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"They'relosingacouple of seniors. They're looking to try get me to fit into one of those roles so I'm look- ing forward to it," Shoe- maker said. While UC San Diego is a Division II school for basketball, the universi- ty's students will vote next month on whether to pur- sue a move to Division I. Shoemaker, listed at 6 feet, 8 inches and 210 pounds, should be big enough no matter which leveltheTritonscompetein as he averaged 15.2 points per game and 9.3 rebounds a contest. He finished 14th in the California Commu- nity College Athletic Asso- ciation in total rebounds and his 9.3 rebounding av- erage was good for 18th in the state. His 44 blocks was also 18th as he was an all-Golden Valley Confer- ence player for the second straight season. He helped the Roadrun- ners reach the postsea- son in both of his years in the program. As a fresh- man, Shoemaker was one of the pivotal players on a team that won the GVC. His sophomore season saw some of those players gone that included Orland High grad Jud Sailsbery as they parlayed their playing days at Butte into a gig at a uni- versity, too. But Shoemaker led the team to an 18-9 reg- ular season and 7-3 record in the GVC. "Lot of leadership skills. He was just a pleasure to coach. Another coach on the floor," Butte head coach Russ Critchfield said. Some of that could be seen at Corning High where he led the Cardinals to two Northern Section ti- tles. While dominating as a Cardinal, Shoemaker started refining his skills there in hopes of reaching a higher level. "He's always expanding his game. He's been work- ing really hard this spring on facing the basket, being a perimeter player. He just keeps getting better and better," Critchfield said. "That's one of his best qual- ities is that he just keeps working to get better." That helped Shoemaker reach Friday's ceremony, not that it surprised his parents, even if it did him. "He's worked so hard for so long and done his time," said his mother, Khrystie Shoemaker. "This is his time to shine." Shoemaker remained caught up in the moment that he had longed for since his days at Corning and continued in his time at Butte. "I still don't believe it to be honest. It's just a dream cometrue,"Shoemakersaid. "Thesetwoyearsweregreat to me. They helped me de- velop in what I needed to be to become what I am now." ConnectwithSports Writer Joseph Shufelberger at 896-7774. Shoemaker FROMPAGE1 DANREIDEL—ENTERPRISE-RECORDFILE Butte College's Michael Shoemaker, shooting a free throw in a playoff game this season, accepted a full-ride scholarship to UC San Diego on Friday at Cowan Gym. Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Giants 14 13 .519 _ Los Angeles 13 13 .500 1/2 Colorado 12 12 .500 1/2 Arizona 12 15 .444 2 San Diego 9 16 .360 4 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Chicago 18 6 .750 _ Pittsburgh 15 11 .577 4 St. Louis 12 13 .480 61/2 Milwaukee 10 15 .400 81/2 Cincinnati 10 16 .385 9 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 17 7 .708 _ New York 16 8 .667 1 Philadelphia 15 10 .600 21/2 Miami 12 12 .500 5 Atlanta 6 19 .240 111/2 Sunday's games Giants 6, N.Y. Mets 1 Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 5, 11 innings Milwaukee 14, Miami 5 Washington 6, St. Louis 1 Atlanta 4, Chicago Cubs 3, 10 innings Philadelphia 2, Cleveland 1 Colorado 6, Arizona 3 L.A. Dodgers 1, San Diego 0 Monday's games Chicago Cubs 7, Pittsburgh 2 N.Y. Mets 4, Atlanta 1 Giants 9, Cincinnati 6 Milwaukee 