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AUTORACING NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, GoBowling.com 400Practice: 6a.m.,ESPN2. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, GoBowling.com 400Final Practice: 8:30a.m., ESPN2. NASCAR Nationwide Series, Qualifying: 1:30p.m., ESPN. NASCAR Nationwide Series, U.S. Cellular 250: 5p.m., ESPN. MLB BASEBALL Kansas City Royals at Oak- land Athletics: 1p.m., CSN. San Francisco Giants at New York Mets: 4p.m., CSNBA. GOLF WGC, Bridgestone Invitation- al, Round 3: 9a.m., GOLF. WGC, Bridgestone Invitation- al, Round 3: 11a.m., CBS. Champions Tour, 3M Champi- onship, Round 2: noon, GOLF. PGA, Barracuda Champion- ship, Round 3: 3:30p.m., GOLF. HORSE RACING Breeder's Cup Challenge Series, Whitney Handicap: 2 p.m., NBC. SOCCER MLS, Portland at Los Ange- les: 11:30a.m., NBC. UEFA International Champi- ons Cup, Manchester vs. Real Madrid: 1p.m., FOX. International Champions Cup, Liverpool vs. AC Milan: 3:30 p.m., NBCSN. MLS, Seattle at San Jose: 7:30p.m., NBCSN. TENNIS ATP, Citi Open, Semifinal: noon, ESPN2. WTA, Bank of the West Clas- sic, Semifinal: 2p.m., ESPN2. ATP, Citi Open, Semifinal: 4 p.m., TENNIS. WTA, Bank of the West Clas- sic, Semifinal: 7p.m., TENNIS. Ontheair There'll be plenty of emotions given the var- ied backgrounds of the in- ductees. It's a group that in- cludes two first-time bal- lot selections, Tampa Bay linebacker Derrick Brooks and Seattle offensive tackle Walter Jones. Then there's Arizona/St. Louis defen- sive back Aeneas Williams and Oakland's Ray Guy, the first full-time punter inducted. And don't forget At- lanta/Philadelphia defen- sive end Claude Humphrey, who waited 28 years to hear his name called. "It's a great moment," said the 70-year-old Hum- phrey, who earned six Pro Bowl selections during a 13-year career. "It came at a time in my life where there wasn't a whole lot of other things going on. It gave the career I worked so hard on, a little rejuvenation." Humphrey brings the history and Strahan the buzz, in having become a commercial pitchman and talk-show host. And Guy is bringing a 20-member punter posse to help him celebrate. "It's bigger than me," said Guy, who is being in- ducted 28 years after he re- tired. "It is a part of them, too, because I am now representing every one of them." At 64, Guy also holds a special place among mem- bers of his induction class. "I remember watching games, and he had this hang time," Williams said. "I was able to go to the re- stroom, get some food, and the ball would still be in the air. That's what Ray Guy means in terms of his influence on the game of football." There are plenty of eye- popping stats among a class that has a combined 55 Pro Bowl selections. And they are all con- sidered equals, no matter their positions. "This is the Hall of Fame. It's not about one player or one person and what they've done," Stra- han said. "Plain and sim- ple, you've got to humble yourself because every- body here has had their moment." Strahan had plenty in es- tablishing himself as one of the NFL's top pass-rushers over a 15-year career that ended after helping the Gi- ants beat New England in the 2008 Super Bowl. He set the league's single-sea- son record with 22 sacks in 2001, and ranks fifth on the all-time list with 141 . Reed was a member of the Kelly-quarterbacked team that made and lost four consecutive Super Bowl appearances in the early 1990s. He ranked fourth in the NFL with 13,198 yards receiving at the time he retired after the 2000 season. Guy was selected to the NFL's 75th anniversary team, and helped change the punter position by in- troducing terms such as "hang time" into the ver- nacular. Williams was an eight- time Pro Bowl selection, who finished with 55 in- terceptions, plus six in the postseason. Jones is regarded as one of the game's best tackles during a 12-season career in Seattle. And then there's Brooks, an 11-time Pro Bowl