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AUTORACING NASCAR Camping World Series Truck Racing, North Carolina Education Lottery 200, Final Practice:1:30p.m., FS1. COLLEGE BASEBALL Florida at LSU: 4:30p.m., ESPNU. MLB BASEBALL Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers or Seattle Mariners vs. Baltimore Orioles: 10:30 a.m., MLB. Washington Nationals vs. New York Mets or Atlanta Braves vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: 4p.m., MLB. San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres: 6p.m., CSNBA. New York Yankees at Oakland Athletics: 7p.m., CSN. NBA PLAYOFFS Cleveland Cavaliers at Toron- to Raptors: 5:30p.m., ESPN. CYCLING UCI Tour of California, Stage 5Lodi - South Lake Tahoe: 2 p.m., NBCSN. GOLF Champions Tour, Regions Tra- dition, Round 1: 10a.m., GOLF. PGA Tour, Byron Nelson Round 1: 1p.m., GOLF. EPGA Tour, Irish Open Round 2: 1:30a.m., GOLF. HOCKEY IIHF World Championship, Quarterfinal: 6a.m., NBCSN. IIHF World Championship, Quarterfinal: 10a.m., NBCSN. NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, St. Louis Blues at San Jose Sharks, Western Conference Final, Game 3: 6p.m., NBCSN. SOCCER DFL Playoffs, Nuremburg vs. T.B.A. Leg 1: 11:30a.m., FS1. Ontheair Clawson led off the fourth with another walk and stole second, allow- ing him to score easily on a Pritchard base hit to the fence in center. Pritchard would be thrown out in a fielder's choice, but Austin Youngblood stole second and scored on an Edwards double to left-center. Up 7-0 after four in- nings, the Spartans needed three runs in the fifth to call it a night and once again Clawson tried to set up Pritchard to be the hero. Spencer led off the fifth with a walk and Tweedt singled to shallow right to put runners at first and sec- ond for Clawson, who sin- gled to left to score Spencer and put the winning run on base for Pritchard. He was hit by a pitch, though, to load the bases and the win would fall to his team- mates. Youngblood hustled to beat the throw and reached on an infield hit, scoring Tweedt from third. Ed- wards' bat finished the job with a sacrifice fly to cen- ter that brought Clawson home for the win. Sinclair gave up just two hits in the five-inning shut- out and struck out three. The Cougars went down in order in the first, sec- ond and fifth innings and Sinclair faced just four bat- ters each in the third and fourth. Pritchard ended the night 2 for 3 with four RBIs on a double and a single; Edwards went 2 for 3 and had three RBIs on a home run and double; But- ton went 2 for 3 and had a pair of singles and a run; Tweedt was 1 for 2 and had a single and a walk; Young- blood was 1 for 4 and had an RBI on a single; and Clawson went 1 for 1 with an RBI on a pair of walks and a single. Spencer stole twice and Youngblood, Tweedt, Claw- son and Dustin Crain each stole once. With the win the Spar- tans will advance to face the top-seeded Chico Pan- thers at 4 p.m. Saturday at Butte College in Chico. Spartans FROM PAGE 1 his record-extending 15th stage in California. "I have to thank my teammates," he said. "They were pulling all day." Alaphilippe, who won the previous day's climb up Gibraltar Road, earned an early 3-second time bo- nus to push the French- man's lead to 22 seconds over American rider Peter Stetina. George Bennett of New Zealand is 37 seconds adrift as the race heads to the start of Stage 5 in Lodi. The stage Thursday takes riders 132 miles, most of it spent climb- ing through forests and vineyards, to South Lake Tahoe. A short, steep climb near the finish could help to shape the overall race lead. Meanwhile, the four- stage women's Tour of California