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AUTORACING NASCAR Sprint Cup Series New Hampshire 301Practice: 8:30a.m.,NBCSN. NASCAR Xfinity Series Lakes Region 200Practice: 10a.m., NBCSN. NASCAR Xfinity Series Lakes Region 200Final Practice: noon, NBCSN. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series New Hampshire 301Qualify- ing: 1:30p.m., NBCSN. ARCA Iowa 150: 6p.m., FS1. MLB BASEBALL Kansas City Royals at Chi- cago White Sox: 11a.m., MLB. Los Angeles Dodgers at Washington Nationals or Seattle Mariners at New York Yankees: 4p.m., MLB. San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks: 6:30 p.m., (22) KRVU. Minnesota Twins at Oakland Athletics: 7p.m., CSN. CYCLING Tour de France Stage 14 Rodez-Mende: 5a.m., NBCSN. GOLF LPGA Marathon Classic Round 2: 11a.m., GOLF. PGA Barbasol Championship Round 2: 1p.m., GOLF. American Century Champion- ship: 3p.m., NBCSN. PGA The Open Championship Round 3: 4a.m., ESPN. OLYMPICS Pan American Games: 5p.m., ESPN2. SOCCER International Champions Cup Club America vs. Manchester United: 8p.m., FS1. International Champions Cup Real Madrid vs. AS Roma: 1:55 a.m., FS1. TENNIS ATP Hall of Fame Champion- ship Quarterfinal: 10a.m., TENNIS. ATP Hall of Fame Champi- onship Quarterfinal: noon, TENNIS. Ontheair he is, then I'm going to have to play my best golf to have a chance," Spieth said. The real test might come from the weather. Spieth and Johnson got a break by playing in the morning when St. An- drews was ripe for scoring — 10 of the top 12 scores came from that side of the draw. That didn't help Ti- ger Woods, who hit into the Swilcan Burn on the open- ing hole, made only one birdie and shot 76. "Guys have been shoot- ing good numbers," said Woods, a two-time Open champion at St. Andrews. "Unfortunately I did not do that." Instead, he was headed for a missed cut for the third time in his last four majors. The afternoon wave suf- fered in chill and wind so strong that Phil Mickel- son hit driver and 3-wood and didn't reach the 465- yard 13th hole. He said he had to hit 5-iron for his third shot on the par-5 14th. Johnson was pin- high with a 3-wood in the morning. Mickelson made only one bogey on the back nine and shot 70. He called the conditions "fun," though his smile might not last if the morn- ing group doesn't face the same conditions. "We were at a significant disadvantage today," Mick- elson said. "And hopefully, if we're able to play an en- tire day tomorrow, it will even itself out." The first 26 groups had an average score of 71.46. The last 26 groups aver- aged 72.62. Rickie Fowler, coming off a victory in the Scottish Open, said the final seven holes was "hanging on for dear life." He made two bo- geys, one eagle and 15 pars for a 72. The forecast was for rain early Friday and wind calming as it clears, fol- lowed by stronger gusts in the afternoon. Saturday could have gusts approach- ing 40 mph. Any duel between Spieth and Johnson is void of ani- mosity. They played in the same group, and during one long wait on the 17th tee, they laughed and chat- ted as if this were an open- ing round at a regular PGA Tour event. "No chat about the U.S. Open at all, as I wouldn't imagine there would be, other than talking about the differences in the course," Spieth said. "But I enjoy playing with Dustin. I've played a lot of golf with him." And he knows what to expect from golf's most athletic figure. Johnson hit driver on all but three holes, leaving him wedges into the par 4s (except for three longer holes into a hurting wind on the back nine) and a 7-iron that Johnson stuck to 10 feet for eagle on the par-5 fifth hole. Open FROM PAGE 1 here and use your imagi- nation is cool." Niebrugge played in the Walker Cup in 2013 and is one of the rising talents in the United States. But he has said he will not turn professional until 2016 af- ter he finishes his degree in entrepreneurship at Okla- homa State, the university that counts Rickie Fowler, Hunter Mahan and Scott Verplank among its golf- ing alumni. Niebrugge appears to have an old head on young shoulders, much like Spi- eth — the Masters and U.S. Open champion. Spieth also shot 67, and both are two shots behind leader