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COLLEGEBASEBALL San Francisco vs. California:7 p.m., PAC12BA. MLB SPRING TRAINING New York Yankees vs. Phila- delphia Phillies: 10a.m., MLB. Oakland Athletics vs. Chicago Cubs: 1p.m., MLB. San Francisco Giants vs. Kan- sas City Royals: 6p.m., MLB. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL All-American Game: noon, ESPNU. COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL NIT, Semifinal, BYU vs. Val- paraiso: 4p.m., ESPN. NIT, Semifinal, George Wash- ington vs. San Diego State: 6 p.m., ESPN. NBA Houston Rockets at Cleveland Cavaliers: 5p.m., TNT. Washington Wizards at Golden State Warriors: 7:30 p.m., CSNBA, TNT. NBDL BASKETBALL Rio Grande at Oklahoma: 6 p.m., ESPNU. NHL Colorado Avalanche at St. Louis Blues: 5:30p.m., NBCSN. San Jose Sharks at Vancou- ver Canucks: 7p.m., CSN. SOCCER FIFA, International Friendly, Italy vs. Germany: 11:30a.m., ESPN2. FIFA, International Friendly, Netherlands vs. England: noon, FS1. FIFA, World Cup Qualifier, Guatemala vs. United States: 4p.m., ESPN2. FIFA, Olympic Qualifier, Colombia vs. United States: 6:20p.m., ESPN2. FIFA, World Cup Qualifier, Canada vs. Mexico: 7:20p.m., FS1. TENNIS Miami Open, Men's Fourth Round and Women's Quarter- finals: 8a.m., TENNIS. Ontheair But they're also test- ing the realm of possibil- ity. And when your terri- tory spans the entire mid- dle infield, there are times when a baseball is hit in a certain way that de- mands more than range, arm strength, surehand- edness, trust and timing to spin one grounder into two outs. Panache and creativity are important, too. "What are you calling them? The six pillars?" said Crawford, shown a list of attributes found only in the finest double- play combinations. "Sure- handedness isn't a word. You made that up. And I'd say that timing and trust are the same thing." "Ah, Craw'll just say cre- ativity is the most impor- tant, anyway," Panik said. However many pillars you count, the beauty of having Crawford and Panik in the Giants' middle in- field is that they score well across the board. Crawford is coming off his first sea- son as a Gold Glove short- stop. Panik might have been the Gold Glove win- ner ahead of Miami second baseman Dee Gordon, or at least a finalist, if he hadn't missed two months with a stress fracture in his lower back. Crawford and Panik might not play together for two decades, as Alan Trammell and Lou Whita- ker did in Detroit. It's a dif- ferent game nowadays. But it stands to reason that the Giants won't have to worry about their middle infield for a long time. Crawford just signed a six-year, $75 million con- tract. Panik will remain un- der club control for five sea- sons. It's not a stretch to en- vision them becoming the first middle-infield com- bination to win NL Gold Gloves in the same season since the wins of Fernando Viña and Edgar Renteria of the Cardinals in 2002. Prior to that, you have to go back to 1974-77 when Joe Mor- gan and Davey Concepcion formed a Gold Glove tan- dem for the Big Red Ma- chine. "It is so weird that it's been so long — especially in the NL, where it's so im- portant to be strong up the middle," said Omar Vizquel, a former shortstop and current member of the Detroit Tigers' coaching staff who won the last two of his 11 Gold Gloves as a Giant in 2005-06. "I like the way they turn double plays. Crawford is unbelievable. In the last three years, he has improved in every as- pect of the game." Count another former Giants shortstop among those who admire Craw- ford and Panik. Rich Auri- lia, now serving as a special instructor with the club in spring training, agreed that the Giants' middle-in- field combo is as golden as it gets. "We all know what Craw can do, and now he's on a national level," Auri- lia said. "And Joe, I mean, in all reality, he probably would've won a Gold Glove if he played all last season, and don't forget that he's a shortstop who's still learn- ing second base. "So it's two young guys who are athletic, who have good range, they're sure- handed. I mean, every pil- lar you've got on there, they have it. And the way they play the game is fundamen- tally sound. They comple- ment each other very well. "Plus we all know the best athletes on the field are shortstops." What