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Flowers,withadouble-play grounder. Peavy also donated his lungs and legs to the task, sprinting around the bases to score the game's first run on Denard Span's two-out triple in the sixth inning. Matt Duffy, too bruised to start one day after ab- sorbing a 96 mph fastball off his left arm, pinch hit for Peavy and contributed a sacrifice fly in a three- run eighth inning. Span chopped an RBI single to continue the rally, and the Giants (33-21) won for the 16th time in 19 games. Peavy had righted him- self after a miserable April, and was coming off a quality effort against the San Diego Padres. But it would be disingenuous for anyone to say they saw a start like this coming. Left-handers were bat- ting .402 against Peavy and right-handers owned eight home runs in 123 at- bats. He hadn't won in six starts. And while the Braves are a depleted bunch, with almost no power threats outside of Freddie Freeman, they are still a major league lineup. Peavy dismissed them like they were hired help. He was perfect until Ty- ler Flowers rolled a sin- gle through the left side of the infield to begin the fifth inning. Then he threw a cutter to get a double-play grounder from Kelly Johnson, and retired the next six bat- ters with relative ease. They've seen many, many starts like this here at Turner Field. Usually it was someone by the name of Maddux or Glavine who plowed through in- nings before the poor vendors could approach a profit. Peavy (2-5) threw just 77 pitches. He threw first- pitch strikes to 16 of 21 batters. Unlike some of his previous starts, foul balls did not exhaust him. Aside from one confron- tation in the seventh, when Gordon Beckham worked him for seven fouls, Peavy coaxed the Braves into making harmless contact between the chalk lines. He recorded seven outs on cutters, five on fastballs that ranged from 88-91 mph, three on changeups and three on curveballs. He did it all in a mostly empty stadium, the bet- ter for his self-criticisms to be appreciated by folks in the upper deck. As he spurted ephithets, he wrote the Braves' ep- igraph. Peavy got the lead out, too. His single up the mid- dle with two outs in the sixth represented the Gi- ants' first hit off talented Braves right-hander Matt Wisler since Denard Span led off the game with a sin- gle. When Span split the defenders in right-center with his line drive, Peavy burned around the bases and scored without a play. Peavy didn't have much time to enjoy an iced towel over his head in the dug- out, as Joe Panik flied out to end the inning. It did not affect the right-hander when he took the mound again. Giants manager Bruce Bochy did not seek to push Peavy when he had a chance to blow the game open with the bases loaded in the eighth. Duffy's sacri- fice fly scored the first run, Span's chopper brought home another and Panik out down a successful safety squeeze. Four Giants reliev- ers contributed a total of two more hitless in- nings, with Cory Gear- rin recording three of the outs. It was the first time Gearrin stood on the Turner Field mound since he blew out his el- bow as a member of the Braves in 2013. Giants FROMPAGE1 record-setting season. The 28-year-old global superstar was the first unanimous MVP award in league history, while also becoming the first player not only to make 300 3-pointers in a season but also 400 — he finished with 402 — before a series of in- juries slowed him when it mattered most. There was the injured ankle in the first-round Houston series, then he returned only to slip on a wet spot in Game 4 against the Rockets and sprained his right knee. He made a dive into the Oracle Arena stands against the Thun- der and gave himself a puffy elbow, and for a few games Curry hardly looked comfortable