Dustin Johnson. "I feel like he's just got the most confidence in the world and that's what you need," Niebrugge said of Spieth. "That's what every- one strives for. Definitely looking up to him, and fol- lowing in his footsteps just gives me that extra moti- vation." Wearing a bright pink winter coat, Judy Niebrugge was easy to spot for her son as she walked the course on a cool, cloudy morning. Niebrugge's par- ents were also over for three weeks last month, when he competed in the British Amateurs, the Bra- bazon Trophy (an English amateur championship), and final qualifying for the British Open. Niebrugge shot 69 and 72 to tie for first place at Hillside, near Liverpool, and qualify for his second major after the Masters in 2014. "He's been in this situ- ation before, at the Mas- ters and the Walker Cup, so I'm not really sur- prised," a proud-looking Rod Niebrugge said by the 18th green. "He is pretty comfort- able in this type of course, and this type of weather is not unusual for him. He plays in wind in Oklahoma State and has played in snow in Wisconsin during high school in spring sea- son. Obviously, we didn't expect the 67 out of him, but he always had a chance of doing well." Other amateurs did well on Thursday, too. Paul Kinnear, a 20-year- old from Liverpool who also came through final qualifying, reached the turn at 5 under par only to drop three shots on Nos. 16-17 and finish on 2-un- der 70. Amateur FROM PAGE 1 hopes that Froome might crash, or gang up on him, as they sought to on Thurs- day's steep final ascent. "There are only a cer- tain amount of opportuni- ties before we get to Paris," Froome said. "We've just got to expect everything to be thrown at us." But to get to the 2013 champion, Froome's ri- vals must first get past his teammates. And that is a problem. The big budget of his Sky team has bought the best help money can buy, riders so strong they could lead other teams if they weren't working for Froome. They ride hard at the front, controlling the race. They allow only those rid- ers with no hope of victory in Paris — like Rodriguez — to escape up the road, because they're chasing stage victories and other rewards, while Sky fixates on the big prize: Keeping Froome in the yellow jer- sey to the July 26 finish on the Champs-Elysees. Rodriguez was part of a group of 22 riders — none of them podium contenders — that broke away shortly after the start in Lanne- mezan, a Pyrenees town of 6,500 inhabitants, whose signature dishes include black Bigorre pork and an almond cake named after bandits. The 121-mile trek to the Plateau de Beille, which draws cross-country skiers whenitsnows,tooktheTour upfourincreasinglyhighas- cents, 33 miles in total. Rodriguez made his move halfway up the fi- nal 10-mile uphill grind, wheeling around world champion Michal Kwiat- kowski in a switchback, and riding alone to the fin- ish. He celebrated by wav- ing a pointed finger like John Travolta dancing in "Saturday Night Fever," and thrust both arms in the air. The leader of the Katusha team also won a shorter uphill finish on Stage 3. Cycling FROM PAGE 1 ond wild card. "We have an unbeliev- able level of competitive balance," new baseball Commissioner Rob Man- fred said. "When I look at the standings, I think we're in for one heck of a ride in the second half of the sea- son." There is a little more spread in the NL, where the St. Louis Cardinals have the major leagues' best re- cord at 56-33 and Philadel- phia owns the worst at 29- 62. Other than the Phillies, Miami and Milwaukee, ev- ery team is within single- digit games back of a play- off berth. "It just shows that there's not really that a monopoly of a franchise right now," Baltimore closer Zach Brit- ton said. Kansas City was 48-46 at the All-Star break last year, 6 games behind AL Central-leading De- troit and 2 back of Seat- tle for the league's second wild card. By October, the Royals were one win shy of their first World Series title since 1985. Royals manager Ned Yost said the bunching gave his AL players extra incentive in the All-Star Game. "Everybody in that locker room is going to have a chance to continue to move forward and be playoff bound," he said be- fore