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AUTORACING F1Australian Grand Prix Prac- tice:6:30p.m.,NBCSN. F1Australian Grand Prix Prac- tice: 10:30p.m., NBCSN. MLB SPRING TRAINING BASEBALL St. Louis Cardinals vs. Detroit Tigers: 10a.m., MLB. Los Angeles Angels vs. Colo- rado Rockies: 1p.m., MLB. Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Chicago Cubs: 4p.m., ESPN. San Francisco Giants vs. San Diego Padres: 7p.m., MLB. COLLEGE BASEBALL California vs. USC: 7p.m., PAC12BA. COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL NIT Tournament: 8p.m., ESPNU. NCAA TOURNAMENT Duke vs. UNC-Wilmington: 9 a.m., CBS. Colorado vs. Connecticut: 10 a.m., TNT. Iowa State vs. Iona: 10:30 a.m., TBS. Baylor vs. Yale: 11:30a.m., CBS. Texas Tech vs. Butler: 12:30 p.m., TRUTV. Kansas vs. Austin Peay: 12:50 p.m., TNT. Purdue vs. Ark. - Little Rock: 1:20p.m., TBS. Virginia vs. Hampton: 3p.m., TRUTV. Miami vs. Buffalo: 3:45p.m., TNT. Indiana vs. Chattanooga: 4 p.m., CBS. North Carolina vs. Florida Gulf Coast: 4:15p.m., TBS. Arizona vs. Wichita State: 6:15p.m., TNT. Kentucky vs. Stony Brook: 6:30p.m., CBS. Southern Cal. vs. Providence: 6:45p.m., TBS. Utah vs. Fresno State: 7:15 p.m., TRUTV. Seton Hall vs. Gonzaga: 9:55 p.m., TRUTV. PGA GOLF Arnold Palmer Invitational Round 1: 11a.m., GOLF. LPGA GOLF Founders Cup Round 1: 3p.m., GOLF. NHL HOCKEY San Jose Sharks at Arizona Coyotes: 7p.m., CSN. New York Rangers at Los An- geles Kings: 7:30p.m., NHL. FIS SKIING Alpine Skiing World Cup Team Event: 4a.m., NBCSN. UEFA SOCCER Europa League Villareal vs. Bayer Round of 16Leg 2: 11 a.m., FS1. Europa League Liverpool at Manchester Round of 16Leg 2: 1p.m,. FS1. BNP TENNIS Paribas Open Men's and Women's Quarterfinal: 11a.m., ESPN2. Paribas Open Men's and Women's Quarterfinal: 5p.m., ESPN2. COLLEGE WRESTLING Division I Tournament First Round: 9a.m., ESPNU. Division I Tournament Second Round: 4p.m., ESPNU. Ontheair MIDWEST REGION The Pi- rates are one of the hot- test teams in the coun- try and the Zags are com- ing around now that their guards are playing well around Kyle Wiltjer and Domantas Sabonis. WESTVIRGINIAVS.STEPHEN F. AUSTIN The Mountain- eers are a trendy pick to make a deep run, but the Lumberjacks have not lost since Dec. 29 and are No. 1 nationally in forcing turn- overs. KENTUCKY VS. INDIANA, SATURDAY, EAST REGION Blue bloods have to win their first games to set this up, but worth the wait if it happens. Marqueeplayers BUDDY HIELD, OKLAHOMA Scores in bunches, rises up under pressure. DENZEL VALENTINE, MICH- IGAN STATE Does every- thing except drive the Spartans' bus. TYLER ULIS, KENTUCKY Coach Cal says Ulis' size may have held him back in national player of the year conversations. The 5-foot-9 sophomore is one of the na- tion's best regardless of his height. MALCOLM BROGDON, VIR- GINIA Shoots, drives, shuts his man down. Can't ask for much more. JAKOB POELTL, UTAH Doesn't get as much expo- sure playing out West, but one of the nation's best big men. Numbers 14-19 Record of Holy Cross, which won the Pa- triot League title to earn a spot in the bracket after go- ing 5-13 in conference. 20 Straight wins by Ste- phen F. Austin heading into the tournament. 