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MLBBASEBALL San Francisco Giants at Colorado Rockies:5:30p.m., CSNBA. NFL PRESEASON FOOTBALL Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Miami Dolphins: 4p.m., NFL. San Diego Chargers at San Francisco 49ers: 7p.m., CBS, FOX. COLLEGE FOOTBALL North Carolina vs. South Carolina: 3p.m., ESPN. Oklahoma State at C. Michi- gan: 4p.m., ESPNU. S. Louisiana vs. Northwestern State: 4p.m., CSN. Michigan at Utah: 5:30p.m., FS1. NTCU at Minnesota: 6p.m., ESPN. UT-San Antonio at Arizona: 7 p.m., PAC12BA. SOCCER UEFA Euro 2016Qualifier Malta vs. Italy: 11:30a.m., FS1. College Soccer Women's: 2 p.m., ESPNU. TENNIS ITF U.S. Open Second Round: 10a.m., ESPN. ITF U.S. Open Second Round: 2p.m., ESPN2. ITF U.S. Open Second Round: 4p.m., ESPN2. Ontheair Russell, a sophomore, ran for 152 yards and a touchdown, caught a 3-yard pass and had 74 yards on kick returns, for a total of 229 all-purpose yards. Mathuse, a junior, had three solo tackles and three assists. The Bulldogs now sport an 0-1 record. They take the field next when they travel to Dunsmuir for a non-league game on Fri- day. The Bulldogs will meet a Tigers team coming off a 48-26 non-league loss to Princeton. WARRIORS FALL TO LIONS IN ROAD OPENER In Sat- urday's non-league game, the Redding Christian Li- ons took a 35-12 victory over the Mercy Warriors. Players of the game were Al House overall, Ka- vin McClellan offense, Nico Leal defense and Teddy Ranberg special teams. House ran for 150 yards and two touchdowns and McClellan put up 140 yards on the ground. House had 200 all-purpose yards and led the team with 10 solo tackles, two assists and three sacks. Leal had five solo tack- les and an assist and Ran- berg had 60 yards for kick returns and 17 for punt re- turns. The Warriors will now prepare for their match against Hayfork on Sat- urday, Sept. 12, at Sacred Heart School. Roundup FROM PAGE 1 by Peyton Manning in the end zone last Saturday in Denver. "I'm doing everything I can to show the coaches that I can play that role," Acker said. "But if I don't end up in that position, I feel like I showed I can play on special teams. I can play other positions." Reaser, playing for the first time since a 2013 knee injury, has displayed mixed results, as has Johnson, who played every game last season and started three. Wright started 27 games the past two sea- sons with the Chargers but has slipped down the 49ers depth chart in recent weeks. More depth-chart in- trigue exists at outside linebacker, specifically be- cause of Ahmad Brooks being placed on indefi- nite leave last week amid a sexual-battery charge by Santa Clara County prose- cutors. Aaron Lynch, Corey Le- monier and Eli Harold vie for the two starting spots at outside linebacker in case Brooks is jettisoned, which could come by Sat- urday's roster reduction to a 53-man squad, or Brooks could remain in limbo while the NFL — not the 49ers, per league policy — investigates his case. The inside linebacker unit also needs to pin down who will start next to Bowman — Michael Wil- hoite or Nick Moody — and who else will be in reserve, such as Shayne Skov, Philip Wheeler or Nick Bellore. The defensive line seems to have adjusted well de- spite the departures of mainstays Justin Smith and Ray McDonald. A deep talent pool remains, but how deep can it go? Will Tony Jerod-Eddie retain a reserve role? Will former practice-squad nose tackle Mike Purcell parlay his stellar exhibition play into a roster spot? Will Darnell Dockett's rib injury prompt the 49ers to keep an extra defensive lineman? Offensively, Tomsula re- vealed this week that their starting line's two suspect spots would be filled by right guard Jordan Devey and center Marcus Mar- tin. They are an unfamil- iar tandem on the line's interior, so they might be among the few offensive starters who play Thurs- day. Settling on a No. 3 wide receiver also is a lingering issue, with Bruce Elling- ton, Quinton Patton and DeAndrew White possibly rotating in that role. At running back, the 49ers might put this final exhibi- tion workload on Mike Da- vis and Australian wonder Jarryd Hayne, while Kend- all Hunter's health remains suspect. Questions. Questions. Questions. Some might be answered against the Char- gers, some by Saturday's fi- nal cuts, and perhaps some never at all as the season unfolds. 