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MLBBASEBALL San Francisco Giants at Colorado Rockies:5:30p.m., CSNBA. Seattle Mariners at Oakland Athletics: 7p.m., CSN. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Charlotte at Georgia State: 12:30p.m., ESPNU. Baylor at SMU: 4p.m., ESPN. Michigan State at Western Michigan: 4p.m., ESPNU. Weber State at Oregon State: 5p.m., PAC12BA. Washington vs. Boise State: 7:15p.m., ESPN. GOLF PGA Deutsche Bank Cham- pionship Round 1: 11:30a.m., GOLF. EPGA Russian Open Round 3: 4a.m. GOLF. SOCCER UEFA Euro 2016Qualifier Poland vs. Germany: 11:30 a.m., FS1. FIFA International Friendly Peru vs. United States: 4:30 p.m., FS1. TENNIS ITF U.S. Open Third Round: 10 a.m., ESPN. ITF U.S. Open Third Round: 3 p.m., ESPN2. ITF U.S. Open Third Round: 4 p.m. ESPN2. Ontheair Goodellsaiditwasnec- essary to appeal "to uphold the collectively bargained responsibility to protect the integrity of the game." He called the need to secure the game's compet- itive fairness "a paramount principle." Hours after Goodell is- sued his statement, the league appealed to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Ap- peals in Manhattan with a one-page notice from NFL attorney Daniel Nash. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said the league would not seek an emer- gency stay, freeing Brady to play while the case is ap- pealed. It could be months before the court consid- ers the case, since the league would have to show it would suffer irrepara- ble harm to speed up the timetable. The union's execu- tive director, DeMaurice Smith, said in a statement the ruling proves the con- tract with the NFL doesn't grant Goodell "the author- ity to be unfair, arbitrary and misleading." Patriots owner Rob- ert Kraft called Brady a "classy person of the high- est integrity" and the pen- alty against him "unwar- ranted and unprecedented discipline." He said the rul- ing was thoughtful. Berman said the league was wrong to discipline Brady as if a deflating ball accusation was equal to us- ing performance enhanc- ing drugs. Brady was also denied equal access to investiga- tive files, including witness interview notes, and wasn't permitted to examine one of two lead investigators, the judge said. The Patriots, who were fined $1 million and stripped of two draft picks, posted a celebratory photo on Twitter of Brady pump- ing his fist and screaming at the Super Bowl last sea- son. The ruling was a sur- prise to some legal ex- perts who believed Ber- man was merely pressur- ing the league to settle at two hearings when he crit- icized its handling of the investigation over the last eight months. The league brought the scandal court within min- utes of Goodell upholding Brady's suspension, blast- ing the quarterback for ar- ranging the destruction of his cellphone and its nearly 10,000 messages just be- fore he was interviewed for the NFL probe. The union countersued. The league spent more than $3 million for its in- vestigation by prominent attorney Ted Wells, who had previously conducted NFL probes. While Wells' 243-page report found it was "more probable than not" that two Patriots ball handling employees delib- erately released air from Patriots game balls at the AFC championship game, it cited no direct evidence that Brady knew about or authorized it. Goodell, though, went beyond Wells' report, find- ing in late July as a result of testimony from Brady and others that the quar- terback conspired with the ball handlers and tried to obstruct the league's probe, including by destroying his cellphone. The commissioner said he concluded Brady "knew about, approved of, con- sented to, and provided in- ducements and rewards" to ensure balls were deflated. Berman attacked the league while questioning one of its lawyers at two hearings. He had repeat- edly urged both sides to settle and tone down rhet- oric. At a hearing Mon- day attended by Brady and Goodell, the judge an- nounced that both sides had "tried quite hard" un- successfully to reach a deal. Brady FROM PAGE 1 get back into it." Despite a stuffy nose and scratchy throat, and gener- ally looking as if he might be ready to wilt on an- other steamy day at Flush- ing Meadows — two more mid-match retirements, including by 28th-seeded