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GOLF PGA, Bridgestone Invitation- al, Round 1:10:30a.m.,GOLF. PGA, Barracuda Champion- ship, Round 1: 3:30p.m., GOLF. SOCCER International Friendly, Chivas vs. Bayern Munich: 5p.m., ESPN. TENNIS ATP Citi Open or WTA Bank of the West Classic: 1p.m., TENNIS. TP Citi Open or WTA Bank of the West Classic: 3p.m., TENNIS. ATP Citi Open, Round of 16: 5 p.m., TENNIS. WTA Bank of the West Classic, Early Round: 7p.m., TENNIS. Ontheair he was able to channel that feeling into keep- ing his troublesome slider down in the strike zone. The A's saw that, and they said they know that's the pitcher Hammel should be all the time. "Once he settles in a lit- tle better, everyone knows he's got good stuff,'' catcher Derek Norris said. "That's not the issue. He's just got to be down in the zone. When it's up in the zone, it hangs, and hitters hit that kind of stuff at this level. "He's going to be a huge force for us. Once again, you don't have to go back to the drawing boards. You don't have to figure out what's wrong. He's got to get the ball down. That's all. When he did today, he got a lot of early outs.'' Hammel did have his moments. When the Astros went through the lineup the first time, they got six runs. When they went through the lineup the sec- ond time, they didn't get a base runner. That's the pitcher man- ager Bob Melvin sees, and that's why when Mel- vin was asked if Hammel would make his next start, he left no doubt. "I certainly expect him to, yeah,'' Melvin said. "When he's down in the strike zone he's very effec- tive.'' The trouble, of course is that Hammel hasn't been down in the strike zone much since being traded from the Cubs. He had no problem locating the ball where he wanted it with an 8-5 record and 2.98 ERA with a mediocre team, but now that he's with a team with the best record in the big leagues (65-41), he can't seem to find it. "It's been on me. These four losses that I have, they are my losses,'' Hammel said. "The execution with the slider is the only differ- ence. It's ridiculous to just continue to do the same thing over and over again. It's like insanity, expecting a different result. I've got to make an adjustment there. "You saw it. Sliders were up in the zone. Bloop hits. Bloop hits. Bloop hits. Then a big hit, and you look up and they've got a six spot on the board. It says a lot, too, for our hitters. Our guys string together great at-bats, but you put them in a 6-0 hole in the first in- ning and it's hard for them to come back.'' The A's are 9-8 since Hammel became a starter in Oakland, but the club is 0-4 in his starts and 9-4 in the other 13. Yet both the A's and Hammel himself look forward to his next start against Tampa Bay in Oakland next week. The rationale is sim- ple. He can't be the pitcher he should be if he doesn't continue to pitch. So the A's will let him continue to pitch, although one would guess their largesse is not unlimited. In the back- ground are Tommy Milone and Drew Pomeranz, lefties who were pitching well in Oakland in May and June. "It's a long season and I've been through this be- fore,'' Hammel said. "I have to continue to trust myself and do what I've done be- fore. I can't beat myself up. You can be frustrated and upset, but you have to have a short memory, because I'll have the ball again in five days.'' A's FROM PAGE 1 DAVID J. PHILLIP — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Houston Astros starting pitcher Dallas Keuchel (right) throws to the Oakland Athletics' Josh Reddick (le ) during