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— made should've — done more to lead his team. "That's always going to happen when you're one of the best guys. They try to bring you down, but hon- estly it was a rough sea- son," Simmons said. "We had guys that were hurt, were out, but it wasn't the perfect season that we wanted." If critics want to put the blame on Simmons, LSU coach Johnny Jones thinks they're looking in the wrong place. "People have spent a lot of time this past season trying to break his game down in a negative way, taking a lot of unnecessary shots at him," Jones said. "And I'm glad at the end of the day, his performance at LSU, his growth there, the decisions he made as he continued to grow as a basketball player, has put him in a situation where he's going to be the No. 1 player taken in the draft." Simmons insists he doesn't actually know if he will go first, but Madison Ave. seems convinced. Sim- mons has already inked a sneaker deal with Nike and will be the feature of a Showtime documentary film called "ONE & DONE" that will debut in October, just before Simmons de- buts in the NBA. Duke's Brandon Ingram is the other player men- tioned for that spot and also worked out for the 76ers. But even with what- ever questions there are about Simmons' skills — he took only three 3-pointers, making one — he grades higher in the eyes of many talent evaluators. "He's incredibly produc- tive. They just don't make guys like that very often that have that kind of size and skill level," ESPN ana- lyst Jay Bilas said. "He's not perfect, he doesn't shoot it the way you would hope he would. In every other area he's the best in the draft." That's how Simmons feels, and he believes he's already getting better. He's put on 20 pounds over the last three months, moving him into the low 240s and making him more ready to bang with NBA forwards. When the jumper gets better and eventually so do the 76ers, there won't be any questions left to ask. "This is what I've been waiting for honestly," Sim- mons said. "I'm willing to work hard and put in the time." NBA FROMPAGE1 want to minimize them." Hailing from Los An- geles, Seto played for the USC Trojans and joined the team as a volunteer assistant coach in 1999 while attending gradu- ate school. Seto joined the Se- ahawks in 2010, when the team had the 27th ranked defense in the 32-team league. In 2011 it jumped toNo.9,thenNo.4in2012. In 2013 and 2014 the team was No. 1 in defense and slipped to No. 2 in 2015. The workshop was ar- ranged by Orlyn Culp, a new English teacher at Red Bluff High School, who knows Seto, Superin- tendent Todd Brose said. Culp was the head coach of the Yreka Miners and has joined the Spartans coaching staff as defen- sive coordinator and line coach. Football FROM PAGE 1 "We need more. We struggle," he said. "Here in the U.S., you call a younger player a rookie at the age of the 22. Well, 22 in Eu- rope, if you're not broken through yet, you're done. They move you down to the third or fourth level." At soccer's top level, players train as many as 49 weeks a year. Klinsmann has pushed Major League Soccer to extend its sea- son, and the league's top teams now play from early March until the champion- ship at the start of Decem- ber. He urges young tal- ents to push themselves to better and bigger clubs, pointing out that start- ing for Everton and Stoke is not nearly the same as starring for Barcelona and Bayern Munich. "We always tell them talent is not even 50 per- cent of what you've got to do," he said. "The other 50 percent are more impor- tant than your