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Ontheair status, but said "the pres- sure's all going to be on" Arizona. "They're coming off a tough loss at home against Seattle. Before that, they blew us out," Rodgers said. "They're the Super Bowl fa- vorites, and obviously the favorite team on Saturday night, so we've just got to go out, be loose, let it all hang out, because the pres- sure's all on that side." Arizona safety Rashad Johnson said there's pres- sure on both sides. "We've all got to play the game," he said. "I think there's a little bit of pres- sure on everyone to go out and want to play well. If you don't feel any butter- flies and have some type of pressure, you're in the wrong business." Cardinals coach Bruce Arians discounted the whole concept of pressure. "There is no pressure," he said. "Pressure is some- thing when you're not pre- pared for something. We have high expectations." The Dec. 27 victory over the Packers capped a nine- game winning streak for Arizona (13-3). A week later, the Cardinals ended their regular season with a 36-6 drubbing at the hands of Seattle, a loss they dismiss as an aber- ration. The Packers (11-6) still had a chance at the NFC North title, despite the loss in the desert, but they fin- ished the regular season by losing at home to Minne- sota, so Green Bay settled for a wild-card berth. And last Sunday in Washington, Rodgers and the rest of the Packers played better than they had most of the season. Here are things to con- sider when the Packers face the Cardinals: GETTING HEALTHY The Cardinals sacked Rodgers eight times in their meet- ing three weeks ago, but Green Bay was without starting left tackle David Bakhtiari because of an an- kle injury and lost starting right tackle Bryan Bulaga, also to an ankle problem, during the contest. That shouldn't be the case on Saturday night. Bulaga was back the next game and Bakhtiari prac- ticed all week on a limited basis. The Packers also should have cornerback Sam Shields, who has been out while undergoing the concussion protocol. But Green Bay wide re- ceiver Davante Adams was ruled out for the game with a knee injury, as was tight end Andrew Quarless. MISSING OKAFOR Arizona will be without one of its best pass rushers, outside linebacker Alex Okafor, and the exact reason is a mystery. An obviously irritated Arians would say only that Okafor injured a toe dur- ing the team's weekend off. The team signed 12-year NFL veteran Jason Babin to help at the position. TEMPO, TEMPO The Pack- ers' offense started to click last weekend when it went up-tempo. The Cardinals took ap- propriate notice. "When I was watching the game Sunday, those guys were moving ex- tremely fast," Peterson said, "the fastest I've seen all year." The Cardinals are well aware of how Rodgers likes to catch opponents with too many men on the field. They had to call a timeout in one such instance in their first meeting. FAMILIAR FOES Because of the one-sided nature of their previous meeting, the Cardinals and the Packers didn't get to a big portion of their game plans. That gave them a head start getting ready for this one. As for what players can carry over from that game, Packers linebacker Julius Peppers says not a whole lot. "More scheme things, plays, the plays they like to run, the sets they like to run out of. That's pretty much it," he said. "You can't really take too much else from it. It's a different game, and all these games have different personali- ties." HIGH-SCORING HISTORY Rodgers has experienced playoff football in Arizona firsthand. In 2009, he engaged in a spectacular passing duel with Kurt Warner in the wild-card round. Rodgers threw for 422 yards and four touch- downs, but the Packers lost in overtime 51-45 when Karlos Dansby returned Rodgers' fumble 17 yards for a score. It remains the highest- scoring playoff game in NFL history. NFC FROM PAGE 1 ROSS D. FRANKLIN — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) is sacked by Arizona Cardinals cornerback Jerraud Powers (25) during the second half of a Dec. 27game in Glendale, Ariz. 45-7 victory over the Indi- anapolis Colts in the AFC championship game last January, the team was ac- cused of illegally deflat- ing the footballs. Even be- fore the