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He's had three rounds in the 80s, his best finish was a tie for 17th at the Mas- ters and his best week came at The Greenbrier Classic where he finished just six shots out of the lead. He's eager to test his game on the Donald Ross- designed course at Sedge- field Country Club that puts a premium on strong iron play and features fast, undulating Bermuda grass greens that Woods is trying to quickly figure out. During a soggy pro-am, though, the course played a bit differently with more, well, woods. "It's going to be a lot of irons off the tee, but it wasn't the case because it's so wet," Woods said. "Balls are plugging. Lot of mud balls out there." The Wyndham has rel- ished its spot as the last chance for the four's bub- ble players to force their way into the FedEx Cup playoffs, which begin next week at The Barclays in New Jersey. Woods — who's at No. 187 on the points list — is pretty far from the bub- ble. Only the top 125 play- ers will make it to The Bar- clays, which means he prob- ably needs a victory in his first visit here. Recent history seems to be against him: Last year, only one player outside the top 125 — Sang-Moon Bae — earned enough points here to move into the play- offs. A 14th-place tie helped him jump from No. 126 to No. 120. The year before, nobody did it. "If I don't win this event," Woods said, "I'll have my offseason early." Also on the bubble: Luke Donald is 124th, followed by Charl Schwartzel, Scott Langley, Seung-Yul Noh, S.J. Park and last year's winner, Camilo Villegas. The top 125 in the stand- ings also will earn 2015-16 tour cards. "There's so much to play for," said Webb Simpson, the 2011 winner who's safely at No. 49 on the points list. "It's definitely on guys' minds, I think." This would rank as one of the best fields in the 76- year history of the tourna- ment even if Woods hadn't made his last-minute deci- sion to play Sedgefield. Adam Scott joins Woods as two of the six former world No. 1 ranked players in the field. Until Woods' late entry, Scott was argu- ably the biggest attraction for the event. He also was in a pro-am foursome that was imme- diately behind the one with Woods and Paul, and with so much of the gallery fol- lowing them, Scott could go through his round in relative anonymity. Woods FROMPAGE1 cuss the negotiations pub- licly. If there is no deal, the Manhattan judge has said he hopes to rule by Sept. 4, six days before the Patriots host the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL's season-open- ing game. Neither Brady nor NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was in court Wednesday. Brady returned to his team after participat- ing in negotiations along with Goodell and lawyers on both sides a day earlier. Berman ordered Brady and Goodell to return to court if they can't settle, scheduling a tentative Aug. 31 hearing. The league announced in May that it was suspend- ing Brady over allegations he conspired with two Pa- triots equipment employees to deflate footballs below what league rules allow, to give him a competitive edge in New England's victory over the Indianapolis Colts in January's AFC champi- onship game. Goodell, who by contract with the play- ers' union can act as an ar- bitrator for labor disputes, upheld the suspension, touching off the legal battle. During more than two hours of arguments by at- torneys, the judge noted other arbitration decisions have been rejected when a key witness was not al- lowed to testify as he asked why NFL Executive Vice President Jeff Pash — who