position did Auri- lia play, again? "Um, until I got too old?" he said, grinning. "Short- stop." Giants FROM PAGE 1 ing what I could do differ- ently. I spent a lot of time wondering if I was call- ing the right pitches. Was I doing enough homework? What could I do differ- ently? It starts to wear on you. I've learned from that in that you get prepared the best way you know how and you live with it. Second guessing doesn't do anybody any good. I think that's the struggle we all have, wanting to change the past." Vogt hit .287 before the All-Star break, .217 after. The 70-point batting aver- age drop-off didn't go un- noticed by the front office and manager Bob Melvin, who is looking to use the power of the lineup card to make sure Vogt gets more rest. "It can be a combination; if you are a little bit beat up and run down," Melvin said. "Mentally it starts to be a challenge for you be- cause your bat isn't getting through the strike zone as quickly as it had been. So the physical thing becomes mental, but he was pretty banged up. "I'm looking to give him more rest. I know him bet- ter now and won't rely on his opinion so much, be- cause he always wants to be out there." The past being fixed and, well, over, Vogt's offseason and spring training have been all about climbing the mountain once again. He wants to play at an All-Star level, and if he does, he's confident the A's will play closer to the form of 2012- 14, when Oakland made it to the postseason in three consecutive seasons. "It was something I'd worked for my whole life, to be one of the best," Vogt said of his first half of 2015 that included a slash line of .287/.374/.498 with 14 hom- ers. That got him voted onto the team by the men he'd been playing against. "To be voted by my peers as one of the best catchers in the American League in 2015 was a huge honor for me," he said. "I'm in the same clubhouse as a lot of those guys, Albert Pujols, Nelson Cruz, Adam Jones, Felix Hernandez, and Mike Trout and Manny Machado and some of the younger stars in the game, and then there's Stephen Vogt sitting in the corner. "It's like, 'What am I do- ing here?' And then about halfway through the work- out day I remember feel- ing, 'Yeah, I do belong here.' That was a great feeling all in itself." Not so great was his sec- ond-half collapse that in- cluded just four homers and a slash line of .217/.280/.349. "He showed signs of being a decent everyday player in the first half," one American League scout said. "Then he looked like a platoon player or a backup in the second half." A second scout suggested the second half was a hint that durability is an issue for Vogt, who has been way- laid by injuries throughout his career. "I love his bat and I love his makeup," the second scout said. "I just don't think you can count on him as a front-line player. His body isn't going to get more durable as the season goes along." Vogt doesn't see it that way. He looks at the foot surgery he needed after the 2014 season as partially to blame for his bad 2015 sec- ond half, right there along with his mental approach. "It was a combination of a lot of things," Vogt said. "I obviously struggled, that was No. 1. I think that part of it was coming off the foot injury, I didn't get into my normal winter routine that I normally do. I think that led to a little bit of a break- down. "On top of that, the team's struggles got to me mentally. I think I wasn't tough enough mentally to see through the struggles. What we went through as a team trickled into my per- sonal performance. And there little injuries, It was a combination of all those things. I was frustrated. I know that I'm better than having four good months. I know I can put it together for six months." A's FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard Baseball SPRINGTRAINING AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct Toronto 17 5 .773 Houston 17 9 .654 Los Angeles 15 8 .652 Minnesota 16 10 .615 Te xa s 16 1 1 .5 93 Detroit 15 11 .577 Seattle 15 12 .556 Chicago 14 12 .538 Cleveland 13 12 .520 Tampa Bay 11 11 .500 New York 11 13 .458 A's 11 13 .458 Boston 12 15 .444 Kansas City 13 18 .419 Baltimore 10 14 .417 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct Washington 17 4 .810 Arizona 20 6 .769 