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Thatdeliberatedecision- making ended public bick- ering among owners but also led to lengthy discus- sions prior to changes. Several issues remain unresolved and could be passed along to Man- fred, who under the Major League Constitution will receive a term of at least three years. • The Oakland Athletics' hope to build a ballpark in San Jose, California — ter- ritory of the San Francisco Giants — remains stalled in a study committee that was appointed in March 2009. San Jose filed an an- titrust suit against Major League Baseball, and many of its claims were rejected by a U.S. District Judge. The city has asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap- peals to reverse. • The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, controlled by the Baltimore Orioles, obtained a temporary re- straining order in its fight with the Washington Na- tionals, who want a higher broadcast rights fee. • The Los Angeles Dodg- ers and Houston Astros have limited distribution for their regional sports networks in disputes with cable providers. • Rose's petition to end his lifetime ban — filed in 1997 — has never been de- cided on. The 55-year-old Man- fred, who has worked for MLB in roles with ever-in- creasing authority since 1998, dealt with two of baseball's more difficult is- sues in recent years: efforts to force out then-owner Frank McCourt during the Dodgers' bankruptcy pro- ceedings in 2012, and the MLB's Biogenesis drug in- vestigation last year that led to the suspensions of Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Braun and a dozen others. He probably can't pre- dict upcoming controver- sies. Could new NBA Com- missioner Adam Silver have foreseen the need to ban Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life for making derogatory remarks about blacks? Could NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell have antic- ipated the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal? Manfred also will have to lead baseball as a chief executive officer in an age in which technology is dis- rupting established models at a rapid rate. "The job is much more complicated," Baer said. "Now you're in a 500-chan- nel universe and you're on the Internet and you're communicating to people that are walking down the street consuming baseball." MLB FROMPAGE1 "Through time you have to recognize when you get a reminder or tap on the shoulder, something that may need to be addressed," said Robin Pemberton, NASCAR's vice president of competition and racing de- velopment. "This is one of those times where we look outside our sport and we look at other things, and we feel like it was time to address this." Johnson said he sup- ports NASCAR's rule ad- dition. The father of two also has a slightly differ- ent perspective now on his "salute" to Gordon all those years ago. "I'm sure I picked up a few fans and lost a few fans," he said. "Now, as a parent, if my child's hero was out there shooting the bird to another ballplayer, baseball player or foot- ball player or whatever it was, I'd probably try to steer my kids away from that. So, it depends. I don't think that entertainment value should come with any safety implications. Safety is the No. 1 prior- ity for drivers, crew mem- bers, and the officials that are out there on the race track. And if it turns a few fans off, then in my opin- ion, they're a fan for the wrong reason." The new rule takes effect immediately and applies to all NASCAR series. "Really, we're formaliz- ing rules that have been there," Pemberton said. "It's reminders that take place during drivers meet- ings with drivers about on- track accidents." IndyCar reviewed its safety guidelines after Ward's death and the pro- tocol is similar to what NASCAR announced Fri- day, IndyCar spokesman Mike Kitchel said. Driv- ers are supposed to stay put until a safety team ar- rives unless there is a fire or other extenuating cir- cumstances. It remains to be seen how NASCAR will enforce its provision, and how much the threat of penal- ties will deter drivers in the heat of the moment. "There's still going to be confrontations out there and that's never going to change. People will still get mad at each other," Joey Logano said. "You've got to keep the big picture of staying safe out there and some- how controlling your emo- tions." NASCAR FROM PAGE 1 TIMBOYD—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE