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Raiders will then fly back to the Bay Area for Friday's preseason game against the Detroit Lions. "The message is that we have to treat it like a game and go out there and compete," Oakland coach Dennis Allen said. "There won't be tackling live to the ground or anything like that. We're going there to compete and try to get bet- ter as a football team." Tuck, the veteran defen- sive lineman who signed a $10million,two-yearcontract with the Raiders in March, knows there's a delicate line teams toe when practicing against one another. A rookie back in 2005, Tuck was settling in for the workout with the Jets when the fight broke out. There were two sideline- clearing brawls in all, sev- eral other minor scuffles and a heated argument between Giants coach Tom Coughlin and then-Jets de- fensive coordinator Donnie Henderson. Even with that memory, Tuck says he's looking for- ward to practicing against the Cowboys. Raiders FROMPAGE1 MLBBASEBALL Los Angeles Dodgers at At- lanta:4p.m.,MLB. Oakland Athletics at Kansas City Royals: 5p.m., CSN. Chicago White Sox at San Francisco Giants: 7p.m., CSNBA. BASKETBALL Big Blue Bahamas Tour Ken- tucky vs. Puerto Rico: 10a.m., ESPNU. SOCCER FIFA U-20Women's World Cup United States vs. China Group B: 12:45p.m., ESPN2. SOFTBALL Little League World Series Semifinal: 3:30p.m., ESPN2. Little League World Series Semifinal: 6p.m., ESPN2. On the air hard on the first step and getting in the right posi- tion to catch balls that I couldn't reach before." Sandoval ate his way past the 280-pound mark last season, but checked in at 250 this spring. He has put on some padding over 118 games, but the Gi- ants are comfortable with his current condition. The weight loss has led to a quickness gain that's evi- dent nightly. "He came into spring training in the best shape he's been in since 2011, and put in the work," manager Bruce Bochy said. "His range is increased. He has always had good hands, but he has gotten so much better at the backhand play and coming in on slow roll- ers. The first-step quick- ness, that's always huge and one of (the keys) was to get the weight off. "He had to increase his first step quickness, which he has done." That quickness shows on plays to Sandoval's left and right, as well as balls in front of him. Fan- Graphs.com tracks a stat called RngR (range runs), which rates how a fielder gets to balls in his vicin- ity. Sandoval ranks fourth among National Leaguers with at least 100 innings at third base; last year, he was 24th. He is second among N.L. third basemen in UZR (ultimate zone rating), a sa- bermetric measure of field- ing that last year showed Sandoval to be well below average. Sandoval stands out us- ing traditional methods, too. He hasn't committed an error in 65 games and leads Major League third baseman with a .980 field- ing percentage. Giants FROM PAGE 1 23-3 on Thursday night in a preseason opener, the teams took Friday off be- fore launching the first joint practice in Ravens history. Except for the injuries, it couldn't have gone much smoother. "It was better than ex- pected," Jim Harbaugh said. "We got better, there's no question about it." Asked if he would like to do it again, Jim Harbaugh replied, "We'd like to do it in February," referring to the month the Super Bowl is played. The Harbaugh broth- ers met in the Super Bowl in February 2013, and these joint practices enabled them to spend some time together that otherwise would not have occurred. As an added benefit, both coaches got the chance to plot against outside competi- tion and the players got a look at someone else be- sides their teammates. "You're definitely more tuned in than when you're playing against your own offense," Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs said. Coming in, there was reason to believe the two teams would engage in fights. But that didn't hap- pen. "I think I won the of- fice pool," Ravens receiver Steve Smith said. "They had over-unders on my fights. I had zero, so I got all the cash." 49ers FROM PAGE 1 Lewis wasn't alone in getting thrusted into the starting lineup last year as injuries wreaked havoc on the Spartans in the sec- ond half of