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2B – Daily News – Monday, April 5, 2010 GIANTS Continued from page 1B before the team left town. ‘‘Johnny forced the issue with his spring and the way he swung the bat,’’ Bochy said. ‘‘He’s played so well, he’s earned this.’’ Heading into Sunday, Bowker — a Triple-A All- Star last season — was hitting .307 with six home runs and 22 RBIs in 27 games. He also had four doubles and a triple. Bochy spoke to Schier- holtz and later Sunday sat down with Bowker, who led the Pacific Coast League in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage last year. His .451 on-base percentage led all minor leaguers. The others will be in the mix, too: Andres Tor- res, Eugenio Velez and Schierholtz. ‘‘It’s going to be a busy bench,’’ Bochy said. ‘‘All those guys are going to get playing time. We’re going TIGER Continued from page 1B members can play along- side the best in the world, and past champions are allowed to bring a guest. ‘‘You don’t normally get George Lopez playing on the Sunday before the Masters,’’ Casey said. Lopez, one of several comedians who have lam- pooned Woods in recent months, was three stations down from him on the range. Lopez was playing Sunday with Mike Weir, who won the Masters in a playoff in 2003. Reporters and photog- raphers are not allowed on the golf course, and it was- n’t long before Woods vanished down the steep hill of the 10th fairway and toward Amen Corner at the far reaches of Augusta National. It was warm and bright, and it was rare to see Woods hitting balls with sunglasses on. Woods has created a huge void of information by being in seclusion and in therapy from the acci- to let Johnny show what he can do. This is a work- able situation with him and Nate.’’ Sanchez is recovering from a late December surgery on his non-throw- ing left shoulder and is still a few weeks from rejoining the Giants. His move is retroactive to March 26, meaning he would be eligible to be activated April 10 — though it will likely be the end of the month. Lewis has a ribcage injury and Burriss is recovering from a broken left foot. Also Sunday, the Giants purchased the con- tracts of fifth starter Todd Wellemeyer and righty reliever Guillermo Mota and reassigned right-han- der Denny Bautista to Fresno. Mota went 3-4 with a 3.44 ERA in 61 appear- ances for the rival Los Angeles Dodgers in 2009. ‘‘Mota’s coming off a good year,’’ Bochy said. ‘‘He’s going to eat up more innings.’’ dent until he spoke to fam- ily and friends Feb. 19 at PGA Tour headquarters in Florida. There will be awkward times for many. Woods was friendly with plenty of players, but not terribly close with any of his peers. He has beaten them rou- tinely over the years while piling up 82 victories worldwide and 14 majors. Now, it’s time to get introduced to a Woods no one knew. He has been linked to more than a dozen women, although he has confessed to cheating only on his wife. ‘‘I have made you question who I am and how I could have done the things I did,’’ Woods said in his 13 1/2-minute state- ment at Sawgrass on Feb. 19. As for his golf? Stay tuned. ‘‘He hit the ball pretty good today,’’ O’Meara said. ‘‘He’s been practic- ing the last three or four weeks. He’s good to go. It’s going to be a different thing for him. But if any- one can handle it, he can.’’ TOUCH Continued from page 1B the 2008-09 Horizon League player of the year, could miss the game with a concussion. The 6-foot-8 junior missed Sunday’s practice and Stevens said his availability will be a game-time decision. Howard is No. 3 on the team in scoring (11.6 points) and is Butler’s sec- ond-leading rebounder (5.2) as well as their strongest inside player. His absence would really hurt on the defensive end, but would also put more pressure on their outside shooters. ‘‘If Matt can’t go, there may be a few more perimeter shots,’’ senior TITLE Continued from page 1B to a career-high 38 points. It was the second-most in women’s Final Four history, behind the 47 scored by Texas Tech’s Sheryl Swoopes in the 1993 championship game. Ogwumike also had 16 rebounds, two assists, a block and a steal, which came right after that game- sealing layup, all to screams of delight from family and friends just three hours from her Houston-area home. They get to watch her play again, too, on Tuesday night, when Stan- ford (36-1) faces unbeaten UConn in the finals. Connecticut is the only team Stanford has lost to since Jan. 18, 2009, having fallen in last year’s Final Four and early this season. Then again, the Cardinal are the last team to beat the Huskies, in the 2008 NCAA tournament semifinals. This will be Stanford’s second NCAA final in three years. The Car- dinal are seeking their first champi- onship since 1992. ‘‘We’re excited to be playing on Tuesday night,’’ Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said. ‘‘This is just great.’’ So was Ogwumike. She had 14 points and nine rebounds by halftime, and seemed to be everywhere. When a Sooners player grabbed an offensive rebound, she stunned the girl by reaching around and grabbing it, too, tying her up. Then she deflect- ed a pass out of bounds off an OU player and celebrated with a fist pump, a high-five and a smile wor- thy of a swished 3-pointer. She later felt a double team and shoveled a swingman Willie Veasley. The Bulldogs also aren’t sure whether Shelvin Mack, a first-team all-conference guard who averages 14.2 points, will be 100 percent. He left the Michigan State game twice because of muscle spasms in his thighs and was given intravenous liq- uids after the game. Mack said he was dehydrated, the result of food poison- ing. ‘‘He kind of opened up to us (during the game) that he was a little sicker than he let on,’’ team train- er Ryan Galloy said. ‘‘He’s a 19-year-old kid who wanted to play in the Final Four. But we got him IV-ed up and he should be good to go.’’ If both can play, and are effective, then Butler may have the perfect blueprint for a major upset. Three of Duke’s five losses this season came against teams playing with three guards and four of the losses came against teams that shot at least 44 percent from the field. The common denomi- nator: All five topped 70 points. The Bulldogs, even with the 6-foot-9 Hayward and the 6-foot-3 Mack becoming bigger threats as penetrators, are still a guard-dominated team that averages 69 points and shoots 44.5 percent from the field — even though it didn’t look like it against the Spartans. ‘‘Maybe their length affected us,’’ backup pass to Jayne Appel for a layup that put the Cardinal up by 14. When Oklahoma (27-11) started closing in midway through the sec- ond half, Ogwumike — the Pac-10 player of the year — scored eight points during a 12-4 run. Soon after, she had a three-point play and earned a standing ovation from fans when she went to the bench. And, of course, there was her fabulous finish: She scored nine of Stanford’s final 11 points and assist- ed on the other, which was another long pass for a breakaway layup by Appel. ‘‘Her game has matured,’’ Van- Derveer said. ‘‘She’s confident, in the flow, knows what we’re looking for.’’ Oklahoma was knocked out in the Final Four for a second straight season, although just getting this far was quite a feat. OU came into the season trying to replace Courtney and Ashley Paris, then five games in lost Whitney Hand, the previous season’s conference freshman of the year, to a knee injury. Oklahoma also endured the nation’s toughest schedule. Coach Sherri Coale’s Sooners kept up that attitude in this game. They were down 17 in the first half and trailed by 16 with 8:31, yet kept rallying. Sparkplug point guard Danielle Robinson was a big part of OU’s slow start and a big part of its recov- ery. All of them. She, too, could’ve used more help. A big reason Oklahoma made it to the final weekend was because someone different always stepped up. The Sooners spent most of this game looking for someone to do so, and never really found it. They were especially hurt by missing 26 of guard Zach Hahn said. ‘‘But we’ve just got to start shooting better.’’ It’s not that the Bull- dogs can’t shoot the ball. But in three of their last four NCAA tourney games, Butler has shot 40 percent or worse from the field — their worst stretch of the season. Can they turn it around in time to bring home a championship? ‘‘Our guys find a way, they’ve always found a way,’’ Stevens said. ‘‘As far as playing better, I thought we played pretty well last night, we just missed some shots and we can’t go 15 for 49 again and win.’’ their first 32 shots; they got back into the game by making 50 percent in the second half. ‘‘It was too little too late,’’ Coale said. Robinson led the Sooners with 23 points and six assists. Abi Olajuwon — playing in front of her father, Hakeem Olajuwon, for the first time in her four-year col- lege career — had 12 points and nine rebounds. Nyeshia Stevenson added 15 points. What they lacked most was someone who could disrupt Ogwu- mike. ‘‘She’s just very explosive and bouncy and does a great job of get- ting fouled, obviously, and then con- verting free throws,’’ Coale said. Added OU’s Amanda Thomp- son: ‘‘She’s making everything and was really aggressive down low. And we couldn’t really double her because they had another 6-5 girl over there. ... She was just incredi- ble all night.’’ Ogwumike might not have had to be that good if her teammates had been more accurate. The guards were a combined 4 of 18 from the field. Good thing the frontcourt came through — Appel had 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Kayla Pederson added 12 points and nine rebounds. The Cardinal went 1 of 15 on 3- pointers. This also was the second straight close call for the Cardinal, who needed a buzzer-beating layup to get past Xavier in the regional final. ‘‘I think we’re a little jittery,’’ VanDerveer said. ‘‘You know, we missed some really very makeable baskets.’’ Eagles send McNabb to Redskins in NFC East deal PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Donovan McNabb is changing uniforms and staying in the NFC East. The Philadelphia Eagles trad- ed McNabb to the Washington Redskins for a pair of draft picks Sunday night. The Eagles will receive a second-round pick (37th overall) in this month in the NFL draft and either a third- or fourth-round pick next year. ‘‘Donovan McNabb was more than a franchise quarterback for this team,’’ Eagles chairman Jef- frey Lurie said. ‘‘He truly embod- ied all of the attributes of a great quarterback and of a great per- son. He has been an excellent representative of this organiza- tion and the entire National Foot- ball League both on and off the field. I look forward to honoring him as one of the greatest Eagles of all-time and hopefully see him enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton one day.’’ The trade is the boldest move to date for new Redskins coach Mike Shanahan and could spell the end in Washington for Jason Campbell, the starter for 3 1/2 seasons. Shanahan already has signed free-agent Rex Grossman as a backup and has been active- ly scouting the top quarterbacks available in the draft, when the Redskins will have the No. 4 overall pick. ‘‘I’m really excited about my future with the Washington Red- skins,’’ McNabb said in a state- ment. ‘‘I’m eager to work with Coach Shanahan. He’s been a very successful coach with a cou- ple of Super Bowl victories on his resume. While it’s been my goal to win a Super Bowl in Philadelphia, we came up short. I enjoyed my 11 years here and we shared a lot more good times than bad.’’ Scoreboard BOWLING Bowling scores from Lariat Bowl in Red Bluff for the week of March 29. Monday Mixed Nuts Dan Hick 201 Travis Zumalt 205 John Puryear 217 - 619 Tom Clark 207 Jerry Dutra 234 - 602 James Skaggs 202 - 547 Rebecca Palmer bowled a perfect 300 game Wednesday Mens Commercial Chris Goddard 279 - 687 Juan Serrano 258 - 721 Travis Zumalt 254 - 599 Kory Gunderman 244 - 696 Friday Adam & Eve Rudy Cassados 234 - 548 Chris Gulliford 223 - 488 Paula Grossman 150 - 443 Bobbie Powell 150 - 429 NBA By The Associated Press All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WL Pct GB y-Boston 48 28 .632 — Toronto 38 38 .500 10 New York 27 49 .355 21 Philadelphia26 50 .342 22 New Jersey 11 66 .14337 1/2 Southeast Division WL Pct GB x-Orlando 54 23 .701 — x-Atlanta 49 27 .6454 1/2 Miami 43 34 .558 11 Charlotte 40 36 .52613 1/2 Washington 23 53 .30330 1/2 Central Division WL Pct GB z-Cleveland 60 17 .779 — Milwaukee 42 34 .55317 1/2 Chicago 37 39 .48722 1/2 Indiana 29 48 .377 31 Detroit 23 53 .30336 1/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division WL Pct GB x-Dallas 50 27 .649 — x-San Antonio 47 29 .6182 1/2 Memphis 39 37 .51310 1/2 Houston 38 38 .50011 1/2 New Orleans35 43 .44915 1/2 Northwest Division WL Pct GB x-Denver 50 27 .649 — x-Utah 50 27 .649 — x-Oklahoma City48 28 .6321 1/2 x-Portland 47 30 .610 3 Minnesota 15 62 .195 35 Pacific Division WL Pct GB y-L.A. Lakers55 22 .714 — x-Phoenix 50 27 .649 5 L.A. Clippers27 50 .351 28 Sacramento24 53 .312 31 Golden State2353 .30331 1/2 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference ——— Saturday’s Games Toronto 128, Philadelphia 123, OT Atlanta 91, Detroit 85 New Jersey 115, New Orleans 87 Chicago 96, Charlotte 88 Miami 97, Minnesota 84 Oklahoma City 121, Dallas 116 Milwaukee 107, Phoenix 98 Denver 98, L.A. Clippers 90 Portland 98, Sacramento 87 Sunday’s Games Boston 117, Cleveland 113 San Antonio 100, L.A. Lakers 81 Indiana 133, Houston 102 Washington 109, New Jersey 99 Golden State 113, Toronto 112 Orlando 107, Memphis 92 Oklahoma City 116, Minnesota 108 New York 113, L.A. Clippers 107 Monday’s Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games Atlanta at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Golden State at Washington, 7 p.m. Toronto at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Detroit at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Boston at New York, 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago, 8 p.m. Houston at