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AUTORACING F1Singapore Grand Prix Prac- tice:6:30a.m.,NBCSN. MLB BASEBALL Los Angeles Dodgers at Chi- cago Cubs: 11a.m., MLB. Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals: 5p.m., ESPN2. Philadelphia Phillies at Oak- land Athletics: 6:30p.m., CSN. San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres: 7p.m., CSNBA, MLB. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Mceachern vs. Lovejoy: 5p.m., ESPNU. GOLF Web.com Tour Championship Round 2: 11a.m., GOLF. LPGA Yokohama Tire Classic Round 2: 2p.m., GOLF. Champions Tour Hawaii Championship Round 1: 4:30 p.m., GOLF. EPGA Wales Open Round 3: 5:30a.m., GOLF. SOCCER NCAA Women Pacific vs. California: 1p.m., PAC-12. NCAA Delaware vs. California: 3:30p.m., PAC-12. MLS Colorado at Salt Lake: 7 p.m., NBCSN. EPL Stoke vs. QP Rangers: 4:45a.m., NBCSN. Ontheair By Jerry McDonald BayAreaNewsGroup ALAMEDA With a new four-year-contract exten- sion in hand, Marcel Re- ece entered this season 15 pounds lighter in order to exploit the matchup issues that keep defensive coordi- nators up at night. While New England de- fensive coordinator Matt Patricia raved about Re- ece's multiplicity this week, Patriots coach Bill Belichick called Reece a "dilemma" in that he's too quick and fast for most linebackers and bigger and stronger than most safeties Through two games, it seems the only people who can keep Reece under wraps are the Raiders. When Oakland visits the Patriots on Sunday at Gillette Stadium, the two- time Pro Bowl fullback brings with him one carry for zero yards and three re- ceptions for 12 yards. "Every offensive player wants to get the ball in their hands as many times as they can," Reece said Thursday. "That goes un- said, really." Reece said lobbying for the ball isn't his style. "I'm about winning. That's all it's about with me," Reece said. "If we're winning and I don't touch the ball, I think that sits well with me. We haven't won yet, so I'm just try- ing to do whatever I can to help this team win and make plays on the field." The problem is, making plays on the field requires actually being on the field. Out of the Raiders' 119 of- fensive snaps in two games, Reece has been on the field for 42 of them — just six more than second-team tight end Brian Leonhardt. On 65 percent of the Raiders' snaps through two games, Reece has been sidelined. Offensive coordinator Greg Olson said Reece's opportunities mostly come out of a base offense, which means the majority of his chances will come on first and second down. When extra receivers take the field, Reece usually comes out of the game. That's a lot of time on the sidelines for a Raider who was paid as a founda- tion player with a contract worth as much as $14 mil- lion, half of that guaran- teed. In a 30-14 loss to Hous- ton last week, Carr tar- geted Reece exactly one time. A swing pass gained 11 yards and a first down. "Obviously, he's a Pro Bowl player. You want the ball in his hands," Carr said. "Schematically, as far as ways to get him the ball and all that, I'll let the coaches talk about that stuff. I'm just going through my reads." Olson said Reece is one of the first people he talks to after games to go over strategy and said of his role, "It's still there. I'm aware of it ... there were plays that were designed for him, but didn't end up going there." Olson said Carr's inter- ception down the middle of the field intended for Mychal Rivera came on a route with Reece as the pri- mary receiver, but the cov- erage dictated he throw it elsewhere. "What you guys don't understand is the game changes all the time," Re- ece said. "Game plans change according to the direction the game is go- ing in and I've been in this league for a long time, so I understand that." NFL Raiders