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2B Daily News – Friday, April 13, 2012 Scoreboard MLB American League At A Glance By The Associated Press East Division WL Pct GB Tampa Bay 4 2 .667 — Toronto 4 2 .667 — Baltimore 3 3 .500 1 New York 3 3 .500 1 Boston 1 5 .167 3 Central Division WL Pct GB 5 1 .833 — Detroit Chicago 3 2 .600 1 1/2 Kansas City 3 3 .500 2 Cleveland 1 4 .200 3 1/2 Minnesota 1 4 .200 3 1/2 West Division Texas WL Pct GB 5 2 .714 — Seattle 4 4 .500 1 1/2 A's 3 4 .429 2 Los Angeles 2 3 .400 2 ——— Wednesday's Games Chicago White Sox 10, Cleveland 6 Toronto 3, Boston 1 Tampa Bay 4, Detroit 2 Oakland 5, Kansas City 4, 12 innings N.Y.Yankees 6, Baltimore 4, 10 innings Seattle 4, Texas 3 Minnesota 6, L.A. Angels 5 Thursday's Games Detroit 7, Tampa Bay 2 L.A. Angels 9 at Minnesota10 Texas 5, Seattle 3 Friday's Games L.A. Angels (E.Santana 0-1) at N.Y. Yan- kees (Kuroda 0-1), 10:05 a.m. Tampa Bay (Price 1-0) at Boston (Beckett 0-1), 11:05 a.m. Detroit (Scherzer 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 0-0), 11:10 a.m. Cleveland (D.Lowe 1-0) at Kansas City (Hochevar 1-0), 1:10 p.m. Baltimore (Tom.Hunter 1-0) at Toronto (Morrow 0-0), 4:07 p.m. Texas (M.Harrison 1-0) at Minnesota (Swarzak 0-1), 5:10 p.m. Oakland (Colon 1-1) at Seattle (F.Hernan- dez 1-0), 7:10 p.m. GIANTS Continued from page 1B 17 runs and 22 hits the night before. He walked two and struck out two. Brian Wilson converted his first save opportunity of the season, but he need- ed 32 pitches to get the final three outs. The Rock- ies loaded the bases with one out when pinch hitter Todd Helton lined out to second baseman Emmanuel Burriss. Tyler Colvin, who broke up Bumgarner's no-hitter in the sixth, drew a walk to make it 4-2, before Marco Scutaro flied out to right. Colvin's sinking line drive went under the glove of diving left fielder Melky Cabrera for a one- out triple in the sixth. He scored on Fowler's single to make it 4-1. The age difference between the starting pitch- ers — 26 years and 256 days — was the largest since Satchel Paige faced Bill Monbouquette in 1965, and the third-largest since 1900, according to STATS LLC. ''It was pretty cool get- ting to throw against him,'' Bumgarner said. ''I can see why he's still success- ful. He's tough to hit.'' Moyer became the old- RBC Continued from page 1B ond, fourth and seventh holes before stunning the gallery — and himself — with his on-target sand wedge. ''I hit a smooth one,'' Taylor said. ''Came off right, right at it, and fortunate enough to go in.'' own, collecting birdies on the 14th, 16th and 18th holes. Knost thinks this might be just the thing to jump start a sluggish year — his lone top 20 was a third place at the Mayakoba Classic in February. Knost joined the leaders with a late charge of his National League At A Glance By The Associated Press East Division WL Pct GB Washington 5 2 .714 — New York 4 2 .667 1/2 Philadelphia 3 3 .500 1 1/2 Atlanta 2 4 .333 2 1/2 Miami 2 5 .286 3 Central Division WL Pct GB St. Louis 5 2 .714 — Milwaukee 4 3 .571 1 Houston 3 3 .500 1 1/2 Cincinnati 3 4 .429 2 Pittsburgh 2 3 .400 2 Chicago 2 5 .286 3 West Division WL Pct GB Los Angeles 5 1 .833 — Arizona 4 1 .800 1/2 Colorado 2 4 .333 3 San Diego 2 4 .333 3 Giants 2 4 .333 3 ——— Wednesday's Games Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 3 Washington 4, N.Y. Mets 0 Milwaukee 2, Chicago Cubs 1 San Diego 2, Arizona 1 Philadelphia 7, Miami 1 Atlanta 6, Houston 3 Colorado 17, San Francisco 8 L.A. Dodgers 4, Pittsburgh 1 Thursday's Games Washington 3, Cincinnati 2, 10 innings Chicago Cubs 8, Milwaukee 0 San Francisco 4, Colorado 2 Philadelphia 3, Miami 1 Arizona at San Diego, late Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers, late Friday's Games Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 1-0) at St. Louis (Wainwright 0-1), 12:15 p.m. Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 0-0) at San Fran- cisco (M.Cain 0-0), 1:35 p.m. Cincinnati (Arroyo 0-0) at Washington (Zimmermann 0-1), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Dickey 1-0) at Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Houston (Harrell 1-0) at Miami (Nolasco 1- 0), 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Wolf 0-1) at Atlanta (Jurrjens est pitcher to make multi- ple starts in a season, but what he really wants is to get that first win since 2010 with Philadelphia. He missed all of last sea- son following ligament- replacement surgery on his left elbow. ''I threw way too many pitches early in the game,'' Moyer said. ''I made a lot of good pitches when I needed to.'' Moyer's high pitch count of 112 was that he had to get out of a bases-loaded jam in the first after third baseman Chris Nelson made a throwing error on the game's first batter. Part of the reason for ''Jamie gave us a chance to win,'' shortstop Troy Tulowitzki said. ''Couple of errors. Not great defense.'' matter. ''It's funny and it's Or offense, for that baseball,'' said. ''Probably not too many people expected the offensive outburst yester- day with (Tim) Lincecum pitching and then today everybody's probably thinking well, they hit Lincecum well and Bum- garner, they're probably going to do the same. And baseball doesn't work like that. Bumgarner had good stuff. I give them credit. Tulowitzki 0-1), 4:35 p.m. Arizona (D.Hudson 1-0) at Colorado (Nicasio 0-0), 5:40 p.m. San Diego (Richard 1-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Harang 0-1), 7:10 p.m. NBA At A Glance By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WL Pct GB Boston 34 24 .586 — Philadelphia31 27 .534 3 New York 30 28 .517 4 New Jersey 21 38 .35613 1/2 Toronto 20 39 .33914 1/2 Southeast Division WL Pct GB x-Miami 40 17 .702 — Atlanta 34 24 .586 6 1/2 Orlando 34 24 .586 6 1/2 Washington 14 44 .24126 1/2 Charlotte 7 50 .123 33 Central Division WL Pct GB y-Chicago 45 14 .763 — Indiana 36 22 .621 8 1/2 Milwaukee 28 30 .48316 1/2 Detroit 22 36 .37922 1/2 Cleveland 19 37 .33924 1/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division WL Pct GB x-S. Antonio41 16 .719 — Memphis 34 24 .586 7 1/2 Dallas 32 26 .552 9 1/2 Houston 32 26 .552 9 1/2 New Orleans16 42 .27625 1/2 Northwest Division WL Pct GB y-Okla. City 42 16 .724 — Denver 32 26 .552 10 Utah 31 28 .52511 1/2 Portland 28 31 .47514 1/2 Minnesota 25 35 .417 18 Pacific Division WL Pct GB L.A. Lakers 37 22 .627 — L.A. Clippers36 23 .610 1 Phoenix 30 28 .517 6 1/2 Warriors 22 35 .386 14 Kings 19 40 .322 18 It's just too bad that we dropped the game.'' And that Fowler dropped Ryan Theriot's fly ball to center leading off the fourth. The two-base error led x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division ——— Wednesday's Games L.A. Lakers 98, San Antonio 84 Denver 113, Minnesota 107 Portland 118, Golden State 110 Thursday's Games Detroit 109, Charlotte 85 Chicago 96, Miami 86, OT L.A. Clippers 95, Minnesota 82 San Antonio 107, Memphis 97 Dallas at Golden State, late Friday's Games Cleveland at Indiana, 4 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Orlando, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Charlotte at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Washington at New York, 4:30 p.m. Phoenix at Houston, 5 p.m. Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Utah at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Milwaukee at Detroit, 5 p.m. Denver at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Portland, 7:30 p.m. NHL Playoff Glance By The Associated Press FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE N.Y. Rangers 1, Ottawa 0 Thursday, April 12: NY Rangers 4, Ottawa 2 Saturday, April 14: Ottawa at NY Rangers, 4 p.m. Boston 1,Washington 0 Thursday, April 12: Boston 1, Washington 0, OT Saturday, April 14:Washington at Boston, noon Florida vs. New Jersey Friday, April 13: New Jersey at Florida, 4 p.m. Philadelphia 1, Pittsburgh 0 Wednesday, April 11: Philadelphia 4, Pitts- burgh 3, OT Friday, April 13: Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Los Angeles 1,Vancouver 0 was 49 years, 70 days old. Moyer was 49 years, 146 days old on Thursday. to two unearned runs. Angel Pagan drove in The- riot with a single and scored on Cabrera's dou- ble, making it 4-0 and chasing Moyer, who tipped his cap to the crowd of 25,860 as he left. ''When you have easy outs to take, you have to take them,'' Rockies man- ager Jim Tracy said. ''Ask- ing Jamie Moyer to get four outs in an inning ... it's going to cost you.'' ''During the course of the season, we'll