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2B – Daily News – Thursday, March 4, 2010 MLB Spring Training Glance AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct Baltimore 1 0 1.000 Detroit 1 0 1.000 New York 1 0 1.000 Boston 0 0 .000 Chicago 0 0 .000 Cleveland 0 0 .000 Kansas City 0 0 .000 Angels 0 0 .000 Minnesota 0 0 .000 A's 0 0 .000 Texas 0 0 .000 Seattle 0 1 .000 Tampa Bay 0 1 .000 Toronto 0 1 .000 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct GIANTS 1 0 .000 Atlanta 1 1 .500 New York 1 1 .500 Arizona 0 0 .000 Chicago 0 0 .000 Cincinnati 0 0 .000 Colorado 0 0 .000 Florida 0 0 .000 Houston 0 0 .000 Dodgers 0 0 .000 Milwaukee 0 0 .000 Philadelphia 0 0 .000 Padres 0 0 .000 St. Louis 0 0 .000 Washington 0 0 .000 Pittsburgh 0 1 .000 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the stand- ings; games against non-major league teams do not. ——— Wednesday's results San Francisco 8, Seattle 7, 10 innings Atlanta 9, N.Y. Mets 5 Detroit 7, Toronto 6 N.Y.Yankees 6, Pittsburgh 3 Baltimore 12, Tampa Bay 2 Today's Grapefruit League games Baltimore vs Tampa Bay, 10:05 a.m. N.Y.Yankees vs Philadelphia, 10:05 a.m. Pittsburgh vs Atlanta, 10:05 a.m. Toronto vs Detroit, 10:05 a.m. Washington (ss) vs Florida, 10:05 a.m. Washington (ss) vs Houston, 10:05 a.m. St. Louis vs N.Y. Mets, 10:10 a.m. Minnesota vs Boston, 4:05 p.m. Today's Cactus League games Milwaukee vs San Francisco, 12:05 p.m. Oakland vs Chicago Cubs, 12:05, p.m. Colorado vs Arizona, 12:05 p.m. Texas vs Kansas City, 12:05 p.m. San Diego vs Seattle, 12:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox vs L.A. Angels, 2:05 p.m. NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L Pct GB Lakers 46 15 .754 — Phoenix 38 24 .613 8.5 Clippers 25 35 .417 20.5 KINGS 21 40 .344 25 WARRIORS 17 43 .283 28.5 Southwest Division W L Pct GB Dallas 41 21 .661 — San Antonio 34 24 .586 5 Memphis 31 30 .508 9.5 New Orleans 31 31 .500 10 Houston 30 30 .500 10 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Denver 40 21 .656 — Utah 38 22 .633 1.5 Okla. City 36 24 .600 3.5 Portland 36 27 .571 5 Minnesota 14 48 .226 26.5 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 38 21 .644 — Toronto 31 28 .525 7 Philadelphia 22 38 .367 16.5 New York 21 39 .350 17.5 New Jersey 6 54 .100 32.5 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Orlando 42 20 .677 — Atlanta 39 21 .650 2 Miami 30 31 .492 11.5 Charlotte 28 31 .475 12.5 Washington 21 37 .362 19 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 48 14 .774 — Chicago 31 29 .517 16 Milwaukee 31 29 .517 16 Detroit 21 40 .344 26.5 Indiana 20 40 .333 27 ——— Wednesday's results Orland 117, Golden State 90 Sacramento 84, Houston 81 Atlanta 112, Philadelphia 93 Boston 104, Charlotte 80 Cleveland 111, New Jersey 92 Dallas 112, Minnesota 109 Denver 119, Oklahoma City 90 Memphis 104, New Orleans 100 Milwaukee 100, Washington 87 New York 128, Detroit 104 Indiana at Portland, late Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, late Today's games L.A. Lakers at Miami, 5 p.m., TNT Memphis at Chicago, 5 p.m. Utah at Phoenix, 7:30 p.m., TNT Tuesday's late result L.A. Lakers 122, Indiana 99 NCAA Wednesday's Top 25 results No. 2 Kansas 82, No. 5 Kansas State 65 No. 3 Kentucky 80, Georgia 68 No. 22 Maryland 79, No. 4 Duke 72 No. 7 Purdue 74, Indiana 55 No. 8 New Mexico 73, TCU 66 No. 14 BYU 71, Utah 51 No. 15 Wisconsin 67, Iowa 40 No. 16 Tennessee 80, Arkansas 73 No. 20 Temple 57, Saint Louis 51 No. 23 Texas A&M 76, Oklahoma State 61 No. 25 Xavier 82, Fordham 56 Thursday's Top 25 games No. 11 Michigan St. vs. Penn St., 4 p.m., ESPN2 No. 17 Pittsburgh vs. Providence, 6 p.m.. ESPN2 Thursday's other televised games Seton