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Tehama Tracker Monday's results MLB Athletics Boston 11 6 Reddick: 1-4, HR, 3 RBI, walk Crisp: 2-5, 2 RBI PLAYOFFS NBA New York Miami Miami leads series 2-0 Orlando Indiana Series tied 1-1 Dallas Oklahoma City LATE Oklahoma City leads series 1-0 Today's games BASEBALL Red Bluff Paradise Orland Corning Los Molinos Biggs 93 78 104 94 BOSTON (AP) — David Ortiz fin- ished the best April of his career with a pair of solo homers, Mike Aviles hit a three-run shot and the Boston Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 11-6 on Monday night. Darnell McDonald had a two-run homer and Marlon Byrd drove in a pair of runs to support a decent start by Clay Buchholz, who held Oakland to one run until he gave up five in his last inning. Ortiz hit .405 in April with six homers and 20 RBIs. He hit .543 in Fenway Park (19 for 35). Sports Nice day at Clear Lake It was Boston's seventh win in eight games, coming off a 6-1 road trip. For- mer Red Sox outfielder Josh Reddick hit a three-run homer for Oakland, which dropped its third straight.When the Red Sox left town after their initial homestand of the season, they were on a five-game losing streak and had just blown a 9-0 lead in a loss to the rival Yankees. Boy, how things changed. Boston charged through Minnesota and Chicago, only losing the finale of a four-game series against the White Sox and returned to Fenway looking like a team that was expected to be strong in the AL East. 3 p.m. Doubleheader 4/7 p.m. 4 p.m. SOFTBALL Paradise Red Bluff Central Valley Corning Los Molinos Biggs 4 p.m. Then, the Red Sox almost reverted back to that ugly loss against the Yan- kees before Vicente Padilla escaped a bases-loaded jam by striking out Daric Barton in the seventh. Reddick bounced into an inning-ending double play with the bases-loaded in the eighth. A's starter Tommy Milone (3-2) for eight runs — seven earned — in 4 2/3 innings en route to an 11-1 lead after five innings. seven hits, walking five and striking out five in 6 2/3 innings. Buchholz (3-1) gave up six runs on On Monday, they knocked around 1B Tuesday May 1, 2012 Ortiz leads BoSox past A's RB girls take title SOFTBALL The Lady Spartans won their second tournament in as many weeks, Saturday, when they defeated Enter- prise 11-0 in the finals of the Lassen tournament. Red Bluff had earlier beat tournament host Lassen 7-5 in the semifinals. tans won Shasta's tourna- ment. Last week the Lady Spar- Red Bluff was seeded No. 2 in the first set of Northern Section Division-II playoff rankings that were released Monday. Shasta (19-4-1) was first, followed by Red Bluff (22- 3-2), Pleasant Valley (13-10) and Chico (5-8). and drove in four runs dur- ing a 9-5 loss. Jennifer Dev- ers added three hits. In the second game, West Erika Raygoza homered Valley won 12-6. Karlie Jen- nings had three hits for Corning. The Cardinals are seeded ninth out of 11 teams in the D-IV rankings. 5 p.m. 4 p.m. SOCCER Red Bluff Foothill TENNIS Chico Red Bluff University Prep Corning 3 p.m. Courtesy photos 3:30 p.m. GOLF Five-Star League at Fall River Valley 11 a.m. MLB Athletics Boston OAK — Parker, 0-0 BOS — Doubront, 1-0 Miami Giants MIA — Nolasco, 2-0 SF — M.Cain, 1-1 PLAYOFFS Boston NBA Atlanta Philadelphia Chicago Denver L.A. Lakers 4:30 p.m. NBATV Atlanta leads series 1-0 5 p.m. TNT Chicago leads series 1-0 7:30 p.m. TNT L.A. Lakers leads series 1-0 On the tube MLB •4 p.m., CSNC—Oakland at Boston •4 p.m., MLB — Regional coverage •7 p.m., CSNB — Miami at San Fran- cisco NBA BASKETBALL • 4:30 p.m., NBATV—Playoffs, first round, game 2, Boston at Atlanta •5 p.m., TNT — Playoffs, first round, game 2, Philadelphia at Chicago • 7:30 p.m., TNT — Playoffs, first round, game 2, Denver at L.A. Lakers NHL HOCKEY • 4:30 p.m., NBCSN — Playoffs, con- ference semifinals, game 2, New Jer- sey at Philadelphia SOCCER •9 a.m., FOX SOCCER—Serie A, Roma at Chievo • 11:30 a.m., ESPN2 — Premier League, Fulham at Liverpool • 11:30 a.m., FOX SOCCER — Pre- mier League, Everton at Stoke City 7:15 p.m. CSNB 4:10 p.m. CSNC SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Buster Posey knows the day will come when he again has to step toward