league investiga- tion that would find them guilty, the Patriots plugged up their ears and dug in their heels. And went on to win the Super Bowl. A season earlier, New England recorded its now- customary 12-win season, AFC East title and trip to the conference champi- onship game despite re- leasing tight end Aaron Hernandez over the sum- mer, shortly before he was charged with first-degree murder. (He was convicted in April 2015, a few months after his former team- mates' Super Bowl victory.) "I think coach Belichick does a great job of really just, like, brainwashing us," defensive back Duron Harmon said this week. "We just try to ignore all the distractions, whether it's that situation or 'De- flategate,' or any other dis- traction. We just try to ig- nore the noise." If Jones is benched for part of the game, the Pa- triots will be giving up a pass-rusher whose 12 sacks were the fifth most in the NFL this season. Here are a few other things to look for in Satur- day's game: BEINGBIG,BIGSTARS Kan- sas City won 10 in a row to close out the regular sea- son and then added a 30-0 win over Houston in the wild-card round. The win- ning streak is the longest in team history and longest active streak in the league. "You don't win 11 games in a row by accident," Pa- triots special teamer Mat- thew Slater said. "There are not a lot of things that they haven't been doing well." New England has lost four of its last six games, but still coasted to its 12th division title in 13 years and its sixth straight first- round bye. IN THE SPOTLIGHT Steven Jackson was out of football when Belichick called just before Christmas, looking for someone to replace in- jured running backs Dion Lewis and LeGarrette Blount. "I understood that this is probably the last op- portunity that I will have a chance, a significant chance, to win a Super Bowl," said Jackson, 32. "This is the week ... we're talking about, why I de- cided to take coach up on the offer." Jackson hadn't been in the playoffs since he was a rookie in 2004 with the Rams. AFC FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard Football NFLPLAYOFFS Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 9 KansasCity30,Houston0 Pittsburgh 18, Cincinnati 16 Sunday, Jan. 10 Seattle 10, Minnesota 9 Green Bay 35, Washington 18 Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 16 Kansas City at New England, 1:35 (CBS) Green Bay at Arizona, 5:15 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Jan. 17 Seattle at Carolina, 10:05 a.m. (FOX) Pittsburgh at Denver, 1:30 p.m. (CBS) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 24 AFC, 12:05 p.m. (CBS) NFC, 3:40 p.m. (FOX) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 31 At Honolulu Team Rice vs. Team Irvin, 4 p.m. (ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7 At Santa Clara TBD, 3:30 p.m. (CBS) BOWL GLANCE Monday College Football Championship Game Glendale, Ariz. Alabama 45, Clemson 40 Saturday, Jan. 23 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 1 p.m. (NFLN) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl At Carson National vs. American, 3 p.m. (ESPN2) Saturday, Jan. 30 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, 11:30 a.m. (NFLN) Basketball NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Golden State 37 3 .925 — Clippers 26 13 .667 101/2 Sacramento 16 23 .410 201/2 Phoenix 13 28 .317 241/2 Lakers 9 32 .220 281/2 SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Sa n A nt on io 3 5 6 .8 54 — Dallas 23 18 .561 12 Memphis 22 19 .537 13 Houston 21 19 .525 131/2 New Orleans 13 26 .333 21 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 29 12 .707 — Utah 17 22 .436 11 Portland 18 24 .429 111/2 Denver 15 25 .375 131/2 Minnesota 12 29 .293 17 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 25 15 .625 — Boston 21 19 .525 4 New York 20 21 .488 51/2 Brooklyn 11 29 .275 14 Philadelphia 4 37 .098 211/2 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Atlanta 23 17 .575 — Miami 23 17 .575 — Orlando 20 19 .513 21/2 Washington 19 19 .500 3 Charlotte 18 21 .462 41/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Cleveland 27 10 .730 — Chicago 23 16 .590 5 Indiana 22 18 .550 61/2 Detroit 21 18 .538 7 Milwaukee 17 25 .405 121/2 Thursday's games