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2B Daily News – Saturday, August 27, 2011 MLB American League At A Glance By The Associated Press East Division WL Pct GB Boston 80 51 .611 — New York 78 51 .605 1 Tampa Bay 71 59 .546 8 1/2 Toronto 66 65 .504 14 Baltimore 52 77 .403 27 Central Division WL Pct GB Detroit 72 59 .550 — Cleveland 64 64 .500 6 1/2 Chicago 63 65 .492 7 1/2 Minnesota 55 76 .420 17 Kansas City54 78 .40918 1/2 West Division Texas WL Pct GB 75 58 .564 — Los Angeles71 60 .542 3 A's 60 71 .458 14 Seattle 56 73 .434 17 ——— Friday's Games Cleveland 2, Kansas City 1 Baltimore 12, N.Y.Yankees 5 Tampa Bay 6, Toronto 1 Oakland 15, Boston 5 Texas 11, L.A. Angels 7 Detroit 8, Minnesota 1 Chicago White Sox at Seattle, late Saturday's Games Oakland (Moscoso 6-7) at Boston (Lester 13-6), 9:05 p.m., 1st game N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 1st game, ppd., rain Tampa Bay (Niemann 8-5) at Toronto (L.Perez 3-2), 10:07 a.m. Detroit (Verlander 19-5) at Minnesota (Pavano 6-10), 1:10 p.m. Oakland (Godfrey 1-1) at Boston (Bedard 4-9), 2:05 p.m., 2nd game Kansas City (Duffy 3-8) at Cleveland (Carmona 6-12), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 2nd game, ppd., rain L.A. Angels (E.Santana 9-9) at Texas PRYOR Continued from page 1B tal draft, Pryor was handed a suspension by Commis- sioner Roger Goodell for the same number of games he would have sat out had he returned to Ohio State. Pryor has said he will not appeal the suspension. ''I didn't have to be in the supplemental draft, and I was allowed in,'' Pryor said. ''I'm just going to take the opportunity. I'm not going to bad mouth it or give my opinion on the good side, bad side. It goes both ways. I'm just glad they gave me the opportu- nity.'' Pryor gave up his final season with the Buckeyes after an investigation into the team's memorabilia- for-cash scandal that cost coach Jim Tressel his job. He would not address what he told the NCAA about what went on at Ohio State. Pryor is coming off his (C.Wilson 13-5), 5:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Danks 5-9) at Seattle (Pineda 9-7), 7:10 p.m. Sunday's Games Kansas City at Cleveland, 10:05 a.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 10:07 a.m. N.Y.Yankees at Baltimore, 10:35 a.m., 1st game Oakland at Boston, ppd., hurricane threat Detroit at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m. Chicago White Sox at Seattle, 1:10 p.m. N.Y.Yankees at Baltimore, 4:35 p.m., 2nd game L.A. Angels at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Monday's Games Kansas City at Detroit, 4:05 p.m. N.Y.Yankees at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Oakland at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 74:07 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. National League At A Glance By The Associated Press East Division WL Pct GB Philadelphia83 46 .643 — Atlanta 79 54 .594 6 New York 62 68 .47721 1/2 Washington 62 68 .47721 1/2 Florida 59 72 .450 25 Central Division WL Pct GB Milwaukee 79 54 .594 — St. Louis 69 63 .523 9 1/2 Cincinnati 65 66 .496 13 Pittsburgh 61 70 .466 17 Chicago 57 75 .43221 1/2 Houston 43 88 .328 35 West Division WL Pct GB Arizona 72 59 .550 — Giants 69 62 .527 3 Colorado 63 68 .481 9 Los Angeles60 69 .465 11 San Diego 60 71 .458 12 ——— Thursday's Games Atlanta 8, Chicago Cubs 3 best season statistically at Ohio State, throwing for 2,772 yards and 27 touch- downs with 11 intercep- tions. He ran for 754 yards and four TDs while help- ing the Buckeyes win the Sugar Bowl. Because he is 6-foot-5, 232 pounds and was clocked at 4.36 seconds in the 40-yard dash at his pro day, there has been specu- lation that Pryor could eventually play receiver or tight end in the NFL. But he is starting his career at quarterback. ''The guy is big, athlet- ic,'' Jackson said. ''I think he can throw it. He looks like a quarterback, feels like a quarterback, sounds like a quarterback, and I'm very excited to work