Philadelphia 14 10 .583 Colorado 13 10 .565 Milwaukee 12 11 .522 Los Angeles 12 12 .500 Cincinnati 12 15 .444 Miami 9 12 .429 St. Louis 9 13 .409 Giants 11 17 .393 New York 7 14 .333 Chicago 8 17 .320 San Diego 8 19 .296 Pittsburgh 7 19 .269 Atlanta 6 18 .250 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. Monday's games Baltimore 5, Boston 3 Minnesota 6, Pittsburgh 4 St. Louis 3, N.Y. Mets 1 Miami vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., ccd., Rain Toronto 2, Philadelphia 1 Kansas City (ss) 11, San Diego 3 Cleveland 6, A's 4 L.A. Angels 8, Chicago Cubs 8, tie Chicago White Sox 11, Colorado 7 Seattle 6, Kansas City (ss) 4 Houston 12, Atlanta 9 N.Y. Yankees 3, Detroit 2 Texas vs. L.A. Dodgers, (n.) Milwaukee vs. Cincinnati, (n.) Arizona vs. Giants, (n.) Tuesday's games Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Yankees (ss) at Tampa, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Boston vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 10:05 a.m. N.Y. Yankees (ss) vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Washington vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Toronto (ss) vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Tampa Bay vs. Toronto (ss) at Dunedin, Fla., 10:07 a.m. Miami vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 10:10 a.m. Cleveland (ss) vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 12:10 p.m. A's vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 1:05 p.m. Texas vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 1:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 1:10 p.m. Colorado vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 1:10 p.m. Atlanta vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 3:05 p.m. Seattle vs. Cleveland (ss) at Goodyear, Ariz., 6:05 p.m. Giants vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 6:05 p.m. Indians 6, A's 4 At Mesa, Ariz. Cleveland 112 020 000—6 10 0 Oakland 001 001 110—4 11 0 Salazar, B.Shaw (7), McAllister (8), Chamberlain (9) and Gomes, Quiroz; Hahn, Axford (5), Madson (6), Doolittle (7), P.Schuster (8) and Vogt, B.Maxwell. W — Salazar; L — Hahn; Sv — Cham- berlain; HRs — Cleveland, Naquin (4). Oakland, Alonso (1). NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB y-Golden State 66 7 .904 — x-Clippers 45 27 .625 201/2 Sacramento 29 44 .397 37 Phoenix 20 54 .270 461/2 Lakers 15 58 .205 51 SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB y-San Antonio 62 12 .838 — Memphis 41 33 .554 21 Houston 36 38 .486 26 Dallas 35 38 .479 261/2 New Orleans 27 46 .370 341/2 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB y-Oklahoma City 52 22 .703 — Portland 38 36 .514 14 Utah 36 37 .493 151/2 Denver 31 43 .419 21 Minnesota 25 49 .338 27 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GB x-Toronto 49 24 .671 — Boston 43 30 .589 6 New York 30 45 .400 20 Brooklyn 21 52 .288 28 Philadelphia 9 65 .122 401/2 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Atlanta 45 30 .600 — Miami 43 30 .589 1 Charlotte 42 31 .575 2 Washington 36 37 .493 8 Orlando 30 43 .411 14 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB y-Cleveland 52 21 .712 — Indiana 39 34 .534 13 Detroit 39 35 .527 131/2 Chicago 36 37 .493 16 Milwaukee 30 44 .405 221/2 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Sunday's games Clippers 105, Denver 90 Sacramento 133, Dallas 111 Indiana 104, Houston 101 Golden State 117, Philadelphia 105 Washington 101, Lakers 88 Monday's games Oklahoma City 119, Toronto 100 Miami 110, Brooklyn 99 Atlanta 102, Chicago 100 Minnesota 121, Phoenix 116 New Orleans 99, New York 91 San Antonio 101, Memphis 87 Lakers at Utah, (n.) Sacramento at Portland, (n.) Boston at Clippers, (n.) Tuesday's games Chicago at Indiana, 4 p.m. Charlotte at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Brooklyn at Orlando, 4 p.m. Oklahoma City at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Houston at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Washington at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. LEADERS Through March 27 SCORING G FG FT Pts Avg Curry, GOL 70 710 332 2102 30.0 Harden, HOU 74 625 665 2116 28.6 Durant, OKC 66 637 400 1840 27.9 Cousins, SAC 62 572 462 1674 27.0 Lillard, POR 67 566 370 1711 25.5 James, CLE 