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Tracker Wednesday's results Tehama MLB Athletics Boston Smith: 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI Pennington: 2-5 Miami Giants PLAYOFFS NBA Utah San Antonio Indiana Orlando Indiana leads series 2-1 L.A. Clippers Memphis 114 83 San Antonio leads series 2-0 74 97 Red Bluff got the perfect tuneup, Wednesday, as it heads into this afternoon's showdown with rival Shas- ta. LATE 2 4 Sports National contender SOFTBALL LATE L.A. Clippers lead series 1-0 Tuesday's results BASEBALL Orland Corning Tony Ramirez: 2 RBI Brian Mahutga: 2-3 Orland Corning Cole MacLachlan: 2-4, 2 RBI Nick Hoag: 2-4, 2B, RBI Austin Mallon: 2-3, RBI Trace Garrett: 2-3, RBI Los Molinos Biggs SOFTBALL Central Valley Corning Erika Raygoza: 2-3, 3B, RBI Kristin Cox: 2-4, 3B, 2 RBI MacKenzie Peterson: 2-2 Ashley McMorrow: 2-3, 2B Karlie Jennings: 2-3 Bailey Jenkins: 2-4, 2B Julia VanDoorn: 2-4 SOCCER Red Bluff Foothill Today's games SOFTBALL Red Bluff Shasta SOCCER Enterprise Red Bluff GOLF EAL-South 1:30 p.m. at Diamond Mountain MLB Miami Giants MIA — A.Sanchez, 1-0 SF — Vogelsong, 0-1 PLAYOFFS NBA Miami New York Miami leads series 2-0 Oklahoma City Dallas 4 p.m. TNT 6:30 p.m. TNT Oklahoma City leads series 2-0 On the tube GOLF • 5:30 a.m., TGC — European PGA Tour, Open de Espana, first round, at Sevilla, Spain • Noon, TGC — PGA Tour, Wells Fargo Championship, first round, at Charlotte, N.C. MLB • 12:30 p..m, CSNB—Miami at Flori- da •5 p.m., MLB — Regional coverage, NBA •4 p.m., TNT — Playoffs, first round, game 3, Miami at New York • 6:30 p.m., TNT — Playoffs, first round, game 3, Oklahoma City at Dal- las NHL • 4:30 p.m., NBCSN — Playoffs, con- ference semifinals, game 3, Philadel- phia at New Jersey •7 p.m., NBCSN — Playoffs, confer- ence semifinals, game 3, St. Louis at Los Angeles 12:45 p.m. CSNB 6 p.m. 3 0 16 10 4 3 6 3 10 5 The Lady Spartans blast- ed Lassen 13-0 on the road in a game stopped after five innings because of the mercy rule. for-3 with a triple, three RBIs and scored three runs herself to lead the Spartans. Haley Harris also drove in three runs with a pair of doubles and scored twice. Samantha Jones went 3- Mercy's Steven Rodriguez completed a perfect high school career by earning an all- league selection for the fourth time, Tuesday, during the final Five Star League match at Fall River Golf Club. Rodriguez averaged a 72.66 during league matches this season to finish as runner-up to University Prep's Matt Hatter (71.6). With 32 points Uni- Courtesy photo Local motocross rider Austin Howell will be competing across the country this summer including the Lucas Oil Outdoor Nationals. A car wash will be held Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 333 S. Main St. outside of the old Chi- nese buffet to help raise funds for Howell's expenses as he attempts to make a national name from himself. versity Prep won the team title, followed by Liberty Christian at 18 points and Mercy in third with 17 points. Redding Christian and Champion Christian were fourth and fifth. Bodemeister is early favorite for Derby 4 p.m. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Bob Baffert sure looks to be on a winning streak late- ly — and that applies not only to his horses but to his health as well. The trainer certainly had good fortune in the Ken- tucky Derby draw where his Bodemeister was made the early 4-1 favorite after land- ing a good post position for Saturday's race. It's the third time Baffert has had the morning-line favorite; the first two didn't work out. Lookin At Lucky drew the dreaded inside post in 2010, giving Baffert a sink- ing feeling. Sure enough, the colt got trapped along the rail and finished sixth. In 2001, Point Given was the heavy favorite and wound up fifth. He went on to win the Preakness and Belmont stakes, the final two legs of the Triple Crown. ''At least we're in a posi- tion where we have a good chance of winning,'' Baffert said Wednesday. ''If I got the one-hole I would be thinking they just don't want me to win this Derby. After Lookin At Lucky, when he got the one-hole, the excite- ment just left me because I knew he had too much to overcome.'' ''I just hope I have a chance to get my heart rate going turning for home,'' said the three-time Derby champion and consummate jokester, who found a way to reference the heart attack he suffered in March. He says he's a changed man now, exercising and eating all the right foods. Baffert fell ill in Dubai, where he had gone to watch his horse, Game On Dude, run in the $10 million Dubai World Cup. He was rushed to a hospital, where sur- geons inserted three stents in 1B Thursday May 3, 2012 Lady Spartans blast Lassen 13-0 for-4 and drove in a pair of runs and scored one. Brooke Clatty, Morgan Brittney Fletcher went 3- Weaver, Krista Rodriguez and Megan McColpin each had a pair of hits for Red