selec- tion. Though comparably undersized at 6 feet and 232 pounds, he helped anchor the Buccaneers' defense that keyed a Super Bowl run in 2002 and ranked among the NFL's best for more than a decade. "I'm excited about our class, being part of his- tory," said Brooks who then listed the accomplishments of each and every one of his fellow inductees. He ended with Guy, by noting the punter's long wait to be inducted. "To hear Ray talk about him going in, he doesn't talk about the wait. He talks about the fact that he's here," Brooks said. "And that's what I'm going to talk about, not 20 years ago, but talking about what we're doing now." Class FROM PAGE 1 He was at 11-under 129, three shots clear of Justin Rose, who had a 67. British Open champion Rory Mc- Ilroy birdied his last two holes for a 64 and joined Marc Leishman of Austra- lia (67) four shots out of the lead. McIlroy played in the group behind Garcia, and could hear what was going on if he couldn't see it. "Every time I looked, he was putting a ball in the hole and the crowd was cheering," McIlroy said. "I knew that he was making a few birdies." Garcia was five shots out of the lead when he had to scramble to save pars on back-to-back holes to close out the front nine on what seemed to be an ordinary round. Two good swings on the 10th hole led to a 20-foot birdie putt. He hit 8-iron to 2 feet on No. 12 and 3 feet on No. 13 for the easiest bird- ies he had all day, and those turned out to be the start of his big run. The Spaniard finished in style, making birdie putts of 15, 25 and 20 feet on his last three holes. It reminded Garcia of the Travelers Champion- ships earlier this summer, when Kevin Streelman closed with seven straight birdies to beat Garcia and K.J. Choi by one shot. "When I made the one on 17 I thought, 'This kind of looks familiar from what happened not too long ago,'" Garcia said. "Obviously, Sunday would be even nicer. But I'll take what I can get." His previous best score was a 62 on three other oc- casions — as a 19-year-old at the Scottish Open and Byron Nelson Classic in 1999, and at Mount Juliet in 2002 at the American Express Championship. Woods also shot his 61s at Firestone in the second round. He could have used something remotely close to that to stay in range of Garcia. Instead, Woods hit only four fairways off the tee and couldn't seem to make anything on the green. It added to a 71, leaving him 10 shots be- hind. "I didn't hit the ball well. I didn't putt well. I didn't do anything well," Woods said. "The only thing I did well was I fought hard. Grinded hard. Unfortu- nately, it wasn't a very good day." Starting times for the third round were moved up to Saturday morning, with threesomes off both tees, because of a forecast for storms. That figures to only keep Firestone soft, allowing players to attack the pins provided they're in the short grass. Rose missed only two greens in posting a 67 as his momentum builds to- ward the final major of the year next week at the PGA Championship. He wouldn't mind adding a WGC title this week. Either way, there is a long stretch of big tournaments, and Rose is headed in the right direction. He won back-to- back starts at Congressio- nal and Royal Aberdeen before stalling slightly at the British Open. "I'm feeling good about peaking at this time of the year," Rose said. Golf FROM PAGE 1 in the second thanks in part to Niese's throwing error. Juan Perez led off with a double. Gregor Blanco then bounced back to Niese. The left-hander tried to nab Perez, who got caught off second, but he bounced the throw and Perez raced into third. Crawford fol- lowed with an RBI single and Pence drove in another with a grounder. "It's unfortunate, be- cause that's a situation where I can't make a mis- take, and I did," Niese said. "Just made a mistake and paid for it, costing us runs and, ultimately, the game." Pencetripledtoright-cen- ter after Crawford tripled downtheright-fieldlineand Vogelsong