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AUTORACING F1Belgian Grand Prix Prac- tice:5a.m.,NBCSN. MLB BASEBALL Boston Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays or Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins: 10a.m., MLB. New York Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals or Baltimore Orioles vs. Washington Nationals: 4 p.m., MLB. San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers: 7p.m., CSNBA. Atlanta Braves vs. Arizona Diamondbacks: 8p.m., MLB. LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL World Series Elimination Game: noon, ESPN. World Series Elimination Game: 4:30p.m., ESPN. CFL FOOTBALL B.C. at Ottawa: 4:30p.m., ESPN2 4:30p.m. NFL PRESEASON Atlanta Falcons vs. Miami Dolphins: 5p.m., NBC. Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks: 8p.m., NFL. GOLF EPGA Tour, Made in Denmark, Round 1: 6:30a.m., GOLF. Web.com Tour, Portland Open, Round 1: 9a.m., GOLF. PGA Tour, The Barclays, Round 1: 11a.m., GOLF. LPGA Tour, Canadian Pacific Open, Round 1: 3p.m., GOLF. EPGA Tour, Made in Denmark, Round 2: 2:30a.m., GOLF. AFL RUGBY Australian Rules Football, West Coast vs. Adelaide: 3 a.m., FS1. Ontheair went on injured reserve with a left-shoulder injury. "He's been sharp with all things mentally," Kelly said. "There's always a lit- tle bit, when you take some time off physically, there may a ball that was be- hind from a timing stand- point. But there's been no indecision in terms of he doesn't know where he's going with the ball." Kaepernick didn't fully participate in practice from Aug. 11 until this past Monday, citing a tight shoulder that he compared to an issue he experienced as a high school pitcher. "At this point, I would say I bounce back quicker than I did in the past," Kaeper- nick said. "Baseball's very taxing on a shoulder. Foot- ball, not as much." Notes • The 49ers have intro- duced three robotic tack- ling dummies in practice, and although Kelly and several players hailed the helpful technology, one player wants no part of it. That would be linebacker NaVorroBowman,theNFL's leading tackler last season. "I don't want to (tackle them)," Bowman said with a laugh. "One guy tried and it didn't turn out to well for him. He tried to tackle the robot and it tackled him." It's not just defenders who can use the padded, robotic dummies to work on technique. Offensive linemen performed cut blocks on the $8,000 Mo- bile Virtual Player dum- mies Tuesday. "I like the concept of them, and I didn't realize they'd be so quick," center Daniel Kilgore said. "It's great, the technology they're us- ing for us here." Five other teams have the MVP dum- mies that were dreamed up by Buddy Teevens, the for- mer Stanford and current Dartmouth coach. • Rookie wide receiver Bryce Treggs, a Cal prod- uct, said he is week-to- week in returning from a medial collateral ligament sprain in his left knee. • Kelly said his staff is still trying to determine the 49ers' starting offen- sive line, as well as the top two backups who'd have to be able to play guard/cen- ter and guard/tackle. As a result, Anthony Davis is seeing more time at right guard, Zane Beadles is be- ing tested at center and Marcus Martin is shifting from center to guard. 49ers FROM PAGE 1 other spots. "I wish there were more quarters to play, because we want to take a look at a number of guys," Quinn said. Expect such established starters as quarterback Matt Ryan, wide receiver Julio Jones and running back Devonta Freeman to see less time than others, as Quinn plans to substi- tute individuals instead of full units. Backup running back Terron Ward will miss his second straight game with an ankle injury, opening the way for Cyrus Gray, Brandon Wilds and Gus Johnson to make gains in bids for a roster spot. Dolphins coach Adam Gase said it will be a game- time decision whether four-time Pro Bowl DE Cameron Wake plays for the first time since tearing his Achilles tendon last season. Wake was asked if he thinks he needs the work Thursday. "I always need work," he said. "If you're not get- ting better, you're getting worse. Then you need to retire." Also coming off Achil- les tendon surgery is vet- eran RB Arian Foster, who carried twice for minus-5 yards last week. "We