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count went through and then took off on his route. The coaches dialed up what was basically the same play and this time Pritchard caught it for a 37-yard gain. "Coach (Cole) McKenize told me to keep my head up and I did," Pritchard said. Two plays later the Spartans ran a double pass play with Pritchard taking a backward lateral from Dodero then gun- ning it downfield to Lyon for a 45-yard touchdown. Red Bluff led 6-0, but Foothill would come back. On a fourth down play at Red Bluff's 24 Zac Thompson beat a busted coverage and scored on a touchdown reception from Ray Arreola. Just before halftime Arreola under threw a ball to John Tirri. The Spartans defensive back fell down and Tirri took it in from 39 out for a 14-6 Foothill lead at halftime. With Dodero at quarter- back the Spartans might have been expected to pound the ball, but in- stead they finished with 40 rushing yards and 267 through the air. They were helped by the first games of the season by Pritchard, Dale Danis and Ryan Henderson, who played middle linebacker and right guard. "To have your first game be an EAL game and start both ways and be in a lot of different situations is pretty outstanding for a young kid," Hein said of Henderson. More importantly they got a win and their playoff hopes are still alive. "If we didn't win we had a slim chance of go- ing to the playoffs and we pulled it out," Skaggs said. Red Bluff is 2-3 on the season and 1-0 in the EAL, with a road game at Shasta next week. "I think our team's more confident going into this game," Skaggs said "I mean everyone played great tonight, like out- standing." Spartans FROMPAGE4 two ending in fumbles. Oroville, on the other side, scored its first touch- down on Chadd DaSilva's seven-yard dart to tight end Jacob Taamai. Dylan Shoemaker capped off the next drive with a four-yard run to tie the score at 13. "There were times where we looked like we were moving the ball really well," said Oroville coach Steve Steinmann. "Other times, Corning made ad- justments on us." With 2:06 left in the third quarter, Corning run- ning back Chance Nelson found the end zone from 10 yards out to make good on a 44-yard dash by Davila a few plays earlier. Down 19-13, the Tigers went to the air. DaSilva connected on four straight passes to open the drive, ending with a short pass to running back James Jones that turned into a 22-yard score thanks to key block- ing and a strong cutback. Jones ended the night with 15 carries for 82 yards. Up 20-19, DaSilva drove the Tigers deep against Corning on the next drive, but threw a costly inter- ception. Davila later scored and a 2-point conversion made it 27-20. Oroville (1- 3) would score on a Jus- tin Castillo 12-yard run, but the Tigers fumbled the snap on the point-after at- tempt. It was a tough loss for Steinmann, who said his team continued to play hard and that's what counts. For Studer, Friday's game showed that his team can win in the second half. "It's a character builder having to really pull to- gether at the end," Studer said. Cardinals FROM PAGE 4 Royals general manager Dayton Moore got Shields and shut-down reliever Wade Davis prior to last season, trading soon-to- be AL Rookie of the Year Wil Myers and pitching prospect Jake Odorizzi to Tampa Bay. Moore wanted a legiti- mate ace for the starting rotation, a pitcher who had tasted postseason suc- cess, and who could mold a young but rapidly learn- ing Kansas City clubhouse what it