talent, is what you make out of it." Christian Pulisic, a 17-year-old midfielder from Hershey, Pennsylvania, made his Bundesliga de- but for Borussia Dortmund this year, scored twice and earnedaCopaAmericaros- ter spot. He played the sec- ond half against Argentina. But he is a rarity. There are not enough Americans making similar progres- sions. Yedlin's career bene- fited from his 2015 transfer from Seattle to Tottenham, which in turn loaned him last season to Sunderland. He was forced to grow on and off the field. "I'm not saying that the MLS wasn't challenging for me. I'm saying that in Seattle I was comfortable where I was," he explained. "I was around my friends. I was around my family. If I needed anything, I could always go to my mom's house, you know what I mean?" Soccer FROM PAGE 1 By Samuel Petrequin TheAssociatedPress PARIS Defending cham- pion Chris Froome will en- joy the support of a Team Sky squad featuring strong climbers at the Tour de France next month. Aiming to win cycling's showpiece race for a third time, Froome will be joined by Sergio Henao, Vasil Kiryienka, Mikel Landa, Mikel Nieve, Wout Poels, Luke Rowe, Ian Stannard and Geraint Thomas on the roads of France this sum- mer. The Tour starts on July 2 and finishes on the Champs-Elysees three weeks later. "I feel in good shape coming into the race this year and am fortunate to have a strong team around me, both on and off the bike," said Froome, the 2013 and 2015 champion. The 3,519-kilometer race features 28 mountain passes this year, as well as two individual time trials, a route that perfectly suits all-rounder Froome. Among those expected to play a key role in pro- tecting the British rider in the Pyrenees and the Alps are Henao, Landa, Poels, Nieve and Thomas. Henao helped Froome to success at both Paris-Nice and the Criterium du Dau- phine this season and will be making his debut at the Tour. The Colombian was withdrawn from racing by Team Sky in April after concerns over his biolog- ical data emerged, but he has since been cleared by the International Cycling Union (UCI). Landa, who was the Team Sky leader at the Giro d'Italia but was forced to withdraw because of ill- ness, will also compete in his first Tour. Poels played an impor- tant role last year at l'Alpe d'HueztohelpFroomeresist Nairo Quintana's attacks while the talented Thomas is widely regarded as a fu- ture Grand Tour winner. "Every Tour is different, so that means choosing the team we believe is best equipped to deal with the many different challenges of this race," Team Sky di- rector Dave Brailsford said. "We have selected a tal- ented group of riders with Chris as the leader once again. I know they will do everything they can to help him try to win yellow." TOUR DE FRANCE Sk y na me s st ro ng t ea m fo r Fr oo me COLLEGEBASEBALL Division I Tournament, World Series, Texas Tech vs. Coastal Carolina:5p.m.,ESPN2. MLB BASEBALL San Francisco Giants at Pittsburgh Pirates: 9:30a.m., CSNBA. Seattle Mariners vs. Detroit Tigers: 9:30a.m., MLB. Chicago White Sox at Boston Red Sox: 12:30p.m., MLB. Chicago Cubs vs. Miami Marlins or New York Mets vs. Atlanta Braves: 4p.m., MLB. Oakland Athletics at Los An- geles Angels: 7p.m., CSN. NBA BASKETBALL NBA Dra : 4p.m., ESPN. GOLF EP GA T ou r, B MW In te rna - tional Open, Round 1: 6:30 a.m., GOLF. PGA Tour, Quicken Loans National, Round 1: 12:30a.m., GOLF. EPGA Tour, BMW Interna- tional Open, Round 2: 2;30 a.m., GOLF. GYMNASTICS Men's Olympic Trials: 5:30 p.m., NBCSN. TENNIS WTA AEGON International, Semifinal: 5a.m., TENNIS. WATER SPORTS Diving Olympic Trials: 