Hall at Rutgers, 4 p.m., ESPN Southern Cal at Arizona State, 5:30 p.m., CSNBA LSU at Mississippi, 6 p.m., ESPN UCLA at Arizona, 7:30 p.m., CSNBA Conference Tournaments Atlantic Sun Conference At The University Center, Macon, Ga. First Round — Wednesday's results Kennesaw State 72, Lipscomb 69 Jacksonville 76, North Florida 69 First Round — Thursday Campbell at East Tennessee State, 11:30 a.m. Belmont vs. Mercer, 6 p.m. Big South Conference At Kimbel Arena, Conway, S.C. Semifinals — Thursday Radford vs. Winthrop, 3 p.m. Coastal Carolina vs. UNC Asheville, 8:30 p.m. Missouri Valley Conference At Scottrade Center, St. Louis First Round — Thursday Drake vs. Southern Illinois, 4 p.m. Missouri State vs. Evansville, 6:30 p.m. Northeast Conference First Round — Thursday Monmouth, N.J. at Quinnipiac, 4 p.m. Central Connecticut St. at Robert Morris, 4 p.m. St. Francis, Pa. at Mount St. Mary's, Md., 4 p.m. Fairleigh Dickinson at Long Island U., 4:30 p.m. Patriot League First Round — Wednesday Lehigh 64, Army 45 Holy Cross 67, Bucknell 64 Lafayette 73, Colgate 65 American 62, Navy 60 NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF GA SHARKS 40 14 9 89 207 157 Kings 38 20 4 80 190 167 Phoenix 37 22 5 79 169 163 Dallas 28 22 12 68 176 191 Ducks 30 25 7 67 177 189 Central Division W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 42 16 5 89 207 153 Nashville 34 23 5 73 174 176 Detroit 29 22 12 70 165 172 St. Louis 29 25 9 67 168 174 Columbus 25 28 11 61 169 207 Northwest Division W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 39 22 2 80 204 158 Colorado 35 21 6 76 180 161 Calgary 30 23 9 69 156 156 Minnesota 30 27 4 64 171 178 Edmonton 19 38 6 44 158 220 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF GA New Jersey 38 21 3 79 166 147 Pittsburgh 37 22 4 78 198 181 Philadelphia 33 26 3 69 190 169 N.Y. Rangers 29 27 7 65 165 170 N.Y. Islanders 26 29 8 60 164 197 Northeast Division W L OT Pts GF GA Ottawa 36 24 4 76 179 183 Buffalo 33 20 9 75 169 158 Montreal 30 28 6 66 168 177 Boston 27 23 11 65 150 158 Toronto 19 32 11 49 163 213 Southeast Division W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 42 13 8 92 250 178 Atlanta 27 24 10 64 186 196 Tampa Bay 26 25 11 63 162 189 Florida 25 28 10 60 164 185 Carolina 25 30 7 57 173 195 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Wednesday's results Chicago 5, Edmonton 2 Florida 7, Philadelphia 4 Vancouver 6, Detroit 3 Washington 3, Buffalo 1 Colorado at Anaheim, late Minnesota at Calgary, late Today's games Montreal at San Jose, 7:30 p.m., CSNCA N.Y. Islanders at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Carolina, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m., VERSUS Tampa Bay at Washington, 4 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at Nashville, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Tuesday's late result New Jersey 4, San Jose 3 DEALS National Basketball Association SACRAMENTO—Signed G Garrett Temple to a 10-day contract. CHICAGO—Waived G Lindsey Hunter. Signed F Chris Richard for the remainder of the season. National Hockey League NHL BOARD OF GOVERNORS—Unani- mously approved the sale of the Tampa Bay Lightning to Jeffrey Vinik. ANAHEIM—Traded G Justin Pogge and a 2010 or 2011 fourth-round draft pick to Car- olina for D Aaron Ward. Traded G Vesa Toskala to Calgary for G Curtis McElhinney. Traded F Petteri Nokelainen to Phoenix for a 2011 sixth-round pick. BUFFALO—Traded LW Clarke MacArthur to Atlanta for 2010 third- and fourth-round draft picks. CALGARY—Traded F Dustin Boyd to Nashville for a conditional 2010 fourth-round draft pick.Traded C Riley Armstrong to Detroit for D Andy Delmore. CAROLINA—Traded F Scott Walker to