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Tracker Thursday's results Tehama AMERICAN LEGION Bulls Redding MLB Giants Atlanta SF — Posey 1-3, 1 RBI ATL — Freeman 1-3, 1 RBI New York Athletics LATE Today's games AMERICAN LEGION TBD Bulls MLB Stage 18 starts today. New York Athletics NY — Nova, 10-4 OAK — Milone, 9-6 Giants Philadelphia SF — Lincecum, 3-10 PHI — Worley, 5-5 On the tube AUTO RACING • 5 a.m. SPEED — Formula One, practice for Grand Prix of Germany, at Hockenheim, Germany • 6 p.m.SPEED — TORC, at Joliet, Ill. BOXING • 6 p.m.ESPN2 — Junior lightweights, Juan Carlos Burgos (29-1-0) vs. Cesar Vazquez (25-0-0), at Laughlin, Nev. CYCLING • 5 a.m. NBCSN — Tour de France, stage 18, Blagnac to Brive-la-Gail- larde, France GOLF • 1:30 a.m.ESPN — The British Open Championship, second round, at Lytham St. Annes, England • Noon TGC — PGA Tour, True South Classic, second round, at Madison, Miss. • 3 p.m. TGC — USGA, U.S. Girls' Junior Amateur Championship, quar- terfinal matches, at Daly City, Calif. MLB • 4 p.m. MLB — Regional coverage, San Francisco at Philadelphia or Atlanta at Washington • 5:05 p.m. WGN — Chicago Cubs at St. Louis TENNIS • 1 p.m. ESPN2 — ATP World Tour, BB&T Atlanta Open, quarterfinal • 4 p.m. ESPN2 — ATP World Tour, BB&T Atlanta Open, quarterfinal • 8 p.m. ESPN2 — WTA, Mercury Insurance Open, quarterfinal, at Carlsbad, Calif. Ex-chairman of Penn State 4:05 p.m. CSNB 7:05 p.m. CSNC 7:00 p.m. 3 2 1 2 Sports TOUR DE FRANCE BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON, France (AP) — Bradley Wiggins of Britain mastered a last big test in the mountains to retain the yel- low jersey on Thursday, while Alejandro Valverde of Spain won the 17th stage of the Tour de France. After ascending the last huge climb, Wiggins said he sensed victory with just three racing days left. He's trying to become the first Briton to win cycling's biggest race. Wiggins faces one last test — the individual time trial, his spe- cialty — on Saturday. Flat stages await today and BRAVES 3, GIANTS 2 Sunday, which features the ride to the finish on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Those stages aren't expected to alter the standings. An 89-mile ride from Bag- neres-de-Luchon to the ski station of Peyragudes on Thursday fea- tured three hard climbs and an uphill finish. Valverde, the Movistar leader who returned from a two-year doping ban this year, won his third Tour stage in a breakaway. Christopher Froome of Britain was second, and his Sky team leader Wiggins was third, both 19 seconds back. Overall, Wiggins leads Froome 1B Friday July 20, 2012 Valverde wins 17th stage in second by 2 minutes, 5 seconds, and Italy's Vincenzo Nibali trails in third, 2:41 back, after losing 18 seconds to them in the final ascent. Valverde, with tears in his eyes in the winner's circle, had a rough start to the Tour with at least three crashes. He sensed Wiggins and Froome closing on him at the end of the stage. ''I went all out,'' said Valverde, who also won stages in the Tour Down Under and the Paris-Nice races this year. ''When I saw there were only 700 meters left, I was really really happy''. See TOUR, page 2B AMERICAN LEGION AREA 1 PLAYOFFS Bulls edge Rattlers 2-1 By DN Staff The Red Bluff Bulls beat the Redding Rattlers 2-1 on Thursday to remain unde- feated in the in the Area 1 double-elimination tourna- ment. Oroville Post 95 or Fairfield Expos at 7 p.m., tonight in Auburn. The Bulls will face the The winner of tonight's game will earn a spot in the championship round. Red Bluff pitcher Gerald Baker struck out eight, gave up five hits and allowed one run in a complete-game per- formance. in the first inning and the Rattlers tied it up in the sev- enth. The Bulls went ahead 1-0 board resigns By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A member and former chairman of the Penn State board of trustees resigned on Thursday, becoming the first board member to do so in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Steve Garban said in a letter his presence on the board had become ''a dis- traction and an impedi- ment'' to its efforts to move forward. Garban was harshly criticized over his han- dling of the crisis that engulfed Penn State after Sandusky's arrest last November, and he faced persistent calls from alum- ni and fellow board mem- bers to step down. An internal investiga- tion by former FBI Direc- tor Louis Freeh found that Garban was briefed twice about developments in the Sandusky case but didn't share what he knew with the entire board, depriving trustees of a chance to pre- pare for the worst crisis in Penn State's 157-year his- tory. Freeh's 267-page report portrayed a disen- gaged board that handed too much responsibility to the university president and failed to investigate deeply enough once it became aware of a grand jury probe. Follow us on Twitter for live game cover- age, exclu- sive online articles and more. @TehamaSports MCT photo Michael Bourn of the Atlanta Braves slides under a leaping Pablo Sandoval in the third inning on Thursday. Giants suffer first loss since break ATLANTA (AP) — The Giants' first loss