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ished less than a month ago. But the Kenyan-born Froome, who appears to handle even the intense Mediterranean heat bet- ter than most of the home- grown riders, will have the major psychological advan- tage built upon his domi- nant display at the French race, where he obliterated the field during an early mountain stage at La Pierre-Saint-Martin in the Pyrenees near the Spanish border. "I have great mem- ories from this race so I'm pleased to be back," Froome said. "I've had a good rest after the Tour and now I'm ready for my next challenge." Thequietman Froome is not the only rider eager to remove the label of second best. Nairo Quintana has fin- ishedsecondbehindFroome in both of the Briton's Tour wins— at 1 minute, 12 sec- onds behind this summer— making the Colombian climbing expert the lead- ing candidate to challenge Froome at the Vuelta. Quintana was also among the favorites enter- ing last year's Vuelta, but a pair of crashes knocked him out of the race with a broken shoulder. With the 2014 Giro ti- tle, Quintana has already proven to be among the very best with his impas- sive demeanor and always- in-control uphill pace. But to beat Froome, he may have to find an explosive edge and take more risks. The other candidates Vincenzo Nibali will be eager to bounce back from a Tour that saw the Italian finish in fourth place, but more than 8 minutes off Froome's pace. Nibali won the Vuelta in 2010 before also claiming the Giro in 2013 and the Tour in 2014. Cycling FROMPAGE1 bunches of birdies after morning showers softened the fairways and greens. "When it's like this," Woods said, "you've got to throw darts and go low." And while Compton and McGirt threatened the tournament record, the clear story of the day was Woods. That low score couldn't have come at a better time for the biggest name in the sport. He set the tone by holing a 54-foot chip shot on his first hole, the par-4 10th, for the first of his seven birdies. "Finally," he said, "I got somethingoutofmyround." Woods arrived insisting he was playing better than his recent results might in- dicate. He had missed the cut in three straight majors and had not finished bet- ter than a tie for 17th at the Masters. He's at No. 187 on the FedEx Cup points list and probably needs a win to move into the top 125 and earn a playoff spot. Yet he said after last week's early exit from the PGA Championship that those results belied the im- provement he was making in his game. "I know it's crazy to say, but I wasn't playing that poorly at PGA," Woods said. "Any borderline shot (at Whistling Straits) I never got away with it, and that's the way it goes. I felt like I was hitting the ball good enough and just kept progressing, and today was just a continuation of it." Especially on that first hole. His shot from the left side of the green landed about 8 feet from the cup and rolled in. Golf FROM PAGE 1 riences that Carr will face this season. "He's been here to help and here to compete every day," Carr said. "I think we've played 30 to 40 games of ping pong, com- peting against each other. Those are good things. It's not like we're going to go our separate ways and not help each other. During the games, he's there to ask questions, if I ask him about a cornerback, he'll say, 'Yeah, he did this.' It's very easy for us to have a conversation. We get along great and I love having him." Ponder's star fell quickly in Minnesota after arriv- ing with such promise af- ter his college career at Florida State. He started the final 10 games his rookie season before hold- ing the job for all of the 2012 campaign. He threw for 2,935 yards with 18 touchdowns, 12 in- terceptions and an 81.2 passer rating his second season as the Vikings made it to the playoffs behind Adrian Peterson's 2,097- yard rushing season. Ponder missed the play- off loss to Green Bay with an elbow injury and then lost his job the following year when he threw seven TD passes and nine inter- ceptions in nine games. Ponder fell to third string last year, making just one start. "Obviously