the eighth inning Wednesday. course. Bochy said before the game that no trade was "on the horizon" and that he liked his roster as it's constructed. The trade deadline is today. The Giants have an off day today before they begin a 10-game road trip with a four-game series against the New York Mets. That gives them time to savor their first win in a week. Bochy tried numerous things to get his team out of its slide. Ultimately, the key lied with a tried-and- true formula. "When you're in some- thing like this, you got to just go out there and do it," Bochy said. "We've had meetings and we've done all that. It's been a tough run. This is a huge game. … A lot of good things hap- pened." In short, the Giants got the kind of breaks that eluded them more times than not the past six games, in particular. Infield singles, bloop hits, well-placed ground- balls, walks, a hit bats- man, a passed ball, they all added up to the Giants scoring more runs Wednes- day than they did in their previous six games com- bined. "It's part of baseball," Morse said. "I always think that, to hit .300 you got to get some of those bloops in there from time to time. It's good to see guys make contact and things go our way." Heck, the Giants even managed a double play without the Pirates hitting the ball. The bizarre sequence started when relief pitcher Jean Machi walked Chris Stewart to load the bases with one out in the sixth inning. After catching the re- turn throw from Andrew Susac, Machi noticed Tra- vis Snider too far off sec- ond base. Machi alertly threw to second, which forced Snider into a rundown. The Giants tagged out Snider, while Gaby Sanchez bolted from third. Sanchez, too, got tagged out in a rundown. Gregor Blanco collected three of the Giants' 12 hits Wednesday. His third sin- gle tied the game in the seventh. "It feels awesome," Blanco said of the Giants come-from-behind win, "especially the way we've been playing the past cou- ple of days." Notes • Matt Cain was sched- uled to meet with noted surgeon Dr. James An- drews at some point. Bochy said before and after the game that he wasn't certain if the meet- ing had taken place and, if it had, how things went. • Center fielder Angel Pagan did his usual pre- game routine in Arizona on Tuesday night, and "all went well," Bochy said. As a result, it's possi- ble that Pagan will play in a game in Arizona today, Bochy said. Pagan still is bothered by a sore back. • First baseman Brandon Belt (concussion) hasn't had any setbacks of late in his rehab, Bochy said. "We're ramping up his baseball activities," Bochy said. Belt has been cleared to fly, and he is slated to join the Giants on their flight to New York after today's game. The plan is to monitor Belt's progress and then determine whether he is ready to rejoin the Giants or play in a rehab game or two. Giants FROM PAGE 1 the blue-collar Skuta and a stronger-looking Lemonier. Skuta, a sixth-year vet- eran still searching for his first full sack, lined up at right outside linebacker in first team drills. Lemonier, meanwhile, looks primed for a big- ger role than his one-sack, rookie season. He's added 10 pounds of muscle and weighs 253 pounds. His upper body looks chiseled. His legs are in better shape from running. That's what a year in an NFL weight room can do for someone – as well as a memorable run up Fre- mont's Mission Peak this offseason. "I did that and I brought my dog, and I ended up carrying my dog halfway done, so that was another workout in its own," Lemonier said. Lemonier estimated his dog – a