49ers FROM PAGE 1 the plate in the second in- ning, Oakland had no more comeback left. "That kind of took the air out of us right there," Gray said. "We'd battled back there in the first in- ning. And then, boom, it's a three-run deficit again." One of the abilities that separates Cy Young win- ners from the pack is be- ing able to keep the dam- age to a single inning. Nor- mally Gray does, so once the A's got three runs, two of them on a bomb from catcher Josh Phegley, the A's expected to see Gray kick in. Seeing Pujols con- nect instead changed the flow of the game. The homer was the 35th of the season for Pu- jols and the 555th of his career, tying him with Manny Ramirez for 14th on baseball's all-time list. It wasn't so much that Pujols took him deep that both- ered Gray, it was that on an 0-2 pitch the slugger both chased and succeeded. The A's wanted to throw the ball low, but the idea was to get it farther out- side than it was. When Gray didn't do that, Pujols made him pay. It's not clear that the homer will cost Gray the Cy Young, because the com- petition for pitching's top honor is fierce, but Gray ad- mitted Wednesday's per- formance "certainly didn't help," not that he was par- ticularly invested in the award. He's said all along that it's too soon to be talk- ing about 2015 awards. Gray is 0-3 in his last four starts, and in so do- ing he's gone from one win behind Houston's Dallas Keuchel at 13-12 to being four wins down, 16-12. Gray pitched well enough to win three of the four but didn't get the help he needed. And with the six earned runs al- lowed Wednesday, match- ing his career high, his ERA rocketed from 2.10, the best in the A.L., to 2.36, second to Keuchel's 2.24. It's unlikely that Gray can catch Keuchel's win to- tal, but if he pitches back to form in his final six starts — he'd allowed three runs or less in 20 of his first 23 starts — the ERA title re- mains a reasonable possi- bility. And ERA leader is al- most always on the short- list for voters come season's end. Phegley said Wednes- day was more about the Angels' hitters than it was about Gray. "I thought it was pretty normal," Phegley said when asked about the quality of Gray's pitches. "Some of the pitches he made were ex- actly like the ones he usu- ally makes. I think they just came in as a team and committed to shooting them the other way." The A's did that, iron- ically enough, against Keuchel the last time they saw him, and it worked then, too. On Aug. 7, Oak- land reached Keuchel for 10 hits in 72⁄3 innings, al- though it must be pointed out that the A's scored just three times in a 3-1 win, a game in which Gray pitched a five-hit complete game. "I think it's kind of sim- ilar with what we did with Keuchel," Phegley said. "We just gave up trying to pull him, went the other way, we got to shoot some holes and beat him that day. I think that was (the Angels') plan here today. They are finally giving up on trying to hit him hard to the pull side and just go- ing with the pitches. They were on a lot of stuff today." And Gray still has fans, including Pujols. A's FROM PAGE 1 to our home opener, but prior to that we got some work to do. We'll do the best we can with the guys we have." That should lead to plenty of time for backup quarterbacks Christian Ponder and Matt McGloin and there could still be competition there. Del Rio said he hasn't decided — or at least wouldn't pub- licly reveal — if he plans to keep two or three quarter- backs. Ponder has consistently received the second-team repetitions in games and most practices, but Mc- Gloin has been the more impressive one so far in the exhibitions. He's completed a team-high 78.8 percent of his passes for 238 yards, two