takes to win on the game's biggest stage. Shields has delivered. He's pitching to a 2.31 ERA this September, and the Royals have won four of his starts in some high- pressure games. "If you sit back and look at it, it means everything. It was the trade that got us over the hump," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "Would we be in this situa- tion without James Shields and Wade Davis? No. In my mind, the trade did exactly what we hoped it would do." While the Royals were comfortable in their staff ace, the A's were still searching for their own. They already had several front-line starters, but gen- eral manager Billy Beane had been stung by post- season disappointments, and he coveted a horse for such high-leverage games. Turns out that the Red Sox were willing to trade away just that kind of guy. The move Beane made for Lester on July 31, ship- ping slugger Yoenis Ces- pedes to Boston, raised eyebrows around the league. And while the Oak- land offense took a hit, Les- ter has done his part. He is 6-4 with a 2.35 ERA in 11 starts since he arrived in the Bay Area. Now, he gets another op- portunity to pitch in the postseason. "We have a great oppor- tunity ahead of us," said Lester, who some thought should have been the MVP of last year's World Series, when he went 2-0 with an 0.59 ERA against St. Louis. Tuesday night will mark Lester's 12th start and 14th postseason appearance. "We're going to give it the best shot we can and hopefully at the end of the day we're doing this again," he said. "You never know what's going to hap- pen. This could be my last chance." It bodes well for him that he's facing the Royals, a team that likens the left- hander to kryptonite. He went 3-0 with a 2.61 ERA against them this season, winning twice in a span of a couple weeks with Oak- land. He also no-hit Kan- sas City in 2008. "He has a lot of traits like Shields does. He's a com- petitor," Royals outfielder Alex Gordon said. "He bat- tles out there. You can tell the way he carries himself ... Obviously his stuff is great, and that's why he's so great in the postseason. He's a bulldog." The Royals were in a pennant race until the fi- nal weekend of the regu- lar season, when Detroit sewed up the AL Central, but they were reasonably secure in their wild card. That wasn't the case for the A's, who nearly had to play Seattle in a one-off just for the right to play Tuesday. All that matters now is what happens at Kauff- man Stadium, between two starting pitchers who were brought to their respective teams just for this moment. "All we can think about is this one game against Oakland," Shields said. "We get past this we have a little breathing room. We just have to really focus on this one game and go from there." A's FROM PAGE 4 By Janie Mccauley The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO The San Francisco Giants have proven themselves to be elimination experts. Just rewind two Octo- bers ago, when the Giants overcame six elimination games on the way to their second World Series cham- pionship in three years. No doubt this year will be different. San Francisco must win Wednesday at Pittsburgh to advance into the best-of-five NL division series against the NL East champion Washington Na- tionals. Manager Bruce Bochy has plenty of players still around from the core of the roster two years ago who went through all those re- markable comebacks, such as becoming the first team in major league history to rally from a two-game def- icit in a