Baseball

WCL

WEST COAST LEAGUE

Standings

(through Wednesdays partial results)

West Division

W L Pct.

y-Corvallis Knights 34 10 .773

y-Bend Elks 25 19 .568

Bellingham Bells 19 25 .432

Kitsap BlueJackets 19 25 .432

East Division

W L Pct.

y-Wenatchee AppleSox 30 14 .682

Kelowna Falcons 22 22 .500

Spokane RiverHawks 18 26 .409

Moses Lake Pirates 9 35 .205

y-clinched playoff spot

Wednesdays Games

Bend 15 (ss), Bellingham 4

x-Bend (ss) 6, Auburn 3

Corvallis 4 Kitsap 1

Wenatchee 16 Kelowna 4

x-nonleague. ss-split squad

Wednesdays Results

ELKS 15, BELLS 4

Bend 301 041 303 15 19 0

Bellingham 002 002 000 4 8 1

Jackson, Wilson (6), Mazz (8), Pentecost (9) and Buchanan, Hadlock. Ludtke, Chambers (5), Foster (7) and Whitehead, Schenk. W Jackson. L Ludtke. 2B Bend: Richards, Leyland, Crocker (2); Bellingham: LRichter, Amezquita. HRBend: Buchanan.

ELKS 6, ATHLETICS 3

Auburn 020 000 001 3 7 1

Bend 000 011 04x 6 7 2

Berger, Schumaker (5), Rouanaitis (6) and Goforth. Palmer, McDougall (7) and Lanman. W McDougall. L Roulanaitis. 2B Bend: Amerongen. 3BBend: Stanley.

soccer

MLS

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

EASTERN CONFERENCE

All Times PDT

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

Columbus 8 3 9 33 29 24

Chicago 8 3 8 32 26 20

D.C. 6 4 10 28 34 32

Toronto FC 7 7 6 27 28 31

New England 6 5 6 24 19 22

Kansas City 5 7 6 21 20 25

New York 2 15 4 10 16 37

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

Houston 10 5 5 35 27 17

Seattle 7 4 8 29 26 20

Los Angeles 6 3 10 28 23 20

Colorado 7 6 6 27 28 24

Chivas USA 8 6 3 27 19 15

Real Salt Lake 6 8 5 23 28 24

FC Dallas 5 9 5 20 28 30

San Jose 4 10 5 17 25 35

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Todays Game

Houston at FC Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Saturdays Games

Los Angeles at New England, 3 p.m.

Columbus at San Jose, 5:30 p.m.

Seattle FC at Real Salt Lake, 6 p.m.

Chivas USA at Colorado, 6:30 p.m.

Tennis

WTA

Womens Tennis Association

L.A. Womens Tennis Championships

Wednesday

At The Home Depot Center

Carson, Calif.

Purse: $700,000 (Premier)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Second Round

Anna Chakvetadze, Russia, def. Alisa Kleybanova, Russia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.

Zheng Jie (14), China, def. Elena Vesnina, Russia, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0.

Nadia Petrova (5), Russia, def. Shahar Peer, Israel, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.

Urszula Radwanska, Poland, def. Dominika Cibulkova (7), Slovakia, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4.

Flavia Pennetta (10), Italy, def. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, 6-2, 6-4.

Agnieszka Radwanska (8), Poland, def. Ai Sugiyama, Japan, 6-2, 6-1.

Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, def. Jill Craybas, United States, 7-6 (2), 6-1.

Samantha Stosur (13), Australia, def. Maria Kirilenko, Russia, 6-2, 6-4.

Dinara Safina (1), Russia, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-4.

Li Na (12), China, def. Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Alona Bondarenko, Ukraine, def. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5.

Sabine Lisicki (17), Germany, def. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, 6-1, 6-4.

Maria Sharapova, Russia, def. Victoria Azarenka (3), Belarus, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2

ATP

Association of Tennis Professionals

Legg Mason Classic

Wednesday

At William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center

Washington

Purse: $1.402 million (WT500)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Second Round

Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spain, def. Tommy Robredo (7), Spain, 6-3, 6-2.

