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askedduringaconference call with Australian writ- ers if he thought Woods was aware of him. "I can't say for sure, but I think he is," said Day, who was 20 at the time. "If I was him, I would be. I watch everyone. He watches a lot of golf. He has so much time. He played 16 events — what does he do with his time? He'd be aware of me. He'd be saying, 'Here's another kid coming up.'" It was a slow climb. Now 27, he idolized the work ethic of Woods when he was growing up in Australia and honed that powerful swing under Co- lin Swatton, his current caddie. No one ever ques- tioned his ability, only the trophies. It took him three years to win his first PGA Tour event at the By- ron Nelson Champion- ship, and four more years before he picked up an- other title at the Match Play Championship. Along the way were more nagging injuries than he cares to remem- ber, along with whispers that he was an under- achiever. All that has been put to rest. This is a new Day, who has matured into one of the top three players in the world and figures to stay there. "As long as I am healthy, I feel like I'm go- ing to be there a long time," Day said. "I still want to accomplish that No. 1 goal of mine, which is to be the best player in the world. I'm still moti- vated and still very hun- gry for that, even after this win. Stuff like this is just the icing on top of the cake when you work so hard, and being able to achieve something like this." Not much in life has come easily for Day. His father died of can- cer when Day was 12, and if not for the sacrifices of his mother to get him to a golf academy, and the nurturing of Swatton, there's no telling where he would be now. Day once shopped for used clothes at a store where for $5 he could stuff as much as he could into a bag. "I remember not hav- ing a hot water tank, so we had to use a kettle for hot showers," he said. "We would put the kettle on and go have a shower, and then my mom would come bring three or four kettles in, just to heat them up. And it would take five, 10 minutes for every kettle to heat up." He had every reason to expect a hard road along the rugged terrain of Whistling Straits on Sun- day afternoon. Day had a share of the 54-hole lead at the U.S. Open, where he showed remarkable strength to even finish while coping with symptoms of vertigo. He faded to a 74. A month later, he shared another 54-hole at St. Andrews and missed the playoff at the British Open by one shot when he left a 30- foot birdie attempt a foot short. This time, he had least had a two-shot margin, along with pressure not to let another chance get away. He feared there would be emotional scars if he didn't finish this one. And if that wasn't enough, he was paired with Mas- ters and U.S. Open cham- pion Jordan Spieth, the new No. 1 player in golf. Ultimately, that's what made it so special. Spi- eth's plan was to catch Day somewhere along the front nine, though he could tell early that Day was smashing the driver and would be tough to beat. Day really put the Texan in a hole by mak- ing a 50-foot birdie putt on No. 7. No one got closer than two shots to Day the en- tire round. "He played like he had won seven or eight majors before," Spieth said. The highest praise for Day came in the scor- ing trailer, when he said Spieth told him, "There's nothing I could do." "It's a good feeling when someone like Jor- dan, who is playing phe- nomenal golf right now, says that," Day said. "Be- cause it means that he left everything out there on the golf course and my play this week was just so much better — well, bet- ter than everyone else. And that feels good to me, because I was the last man standing." The Wanamaker Tro- phy was all he wanted. Only after it was over did Day realize he had broken a major championship re- cord by finishing at 20 under par. The previous mark belonged to Woods, who was 19 under when he won the 2000 British Open at St. Andrews. Woods watched him do it Sunday. He saw a mature, mar- ried man with a son and another child due in No- vember, and someone now with six PGA Tour wins that include a major. He's not just