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Tehama Tracker Monday's results MLB Giants N.Y. Mets Game 1 Schierholtz: 3-5, HR, 3 RBI Posey: 1-3, HR, walk Giants N.Y. Mets Game 2 2 7 Sandoval: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, walk Sanchez: 1-4, HR, 3 RBI Today's games BASEBALL Pleasant Valley Red Bluff E Esparto Los Molinos 4 p.m. SOFTBALL Red Bluff Pleasant Valley Corning Yreka E Esparto Los Molinos 4 p.m. SOCCER Chico Red Bluff TENNIS Shasta Red Bluff Central Valley Corning 3 p.m. 6 p.m. Daily News photo by Rich Greene Two-time world champion Cody Wright rides Flying 5 Rodeo's Tip's Corner Bar to a score of 84, Sun- day, to tie for first place in saddle bronc at the 91st annual Red Bluff Round-Up. RODEO By RICH GREENE DN Sports Editor Rodeo's biggest names took cen- ter stage at the 91st annual Red Bluff Round-Up, which concluded its three-day run Sunday. 3:30 p.m. GOLF Red Bluff at Paradise Invite at Tuscan Ridge MLB Giants Cincinnati SF — M.Cain, 1-0 CIN — Latos, 0-2 Chi. White Sox Athletics CWS — Floyd, 1-2 OAK — Milone, 2-1 NBA Kings Oklahoma City New Orleans Warriors 5 p.m. CSNC 7:30 p.m. CSNB On the tube BOWLING •4 p.m., ESPN2 — Women's, USBC Queens, at Arlington, Texas CYCLING • 2 p.m., NBCSN — Tour de Romandie, prologue, at Lausanne, Switzerland (same-day tape) MLB • 4 p.m., CSNB — San Francisco at Cincinnati •5 p.m., MLB — Regional coverage, N.Y.Yankees at Texas or Boston at Min- nesota •7 p.m., CSNC — Chicago White Sox at Oakland NBA •5 p.m., CSNC — Sacramento at Oklahoma City •5 p.m., TNT — Miami at Boston • 7:30 p.m., CSNB—New Orleans at Golden State • 7:30 p.m., TNT — Phoenix at Utah NHL • 4:30 p.m., NBCSN — Playoffs, con- ference quarterfinals, Florida at New Jersey SOCCER • 11:30 a.m., FOX SOCCER—UEFA Champions League, semifinal, Chelsea at Barcelona Booster fundraiser The Red Bluff Spar- tan Athletic Booster 4- man scramble golf tour- nament is scheduled for April 28 at Wilcox Oaks. The cost is $100 for non-Wilcox mem- bers and $75 for mem- bers. Entry includes tee prize, 18 holes of golf with cart and lunch. A Hole in One during the scramble wins a 2012 GMC pickup. There will be prizes for the Top 3 teams in their division, plus two closest to the pins and long drives for men and women. available. Call Stephanie or Ken at 527-1111. Sponsorships are also NEW YORK (AP) — Madison Bumgarner pitched seven neat innings, Pablo Sandoval homered to match a team mark set by Willie Mays and the San Fran- cisco Giants beat the New York Mets 7-2 Monday night for a dou- bleheader sweep. The Giants took the opener 6-1 as Tim Lincecum posted his first win of the season despite another uneven performance. Slightly over 1,000 7:05 p.m. CSNC 4:10 p.m. CSNB decided Sunday during the rodeo's third and final performance. That was in saddle bronc where two-time world champ and 2012 money leader Cody Wright posted an 84 on Flying 5 Rodeo's Tip's Corner Bar to share the title with Cort Sheer, who posted his score Friday. The rodeo's first performance time world champion Trevor Brazile, was named the top All- Around cowboy. The grandest star of them all, 16- ond buckle, Sunday, as he placed second in team roping along with heeler Patrick Smith. The pair was given a five-second penalty on their final head, which gave them a three- head time of 23.6 seconds. That allowed Levi Grantham and Ronnie Garcia's three-head time of 21.6 seconds to stand. Only one scoring event was Brazile just missed out on a sec- proved to be filled with the winning scores. In bull riding, Trey Benton III scored an 87 on the event's first ride of the rodeo Friday and the score not only held, but beat the rest of the competition by five points. Tony Mendes scored an 82, Sun- day, to take second place. No other riders reached the 80s. A Friday score also held up in bareback for Jessy Davis, who post- ed an 85. The field event had a loss Sun- day afternoon when Flying U Rodeo's High Maintenance suffered an injury and collapsed coming out — on the first pitch he saw as a major leaguer — and struck out pinch- hitter Ike Davis look- ing. of the chute. Rodeo personnel and veterinari- ans were quick in response, but were ultimately unable to save the horse's life. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. ley 7-1 on Saturday and then tied Foothill 0-0 to finish 4- 0-1 in pool play. Bluff had a rematch with Shasta and won 6-0. In the championship Red Maxpreps has the Lady Spartans ranked No. 186 in the nation. Red Bluff has a challeng- ing week ahead. They face Pleasant Val- 4 p.m. ley, one of the two teams to beat them, today at 4 p.m. in Chico. On Wednesday they trav- el back to Redding to play Shasta, again. Then it's off to Susanville for a game with Lassen fol- lowed by a tournament over the weekend. New era for Raiders heading into draft Round-Up spokesperson Tonya Redamonti said the horse suffered a cervical dislocation. In the timed events, 2004 world champion Monty Lewis edged out Ryle Smith and Tuf Cooper in tie down roping with a three-head time of 27. 