Baseball

WCL

West Coast League

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League standings

North Division

W L

Wenatchee AppleSox 23 18

Walla Walla Sweets 23 18

Bellingham Bells 21 19

Victoria HarbourCats 18 19

Kelowna Falcons 14 25

South Division

W L

Bend Elks 23 15

Corvallis Knights 23 15

Cowlitz Black Bears 19 19

Medford Rogues 20 21

Klamath Falls Gems 18 20

Kitsap BlueJackets 14 27

Thursday’s Games

Klamath Falls 9, Bend 7

Kitsap 3, Victoria 0

Walla Walla 8, Cowlitz 4

Corvallis 5, Medford 4

Wenatchee 11, Bellingham 3

Today’s Games

Bend at Klamath Falls, 6:35 p.m.

Victoria at Kitsap, 6:35 p.m.

Walla Walla at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m.

Medford at Corvallis, 6:40 p.m.

Bellingham at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.

Thursday’s Summary

Gems 9, Elks 7

Bend 221 010 100 — 7 15 1

Klamath Falls 024 002 10x — 9 11 2

Grantham, Anderson (2), Jordan (3), Borde (5), Booser (7) and Wildung, Servais. Adams, Lingos (4), Burke (7), Karraker (8) and Meredith. 2B — Bend: Servais, Ballard. Klamath: Hough. HR — Bend: O’Dwyer, Gill, Ballard.

Golf

PGA Tour

Canadian Open

Thursday

At Glen Abbey Golf Club

Oakville, Ontario

Purse: $5.6 million

Yardage: 7,253; Par: 72 (35-37)

First Round (Leading Scores)

