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2B Daily News – Friday, August 10, 2012 Daily News photos by Andre Byik Head coach Charlie Ford addresses the Warriors at a practice on Tuesday.The team's first game is Aug. 24. for something." MERCY (Continued from page 1B) before the team travels to Dunsmuir High School on Aug. 24 to open its season. The emerging leaders on the team say a win would be huge, and the momentum would carry them through the year. show the hard work and dedication that we've been putting on these last cou- ple weeks," said Juan Ros- ales a returning senior who will play fullback, and linebacker. "All the conditioning he's been putting us through, it was Nick Feser, who is return- ing, said Ford is "really kicking our butts." Senior wide receiver He added that this team has something to show because last season "we didn't really show 'em a whole lot." "Just one game would Mercy's camp this week. This is a new team with a new coach and an old desire to make a playoff run. One thing was clear at have to kind of mentor the young ones to be deter- mined to win, have the drive to keep themselves in shape, keep their grades up so the team doesn't suffer," "As an older teammate I senior quarterback Harlow Johnson said, adding, "We just have to be on the same page. One team, one heart- beat." WARRIORS ROSTER Harlow Johnson Nick Feser Sports Editor Andre Byik can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 111 or sports@redbluffdai- lynews.com. Follow him on Twitter:@TehamaSports The Warriors took their lumps last season, but it wasn't all for naught. Rosales said it was a learning experience, and that this squad has potential. "We have not just indi- vidually skilled players, but as a team, we work well, we get along and we play as a team," he said. "There's no individuals here." ——— Juan Rosales Tommy Garcia Alejandro Guerrero Brenten James Jose Alvarez Elijah Gash Bryce Baer Teddy Ranberg Nico Leal SCHEDULE Aug. 24: @Dunsmuir Sept. 1: Hayfork Sept. 7: Tulelake Sept. 15:@Westwood Sept. 22: @Herlong Sept. 29: Greenville Oct. 5: @Princeton Oct. 13: Loyalton Oct. 20: Liberty Christian Nov. 2: TBA GIANTS (Continued from page 1B) keyed the bounce-back effort allowing just five hits and one run over seven innings. Wainwright (10-10) walked three and has given up two earned runs or less in each of his last five starts. ''We needed this win He struck out seven, today,'' he said. ''This is kind of what I live for. If there is a challenge out there, I'm ready for it. Not that you need more moti- vation but (the 15-0 loss) allowed me to focus a lit- tle bit more.'' Jason Motte pitched the ninth for his 25th save in 29 chances. Beltran, who leads the NL with 80 RBIs, gave Wainwright all the neces- sary support with a 409- foot drive over the wall in left. Mike Matheny told his players to put Wednes- day's loss behind them as soon as possible. St. Louis manager MCT photo The Giants' Hunter Pence catches a fly ball in the seventh inning Thursday. FINAL (Continued from page 1B) The U.S. team has won four of the five Olympic titles since women's soccer was introduced at the 1996 Atlanta Games, taking sec- ond place at the 2000 Games in Sydney. Settling for silver, the Japanese players huddled together in defeat, with coach Norio Sasaki trying to encourage them. Karina Maruyama was incon- solable. Aya Miyama bowed her head and Asuna Tanaka wiped away tears. But they were all smiles her gold medal, and she was the only one to get a hug from American IOC mem- ber Angela Ruggiero, who draped the medal around Wambach's neck. Yuki Ogimi answered in the 63rd minute, and Mana Iwabuchi nearly had the equalizer in the 83rd — stripping the ball from cap- tain Christie Rampone and swooping in on Solo — only to be thwarted when the goalie flung her entire body to the left to push the shot away. Throughout the game, Japan perhaps played just as beautifully as the Americans, using speed and discipline to dominate possession and scoring chances for long stretches. The Japanese were unfortunate not to have a penalty kick awarded in the first half for a clear hand ball by U.S. midfielder Tobin Heath, who stuck out her left arm to stop a free kick