BASEBALL

WCL

WEST COAST LEAGUE

All Times PDT

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East Division

W L Pct GB

Yakima Valley Pippins 26 18 .591 —

Wenatchee AppleSox 23 21 .523 3

Walla Walla Sweets 21 23 .477 5

Kelowna Falcons 14 29 .326 111/2

South Division

W L Pct GB

Corvallis Knights 29 15 .659 —

Bend Elks 26 18 .591 3

Medford Rogues 22 23 .489 71/2

Klamath Falls Gems 11 34 .244 181/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Bellingham Bells 32 12 .727 —

Cowlitz Black Bears 21 24 .467 111/2

Victoria HarbourCats 20 24 .455 12

Kitsap BlueJackets 19 23 .455 12

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Wednesday’s Games

Corvallis 4, Bend 3

Cowlitz 5, Klamath Falls 4

Yakima Valley 12, Walla Walla 2

Victoria 5, Wenatchee 0

Bellingham 3, Medford 1

Kitsap at Kelowna, late game

Today’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.

Friday’s Games

Medford at Bend, 6:35 p.m.

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

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

Kelowna at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m.

Cowlitz at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.

Bellingham at Victoria, 7:11 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Medford at Bend, 6:35 p.m.

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

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

Kelowna at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m.

Cowlitz at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.

Bellingham at Victoria, 7:11 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Bellingham at Victoria, 1:05 p.m.

Walla Walla at Kitsap, 3:05 p.m.

Kelowna at Yakima Valley, 5:05 p.m.

Corvallis at Klamath Falls, 5:05 p.m.

Medford at Bend, 5:05 p.m.

Cowlitz at Wenatchee, 6:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Summary

Knights 4, Elks 3

Bend 000 030 000 — 3 11 1

Corvallis 000 012 01X — 4 6 0

Carter, Pratt (5), Cohen (8) and Wildung. Snodgrass, Sodders (7), Eberhardt (8), Wise (9) and Ice. W — Eberhardt. L — Cohen. 2B — Bend: King; Corvallis: Gallegos, Duffin. HR — Corvallis: Lucarelli.

Little League

Northwest Regional

at San Bernardino, Calif.

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POOL PLAY

Friday’s Games

Bend North vs. Lynwood (Wash.) Pacific, 8:30 a.m.

Boulder (Mont.) Arrowhead vs. Lewiston (Idaho), 4 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Knik (Alaska) vs. Lewiston (Idaho), 11 a.m.

Bend North vs. Cody (Wyo.), 7 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Boulder (Mont.) Arrowhead vs. Lynwood (Wash.) Pacific, 8:30 a.m.

Cody (Wyo.) vs. Knik (Alaska), 4:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Bend North vs. Knik (Alaska), 11 a.m.

Lynwood (Wash.) Pacific vs. Lewiston (Idaho), 7 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games

Bend North vs. Boulder (Mont.) Arrowhead, 8:30 a.m.

Cody (Wyo.) vs. Lynwood (Wash.) Pacific, 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Lewiston (Idaho) vs. Cody (Wyo.), 11 a.m.

Boulder (Mont.) Arrowhead vs. Knik (Alaska), 6 p.m.

SEMIFINALS

Thursday, Aug. 7

No. 2 vs. No. 3, 2 p.m.

No. 1 vs. No. 4, 6 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday, Aug. 9

Semifinal winners, 1 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 11 5 5 38 31 19

D.C. 11 5 4 37 32 20

New England 8 11 2 26 28 33

Toronto FC 7 7 5 26 27 28

Columbus 6 7 8 26 25 27

New York 5 6 10 25 33 32

Philadelphia 5 8 8 23 33 35

Chicago 3 5 12 21 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 9 33 32 27

Los Angeles 8 4 6 30 29 16

Colorado 8 7 6 30 31 27

FC Dallas 8 7 6 30 34 31

Vancouver 6 4 11 29 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

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

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Wednesday’s Games

D.C. United 3, Toronto FC 0

New England 3, Colorado 0

Chicago 0, Vancouver 0, tie

Real Salt Lake 1, New York 1, tie

Friday’s Game

Philadelphia at Sporting Kansas City, 5 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Portland at Los Angeles, 11:30 a.m.

