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ByJimmyDurkin BayAreaNewsGroup ALAMEDA Mixedopinions have followed Oakland Raiders' second-round pick Mario Edwards Jr. around for a while. Edwards was one of the top-rated recruits in the country out of high school, a five-star prospect from Texas with offers galore, but his collegiate career at Florida State offered mixed results. Edwards, a defensive end, had only eight sacks in his three years with the Seminoles, and questions about his desire, condi- tioning and passion filled his draft profile. Still, he was a first-team All-ACC pick and Sports Illustrated named him a second-team All-American. The questions cropped back up when Edwards' debut didn't go so well. Pro Football Focus rated him as the Raiders' worst defender in his 36 snaps in the team's exhibition opener against the St. Louis Rams. Attributing part of that to nerves and acclimation to the NFL, Edwards re- sponded the next time out. He split a sack with Ben Heeney that forced a fumble SaturdayagainsttheMinne- sotaVikingsandoverallwas much more active. "I think he's progressing very nicely," coach Jack Del Rio said of Edwards. "Much improved week of practice, much improved outing in the game. Definitely trend- ing the way we want to see it go. Just want to see more. Want to see continued ef- fort and energy the way he provided it last week." Edwards admits to be- ing surprised by the game speed in his NFL debut. "I felt like I got off the ball good, but by the time I took my second step, the center had already reached me," Edwards said. "That's when I was like, 'This game is a lot faster than it was in college.'" Against the Vikings, he was credited with two quar- terback hurries in addition to his half sack. Only start- ing defensive tackle Dan Williams had a higher over- all grade from Pro Football Focus and Edwards was the Raiders' highest graded pass rusher. "I just kind pinned my ears back, stopped think- ing as much and just played," Edwards said. "The first game, I was definitely thinking too much on top of being nervous. Once those jitters were gone and I real- ized how fast it was, the sec- ond game was better." Defensive coordinator Ken Norton Jr. said he's liked what he's seen. "I think he's done a fine job," Norton said of Ed- wards. "If you watch him in college, you watch the ef- fort, the attitude, the play- making. You can always tell good players when they're around the ball a lot, when they're making plays. The ball is tackled or sacked or intercepted and you see the same number showing up again around the ball, that's the sign of a good player and that's the sign you want to see." RAIDERS Edwards Jr. progressing defensively By Cam Inman Bay Area News Group ENGLEWOOD, COLO. The San Francisco 49ers haven't lost Ahmad Brooks, at least not yet. But one day after the outside linebacker was charged with misdemeanor sexual battery, his team- mates sounded as though they've already moved on. After Thursday's prac- tice against the host Denver Broncos, NaVarro Bowman spoke as if the 49ers have al- ready parted with Brooks, the only other defensive starter beside Bowman re- maining from the 2012 sea- son's Super Bowl run. "It's frustrating, because when you're a team, you're building chemistry for this group to fight through ad- versity," Bowman said. "That's a big loss for us." Three weeks ago, the 49ers released their pre- mier outside linebacker, Al- don Smith, after his fifth ar- rest since 2012. Bowman, along with coach Jim Tomsula, en- dorsedtheyoungplayersleft at outside linebacker: Co- rey Lemonier, Aaron Lynch and Eli Harold, who were drafted in 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. "Now that they see we need them, they have to step up and turn it on, be- cause we do," Bowman said. "We lost two great guys and we have to find some guys to fill that void. Those are some huge shoes." Baalke, however, said he hasn't gathered enough in- formation yet to determine whether Brooks, a 10th-year veteran, ultimately will be released. "We excused