4p.m., NBCSN. RADIO Great West League Baseball, Marysville Gold Sox at Chico Heat: 6:45p.m., 101.7FM. On the air Rays have one of the most abysmal home offenses in the major leagues, and it appeared that Samardzija got away with several pitches over the plate. Now the Tampa Bay start appears more an outlier than a reversal of a trend. Over his last five starts, Sa- mardzija hasn't retired a batter in the sixth inning in four of his last five starts. Winning a game when your starter gets knocked out early requires two things: a sustained offen- sive rally or two, and a bull- pen that holds the line. The Giants received both to take Samardzija off the hook. Ramiro Peña, getting a start at third base against Pirates left-hander Fran- cisco Liriano, started the comeback with an RBI sin- gle in the second inning. Brandon Crawford singled home a run in the fourth. Both times, Mac William- son reached base to set up the RBI chances. The Giants made it 6-4 in the fifth when Buster Posey's ground-rule dou- ble scored Denard Span and Angel Pagan's sacrifice fly scored Joe Panik. They completed their comeback in the sixth, when Craw- ford singled and scored the tying run on Peña's double. At that point, Giants third basemen (Peña and Conor Gillaspie) were 6 for 8 with six RBIs in two games since the club placed Matt Duffy on the disabled list with an Achilles strain. Peña took third on Gregor Blanco's infield sin- gle and both scored when Panik lofted a drive into the left field corner that went off Polanco's glove for a double. The Giants took the lead on Law's watch, after the right-hander threw a pair of scoreless innings while striking out three. He re- corded two of those strike- outs out of the stretch in the fifth, bearing down af- ter Polanco and Andrew McCutchen started the in- ning with singles. Opponents are batting .167 against Law over his last 11 appearances. His two innings pleased a section or two of con- verted Pirates fans, who let out an audible whoop when his name was announced. Law played baseball at Se- ton LaSalle Catholic and his high school guidance counselor nearly bought out the entire section adja- cent to the Giants bullpen. Giants FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Giants 46 27 .630 _ Los Angeles 40 33 .548 6 Colorado 34 37 .479 11 Arizona 34 40 .459 121/2 Sa n D ie go 3 0 43 . 41 1 16 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Chicago 47 23 .671 _ St. Louis 38 33 .535 91/2 Pittsburgh 34 38 .472 14 Milwaukee 32 40 .444 16 Cincinnati 28 44 .389 20 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 43 29 .597 _ New York 38 32 .543 4 Miami 38 34 .528 5 Philadelphia 30 42 .417 13 Atlanta 24 47 .338 181/2 Tuesday's games San Diego 10, Baltimore 7 Co lo ra do 8 , N .Y. Y an ke es 4 Giants 15, Pittsburgh 4 Arizona 4, Toronto 2 Atlanta 3, Miami 2, 10 innings N.Y. Mets 2, Kansas City 1 Cincinnati 8, Texas 2 St. Louis 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Minnesota 14, Philadelphia 10 A's 5, Milwaukee 3 L.A. Dodgers 3, Washington 2 Wednesday's games Miami 3, Atlanta 0 N.Y. Yankees 9, Colorado 8 N.Y. Mets 4, Kansas City 3 St. Louis 7, Chicago Cubs 2 Milwaukee 4, A's 2 Toronto 5, Arizona 2 Baltimore 7, San Diego 2 Giants 7, Pittsburgh 6 Texas 6, Cincinnati 4 Philadelphia at Minnesota, (n.) Washington at L.A. Dodgers, (n.) Thursday's games Giants (Suarez 2-1) at Pittsburgh (Niese 6-4), 9:35 a.m. Philadelphia (Eickhoff 4-9) at Minnesota (Nolasco 3-4), 10:10 a.m. Chicago Cubs (Lester 9-3) at Miami (Chen 4-2), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Harvey 4-9) at Atlanta (Wisler 