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ByElliottAlmond BayAreaNewsGroup SAN JOSE The Earth- quakes' opponent Tuesday night in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is a so- called minor league affili- ate from Sacramento. Owners of Sacramento Republic FC hope that changes in the coming years as they push to be- come a Major League Soc- cer team that could create a bona fide Northern Cali- fornia rivalry. The Republic plays in the United Soccer League, the third division below MLS and the North Amer- ican Soccer League. But with an enthusiastic fan base that bought 9,794 season tickets this year, the team wants to become the next MLS team if and when the league decides to expand again. Owners, who include the 49ers' Jed York, already plan to build an 18,000- seat downtown stadium regardless of their division because ticket demand has been so high. "We are competing the right way," said Republic coach Preki, a two-time MLS most valuable player. "That's why people are ex- cited." The excitement in Sac- ramento has fueled a bud- ding regional rivalry that could become intense if Re- public were to enter MLS. Although the move would cut into the Quakes' vast territory of homegrown players, San Jose general manager John Doyle said there is enough local tal- ent to support both teams. "They are a motivated team, and Preki is a mo- tivated coach who wants to do well not only in the USL but also in the Open Cup, and possibly in MLS," San Jose coach Dominic Kinnear added. MLS officials expect to have an expansion plan ready within six months, but it is not clear that the league would grow be- yond its recent additions. It has awarded teams to Atlanta, Los Angeles, Mi- ami and Minnesota. But in some cases, stadium issues need to be resolved before the teams make their de- buts. Sacramento could face competition from San Antonio and St. Louis for MLS' next expansion team. Deputy commis- sioner Mark Abbott said the league needs to grow strategically and perhaps look to the center of the country. "I don't know what is go- ing to happen," Preki said. "I think it is going to hap- pen, but I'm just not sure when." MLS Ea rt hq ua ke s to f ac e Sacramento rivals COLLEGEBASEBALL World Series:noon,ESPN2. World Series: 5p.m., ESPN. MLB BASEBALL Seattle Mariners at San Francisco Giants: 12:30p.m., CSNBA. Oakland Athletics at San Diego Padres: 12:30 p.m., CSN. Atlanta Braves vs. Boston Red Sox: 1p.m., MLB. Toronto Blue Jays vs. New York Mets or Washington Nationals vs. Tampa Bay Rays: 4 p.m., MLB. Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Angels: 7p.m., MLB. NBA FINALS Golden State Warriors at Cleveland Cavaliers, Final Game 6: 6p.m., ABC SOCCER FIFA World Cup: Ecuador vs. Japan, Women's Group C: 2p.m., FS1. FIFA World Cup: Nigeria vs. United States, Women's Group D: 5p.m., FOX. FIFA World Cup: Australia vs. Sweden, Women's Group D: 5p.m., FS1. FIFA U-20World Cup: Semifinal: 9p.m., FS1. FIFA U-20World Cup: Semifinal: 12:30a.m., FS1. On the air 11-assist performance, he's averaging 36.6 points, 12.5 rebounds and 8.8 assists — a mind-boggling statistical line never before seen in fi- nals history. James is doing it all with All-Stars Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love re- covering from postseason surgeries, sparking debate about whether he deserves to be the finals MVP — win or lose. Jerry West (1969) is the only player to win MVP honors for a losing team. "He sets the pace," said Hall of Famer Oscar Rob- ertson. "He's doing what defenses give him and he's playing smart." Smart and sublime may not be enough. Cleveland's supporting cast isn't pulling its weight. The Cavs got early baskets from J.R. Smith in Game 5, but the streaky shooter didn't score in the last 33 minutes. Guards Iman Shumpert and Matthew Dellavedova went a com- bined 5 of 18 and were ten- tative with the ball. Cavs coach David Blatt matched Golden State coach Steve Kerr's smaller starting lineup in Game 5, electing to play center Timofey Mozgov for just nine minutes af- ter the 7-footer scored 28 points with 10 rebounds in Game 4. Blatt was de- fensive about his decision, snapping that he did what he felt necessary. "Did I make a mistake?" asked Blatt, who had James at center for long stretches and