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California League
Friday, Aug. 24, 2012
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• North W L Pct GB
Modesto 33 26 .559 —
San Jose 31 28 .525 2
Visalia 29 30 .492 4
Bakersfield 25 34 .424 8
Stockton 22 37 .373 11
• South W L Pct GB
High Desert 42 17 .712 —
Inland Empire 29 30 .492 13
Lake Elsinore 29 30 .492 13
Lancaster 29 30 .492 13
R. Cucamonga 26 33 .441 16
Thursday
Stockton 3, Modesto 1
Lancaster 10, Rancho Cucamonga 0
Visalia 7, San Jose 3
High Desert 18, Lake Elsinore 9
Bakersfield 10, Inland Empire 4
Today
Bakersfield at Modesto, 7:05 p.m.
Lake Elsinore at Lancaster, 7 p.m.
Stockton at Visalia, 7 p.m.
High Desert at Inland Empire, 7:05 p.m.
San Jose at Rancho Cucamonga, 7:05 p.m.
Ports 3, Nuts 1
Modesto
000 000 010 — 1 5 1
Stockton
100 000 02x — 3 5 0
Kennil Gomez, Craig Bennigson (7), Chad Rose (8) and Dallas Tarleton; Max Perlman, T.J. Walz (7), Zach Thornton (9) and Ryan Ortiz. WP — Walz (7-6). LP — Rose (4-6). S — Thornton (15).
Modesto — Brett Tanos 2B; Helder Velazquez 2-4, 2B, HR, run, RBI.
Stockton — Chad Oberacker 2-4, 2B, 3B, run; A.J. Kirby-Jones HR, run, 2 RBI.
Little League World Series
Thursday
At South Williamsport, Pa.
UNITED STATES
San Antonio, Texas
001 00 — 1 2 0
Petaluma, Calif.
601 04 — 11 11 0
(5 innings, 10-run rule)
Morrow, Elliott (1), Wideman (5) and Cardenas; Marzo and O'Hanlon, Paretti (4). W—Marzo. L—Morrow. HRs—Texas, Cardenas; California, H.Smith 2, Gago.
INTERNATIONAL
Aguadulce, Panama
200 000 — 2 5 1
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
000 010 — 1 5 0
E.Gonzalez and Crisp, Victoria (2), Crisp (3); Ballina and Abrego. W—E.Gonzalez. L—Ballina. HR—Panama, J.Gonzalez.
Football
NFL
Preseason Glance
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 1 1 0 .500 24 33
Buffalo 0 2 0 .000 20 43
Miami 0 2 0 .000 24 43
N.Y. Jets 0 2 0 .000 9 43
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 2 0 0 1.000 46 22
Jacksonville 2 1 0 .667 76 103
Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 62 29
Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 47 34
North W L T Pct PF PA
Cleveland 2 0 0 1.000 54 27
Cincinnati 2 1 0 .667 54 52
Baltimore 2 1 0 .667 91 61
Pittsburgh 1 1 0 .500 49 48
West W L T Pct PF PA
San Diego 2 0 0 1.000 49 33
Denver 1 1 0 .500 41 33
Kansas City 1 1 0 .500 44 48
Oakland 0 2 0 .000 27 34
NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast
W L T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia 2 0 0 1.000 51 40
Dallas 1 1 0 .500 23 28
N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 57 35
Washington 1 1 0 .500 38 39
South W L T Pct PF PA
Carolina 1 1 0 .500 36 43
Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 27 37
New Orleans 1 2 0 .333 47 44
Atlanta 0 2 0 .000 36 55
North W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 1 1 0 .500 36 62
Detroit 1 1 0 .500 44 31
Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 42 31
Green Bay 1 2 0 .333 50 69
West W L T Pct PF PA
Seattle 2 0 0 1.000 57 27
San Fran. 1 1 0 .500 26 26
St. Louis 1 1 0 .500 34 55
Arizona 1 2 0 .333 58 71
Thursday
Green Bay 27, Cincinnati 13
Baltimore 48, Jacksonville 17
Arizona at Tennessee, 5 p.m.
Today
New England at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Miami, 4:30 p.m.
San Diego at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Seattle at Kansas City, 5 p.m.
Chicago at N.Y. Giants, 5 p.m.