Toronto FC at Montreal, 2 p.m.

New England at New York, 4 p.m.

Columbus at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Seattle FC at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

D.C. United at Houston, 5 p.m.

FC Dallas at Chivas USA, 7 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.

Today’s Games

Western New York at Sky Blue FC, 4 p.m.

Golf

PGA Tour

PGA Championship Field

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The 154 players who have qualified for the 96th PGA Championship, to be played at Valhalla Golf Club. Two spots are being held for the winners of the Bridgestone Invitational and Barracuda Championship if they are not already eligible. Otherwise, those spots to the alternates:

PGA Championship winners: Jason Dufner, Rory McIlroy, Keegan Bradley, Martin Kaymer, Y.E. Yang, Padraig Harrington, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh, Shaun Micheel, Rich Beem, David Toms, Davis Love III, Mark Brooks.

Masters champions (5 years): Bubba Watson, Adam Scott, Charl Schwartzel.

U.S. Open champions (5 years): Justin Rose, Webb Simpson, Graeme McDowell.

British Open champions (5 years): Ernie Els, Darren Clarke, Louis Oosthuizen.

2012 Senior PGA champion: Colin Montgomerie.

Top 15 and ties from 2013 PGA Championship: Jim Furyk, Henrik Stenson, Jonas Blixt, Scott Piercy, Jason Day, Zach Johnson, Dustin Johnson, Boo Weekley, Marc Leishman, Marc Warren, Robert Castro, Kevin Streelman, Steve Stricker.

Top 20 from 2014 PGA national professional championship: Michael Block, Jamie Broce, Rob Corcoran, Stuart Deane, Frank Esposito, Ryan Helminen, David Hronek, Johan Kok, Aaron Krueger, Jim McGovern, David McNabb, Brian Norman, Rod Perry, Matt Pesta, Steve Schneiter, Jerry Smith, Bob Sowards, David Tentis, Dustin Volk, Eric Williamson.

Top 70 in PGA Tour earnings from 2013 Bridgestone Invitational through 2014 Canadian Open: Jordan Spieth, Jimmy Walker, Matt Kuchar, Patrick Reed, Sergio Garcia, Rickie Fowler, Graham DeLaet, Gary Woodland, Brendon Todd, Ryan Moore, Chris Kirk, Harris English, Matt Every, Kevin Na, Brian Harman, Hideki Matsuyama, Kevin Stadler, Matt Jones, John Senden, Bill Haas, J.B. Holmes, Luke Donald, Charley Hoffman, Tim Clark, George McNeill, Charles Howell III, Nick Watney, Seung-yul Noh, Ryan Palmer, Hunter Mahan, Will Mackenzie, Russell Henley, Ian Poulter, Chris Stroud, Billy Horschel, Erik Compton, K.J. Choi, Brian Stuard, Brendon de Jonge, Brendal Steele, Brandt Snedeker, Daniel Summerhays, Rory Sabbatini, Steven Bowditch, Jason Bohn, Ben Martin, Ben Crane, Freddie Jacobson.

PGA Tour winners since the 2013 PGA Championship: Scott Stallings, Chesson Hadley.

Special exemptions from the PGA of America: Tom Watson, Thomas Bjorn, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Paul Casey, George Coetzee, Jamie Donaldson, Victor Dubuisson, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Ross Fisher, Tommy Fleetwood, Stephen Gallacher, Branden Grace, David Hearn, Kim Hyung-Sung, Mikko Ilonen, Ryo Ishikawa, Thongchai Jaidee, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Brooks Koepka, Lahiri Anirban, Pablo Larrazabal, Alexander Levy, Shane Lowry, Joost Luiten, Matteo Manassero, Edoardo Molinari, Francesco Molinari, Koumei Oda, Thorbjorn Olesen, Kenny Perry, Richard Sterne, Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger, Chris Wood, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Kevin Chappell, Stewart Cink, Robert Karlsson, Hideto Tanihara, Danny Willett, Fabrizio Zanotti.