not making good use of Reece this season Versatile fullback on sideline for 65 percent of snaps (2-0). Smith is doing his part to compensate for the loss of his pass-rushing wing- man, Aldon Smith, who's suspended the first nine games. Yes, a Smith continues to lead the team in sacks. This time, it's Justin Smith, with three sacks so far, in- cluding two in the Sept. 7 win over the Cowboys. He had the 49ers' only sack in Sunday night's 28-20 loss to the Chicago Bears. He can become the first 49ers defensive linemen since 1986 (Corning High grad Jeff Stover) to produce at least a sack in his first three games if he notches one Sunday, against poten- tial starter Drew Stanton or Smith's former Bengals teammate, Carson Palmer, who's battling a nerve issue in his throwing shoulder. No one is expecting Smith to stay on pace for 24 sacks. Getting to the quarterback rarely has been his calling card. His most sacks in a season are 8½, set in his 2001 rookie year with the Bengals and matched in 2010, his third year with the 49ers. Smith has averaged 6½ sacks per season since join- ing the 49ers in 2008 as a cornerstone to their even- tual turnaround. Smith's value — his co- captainship — is mea- sured more so by his brute strength in the trenches, his mentoring of younger players and a dry sense of humor he reserves for his teammates rather than the media. "He knows how to turn an awkward situation into a funny one," Williams said. "He's a great person to have around." The start of this sea- son certainly has to feel awkward for Smith, and not just because of Aldon Smith's absence. Among Justin Smith's closest allies is fellow defensive tackle Ray McDonald, who's en- during an ongoing police investigation into an Aug. 31 domestic-violence arrest. Coach Jim Harbaugh does not think those team- mates' plights are motivat- ing Smith. "It's just who he is. Great talent, great execution, great effort," Harbaugh said. "What drives some- one to be great rather than just good? Books have been written on it. He is at the highest quality." To keep him fresh, the 49ers limit Smith to in- dividual conditioning on Wednesdays rather than put his body through pad- ded practices. On or off the field, Smith's teammates appreciate his guidance. "What I like about Jus- tin is he talks to everyone," said Tank Carradine, a sec- ond-year defensive tackle penciled in as Smith's even- tual successor. "Certain vets stay on their own is- land. Justin is a friend with everyone. If you ask him for help, he'll help you." Added cornerback Chris Culliver: "He gets me in- tense before games, just by telling me, 'Let's go baby!' That's Cowboy." Cowboys is Smith's nickname. He hasn't an- nounced if he'll ride off into the sunset after this sea- son. When he reported to training camp two months ago, he revealed he had off- season surgery on a shoul- der injury he dealt with all of last season, to which he downplayed by saying: "It was what it was." After the opening win at Dallas, Smith summed up the defense's state by say- ing: "We are missing guys who are year-in, year-out NFL defensive players of the year. That is how it is. We all have to step up, all 11 of us." 49ers FROM PAGE 1 Time should have a lesser grip on Fuld than on most of the A's, because he's probably closer to ex- pectations than anyone in the A's lineup. He doubled twice, collecting one-third of the A's hit total, and drove in both of Oakland's runs. He has 10 RBIs this month; that's three more than any of the A's more recognized hitters. Oakland's pitchers aren't off the hook. Thurs- day starter Sonny Gray has a personal time warp known as the first inning. He was the AL Pitcher of the Month in July (5-0 in five starts with a 1.03 ERA) but since August showed up he's 1-6 in 10 starts with a 4.64 ERA. He's allowed 34 runs