the AL's 6-3 victory. Toronto, Seattle and the Marlins are the only teams that have not made the playoffs since 2005. Increased revenue shar- ing, the luxury tax on pay- rolls and restraints on am- ateur signing bonuses have helped more teams become competitive. While the Dodgers opened the season with a payroll of nearly $273 mil- lion for their 40-man ros- ter, according to Major League Baseball's calcu- lations, there was a huge dropoff after that to the Yankees at $220 million and Boston at $187 million. Six teams were at $140 mil- lion to $175 million, seven at $120 million to $125 mil- lion, and six more above $100 million. "A lot of teams that are expected to win are learning that the reve- nues that they are mak- ing ... they're actually go- ing to have to spend some of those revenues to cre- ate the gap and not stay where they're at, because teams are getting close to them," agent Scott Boras said. All that crowding in the standings has its impact on talks as general managers approach July 31, the last day to deal players with- out passing them through waivers first. "It makes the trade deadline a lot harder, ob- viously," Kershaw said. Baseball FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Los Angeles 51 39 .567 _ Giants 46 43 .517 4 ½ Arizona 42 45 .483 7 ½ Sa n D ie go 4 1 49 . 45 6 10 Colorado 39 49 .443 11 CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 56 33 .629 _ Pittsburgh 53 35 .602 2 ½ Chicago 47 40 .540 8 Cincinnati 39 47 .453 15 ½ Milwaukee 38 52 .422 18 ½ EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 48 39 .552 _ New York 47 42 .528 2 Atlanta 42 47 .472 7 Miami 38 51 .427 11 Philadelphia 29 62 .319 21 Thursday'sgames No games scheduled Friday'sgames L.A. Dodgers (Bolsinger 4-3) at Washing- ton (Zimmermann 8-5), 4:05 p.m. Miami (Fernandez 2-0) at Philadelphia (Morgan 1-2), 4:05 p.m. Cleveland (Bauer 8-5) at Cincinnati (Leake 6-5), 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 4-4) at Atlanta (Teheran 6-4), 4:35 p.m. Pittsburgh (Morton 6-2) at Milwaukee (Fiers 4-7), 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 4-4) at St. Louis (Lynn 6-5), 5:15 p.m. Giants (M.Cain 1-1) at Arizona (Ray 3-4), 6:40 p.m. Colorado (J.De La Rosa 6-3) at San Diego (Shields 7-3), 7:10 p.m. Saturday'sgames L.A. Dodgers at Washington, 1:05 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. Cleveland at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 4:10 p.m. N. Y. M et s a t S t. L ou is , 4 :1 5 p .m . Giants at Arizona, 5:10 p.m. Colorado at San Diego, 5:40 p.m. AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Los Angeles 48 40 .545 _ Houston 49 42 .538 ½ Texas 42 46 .477 6 Seattle 41 48 .461 7 ½ A's 41 50 .451 8 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 52 34 .605 _ Minnesota 49 40 .551 4 ½ Detroit 44 44 .500 9 Cleveland 42 46 .477 11 Chicago 41 45 .477 11 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB New York 48 40 .545 _ Tampa Bay 46 45 .505 3 ½ Baltimore 44 44 .500 4 Toronto 45 46 .495 4 ½ Boston 42 47 .472 6 ½ Thursday'sgames No games scheduled Friday'sgames Kansas City (Volquez 8-4) at Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 6-4), 11:10 a.m., 1st game Seattle (Montgomery 4-3) at N.Y. Yan- kees (Tanaka 5-3), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 5-5) at Toronto (Hutchison 8-2), 4:07 p.m. Baltimore (U.Jimenez 7-4) at Detroit (An. Sanchez 8-7), 4:08 p.m. Cleveland (Bauer 8-5) at Cincinnati (Leake 6-5), 4:10 p.m. Kansas City (C.Young 7-5) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 4-8), 5:10 p.m., 2nd g am e Texas (M.Perez 0-0) at Houston (McHugh 9-5), 5:10 p.m. Boston (Miley 8-8) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 7-7), 7:05 p.m. Minnesota (E.Santana 0-0) at A's (Gray 10-3), 7:05 p.m. Saturday'sgames Seattle at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 10:07 a.m. Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 11:10 a.m. Baltimore at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. Cleveland at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Texas at Houston, 4:10 p.m. Boston at L.A. Angels, 6:05 p.m. Minnesota at A's, 6:07 p.m. Golf BRITISHOPEN Thursday At St. Andrews (Old Course) St. Andrews, Scotland Purse: $9.28 million Yardage: 7,297;Par: 72 (36-36) FirstRound (a-amateur) Dustin Johnson.........................31-34—65 -7 Robert Streb ............................ 