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RogersandCastellonre- corded three aces each. Cota provided 14 assists. Rogers had eight kills as Los Molinos beat Big Valley 25-17, 25-18. Cota had 18 assists and three aces. Los Molinos took their lone loss in the tournament to the hosts Fall River 25- 15, 25-13. Rogers and Castellon had four kills each in the loss. Cota also had 10 assists and three kills. Los Molinos hosts Wil- liams Tuesday. CrossCountry BILL SPRINGHORN CLASSIC Shasta won the boys race and Chico took the girls ti- tle at the annual invitational held at Shasta College. Shasta scored 51 points to pace the boys, followed by University Prep with 85 and Yreka with 103. Corning was fifth with 113 points and Red Bluff rounded out the field in 14th place with 312 points. Trinity's Ben Harper took the individual title with a time of 15:31. Corning was led by Edu- ardo Blancas in 24th place with a time of 17:16.20. Joel Aguilar was 27th at 17:27 and Erik Rios was 29th at 17:30. Red Bluff was led by Isaac Moldenhauer, who finished 41st with a time of 18:14. Chico had 39 points to win the girls team title. Shasta was second with 54 points followed by En- terprise with 85 points. Red Bluff finished fifth out of eight teams with 120 points. Daisy Brose was 17th place with a time of 21:14. Natalie Renfroe finished in 23rd place at 21:35 and Nicole Renfroe was 25th at 21:38. The Lady Cardinals were led by Jasmine Quin- tana, who ran 27:42 for 74th place. Golf ROCKLIN TOURNAMENT The Red Bluff Lady Spar- tans finished seventh out of 13 teams at Wednesday's 5th Annual Helen Lengfeld Memorial Tournament at Rocklin Golf Club. The hosts Rocklin won the tournament with a team score of 429. Red Bluff shot a 514. Summer Frantz and Au- tumn Poole led Red Bluff, each shooting 96. Sofia Frantz shot 98. Roundup FROM PAGE 1 dropped. One of the two Spartan interceptions was also un- der thrown into the end zone with two open play- ers. Perhaps the biggest killer was on West Val- ley's final drive of the sec- ond half. Leading 13-0 at the time Red Bluff forced two fumbles on the drive and had opportunities to recover both, but didn't. The Eagles drive con- tinued and Kody Karpin- ski capped it off with a 2-yard touchdown pass to Kolbe Bravos in the wan- ing seconds for a three- score lead. Red Bluff averaged just 1.6 yards per play. Kendall R a schein kicked two field goals for West Valley. The Spartans head to Anderson next week. Spartans FROM PAGE 1 By David Ginsburg The Associated Press BALTIMORE Ray Rice was let go by the Baltimore Ra- vens on Monday and sus- pended indefinitely by the NFL after a video was re- leased showing the run- ning back striking his then-fiancee in February. The grainy video, re- leased by TMZ Sports, shows Rice and Janay Palmer in an elevator at an Atlantic City casino. Each hits the other before Rice knocks Palmer off her feet and into a railing. Months ago, a TMZ video showed Rice dragging Palmer, now his wife, from the elevator at the Revel casino, which closed Sept. 2. Earlier Monday, the Ra- vens said they never saw the new video. Hours later, they sent out a one-sen- tence release: "The Baltimore Ravens terminated the contract of RB Ray Rice this after- noon." The action represented a complete reversal for the team, even though an Atlantic City police sum- mons stated that Rice caused "bodily injury to Janay Palmer, specifically by striking her with his hand, rendering her un- conscious." The Ravens had used words like "respect" and "proud" in referring to Rice following his arrest. When the NFL an- nounced Rice's two-game suspension for domestic violence on July 24, gen- eral manager Ozzie New- some said, "We respect the efforts Ray has made to become the best partner and father he can be. That night was not typical of the Ray Rice we know and re- spect. We believe that he will not let that one night define who he is, and he is determined