Christian wanted to get out there every Sunday and be the franchise quarterback ev- eryone expected him to be when he came here, but with that being said, there isn't a better professional out there than Christian," said Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph, one of Ponder's closest friends on the team. "He goes about his busi- ness, he takes care of his work and he prepares each and every day as if he's the starter on Sunday. Chris- tian will be around this league for a long time be- cause of that, and he'll have plenty of opportunities to be on his teams because of his work ethic and the way he prepares himself." Ponder became a free agent after the season and knew he needed to find a new home. He quickly ended up in Oakland, where he was reunited with offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave, who had that same position for Pon- der's first three years with the Vikings. Raiders FROM PAGE 1 By Cam Inman BayAreaNewsGroup SANTA CLARA Three weeks into San Francisco 49ers training camp, and 10 distant months since leaving Australian rugby- league stardom, Jarryd Hayne has gained a sense of belonging among his NFL peers. Anyone who saw his de- but in Saturday's exhibi- tion opener might agree. But even before Hayne broke out with a 53-yard run and opened more eyes later as a return special- ist, he already was emerg- ing as the 49ers' feel-good story in this drama-filled year. "I'm thrilled and excited and pumped for him," Ron- nie Lott said from the Pro Football Hall of Fame fes- tivities earlier this month. "We've seen guys who have never played certain posi- tions make it. He has a shot." Hayne is relishing his attempt to make it on the 49ers. America loves an underdog, and 49ers teammates are embracing this one from Australia, who they've bonded with since his April arrival and throughout this camp's grind. "That's probably the best thing. Everyone's al- ways around each other," Hayne said. "We're playing FIFA (video game), we're in meetings, or we're doing something else. "That's been great, to be able to muck around with the lads and not get that home sickness." Indeed, Hayne isn't stay- ing awake in the middle of the night phoning home to Sydney, according to an inside source: Carlos Hyde, Hayne's roommate at the team hotel. Hyde was among the first to congratulate Hayne in Houston after his big run, all of which sparked a bigger celebration in Aus- tralia, where Hayne's celeb- rity status is compared to LeBron James' in America. "It's a huge story back home," said the Daily Tele- graph's Nick Walshaw, who flew into San Jose on Wednesday night and is among the 20 Austra- lian media credentialed for Sunday's exhibition against the Dallas Cowboys at Levi's Stadium. "Everyone would know of him," Walshaw said of Hayne's star status in Aus- tralia. "He is the biggest name and our best Aus- tralian athlete." That's impressive, con- sidering the Warriors' An- drew Bogut and the Cleve- land Cavaliers' Matthew Dellavedova just met in the NBA Finals, and fel- low Australian Jason Day just won the PGA Cham- pionship. The NFL does include other Australian players, including Seattle Seahawks defensive line- man Jesse Williams, but none tout Hayne's stature. Australia media re- acted to Hayne's debut Saturday with stories how NFL scouts are descend- ing on Australia and how the 49ers will come play an exhibition game there. Both reports seem like hy- perbole and premature. One 49ers official said, al- though Australia may be a possible preseason site, the logistics of an over- seas game have yet to enter the NFL channels, adding that the 49ers aren't keen on forfeiting a home game at $1.3 bil- lion Levi's Stadium. 