Washington for a 2010 seventh-round draft pick.Traded D Joe Corvo to Washington for D Brian Pothier, F Oskar Osala and a 2011 sec- ond-round draft pick.Traded F Stephane Yelle and F Harrison Reed to Colorado for F Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll and a 2010 sixth-round draft pick. Traded D Andrew Alberts to Van- couver for a 2010 third-round draft pick. COLUMBUS—Traded F Raffi Torres to Buf- falo for D Nathan Paetsch and a 2010 sec- ond-round draft pick. Traded D Milan Jurcina to Washington for a 2010 conditional draft pick.Traded LW Fredrik Modin to Los Angeles for a conditional draft pick. Traded D Mathieu Roy to Florida for C Matt Rust. Traded LW Alexandre Picard to Phoenix for F Chad Kolarik. Recalled F Mike Blunden from Syra- cuse (AHL). Assigned D Grant Clitsome to Syracuse. DETROIT—Traded C Kris Newbury to the N.Y. Rangers for LW Jordan Owens. EDMONTON—Traded D Lubomir Visnovsky to Anaheim for D Ryan Whitney and a 2010 sixth-round draft pick. Traded D Steve Staios to Calgary for D Aaron Johnson and a 2010 or 2011 third-round draft pick. Claimed F Ryan Jones off waivers from Nashville. FLORIDA—Traded D Dennis Seidenberg and D Matt Bartkowski to Boston for F Byron Bitz, F Craig Weller and a 2010 second-round draft pick. MINNESOTA—Traded C Eric Belanger to Washington for a 2010 second-round draft pick. Recalled LW Robbie Earl from Houston (AHL). MONTREAL—Traded F Matt D'Agostini to St. Louis for F Aaron Palushaj and assigned Palushaj to Hamilton (AHL). N.Y. RANGERS—Traded G Miika Wiikman and a 2011 seventh-round draft pick to Phoenix for D Anders Eriksson. Assigned Eriksson and D Corey Potter to Hartford (AHL). PHOENIX—Acquired D Derek Morris from Boston for a conditional 2011 draft pick. Trad- ed F Peter Mueller and F Kevin Porter to Col- orado for LW Wojtek Wolski. Traded D Sean Zimmerman and a 2010 conditional draft pick to Vancouver for D Mathieu Schneider. PITTSBURGH—Traded D Chris Peluso to Toronto for a 2010 conditional sixth-round draft pick. ST. LOUIS—Traded C Yan Stastny to Van- couver for LW Pierre-Cedric Labrie. Assigned Labrie and F Derek Armstrong to Peoria (AHL). TAMPA BAY—Traded C Jeff Halpern to Los Angeles for F Teddy Purcell and a 2010 third- round draft pick. TORONTO—Traded D Martin Skoula to New Jersey for a 2010 fifth-round draft pick.Traded RW Lee Stempniak to Phoenix for D Matt Jones and a 2010 fourth-round and seventh- round draft pick.Traded G Joey MacDonald to Anaheim for a 2011 seventh-round draft pick. Major League Baseball American League CHICAGO—Agreed to terms with C Tyler Flowers, INF Gordon Beckham, INF Brent Lil- libridge, INF Jayson Nix, OF Alejandro De Aza, OF Stefan Gartrell, RHP Lucas Harrell, RHP Daniel Hudson, RHP Brandon Hynick, RHP Santo Luis, RHP Jeff Marquez, RHP Jhonny Nunez, RHP Brian Omogrosso, RHP Clevelan Santeliz, RHP Carlos Torres and LHP Randy Williams on one-year contracts. KANSAS CITY—Claimed RHP Gaby Her- nandez off waivers from Boston. Placed RHP Henry Barrera on the 60-day DL. National League ARIZONA—Agreed to terms with OF Justin Upton on a six-year contract. ATLANTA—Agreed to terms with RHP Jair Jurrjens, RHP Kris Medlen, RHP Luis Valdez, LHP Mike Dunn, LHP Lee Hyde, LHP Eric O'Flaherty, LHP Jose Ortegano, INF Brooks Conrad, INF Diory Hernandez, INF Martin Prado and OF Jordan Schafer on one-year contracts. Renewed the contracts of RHP Tommy Hanson and INF Yunel Escobar. HOUSTON—Renewed the contract of RHP Bud Norris. SAN DIEGO—Agreed to terms with RHP Radhames Liz, RHP Sean Gallagher, RHP Craig Italiano, RHP Cesar Carrillo, RHP Mat Latos, RHP Edward Mujica, RHP Tim Stauf- fer, RHP Adam Russell, RHP Ernesto Frieri, RHP Ryan Webb, RHP Luis Perdomo, RHP