31-35—66 -6 Retief Goosen ..........................33-33—66 -6 Paul Lawrie .............................. 31-35—66 -6 Jason Day .................................33-33—66 -6 Zach Johnson........................... 31-35—66 -6 Danny Willett...........................33-33—66 -6 a-Jordan Niebrugge................33-34—67 -5 Kevin Na....................................34-33—67 -5 Charl Schwartzel ....................33-34—67 -5 Jordan Spieth........................... 31-36—67 -5 Louis Oosthuizen ....................33-34—67 -5 Greg Owen ...............................33-35—68 -4 Matt Jones................................35-33—68 -4 Luke Donald .............................32-36—68 -4 David Howell............................32-36—68 -4 Marc Warren............................32-36—68 -4 a-Paul Dunne ............................32-37—69 -3 David Lingmerth......................29-40—69 -3 a-Romain Langasque ............. 35-34—69 -3 Anirban Lahiri.......................... 33-36—69 -3 Tommy Fleetwood .................. 33-36—69 -3 Branden Grace ........................ 33-36—69 -3 Thomas Bjorn ...........................32-38—70 -2 Alexander Levy.........................33-37—70 -2 Anthony Wall ............................33-37—70 -2 Webb Simpson..........................33-37—70 -2 a-Oliver Schniederjans ...........34-36—70 -2 Sergio Garcia............................34-36—70 -2 Stewart Cink.............................34-36—70 -2 Greg Chalmers .........................34-36—70 -2 a-Paul Kinnear..........................31-39—70 -2 Tyrrell Hatton ...........................34-36—70 -2 Marcel Siem..............................33-37—70 -2 Steven Bowditch ......................33-37—70 -2 Adam Scott ...............................35-35—70 -2 Phil Mickelson ..........................35-35—70 -2 Paul Casey.................................35-35—70 -2 Marc Leishman.........................34-36—70 -2 Rikard Karlbert.........................33-37—70 -2 Graham DeLaet ........................34-37—71 -1 Sandy Lyle.................................37-34—71 -1 Ross Fisher................................34-37—71 -1 Ernie Els.....................................35-36—71 -1 Brendon Todd ...........................32-39—71 -1 Bubba Watson..........................34-37—71 -1 Lee Westwood..........................33-38—71 -1 Ryan Palmer..............................35-36—71 -1 Kevin Kisner..............................33-38—71 -1 Brooks Koepka .........................33-38—71 -1 Scott Arnold..............................34-37—71 -1 Cameron Tringale ....................31-40—71 -1 Rafael Cabrera-Bello...............31-40—71 -1 John Daly ...................................33-38—71 -1 Geoff Ogilvy..............................32-39—71 -1 Hiroyuki Fujita ..........................34-37—71 -1 Martin Kaymer .........................35-36—71 -1 Matt Kuchar..............................35-36—71 -1 Justin Rose ................................32-39—71 -1 Harris English ...........................34-37—71 -1 a-Ashley Chesters ...................33-38—71 -1 James Morrison........................34-37—71 -1 Brett Rumford ..........................34-37—71 -1 Russell Knox...............................35-37—72 E Charley Hoffman.......................35-37—72 E Hunter Mahan............................32-40—72 E Carl Pettersson.........................33-39—72 E Graeme McDowell ....................36-36—72 E Patrick Reed...............................37-35—72 E Hideki Matsuyama....................33-39—72 E John Senden...............................35-37—72 E David Duval ................................34-38—72 E Eddie Pepperell.........................35-37—72 E Ryan Fox .....................................35-37—72 E Richie Ramsay ...........................34-38—72 E Padraig Harrington...................35-37—72 E Bernd Wiesberger.....................34-38—72 E Gary Woodland..........................33-39—72 E Thongchai Jaidee......................34-38—72 E Francesco Molinari...................35-37—72 E Mark O'Meara............................35-37—72 E Jimmy Walker ............................33-39—72 E Jamie Donaldson.......................35-37—72 E Rickie Fowler .............................37-35—72 E Andy Sullivan.............................34-38—72 E Pelle Edberg...............................36-36—72 E Brian Harman ......................... 