with him.'' Pryor begins his career behind starter Jason Campbell and backups Kyle Boller and Trent Edwards on the depth chart. All three of those quarterbacks are in the final year of their contracts Arizona 8, Washington 1 Cincinnati at Florida, ppd., rain St. Louis 8, Pittsburgh 4 Houston 3, San Francisco 1 Friday's Games Florida 6, Philadelphia 5 N.Y. Mets 6, Atlanta 0 Cincinnati 4, Washington 3 Milwaukee 5, Chicago Cubs 2 St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 4 San Diego at Arizona, late Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, late Houston at San Francisco, late Saturday's Games Florida (Ani.Sanchez 7-6) at Philadelphia (Halladay 15-5), 10:05 a.m., 1st game Atlanta at New York, ppd., hurricane threat Colorado (Millwood 1-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 10-10), 1:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Lincoln 0-0) at St. Louis (C.Carpenter 8-8), 1:10 p.m. Florida at Philadelphia, 2nd game, ppd., rain Chicago Cubs (Dempster 10-9) at Mil- waukee (Gallardo 14-8), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Detwiler 2-3) at Cincinnati (Leake 10-8), 4:10 p.m. San Diego (Harang 12-3) at Arizona (J.Saunders 8-11), 5:10 p.m. Houston (Myers 3-13) at San Francisco (Surkamp 0-0), 6:05 p.m. Sunday's Games Atlanta at New York, ppd., hurricane threat Washington at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m. Florida at Philadelphia, ppd., hurricane threat Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 11:15 a.m. Houston at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m. Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m. San Diego at Arizona, 1:10 p.m. Monday's Games Florida at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m., 1st game Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Florida at N.Y. Mets, 4:40 p.m., 2nd game Pittsburgh at Houston, 5:05 p.m. Colorado at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. so Pryor will be groomed for the future. Pryor wore No. 6 instead of the No. 2 he had in college at Ohio State. The Raiders haven't had anyone wear No. 2 since releasing JaMarcus Rus- sell in May 2010 after three horrible seasons in Oakland. ''Coach won't let me wear No. 2,'' Pryor said. ''Why, I don't know? You tell me. He won't let me wear No. 2. I'm just going off what coach tells me.'' Pryor wasn't the only new player on the field for the Raiders' final practice before breaking camp in Napa and heading back to their headquarters in Alameda. Oakland also signed veteran cornerback Lito Sheppard and gave him a chance right away. Sheppard is a former Pro Bowler who has bounced around the past few seasons and was out of a job at the start of training camp. He started two games last season for Min- Scoreboard NFL Preseason Glance By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE East Miami WL T Pct 2 0 0 1.000 N. England 2 0 0 1.000 N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 Buffalo 0 2 0 .000 South WL T Pct Houston 2 0 0 1.000 Jacksonville 1 1 0 .500 Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 Indianapolis 0 3 0 .000 North WL T Pct Baltimore 2 1 0 .667 Pittsburgh 1 1 0 .500 Cincinnati 1 2 0 .333 Cleveland 1 2 0 .333 West WL T Pct Denver 1 1 0 .500 San Diego 1 1 0 .500 Raiders 0 2 0 .000 Kansas City 0 3 0 .000 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East WL T Pct Philadelphia 2 1 0 .667 Washington 2 1 0 .667 Dallas 1 1 0 .500 N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 South WL T Pct New Orleans1 1 0 .500 Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 Carolina 1 2 0 .333 Atlanta 0 2 0 .000 North WL T Pct Detroit 2 0 0 1.000 Green Bay 2 1 0 .667 Chicago 1 1 0 .500 Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 West WL T Pct St. Louis 3 0 0 1.000 nesota before becoming a free agent. He started nine games for the New York Jets in 2009 and three for Philadelphia the previous season. He had been a starter for the Eagles before