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Tehama Tracker S. California Little League Red Bluff Sunday’s results MLB Giants Florida 2 5 Belt 2-4, 2 ER Vogelsong 7 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 8 K Texas Athletics Allen 3-4, ER A.Bailey L, 0.3 IP, 1 ER, 1 K Today’s games MLB Giants Atlanta SF — (Bumgarner 7-11) ATL — (T.Hudson 12-7) Baltimore Athletics 7:05 p.m. BAL — (Tom.Hunter 1-2) OAK — (G.Gonzalez 9-10) On the tube NFL FOOTBALL •5 p.m., ESPN — Preseason, N.Y. Jets at Houston SOCCER • 11:55 a.m., ESPN2 — Premier League, Swansea City at Manchester City MLB Scoreboard Sunday’s results Minnesota at Cleveland, ppd., rain Tampa Bay at New York, ppd., rain Toronto 5, L.A. Angels 4, 10 innings Baltimore 8, Detroit 5 Chicago White Sox 6, Kansas City 2 Texas 7, Oakland 6 Seattle 5, Boston 3 San Diego 7, Cincinnati 3 San Francisco 5, Florida 2 Chicago Cubs 6, Atlanta 5 Washington at Philadelphia, ppd., rain Milwaukee 2, Pittsburgh 1, 10 innings L.A. Dodgers 7, Houston 0 Arizona 5, N.Y.Mets 3 Colorado at St. Louis, late Today’s games Minnesota at Detroit, 4:05 p.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Houston, 5:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. N.Y.Yankees at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Florida at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets at San Diego, 7:05 p.m. Texas at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Toronto at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. In the block North Valley Rapids softball coach X. Tito Cervantes How does your softball program help make players better? “What we try to do is teach them conditioning, physical therapy, prevena- tive injuries and we try to get them on a program where they work out on their own five days a week and then what we do is organize them. Education is our No. 1 priority and we try to get the best people, who are athlet- ic, but really want to go to college and play sports — so that kind of limits the field We work them out just once a week in the fall and get them prepared when we go to these college show- cases where you have hun- dreds of teams there. Col- leges, just massive num- bers, come around and when the team performs when you can see people hitting home runs or making great plays the pitcher strik- ing them out — college coaches tend to go to that direction. That’s our goal is to show our talent in the Northern State that we’re able to com- pete with Southern Califor- nia and the Bay Area.” “Mainly we’re just giv- ing them the opportunity to work for them and then the opportunity to go out and show their talents to col- leges. There’s a college for every kid — really there is. That’s our job is to help them mentally and give them the opportunity to see live pitches. To get that opportu- nity with the bases loaded and two outs. You won’t get to that place where you can come through unless you have that opportunity.” 4:10 p.m. 6 7 2 1 Sports JOHNS CREEK, Ga. (AP) — A rally that ranks among the best. A collapse hardly anyone saw coming. There was even a guy in a red shirt Sunday, pumping his fists with each clutch putt in the final, frenzied hour of the PGA Champi- onship. In a major filled with unfamiliar names, Keegan Bradley delivered an unforgettable finish. Bradley was five shots behind with only three holes to play after his chip shot raced across the 15th green and into the water, leading to a triple bogey. That’s when he reminded himself that no lead was safe on the final four holes at Atlanta Athletic Club. ‘‘I just kept telling myself, ’Don’t let that hole define this whole tournament,’’’ Bradley said. Instead, it led to one of the most stunning turnarounds in a major. Bradley made back-to-back birdies, including a 35-footer with a belly putter that rattled into the cup on the 17th. Then came a monumental melt- down by Jason Dufner. Unflap- pable all afternoon, he hit his tee shot in the water on the 15th for the first of three straight bogeys that led to a three-hole playoff. Bradley birdied the 16th hole in the playoff — his first outright lead of the day — and went on to win by one shot. The son of a PGA professional in Vermont, wearing red for his alma mater — St. John’s — Bradley became only the first play- er in at least 100 years to win a major championship in his first try. The Wanamaker at his side, Bradley took out his cell phone and took a picture of the largest press audience he had ever seen. ‘‘It feels unbelievable,’’ he said. ‘‘It seems like a dream and I’m afraid I’m going to wake up here in MCT photo Keegan Bradley hits his tee shot into the water on the 15th hole where he made a triple bogey during the final round of the PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club Sunday. the next five minutes and it’s not going to be real.’’ The final major of the year was hard to believe in so many ways. It was Bradley, a 25-year-old PGA Tour rookie who was ranked No. 108 in the world, who ended America’s longest drought in a major that had reached six. He became only the third player in at Vogelsong helps Giants beat Marlins MIAMI (AP) — Dressing at his locker, Ryan Vogelsong showed a clubhouse visitor the big red welt on his upper left arm, a souvenir earned en route to his career-best 10th victory. Vogelsong gave up a first- inning homer and took a pitch in the biceps batting in the seventh Sunday, but that was the only sig- nificant damage inflicted on the right-hander, who helped the San Francisco Giants to a 5-2 victory over the slumping Florida Marlins. Vogelsong (10-2), a journey- man who blossomed this year into an All-Star, benefited from four homers by his teammates. He retired 17 in a row during one stretch to finally reach the double- digit victory milestone at age 34. ‘‘Every win is significant,’’ he said. ‘‘To me, the road I’ve been on, they all mean something.’’ In sunny, 91-degree weather, Vogelsong became overheated only when reliever Burke Baden- hop hit him with a pitch. Vogel- song raised the bat over his head with both hands and slammed it to the ground, and the catcher and plate umpire stepped between him and Badenhop. ‘‘I don’t think they were trying to hit me,’’ Vogelsong said. ‘‘But any time you get hit, you’re going to be mad, especially because I have no extra-base hits, and I haven’t had a hit in about two months.’’ Both teams dismissed the notion there was residual bad blood from their previous meeting this season in May, when Giants catcher Buster Posey broke his leg in a collision that stirred contro- versy. ‘‘Guys get carried away,’’ Mar- lins manager Jack McKeon said. ‘‘Vogel ... Volkswagen ... whatever his name is — he’s lucky he didn’t have to face Drysdale or Gibson or one of those guys. You would get a shave and a haircut real quick.’’ The Marlins were unlucky they had to face Vogelsong, who matched a career high with eight strikeouts. He allowed two runs and four hits in 7 2-3 innings, low- ering his ERA to 2.47, second-best in the NL. Cody Ross ended the Giants’ major league-record streak of 21 consecutive solo homers when he hit a two-run shot in the third inning. It was the first non-solo homer for San Francisco since July 6. 1B Monday August 15, 2011 Bradley wins in rousing comeback least 100 years to win a major on his first try. All this after Tiger Woods missed the cut and finished out of the top 100 for the first time in a major, and U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy — the favorite at the PGA — hit a tree root in the open- ing round and played the rest of the week with his right wrist heavily taped. He tied for 64th and finished 19 shots behind. Then came the finish — a rous- ing rally for Bradley, a sad collapse for Dufner. It brought back memo- ries of Ed Sneed making bogey on the last three holes of the 1979 Masters, and even Arnold Palmer losing a seven-shot lead with nine holes left in the 1966 U.S. Open. Dufner played that four-hole finish in 3 under for the week — never once making a bogey — until the final round. Sunday was different. He made three bogeys in regulation, another on the 17th in the playoff to fall two shots behind, and a birdie on the last hole in the playoff only made the score seem closer than it was. Dufner, now winless in 148 starts, closed with a 69. ‘‘Everybody has struggled on them,’’ Dufner said of the final four holes. ‘‘Unfortunately, I had the lead and I struggled on them. ... That was the deciding factor, and Keegan made a couple birdies there, and I made a couple bogeys.’’ Bradley, best known until now as the nephew of LPGA great Pat Bradley, moved to No. 29 in the world. He won earlier this year at the Byron Nelson Championship in a playoff, again after the leader faded on the closing holes. The win makes it seven straight majors by players who had never before captured a Grand Slam event, the longest streak ever. 49ers to bring in QB Culpepper for workout SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The 49ers are adding Daunte Culpepper to their quarterback mix. After a three-hour practice Sun- day, San Francisco coach Jim Har- baugh said the team is bringing in the 34-year-old Culpepper for a tryout on Monday. ‘‘We’re going to have Daunte in for a workout and kick the tires,’’ Harbaugh said. ‘‘I’m looking for- ward to that.’’ Harbaugh said Saturday that the 49ers have no clear-cut starter at quarterback after veteran Alex Smith and rookie Colin Kaeper- nick both had shaky performances in San Francisco’s 24-3 loss to New Orleans in Friday’s preseason opener. MCT photo Giants' Cody Ross gets a base hit in the 7th inning against the Florida Marlins in Miami, Fla. Sunday. A’s lose eighth straight to first- place Rangers OAKLAND (AP) — Manager Bob Melvin is a bit perplexed by all of Oakland’s ups and downs. A strong road trip followed by a three-game sweep at home. Defen- sive blunders that cost his club games. A comeback that almost was against the reigning AL champions. David Murphy hit a tiebreaking RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Texas Rangers sur- vived after blowing a six-run lead to beat the A’s 7-6 on Sunday and com- plete a three-game series sweep. Mike Adams (1-1) pitched a 1-2- 3 eighth for the victory, then Neftali Feliz finished for his 23rd save in 29 chances as the Rangers won their fourth straight road game heading into a key four-game series with the Angels in Anaheim. Late lineup addition and new- comer Brandon Allen had three hits for Oakland, which lost its third straight on the heels of a 4-2 road trip. The finale was considered an improvement, though, after the A’s lost 9-1 on Friday and 7-1 on Satur- day. ‘‘In our dugout, the feeling was that we were going to win that game, no question, once we tied it up,’’ Melvin said. ‘‘So the mojo kind of turned for us a bit. ... They took it to us, obviously and beat us. And we didn’t respond very well during those (first two) games. To be able to come back and do what we did today kind of in the face of all of what I’ve been talking about was a good sign.’’ Mitch Moreland hit a sacrifice fly, Michael Young and Mike Napoli each drew bases-loaded walks against former Ranger Rich Harden and first-place Texas extended its winning streak in the rivalry to eight games. The Rangers (69-52) also moved a season-best 17 games over .500. Andrew Bailey (0-3) issued a one-out walk to Moreland in the ninth. Craig Gentry came in to run for Moreland and stole second on a 1-2 count to put himself in good position on Murphy’s single to cen- ter. ‘‘I can’t put a guy on in that situ- ation,’’ Bailey said. This marks the A’s longest skid against the Rangers since dropping nine in a row from June 19-Sept. 30, 1986. Culpepper, the No. 11 pick in the 1999 draft, hasn’t played in the NFL since an eight-game stint with Detroit in 2009. During an 11-year NFL career, mostly with the Min- nesota Vikings, Culpepper has played in three Pro Bowls. He spent last season with the Sacra- mento Mountain Lions of the Unit- ed Football League. Smith and Kaepernick alternat- ed most of the snaps Sunday dur- ing 11-on-11 drills in front of 8,200 fans at Candlestick Park. The 49ers were practicing on their home field as part of a full day of ‘‘Fan Fest’’ activities. Harbaugh deems QB spot open SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rookie Colin Kaepernick will get his shot to compete with Alex Smith for the 49ers’ starting quar- terback job. While coach Jim Harbaugh still considers it Smith’s spot to lose, he said Saturday nobody has earned the position so far in training camp. In addition, San Francisco will consider adding an experienced backup on the heels of a 24-3 loss at New Orleans on Friday night in the 49ers’ exhibition opener and Harbaugh’s NFL coaching debut. Kaepernick, a second-round draft pick out of Nevada, complet- ed 9 of 19 passes for 117 yards and threw two interceptions. He played most of the game. The 2005 No. 1 overall pick, Smith was 2-for- 7 for 10 yards. CSNB CSNC