touchdowns, one inter- ception and a 104.3 passer rating. He's been near perfect in the two home games (21 of 26, 218 yards and both touchdowns), al- though he struggled on the road at Minnesota (5 of 7, 20 yards and the intercep- tion). Ponder has been de- cent, although his most re- cent outing was his worst. He completed only 2 of 5 passes for 18 yards and was sacked twice against the Cardinals. Carr also had his strug- gles against Arizona, which he attributed to minor er- rors in timing. "So close," Carr said. "There were a lot of good things. We were very ex- plosive. That is something that you want to see in the preseason. ... The timing on certain things was just off by a little bit." Carr said much of Tues- day's practice, the Raiders' only one on this short turn- around week, was spent correcting those issues ,which they'll hope to have ironed out before the sea- son opener Sept. 13 against the Cincinnati Bengals. • Del Rio said there are still some roles up in the air entering this final game. Undrafted running back Michael Dyer has made a good impression this month and the Raiders will have to decide how many backs to keep if they want him to stick around. "Michael has had a good camp," Del Rio said. "He's done a good job competing. We'll just see how things shape up." Rod Streater, Brice But- ler and Seth Roberts should all see a lot of action at wide receiver as the Raiders try to determine who can best hold down the No. 3 job and play in the slot. Andre Holmes will also be in that mix when he returns from his hand injury. Raiders FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard Baseball NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 74 57 .565 _ Gi ant s 69 6 3 .5 23 51 /2 Arizona 65 68 .489 10 San Diego 64 68 .485 101/2 Colorado 53 78 .405 21 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 86 46 .652 _ Pittsburgh 79 52 .603 61/2 Chicago 75 57 .568 11 Milwaukee 57 75 .432 29 Cincinnati 55 77 .417 31 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB New York 74 59 .556 _ Washington 66 65 .504 7 Miami 55 79 .410 191/2 Atlanta 54 79 .406 20 Philadelphia 53 81 .396 211/2 Tuesday's games Arizona 6, Colorado 4, 1st game Miami 7, Atlanta 1 Philadelphia 14, N.Y. Mets 8 Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati 4 Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 4 St. Louis 8, Washington 5 Arizona 5, Colorado 3, 2nd game L.A. Dodgers 2, Giants 1 Texas 8, San Diego 6 Wednesday's games Miami 7, Atlanta 3 Cincinnati 7, Chicago Cubs 4 N.Y. Mets 9, Philadelphia 4 Milwaukee 9, Pittsburgh 4 Washington at St. Louis, (n.) Arizona at Colorado, (n.) Giants at L.A. Dodgers, (n.) Texas at San Diego, (n.) Thursday's games Atlanta (Wisler 5-5) at Washington (Zim- mermann 11-8), 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Liriano 9-6) at Milwaukee (Jungmann 8-5), 4:20 p.m. Giants (Vogelsong 9-10) at Colorado (Rusin 4-7), 5:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-9) at San Diego (Rea 2-2), 7:10 p.m. Friday's games Arizona at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Atlanta at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Giants at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 73 60 .549 _ Texas 69 62 .527 3 Los Angeles 67 66 .504 6 Seattle 62 71 .466 11 A's 58 76 .433 151/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 81 51 .614 _ Minnesota 69 63 .523 12 Cleveland 64 68 .485 17 Chicago 61 70 .466 191/2 Detroit 61 71 .462 20 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 76 57 .571 _ New York 74 58 .561 11/2 Tampa Bay 66 67 .496 10 Baltimore 64 69 .481 12 Boston 61 72 .459 15 Tuesday's games Tampa Bay 11, Baltimore 2 Toronto 5, Cleveland 3, 10 innings N.Y. Yankees 3, Boston 1 Minnesota 8, Chicago White Sox 6 Detroit 6, Kansas City 5 Seattle 7, Houston 5 L.A. Angels 6, A's 2 Texas 8, San Diego 6 Wednesday's games L.A. Angels 9, A's 4 N.Y. Yankees 13, Boston 8 Baltimore 7, Tampa Bay 6, 11 innings Toronto 5, Cleveland 1 Minnesota 3, Chicago White Sox 0 Kansas City 12, Detroit 1 Seattle at