begins Thurs- day with a 72-mile loop of Lake Tahoe that finishes at the same ski resort as the men's stage. Among the favorites will be Olympic gold medalist Marianne Vos, reigning U.S. cham- pion Megan Guarnier and her teammate, Evelyn Ste- vens. "It's a top-class field, if you look around. It's all the top-class riders from all around the world," said Vos, who is back from in- juries sustained in a crash earlier this year. "Everyone is in good form." Cycling FROM PAGE 1 men in the offensive zone, and more often than not, efficiently break out of their own zone. In the five-game series, the Sharks allowed never allowed more than 28 shots. The Blues were held to 23 shots in Game 1 and 26 shots in Game 2. Vladimir Tarasenko had six shots on goal in Tuesday's 4-0 win by the Sharks, but just two came at even strength. One of those was on an early first period chance when he stole the puck from Paul Martin deep in the Sharks' zone and put a shot on goal that was stopped by Marin Jones. The other came from center ice at the end of the second period. "They're pretty good off the rush," Sharks center Logan Couture said after Tuesday's 4-0 win. "They're better off the rush than people give them credit for. They have a lot of skill, the Tarasenko line, they're very, very skilled together and they can make plays off that rush. "I think we've done a good job of breaking out. The biggest thing so far, (defensemen) are going back and making great plays and the forwards are there to support." The Sharks have been without forward Nieto for the last three games and he remains day-to-day, ac- cording to Sharks coach Pete DeBoer. Nieto is an effective checker at both ends for the way he uses his speed to close gaps on op- posing players in open ice. Besides simple foot speed, Blues coach Ken Hitchcock told reporters Wednesday morning in St. Louis that the Sharks' quickness stems from their puck movement, when they can get out of their own zone and create odd man rushes the other way. "They're stretching us out. They're making us play 3 and 2, and we're not at our best when we have to play 3 and 2," he said. Sharks FROM PAGE 1 but California Chrome in 2014 was the only horse to win from the third post since 1993. Starting from the 13th post position in the Derby, Nyquist won the 20-horse race by 1 lengths over Exaggerator. Nyquist can expect far less traffic against a smaller field at the Preakness, which cov- ers 1 3/16th miles at Pim- lico Race Course. "He's a very mature horse that has speed away from the gate," O'Neill said. "And he doesn't like to lose." O'Neill enters the Preak- ness seeking to keep alive his hopes of winning the Triple Crown. A year ago, American Pharoah became the 12th Triple Crown win- ner and the first since Af- firmed in 1978. Exaggerator has the best odds behind Nyquist at 3-1. The horse, trained by Keith Desormeaux, drew the fifth post position. "Being that Nyquist is speed oriented, he'll prob- ably get pressed from the outside," Desormeaux said. "It may make him go a lit- tle faster. That could be tactically advantageous for us." Exaggerator has finished behind Nyquist on four different occasions, but Desormeaux hopes things will be different on Satur- day. "We respect what he's done," Desormeaux said, "but we're hopeful of turn- ing the tables." Stradavari, at 8-1, was the third choice, as se- lected by Pimlico handi- capper Keith Feustle. Trainer Todd Pletcher, asked his reaction to hav- ing Stradavari starting out- side at 11, said, "I'm happy with it. The good thing is you can kind of dictate things instead of them be- ing dictated to you." The race is scheduled for around 