70 670 334 1752 25.0 Davis, NOR 61 560 326 1481 24.3 Westbrook, OKC 73 606 426 1729 23.7 DeRozan, TOR 71 559 519 1679 23.6 George, IND 73 550 415 1710 23.4 Thompson, GOL 71 588 180 1609 22.7 Thomas, BOS 73 528 419 1623 22.2 Anthony, NYK 66 521 313 1451 22.0 Lowry, TOR 70 474 378 1518 21.7 Butler, CHI 57 403 351 1212 21.3 Walker, CHA 72 513 330 1514 21.0 Leonard, SAN 66 507 250 1387 21.0 McCollum, POR 72 578 168 1497 20.8 Lopez, Bro 70 570 312 1454 20.8 Wiggins, MIN 72 526 381 1479 20.5 NCAA MEN'S TOURNAMENT EAST REGIONAL At Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia Re gi ona l C hampions h ip Sunday, March 27 North Carolina 88, Notre Dame 74 SOUTH REGIONAL At KFC YUM! Center Louisville, Ky. Regional Championship Saturday, March 26 Villanova 64, Kansas 59 MIDWEST REGIONAL At The United Center Chicago Regional Championship Sunday, March 27 Syracuse 68, Virginia 62 WEST REGIONAL At The Honda Center Anaheim Regional Championship Saturday, March 26 Oklahoma 80, Oregon 68 FINAL FOUR At NRG Stadium Houston NATIONAL SEMIFINALS Saturday, April 2 Villanova (33-5) vs. Oklahoma (29-7), 3:09 p.m. North Carolina (32-6) vs. Syracuse (23- 13), 5:49 p.m. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Monday, April 4 Semifinal winners NC AA W OME N' S T OU RN AMEN T BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL At Bridgeport, Conn. Regional Championship Monday, March 28 UConn 86, Texas 65 DALLAS REGIONAL At Dallas Regional Championship Monday, March 28 Oregon State 60, Baylor 57 SIOUX FALLS REGIONAL At Sioux Falls, S.D. Regional Championship Sunday, March 27 Syracuse 89, Tennessee 67 LEXINGTON REGIONAL Regional Championship Sunday, March 27 Washington 85, Stanford 76 FINAL FOUR At Indianapolis NATIONAL SEMIFINALS Sunday, April 3 UConn (36-0) vs. Oregon State (32-4), 6 or 5:30 p.m. Washington (26-10) vs. Syracuse (29-7), 6 or 5:30 p.m. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Tuesday, April 5 Semifinals winners, 5:30 p.m. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Los Angeles 75 45 25 5 95 206 175 x-Anaheim 74 41 23 10 92 194 177 San Jose 75 41 28 6 88 219 196 Arizona 75 34 34 7 75 197 221 Calgary 75 31 38 6 68 205 238 Vancouver 75 27 35 13 67 171 217 Edmonton 78 30 41 7 67 193 232 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Dallas 76 45 22 9 99 247 218 x-St. Louis 76 45 22 9 99 203 185 x-Chicago 76 44 25 7 95 212 188 Nashville 76 39 24 13 91 213 194 Minnesota 76 37 28 11 85 206 189 Colorado 76 39 33 4 82 204 215 Winnipeg 76 31 38 7 69 194 223 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 75 42 24 9 93 216 184 Tampa Bay 76 44 27 5 93 214 182 Boston 76 40 28 8 88 222 207 Detroit 76 38 27 11 87 195 208 Ottawa 76 34 33 9 77 217 234 Montreal 76 34 36 6 74 201 221 Buffalo 76 31 35 10 72 181 205 Toronto 75 27 37 11 65 181 220 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA z-Washington 75 54 16 5 113 236 175 N.Y. Rangers 76 43 24 9 95 219 199 Pittsburgh 75 42 25 8 92 214 186 N.Y. Islanders 74 40 25 9 89 208 192 Philadelphia 75 37 25 13 87 196 199 Carolina 76 33 28 15 81 186 206 New Jersey 76 36 32 8 80 171 193 Columbus 76 30 38 8 68 195 237 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot Sunday's games Carolina 3, New Jersey 2 Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, OT Chicago 3, Vancouver 2 Monday's games Philadelphia 3, Winnipeg 2, OT Washington 4, Columbus 1 Detroit 3, Buffalo 2 Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 0 Colorado 4, Nashville 3 Anaheim at Edmonton, (n.) Calgary at Arizona, (n.) Los Angeles at San Jose, (n.) Tuesday's games Boston at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Carolina at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Detroit at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Toronto at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Colorado at St. Louis, 5:30 p.m. Nashville at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. San Jose at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Kansas City 3 0 0 9 4 1 FC Dallas 3 1 0 9 7 5 Los Angeles 2 1 0 6 7 3 Vancouver 2 2 0 6 6 6 San Jose 2 1 0 6 4 4 Salt Lake 1 0 2 5 6 5 Houston 1 2 1 4 11 8 Portland 1 1 1 4 5 5 Colorado 1 1 1 4 2 2 Seattle 0 3 0 0 2 5 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Montreal 2 1 0 6 6 4 Philadelphia 2 1 0 6 5 3 Orlando City 1 0 2 5 4 3 N.Y. City FC 1 1 2 5 7 7 Toronto FC 1 1 1 4 4 3 New York 1 2 0 3 4 8 New England 0 1 3 3 4 7 Chicago 0 1 2 2 4 5 D.C. United 0 2 2 2 2 8 Columbus 0 2 1 1 2 4 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Saturday's games N.Y. City FC 1, New England 1, tie FC Dallas 3, D.C. United 0 Vancouver 1, Houston 0 Friday's games New York at New England, 7 p.m. Satur- day's games Philadelphia at Chicago, 5 p.m. Toronto FC at Colorado, 8 p.m. Salt Lake at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m. Columbus at FC Dallas, 9 p.m. Montreal at Seattle, 10 p.m. Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m. D.C. United at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, April 3 Portland at Orlando City, 8 p.m. Friday, April 8 Orlando City at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Saturday, April 9 Columbus at Montreal, 4 p.m. Toronto FC at New England, 4 p.m. Vancouver at D.C. United, 5:30 p.m. Kansas City at New York, 7 p.m. San Jose at FC Dallas, 9 p.m. Colorado at Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m. Sunday, April 10 Seattle at Houston, 4 p.m. Chicago at N.Y. City FC, 7 p.m. Portland at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m Tennis MIAMI OPEN RESULTS Monday At The Tennis Center at Crandon Park Key Biscayne, Fla. Purse: Men, $6.13 million (Masters 1000); Women, $6.13 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN Third Round Kei Nishikori (6), Japan, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov (27), Ukraine, 6-2, 6-2. Andrey Kuznetsov, Russia, def. Adrian Mannarino, France, 2-6, 7-5, 6-0. Roberto Bautista Agut (17), Spain, def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9), France, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3). Grigor Dimitrov (26), Bulgaria, def. Andy Murray (2), Britain, 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-3. Gael Monfils (16), France, def. Pablo Cuevas (23), Uruguay, 6-3, 6-4. Nick Kyrgios (24), Australia, def. Tim Smyczek, United States, 6-4, 6-4. Damir Dzumhur, Bosnia-Herzegovina, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. Milos Raonic (12), Canada, def. Jack Sock (22), United States, 7-6 (3), 6-4. WOMEN Fourth Round Timea Bacsinszky (19), Switzerland, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (3), Poland, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. Simona Halep (5), Romania, def. Heather Watson, Britain, 6-3, 6-3. Svetlana Kuznetsova (15), Russia, def. Serena Williams (1), United States, 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-2. Victoria Azarenka (13), Belarus, def. Garbine Muguruza (4), Spain, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4). Ekaterina Makarova (30), Russia, def. Elina Svitolina (12), Ukraine, 6-1, 6-4. Johanna Konta (24), Britain, def. Monica Niculescu (32), Romania, 6-2, 6-2. Madison Keys (22), United States, def. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, 6-3, 6-1. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE NBA Tuesday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Orlando 6 (2131/2) Brooklyn at Indiana 7 (203) Chicago Charlotte 111/2 (209) at Philly Oklahoma City 21/2 (2151/2) at Detroit at Cleveland OFF (OFF) Houston at Golden State 13 (2261/2) Washington College Basketball Tu esd ay Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog Valparaiso 2 BYU San Diego St 3 George Washington Wednesday at Nevada 31/2 Morehead State Saturday Villanova 2 Oklahoma North Carolina 9 Syracuse Transactions BASEBALL American League Baltimore Orioles: Optioned RHP Odri- samer Despaigne to Norfolk (IL). Boston Red Sox: Optioned INF Deven Marrero to Pawtucket (IL). Reassigned INF Josh Rutledge, 1B/Of Allen Craig, OF Brennan Boesch, Cs Dan Butler and Sandy Leon and RH Anthony Varvaro to their minor league camp. Released RHP Carlos Marmol. Chicago White Sox: Reassigned RHP Car- son Fulmer to their minor league camp. Cleveland Indians: Optioned LHP Kyle Crockett to Columbus (IL). Released LHP Joe Thatcher and OF Will Venable. Placed OF Lonnie Chisenhall on the 15-day DL. Detroit Tigers: Optioned RHP Bruce Rondon to Toledo (IL). Granted RHP Bobby Parnell and INF Casey McGehee their unconditional release. Reassigned C Raffy Lopez and