49ERS Hayne adjusting to the NFL So the pitching staff will be happy to see any new bat walking through the clubhouse doors. Jake Peavy started the opener of this four-game series and pitched valiantly, lim- iting Pittsburgh to just two runs through the first five innings until Neil Walker's two-run homer in the sixth doubled the margin. Like Bochy, Peavy (3-6) praised Morton's effort, de- lineated all of the things that went wrong for him but also admitted "I think Marlon's go- ing to help at a time when we're banged up," Peavy said, "He has the experi- ence and he's played in pennant races. We're ex- cited to get him." The Giants also saw the return of Nori Aoki from the concussion D.L., so the lineup card did look a little better. They didn't have to use Madison Bumgarner as a pinch-hitter, either. Then again, they only had one real rally, and it was a flukey one. Morton opened the seventh in- ning by hitting Brandon Crawford with a pitch. Af- ter Aoki struck out, rookie Kelby Tomlinson singled to left. With two out, pinch- hitter Ehire Adrianza was also hit by a pitch to load the bases. That ended Morton's night, and Pittsburgh man- ager Clint Hurdle called on Hughes to face Gregor Blanco. Blanco got a great pitch to hit and ripped a rocket to right field, but right at Gregory Polanco, who snared it in step to end the threat. "Blanco hit it hard," Bo- chy said. "It's a different game if he finds a gap with that, but it didn't play out." "I think as a team we're hitting the ball hard, but they're not getting through," Blanco said. Giants FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 67 53 .558 _ Giants 65 56 .537 21/2 Arizona 59 61 .492 8 San Diego 59 62 .488 81/2 Colorado 49 70 .412 171/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 77 43 .642 _ Pittsburgh 72 47 .605 41/2 Chicago 68 51 .571 81/2 Cincinnati 51 68 .429 251/2 Milwaukee 52 70 .426 26 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB New York 64 56 .533 _ Washington 60 60 .500 4 Atlanta 53 68 .438 111/2 Miami 50 71 .413 141/2 Philadelphia 47 74 .388 171/2 Wednesday's games 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 Kansas City 4, Cincinnati 3 St. Louis 4, Giants 3 Detroit 15, Chicago Cubs 8 Washington 4, Colorado 1 Thursday's games Pittsburgh 4, Giants 0 Arizona 5, Cincinnati 4 Miami 9, Philadelphia 7 Chicago Cubs 7, Atlanta 1 Colorado 3, Washington 2 Friday's games Atlanta (S.Miller 5-9) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 6-5), 1:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Nelson 9-9) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 9-5), 4:05 p.m. Giants (Bumgarner 14-6) at Pittsburgh (Locke 6-7), 4:05 p.m. Arizona (R.De La Rosa 10-5) at Cincinnati (Holmberg 1-2), 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Eickhoff 0-0) at Miami (K.Flores 1-1), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (B.Anderson 7-7) at Hous- ton (Fiers 0-0), 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 10-11) at Colorado (J.Gray 0-0), 5:40 p.m. St. Louis (Lackey 10-7) at San Diego (Cashner 4-12), 7:10 p.m. Pirates 4, Giants 0 San Fran Pittsburgh AB R H B AB R H B GBlanc cf 5 0 0 0 GPolnc rf 4 0 1 0 MDuffy 3b 4 0 1 0 SMarte lf 3 2 2 0 Belt 1b 4 0 1 0 McCtch cf 4 0 0 0 Posey c 4 0 1 0 ArRmr 3b 3 0 1 1 BCrwfr ss 3 0 0 0 Kang ss 4 1 2 1 Aoki lf 3 0 1 0 NWalkr 2b 4 1 2 2 Tmlnsn 2b 4 0 1 0 PAlvrz 1b 4 0 0 0 Lollis rf 2 0 1 0 SRdrgz 1b 0 0 0 0 Maxwll ph 1 0 0 0 Cervelli c 3 0 1 0 Peavy p 2 0 0 0 Morton p 3 0 0 0 Adrianz ph 0 0 0 0 JHughs p 0 0 0 0 Y.Petit p 0 0 0 0 Watson p 0 0 0 0 Susac ph 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 0 6 0 32 4 9 4 San Fran 000 000 000 — 0 Pittsburgh 101 002 00x — 4 DP: San Francisco 1, Pittsburgh 1; LOB: San Francisco 10, Pittsburgh 6; 2B: Ar.Ramirez (24), Kang (20); HR: N.Walker (13); SB: Aoki (13), Lollis (1), S.Marte 2 (24). IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco Peavy L,3-6 6 7 4 4 1 5 Y.Petit 2 2 0 0 0 4 Pittsburgh Mrtn W,8-4 62/3 4 0 0 2 8 J.Hughes 11/3 1 0 0 0 0 Watson 1 1 0 0 1 1 HBP: by Peavy (S.Marte), by Morton (B.Crawford, Adrianza). Umpires: Home, Toby Basner, First, Phil Cuzzi. Second, Gerry Davis. Third, Tony Randazzo. T: 2:51; A: 36,671 (38,362). AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 66 56 .541 _ Los Angeles 63 57 .525 2 Texas 61 59 .508 4 Seattle 56 65 .463 91/2 A's 53 69 .434 13 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 73 47 .608 _ Detroit 59 61 .492 14 Minnesota 59 61 .492 14 Cleveland 56 64 .467 17 Chicago 55 63 .466 17 