3:30 p.m. PDT on Saturday. The field in- cludes Lani, a Japanese- bred horse. Preakness FROM PAGE 1 wound up with 14 points for his fourth double-digit scoring performance of the postseason. Festus Ezeli scored 12 points for his first game in double digits these play- offs, Marreese Speights had 13 points off the bench, and Golden State didn't fal- ter after halftime the way it did two nights earlier in losing Game 1 108-102. The Warriors built a 20-point lead late in the third and kept pushing. It was a stark contrast from Monday,when Golden State allowed 38 third- quarter and was held to playoff lows of 42 second- half points and 14 in the fourth quarter. Oklahoma City's 14-point comeback in Game 1 was the largest against the Warriors this postseason. Curry said immediately after Game 1 he couldn't wait for another chance and the opportunity to overcome dropping the series opener for the first time since 2013. Then, he took out any remaining frustrations from Monday's loss on the Thunder. Even if the do-every- thing MVP gave the entire building a mighty scare when he went diving into the stands at the 2:54 mark of the first quarter before slowly finding his way up in one piece. Curry was side- lined by ankle and knee in- juries during the first two rounds of the playoffs. Golden State is 12-0 in games after a loss this sea- son and 3-0 in the postsea- son. HomeCourt Warriors coach Steve Kerr wasn't fretting about one home loss. He won five champion- ships as a player, and he knows protecting home court is important but not everything early in a series. "Asfarasearlierinthese- ries, I'll tell you this: Almost every team that I was ever a part of had to win games on the road in the playoffs in order to win a series," he said."SoIdon'tthinkthere's any sense of 'Oh, my gosh, we lost home court after Game 1.' Home court mat- terstomelateron.Weknow we're going to have to win some road games, just like we did last year." More Honors Golden State was named "Sports Team of the year" and owner Joe Lacob "Sports Executive of the Year" at the Ninth Annual Sports Business Awards in New York. Warriors FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Giants 23 18 .561 _ Los Angeles 21 19 .525 11/2 Colorado 20 19 .513 2 Arizona 19 23 .452 41/2 San Diego 17 23 .425 51/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Chicago 27 10 .730 _ Pittsburgh 21 18 .538 7 St. Louis 21 19 .525 71/2 Milwaukee 17 22 .436 11 Cincinnati 15 25 .375 131/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 24 16 .600 _ Philadelphia 24 17 .585 1/2 New York 22 17 .564 11/2 Miami 21 19 .525 3 Atlanta 10 29 .256 131/2 Tuesday's games Cleveland 13, Cincinnati 1 Pittsburgh 12, Atlanta 9 Philadelphia 3, Miami 1 N.Y. Mets 2, Washington 0 Milwaukee 4, Chicago Cubs 2 Colorado 3, St. Louis 1 Arizona 5, N.Y. Yankees 3 L.A. Dodgers 5, L.A. Angels 1 Giants 5, San Diego 1 Wednesday's games Philadelphia 4, Miami 2 Atlanta 3, Pittsburgh 1 Cleveland 8, Cincinnati 7, 12 innings Washington 7, N.Y. Mets 1 St. Louis 2, Colorado 0 N.Y. Yankees at Arizona, (n.) L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, (n.) Giants at San Diego, (n.) Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, (n.) Thursday's games Chicago Cubs (Hammel 5-0) at Milwau- kee (Guerra 2-0), 10:40 a.m. Atlanta (Foltynewicz 1-1) at Pittsburgh (Locke 1-3), 4:05 p.m. Cleveland (Tomlin 5-0) at Cincinnati (Adleman 1-1), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Strasburg 6-0) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 3-5), 4:10 p.m. Colorado (Gray 1-1) at St. Louis (Wacha 2-4), 4:15 p.m. Giants (Samardzija 5-2) at San Diego (Shields 2-5), 6:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 1-2) at L.A. Angels (Chacin 1-2), 7:05 p.m. Friday's games Atlanta at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Colorado at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Seattle at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Washington at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Arizona at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Giants, 7:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 7:40 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Seattle 22 17 .564 _ Texas 22 19 .537 1 A's 19 22 .463 4 Los Angeles 17 22 .436 5 Houston 17 24 .415 6 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Chicago 24 16 .600 _ Cleveland 20 17 .541 21/2 Kansas City 20 20 .500 4 Detroit 19 21 .475 5 Minnesota 10 29 .256 131/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Baltimore 24 14 .632 _ Boston 25 16 .610 1/2 Tampa Bay 19 19 .500 5 Toronto 19 23 .452 7 New York 16 22 .421 8 Tuesday's games Cleveland 13, Cincinnati 1 Seattle 10, Baltimore 0 Tampa Bay 12, Toronto 2 Detroit 7, Minnesota 2 Houston 6, Chicago White Sox 5, 11 innings Kansas City 8, Boston 4 Arizona 5, N.Y. Yankees 3 A's 8, Texas 5 L.A. Dodgers 5, L.A. Angels 1 Wednesday's games Detroit 6, Minnesota 3 Kansas City 3, Boston 2 A's 8, Texas 1 Baltimore 5, Seattle 2 Tampa Bay 6, Toronto 3 Cleveland 8, Cincinnati 7, 12 innings Houston 5, Chicago White Sox 3 Boston 5, Kansas City 2 N.Y. Yankees at Arizona, (n.) L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels, (n.) Thursday's games Seattle (Karns 3-1) at Baltimore (Wilson 2-1), 9:35 a.m. Cleveland (Tomlin 5-0) at Cincinnati (Adleman 1-1), 4:10 p.m. Houston (McHugh 4-3) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 8-0), 5:10 p.m. Toronto (Estrada 1-2) at Minnesota (Santana 1-2), 5:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 1-2) at L.A. Angels (Chacin 1-2), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Nova 2-1) at A's (Graveman 1-5), 7:05 p.m. Friday's games Tampa Bay at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. Cleveland at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Seattle at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Texas at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Toronto at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at A's, 6:35 p.m. Baltimore at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Athletics 8, Rangers 1 Texas Oakland AB R H B AB R H B Odor 2b 4 0 0 0 Crisp lf 4 0 1 1 Desmnd cf 4 1 2 0 B.Burns cf 5 1 1 0 Beltre 3b 4 0 0 0 Reddick rf 3 2 1 0 Fielder dh 4 0 1 1 Vlencia 3b 4 2 3 2 Rua lf 3 0 0 0 K.Davis dh 2 2 2 1 Mreland 1b 4 0 0 0 B.Btler 1b 3 0 0 0 Andrus ss 3 0 1 0 Alonso 1b 1 1 1 1 Stubbs rf 2 0 0 0 Semien ss 4 0 2 2 Holaday c 3 0 0 0 Vogt c 4 0 1 0 Ldndorf 2b 3 0 0 1 Totals 31 1 4 1 33 8 12 8 Texas 000 001 000 — 1 Oakland 300 001 04x — 8 DP: Texas 2; LOB: Texas 5, Oakland 6; 2B: Crisp (8); HR: K.Davis (12); SB: Desmond (8), Stubbs (3), B.Burns (10), Reddick (3); SF: Crisp (2). IP H R ER BB SO Texas Perez L,1-4 7 8 4 4 2 3 Faulkner 0 1 1 1 0 0 Jackson 0 3 3 3 1 0 Claudio 1 0 0 0 1 2 Oakland Hill W,6-3 6 3 1 1 1 6 Rodriguez 2 1 0 0 0 1 Triggs 1 0 0 0 0 1 Faulkner pitched to 1 batter in the 8th L.Jackson pitched to 4 batters in the 8th HBP: by Hill (Rua); PB: Holaday; T: 2:31; A: 14,323 (37,090); Basketball NBA PLAYOFF GLANCE CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Monday, May 16 Oklahoma City 108, Golden State 102, Oklahoma City leads series 1-0 Tuesday, May 17 Cleveland 115, Toronto 84, Cleveland leads series 1-0 Wednesday, May 18 Golden State 118, Oklahoma City 91, series