that, intercepting 14 passes between 2004-06. Sheppard said he's very comfortable playing man- to-man coverage, the sta- ple of Oakland's defense. ''That's what I primarily did the majority of my career,'' he said. ''It's defi- nitely tough on the corners but hey, that's what I do, that's what got me into this league and obviously that's what's going to keep me around or take me out.'' The Raiders are thin at cornerback following injuries to starter Chris Johnson and rookie DeMarcus Van Dyke. Oakland has only one healthy veteran on the ros- ter in Stanford Routt, while young players like Van Dyke and second-year pro Walter McFadden have struggled. Schierholtz not ready to play SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Giants outfielder Nate Schierholtz tested his fractured right foot Friday and is still too sore to play a full game. San Francisco's brass was waiting until Schierholtz underwent an exam from a team doctor later Friday before deciding whether to put yet another key player on the disabled list. The defending World Series cham- pion Giants placed five players on the DL during their recent 4-6 road trip and six others missed time with injuries. Schierholtz went without a walking boot Friday for Local Businesses! Be True to your Schools! If your customers are teachers, parents and students of YOUR school spirit by being a part of the newspaper's annual Corning or Red Bluff High Schools, you'll want to show SHOOTOUT EDITION! Red Bluff Corning vs. Varsity Football Big game: Friday, September 16 Special Edition Published Thursday, September 15 Advertising Deadline: Thursday, September 8 Contact your Daily News advertising representative TODAY! (530) 527-2151 the first time this week and did some early sprint work in left field, then followed that by hitting in the cage. ''He's still a little sore,'' manager Bruce Bochy said about an hour before the Giants hosted the Houston Astros. Schierholtz fouled a pitch from Atlanta's Tim Hud- son off his foot in the series opener with the Braves on Aug. 15. Schierholtz played through it, then had an MRI during Monday's off day. A CT scan followed to confirm the fracture. Schierholtz has hit safely in seven of his last eight games and went 9 for 32 with two homers and two RBIs on the road trip. ''I was hoping it would feel better right now,'' Schierholtz said. ''I might have to remind myself I did break it. ... I don't know if I made it worse playing through it. Everything in me wants to play. If I get back to where I was last week and back track, I can't help. I can't play in that kind of pain. If I come back to soon, I'm going to be back where I started.'' Injured closer Brian Wilson, last season's major league saves leader with 48, threw for six minutes on flat ground for the second straight day as he works back from elbow inflammation. There is no timetable for his return, though Bochy hopes for early September. Fel- low reliever Sergio Romo, who also has an inflamed pitching elbow, threw one inning Friday in Arizona rookie ball and could be activated Sunday. Also Sunday, San Francisco is expected to get out- fielder Andres Torres back from a lower right leg con- tusion. The Giants are calling up left-hander Eric Surkamp from Double-A Richmond to pitch Saturday in his major league debut. That means San Francisco must clear roster room on both the 40-man and 25-man ros- ters. The 6-foot-4, 190-pound Surkamp is pitching in place of the injured Jonathan Sanchez, sidelined with a sprained ankle. Surkamp is 10-4 with a 2.02 ERA and 165 strikeouts in 23 appearances and 22 starts this sea- son for the Flying Squirrels. Rookie Brandon Belt was quick to send Surkamp a congratulatory text message to the 24-year-old Surkamp. They played together last year in the minors. ''He's got a fierce demeanor,'' Belt said. ''He goes right after you. He gets a lot of strikeouts with his curveball. That thing is nasty.'' While Romo could be ready soon, he's on alert to return to