8, L.A. Angels 5 Philadelphia at St. Louis (n.) Washington at Kansas City (n.) Colorado at San Diego (n.) Tuesday's games Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 5-0) at Pittsburgh (Niese 3-0), 4:05 p.m. Arizona (Corbin 1-3) at Miami (Nicolino 1-0), 4:10 p.m. Atlanta (Wisler 0-2) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 2-3), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kazmir 1-2) at Tampa Bay (Moore 1-2), 4:10 p.m. Giants (Samardzija 3-1) at Cincinnati (Moscot 0-2), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Tropeano 1-0) at Milwaukee (Guerra 0-0), 5:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Nola 1-2) at St. Louis (Wacha 2-1), 5:15 p.m. Washington (Roark 2-2) at Kansas City (Young 1-4), 5:15 p.m. Colorado (Butler 0-0) at San Diego (Cashner 1-2), 7:10 p.m. Giants 9, Reds 6 San Fran Cincinnati AB R H B AB R H B Span cf 5 0 1 1 B.Hmltn cf 4 1 1 1 Matt.Df 3b 4 0 0 0 D Jesus ss 3 1 2 0 Posey c 4 1 2 0 Votto 1b 4 1 1 3 Pence rf 4 2 1 0 Phllips 2b 4 1 1 0 Belt 1b 4 2 3 1 Bruce rf 4 1 1 1 Wllmson lf 2 1 0 0 Suarez 3b 3 0 0 0 G.Blnco ph-lf21 1 1 Schbler lf 4 0 1 1 B.Crwfr ss 5 1 2 4 Brnhart c 4 1 1 0 Tmlnson 2b 5 1 2 0 Fnnegan p 1 0 0 0 Cueto p 2 0 1 2 Duvall ph 1 0 0 0 Gllspie ph 1 0 1 0 J..Rmrz p 0 0 0 0 Ja.Lpez p 0 0 0 0 Hayes p 0 0 0 0 Mazzaro p 1 0 0 0 Hoover p 0 0 0 0 Osich p 0 0 0 0 Pacheco ph1 0 0 0 Brown ph 1 0 0 0 Casilla p 0 0 0 0 Totals 40 9 14 9 33 6 8 6 San Fran 030 000 501 — 9 Cincinnati 006 000 000 — 6 DP: San Francisco 1, Cincinnati 1; LOB: San Francisco 9, Cincinnati 3; 2B: Pence (4), B.Hamilton (6); 3B: Belt (2), Bruce (2); HR: B.Crawford (3), Votto (3); SB: Tomlinson (2), Schebler (1); S: Finnegan (1). IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco Cueto 5 7 6 6 2 8 Lopez 02/3 0 0 0 0 1 Mazzaro W,1-002/3 1 0 0 0 0 Osich 12/3 0 0 0 0 0 Casilla S,5-7 1 0 0 0 0 2 Cincinnati Finnegan 6 6 3 3 3 4 Ramirez L,0-201/3 4 4 4 0 1 Hayes BS,1 12/3 3 2 2 1 2 Hoover 1 1 0 0 0 0 Hayes pitched to 2 batters in the 9th HBP: by Finnegan (Williamson). T: 3:17; A: 13,829 (42,319). Giants 6, Mets 1 (Sunday's box) San Fran New York AB R H B AB R H B Span cf 4 0 0 0 Lagares rf 4 1 2 0 Pagan lf 3 0 1 1 D.Wrght 3b4 0 2 1 Law p 0 0 0 0 Cnforto lf 5 0 0 0 Ja.Lpez p 0 0 0 0 Cspedes cf 4 0 1 0 Gearrin p 0 0 0 0 N.Wlker 2b 4 0 2 0 Osich p 0 0 0 0 W.Flres ss 4 0 1 0 Casilla p 0 0 0 0 Plwecki c 4 0 1 0 Matt.Df 3b 4 2 2 0 Cmpbell 1b2 0 1 0 Posey c 4 2 2 1 Duda ph-1b1 0 0 0 Belt 1b 3 0 0 1 Syndrgr p 2 0 0 0 Pence rf 4 1 2 3 Robles p 0 0 0 0 B.Crwfr ss 4 0 1 0 A.Cbrra ph 1 0 0 0 Tmlnson 2b 3 1 0 0 Bstardo p 0 0 0 0 Bmgrner p 3 0 0 0 Verrett p 0 0 0 0 G.Blnco lf 1 0 0 0 Grndrsn ph1 0 0 0 Blevins p 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 6 8 6 36 1 10 1 San Fran 000 301 110 — 6 New York 000 000 100 — 1 DP: San Francisco 1, New York 1; LOB: San Francisco 3, New York 12; 2B: Lagares (2), Cespedes (4); HR: Posey (4), Pence (5); SB: Matt.Duffy 2 (2), B.Crawford (1), Tomlinson (1). IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco Bgarner W,3-2 6 6 0 0 3 7 Law 0 2 1 1 0 0 Lopez 01/3 0 0 0 0 0 Gearrin 1 2 0 0 0 0 Osich 02/3 0 0 0 0 1 Casilla 1 0 0 0 1 1 New York Synderd L, 2-1 52/3 5 4 4 2 6 Robles 01/3 1 0 0 0 0 Bastardo 1 1 1 1 1 0 Verrett 1 1 1 1 0 1 Blevins 1 0 0 0 0 1 Law pitched to 2 batters in the 7th T: 3:19; A: 39,077 (41,922). AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Texas 15 11 .577 _ Seattle 13 11 .542 1 A's 13 13 .500 2 Los Angeles 12 14 .462 3 Houston 8 17 .320 