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Thursday Baseball — Mercy at University Prep, 4 p.m. Baseball — Red Bluff vs Paradise, 4 p.m. Softball — Corning at Central Valley, 4 p.m. Softball — Mercy at University Prep, 1 p.m. Soccer — Enterprise at Red Bluff, 6 p.m. Track — Los Molinos and Mercy at Mt. Shasta Time Trials, 2 p.m. Tennis — Central Valley at Corning, 3:30 p.m. Tennis — Mercy at Live Oak, 3:30 p.m. Golf — Corning at Diamond Mountain Golf — Mercy at Bidwell Park, 1 p.m. Golf — Red Bluff at Canyon Oaks, Noon Sports 1B Thunder rocks tournament The Red Bluff Bass Anglers’ 2009-2010 year Fish Off was held on April 10. Paul Reynolds won the Tourna- ment of Champions by catching a bass that weighed in at 7.23 pounds and a total weight of 11.56 pounds. The Team Courtesy photo The Tehama Thunder eighth grade boys AAUbasketball club took fourth place at a tournament in Redding over the weekend.The team is made up of boys from six different schools across Tehama County who have been practicing together for about a month.The Tehama Thunder is (from top left): coach Bob Miller, Ramiro Castellon De La O (Los Molinos), Ryan Miller (Lassen View), Jase Northup (Lassen View), Anton Torres (Richfield), Dylan Schaible (Berrendos), coach Angie Miller, AJ Long (Maywood),CJ Somavia (Berrendos),Matt Southwick (Berrendos),Tarren Dahlgren (Maywood) and Eli Angulo (Vista). Wilson blows save, Giants fall in 11 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ryan Howard's throw home wasn't per- fect. Brian Schneider made up for it with a spot-on tag of Juan Uribe to save the tying run. Once Tim Lincecum finally left the game, the Philadelphia Phillies got going at last. Wilson Valdez doubled home the go-ahead run in the 11th inning, Jayson Werth's three-run double with two outs in the ninth rallied Philadelphia after Lincecum exited, and the Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants 7-6 on Wednesday to avoid their first sweep of 2010. What a much-needed boost heading home for a huge series with the first- place New York Mets this weekend. Howard snapped a career-high 65 at-bat homerless streak in the fifth when he sent the first pitch from Lince- cum into the left-field seats. It was Howard's first homer since agreeing Monday to a $125 million, five-year contract extension. "I don't really care (about the drought)," the slugger said. "It's nice to get one. It's nice to get hits." Lincecum, the two-time reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, struck out 11 in outdueling Cole Hamels and was poised to win his fifth straight start to begin the year until closer Brian Wil- son blew it. Nate Schierholtz had an RBI double in the bottom of the 11th for his career- high fifth hit but it wasn't enough on a day the Giants stranded 16 baserun- ners. Ryan Madson (1-0) pitched one inning for the win despite allowing an RBI single to Andres Torres in the bot- tom of the 10th, Torres' third RBI of the game. Nelson Figueroa finished for his ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — James Shields struck out 12 in seven innings and Evan Longoria and Carlos Pena homered Wednes- day night, helping Tampa Bay beat the Oakland Athletics 10-3 for the Rays’ 13th win in 15 games. Shields (3-0) allowed a first-inning home run, then limited the A’s to five hits and an unearned run over the next six innings. He walked one and matched his career high for strikeouts as the AL East leaders finished a sweep of a two-game series. Longoria and Pena led off the sixth with consecu- tive homers off reliever Brad Kilby and each had two RBIs. They also drove in runs off starter Dallas Braden (3-1) during Tampa first career save. Schierholtz's 11th- inning double moved Juan Uribe — aboard on a pinch-hit single — to third and brought up Eugenio Velez. He grounded into a fielder's choice to first and Howard threw home to Schneider to save the tying run on a close call at the plate. Howard said Schneider "bailed me out." "My goal was just to spin and hit the front of the plate. The guy will come to you," Schneider said. The Phillies added an insurance run in the 11th on Velez's