Scoreboard
Published 12:00 am Tuesday, July 29, 2014
BASEBALL
WCL
WEST COAST LEAGUE
All Times PDT
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East Division
W L Pct GB
Yakima Valley Pippins 24 18 .571 —
Wenatchee AppleSox 22 20 .524 2
Walla Walla Sweets 21 21 .500 3
Kelowna Falcons 14 28 .333 10
South Division
W L Pct GB
Corvallis Knights 27 15 .643 —
Bend Elks 26 16 .619 1
Medford Rogues 22 21 .512 51/2
Klamath Falls Gems 11 32 .156 161/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
Bellingham Bells 30 12 .714 —
Victoria HarbourCats 19 23 .452 11
Cowlitz Black Bears 19 24 .442 111/2
Kitsap BlueJackets 18 23 .439 111/2
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Monday’s Games
Cowlitz 5, Klamath Falls 4
Medford 8, Bellingham 5
Today’s Games
Klamath Falls at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m.
Kitsap at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m.
Bend at Corvallis, 6:40 p.m.
Yakima Valley at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m.
Victoria at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.
Medford at Bellingham, 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Klamath Falls at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m.
Kitsap at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m.
Bend at Corvallis, 6:40 p.m.
Yakima Valley at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m.
Victoria at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.
Medford at Bellingham, 7:05 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Kitsap at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m.
Bend at Corvallis, 6:40 p.m.
Yakima Valley at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m.
Victoria at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.
TENNIS
Professional
WTA Bank of the West Classic
Monday
At The Taube Family Tennis Center, Stanford, Calif.
Purse: $710,000 (Premier)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, def. Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, 6-1, 6-3.
Naomi Osaka, Japan, def. Sam Stosur, Australia, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5.
Sacha Vickery, United States, def. Zhang Shuai, China, 6-1, 6-2.
Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Caroline Garcia, France, 6-4, 6-3.
Andrea Petkovic (8), Germany, def. Ajla Tomljanovic, Croatia, 6-1, 6-4.
CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, def. Kristie Ahn, United States, 6-2, 7-5.
Citi Open
Monday
At William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, Washington
Purse: Men, $1.4 million (WT500); Women, $250,000 (Intl.)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Men
First Round
Robby Ginepri, United States, def. Alejandro Falla, Colombia, 6-4, 6-2.
Tim Smyczek, United States, def. Alex Kuznetsov, United States, 6-3, 6-0.
Benoit Paire, France, def. Frank Dancevic, Canada, 6-4, 6-0.
Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 7-6 (2), 6-4.
Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Alejandro Gonzalez, Colombia, 6-3, 6-2.
Donald Young, United States, def. Yuichi Sugita, Japan, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
Rajeev Ram, United States, def. Jared Donaldson, United States, 6-7 (1), 6-4, 7-5.
Marinko Matosevic, Australia, def. Illya Marchenko, Ukraine, 6-4, 7-5.
Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, def. Filip Peliwo, Canada, 7-5, 6-3.
Evgeny Donskoy, Russia, def. Francis Tiafoe, United States, 6-4. 6-4.
Women
First Round
Svetlana Kuznetsova (6), Russia, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-3, 6-2.
Vania King, United States, def. Francoise Abanda, Canada, 6-2, 6-0.
Hiroko Kuwata, Japan, def. Alison Riske, United States, 6-0, 7-5.
Taylor Townsend, United States, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Shelby Rogers, United States, def. Alize Cornet (3), France, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.
Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, def. Tornado Alicia Black, United States, 6-4, 6-0.
Kurumi Nara, Japan, def. Madison Keys (7), United States, 7-5, 6-3.
Sorana Cirstea (8), Romania, def. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
ATP World Tour bet-at-home Cup
Monday at Mercedes-Benz Sportpark Kitzbuehel, Kitzbuehel, Austria
Purse: $573,000 (WT250)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Andreas Haider-Maurer, Austria, def. Gerald Melzer, Austria, 6-2, 7-6 (1).
Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, def. Viktor Galovic, Croatia, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-2.
Maximo Gonzalez, Argentina, def. Pablo Carreno Busta (8), Spain, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.
Pere Riba, Spain, def. Dustin Brown, Germany, 7-6 (6), 7-5.
Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, def. Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, 6-4, 6-4.
Dominic Thiem (5), Austria, def. Joao Souza, Brazil, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 7-5.