the third-base line, see a charging runner trying to score and brace for a col- lision. Nor Cal Bassers traveled to Clear Lake for their monthly bass fishing tournament.Warm weather and no wind made for favorable weekend fishing. Fishing was awesome and all the fisherman had large limits. Rex Woodward had a total weight of 23.06 pounds for first place. His brother Jerry Woodward brought the Biggest Fish to the scales weighing 7.86 pounds. Information about the Nor Cal Bassers can be obtained by calling Tim at 917-5230 or Jack Hogan at 515-1035 Posey thrilled with strong first month in comeback Astros catcher Jason Castro missed two games last week with a sore neck after a scary collision with the Brewers' Mat Gamel. On April 23 in Milwau- That's life as a catcher. Instincts take over and plays are made, or missed. Some- times, such moments occur with devastating conse- quences, like Posey's sea- son-ending left leg and ankle injury last May 25 when he was run over at the plate by the Marlins' Scott Cousins. As new-look Miami vis- kee, Castro was plowed over by Gamel, who wasn't able to knock the ball loose and recorded the third out. Cas- tro has said he won't change his style on making such plays — using caution. This spring, Bochy said he would take the decision of blocking the plate out of Posey's hands because, "I certainly don't want people to think he's backing off on his own." its AT&T Park on Tuesday for the club's first trip back to San Francisco since that fateful day, Posey has sur- prised even himself with such a strong comeback. And anybody who under- stands the mindset of a catcher realizes just how hard it will be for Poseynot to block the plate when the time comes, as Giants man- ager and former catcher Bruce Bochy has instructed since Day 1 of spring train- ing. Follow us on Twitter: @TehamaSports "That's something I real- ly don't think about," Posey said of when he might be barreled over again. "It's part of the game. I know there are going to be plays at the plate. The best thing for me to do is to make sure I'm in a good position. With the work that we put in this spring, it's getting close to becoming second nature. Even last year, I never set up on the plate. I always set up a little bit in front of the plate, so it's not that big of a change to move maybe a step out a little bit further." Catchers know it's often an unavoidable collision course. and shown signs he is still every bit the player he was before tearing three liga- ments in his left ankle and breaking a bone in his lower leg. the Year is batting .353 with four home runs and nine RBIs, has stayed on the field more regularly than he envi- sioned at this early stage, and has no lingering effects from the injuries. He has also made four starts at first base to give his body a break. "I've been happy with the The 2010 NL Rookie of The closest call Posey had in the opening month came when Mets pinch-run- ner Scott Hairston clipped the catcher's leg to break up a double play attempt in the ninth inning of a 5-4 San Francisco loss at New York on April 21. Posey was knocked off balance and threw wildly to first trying for the second out, and the error allowed the Mets to score the winning run. Poseyacknowledged Hair- ston's play was clean. "He's doing fine. If you first month. My ankle has responded great," Posey said. "I've been out there as much or maybe more than I hoped for. It stinks to be sidelined for any amount of time, but especially as long as I was last year. Just hav- ing fun each day and enjoy- ing it." chance, and when they might be better off staying out of harm's way. Angels skipper Mike Scioscia, another former catcher, has been known to take it one step further with his club. 6 p.m. East Nicolaus defeated Los Molinos 10-0, Friday. The Lady Bulldogs (0-8) are 15th out of 16 teams in the D-V rankings. TRACK The Spartans had a strong performance Friday, at the Yreka Lions Invita- tional. The Red Bluff boys fin- ished with 119.5 points to take second behind host Yreka (119.5). Foothill placed third with 92 points. Zach Iverson won the 400 meters with a time of 51.68 seconds. Cody Lehman won the 110-meter hurdles in 15.72 seconds. Ty Smith was