in those 10 starts 10 of those in the first in- ning alone. So when he gave up four consecutive two-out sin- gles in the first, it was like things hadn't changed. "If anyone had any an- swers, we wouldn't be here," Gray said, talking of the between-games work he's done with pitching coach Curt Young. "When we find it, it'll be notice- able." Gray's performance blends in with the overall downward trend of the A's. He knows it, and he's at a loss to explain not just his troubles, but those of the team as well. "These are games that we need to win; I think everyone knows that," he said. "It's tough to play the way we have the last three days. Unfortunately for us I dug us in a hole a little too deep. If you give up four in the first, nine times out ten you're not going to win. "Today was just ugly. To- day was bad." The A's have three series left, three games this week- end against the Phillies, the last-place team in the National League East, then a regular season final home series against the Amer- ican League West cham- pion Angels before head- ing to Texas for four more with the Rangers. The A's could probably make the wild card with five or six wins in the final 10 games, but this puzzling Oakland squad hasn't won as many as five times in any 10-game stretch since Aug 19-29 and hasn't won six of 10 since Aug. 3-12. "Everyone here is just as stumped as you are. We've just to go out and take it from here," shortstop Jed Lowrie said. "There are three series. We have to have a short memory, for- get what's happened in the last month and just focus on what we can do every at-bat. "The good thing is we're still in a position to make the playoffs. We just need to try to hit the reset but- ton. Everybody take a deep breath and move forward." It's about that simple for the pitchers, too. A's FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Los Angeles 86 66 .566 _ San Francisco 84 68 .553 2 San Diego 70 81 .464 15 ½ Arizona 62 91 .405 24 ½ Colorado 62 91 .405 24 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 84 68 .553 _ Pittsburgh 82 70 .539 2 Milwaukee 79 73 .520 5 Cincinnati 71 82 .464 13 ½ Chicago 68 84 .447 16 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB x-Washington 88 64 .579 _ Atlanta 76 76 .500 12 Miami 74 78 .487 14 New York 73 80 .477 15 ½ Philadelphia 70 82 .461 18 x-clinched division Wednesday'sgames Colorado 16, L.A. Dodgers 2 San Francisco 4, Arizona 2 Pittsburgh 9, Boston 1 Miami 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Atlanta 3, Washington 1 Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati 1 St. Louis 2, Milwaukee 0 Philadelphia 5, San Diego 2 Thursday'sgames Pittsburgh 3, Boston 2 Washington 6, Miami 2 Co lo ra do 7 , A ri zo na 6 L.A. Dodgers at Chicago Cubs, (n.) Milwaukee at St. Louis, (n.) Philadelphia at San Diego, (n.) Friday'sgames L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 19-3) at Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 6-14), 11:20 a.m. Milwaukee (Gallardo 8-10) at Pittsburgh (Locke 7-5), 4:05 p.m. Washington (Fister 14-6) at Miami (Koehler 9-9), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Za.Wheeler 10-10) at Atlanta (Teheran 13-12), 4:35 p.m. Arizona (C.Anderson 9-6) at Colorado (Lyles 6-3), 5:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Holmberg 1-1) at St. Louis (Lackey 2-2), 5:15 p.m. Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 6-7) at Oak- land (Lester 15-10), 6:35 p.m. San Francisco (T.Hudson 9-11) at San Diego (Despaigne 3-7), 7:10 p.m. Saturday'sgames L.A. Dodgers at Chicago Cubs, 10:05 a.m. Philadelphia at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Arizona at Colorado, 1:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. Washington at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Cincinnati at St. Louis, 4:15 p.m. San Francisco at San Diego, 5:40 p.m. NLWILDCARDRACE NATIONALLEAGUE W L Pct GB San Francisco 84 68 .553 — Pittsburgh 82 70 .539 — Milwaukee 79 73 .520 3 Atlanta 76 76 .500 6 AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB x-Los Angeles 95 57 .625 _ Oakland 83 69 .546 12 Seattle 81 70 .536 13 ½ Houston 67 85 .441 28 Texas 60 92 .395 35 CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 84 68 .553 _ Kansas City 83 68 .550 ½ Cleveland 78 73 .517 5 ½ Chicago 69 83 .454 15 Minnesota 65 87 .428 19 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB x-Baltimore 92 60 .605 _ New York 78 74 .513 14 Toronto 77 75 .507 15 Tampa Bay 74 79 .484 18 ½ Boston 66 87 .431 26 ½ x-clinched division Wednesday'sgames Pittsburgh 9, Boston 1 Baltimore 6, Toronto 1 N. Y. Y an ke es 3 , T am pa B a y 2 Kansas City 6, Chicago White Sox 2 Cleveland 2, Houston 0 Minnesota 8, Detroit 4 L.A. Angels 5, Seattle 0 Texas 6, Oakland 1 Thursday'sgames Texas 7, Oakland 2 Pittsburgh 3, Boston 2 N.Y. Yankees 3, Toronto 2 Cleveland at Houston, (n.) Seattle at L.A. Angels, (n.) Friday'sgames Boston (Webster 4-3) at Baltimore (Gausman 7-7), 4:05 p.m. Toronto (Buehrle 12-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 10-9), 4:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Quintana 8-10) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 1-3), 4:10 p.m. Cleveland (Bauer 5-8) at Minnesota (P.Hughes 15-10), 5:10 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 13-12) at Kansas City (J.Vargas 11-9), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (T.Walker 1-2) at Houston (Pea- cock 4-8), 5:10 p.m. Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 6-7) at Oak- land (Lester 15-10), 6:35 p.m. Texas (Bonilla 1-0) at L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 5-8), 7:05 p.m. Saturday'sgames Detroit at Kansas City, 10:05 a.m. Philadelphia at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Boston at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Cleveland at Minnesota, 4:10 p.m. Seattle at Houston, 4:10 p.m. Texas at L.A. Angels, 6:05 p.m. ALWILDCARDRACE AMERICANLEAGUE W L Pct GB Kansas City 83 68 .550 — Oakland 83 69 .546 — Seattle 81 70 .536 1½ Cleveland 78 73 .517 4½ Rangers7,Athletics2 Texas Oakland AB R H B AB R H B LMartn cf 4 1 2 1 Crisp cf 3 1 1 0 Andrus ss 5 0 2 1 Fuld rf 4 0 2 2 Odor 2b 5 1 2 0 Dnldsn 3b 4 0 1 0 ABeltre dh 4 2 1 0 Dunn dh 4 0 0 0 Smlnsk rf 5 1 4 1 Moss lf 2 0 0 0 Telis c 4 1 1 2 Goms ph-lf 2 0 0 0 Rua lf 4 0 2 1 Lowrie ss 4 0 2 0 Rosales 1b 4 1 1 0 DeNrrs c 1 1 0 0 Sardins 3b 4 0 0 0 BryAnd ph 1 0 0 0 Callasp 1b 3 0 0 0 Sogard 2b 2 0 0 0 Pnto ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Totals 39 715 6 31 2 6 2 Texas 400 012 000 — 7 Oakland 002 000 000 — 2 DP: Texas 2, Oakland 2;LOB: Texas 7, Oakland 5;2B: L.Martin (13), Fuld (16), Donaldson (31);3B: Fuld (4);SB: Sardi- nas (2);CS: Andrus (14). IP H R ER BB SO Texas Mtiz W,4-1152/3 3 2 2 3 2 Kirkman 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 Sh.Tolleson 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 Cotts 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 S.Patton 12/3 1 0 0 0 2 Oakland Gray L,13-9 5 8 5 4 2 4 Otero 1/3 3 2 2 0 1 Abad 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 Cook 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 Hammel 3 3 0 0 0 4 WP: Sh.Tolleson, Gray;PB: De.Norris. Umpires: Home, Gary Cederstrom, First, Lance Barksdale. Second, Seth Buckmin- ster. Third, Mark Ripperger. T: 3:05;A: 17,574 (35,067). Football AMERICANCONFERENCE WESTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Denver 2 0 01.000 55 41 San Diego 1 1 0 .500 47 39 Oakland 0 2 0 .000 28 49 Kansas City 0 2 0 .000 27 50 EASTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 2 0 01.000 52 30 Miami 1 1 0 .500 43 49 