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TOMLYNN—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Giants' Denard Span is greeted by teammates Gregor Blanco and Brandon Crawford a er hitting a three-run home run during the eighth inning Monday in Milwaukee. ByAndrewBaggarly BayAreaNewsGroup MILWAUKEE Madison Bumgarner had the flu. He touched down just ahead of midnight Sunday on a pri- vate plane, which the Giants had hast- ily arranged. He was in no condition to commandeer the mound, grip a baseball and set a tone for a five- month season. He didn't have to. What's one note when you're surrounded by a jam band? The Giants' spring optimism over their offensive potential wasn't un- founded in a 12-3 pounding of the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday af- ternoon. Denard Span, Joe Panik and Buster Posey became the first Giants to hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in a decade. Matt Duffy also went deep and drove in four runs. Angel Pagan, batting ninth in the order, of- fered proof-of-concept to the "second leadoff man" theory while scoring the tiebreaking run in the third. And the roof that Bud Selig built kept out the 35-degree slush while holding in all those loud thwacks as the Giants scored their most runs on opening day in 33 years. Bumgarner (1-0) even emerged with a victory on an afternoon when he walked in a run for just the sec- ond time in his career, and allowed two-strike home runs to tepid power threats Scooter Gennett and Jona- than Villar. For Gennett, it was the first time he'd ever homered off a lefty pitcher. But the Miller Park crowd groaned as Bumgarner rallied to strike out the side in the fifth inning. Giants man- ager Bruce Bochy knew better than NATIONAL LEAGUE GiantsbeatBrewersinopener Back-to-back-to-backhomershelp SF overcome Bumgarner's struggles SHASTA LAKE The Red Bluff Spartans baseball team won the Central Valley Tourna- ment over the weekend with wins over Anderson, Ameri- can Christian Academy, Pleas- ant Valley and Foothill. In the championship game Saturday, the Spartans beat the Foothill Cougars 5-1. Wesley Clawson was 1-3 with a run scored. Lane Pritchard was 1-3 with a double, two RBI and a run scored. Kolby But- ton was 1-2 with a walk and an RBI. Eric Spencer was 1-2 with a walk and a run scored. Tan- ner Tweedt was 1-1 with a HBP. Clawson pitched 4 innings giving up 1 run on 2 hits and 3 walks while striking out 6. Pritchard pitched 3 innings giving up no runs on 1 hit. Earlier in the day the Spar- tans beat the Pleasant Valley Vikings 9-1. Pritchard and Button each scored twice. Button was 2-3 with a double and an RBI. Bryce Sinclair was 3-3 with two doubles a run and an RBI. Spencer was 1-2 with a sacri- fice fly. Sinclair pitched 4 2/3 in- nings and gave up 1 run on 3 hits while striking out 3 and walking 2. The Spartans started the tournament Thursday with wins over the Anderson Cubs, 13-0, and the American Chris- tian Academy Eagles, 12-1. Against the Cubs, Evan Tan- ner was a walk away from a perfect game, tossing no-hit in- nings for the win. He recorded 3 strikeouts. Button was 2-3 with a dou- ble, 2 RBI, a sacrifice fly and a run; Pritchard went 2-3 with 2 runs, a triple, a sacrifice fly and an RBI; Sinclair was 1-2 with a double; Tweedt was 1-1 with a double; Payton Edwards was 2-4 with an RBI and 2 runs and Ryan Gamboa was 1-3 with a run and an RBI. Against the Eagles Clawson went 2-3 with 4 RBI, a home run, a triple and 2 runs; Gam- boa was 1-2 with 2 RBI and a run; Spencer was 2-2 with an RBI and a run; Sinclair was 2-2 with a walk, 2 runs and an RBI; Edwards was 1-2 with a walk, an RBI and a run and Austin Youngblood and Button each had an RBI on sacrifice flies. Edwards started on the mound and struck out 5 over 3 hitless innings, with a walk. Youngblood gave up a walk in a hitless inning and Sinclair gave up a run on 1 hit and a walk while striking out 2 in an in- ning. The Spartans (8-4 over- all, 2-1 league) are scheduled to face Foothill (10-4 overall, 1-0 league) in a rematch of the championship game at 7 to- night in Palo Cedro. The Spartans' next home game is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday against Foothill. Otheraction The Corning Cardinals (2-5 overall) are