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AUTORACING NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Pennsylvania 400Practice:8 a.m., NBCSN. NASCAR Camping World Series Truck Racing, Pocono Mountains 150Final Practice: 11a.m., FS1. NASCAR Xfinity Series, U.S. Cellular 250Practice: 1:30 p.m. CSN-BA. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Pennsylvania 400Qualifying: 1:30p.m., NBCSN. NASCAR Xfinity Series, U.S. Cellular 250Final Practice: 4 p.m., NBCSN. BASEBALL Washington Nationals at New York Mets or Kansas City Royals at Toronto Blue Jays: 4p.m., MLB. San Francisco Giants at Texas Rangers: 5p.m., CSN-BA. Cleveland Indians at Oakland Athletics: 6:30p.m., CSN-CA. FOOTBALL CFL, Saskatchewan at Ed- monton: 6p.m., ESPN2. GOLF LPGA, Women's British Open Round 2: 6a.m., ESPN2. European PGA, Paul Lawrie Match Play Round 2: 6a.m., GOLF. Champions Tour, 3M Champi- onship Round 1: 9a.m., GOLF. PGA, Quicken Loans National Round 2: 11:30a.m., GOLF. Web.com, Utah Championship Round 2: 3:30p.m., GOLF. European PGA, Paul Lawrie Match Play Round 3: 3a.m., GOLF. OLYMPICS 2015Special Olympics: World Games Los Angeles: 4p.m., ESPN. Ontheair By Janie McCauley TheAssociatedPress SAN RAFAEL "St-riike! ... And we're talking outside of outside corners." "Ball!" "St-riiike! ... Inside of in- side corners." Eric Byrnes sat behind the large monitor some 90 feet from home plate watching the screen as the computer told him exactly what to announce for the intimate crowd watching independent league base- ball at Albert Park, a full moon in the distance. For the second straight night Wednesday, Supermi- cro computers in a nearby van and overseen in the ballpark by the former ma- jor league outfielder called balls and strikes in what is believed to be the first time in professional baseball an umpire didn't handle those duties. The visiting Vallejo Ad- mirals and San Rafael Pa- cifics were thrilled to be part of an experiment us- ing the Pitchf/x automated system designed by Fre- mont-based Sportvision. The batter's box is bro- ken down into nine tiny squares, and a yellow spot lights up where the pitch goes, then Byrnes serves as the strike zone umpire by relaying the call. Between innings, he obliges regular autograph requests. "That actually caught more than I thought," By- rnes quipped into the mi- crophone at one point. Byrnes is a longtime pro- ponent of an automated strike zone, something he insists is "seamless" and barely changes the game. Three cameras record the velocity, trajectory and location of every pitch to determine how closely each pitcher comes to hit- ting the catcher's target. "To know you're getting every single call right, it takes away all the injus- tices, in my opinion," By- rnes said. When the Pacifics' Jer- emy Williams struck out looking in the third, By- rnes yelled "Strike three!" The small crowd booed loudly — capacity at the ballpark in the heart of Northern California's afflu- ent Marin County is about 940. The level is compara- ble to high Class A ball, with some former Double-A and Triple-A players in the mix. BASEBALL Computer calls balls, strikes Former outfielder Byrnes announces game in San Rafael for viruses. The IOC made no plans to push for venue changes, but said it would continue to monitor water quality tests. "We've had reassurance from the World Health Or- ganization and others that there is no significant risk of athlete health," Budgett said. "Clearly there are going to be some individuals who have become infected, but it's a matter of looking at the risk realistically and realizing there are going to be a lot of competitions on these venues," he said. "We've got to hold things in perspective." Athletes, coaches and sport administrators con- tacted by AP had difficulty judging the risk presented in AP's research, and did not alter plans to compete in upcoming test events. Fabiana Beltrame of Bra- zil, a three-time Olympic rower, trained at dawn on the lake. "I have been rowing here for 10 years and noth- ing has ever happened to me," she said. But she said she was "worried" with athletes from around the globe arriving in August for Olympic test events. "We prepare ourselves during four years to com- pete and be at our best on the day of the competition, and we can lose everything because of the precarious water conditions," she said. Peter Cookson, high-per- formance