3-7), 4:10 p.m. San Diego (Friedrich 3-2) at Cincinnati (Lamb 1-4), 4:10 p.m. Arizona (Greinke 10-3) at Colorado (Butler 2-4), 5:40 p.m. Giants 7, Pirates 6 San Fran Pittsburgh AB R H B AB R H B Span cf 5 1 2 0 Jaso 1b 5 1 1 1 Panik 2b 4 1 1 2 G.Plnco lf 5 2 3 3 Belt 1b 5 0 1 0 McCtchn cf4 0 1 0 Posey c 4 1 1 1 Kang 3b 4 1 1 1 Pagan lf 4 1 1 1 Joyce rf 3 0 1 1 Wllmson rf 2 0 1 0 Hrrison 2b 4 0 0 0 Crwford ss 5 1 2 1 S.Rdrgz ss 4 0 1 0 R.Pena 3b 5 1 2 2 Stewart c 2 1 0 0 Smrdzja p 1 0 0 0 S.Marte ph1 0 0 0 G.Blnco ph 1 0 0 0 Lbstein p 0 0 0 0 Law p 0 0 0 0 Liriano p 2 1 1 0 Parker ph 1 1 1 0 Hughes p 0 0 0 0 Strckln p 0 0 0 0 Freese ph 1 0 0 0 Osich p 0 0 0 0 N.Feliz p 0 0 0 0 Gllspie ph 1 0 0 0 Watson p 0 0 0 0 Gearrin p 0 0 0 0 Kratz c 0 0 0 0 Casilla p 0 0 0 0 Mercer ph 1 0 1 0 Totals 38 7 12 7 36 6 10 6 San Fran 010 123 000 — 7 Pittsburgh 231 000 000 — 6 E: R.Pena (1); DP: San Francisco 2; LOB: San Francisco 10, Pittsburgh 5; 2B: Panik (10), Posey (16), R.Pena (1); HR: Jaso (4), G.Polanco (10), Kang (10); SB: Kang (2), S.Rodriguez (2); CS: Jaso (2); SF: Pagan (2). IP H R ER BB SO San Fran Samardzija 3 6 6 6 2 2 Law W,3-1 2 2 0 0 0 3 Strickland 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 Osich 11/3 0 0 0 0 3 Gearrin 1 0 0 0 0 1 Casilla S,15-191 1 0 0 0 1 Pittsburgh Liriano 5 6 4 4 3 6 Hhs L,0-1 BS,21 4 3 3 0 0 Feliz 1 0 0 0 1 2 Watson 1 2 0 0 0 0 Lobstein 1 0 0 0 1 0 T: 3:28; A: 33,747 (38,362); AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Texas 47 26 .644 _ Houston 37 36 .507 10 Seattle 36 36 .500 101/2 Los Angeles 31 41 .431 151/2 A's 29 42 .408 17 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Cleveland 41 30 .577 _ Kansas City 38 33 .535 3 Detroit 37 35 .514 41/2 Chicago 35 36 .493 6 Minnesota 22 48 .314 181/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Baltimore 41 30 .577 _ Boston 39 31 .557 11/2 Toronto 40 34 .541 21/2 New York 35 36 .493 6 Tampa Bay 31 39 .443 91/2 Tuesday's games San Diego 10, Baltimore 7 Colorado 8, N.Y. Yankees 4 Arizona 4, Toronto 2 Chicago White Sox 3, Boston 1 Cleveland 6, Tampa Bay 0 Detroit 4, Seattle 2 N.Y. Mets 2, Kansas City 1 Cincinnati 8, Texas 2 Houston 3, L.A. Angels 2 Minnesota 14, Philadelphia 10 A's 5, Milwaukee 3 Wednesday's games N.Y. Yankees 9, Colorado 8 N.Y. Mets 4, Kansas City 3 Houston 3, L.A. Angels 2 Milwaukee 4, A's 2 Toronto 5, Arizona 2 Baltimore 7, San Diego 2 Cleveland 6, Tampa Bay 1 Detroit 5, Seattle 1 Texas 6, Cincinnati 4 Chicago White Sox at Boston, (n.) Philadelphia at Minnesota, (n.) Thursday's games Philadelphia (Eickhoff 4-9) at Minnesota (Nolasco 3-4), 10:10 a.m. Seattle (Sampson 0-1) at Detroit (Norris 0-0), 10:10 a.m. Chicago White Sox (Shields 2-9) at Boston (Porcello 8-2), 10:35 a.m. A's (Graveman 2-6) at L.A. Angels (Lince- cum 1-0), 7:05 p.m. Brewers 4, Athletics 2 Milwaukee Oakland AB R H B AB R H B A.Hill 3b 5 0 1 0 B.Burns cf 3 0 0 0 Gennett 2b 5 1 3 2 Crisp lf 3 1 2 1 Braun lf 5 0 2 0 Lowrie 2b 4 0 0 0 Lucroy dh 5 0 0 0 Vlencia 3b 4 0 1 0 Carter 1b 3 0 0 0 K.Davis dh 4 0 0 0 Nwnhus cf 4 1 1 1 Alonso 1b 4 1 1 0 Mldnado c 4 0 3 0 Semien ss 3 0 0 0 R.Flres rf 4 1 2 0 Muncy rf 3 0 1 1 Y.Rvera ss 3 1 1 1 Alcnt pr-rf 0 0 0 0 Btler ph 1 0 0 0 Phgley c 2 0 0 0 Vogt ph-c 1 0 0 0 Totals 38 4 13 4 32 2 5 2 Milwaukee 000 030 010 — 4 Oakland 000 100 100 — 2 E: Crisp (1); DP: Oakland 2; LOB: Mil- waukee 9, Oakland 6; 2B: R.Flores (5), Crisp (14); HR: Gennett (7), Nieuwenhuis (3), Crisp (6); SB: A.Alcantara (1); S: Y.Rivera (1). IP H R ER BB SO Milwaukee Guerra W,4-1 7 5 2 2 1 8 Smith 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 Thrnbg