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 48 40 .545 _ Atlanta 49 41 .544 _ Miami 44 46 .489 5 New York 41 49 .456 8 Philadelphia 39 51 .433 10 Monday's games Baltimore 8, Washington 2, 11 innings N.Y. Mets 4, Atlanta 3, 11 innings Cincinnati 9, Chicago Cubs 3 Philadelphia 3, Milwaukee 2 St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 0 San Diego 6, Colorado 1 Arizona 9, Miami 1 Oakland 5, San Francisco 0 Tuesday's games Cincinnati 4, Chicago Cubs 2, 1st game Baltimore at Washington, ppd., rain Detroit 14, L.A. Dodgers 5 N.Y. Mets 8, Atlanta 3 Cincinnati 6, Chicago Cubs 5, 2nd game Philadelphia 9, Milwaukee 7 St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 4 Colorado 2, San Diego 1 Miami 2, Arizona 1 San Francisco at Oakland, (n.) Wednesday's games L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 11-4) at Detroit (Scherzer 10-3), 10:08 a.m. San Diego (Stults 3-11) at Colorado (Jur- rjens 0-1), 12:10 p.m. Miami (Eovaldi 5-4) at Arizona (Col- lmenter 7-5), 12:40 p.m. Washington (Fister 7-2) at Baltimore (B.Norris 7-5), 4:05 p.m. Atlanta (E.Santana 7-5) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 3- 1) , 4 :1 0 p .m . Chicago Cubs (Beeler 0-1) at Cincinnati (Simon 11-3), 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 3-8) at Milwaukee (Lohse 9-3), 5:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Cumpton 3-2) at St. Louis (Lynn 9-6), 5:15 p.m. Oakland (Hammel 0-0) at San Francisco (M.Cain 1-7), 7:15 p.m. AM E RI CA N L EA GU E WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 56 33 .629 _ Los Angeles 52 36 .591 31/2 Seattle 49 40 .551 7 Texas 38 52 .422 181/2 Houston 38 54 .413 191/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 49 37 .570 _ Kansas City 46 43 .517 41/2 Cleveland 44 45 .494 61/2 Chicago 44 47 .484 71/2 Minnesota 39 49 .443 11 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Baltimore 49 40 .551 _ Toronto 47 44 .516 3 New York 45 44 .506 4 Tampa Bay 42 51 .452 9 Boston 39 51 .433 101/2 Monday's games Baltimore 8, Washington 2, 11 innings N.Y. Yankees 5, Cleveland 3 Chicago White Sox 4, Boston 0 Kansas City 6, Tampa Bay 0 Houston 12, Texas 7 Oakland 5, San Francisco 0 L.A. Angels 5, Toronto 2 Seattle 2, Minnesota 0 Tuesday's games Cleveland 5, N.Y. Yankees 3 Baltimore at Washington, ppd., rain Detroit 14, L.A. Dodgers 5 Chicago White Sox 8, Boston 3 Tampa Bay 4, Kansas City 3 Houston 8, Texas 3 San Francisco at Oakland, (n.) Toronto at L.A. Angels, (n.) Minnesota at Seattle, (n.) Wednesday's games L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 11-4) at Detroit (Scherzer 10-3), 10:08 a.m. Toronto (Stroman 4-2) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 8-6), 12:35 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (McCarthy 0-0) at Cleve- land (Tomlin 5-6), 4:05 p.m. Washington (Fister 7-2) at Baltimore (B.Norris 7-5), 4:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Sale 8-1) at Boston (R.De La Rosa 2-2), 4:10 p.m. Kansas City (Ventura 6-7) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 4-6), 4:10 p.m. Houston (Keuchel 8-5) at Texas (Darvish 8-4), 5:05 p.m. Minnesota (Gibson 7-7) at Seattle (Elias 7-7), 7:10 p.m. Oakland (Hammel 0-0) at San Francisco (M.Cain 1-7), 7:15 p.m. Soccer 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP Quarterfinals Saturday, July 5 Netherlands 0, Costa Rica 0, Netherlands advanced 4-3 on penalty kicks Argentina 1, Belgium 0 Semifinals Tuesday, July 8 Germany 7, Brazil 1 Wednesday, July 9 Netherlands vs. Argentina, 1 p.m. Third-place game Saturday, July 12 Semifinal losers, 1 p.m. Final Sunday, July 13 Semifinal winners, 1 p.m. MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Seattle 11 4 2 35 33 24 Salt Lake 7 3 7 28 27 23 Colorado 7 5 5 26 24 19 FC Dallas 7 7 5 26 30 29 Vancouver 6 3 7 25 26 22 Los Angeles 5 3 6 21 19 13 Portland 4 5 9 21 30 30 Chivas USA 5 7 5 20 17 26 San Jose 4 7 4 16 15 16 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. 