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left foot between Blanco and the plate, a violation of Rule 7.13, enacted in spring training. Part of that rule states the catcher "may not block the pathway of a runner attempting to score unless he has possession of the ball." Flowers said he under- stands why MLB is trying to protect catchers. The play happened at the same spot where Buster Posey got run over, ending his 2011 season. But the White Sox catcher thinks the new rule lacks context. "I don't think anybody has an understanding of this rule," Flowers said. "That's not the purpose of this rule. The purpose of this rule is to prevent a sit- uation like Posey had. It's not when a guy is out by 30 feet. 'Oh, he blocked the plate?' That had no impact on him being safe or out. And there's no clarification on that." The White Sox were further incensed because there had been a similar play Tuesday night, and Ventura had asked for a challenge. That play was not overturned, as Posey on Tuesday set up about a foot farther in front of the plate than Flowers did Wednesday. "I had two seconds to get from behind home plate to catch (and) make a tag, and I'm supposed to be able to make sure I don't block the plate, catch the ball and make the tag, all within two seconds on an infield dribbler?" Flowers said. "That's not realistic. That play doesn't make any sense." As the White Sox fumed, the Giants hardened their resolve. The play in itself didn't decide the game. The Giants still had to take ad- vantage of the break, and they did. Joaquin Arias (hit- ting just .196) was walked with two outs. Angel Pagan broke the tie with a two-run single. Hunter Pence and Posey followed with RBI singles, and Pablo Sandoval hit a fly ball to center that burly right fielder Dunn dropped after inexplica- bly calling off his center fielder. The Giants scored seven runs, their highest total in an inning at AT&T Park since Game 2 of the 2010 World Series. "It just got contagious," Bochy said. "When your offense is struggling, you need your breaks some- where — a bad hop, a blooper that falls in, any- thing to loosen them up and take some pressure off of them." The rally finally put Jake Peavy back in the win col- umn. The right-hander had lost 12 consecutive de- cisions and had not won a game on U.S. soil since last Sept. 25. His only previous win this season came April 25 in Toronto when he was pitching for the Boston Red Sox. "You know, everything has an expiration date," Peavy said of his losing streak. The same could be said of the current home-plate collision rule. It's likely to stay in some form, because protecting players remains of vital importance. But the anticipation is that changes will be made. Wednesday's game wasn't the only one this season to involve a controversial ruling on a play that wasn't close. "That's going to be dis- cussed at the end of the season," Bochy said. "Is it perfect? No. Does it need to be tweaked? Yeah, I think it does. But we've had some tough calls. It's nice to get one to go our way. "The rule is you can't block home plate without the ball. It's right there, and he was doing that." Giants FROMPAGE1 vote, which will take place by secret written ballot. A three-quarters majority is needed for election. "That certainly is the goal," New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said. "That's why we're all here." Manfred was estimated to have the support of 20- 21 teams headed into the meetings, Werner of about six and Brosnan one: the Cincinnati Reds. There is no limit to the number of ballots, and it remained possible no one would gain election. "I wouldn't even guess," Los Angeles Angels owner Arte Moreno said. Werner is supported by Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf and Moreno. Other teams have said Reinsdorf wants a commissioner who will take a harsher stance in labor negotiations for the deal to replace the collec- tive bargaining agreement that