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ByJohnHickey BayAreaNewsGroup HOUSTON The Oakland A's still have yet to see the Ken- dall Graveman they saw in spring training, but one thing has changed. He has his first big-league victory after help- ing the A's to a 4-0 win against Houston on Tuesday. Graveman, who had the ma- jor league's best ERA in spring training at 0.36 and who only put 19 men on base in 25 1/3 Cactus League innings, strug- gled with his control all night. By making big pitches when he needed to, however, he gave the A's 5 1/3 innings and left with a 3-0 lead. The 24-year-old right- hander walked four, gave up four hits and only had one clean inning. But the Astros only got one man to third base against him, and he rose to the occasion after singles from Luis Valbuena and Jason Cas- tro in the fourth with Oakland holding a 1-0 lead. A pop fly from Colby Ras- mus kept the tying run stuck at third base, and Jake Maris- nick grounded out with Grave- man having dodged the bullet. From that point he began to rally. After throwing 25 balls BASEBALL Oaklandshutsdown Astrosbehindrookie Graveman records first major league win a er pitching into 6th, leaves with 3-0 lead PATSULLIVAN—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Oakland's Ben Zobrist slides to home plate to score on a Billy Butler double as Astros catcher Jason Castro waits for the ball in the sixth inning on Tuesday in Houston. PAT SULLIVAN — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Oakland Athletics' Josh Reddick connects for an RBI single against the Houston Astros in the ninth inning Tuesday in Houston. Oakland won 4-0. ATHLETICS4,ASTROS0 Up next: Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros, 5:10p.m. Wednesday. THESCORE By Doug Ferguson AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, GA. The green jacket is all Jordan Spieth needs for an identity. He is the Masters cham- pion. It's just not going to help him get rid of a nickname he picked up late last year from a few PGA Tour players that goes against the way he was raised and irri- tates him more than a three-putt bogey. Golden Child. "It was either Colt Knost or Robert Garrigus ... I'm not sure who started with the nick- name," Spieth said Tuesday dur- ing a break in his New York me- dia tour. "But it's not nice what I say to them when they say it to me. I've been working on trying to keep it quiet. And this week isn't going to help." It surfaced again even before he teed off in his record-setting win at Augusta National. Brooks Koepka was talking about a Tuesday practice round in which Spieth could do no wrong. They were walking off the 13th tee when they looked over at James Hahn hitting his tee shot to the par-3 12th. As the ball was in the air, Spieth told his group, "This is going to be a hole- in-one." And it was. On the 17th, Spieth hit a shot GOLF Spieth: Rising star grounded in normalcy Masters champion, just 21 years old, doesn't like 'Golden Child' nickname given by players RICHARD DREW — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Masters golf champion Jordan Spieth is interviewed during the "A er the Bell" television program, on the Fox Business Network, on Tuesday in New York. Hillary Clinton laid out the cor- nerstones of her 2016presi- dential campaign Tuesday, casting herself as a "cham- pion" for struggling Americans and embracing economic poli- cies by liberal Democrats. STRUGGLING FAMILIES InIowa,Clintonlays out tenets of campaign FULL STORY ON PAGE B5 A Washington state couple who died when a large con- crete slab fell from a highway overpass onto their pickup truck were youth ministers in their 20s and parents to a 6-month-old baby also killed. FREAK ACCIDENT Couple killed by falling concrete were ministers FULL STORY ON PAGE B6 By Anne M. Peterson The Associated Press American defender Christie Rampone is on the U.S. Wom- en's World Cup roster for the fifth time, joined by goalkeeper Hope Solo and newcomer Mor- gan Brian. Coach Jill Ellis on Tuesday an- nounced her 23 picks for the tour- nament in Canada. Seeking their third title and first since 1999, the Americans open against Austra- lia on June 8. Rampone, who sat out a re- cent 4-0 exhibition victory over New Zealand, will turn 40 dur- ing the World Cup and is the old- est member of the team. Only four women have played in five World Cups: fellow American Kristine Lilly, Brazil's Formiga, Germany's Birgit Prinz and Japan's Homare Sawa. Solo was suspended for 30 days in January after her husband was arrested for driving under the in- fluence while in a U.S. Soccer Fed- eration van during a team train- ing camp. Solo also was in the van. During her suspension, Solo missed a 2-0 loss to France and a 1-0 win over England but she re- turned to the team and started in all four games for the U.S. team's WOMEN'S SOCCER US World Cup roster has youth, veterans Rampone makes team for fi h time in her career JEFF ROBERSON — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Americans Morgan Brian (center), Ali Krieger (le ) and Tobin Heath are on the U.S. World Cup roster. By Ralph D. Russo AP College Football Writer Thanks to the College Football Playoff, bowl games paid more than a half billion dollars to con- ferences and schools last season, the largest payout ever and an increase of almost $200 million from the final season of the Bowl Championship Series. According to an NCAA report released Tuesday, the 39 postsea- son FBS games distributed $505.9 million to the participating con- ferences and schools. The schools spent $100.2 million to take part in bowl games. The revenue figures were re- ported by the bowls and the Col- lege Football Playoff to the NCAA and the schools supplied expense reports for participation, said Da- mani Leech, the NCAA's manag- ing director, championships and alliances. Total payouts from 35 postsea- son games from the 2013-14 sea- son were $309.9 million while schools spent $97.8 million to participate. For the 2012-13 sea- son, payouts were $300.8 million and expenses were $90.3 million. "The largest portion of that increase in revenue distribution in year over year can be directly COLLEGE FOOTBALL Score: College bowl game payouts over $500 million Mercy and the rest of the Five Star League will travel to Oak Creek Golf Course in Red Bluff for a league match being hosted by Los Molinos at 9 a.m. today. GOLF Los Molinos hosts Five Star League match The Red Bluff Spartans boys and girls track teams are scheduled to travel to Paradise for a meet at 3p.m. today. TRACK AND FIELD Red Bluff visits Paradise for meet SPIETH PAGE 2 FOOTBALL PAGE 2 SOCCER PAGE 2 A'S PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, April 15, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1