another kid coming up. He ar- rived. Day FROMPAGE1 BRYNNANDERSON—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Jason Day, of Australia, holds up the Wanamaker Trophy a er winning the PGA Championship golf tournament Sunday at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis. contain and he ran him down for a sack. That's just speed. That's one of the reasons we have him here." Heeney has been one of the pleasant surprises dur- ing training camp. A fifth- round pick out of Kansas, Heeney joined a lineback- ing position that had been significantly upgraded in the offseason with the ad- ditions of Curtis Lofton and former Super Bowl MVP Malcolm Smith. Heeney admitted to a few nerves before taking the field for the opening kickoff but quickly felt as comfortable as he has on the practice field all sum- mer. "It shows the kind of player I am," he said. "I'll always try to be around the ball and fly around and make plays. I did a little bit of that. I missed a couple of them I wish I could have had back but that's what film is for." Making the night even more special was the fact that his fiancée and par- ents were in attendance. Heeney is undersized for an inside linebacker at 6 feet and 230 pounds. Because of that there have been questions about whether he'd be able to get off blocks well enough to show his good speed. Del Rio said Heeney still needs to work at that as- pect of his game but that he has shown plenty of improvement since he was drafted in May. "A couple of times I got held up, but it's just some- thing I need to work on a little bit more," he said. "For the most part, I thought I did pretty good. A couple of plays I wish I could have done a little something dif- ferent." Raiders FROM PAGE 1 By Todd Karpovich The Associated Press BALTIMORE Steve Clev- enger hit a three-run homer, Chris Tillman won his sev- enth straight decision and the Baltimore Orioles com- pleted a four-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics with a 4-2 victory Monday night. Clevenger, who was called up Friday from Tri- ple-A Norfolk, got his first homer since June 29, 2012. He also had a career-high four hits in Baltimore's 18-2 victory Sunday. Tillman (9-7) allowed two runs on three hits with three walks and three strikeouts over seven in- nings. He has not lost since May 31. Oakland went winless on its seven-game East Coast road trip. Darren O'Day had a per- fect eighth and Zach Brit- ton pitched the ninth for his 29th save. Oakland left-hander Sonny Gray (12-5), who was scratched from his previous start with back spasms, allowed four runs (one earned) on seven hits with two walks and five strike- outs over 5 2/3 innings. AMERICAN LEAGUE Cl ev en ge r hi ts 3 -r un h om er to lead Baltimore past A's three games, scoring five runs. Heston is 0-3 in four out- ings this month, failing to last five innings in three of them. He was undone by five walks in 4 2-3 innings. After surrendering Molina's homer, Heston walked the bases full later in the fourth before strik- ing out Kolten Wong to end the threat. Trainer'sroom Giants: RHP Tim Lince- cum (hips) is scheduled to face hitters in a simulated game later this week. Cardinals: Jason Hey- ward made his first start of the year in CF, but was taken out after two in- nings due to left ham- string tightness. Matt Adams (quad) leaves for Florida later this week to begin baseball activ- ity and could begin a re- hab assignment soon af- ter that. Up next Mike Leake (9-6, 3.52) is scheduled to be acti- vated from the 15-day disabled list from a ham- string injury to start Tues- day night. The Cardinals' Lance Lynn (9-7, 2.95) is coming off the shortest outing of his career, last- ing just two-thirds of an inning and surrendering seven runs — three earned — in a loss to Pittsburgh. Giants FROM PAGE 1 PATRICK SEMANSKY — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A's starting pitcher Sonny Gray stands in the dugout in the fourth inning against the Orioles, Monday in Baltimore. Scoreboard Football NFLPRESEASON Thursday'sgames Baltimore 30, New Orleans 27 Green Bay 22, New England 11 Detroit 23, N.Y. Jets 3 Chicago 27, Miami 10 Washington 