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB New York 67 53 .558 _ Toronto 66 55 .545 11/2 Baltimore 62 57 .521 41/2 Tampa Bay 60 61 .496 71/2 Boston 55 66 .455 121/2 Wednesday's games 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 4, Cincinnati 3 Detroit 15, Chicago Cubs 8 Houston 3, Tampa Bay 2, 13 innings L.A. Angels 1, Chicago White Sox 0 Thursday's games Cleveland 3, N.Y. Yankees 2 Minnesota at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Detroit 4, Texas 0 Boston 4, Kansas City 1 Tampa Bay 1, Houston 0 Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, (n.) Friday's games Cleveland (Carrasco 11-9) at N.Y. Yan- kees (Tanaka 9-5), 4:05 p.m. Minnesota (Milone 6-3) at Baltimore (W.Chen 7-6), 4:05 p.m. Texas (Lewis 13-5) at Detroit (Verlander 1-5), 4:08 p.m. Kansas City (Cueto 2-1) at Boston (Ow- ens 1-1), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (B.Anderson 7-7) at Hous- ton (Fiers 0-0), 5:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Smyly 0-2) at A's (Bassitt 1-4), 7:05 p.m. Toronto (Price 11-4) at L.A. Angels (San- tiago 7-6), 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Sale 11-7) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 14-7), 7:10 p.m. Football NFL PRESEASON Thursday's games Washington 21, Detroit 17 Buffalo 11, Cleveland 10 Friday's games Atlanta at N.Y. Jets, 4:30 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 5 p.m. Saturday's games 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's games Green Bay at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. Dallas at San Francisco, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Tennessee, 5 p.m. Golf PGA-WYNDHAM Thursday At Sedgefield Country Club Greensboro, N.C. Purse: $5.4 million Yardage: 7,127; Par: 70 (35-35) First Round William McGirt ........................32-30—62 -8 Erik Compton...........................28-34—62 -8 Tom Hoge..................................29-33—62 -8 Jim Herman...............................32-31—63 -7 Derek Ernst ...............................32-31—63 -7 Morgan Hoffmann ...................31-32—63 -7 Tiger Woods............................. 32-32—64 -6 Martin Kaymer ........................ 33-31—64 -6 Carl Pettersson....................... 32-32—64 -6 Davis Love III............................ 31-33—64 -6 Tom Gillis..................................30-35—65 -5 Jonas Blixt................................ 33-32—65 -5 Hideki Matsuyama.................. 32-33—65 -5 Bill Haas.................................... 31-34—65 -5 Chad Campbell........................ 31-34—65 -5 Cameron Percy........................ 34-31—65 -5 Oscar Fraustro ........................ 33-32—65 -5 George Coetzee....................... 33-32—65 -5 Sam Saunders ......................... 34-31—65 -5 Tim Clark .................................. 31-35—66 -4 Scott Brown ............................. 31-35—66 -4 Nick Watney.............................32-34—66 -4 Jon Curran................................32-34—66 -4 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano...........33-33—66 -4 Bryce Molder ...........................33-33—66 -4 Spencer Levin..........................32-34—66 -4 Paul Casey................................32-34—66 -4 Michael Thompson.................34-32—66 -4 Ryan Moore..............................34-32—66 -4 Lucas Glover............................33-33—66 -4 Vijay Singh ...............................32-34—66 -4 Camilo Villegas ....................... 31-35—66 -4 Jason Gore................................33-33—66 -4 Martin Flores ...........................30-36—66 -4 Arjun Atwal .............................. 34-33—67 -3 Jonathan Byrd.......................... 32-35—67 -3 Mark Wilson............................. 33-34—67 -3 Branden Grace ........................ 34-33—67 -3 George McNeill........................ 32-35—67 -3 Charles Howell III.................... 35-32—67 -3 Brooks Koepka ........................ 34-33—67 -3 Charl Schwartzel .................... 32-35—67 -3 Aaron Baddeley....................... 35-32—67 -3 Daniel Summerhays ............... 