Saturday
Detroit at Oakland, 4 p.m.
Indianapolis at Washington, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 4 p.m.
Houston at New Orleans, 5 p.m.
St. Louis at Dallas, 5 p.m.
SundaySan Francisco at Denver, 1 p.m.
Carolina at N.Y. Jets, 5 p.m.
Denver at Arizona, 9 p.m.
Tennis
U.S. Open Qualifying
Thursday/At New York
The USTA Billie Jean King
National Tennis Center
Purse: $1.03 million
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Second Round/Men
Bobby Reynolds (30), United States, def. James Duckworth, Australia, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.
Matthias Bachinger (11), Germany, def. Mischa Zverev, Germany, 6-4, 6-2.
Jimmy Wang, Taiwan, def. Nicolas Devilder, France, 6-3, 6-4.
Marius Copil, Romania, def. Ruben Bemelmans (13), Belgium, 6-4, 6-4.
Adrian Mannarino, France, def. Dominik Meffert, Germany, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-3.
Sergio Gutierrez-Ferrol, Spain, def. Michael Berrer (12), Germany, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Karol Beck (24), Slovakia, def. Brydan Klein, Australia, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.
Maxime Authom, Belgium, def. Yuki Bhambri, India, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Peter Polansky, Canada, def. Facundo Bagnis, Argentina, 6-4, 6-4.
Yannick Mertens, Belgium, def. Adrian Menendez-Maceiras, Spain, 7-5, 6-0.
Dmitry Tursunov (25), Russia, def. Laurent Rochette, France, 6-1, 7-5.
Rhyne Williams, United States, def. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, 7-6 (5), 6-2.
Grega Zemlja (6), Slovenia, def. Matwe Middelkoop, Netherlands, 7-5, 6-3.
Peter Gojowczyk, Germany, def. Inigo Cervantes (26), Spain, 6-3, 6-4.
Roberto Bautista-Agut (5), Spain, def. Amir Weintraub, Israel, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5).
Guido Pella (31), Argentina, def. Tennys Sandgren, United States, 6-4, 6-2.
Lukas Rosol (4), Czech Republic, def. Alejandro Gonzalez, Colombia, 7-5, 6-2.
Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, def. Simon Greul, Germany, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5.
Daniel Brands (15), Germany, def. Paul Capdeville, Chile, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Sergei Bubka (29), Ukraine, def. Stefan Seifert, Germany, 6-3, 7-5.
Yang Tsung-hua, Taiwan, def. Marc Gicquel, France, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-5.
Josselin Ouanna (27), France, def. Vincent Millot, France, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Daniel Kosakowski, United States, def. Aljaz Bedene (2), Slovenia, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7).
Igor Sijsling (1), Netherlands, def. Radu Albot, Moldova, 6-4, 6-3.
Hiroki Moriya, Japan, def. Wayne Odesnik (20), United States, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5.
Guido Andreozzi, Argentina, def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, 7-6 (4), 6-0.
Bradley Klahn, United States, def. Marco Trungelliti, Argentina, 6-4, 7-6 (2).
Tim Smyczek, United States, def. Dustin Brown (21), Germany, 6-4, 6-4.
Ricardas Berankis (3), Lithuania, def. Robert Farah, Colombia, 2-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5.
Rik de Voest, South Africa, def. Mitchell Krueger, United States, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Florent Serra (9), France, def. Leonardo Kirche, Brazil, 7-6 (3), 6-4.
Ricardo Mello, Brazil, def. Alessandro Giannessi, Italy, 6-4, 6-3.
WomenAnastasija Sevastova, Latvia, def. Shelby Rogers, United States, 7-6 (3), 6-3.
Chan Yung-jan (2), Taiwan, def. Sharon Fichman, Canada, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Irena Pavlovic, France, def. Chanel Simmonds, South Africa, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3.
Magdalena Rybarikova (1), Slovakia, def. Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, 6-3, 6-1.
Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, def. Caroline Garcia, France, 6-2, 6-4.
Lesia Tsurenko (6), Ukraine, def. Vesna Dolonc, Serbia, 6-2, 6-3.