didn't indicate he'll change for Game 6. "I felt that the best chance for us to stay in the game and to have a chance to win was to play it the way that we played it." Warriors FROM PAGE 1 BEN MARGOT — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James walks in front of Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry during the first half of Game 5of the NBA Finals Sunday in Oakland. After starting in the 3-1 tournament-opening vic- tory of Australia, Wambach entered against Sweden in the 68th minute. Less than 10 minutes later, she had one of the best U.S. scor- ing chances of the game, a header that Hedvig Lin- dahl popped up and over the crossbar. Wambach believes that if she had been playing on real grass, she would have scored on that header. This is the first World Cup played on artificial turf, which has been a contentious issue among many players, and especially Wambach. Wambach led the way last year when a group of players filed a claim in Can- ada saying that putting the Women's World Cup on arti- ficial turf amounted to gen- der discrimination — be- cause the men's event had never been played on what some disdainfully call a "plastic pitch." FIFA wouldn't bend on the issue, saying that Can- ada's bid in 2011 — the only bid in the end for this year's event — stipulated the tour- nament be played on an ar- tificial surface. The group that filed the claim eventu- ally dropped it so they could focus on preparation for the event. "For me, I definitely think that the U.S. has more goals if we're playing on grass," she said. Before the match against No. 5 Sweden, a New York Times profile of Swedish coach Pia Sundhage, the for- mer U.S. coach, quoted her as saying she'd use Wam- bach as a sub. Sundhage led the U.S. to two Olympic gold medals and to the final of the 2011 World Cup in Ger- many, where the team lost to Japan on penalty kicks. Sundhage expanded on her comments in Canada the day before the match. "You have players start- ing the game, but you have players that will end the game. And Abby is a player that will make the differ- ence (at the end of games). So I would have that in my back pocket and throw her in and win the game. Now, I don't know the team today, but I saw the game against Australia, and today, play- ing against Sweden, I would start her because she's that good," Sundhage said. World Cup FROM PAGE 1 Ben Bishop kept the Lightning in the game with 30 saves, fighting through some sort of lower-body in- jury that kept him out of Game 4. Led by Bishop and big de- fenseman Victor Hedman, the Lightning allowed just 13 goals in the series, but it wasn't enough against the unflappable Blackhawks. Tampa Bay star Steven Stamkos finished the play- offs with an eight-game scoring drought that likely will chase him into the off- season. He rung the inside of the crossbar on a near miss at 7:50 of the first and was stoned by Crawford on a breakaway 58 seconds into the middle period. The pair of missed op- portunities for one of the NHL's most gifted scorers looked even more costly when the Blackhawks got on the board in the second. Keith got a nice pass from Kane in the middle and shot it around Tampa Bay center Cedric Paquette. Bishop stopped his first try, but Keith kept skating past Paquette and flipped in the rebound at 17:13. Keith then skated with his arms out and yelled be- fore he was mobbed by his teammates near the boards. Crawford threw his gloves into the air as the fi- nal seconds ticked off, and a sea of red and black that braved a dangerous line of thunderstorms to pack the United Center erupted in pure joy. Kane pumped his right arm as Crawford approached for a big hug, and the goaltender then wrapped his arms around Keith after they helped limit the league's highest- scoring team in the reg- ular season to 10 goals in the final. Stanley Cup FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 37 27 .578 _ Giants 34 30 .531 3 San Diego 32 33 .492 51/2 Arizona 30 32 .484 6 Colorado 28 35 .444 81/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 42 21 .667 _ Pittsburgh 36 27 .571 6 Chicago 34 27 .557 7 Cincinnati 28 35 .444 14 Milwaukee 24 41 .369 19 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB New York 35 30 .538 _ Washington 33 31 .516 11/2 Atlanta 31 