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Thursday LL —Red Bluff vs TBD at Chico Eastside, 7 p.m. MLB— Cubs at Brewers, 11 a.m., WGN MLB— Rays at Athletics, 12:30 p.m., CSNC MLB—Giants at Phillies, 4 p.m., CSNB Extreme Sports — X Games, 4 p.m., ESPN Soccer — Juventus vs. Guadalajara, 5 p.m., ESPN2 Giants trade for Carlos Beltran CINCINNATI (AP) — Carlos Beltran accepted a trade to the San Francisco Giants, leaving the New York Mets to join his new team after saying goodbye Wednesday. The commissioner’s Beltran office had granted the Mets a 24-hour window to talk to the All-Star outfielder about waiving his no-trade clause. Shortly before an 8-2 win over the Reds on Wednesday night, Beltran arrived in the clubhouse and told his team- mates he was on his way to join the World Series cham- pions in Philadelphia. The deal was expected to be announced Thursday morning. ‘‘He came over and shook everybody’s hands and said thank you,’’ Mets outfielder Angel Pagan said. ‘‘We were very happy for him. He’s going to be with a team that’s a contender.’’ The Giants will finish a series in Philadelphia on Thurs- day night, then fly to Cincinnati for a three-game series this See BELTRAN, page 2B Local golfers 3-4 at junior golf tourney GOLF On the final day of the 2011 Sam Baskins Memorial Junior Tournament, Mercy High School’s Esteban Rodriguez rebounded from an off performance to take third place, while Red Bluff High School’s Peter Mitzel grabbed fourth place. The tournament was split over two days, with the open- ing round at Wilcox Oaks Golf Club and the second day at Gold Hills Golf Club. Corey Pereira of Cameron Park won the event with a two- day total of 147. Rodriguez shot a 74 on the final day to finish with 156. Mitzel had a gross 160. A week earlier, Mitzel won the Canyon Oaks Junior Open with a 77 on the demanding course. Rodriguez finished fourth with an 80 on the Par 72. The Junior Golf Association of Northern California Tour continues this weekend at the Les Schwab Chico Junior Classic Sunday and Monday at Chico’s Bidwell Park and Butte Creek courses. Sports 1B Sun Oaks shines Thursday July 28, 2011 SWIMMING Special to the DN This past weekend the 2011 Sierra Nevada Junior Olympic Long Course Championships were held in Redding. Sun Oaks Aquatics Racing placed third out of 25 teams from Northern California and Nevada. The top 631 swimmers competed in the championship meet that featured trials and finals each of the four days of the meet. The top eight swimmers in each event swam in finals in the evening and were all guaranteed a medal. Four of the six swimmers from Red Bluff Sun Oaks Aquatics qualified for finals. Leading the way was Holiday Rider, who captured three second place finishes and two new AAA times in the 50 and 100-meter backstroke. Rider’s most exciting race of the meet was the 200-meter freestyle, where he was seeded seventh and swimming in Lane 1 in the finals. The rest of the field was shocked as Rider shaved off eight sec- onds and passed everyone except the leader to finish with a silver medal. Rider brought home six medals from the meet and finished in fourth place in the overall competition. Julia Brandt’s highest finish was fifth place in the 50-meter fly where she achieved a new AA time. She was seeded eighth entering finals and swam to a strong finish to move up three places. Brandt also earned three more medals. Taylor McKerras captured two medals, one in the 50-meter breast- stroke and one in the 100-meter. Jayne Brandt finished fifth in the 100-meter Breaststroke and enjoyed medaling as a nine year old in the 9-10 age group. Fallyn Gallagher swam her fastest times in two events and Jaxon Balken, who just turned nine, did well in five events. Holiday Rider will be traveling to compete in the Far Western Champi- onships in Concord this next weekend while his teammates will be swimming at the NVAL Championships at Shasta College. Results Jaxon Balken, 9, (9-10 Boys) Courtesy photo Julia Brandt swims at the Jr. Olympic Championships. 