61/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Chicago 18 8 .692 _ Detroit 14 10 .583 3 Kansas City 13 11 .542 4 Cleveland 10 12 .455 6 Minnesota 7 18 .280 101/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Boston 15 10 .600 _ Baltimore 14 10 .583 1/2 Tampa Bay 11 13 .458 31/2 Toronto 12 15 .444 4 New York 8 15 .348 6 Sunday's games Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 1 Chicago White Sox 7, Baltimore 1 Detroit 6, Minnesota 5 Philadelphia 2, Cleveland 1 L.A. Angels 9, Texas 6 Houston 2, A's 1 Kansas City 4, Seattle 1 Boston 8, N.Y. Yankees 7 Monday's games Texas 2, Toronto 1 Milwaukee 8, L.A. Angels 5 Minnesota at Houston (n.) Washington at Kansas City (n.) Seattle at A's (n.) Tuesday's games Detroit (Verlander 2-2) at Cleveland (Tomlin 3-0), 3:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Severino 0-3) at Baltimore (Tillman 2-1), 4:05 p.m. Texas (Perez 1-2) at Toronto (Estrada 1-2), 4:07 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kazmir 1-2) at Tampa Bay (Moore 1-2), 4:10 p.m. Boston (Wright 2-2) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 3-1), 5:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Tropeano 1-0) at Milwaukee (Guerra 0-0), 5:10 p.m. Minnesota (Meyer 0-0) at Houston (McHugh 2-3), 5:10 p.m. Washington (Roark 2-2) at Kansas City (Young 1-4), 5:15 p.m. Seattle (Iwakuma 0-3) at A's (Gray 3-2), 7:05 p.m. Astros 2, A's 1 (Sunday's box) Houston Oakland AB R H B AB R H B Altuve 2b 3 1 1 1 Burns cf 4 0 0 0 Sprnger rf 4 0 0 0 Lowrie 2b 4 0 1 0 Correa ss 2 0 0 0 Reddick rf 4 0 1 0 Col.Rsm cf 3 0 0 1 K.Davis lf 4 0 1 0 Gattis dh 2 0 0 0 Vogt c 4 0 1 0 White 1b 4 0 0 0 Ldndorf pr 0 0 0 0 Tucker lf 4 0 0 0 Phegley c 0 0 0 0 Ma.Gnzl 3b 2 0 0 0 Crisp dh 4 0 1 0 J.Cstro c 3 1 1 0 Coghlan 3b4 1 1 0 Alonso 1b 3 0 1 0 Semien ss 4 0 1 1 Totals 27 2 2 2 35 1 8 1 Houston 101 000 000 — 2 Oakland 000 000 100 — 1 DP: Oakland 1; LOB: Houston 7, Oakland 8; 2B: Lowrie (5); HR: Altuve (7); SB: Ma.Gonzalez (2); SF: Col.Rasmus (2). IP H R ER BB SO Houston Fister W,2-3 62/3 7 1 1 1 5 Sipp 02/3 0 0 0 0 0 Harris 02/3 1 0 0 0 0 Gregerson 5-51 0 0 0 0 1 Oakland Hill L,3-3 6 2 2 2 5 4 Hendriks 1 0 0 0 1 1 Rodriguez 11/3 0 0 0 1 1 Rzepczynski02/3 0 0 0 1 2 T: 2:50; A: 24,135 (37,090). NBA PLAYOFF GLANCE (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Sunday, May 1 Miami 106, Charlotte 73, Miami wins series 4-3 Golden State 118, Portland 106, Golden State leads series 1-0 Toronto 89, Indiana 84, Tornto wins series 4-3 Monday, May 2 Cleveland 104, Atlanta 93, Cleveland leads series 1-0 Oklahoma City at San Antonio, (n.) Tuesday, May 3 Portland at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 4 Atlanta at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Warriors 118, Trail Blazers 106 (Sunday's box) TRAIL BLAZERS (106) Aminu 6-13 0-0 15, Harkless 4-12 1-3 10, Plumlee 0-7 1-2 1, Lillard 8-26 10-10 30, McCollum 5-17 2-2 12, Crabbe 6-9 3-3 15, Henderson 2-3 0-0 5, Davis 5-6 1-1 11, Roberts 1-1 0-0 2, Connaughton 1-2 0-0 3, Montero 1-1 0-0 2, Vonleh 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-97 18-21 106. WARRIORS (118) Barnes 4-7 1-2 10, Green 6-14 9-9 23, Bogut 5-8 0-0 10, Livingston 4-9 4-4 12, Thompson 14-28 2-3 37, Iguodala 1-3 4-4 6, Barbosa 2-4 1-2 6, Varejao 2-3 0-0 4, Clark 2-7 0-0 4, Speights 3-7 0-0 6, Rush 0-1 0-0 0, McAdoo 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 43-91 21-24 118. Portland 17 34 22 33 — 106 Golden State 37 28 28 25 — 118 3-Point Goals: Portland 10-31 (Lillard 4-8, Aminu 3-8, Henderson 