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AUTORACING NASCAR Xfinity Series, O'Reilly Auto Parts 300Prac- tice:2p.m.,FS1. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Duck Commander 500Prac- tice: 2:30p.m., FS1. NASCAR Xfinity Series, O'Reilly Auto Parts 300Final Practice: 4p.m., FS1. COLLEGE BASEBALL Auburn at Missouri: 4:30p.m., ESPNU. Stanford vs. UCLA: 7p.m., PAC12BA. MLB BASEBALL Chicago White Sox at Oakland Athletics: 12:30p.m., CSN. Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants: 1p.m., CSNBA. Houston Astros vs. New York Yankees or Miami Marlins vs. Washington Nationals: 1p.m., MLB. Minnesota Twins vs. Balti- more Orioles or Boston Red Sox vs. Cleveland Indians: 4 p.m., MLB. Texas Rangers at Los Angeles Angels: 7p.m., FS1. NBA BASKETBALL Chicago Bulls at Miami Heat: 5p.m., TNT. San Antonio Spurs at Golden State Warriors: 7p.m., CSNBA, TNT. GOLF Masters Tournament, Round 1: noon, ESPN. COLLEGE HOCKEY Division I Tournament, Boston College vs. Quinnipiac, Frozen Four Semifinal: 2p.m., ESPN2. Division I Tournament, Denver vs. North Dakota, Frozen Four Semifinal: 5:30p.m., ESPN2. NHL HOCKEY Detroit Red Wings at Boston Bruins: 4p.m., NBCSN. St. Louis Blues at Chicago Blackhawks: 5:30p.m., NHL. Winnipeg Jets at San Jose Sharks: 7:30p.m., CSN. UEFA SOCCER Europa League Liverpool vs. Dortmund Quarterfinal Leg 1: noon, FS1. WTA TENNIS Volvo Car Open Third Round: 10a.m., ESPN2. ATP TENNIS U.S. Clay Court Championship Early Round: 11a.m., TENNIS. U.S. Clay Court Championship Early Round: 4p.m., TENNIS. Ontheair has maybe come too easy for us." The past weeks have gotten tougher with Tues- day night's 124-117 over- time loss to Minnesota be- ing Golden State's fourth loss in the past month af- ter falling just five times in the first four months of the season. Despite that, the War- riors can break Chica- go's record of 72 wins set in 1995-96 by beating the Spurs on Thursday night, sweeping a weekend road trip to Memphis and San Antonio and then winning the season finale at home against the depleted Griz- zlies next Wednesday. "The record is great," center Andrew Bogut said. "We'll obviously have bal- loons and celebrate for a good five-minute period if we get it. Then you have a playoff series to win and a championship to try to win. In the grand scheme of things it's small pota- toes." The pressure of chasing the record has been on the Warriors ever since they opened the season by win- ning the first 24 games. Ev- erywhere they go this sea- son they have faced in- creased media attention, opponents excited for the opportunity to knock off the league's top team and comparisons to the great teams of the past like those record-setting Bulls. Draymond Green said the talk has been impossi- ble to escape since it hits him every time he opens his phone. But reigning MVP Stephen Curry said the attention shouldn't be viewed as a hindrance since many of the players have openly talked about wanting to set the mark. "It can't be an excuse that we put ourselves in this situation and now it's draining us to finish," Curry said. "I think we're mature enough and have enough of an edge to get it done. We just have to fig- ure it out." Possibly dampening the excitement for the two upcoming showdowns with the Spurs are ques- tions about how seriously San Antonio will take the games. Coach Gregg Popo- vich frequently rests veter- ans like Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Tim Duncan down the stretch and he has not said how he will approach these two con- tests. The Warriors plan to go all out Thursday when they can clinch home-court ad- vantage throughout the playoffs with a victory. Kerr said he doesn't know how he will approach the final three games but he does want to give playing time to key reserves Andre Iguodala and Festus Ezeli, who both recently returned from injuries. "The fact is they rest a lot of people but they need more rest than we do," Kerr said. "Their core is older than ours. He's been the master of this for a long time. He knows exactly what he's doing with his team. We're not too con- cerned about what they do. We're just trying to play better ourselves." The Spurs are downplay- ing the upcoming