tied 1-1 Thursday, May 19 Toronto at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 21 Cleveland at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. Sunday, May 22 Golden State at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Monday, May 23 Cleveland at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24 Golden State at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 25 x-Cleveland at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26 x-Oklahoma City at Golden State, 6 p.m. Friday, May 27 x-Cleveland at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 28 x-Golden State at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Sunday, May 29 x-Toronto at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m. Monday, May 30 x-Oklahoma City at Golden State, 6 p.m. Warriors 118, Thunder 91 THUNDER (91) Durant 11-18 5-5 29, Ibaka 1-6 0-0 3, Adams 4-6 1-2 9, Westbrook 5-14 5-5 16, Roberson 2-5 0-0 5, Singler 0-0 0-2 0, Collison 2-2 0-0 4, Kanter 3-5 0-0 6, Payne 1-4 0-0 2, Morrow 1-3 3-3 5, Foye 2-4 0-0 5, Waiters 3-11 0-2 7. Totals 35-78 14-19 91. WARRIORS (118) Barnes 5-8 0-0 11, Green 4-9 0-0 10, Bogut 2-2 0-0 4, Curry 9-15 5-5 28, Thompson 5-17 3-4 15, Iguodala 4-10 5-6 14, Speights 5-6 1-2 13, Varejao 1-1 2-3 4, Ezeli 5-5 2-6 12, Livingston 1-3 0-0 2, Clark 0-3 1-2 1, Barbosa 2-6 0-0 4, Rush 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 43-85 19-28 118. Oklahoma City 20 29 19 23 — 91 Golden State 27 30 31 30 — 118 3-Point Goals: Oklahoma City 7-23 (Durant 2-4, Foye 1-2, Roberson 1-2, Waiters 1-4, Ibaka 1-4, Westbrook 1-5, Morrow 0-1, Payne 0-1), Golden State 13-28 (Curry 5-8, Speights 2-2, Green 2-4, Thompson 2-8, Barnes 1-1, Iguodala 1-3, Clark 0-1, Barbosa 0-1); Fouled out: None; Rebounds: Oklahoma City 36 (Ad- ams 10), Golden State 45 (Green 8); As- sists: Oklahoma City 22 (Westbrook 12), Golden State 26 (Green 7); Total fouls: Oklahoma City 22, Golden State 21; Tech- nicals: Durant; A: 19,596 (19,596). WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 2 0 1.000 — Dallas 2 1 .667 1/2 Sparks 1 0 1.000 1/2 San Antonio 0 1 .000 11/2 Seattle 0 1 .000 11/2 Phoenix 0 2 .000 2 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 2 0 1.000 — Atlanta 1 0 1.000 — Chicago 1 1 .500 1/2 Indiana 1 1 .500 1/2 Connecticut 0 1 .000 1 Washington 0 2 .000 11/2 Tuesday's games No games scheduled Wednesday's games Minnesota 97, Chicago 80 Dallas 87, Washington 77 Indiana 97, Phoenix 93 Thursday's games Connecticut at San Antonio, 9 a.m. NHL PLAYOFF GLANCE CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Friday, May 13 Tampa Bay 3, Pittsburgh 1 Sunday, May 15 St. Louis 2, San Jose 1 Monday, May 16 Pittsburgh 3, Tampa Bay 2, OT, series tied 1-1 Tuesday, May 17 San Jose 4, St. Louis 0, series tied 1-1 Wednesday, May 18 Pittsburgh 4, Tampa Bay 2, Pittsburgh leads series 2-1 Thursday, May 19 St. Louis at San Jose, 6 p.m. Friday, May 20 Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay 5 p.m. Saturday, May 21 St. Louis at San Jose, 4:15 p.m. Sunday, May 22 Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Monday, May 23 San Jose at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 24 x-Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 25 x-St. Louis at San Jose, 6 p.m. Thursday, May 26 x-Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Friday, May 27 x-San Jose at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Colorado 7 2 3 24 15 9 FC Dallas 7 4 2 23 19 19 Vancouver 6 5 2 20 20 20 Los Angeles 5 1 4 19 24 12 San Jose 5 3 3 18 15 14 Salt Lake 5 3 2 17 14 14 KC 5 6 2 17 13 14 Seattle 4 5 1 13 10 12 Portland 3 6 3 12 17 22 Houston 3 6 2 11 18 19 