54 Years since Yale last made the NCAA Tourna- ment. 63 Years since Holy Cross won an NCAA Tournament game. 78.7 UConn's free throw percentage, tops in the na- tion. PLUS-147 Fresno State's turnover margin this sea- son. 5,504 Miles Baylor will have to travel to reach the Final Four. That's longest among the 68 teams in the bracket. NCAA FROM PAGE 1 to play guard," Penn said on Sirius. "That was one of the times when I thought I wasn't going to come back." The only time Penn was a free agent was two years ago when he was re- leased by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and was con- tacted by the Raiders on the same day. A deal was quickly struck which paid Penn $9.6 million over the last two seasons. "I had to sit back and talk to some guys that I knew throughout the league that had been through free agency before, because I had only gone through the one time," Penn said. "They told me to get your emotions out of it and take care of it as a business. I took a step back and I did. Once I did that, it became a lot smoother and a lot easier." Penn said a scheduled trip to see the New York Giants was canceled Tues- day night when Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie assured him a deal was near. Penn's return gives the Raiders the kind of beef McKenzie and Del Rio love up front. The 6-foot-4, 340-pound Penn will prob- ably line up with guard Gabe Jackson (6-3, 336), center Rodney Hudson (6- 2, 300), Osemele (6-5, 330) and tackle Austin Howard (6-7, 330), an average of 327 pounds per man. MenelikWatson(6-5,315) won the starting job out of training camp a year ago but was lost to an Achilles' tear. He will compete with Howard and could also be a swing tackle, backing up on both sides. Since free agency began, the Raiders have signed a cornerback (Sean Smith), a linebacker who can rush the passer (Bruce Irvin) as well as Osemele and Penn along the offensive line. With the rest of free agency as well as the draft to build the roster, the Raiders are still paper thin at safety with the re- tirement of Charles Wood- son. Another target is run- ning back. Raiders FROM PAGE 1 said. "It was a backspun line drive and I saw it great off the bat, but it's just a matter of not having that game speed and I mis- judged it." The three outfielders also need to become accus- tomed with each other — a process that must acceler- ate in this final third of ex- hibition games once Span can get back on the field. "We've got to make sure we're on the same page," Span said. "Knowing each other's speed and range, and the communication factor, it'll be important." "I know that Hunter is everywhere," Span added, smiling. Said Bochy: "It's impor- tant to get them used to each other. Unfortunately, I hadtotakeoneofthemout." Span was scheduled to take Thursday off anyway, Bochy said. "It's a little sore now," Span said. "We'll see how I feel in the morning." The outfield isn't the only area of the team that is nowhere near ready to start the season. Despite emptying $220 million from their war chest to re- inforce their rotation, the Giants' starting five still has a long way to go. Jeff Samardzija's stuff flattened out and he got pounded for three home runs in the third inning Wednesday. Jake Peavy has gotten hit hard this spring. Madison Bumgar- ner missed one start with a nerve issue in his foot and a sore rib cage, and could skip one more as a precaution. Johnny Cueto emerged as unscathed as a pitcher can be after tak- ing a line drive to the fore- head on Monday. And Matt Cain, who had surgery to remove a cyst in his pitch- ing arm, must convince the coaching staff he can get ready in a hurry start- ing