labrador and pit bull mix – weighs 50 pounds, or 270 pounds less than Dallas Cowboys left tackle Tyron Smith, who Smith likely will en- counter in the Sept. 7 sea- son opener. Lemonier has studied film of how Aldon Smith's technique. Their body types are somewhat sim- ilar: Lemonier is 6-foot-3, Smith is 6-4 and weighs about 10 pounds more. "He's been helping me out a lot," Lemonier said of Smith. "His explosive- ness really jumps out to me. I'm pretty explosive myself, but just heading to that next level." Notes • Running back LaMi- chael James thinks he can return from a dislocated right elbow sooner than trainers think, Harbaugh said. James sustained the same injury in college at Oregon. Harbaugh expects him to wear an elbow brace upon his comeback, which shouldn't be in more than a month. • Anquan Boldin thinks his role will change be- cause of a deeper, healthier receiving corps. But as for the 49ers offensive style: "I definitely don't think we're going to go away from the way we run the football, cause we've done a great job the past couple years. That's important come De- cember and January." Boldin is looking for- ward to next week's ex- hibition opener in Balti- more against the Ravens, who dealt him to the 49ers in March 2013. "It'll be a chance to say goodbye to the fans in a proper way," Boldin said. "I wasn't af- forded that." • Perrish Cox excelled in practice while starting cornerbacks Tramaine Brock and Chris Culliver remained out with minor leg injuries. Cox's best play came when he caught up to Boldin and intercepted a deep pass by Colin Kae- pernick on the first snap of 11-on-11 drills. "I had a couple plays but there's always room to improve," said Cox, who's primar- ily competing with rookie Jimmie Ward at nickel back. • Offensive tackle Jon- athan Martin and defen- sive tackle Quinton Dial appeared to exchange heated words after a one- on-one pass blocking drill. Nothing escalated the next time Martin blocked Dial. 49ers FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Los Angeles 60 47 .561 _ San Francisco 58 50 .537 2 ½ San Diego 47 59 .443 12 ½ Arizona 47 61 .435 13 ½ Colorado 43 63 .406 16 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 60 49 .550 _ St. Louis 56 49 .533 2 Pittsburgh 57 50 .533 2 Cincinnati 53 54 .495 6 Chicago 44 61 .419 14 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 58 47 .552 _ Atlanta 58 49 .542 1 Miami 53 54 .495 6 New York 52 56 .481 7 ½ Philadelphia 47 61 .435 12 ½ Tuesday'sgames Cincinnati 3, Arizona 0 Tampa Bay 5, Milwaukee 1 Philadelphia 6, N.Y. Mets 0 Miami 3, Washington 0 Chicago Cubs 4, Colorado 3, 16 innings L.A. Dodgers 8, Atlanta 4 San Diego 3, St. Louis 1 Pittsburgh 3, San Francisco 1 Wednesday'sgames Milwaukee 5, Tampa Bay 0 N.Y. Mets 11, Philadelphia 2 Arizona 5, Cincinnati 4 Washington 4, Miami 3 San Francisco 7, Pittsburgh 5 Colorado at Chicago Cubs, (n.) Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, (n.) St. Louis at San Diego, (n.) Thursday'sgames Colorado (P.Hernandez 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 5-2), 11:20 a.m. St. Louis (S.Miller 7-8) at San Diego (Despaigne 2-2), 12:40 p.m. Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 4-5) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 6-6), 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Cueto 11-6) at Miami (Koehler 7-7), 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Locke 2-2) at Arizona (Col- lmenter 8-5), 6:40 p.m. Atlanta (Teheran 10-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 12-2), 7:10 p.m. Friday'sgames Philadelphia at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Colorado at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. Cincinnati at Miami, 4:10 p.m. San Francisco at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Pittsburgh at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Atlanta at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Giants7,Pirates5 Pittsburgh SanFran AB R H B AB R H B JHrrsn 3b 5 1 1 2 Pence rf 5 0 1 0 GPolnc rf 4 0 1 0 BCrwfr ss 3 2 1 0 AMcCt cf 4 0 0 0 Posey 1b 5 1 1 0 NWalkr 2b 4 1 1 0 Sandvl 3b 4 2 2 1 Davis 1b 1 0 0 0 Morse lf 3 0 2 1 Schz ph-1b 0 0 0 0 Perez pr-lf 1 1 0 0 Snider lf 4 1 1 1 Panik 2b 4 1 1 1 Mercer ss 3 1 1 2 GBlanc cf 3 0 3 2 CStwrt c 2 0 1 0 Susac c 4 0 1 1 Morton p 1 1 0 0 Linccm p 2 0 0 0 JHughs p 0 0 0 0 JGutrrz p 0 0 0 0 Mrtnz ph 1 0 0 0 Colvin ph 1 0 0 0 JuWlsn p 0 0 0 0 J.Lopez p 0 0 0 0 JGomz p 0 0 0 0 Machi p 0 0 0 0 Frieri p 0 0 0 0 Arias ph 1 0 0 0 PAlvrz ph 1 0 0 0 Romo p 0 0 0 0 Casilla p 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 5 6 5 36 712 6 Pittsburgh 012 200 000 — 5 SanFran 301 000 21x — 7 E: N.Walker (3), B.Crawford (16);DP: Pittsburgh 1, San Francisco 1;LOB: Pitts- burgh 5, San Francisco 11;2B: N.Walker (15);HR: J.Harrison (9), Mercer (7);SB: G.Polanco (7), Pence (10);CS: Snider (1); S: Mercer. IP H R ER BB SO Pittsburgh Morton 5 9 4 4 3 2 J.Hughes 1 0 0 0 0 0 Wilson L,3-2 1 2 2 1 1 1 J.Gomez 1/3 1 1 0 1 0 Frieri 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 SanFrancisco Lincecum 31/3 5 5 5 3 2 J.Gutierrez12/3 0 0 0 0 1 J.Lopez 0 0 0 0 1 0 Machi W,6-0 2 0 0 0 1 0 Romo 1 0 0 0 1 1 Casilla S,8 1 1 0 0 0 1 J.Lopez pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. HBP: by Morton (G.Blanco);WP: Morton, Lincecum 2;PB: C.Stewart. Umpires: Home, Fieldin Culbreth, First, Chris Segal. Second, Jim Reynolds. Third, Brian Knight. T: 3:24;A: 42,272 (41,915). AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 66 41 .617 _ Los Angeles 63 43 .594 2 ½ Seattle 55 52 .514 11 Houston 44 64 .407 22 ½ Texas 43 65 .398 23 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 58 46 .558 _ Kansas City 54 52 .509 5 Cleveland 53 54 .495 6 ½ Chicago 52 56 .481 8 Minnesota 48 58 .453 11 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Baltimore 60 46 .566 _ Toronto 59 50 .541 2 ½ New York 55 52 .514 5 ½ Tampa Bay 53 55 .491 8 Boston 48 60 .444 13 Tuesday'sgames Baltimore 7, L.A. Angels 6, 12 innings Seattle 5, Cleveland 2 Chicago White Sox 11, Detroit 4 Tampa Bay 5, Milwaukee 1 Toronto 4, Boston 2 N.Y. Yankees 12, Texas 11 Minnesota 2, Kansas City 1 Oakland 7, Houston 4 Wednesday'sgames Milwaukee 5, Tampa Bay 0 Houston 8, Oakland 1 Baltimore 4, L.A. Angels 3 Cleveland 2, Seattle 0 Detroit 7, Chicago White Sox 2 Toronto 6, Boston 1 Texas 3, N.Y. Yankees 2 Kansas City 3, Minnesota 2 Thursday'sgames Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 9-6) at Detroit (Smyly 6-9), 10:08 a.m. L.A. Angels (Skaggs 5-5) at Baltimore (B.Norris 8-7), 4:05 p.m. Seattle (C.Young 9-6) at Cleveland (McAllister 3-6), 4:05 p.m. Minnesota (Correia 5-13) at Kansas City (Ventura 7-8), 5:10 p.m. Toronto (Hutchison 7-9) at Houston (Cosart 9-7), 5:10 p.m. Friday'sgames Seattle at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Texas at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m. Colorado at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. L.A. Angels at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Toronto at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Kansas City at Oakland, 6:35 p.m. Astros8,Athletics1 