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AUTORACING NASCAR Xfinity Series, Help a Hero 200:12:30p.m.,NBC. MLB BASEBALL Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees: 10a.m., FS1. Pittsburgh Pirates at St. Louis Cardinals: 1p.m., FS1. San Francisco Giants at Colo- rado Rockies: 5p.m., CSNBA. Seattle Mariners at Oakland Athletics: 6p.m., CSN. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Stanford at Northwestern: 9 a.m., ESPN. Richmond at Maryland: 9a.m., ESPNU. Portland State at Washington State: 11a.m., PAC12BA. BYU vs. Nebraska: 12:30p.m., ABC. Louisville vs. Auburn: 12:30 p.m., CBS. Virginia at UCLA: 12:30p.m., FOX. Penn State at Temple: 12;30 p.m., ESPN. UT at El Paso at Arkansas: 12:30p.m., ESPNU. Wagner at Rice: 12:30p.m., CSN. Grambling State at California: 2p.m., PAC12BA. Arizona State vs. Texas A&M.: 4p.m., ESPN. L-Lafayette vs. Kentucky: 4 p.m., ESPNU. Southern at Louisiana Tech: 4 p.m., CSN. Texas at Notre Dame: 4:30 p.m., NBC. E. Washington at Oregon: 5 p.m., PAC12BA. Wisconsin vs. Alabama: 5:07 p.m., ABC. Mississippi State vs. South- ern Miss: 7p.m., FS1. Arkansas State vs. USC: 8 p.m., PAC12BA. GOLF PGA Deutsche Bank Cham- pionship Round 2: 11:30a.m., GOLF. EPGA Russian Open Final Round: 4a.m., GOLF. SOCCER MLS Philadelphia at San Jose: 7:30p.m., CSN. MLS Philadelphia at San Jose: 8:30p.m., CSNBA. TENNIS ITF U.S. Open Third Round: 8 a.m., ESPN2. ITF U.S. Open Third Round: 4 p.m., ESPN2. Ontheair Some have wondered if the weekly celebration of Gordon's career at each NASCAR stop has led to distractions. "Honestly, I've had so many distractions over the years, far more distractions than I've had this year, and performed well," Gordon said. Particularly at Darling- ton. He first won his first Southern 500 in 1995 when he was still an unproven driver on the way to his first Sprint Cup title. Gor- don thwarted the Winston Million bonus try of Dale Jarett by winning a sec- ond straight Southern 500 in 1996, then became part of history himself a year later when he collected the $1 million prize. Gordon took an unprec- edented fourth Southern 500 in a row in 1998, then tied Cale Yarborough's mark of five in 2002. In 2007, Gordon moved in front with his sixth Southern 500 win, getting through the final laps with an engine ready to burst. Gordon recalled how his radiator blew up when he took the car to victory lane, one of his most memorable Darlington moments. His sister, Kim, was on hand that day, Gordon re- called, and had not ever seen her brother win. When word reached the family of Gordon's engine problems, they left Darlington early to beat the traffic, then were stunned when he fin- ished out front in one piece. "You can imagine. My stepdad got in a lot of trou- ble that day as they were listening to it on the radio driving out of here," Gor- don said with a laugh. Defending Xfinity Se- ries champion Chase El- liott will slip into the No. 24 driver seat next season after Gordon leaves. He has followed Gordon's legacy of success at Darlington and elsewhere and hopes he can one day live up to that. "This is not the only place he's dominated at," Elliott said. "He's obviously made history at a lot of places and that separates him from a lot of the guys." Gordon said the reason he's succeeded at Darling- ton is perhaps why the suc- cess overall has subsided in recent years. Darling- ton demands patience to wait out competitors be- fore striking, he said. "These days, you are ag- gressive from the time they drop the green," Gordon said. "The cars have tons of downforce, the tires don't fall off and you just go for it. This weekend I think it's going to go back a little bit to the old school way of Darlington and I hope that suits my style and what we have as a race team." NASCAR FROM PAGE 1 TERRY RENNA — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Chase Elliott gets ready for a run during a NASCAR Sprint Cup practice session Friday at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, S.C. Elliott will take over Jeff Gordon's ride next year with Hendrick Motorsports. ond-round victory Wednes- day, when she immediately headed out to the practice courts for extra work with coach Patrick Mourato- glou. And that probably ex- plains the look of relief on Williams' face as she walked to the net to shake hands with Mattek-Sands, quite a contrast to all of the screams of "Come on!" and fist pumps during the match. Some of Williams' most vociferous reactions came down the stretch — includ- ing when her momentum carried her all the way over to Mattek-Sands' side of the net after a long sprint to reach a drop shot and, in the next game, when she hit a cross-court fore- hand passing winner and dropped down, doing the splits behind the baseline, shaking both fists. Next up for Williams is a fourth-round match Sun- day against yet another American, 19th-seeded Madison Keys. Looking down the line, Williams' quarterfinal op- ponent could be older sis- ter Venus, who reeled off the last five games to beat 12th-seeded Belinda Ben- cic of Switzerland 6-3, 6-4. Did Venus get any family advice before facing Ben- cic, who is responsible for one of Serena's two losses in 53 matches in 2015? "Yes, but that's between us," Venus said, breaking into a wide smile. "I think it worked." In men's action, No. 1 Novak Djokovic and de- fending champion Marin Cilic moved into the fourth round, while Rafael Nadal hoped to join them in the night's closing match. Two top-10 players lost — No. 7 David Ferrer and Nol 10 Milos Raonic — and No. 14 David Goffin, citing stom- ach problems, became the 13th man to retire during a match because of injury or illness. There were moments Friday under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium when it appeared that Mattek- Sands, who is ranked 101st as she comes back from two hip operations, would end Williams' 30-match Grand Slam winning streak . While Mattek-Sands won doubles titles this year at the Australian Open and French Open, this was a rare moment in the spot- light for her in singles. She had appeared in the U.S. Open 13 other times, never making it as far as the third round until this week at age 30. But by mixing in slices with flat strokes, heading to the net when there were openings — and even some- times when there weren't — Mattek-Sands played a varied, attacking game that gave Williams fits for nearly two full sets. "She went for every- thing. She played her style, her 'Bethanie Mat- tek-Sands tennis,'" said her husband, Justin Sands, who offered kudos to Wil- liams for "her fight, her determination, her will to win. You know you're going to be in a dogfight. She is never, ever out of a match." That was the case on this night, despite particular problems on break points: Williams was able to con- vert only 3 of 16 through the first two sets, before go- ing 3 of 5 in the third. "I said, 'You know what, Serena? Just keep going,'" said Williams, who also has a chance to become the first woman since Chris Evert in 1975-78 to win four U.S. Opens in a row. "'Keep trying, keep trying, keep trying.'" Tennis FROM PAGE 1 at four pitches, and aside from a foul nubber, made no contact while strik- ing out. And the Giants dropped their seventh con- secutive game, as their of- fense went flat again at car- bonated Coors Field in a 2-1 loss to the Colorado Rock- ies. The Giants cannot stroll past any chance to scrape off a portion of their def- icit in the NL West. They must be frenetic, and no- body does frenetic better than Pence. But his return from an oblique strain is not around the corner, and the