Scoreboard
Published 5:00 am Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Baseball
WCL
West Coast League
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League standings
East Division
W L
Wenatchee AppleSox 21 10
Bellingham Bells 20 10
Kelowna Falcons 18 11
Walla Walla Sweets 13 16
West Division
W L
Corvallis Knights 20 13
Bend Elks 14 14
Cowlitz Black Bears 12 17
Klamath Falls Gems 10 19
Kitsap BlueJackets 9 27
Tuesday’s Games
x-Bend 8, Walnut Creek 4
Walla Walla 3, Cowlitz 2
Klamath Falls 4, Kelowna 3
Corvallis 8, Wenatchee 5
Today’s Games
x-Walnut Creek at Bend, 6:35 p.m.
Walla Walla at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m.
Klamath Falls at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m.
Wenatchee at Corvallis, 6:40 p.m.
x=nonleague
Cycling
Tour de France
2012 Stages
June 30 — Prologue: Liege, Belgium, 6.4 kilometers (4 miles) (Stage: Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland; Yellow Jersey: Cancellara)
July 1 — First Stage: Liege to Seraing, Belgium, plain, 198 (123) (Peter Sagan, Slovakia; Cancellara)
July 2 — Second Stage: Vise, Belgium to Tournai, Belgium, plain, 207.5 (128.9) (Mark Cavendish, Britain; Cancellara)
July 3 — Third Stage: Orchies, France to Boulogne-sur-Mer, medium mountains, 197 (122.4) (Sagan; Cancellara)
July 4 — Fourth Stage: Abbeville to Rouen, plain, 214.5 (133.3) (Andre Greipel, Germany; Cancellara)
July 5 — Fifth Stage: Rouen to Saint-Quentin, plain, 196.5 (122.1) (Greipel; Cancellara)
July 6 — Sixth Stage: Epernay to Metz, plain, 205 (127.4) (Sagan; Cancellara)
July 7 — Seventh Stage: Tomblaine to La Planche des Belles Filles, medium mountains, 199 (123.7) (Chris Froome, Britain; Bradley Wiggins, Britain)
July 8 — Eighth Stage: Belfort to Porrentruy, medium mountains, 157.5 (97.9) (Thibaut Pinot, France; Wiggins)
July 9 — Ninth Stage: Arc-et-Senans to Besancon, individual time trial, 41.5 (25.8) (Wiggins; Wiggins)
July 10 — Rest Day: Macon
July 11 — 10th Stage: Macon to Bellgarde-sur-Valserine, high mountains, 194.5 (120.9)
July 12 — 11th Stage: Albertville to La Toussuire-Les Sybelles, high mountains, 148 (92)
July 13 — 12th Stage: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Annonay Davezieux, medium mountains, 226 (140.4)
July 14 — 13th Stage: Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux to Le Cap d’Agde, plain, 217 (134.8)
July 15 — 14th Stage: Limoux to Foix, high mountains, 191 (118.7)
July 16 — 15th Stage: Samatan to Pau, plain, 158.5 (98.5)
July 17 — Rest Day: Pau
July 18 — 16th Stage: Pau to Bagneres-de-Luchon, high mountains, 197 (122.4)
July 19 — 17th Stage: Bagneres-de-Luchon to Peyragudes, high mountains, 143.5 (89.2)
July 20 — 18th Stage: Blagnac to Brive-la-Gaillarde, plain, 222.5 (138.3)
July 21 — 19th Stage: Bonneval to Chartres, individual time trial, 53.5 (33.1)
July 22 — 20th Stage: Rambouillet to Champs-Elysees, Paris, 120 (74.6)
Total — 3494.4 kilometers (2171.4 miles)
Overall Standings
(After nine stages)
1. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Sky Procycling, 39 hours, 9 minutes, 20 seconds.
2. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC Racing, 1:53 behind.
3. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky Procycling, 2:07.
4. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, 2:23.
5. Denis Menchov, Russia, Katusha, 3:02.
6. Haimar Zubeldia, Spain, RadioShack-Nissan, 3:19.
7. Maxime Monfort, Belgium, RadioShack-Nissan, 4:23.
8. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, 5:14.
9. Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgium, Lotto Belisol, 5:20.
10. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 5:29.
11. Rui Costa, Portugal, Movistar, 5:46.
12. Rein Taaramae, Estonia, Cofidis, 5:56.
13. Tony Gallopin, France, RadioShack-Nissan, 5:59.
14. Janez Brajkovic, Slovenia, Astana, 6:29.
15. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, RadioShack-Nissan, 6:33.
16. Sylvain Chavanel, France, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, 8:18.
17. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, RadioShack-Nissan, 8:19.
18. Jerome Coppel, France, Saur-Sojasun, 8:31.
19. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, 8:34.
20. Peter Velits, Slovakia, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, 8:44.
Also
23. Christopher Horner, United States, RadioShack-Nissan, 9:07.
49. George Hincapie, United States, BMC Racing, 25:25.
81. Christian Vande Velde, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 36:16.
116. David Zabriskie, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 44:12.
177. Tyler Farrar, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, 1:18:32.
Tennis
Professional
Bank of the West Classic
Tuesday
At The Taube Family Tennis Center
Stanford, Calif.
