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ByJayCohen The Associated Press CHICAGO Andrei Vasilevskiy's surprise start in the Stanley Cup Final went quite well for Tampa Bay. Unfortunately for the Light- ning, Corey Crawford was even better. Tampa Bay got another big goal from Alex Killorn and Steven Stamkos secured his first point of the final, but Crawford had 24 saves while leading the Chicago Blackhawks to a series-tying 2-1 victory in Game 4 on Wednesday night. The 20-year-old Vasilevskiy became the sixth goaltender in NHL history to make his first ca- reer playoff start in the final, ac- cording to the Elias Sports Bu- reau. He had made just 19 ap- pearances this season, counting the playoffs. Vasilevskiy was barely tested early on, but he looked right at home while recording 17 saves, in- cluding 11 in the second period. It was 1-1 before Brandon Saad backhanded a bouncing puck through Vasilevskiy's legs at 6:22 of the third period. Patrick Kane got an assist on the play for his first point of the series. The Lightning then made a big push for the tying goal, but Craw- ford helped Chicago withstand the heavy pressure in the frantic final moments. STANLEY CUP TampaBayfallsto ChicagoinGame4 Crawford has 24 saves for Blackhawks, Game 5 will be Saturday in Florida PHOTOSBYCHARLESREXARBOGAST—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford, right, deflects a puck as Tampa Bay Lightning's Brian Boyle watches during the third period in Game 4of the NHL Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday in Chicago. Chicago Blackhawks' Duncan Keith (2), Marcus Kruger (16), of Sweden, Marian Hossa, of Slovakia, and goalie Corey Crawford celebrate a er defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1in Game 4of the NHL Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday. The series is tied 2-2. By Charles O'brien The Associated Press NEW YORK Brandon Belt hit one of San Francisco's three homers off a struggling Matt Harvey, and the Giants scored five times in the sixth inning of an 8-5 victory over the New York Mets on Wednes- day night. Buster Posey had three RBIs, including a two-run double off Harvey that tied the score in the sixth. Belt followed with a two- run shot, and Justin Maxwell added a long homer later in the inning to give San Francisco a 7-4 lead. One night after they were held hitless by Giants rookie Chris Heston, the Mets handed Harvey a 4-2 lead. He couldn't hold it. Nori Aoki matched a career high with four hits and Joe Panik added three for the Giants, in- cluding a two-run homer in the first on an 0-2 pitch. The three homers allowed were a career high for Harvey, who is 1-3 with a 7.20 ERA in his last four starts. He has given up eight home runs since May 23, most of any pitcher in the majors during that span. Harvey (6-4) gave up seven runs for the second time in four starts, matching his career high. He walked two and struck out a career-low two in six innings. The star right-hander, who missed last season while recov- ering from Tommy John surgery, has allowed 18 earned runs over NATIONAL LEAGUE Giantshit3HRsoffHarveyinwinoverMets Casilla closes for 18th save in 21 chances FRANK FRANKLIN II — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS San Francisco Giants' Tim Hudson picked up the win against the New York Mets on Wednesday. The Giants won 8-5. By Brian Mahoney The Associated Press CLEVELAND All things consid- ered, the Golden State Warriors would rather have been golfing. That's what some players did the last time they found them- selves in this situation, when they were getting outmuscled and even outhustled, banged and beaten by a bigger team. They couldn't get a tee time Wednesday. NBA Finals rules re- quired the team to come to the arena for media obligations on the off day. "So it's going to be dark by the time we get out of here," swing- man Andre Iguodala said. But just as they fought their way out of that situation against Memphis in the Western Confer- ence semifinals, they believe they will overcome another 2-1 deficit now against Cleveland. "We'll figure out our game and the adjustments we need to make as we watch film later to- day, and we'll be ready tomorrow to give our best effort," MVP Ste- phen Curry said. "I feel like we're pretty confident we can turn this around." They've accomplished it before, against a team that did some of the same things the Cavaliers are doing now. The Grizzlies, with big bodies inside, play a rugged style remi- NBA FINALS Warriors co nfi de nt o f co me ba ck RAY CHAVEZ — BAY AREA NEWS GROUP The Golden State Warriors have averaged just 97.3points in the NBA Finals, even with two games going to overtime, a er leading the NBA with 110points per game during the regular season. By Graham Dunbar The Associated Press On another day of turmoil for FIFA and the World Cup, the bid- ding contest for the 2026 tourna- ment was put on hold. FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said Wednesday it would be "nonsense" to begin the next bidding process on schedule this week amid the American investi- gation into soccer corruption. Valcke, speaking at a news con- ference in Russia hosted by orga- nizers of the 2018 tournament, also defended his role in a $10 million bribery scandal linked to the 2010 World Cup. "I will answer all the questions. I have nothing to hide," Valcke said. While Valcke spoke in Samara, his staff in Zurich gave more ev- idence to Swiss authorities for a separate investigation into the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bid con- tests won by Russia and Qatar, re- spectively. "FIFA handed over seized IT data," the Swiss attorney gener- al's office said in a statement. Two weeks ago it raided FIFA offices and opened "criminal proceedings against persons un- known on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and of money SOCCER More turmoil for FIFA and World Cup bidding contest The gray in his goatee is get- ting much more noticeable. Yet 49ers kicker Phil Dawson isn't yet thinking about retire- men, even at a time when many of his teammates have done just that. 49ERS KickerDawsonstill going strong at 40 FULLSTORYONPAGEB2 The Spartan Soccer Camp for boys and girls in eighth through 12th grades is set to be held July 13-23. The dead- line to sign up is June 25. For more information, visit http:// bit.ly/1FBCVIk. SUMMER SPORTS Spartan Soccer Camp set for July 13-23 Red Bluff Youth Soccer is scheduled to hold registration sign-ups for its fall season from 5p.m. to 7p.m. June 22 at the Red Bluff Community Center. For more information, visit http://rbysl.org. 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