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MLBPLAYOFFS American League Champion- ship Series, Baltimore Orioles at Kansas City Royals:1p.m., TBS. National League Champion- ship Series, St. Louis Cardi- nals at San Francisco Giants: 5p.m., FS1. GOLF EPGA World Match Play Championship Day 1: 6a.m., GOLF. LPGA HanaBank Champion- ship Round 1: 8p.m., GOLF. EPGA World Match Play Championship Day 2: 3:30 a.m., GOLF. NHL HOCKEY Boston Bruins at Detroit Red Wings: 5p.m., NBCSN. Ontheair By Dave Skretta TheAssociatedPress KANSAS CITY, MO. The Kansas City Royals have embraced the bloop, bunt and sacrifice fly all post- season. Add in more sparkling defense and that dominant bullpen, and the wild-card Royals are suddenly one win from the World Series. Billy Butler drove in the go-ahead run with a sacri- fice fly in the sixth inning, and the Royals' steel-cur- tain bullpen shut down the Baltimore Orioles the rest of the way for a 2-1 win Tuesday night and a com- manding 3-0 lead in the AL Championship Series. Third baseman Mike Moustakas made two mar- velous plays as the picture- perfect Royals won their 10th straight postseason game, including all seven this year. Making its first playoff appearance in 29 years, the only thing that's slowed Kansas City so far was a rainout Monday. Kansas City will send Ja- son Vargas to the mound for Game 4 today, trying to advance to its first World Series since 1985. Miguel Gonzalez will try to help the Orioles stave off elim- ination. The Royals' Jeremy Guthrie and Orioles' Wei- Yin Chen hooked up in a tense pitching duel for five innings. Chen gave up a lead- off single to Nori Aoki in the sixth. Eric Hosmer fol- lowed with a one-out single to put runners on the cor- ners, and Orioles manager Buck Showalter brought in hard-throwing reliever Kevin Gausman to face Butler. AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Royals edge Orioles to take 3-0 lead By Joseph White The Associated Press WASHINGTON Matt Ir- win and John Scott were unlikely goal-scorers, and the previously stingy San Jose Sharks finally sprung a leak or two Tuesday night before coming away with a 6-5 shootout victory over the Washington Capitals. The Sharks led 3-0 in the first period, 4-1 in the second, and 5-3 late in the third before Washington's Alex Ovechkin and Troy Brouwer scored 1:16 apart to tie the game with 4:35 remaining in regulation. But Joe Pavelski scored the only goal in the shoot- out as the Sharks won their third straight to open the season. The difference this time was that San Jose didn't get a shutout, its clean slate coming to an end at 142 minutes, 51 sec- onds when Washington scored early in the second period. Irwin and Scott, both scratches in San Jose's first two games, matched their respective goal out- puts from all of last sea- son in their first period on the ice this season. Irwin scored twice, and Scott netted once to make the score 3-0 before the game was 10 minutes old to chase Capitals goalie Braden Holtby. Pavelski and Tommy Wingels also scored in regulation, and Antti Ni- emi made 29 saves for the Sharks. Marcus Johansson, Mike Green and Ovechkin all scored in the first 7 min- utes of the second period for the Capitals. Ovechkin finished with two goals and an assist. NHL Sharks move to 3-0 with victory bless all of you for that. That's what our students and our kids need. They need an athletic outlet," Howard said. After Howard accepted her award, it was