Oakland Houston AB R H B AB R H B BBurns cf 4 0 0 0 Altuve 2b 4 0 1 0 Lowrie ss 4 0 1 0 KHrndz cf 5 1 1 0 Cespds lf 4 0 0 0 JCastro dh 3 1 1 0 Dnldsn dh 3 1 1 1 Krauss lf 4 1 0 1 DNorrs c 3 0 1 0 Singltn 1b 3 2 1 2 Moss 1b 4 0 1 0 MDmn 3b 4 1 1 1 Callasp 3b 3 0 0 0 Corprn c 3 1 1 1 Reddck rf 3 0 0 0 Grssmn rf 2 1 1 2 Punto 2b 2 0 0 0 G.Petit ss 4 0 1 0 Totals 30 1 4 1 32 8 8 7 Oakland 010 000 000 — 1 Houston 600 020 00x — 8 E: B.Burns (1);DP: Houston 1;LOB: Oakland 5, Houston 6;2B: Lowrie (27), D.Norris (13);HR: Donaldson (23), Single- ton (8), Grossman (4). IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Hmel L,0-441/3 7 8 8 3 4 Cook 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 O'Flaherty 1 1 0 0 1 2 Abad 1 0 0 0 0 1 Gregerson 1 0 0 0 2 1 Houston Kchel W,10-7 9 4 1 1 3 5 Umpires: Home, Cory Blaser, First, Jim Joyce. Second, Marvin Hudson. Third, Doug Eddings. T: 2:35;A: 17,637 (42,060). Tennis WTABANKOFTHEWEST CLASSICRESULTS AU.S.OpenSeriesevent Wednesday At The Taube Family Tennis Center Stanford, Calif. Purse: $710,000 (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles SecondRound Sachia Vickery, United States, def. Moni- ca Puig, Puerto Rico, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-1. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (2), Poland, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Andrea Petkovic (8), Germany, def. Naomi Osaka, Japan, 6-2, 6-2. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-2. CITIOPENRESULTS AU.S.OpenSeriesevent Wednesday At William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center Washington Purse: Men, $1.4 million (WT500); Women,$250,000(Intl.) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN SecondRound Kei Nishikori (4), Japan, def. Sam Quer- rey, United States, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. Victor Estrella Burgos, Dominican Republic, def. Feliciano Lopez (8), Spain, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Donald Young, United States, def. Julien Benneteau (17), France, 6-4, 6-3. Santiago Giraldo (10), Colombia, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 6-2, 7-6 (3). Steve Johnson, United States, def. John Isner (5), United States, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (6). Milos Raonic (2), Canada, def. Jack Sock, United States, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3). Richard Gasquet (6), France, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 6-3, 6-2. Vasek Pospisil (13), Canada, def. Rajeev Ram, United States, 6-0, 7-6 (8). Tomas Berdych (1), Czech Republic, def. Robby Ginepri, United States, 6-1, 6-4. WOMEN FirstRound Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def. Shelby Rogers, United States, 6-2, 6-2. Kurumi Nara, Japan, def. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, 3-6, 6-2, 4-0, retired. Kristina Mladenovic, France, def. Taylor Townsend, United States, 6-3, 6-4. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, def. Sorana Cirstea (8), Romania, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. Football NATIONALFOOTBALLLEAGUE PRESEASON Sunday,Aug.3 N.Y. Giants vs. Buffalo at Canton, 8 p.m. Thursday,Aug.7 Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, 7 p.m. New England at Washington, 7:30 p.m. San Francisco at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m. Cincinnati at Kansas City, 8 p.m. Seattle at Denver, 9 p.m. Dallas at San Diego, 10 p.m. Friday,Aug.8 Miami at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Carolina, 