Ivo Karlovic (11), Croatia, def. Rainer Schuettler, Germany, 6-4, 7-5.

Philipp Petzschner, Germany, def. Mardy Fish (9), United States, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Fernando Gonzalez (4), Chile, def. Alejandro Falla, Colombia, 7-5, 7-5.

Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, def. Dudi Sela (15), Israel, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.

Wayne Odesnik, United States, def. Igor Andreev, Russia, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Andy Roddick (1), United States, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 6-3, 6-2.

Sam Querrey (16), United States, def. Igor Kunitsyn, Russia, 6-3, 6-4.

Marc Gicquel, France, def. Viktor Troicki (12), Serbia, 3-0, retired.

John Isner, United States, def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (3), France, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4).

Robin Soderling (5), Sweden, def. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 6-3, 6-1.

BASKETBALL

WNBA

WOMENS NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

All Times PDT

Eastern Conference

W L Pct GB

Indiana 16 4 .800

Connecticut 10 9 .526 5 1/2

Washington 10 9 .526 5 1/2

Atlanta 10 10 .500 6

Chicago 10 11 .476 6 1/2

Detroit 7 10 .412 7 1/2

New York 6 13 .316 9 1/2

Western Conference

W L Pct GB

Phoenix 16 6 .727

Seattle 12 8 .600 3

Minnesota 10 10 .500 5

San Antonio 9 10 .474 5 1/2

Los Angeles 6 11 .353 7 1/2

Sacramento 5 16 .238 10 1/2

Wednesdays Game

Indiana 76, Chicago 67

Todays Games

Atlanta at San Antonio, 5 p.m.

Seattle at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

Deals

Transactions

BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLFined Houston RHP LaTroy Hawkins an undisclosed amount for comments he made about an umpire after he was ejected from a July 27 game at the Chicago Cubs.

American League

BOSTON RED SOXPurchased the contract of LHP Billy Traber from Pawtucket (IL). Optioned OF Josh Reddick to Pawtucket.

CLEVELAND INDIANSRecalled RHP Jess Todd from Columbus (IL). Designated RHP Jose Veras for assignment.

KANSAS CITY ROYALSRecalled RHP Kyle Davies from Omaha (PCL). Designated OF Ryan Freel for assignment.

LOS ANGELES ANGELSRecalled RHP Sean OSullivan from Salt Lake (PCL). Optioned INF Sean Rodriguez to Salt Lake.

NEW YORK YANKEESRecalled RHP Anthony Claggett from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Designated INF Cody Ransom for assignment.

OAKLAND ATHLETICSPurchased the contract of RHP Chad Reineke from Sacramento (PCL). Optioned OF Eric Patterson to Sacramento.

SEATTLE MARINERSAnnounced RHP Roy Corcoran declined an outright assignment to the minors and became a free agent. Acquired RHP Mike Koplove from Pittsburgh for INF Deybis Benitez.

TEXAS RANGERSPurchased the contract of INF Esteban German from Oklahoma City (PCL). Optioned INF Joaquin Arias to Oklahoma City. Designated RHP John Bannister for assignment.

National League

CHICAGO CUBSActivated INF Aaron Miles from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Jeff Stevens to Iowa (PCL). Granted LHP Jason Waddell his unconditional release from Iowa.

NEW YORK METSAnnounced C Robinson Cancel cleared waivers and was optioned to Buffalo (IL).

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTSActivated RHP Joe Martinez from the 60-day DL. Optioned RHP Waldis Joaquin to Fresno (PCL). Placed RHP Henry Sosa on the 60-day DL.

WASHINGTON NATIONALSPurchased the contract of OF Jorge Padilla from Syracuse (IL). Placed OF Austin Kearns on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 4.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

DETROIT PISTONSSigned F Austin Daye.

HOUSTON ROCKETSSigned G Jermaine Taylor to a multiyear contract.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERSNamed Randy Ayers assistant coach.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

ARIZONA CARDINALSSigned FB Reagan Mauia to a one-year contract.

ATLANTA FALCONSSigned WR Dicky Lyons.