N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 43 45 New England 1 1 0 .500 50 40 SOUTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Houston 2 0 01.000 47 20 Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 36 36 Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 27 75 Indianapolis 0 2 0 .000 51 61 NORTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 2 0 01.000 47 26 Baltimore 1 1 0 .500 42 29 Pittsburgh 1 1 0 .500 36 53 Cleveland 1 1 0 .500 53 54 NATIONALCONFERENCE WESTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 2 0 01.000 43 31 Seattle 1 1 0 .500 57 46 San Francisco1 1 0 .500 48 45 St. Louis 1 1 0 .500 25 51 EASTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 2 0 01.000 64 44 Washington 1 1 0 .500 47 27 Dallas 1 1 0 .500 43 38 N.Y. Giants 0 2 0 .000 28 60 SOUTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 2 0 01.000 44 21 Atlanta 2 1 0 .667 103 72 New Orleans 0 2 0 .000 58 63 Tampa Bay 0 3 0 .000 45 95 NORTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Chicago 1 1 0 .500 48 43 Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 41 36 Detroit 1 1 0 .500 42 38 Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 47 60 Thursday'sgame Atlanta 56, Tampa Bay 14 Sunday,Sept.21 Dallas at St. Louis, 10 a.m. Minnesota at New Orleans, 10 a.m. San Diego at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Houston at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m. Tennessee at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. Baltimore at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Green Bay at Detroit, 10 a.m. Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. Oakland at New England, 10 a.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 1:05 p.m. Denver at Seattle, 1:25 p.m. Kansas City at Miami, 1:25 p.m. Pittsburgh at Carolina, 5:30 p.m. Monday,Sept.22 Chicago at N.Y. Jets, 5:30 p.m. COLLEGETOP25 No. 5 Auburn (3-0) 20, No. 20 Kansas State 14. Golf LPGATOUR-YOKOHAMATIRE CLASSIC Thursday At Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Capitol Hill, The Senator Prattville, Alabama Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,599;Par72 FirstRound Mi Jung Hur .............................. 32-32—64 -8 Stacy Lewis.............................. 33-31—64 -8 Paula Reto................................ 33-32—65 -7 Cydney Clanton.......................32-34—66 -6 Karin Sjodin..............................34-32—66 -6 Ayako Uehara ..........................34-32—66 -6 Christina Kim........................... 36-31—67 -5 Ilhee Lee ...................................33-34—67 -5 Beatriz Recari..........................33-34—67 -5 Kris Tamulis .............................33-34—67 -5 Sun Young Yoo.........................33-34—67 -5 Amy Anderson.........................33-35—68 -4 Katie M. Burnett......................34-34—68 -4 Perrine Delacour.....................35-33—68 -4 Moriya Jutanugarn .................36-32—68 -4 Hanna Kang..............................33-35—68 -4 Amelia Lewis............................34-34—68 -4 Stephanie L Meadow...............37-31—68 -4 Mika Miyazato.........................34-34—68 -4 Ji Young Oh...............................34-34—68 -4 Jane Park..................................34-34—68 -4 Dewi Claire Schreefel.............34-34—68 -4 Karlin Beck...............................34-35—69 -3 Brianna Do.................................32-37—69 -3 Austin Ernst ............................. 34-35—69 -3 Joanna Klatten ........................ 34-35—69 -3 Maria McBride......................... 35-34—69 -3 Thidapa Suwannapura........... 36-33—69 -3 Alison Walshe.......................... 