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MLBBASEBALL Oakland Athletics at Toronto Blue Jays:9:30a.m.,CSN. Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals or New York Yankees at Cleveland Indians: 4p.m., MLB. Cincinnati Reds at Los Ange- les Dodgers or Washington Nationals at San Francisco Giants: 7p.m., MLB. LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL World Series Midwest Regional Semifinal 1: 8a.m., ESPN. World Series Northwest Regional Semifinal 1: 10a.m., ESPN. World Series Great Lakes Regional Semifinal 1: noon, ESPN. World Series Southeast Re- gional Final: 2p.m., ESPN2. World Series Southwest Re- gional Final: 4p.m., ESPN. World Series West Regional Semifinal 1: 6p.m., ESPN. BASKETBALL U.S.A. Showcase: 7:30P.M., ESPN2. CFL FOOTBALL Edmonton at Montreal: 4:30 p.m., ESPN2. NFL PRESEASON FOOTBALL Green Bay Packers at New England Patriots: 4:30p.m., NFL. Dallas Cowboys at San Diego Chargers: 7:30p.m., NFL. GOLF PGA PGA Championship Round 1: 11a.m., TNT. USGA U.S. Women's Amateur Round 2and 3: 1p.m., FS1. LPGA Portland Classic Round 1: 2p.m., GOLF. TENNIS WTA Rogers Cup Third Round: 8a.m., TENNIS. ATP Rogers Cup Fourth Round: 9:30a.m., ESPN2. Rogers Cup Men's and Women's Third Round: 3:30 p.m., TENNIS. Ontheair The 2015Red Bluff Spartans, by name, number, position and grade, are: Miguel Aguilar: 55, OL/DL, 12 Henry Bartolomei: 70, OL/ DL, 11 Robert Baumgartner: 12, WR/ DB, 12 Kole Beal: 10, WR/DB, 12 Angelo Braeger: 65, OL/DL, 12 Wes Clawson: 7, QB/DB, 11 Mateo Crisosto: 20, RB/DB, 11 Joey Dagen: 22, RB/LB, 12 Tanner Durfee: 76, OL/DL, 12 Conner Fennel: 4, WR/DB, 11 Travis Ferreria: 66, OL/DL, 12 Ryan Gamboa: 58, OL/DL, 12 Dylan Garcia: 54, OL/LB, 11 Jason Garrison: 74, OL/DL, 11 Chris Hale: 32, RB/LB, 11 Jayson Hinegardner: 10, WR/ DB, 11 Eric Irving: 80, WR/DB, 11 David Kendall: 62, OL/DL, 11 Joey Knight: 9, WR/DB, 12 Loen Langley: 84, WR/DB, 12 Caleb Langley: 23, RB/LB, 11 Marcus Larson: 85, WR/DB, 12 Conner McKenzie: 6, WR/ DB, 10 Mason Meadows: 42, WR/ DB, 11 Jeremiah Neese: 53, OL/LB, 11 Cameron Ortega: 24, WR/ DB, 11 Christian Ortiz: 50, OL/DL, 12 Dylan Phelps: 59, OL/DL, 12 Lane Pritchard: 11, WR/DB, 12 Kegan Richards: 61, OL/DL, 11 Carlos Rivera: 27, RB/LB, 12 Bryce Sinclair: 64, OL/DL, 12 Sean Stanley: 45, RB/LB, 12 David Stroud: 5, RB/DB, 12 Owen Swarthout: 56, OL/ DL, 12 James Touros Jr.: 75, OL/ DL, 10 Angelo Trevino: 21, WR/DB, 12 Kody Turner: 1, WR/DB, 11 Devon Walden: 44, RB/LB, 11 Cody Whitt: 68, OL/DL, 11 Jay Woods: 28, WR/DB, 12 Coaches Corey Hein: head coach Mario Martinez and Gary Moniz: defensive line Laird Richards: defensive backs and strength and condi- tioning Ernie Martinez and Chris Tremble: offensive line Cole McKenzie: wide receivers Cory Lyon: quarterbacks SPARTANSROSTER the defense, which Hein says is young but has one of the deepest secondaries the team has ever seen. The team will start with four preseason, nonconfer- ence games, culminating in the Tehama County Shoot- out game at Corning High School on Sept. 18. Hein said there have been a few tweaks to the playbook and the keys this year will be to get the ball to the outside and make plays. Fans will notice a new, fast-paced offense the team has been working with during scrimmages. A new run game was im- plemented in the spring, so the players have had the summer to get on the same page, Hein said. "The kids are doing a wonderful job picking up the running and passing schemes," Hein said. Finishing 2-8 in 2014, Hein said the team isn't thinking too far ahead. "Our guys, the only thing they're focused on is our game Aug. 28 against Central Valley," Hein said. Hein said his philosophy is centered around three goals for his players: Give them a quality expe- rience so they leave school having