probably see a dozen catches that he'll make that will save runs and save games,'' Tracy added. ''He made a mistake. Obviously, it was a fairly costly mistake. But we move on.'' Moyer sure has. ''I focus on what I need to do and I feel as long as my teammates are giving the best effort, I really can't complain. And I feel like they're giving a great effort,'' Moyer said. The oldest pitcher ever to win a game in the majors was Jack Quinn of the Brooklyn Dodgers on Sept. 13, 1932, when he BUSCH Continued from page 1B postponed Daytona 500 that was run on a Monday night). Greg Biffle, who has have to hit it fairly straight. Distance isn't that big a deal. The greens are real small, just give yourself a lot of chances.'' ''It's just my kind of course,'' Knost said. ''You That's the way Furyk played Harbour Town, too. His problem? Starting in the chily, windy conditions not usually seen during most Aprils in South Carolina. He played straight and steady throughout, building on a tie for 11th last week at Augusta National. ''I'm happy to get in with the score I did,'' he said. Town before chopping it around Thursday. The Eng- lishman made just one birdie and was well below Fri- day's projected cut line. Donald has 11 straight rounds under par at Harbour Still, it was hard not to notice the pleased faces of competitors, organizers and fans with the rechristened tournament. It's the first year for title-sponsor RBC and presenting-sponsor Boeing after the tournament went without a backer in 2011 and was in danger of disappearing. Divots: Two-time major winner Daly, a former Arkansas player, was saddened and shocked by the dismissal of friend Bobby Petrino as Razorbacks foot- ball coach. Daly thinks the team must hire an NFL- type coach ''like a (Jon) Gruden, like a (Bill) Cowher, like a (Barry) Switzer'' to keep moving forward. ... Bo Van Pelt will appear at a Boys and Girls Club on Fri- day as a thank you to RBC for sponsoring the tourna- ment. ... This the first RBC Heritage without Davis Love III since 1985. Love withdrew this week with a cracked rib. ... 2001 RBC Heritage runner-up Billy Mayfair had a hole-in-one, htting a 5-iron shot on the 195-yard seventh hole. He shot a 72. ... Sang-Moon Bae withdrew after an opening 83. seven consecutive top-10 finishes in Texas and won at the track in 2005, is the relaxed points leader. Biffle took advantage of the time off with a Bahamas vacation, char- tering a big boat that he stayed on during the week. It was peaceful, with crys- tal clear water, pristine beaches and really no one else around. ''I haven't been on a Aside from the two unearned runs he surren- dered, Moyer gave up Brett Pill's bloop RBI sin- gle in the third and Cabr- era's seeing-eye single up the middle in the fourth. you're looking out there and seeing a 49-year-old man competing in the big leagues,'' said Giants manager Bruce Bochy, who played against Moyer in the 1980s. ''When they're taking the field, he's the first one on the mound, waiting for the catcher. He's the first one. He just keeps going. ''He pitched well. We had a couple of breaks with some cheap hits there, but you take them.'' NOTES: Giants C Buster Posey made his first start since coming down with shingles on Sunday night. ... On Fri- day, Rockies RHP Juan Nicasio (0-0) makes his first start at Coors Field since Aug. 5, when a line drive off the bat of Wash- ington's Ian Desmond left him with a fractured skull and broken neck. He'll face Arizona's Daniel Hudson (1-0). been two weeks off in the second-tier series since its race at Fontana on March 24, and there isn't a race next week. ''It feels like it's been a while. ... Easy breezy April,'' said Danica Patrick, who is in her first full Nationwide season. After the radiator was punctured by debris, Patrick dropped out of the California race with engine trouble and fin- ished 35th. She completed only 63 of 150 laps on the day before her 30th birth- day. vacation in quite some time like that,'' Biffle said. ''Man, I'm ready to go. I'm fired up. ... I'm pretty excited about getting going.'' Texas is the only Nationwide race in a four- week span. There have SHARKS Continued from page 1B onds to go in the penalty. Halak was well- screened on a wrist shot from the slot