to make sure something like this never happens again." LIONS 35, GIANTS 14 Mat- thew Stafford improvised brilliantly on two early touchdown passes to Cal- vin Johnson, and Detroit beat the New York Giants on Monday night in Jim Caldwell's first game as Li- ons coach. Stafford also ran for a TD for Detroit, which in- tercepted Eli Manning twice in the Lions' first Monday night opener since 1971. Detroit collapsed down the stretch last year and missed the postsea- son, and Jim Schwartz was fired and replaced by Caldwell. Stafford went 22 of 32 for 346 yards. Johnson had seven catches for 164 yards. NFL ROUNDUP Ravens cut RB Ray Rice a er release of video Gore. James had also lost his return duties to rookie receiver Bruce Ellington. The 24-year James was a second-round draft choice in 2012 after a spectacu- lar college career at Ore- gon and was entering his third season. But the 5-9, 195-pound back was beset by injury and ineffective- ness for much of his time with the 49ers. James played just four games as a rookie, carrying 27 times for 125 yards, add- ing three receptions for 29 yards. He did perform well in the 2012 postseason, car- rying 11 times for 65 yards (5.9 average) and scored the only touchdown of his 49ers career in the 49ers' 28-24 NFC Championship Game at Atlanta on a 15-yard run. He played in 10 games in 2013, but mostly as a re- turner. He carried just 12 times from scrimmage for 59 yards and had just two receptions for 16 yards. He did return 23 punts for a 10.9-yard average. Over his two seasons, he also re- turned 26 kickoffs, his lon- gest a 62-yarder as rookie. Notes • Harbaugh intimated that the 49ers' have not al- tered their stance on defen- sive lineman Ray McDon- ald's status with the team in light of developments re- garding running back Ray Rice. Rice was promptly cut by the Baltimore Ravens, coached by Harbaugh's brother John, and also suspended indefinitely by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in the wake of a graphic video released by TMZ on Monday morning showing Rice punching his fiancée, knocking her un- conscious, and then drag- ging her from an elevator. The 49ers allowed Mc- Donald to play in the season opener at Dallas on Sunday, just a week after he was ar- rested on suspicion of felony domestic violence. McDon- ald has not been charged, and Goodell informed the club the league would let the legal process play out before deciding whether to take action. Asked if Rice's contract termination will have an ef- fect on how the 49ers move forward with McDonald, Harbaugh said, "We've been very clear, actually, on what principles are at play here and I don't know how we can be more clear." •Harbaughhadnoinjury updates on defensive backs Chris Culliver and Jimmie Ward, both of whom sus- tained concussions against Dallas, or cornerback Tre- maine Brock, who suffered a toe injury. 49ers FROM PAGE 1 MLBBASEBALL Oakland Athletics at Chicago White Sox:5 p.m., CSN. Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Gi- ants: 7p.m., CSNBA. BASKETBALL WNBA Playoffs: 5p.m., ESPN2. SOCCER UEFA Euro 2016Qualifier Netherlands vs. Czech Rep.: 11:35a.m., ESPN2. FIFA International Friendly Bolivia vs. Mexico: 7p.m., ESPN2. NCAA UC Santa Barbara vs. Stanford: 7p.m., PAC-12. ON THE AIR Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 81 62 .566 _ San Francisco 78 65 .545 3 San Diego 66 76 .465 14 ½ Arizona 59 84 .413 22 Colorado 59 85 .410 22 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 80 64 .556 _ Pittsburgh 75 68 .524 4 ½ Milwaukee 74 70 .514 6 Cincinnati 67 77 .465 13 Chicago 64 80 .444 16 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 81 61 .570 _ Atlanta 74 70 .514 8 Miami 70 72 .493 11 New York 69 75 .479 13 Philadelphia 66 77 .462 15 ½ Sunday'sgames Miami 4, Atlanta 0 N.Y. Mets 4, Cincinnati 3 Washington 3, Philadelphia 2 St. Louis 9, Milwaukee 1 Pittsburgh 10, Chicago Cubs 4 L.A. Dodgers 7, Arizona 2 Colorado 