SOCCER
MLS
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
All Times PDT
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Eastern Conference
W L T Pts GF GA
Sporting Kansas City 11 5 5 38 31 19
D.C. United 10 5 4 34 29 20
Toronto FC 7 6 5 26 27 25
Columbus 6 7 8 26 25 27
New York 5 6 9 24 32 31
New England 7 11 2 23 25 33
Philadelphia 5 8 8 23 33 35
Chicago 3 5 11 20 27 33
Houston 5 11 4 19 22 40
Montreal 3 12 5 14 21 37
Western Conference
W L T Pts GF GA
Seattle 12 5 2 38 35 27
Real Salt Lake 8 4 8 32 31 26
Los Angeles 8 4 6 30 29 16
Colorado 8 6 6 30 31 24
FC Dallas 8 7 6 30 34 31
Vancouver 6 4 10 28 31 29
Portland 6 6 9 27 35 35
Chivas USA 6 9 5 23 21 33
San Jose 5 8 5 20 22 20
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Today’s Game
Los Angeles 3, Seattle 0
Wednesday’s Games
Toronto FC at D.C. United, 4 p.m.
Colorado at New England, 4:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
New York at Real Salt Lake, 6 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Sporting Kansas City at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Los Angeles at Portland, 11:30 a.m.
Montreal at Toronto, 2 p.m.
New York at New England, 4 p.m.
Chicago at Columbus, 5:30 p.m.
Colorado at Real Salt Lake, 6 p.m.
San Jose at Seattle, 7:30 p.m.
NWSL
NATIONAL WOMEN’S SOCCER LEAGUE
All Times PDT
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Wednesday’s Games
FC Kansas City at Washington, 4 p.m.
Seattle FC at Houston, 6 p.m.
BASKETBALL
WNBA
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
All Times PDT
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Eastern Conference
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 15 9 .625 —
Washington 13 13 .500 3
Indiana 12 14 .462 4
New York 10 14 .417 5
Chicago 10 15 .400 5½
Connecticut 10 16 .385 6
Western Conference
W L Pct GB
x-Phoenix 21 3 .875 —
x-Minnesota 20 6 .769 2
Los Angeles 12 14 .462 10
San Antonio 12 14 .462 10
Tulsa 9 17 .346 13
Seattle 9 18 .333 13½
x-clinched playoff spot
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Monday’s Games
Los Angeles 77, Indiana 73
Today’s Games
Connecticut at Atlanta, 9 a.m.
Washington at New York, 4 p.m.
Chicago at San Antonio, 5 p.m.
Seattle at Tulsa, 5 p.m.
Los Angeles at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
MOTOR SPORTS
NASCAR
Points leaders (wins in parentheses)
1, Jeff Gordon, 717 (2). 2, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 693 (2). 3, Brad Keselowski, 666 (3). 4, Matt Kenseth, 661. 5, Jimmie Johnson, 628 (3). 6, Kyle Busch, 609 (1). 7, Ryan Newman, 606. 8, Carl Edwards, 603 (2). 9, Joey Logano, 591 (2). 10, Clint Bowyer, 577.
11, Denny Hamlin, 572 (1). 12, Kevin Harvick, 565 (2). 13, Kyle Larson, 562. 14, Austin Dillon, 559. 15, Kasey Kahne, 555. 16, Paul Menard, 551. 17, Greg Biffle, 550. 18, Brian Vickers, 532. 19, Tony Stewart, 529. 20, Marcos Ambrose, 511.
21, Jamie McMurray, 499. 22, Aric Almirola, 496 (1). 23, AJ Allmendinger, 466. 24, Martin Truex Jr., 465. 25, Kurt Busch, 456 (1). 26, Casey Mears, 455. 27, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 397. 28, Danica Patrick, 382. 29, Justin Allgaier, 343. 30, Michael Annett, 325.
31, David Gilliland, 284. 32, Cole Whitt, 282. 33, David Ragan, 262. 34, Reed Sorenson, 245. 35, Alex Bowman, 244. 36, Josh Wise, 239. 37, Ryan Truex, 145. 38, Michael McDowell, 138. 39, Travis Kvapil, 113. 40, Terry Labonte, 77.
IndyCar
Points leaders
1, Helio Castroneves, 533. 2, Will Power, 520. 3, Ryan Hunter-Reay, 464. 4, Simon Pagenaud, 462. 5, Juan Pablo Montoya, 428. 6, Scott Dixon, 387. 7, Carlos Munoz, 384. 8, Tony Kanaan, 380. 9, Marco Andretti, 375. 10, Sebastien Bourdais, 358.
11, Ryan Briscoe, 344. 12, James Hinchcliffe, 330. 13, Charlie Kimball, 317. 14, Justin Wilson, 311. 15, Mikhail Aleshin, 298. 16, Josef Newgarden, 288. 17, Jack Hawksworth, 287. 18, Graham Rahal, 266. 19, Carlos Huertas, 265. 20, Takuma Sato, 234. 21, Sebastian Saavedra, 229.