expires after the 2016 season. "I haven't been count- ing votes," Reinsdorf said. "I don't know where any- body stands." Selig, 80, has ruled base- ball since September 1992, first as chairman of base- ball's executive council and since July 1998 as commis- sioner. The second-longest- serving head of baseball behind Kenesaw Moun- tain Landis (1920-44), Selig announced last fall that he plans to retire in January 2015. The trio of candidates was picked by a seven-man succession committee chaired by St. Louis Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. Manfred, 55, has been involved in baseball since 1987, starting as a law- yer with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius who assisted in collective bargaining. He became MLB's executive vice president for labor relations and human re- sources in 1998, received an expanded role of exec- utive vice president of eco- nomics and league affairs in 2012 and last September was promoted to chief op- erating officer. He helped lead negotiations for base- ball's last three labor con- tracts with players and the joint drug agreement that was instituted in 2002 and has been repeatedly strengthened. Werner, 64, was the con- trolling owner of the San Diego Padres from 1990- 94, triggering fan criti- cism for the payroll-par- ing departures of Fred Mc- Griff, Gary Sheffield, Tony Fernandez, Randy My- ers and Benito Santiago. He has been part of the Red Sox ownership group since 2002, a period that included three World Se- ries titles. While working at ABC, he helped develop Robin Williams' "Mork & Mindy" and later was ex- ecutive producer of "The Cosby Show" and "Rose- anne" at The Carsey-Wer- ner Co., which he ran with Marcy Carsey. Brosnan, 56, was hired by MLB as vice president of international business affairs in 1991, became chief operating officer of Major League Baseball In- ternational in 1994 and se- nior vice president of do- mestic and international properties in 1998. He has held his current role since 2000. A lawyer like Man- fred, he has been a key fig- ure in the negotiations of MLB's national broadcast- ing contracts. MLB's last contested election for commissioner was after Spike Eckert was fired in December 1968. With the requirement then a three-quarters majority in both the American and National leagues, teams split between San Fran- cisco Giants vice president Chub Feeney and Yankees president Michael Burke and failed to elect anyone during 19 ballots during a meeting on Dec. 20-21 that ended at 5:05 a.m. Bowie Kuhn, a partner at the law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher and counsel to baseball's Player Relations Committee, was elected commissioner pro-tem on Feb. 4, 1969, with a one- year term. He was voted a seven-year term that Au- gust and remained in of- fice until October 1984, when he was replaced by Los Angeles Olympics head Peter Ueberroth. Former Yale President A. Bartlett Giamatti took over from Ueberroth in April 1989, died later that Sep- tember and was replaced by his deputy commis- sioner, Fay Vincent. Selig, then the Milwaukee Brew- ers owner, teamed with Re- insdorf to head the group that pressured for Vin- cent's forced resignation in September 1992. Selig led baseball as head of the executive coun- cil for nearly six years, in- cluding the 7 -month strike in 1994-95 that can- celed the World Series. He repeatedly said he wouldn't take the job fulltime before he formally was voted com- missioner in July 1998. Ueberroth, Giamatti, Vincent and Selig were elected unanimously. Baseball FROM PAGE 1 "Number one, you're tired of it. Number two, you're trying to come to- gether as a team and you don't want to beat them up too bad. (Against Dallas) it doesn't mat- ter. We want to beat them up." There is no score in practice, but it was clear the Raiders' offense got the better of the Cowboys' defense. Starting quar- terback Matt Schaub was sharp both days. Running backs Maurice Jones-Drew, Darren