fielding error in left when he dropped a routine fly by Shane Victorino. Schneider scored for Philadelphia in the top of the 10th on a wild pitch. Sergio Romo (0-2) was the loser. The homer by Howard was just the second of the year allowed by Lince- cum, and Howard's three career clouts against the Giants' ace are the most by anyone. Lincecum had thrown 98 pitches when he went out to start the ninth but was done after a one-out walk to Vic- torino on four pitches. Fans booed when manager Bruce Bochy removed the right-hander. Wilson then blew his first save in five chances. "It would have been nice (to fin- ish)," Lincecum said. 'I still felt strong, nothing to say I couldn't continue. It can be frustrating. But it was exciting to see our hitters battle back. It's a tough-luck loss." The last thing Bochy wants to do is overwork his ace, and that's how he defended the decision — not to men- tion Wilson has been reliable lately. "These aren't easy decisions. There will be other times. We have to take care of this kid," Bochy said. Bay’s six- run fifth inning. The Rays improved the best record in the major leagues to 16-5, setting a franchise record for victories in April. They went 9-14 in the opening month of 2009 and were unable to overcome the slow start after reaching the World Series the previous season. Daric Barton ended a career-long, 41-game home- rless streak with his first- inning shot off Shields. But the Oakland first baseman also committed two errors, with each allowing a run to score. Shields gave up an unearned run on shortstop Jason Bartlett’s fourth- inning throwing error. Oak- Lincecum and Hamels combined for 21 strikeouts. Torres drew a go- ahead, bases-loaded walk from Hamels in the sixth and also hit a tying RBI double in the fifth, but the bullpen couldn't keep a 4-1 lead. Lincecum struck out the side in the second and reached double digits in strikeouts for the 21st time and the sec- ond this year. Hamels did so for the 13th time and first in 2010. After Torres' walk in the sixth, Edgar Renteria followed with a two- run single. Howard hit a two-out double to right in the seventh, sliding in to make sure he was safe after Schierholtz threw him out when he slowed up on a similar play during a 6-2 loss Tuesday night. "There was no shot of me standing up," Howard said. "I kind of heard it, too, from the crowd. ... Everybody in the whole vicinity had a little laugh about it." Fish Off was held the next day and was won by a cou- ple of die- hards in Jack Hogan and James Day. They land- ed 8.55 pounds of bass. The weath- er was certain- ly “duck weather” for the whole weekend. The new season also kicked off in April with a real lunker being weighed in at the Red Bluff Bass Anglers monthly tour- nament. Gene Vil- larreal came to the scales with the Biggest Fish, one weighing in at 4.54 pounds. This fish was the biggest fish Villarreal has weighed in at a tournament. Mike Biss- net came in James Day and Jack Hogan Paul Reynolds Thursday April 29, 2010 End of one season, the start of another Gene Villarreal with the Second Biggest Bass at 3.94 pounds. All fish caught during the tournament were returned to the lake and swam away waiting to be caught by another fisherman, who wants to enjoy the excitement of landing a big bass. avoided their first four-game skid since dropping four straight at Houston last Sept. 4-7. They fell out of at least a share of first place in the NL East for the first time all season Tuesday night and wrapped up a disappointing 4-5 road trip. "Especially to finish up the road trip 4-5, it's definitely better than the alter- native, so we'll take the positives away and go home," Werth said. "We've got a lot of baseball left to play so we've got to keep doing what we're doing." Lincecum retired the first 10 batters of the game before Placido Polanco lined a one-out single to right in the fourth. Chase Utley then grounded into an inning-ending double play, so Lincecum faced the minimum through four. Utley singled off Wilson for hit No. 1,000 of his career. Shields fans 12 as Tampa Bay beats A’s 10-3 land’s Adam Rosales hit a solo homer off reliever