him from team activities to get on top of this," Baalke said before Thursday's prac- tice. "It's also important for him to start taking care of business on his end. It's our job to stay focused here on what we need to stay fo- cused on." Brooks figured to start at right outside linebacker, where Aldon Smith played until his release. Thursday, Lemonier lined up at that spot while Lynch was on the left side with the starting unit. Har- old, who's been on the right side most of camp with the second unit, was praised by Joe Staley for his continu- ous hustle and determina- tion. Lemonier has only one sack in 19 career games. Lynch's six sacks last year as a rookie shared team- high honors with Brooks. Harold had 17.5 sacks in 36 games at Virginia. "Corey, Aaron and Eli, they're good," Bowman said. "They're young. I was young at a point in time. It's up to them what they want to do. But the opportunity is there for them." NowthatBrookshasbeen charged with a crime, stem- ming from a December in- cident at former teammate Ray McDonald's house, NFL officials take control of the fact-finding mission. "Now it's in their hands to make a decision based on the personal-conduct policy," Baalke said of the league, which can suspend Brooks or place him on the commis- sioner's exempt list. Coach Jim Tomsula said "everybody is on the same page" in how the 49ers have excused Brooks from team activities. Brooks has been en- rolled in the 49ers' player- engagement program since they learned of the accusa- tions from a May civil suit against Brooks. "This is not a new mat- ter," Baalke said, repeat- edly during a 30-minute interview with beat report- ers. "This is a new develop- ment within that matter." 49ERS As Brooks awaits fate, other players move on last week at the Wyndham Championship, with two shots to spare. That was pressure. Now he feels as though he has nothing to lose as he tries to get into the top 100 who advance to the second event next week at the TPC Boston. "Last week was an im- portant week," said Vil- legas, who is No. 123. "It hasn't been the best of years, and just to be able to sneak in here and give my- self a chance ... I get off to a good start, and three more rounds to go and keep it go- ing." Levin secured his spot in the playoffs with a 63 in the final round at the Wyn- dham, moving up seven spots to No. 115. Much like Villegas, he felt relieved to have made it to The Bar- clays, and everything else is gravy. He rolled in three early birdies and dropped only one shot on a mild, blustery day. "This is a nice stress to have," he said. "I'm happy with where I am right now and who knows? Maybe I can keep it going." Spieth has nothing to lose except the No. 1 rank- ing he has held for all of two weeks. With two majors among his four wins, and nine top- three finishes this year, he is No. 1 in the FedEx Cup and virtually assured of getting to the finale at East Lake with a clear shot at the $10 million bonus. He can afford an off week or three. He just didn't like it. Playing alongside Wat- son and Jason Day — the top three in the FedEx Cup — Spieth didn't miss a fair- way on the back nine and was 2 under at the turn, three shots behind Watson. From the fairway on No. 1 to a back pin, he got too ag- gressive and went over the green, leading to bogey. Facing a 20-foot birdie putt on the next hole, he left in woefully short and backed off the par putt twice before missing it. And then he put his next shot in the water. The round ended with another three-putt bogey. Paul Casey and Jason Dufner were in the large group at 66. Day joined Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler in the group at 68. Day pulled out of the pro- am Wednesday after tweak- ing his back. Oddly enough, he had wanted an MRI on his back before the playoffs to make sure everything was in order. Defending champion Hunter Mahan birdied his opening hole and went on to shoot 78. Golf FROM PAGE 1 MELEVANS—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Jordan Spieth hits a chip shot on the 12th hole during the first round of play at The Barclays on Thursday. Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 70 56 .556 _ Giants 68 59 .535 21/2 Arizona 62 64 .492 8 San Diego 62 64 .492 8 Colorado 51 74 .408 181/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 81 45 .643 _ Pittsburgh 76 49 .608 41/2 Chicago 73 53 .579 8 Milwaukee 53 74 .417 281/2 Cincinnati 52 74 .413 29 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB New York 70 56 .556 _ Washington 63 62 .504 61/2 Atlanta 54 73 .425 161/2 Miami 51 76 .402 191/2 Philadelphia 50 77 .394 201/2 Wednesday's games N.Y. Mets 9, Philadelphia 4 San Diego 6, Washington 5 Co lo ra do 6 , A tl ant a 3 L.A. Dodgers 7, Cincinnati 4 Cleveland 6, Milwaukee 2 Pittsburgh 7, Miami 2 St. Louis 3, Arizona 1 Giants 4, Chicago Cubs 2 Thursday's games L.A. Dodgers 1, Cincinnati 0 Giants 9, Chicago Cubs 1 N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, (n.) San Diego at Washington, (n.) Pittsburgh at Miami, (n.) St. Louis at Arizona, (n.) Friday's games Colorado (J.Gray 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 9-6), 4:05 p.m. Miami (Conley 1-1) at Washington (Scherzer 11-10), 4:05 p.m. San Diego (Kennedy 8-11) at Philadelphia (Nola 4-1), 4:05 p.m. Boston (Owens 2-1) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 11-7), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 9-6) at Atlanta (W.Perez 4-4), 4:35 p.m. Cincinnati (R.Iglesias 3-5) at Milwaukee (Jungmann 7-5), 5:10 p.m. A's (S.Gray 12-5) at Arizona (Ch.Ander- son 6-5), 6:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hammel 7-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 10-6), 7:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wacha 15-4) at Giants (Leake 9-6), 7:15 p.m. Giants 9, Cubs 1 Chicago San Fran AB R H B AB R H B Denorfi lf 4 0 0 0 Aoki lf 3 1 1 0 JRussll p 0 0 0 0 Brodwy p 0 0 0 0 Schwrr c-lf 4 0 0 0 Osich p 0 0 0 0 Bryant rf-cf4 0 1 0 MDuffy 3b 4 1 1 1 Rizzo 1b 4 1 1 0 Belt 1b 2 2 0 0 StCastr 2b 4 0 1 1 Posey c 4 1 2 0 ARussll ss 3 0 0 0 Byrd rf 3 2 1 3 Szczur cf 1 0 0 0 Tmlnsn 2b 4 2 2 4 Coghln rf 1 0 0 0 J.Perez cf 4 0 2 1 Haren p 1 0 0 0 Adrianz ss 3 0 0 0 Rosscp p 0 0 0 0 Bmgrn p 2 0 1 0 LaStell ph-3b10 0 0 Kontos p 0 0 0 0 JHerrr 3b 2 0 0 0 Maxwll lf 2 0 0 0 MMntr ph-c1 0 0 0 Totals 30 1 3 1 31 9 10 9 Chicago 010 000 000 — 1 San Fran 014 000 04x — 9 E: Schwarber (5). DP: Chicago 1. LOB: Chicago 4, San Francisco 3. 2B: St.Castro (14), Posey (22), J.Perez (1). 3B: Aoki (3). HR: Byrd (21), Tomlinson (1). SB: Aoki (14). IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Hren L,8-9 61/3 6 5 5 3 4 Rosscup 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 J.Russell 1 3 4 4 2 0 San Francisco Bmnr W,16-6 6 2 1 1 2 12 Kontos 1 0 0 0 0 1 Broadway 1 0 0 0 0 2 Osich 1 1 0 0 0 1 WP: Bumgarner. Umpires: Home, Gary Cederstrom, First, Jim Wolf. Second, Lance Barksdale. Third, Ryan Blakney. T: 2:36; A: 41,847 (41,915). AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 71 57 .555 _ Texas 65 61 .516 5 Los Angeles 65 62 .512 51/2 Seattle 59 68 .465 111/2 A's 55 73 .430 16 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 78 49 .614 _ Minnesota 65 61 .516 121/2 Cleveland 60 66 .476 171/2 Detroit 60 67 .472 18 Chicago 59 66 .472 18 EAS T D IVI SI ON W L Pct GB Toronto 71 56 .559 _ New York 69 57 .548 11/2 Baltimore 63 64 .496 8 Tampa Bay 62 64 .492 81/2 Boston 58 69 .457 13 Wednesday's games Houston 6, N.Y. Yankees 2 Seattle 8, A's 2 Detroit 5, L.A. Angels 0 Cleveland 6, Milwaukee 2 Minnesota 5, Tampa Bay 3 Toronto 12, Texas 4 Baltimore 8, Kansas City 5 Boston 3, Chicago White Sox 0 Thursday's games L.A. Angels 2, Detroit 0 Texas 4, Toronto 1 Kansas City 5, Baltimore 3 Minnesota at Tampa Bay, (n.) Seattle at Chicago White Sox, (n.) Friday's games Detroit (Boyd 1-4) at Toronto (Dickey 8-10), 4:07 p.m. Boston (Owens 2-1) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 11-7), 4:10 p.m. Kansas City (Volquez 11-7) at Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 10-4), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Heaney 