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MLBBASEBALL Colorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants:12:30p.m., CSNBA. Miami Marlins at Los Angeles Angels: 7p.m., MLB, CSN. NFL PRESEASON FOOTBALL New York Jets at Philadelphia Eagles: 4p.m., NFL. San Francisco 49ers at Hous- ton Texans: 5p.m., (13, 20). Seattle Seahawks at Oakland Raiders: 7p.m., NFL. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Wake Forest vs. Louisiana- Monroe: 4p.m., ESPNU. Idaho State. vs. Utah: 4:30 p.m., PAC-12. Boise State vs. Mississippi: 5 p.m., ESPN. Weber State vs. Arizona State: 7:30p.m., PAC-12. GOLF Web.com, Hotel Fitness Championship, Round 1: noon, GOLF. LPGA, Portland Classic, Round 1: 3:30p.m., GOLF. EPGA, Italian Open, Round 2: 2:30a.m., GOLF. TENNIS ITF, U.S. Open, Men's and Women's Second Round: 8 a.m., TENNIS. ITF, U.S. Open, Second Round: 10a.m., ESPN. ITF, U.S. Open, Second Round: 3p.m., ESPN2. ITF, U.S. Open, Second Round: 4p.m., ESPN2. Ontheair thattheFalconswill switch from the Wing-T to a triple-option system. The main change will be in their blocking scheme. Kyle Seaman is the sig- nal caller. Joining him in the backfield are Dakota Jones, Michael Smith and Jake Back. The three tailbacks combined for 532 rush- ing yards and five scores last year as the Falcons went 9-4. Seaman is also the leading returner on de- fense having made 53 tackles last season. On the lines Central Valley return three key contributors from last year's team. COACH OF THE WEEK This past weekend Red Bluff's Trainor Park played host to the Northern Califor- nia Special Olympics 2014 Northern Regional Soft- ball Tournament. If you've been to a local Special Olympics event you know Tehama County does a great job support- ing the athletes. If you haven't been, know that now, but still go check one out in the future. The softball tourna- ment featured more than 100 athletes on nine dif- ferent teams, including three from Tehama in- cluding the Express. The Express was coached by none other than Molly Murphy, a se- nior at Red Bluff High School and member of last year's section champi- onship team. Murphy batted .378 for Red Bluff in her junior year, knocked in 24 RBIs and homered against Shasta. But taking the time to coach Special Olympics elevates her from distin- guished player to a coach I respect. I'm always interested in covering student-ath- letes who are in today's sports pages, but show the potential to being our community's leaders and gracing tomorrow's front pages. Molly may be on her way. USEFUL OR USELESS STAT OF THE WEEK As Red Bluff head coach Corey Hein has never lost a non- league game. A perfect 8-0 through his first two years. WASTEFUL WATER WATCH I completed the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge at last week's Farmers Mar- ket and challenged Hein and Spartans quarterback Kade Lewis to do it as well. They did so follow- ing the five-team scrim- mage in Enterprise. See our website for videos. As far as timing goes this occurred as stories ran in the Daily News about the city of Red Bluff adopting an emergency drought declaration. Bad form? Perhaps, but I did some research. I used a three-gal- lon bucket. The standard shower head dispenses about 2-and a-half gallons per minute. So for 90 seconds of shower time I continued raising awareness and funds for a good cause. For me I think it turned out to a win-win situa- tion. I helped a charitable cause, but in researching how best to douse myself with water learned how much I end up wasting taking that extra minute or two in the shower. I don't believe the drought declaration was to be taken so literal as to not use water, but per- haps it was passed with the intention to give resi- dents pause and consider how they utilize it. There's far worse ways most of us waste water throughout the day and the ice bucket challenge in conjunction with the drought declaration have made reconsider some of my uses. LOS MOLINOS AT WIL- LIAMS, 7:30 P.M. FRIDAY The Bulldogs were sched- uled to travel down State Route 99 and meet the Yellowjackets, but it ap- pears that's not happen- ing as once again the school won't be able to field enough players to form a team. The last year Los Moli- nos completed a football season was 2010. They've managed to field a team for just nine games in the following three, now make it four years since then. It seemed as if they had turned the corner last year, making it through six games, but now the program is back in moth balls again. I can't say I know what's going on for cer- tain, but I have a sugges- tion I would think would help. Los Molinos is a Divi- sion