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ByMichaelWagaman The Associated Press SANTA CLARA Thegrayin his goatee is getting much more noticeable. Yet 49ers kicker Phil Dawson isn't yet thinking about retirement, even at a time when many of his San Francisco team- mates have done just that. Dawson, who turned 40 in January, is more con- cerned about getting com- fortable with a new holder than he is about life after the NFL. "Not one second," Daw- son said when asked if he contemplated stepping away. "When I signed this deal two years ago, I ex- pected to perform at an elite level for the term and then some. I'm more en- couraged now that I can do that than I was two years ago when I signed it. Feel better, feel stronger. I ex- pect big things." That's an encouraging sign for San Francisco, which heads into the 2015 season with a revamped offense minus some of its key components from a year ago. Running back Frank Gore left to sign with In- dianapolis as a free agent, wide receiver Michael Crabtree followed him out the door and signed with Oakland, three-time Pro Bowl right guard Mike Iupati signed with Ari- zona, and right tackle An- thony Davis retired. With so many new pieces in place, it could take some time for the 49ers to get rolling on offense. That will likely put more pressure on the team's kicking game. San Francisco traded punter Andy Lee to Cleve- land in the offseason, leav- ing fifth-round draft pick Bradley Pinion to handle the job. Pinion will also take over Lee's chores as holder. It's an adjustment Daw- son has had to make sev- eral times previously in his career and he doesn't be- lieve it will be a big issue. "I've been through it be- fore so it's certainly not insurmountable," Dawson said. "But it is a big part of the process. When you con- sider from snap to kick is 1.3 seconds, there needs to be a level of comfort with how everyone works. "Every holder holds the ball a little different, just their body posture. But it's not insurmountable. It's going to require a lot of hard work and I'm looking forward to the challenge." The two specialists have been working on their tim- ing this week during the 49ers' three-day manda- tory minicamp at Levi's Stadium. Rain fell throughout the day Wednesday, however, forcing the duo to adjust their routine. Dawson, who has made 57 of 67 field goal attempts since signing with the 49ers in 2013, is also ad- justing to the NFL rule for extra points. Owners voted this off- season to move PATs back to the 15-yard line, creat- ing a 33-yard kick attempt that will be longer than some field goals. Dawson, who hasn't missed an extra point since 2009 and has whiffed on just eight in his career, is eager to test the new rule. 49ERS Kicker Dawson still going strong at 40 JEFFCHIU—THEASSOCIATED PRESS San Francisco 49ers kicker Phil Dawson, who turned 40in January, is more concerned about getting comfortable with a new holder than he is about life a er the NFL. laundering." The storm unleashed by separate U.S. and Swiss federal investigations has already further sullied FI- FA's image and led to the announced resignation of its president, Sepp Blat- ter. He is not a suspect for Swiss authorities but is a target of the American case. The favorite to suc- ceed Blatter, former pro- tege turned adversary Mi- chel Platini, criticized soc- cer's governing body later Wednesday while also wel- coming a delay in 2026 business. "Today there is no lead- ership at FIFA so it's nor- mal that it's been sus- pended," the UEFA pres- ident and former France great said at a news con- ference in Paris which overlapped with Valcke's in Russia. The United States is among the expected con- tenders in the May 2017 vote. FIFA also said Wednes- day its executive committee will meet to choose an elec- tion date in a special ses- sion next month — possibly July 24 in St. Petersburg, where Swiss and Amer- ican investigators won't get the chance to ask ques- tions. The 209 FIFA mem- ber federations will vote in Zurich for a new president four months after a dead- line set for would-be candi- dates to apply. Blatter's prolonged de- parture is "not doing him- self and the whole of foot- ball a favor," said Wolfgang Niersbach of Germany, who is on the executive committee. FIFA has been in crisis since the U.S. Department of