five-game series by winning three consecutive road games to beat Cincin- nati. Then, San Francisco won three more elimina- tion games to beat the Car- dinals in the NLCS. "Well, sure, for our club, that's invaluable experi- ence," Bochy said. "You look at the clubs we're looking at playing, they've been through it, too — Pitts- burgh, they've been in that game. That's all relative, re- ally." San Francisco (88-74) hopes to regain a postsea- son swagger with many of the same faces who have done this before. From Pablo Sandoval and Hunter Pence, to pitchers Madison Bumgarner and Tim Lince- cum. Lefty 18-game win- ner Bumgarner will pitch Wednesday night. "It never gets old, espe- cially for these guys," said Lincecum, who pitched the Game 5 World Series clincher in 2010 and was a key reliever in the '12 title run. "We've been through a lot together, ups and downs. But once you get through that door, this is when we look to do some- thing great." The Giants spent 96 days in first place and led the division by 10 games on June 9 despite the ab- sences of injured stars Matt Cain, Brandon Belt, Marco Scutaro and Angel Pagan for long stretches of the season. Then, they stum- bled through September and lost nine of their fi- nal 15. "They had a tough week. Something like this can lift their spirits," Bochy said of getting back to the playoffs. "If it helps relax some guys, great. I told them what a great job they've done because we've had some ups and downs." During his time with At- lanta, Giants right-hander Tim Hudson watched the Braves lose the one-game wild card two years ago 6-3 to St. Louis on a con- troversial infield fly call that prompted irate fans to throw bottles and trash and delay the game at Turner Field. "I just don't like it be- cause a lot of times the bet- ter team don't win," Hud- son said. "If it was a three- game series I think you'd have a better chance of hav- ing the better team come out of it." MLB SF has ample experience facing playoff elimination MLB BASEBALL AmericanLeagueWildCard:5p.m.,TBS. GOLF Big Break Invitational Day 1: noon, GOLF. ON THE AIR Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB x-LosAngeles 94 68 .580 _ y-San Francisco 88 74 .543 6 San Diego 77 85 .475 17 Colorado 66 96 .407 28 Arizona 64 98 .395 30 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB x-St. Louis 90 72 .556 _ y-Pittsburgh 88 74 .543 2 Milwaukee 82 80 .506 8 Cincinnati 76 86 .469 14 Chicago 73 89 .451 17 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB x-Washington 96 66 .593 _ Atlanta 79 83 .488 17 New York 79 83 .488 17 Miami 77 85 .475 19 Philadelphia 73 89 .451 23 x-clinched division y-clinched wild card Sunday's games N.Y. Mets 8, Houston 3 Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 1 Atlanta 2, Philadelphia 1 Washington 1, Miami 0 Chicago Cubs 5, Milwaukee 2 San Francisco 9, San Diego 3 L.A. Dodgers 10, Colorado 5 St. Louis 1, Arizona 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB x-Los Angeles 98 64 .605 _ y-Oakland 88 74 .543 10 Seattle 87 75 .537 11 Houston 70 92 .432 28 Texas 67 95 .414 31 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB x-Detroit 90 72 .556 _ y-Kansas City 89 73 .549 1 Cleveland 85 77 .525 5 Chicago 73 89 .451 17 Minnesota 70 92 .432 20 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB x-Baltimore 96 66 .593 _ New York 84 78 .519 12 Toronto 83 79 .512 13 Tampa Bay 77 85 .475 19 Boston 71 91 .438 25 x-clinched division y-clinched wild card Sunday's games Cleveland 7, Tampa