Players beyond top 70 in PGA Tour tour earnings from 2013 Bridgestone Invitational through 2014 Canadian Open: Scott Brown, Russell Knox, Cameron Tringale, Jason Kokrak.

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Alternates: Jerry Kelly, Pat Perez, Shawn Stefani, John Huh, Robert Garrigus, Justin Hicks, Andrew Svoboda, Billy Hurley III, Martin Flores, Michael Thompson.

BASKETBALL

WNBA

WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

All Times PDT

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Eastern Conference

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 16 9 .640 —

Washington 13 14 .481 4

Indiana 12 14 .462 4½

New York 11 14 .440 5

Chicago 10 16 .385 6½

Connecticut 10 17 .370 7

Western Conference

W L Pct GB

x-Phoenix 22 3 .880 —

x-Minnesota 20 6 .769 2½

San Antonio 13 14 .481 10

Los Angeles 12 15 .444 11

Tulsa 10 17 .370 13

Seattle 9 19 .321 14½

x-clinched playoff spot

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Today’s Games

New York at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Tulsa, 5 p.m.

Indiana at Seattle, 7 p.m.

Friday’s Game

Connecticut at San Antonio, 5 p.m.

TENNIS

Professional

WTA Bank of the West Classic

Wednesday

At The Taube Family Tennis Center

Stanford, Calif.

Purse: $710,000 (Premier)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Second Round

Sachia Vickery, United States, def. Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-1.

Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (2), Poland, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.

Andrea Petkovic (8), Germany, def. Naomi Osaka, Japan, 6-2, 6-2.

Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-2.

Citi Open

Wednesday

At William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center

Washington

Purse: Men, $1.4 million (WT500); Women, $250,000 (Intl.)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Men

Second Round

Kei Nishikori (4), Japan, def. Sam Querrey, United States, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.

Victor Estrella Burgos, Dominican Republic, def. Feliciano Lopez (8), Spain, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Donald Young, United States, def. Julien Benneteau (17), France, 6-4, 6-3.

Santiago Giraldo (10), Colombia, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 6-2, 7-6 (3).

Steve Johnson, United States, def. John Isner (5), United States, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (6).

Milos Raonic (2), Canada, def. Jack Sock, United States, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3).

Richard Gasquet (6), France, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 6-3, 6-2.

Vasek Pospisil (13), Canada, def. Rajeev Ram, United States, 6-0, 7-6 (8).

Tomas Berdych (1), Czech Republic, def. Robby Ginepri, United States, 6-1, 6-4.

Women

First Round

Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def. Shelby Rogers, United States, 6-2, 6-2.

Kurumi Nara, Japan, def. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, 3-6, 6-2, 4-0, retired.

Kristina Mladenovic, France, def. Taylor Townsend, United States, 6-3, 6-4.

Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, def. Sorana Cirstea (8), Romania, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Deals

Transactions

BASEBALL

COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Atlanta RHPs Victor Joaquin and Alvaro Silvestre (DSL Braves) 72 games for violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Sent RHP Ubaldo Jimenez to Aberdeen (NYP) for a rehab assignment.

BOSTON RED SOX — Traded LHP Felix Doubront to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named. Recalled RHP Brandon Workman from Pawtucket (IL).

MINNESOTA TWINS — RHP Matt Guerrier refused outright assignment and chose free agency.

TEXAS RANGERS — Sent LHP Derek Holland to Frisco (TL) for a rehab assignment.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Sent OF Cole Gillespie to the GCL Blue Jays for a rehab assignment.

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Announced the retirement of 3B Eric Chavez.

ATLANTA BRAVES — Placed RHP Shae Simmons on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sunday. Recalled RHP Juan Jaime from Gwinnett (IL).