Justice indicted 14 peo- ple on corruption charges ahead of Blatter's re-elec- tion at the FIFA congress two weeks ago. Seven of them were arrested in Zu- rich and face extradition. FIFA FROM PAGE 1 iniscent of Eastern Con- ference basketball. They won Game 2 at Oracle Arena and came home to win Game 3 in that series, sending Golden State to the video room. The Warriors didn't even go to the gym before Game 4 in Memphis, instead watching two hours of film in a hotel ballroom when the players weren't on the course. Coach Steve Kerr said they might've done the same thing Wednesday if they didn't have to report to Quicken Loans Arena, but planned to watch tape at some point. "We will watch signif- icant parts of it, but the similarity is there," Kerr said. "Physical team that slows it down, like Mem- phis did. Our frustration with our pace and tempo is there. So it's very sim- ilar and it's very helpful that we've been through this process. Obviously, the personnel is different; the teams are different. But it's something we've been through, and that is a pos- itive that we can draw on that experience." Golden State has aver- aged just 97.3 points in this series, even with two games going to overtime, after leading the NBA with 110 points per game during the regular season. The Warriors were held to 90 and 89 in their back-to- back losses to the Grizzlies, then bounced back with 102.3 per game in running off three straight victories. "We're down 2-1 on the road. Same sequence of games, win-loss-loss, so very similar situations," Curry said. "Obviously a different team, so you've got to adjust accordingly. But the mission is we've got to win Game 4. Go home with an even series and take it from there." A better performance from Draymond Green would help. The runner- up for Defensive Player of the Year is shooting just 8 for 30 (27 percent) in the finals, missing seven of his eight 3-point attempts, and was treated Wednes- day for back spasms. Kerr said Green was expected to play Thursday. Warriors FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 34 25 .576 _ Giants 34 26 .567 1/2 San Diego 30 31 .492 5 Arizona 27 31 .466 61/2 Colorado 27 31 .466 61/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 39 21 .650 _ Chicago 31 26 .544 61/2 Pittsburgh 32 27 .542 61/2 Cincinnati 27 31 .466 11 Milwaukee 22 38 .367 17 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 31 28 .525 _ New York 31 29 .517 1/2 Atlanta 29 30 .492 2 Miami 24 36 .400 71/2 Philadelphia 22 39 .361 10 Tuesday's games Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 1 N.Y. Yankees 6, Washington 1 Toronto 4, Miami 3 Detroit 6, Chicago Cubs 0 Cincinnati 11, Philadelphia 2 Atlanta 6, San Diego 5 Giants 5, N.Y. Mets 0 Colorado 4, St. Louis 3 L.A. Dodgers 3, Arizona 1 Wednesday's games Cincinnati 5, Philadelphia 2 Toronto 7, Miami 2 Washington 5, N.Y. Yankees 4, 11 innings St. Louis 4, Colorado 2 Pittsburgh 2, Milwaukee 0 Chicago Cubs 12, Detroit 3 Atlanta 4, San Diego 1 Giants 8, N.Y. Mets 5 Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, (n.) Thursday's games San Diego (Cashner 2-8) at Atlanta (Teheran 4-2), 9:10 a.m. Colorado (Rusin 2-0) at Miami (Phelps 2-3), 4:10 p.m. Giants (Lincecum 6-3) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 3-6), 4:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Lorenzen 1-1) at Chicago Cubs (Wada 0-1), 5:05 p.m. Washington (Roark 2-2) at Milwaukee (Garza 4-7), 5:10 p.m. Friday's games Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 1:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Colorado at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Washington at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Kansas City at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Arizona at Giants, 7:15 p.m. Giants 8, Mets 5 San Fran New York AB R H B AB R H B Aoki lf 5 2 4 0 Grndrs rf 4 1 2 0 Panik 2b 5 2 3 2 Tejada 2b 5 0 0 0 Pagan cf 3 1 0 0 Duda 1b 3 1 1 1 Posey c 5 1 2 3 Cuddyr lf 4 1 1 0 Belt 1b 5 1 2 2 WFlors ss 3 0 2 2 BCrwfr ss 4 0 1 0 dArnad c 4 2 1 0 MDuffy 3b 4 0 1 0 Lagars cf 4 0 2 1 Maxwll rf 4 1 1 1 Campll 3b 4 0 1 1 THudsn p 3 0 0 0 Harvey p 2 0 0 0 Kontos p 0 0 0 0 ATorrs p 0 0 0 0 Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 MyryJr ph 1 0 1 0 Strckln p 0 0 0 0 CTorrs p 0 0 0 0 McGeh ph 1 0 0 0 Lthrsch p 