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NBAPRESEASON BASKETBALL Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Lakers:7p.m.,TNT. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Temple at East Carolina: 4 p.m., ESPN2. Georgia South at Appalachian State: 4:30p.m., ESPNU. California at UCLA: 6p.m., ESPN. NFL FOOTBALL Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers: 5:25p.m., CBS. GOLF PGA Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Round 1: 2p.m., GOLF. LPGA Taiwan Championship Round 2: 9p.m., GOLF. NHL HOCKEY Los Angeles Kings at San Jose Sharks: 7:30p.m., CSN. SOCCER UEFA Europa League Dort- mund vs. Gabala: 7:50a.m., FS1. UEFA Europa League Tot- tenham vs. Anderlecht: 10 a.m., FS1. UEFA Europa League Rubin Kazan at Liverpool: noon, FS1. NCAA Stanford vs. Washing- ton State Women's: 7p.m., PAC12BA. Ontheair yourteamdoes. I thinkat the end of the day we go out there and control what we can control. So I don't think I think about either of those guys very much." Seattle's chance at a third straight trip to the Super Bowl is in jeopardy. Since 1990, only 14 of 168 teams to start the season 2-4 have reached the play- offs, and none has reached the Super Bowl, according to STATS. Here are some things to watch for as the 49ers host the Seahawks on a Thurs- day night for the second straight year: TURKEY TALK Seahawks cornerback Sherman chomped on a turkey leg while cradling the game ball in his right hand in a Thanksgiving night cele- bration on the 49ers' home field 11 months ago. San Francisco CEO Jed York even apologized for his team's poor play on Twitter. "Yeah, I don't really pay much attention to the pompanstance around it," Tomsula said, then quickly caught himself. "Here I am making up vocabulary again, the Pittsburghese coming out." BOWMANCOMEBACK Line- backer NaVorro Bowman hasn't faced the Seahawks since going down with a devastating left knee in- jury in the NFC champion- ship game in January 2014. He not only needed surgery but missed all of 2014. Bowman had 15 tackles last week playing 77 snaps, prompting Tomsula to say the Niners need to get him some breaks. "It looks like he's the leader out there," Carroll said. "He's as tough as you can get, instinctive, and he looks like he's back play- ing football the way he's always played. It's a great tribute to him battling to get back. It was a real dif- ficult injury and I felt terri- ble about him getting hurt, but thrilled to see him back out there battling." MOBILE WILSON The 49ers' defense has been tested by strong-armed quarterbacks Ben Roethlis- berger and Carson Palmer, and mobile ones like Aaron Rodgers. Next up: do-it-all Russell Wilson. "A good thing about our schedule is we faced a bunch of big-armed quar- terbacks, and we've actu- ally faced a couple quarter- backs that can scramble as well," cornerback Kenneth Acker said. "You know at any point, Russell Wilson can break out of the pocket and a receiver's going to go deep, you know that every play could be that big play." WAGNERRETURNS Seattle will have starting middle linebacker Bobby Wagner back after he missed Sun- day's loss to Carolina with a pectoral injury. Wagner was hurt the prior week against Cincinnati trying to make a tackle in the first quarter on Marvin Jones, initially thinking it was just a cramp. "I'm excited to get this team going in the right di- rection," Wagner said. FIX THE FOURTH Over the past three games, the Se- ahawks are being out- scored 40-3 in the fourth quarter and overtime. Af- ter matching a franchise record with a 17-point fourth quarter collapse in a loss to Cincinnati — and vowing it wouldn't happen again — the Seahawks blew a 23-14 lead in the final 12 minutes against Carolina. Seattle is being out- scored 55-27 in the fourth period this season — a big change from a year ago when the Seahawks were plus-55 in point differen- tial in the final quarter. APSportsWriterTim Booth contributed to this report. 