games, saying a win at Oracle Arena on Thursday will not give them a psychological edge if the teams do meet again in the Western Con- ference finals. "I don't think about it like that, playoffs are a different game," forward Kawhi Leonard said. "We don't even know if we will see each other in the play- offs so we will just go out and try to make our team better going into the play- offs." Warriors FROM PAGE 1 suyama, and let's not for- get Phil Mickelson, a three- time Masters winner and hardly ready to fade away at age 45. "There's a lot of guys who have a lot of success here that really brought some strong finishes and motivation and some mo- mentum into this week," said Spieth, who tied for second in his Masters de- but in 2014 before cruising to victory with an 18-un- der score a year ago. "I know that the people who are down maybe a few — three, four, five shots after the first couple of rounds — are capable of making up a lot of ground here." Coming off one of the greatest years in golf his- tory, Spieth isn't even rated the favorite. That would be Day. "He can be the favorite," Spieth said with a shrug. "We'll go ahead and just do our thing." Day hardly felt like the man to beat before the Masters five years ago. In fact, he had totally lost his love for the game. "You have to perform, because if you don't per- form, then you're off the tour," Day said. "Then you start stressing about, 'OK, is there enough money up to get my card for next year.' And then you start losing a little bit of confi- dence. Then you start get- ting frustrated out there, and then you don't practice because you're frustrated with how you're playing, and it's a downward spiral from there." Right before the Mas- ters, it almost came to a head during a meeting with his wife, his agent and his sports psychologist. "I'm like, 'I just do not like the game right now. I'm just having a very, very hard time picking up the golf club to even just enjoy myself out there,"' Day said. "But we came to the con- clusion of just going and saying, 'This might be my last Masters ever playing, I may as well enjoy it.' "So," he added, with a smile, "I went out there and finished second." So much for finding an- other line of work. Day followed up with a third-place showing in 2013. Now, having romped to victory at last year's PGA Championship, he's rounded out golf's new Big Three with McIlroy and Spieth. McIlroy, who looked to be in a league of his own just two summers ago, is now chasing the others. That, of course, is a bit annoying for the 26-year- old from Northern Ireland. "I'd be lying if I said those two guys having suc- cess doesn't motivate me," McIlroy said. "I don't want to be left behind. I want to be part of that conversa- tion. I'm clinging on at the moment. A few wins will change that." He's not lacking for con- fidence at Augusta Na- tional, a place where he took a four-stroke lead to the final round in 2011 only to throw it all away with a closing 80. He's finished in the top 10 the last two years but hasn't really been a se- rious contender, leaving the Masters as the only major absent from his resume. "This is one I wish I had caught earlier," McIlroy, showing the impatience of youth. "You would think that this is a golf course that I can definitely win on. I know that. I just haven't quite been able to get my- self over the hurdle." Only five players have captured the modern ver- sion of the Grand Slam. McIlroy is eager to join the exclusive club — the sooner, the better. "I feel like I've got ev- erything I need to become a Masters champion," he said. "But I think each and every year that passes that I don't, it will become in- creasingly more difficult. So there's no time like the present to get it done." Masters FROM PAGE 1 mixed bag in 5 1/3 innings of a 4-3 loss to the Milwau- kee Brewers. Samardzija allowed three runs and 11 baserun- ners, he mostly abandoned his two sharpest weapons in his slider and splitter, and the most complemen- tary thing you could say is that he didn't pitch the Gi- ants out of the game while taking no decision. "I know when people see my body of work over the whole, they'll get the point," said Samardzija, "and they'll see what