didn't have much to evaluate," Gase said. "The couple of carries that he had, there wasn't much there. He tried to create a couple things on his own. Hopefully we can get him going a little bit this week. Obviously I don't want to overdo it with him, but I'm pretty sure his resume speaks for itself." Gase wants to see better tackling from his defense and special teamers. "It's a race to see who becomes the best tackling teams in football as you go throughout the season, because the only live work you really get nowadays are in games. Unless we want to start doing live out here and taking a chance of somebody getting hurt in practice, I mean it's re- ally not something that's going to happen. We have to make sure we're great on technique. We have to get tight to them. We got to run our feet. Those are some things that we have to do a better job of." First-round draft pick Laremy Tunsil will likely start and get a lot of work at left guard. Second-year CB Tony Lippett, who is trying to secure a start- ing job, will also get a long look. Backup QB Matt Moore is out with a concussion, which may mean lots of playing time for rookie Brandon Doughty. DALLAS AT SEATTLE, 7 P.M. Cowboys rookie Ezekiel Elliott is expected to make his preseason debut and get quite the initial test against one of the best de- fenses in the NFL. Most of the attention will be on Elliott and an- other rookie, promising young quarterback Dak Prescott. While Elliott is the presumed starter at running back in Dallas, he has veteran help in Alfred Morris, who is having a strong preseason. Prescott could wind up as Tony Ro- mo's backup for the regu- lar season. The Cowboys will be mi- nus wide receiver Dez Bry- ant due to a concussion suf- fered in practice. Seattle's focus will be on the offensive line and try- ing to settle on a group of five up front heading into the season. Game 3 of the preseason schedule al- ways is the most significant dress rehearsal for the real stuff. So the Cowboys game will also be the most ex- tensive playing time of the preseason for Russell Wil- son. However, the Seahawks will hold out running back Thomas Rawls for another week as he recovers from last year's broken ankle. APSportsWritersSteven Wine, Terrance Harris, Tim Booth and Charles Odum contributed. Preseason FROM PAGE 1 that he wanted the chance to make things right with Valencia. Valencia, who put But- ler on the seven-day con- cussion disabled list dur- ing the fight, said after the game he hadn't talked with Butler yet, but wanted to so the two men and their team could move forward. "Ihaven'tseenBillymuch today," Valencia said after the game with the expecta- tion a talk will come soon, perhapsonThursday'sflight from Oakland to St. Louis. "Ijustfeelhewantstomake everything better. We need to coexist. I like Billy. I've al- ways liked Billy." If anything, Valencia would have been just fine if this had never happened. Beyond that, he would have preferred no one outside he and Butler knew about it. "It should have stayed in the clubhouse. What hap- pens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse," Valencia said. "It's as simple as that. It should have never been out." While saying he's "100 percent" certain things will get back on an even keel, Valencia understands, as does Butler, that once that Butler landed on the concussion disabled list, keeping it quiet wasn't hap- pening. It was last Friday that Butler told an equipment manufacturers' represen- tative that Valencia didn't always wear the shoes he was contracted to wear. It was no small issue for Va- lencia with those contracts typically worth in excess of $10,000. Yelling escalated to what turned out to be a very short fight. "I think it's one of those things where I know I re- gret what I did and I think he regrets what he did," Butler said. "Because of what happened to me, it had to come out publicly, I didn't want that to hap- pen, and neither did he. By no means do I think his in- tentions were to give me a concussion. I think that's fair to say." It's likely Butler will be able to win back his team- mates, most of whom didn't want to get in the posi- tion of picking sides in a he-said, he-said fracas be- cause he seemed genuinely contrite. The front office disciplined