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AUTORACING F1Spanish Grand Prix:5a.m., NBCSN. COLLEGE BASEBALL Florida at Vanderbilt: 4:30 p.m., ESPNU. MLB BASEBALL Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Milwaukee Brewers or Oak- land Athletics vs. Minnesota Twins: 10:30a.m., MLB. Baltimore Orioles vs. New York Yankees or Texas Rang- ers vs. Tampa Bay Rays: 4 p.m., MLB. Miami Marlins at San Fran- cisco Giants: 7p.m., CSNBA. BOXING Manuel Avila vs. Erik Ruiz: 7 p.m., FS1. GOLF PGA The Players Champion- ship Round 1: 10a.m., GOLF. HOCKEY IIHF World Championship United States vs. Belarus: 7 a.m., NBCSN. NHL PLAYOFFS Montreal Canadians at Tampa Bay Lightning, Atlantic Division Final Game 4: 4p.m., NBCSN. Chicago Blackhawks at Min- nesota Wild, Central Division Final Game 4: 6:30p.m., NBCSN. SOCCER UEFA Europa League Fioren- tina vs. Sevilla Semifinal Leg 1: noon, FS1. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Stanford vs. California: 3p.m., PAC-12. UCLA vs. Arizona State: 5 p.m., PAC-12. Oregon vs. Arizona: 7p.m., PAC-12. Ontheair punishmentproceduresaf- ter spending 19 years on the powerful competition committee, said the term Wells used — "more prob- able than not" — has been the standard of proof the NFL has used for competi- tive violations over the last six years. "In short, he is finding there was a violation," Po- lian said. "In many ways I think this report is as im- portant as the discipline. It clearly says a violation oc- curred." This offseason, the league has fined the Fal- cons $350,000 and stripped a fifth-round draft pick for pumping artificial crowd noise into the stadium dur- ing home games. It also suspended Browns gen- eral manager Ray Farmer for four games for sending texts to the sideline during games last season. By almost any account, this rules violation is more serious. It involves argu- ably the league's top star, a four-time Super Bowl winner who is bound for the Hall of Fame, and its marquee team — one that has spent almost the last decade under the micro- scope after getting caught in the videotaping scandal dubbed "Spygate" in 2007. One sign of the real- world reaction: The gam- bling website Bovada took down all betting odds on the Patriots until it finds out whether Brady will be suspended. Hall of Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe tweeted this: "Brady must be sus- pended for minimum of 2-4 gms, Belichick gets 1 yr and tm loses 1st rd draft pick 2016-17." Back in 2007, it was coach Bill Belichick in the crosshairs for cheating. This report didn't find any evidence that Belichick or the coaching staff knew anything about deflating the balls. Owner Robert Kraft called the conclusion "in- comprehensible." But he said the Patriots would ac- cept the findings and any subsequent discipline. The report cites evi- dence that McNally took the game balls into a bath- room adjacent to the field, and stayed there for about 100 seconds — "an amount of time sufficient to deflate thirteen footballs using a needle." Other evidence included referee Walt Anderson's in- ability to locate the previ- ously approved footballs at the start of the game — the first time that had hap- pened to him in 19 years. The report includes text messages between McNally and Jastremski — sent in October and January — that imply Brady was re- questing deflated foot- balls. The texts also imply that Brady had previously been upset with the quality of the game balls. They described requests from McNally for swag from Brady in exchange for deflating the balls. "Remember to put a cou- ple sweet pig skins ready for tom to sign," one said. "Nice throw in some kicks and make it real