Bay 2 Baltimore 1, Toronto 0 Detroit 3, Minnesota 0 N.Y. Mets 8, Houston 3 N.Y. Yankees 9, Boston 5 Kansas City 6, Chicago White Sox 4 Oakland 4, Texas 0 Seattle 4, L.A. Angels 1 Leaders NATIONAL LEAGUE Batting Morneau, Colorado, .319; JHarrison, Pittsburgh, .315; AMcCutchen, Pitts- burgh, .314; Posey, San Francisco, .311; Revere, Philadelphia, .306; Span, Wash- ington, .302; Lucroy, Milwaukee, .301. Runs Rendon, Washington, 111; Pence, San Francisco, 106; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 99; CGomez, Milwaukee, 95; Span, Wash- ington, 94; Yelich, Miami, 94; FFreeman, Atlanta, 93. RBI AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 116; Stanton, Miami, 105; JUpton, Atlanta, 102; How- ard, Philadelphia, 95; Duda, New York, 92; LaRoche, Washington, 92; Desmond, Washington, 91. Hits Revere, Philadelphia, 184; Span, Wash- in gt on , 1 84 ; P enc e, S an Fr an cis co , 1 80 ; McGehee, Miami, 177; DGordon, Los Angeles, 176; Lucroy, Milwaukee, 176; Rendon, Washington, 176. Doubles Lucroy, Milwaukee, 53; FFreeman, Atlanta, 43; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 41; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 39; Rendon, Washington, 39; Span, Washington, 39; JHarrison, Pittsburgh, 38; Kemp, Los Angeles, 38; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 38; JhPeralta, St. Louis, 38. Triples DGordon, Los Angeles, 12; BCrawford, San Francisco, 10; Hechavarria, Miami, 10; Pence, San Francisco, 10; DPeralta, Arizona, 9; Puig, Los Angeles, 9; BHamil- ton, Cincinnati, 8; Span, Washington, 8. Home runs Stanton, Miami, 37; Rizzo, Chicago, 32; Duda, New York, 30; Frazier, Cincinnati, 29; JUpton, Atlanta, 29; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 27; LaRoche, Washington, 26. Stolen bases DGordon, Los Angeles, 64; BHamilton, Cincinnati, 56; Revere, Philadelphia, 49; CGomez, Milwaukee, 34; Span, Washing- ton, 31; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 30; EYoung, New York, 30. Pitching Kershaw, Los Angeles, 21-3; Cueto, Cincinnati, 20-9; Wainwright, St. Louis, 20-9; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 18-10; Greinke, Los Angeles, 17-8; WPeralta, Milwaukee, 17-11; Fister, Washington, 16-6. ERA Kershaw, Los Angeles, 1.77; Cueto, Cincinnati, 2.25; Wainwright, St. Louis, 2.38; Fister, Washington, 2.41; Hamels, Philadelphia, 2.46; HAlvarez, Miami, 2.65; Zimmermann, Washington, 2.66. Strikeouts Cueto, Cincinnati, 242; Strasburg, Wash- ington, 242; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 239; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 219; Greinke, Los Angeles, 207; Kennedy, San Diego, 207; Hamels, Philadelphia, 198. Saves Kimbrel, Atlanta, 47; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 45; Jansen, Los Angeles, 44; FrRodriguez, Milwaukee, 44; Cishek, Miami, 39; Papelbon, Philadelphia, 39; AChapman, Cincinnati, 36. AMERICAN LEAGUE Batting Altuve, Houston, .341; VMartinez, Detroit, .335; Brantley, Cleveland, .327; Beltre, Texas, .324; JAbreu, Chicago, .317; Cano, Seattle, .314; MiCabrera, Detroit, .313. Runs Trout, Los Angeles, 115; Dozier, Min- nesota, 112; Bautista, Toronto, 101; MiCabrera, Detroit, 101; Kinsler, Detroit, 100; Brantley, Cleveland, 94; Reyes, Toronto, 94. RBI Trout, Los Angeles, 111; MiCabrera, De- troit, 109; NCruz, Baltimore, 108; JAbreu, Chicago, 107; Pujols, Los Angeles, 105; Ortiz, Boston, 104; Bautista, Toronto, 103; VMartinez, Detroit, 103. Hits Altuve, Houston, 225; Brantley, Cleve- land, 200; MiCabrera, Detroit, 