34-39—73 +1 Matt Every................................37-36—73 +1 Shane Lowry............................36-37—73 +1 Billy Horschel.......................... 35-38—73 +1 Brandt Snedeker.................... 35-38—73 +1 J.B. Holmes.............................. 34-39—73 +1 Shinji Tomimura ......................36-37—73 +1 Ian Poulter................................37-36—73 +1 Darren Clarke ......................... 35-38—73 +1 Matteo Manassero................ 33-40—73 +1 David Lipsky.............................36-37—73 +1 Danny Lee.................................36-37—73 +1 Morgan Hoffmann ................. 35-38—73 +1 Jason Dufner........................... 33-40—73 +1 a-Gunn Yang ........................... 34-39—73 +1 Stephen Gallacher ................. 34-39—73 +1 Henrik Stenson....................... 35-38—73 +1 Jim Furyk ................................. 35-38—73 +1 Koumei Oda..............................32-41—73 +1 Kiradech Aphibarnrat ............37-36—73 +1 Daniel Berger...........................32-41—73 +1 Robert Dinwiddie ................... 33-40—73 +1 Todd Hamilton......................... 37-37—74 +2 Joost Luiten............................. 36-38—74 +2 Byeong-Hun An ...................... 36-38—74 +2 Victor Dubuisson ....................35-39—74 +2 Ben Curtis................................ 36-38—74 +2 David Hearn .............................35-39—74 +2 Jonathan Moore ...................... 37-37—74 +2 Scott Hend .............................. 36-38—74 +2 Ben Martin ...............................35-39—74 +2 George Coetzee...................... 34-40—74 +2 Russell Henley........................ 38-36—74 +2 Bernhard Langer.....................33-41—74 +2 Ryan Moore............................. 36-38—74 +2 Yuta Ikeda ............................... 34-40—74 +2 Edoardo Molinari ....................35-39—74 +2 Mark Young..............................35-39—74 +2 a-Alister Balcombe................ 38-36—74 +2 Marcus Fraser ........................ 36-38—74 +2 James Hahn..............................37-38—75 +3 Tadahiro Takayama...............35-40—75 +3 Mikko Ilonen ............................38-37—75 +3 Adam Bland..............................37-38—75 +3 Thomas Aiken..........................37-38—75 +3 Jonas Blixt............................... 36-39—75 +3 Soren Kjeldsen .......................35-40—75 +3 Miguel Angel Jimenez...........35-40—75 +3 Bill Haas...................................35-40—75 +3 Tom Lehman ............................34-41—75 +3 Keegan Bradley.......................37-38—75 +3 Romain Wattel........................35-40—75 +3 Tom Watson............................ 35-41—76 +4 Tiger Woods............................40-36—76 +4 Raphael Jacquelin.................. 37-39—76 +4 Daniel Brooks ......................... 37-39—76 +4 Pablo Larrazabal....................38-38—76 +4 To m G illi s ..... .......... ...... .... ........ 36 -4 0— 76 + 4 Taichi Teshima........................ 37-39—76 +4 Rod Pampling.......................... 36-41—77 +5 Gary Boyd................................ 36-41—77 +5 Scott Strange..........................34-43—77 +5 Kevin Streelman.....................38-40—78 +6 Justin Leonard........................36-42—78 +6 Jaco Van Zyl............................35-44—79 +7 Hiroshi Iwata .......................... 36-43—79 +7 Mark Calcavecchia............... 34-46—80 +8 Liang Wen-chong...................38-42—80 +8 a-Ben Taylor.......................... 37-45—82 +10 Nick Faldo...............................41-42—83 +11 PGA-BARBASOLCHAMPIONSHIP Thursday At Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Grand National, Lake Course Opelika, Ala. Purse: $3.5 million Yardage: 7,302;Par: 71 (35-36) FirstRound a-denotes amateur Sam Saunders ..........................32-32—64 -7 Jason Gore................................ 33-32—65 -6 Martin Flores ...........................33-33—66 -5 a-Maverick McNealy ..............33-33—66 -5 Will Wilcox ............................... 