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA N.Y. City FC 4 3 5 17 18 17 Montreal 4 3 4 16 18 16 Philadelphia 4 3 3 15 14 11 Toronto FC 4 4 3 15 14 12 D.C. United 3 4 4 13 13 13 New England 2 3 7 13 15 20 New York 4 7 1 13 14 20 Orlando City 2 3 5 11 17 16 Columbus 2 4 4 10 12 15 Chicago 1 5 4 7 8 13 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday's games N.Y. City FC 1, Toronto FC 1 New York 1, Chicago 0 Friday's games Philadelphia at D.C. United, 4 p.m. Saturday's games New York at N.Y. City FC, noon Houston at Chicago, 2 p.m. Columbus at Toronto FC, 4:30 p.m. Montreal at Orlando, 4:30 p.m. FC Dallas at New England, 4:30 p.m. Salt Lake at KC, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Seattle, 7 p.m. Sunday's games Vancouver at Portland, 1:30 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles, 4 p.m. Tennis ATP WORLD TOUR BANQUE ERIC STURDZA GENEVA OPEN RESULTS Wednesday At Tennis Club de Geneve Eaux-Vives Geneva Purse: $566,700 (WT250) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Second Round Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def. John Isner (4), United States, 5-7, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5). Andrey Kuznetsov, Russia, def. Steve Johnson (7), United States, 7-5, 6-4. Federico Delbonis (6), Argentina, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 6-3, 6-0. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Rajeev Ram, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Marin Cilic (3), Croatia, def. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 6-4, 7-6 (5). David Ferrer (2), Spain, def. Denis Isto- min, Uzbekistan, 3-6, 2-3, retired. WTA INTERNATIONAUX DE STRASBOURG RESULTS Wednesday At Centre Sportif de Hautepierre Strasbourg, France Purse: $226,750 (Intl.) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Second Round Elena Vesnina (7), Russia, def. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 6-4, 7-5. Kristina Mladenovic (4), France, def. Alison Riske, United States, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croatia, def. Timea Babos (8), Hungary, 6-1, 6-4. Virginie Razzano, France, def. Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, 7-6 (5), 2-6, 3-2, retired. Pauline Parmentier, France, def. Sloane Stephens (2), United States, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4. Horse Racing PREAKNESS ODDS The field for Saturday's 141st Preakness Stakes, with post position, horse's name, jockey's name and odds: PP Horse Jockey Odds 1. Cherry Wine Lanerie 20-1 2. Uncle Lino Perez 20-1 3. Nyquist Gutierrez 3-5 4. Awesome Speed Toledo 30-1 5. Exaggerator Desormeaux 3-1 6. Lani Take 30-1 7. Collected Castellano 10-1 8. Laoban Geroux 30-1 9. Abiding Star Acosta 30-1 10. Fellowship Lezcano 30-1 11. Stradivari Velazquez 8-1 Trainers (by post position): 1, Dale Ro- mans. 2, Gary Sherlock. 3, Doug O'Neill. 4, Alan Goldberg. 5, Keith Desormeaux. 6, Mikio Matsunaga. 7, Bob Baffert. 8, Eric Guillot. 9, Ned Allar. 10, Mark Casse. 11, Todd Pletcher. Owners (by post position): 1, William Pacella and Frank L. Jones Jr. 2, Tom Mansor, Purple Shamrock Racing and Gary Sherlock. 3, Reddam Racing. 4, Colts Neck Stables. 5, Big Chief Racing LLC. 6, Ms. Yoko Maeda. 7, Speedway Stable. 8, McCormick Racing and Southern Equine Stable. 