33-36—69 -3 Chella Choi................................35-35—70 -2 Jacqui Concolino......................32-38—70 -2 Jodi Ewart Shadoff ..................35-35—70 -2 Yueer Cindy Feng.....................33-37—70 -2 Julieta Granada........................32-38—70 -2 Katherine Kirk ..........................36-34—70 -2 Brittany Lincicome..................37-33—70 -2 Haley Millsap............................33-37—70 -2 Giulia Molinaro.........................37-33—70 -2 Jane Rah.....................................33-37—70 -2 Lexi Thompson.........................35-35—70 -2 Marina Alex...............................35-36—71 -1 Julia Boland...............................35-36—71 -1 Heather Bowie Young..............35-36—71 -1 Ashli Bunch ...............................35-36—71 -1 Kathleen Ekey...........................34-37—71 -1 Jaye Marie Green .....................34-37—71 -1 Mina Harigae ............................36-35—71 -1 Nicole Jeray...............................33-38—71 -1 Felicity Johnson .......................33-38—71 -1 Jennifer Johnson......................35-36—71 -1 Kim Kaufman............................36-35—71 -1 Stacey Keating .........................36-35—71 -1 Brittany Lang............................34-37—71 -1 Alejandra Llaneza....................37-34—71 -1 Lisa McCloskey.........................36-35—71 -1 Ryann O'Toole...........................35-36—71 -1 Morgan Pressel........................35-36—71 -1 Jenny Shin .................................36-35—71 -1 Sarah Jane Smith .....................36-35—71 -1 Jennifer Song............................38-33—71 -1 Jenny Suh ..................................35-36—71 -1 Tennis WTATORAYPANPACIFICOPEN RESULTS Thursday At Ariake Colosseum Tokyo Purse: $1 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles SecondRound Casey Dellacqua, Australia, def. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, 6-2, 6-4. Caroline Wozniacki (2), Denmark, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. Garbine Muguruza, Spain, def. Jelena Jankovic (4), Serbia, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Carla Suarez Navarro (8), Spain, def. Daria Gavrilova, Russia, 7-6 (5), 6-3. FRIDAY Quarterfinals Angelique Kerber (1), Germany, vs. Dominika Cibulkova (6), Slovakia, Ana Ivanovic (3), Serbia, vs. Lucie Safa- rova (7), Czech Republic, WTAKIAKOREAOPENRESULTS Thursday At Olympic Park Seoul, South Korea Purse: $500,000 (Intl.) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles SecondRound Maria Kirilenko, Russia, def. Klara Koukalova (3), Czech Republic, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-0. Magdalena Rybarikova (4), Slovakia, def. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 6-2, 6-2. Kaia Kanepi (6), Estonia, def. Kristyna Pliskova, Czech Republic, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Nicole Gibbs, United States, def. Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5). ATPWORLDTOURMOSELLE OPENRESULTS Thursday At Les Arenes de Metz Metz, France Purse: $629,600 (WT250) Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles SecondRound Philipp Kohlschreiber (3), Germany, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 6-3, 7-5. Joao Sousa (6), Portugal, def. Igor Sijsling, Netherlands, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (3). David Goffin (8), Belgium, def. Tobias Kamke, Germany, 6-1, 6-3. Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, def. Jer- emy Chardy (5), France, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4. Gael Monfils (2), France, def. Michal Przysiezny, Poland, 7-5, 6-1. Jerzy Janowicz (7), Poland, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-4, 6-4. Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For Sept. 19 MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog Los Angeles -280/+240 at Chicago at Pittsburgh -120/+110 Milwaukee Washington -145/+135 at Miami at Atlanta -155/+145 New York at Colorado -135/+125 Arizona at St. Louis -230/+210 Cincinnati San Francisco -130/+120 at San Diego AMERICANLEAGUE at New York -140/+130 Toronto at Baltimore -180/+170 Boston at Tampa Bay -120/+110 Chicago at Minnesota -135/+125 Cleveland at Kansas City -115/+105 Detroit Seattle -140/+130 at Houston at Los Angeles -250/+220 Texas INTERLEAGUE at Oakland -280/+240 Philadelphia NCAAFootball TONIGHT Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog at South Florida 2 (45½) UConn TOMORROW at Missouri 13½ (71) Indiana at Penn St. 27 (47½) UMass Marshall 9½ (60) at Akron at Pittsburgh 7 (46½) Iowa at Toledo 14 (60½) Ball St. at Syracuse 1 (55½) Maryland at Ohio 14 (55) Idaho at Kansas 3½ (46½) Cent. Mich. at Georgia 41 (64½) Troy at Wisconsin 27 (63½) Bowling Green at Duke 17 (58) Tulane Army 2½ (47) at Wake Forest at East Carolina 2 (66½) North Carolina at Minnesota 9 (51½) San Jose St. at Michigan 4 (56) Utah at Michigan St. 45½ (51½) E. Michigan South Carolina 21½ (55) at Vanderbilt at Wyoming 3½ (47) FAU at Colorado 8 (60) Hawaii at Memphis 12 (61) Middle Tenn. at Washington 35 (68) Georgia St. at S. Miss. 2½ (60) Appalachian St. Georgia South. 3 (59) at S. Alabama Texas A&M 33½ (61½) at SMU at Navy 6½ (54) Rutgers at Alabama 14 (51) Florida at Houston 21½ (62) UNLV at Virginia Tech 8 (52½) Georgia Tech Oregon 23½ (75) at Wash. St. at Florida St. 16½ (60) Clemson at BYU 14 (48) Virginia at Illinois 13½ (62½) Texas St. at Rice 7 (62½) Old Dominion Louisville 27 (46) at FIU at Cincinnati 28 (60) Miami at Oregon St. 9½ (59) San Diego St. at LSU 9½ (49½) Mississippi St. at Arkansas 13½ (65) N. Illinois at Arkansas St. 2½ (48) Utah St. N. Mexico 3½ (63½) at N. Mex. St. at Nebraska 7½ (56½) Miami Oklahoma 7½ (61½) at W. Virginia at Arizona 9½ (70½) California at Boise St. 17 (61½) La.-Lafayette NFL SUNDAY Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog at Buffalo 2 (44½) San Diego Dallas 1 (45) at St. Louis at Philadelphia 6½ (50½) Washington Houston 2½ (41½) at N.Y. Giants at New Orleans 10 (50) Minnesota at Cincinnati 7 (43) Tennessee Baltimore 1½ (41½) at Cleveland at Detroit 2½ (53) Green Bay Indianapolis 7 (45) at Jacksonville at New England 14 (47) Oakland San Francisco 3 (42) at Arizona at Seattle 5 (49) Denver at Miami 4 (41½) Kansas City at Carolina 3½ (41½) Pittsburgh MONDAY at N.Y. Jets 2½ (45½) Chicago Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague HoustonAstros: Signed a two-year player development contract with Fresno (PCL) though the 2016 season. OaklandAthletics: Signed a four-year player development contract with Nash- ville (PCL) through the 2018 season. NationalLeague ChicagoCubs: Signed a four-year player development contract with South Bend (MWL) through the 2018 season. MilwaukeeBrewers: Signed a two-year player development contract with Colorado Springs (PCL) through the 2016 season. SanFranciscoGiants: Signed a two-year player development contract with Sacramento (PCL). WashingtonNationals: Claimed INF Pedro Florimon off waivers from Min- nesota. Designated OF Eury Perez for assignment. BASKETBALL NationalBasketballAssociation ChicagoBulls: Signed G E'twaun Moore. FOOTBALL NationalFootballLeague ArizonaCardinals: Re-signed RB Jalen Parmele. Placed RB Jonathan Dwyer on the reserve/non-football illness list. ChicagoBears: Signed CB Demontre Hurst. MinnesotaVikings: Released WR Jerome Simpson. HOCKEY NationalHockeyLeague MinneasotaWild: Signed G Darcy Kuem- per to a two-year contract. NashvillePredators: Added D Brian Lee, D Mike Little, F Matthew Campagna and F Jon Puskar to the training camp roster. SOCCER MajorLeagueSoccer Mls: Fined Los Angeles coach Bruce Arena $20,000 for making critical com- ments of the league. NationalWomen'sSoccer League SkyBlueFC: Re-signed MF Katy Freels. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 2 B