Andy Sonnanstine in the ninth. The A’s wasted opportu- nities to get to Shields in the fourth and fifth, going 0-for- 6 and striking out five times with runners in scoring posi- tion in those innings. Eric Patterson also was thrown out at the plate attempting to score from first base on Ros- ales’ double down the left field line. Tampa Bay pulled away from a 2-2 tie in the fifth, with help from a wild pitch with the bases loaded and a second error by Barton that allowed a run to score. The Rays went ahead on Longo- ria’s RBI double off Braden, and Pena, pinch hitter Reid Brignac and John Jaso also drove in runs in the inning. Braden, trying to become the first Oakland pitcher to go 4-0 in April since Mike Moore in 1992, allowed six runs and eight hits in four- plus innings. Entering the game, he had limited oppo- nents to a .198 batting aver- age, sixth lowest in the AL. Notes: Tampa Bay man- ager Joe Maddon received a hoodie in the mail from New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, which he plans to display in his office. ‘‘It’s very cool,’’ Maddon said. He plans to send Belichick a Tampa Bay hoodie. ... Oakland LHP Brett Anderson (left arm strained flexor) will be shut down from throwing for two weeks. He was placed on the 15-day DL on Tuesday. ... Oakland C Kurt Suzuki (left side soreness) was in the original starting lineup but was scratched after bat- ting practice. He has missed four straight games. The reigning NL champion Phillies North Valley Rapids tryout Final tryouts for the North Valley Rapids 16-and-under (Team Etzler) fast pitch softball team will be held Saturday, May 8. Girls who were age 16 or younger as of December 31, 2009 are eligible to tryout. Tryouts will be held at the Red Bluff High School varsi- ty softball field beginning at 10 a.m. At least one parent or legal guardian must be present to sign an indemnification agreement before the tryout. Team Etzler is a competitive fast pitch softball team (ASA “A”) ideal for athletes who are interested in a high level of commitment to the sport of softball and demonstrate the ability to play the game. For more information, call Matt Etzler at 529-4899 or e- mail, matt@etzlerfinancial.com. Scoreboard MLB American League Wednesday’s results Tampa Bay 10, Oakland 3 Boston 2, Toronto 0 Detroit 11, Minnesota 6 Los Angeles 4, Cleveland 3 New York 8, Baltimore 3 Seattle 6, Kansas City 5 Texas 6, Chicago 5 Today’s games Oakland (Duchscherer 2-0) at Toronto (R.Romero 1-1),4:07 p.m.,CSNCA Minnesota (Pavano 3-1) at Detroit (Willis 0-1), 10:05 a.m. Chicago (Floyd 0-2) at Texas (Feldman 1-2), 11:05 a.m., MLBN New York (A.J.Burnett 2-0) at Baltimore (Matusz 2-0), 4:05 p.m., MLBN Kansas City (Hochevar 2-0) at Tampa Bay (Garza 3-1), 4:10 p.m. Tuesday’s late result Cleveland 9, Los Angeles 2 National League Wednesday’s results Philadelphia 7,San Francisco 6,11 innings Arizona 12, Colorado 11, 10 innings Cincinnati 6, Houston 4 New York 7, Los Angeles 3 Pittsburgh 6, Milwaukee 5, 14 innings San Diego 6, Florida 4 St. Louis 6, Atlanta 0 Washington 3, Chicago 2 Today’s games Atlanta (Jurrjens 0-2) at St. Louis (Wainwright 3-1), 10:40 a.m. Arizona (I.Kennedy 0-1) at Chicago (Lilly 1-0), 11:20 a.m., WGN Cincinnati (Arroyo 0-2) at Houston (Oswalt 2-2), 5:05 p.m. NBA First Round Best-of-7 Tuesday’s late result L.A. Lakers 111, Oklahoma City 87 L.A. Lakers lead series 3-2 Wednesday’s results Milwaukee 91, Atlanta 87 Milwaukee leads series 3-2 Utah at Denver, late Utah leads series 3-1 Today’s games Dallas at San Antonio, 5 p.m., TNT San Antonio leads series 3-2 Phoenix at Portland, 7:30 p.m., TNT Phoenix leads series 3-2 Other series Boston won series 4-1 over Miami Cleveland won series 4-1 over Chicago Orlando won series 4-0 over Charlotte NHL First Round Best-of-7 Wednesday’s result Montreal 2, Washington 1 Montreal wins series 4-3 Second Round Best-of-7 Today’s game’s Detroit at San Jose, 6 p.m.,VERSUS Series tied 0-0 Milwaukee (D.Davis 0-2) at San Diego (LeBlanc 1-0), 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Burres 0-1) at Los Angeles (Kershaw 1-0), 7:10 p.m. Tuesday’s results San Francisco 6, Philadelphia 2