with his typ- ically breezy ballhandling and shoot-from-anywhere rhythm. Until he did again. His teammates have come to expect nothing less, even when Curry's body is hurting and specu- lation swirls about whether he is playing somewhere around 70 percent. He has learned to block out the chatter along the way, knowing that just comes with being the best. "That's really one thing that I admire about him. He's a person that's never going to change for any- body. He hasn't changed to try to prove anything," said 2015 Finals MVP Andre Iguodala. "He just stayed true to himself." Curry scored 36 points in the deciding game while making seven 3-pointers and dishing out eight as- sists. He wound up with 32 3s against the Thunder, the most ever in a seven-game postseason series. "I feel joy, for sure," he said. "This is an unbeliev- able accomplishment, to go back to back to the Fi- nals and continue this journey. So I'm kind of just taking in the moment and enjoying it with my team- mates." And for anybody still questioning his toughness, Coach of the Year Steve Kerr brushes such things aside with another timely joke: "Because he looks like he's 12." Perhaps it's easy to for- get how Curry led the War- riors to an NBA-record 24-0 start and a record 73-9 finish. "You have an MVP, two- time, and what he contrib- utes every single night and what he means on the floor for them, you just have to have your antenna up even more," Cleveland's Kyrie Ir- ving said. Four more wins, that's all Curry cares about right now. However they come. "The one thing with Steph is he understands that with all these acco- lades, MVPs, commer- cials, with all that comes great responsibility to his team, to the organi- zation, the fans. He gets that," Kerr said. "He un- derstands that if you play poorly, you're going to get blamed if you're the star. He's had a rough playoff go because of the injuries. I think he finally felt right physically the last couple games. And this is who he is. Having a clutch perfor- mance in a Game 7. That's Steph Curry." Warriors FROM PAGE 1 MLBBASEBALL Minnesota Twins at Oakland Athletics:12:30p.m.,CSN. San Francisco Giants at At- lanta Braves: 4p.m., CSNBA. Los Angeles Dodgers at Chi- cago Cubs: 5p.m., ESPN. GOLF NCAA Division I Champion- ship, Team Match Play, Final: 3p.m., GOLF. Nordea Masters, Round 1: 2 a.m., GOLF. NHL STANLEY CUP FINALS San Jose Sharks at Pitts- burgh Penguins: 5p.m., NBC. SOCCER FIFA International Friendly, Finland vs. Belgium: 11:30 a.m., ESPN2. TENNIS ITF French Open, Mixed Doubles Final: 3a.m., TENNIS. On the air do that we didn't," Zubrus said. "We weren't quick enough ourselves. We couldn't get it out of our end quick enough and get to our forecheck." As a result, the Sharks did little to make Murray uncomfortable. They only produced 26 shots and were too often one and done. "No, we weren't happy with the number of shots," DeBoer said. "We weren't happy with the quality of shots. We weren't happy with the guys who didn't get enough shots." Though Burns contin- ued his torrid postseason by assisting on both San Jose goals to give him 22 points (six goals, 16 as- sists) in 19 games, he's well aware his primary job is to keep the opponent on the other side of the San Jose blue line. "They were making plays when they were over there and if we do what we're supposed to do, hopefully we don't al- low that the whole time," Burns said. "We've got to play our game." The Sharks will have vet- eran center Patrick Mar- leau for Game 2 after the NHL'sDepartmentofPlayer Safety declined to call Mar- leau in for a hearing to dis- cuss his hit on Pittsburgh's Bryan Rust in the third pe- riod. Marleau was penal- ized for an illegal check to the head, but that's all. "It was a clean hit," Burns said. Sharks FROM PAGE 1 KEITH SRAKOCIC — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby, right, centers the puck past San Jose Sharks' Joel Ward (42) as Sharks goalie Martin Jones (31), defends during the first period in Game 1. Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Giants 33 21 .611 _ Los Angeles 27 25 .519 5 Colorado 23 27 .460 8 Arizona 23 31 .426 10 San Diego 20 33 .377 121/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Chicago 35 14 .714 _ Pittsburgh 29 22 .569 7 St. Louis 27 25 .519 91/2 Milwaukee 23 28 .451 13 Cincinnati 17 34 .333 19 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 32 21 .604 _ New York 29 22 .569 2 Miami 27 25 .519 41/2 Philadelphia 26 26 .500 51/2 Atlanta 15 36 .294 16 Monday's games At la nt a 5 , G ia nt s 3 N.Y. Mets 1, Chicago White Sox 0 St. Louis 6, Milwaukee 0 Cincinnati 11, Colorado 8 Houston 8, Arizona 3 Seattle 9, San Diego 3 Chicago Cubs 2, L.A. Dodgers 0 Washington 4, Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 10, Miami 0 Tuesday's games Houston 8, Arizona 5 Seattle 16, San Diego 4 Washington 5, Philadelphia 1 Chicago White Sox 6, N.Y. Mets 4 Miami 3, Pittsburgh 1 Giants 4, Atlanta 0 L.A. Dodgers at Chicago Cubs, (n.) St. Louis at Milwaukee, (n.) Cincinnati at Colorado, (n.) Wednesday's games Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 0-1) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 3-1), 10:10 a.m. St. Louis (Garcia 4-4) at Milwaukee (Davies 2-3), 10:40 a.m. Washington (Scherzer 5-4) at Philadel- phia (Morgan 1-3), 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Niese 5-2) at Miami (Conley 3-3), 4:10 p.m. Giants (Cain 1-5) at Atlanta (Perez 2-1), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Bolsinger 1-1) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 5-3), 5:05 p.m. Arizona (Ray 2-4) at Houston (Fiers 3-3), 5:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Lamb 0-3) at Colorado (Chat- wood 6-3), 5:40 p.m. Seattle (Hernandez 4-4) at San Diego (Friedrich 1-1), 7:10 p.m. Thursday's games Giants at Atlanta, 9:10 a.m. Arizona at Houston, 11:10 a.m. L.A. Dodgers at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Seattle at San Diego, 6:10 p.m. Giants 4, Braves 0 San Fran Atlanta AB R H B AB R H B Span cf 4 0 3 2 Incarte cf 4 0 0 0 Panik 2b 3 0 0 1 Bckm ss-2b3 0 0 0 Pence rf 4 0 0 0 Freeman 1b3 0 0 0 Posey c 4 0 0 0 Flowers c 2 0 1 0 Belt 1b 3 0 0 0 Mrkakis rf 3 0 0 0 B.Crwfr ss 3 1 0 0 K.Jhnsn 2b 2 0 0 0 G.Blnco lf 3 1 1 0 d'Arn ph-ss1 0 0 0 Gllspie 3b 2 0 0 0 Ad.Grca 3b 3 0 0 0 Tmlnson ph 0 1 0 0 Wisler p 2 0 0 0 Kontos p 0 0 0 0 Crvenka p 0 0 0 0 Osich p 0 0 0 0 Withrow p 0 0 0 0 Gearrin p 0 0 0 0 O'Flhrt p 0 0 0 0 Ja.Lpez p 0 0 0 0 D.Cstro ph 1 0 0 0 Peavy p 2 1 1 0 M.Smith lf 3 0 0 0 Mt.Df ph-3b0 0 0 1 Totals 28 4 5 4 27 0 1 0 San Fran 000 001 030 — 4 Atlanta 000 000 000 — 0 DP: San Francisco 1, Atlanta 2; LOB: San Francisco 2, Atlanta 1; 2B: G.Blanco (4); 3B: Span (3); SF: Matt.Duffy (2); S: Panik (1). IP H R ER BB SO San Fran Peavy W,2-5 7 1 0 0 0 3 Kontos 0 0 0 0 1 0 Osich 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 Gearrin 1 0 0 0 0 1 Lopez 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 Atlanta Wisler L,2-5 7 4 3 3 2 2 Cervenka 0 0 1 1 0 0 Withrow 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 O'Flaherty 12/3 1 0 0 0 2 Wisler pitched to 2 batters in the 8th Cervenka pitched to 1 batter in the 8th Kontos pitched to 1 batter in the 8th T: 2:29; A: 15,723 (49,586) AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Texas 31 21 .596 _ Seattle 30 21 .588 1/2 Houston 24 29 .453 71/2 Los Angeles 23 28 .451 71/2 A's 23 29 .442 8 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 28 22 .560 _ Chicago 28 25 .528 11/2 Cleveland 26 24 .520 2 Detroit 24 26 .480 4 Minnesota 15 35 .300 13 