both with fines and not suspensions. That's likely because suspensions come with automatic fines and Butler, whose salary of $10 million is about three times Valencia's $3.15 mil- lion, would wind up paying three times as much. The DH has issued one- on-one apologies with members of the front office Notes • Valencia thought he had a gift two-run pop fly single in the A's five- run second inning be- cause the ball was in the sun, making it tough for first baseman Carlos San- tana to see. That was the original ruling, but it was reversed later by the of- ficial scorer. "I'm not happy with it," Valencia said. "It's kind of bush. But whatever." The deci- sion meant Valencia got just one hit for the day af- ter coming into Wednes- day with a streak of seven consecutive multiple-hit games. No A's player had done better since Rickey Henderson did it for eight games in 1981. • Kendall Graveman be- came the first A's pitcher to get to 10 wins this year by allowing one run in 6 2/3 innings. Graveman, who threw a two-hit shutout his last time out against the White Sox, stretched his streak of scoreless in- nings to 16 2/3 before Ro- berto Perez homered in the seventh inning. • Shortstop Marcus Semien went on the pa- ternity leave list Wednes- day with pitcher J.B. Wen- delken called up to take his roster spot. With his son, Isaiah, and wife, Tarah, doing well, Semien is ex- pected to join the A's this weekend in St. Louis. • Rookie third baseman Ryon Healy had an RBI sin- gle to stretch his hitting streak to 11 games. A's FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 70 55 .560 _ Giants 68 57 .544 2 Colorado 60 67 .472 11 San Diego 53 74 .417 18 Arizona 52 74 .413 181/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Chicago 81 45 .643 _ St. Louis 67 58 .536 131/2 Pittsburgh 63 61 .508 17 Milwaukee 56 70 .444 25 Cincinnati 54 72 .429 27 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 73 53 .579 _ Miami 66 60 .524 7 New York 63 63 .500 10 Philadelphia 59 68 .465 141/2 Atlanta 46 80 .365 27 Tuesday's games Baltimore 8, Washington 1 Pittsburgh 7, Houston 1 Cincinnati 3, Texas 0 Kansas City 1, Miami 0 Chicago White Sox 9, Philadelphia 1 Milwaukee 6, Colorado 4 N.Y. Mets 7, St. Louis 4 Atlanta 7, Arizona 4 Chicago Cubs 5, San Diego 3 L.A. Dodgers 9, Giants 5 Wednesday's games Houston 5, Pittsburgh 4 Milwaukee 7, Colorado 1 Chicago Cubs 6, San Diego 3 Baltimore 10, Washington 8 Miami 3, Kansas City 0 Texas 6, Cincinnati 5 Philadelphia 5, Chicago White Sox 3 St. Louis 8, N.Y. Mets 1 Atlanta at Arizona, (n) Giants at L.A. Dodgers (n) Thursday's games Baltimore (Jimenez 5-10) at Washington (Scherzer 13-7), 4:05 p.m. Kansas City (Volquez 9-10) at Miami (Koehler 9-8), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Lugo 0-2) at St. Louis (Wain- wright 9-7), 4:15 p.m. Pittsburgh (Kuhl 3-1) at Milwaukee (Peralta 5-9), 5:10 p.m. Atlanta (Gant 1-3) at Arizona (Ray 7-11), 6:40 p.m. Giants (Moore 7-10) at L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 3-4), 7:10 p.m. Friday's games Colorado at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. San Diego at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. A's at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Cincinnati at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Atlanta at Giants, 7:15 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Texas 74 53 .583 _ Seattle 67 59 .532 61/2 Houston 66 61 .520 8 A's 55 72 .433 19 Los Angeles 53 73 .421 201/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Cleveland 72 53 .576 _ Detroit 67 59 .532 51/2 Kansas City 65 61 .516 71/2 Chicago 60 65 .480 12 Minnesota 49 77 .389 231/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 71 55 .563 _ Boston 71 55 .563 _ Baltimore 70 56 .556 1 New York 65 61 .516 6 Tampa Bay 53 72 .424 171/2 Tuesday's games Baltimore 8, Washington 1 Pittsburgh 7, Houston 1 Toronto 7, L.A. Angels 2 Boston 2, Tampa Bay 1 Cincinnati 3, Texas 0 Kansas City 1, Miami 0 Chicago White Sox 9, Philadelphia 1 Detroit 8, Minnesota 3 A's 9, Cleveland 1 N.Y. Yankees 5, Seattle 1 Wednesday's games Houston 5, Pittsburgh 4 A's 5, Cleveland 1 N.Y. Yankees 5, Seattle 0 Baltimore 10, Washington 8 L.A. Angels 8, Toronto 2 Miami 3, Kansas City 0 Tampa Bay 4, Boston 