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m. Oakland at Minnesota, 8 p.m. New Orleans at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Saturday,Aug.9 Cleveland at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Giants, 7:30 p.m. Green Bay at Tennessee, 8 p.m. Houston at Arizona, 8:30 p.m. ARENAFOOTBALLPLAYOFFS FirstRound Saturday,Aug.2 NATIONALCONFERENCE Spokane at San Jose, 4 p.m. AMERICANCONFERENCE Philadelphia at Cleveland, 4 p.m. Sunday,Aug.3 NATIONALCONFERENCE Portland at Arizona, 3 p.m. AMERICANCONFERENCE Pittsburgh at Orlando, 11 a.m. ConferenceChampionships Aug.9or10 NATIONALCONFERENCE Portland-Arizona winner vs. Spokane- San Jose winner AMERICANCONFERENCE Philadelphia-Cleveland winner vs. Pittsburgh-Orlando winner ArenaBowl Saturday,Aug.23 American champion vs. National cham- pion, 5 p.m. Basketball WNBA WESTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Phoenix 22 3 .880 — x-Minnesota 20 6 .769 2½ San Antonio 13 14 .481 10 Sparks 12 15 .444 11 Tulsa 10 17 .370 13 Seattle 9 19 .321 14½ EASTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB Atlanta 16 9 .640 — Washington 13 14 .481 4 Indiana 12 14 .462 4½ New York 11 14 .440 5 Chicago 10 16 .385 6½ Connecticut 10 17 .370 7 x-clinched playoff spot Wednesday'sgames No games scheduled Thursday'sgames New York at Chicago, 5 p.m. Phoenix at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Tulsa, 5 p.m. Indiana at Seattle, 7 p.m. Friday'sgames Connecticut at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Soccer MAJORLEAGUESOCCER WESTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Seattle 12 5 2 38 35 27 Salt Lake 8 4 9 33 32 27 Los Angeles 8 4 6 30 29 16 Colorado 8 7 6 30 31 27 FC Dallas 8 7 6 30 34 31 Vancouver 6 4 11 29 31 29 Portland 6 6 9 27 35 35 Chivas USA 6 9 5 23 21 33 San Jose 5 8 5 20 22 20 EASTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Kansas City 11 5 5 38 31 19 D.C. 11 5 4 37 32 20 New England 8 11 2 26 28 33 Toronto FC 7 7 5 26 27 28 Columbus 6 7 8 26 25 27 New York 5 6 10 25 33 32 Philadelphia 5 8 8 23 33 35 Chicago 3 5 12 21 27 33 Houston 5 11 4 19 22 40 Montreal 3 12 5 14 21 37 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday'sgames D.C. United 3, Toronto FC 0 New England 3, Colorado 0 Chicago 0, Vancouver 0, tie Salt Lake 1, New York 1, tie Friday,Aug.1 Philadelphia at Kansas City, 5 p.m. Saturday,Aug.2 Portland at Los Angeles, 11:30 a.m. Toronto FC at Montreal, 2 p.m. New England at New York, 4 p.m. Columbus at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Salt Lake at Colorado, 6 p.m. Seattle FC at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Sunday,Aug.3 D.C. United at Houston, 5 p.m. FC Dallas at Chivas USA, 7 p.m. Motorsports NASCARSPRINTCUPPOINTS LEADERS ThroughJuly27 1. Jeff Gordon, 717. 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 693. 3. Brad Keselowski, 666. 4. Matt Kenseth, 661. 5. Jimmie Johnson, 628. 6. Kyle Busch, 609. 7. Ryan Newman, 606. 8. Carl Edwards, 603. 9. Joey Logano, 591. 10. Clint Bowyer, 577. 11. Kevin Harvick, 565. 12. Kyle Larson, 562. 13. Austin Dillon, 559. 14. Kasey Kahne, 555. 15. Paul Menard, 551. 16. Greg Biffle, 550. 17. Brian Vickers, 532. 18. Tony Stewart, 529. 19. Marcos Ambrose, 511. 20. Jamie McMurray, 499. 21. Denny Hamlin, 497. 22. Aric Almirola, 496. 23. AJ Allmendinger, 466. 24. Martin Truex Jr., 465. 25. Kurt Busch, 456. 26. Casey Mears, 455. 27. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 397. 28. Danica Patrick, 382. 29. Justin Allgaier, 343. 30. Michael Annett, 325. 31. David Gilliland, 284. 32. Cole Whitt, 282. 