Mc- Fadden, Latavius Murray and Kory Sheets all had good gains. Allen believes the Raiders are forging an identity. "I like the direction our run game is headed. I think we have to make some strides in the pass- ing game in time," Allen said. "There are a lot of new pieces in that part of our offense. I think defen- sively, I've been impressed with our ability to rush the passer. Those are some signs that this team's get- ting better." Notes • Brian Leonhardt, who spent last season on the practice squad, has been taking first-team reps at tight end along with Mychal Rivera. With David Ausberry (knee) and Kasa out, Allen said the Raiders could be looking to add an- other tight end to the roster. • Cornerback Chimdi Chekwa was on the field to start practice after miss- ing the previous day, but didn't finish because of a sore knee. Wide receiver Juron Criner was out with what Allen called a "hip or groin" injury. • Wide receiver De- narius Moore caught two touchdown passes during the team sessions. Wide receiver Greg Little had a conspicuous drop dur- ing drills on a perfect fade throw from Schaub in the end zone. • The Raiders' first- team defense forced three incompletions and had an deflected inter- ception by linebacker Nick Roach against Cow- boys starting quarter- back Tony Romo during one sequence. Raiders FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 69 53 .566 _ San Francisco 63 57 .525 5 San Diego 57 62 .479 101/2 Arizona 52 68 .433 16 Colorado 46 74 .383 22 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 66 55 .545 _ Pittsburgh 64 56 .533 11/2 St. Louis 63 56 .529 2 Cincinnati 60 60 .500 51/2 Chicago 52 67 .437 13 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 65 53 .551 _ Atlanta 61 59 .508 5 Miami 59 61 .492 7 New York 57 64 .471 91/2 Philadelphia 53 67 .442 13 Tuesday's games Pittsburgh 4, Detroit 2 Arizona at Cleveland, ppd., rain Boston 3, Cincinnati 2 L.A. Dodgers 4, Atlanta 2 Miami 3, St. Louis 0 Washington 7, N.Y. Mets 1 Chicago Cubs 3, Milwaukee 0 L.A. Angels 7, Philadelphia 2 San Diego 4, Colorado 1 Chicago White Sox 3, San Francisco 2, 10 innings Wednesday's games Boston 5, Cincinnati 4 San Francisco 7, Chicago White Sox 1 Cleveland 3, Arizona 2, 1st game San Diego 5, Colorado 3 Arizona 1, Cleveland 0, 12 innings, 2nd game Detroit 8, Pittsburgh 4 Atlanta 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 St. Louis 5, Miami 2 Washington 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Chicago Cubs 4, Milwaukee 2 Philadelphia at L.A. Angels, (n.) Thursday's games L.A. Dodgers (R.Hernandez 6-8) at Atlanta (Harang 9-6), 9:10 a.m. Pittsburgh (F.Liriano 3-8) at Detroit (Scherzer 13-4), 10:08 a.m. Milwaukee (Fiers 1-1) at Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 6-12), 11:20 a.m. Arizona (C.Anderson 7-4) at Miami (Penny 1-0), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Strasburg 8-10) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 4-4), 4:10 p.m. San Diego (Stults 5-13) at St. Louis (Lackey 1-1), 5:15 p.m. Cincinnati (Simon 12-7) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 11-8), 5:40 p.m. Friday's games Pittsburgh at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Arizona at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Oakland at Atlanta, 4:35 p.m. San Diego at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Cincinnati at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Giants 7, White Sox 1 Chicago San Fran AB R H B AB R H B De Aza lf 4 0 1 0 Pagan cf 4 1 1 2 GBckh 2b 4 0 1 0 Pence rf 4 1 1 1 JAreu 1b 3 0 1 0 Posey c 4 1 2 1 A.Dunn rf 3 1 1 1 Sndovl 3b 4 0 0 0 AlRmrz ss 4 0 0 0 Morse lf 3 0 1 0 Gillaspi 3b 3 0 0 0 Blanc pr-lf 1 1 0 0 Flowrs c 3 0 0 0 Duvall 1b 3 1 1 0 JrDnks cf 3 0 1 0 Romo p 0 0 0 0 Belisari p 0 0 0 0 Panik 2b 4 1 1 1 Guerra p 0 0 0 0 BCrwfr ss 4 0 0 0 Lndstr p 0 0 0 0 Peavy p 2 0 0 0 Quintan p 2 0 0 0 Arias ph 0 1 0 0 LeGarc cf 1 0 0 0 Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 