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2B Daily News – Monday, August 29, 2011 MLB American League At A Glance By The Associated Press East Division WL Pct GB Boston 82 51 .617 — New York 79 52 .603 2 Tampa Bay 73 59 .553 8 1/2 Toronto 66 67 .496 16 Baltimore 53 78 .405 28 Central Division WL Pct GB Detroit 73 60 .549 — Chicago 66 65 .504 6 Cleveland 65 65 .500 6 1/2 Minnesota 56 77 .421 17 Kansas City55 79 .41018 1/2 West Division Texas WL Pct GB 75 59 .560 — Los Angeles72 60 .545 2 A's 60 73 .45114 1/2 Seattle 56 76 .424 18 ——— Saturday's Games Boston 9, Oakland 3, 1st game N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 1st game, ppd., rain Tampa Bay 6, Toronto 5 Detroit 6, Minnesota 4 Boston 4, Oakland 0, 2nd game Cleveland 8, Kansas City 7 N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 2nd game, ppd., rain L.A. Angels 8, Texas 4 Chicago White Sox 3, Seattle 0 Sunday's Games Kansas City 2, Cleveland 1 Tampa Bay 12, Toronto 0 Baltimore 2, N.Y.Yankees 0, 1st game Oakland at Boston, ppd., hurricane threat Minnesota 11, Detroit 4 Chicago White Sox 9, Seattle 3 N.Y.Yankees 8, Baltimore 3, 2nd game L.A. Angels at Texas, late LLWS Continued from page 1B championship banner. ''My team is physically smaller than most of the teams. We didn't think we would get to this stage,'' Japan manager Akihiro Suzuki, who fought back tears after the game, said through interpreter Kotaro Omori. ''All of the players did such a wonderful job to get to this stage.'' With runners on first and second, an error by Japan shortstop Gaishi Iguchi on what could have been an inning-ending double play loaded the bases for California. After a force play at the plate, Pratto smacked a solid liner to center off reliever Kazuto Takakura that brought pinch-runner Eric Anderson home with the BREES Continued from page 1B this game. Rookie Taiwan Jones also shined in his exhibition debut, running for 81 yards and a touchdown and catching two passes for 18 yards. Campbell also drove the Raiders to a 57-yard field goal by Sebastian Janikows- ki and had Oakland in posi- tion for another score before Jonathon Amaya's intercep- tion in the end zone on a deflected pass on the sec- ond-to-last play of the first half. Brees' night was already over at that point, doing more than enough in his three drives to allow coach Sean Payton to turn it over to Chase Daniel and the back- ups. Brees was clicking right from the start, finding Dev- ery Henderson on a 37-yard pass over rookie DeMarcus Van Dyke on the first play from scrimmage. Brees tar- geted Van Dyke three more times in that drive with rook- ie Mark Ingram capping it with a 1-yard TD run. Ingram fired the ball at the Black Hole sign in the back of the end zone after scoring his third touchdown of the preseason. After Hagan's touch- down tied it, Brees went 4 for 6 for 60 yards on his sec- ond drive with Pierre Thomas finishing it with a 1- yard leap into the end zone. Brees had good chemistry going with tight end Jimmy Graham, who caught five passes for 73 yards. The Raiders finally got Brees in check on the third Monday's Games Kansas City (Hochevar 8-10) at Detroit (Scherzer 13-7), 4:05 p.m. N.Y.Yankees (F.Garcia 10-7) at Baltimore (Simon 4-6), 4:05 p.m. Oakland (McCarthy 7-6) at Cleveland (D.Huff 1-2), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (W.Davis 8-7) at Toronto (R.Romero 12-9), 4:07 p.m. Minnesota (Slowey 0-2) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle 10-6), 5:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Pineiro 5-6) at Seattle (Bea- van 3-4), 7:10 p.m. Tuesday's Games Kansas City at Detroit, 4:05 p.m. Oakland at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m. Toronto at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. N.Y.Yankees at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Texas, 5:05 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 70 .47022 1/2 Florida 59 72 .450 25 Central Division WL Pct GB Milwaukee 81 54 .600 — St. Louis 70 64 .52210 1/2 Cincinnati 67 66 .504 13 Pittsburgh 62 71 .466 18 Chicago 57 77 .42523 1/2 Houston 44 90 .32836 1/2 West Division WL Pct GB Arizona 75 59 .560 — Giants 71 63 .530 4 Colorado 64 70 .478 11 Los Angeles62 70 .470 12 San Diego 60 74 .448 15 winning run. Pratto did his father, manager Jeff Pratto, proud. Nick Pratto said it was great to have his father as his coach, ''but he kind of gets on my nerves sometimes.'' It was a fitting end to a tense game marked by excellent pitching and timely defense. Japan starter Shoto Tot- suka struck out five over 4 1-3 innings, giving up a homer to right to Califor- nia slugger Hagen Danner. First pitch was delayed more than three hours after the outer bands of Hurricane Irene brought more rain than expected to the Williamsport area. ''The result was bad, but they really tried their best,'' Suzuki said. ''Today's weather was dif- ficult for us to get used too. If the weather was like this in Japan, we drive after New Orleans moved it to the Oakland 15. Three straight incompletions led to a 33-yard field goal by Garrett Hartley and ended Brees' night with the Saints on top 17-7. Oakland took the lead with Janikowski's second 57-yard field goal of the pre- season late in the first half, rookie Taiwan Jones' 22- yard touchdown run on the opening drive of the third quarter and then another field goal by Janikowski later in the third quarter. Chase Daniel threw a 3- yard touchdown pass to Tory Humphrey midway through the third to put the Saints back on top 24-20. The drive was helped by a 32-yard pass to Joique Bell and roughing the passer penalty on Bruce Davis on the same play. Bell also had a 60-yard reception that set up a 1-yard TD run and Adrian Arring- ton caught a 39-yard TD pass from Daniel to make it 40-20. Notes: DT Richard Sey- mour, RB Darren McFad- den and WR Jacoby Ford sat out for the Raiders with injuries. QB Terrelle Pryor also did not dress for the game, three days after sign- ing his rookie contract. ... The Saints were without WR Lance Moore, S Roman Harper and NT Aubrayo Franklin. ... NFL security chief Jeff Miller was on hand a week after violence marred Oakland's game at San Francisco last week and praised changes in security in recent years by the Raiders and the police. ''If it works here, it will work any- where,'' he said. ERIN, Wis. (AP) — As if beating a top-ranked opponent to win the U.S. Amateur champi- onship wasn't enough, Kelly Kraft got some more good news even before he walked off the 18th green. With his victory over UCLA star Patrick Cantlay at Erin Hills on Sunday, Kraft also earned a spot on the U.S. Walker Cup team. Kraft beat Cantlay 2-up in the 36-hole final Sunday, taking down the No. 1 player in the world amateur rankings. Both finalists will receive a spot in next year's U.S. Open, and both tradi- tionally are invited to the Masters. As the winner, the 22-year-old Kraft also gets a spot in the British Open. ——— Saturday's Games Florida at Philadelphia, 1st game, ppd., rain L.A. Dodgers 7, Colorado 6, 11 innings Pittsburgh 7, St. Louis 0 Atlanta at New York, ppd., hurricane threat Florida at Philadelphia, 2nd game, ppd., rain Milwaukee 6, Chicago Cubs 4 Cincinnati 6, Washington 3 Arizona 3, San Diego 1 San Francisco 2, Houston 1, 10 innings Sunday's Games Cincinnati 5, Washington 4, 14 innings Atlanta at New York, ppd., hurricane threat Florida at Philadelphia, ppd., hurricane threat Milwaukee 3, Chicago Cubs 2 St. Louis 7, Pittsburgh 4 Houston 4, San Francisco 3, 11 innings Colorado 7, L.A. Dodgers 6 Arizona 6, San Diego 1 Monday's Games Florida (Ani.Sanchez 7-6) at N.Y. Mets (Dickey 5-11), 1:10 p.m., 1st game Philadelphia (Hamels 13-7) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 7-5), 4:10 p.m. Florida (Nolasco 9-9) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 11-5), 4:40 p.m., 2nd game Pittsburgh (Ohlendorf 0-1) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 9-9), 5:05 p.m. Colorado (White 0-0) at Arizona (D.Hud- son 13-9), 6:40 p.m. San Diego (Latos 6-12) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 16-5), 7:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 5-4) at San Fran- cisco (Lincecum 12-10), 7:15 p.m. Tuesday's Games Florida at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Houston, 5:05 p.m. St. Louis