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2B Daily News – Thursday, June 7, 2012 GIANTS (Continued from page 1B) high by allowing 10 hits. The Giants jumped on Richard for three runs and five hits in the first inning. Blanco and Ryan Theriot opened with sin- gles and Melky Cabrera bounced a double over the fence in left to bring in Blanco. Buster Posey followed with a sacrifice fly and Cabrera scored on a passed ball. San Diego pulled to 3- 2 in the bottom of the inning with three extra- base hits off Bumgarner. Chris Denorfia hit a leadoff double to right and scored on Chase Headley's double to right. After Headley was FAN (Continued from page 1B) head. He said Stow fell unconscious, cracking his head on cement, then was kicked in the head and torso. Maciel recalled trying to shield Stow as assailants advanced. thrown out at third trying to advance on Carlos Quentin's grounder to shortstop, Jesus Guzman tripled over right fielder Blanco's head to bring in Quentin.Blanco homered to right leading off the fifth, his second. But Cameron Maybin con- nected in the bottom half, hitting a drive to left-center for his second homer. The Giants scored two runs in the sixth on second baseman Logan Forsythe's two- base fielding error. With runners on second and third with two outs, Forsythe charged Blan- co's grounder but it went under his glove. Joaquin Arias and Brandon Crawford hustled to home to give San Fran- cisco a 6-3 advantage. over Bryan's head to stop any more physical contact,'' he said. ''I threw my body Another friend, also a paramedic, held the injured Stow's head to protect his spine. Moments earlier, Maciel said, the same man had pushed Stow and punched two other men in their party. ''We were walking and we were also being heckled,'' he said. ''Bryan said, 'I hope they code.' ... That's a medical term for cardiac arrest.'' lowed them through the parking lot, and one of the men asked Stow: '''What (expletive) did you say, homie?''' He said another mem- ber of their group got punched by a short His- panic man who then hit Stow when he wasn't looking. ''As soon as he was punched, he was uncon- scious and fell back on his head,'' Maciel testi- fied. ''He was unable to brace himself. I saw his head bounce off the con- crete. I heard the crack.'' He said two men fol- Stow in the head at least three times and again in the torso, according to the testimony. The man then kicked profanities and one assailant say, ''(exple- tive) the Giants. That's what you get.'' Maciel said he heard He said men contin- ued to advance on Stow and seemed intent on attacking again. ''Bryan was deeply unconscious with his eyes open,'' Maciel said. ''He didn't respond to any outside stimuli. ... He was snoring, which indicates a very deep level of unconscious- ness.'' He said there was blood on Stow's head and coming from his ear. The witness at times took deep breaths to get his emotions under con- trol as he described the events that left Stow permanently disabled with no use of his arms and unable to carry on a conversation. undergo rehabilitation therapy but is not expected to make a full recovery. He continues to Like other witnesses, Maciel did not offer a positive identification of the defendants, but the physical descriptions suggested it was them. verman played a record- ing of the 911 call made by a woman bystander. She handed the phone to Maciel, who used his paramedic training to give a full description of what had happened. Prosecutor Beth Sil- He told the operator his friend had suffered a trauma and his respira- tion was decreasing rapidly. He also said then it would be difficult to identify the assailant. Penn State-heavy jury for Sandusky trial BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A jury dominat- ed by people with Penn State loyalties was selected Wednesday to decide Jerry Sandusky's fate in the child sexual abuse scandal that rocked the university and led to football coach Joe Paterno's downfall. The seven women and five men who will hear opening statements on Monday include an engineering administra- tive assistant at Penn State, a dance teacher in the continuing educa- tion program and a pro- fessor who has been on the faculty for 24 years. Also: a Penn State rural area is rich with Penn State employees, alumni and fans, many of whom have strong opinions about the case. Bellefonte is 12 miles from Penn State's main campus in State Col- lege. The judge, however, said Penn State connec- tions would not auto- matically disqualify potential jurors as long as they cold pledge to be impartial. Nadal rolls again at French Open PARIS (AP) — A rain shower stopped play at Roland Garros for a minute or two in the middle of Rafael Nadal's quarterfinal. Nicolas Almagro? He couldn't do anything to slow Rafa at his