Robby Gordon walks onto the track during a caution and gets ready to throw his helmet at the car of Michael Waltrip a er the two collided, knocking Gordon out of the race, during the NASCAR Sylvania 300in Loudon, N.H. in 2005. "We were bad," Melvin said. "We didn't play very well pretty much in all fac- ets tonight." He said that Gomes went too far in trying to get a secondary lead off second when he got picked off. The manager said Cal- laspo thought the ball was hit much lower than it was. Then there was bottom of the sixth, when Nate Freiman, whose fourth- inning homer gave the A's their only runs, botched a routine grounder at first base. Chavez's next pitch was hit out by Phil Goss- lin despite a leaping stab above the wall from Coco Crisp. That blast turned an already nasty 5-2 def- icit into an imposing 7-2 crevasse. "I didn't come in and get the ball aggressively enough," Freiman said. "It was hit slow. I let it take one too many hops. That error with the home run gave them back some mo- mentum that we had af- ter we'd closed the deficit to three." Hammel (1-5) certainly hasn't been the beneficiary of much offense on the part of the A's. Oakland has scored three runs or fewer in all but one of his starts. It part of a trend. The A's were averaging 5.0 run per game before the Hammel- Samardzija trade. They are scoring 4.5 runs since then and, since the trade of Yoe- nis Cespedes to Boston for Gomes and Jon Lester, the offense is down to 3.7 runs per game. Catcher Derek Norris said the club's inconsis- tent offense of late is like "riding a constant wave of baseball. (But) it'll be old news before you know it." Norris singled and dou- bled, but the A's had just two other hits. For the month of August the A's have had six hits or few more times (eight) than not (seven). "We haven't played good baseball since we left home," Norris said. "We've been known to have some stretches where we play bad baseball that last about a week. We'll come out of it." Notes • Coco Crisp lost two balls off the bat, includ- ing Freeman's three-run homer in the third. "I jumped and it almost hit me in the head," he said. • The A's have hit nine August homers or 0.60 per game. They averaged 1.05 homers (112 in 107 games) through July. • It doesn't seem that the A's are in a hurry to make a waiver wire deal to get more help while Lowrie is sidelined. The plan for now is to give newly promoted Andy Parrino a chance to show what he can do. Oakland still has a couple of weeks before the next trade deadline comes up, and by that time it's pos- sible that both Nick Punto (hamstring) and/or Low- rie could be back, or close to it. Punto is scheduled to do some light jogging this weekend. • Reports from the An- gels camp say the second place team in the West will not have its most ef- fective pitcher of late, Gar- rett Richards, pitching in any of the three games in Oakland next week. A's FROM PAGE 1 AUTORACING NASCAR Nationwide Chil- dren's Hospital 200Nation- wide Series Qualifying: 6:30 a.m., ESPN2. NASCAR Pure Michigan 400 Sprint Cup Series Final Prac- tice: 8a.m., ESPN2. NASCAR Nationwide Chil- dren's Hospital 200Nation- wide Series: 11:45a.m., ESPN. LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL Little League World Series Elimination Game: 9a.m., ESPN. Little League World Series: 11 a.m., (7, 10). Senior League World Series Championship: 11a.m., ESPNU. Little League World Series Elimination Game: 2p.m., ESPN2. Little League World Series Elimination Game: 4p.m., ESPN. MLB BASEBALL Philadelphia Phillies at San Francisco Giants: 1p.m., CSNBA. Oakland Athletics at Atlanta Braves: 4p.m., CSN. BASKETBALL FIBA Brazil vs. United States: 6p.m., ESPN. NFL PRESEASON FOOTBALL Green Bay Packers at St. Louis Rams: 1p.m., NFL. Baltimore Ravens at Dallas Cowboys: 4p.m., NFL. GOLF PGA Wyndham Championship Round 3: 10a.m., GOLF. PGA Wyndham Championship Round 3: noon, (12, 13). LP GA W eg man 's C ha mp ion - sh ip R ou nd 3 : n oo n, G OL F. US GA U. S. A mat eu r C ha mpi - on sh ip Ro un d 3 : 1p .m ., ( 3, 2 4) . EP GA M ade i n D en mar k F ina l Ro un d: 3 :3 0a .m ., G OL F. SOC CE R EP L S occe r: 7a .m ., N BC SN . EP L C . P al ace a t A rse na l: 9: 30 a. m., ( 3, 2 4) . ML S S ea tt le a t S al t L ak e: 11 :3 0a .m ., N BC SN . ML S D al la s a t S an J ose : 7 :30 p. m. , C SNB A. EP L S ou th amp to n a t L iv er- po ol : 5 :30 a .m ., N BC SN TEN NI S AT P W es te rn & S ou th er n Ope n M