3 seconds. Clayton Moore held on to his lead, Sunday, to win steer wrestling with an aggregate time of 18 sec- onds on three head. Trevor Knowles was a couple of ticks behind at 18.2 seconds. Pozzi won the average title with a combined time of 34.47 seconds to best Fallon Taylor's 34.54. Taylor had set an arena record on Friday with a run of 17.01 seconds. And in barrel racing Brittany ALAMEDA (AP) — For nearly a half-century, Al Davis ran the Oakland Raiders' draft room in his own unique way. He coveted speed and size, seemingly ahead of almost all other attributes. The Lady Spartans com- pleted a spectacular week- end by the capturing the Wolfpack Invite. Red Bluff beat West Val- 1 6 Sports Round-Up brings out the best 1B Tuesday April 24, 2012 Lady Spartans win tourney SOFTBALL His picks often baffled so-called experts and other teams, with some turning into surprising successes and others into notable flops. Now there's a new man See DRAFT, page 2B Lincecum, Bumgarner beat Mets for doubleheader sweep fans bundled up in the stands when the opener began on a windy, raw afternoon better suited for the Bay Area. The crowd later picked up, but Citi Field was near- ly empty for the final out. A rainout Sunday forced the twinbill. Sandoval hit a three- run homer in the first inning to back Bumgar- ner. The burly slugger has a 16-game hitting streak, tying the San Francisco record at the start of a season set by Mays in 1960, STATS LLC said. hit his first big league homer, a two-run shot. Bumgarner (3-1) Hector Sanchez later allowed one run and three hits. He won his third straight start, a streak that began short- ly before the 22-year- old lefty signed a $35.56 million, six-year contract. New York loaded the bases with one out in the eighth against Javier Lopez. But reliever Clay Hensley retired pinch-hitter Jordany Valdespin on a popup Frustrated, Davis flung his bat and later threw his helmet. He made a key error in the first game and went 0 for 4, striking out twice, grounding into a double play and bouncing out with the bases loaded. San Francisco won for the eighth time in 11 games and swept a dou- bleheader from the Mets for the first time since 1997. Then again, teams don't play many doubleheaders any- more. five of six and dropped to .500 for the first time this year. Both games were similar: Sandoval put San Francisco ahead for good in the first inning, the Giants supported their starter with two home runs, and they got plenty of pitching. Nate Schierholtz and Buster Posey homered in the opener. Schier- holtz had six hits during the day, including two triples, and stole a base. Battered in his first three starts, Lincecum (1-2) allowed one run in five innings and struck out eight, often throw- ing his fastball past the Mets. The two-time Cy Young Award winner also walked five and gave up four hits in low- ering his ERA from 10.54 to 8.20. gave up seven runs and a career-high 12 hits in 6 2-3 innings. Lincecum got help on his 108th and final pitch. With the bases loaded, one out and the The Mets have lost Dillon Gee (1-2) in charge in Oakland. Gener- al manager Reggie McKen- zie began overhauling the MCT photo Nate Schierholtz congratulates Buster Posey on a home run in Game 1. Giants ahead by five runs, Davis hit a grounder up the middle. Second baseman Emmanuel Burris stopped the ball and made a backhanded flip with his glove to short- stop Brandon Crawford, who barehanded the toss and turned a terrif- ic double play. to stretch it into a dou- ble. Posey followed with his home run. Schierholtz hit a three-run homer in the third, set up by Davis' error at first base with two outs and none on. Miguel Batista (0-1) lasted 3 2-3 innings in a spot start. The 41-year- old righty began the game by pitching out of the stretch — fittingly, the Giants had runners on base against him all day. Sandoval hit an RBI single in the first, but was thrown out trying NOTES: Marlins SS Jose Reyes makes his return to Citi Field on Tuesday night when Miami visits the Mets. ''He was a dynamic, exciting player for us. I think he deserves a warm reception from our fans,'' Mets GM Sandy Alderson said. ''I hope he gets a good reception.'' ... Johan Santana (0-2, 3.97 ERA), pushed back a day by the rainout, starts for the Mets on Tuesday against Marlins ace Josh Johnson (0-2, 5.94). ... Matt Cain (1-0, 1.88) starts for the Giants on Tuesday night at Cincinnati. ... Giants 2B Freddy Sanchez (dislocated right shoulder) begins a rehab assignment Monday night for Class-A San Jose. Giants manager Bruce Bochy said the team had mapped out an 18-day rehab for Sanchez. ... Giants 1B Aubrey Huff did not play in either game. He's in a slump, and also had a key defensive lapse Saturday while playing 2B for the first time in his career.