since the All-Star break provided a reminder their hitters still have room to improve. San Francisco outhit the Atlanta Braves 9-3 but the Giants were hurt by their failure to deliv- er in the clutch in Thursday's 3-2 loss. The loss ended San Francisco's five-game winning streak. BRITISH OPEN Scott breezes to lead in opening round LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (AP) — Unlike the guys in charge of the weather forecast, Adam Scott got everything just about right Thursday in the British Open. Scott was determined not to take himself out of contention in the opening round at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, as he had done in the first two majors this year. Caddie Steve Williams gave him a pep talk to play the first hole like it was the last one. Even more inspiration came from the internation- al flags posted above the massive grand- stand down the left side of the first tee. They weren't flapping. They were sag- ging. In surprisingly calm conditions, Scott raced out to the lead and almost into the record book. He stood on the 18th tee need- ing a birdie to break the major champi- onship scoring record, and instead made bogey to settle for a 6-under 64. It matched the lowest Open round ever at Royal Lytham and gave the Australian a one-shot lead over Paul Lawrie, Zach John- son and Nicolas Colsaerts. ''It was just like a nice walk in the park today,'' Scott said. ''And it was not what we've experienced in the practice rounds. I'm sure there's going to be some weather elements thrown at us the next three days, so just going to have to knuckle down to han- dle that. But I'm confident. My ball striking is good. I think I can get it around no matter what the conditions are.'' The proof was in limp flags and red numbers on the scoreboards. Scott was among three dozen players with rounds in the 60s, a group that includ- ed Tiger Woods. Trying to end a four-year drought in the majors, Woods raced out to four birdies in seven holes to take the early lead, only to settle into a series of pars and one adventure through grass up to his knees for a lone bogey that gave him a 67. In his third Open at Lytham, Woods said it was as easy as he had ever seen it play. ''The wind wasn't blowing, and we're backing golf balls up,'' Woods said. ''That's something we just don't see.'' Lawrie won his British Open in nasty conditions at Carnoustie in 1999, and the Scot showed he could handle the calm weather with equal aplomb. He ran off three birdies over the last five holes. Johnson, who won the 2006 Masters in the wind and cold at Augusta National, flirted with a major record-tying 63 until a bogey on the 17th hole. Colsaerts, the big hitter from Bel- gium, holed out with an 8-iron on the 481- yard second hole for eagle and added four birdies for his 65. Brandt Snedeker was another shot See OPEN, page 2B ''Really, when you think about it, since we've gotten into the sec- ond half we've gotten some wins but we're not clicking offensive- ly,'' said Giants manager Bruce Bochy. ''We have to do a better job of getting runners in.'' The Giants stranded eight baserunners. ''We couldn't get a timely hit,'' Bochy said. ''That was the differ- ence in the game.'' Freddie Freeman and David Ross hit home runs off Madison Bumgarner. Atlanta's only other hit was a run-scoring triple by Michael Bourn. first sweep at Turner Field. They haven't swept a series of at least The Giants were denied their See GIANTS, page 2B Red Bluff scored the go- ahead run in the top of the ninth and Baker, who was also 1 for 4 on the afternoon, took care of Redding's 3-4-5 batters in the bottom of the inning. Trey Samons stayed hot and went 2 for 4. Samons is batting a .750 average in the posteason. Robby Lasby went 2 for 4 with a double and an RBI. Red Bluff third baseman Chuy Ramirez made an unassisted double play to get out of the bottom of the sec- ond inning after Redding loaded the bases. mound tonight. ——— Sports Editor Andre Byik can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 111 or sports@redbluffdai- lynews.com. Follow him on Twitter @TehamaSports Bulls pitcher Joel Dug- gins is scheduled to take the British Open Par Scores on Thursday At Royal Lytham & St. Annes Purse: $7.75 million Yardage: 7,086; Par: 70 (34-36) First Round Adam Scott Paul Lawrie Zach Johnson Nicolas Colsaerts Brandt Snedeker Ernie Els Bubba Watson Graeme McDowell Tiger Woods Toshinori Muto Rory McIlroy Steve Stricker Peter Hanson Jamie Donaldson James Morrison Thomas Aiken Scott Pinckney Anders Hansen Jbe Kruger Anirban Lahiri Justin Hicks Matthew Baldwin Adilson Da Silva Thongchai Jaidee Matt Kuchar Charl Schwartzel Thorbjorn Olesen Bob Estes Brendan Jones Steven Alker 32-32 — 64 -6 32-33 — 65 -5 32-33 — 65 -5 31-34 — 65 -5 32-34 — 66 -4 33-34 — 67 -3 31-36 — 67 -3 31-36 — 67 -3 30-37 — 67 -3 31-36 — 67 -3 32-35 — 67 -3 32-35 — 67 -3 32-35 — 67 -3 35-33 — 68 -2 33-35 — 68 -2 31-37 — 68 -2 33-35 — 68 -2 34-34 — 68 -2 31-37 — 68 -2 33-35 — 68 -2 33-35 — 68 -2 33-36 — 69 -1 37-32 — 69 -1 34-35 — 69 -1 35-34 — 69 -1 34-35 — 69 -1 33-36 — 69 -1 34-35 — 69 -1 34-35 — 69 -1 35-34 — 69 -1