learned teamwork and sacrifice. Build sound, funda- mental players who have a foundation of ethical play and good sportsmanship. Finally, to create players with the drive to win, but not at the expense of the first two goals. To help cement these goals in the minds of play- ers and their parents, Hein introduced a contract this year that must be signed by each player and his parent outlining expectations, the code of conduct and con- sequences for violating ei- ther. Regardless of the con- tract, Hein said he feels good about the group of players he'll put on the field this season, adding they have exhibited excep- tional character. Spartans FROM PAGE 1 on the practice field. Now the Raiders get to see it in games. "The guy gets better at something every day," quarterback Derek Carr said. "There's so much in the NFL that goes on at the line of scrimmage compared to college when you're just running by guys. He's gotten so much better and had so much growth in that area. He's doing great things whether it's at the top of his route like he did today on a third down. Whatever it is, there's lit- tle things he's getting bet- ter at." The additions of Coo- per and fellow receiver Michael Crabtree were the biggest offseason moves made on the offensive side of the ball as the Raiders look to improve on a three- win season and end a play- off drought that started in the 2003 season. Oakland has been with- out a big-play wide receiver for most of those lost sea- sons. The Raiders haven't had any receiver reach the 1,000-yard mark since Randy Moss in 2005, tied with Jacksonville for the longest current drought in the league. After leading the nation with 124 catches last sea- son in the tough SEC and ranking second with 1,727 yards receiving and 16 touchdown catches, Coo- per is expected to end that drought eventually. But he knows there will be an ad- justment in the pro game. "It's a bit harder with the fact that guys are better on the defensive side of the ball," Cooper said. "They're smarter. You're not going to keep beating them the same way so you have to bring it every day and use some moves you probably haven't used before." Despite a few slipups, Cooper has still managed to impress his new team- mates with his polish and dedication. "He's going to be pretty special," safety Charles Woodson said. "He can do it all. The sky will be the limit for that young man." Raiders FROM PAGE 1 "If you were to go by this year, you would have to say Jordan," McIlroy said. "If you go over the last two years, I would say it's probably a toss-up between Jordan and myself. That's a hard one. OK, we've got the rankings there, but it's all a matter of opinion." And what was his opin- ion? "I'll tell you at the end of the week," McIlroy said with a smile. The shine came off golf when Spieth's bid for the Grand Slam ended at St. Andrews. It returned when McIlroy began post- ing photos and videos last week that indicated he would be playing at Whis- tling Straits, his first tour- nament since the U.S. Open. They face off Thursday afternoon, in the same group with British Open champion Zach Johnson. It will be the third time in the last eight majors that McIlroy and Spieth have played together the open- ing two rounds. It has never received at- tention like this. "I think that's just what you guys want to see," Spi- eth said. "I think he and I just want to go out there and try and win the tour- nament. We have to beat each other in order to do that, along with ... 