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Tehama Tracker Friday’s results Little League Nevada Red Bluff MLB Giants Florida Sandoval 2-3, HR Cain 6 IP, 2 ER, 4 K NFL Preseason 49ers New Orleans 2 1 2 3 One win away Sports 1B Weekend August 13-14, 2011 LITTLE LEAGUE DN Staff Report All the miles of travel, all the weeks away 24 3 Saturday’s games Little League Red Bluff TBD MLB Texas Athletics TEX — (C.Lewis 10-8) OAK — (Cahill 9-10) Giants Florida SF — (Lincecum 10-9) FLA — (Vazquez 7-9) Sunday’s games MLB Giants Florida SF — (Vogelsong 9-2) FLA — (Volstad 5-8) Texas Athletics 1:05 p.m. TEX — (M.Harrison 10-8) OAK — (Harden 3-2) On the tube SATURDAY AUTO RACING • 8:30 a.m., SPEED — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips, at Watkins Glen, N.Y. • 11 a.m., ESPN — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Zippo 200, at Watkins Glen, N.Y. •3 p.m., SPEED — Rolex Sports Car Series, Watkins Glen 200, at Watkins Glen, N.Y. BOXING •6 p.m., FSN — Super ban- tamweights, Teon Kennedy (17-0-1) vs. Alejandro Lopez (21-2-0), at Atlantic City, N.J. •7 p.m., SHO — IBF champion Joseph Agbeko (28-2-0) vs. WBC Sil- ver champion Abner Mares (21-0-1), for IBF/WBC Silver bantamweight title, at Las Vegas DIVING • 11 a.m., NBC — U.S. Champi- onships, women’s platform, at Los Angeles GOLF •8 a.m., TNT — PGA of America, PGA Championship, third round, at Johns Creek, Ga. • 11 a.m., CBS — PGA of America, PGA Championship, third round, at Johns Creek, Ga. HORSE RACING • 2 p.m., VERSUS — NTRA, Sword Dancer Invitational Handicap, at Saratoga Springs, N.Y. •3 p.m. WGN — NTRA, Arlington Million, at Arlington Heights, Ill. LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL •8 a.m., ESPN — Playoffs, Great Lakes Regional Final, teams TBD, at Indianapolis • 10 a.m., ESPN2 — Playoffs, New England Regional Final, teams TBD, at Bristol, Conn. •2 p.m., ESPN — Playoffs, North- west Regional Final, teams TBD, at San Bernardino, Calif. •4 p.m., ESPN — Playoffs, Midwest Regional Final, teams TBD, at Indi- anapolis MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL •4 p.m., MLB — Regional coverage, Washington at Philadelphia or Min- nesota at Cleveland •4 p.m. WGN — Chicago Cubs at Atlanta MOTORSPORTS • Noon, NBC — AMA Pro Motocross 450, at New Berlin, N.Y. SOCCER • 6:30 a.m., ESPN2 — Premier League, Aston Villa at Fulham TENNIS ª Noon, ESPN2 — ATP World Tour, Rogers Cup, semifinal, at Montreal •5 p.m., ESPN2 — ATP World Tour, Rogers Cup, semifinal, at Montreal SUNDAY AUTO RACING • 10 a.m., ESPN — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips, at Watkins Glen, N.Y. • 12:30 p.m., ABC — IRL, IndyCar, MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225, at Loudon, N.H. DIVING • Noon, NBC — U.S. Championships, men’s platform, at Los Angeles GOLF •8 a.m., TNT — PGA of America, PGA Championship, final round, at Johns Creek, Ga. • 11 a.m., CBS — PGA of America, PGA Championship, final round, at Johns Creek, Ga. LITTLE LEAGUE •3 p.m., ESPN2 — Playoffs, Mid- Atlantic Regional Final, teams TBD, at Bristol, Conn. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL • 10 a.m., TBS — Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees ª 10:30 a.m., WGN — Chicago Cubs at Atlanta •5 p.m., ESPN — Colorado at St. Louis TENNIS Noon, ESPN2 — ATP World Tour, Rogers Cup, championship match, at Montreal 10:10 a.m. 4:10 p.m. 1:10 p.m. 6 p.m. now come down to just six innings. Red Bluff advanced to the Western Regional championship game, Friday afternoon, after holding on for a 3-2 victory over the Nevada state champions Silverado Little League from Las Vegas. Red Bluff will play 6 p.m., tonight on ESPN in San Bernardino in a game to make dreams come true. The winner advances to the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Penn. A 3-run outburst in the top of the first inning was all the Red Bluff offense would produce against Nevada as its defense behind pitchers Kolby Button and Lane Pritchard had to make sure it stood up. It just barely did. Austin Youngblood continued a fantastic tournament by opening up the game with an infield single. He took second on a wild pitch and then moved over to third on a Pritchard ground out. Red Bluff got a 2-out rally going that would prove critical as Wesley Clawson hit an RBI ground