49ers FROM PAGE 1 with an ace and six assists; Mariah Castle with eight digs, a block and five kills; Brenna Johnson with seven assists; Mikayla Burreson with two blocks and Kay- lee Shoemaker with four digs and eight kills. "We will continue to ad- just and build," Albee said. The Cardinals, 10-16 overall and 2-3 in league play, are scheduled to host West Valley, 23-3 overall and 5-0 in league play, at 6:30 tonight. Roundup FROM PAGE 1 open with a bases-clear- ing double off Kelvin Her- rera in the sixth, giving him seven RBIs in the se- ries. Edwin Encarnacion had walked with the bases loaded against Edinson Volquez, who seemed flus- tered by a couple of close calls against the Royals. Kansas City totaled 22 runs and 30 hits in the first two games in Toronto, but Estrada faced the mini- mum 20 batters before Lo- renzo Cain walked with two outs in the seventh. Closer Roberto Osuna was perfect in the ninth. Yordano Ventura will start for the defending AL champions on Friday in Game 6 against David Price, the Game 2 loser. Estrada, a 32-year-old free-agent to be, kept the bullpen door closed for most of the afternoon, a day after Kansas City romped 14-2 in a game that saw infielder Cliff Penning- ton pitch in the ninth. "This time around I had a better fastball com- mand," said Estrada, who gave up three runs in the opener. "That was the key to this game." Toronto is trying to be- come just the 13th team to rally and win among 80 who trailed 3-1 in best-of- seven postseason series. It has happened four of 17 times in the LCS, including when the Royals bounced back against the Blue Jays in 1985 en route to Kansas City's only World Series ti- tle. In this year's best-of- five Division Series, To- ronto fell behind 0-2, then won three straight against Texas. Before 49,325 roaring fans, Chris Colabello's solo homer into the left-field seats in the second gave Estrada a lead. It was the only mistake by Volquez, the Game 1 winner. Estrada didn't make a miscue until Salvador Perez homered with two outs in the eighth. Estrada retired his first nine bat- ters, ending at four Alcides Escobar's record streak of leading off playoff games with hits. Escobar, who entered 9 for 15 (.600), got Kan- sas City's first hit when he opened the fourth with a ground single past a diving Tulowitzki. Ben Zobrist promptly grounded into a double play to second baseman Ryan Goins. "He was really good to- day," Escobar said. "He threw the ball down, down and away, down and in. He didn't miss many pitches today." Kansas City had no other runners until Cain walked with two outs in the seventh. Price was up in the bullpen, but Estrada got Eric Hosmer to fly out. Volquez allowed just two singles after Colabello con- nected but lost the strike zone in the sixth. Ben Revere led off with a walk and Volquez hit Josh Donaldson with the first pitch. In August, Volquez hit Donaldson in a testy game that included a benches-clearing scrum. He then walked Jose Bautista in a 10-pitch at- bat on a knuckle curve that looked to get a piece of the plate. "I thought the pitch to Bautista was definitely a strike," Royals manager Ned Yost said. Yost