Toronto 106, Orlando 103, OT Chicago 115, Philadelphia 111, OT San Antonio 99, Cleveland 95 Memphis 103, Detroit 101 Sacramento 103, Utah 101 Golden State 116, Lakers 98 Friday's games Oklahoma City 113, Minnesota 93 Washington 118, Indiana 104 Portland 116, Brooklyn 104 Boston 117, Phoenix 103 Dallas 83, Chicago 77 New Orleans 109, Charlotte 107 Milwaukee 108, Atlanta 101, OT Miami 98, Denver 95 Cleveland at Houston, (n.) Saturday's games Milwaukee at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Portland at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Golden State at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Boston at Washington, 4:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. New York at Memphis, 5 p.m. Lakers at Utah, 6 p.m. Sacramento at Clippers, 7:30 p.m. NBA LEADERS SCORING G FG FT Pts Avg Curry, GOL 38 374 200 1127 29.7 Harden, HOU 40 330 351 1119 28.0 Durant, OKC 33 303 198 881 26.7 Cousins, SAC 31 271 227 809 26.1 James, CLE 36 349 184 926 25.7 Westbrook, OKC40 342 255 990 24.8 Lillard, POR 34 283 169 841 24.7 George, IND 39 298 226 938 24.1 Griffin, LAC 30 281 129 697 23.2 Butler, CHI 38 285 261 876 23.1 Davis, NOR 33 286 166 754 22.8 DeRozan, TOR 40 303 279 905 22.6 Thomas, BOS 39 274 218 843 21.6 Anthony, NYK 38 292 182 820 21.6 Wiggins, MIN 39 285 216 811 20.8 Lowry, TOR 40 264 199 831 20.8 McCollum, POR 39 312 89 810 20.8 Thompson, GOL 38 285 92 786 20.7 Bledsoe, PHX 31 223 138 632 20.4 Leonard, SAN 39 290 135 788 20.2 WOMEN'S COLLEGE TOP 25 FARED Friday 1. UConn (15-0) did not play. 2. South Carolina (16-0) did not play. 3. Notre Dame (16-1) did not play. 4. Texas (16-0) did not play. 5. Ohio State (12-4) did not play. 6. Baylor (17-1) did not play. 7. Mississippi State (16-2) did not play. 8. Maryland (15-2) did not play. 9. Kentucky (13-2) did not play. 10. Arizona State (14-3) beat Colorado 64-37. 11. Stanford (14-3) beat Oregon 64-62. 12. Oregon State (12-3) vs. California. 13. Tennessee (11-5) did not play. 14. Oklahoma (12-3) did not play. 15. Texas A&M (13-4) did not play. 16. Florida State (12-4) did not play. 17. UCLA (11-5) lost to Washington 64-56. 18. Michigan State (12-4) did not play. 19. South Florida (11-4) did not play. 20. Florida (14-3) did not play. 21. Miami (16-2) did not play. 22. Duke (12-6) did not play. 23. Louisville (13-5) did not play. 24. Missouri (15-2) did not play. 25. Southern Cal (14-2) at Washington State. FAR WEST SCORES Friday Arizona St. 64, Colorado 37 Utah 60, Arizona 55 Washington 64, UCLA 56 NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 42 27 12 3 57 112 92 Arizona 43 22 16 5 49 122 131 San Jose 42 22 18 2 46 120 114 Vancouver 45 18 17 10 46 109 126 Anaheim 42 18 17 7 43 82 100 Calgary 42 20 20 2 42 115 129 Edmonton 45 17 23 5 39 109 133 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 47 30 13 4 64 135 108 Dallas 44 29 11 4 62 149 116 St. Louis 47 25 15 7 57 117 118 Minnesota 44 22 14 8 52 113 103 Colorado 45 22 20 3 47 128 127 Nashville 44 19 17 8 46 113 123 Winnipeg 45 21 21 3 45 118 129 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 44 26 13 5 57 118 98 Detroit 44 23 14 7 53 110 114 Tampa Bay 44 23 17 4 50 116 106 Boston 43 22 16 5 49 130 114 Montreal 44 23 18 3 49 123 109 Ottawa 44 20 18 6 46 120 135 Toronto 42 16 19 7 39 106 119 Buffalo 44 17 23 4 38 101 121 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 43 33 7 3 69 143 91 N.Y. Islanders 44 24 15 5 53 122 110 N.Y. Rangers 43 23 15 5 51 124 113 Carolina 46 20 18 8 48 111 124 Pittsburgh 43 20 16 7 47 103 108 New Jersey 45 21 19 5 47 99 110 Philadelphia 41 19 15 7 45 94 110 Columbus 45 16 25 4 36 114 145 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Thursday's games San Jose 2, Edmonton 1, SO N.Y. Islanders 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 Washington 4, Vancouver 1 Chicago 2, Montreal 1 Carolina 4, St. Louis 1 Winnipeg 5, Nashville 4, OT Colorado 3, New Jersey 0 Detroit 3, Arizona 2, OT Friday's games Boston 4, Buffalo 1 Chicago 4, Toronto 1 Vancouver 3, Carolina 2, OT Tampa Bay 5, Pittsburgh 4, OT Winnipeg 1, Minnesota 0 Dallas at Anaheim, (n.) Saturday's games N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. New Jersey at Arizona, 11 a.m. Ottawa at Los Angeles, 1 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 4 p.m. Washington at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Colorado at Columbus, 4 p.m. Montreal at St. Louis, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Nashville, 5 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Dallas at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Golf PGA TOUR-SONY OPEN Friday At Waialae Country Club Honolulu Purse: $5.8 million Yardage: 7,044; Par 70 Second Round a-denotes amateur Brandt Snedeker................. 