V school as it has an enrollment under 250 stu- dents. The Northern Section only allows schools that have enrollments under 150 play 8-man football. There's been talk of raising this enrollment as Los Molinos hasn't been the only school to fall in between not hav- ing enough players for 11-man, but having too large of a student body for 8-man. I don't think it's fair to punish those students at Los Molinos who want to play football so I offer this suggestion: Don't make 8-man foot- ball an enrollment cap, make it a roster cap and open it up to Division V schools. There seems to be some irrational fear that schools the size of Los Molinos will drop down to 8-man football just so they can dominate. That's simply not the case. Los Molinos isn't dom- inating anyone right now, but there's some kids who desperately would want to play high school foot- ball. Furthermore perhaps if Los Molinos could play 8-man for a few years, the program could once again build enough interest to the point it had the num- bers to move back to D-V football. Even allowing students to play for another school for the current season should be on the table in my opinion. From the outside it seems as if these rules are designed with the focus too much on competition and what's fair for section titles, instead of what is fair and right for the stu- dents. COOL NAME OF THE WEEK Central Valley junior line- man Myles Davis. REDDING CHRISTIAN AT MERCY, 1 P.M. SATURDAY While Los Molinos can't field a team the Warriors boast a roster of 14 play- ers entering the season under new head coach Marvin Benefield. Last year the Lions opened up the season with a 70-18 thrashing of Mercy on their way to be- coming 8-man section champions. The last two seasons Redding Christian is a combined 25-2. Fortunately for Mercy, their star Hayden Piper graduated. Austin Dean, who rushed 1,226 yards last year, takes over as Red- ding Christian's quarter- back. He'll have weapons in Frankie Aventino and Cody Hughes. TWITTER FOLLOWS: THERE'S A NUMBER OF GAMES YOU MAY WANT TO USE #NORCALSCORES TO FOLLOW. Section games to watch for include Shasta at An- derson and Foothill at West Valley. A number of Northern Section teams have inter- sectional matchups this week with some of the best being Paradise visit- ing American Canyon and Chico at Roseville. Football FROM PAGE 1 Carr, a second-round draft pick out of Fresno State, appears firmly en- trenched as the backup even though second-year player Matt McGloin has put up the best numbers, albeit against mostly third- team competition. Having recovered from a concussion and a rib injury on Aug. 15 against the De- troit Lions, Carr likely will play well into the second half. He missed last week's 31-21 loss to the Green Bay Packers. For a series or two, at least, Carr will face a Se- attle defense that was last seen dominating the Den- ver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII. Both Allen and Seat- tle coach Pete Carroll will likely remove key starters very early in the game. If Carr were to stand and deliver against the first-team Seattle defense, Schaub's uneven play (two scores in 15 possessions) would at the very least shorten the leash on the presumptive starter when the regular season begins. One thing Allen won't have to worry about is Carr making waves. He is play- ing the role of the eager backup with sincerity and a sense of team. "I do everything self- lessly," Carr said. "I do it for my teammates. I come out here and I work as hard as I can so I know when my number, if it has to be called, I'll be ready to help us win." Raiders FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Los Angeles 75 58 .564 _ San Francisco 69 62 .527 5 San Diego 61 70 .466 13 Arizona 55 77 .417 19 ½ Colorado 53 78 .405 21 CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 73 59 .553 _ St. Louis 71 61 .538 2 Pittsburgh 69 64 .519 4 ½ Cincinnati 64 69 .481 9 ½ Chicago 59 73 .447 14 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 75 57 .568 _ Atlanta 69 64 .519 6 ½ Miami 65 66 .496 9 ½ New York 62 71 .466 13 ½ Philadelphia 61 72 .459 14 ½ Tuesday'sgames Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 2 Philadelphia 4, Washington 3 N. Y. M et s 3 , A tl ant a 2 Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati 0 L.A. Dodgers 9, Arizona 5 L.A. Angels 8, Miami 2 San Diego 4, Milwaukee 1 San Francisco 3, Colorado 0 Wednesday'sgames Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis 1 Philadelphia 8, Washington 4 Atlanta 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Cincinnati 7, Chicago Cubs 5 Milwaukee at San