shouted from the dugout for Perez to appeal to first base on ball four, thinking Bautista may have swung. But it was too loud. ALCS FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB Postseason Leaguechampionshipseries (Best-of-7;x-ifnecessary) AMERICAN LEAGUE KANSAS CITY 3, TORONTO 2 Friday, Oct. 16: Kansas City 5, Toronto 0 Saturday, Oct. 17: Kansas City 6, Toronto 3 Monday, Oct. 19: Toronto 11, Kansas City 8 Tuesday, Oct. 20: Kansas City 14, Toronto 2 Wednesday, Oct. 21: Toronto 7, Kansas City 1 Friday, Oct. 23: Toronto (Price 18-5) at Kansas City (Ventura 13-8), 5:07 p.m. x-Saturday, Oct. 24: Toronto at Kansas City, 5:07 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE NEW YORK 4, CHICAGO 0 Saturday, Oct. 17: New York 4, Chicago 2 Sunday, Oct. 18: New York 4, Chicago 1 Tuesday, Oct. 20: New York 5, Chicago 2 Wednesday, Oct. 21: New York 8, Chicago 3 World Series (Best-of-7) Tuesday, Oct. 27: N.Y. Mets at American League Wednesday, Oct. 28: N.Y. Mets at AL Friday, Oct. 30: AL at N.Y. Mets Saturday, Oct. 31: AL at N.Y. Mets x-Sunday, Nov. 1: AL at N.Y. Mets x-Tuesday, Nov. 3: N.Y. Mets at AL x-Wednesday, Nov. 4: N.Y. Mets at AL Blue Jays 7, Royals 1 Kansas City Toronto AB R H B AB R H B AEscor ss 4 0 1 0 Revere lf 3 1 0 0 Zobrist 2b 4 0 0 0 Dnldsn 3b 3 2 1 0 L.Cain cf 3 0 0 0 Bautist rf 3 1 2 1 Hosmer 1b 4 0 0 0 Encrnc dh 3 1 0 1 KMorls dh 3 0 0 0 Colaell 1b 4 1 1 1 Mostks 3b 3 0 0 0 Smoak 1b 0 0 0 0 S.Perez c 3 1 1 1 Tlwtzk ss 4 1 2 3 AGordn lf 3 0 1 0 DNavrr c 3 0 0 0 Rios rf 3 0 1 0 Pillar cf 4 0 2 1 Goins 2b 3 0 0 0 Totals 30 1 4 1 30 7 8 7 Kansas City 000 000 010 — 1 Toronto 010 004 11x — 7 DP: Kansas City 1, Toronto 1; LOB: Kan- sas City 3, Toronto 4; 2B: Donaldson (2), Bautista (1), Tulowitzki (2), Pillar (3); HR: S.Perez (2), Colabello (1). IP H R ER BB SO Ka ns as C it y Volquez L,1-1 5 3 5 5 4 2 K.Herrera 1 1 0 0 0 3 D.Duffy 2 4 2 2 0 5 Toronto Estrd W,1-1 72/3 3 1 1 1 5 Aa.Sanchez 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 Osuna 1 0 0 0 0 0 Volquez pitched to 4 batters in the 6th; HBP: by Volquez (Donaldson); Umpires: Home, Dan Iassogna, First, Jeff Nelson. Second, Jim Reynolds. Third, Laz Diaz. Left, John Hirschbeck. Right, Hunter Wendelstedt. T: 2:56; A: 49,325 (49,282); Mets 8, Cubs 3 New York Chicago AB R H B AB R H B Grndrs rf 5 1 1 0 Fowler cf 5 0 1 0 DWrght 3b 3 2 0 0 Soler rf 4 2 3 0 DnMrp 2b 5 2 4 2 Bryant 3b 3 1 1 2 Cespds cf 1 1 0 0 Rizzo 1b 4 0 1 0 Lagars cf 2 0 0 0 SCstr 2b-ss4 0 0 0 Duda 1b 4 1 3 5 Schwrr lf 3 0 0 1 TdArnd c 4 1 1 1 J.Baez ss 3 0 0 0 Confort lf 2 0 0 0 Rodney p 0 0 0 0 B.Colon p 0 0 0 0 HRndn p 0 0 0 0 KJhnsn ph 1 0 0 0 Coghln ph 1 0 0 0 A.Reed p 0 0 0 0 Hamml p 0 0 0 0 Clipprd p 0 0 0 0 T.Wood p 1 0 0 0 Cuddyr ph 1 0 0 0 Richrd p 0 0 0 0 Famili p 0 0 0 0 AJcksn ph 1 0 0 0 WFlors ss 4 0 2 0 Cahill p 0 0 0 0 Matz p 2 0 0 0 Strop p 0 0 0 0 Niwnhs lf 2 0 0 0 LStll ph-2b 2 0 0 0 D .R os s c 1 0 0 0 MMntr ph-c1 0 0 0 Totals 36 8 11 8 33 3 6 3 New York 420 000 020 — 8 Chicago 000 100 020 — 3 LOB: New York 9, Chicago 7; 2B: Dan. Murphy (1), Duda 2 (2), Soler 2 (2); 3B: W.Flores (1); HR: Dan.Murphy (4), Duda (1), T.d'Arnaud (2), Bryant (1); SB: Grand- erson (3), W.Flores (1); S: Lagares. IP H R ER BB SO New York Matz 42/3 4 1 1 2 4 Coln W,1-0 11/3 0 0 0 1 1 A.Reed 1 0 0 0 0 1 Clippard 1 2 2 2 0 1 Familia 1 0 0 0 1 1 Chicago Hmml L,0-1 11/3 4 5 5 2 1 T.Wood 12/3 2 1 1 1 3 Richard 2 1 0 0 0 2 Cahill 1 1 0 0 0 0 Strop 1 1 0 0 1 1 Rodney 1 1 2 2 1 2 H.Rondon 1 1 0 0 0 1 HBP: by Hammel (Conforto), by Strop (T.d'Arnaud). Umpires: Home, Paul