Luke Gregerson, LHP Steve Garrison, LHP Aaron Poreda, LHP Cesar Ramos, LHP Wade LeBlanc, LHP Clayton Richard, LHP Joe Thatcher, C Dusty Ryan, C Nick Hundley, INF Chase Headley, INF Matt Antonelli, INF Everth Cabrera, INF Oscar Salazar, OF Chad Huffman, OF Aaron Cunningham, OF Kyle Blanks, OF Will Venable, OF Luis Durango and OF Tony Gwynn, Jr. on one-year con- tracts. National Football League OAKLAND—Tendered contracts to QB Bruce Gradkowski, CB Stanford Routt, LB Thomas Howard, LB Ricky Brown, C Jon Condo, LB Kirk Morrison and OL Chris Mor- ris. KANSAS CITY—Released WR Devard Dar- ling and RB Dantrell Savage. Scoreboard Scoreboard it. The Giants had a 7-3 lead after four innings, highlight- ed by Emmanuel Burriss' two-run double in the fourth. Mariners starter Doug Fister, a candidate for the fifth spot in the rotation, was not effective in his opening inning. Three of the first four batters scored, one on Fred Lewis' triple and two more on Huff's first-pitch home run over the right field wall. ''I haven't focused on, 'I have to make this starting rotation,''' said Fister, who appeared in 11 games late last season. ''I was brought to camp with the idea from Day One I wanted to pick up where I left off last year and help this team any way I can.'' His problem in the first inning was location. He's not overpowering so he needs to keep the ball down. He did- n't. ''I got a couple balls in the middle of the plate. Obviously, I need to get the ball down. Location isn't where it needed to be.'' he said. ''We have one of the best infields, if not the best in baseball. Tying to utilize that is my key.'' Fister said he made some mechanical adjustments after the inning and they seemed to work. He struck out the side in the second. (Continued from page 1B) GIANTS Landry leads Kings past Rockets HOUSTON (AP) — Carl Landry had 22 points and 10 rebounds against his former team, leading the Sacramento Kings to an 84-81 win over the Houston Rockets on Wednes- day night. The Rockets trad- ed the popular power forward to the Kings in a three- team swap just before the dead- line in a deal that sent Tracy McGrady to New York. Houston picked up Kevin Martin in the trade, and Sacramento's leading scorer over the last three seasons struggled against his former team, scoring 14 on 3-for-13 shooting. Beno Udrih scored 13 points and Spencer Hawes also grabbed 10 rebounds for the Kings, who snapped a four-game road losing streak. Aaron Brooks scored 22 points and Luis Scola had 19 points and 18 rebounds for the Rockets. Landry got a standing ovation when he was introduced, and the fans chanted ''Landry! Landry!'' in the moments before the tipoff. The Rockets played a video of Landry highlights from his two- plus seasons on the scoreboard during the first timeout of the opening quarter, and fans cheered him again. Landry then won a jump ball against for- mer teammate Chuck Hayes and drew Hayes' second foul to send him to the bench. Landry promptly drove around backup center David Ander- sen for a slam, then blocked a shot that led to Tyreke Evans' breakaway dunk and a 20-12 Kings' lead. Houston mustered only 17 points in the opening quarter after reaching 30 points in the first quarters of each of its previous three games. Sacramento led 43-37 at half- time after Francisco Garcia just beat the buzzer with a 3-pointer from 30 feet. The Kings generat- ed 19 second-chance points in the half, but went 18 for 61 (30 per- cent) from the field. Brooks and Martin, Houston's top two scorers, combined to shoot 5 for 18 from the field in the half. Martin also had four turnovers. Brooks finished the game 2 for 13 from 3-point range. The duo continued to misfire in the