0 0 0 0 Romo p 0 0 0 0 Robles p 0 0 0 0 Casilla p 0 0 0 0 Glmrtn p 0 0 0 0 Cecilin ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 39 8 14 8 35 5 11 5 San Fran 200 005 001 — 8 New York 200 110 010 — 5 E: Cuddyer (2), Granderson (3); DP: San Francisco 2, New York 1; LOB: San Francisco 7, New York 6; 2B: Posey 2 (9), B.Crawford (13), Granderson (8), W.Flores (7), d'Arnaud (2); 3B: Lagares (3); HR: Panik (6), Belt (8), Maxwell (5). IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco Hdson W,4-5 5 8 4 4 2 1 Kntos 1 1 0 0 0 2 Affeldt 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 Strickland 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 Romo 1 2 1 1 0 3 Csilla S,18-21 1 0 0 0 0 1 New York Harvey L,6-4 6 9 7 7 2 2 A.Torres 1 1 0 0 1 2 C.Torres 1 1 0 0 0 0 Leathersich 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 Robles 0 1 0 0 0 0 Gilmartin 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 Robles pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. T.Hudson pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. Kontos pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. HBP: by T.Hudson (W.Flores). Umpires: Home, Joe West, First, Chris Segal. Second, Kerwin Danley. Third, Rob Drake. T: 3:23; A: 24,436 (41,922). AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 34 26 .567 _ Texas 31 27 .534 2 Los Angeles 29 30 .492 41/2 Seattle 27 32 .458 61/2 A's 23 37 .383 11 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 33 23 .589 _ Minnesota 33 25 .569 1 Detroit 31 29 .517 4 Chicago 27 30 .474 61/2 Cleveland 27 31 .466 7 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB New York 33 26 .559 _ Tampa Bay 32 28 .533 11/2 Toronto 31 30 .508 3 Baltimore 28 30 .483 41/2 Boston 27 33 .450 61/2 Tuesday's games Baltimore 1, Boston 0 N.Y. Yankees 6, Washington 1 Toronto 4, Miami 3 Detroit 6, Chicago Cubs 0 L.A. Angels 8, Tampa Bay 2 Seattle 3, Cleveland 2 Chicago White Sox 4, Houston 2 Kansas City 2, Minnesota 0 Texas 2, A's 1 Wednesday's games Toronto 7, Miami 2 Washington 5, N.Y. Yankees 4, 11 innings Baltimore 5, Boston 2 Chicago Cubs 12, Detroit 3 Tampa Bay 4, L.A. Angels 2 Seattle 9, Cleveland 3 Houston at Chicago White Sox, (n.) Kansas City at Minnesota, (n.) Texas at A's, (n.) Thursday's games Seattle (Happ 3-1) at Cleveland (Marcum 2-1), 9:10 a.m. Texas (Ch.Gonzalez 2-0) at A's (Kazmir 2-4), 12:35 p.m. Boston (Miley 5-5) at Baltimore (Tillman 3-7), 4:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Richards 5-4) at Tampa Bay (Colome 3-2), 4:10 p.m. Friday's games N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Minnesota at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Seattle at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Kansas City at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. A's at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. NCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES GLANCE At TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Omaha, Neb. Double Elimination x-if necessary Saturday, June 13 Game 1 _ Arkansas (40-23) vs. Virginia (37-22), noon Game 2 _ Florida (46-19) vs. Miami (49- 15), 5 p.m. Sunday, June 14 Game 3 _ TCU (51-13) vs. LSU (53-10), noon Game 4 _ Cal State Fullerton (39-23) vs. Vanderbilt (47-19), 5 p.m. Monday, June 15 Game 5 _ Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, noon Game 6 _ Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 16 Game 7 _ Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, noon Game 8 _ Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 17 Game 9 _ Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 loser, 5 p.m. Thursday, June 18 Game 10 _ Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 loser, 5 p.m. Friday, June 19 Game 11 _ Game 6 winner vs. Game 9 winner, noon Game 12 _ Game 8 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 5 p.m. Saturday, June 20 x-Game 13 _ If Game 9 winner also wins game 11, TBD x-Game 14 _ If Game 10 winner also wins Game 12, TBD Championship Series (Best-of-3) Monday, June 22: Teams TBD, 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 23: Teams TBD, 5 p.m. x-Wednesday, June 24: Teams TBD, 5 p.m. Basketball NB A F IN AL S (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) CLEVELAND 2, GOLDEN STATE 1 Thursday, June 4 Golden State 108, Cleveland 