191; Kinsler, Detroit, 188; VMartinez, Detroit, 188; Cano, Seattle, 187; AJones, Bal- timore, 181; HKendrick, Los Angeles, 181. Doubles MiCabrera, Detroit, 52; Altuve, Houston, 47; Brantley, Cleveland, 45; Kinsler, Detroit, 40; Plouffe, Minnesota, 40; Trout, Los Angeles, 39; Cano, Seattle, 37; Pujols, Los Angeles, 37. Triples Bourn, Cleveland, 10; Eaton, Chicago, 10; Trout, Los Angeles, 9; De Aza, Baltimore, 8; Gardner, New York, 8; Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 8; Rios, Texas, 8. Home runs NCruz, Baltimore, 40; Carter, Houston, 37; JAbreu, Chicago, 36; Trout, Los Angeles, 36; Bautista, Toronto, 35; Ortiz, Boston, 35; Encarnacion, Toronto, 34. Stolen bases Altuve, Houston, 56; Ellsbury, New York, 39; RDavis, Detroit, 36; JDyson, Kansas City, 36; AEscobar, Kansas City, 31; LMartin, Texas, 31; Reyes, Toronto, 30. Pitching Scherzer, Detroit, 18-5; Weaver, Los Angeles, 18-9; Kluber, Cleveland, 18-9; Shoemaker, Los Angeles, 16-4; WChen, Baltimore, 16-6; PHughes, Minnesota, 16-10; Lester, Oakland, 16-11. ERA FHernandez, Seattle, 2.14; Sale, Chicago, 2.17; Kluber, Cleveland, 2.44; Lester, Oakland, 2.46; Lester, Oakland, 2.46; Richards, Los Angeles, 2.61; Cobb, Tampa Bay, 2.87. Strikeouts DPrice, Detroit, 271; Kluber, Cleveland, 269; Scherzer, Detroit, 252; FHernandez, Seattle, 248; Lester, Oakland, 220; Sale, Chicago, 208; PHughes, Minnesota, 186. Saves Rodney, Seattle, 48; GHolland, Kansas City, 46; DavRobertson, New York, 39; ZBritton, Baltimore, 37; Nathan, Detroit, 35; Perkins, Minnesota, 34; Uehara, Boston, 26. Football AMERICAN CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA San Diego 3 1 0 .750 102 63 Denver 2 1 0 .667 75 67 Kansas City 2 2 0 .500 102 79 Oakland 0 4 0 .000 51 103 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 2 2 0 .500 79 75 Miami 2 2 0 .500 96 97 New England 2 2 0 .500 80 90 N.Y. Jets 1 3 0 .250 79 96 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Houston 3 1 0 .750 87 67 Indianapolis 2 2 0 .500 136 95 Tennessee 1 3 0 .250 60 110 Jacksonville 0 4 0 .000 58 152 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 3 0 01.000 80 33 Baltimore 3 1 0 .750 103 60 Pittsburgh 2 2 0 .500 97 99 Cleveland 1 2 0 .333 74 77 NATIONAL CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 3 0 01.000 66 45 Seattle 2 1 0 .667 83 66 San Francisco2 2 0 .500 88 89 St. Louis 1 2 0 .333 56 85 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 3 1 0 .750 122 104 Dallas 3 1 0 .750 115 86 N. Y. G ia nt s 2 2 0 .5 00 1 03 9 1 Washington 1 3 0 .250 95 109 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 2 2 0 .500 131 113 Carolina 2 2 0 .500 73 96 New Orleans 1 3 0 .250 95 110 Tampa Bay 1 3 0 .250 72 119 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 3 1 0 .750 85 62 Green Bay 2 2 0 .500 92 96 Minnesota 2 2 0 .500 91 84 Chicago 2 2 0 .500 92 100 Thursday's game N.Y. Giants 45, Washington 14 Sunday's games Green Bay 38, Chicago 17 Houston 23, Buffalo 17 Indianapolis 41, Tennessee 17 Baltimore 38, Carolina 10 Detroit 24, N.Y. Jets 17 Tampa Bay 27, Pittsburgh 24 Miami 38, Oakland 14 San Diego 33, Jacksonville 14 San Francisco 26, Philadelphia 21 Minnesota 41, Atlanta 28 Dallas 38, New Orleans 17 Open: Arizona, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Seattle, St. Louis Monday's game Kansas City 41, New England 14 Thursday, Oct. 2 Minnesota at Green Bay, 5:25 p.m. Chiefs 41, Patriots 14 New England 0 0 7 7 — 14 Kansas City 7 10 10 14 — 41 First quarter KC — Charles 2 run (Santos kick), 