6, San Diego 0 Detroit 6, San Francisco 1 Monday'sgames Washington 2, Atlanta 1 Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 4 Toronto 8, Chicago Cubs 0 N.Y. Mets 3, Colorado 2 St. Louis 5, Cincinnati 0 Miami 6, Milwaukee 4 Sa n D ie go a t L .A. D od g e rs , 7 :1 0 p .m . Tuesday'sgames Atlanta (E.Santana 14-7) at Washington (Zimmermann 10-5), 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Volquez 11-7) at Philadel- phia (D.Buchanan 6-7), 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 8-5) at Toronto (Buehrle 11-9), 4:07 p.m. Colorado (Bergman 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 7-6), 4:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wacha 5-5) at Cincinnati (Leake 10-11), 4:10 p.m. Miami (Koehler 9-9) at Milwaukee (Garza 7-8), 5:10 p.m. San Diego (Cashner 2-7) at L.A. Dodgers (R.Hernandez 8-10), 7:10 p.m. Arizona (Miley 7-10) at San Francisco (Y.Petit 4-3), 7:15 p.m. Wednesday'sgames Atlanta at Washington, 1:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Colorado at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. St. Louis at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Miami at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Arizona at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Los Angeles 88 55 .615 _ Oakland 80 62 .563 7 ½ Seattle 78 64 .549 9 ½ Houston 63 80 .441 25 Texas 54 89 .378 34 CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 79 63 .556 _ Detroit 79 65 .549 1 Cleveland 74 68 .521 5 Chicago 63 79 .444 16 Minnesota 61 82 .427 18 ½ EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Baltimore 84 59 .587 _ New York 73 68 .518 10 Toronto 74 69 .517 10 Tampa Bay 69 75 .479 15 ½ Boston 63 81 .438 21 ½ Sunday'sgames Cleveland 2, Chicago White Sox 0 Kansas City 2, N.Y. Yankees 0 Toronto 3, Boston 1 Baltimore 7, Tampa Bay 5, 11 innings L.A. Angels 14, Minnesota 4 Texas 1, Seattle 0 Houston 4, Oakland 3 Detroit 6, San Francisco 1 Monday'sgames L.A. Angels 12, Cleveland 3 Detroit 9, Kansas City 5 Toronto 8, Chicago Cubs 0 Baltimore 4, Boston 0 Oakland at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Houston at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Tuesday'sgames Minnesota (May 1-4) at Cleveland (Bauer 5-7), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Archer 8-8) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 10-8), 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 8-5) at Toronto (Buehrle 11-9), 4:07 p.m. Kansas City (J.Vargas 11-7) at Detroit (Scherzer 15-5), 4:08 p.m. Baltimore (Tillman 11-5) at Boston (Ranaudo 3-1), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 4-7) at Texas (Lewis 9-12), 5:05 p.m. Oakland (Lester 13-10) at Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 9-10), 5:10 p.m. Houston (McHugh 8-9) at Seattle (Elias 10-12), 7:10 p.m. Wednesday'sgames Baltimore at Boston, 10:35 a.m. Minnesota at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Kansas City at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. L.A. Angels at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Oakland at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Houston at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. WhiteSox5,Athletics4,12 innings Oakland Chicago AB R H B AB R H B Crisp cf 5 0 1 0 Eaton cf 4 1 0 0 Fuld lf 4 0 1 1 AlRmrz ss 4 1 0 0 Dnldsn 3b 5 0 0 0 JAreu dh 5 0 0 0 A.Dunn dh 5 0 1 0 Gillaspi 3b 4 1 1 2 DeNrrs c 5 1 2 0 AGarci rf 4 0 1 1 Reddck rf 4 1 1 2 Wilkins 1b 3 0 0 0 Lowrie ss 4 1 1 1 MTaylr ph-lf2 0 0 0 Moss 1b 2 0 0 0 Viciedo lf-1b40 0 0 Gentry ph 1 0 0 0 Flowrs c 4 2 3 2 Freimn 1b 2 0 0 0 Semien 2b 3 0 1 0 Sogard 2b 2 0 0 0 Callasp ph 0 0 0 0 BBurns pr 0 1 0 0 Parrino 2b 2 0 0 0 Totals 41 4 7 4 37 5 6 5 Oakland 000 030 010 000 — 4 Chicago 200 001 001 001 — 5 One out when winning run scored. E: Moss (6);DP: Oakland 2, Chicago 2; LOB: Oakland 5, Chicago 5;3B: De.Norris (1);HR: Reddick (11), Lowrie (6), Gil- laspie (7), Flowers 2 (14);SB: B.Burns (1);S: Semien;SF: A.Garcia. IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Gray 7 4 3 2 3 4 Gregerson 1 0 0 0 0 1 O'Flaherty 1 1 1 1 0 1 Otero 2 0 0 0 1 1 J.Chavez L,8-81/3 1 1 1 0 1 Chicago Noesi 61/3 4 3 3 1 4 Surkamp 1 2 1 1 1 0 D.Webb 1 1 0 0 1 2 Belisario 12/3 0 0 0 1 0 Guerra W,2-3 2 0 0 0 0 1 HBP: by Gray (Viciedo);WP: Gray, D.Webb. Umpires: Home, Dan Iassogna, First, Dale Scott. Second, Quinn Wolcott. Third, CB Bucknor. T: 3:38;A: 15,517 (40,615). Football NFL AMERICANCONFERENCE WESTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Denver 1 0 01.000 31 24 San Diego 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Oakland 0 1 0 .000 14 19 Kansas City 0 1 0 .000 10 26 EASTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Miami 1 0 01.000 33 20 N.Y. Jets 1 0 01.000 19 14 Buffalo 1 0 01.000 23 20 New England 0 1 0 .000 20 33 SOUTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Tennessee 1 0 01.000 26 10 Houston 1 0 01.000 17 6 Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 17 34 Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 24 31 NORTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 1 0 01.000 23 16 Pittsburgh 1 0 01.000 30 27 Cle ve la nd 0 1 0 . 000 2 7 30 Baltimore 0 1 0 .000 16 23 NATIONALCONFERENCE WESTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 1 0 01.000 36 16 San Francisco1 0 01.000 28 17 Arizona 0 0 0 .000 0 0 St. Louis 0 1 0 .000 6 34 EASTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 1 0 01.000 34 17 N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 14 35 Washington 0 1 0 .000 6 17 Dallas 0 1 0 .000 17 28 SOUTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 1 0 01.000 20 14 Atlanta 1 0 01.000 37 34 New Orleans 0 1 0 .000 34 37 Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 14 20 NORTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota 1 0 01.000 34 6 Detroit 1 0 01.000 35 14 Chicago 0 1 0 .000 20 23 Green Bay 0 1 0 .000 16 36 Thursday'sgame Seattle 36, Green Bay 16 Sunday'sgames Minnesota 34, St. Louis 6 Buffalo 23, Chicago 20, OT Houston 17, Washington 6 Tennessee 26, Kansas City 10 Atlanta 37, New Orleans 34, OT Pittsburgh 30, Cleveland 27 Philadelphia 34, Jacksonville 17 N.Y. Jets 19, Oakland 14 Cincinnati 23, Baltimore 16 Miami 33, New England 20 San Francisco 28, Dallas 17 Carolina 20, Tampa Bay 14 Denver 31, Indianapolis 24 Monday'sgames Detroit 35, N.Y. Giants 14 San Diego at Arizona, 7:20 p.m. Thursday,Sep.11 Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 5:25 p.m. Sunday,Sep.14 Dallas at Tennessee, 10 a.m. New England at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Miami at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Jacksonville at Washington, 10 a.m. Arizona at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m. New Orleans at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Atlanta at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. Detroit at Carolina, 10 a.m. Seattle at San Diego, 1:05 p.m. St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 1:05 p.m. Houston at Oakland, 1:25 p.m. Kansas City at Denver, 1:25 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Green Bay, 1:25 p.m. Chicago at San Francisco, 5:30 p.m. Monday,Sep.15 Philadelphia at Indianapolis, 5:30 p.m. Lions35,Giants14 Giants 0 7 0 7 — 14 Detroit 14 0 13 8 — 35 Firstquarter Det— C.Johnson 67 pass from Stafford (Freese kick), 12:11. Det— C.Johnson 16 pass from Stafford (Freese kick), 5:12. Secondquarter NYG— Donnell 1 pass from Manning (J.Brown kick), 12:54. Thirdquarter Det— FG Freese 28, 11:54. Det— FG Freese 27, 5:50. Det— Stafford 5 run (Freese kick), 3:51. Fourthquarter NYG— Jennings 1 run (J.Brown kick), 11:53. Det— Bell 3 run (Fauria pass from Staf- ford), 4:39. A— 64,401. NYG Det First downs 16 20 Total net yards 197 417 Rushes yds 22-53 30-76 Passing 144 341 Punt returns 2-30 3-11 Kickoff returns 1-14 0-0 Int