en 's a nd W om en 's Se mifinal : 1 0a .m ., E SP N2 . AT P W es te rn & S ou th er n Ope n M en 's a nd W om en 's Se mifinal : 4p .m ., E SP N2 . On the air Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 70 53 .569 _ San Francisco 63 57 .525 51/2 San Diego 57 64 .471 12 Arizona 53 69 .434 161/2 Colorado 47 75 .385 221/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 67 55 .549 _ St. Louis 65 56 .537 11/2 Pittsburgh 64 58 .525 3 Cincinnati 61 61 .500 6 Chicago 52 69 .430 141/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 67 53 .558 _ Atlanta 62 60 .508 6 Miami 60 62 .492 8 New York 58 65 .472 101/2 Philadelphia 53 68 .438 141/2 Thursday's games L.A. Dodgers 6, Atlanta 4 Detroit 5, Pittsburgh 2 Milwaukee 6, Chicago Cubs 2 Miami 5, Arizona 4, 10 innings Washington 4, N.Y. Mets 1 St. Louis 4, San Diego 3 Colorado 7, Cincinnati 3 Friday's games Washington 5, Pittsburgh 4 Arizona 3, Miami 2 N.Y. Mets 3, Chicago Cubs 2 Atlanta 7, Oakland 2 St. Louis 4, San Diego 2 Cincinnati 3, Colorado 2 Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, (n.) Philadelphia at San Francisco, (n.) Saturday's games Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 5-11) at San Francisco (Hudson 8-9), 1:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Locke 4-3) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 6-9), 4:05 p.m. Arizona (Miley 7-8) at Miami (H.Alvarez 8-5), 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Straily 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 6-8), 4:10 p.m. Oakland (Gray 12-6) at Atlanta (Teheran 10-9), 4:10 p.m. San Diego (Hahn 7-3) at St. Louis (S.Miller 8-9), 4:15 p.m. Cincinnati (Axelrod 0-0) at Colorado (Lyles 6-1), 5:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Gallardo 7-6) at L.A. Dodg- ers (Kershaw 14-2), 6:10 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 73 49 .598 _ Los Angeles 71 49 .592 1 Seattle 66 55 .545 61/2 Houston 51 72 .415 221/2 Texas 47 75 .385 26 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 67 54 .554 _ Detroit 65 55 .542 11/2 Cleveland 61 60 .504 6 Chicago 58 64 .475 91/2 Minnesota 54 66 .450 121/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Baltimore 69 51 .575 _ Toronto 63 60 .512 71/2 New York 61 59 .508 8 Tampa Bay 61 61 .500 9 Boston 55 66 .455 141/2 Thursday's games Detroit 5, Pittsburgh 2 Kansas City 7, Oakland 3 Boston 9, Houston 4 Tampa Bay 6, Texas 3 Friday's games Cleveland 2, Baltimore 1, 11 innings Seattle 7, Detroit 2 Houston 5, Boston 3, 10 innings Tampa Bay 5, N.Y. Yankees 0 Atlanta 7, Oakland 2 L.A. Angels 5, Texas 4 Kansas City 6, Minnesota 5 Chicago White Sox 11, Toronto 5 Saturday's games N.Y. Yankees (Greene 3-1) at Tampa Bay (Smyly 7-10), 1:10 p.m. Baltimore (U.Jimenez 4-8) at Cleveland (Carrasco 4-4), 4:05 p.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 13-3) at Detroit (Price 11-8), 4:08 p.m. Houston (Peacock 3-8) at Boston (R.De La Rosa 4-4), 4:10 p.m. Kansas City (Ventura 9-8) at Minnesota (P.Hughes 12-8), 4:10 p.m. Oakland (Gray 12-6) at Atlanta (Teheran 10-9), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (Buehrle 11-8) at Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 9-8), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 10-4) at Texas (Lewis 8-9), 5:05 p.m. Braves 7, Athletics 2 Oakland Atlanta AB R H B AB R H B Crisp cf 4 0 0 0 Heywrd rf 4 2 1 0 JGoms lf 2 0 0 0 Gosseln ss 4 2 2 2 Dnldsn 3b 3 0 0 0 FFrmn 1b 4 1 1 3 DNorrs c 4 1 2 0 J.Upton lf 4 1 1 1 Freimn 1b 4 1 1 2 CJhnsn 3b 3 0 1 0 Callasp 2b 3 0 1 0 Gattis c 3 1 1 1 Reddck rf 3 0 0 0 LaStell 2b 4 0 0 0 Parrino ss 3 0 0 0 BUpton cf 3 0 1 0 Hamml p 1 0 0 0 A.Wood p 1 0 0 0 OFlhrt p 0 0 0 0 Doumit ph 1 0 0 0 Fuld ph 1 0 0 0 DCrpnt p 0 0 0 0 JChavz p 0 0 0 0 JWaldn p 0 0 0 0 Jaso ph 1 0 0 0 R.Pena ph 1 0 0 0 Abad p 0 0 0 0 Russell p 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 2 4 2 32 7 8 7 Oakland 000 200 000 — 2 Atlanta 023 002 00x — 7 E: Freiman (1); DP: Atlanta 1; LOB: Oakland 3, Atlanta 6; 2B: D.Norris (16), C.Johnson (24); HR: Freiman (2), Gos- selin (1), F.Freeman (17), J.Upton (22), Gattis (18); S: A.Wood. IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Hammel L,1-5 3 6 5 5 1 2 O'Flaherty 1 0 0 0 1 1 J.Chavez 3 1 2 0 1 4 Abad 1 1 0 0 0 1 Atlanta Wood W,9-9 6 4 2 2 3 1 D.Carpenter 1 0 0 0 0 2 J.Walden 1 0 0 0 0 0 Russell 1 0 0 0 0 1 Hammel pitched to 1 batter in the 4th. HBP: by Hammel (Gattis); PB: D.Norris 2. Umpires: Home, Laz Diaz, First, Alfonso