was hit by a pitch in the seventh. Pence was 4 for 33 coming in. Niese pitched 8-plus in- nings and allowed nine hits and five runs — three earned. He hit two batters. TRAINER'S ROOM Giants: Right-hander Matt Cain needs surgery to remove bone chips from his elbow. He still is not sure when he will have the opera- tion but Bochy thinks the former ace is done for the season. Recovery is about three months. Mets: Ace Matt Har- vey threw off the mound for first time since having Tommy John surgery on Oct. 22. He made 15 pitches at about 60 percent effort. Harvey still is hoping for a possible return in late Sep- tember. "I'm not writing 2014 out, but there's still a lot more to go and a lot more to prove in order to be healthy enough to come back," Harvey said. UP NEXT Giants: Right- hander Jake Peavy (0-1) will make his second start for San Francisco. Peavy has lost his last 10 deci- sions — nine with Boston — but has had success at Citi Field. He is 2-0 with a 3.09 ERA against the Mets in Queens. Mets: Right-hander Ja- cob deGrom (5-5) has won four straight starts. Ac- cording to research by the Elias Sports Bureau, he is one of four rookie pitch- ers since 1982 to win four consecutive starts of six in- nings or more while allow- ing no more than one run. The others are Roy Oswalt, Jered Weaver and Cain. DOUBLE BUMP The Gi- ants promoted Duffy and outfielder Jarrett Parker from Double-A Richmond to take the roster spots of Dan Uggla and Tyler Col- vin, who were designated for assignment. Duffy started at second base and singled in a run in the sev- enth for his first career hit. He rounded first with a big grin as Pablo Sando- val, near the on-deck circle called for the ball. "I didn't have as many nerves as I thought I would," Duffy said. RUN REVERSAL The Gi- ants have scored 12 runs in their two wins after scoring six total in the six straight losses. 12 FIRST BASEMEN WITH 20 Duda became the 12th Mets first baseman to reach 20 homers in a sea- son. Ike Davis, whom New York traded to Pittsburgh after giving Duda the start- ing role, was the most re- cent in 2012. Giants FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Los Angeles 62 47 .569 _ San Francisco 59 50 .541 3 San Diego 48 60 .444 13 ½ Arizona 48 61 .440 14 Colorado 44 65 .404 18 CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 60 49 .550 _ St. Louis 57 50 .533 2 Pittsburgh 57 51 .528 2 ½ Cincinnati 55 54 .505 5 Chicago 45 62 .421 14 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 58 49 .542 _ Atlanta 58 51 .532 1 Miami 53 56 .486 6 New York 52 57 .477 7 Philadelphia 49 61 .445 10 ½ Thursday'sgames Chicago Cubs 3, Colorado 1 St. Louis 6, San Diego 2 Philadelphia 10, Washington 4 Cincinnati 3, Miami 1 Arizona 7, Pittsburgh 4 L.A. Dodgers 2, Atlanta 1 Friday'sgames Philadelphia 2, Washington 1 Detroit 4, Colorado 2 Cincinnati 5, Miami 2 San Francisco 5, N.Y. Mets 1 Milwaukee at St. Louis, (n.) Pittsburgh at Arizona, (n.) Atlanta at San Diego, (n.) Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, (n.) Saturday'sgames Philadelphia (A.Burnett 6-10) at Wash- ington (Zimmermann 6-5), 4:05 p.m. Colorado (Matzek 2-5) at Detroit (Por- cello 12-5), 4:08 p.m. Cincinnati (Bailey 8-5) at Miami (Eovaldi 5-6), 4:10 p.m. San Francisco (Peavy 0-1) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 5-5), 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Lohse 11-5) at St. Louis (Masterson 0-0), 4:15 p.m. Pittsburgh (Worley 4-1) at Arizona (C.Anderson 6-4), 5:10 p.m. Atlanta (E.Santana 10-6) at San Diego (Kennedy 8-9), 5:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Wada 1-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 12-5), 6:10 p.m. Giants5,Mets1 SanFran NewYork AB R H B AB R H B Pence rf 4 1 1 3 Grndrs rf 3 0 0 0 MDuffy 2b 4 0 1 1 DnMrp 2b 3 0 0 0 Posey c 4 0 1 0 DWrght 3b 3 0 0 0 Sandovl 3b 4 0 1 0 Duda 1b 3 1 1 1 Morse 1b 4 0 1 0 CYoung lf 3 0 0 0 Ishikaw 1b 0 0 0 0 dArnad c 3 0 0 0 J.Perez lf 4 1 1 0 Lagars