with his Cactus League debut on Friday. Peavy, Samardzija, Bumgarner and Cueto have combined for a 9.29 ERA and have allowed a whop- ping 55 hits in 31 innings in 11 Cactus League starts. Giants FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard Baseball SPRINGTRAINING AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct Toronto 10 3 .769 Texas 9 4 .692 Houston 9 5 .643 Detroit 10 6 .625 Los Angeles 8 6 .571 Mi nn es ot a 8 6 .5 71 Chicago 7 7 .500 A's 6 6 .500 Seattle 8 8 .500 Kansas City 7 10 .412 Cleveland 6 9 .400 Tampa Bay 6 9 .400 New York 5 8 .385 Boston 5 10 .333 Baltimore 3 11 .214 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct Arizona 11 3 .786 Los Angeles 10 3 .769 Washington 10 3 .769 Philadelphia 11 4 .733 St. Louis 7 5 .583 Milwaukee 7 6 .538 Colorado 8 7 .533 New York 6 6 .500 Cincinnati 7 8 .467 Miami 5 8 .385 Giants 6 10 .375 Pittsburgh 5 9 .357 San Diego 4 10 .286 Atlanta 4 11 .267 Chicago 4 11 .267 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. Wednesday's games Atlanta 8, St. Louis 8, tie Washington 4, Miami 2 Detroit 7, Houston 3 Baltimore 9, Pittsburgh 3 Kansas City 10, Chicago Cubs 0 L.A. Angels 6, Cleveland 3 Milwaukee 5, Chicago White Sox 2 L.A. Dodgers 7, Colorado 3 Seattle 9, Giants 6 N.Y. Yankees 2, Toronto 1 Minnesota 9, Boston 4 Cincinnati vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., (n.) Thursday's games N.Y. Mets vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Toronto vs. Houston (ss) at Kissimmee, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Atlanta (ss) vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Baltimore (ss) vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Hou st on ( ss ) v s. A tla nt a (s s) a t K is sim - mee, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia at Clearwa- ter, Fla., 10:05 a.m. N.Y. Yankees vs. Pittsburgh at Braden- ton, Fla., 10:05 a.m. St. Louis vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Seattle vs. A's at Mesa, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. Kansas City vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glen- dale, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. Cleveland vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. L.A. Angels vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 1:10 p.m. Minnesota vs. Baltimore (ss) at Sara- sota, Fla., 4:05 p.m. Arizona vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 6:05 p.m. Giants vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 7:10 p.m. Mariners 9, Giants 6 San Fran Seattle AB R H B AB R H B Span cf 3 0 1 0 Aoki lf 3 1 1 0 Wlmsn cf-lf 2 0 0 0 Rbrsn lf 1 0 0 0 Panik 2b 4 0 1 0 Sardins 3b 3 1 1 2 Green 3b 1 0 0 0 Lucas 3b 1 0 0 0 Posey c 4 0 1 0 Cano 2b 3 1 2 0 Kottaras c 1 0 0 0 Cbllr pr-2b 1 1 0 0 Pence rf 4 1 2 0 N.Cruz rf 3 0 1 0 Jr.Parker rf 1 0 0 0 O'Nll pr-rf 1 1 0 0 B.Crwfd ss 4 1 2 0 Gtrrez dh 2 0 0 1 Adrnz pr-2b 1 1 1 0 Pzzn ph-dh0 0 0 0 Pagan lf 3 1 3 3 Lps pr-dh 0 0 0 0 Hrndz pr-cf 1 0 0 0 Iannetta c 3 0 2 2 Tmlsn 3b-2b4 2 1 0 Baron c 1 0 1 0 R.Pena ss 0 0 0 0 E.Nvaro 1b 2 1 0 0 Gillaspie 1b 2 0 0 0 J.Mntro 1b 1 0 0 0 T.Brown dh 3 0 2 3 O'Mlley ss 2 2 2 1 C.Taylor ss 2 0 0 0 L.Mrtin cf 3 1 2 3 Powell cf 1 0 0 0 Totals 38 6 14 6 33 9 12 9 San Fran 023 000 100 — 6 Seattle 006 120 00x — 9 E: Tomlinson (1), Sardinas (2); DP: San Francisco 2, Seattle 1; LOB: San Francisco 9, Seattle 3; 2B: B.Crawford (2), Adrianza (3), Pagan (2), Cano (1), Iannetta (1); 3B: Pagan (1), Cano (1); HR: Sardinas (1), O'Malley (1), L.Martin (1); SF: F.Gutierrez. IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco Smrdzj L,0-2 4 8 7 7 1 3 Okert 1 3 2 2 0 1 Romo 1 0 0 0 0 1 C.Stratton 2 1 0 0 1 1 Seattle Iwakuma 22/3 7 5 5 2 0 Nuno W,1-1 11/3 2 0 0 1 0 Montgomery 1 1 0 0 0 0 Guaipe 2 3 1 1 1 1 E.Pagan 1 0 0 0 0 2 C.Clmn S,1-1 1 1 0 0 0 2 WP: C.Stratton, C.Coleman. T: 2:39; A: 11,171 (12,339). Basketball NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB y-Golden State 60 6 .909 — Clippers 42 24 .636 18 Sacramento 26 40 .394 34 Phoenix 18 49 .269 421/2 Lakers 14 54 .206 47 SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB y-San Antonio 57 10 .851 — Memphis 39 29 .574 181/2 Houston 34 33 .507 23 Dallas 34 34 .500 231/2 New Orleans 24 42 .364 321/2 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 46 22 .676 — Portland 35 33 .515 11 Utah 32 35 .478 131/2 Denver 28 40 .412 18 Minnesota 22 46 .324 24 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 45 21 .682 — Boston 39 29 .574 7 New York 28 40 .412 18 Brooklyn 19 48 .284 261/2 Philadelphia 9 58 .134 361/2 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Miami 39 28 .582 — Atlanta 39 29 .574 1/2 Charlotte 38 29 .567 1 Washington 32 35 .478 7 Orlando 29 38 .433 10 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Cleveland 48 19 .716 — Indiana 36 31 .537 12 Detroit 34 34 .500 141/2 Chicago 33 33 .500 141/2 Milwaukee 29 39 .426 191/2 y-clinched division Tuesday's games Indiana 103, Boston 98 Orlando 116, Denver 110 Brooklyn 131, Philadelphia 114 Toronto 107, Milwaukee 89 San Antonio 108, Clippers 87 Sacramento 106, Lakers 98 Wednesday's games Cleveland 99, Dallas 98 Oklahoma City 130, Boston 109 Washington 117, Chicago 96 Charlotte 107, Orlando 99 Atlanta 118, Detroit 114 Minnesota 114, Memphis 108 Clippers at Houston, (n.) New Orleans at Sacramento, (n.) New York at Golden State, (n.) Thursday's games Toronto at Indiana, 4 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Charlotte at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Chicago, 5 p.m. Memphis at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Denver at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Portland at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Phoenix at Utah, 6 p.m. COLLEGE MEN'S TOP 25 POLL Record Pts Prv 1. Kansas (63) 30-4 1,623 1 2. Michigan St. (2) 29-5 1,552 2 3. North Carolina 28-6 1,488 7 4. Virginia 26-7 1,384 4 5. Oregon 28-6 1,371 8 6. Villanova 29-5 1,283 3 7. Oklahoma 25-7 1,215 6 8. West Virginia 26-8 1,193 9 9. Xavier 27-5 1,127 5 10. Kentucky 26-8 920 16 10. Miami 25-7 920 11 12. Purdue 26-8 873 13 13. Utah 26-8 870 12 14. Indiana 25-7 828 10 15. Texas A&M 26-8 682 17 16. Louisville 23-8 585 14 17. Arizona 25-8 559 15 18. Maryland 25-8 489 18 19. Duke 23-10 383 19 20. Seton Hall 25-8 374 — 21. Baylor 22-11 347 22 22. Iowa St. 21-11 317 21 23. California 23-10 270 24 24. SMU 25-5 84 25 25. Iowa 21-10 82 20 COLLEGE WOMEN'S TOP 25 POLL Record Pts Prv 1. UConn (32) 32-0 800 1 2. Notre Dame 31-1 753 2 3. South Carolina 31-1 747 3 4. Baylor 33-1 707 4 5. Maryland 30-3 672 5 6. Oregon St. 28-4 635 6 7. Texas 28-4 595 7 8. Louisville 25-7 568 8 9. Ohio St. 24-7 504 9 10. UCLA 24-8 475 10 11. Arizona St. 25-6 443 11 12. Kentucky 23-7 433 12 13. Stanford 24-7 390 13 14. Syracuse 25-7 382 14 15. Mississippi St. 26-7 376 15 16. Michigan St. 24-8 342 16 