20, Cleveland 17 San Diego 17, Dallas 7 Friday'sgames Carolina 25, Buffalo 24 Atlanta 31, Tennessee 24 Jacksonville 23, Pittsburgh 21 Cincinnati 23, N.Y. Giants 10 Denver 22, Seattle 20 Oakland 18, St. Louis 3 Saturday'sgames Minnesota 26, Tampa Bay 16 Houston 23, San Francisco 10 Kansas City 34, Arizona 19 Sunday'sgame Philadelphia 36, Indianapolis 10 Thursday,Aug.20 Detroit at Washington, 4:30 p.m. Buffalo at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Friday,Aug.21 Atlanta at N.Y. Jets, 4:30 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 5 p.m. Saturday,Aug.22 Baltimore at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Miami at Carolina, 4 p.m. New England at New Orleans, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Indianapolis, 4:30 p.m. Jacksonville at N.Y. Giants, 4:30 p.m. Oakland at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Denver at Houston, 5 p.m. San Diego at Arizona, 7 p.m. Sunday,Aug.23 Green Bay at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. Dallas at San Francisco, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Tennessee, 5 p.m. Monday,Aug.24 Cincinnati at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Los Angeles 67 51 .568 _ Giants 64 54 .542 3 Arizona 58 59 .496 8 ½ San Diego 56 62 .475 11 Colorado 48 68 .414 18 CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 76 42 .644 _ Pittsburgh 69 47 .595 6 Chicago 67 49 .578 8 Cincinnati 51 65 .440 24 Milwaukee 51 69 .425 26 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB New York 63 55 .534 _ Washington 58 59 .496 4 ½ Atlanta 53 64 .453 9 ½ Miami 48 70 .407 15 Philadelphia 46 72 .390 17 Sunday'sgames Pittsburgh 8, N.Y. Mets 1 Atlanta 2, Arizona 1, 10 innings Chicago White Sox 3, Chicago Cubs 1 Milwaukee 6, Philadelphia 1 Miami 6, St. Louis 4 Giants 5, Washington 0 L.A. Dodgers 2, Cincinnati 1 Colorado 5, San Diego 0 Monday'sgames Arizona 4, Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis 2, Giants 1 Miami 6, Milwaukee 2 Atlanta at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Tuesday'sgames Arizona (Ch.Anderson 5-5) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 8-6), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (deGrom 11-6) at Baltimore (Gausman 2-4), 4:05 p.m. Toronto (Dickey 7-10) at Philadelphia (Nola 3-1), 4:05 p.m. Kansas City (Volquez 11-7) at Cincinnati (R.Iglesias 3-4), 4:10 p.m. Detroit (An.Sanchez 10-10) at Chicago Cubs (Hammel 6-5), 5:05 p.m. Miami (Conley 1-0) at Milwaukee (Cravy 0-4), 5:10 p.m. Giants (Leake 9-6) at St. Louis (Lynn 9-7), 5:15 p.m. Washington (Zimmermann 8-8) at Colo- rado (Hale 3-4), 5:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 10-6) at A's (Doubront 1-1), 7:05 p.m. Atlanta (Wisler 5-2) at San Diego (Shields 8-5), 7:10 p.m. Wednesday'sgames Miami at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m. L.A. Dodgers at A's, 12:35 p.m. Atlanta at San Diego, 12:40 p.m. Arizona at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Toronto at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Kansas City at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Giants at St. Louis, 4:15 p.m. Detroit at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m. Washington at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Cardinals2,Giants1 SanFran St.Louis AB R H B AB R H B GBlanc cf 4 0 0 0 MCrpnt 3b 3 0 1 0 MDuffy 3b 4 1 1 0 Wong 2b 3 0 0 0 Belt 1b 4 0 1 0 JhPerlt ss 4 0 1 0 Pence rf 4 0 0 0 Heywrd cf 1 0 0 0 BCrwfr ss 4 0 2 1 Pham cf-lf 3 0 0 0 Susac c 3 0 0 0 Molina c 3 1 1 1 J.Perez pr 0 0 0 0 Pisctty rf 4 1 2 0 Maxwll lf 3 0 0 0 Moss lf 2 0 1 0 Posey ph 1 0 0 0 Rosnthl p 0 0 0 0 Tmlnsn 2b 2 0 1 0 Rynlds 1b 3 0 0 1 Heston p 1 0 1 0 Wacha p 2 0 0 0 Y.Petit p 0 0 0 0 Siegrist p 0 0 0 0 Lollis ph 1 0 0 0 Bourjos ph-cf0 0 0 0 Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 Strckln p 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 1 6 1 28 2 6 2 SanFran 000 001 000 — 1 St.Louis 000 100 01x — 2 DP: St. Louis 1. LOB: San Francisco 6, St. Louis 9. 2B: B.Crawford (27). 