Scoreboard June 27
TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
GOLF
10 a.m. Professional National Championship (final round) TGC
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 a.m. Cleveland at N.Y. Yankees or Toronto at Boston MLB
7 a.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota WGN
9:30 a.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco FOXSP2
1 p.m. L.A. Angels at Baltimore FOXSP
2 p.m. Detroit at Texas ESPN
SOCCER
8:30 a.m. Euro 2012 (semifinals) ESPN
SOFTBALL
2 p.m. Men’s slow pitch showdown: U.S. Futures vs. United States ESPN2
SWIMMING
1 p.m. Olympic Trials (qualifying heats) * NBCSN
7 p.m. Olympic Trials (finals) NBC
TENNIS
1 a.m. The Championships (early round) ESPN2
THURSDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
ATHLETICS
3 p.m. Olympic Trials (finals) NBCSN
AUTO RACING
11 a.m. Truck Series: Pole qualifying for UNOH 225 SPEED
2 p.m. Truck Series: UNOH 225 SPEED
EXTREME SPORTS
3 p.m. X Games ESPN2
GOLF
3 a.m. European PGA Tour: The Irish Open (first round) TGC
7 a.m. Champions Tour: Senior Players Championship (first round) TGC
9 a.m. PGA Tour: AT&T National (first round) TGC
12:30 p.m. Nationwide Tour: United Leasing Championship (first round) * TGC
GYMNASTICS
Noon Olympic Trials (men’s competition) NBCSN
HORSE RACING
11 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m. Detroit at Tampa Bay or Arizona at Atlanta MLB
1 p.m. Chicago White Sox at N.Y. Yankees WGN
1 p.m. L.A. Angels at Toronto FOXSP
4 p.m. N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers FOXSP2
NBA BASKETBALL
1:30 p.m. NBA draft ESPN
SOCCER
8:30 a.m. Euro 2012 (semifinals) ESPN
SOFTBALL
1 p.m. World Cup (pool play) ESPN2
SWIMMING
10:30 a.m. Olympic Trials (qualifying heats) * NBCSN
7 p.m. Olympic Trials (finals) NBC
TENNIS
1 a.m. The Championships (early round) ESPN2
* Tape-delayed broadcast.
BASKETBALL
WNBA Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Connecticut 9 3 .750 —
Chicago 7 3 .700 1
Indiana 7 5 .583 2
Atlanta 6 7 .462 3½
New York 4 9 .308 5½
Washington 2 9 .182 6½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 12 1 .923 —
Los Angeles 10 5 .667 3
San Antonio 5 5 .500 5½
Seattle 6 7 .462 6
Phoenix 3 8 .273 8
Tulsa 2 11 .154 10
Tuesday’s results
Atlanta 70, Indiana 58
Seattle 79, Washington 71
Tulsa 91, Los Angeles 75
Today’s games
Indiana at Chicago, 6:30 a.m.
Phoenix at Minnesota, 2 p.m.
Thursday’s game
Los Angeles at San Antonio, 6:30 a.m.
SOCCER
MLS Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
D.C. 9 5 3 30 31 22
New York 9 4 3 30 31 24
Kansas City 9 4 2 29 20 15
Chicago 7 5 3 24 20 19
Houston 5 5 5 20 20 23
Columbus 5 5 4 19 14 15
New England 5 7 3 18 20 20
Montreal 5 8 3 18 24 26
Philadelphia 3 8 2 11 12 15
Toronto FC 1 10 2 5 13 28
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
San Jose 10 3 3 33 31 19
Real Salt Lake 10 5 2 32 28 19
Vancouver 7 4 5 26 18 19
Seattle 7 5 4 25 19 16
Los Angeles 6 8 2 20 22 23
Colorado 6 8 1 19 21 21
Chivas USA 5 7 4 19 11 18
Portland 4 6 4 16 14 17
FC Dallas 3 9 5 14 16 26
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Today’s game
Toronto FC at Montreal, 1:30 p.m.
Friday’s game
Chicago at Sporting Kansas City, 2 p.m.
Saturday’s games
New York at Toronto FC, 1 p.m.
Montreal at D.C. United, 1:30 p.m.
Seattle FC at New England, 1:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Columbus, 2 p.m.
Philadelphia at Houston, 2:30 p.m.
Portland at Colorado, 3 p.m.
Los Angeles at San Jose, 4 p.m.
Tennis
Wimbledon
Monday’s scores
Singles
Men
First round
Roundup>Nicolas Mahut, France, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 6-3, 5-7, 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-2.
Roundup>David Goffin, Belgium, def. Bernard Tomic (20), Australia, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
Roundup>Alexandr Dolgopolov (22), Ukraine, def. Alex Bogomolov Jr., Russia, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5.
Roundup>Jesse Levine, United States, def. Karol Beck, Slovakia, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-2.