a-amateur

Brendan Steele 31-34—65

Scott Brown 31-35—66

Matt Kuchar 34-32—66

Scott Gardiner 29-37—66

David Lingmerth 32-35—67

Hunter Mahan 30-37—67

Chez Reavie 32-36—68

Patrick Reed 33-35—68

Chris Kirk 31-37—68

Bubba Watson 33-35—68

Kyle Stanley 34-34—68

Trevor Immelman 32-36—68

Aaron Baddeley 32-36—68

Kevin Chappell 33-35—68

Joe Affrunti 33-35—68

James Driscoll 35-34—69

Vijay Singh 33-36—69

Stuart Appleby 34-35—69

George McNeill 32-37—69

Rory Sabbatini 33-36—69

Will Claxton 34-35—69

James Hahn 31-38—69

Hideki Matsuyama 34-35—69

Andres Romero 35-34—69

Charley Hoffman 34-35—69

Roberto Castro 33-36—69

Gary Woodland 32-37—69

Brad Fritsch 34-35—69

Greg Owen 34-36—70

David Hearn 34-36—70

Brandt Snedeker 34-36—70

Robert Garrigus 36-34—70

Morgan Hoffmann 31-39—70

Seung-Yul Noh 36-34—70

Daniel Summerhays 35-35—70

Jason Bohn 34-36—70

Cameron Beckman 34-36—70

Mark Wilson 33-37—70

Jeff Overton 34-36—70

Ryan Palmer 33-37—70

Chad Campbell 33-38—71

Justin Leonard 34-37—71

Billy Horschel 36-35—71

Tim Petrovic 37-34—71

Jeff Gove 34-37—71

Pat Perez 34-37—71

Kyle Reifers 35-36—71

Marcel Siem 33-38—71

Bobby Gates 34-37—71

Cameron Percy 33-38—71

Henrik Norlander 34-37—71

Roger Sloan 35-36—71

William McGirt 33-38—71

Casey Wittenberg 34-37—71

Matt Every 33-38—71

Scott Piercy 35-36—71

Ernie Els 35-36—71

John Merrick 35-36—71

Scott Stallings 33-38—71

Sang-Moon Bae 36-35—71

Scott Langley 37-34—71

Ricky Barnes 36-35—71

Justin Bolli 33-38—71

David Mathis 36-35—71

Jesse Smith 35-36—71

Si Woo Kim 36-35—71

Andrew Svoboda 36-35—71

a-Corey Conners 35-36—71

D.J. Trahan 36-36—72

Richard H. Lee 35-37—72

Jeff Maggert 35-37—72

Fabian Gomez 34-38—72

Graham DeLaet 34-38—72

Geoff Ogilvy 34-38—72

Scott Verplank 36-36—72

Justin Hicks 36-36—72

Troy Matteson 35-37—72

Robert Streb 36-36—72

Jin Park 34-38—72

Martin Flores 35-37—72

Ryo Ishikawa 33-39—72

Luke Guthrie 34-38—72

Cameron Tringale 37-35—72

Brian Gay 37-35—72

Jim Furyk 35-37—72

Robert Allenby 36-36—72

Brian Stuard 36-36—72

Jason Kokrak 35-37—72

Ben Kohles 37-35—72

Alistair Presnell 34-38—72

Luke List 35-37—72

Jim Herman 36-36—72

Also

Charl Schwartzel 35-38—73

Jesper Parnevik 35-38—73

Luke Donald 35-38—73

Mike Weir 36-37—73

Camilo Villegas 36-38—74

Dustin Johnson 40-35—75

Y.E. Yang 37-38—75

Graeme McDowell 36-40—76

Champions Tour

Senior British Open

Thursday

At Royal Birkdale Golf Club

Southport, England

Purse: 2 million

Yardage: 7,082; Par: 72

First Round (Leading Scores)

a-amateur

Gene Sauers (U.S.) 34-33—67

Frankie Minoza (Philippines) 37-31—68

David Frost (South Africa) 33-35—68

Bernhard Langer (Germany) 35-33—68

Peter Senior (Australia) 34-34—68

Gary Hallberg (U.S.) 35-34—69

John Cook (U.S.) 34-35—69

Corey Pavin (U.S.) 33-36—69

Jeff Hart (U.S.) 34-35—69

Peter Fowler (Australia) 33-36—69

Tom Pernice Jnr (U.S.) 35-35—70

Mark McNulty (Ireland) 33-37—70

Sandy Lyle (Scotland) 32-38—70

Greg Turner (New Zealand) 36-34—70

Mark Wiebe (U.S.) 35-35—70

Steve Pate (U.S.) 34-36—70

Philip Walton (Ireland) 35-35—70

Massy Kuramoto (Japan) 36-34—70

Tom Kite (U.S.) 33-37—70

Paul Wesselingh (England) 34-36—70

Rocco Mediate (U.S.) 35-35—70

Gary Wolstenholme (England) 34-36—70

John Inman (U.S.) 34-37—71

a-Chip Lutz (U.S.) 35-36—71

Russ Cochran (U.S.) 33-38—71

Jeff Sluman (U.S.) 36-35—71

Katsuyoshi Tomori (Japan) 34-37—71

Chien Soon Lu (Taiwan) 36-35—71

Khoki Idoki (Japan) 34-37—71

Jose Rivero (Spain) 35-36—71

Rod Spittle (Canada) 34-37—71

Steen Tinning (Den) 35-36—71

Gary Trivisonno (U.S.) 35-36—71

Jay Don Blake (U.S.) 36-35—71

Larry Mize (U.S.) 33-38—71

Mike Goodes (U.S.) 34-37—71

Also

Colin Montgomerie (Scotland) 34-38—72

Tom Lehman (U.S.) 36-36—72

Tom Watson (U.S.) 35-38—73

Fred Couples (U.S.) 37-37—74

Mark O’Meara (U.S.) 38-36—74

Fred Funk (U.S.) 36-39—75

Bob Gilder (U.S.) 38-39—77

BASKETBALL

WNBA

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

All Times PDT

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Eastern Conference

W L Pct GB

Chicago 12 5 .706 —

Atlanta 11 5 .688 1/2

Washington 9 9 .500 3 1/2

Indiana 8 9 .471 4

New York 7 11 .389 5 1/2

Connecticut 4 12 .250 7 1/2

Western Conference

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 14 3 .824 —

Los Angeles 12 6 .667 2 1/2

Phoenix 9 9 .500 5 1/2

Seattle 7 10 .412 7

San Antonio 6 12 .333 8 1/2

Tulsa 6 14 .300 9 1/2

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Thursday’s Games

San Antonio 65, New York 53

Indiana 71, Tulsa 60

Seattle 73, Los Angeles 66

Today’s Games

No games scheduled

Saturday’s Game

All-Star Game at Uncasville, Conn, 12:30 p.m.

Soccer

MLS

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

All Times PDT

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Eastern Conference

W L T Pts GF GA

Sporting Kansas City 10 5 6 36 31 20

Montreal 9 5 5 32 31 29

New York 9 7 5 32 29 24

Philadelphia 8 6 7 31 32 30

Houston 8 6 5 29 22 19

New England 7 7 6 27 25 18

Chicago 7 9 3 24 24 29

Columbus 6 9 5 23 23 25

Toronto FC 2 10 8 14 17 28

D.C. 2 14 4 10 9 33

Western Conference

W L T Pts GF GA

Real Salt Lake 11 6 4 37 33 20

Portland 8 2 10 34 30 18

Los Angeles 10 8 3 33 32 25

Vancouver 9 6 5 32 33 28

FC Dallas 8 5 8 32 27 27

Colorado 8 7 7 31 26 24

Seattle 7 7 4 25 22 21

San Jose 6 9 6 24 21 32

Chivas USA 4 11 5 17 18 35

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

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Saturday’s Games

Columbus at Toronto FC, 11 a.m.