3B: Piscotty (1). HR: Molina (3). CS: Reynolds (3). S: Heston, Wacha. IP H R ER BB SO SanFrancisco Heston 42/3 4 1 1 5 4 Y.Petit 11/3 1 0 0 0 2 Affeldt 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 Strickland L,2-2 12/3 1 1 1 1 0 St.Louis Wacha 7 6 1 1 1 6 Siegrist W,4-01 0 0 0 0 1 Rosenthal S,37-39 1 0 0 0 1 1 Umpires: Home, Bob Davidson, First, Hunter Wendelstedt. Second, Mike Everitt. Third, David Rackley. T: 2:40;A: 40,088 (45,399). AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 64 54 .542 _ Los Angeles 60 57 .513 3 ½ Texas 60 57 .513 3 ½ Seattle 55 64 .462 9 ½ A's 51 69 .425 14 CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 71 46 .607 _ Minnesota 59 59 .500 12 ½ Detroit 56 61 .479 15 Chicago 55 60 .478 15 Cleveland 55 62 .470 16 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB New York 65 52 .556 _ Toronto 65 54 .546 1 Baltimore 61 56 .521 4 Tampa Bay 58 59 .496 7 Boston 52 66 .441 13 ½ Sunday'sgames Toronto 3, N.Y. Yankees 1 Baltimore 18, A's 2 Seattle 10, Boston 8, 12 innings Chicago White Sox 3, Chicago Cubs 1 Minnesota 4, Cleveland 1 Houston 6, Detroit 5 Texas 5, Tampa Bay 3 Kansas City 4, L.A. Angels 3, 10 innings Monday'sgames N.Y. Yankees 8, Minnesota 7, 10 innings Baltimore 4, A's 2 Cleveland 8, Boston 2 Texas 4, Seattle 3 Tampa Bay at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p. m. Tuesday'sgames Minnesota (Pelfrey 6-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 4-9), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (deGrom 11-6) at Baltimore (Gausman 2-4), 4:05 p.m. Toronto (Dickey 7-10) at Philadelphia (Nola 3-1), 4:05 p.m. Cleveland (Bauer 9-9) at Boston (E.Rodriguez 6-5), 4:10 p.m. Kansas City (Volquez 11-7) at Cincinnati (R.Iglesias 3-4), 4:10 p.m. Detroit (An.Sanchez 10-10) at Chicago Cubs (Hammel 6-5), 5:05 p.m. Seattle (Iwakuma 4-2) at Texas (Ch. Gonzalez 2-4), 5:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 6-6) at Houston (Feldman 5-5), 5:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 6-9) at L.A. Angels (Richards 11-9), 7:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 10-6) at A's (Doubront 1-1), 7:05 p.m. Wednesday'sgames Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m. Seattle at Texas, 11:05 a.m. L.A. Dodgers at A's, 12:35 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Toronto at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Cleveland at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Kansas City at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Detroit at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Orioles4,Athletics2 Oakland Baltimore AB R H B AB R H B Fuld cf 3 0 0 0 MMchd 3b 3 0 1 0 Burns cf 1 0 0 0 GParra rf 4 0 1 0 Canha lf 4 1 2 1 A.Jones cf 4 0 0 0 Reddck rf 3 0 0 0 C.Davis 1b 3 1 0 0 Valenci 3b 4 1 1 1 Schoop 2b 4 1 2 0 Vogt c 1 0 0 0 Clevngr dh 4 1 1 3 BButler dh 4 0 0 0 JHardy ss 4 1 1 0 I.Davis 1b 2 0 0 0 Urrutia lf 4 0 0 0 Semien ss 3 0 0 0 Joseph c 4 0 1 1 Sogard 2b 3 0 0 0 Totals 28 2 3 2 34 4 7 4 Oakland 010 001 000 — 2 Baltimore 000 301 00x — 4 E: Sogard (6), Canha (3), Semien (31), Joseph (2);DP: Baltimore 2;LOB: Oak- land 4, Baltimore 8;2B: Joseph (14);HR: Ca nh a ( 9) , Va le nc ia ( 11) , C le ve ng er ( 1) . IP H R ER BB SO Oakland S.Gray L,12-552/3 7 4 1 2 5 Pomeranz 1 0 0 0 0 2 Scribner 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 Venditte 1 0 0 0 0 0 Baltimore Tillman W,9-7 7 3 2 2 3 3 O'Day 1 0 0 0 0 1 Britton S,29-311 0 0 0 1 0 Umpires: Home, Brian Knight, First, Vic Carapazza. Second, Adam Hamari. Third, Ron Kulpa. T: 2:35;A: 22,766 (45,971). Basketball WNBA WESTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Minnesota 18 7 .720 — Phoenix 15 9 .625 2½ Tulsa 11 14 .440 7 Sparks 8 16 .333 9½ San Antonio 7 18 .280 11 Seattle 7 19 .269 11½ EASTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 16 7 .696 — Indiana 14 9 .609 2 Washington 14 9 .609 2 Chicago 15 11 .577 2½ Connecticut 12 12 .500 4½ Atlanta 9 15 .375 7½ x-clinched playoff spot Sunday'sgames Atlanta 90, Connecticut 77 Washington 77, Minnesota 69 Sparks 76, Chicago 64 Indiana 75, Phoenix 63 Seattle 72, San Antonio 63 Monday'sgames No games scheduled Tuesday'sgames Phoenix at Tulsa, 5 p.m. Indiana at Sparks, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday'sgames New York