100, OT Sunday, June 7 Cleveland 95, Golden State 93, OT Tuesday, June 9 Cleveland 96, Golden State 91 Thursday, June 11 Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Sunday, June 14 Cleveland at Golden State, 5 p.m. x-Tuesday, June 16 Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m. x-Friday, June 19 Cleveland at Golden State, 6 p.m. WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 2 0 1.000 — Phoenix 1 0 1.000 1/2 Tulsa 2 1 .667 1/2 Seattle 1 1 .500 1 Sparks 0 1 .000 11/2 San Antonio 0 1 .000 11/2 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Washington 2 0 1.000 — New York 2 1 .667 1/2 Chicago 1 1 .500 1 Connecticut 1 1 .500 1 Atlanta 0 2 .000 2 Indiana 0 3 .000 21/2 Tuesday's games New York 86, Indiana 79 Tulsa 68, Seattle 45 Wednesday's games No games scheduled Thursday's games San Antonio at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Phoenix at New York, 4 p.m. Chicago at Connecticut, 4 p.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Friday's games Atlanta at Washington, 4 p.m. Phoenix at Indiana, 4 p.m. NHL Playoffs STANLEY CUP FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) TAMPA BAY 2, CHICAGO 2 Wednesday, June 3: Chicago 2, Tampa Bay 1 Saturday, June 6: Tampa Bay 4, Chicago 3 Monday, June 8: Tampa Bay 3, Chicago 2 Wednesday, June 10: Chicago 2, Tampa Bay 1 Saturday, June 13: Chicago at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. Monday, June 15: Tampa Bay at Chicago, 5 p.m. x-Wednesday, June 17: Chicago at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. Blackhawks 2, Lightning 1 Tampa Bay 0 1 0 — 1 Chicago 0 1 1 — 2 First Period: None; Penalties: Seabrook, Chi (interference), 9:10, Garrison, TB (interference), 11:41, Toews, Chi (high- sticking), 12:42, Timonen, Chi (hooking), 16:33, Killorn, TB (high-sticking), 19:08. Second Period: 1, Chicago, Toews 10 (Sharp, Hossa), 6:40. 2, Tampa Bay, Killorn 9 (Filppula, Stamkos), 11:47; Pen- alties: Seabrook, Chi (cross-checking), 7:19. Third Period: 3, Chicago, Saad 8 (Kane), 6:22; Penalties: Stamkos, TB (delay of game), 1:04. Shots on Goal: Tampa Bay 9-8-8=25. Chicago 2-12-5=19. Goalies: Tampa Bay, Vasilevskiy 1-1-0 (19 shots-17 saves). Chicago, Crawford 11-6-0 (25-24). A: 22,354 (19,717); T: 2:27. Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Kelly Suther- land; Linesmen: Shane Heyer, Pierre Racicot. Tennis ATP WORLD TOUR MERCEDESCUP RESULTS Wednesday At TC Weissenhof Stuttgart, Germany Purse: $713,300 (WT250) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Second Round Gael Monfils (4), France, def. Andreas Haider-Maurer, Austria, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5). Viktor Troicki (8), Serbia, def. Alexander Zverev, Germany, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3. Sam Groth, Australia, def. Feliciano Lopez (3), Spain, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6). Philipp Kohlschreiber (6), Germany, def. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, 6-4, 6-4. Doubles First Round Rohan Bopanna, India, and Florin Mergea (4), Romania, def. Marin Cilic, Croatia, and Frank Moser, Germany, 6-3, 7-6 (10). Andre Begemann, Germany, and Julian Knowle, Austria, def. Andreas Beck and Michael Berrer, Germany, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Mate Pavic, Croatia, and Michael Venus, New Zealand, def. Andreas Seppi, Italy, and Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-4, 3-6, 10-6. Dustin Brown, Germany, and Andreas Haider-Maurer, Austria, def. Borna Coric and Ante Pavic, Croatia, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5). Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (3), Brazil, def. Philipp Petzschner and Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, 6-2, 6-3. Quarterfinals Fe liciano Lopez and Rafael Nadal, Spain, def. Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah (5), Colombia, walkover. TOPSHELF OPEN RESULTS Wednesday At Autotron Rosmalen 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Purse: ATP, $671,200 (WT250); WTA, $250,000 (Intl.) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles MEN Second Round Ivo Karlovic (5), Croatia, def. Tatsuma Ito, Japan, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3). Robin Haase, Netherlands, def. Fernando Verdasco (7), Spain, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Marius Copil, Romania, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (4), Spain, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, def. Vasek Pospisil (9), Canada, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (6). WOMEN Second Round Coco Vandeweghe (3), United States, def. Tatjana Maria, Germany, 7-5, 6-4. Camila Giorgi (5), Italy, def. Michaella Krajicek, Netherlands, 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-4. Kristina Mladenovic (7), France, def. Kurumi Nara, Japan, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, def. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, 6-4, 6-4. Doubles MEN First Round Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Hori a T ec au ( 1) , R oma ni a, d ef . Y en -hs un Lu, Taiwan, and Oliver Marach, Austria, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 10-4. Raven Klaasen, South Africa, and Rajeev Ram, United States, def. Chris Guccione, Australia, and Andre Sa, Brazil, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Quarterfinals Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Ma- hut, France, def. Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Leander Paes (2), India, 6-4, 7-6 (7). WOMEN First Round Anastasia Rodionova and Arina Rodion- ova (2), Australia, def. Indy De Vroome and Lesley Kerkhove, Netherlands, 7-6 (3), 1-6, 10-4. Irina Falconi and Maria Sanchez, United States, def. Eri Hozum and Junri Nami- gata, Japan, 6-2, 6-4. Quarterfinals Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (3), Russia, def. Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgia, and Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, 6-4, 6-4. Asia Muhammed, United States, and Laura Siegemund, Germany, def. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, and Johanna Lars- son (4), Sweden, 6-2, 3-6, 10-7. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Seattle 8 4 2 26 20 11 Vancouver 8 6 2 26 18 15 Kansas City 6 2 6 24 22 15 Portland 6 5 4 22 15 14 FC Dallas 6 4 4 22 18 19 Los Angeles 5 5 6 21 15 18 Houston 5 5 5 20 21 19 San Jose 5 5 4 19 14 15 Salt Lake 4 5 6 18 13 18 Colorado 2 4 8 14 11 12 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. United 8 4 4 28 20 15 New England 5 4 6 21 20 20 Toronto FC 6 5 1 19 19 16 Orlando City 4 5 5 17 19 19 New York 4 4 5 17 17 17 Columbus 4 6 4 16 20 21 Philadelphia 4 9 3 15 18 25 Montreal 4 4 2 14 13 15 Chicago 4 7 2 14 17 20 N.Y. City FC 2 7 5 11 12 18 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday's games Philadelphia 3, Columbus 0 D.C. United 3, Chicago 1 Montreal 2, Vancouver 1 Friday's games Houston 4, New York 2 Saturday's games N.Y. City FC 2, Philadelphia 1 Toronto FC 2, D.C. United 1 Montreal 2, Columbus 1 Orlando City 3, Chicago 2 Kansas City 1, Seattle 0 Vancouver 1, Los Angeles 0 Portland 2, New England 0 Sunday's games Salt Lake 0, Colorado 0, tie San Jose 0, FC Dallas 0, tie Saturday, June 13 Montreal at N.Y. City FC, 4 p.m. Chicago at New England, 4:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Seattle, 7 p.m. Sunday, June 14 D.C. United at Orlando City, 4 p.m. WOMEN'S WORLD CUP Monday, June 8 Cameroon 6, Equador 0 Japan 1, Switzerland, 0 Sweden 3, Nigeria 3, tie United States 3, Australia 1 Tuesday, June 9 Spain 1, Costa Rica 1 Brazil 2, South Korea 0 France 1, England 0 Colombia 1, Mexico, 1 Wednesday, June 12 No games scheduled Thursday, June 11 Germany vs. Norway, 2 p.m. Canada vs. New Zealand, 3 p.m. Ivory Coast vs. Thailand, 5 p.m. China vs. Netherlands, 6 p.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE For June 11 Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Atlanta -110/+100 San Diego at Miami -135/+125 Colorado at New York -110/+100 San Francisco at Chicago -145/+135 Cincinnati Washington -110/+100 at Milwaukee AMERICAN LEAGUE at Cleveland -125/+115 Seattle at Oakland -150/+140 Texas at Baltimore -110/+100 Boston Los Angeles -120/+110 at Tampa Bay NBA Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog Golden State 3 (193) at Cleveland Transactions MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL The Office OF THE Commissioner OF Baseball: Suspended Atlanta minor league C Chris O'dowd (Mississippi- Southern) 80 games after testing positive for Testosterone metabolites of exogenous origin, a performance- enhancing substance