Marquez. Second, Ted Barrett. Third, Paul Schrieber. T: 2:37; A: 30,606 (49,586). LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES All Times EDT At South Williamsport, Pa. Double Elimination Thursday, Aug. 14 Seoul 10, Brno 3 Chicago 12, Lynnwood 2, 5 innings Humacao 16, Perth 3, 4 innings Las Vegas 12, Rapid City 2 Friday, Aug. 15 Guadalupe 4, Vancouver 3 Philadelphia 4, Nashville 0 Tokyo 1, Maracaibo 0 Pearland 6, Cumberland 4 Saturday, Aug. 16 Game 9: Brno vs. Perth, Noon Game 10: Lynnwood vs. Rapid City, 2 p.m. Game 11: Vancouver vs. Maracaibo, 5 p.m. Game 12: Nashville vs. Cumberland, 7 p.m. Football AMERICAN CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION 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 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Jets 1 0 01.000 13 10 Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 33 35 New England 1 1 0 .500 48 58 Miami 0 1 0 .000 10 16 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 44 47 Jacksonville 1 1 0 .500 35 30 Houston 0 1 0 .000 0 32 Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 10 13 NORTH DIVISION 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 NATIONAL CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION 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 EAST DIVISION 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 2 0 .000 63 76 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 2 0 01.000 57 48 Atlanta 1 0 01.000 16 10 Carolina 0 1 0 .000 18 20 Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 10 16 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Chicago 2 0 01.000 54 47 Detroit 1 0 01.000 13 12 Minnesota 1 0 01.000 10 6 Green Bay 0 1 0 .000 16 20 Thursday's game Chicago 20, Jacksonville 19 Friday's games New England 42, Philadelphia 35 New Orleans 31, Tennessee 24 San Diego at Seattle, (n.) Detroit at Oakland, (n.) Saturday's games Green Bay at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Dallas, 4 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Indianapolis, 4 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Cincinnati, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. Miami at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Atlanta at Houston, 5 p.m. Arizona at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m. Golf WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP Friday At Sedgefield Country Club Greensboro, N.C. Purse: $5.3 million Yardage: 7,127; Par 70 Second Round Heath Slocum ...................... 65-65—130 -10 Scott Langley....................... 65-65—130 -10 Brian Stuard...........................66-65—131 -9 Nick Watney........................... 67-64—131 -9 Martin Laird...........................65-66—131 -9 Andrew Svoboda................... 67-64—131 -9 Bo Van Pelt............................. 67-65—132 -8 D.A. Points.............................. 67-65—132 -8 Camilo Villegas .....................63-69—132 -8 Carl Pettersson..................... 67-65—132 -8 Jhonattan Vegas ................... 67-65—132 -8 William McGirt ......................64-68—132 -8 Freddie Jacobson..................68-64—132 -8 Ryo Ishikawa.......................... 70-62—132 -8 Brad Fritsch ...........................69-63—132 -8 Webb Simpson....................... 64-69—133 -7 Brandt Snedeker...................68-65—133 -7 Andrew Loupe .......................65-68—133 -7 Johnson Wagner.................... 66-67—133 -7 Kevin Kisner........................... 69-64—133 -7 Paul Casey..............................65-69—134 -6 Shawn Stefani........................ 67-67—134 -6 Scott Piercy ...........................70-64—134 -6 Bill Haas..................................68-66—134 -6 Tim Clark ................................ 67-67—134 -6 Brian Davis .............................69-65—134 -6 Will Wilcox ............................. 67-67—134 -6 Steve Marino..........................66-69—135 -5 Ben Curtis............................... 68-67—135 -5 Justin Bolli.............................. 67-68—135 -5 Billy Horschel.........................70-65—135 -5 Robert Streb ..........................69-66—135 -5 Ricky Barnes..........................66-69—135 -5 Michael Putnam.................... 68-67—135 -5 Jason Allred ...........................69-66—135 -5 Michael Thompson...............70-66—136 -4 Steven Bowditch ................... 66-70—136 -4 Charlie Wi...............................70-66—136 -4 Francesco Molinari............... 