33. David Ragan, 262. 34. Reed Sorenson, 245. 35. Alex Bowman, 244. 36. Josh Wise, 239. 37. Ryan Truex, 145. 38. Michael McDowell, 138. 39. Travis Kvapil, 113. 40. Terry Labonte, 77. 41. Bobby Labonte, 54. 42. Parker Kligerman, 54. 43. Jeff Burton, 51. 44. Michael Waltrip, 48. 45. Juan Pablo Montoya, 47. 46. David Stremme, 43. 47. David Reutimann, 37. 48. Brett Moffitt, 32. 49. Timmy Hill, 22. 50. Dave Blaney, 16. Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Chicago -180/+170 Colorado at San Diego -115/+105 St. Louis at Washington -140/+130 Philadelphia Cincinnati -120/+110 at Miami at Arizona -115/+105 Pittsburgh at Los Angeles -180/+170 Atlanta AMERICANLEAGUE at Detroit -190/+180 Chicago Los Angeles -120/+110 at Baltimore at Cleveland -135/+125 Seattle at Kansas City -185/+175 Minnesota Toronto -120/+110 at Houston NFL SUNDAY HallofFameGame AtCanton,Ohio Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog Buffalo 2 (32½) N.Y. Giants AUG.7 at N.Y. Jets 3 (35½) Indianapolis at Washington 1½ (37) New England at Baltimore Pk (35) San Francisco at Kansas City 2 (34½) Cincinnati at Denver 1½ (37) Seattle at San Diego 2½ (36½) Dallas AUG.8 at Atlanta 2½ (36½) Miami at Carolina 1 (34½) Buffalo at Jacksonville Pk (35½) Tampa Bay at St. Louis 2½ (37½) New Orleans at Chicago 1½ (38½) Philadelphia at Minnesota 2½ (36½) Oakland AUG.9 at Detroit 2½ (37½) Cleveland at N.Y. Giants 3 (35) Pittsburgh at Tennessee 1 (37) Green Bay at Arizona 2½ (37) Houston Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague BaltimoreOrioles: Sent RHP Ubaldo Jimenez to Aberdeen (NYP) for a rehab assignment. BostonRedSox: Traded LHP Felix Dou- bront to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named. Recalled RHP Brandon Workman from Pawtucket (IL). MinnesotaTwins: RHP Matt Guerrier refused outright assignment and chose free agency. TexasRangers: Sent LHP Derek Holland to Frisco (TL) for a rehab assignment. TorontoBlueJays: Sent OF Cole Gil- lespie to the GCL Blue Jays for a rehab assignment. NationalLeague ArizonaDiamondbacks: Announced the retirement of 3B Eric Chavez. AtlantaBraves: Placed RHP Shae Sim- mons on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to Sunday. Recalled RHP Juan Jaime from Gwinnett (IL). ColoradoRockies: Sent RHP Christian Bergman to Tulsa (TL) for a rehab as- signment. Recalled RHP Rob Scahill from Colorado Springs (PCL). LosAngelesDodgers: Sent RHP Jona- than Martinez to the Chicago Cubs to complete an earlier trade. Optioned INF Darwin Barney to Albuquerque (PCL). Designated LHP Scott Elbert for assignment. MiamiMarlins: Optioned OF Jake Maris- nick to New Orleans (PCL). Recalled INF Ed Lucas from New Orleans. St.LouisCardinals: Released C George Kottaras. Transferred RHP Michael Wa- cha to the 60-day DL. Traded OF James Ramsey to Cleveland for RHP Justin Masterson. SanFranciscoGiants: Designated 2B Tony Abreu for assignment. Optioned 3B Adam Duvall to Fresno (PCL). Selected the contract of 1B Travis Ishikawa from Fresno. Recalled OF Juan Perez from Fresno. FOOTBALL NationalFootballLeague NFL: Suspended Buffalo LB Nigel Bradham one game for violating the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse. Suspended Cincinnati CB Chris Lewis-Harris for two games for violating the Nfl's substance abuse policy. BuffaloBills: Signed RB Fred Jackson to a one-year contract extension. ClevelandBrowns: Signed WR Marlon Moore, OL Ryan Lee and S Jim Leonard. DallasCowboys: Signed OT Tyron Smith to an eight-year contract extension. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2014 2 B