third quarter and Sacra- mento stretched the lead to nine. Scola scored 11 points in the quarter and Houston closed the gap to 69-65 by the start of the fourth quarter. The Kings pushed the lead back to seven in the first 5 min- utes of the final quarter. The Rockets cut Sacramento's lead to two in the final minute, Evans missed an off-balance shot and Scola rebounded with 8.5 seconds left. Evans fouled Brooks going for a steal and Brooks split two free throws with 6 seconds remaining to cut the Kings' lead to 82-81. Shane Battier fouled Landry with 4 seconds left, and the for- mer Rocket calmly swished two free throws to make it 84-81. Brooks missed a 3 and Evans rebounded to end it. The Kings won for the third time in nine games since the All- Star break. NOTES: Brooks sank a 3- pointer for the 34th consecutive game, the NBA's longest active streak. He's three games shy of the franchise record, set by Luther Head during the 2006-07 season. ... Houston coach Rick Adelman said Trevor Ariza and Kyle Lowry were ''doubtful'' to return from injuries this weekend. Ariza has missed the last four games with a left hip pointer and Lowry has sat out the last nine with a sprained left ankle. ... Kings forward Andres Nocioni sat out to conclude his league- imposed two-game suspension stemming from a drunken driving arrest in November. UFL's California franchise moving to Sacramento SACRAMENTO (AP) — The United Football League's California franchise is relocating to Sacra- mento for the league's second season this fall. The team known last season as the California Red- woods will play all five home games at Sacramento State's Hornet Stadium. The franchise will have a new name, but that has yet to be determined. The team led by head coach and general manager Dennis Green played two home games in San Francis- co and one in San Jose last year during the UFL's inau- gural season. The Redwoods finished with a 2-4 record. Netherlands beats US AMSTERDAM (AP) — DaMarcus Beasley may have boosted his World Cup chances. Jonathan Bornstein and Robbie Findlay did nothing to help theirs. And Stuart Hold- en joined the long U.S. injured list. The United States fell flat in Europe once again, losing to the third-ranked Netherlands 2-1 Wednesday night in the Americans' last match before coach Bob Bradley picks his World Cup roster. ''We had some moments in the first half that were OK, but I don't think we put enough pressure on them,'' said U.S. midfielder Landon Donovan, who hardly touched the ball. ''It took us too long in the second half before we made some real plays.'' Dirk Kuyt converted a penalty kick in the 40th minute after Jonathan Bornstein pulled on Wesley Sneijder's arm in the penalty area. Kuyt sent his kick to the right of goalkeep- er Tim Howard, who dived the other way. ''We lost our concentration and it was a very bad time to give up a penalty,'' Bradley said. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar made it 2-0 in the 73rd minute with a shot that deflected off Bornstein's chest and left the already committed Howard with no chance to stop it. U.S. captain Carlos Bocanegra scored in the 88th minute, getting his 12th goal in 77 appearances by beating goal- keeper Maarten Stekelenburg to the top of the 6-yard box to head in Beasley's 35-yard free kick. ''They were all standing there, and they looked kind of confused, so I tried to take it as quickly as I could,'' Beasley said. Beasley had a chance to tie it in the 90th, but his free kick from just outside the penalty area was easily grabbed by Stekelenburg at the far post. ''Especially as DaMarcus got into the flow of the game more, he was able to make some good runs forward,'' said