33 .484 31/2 Miami 28 37 .431 7 Philadelphia 22 43 .338 13 Sunday's games N.Y. Mets 10, Atlanta 8 Colorado 4, Miami 1 Pittsburgh 1, Philadelphia 0, 11 innings Washington 4, Milwaukee 0 Kansas City at St. Louis, ppd., rain Arizona 4, Giants 0 L.A. Dodgers 4, San Diego 2, 12 innings Chicago Cubs 2, Cincinnati 1, 11 innings Monday's games Pittsburgh 11, Chicago White Sox 0 Baltimore 4, Philadelphia 0 Detroit 6, Cincinnati 0 Atlanta 4, Boston 2 Miami 2, N.Y. Yankees 1 N.Y. Mets 4, Toronto 3, 11 innings Tampa Bay 6, Washington 1 Texas 4, L.A. Dodgers 1 Cleveland at Chicago, ppd., rain Houston 6, Colorado 3 Kansas City 8, Milwaukee 5 St. Louis 3, Minnesota 2 Arizona at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. A's at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Seattle at Giants, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday's games Minnesota (Gibson 4-4) at St. Louis (Wacha 8-2), 10:45 a.m. Colorado (Rusin 2-1) at Houston (Velas- quez 0-0), 11:10 a.m. A's (Kazmir 3-4) at San Diego (Cashner 2-8), 12:40 p.m. Seattle (Happ 3-2) at Giants (Lincecum 6-3), 12:45 p.m. Atlanta (Teheran 4-2) at Boston (Miley 5-6), 1:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Quintana 3-6) at Pittsburgh (Morton 4-0), 4:05 p.m. Philadelphia (J.Williams 3-6) at Balti- more (Tillman 4-7), 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Lorenzen 1-2) at Detroit (K.Ryan 1-0), 4:08 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 5-1) at Miami (Phelps 3-3), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (Copeland 1-0) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 6-4), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Roark 2-2) at Tampa Bay (Colome 3-2), 4:10 p.m. Cleveland (Bauer 5-3) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 6-4), 5:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (B.Anderson 2-4) at Texas (Ch.Gonzalez 2-1), 5:05 p.m. Kansas City (C.Young 5-2) at Milwaukee (Garza 4-7), 5:10 p.m. Arizona (Hellickson 4-3) at L.A. Angels (Richards 6-4), 7:05 p.m. Wednesday's games Baltimore at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Miami at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Washington, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Boston at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. Detroit at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. St. Louis at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Houston at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. L.A. Angels at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. San Diego at A's, 7:05 p.m. Giants at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Texas at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 37 28 .569 _ Texas 34 30 .531 21/2 Los Angeles 32 31 .508 4 Seattle 28 35 .444 8 A's 26 39 .400 11 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 35 25 .583 _ Minnesota 34 29 .540 21/2 Detroit 34 30 .531 3 Cleveland 29 33 .468 7 Chicago 28 34 .452 8 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 36 29 .554 _ New York 34 29 .540 1 Toronto 34 31 .523 2 Baltimore 32 31 .508 3 Boston 27 38 .415 9 Sunday's games Detroit 8, Cleveland 1 Tampa Bay 2, Chicago White Sox 1 N.Y. Yankees 5, Baltimore 3 Toronto 13, Boston 5 Houston 13, Seattle 0 Kansas City at St. Louis, ppd., rain Minnesota 4, Texas 3 A's 8, L.A. Angels 1 Monday's games Pittsburgh 11, Chicago White Sox 0 Baltimore 4, Philadelphia 0 Detroit 6, Cincinnati 0 Atlanta 4, Boston 2 Miami 2, N.Y. Yankees 1 N.Y. Mets 4, Toronto 3, 11 innings Tampa Bay 6, Washington 1 Texas 4, L.A. Dodgers 1 Cleveland at Chicago, ppd., rain Houston 6, Colorado 3 Kansas City 8, Milwaukee 5 St. Louis 3, Minnesota 2 Arizona at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. A's at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Seattle at Giants, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday's games Minnesota (Gibson 4-4) at St. Louis (Wacha 8-2), 10:45 a.m. Colorado (Rusin 2-1) at Houston (Velas- quez 0-0), 11:10 a.m. A's (Kazmir 3-4) at San Diego (Cashner 2-8), 12:40 p.m. Seattle (Happ 3-2) at Giants (Lincecum 6-3), 12:45 p.m. Atlanta (Teheran 4-2) at Boston (Miley 5-6), 1:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Quintana 3-6) at Pittsburgh (Morton 4-0), 4:05 