1-1, Connaughton 1-2, Harkless 1-5, Crabbe 0-3, McCollum 0-4), Golden State 11-31 (Thompson 7-14, Green 2-5, Barbosa 1-1, Barnes 1-3, Iguodala 0-1, Bogut 0-1, Rush 0-1, Speights 0-2, Clark 0-3); Fouled out: Davis; Rebounds: Portland 51 (Plumlee 12), Golden State 61 (Green 13); Assists: Portland 26 (Plumlee 6), Golden State 27 (Green 11); Total fouls: Portland 19, Golden State 22; Technicals: Henderson 2, Varejao 2. Ejected: Henderson, Vare- jao; A: 19,596 (19,596). NHL PLAYOFF GLANCE (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) SECOND ROUND Sunday, May 1 St. Louis 4, Dallas 3, OT, series tied 1-1 San Jose 3, Nashville 2 Monday, May 2 Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2, Pittsburgh leads series 2-1 Tuesday, May 3 Tampa Bay at NY Islanders, 4 p.m. Dallas at St. Louis, 5 p.m. San Jose at Nashville, 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 4 Washington at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Sharks 3, Predators 2 (Sunday's box) Nashville 0 0 2 — 2 San Jose 0 1 2 — 3 First Period: None. Second Period: 1, San Jose, Couture 4 (Pavelski, Burns), 18:36 (pp). Third Period: 2, Nashville, Ekholm 3 (Wilson, Josi), 12:56. 3, San Jose, Pav- elski 6 (Nieto, Thornton), 17:20. 4, San Jose, Thornton 2 (Couture, Pavelski), 19:04 (en). 5, Nashville, Johansen 3 (Josi, Fisher), 19:56. Shots on Goal: Nashville 10-16-13=39. San Jose 7-10-8=25. Goalies: Nashville, Rinne. San Jose, Jones; A: 17,562 (17,562); T: 2:34. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Colorado 5 2 2 17 12 8 Salt Lake 5 1 2 17 14 12 FC Dallas 5 3 2 17 15 17 Los Angeles 4 1 3 15 18 8 San Jose 4 2 3 15 12 11 Kansas City 4 4 2 14 11 10 Portland 3 3 3 12 14 16 Vancouver 3 5 2 11 12 15 Seattle 3 4 1 10 8 10 Houston 1 5 2 5 14 16 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Montreal 4 3 2 14 13 11 Philadelphia 4 3 1 13 11 8 Toronto FC 3 3 2 11 9 7 Orlando City 2 2 4 10 15 13 D.C. United 2 3 4 10 11 11 N.Y. City FC 2 3 4 10 13 15 New England 1 2 7 10 11 16 New York 3 6 0 9 12 17 Columbus 2 4 2 8 7 10 Chicago 1 2 4 7 7 8 Sunday's games Portland 2, Toronto FC 1 Kansas City 1, Los Angeles 1, tie Friday's game New York at Orlando City, 4 p.m. Saturday's games Portland at Vancouver, 2 p.m. Montreal at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Toronto FC, 4:30 p.m. Kansas City at Houston, 5:30 p.m. Salt Lake at Colorado, 6 p.m. San Jose at Seattle, 7 p.m. Sunday's games New England at Los Angeles, 12:30 p.m. N.Y. City FC at D.C. United, 4:30 p.m. PGA-ZURICH CLASSIC Monday At TPC Louisiana Avondale, La. Purse: $7 million Yardage: 7,341; Par: 72 Final (x-won on second hole of playoff) x-Brian Stuard ............... 64-68-69—201 -15 Byeong-Hun An ............. 68-68-65—201 -15 Jamie Lovemark .............67-66-68—201 -15 Bobby Wyatt................... 67-71-64—202 -14 Jason Day ....................... 69-68-66—203 -13 Chris Kirk.........................71-67-65—203 -13 Jhonattan Vegas ............64-69-70—203 -13 Patton Kizzire.................67-70-68—205 -11 Bryce Molder .................. 71-67-67—205 -11 Harold Varner III ............69-67-69—205 -11 Stuart Appleby ...............69-70-67—206 -10 Charley Hoffman............67-73-66—206 -10 Charles Howell III...........67-69-70—206 -10 Scott Stallings............... 72-68-66—206 -10 LPGA-VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA TEXAS SHOOTOUT Sunday At Las Colinas CC Irving, Texas Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,462; Par: 71 Final a-amateur Jenny Shin ....................... 