155 other guys. It's great. We're all very happy to see him back. I'm excited to just share a couple days with Rory, and Zach as well. "Hopefully, we can all get into contention, and it will certainly be excit- ing." McIlroy, the defending champion, said he never targeted the PGA Cham- pionship as his return. His test came in Portugal last week when he played — and walked — 72 holes. There was no pain, no swelling. And he knew he was ready. Golf FROM PAGE 1 claimed and blocked. In the meantime, these are our 25 guys. From this point, it's going to take ev- erybody doing something to help us win a ballgame." Aoki was playing for the first time since the third in- ning Sunday, when he was beaned on the helmet by a 92 mph fastball at Wrigley Field. He said he felt a wave of nausea at the time but it passed quickly; after the game against the Cubs, he said he felt fine aside from a slight headache. He did not play on Tues- day as the Giants admin- istered concussion tests. He passed those and was cleared to return. But af- ter grounding out, popping up and taking a circuitous route to a fly ball in deep left field Wednesday, Aoki told trainers that he did not feel well. He had just returned July 27 after missing more than a month because of a fractured bone near his an- kle — another injury that stemmed from being hit by a pitch. The Giants' internal op- tions at Triple-A Sacra- mento to replace Aoki in- clude purchasing the con- tract of Kevin Frandsen, who is swinging a hot stick and has played some left field in his career. Jar- rett Parker and Ryan Lollis are outfielders on the 40- man roster who could be recalled. One other possi- bility: The Giants could cut short Andrew Susac's re- hab assignment after two games and add him to the roster. The offense didn't pro- vide any support for Chris Heston, who took a two- hit shutout into the sev- enth inning — a huge improvement from two rough starts on the last road trip, when the rookie right-hander nibbled at the strike zone. He got beaten by one big bite in the seventh, when Colby Rasmus turned on an inside fastball and bounced it off the arcade. Giants FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 63 50 .558 _ Giants 60 53 .531 3 Arizona 56 57 .496 7 San Diego 54 61 .470 10 Colorado 47 65 .420 151/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L P ct G B St. Louis 73 40 .646 _ Pittsburgh 65 46 .586 7 Chicago 64 48 .571 81/2 Cincinnati 50 62 .446 221/2 Milwaukee 48 67 .417 26 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB New York 62 52 .544 _ Washington 58 54 .518 3 Atlanta 51 63 .447 11 Miami 46 68 .404 16 Philadelphia 46 69 .400 161/2 Tuesday's games Tampa Bay 2, Atlanta 0 Miami 5, Boston 4, 10 innings N.Y. Mets 4, Colorado 0 Chicago Cubs 6, Milwaukee 3 St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 3 Arizona 13, Philadelphia 1 San Diego 11, Cincinnati 6 L.A. Dodgers 5, Washington 0 Giants 3, Houston 1 Wednesday's games Cincinnati 7, San Diego 3 Philadelphia 7, Arizona 6 Houston 2, Giants 0 Mi am i 1 4, B os to n 6 Tampa Bay 9, Atlanta 6 N.Y. Mets 3, Colorado 0 Chicago Cubs 3, Milwaukee 2, 10 innings St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 2 Washington at L.A. Dodgers, (n.) Thursday's games Colorado (E.Butler 3-9) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 6-6), 9:10 a.m. Milwaukee (Cravy 0-3) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 7-8), 11:20 a.m. Pittsburgh (Liriano 7-6) at St. Louis (Lynn 9-6), 4:15 p.m. Cincinnati (Sampson 1-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-8), 7:10 p.m. Washington (Strasburg 6-5) at Giants (Vogelsong 7-8), 7:15 p.m. Astros 2, Giants 0 Houston San Fran AB R H B AB R H B Altuve 2b 3 0 0 0 Aoki lf 2 0 0 0 Tucker rf-lf 3 0 1 0 Maxwll lf 2 0 0 0 Correa ss 4 0 1 0 MDuffy 3b 4 0 1 0 Lowrie 3b 4 1 1 1 Posey c 4 0 1 0 ClRsms cf 3 1 1 1 Pence rf 4 0 0 0 Gattis lf 3 0 0 0 Belt 1b 4 0 1 0 OPerez p 0 0 0 0 BCrwfr ss 3 0 1 0 WHarrs p 0 0 0 0 GBlanc cf 3 0 1 0 Neshek p 0 0 0 0 Adrianz 2b 2 0 0 0 Gnzlz ph-1b 1 0 0 0 