at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Washington at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Soccer MAJORLEAGUESOCCER WESTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Los Angeles 12 7 7 43 44 31 Vancouver 13 9 3 42 37 26 Kansas City 11 4 7 40 37 25 Portland 11 8 6 39 26 28 FC Dallas 11 7 5 38 33 29 Seattle 11 12 2 35 30 27 Houston 8 9 7 31 30 30 San Jose 8 10 5 29 24 29 Salt Lake 7 10 8 29 27 38 Colorado 5 9 9 24 20 25 EASTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. United 13 8 5 44 35 29 New York 11 6 6 39 38 25 Columbus 9 8 7 34 38 39 New England 9 9 7 34 34 36 Toronto FC 9 10 4 31 37 41 Montreal 8 9 4 28 29 31 Orlando City 7 11 7 28 32 41 N.Y. City FC 7 11 6 27 34 37 Philadelphia 6 13 6 24 32 43 Chicago 6 12 5 23 27 34 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Thursday'sgames N.Y. City FC 3, D.C. United 1 Friday'sgames San Jose 1, Colorado 0 Saturday'sgames New York 3, Toronto FC 0 New England 2, Houston 0 Los Angeles 2, FC Dallas 1 Kansas City 4, Vancouver 3 Portland 1, Salt Lake 0 Sunday'sgames Seattle 4, Orlando City 0 Philadelphia 3, Chicago 3, tie Wednesday,Aug.19 N.Y. City FC at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. San Jose at Kansas City, 5:30 p.m. Friday,Aug.21 Houston at Portland, 8 p.m. Tennis WESTERN&SOUTHERN OPENRESULTS AU.S.OpenSeriesevent Monday At The Lindner Family Tennis Center Mason, Ohio Purse: Men, $3.83 million (Masters 1000);Women,$2.4million(Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN FirstRound Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, def. Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-2. Mardy Fish, United States, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-2, 6-2. Ivo Karlovic, Serbia, def. Gilles Simon (10), France, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3. Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-3. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, def. Denis Kudla, United States, 6-4, 6-3. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, def. Gael Mon- fils (14), France, 6-4, 7-5. Benoit Paire, France, def. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6). Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. Adrian Man- narino, France, 6-3, 6-3. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 6-3, 6-4. Jack Sock, United States, def. Bjorn Fratangelo, United States, 6-1, 6-1. Jared Donaldson, United States, leads Nicolas Mahut, France, 7-5, 6-7 (2), 4-1, susp., rain David Goffin (13), Belgium, def. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4. Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, def. Fabio Fognini, Italy, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. WOMEN FirstRound Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, def. Madison Brengle, United States, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Karin Knapp, Italy, def. Ana Konjuh, Croatia, 7-5, 6-1. Coco Vandeweghe, United States, def. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-2. Venus Williams, United States, def. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, 7-6 (6), 6-4. Timea Babos, Hungary, def. Sam Stosur, Australia, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 7-5. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, def. Garbine Muguruza (9), Spain, 6-4, 7-6 (0). Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (6). Madison Keys, United States, def. Timea Bacsinszky (12), Switzerland, 6-4, 6-3. Andrea Petkovic (15), Germany, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, 6-4, 6-2. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, def. Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, 7-5, 3-6, 6-1. Odds PREGAME.COMLINE Tuesday MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Pittsburgh -200/+180 Arizona at Milwaukee -145/+135 Miami at St. Louis -142/+132 San Francisco Washington -147/+137 at Colorado at San Diego -165/+155 Atlanta AMERICANLEAGUE at New York -160/+150 Minnesota at Boston -120/+110 Cleveland Seattle -121/+111 at Texas at Houston -120/+110 Tampa Bay at Los Angeles -165/+155 Chicago INTERLEAGUE Toronto -170/+160 at Philadelphia NY Mets -118/+108 at Baltimore Kansas City -115/+105 at Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs-165/+155 Detroit LA Dodgers -210/+190 at Oakland NFLPreseason Thursday Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog at Washington 2½ (40) Detroit at Cleveland 2½ (40) Buffalo Friday at Ny Jets 1½ (39) Atlanta Seattle PK (40½) at Kansas City Saturday at Carolina 1 (40) Miami at Philadelphia 3½ (44½) Baltimore at Indianapolis 3 (41) Chicago at New Orleans 1 (43) New England at Ny Giants 3 (40½) Jacksonville at Houston 3½ (41) Denver at Minnesota 5 (39½) Oakland at Arizona 2½ (40) San Diego Sunday at Pittsburgh 2½ (41½) Green Bay at San Fran. 3½ (40½) Dallas at Tennessee 1 (38) St. Louis Monday at Tampa Bay 2 (40) Cincinnati Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague BostonRedSox: Recalled RHPs Matt Barnes and Heath Hembree from Paw- tucket (IL). Optioned OF-INF Garin Cec- chini and RHP Ryan Cook to Pawtucket. NewYorkYankees: Sent RHP Michael Pineda to Trenton (EL) for a rehab as- signment. SeattleMariners: Recalled LHP Edgar Olmos from Tacoma (PCL). Optioned LHP Rob Rasmussen. TorontoBlueJays: Optioned LHP Aaron Loup and RHP Drew Hutchison to Buf- falo (IL). Recalled INF Matt Hague from Buffalo. NationalLeague ArizonaDiamondbacks: Activated RHP Randall Delgado off the 15-day DL. Optioned INF-OF Jamie Romak to Reno (PCL). ColoradoRockies: Optioned LHP Ken Roberts to Albuquerque (PCL). FloridaMarlins: Placed RHP David Phelps on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of RHP Erik Cordier from New Orleans (PCL). LosAngelesDodgers: Named Ron Roe- nicke third base coach. SanDiegoPadres: Announced INF Taylor Lindsey cleared outright waivers and was sent to San Antonio (Texas). SanFranciscoGiants: Activated C An- drew Susac from 15-day DL. Optioned C Hector Sanchez to Sacramento (PCL). St.LouisCardinals: Placed OF Randal Grichuk on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Tommy Pham from Memphis (PCL). AmericanAssociation GarySouthshoreRailcats: Traded OF Drew Martinez, INF Daniel Pulfer, INF Roger Bernal and a player to be named to Laredo for INF Dustin Geiger, INF Jarred Mederos, LHP Alex Gunn, two players to be named and cash. Traded INF Ryan Brockett to Schaumburg (FL) for INF Spencer Mahoney. JoplinBlasters: Signed RHP Steven Chapter and INF Aaron Brill. Released RHP Matt Parish. LaredoLemurs: Signed INF Travis Denker. Traded OF D'vontrey Richardson to New Jersey (Can-Am) for a player to be named. SiouxFallsCanaries: Traded C Tyler Shover to Normal (FL) to complete an earlier trade. AtlanticLeague SugarLandSkeeters: Sold the contract of RHP Derek Blacksher to Toronto (AL). FrontierLeague EvansvilleOtters: Released OF Jeremy Nowak. Signed 3B Anthony Renz. FlorenceFreedom: Traded C Matt Rubino to Sonoma (Pacific Association) for C Isaac Wenrich. Signed C Isaac Wenrich. FrontierGreys: Signed RHP Liam O'sullivan. Released LHP Ladgie Zotyka. JolietSlammers: Released 1B Carlos Lopez. NormalCornbelters: Released RHP Rob Blanc and OF Aaron Wright. SchaumburgBoomers: Signed INF Con- nor Walsh. SouthernIllinoisMiners: Signed OF Marquis Riley. WashingtonWildThings: Traded LHP Tim Flight to Southern Illinois for RHP Jon Klein and a player to be named. Signed LHP Scott Silverstein and C Eddie Sordono. Released RHP Jacob Westerhouse. WindyCityThunderbolts: Signed INF Nico Zych. Released INF Marquis Riley. BASKETBALL NationalBasketballAssociation ChicagoBulls: Named Toni Kukoc special adviser to the team president. MilwaukeeBucks: Signed F Marcus Landry. UtahJazz: Signed G-F Treveon Graham. FOOTBALL NationalFootballLeague ArizonaCardinals: Agreed to terms with RB Chris Johnson on a one-year con- tract. Waived-injured S Brandon Person. BuffaloBills: Released CB Lavelle West- brooks. Signed CB Ellis Lankster. GreenBayPackers: Released WR Adrian Coxson. HoustonTexans: Activated Lbs Jadeveon Clowney and Akeem Dent from the PUP list. IndianapolisColts: Signed LB Nicklas Haag. Waived-injured LB Cody Galea. SeattleSeahawks: Released LB Dakorey Johnson and DT Jimmy Staten. Signed Dbs Jeremy Crayton and Keelan Johnson. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2015 2 B