ret 0-0 2-31 Comp-att-int 18-33-2 22-32-0 Sacked yds lost 2-19 1-5 Punts 5-40.2 2-54.5 Fumbles lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties yds 4-25 8-85 Time of poss. 23:56 36:04 INDIVIDUALSTATS Rushing— N.Y. Giants, Jennings 16-46, A.Williams 5-9, Jernigan 1-(minus 2). Detroit, Bell 15-51, Bush 9-15, Riddick 1-4, Tate 1-4, Stafford 4-2. Passing— N.Y. Giants, Manning 18-33-2- 163. Detroit, Stafford 22-32-0-346. Receiving— N.Y. Giants, Donnell 5-56, Jennings 4-50, Jernigan 4-25, Cruz 2-24, Randle 2-1, Fells 1-7. Detroit, C.Johnson 7-164, Tate 6-93, Bush 6-49, Fauria 1-26, Pettigrew 1-9, Bell 1-5. Missedfieldgoals— Detroit, Freese 43 (WL). College THEAPTOP25 The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first- place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 6, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Florida St. (38) 2-0 1,463 1 2. Oregon (16) 2-0 1,415 3 3. Alabama (1) 2-0 1,334 2 4. Oklahoma (2) 2-0 1,303 4 5. Auburn 2-0 1,236 5 6. Georgia (1) 1-0 1,201 6 7. Texas A&M (2) 2-0 1,101 9 8. Baylor 2-0 1,043 10 9. Southern Cal 2-0 1,039 14 10. LSU 2-0 1,029 12 11. Notre Dame 2-0 815 16 12. UCLA 2-0 779 11 13. Michigan St. 1-1 751 7 14. Mississippi 2-0 703 15 15. Stanford 1-1 592 13 16. Arizona St. 2-0 570 17 17. Virginia Tech 2-0 532 NR 18. Wisconsin 1-1 391 18 19. Kansas St. 2-0 285 20 20. Missouri 2-0 237 24 21. Louisville 2-0 234 25 22. Ohio St. 1-1 222 8 23. Clemson 1-1 206 23 24. South Carolina 1-1 199 21 25. BYU 2-0 179 NR Othersreceivingvotes: Nebraska 153, North Carolina 118, Oklahoma St. 92, Florida 70, Duke 43, Penn St. 35, TCU 31, Mississippi St. 29, Marshall 18, Ten- nessee 14, Iowa 10, Cincinnati 6, West Virginia 6, Washington 4, N. Dakota St. 3, Pittsburgh 3 Tennis U.S.OPENRESULTS Monday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $38.3 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN Championship Marin Cilic (14), Croatia, def. Kei Nishi- kori (10), Japan, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Basketball WNBAPLAYOFFS (x-if necessary) FINALS (Best-of-3) EASTERNCONFERENCE Chicago2,Indiana1 Saturday,Aug.30: Indiana 77, Chicago 70 Monday,Sept.1: Chicago 86, Indiana 84, 2OT Wednesday,Sept.3: Chicago 75, Indiana 62 WESTERNCONFERENCE Phoenix2,Minnesota1 Friday,Aug.29: Phoenix 85, Minnesota 71 Sunday,Aug.31: Minnesota 82, Phoenix 77 Tuesday,Sept.2: Phoenix 96, Minnesota 78 (Best-of-5) Phoenix1,Chicago0 Sunday,Sept.7: Phoenix 83, Chicago 62 Tuesday,Sept.9: Chicago at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Friday,Sept.12: Phoenix at Chicago, 5 p.m. x-Sunday,Sept.14: Phoenix at Chicago, 2:30 p.m. x-Wednesday,Sept.17: Chicago at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For Sept. 9 MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog Pittsburgh -140/+130 at Philadelphia at Washington -135/+125 Atlanta St. Louis -130/+120 at Cincinnati at New York -165/+155 Colorado at Milwaukee -150/+140 Miami at Los Angeles -120/+110 San Diego at San Francisco -165/+155 Arizona AMERICANLEAGUE at Cleveland -170/+160 Minnesota at New York -120/+110 Tampa Bay at Detroit -160/+150 Kansas City Baltimore -120/+110 at Boston Los Angeles -160/+150 at Texas Oakland -175/+165 at Chicago at Seattle -145/+135 Houston INTERLEAGUE at Toronto -135/+125 Chicago (NL) NCAAFootball THURSDAY Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog at North Texas 6½ 6½ Louisiana Tech at BYU 16½ 18½ Houston FRIDAY at Cincinnati 13 12 Toledo Baylor 32½ 33 at Buffalo SATURDAY Indiana 4 6½ at Bowling Green at Marshall 20 20½ Ohio at Missouri 9½ 9½ UCF NC State 3 2½ at South Florida at Michigan 30 31 Miami at Ohio St. 29½ 32 Kent St. at Old Dominion 14 15 E. Michigan at Virginia Tech 10½ 10 East Carolina Syracuse 7 7 at Cent. Michigan Pittsburgh 25 26 at FIU at UConn OFF OFF Boise St. at Georgia Tech 22½ 21 Georgia Southern at Iowa 13 12 Iowa St. at Maryland 3½ 3 West Virginia at Vanderbilt 17½ 17 UMass Louisville 7 6½ at Virginia at Oregon 43½ 44 Wyoming Air Force 13 12 at Georgia St. at Middle Tenn. 1 1 W. Kentucky at Duke 17½ 17½ Kansas Georgia 5 6 at South Carolina at Texas Tech 1 2½ Arkansas at Miami 17½ 16½ Arkansas St. Mississippi St. 15½ 14½ at South Alabama at Mississippi 26 27 La.