director for Row- ing Canada, said it was unclear how rowers could avoid the viruses. "I'm not aware what the organizing committee can do," Cookson said. "I am at a loss on that one. It's not a short-term solution to fix the water quality, that's a long-term solution that Brazil has to deal with." The beach resort city of Buzios — about a two- hour drive north of Rio — wasted no time in offering itself as an alternate sailing venue to polluted, trash- strewn Guanabara Bay. In a statement, an as- sociation representing ho- tels said the city "was pre- pared and available to host the event under any condi- tions." Sailing and rowing are often far from the main Olympic venues. This time they're not, and sailors are excited to be center stage. Guanabara Bay and the Rodrigo de Freitas lake, despite the pollution, will look perfect on television, particularly once floating debris is retrieved. Guana- bara is framed by Sugar- loaf Mountain, the famous out-cropping where the bay flows into the Atlantic. The lake sits in the heart of Rio, a glimmering pool under the towering Christ the Redeemer statue. Gary Jobson, a former president of US Sailing who is now a vice presi- dent on the executive com- mittee of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), said officials haven't heard any calls to move the Olym- pic regatta. "None of the teams have asked to move. All the na- tional authorities, not one of them has said, 'We need to move.'" Olympics FROM PAGE 1 Bowe never could lift the Chiefs' aerial game beyond mediocre, and there are questions about his work ethic. Austin can be dynamic. He hasn't been and might not even start in St. Louis in his third pro season. TE — Tyler Eifert, Ben- gals. Cincinnati has built a nice receiving corps on the outside. Eifert needs to step up in Year 3 after an injury-ruined season. OT — Eric Fisher, Chiefs; Andre Smith, Bengals. The top overall selec- tion of the 2013 draft has been just short of a flop so far. He must settle in as a starter and contribu- tor now. Smith is in the final year of his contract and has yet to show he is worth the big money. OG — ichie Incognito, Bills; Jonathan Cooper, Cardinals. Incognito gets his last chance after the bullying scandal. If he can't play for Rex Ryan in Buffalo, forget it. Cooper was the seventh overall selection in 2013 and was hurt all season. He played in 14 games last year, now he has to show his worth. C — Gino Gradkowski, Broncos. This one is simple: Grad- kowski is snapping to the most demanding of quar- terbacks. Step up or step out. DE — Michael Johnson, Bengals; Adrian Clayborn, Falcons. Johnson was a bust in his only season in Tampa after signing a huge con- tract. He's back where he established himself and must do so again. Clayborn had two pro- ductive seasons with the Bucs, two injury-ravaged ones. Atlanta desperately needs him to come through as pass rusher. DT — Sylvester Wil- liams, Broncos; B.J. Raji, Packers. Williams moves in to replace departed Terrance Knighton, a force on Den- ver's D-line. Does Williams bring more pot roast, or a cheaper grade of beef? Raji missed 2014 with a right biceps injury. He played five physical years in the trenches before last season and must prove he has something left. Football FROM PAGE 1 all the eyes swung from the Tour de France to the United States." One of the big reasons high-level races have strug- gled to take root in the U.S. — the Coors Classic, Tour of Missouri and Tour Du- Pont have all expired over the years — is the chal- lenge in attracting top rid- ers from Europe. It's an expensive and labor-inten- sive proposition for teams, often on shaky financial footing, to bring their en- tire operations to another continent. But the string of North American races on tap helps make it a worth- while endeavor. Rather than cross the pond for one race, they can establish a temporary base and com- pete in two or three — or more — as well as get their riders ready for the world championships. While the worlds, tak- ing place in Richmond, Virginia, are mostly for national teams, there is an element of prestige for teams having their riders compete. And there is the team time trial, which in- volves trade teams such as Team Sky or BMC Racing Team. The Tour of Alberta has included a team trial in its event this year specifically to act as a tuneup for those teams