her turn to do the inducting. She had the honor of inducting one of her former players, Jackson, a softball stand- out. Before attending Red Bluff High School, Jack- son had played with the boys as a member of the Cottonwood Little League All-Star baseball team. She said she wanted to play baseball when she got to high school, but instead was pushed to Howard and the softball program. She became a standout, earning a scholarship to Arizona State University and won national recogni- tion with the Redding Reb- els. Jackson made softball her life, starting her own company to train up-and- coming players. Along the way she was inducted into the Amateur Softball Asso- ciation Hall of Fame. "My dream is to do what I'm doing," Jackson said during her acceptance speech. She credited Red Bluff High School as being part of that dream's foundation. "Red Bluff High is where I started," Jackson said. "It's where I got my goals and values of what I want my kids to do and why I want to do it. I had really good parenting and really good coaching right here in town and that's why I've done what I've done." Miller was inducted by her husband Bob Miller, who said he may be biased but believed one thing to be true: "Angie is the greatest basketball player, boy or girl, to ever play at Red Bluff High School," he said. Miller's resume certainly backs up such a claim. She led Red Bluff to a 1987 state championship, along the way picking up regional, state and na- tional awards including being Cal-Hi Sports Maga- zine Division II Girls Bas- ketball Player of the Year. Miller, who still holds scoring and rebounding records at Red Bluff, then went on to put her name in the record books at Wash- ington State University. When her playing career ended she bounced around as a Division I assistant coach before coming back to Red Bluff and coaching local youths in the sport she loves. "Determined is probably the single best word for An- gie," Bob Miller said. "An- gie is determined to see things through. She's de- termined to achieve her goals and she was deter- mined in athletics at Red Bluff High." Bob Miller also spoke about the crowds the girls basketball team could draw to the school gymna- sium during the 1980s. "Red Bluff High School is the center point where people can come together," he said. The final inductee of the night was Dreier, a base- ball and basketball stand- out at Red Bluff, who went on to pitch seven seasons in the Cincinnati Reds or- ganization. An injury forced Dreier to retire, but he became a high school coach and later a referee and umpire. He was inducted by Doug Sale, a 1940 Red Bluff Union High School gradu- ate. "I wouldn't be here with- out my family — my dad, my mom, my siblings," Dreier said. Drier spoke about not being able to play in the Red Bluff Little League because his family resided outside the city limits. His dad organized a game against Red Bluff and after a throughout whipping, the rules were changed to let Dreier and others play. Drier thanked the nu- merous coaches he en- countered along the way in the area, who helped him achieve his dreams. The ceremony was a fun- draiser for the Red Bluff Spartan Booster Club. Booster President Steph- anie Dodero emceed the event. She said since the club was founded six years ago, it has donated more than $80,000 to Spartan ath- letics. Inductees FROM PAGE 1 "Rocks and slingshots, man," third base coach Tim Flannery said, smiling and shaking his