the year. While that might have hurt last year's playoff push as the Spartans finished 5-5, the experience is a positive en- tering the new campaign. Daniel Koenig rushed for 274 yards and was the featured back in the Home- coming come from behind win over Wheatland. In that game Koenig car- ried 23 times for 87 yards and a score. He's pegged as the main ball carrier in 2014. KJ Hinkston should also see carries. He had just 10 a year ago, but head coach Corey Hein said that low total was more to do with how the season worked out than the skill Hinkston brings to the Spartans. Walker Dodero returns after averaging 20.5 yards a reception and catch- ing three touchdowns. He provides a physical target for the Spartans' passing game. Another player the Spar- tans coaching staff is high on after a quality offseason is Aaron Lyon, who caught eight passes a year ago. The belief around the Spartans training camp is that their starters will match up well with any- one, but they are admit- tedly thin beyond that. The fear of injuries tak- ing out some of their key cogs and the experience of that happening last year has the Spartans coaching staff adjusting how prac- tices will be run leading into the season. Hein said the team sim- ply can't afford to inflict in- juries upon itself and noted there won't be a lot of going to ground during practices as a cautionary method. Red Bluff's schemes will likely stay the same as they were last year. The 4-3 defense will be led by Nunez' play on the line. Nunez is the leading re- turner tackler, with 69 a year ago to go along with his 5.5 sacks. On offense I-formation and other double back sets will likely be the Spar- tans' go to formations al- though their speed at re- ceiver and Lewis' mobility could provide breaks from the ground and pound. After two years of the same four non-league op- ponents, all eight games of which proved to be wins, Red Bluff's schedule changes in 2014, and is no- tably harder with a strong Northern Athletic League feel to it. Games against Oroville and Wheatland are gone and replaced with West Valley and Central Valley, the two Division 2 finalists a year ago. Red Bluff will meet every NAL school ex- cept Yreka and Lassen. The season opens Aug. 29 against the Falcons in Shasta Lake City. Red Bluff opens up their home slate the following Friday against West Valley. The Spartans then travel to Anderson before play- ing host to Corning in the annual Tehama County Shootout Sept. 19. It'll be the 50th all- time meeting between the county rivals, with Red Bluff looking for a third consecutive win. But Red Bluff's season will once again come down to how it handles the week- in week-out effects of the Eastern Athletic League. Last year left a lot to be desired as the Spartans didn't pick up one league win on the field. The Spar- tans one league win came way of a forfeit. This year league play begins Sept. 26 at home against Foothill. The Spartans then hit the road for Shasta and Chico before coming home to host Paradise and En- terprise back-to-back. Red Bluff has a bye in between the final two home games. While those attending Red Bluff home games will get to see one of the section's best home slates, the Spartans will have to hope they navigated it well enough to make their sea- son ending game at Pleas- ant Valley Nov. 7 mean something. That's still some three months away, but the work the next three weeks in practice will set the foun- dation for if that game has the potential playoff impli- cations the Spartans hope it will have. Spartans FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Los Angeles 68 52 .567 _ San Francisco 62 56 .525 5 San Diego 54 62 .466 12 Arizona 51 67 .432 16 Colorado 46 71 .393 20 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 66 53 .555 _ Pittsburgh 63 55 .534 2 ½ St. Louis 62 55 .530 3 Cincinnati 60 58 .508 5 ½ Chicago 50 67 .427 15 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 63 53 .543 _ Atlanta 60 58 .508 4 Miami 58 60 .492 6 New York 57 62 .479 7 ½ Philadelphia 53 66 .445 11 ½ Monday'sgames N.Y. Mets 5, Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 11, Detroit 6 L.A. Dodgers 6, Atlanta 2 Miami 6, St. Louis 5 Milwaukee 3, Chicago Cubs 1 