68-70-65-67—270 Amy Yang ........................ 68-68-65-71—272 Mi Jung Hur ..................... 66-69-66-71—272 Gerina Piller .....................67-65-67-73—272 Shanshan Feng............... 72-69-65-68—274 Ariya Jutanugarn ........... 69-66-69-72—276 Na Yeon Choi................... 74-67-68-68—277 Eun-Hee Ji.........................67-66-71-73—277 Sei Young Kim..................68-67-68-74—277 Mirim Lee.......................... 70-71-67-70—278 Cristie Kerr.......................72-67-69-70—278 Karine Icher ..................... 71-67-70-70—278 In Gee Chun......................69-73-70-67—279 Sarah Jane Smith ............72-71-67-69—279 Jacqui Concolino.............69-70-69-71—279 Angela Stanford..............70-71-69-70—280 Candie Kung......................71-67-71-71—280 Charley Hull .................... 71-69-68-72—280 Gaby Lopez.......................72-71-70-68—281 Stacy Lewis...................... 74-70-67-70—281 Brooke M. Henderson ....69-68-73-71—281 So Yeon Ryu .....................67-73-68-73—281 Ashleigh Simon................ 71-69-71-71—282 Nannette Hill....................70-68-73-71—282 Paula Reto....................... 73-69-68-72—282 Marina Alex......................70-72-68-72—282 Belen Mozo.......................70-69-71-72—282 Dori Carter ...................... 71-69-69-73—282 Simin Feng........................ 71-70-70-72—283 Motorsports NASCAR SPRINT CUP-GEICO 500 RESULTS Sunday At Talladega Superspeedway Talladega, Ala. Lap length: 2.66 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (7) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 188 laps, 45 points. 2. (17) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 188, 40. 3. (2) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 188, 38. 4. (30) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 188, 37. 5. (1) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 188, 37. 6. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 188, 35. 7. (34) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 188, 34. 8. (18) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 188, 33. 9. (19) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 188, 32. 10. (13) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 188, 32. 11. (32) Landon Cassill, Ford, 188, 30. 12. (33) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 188, 30. 13. (12) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 188, 28. 14. (28) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 188, 28. 15. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 188, 27. 16. (6) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 188, 25. 17. (39) David Gilliland, Ford, 188, 24. 18. (36) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 188, 24. 19. (26) Bobby Labonte, Ford, 188, 23. 20. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 188, 21. Tennis MUTUA MADRID OPEN RESULTS Monday At Caja Magica Madrid, Spain Purse: Men, $5.5 million, (WT1000); Women, $6 million (Premier) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles MEN First Round Gilles Simon (16), France, def. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, def. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4. Milos Raonic (11), Canada, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 7-6 (4), 6-1. Andrey Kuznetsov, Russia, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-4, 6-4. Richard Gasquet (10), France, def. Roberto Carballes Baena, Spain, 6-1, 7-6 (5). Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Teymu- raz Gabashvili, Russia, 6-1, 6-4. Lucas Pouille, France, def. David Goffin (12), Belgium, 7-6 (4), 2-6, 7-6 (7). Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-4, 6-4. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-4. Sam Querrey, United States, def. Pierre- Hughes Herbert, France, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-4. David Ferrer (9), Spain, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. WO MEN Second Round Daria Gavrilova, Australia, def. Elina Svitolina (12), Ukraine, 6-2, 7-6 (4). Christina McHale, United States, def. Karolina Pliskova (13), Czech Republic, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Patricia Maria Tig, Romania, def. Sloane Stephens (16), United States, 6-2, 6-3. Petra Kvitova (5), Czech Republic, def. Elena Vesnina, Russia, 6-3, 6-3. Madison Keys, United States, def. Bar- bora Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3. Victoria Azarenka (4), Belarus, def. Alize Cornet, France, 6-3, 6-2. Louisa Chirico, United States, def. Ana Ivanovic (14), Serbia, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, def. Garb- ine Muguruza (3), Spain, 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-3. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE Tuesday MLB NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog Chicago -200/+180 at Pittsburgh at Miami -115/+105 Arizona San Francisco -145/+135 at Cincinnati at New York -230/+210 Atlanta at St. Louis -155/+145 Philadelphia at San Diego -106/-104 Colorado Tuesday AMERICAN LEAGUE at Cleveland -120/+110 Detroit at Baltimore -135/+125 New York at Toronto -165/+155 Texas at Chicago -131/+121 Boston at Houston -160/+150 Minnesota at Oakland -129/+119 Seattle INTERLEAGUE at Tampa Bay -113/+103 LA Dodgers La Angels -127/+117 at Milwaukee at Kansas City -112/+102 Washington NBA Tuesday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Toronto 41/2 (191) Miami at San Antonio 71/2 (2001/2)Oklahoma City at Golden State 10 (2131/2) Portland NHL Tuesday Favorite Line Underdog at NY Islanders -106/-104 Tampa Bay at St. Louis -135/+125 Dallas at Nashville -116/+106 San Jose By Diamond Leung Bay Area News Group OAKLAND Draymond Green has seen plenty of tweets intended to insult him for being nothing without Stephen Curry alongside him. Of course, he isn't the only player to have heard that sentiment. The Warriors have shown it isn't true. Headed into Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Port- land Trail Blazers on Tues- day, the Warriors have out- scored their playoff oppo- nents by 72 points over the five halves of basket- ball since Curry sprained his knee. "That's just jealousy," Warriors center Andrew Bogut said of the criti- cism. "We're a great team. Steph's a huge part of what we do, and obviously he makes everybody better. Does LeBron James make Tristan Thompson better? Does Kevin Durant make Steven Adams better? It's a pointless argument. "People are just jealous of Draymond's success, so they want to take pot- shots at him and guys on our team saying, 'You guys wouldn't be as good with- out XYZ.' But the fact of the matter is we have XYZ, and we're pretty good. So it's just stupid, in my opinion." Klay Thompson is the first player in NBA history to make seven 3-pointers in three consecutive play- off games, and the streak started once Curry went down with the knee injury in Game 4 of the Warriors' first-round series against the Houston Rockets. More than merely a shooter, Thompson has done the job on the de- fensive