S,2-5 11/3 0 0 0 1 0 Oakland Mngdn L,0-3 6 7 3 3 1 9 Rodriguez 1 1 0 0 0 2 Hendriks 2/3 2 1 1 0 0 Rzepczynski 2/3 2 0 0 0 0 Axford 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 HBP: by Smith (Burns). T: 2:53; A: 13,586 (37,090). NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS Batting Murphy, Washington, .352; Ramos, Washington, .332; Marte, Pittsburgh, .331; Ozuna, Miami, .323; Braun, Milwau- kee, .320; Prado, Miami, .320; LeMahieu, Colorado, .318; Gonzalez, Colorado, .313; Yelich, Miami, .311; Diaz, St. Louis, .310. Runs Bryant, Chicago, 52; Arenado, Colorado, 50; Gonzalez, Colorado, 48; Carpenter, St. Louis, 48; Zobrist, Chicago, 48; Diaz, St. Louis, 47; Myers, San Diego, 46; Seager, Los Angeles, 46; Ozuna, Miami, 45; Polanco, Pittsburgh, 45. RBI Arenado, Colorado, 60; Bruce, Cincin- nati, 55; Rizzo, Chicago, 54; Kemp, San Diego, 49; Duvall, Cincinnati, 48; Bryant, Chicago, 48; Story, Colorado, 47; Mur- phy, Washington, 46; Myers, San Diego, 45; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 45; Lamb, Arizona, 45; Carpenter, St. Louis, 45. Home runs Arenado, Colorado, 21; Duvall, Cincin- nati, 20; Cespedes, New York, 18; Carter, Milwaukee, 18; Story, Colorado, 18; Bryant, Chicago, 17; Rizzo, Chicago, 17; Bruce, Cincinnati, 16; Myers, San Diego, 16; Moss, St. Louis, 16. Stolen bases Villar, Milwaukee, 25; Marte, Pittsburgh, 20; Hamilton, Cincinnati, 16; Upton Jr., San Diego, 15; Smith, Atlanta, 14; Har- rison, Pittsburgh, 12; Herrera, Philadel- phia, 11; Taylor, Washington, 10; Segura, Arizona, 10; Myers, San Diego, 10. Pitching Cueto, San Francisco, 11-1; Arrieta, Chicago, 11-2; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 11- 1; Strasburg, Washington, 10-0; Greinke, Arizona, 10-3; Lester, Chicago, 9-3; Fernandez, Miami, 9-3; Scherzer, Wash- ington, 8-4; Syndergaard, New York, 8-2; Samardzija, San Francisco, 8-4. ERA Kershaw, Los Angeles, 1.57; Arrieta, Chi- cago, 1.74; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 1.85; Cueto, San Francisco, 2.06; Lester, Chicago, 2.06; Syndergaard, New York, 2.08; Fernandez, Miami, 2.36; Hammel, Chicago, 2.55; Maeda, Los Angeles, 2.64; Teheran, Atlanta, 2.66. Strikeouts Kershaw, Los Angeles, 141; Scherzer, Washington, 128; Fernandez, Miami, 125; Strasburg, Washington, 118; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 115; Syndergaard, New York, 110; Arrieta, Chicago, 107; Lackey, Chicago, 97; Pomeranz, San Diego, 96; Cueto, San Francisco, 96. Saves Familia, New York, 24; Ramos, Miami, 23; Jansen, Los Angeles, 21; Melancon, Pittsburgh, 20; Gomez, Philadelphia, 19; Jeffress, Milwaukee, 19; Papelbon, Washington, 16; Ziegler, Arizona, 15; McGee, Colorado, 15; Rodney, San Diego, 15. AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS Batting Bogaerts, Boston, .347; Altuve, Houston, .343; Ortiz, Boston, .339; Martinez, Detroit, .325; Machado, Baltimore, .317; Nunez, Minnesota, .315; Desmond, Texas, .313; Escobar, Anaheim, .311; Lindor, Cleveland, .310; Hosmer, Kansas City, .309. Runs Donaldson, Toronto, 61; Betts, Boston, 61; Kinsler, Detroit, 58; Bogaerts, Boston, 55; Cano, Seattle, 52; Desmond, Texas, 51; Davis, Baltimore, 51; Altuve, Houston, 51; Machado, Baltimore, 50; Springer, Houston, 49. RBI Encarnacion, Toronto, 62; Ortiz, Boston, 59; Cano, Seattle, 53; Betts, Boston, 51; Beltran, New York, 51; Trumbo, Baltimore, 51; Napoli, Cleveland, 49; Seager, Seattle, 48; Trout, Anaheim, 48; Kinsler, Detroit, 46; Bogaerts, Boston, 46; Desmond, Texas, 46; Cruz, Seattle, 46; Donaldson, Toronto, 46. Home runs Trumbo, Baltimore, 20; Frazier, Chicago, 20; Cano, Seattle, 