worked on the NFL investi- gation — could not be ques- tioned by union lawyers during the suspension's ap- peal. Arbitration proceedings, while more relaxed than court proceedings, are still required to follow due pro- cess rules to ensure fair- ness, Berman said. "You have to allow some- one to make their case by calling witnesses," he said. Berman also suggested that the league's find- ing that Brady was gener- ally aware that game balls were being deflated was too vague, noting that any ref- erence to the Jan. 18 game against the Colts was "con- spicuously absent" in a re- port on an NFL investiga- tion that the league used as a basis for the suspension. Brady FROM PAGE 1 challenge. "I lost my job last year because I got tired," Chavez said. At 6-foot-2 and 160 pounds, he has trouble keeping weight on, but he's dedicated this sea- son to retaining as much strength as possible for this time of the season. "I don't want anybody to think I can't last." Two starts ago he threw seven innings and gave up one run to beat the As- tros, the American League West leader. He took a beating, like everyone did on the A's 0-7 road trip, but pitted against the Na- tional League West-lead- ing Dodgers, Chavez was simply dominant. As impressive as any- thing was the fact that his best pitch, his cut- ter, was off. So he went to augment his fastball with a slider, changeup and curve. The Los Ange- les hitters, mostly looking for the cutter, couldn't ad- just quickly enough. Now the A's have sand- wiched that seven-game road losing streak around a five-game home winning streak, sweeping two first- place teams, the Astros Aug. 7-9 and the Dodgers Tuesday and Wednesday. As part of that, Chavez has thrown two games as good as any in his first two months of the season, when he was listed among AL ERA leaders (2.11 on May 31). "Jesse was pretty good," manager Bob Melvin said. "We haven't given him much run support this year, so to add on runs at the end was nice. It was one of his better games of the year against a lineup that is tough to navi- gate through. "He's on a mission to prove (talk about his lack of dura- bility) wrong. He had a tough stretch, then got a bit invigorated with the All-Star break. He really wants to get in a good full season where he doesn't wear down. He's very aware of what's happened in the past. He's doing ev- erything he can to com- bat that." The A's rotation for next year past Sonny Gray is a bit of a question mark. At times this year, rook- ies Kendall Graveman, Chris Bassitt and Aaron Brooks have pitched well, as had currently disabled second-year man Jesse Hahn. Journeyman Felix Doubront is a 2016 pos- sibility, too. And the A's can only hope that two men who were supposed to pitch this year after 2013 Tommy John surger- ies, A.J. Griffin and Jar- rod Parker, will be healthy enough to be in the mix before general manager Billy Beane does his an- nual winter roster re- make. What Chavez knows is that he wants to be one of the five. Sweep FROM PAGE 1 By Jimmy Durkin BayAreaNewsGroup NAPA The Oakland Raid- ers' wide receiver depth may be tested at the start of the season. Andre Holmes, the Raid- ers' leading receiver last year, has a fractured hand that will sideline him 3-4 weeks, according to a re- port from ESPN's Adam Schefter. The Raiders didn't con- firm the report, and coach Jack Del Rio did not meet with the media Wednesday. Holmes seemed to injure himself when he was taken to the ground by Dexter McDonald after catching a pass during team drills in Sunday's practice. He left the field shortly after. While