competing in Rich- mond. "The important thing is the audience in Amer- ica has gotten much big- ger and more educated," said Jim Ochowicz, who runs the BMC team. "I think the fact they under- stand the sport a little bet- ter now, the turnout for all these events is going to be massive." Officials from the Rich- mond organizing commit- tee expect 450,000 onsite spectators over the course of the nine-day event, many of them traveling from other nations. Cycling FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 57 45 .559 _ Giants 56 45 .554 1/2 Arizona 49 51 .490 7 San Diego 49 53 .480 8 Colorado 43 57 .430 13 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 65 37 .637 _ Pittsburgh 59 42 .584 51/2 Chicago 54 47 .535 101/2 Cincinnati 46 54 .460 18 Milwaukee 44 59 .427 211/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 54 46 .540 _ New York 52 50 .510 3 Atlanta 46 56 .451 9 Miami 42 60 .412 13 Philadelphia 39 64 .379 161/2 Wednesday's games Pittsburgh 10, Minnesota 4 Chicago Cubs 3, Colorado 2 Arizona 8, Seattle 2 Giants 5, Milwaukee 0 Baltimore 2, Atlanta 0 Toronto 8, Philadelphia 2 San Diego 7, N.Y. Mets 3 Washington 7, Miami 2 Cincinnati 1, St. Louis 0 L.A. Dodgers 10, A's 7 Thursday's games San Diego 8, N.Y. Mets 7 Washington 1, Miami 0 Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 1 Cincinnati 15, Pittsburgh 5 St. Louis 9, Colorado 8 Chicago Cubs 5, Milwaukee 2 Friday's games Atlanta (W.Perez 4-0) at Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 1-5), 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Locke 5-6) at Cincinnati (Lorenzen 3-5), 4:10 p.m. San Diego (Kennedy 6-9) at Miami (Phelps 4-7), 4:10 p.m. Washington (G.Gonzalez 8-4) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 9-7), 4:10 p.m. Giants (Bumgarner 11-5) at Texas (N.Martinez 5-6), 5:05 p.m. Arizona (R.De La Rosa 8-5) at Houston (Feldman 4-5), 5:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hammel 5-5) at Milwau- kee (Jungmann 5-2), 5:10 p.m. Colorado (K.Kendrick 4-11) at St. Louis (Wacha 11-4), 5:15 p.m. L.A. Angels (Santiago 7-4) at L.A. Dodg- ers (Kershaw 8-6), 7:10 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 58 45 .563 _ Los Angeles 55 46 .545 2 Texas 49 52 .485 8 Seattle 46 57 .447 12 A's 45 57 .441 121/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 61 40 .604 _ Minnesota 53 48 .525 8 Detroit 50 52 .490 111/2 Chicago 49 51 .490 111/2 Cleveland 46 54 .460 141/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB New York 57 44 .564 _ Baltimore 51 50 .505 6 Toronto 52 51 .505 6 Tampa Bay 51 52 .495 7 Boston 45 58 .437 13 Wednesday's games Detroit 2, Tampa Bay 1 Cleveland 12, Kansas City 1 Pittsburgh 10, Minnesota 4 Arizona 8, Seattle 2 Baltimore 2, Atlanta 0 Toronto 8, Philadelphia 2 Chicago White Sox 9, Boston 2 Texas 5, N.Y. Yankees 2 Houston 6, L.A. Angels 3 L.A. Dodgers 10, A's 7 Thursday's games Detroit 9, Baltimore 8 Toronto 5, Kansas City 2 Boston 8, Chicago White Sox 2 Texas 7, N.Y. Yankees 6 Houston 3, L.A. Angels 0 Minnesota 9, Seattle 5 Cleveland at A's, (n.) Friday's games Detroit (Farmer 0-2) at Baltimore (W.Chen 5-6), 4:05 p.m. Kansas City (Cueto 0-0) at Toronto (Hutchison 9-2), 4:07 p.m. Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 8-4) at Boston (E.Rodriguez 6-3), 4:10 p.m. Giants (Bumgarner 11-5) at Texas (N.Martinez 5-6), 5:05 p.m. Arizona (R.De La Rosa 8-5) at Houston (Feldman 4-5), 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 10-2) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 4-3), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (T.Walker 7-7) at Minnesota (Milone 5-2), 5:10 p.m. Cleveland (Salazar 8-6) at A's (Graveman 6-7), 6:35 p.m. L.A. Angels (Santiago 7-4) at L.A. Dodg- ers (Kershaw 8-6), 7:10 p.m. Golf QUICKEN LOANS NATIONAL Thursday At Robert Trent Jones Golf Club Gainesville, Va. Purse: $6.7 million Yardage: 7,385; Par 71 (36-35) First Round a-denotes amateur Retief Goosen ...........................32-31—63 -8 Ryo Ishikawa............................33-30—63 -8 Justin Leonard..........................33-31—64 -7 Kevin Chappell..........................33-31—64 -7 Ernie Els.....................................33-31—64 -7 Steve Wheatcroft.................... 33-32—65 -6 Jeff Overton ............................. 31-34—65 -6 Mark Hubbard ......................... 32-33—65 -6 Andy Sullivan........................... 