Jack Sock of the United States, raised the total to 12 in the men's draw so far — Murray put together his eighth career comeback from a two-set deficit and beat Mannarino 5-7, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1. "He was looking for his rhythm," Mannarino said, "and then I think that fi- nally he found it." Roger Federer had his rhythm from the start, compiling a 46-8 edge in winners while beating Steve Darcis of Belgium 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 at night, be- fore 2014 runner-up Car- oline Wozniacki was to meet Petra Cetkovska in the day's last match. Against Murray, Man- narino, a lefty, delivered 12 of the match's first 14 fore- hand winners and repeat- edly found success with drop shots. But his play eventually dipped, while Murray re- ally cleaned up his own act after the rough start: He went from making 21 unforced errors in the first two sets to only 14 the rest of the way. "He has such an un- orthodox game, I didn't really feel that comfort- able at many points," Mur- ray said. "But I was happy, very happy, with the way I fought through that, fin- ished the match stronger than him." Early in the fourth set, Murray doubled over and rested his hands on his knees after a couple of points, the sort of thing the Brit has been known to do during matches — appear- ing weary or injured yet able to still play well. "Who knows? Maybe he (is)—notfaking—butsome- times (feeling) tired, even if he's not," Mannarino said. Murray's explanation? "That's, I think, what a lot of people do when they're out of breath or tired," he said. Sock took the opening two sets against 107th- ranked Ruben Bemelmans of Belgium and was three games away from win- ning in the third, but his body seized up because of cramps, unable to deal with the heat that topped 90 degrees (32 Celsius). In a scary scene early in the fourth set, less than two hours in, Sock froze in place, his legs locked. A trainer helped the 22-year- old American sit down near the baseline, and Sock appeared to have trouble even extending his arm when Bemelmans walked around the net and leaned over for a handshake. "I didn't have too much difficulty," said Bemel- mans, who will face French Open champion Stan Waw- rinka next. Sock didn't hold a news conference, instead releas- ing a statement that called his retirement "extremely disappointing." There are only two American men remain- ing of the 16 who were in the draw: No. 13 John Is- ner and unseeded Donald Young. "It's tough to see," Isner said about Sock's cramp- ing. "It's not a fitness thing. I think that's a big, big mis- conception. He's in very good shape. He can play 50-ball rallies if he wants to. But he sweats a lot. ... His body was at a deficit of whatever it is — sodium, magnesium, potassium." Denis Istomin of Uz- bekistan stopped playing against 20th-seeded Dom- inic Thiem of Austria, cit- ing an injured right leg. Including two retire- ments by women, 14 play- ers have stopped playing during matches because of injury or illness, tying the 2011 U.S. Open for the most through the first two rounds at a Grand Slam tournament. "Maybe it's the end of the year — players are not as fit ... as in the beginning of the year," Bemelmans said. "It's the humidity, the heat — it's all these combi- nations." Tennis FROM PAGE 1 the Dodgers in three one- run games heading into Thursday, but there was no drama against the Rockies. Gonzalez, who hit a grand slam and a two- run homer in his last two at-bats against Ari- zona on Wednesday, went deep in the first off Ryan Vogelsong in Colorado's four-run first. The out- fielder greeted reliever George Kontos with a shot down the right-field line in the fourth to give Colorado a 9-2 lead. He has 11 RBIs in his last two games. Gonzalez has 16 career multi-homer games in his career, including six this season which have all come since July 24. He doubled in the second and singled in the ninth ahead of Are- nado's 34th homer of the season. Vogelsong (9-11) allowed eight runs — seven earned — on 11 hits in three-plus innings for the struggling Giants. Rusin (5-7) bounced back from a rough road trip to pitch the distance. He wasn't as sharp as he was on Aug. 16 when he pitched a shutout against San Diego but he allowed three runs on six hits and struck out five. Rusin has a 1.50 ERA in his last two home starts. He is the first Rockies pitcher to throw two com- plete games at Coors Field since Aaron Cook did it in 2008. Giants FROM PAGE 1 DAVID ZALUBOWSKI — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy takes the ball from starting pitcher Ryan Vogelsong as he is removed from the game a er giving up an RBI single to the Colorado Rockies' Jose Reyes in the fourth inning Thursday in Denver. Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 75 57 .568 _ Giants 69 65 .515 7 Arizona 65 69 .485 11 San Diego 64 69 .481 111/2 Colorado 55 78 .414 201/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 86 47 .647 _ Pittsburgh 79 53 .598 61/2 Chicago 75 57 .568 101/2 Milwaukee 58 75 .436 28 Cincinnati 55 77 .417 301/2 EAS T D IVI SI ON W L Pct GB New York 74 59 .556 _ Washington 68 65 .511 6 Miami 55 79 .410 191/2 Atlanta 54 80 .403 201/2 Philadelphia 53 81 .396 211/2 Wednesday's games Miami 7, Atlanta 3 Cincinnati 7, Chicago Cubs 4 N.Y. Mets 9, Philadelphia 4 Milwaukee 9, Pittsburgh 4 Washington 4, St. Louis 3 Colorado 9, Arizona 4 L.A. Dodgers 2, Giants 1 Texas 4, San Diego 3, 10 innings Thursday's games Washington 15, Atlanta 1 Milwaukee 5, Pittsburgh 3 Colorado 11, Giants 3 L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, (n.) Friday's games Arizona (Godley 4-0) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 8-10), 11:20 a.m. Atlanta (Teheran 9-7) at Washington (Roark 4-4), 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Garza 6-14) at Cincinnati (Sampson 2-2), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (deGrom 12-7) at Miami (Koehler 8-13), 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Morgan 5-4) at Boston (J.Kelly 8-6), 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Happ 3-1) at St. Louis (C.Martinez 13-6), 5:15 p.m. Giants (Heston 11-8) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 8-6), 5:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Bolsinger 5-3) at San Diego (Shields 10-6), 7:10 p.m. Saturday's games Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m. Arizona at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 1:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 1:05 p.m. Atlanta at Washington, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Giants at Colorado, 5:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 5:40 p.m. Sunday's games Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m. N.Y. Mets at Miami, 10:10 a.m. Atlanta at Washington, 10:35 a.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 10:35 a.m. Arizona at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 1:10 p.m. Giants at Colorado, 1:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 5:05 p.m. Rockies 11, Giants 3 San Fran Colorado AB R H B AB R H B Pagan cf 3 1 1 0 Blckmn cf 5 2 2 1 Tmlnsn 2b 4 0 2 0 Reyes ss 4 1 2 1 MDuffy 3b 4 0 0 0 Adams ss 0 0 0 0 Posey 1b 4 0 1 0 CGnzlz rf 5 3 4 4 Byrd rf 4 0 0 0 KParkr lf 0 0 0 0 HSnchz c 2 0 0 0 Arenad 3b 5 2 3 2 Kontos p 0 0 0 0 LeMahi 2b 5 2 3 0 THudsn p 0 0 0 0 Paulsn lf-1b5 0 0 0 Aoki ph 1 0 0 0 WRosr 1b 4 0 2 2 Hall p 0 0 0 0 BBarns lf-rf0 0 0 0 Brodwy p 0 0 0 0 Hundly c 4 0 2 0 J.Perez lf 3 1 1 0 Rusin p 4 1 1 0 Adrianz ss 3 0 0 0 Vglsng p 1 1 1 2 Susac c 2 0 0 0 Totals 31 3 6 2 4111 19 10 San Fran 002 001 000 — 3 Colorado 401 400 02x — 11 E: Pagan (4), M.Duffy (12); DP: San Francisco 2, Colorado 2; LOB: San Francisco 2, Colorado 7; 2B: J.Perez (2), Ca.Gonzalez (23), Arenado (34); 3B: Blackmon (8); HR: Vogelsong (1), Ca.Gonzalez 2 (35), Arenado (34); SB: Reyes (6); S: Reyes. IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco Vglsng L,9-11 3 11 8 7 0 1 Kontos 1 2 1 1 0 0 T.Hudson 2 1 0 0 0 2 Hall 12/3 5 2 2 0 0 Broadway 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 Colorado Rusin W,5-7 9 6 3 3 1 5 Vogelsong pitched to 3 batters in the 4th. Umpires: Home, Pat Hoberg, First, Jim Joyce. Second, Kerwin Danley. Third, Chad Fairchild. T: 2:48 (Delay: 0:21); A: 25,863 (50,398). AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 73 61 .545 _ Texas 70 62 .530 2 Los Angeles 67 66 .504 51/2 Seattle 63 71 .470 10 A's 58 76 .433 15 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 82 51 .617 _ Minnesota 69 64 .519 13 