5-2) at Cleveland (Salazar 11-7), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 9-6) at Atlanta (W.Perez 4-4), 4:35 p.m. Baltimore (Gausman 2-5) at Texas (Hamels 1-1), 5:05 p.m. Houston (Kazmir 7-8) at Minnesota (Gibson 8-9), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (T.Walker 9-7) at Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 6-11), 5:10 p.m. A's (S.Gray 12-5) at Arizona (Ch.Ander- son 6-5), 6:40 p.m. Football AMERICAN CONFERENCE Friday, Aug. 28 New England at Carolina, 4:30 p.m. Tennessee at Kansas City, 5 p.m. Detroit at Jacksonville, 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29 Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Dallas, 4 p.m. Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 4 p.m. N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 4 p.m. Chicago at Cincinnati, 4:30 p.m. Washington at Baltimore, 4:30 p.m. Seattle at San Diego, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Green Bay, 5 p.m. Indianapolis at St. Louis, 5 p.m. San Francisco at Denver, 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30 Houston at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Arizona at Oakland, 5 p.m. LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES Thursday, Aug. 27 Mexicali Baja California 11, Barquisi- mento 0. Bonita vs. Pearland, (n.) Saturday, Aug. 29 International Championship Game 27 — Tokyo vs. Mexicali Baja California, 9:30 a.m. United States Championship Game 28 — Lewisberry vs. Game 26 win- ner, 12:30 p.m. Golf PGA TOUR-BARCLAY'S Thursday At Plainfield Country Club Edison, N.J. Purse: $8.25 million Yardage: 7,012; Par: 70 (34-36) First Round Bubba Watson......................... 34-31—65 -5 Spencer Levin..........................30-35—65 -5 Camilo Villegas ....................... 31-34—65 -5 Tony Finau................................ 31-34—65 -5 Danny Lee.................................32-34—66 -4 Jason Dufner............................34-32—66 -4 Cameron Tringale ................... 31-35—66 -4 Russell Knox.............................32-34—66 -4 Paul Casey................................32-34—66 -4 Bryce Molder ...........................33-33—66 -4 Daniel Summerhays ............... 33-34—67 -3 Will Wilcox ............................... 34-33—67 -3 Johnson Wagner...................... 34-33—67 -3 Nick Taylor ............................... 33-34—67 -3 Stewart Cink.............................31-36—67 -3 Matt Jones................................ 34-33—67 -3 Kevin Kisner..............................36-31—67 -3 Alex Cejka................................. 36-32—68 -2 Pat Perez ..................................34-34—68 -2 Phil Mickelson ......................... 36-32—68 -2 Rickie Fowler ........................... 32-36—68 -2 Patrick Reed.............................30-38—68 -2 Jason Day ................................. 33-35—68 -2 Hudson Swafford....................34-34—68 -2 Lee Westwood......................... 33-35—68 -2 Ryo Ishikawa............................34-34—68 -2 Kyle Reifers..............................34-34—68 -2 Sean O'Hair ..............................34-34—68 -2 Henrik Stenson........................ 36-32—68 -2 Jim Furyk ..................................34-34—68 -2 Robert Streb ............................34-34—68 -2 Sangmoon Bae ........................ 36-33—69 -1 James Hahn.............................. 35-34—69 -1 Charley Hoffman......................31-38—69 -1 Hideki Matsuyama.................. 34-35—69 -1 John Senden............................. 35-34—69 -1 Jim Herman.............................. 33-36—69 -1 Greg Owen ............................... 34-35—69 -1 Jeff Overton ............................. 34-35—69 -1 Ryan Palmer............................. 34-35—69 -1 Zach Johnson........................... 36-33—69 -1 Kevin Na.................................... 35-34—69 -1 Gary Woodland........................ 34-35—69 -1 Ben Martin ............................... 34-35—69 -1 Zac Blair.................................... 