cf 3 0 1 0 GBlanc cf 4 1 0 0 Tejada ss 3 0 0 0 BCrwfr ss 4 1 3 1 Niese p 2 0 0 0 Vglsng p 2 1 0 0 Black p 0 0 0 0 BAreu ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 34 5 9 5 27 1 2 1 SanFran 020 000 300 — 5 NewYork 000 000 010 — 1 E: Niese (3);DP: San Francisco 2, New York 2;LOB: San Francisco 6, New York 0; 2B: J.Perez (3);3B: Pence (7), B.Crawford (9);HR: Duda (20);S: Vogelsong. IP H R ER BB SO SanFrancisco Vglsng W,6-8 9 2 1 1 1 5 NewYork Niese L,5-7 8 9 5 3 0 4 Black 1 0 0 0 1 0 Niese pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. HBP: by Niese (M.Duffy, Vogelsong). Umpires: Home, Jeff Kellogg, First, Brian O'Nora. Second, D.J. Reyburn. Third, Ben May. T: 2:06;A: 28,905 (41,922). AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 66 41 .617 _ Los Angeles 64 43 .598 2 Seattle 56 53 .514 11 Houston 44 65 .404 23 Texas 43 66 .394 24 CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 59 47 .557 _ Kansas City 55 52 .514 4 ½ Cleveland 54 55 .495 6 ½ Chicago 53 56 .486 7 ½ Minnesota 48 59 .449 11 ½ EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Baltimore 61 47 .565 _ Toronto 60 50 .545 2 New York 55 53 .509 6 Tampa Bay 53 55 .491 8 Boston 49 60 .450 12 ½ Thursday'sgames Chicago White Sox 7, Detroit 4 L.A. Angels 1, Baltimore 0, 13 innings Seattle 6, Cleveland 5 Kansas City 6, Minnesota 3 Toronto 6, Houston 5 Friday'sgames Baltimore 2, Seattle 1 Cleveland 12, Texas 2 Detroit 4, Colorado 2 Boston 4, N.Y. Yankees 3 L.A. Angels at Tampa Bay, (n.) Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, (n.) Toronto at Houston, (n.) Kansas City at Oakland, (n.) Saturday'sgames Kansas City (Vargas 8-4) at Oakland (Lester 10-7), 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Greene 2-1) at Boston (Webster 1-0), 1:05 p.m. Seattle (Paxton 2-0) at Baltimore (Mi. Gonzalez 5-5), 4:05 p.m. Texas (Mikolas 1-3) at Cleveland (House 1-2), 4:05 p.m. Colorado (Matzek 2-5) at Detroit (Por- cello 12-5), 4:08 p.m. L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 8-6) at Tampa Bay (Archer 6-6), 4:10 p.m. Minnesota (Pino 1-3) at Chicago White Sox (Carroll 4-6), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (Dickey 9-10) at Houston (Ober- holtzer 3-7), 4:10 p.m. Golf WORLDGOLFCHAMPIONSHIPS- BRIDGESTONEINVITATIONAL Friday At Firestone Country Club, South Course Akron, Ohio Purse: $9 million Yardage: 7,400;Par70 SecondRound Sergio Garcia........................68-61—129 -11 Justin Rose ............................. 65-67—132 -8 Marc Leishman...................... 64-69—133 -7 Rory McIlroy .......................... 69-64—133 -7 Rickie Fowler ......................... 67-67—134 -6 Charl Schwartzel ..................65-69—134 -6 Patrick Reed........................... 67-68—135 -5 Keegan Bradley..................... 68-67—135 -5 Graham DeLaet ..................... 67-69—136 -4 Brandt Snedeker...................68-68—136 -4 Hunter Mahan........................ 71-65—136 -4 Jim Furyk ................................69-68—137 -3 Adam Scott ............................69-68—137 -3 Thomas Bjorn ........................69-68—137 -3 Henrik Stenson...................... 71-66—137 -3 Francesco Molinari................67-70—137 -3 Matt Kuchar........................... 71-66—137 -3 Gary Woodland...................... 70-68—138 -2 J.B. Holmes............................. 69-69—138 -2 Harris English ........................ 69-69—138 -2 Ryan Moore.............................65-73—138 -2 Seung-Yul Noh....................... 69-69—138 -2 Jamie Donaldson................... 68-70—138 -2 Miguel A. Jimenez................. 