32-34—66 -5 Carlos Ortiz.............................. 32-34—66 -5 Carlos Sainz Jr......................... 31-35—66 -5 Erik Compton...........................33-34—67 -4 Ricky Barnes............................34-33—67 -4 Whee Kim .................................34-33—67 -4 LPGA-MARATHONCLASSIC Thursday At Highland Meadows Golf Club Sylvania, Ohio Purse: $1.5 million Yardage: 6,512;Par: 71 (34-37) FirstRound a-denotes amateur Ha Na Jang................................33-33—66 -5 Sarah Kemp..............................34-33—67 -4 Lee-Anne Pace.........................33-34—67 -4 Wei-Ling Hsu............................ 31-36—67 -4 Nannette Hill............................ 30-37—67 -4 Amy Anderson......................... 33-35—68 -3 Brittany Lang...........................33-35—68 -3 Q Baek.......................................34-34—68 -3 Sei Young Kim..........................35-33—68 -3 Alena Sharp...............................31-37—68 -3 Cycling TOURDEFRANCE Thursday AtPlateaudeBeille,France 12thStage 1. Joaquim Rodriguez, Spain, Katusha, 5 hours, 40 minutes, 14 seconds. 2. Jakob Fuglsang, Denmark, Astana, 1 minute, 12 seconds behind. 3. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 1:49. 4. Gorka Izagirre, Spain, Movistar, 4:34. 5. Louis Meintjes, South Africa, MTN- Qhubeka, 4:38. 6. Jan Barta, Czech Republic, Bora-Argon 18, 5:47. 7. Romain Sicard, France, Europcar, 6:03. 8. Mikael Cherel, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 6:28. 9. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, 6:46. 10. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky, 6:47. 11. Nairo Quintana, Colombia, Movistar, same time. 12. Thibaut Pinot, France, FDJ, same time. 13. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, same time. 14. Alberto Contador, Spain, Tinkoff- Saxo, same time. 15. Pierre Rolland, France, Europcar, same time. 16. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Astana, same time. 17. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Sky, same time. 18. Robert Gesink, Netherlands, Lotto NL-Jumbo, 7:44. 19. Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Trek Factory Racing, same time. 20. Samuel Sanchez, Spain, BMC Racing, 9:13. Also 21. Andrew Talansky, United States, Cannondale-Garmin, 9:46. 22. Tony Gallopin, France, Lotto-Soudal, same time. 144. Tyler Farrar, United States, MTN- Qhubeka, 36:54. OVERALLSTANDINGS (After12stages) 1. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky, 46:50:32. 2. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, 2:52 behind. 3. Nairo Quintana, Colombia, Movistar, 3:09. 4. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, 3:58. 5. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Sky, 4:03. 6. Alberto Contador, Spain, Tinkoff-Saxo, 4:04. 7. Robert Gesink, Netherlands, Lotto NL-Jumbo, 5:32. 8. Tony Gallopin, France, Lotto-Soudal, 7:32. 9. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Astana, 7:47. 10. Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Trek Factory Racing, 8:02. 11. Warren Barguil, France, Giant- Alpecin, 9:43. 12. Mathias Frank, Switzerland, IAM Cycling, 12:25. 13. Samuel Sanchez, Spain, BMC Racing, 12:53. 14. Jakob Fuglsang, Denmark, Astana, 13:33. 15. Joaquim Rodriguez, Spain, Katusha, 13:45. 16. Pierre Rolland, France, Europcar, 13:57. 17. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 17:05. 18. Andrew Talansky, United States, Cannondale-Garmin, 19:32. 19. Gorka Izagirre, Spain, Movistar, 26:57. 