p.m. Philadelphia (J.Williams 3-6) at Balti- more (Tillman 4-7), 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Lorenzen 1-2) at Detroit (K.Ryan 1-0), 4:08 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 5-1) at Miami (Phelps 3-3), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (Copeland 1-0) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 6-4), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Roark 2-2) at Tampa Bay (Colome 3-2), 4:10 p.m. Cleveland (Bauer 5-3) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 6-4), 5:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (B.Anderson 2-4) at Texas (Ch.Gonzalez 2-1), 5:05 p.m. Kansas City (C.Young 5-2) at Milwaukee (Garza 4-7), 5:10 p.m. Arizona (Hellickson 4-3) at L.A. Angels (Richards 6-4), 7:05 p.m. Wednesday's games Baltimore at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Miami at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Washington, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Boston at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. Detroit at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. St. Louis at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Houston at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. L.A. Angels at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. San Diego at A's, 7:05 p.m. Giants at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Texas at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. NCAA WORLD SERIES GLANCE At TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Omaha, Neb. Double Elimination x-if necessary Saturday, June 13 Virginia 5, Arkansas 3 Florida 15, Miami 3 Sunday, June 14 TCU 10, LSU 3 Cal State Fullerton 3, Vanderbilt 0, 5 innings, susp., rain Monday, June 15 Vanderbilt 4, Cal State Fullerton 3 Miami 4, Arkansas 3, Arkansas elimi- nated Game 6 _ Virginia (40-22) vs. Florida (50- 16), 55 minutes after previous game Tuesday, June 16 Game 7 _ LSU (53-11) vs. Cal State Ful- lerton (39-24), noon Game 8 _ TCU (50-13) vs. Vanderbilt (48-19), 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 17 Game 9 _ Miami (50-16) vs. Game 6 loser, 5 p.m. NBA Playoffs NBA FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) GOLDEN STATE 3, CLEVELAND 2 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 103, Cleveland 82 Sunday, June 14 Golden State 104, Cleveland 91 Tuesday, June 16 Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m. x-Friday, June 19 Cleveland at Golden State, 6 p.m. NHL Playoffs STANLEY CUP FINALS: BLACKHAWKS WIN (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) CHICAGO 4, TAMPA BAY 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 2, Tampa Bay 1 Monday, June 15: Chicago 2, Tampa Bay 0 Series over. Blackhawks 2, Lightning 0 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 — 0 Chicago 0 1 1 — 2 First Period: None. Second Period: 1, Chicago, Keith 3 (Kane, Richards), 17:13. Third Period: 2, Chicago, Kane 11 (Rich- ards, Saad), 14:46. Shots on Goal: Tampa Bay 4-7-14=25. Chicago 13-10-9=32. Goalies: Tampa Bay, Bishop. Chicago, Crawford; A: 22,424 (19,717); T: 2:32. Motorsports NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADERS Through June 14 Points 1, Kevin Harvick, 576. 2, Martin Truex Jr., 561. 3, Joey Logano, 520. 4, Dale Earn- hardt Jr., 508. 5, Jimmie Johnson, 506. 6, Brad Keselowski, 480. 7, Jamie McMur- ray, 464. 8, Matt Kenseth, 456. 9, Kasey Kahne, 447. 10, Jeff Gordon, 434. 11, Kurt Busch, 426. 12, Paul Menard, 421. 13, Denny Hamlin, 412. 14, Carl Edwards, 401. 15, Aric Almirola, 401. 16, Ryan Newman, 400. 17, Clint Bowyer, 388. 18, Kyle Larson, 361. 19, Danica Patrick, 357. 20, Greg Biffle, 351. Money 1, Kevin Harvick, $4,840,151. 2, Joey Logano, $4,015,820. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $3,718,871. 4, Denny Hamlin, $3,429,537. 5, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $3,171,955. 6, Matt Kenseth, $2,835,930. 7, Jeff Gordon, $2,835,180. 8, Brad Kesel- owski, $2,790,295. 9, Martin Truex Jr., $2,668,758. 10, Greg Biffle, $2,497,249. 11, Ryan Newman, $2,480,173. 12, Clint Bowyer, $2,461,750. 13, Jamie McMurray, $2,426,215. 14, Aric Almirola, $2,350,110. 15, Austin Dillon, $2,209,228. 16, Trevor Bayne, $2,202,665. 17, Kasey Kahne, $2,175,249. 