I'm all about." The Brewers scored the tiebreaking run in the sev- enth when Javier Lopez is- sued a walk, a cross-up be- tween Cory Gearrin and Buster Posey (who called sinker and got a slider) ad- vanced a runner to third base, and Chris Carter hit a sacrifice fly as the Brew- ers avoided getting swept in the three-game series. The Giants will have to wait a bit longer to see how Samardzija's stuff will play at Third and King. He's the one pitcher in the rotation whose turn won't come up in a four-game home-open- ing series with the Los An- geles Dodgers that begins with Jake Peavy on Thurs- day Samardzija's next start will come at Coors Field, of all places. Then he'll be on turn to pitch at Dodger Stadium. When he finally does appear in front of the home crowd on April 22, he'll be overshadowed. That's the day Barry Bonds and the Miami Marlins be- gin a series at AT&T Park. "We'll wait it out, right?" Samardzija said. "We'll pitch there eventually. When it happens, it hap- pens. So I'll just go out there and be a road warrior here for this first month and look forward to that first opportunity to pitch at home." Samardzija went into his debut with one advan- tage, and it was courtesy of Johnny Cueto: because Tuesday night's game went by in a crisp two hours, 29 minutes, Manager Bruce Bochy scrapped his plan to rest Posey on Wednes- day. So instead of working with Trevor Brown, a capa- ble backup but a rookie, Sa- mardzija was able to throw to the 2012 NL Most Valu- able Player. Good thing, too, because you need a capable co-pilot when you encounter turbu- lence. Giants FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 2 0 1.000 _ Colorado 2 1 .667 1/2 Giants 2 1 .667 1/2 Arizona 1 2 .333 11/2 San Diego 0 2 .000 2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Pittsburgh 3 0 1.000 _ Chicago 2 0 1.000 1/2 Cincinnati 2 0 1.000 1/2 Milwaukee 1 2 .333 2 St. Louis 0 3 .000 3 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 2 0 1.000 _ New York 1 1 .500 1 Atlanta 0 2 .000 2 Miami 0 2 .000 2 Philadelphia 0 2 .000 2 Tuesday's games N.Y. Mets 2, Kansas City 0 Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 5, 11 innings Detroit 8, Miami 7, 11 innings Giants 2, Milwaukee 1 Arizona 11, Colorado 6 Chicago Cubs 6, L.A. Angels 1 L.A. Dodgers 3, San Diego 0 Wednesday's games Milwaukee 4, Giants 3 Colorado 4, Arizona 3 Detroit 7, Miami 3 Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 1 Cincinnati 3, Philadelphia 2 Washington 3, Atlanta 1 L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, (n.) Thursday's games Philadelphia (Morton 0-0) at Cincinnati (Stephenson 0-0), 9:35 a.m. Miami (Conley 0-0) at Washington (Roark 0-0), 1:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (A.Wood 0-0) at Giants (Peavy 0-0), 1:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Lackey 0-0) at Arizona (R.De La Rosa 0-0), 6:40 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Seattle 2 1 .667 _ Houston 1 1 .500 1/2 Texas 1 2 .333 1 Los Angeles 0 2 .000 11/2 A's 0 2 .000 11/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Chicago 2 0 1.000 _ Detroit 2 0 1.000 _ Cleveland 1 1 .500 1 Kansas City 1 1 .500 1 Minnesota 0 2 .000 2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Baltimore 2 0 1.000 _ Tampa Bay 2 2 .500 1 Toronto 2 2 .500 1 Boston 1 1 .500 1 New York 1 1 .500 1 Tuesday's games Houston 5, N.Y. Yankees 3 Boston 6, Cleveland 2 N.Y. Mets 2, Kansas City 0 Detroit 8, Miami 7, 11 innings Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 2 Seattle 10, Texas 2 Chicago Cubs 6, L.A. Angels 1 Chicago White Sox 5, A's 4 Wednesday's games Tampa Bay 5, Toronto 3 Seattle 9, Texas 5 Detroit 7, Miami 3 Cleveland 7, Boston 6 N.Y. Yankees 16, Houston 6 Baltimore 4, Minnesota 2 Chicago White Sox at A's, (n.) Thursday's games Chicago White Sox (Latos 0-0) at A's (Graveman 0-0), 12:35 p.m. Houston (Fiers 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 0-0), 1:05 p.m. Boston (Kelly 0-0) at Cleveland (Salazar 0-0), 3:10 p.m. Minnesota (Hughes 0-0) at Baltimore (Jimenez 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Texas (Holland 0-0) at L.A. Angels (San- tiago 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Brewers 4, Giants 