Bradley, leading the team on his 52nd birthday. ''You start- ed to see his mobility and a little bit of his quickness. He had the confidence of being a threat and put defenders on their heels. Those are good things and, hopefully, they can be built upon.'' PHOENIX (AP) — Katelyn Anderson thinks it's pretty cool having an older brother pitching in the major leagues. For the rest of the Anderson clan, though, it's business as usual. Oakland left-hander Brett Anderson, who led all rookies with 150 strikeouts last year, has pitched in a Futures all-star game, the Olympics and in major league ballparks. His demeanor contra- dicts his experience. He wears his hat off-kilter at times and looks more like the neighborhood kid who mows lawns than the Ath- letics' staff leader in wins from last year. Anderson maintains his even temperament thanks in large part to growing up in a sports family. His father, Frank, is the head baseball coach at Oklahoma State and a for- mer pitching coach at Texas — the Longhorns won the 2002 national title during his tenure — and Texas Tech. His mother, Sandra, was an All-American soft- ball player at Kearney State. His 11-year-old sister is a budding star in soccer and once scored 20 points in a basketball game. ''My mom is probably the toughest on me,'' Anderson said. ''She'll want to know why I threw a certain pitch that got hit for a home run. My dad keeps an eye on me and is always interested in how I'm throwing. I think my sister is just happy to go on road trips to places like Florida, Boston and Los Angeles. She even got a passport to go to Toronto.'' Spring training is out of the question as a destination for a family vacation. There's school for his sister and a demanding schedule for the Cowboys. ''After school lets out and my dad's season winds down, they find time to see me,'' Anderson said Wednesday. ''Sometimes my dad will make a recruit- ing trip to wherever we're playing and we can get together. It all works out.'' Anderson led the A's in strikeouts and wins (11-11) and pitched one of the five shutouts by an AL rookie last season. With Trevor Cahill's 10 wins last year, the duo were the 13th since 1900 to have two pitchers under the age of 22 win 10 or more games, and the first since the 1984 Kansas City Royals' Mark Gubicza and Bret Saberhagen. Anderson, who started using his changeup more after the All-Star break, was 8-4 with a 2.96 ERA, and .237 opponents batting average over his final 17 starts, dating to June 29. He considers that a starting point for this year. With access to the Cow- boys' indoor facilities, Anderson grabbed any catcher available to main- tain his throwing program. ''I worked on my changeup as a fourth weapon,'' he said. ''I'd like to duplicate what I did in the second half. I'd like to start the season how I ended the last one.'' He's slotted into the No. 3 spot behind Ben Sheets and Dallas Braden for now and will make his spring training debut Sunday in Tempe against the Los Angeles Angels. ''This spring training is more relaxed,'' Anderson said. ''Trevor and I were trying to impress everybody and make the team last year by getting people out. Now we're able to work on dif- ferent things. The adjust- ment period is shorter and the overall atmosphere is better.'' In Beijing, Anderson was the winning pitcher in the bronze medal game. He once found himself eating lunch next to swimming superstar Michael Phelps. These days he thinks the A's could have their share of superstars. ''We have the chance to be one of the best staffs in the big leagues,'' he said. ''The bullpen is unbeliev- able and we've added guys who know what it takes.'' Anderson looks to improve on rookie season