31-34—65 -6 Patrick Rodgers....................... 32-34—66 -5 Greg Owen ............................... 34-32—66 -5 Jonas Blixt................................ 32-34—66 -5 Justin Rose ............................... 32-34—66 -5 Justin Thomas ......................... 32-34—66 -5 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano........... 34-32—66 -5 Arjun Atwal .............................. 31-35—66 -5 Ollie Schniederjans ................ 32-34—66 -5 Jason Bohn...............................33-34—67 -4 Rickie Fowler ...........................33-34—67 -4 Danny Lee.................................34-33—67 -4 Pat Perez .................................. 35-32—67 -4 John Peterson.......................... 35-32—67 -4 Adam Hadwin ..........................33-34—67 -4 Robert Allenby......................... 35-32—67 -4 Charles Howell III.................... 35-32—67 -4 Bill Haas.................................... 35-32—67 -4 Jason Gore................................34-34—68 -3 Chad Campbell........................ 33-35—68 -3 Mark Wilson.............................33-35—68 -3 Seung-Yul Noh.........................34-34—68 -3 Jonathan Byrd.......................... 36-32—68 -3 Cameron Tringale ...................34-34—68 -3 Jim Herman.............................. 36-32—68 -3 S.J. Park .................................... 33-35—68 -3 Daniel Summerhays ............... 35-33—68 -3 Nick Taylor ...............................34-34—68 -3 Tiger Woods..............................37-31—68 -3 David Lingmerth......................35-33—68 -3 Steven Bowditch .....................34-34—68 -3 Hudson Swafford....................33-35—68 -3 Will Wilcox ...............................34-34—68 -3 Whee Kim ................................. 36-32—68 -3 Bryce Molder ........................... 35-34—69 -2 Andres Romero ....................... 36-33—69 -2 Brice Garnett............................37-32—69 -2 Brendon de Jonge ................... 34-35—69 -2 Aaron Baddeley....................... 34-35—69 -2 Spencer Levin.......................... 34-35—69 -2 Angel Cabrera ......................... 35-34—69 -2 Ben Crane..................................32-37—69 -2 Chesson Hadley....................... 35-34—69 -2 K.J. Choi.................................... 36-33—69 -2 Jonathan Randolph................. 33-36—69 -2 Tom Hoge.................................. 35-34—69 -2 William McGirt ........................ 36-33—69 -2 Ricky Barnes............................ 35-34—69 -2 Sean O'Hair .............................. 34-35—69 -2 Russell Knox............................. 35-34—69 -2 Fabian Gomez.......................... 35-34—69 -2 Vijay Singh ............................... 35-34—69 -2 Cameron Percy........................ 35-34—69 -2 Steven Alker..............................35-35—70 -1 Vaughn Taylor...........................34-36—70 -1 Brian Davis ................................34-36—70 -1 Billy Hurley III ...........................33-37—70 -1 Brendan Steele.........................34-36—70 -1 Sangmoon Bae .........................34-36—70 -1 Harris English ...........................35-35—70 -1 Carl Pettersson........................35-35—70 -1 J.J. Henry ...................................34-36—70 -1 Brian Stuard..............................37-33—70 -1 Martin Flores ............................39-31—70 -1 Troy Merritt...............................36-34—70 -1 John Huh....................................33-37—70 -1 Bo Van Pelt................................35-35—70 -1 Robert Garrigus .......................32-38—70 -1 Nicholas Thompson.................36-34—70 -1 Nick Watney..............................33-37—70 -1 Gary Woodland.........................35-35—70 -1 Martin Laird..............................34-36—70 -1 Erik Compton............................36-34—70 -1 Michael Putnam........................36-35—71 E Shawn Stefani............................38-33—71 E Johnson Wagner........................37-34—71 E Tony Finau..................................34-37—71 E Colt Knost...................................35-36—71 E Carlos Ortiz................................36-35—71 E James Hahn................................36-35—71 E Scott Pinckney ..........................37-34—71 E Luke Guthrie ..............................34-37—71 E Jason Kokrak .............................38-33—71 E Chad Collins...............................37-34—71 E George McNeill..........................37-34—71 E Jon Curran..................................36-35—71 E Jimmy Walker ............................36-35—71 E Kyle Reifers................................35-36—71 E Alex Prugh............................... 