35-32—67 -3 Vaughn Taylor.......................... 35-32—67 -3 Bill Lunde.................................. 32-35—67 -3 Patrick Rodgers....................... 34-33—67 -3 Roberto Castro........................ 32-35—67 -3 Cameron Smith ....................... 33-34—67 -3 Jhonattan Vegas ..................... 34-33—67 -3 Greg Chalmers ........................ 34-33—67 -3 Blayne Barber...........................36-31—67 -3 Ben Martin ............................... 33-34—67 -3 Ernie Els.................................... 33-34—67 -3 Adam Scott .............................. 33-34—67 -3 Webb Simpson......................... 33-34—67 -3 Jason Dufner............................ 34-33—67 -3 Jerry Kelly................................. 32-35—67 -3 Justin Thomas ......................... 33-34—67 -3 Steve Wheatcroft.................... 34-33—67 -3 Colt Knost................................. 34-33—67 -3 Byron Smith ............................. 33-34—67 -3 Zack Sucher ............................. 34-33—67 -3 Byeong-Hun An ....................... 33-34—67 -3 Tyrone Van Aswegen ..............31-36—67 -3 Kyle Reifers.............................. 33-35—68 -2 Troy Kelly.................................. 33-35—68 -2 Jeff Overton .............................34-34—68 -2 Tim Wilkinson.......................... 33-35—68 -2 John Merrick............................ 35-33—68 -2 Justin Leonard......................... 33-35—68 -2 Matt Bettencourt....................34-34—68 -2 Trevor Immelman.................... 35-33—68 -2 Steven Alker............................. 32-36—68 -2 Scott Gardiner.........................34-34—68 -2 Kyle Stanley ............................. 33-35—68 -2 Carlos Ortiz..............................34-34—68 -2 Johnson Wagner......................34-34—68 -2 Harris English .......................... 33-35—68 -2 K.J. Choi....................................34-34—68 -2 Billy Horschel........................... 36-32—68 -2 Luke Donald .............................34-34—68 -2 Martin Laird..............................31-37—68 -2 Adam Hadwin ..........................34-34—68 -2 Hudson Swafford.................... 32-36—68 -2 Brian Stuard.............................34-34—68 -2 Zac Blair.................................... 36-33—69 -1 Brendon Todd .......................... 36-33—69 -1 Chesson Hadley....................... 34-35—69 -1 Boo Weekley ............................ 33-36—69 -1 Chris Stroud............................. 34-35—69 -1 Luke Guthrie ............................ 34-35—69 -1 Bo Van Pelt............................... 34-35—69 -1 Carlos Sainz Jr......................... 35-34—69 -1 Jason Kokrak ........................... 35-34—69 -1 Billy Hurley III .......................... 34-35—69 -1 Ken Duke................................... 34-35—69 -1 J.J. Henry .................................. 33-36—69 -1 Stewart Cink............................ 35-34—69 -1 David Toms............................... 35-34—69 -1 Mark Hubbard ......................... 33-36—69 -1 Ted Brown ................................ 34-35—69 -1 Brian Harman ............................34-36—70 E Ben Crane...................................36-34—70 E Derek Fathauer..........................34-36—70 E Michael Putnam........................35-35—70 E Brendon de Jonge .....................34-36—70 E Brandt Snedeker.......................35-35—70 E John Huh.....................................35-35—70 E Alex Prugh..................................35-35—70 E Jim Renner..................................34-36—70 E Will Wilcox .................................36-34—70 E Austin Cook................................34-36—70 E Jonathan Randolph...................35-35—70 E Dalton Ward...............................34-36—70 E Scott Verplank.........................34-37—71 +1 Russell Knox.............................34-37—71 +1 Steve Flesch............................ 33-38—71 +1 Robert Garrigus ......................34-37—71 +1 Nick Taylor .............................. 36-35—71 +1 Nicholas Thompson............... 35-36—71 +1 Ryo Ishikawa............................32-39—71 +1 Scott Langley.......................... 