2:15. Second q uar te r KC — Charles 5 pass from A.Smith (San- tos kick), 10:58. KC — FG Santos 22, :00. Third quarter KC — Charles 8 pass from A.Smith (Santos kick), 7:53. KC — FG Santos 31, 5:29. NE — LaFell 44 pass from Brady (Gost- kowski kick), 3:26. Fourth quarter KC — Kelce 2 pass from A.Smith (Santos kick), 11:52. KC — Abdullah 39 interception return (Santos kick), 10:34. NE — Gronkowski 13 pass from Garop- polo (Gostkowski kick), 7:25. A — 76,613. NE KC First downs 13 26 Total net yards 290 443 Rushes yds 16-75 38-207 Passing 215 236 Punt returns 2-10 2-3 Kickoff returns 2-45 2-36 Int ret 0-0 2-73 Comp-att-int 20-30-2 20-26-0 Sacked yds lost 3-14 2-12 Punts 6-48.8 4-45.0 Fumbles lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties yds 3-30 4-35 Time of poss. 23:33 36:27 INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing — New England, Ridley 5-28, Vereen 8-26, J.White 3-21. Kansas City, Davis 16-107, Charles 18-92, A.Smith 4-8. Passing — New England, Brady 14-23- 2-159, Garoppolo 6-7-0-70. Kansas City, A.Smith 20-26-0-248. Receiving — New England, LaFell 6-119, Vereen 5-41, Edelman 4-23, J.White 3-15, Gronkowski 2-31. Kansas City, Kelce 8-93, Bowe 5-81, Charles 3-16, Avery 2-46, Davis 1-12, Jenkins 1-0. Missed field goals — None. THE AP TOP 25 COLLEGE POLL The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first- place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 27, 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. (27) 4-0 1,416 1 2. Oregon (13) 4-0 1,405 2 3. Alabama (13) 4-0 1,387 3 4. Oklahoma (7) 4-0 1,357 4 5. Auburn 4-0 1,272 5 6. Texas A&M 5-0 1,206 6 7. Baylor 4-0 1,149 7 8. UCLA 4-0 975 11 9. Notre Dame 4-0 972 8 10. Michigan St. 3-1 944 9 11. Mississippi 4-0 906 10 12. Mississippi St. 4-0 848 14 13. Georgia 3-1 788 12 14. Stanford 3-1 643 16 15. LSU 4-1 636 17 16. Southern Cal 3-1 560 18 17. Wisconsin 3-1 502 19 18. BYU 4-0 450 20 19. Nebraska 5-0 445 21 20. Ohio St. 3-1 298 22 21. Oklahoma St. 3-1 246 24 22. East Carolina 3-1 237 23 23. Kansas St. 3-1 216 25 24. Missouri 4-1 145 NR 25. TCU 3-0 109 NR Others receiving votes: Arizona St. 97, South Carolina 61, Clemson 52, Arizona 43, Marshall 40, Georgia Tech 37, West Virginia 24, Arkansas 18, Maryland 5, Louisville 4, N. Dakota St. 3, Washington 2, NC State 1, Virginia 1. AMWAY (COACHES) TOP 25 POLL The Amway Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 27, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Alabama (15) 4-0 1477 2 2. Florida State (26) 4-0 1468 1 3. Oklahoma (14) 4-0 1442 3 4. Oregon (7) 4-0 1407 4 5. Auburn 4-0 1312 5 6. Baylor 4-0 1191 6 7. Texas A&M 5-0 1172 7 8. Notre Dame 4-0 1072 8 9. UCLA 4-0 1007 10 10. Michigan State 3-1 975 9 11. Mississippi 4-0 907 11 12. Georgia 3-1 824 13 13. Stanford 3-1 735 14 14. Mississippi State 4-0 708 16 15. LSU 4-1 587 18 16. Wisconsin 3-1 578 17 17. Nebraska 5-0 559 19 18. Ohio State 3-1 474 20 19. Brigham Young 4-0 473 21 20. Southern Cal 3-1 392 22 21. East Carolina 3-1 255 24 22. Kansas State 3-1 253 25 23. Oklahoma State 3-1 216 NR 24. Arizona State 3-1 148 12 25. TCU 3-0 86 NR Others receiving votes: Missouri 83; South Carolina 82; Clemson 81; Arizona 59; Marshall 49; Georgia Tech 39; Wash- ington 10; Louisville 8; Duke 7; Arkansas 5; Iowa 3; Minnesota 3; Cincinnati 1; Texas 1; West Virginia 1. Golf WORLD GOLF RANKING 1. Rory McIlroy NIR 11.65 2. Adam Scott AUS 8.99 3. Sergio Garcia ESP 7.76 4. Jim Furyk USA 7.60 5. Henrik Stenson SWE 7.46 6. Justin Rose ENG 7.23 7. Bubba Watson USA 7.07 8. Jason Day AUS 6.67 9. Matt Kuchar USA 6.39 10. Rickie Fowler USA 5.83 Tennis CHINA OPEN RESULTS Monday At The National Tennis Center Beijing Purse: Men, $3.76 million (WT500); Women, $5.43 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN First Round Marin Cilic (4), Croatia, def. Bai Yan, China, 6-3, 6-4. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 6-3, 6-4. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, def. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-3. Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Grigor Dimitrov (5), Bulgaria, def. Fer- nando Verdasco, Spain, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3. WOMEN First Round Ana Ivanovic (9), Serbia, def. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, 6-2, 6-1. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, def. Maria Kirilenko, Russia, 6-4, 6-1. Lucie Safarova (13), Czech Republic, def. Camila Giorgi, Italy, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. Flavia Pennetta (14), Italy, def. Christina McHale, United States, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, 7-5, 6-2. Peng Shuai, China, def. Zhang Kai-Lin, China, 6-4, 6-1. Alize Cornet, France, def. Jelena Jankovic (10), Serbia, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4. Caroline Garcia, France, def. Zhang Shuai, China, 6-1, 6-4. Lauren Davis, United States, def. Xu Yi- Fan, China, 6-3, 6-3. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA x-Seattle 18 9 3 57 57 46 x-Los Angeles16 5 9 57 63 31 Salt Lake 13 7 10 49 50 38 FC Dallas 14 10 6 48 52 40 Vancouver 9 8 13 40 38 40 Portland 9 9 12 39 54 51 Colorado 8 14 8 32 41 54 San Jose 6 12 11 29 34 42 Chivas USA 6 18 6 24 25 58 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. 15 9 6 51 46 34 New England14 13 3 45 44 42 Kansas City 13 11 6 45 45 37 Columbus 11 9 10 43 43 36 New York 10 9 11 41 48 46 Toronto FC 11 11 7 40 42 45 Philadelphia 9 10 11 38 45 44 Houston 10 13 6 36 35 50 Chicago 5 8 16 31 37 45 Montreal 6 18 6 24 34 54 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. x- clinched playoff berth Saturday's games Toronto FC 3, Portland 2 D.C. United 1, Philadelphia 0 Seattle FC 4, Chivas USA 2 Vancouver 2, Salt Lake 1 Columbus 2, Montreal 0 Colorado 1, San Jose 1, tie Sunday's games Houston 2, Chicago 0 Los Angeles 4, New York 0 Thursday, Oct. 2 Chicago at Philadelphia, 8 p.m Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE For Sept. 30 Major League Baseball TOMORROW AMERICAN LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Kansas City -110/+100 Oakland WEDNESDAY NATIONAL LEAGUE San Francisco -110/+100 at Pittsburgh THURSDAY AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit -115/+105 at Baltimore FRIDAY NATIONAL LEAGUE at Los Angeles -200/+185 St. Louis ODDS TO WIN SERIES Detroit -120/+100 Baltimore Los Angeles -230/+190 St. Louis NFL THURSDAY Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog at Green Bay 91/2 (50) Minnesota SUNDAY at Carolina 3 (451/2) Chicago at Tennessee 2 (441/2) Cleveland at Philadelphia 7 (471/2) St. Louis at N.Y. Giants 41/2 (49) Atlanta at New Orleans 101/2 (48) Tampa Bay at Dallas 4 (46) Houston at Detroit 7 (44) Buffalo at Indianapolis 31/2 (471/2) Baltimore Pittsburgh 61/2 (46) at Jacksonville at Denver 71/2 (49) Arizona at SF 71/2 (45) Kansas City at San Diego 7 (431/2) N.Y. Jets at New England 3 (47) Cincinnati MONDAY Seattle 71/2 (45) at Washington TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |SPORTS | 5 B