inside the area. when they re-emerged for the medal ceremony, bounc- ing their way to the podium. Lloyd's goals came in eighth and 54th minutes, making it four goals in the tournament for the midfield- er who lost her long-held starting job weeks before the Olympics. She got back on the field when Shannon Boxx injured her hamstring in the opening game and started every game since. Japan also had two shots hit the crossbar, one off the left hand of a leaping Solo, who was kept constantly busy for the first time this tournament. The closest the U.S. came to doubling the lead in the first 45 minutes came when Azusa Iwashimizu attempted to clear a routine ball played in front of the net — and head- ed it off the post. Lloyd's first goal began with a run by Heath down the left side. She fed Alex Morgan, who settled the ball near the goal line, spun and chipped it toward Wambach. Wambach raised her left foot for the shot, but Lloyd charged in and got to it first, her strong running header beating goalkeeper Miho Fukumoto from 6 yards out. Lloyd extended the lead with a 20-yard right-footer just inside the left post after a run from midfield through the heart of the Japanese defense. first-inning homers, took those words to heart. ''Being able to go out there and score early, it was great,'' Beltran said. ''That's what we needed to do. Yesterday was tough but we were able to bounce back.'' Beltran, who has eight MLB West Division Texas A's American League WL Pct GB 65 45 .591 — 60 51 .541 5.5 Angels 59 53 .527 7 Seattle 51 62 .451 15.5 East Division WL Pct GB Ogimi soon cut the deficit to one after a mad scramble in front of the net. Rampone saved a shot off the line, but the ball went to Homare Sawa, who fed Ogimi for the tap-in. New York 65 46 .586 — Baltimore 60 52 .536 5.5 Tampa Bay 59 52 .532 6 Boston 55 58 .487 11 Toronto 53 58 .477 12 Central Division WL Pct GB lowed after U.S. defender Amy LePeilbet saved yet another shot off the line in the 74th minute, but this time her teammates were able to corral the ball before a Japanese player could pounce on it. Boxx was back in the starting lineup after the miss- ing four games with the hamstring injury. Lauren Cheney, who injured an ankle in the semifinals, began the game on the bench for the first time this tourna- ment. Another scramble fol- Canada won the bronze earlier Thursday, beating France 1-0 at Coventry. Chicago 60 50 .545 — Detroit 60 52 .536 1 Cleveland 52 60 .464 9 Minnesota 49 62 .441 11.5 Kansas City48 63 .432 12.5 ------------------------------------------------------- Thursday's results N.Y.Yankees 4, Detroit 3 Tampa Bay 7, Toronto 1 Cleveland 5, Boston 3 Kansas City 8, Baltimore 2 Today's games Boston (Buchholz 9-3) at Cleveland (Seddon 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Kansas City (Hochevar 7-9) at Baltimore (Mig.Gonzalez 3-2), 4:05 p.m. N.Y.Yankees (F.Garcia 5-5) at Toronto (R.Romero 8-8), 4:07 p.m. Detroit (Scherzer 10-6) at Texas (Feld- man 6-6), 5:05 p.m. Oakland (McCarthy 6-3) at Chicago White Sox (Floyd 8-9), 5:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Hellickson 6-7) at Minnesota (De Vries 2-2), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 10-5) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 5-10), 7:05 p.m. Saturday's games N.Y.Yankees at Toronto, 10:07 a.m. Boston at Cleveland, 3:05 p.m. Kansas City at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Oakland at Chicago White Sox, 4:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 4:10 p.m. Detroit at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Seattle at L.A. Angels, 6:05 p.m. QB/LB/FB WR/DE FB/LB/K WR/TE/DL QB/LB TE/S WR/S OG/DT C/DT WR/S WR/S Quarterback Harlow Johnson on Wednesday. Matheny felt Beltran's early home run served to set the tone for the after- noon. ''To get that bad taste out of your mouth is huge,'' he said. ''When we strike first, we've got a real good chance of mak- ing something happen.'' Jon Jay went 2 for 3 and reached base three times for St. Louis, which completed a seven-game homestand with a 5-2 mark. next five hitters following the Beltran homer. He also retired eight in a row between the third and fifth innings. ''For the most part, I Bumgarner