Phoenix for the birth of his second son at any time. He deemed himself 100 percent after throwing 15 sliders among his 20 pitches Friday. He allowed one hit and struck out three in the one inning. Romo is 3-1 with a 1.47 ERA in 53 appearances. ''I'm rockin','' Romo said. ''If there's a positive I got out of this was a couple weeks rest.'' Third baseman Pablo Sandoval had Friday night off to rest his ailing shoulder and quadriceps muscle. Moves Friday's Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Assigned OF Felix Pie outright to Norfolk (IL). BOSTON RED SOX—Recalled RHP Scott Atchison from Pawtucket (IL). Optioned C Ryan Lavarnway to Pawtucket. Assigned C Blake Swihart and SS Mookie Betts to the GCL Red Sox. CLEVELAND INDIANS—Placed OF Michael Brantley, retroactive to Aug. 23, and RHP Josh Tomlin, retroactive to Aug. 25, on the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Nick Hagadone from Columbus (IL).Assigned SS Francisco Lindor to Mahoning Valley (NYP). DETROIT TIGERS—Activated 1B Miguel Cabrera from the paternity leave list. Recalled 3B Danny Worth from Toledo (IL). MINNESOTA TWINS—Activated OF Jason Repko from the 15-day DL. NEW YORK YANKEES—Assigned RHP Jeff Marquez outright to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre A'S Continued from page 1B tom of the fourth on con- secutive homers by Pedroia and Ortiz. Pedroia's was his 17th, tying his career high set in 2008 when he won the AL's MVP award. Jacoby Ellsbury tripled and scored. The Red Sox had run- ners on first and second with one out in the sixth, but Gonzalez got McDon- ald to pop to second. Brian Fuentes relieved and Ells- bury fouled weakly to third. Boston stranded two more in the seventh. Oakland ended any likelihood of a comeback by scoring four in the eighth against Matt Albers, opening a 13-4 lead. Boston grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first on Adrian Gonzalez's RBI single before Oakland took the lead with two in the sec- ond, coming on RBI sin- gles by David DeJesus and Pennington. NOTES: Red Sox LF Carl Crawford didn't start, getting a night off to rest before playing both ends of Saturday's doublehead- er. ''He was cramping up a little bit (Thursday),'' said manager Terry Francona, who hoped to rest some other players but also knew the club has both Sunday and Monday off after Sunday's afternoon Arizona 1 1 0 .500 49ers 1 1 0 .500 Seattle 1 1 0 .500 ——— Thursday's Games Cincinnati 24, Carolina 13 Philadelphia 24, Cleveland 14 Baltimore 34, Washington 31 Friday's Games St. Louis 14, Kansas City 10 Green Bay 24, Indianapolis 21 Saturday's Games Jacksonville at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Miami at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. Houston at San Francisco, 5 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Chicago at Tennessee, 5 p.m. New England at Detroit, 5 p.m. Seattle at Denver, 6 p.m. San Diego at Arizona, 7 p.m. Sunday's Game New Orleans at Oakland, 5 p.m. Monday's Game N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 4 p.m. (IL). OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Optioned RHP Bruce Billings and LHP Jordan Norberto to Sacramento (PCL). Recalled LHP Jerry Blevins and LHP Josh Outman from Sacra- mento (PCL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Claimed OF Dewayne Wise off waivers from Florida. National League CINCINNATI REDS—Activated LHP Logan Ondrusek from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Travis Wood to Louisville (IL). COLORADO ROCKIES—Reinstated RHP Matt Lindstrom and RHP Huston Street from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Josh Roenicke and LHP J.C. Romero to Colorado Springs (PCL). FLORIDA MARLINS—Assigned RHP Jose Fernandez to the GCL Marlins. HOUSTON ASTROS—Assigned OF George Springer to Tri-City (NYP). LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Activated RHP Kenley Jansen from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Josh Lindblom