Cleveland 64 68 .485 171/2 Chicago 62 70 .470 191/2 Detroit 61 72 .459 21 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 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 8, Houston 3 Texas 4, San Diego 3, 10 innings Thursday's games Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota 4 Kansas City 15, Detroit 7 Friday's games Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 6-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Severino 2-2), 4:05 p.m. Baltimore (U.Jimenez 9-9) at Toronto (Hutchison 13-2), 4:07 p.m. Cleveland (Kluber 8-13) at Detroit (Lob- stein 3-5), 4:08 p.m. Philadelphia (Morgan 5-4) at Boston (J.Kelly 8-6), 4:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 6-12) at Kansas City (Medlen 3-0), 5:10 p.m. Minnesota (Pelfrey 6-8) at Houston (McHugh 14-7), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (Olmos 1-0) at A's (Brooks 1-1), 7:05 p.m. Texas (M.Perez 2-3) at L.A. Angels (Rich- ards 12-10), 7:05 p.m. Saturday's games Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m. Baltimore at Toronto, 10:07 a.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 1:05 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 4:10 p.m. Minnesota at Houston, 4:10 p.m. Seattle at A's, 6:05 p.m. Texas at L.A. Angels, 6:05 p.m. Sunday's games Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m. Baltimore at Toronto, 10:07 a.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 10:08 a.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 10:35 a.m. Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 11:10 a.m. Minnesota at Houston, 11:10 a.m. Texas at L.A. Angels, 12:35 p.m. Seattle at A's, 1:05 p.m. Football NFL PRESEASON Thursday, Sep. 3 Green Bay 38, New Orleans 10 Atlanta 20, Baltimore 19 Cincinnati 9, Indianapolis 6 N.Y. Jets 24, Philadelphia 18 Tampa Bay 22, Miami 17 Jacksonville 17, Washington 16 Carolina 23, Pittsburgh 6 Detroit 17, Buffalo 10 N.Y. Giants 12, New England 9 Tennessee 24, Minnesota 17 Chicago 24, Cleveland 0 Dallas 21, Houston 14 Kansas City 24, St. Louis 17 Arizona 22, Denver 20 Oakland at Seattle, (n.) San Diego at San Francisco, (n.) Tennis U.S. OPEN RESULTS Thursday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $42.3 million Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN Second Round Thomaz Bellucci (30), Brazil, def. Yoshi- hito Nishioka, Japan, 6-0, 6-3, 6-4. Stan Wawrinka (5), Switzerland, def. Chung Hyeon, South Korea, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6). Ruben Bemelmans, Belgium, def. Jack Sock (28), United States, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 2-1, retired. Viktor Troicki (22), Serbia, def. Rajeev Ram, United States, 7-6 (10), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Dominic Thiem (20), Austria, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 6-4, 6-4, 1-0 (15-0), retired. John Isner (13), United States, def. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Donald Young, United States, def. Aljaz Bedene, Britain, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, def. Ivo Karlovic (21), Croatia, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4). Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (31), Spain, def. Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-1. Kevin Anderson (15), South Africa, def. Austin Krajicek, United States, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Adrian Mannarino, France, 5-7, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 7-6 (2), 6-1, 6-3. Philipp Kohlschreiber (29), Germany, def. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-2. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Steve Darcis, Belgium, 6-1, 6-2, 6-1. Richard Gasquet (12), France, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Bernard Tomic (24), Australia, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 7-5. WOMEN Second Round Sam Stosur (22), Australia, def. Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, 6-1, 6-1. Victoria Azarenka (20), Belarus, def. Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 7-5, 6-4. Sara Errani (16), Italy, def. Jelena Osta- penko, Latvia, 0-6, 6-4, 6-3. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, 7-6 (7), 6-2. Andrea Petkovic (18), Germany, def. Elena Vesnina, Russia, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Johanna Konta, Britain, def. Garbine Muguruza (9), Spain, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 6-2. Simona Halep (2), Romania, def. Kat- eryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-4. Angelique Kerber (11), Germany, def. Karin Knapp, Italy, 7-5, 6-2. Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Olga Govo- rtsova, Belarus, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4. Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, def. Wang Qiang, China, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5. Shelby Rogers, United States, def. Kurumi Nara, Japan, 6-4, 6-4. Sabine Lisicki (24), Germany, def. Camila Giorgi, Italy, 6-4, 6-0. Petra Kvitova (5), Czech Republic, def. Nicole Gibbs, United States, 6-3, 6-4. Flavia Pennetta (26), Italy, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 6-1, 6-4. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (32), Slo- vakia, def. Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic, def. Caroline Wozniacki (4), Denmark, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (1). Doubles MEN First Round Philipp Oswald, Austria, and Adil Shamasdin, Canada, def. Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (10), Brazil, 6-3, 6-3. Tommy Haas, Germany, and Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and David Marrero (13), Spain, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Eric Butorac and Scott Lipsky, United States, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, and Max Mirnyi (16), Belarus, 7-6 (4), 7-5. Colin Fleming, Britain, and Treat Huey, Philippines, def. Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini (5), Italy, 6-1, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (6). Marco Cecchinato and Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. Jonathan Erlich, Israel, and Artem Sitak, New Zealand, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-6 (4). Marcus Daniell, New Zealand, and Jona- than Marray, Britain, def. Taylor Harry Fritz and Reilly Opelka, United States, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Lucas Pouille, France, and Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, def. Sergey Betov, Belarus, and Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Leander Paes, India, and Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. Florian Mayer and Frank Moser, Germany, 6-2, 6-3. WOMEN First Round Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears (6), United States, def. Maya Jansen, United States, and Erin Routliffe, Canada, 6-2, 6-1. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, and Laura Robson, Britain, def. Madison Keys and Lisa Raymond, United States, 6-2, 6-4. Dominika Cibulkova and Magdalena Ry- barikova, Slovakia, def. Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, and Liang Chen, China, 6-1, 7-5. Timea Babos, Hungary, and Kristina Mladenovic (3), France, def. Andreea Mitu, Romania, and Teliana Pereira, Brazil, 6-1, 7-6 (2). Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (12), Russia, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, and Mirjana Lucic- Baroni, Croatia, 6-4, 6-2. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, and Chuang Chia-jung, Taiwan, def. Melanie Oudin and Jessica Pegula, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Anastasia Rodionova (10), Australia, def. Eva Hrdinova, Czech Republic, and Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, 6-2, 6-3. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, and Johanna Larsson, Sweden, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (16), Poland, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2), 7-5. Margarita Gasparyan and Alexandra Panova, Russia, def. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, and Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4. Karin Knapp and Roberta Vinci (17), Ita- ly, def. Denisa Allertova, Czech Republic, and Ana Konjuh, Croatia, 6-1, 6-0. Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, and Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Madison Brengle, United States, and Tatjana Maria, Ger- many, 7-5, 6-2. Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, and Sam Stosur, Australia, 6-3, 6-4. Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Sania Mirza (1), India, def. Kaitlyn Christian and Sabrina Santamaria, United States, 6-1, 6-2. Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, and Andreja Klepac (15), Slovenia, def. Alize Cornet, France, and Magda Linette, Poland, 4-6, 6-0, 7-6 (5). Basketball WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Minnesota 20 10 .667 — x-Phoenix 18 13 .581 21/2 x-Tulsa 16 14 .533 4 Sparks 12 18 .400 8 Seattle 9 21 .300 11 San Antonio 7 23 .233 13 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-New York 21 9 .700 — x-Chicago 19 12 .613 21/2 x-Indiana 18 12 .600 3 Washington 16 13 .552 41/2 Connecticut 13 18 .419 81/2 Atlanta 12 18 .400 9 x-clinched playoff spot Wednesday's games Phoenix 73, Washington 53 Thursday's games Chicago 82, New York 60 Tulsa 85, Seattle 67 Washington at Sparks, (n.) Friday's games Connecticut at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Indiana at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Saturday's games Phoenix at San Antonio, 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 WORLD GOLF RANKING 1. Rory McIlroy NIR 12.36 2. Jordan Spieth USA 12.22 3. Jason Day AUS 10.99 4. Bubba Watson USA 8.84 5. Justin Rose ENG 7.22 6. Jim Furyk USA 7.06 7. Dustin Johnson USA 6.85 8. Henrik Stenson SWE 6.73 9. Rickie Fowler USA 6.57 10. Sergio Garcia ESP 5.48 11. Zach Johnson USA 5.12 12. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 4.70 13. Adam Scott AUS 4.67 14. Jimmy Walker USA 4.45 15. Matt Kuchar USA 4.33 16. Brooks Koepka USA 4.26 17. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 4.26 18. Patrick Reed USA 3.95 19. J.B. Holmes USA 3.88 20. Branden Grace SAF 3.86 Motorsports NASCAR SPRINT CUP MILES LED LEADERS Through Aug. 22 1. Kevin Harvick, 1,802.35 2. Joey Logano, 1,007.12 3. Jimmie Johnson, 846.73 4. Kurt Busch, 818.76 5. Martin Truex Jr., 768.85 6. Kyle Busch, 611.58 7. Brad Keselowski, 553.38 8. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 509.26 9. Matt Kenseth, 484.64 10. Denny Hamlin, 480.51 11. Jeff Gordon, 375.68 12. Carl Edwards, 366.72 13. Kyle Larson, 78.97 14. Austin Dillon, 70.50 15. AJ Allmendinger, 69.69 Odds PREGAME.COM LINE Friday Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Chicago -205/+185 Arizona at Washington -190/+175 Atlanta New York -177/+165 at Miami at Cincinnati -115/+105 Milwaukee at St. Louis -140/+130 Pittsburgh San Francisco -116/+106 at Colorado at San Diego -105/-105 Los Angeles AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland -160/+150 at Detroit at New York -167/+157 Tampa Bay at Toronto -180/+165 Baltimore at Kansas City -176/+164 Chicago at Houston -165/+155 Minnesota at Los Angeles -140/+130 Texas at Oakland -108/-102 Seattle INTERLEAGUE at Boston -180/+165 Philadelphia College Football Friday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog Baylor 351/2 (731/2) at SMU at Georgia State71/2 (731/2) Charlotte Michigan State 17 (571/2) at WMichigan at Illinois 141/2 (52) Kent at Boise State 13 (551/2) Washington Saturday Old Dominion 41/2 (63) at E. Michigan at Florida 37 (541/2) N. Mex. State Penn State 7 (44) at Temple at Tulsa 61/2 (68) Florida Atlantic at UCLA 191/2 (521/2) Virginia Stanford 111/2 (471/2) at N'Western Auburn 101/2 (58) Louisville Texas A&M 31/2 (691/2) Arizona State at Nebraska 7 (601/2) BYU at NC State 26 (62) Troy at No Illinois 23 (621/2) UNLV at Oklahoma 311/2 (57) Akron Tennessee 211/2 (69) Bowling Green at Georgia 35 (54) Loui.-Monroe at Kentucky 17 (58) Loui.-Lafayette at Arkansas 33 (50) UTEP at W. Virginia 191/2 (56) G. Southern at Notre Dame 91/2 (51) Texas at Florida State 29 (63) Texas State Alabama 12 (491/2) Wisconsin Mississippi St 21 (61) at Southern Miss at USC 27 (691/2) Arkansas St Sunday at Marshall 71/2 (611/2) Purdue Monday Ohio State 14 (521/2)at Virginia Tech Transactions BASEBALL American League Detoirt Tigers: Activated LHP Kyle Lob- stein from the 60-day DL. Assigned RHP Josh Zeid outright to Toledo (IL). New York Yankees: Assigned INF Cole Figueroa outright to Scranton/Wilkes- Barre (IL). National League San Diego Padres: Assigned LHP Caleb Thielbar outright to El Paso (PCL) and LHP Chris Rearick outright to San Antonio (Texas). | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 2 B