CAROLINA PANTHERSPlaced DT Maake Kemoeatu on injured reserve. Signed DT George Hypolite.

DALLAS COWBOYSReleased DB Jerome Carter. Signed OT Robert Brewster and placed him on the physically unable to perform list. Removed DT Tim Anderson from the physically unable to perform list.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFSWaived QB Ingle Martin.

MINNESOTA VIKINGSSigned RB Antone Smith.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKSWaived-injured LB Tony Taylor. Signed LB Shane Simmons.

WASHINGTON REDSKINSSigned WR D.J. Hackett and DL Michael Marquardt.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

BUFFALO SABRESD Teppo Numminen announced his retirement.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKSAnnounced an affiliation agreement with Toledo (ECHL).

MINNESOTA WILDNamed P.J. DeLuca video coordinator and Chris Pietrzak-Wegner strength and conditioning coach.

NEW JERSEY DEVILSSigned F Brendan Shanahan to a one-year contract.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINSNamed Tony Granato assistant coach.

VANCOUVER CANUCKSRe-signed RW Jannik Hansen to a one-year contract.

Golf

PGA Tour

FedExCup Leaders

Through Aug. 2

Rank. Name Points YTD Money

1. Tiger Woods 2,551 $5,478,163

2. Steve Stricker 2,059 $3,985,753

3. Kenny Perry 1,901 $3,920,124

4. Zach Johnson 1,892 $3,738,079

5. Phil Mickelson 1,616 $3,810,561

6. Brian Gay 1,540 $2,803,145

7. Geoff Ogilvy 1,533 $3,346,454

8. Lucas Glover 1,527 $3,020,481

9. Sean OHair 1,472 $3,169,743

10. Retief Goosen 1,402 $2,717,165

11. Nick Watney 1,356 $2,661,352

12. David Toms 1,272 $2,553,115

13. Jim Furyk 1,164 $2,455,665

14. Paul Casey 1,161 $2,582,181

15. Rory Sabbatini 1,138 $2,433,491

16. Stewart Cink 1,127 $2,330,522

17. Hunter Mahan 1,098 $2,149,719

18. Dustin Johnson 1,038 $2,116,595

19. Jerry Kelly 1,001 $2,036,917

20. Y.E. Yang 970 $1,787,941

21. Charley Hoffman 962 $1,624,658

22. Kevin Na 946 $2,020,275

23. Luke Donald 945 $1,745,410

24. John Senden 937 $1,594,817

25. Anthony Kim 907 $1,782,083

26. Mike Weir 890 $1,730,772

27. Tim Clark 884 $1,707,776

28. Pat Perez 874 $1,495,869

29. Steve Marino 868 $1,504,539

30. Charles Howell III 841 $1,449,268

31. Camilo Villegas 836 $1,487,746

32. Angel Cabrera 834 $1,772,347

33. John Rollins 818 $1,591,145

34. Nathan Green 810 $1,313,807

35. Justin Leonard 810 $1,518,890

36. Mark Wilson 802 $1,509,695

37. Ian Poulter 801 $1,965,116

38. Davis Love III 800 $1,371,160

39. Brian Davis 789 $1,645,838

40. Jason Dufner 787 $1,343,199

41. John Mallinger 765 $1,623,190

42. Brett Quigley 759 $1,326,036

43. Bo Van Pelt 731 $1,532,114

44. Paul Goydos 723 $1,375,858

45. Ben Crane 703 $1,383,247

46. Briny Baird 695 $1,152,809

47. John Merrick 691 $1,269,759

48. Bubba Watson 677 $1,259,337

49. Charlie Wi 670 $1,207,336

50. Scott Verplank 624 $1,014,364