3 San Fran Milwaukee AB R H B AB R H B Pagan lf 4 2 2 0 DoSntn rf 3 1 1 1 Panik 2b 3 0 0 0 Gnnett 2b 3 1 1 0 Posey c 3 0 0 1 Braun lf 4 0 2 1 Pence rf 4 0 2 0 Lucroy c 4 0 1 0 Belt 1b 2 0 0 0 Carter 1b 3 1 1 2 MDuffy 3b 4 1 1 1 RFlors cf 4 0 0 0 BCrwfr ss 3 0 1 0 A.Hill 3b 3 0 1 0 Smrdzj p 2 0 0 0 Jngmn p 2 1 1 0 Kontos p 0 0 0 0 Capuan p 0 0 0 0 Span ph 1 0 0 0 Boyer p 0 0 0 0 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 Niwnhs ph 1 0 1 0 Gearrin p 0 0 0 0 Thrnrg p 0 0 0 0 Osich p 0 0 0 0 Blazek p 0 0 0 0 Adrianz ph 1 0 0 0 Walsh ph 1 0 0 0 GBlanc cf 3 0 0 0 Jeffrss p 0 0 0 0 Villar ss 2 0 0 0 Totals 30 3 6 2 30 4 9 4 San Fran 110 001 000 — 3 Milwaukee 111 000 10x — 4 E: Lucroy (1), Do.Santana (1); DP: San Francisco 2, Milwaukee 2; LOB: San Fran- cisco 5, Milwaukee 10; 2B: Pagan (2); 3B: Pagan (1); HR: M.Duffy (2), Carter (1); CS: Belt (2); SF: Posey, Carter. IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco Smardzija 51/3 8 3 3 3 6 Kontos 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 Lopez L,0-1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Gearrin 1 1 0 0 1 1 Osich 1 0 0 0 1 2 Milwaukee Jungmann 5 3 2 1 2 1 Capuano 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 Boyer 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 Thnbrg W,1-0 1 1 0 0 0 1 Blazek 1 0 0 0 1 0 Jeffrss S,1-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Lopez pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Gearrin pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. PB: Posey. Umpires: Home, Mike DiMuro, First, Quinn Wolcott. Second, Brian Gorman. Third, Mark Carlson. T: 3:19; A: 20,098 (41,900). Basketball NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB y-Golden State 69 9 .885 — x-Clippers 49 28 .636 191/2 Sacramento 31 47 .397 38 Phoenix 20 58 .256 49 Lakers 16 61 .208 521/2 SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB y-San Antonio 65 12 .844 — Memphis 42 36 .538 231/2 Dallas 39 38 .506 26 Houston 38 39 .494 27 New Orleans 29 49 .372 361/2 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB y-Oklahoma City 54 24 .692 — Portland 42 37 .532 121/2 Utah 39 39 .500 15 Denver 32 47 .405 221/2 Minnesota 26 52 .333 28 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GB y-Toronto 52 25 .675 — x-Boston 46 32 .590 61/2 New York 31 48 .392 22 Brooklyn 21 57 .269 311/2 Philadelphia 10 68 .128 421/2 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB x-Atlanta 46 32 .590 — x-Miami 45 32 .584 1/2 x-Charlotte 45 33 .577 1 Washington 38 40 .487 8 Orlando 33 45 .423 13 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB y-Cleveland 56 23 .709 — Indiana 42 36 .538 131/2 Detroit 42 37 .532 14 Chicago 39 39 .500 161/2 Milwaukee 32 46 .410 231/2 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Tuesday's games Philadelphia 107, New Orleans 93 Toronto 96, Charlotte 90 Cleveland 109, Milwaukee 80 Memphis 108, Chicago 92 Miami 107, Detroit 89 Atlanta 103, Phoenix 90 Oklahoma City 124, Denver 102 San Antonio 88, Utah 86 Portland 115, Sacramento 107 Minnesota 124, Golden State 117, OT Clippers 103, Lakers 81 Wednesday's games Indiana 123, Cleveland 109 Detroit 108, Orlando 104 Washington 121, Brooklyn 103 Boston 104, New Orleans 97 Charlotte 111, New York 97 Houston at Dallas, (n.) Oklahoma City at Portland, (n.) Clippers at Lakers, (n.) Thursday's games Phoenix at Houston, 5 p.m. Chicago at Miami, 5 p.m. Toronto at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Sacramento, 7 p.m. San Antonio at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Anaheim 79 44 24 11 99 210 187 x-Los Angeles 80 47 28 5 99 220 190 x-San Jose 80 45 29 6 96 236 205 Arizona 80 35 38 7 77 207 241 Calgary 80 33 40 7 73 222 256 Vancouver 80 30 37 13 73 184 233 Edmonton 81 31 43 7 69 200 241 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Dallas 80 48 23 9 105 260 226 x-St. Louis 80 48 23 9 105 221 195 x-Chicago 80 47 26 7 101 230 202 x-Nashville 80 40 26 14 94 223 210 x-Minnesota 81 38 32 11 87 215 204 Colorado 80 39 37 4 82 211 231 Winnipeg 80 33 39 8 74 206 232 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-Florida 80 46 25 9 101 233 198 x-Tampa Bay 80 45 30 5 95 221 194 Detroit 80 41 28 11 93 207 216 Boston 