-Lafayette at Washington 15 14½ Illinois at TCU 8 14 Minnesota at Idaho 2½ 2½ W. Michigan at Stanford 30 28 Army at Alabama 47 48 Southern Miss. at Utah St. 11 14 Wake Forest at FAU +1½ Pk Tulsa at Oklahoma St. OFF OFF UTSA at LSU 31 31½ Louisiana-Monroe Notre Dame-x 28 28½ Purdue at Florida 17½ 18 Kentucky Navy 12½ 12½ at Texas St. at Oklahoma 20 20½ Tennessee at UTEP 10½ 10 New Mexico St. UCLA-y 6 8 Texas Penn St. 3½ 3½ at Rutgers Southern Cal 19½ 19½ at Boston College at Texas A&M 29 32 Rice N. Illinois 8½ 9 at UNLV Arizona St. 14 15½ at Colorado Nebraska 10 10 at Fresno St. at Arizona 15 15½ Nevada x-at Indianapolis y-at Arlington, Texas OFFKEY UConn QB questionable Oklahoma St. QB questionable NFL THURSDAY Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog at Baltimore 3 (44) Pittsburgh SUNDAY at Carolina 3 (45) Detroit at Buffalo Pk (43) Miami at Washington 6 (43½) Jacksonville at Tennessee 4 (49) Dallas at N.Y. Giants 2½ (45) Arizona New England 3½ (49) at Minnesota New Orleans 6½ (47½) at Cleveland at Cincinnati 5 (48) Atlanta at Tampa Bay 4 (37½) St. Louis Seattle 5½ (45) at San Diego Houston 2½ (39½) at Oakland at Green Bay 8½ (46) N.Y. Jets at Denver 13 (52) Kansas City at San Francisco 7 (48) Chicago MONDAY at Indianapolis 3 (52½) Philadelphia Transactions BASEBALL MajorLeagueBaseball MLB: Suspended Atlanta OF Justin Black 50 games for a positive test for an amphetamine in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. AmericanLeague BostonRedSox: Selected the contract of RHP Matt Barnes from Pawtucket (IL). Transferred OF Shane Victorino to the 60-day DL. LosAngelesAngels: Selected the con- tract of RHP Jairo Diaz from Arkansas (Texas). Designated INF Ryan Wheeler for assignment. SeattleMariners: Activated OF Michael Saunders off the 15-day DL. NationalLeague ColoradoRockies: Activated OF Michael Cuddyer from the 15-day DL. LosAngelesDodgers: Sent LHP Onelki Garcia to Chattanooga (SL) for a rehab assignment. NewYorkMets: Activated RHP Vic Black from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Gon- zalez Germen from Las Vegas (PCL). St.LouisCardinals: Recalled INF Greg Garcia, OF Tommy Pham and RHP Sam Tuivailala from Memphis (PCL). Designated C Audry Perez and OF Rafael Ortega for assignment. many days the A's bull- pen couldn't hold a one- run lead in the ninth in- ning. Five walks from Ryan Cook (three) and Fernando Abad (two) had produced two runs that cost the A's in a 4-3 loss to the Astros Sunday in Oakland. With Monday's game tied at 3-3, A's pinch- hitter Alberto Callaspo opened the eighth with a walk against reliever Eric Surkamp, then pinch-run- ner Billy Burns stole sec- ond. Coco Crisp caught a break when his fly to left fell in front of Dayan Viciedo for a single, mov- ing Burns to third. That set up Fuld, and the left-handed hitter pushed a bunt past the mound on the first base side and beat it out as Burns crossed the plate. The A's had taken a 3-2 lead on back-to-back hom- ers from Josh Reddick and Jed Lowrie in the fifth, but a Conor Gillaspie homer off A's starter Sonny Gray in the sixth tied it. Gray overcame early control issues to throw seven innings, giving up four hits and three runs, two of them earned. Gray has pitched well for the A's most of the time this season, but when he's had problems, it's frequently been in the first inning. And so it was Monday when he walked the first two men he faced and both would come around to score. Gray has walked 67 batters this season, and 15 of them have come in the first; he hasn't walked more than 10 in any other inning. A's FROM PAGE 1 | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 2 B