scheduled to face the Yreka Miners (5-6-1 overall) at 4 p.m. today in Yreka. The Los Molinos Bulldogs (4-2 overall) are scheduled to face the Redding Christian Li- ons (4-3 overall, 0-1 league) at 4 p.m. today in Palo Cedro. BASEBALL SPARTANSTAKE CHAMPIONSHIP Red Bluff baseball wins Central Valley Tournament crown COURTESY PHOTO The Red Bluff Spartans baseball team poses for a photo a er winning the Central Valley Tournament Saturday in Shasta Lake. By Eddie Pells The Associated Press HOUSTON One good shot de- served another. Kris Jenkins of Villanova wasn't about to be outdone. Jenkins overcame the shock of watching North Carolina's Marcus Paige hit a double-clutch 3 to tie it by spotting up behind the right side of the arc and draining a 3 of his own at the buzzer to lift Villanova to a 77-74 victory and the national cham- pionship Monday night. What a shot — and what a game. The second-seeded Wildcats (35-5), had a six-point lead with 1:52 left, but watched it slowly trickle away. Then, it was gone, when Paige jumped — and when Ryan Arcidacono started run- ning at him — double clutched and pumped one from beyond the arc to tie the game at 74 with 4.7 seconds left. After a timeout, Arcidacono worked the ball upcourt and got it to Jenkins, who swished it from about two steps behind the 3-point line. "Kris told him he was going to be open, Arch made the per- fect pass," Villanova coach Jay Wright explained. "Kris lives for that moment." A few moments later, Jen- NCAA TOURNAMENT Vi ll an ov a to ps C ar ol in a on J en ki ns ' bu zz er -b ea te r CHESTER The Mercy Warriors baseball team got an 8-6 win over Big Valley Saturday at the 3rd an- nual Volcano Classic Tournament, but fell 10-0 to Modoc Friday and 12-0 to Chester Saturday. Four of the Warriors' 6 runs in the win over Big Valley came off the bat of Richie Borges, who went 3-4 with a home run, a dou- ble, 3 runs and 4 RBI; Nick Orne- las went 1-4 with an RBI and Dar- tagnan Kingwell had an RBI off a sacrifice fly. Borges gave up 6 runs, one earned, on 4 hits over 7 innings, walked 7 and notched 16 strike- outs. Alvaro De La Fuente was named player of the game in Fri- day's loss to Modoc, having got- ten the Warriors' only hit. Travis Gordon gave up 10 runs, 8 earned, on 10 hits, walked 3 and struck out 2 for the loss. In Saturday's loss to the host Chester Volcanoes, Mercy was held without a hit. Jonathan Ross gave up 12 runs, 6 earned, walked 3 and struck out 7 over 4 innings for the loss. The Warriors (1-6 overall) are scheduled to face the Liberty Christian Patriots (0-0 overall) at 4 p.m. today in Redding. BASEBALL Warriors win 1, drop 2 at Chester tourney By Cam Inman Bay Area News Group SANTA CLARA The 49ers began their off-season program Monday, and Colin Kaepernick was in at- tendance. It's the first step toward possibly re-starting the quarter- back's career under new coach Chip Kelly. Whether Kaepernick maintains that course or pursues a trade at a cheaper salary elsewhere is up to him, a team official said on the condition of anonymity. A source told this news orga- nization three weeks ago that Kaepernick wouldn't boycott the 49ers program, and that held true despite trade talks having heated up last week when Kae- pernick met twice with Denver Broncos general manager John Elway.That potential trade is at a standstill, however, because of fi- nancial issues, and no other team has emerged as a serious suitor, the team official said. Kaepernick's $11.9 million base salary became guaranteed when he remained on the 49ers roster through Thursday. He stands to earn a $400,000 bonus for par- ticipating in 90 percent of the off- season program. Neither Kaepernick nor Kelly were available for comment Monday, as no media access was 49ERS Kaepernick to clock in at te am 's offseason GIANTS12,BREWERS3 Up next: Giants at Milwaukee When: Tuesday, 5:10p.m. TV: CSN THESCORE GIANTS PAGE 2 49ERS PAGE 2 CHARLIE NEIBERGALL — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Villanova players celebrate a er the Final Four basketball championship game against North Carolina, Monday in Houston. Villanova won 77-74. VILLANOVA PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, April 5, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1