51. Bryce Molder 618 $1,092,161

52. Mathew Goggin 616 $1,011,778

53. J.J. Henry 614 $992,098

54. Jeff Klauk 611 $1,011,218

55. Chad Campbell 611 $1,110,333

56. Bob Estes 610 $1,027,719

57. J.B. Holmes 603 $1,089,034

58. Jason Day 599 $983,019

59. Michael Letzig 597 $877,968

60. Ernie Els 596 $1,096,282

61. Woody Austin 579 $965,908

62. Kevin Sutherland 563 $799,302

63. Jeff Overton 560 $947,034

64. Ted Purdy 560 $767,642

65. Vijay Singh 551 $1,086,223

66. Stephen Ames 548 $989,676

67. Robert Allenby 545 $999,583

68. Matt Kuchar 534 $925,143

69. D.A. Points 531 $971,746

70. D.J. Trahan 526 $856,628

71. Scott Piercy 524 $797,022

72. Brandt Snedeker 524 $861,773

73. Ryan Moore 523 $997,727

74. Webb Simpson 519 $748,349

75. Boo Weekley 512 $961,868

76. Jonathan Byrd 511 $972,972

77. Greg Chalmers 510 $904,304

78. Tim Petrovic 499 $952,205

79. Ryuji Imada 499 $682,562

80. Kevin Streelman 496 $828,567

81. Lee Janzen 491 $783,812

82. James Nitties 486 $816,017

83. George McNeill 480 $656,020

84. Marc Leishman 468 $715,505

85. Scott McCarron 465 $804,176

86. Bill Haas 465 $813,330

87. Cameron Beckman 463 $638,469

88. Nick OHern 455 $626,439

89. Fred Couples 444 $955,295

90. Ben Curtis 442 $667,511

91. Matt Bettencourt 434 $696,702

92. Aaron Baddeley 431 $782,115

93. K.J. Choi 425 $842,893

94. Daniel Chopra 425 $723,708

95. James Driscoll 422 $796,868

96. Greg Owen 415 $506,044

97. Bill Lunde 414 $563,711

98. Mark Calcavecchia 411 $757,266

99. Richard S. Johnson 395 $592,834

100. Rod Pampling 387 $647,329

Champions Tour

STATISTICS

Through Aug. 2

Charles Schwab Cup

1, Fred Funk, 1,833 Points. 2, Bernhard Langer, 1,615. 3, Loren Roberts, 1,477. 4, Joey Sindelar, 1,086. 5, Larry Mize, 889. 6, Mark McNulty, 774. 7, Mark OMeara, 763. 8, Michael Allen, 720. 9, Andy Bean, 619. 10, Nick Price, 607.

Scoring Average

1, Bernhard Langer, 68.93. 2, Fred Funk, 69.09. 3, Joey Sindelar, 69.59. 4, Andy Bean, 69.69. 5, Jay Haas, 69.70. 6, Mark OMeara, 69.80. 7, Dan Forsman, 69.88. 8 (tie), Mark McNulty and Loren Roberts, 70.00. 10, 2 tied with 70.07.

Driving Distance

1, Tom Purtzer, 305.9. 2, Steve Thomas, 303.5. 3, Sandy Lyle, 299.1. 4, Keith Fergus, 295.3. 5, Dan Forsman, 293.5. 6, Eduardo Romero, 292.4. 7, Gil Morgan, 289.2. 8, Phil Blackmar, 288.3. 9, R.W. Eaks, 288.2. 10, Bernhard Langer, 287.8.

Greens in Regulation Pct.

1, Bernhard Langer, 75.98%. 2, John Cook, 75.56%. 3, Dan Forsman, 75.53%. 4, Tom Kite, 74.42%. 5, Tom Purtzer, 73.81%. 6, Jeff Sluman, 73.33%. 7, Mike Goodes, 72.67%. 8, Nick Price, 72.63%. 9, Bobby Wadkins, 72.53%. 10, Jay Haas, 72.52%.

Putting Average

1, Morris Hatalsky, 1.720. 2, Russ Cochran, 1.722. 3, Andy Bean, 1.728. 4, Jay Haas, 1.731. 5, Loren Roberts, 1.734. 6, R.W. Eaks, 1.737. 7, Eduardo Romero, 1.741. 8, Fred Funk, 1.742. 9, Ben Crenshaw, 1.743. 10, 2 tied with 1.753.