Diego, (n.) L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, (n.) Miami at L.A. Angels, (n.) Colorado at San Francisco, (n.) Thursday'sgames Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 7-4) at Cincinnati (Axelrod 0-0), 9:35 a.m. Colorado (Lyles 6-1) at San Francisco (Y.Petit 3-3), 12:45 p.m. Atlanta (Minor 5-8) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 7-9), 4:10 p.m. Friday'sgames Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Miami at Atlanta, 4:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Colorado at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Washington at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Los Angeles 78 53 .595 _ Oakland 77 54 .588 1 Seattle 72 60 .545 6 ½ Houston 56 77 .421 23 Texas 52 80 .394 26 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 74 58 .561 _ Detroit 71 60 .542 2 ½ Cleveland 67 64 .511 6 ½ Chicago 60 72 .455 14 Minnesota 58 74 .439 16 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Baltimore 75 56 .573 _ New York 69 62 .527 6 Toronto 67 66 .504 9 Tampa Bay 65 68 .489 11 Boston 58 75 .436 18 Tuesday'sgames Baltimore 4, Tampa Bay 2 Boston 11, Toronto 7, 11 innings Detroit 5, N.Y. Yankees 2 Cleveland 8, Chicago White Sox 6, 10 innings Kansas City 2, Minnesota 1 Houston 4, Oakland 2 L.A. Angels 8, Miami 2 Seattle 5, Texas 0 Wednesday'sgames Texas 12, Seattle 4 Tampa Bay 3, Baltimore 1 Toronto 5, Boston 2 N.Y. Yankees 8, Detroit 4 Chicago White Sox 3, Cleveland 2 Kansas City 6, Minnesota 1 Oakland at Houston, (n.) Miami at L.A. Angels, (n.) Thursday'sgames N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 9-8) at Detroit (Lobstein 0-0), 10:08 a.m. Tampa Bay (Hellickson 1-2) at Baltimore (B.Norris 11-8), 4:05 p.m. Cleveland (Carrasco 5-4) at Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 9-8), 5:10 p.m. Minnesota (Milone 6-4) at Kansas City (Guthrie 10-10), 5:10 p.m. Texas (Tepesch 4-8) at Houston (McHugh 6-9), 5:10 p.m. Oakland (Gray 13-7) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 10-8), 7:05 p.m. Friday'sgames Minnesota at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Boston at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Cleveland at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Texas at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Oakland at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Washington at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Tennis U.S.OPENRESULTS Wednesday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $38.3 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN FirstRound Marin Cilic (14), Croatia, def. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, 6-3, 3-1 (0-15), retired. Feliciano Lopez (19), Spain, def. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, 1-6, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 1-1 (15-0), retired. Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, def. Santiago Giraldo (27), Colombia, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3. Kevin Anderson (18), South Africa, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (1). Illya Marchenko, Ukraine, def. Marco Chiudinelli, Switzerland, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (13), 7-6 (4). Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, def. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, 6-3, 7-5, 5-7, 7-5. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, def. Steve Dar- cis, Belgium, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5, 6-4. Alexander Kudryavtsev, Russia, def. Evgeny Donskoy, Russia, 2-6, 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. David Goffin, Belgium, def. Niels Desein, Belgium, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3. Tatsuma Ito, Japan, def. Steve Johnson, United States, 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 4-1, retired. Dominic Thiem, Austria, def. Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. Grigor Dimitrov (7), Bulgaria, def. Ryan Harrison, United States, 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Joao Sousa (32), Portugal, def. Frank Dancevic, Canada, 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2). Ernests Gulbis (11), Latvia, def. Kenny de Schepper, France, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. SecondRound Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, def. Jeremy Chardy (30), France, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-3. WOMEN SecondRound Alize Cornet (22), France, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-3. Peng Shuai, China, def. Agnieszka Rad- wanska (4), Poland, 6-3, 6-4. Roberta Vinci (28), Italy, def. Irina- Camelia Begu, Romania, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, def. Kurumi Nara (31), Japan, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. Johanna Larsson, Sweden, def. Sloane Stephens (21), United States, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2. Angelique Kerber (6), Germany, def. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, 6-2, 6-4. Simona Halep (2), Romania, def. Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-1. Jelena Jankovic (9), Serbia, def. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 7-5, 6-4. Lucie Safarova (14), Czech Republic, def. Zheng Saisai, China, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. Andrea Petkovic (18), Germany, def. Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5). Caroline Wozniacki (10), Denmark, def. Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, 6-3, 6-4. Maria Sharapova (5), Russia, def. Alex- andra Dulgheru, Romania, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croatia, def Peer, Israel, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-2. Sabine Lisicki (26), Germany, def. Madi- son Brengle, United States, 6-4, 6-1. Venus Williams (19), United States, def. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, 6-1, 6-4. Doubles MEN FirstRound Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Mat- kowski, Poland, def. Andre Begemann, Germany, and Julian Knowle, Austria, 6-3, 6-4. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, and Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia, and Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-4. Leander Paes, India, and Radek Ste- panek (6), Czech Republic, def. Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini, Italy, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah (16), Colombia, def. Pablo Andujar and Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, 7-6 (9), 6-3. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, and Philipp Oswald, Austria, defvs. Julien Benneteau and Edouard Roger-Vasselin (5), France, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (6). Robin Haase and Igor Sijsling, Nether- lands, def. Mikhail Elgin, Russia, and Philipp Marx, Germany, 6-1, 6-3. Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez (11), Spain, def. Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic, Australia, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Max Mirnyi, Belarus, and Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 6-2, 6-3. Michael Mmoh and Francis Tiafoe, United States, def. Victor Estrella Bur- gos, Dominican Republic, and Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 6-3, 6-4. Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, and Jurgen Melzer, Austria, def. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, and Alejandro Falla, Colom- bia, 6-3, 6-4. Sam Groth and Chris Guccione, Aus- tralia, def. Jonathan Marray, Britain, and Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5). WOMEN FirstRound Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Sania Mirza (3), India, def. Karolina and Kristyna Pliskova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-0. Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgia, and Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, def. Romina Oprandi, Switzerland, and Shelby Rogers, United States, 2-6, 6-1, 6-0. Sorana Cirstea, Romania, and Pauline Pa rm en ti er , Fr an ce, d ef . T or na do A li ci a Black and Bernarda Pera, United States, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, and Alicja Rosolska, Poland, def. Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua (10), Australia, 6-2, 6-3. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, and Arantxa Parra Santonja, Spain, def. Louisa Chirico and Katerina Stewart, United States, 6-4, 6-3. Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and Katarina Srebotnik (5), Slovenia, def. Sharon Fichman, Canada, and Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, 6-4, 7-6 (3). Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (4), Russia, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, and Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 6-2, 6-4. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, and Xu Yi- Fan, China, def. Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears (6), United States, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1. Christina McHale, United States, and Anna Schmiedlova, Slovakia, def. Alison Van Uytvanck and Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 6-3, 6-1. Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro (12), Spain, def. Alize Cornet, France, and Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 7-5, 6-4. Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic, and Katarzyna Piter, Poland, def. Grace Min and Melanie Oudin, United States, 6-3, 6-3. Misaki Doi, Japan, and Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, def. Mona Barthel, Germany, and Alexandra Panova, Russia, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (4). Jarmila Gajdosova and Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, def. Kristina Barrois and An- nika Beck, Germany, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2. Vania King and Lisa Raymond, United States, def. Julia Goerges and Anna-Lena Groenefeld (16), Germany, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (2). Lauren Davis, United States, and Renata Voracova, Czech Republic, def. Nicole Gibbs and Maria Sanchez, United States, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, def. Irina Falconi and Anna Tatishvili, Un ite d S ta te s, 7 -5 , 4 -6 , 6 -3 . Alison Riske and CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, def. Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, and Heather Watson, Britain, 7-5, 6-3. Mixed FirstRound Sania Mirza, India, and Bruno Soares (1), Brazil, def. Tornado Alicia Black and Ernesto Escobedo, United States, 6-2, 3-6, 10-5. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, def. Shelby Rogers and Bradley Klahn, United States, 7-6 (1), 6-3. Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, and Ross Hutchins, Britain, def. Kristina Mlad- enovic, France, and Daniel Nestor (4), Canada, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 10-6. Football AMERICANCONFERENCE WESTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Denver 2 1 0 .667 72 34 San Diego 1 2 0 .333 48 69 Kansas City 1 2 0 .333 69 97 Oakland 1 2 0 .333 54 67 EASTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Miami 2 1 0 .667 55 50 New England 2 1 0 .667 78 65 N.Y. Jets 2 1 0 .667 62 62 Buffalo 1 3 0 .250 63 81 SOUTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Houston 2 1 0 .667 50 56 Tennessee 2 1 0 .667 68 64 Jacksonville 1 2 0 .333 47 43 Indianapolis 0 3 0 .000 53 63 NORTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 3 0 01.000 83 50 Pittsburgh 1 2 0 .333 56 67 Cincinnati 1 2 0 .333 75 79 Cleveland 0 3 0 .000 49 70 NATIONALCONFERENCE WESTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 2 1 0 .667 91 41 Arizona 1 2 0 .333 73 49 St. Louis 1 2 0 .333 64 61 San Francisco1 2 0 .333 24 64 EASTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 4 0 01.000 99 79 Washington 2 1 0 .667 64 52 Philadelphia 1 2 0 .333 94 97 Dallas 0 3 0 .000 57 89 SOUTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 3 0 01.000 80 65 Atlanta 1 2 0 .333 40 66 Carolina 1 2 0 .333 53 66 Tampa Bay 1 2 0 .333 51 50 NORTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota 3 0 01.000 70 46 Chicago 2 1 0 .667 60 81 Detroit 2 1 0 .667 52 51 Green Bay 2 1 0 .667 68 48 Thursday'sgame Philadelphia 31, Pittsburgh 21 Friday'sgames New England 30, Carolina 7 N.Y. Giants 35, N.Y. Jets 24 Detroit 13, Jacksonville 12 Green Bay 31, Oakland 21 Seattle 34, Chicago 6 Saturday'sgames Tampa Bay 27, Buffalo 14 Miami 25, Dallas 20 Tennessee 24, Atlanta 17 Baltimore 23, Washington 17 Minnesota 30, Kansas City 12 New Orleans 23, Indianapolis 17 St. Louis 33, Cleveland 14 Houston 18, Denver 17 Sunday'sgames San Francisco 21, San Diego 7 Cincinnati 19, Arizona 13 Thursday,Aug.28 Atlanta at Jacksonville, 3 p.m. Kansas City at Green Bay, 4 p.m. Detroit at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 4 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Miami, 4 p.m. New England at N.Y. Giants, 4:30 p.m. Carolina at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. Washington at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. San Francisco at Houston, 5 p.m. Baltimore at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Denver at Dallas, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Tennessee, 5 p.m. Chicago at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Arizona at San Diego, 7 p.m. Seattle at Oakland, 7 p.m. Soccer MAJORLEAGUESOCCER WESTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Seattle 14 7 3 45 43 33 FC Dallas 12 7 6 42 45 33 Salt Lake 11 5 9 42 39 30 Los Angeles 11 5 7 40 41 26 Vancouver 7 5 12 33 33 31 Portland 7 8 10 31 41 43 Colorado 8 11 6 30 37 39 San Jose 6 10 7 25 28 32 Chivas USA 6 12 6 24 21 37 EASTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. 