Ishikaw 1b 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 1 5 1 33 7 7 5 Chicago 000 100 000 — 1 San Fran 000 000 70x — 7 E: A.Dunn (2); DP: San Francisco 2; LOB: Chicago 5, San Francisco 4; 2B: De Aza (15); 3B: Posey (1); HR: A.Dunn (19). IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Qntn L,6-9 62/3 4 4 4 2 7 Belisario 0 3 3 1 0 0 Guerra 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 Lindstrom 1 0 0 0 0 2 San Francisco Peavy W,1-3 7 4 1 1 3 3 Affeldt 1 1 0 0 0 0 Romo 1 0 0 0 0 1 Belisario pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. WP: Peavy. Umpires: Home, Chris Segal, First, David Rackley. Second, Jim Reynolds. Third, Fieldin Culbreth. T: 2:44; A: 41,725 (41,915). AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 73 47 .608 _ Los Angeles 69 49 .585 3 Seattle 64 55 .538 81/2 Houston 50 71 .413 231/2 Texas 47 73 .392 26 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 65 54 .546 _ Detroit 64 54 .542 1/2 Cleveland 60 60 .500 51/2 Chicago 57 64 .471 9 Minnesota 54 65 .454 11 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Baltimore 69 50 .580 _ Toronto 63 58 .521 7 New York 61 58 .513 8 Tampa Bay 59 61 .492 101/2 Boston 54 65 .454 15 Tuesday's games Pittsburgh 4, Detroit 2 Arizona at Cleveland, ppd., rain N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, ppd., rain Boston 3, Cincinnati 2 Texas 3, Tampa Bay 2, 14 innings Houston 10, Minnesota 4 Oakland 11, Kansas City 3 L.A. Angels 7, Philadelphia 2 Seattle 6, Toronto 3 Chicago White Sox 3, San Francisco 2, 10 innings Wednesday's games Boston 5, Cincinnati 4 Minnesota 3, Houston 1 San Francisco 7, Chicago White Sox 1 Cleveland 3, Arizona 2, 1st game Arizona 1, Cleveland 0, 12 innings, 2nd game Baltimore 5, N.Y. Yankees 3 Detroit 8, Pittsburgh 4 Tampa Bay 10, Texas 1 Kansas City 3, Oakland 0 Philadelphia at L.A. Angels, (n.) To ro nt o a t S ea tt le , ( n. ) Thursday's games Pittsburgh (F.Liriano 3-8) at Detroit (Scherzer 13-4), 10:08 a.m. Oakland (Samardzija 3-1) at Kansas City (Shields 11-6), 11:10 a.m. Houston (Feldman 6-8) at Boston (Web- ster 2-1), 4:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 8-9) at Texas (Ross Jr. 2-4), 5:05 p.m. Friday's games Baltimore at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m. Seattle at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. Houston at Boston, 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Oakland at Atlanta, 4:35 p.m. L.A. Angels at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Kansas City at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Royals 3, Athletics 0 Oakland Kansas City AB R H B AB R H B Crisp cf 4 0 0 0 Aoki rf 3 1 2 0 Fuld lf 4 0 0 0 JDyson cf 0 0 0 0 Dnldsn 3b 3 0 1 0 Infante 2b 3 1 2 2 JGoms dh 3 0 1 0 S.Perez c 3 0 0 1 DNorrs c 3 0 0 0 BButler 1b 4 0 1 0 Lowrie ss 3 0 1 0 AGordn lf 3 0 0 0 Freimn 1b 3 0 0 0 Wlngh dh 2 0 1 0 Reddck rf 3 0 0 0 Cain cf-rf 3 0 0 0 Callasp 2b 3 0 0 0 AEscor ss 3 0 0 0 C.Colon 3b 3 1 1 0 Mostks 3b 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 0 3 0 27 3 7 3 Oakland 000 000 000 — 0 Kansas City 002 010 00x — 3 E: Crisp (3), Kazmir (3); DP: Oakland 2, Kansas City 1; LOB: Oakland 2, Kansas City 4; 2B: Donaldson (21); HR: Infante (6); SB: Willingham (2); S: Aoki; SF: S.Perez. IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Kazmir L,13-5 7 7 3 3 1 3 J.Chavez 1 0 0 0 1 0 Kansas City Vargas W,9-5 9 3 0 0 0 4 Umpires: Home, Tom Hallion, First, Tripp Gibson. Second, Chris Guccione. Third, Eric Cooper. T: 2 :0 6; A : 21 ,0 99 ( 37 ,9 03 ). Tennis WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN RESULTS A U.S. Open Series event Wednesday 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 Second Round Andy Murray (8), Britain, def. Joao Sousa, Portugal, 6-3, 6-3. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, def. Grigor Dimitrov (7), Bulgaria, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, def. Tomas Berdych (4), Czech Republic, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, def. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-3, 6-4. John Isner (11), United States, def. Marinko Matosevic, Australia, 6-3, 7-6 (1). Tommy Robredo (16), Spain, def. Sam Querrey, United States, 6-2, 6-4. Julien Benneteau, France, def. James Ward, Britain, 6-2, 6-2. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-2. Fabio Fognini (15), Italy, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 6-1, 6-4. David Ferrer (6), Spain, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4). Marin Cilic (14), Croatia, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5). Steve Johnson, United States, def. Ernests Gulbis (9), Latvia, 6-4, 6-4. Milos Raonic (5), Canada, def. Robby Ginepri, United States, 6-2, 6-2. Gael Monfils, France, def. Roberto Bau- tista Agut (13), Spain, 6-4, 6-1. WOMEN Second Round Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, def. Petra Kvi- tova (3), Czech Republic, 6-2, 7-6 (2). Angelique Kerber (6), Germany, def. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, 6-4, 6-1. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Sam Stosur, Australia, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (7). Sabine Lisicki, Germany, def. Sara Errani (14), Italy, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (2). Carla Suarez Navarro (15), Spain, def. Pauline Parmentier, France, 6-3, 7-5. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, def. Karin Knapp, Italy, 6-1, 6-3. Sloane Stephens, United States, def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-1. Lucie Safarova (16), Czech Republic, def. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-2. Agnieszka Radwanska (4), Poland, def. Kurumi Nara, Japan, 6-2, 6-2. Flavia Pennetta (13), Italy, def. Taylor Townsend, United States, 6-4, 6-3. Ana Ivanovic (9), Serbia, def. Christina McHale, United States, 6-4, 6-0. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, def. Eug- enie Bouchard (7), Canada, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. Jelena Jankovic (8), Serbia, def. Annika Beck, Germany, 6-1, 7-6 (0) Golf USGA-U.S. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS Wednesday At Atlanta Athletic Club Atlanta Athletic Club (Highlands Course) Johns Creek, Ga. Yardage: Par 71, 7,382 yards First round of match play Round of 64 Upper Bracket Nathan Smith, Pittsburgh (145) def. Lee McCoy, Clarkesville, Ga. (135), 19 holes Brandon McIver, Billings, Mont. (143) def. Doug Ghim, Arlington Heights, Ill. (143), 2 and 1 Trevor Phillips, Inman, S.C. (144) def. Guillermo Pereira, Chile (140), 4 and 3 Byron Meth, San Diego, Calif. (140) def. Emilio Cuartero, Spain (144), 6 and 5 Jim my M ul le n, E ng la nd ( 139 ) d ef . T od d White, Spartanburg, S.C. (144), 1 up Justin Tereshko, Madison, Ind. (142) def. Xander Schauffele, San Diego (143), 7 and 6 Frederick Wedel, The Woodlands, Texas (144) def. Carson Jacobs, Henderson- ville, Tenn. (139), 5 and 4 Derek Bard, New Hartford, N.Y. (142) def. Zander Lombard, South Africa (143), 3 and 2 Garrett Rank, Canada (145) def. Jimmy Beck, Columbus, Ga. (138), 1 up Kyle Jones, Taylor, Ariz. (143) def. Logan McCracken, Oklahoma City(142), 2 and 1 Isaiah Logue, Fairfield, Pa. (144) def. Sam Horsfield, England (139), 2 and 1 Cameron Young, Scarborough, N.Y. (140) def. Tyler Torano, Chula Vista, Calif. (144), 19 holes Sam Burns, Shreveport, La. (138) def. Matt Nesmith, North Augusta, S.C. (144), 2 and 1 Ollie Schniederjans, Powder Springs, Ga. (142) def. Matt Teesdale, Maple Glen, Pa. (143), 6 and 5 Paul Howard, England (144) def. Gavin Green, Malaysia (139), 4 and 3 Gunn Yang, South Korea (141) def. Seth Reeves, Suwanee, Ga. (144), 1 up Lower Bracket Jesse Heinly, Bend, Ore. def. Taylor Moore, Edmond, Okla. (135), 3 and 2 Corey Conners, Canada (142) def. Scot- tie Scheffler, Dallas(143), 1 up Jon Rahm, Spain (144) def. Beau Hossler, Mission Viejo, Calif. (140), 3 and 2 Rico