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ByAndrewBaggarly BayAreaNewsGroup SAN FRANCISCO The Giants followed "Fire On The Moun- tain" with a wet blanket. They raised a World Series banner, then hoisted a white flag in ev- ery clutch at-bat. They cheered Madison Bumgarner on horseback in their home opener, and it was all road apples from there. The Giants left eight run- ners on base in the first three innings alone, failing to take advantage of another impres- sive start by right-hander Chris Heston in a 2-0 loss to the Colorado Rockies at sun- splashed AT&T Park on Mon- day afternoon. Troy Tulowitzki hit an RBI single in the fourth inning and Nick Hundley scored an unearned run in the seventh when he kicked the ball out of Heston's glove in front of the plate. That's all it took to beat the defending World Series champions, who were more wasteful than a lawn sprin- kler in a stiff breeze. The Giants failed to carry over the pomp and pageantry from the pregame ceremonies; a sellout crowd reveled in past glories — and enjoyed the mu- sical stylings The Marshall Tucker Band — but filed out of the ballpark with no clear notion of what kind of team they'll be watching in 2015. "Every year is its own en- tity," said Buster Posey, part GIANTS SFbeatenbyColorado a erraisingitsbanner Giants leave eight runners stranded in first 3 innings, go scoreless in 2-0 loss JEFFCHIU—ASSOCIATEDPRESS San Francisco Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner carries the 2014Giants championship pennant while riding a San Francisco Police horse in the AT&T Park outfield on Monday a ernoon. JOSE LUIS VILLEGAS — SACRAMENTO BEE San Francisco Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford reaches back to grab a ball hit by Colorado Rockies DJ LeMahieu in the top of the ninth inning on Monday in San Francisco. By John Hickey Bay Area News Group HOUSTON Scott Kazmir once again needed to pause midgame to be checked out by the A's medics, but in the end he ran his record to 2-0 with a dominating performance over Houston in an 8-1 Oakland win Monday. The left-handed starter complained of back tightness midgame last Wednesday but managed seven one-hit score- less innings, in his first start against the Rangers. Monday, Kazmir was checked out by manager Bob Melvin and trainer Nick Papa- resta in the fourth inning after his control began to waver. He established his ability to go on, remaining in the game for the moment. He wound up throw- ing six three-hit innings before the bullpen cleaned up. The win for Kazmir got the A's back on their feet af- ter back-to-back extra-inning losses to the Seattle Mariners got under Oakland's skin over the weekend. The A's gave Kazmir a 3-0 lead before he threw a pitch, with the help of some shoddy Astros defense. Sam Fuld opened the game being safe on an error by shortstop Jon- A'S Oakland eases by Houston behind Kazmir A's le -hander puts ball club back on right track a er dropping back-to-back, extra-inning losses PAT SULLIVAN — ASSOCIATED PRESS Houston Astros catcher Hank Conger, le , reaches for the ball as Oakland A's Sam Fuld (23) scores from first on Monday evening. Daily News staff report COTTONWOOD Gerber's Bailey Bean was the All-Around Cow- girl over the weekend at the Dis- trict 1 California High School Rodeo. Bean finished with 82.5 points, ahead of Grants Pass, Oregon's Hayden Morsa with 72 points. Merrill, Oregon's Keeley Vaughan was second runner- up with 71 points followed by Red Bluff's Car Hencratt with 57 points. The All-Around Cowboy was Witter springs' Brushton Minton with 85 points. Anderson's Kolby Bravos had 64 points, Millville's Brody Gill had 63 points and Williams' Chase Alvernaz had 47 points. Hencratt picked up wins in breakaway roping and girls cut- ting. Hencratt had a time of 8.79 seconds in breakaway roping. Cottonwood's Kristen Loverin was fifth and Bean placed sixth. Hencratt edged Bean 141 to 137 in cutting. Cottonwood's Taylor Renihan tied for third. Central Point, Oregon's Maekaela Memmott won barrel racing with a time of 35.169 sec- onds. Cottonwood's Erin Clendenen was second, Red Bluff's Mikayla Moore was sixth, Gerber's Mi- chell Wollbert was eighth, Cot- tonwood's Sabrina Cantu was ninth and Bean was tenth. Bravos won tie down roping with a time of 24.64 seconds. Red Bluff's Casey Moore was tenth. Minton won steer wrestling with a time of 17 seconds flat. Chico's Kyle Eaton won bull riding with a score of 76. Morsa won pole bending with a time of 41.261 seconds. Clendenen was second, Corn- ing's Gianna Esteve was fourth, Loverin was fifth, Cantu was sixth, Red Bluff's Ashtin Lope- man was seventh and Woolbert finished tenth. In team roping McArthur's Steel Humphry and Lakeview, Oregon's Rial Engelhart won with a time of 18.76 seconds. Bean and McArthur's Amy Brown was fourth. Corning's Wyatt Spencer and Cottonwood's Cameron Jones were fifth. Vaughan and Cottonwood's Caleb Heitman placed tenth. Taylorsville's Shasta Banchio won goat tying with a time of 21.55 seconds. Bean placed fifth. Gill won boys cutting with a score of 139. The next rodeo is the district finals, scheduled for May 1-2 in Etna. RODEO Bean takes Al l- Ar ou nd Co wg ir l ho no r He nc ra tt w ins b re ak aw ay roping and girls cutting Daily News staff report REDDING The Red Bluff Spartans won their second tournament of the season Saturday shutting out Pleasant Valley 3-0 in the finals of Central Valley's Spring Slam at Big League Dreams. Eric Schreter pitched a one- hitter for Red Bluff, striking out seven and walking four. Walker Dodero and Will Mac- donald knocked in runs for the Spartans. Kolby Button and Lane Pritchard each had doubles. Red Bluff improved to 18-3 on the season. The Spartans host Bear River from Grass Valley 3:30 p.m. Sat- urday. BASEBALL Spartans win Spring Slam Instead of answering the an- nual questions about what it would take for San Jose finally to break through in the NHL playoffs, the Sharks are spend- ing the start of this postseason facing even bigger questions. NHL Sharksfacescoaching uncertaintyforoffseason FULLSTORYONPAGEB2 The Corning Cardinals boys tennis team hosts Yreka today. Mercy hosts Live Oak. Red Bluff travels to Shasta. All matches are scheduled for 3:30p.m. TENNIS Corning, Mercy both host matches today The Red Bluff Lady Spar- tans host Pleasant Valley at 4p.m. Corning so ball visits Central Valley at 3:30p.m. Los Molinos baseball and so ball host Chester. Corning baseball hosts Lassen at 3p.m. BASEBALL & SOFTBALL Lady Spartans host Pleasant Valley today Get your puzzles fix with the NEA Crossword, Sudoku and Celebrity Cipher, start your day off right with your horoscope, and read the latest advice doled out by Amy Dickinson. YOUR DAILY BREAK Fun and games inside today PAGE B3 GIANTS PAGE 2 A'S PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, April 14, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1