13 7 4 43 39 26 Kansas City 12 7 6 42 36 26 Toronto FC 9 8 6 33 35 36 Columbus 8 8 9 33 35 32 New York 7 7 10 31 39 36 New England 9 12 3 30 31 36 Philadelphia 7 9 9 30 40 41 Chicago 4 6 14 26 31 37 Houston 7 13 4 25 25 45 Montreal 4 15 5 17 25 45 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday'sgames D.C. United at Los Angeles, (n.) Friday'sgames Houston at Kansas City, 8 p.m. Saturday'sgames Colorado at Seattle FC, 4 p.m. New England at Toronto FC, 5 p.m. Columbus at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Salt Lake at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Portland at Vancouver, 10:30 p.m. Sunday'sgames New York at D.C. United, 2:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Chivas USA, 8 p.m. Wednesday,Sept.3 Toronto FC at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Kansas City at New England, 7:30 p.m. Seattle FC at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m. Friday,Sept.5 Colorado at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Saturday,Sept.6 Philadelphia at Toronto FC, 2 p.m. Kansas City at New York, 7:30 p.m. Montreal at Houston, 8:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Salt Lake, 10 p.m. D.C. United at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Sunday,Sept.7 Chivas USA at Columbus, 3 p.m. San Jose at Portland, 5 p.m. Chicago at New England, 7 p.m. Basketball WNBAPLAYOFFS (x-if necessary) Conferencesemifinals (Best-of-3) EasternConference Chicago 1, Atlanta 1 Friday,Aug.22: Chicago 80, Atlanta 77 Sunday,Aug.24: Atlanta 92, Chicago 83 Tuesday,Aug26: Chicago 81, Atlanta 80 Indiana 2, Washington 0 ThursdayAug.21: Indiana 78, Wash- ington 73 Saturday,Aug.23: Indiana 81, Washing- ton 76, OT WesternConference Phoenix 2, Sparks 0 Friday,Aug.22: Phoenix 75, Sparks 72 Sunday,Aug.24: Phoenix 93, Sparks 68 Minnesota 2, San Antonio 0 ThursdayAug.21: Minnesota 88, San Antonio 84 Saturday,Aug.23: Minnesota 94, San Antonio 89 Conferencefinals (Best-of-3) EasternConference INDIANAVS.CHICAGO Saturday,Aug.30: Chicago at Indiana, 7 p.m. Monday,Sept.1: Indiana at Chicago, 4 p.m. x-Wednesday,Sept.3: Chicago at Indiana, 7 p.m. WesternConference PHOENIXVS.MINNESOTA Friday,Aug.29: Minnesota at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Sunday,Aug.31: Phoenix at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m. x-Tuesday,Sept.1: Minnesota at Phoe- nix, 10 p.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For Aug. 28 MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog Chicago -125/+115 at Cincinnati at San Fran. -180/+170 Colorado Atlanta -120/+110 at New York AMERICANLEAGUE New York -120/+110 at Detroit at Baltimore -130/+120 Tampa Bay at Kansas City -170/+160 Minnesota Cleveland -155/+145 at Chicago at Houston -140/+130 Texas Oakland -120/+110 at Los Angeles NCAAFootball Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog at South Carolina 10½ (60½) Tex. A&M at Lous.-Monroe 2 (45½) Wake Forest at Tulsa 6½ (47) Tulane Mississippi-a 10½ (53) Boise St. at Vanderbilt 13½ (51) Temple Wash. St.-b 8 (62½) Rutgers NFL Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog at Jacksonville 4 (39½) Atlanta at Buffalo 4½ (41) Detroit at Cincinnati 2½ (42) Indianapolis at Miami 3 (39½) St. Louis at Philadelphia 2½ (44) N.Y. Jets at Green Bay 3 (42) Kansas City at N.Y. Giants 3 (41½) New England at Tampa Bay 2½ (39) Washington at Pittsburgh 5½ (37½) Carolina at Tennessee 1½ (42) Minnesota at Houston 3½ (39) San Francisco at Cleveland 5 (42½) Chicago at New Orleans 3½ (43½) Baltimore Denver 2 (43½) at Dallas Seattle 5½ (39) at Oakland at San Diego 3 (39) Arizona Callaspo and into shal- low right field. Altuve also swiped two bases, giving him an AL-high 49 steals. Jonny Gomes' sacrifice fly put Oakland ahead1-0 in the sixth. Oakland starter Drew Pomeranz, recalled from Triple-A Sacramento be- fore the game, allowed one run — none earned — and three hits in 5 1/3 innings in his first major league ap- pearance since June 16. He struck out seven. Houston's Brad Peacock also lasted 5 1/3 innings, yielding one run, four hits and five walks. Carter has 33 homers this season, has homered in three straight games and has hit 20 home runs since July 1. TRAINER'S ROOM Ath- letics: Manager Bob Mel- vin said he expects SS Jed Lowrie (broken right in- dex finger) to be ready for an injury rehabilitation as- signment this weekend if there are no issues the next two days. INF Nick Punto (hamstring) is getting bet- ter but is behind Lowrie because he still isn't able to run at full speed. Astros: Reliever Darin Downs (strained muscle on side) is to start a rehabilita- tion assignment with Dou- ble-A Corpus Christi. A's FROM PAGE 1 | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2014 2 B