3, 11 innings Texas 6, Cincinnati 5 Detroit 9, Minnesota 4 Philadelphia 5, Chicago White Sox 3 Thursday's games Boston (Pomeranz 10-9) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 8-5), 10:10 a.m. Detroit (Norris 1-2) at Minnesota (Ber- rios 2-3), 10:10 a.m. Baltimore (Jimenez 5-10) at Washington (Scherzer 13-7), 4:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 8-11) at Toronto (Happ 17-3), 4:07 p.m. Kansas City (Volquez 9-10) at Miami (Koehler 9-8), 4:10 p.m. Cleveland (Tomlin 11-7) at Texas (Hamels 13-4), 5:05 p.m. Seattle (Paxton 4-5) at Chicago White Sox (Ranaudo 1-1), 5:10 p.m. Friday's games Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Minnesota at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Kansas City at Boston, 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Detroit, 4:10 p.m. Cleveland at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Houston, 5:10 p.m. A's at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Athletics 9, Indians 1 (Tuesday's Box) Cleveland Oakland AB R H B AB R H B Ra.Dvis cf 4 0 0 0 Crisp lf 5 0 2 0 R.Perez c 0 0 0 0 Smlnski cf 5 1 1 1 Kipnis 2b 4 0 0 0 Vlencia rf 5 2 2 0 Lindor ss 4 0 0 0 K.Davis dh 4 3 2 3 Napoli dh 4 0 1 0 Alonso 1b 3 0 0 1 C.Sntna 1b 3 0 0 0 Healy 3b 4 1 3 1 Jose.Rm 3b 3 0 0 0 Muncy 2b 2 1 1 0 Guyer lf 1 0 1 0 Pinder ss 4 0 1 1 Chsnhll rf 1 0 0 0 Maxwell c 4 1 1 2 A.Almnt lf 3 0 1 0 Gimenez c 1 1 1 1 Naquin cf 1 0 0 0 Totals 29 1 4 1 36 9 13 9 Cleveland 000 001 000 — 1 Oakland 302 010 03x — 9 E: Kipnis (9); DP: Cleveland 1, Oakland 1; LOB: Cleveland 3, Oakland 7; 2B: Guyer (15), Valencia (17), K.Davis (19), Healy 2 (7), Maxwell (2); HR: Gimenez (4), K.Davis (33); CS: Crisp (5); SF: Alonso (3). IP H R ER BB SO Cleveland Salazar L,11-5 4 8 6 6 3 2 McAllister 2 1 0 0 0 2 Manship 1 0 0 0 0 1 Clevinger 1 4 3 3 0 2 Oakland Manaea W,5-8 7 3 1 1 2 8 Axford 1 1 0 0 0 1 Smith 1 0 0 0 0 1 Salazar pitched to 1 batter in the 5th WP: Salazar. T: 2:43; A: 13,141 (37,090). Football NFL PREASEASON AMERICAN CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Denver 1 1 0 .500 46 31 San Diego 1 1 0 .500 29 30 Oakland 1 1 0 .500 43 30 Kansas City 0 2 0 .000 36 38 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA New England 2 0 01.000 57 44 Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 39 19 Miami 1 1 0 .500 41 51 N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 35 35 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Houston 2 0 01.000 40 22 Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 43 36 Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 37 37 Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 34 44 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 2 0 01.000 41 37 Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 46 31 Pittsburgh 0 2 0 .000 17 47 Cleveland 0 2 0 .000 24 41 NATIONAL CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Los Angeles 2 0 01.000 49 44 San Francisco1 1 0 .500 44 48 Seattle 1 1 0 .500 28 34 Arizona 0 2 0 .000 13 50 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 2 0 01.000 34 9 Washington 1 1 0 .500 39 41 Dallas 1 1 0 .500 65 42 N.Y. Giants 0 2 0 .000 10 48 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 2 0 01.000 47 30 Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 36 38 Carolina 1 1 0 .500 45 38 New Orleans 0 2 0 .000 31 50 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota 2 0 01.000 35 27 Green Bay 2 0 01.000 37 23 Detroit 1 1 0 .500 44 47 Chicago 0 2 0 .000 22 45 Thursday's games Atlanta at Miami, 5 p.m. Dallas at Seattle, 7 p.m. Friday's games Buffalo at Washington, 4:30 p.m. New England at Carolina, 4:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. Green Bay at San Francisco, 7 p.m. Saturday's games Kansas City at Chicago, 10 a.m. Philadelphia at Indianapolis, 4 p.m. Detroit at Baltimore, 4 p.m. N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 4:30 p.m. Tennessee at Oakland, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at Denver, 6 p.m. Sunday's games San Diego at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Arizona at Houston, 1:25 p.m. Cincinnati at Jacksonville, 5 p.m. Tennis ATP WORLD TOUR WINSTON- SALEM OPEN RESULTS Wednesday At The Wake Forest Tennis Center Winston-Salem, N.C. Purse: $639,255 (WT250) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Third Round Richard Gasquet (1), France, def. Ste- phane Robert, France, 6-1, 6-3. John Millman, Australia, def. Bjorn Fratangelo, United States, 5-7, 6-0, 6-3. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, def. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 6-4, 6-0. Alexander Kuznetsov (12), Russia, def. Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 5-5, retired. Pablo Carreno Busta (16), Spain, def. Pablo Cuevas (3), Uruguay, 6-3, 7-6 (1). WTA CONNECTICUT OPEN RESULTS A U.S. Open Series event Wednesday At The Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale New Haven, Conn. Purse: $695,900 (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Second Round Johanna Larsson, Sweden, def. Shelby Rogers, United States, 7-6 (1), 6-4. Ro ber ta V in ci ( 2) , I ta ly , d ef . A na K on ju h, Croatia, 6-2, 6-2. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, def. Caroline Garcia, France, 7-6 (3), 7-5. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WE ST ER N C ONF ER ENCE W L T Pts GF GA FC Dallas 13 7 6 45 39 34 Colorado 11 3 10 43 27 20 Salt Lake 11 8 7 40 37 36 Los Angeles 9 4 12 39 40 26 Kansas City 11 11 5 38 32 30 Portland 8 10 8 32 37 39 Seattle 9 12 4 31 30 32 San Jose 7 7 10 31 26 27 Vancouver 8 12 6 30 34 43 Houston 5 10 10 25 28 31 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Toronto FC 12 7 7 43 39 27 N.Y. City FC 11 7 8 41 44 43 New York 10 9 7 37 45 35 Philadelphia 10 9 7 37 45 41 Montreal 8 7 10 34 39 38 D.C. United 6 8 11 29 27 31 Orlando City 5 7 13 28 39 43 New England 6 11 8 26 29 46 Chicago 5 11 8 23 27 34 Columbus 4 9 11 23 32 40 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Friday's games Houston 2, San Jose 1 Saturday's games N.Y. City FC 1, Los Angeles 0 Toronto FC 3, Philadelphia 1 Chicago 3, Montreal 0 Columbus 2, New England 0 Orlando City 0, Colorado 0, tie Salt Lake 1, FC Dallas 0 Kansas City 2, Vancouver 0 Sunday's games New York 2, D.C. United 2, tie Seattle 3, Portland 1 Wednesday, August 24 D.C. United 1, Montreal 1, tie Philadelphia 2, Columbus 1 Toronto FC 2, Orlando City 1 Los Angeles 2, Chicago 2, tie Seattle 1, Houston 1, tie New England at San Jose, (n) Friday, August 26 Colorado at Salt Lake, 5 p.m. Saturday, August 27 Chicago at D.C. United, 4 p.m. Kansas City at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Montreal at Toronto FC, 4:30 p.m. San Jose at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Houston, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, August 28 New England at New York, 11:30 a.m. Seattle at Portland, 2 p.m. N.Y. City FC at Orlando City, 4 p.m. Motorsports NASCAR SPRINT CUP SCHEDULE AND STANDINGS April 24 — Toyota Owners 400, Rich- mond, Va. (Carl Edwards) May 1 — GEICO 500, Talladega, Ala. (Brad Keselowski) May 7 — Go Bowling 400, Kansas City, Kan. (Kyle Busch) May 15 — AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Dover, Del. (Matt Kenseth) May 21 — x-Sprint Showdown, Concord, N.C. (Kyle Larson) May 21 — x-NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Concord, N.C. (Joey Logano) May 29 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. (Martin Truex Jr) June 6 — Axalta 'We Paint Winners' 400, Long Pond, Pa. (Kurt Busch) June 12 — FireKeepers Casino 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Joey Logano) June 26 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, So- noma, Calif. (Tony Stewart) July 2 — Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Brad Keselowski) July 9 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. (Brad Keselowski) July 17 — New Hampshire 301, Loudon, N.H. (Matt Kenseth) July 24 — Combat Wounded Coalition 400, Indianapolis (Kyle Busch) Aug. 1 — Pennsylvania 400, Long Pond, Pa. (Chris Buescher) Aug. 7 — Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Wat- kins Glen, N.Y. (Denny Hamlin) Aug. 21 — Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Bristol, Tenn. (Kevin Harvick) Aug. 28 — Pure Michigan 400, Brooklyn, Mich. Sept. 4 — Bojangles' Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. Sept. 10 — Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond, Va. Sept. 18 — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, Joliet, Ill. Sep