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Boston 32 20 .615 _ Baltimore 28 22 .560 3 Toronto 28 26 .519 5 New York 24 27 .471 71/2 Tampa Bay 22 27 .449 81/2 Monday's games N.Y. Mets 1, Chicago White Sox 0 Boston 7, Baltimore 2 A's 3, Minnesota 2 Houston 8, Arizona 3 Seattle 9, San Diego 3 Texas 9, Cleveland 2 Toronto 4, N.Y. Yankees 2 Kansas City 6, Tampa Bay 2 L.A. Angels 5, Detroit 1 Tuesday's games Hou st on 8 , A ri zo na 5 Seattle 16, San Diego 4 Texas 7, Cleveland 3 Boston 6, Baltimore 2 Toronto 4, N.Y. Yankees 1 Chicago White Sox 6, N.Y. Mets 4 Tampa Bay at Kansas City, (n.) Detroit at L.A. Angels, (n.) Minnesota at A's, (n.) Wednesday's games Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 0-1) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 3-1), 10:10 a.m. Minnesota (Dean 1-1) at A's (Manaea 1-3), 12:35 p.m. Texas (Hamels 5-1) at Cleveland (Bauer 3-2), 3:10 p.m. Boston (Kelly 2-0) at Baltimore (Wright 2-3), 4:05 p.m. Detroit (Fulmer 4-1) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 3-5), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 3-0) at Toronto (Sanchez 4-1), 4:07 p.m. Arizona (Ray 2-4) at Houston (Fiers 3-3), 5:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Archer 3-6) at Kansas City (Duffy 0-0), 5:15 p.m. Seattle (Hernandez 4-4) at San Diego (Friedrich 1-1), 7:10 p.m. Thursday's games Arizona at Houston, 11:10 a.m. Boston at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Kansas City at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, 4:40 p.m. Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Seattle at San Diego, 6:10 p.m. Basketball NBA PLAYOFF GLANCE CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Monday, May 30 Golden State 96, Oklahoma City 88, Golden State wins series 4-3 NBA FINALS Thursday, June 2: Cleveland at Golden State, 6 p.m. Sunday, June 5: Cleveland at Golden State, 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 8: Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Friday, June 10: Golden State at Cleve- land, 6 p.m. x-Monday, June 13: Cleveland at Golden State, 6 p.m. x-Thursday, June 16: Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m. x-Sunday, June 19: Cleveland at Golden State, 5 p.m. PLAYOFF LEADERS SCORING G FG FT PS Avg Durant, OKC 18 175 130 511 28.4 George, IND 7 56 61 191 27.3 Curry, GOL 11 98 50 294 26.7 Harden, HOU 5 41 38 133 26.6 Thompson, GOL 17 154 60 445 26.2 Lillard, POR 11 89 71 291 26.5 Westbrook, OKC 18 159 116 468 26.0 James, CLE 14 137 51 344 24.6 Irving, CLE 14 129 46 340 24.3 Thomas, BOS 6 47 38 145 24.2 Paul, LAC 4 37 15 95 23.8 Walker, CHA 7 56 33 159 22.7 Leonard, SAN 10 83 42 225 22.5 Aldridge, SAN 10 88 41 219 21.9 Wade, MIA 14 119 50 300 21.4 DeRozan, TOR 20 157 100 418 20.9 McCollum, POR 11 84 37 225 20.5 Nowitzki, DAL 5 41 16 102 20.4 Lowry, TOR 20 131 78 382 19.1 Bradley, BOS 1 7 3 18 18.0 REBOUNDS G Off Def Tot Avg Jordan, LAC 6 30 68 98 16.3 Howard, HOU 5 26 44 70 14.0 Plumlee, POR 11 37 93 130 11.8 Whiteside, MIA 10 26 83 109 10.9 Vlnciunas, TOR 12 48 81 129 10.8 Green, GOL 17 33 133 166 9.8 Love, CLE 14 26 108 134 9.6 Adams, OKC 18 62 109 171 9.5 Harris, DET 4 6 32 38 9.5 Millsap, ATL 10 28 66 94 9.4 ASSISTS G Ast Avg Westbrook, OKC 18 198 11.0 Jackson, DET 4 37 9.3 Harden, HOU 5 38 7.6 Paul, LAC 4 29 7.3 James, CLE 14 98 7.0 Lillard, POR 10 62 6.3 Teague, ATL 10 60 6.2 Curry, GOL 11 67 6.1 Lowry, TOR 20 119 6.0 Green, GOL 17 100 5.9 WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 6 0 1.000 — Sparks 5 0 1.000 1/2 Dallas 3 3 .500 3 Seattle 2 3 .400 31/2 San Antonio 1 3 .250 4 Phoenix 1 4 .200 41/2 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Atlanta 5 1 .833 — Indiana 2 3 .400 21/2 New York 2 3 .400 21/2 Chicago 2 4 .333 3 Washington 2 4 .333 3 Connecticut 1 4 .200 31/2 Monday's games No games