spe- cial," another said. A footnote in the report mentions that Brady put up better stats in the sec- ond half of New England's 45-7 romp over Indianap- olis — after the Colts had relayed suspicions of un- der-inflated footballs and they had been pumped up to regulation level. APSportsWritersJimmy Golen in Boston and Mike Marot in Indianapolis contributed to this report. Patriots FROM PAGE 1 "I think the game plan was solid," Susac said. "Down and away, espe- cially with Chris, is his money pitch. The way we pitched people, it worked the first time. The second time, they changed their swings and he just ran into a little patch where things got a little sketchy." Susac mentioned Pa- dres first baseman Yon- der Alonso as an example. In the first inning, Heston used one of his buttered- bread sinkers to get a dou- ble-play grounder with the bases loaded; second base- man Joe Panik made a fo- cused turn as Justin Upton slid into his legs. Alonso stepped to the plate again in the third with two on and one out. Same pitch. Different re- sult. "He made an adjust- ment, hit the ball through the (left side)," Susac said. The Giants have plenty of veteran pitchers capa- ble of making their own course corrections. Hes- ton, though, is still learn- ing. And Buster Posey, af- ter catching 27 shutout in- nings over the previous three games, can't strap on shinguards every day. There will be times the Gi- ants will wobble on train- ing wheels with their young backup catcher. Susac didn't want to "blame the experience thing," saying he caucused with Posey and pitching coach Dave Righetti about the game plan. But he ac- knowledged that he and Heston probably stuck with that plan for too long. "You can have every stat inthebookbutwhenyousee that hitter making adjust- ments, you have to adjust, too," Susac said. "If they're going against what we thought, you've got to start mixing things up. That's maybe one of those things we didn't do. They went the other way. Maybe we should've shown in more." Heston said he was pitching more to the ball- park than the lineup — a mistake he wouldn't make again. "You just know here, es- pecially, and a lot of other places, a sinker away will get you out of a big inning," he said. The Giants entered Wednesday on a histor- ically good run of pitch- ing. Never before in mod- ern franchise lore had they shut out three consecutive opponents while allow- ing four hits or fewer each time. Over the three shut- outs, they gave up a total of nine hits. The Padres equaled that output by the third inning, and the scoreless streak ended after 29 in- nings. As Machi struggled with his custodial work in the eighth, the business casual crowd buttoned up their open collars and pa- raded for the exits. The Giants had a chance to rally against Ian Ken- nedy but Nori Aoki was thrown out following his RBI single in the third when he took an aggressive turn past first base. The Gi- ants had two runners in scoring position with one out in the fourth, but Bran- don Crawford popped up and Justin Maxwell struck out. Giants FROM PAGE 1 and J.R. Smith (two-game suspension). But they had James and he was more like himself after a sub-par performance in the opener. "We're a little banged up, we're short-handed, so I have to be aggressive," James said. "Even more ag- gressive than my usual self, and I was happy I was able to make a couple of plays to help our team win to- night." Jimmy Butler scored 18 and Derrick Rose had 14 points and 10 assists for the Bulls, who host Game 3 on Friday night. Pau Gasol added 11 points — 10 fewer than Game 1, when he de- stroyed the Cavs on uncon- tested jumpers. Iman Shumpert added 15 points, James Jones