favorite tournament. Second-seeded Nadal defeated his fellow Spaniard 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6- 3 on Wednesday to move to the French Open semifinals, two wins away from a record seventh title on the red clay of Paris. ball hard, but I had my chances, too.'' Nadal's next match will be against the win- ner of a quarterfinal between David Ferrer and Andy Murray that got delayed early in the third set when a bigger rain shower passed through, a few minutes after Nadal had left the court. Nadal, who shares the Roland Garros record with Bjorn Borg, hasn't lost a set through his first five matches this year. Against the 12th-seeded Almagro, he faced four break points but saved them all. He improved to 50-1 lifetime at Roland Gar- ros, with the only loss coming to Robin Soder- ling in 2009. ''I was just trying to wait for my moments,'' Nadal said. ''He had some good moments and he was hitting the few hours of extra rest before the semifinals Friday, though he hardly needs it. Including the 2 hours, 46 minutes he took to dispatch Alma- gro, Nadal has spent a grand total of 10 hours, 37 minutes on court. Novak Djokovic, by comparison, spent a combined 8 hours, 27 minutes grinding out his past two matches — five-set wins over Andreas Seppi and Jo- Wilfried Tsonga. Djokovic saved four match points in his win Tuesday against the Frenchman Tsonga and Nadal spent about as much time answering questions about that It means he'll have a match as his own, which produced none of the drama. ''A player like Novak probably creates more chances to save tough matches like yesterday, where he's in a trouble situation,'' Nadal said. ''He's fighting, putting another ball inside the court and puts pressure all the time against Tsonga.'' day, Almagro pushed Nadal in the first set, taking him to a tiebreak- er and cutting a 5-1 deficit to 5-4. But Nadal responded by closing out the set with a big forehand down the line that Almagro couldn't handle, then a 121 mph serve that Almagro couldn't return. Four times over the In the match Wednes- short for an easy put- away and Nadal hit an unreturnable serve on the other break point. Nothing to be ashamed of, though. Nadal has lost serve only once during the tournament and has saved 16 of 17 break points. ''His serve was really good today,'' Almagro said. ''At the important moments, he served bet- ter than (he did) the rest of the match. The key of the match is I had my chances and I didn't catch it.'' next two sets, Almagro had chances to break. He made unforced errors on two of them, including a big forehand that landed wide — ''In my opinion, it was not the right ball to hit,'' Nadal said. Almagro also left an overhead In the women's matches before Nadal played, second-seeded Maria Sharapova defeat- ed 23rd-seeded Kaia Kanepi of Estonia 6-2, 6-3 and the No. 4 seed, Petra Kvitova, beat 142nd-ranked qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova, 3- 6, 6-2, 6-4. Sharapova and Kvito- va will meet Thursday in a rematch of last year's Wimbledon final, where Kvitova won her first Grand Slam tourna- ment. 49ers giving quartet a two-way look SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco's Will Tukuafu has spent most of his football life chas- ing down running backs. The 49ers hope he can now help Frank Gore and the rest of their backfield han- dle other defensive linemen with the same agenda. The 293-pound Tukuafu is get- ting some additional work at full- back during the 49ers' organized team activities this offseason. He even managed to catch a touch- down in practice Tuesday, taking a short swing pass from quarterback Alex Smith then rumbling into the end zone. It might only be June but coach Jim Harbaugh is already looking for ways to keep opponents guess- ing — and maybe save some space on the roster at the same time. ''Will's doing a great job athlet- ically picking up the offense and the defense both,'' Harbaugh said. ''A 280-plus guy playing fullback is going to bode well for us. We felt like that's something he would excel at.'' Tukuafu is one of four players San Francisco is using on offense and defense during its offseason workouts. Defensive tackle Demarcus Dobbs has seen time at tight end while defensive backs Cory Nelms I'll Have Another went into lockdown on Wednesday, moving into a secured barn shortly after the colt was made the early 4-5 favorite to win the Belmont Stakes in his quest to become the 12th Triple Crown champion and first in 34 years. senior, a retired soil sci- ences professor with 37 years at the university, a man with bachelor's and master's degrees from the school and a woman who has been a season ticketholder since the 1970s. Sandusky, a 68-year- old former assistant football coach, is charged with sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15-year span. Picking the jury took less than two days, moving along more swiftly than some had expected, given that the In all, at least seven of the 12 jurors and two of the four alternates have ties to Penn State. The other jurors are a 24-year-old man with plans to attend auto technician school, a mother of two who works in retail, a retired school bus driver, an engineer and a property management firm employee. Some legal experts said jurors with Penn State connections might be inclined to come down hard on Sandusky, blaming him for Pater- no's firing and the dam- age to the school's repu- tation. Or they might take their frustrations out on prosecutors for bringing the case in the first place. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner was the last of the 12 Belmont horses to arrive at the detention barn, showing up four minutes past the noon check-in deadline. The chestnut colt calmly walked a few hundred yards down a dirt path from where he had been stabled since arriving May 20 and stepped into the barn with a horde of media tracking his every move. ''No complaints, no baugh's teams. He first flexed his two-way mus- cle at Stanford with Owen Marecic, who started at both fullback and linebacker as a senior with the Car- dinal in 2010. Marecic was later selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 2011 NFL draft. and Ben Hannula have taken reps at receiver. That's nothing new for Har- and defensive playbooks. That's understandable. Tukuafu played sparingly on defense for the 49ers last year after spending most of 2010 on the prac- tice squad. He's trying to improve his technique on that side of the ball while also learning a new posi- tion. Harbaugh continued the trend as a rookie head coach with the 49ers. During San Francisco's playoff run in 2011, for example, it was normal to see 330-pound nose tack- le Isaac Sopoaga lined up in the 49ers backfield ahead of Gore. Sopoaga played more than 35 snaps on offense while pulling dou- ble duty on defense. ''The greater share of why we're doing that is to utilize a guy's talent on the other side of the ball, possi- bly find a player that's a three-way player to play defense, offense and special teams,'' Harbaugh said. ''That's the 98 percent of it.'' While Tukuafu's two-way work has generated some buzz at 49ers headquarters, the 28-year-old has tried to keep quiet about it. Tukua- fu has politely declined all inter- view requests this offseason while trying to learn both the offensive be leading the crawl and if they're flying, hopeful- ly we'll be sitting in behind the horses fly- ing.'' ners have come out of the No. 11 post since 1905. The last was Sarava, a 70-1 shot who ended War Emblem's Triple Crown bid in 2002. I'll Have Another bucked history in the Derby as the first horse to win from the 19th post. Just two Belmont win- n't have to go far for help. Bruce Miller, the 49ers' starting fullback, was a two-time Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year at Central Florida before transitioning to offense in the NFL. ''You're teaching (Tukuafu) the same thing you're teaching Bruce Miller,'' San Francisco running backs coach Tom Rathman said. ''Until we get pads on I don't think you're really going to know. Then you start coaching him up on fits and how to strike a guy, how to move a guy out of the hole, how to cut a guy. That's a work in progress but it's going in a positive direc- tion.'' The good thing is Tukuafu does- Ethan Waugh to senior personnel assistant. Waugh has been with the team since 2004 and has been working in the scouting department for the past four years. San Francis- co also made Scott Brown and Chip Flanagan regional scouts. I'll Have Another made 4-5 favorite to win Belmont; goes into lockdown NEW YORK (AP) — minute changes to ensure a fair running of the race. Union Rags was the third betting choice at 6-1 and will break from post No. 3 under new jockey John Velazquez. The colt got bumped at the start by Dullahan in the Derby and rallied from 17th to finish seventh. He also skipped the Preakness to prepare for the 1 1-2-mile MLB Dullahan was the 5-1 second choice and drew post No. 5. The colt fin- ished third in the Ken- tucky Derby and sat out the Preakness. ''Five is as good as hurdles,'' trainer Doug O'Neill said. ''He's being good.'' Whether he's good enough to end the 34- year drought of Triple Crown winners will be decided Saturday, when I'll Have Another breaks from the No. 11 post under Mario Gutierrez. He'll have to contend with 11 rivals. ''We're going to see how the pace sets up,'' O'Neill said. ''If they're crawling, hopefully we'll STANLEY CUP Game 1:Los Angeles 2, New Jersey 1, OT Game 2: Los Angeles 2, New Jersey 1 Game 3: Los Angeles 4, New Jersey 0 Game 4: New