Roundup>Mardy Fish (10), United States, def. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, Spain, 7-6 (3), 7-5, 7-6 (1).
Roundup>Kei Nishikori (19), Japan, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.
Roundup>Brian Baker, United States, def. Rui Machado, Portugal, 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-0.
Roundup>Benoit Paire, France, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia, 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 (1), 6-3.
Roundup>Nicolas Almagro (12), Spain, def. Olivier Rochus, Belgium, 6-7 (4), 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-4.
Roundup>Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, def. Feliciano Lopez (14), Spain, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Roundup>Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, def. Jurgen Zopp, Estonia, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 9-7.
Roundup>Go Soeda, Japan, def. Igor Kunitsyn, Russia, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1.
Roundup>Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5), France, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
Roundup>Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, def. Adrian Ungur, Romania, 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-3.
Roundup>Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-6 (4), 5-7, 10-8.
Roundup>Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 7-6 (0), 6-2, 6-3.
Roundup>Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. Albert Montanes, Spain, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4.
Roundup>Florent Serra, France, def. Andrey Kuznetsov, Russia, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
Roundup>Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, def. Kevin Anderson (32), South Africa, 7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (4), 6-3.
Roundup>James Ward, Britain, def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, 4-6, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Roundup>Philipp Kohlschreiber (27), Germany, def. Tommy Haas, Germany, 3-6, 7-6 (8), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1), 6-2.
Roundup>Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (0), 7-5.
Roundup>Kenny de Schepper, France, def. Matthias Bachinger, Germany, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.
Roundup>Andy Murray (4), Britain, def. Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 6-1, 6-1, 6-4.
Roundup>Juan Martin del Potro (9), Argentina, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5.
Roundup>Marin Cilic (16), Croatia, def. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Germany, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Roundup>Sam Querrey, United States, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4.
Roundup>Andy Roddick (30), United States, leads Jamie Baker, Britain, 7-6 (1), 4-2, susp., rain.
Roundup>Bjorn Phau, Germany, leads Wayne Odesnik, United States, 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 0-0 (15-0), susp., rain.
Roundup>Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, leads Dudi Sela, Israel, 6-4, 6-4, 1-1, susp., rain.
Roundup>Lukasz Kubot, Poland, leads Tatsuma Ito, Japan, 7-6 (6), 6-3, 5-3 (30-30), susp., rain.
Roundup>Jurgen Melzer, Austria, leads Stanislas Wawrinka (25), Switzerland, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-4, 5-4 (40-40), susp., rain.
Roundup>David Ferrer (7), Spain, leads Dustin Brown, Germany, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 1-1 (40-40), susp., rain.
Roundup>Milos Raonic (21), Canada, leads Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 6-4, 6-4, 5-4, susp., rain.
Women
First round
Roundup>Vera Zvonareva (12), Russia, def. Mona Barthel, Germany, 2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3.
Roundup>Francesca Schiavone (24), Italy, def. Laura Robson, Britain, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Roundup>Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, def. Lucie Safarova (19), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-0.
Roundup>Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, def. Vera Dushevina, Russia, 6-2, 7-5.
Roundup>Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, def. Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5).
Roundup>Zheng Jie (25), China, def. Stephanie Dubois, Canada, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Roundup>Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (31), Russia, def. Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, 6-1, 6-2.
Roundup>Petra Kvitova (4), Czech Republic, def. Akgul Amanmuradova, Uzbekistan, 6-4, 6-4.
Roundup>Kristyna Pliskova, Czech Republic, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-2, 6-2.
Roundup>Christina McHale (28), United States, def. Johanna Konta, Britain, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 10-8.
Roundup>Mirjana Lucic, Croatia, def. Alexandra Panova, Russia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Roundup>Serena Williams (6), United States, def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-4.
Roundup>Marion Bartoli (9), France, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 6-2, 6-4.
Roundup>Romina Oprandi, Switzerland, def. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, 7-6 (3), 6-4.
Roundup>Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austria, 6-2, 6-3.
Roundup>Victoria Azarenka (2), Belarus, def. Irina Falconi, United States, 6-1, 6-4.
Roundup>Melinda Czink, Hungary, def. Johanna Larsson, Sweden, 6-0, 6-2.
Roundup>Elena Baltacha, Britain, def. Karin Knapp, Italy, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0.
Roundup>Anabel Medina Garrigues (26), Spain, def. Simona Halep, Romania, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.
Roundup>Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
Roundup>Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, def. Greta Arn, Hungary, 6-4, 6-2.
Roundup>Anne Keothavong, Britain, def. Laura Pous-Tio, Spain, 6-3, 6-3.
Roundup>Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def. Urszula Radwanska, Poland, 6-4, 6-4.
Roundup>Roberta Vinci (21), Italy, def. Ashleigh Barty, Australia, 6-2, 6-4.
Roundup>Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (32), Russia, 6-2, 6-3.