69-69—138 -2 Bubba Watson........................69-70—139 -1 Tiger Woods............................68-71—139 -1 Jimmy Walker .........................69-70—139 -1 Steven Bowditch .....................69-71—140 E Ernie Els....................................71-69—140 E Zach Johnson...........................70-70—140 E Bill Haas....................................71-69—140 E John Senden.............................74-66—140 E Branden Grace ........................69-71—140 E David Howell............................69-71—140 E Matt Jones................................70-70—140 E Kevin Stadler .........................71-70—141 +1 Fabrizio Zanotti.....................70-71—141 +1 Brendon de Jonge .................72-69—141 +1 Angel Cabrera ...................... 73-68—141 +1 Webb Simpson.......................72-69—141 +1 Jordan Spieth.........................71-70—141 +1 Hideki Matsuyama................70-71—141 +1 Graeme McDowell ................71-70—141 +1 Chris Kirk............................... 69-73—142 +2 Russell Henley.......................72-70—142 +2 Matt Every............................. 74-68—142 +2 Brian Harman ........................72-70—142 +2 Victor Dubuisson ..................72-70—142 +2 Ben Crane...............................73-70—143 +3 Alexander Levy......................72-71—143 +3 Luke Donald ...........................73-70—143 +3 Lee Westwood.......................72-71—143 +3 Brendon Todd ....................... 74-70—144 +4 Jason Dufner......................... 70-74—144 +4 Kevin Na..................................71-73—144 +4 Thongchai Jaidee................. 70-74—144 +4 Phil Mickelson .......................71-73—144 +4 Stephen Gallacher ................74-71—145 +5 Richard Sterne...................... 75-70—145 +5 Jason Day ...............................74-71—145 +5 Martin Kaymer .....................77-68—145 +5 Tim Clark ............................... 72-73—145 +5 Pablo Larrazabal...................71-74—145 +5 Daisuke Maruyama.............. 73-73—146 +6 Ian Poulter............................. 73-73—146 +6 Joost Luiten........................... 73-73—146 +6 Scott Stallings.......................72-75—147 +7 Jonas Blixt..............................75-72—147 +7 Steve Stricker ........................74-73—147 +7 David Lynn............................. 76-72—148 +8 Louis Oosthuizen ................. 75-73—148 +8 Kevin Streelman....................78-71—149 +9 Mikko Ilonen ......................... 75-74—149 +9 Yoshitaka Takeya................. 74-75—149 +9 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano.......79-71—150 +10 Tano Goya.............................76-77—153 +13 BARRACUDACHAMPIONSHIP Friday At Montreux Golf and Country Club Reno, Nev. Purse: $3 million Yardage: 7,472;Par72 SecondRound Note: Under the modified Stableford format, players receive 8 points for double eagle, 5 for eagle, 2 for birdie, 0 for par, minus-1 for bogey and minus-3 for double bogey or worse. Nick Watney....................................18-8—26 Geoff Ogilvy.................................... 16-7—23 Wes Roach.....................................12-10—22 Tommy Gainey.............................. 11-10—21 Tim Wilkinson.................................16-5—21 Jeff Overton .................................... 7-13—20 Bryce Molder ................................10-10—20 Brendan Steele............................... 9-11—20 John Huh.......................................... 12-7—19 Woody Austin .................................11-8—19 Johnson Wagner.............................10-8—18 Jason Allred .....................................7-11—18 Hudson Swafford.............................9-9—18 Arjun Atwal ......................................7-10—17 Mark Wilson......................................8-9—17 Padraig Harrington........................ 10-7—17 Rod Pampling.................................. 11-5—16 Greg Chalmers ............................... 3-13—16 D.H. Lee............................................ 11-5—16 Kyle Stanley .................................... 5-11—16 Kent Jones....................................... 5-11—16 David Lingmerth............................... 9-7—16 Lee Janzen......................................... 