20. Eduardo Sepulveda, Argentina, Bretagne-Seche Environnement, 28:19. Also 142. Tyler Farrar, United States, MTN- Qhubeka, 1:51:42. Tennis ATPWORLDTOURHALLOFFAME CHAMPIONSHIPSRESULTS Thursday At The International Tennis Hall of Fame Newport, R.I. Purse: $539,730 (WT250) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles SecondRound Dustin Brown, Germany, def. Sam Quer- rey (6), United States, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Quarterfinals Rajeev Ram, United States, def. Adrian Mannarino (5), France, 2-6, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (2). John-Patrick Smith, Australia, def. Tat- suma Ito, Japan, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3. Doubles Quarterfinals Nicholas Monroe, United States, and Mate Pavic, Croatia, def. Johan Brunstrom, Sweden, and Marcelo Demo- liner, Brazil, 6-3, 3-6, 10-6. Austin Krajicek, United States, and Rajeev Ram (2), United States, def. Ryan Ha rr is on , Un ite d St at es , an d Ma rk P hi li p- poussis, Australia, 6-4, 6-3. Basketball WNBA WESTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 10 3 .769 — Tulsa 10 5 .667 1 Phoenix 9 5 .643 1½ Seattle 4 12 .250 7½ San Antonio 3 11 .214 7½ Sparks 2 12 .143 8½ EASTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB Chicago 9 5 .643 — New York 9 5 .643 — Indiana 8 6 .571 1 Connecticut 7 6 .538 1½ Washington 6 6 .500 2 Atlanta 7 8 .467 2½ Wednesday'sgames New York 84, San Antonio 68 Chicago 85, Washington 57 Seattle 68, Sparks 61 Indiana 83, Tulsa 80 Thursday'sgames Atlanta 76, Sparks 72 New York 64, Connecticut 57 Friday'sgames Indiana at Washington, 4 p.m. Tulsa at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Saturday'sgames Indiana at Connecticut, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Seattle, 6 p.m. New York at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Soccer MAJORLEAGUESOCCER WESTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Seattle 10 8 2 32 25 19 Vancouver 10 8 2 32 23 20 FC Dallas 9 5 5 32 26 23 Portland 9 7 4 31 22 23 Los Angeles 8 6 7 31 31 23 Kansas City 8 3 6 30 26 17 San Jose 7 7 4 25 19 19 Houston 6 7 6 24 24 24 Salt Lake 5 7 8 23 19 26 Colorado 4 6 9 21 17 19 EASTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. United 10 6 5 35 23 18 Columbus 7 7 6 27 28 29 New York 7 6 5 26 27 23 Toronto FC 7 7 3 24 26 27 Orlando City 6 7 6 24 23 24 New England 6 9 6 24 26 33 Philadelphia 6 10 4 22 25 32 Montreal 6 7 3 21 23 25 N.Y. City FC 5 8 6 21 24 27 Chicago 5 10 3 18 19 25 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday'sgames Columbus 1, Chicago 0 Friday'sgames San Jose at Los Angeles, 8 p.m. Saturday'sgames Philadelphia at Toronto FC, 1 p.m. New York at Orlando City, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. City FC at New England, 4:30 p.m. Montreal at Kansas City, 5:30 p.m. D.C. United at FC Dallas, 6 p.m. Houston at Salt Lake, 7 p.m. Colorado at Seattle, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Portland, 7:30 p.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For July 17 MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog Miami -140/+130 at Phillies at Washington -140/+130 Los Angeles Chicago -130/+120 at Atlanta at Milwaukee -115/+105 Pittsburgh at St. Louis -145/+135 New York at Arizona -110/+100 San Francisco at San Diego -140/+130 Colorado AMERICANLEAGUE at Chicago (G1) -120/+110 Kansas City at New York -150/+140 Seattle at Toronto -135/+125 Tampa Bay at Detroit -120/+110 Baltimore Royals (G2) -135/+125 at Chicago at Houston -155/+145 Texas at Oakland -160/+150 Minnesota at Los Angeles -130/+120 Boston INTERLEAGUE at Cincinnati -110/+100 Cleveland Transactions BASEBALL Ma jo rL ea g ue B as eb a ll OfficeOFTHECommissionerOFBase- ball: Suspended Boston RHP Michael Kopech (Greenville-Sal) 50 games after a postive test for Oxilofrine, a stimulant, in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. AmericanLeague ClevelandIndians: Re-instated INF Mike Aviles from the MLB family medical emergency list. NationalLeague AtlantaBraves: Signed RHP Jason Frasor. PittsburghPirates: Agreed to terms with LHP Brandon Waddell and OF Ryan Nagle on minor league contracts. SanFranciscoGiants: Agreed to terms with SS Everth Cabrera on a minor league contract. WashingtonNationals: Agreed to terms with OF Elvis Alvarado on a minor league contract. BASKETBALL NationalBasketballAssociation DallasMavericks: Re-signed G J.J. Barea to a four-year contract. Announced the resignation of president and CEO Terdema Ussery. Named chief financial officer Floyd Jahner CEO. LosAngelesClippers: Signed F Josh Smith. SacramentoKings: Voided the contract of F Luc Mbah a Moute after he failed a team physical. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2015 2 B