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 Valuen 1b 2 0 0 0 Romo p 0 0 0 0 Carter ph 0 0 0 0 Heston p 2 0 0 0 Grgrsn p 0 0 0 0 Osich p 0 0 0 0 JCastro c 3 0 0 0 Kontos p 0 0 0 0 Feldmn p 2 0 1 0 Tmlnsn 2b 1 0 0 0 CGomz ph 1 0 0 0 Mrsnck rf 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 2 5 2 31 0 5 0 Hou sto n 000 0 00 1 10 — 2 San Fran 000 000 000 — 0 DP: Houston 1, San Francisco 2; LOB: Houston 6, San Francisco 5; 2B: B.Crawford (24), G.Blanco (16); HR: Lowrie (5), Col.Rasmus (15); SB: Belt (6); CS: Tucker (2), Carter (2). IP H R ER BB SO Houston Feldman W,5-56 4 0 0 1 4 O.Perez 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 W.Harris 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 Neshek 1 0 0 0 0 2 Grgsn S,23-28 1 0 0 0 0 1 San Francisco Hstn L,11-7 61/3 3 1 1 4 4 Osich 0 0 0 0 1 0 Kontos 11/3 2 1 1 0 0 Lopez 1 0 0 0 1 2 Romo 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 Osich pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Umpires: Home, Mike Estabrook, First, Ed Hickox. Second, Paul Nauert. Third, Dana DeMuth. T: 2:54; A: 41,967 (41,915). AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 62 53 .539 _ Los Angeles 59 53 .527 11/2 Texas 55 57 .491 51/2 Seattle 54 61 .470 8 A's 51 64 .443 11 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 68 45 .602 _ Minnesota 57 56 .504 11 Detroit 55 59 .482 131/2 Chicago 53 58 .477 14 Cleveland 53 59 .473 141/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 63 52 .548 _ New York 61 51 .545 1/2 Tampa Bay 58 56 .509 41/2 Baltimore 57 56 .504 5 Boston 50 64 .439 121/2 Tuesday's games Toronto 4, A's 2 Tampa Bay 2, Atlanta 0 Miami 5, Boston 4, 10 innings Cleveland 5, N.Y. Yankees 4, 16 innings Kansas City 6, Detroit 1 Chicago White Sox 3, L.A. Angels 0 Minnesota 3, Texas 2 Seattle 6, Baltimore 5, 10 innings Giants 3, Houston 1 Wednesday's games Seattle 3, Baltimore 0 Houston 2, Giants 0 Miami 14, Boston 6 Toronto 10, A's 3 Tampa Bay 9, Atlanta 6 Cleveland 2, N.Y. Yankees 1 Detroit 7, Kansas City 4 Minnesota 11, Texas 1 L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, (n.) Thursday's games A's (S.Gray 12-4) at Toronto (Buehrle 12-5), 9:37 a.m. Texas (Ch.Gonzalez 2-4) at Minnesota (E.Santana 2-3), 10:10 a.m. N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 11-2) at Cleveland (Bauer 9-8), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Richards 11-9) at Kansas City (Guthrie 8-7), 5:10 p.m. Blue Jays 10, Athletics 3 Oakland Toronto AB R H B AB R H B Burns cf 4 0 1 0 Tlwtzk ss 3 1 1 0 Lawrie 2b 4 0 0 0 Dnldsn 3b 4 2 2 2 Reddck rf 4 0 1 0 Bautist rf 4 1 2 0 Valenci 3b 3 2 1 1 Colaell dh 4 2 2 4 Vogt c 2 0 1 0 RuMrtn c 4 1 1 1 Phegly ph 1 0 1 0 Smoak 1b 4 1 1 3 BButler dh 4 1 1 0 Pillar cf 4 0 1 0 Canha 1b 4 0 3 1 Goins 2b 3 1 0 0 Sogard ss 4 0 0 1 Revere lf 4 1 1 0 Fuld lf 3 0 0 0 Totals 33 3 9 3 3410 11 10 Oakland 020 100 000 — 3 Toronto 370 000 00x — 10 DP: Toronto 3; LOB: Oakland 5, Toronto 4; 2B: Vogt (17), Canha 2 (13), Bautista (21), Pillar (21), Revere (1); HR: Valencia (10), Colabello (11), Smoak (11). IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Brks L,1-1 12/3 6 8 8 2 2 Doubront 61/3 5 2 2 1 0 Toronto Dckey W,7-10 6 6 3 3 2 4 Schultz 1 1 0 0 0 1 Hendriks 1 1 0 0 0 1 Loup 1 1 0 0 0 2 HBP: by Brooks (Tulowitzki); PB: Ru.Martin. Umpires: Home, Jeff Kellogg, First, Brian O'Nora. Second, Ryan Blakney. Third, Mark Ripperger. T: 2 :3 9; A : 4 4, 59 7 ( 49 ,2 82 ). Tennis ATP WORLD TOUR COUPE ROGERS RESULTS A U.S. Open Series event Wednesday At Uniprix Stadium Montreal Purse: $3.59 million (Masters 1000) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Second Round Kei Nishikori (4), Japan, def. Pablo Andu- jar, Spain, 6-3, 6-3. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, def. Gilles Simon (9), France, 6-1, 6-4. Jack Sock, United States, def. Grigor Dimitrov (14), Bulgaria, 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-5. Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, def. Gael Monfils (15), France, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (4). Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Marin Cilic (6), Croatia, 6-3, 6-4. David Goffin (13), Belgium, def. Sam Querrey, United States, 6-4, 6-4. Rafael Nadal (7), Spain, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Andy Murray (2), Britain, def. Tommy Robredo, Spain, 6-4, 7-5. Donald Young, United States, def. Tomas Berdych (5), Czech Republic, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, def. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (10), France, def. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, 5-7, 7-6 (6), 7-5. John Isner (16), United States, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-3 Nick Kyrgios, Australia, def. Stan Wawrinka (3), Switzerland, 6-7 (8), 6-3, 4-0, retired. Doubles First Round Fabio Fognini, Italy, and Tommy Ro- bredo, Spain, def. Raven Klaasen, South Africa, and Rajeev Ram, United States, 6-2, 7-5. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, and Max Mirnyi, Belarus, def. David Goffin, Belgium, and Dominic Thiem, Austria, 6-3, 1-6, 10-8. Second Round Novak Djokovic, Serbia, and Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, def. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Florin Mergea (4), Romania, 6-3, 5-7, 10-3. Ra fa el N ad al , S pa in , a nd F er na ndo Verdasco, Spain, def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, and Nicolas Mahut (8), France, 7-6 (8), 6-7 (2), 10-4. Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (6), Brazil, def. Marin Cilic, Croatia, and Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, 7-5, 6-4. WTA ROGERS CUP RESULTS A U.S. Open Series event Wednesday At Aviva Centre Toronto Purse: $2.38 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles First Round Second Round Daria Gavrilova, Russia, def. Lucie Safa- rova (7), Czech Republic, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5. Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, def. Garbine Muguruza (8), Spain, 7-5, 6-1. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, def. Ekaterina Makarova (11), Russia, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 7-5. Sara Errani (15), Italy, def. Madison Brengle, United States, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Mirjana Lucic- Baroni, Croatia, 6-3, 6-3. Ana Ivanovic (5), Serbia, def. Olga Govo- rtsova, Belarus, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Sabine Lisicki, Germany, def. Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Carina Witthoeft, Germany, def. Alison Riske, United States, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3. Simona Halep (2), Romania, def. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 6-3, 6-4. Alize Cornet, France, def. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-2. Andrea Petkovic (16), Germany, def. Heather Watson, Britain, 6-4, 6-3. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, def. Caro- line Wozniacki (4), Denmark, 7-5, 7-5. Angelique Kerber (13), Germany, def. Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, 6-2, 6-3. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, def. Petra Kvitova (3), Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-3. Agnieszka Radwanska (6), Poland, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, 7-5, 6-3. Doubles First Round Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, def. Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (7), Czech Republic, 6-4, 3-6, 10-8. Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja, Spain, def. Chuang Chia- jung, Taiwan, and Liang Chen, China, 3-6, 6-1, 10-8. Sara Errani and Flavia Pennetta (6), Italy, def. Mona Barthel, Germany, and Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, 6-1, 6-3. Sharon Fichman, Canada, and Carol Zhao, Canada, def. Chin-Wei Chan, Taiwan, and Paula Kania, Poland, 1-6, 6-4, 10-5. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, and Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, def. Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, and Andreja Klepac, Slovenia, 6-1, 7-6 (5). Francoise Abanda, Canada, and Heidi El Tabakh, Canada, def. Gabriela Dab- rowski, Canada, and Alicja Rosolska, Poland, 7-5, 7-5. Second Round Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Lucie Safarova (3), Czech Republic, def. Darija Jurak, Croatia, and Raquel Kops-Jones, United States, 6-2, 6-2. Irina-Camelia Begu and Raluca Olaru, Romania, def. Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro (8), Spain, 7-6 (5), 0-6, 10-4. Football NFL PRESEASON Sunday's game Minnesota 14, Pittsburgh 3 Thursday, Aug. 13 New Orleans at Baltimore, 4:30 p.m. Green Bay at New England, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Miami at Chicago, 5 p.m. Washington at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Dallas at San Diego, 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14 Carolina at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Tennessee at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Cincinnati, 4:30 p.m. Denver at Seattle, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Oakland, 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15 Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 5 p.m. San Francisco at Houston, 5 p.m. Kansas City at Arizona, 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16 Indianapolis at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Basketball WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Minnesota 17 6 .739 — Phoenix 14 8 .636 21/2 Tulsa 10 14 .417 71/2 Sparks 7 16 .304 10 San Antonio 7 17 .292 101/2 Seattle 6 17 .261 11 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 15 6 .714 — Indiana 13 9 .591 21/2 Washington 13 9 .591 21/2 Chicago 14 10 .583 21/2 Connecticut 12 10 .545 31/2 Atlanta 8 14 .364 71/2 x-clinched playoff spot Tuesday's games Indiana 73, Washington 62 New York 84, Chicago 63 Minnesota 83, San Antonio 76 Seattle 85, Sparks 77 Wednesday's games Connecticut 80, Tulsa 74 Seattle at Phoenix, (n.) Thursday's games No games scheduled Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Vancouver 13 8 3 42 34 22 Los Angeles 11 7 7 40 42 30 FC Dallas 11 6 5 38 32 27 Kansas City 10 4 7 37 33 22 Portland 10 8 6 36 25 28 Seattle 10 12 2 32 26 27 Houston 8 8 7 31 30 28 Salt Lake 7 9 8 29 27 37 San Jose 7 10 5 26 23 29 Colorado 5 8 9 24 20 24 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. United 13 7 5 44 34 26 New York 10 6 6 36 35 25 Columbus 9 8 7 34 38 39 Toronto FC 9 9 4 31 37 38 New England 8 9 7 31 32 36 Montreal 8 9 4 28 29 31 Or la ndo C it y 7 10 7 2 8 32 3 7 N.Y. City FC 6 11 6 24 31 36 Philadelphia 6 13 5 23 29 40 Chicago 6 12 4 22 24 31 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Thursday, Aug. 13 D.C. United at N.Y. City FC, 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14 Colorado at San Jose, 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15 Toronto FC at New York, 4 p.m. Houston at New England, 4:30 p.m. Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Kansas City, 6 p.m. Portland at Salt Lake, 7 p.m. Motorsports NASCAR SPRINT CUP POINTS LEADERS Through Aug. 9 1. Kevin Harvick, 823. 2. Joey Logano, 781. 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 750. 4. Jimmie Johnson, 747. 5. Brad Keselowski, 719. 6. Martin Truex Jr., 714. 