Veronica Cepede Royg, Paraguay, def. Elitsa Kostova, Bulgaria, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Tatjana Malek (32), Germany, def. Krista Hardebeck, United States, 6-1, 6-2.
Zheng Saisai, China, def. Brooke Austin, United States, 6-4, 6-2.
Catalina Castano, Colombia, def. Jessica Pegula, United States, 2-6, 6-4, 6-0.
Kirsten Flipkens (26), Belgium, def. Duan Ying-Ying, China, 6-2, 6-2.
Julia Glushko, Israel, def. Lauren Davis (28), United States, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Maria Sanchez, United States, def. Cristina Mitu, Romania, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
Heidi El Tabakh, Canada, def. Chi Chi Scholl, United States, 6-2, 6-1.
Dia Evtimova, Bulgaria, def. Yvonne Meusburger (29), Austria, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Nastassja Burnett, Italy, def. Xu Yi-Fan, China, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2.
Stefanie Voegele (27), Switzerland, def. Ekaterina Bychkova, Russia, 7-5, 6-3.
Kristyna Pliskova (18), Czech Republic, def. Victoria Larriere, France, 6-2, 6-0.
Donna Vekic, Croatia, def. Karolina Pliskova (7), Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-2.
Jana Cepelova (3), Slovakia, def. Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.
Olga Puchkova, Russia, def. Elena Bovina, Russia, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Samantha Crawford, United States, def. Marie-Eve Pelletier, Canada, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4.
Valeria Savinykh (21), Russia, def. Beatriz Garcia Vidagany, Spain, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Eleni Daniilidou (4), Greece, def. Stephanie Dubois, Canada, 7-6 (4), 6-1.
Edina Gallovits-Hall (25), Romania, def. Yurika Sema, Japan, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1.
Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, def. Michelle Larcher de Brito (12), Portugal, 2-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Paula Ormaechea (14), Argentina, def. Madison Keys, United States, 6-4, 6-2.
Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, def. Maria Joao Koehler (30), Portugal, 6-4, 7-6 (5).
Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino (11), Spain, def. Cagla Buyukakcay, Turkey, 7-6 (6), 6-2.
Alexa Glatch (31), United States, def. Stephanie Vogt, Liechtenstein, 6-4, 6-2.
Zhang Shuai, China, def. Anna Floris, Italy, 6-1, 6-0.
Johanna Konta, Britain, def. Kurumi Nara, Japan, 7-5, 6-2.
WTA Tour
Texas Open
Thursday/At Grapevine, Texas
DFW Executive Conference Center
Purse: $220,000 (Intl.)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles/Semifinals
Roberta Vinci (3), Italy, def. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, 6-0, 6-0.
Jelena Jankovic (2), Serbia, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 7-5, 6-4.
Doubles/SemifinalsMarina Erakovic, New Zealand, and Heather Watson (4), Britain, def. Iveta Benesova and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (1), Czech Republic, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 10-7.
Liga Dekmeijere, Latvia, and Irina Falconi, United States, def. Eugenie Bouchard and Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, 6-0, 4-6, 10-8.
New Haven Open at Yale
A U.S. Open Series event
Thursday/At New Haven, Conn.
The Connecticut Tennis Center
Purse: $637,000 (Premier)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles/Quarterfinals
Caroline Wozniacki (3), Denmark, def. Dominika Cibulkova (6), Slovakia, 6-2, 6-1.
Maria Kirilenko (7), Russia, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 6-1, 6-2.
Petra Kvitova (2), Czech Republic, def. Lucie Safarova (8), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3.
Sara Errani (4), Italy, def. Marion Bartoli (5), France, 6-4, 6-2.
Doubles/QuarterfinalsKatarina Srebotnik, Slovenia, and Zheng Jie (3), China, def. Andreja Klepac, Slovenia, and Alicja Rosolska, Poland, 6-3, 7-5.
Lindsay Lee-Waters and Megan Moulton-Levy, United States, def. Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (4), Spain, 7-6 (8), 6-1.