Emmel, First, Eric Cooper. Second, Bill Miller. Third, Mark Wegner. Left, Tim Timmons. Right, Ted Barrett. T: 3:32; A: 42,227 (40,929). Football AMERICAN CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Denver 6 0 01.000 139 102 Oakland 2 3 0 .400 107 124 San Diego 2 4 0 .333 136 161 Kansas City 1 5 0 .167 127 159 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA New England 5 0 01.000 183 103 N.Y. Jets 4 1 0 .800 129 75 Buffalo 3 3 0 .500 145 139 Miami 2 3 0 .400 103 111 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 3 3 0 .500 126 147 Houston 2 4 0 .333 128 155 Tennessee 1 4 0 .200 112 129 Jacksonville 1 5 0 .167 113 176 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 6 0 01.000 182 122 Pittsburgh 4 2 0 .667 145 108 Cleveland 2 4 0 .333 141 158 Baltimore 1 5 0 .167 143 162 NATIONAL CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 4 2 0 .667 203 115 St. Louis 2 3 0 .400 84 113 Seattle 2 4 0 .333 134 125 San Francisco2 4 0 .333 100 160 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 3 3 0 .500 144 110 N.Y. Giants 3 3 0 .500 139 136 Dallas 2 3 0 .400 101 131 Washington 2 4 0 .333 117 138 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 5 0 01.000 135 94 Atlanta 5 1 0 .833 183 143 Tampa Bay 2 3 0 .400 110 148 New Orleans 2 4 0 .333 134 164 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 6 0 01.000 164 101 Minnesota 3 2 0 .600 96 83 Chicago 2 4 0 .333 120 179 Detroit 1 5 0 .167 120 172 Monday's game Philadelphia 27, N.Y. Giants 7 Thursday, Oct. 22 Seattle at San Francisco, 5:25 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25 Buffalo vs. Jacksonville at London, 6:30 a.m. Atlanta at Tennessee, 10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 10 a.m. Cleveland at St. Louis, 10 a.m. Tampa Bay at Washington, 10 a.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 10 a.m. Houston at Miami, 10 a.m. New Orleans at Indianapolis, 10 a.m. N.Y. Jets at New England, 10 a.m. Oakland at San Diego, 1:05 p.m. Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 1:25 p.m. Philadelphia at Carolina, 5:30 p.m. Open: Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, Green Bay Monday, Oct. 26 Baltimore at Arizona, 5:30 p.m. TOP 25 SCHEDULE Thursday No. 22 Temple at East Carolina, 4 p.m. No. 20 California at UCLA, 6 p.m. Friday No. 18 Memphis at Tulsa, 5 p.m. Saturday No. 1 Ohio State at Rutgers, 5 p.m. No. 2 Baylor vs. Iowa State, 9 a.m. No. 3 Utah at USC, 4:30 p.m. No. 5 LSU vs. Western Kentucky, 4 p.m. No. 6 Clemson at Miami, 9 a.m. No. 7 Michigan State vs. Indiana, 12:30 p.m. No. 8 Alabama vs. Tennessee, 12:30 p.m. No. 9 Florida State at Georgia Tech, 4 p.m. No. 10 Stanford vs. Washington, 7:30 p.m. No. 14 Oklahoma State vs. Kansas, 12:30 p.m. No. 15 Texas A&M at No. 24 Mississippi, 4 p.m. No. 17 Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech, 12:30 p.m. No. 19 Toledo at UMass, noon No. 21 Houston at UCF, 9 a.m. No. 23 Duke at Virginia Tech, 12:30 p.m. No. 25 Pittsburgh at Syracuse, 9 a.m. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 6 4 2 0 8 17 12 Vancouver 6 3 1 2 8 16 11 Arizona 6 3 2 1 7 18 14 Los Angeles 5 2 3 0 4 6 14 Edmonton 6 2 4 0 4 12 16 Anaheim 5 1 3 1 3 5 12 Calgary 6 1 5 0 2 12 25 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 6 5 1 0 10 21 14 Nashville 6 5 1 0 10 19 13 St. Louis 7 5 2 0 10 21 17 Winnipeg 6 4 2 0 8 20 13 Minnesota 5 3 1 1 7 14 15 Chicago 6 3 3 0 6 14 14 Colorado 5 2 3 0 4 16 16 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 7 7 0 0 14 23 7 Tampa Bay 7 4 2 1 9 23 20 Florida 6 3 2 1 7 18 12 Ottawa 