Hoey, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (144) def. Taylor Funk, Ponte Vedra, Fla. (140), 3 and 2 Will Zalatoris, Plano, Texas (138) def. Jordan Niebrugge, Mequon, Wis. (144), 2 and 1 Mario Galiano, Spain (142) def. M.J. Ma- guire, St. Petersburg, Fla. (143), 2 and 1 Bo Andrews, Raleigh, N.C. (144) def. Chris Waters, Atlanta(139), 5 and 4 Zachary Olsen, Cordova, Tenn. (141) def. Adam Svensson, Canada (143), 2 and 1 Cheng-Tsung Pan, (138) def. Zach Healy, Peachtree Corners, Ga., 4 and 2 Bryson DeChambeau, Clovis, Calif. (143) def. Victor Perez, France (142), 2 and 1 Robby Shelton, Wilmer, Ala. (140) def. Dan Stringfellow, Roselle, Ill. (144), 2 and 1 Roman Robledo, Harlingen, Texas (144) def. Mookie DeMoss, Duluth, Ga. (140), 1 up Jonathan Garrick, Atherton, Calif. (138) def. Michael Gellerman, Sterling, Kan. (144), 3 and 2 Eli Cole, Los Angeles(142) def. Will Betts, Leechburg, Pa. (143), 3 and 2 Jonathan Chang, Corona, Calif. (144) def. Taylor Pendrith, Canada (139), 4 and 2 Denny McCarthy, Rockville, Md. (141) def. Jonathan Woo, Singapore (144), 7 and 5 Pairings for Thursday's second round of match play Round of 32 Upper Bracket 7:45 a.m. - Nathan Smith, Pittsburgh. (145) vs. Brandon McIver, Billings, Mont. (143) 7:55 a.m. - Trevor Phillips, Inman, S.C. (144) vs. Byron Meth, San Diego(140) 8:05 a.m. - Jimmy Mullen, England (139) vs. Justin Tereshko, Madison, Ind. (142) 8:15 a.m. - Frederick Wedel, The Wood- lands, Texas (144) vs. Derek Bard, New Hartford, N.Y. (142) 8:25 a.m. - Garrett Rank, Canada (145) vs. Kyle Jones, Taylor, Ariz. (143) 8:35 a.m. - Isaiah Logue, Fairfield, Pa. (144) vs. Cameron Young, Scarborough, N.Y. (140) 8:45 a.m. - Sam Burns, Shreveport, La. (138) vs. Ollie Schniederjans, Powder Springs, Ga. (142) 8:55 a.m. - Paul Howard, England (144) vs. Gunn Yang, South Korea (141) Basketball WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Phoenix 27 5 .844 — x-Minnesota 24 8 .750 3 Sparks 15 17 .469 12 San Antonio 14 18 .438 13 Seattle 12 20 .375 15 Tu ls a 12 2 0 .3 75 1 5 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Atlanta 18 14 .563 — Chicago 15 17 .469 3 Washington 15 17 .469 3 Indiana 14 17 .452 31/2 New York 13 18 .419 41/2 Connecticut 12 20 .375 6 x-clinched playoff spot Wednesday's games Chicago 72, Washington 69 Atlanta 96, Phoenix 82 Thursday's games New York at Indiana, 4 p.m. Friday's games Washington at Connecticut, 4 p.m. Tulsa at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Seattle at Sparks, 7:30 p.m. WARRIORS 2015-2016 SCHEDULE All Times Pacific Oct. 29 at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Nov. 1 L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2 at Portland, 6 p.m. Nov. 5 L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at Houston, 5 p.m. Nov. 9 at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Nov. 11 San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15 Charlotte, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 21 Utah, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 23 at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m. Nov. 25 at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Nov. 26 at Orlando, 4 p.m. Nov. 28 at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Nov. 30 at Detroit, 12:30 p.m. Dec. 2 Orlando, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4 New Orleans, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 at Chicago, 5 p.m. Dec. 8 at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Dec. 10 Houston, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 13 at Dallas, 11 a.m. Dec. 14 at New Orleans, 3 p.m. Dec. 16 at Memphis, 5 p.m. Dec. 18 Oklahoma City, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 22 Sacramento, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 23 at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 25 at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 27 Minnesota, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 30 Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 2 Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 5 Oklahoma City, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 7 Indiana, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9 Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 13 at Utah, 6 p.m. Jan. 14 Miami, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 16 at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Jan. 17 at Houston, 5 p.m. Jan. 19 Denver, 1 p.m. Jan. 21 Houston, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23 Sacramento, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 25 Boston, 5 p.m. Jan. 27 Chicago, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 30 at Utah, 6 p.m. Jan. 31 Phoenix, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3 at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Feb. 4 Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6 at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Feb. 7 at New York, 4:30 p.m. Feb. 9 at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Feb. 11 at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Feb. 20 San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 at Indiana, 3 p.m. Feb. 24 at Washington, 4 p.m. Feb. 26 at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Feb. 27 at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. March 1 at Boston, 3 p.m. March 2 at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. March 4 Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m. March 6 Dallas, 7:30 p.m. March 8 L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m. March 9 at Phoenix, 7 p.m. March 11 Detroit, 7:30 p.m. March 13 at Denver, 6 p.m. March 14 New York, 7:30 p.m. March 16 L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. March 18 Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. March 20 New Orleans, 7;30 p.m. March 21 Utah, 7:30 p.m. March 23 Washington, 7:30 p.m. March 24 at Portland, 7:30 p.m. March 27 at Memphis, 5 p.m. March 28 at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. March 31 at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. April 2 Phoenix, 7:30 p.m. April 4 at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. April 5 at San Antonio, 4 p.m. April 7 at New Orleans, 5 p.m. April 9 Portland, 7:30 p.m. April 11 Minnesota, 7:30 p.m. April 13 Memphis, 7:30 p.m. April 15 Denver, 7:30 p.m. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE 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 EASTERN CONFERENCE 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. 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. Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE For Aug. 14 Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Atlanta -115/+105 Los Angeles Milwaukee -125/+115 at Chicago at Miami -125/+115 Arizona Washington -140/+130 at New York at St. Louis -165/+155 San Diego at Colorado -120/+110 Cincinnati AMERICAN LEAGUE at Kansas City -120/+110 Oakland at Boston -145/+135 Houston Tampa Bay -125/+115 at Texas INTERLEAGUE at Detroit -150/+140 Pittsburgh NFL TONIGHT Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog at Chicago 4 (42) Jacksonville LITTLELEAGUEBASEBALL Little League World Series Double Elimination:10a.m., ESPN. Little League World Series Double Elimination: noon, ESPN. Little League World Series Double Elimination: 2p.m., ESPN2. Little League World Series Double Elimination: 4p.m., ESPN2. MLB BASEBALL Oakland Athletics at Kansas City Royals: noon, MLB. NFL PRESEASON FOOTBALL Jacksonville Jaguars at Chi- cago Bears: 5p.m., ESPN. GOLF LPGA Wegman's Champion- ship Round 1: 9:30a.m., GOLF. PGA Wyndham Championship Round 1: noon, GOLF. EPGA Made in Denmark Round 2: 2:30a.m., GOLF. TENNIS ATP Western & Southern Open Men's and Women's Round of 16: 10a.m., ESPN2. WTA Western & Southern Open Round of 16: 6p.m., ESPN2. On the air | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 2014 2 B ★