17. Florida St. 23-7 311 17 18. Texas A&M 21-9 268 19 19. Miami 24-8 233 20 20. DePaul 25-8 168 18 21. South Florida 23-8 151 21 22. Colorado St. 31-1 135 22 23. West Virginia 24-9 120 23 24. Oklahoma 21-10 73 24 25. Florida 22-8 36 25 MEN'S NCAA TOURNEY (FIRST FOUR) Holy Cross 59, Southern 55 Michigan 67, Tulsa 62 NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 69 42 22 5 89 190 156 Anaheim 68 38 21 9 85 174 160 San Jose 69 39 24 6 84 206 181 Arizona 69 30 32 7 67 185 211 Vancouver 68 27 29 12 66 166 197 Calgary 69 29 35 5 63 189 217 Edmonton 72 27 38 7 61 171 212 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 71 41 21 9 91 229 208 St. Louis 71 41 21 9 91 187 179 Chicago 71 41 24 6 88 197 176 Nashville 70 35 22 13 83 192 179 Minnesota 70 32 27 11 75 184 175 Colorado 70 35 31 4 74 188 198 Winnipeg 69 29 35 5 63 181 205 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 70 39 22 9 87 198 171 Boston 71 39 24 8 86 215 191 Tampa Bay 70 40 25 5 85 191 167 Detroit 70 34 25 11 79 176 186 Ottawa 71 33 30 8 74 205 220 Montreal 71 33 32 6 72 191 200 Buffalo 71 28 33 10 66 169 193 Toronto 69 24 34 11 59 164 202 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Washington 69 50 14 5 105 221 161 N.Y. Islanders 68 38 21 9 85 194 170 N.Y. Rangers 69 39 23 7 85 197 181 Pittsburgh 69 37 24 8 82 190 174 Philadelphia 69 34 23 12 80 181 185 Carolina 70 31 26 13 75 171 188 New Jersey 70 33 30 7 73 154 178 Columbus 69 28 33 8 64 180 215 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot Tuesday's games Pittsburgh 2, N.Y. Islanders 1, SO Washington 2, Carolina 1, OT Philadelphia 4, Detroit 3 Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 1 Florida 4, Montreal 1 Ottawa 3, Minnesota 2, OT Los Angeles 5, Dallas 2 San Jose 3, Boston 2 Wednesday's games Montreal 3, Buffalo 2, OT Philadelphia 3, Chicago 2 St. Louis at Edmonton, (n.) Winnipeg at Calgary, (n.) Colorado at Vancouver, (n.) N.Y. Rangers at Anaheim, (n.) Thursday's games Minnesota at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Carolina at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Detroit at Columbus, 4 p.m. Florida at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Nashville, 5 p.m. Tampa Bay at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. San Jose at Arizona, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Tennis BNP PARIBAS OPEN RESULTS Wednesday At The Indian Wells Tennis Garden Indian Wells Purse: Men: $7.04 million (Masters 1000); Women: $6.84 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN Fourth Round David Goffin (15), Belgium, def. Stan Wawrinka (3), Switzerland, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (5). Marin Cilic (10), Croatia, def. Richard Gasquet (8), France, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2. Milos Raonic (12), Canada, def. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-6 (7). Gael Monfils (13), France, def. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, 6-3, 6-4. Rafael Nadal (4), Spain, def. Alexander Zverev, Germany, 6-7 (8), 6-0, 7-5. Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Feliciano Lopez (18), Spain, 6-3, 6-3. WOMEN Quarterfinals Agnieszka Radwanska (3), Poland, def. Petra Kvitova (8), Czech Republic, 6-2, 7-6 (3). Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Kansas City 2 0 0 6 3 1 San Jose 2 0 0 6 3 1 Houston 1 0 1 4 8 3 Salt Lake 1 0 1 4 4 3 Los Angeles 1 1 0 3 4 2 Portland 1 1 0 3 3 3 Colorado 1 1 0 3 1 1 FC Dallas 1 1 0 3 2 5 Vancouver 0 2 0 0 3 5 Seattle 0 2 0 0 1 3 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Montreal 2 0 0 6 6 2 Toronto FC 1 0 1 4 4 2 N.Y. City FC 1 0 1 4 6 5 Ph il ad el ph ia 1 1 0 3 2 3 New England 0 0 2 2 3 3 Orlando City 0 0 2 2 3 3 Chicago 0 1 1 1 4 5 D.C. United 0 1 1 1 1 4 Columbus 0 2 0 0 2 4 New York 0 2 0 0 0 5 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Friday, March 18 Orlando City at N.Y. City FC, 4 p.m. Saturday, March 19 Columbus at Chicago, 2 p.m. Houston at New York, 4 p.m. Montreal at FC Dallas, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Seattle, 7 p.m. Salt Lake at Portland, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 20 New England at Philadelphia, 11:30 a.m. Colorado at D.C. United, 2 p.m. Toronto FC at Kansas City, 4 p.m. Golf WORLD GOLF RANKING 1. Jordan Spieth USA 11.25 2. Rory McIlroy NIR 9.65 3. Jason Day AUS 9.48 4. Bubba Watson USA 8.88 5. Rickie Fowler USA 8.06 6. Adam Scott AUS 7.39 7. Henrik Stenson SWE 7.02 8. Justin Rose ENG 6.10 9. Dustin Johnson USA 5.90 10. Patrick Reed USA 4.97 11. Danny Willett ENG 4.71 12. Branden Grace SAF 4.68 13. Sergio Garcia ESP 4.58 14. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 4.45 15. Jim Furyk USA 4.25 16 . L ou is O os th ui ze n SA F 4. 11 17. Brandt Snedeker USA 4.06 18. Phil Mickelson USA 3.97 19. Brooks Koepka USA 3.94 20. Zach Johnson USA 3.92 21. Charl Schwartzel SAF 3.88 22. Kevin Kisner USA 3.86 23. J.B. Holmes USA 3.43 24. Jimmy Walker USA 3.41 25. Shane Lowry IRL 3.28 26. Paul Casey ENG 3.22 27. Kevin Na USA 3.21 28. Matt Kuchar USA 3.20 29. Marc Leishman AUS 3.18 30. Byeong-Hun An KOR 3.15 31. Bill Haas USA 3.11 32. Andy Sullivan ENG 3.10 33. Justin Thomas USA 3.01 34. Russell Knox SCO 2.83 35. Danny Lee NZL 2.73 36. Emiliano Grillo ARG 2.71 37. Bernd Wiesberger AUT 2.71 38. Thongchai Jaidee THA 2.70 39. David Lingmerth SWE 2.59 40. Victor Dubuisson FRA 2.57 Motorsports NASCAR SPRINT CUP POINTS LEADERS Through March 13 1. Kevin Harvick, 154. 2. Kyle Busch, 154. 3. Jimmie Johnson, 140. 4. Kurt Busch, 137. 5. Carl Edwards, 136. 6. Denny Hamlin, 131. 7. Joey Logano, 127. 8. Austin Dillon, 122. 9. Martin Truex Jr., 117. 10. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 115. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE NBA Thursday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Philadelphia OFF (OFF) Washington at Indiana OFF (OFF) Toronto at Miami 31/2 (210) Charlotte at Atlanta 71/2 (2071/2) Denver at Milwaukee OFF (OFF) Memphis at Chicago OFF (OFF) Brooklyn at San Antonio 111/2 (204) Portland at Utah OFF (OFF) Phoenix College Basketball Thursday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog Miami 14 Buffalo Arizona 11/2 Wichita St Baylor 51/2 Yale Duke 101/2 UNC-Wilmington North Carolina 22 Florida Gulf Coast Providence 2 USC Virginia 24 Hampton Butler 4 Texas Tech Kansas 26 Austin Peay UConn 31/2 Colorado Indiana 12 Chattanooga Kentucky 14 Stony Brook Purdue 9 UALR Iowa St 71/2 Iona Utah 81/2 Fresno St Gonzaga 1 Seton Hall at Valparaiso 4 Florida St at Grand Can. 10 Jackson State NHL Thursday Favorite Line Underdog Minnesota -145/+135 at New Jersey at Pittsburgh -215/+195 Carolina Detroit -125/+115 at Columbus Florida -155/+145 at Toronto at Nashville -135/+125 NY Islanders at Dallas -125/+115 Tampa Bay San Jose -160/+150 at Arizona at Los Angeles -165/+155 NY Rangers Transactions BASEBALL