head. "We can score runs without hits. We've proven that." They do it better than anybody this time of year. The Giants have fought the perception that there's any luck involved in all this, but they don't shy away from the reality that it's peculiar to watch and be a part of. "(Travis) Ishikawa said this earlier: If there's an unconventional way to win a game, we'll find it," Craw- ford said. "But a win is a win. We'll take it." The Giants embraced convention at times, too, even if those fleeting mo- ments included their own unique twists. Ishikawa had the big early blast, one that goes in the box score as a three-run dou- ble off the right-field wall. In real time, it was a crushed shot that was headed for the seats until the wind caught hold of it and dragged it back toward center field. Right fielder Randal Grichuk gave chase but lost the ball and ended up standing a dozen feet away as it bounced off the bottom of an archway and skittered back toward cen- ter. "That's as good as I can hit a ball," Ishikawa said. "Obviously this ballpark and the wind had other ideas." Every experienced Gi- ants outfielder, from Blanco to Hunter Pence to Juan Perez, said this was the toughest wind day they have seen alongside Mc- Covey Cove. The flags stood stiff for over three hours, gusting balls back toward center field. But in other spots, the wind swirled, or pushed balls toward the scoreboard. The elements would put Pence surpris- ingly far out of reach when Kolten Wong crushed a tri- ple off the same wall in the fourth, cutting the Cardi- nals' deficit from four to two. What had started as a brutal day for John Lackey and an easy one for Tim Hudson turned into an- other postseason thriller. Lackey gave up just one hit after the first, a single by Hudson that snapped his 0 for 42 skid at the plate. Hudson needed just 39 pitches to get through the first three innings but gave two back to Wong and allowed another run on Jhonny Peralta's single in the sixth. The bullpen was hum- ming by that point, but manager Bruce Bochy wanted Hudson to get two more outs in the seventh. He got one and then gave up a solo shot to Grichuk, the fifth Cardinals homer of the series to none for the Giants. Giants FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard Baseball MLBPLAYOFFS Leaguechampionshipseries (Best-of-7) AMERICANLEAGUE KansasCity3,Baltimore0 Friday,Oct.10: Kansas City 8, Baltimore 6, 10 innings Saturday,Oct.11: Kansas City 6, Baltimore 4 Monday,Oct.13: Baltimore at Kansas City, ppd., rain Tuesday,Oct.14: Kansas City 2, Balti- more 1 Wednesday,Oct.15: Baltimore (Gonza- lez 10-9) at Kansas City (Vargas 11-10), 1:07 p.m. x-Thursday,Oct.16: Baltimore at Kansas City, 1:07 p.m. x-Friday,Oct.17: Kansas City at Balti- more, 5:07 p.m. x-Saturday,Oct.18: Kansas City at Baltimore, 5:07 p.m. NATIONALLEAGUE SanFrancisco2,St.Louis1 Saturday,Oct.11: San Francisco 3, St. Louis 0 Sunday,Oct.12: St. Louis 5, San Fran- cisco 4 Tuesday,Oct.14: San Francisco 5, St. Louis 4, 10 innings Wednesday,Oct.15: St. Louis (Miller 10-9) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 8-13), 5:07 p.m. (FS1) Thursday,Oct.16: St. Louis at San Fran- cisco, 5:07 p.m. (FS1) x-Saturday,Oct.18: San Francisco at St. Louis, 1:07 p.m. (Fox) x-Sunday,Oct.19: San Francisco at St. Louis, 4:37 p.m. (FS1) Worldseries (Best-of-7) Tuesday,Oct.21: at American League Wednesday,Oct.22: at AL Friday,Oct.24: at National League Saturday,Oct.25: at NL x-Sunday,Oct.26: at NL x-Tuesday,Oct.28: at AL x- We dn esd ay ,O ct .2 9: a t A L NLCS Giants5,Cardinals4,10innings St.Louis SanFran AB R H B AB R H B MCrpnt 3b 5 0 1 0 GBlanc cf 4 0 0 0 Jay cf 5 2 3 0 Panik 2b 4 0 0 0 Hollidy lf 5 1 1 0 Posey c 4 1 1 0 MAdms 1b 4 0 0 0 Sandovl 3b 3 1 1 0 JhPerlt ss 4 0 1 1 Pence rf 4 1 1 1 Wong 2b 4 0 2 2 Belt 1b 3 1 0 0 Przyns c 4 0 0 0 Ishikaw lf 3 0 1 3 Grichk rf 4 1 1 1 Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 Lackey p 1 0 0 0 SCasill p 0 0 0 0 Descals ph 1 0 0 0 Morse ph 1 0 0 0 Gonzals p 0 0 0 0 J.Lopez p 0 0 0 0 Neshek p 0 0 0 0 Romo p 0 0 0 0 Maness p 0 0 0 0 BCrwfr ss 3 1 0 0 Bourjos ph 1 0 0 0 THudsn p 2 0 1 0 Choate p 0 0 0 0 J.Perez lf 2 0 1 0 Totals 38 4 9 4 33 5 6 4 St.Louis 000 201 100 0 — 4 SanFran 400 000 000 1 — 5 No outs when winning run scored. E: Choate (1). DP: San Francisco 1. LOB: St. Louis 5, San Francisco 5. 2B: Wong (1), Pence (1), Ishikawa (2). 3B: Wong (1). HR: Grichuk (1). S: G.Blanco. IP H R ER BB SO St.Louis Lackey 6 5 4 4 1 3 Gonzales 1 0 0 0 0 1 Neshek 1 0 0 0 0 0 Maness 1 0 0 0 0 0 Choate L,0-1 0 1 1 0 1 0 SanFrancisco Hudson 61/3 7 4 4 0 5 Affeldt 12/3 1 0 0 0 0 S.Casilla 1 0 0 0 0 1 J.Lopez 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 Romo W,1-1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 Choate pitched to 3 batters in the 10th. HBP: by Lackey (Sandoval), by T.Hudson (Lackey). Umpires: Home, Gerry Davis, First, Mark Carlson. Second, Greg Gibson. Third, Bill Miller. Right, Bill Welke. Left, Paul Emmel. T: 3:10;A: 42,716 (41,915). ALCS Royals2,Orioles1 Baltimore KansasCity AB R H B AB R H B Markks rf 4 0 1 0 AEscor ss 4 0 1 0 De Aza lf 4 0 0 0 Aoki rf 3 0 1 0 Jones cf 4 0 0 0 Dysn pr-cf 1 1 0 0 N.Cruz dh 4 0 0 0 Cain cf-rf 4 1 2 0 Pearce 1b 4 1 1 0 Hosmer 1b 3 0 2 0 JHardy ss 3 0 1 1 BButler dh 1 0 0 1 Flahrty 3b 1 0 0 0 AGordn lf 3 0 0 1 Hundly c 3 0 0 0 S.Perez c 3 0 0 0 Schoop 2b 3 0 0 0 Infante 2b 3 0 1 0 Mostks 3b 3 0 0 0 Totals 30 1 3 1 28 2 7 2 Baltimore 010 000 000 — 1 KansasCity 000 101 00x — 2 DP: Baltimore 1;LOB: Baltimore 4, Kansas City 4;2B: Pearce (1), J.Hardy (1);SF: B.Butler. IP H R ER BB SO Baltimore Chen L,0-1 51/3 7 2 2 1 4 Gausman 22/3 0 0 0 0 1 KansasCity Guthrie 5 3 1 1 2 2 Frasor W,1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 K.Herrera 1 0 0 0 0 2 W.Davis 1 0 0 0 0 1 Holland S,3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Umpires: Home, Joe West, First, Ron Kulpa. Second, Mark Wegner. Third, Brian Gorman. Right, Marvin Hudson. Left, Dan Iassogna. T: 2:55;A: 40,183 (37,903). Football AMERICANCONFERENCE WESTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA San Diego 5 1 0 .833 164 91 Denver 4 1 0 .800 147 104 Kansas City 2 3 0 .400 119 101 Oakland 0 5 0 .000 79 134 EASTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA New England 4 2 0 .667 160 129 Buffalo 3 3 0 .500 118 126 Miami 2 3 0 .400 120 124 N.Y. Jets 1 5 0 .167 96 158 SOUTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 4 2 0 .667 189 136 Houston 3 3 0 .500 132 120 Tennessee 2 4 0 .333 104 153 Jacksonville 0 6 0 .000 81 185 NORTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 3 1 1 .700 134 113 Baltimore 4 2 0 .667 164 97 Cleveland 3 2 0 .600 134 115 Pittsburgh 3 3 0 .500 124 139 NATIONALCONFERENCE WESTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 4 1 0 .800 116 106 San Francisco4 2 0 .667 141 123 Seattle 3 2 0 .600 133 113 St. Louis 1 4 0 .200 101 150 EASTDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 