in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League Houston Astros: Recalled RHP Vincent Velasquez from Corpus Christi (Texas). Optioned INF Jonathan Villar to Fresno (PCL). Los Angeles Angels: Recalled 3B Kyle Ku- bitza from Salt Lake (PCL). Designated OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis for assignment. Minnesota Twins: Recalled INF Jorge Polanco from Chattanooga (SL). New York Yankees: Reinstated INF Bren- dan Ryan from the 60-day DL. Optioned OF Ramon Flores and INF Jose Pirela to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Tampa Bay Rays: Recalled RHP Preston Guilmet from Durham (IL). Activated RHP Kirby Yates from the 15-day DL and optioned to Durham. Toronto Blue Jays: Optioned RHP Scott Copeland to Buffalo (IL). Assigned LHP Andrew Albers outright to Buffalo. National League Atlanta Braves: Activated OF Kelly John- son from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Joey Terdoslavich to Gwinnett (IL). New York Mets: Activated C Travis d'arnaud from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Danny Muno to Las Vegas (PCL). San Diego Padres: Recalled RHP Nick Vincent from El Paso (PCL). Optioned INF Jedd Gyorko to El Paso. San Francisco Giants: Placed OF Gregor Blanco on the seven-day concussion DL. Re-called up OF Jarrett Parker from Sacramento (PCL). American Association Joplin Blasters: Signed RHP Sam Agnew- Weiland. Laredo Lemurs: Signed RHP Joan Mon- tero. Released RHP Daniel Minor. Wichita Wingnuts: Signed INF Kori Melo. Released RHP Byron Minnich. his last 18 innings. The five runs in the sixth were the most he has given up in one inning. He fell to 15-1 when the Mets score at least four runs for him. Panik led off the sixth with a single. Angel Pa- gan followed with a walk and, after falling behind 0-2, Posey calmly stroked a fastball into right for ty- ing double. Posey came into the game batting .368 against Harvey. Belt drove a changeup the other way to left-cen- ter for his eighth homer of the year, putting the Giants ahead 6-4. Brandon Crawford was thrown out at third trying to stretch a double, and Matt Duffy flied out be- fore Maxwell teed off for a shot to left. Aoki led off the game with a single and scored on Panik's sixth home run. The Mets wasted little time getting their offense started, scoring a pair of runs on three first-inning hits, punctuated by Wilmer Flores' two-run single off Tim Hudson (4-5). Hudson allowed eight hits as he pitched into the sixth inning. With the victory, Hudson has al- ternated wins and losses over his last seven deci- sions. Santiago Casilla closed for his 18th save in 21 op- portunities. Juan Lagares had an RBI triple in the eighth, and Eric Campbell and Lucas Duda had RBI sin- gles for the Mets, who have dropped four of their last five games. Flores led off the sixth with a double, chasing Hudson. But George Kon- tos struck out catcher Tra- vis d'Arnaud, activated from the disabled list be- fore the game, and retired Lagares on a grounder. Campbell struck out to end the threat. Giants FROM PAGE 1 Tampa Bay said start- ing goaltender Ben Bishop is day to day with an un- disclosed injury. He ap- peared to be dealing with some sort of groin or leg problem while making 36 saves in a gutsy per- formance in Tampa Bay's 3-2 victory on Monday night. He participated in the morning skate on Wednesday, but coach Jon Cooper said they were in a "holding pattern" in terms of Bishop's avail- ability. Vasilevskiy then led the team out of the tunnel for warmups before the game, signaling he was the starter. Game 5 is Saturday in Florida. Tampa Bay helped Vasi- levskiy settle into the game by holding Chicago to just two shots on goal in the first period. Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville tried sev- eral different line combina- tions, but they struggled to put any sustained pressure on the speedy Lightning. The pace of the game began to pick up in the second. Marcus Kruger and Patrick Sharp of the Blackhawks each hit the right post before captain Jonathan Toews swept in a loose puck from the left side for his career-best 10th goal of the playoffs. It was the first time in the series Chicago scored first. Toews had just one assist in the final coming into the night. NHL FROM PAGE 1 | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 2 B