to Chat- tanooga (SL). NEW YORK METS—Selected the contract of RHP Miguel Batista from Buffalo (IL). Placed OF Scott Hairston on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 24. SAN DIEGO PADRES—Optioned 3B James Darnell to Tucson (PCL). Selected the con- tract of INF Andy Parrino from San Antonio (TL).Transferred LHP Clayton Richard to the 60-day DL. WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Placed RHP Ryan Mattheus on the 15-day DL. FOOTBALL National Football League JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Waived- injured DE Steven Wesley. TENNESSEE TITANS—Agreed to terms with WR Kevin Curtis. Waived WR Joseph Hills. HOCKEY National Hockey League SAN JOSE SHARKS—Signed F Logan Couture to a two-year contract extension through the 2013-14 season. SOCCER Major League Soccer SEATTLE SOUNDERS—Added F Sammy Ochoa. game was moved to Satur- day night because of the expected severe weather from Hurricane Irene. ... Francona said RF J.D. Drew, on the disabled list with a left shoulder injury, was scheduled to DH for the Class-A Lowell Spin- ners on Friday night and he's also scheduled — along with Kevin Youkilis, on the DL with a strained lower back — to get some at-bats with Triple-A Paw- tucket Tuesday or Wednesday. ... Red Sox reliever Bobby Jenks (back) is scheduled to pitch an inning at Class A Salem on Saturday and the hope is he can get in some work at Pawtucket before he returns from his third stint on the DL. ... Boston is planning to go with Jon Lester (13-6) in the opener on Saturday against Guillermo Moscoso (6-7), scheduled for a noon start. Erik Bedard (4-9) is slated to face Graham Godfrey (1-1) in the nightcap that's planned for 5 p.m. God- frey will be recalled from Triple-A Sacramento before the game. He made four starts with the A's earlier this season. ... Oak- land recalled left-handers Josh Outman and Jerry Blevins from Sacramento before the game, sending Jordan Norberto and Bruce Billings to the Triple-A club. Packers win late at Colts Packers 24, Colts 21 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Graham Harrell led Green Bay to 11 points in the final 35 seconds, rally- ing the defending Super Bowl champs to a 24-21 vic- tory over Indianapolis on Friday night. Harrell threw an 11-yard TD pass to Ryan Taylor with 35 seconds left, then hooked up with Taylor again on the 2-point conversion to make it 21-21. After the Packers recovered an onside kick, Harrell set up Mason Crosby for a 50-yard field goal as time expired. Colts backup Curtis Painter also played well, going 11 of 21 for 171 yards. Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers was in midseason form, going 19 of 23 for 204 yards with one TD to give Green Bay a 10-0 second-quarter lead. The Packers improved to 2-1. The Colts (0-3) have lost nine straight exhibition games. Rams 14, Chiefs 10 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Sam Bradford led St. Louis to a pair of touchdowns, and the Rams' defense made life miserable for Kansas City quarterback Matt Cassel. Bradford was 8 of 8 for 76 yards on his first two series, with scoring passes of 6 yards to Mike Sims- Walker and 11 yards to rookie tight end Lance Kendricks. Bradford finished with 95 yards passing in his most significant dress rehearsal before the Rams' opener against Philadelphia. When the reigning NFL offensive rookie of the year wasn't slicing up the Chiefs' struggling defense, Steven Jackson was pounding it into submission. The big running back carried 15 times for 72 yards as St. Louis coach Steve Spagnuolo played his starters the entire first half. The Chiefs also played their first team until half- time, with much different results. Cassel was 6 of 13 for 59 yards and was sacked for an 11-yard loss, while Kansas City's top-ranked rush- ing attack produced just 14 yards on six first-half attempts. Jamaal Charles and Thomas Jones, who combined for 2,363 yards rushing in 2010, each car- ried twice for 8 yards.