rule double to score Youngblood. Nicholas Rodriguez followed with an RBI single and Tanner Tweedt capped the inning by hitting an infield single. An error on the play allowed Rodriguez to score and Red Bluff was up 3-0. As they would all day, Nevada’s offense pressed to get back into the game. They put runners on the corners in the bottom half of the first inning, when Button induced a ground ball to Pritchard. Red Bluff’s smooth fielding shortstop grabbed the ball stepped on second base for one out and then fired to first for an inning-ending double play. While the play was impressive, Pritchard would frustrate the Nevada Little Leaguers even more in the second inning. Once again Nevada had runners on the cor- ners when a slow roller was put into play between first base and the pitcher’s mound. Pritchard came running in from his shortstop position, scooped up the ball and flung it to first base as he was flying through the air to end another inning and keep a run from scoring. Red Bluff continued to have troubles on offense, while Nevada continued to leave run- ners in scoring positions in the third and fourth innings. Blake Blocker made a fine dig and throw from third base to produce an out in the third inning for Red Bluff, who held their 3-0 lead until the bottom of the fifth inning, when Neva- da was finally able to crack through for a pair of runs. With two outs in the inning, Pritchard replaced Button on the mound and stopped the bleeding when he induced a fly ball to Dimitre Kent in left field. MediaNews photo by Will Lester/San Bernardino County Sun Lane Pritchard is congratulated by Tanner Tweedt after making a spectacular play. Tweedt reached on an error in the top half of the sixth and final inning, but once again Red Bluff failed to get any insurance runs. That left Pritchard the task of having to get the final three outs without any room for error. Adding to the intrigue, was Pritchard’s pitch count and a Little League rule, which would have prevented him from throwing in the cham- pionship game if he tossed 20 pitches. Pritchard struck out the first two Nevada bat- ters in the inning and on his 19th pitch of the game induced a ground ball to Clawson at first base to end the game. The win leaves Red Bluff a win away from advancing to the Little League World Series, Unknowns lead field PGA Championship JOHNS CREEK, Ga. (AP) — Hardly anyone knows the two guys leading the PGA Championship. No one even recognized Tiger Woods. Once identi- fied by either his No. 1 ranking or his 14 majors, Woods missed the cut Fri- day at Atlanta Athletic Club with a performance that was even more shocking because of the numbers he compiled. He hit into 22 bunkers. He put four balls in the water. His five double bogeys were the most he ever made in one tourna- ment. With one final bogey for a 3-over 73, Woods fin- ished out of the top 100 for the first time ever in a major. He was 15 shots behind Jason Dufner, who has never won a PGA Tour event, and Keegan Bradley, playing in his first major. ‘‘I got some time off again,’’ said Woods, who doesn’t expect to tee it up again until the Australian Open in November. Based on the last two days, he has a lot of work to do. Dufner, who hasn’t made a cut since the last week in May, holed a 25- foot eagle putt on the fifth hole and threw in five birdies for a 5-under 65 that put him atop the leader- board for the first time in a major. Bradley, a tour rook- ie and the nephew of LPGA great Pat Bradley, did even better with a bogey-free round of 64. They played a game with which Woods is no longer familiar. Even as Steve Stricker followed up his record-tying 63 with a 74, and as Rory McIlroy made it through another round with a heavily taped right wrist, Woods captivat- ed the crowd on another steamy day in Atlanta. There were times the fans wanted to cover their eyes. Woods blasted out of a bunker and went into the pond on the other side of the green for a double bogey. On his next hole, he hooked his drive into the trees, chipped out sideways, then hit a snap-hook back into the trees for another double bogey. At least he went out in style — one more bunker off the tee at No. 18, one more shot into the pond fronting the green. He was angry Thursday when he opened with a 77. He looked numb when