retired the safely in 11 of 13 games since he was acquired from Colorado on July 27. Wainwright then got Melky Cabrera to pop out to end the inning. St. Louis pushed the lead to 3-1 in the sixth when Jay doubled, stole third and came home on Allen Craig's sacrifice fly. Posey extended his sea- son-best hitting streak to 13 games with a single in the sixth. Giants star Buster followed the game plan,'' Bumgarner said. ''And it worked except for a pitch or two.'' San Francisco closed to 2-1 in the fifth on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly by Marco Scutaro. Joaquin Arias and Bumgarner singled with one out before Wain- wright walked Angel Pagan. Scutaro, who hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high seven runs Wednesday night, has hit MLB National League West Division WL Pct GB GIANTS 61 51 .545 — Dodgers 60 52 .536 1 Arizona 57 55 .509 4 San Diego 49 64 .434 12.5 Colorado 40 69 .367 19.5 East Division WL Pct GB Washington 69 43 .616 — Atlanta 64 47 .577 4.5 New York 54 58 .482 15 Miami 51 61 .455 18 Phillies 50 61 .450 18.5 Central Division WL Pct GB Cincinnati 66 45 .595 — Pittsburgh 63 48 .568 3 St. Louis 61 51 .545 5.5 Milwaukee 51 59 .464 14.5 Chicago 43 66 .394 22 Houston 36 77 .319 31 ------------------------------------------------------- Thursday's results N.Y.Mets 6, Miami 1 St. Louis 3, San Francisco 1 Arizona 6, Pittsburgh 3 Washington 5, Houston 0 Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, late Today's games Cincinnati (Bailey 9-7) at Chicago Cubs (Germano 1-1), 11:20 a.m. San Diego (Volquez 7-8) at Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 10-5), 4:05 p.m. St. Louis (Lohse 12-2) at Philadelphia (Halladay 5-6), 4:05 p.m. Atlanta (Maholm 9-7) at N.Y. Mets (Har- vey 1-2), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 9-6) at Miami (Buehrle 9-10), 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee (M.Rogers 0-1) at Houston (B.Norris 5-9), 5:05 p.m. Washington (Strasburg 12-5) at Arizona (Cahill 9-9), 6:40 p.m. Colorado (Chatwood 1-2) at San Francis- co (Lincecum 6-11), 7:35 p.m. Saturday's games Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 1:05 p.m. Colorado at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Houston, 4:05 p.m. San Diego at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. St. Louis at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Washington at Arizona, 5:10 p.m. San Francisco com- pleted a seven-game road trip with a 5-2 record and a split of the four-game series in St. Louis. The teams are each 61-51 after play Thursday. ''We had some pretty good at-bats, but today we couldn't get a timely hit,'' Bochy said. ''But, overall it was a very good road trip.'' LONDON 2012 Medal Tracker 238 of 302 total medal events Nation G S B Tot U.S. China 39 25 26 90 37 24 19 80 Britain 25 13 14 52 Russia 12 21 23 56 S. Korea 12 7 6 25 Germany 10 16 11 37 France 8 9 12 29 Hungary 8 4 3 15 Italy 7 6 6 19 Australia 6 13 10 29 Kazakhstan 6 0 3 9 Japan Netherlands 5 5 6 16 Iran 5 14 14 33 4 4 1 9 N. Korea 4 0 1 5 Belarus 3 3 4 10 Jamaica 3 3 3 9 Cuba 3 3 2 8 N. Zealand 3 2 5 10 Ukraine 3 1 6 10 S. Africa 3 1 1 5 Spain 2 7 2 11 Romania 2 5 2 9 Denmark 2 4 3 9 Czech Rep. 2 3 3 8 Brazil Kenya 2 2 7 11 2 2 3 7 Poland 2 1 6 9 Croatia 2 1 1 4 Switzerland 2 1 0 3 Ethiopia 2 0 2 4 Canada 1 5 10 16 Sweden 1 3 3 7 Slovenia 1 1 2 4 Georgia 1 1 1 3 Norway 1 1 1 3 Dom. Rep. 1 1 0 2 Ireland 1 0 1 2 Lithuania 1 0 1 2 Turkey 1 0 1 2 Algeria 1 0 0 1 Grenada 1 0 0 1 Venezuela 1 0 0 1 Colombia 0 3 3 6 Mexico 0 3 2 5 Azerbaijan 0 2 3 5 Egypt India 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 4 Slovakia 0 1 3 4 Armenia 0 1 2 3 Belgium 0 1 2 3 Mongolia 0 1 2 3 Estonia 0 1 1 2 Indonesia 0 1 1 2 Malaysia 0 1 1 2 Serbia 0 1 1 2 Taiwan 0 1 1 2 Thailand 0 1 1 2 Tunisia 0 1 1 2 Botswana 0 1 0 1 Bulgaria 0 1 0 1 Cyprus 0 1 0 1 Finland 0 1 0 1 Guatemala 0 1 0 1 Portugal 0 1 0 1 Greece 0 0 2 2 Moldova 0 0 2 2 Qatar 0 0 2 2 Singapore 0 0 2 2 Afghanistan 0 0 1 1 Argentina 0 0 1 1 Hong Kong 0 0 1 1 Kuwait Latvia 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 Morocco 0 0 1 1 Puerto Rico 0 0 1 1 Saudi Arabia0 0 1 1 Tajikistan 0 0 1 1 Trin. & Tob. 0 0 1 1 Uzbekistan 0 0 1 1