7. Matt Kenseth, 703. 8. Kurt Busch, 659. 9. Jamie McMurray, 635. 10. Denny Hamlin, 631. 11. Paul Menard, 622. 12. Jeff Gordon, 620. 13. Ryan Newman, 613. 14. Clint Bowyer, 612. 15. Carl Edwards, 589. 16. Aric Almirola, 562. 17. Kasey Kahne, 561. 18. Greg Biffle, 532. 19. Kyle Larson, 517. 20. Casey Mears, 493. 21. Austin Dillon, 492. 22. Danica Patrick, 489. 23. AJ Allmendinger, 481. 24. David Ragan, 461. 25. Sam Hornish Jr., 425. 26. Tony Stewart, 418. 27. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 393. 28. Trevor Bayne, 392. 29. Justin Allgaier, 362. 30. Kyle Busch, 361. Golf WORLD GOLF RANKING 1. Rory McIlroy NIR 12.55 2. Jordan Spieth USA 11.48 3. Bubba Watson USA 8.42 4. Jim Furyk USA 7.08 5. Jason Day AUS 7.01 6. Justin Rose ENG 6.83 7. Rickie Fowler USA 6.77 8. Dustin Johnson USA 6.48 9. Henrik Stenson SWE 6.18 10. Sergio Garcia ESP 5.56 11. Adam Scott AUS 5.12 12. Zach Johnson USA 4.96 13. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 4.85 14. Jimmy Walker USA 4.71 15. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 4.28 16. Matt Kuchar USA 4.21 17. J.B. Holmes USA 4.08 18. Patrick Reed USA 4.07 19. Shane Lowry IRL 3.89 20. Brooks Koepka USA 3.85 21. Martin Kaymer GER 3.79 22. Billy Horschel USA 3.71 23. Phil Mickelson USA 3.68 24. Chris Kirk USA 3.63 25. Danny Willett ENG 3.62 26. Bernd Wiesberger AUT 3.33 27. Paul Casey ENG 3.25 28. Branden Grace SAF 3.22 29. Bill Haas USA 3.20 30. Brandt Snedeker USA 3.12 Odds PREGAME.COM LINE Thursday Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at New York -230/+210 Colorado at Chicago -215/+195 Milwaukee at St. Louis -115/+105 Pittsburgh at Los Angeles -185/+170 Cincinnati Washington -125/+115 at Giants AMERICAN LEAGUE at Toronto -142/+132 Oakland at Minnesota -130/+120 Texas at Cleveland -105/-105 New York at Kansas City -105/-105 Los Angeles NFL Preseason Thursday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog at Baltimore 3 (38) New Orleans at Detroit 31/2 (36) NY Jets at New England 21/2 (371/2) Green Bay at Cleveland 2 (37) Washington at Chicago 11/2 (37) Miami at San Diego 31/2 (38) Dallas Friday at Atlanta 21/2 (37) Tennessee at Buffalo 3 (351/2) Carolina at Cincinnati 3 (37) NY Giants at Jacksonville PK (361/2) Pittsburgh at Oakland PK (36) St. Louis at Seattle 5 (37) Denver Saturday at Minnesota 31/2 (36) Tampa Bay at Houston 3 (351/2) San Francisco at Arizona 3 (36) Kansas City Sunday at Philadelphia 4 (421/2) Indianapolis Transactions BASEBALL American League Boston Red Sox: Named Jerry Dipoto consultant. Oakland Athletics: Sent 2B Tyler Ladendorf to Stockton (Cal) for a rehab assignment. New York Yankees: Optioned RHP Bran- den Pinder to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Designated 1B/Of Garrett Jones for assignment. Recalled RHP Nick Goody from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Selected the contract of LHP Chris Capuano from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Tampa Bay Rays: Sent OF Desmond Jennings to Charlotte (FSL) for a rehab assignment. Texas Rangers: Sent RHP Tanner Schep- pers to Frisco (TL) for a rehab assign- ment. Agreed to terms with RHP Robert Coello on a minor league contract. National League Arizona Diamondbacks: Sent C Gerald Laird to Reno (PCL) for a rehab assign- ment. Chicago Cubs: Optioned 2B Tommy La Stella to Iowa (PCL). Cincinnati Reds: Traded RHP Matt Bus- chmann to Baltimore for cash. Colorado Rockies: Designated OF Drew Stubbs for assignment. Selected the contract of UT Matt McBride from Albu- querque (PCL). Los Angeles Dodgers: Placed RHP Joel Peralta on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to Monday. Recalled RHP Yimi Garcia from Oklahoma City (PCL). | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2015 2 B