Houston, (n.) Texas at San Diego, (n.) Thursday's games Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 8-11) at Minnesota (Gibson 9-9), 10:10 a.m. Detroit (Boyd 1-5) at Kansas City (Volquez 12-7), 5:10 p.m. Friday's games Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Baltimore at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Minnesota at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Seattle at A's, 7:05 p.m. Texas at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Angels 9, Athletics 4 Los Angeles Oakland AB R H B AB R H B Calhon rf 4 3 3 0 Burns cf 5 0 0 0 Trout cf 5 1 2 0 Canha 1b 4 0 0 0 Pujols dh 5 2 2 3 Lawrie 2b 4 2 2 1 DvMrp lf 4 1 3 1 Valenci 3b 4 1 1 1 Cwgill pr-lf 1 1 0 0 Phegly c 3 1 1 2 Aybar ss 5 0 0 0 Vogt ph-c 1 0 1 0 Cron 1b 4 0 1 2 Smlnsk lf 3 0 1 0 Cwrt pr-3b 1 1 0 0 Prdie ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Freese 3b 4 0 2 2 BButler dh 4 0 2 0 Navrr pr-1b 0 0 0 0 Reddck rf 4 0 0 0 Iannett c 4 0 0 0 Semien ss 4 0 2 0 Fthrstn 2b 4 0 0 0 Totals 41 9 13 8 37 4 10 4 Los Angeles 420 000 021 — 9 Oakland 300 000 010 — 4 E: Aybar (12); DP: Los Angeles 1; LOB: Los Angeles 6, Oakland 6; 2B: Trout (25), Cron (15), Lawrie (23), B.Butler (24); 3B: Vogt (3); HR: Pujols (35), Lawrie (15), Phegley (8). IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles Haney W,6-2 7 7 3 3 0 6 J.Smith 1 2 1 1 0 2 J.Alvarez 1 1 0 0 0 0 Oakland Gray L,12-7 5 8 6 6 1 2 Mujica 1 0 0 0 0 1 Dull 1 0 0 0 0 1 Venditte 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 R.Alvarez 2/3 2 1 1 0 1 Otero 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 Abad 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 WP: S.Gray, R.Alvarez. Umpires: Home, Chad Fairchild, First, Pat Hoberg. Second, Jim Joyce. Third, Kerwin Danley. T: 2:53; A: 13,392 (35,067). Football NFL PRESEASON Thursday, Sep. 3 New Orleans at Green Bay, 4 p.m. Baltimore at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Miami, 4 p.m. Jacksonville at Washington, 4:30 p.m. Carolina at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. Buffalo at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Giants at New England, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at Tennessee, 5 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago, 5 p.m. Houston at Dallas, 5 p.m. Kansas City at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Arizona at Denver, 6 p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 7 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 7 p.m. Tennis U.S. OPEN RESULTS Wednesday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $42.3 million Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN Second Round Jeremy Chardy (27), France, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (1). David Ferrer (7), Spain, def. Filip Kraji- novic, Serbia, 7-5, 7-5, 7-6 (4). Feliciano Lopez (18), Spain, def. Mardy Fish, United States, 2-6, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5, 6-3. Roberto Bautista Agut (23), Spain, def. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, 2-6, 6-4. David Goffin (14), Belgium, def. Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, 5-7, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, def. Evgeny Donskoy, Russia, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5. Fabio Fognini (32), Italy, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Milos Raonic (10), Canada, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1). Benoit Paire, France, def. Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Rafael Nadal (8), Spain, def. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 7-6 (5), 6-3, 7-5. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, def. Grigor Dimitrov (17), Bulgaria, 6-3, 7-6 (2), 2-6, 4-6, 6-4. Tommy Robredo (26), Spain, def. Sam Groth, Australia, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, def. Illya Marchenko, Ukraine, 6-4, 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-4. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (19), France, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. Andreas Seppi (25), Italy, def. Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-1. WOMEN Second Round Madison Brengle, United States, def. Anna Tatishvili, United States, 6-3, 6-2. Madison Keys (19), United States, def. Te rez a S mi tk ov a, C ze ch R epub li c, 6 -1 , 6-2. Anett Kontaveit, Estonia, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (31), Russia, 7-5, 6-4. Daria Kasatkina, Russia, def. Ana Kon- juh, Croatia, 6-4, 6-4. Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Denisa Aller- tova, Czech Republic, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1. Agnieszka Radwanska (15), Poland, def. Magda Linette, Poland, 6-3, 6-2. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, def. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, 6-2, 6-1. Kristina Mladenovic, France, def. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, 7-5, 6-1. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, def. Jes- sica Pegula, United States, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3. Mariana Duque-Marino, Colombia, def. Oceane Dodin, France, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. Eugenie Bouchard (25), Canada, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3. Elina Svitolina (17), Ukraine, def. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, 6-3, 6-4. Belinda Bencic (12), Switzerland, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Ekaterina Makarova (13), Russia, def. Lauren Davis, United States, 6-1, 6-2. Venus Williams (23), United States, def. Irina Falconi, United States, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-2. Doubles MEN First Round Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah (14), Colombia, def. Denis Kudla and Tim Smyczek, United States, 7-5, 6-2. Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers (8), Australia, def. Bjorn Fratangelo and Dennis Novikov, United States, 6-3, 6-2. Mariusz Fyrstenberg, Poland, and Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, def. Tomasz Bednarek and Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 6-4. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Florin Mer- gea (6), Romania, def. Austin Krajicek and Nicholas Monroe, United States, 6-3, 6-4. Thomaz Bellucci and Marcelo Demoliner, Brazil, def. Deiton Baughman and Tom- my Paul, United States, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5). Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, and Rameez Junaid, Australia, def. Julio Peralta, Chile, and Matt Seeberger, United States, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Aliaksandr Bury, Belarus, and Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Radu Albot, Moldova, and Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Ma- hut (12), France, def. Guillermo Duran, Argentina, and Victor Estrella Burgos, Dominican Republic, 6-3, 6-4. Mate Pavic, Croatia, and Michael Venus, New Zealand, def. Aljaz Bedene, Britain, and Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (5). Jeremy Chardy, France, and Lukasz Kubot, Poland, def. Jurgen Melzer, Aus- tria, and Philipp Petzschner, Germany, 7-5, 6-3. Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Edouard Roger-Vasselin (9), France, def. Chris Guccione, Australia, and Andre Sa, Brazil, 6-4, 6-4. Marcin Matkowski, Poland, and Nenad Zimonjic (4), Serbia, def. Pablo Carreno Busta and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 6-3, 6-4. Michael Russell and Donald Young, United States, def. David Goffin, Belgium, and Dominic Thiem, Austria, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, and Aisam- ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, def. Dusan Lajovic and Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-2, 6-3. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, and Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, and Jack Sock (11), United States, 4-6, 7-6 (8), 7-5. Dominic Inglot, Britain, and Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, def. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Marcelo Melo (2), Brazil, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-4. Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey, United States, def. Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-3. WOMEN First Round Lyudmyla and Nadiia Kichenok, Ukraine, def. Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, and Alicja Rosolska, Poland, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, and Yaro- slava Shvedova (4), Kazakhstan, def. Daria Gavrilova, Australia, and Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, 2-6, 6-4, 6-0. Vania King, United States, and Zheng Saisai, China, def. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, and Xu Yi-Fan, China, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7). Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (7) , C ze ch R epub li c, k def . Va rv ara Lepchenko and Alison Riske, United States, 6-2, 6-2. Tornado Alicia Black and Ingrid Neel, United States, def. Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, and Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja (14), Spain, def. Janette Husarova and Anna Karolina Schmied- lova, Slovakia, 7-5, 6-3. Caroline Garcia, France, and Katarina Srebotnik (5), Slovenia, def. Chan Chin- wei, Taiwan, and Darija Jurak, Croatia, 6-3, 6-2. Jelena Jankovic and Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, def. Annika Beck, Germany, and Demi Schuurs, Netherlands, 7-5, 6-1. Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro (8), Spain, def. Kimiko Date- Krumm, Japan, and Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, 6-1, 7-5. Chan Yung-jan and Chan Hao-ching (9), Taiwan, def. Alexandra Dulgheru, Romania, and Christina McHale, United States, 6-2, 6-4. Nicole Gibbs and Taylor Townsend, United States, def. Silvia Soler-Espinosa and Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor, Spain, 7-5, 6-2. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, and Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, def. Kateryna Bonda- renko, Ukraine, and Arina Rodionova, Australia, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-5. Asia Muhammad and Maria Sanchez, United States, def. Jarmila Gajdosova and Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-2. Michaella Krajicek, Netherlands, and Barbora Strycova (13), Czech Republic, def. Jocelyn Rae and Anna Smith, Britain, 6-4, 6-4. Monica Niculescu, Romania, and Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, def. Shuko Aoyama, Japan, and Renata Voracova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-1. Mona Barthel and Laura Siegemund, Germany, def. Sabine Lisicki, Germany, and Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Irina-Camelia Begu and Raluca Olaru, Romania, def. Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgia, and Katalin Marosi, Hungary, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2. Mixed First Round Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, and Max Mirnyi, Belarus, def. Anda Perianu and Andrei Daescu, Romania, 6-2, 6-4. Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Leander Paes (4), India, def. Claire Liu and Taylor Harry Fritz, United States, 6-2, 6-2. Basketball WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Minnesota 20 10 .667 — x-Phoenix 18 13 .581 21/2 x-Tulsa 15 14 .517 41/2 Sparks 12 18 .400 8 Seattle 9 20 .310 101/2 San Antonio 7 23 .233 13 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-New York 21 8 .724 — x-Chicago 18 12 .600 31/2 x-Indiana 18 12 .600 31/2 Washington 16 13 .552 5 Connecticut 13 18 .419 9 Atlanta 12 18 .400 91/2 x-clinched playoff spot Tuesday's games New York 80, Atlanta 75, OT Indiana 81, Connecticut 51 Wednesday's games Phoenix 73, Washington 53 Thursday's games Chicago at New York, 4 p.m. Tulsa at Seattle, 7 p.m. Washington at Sparks, 7:30 p.m. Friday's games Connecticut at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Indiana at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Los Angeles 13 8 7 46 49 33 Vancouver 14 10 3 45 38 28 