36-36—72 +1 Andres Gonzales.................... 36-36—72 +1 Jhonattan Vegas .....................37-35—72 +1 John Merrick........................... 34-38—72 +1 Max Homa................................35-37—72 +1 Sam Saunders .........................35-37—72 +1 Camilo Villegas ...................... 36-36—72 +1 Daniel Berger.......................... 36-36—72 +1 Chris Stroud.............................37-35—72 +1 Ken Duke.................................. 35-38—73 +2 Blayne Barber..........................37-36—73 +2 a-Gunn Yang ............................36-37—73 +2 Tim Wilkinson..........................37-36—73 +2 Scott Langley.......................... 40-33—73 +2 Stewart Cink........................... 36-38—74 +3 John Senden.............................35-39—74 +3 Stephen Gallacher ................. 36-38—74 +3 Zac Blair.................................... 37-37—74 +3 Charlie Beljan ......................... 36-38—74 +3 Scott Brown ............................ 37-38—75 +4 D.A. Points...............................38-38—76 +5 Andrew Svoboda.................... 40-37—77 +6 Daniel Chopra.........................38-39—77 +6 Michael Thompson................39-40—79 +8 WOMEN'S BRITISH OPEN Thursday At Trump Turnberry Ailsa Course Turnberry, Scotland Purse: $3 million Yardage: 6,410; Par: 72 (36-36) First Round a-amateur Hyo Joo Kim.............................. 33-32—65 -7 Cristie Kerr............................... 31-35—66 -6 Lydia Ko ....................................32-34—66 -6 Q Baek....................................... 32-35—67 -5 So Yeon Ryu ............................. 31-36—67 -5 Katie Burnett ...........................33-35—68 -4 Jin Young Ko.............................33-35—68 -4 Teresa Lu..................................34-34—68 -4 Mika Miyazato.........................35-33—68 -4 Azahara Munoz .......................35-33—68 -4 Shiho Oyama.............................37-31—68 -4 Florentyna Parker...................34-34—68 -4 Suzann Pettersen ...................36-32—68 -4 Nicole Broch Larsen ............... 36-33—69 -3 Minjee Lee................................ 33-36—69 -3 Misuzu Narita ..........................35-34—69 -3 Anna Nordqvist ....................... 34-35—69 -3 Inbee Park................................ 35-34—69 -3 Beatriz Recari.......................... 34-35—69 -3 Klara Spilkova.......................... 36-33—69 -3 Angela Stanford...................... 38-31—69 -3 Amy Yang ................................. 35-34—69 -3 Julieta Granada........................32-38—70 -2 Juli Inkster.................................34-36—70 -2 Danielle Kang............................33-37—70 -2 Nanna Koerstz Madsen...........35-35—70 -2 Jung-Min Lee.............................36-34—70 -2 Mi Hyang Lee ............................35-35—70 -2 Camilla Lennarth .....................36-34—70 -2 Stacy Lewis...............................35-35—70 -2 Mo Martin..................................36-34—70 -2 Gwladys Nocera.......................36-34—70 -2 Gerina Piller ..............................37-33—70 -2 Kelly W Shon.............................34-36—70 -2 a-Luna Sobron..........................34-36—70 -2 Alison Walshe...........................37-33—70 -2 Amy Boulden.............................38-33—71 -1 Paula Creamer..........................40-31—71 -1 Shanshan Feng.........................34-37—71 -1 Ha Na Jang.................................36-35—71 -1 Eun-Hee Ji..................................35-36—71 -1 Moriya Jutanugarn ..................35-36—71 -1 Kim Kaufman............................36-35—71 -1 Stacey Keating .........................37-34—71 -1 Christina Kim............................36-35—71 -1 Catriona Matthew....................36-35—71 -1 Jenny Shin .................................34-37—71 -1 Marianne Skarpnord...............33-38—71 -1 Jennifer Song............................35-36—71 -1 Lexi Thompson.........................35-36—71 -1 Sun Young Yoo..........................36-35—71 -1 Yumiko Yoshida........................36-35—71 -1 Rebecca Artis ............................36-36—72 E