scheduled Tuesday's games Minnesota 79, New York 69 Connecticut at Phoenix, (n.) Wednesday's games Seattle at Indiana, 4 p.m. Chicago at Washington, 4 p.m. Thursday's games San Antonio at Sparks, 7:30 p.m. NHL PLAYOFF GLANCE STANLEY CUP FINAL (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) San Jose vs. Pittsburgh Monday, May 30 Pittsburgh 3, San Jose 2, Pittsburgh leads series 1-0 Wednesday, June 1 San Jose at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Saturday, June 4 Pittsburgh at San Jose, 5 p.m. Monday, June 6 Pittsburgh at San Jose, 5 p.m. Thursday, June 9 x-San Jose at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Sunday, June 12 x-Pittsburgh at San Jose, 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 15 x-San Jose at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Colorado 8 2 4 28 17 10 FC Dallas 8 4 3 27 23 21 Vancouver 6 6 3 21 23 25 Salt Lake 6 4 2 20 20 19 Los Angeles 5 2 5 20 27 16 San Jose 5 3 5 20 16 15 Kansas City 5 8 2 17 14 18 Portland 4 6 4 16 22 25 Seattle 4 7 1 13 11 15 Houston 3 7 3 12 19 21 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Philadelphia 5 3 5 20 18 14 New York 6 7 1 19 24 20 Montreal 5 4 4 19 22 20 N.Y. City FC 4 4 6 18 20 26 D.C. United 4 5 4 16 14 14 Toronto FC 4 5 4 16 14 15 Orlando City 3 3 7 16 23 21 New England 3 4 7 16 19 25 Columbus 3 4 5 14 16 18 Chicago 2 5 5 11 10 14 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday's games Philadelphia 2, Orlando City 2, tie Friday's games D.C. United 1, Kansas City 0 Saturday's games Houston 1, Vancouver 1, tie New York 3, Toronto FC 0 Columbus 4, Salt Lake 3 New England 2, Seattle 1 Montreal 3, Los Angeles 2 Portland 1, Chicago 1, tie Philadelphia 1, Colorado 1, tie FC Dallas 0, San Jose 0, tie Sunday's games Orlando City 2, N.Y. City FC 2, tie Wednesday, June 1 Columbus at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Seattle at D.C. United, 8 p.m. San Jose at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Thursday, June 2 Salt Lake at N.Y. City FC, 7 p.m. Houston at FC Dallas, 9 p.m. Kansas City at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Tennis FRENCH OPEN RESULTS Tuesday At Stade Roland Garros Paris Purse: $35.9 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles MEN Fourth Round Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, leads Ro- berto Bautista Agut (14), Spain, 3-6, 6-4, 4-1, susp., rain. Marcel Granollers, Spain, vs. Dominic Thiem (13), Austria, 2-6, 7-6 (2), susp., rain. David Ferrer (11), Spain, leads Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, 2-1, susp., rain. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, leads David Gof- fin (12), Belgium, 3-0, susp., rain. WOMEN Fourth Round Sam Stosur (21), Australia, def. Simona Halep (6), Romania, 7-6 (0), 6-3. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (2), Poland, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. Softball NCAA WOMEN'S WORLD SERIES At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City Double Elimination; x-if necessary Thursday, June 2 Game 1: Florida State (53-8) vs. Georgia (45-18), 9 a.m. Game 2: Auburn (54-10) vs. UCLA (40-14- 1), 11:30 a.m. Game 3: Alabama (51-12) vs. Oklahoma (52-7), 4 p.m. Game 4 : Michigan (51-5) vs. LSU (50-16), 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 3 Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 4 p.m. Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 win- ner, 6:30 p.m. Golf WORLD GOLF RANKING 1. Jason Day AUS 13.40 2. Jordan Spieth USA 11.60 3. Rory McIlroy NIR 9.66 4. Bubba Watson USA 7.77 5. Rickie Fowler USA 7.42 6. Henrik Stenson SWE 7.10 7. Adam Scott AUS 6.85 8. Dustin Johnson USA 6.61 9. Danny Willett ENG 6.55 10. Justin Rose ENG 5.91 11. Branden Grace SAF 5.19 12. Patrick Reed USA 5.07 13. Sergio Garcia ESP 5.00 14. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 4.76 15. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 4.60 16. Brooks Koepka USA 4.18 17. Brandt Snedeker USA 3.99 18 . M at t K ucha r US A 3. 91 19. Phil Mickelson USA 3.88 20. Zach Johnson USA 3.83 21. J.B. Holmes USA 3.65 22. Chris Wood ENG 3.61 23. Charl Schwartzel SAF 3.59 24. Kevin Kisner USA 3.50 25. Russell Knox SCO 3.48 26. Paul Casey ENG 3.47 27. Byeong-Hun An KOR 3.32 28. Rafa Cabrera Bello ESP 3.19 29. Jim Furyk USA 3.12 30. Justin Thomas USA 3.07 31. Bill Haas USA 3.05 32. Kevin Na USA 3.05 33. Jimmy Walker USA 3.00 34. Charley Hoffman USA 3.00 35. Lee Westwood ENG 2.94 36. Kevin Chappell USA 2.93 37. K.T. Kim KOR 2.93 38. Andy Sullivan ENG 2.87 39. Marc Leishman AUS 2.84 40. Shane Lowry IRL 2.83 Odds PREGAME.COM LINE Wednesday MLB NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog St. Louis -150/+140 at Milwaukee Washington -200/+180 at Philly at Atlanta OFF San Francisco at Miami -105/-105 Pittsburgh at Chicago -180/+165 Los Angeles at Colorado -175/+163 Cincinnati We dn esda y AMERICAN LEAGUE at Oakland -117/+107 Minnesota at Cleveland -105/-105 Texas at Los Angeles -113/+103 Detroit Boston -110/+100 at Baltimore at Toronto -113/+103 New York at Kansas City -108/-102 Tampa Bay INTERLEAGUE at NY Mets -195/+180 Chicago WS at Houston -158/+148 Arizona Seattle -170/+158 at San Diego NBA Thursday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Golden State -210 (195) Cleveland NHL Wednesday Favorite Line Underdog at Pittsburgh -130/+120 San Jose Transactions BASEBALL American League Ba lt im or e O ri ole s: P la ce d C C al eb Joseph on the 15-day DL. Recalled C Francisco Pena from Norfolk (IL). Boston Red Sox: Placed OF Jackie Bradley Jr. on paternity leave. Optioned RHP Heath Hembree to Pawtucket (IL). Recalled OF Rusney Castillo from Pawtucket. Reinstated LHP Eduardo Rodriguez from the 15-day DL. Cleveland Indians: Optioned LHP Ryan Merritt to Columbus (IL). Recalled RHP Shawn Armstrong to Columbus. Houston Astros: Optioned 3B Colin Moran to Fresno (PCL). Reinstated OF Carlos Gomez from the 15-day DL. Minnesota Twins: Recalled OF Byron Buxton from Rochester (IL). Oakland Athletics: Optioned RHP Zach Neal to Nashville (PCL). Recalled LHP Eric Surkamp from Nashville. National League Arizona Diamondbacks: Recalled LHP Edwin Escobar from Reno (PCL). Atlanta Braves: Assigned INF Reid Bri- gnac and RHP Joel De La Cruz outright to Gwinnett (IL). Los Angeles Dodgers: Sent RHP Frankie Montas to Oklahoma City (PCL) for a rehab assignment. Milwaukee Brewers: Sent RHP Matt Garza to Wisconsin (MWL) for a rehab assignment. American Association Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks: Released RHP Tanner Dahl. Laredo Lemurs: Released INF Cesar Valera. Wichita Wingnuts: Signed RHP Fabian Roman. Can-Am League Ottawa Champions: Released RHP Andrew Worth and INF Vinny Demaria. Signed LHP Miles Moeller. Trois-Rivieres Aigles: Signed RHP Max Schonfeld. FOOTBALL National Football League Buffalo Bills: Signed LB Jamari Lat- timore. Cleveland Indians: Promoted Ken Ko- vash to vice president of player person- nel, Kevin Meers to director of research and strategy, Chisom Opara to director of player personnel and Mike Cetta, Dan Saganey and Bobby Vega to directors of scouting. Named Glenn Cook assistant director of scouting. Detroit Lions: Placed TE Tim Wright on injured reserve. Minnesota Vikings: Waived/injured DE B.J. DuBose. Signed DT Bruce Gaston. Tennessee Titans: Agreed to terms with LB Kevin Dodd. HOCKEY National Hockey League Carolina Hurricanes: Named Ulf Samu- elsson coach of Charlotte (AHL). Detroit Red Wings: Signed LW Dylan Sadowy to a three-year, entry-level contract. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2016 2 B