American League Baltimore Orioles: Optioned LHP Chris Jones and OF Henry Urrutia to Norfolk (IL) and RHP Jason Garcia to Bowie (EL). Reassigned RHP Hunter Harvey, Cs Jonah Heim and Chance Sisco, INF Ozzie Martinez and Trey Mancini and LHPs Cesar Cabral, Andy Oliver and Ashur Tolliver to minor league camp. Chicago White Sox: Optioned RHPs Daniel Webb and Brandon Brennan to Charlotte (IL). Released 3B Mike Olt. Detroit Tigers: Assigned RHP Joe Jimenez, LHP Kevin Ziomek and Cs Aus- tin Green and Kade Scivicque to minor league camp. National League Los Angeles Dodgers: Optioned RHP Jharel Cotton to Oklahoma City (PCL). Reassigned OF Alex Hassan, C Kyle Farmer and RHPs Lisalverto Bonilla, Chase De Jong, Caleb Dirks, Jacob Rhame and Chris Anderson to minor league camp. Miami Marlins: Optioned RHPs Lemdu Flores, Nick Wittgren and Scott Mc- Gough to New Orleans (PCL) and 2B Jake Esch, RHP Austin Brice and LHPs Tim Berry and Jarlin Garcia to Jacksonville (SL). Reassigned Ofs Yefri Perez and Kenny Wilson, RHP Dylan Axelrod, C Sharif Othman and INFs Dan Black, Tommy Medica, J.T. Riddle, and Brady Shoemaker to minor league camp. 1), 6-2, thanks to multi-hit games from Dylan Moran and Jet Hampton, while Ryan Bolf and Nick Rock- well each added a double. Bolf, just a sophomore and Paradise's leading hit- ter a year ago, made it a one-run game in the fifth with a one-out double to left-center, scoring leadoff James Erisman from sec- ond and cutting the Corn- ing lead to 3-2. Paradise's ensuing hit- ter, Frankie Cleary, walked to set up a golden oppor- tunity for the Bobcats as Rockwell came to the plate with two on and one out. But the senior five-hitter would bounce out into an inning-ending double play as Corning's middle infield scooped up Paradise and sent them back to the dug- out still down a run. The Bobcats would threaten only once more as Hampton would reach third on a single and stolen base in the bottom of the sixth inning, but couldn't score after the seven, eight, nine hitters struck out twice and grounded out to short against relief pitcher Isaiah Jones, who com- pleted a two-inning save in relief of Fox. Tomlinson liked the im- provement he's seen so far from Fox on the hill. "He's worked on his me- chanics," he said. "His big- gest obstacle was throwing quality strikes." Offensively, Corning still needs work, muster- ing only a pair of first-in- ning hits against Cleary, who started and went five innings, and Rockwell in relief. "We haven't seen that much live pitching," Tom- linson said. The Cardinals will need to grow up in a hurry at the plate Friday when it trav- els to Chico for a road dou- bleheader with the reign- ing Division I semifinalist, whom Tomlinson said is se- nior heavy. "They have 15 seniors, we got to get better," he said. Paradise hits the road to Woodland to open up against Winters (3-1-1), a lower division in the sec- tion, before a Saturday af- ternoon battle with Liberty Ranch (4-1) of the Sac-Joa- quin Section. Paradise should also see perennial Sacramento power Grant this weekend, Baker said. Cleary, Paradise's junior ace, allowed two earned runs on a pair of hits and had eight strikeouts and walked two before giving way to Rockwell for the fi- nal two innings. Rockwell didn't relinquish a hit, but allowed four to reach, thanks to a couple errors, a hit batsman and a walk. Corning FROM PAGE 1 | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016 2 B