Jersey 3, Los Angeles 1 Saturday at New Jersey, 5 p.m. x-June 11: at Los Angeles, 5 p.m. x-June 13: at New Jersey, 5 p.m. x - if needed any,'' trainer Dale Romans said. ''It doesn't matter going a mile and a half with my horse. I did- n't want to be down on the rail or way outside.'' Union Rags arrived from his training base in Maryland shortly after 11 a.m. and settled into the security barn, which will be monitored around the clock leading up to the Belmont. Any- one interacting with the horses, including train- ers, veterinarians, exer- cise riders and owners, will have to be logged in and out. The barn was set up as part of last- NBA PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) Wednesday's result Oklahoma City 107, San Antonio 99 Oklahoma City wins series 4-2 Today's game Miami at Boston, 5:30 p.m. Boston leads series 3-2 East Division American League WL Pct GB Baltimore 32 24 .571 — New York 31 24 .564 1/2 Tampa Bay 31 25 .554 1 Toronto 30 26 .536 2 Boston 28 28 .500 4 Central Division WL Pct GB Chicago 31 25 .554 — Cleveland 30 25 .545 1/2 Detroit 25 31 .446 6 Kansas City24 31 .436 6 1/2 Minnesota 22 34 .393 9 West Division Texas WL Pct GB 33 23 .589 — Los Angeles29 28 .509 4.5 Seattle 25 33 .431 9 Oakland 24 32 .429 9 ------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday's results Cleveland 9, Detroit 6 N.Y.Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 1 Baltimore 2, Boston 1 Minnesota 4, Kansas City 2 Toronto at Chicago White Sox, late Seattle at L.A. Angels, late Texas at Oakland, late (All times Eastern) Thursday's Games Cleveland (D.Lowe 7-3) at Detroit (Cros- by 0-1), 1:05 p.m. Texas (Darvish 7-3) at Oakland (McCarthy 4-3), 3:35 p.m. Tampa Bay (Price 7-3) at N.Y.Yankees (Sabathia 7-2), 7:05 p.m. Baltimore (Matusz 5-5) at Boston (Buch- holz 5-2), 7:10 p.m. Toronto (H.Alvarez 3-5) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 6-1), 8:10 p.m. Friday's Games Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at N.Y.Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Detroit at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Washington at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Toronto at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Houston at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Cleveland at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. L.A. Angels at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Oakland at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. Texas at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. Belmont. ''If I had my choice I Notes: The 49ers have promoted would have picked a little further out,'' Michael Matz said. ''I think the horse has enough speed to be in a decent position.'' trainer MLB East Division National League WL Pct GB Washington 32 22 .593 — Atlanta 31 25 .554 2 Miami 31 25 .554 2 New York 31 26 .5442 1/2 Philadelphia28 30 .483 6 Central Division WL Pct GB Cincinnati 31 24 .564 — Pittsburgh 28 27 .509 3 St. Louis 29 28 .509 3 Milwaukee 25 31 .4466 1/2 Houston 24 32 .4297 1/2 Chicago 19 37 .33912 1/2 West Division WL Pct GB Los Angeles36 21 .632 — San Francisco 32 25 .561 4 Arizona 26 30 .4649 1/2 Colorado 24 31 .436 11 San Diego 19 38 .333 17 ------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday's results San Francisco 6, San Diego 5 L.A. Dodgers 6, Philadelphia 5 Washington 5, N.Y.Mets 3 Atlanta 2, Miami 1 Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 4 St. Louis 4, Houston 3 Milwaukee 8, Chicago Cubs 0 Colorado at Arizona, late (All times Eastern) Today's games L.A. Dodgers (Harang 4-3) at Philadel- phia (Hamels 8-2), 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Dickey 8-1) at Washington (Wang 1-1), 1:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Garza 2-4) at Milwaukee (Wolf 2-5), 2:10 p.m. San Francisco (M.Cain 6-2) at San Diego (Marquis 0-0), 3:35 p.m. Atlanta (Minor 2-4) at Miami (Buehrle 5- 5), 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Correia 2-5) at Cincinnati (Leake 2-5), 7:10 p.m. St. Louis (Lynn 8-2) at Houston (Happ 4- 5), 8:05 p.m. Friday's Games Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at N.Y.Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Detroit at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Washington at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Toronto at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Houston at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. San Diego at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Cleveland at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m. L.A. Angels at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Oakland at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. Texas at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.