Memphis, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Utah, 9 p.m. San Antonio at Sacramento, 10 p.m. MOVES By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Placed C Ramon Castro on the 15-day DL.Selected the con- tract of C Donny Lucy from Charlotte (IL). CLEVELAND INDIANS—Selected the contracts of INF Mark Grudzielanek and OF Austin Kearns from Columbus (IL). Placed INF Russell Branyan and RHP Kerry Wood on the 15-day DL. Designated INF Anderson Hernandez and C Wyatt Toregas for assignment. KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Selected the contract of LHP John Parrish from Omaha (PCL). Designated RHP Anthony Lerew for assignment. LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Placed LHP Scott Kazmir, OF Reggie Willits, OF Chris Pettit and RHP Anthony Ortega on the 15- day DL. Selected the contract of 1B Robb Quinlan from Salt Lake (PCL). SEATTLE MARINERS—Placed LHP Cliff Lee on the 15-day DL. Selected the con- tract of DH Mike Sweeney from Tacoma (PCL). TAMPA BAY RAYS—Placed LHP J.P.How- ell on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26 and RHP Matt Joyce on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26. Reassigned RHP Joaquin Benoit and INF Hank Blalock to Durham (IL). Sent INF-OF Elliot Johnson outright to Durham. TEXAS RANGERS—Placed 2B Ian Kinsler, RHP Tommy Hunter and RHP Warner Madrigal on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26. Optioned RHP Guillermo Moscoso to Oklahoma City (PCL). Reassigned RHP Willie Eyre, INF Matt Brown, INF Esteban German, INF Gregorio Petit, OF Endy Chavez, C Toby Hall and C Matt Treanor to their minor league camp. Reinstated RHP Omar Beltre and RHP Alexi Ogando to the 40-man ros- ter and optioned Beltre to Oklahoma City and Ogando to Frisco (Texas). TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Placed RHP Dustin McGowan and LHP Mark Rzepczysnki on the 15-day DL. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Placed RHP Brandon Webb on the 15-day DL. CHICAGO CUBS—Selected the contracts of INF Chad Tracy and LHP James Russell from Iowa (PCL). Placed RHP Angel Guz- man and LHP Ted Lilly on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26. COLORADO ROCKIES—Recalled RHP Esmil Rogers from Colorado Springs (PCL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Placed LHP Hong-Chih Kuo on the 15-day DL, retroac- tive to March 26. Selected the contract of RHP Jeff Weaver from Albuquerque (PCL). MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Assigned INF Ray Olmedo, OF Adam Stern, LHP Zach Braddock, RHP Dave Johnson and RHP Chris Smith to Nashville (PCL), INF Taylor Green to Huntsville (SL) and C Martin Mal- donado to Brevard County (FSL). PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Placed RHP Jose Ascanio on the 60-day DL and RHP Joel Hanrahan on the 15-day DL. Desig- nated INF Ramon Vazquez for assignment. Optioned OF Steve Pearce to Indianapolis (IL). Selected the contracts of RHP D.J. Carrasco and LHP Jack Taschner from Indianapolis. SAN DIEGO PADRES—Selected the con- tract of INF Matt Stairs from Portland (PCL). Recalled LHP Cesar Ramos from Portland. Placed LHP Joe Thatcher on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26. Optioned RHP Adam Russell to Portland. Designated OF Chad Huffman for assign- ment. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Placed 2B Freddy Sanchez and 2B Emmanuel Burriss on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 26 and OF Fred Lewis on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 27. Selected the con- tracts of RHP Todd Wellemeyer and RHP Guillermo Mota from Fresno (PCL). Reas- signed RHP Denny Bautista to Fresno. WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Placed RHP Chien-Ming Wang, LHP Ross Detwiler and C Jesus Flores on the 60-day DL and C Chris Coste on the 15-day DL. Selected the contracts of RHP Miguel Batista and OF Willy Taveras from Syra- cuse (IL). BASKETBALL National Basketball Association TORONTO RAPTORS—Signed F Joey Dorsey for the remainder of the season. FOOTBALL National Football League PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Traded QB Donovan McNabb to Washington for a 2010 second-round draft pick and a 2011 third- or fourth-round draft pick. Hockey National Hockey League NEW YORK RANGERS—Recalled F Dale Weise from Hartford (AHL). Shanahan can only hope the 33-year-old McNabb works out as well as the last big-time Wash- ington-Philadelphia quarterback deal. The Eagles in 1964 sent Sonny Jurgensen to the Redskins, where he played 11 seasons until he was 40 and became a Hall of Famer. ‘‘These people never learn,’’ Jurgensen told the Redskins’ Web site when informed of the trade Sunday night.