Purse: $740,000 (Premier)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Nicole Gibbs, United States, def. Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, Thailand, 6-4, 6-4.
Marina Erakovic (8), New Zealand, def. Jana Juricova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-2.
Erika Sema, Japan, def. Alexa Glatch, United States, 6-2, 6-3.
Zheng Saisai, China, def. Ayumi Morita, Japan, 4-2, retired.
Urszula Radwanska, Poland, def. Eleni Daniilidou, Greece, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Mallory Burdette, United States, def. Anne Keothavong, Britain, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Hall of Fame Championships
Tuesday
At The International Tennis Hall of Fame
Newport, R.I.
Purse: $455,750 (WT250)
Surface: Grass-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Kei Nishikori (2), Japan, def. Igor Sijsling, Netherlands, 6-4, 6-4.
Sam Querrey, United States, def. Alex Bogomolov Jr. (5), Russia, 7-5, 7-6 (5).
Benjamin Becker, Germany, def. David Goffin, Belgium, 6-4, 6-3.
Milos Raonic (3), Canada, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Tim Smyczek, United States, def. Denis Istomin (4), Uzbekistan, 6-3, 6-3.
Izak Van der Merwe, South Africa, def. Gilles Muller (8), Luxembourg, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 6-4.
Rajeev Ram, United States, def. Grega Zemlja, Slovenia, 6-3, 6-1.
John Isner (1), United States, def. Sergei Bubka, Ukraine, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3.
Jesse Levine, United States, def. Marinko Matosevic, Australia, 6-2, 7-6 (8).
Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 6-1, 6-1.
Italiacom Open
Tuesday
At Country Time Club
Palermo, Sicily
Purse: $220,000 (Intl.)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Estrella Cabeza Candela, Spain, def. Anastasia Grymalska, Italy, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.
Julia Cohen, United States, def. Vera Dushevina, Russia, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
Anna Tatishvili, Georgia, def. Dia Evtimova, Bulgaria, 6-2, 6-2.
Laura Robson, Britain, def. Valentyna Ivakhnenko, Ukraine, 6-1, 6-0.
Carla Suarez Navarro (5), Spain, def. Sacha Jones, Australia, 6-4, 6-1.
Sara Errani (1), Italy, def. Edina Gallovits-Hall, Romania, 6-1, 6-1.
Maria Elena Camerin, Italy, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (4), Spain, 6-1, 6-3.
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austria, def. Nastassja Burnett, Italy, 6-3, 6-4.
Roberta Vinci (2), Italy, def. Karin Knapp, Italy, 6-2, 6-2.
Julia Goerges (3), Germany, def. Akgul Amanmuradova, Uzbekistan, 6-4, 7-6 (8).
Katalin Marosi, Hungary, def. Valeria Savinykh, Russia, 6-4, 6-3.
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (8), Czech Republic, leads Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, 7-5, susp., darkness.
Croatia Open
Tuesday
At ITC Stella Maris
Umag, Croatia
Purse: $504,000 (WT250)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, def. Antonio Veic, Croatia, 6-2, 6-2.
Fabio Fognini, Italy, def. Karol Beck, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-1.
Potito Starace, Italy, def. Ivo Klec, Slovakia, 6-3, 7-6 (6).
Marco Trungelliti, Argentina, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 7-5, 6-4.
Wayne Odesnik, United States, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin (8), France, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 7-5.
Daniel Brands, Germany, def. Walter Trusendi, Italy, 6-1, 7-6 (8).
Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, def. Gorka Fraile, Spain, 6-1, 6-3.
Mate Pavic, Croatia, def. Juan Carlos Ferrero (6), Spain, 6-2, 6-2.
Carlos Berlocq (5), Argentina, def. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, 6-4, 6-0.
Mercedes Cup
Tuesday
At TC Weissenhof
Stuttgart, Germany
Purse: $504,000 (WT250)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, def. Robin Kern, Germany, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
Bjorn Phau, Germany, def. Martin Fischer, Austria, 6-3, 6-3.
Tobias Kamke, Germany, def. Flavio Cipolla, Italy, 6-3, 6-4.
Pavol Cervenak, Slovakia, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1.
Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def. Robin Haase (5), Netherlands, 6-4, 7-5.
Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Julian Reister, Germany, 6-2, 6-4.
Benoit Paire, France, def. Eduardo Schwank, Argentina, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Tommy Haas (8), Germany, def. Igor Andreev, Russia, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Germany, def. Lukasz Kubot (7), Poland, 6-2, 0-6, 6-3.
Swedish Open
Tuesday
At Bastad Tennis Stadiun
Bastad, Sweden
Purse: $504,000 (WT250)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
First Round
Joao Souza, Brazil, def. Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, 6-4, 6-2.
Alessandro Giannessi, Italy, def. Michael Berrer, Germany, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5).
Frederico Gil, Portugal, def. Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
Filippo Volandri (7), Italy, def. Michael Ryderstedt, Sweden, 6-4, 6-2.