third at 17.24. Corning (6-8-2) dropped a pair of games to West Val- ley, Friday. Dufour, Michael Stone and Iverson won the 4x400 in 3:32.42. Daniel Gonzalez, Greg "What Mike does, and we do it a little bit in our spring training, he practices how to take a blow — about how you set your feet — but a lot of times you don't have time to set your feet," Black, a former Angels pitching coach, said while squatting down in the dugout to demonstrate. "He'll get the catchers and they'll have their gear on and he'll have them get down in a certain position and he'll push them, hit them, and they'll have to roll over." While Bochy told Posey not to block the plate, those who know the position real- ize that could be an awfully tough task when, in the heat of the moment, the only pri- ority becomes stopping a run. watch him, he's not showing any effects," Bochy said of Posey's injury. "That's behind us, that's behind him and I really don't think he thinks about it much any- more. You have a lot going on, but still your instincts take over there. Hopefully you've done enough practice where you're going to do the right thing and get yourself in the right position. He did a lot of work in the spring." These days, Cousins is at Triple-A New Orleans and there's more talk about out- spoken Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen making head- lines than what happened here almost a year ago. That's largely to Posey's credit. He has moved on, "I think you have to pick your spots," said Oakland Athletics manager and for- mer catcher Bob Melvin. "I think if you're ahead 2-1 in the ninth inning and you have a base hit to center field with a man on second and it's the difference in the game, my sense is, I don't care who you are as a catch- er, you have a chance to block the plate with the ball in time, you're going to do what it takes to get the out." Some managers address preparing for such scenarios during spring training. Melvin said general manag- er Billy Beane has spoken to catcher Kurt Suzuki about it. Padres manager Bud Black discusses with his catchers when to take the voiced his strong beliefs that Major League Baseball should develop rules to bet- ter protect vulnerable catch- ers. The topic has been dis- cussed at general manager meetings. exhausted, and there are a lot of people who have strong opinions about that, and some people in that room are catchers — ex-major league catchers, particularly Joe Torre. He was in there, and the opinions were vent- ed," Twins GM Terry Ryan said this spring. "There's a certain way to take a guy out, there's a certain way not to go after a guy. I think if you're going to be a catcher, you have to be prepared to have a collision. It's unfortu- nate what happened to Posey. No one wants to see that happen to anybody. But I think being a catcher, that's part of the business." Posey knows that better than most, and he isn't back- ing away from the crouch- ing spot where he feels most at home: behind home plate. "It's a subject that's been The 4x100 relay team of Smith, Stone, Iverson and Gonzalez placed second (45.70). place finish in the 300-meter hurdles (42.64) and was sec- ond in the long jump (20'6"). Smith also had a second In other field events, Dominic Lightfoot was sec- ond in the shot put (47'4.75"), Austin Torres was third in the high jump (5'8") and Jonah McInnis was third in the triple jump (40'0.5"). Bochy has repeatedly Brose won the 100 (12.68) and 200 meters (25.88) as the Lady Spartans placed fifth. On the girls side Lily followed by Foothill and Yreka. Del Norte won the invite, Kayla Thayer picked up a win in the discus (121'7"). Adrienne Hinkston was second in the 400 meters at 1:01.08. Joanna Smith-Conrad, Brose, Jessie Slade and Hinkston placed third in the 4x100 at 52.07. Brose, Smith-Conrad, Allison Winning and Hinkston were third in the 4x400 (4:13.41). BASEBALL On Friday, Red Bluff lost at Lassen 14-5. West Valley swept Corning 6-1 and 15-5 and East Nico- laus beat Los Molinos 16- 6. off rankings, Red Bluff (19-6) is third in D-1. Corning (8-11) is ninth in D-2 and Los Molinos (3- 7) is seventh in D-4. The Top 8 teams in each divi- sion make the playoffs. In the first set of play-