Sporting Kansas City at Montreal, 4 p.m.

Philadelphia at Vancouver, 4 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at New York, 4 p.m.

Los Angeles at Colorado, 4 p.m.

New England at D.C. United, 4 p.m.

Chicago at Houston, 6 p.m.

Portland at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

Tennis

Professional

Bank of the West Classic

Thursday

At The Taube Family Tennis Center

Stanford, Calif.

Purse: $795,000 (Premier)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Second Round

Dominika Cibulkova (3), Slovakia, def. Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, 7-5, 7-6 (5).

Jamie Hampton, United States, def. Nicole Gibbs, United States, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-3.

Urszula Radwanska (7), Poland, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3).

Vera Dushevina, Russia, def. Madison Keys, United States, 7-6 (0), 6-2.

Atlanta Open

Thursday

At The Atlanta Athletic Club

Norcross, Ga.

Purse: $623,730 (WT250)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Second Round

Ryan Harrison, United States, def. Igor Sijsling (4), Netherlands, 6-4, 6-3.

Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Yen-hsun Lu (5), Taiwan, 7-5, 6-2.

James Blake, United States, def. Evgeny Donskoy (8), Russia, 6-3, 6-2.

Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, def. Michael Russell, United States, 5-7, 6-3, 3-0 retired.

John Isner (1), United States, def. Ryan Harrison, United States, 7-6 (9), 4-6, 7-5.

Kevin Anderson, South Africa, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia, 6-7 (7), 6-2, 6-2.

Croatia Open

Thursday

At ITC Stella Maris

Umag, Croatia

Purse: $614,700 (WT250)

Surface: Clay-Outdoor

Singles

Second Round

Andreas Seppi (2), Italy, def. Andreas Haider-Maurer, Austria, 6-1, 4-0, retired.

Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, def. Carlos Berlocq (8), Argentina, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Tommy Robredo (5), Spain, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-0, 6-4.

Aljaz Bedene, Slovenia, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-1.

Swiss Open

Thursday

At Roy Emerson Arena

Gstaad, Switzerland

Purse: $614,700 (WT250)

Surface: Clay-Outdoor

Singles

Second Round

Daniel Brands, Germany, def. Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, 6-3, 6-4.

Robin Haase, Netherlands, def. Janko Tipsarevic (3), Serbia, 6-2, 6-2.

Victor Hanescu, Romania, def. Roberto Bautista Agut (8), Spain, 7-6 (2), 3-2, retired.

Marcel Granollers, Spain, def. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, 6-2, 7-5.

Baku Cup

Thursday

At Baki Tennis Akademiyasi

Baku, Azerbaijan

Purse: $235,000 (Intl.)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Second Round

Shahar Peer, Israel, def. Chanelle Scheepers (3), South Africa, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Elina Svitolina (7), Ukraine, def. Nastassja Burnett, Italy, 6-0, 7-6 (3).

Magda Linette, Poland, def. Kristyna Pliskova, Czech Republic, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Tadeja Majeric, Slovenia, def. Tereza Martincova, Czech Republic, 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, def. Kateryna Kozlova, Ukraine, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Deals

Transactions

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

MLB—Suspended Pittsburgh minor league RHP Delvin Hiciano (DSL Pirates) 50 games after for testing positive for metabolites of stanozolol. Suspended Arizona minor league RHP Eric Smith (Mobile-SL) 50 games after a second violation for a drug of abuse.

American League

HOUSTON ASTROS—Signed SS Wilson Amador.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Announced interim hitting coach George Brett will return to his position as vice president of baseball operations.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Acquired OF Julio Concepcion and RHP Andres Perez from the New York Mets for an international signing bonus allotment slot. Assigned Concepcion to Orem (Pioneer) and Perez to the AZL Angels.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Placed C John Jaso on the 7-day DL. Recalled C Stephen Vogt from Sacramento (PCL). Sent INF Vinnie Catricala outright to Midland (Texas).

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES—Placed RHP Tim Hudson on the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Alex Wood from Gwinnett (IL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Designated LHP Ted Lilly for assignment. Recalled INF-OF Elian Herrera from Albuquerque (PCL).

MIAMI MARLINS—Placed OF Marcell Ozuna on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 23.

PHILADELPIHA PHILLIES—Released RHP Carlos Zambrano. Placed OF Domonic Brown on the 7-day DL. Recalled OF Steve Susdorf from Lehigh Valley (IL).