GOLF
Professional
World ranking
1, Adam Scott, Australia, 9.10. 2, Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland, 8.03. 3, Henrik Stenson, Sweden, 7.69. 4, Justin Rose, England, 7.23. 5, Sergio Garcia, Spain, 6.95. 6, Matt Kuchar, USA, 6.72. 7, Bubba Watson, USA, 6.71. 8, Jim Furyk, USA, 6.42. 9, Jason Day, Australia, 6.29. 10, Tiger Woods, USA, 6.07.
11, Jordan Spieth, USA, 5.84. 12, Martin Kaymer, Germany, 5.39. 13, Phil Mickelson, USA, 5.12. 14, Zach Johnson, USA, 5.01. 15, Hideki Matsuyama, Japan, 4.85. 16, Dustin Johnson, USA, 4.82. 17, Graeme McDowell, Northern Ireland, 4.76. 18, Rickie Fowler, USA, 4.62. 19, Jimmy Walker, USA, 4.14. 20, Steve Stricker, USA, 3.97.
Deals
Transactions BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed LHP T.J. McFarland on the bereavement list. Recalled RHP Preston Guilmet from Norfolk (IL).
HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned RHP Brad Peacock to Oklahoma City (PCL). Placed RHP Josh Zeid on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 25. Reinstated RHP Collin McHugh from the 15-day DL.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Sent LHP C.J. Wilson to Arkansas (TL) for a rehab assignment.
NEW YORK YANKEES — Assigned RHP Chris Leroux outright to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Designated LHP Jeff Francis for assignment. Recalled OF Zoilo Almonte from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Placed OF Craig Gentry on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of OF Billy Burns from Midland (TL).
TAMPA BAY RAYS — Designated LHP Erik Bedard for assignment. Reinstated RHP Joel Peralta from the 15-day DL.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Acquired INF Danny Valencia from Kansas City for RHP Liam Hendriks and C Erik Kratz.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Placed INF Nick Evans on unconditional release waivers. Reinstated INF Jordan Pacheco from the 15-day DL.
CHICAGO CUBS — Traded 2B Darwin Barney to the L.A. Dodgers for a player to be named.
COLORADO ROCKIES — Sent LHP Boone Logan and 1B Justin Morneau to Colorado Springs (PCL) for rehab assignments.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Barry Enright on a minor league contract.
MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned C J.T. Realmuto to Jacksonville (SL). Recalled OF Jake Marisnick from New Orleans (PCL).
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Sent RHP Gerrit Cole to Indianapolis (IL) for a rehab assignment.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with SS Christian Muscarello on a minor league contract.
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed OF Carlos Quentin on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 27. Optioned 3B Brooks Conrad to El Paso (PCL). Recalled LHP Jason Lane and 2B Jedd Gyorko from El Paso. Sent LHP Robbie Erlin to the AZL Padres for a rehab assignment.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Optioned RHP George Kontos to Fresno (PCL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Released OL Chris Faulk and PK/P Jake Rogers. Activated TE Gary Barnidge and LB Tank Carder.
DETROIT LIONS — Activated WR Golden Tate from PUP-active list. Released DE Kalonji Kashama.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Released RB Chris Rainey.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Claimed RB Tyler Gaffney off waivers from Carolina. Released LB Josh Hull.
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed S Jeremy Deering.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Released RB Brendan Bigelow and WR Quinton Payton. Signed DT Jibreel Black and CB Anthony Gaitor.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed LB Everette Brown.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
DETROIT RED WINGS — Agreed to terms with LW Tomas Tatar on a three-year contract.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
NEW YORK RED BULLS — Loaned D Connor Lade to the New York Cosmos (NASL). Signed D Damien Perrinelle.
COLLEGE
UNC WILMINGTON — Named Jason Memont swimming and diving coach.
UNLV — Named Andy Pringle and Emily Grant women’s assistant soccer coaches and Courtney Irwin director of women’s soccer operations.
Fish count
Upstream daily movement of adult chinook, jack chinook, steelhead and wild steelhead at selected Columbia River dams last updated on Sunday.
Chnk Jchnk Stlhd Wstlhd
Bonneville 898 239 3,683 1,886
The Dalles 536 153 2,357 1,313
John Day 622 160 824 414
McNary 529 101 610 293
Upstream year-to-date movement of adult chinook, jack chinook, steelhead and wild steelhead at selected Columbia River dams last updated on Sunday.
Chnk Jchnk Stlhd Wstlhd
Bonneville 345,484 50,290 84,087 43,349
The Dalles 275,172 39,116 46,061 25,558
John Day 240,351 35,113 28,157 14,309
McNary 221,608 31,381 23,314 11,803