36-33—69 -1 J.J. Henry ....................................35-35—70 E Scott Pinckney ..........................33-37—70 E Kevin Streelman........................36-34—70 E Brendon Todd ............................35-35—70 E David Hearn ...............................37-33—70 E J.B. Holmes.................................32-38—70 E Dustin Johnson..........................33-37—70 E Colt Knost...................................34-36—70 E Morgan Hoffmann ....................34-36—70 E Charles Howell III......................35-35—70 E John Peterson............................37-33—70 E Vijay Singh .................................37-33—70 E Chad Campbell....................... 35-36—71 +1 Keegan Bradley...................... 33-38—71 +1 Brendon de Jonge .................. 33-38—71 +1 Justin Thomas ........................ 36-35—71 +1 Matt Kuchar............................ 35-36—71 +1 Steven Bowditch .................... 36-35—71 +1 Ja so n G or e.. ....... ..... .......... ....... 35 -3 6— 71 + 1 Rory Sabbatini........................ 35-36—71 +1 George McNeill....................... 35-36—71 +1 Brian Harman ..........................37-34—71 +1 Fabian Gomez......................... 36-35—71 +1 Troy Merritt............................. 33-38—71 +1 Webb Simpson........................ 36-35—71 +1 Shawn Stefani..........................34-37—71 +1 Brandt Snedeker.................... 36-35—71 +1 Jason Bohn.............................. 36-35—71 +1 Bill Haas................................... 33-38—71 +1 Adam Scott ............................. 36-35—71 +1 Ken Duke...................................32-39—71 +1 Mark Wilson............................ 36-36—72 +2 Martin Laird............................ 34-38—72 +2 Chesson Hadley...................... 36-36—72 +2 Brooks Koepka ....................... 36-36—72 +2 Jimmy Walker ......................... 36-36—72 +2 Charl Schwartzel ................... 36-36—72 +2 Kevin Chappell........................ 36-36—72 +2 Chris Stroud............................ 36-36—72 +2 Jonas Blixt................................35-37—72 +2 Padraig Harrington.................36-37—73 +3 Daniel Berger.......................... 34-39—73 +3 Scott Piercy .............................37-36—73 +3 Carlos Ortiz............................. 38-35—73 +3 Boo Weekley ............................36-37—73 +3 Russell Henley........................ 34-39—73 +3 Adam Hadwin ..........................37-36—73 +3 Steve Wheatcroft................... 39-34—73 +3 Luke Donald ............................ 35-38—73 +3 Jason Kokrak .......................... 38-36—74 +4 Nick Watney............................ 36-38—74 +4 Marc Leishman....................... 38-36—74 +4 Jordan Spieth.......................... 40-34—74 +4 Chad Collins.............................37-37—74 +4 Harris English .........................34-40—74 +4 Jon Curran................................37-37—74 +4 Davis Love III...........................36-39—75 +5 Brendan Steele....................... 37-38—75 +5 Jerry Kelly................................36-39—75 +5 Ryan Moore............................. 37-38—75 +5 Andres Gonzales....................35-40—75 +5 Matt Every............................... 37-39—76 +6 Carl Pettersson......................34-42—76 +6 Chris Kirk.................................38-38—76 +6 Scott Brown ............................ 37-39—76 +6 Billy Horschel.......................... 42-34—76 +6 Graham DeLaet ......................36-40—76 +6 Justin Rose .............................. 37-40—77 +7 Tim Clark ................................. 37-40—77 +7 Hunter Mahan.........................39-39—78 +8 William McGirt ....................... 43-35—78 +8 David Lingmerth.....................39-39—78 +8 John Huh..................................39-39—78 +8 Ian Poulter...............................38-40—78 +8 Erik Compton.......................................... WD LPGA-YOKOHAMA TIRE CLASSIC Thursday At Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Capitol Hill, The Senator Prattville, Ala. Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,607; Par: 72 (36-36) (a-amateur) First Round Brittany Lang............................31-34—65 -7 Tiffany Joh................................34-33—67 -5 Sydnee Michaels..................... 35-32—67 -5 Ryann O'Toole.......................... 32-35—67 -5 Hyo Joo Kim..............................35-33—68 -4 Ariya Jutanugarn ....................35-33—68 -4 Therese Koelbaek...................35-33—68 -4 Julieta Granada.......................33-35—68 -4 Simin Feng................................36-32—68 -4 Laura Diaz .................................32-37—69 -3 Carlie Yadloczky ..................... 36-33—69 -3 Wei-Ling Hsu............................ 35-34—69 -3 Sei Young Kim.......................... 33-36—69 -3 Lexi Thompson........................ 34-35—69 -3 Katherine Kirk ......................... 35-34—69 -3 Jackie Stoelting....................... 36-33—69 -3 a-Janie Jackson ........................37-32—69 -3 Candie Kung............................. 35-34—69 -3 Xi Yu Lin .....................................36-34—70 -2 Austin Ernst ..............................34-36—70 -2 Ally McDonald ..........................36-34—70 -2 Ji Young Oh................................36-34—70 -2 Dori Carter ................................34-36—70 -2 Stacy Lewis...............................35-35—70 -2 Yani Tseng.................................34-36—70 -2 Paola Moreno ...........................36-35—71 -1 Sadena A Parks ........................37-34—71 -1 Jane Rah.....................................33-38—71 -1 Rachel Rohanna .......................34-37—71 -1 Lee-Anne Pace..........................35-36—71 -1 Kris Tamulis ..............................36-35—71 -1 Kim Kaufman............................33-38—71 -1 Min Seo Kwak ...........................35-36—71 -1 Alena Sharp...............................34-37—71 -1 Brooke M. Henderson .............35-36—71 -1 Mi Hyang Lee ............................35-36—71 -1 Ashleigh Simon.........................37-34—71 -1 Victoria Elizabeth ....................37-34—71 -1 Nannette Hill.............................37-34—71 -1 Jaye Marie Green .....................36-35—71 -1 Sakura Yokomine.....................34-37—71 -1 Karlin Beck.................................36-36—72 E Kelly Tan .....................................35-37—72 E Minjee Lee..................................37-35—72 E Marina Alex................................37-35—72 E Mina Harigae .............................36-36—72 E Angela Stanford........................35-37—72 E Thidapa Suwannapura.............35-37—72 E Brooke Pancake ........................34-38—72 E Ju Young Park ............................36-36—72 E Yueer Cindy Feng......................34-38—72 E Dewi Claire Schreefel...............36-36—72 E Jeong Eun Lee............................34-38—72 E Tennis WTA CONNECTICUT OPEN RESULTS A U.S. Open Series event Thursday At The Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale New Haven, Conn. Purse: $710,000 (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Quarterfinals Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, def. Karolina Pliskova (5), Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-2. Lucie Safarova (4), Czech Republic, def. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5. Petra Kvitova (2), Czech Republic, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (7), Poland, 7-5, 6-4. Caroline Wozniacki (3), Denmark, def. Caroline Garcia, France, 6-3, 6-0. Doubles Quarterfinals Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and Johanna Larsson, Sweden, def. Chan Hao-ching, Taiwan, and Casey Dellacqua (3), Australia, 6-3, 4-6, 10-5. Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears (2), United States, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja, Spain, 6-4, 7-6 (2). ATP WORLD TOUR WINSTON- SALEM OPEN RESULTS A U.S. Open Series event Thursday At The Wake Forest Tennis Center Winston-Salem, N.C. Purse: $616,210 (WT250) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Quarterfinals Steve Johnson (13), United States def. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, walkover. Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, def. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Kevin Anderson (2), South Africa, def. Borna Coric (8), Croatia, 6-2, 7-6 (1). Doubles Quarterfinals Eric Butorac and Scott Lipsky (3), United States, def. Mariusz Fyrstenberg, Poland, and Alsam-Ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, 6-3, 5-7, 10-4. Sam Groth and Chris Guccione, Aus- tralia, def. Andre Sa, Brazil, and Artem Sitak, New Zealand, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 10-2. Dominic Inglot, Britain, and Robert Lindstedt (4), Sweden, def. Christian and Ryan Harrison, United States, 6-4, 6-4. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Daniel Nestor (1), Canada, def. Pablo Carreno Busta and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 6-2, 6-3. Basketball WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Minnesota 19 9 .679 — x-Phoenix 16 11 .593 21/2 Tulsa 13 14 .481 51/2 Sparks 11 17 .393 8 Seattle 7 20 .259 111/2 San Antonio 7 21 .250 12 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 18 8 .692 — Indiana 17 10 .630 11/2 Chicago 17 11 .607 2 Washington 15 11 .577 3 Connecticut 12 15 .444 61/2 Atlanta 11 16 .407 71/2 x-clinched playoff spot Wednesday's games Sparks 81, Indiana 79 Thursday's games Phoenix at Connecticut (n.) Friday's games Phoenix at Washington, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Indiana, 4 p.m. Minnesota at New York, 4:30 p.m. Sparks at Tulsa, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Seattle, 7 p.m. Saturday's games Chicago at Atlanta, 4 p.m. New York at Connecticut, 4 p.m. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Los Angeles 13 7 7 46 49 32 Vancouver 14 9 3 45 38 26 Kansas City 11 6 7 40 39 33 Portland 11 8 7 40 28 30 FC Dallas 11 8 5 38 33 30 Seattle 11 13 2 35 30 29 San Jose 10 10 5 35 31 29 Houston 8 10 8 32 33 34 Salt Lake 8 10 8 32 29 38 Colorado 7 9 9 30 23 26 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. United 13 9 5 44 35 31 New York 11 7 6 39 40 28 Columbus 10 8 8 38 43 43 Toronto FC 10 10 4 34 42 41 New England 9 9 7 34 34 36 Montreal 8 10 4 28 29 32 N.Y. City FC 7 12 7 28 37 44 Orlando City 7 12 7 28 32 46 Philadelphia 7 13 6 27 33 43 Chicago 7 13 5 26 30 37 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday's games Chicago 3, New York 2 Colorado 2, Houston 1 Friday's games Los Angeles at San Jose, 8 p.m. Saturday's games Columbus at N.Y. City FC, 1 p.m. Montreal at Toronto FC, 1 p.m. New England at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Chicago at Orlando City, 4:30 p.m. Salt Lake at FC Dallas, 6 p.m. Kansas City at Colorado, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Houston, 6 p.m. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE Friday Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Washington -250/+225 Miami at Pittsburgh -230/+210 Colorado San Diego -120/+110 at Phillies at Milwaukee -130/+120 Cincinnati at Los Angeles -196/+181 Chicago St. Louis -117/+107 at SFrancisco AMERICAN LEAGUE at Toronto -220/+200 Detroit at Cleveland -150/+140 Los Angeles at Tampa Bay -105/-105 Kansas City at Texas -137/+127 Baltimore Seattle -113/+103 at Chicago Houston -130/+120 at Minnesota INTERLEAGUE at Ny Mets -195/+180 Boston NY Yankees -190/+175 at Atlanta Oakland -120/+110 at Arizona NFL Preseason Friday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog at Carolina PK (44) New England at Kansas City 5 (43) Tennessee at Jacksonville 2 (411/2) Detroit Saturday at Buffalo 21/2 (421/2) Pittsburgh at Ny Giants 11/2 (42) NY Jets at Miami 31/2 (431/2) Atlanta at Dallas 1 (42) Minnesota at Tampa Bay 21/2 (41) Cleveland at Baltimore 4 (431/2) Washington at Cincinnati 31/2 (42) Chicago Philadelphia 3 (481/2) at Green Bay at St. Louis 21/2 (421/2) Indianapolis Seattle 1 (42) at San Diego at Denver 5 (421/2) San Francisco Sunday at New Orleans 31/2 (44) Houston at Oakland PK (40) Arizona | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2015 2 B