Bluff. McColpin drove in two runs and Clatty and Weaver drove in a run each. Savanah Carrillo went 1- for-1 with a run scored. McColpin pitched the first four innings, allowing just a pair of hits and Etzler took over in the fifth and struck out the side. Red Bluff plays at Shas- ta at 4 p.m. today in an important game as far as home-field advantage in the Division-II playoffs goes. Rodriguez 2nd in league, Frantz 2nd at Shastina GOLF As champion the entire U-Prep team qualified for the Divi- sion-III championships. They'll be joined by Rodriguez, Redding Christian's Ian Hoffman and Liberty Christian's Brody Gill and Nick Feuillardet. Weed Invitational at Lake Shastina, Red Bluff 's Daniel Frantz placed second with a 76. On Monday at the Enterprise's Sean Greenhood won the event with a 72 and the Hornets took the team title with a 409. Red Bluff shot a 476. Peter Mitzel had an 86 and Dylan Grossman fired a 92. and Mercy finished with a 578. Rodriguez shot 78 A's take series against Red Sox BOSTON (AP) — Bran- don McCarthy beat an AL East opponent once again, holding Boston to one run over 6 2-/3 innings as the Oakland Athletics defeated the Red Sox 4-2 Wednesday night. Seth Smith drove in a pair of runs for Oakland. The A's, who started the day with the majors' worst bat- ting average and fewest runs in the AL, took two of three games from the Red Sox. Boston has lost seven of its last eight in Fenway Park. Courtesy photo Bodemeister was led back into the barn by hot walker Theodrick Hayes Jr., following preparation for the upcoming Kentucky Derby,Wednesday. two arteries. Speedster Bodemeister, named after Baffert's 7- year-old son Bode, drew the No. 6 post under jockey Mike Smith. Six horses have won from that position, the last being Sea Hero in 1993. ''If he gets away well, like I've been saying all along, if he's given the opportunity, he's going to run extremely well,'' said Smith, who won his only Derby on 50-1 stunner Gia- como in 2005. But the 3-year-old colt field of 20 horses. Churchill Downs odds- maker Mike Battaglia said if Bodemeister had drawn the No. 1 or 2 post, he would have made Union Rags the favorite. ''I wanted to make them will have to overcome some steep history. No horse since Apollo in 1882 has won the Derby without racing as a 2- year-old. Bodemeister is the stronger of Baffert's two horses, having won the Arkansas Derby by 9 1-2 lengths in the most dominat- ing performance of the Derby prep races. His other, 50-1 shot Liaison, landed in the No. 20 spot. Union Rags was a close second choice at 9-2 in a full co-favorites,'' he said. ''I haven't been this close on two horses since Curlin and Street Sense (in 2007). I wanted to make them co- favorites and I didn't. They went off 10 cents apart.'' Union Rags drew the No. 4 post and was listed second choice on the morning line. He is trained by Michael Matz, who won the Derby in 2006 with undefeated Bar- baro, who broke down at the Preakness, valiantly fought his injuries but ultimately had to be euthanized eight months later. ''The horses that are around him, the horses in the 1 and 3 don't have that much speed,'' Matz said. ''That should push us closer to where Bodemeister is and we know that horse has speed. It looks like it ends up all right. We just have to be running away from the gate.'' Wood Memorial winner Gemologist was the third choice at 6-1 and drew the No. 15 post. The undefeated colt is one of two trained by Todd Pletcher, who won his first Derby in 2010 with Super Saver. The other, El Padrino, will be in the next stall over, one of two 20-1 shots. ''I wouldn't trade places with anybody,'' said Elliott Walden, president of Win- Star Farm, which owns Gemologist. five hits, walked three and fanned four. He improved to 8-0 with a 3.34 ERA since 2009 against AL East clubs. Brian Fuentes gave up Dustin Pedroia's RBI dou- ble in the ninth, but got his first save. McCarthy (2-3) allowed Daniel Bard (2-3) took the loss, allowing four runs on eight hits over 5 1/3 innings. Will Middlebrooks, recalled earlier in the day when Kevin Youkilis was placed on the 15-day DL with a strained lower back, went 2 for 3 with a double and a stolen base in his first major league game. David Ortiz went 2 for 4 and is hitting .488 in Fen- way. Red Sox third baseman Since 20 horses can't fit in one starting gate, an aux- iliary gate is used, creating a gap between the No. 14 and 15 posts. That gives horses in those stalls some precious extra room in the chaotic moments after the gates spring open. ''We get a little air there,'' Walden said. ''If there's a See DERBY, page 2B the first three innings, allowing only Cliff Pen- nington's first-inning single and a walk in each of the next two before the A's grabbed a 1-0 lead on Smith's RBI single in the fourth. They took advantage of Bard breezed through left fielder Cody Ross mis- playing Smith's RBI double See A's, page 2B