19; Beltran, New York, 19; Encarnacion, Toronto, 19; Ortiz, Boston, 18; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 18; Donaldson, Toronto, 17; Machado, Bal- timore, 17; Davis, Baltimore, 16; Davis, Oakland, 16; Cruz, Seattle, 16. Stolen bases Davis, Cleveland, 21; Altuve, Houston, 18; Nunez, Minnesota, 16; Burns, Oakland, 13; Desmond, Texas, 13; Lindor, Cleveland, 12; Dyson, Kansas City, 12; Ellsbury, New York, 12; Betts, Boston, 11; Gardner, New York, 11. Pitching Sale, Chicago, 12-2; Tillman, Baltimore, 10-1; Happ, Toronto, 9-3; Zimmermann, Detroit, 9-3; Salazar, Cleveland, 8-3; Price, Boston, 8-4; Wright, Boston, 8-4; Porcello, Boston, 8-2; Hill, Oakland, 8-3; Tomlin, Cleveland, 8-1. ERA Wright, Boston, 2.01; Salazar, Cleveland, 2.23; Quintana, Chicago, 2.63; Estrada, Toronto, 2.70; Sale, Chicago, 2.83; Hamels, Texas, 2.88; Tanaka, New York, 2. 91 ; T ill ma n, B alt im or e, 3 .1 1; L ew is , Texas, 3.21; Fister, Houston, 3.21. Strikeouts Price, Boston, 109; Kluber, Cleveland, 103; Archer, Tampa Bay, 103; Sale, Chi- cago, 102; Verlander, Detroit, 102; Sala- zar, Cleveland, 96; Smyly, Tampa Bay, 94; Sanchez, Toronto, 89; Pineda, New York, 88; Quintana, Chicago, 87; Keuchel, Houston, 87; Hamels, Texas, 87. Saves Britton, Baltimore, 21; Rodriguez, Detroit, 20; Colome, Tampa Bay, 19; Rob- ertson, Chicago, 18; Davis, Kansas City, 18; Cishek, Seattle, 16; Kimbrel, Boston, 16; Dyson, Texas, 14; Allen, Cleveland, 14; Osuna, Toronto, 14. NCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES GLANCE At TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Omaha, Neb. Double Elimination x-if necessary Saturday, June 18 Oklahoma State 1, UC Santa Barbara 0 Arizona 5, Miami 1 Sunday, June 19 TCU 5, Texas Tech 3 Coastal Carolina 2, Florida 1 Monday, June 20 UC Santa Barbara 5, Miami 3, Miami eliminated Oklahoma State 1, Arizona 0 Tuesday, June 21 Texas Tech 3, Florida 2, Florida elimi- nated TCU 6, Coastal Carolina 1 Wednesday, June 22 Arizona 3, UC Santa Barbara 0, UCSB eliminated Thursday, June 23 Game 10 _ Texas Tech (47-19) vs. Coastal Carolina (50-17), 5 p.m. Friday, June 24 Game 11 _ Oklahoma State (43-20) vs. Arizona (46-22), noon Game 12 _ TCU (49-16) vs. Game 10 win- ner, 5 p.m. Saturday, June 25 x-Game 13 _ Oklahoma State vs. Arizona, TBA x-Game 14 _ TCU vs. Game 10 winner, TBA If only one game is necessary, it will be played at night Championship Series (Best-of-3) Monday, June 27: Pairings TBA, 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 28: Pairings TBA, 5 p.m. x-Wednesday, June 29: Pairings TBA, 5 p.m. Tennis ATP WORLD TOUR AEGON OPEN NOTTINGHAM RESULTS Wednesday At Nottingham Tennis Center Nottingham, England Purse: $730,725 (WT250) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Third Round Andreas Seppi (7), Italy, def. Adrian Mannarino, France, 6-2, 6-3. Marcos Baghdatis (9), Cyprus, def. Sam Querrey (5), United States, 1-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4. Dudi Sela, Israel, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. Pablo Cuevas (2), Uruguay, def. Daniel Evans, Britain, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-4. Alexandr Dolgopolov (4), Ukraine, def. Frank Dancevic, Canada, 6-3, 7-5. Steve Johnson (6), United States, def. Vasek Pospisil (11), Canada, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1). Gilles Muller (8), Luxembourg, def. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3. Kevin Anderson (1), South Africa, def. Fernando Verdasco (14), Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (6). WTA AEGON INTERNATIONAL EASTBOURNE RESULTS Wednesday At Devonshire Park Eastbourne, England Purse: $711,778 (Premier) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Third Round Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, def. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Dominika Cibulkova (12), Slovakia, def. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Agnieszka Radwanska (1), Poland, def. Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, 6-3, 6-3. Kristina Mladenovic, France, def. Anna- Lena Friedsam, Germany, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Madison Brengle, United States, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Johanna Konta (11), Britain, def. Petra Kvitova (5), Czech Republic, 5-7, 6-4, 6-0. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Colorado 9 2 4 31 19 11 FC Dallas 8 5 4 28 24 24 Salt Lake 7 4 3 24 25 23 Kansas City 6 8 3 21 16 18 Vancouver 6 7 3 21 24 27 Los Angeles 5 3 6 21 27 17 San Jose 5 4 6 21 18 18 Portland 5 6 5 20 25 27 Seattle 5 8 1 16 13 17 Houston 3 7 5 14 20 22 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Philadelphia 6 4 5 23 23 19 New York 7 7 1 22 26 20 N.Y. City FC 5 5 6 21 25 31 Montreal 5 4 5 20 22 20 Toronto FC 5 5 4 19 15 15 New England 4 4 7 19 21 26 D.C. United 4 6 5 17 14 16 Orlando City 3 3 8 17 25 23 Columbus 3 5 6 15 18 21 Chicago 2 6 5 11 11 16 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday, June 22 Chicago at Philadelphia, (n.) New York at Salt Lake, (n.) Colorado at Los Angeles, (n.) COPA AMERICA GLANCE SEMIFINALS Tuesday, June 21 Argentina 4, United States 0 Wednesday, June 22 At Chicago Colombia vs. Chile, (n.) THIRD PLACE Saturday, June 25 At Glendale, Ariz. United States vs. Colombia-Chile loser, 5 p.m. CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, June 26 At East Rutherford, N.J. Argentina vs. Colombia-Chile winner, 5 p.m. Basketball WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L P ct G B Minnesota 13 0 1.000 — Sparks 11 1 .917 11/2 Dallas 6 7 .462 7 Phoenix 4 9 .308 9 Seattle 4 9 .308 9 San Antonio 2 10 .167 101/2 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 9 4 .692 — Atlanta 8 5 .615 1 Washington 7 7 .500 21/2 Chicago 6 7 .462 3 Indiana 5 9 .357 41/2 Connecticut 3 10 .231 6 Tuesday's games Minnesota 72, Sparks 69 Chicago 81, San Antonio 75 Phoenix 90, Dallas 100 Wednesday's games New York 90, Atlanta 79, 2OT Washington 76, Indiana 62 Odds PREGAME.COM LINE Thursday MLB NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Pittsburgh -110/+100 San Francisco at Cincinnati -106/-104 San Diego Chicago -174/+162 at Miami New York -163/+153 at Atlanta Arizona -150/+140 at Colorado Thursday AMERICAN LEAGUE at Detroit -126/+116 Seattle at Boston -220/+200 Chicago at Los Angeles -145/+135 Oakland INTERLEAGUE at Minnesota -148/+138 Philadelphia Transactions BASEBALL American League Baltimore Orioles: Recalled LHP Ashur Tolliver from Norfolk (IL). Placed LHP Brian Duensing on the 15-day Dl, retro- active to June 20. Chicago White Sox: Claimed RHP Juan Minaya off waivers from Houston and assigned him to Charlotte (IL). National League Cincinnati Reds: Reinstated RHP Michael Lorenzen from the 60-day DL. Placed RHP Alfredo Simon on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to June 16. Reinstated INF Jordan Pacheco from the 15-day DL and sent him outright to Louisville (IL). Pa- checo refused the outright assignment and elected to become a free agent. Los Angeles Dodgers: Claimed RHP Layne Somsen from the New York Yankees. Transferred RHP Chin-hui Tsao to the 60-day DL. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2016 2 B