6 3 2 1 7 19 17 Detroit 5 3 2 0 6 15 13 Boston 6 2 3 1 5 22 26 Buffalo 6 2 4 0 4 11 15 Toronto 6 1 3 2 4 13 19 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Islanders 6 4 1 1 9 21 15 N.Y. Rangers 7 4 2 1 9 18 15 Washington 5 4 1 0 8 19 12 Philadelphia 6 3 2 1 7 13 16 Pittsburgh 6 3 3 0 6 10 11 New Jersey 6 2 3 1 5 11 16 Carolina 5 1 4 0 2 11 17 Columbus 7 0 7 0 0 13 34 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday's games Nashville 5, Tampa Bay 4, SO New Jersey 3, Arizona 2, OT Pittsburgh 3, Florida 2, OT N.Y. Islanders 4, Columbus 0 Dallas 2, Philadelphia 1 Montreal 3, St. Louis 0 Washington 6, Calgary 2 Wednesday's games Buffalo 2, Toronto 1, SO Philadelphia 5, Boston 4, OT Detroit at Edmonton, (n.) Carolina at Colorado, (n.) Thursday's games Arizona at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Dallas at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Anaheim at Nashville, 5 p.m. Columbus at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Florida at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Washington at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Friday's games Montreal at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 4:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Detroit at Calgary, 6 p.m. Washington at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Carolina at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA y-FC Dallas 17 10 6 57 50 38 x-Los Angeles14 10 9 51 55 44 x-Vancouver 15 13 5 50 42 36 Portland 14 11 8 50 37 38 Seattle 14 13 6 48 41 35 Kansas City 13 11 9 48 46 44 San Jose 13 12 8 47 40 37 Houston 11 13 9 42 42 46 Salt Lake 11 14 8 41 37 45 Colorado 9 14 10 37 32 39 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA y-New York 17 10 6 57 60 42 x-D.C. United15 12 6 51 43 40 x-Columbus 14 11 8 50 53 53 x-Toronto FC 15 14 4 49 57 56 x-Montreal 14 13 6 48 46 43 New England13 12 8 47 45 46 Orlando City 12 13 8 44 46 55 N.Y. City FC 10 16 7 37 48 55 Philadelphia 9 17 7 34 41 55 Chicago 8 19 6 30 42 56 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. x- clinched playoff berth y- clinched conference Wednesday's games Colorado 2, Kansas City 0 Sunday's games Toronto FC at Montreal, 2 p.m. New England at N.Y. City FC, 2 p.m. D.C. United at Columbus, 2 p.m. Orlando City at Philadelphia, 2 p.m. Salt Lake at Seattle, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at Kansas City, 4 p.m. San Jose at FC Dallas, 4 p.m. Houston at Vancouver, 4 p.m. Colorado at Portland, 4 p.m. New York at Chicago, 4 p.m. Basketball NBA PRESEASON Tuesday's games Chicago 103, Indiana 94 Milwaukee 106, Minnesota 88 Phoenix 104, San Antonio 84 Oklahoma City 113, Utah 102 Clippers 130, Golden State 95 Wednesday's games Orlando 110, New Orleans 107, OT Charlotte 99, Detroit 94 Memphis 82, Atlanta 81 Miami 110, Washington 105 Phoenix 99, Dallas 87 Thursday's games Charlotte vs. Indiana at Fort Wayne, IN, 4 p.m. New York at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Denver at Utah, 6 p.m. Golden State vs. Lakers at Anaheim, CA, 7 p.m. Portland at Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Tennis KREMLIN CUP RESULTS Wednesday At Olympic Stadium Moscow Purse: Men, $698,325 (WT250); Women, $768,000 (Premier) Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles MEN First Round Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Aljaz Bedene, Britain, 6-3, 6-3. Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, def. Malek Ja zi ri , T un is ia , 6 -4 , 6 -4 . Lucas Pouille, France, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, 7-5, 4-1, retired. Aslan Karatsev, Russia, def. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 6-4, 6-4. Second Round Robin Haase, Netherlands, def. Pablo Cuevas (5), Uruguay, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1. Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, def. Viktor Troicki (3), Serbia 6-2, 6-3. Roberto Bautista Agut (2), Spain, def. Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, 6-2, 7-5. WOMEN Second Round Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, def. Lucie Safarova (2), Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-7 (2), 6-3. Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, def. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (8), Slovakia, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3. Flavia Pennetta (3), Italy, def. Daria Gavrilova, Russia, 6-2, 6-4. Margarita Gasparyan, Russia, def. Kris- tina Mladenovic (9), France, 6-2, 6-3. Daria Kasatkina, Russia, def. Irina- Camelia Begu (7), Romania, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Anastasija Sevastova, Latvia, def. Karolina Pliskova (6), Czech Republic, 6-3, 7-6 (10). Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, def. Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2. Quarterfinals Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, def. Flavia Pen- netta (3), walkover. ATP WORLD TOUR ERSTE BANK OPEN RESULTS Wednesday At Wiener Stadthalle Vienna, Austria Purse: $660,000 (WT250) Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles First Round Fabio Fognini (8), Italy, def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, France, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (4), France, def. Tommy Haas, Germany, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-4. Kevin Anderson (2), South Africa, def. Andreas Haider-Maurer, Austria, 6-4, 7-5. Second Round Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, def. John Isner (3), United States, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Ivo Karlovic (7), Croatia, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-4, 7-5. ATP WORLD TOUR IF STOCKHOLM OPEN RESULTS Wednesday At Kungliga Tennishallen Stockholm, Sweden Surface: Hard-Indoor Purse: $660,000 (WT250) Singles Second Round Gilles Muller (8), Luxembourg, def. John Millman, Australia, 7-5, 6-3. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. Bernard Tomic (4), Australia, 7-6 (7), 6-3. Jack Sock (7), United States, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-4. Gilles Simon (3), France, def. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 6-2, 6-4. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE Thursday Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Chicago-x -125/+115 New York x-if necessary NHL Thursday Favorite Line Underdog at Ny Rangers -220/+200 Arizona at Pittsburgh -125/+115 Dallas at Ottawa -172/+160 New Jersey at Minnesota -202/+182 Columbus at Nashville -130/+120 Anaheim at Chicago -170/+158 Florida at Vancouver -110/+100 Washington at San Jose -110/+100 Los Angeles College Football Thursday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog at App. St 61/2 (62) Ga. Southern at E. Carolina 3 (51) Temple at UCLA 3 (68) California Friday Memphis 101/2 (77) at Tulsa Utah State 51/2 (44) at San Diego St. NFL Thursday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog Seattle 61/2 (42) at San Francisco Sunday Buffalo 6 (421/2) Jacksonville at St. Louis 51/2 (411/2) Cleveland at Kansas City OFF (OFF) Pittsburgh at Miami 4 (441/2) Houston at