COLORADO ROCKIES — Sent RHP Christian Bergman to Tulsa (TL) for a rehab assignment. Recalled RHP Rob Scahill from Colorado Springs (PCL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Sent RHP Jonathan Martinez to the Chicago Cubs to complete an earlier trade. Optioned INF Darwin Barney to Albuquerque (PCL). Designated LHP Scott Elbert for assignment.

MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned OF Jake Marisnick to New Orleans (PCL). Recalled INF Ed Lucas from New Orleans.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Released C George Kottaras. Transferred RHP Michael Wacha to the 60-day DL. Traded OF James Ramsey to Cleveland for RHP Justin Masterson.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Designated 2B Tony Abreu for assignment. Optioned 3B Adam Duvall to Fresno (PCL). Selected the contract of 1B Travis Ishikawa from Fresno. Recalled OF Juan Perez from Fresno.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

BROOKLYN NETS — Named Paul Westphal, John Welch, Tony Brown, Joe Wolf and Jay Humphries assistant coaches and Jim Sann assistant coach/advance scout.

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Waived C Hilton Armstrong.

MIAMI HEAT — Signed F-C Chris Bosh to a five-year contract.

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — Signed G Mo Williams.

SACRAMENTO KINGS—Signed F/C Eric Moreland to an undisclosed contract.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NFL — Suspended Buffalo LB Nigel Bradham one game for violating the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse. Suspended Cincinnati CB Chris Lewis-Harris for two games for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy.

BUFFALO BILLS — Signed RB Fred Jackson to a one-year contract extension.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed WR Marlon Moore, OL Ryan Lee and S Jim Leonard.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed OT Tyron Smith to an eight-year contract extension.

DETROIT LIONS — Claimed WR Quintin Payton off waivers from Tampa Bay.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed executive vice president, general manager and director of football operations Ted Thompson to a multi-year contract. Claimed WR Gerrard Sheppard off waivers from Baltimore.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed OT Mike Farrell.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed RB Phillip Tanner.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed TE Brett Brackett and DE D’Aundre Reed.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Named Corry Rush director of public relations. Promoted DeAndre Phillips to director of communications.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Signed Fs Jerry D’Amigo and Dana Tyrell to one-year, two-way contracts.

DETROIT RED WINGS — Named Jim Hiller and Andrew Brewer assistant coaches.

LOS ANGELES KINGS — Agreed to terms with LW Dwight King on a three-year contract.

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Named Dan Lacroix assistant coach and Rob Ramage player development coach‘.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Re-signed D Andy Greene to a multi-year contract.

WINNIPEG JETS — Agreed to terms with F Matt Halischuk on a one-year, two-way contract.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

MONTREAL IMPACT — Fired sporting director Nick De Santis, who will remain with the club in an administrative role.

COLLEGE

NCAA — Granted UConn women’s basketball F Morgan Tuck a medical hardship waiver.

AUSTIN PEAY STATE — Promoted part-time assistant baseball coach Derrick Dunbar to full time. Named Greg Bachman volunteer assistant baseball coach.

BUCKNELL — Named Michael Binney men’s golf coach

CARSON-NEWMAN — Named Michael Graves assistant softball coach.

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE — Named Tanya Kotowicz women’s lacrosse coach.

HAMPTON — Named Eugene Marshall athletic director and Donovan Rose assistant athletic director for development and director of the HOPE Program.

LIMESTONE — Named Kari DeHof coordinator of compliance.

MARQUETTE — Released G Todd Mayo from the men’s basketball team.

MARTIN METHODIST — Named Darryce Moore women’s assistant basketball coach.

NEW MEXICO — Suspended OL Jamal Price from the football team.

RICE — Named Taylor Fogleman women’s assistant coach.

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 643 280 5,264 2,526

The Dalles 530 297 1,798 937

John Day 354 135 817 437

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 297,257 51,223 97,778 49,923

The Dalles 237,411 39,749 51,584 28,457

John Day 206,713 35,632 31,889 16,234

McNary 190,227 31,381 23,314 11,803