12th Place 50M Back 42.51; 14th Place 100M Back 135.61; 18th Place 50M Fly 44.69; 20th Place 100M Breast 1:55.00; 23rd Place 50 Breast 52.69 Jayne Brandt, 9, (9-10 Girls) 5th Place 100M Breast 1:46.87 (A); 10th Place 50M Breast 51.82; 13th Place 100M Back 1:38.23; 14th Place 50M Fly 43.33; 15th Place 100M Free 1:24.49; 16th Place 50M Back 46.42; 16th Place 50M Free 37.74 Julia Brandt, 11, (11-12 Girls) 5th Place, 50M Fly 33.42 (AA); 7th Place 100M Breast 1:29.13 (AA); 8th Place 100M Fly 1:18.89 (AA); 8th Place 50M Breast 40.70 (A); 9th Place 200M Breast 3:12.78 (AA); 21st Place 50M Free 33.22 (A); 23rd Place 100M Free 1:12.10 (A) Fallyn Gallagher, 10, (9-10 Girls) 23rd Place 50M Back 48.41; 30th Place 100M Free 1:30.97 Taylor McKerras, 10, (9-10 Girls) 7th Place 100M Breast 1:49.56; 8th Place 50M Breast 52.63 Holiday Rider, 10, (9-10 Boys) 2nd Place 50M Back 38.63 (AAA); 2nd Place 100M Back 1:23.35 (AAA); 2nd Place 200M Free 2:40.74 (A); 3rd Place 100M Fly 1:27.17 (AA); 5th Place 50M Fly 37.55 (AA); 5th Place 200M IM 3:07.05 (AA); 11th Place 50M Free 34.85 (A) Cain outduels Hamels as Giants take out Phillies outfielder to approve the trade. Without Beltran, the Giants scratched out two runs to deny Hamels (12-6) his NL-best 13th win. Beltran could join San Francis- co in Philadelphia, or possibly meet up with his new team in Cincinnati. The Mets wrap up a four-game series against the Reds on Thursday and the Giants open a weekend series in the Queen City on Friday. San Francisco also could have Tim Lincecum back on the mound for the series finale Thursday. The floppy-haired ace was scratched from his start Tuesday because of an illness, but manager Bruce Bochy was hopeful he would start the finale. With Lincecum out, Cain (9-6) had his start moved up a day and again quieted Philadelphia’s bats. Cain pitched seven shutout innings and beat Hamels in Game 3 of last year’s NL championship series. The Giants beat the Phillies in the NLCS and this three-game series was billed as a sneak peek for another potential October show- down. Each team has won a game, but the Beltran deal could help keep the pennant on the West Coast. The Mets would get pitching prospect Zachary Wheeler, who is 7-5 with a 3.99 ERA in 16 starts for San Francisco’s high Class-A affiliate in San Jose. The Giants selected Wheeler with the No. 6 pick in the 2009 draft. MCT photo Phillies’second baseman Chase Utley tries to avoid the Giants’Eli Whiteside,Wednesday. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Matt Cain pitched into the eighth inning to outduel Cole Hamels and lead the San Francisco Giants to a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night. The NL West-leading Giants won for the third time in four games, and help could be on the way. The defending World Series champions have a deal in place for New York Mets slugger Carlos Beltran, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press, and just need the All-Star Giants manager Bruce Bochy called Beltran, ‘‘one of the elite players of the game.’’ The Giants entered batting only .241 with 66 homers and 371 runs scored, all numbers that rank toward the bottom of the NL. Bel- tran is batting .289 with 15 home runs and 66 RBIs. Asked where Beltran would play in the outfield, Bochy laughed and refused to specifically discuss the trade. Cain allowed an unearned run and four hits before he was yanked when pinch-hitter Ross Gload reached on catcher’s interference leading off the eighth. Javier Lopez got three outs and Brian Wilson finished for his 32nd save and a combined four-hitter. The Giants have won 12 of 17. Giants center fielder Aaron Rowand, a former Phillie, sat in the dugout for 20 minutes before the game describing some of his great- est catches in Philly, and regretted a near-miss: He once climbed the center-field fence trying to make a spectacular catch, but the ball bounced off his glove. Home run, Beltran. ‘‘When Carlos gets here,’’ he said, his story tailing off. Rowand helped the Giants strike first when he sliced an oppo- site-field triple into the right-field corner in the third for a 1-0 lead. Jeff Keppinger doubled to lead off the seventh and Cody Ross, the NLCS MVP, walked. Nate Schier- holtz followed with a low liner and right fielder Domonic Brown took a weird route before failing on a diving attempt, helping the Giants extend the lead to 2-0. Hamels, who threw eight shutout innings in his last start against San Diego, escaped the rest of the inning without further dam- age after loading the bases with no outs. Rowand grounded into a double play to end the rally. Staked to a 2-0 lead, Cain ran into trouble in the seventh. Cain and catcher Eli Whiteside couldn’t get out of each other’s way on Shane Victorino’s infield popup. They bumped each other and the ball was knocked into foul territo- ry for a two-base error. Brown’s hard grounder deflected off first baseman Aubrey Huff and into right to make it 2-1. Carlos Ruiz hit into a double play to end the threat. San Francisco Giants Philadelphia 1 Giants 2