8-7—15 Justin Hicks.......................................9-6—15 Nicholas Thompson.......................10-5—15 Thorbjorn Olesen...........................10-5—15 Danny Lee........................................11-4—15 Eric Axley.........................................11-4—15 Andres Romero .................................7-7—14 Robert Streb ...................................10-4—14 Mike Weir ........................................ 4-10—14 John Rollins..................................... 12-2—14 Jonathan Byrd...................................7-6—13 Kevin Lucas..................................... 11-2—13 Brian Stuard......................................4-9—13 Retief Goosen ...................................5-8—13 Tim Herron........................................4-8—12 Tim Petrovic.................................... 10-2—12 Billy Mayfair......................................3-9—12 Chad Campbell............................13-(-1)_12 Ben Curtis..........................................7-5—12 Jim Herman..................................... 10-2—12 Doug LaBelle II.................................11-1—12 Charlie Beljan ...................................6-5—11 David Toms...................................... 0-11—11 Chad Collins......................................7-4—11 Miguel Angel Carballo .................. 10-1—11 Jamie Lovemark ...............................6-5—11 Chris Smith........................................8-3—11 Michael Putnam...............................8-3—11 Kevin Chappell.............................12-(-1)_11 Ricky Barnes.....................................5-6—11 Derek Ernst .....................................11-0—11 Marc Turnesa....................................6-5—11 Patrick Rodgers..............................11-0—11 Rory Sabbatini............................(-3)-13—10 Steve Flesch......................................1-9—10 Joe Durant......................................... 9-1—10 George Coetzee........................... 11-(-1)_10 Morgan Hoffmann .............................6-3—9 J.J. Henry .............................................5-4—9 Bronson La'Cassie.............................6-3—9 Kevin Tway ..........................................8-1—9 CHAMPIONSTOUR-3M CHAMPIONSHIP Friday At TPC Twin Cities Blaine, Minn. Purse: $1.75 million Yardage: 7,114;Par72(36-36) FirstRound Marco Dawson..........................32-31—63 -9 Rocco Mediate......................... 33-31—64 -8 Jeff Maggert ............................ 32-32—64 -8 Vijay Singh ............................... 31-33—64 -8 Bernhard Langer..................... 33-31—64 -8 Kenny Perry ............................. 35-30—65 -7 Gar y H al lb er g ....... ..... .......... .... 31 -3 5— 66 - 6 Mike Goodes ............................32-34—66 -6 Gene Sauers.............................32-34—66 -6 Bobby Wadkins........................33-33—66 -6 Doug Garwood......................... 31-35—66 -6 Paul Goydos .............................34-33—67 -5 Scott Verplank.........................34-33—67 -5 Jeff Sluman .............................. 35-32—67 -5 Kirk Triplett..............................34-33—67 -5 Joel Edwards............................35-33—68 -4 Peter Senior.............................32-36—68 -4 Duffy Waldorf..........................35-33—68 -4 Steve Elkington .......................33-35—68 -4 Dana Quigley............................35-33—68 -4 Rod Spittle................................35-33—68 -4 Hale Irwin.................................35-33—68 -4 Bob Gilder.................................36-32—68 -4 Jose Coceres.............................37-32—69 -3 Steve Pate ................................ 36-33—69 -3 Joey Sindelar............................ 36-33—69 -3 Chien Soon Lu..........................35-34—69 -3 Blaine McCallister ..................34-35—69 -3 Kevin Sutherland..................... 33-36—69 -3 Mark O'Meara.......................... 