Minea Blomqvist .......................39-33—72 E Carly Booth ................................37-35—72 E Ssu-Chia Cheng.........................40-32—72 E Chella Choi.................................35-37—72 E Na Yeon Choi..............................34-38—72 E In Gee Chun................................38-34—72 E Laura Davies ..............................37-35—72 E Charlotte Ellis............................35-37—72 E Jaye Marie Green ......................37-35—72 E Mina Harigae .............................33-39—72 E Nina Holleder.............................35-37—72 E Tiffany Joh..................................36-36—72 E Felicity Johnson ........................36-36—72 E Jessica Korda.............................39-33—72 E Candie Kung...............................35-37—72 E Xi Yu Lin ......................................37-35—72 E Tennis ATP WORLD TOUR BET-AT-HOME OPEN RESULTS Thursday At Rothenbaum Sport GmbH Hamburg, Germany Purse: $1.4 million (WT500) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Second Round Andreas Seppi (4), Italy, def. Florian Mayer, Germany, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. Pablo Cuevas (5), Uruguay, def. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-6 (2). Simone Bolelli, Italy, def. Jaume Munar, Spain, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-4. Doubles Quarterfinals Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (2), Brazil, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, and Lukas Rosol, Czech Repub- lic, 6-3, 6-4. Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers (3), Australia, def. Frank Moser and Jan- Lennard Struff, Germany, 6-3, 6-4. Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, Colombia, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and David Marrero (4), Spain, 6-4, 6-2. ATP WORLD TOUR BB&T ATLANTA OPEN RESULTS A U.S. Open Series event Thursday At Atlantic Station Atlanta Purse: $585,870 (WT250) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Second Round Denis Kudla, United States, def. Jack Sock (3), United States, 7-6 (6), 6-3. Dudi Sela, Israel, def. Benjamin Becker (8), Germany, 7-5, 6-3. Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, def. Steve Johnson (6), United States, 6-4, 6-2. John Isner (1), United States, def. Radek Stepanek (96), Czech Republic, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7). Doubles Quarterfinals Colin Fleming, Britain, and Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, and Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, 7-6 (8), 6-2. Bob Bryan, United States, and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Treat Huey, Philippines, and Steve Johnson, United States, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4). ATP WORLD TOUR SWISS OPEN GSTAAD RESULTS Thursday At Roy Emerson Arena Gstaad, Switzerland Purse: $482,350 (WT250) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Second Round David Goffin (1), Belgium, def. Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, 6-1, 6-1. Dominic Thiem (3), Austria, def. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, 6-3, 6-4. Joao Sousa (6), Portugal, def. Denis Isto- min, Uzbekistan, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-6 (4). Pablo Carreno Busta (7), Spain, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Doubles Quarterfinals Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez (1), Spain, def. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, and Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 10-8. Oliver Marach, Austria, and Aisam-Ul- Haq Qureshi (3), Pakistan, def. Henri Laaksonen and Luca Margaroli, Switzer- land, 6-3, 6-4. Aliaksandr Bury, Belarus, and Denis Isto- min, Uzbekistan, def. Tomasz Bednarek, Poland, and Rameez Junaid, Australia, 6-3, 6-4. Julian Knowle and Philipp Oswald (4), Austria, def. Guillermo Duran and Hora- cio Zeballos, Argentina, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Basketball WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 13 4 .765 — Phoenix 11 7 .611 21/2 Tulsa 10 9 .526 4 San Antonio 6 12 .333 71/2 Seattle 5 14 .263 9 Sparks 3 14 .176 10 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 12 6 .667 — Washington 10 6 .625 1 Chicago 11 7 .611 1 Indiana 10 8 .556 2 Connecticut 8 8 .500 3 Atlanta 7 11 .389 5 Wednesday's games Washington 87, Seattle 74 Indiana 84, New York 72 San Antonio 102, Atlanta 85 Minnesota 82, Sparks 76 Thursday's games Phoenix 78, Tulsa 66 Friday's games Seattle at Connecticut, 4 p.m. Washington at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Sparks at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Saturday's games Minnesota at Tulsa, 5 p.m. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA FC Dallas 11 5 5 38 32 25 Vancouver 11 8 3 36 27 22 Los Angeles 9 7 7 34 36 28 Kansas City 9 4 6 33 29 20 Seattle 10 10 2 32 25 21 Portland 9 8 5 32 24 28 Salt Lake 7 7 8 29 23 27 Houston 7 8 6 27 27 26 San Jose 7 9 4 25 22 27 Colorado 5 6 9 24 18 19 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. United 11 7 5 38 27 22 Columbus 8 7 7 31 34 33 New York 8 6 5 29 29 23 Toronto FC 8 7 4 28 31 31 New England 7 9 7 28 29 35 Montreal 7 8 3 24 25 27 N. Y. C it y F C 6 9 6 24 29 3 1 Orlando City 6 9 6 24 26 31 Philadelphia 6 12 4 22 28 37 Chicago 5 11 4 19 22 30 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday's games MLS All-Stars 2, Tottenham Hotspur 1 Saturday's games Montreal at N.Y. City FC, 2 p.m. Salt Lake at D.C. United, 7 p.m. New York at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Columbus at Orlando City, 7:30 p.m. Toronto FC at New England, 7:30 p.m. Houston at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Colorado, 9 p.m. Vancouver at Seattle, 10 p.m. Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE For July 31 Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Philadelphia -105/-105 Atlanta at New York -135/+125 Washington Pittsburgh -115/+105 at Cincinnati at Miami -115/+105 San Diego at Milwaukee -110/+100 Chicago at St. Louis -230/+210 Colorado AMERICAN LEAGUE at Baltimore -180/+170 Detroit at Toronto -105/-105 Kansas City at Boston -125/+115 Tampa Bay at C hic ag o -1 05 /- 10 5 Ne w Y or k Seattle -110/+100 at Minnesota Cleveland -135/+125 at Oakland INTERLEAGUE San Francisco -160/+150 at Texas at Houston -120/+110 Arizona at Dodgers -210/+190 Angels Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball Office OF THE Commissioner OF Baseball: Suspended Baltimore SS Jared Breen (Delmarva-Sal) and RHP Nick Cun- ningham (Delmarva-Sal) 80 games each after positive tests for a performance- enhancing substance in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League Boston Red Sox: Activated RHP Jean Machi. Designated OF Daniel Nava for assignment. Recalled RHP Jonathan Aro from Pawtucket (IL). Optioned LHP Tommy Layne to Pawtucket. Cleveland Indians: Recalled INF Lonnie Chisenhall from Columbus (IL). Houston Astros: Acquired OF Carlos Gomez, RHP Mike Fiers and slot number 76 in the 2015-16 international pool from the Milwaukee Brewers for LHP Josh Hader, RHP Adrian Houser, OF Brett Phil- lips and OF Domingo Santana. Activated INF Jed Lowrie from the 60-day DL. Designated RHP Roberto Hernandez for assignment. Kansas City Royals: Activated INF-OF Ben Zobrist. Optioned OF Paulo Orlando to Omaha (PCL). New York Yankees: Placed RHP Michael Pineda on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to July 25. Recalled RHP Bryan Mitchell and RHP Nick Goody from Scranton/Wilkes- Barre (IL). Optioned RHP Caleb Cotham to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Seattle Mariners: Acquired OF Ramon Flores and RHP Jose Ramirez from the New York Yankees for OF Dustin Ackley. Recalled 1B Jesus Montero from Tacoma (PCL). Toronto Blue Jays: Acquired LHP David Price from Detroit for LHP Daniel Norris, LHP Matt Boyd and LHP Jairo Labourt. National League Atlanta Braves: Acquired INF Hector Olivera, LHP Paco Rodriguez and RHP Zachary Bird from the Los Angeles Dodgers and Miami's 2016 competitive balance draft lottery selection A for LHPs Luis Avilan and Alex Wood, RHPs Bronson Arroyo and Jim Johnson and INF Jose Peraza. Cincinnati Reds: Recalled LHP David Holmberg and RHP Keyvius Sampson from Louisville (IL). Optioned C Kyle Skipworth to Pensacola (SL). Placed RHP Nate Adcock on the 15-day DL. Los Angeles Dodgers: Added LHP Luis Avilan, RHP Jim Johnson, RHP Mat Latos and LHP Alex Wood to the roster. Placed RHP Bronson Arroyo on the 60-day DL. Optioned INF Jose Peraza to Oklahoma City (PCL). Transferred RHP Chris Hatcher to the 60-day DL. Designated RHP Brandon Beachy, OF Chris Heisey, Inf/Of Michael Morse and RHP Chin-Hui Tsao for assignment. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2015 2 B