made five 3-pointers and Tristan Thompson added 12 rebounds for Cleve- land. Thompson started at power forward in Love's spot, allowing James to move back to his usual role at small forward. On the perimeter is where James is most dangerous and he made it clear from the outset that he wasn't going to stand around and wait for the game to come to him. The Bulls used a 14-0 run to get within 11 in the third, but Jones hit consec- utive 3s and James scored twice near the basket to put Cleveland up by 16 go- ing into the fourth. James arrived at Quicken Loans Arena at around 4 p.m., three hours before tip-off. As if there needed to be another sign of the game's importance to Cleveland this was it, as the superstar typically gets to the arena for a home game around 90 minutes before the start. "Maybe he wanted to beat the traffic," quipped Cavs coach David Blatt. "Knowing him, it was something else." It sure was. Cavaliers FROM PAGE 1 nings and hasn't allowed a run in his past 17 innings. Rosario grinned as he rounded the bases follow- ing his home run. After touching home plate, the rookie raced into the dug- out where his teammates gave him the silent treat- ment. Players on the Twins' bench eventually cracked and engulfed Rosario, who was called up from Triple- A Rochester two days ago, with high-fives and back slaps. Brett Lawrie had two hits for the A's to extend his hitting streak to 10 games, which is the longest active streak in the American League. Trainer'sRoom Athletics: Manager Bob Melvin said Ben Zobrist isn't hitting yet as he con- tinues rehabbing from left knee surgery, but could be- gin taking swings shortly. Twins: GM Terry Ryan said relief pitcher Tim Stauffer (right intercos- tal strain) has started throwing. Fellow reliever Casey Fien (right shoulder strain) still doesn't feel well enough to throw. Up Next Rain is in the forecast for Thursday afternoon's series finale. If the game is played, Ricky Nolasco (1-1, 10.13) is set to make his sec- ond start since coming off the DL for the Twins. He'll face Drew Pomeranz (1- 2, 4.61), who is 0-2 with a 6.20 ERA over his past four starts. A's FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Los Angeles 17 10 .630 _ San Diego 15 14 .517 3 Giants 14 14 .500 3 ½ Arizona 12 14 .462 4 ½ Colorado 11 15 .423 5 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 20 7 .741 _ Chicago 14 12 .538 5 ½ Cincinnati 14 13 .519 6 Pittsburgh 12 15 .444 8 Milwaukee 9 19 .321 11 ½ EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB New York 18 10 .643 _ Atlanta 14 14 .500 4 Washington 14 15 .483 4 ½ Miami 13 15 .464 5 Philadelphia 10 19 .345 8 ½ Tuesday'sgames Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 1 Miami 2, Washington 1 N.Y. Mets 3, Baltimore 2 Atlanta 9, Philadelphia 0 L.A. Dodgers 8, Milwaukee 2 St. Louis 7, Chicago Cubs 4 Arizona at Colorado, ppd., rain Giants 6, San Diego 0 Wednesday'sgames Washington 7, Miami 5 Arizona 13, Colorado 7, 1st game San Diego 9, Giants 1 Arizona 5, Colorado 1, 2nd game Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 0 N.Y. Mets 5, Baltimore 1 Atlanta 7, Philadelphia 5 Milwaukee 6, L.A. Dodgers 3 Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis 5 Thursday'sgames L.A. Dodgers (Frias 2-0) at Milwaukee (Fiers 1-3), 10:40 a.m. Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 3-2) at St. Louis (Lackey 1-1), 10:45 a.m. Cincinnati (DeSclafani 2-2) at Pittsburgh (Burnett 0-1), 4:05 p.m. San Diego (Despaigne 2-0) at Arizona (R.De La Rosa 2-2), 6:40 p.m. Miami (Haren 3-1) at Giants (T.Hudson 1-2), 7:15 p.m. Friday'sgames Atlanta at Washington, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. San Diego at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Miami at Giants, 7:15 p.m. Padres9,Giants1 SanDiego SanFran AB R H B AB R H B Myers cf 6 0 3 1 Aoki lf 4 0 1 1 Spngnr 3b 5 1 3 0 Panik 2b 4 0 1 0 Kemp rf 6 1 1 1 Pagan cf 3 0 0 0 Upton lf 2 2 0 0 GBlanc cf 1 0 0 0 Alonso 1b 4 2 2 1 Belt 1b 3 0 2 0 Gyorko 2b 5 2 2 2 BCrwfr ss 3 0 0 0 Amarst ss 5 0 3 2 Arias ss 1 0 0 0 Hedges c 4 0 1 2 Maxwll rf 4 0 0 0 Kenndy p 4 1 1 0 Susac c 3 0 0 0 Solarte ph 1 0 0 0 MDuffy 3b 3 1 2 0 Maurer p 0 0 0 0 Heston p 0 0 0 0 Garces p 0 0 0 0 HSnchz ph 1 0 0 0 Kontos p 0 0 0 0 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 Machi p 0 0 0 0 Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 McGeh ph 1 0 0 0 Y.Petit p 0 0 0 0 Totals 42 916 9 31 1 6 1 SanDiego 005 000 130 — 9 SanFran 001 000 000 — 1 DP: San Francisco 1;LOB: San Diego 14, San Francisco 5;2B: Kemp (8), Alonso (4), Gyorko (4), Amarista (2), Belt (6); 3B: Myers (1), Belt (1);SB: Spangenberg (1), Upton (5), Amarista (1);S: Heston; SF: Hedges. IP H R ER BB SO SanDiego Knndy W,2-1 7 6 1 1 0 5 Maurer 1 0 0 0 0 0 Garces 1 0 0 0 1 1 SanFrancisco Heston L,2-3 5 11 5 5 3 4 Kontos 1 1 0 0 1 1 Lopez 1 2 1 1 1 2 Machi 2/3 2 3 3 2 0 Affeldt 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 Y.Petit 1 0 0 0 0 0 Umpires: Home, Gabe Morales, First, Joe West. Second, Kerwin Danley. Third, Rob Drake. T: 2:59;A: 41,060 (41,915). AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 18 10 .643 _ Los Angeles 12 15 .444 5 ½ A's 12 17 .414 6 ½ Seattle 11 16 .407 6 ½ Texas 11 16 .407 6 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 17 10 .630 _ Kansas City 17 10 .630 _ Minnesota 15 13 .536 2 ½ Chicago 9 14 .391 6 Cleveland 10 16 .385 6 ½ EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB New York 17 11 .607 _ Tampa Bay 15 13 .536 2 Toronto 14 15 .483 3 ½ Baltimore 12 13 .480 3 ½ Boston 13 15 .464 4 Tuesday'sgames N.Y. Yankees 6, Toronto 3 N.Y. Mets 3, Baltimore 2 Boston 2, Tampa Bay 0 Kansas City 5, Cleveland 3 Chicago White Sox 5, Detroit 2 A's 2, Minnesota 1 Texas 7, Houston 1 L.A. Angels 5, Seattle 4 Wednesday'sgames Toronto 5, N.Y. Yankees 1 N.Y. Mets 5, Baltimore 1 Tampa Bay 5, Boston 3 Cleveland 10, Kansas City 3 Minnesota 13, A's 0 Texas 11, Houston 3 Detroit at Chicago White Sox, (n.) Seattle at L.A. Angels, (n.) Thursday'sgames A's (Pomeranz 1-2) at Minnesota (No- lasco 1-1), 10:10 a.m. Cleveland (Kluber 0-4) at Kansas City (Volquez 2-3), 11:10 a.m. Detroit (Lobstein 2-2) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 1-2), 11:10 a.m. Baltimore (Tillman 2-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 2-0), 4:05 p.m. Texas (N.Martinez 2-0) at Tampa Bay (Archer 3-3), 4:10 p.m. Houston (McHugh 4-0) at L.A. Angels (Santiago 2-2), 7:05 p.m. Friday'sgames Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Kansas City at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. Minnesota at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. Texas at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Houston at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. A's at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Twins13,Athletics0 Oakland Minnesota AB R H B AB R H B Crisp lf 4 0 0 0 Dozier 2b 2 2 0 0 Burns cf 4 0 0 0 Bernier 2b 0 1 0 0 Reddck rf 2 0 1 0 TrHntr dh 4 2 1 1 Fuld ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Mauer 1b 4 1 1 1 BButler dh 4 0 0 0 KVargs 1b 1 1 1 3 Vogt c 3 0 0 0 Plouffe 3b 4 1 1 2 Muncy 3b 1 0 0 0 EdEscr lf 4 1 3 5 I.Davis 1b 2 0 0 0 Hrmnn c 4 0 0 0 Canha 1b 1 0 0 0 SRonsn cf 4 0 1 0 Lawrie 3b 3 0 2 0 ERosar rf 4 1 1 1 Phegly c 1 0 0 0 DSantn ss 4 3 3 0 Semien ss 3 0 2 0 Sogard 2b 3 0 1 0 Totals 32 0 6 0 351312 13 Oakland 000 000 000 — 