18, David Ragan, $2,137,061. 19, AJ Allmendinger, $2,131,990. 20, Casey Mears, $2,123,433. Tennis ATP WORLD TOUR GERRY WEBER OPEN RESULTS Monday At Gerry Weber Stadion Halle, Germany Purse: $1.9 million (WT500) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles First Round Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, def. Flo- rian Mayer, Germany, 6-2, 0-6, 7-6 (4). Borna Coric, Croatia, def. Donald Young, United States, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Dustin Brown, Germany, def. Andreas Haider-Maurer, Austria, 7-5, 6-2. Alexander Zverev, Germany, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-4, 6-4. Alejandro Falla, Colombia, def. Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 7-6 (8), 3-6, 7-6 (5). WTA AEGON CLASSIC RESULTS Monday At Edgbaston Priory Club Birmingham, England Purse: $731,000 (Premier) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles First Round Christina McHale, United States, def. Alize Cornet (11), France, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, def. Lauren Davis, United States, 6-4, 6-1. Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, def. Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-3. Naomi Broady, Britain, def. Ajla Tomlja- novic, Croatia, 6-3, 6-4. Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, def. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, 7-5, 6-3. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, def. Garbine Muguruza (9), Spain, 6-3, 6-1. Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, def. Kurumi Nara, Japan, 6-3, 7-6 (3). Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, Slovakia, def. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, 6-2, 6-3. Johanna Konta, Britain, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, 6-1, 6-3. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, def. Katie Swan, Britain, 6-2, 6-2. Michelle Larcher de Brito, Portugal, def. Zheng Saisai, China, 6-3, 6-2. ATP WORLD TOUR AEGON CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS Monday At The Queen's Club London Purse: $1.9 million (WT500) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles First Round Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (4). Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-2. Richard Gasquet, France, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, 6-1, 6-2. Kevin Anderson, South Africa, def. Lley- ton Hewitt, Australia, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-2. Milos Raonic (3), Canada, def. James Ward, Britain, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. Sam Querrey, United States, vs. Grigor Dimitrov (6), Bulgaria, 6-4, 3-6, susp., darkness. Soccer WOMEN'S WORLD CUP Saturday, June 13 France 0, Colombia 2 Brazil 1, Spain, 0 England 2 Mexico 1 South Korea 2, Costa Rica 2 Monday, June 15 Thailand 0, Germany 4 Ivory Coast 1, Norway 3 Canada 1, Netherlands 1 China 2, New Zealand 2 Tu esd ay , J un e 1 6 Ecuador vs. Japan, 2 p.m. Switzerland vs. Cameroon, 2 p.m. Nigeria vs. United States, 3 p.m. Australia vs. Sweden, 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 17 England vs. Colombia, 1 p.m. Mexico vs. France, 2 p.m. Costa Rica vs. Brazil, 4 p.m. South Korea vs. Spain, 5 p.m. MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Seattle 9 4 2 29 23 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 5 4 22 18 22 Los Angeles 5 5 7 22 16 19 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 5 4 28 20 16 New England 6 4 6 24 22 20 Orlando City 5 5 5 20 20 19 Toronto FC 6 5 1 19 19 16 New York 4 4 5 17 17 17 Columbus 4 6 5 17 21 22 Philadelphia 4 9 3 15 18 25 Montreal 4 5 2 14 14 18 Chicago 4 8 2 14 17 22 N.Y. City FC 3 7 5 14 15 19 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Saturday's games N.Y. City FC 3, Montreal 1 New England 2, Chicago 0 Columbus 1, Los Angeles 1, tie Seattle 3, FC Dallas 0 Sunday's games Orlando City 1, D.C. United 0 Friday, June 19 FC Dallas at Colorado, 9 p.m. Saturday, June 20 San Jose at Seattle, 4 p.m. Va nc o uv er a t N ew Y or k, 7 p .m . N.Y. City FC at Toronto FC, 7 p.m. Orlando City at Montreal, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Houston at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, June 21 New England at D.C. United, 5 p.m. Kansas City at Salt Lake, 10 p.