t. 2 5 — N ew E ng la nd 3 00 , L oudon , N.H. Oct. 2 — NASCAR Sprint Cup Dover Race, Dover, Del. Oct. 8 — Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C. Oct. 16 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan. Oct. 23 — Alabama 500, Talladega, Ala. Oct. 30 — Goody's Fast Relief 500, Martinsville, Va. Nov. 6 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, Texas Nov. 13 — Can-Am 500, Avondale, Ariz. Nov. 20 — Ford EcoBoost 400, Home- stead, Fla. x-non-points race POINTS LEADERS Through Aug. 21 1. Kevin Harvick, 762 2. Brad Keselowski, 735 3. Kurt Busch, 692 4. Carl Edwards, 689 5. Joey Logano, 684 6. Kyle Busch, 674 7. Denny Hamlin, 659 8. Martin Truex Jr, 630 9. Jimmie Johnson, 612 10. Matt Kenseth, 604 11. Austin Dillon, 596 12. Chase Elliott, 588 13. Jamie McMurray, 583 14. Ryan Newman, 576 15. Trevor Bayne, 541 16. Kyle Larson, 537 17. Kasey Kahne, 537 18. AJ Allmendinger, 518 19. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 514 20. Ryan Blaney, 508 Odds PREGAME.COM LINE Thursday MLB NATIONAL LEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at St. Louis -164/+154 New York Pittsburgh -125/+115 at Milwaukee at Arizona OFF Atlanta at Los Angeles -130/+120 San Francisco AMERICAN LEAGUE at Minnesota -105/-105 Detroit Boston -125/+115 at Tampa Bay at Toronto -245/+225 Los Angeles at Texas -145/+135 Cleveland Seattle -144/+134 at Chicago INTERLEAGUE at Washington -225/+205 Baltmore at Miami -105/-105 Kansas City College Football Friday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog California 20 (641/2) Hawaii NFL Thursday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog at Miami 21/2 (43) Atlanta at Seattle 5 (44) Dallas Friday at Carolina 31/2 (441/2) New England at Tampa Bay 31/2 (411/2) Cleveland at New Orleans 2 (441/2) Pittsburgh at SFrancisco 1 (46) Green Bay at Washington 21/2 (421/2) Buffalo Saturday Kansas City 11/2 (41) at Chicago at Indianapolis 3 (421/2) Philadelphia at Baltimore 31/2 (421/2) Detroit NY Giants 21/2 (43) at NY Jets at Oakland 31/2 (431/2) Tennessee at Denver 41/2 (42) Los Angeles Sunday at Minnesota 4 (411/2) San Diego at Houston 1 (411/2) Arizona at Jacksonville 1 (43) Cincinnati Transactions BASEBALL American League Baltimore Orioles: Placed RHP Chris Tillman on the 15-day Dl, retroactive to Sunday. Recalled RHP Mike Wright from Norfolk (IL). Kansas City Royals: Sent RHP Wade Davis to the AZL Royals for a rehab assignment. Oakland Athletics: Placed S Marcus Semien on paternity leave. Recalled RHP J.B. Wendelken from Nashville (IL). Seattle Mariners: Agreed to terms with RHP Al Alburquerque on a minor league contract. Texas Rangers: Sent RHP Tanner Scheppers to Round Rock (PCL) and RHP Colby Lewis to Frisco (TL) for rehab assignments. National League Arizona Diamondbacks: Signed president and CEO Derrick Hall to an eight-year contract extension. Atlanta Braves: Sent C. A.J. Pierzynski to the GCL Braves for a rehab assign- ment. Los Angeles Dodgers: Placed LHPs Brett Anderson and Scott Kazmir on the 15-day Dl, Anderson retroactive to Sunday. Optioned RHP Josh Fields to Oklahoma City (PCL). Recalled RHP Ross Stripling, LHP Luis Avilan and 3B Charlie Culberson from Oklahoma City. Agreed to terms with RHP Dan Johnson on a minor contract. Purchased the contract of LHP Roy Merritt from Sugar Land (Atlantic) and assigned him to Oklahoma City (PCL). New York Mets: Placed LHP Jonathon Niese on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Erik Goeddel from Las Veas (PCL). San Francisco Giants: Placed OF Gregor Blanco on the 15-day Dl, retroactively to Monday. Selected the contract of OF Gorkys Hernandez from Sacramento (PCL). Sent OF Chris Heston to San Jose (Cal) for a rehab assignment. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Los Angeles Lakers: Signed F Brandon Ingram and F/C Yi Jianlian. FOOTBALL National Football League New England Patriots: Traded OL Bryan Stork to Washington for an undisclosed draft pick. HOCKEY National Hockey League Arizona Coyotes: Named Mike Van Ryn development coach, Steve Potvin skills coach and Dawn Braid skating coach. Dallas Stars: Signed RW Jiri Hudler to a one-year contract. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2016 2 B