Soccer
MLS
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
San Jose 14 6 5 47 48 32
Real Salt Lake 13 10 3 42 37 32
Seattle 11 6 7 40 34 24
Los Angeles 11 11 4 37 44 40
Vancouver 10 9 7 37 28 33
FC Dallas 8 11 8 32 33 35
Chivas USA 7 9 6 27 15 26
Colorado 8 15 2 26 32 36
Portland 5 13 6 21 24 42
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Sporting K.C. 14 7 4 46 31 22
New York 13 7 5 44 43 36
Houston 11 6 8 41 37 29
Chicago 12 8 5 41 32 30
D.C. 12 8 4 40 41 32
Montreal 11 13 3 36 39 44
Columbus 9 8 6 33 25 25
Philadelphia 7 12 3 24 24 28
New England 6 13 5 23 27 31
Toronto FC 5 15 5 20 28 45
Today
Real Salt Lake at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m.
SaturdayColorado at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
D.C. United at Montreal, 1:30 p.m.
New England at Columbus, 4:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at Houston, 5:30 p.m.
Seattle FC at Chivas USA, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Portland, 7:30 p.m.
SundayFC Dallas at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.
New York at Sporting Kansas City, 6 p.m.
Cycling
USA Pro Cycling Challenge
Thursday/At Beaver Creek, Colo.
Fourth Stage
97.2 mile
1. Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan), Germany, 3 hours, 54 minutes, 0 seconds.
2. Andreas Klöden (RadioShack-Nissan), Germany, 3:56:58.
3. Tejay Van Garderen (BMC), United States, same time.
4. Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quickstep), United States, same time
5. Oliver Zaugg (RadioShack-Nissan), Switzerland, same time
6. Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp), United States, same time
7. Ivan Rovny (RusVelo), Russia, same time
8. Joe Dombrowski (Bontrager-Livestrong), United States, same time
9. Janez Brajkovic (Astana), Slovenia, same time
10. Ramiro Rincon (EPM-UNE), Colombia, same time
Overall Standings
(After 4 stages)
1. Tejay van Garderen (BMC), United States, 17 hours, 34 minutes, 18 seconds.
2. Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp), United States, same time.
3. Ivan Rovny (RusVelo), Russia, 6 seconds behind.
4. Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quickstep), United States, 8 seconds behind.
5. Janez Brajkovic (Astana), Slovenia, 12 seconds behind.
6. Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (Bontrager-Livestrong), United States, same time.
7. Ramiro Rincon Diaz (EPM-Une), Colombia, 13 seconds behind.
8. Tom Danielson (Garmin-Sharp), United States, 15 seconds behind 9. Damiano Caruso (Liquigas-Cannondale), Italy, 17 seconds behind.
10. Andreas Klöden (RadioShack-Nissan), Germany, same time.
Basketball
WNBA
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
x-Minnesota 18 4 .818 —
San Antonio 16 5 .762 11/2
x-Los Angeles 17 6 .739 11/2
Seattle 10 13 .435 81/2
Phoenix 4 18 .182 14
Tulsa 3 18 .143 141/2
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Connecticut 17 5 .773 —
Indiana 13 8 .619 31/2
Atlanta 11 11 .500 6
New York 9 13 .409 8
Chicago 8 13 .381 81/2
Washington 5 17 .227 12
x-clinched playoff spot
Thursday
New York 89, Phoenix 77
Indiana 68, Seattle 66
Los Angeles 101, San Antonio 77
Today
Atlanta at Washington, 4 p.m.
Chicago at Tulsa, 5 p.m.
Saturday
Minnesota at Atlanta, 4 p.m.
Tulsa at San Antonio, 5 p.m.
Indiana at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
New York at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE — Suspended Tampa Bay 2B Ryan Brett, RHP Charles Cononie and LHP Justin Woodall 50 games for violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
AL
DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned RHP Al Alburquerque to Toledo (IL).
NEW YORK YANKEES — Reinstated C Austin Romine from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Placed RHP Ivan Nova on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 22.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Recalled RHP Tyson Ross from Sacramento (PCL).
NL
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned OF A.J. Pollock to Reno (PCL).
ATLANTA BRAVES — Assigned 1B Lyle Overbay to Gwinnett (IL).
CHICAGO CUBS — Claimed RHP Miguel Socolovich off waivers from Baltimore. Designated C Blake Lalli for assignment.
CINCINNATI REDS — Reinstated C Devin Mesoraco from the suspended list and optioned him to Louisville (IL).
Recalled RHP J.J. Hoover from Louisville.
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