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Recalled LHP Marc Rzepczynski from Memphis (PCL). Optioned RHP Carlos Martinez to Memphis.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

DALLAS MAVERICKS—Re-signed C-F Brandan Wright.

NEW YORK KNICKS—Re-Signed F Kenyon Martin.

ORLANDO MAGIC—Signed G Ronnie Price.

TORONTO RAPTORS—Named Bill Bayno and Jesse Mermuys assistant coaches. Promoted Jama Mahlalela to assistant coach.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

ARIZONA CARDINALS—Agreed to terms with OT Eric Winston on a one-year contract and LB John Abraham on a two-year contract. Placed WR Ryan Swope on the reserve/retired list.

ATLANTA FALCONS—Agreed to terms with QB Matt Ryan on a five-year contract extension.

CHICAGO BEARS—Announced the retirement of DT Sedrick Ellis. Signed DL Jamaal Anderson to a one-year contract.

DENVER BRONCOS—Signed DT Sylvester Williams to a four-year contract.

DETROIT LIONS—Released G Bill Nagy.

GREEN BAY PACKERS—Signed DE Datone Jones and S Ryan McMahon.

HOUSTON TEXANS—Placed RB Arian Foster, S Ed Reed and WR DeVier Posey on the PUP list. Placed LB Darryl Sharpton on the non-football injury list and TE Garrett Graham on the non-football illness list. Activated LB Sam Montgomery and OT Brennan Williams. Signed CB Elbert Mack and NT Daniel Muir.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Waived TE Weslye Saunders. Signed LB Daniel Adongo.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Waived TE Kyler Reed and S Chris Banjo. Signed K Adam Yates and WR Cole McKenzie.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Signed DT Sharrif Floyd, WR Cordarrelle Patterson and CB Xavier Rhodes.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Re-signed OL Tyronne Green. Release OL Matt Stankiewitch.

NEW YORK GIANTS—Signed OL Justin Pugh and QB Ryan Nassib.

NEW YORK JETS—Placed RB Mike Goodson on the reserve-did not report list. Signed DL Leger Douzable, WR Braylon Edwards and DT Sheldon Richardson. Placed RB Joe McKnight on the active-PUP list. Waived-injured DE Jake McDonough and WR Thomas Mayo.

OAKLAND RAIDERS—Signed DB DJ Hayden.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Placed LB Melvin Ingram and S Brandon Taylor on the active-PUP list.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Activated LB Darius Fleming and WR Kyle Williams from active-PUP list. Placed WR Michael Crabtree on the active-PUP list and DT Lamar Divens on the active-non-football injury list.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Placed DE Chris Clemons, WR Percy Harvin, TE Zach Miller, DE Greg Scruggs, CB Tharold Simon and RB Robert Turbin on the PUP list. Placed LB Korey Toomer on the non-football injury list.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Waived S Jordan Bernstine and S Devin Holland. Placed DE Adam Carriker, OL Maurice Hurt and CB Josh Wilson on the reserve-PUP list. Signed S Jose Gumbs and QB Ryan Mouton. Activated CB Josh Wilson from the PUP list.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

EDMONTON OILERS—Signed D Darnell Nurse to a three-year entry-level contract.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Announced Milwaukee (AHL) coach Dean Evason and assistant coach Stan Drulia have each signed contract extensions through the 2014-15 season. Named Frank Jury assistant equipment manager for Milwaukee. Signed F Nick Spaling to a one-year contract.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Named David Alexander goaltending and video coach for Syracuse (AHL).

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS—Signed general manager Dave Nonis to a five-year contract extension.

COLLEGE

CALIFORNIA—Signed women’s basketball coach Lindsay Gottlieb to a two-year contract extension, through the 2017-18 season.

COLORADO STATE—Announced sophomore basketball G John Gillon is transferring from Arkansas-Little Rock.

GEORGIA—Announced junior OL Kolton Houston was granted reinstatement by the NCAA following three years under suspension for an anabolic steroid he was given for shoulder surgery.

TEXAS—Granted sophomore WR Cayleb Jones an unconditional release.

Fish count

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

Chnk Jchnk Stlhd Wstlhd

Bonneville 530 98 3,485 2,161

The Dalles 419 92 1,289 787

John Day 384 79 930 553

McNary 426 63 755 428

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

Chnk Jchnk Stlhd Wstlhd

Bonneville 171,791 59,028 39,425 21,529

The Dalles 149,558 52,023 19,709 10,865

John Day 127,544 47,686 13,734 6,855

McNary 122,504 35,958 9,164 3,954