Colorado at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Tuesday'sgames Arizona (Collmenter 8-6) at Cleveland (House 1-3), 4:05 p.m. Detroit (Ray 1-1) at Pittsburgh (Volquez 9-7), 4:05 p.m. Boston (J.Kelly 0-0) at Cincinnati (Latos 4-3), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Haren 9-9) at Atlanta (Minor 4-7), 4:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wainwright 14-6) at Miami (Cosart 0-1), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Fister 11-3) at N.Y. Mets (R.Montero 0-2), 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee (W.Peralta 14-6) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 3-1), 5:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Williams 0-0) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 8-8), 7:05 p.m. Colorado (Flande 0-4) at San Diego (Despaigne 2-3), 7:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Sale 10-2) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 7-8), 7:15 p.m. Wednesday'sgames Boston at Cincinnati, 9:35 a.m. Chicago White Sox at San Francisco, 12:45 p.m. Colorado at San Diego, 3:40 p.m. Arizona at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. St. Louis at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m. Philadelphia at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 72 46 .610 _ Los Angeles 68 49 .581 3 ½ Seattle 62 55 .530 9 ½ Houston 49 70 .412 23 ½ Texas 46 72 .390 26 CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 64 53 .547 _ Detroit 63 53 .543 ½ Cleveland 59 59 .500 5 ½ Chicago 56 63 .471 9 Minnesota 53 64 .453 11 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Baltimore 68 50 .576 _ Toronto 63 56 .529 5 ½ New York 61 57 .517 7 Tampa Bay 58 60 .492 10 Boston 52 65 .444 15 ½ Monday'sgames Pittsburgh 11, Detroit 6 Baltimore 11, N.Y. Yankees 3 Tampa Bay 7, Texas 0 Minnesota 4, Houston 2 Kansas City 3, Oakland 2 Toronto at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Tuesday'sgames Arizona (Collmenter 8-6) at Cleveland (House 1-3), 4:05 p.m. Detroit (Ray 1-1) at Pittsburgh (Volquez 9-7), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Greene 3-1) at Baltimore (W.Chen 12-4), 4:05 p.m. Boston (J.Kelly 0-0) at Cincinnati (Latos 4-3), 4:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Hellickson 1-1) at Texas (Tepesch 4-7), 5:05 p.m. Minnesota (Pino 1-4) at Houston (McHugh 4-9), 5:10 p.m. Oakland (Lester 12-7) at Kansas City (Guthrie 8-9), 5:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Williams 0-0) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 8-8), 7:05 p.m. Toronto (Happ 8-6) at Seattle (C.Young 10-6), 7:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Sale 10-2) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 7-8), 7:15 p.m. Wednesday'sgames Boston at Cincinnati, 9:35 a.m. Minnesota at Houston, 11:10 a.m. Chicago White Sox at San Francisco, 12:45 p.m. Arizona at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. Tampa Bay at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Oakland at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Philadelphia at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Toronto at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Royals3,Athletics2 Oakland KansasCity AB R H B AB R H B Crisp cf 3 1 0 0 JDyson cf 4 1 1 0 Reddck rf 4 0 0 0 Infante 2b 4 0 1 0 Dnldsn 3b 3 0 1 0 S.Perez c 4 0 0 0 Moss lf 2 0 1 2 BButler 1b 4 0 0 0 Fuld pr 0 0 0 0 AGordn lf 3 1 1 0 DNorrs c 4 0 0 0 L.Cain rf 1 0 0 0 Vogt 1b 3 0 0 0 Ibanez dh 2 0 0 0 Lowrie ss 3 0 0 0 Aoki pr-dh 0 1 0 0 Jaso dh 3 1 1 0 Mostks 3b 3 0 1 0 Sogard 2b 3 0 0 0 AEscor ss 3 0 2 2 Totals 28 2 3 2 28 3 6 2 Oakland 002 000 000 — 2 KansasCity 110 000 10x — 3 E: Reddick (3);DP: Oakland 2, Kansas City 2;LOB: Oakland 4, Kansas City 4. IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Gray L,12-6 7 6 3 2 3 2 Cook 1 0 0 0 0 0 KansasCity Ventura 6 2 2 2 4 5 K.Herrera W,3-2 1 0 0 0 0 2 W.Davis 1 0 0 0 0 2 G.Holland S,35-37 1 1 0 0 1 0 WP: G.Holland. Umpires: Home, Chris Guccione, First, Eric Cooper. Second, Tom Hallion. Third, Tripp Gibson. T: 2:35;A: 21,479 (37,903). Football AMERICANCONFERENCE WESTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Denver 1 0 01.000 21 16 Kansas City 1 0 