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Tehama MLB Athletics Cleveland OAK — Moss 2-5, 3 RBI CLE — Santana, 2-4 Giants Houston SF — Pagan 2-4, 1 RBI HOU — Martinez 1-3, 1 RBI Today's games MLB Athletics Cleveland OAK — Blackley, 4-3 CLE — Kluber, 0-2 Giants Houston SF — Zito, 10-8 HOU — Keuchel, 1-6 On the tube MLB • 4 p.m. ESPN — St. Louis at Pitts- burgh WGN — Chicago White Sox at Balti- more NFL • 4:30 p.m. NFL — Preseason, New England at N.Y. Giants SOCCER • 11:30 a.m. FSN — UEFA Champi- ons League, Dynamo Kiev vs. Borus- sia Moenchengladbach, at Kiev, Ukraine • 5 p.m. FSN — UEFA Champions League, Celtic vs. Helsingborgs, at Glasgow, Scotland (same-day tape) TENNIS • 10 a.m.ESPN2 — U.S. Open, men's first and women's second round, at New York • 4 p.m. ESPN2 — U.S. Open, men's first and women's second round, at New York Around town Shasta Roller Derby is hosting its first roller derby doubt in Red Bluff on Sept. 8 at the Tehama District Fair- grounds. It will be a double header with Shasta Roller Derby and the Nor Cal Mens Derby. The Red Bluff Derby Girls won't be playing because they have not started bouting yet, but they will be there recruiting and selling merchandise. GIANTS SF looks to Pagan after Melky ban By CARL STEWARD McClatchy-Tribune SAN FRANCISCO — Before Melky Cabrera earned his 50-game drug suspension, all the talk about impending Giants free agents focused on their trying to keep Cabr- era. There was little or no discussion about center fielder Angel Pagan, the man playing alongside Melky. But with Cabrera's return to San Francisco looking unlikely, the emphasis has shifted to Pagan, who will be a free agent at season's end and looking increasingly like a player the Giants can't afford to let get away. Since reassuming the The bout is called EDUSKATE. NEXT Tehama is a sponsor for the event and Shasta Roller Derby will be donating a por- tion of the proceeds to Expect More Tehama to help support education in the community. This is a family friendly event as chil- dren under 10, teachers and active military get in free. ESPN, MLB extend TV contract NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball and ESPN extended their televi- sion contract through 2021 on Tuesday, a deal that almost dou- bles the amount of money the network will pay annually for baseball content while also all but eliminat- ing local blackouts for ESPN games on Mon- day and Wednesday nights. leadoff spot Aug. 3, Pagan has been positively Cabrera-like. He's hitting .358 with a .426 on-base percentage. In 23 games, he has reached base more than once 14 times and scored 27 runs, tops in the National League over that span. A'S 7, INDIANS 0 Milone, relievers blank Brandon Moss and Chris Carter homered off Zach McAllister (5-5) as Oakland won its fourth straight to remain tied with Baltimore atop the AL wild-card race. Oakland is 5-0 against Cleveland and has won 10 of 12 since dropping eight of 13. Tommy Milone and three Oakland relievers extended Cleveland's scoreless streak to 22 innings and the Athlet- ics beat the Indians 7-0 on Tuesday night. Cleveland CLEVELAND (AP) — Milone (11-9) worked six innings. Jerry Blevins, Pat Neshek and Evan Scribner completed Oakland's third straight shutout over the Indians. 5:05 p.m. CSNB 4:05 p.m. CSNC 2 3 0 7 Tracker Tuesday's results Sports TENNIS | U.S. OPEN dick's last match as a twentysomething would not be his last match at the 2012 U.S. Open was hardly in doubt Tuesday, especially when- ever he was launching that intimidating, tough- to-handle serve of his. To close the first set: ace at 141 mph. To close the second: ace at 134 mph. To close the third: ace at 127 mph. Yes, even as Roddick's 30th birthday approaches on Thursday, even as his body has succumbed to injury after injury, that serve is pretty much still the same as it ever was. Now that he more frequently faces opponents who grew up cheering for him — such as 21-year- old qualifier Rhyne Williams of Knoxville, Tenn., the foil for Tuesday's 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 vic- tory — Roddick knows more than ever he needs to rely on the best thing he's got, and 20 aces helped this time. ''You really don't see that shot,'' Williams said glowingly about Roddick's serve. NEW YORK (AP) — That Andy Rod- Heading into his Grand Slam debut, the 283rd-ranked Williams had one primary con- cern: ''I was just hoping he wasn't going to go at me with a serve.'' ''I'm like, 'Oh, no. Where's he going?' That's the first thing I thought of. Then it was, 'It'll be great. I can play in front of a big crowd.' It was quite an experience,'' said Williams, the NCAA runner-up for the Uni- versity of Tennessee last year and a 12-year- old when Roddick won the U.S. Open in 2003. That was the last Grand Slam singles title for an American man, the longest drought in history for a country that produced the likes of Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors (not to mention others such as Bill Tilden or Don Budge). Roddick found himself in an era dominated by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal — and, more recently and to a lesser extent, Novak Djokovic, who began defense of his U.S. Open title by overwhelming 69th-ranked Paolo See OPEN, page 2B 1B Wednesday August 29, 2012 Roddick, Venus advance Lorenzi of Italy 6-1, 6-0, 6-1 on Tuesday night — and while he is without a second major championship for his resume, he kept adapting his game to try to do just that. Roddick dedicated himself to stronger fit- ness. He learned a better backhand. He improved his volleying. ''I saw the way the game was going. You um was 32-year-old Venus Williams, playing her first U.S. Open match since she pulled out before the second round in 2011 and revealed she had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. ''Honestly, I didn't even understand what I was going through at that time last year. I feel have to get stronger and quicker. I don't think there was much room for a plodder who could hit the ball pretty hard,'' Roddick said. ''It was a conscious effort, at times, and I feel like that's added to longevity a little bit.'' Following Roddick into Arthur Ashe Stadi- Just as significant, the Giants are 15-8 in those 23 games, and perhaps not coincidentally, five of the eight losses — includ- ing the two this past weekend against Atlanta — have come when Pagan failed to get a hit. "He's been amazing," pitcher Ryan Vogelsong said. "Angel's been such a huge lift in the leadoff spot when we really need- ed it. He's been our spark- plug for a while now, and it's been fun to watch." The notion that the Giants could lose Pagan in free agency suddenly seems much more devas- tating than it did earlier this month. Once viewed as a stop- gap acquisition until cen- ter field prospect Gary Brown was ready for the The deal was announced on Tues- day. It combines rights for TV, radio, digital and international that had been separate. The new single contract adds new rights to air a wild-card game, along with additional rights to highlights and digital content. It also gives the network more flexibility to show games involving popular teams. Follow us on Twitter for live game cover- age, exclu- sive online articles and more. @TehamaSports games over .500 for the first time since finishing 2006 at 93-69. They have the best overall record since the start of July at 34-15. Cleveland has lost 12 of 13 and is 5-25 since July 27. The Indians have failed to score in 45 of their last 48 innings overall. The Athletics are 14 MCT file photo Giants, from left, Melky Cabrera, Angel Pagan and Gregor Blanco in June. majors, the landscape in the outfield has changed. Brown, playing in Dou- ble-A ball in Richmond, Va., might still be a year away. Nate Schierholtz is gone. Hunter Pence, signed through 2013, is a question mark as a long- term possibility. Gregor Blanco is a role player. Unless the Giants have GIANTS 3, ASTROS 2 Sanchez singles in 9th to lift San Francisco in win HOUSTON (AP) — Pinch-hitter Hector Sanchez connected on the go-ahead RBI single in the ninth inning and the San Francisco Giants rallied for a 3-2 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. The Giants were down 2-1 entering the ninth. Brandon Belt singled off Wesley Wright to start inning before pinch-hitter Joaquin Arias doubled down the left field line off Wilton Lopez (5-3) to score Belt and tie it 2-2. Sanchez completed the rally with his one-out line See GIANTS, page 2B drive to center field that scored Arias. Houston took the lead on a wild pitch by Matt Cain in the eighth inning. The game was tied 1-all when Jimmy Paredes, in his first game since being recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City, drew a walk. Brett Wallace singled before a sacrifice bunt by Jason Castro left runners at second and third. Then came the wild pitch in the dirt that bounced in between the legs of catcher Buster Posey and off the backstop. Posey a change of heart and try to sign Cabrera at a bar- gain price, they are look- ing frightfully thin in the outfield next season. As was the case with Cabrera, though, the Giants will not entertain discussions with Pagan until after the season. Pagan wouldn't want it any other way, preferring LOOKING AHEAD to avoid the distraction of a contract negotiation. "Not during the sea- Oakland has outscored the Indians 17-0 in their last three meetings. It started with a 7-0 home win Aug. 19 behind Jarrod Parker's eight strong innings. Brett Anderson worked seven innings in a 3-0 win in this series opener Monday. Cleveland's offensive son," he said. "We have goals as a team, to get to the playoffs and win. When the season is over, that'll be the time to sit down and discuss the future. But right now, I'm See PAGAN, page 1B futility was on full display in the fourth, when the Indians put runners on second and third with no outs. Milone struck out Casey Kotchman and Jason Donald. Third baseman Josh Donaldson then made a barehanded scoop and throw on a slow roller to retire Jason Kipnis See A's, page 2B Daily News photo by Andre Byik Check Thursday's edition for a preview on the Corning Cardinals'football season.