69-67—136 -4 J.J. Henry ................................ 66-70—136 -4 David Toms............................. 67-69—136 -4 Joe Durant.............................. 69-67—136 -4 Josh Teater............................. 67-69—136 -4 Robert Garrigus ....................68-68—136 -4 Brooks Koepka ......................68-68—136 -4 Andres Romero .....................70-66—136 -4 Ernie Els..................................68-69—137 -3 Derek Ernst ............................68-69—137 -3 Y.E. Yang.................................69-68—137 -3 Jeff Overton ............................70-67—137 -3 Doug LaBelle II....................... 72-65—137 -3 Richard Sterne.......................69-68—137 -3 David Lingmerth.....................67-70—137 -3 Roberto Castro...................... 71-66—137 -3 St ua rt A pp le by . ........ ..... ........ 68 -6 9— 13 7 - 3 Sang-Moon Bae.....................69-68—137 -3 John Merrick...........................70-67—137 -3 Kevin Foley.............................69-68—137 -3 Pe ter M al na ti . ......... ...... .... ...... 70 -6 7— 13 7 - 3 Bobby Wyatt...........................67-70—137 -3 Luke Guthrie .......................... 69-69—138 -2 Joe Ogilvie.............................. 70-68—138 -2 Tim Herron............................. 70-68—138 -2 John Huh................................. 70-68—138 -2 Retief Goosen ........................ 69-69—138 -2 Patrick Reed............................71-67—138 -2 Tommy Gainey........................66-72—138 -2 Troy Merritt............................ 70-68—138 -2 James Hahn............................ 69-69—138 -2 Brice Garnett..........................71-67—138 -2 Lee Janzen.............................. 70-68—138 -2 Nicholas Thompson.............. 70-68—138 -2 Mark Wilson............................71-67—138 -2 Alex Cejka............................... 68-70—138 -2 Justin Hicks............................ 69-69—138 -2 Tyrone Van Aswegen ........... 72-66—138 -2 Wes Roach.............................. 70-68—138 -2 Hudson Swafford...................71-67—138 -2 DICK'S SPORTING GOODS OPEN Friday At En-Joie Golf Club Endicott, N.Y. Purse: $1.85 million Yardage: 6,957; Par: 72 (37-35) First Round Olin Browne ............................. 35-30—65 -7 John Cook................................. 33-32—65 -7 Steve Lowery ........................... 31-35—66 -6 David Frost...............................33-33—66 -6 Bart Bryant ..............................33-33—66 -6 Doug Garwood......................... 35-32—67 -5 Dick Mast..................................34-33—67 -5 Ben Bates .................................34-33—67 -5 John Riegger ............................ 36-31—67 -5 Sandy Lyle................................ 32-35—67 -5 Woody Austin .......................... 32-35—67 -5 Scott Dunlap............................ 37-30—67 -5 Tommy Armour III................... 35-32—67 -5 Jeff Sluman ..............................34-33—67 -5 LPGA TOUR_WEGMANS CHAMPIONSHIP Friday At Monroe Golf Club Pittsford, N.Y. Purse: $2.25 million Yardage: 6,720; Par 72 Second Round a-denotes amateur Brittany Lincicome............... 67-68—135 -9 Inbee Park..............................72-66—138 -6 Lexi Thompson...................... 66-72—138 -6 Lydia Ko ..................................70-69—139 -5 Jane Park................................70-69—139 -5 Meena Lee.............................. 66-73—139 -5 Julieta Granada.....................75-65—140 -4 Suzann Pettersen ................. 71-69—140 -4 Jennifer Johnson................... 70-70—140 -4 Beatriz Recari........................ 70-70—140 -4 Mirim Lee.................................69-71—140 -4 Shanshan Feng...................... 68-72—140 -4 Gerina Piller ............................72-69—141 -3 Azahara Munoz ......................71-70—141 -3 Paula Reto...............................70-71—141 -3 Na Yeon Choi...........................74-68—142 -2 Mo Martin................................72-70—142 -2 Kristy McPherson.................. 