01.000 41 39 San Diego 1 0 01.000 27 7 Oakland 0 1 0 .000 6 10 EASTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Jets 1 0 01.000 13 10 Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 33 35 Miami 0 1 0 .000 10 16 New England 0 1 0 .000 6 23 SOUTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Jacksonville 1 0 01.000 16 10 Tennessee 1 0 01.000 20 16 Houston 0 1 0 .000 0 32 Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 10 13 NORTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 1 0 01.000 23 3 Cincinnati 0 1 0 .000 39 41 Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 12 13 Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 16 20 NATIONALCONFERENCE WESTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 1 0 01.000 32 0 San Francisco0 1 0 .000 3 23 Seattle 0 1 0 .000 16 21 St. Louis 0 1 0 .000 24 26 EASTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 2 0 01.000 37 29 Washington 1 0 01.000 23 6 Dallas 0 1 0 .000 7 27 Philadelphia 0 1 0 .000 28 34 SOUTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 1 0 01.000 16 10 New Orleans 1 0 01.000 26 24 Carolina 0 1 0 .000 18 20 Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 10 16 NORTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Chicago 1 0 01.000 34 28 Detroit 1 0 01.000 13 12 Minnesota 1 0 01.000 10 6 Green Bay 0 1 0 .000 16 20 Thursday'sgames N.Y. Jets 13, Indianapolis 10 Washington 23, New England 6 Baltimore 23, San Francisco 3 Kansas City 41, Cincinnati 39 Denver 21, Seattle 16 San Diego 27, Dallas 7 Friday'sgames Atlanta 16, Miami 10 Buffalo 20, Carolina 18 Jacksonville 16, Tampa Bay 10 Chicago 34, Philadelphia 28 Minnesota 10, Oakland 6 New Orleans 26, St. Louis 24 Saturday'sgames Detroit 13, Cleveland 12 N.Y. Giants 20, Pittsburgh 16 Tennessee 20, Green Bay 16 Arizona 32, Houston 0 Thursday,Aug.14 Jacksonville at Chicago, 8 p.m. Friday,Aug.15 Philadelphia at New England, 7:30 p.m. Tennessee at New Orleans, 8 p.m. San Diego at Seattle, 10 p.m. Detroit at Oakland, 10 p.m. Saturday,Aug.16 Green Bay at St. Louis, 4 p.m. Baltimore at Dallas, 7 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Indianapolis, 7 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Miami at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Houston, 8 p.m. Arizona at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m. Sunday,Aug.17 Denver at San Francisco, 4 p.m. Kansas City at Carolina, 8 p.m. Monday,Aug.18 Cleveland at Washington, 8 p.m. ARENAFOOTBALLPLAYOFFS ConferenceChampionships Sunday,Aug.10 AMERICANCONFERENCE Cleveland 56, Orlando 46 NATIONALCONFERENCE Arizona 72, San Jose 56 ArenaBowl Saturday,Aug.23 Cleveland vs. Arizona, 5 p.m. Golf PGATOURSTATISTICS ThroughAug.10 FedExCupSeasonPoints 1, Rory McIlroy, 2,582.363. 2, Jimmy Walker, 2,492.530. 3, Bubba Watson, 2,171.583. 4, Matt Kuchar, 1,920.633. 5, Jim Furyk, 1,850.717. 6, Dustin Johnson, 1,768.550. 7, Sergio Garcia, 1,699.083. 8, Jordan Spieth, 1,691.916. 9, Patrick Reed, 1,621.396. 10, Chris Kirk, 1,571.297. ScoringAverage 1, Sergio Garcia, 68.858. 2, Rory McIlroy, 68.875. 3, Adam Scott, 69.269. 4, Matt Kuchar, 69.343. 5, Jim Furyk, 69.361. 6, Graeme McDowell, 69.522. 7, Dustin Johnson, 69.546. 8, Charl Schwartzel, 69.613. 9, Justin Rose, 69.658. 10 , Jimmy Walker, 69.739. DrivingDistance 1, Bubba Watson, 314.7. 2, Dustin John- son, 311.0. 3, Rory McIlroy, 310.7. 4, J.B. Holmes, 308.3. 5, Andrew Loupe, 306.8. 6, Brooks Koepka, 305.7. 7, Robert Gar- rigus, 305.5. 8, Jhonattan Vegas, 304.6. 9, Charles Howell III, 304.2. 10, Jason Kokrak, 304.1. DrivingAccuracyPercentage 1, Joe Durant, 75.92%. 2, David Toms, 74.97%. 3, Tim Clark, 74.59%. 4, Justin Hicks, 73.56%. 5, Heath Slocum, 72.25%. 6, Jim Furyk, 71.94%. 7, Paul Goydos, 71.01%. 8, Francesco Molinari, 70.71%. 9, Zach Johnson, 70.50%. 10 , Ken Duke, 70.43%. GreensinRegulationPercentage 1, Chad Campbell, 72.44%. 2, Justin Hicks, 71.25%. 3, Graham DeLaet, 71.01%. 4, Sergio Garcia, 69.93%. 5, J.J. Henry, 69.41%. 6, Billy Horschel, 69.29%. 7, Joe Durant, 69.09%. 8, Rory McIlroy, 68.87%. 9, Ryan Moore, 68.69%. 10, Kevin Stadler, 68.54%. TotalDriving 1, Shawn Stefani, 71. 2, Kevin Chappell, 80. 3, Hunter Mahan, 81. 4, Graham De- Laet, 83. 5, Henrik Stenson, 84. 