at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Colorado at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 710 p.m. wouldn't have played.'' The clouds finally start- ed parting midway through the game, and sunshine draped the com- plex by the time the Cali- fornia players left the sta- dium to cheers by friends and family. Neither team could convert on several chances to break open the pitcher's duel earlier in the game. With runners on first and second in the top of the sixth, third baseman Dylan Palmer blocked the bag from sliding Japan runner Ken Igeta on a bunt play to help get California get out the inning. California put runners on first and second with two outs in the fifth, but Takakura got a flyout to end the inning. Playing right field in the second, Takakura also made a running catch on fly down the line to save POWER Continued from page 1B the Penske cars in sight. I was really on the ragged edge for pretty much the whole day really.'' Power held off a furious charge from Castroneves following a caution with nine laps to go. Unlike two weeks ago in New Hampshire when a late accident involving Danica Patrick led to a controversial finish — and resulted in an angry Power making an obscene ges- ture toward race officials that later earned him a $30,000 fine — the ending was without much drama. Power got the jump on Castroneves on the dou- ble-file restart, then ran comfortably ahead the rest Scoreboard NFL Preseason Glance By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE East Miami WL T Pct 2 1 0 .667 New England2 1 0 .667 N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 Buffalo 1 2 0 .333 South WL T Pct Houston 3 0 0 1.000 Tennessee 2 1 0 .667 Jacksonville 1 2 0 .333 Indianapolis 0 3 0 .000 North WL T Pct Baltimore 2 1 0 .667 Pittsburgh 2 1 0 .667 Cincinnati 1 2 0 .333 Cleveland 1 2 0 .333 West WL T Pct Denver 2 1 0 .667 San Diego 2 1 0 .667 Raiders 0 3 0 .000 Kansas City 0 3 0 .000 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Dallas WL T Pct 2 1 0 .667 Philadelphia 2 1 0 .667 Washington 2 1 0 .667 N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 South WL T Pct Tampa Bay 2 1 0 .667 New Orleans2 1 0 .667 Carolina 1 2 0 .333 Atlanta 0 3 0 .000 North WL T Pct Detroit 3 0 0 1.000 an extra-base hit with a runner on second. It was Japan running all over the place in the third, flashing trademark hustle to scratch out the game's first run after Seiya Fuji- ta's solid single to left. Pinch-runner Kaito Suzuki moved to second on a bunt and raced toward third with no one covering. The throw bounced into foul territory, allowing Suzuki to score easily. In a gracious postgame gesture, Japan's players and coaches lined up and exchanged high-fives with the California kids after Huntington Beach did the traditional victory lap around the stadium warn- ing track. ''It's just a dream come true,'' Danner said. ''I never thought we would be in that spot, let alone winning it.'' of the way while cruising to his 14th career IndyCar victory. As he made his way to the winner's circle, Power stopped to make another gesture with his hands. ''I gave it two fingers up,'' he cracked. ''Not the middle ones, though.'' Power has a long histo- ry at this Northern Califor- nia track. Two years ago he had to be airlifted out of here in a helicopter after running into the stalled car of Nelson Phillipe. Power suffered a broken back in the accident and there was some question whether he would ever race again. He came back strong in 2010 and won both the pole and the race before repeating the feat again this year. ''It's one of the tracks I seem to click with,'' Chicago Cubs at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Green Bay 2 1 0 .667 Chicago 1 2 0 .333 Minnesota 1 2 0 .333 West WL T Pct St. Louis 3 0 0 1.000 Arizona 1 2 0 .333 49ers 1 2 0 .333 Seattle 1 2 0 .333 ——— Saturday's Games Buffalo 35, Jacksonville 32, OT Tampa Bay 17, Miami 13 Pittsburgh 34, Atlanta 16 Houston 30, San Francisco 7 Dallas 23, Minnesota 17 Tennessee 14, Chicago 13 Detroit 34, New England 10 Denver 23, Seattle 20 San Diego 34, Arizona 31 Sunday's Game New Orleans 40, Oakland 20 Monday's Game N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 4 p.m. Thursday, Sep. 1 Detroit at Buffalo, 3:30 p.m. Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 4 p.m. Baltimore at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Giants at New England, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Washington, 4:30 p.m. St. Louis at Jacksonville, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets, 4:30 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago, 5 p.m. Kansas City at Green Bay, 5 p.m. Houston at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Tennessee at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh at Carolina, 5 p.m. Denver at Arizona, 7 p.m. San Francisco at San Diego, 7 p.m. Friday, Sep. 2 Oakland at Seattle, 7:30 p.m Moves Sunday's Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL GIANTS Continued from page 1B The two-time All-Star struck out pinch-hitter Jason Bourgeois with the go- ahead run on first for the second out of the eighth, then gave up Schafer's tying single. Cain has received the lowest run support in the majors since his first full season in 2006. Keppinger, acquired by the Giants on July 19 from Houston, was 8 for 26 with three RBIs against his for- mer team — including 5 for 14 this series. Astros manager Brad Mills had seen enough. ''OK, Keppinger's done,'' Mills joked before the game. ''He's done get- ting these big hits against us.'' NOTES: Astros SS Clint Power said. ''It was very comforting to have Helio and Ryan behind me on the last restart, two guys you can totally rely on.'' Castroneves, who has had an up-and-down sea- son, and Briscoe did the rest. ''We sort of got to a point in the race where our focus was just to hold off Dario,'' said Briscoe, the only other driver to lead a lap. ''We started 1-2-3 and we finished that way. Right now for this team to win the championship we need to keep Dario behind Will.'' It's the first IndyCar sweep for Team Penske since Paul Tracy, Al Unser Jr. and Emmerson Fittipal- di placed 1-2-3 at Nazareth in 1994. It's also the first sweep of the top three positions by any American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Recalled LHP Mark Hendrickson from Norfolk (IL). Placed LHP Troy Patton on the restricted list. CLEVELAND INDIANS—Transferred OF Michael Brantley to the 60-day DL. Recalled OF Jerad Head from Columbus (IL). Optioned LHP Nick Hagadone to Columbus. DETROIT TIGERS—Activated OF Don Kelly. Optioned 3B Danny Worth to Toledo (IL). MINNESOTA TWINS—Recalled C Rene Rivera from Rochester (IL). Optioned UT Matt Tolbert to Rochester. OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Designated LHP Jerry Blevins for assignment. Recalled RHP Graham Godfrey from Sacramento (PCL). National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Assigned 3B Cody Ransom to Reno (PCL). SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Activated OF Andres Torres and RHP Sergio Romo from 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Eric Surkamp to San Jose (Cal) and LHP Dan Runzler to Fresno (PCL). FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS—Released WR Paul Hubbard, RB Anthony Elzy, DB Rajric Coleman, DB Loyce Means, OL Isaiah Thompson, and P Reid Forrest. GREEN BAY PACKERS—Released TE Spencer Havner, WR Brett Swain and OT Theo Sherman. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Waived KR Devin Moore, DB Chip Vaughn, OL Josh Beekman, OL Casey Bender, WR Joe Horn and QB Mike Hartline. Placed LB Cody Glenn and DB Mike Newton on the waived-injured list. ST. LOUIS RAMS—Waived WR Jared Jenkins, TE Schuylar Oordt and WR Joe West. Barmes had the day off. ... RHP Tim Lincecum takes the mound Monday for the Giants against the Chicago Cubs. The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner is 3-1 with a 0.91 ERA in his last four starts. ... Houston heads home to face Pittsburgh, with Wandy Rodriguez (9- 9) getting the ball for the fourth time this year against the Pirates. He struck out 11 Pittsburgh batters in 5 2-3 innings back on July 17. ... Astros C Jason Castro, side- lined all season after right knee surgery, will join the