by Dan Boyle that was tipped in front at 6:02 for Havlat's 29th point in his last 29 postseason games. It was a rare failure by Blues penalty killers, who stopped 51 consecutive chances late in the season ''I was able to give myself plenty of distrac- tions over the last couple of weeks. ... A never-end- ing birthday party,'' Patrick said. ''Breaks get me excited to get back at it again. I think that's what it's done.'' There was a party on her birthday, followed by trips to Cabo and Northern and were ranked eighth overall. The Sharks had the second-ranked power play. NOTES: The Sharks were 29-1-4 when leading after two periods during the regular season and the Blues were 4-13-2 when trailing after two. ... The Sharks have 46 playoff wins since the Blues' last one in 2004. ...''Mad Men'' actor Jon Hamm, who is from St. Louis, attended the game. ''It's incredible when Wednesday, April 11: Los Angeles 4, Van- couver 2 Friday, April 13: Los Angeles at Vancou- ver, 7 p.m. San Jose 1, St. Louis 0 Thursday, April 12: San Jose 3, St. Louis 2, 2OT Saturday, April 14: San Jose at St. Louis, 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 16: St. Louis at San Jose, 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19: St. Louis at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. x-Saturday, April 21: San Jose at St. Louis, 4:30 p.m. x-Monday, April 23: St. Louis at San Jose, TBD x-Wednesday, April 25: San Jose at St. Louis, TBD Phoenix vs. Chicago Thursday, April 12: Chicago at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Nashville 1, Detroit 0 Wednesday, April 11: Nashville 3, Detroit 2 Friday, April 13: Detroit at Nashville, 4:30 p.m. Moves Thursday's Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Placed OF Lorenzo Cain on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Jarrod Dyson from Omaha (PCL). National League HOUSTON ASTROS—Optioned INF Brian Bixler to Oklahoma City (PCL). PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Promoted INF Greg Picart to Indianapolis (IL). Assigned OF Anthony Norman to Altoona (EL). BASKETBALL National Basketball Association HOUSTON ROCKETS—Signed F Dia- mon Simpson for remainder of the sea- son. FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS—Traded LB Keith Rivers to the N.Y. Giants for a 2012 fifth-round draft pick. Agreed to terms with CB Terence Newman. Waived CB Rico Murray. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Named Joe Vitt interim coach. NEW YORK JETS—Waived C Taylor Boggs. OAKLAND RAIDERS—Signed TE Andre Hardy. PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Agreed to terms with WR Jerricho Cotchery and OL Trai Essex. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Agreed to terms with LB Leroy Hill and LB Matt McCoy to one-year contracts. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL—Fined Nashville D Shea Weber $2,500 for slamming Detroit F Henrik Zetterberg's head against the glass at the end of Wednesday's game. Suspended Vancouver F Byron Bitz for two games for boarding Los Angeles F Kyle Clifford dur- ing Wednesday's game. CALGARY FLAMES—Fired coach Brent Sutter and assistant coach Dave Lowery. NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Assigned G Jeremy Smith to Milwaukee (AHL). Recalled G Chet Pickard from Milwaukee. NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Assigned D Marc Cantin from Reading (ECHL) to Bridgeport (AHL). ST. LOUIS BLUES—Assigned G Jake Allen to Peoria (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer FC DALLAS—Recalled Jackson from loan to Cruzeiro (Brazilian). VANCOUVER WHITECAPS—Named John Furlong executive chairman. COLLEGE COLORADO STATE—Named Larry Eustachy men's basketball coach. MICHIGAN STATE—Reinstated junior C Derrick Nix to the men's basketball team. NORTHERN ARIZONA—Named Jack Murphy men's basketball coach. SIENA—Named Ali Jaques women's bas- ketball coach. TULSA—Named Brett Ballard and Steve Woodberry men's assistant basketball coaches and Justin Bauman director of basketball operations. VILLANOVA—Announced junior G Dominic Cheek will enter the NBA draft WINTHROP—Named Mark Prosser and Brian Thornton men's assistant basketball coaches. Sacramento group asks NBA Commissioner David Stern and league owners to ''strongly encourage'' the Maloof family to sell the Kings so a deal for a new arena can be reached. In a letter signed by about two dozen of Sacramen- Stern to force Kings sale (AP) — Sacramento business leaders are asking to's most powerful businesses leaders and sent to Stern on Thursday, the group accuses Kings owners Joe, Gavin and George Maloof of not negotiating in good faith. It also questions whether the Maloofs have the finances — and motivation — to keep the team in Sacramento. ''We feel it is time for the Maloofs to sell their own- ership of the franchise, for the good of the city and in the interest of advancing Sacramento's effort to build a downtown arena,'' a portion of the letter reads. ''The city, the fans and the NBA deserve and require an own- ership group that is fully committed to being a good- faith constructive participant in the arena process. ''And we deserve an ownership group that is not only committed to the long-term viability of the fran- chise in this region but also one that has the where- withal to make it a thriving, competitive organiza- tion.'' The timing of the letter was no accident. The Maloofs were giving an update on the project to the NBA Board of Governors during its annual spring meeting in New York. It was exactly a year ago when Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and the city's business leaders convinced owners — along with pre- senting more than $10 million of new sponsorship and ticket sales for this season to the team — at the same Manhattan hotel to keep the Kings from moving to Anaheim, Calif. Sacramento city officials were not in attendance Thursday. Johnson, who had initially said the city had done its part and it's up to the Kings and the NBA to resolve the issue, was expected to meet with the Mal- oofs in New York on Friday, a team spokesman told reporters outside the St. Regis hotel. The mayor's staff had no comment on what the meeting would entail. California and a surprise party. Patrick's limited Sprint Cup schedule with Tony Stewart's team won't have her driving in Texas until the November race. Missing from the Nationwide field this weekend is Trevor Bayne, the November winner who is fourth in points this sea- son. But a lack of sponsor- ship forced Roush Fenway Racing to leave the No. 60 car out of this race. Kyle Busch's Nation- wide team is sponsored by Monster Energy, which was looking to do only a certain number of races before the racing brothers said they would split the full season in the car. and Kyle is driver-owner of a team of more than 100 employees. Kurt is only a driver ''This is his program. This is his neck on the line, so to speak. He's got such a strong will to suc- ceed at this ownership level, and I'm here to help out,'' Kurt Busch said. ''For him to sit on the pit box, for him to put on the headset as an owner and to watch his car go around the race track ... It'll be neat for him to really settle into his own- ership role this weekend,'' he said. But just what will the reaction of the boss be if the No. 54 car has a bad race. down on me big time,'' Kurt said, laughing. ''We'll see how he reacts when it's big brother that he's talking to. But, all kidding aside, we have our agenda set forth and the respect that we have for one another, and there will be times this year when that is tested. Hopefully on the first weekend, it's not.'' ''He's going to come Petrino wondered about text FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Worried about his fate, Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino asked colleagues whether he was going to be fired while simultaneously wondering if an investigation would uncover the con- tent of his frequent cellphone texts, according to docu- ments released Thursday night. The content of Petrino's text messages that was still available on his business cell were obtained by The Associated Press through a Freedom of Information Act request. In the messages, Petrino asks assistant ath- letic director Chris Wyrick about his job status on April 6 — the day after he was put on paid leave by athletic director Jeff Long following the revelation that he had hired his former mistress just a few days before the two were involved in a motorcycle accident.