63-65—128 -12 Kevin Kisner......................... 63-66—129 -11 Zach Johnson....................... 64-66—130 -10 Luke Donald ......................... 65-65—130 -10 Zac Blair................................ 65-65—130 -10 Chez Reavie...........................67-63—130 -10 Scott Piercy ...........................65-66—131 -9 Sean O'Hair ............................65-66—131 -9 Jerry Kelly...............................65-66—131 -9 Morgan Hoffmann ................63-68—131 -9 Si Woo Kim ............................. 64-67—131 -9 Daniel Summerhays ............. 67-65—132 -8 James Hahn............................ 67-65—132 -8 Vijay Singh .............................63-69—132 -8 Danny Lee...............................66-66—132 -8 Francesco Molinari...............68-65—133 -7 Marc Leishman......................68-65—133 -7 John Senden........................... 66-67—133 -7 Harris English ........................68-65—133 -7 Charles Howell III.................. 64-69—133 -7 Shane Bertsch.......................65-68—133 -7 Ryan Palmer........................... 66-67—133 -7 Fabian Gomez........................ 69-64—133 -7 Gary Woodland...................... 66-67—133 -7 Shawn Stefani........................ 67-67—134 -6 Greg Owen .............................69-65—134 -6 Jason Dufner.......................... 67-67—134 -6 Webb Simpson....................... 67-67—134 -6 Tony Finau..............................65-69—134 -6 Ricky Barnes...........................63-71—134 -6 Steve Stricker ........................69-65—134 -6 Padraig Harrington...............66-68—134 -6 Emiliano Grillo ....................... 67-67—134 -6 William McGirt ......................69-65—134 -6 Kyle Stanley ...........................68-66—134 -6 Fred Funk................................ 65-70—135 -5 Robert Garrigus .................... 67-68—135 -5 Hudson Swafford..................66-69—135 -5 Seung-Yul Noh....................... 67-68—135 -5 Tim Clark ................................66-69—135 -5 Graham DeLaet ..................... 73-62—135 -5 Jason Gore..............................70-65—135 -5 Jeff Overton ...........................70-65—135 -5 Mark Hubbard .......................70-65—135 -5 Satoshi Kodaira..................... 68-67—135 -5 Daisuke Kataoka ...................66-69—135 -5 Cameron Smith ..................... 69-67—136 -4 Lucas Glover.......................... 66-70—136 -4 Daniel Berger......................... 67-69—136 -4 Brendon de Jonge ................. 67-69—136 -4 David Lingmerth.....................65-71—136 -4 Stewart Cink.......................... 69-67—136 -4 Davis Love III.......................... 66-70—136 -4 Kevin Na..................................70-66—136 -4 Colt Knost................................65-71—136 -4 Derek Fathauer...................... 69-67—136 -4 Tim Wilkinson........................ 67-69—136 -4 Pe ter M al na ti . ......... ...... .... ..... 69 -6 7— 136 - 4 Steven Bowditch ................... 66-70—136 -4 Adam Scott ............................68-68—136 -4 Ben Martin .............................70-66—136 -4 David Hearn ............................65-71—136 -4 Yusaku Miyazato .................. 69-67—136 -4 Jamie Lovemark .................... 67-69—136 -4 Hideto Tanihara..................... 66-70—136 -4 Whee Kim ...............................68-69—137 -3 Michael Thompson................67-70—137 -3 Chad Campbell......................68-69—137 -3 Ryo Ishikawa...........................67-70—137 -3 Pat Perez ................................ 