71-71—142 -2 Tiffany Joh...............................70-72—142 -2 Eun-Hee Ji................................69-73—142 -2 Ilhee Lee ..................................69-73—142 -2 Anna Nordqvist ......................69-73—142 -2 Cristie Kerr..............................68-74—142 -2 Lisa McCloskey.......................67-75—142 -2 Sydnee Michaels....................74-69—143 -1 Laura Diaz ...............................73-70—143 -1 Thidapa Suwannapura..........72-71—143 -1 Laura Davies ...........................71-72—143 -1 Sarah Kemp.............................71-72—143 -1 Xi Yu Lin ...................................71-72—143 -1 Danielle Kang..........................70-73—143 -1 Jessica Korda..........................70-73—143 -1 Katie M. Burnett......................74-70—144 E Dewi Claire Schreefel.............74-70—144 E So Yeon Ryu .............................73-71—144 E Sarah Jane Smith ....................73-71—144 E Karrie Webb.............................73-71—144 E Kathleen Ekey..........................72-72—144 E Sandra Gal................................71-73—144 E Stacy Lewis..............................71-73—144 E Chella Choi...............................70-74—144 E Emma Jandel............................69-75—144 E Angela Stanford......................69-75—144 E Tennis WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN RESULTS A U.S. Open Series event Friday 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 Quarterfinals Julien Benneteau, France, def. Stan Wawrinka (3), Switzerland, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2. Milos Raonic (5), Canada, def. Fabio Fognini (15), Italy, 6-1, 6-0. David Ferrer (6), Spain, def. Tommy Robredo (16), Spain, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Andy Murray (8), Britain, 6-3, 7-5. WOMEN Quarterfinals Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Jelena Jankovic (8), Serbia, 6-1, 6-3. Caroline Wozniacki (12), Denmark, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (4), Poland, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Maria Sharapova (5), Russia, def. Si- mona Halep (2), Romania, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Ana Ivanovic (9), Serbia, def. Elina Svito- lina, Ukraine, 6-2, 6-3. 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 Por tla nd 7 7 9 3 0 38 3 8 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 9 9 27 36 39 Columbus 6 8 9 27 28 31 New England 8 12 2 26 29 35 Houston 7 12 4 25 25 42 Chicago 4 5 13 25 29 34 Montreal 3 14 5 14 22 41 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Friday's games Houston 2, Philadelphia 0 Saturday's games Seattle FC at Salt Lake, 2:30 p.m. Chicago at Montreal, 6:30 p.m. Portland at New England, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. Toronto FC at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m. Vancouver at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m. FC Dallas at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Basketball WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB z-Phoenix 27 5 .844 — x-Minnesota 24 9 .727 31/2 x-Sparks 15 17 .469 12 San Antonio 15 18 .455 121/2 Seattle 12 20 .375 15 Tulsa 12 21 .364 151/2 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB z-Atlanta 19 14 .576 — Washington 16 17 .485 3 x-Chicago 15 17 .469 31/2 x-Indiana 15 17 .469 31/2 New York 13 19 .406 51/2 Connecticut 12 21 .364 7 x-clinched playoff spot z-clinched conference Thursday's games Indiana 76, New York 63 Friday's games Washington 71, Connecticut 67 Atlanta 92, Tulsa 76 San Antonio 92, Minnesota 76 Seattle at Sparks, (n.) Saturday's games Chicago at Indiana, 4 p.m. New York at Washington, 4 p.m. Tulsa at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Sparks at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE For Aug. 16 Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at San Francisco -200/+185 Philadelphia at Washington -160/+150 Pittsburgh at New York -155/+145 Chicago at Miami -150/+140 Arizona at St. Louis -135/+125 San Diego at Colorado -120/+110 Cincinnati at Los Angeles -200/+185 Milwaukee AMERICAN LEAGUE at Tampa Bay -130/+120 New York at Cleveland -115/+105 Baltimore at Detroit -130/+120 Seattle at Boston -180/+170 Houston Toronto -140/+130 at Chicago Kansas City -120/+110 at Minnesota Los Angeles -150/+140 at Texas INTERLEAGUE at Atlanta -110/+100 Oakland NFL TODAY Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog at St. Louis 21/2 (411/2) Green Bay at Indianapolis 11/2 (41) N.Y. Giants Baltimore 1 (411/2) at Dallas at Cincinnati 3 (411/2) N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh 21/2 (40) Buffalo at Tampa Bay 2 (371/2) Miami at Houston 3 (40) Atlanta at Minnesota 3 (38) Arizona TOMORROW at San Francisco 31/2 (40) Denver at Carolina 31/2 (39) Kansas City MONDAY at Washington 2 (41) Cleveland | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2014 2 B