Holmes paced Oakland with 693 receiving yards last season, he figures to be no higher than the No. 3 option this season and is fighting Rod Streater and Kenbrell Thompkins for that role. Determining the final roster spots at receiver could be among the tough- est choices for Del Rio and general manager Reggie McKenzie, even if Holmes' absence temporarily de- creases the depth. Brice Butler, who played in 15 games last season, had six catches and a touch- down in the exhibition opener against the St. Louis Rams. Seth Roberts, a prac- tice squad player last year, caught four passes and has had a nice camp. "It's a battle," quarter- back Derek Carr said of the receiving corps, "and it's going to be up to the coaches and Mr. McKenzie to decide who fits where and what they want." Del Rio, who has made it a policy to not disclose any information about in- juries, denied Tuesday that Holmes' absence from prac- tice was related. "I don't know that any- thing directly from that fall is causing anything," Del Rio said of Holmes. "He's a guy that will bounce back in short order." RAIDERS TRAINING CAMP WR Holmes out for 3-4 weeks Brandon Crawford drove in his 75th run with a line sin- gle to left that scored Matt Duffy in the sixth. The Giants then took the lead in the top of the sev- enth. Perez reached on an infield single, was sacri- ficed to second by Cain, and scored ona singleto right by rookie infielder Kelby Tom- linson, who made his first startintheleadoffspot.That lead was short-lived, how- ever. Tommy Pham opened the bottom of the seventh against reliever Josh Osich with a single to right, and Brandon Moss also reached on an infield hit to the right side.PeterBourjossacrificed the runners over, and on a ground ball to second base by Matt Carpenter with the infield in, Pham beat Tom- linson's throw to the plate to tie the score. Nori Aoki will definitely come off the disabled list for Thursday's four-game series opener in Pittsburgh. As for pitcher Mike Leake, still re- covering from hamstring tightness, Bochy said, "I see him pitching in Pittsburgh." Joe Panik is starting some throwing and run- ning while rehabbing in Arizona, but he still hasn't hit yet, and it's unlikely he'll rejoin the Giants be- fore Sept. 1. There was more encouraging news on Angel Pagan — Bochy said the outfielder's right knee is much improved and he'll almost certainly come off the D.L. next Tuesday as scheduled. Giants FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Los Angeles 67 53 .558 _ Giants 65 55 .542 2 San Diego 59 62 .488 8 ½ Arizona 58 61 .487 8 ½ Colorado 48 70 .407 18 CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 77 43 .642 _ Pittsburgh 71 47 .602 5 Chicago 67 50 .573 8 ½ Cincinnati 51 66 .436 24 ½ Milwaukee 52 70 .426 26 EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB New York 64 56 .533 _ Washington 60 59 .504 3 ½ Atlanta 53 67 .442 11 Miami 49 71 .408 15 Philadelphia 47 73 .392 17 Tuesday'sgames Pittsburgh 9, Arizona 8, 15 innings N.Y. Mets 5, Baltimore 3 Toronto 8, Philadelphia 5 Kansas City 3, Cincinnati 1, 13 innings Detroit 10, Chicago Cubs 8 Miami 9, Milwaukee 6 Giants 2, St. Louis 0 Washington 15, Colorado 6 A's 5, L.A. Dodgers 4, 10 innings San Diego 9, Atlanta 0 Wednesday'sgames Milwaukee 8, Miami 7 A's 5, L.A. Dodgers 2 San Diego 3, Atlanta 2 Pittsburgh 4, Arizona 1 Baltimore 5, N.Y. Mets 4 Philadelphia 7, Toronto 4 St. Louis 4, Giants 3 Washington 4, Colorado 1 Kansas City at Cincinnati, (n.) Detroit at Chicago Cubs, (n.) Thursday'sgames Giants (Peavy 3-5) at Pittsburgh (Mor- ton 7-4), 4:05 p.m. Arizona (Corbin 3-3) at Cincinnati (Jo. Lamb 0-1), 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia (J.Williams 4-8) at Miami (B.Hand 2-3), 4:10 p.m. Atlanta (Foltynewicz 4-4) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 14-6), 5:05 p.m. Washington (Scherzer 11-9) at Colorado (Flande 2-1), 5:40 p.m. Cardinals4,Giants3 SanFran St.Louis AB R H B AB R H B Tmlnsn 2b 4 0 2 1 MCrpnt 3b 4 0 0 1 MDuffy 3b 4 1 1 0 Pisctty rf 4 1 1 1 Belt lf 3 0 0 0 JhPerlt ss 4 1 1 0 Posey 1b 4 0 1 0 Molina c 4 1 3 2 BCrwfr ss 3 1 2 1 Rynlds 1b 3 0 1 0 Susac c 4 0 1 0 Wong 2b 4 0 1 0 Maxwll rf 3 0 0 0 Pham cf-lf 3 1 1 0 GBlanc ph 1 0 0 0 Moss lf 3 0 1 0 J.Perez cf 3 1 1 0 Siegrist p 0 0 0 0 M.Cain p 1 0 0 1 Kozma ph 0 0 0 0 Osich p 0 0 0 0 Heywrd ph 1 0 0 0 Strckln p 0 0 0 0 Rosnthl p 0 0 0 0 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 JaiGrc p 2 0 0 0 Kontos p 0 0 0 0 Cishek p 0 0 0 0 Bmgrn ph 1 0 0 0 Brjos ph-cf 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 3 8 3 32 4 9 4 SanFran 000 011 100 — 3 St.Louis 101 000 11x — 4 DP: St. Louis 1. LOB: San Francisco 6, St. Louis 7. 2B: Jh.Peralta (24). HR: Piscotty (2), Molina (4). SB: Belt (8). CS: Tomlin- son (1). S: M.Cain, Bourjos. SF: M.Cain. IP H R ER BB SO SanFrancisco M.Cain 6 6 2 2 1 6 Osich 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 Strcklnd L,2-3 1 1 1 1 0 1 Lopez 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 Kontos 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 St.Louis Jai.Garcia 61/3 7 3 3 1 5 Cishek 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 Sgrist W,5-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Rsntl S,38-40 1 0 0 0 0 2 HBP: by Jai.Garcia (B.Crawford). Umpires: Home, Mike Everitt, First, David Rackley. Second, Bob Davidson. Third, Hunter Wendelstedt. T: 2:54;A: 40,278 (45,399). AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 65 55 .542 _ Los Angeles 62 57 .521 2 ½ Texas 61 58 .513 3 ½ Seattle 56 65 .463 9 ½ A's 53 69 .434 13 CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 72 46 .610 _ Minnesota 59 61 .492 14 Detroit 57 61 .483 15 Chicago 55 62 .470 16 ½ Cleveland 55 64 .462 17 ½ EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB New York 67 52 .563 _ Toronto 66 55 .545 2 Baltimore 62 57 .521 5 Tampa Bay 59 60 .496 8 Boston 54 66 .450 13 ½ Tuesday'sgames N.Y. Yankees 8, Minnesota 4 N.Y. Mets 5, Baltimore 3 Toronto 8, Philadelphia 5 Boston 9, Cleveland 1 Kansas City 3, Cincinnati 1, 13 innings Detroit 10, Chicago Cubs 8 Seattle 3, Texas 2 Houston 3, Tampa Bay 2, 10 innings L.A. Angels 5, Chicago White Sox 3 A's 5, L.A. Dodgers 4, 10 innings Wednesday'sgames N.Y. Yankees 4, Minnesota 3 Texas 7, Seattle 2 A's 5, L.A. Dodgers 2 Baltimore 5, N.Y. Mets 4 Philadelphia 7, Toronto 4 Boston 6, Cleveland 4 Kansas City at Cincinnati, (n.) Detroit at Chicago Cubs, (n.) Tampa Bay at Houston, (n.) Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, (n.) Thursday'sgames Cleveland (Tomlin 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 5-4), 4:05 p.m. Minnesota (Duffey 1-1) at Baltimore (Mi. Gonzalez 9-8), 4:05 p.m. Texas (M.Perez 1-2) at Detroit (Simon 10-7), 4:08 p.m. Kansas City (D.Duffy 6-5) at Boston (Miley 9-9), 4:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Archer 10-9) at Houston (McHugh 13-6), 5:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Quintana 6-10) at L.A. Angels (Tropeano 1-1), 7:05 p.m. Athletics5,Dodgers2 LosAngeles Oakland AB R H B AB R H B JRollns ss 4 1 1 2 Burns cf 4 3 3 1 Crwfrd lf 4 0 0 0 Canha 1b 3 0 2 0 AGnzlz 1b 4 0 0 0 Valenci 3b 4 0 0 1 JuTrnr 3b 3 0 0 0 Phegly c 