71-66—137 -3 Spencer Levin.........................67-70—137 -3 J.J. Henry ................................69-68—137 -3 Nick Taylor .............................69-68—137 -3 Jimmy Walker ........................69-68—137 -3 K.J. Choi...................................67-70—137 -3 Jim Herman............................68-69—137 -3 Kyle Reifers............................69-68—137 -3 Tyrone Van Aswegen ...........68-69—137 -3 Nick Mason ............................68-69—137 -3 Harold Varner III ...................69-68—137 -3 Steve Wheatcroft..................69-68—137 -3 John Huh..................................70-67—137 -3 Adam Hadwin ........................ 71-66—137 -3 Matt Kuchar........................... 71-66—137 -3 Brian Harman ........................68-69—137 -3 Thomas Aiken........................ 71-66—137 -3 Bronson Burgoon...................67-70—137 -3 Failed to make the cut Erik Compton......................... 69-69—138 -2 Patton Kizzire........................ 68-70—138 -2 Sung Kang .............................. 68-70—138 -2 Hao Tong Li............................. 69-69—138 -2 Luke List ................................. 70-68—138 -2 Johnson Wagner.....................67-71—138 -2 Russell Knox........................... 73-65—138 -2 Boo Weekley ...........................67-71—138 -2 Scott Stallings....................... 70-69—139 -1 Rory Sabbatini........................68-71—139 -1 Ben Crane................................69-70—139 -1 Michael Kim ............................74-65—139 -1 Hyung-Sung Kim ....................72-67—139 -1 Chris Kirk.................................74-65—139 -1 Brian Gay.................................69-70—139 -1 Miguel Tabuena......................71-68—139 -1 Alex Cejka................................ 72-68—140 E Jon Curran................................74-66—140 E Sam Saunders ........................ 72-68—140 E Toshinori Muto ........................71-69—140 E Henrik Norlander ....................71-69—140 E Hiroshi Iwata .......................... 72-68—140 E Blake Adams............................71-69—140 E Roberto Castro........................69-71—140 E Tyler Aldridge..........................73-67—140 E Mark Wilson...........................72-69—141 +1 Dawie van der Walt...............69-72—141 +1 Parker McLachlin..................71-70—141 +1 Chad Collins.......................... 73-68—141 +1 Scott Pinckney ..................... 75-66—141 +1 D.H. Lee...................................68-73—141 +1 Camilo Villegas .....................69-72—141 +1 Justin Thomas .......................70-71—141 +1 Robert Allenby...................... 73-68—141 +1 Brett Stegmaier ....................70-71—141 +1 Keegan Bradley.....................72-70—142 +2 Stuart Appleby ......................72-70—142 +2 George McNeill......................71-71—142 +2 Byron Meth ........................... 74-68—142 +2 Nick Killpack ..........................72-70—142 +2 Carl Pettersson.....................71-71—142 +2 Brendon Todd ........................72-70—142 +2 Tom Hoge................................71-71—142 +2 Carlos Ortiz............................72-71—143 +3 Russell Henley.......................69-74—143 +3 Graeme McDowell ................70-73—143 +3 Derek Ernst ............................71-73—144 +4 Charlie Beljan ....................... 72-72—144 +4 Will MacKenzie..................... 77-67—144 +4 Rob Oppenheim.....................74-71—145 +5 Troy Merritt........................... 73-72—145 +5 Chris Stroud.......................... 72-73—145 +5 Miguel Angel Carballo .........74-71—145 +5 Jonas Blixt..............................71-75—146 +6 a-Shawn Lu............................ 73-73—146 +6 Will Wilcox ............................ 74-75—149 +9 Garrett Okamura ................74-79—153 +13 Tennis APIA INTERNATIONAL RESULTS Friday At Olympic Park Tennis Centre Sydney Purse: Men, $404,780 (WT250); Women, $687,900 (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN Quarterfinals Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, def. Bernard Tomic (1), Australia, 6-3, 3-0, retired. Grigor Dimitrov (4), Bulgaria, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov (8), Ukraine, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Viktor Troicki (3), Serbia, def. Nicolas Mahut, France, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, def. Jeremy Chardy (6), France, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Semifinals Grigor Dimitrov (4), Bulgaria, def. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, 6-2, 7-6 (4). Viktor Troicki (3), Serbia, def. Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. WOMEN Semifinals Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, def. Simona Halep (1), Romania, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3. Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, def. Belinda Bencic (8), Switzerland, 6-0, 0-0, retired. Championship Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, def. Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, 6-0, 6-2. WTA HOBART INTERNATIONAL RESULTS Friday At The Domain Tennis Centre Hobart, Australia Purse: $226,750 (Intl.) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Semifinals Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, def. Dominika Cibulkova (3), Slovakia, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. Alize Cornet (7), France, def. Johanna Larsson, Sweden, 6-1, 6-1. ATP WORLD TOUR ASB CLASSIC RESULTS Friday At ASB Bank Tennis Centre Auckland, New Zealand Purse: $463,520 (WT250) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Semifinals Jack Sock, United States, def. David Fer- rer (1), Spain, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. Roberto Bautista Agut (8), Spain, def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (2), France, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE NBA Saturday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Washington OFF (OFF) Boston at Charlotte 6 (2001/2) Milwaukee at Atlanta 111/2 (203) Brooklyn Portland 51/2 (2071/2) at Philly Golden State 6 (214) at Detroit at Memphis OFF (OFF) New York at Utah 71/2 (1901/2) Lakers at Clippers OFF (OFF) Sacramento NHL Saturday Favorite Line Underdog at Philadelphia -105/-105 NY Rangers at Los Angeles -200/+180 Ottawa at St. Louis -130/+120 Montreal at Boston OFF Toronto Washington -180/+165 at Buffalo at Columbus -110/+100 Colorado at Nashville OFF Minnesota at Arizona -125/+115 New Jersey at Edmonton OFF Calgary at San Jose -115/+105 Dallas NFL Saturday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog at New England 41/2 (421/2) Kansas City at Arizona 7 (49) Green Bay Sunday at Carolina 11/2 (44) Seattle at Denver 71/2 (39) Pittsburgh Transactions BASEBALL American League Cleveland Indians: Agreed to terms with RHP Cody Allen on a one-year contract. Houston Astros: Agreed to terms with RHP Josh Fields, INF Marwin Gonzalez, LHP Dallas Keuchel and INF Luis Val- buena on one-year contracts. Kansas City Royals: Agreed to terms with LHP Danny Duffy, C Drew Butera, RHP Louis Coleman, C Tony Cruz and OF Jarrod Dyson on one-year contracts. New York Yankees: Agreed to terms with RHP Michael Pineda and INF-OF Dustin Ackley on one-year contracts. Claimed OF Lane Adams off waivers from Kansas City. Designated INF Ronald Torreyes for assignment. Seattle Mariners: Agreed to terms with LHP Charlie Furbush and RHP Evan Scribner on one-year contracts. Tampa Bay Rays: Agreed to terms with INF Logan Forsythe on a two-year contract. Texas Rangers: Agreed to terms with C Robinson Chirinos and RHP Tanner Scheppers on one-year contracts. National League Colorado Rockies: Agreed to terms with 3B Nolan Arenado on a one-year contract. Miami Marlins: Agreed to terms with RHPs Jose Fernandez, Tom Koehler, David Phelps, A.J. Ramos, Carter Capps and Bryan Morris and SS Adeiny Hecha- varria on one-year contracts. Milwaukee Brewers: Named Mike Schwartz director of food & beverage hospitality. New York Mets: Agreed to terms with RHP Matt Harvey, SS Ruben Tejada, RHP Carlos Torres, RHP Addison Reed and LHP Josh Edgin on one-year contracts. Signed C Nevin Ashley to a minor league contract. Pittsburgh Pirates: Agreed to terms with C Francisco Cervelli, RHP Jared Hughes, LHP Jeff Locke, RHP Mark Melancon, INF Jordy Mercer and LHP Tony Watson on one-year contracts. San Diego Padres: Agreed to terms with RHPs Andrew Cashner and Tyson Ross on one-year contracts. St. Louis Cardinals: Agreed to terms with RHP Seth Maness, INF-OF Brandon Moss and RHP Trevor Rosenthal on one- year contracts. Washington Nationals: Agreed to terms with INF Anthony Rendon on a one-year contract. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 2016 2 B