5 1 0 .833 183 132 Dallas 5 1 0 .833 165 126 N.Y. Giants 3 3 0 .500 133 138 Washington 1 5 0 .167 132 166 SOUTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 3 2 1 .583 141 157 New Orleans 2 3 0 .400 132 141 Atlanta 2 4 0 .333 164 170 Tampa Bay 1 5 0 .167 120 204 NORTHDIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 4 2 0 .667 116 82 Green Bay 4 2 0 .667 161 130 Chicago 3 3 0 .500 143 144 Minnesota 2 4 0 .333 104 143 Monday'sgame San Francisco 31, St. Louis 17 Thursday,Oct.16 N.Y. Jets at New England, 5:25 p.m. Sunday,Oct.19 Seattle at St. Louis, 10 a.m. Miami at Chicago, 10 a.m. Carolina at Green Bay, 10 a.m. Atlanta at Baltimore, 10 a.m. Tennessee at Washington, 10 a.m. Cleveland at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 10 a.m. Minnesota at Buffalo, 10 a.m. New Orleans at Detroit, 10 a.m. Kansas City at San Diego, 1:05 p.m. Arizona at Oakland, 1:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 1:25 p.m. San Francisco at Denver, 5:30 p.m. Open: Philadelphia, Tampa Bay Monday,Oct.20 Houston at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m. APTOP25COLLEGEFOOTBALL The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first- place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 11, 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. Mississippi St. (45) 6-0 1,480 3 2. Florida St. (12) 6-0 1,415 1 3. Mississippi (3) 6-0 1,413 3 4. Baylor 6-0 1,317 5 5. Notre Dame 6-0 1,228 6 6. Auburn 5-1 1,144 2 7. Alabama 5-1 1,068 7 8. Michigan St. 5-1 1,015 8 9. Oregon 5-1 1,014 12 10. Georgia 5-1 981 13 11. Oklahoma 5-1 935 11 12. TCU 4-1 917 9 13. Ohio St. 4-1 648 15 14. Kansas St. 4-1 626 17 15. Oklahoma St. 5-1 620 16 16. Arizona 5-1 590 10 17. Arizona St. 4-1 459 20 18. East Carolina 5-1 449 19 19. Nebraska 5-1 402 21 20. Utah 4-1 305 24 21. Texas A&M 5-2 264 14 22. Southern Cal 4-2 258 NR 23. Stanford 4-2 223 25 24. Clemson 4-2 188 NR 25. Marshall 6-0 148 NR Othersreceivingvotes: UCLA 110, LSU 67, Duke 45, Kentucky 36, Minnesota 36, West Virginia 27, Washington 22, Georgia Tech 11, Arkansas 10, Louisville 7, Rutgers 7, Iowa 6, Colorado St. 3, N. Dakota St. 3, South Carolina 1, Virginia 1, Wisconsin 1. AMWAYTOP25POLL The Amway Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, re- cords through Oct. 11, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Miss. St. (26) 6-0 1490 6 2. Florida State (31) 6-0 1489 1 3. Mississippi (5) 6-0 1436 4 4. Baylor 6-0 1392 3 5. Notre Dame 6-0 1292 5 6. Michigan State 5-1 1129 8 7. Alabama 5-1 1121 7 8. Auburn 5-1 1111 2 9. Oregon 5-1 1017 11 10. Georgia 5-1 1013 10 11. Oklahoma 5-1 1005 9 12. TCU 4-1 824 12 13. Ohio State 4-1 737 15 14. Kansas State 4-1 710 16 15. Oklahoma State 5-1 610 18 16. East Carolina 5-1 518 19 17. Arizona 5-1 502 13 18. Arizona State 4-1 471 20 19. Nebraska 5-1 433 21 20. Stanford 4-2 344 22 21. Texas A&M 5-2 269 14 22. Clemson 4-2 244 25 23. Utah 4-1 161 NR 24. Marshall 6-0 153 NR 25. USC 4-2 125 NR Others receiving votes: UCLA 116; LSU 80; Minnesota 78; Duke 70; Washington 70; Kentucky 37; Wisconsin 34; West Virginia 17; Iowa 15; Georgia Tech 14; Oregon State 10; Colorado State 5; Mis- souri 5; Brigham Young 2; Rutgers 1. NHL WESTERNCONFERENCE PACIFICDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 3 3 0 0 6 13 5 Anaheim 4 3 1 0 6 16 12 Vancouver 2 2 0 0 4 9 6 Calgary 4 2 2 0 4 11 12 Los Angeles 3 1 1 1 3 6 8 Arizona 2 1 1 0 2 5 8 Edmonton 2 0 1 1 1 6 10 CENTRALDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 3 2 0 1 5 9 6 Minnesota 2 2 0 0 4 8 0 Chicago 2 2 0 0 4 9 4 Dallas 3 1 1 1 3 7 9 Colorado 4 1 2 1 3 4 12 St. Louis 2 1 1 0 2 6 4 Winnipeg 3 1 2 0 2 7 9 EASTERNCONFERENCE ATLANTICDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 4 3 1 0 6 11 14 Tampa Bay 4 2 1 1 5 13 8 Ottawa 3 2 1 0 4 6 5 Toronto 4 2 2 0 4 14 14 Detroit 2 1 1 0 2 4 4 Boston 4 1 3 0 2 4 9 Buffalo 4 1 3 0 2 8 17 Florida 3 0 2 1 1 3 9 METROPOLITANDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA New Jersey 3 3 0 0 6 13 6 N.Y. Islanders 3 3 0 0 6 15 9 Pittsburgh 2 2 0 0 4 11 6 Columbus 3 2 1 0 4 10 7 Washington 3 1 0 2 4 10 8 N.Y. Rangers 4 1 3 0 2 11 19 Philadelphia 4 0 2 2 2 11 16 Carolina 3 0 2 1 1 9 13 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday'sgames Anaheim 4, Philadelphia 3, SO San Jose 6, Washington 5, SO Buffalo 4, Carolina 3, SO Calgary 3, Nashville 2, SO N.Y. Islanders 6, N.Y. Rangers 3 Dallas 4, Columbus 2 Toronto 3, Colorado 2, OT New Jersey 2, Tampa Bay 1 Edmonton at Los Angeles, (n.) Wednesday'sgames Boston at Detroit, 5 p.m. Calgary at Chicago, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Arizona, 7:30 p.m. Sharks6,Capitals5 SanJose 3 1 1 0 — 6 Washington 0 3 2 0 — 5 San Jose won shootout 1-0 FirstPeriod: 1, San Jose, Irwin 1 (Thorn- ton), 1:23. 2, San Jose, Irwin 2 (Wingels, Nieto), 4:36 (pp). 3, San Jose, Scott 1 (Burish, Burns), 9:34. SecondPeriod: 4, Washington, Johans- son 1 (Ovechkin, Carlson), 2:51 (pp). 5, San Jose, Pavelski 1 (Thornton, Braun), 5:27. 6, Washington, Green 2 (O'Brien, Kuznetsov), 6:35. 7, Washington, Ovech- kin 3 (Backstrom, Fehr), 7:09. ThirdPeriod: 8, San Jose, Wingels 3 (Tierney, McGinn), 1:37. 9, Washington, Ovechkin 4 (Backstrom, Carlson), 14:09 (pp). 10, Washington, Brouwer 1 (Green, Burakovsky), 15:25. Overtime: None. Shootout: San Jose 1 (Marleau NG, Pavelski G), Washington 0 (Backstrom NG, Kuznetsov NG, Fehr NG). ShotsonGoal: San Jose 8-7-8-0=23. Washington 8-15-10-1=34. Goalies: San Jose, Niemi. Washington, Holtby, Peters;A: 18,506 (18,506);T: 2:46. Basketball NBAPRESEASON Tuesday'sgames New York 84, Philadelphia 77 Cleveland 106, Milwaukee 100 Atlanta 109, Miami 103 New Orleans 117, Houston 98 Oklahoma City 117, Memphis 107 Wednesday'sgames Sacramento vs. Brooklyn at Beijing, China, 4:30 a.m. Detroit at Charlotte, 8 a.m. Indiana vs. Cleveland at Cincinnati, 4 p.m. Toronto vs. Boston at Portland, Maine, 4:30 p.m. Thursday'sgames Boston at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Chicago, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Denver vs. Golden State at Des Moines, Iowa, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Utah vs. Lakers at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Tennis KREMLINCUPRESULTS Tuesday At Olympic Stadium Moscow Purse: Men, $776,620 (WT250);Women, $710,000(Premier) Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles MEN FirstRound Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, def. Aslan Karatsev, Russia, 6-3, 6-4. Evgeny Donskoy, Russia, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 6-4, 6-0. Sam Groth, Australia, def. Andrey Rublev, Russia, 7-6 (4), 7-5. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, def. Pere Riba, Spain, 6-4, 6-2. Juan Monaco, Argentina, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, def. Karen Khachanov, Russia, 6-7 (3), 6-0, 6-2. WOMEN FirstRound Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (6), Russia, def. Ana Konjuh, Croatia, 6-3, 6-4. Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, def. Caroline Garcia (8), France, 6-4, 6-2. Vitalia Diatchenko, Russia, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 6-2, 2-1, retired. Kateryna Kozlova, Ukraine, def. Aliak- sandra Sasnovich, Belarus, 6-3, 6-2. Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, def. Elena Vesnina, Russia, 6-2, 6-2. Ajla Tomljanovic, Croatia, def. Alexandra Panova, Russia, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Camila Giorgi, Italy, def. Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, 6-0, 6-3. Soccer MAJORLEAGUESOCCER WESTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA x-Seattle 19 10 3 60 61 48 x-L. Angeles 17 6 9 60 67 33 x-Salt Lake 14 8 10 52 52 39 x-FC Dallas 15 11 6 51 54 43 Vancouver 11 8 13 46 41 40 Portland 11 9 12 45 59 52 Colorado 8 16 8 32 43 60 Chivas USA 8 18 6 30 28 59 San Jose 6 15 11 29 35 49 EASTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA x-D.C. 16 9 7 55 49 35 x-N. England 15 13 4 49 48 45 x-Kansas City14 11 7 49 47 37 x-New York 12 9 11 47 52 47 Columbus 12 10 10 46 47 40 Toronto FC 11 14 7 40 43 52 Houston 11 15 6 39 37 54 Philadelphia 9 11 12 39 48 48 Chicago 5 9 18 33 38 48 Montreal 6 18 8 26 36 56 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. x- clinched playoff berth Sunday'sgames D.C. United 3, Houston 1 FC Dallas 2, Los Angeles 1 Thursday,Oct.16 New England at Houston, 5 p.m. Friday,Oct.17 Salt Lake at Portland, 7 p.m. Saturday,Oct.18 Montreal at Toronto FC, 11 a.m. FC Dallas at Colorado, 12 p.m. Kansas City at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Chicago at D.C. United, 4 p.m. Vancouver at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Sunday,Oct.19 Columbus at New York, 12 p.m. Seattle FC at Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For Oct. 15 MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Giants -110/+100 St. Louis AMERICANLEAGUE at Kansas City -115/+105 Baltimore NCAAFootball TOMORROW Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog at Pittsburgh +3 1½ Virginia Tech Utah 1 2½ at Oregon St. NFL TOMORROW Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog at New England 9½ (45½) N.Y. Jets SUNDAY at Indianapolis 3 (49) Cincinnati at Washington 5 (46) Tennessee at Chicago 3½ (49) Miami Cleveland 5½ (45) at Jacksonville Seattle 6½ (43½) at St. Louis at Green Bay 7 (49) Carolina at Baltimore 7 (49½) Atlanta at Buffalo 4½ (43) Minnesota at Detroit 3 (49½) New Orleans at San Diego 4 (44½) Kansas City at Dallas 5½ (48) N.Y. Giants Arizona 3½ (44) at Oakland at Denver 6½ (50½) San Francisco MONDAY at Pittsburgh 3½ (44½) Houston NHL Favorite Line Underdog at Chicago -250/+210 Calgary at Detroit -110/-110 Boston at Arizona -170/+150 Edmonton Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague TampaBayRays: Named Matt Silverman president of baseball operations and Brian Auld team president. NationalLeague LosAngelesDodgers: Named Andrew Friedman president of baseball opera- tions. Announced general manger Ned Colletti will stay on as a senior adviser to team president and CEO. Announced OF Roger Bernadina refused his outright assignment and has elected to become a free agent. BASKETBALL NationalBasketballAssociation TorontoRaptors: Exercised their fourth-year team options on C Jonas Valanciunas and F Terrence Ross for the 2015-16 season. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2014 2 B