New England 81/2 (471/2) NY Jets Minnesota 3 (44) at Detroit Atlanta 41/2 (48) at Tennessee at Washington 31/2 (421/2) Tampa Bay at Indianapolis 4 (511/2) New Orleans at San Diego 4 (47) Oakland at NY Giants 31/2 (45) Dallas at Carolina 3 (46) Philadelphia Monday at Arizona 81/2 (48) Baltimore Transactions BASEBALL National League Seattle Mariners: Named Andy McKay director of player development. National League Los Angeles Dodgers: Claimed RHP Lisal- verto Bonilla off waivers from Texas and placed him on the 60-day DL. Philadelphia Phillies: Named Rick Kranitz bullpen coach and John McLaren catching coach. BASKETBALL Milwaukee Bucks: Waived G Jorge Gutierrez and Fs Marcus Landry and Josh Powell. San Antonio Spurs: Waived Gs Jimmer Fredette and Keifer Sykes, C Youssou Ndoye and F Deshaun Thomas. FOOTBALL National Football League Arizona Cardinals: Released DE Law- rence Okoye from the practice squad. Signed CB Carrington Byndom and DT Olsen Pierre to the practice squad. Baltimore Ravens: Released RB Akeem Hunt from the practice squad. Signed DE Nordly Capi and Sheldon Price to the practice squad. York's array of power arms, and Murphy swinging a hot stick that made him the MVP of the matchup. Manager Terry Col- lins' team advanced to the World Series for the first time since they lost to the crosstown Yankees in five games in 2000. They will face Toronto or Kansas City in Game 1 on Tuesday night — the Royals lead 3-2 in the ALCS. The Cubs, meanwhile, still haven't won the crown since 1908. Manager Joe Maddon's wild-card bunch surged into this series, but was overmatched. When Dexter Fowler looked at a called third strike for the final out, Jeurys Familia dropped to his knees in front of the mound and then hopped up for a hug from catcher Travis d'Arnaud. They were soon joined by the rest of their jubilant teammates in the infield grass at Wrigley Field. A small, but vocal group of New York fans behind the visiting dugout then chanted "Let's go, Mets! Let's go, Mets!" Right when it looked as if his historic streak was com- ing to an end, Murphy con- nected for a two-run drive to center against Fernando Rodney in the eighth in- ning. The second baseman raised his right arm as he rounded first after his sev- enth homer of the playoffs. Murphy, who was tied with Carlos Beltran for the postseason homer streak, finished with four hits and batted .529 (9 for 17). Duda doubled twice and d'Arnaud also homered for New York, and Bartolo Co- lon pitched 1 1-3 scoreless innings for his first play- off win since 2001, for Cleveland at Seattle. The 14 years, 12 days between postseason victories for the 42-year-old right-hander snapped the major league record of exactly 14 years for Milt Wilcox, according to STATS. Colon, who made 31 starts this season, re- placed rookie Steven Matz with two out in the fifth and runners on first and second. He struck out Kris Bryant swinging on a 3-2 pitch, preserving New York's 6-1 lead. Bryant hit a two-run homer in the eighth, but it was way too late for Chi- cago in its first appearance in the NLCS in 12 years. The Cubs shut out Pitts- burgh in the wild-card game and eliminated rival St. Louis in the division series, but were unable to mount much of a challenge against the Mets' talented pitching staff. The Cubs also loaded the bases with no outs in the fourth, and only came away with one run on Kyle Schwarber's grounder to first. Starlin Castro lined right to third baseman David Wright on a hard smash for the first out. 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