FC Dallas 12 8 5 41 35 30 Kansas City 11 7 7 40 40 35 Portland 11 9 7 40 29 32 Seattle 12 13 2 38 32 30 San Jose 11 10 5 38 32 29 Houston 9 10 8 35 35 34 Colorado 8 9 9 33 25 27 Salt Lake 8 11 8 32 29 40 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. United 13 10 5 44 35 34 New York 12 7 6 42 43 28 Columbus 11 8 8 41 45 44 Toronto FC 11 10 4 37 44 42 New England10 9 7 37 35 36 Orlando City 7 12 8 29 33 47 Montreal 8 11 4 28 30 34 N.Y. City FC 7 13 7 28 38 46 Chicago 7 13 6 27 31 38 Philadelphia 7 14 6 27 33 44 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Saturday's games Orlando City at New England, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Montreal, 5 p.m. Toronto FC at Seattle, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Sunday's games FC Dallas at Columbus, 4 p.m. Golf PGA TOUR STATISTICS Through Aug. 30 Scoring Average 1, Jordan Spieth, 68.82. 2, Bubba Watson, 69.26. 3, Jason Day, 69.28. 4, Brooks Koepka, 69.52. 5, Dustin Johnson, 69.53. 6, Henrik Stenson, 69.57. 7, Justin Rose, 69.73. 8, Will Wilcox, 69.76. 9, Zach John- son, 69.76. 10, Paul Casey, 69.82. Driving Distance 1, Dustin Johnson, 319.1. 2, Bubba Wat- son, 316.6. 3, Jason Day, 314.3. 4, Adam Scott, 311.6. 5, J.B. Holmes, 310.8. 6, Charlie Beljan, 309.8. 7, Brooks Koepka, 309.5. 8, Tony Finau, 309.4. 9, Patrick Rodgers, 307.7. 10, Gary Woodland, 307.3. Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, Francesco Molinari, 76.88%. 2, David Toms, 74.50%. 3, Jason Bohn, 71.99%. 4, Chez Reavie, 71.89%. 5, Justin Leonard, 71.70%. 6, Colt Knost, 71.58%. 7, Steve Alker, 71.41%. 8, Zach Johnson, 71.17%. 9, Brendon Todd, 70.38%. 10, Ryan Moore, 69.54%. Greens in Regulation Pct. 1, Henrik Stenson, 74.07%. 2, Jim Her- man, 73.45%. 3, Stewart Cink, 72.94%. 4, Will Wilcox, 72.53%. 5, Paul Casey, 71.99%. 6, Francesco Molinari, 71.07%. 7, Russell Knox, 70.90%. 8, Justin Rose, 70.63%. 9 (tie), Lucas Glover and Jason Day, 70.46%. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE Thursday Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Washington -250/+225 Atlanta Pittsburgh -145/+135 at Milwaukee San Francisco -125/+115 at Colorado Los Angeles -125/+115 at San Diego AMERICAN LEAGUE at Minnesota -135/+125 Chicago at Kansas City -190/+175 Detroit Thursday NFL Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog Cincinnati 21/2 (39) at Indianapolis Philadelphia 5 (44) at Ny Jets at Miami 31/2 (371/2) Tampa Bay New Orleans 11/2 (40) at Green Bay at Atlanta 1 (391/2) Baltimore at Detroit 1 (38) Buffalo at New England 3 (40) NY Giants at Pittsburgh 1 (40) Carolina at Washington 41/2 (40) Jacksonville at Tennessee 2 (381/2) Minnesota at St. Louis 21/2 (39) Kansas City Houston 4 (39) at Dallas at Chicago 1 (38) Cleveland at Denver 6 (38) Arizona at 49ers 3 (37) San Diego at Seattle 31/2 (38) Oakland Thursday College Football Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog South Carolina 3 (64) North Carolina at C. Florida 131/2 (451/2) FIU Oklahoma State 241/2 (59) at C. Michigan at Utah 41/2 (46) Michigan TCU 161/2 (571/2) at Minnesota Duke 7 (51) at Tulane Ohio 7 (58) at Idaho at Arizona 311/2 (60) UTSA Colorado 71/2 (59) at Hawaii W. Kentucky 2 (62) at Vanderbilt Transactions BASEBALL National League Pittsburgh Pirates: Selected the con- tracts of INF infielder Pedro Florimon from Bristol (Appalachian). Transferred RHP Deolis Guerra from the 15- to the 60-day DL. St. Louis Cardinals: Recalled LHPs Tyler Lyons and Nick Greenwood and RHP Miguel Socolovich from Memphis (PCL). Optioned LHP Marco Gonzales to Memphis. San Diego Padres: Recalled Inf/Of Alex Dickerson, RHP Jon Edwards and C Rocky Hale from El Paso (PCL). Desig- nated LHP Chris Rearick for assignment. Washington Nationals: Recalled RHP Rafael Martin and LHP Matt Grace from Syracuse (IL). FOOTBALL National Football League Atlanta Falcons: Signed OL Eric Lefeld. Waived WR Bernard Reedy. Carolina Panthers: Signed QB Derek Anderson to a two-year contract exten- sion. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2015 2 B