Birdie Average

1, Bernhard Langer, 4.44. 2, Jay Haas, 4.41. 3, Andy Bean, 4.38. 4, Fred Funk, 4.26. 5, Russ Cochran, 4.17. 6, Joey Sindelar, 4.14. 7, Dan Forsman, 4.13. 8, Eduardo Romero, 4.09. 9, Brad Bryant, 4.05. 10, Nick Price, 4.00.

All-Around Ranking

1, Bernhard Langer, 92. 2, Nick Price, 160. 3, Mark OMeara, 162. 4, Andy Bean, 163. 5, Eduardo Romero, 164. 6, Larry Mize, 165. 7, Dan Forsman, 167. 8, Joey Sindelar, 169. 9, Loren Roberts, 170. 10, Scott Hoch, 173.

LPGA Tour

STATISTICS

Through Aug. 2

Scoring

1, Cristie Kerr, 70.1667. 2, Jiyai Shin, 70.4754. 3, Lorena Ochoa, 70.5490. 4, Yani Tseng, 70.5781. 5, Paula Creamer, 70.6667. 6, Song-Hee Kim, 70.6885. 7, Ai Miyazato, 70.7288. 8, Angela Stanford, 70.7547. 9, Suzann Pettersen, 70.7797. 10, In-Kyung Kim, 70.8525.

Greens in Regulation

1, Paula Creamer, .761. 2, In-Kyung Kim, .740. 3, Wendy Ward, .732. 4, Cristie Kerr, .730. 5, Jiyai Shin, .724. 6, Angela Stanford, .715. 7, Karrie Webb, .713. 8, Suzann Pettersen, .711. 9, Yani Tseng, .709. 10, Maria Hjorth, .708.

Top 10 Finishes

1, Cristie Kerr, .647. 2, Paula Creamer, .571. 3, Ai Miyazato, .533. 4 (tie), Suzann Pettersen and Angela Stanford, .500. 6, Yani Tseng 8 17 .471. 7, Lorena Ochoa 6 13 .462. 8, In-Kyung Kim 7 16 .438. 9, Na Yeon Choi 7 17 .412. 10 (tie), Michelle Wie and Karrie Webb, .385.

Driving Distance

1, Yani Tseng, 270.2. 2, Brittany Lincicome, 269.7. 3, Vicky Hurst, 268.2. 4, Michelle Wie, 267.2. 5, Suzann Pettersen, 266.9. 6, Sophie Gustafson, 265.7. 7, Jee Young Lee, 265.5. 8, Karin Sjodin, 263.7. 9, Brittany Lang, 263.6. 10, Angela Stanford, 262.8.

Birdies

1, Cristie Kerr, 253. 2, Yani Tseng, 239. 3, Song-Hee Kim, 237. 4, In-Kyung Kim, 235. 5, Jiyai Shin, 234. 6, Na Yeon Choi, 229. 7 (tie), Suzann Pettersen and Ai Miyazato, 225. 9, Brittany Lang, 214. 10, Michelle Wie, 208.

Putts Per Round

1, Sarah Lee, 28.17. 2, Allison Hanna-Williams, 28.29. 3, Inbee Park, 28.31. 4, Minea Blomqvist, 28.64. 5, Soo-Yun Kang, 28.65. 6, Sarah Kemp, 28.68. 7, Ashleigh Simon, 28.71. 8, Song-Hee Kim, 28.74. 9, Brandi Jackson, 28.86. 10, M.J. Hur, 28.91.

Fish count

Fish Report

Upstream daily movement of adult chinook, jack chinook, steelhead, and wild steelhead at selected Columbia River dams on Tuesday.

Chnk Jchnk Stlhd Wstlhd

The Dalles 55 50 372 198

John Day 90 69 426 1,860

McNary 53 39 357 147

Upstream year-to-date movement of adult chinook, jack chinook, steelhead, and wild steelhead at selected Columbia River dams on Tuesday.

Chnk Jchnk Stlhd Wstlhd

Bonneville 196,908 104,237 152,855 63,213

The Dalles 173,879 81,574 59,404 25,073

John Day 142,783 82,831 55,158 22,821

McNary 127,321 64,335 27,066 10,277