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE For June 16 Major League Baseball INTERLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at St. Louis -185/+175 Minnesota at Houston -155/+145 Colorado at San Diego -115/+105 Oakland at San Francisco -125/+115 Seattle at Boston -145/+135 Atlanta at Baltimore -180/+170 Philadelphia at Pittsburgh -155/+145 Chicago (AL) at Detroit -155/+145 Cincinnati at Miami -110/+100 New York (AL) at New York (NL) -140/+130 Toronto at Tampa Bay -120/+110 Washington at Chicago (NL) -145/+135 Cleveland Los Angeles (NL) -120/+110 at Texas Kansas City -110/+100 at Milwaukee at Los Angeles (AL) -160/+150 Arizona NBA Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog Golden State 41/2 (195) at Cleveland Transactions BASEBALL American League Baltimore Orioles: Optioned LHP T.J. McFarland to Norfolk (IL). Recalled RHP Tyler Wilson from Norfolk. Boston Red Sox: Optioned INF Travis Shaw to Pawtucket (IL). Reinstated LHP Craig Breslow from the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Robbie Ross Jr. from Pawtucket. Designated INF Jeff Bianchi for assignment. Detroit Tigers: Sent DH Victor Martinez to Toledo (IL) for a rehab assignment. Los Angeles Angels: Optioned 1B C.J. Cron to Salt Lake (PCL). Recalled OF Daniel Robertson from Salt Lake. Minnesota Twins: Placed OF Aaron Hicks on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to Satur- day. Selected the contract of OF Byron Buxton from Chattanooga (SL). New York Yankees: Assigned RHP Esmil Rogers outright to Scranton/Wilkes- Barre (IL). Seattle Mariners: Optioned RHP Danny Farquhar to Tacoma (PCL). Recalled OF James Jones from Tacoma. Tampa Bay Rays: Sent C Bobby Wilson outright to Durham (IL). Signed OF Grady Sizemore to a minor league contract. Texas Rangers: Recalled 2B Rougned Odor from Round Rock (PCL). Placed OF Delino DeShields on the 15-day DL. Agreed to terms with LHPs Adam Cho- plick, Jason Richman, Clyde Kendrick, C.D. Pelham and Joeanthony Rivera and Jeffrey Springs, RHP Michael Matuella, Tyler Davis, Jacob Shortslef, Maikor Mora, John Werner and Ashton Perritt, Ofs Nick Kaye, Jamie Potts, Eric Jenkins and London Lindley, INFs Curtis Terry, Xavier Turner, Josh Altmann and Dean Long, and Cs Joenny Vazquez and Tyler Sanchez on minor league contracts. Toronto Blue Jays: Placed RHP Aaron Sanchez on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to June 6. Agreed to terms with RHP Jon Harris. National League Arizona Diamondbacks: Sent RHP En- rique Burgos and LHP Patrick Corbin to Mobile (SL) for rehab assignments. Los Angeles Dodgers: Assigned INF Darwin Barney outright to Oklahoma City (PCL). Miami Marlins: Agreed to terms with 3B Kris Goodman, Sss Giovanny Alfonzo, Joseph Chavez and Taylor Munden, Ofs Brandon Rawe, Alex Fernandez and Kyle Barrett, LHPs Gunnar Kines, Jeffrey Kin- ley and Trevor Lacosse, and RHPs Ben Meyer, Obed Diaz, L.J. Brewster and Kyle Keller on minor league contracts. Milwaukee Brewers: Signed OF Trent Clark, RHP Cody Ponce and RHP Nash Walters to minor league contracts. New York Mets: Optioned C Anthony Recker and INF Danny Muno to Las Vegas (PCL). Activated RHP Dillon Gee from the bereavement list and desig- nated him for assignment. Reinstated SS Ruben Tejada from paternity leave. Called up RHP Akeel Morris from St. Lucie (FSL). Agreed to terms with RHPs Chase Ingram, Corey Taylor and Witt Haggard, LHPs Thomas Szapucki, Sixto Torres, Taylor Henry and Seth Davis, and C Patrick Mazeika on minor league contracts. Philadelphia Phillies: Optioned 1B Darin Ruf to Lehigh Valley (IL). Recalled OF Domonic Brown from Lehigh Valley. Sent RHP Chad Billingsley to Lehigh Valley for a rehab assignment. Pittsburgh Pirates: Signed SS Kevin Newman to a minor league contract. San Diego Padres: Fired manager Bud Black. Named Dave Roberts interim manager. Placed INF-OF Wil Myers on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to June 14. Recalled RHP Cory Mazzoni from El Paso (PCL). St. Louis Cardinals: Signed OF Nick Plummer, RHP Jake Woodford, RHP Jordan Hicks, OF Paul DeJong, RHP Ryan Helsley, INF Andrew Brodbeck, OF Craig Aikin, C Ryan McCarvel, INF Luke Doyle, INF Hunter Newman, RHP Ben Yokley. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2015 2 B