Giants fell to 35-48 when he isn't in the lineup. They are 34-18 when Pence starts — something that has not happened often enough because of the frac- tured forearm he sustained in the spring, the ten- don strain that later came about as a result of that in- jury and now the oblique he pulled Aug. 17. In 17 games since then, the Giants have hit just seven home runs. Byrd owns three of them. The other four? Well, you're not going to rely on Kelby Tom- linson, Nori Aoki, Madison Bumgarner or Ryan Vogel- song to go deep for you night after night. The Rockies have two players like that. Carlos Gonzalez hit his NL-best 36th home run in the first inning off Chris Heston. One pitch later, Nolan Are- nado laid waste to a fast- ball over the middle for his 35th homer. The Giants are 22-41 when they do not hit a home run. They are 47- 24 when they do. And even though the Rockies are 55-78, the Giants just have not matched up well with their power threats this season. A two-run first inning is seldom enough at Co- ors Field. This time, it was plenty. De La Rosa cruised until the sixth, when Juan Perez singled, took second base on Heston's sacrifice and scored on Angel Pagan's single. Matt Duffy followed with a line single. Brandon Belt, who is entering one of his funks again, struck out. But that left Posey with a chance to shine. Posey already had dou- bled off De La Rosa in the same at-bat in which he grimaced in pain after fouling a ball off his foot. But De La Rosa did not give Posey a chance to win an- other confrontation. Giants FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L P ct G B LosAngeles 75 58 .564 _ Giants 69 66 .511 7 San Diego 65 69 .485 101/2 Arizona 65 70 .481 11 Colorado 56 78 .418 191/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 86 48 .642 _ Pittsburgh 80 53 .602 51/2 Chicago 76 57 .571 91/2 Milwaukee 58 75 .436 271/2 Cincinnati 55 77 .417 30 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB New York 74 60 .552 _ Washington 69 65 .515 5 Miami 56 79 .415 181/2 Atlanta 54 81 .400 201/2 Philadelphia 53 82 .393 211/2 Thursday's games Washington 15, Atlanta 1 Milwaukee 5, Pittsburgh 3 Colorado 11, Giants 3 San Diego 10, L.A. Dodgers 7 Friday's games Chicago Cubs 14, Arizona 5 Washington 5, Atlanta 2, 10 innings Miami 6, N.Y. Mets 5, 11 innings Boston 7, Philadelphia 5 Milwaukee at Cincinnati, ppd., rain Pittsburgh 9, St. Louis 3 Colorado 2, Giants 1 L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, (n.) Saturday's games Milwaukee (W.Peralta 5-8) at Cincinnati (Jo.Lamb 0-3), 10:10 a.m., 1st game Arizona (Ray 3-10) at Chicago Cubs (Ar- rieta 17-6), 11:20 a.m. Philadelphia (Asher 0-1) at Boston (Miley 10-10), 1:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Morton 8-6) at St. Louis (Jai. Garcia 7-4), 1:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Garza 6-14) at Cincinnati (Sampson 2-2), 3:10 p.m., 2nd game Atlanta (S.Miller 5-12) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 9-7), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 12-11) at Miami (B.Hand 4-4), 4:10 p.m. Giants (Peavy 4-6) at Colorado (Bettis 6-4), 5:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (A.Wood 9-9) at San Diego (T.Ross 10-9), 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. Monday's games N.Y. Mets at Washington, 10:05 a.m. Milwaukee at Miami, 10:10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m. Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 11:15 a.m. Colorado at San Diego, 1:10 p.m. Giants at Arizona, 1:10 p.m. Atlanta at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 6:05 p.m. NL WILD CARD STANDINGS W L PCT GB Pittsburgh 80 53 .602 +4 Chicago 76 57 .571 — Giants 69 66 .511 8 Washington 69 65 .515 7.5 Rockies 2, Giants 1 San Fran Colorado AB R H B AB R H B Pagan cf 4 0 2 1 Blckmn cf 4 0 0 0 MDuffy 3b 4 0 2 0 Reyes ss 4 0 0 0 Belt 1b 4 0 0 0 CGnzlz rf 4 1 1 1 Posey c 3 0 1 0 Arenad 3b 4 1 3 1 Byrd rf 4 0 1 0 Mornea 1b 4 0 1 0 BCrwfr ss 4 0 0 0 LeMahi 2b 3 0 0 0 Tmlnsn 2b 3 0 1 0 Paulsn lf 2 0 2 0 J.Perez lf 3 1 1 0 BBarns lf 0 0 0 0 Osich p 0 0 0 0 Hundly c 2 0 0 0 Romo p 0 0 0 0 JDLRs p 2 0 0 0 Heston p 1 0 0 0 Adams ph 1 0 0 0 Strckln p 0 0 0 0 Ja.Diaz p 0 0 0 0 GBlanc lf 1 0 0 0 Logan p 0 0 0 0 Axford p 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 1 8 1 30 2 7 2 San Fran 000 001 000 — 1 Colorado 200 000 00x — 2 DP: San Francisco 1, Colorado 3; LOB: San Francisco 5, Colorado 6; 2B: Posey (23); HR: Ca.Gonzalez (36), Arenado (35); S: Heston. IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco Heston L,11-952/3 7 2 2 2 4 Strickland 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 Osich 1 0 0 0 0 1 Romo 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 Colorado J.De La Rosa W,9-6 7 6 1 1 0 7 Ja.Diaz 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 Logan 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 Axford S,19-241 1 0 0 0 0 HB P: b y J .D e L a R os a ( Po se y) . Umpires: Home, Jim Joyce, First, Kerwin Danley. Second, Chad Fairchild. Third, Pat Hoberg. T: 2:52; A: 29,196 (50,398). AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 74 61 .548 _ Texas 70 62 .530 21/2 Los Angeles 67 66 .504 6 Seattle 63 71 .470 101/2 A's 58 76 .433 151/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 82 52 .612 _ Minnesota 69 65 .515 13 Cleveland 65 68 .489 161/2 Chicago 63 70 .474 181/2 Detroit 61 73 .455 21 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 76 58 .567 _ New York 75 58 .564 1/2 Tampa Bay 66 68 .493 10 Baltimore 65 69 .485 11 Boston 62 72 .463 14 Thursday's games Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota 4 Kansas City 15, Detroit 7 Friday's games N.Y. Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 2 Baltimore 10, Toronto 2 Cleveland 8, Detroit 1 Boston 7, Philadelphia 5 Chicago White Sox 12, Kansas City 1 Houston 8, Minnesota 0 Seattle at A's, (n.) Texas at L.A. Angels, (n.) Saturday's games Tampa Bay (M.Moore 1-3) at N.Y. Yan- kees (Eovaldi 14-2), 10:05 a.m. Baltimore (M.Wright 2-3) at Toronto (Price 13-5), 10:07 a.m. Philadelphia (Asher 0-1) at Boston (Miley 10-10), 1:05 p.m. Cleveland (Salazar 12-7) at Detroit (Simon 11-9), 4:08 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Quintana 7-10) at Kansas City (D.Duffy 7-6), 4:10 p.m. Minnesota (E.Santana 3-4) at Houston (McCullers 5-5), 4:10 p.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 15-8) at A's (Chavez 7-13), 6:05 p.m. Texas (D.Holland 2-1) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 6-10), 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. Monday's games Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m. Tampa Bay at Detroit, 10:08 a.m. Toronto at Boston, 10:35 a.m. Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 11:10 a.m. Houston at A's, 1:05 p.m. Texas at Seattle, 3:40 p.m. Minnesota at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, 6:05 p.m. AL WILD CARD STANDINGS W L PCT GB New York 75 58 .564 +4.5 Texas 70 62 .530 — Minnesota 69 65 .515 2 Los Angeles 67 66 .504 3.5 Tampa Bay 66 68 .493 5 Cleveland 65 68 .489 5.5 Baltimore 65 69 .485 6 Football NFL Thursday's game Pittsburgh at New England, 5:30 p.m. Sunday's games Green Bay at Chicago, 10 a.m. Kansas City at Houston, 10 a.m. Seattle at St. Louis, 10 a.m. Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. Indianapolis at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Miami at Washington, 10 a.m. Carolina at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. New Orleans at Arizona, 1:05 p.m. Detroit at San Diego, 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Oakland, 1:25 p.m. Baltimore at Denver, 1:25 p.m. Tennessee at Tampa Bay, 1:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Monday's games Philadelphia at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. Minnesota at San Francisco, 7:20 p.m. AP COLLEGE TOP 25 No. 1 Ohio St. (0-0) did not play. No. 2 TCU (1-0) beat Minnesota 23-17, Thursday. No. 3 Alabama (0-0) did not play. No. 4 Baylor (1-0) beat SMU 56-21. No. 5 Michigan St. (1-0) beat Western Michigan 37-24. No. 6 Auburn (0-0) did not play. No. 7 Oregon (0-0) did not play. No. 8 Southern Cal (0-0) did not play. No. 9 Georgia (0-0) did not play. No. 10 Florida State (0-0) did not play. No. 11 Notre Dame (0-0) did not play. No. 12 Clemson (0-0) did not play. No. 13 UCLA (0-0) did not play. No. 14 LSU (0-0) did not play. No. 15 Arizona State (0-0) did not play. No. 16 Georgia Tech (1-0) beat Alcorn St at e 6 9- 6, T hu rs da y. No. 17 Mississippi (0-0) did not play. No. 18 Arkansas (0-0) did not play. No. 19 Oklahoma (0-0) did not play. No. 20 Wisconsin (0-0) did not play. No. 21 Stanford (0-0) did not play. No. 22 Arizona (1-0) beat UTSA 42-32, Thursday. No. 23 Boise State (0-0), (n.) No. 24 Missouri (0-0) did not play. No. 25 Tennessee (0-0) did not play. Golf PGA TOUR-DEUTSCHE BANK CHAMPIONSHIP Friday At TPC Boston Norton, Mass. Purse: $8.25 million Yardage: 7,242; Par 71 (36-35) First Round Br endon d e J ong e . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. . 3 3- 32 —6 5 - 6 Luke Donald ............................. 35-32—67 -4 Colt Knost.................................33-34—67 -4 Kevin Chappell.........................34-33—67 -4 Ian Poulter................................33-34—67 -4 Matt Jones................................33-34—67 -4 Harris English ..........................34-33—67 -4 Charley Hoffman..................... 36-31—67 -4 Henrik Stenson........................34-33—67 -4 Rickie Fowler ...........................33-34—67 -4 Gary Woodland........................33-35—68 -3 Ryan Palmer............................. 36-32—68 -3 Jason Day ................................. 36-32—68 -3 Sean O'Hair .............................. 36-32—68 -3 Daniel Berger........................... 36-32—68 -3 Morgan Hoffmann .................. 36-33—69 -2 Rory Sabbatini......................... 35-34—69 -2 Matt Kuchar............................. 35-34—69 -2 Robert Streb ............................ 34-35—69 -2 Zach Johnson........................... 36-33—69 -2 Sangmoon Bae ........................ 35-34—69 -2 Jason Dufner............................ 36-33—69 -2 Hudson Swafford.................... 33-36—69 -2 Davis Love III............................ 36-33—69 -2 Hunter Mahan.......................... 35-34—69 -2 Brian Harman ...........................35-35—70 -1 Alex Cejka..................................35-35—70 -1 Phil Mickelson ..........................34-36—70 -1 Zac Blair.....................................37-33—70 -1 Brendon Todd ...........................36-34—70 -1 Rory McIlroy .............................36-34—70 -1 Scott Brown ..............................36-34—70 -1 Charles Howell III.....................35-35—70 -1 Brendan Steele.........................35-35—70 -1 Russell Knox..............................38-32—70 -1 Shawn Stefani...........................34-36—70 -1 Danny Lee..................................35-35—70 -1 Dustin Johnson.........................35-35—70 -1 Keegan Bradley.........................36-35—71 E Pat Perez ....................................37-34—71 E Kevin Kisner...............................37-34—71 E Hideki Matsuyama....................38-33—71 E Jimmy Walker ............................36-35—71 E Justin Rose .................................35-36—71 E Mark Wilson...............................37-34—71 E Daniel Summerhays .................37-34—71 E Brandt Snedeker.......................36-35—71 E Jim Furyk ....................................36-35—71 E Jerry Kelly...................................36-35—71 E Kyle Reifers................................35-36—71 E Nick Watney............................ 