he left. ‘‘Obviously frustration, disappointment that I’m not contending in the tourna- ment,’’ Woods said. Now the only question is when — and where — he will play next. Woods failed to qualify- ing for the FedEx Cup play- offs, which he has won two of the last four years, mean- ing he is ineligible for any PGA Tour event for the next six weeks. The next tourna- ment on his schedule is the Australian Open, starting Nov. 10, although he would not rule out playing some- where — perhaps a Fall Series event — before then. Meantime, it’s back to practice. ‘‘Now I’ll have nothing to do but work on my game,’’ he said. ‘‘That’s going to be good.’’ It was only the seventh time he has failed to qualify for the weekend in 227 tour- naments worldwide, and the third time in a major. He completed only one major this year, a tie for fourth at the Masters. Woods left behind a championship that has 16 players under par, all of them separated by only four shots, even if the main- stream sporting audience might not be familiar with the some of the names. Bradley, who won the Byron Nelson Champi- onship in May and contend- ed last week at Firestone, and Dufner were at 5-under 135. They will be in the final group, playing behind D.A. Points (67) and John Senden (68), who were in the group one shot behind. ‘‘These guys are all great players,’’ Bradley said. ‘‘It’s not like they just kind of stumbled up there. They’ve been out here a long time. repeating the feat of the 1974 Red Bluff Little League team. Youngblood finished the game 2-for-3 and rose his batting average to .500 for the tourna- ment. Button, Pritchard and Tweedt also had hits for Red Bluff. Nevada left eight runners on base. Southern California state champion Ocean View Little League from Huntington Beach and Utah state champion Washington Little League were playing late Friday night to determine Red Bluff’s opponent in the championship game. To pass along your wishes to the team visit their facebook site at www.facebook.com/rblittleleague. Nolasco, Marlins beat Giants 2-1 MIAMI (AP) — Ricky Nolasco allowed one run in eight innings and the Florida Marlins snapped a seven-game los- ing streak Friday night by beating the San Francisco Giants 2-1. Florida improved to 4-0 this season against the defend- ing World Series champions. The erratic Marlins had been 0-7 on their homestand, but Nolasco (9-8) outpitched All-Star Matt Cain. Nolasco struck out four, walked one and gave up six hits. Leo Nunez pitched around a leadoff single in the ninth to earn his 32nd save in 36 chances. Center fielder Dewayne Wise — a ninth-inning defensive replacement — made a lunging catch of Cody Ross’ fly at the warning track for the second out. The Giants set an NL record for consecutive solo home runs when Pablo Sandoval hit one in the first inning. Their past 20 homers have been solo shots, breaking the record of 19 set by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1914. San Francisco subsequently hit into two double plays and lost another run- ner when Aubrey Huff was thrown out trying to steal. Two of the first three Florida batters scored against Cain (9-9). He then settled down to pitch six innings, allowing no more runs, but lost his third start in a row. There was no evidence of lingering ill will between the teams, who met for the first time since their series in May, when Giants catcher Buster Posey broke his leg in a collision with Florida’s Scott Cousins. Cousins is on the disabled list himself with an injury unrelated to the collision, and before the game both managers said their teams wanted to move beyond the episode. The Giants, starting a 10-game trip, lost for the 12th time in 17 games and continued to sputter on offense. They’re next to last in the majors in runs and have totaled 15 in the past eight games. Ross went 0 for 4 playing in Miami for the first time since the Giants acquired him from Florida on a waiver claim last August. Sandoval gave San Francisco a brief lead when he hit his 14th homer with two out in the first. Florida came back with two runs in the first on three consecutive one-out hits. Alfre- do Amezaga singled, Logan Morrison tripled and Mike Stanton singled. The Giants didn’t advance a runner beyond first base in the final six innings. ESPN FOX CSNB CSNB CSNC