8 5 4 28 24 18 Kansas City 7 5 5 26 23 15 New England 7 7 2 23 23 23 Toronto FC 6 5 3 21 19 18 New York 4 5 8 20 26 26 Columbus 4 5 8 20 19 19 Houston 5 10 3 18 18 34 Philadelphia 4 8 6 18 26 30 Chicago 2 4 10 16 24 27 Montreal 3 8 5 14 16 27 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday's games Chicago 1, Toronto FC 1, tie Chivas USA 1, San Jose 0 Friday's games Houston 2, New York 2, tie FC Dallas 2, Philadelphia 1 Colorado 1, Columbus 1, tie Salt Lake 2, New England 1 Los Angeles 2, Portland 2, tie Saturday's games D.C. United 2, Toronto FC 1 Vancouver 1, Seattle FC 0 Chivas USA 1, Montreal 0 Sunday's games Kansas City 1, Chicago 1, tie Friday, July 11 D.C. United at San Jose, 8 p.m. Saturday, July 12 Columbus at New York, 4 p.m. Colorado at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Houston at Toronto FC, 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, July 13 Portland at Seattle FC, 7 p.m. Cycling 2014 TOUR DE FRANCE July 5 _ First Stage: Leeds to Harrogate, England, flat (190.5km-118.3 miles) (Stage: Marcel Kittel, Germany; Yellow Jersey: Kittel) July 6 _ Second Stage: York to Sheffield, England, hilly (201-124.8) (Vincenzo Nibali, Italy; Nibali) July 7 _ Third Stage: Cambridge to Lon- don, flat (155-96.3) (Kittel; Nibali) July 8 _ Fourth Stage: Le Touquet-Paris- Plage to Lille Metropole, flat (163.5- 101.5) (Kittel; Nibali) July 9 _ Fifth Stage: Ypres to Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, flat/cobbled roads (155.5-96.6) July 10 _ Sixth Stage: Arras to Reims, flat (194-120.5) July 11 _ Seventh Stage: Epernay to Nancy, flat (234.5-145.6) July 12 _ Eighth Stage: Tomblaine to Gerardmer La Mauselaine, medium mountain (161-100) July 13 _ Ninth Stage: Gerardmer to Mul- house, medium mountain (170-105.6) July 14 _ 10th Stage: Mulhouse to La Planche des Belles Filles, high mountain (161.5-100.3) July 15 _ Rest Day, Besancon July 16 _ 11th Stage: Besancon to Oyon- nax, medium mountain (187.5-116.4) July 17 _ 12th Stage: Bourg-en-Bresse to Saint-Etienne, medium mountain (185.5-115.2) July 18 _ 13th Stage: Saint-Etienne to Ch am ro us se, h ig h m oun ta in ( 19 7. 5- 122.6) July 19 _ 14th Stage: Grenoble to Risoul, high mountain (177-110) July 20 _ 15th Stage: Tallard to Nimes, flat (222-137.9) July 21 _ Rest Day, Carcassonne July 22 _ 16th Stage: Carcassonne to Bagneres-de-Luchon, high mountain (237.5-147.5) July 23 _ 17th Stage: Saint-Gaudens to Saint-Lary Pla d'Adet, high mountain (124.5-77.3) July 24 _ 18th Stage: Pau to Hautacam, high mountain (145.5-90.4) July 25 _ 19th Stage: Maubourguet Pays du Val d'Adour to Bergerac, flat (2 08 .5 -1 29 .5 ) July 26 _ 20th Stage: Bergerac to Peri- gueux, individual time trial (54-33.5) July 27 _ 21st Stage: Evry to Paris Champs-Elysees, flat (137.5-85.4) Total _ 3,663.5km-2,275.2 miles Tennis ATP WORLD TOUR SKISTAR SWEDISH OPEN RESULTS Tuesday At Bastad Tennis Stadiun Bastad, Sweden Purse: $660,500 (WT250) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles First Round Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, def. Jeremy Chardy (6), France, 6-2, 6-2. Victor Hanescu, Romania, def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, 6-4, 6-4. Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, def. Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-2. Christian Lindell, Sweden, def. Inigo Cervantes, Spain, 6-2, 6-3. Pablo Carreno Busta (8), Spain, def. Dustin Brown, Germany, 6-3, 6-4. Radu Albot, Moldova, def. Kenny de Schepper, France, 7-6 (4), 6-1. Elias Ymer, Sweden, def. Mikhail Ku- kushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 7-5. Carlos Berlocq (7), Argentina, def. Julian Reister, Germany, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2. Renzo Olivo, Argentina, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 5-2, retired. Doubles First Round Isak Arvidsson and Markus Eriksson, Sweden, def. Lukas Dlouhy and Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 1-6, 7-6 (5), 10-7. Tomasz Bednarek, Poland, and Henri Kontinen, Finland, def. Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, and Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 6-3, 3-6, 10-2. Basketball WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Phoenix 13 3 .813 — Minnesota 14 6 .700 1 San Antonio 10 9 .526 41/2 Seattle 8 12 .400 7 Sparks 7 11 .389 7 Tulsa 7 12 .368 71/2 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Atlanta 13 5 .722 — Indiana 9 10 .474 41/2 Connecticut 9 11 .450 5 Chicago 8 10 .444 5 New York 7 11 .389 6 Washington 7 12 .368 61/2 Mo nda y' s g am es No games scheduled Tuesday's games Atlanta 83, Connecticut 71 Indiana 78, Tulsa 76 Minnesota 83, Sparks 72 Wednesday's games Washington at Chicago, 9:30 a.m. Seattle at Phoenix, 12:30 p.m. New York at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Thursday's games Connecticut at Indiana, 9 a.m. Minnesota at Tulsa, 5 p.m. Motorsports NASCAR SPRINT CUP POINTS LEADERS Through July 8 1. Jeff Gordon, 651. 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 624. 3. Jimmie Johnson, 596. 4. Brad Keselowski, 586. 5. Matt Kenseth, 580. 6. Joey Logano, 546. 7. Carl Edwards, 543. 8. Ryan Newman, 534. 9. Kyle Busch, 524. 10. Paul Menard, 516. 11. Kevin Harvick, 514. 12. Clint Bowyer, 509. 13. Austin Dillon, 494. 14. Denny Hamlin, 493. 15. Greg Biffle, 490. 16. Brian Vickers, 484. 17. Kyle Larson, 482. 18. Kasey Kahne, 482. 19. Marcos Ambrose, 472. 20. Tony Stewart, 465. 21. Aric Almirola, 452. 22. Jamie McMurray, 447. 23. Casey Mears, 438. 24. AJ Allmendinger, 414. 25. Martin Truex Jr., 414. 26. Kurt Busch, 422. 27. Danica Patrick, 358. 28. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 342. 29. Justin Allgaier, 319. 30. Michael Annett, 299. 31. David Gilliland, 256. 32. Cole Whitt, 254. 33. David Ragan, 234. 34. Reed Sorenson, 228. 35. Alex Bowman, 227. 36. Josh Wise, 209. 37. Ryan Truex, 134. 38. Michael McDowell, 120. 39. Travis Kvapil, 108. 40. Terry Labonte, 77. 41. Parker Kligerman, 54. 42. Michael Waltrip, 48. 43. Bobby Labonte, 47. 44. David Stremme, 43. 45. David Reutimann, 37. 46. Brett Moffitt, 32. 47. Jeff Burton, 27. 48. Juan Pablo Montoya, 26. 49. Timmy Hill, 19. 50. Dave Blaney, 16. Arena football NATIONAL CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA z-Arizona 14 1 0 .933 970 721 Los Angeles 3 12 0 .200 567 841 San Antonio 1 14 0 .067 624 902 PACIFIC DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA y-San Jose 11 4 0 .733 855 595 x-Spokane 8 7 0 .533 784 685 Portland 4 11 0 .267 677 824 AMERICAN CONFERENCE SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Orlando 8 7 0 .533 813 810 Tampa Bay 8 7 0 .533 760 790 Jacksonville 6 9 0 .400 771 728 New Orleans 2 13 0 .133 635 868 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA x-Cleveland 14 1 0 .933 823 666 x-Pittsburgh 13 3 0 .813 892 688 Philadelphia 8 8 0 .500 945 865 Iowa 6 9 0 .400 716 849 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference Saturday's games Cleveland 61, Portland 40 Sunday's games Jacksonville 62, San Antonio 34 San Jose 75, Los Angeles 34 Monday's games Philadelphia 42, Orlando 35 Pittsburgh 48, New Orleans 43 Friday, July 11 Tampa Bay at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 12 Cleveland at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Arizona at Spokane, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Portland, 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 14 Iowa at Orlando, 5 p.m. New Orleans at Jacksonville, 5 p.