39-33—72 +1 Marc Leishman........................35-37—72 +1 Patrick Reed.............................37-35—72 +1 Kevin Na....................................37-35—72 +1 Justin Thomas .........................35-37—72 +1 Ca rl P et ter ss on . .... ......... ...... .. 38 -3 4— 72 + 1 Johnson Wagner..................... 36-36—72 +1 Camilo Villegas ...................... 38-34—72 +1 Jim Herman............................. 35-38—73 +2 David Hearn .............................37-36—73 +2 Bill Haas................................... 40-33—73 +2 Bubba Watson........................ 35-38—73 +2 William McGirt ....................... 40-33—73 +2 Chesson Hadley...................... 39-34—73 +2 Kevin Streelman..................... 38-35—73 +2 Billy Horschel...........................36-37—73 +2 Louis Oosthuizen ................... 39-34—73 +2 Scott Piercy .............................37-36—73 +2 Ben Martin ...............................36-37—73 +2 Spencer Levin......................... 38-35—73 +2 Troy Merritt............................. 38-36—74 +3 Russell Henley........................ 38-36—74 +3 J.B. Holmes............................... 37-37—74 +3 Paul Casey............................... 36-38—74 +3 Carlos Ortiz............................. 38-36—74 +3 Boo Weekley ........................... 36-38—74 +3 Webb Simpson......................... 37-37—74 +3 Chris Kirk.................................. 37-37—74 +3 Brooks Koepka ........................35-39—74 +3 Cameron Tringale .................. 37-38—75 +4 Jordan Spieth..........................36-39—75 +4 Scott Pinckney .......................39-36—75 +4 Bryce Molder .......................... 41-34—75 +4 George McNeill.......................40-36—76 +5 Tony Finau............................... 39-37—76 +5 Steven Bowditch ....................38-38—76 +5 Chad Campbell.......................40-36—76 +5 Fabian Gomez.........................38-38—76 +5 Jason Bohn..............................36-40—76 +5 Jason Gore............................... 39-37—76 +5 John Senden............................ 37-39—76 +5 Jason Kokrak ..........................38-38—76 +5 David Lingmerth.....................38-39—77 +6 Matt Every...............................38-39—77 +6 James Hahn.............................39-38—77 +6 Ryan Moore............................. 39-39—78 +7 Martin Laird............................ 36-42—78 +7 J.J. Henry ................................. 40-38—78 +7 Tennis U.S. OPEN RESULTS Friday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $42.3 million Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN Third Round Benoit Paire, France, def. Tommy Ro- bredo (26), Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-1, 6-1. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (19), France, def. Ser- giy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2. Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-1. Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Andreas Seppi (25), Italy, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5. Roberto Bautista Agut (23), Spain, def. David Goffin (14), Belgium, 2-6, 5-7, 6-3, 3-1, retired. Feliciano Lopez (18), Spain, def. Milos Raonic (10), Canada, 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Jeremy Chardy (27), France, def. David Ferrer (7), Spain, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. WOMEN Third Round Kristina Mladenovic, France, def. Daria Kasatkina, Russia, 6-2, 6-3. Ekaterina Makarova (13), Russia, def. Elina Svitolina (17), Ukraine, 6-3, 7-5. Venus Williams (23), United States, def. Belinda Bencic (12), Switzerland, 6-3, 6-4. Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Mariana Duque- Marino, Colombia, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. Anett Kontaveit, Estonia, def. Madison Brengle, United States, 6-2, 3-6, 6-0. Eugenie Bouchard (25), Canada, def. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, 7-6 (9), 4-6, 6-3. Madison Keys (19), United States, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (15), Poland, 6-3, 6-2. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Be th an ie M at tek -S an ds , U ni te d S ta te s, 3-6, 7-5, 6-0. Basketball WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Minnesota 21 10 .677 — x-Phoenix 18 13 .581 3 x-Tulsa 16 14 .533 41/2 Sparks 13 18 .419 8 Seattle 9 21 .300 111/2 San Antonio 7 24 .226 14 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-New York 21 9 .700 — x-Chicago 19 12 .613 21/2 x- In dia na 1 8 13 . 58 1 3 1/ 2 Washington 16 14 .533 5 Connecticut 14 18 .438 8 Atlanta 12 18 .400 9 x-clinched playoff spot Thursday's games Chicago 82, New York 60 Tulsa 85, Seattle 67 Sparks 93, Washington 91 Friday's games Connecticut 73, San Antonio 72 Minnesota 81, Indiana 65 Saturday's games Phoenix at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Sunday's games Washington at Atlanta, noon Tulsa at Sparks, 2 p.m. Seattle at Chicago, 3 p.m. New York at Minnesota, 4 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. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE Saturday Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Cincinnati -115/+105 Milwaukee at Chicago -217/+197 Arizona at St. Louis -146/+136 Pittsburgh New York -150/+140 at Miami at Washington -190/+175 Atlanta San Francisco -115/+105 at Colorado Los Angeles -110/+100 at San Diego AMERICAN LEAGUE at New York -165/+155 Tampa Bay at Toronto OFF Baltimore Cleveland -154/+144 at Detroit at Houston -173/+161 Minnesota at Kansas City -155/+145 Chicago Seattle -135/+125 at Oakland at Los Angeles -120/+110 Texas INTERLEAGUE at Boston -193/+178 Philadelphia College Football Saturday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog Old Dominion 5 (62) at East. Michigan at Florida 351/2 (541/2) N.Mex. St. Penn State 61/2 (44) at Temple at Tulsa 5 (67) Florida Atlantic at UCLA 191/2 (521/2) Virginia Stanford 11 (471/2) at N'Western Auburn 101/2 (571/2) Louisville Texas A&M 3 (691/2) Arizona State at Nebraska 61/2 (601/2) BYU at NC State 26 (62) Troy at N. Illinois 23 (62) UNLV at Oklahoma 33 (571/2) Akron Tennessee 211/2 (69) Bowling Green at Georgia 351/2 (54) Lou.-Monroe at Kentucky 17 (58) Lou.-Lafayette at Arkansas 33 (50) UTEP at West Virginia 191/2 (56) Georgia S. at Notre Dame 91/2 (49) Texas at Florida State 29 (63) Texas State Alabama 12 (49) 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 Major League Baseball Office OF THE Commissioner OF Base- ball: Suspended Texas minor league RHP Victor Gonzalez (DSL) 72 games following a positve test for Stanozolol, free agent OF Anderson Caro 50 games following a second positive test for a drug of abuse and Seattle LHP Joseph Pistorese (Everett-Nwl) 50 games after following a positive test for Amphet- amine under the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League Baltimore Orioles: Recalled OF Junior Lake and RHP Jorge Rondon from Norfolk (IL). Reinstated RHP Mike Wright from the 15-day DL. Placed RHP Miguel Gonzalez on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to Aug. 31. Cleveland Indians: Selected the contract of INF Michael Martinez and LHP Giovan- ni Soto from Columbus (IL). Transferred LHP TJ House from the 15- to the 60-day DL. Designated OF Carlos Moncrief for assignment. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2015 2 B