9, Stonehedge LLC. 10, Jacks or Better Farm. 11, John Gunther, Michael Tabor, Derek Smith and Susan Magnier. Weights: 126 each. Distance: 1 3-16 miles. Purse: $1,500,000. First place: $900,000. Second place: $300,000. Third place: $165,000. Fourth place: $90,000. Fifth: $45,000. Post time: 3:18 p.m. Odds PR EG AME .C OM L INE Thursday MLB NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog Chicago -154/+144 at Milwaukee at Pittsburgh -170/+158 Atlanta Washington -122/+112 at New York at St. Louis -137/+127 Colorado San Francisco -145/+135 at San Diego Thursday AMERICAN LEAGUE at Baltimore -124/+114 Seattle at Chicago -200/+180 Houston Toronto -133/+123 at Minnesota New York -120/+110 at Oakland INTERLEAGUE Cleveland -135/+125 at Cincinnati at La Angels -105/-105 LA Dodgers NBA Thursday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Cleveland 12 (198) Toronto NHL Thursday Favorite Line Underdog at San Jose -138/+128 St. Louis Transactions BASEBALL Boston Red Sox: Recalled RHP Noe Ramirez from Pawtucket (IL) as 26th man for Wednesday's doubleheader. Cleveland Indians: Optioned OF Tyler Naquin to Columbus (IL). Recalled RHP Mike Clevinger from Columbus. Kansas City Royals: Recalled RHP Alec Mills from Northwest Arkansas (TL) as 26th man for Wednesday's doublehead- er. Sent 3B Mike Moustakas to North- west Arkansas and LHP Mike Minor to Omaha (PCL) for rehab assignments. Selected the contract of INF-OF Whit Merrifield from Omaha. Optioned INF Christian Colon to Omaha. Designated OF Jose Martinez for assignment. National League Cincinnati Reds: Optioned INF-OF Jose Peraza and RHP Layne Somsen to Louisville (IL). Recalled RHP Jumbo Diaz from Louisville. Selected the contract of RHP Keyvius Sampson from Louisville. Transferred RHP Homer Bailey to the 60-day DL. Colorado Rockies: Reinstated RHP Miguel Castro from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Albuquerque (PCL). Los Angeles Dodgers: Optioned INF Charlie Culberson to Oklahoma City (PCL). Reinstated RHP Mike Bolsinger from the 15-day DL. Milwaukee Brewers: Assigned LHP Michael Kirkman outright to Colorado Springs (PCL). New York Mets: Optioned LHP Sean Gilmartin to Las Vegas (PCL). Recalled INF Matt Reynolds from Las Vegas. Philadelphia Phillies: Sent RHP Michael Mariot to Lehigh Valley (IL) for a rehab assignment. San Diego Padres: Sent 2B Alexi Ama- rista to San Antonio (TL) for a rehab assignment. Optioned RHP Tayron Guerrero to El Paso (PCL). Acquired OF Jabari Blash from Seattle Mariners for a player to be named or cash and assigned him to El Paso. BASKETBALL USA Basketball: Named Mike Jones men's assistant basketball coach for the 2016 U17 World Championship Team. FOOTBALL National Football League Atlanta Falcons: Signed OL Laurence Gibson. Buffalo Bills: Placed RB Dri Archer on the reserve/did not report list. Cincinnati Bengals: Signed S Shawn Wil- liams to a four-year contract extension and G Christian Westerman. Cleveland Browns: Waived PK Brad Craddock. Claimed PK Jaden Oberkrom off waivers from Jacksonville. Dallas Cowboys: Signed CB Anthony Brown, S Kavon Frazier and Rbs Ezekiel Elliott and Darius Jackson. Green Bay Packers: Signed S Jermaine Whitehead. New Orleans Saints: Signed DL David Onyemata to a four-year contract. Oakland Raiders: Signed DL Jihad Ward. MOTORSPORTS NASCAR: Fine Keith Rodden, the crew chief for driver Kasey Kahne, $25,000 and docked Kahne 15 points in the standings, and the Hendrick Motors- ports No. 5 team lost 15 points in the owners' standings for a failing post-race inspection. TENNIS Usta: Named Amy Choyne chief market- ing officer. COLLEGE NCAA: Approved a medical hardship waiver for a sixth year of eligibility for Il- linois men's basketball C Mike Thorne Jr. Butler: Agreed to terms with men's basketball coach Chris Holtmann on a contract extension through the 2021-22 season. Colorado State: Announced seniore football C Paul Thurston is transferring to the team from Nebraska. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2016 2 B