6, Lucas Glover, 85. 7, Derek Ernst, 90. 8, Hudson Swafford, 92. 9, Adam Scott, 94. 10, Nick Watney, 96. StrokesGained-Putting 1, Graeme McDowell, .911. 2, Aaron Bad- deley, .905. 3, Matt Every, .880. 4, Greg Chalmers, .873. 5, Brendon Todd, .786. 6, Freddie Jacobson, .743. 7, Jimmy Walker, .712. 8, Luke Donald, .622. 9, Webb Simp- son, .621. 10, Matt Kuchar, .569. BirdieAverage 1, Rory McIlroy, 4.65. 2, Jimmy Walker, 4.26. 3, Adam Scott, 4.17. 4, Hideki Mat- suyama, 4.13. 5, Dustin Johnson, 4.05. 6, Sergio Garcia, 4.04. 7 (tie), Charley Hoff- man and Charl Schwartzel, 4.02. 9, Ryan Moore, 3.95. 10, Bubba Watson, 3.93. Eagles(Holesper) 1, Will MacKenzie, 90.0. 2, Justin Rose, 91.6. 3, Billy Horschel, 99.7. 4, Bubba Watson, 102.6. 5, Marc Leishman, 105.0. 6, Patrick Reed, 106.5. 7, Matt Jones, 111.0. 8, Dustin Johnson, 114.0. 9, Ryan Palmer, 114.5. 10, Stewart Cink, 114.9. SandSavePercentage 1, Vijay Singh, 63.87%. 2, Tim Clark, 63.06%. 3, Mike Weir, 62.16%. 4, Charlie Wi, 61.54%. 5, Jordan Spieth, 60.92%. 6, Bill Haas, 60.67%. 7, Justin Leonard, 60.58%. 8, Seung-Yul Noh, 60.50%. 9, John Senden, 60.42%. 10, Heath Slocum, 59.79%. All-AroundRanking 1, Adam Scott, 196. 2, Rory McIlroy, 256. 3, Sergio Garcia, 272. 4, Dustin Johnson, 276. 5, Justin Rose, 309. 6, Bubba Wat- son, 331. 7 (tie), Ryan Palmer and Marc Leishman, 347. 9, Ryan Moore, 359. 10, Kevin Chappell, 370. Tennis WESTERN&SOUTHERNOPEN RESULTS AU.S.OpenSeriesevent Monday At The Lindner Family Tennis Center Mason, Ohio Purse: Men, $4.02 million (Masters 1000) Women, $2.57 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN FirstRound Tommy Robredo (16), Spain, def. Jack Sock, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 6-3, 6-4. Marinko Matosevic, Australia, def. Nico- las Mahut, France, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Benjamin Becker, Germany, def. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (5). Gael Monfils, France, def. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, def. Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 6-4, 6-4. Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Chase Buchanan, United States, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5). Gilles Simon, France, def. Bernard Tomic, Australia, 6-3, 6-2. WOMEN FirstRound Zhang Shuai, China, def. Heather Wat- son, Britain, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, def. Lauren Davis, United States, 6-3, 6-2. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, def .Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-3, 6-2. Taylor Townsend, United States, def. Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5. Madison Keys, United States, def. Alize Cornet, France, 6-2, 6-4. Karin Knapp, Italy, def. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, 6-2, 7-6 (1). Pauline Parmentier, France, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Caroline Wozniacki (12), Denmark, def. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-3. Ana Ivanovic (9), Serbia, def. Sorana Cirstea, Romania, 6-3, 6-2. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, def. Dominika Cibulkova (11), Slovakia, 6-3, 6-3. Doubles MEN FirstRound Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Horia Tecau, Romania, def. Max Mirnyi, Belarus, and Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6). WOMEN FirstRound Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, def. Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, and Michaella Krajicek, Neth- erlands, 6-2, 6-1. Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, def. Andreja Klepac, Slovenia, and Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, 7-5, 6-3. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik, Poland, and Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, def. Nicole Gibbs and Alison Riske, United States, 7-5, 6-4. Basketball WNBA WESTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Phoenix 26 4 .867 — x-Minnesota 24 7 .774 2½ Sparks 14 17 .452 12½ San Antonio 14 18 .438 13 Seattle 12 20 .375 15 Tulsa 12 20 .375 15 EASTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Atlanta 17 14 .548 — Washington 15 16 .484 2 Chicago 14 17 .452 3 Indiana 14 17 .452 3 New York 13 17 .433 3½ Connecticut 12 20 .375 5½ x-clinched playoff spot Saturday'sgames Phoenix 82, Minnesota 80 Sunday'sgames Indiana 90, New York 76 Connecticut 89, Washington 81, OT San Antonio 82, Sparks 76 Chicago 80, Atlanta 69 Seattle 74, Tulsa 68 Monday'sgames No games scheduled Tuesday'sgames Phoenix at New York, 4 p.m. Sparks at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Soccer MAJORLEAGUESOCCER WESTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Seattle 13 6 2 41 37 28 Salt Lake 10 4 9 39 36 27 FC Dallas 10 7 6 36 38 32 Los Angeles 9 4 7 34 34 19 Vancouver 7 4 11 32 33 29 Colorado 8 9 6 30 32 31 Portland 7 7 9 30 38 38 San Jose 6 8 6 24 25 22 Chivas USA 6 11 5 23 21 36 EASTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Kansas City 11 6 6 39 32 22 D.C. 11 7 4 37 32 24 Toronto FC 9 7 5 32 32 30 New York 6 7 10 28 35 34 Philadelphia 6 8 9 27 36 37 Columbus 6 8 9 27 28 31 New England 8 12 2 26 29 35 Chicago 4 5 13 25 29 34 Houston 6 12 4 22 23 42 Montreal 3 14 5 14 22 41 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday'sgames MLS All-Stars 2, Bayern Munich 1 Friday'sgames Los Angeles 2, San Jose 2, tie Saturday'sgames Philadelphia 2, Montreal 1 Toronto FC 3, Columbus 2 FC Dallas 3, Colorado 1 Salt Lake 3, D.C. United 0 Portland 2, Chivas USA 0 Sunday'sgames Chicago 1, New York 0 Vancouver 2, Kansas City 0 Seattle FC 2, Houston 0 Friday,Aug.15 Philadelphia at Houston, 6 p.m. Saturday,Aug.16 Seattle FC at Salt Lake, 11:30 a.m. Chicago at Montreal, 3:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. Portland at New England, 4:30 p.m. Toronto FC at Kansas City, 5:30 p.m. Vancouver at Chivas USA, 7:30 p.m. FC Dallas at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Sunday,Aug.17 Colorado at D.C. United, 5 p.m. Motorsports NASCARSPRINTCUPPOINTS LEADERS ThroughAug.10 1. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 773. 2. Jeff Gordon, 768. 3. Matt Kenseth, 703. 4. Brad Keselowski, 696. 5. Joey Logano, 671. 6. Carl Edwards, 658. 7. Jimmie Johnson, 650. 8. Kevin Harvick, 645. 9. Ryan Newman, 645. 10. Kyle Larson, 635. Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For Aug. 12 MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog St. Louis -145/+135 at Miami Washington -130/+120 at New York at Atlanta -140/+130 Los Angeles Milwaukee -130/+120 at Chicago at San Diego -150/+140 Colorado AMERICANLEAGUE at Baltimore -140/+130 New York Tampa Bay -115/+105 at Texas at Houston -135/+125 Minnesota Oakland -140/+130 at Kansas City at Seattle -125/+115 Toronto INTERLEAGUE at Pittsburgh -130/+120 Detroit at Cleveland -140/+130 Arizona at Cincinnati -140/+130 Boston at Los Angeles (AL) -220/+200 Philadelphia Chicago(AL) -140/+130 atSanFrancisco By Carl Steward BayAreaNewsGroup KANSAS CITY, MO. If you had to pick the unhappiest member of the A's in the wake of Monday night's 3-2 loss to the sizzling Kansas City Royals, it would have been a tough call between Sonny Gray, Josh Reddick and Derek Norris. But Gray probably took ugly-face honors. Disgust was palpable in his words and demeanor as he re- flected on giving up the go- ahead single with two outs in the seventh inning -- on an 0-2 count, no less -- to the Royals' No. 9 hitter, Al- cides Escobar. "It's probably the best I've felt all year," said Gray (12-6), who was pinned with his second tough loss by the Royals in 11 days. "It's a hard one to swallow. Right pitch, wrong spot. It didn't matter if I would have located it but I didn't and he put a good swing on it." Gray had thrown two curveballs in a row to Es- cobar and had him set up for a third, which was sup- posed to be in the dirt. "He's just trying to bounce it to get the guy to chase and didn't get it all the way to the ground," said manager Bob Melvin. And there you go. As the Giants learned so rudely over the weekend, there is very little margin for er- ror at the moment against these Royals, who have won eight straight games, 16 of 19, and took over first place in the American League Central with their victory over the A's. Oh yeah, and just before the game, they traded for A's tormentor Josh Willingham. AMERICAN LEAGUE Royals win 8th in row, top A's | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2014 2 B