36-33—69 -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. Tennis WTABANKOFTHEWEST CLASSICRESULTS AU.S.OpenSeriesevent Friday At The Taube Family Tennis Center Stanford, Calif. Purse: $710,000 (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Quarterfinals Angelique Kerber (3), Germany, def. Garbine Muguruza, Spain, 6-2, 6-1. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Sachia Vickery, United States, 6-1, 6-0. Andrea Petkovic (8), Germany, def. Ve- nus Williams, United States, 6-1, 3-6, 7-5. CITIOPENRESULTS AU.S.OpenSeriesevent Friday At William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center Washington Purse: Men, $1.4 million (WT500); Women,$250,000(Intl.) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN Quarterfinals Donald Young, United States, def. Kevin An der so n ( 7) , S ou th A fr ic a, 3 -6 , 7 -6 (3), 6-2. Milos Raonic (2), Canada, def. Steve Johnson, United States, 7-6 (2), 6-2. Richard Gasquet (6), France, def. Kei Nishikori (4), Japan, 6-1, 6-4. WOMEN Quarterfinals Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, 6-4, 6-4. Kurumi Nara, Japan, def. Kristina Mlad- enovic, France, 6-3, 6-1. Svetlana Kuznetsova (6), Russia, def. Vania King, United States, walkover. Ekaterina Makarova (2), Russia, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (5), Russia, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Basketball WNBA WESTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Phoenix 22 4 .846 — x-Minnesota 21 6 .778 1½ San Antonio 13 15 .464 10 Sparks 12 15 .444 10½ Tulsa 10 18 .357 13 Seattle 9 20 .310 14½ EASTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB Atlanta 17 9 .654 — Indiana 13 14 .481 4½ Washington 13 14 .481 4½ New York 11 15 .423 6 Chicago 11 16 .407 6½ Connecticut 11 17 .393 7 x-clinched playoff spot Thursday'sgames Chicago 87, New York 74 Minnesota 75, Phoenix 67 Atlanta 85, Tulsa 75 Indiana 76, Seattle 67 Friday'sgames Connecticut 89, San Antonio 79 Saturday'sgames Minnesota at Tulsa, 5 p.m. Indiana at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Sunday'sgames New York at Atlanta, noon Connecticut at Sparks, 12:30 p.m. Washington at Chicago, 3 p.m. San Antonio at Seattle, 6 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 6 39 32 20 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 9 24 34 36 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. Friday'sgames Kansas City 1, Philadelphia 1, tie Saturday'sgames Portland at Los Angeles, 2:30 p.m. Toronto FC at Montreal, 5 p.m. New England at New York, 7 p.m. Columbus at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Salt Lake at Colorado, 9 p.m. Seattle FC at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Sunday'sgames D.C. United at Houston, 8 p.m. FC Dallas at Chivas USA, 10 p.m. Wednesday,Aug.6 Bayern Munchen at MLS All-Stars, 9:30 p.m. Friday,Aug.8 San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Saturday,Aug.9 Montreal at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Toronto FC at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at FC Dallas, 9 p.m. D.C. United at Salt Lake, 10 p.m. Chivas USA at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Sunday,Aug.10 Kansas City at Vancouver, 8 p.m. New York at Chicago, 8 p.m. Houston at Seattle FC, 10:30 p.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For Aug. 2 MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Washington -220/+200 Philadelphia Cincinnati -110/+100 at Miami at New York -135/+125 San Francisco at St. Louis -110/+100 Milwaukee Pittsburgh -120/+110 at Arizona Atlanta -120/+110 at San Diego at Los Angeles -200/+185 Chicago AMERICANLEAGUE at Oakland -210/+190 Kansas City at Boston -125/+115 New York at Cleveland -165/+155 Texas at Baltimore -140/+130 Seattle at Tampa Bay -110/+100 Los Angeles Toronto -145/+135 at Houston at Chicago -120/+110 Minnesota INTERLEAGUE at Detroit -220/+200 Colorado NFL TOMORROW HallofFameGame AtCanton,Ohio Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog Buffalo 3 (33½) N.Y. Giants | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 2014 2 B