end as well, help- ing hold Portland's Da- mian Lillard to an 8-for- 26 shooting performance in the Warriors' Game 1 win Sunday. "We're asking more of him because without Steph...there's a lot of shots out there, and Klay, he's the obvious guy to take some of those that are available," Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. "We want him being as aggressive as possible, and he's been fantastic. The fact that he's doing all this while guarding James Harden, Damian Lillard, that's pretty impressive. "It takes a phenomenal athlete. it takes incredible conditioning and physical strength to play both ends for 37 minutes like he did. There's just not many play- ers in the whole league who can do what he did yester- day." NBA PLAYOFFS Green is key to Curry-less success MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Portland Trail Blazers' Damian Lillard (0) drives to the basket Warriors' Draymond Green (23) and Klay Thompson, center le , defend during the first half in Game 1of a second-round l playoff series in Oakland By Andrew Baggarly Bay Area News Group CINCINNATI It was a bi- zarre scene last season when the Giants played a series at Great Ameri- can Ball Park. One of the faux smokestacks in cen- ter field went up in flames, and firefighters battled the blaze as play continued. There weren't any structure fires during the Giants' 9-6 victory here Monday night. Just a three-run home run from Brandon Crawford that soared into the stands, and another immolation from the league's worst bullpen. Johnny Cueto's first start as a visitor in Cin- cinnati barely registered a golf clap from the small- ish crowd. Reds fans are schooled by now to save their voices, and their pro- testations, for the moment the bullpen gate swings open. As Reds relievers blew a three-run lead in the seventh inning, they tied a major league record. They have given up at least one run in 20 consecutive games. Crawford's shot was the last of five consecutive hits as the Giants claimed their seventh come-from-be- hind victory this season and spared Cueto from a losing decision against his former teammates. The rebuilding Reds made no attempt to keep Cueto before dealing him to the Kansas City Royals last summer and watch- ing him sign a $130 mil- lion contract with the Gi- ants in December. So there wasn't an ounce of acri- mony for the right-handed ace who excelled and en- tertained for eight years here. There wasn't much of anything. Empty seats do not make noise. The Reds had neither the promise of a promotional trinket nor a contending club to fill them on a school night. Cueto's loudest recep- tion came from his former teammates, who needed one look at him before pounding him the second time through the order. Cueto endured a six-run third inning in which he threw 46 pitches, the most by any Giant in one frame in more than 12 years. Joey Votto bolted from a slump so pronounced that he mused about giving back the $200 million still owed to him, hitting a three-run home run as the Reds sent 11 men to the plate. Not only did Giants manager Bruce Bochy al- low Cueto to keep throw- ing pitches in the third, but he let Cueto hit for himself in the fourth. Bo- chy no doubt remembered how Cueto righted himself after a five-run first in- ning against the Dodgers on April 10. And with the Reds' lack of relief, Bochy knew a comeback was not out of the question. NATIONAL LEAGUE Cu et o st ru gg le s in h om ec om in g | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016 2 B