0 Minnesota 004 002 43x — 13 E: Muncy (1);DP: Oakland 1, Minnesota 1;LOB: Oakland 7, Minnesota 4;2B: Reddick (5), Lawrie (5), Edu.Escobar (5), D.Santana (6);3B: D.Santana (1);HR: K.Vargas (3), Edu.Escobar (2), E.Rosario (1);SF: Edu.Escobar. IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Kazmir L,2-1 6 7 6 6 2 4 Ch.Smith 1/3 3 4 4 1 0 Abad 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 R.Alvarez 1 2 3 3 1 2 Minnesota Gibsn W,3-2 6 4 0 0 2 1 Pressly 1 2 0 0 0 3 Graham 2 0 0 0 0 1 HBP: by Ch.Smith (Dozier);WP: Kazmir, Gibson. Umpires: Home, Clint Fagan, First, Mike Everitt. Second, Tim Timmons. Third, Todd Tichenor. T: 2:56;A: 18,866 (39,021). NBA SECONDROUNDPLAYOFFS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Tuesday,May5 Atlanta 106, Washington 90, series tied 1-1 Memphis 97, Golden State 90, series tied 1-1 Wednesday,May6 Cleveland 106, Chicago 91, series tied 1-1 L.A. Clippers at Houston, (n.) Friday,May8 Cleveland at Chicago, 5 p.m. Houston at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Saturday,May9 Atlanta at Washington, 2 p.m. Golden State at Memphis, 5 p.m. Sunday,May10 Cleveland at Chicago, 12:30 p.m. Houston at L.A. Clippers, 5:30 p.m. Monday,May11 Atlanta at Washington, 4 p.m. Golden State at Memphis, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday,May12 Chicago at Cleveland, 7 or 5 p.m. x- L. A. C li pp er s a t H ou st on , 8 :3 0 o r 6 :3 0 p.m. Wednesday,May13 Washington at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Memphis at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Thursday,May14 x-Cleveland at Chicago, TBD x-Houston at L.A. Clippers, TBD Friday,May15 x-Atlanta at Washington, TBD x-Golden State at Memphis, TBD Sunday,May17 x-Chicago at Cleveland, TBD x-L.A. Clippers at Houston, TBD x-Memphis at Golden State, TBD Monday,May18 x-Washington at Atlanta, 5 p.m. NHL SECONDROUNDPLAYOFFS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Tuesday,May5 Chicago 1, Minnesota 0, Chicago leads series 3-0 Calgary 4, Anaheim 3, OT, Anaheim leads series 2-1 Wednesday,May6 Tampa Bay 2, Montreal 1, Tampa Bay leads series 3-0 Washington 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, Washing- ton leads series 3-1 Thursday,May7 Montreal at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m. Friday,May8 Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Anaheim at Calgary, 6:30 p.m. Saturday,May9 x-Tampa Bay at Montreal, TBD x-Minnesota at Chicago, TBD Sunday,May10 x-N.Y. Rangers at Washington, TBD Calgary at Anaheim, TBD Monday,May11 x-Chicago at Minnesota, TBD Tuesday,May12 x-Montreal at Tampa Bay, TBD x-Anaheim at Calgary, TBD Wednesday,May13 x-Washington at N.Y. Rangers, TBD x-Minnesota at Chicago, TBD Thursday,May14 x-Tampa Bay at Montreal, TBD x-Calgary at Anaheim, TBD Tennis ATPWORLDTOUR/WTA,MUTUA MADRIDOPENRESULTS Wednesday At Caja Magica Madrid, Spain Purse: $4,185,405 Surface: Clay-outdoor Singles MEN SecondRound John Isner (16), United States, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (11), 6-1. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (12), France, def. Jack Sock, United States, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (4). To ma s B er dy ch ( 6) , C ze ch R epu bl ic , d ef . Richard Gasquet, France, 7-6 (3), 7-5. Rafael Nadal (3), Spain, def. Steve John- son, United States, 6-4, 6-3. Simone Bolelli, Italy, def. Luca Vanni, Italy, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Grigor Dimitrov (10), Bulgaria, def. Fabio Fognini, Italy, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5. David Ferrer (7), Spain, def. Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, 6-4, 6-0. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-3. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, def. Feli- ciano Lopez (11), Spain, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6). Nick Kyrgios, Australia, def. Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (12). Roberto Bautista Agut (14), Spain, def. Sam Querrey, United States, 7-5, 6-4. Marcel Granollers, Spain, def. Gael Mon- fils (13), France, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (7), 6-4. Kei Nishikori (4), Japan, def. David Gof- fin, Belgium, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Andy Murray (2), Britain, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0. WOMEN ThirdRound Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (1). Petra Kvitova (4), Czech Republic, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 6-1, 6-4. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, def. Bar- bora Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4. Caroline Wozniacki (5), Denmark, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (9), Poland, 6-3, 6-2. Maria Sharapova (3), Russia, def. Caro- line Garcia, France, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5. Lucie Safarova (13), Czech Republic, def. Roberta Vinci, Italy, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-0. Carla Suarez Navarro (10), Spain, def. Ana Ivanovic (7), Serbia, 7-5, 1-6, 6-4. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, def. Samantha Stosur, Australia, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (5). Soccer MAJORLEAGUESOCCER WESTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA FC Dallas 5 2 2 17 15 12 Vancouver 5 3 2 17 11 9 Seattle 5 2 1 16 13 6 San Jose 4 4 1 13 9 10 Los Angeles 3 2 4 13 10 9 Kansas City 3 2 4 13 12 12 Portland 2 3 4 10 7 8 Houston 2 4 4 10 11 13 Salt Lake 2 2 4 10 7 10 Colorado 1 2 6 9 8 8 EASTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA New England 5 2 2 17 12 8 D.C. United 5 1 2 17 10 6 New York 3 1 4 13 12 8 Columbus 3 3 2 11 12 8 Toronto FC 3 4 0 9 11 11 Chicago 3 4 0 9 6 8 Orlando City 2 4 2 8 6 10 N.Y. City FC 1 5 3 6 6 10 Philadelphia 1 6 3 6 10 18 Montreal 0 2 2 2 2 6 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Tuesday'sgames Sa n J os e 1 , H ou st on 0 Wednesday'sgames Los Angeles at Salt Lake, (n.) Friday'sgames New England at Orlando City, 5 p.m. San Jose at Colorado, 7 p.m. Saturday'sgames Salt Lake at Chicago, noon Portland at Montreal, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at Vancouver, 4 p.m. Kansas City at D.C. United, 4 p.m. Seattle at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Golf WORLDGOLFRANKING 1. Rory McIlroy NIR 12.62 2. Jordan Spieth USA 9.05 3. Henrik Stenson SWE 7.25 4. Bubba Watson USA 7.15 5. Jim Furyk USA 6.98 6. Justin Rose ENG 6.43 7. Jason Day AUS 6.37 8. Dustin Johnson USA 6.05 9. Adam Scott AUS 5.68 10. Sergio Garcia ESP 5.58 11. Jimmy Walker USA 5.30 12. J.B. Holmes USA 5.04 13. Rickie Fowler USA 4.67 14. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 4.49 15. Patrick Reed USA 4.45 16. Matt Kuchar USA 4.41 17. Martin Kaymer GER 4.30 18. Phil Mickelson USA 4.18 19. Billy Horschel USA 3.84 20. Brooks Koepka USA 3.58 21. Victor Dubuisson FRA 3.42 22. Kevin Na USA 3.40 23. Lee Westwood ENG 3.33 24. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 3.31 25. Bill Haas USA 3.30 26. Chris Kirk USA 3.26 27. Zach Johnson USA 3.26 28. Ryan Palmer USA 3.25 29. Hunter Mahan USA 3.16 30. Ian Poulter ENG 3.13 31. Ryan Moore USA 3.12 32. Gary Woodland USA 3.10 33. J am ie D onal ds on W AL 3 .0 8 34. Paul Casey ENG 3.02 35. Graeme McDowell NIR 2.90 36. Anirban Lahiri IND 2.88 37. Keegan Bradley USA 2.87 38. Danny Willett ENG 2.85 39. Charl Schwartzel SAF 2.82 40. Branden Grace SAF 2.78 41. Brandt Snedeker USA 2.76 42. Bernd Wiesberger AUT 2.61 43. Matt Every USA 2.59 44. Stephen Gallacher SCO 2.55 45. Joost Luiten NED 2.54 Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For May 7 MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog Los Angeles -115/+105 at Milwaukee at St. Louis -135/+125 Chicago at Pittsburgh -135/+125 Cincinnati San Diego -110/+100 at Arizona at Giants -130/+120 Miami AMERICANLEAGUE at Minnesota -110/+100 Oakland at Chicago -115/+105 Detroit at Kansas City -120/+110 Cleveland at New York -125/+115 Baltimore at Tampa Bay -165/+155 Texas Houston -115/+105 at Los Angeles NBA SATURDAY Favorite Line(O/U) Underdog at Washington 2 (200½) Atlanta Golden State 4 (196) at Memphis NHL Favorite Line Underdog at Tampa Bay -150/+130 Montreal at Minnesota -125/+105 Chicago Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague ChicagoWhiteSox: Activated RHP Javy Guerra from the 15-day DL and desig- nated him for assignment. Announced RHP Jeff Samardzija has dropped his appeal of a five-game suspension for his involvement in a bench-clearing brawl against Kansas City on April 23. KansasCityRoyals: Activated RHP Greg Holland from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Yohan Pino to Omaha (PCL). NewYorkYankees: Activated INF Jose Pirela from the 15-day DL. Placed INF Gregorio Petit on the 15-day DL. OaklandAthletics: Activated OF Coco Crisp from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Craig Gentry to Nashville. NationalLeague AtlantaBraves: Optioned RHP Michael Kohn to Gwinnett (IL). Recalled RHP Wil- liams Perez from Gwinnett. ChicagoCubs: Activated RHP Justin Grimm from the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Matt Szczur from Iowa (PCL). Optioned OF Junior Lake to Iowa. Designated RHP Anthony Varvaro for assignment. ColoradoRockies: Added LHP Chris Rusin to the active roster as the 26th man for the second game of their doubleheader against Arizona. LosAngelesDodgers: Recalled RHP Joe Wieland from Oklahoma City (PCL). Optioned LHP Daniel Coulombe to Oklahoma City. PittsburghPirates: Selected the con- tract of Inf/Of Steve Lombardozzi from Indianapolis (IL). Placed OF Andrew Lambo on the 15-day D.L. BASKETBALL Women'sNationalBasketball Association AtlantaDream: Re-signed G Matee Aja- von. Signed C Martha Alwal to a training camp contract. FOOTBALL NationalFootballLeague ArizonaCardinals: Claimed CB Alfonzo Dennard off waivers from New England. AtlantaFalcons: Agreed to terms with Lbs Derek Akunne and Derrick Malone, DT Chris Brown, Wrs Marquez Clark, Shane Wynn and Joshua Stangby, OL Cody Clay, Ss Terell Floyd, Robenson Therezie and Damian Parms, TE Beau Gardner, Dts Warren Herring and Joey Mbu, Cbs Mike Lee, Kevin White and Jor- dan Ozerities, T Eric Lefeld, C Valerian Ume-Ezeoke and RB Terron Ward. ChicagoBears: Agreed to terms with WR Kevin White and DL Eddie Goldman on four-year contracts. IndianapolisColts: Agreed to terms with S Clayton Geathers, DT David Parry, RB Josh Robinson, LB Amarlo Herrera and OL Denzelle Good. NewYorkJets: Signed OL Jarvis Har- rison. PhiladelphiaEagles: Agreed to terms with Dbs Eric Rowe and Randall Evans and DE Brian Mihalik on four-year contracts. SOCCER MajorLeagueSoccer Mls: Fined New England MF Jermaine Jones an undisclosed amount for violat- ing the policy regarding hands to the head/face/neck of an opponent and for instigating/escalating an incident and New York F Anatole Abang for escalating an incident and New England goalkeep- ers coach Remi Roy for his involvement in the incident in a game on May 2. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015 2 B