35-36—71 +1 S.J. Park ....................................34-37—71 +1 Ryan Armour........................... 35-36—71 +1 Ollie Schniederjans ................34-37—71 +1 Roger Sloan............................. 33-38—71 +1 Joe Affrunti ............................. 35-36—71 +1 Charlie Beljan ......................... 35-36—71 +1 Whee Kim ................................ 35-36—71 +1 Chez Reavie..............................35-37—72 +2 Heath Slocum ......................... 36-36—72 +2 Alex Cejka.................................35-37—72 +2 D.A. Points............................... 36-36—72 +2 Neal Lancaster....................... 33-39—72 +2 Daniel Berger...........................32-41—73 +3 Robert Allenby........................ 34-39—73 +3 Matt Every................................36-37—73 +3 Andrew Svoboda.....................36-37—73 +3 Scott Pinckney ....................... 35-38—73 +3 Josh Teater.............................. 34-39—73 +3 Eric Axley..................................36-37—73 +3 Andres Gonzales.................... 35-38—73 +3 Brian Davis .............................. 38-35—73 +3 Max Homa................................37-36—73 +3 Brad Miller................................37-36—73 +3 Tim Petrovic............................ 36-38—74 +4 Andrew Putnam ......................37-37—74 +4 Jerry Haas ................................33-41—74 +4 Brice Garnett.......................... 35-39—74 +4 Chad Collins............................ 38-37—75 +5 Andrew Loupe ........................ 38-37—75 +5 Ricky Barnes........................... 35-41—76 +6 Ben Curtis................................34-45—79 +9 Dudley Hart............................................. WD John Peterson......................................... WD LPGA-CANADIAN PAFICIC OPEN Thursday At Vancouver Golf Club Coquitlam, British Columbia Purse: $2.225 million Yardage: 6,681; Par: 72 (35-37) (a-amateur) First Round Karine Icher ............................. 30-35—65 -7 Lydia Ko .................................... 31-36—67 -5 Danah Bordner ........................32-36—68 -4 I.K. Kim......................................33-35—68 -4 Stacy Lewis..............................33-35—68 -4 Pernilla Lindberg.....................33-35—68 -4 Amy Anderson......................... 33-36—69 -3 Charley Hull ..............................32-37—69 -3 Ha Na Jang................................ 33-36—69 -3 Sei Young Kim...........................32-37—69 -3 Candie Kung.............................34-35—69 -3 Anna Nordqvist .......................34-35—69 -3 Carlota Ciganda.......................33-37—70 -2 Shanshan Feng.........................34-36—70 -2 Brooke M. Henderson .............35-35—70 -2 Mi Jung Hur ...............................32-38—70 -2 Alison Lee..................................34-36—70 -2 Xi Yu Lin .....................................32-38—70 -2 Sadena A Parks ........................37-33—70 -2 Karrie Webb..............................32-38—70 -2 Chie Arimura.............................35-36—71 -1 Paula Creamer..........................35-36—71 -1 Maria Hernandez .....................33-38—71 -1 Wei-Ling Hsu.............................37-34—71 -1 Eun-Hee Ji..................................35-36—71 -1 Moriya Jutanugarn ..................36-35—71 -1 Cristie Kerr................................34-37—71 -1 Hyo Joo Kim...............................35-36—71 -1 Jessica Korda............................34-37—71 -1 Brittany Lang............................35-36—71 -1 Ilhee Lee ....................................35-36—71 -1 Maria McBride..........................35-36—71 -1 Tennis WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN RESULTS A U.S. Open Series event Thursday At The Lindner Family Tennis Center Mason, Ohio Purse: Men, $3.83 million (Masters 1000); Women, $2.4 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN Third Round Stan Wawrinka (5), Switzerland, def. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5). Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, def. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. David Goffin (13), Belgium, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. Tomas Berdych (6), Czeach Republic, def. Tommy Robredo, Spain, 6-0, 6-1. Richard Gasquet (12), France, def. Marin Cilic (7), Croatia, 7-5, 6-3. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, def. Rafael Nadal (8), Spain, 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (3). Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Grigor Dimitrov (16), Bulgaria, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Kevin Anderson (15), South Africa, 6-1, 6-1. WOMEN Third Round Lucie Safarova (7), Czech Republic, def. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, 6-2, 0-0, retired. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, Slovakia, def. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, def. Karolina Pliskova (8), Czech Republic, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Karin Knapp, Italy, 6-0, 6-2. Ana Ivanovic (6), Serbia, def. Sloane Stephens, United States, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, def. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 1-6, 3-0, retired. Elina Svitolina (14), Ukraine, def. Caro- line Garcia, France, 6-3, 6-3. Basketball WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Minnesota 18 8 .692 — Phoenix 15 10 .600 21/2 Tulsa 12 14 .462 6 Sparks 8 17 .320 91/2 San Antonio 7 19 .269 11 Seattle 7 19 .269 11 EASTERN CONFERENCE 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 Wednesday's games New York 73, San Antonio 45 Washington 79, Minnesota 61 Thursday's games No games scheduled Friday's games At la nt a a t N ew Y or k, 4 :3 0 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 MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE 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 EASTERN CONFERENCE 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's games Columbus 2, N.Y. City FC 2, tie San Jose 5, Kansas City 0 Friday's games Houston at Portland, 8 p.m. Saturday's games 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. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE Friday Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Chicago -210/+190 Atlanta San Francisco -127/+117 at Pittsburgh at Washington -160/+150 Milwaukee Arizona -115/+105 at Cincinnati at Miami -126/+116 Philadelphia at Colorado -105/-105 New York St. Louis -122/+112 at San Diego AMERICAN LEAGUE at Baltimore -172/+160 Minnesota at New York -145/+135 Cleveland at Detroit -120/+110 Texas Kansas City -145/+135 at Boston at Oakland -105/-105 Tampa Bay Toronto -138/+128at Los Angeles at Seattle -122/+112 Chicago INTERLEAGUE at Houston -113/+103 LA Dodgers NFL Preseason Friday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog at Ny Jets 1 (39) Atlanta at Kansas City 3 (401/2) Seattle Saturday at Carolina PK (40) Miami at Philadelphia 31/2 (441/2) Baltimore at Indianapolis 3 (41) Chicago at New Orleans 1 (43) New England at Ny Giants 3 (401/2) Jacksonville at Houston 3 (41) Denver at Minnesota 41/2 (39) Oakland at Arizona 21/2 (391/2) San Diego Sunday at Pittsburgh 21/2 (41) Green Bay at SFrancisco 3 (401/2) Dallas at Tennessee 11/2 (381/2) St. Louis Monday at Tampa Bay 2 (40) Cincinnati Transactions BASEBALL American League Detroit Tigers: Acquired LHP Randy Wolf from Toronto for cash. Placed LHP Daniel Norris and RHP Anibal Sanchez on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHPs Guido Knudson and Jose Valdez from Toledo (IL). Houston Astros: Recalled RHP Vince Velasquez from Corpus Christi (Texas). Optioned RHP Josh Fields to Corpus Christi. Texas Rangers: Activated OF Will Ven- able. Placed OF Josh Hamilton on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to Aug. 16. National League Arizona Diamondbacks: Placed RHP Jeremy Hellickson on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Chase Anderson from Reno (PCL). Activated C Gerald Laird from the 60-day DL and designated him for assignment. Cincinnati Reds: Recalled OF Ryan LaMarre from Louisville (IL). Colorado Rockies: Released OF Drew Stubbs. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2015 2 B