team in Houston for the homestand to catch bullpens and take batting practice before returning to Florida for instructional league. ''It will be a good chance for us to see him and evaluate where he is,'' Mills said. ... Mills left passes for his old community college coach at College of the Sequoias, Bert Holt, and his wife, Sue. IndyCar team since Andretti Autosport took the top four spots at St. Petersburg in 2005. ''It's invaluable to have guys like that performing at the top level, taking points away from Dario,'' Power said. ''I expect them to be the same the next four races now that we've got a bit of momen- tum.'' Ryan Hunter-Reay, whose Aug. 14 win in New Hampshire was upheld by an appeals panel earlier in the week, finished 10th after starting in 19th. Patrick placed 21st in what is likely her final appearance her in an Indy- Car. Patrick announced her plans to leave the open-wheel series and join NASCAR in 2012. 49ers offensive line needs to make big strides SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Even San Fran- cisco's most experienced offensive linemen got beat time and again by the Texans' attacking, smoth- ering defense. First-year 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh has con- cerns about his offense as a whole and the shaky line play two weeks ahead of the team's Sept. 11 season opener against the defending NFC West champion Seattle Sea- hawks. San Francisco gave up three sacks in a 30-7 exhi- bition loss to Houston on Saturday night, prompting Harbaugh to say Sunday the Niners got ''violated at times.'' Left tackle Joe Staley struggled in one- on-one matchups with Connor Barwin. Antonio Smith made the Niners pay several times, too. There was little oppor- tunity for the quarter- backs to succeed without reliable protection. Starter Alex Smith wound up with a dismal 2.8 QB rat- ing, while backup rookie Colin Kaepernick fin- ished at 20.8. Harbaugh observed problems with technique and fundamentals on the line. He said Houston's uncomplicated pass rush should not have wreaked such havoc for San Fran- cisco. That's provided both players keep their amateur status, some- thing Kraft seemed to be leaning toward. ''I mean, I definitely want to play in the Masters,'' Kraft said. ''That's something I have to think about.'' Kraft, from Denton, Texas, just finished his senior season at SMU — several former teammates were ''It wasn't what the defense was presenting us. It should not have been complex for us. Yet we were violated at times,'' Harbaugh said. ''When that's happening, you have to look at all three phases of what you're doing — what you're doing schemati- cally, how you're doing it and who's doing it. Those are the only three things you can focus on and that's what we'll do.'' The Niners wrap up the exhibition season Thurs- day night at San Diego. There are some positive signs on the defensive side of the ball, such as on hand to cheer him on Sunday — but he definitely was the lesser- known player in the final. The 19-year-old Cantlay is considered a rising star with a promising future in the profes- sional ranks. And after showing he can compete against profession- als, including an appearance at the U.S. Open, Cantlay didn't take much solace in playing well at the emergence of line- backer Ahmad Brooks as a starter. Brooks intercepted a pass by Matt Schaub on the first play of the game Saturday and ran it back 13 yards for San Francis- co's lone points. ''I'm not as discour- aged with the defense,'' Harbaugh said. Still, Harbaugh knows he faces a daunting task: turning around a franchise that hasn't reached the playoffs or had a winning record since 2002. But Niners management hired him away from Stanford on a $25 million, five- year deal to be the guy to make it happen. Kraft beats UCLA star Cantlay in US Amateur final Erin Hills all week. ''You don't come to a golf tour- nament to finish second,'' said Cantlay, who had two extra-hole victories in the event but couldn't come up with the shots he needed Sunday with the title at stake. Cantlay already was on the Walker Cup team headed to Scot- land next month, and now Kraft will join him.