80 41 30 9 91 234 222 Ottawa 80 36 35 9 81 227 245 Buffalo 80 34 35 11 79 196 215 Montreal 80 36 38 6 78 212 232 Toronto 80 28 41 11 67 193 238 ME TR OP OL IT AN D IVI SI ON GP W L OT Pts GF GA z-Washington 79 55 17 7 117 244 186 x-Pittsburgh 80 47 25 8 102 240 197 x-N.Y. Rangers80 45 26 9 99 232 211 x-N.Y. Islanders79 44 26 9 97 223 206 Philadelphia 79 39 27 13 91 203 211 Carolina 80 35 29 16 86 194 217 New Jersey 80 37 35 8 82 177 203 Columbus 80 32 40 8 72 210 247 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference Tuesday's games Carolina 2, Boston 1, SO Buffalo 3, New Jersey 1 N.Y. Islanders 4, Washington 3, OT N.Y. Rangers 3, Tampa Bay 2 Florida 4, Montreal 1 Pittsburgh 5, Ottawa 3 Nashville 4, Colorado 3 San Jose 3, Minnesota 0 Chicago 6, Arizona 2 Los Angeles 5, Calgary 4, OT Winnipeg 2, Anaheim 1, OT Wednesday's games Columbus 5, Toronto 1 Edmonton 6, Vancouver 2 Detroit 3, Philadelphia 0 Thursday's games Detroit at Boston, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Toronto at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Washington, 4 p.m. Montreal at Carolina, 4 p.m. Florida at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Arizona at Nashville, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Vancouver at Calgary, 6 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Winnipeg at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Tennis WTA VOLVO CAR OPEN RESULTS Wednesday At Family Circle Tennis Center Charleston, S.C. Purse: $687,900 (Premier) Surface: Green Clay-Outdoor Singles Second Round Daria Gavrilova (12), Australia, def. Zhang Shuai, China, 6-4, 6-0. Kristina Kucova, Slovakia, def. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 0-6, 6-3, 6-3. Daria Kasatkina (14), Russia, def. Ana Konjuh, Croatia, 6-1, 6-1. Louisa Chirico, United States, def. Lucie Safarova (4), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3. Laura Siegemund, Germany, def. Madison Keys (8), United States, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4. Sara Errani (5), Italy, def. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, 6-0, 6-3. Sloane Stephens (7), United States, def. Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, 6-4, 6-3. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, def. Sa- bine Lisicki (15), Germany, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain, def. Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, 6-4, 1-6, 1-0, retired. Venus Williams (3), United States, def. Alison Riske, United States, 6-4, 6-2. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Sam Stosur (10), Australia, def. Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, 6-4, 7-5. Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Belinda Bencic (2), Switzerland, 6-1, 6-1. Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, def. Andrea Petkovic (6), Germany, 7-5, 6-2. Doubles First Round Raquel Atawo and Abigail Spears (4), United States, def. Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, and Raluca Olaru, Romania, 6-3, 6-2. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Lucie Safarova (1), Czech Republic, def. Andreja Klepac and Katarina Sre- botnik, Slovenia, 6-3, 6-4. Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic (3), France, def. Casey Dellacqua and Sam Stosur, Austrlia, 7-5, 6-4. ATP WORLD TOUR U.S. MEN'S CLAY COURT CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS Wednesday At River Oaks Country Club Houston Purse: $515,025 (WT250) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Second Round Juan Monaco, Argentina, def. Benoit Paire (2), France, 6-3, 7-5. Sam Querrey (5), United States, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 6-3, 6-3. John Isner (1), United States, def. Denis Kudla, United States, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4). Chung Hyeon, South Korea, def. Tommy Paul, United States, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2. Doubles First Round Philipp Petzschner, Germany, and Alexander Peya (2), Austria, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, and Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3). Victor Estrella Burgos, Dominican Re- public, and Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, def. Brian Baker, United States, and Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, 1-6, 6-3, 10-6. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA FC Dallas 3 1 1 10 8 6 Kansas City 3 1 0 9 5 3 Salt Lake 2 0 2 8 8 6 Los Angeles 2 1 1 7 7 3 Colorado 2 1 1 7 3 2 Vancouver 2 2 1 7 6 6 San Jose 2 1 1 7 5 5 Houston 1 2 1 4 11 8 Portland 1 2 1 4 6 9 Seattle 1 3 0 3 3 5 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Orlando City 2 0 2 8 8 4 Montreal 2 2 0 6 6 5 Philadelphia 2 2 0 6 5 4 New England 1 1 3 6 5 7 N. Y. C it y F C 1 1 2 5 7 7 Chicago 1 1 2 5 5 5 Toronto FC 1 2 1 4 4 4 New York 1 3 0 3 4 9 D.C. United 0 2 3 3 3 9 Columbus 0 2 2 2 3 5 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Sunday's games Orlando City 4, Portland 1 Friday, April 8 Orlando City at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Saturday, April 9 Columbus at Montreal, 1 p.m. Toronto FC at New England, 1 p.m. Vancouver at D.C. United, 2:30 p.m. Kansas City at New York, 4 p.m. San Jose at FC Dallas, 6 p.m. Colorado at Salt Lake, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 10 Seattle at Houston, 1 p.m. Chicago at N.Y. City FC, 4 p.m. Portland at Los Angeles, 6:30 p.m. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE Thursday MLB NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Cincinnati -135/+125 Philadelphia at Washington -145/+135 Miami at Giants -113/+103 Los Angeles Chicago -145/+135 at Arizona Thursday AMERICAN LEAGUE at Oakland -113/+103 Chicago at New York -120/+110 Houston at Cleveland -135/+125 Boston at Baltimore -130/+120 Minnesota at Los Angeles -115/+105 Texas NBA Thursday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Houston 111/2 (214) Phoenix at Atlanta 6 (200) Toronto at Miami 5 (2051/2) Chicago at Sacramento 41/2 (221) Minnesota at Golden State OFF (OFF) San Antonio NHL Thursday Favorite Line Underdog at Washington -125/+115 Pittsburgh at Carolina -140/+130 Montreal at NY Rangers -145/+135 NY Islanders at Philadelphia -220/+200 Toronto at New Jersey OFF Tampa Bay at Boston -150/+140 Detroit at Ottawa OFF Florida at Nashville -220/+200 Arizona at Dallas -240/+215 Colorado at Chicago -125/+115 St. Louis at Calgary -145/+135 Vancouver at Los Angeles -140/+130 Anaheim at San Jose -220/+200 Winnipeg Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball: Announced the resignation of chief marketing officer Jacqueline Parkes. American League Chicago White Sox: Agreed to terms with C Chris O'dowd on a minor league contract. Los Angeles Angels: Placed LHP Andrew Heaney on the 15-day DL. Seattle Mariners: Assigned C Rob Brantly outright to Tacoma (PCL). Tampa Bay Rays: Claimed OF Jake Goeb- bert off waivers from Pittsburgh and optioned him to Durham (IL). Texas Rangers: Traded LHP Sam Free- man to Milwaukee for cash. National League Arizona Diamondbacks: Optioned RHP Silvino Bracho to Reno (PCL). Selected the contract of RHP Kyle Drabek from Reno. Transferred OF A.J. Pollock from the 15- to the 60-day DL. Milwaukee Brewers: Designated RHP Ariel Pena for assignment. Washington Nationals: Placed OF Ben Revere on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to April 5. Recalled OF Matt den Dekker from Syracuse (IL). BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Chicago Bulls: Named Horace Grant special advisor to the president. FOOTBALL National Football League Denver Broncos: Agreed to terms with DE Jared Crick on a two-year contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League Arizona Coyotes: Recalled G Marek Langhamer from Springfield (AHL). Carolina Hurricanes: Reassigned F Ser- gey Tolchinsky to Charlotte (AHL). Chicago Blackhawks: Recalled F Bryan Bickell from Rockford (AHL). Agreed to terms with F Tyler Motte on a three-year contract. Dallas Stars: Recalled F Curtis McKenzie from Texas (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS: Fined New England F Charlie Da- vies an undisclosed amount for violation of league policy for hands to the face/ head/neck of an opponent. Suspended Orlando City D Brek Shea one game for serious foul play that endangered the safety of an opponent. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016 2 B