OF John Mayberry Jr. to their minor league camp. Houston Astros: Optioned RHP Michael Feliz and IF Jon Singleton to their minor league camp. Reassigned RHP Jake Buchanan, C Tyler Heineman, OF Eury Perez, INF A.J. Reed, INF Joe Sclafani and RHP Cesar Valdez to their minor league camp. Minnesota Twins: Reassigned LHP Dan Runzler, C Juan Centeno, INF James Beresford and Ofs Darin Mastroianni and Carlos Quentin to their minor league camp. Seattle Mariners: Optioned INF Shawn O'malley, RHP Joe Wieland, LHP James Paxton, INF Chris Taylor and OF Stefen Romero to Tacoma (PCL). Selected the contract of 1B Dae-Ho Lee from Tacoma. Reassigned RHPs Casey Coleman and Jus- tin De Fratus to their minor league camp. Tampa Bay Rays: Optioned OF Taylor Motter to Durham (IL). Toronto Blue Jays: Claimed C-1B Jesus Montero from Seattle. Designated C A.J. Jimenez for assignment. National League Arizona Diamondbacks: Optioned LHP Matt Reynolds to Reno (PCL). Atlanta Braves: Reassigned LHP Alex Torres, C Willians Astudillo and INF Reid Brignac to their minor league camp. Re- leased OF Nick Swisher unconditionally. Chicago Cubs: Optioned RHP Spencer Patton to Iowa (PCL). Colorado Rockies: Optioned INF Rafael Ynoa to Albuquerque (PCL). Reassigned RHP Brian Schlitter to their minor league camp. Milwaukee Brewers: Optioned RHP Da- vid Goforth to Colorado Springs (PCL). San Diego Padres: Reassigned RHPs Jose Dominguez, Philip Humber and Daniel McCutchen and C Rocky Gale to their minor league camp. St. Louis Cardinals: Optioned RHPs Sam Tuivailala and Miguel Socolovich, LHPs Dean Kiekhefer and Tim Cooney and C Mike Ohlman to Memphis (PCL). Reas- signed 1B/Of David Washington to their minor league camp. Announced third base coach Jose Oquendo will take a medical leave of absence. Named Chris Maloney third base coach, Bill Mueller first base coach and infield instructor, Derrick May assistant hitting coach and George Greer minor league hitting coach. Washington Nationals: Optioned RHP Rafael Martin and INF Trea Turner to Syracuse (IL). Reassigned LHP Aaron Laffey, OF Tom Campana, RHP Nick Mas- set, INF Scott Sizemore and C Jhonathan Solano to their minor league camp. ning the crown outright to end Stanford's run of 14 championships in a row. "I don't know how you put this into words," Rueck said after getting the cham- pionship trophy. Weise made her sec- ond free throw after being fouled by Jones with 33 sec- onds left. Jones had a turn- around jumper that rattled aroundtherimwithoutfall- ing with 11 seconds left. Hamblin, the 6-foot-6 center from Canada, grabbed the rebound and got the ball to Weise, who was fouled with 7.3 seconds left. After Weise made both free throws, Baylor quickly got back down the court. Jones couldn't get off a shot, and Johnson's 3-pointer missed the mark. Baylor led only twice, af- ter scoring the game's first four points and when Davis made a layup with 6:54 left to put Baylor up 51-50. The game's only four ties came after that, the first when Weisner made a free throw 24 seconds later. The Beavers were tough and resilient throughout, and there was a point mid- way through the second quarter when Baylor coach Kim Mulkey was so frus- tratedafteranon-callbythe officials that she ripped off her gold jacket and flung it over the Lady Bears bench, drawing a technical foul. Davis was almost knocked to the ground when missing a layup, and that was the boiling point after the coach was already upset by several other calls or non-calls by officials. Weisnermadehersecond free throw after the time- out, and Gabriella Hanson made a field goal after the Beavers kept possession for a 26-18 lead. The Lady Bears had cut thegapto26-25onareverse baseline basket by Jones with 1:41 to go, but Oregon State scored the last eight pointsofthehalfforitslarg- est lead of the game. Wallace knocked the ball outofboundsundertheBea- vers basket with less than 3 seconds to go, but Weisner got open for a 3-pointer off Wiese'sinboundpasstoend the half. Baylor started the second half with its first 3-pointer. Alexis Jones made that one, andthenhadastealthatset up a possession when she made a fadeaway jumper that quickly trimmed a nine-point halftime deficit to 34-30. NCAA FROM PAGE 1 | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2016 2 B