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ByRichGreene rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com @richgreenenews on Twitter ONTARIO Corning's Senior League baseball team got off to a fast start at the West Regional Tournament, scoring five runs in the opening inning on their way to a 10-8 win over the Oregon state champions. The opening game of pool play against Clackamas and Moun- tain View Little League still had its nail biting moments for the Northern California champs, for those in attendance at Jay Little- ton Ball Park and those follow- ing back home in Tehama County through streaming stat services and social media. Despite Corning's 15-and 16-year-old boys' early 5-0 lead Oregon slowly rallied back and tied the game 6-6 in the bottom of the fourth. But Corning would take advan- tage of some of the eight Oregon errors to regain the lead in the top of the fifth. Isaiah Jones reached on an er- ror then moved to second on a Wyatt Haydon sacrifice bunt. Another error moved Jones to third and he eventually scored on a Michael Wold sacrifice fly to right field to give Corning a 7-6 lead. Corning behind pitcher Chance Nelson would hold that lead en- tering the final frame in the sev- enth inning. It was then that Corning would get what would turn out to be cru- cial insurance runs. Nelson opened up the inning with a single, stole second and eventually scored when Devin Wunsch put the ball in play result- ing in yet another Oregon error. Following a Jones sacrifice bunt Wunsch would score him- self on a Haydon bunt single. Corning would proceed to load the bases and made the game 10-6 when Noah Miller was hit by a pitch to force Haydon home. But Clackamas, which is return- ing to the West Regional for a sec- ond straight year, wasn't through. They struck for two runs to cut the game to 10-8 and had the ty- ing run come to the plate before Wunsch induced a fly out to cen- ter field to end it. Corning has a day off before they face Nevada state champion Mountain Ridge Little League 6 p.m. Thursday. Corning will play four pool games with the top two teams in the five-team group advancing to the semifinals. From there a single-elimina- tion tournament will determine the West Region's representative to the Senior League World Series in Bangor, Maine. Corning built up their lead when Nelson led off the game with a single, before stealing second. He scored a couple of batters later when Jones hit an RBI single. Haydon followed by driving home Wunsch and Jones. Errors would eventually lead to Trent Conoly scoring a fourth run and Corning capped the inning when Miller drove home Brady Meeds. Oregon scored two in the bot- tom half of the first inning to make it 5-2. Wunsch reached base in the second inning on a walk, he stole second and scored on another RBI single by Jones to extend Corn- ing's lead to 6-2 at the time. Oregon scored twice in the bot- tom of the second and fourth in- nings to tie the game midway through. Haydon finished with three RBIs for Corning, Jones and Miller each drove in two. Nelson, Jones and Haydon each had two hits. SENIOR LEAGUE CorningwinsWestRegionopener Five-run first propels Corning to 10-8 win over Oregon The Associated Press HOUSTON Slumping Brandon Moss hit a go-ahead single dur- ing a six-run rally in the ninth in- ning that sent the Oakland Ath- letics over the Houston Astros 7-4 Tuesday night. Josh Reddick homered for the AL West-leading A's and Yoenis Cespedes had three hits, includ- ing two doubles. Oakland trailed 4-1 in the ninth before pinch-hitter Alberto Calla- spo had a two-run single off closer Chad Qualls (1-2). After Houston couldn't turn a potential game-ending double play on John Jaso's grounder, Jed Lowrie walked and Cespedes tied it with a single. Moss ended an 0-for-14 rut with an RBI single off Tony Sipp and then Josh Donaldson hit a two-run double off Jose Veras. Evan Scribner (1-0) got the win and Sean Doolittle pitched the ninth for his 16th save. Marwin Gonzalez homered off the left-field foul pole in the first to give the Astros a 1-0 lead. Kike Hernandez had an RBI tri- ple as part of a two-run fifth and BASEBALL Oakland A's rally for 6 runs in 9th, beat Astros By Josh Dubow The Associated Press NAPA The anointed starting quarterback for the Oakland Raiders is strengthening his hold on the position this training camp instead of losing it. Matt Schaub is showing signs that last year's disastrous season in Houston might have been an aberration as he looks in complete command as Oakland's starter. The performance comes in stark contrast to what happened with Matt Flynn last summer. Acquired to be the starter in the offseason, Flynn lacked the nec- essary arm strength in training camp and ultimately lost his job to Terrelle Pryor before getting cut early in the season. Despite the presence of big- armed rookie Derek Carr, Schaub is showing no signs of giving up the starting position with the Raiders. "Schauby's getting his mojo back," said defensive tackle An- tonio Smith, who was a team- NFL Schaub settles in as Raiders starting QB A ertakingayearofffrom football, Lloyd said he came back to the team that dra ed him in the fourth round in 2003because nobody else could offer what he wanted. 49ERS 49ers BrandonLloyd enjoying return to NFL FULLSTORYONPAGEB2 The Red Bluff Lady Spar- tans will start tryouts for the fall tennis season 3:30p.m. Aug. 11at the high school's tennis courts. Clear- ance slips from the student store are required to be com- pleted. TENNIS Lady Spartans hosting tryouts Aug. 11 The Corning Senior Little League plays their second game at the West Regional Tournament 6p.m. Thursday against Nevada state cham- pion Mountain Ridge Little League. LITTLE LEAGUE Corning resumes pool play Thursday WEAVERVILLE Ellie Fletcher led a strong performance by Sun Oak Aquatics swimmers at the Weaverille Invitational, setting a pool record in the 100-yard but- terfly and taking second place in her age division. Fletcher finished the fly in 1:16.10 on her way to the second place finish in the girls 13-and 14-year-old division. Meanwhile her sister Sophie Fletcher, 12, earned a third place finish in the 50-yard freestyle. Cade Sanders, 7, was second in the 50-yard breaststroke and was third in both the 25-yard breaststroke and 50-yard back- stroke. Cienna Sanders, 5, scored third place finishes in the 25-yard back- stroke and 25-yard freestyle. Macey Grissom, 8, cut 10 sec- onds off her 25-yard freestyle time to earn a sixth place finish. Allie Hurst, 8, placed 10th in the 25-yard backstroke. Alcy Russell, 9, had a strong swim in the 100-yard freestyle. SOAR team members Jayne Brandt and Jaxon Balken begin competing in the Pacific Far West- ern Long Course Championships in Concord today. SWIMMING SOAR'S FLETCHER BREAKS RECORD SOAR's Alcy Russell, 9, races in the 100-yard freestyle in Weaverville this past weekend. Ellie Fletcher shows off her pool record certificate and overall trophy from this weekend's swim meet in Weaverville. Practically the only thing brewers, homebrewers and the most hard-core beer lovers enjoy more than drinking beer is talking about it.3 BROOKS ON BEER Beer on the airwaves FULL STORY ON PAGE B3 RAIDERS PAGE 2 A'S PAGE 2 SPORTS ยป redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, July 30, 2014 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1