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE For July 9 Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Colorado -105/-105 San Diego at Arizona -125/+115 Miami Atlanta -130/+120 at New York at Cincinnati -185/+175 Chicago at Milwaukee -210/+190 Philadelphia at St. Louis -135/+125 Pittsburgh AMERICAN LEAGUE at Los Angeles -160/+150 Toronto at Cleveland -105/-105 New York Chicago -120/+110 at Boston at Tampa Bay -135/+125 Kansas City at Texas -180/+170 Houston at Seattle -140/+130 Minnesota INTERLEAGUE at Detroit -130/+120 Los Angeles (NL) Washington -155/+145 at Baltimore at San Francisco -105/-105 Oakland Soccer World Cup Brazil Semifinals At Sao Paulo Favorite Line Underdog Argentina -160/+120 Netherlands Over 2;-115/Under 2;-105 Transactions BASEBALL American League Chicago White Sox: Agreed to terms with C Ryan Plourde on a minor league contract. Cleveland Indians: Placed RHP Justin Masterson on the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Tyler Holt to Columbus (IL). Desig- nated RHP Mark Lowe for assignment. Selected the contract of C Roberto Perez from Columbus. Recalled LHP Nick Hagadone from Columbus. Houston Astros: Placed OF Alex Presley on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to Sunday. Re ca ll ed O F R obb ie G ro ss ma n f ro m Oklahoma City (PCL). Agreed to terms with OF Ronny Ramirez on a minor league contract. Kansas City Royals: Agreed to terms with LHP Joe Saunders on a minor league contract and will assign him to Omaha (PCL). Minnesota Twins: Placed RHP Ricky Nolasco on the 15-day DL. Recalled C-OF Chris Herrmann from Rochester (IL). New York Yankees: Optioned RHP Bruce Billings to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Seattle Mariners: Designated C John Buck for assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Brett Ash on a minor league contract. Recalled C Jesus Sucre from Tacoma (PCL). Tampa Bay Rays: Optioned LHP Jeff Beliveau to Durham (IL). Reinstated RHP Jeremy Hellickson from the 15-day DL and LHP Cesar Ramos from paternity leave. Texas Rangers: Placed RHP Nick Marti- nez on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to July 2. Recalled RHP Phil Irwin from Round Rock (PCL). National League Arizona Diamondbacks: Sent OF Mark Trumbo to Reno (PCL) for a rehab as- signment. Atlanta Braves: Sent RHP Pedro Beato to Gwinnett (IL) for a rehab assignment. Chicago Cubs: Recalled LHP Tsuyoshi Wada from Iowa (PCL). Cincinnati Reds: Placed 1B Joey Votto on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to Sunday. Reinstated C Brayan Pena from pater- nity leave. Recalled LHP David Holmberg from Louisville (IL). Sent 3B Jack Hannahan to Dayton (MWL) for a rehab assignment. Colorado Rockies: Sent OF Carlos Gonza- lez to Colorado Springs (PCL) for a rehab assignment. Recalled UTL Kyle Parker from Colorado Springs. Optioned LHP Yohan Flande to the Colorado Springs. Los Angeles Dodgers: Placed RHP Josh Beckett on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to Monday. Recalled RHP Pedro Baez from Albuquerque (PCL). Pittsburgh Pirates: Sent LHP Francisco Liriano to Indianapolis (IL) for a rehab assignment. San Francisco Giants: Sent 2B Marco Scutaro to Fresno (PCL) for a rehab assignment. American Association Amarillo Sox: Traded RHP Jordan Egan to San Angelo (United) for future con- siderations. Gary Southshore Railcats: Released INF Do nald Blunt. Grand Prairie Airhogs: Released INF Andres Rodriguez. Kansas City T-Bones: Released OF Jonny Kaplan. Wichita Wingnuts: Signed OF Cody Robinson. Atlantic League Long Island Ducks: Sold the contract of INF Randy Ruiz to Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz (Mexico). Frontier League Normal Cornbelters: Signed RHP Kurt Schluter. River City Rascals: Signed LHP Paul Hvozdovic. Rockford Aviators: Signed RHP Nick Grim. Schaumburg Boomers: Released INF Jared Martin. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Minnesota Timberwolves: Signed G Zach LaVine. 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