Ivo Minar, Czech Republic, def. Roberto Bautista-Agut, Spain, 7-5, 7-6 (4).
Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, def. Mikhail Kukushkin (5), Kazhakhstan, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Evgeny Korolev, Kazhakhstan, def. Thiago Alves, Brazil, 6-0, 6-3.
Basketball
WNBA
Women’s National Basketball Association
All Times PDT
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Eastern Conference
W L Pct GB
Connecticut 13 4 .765 —
Indiana 10 6 .625 2½
Chicago 8 7 .533 4
Atlanta 8 9 .471 5
New York 6 11 .353 7
Washington 3 13 .188 9½
Western Conference
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 14 4 .778 —
Los Angeles 14 6 .700 1
San Antonio 11 5 .688 2
Seattle 8 9 .471 5½
Phoenix 4 14 .222 10
Tulsa 3 14 .176 10½
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Tuesday’s Games
Connecticut 77, Washington 70
Indiana 84, New York 82
Minnesota 107, Tulsa 86
Los Angeles 90, Phoenix 71
Today’s Games
San Antonio at Chicago, 9:30 a.m.
Atlanta at Seattle, noon
Washington at Connecticut, 4 p.m.
Soccer
MLS
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
All Times PDT
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Today’s Game
Vancouver at Toronto FC, 4 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Montreal at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Sporting Kansas City at Columbus, 4:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at New England, 4:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
FC Dallas at Colorado, 6 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Portland, 8 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Seattle FC at New York, 1 p.m.
D.C. United at Houston, 6 p.m.
Deals
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Agreed to terms with RHP Matthew Price and RHP Branden Kline on minor league contracts.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Agreed to terms with C Sammy Ayala on a minor league contract and assigned him to Bristol (Appalachian).
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to terms with RHP Thomas White and RHP Benny Suarez on minor league contracts.
NEW YORK YANKEES—Assigned OF Robert Refsnyder to Charleston (SAL).
National League
MIAMI MARLINS—Assigned OF Cody Keefer to Jamestown (NYP).
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
ATLANTA HAWKS—Signed G John Jenkins.
DETROIT PISTONS—Signed F Andre Drummond to a multiyear contract. Named Kenny Jimenez entertainment manager for game entertainment performance teams.
MILWAUKEE BUCKS—Signed F John Henson to a two-year contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Signed F Krys Barch.
OTTAWA SENATORS—Signed D Tyler Eckford to a two-year, two-way contract.
PHOENIX COYOTES—Signed assistant to the general manager/goaltender coach Sean Burke to a multiyear contract extension.
SAN JOSE SHARKS—Named Jim Johnson assistant coach.
ST. LOUIS BLUES—Signed RW Jamie Langenbrunner to a one-year contract. Traded RW B.J. Crombeen and a 2014 fifth-round draft pick to Tampa Bay for 2013 and 2014 fourth-round draft picks.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Signed RW Teddy Purcell to a three-year contract extension through the 2015-16 season.
MOTORSPORTS
INDYCAR—Fined A.J. Foyt Racing $15,000 and docked it 10 points for an illegal fuel cell in Mike Conway’s car at Toronto on Sunday.
NASCAR—Docked Sprint Cup driver Tony Stewart six points and fined crew chief Steve Addington $25,000 because of a cooling hose found inside Stewart’s car during qualifying at Daytona this past weekend. Docked Nationwide Series driver Austin Dillon six points and suspended crew chief Danny Stockman and car chief Robert Strmiska until July 25 for a similar violation. Fined crew chief Adam Stevens $10,000 and docked Joe Gibbs six points because Joey Logano’s car failed Friday night’s Nationwide Series post-race inspection.
COLLEGE
ALABAMA—Named Max Norris women’s assistant tennis coach.
CREIGHTON—Promoted sports information intern Shannon Pivovar to assistant sports information director. Named Glen Sisk assistant sports information director.
IMMACULATA—Named Terrence Stewart men’s basketball coach.
IOWA—Signed men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery to a seven-year contract.
MISSOURI—Announced junior QB Ashton Glaser will transfer.
SACRED HEART—Named Kelly Killion and Kara Powell women’s assistant basketball coaches.
SOUTH CAROLINA-AIKEN—Named Jason Walck baseball recruiting coordinator, in addition to his duties as assistant coach. Named DJ King assistant baseball coach.
Fish count
Upstream daily movement of adult chinook, jack chinook, steelhead and wild steelhead at selected Columbia River dams last updated on Monday.
Chnk Jchnk Stlhd Wstlhd
Bonneville 807 157 1,154 602
The Dalles 1,330 274 887 424
John Day 1,116 227 402 175
McNary 1,279 134 271 87
Upstream year-to-date movement of adult chinook, jack chinook, steelhead and wild steelhead at selected Columbia River dams last updated on Moday.
Chnk Jchnk Stlhd Wstlhd
Bonneville 224,832 16,319 21,786 8,147
The Dalles 170,119 13,824 8,824 3,586
John Day 151,160 13,408 6,198 3,041
McNary 145,612 7,663 8,158 3,204