Roundup>Sara Errani (10), Italy, leads CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, 6-1, 5-3 (Ad-40), susp., rain.
Roundup>Caroline Wozniacki (7), Denmark, vs. Tamira Paszek, Austria, 2-2, susp., rain.
Roundup>Julia Goerges (22), Germany, leads Shahar Peer, Israel, 6-2, 2-1, susp., rain.
Roundup>Alize Cornet, France, leads Nina Bratchikova, Russia, 6-0, 5-5 (15-0), susp., rain.
Roundup>Anastasiya Yakimova, Belarus, leads Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, 3-3 (Ad-40), susp., rain.
Doubles
Men
First round
Roundup>Max Mirnyi, Belarus, and Daniel Nestor (1), Canada, def. Michael Russell and Donald Young, United States, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-1.
Roundup>Eric Butorac, United States, and Jamie Murray (14), Britain, def. Andre Begemann, Germany, and Igor Zelenay, Slovakia, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3), 4-6, 7-6 (4).
Women
First round
Roundup>Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States and Sania Mirza (13), India, def. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, and Sloane Stephens, United States, 6-4, 6-2.
Roundup>Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova (4), Russia, def. Timea Babos, Hungary, and Alberta Brianti, Italy, 6-3, 6-0.
Roundup>Lourdes Dominguez Lino and Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, def. Lindsay Lee-Waters and Megan Moulton-Levy, United States, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
transactions
BASEBALL
American League
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Released OF Kosuke Fukudome.
DETROIT TIGERS — Reinstated LHP Drew Smyly from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Jacob Turner to Toledo (IL).
NEW YORK YANKEES — Transferred OF Brett Gardner to the 60-day DL. Claimed RHP Danny Farquhar off waivers from Oakland and optioned him to Trenton (EL).
TEXAS RANGERS — Placed RHP Colby Lewis on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 24. Recalled LHP Martin Perez from Round Rock (PCL).
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Selected the contract of RHP Scott Richmond from Las Vegas (PCL). Optioned RHP Robert Coello to Las Vegas. Transferred RHP Drew Hutchison to the 60-day DL.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES — Assigned 2B Bobby Stevens to Lynchburg (Carolina).
CHICAGO CUBS — Recalled 1B Anthony Rizzo from Iowa (PCL). Optioned INF Adrian Cardenas to Iowa.
COLORADO ROCKIES — Reassigned pitching coach Bob Apodaca to special assistant to the general manager. Promoted bullpen coach Jim Wright and Triple-A pitching coach Bo McLaughlin to co-pitching coaches.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Named Mickey Hatcher special assistant to the general manager. Assigned RHP Alan Garcia to the Arizona League Dodgers.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Assigned RHP Preston Gainey to Helena (Pioneer).
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Added INF Drew Sutton to the 25-man roster. Optioned LHP Doug Slaten and INF Matt Hague to Indianapolis (IL). Selected the contract of C Eric Fryer from Indianapolis. Designated LHP Daniel Moskos for assignment.
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Transferred RHP Joe Wieland to the 60-day DL. Optioned 2B Andy Parrino and RHP Brad Boxberger to Tucson (PCL). Selected the contract of RHP Kip Wells from Tucson (PCL). Recalled RHP Nick Vincent from San Antonio (TL).
American Association
FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Released RHP Alex Rivers.
GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Released RHP Derek Drage.
GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS — Released LHP Cody White.
WICHITA WINGNUTS — Signed RHP Matt Nevarez. Released RHP Nick Schreiber.
Can-Am League
QUEBEC CAPITALES — Signed OF Nick Santomauro and INF Thomas DiBenedetto. Released LHP John Crawford.
ROCKLAND BOULDERS — Released INF Glen Johnson.
Frontier League
ROCKFORD RIVERHAWKS — Released RHP Jordan Liette.
WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Released RHP Michael Jahns and INF Travis Shreve.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA — Fined New York F Amar’e Stoudemire $50,000 for using offensive and derogatory language in a Twitter message.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
SAN JOSE SHARKS — Re-signed D Justin Braun, F Tommy Wingels and F Andrew Desjardins.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Named Adam Oates coach.
COLLEGE
FERRUM — Announced the addition of wrestling as a varsity program.
HOUSTON BAPTIST — Named Jeremy Case men’s assistant basketball coach.
NEW MEXICO — Named Kunio Kono swimming and diving coach.
SAM HOUSTON STATE — Named Terrence Rencher men’s assistant basketball coach.
SHENANDOAH — Announced the resignation of women’s basketball coach Michelle Guyant-Holloway.
TEXAS A&M — Suspended LB Steven Jenkins and DB Howard Matthews one game for violating team policy.
TEXAS TECH — Named Ray Hayward pitching coach.
WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT — Announced the retirement of women’s soccer coach Sheila Miech.