2 0 0 0 Ethier rf 3 0 0 0 Vogt ph-c 0 0 0 1 Grandl c 3 0 0 0 Smlnsk lf 4 0 1 1 VnSlyk dh 2 0 0 0 Fuld pr-lf 0 0 0 0 Cllsp ph-dh 1 0 0 0 BButler dh 2 0 0 0 Pedrsn cf 2 1 0 0 Reddck rf 3 0 0 0 KHrndz 2b 3 0 1 0 Semien ss 3 0 0 0 Sogard 2b 3 2 2 0 Totals 29 2 2 2 28 5 8 4 LosAngeles 002 000 000 — 2 Oakland 100 002 02x — 5 DP: Los Angeles 3;LOB: Los Angeles 2, Oakland 4;2B: K.Hernandez (11), Burns (13), Smolinski (2);HR: J.Rollins (12); SF: Vogt. IP H R ER BB SO LosAngeles Wood L,8-852/3 5 3 3 3 1 Hatcher 11/3 0 0 0 0 0 Ji.Johnson 1/3 2 2 2 1 1 Avilan 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 Baez 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 Oakland Chvez W,7-12 8 2 2 2 2 6 Pmrnz S,2-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Umpires: Home, Tim Timmons, First, Tim Welke. Second, Chris Segal. Third, Todd Tichenor. T: 2:34;A: 26,122 (35,067). Football NFLPRESEASON 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. Tennis WESTERN&SOUTHERNOPEN RESULTS AU.S.OpenSeriesevent Wednesday At The Lindner Family Tennis Center Mason, Ohio Purse: Men, $3.83 million (Masters 1000);Women,$2.4million(Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN SecondRound Stan Wawrinka (5), Switzerland, def. Borna Coric, Croatia, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Richard Gasquet (12), France, def. Tha- nasi Kokkinakis, Australia, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, def. Jared Don- aldson, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (4). David Goffin (13), Belgium, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Tommy Robredo, Spain, def. Sam Quer- rey, United States, 6-1, 5-7, 6-3. Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Benoit Paire, France, 7-5, 6-2. Kevin Anderson (15), South Africa, def. Jack Sock, United States, 6-3, 7-6 (7). WOMEN SecondRound Simona Halep (3), Romania, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, 7-5, 5-7, 6-4. Karin Knapp, Italy, def. Daria Gavrilova, Russia, 6-4, 6-1. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, def. Madison Keys, United States, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Karolina Pliskova (8), Czech Republic, def. Timea Babos, Hungary, 6-4, 7-5. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 7-5, 6-3. Lucie Safarova (7), Czech Republic, def. Coco Vandeweghe, United States, 6-4, 7-5. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, def. Flavia Pennetta, Italy, 6-1, 6-4. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croatia, 7-5, 6-4. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, def. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, 6-1, 6-3. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, Slovakia, def. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, 6-1, 6-3. Sloane Stephens, United States, def. Mona Barthel, Germany, 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, def. Caroline Wozniacki (5), Denmark, 6-0. 6-4. Elina Svitolina (14), Ukraine, def. Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, 7-6 (6), 7-5. Caroline Garcia, France, def. Petra Kvi- tova (4), Czech Republic, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2. Doubles MEN FirstRound Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, def. Eric Bu- torac, and Scott Lipsky, United States, 3-6, 7-5, 11-9. WOMEN SecondRound Chung Chia-jung and Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, def. Raquel Kops-Jones, United States, and Anastasia Rodionova (5), Australia, 6-1, 3-6, 10-7. Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Sania Mirza (1), India, def. Julia Goerges, Ger- many, and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik, Poland, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Timea Babos, Hungary, and Kristina Mladenovic (2), France, def. Karin Knapp and Roberta Vinci, Italy, 6-2, 3-6, 10-7. Basketball WNBA WESTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Minnesota 18 8 .692 — Phoenix 15 10 .600 2½ Tulsa 12 14 .462 6 Sparks 8 17 .320 9½ San Antonio 7 19 .269 11 Seattle 7 19 .269 11 EASTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 17 7 .708 — Indiana 15 9 .625 2 Washington 15 9 .625 2 Chicago 15 11 .577 3 Connecticut 12 12 .500 5 Atlanta 9 15 .375 8 x-clinched playoff spot Tuesday'sgames Tulsa 74, Phoenix 59 Indiana 79, Sparks 68 Wednesday'sgames New York 73, San Antonio 45 Washington 79, Minnesota 61 Thursday'sgames No games scheduled Friday'sgames Atlanta at New York, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Connecticut at Tulsa, 5 p.m. Washington at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Indiana at Seattle, 7 p.m. Sparks at Phoenix, 7 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 5 7 40 37 30 Portland 11 8 6 39 26 28 FC Dallas 11 7 5 38 33 29 Seattle 11 12 2 35 30 27 San Jose 9 10 5 32 29 29 Houston 8 9 7 31 30 30 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 8 35 40 41 New England 9 9 7 34 34 36 Toronto FC 9 10 4 31 37 41 Montreal 8 9 4 28 29 31 N.Y. City FC 7 11 7 28 36 39 Orlando City 7 11 7 28 32 41 Philadelphia 6 13 6 24 32 43 Chicago 6 12 5 23 27 34 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday'sgames Columbus 2, N.Y. City FC 2, tie San Jose 5, Kansas City 0 Friday'sgames Houston at Portland, 8 p.m. Saturday'sgames Orlando City at Toronto FC, 1 p.m. San Jose at D.C. United, 4 p.m. Kansas City at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Montreal, 5 p.m. Colorado at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Seattle at Salt Lake, 7 p.m. FC Dallas at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Motorsports NASCARSPRINTCUPPOINTS LEADERS ThroughAug.16 1. Kevin Harvick, 866. 2. Joey Logano, 818. 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 784. 4. Martin Truex Jr., 755. 5. Brad Keselowski, 754. 6. Jimmie Johnson, 752. 7. Matt Kenseth, 751. 8. Kurt Busch, 683. 9. Denny Hamlin, 670. 10. Jamie McMurray, 663. 11. Paul Menard, 654. 12. Ryan Newman, 649. 13. Jeff Gordon, 648. 14. Carl Edwards, 628. 15. Clint Bowyer, 616. 16. Aric Almirola, 593. 17. Kasey Kahne, 590. 18. Greg Biffle, 553. 19. Kyle Larson, 548. 20. Austin Dillon, 533. 21 . D an ic a P at ri ck , 5 08 . 22. AJ Allmendinger, 497. 23. Casey Mears, 495. 24. David Ragan, 487. 25. Sam Hornish Jr., 450. 26. Tony Stewart, 441. 27. Trevor Bayne, 414. 28. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 411. 29. Kyle Busch, 395. 30. Justin Allgaier, 377. 31. Cole Whitt, 372. 32. David Gilliland, 354. 33. Alex Bowman, 292. 34. Brett Moffitt, 289. 35. Michael Annett, 270. 36. Matt DiBenedetto, 252. 37. Josh Wise, 193. 38. Michael McDowell, 148. 39. Jeb Burton, 136. 40 . A lex K enne dy , 9 3. 41. Reed Sorenson, 41. 42. Bobby Labonte, 39. 43. Brian Vickers, 32. 44. Michael Waltrip, 26. 45. Mike Wallace, 8. 46. Eddie MacDonald, 7. 47. Will Kimmel, 6. 48. Ron Hornaday Jr., 2. Golf WORLDGOLFRANKING 1. Jordan Spieth USA 12.47 2. Rory McIlroy NIR 12.25 3. Jason Day AUS 9.40 4. Bubba Watson USA 8.25 5. Justin Rose ENG 7.17 6. Jim Furyk USA 6.90 7. Dustin Johnson USA 6.79 8. Rickie Fowler USA 6.76 9. Henrik Stenson SWE 6.03 10. Sergio Garcia ESP 5.48 11. Zach Johnson USA 4.89 12. Adam Scott AUS 4.88 13. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 4.79 14. Jimmy Walker USA 4.62 15. Matt Kuchar USA 4.44 16. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 4.27 17. Brooks Koepka USA 4.23 18. Patrick Reed USA 4.09 19. J.B. Holmes USA 4.05 20. Branden Grace SAF 3.95 21. Martin Kaymer GER 3.91 22. Shane Lowry IRL 3.78 23. Billy Horschel USA 3.75 24. Phil Mickelson USA 3.71 25. Chris Kirk USA 3.64 26. Danny Willett ENG 3.62 27. Paul Casey ENG 3.29 28. Brandt Snedeker USA 3.28 29. Bernd Wiesberger AUT 3.27 30. Bill Haas USA 3.17 Odds PREGAME.COMLINE Thursday MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Pittsburgh -124/+114 San Francisco Arizona -133/+123 at Cincinnati at Miami -145/+135 Philadelphia at Chicago -270/+240 Atlanta Washington -185/+170 at Colorado AMERICANLEAGUE at New York -165/+155 Cleveland at Detroit -105/-105 Texas at Baltimore -146/+136 Minnesota at Boston -109/-101 Kansas City at Houston -107/-103 Tampa Bay at Los Angeles OFF Chicago NFLPreseason Thursday Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog at Washington 2½ (40) Detroit at Cleveland 3 (40) Buffalo Friday at Ny Jets 1 (39) Atlanta at Kansas City 3 (40½) Seattle Saturday at Carolina PK (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 3 (41) Denver at Minnesota 5 (39) Oakland at Arizona 2½ (39½) San Diego Sunday at Pittsburgh 2½ (41) Green Bay at 49ers 3½ (40½) Dallas at Tennessee 1½ (38½) St. Louis Monday at Tampa Bay 2 (40) Cincinnati Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague BostonRedSox: Released RHP Justin Masterson. DetroitTigers: Optioned 3B Jefry Marte to Toledo (IL). Recalled RHP Drew VerHa- gen from Toledo. MinnesotaTwins: Placed OF Aaron Hicks on the 15-day DL. OaklandAthletics: Recalled OF Jake Smolinski from Nashville (PCL). Placed 1B Ike Davis on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to Aug. 18. TampaBayRays: Optioned LHP Enny Romero to Durham (IL). Recalled RHP Matt Andriese from Durham. TexasRangers: Activated LHP Derek Holland from 60-day DL. Recalled INF Hanser Alberto from Round Rock (PCL). Designated INF Adam Rosales for assignment. Optioned RHPs Chi Chi Gonzalez and Tanner Scheppers to Round Rock. NationalLeague ArizonaDiamondbacks: Recalled RHP Zack Godley from Mobile (SL). Optioned RHP Chase Anderson to Reno (PCL). AtlantaBraves: Optioned OF Joey Ter- doslavich to Gwinnett (IL). Activated 1B Freddie Freeman from the 15-day DL. CincinnatiReds: Placed CF Billy Hamil- ton on the 15-day DL. Transferred RHP Nate Adcock from the 15- to the 60-day DL. Optioned RHP Dylan Axelrod to Louisville (IL). Recalled Brennan Boesch OF from Louisville. Selected the contract of RHP Sam LeCure from Louisville. ColoradoRockies: Placed C Michael McKenry on the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of C Dustin Garneau from Albuquerque (PCL). NewYorkMets: Released OF Cesar Puello. PhiladelphiaPhillies: Traded 2B Chase Utley to the Los Angeles Dodgers for OF Darnell Sweeney and RHP John Richy. PittsburghPirates: Selected the con- tract of RHP Josh Wall from Indianapolis (IL). Designated INF Pedro Florimon for assignment. SanDiegoPadres: Selected the contract OF Travis Jankowski from Triple-A El Paso (PCL). FOOTBALL NationalFootballLeague ArizonaCardinals: Released LB Darryl Sharpton. BuffaloBills: Signed DL Red Bryant and RB Cierre Wood. CincinnatiBengals: Signed WR Michael Bennett. Waived TE Jake Murphy. HoustonTexans: Signed S Quintin Demps and DE Fili Moala. Waived DE Jasper Coleman. Waived/injured TE Mike McFarland. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2015 2 B